Written by lainie at 01:25 PM on April 7, 2008 in Friends, Links / Email.

Do me a favour - keep this Saturday night free if you're in KL. I'm doing the art direction for Jerome Kugan's album launch (Songs for a Shadow) in the Annexe.

Besides the muted panic of being thrown into this last minute with no experience, minimal help, a tight schedule and an audience that promises to comprise of people I respect, including my previous lecturers from Cenfad - I'm sure I'll like doing this very much. Reminder to self: I like working under pressure, I like working under pressure.

Moving along: Check out good hippie film love happening on Youtube! I've watched a few of the videos from this series, and I quite like them. Wish I had more time today.

It seems that two days after my birthday in May, some world-kumbayah will happen. Anyone familiar with Pangea Day?

Here's a big idea: Pangea Day plans to use the power of film to bring the world a little closer together. We're divided by borders, race, religion, conflict... but most of all by misunderstanding and mistrust. Pangea Day seeks to overcome that -- to help people see themselves in others -- through the power of film....

Your film could be part of it.

from Can Your Film Change The World?

Spot the Malaysian flag!




Imagine! Japan Sings for Turkey (this is the one I like the most, probably because it looks the snazziest).

I think it's a beautiful concept with lots of room for fun. So, Malaysian filmmakers. What're we gonna do about it?

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Lola showed up at my place last night, mostly to drink Japanese beer, eat Yakitori, and discuss some design work for me. I don't live near many beer places, so I'd suggested the cheapie Japanese restaurant near me, which ought to have at the very least, bad sake.

She'd made an unconvincing declaration about being willing to settle for Iced Milo - if you've been subjected to as many fierce glares as I have everytime I tried to order a non-alcoholic beverage around her, you'd be skeptical too.

Ended up standing in the rain outside my house after that, helping some friends lift their car's front wheel out of the uncovered ditch.

Did I mention, I went to Teluk Gong last night? Coconut Flower restaurant (review), famed for seafood. Turns out this bloke's quite a foodie. We went over a very common dinner topic in Malaysia - people with names that translate into unfortunate phrases in local dialects.

Also, inflation, deflation, trade and tight fiscal policies take on a more humourous inflexion when you consider Vietnam's currency - The Dong. Aspointed out, almost half the world's population has a dong in reserve.

The food isn't as good as I remembered, and the portions were smaller, but with good company and low prices, I'm quite happy with the night - RM3 for a liter of Todi (coconut wine) can't hurt either.

The day after, I'm falling sick, I have deadlines, and deadlines, and more deadlines. I'm actually still quite happy. Oh, and I called Joanna Bessey just now, for an interview. You know how people sound different over the phone? She sounds just the same.

Hrm.