2012

Dear 2011,

You will be gone in five hours. I have been thinking of writing something about you. Yes. Thinking about it. Not writing about it. Thinking about writing about it. I want to make a list of the great things that I have been done with you. Here it is the list:

1. Making crazy no/low budget films
I have been on many different film sets this year, these experiences were much different than filming in Hollywood (I guess). I believe the process of student making films are the most creative ones. As demonstrating the idea of what Jonathan said, student filmmaking: poor man process + the art possible. We totally dived into it this year. I still could not forget that night: Helping out to film on Granville Island's parking lot. We have been dragging the lights/power cables throughout the windy night with pouring rain. I was so scared that one of us would be shocked by the electricity. Luckily, we were all safe. That's the coldest night I remember in 2011: shivering, walking around with running nose, ... ewww... so much fun.

Other than that night, I have been making my film with my fellows from 9pm till 2am, an outdoor shoot. That was an incredible lucky night for me because of the weather and the great people I were working with. Thank you for your (you know who you are) tolerance for taking so many bus rides and standing the cold and rain at night.

I felt more connected to the crazy film students at Emily Carr, those who were not scared of electric shock / rain / wind / height / got caught / breaking cameras, those who really enjoy making films. We might not met the industry standard. That's the most exciting part to see in our films: crossing the line, out focus, under exposed, dirty background...and so on, things you cannot see in Hollywood films.

2. Writing papers
I have been bad this year. About writing, as you could see my record of writing this blog. There are not too many entries. Reasons? I don't know, too much work? No way. Too much reasons of not writing things down are my reasons. Anyway, I have been writing a very special paper since I could not get any interviewee to interview. I made a twist of interviewing myself - such an ignorant act. Talking to myself is a bit normal, but when I started writing about it. I felt like... I am Woody Allen. Luckily, my teacher liked it and I felt relieve in such a hectic semester. Most of the papers I wrote in this semester were not as great as they were, because I always wrote them in last minute. Now, I wrote this down and hope I won't do this again.

3. Facebook
I spent too much time on it. From now on, I have to stop myself from being too addicted to you, facebook.

4. Lost
I have been losing things lately, which I do not understand why. A pair of expensive headphones, an umbrella, water bottle... were all gone. They seemed disappeared in just a week. At the end, things in your life will be gone, maybe I should just let it go.

5. A Chinese Banquet
I could not believe I still have chance to eat such good food with 11 people sat together on a round table. Thank you Little Linus’s birthday invitation. At the same time, I missed having a long dinner with my family.

6. An Eight-speed Raleigh Twenty
Thank you Alissa for making an 8-speed bike for my birthday. Although I never ask for it =P I actually feel good when I could ride my bike back from school and figured out I could get on that little steep slope. The investment of this bike had been accumulated to $300 and will be up on the coming month. Just one question, When can I own a car / an electric bike?

7. A job
Not for me. But a job for you. I feel happy and proud of you.

8. A Cat Tree
That changes my cat's life. Now she enjoy most of the time being high.

9. Writing the night before 2012
Finally, this year came to an end. This 2012 ball is for my friends and family. I don't think you understand what I drew. Just get whatever you want to get from it.

Wish you a merry 2012. See you next year!