Gaze Ahead

HDV FOOTAGE

2010-02-25T02:50:00.000-08:00

Our first HD video...

So, this is kind of new lovely cute FOOTAGE from our new equipment!!!!

so have a look...

Anak Dara

2010-02-25T02:47:00.000-08:00

Azmyl Yunor live performance at Taylor's University College

HEY THERE!

2009-11-02T11:10:00.001-08:00

Hey there...

Finally year 2009 going to end very soon. YES, SOON.

Here some check lists about our goals for this year.

1. Producing better quality videos with more creative ideas (YES)

OUR SOURCES OF INSPIRATIONS

- Wong Fu Productions

- Rewan Ishak

- Yasmin Ahmad

Thanks ALL.

2. Earning incomes to expand our production (YES) Thanks to the Taylor's Marketing Department.

3. Buying the Canon XL-2 (We got another choice. We owned Panasonic DVX102BEN)

4. Obtaining all production equipments, such as lighting, boom mic, etc. (Not really)

5. Win a film festival competition. (Join BMW SHORTIES, Malaysia Film Festival, Freedom Film Fest. We didn't win.)

6. Recognised by everyone as a fresh and upcoming production (No)

7. Recruit more members in our team (Maybe)

8. Being happy in everything we do, and have passion in it. (100% passion) (Yes)

Huh... Yes thats all. Look like we achieve quite a lot for this year.

How about 2010...?

ROY

"Girls are like melodies, when you have it, they are stuck in your head but once it is gone, you can never have the same one again"

LES STROUD SURVIVORMAN!!! ABOUT HIM!

2009-08-19T01:56:00.000-07:00

Filmmaker, Outdoor Adventurer, Singer-Songwriter, Performer

Best known as star of the three time Gemini nominated hit TV series Survivorman (OLN Canada, The Science Channel US, Discovery Channel International, City TV (Rogers) Canada), Les Stroud continues to forge new pathways as a prolific, creative force. He single-handedly created, produced, wrote, filmed, hosted, edited and composed the theme music for the first two original, one-hour pilots for what would eventually become the hit Survivorman TV series. He remains the only producer in the history of television to produce an internationally broadcast series entirely written, videotaped and hosted alone and is credited with starting an entire new genre of television known as ‘Survival Shows’. Survivorman has gone on to become the highest rated show in the history of both OLN Canada and the Science Channel US and quickly became one of the most popular and highest rated shows on the Discovery Channel US. Survivorman Productions Inc. was listed as one of the ‘Global Top 100’ on the coveted list for Realscreen magazine. The show was also the number one pick of Wired Magazine’s ‘Top Ten’ list for February 2007, and Stroud made the 2007 ‘Top 100 People We Love To Watch’ list for Entertainment Weekly magazine. He has appeared on the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (3 times), The Ellen DeGeneres Show, MTV Live (2), The View, The Hour, as well as Larry King Live (4 times). His second appearance on Larry King was a full hour dedicated to Les and his involvement with the 20th Anniversary of Shark Week on Discovery International.

Combining his love for the outdoors and his skills as a filmmaker, Stroud has appeared in and/or produced numerous television specials and interstitials including hosting, in 2007, the twentieth anniversary of Discovery Channel’s Shark Week, The Mad Trapper – Cineflix, The True Story of Robinson Crusoe – Cinenova, Discovery Channel’s Shark Feeding Frenzy (2007), I Shouldn’t Be Alive: the Science of Survival, Surviving Sharks (2008 Shark Week),Expedition Everest, Surviving Urban Disasters, After the Experiment (Discovery),Deadly Waters (Shark Week 2009) as well as Off the Grid with Les Stroud. He was also a featured subject of the series Extraordinary Lives. He has been celebrated by parody on the hit sitcom ‘The Office’ as well as the hit cartoon ‘King of the Hill’. Stroud has done a commercial with the famous Geico Gecko and been referenced by David Letterman, Howard Stern and numerous other media personalities. He is Executive Producer and host for a hit kids TV series for YTV and Cartoon networks called ‘Survive This’.

Les is a proud member of the prestigious Explorers Club. Les’ book release Nov 2008, called “Survive! - Essential Skills and Tactics to Get You Out of Anywhere–Alive!” with Harper Collins made the bestseller list for 20 weeks and broke the top 100 on Amazon.com. He is currently writing his second and third books. Les was nominated for the Canadian National Magazine awards in the Best Travel Writer category and has received many film festival awards for his work. Les contributes to dozens of charities and benefits, most prominently those that benefit children including; The Solid Rock Foundation and War Child.

REFERENCE
http://lesstroud.ca/bio

Personally I think this guy is awesome!!! Imagine he producing a tv show by himself!!! Location?? Out of nowhere!! Isn't that amazing!!

ROY

A New Short by UP...

2009-06-27T00:41:00.000-07:00

NLP
COMING SOON!!!
...if possible will be release this August...

