The Upper East Side.

It's true.

It exists. It's a real community with waaaay too much money.

I haven't mentioned it here but I got a serving job in a japanese restaurant on the upper east side. Yippee! And today was my first day.

It's soooo much work. But i shall not go into details. That will be for another day.

The Upper East Siders or UES-ers, as i like to call them, vary in shape and sizes and.. dum dum dum.. temperament.

Here's a list of the various ones i've encountered:

1. The weirdo who thinks he's all that because he has a company credit card. (Now, don't be confused. He is not a true UES-er. He just works in the neighborhood and likes to imagine being one of them, reserving his "usual spot" at 12pm every afternoon at his favorite japanese restaurant, where he can eat pretentious and expensive food for free and drink his diet coke with his pinky sticking out as he sips from the straw. Oh wait forgive me. His lemon diet coke. And, i kid you not, it's more than one guy. I'm not pin-pointing. A few of these walk in on the same day.)
2. The female lunch time regulars. (Definitely Liquor on the table at some point of the day. Huge engagement rings on their left ring-finger. Scrolling their Blackberries. Designer sweaters that do not flatter them. Hair tied up in pony tail. Gossiping about emails they've received. Nice people.)
3. The Rich College Couple. (Go watch Gossip Girl. Very similar. I personally do not watch GG but have heard much and seen a couple of episodes. So i'm hoping this statement does them justice.)
4. The Perfect Family with 2 kids below 12. (It is definitely every child's (or adults with slightly deprived childhood) dream to be part of this family. Parents with good tempers talking to their children like their adults. Joking around. Happy smiles. Never gets angry even when a certain first-day waitress took the wrong order. Parents who asks their children if they want dessert. Need I say more?)
5. My favorite, the BLACK AmEx card. (Oh, my heart, it just swooned. I touched it. It was in my hands. The Black AmEx card that I've only heard of. I heard you can buy a private jet with this card. It is that amazing. It doesn't even feel like a regular credit card. Private Jet. Black Card. My hands. Do the math.)
6. The People Who Knows They're Rich and Smirks at You Every Chance They Get. (Casually drops the fact that they are wearing a (very hideous, mind you) Versace shirt. Tries ordering sake but does not know what type there are. Names an unknown brand of sake and claims that it exists. Does not know what they want but pretend that they've got the whole menu memorized.)

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Diner Dash has definitely trained me well to work in a restaurant. It's exactly the same. Just that it physically hurts. Hahaha! :P

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Today i feel like doing this. So I did. And here you go.

[Insert Name Here], you can only be the best person you can be. Then, you have to leave the rest of it to God. If God wills it, and if it's in his plan for you, which makes it the best thing for you, it will happen for you. Good things will come. You just have to make sure your heart is in the right place, where God is. And not where your understanding brings you. Not everything your sight shows you is true. The road doesn't end at the vanishing point. It keeps going on and on and on. You don't see past the vanishing point. But God KNOWS what lies beyond the vanishing point. It's along the lines of what you've always dreamed of but better, more amazing, and beyond your WILDEST imagination. Yay! :)

This thought and belief is one of the major reasons why I am always so happy. Even when bad things happen. But these last few months, I have lost sight of it. Let's just say that it was in my blindspot. Hence, many the emo posts.

So now that I see it again, just thought i'd share.

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"Tip MORE!"

Super tired but don't know why i can't sleep. Must be the adrenaline.

:) :) :) Smiles for EVERYONE!!! :) :) :)

David Martel.

Whee!! I finally bought the album that i was looking everywhere for!! And i bought it from the man himself, David Martel!! *happy grin*

I was looking for this album for months and i was even considering just downloading the whole album from iTunes. I don't use iTunes so i don't see the point of doing that. But whatever! I'm happyyyy!! :) :) :)

Nice Album Art! No?

I saw him singing live! And i talked to him!

He's just a random indie music person, just in case you guys are wondering. I found him on MySpace and i totally love his music. So when i saw him, i told him and he was like "Oh my god! That's so random!" and i was like "I knowww!!".

Haha. Ok. Total Bimbotic moment right there. But as you can tell.. I'm excited.

He's an awesome awesome musician/ singer/ composer! And he plays the banjo!! I love the banjo!! Nyahahahaha!! Respect.

And the most awesome thing about him is that he told me that i could burn the CD and pass it on to whoever! That's a real artist right there and it made me respect him even more!!

So yeah.. if anyone wants a copy.. I'll definitely burn you one :)

Just sharing the Martel love. Heh Heh.

Happenings.

Happenings. Happenings.

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Here goes..

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Summer is hereeeee.. and what do we do in summer? Have picnics!!

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Buffet picnic? I don't know what to call it. hehe

The Quah siblings! Don't they look alike? heh

After eating, we went canoe-ing!

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Whee! Don't i look cool?! hehe

The 3 of us again. heh

After canoe-ing, when we're all wet and gross and Stan lost his underpants! hehe

Then we went to play

Well.. Not really. hehehe

Ok.. too lazy to post more pics. Sorry. =P

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And i saw the Gay Pride Parade! Boy, are they a bunch of happy people! It was fun to watch! Heee!

