In vain with work and favor... Helping pal's wedding shoot Part 2... (Sunday 8/10/06)

Yesterday cy did the wedding shoot all by himself, while i had to work. I feel sympathy at him, carrying the camera while with the tripod and microphone. I already knew it's kinda hard to handle by a person, or else that person would only know shooting instead of taking breaks.


I informed my part time job's staffs that i'm not attending to work. Yesterday was the same story, cuz i need to go back to my parent's house to have grand dinner. Since then, i've slacked off the part time job three weeks in a row... Yet, i've considered that i should quit, and maybe in the future, precisely, i would've jobs offered by cy, do shootings and stuffs.


Day 3, it's the wedding's dinner. By 6pm, i should be at his house. Hmm... I hope there's lot more girls at the dinner, so we won't be getting bored during the shoot.

My girl slept overnight at my place, and she left earlier at 10am. Since there's nothing to do at home, i went to Pudu Pasar and checked out some nice electronic stuffs there.


I remembered last time that the long stretch of the whole road, there were not much stalls doing business. Now, the whole stretch flooded with stalls, selling various stuffs. Some stalls selling rare items, some just exactly you could see it sells almost the same as the next few stalls away. I hardly could walk through the crowds, every consumers busy looking at the items.


There's a stall i'm interested. It sells lighters and cigarette boxes and protectors. I thought of buying one cigarette protector but most of the designs were fragile, or it happens to drag out some strings loosen from the pocket. It happens to me most of the time even a lighter, so i'm afraid that i've to skip to another item, which it's so must-buy/must-have thing...

Actually, most of my close friends knew what's that item. I don't think it's necessary to review it here. Heh...


Then, i went to an electronic shop, and i found i cable, it's a walkman jack which it works as an extension. Remember that i've mentioned the interviews, all i'm using was the pc microphone. Looks crappy ain't? Once i had think through it's purpose, i never hesitate myself to buy it. It could be useful when it's link to a wireless microphone that i owned.


Well, with a wireless microphone to interview people, wasn't it looked cool? I mean, usually it's with the cable, quite hassle to carry the cable and run around, you know how the restaurant's crowds are...

I went back home by 12.30pm, despised the lunch, i just enjoy my time watching anime and played God Hand...


Seriously, i don't think much of the gameplayers would like this game. I love the game is because it's fighting skills are damn fucking cool, and it's not really easy to play, i mean, if you've the interests to try it out, it's a good recommendation for all the Beat'em Up fans out there.


Also, minorly i did some house chores like washing clothes and cleaning up some stuffs, it has consumed most of my afternoon.

It's about 4.30pm, and i got myself ready for the shoot. I met with cy by his house's nearby. He came and was shocked that i only wore a tee, not a formal shirt. He's with his working attitude again, kept scolding me and left me said nothing at all. I forgotten that i shouldn't wash my shirts so i could wear it on this night.


Swiftly, we rushed back to his house and simply grabbed a long sleeve shirt, then straight to the restaurant in Kuchai Lama.


Luckily, not much people arrived. We got ourselves prepared of the equipments, went in and found out the receptionists... Oh my god... A girl with her outstanding beauty... The rest were also cun. So cy started get busy of himself, with the cam he ran in and out of the restaurant, while i followed him like glue. Heh, he did really needing an assistant to smoothen his job. I was carrying tripod and the wireless microphone.

From then, we started interviewing guests and the married couples' family members and relatives. Most of them camera shy, and some thought we're making them a big star... I mean, it's just part of the wedding's most essential media to keepsake and review again in the future for all the people who knew them. I don't think they would understand what's the purpose of the shoots, so i guess they're just not cooperating, and that's really troubling us... Yes, i'm not happy at their shyness.


The kids... Hmmm, the very 1st day of shoot, they've been disasterous. They came and disturbed us again and maybe, cy's not mad about them cuz they're cute, a little nuisance but it's easier to control them. I don't say i'm mad about them, their parents also never respect our work at all. It's not like we've all the time and timing of shoot. Sometimes we missed some nice shots, and definately we tried to cover all the necessary shots.


Well, there was one particular table with most of the pretty girls that both me and cy interested. I saw one but she's sort of horny when she was interviewed by us. Then, i saw another girl, which was talk, long 'Sunsilk' hair type, pretty cute face, and mostly, her tits were huge and she wore black blouse with low front cut, and long black pants to suit the whole attire appearance.

Oh my god, what i didn't know, she's married with a nerd guy, and her child, a boy which was around 8 years old already. But then again, she's HOT! I can't really take my eyes off her everytime i walk passed through her table, that's just next to the table both me and cy interested...


There were differences between bride's family and relatives' side and bridegroom's... The bride's side much much pretty girls, and much much happenings ever... While the bridegroom's side... I think only his best man, his best friend and close friends were happening, the rest...


*Yawn*

You know what i mean.


I guess this wedding dinner was a successful one. The food's great, i can see that. The guests were all happy, and so did the bride and bridegroom's family members. The fellows took their chances to be on stage singing Karaoke entertaining guests.


I only took some food, while cy ate less than me. He got very busy taking good shots at every moment happened in the restaurant. We were asked to be seated at a table near the stage, with bride's relatives. I wasn't that much hungry, just worried of the shots, i mean worried of cy needing me to help.

The dinner ends around 11pm, while everyone's in rush to go home. Why? It's Sunday, and everyone's worried to wake up late on Monday. Since then, we were at the main entrance taking shots, interviews at the satisfied guests and relatives. I think the last interviews were much much better than earlier ones. The people got drunk, obviously everyone's in daring mode. Especially the bridegroom's best friend aka best man, he was so drunk and he went hilarious that made all of us laughed like hell. I can't bare to see him acting childish and wacky. You know, not every wedding dinner does have these happening friends. I wish mine will be much better than them, the more wacky, the more happier we'll be.