UP SHORT FILM DETAILS

TITLE: NLP

LANGUAGE MEDIUM: MALAY

EXACT DURATION: 09MIN 06 SEC

PRODUCTION CREDITS

DIRECTOR: ROY AK AJONG

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: RAFFI

CASTS

AARON TAN

AMIRUL FIKRI

CHRISTINE HO

CRYSTALBELLE LAU

COLIN LIM

IMRAN MOHAMAD NOOR

ISABELLE WONG

LEE JIAN QUIN

MICHELLE LAU

ROY LIM

SYAZWAN ZAINAL

VICTOR TAN

Loss. CRR Assignment 3 Video.

2009-06-12T08:18:00.000-07:00

It uncovers the reality of life.
It all started with a quote that goes
"All this talk about equality. The only thing people really have in common is that they are all going to die." - Bob Dylan.

I do admit it lacks content and we really hope to improve :) Thanks for the support, people from CRR Class! We Love YOU!

Love, Raffi.

(CREDITS TO REWAN ISHAK)

BLINDSPOT TRAILER

2009-06-02T20:34:00.000-07:00

ENJOY THIS TRAILER.

COMING SOON.

ABOUT OUR SENIOR....

2009-05-31T12:49:00.000-07:00

THIS IS A PRIVILEDGE TO POST SOMETHING ABOUT THEM...

WONG FU PRODUCTIONS

JUST AN IDEA OF WHO THEY ARE Wong Fu Productions first began in 2003 on the campus of UC San Diego. Over the years Wong Fu has evolved from a group of college dormmates and friends to a few boys driven to succeed.

Wong Fu Productions is now a growing independent production company with thousands of hits to this website from all over the world each day. With a fanbase of millions across the US and globe, they work fulltime creating online content, designing their tshirt brand, and producing with other companies and artists. As emerging artists and filmmakers, Wong Fu hope to continue to improve their craft, grow as a company, and reach people with our work.

First meeting in 2004, WONG FU started to work on small projects together. It's hard to find other individuals who share the same visual and creative tastes and goals, and even harder for them to be compatible as friends...but luckily they found it.

Wong Fu was created on a saying that "If at the end of the day there's someone out there who has a better day because of us, then we've succeeded." To this day, that motto still stands. Wong Fu believe they can have a positive influence in this industry, and on the audience..."and if we can do this, then we know we're doing something right" (WONG FU, 2008).

GREAT WISHES TO OUR SENIOR...

from UNPREDICTABLE PRODUCTIONS and REBAN AYAM PHOTHOGRAPHY...

reference:

wongfuproductions.com

Recognition

2009-05-23T01:09:00.000-07:00

Went through the hard disk and found this clip under the Unpredictable files. Edited in in like 20 mins or so, and here it is. This is the first time someone said something about us, Unpredictable Productions. We are proud, so very proud with his statement.

Love, Raffi.

Who Are You?

2009-05-22T22:37:00.000-07:00

I've noticed one thing. We never really introduced ourselves to the public since the formation in August last year. So, today i'm taking time off to share some parts of me which hidden. A part of me that is not visible, according to Johari's Window. So, here goes:

"Hello. I’m Raffi. I am a horrible friend, a languid adversary. I’m too big to fit in your closet. On the other hand, I’m too tiny to explore the depths of the ocean. I am rambunctious only when equipped with Ringgit bills and assorted chocolates. Generally, my words come out unfiltered. My luck with girls is laughable; but worthy of a song or two. What I see in the mirror pales in comparison to what I expect an eighteen year old boy should be. I take my juice with pulp and three cubes of ice and stirred to perfection. I am pissed of at the world's creatures for no particular reason at all; I just feel like it. I fall fast and hard, but I get back up on my feet just as quick. At this stage of my life, I don’t believe in marriage yet. If this is a phase, so be it. My goals and aims are still vague but I’m sure I’ll turn out just fine. I'm addicted to intense electrical appliances! So this is me; now who are you?"

I'll get Roy to write something about him, don't worry people :D
I'm sorry there has not been much update. We are quite busy with college, some taylor's job, some videos for ourselves too. Stay put at this blog in the next couple of weeks and we will give you more action about us.

Love, Raffi.

Time

2009-05-16T00:07:00.000-07:00

As we indulge our age and notice that we are growing up,
we learn that sometimes the person you held high regards will probably fail you,
hearts will be shattered from time to time, and it gets nasty as it goes.
you'll get the parallel feeling when it comes back to you,
you'll have conflicts with your best-est friend, and blame it on alcohol,
the thought of losing the person you love most will drip some tears from your eyes,

So take so many pictures, capture every moment, laugh so much till your lungs fail you, and Love like you've never been hurt at all,
because every sixty seconds you spend upset, is a minute of happiness you'll never get back, and ponder whether your friends deserve seeing you in the state of denial,
Don't be afraid that your life will end, be afraid that it will never begin at all.

So, Live Your Life !

Raffi, From Russia With Love :)

Melodies.

2009-05-07T09:54:00.000-07:00

"Girls are like melodies, when you have it, they are stuck in your head but once it is gone, you can never have the same one again"

Roy Ajong

Random

2009-05-03T09:48:00.000-07:00

"Life is like a train, it has a track and a destination, you will meet people but you just don't know where your stop is,"

Raffi

Baraka

2009-04-28T22:29:00.000-07:00

Arguably the finest piece of graphical content i have ever seen in my life of 18 years.

