Showing posts with label Extra-Ordinary. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Extra-Ordinary. Show all posts

Friday, March 28, 2014

我做什麽?

每每別人問起我的職業(不務正業的職業),大家都會對我的回答散發著羡慕的眼光。接踵而來的就是以下幾個經典問題:

(一) 所以,你認識很多明星咯?那你認不認識XXX或YYY?
(二) 哦,所以你是在NTV7 (或其它他們所認識範圍的電視臺)做工啦?
(三)那你也是有演戲咯?
(四)你拍過什麽電視節目?
(五)嗯,你每天都要去公司嗎?
(六)工錢怎樣算叻?
(七)爲什麽你會想要做這一行叻?
(八)你沒有考慮回家鄉做麼?

這是一份讓大衆都充滿好奇的職業,有時候懶惰social的時候(理髮時、美容時、按摩時....),就會隨口回答“學生”就好了。就算到現在,其實我媽也不是很清楚我到底在干什麽,我也不好說個明白。畢竟祇有置身于其中,才能懇切地明白這行業的生態和文化。

解答時間!

(一)嗯,嚴格來説明星們是我的同事,都是本地藝人居多;就算我說出來,你大概也不知道他們是誰。除非你有關注或追隨本地製作的節目咯。通常親愛的親戚朋友們就會開始各別提出他們“想象中的理想明星”,然後我也只能笑而不言。

《檐下溫情3》

《一路有你》

《羽過天晴》

此刻你腦海中浮現的明星是誰呀? 哈哈哈

(二)不,我的雇主並不是你所認識的任何一間電視臺(除了A公司例外)。簡單來説,你口中的電視臺是我們的客人,他們擁有一筆預算然後尋找市面上的製作公司(Production House) 來拍一部作品,之後在自家經營的電視臺播放。本地影視製作這一行,多年來作業基礎還不是很穩定,所以市面上多數的製作公司都是聘請自由業者。這麽說吧:Production House接到了一個項目,就會開始“呼朋喚友”(熟悉或常合作的)一個製作團隊,從freelance的導演、攝影師、化妝師,服裝師、甚至到司機都是自由業者。各別的我們爲了同一個Project而聚在一起,各別的我們也因爲這個單一Project完成而分離。雖然如此,卻也是讓我覺得最美妙的地方——認識新朋友!

(三)嗯,Yes and No。我是電視製作幕後工作者,不是明星。不過,偶爾也會客串一下啦。有些戲份臨時需要幾位路人甲、乙、丙走過的時候;有時候,Casting部門安排了不適合的人物來演繹的時候;有時候導演的天馬行空想要加入幾朵綠葉的時候。有時候,我在看本地製作的作品時,會情不自禁噗嗤笑出來.....因爲你曾經合作過的道具師突然之間在熒幕上冒出來變成了被捕的大婬蟲,或是熟悉的服裝師變成了潑婦罵街的肥婆,甚至製作人還變成了綁匪!我呢?嗯,小女子曾經在《羽過天晴》的大結局客串過異國酒莊的老闆娘~
哈哈哈!

純粹好玩!


(四)我完整地完成了一部本地中文連續劇《羽過天晴》,其餘的連續劇都是替班或只是半路出家。之後的日子,都是接拍電視節目居多因爲拍攝連續劇commit的時間不分晝夜地漫長,真的不是普通的辛苦。拍攝電視節目比較有機會能夠周遊列國,因爲内容或人物大範圍地涉及來自不同的地方。每一次參與不同性質電視節目的拍攝,接觸的題材也讓我有機會進入和瞭解不同的世界,大開眼界。

(五)大致上來説,我不需要每天去公司。就是不喜歡朝九晚五的生活,才會選擇了這個瘋狂的職業:長,很長的工作時間;長,也很長的假期。Is all about time, anytime!

(六)關於薪金嘛,就要看Project和公司的Budget而異。在影視製作的行業裏,我們沒有固定的工作崗位(有些人固定地選擇做相同的崗位)。打個比方,連續劇需要有場記的這個角色;但電視節目就沒有這個崗位必要的貢獻。不過,以本地市場的價錢來説,初出茅廬投身于這一行的畢業生薪金大約是RM1,800起跳(雖然我曾經有朋友離譜的祇有RM1,200的薪金),當然經驗越豐富的話,價錢也會跟著上升大約在RM2,500之RM3,500 (2至3年資歷)左右不等。

*以上薪金範圍以月計算,僅作參考 (短期的拍攝通常以日薪計算)。

(七)爲什麽我要做這一行?因爲工作時間自由,想要工作的時候就接案子;想休息的時候,就去旅遊1個月好了。不必去公司和老闆面面相覷,看時間上班、吃午餐然後下班;可以有機會去很多地方拍攝(希望下一次可以接到國外旅遊節目就好了~);認識不同的新朋友呀!當然,這份工作自然也是有它的好處和壞處......

