So I graduated today. Finally. It was great. I’m happy and there are all kinds of bittersweet memories running through my head. I can’t wait for university to begin. For those of you who don’t know I’m going to the HKUST Business School. The term begins in the end of August and some of my close friends will also be attending the same university, one or two even the same program! Anyway, I don’t feel like writing much so instead I will as always leave you with pictures (hosted on Flickr and Facebook).
After about a month of work (well more play than work) we as a group have finished our final Art, Design & Technology stop-motion animation project. It’s interesting how much of the project was just a result of improvisation rather than planning and following a script.
Anyway, the final product is very amateurish but we are proud of it. After all, our budget was 0 and we used my old Lego bricks to build the sets. We used a school video camera which we had to heavily duct tape to a tripod and then to the floor, a somewhat shaky school table, and no special lighting (as can be noticed by the strange shadows on the video).
For the stop-motion recording we used my MacBook and the great native frame-capturing program iStopMotion for OS X.
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I went to the “We Will Rock You” musical/concert here in Hong Kong on May 27th and it was awesome to say the least. I’m quite a big fan of Queen (and a lot of older music in general) so it was natural that I would go to a musical with music by Queen.
It was also an interesting thing for me that the lead role in the musical/concert was Mig Ayesa, one of the final three competitors on the show “Rockstar INXS” which I watched almost religiously around 2003 or 2004. To be honest, he was my favorite out of all the other competitors.
As for the musical itself, everything in it was based on Queen material. The names, events, etc. were all taken from Queen music lyrics. My guess is that the musical is meant to be a comedy of sorts and if it was it lived up to its genre. The music was played by a live band hidden from the audience’s view until the end of the show. The set designs, lighting and costumes were all very beautiful. And most importantly, the acting and singing was spectacular although I do think Mig Ayesa (Galileo) could do away with the American accent he butchered up in the show.
The producers of the show even managed to add some local flavor to the show by mentioning famous sights and songs from Hong Kong, thereby making for a more comedic evening.
The show will keep playing in Hong Kong throughout June and I recommend any local Queen or rock fan to watch it. It’s well worth the money.
After surfing the internet, I somehow stumbled upon my friend Elliot’s blog and noticed that I was tagged in one of his memes.
For those of you unfamiliar with the term, a meme is simply an idea, project, statement or even a question that is posted by one blog and responded to by other blogs.
“The meme asks me to give a link to the person who meme’d me, to tell 7 interesting things about me, and to then pass the meme on. I interpreted the meme to mean that I should tell things that you’re not likely to guess. Here goes:”
In no particular order,
1. I can’t stand it when I or someone else rubs styrofoam like the kind found in packaging, it gives me shivers everywhere.
2. Eating dark chocolate makes me sneeze, but milk chocolate doesn’t. Usually the darker the chocolate, the quicker I sneeze. But I do love chocolate.
3. In Elementary School I was addicted to the “Magic Tree House” book series but this addiction ended after I discovered Harry Potter in grade 4.
4. I created my first website in 2001 during grade 5 and it was hosted on Yahoo! Geocities. I’m so glad that I was introduced to website design by my grade 5 teacher.
5. I can wiggle my ears voluntarily.
6. I was born with black hair which then became blond. No kidding.
7. I’ve watched the movie “Twister” at least 6 times.
