When Neogio chatting with Silverfish

12:18:52 AM Neogio1130@hotmail.com: .
12:19:02 AM Silverfish@hotmail.com: ？
12:19:25 AM Neogio1130@hotmail.com: ...
12:19:34 AM Silverfish@hotmail.com: :|
12:19:49 AM Neogio1130@hotmail.com: 想问你一见事
12:20:24 AM Silverfish@hotmail.com: 怎麼啦
12:20:59 AM Neogio1130@hotmail.com: 你现在有没有男朋友？
12:21:11 AM Silverfish@hotmail.com: 我不是跟你講過
12:21:20 AM Silverfish@hotmail.com: 我有很認真的跟你講過喔
12:21:26 AM Neogio1130@hotmail.com: 有？
12:21:39 AM Silverfish@hotmail.com: 你先想想我有沒有講過
12:21:50 AM Silverfish@hotmail.com: 你都沒有認真聽喔
12:21:52 AM Silverfish@hotmail.com: 現在問我
12:22:04 AM Neogio1130@hotmail.com: 有
12:22:14 AM Silverfish@hotmail.com: 恩我跟你講過吧
12:22:22 AM Neogio1130@hotmail.com: 是
12:22:25 AM Neogio1130@hotmail.com: 对不起
12:22:37 AM Silverfish@hotmail.com: 我記得我很認真的跟你講過說
12:22:59 AM Neogio1130@hotmail.com: ok
12:23:17 AM Silverfish@hotmail.com: 怎麼啦
12:23:32 AM Silverfish@hotmail.com: 為什麼問我這個事
12:23:34 AM Silverfish@hotmail.com: 快說
12:24:13 AM Neogio1130@hotmail.com: 我可能没让自己记住吧
12:24:56 AM Silverfish@hotmail.com: 你一定有事
12:24:58 AM Silverfish@hotmail.com: 快說
12:25:03 AM Neogio1130@hotmail.com: 没有拉！！！！
12:25:04 AM Silverfish@hotmail.com: 是不是有女朋友啦
12:25:06 AM Silverfish@hotmail.com: 有
12:25:12 AM Neogio1130@hotmail.com: grrr.
12:25:13 AM Silverfish@hotmail.com: 一訂有鬼
12:26:15 AM Neogio1130@hotmail.com: 有人跟我说你有男朋友的
12:26:24 AM Neogio1130@hotmail.com: 别试
12:26:48 AM Silverfish@hotmail.com: 誰
12:26:52 AM Silverfish@hotmail.com: 不過重點是
12:26:57 AM Silverfish@hotmail.com: 我有跟你講過
12:27:03 AM Silverfish@hotmail.com: 我不是沒有跟你講喔
12:27:04 AM Neogio1130@hotmail.com: 然后我想。。。 你有跟我说。。 但我没让自己记住
12:27:09 AM Silverfish@hotmail.com: 我很真的跟你講過
12:27:14 AM Neogio1130@hotmail.com: 有拉
12:27:20 AM Silverfish@hotmail.com: :(
12:27:25 AM Neogio1130@hotmail.com: 对不起
12:27:42 AM Silverfish@hotmail.com: ....
12:27:56 AM Silverfish@hotmail.com: 喔
12:27:56 AM Neogio1130@hotmail.com: 可是我真的没记住
12:28:06 AM Silverfish@hotmail.com: 可是你記得我有根你講過吧
12:28:34 AM Neogio1130@hotmail.com: 我昨天记起来了
12:28:44 AM Silverfish@hotmail.com: 昏倒
12:28:56 AM Neogio1130@hotmail.com: 真的对不起
12:29:19 AM Neogio1130@hotmail.com: 我没有想要破坏人家
12:29:26 AM Silverfish@hotmail.com: 沒有事阿
12:29:39 AM Neogio1130@hotmail.com: 哦
12:29:47 AM Silverfish@hotmail.com: 大笨蛋
12:29:48 AM Silverfish@hotmail.com: 沒記住
12:29:50 AM Neogio1130@hotmail.com: 好
12:29:59 AM Silverfish@hotmail.com: 好什麼啦
12:30:04 AM Silverfish@hotmail.com: 我開玩笑的啦
12:30:15 AM Neogio1130@hotmail.com: 你要好好珍惜
12:30:21 AM Silverfish@hotmail.com: 我
12:30:22 AM Neogio1130@hotmail.com: 如果是好的感情
12:30:23 AM Silverfish@hotmail.com: 喔
12:30:29 AM Neogio1130@hotmail.com: 对不起
12:30:32 AM Silverfish@hotmail.com: 我自己知道阿
12:31:42 AM Silverfish@hotmail.com: 真的被你打敗了
12:31:46 AM Silverfish@hotmail.com: 我以為你記得了
12:32:06 AM Neogio1130@hotmail.com: 如果我记得。。。 我不会对你那么好。。。
12:32:08 AM Neogio1130@hotmail.com: 笨蛋！！！
12:32:27 AM Neogio1130@hotmail.com: 我我不会让自己对你那么好。。。
12:32:45 AM Neogio1130@hotmail.com: 那样做很坏
12:32:48 AM Silverfish@hotmail.com: 昏倒
12:33:14 AM Silverfish@hotmail.com: 怎麼搞得好像我也很白癡
12:33:21 AM Silverfish@hotmail.com: 沒發現你好像根本忘記這件事了
12:33:28 AM Neogio1130@hotmail.com: 。。。。
12:33:52 AM Silverfish@hotmail.com: 哭
12:34:14 AM Neogio1130@hotmail.com: 如果我记住。。。 那我很坏把？
12:34:22 AM Silverfish@hotmail.com: ㄟ
12:34:30 AM Silverfish@hotmail.com: 就不知道再想什麼