Lastly, everyone's back home, while me, cy and Liliane still around. Liliane asked me to drive her home because she was drunk. Therefore, cy had to follow my lead to her place.


On the way sending her back, we talked much of things. She's quite a nice person to talk to, i mean, she could share thoughts of life. She even asked if i'm available to help her on sound engineering job.

(Damn, i don't even have a pc, i wished... I do wish i had one, so i could do some cool sound and music... Shit, i've to turn her down though...)


She didn't sigh at my lacking of resources, but encouraged me to do so. Since she was in the advertising field (i'm not sure if she was...), she knew lots of these projects that could get in hand. It's just too bad for me, too bad...


On our way back, we stopped by at my place nearby, there's a foodcourt. We had our dinner+supper, then cy fetched me back home...

It was around 2am, and my working clothes were not ironed yet. Sigh, gotta sleep before i'm late for work, no choice but to wear the same from last week...

Thank God we made it...

In vain with work and favor... Helping pal's wedding shoot Part 1... (Friday 6/10/06)

My pal cy called me few days ago that he accepted a shooting for a newly wed's memoriable video on this weekend. I only told that the shoot took place on grand wedding dinner somewhere in Cheras, Saturday. On Friday, supposingly every Chinese families will have their grand dinner at home, while in my case, because of my mom's a vegetarian, the dinner was placed on Saturday.


So during considerations, i could only help him after my dinner. So the plan was set and i've informed my pc software staffs that i won't be attending to work...

Seriously, i've been slacking off 3 weeks in a row. Yet i shouldn't but things got out of hand, i became scheduled for my own private issues rather trading my time to a part time job. I did do some thoughts, should i, or shouldn't i, quit the damn part time job. Worth it? That i won't be getting any free DVDs to watch at home, i had to buy my own. Also, my sightseeing sessions are over then.


Today, my pal called again. He needed me to help him shoot bachelor party at the groom's house, also the bride's house. He also said perhaps the best that i could help him on Saturday morning till afternoon. I said i can't, yet Saturday's a half day job, i just can't go jeopardize again. While his tone, became more sighs and desperates coming through the phone. I knew it's not an easy way to reject his proposal.

Thus, i called my cousin if i could take a day leave. I went honest to tell him i'm helping my pal to shoot some wedding videos while he couldn't handle everything himself. Yet, he disagreed, and here's what he said to me,


"You're under my company's policy that you shouldn't work for your friend's job. If he knew he's gonna take such job, he should find someone unlike you who has to work on Saturdays as usual. Or else he shouldn't take the job in the first place."

Sigh... I'm not so in tense of helping cy cuz i've told him i've to work on Saturdays. And still, he's much too uptight doing the shoot all by himself.


Whatever, i'll see what i can do later.

After work, i went home get changed, and headed to cy's place. He was having dinner with his mom around 6.30pm and i reached at his place nearby at 7pm after. After fetching me, we headed to Lagenda Mas somewhere inside the premises.


Since the client provided us directions by a map drawn by her, we were quite lost... I mean, once the map reached it's end, some directions written in 'Turn left, first left, right' and so on, which were not really applicable for me or cy (in fact, cy's much hopeless on sense of directions...). Somehow the address guided us through the route, with a road sign highly visible during night time. Whew! That's topsy turvy...

So our client Liliane waited us to be there and take some good shots at the guests and some interviews of the family members and friends were made. Perhaps that it's our first time to approach, we only had few gears that looks nerdy and fucking low-cost equipments. Tell me, i brought the wireless microphone and it's my mistake that i never realised his video cam's jack input was just as right socket of the male, while my adapter's way too big and it doesn't fit, that's why in the end, without any choices, we used to computer microphone... With the stand attached and it's really nerdy to show it in front of the ones interviewed...


Later on, Liliane brought us to the bridegroom's house, just as under the same canopy, guests entertained themselves with chats, food and drinks. We did the same at the bride's house, interviewed friends, relatives and family. Later on, we headed back to the bride's house.

Still, cy wanted me to help him desperately. Again i called my cousin around midnight, talked to him thoroughly...


In the end, i'm stucked up. There's no way my cousin would allow cuz if he did permitted me to take a day leave and help my pal, he's gonna get scoldings from my 3rd uncle. Yes, for me, i don't care much if a friend's request of help. I'm about to fuck up tomorrow's day job while i still can help him... But think about it, i've given in myself helping them, all i've done past month will be a waste. Also, my girl's not gonna happy about it, and things would get more complicated than starting of this year.

Cy's in vain, i can foresee his plans of interviewing done on the 2nd day could be cancelled, only shots of the process of the wedding... It's his first attempt, and somehow me, as a good pal, should support him all the way, but helplessly. It's all about my company's policy... Somehow being honest also can't help much.


Since then, i helped cy as much as possible, as usual he'll be scolding people like me that are not as efficent as he wanted. So far, i'm not used to interview people, and i stutter a lot while questioning. I mean, if this situation was another person who helped my pal, i'm sure that person would get pissed off instantly after all cy's requirements were way too over than average.


Well, it's his first attempt, of course it has to be done nicely. I don't mind if he's carrying those kinda attitude, i'm used for getting scolded.


When every guest left for tomorrow's big day, it's already 1am and it rained heavily. We left after a smoke and cy fetched me back home...

I hope he'll be alright tomorrow, doing shooting alone...