Baraka, or "blessing" in many different languages, is astonishing and has that brilliance that will go unequal in many decades to come. One have to dig up and accept that it is a 1992 film, shot with the super high definition Todd-AO 70mm camera and now we are in the year 2009, with multiple technologies but this story will always be untouched and and a cover will never be possible.

The vision and cinematography of Ron Fricke is orgasmic. Never had i watched a documentary, not to mention without a single utter of narration, made my eyes dripping with tears of pride and sensitivity towards a work that covers the story of world and life itself.

Shot in 24 different countries, with various story engaged in it, i just do not see any competitor that will ever get close to a mind-boggling artistic rendition like this.

I despise those who slept during the course of this screening. This is a masterful display that will have an impact on your life. I was awed by Baraka and I didnt even dare to blink my eye because a single missed frame to me is a waste that is invaluable.

Thank god for giving me the chance to explore my weaknesses. Thank god for giving me Samsara next year, which is a sequel to Baraka. I need Baraka everyday in my life.
I finish this post with quote from Ron Fricke,"It's not where you are that's important, it's what's there."

And what's here, in Baraka, is a whole world summed up in 104 minutes.

UP is never dead. We will fight and create videos until we reach the standards of Baraka, hopefully.

Love, Raffi.
Success is coming.

TALENTIME

2009-04-05T10:33:00.000-07:00

PLEASE SUPPORT OUR MALAYSIAN FILM INDUSTRY BY SUPPORTING THIS MOVIE IN ANY WAY.

RUN BABY RUN-NICKY CRUZ

2009-04-05T10:13:00.001-07:00

...* Warning of Christianity and religious contents. Please do not enter the following website if you are likely to feel offended....

Freedom Film Fest 09'

2009-04-05T06:23:00.000-07:00

As the first duty of a volunteer for the FFF09, we have to promote this competition, so people... do write and send in your proposals to the organizers !

As for U.P, we are currently brainstorming on the outcome and the full story of this competition. We really want to win this though there are plenty of brilliant brains out there. We will definitely try our hardest to even gain a spot in the top 3 winners. Do support us too ! :D

1Malaysia

2009-04-05T06:13:00.000-07:00

Can we really achieve this ?
One Malaysia. I don't really understand the concept. Is this concept the same as creating One Nation, One Race thingy?
Like the one proposed by Adolf Hitler?

I don't really know. I need some clarification about this matter. I would support it by all means, because i think, right now, we are doing just fine and hopefully our new PM can do a better job in lifting this nation towards brilliance and success.

Gaze Ahead.

Love, Raffi.

Are You Ready For It?

2009-04-04T01:14:00.000-07:00

This isn't the official trailer yet, just something UP did when we're bored. :D

TREASURE HUNT EVENT

2009-04-03T22:14:00.000-07:00

CHRISTIAN EVENT:

NATIONAL TREASURE 3
PLACE: FGT SUBANG JAYA (WISMA EAGLE)
DATE: 18 APRIL 2009

IF INTERESTED, YOU CAN CONTACT ROY.

ROY...

NEW LOGO!!!

2009-04-03T12:58:00.000-07:00

UNPREDICTABLE PRODUCTIONS NEW LOGO!!!

GAZE AHEAD

POSTED BY:
U.P. CREATIVE DESIGN DEPARTMENT

Sunway Pyramid Earth Hour Event!

2009-03-29T12:21:00.000-07:00

EARTH HOUR AT SUNWAY PYRAMID

"How cool is that!" (Chan Zhi Ming, 2009)

Roy,
(DR. LOVE)

PECAH LOBANG...!

2009-03-27T01:49:00.000-07:00

HERE IS IT!!!
IS THIS WHAT WE ARE PROUD OF?
THE TRUTH IS REVEALED!

Sebagai rakyat Malaysia, kita tidak menggalakkan cetak rompak dalam kalangan masyarakat. Terutamanya dalam industri perfileman dan muzik negara.
Tetapi, apa yang ternyata di hadapan mata ialah ....

MAMULA MOON
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPcNnHEsFM0

PLEASE COMMENT!

BY ROY!!
SUPPORTED BY RAFFI!
APPROVED BY UP!!

Equal ?

2009-03-26T06:51:00.000-07:00

I was busy searching for scholarships the other day and was left frustrated, disgusted, sickened and dismayed by the fact that we, communication students, have very few option to obtain or even apply for one.

I was sickened with the reality that we are underrated as a human being. Every time i get to a scholarship, the criteria will just pull me down. I feel that communication students should be given equal rights to apply for a scholarship and i still don't understand why other courses get the benefit to apply? Are we uneducated ? Are we not up to par with other students from other courses ? Do you think that we are so rich that we don't need scholarships to fund our course ?

I mean, we can contribute as well as the other courses. So why must you leave, not only us, but some other unpopular courses out of your scholarship requirements. I know that we are capable to succeed and take responsibilities equally well as the other students from the courses you gave a go-ahead. If only we can open up our eyes and hearts to something new, futuristic and innovative.

Sometimes i wonder are we still in the past, before post-modernism.

Raffi.

