It's already Week 4 of school, which means that I have been studying in SMU for 1 month! Thankfully I am already starting to get used to school life (after the major disoriented feeling of confusion for the past month). On the academic side, I am getting used to the piles of homework and readings. I have to admit that I am not the type who likes to finish things once I start with them, and being done with for once and for all! Sadly, that cannot really be applied to my SMU study life -.- Because for most weeks, the prof will already set aside the list of homework or readings that must be done before class, which means I can never be done with the subjects for once and for all! (Well, at least until the term ends, and the lessons officially close themselves). It does really take some time to get used to the new system (one month!), but oh well, now I realise for every free hours, I must try to do as much homework and readings as possible! So that I can relax with the rest of the time. But then again, sometimes I just need to chill first (like now ;) ) before I can start mugging again haha.
On the social aspect side, I am starting to get to know people better (it's still a slow rate, but at least it's improving :) ). I have to admit I do intentionally decide to involve myself in CCAs and school events, since I know that only through these means (until it's not proven such as the case) that I will be able to "properly" make friends. At least through CCAs you will have shared interest to start with! However, I am constantly aware that I might be joining too much CCAs! Hahaha. Yes, all of them are ad-hoc basis, which is good, but I really want to narrow down the list of CCAs.. or else it will be perpetually impossible to be more committed to the CCAs. Quality is much more important that quantity! I really really hope that I'll be able to start whittling down the list.
Currently, I am involved in the planning of SMU Arts Fest 2009. I am part of the film curating team, along with some other girls! (no boys! haha) Besides SMU Arts Fest, I am planning to involve myself in the Indonesian Community's major event near year, GAYA 2009. I auditioned for acting last Friday, and it was great experience. Firstly, I was damn shocked when I have to sing during the audition, since I purposely chose a role that will not need singing or dancing (or at least be required in the minimum level). The second shock came when I found out while on the waiting room that one of the judges would be a very famous Indonesian veteran actress (Titi Puspa!). And I thought, "Oh shucks!" Hahaha. Anyway, the audition had a few parts. The first part was singing, second was situational improvisation (mine was to sell vegetables in English, which I found totally amusing -.-) and the third part was scene enactment. The feedback was okay (thankfully! Phew!). It wasn't as horrifying as I thought it would be! Haha.
I can't wait for this Friday, since it will be my first day volunteering for Singapore Biennale 2008! Yeeha. Well, the Biennale preview was held on last Sunday. From now on, I kinda decided to avoid previews if possible. My main reason to this will be, since some of the artworks would not be ready by the preview (duh), I feel that seeing the artwork in its unfinished state will be unjust to the artists, since they would have wanted the audience to see the artworks in the manner the artists want to present them. Another related reason to this will be I feel that only by seeing the completed artworks that our curiosity will be completely piqued as to why the artists chose to present the artwork that way. Seeing the completed artworks will allow us to pick up the smallest details and decipher how much efforts the artists work for. If you already know HOW the artist construct the works, then most probably you have already known the little details that he puts in into his artwork even before you see the finished product! The magic would have been gone! I guess one of the greatest pleasures of art is to be able to observe and be amused by the littlest details, and to have those "aha" moments when you finally realised what the artist really want to say through his artwork.
So, if you are going to Singapore Biennale in the months of September or October, come on Tuesday or Friday! On Tuesday afternoon, I will be working as ticketing officer (selling tickets), and on Friday evenings, I will be serving you if you need my help (as a customer relations officer). To where I will be dispatched on those days I will know on the day itself, so if you are going, give me a ring!
The last thing I want to talk about at this post is Wall-E. Yes, Wall-E. I went to see it last Friday after school, and thought I have heard of the wonderful reviews that it has earned, I didn't really expect the movie to be good in different way. This is probably because for the past movies, Pixar has always created great animations for kids that adults happened to enjoy, not the other way round! In my opinion, for Wall E, most probably the adult would enjoy watching it more! It doesn't really have a lot of funny moments (though this is compensated by the short film "Presto!" which was shown before Wall E), and it really touches on the ongoing social issues of human complacency over environmental destruction and of how technologies may really rule the world over. Okay, the first issue was really obvious, with the poor state of Earth in the future being shown in the movie. The second issue takes more time to be noted (and digest). The humans in the film are literally the couch potatoes of today! They don't do exercises, they constantly eat and drink (soda perhaps) and they are very individualistic. This is how our real world is starting to shape up, which is a really frightening case. The movie kinda have this message that sometimes we humans do need a major jolt (most probably an event of a seismic magnitude that affects the whole word) to be able to appreciate what we have, and to realise the bad things that are going on within ourselves, our community and the world. In an increasingly individualistic world (sometimes I am frightened to think that to me SMU had been an individualistic community thus far), it's very hard for us not to be complacent. That is why I think it would really be important for all of us to keep in touch with the reality, and help one another with the best ability we have. The key phrase would be "down-to-earth".