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Sebastian left. :(

Booo-Hoooo!

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And then.. summer fun again!

BBQ at Candice & June's! :)

Jacob thought he looked cool. Hehe

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And Anthony made a Tako!

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So that's it.

Proof that i'm alive.

Love you guys! :)

i'm alive!!

Ok.. Here's the thing.

I'm too lazy to put up any pictures but i'm gonna blog anyways because a lot of people seem to think that i have died or have simply fallen off the face of the earth!

Well.. What has been happening to me? I've been busy busy busy. As usual.

But i had the weekend off! Whee! Good times. Good times.

I went to Jersey today for yet another barbeque, with the church gang, that i swear is the source of all my fatness. All i ever do with them is barbeque and buffet. And i wonder why i'm putting on weight. Heh.

But they are the awesomest bunch ever. They have the whole summer planned out with fun activities to do. So i can't wait! :) (i hope i won't become too broke!)

Played a little tennis today. That's my exercise for the whole month. Hehehe. I only hit the ball twice. =P

Ok.. Really don't know what else to say! That's why i don't blog when i have nothing to say.. Coz people will just start getting bored and not read my blog foreverrrrr!! boo-hooooo!!

i've had a rough week. just let me indulge in being a drama queen for a bit. tee hee.

love you guys! and i'll update soon.. i promise! ;)

Something Worth Blogging About

Yesterday.. I thought my world was going to end because i had an ulcer in my mouth and a PIMPLE IN MY NOSE (!)...

I really wanted to blog about it just to tell everyone how sad and enraged i am.. and how stressed.. etc.. etc..

But TODAYYY... Guess what happened that is even MORE worth blogging about?!

My parents and sister specifically wrote e-mails.. seperate e-mails mind you.. seperate.. they each didn't know that ALL of them wrote.. to me saying that.... that...

I PUT ON WEIGHT!!!!!

Wth?! I'm soooo soooo soooo soooo soooo soooo SADDDD!! My life is overrrrrr!!

HEEEELLLLPPPPP!!

I mean it. If you can give me a really good idea on how to lose weight and lose weight quick.. Telll mehhhhhhh!!

Delayed Post =P

Hello fellow blog-readers!

It's been a long long time. Puhahahaha!

Do you know why it's been so long? It's because I have been editing my first quarter film and have devoted 3 weeks of my precious life to making it look good.

I still don't like it.

Editing is just not my thing! I've been at school almost every night for the past 3 weeks cutting clips, hunting for music, changing the music, looking for sound effects, biting my nails, pulling my hair, crying, falling asleep, making promises to throw the computer on the floor.. and.. you get the idea.. Hehe.

But despite everything.. I still love filmmaking! Every aspect of it.. even.. *sigh*.. editing. Hehe.. I'm such a drama queen!

Ok. Moving on.. Here's a short pic spam on what's been going on.. There's more but i'll only include it in the next post because.. Hehe.. I'm not very good with arranging pictures.

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Here are pictures of the korean food i had at this 24-hour korean-chinese restaurant in Korea Town. We went after we finished editing. Hehehe

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And and.. Guess what?!

I got my Mac!!!! Muahahaha!!

So happyyyyy!! Thank you Daddy & Mummy!!

It's the best everrrr!!! Woo-hooooo! Hehehe

Process of editing. hehe. I get to do it at home now!

Yay! I'm a happy girl!

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Sorry. This is a super lazy post and the pictures are all weird. I don't know why.

And i started this post like 1 week ago. I just didn't finish it. Hehehe

I shall blog again when i have time >.<

After One Week oF Shooting

On the 19th of April 2008, a good friend, Rachel Ong Wei Kim, departed from us. She was found dead on her kitchen floor. The murderer is yet to be found.

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Boo-Ya! Were you scared?! Hehehehe

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I bet not. But isn't it cool?! My crime scene.. Muahahaha!

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It's for my First Quarter Film. My story was about a serial killer stalker. Hehe.. Still in the process of editing it. Gahh! I hate editing! >.<

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Anywho, this post is gonna be one of those long ones again. You know the drill.. After a loooong week of shooting. There will usually be a looooong post. Hehe..

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The pictures are very unorganized but i'll try my best to make sense of it. =P

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I'll post by the days. Hehe. Genius.

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Day 1

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We checked-out our equipment.

Seung and Joon taking care of our equipment. Good boys.

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Then i had to take stalker pictures of me for my film. So Joon helped me. I seriously think he's an experienced stalker. He's really good at taking stalker pics. Hehe

Then then, I went to sebastian's house to take stalker pictures of his girlfriend.

Well, my stalker has to stalk more than one girl right?

Being Stalked...

Being stalked...

Dead!

Hahaha.. That was fun! =P

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Day 2

Was supposed to help Sebastian out with his shoot in school but i went to church instead. Does that make me good or bad? Hehe.

