A year older, a year wiser

Age has caught up, and I’m a year older.

Thinking positively, I’m now a year wiser, which is good ;)

The start of 2012 wasn’t smooth for me. I had 2 car accidents in 2 weeks, and the second was a serial car accident. Again, thinking positively, I’m glad to be 1 good piece. You know, when there’s up, there’s down, so now I’m down, it’s time to go up!

I’ll stay cool ;)

New Year Resolution

Time flies really fast this year!

And pretty soon it’s time to put a full stop to mark the end of 2011.

Considering myself being trapped “somewhere”, I would say this year is fairly fruitful, with a few notable milestones achieved! Maybe I’m just deeply loved by the “higher beings”.

Looking back since day 1 of 2011, my look-like boring life simply revolves around work, work and more work.  But trust me, the look-like boring life is actually quite adventurous and it was a year of acquisition. Acquisition of knowledge, skills and network! And I believe there’s more to come in 2012, I’m really looking forward to it!

Frankly, and knowing myself, I got a tendency to place work as top priority ahead of most things, and unfortunately, some friends were neglected because of it.  Sometimes I feel a bit bad, so if you happen to receive my call out of the blue, don’t worry, I’m not in MLM business, I don’t have any products to market, it’s just a courteous call to catch up ;)

For 2011:

Milestones achieved:

1.     Venturing Overseas

-       A co-production with Sweden, and more to come in 2012.

2.     Produced my 1^st Mandarin Feature Film, Red Numbers

-       Now it’s preparing for its release in 2012.

3.     Entrepreneurship

-       Won the Shell LiveWIRE Merit Award.

Resolution for 2012:

1.     A Healthy Lifestyle (Brought over from 2011)

-       Lack of regular exercise and unhealthy eating habits have killed my fitness! Missed those days when I could easily get Gold for IPPT.

2.     Blood Donation (Brought over from 2011)

-       Wanted to donate blood, but I’m a bit afraid of the needle.

3.     Direct my 1^st Feature Film (Brought over from 2011)

-       As much as I would want to, but this year and next year won’t be possible. Mainly because I’m trapped in “somewhere”, and I would need to spend more time on business development rather than productions.

4.     Venturing Overseas

-       Bigger and more profiting ventures!

5.     Expansion Plan

-       Expand the business!

6.     Entrepreneurship

-       Participate and win more entrepreneurship awards!

Wishes for 2012:

1.     Good health for family and friends.

2.     Good health for myself.

3.     A fatter pocket;)

Alright, that’s all for 2012!

I really yearn for a fruitful year ahead! (Which I foresee it to be!)

So I’ll gain more experiences which knowledge can’t give, and eventually have a fatter pocket by the end of 2012!

Best Regards

Alvin!

How awesome would it be if we can gorge on all delicacies available on earth, eat as much as we want, but without expanding horizontally? Sounds like mission impossible, but indeed… it’s impossible.

Recently, I’m facing huge temptations everywhere! I am having constant craving all the time, especially in the middle of the night, and all sorts of scrumptious delicacies start surfacing. Right now I’m thinking of Vietnamese cold noodles and drip-coffee from Vietlang at Art House! Owning a restaurant is really the best deal for me, I guess, haha! And maybe I should also find a wife that we both enjoy eating as much as we love each other, so one day we shall tour the world together to satisfy our taste buds!

心血来潮

偶尔心血来潮，想用中文写部落。

老实说，好像已经有一段日子没有真正用中文来写部落，感觉上是有点生疏。回忆起，那些埋头苦写中文剧本的日子虽已成为“过去式”，但回想起来，至今依然记忆犹新。创作过程中的酸甜苦辣，也算别有一番体会，还不错啦。过去编写的一些电视/电影作品包括：《妙手铁厨》《悔意》《青涩部落格》《不由自主》《动物小天地》《甘榜情》《红字》等等。辛苦是一定会，但我倒是挺享受整个创作和编剧过程的，因此也就乐此不疲了。

其实，我对创作的热忱依然不减，但随时光渐渐消逝，我也慢慢认清自己的终极理想 ，企业家。自从设立Supernova Media之后，就根本没再写剧本，时间全耗在生意上了。若是巧遇好题材，打死我都要凑上一脚！哈哈。

这是上台领Shell LiveWIRE Merit Award奖的照片：

和著名瑞典演员Kjell Bergqvist（左）和摄影师Anders Jacobson（右）的合照：

最后，有好几个项目紧跟在后，趁现在有空先偷懒，喘口气，为接下来的路养好身子！

好了，大家保重，再见！

Life has been awesome for me.

Ever since I started my company, nothing beats being your own boss. I can go up, down, left and right as when I want, I don’t have to be accountable to anyone (of course I’m responsible to my clients and investors), it’s just one word – AWESOME!

Yesterday, it was the Shell LiveWIRE Awards Presentation 2011, and it was an honor to be presented with the Merit Award from Mr Teo Ser Luck, Minister of State for Trade and Industry. Minister Teo is extremely friendly, and it was great talking to him! Here are a few preview pictures! I will post more pictures once I receive more pictures from the organisers!

Minister Teo giving a speech at the award:

A group picture of the award winners:

Back in the office with the award:

Most importantly, I got to thank my business mentor, a successful businessman Mr Chan Gin Kai for imparting me his business knowledge which took him decades to accumulate. He's the man directly beside me: 

Lastly, thanks to those who trusted and believed in me despite my young age!

Stay tune for more pictures, real soon!

Cheers

Alvin