2009-03-26T05:57:00.000-07:00

You just may want to read this.

2009-03-24T05:20:00.000-07:00

We, the Unpredictable Media Productions, are considering changing our name to Unpredictable Productions instead. This is because our name goes well with our vision, as you see it, UP is what we believe in, what we want to achieve and focus on, and that is the future but of course we live our days as it is our last. We may change our link to unpredictableproductions.blogspot.com in the near future.

We have different objectives to our name now. Our passion is always going to be videos. That is how we portray our creativity. We have learned from the past that effects and designs in a video is not particularly important. We know that creative storyline is the core of a production. We have evolved in a sense that we begin to take life as young adults and that is how we will approach and reach to audience (though we only have a few followers), we will keep on displaying our creative ideas even though you may not want to watch it but it is perfectly fine.

Me and Roy, the co-founders of this group, discussed and decided that to be more of a general group is the best way to sustain the relationship among the members and even everyone out there. We want UP to be more of a Creative Team. We are not entirely focussed on video production. We want to do writing, designs, snap photos, produce videos, audios creatively. We really want people who hopefully read this post to be inspired by our visions.

Money is not the most important thing to us. We snap photos, record videos, audio recording and so on because it is our passion and not because it is money-driven. We want to be more organised this time around and we want to create a group which is entirely different from any other.

We will have "lepak" sessions every now and then, with the members, we will talk about life, uni life, problems, studies, creative brainstorming and anything that you want to talk about. Outing is always a must for us as we get multiple exposure with things related to life experiences and all. We are also recruiting members into this group as the saying goes "the more the merrier". Don't be afraid to contact us because we are happy to welcome you to our group, seriously.

To those of you who love everything about independent - the music, film, the life, the fashion and everything else about it, we are a part of you. Do contact us at the chat box and give us your e-mail contact to receive something from us.

Thank You, Love, Raffi.

A person who will never give up his chase for success.

p.s: please ignore any spelling error.

WE'RE BACK....

2009-03-21T10:17:00.000-07:00

MODELS WANTED!
you don't have to be good-looking or pretty. we just want people who have a personality and those who are confident !
we create portfolios for you :D and this service is for freeeeee.
don't be shy to contact us...
we'll help you to shine...
Email us or leave your name and contact on the chat box:
unpredictable.media.productions@hotmail.com

ROY...

I want to upload !

2009-03-04T04:35:00.000-08:00

I want to upload the SOC Media Carnival Video but i'm not sure if Taylor's allow me to put this thing up. Should i just upload it ? Btw the connection sucks these days. Haha. Probably i'll upload it within this week or something.

UMP with ALLAN WU (THE AMAZING RACE ASIA HOST)

2009-01-25T02:25:00.000-08:00

Thinking Ahead

2008-12-29T05:31:00.000-08:00

Oh my, oh my, just a blink of an eye and its already 2009. This time of the year, last year, i'm just a lazy guy, potatofying myself on the couch and surfing the net whole day and obtaining junk information. How much time changes a person.

I don't think i'm the same person as before. I'm more confident now. I am knowledgeable now. How much this course changed me from the person i was before. I have a vision and goals to support my dreams in the future. I have set plenty of goals and some of it have been accomplished and some not. In the year 2009, me, and my team will set goals that we will try our best to materialise.

In UMP, we believe, anything is possible and we always can do it. Nobody has gained success in their first try, and so do us, but we will keep chasing it until we manage to fulfill our objective target. We just want to modernise the art of film and keep everyone happy. Though some might not be happy with us, we are happy to provide you the best in our videos to portray our nation as a leading video producer in the future.

Some of our goals this year are:

1. Producing better quality videos with more creative ideas
2. Earning incomes to expand our production
3. Buying the Canon XL-2
4. Obtaining all production equipments, such as lighting, boom mic, etc.
5. Win a film festival competition
6. Recognised by everyone as a fresh and upcoming production
7. Recruit more members in our team
8. Being happy in everything we do, and have passion in it. (100% passion)

For the next 5 years:

1. Become a young, multi- millionaire production
2. Be young millionaires without debt
3. Our works being published worldwide
4. Winning Best Picture in Cannes International Film Festival, recognised as The Best Asian Film in Academy Awards
5. Opening a Videography School specially for yound talents with passion in videography
6. Travel to at least 5 out of 6 continents in the world
7. The most important thing is to be what i plan to be and have a hobby as a colourful career.

This is a rough outline for my vision, and same goes to my mates who will fight hard to make all our dreams possible. It may not look convincing at first sight, but as time goes on, it will materialised. We are not afraid to be the best. We are constantly labelled as ego, arrogant, and emo. Well, then maybe Donald Trump is ego, Tun Mahathir is arrogant, but look where they are now and look back at yourself.

We are doing something for our future and are happy with it. Do support us if you share the same belief as us, have the same vision as us, that is to take Malaysia to the international stage as a leading , modern country.

Love, Raffi.
A person who will chase success regardless the situation.

MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR...

2008-12-26T20:56:00.000-08:00

TO ALL UMP'S SUPPORTER,
WE WANT TO WISH YOU ALL,

MERRY CHRISTMAS
&
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2009.