Anyway, Hana went to church with me and after that we went to...... Max Brenner!!! It was so damn good.

Pretty Menu

Chocolate Syringes! Can you believe it?! People can get high on those!

The chocolate making machine

Hana and Me!

Omelette that came with chocolate!

Waffles and ice cream and... chocolate!!!

After that, I DID go and help Sebastian out with his shoot. But he was almost done. So i did most of the cleaning up. Hehe

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Day 3

There was no shooting on that day. But we met up anyway coz we had to meet our actors in SoHo.

Take a look into Mune's mouth!

Stalker pictures

After that, Sebastian met up with us and we went for dinner in a Japanese restaurant. It was really good. I took pictures of everyone's food. But i'm too lazy to upload them all.

Hmm.. What shall we get?

Tired Seba & Me

Blur Mune & Me

Naughty Seung & Me

Didn't take one with Joon coz he was too far. Hehe.

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Day 4

Joon's film.

I was Director of Photography (DP). Again, that is just a fancy name for a cameraman.

I love being a DP but i really doubt my ability in it. =(

I had to carry the camera the whole day and take random shots of Mune (he was Joon's actor because apparently NYFA produces unreliable student actors.. bahh!). Anyway, we got to go to all the famous and tourist-y places in Manhattan. So it was really fun! =)

At Wall Street...

Me, skipping happily to take a picture with Mr. Bull

Mr Bull & Me

At SoHo...

Seung & Joon thinking about the next shot

Sebastian & Me fooling around =P

At Times Square..

The guys with the heavy stuff

Seung with his camera. He was DP as well coz he had his own camera and Joon wanted more angles.

Mune with his sign (it's part of the story)

Me with the NYFA camera

Ahh! I couldn't help it. It's Times Square!

Times Squareeee!

Sebastian had to take over for the tough shots

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Day 5

Seung's film.

Seung, Mr Easy-Guy, is always trying to make everything "easy". He shot in Union Square. We made 4 movies so far. 3 out of Seung's 4 movies were shot in Union Square.

His shoot turn out pretty good, besides the fact that.. yes, once again.. a NYFA student canceled on him. So Joon had to act for him.

Director and DP discussing shots.

So i started taking pictures of random things.

Waiting for the train. We had to go to Wall Street for the last scene.

The Actors that DID show up

Joon, the main actor

DP & Director, again

Hehe.. I was gaffer that day so i took a lot of pictures. =)

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Day 6

Sebastian's film.

It was such a long and tiring day. But Sebastian's movies are always very abstract and arsty-fartsy. So there is always a lot of work that has to be done and shots that has to be taken from many many many different angles. It's not easy when we only have ONE camera.

Seung, the gaffer, bouncing the light.

Director, DP & Actors.

OK.. Didn't take too many pictures with my camera coz Joon wanted me to take pictures for him. Boo!

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Day 7

Rachel's film.

So... I got up bright and early so that i can pick up my actor and crew members from the subway station. It was still early when I got out of the house, so i decided to take the 30 minutes walk from my house to the subway station.

Walk walk walk, I go. When i got there, i was just on time. But no one was there yet so i went to the bakery and got everyone breakfast. Then i waited and i waited and i waited.

40 minutes later, I get a call from Joon & Seung saying that they were gonna be late (i know.. understatement of the year, right?). So they took a taxi to my house and will wait outside my house for me.

Then, 10 minutes later, I see Sebastian running out of the subway station. Finally.

But still have to wait for the actor. So I gave Sebastian his breakfast. After he ate, he had to get water. So he left me waiting.. Then guess what happened?!

My nose started bleeding like mad! Seriously. Blood was just coming out like water and i couldn't stop it. It wasn't even those little drips of blood kind. It was like.. the Red Sea flowing out of my nose.

So i covered my face with my hand. And when Sebastian got back, he thought i was on the phone so he just ignored me. And i was trying to ask him to give me some tissue but i couldn't coz i was like drowning in my blood.

Then, i put out my hand, the one filled with blood. And Sebastian was like, "Whoa! Rachel! Is that fake bloood?!"

Shit. That's what you get for making too many crime scenes.

It was too funny so I had to take a picture in the hype of the moment. Haha

Anywayz, to cut the story short. My actor arrived 10 minutes later. Then we rushed to the cemetery to start shooting.

My crew was good. They really went all the way to get good shots for me. Whee! =)

My actor was really good too! He did all the scenes over and over again just so that we get the perfect shots. And he didn't even stop to rest so that he could get into character. Hahaha

We finally finished shooting in the evening. Late evening. And I took my first relaxed breath of the whole week. It was good.

Me & my crew. The best yet.

Everyone! (Hana was my actress)

Group Picture, Rachel style! HEhe i love it!

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Phew! If you finished reading all that.. I commend you. Or you must be really bored! Hehe

Either way.. you're GoOOoooD.

Hehehe.. Look out for my next long post!

My next film: Chekhovian Film.

*edit* I hate blogger. It always messes up my post whenever i post a long one. =(