(八)老兄,我的家鄉在東馬咧!在這個大城市裏,我們這一行尚可苟且殘喘,如果還想繼續過著這種不羈的生活,回去家鄉也只能有種kangkung的份吧。不~不~不~  過幾年,我們再説這個吧! 嗯。

Sunday, August 4, 2013

第3顆智慧齒

牙痛了一個星期,就是不願意去看診,心想或許過幾天就會奇跡般好了。

好吧,實在忍受不住那不適了,今天早上決定趕緊去看牙醫,殊不知需要——拔牙!

一開始還以為只是蛀牙,補一補就行了,殊不知原來又長智慧齒了,還是蛀得無法補救的那種!也不知道是什麽時候長出了智慧齒,由於生歪了所以刷不到,發現的時候已經是腐蝕得怪嚴重。牙醫當機立斷就決定說“拔了吧,反正也沒用”。

就這樣,我在當下發現了2件事:

我又長智慧齒了?!
還記得3年前的中秋節,我才動了小手朮將下顎兩邊的智慧齒切除;事隔3年後,上顎兩邊的智慧齒姍姍來遲。回想起那時手術后,康愈中的那1個月真是難熬。

拔牙?什麽?
距離上一次拔牙的記憶已經模糊不清,所以當下心裏有點不知所措。牙醫摸了麻醉凝膠,又扎上好幾針的麻醉藥,不到10秒鈡的時間,我人生的第3顆智慧齒面世啦。


智慧齒已經明顯嚴重深入蛀蝕
牙齒的其他表面也已經是非常不理想的狀況

好骯髒,好髒


上鄂右邊的智慧齒也已經斬落頭角,希望到時候別帶給我太大的苦楚。



        


Saturday, January 14, 2012

KLIA Transit 使用手册

自从去外坡念书,这几年都匆匆忙忙赶在大年初一前一、两天才回家过年。今年,我终于毕业了!从曼谷毕业旅行回来后,就立即提早在新年来临前花多一点时间好好在家打扫和收拾,不慌不忙准备迎接新年的到来。

AK5210 Counter Tutup?!  我焦虑惨了~
Next Hour AK 5224 to KUCHING!

还得意早前购得廉价的机票回乡过年,没想到我竟在当天错过了班机。唉~ 
一向来我都乘SkyBus直往LCCT,这趟回家想尝试乘塔KLIA Transit (火车),殊不知因为不熟悉路线和时间,当我抵达飞机场的时候已是起飞前的25分钟了。由于我已在日前网上Check-In, 乘客还是允许登机,但我的行李就不行了。若我的人飞了,那我这箱在曼谷的战利品怎么办?我总不能就抛在那吧.... 无奈,我只好再添钱,乘坐下一班的飞机回家。还好,LCCT的柜台服务员让我下一班飞机票的钱可以从错失的飞机票里扣除,我只需再缴剩下的余额就好了。佳节时期,心里难免挂虑飞机票的价钱肯定贵得惊人。

这次只能怪我自己,没做足功课和预算更多的时间乘坐KLIA Transit才会错失了班机。如果你要求较舒适通往LCCT的旅程,不妨考虑乘坐这列车,不过这行列车并非直抵目的地,乘客必须在Salak Tinggi 站下车后,再转搭巴士前往LCCT。

KLIA Transit 的服务坐落在 KL Central,路经 Bandar Tasik Selantan, Putra Jaya & Cyber Jaya, Salak Tinggi (转LCCT), 最后KLIA站,乘客都可在各个火车站上下车。通往LCCT的票价为RM12.50,已包含Shuttle Bus的车费在内,大概每半小时就会有一班列车。全程从KL Central 乘火车再转巴士抵达LCCT大约50分钟的时间。如果你和我一样迷迷糊糊的去到了最后一站(KLIA),别回头了!KLIA 站也具载送服务前往LCCT,当然旅程自费咯。

虽然我第一次乘坐KLIA Transit 的经验实在有够狼狈,不过下一次我还是会愿意预算多一点时间和金钱乘坐火车,至少十分舒适。记住,如果你想要乘火车的话,一定要预算多一点时间等火车和乘巴士,免得误点落得和我一般的下场。那天的焦虑,不知催促我当下急速老化了多少。早点出发吧! 




