Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Positive Thinker and Negative Thinker

It has almost been one year since i have been a photographer, working with Green Apple occasionally. Many types of people have i met, different personalities that made me who I am today. People say that gossips are normal within a community, and i do agree to that statement. What does gossips have to do with us ? These gossips, when we receive them, we feel angry, sometimes funny, and i mean very funny.

To be honest, people tend to think negatively rather than thinking positively. These people are the happy people when it comes to saying bad things about another person, their success and their roles. Although they have not personally met us, shake hands, get to know a part of us, they already have a negative perception towards us. We are just like a Deaf, in a race , although majority booed him, he still went on and win the race while ignoring them.

Sometimes, these people try and create stories so that their success would not look so bad after all.
For example,

Positive Thinker: These guys are good, i should follow their footsteps and try to get better than them.
Negative Thinker: These people ? I can be better than them long before, it's just that i don't want to cheat people, lose friends, and be egoistic.

Kan ke itu caranya untuk buat orang loser terasa mereka ni tidak lah teruk sangat. Cuma mereka tak mahu lakukan perkara2 yang (mereka tuduh kita lakukan walaupun kita tak buat).

(Sorry if there are some parties who i might have offended but these are true stories about UMP that went indirectly to us.)

That is why i choose to be the 'Deaf' and ignore all these words of negative thinkers. I hear all these things, i just ignore them.

There are also stories i heard from Tan Sri Syeikh Mokhtar Al-Bukhari, Tun Dr. Mahathir, Lee Kwan Yew, Datuk Izhar (KFC), T. Ananda Krisnan, Vincent Tan dan Lim Goh Tong and many more billionaires in Malaysia. Are those hate from a small part of our community is the payment to success ? Dalam kes ini, buka lah mata buka lah hati...

To those who hate and give me harsh comments, i pray for your success. With success only you will know this path. With success, only you will know the feeling of being hate even though we did not do anything towards other people. With achievements, you will feel how hurt the feeling to swallow all those cruel words that you once utter to us. Therefore i pray for your success.

Always think positive and don't trust people's words so easily. If we are wrong personally, maybe our characteristics is in that order, what can you do about it ? It is my dealing with god. If you think we are wrong, in any sense, do meet us personally.

From, RAFFI
The loud, boisterous, deafening, and strident student.
A person who has not achieved success yet but will never stop chasing it.

Saturday, October 25, 2008

Just Think About It. It Won't Take Long.

Why is it, people tends to stereotype us, foundation students as being unprofessional and unproductive ? What makes people think that we are something small and not of that standard of professionals. I feel hurt and irritated by the fact that we foundation students, especially UMP have been underrated by almost everyone, even people in our own course, our own class, our own group of students. They have not been taking UMP seriously. We certainly shut them up with the Montage for the SOC Media Carnival. To be honest, we welcome competition, healthy competition from those who do not feel we are good enough to be credited. I certainly felt stunned at being undervalued, underestimated, by these people. We, UMP are professionals and we work like one. The job we do, is certainly no joke. Treat us like professionals as we are skilled, qualified and proficient in anything we do. As for me, i personally think that a job is no charity, we deserve the value for every thing that we do. You have to think that the stuffs we do, require a lot of consideration. The cost of our production is more than what you think it is. Don't treat us like kids. We are professionals, and we have our own worth.

To put into consideration, think and reflect on this. We have to fork out our own money to pay for these:-

1. Time Cost
2. Design Cost, Creativity Cost
3. Software (Original Software)
4. Electricity
5. Management Fees (Petrol, Posts, etc.)

6. Video Editing Fees (Effects, Colour Control, Subtitles, Mixing, Cutting, etc.)

You tell me now, if you were in our shoes, will you ask money to do all this work ? If your answer is no, maybe you are not a professional, so, do not match yourselves with us, Unpredictable Media Productions. I am a photographer and in that area, even an unknown and amateur photographer could earn at least RM500 per event. What I am asking now is for some respect given to us, and never underestimate us.

Lets say our cost is RM800, and we take no profit from it. Will people pay for it ? Most of it won't pay because we are just foundation students. A lot of people do not realize that we count in all those costs. They would just think that, we deserve the pay for only electricity and the management fees. That is why you people are ignorant that we need to be rewarded for our hard work. Business is business, personal or friends remain that way. Even though you are our friend, we will still charge you according to what we charge to every other customers. Business and personal don't mix.

So, buckle up and be more mature in dealing with us and we will provide you with the best. That's a promise.

A thought from my heart, " the greatest inventions in life is jealousy and the ability to dishonour another individual".