WISH YOU ALL GOOD LUCK!

HOHOHO,
ROY

New Montage

2008-11-30T04:47:00.000-08:00

This is the new montage (not really new), after editing, a few flaws here and there, though we do admit, our storyline is quite dull, but at least we gave a lot of effort in producing this video. We believe we have a lot to learn, but at least we are willing to learn and improve from our mistakes. We are trying to be one professional team to instill creative ideas to everyone. Its the thought and effort that counts. Though not much of editing, we did shorten the whole thing and add some new effects into it. We also credited Azima in this one, since we forgot to put her name in it :D So, please give your comments in the comment box. Thanks.

Raffi.

UNPREDICTABLE MEDIA PRODUCTIONS NEWS

2008-11-27T08:04:00.000-08:00

UMP CREW PASS!

Contact Roy to get your CREW PASS.

THIS PASS WILL BE USED BY UMP'S CREW DURING THEIR UPCOMING EVENT.

UPCOMING EVENT:

6 DECEMBER 2008

Open Day @ Taylor's Main Campus

13-14 DECEMBER 2008

Taylor's College Exhibition @ Mid Valley

NEW CREW MEMBER!

We are proud to inform you that UMP has accepted a new member in this group in the form of Syazwan to join this up and coming production!

After some discussion between us, we finally agreed to recruit a new crew member and Syazwan was selected after much consideration.
Here, at UMP, we have the aim to reach the top and have our talents to be recognized by others. We don't ask much, but we can give you more than what you expect. We will build and polish the talents implant in oneself and hopefully, you will individually become a better person. CONGRATULATIONS! You are now an official part of us. Get ready for the future and remember, Imagine the Unimaginable.

WELCOME TO THE FAMILY OF UNPREDICTABLE MEDIA PRODUCTIONS!

PLEASE REFER TO US AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

A Word of Two From,
ROY

2nd Phase.

2008-11-14T06:36:00.000-08:00

What a semester. This semester marks the 2^nd term of our 3 semester Foundation in Communication. This semester was filled with love and joy, some arguments, and also misunderstanding. We cannot be perfect every time, well, we just can’t be perfect because no one is perfect. This semester started quite brightly for us. We were quite anxious and worried about the prospect of having 5 subjects cramped into just one semester ! That’s fearful. Before we summarise everything single subject that we had gone from side to side and end to end, we would like to thank our lecturers and classmates for the supports and contributions to us. You guys are the best ! Thanks for being by our side when we needed you. You guys will be in our minds through the course of our voyage of this exceptional life.

So, I think the first lecture we got is most probably from ECS 2. ECS 2 was not a particularly great deal of difference from last sem’s ECS 1. Ms. Azizah was particularly soft spoken and kind though she could be strict in an instant. It is very much the same and organizing events are part of it, AGAIN. We had anticipated more fights and arguments between the people in the class. Though me, Fadzli and Roy were in the board of directors, I quit the post soon after because of some reason that I thought was credible and honest. We had this Them Kids event on track, though with flaws along the road, the event went on eventually. I personally feel that maybe a class event doesn’t suit us as much as we are a big group. Though everyone needs to contribute something so that your marks won’t be deducted !

Moving on to the next subject, Islamic Studies and Moral Studies. Islamic Studies (IS) was fun and unique, though the notes could be better. It is full of context and contents to build our mental and spirit. It was a fun experience and cool because there is only one assignment ! That paved way for more free time for us. Moral Studies though, according to the students, was chilling and relaxing, due to the kind-hearted lecturer they had. Though they had more assignments than the IS students, their assignments managed to instill more moral into their dilapidated brain. Both the lecturers for this LAN subject were basically cool and calm and also kind hearted.

For IT, we had Mr. Anan who is a great lecturer and his notes are fantastically great. Having the knowledge in IT helped us a lot in completing assignments with ease. The theory was quite fun, though sometimes boring, but it really teaches us a whole some of this subject, and the technology of the world. The assignments were helpful, and now we know how to use Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access efficiently. Thanks for your help Mr. Anan.

Economics is a way of life; you are right Mr. David Chong. He’s highly passionate in teaching us, and he has a cool head and has not lost any temper even once. Economics is a very interesting subject; it’s a great knowledge for us to know the importance of it in our daily lives, the opportunity cost and stuffs. I think I will miss David Chong a lot and how could we forget to mention Ms. Natasha, of course we will miss her ! Ms. Natasha is the best lecturer we’ve had so far. She is fresh, has a great vision and has a great sense of heart. Not to forget she appreciates every student’s contribution. Her MMH subject is more on the knowledge base but she managed to change this whole education system to a simple and fun way of learning about history and its facts. In the end, we managed to cope up with this subject in style. She was also the one who recognized our talents and showcase it in the SOC Media Carnival 2008.

We really know that our passion is film production and now a priority for every one of us now. To me, despite all the fights and conflicts, in the end, we are still a group, why should we fight and hate each other when love is an option ? Reflect on this mates ! We have nothing against anyone and we are just doing our job. Thanks for making this semester the finest and maybe one of the most dramatic. More to expect from the 3rd and Final Semester !

Love, Raffi.

