You wanna be a film producer but...

You have no big stars, no million-dollar marketing campaign, and no one knows you. What should you do?

Check out Project Cloverfield. Project Cloverfield (Producers-J.J. Abrams & Sherryl Clark) is Hollywood's latest low budget, low cost horror movie without an expensive advertising and in favour of a sworn to secrecy campaign.

Only the most basic information is disclosed; very large monster terrorising New York. Even the actors are not trusted with the full script.

The suspense is a new marketing gimmick and paying off. The internet is buzzing with plenty of speculation, curiosity and heated discussion on the movie targeted to be released on January 18, 2008. Check out the movie's trailers here and on MySpace for an idea of what the monster will look like and a headless (gasp) Statue of Liberty!

The Queen of England YouTubes too?

This is so interesting!
Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's 81 year old monarch has launched her own Royal Channel on YouTube with about 1million hits todate. Although regarded as conventional by many, the queen has often found innovative ways of communicating with the people and "adapting the communication to suit".

The Royal Channel includes news footage of the queen's parents' wedding in 1923, modern video clips show shots of garden parties, state visits, colour image of historical events and even a day in the life of her son, Prince Charles. Buckingham Palace plans to add new clips regularly.

The queen quips, "I very much hope that this new medium will make my Christmas message more personal and direct. That it is possible for some of you to see me today is just another example of the speed at which things are changing all around us," Read more.

If the queen can upload, so can you.

Student diagnosed with tenosynovitis

A few days ago I read in an online newspaper that an NZ student has been diagnosed with the country's 1st and world's 3rd case of tenosynovitis. Tenosynovitis is the medical term for inflammation of the tendons in the thumb caused by constant text messaging or texting. Texting is actually a new term going around today. In fact did you know that LG hosted its first National Texting Championship on April 21, 2007 in USA?! Participants were judged on speed & accuracy for prizes up to usd 25,000.

Anyway, the 20 year old student apparently has been texting close to 100 sms-es a day on her mobile phone. You think she's very the cheong hay ah? 100 sms-es a day, is this possible? I mean for a season's greeting period I can understand but regularly over a period of time? Aww.

Has anyone ever done what she's done? I salute you but do watch out for that dreaded tenosynovitis, whatever.

Attitude, Courtesy & Punctuality

What's with students and being punctual for classes these days? Is it a Malaysian lackadaisical frame of mind to be late? Why is it so difficult to come in 15 minutes earlier instead of later?

Punctuality is common courtesy. Being punctual is part and parcel of a student's attitude. It takes effort to be punctual. It is the student's responsibility to be punctual for class. It is not an exception but a rule.

Let's go beyond the walls of the classroom. Punctuality is an important employment skill. More often than not, students who were consistently punctual for class were more likely to be referred to for jobs and not necessarily those who were better designers.

When a student consistently strolls into class late, an impression is formed:-
This student does not care for this class.
This student is disrespectful to the lecturer and to her classmates.
This student is likely to be tardy, lazy and slipshod in his work.
This student will probably carry forward this same sluggishness to his workplace.

My simple definition of punctuality?
Punctuality: Students must be in their seats, mind focused, eager to learn--with their notepads, lecture notes, dictionaries--and ready for class at the allocated time; not 1 minute later.

You have to be a Lecturer if...

A brand new semester begins.These one-liners put a smile on my face so I'll share them

*When you're out in public you feel the urge to talk to rude teenagers and correct their behaviour ;-0 (all the time!)
*You refer to adults as, 'boys and girls.'
*You encourage your spouse by telling them they are a 'good helper.' (hahaha)
*Meeting a student's parents instantly answers the question, 'Why is this teenager like he is?'
*You believe 'extremely annoying' should have its own box on the report. (yes yes yes!)
*You know hundreds of 'good' reasons for being late ;-(

Enhancing Key Skills Towards Effective Administration, Aug 6-7, MIM

8 Participants from clerks, senior hr executives to secretaries.

Developing Positive Attitudes & Habits For Effective Workplace, July 30-31, MIM

30 participants from Accounts clerk to Senior Marketing Manager

Dr Wilson Tay, CEO of MIM

Train The Trainer, PSMB: 5-day program
MIM-CPT-Train The Trainer: 18-day program

MIM-CPT Batch 5 Graduation @ MIM, 6pm

A Tribute To My Husband

Come August 2007, my husband will be stepping down as PAM President after 2 years at the helm. In those 2 years, he has given nothing but his best - often times at the expense of his own personal interest and family. He has brought PAM to new heights, opening doors for other architects to overseas markets and breaking ground in the local scene. He has shown not only through words but in action and example.

A job can only bring you so far but passion is something that will ignite your motivation to excel and bring you a few home runs. I see the passion in everything he does. I saw that same passion 15 years ago when we were still at university together. This passion has seen him through the difficult times when nearly all he had was at stake. Without passion, one can only go so far. His passion extends not only in the secular world. His passion has always been to bring honour to God. Passion without God is hopeless. With the Divine by your side, passion becomes alive, and the impossible becomes reality.