             

Saturday, November 12, 2011

Passport? Here You Go

Damn,
I've to spend extra money for taxi when I realized Immigration office at Kota Damansara branch has moved to Jalan Duta, Sri Hartamas at Home Ministry Complex about 3 weeks ago. I was so nervous because I've no idea where is the new office located and afraid that I couldn't renew my passport on time when my train to Hatyai was on that night. According to their statement, renew passport only take 1 hour after you make the payment, but with my bad experience to Immigration before it was a nightmare of long waiting....   

Read HERE


Draft Notification- Tutup (Closed)
Home Ministry Complex
Can't believe the map is so draft put up by Immigration Office
 Luckily Immigration put on the map because many people including taxi driver 
has no idea exactly where the place is.

When I'm on my way to the new immigration office, taxi driver told me that place is going to be another new develop area with NEW National Palace, NEW Syariah Court and of course NEW Home Ministry Complex already there! Do we really need those new buildings paid by people money? I wonder.


Main Entrance to Home Ministry Complex
Entrance to the Complex
  Fountain Front of the Entrance 
Mosque opposite the Entrance
 Big Mosque View
Right opposite of Solaris Mont Kiara

The new office is not convenient for the people who has no transportation as there is none any public transportation service available nearby except taxi. By the time I'm ready to go, I'm waiting for taxi at main entrance after dropping their customer. 

Immigration Department (1st Floor)


Out of my expectation, their service is really good and efficient that time. I finished all the process within 15 minutes from taking number, filling the form, registration and payment! Amazing!!! Probably that day has less people and the officers feel motivated working at the new environment perhaps? I know I might be too bias when saying this but really, I hardly believe them. While waiting for the collection of passport, I decided to make a tour of new Home Ministry Complex. 

Photo Taking Service at 1st Floor
Lobby  
Reception of Home Ministry not operating yet
 Another and another door
 Interior design with similar ambient like Sarawak State Library
 Waiting Lobby

Exactly after 1 hour, I got my renewed passport to Hatyai Holidays! The officer is friendly enough to compliment my smile is nice inside the passport. When I asked him why we can't use our passport 6 months before the expire date, he is trying to explain that we might fall sick or any emergency in other country for safety consideration. Plus, this is an international rules according to him. He refuse to gives further explanation because he thinks I will never understand.... 

Hopefully their efficiency wouldn't last over a night only.
And I'm still heart broken for spending nearly RM50 on taxi looking for this Home Ministry Office, OUCH!


          

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Prescription for Cough: Honey Lemon Tea

great. I'm sick now.

I never intend to see doctor until my lung is almost coming out when cough, cough, cough and cough... ..
Don't fall sick if you're not rich enough, the charges is quite high to see a doctor's face for once.
So, I decided to go government hospital and I know everything gonna be suck that day.

As we know, I believe everyone know about the bureaucracy system in every government organisation included hospital, of course. I've to say the system is really killing the suffering patients for "infinity" (long) waiting to your turn, it was such a torture.... ..

Oh why?

Let's Wait.


I'm so proud of myself because I manage to see the doctor at last after went through so many procedures with patience. In order to cure myself in lower price that I can get is Get Up Earlier and WAIT!

Let me tell you the procedures "How to See A Doctor in Government Hospital" :



1. Get your number and WAIT for Registration
2. Pay your Registration Fees (RM5 for Malaysian) and WAIT for the Brief Identification of your illness (Nurse)
3. WAIT for your turn to See the Doctor according to the number (for hours)
4. Get your prescription and queue (WAIT) to Identify the Type and Charges of Medicine
5. Queue (WAIT) again to Pay for your Medicine
6. WAIT for your call according to the number to Collect your Medicine

See, whats that?
In fact, there are few unnecessary procedures that should be abolish to make patient and family's life easier.The entire process to see a doctor took me about 4 hours+ to complete and in between I manage to finished translate a script and had my chicken rice for lunch....

Surprising the doctor is a gentle Chinese man. The funny thing was he made a prescription for me but advise me not to take unless my illness becoming even more serious. Then why do I've to come and see you after all?

medicines 

with my little knowledge of science, I know that Paracetamol is also know as Panadol.
But I dun hav any fever leh... ..


He said drinking hot honey lemon tea will let me feel better as demonstrate below, you need to prepare... ..

Lemon cut into slices

Any flavor of tea that you like

Australia Honey (Local honey is cheaper)

Put everything together and add warm water

Here you go, the Hot Honey Lemon Tea to cure my cough!