Yes I am rambling already -.- I should stop here. Oh, I am participating in Canon Photo Marathon, which will be on 18 Oct! It will be great experience I hope, since 3 years ago when I joined it, it was a really fun, enriching experience. Okie, I shall stop. I shall end with something I said today when somebody asked me why I would like to work in film industry. It was quite a spontaneous response.
"I find that film is a great medium to express ideas..."
Thinking back now, I would like to add the words "and explore" before ideas :)
On the social aspect side, I am starting to get to know people better (it's still a slow rate, but at least it's improving :) ). I have to admit I do intentionally decide to involve myself in CCAs and school events, since I know that only through these means (until it's not proven such as the case) that I will be able to "properly" make friends. At least through CCAs you will have shared interest to start with! However, I am constantly aware that I might be joining too much CCAs! Hahaha. Yes, all of them are ad-hoc basis, which is good, but I really want to narrow down the list of CCAs.. or else it will be perpetually impossible to be more committed to the CCAs. Quality is much more important that quantity! I really really hope that I'll be able to start whittling down the list.
Currently, I am involved in the planning of SMU Arts Fest 2009. I am part of the film curating team, along with some other girls! (no boys! haha) Besides SMU Arts Fest, I am planning to involve myself in the Indonesian Community's major event near year, GAYA 2009. I auditioned for acting last Friday, and it was great experience. Firstly, I was damn shocked when I have to sing during the audition, since I purposely chose a role that will not need singing or dancing (or at least be required in the minimum level). The second shock came when I found out while on the waiting room that one of the judges would be a very famous Indonesian veteran actress (Titi Puspa!). And I thought, "Oh shucks!" Hahaha. Anyway, the audition had a few parts. The first part was singing, second was situational improvisation (mine was to sell vegetables in English, which I found totally amusing -.-) and the third part was scene enactment. The feedback was okay (thankfully! Phew!). It wasn't as horrifying as I thought it would be! Haha.
I can't wait for this Friday, since it will be my first day volunteering for Singapore Biennale 2008! Yeeha. Well, the Biennale preview was held on last Sunday. From now on, I kinda decided to avoid previews if possible. My main reason to this will be, since some of the artworks would not be ready by the preview (duh), I feel that seeing the artwork in its unfinished state will be unjust to the artists, since they would have wanted the audience to see the artworks in the manner the artists want to present them. Another related reason to this will be I feel that only by seeing the completed artworks that our curiosity will be completely piqued as to why the artists chose to present the artwork that way. Seeing the completed artworks will allow us to pick up the smallest details and decipher how much efforts the artists work for. If you already know HOW the artist construct the works, then most probably you have already known the little details that he puts in into his artwork even before you see the finished product! The magic would have been gone! I guess one of the greatest pleasures of art is to be able to observe and be amused by the littlest details, and to have those "aha" moments when you finally realised what the artist really want to say through his artwork.
So, if you are going to Singapore Biennale in the months of September or October, come on Tuesday or Friday! On Tuesday afternoon, I will be working as ticketing officer (selling tickets), and on Friday evenings, I will be serving you if you need my help (as a customer relations officer). To where I will be dispatched on those days I will know on the day itself, so if you are going, give me a ring!
The last thing I want to talk about at this post is Wall-E. Yes, Wall-E. I went to see it last Friday after school, and thought I have heard of the wonderful reviews that it has earned, I didn't really expect the movie to be good in different way. This is probably because for the past movies, Pixar has always created great animations for kids that adults happened to enjoy, not the other way round! In my opinion, for Wall E, most probably the adult would enjoy watching it more! It doesn't really have a lot of funny moments (though this is compensated by the short film "Presto!" which was shown before Wall E), and it really touches on the ongoing social issues of human complacency over environmental destruction and of how technologies may really rule the world over. Okay, the first issue was really obvious, with the poor state of Earth in the future being shown in the movie. The second issue takes more time to be noted (and digest). The humans in the film are literally the couch potatoes of today! They don't do exercises, they constantly eat and drink (soda perhaps) and they are very individualistic. This is how our real world is starting to shape up, which is a really frightening case. The movie kinda have this message that sometimes we humans do need a major jolt (most probably an event of a seismic magnitude that affects the whole word) to be able to appreciate what we have, and to realise the bad things that are going on within ourselves, our community and the world. In an increasingly individualistic world (sometimes I am frightened to think that to me SMU had been an individualistic community thus far), it's very hard for us not to be complacent. That is why I think it would really be important for all of us to keep in touch with the reality, and help one another with the best ability we have. The key phrase would be "down-to-earth".
Yes I am rambling already -.- I should stop here. Oh, I am participating in Canon Photo Marathon, which will be on 18 Oct! It will be great experience I hope, since 3 years ago when I joined it, it was a really fun, enriching experience. Okie, I shall stop. I shall end with something I said today when somebody asked me why I would like to work in film industry. It was quite a spontaneous response.
"I find that film is a great medium to express ideas..."
Thinking back now, I would like to add the words "and explore" before ideas :)