12:34:50 AM Neogio1130@hotmail.com: 我可能一直以为你们有问题。。。
12:34:58 AM Silverfish@hotmail.com: ....
12:35:11 AM Neogio1130@hotmail.com: 可能一直以为你喜欢那GL 比较多
12:35:17 AM Silverfish@hotmail.com: ㄟ
12:35:18 AM Silverfish@hotmail.com: 阿
12:35:19 AM Silverfish@hotmail.com: ㄟ
12:35:20 AM Silverfish@hotmail.com: 阿
12:35:28 AM Neogio1130@hotmail.com: 怎么样？
12:35:53 AM Silverfish@hotmail.com: 只覺得真難怪你會這樣覺得
12:36:25 AM Neogio1130@hotmail.com: 有一点难看
12:36:40 AM Silverfish@hotmail.com: 難看???????????
12:36:49 AM Neogio1130@hotmail.com: 我拉！！
12:36:52 AM Neogio1130@hotmail.com: 难堪
12:37:09 AM Silverfish@hotmail.com: ㄟ
12:37:13 AM Silverfish@hotmail.com: 沒事阿
12:37:29 AM Silverfish@hotmail.com: 就想起來就沒事啦
12:43:57 AM Neogio1130@hotmail.com: 我前女友这星期结婚
12:44:08 AM Silverfish@hotmail.com: 難過？
12:44:14 AM Neogio1130@hotmail.com: 没有
12:44:18 AM Neogio1130@hotmail.com: 为他开心
12:44:36 AM Neogio1130@hotmail.com: 我那时和他一起不是那么好
12:44:37 AM Silverfish@hotmail.com: 那很好阿
12:45:40 AM Neogio1130@hotmail.com: 深呼吸
12:45:47 AM Silverfish@hotmail.com: 出去走走
12:45:59 AM Silverfish@hotmail.com: 誰？
12:46:10 AM Neogio1130@hotmail.com: 我
12:46:32 AM Neogio1130@hotmail.com: 哦。。。。
12:46:36 AM Neogio1130@hotmail.com: 我刚才
12:46:46 AM Silverfish@hotmail.com: 喔
12:47:17 AM Neogio1130@hotmail.com: 在一家民歌餐厅唱歌
12:47:26 AM Silverfish@hotmail.com: 你？、
12:47:35 AM Neogio1130@hotmail.com: 自弹
12:47:48 AM Silverfish@hotmail.com: 打工？
12:47:51 AM Neogio1130@hotmail.com: 客人都不让我走
12:47:53 AM Silverfish@hotmail.com: 跟我朋友依樣
12:48:01 AM Neogio1130@hotmail.com: 不是拉
12:48:15 AM Neogio1130@hotmail.com: 朋友请我去吃饭
12:48:20 AM Silverfish@hotmail.com: then
12:48:46 AM Neogio1130@hotmail.com: 说一定要我上去弹唱我才可以回家
12:49:01 AM Neogio1130@hotmail.com: 我不想
12:49:05 AM Silverfish@hotmail.com: 呵呵
12:49:06 AM Neogio1130@hotmail.com: 很不想
12:49:16 AM Neogio1130@hotmail.com: 但他们一定要我上去
12:49:33 AM Neogio1130@hotmail.com: 然后客人和DJ 也不让我走。。。
12:49:55 AM Neogio1130@hotmail.com: 就在上面呆了很久
12:49:59 AM Neogio1130@hotmail.com: 昏倒
12:50:37 AM Silverfish@hotmail.com: :p
12:50:40 AM Neogio1130@hotmail.com: 闷闷 的
12:50:44 AM Silverfish@hotmail.com: 怎麼啦
12:50:45 AM Neogio1130@hotmail.com: 出去走走
12:50:49 AM Neogio1130@hotmail.com: bye
12:51:25 AM Silverfish@hotmail.com: 你
12:51:32 AM Silverfish@hotmail.com: 還在因為剛剛的事再悶喔
12:53:03 AM Neogio1130@hotmail.com: 很难才找到自己喜欢的。。。 有点无奈。
12:53:12 AM Neogio1130@hotmail.com: 不讲了
12:53:23 AM Silverfish@hotmail.com: ㄟ
12:53:25 AM Silverfish@hotmail.com: 幹嘛啦
12:53:29 AM Silverfish@hotmail.com: 真是滴
12:53:33 AM Neogio1130@hotmail.com: 别人喜欢其实自己会很幸福:D
12:53:35 AM Neogio1130@hotmail.com: hahaha
12:53:49 AM Silverfish@hotmail.com: 什麼啦
12:53:58 AM Neogio1130@hotmail.com: 但我会 逃的
12:54:01 AM Neogio1130@hotmail.com: :D
12:54:02 AM Neogio1130@hotmail.com: hahah
12:54:08 AM Neogio1130@hotmail.com: aiya...
12:54:12 AM Neogio1130@hotmail.com: 没事拉
12:54:28 AM Neogio1130@hotmail.com: 你！！
12:54:48 AM Silverfish@hotmail.com: 經
12:54:50 AM Neogio1130@hotmail.com: 身边的如果不珍惜！！
12:54:50 AM Silverfish@hotmail.com: 驚
12:55:07 AM Neogio1130@hotmail.com: 我会 看不起你！！
12:55:22 AM Silverfish@hotmail.com: ㄟ
12:55:28 AM Silverfish@hotmail.com: 那我有備你看不起?
12:55:31 AM Neogio1130@hotmail.com: 讲完！‘
12:55:49 AM Neogio1130@hotmail.com: 散步去
12:55:52 AM Neogio1130@hotmail.com: bye
12:56:13 AM Neogio1130@hotmail.com: 8o|
12:56:15 AM Silverfish@hotmail.com: ...

