By Chewxy, on February 25th, 2007%
He’s not quite the devil yet, but he sure is evil.
This was shot on a Canon Powershot A95 filtered with Chewxy’s propietary Angelclick® technology. The Angelclick is able to tell if someone is aligned with Good or Evil. Seen here is Edmund Yeo, aka Swifty holding the Sceptre of Evil, delivering a sermon on being . . . → Read More: Who is Edmund Yeo?
By Chewxy, on February 24th, 2007%
Swifty had invited me to the second Filmmakers Anonymous gathering over at Annexe @ Central Market, as it would feature the premiere of his short movie, Girl Disconnected. And so I went, with Abel tagging along (more like I tagged along, since Abel was the one driving).
Filmmakers Anonymous is basically a gathering where local independent movie makers showcase their movies. And FA2′s list of movies showcased were these:
- Girl Disconnected by Edmund Yeo (a.k.a Swifty)
- Taking Precautions by Audrie Yeo (no connections with Edmund)
- Hello Goodbye by Chi Too
- Lost and Found by Roy Vimalan
- The Blind Girl and the Thief by Johan Arif Mazlan
- Aunty Wahid by Umi Salwana Omar
- This Sweet Refrain by Fairuz Sulaiman
- Red Drawing by Margaret Bong
- Kg. Chubadak by Mokhtaruddin Lasso
After the showing of the movies, the respective filmmakers would be there to answer a few questions from the audience. But first, I shall begin my review of each short!
Continue reading Filmmakers Annonymous 2
By Chewxy, on February 23rd, 2007%
It is a Chinese tradition that during Chinese New Year, older (and usually wiser) married people would give red packets (Mandarin: 红包 – hong bao; or Hokkien: Ang Pau) to younger, unmarried people. Inside these red packets, there would be money (yay!!!), usually in even numbers (though these few years it started to be a trend to put 5 dollar notes in them). Yearly, with zeal, younger, unmarried people (like me) would count greedily how much money the new year has brought in.
Naturally, this year is no different. Except this year, I was wondering how much I had lost by not actively seeking relatives who would give me ang paus due to my playing mahjong. From that, I proceeded to wonder how much I actually got from my relatives every year. From there on, a string of other weird questions arise, but ah, well, let’s tackle the first question:
Continue reading Ang Pau Economics
By Chewxy, on February 21st, 2007%
I’ve just gotten back from Penang yesterday. Well, since classes have started today, Chinese New Year celebrations were kinda rushed. But here’s a wordy and lengthy recap (that no one except those really interested in my life will bother to read)
Continue reading A Hectic Chinese New Year
By Chewxy, on February 15th, 2007%
To: All My Readers1,
I sincerely wish2 you and your families3
Gong Xi Fa Cai4
and an environmentally conscious,socially responsible, low stress,non-addictive, gender neutral, celebration of the lunar new year from the view of the Chinese lunisolar calendar (however, not without due respect for the calendars of choice of other cultures whose contributions to society have helped make the world a better place).
Happy Lunar New Year!5
Yours,

Continue reading Happy Lunar New Year
By Chewxy, on February 14th, 2007%
By Chewxy, on February 13th, 2007%
Right… last night, I woke up all groggy, and had a few words with the Princess, then when going back to bed, a friend messaged me on MSN. He was the typical government lackey (you know, JPA scholar, die-hard govt. policy supporter, that sort). Below is a selected portion of my conversation with him (names have been changed to protect privacy, and edited for readability):
Continue reading Conversations with a Government Lackey
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