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

Finals

2008-11-06T06:35:00.000-08:00

We are currently busy with Final Examinations. Next Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday will be our Final Exams for Semester 2 in Foundation in Communication.
Though after that we will continue our work. More to come !

1. Editing for the New Montage.
2. Editing for SOC Media Carnival
3. A Silent Short Film
4. A Music Video
5. Sitcom - Journey To The Desk.

Oh ! So busy ! But we don't mind as long as we are passionate and loving everything that we are doing, we are just fine :D
We really have the heart for this ! We welcome ideas and creativity from anyone, if you want to. Support us ! :)

Missing

2008-11-02T01:58:00.000-07:00

This is a project from the students of UniSA. I certainly find this video very mysterious, with curiosity filling my body, and not to mention the creepy music which makes it even more intense and this music video is a great work !
We hope to learn more of your concepts, seniors... Love your work.

This is the URL of the Video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2nPmdN1YJk

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

Positive Thinker and Negative Thinker

2008-10-29T07:40:00.000-07:00

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.

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

2008-10-25T21:21:00.000-07:00

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.

SOC Montage

2008-10-21T07:00:00.000-07:00

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.

FINAL DAY!

2008-10-17T03:26:00.000-07:00

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.

VIDEO PROGRESS!!!

2008-10-15T04:42:00.000-07:00

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

Montage.

2008-10-12T10:58:00.001-07:00

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.

Colourful People

2008-10-10T08:11:00.000-07:00

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-

WE ARE BACK!!!

2008-10-04T03:31:00.000-07:00

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.

Of Language And Weirdness

2008-09-28T02:33:00.000-07:00

There was a time. Where the education system changed their English Language way of educating people to the standardized Malay. When was is ? During Anwar's reign. Did it work ? NO.

Educating people in Malay just doesn't help. In any institution, English is the main language. If you are not proficient in English, tell me how do we survive ? Malaysians don't realize that our community needs to be developed. The nation needs development. And tell me how do we get the development we want if we cannot speak the international language ?

We think that by bringing back Malay into the education system, all of us will be united, every race.
But i do see that nowadays, every race tends to use their own language, they don't have a standardized language.
How many subjects are there in English ? Only Maths And Science. Why are they making such a big fuss about it ?

Okay, maybe half of the subjects taken in SPM are in English. I can guarantee that these students will be thankful when they go overseas and study. Not only overseas, even locally, they use English as their medium to communicate. They should be thankful that the government changed the Malay Language of Maths and Science to English !
Why are they complaining ? Because the Exam results are not good in both of the subjects ? Who is to blame ?
The teachers or the Parents ? Think about it.

The teachers can't speak proper English. The parents meanwhile have been taking English lightly and educating their children with Malay. I didn't say it was wrong. I was brought up being taught both languages. I can speak and write both coherently.

Not to brag, but i feel that every citizen should learn the language and be good at it. For once i think the government did something right and now they are scraping it back. They feel that English is used by the British and it is a form of aother colonization by them, but then put that mindset away Malaysians ! We should progress. We are a bigger nation than anyone in SEA. We must develop ourselves, our mentality, the desire and knowledge. Come on people. Get United and be as strong as ever !
As what pepatah Melayu says, "bersatu teguh, bercerai roboh" !

The Hamster.

Compassion and death camps

2008-09-24T07:02:00.000-07:00

I was completely and utterly disgusted by the NS authorities stating that the death of Ricky Lim was not a valid reason to extempt Lim Geok Kim and Lim Meng Yeok's daughter, Jane from attending the NS camp.

If a death of a relative, a brother no less, is not a valid reason, I don't know what is.

Have the authorities lost all sense of compassion? How would they, nay, how would we all feel if we lost a friend and family member after they attended something that MAY have contributed to their death? Would you want to allow another person who is precious to you go to that same "something"??

This I have to see, will the authorities arrest the Lims for trying to protect their daughter? Will the authorities drag Jane to the "National Service" camp? Or will they find some shred of compassion in their darkening hearts to allow this family to keep their daughter close?

To the Lim family, UMP is behind you all the way.

To the "certain authorities"....try to remember what its like to be human....

-The Stag-

Unity, Tolerance and all the sort...Is it real? Is it a myth?

2008-09-20T08:58:00.000-07:00

Malaysia is multiracial country.

Malaysia is the melting pot of different cultures.

Malaysia's diversity is its greatest strengths.

Malaysia Truly Asia. (can't help it)

ARE ALL THE ABOVE TRUE???

...............

I'm going to tell you all several stories. It is based on personal experience.

--

One morning, my friends and I took an early LRT ride to KLCC. At first, it was empty, but as we went from station to station, people began to board.

I noticed something odd.

Malays sat on one side of the LRT. Chinese sat on the other side and so did the Indians but they were separated from the Chinese by two seats.

I thought to myself: "What the hell is going on??"

--

My friends and I went to a basketball court one evening. There were a lot of people playing, mainly Chinese.

Excuse me, they were all Chinese.

I asked them if we could play with them.

They pretended I wasn't even there.

--

I was in a school cafeteria (did I spell that right?).

I was eating my meal with my friends (Chinese, Malays and Indians). I looked around.