Just a Little

For the sake of 6 years in my memory... just a little gloomy.
I’m truly happy for you, greeting under my breath.

DAMN... Martha’s words keep whispering in my ears since this morning. You giggle, I burn Shah Alam !!!

Digital Disaster

I have to grouch about this...!!!

I accidentally deleted a folder on Nov 12, Sunday. and I didn’t notice!!! Emptying my trash without double-checking... typical SAG!!!

All my work in 3 weeks, 4 projects, all of a sudden, disappeared, evaporated!!!

I think I deleted them in the morning. Then in the afternoon, I realized the folder I wanted to delete was still on my desktop.... WHAT THE HECK!!! It was like... magnified and seems SUPER BIG at that moment. FARK (Julian’s version of F*ck) !!!! “Then what did I deleted” I thought.

Where is my “Latest Work” folder??!!! Hell, spending whole evening to call AppleCare (who cares about me since I didn’t pay for it), calling apple centers, looking for aids and the program that does data recovery. I finally got a program called File Salvage. Pretty cool, Got another program, Data Rescue... Both programs rescued my deleted data, not only those in the “Latest Work” folder, but ALL deleted data in these few months. No way to rescue only those files from “Latest Work” folder, and No way to trace the file deleted date. So, I got about 200 Logic files and few thousands of audio files in .wav, .mp3, . aiff, etc formats. No file names, All messed up!!!!

I gotta open one by one to find those files back in the”Latest Work” folder. Spent like, let say, 24 hours, and I ended up sleeping only 2 hours. Woke up at 8am continue....

Here I come, the most GERAM (Frustrating in Malay) was, FARK!!! those audio files that laid out on Logic Arrange Windows.... ALL MESSED UP!!!!
The regions are still there, but they couldn’t recognize the right audio files. Hell !!!
OK put them back, match them, 2 days 2 nights !!!

Here and there some small tiny “data hunt”, another one day. On Thursday that week, NOV 16. I started my work as usual, on James Bathroom Film and Mo’s Album... 5 days just flew away because of a stupid click!!! FARK!!!



Little Children

I almost didn’t go this screening, because it was my birthday. Not really cool to spend my birthday in a theater... My only intention to go to this screening, Thomas Newman

But indeed, Little children is a fabulous film. It is a surprise for me. Thomas Newman was there with the music editor Bill Bernstein. This is one of the film well demonstrates his composing techniques - IMPROVISATION!