Rm1.69 per Lemon | Rm 3.99 per box of Lipton Tea |
 Rm 9.90 per botol of 250g Capilano Honey


I'm not so sure whether this will work or not just by drinking Honey Lemon Tea but there is no harm to try. At least, is much more healthier than you take so much of chemical medicine... isnt?

Take care of your health and drink more water, Malaysia's weather is unpredictable in the month of April. Unless you want to challenge yourself to complete the "See Doctor" mission.....   *blek*




        

                                                           

Saturday, January 15, 2011

wednesday "gong gong"

2 days before he gone, his feet were swollen and couldn't take any food or drink....  He was sent for a doctor and passed away in the very next day. Thats how my mum described to me in the phone once I found the Facebook status about the death of my grandpa posted by my aunt. Sarcastically.....

It was really complicated to explain about the relationship we had between grandpa, conflicts that happened in the last generation resulted how the way "We live" and "He lives".

When he still alive, he visited us regularly once a week on every Wednesday. He always brought us "souvenir": the stamps, yellowish first day cover or old reading stuff that he collected from dunno where. He usually smokes outside our house and read all the old newspapers pile on the shoes cabinet. Normally, he falls asleep in sitting pose on the sofa with the coke beside, oh ya... thats is his favorite drink!

We're not so close with grandpa though we called him "Gong Gong" and thats it....  The memories that I can remember of him is everything in this 4 paragraphs. I can't even remember I've the photo that I ever took for him in the last Chinese New Year until my aunt asked from me this morning for the funeral used. Ironic.

In silent, he just walked away from us,
neither attention nor tears shed from anyone....
how fragile and weak a life can be...

Goodbye, Grandpa
     .... ... with many cokes for you~

            
    

    

Friday, December 31, 2010

How I met your wife

It was 6:35 in the morning full of gas finished of the alcohol, after meeting with the new friends from my new working place. *hint--- an insect!

I can't believe it when I SEE your wife is walking around front of me at the pub with short skirt (really short and black stocking, just like HOW exactly she looks in the pictures of Facebook. Never thought... it was about 3 in the morning when I see her still hanging around with a bunch of friends, talking and laughing LOUD sitting in the corner; now I start to understand about you.
No wonder...

Chilled with new friend of lecturer (Hardcore!!!) and two Indie musician (Looks like Ah Beng who claim others as LaLa...) reminds me there is once we used to chill together till 4 in the morning, and that was Sugar Cane without Ice..  and also 1.2.3.am too.


Hai.


                

Thursday, December 23, 2010

来扮嘢

机缘巧合之下,朋友拜托我帮忙为她的3位男生友人化装,因为他们参加了漫画爱好者的年度盛事— Comic Fiesta 2010! 托他们的福,这份差事我可是乐在其中,让我之前对角色扮演(Cosplay) 这事完全改观。身在漫画人物的世界里面,不禁让我萌起跃跃欲试的念头,Oops!

想象漫画里的人物从电视荧幕里蹦进你的世界,活生生的模样在你面前(虽然多数的Cosplayer都不是很相像,可是精神可嘉!)。这事确实让我十分兴奋和好玩!太过瘾了!!!

入门票 RM15

漫画爱好者--- - -   排队购票。 


  


事前知道要帮他们化装,事先上网搜寻扮演角色的相关资料和神韵,担心自己的三角猫功夫可会搞砸了他们的“完美”扮演,挺压力的说。希望他们会喜欢我为他们画上的装扮咯!因为这次的“特殊”化妆而学习到漫画角色扮演的化妆重点是“完美的肌肤和大眼睛”!!!创造完美“肌肤”的代价就是as thick as possible (foundation) for the flawless skin.... ..

Sasuke Itachi 

Kaito Vocaloid 

Naruto Shippuden

4th Hokage- Minato Minakaze

Naruto's and Father

Favourite Cosplay of the day- Death Note (breath-taking!)

Bleach (you want to cut your steak?)

The most disgusting of the day, yucks!!!


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Early bird look of my hair, it was 6 in the morning with Nian Shou.

Teh Tarik Bao Zai is 18th years old, young and fun!!! 

Walter is the cosplayer looks like the most.


Cosmic Fiesta 就好像漫画爱好者的年度大派对,大家聚在一起玩乐,扮下嘢共襄盛举!在漫画的世界里面,cosplayer都是一个大家族:我只记得你在那一集(anime)里面爱上我或是下一集里杀了我!不过,你也有可能同时看见“许多”个我,哈哈哈!(多人扮演的热门角色)

Cosplay Fun!