Love, Hamster.

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

SOC Montage


This is Our Montage for the SOC Media Carnival 08. Though it has flaws, as a normal student production would be, we are still proud to have succeeded in accomplishing this montage as a team. Thanks Ms. Natasha and all the crew for their support and a slot in the event. :D

Love, Hamster.

Friday, October 17, 2008

FINAL DAY!

SOC MEDIA CARNIVAL IS GOING TO BE HELD TOMORROW(ANNEXE,TAYLOR'S COLLEGE) ...

FINALLY AFTER 2 WEEK OF HARD WORK(SUFFERING WITHOUT SLEEP) , THE MASTERPIECE IS FINALLY FINISHED!

UMP'S VIDEO WILL BE SHOWN DURING THE SOC MEDIA CARNIVAL.
YASMIN AHMAD IS GOING TO BE THERE PEEPS.
COME AND SUPPORT UMP THERE!

CREDITS TO ALL THE CAST:
MICHELLE
J.Q
MARIAM
LI MAY

SEE YOU THERE!
THE CRAZIEST.
EMOLOVE.

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

VIDEO PROGRESS!!!

THE VIDEO MONTAGE SHOOTING JUST FINISHED TODAY!!!!
AFTER THIS, IT'S TIME FOR VIDEO EDITING!!!!

MONTAGE ALBUM ART.

SOC MEDIA CARNIVAL!!!
MAKE SURE YOU COME!!!!


THE CRAZIEST

Sunday, October 12, 2008

Montage.

Currently, UMP are really busy with their montage until we could not post some new contents on our blog.
We apologize for the delay.
We are currently finishing and shooting a montage, as a representative for the Foundation students of SOC, for the upcoming SOC carnival. More info at http://mediacarnival08.blogspot.com
the video will be about unity, pride, and spirit of the SOC students. Those who don't get to catch the montage at the event, no worries ! UMP will upload it directly to our blog after the event ! :D

Love, Hamster.

Friday, October 10, 2008

Colourful People

for the past week, due to transportation problems, I have been going home by taxi.

Now what do we know about these working-class heroes?? They pick us up, send us to our destination, occasionally con us of our money?? that may be, but who are these men behind the wheel??

Taxi 1- the driver is a man who is painfully aware of the dangers of his smoking habits. Alas, after two decades of smoking, he feels that he could no longer fight his addiction. His comment: "Lebih baik dari ambik dadah" (better than taking drugs). I agree.

Taxi 2- sullen and dull man. that's it.

Taxi 3- a timid little man. when I told him of my destination, he nodded quietly. then he asked me of the route i had in mind. when i told him, he suggested an alternate route. he describe it to me and i realised it was much nearer. saved me a few bucks. My conclusion- a professional and pleasant man who knows his job.

Taxi 4- the most interesting one of all. he used to be a sailor and has set foot on 2/3 of the lands on Earth. I was sceptical at first, but he spoke good English and had good knowledge and good description of places that I have been as well as never been before. he also works as a part time musician. His comments on poverty- "They're trying to help the poor in Africa, but in London, here we already have poor people. One can never understand poverty unless they've mixed around with those people".

He also has interesting views on the politics here. "Those politicians trying to politicise religion, they're just making a mockery of God"

Suprisingly though, he supports the current PM.

He is also a really devout Christian. His quotes: "Our conscience is our best friend and our worst enemy. Apart from ourselves, God is the only one who knows what lies in our consciousness. God also made us capable of love. Therefore, why focus on the negative things like hate when we can go positive with love? Remove the bad things in our conscience, and keep the good ones. Then we can feel the Almighty's love"

....something like that anyway...can't remember it all....

My conclusion-a good Christian and a good man. I didn't mind getting stuck in the jam listening to his thoughts.

Taxi 5- just had one interesting comment. "the Government want to give Shah Rukh Khan the title Datuk? Why the hell for? He's not even Malaysian!!"

so these are just a few of the personalities i met in those taxi rides. i have been fortunate to meet these (except driver no. 2) wonderful people and it has been a good experience for me.

Except for number 2, these people that could do our nation proud...if the "people in charge" ever bother to acknowledge them.

-The Stag-

Saturday, October 4, 2008

WE ARE BACK!!!

SELAMAT HARI RAYA TO ALL...

After a week off with holidays, UMP is now BACK with better info to serve you...
UMP will be launching our own Unpredictable Media Studio soon.
It will be all about music... There will be music on the page and we will produce our own songs soon...
So, wait for it...

THE CRAZIEST-when he secretly stalk and chase his love.