This is what I saw:

1. Malays were sitting in one part of the cafeteria.

2. Chinese sat away in another.

3. Indians sat at another.

There were few tables, including my own, where there were different races sitting together.

--

I surfed around online and surfed Youtube, blogs and forums and such.

I saw hatred everywhere.

I read about Chinese calling Malays lazy pigs. I read about Malays calling Chinese dirty and so on. I see videos where people insulted another ethnic group.

You get the picture.

--

So what do the stories above tell you?

Are we truly united?

Do we truly tolerate each other?

Personally, I don't think so. We are so caught up with the "my people, your people" idea, that we fail to see ourselves as ONE ENTIRE PEOPLE.

We live on the same land, we breathe the same air and above all, we all share the name "Malaysians".

I will not point fingers at whose fault this is...but....

THERACIALPOLITICSTHATOURPOLITICIANSKEEPPLAYINGISTHEMAINCAUSE....

its just one of the few though....

its time that we stop seeing MALAY, INDIAN, CHINESE, SIKH and so on..

its time to see only one race, one people.....

MALAYSIANS.

We see in the news stating that Malaysians are united and so on....

Bullshit.

We still have a long way to go.

If our mindset doesn't change, if we do not tolerate and respect each others differences, Unity is just a myth.

Stop demolishing the temples of the Indians.

Stop blaming everything on the Chinese people's economical success.

Stop attacking the bumiputras' rights.

Stop making fun of the Malays' religion, Islam.

Stop forcing the Sikh students to cut their hair.

STOP BEING NARROW MINDED.....

......

I was bored...so I wrote this....

-The Stag-

Selamat Hari Raya.

2008-09-19T09:18:00.000-07:00

I took this clip from youtube. Rather a last year's advert but this advert really did touch my internal feelings and tears plunge rather easily. I don’t know why. The camera angles, the scripts and the storyline are so emotive that Hamster could not control his ego-ness of a man for this particular moment. Petronas seems to have a good idea and creativity for their ads. They are awesome !

The storyline goes as how a father tolerates his son although how annoying it was. A parent can bear the attitude of their children but obviously, these days, children don’t tend to care about their old folks anymore. They take care of their parents as though they are some kind of an annoying creature that don’t deserve to be loved in this world.

I learn a lot from this ad. It teaches me not to forget whatever my parents gave , when I grow to be the person I am now, a young adolescent maturing with their guidance and support. I suddenly feel that we forget those who gave us luxury when we don't need them in our personal life anymore.

When someone gives their support, in any way, we are thankful, but maybe on that particular hour or moment. We are likely to forget their contributions soon after they are deemed not important anymore. Parents are something important to me, well, family is the most important part of my life. They are the stepping stone towards your success in anything you want to be.

They are the ones whom you can trust, who give moral support when u need it, when u are in any sort of problem, we turn to our family, especially our parents for guidance. To disrespect our parents are unacceptable in any sort. These people don’t deserve to be called a person.

We should reflect and think that whatever or how you hate your parents, or whatever they did to you, they are still your parents. Who care and love you. I love you so much Daddy and Mama. And the same goes to my siblings.

Love, The Hamster.

UMP LOST IN PJ

2008-09-19T04:03:00.000-07:00

Yesterday, UMP needed to get JPN so that the Craziest can get his IC...yup that's right...

Only three went, Hamster had to go shopping (topshop/topman sale 20% dooo)...haiz...

The rest of them, that being the Craziest, the Stag and Emoshit went. Stag was the driver, Emoshit navigator, Craziest the petrol money provider...haha....

At first, things went well, Stag got to refuel his car and got on the road. but then, under the bridge in front of LCS, Emoshit made Stag take an illegal turn and off they went, unnoticed by the old policeman who was under the bridge as well.

Emoshit got mixed up in his directions and led Stag to drive to his house, making Stag take another illegal route as he did. Emoshit called daddy, and asked for directions. He led Stag to drive back towards the bridge, and would have forced Stag to make an illegal turning again but the policeman was watching this time, forcing Stag to turn towards Shah Alam.

Emoshit was swearing at his dad over the phone by then. I repeat, swearing at his dad !

After pointing Stag back in the right direction, they took the correct route, only to get lost again, but by some twist of luck, managed to get on the right road, only to miss the entrance to JPN, forcing Stag to park behind the building.

it was raining by then and Stag was in a very very foul mood.

Craziest got his IC and UMP made their way home uneventfully.

What they got out of this:

1. Craziest's IC

2. Stag used up one bar of petrol(1 litre=RM2.55)

3. Stag was forced to make 2 illegal turns

4. UMP nearly got run over by a garbage truck

5. Stag nearly kena fined by the police

6. NOTE : Emoshit sweared a lot

It's all because of Emoshit...that's all...

-The Stag-

Sarawak Independence Day

2008-09-17T10:06:00.000-07:00

Happy 45th Independence day.