Some of the cues, he composed it to nothing, not to a score, no notation. Just some graphic draft, hand it to a group of musicians he has been working with for long time and trustable, and they just improvise. First time I heard about it when I just arrived in LA... I was like... WTF? That’s not composing Thomas.... But after watching his American Beauty, I thought it was excellent.

It was the 1st time I heard Thomas Newman talked about his improvising composition. What he has in mind before improvising with musicians were
- Time code, and all necessary changes or what we called spotting note from editor.
- His tempo
- His patterns, that can be used for repetition, or whatever purposes
- The idea of direction
.... I remember this few things he said.... but isn’t it terrific? I still don’t really agree with his method. But I asked myself after that, can I do it? if I do it is that the same fabulous sound? I can’t answer. Ok, then that is composition! I like Thomas Newman very much since American Beauty. Although he doesn’t seem put a lot of appreciation (should I say that? or he just forgot how he did it) of his past gigs in his mind, he really did a great job on this Little Children... he just move on and concentrate on the next film.

This is master piece of his. I saw some ugliness of playing spontaneously, but there is something... something very organic that can’t be done with notation. He used his technique and confident to do it, outside the box but not too far as usual, and he successfully making a great balance between comedy and tragedy and perhaps some children element in there. I think it was a very excellent job!

It is my dream to try what he’s been doing... maybe when I’m big enough to do it that way.

I really like what he said especially when dealing with editor. He never tried to change the story, never tried to go against the spotting notes. and Thomas said, “I always stick with it, I don’t dare to change”. In order to survive in Hollywood, I think it is really important to know what you should do and what you shouldn’t and he is one of the best examples.

Go surf online for the review of this film... it is surprising. The film itself is a good. And Thomas contributed a score to help strengthen the picture to bring about the musical vein of comedy-tragedy mood... not too much and not ignorable.

More about Thomas
THOMAS NEWMAN (Composer) has been seven Oscar nominations for his film work for LITTLE WOMEN, THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, UNSTRUNG HEROES, AMERICAN BEAUTY, ROAD TO PERDITION, FINDING NEMO,and LEMONY SNICKET’S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS. Newman also won an Emmy for Outstanding Main Title Theme Music for HBO’s award-winning SIX FEET UNDER. Since the beginning of sound film, the Newman name has been an integral part of the evolution of film scoring. Thomas is the youngest son of the legendary Alfred Newman, nephew of Lionel Newman, brother of David Newman and cousin of Randy Newman. Thomas Newman studies composition and orchestration at USC, completing his studies at Yale. He considers his greatest mentor to be Broadway’s Stephen Sondheim, who was deeply impressed with Newman’s originality and championed one of his earliest works. Other films he has scored include MEET JOE BLACK, THE HORSE WHISPERER, UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL, PHENOMENON, AMERICAN BUFFALO, IN THE BEDROOM, PAY IT !
FORWARD, ERIN BROCKOVICH, THE GREEN MILE, JARHEAD, CINDEREELA MAN, and FRIED GREEN TOMATOES, and for television, HBO’s acclaimed 6-hour miniseries ANGELS IN AMERICA directed by Mike Nichols.

Some Brief about Little Children
Kate Winslet, Jennifer Connelly and Patrick Wilson star in LITTLE CHILDREN, the latest work from Oscar-nominated Writer/Director Todd field. Based on the novel by Tom Perrotta, LITTLE CHILDREN centers on a handful of individuals whose lives intersect on the playgrounds, town pools and streets of their small community in surprising and potentially dangerous ways.

What a party for 29


My roommates and friends threw a surprised party...
I thought I could sneak through the 29th birthday. I thought I could spend the last 365 days at the celling of youth, quietly.... well, it’s quite happening thou. Ok... here I go... 365 countdown

This is what I look at the past 10 years and coming 10
20...21...22..23.24.25.26..27...28.....29...............30.....31....32..33.34.35.36.37...38....39...........40
You will see the gaps between 29 and 30... so huge, and seems so far. As what Nori said, “you will be fine once you pass 30, everything just comes in a way that you don’t really bother and care”. LOL true true true, I think the graphic above is pretty true about numbers.

Thank Connie for everything, Thanks all my Thai buddies from UCLA Smakon - Connie, Peter, Kanit, Nicha, Tiffany, Clara.

Thanks for my basketball “kaki” (buddies in Malaysian slang) - Peter, Kanit, Ken (another Ken), Jeff (and his girl Jennifer)

Last and the most, Thanks for my lovely roommates - Fumi, Shioko, and Jessica. You all are the best roommies !!!

You can click here to see the party walkthrough (with all my ramblings). Just click NEXT
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hfken/313402839/in/set-72157594346528004/

Or, here to see the pictures in my Flickr archives
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hfken/archives/date-posted/2006/12/calendar/