Sarawak Flag

Coat of Arms of Sarawak

Profile

Independence Day: 16th SEPTEMBER 1963

Sarawak is divided into 11 Divisions:
Betong Division
Bintulu Division
Kapit Division
Kuching Division
Limbang Division
Miri Division
Mukah Division
Samarahan Division
Sarikei Division
Sibu Division
Sri Aman Division

Ethnic Groups:
Dayak Iban
Chinese
Malay
Melanau
Dayak Bidayuh
Dayak Orang Ulu
Dayak Kayan
Dayak Kelabit
Dayak Kenyah
Dayak Penan
Sebob/Chebob

ABOUT MIRI

Miri View

Miri is the first MALAYSIA'S PETROLEUM industry. Oil well firstly drilled by Shell on 1910. Now it known as state monument and become Miri tourist attractions
(GRAND OLD LADY on Canadian Hill).

THE FIRST OIL WELL

PETROLEUM MUSEUM

THE FIRST OIL WELL

PETROLEUM MUSEUM FRONT VIEW

The CRAZIEST

Stop fighting, Malay leaders told

2008-09-17T08:22:00.000-07:00

The country’s leaders cannot alleviate the burden suffered by the people due to rising costs if they continue to fight among themselves, said Raja Muda of Perak Raja Dr Nazrin Shah.

Calling for an end to political quarrels, Raja Nazrin Shah said differences in their approaches should not lead to an irreparable split in the Muslim and Malay community.

“All efforts should be focused on easing the burden of the people,”

“Productivity must be enhanced, investors assured, new jobs established and the supply of necessities guaranteed,” he said.

He added that the country needed leaders who could take on the challenge and focus their minds and efforts on “productive work” in view of a weak global economy.

“If we fail to handle this challenge, the stability and tranquillity of the country will be affected, and everything that has been achieved after 51 years of independence will be lost.”

What he said is right and every young generation should see this and learn from every mistake our leaders now have done. They should unite the country, but instead... more chaos has been developed and now everybody is in despair with the transition of power.

The nation needs a firm leader that could do his part as the prime minister. For god's sake ! Bring some economic and political stability to this depleted country. We are a developing country, we cannot afford to slip up and give other countries a chance to get ahead of us. In order to succeed, unity is important. Learn from every mistake.

The Hamster.

17 SEPTEMBER 2008 HEADLINE

2008-09-17T04:24:00.000-07:00

BN Kekal Teguh
http://www.bharian.com.my/Current_News/BH/
Wednesday/BeritaUtama/20080916224222/Article/index_html

Najib Takes over as Finance Minister
http://www.malaysiatoday.com/
Latest-News/najib-takes-over-as-finance-minister.html

Once again BN win.

We hope this time they know what should they do.

We should thanks SOMEONE for this drastic changes in MALAYSIA. He makes MALAYSIA a real DEMOCRACY country.

"Failing to plan is planning to fail."
- Effie Jones

The CRAZIEST.

Save Yourself from ISA

2008-09-15T22:17:00.000-07:00

Recently the government has been using the ISA for all kinds of dubious reasons. I mean, come on!!

Using ISA to PROTECT someone??

If you want to lie, at least come up with a better story...

anyway, the government has been doing everything within their power to stop us from speaking out and organising rallies.

they've been using ISA and police roadblocks to stop us. Wasting our time on the roads and what they are doing is illegal to the law and amendments

who is at fault here??

True, Petra might have gone overboard about his remarks on Islam. But what about the journalists who were simply doing their job?? (you know who they are)

Though obviously Teresa Kok have exceeded the line when her remarks about the azan in the morning during subuh and that is something more relevant for the capture of her in the ISA.

But in regards to rallies and speaking out, the government was violating one important article when they tried to stop us.

ARTICLE 10

what is this article??

here's an overview

Article 10.

(a)every citizen has the right to freedom of speech and expression

(b)all citizens have the right to assemble peaceably and without arms;

(c)all citizens have the right to form associations.

to see the rest of it, go to http://wwttacolytes.blogspot.com/

thank you Acolyte, whoever you are for putting this up.

WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO SPEAK OUR MIND.

WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO ASSEMBLE FOR DEMONSTRATIONS AND RALLIES PEACEFULLY

the government resorted to using force in the form of ISA and the police to stop us, and they call this a democracy?? please, that is subtle tyranny.

know your right and use them.

-The Stag-

MMH Assignment

2008-09-15T00:44:00.000-07:00

We had to do a documentary for MMH. It was pair work, so the UMP couldn't work together completely for this one. But we have another documentary for to do, and the UMP will be working together for that one. Look forward to it.

This is Raffi and my work.

Its about Tun Dr. Ismail, one of the few Malay politicians who didn't play racial politics. He fought for everyone regardless of race and religion.

There are surprisingly very little information about him on the Internet, so this is our tribute to him.

This is the youtube link to the documentary - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NjoF8poD48

Until next time.

-The Stag-

2008-09-13T07:27:00.000-07:00

DOCUMENTARY OF MALAYSIAN INDEPENDENCE

After 51 years of independence,
Are we totally free from colonization?
What do you think?
Give your comment.

Official Launching!!!!

2008-09-04T20:05:00.000-07:00

Entry no. 1

Soon there'll be videos and pics to accompany this budding production...

The People behind the scenes...

Roy AK

Zhi Ming

Fadzli

Raffi

Check back later...