Behind the Scenes of MV Shoot - 可不可以﹗

the MV is the brainchild of Cheong H.H, and the team from Playhouse Pictures,
my kindred spirit based in Kuala Lumpur ^_^

he's been a super supportive friend, always full of ideas to shoot for my songs, always willing to help,
and he and his team has always been involved with big-scale productions and commercials,
so i'm truly blessed that he was so excited about shooting my MV for me!



we left everything in their good hands,
the concept, the storyboard, the planning,
and it was only the day before that i heard about...
a potential FIRE scene!

what???
still, i didn't ask much, we went ahead because i trusted them completely that it would be rockin. :)


we set off from Singapore at midnight,
reaching KL at about 430am,
and headed straight to the location at 6am.

it was an outdoor location in a seriously ULU place!


and the best part was the rain rain rain...
which rained out the entire area and turned it into a mudslide.

we waited and slept in the van for about 2 hours...
it was a major CRISIS and they had to decide if they wanted to abandon the location and shoot indoors instead....

in the end they braved it out and bought as many pair of BOOTS they could find for the crew and everyone else!!!



we had to figure out the best way to drive in,
and behold the view.....



this is honestly an mud/sand/grit excavation spot for construction purposes,
so kudos to the location manager!

the most amazing thing is that this place is probably no longer around in this world,
since after more excavation it would look entirely different.



already posing for my next emo album cover shot.





my hairstylist Comb takes a shot at it.



setting up tentage!





that is ME in the tent... my portable toilet!!!
running off to a corner to pee....

i had to hide in a tent cuz there were guys ontop of the cliff in charge of the power generator...
throwing down electric cables...



my garang executive producer Jacie leading me to my spot



Cheong gets ready for the 1st shot...



the smoke throwers get ready...



the wind machine gets ready...





one thing i learnt from MV shooting -
wind and hair and lipgloss DO NOT go together!!!

to add on to the misty, smoky effect,
they add flour to the wind...
creating this beautiful martian landscape effect on the mud!



my team baking in the sun with me... supporting me in spirit and in action!!!



faint from heat!



this is the final scene where i walk away...



they really went all out... lying on pieces of styrofoam


they broke a brand new snowglobe... T_T




i love these flowers! or plants! or whatever!


shading from the sun...





atop a hill








end of Part 1 (mountain scene)!

you HAVE TO check back on the Fire scenes next... Part 2 coming up soon!!!

可不可以 (This Too Shall Pass) Official MV

made through sweat, sun, fire and tears...

i would like to thank
Cheong H.H for directing this MV,
led by Jacie and her team at Playhouse Pictures
for my very FIRST solo MV...

and my company folks
for braving the sun, rain, mud, dust and dirt together with me for the 20 hour shoot...

Behind the Scenes pictures coming next! ^_^

可不可以 MV Sneak Peek!

i am speechlessly excited about this MV,
which the crew from Playhouse Pictures, led by director Cheong H.H,
tirelessly and passionately worked on to fulfil our dream of the perfect MV.

we had time constraint (had to shoot within a day - 6am - 3am!!!)
budget constraint... (more costs incurred on shoot than was imagined)
weather constraint (our outdoor location was completely rained out!)

but with trembling hands i present this to you...



so much hard work was put in by the film crew,
that i pushed myself to my limits and gave all i could...
just so i wouldn't let them down...

the full version is coming very soooon!

Please be Careful With My Heart ... official music video!

I had an awesome time working with the incredibly popular, but humble and sweet Christian Bautista, hope to sing this with him again soon :)

When I first heard about singing with Christian Bautista, I immediately recalled his hit song "The Way you Look at Me" :)

I was tasked to write the Mandarin lyrics for my parts, and I took on the challenge immediately!

My producer Tat Tong and I rushed them out in 2 days... here it is!
It was not easy thinking of matching the Mandarin parts with the English parts, and especially when we had to work in the Mandarin bits into the harmonies.

I'm glad Christian took to the challenge and sang the last bit in Mandarin!

Please Be Careful With My Heart
Music: Jose Marie Chan
Lyrics: 鄭可為/唐宏達/Jose Marie Chan

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脆弱的心 交給了你
請對我小心翼翼
你我之間 跨越界限
哪怕距離多遙遠

不管地动山移 改变不了我的坚定 And 'til life is through 我始终跟隨你
不管歲月來襲 相信永恒的美丽
From the very start 答應我永不分離

I love you and you know I do
There'll be no one else for me
Promise I'll be always true
For the world and all to see

Love has heard some lies softly spoken
And I have had my heart badly broken
I've been burned
And I've been hurt before

So I know just how you feel (和你一起)
Trust my love it's real for you (愛你需要勇氣)
I'll be gentle with your heart
I'll caress it like the morning dew

I'll be right beside you forever
I won't let our love fall apart
From the very start
I'll be careful with your heart

不管地动山移 (地动山移)
改变不了我的坚定 (我們的坚定)
That 'til life is through, I'll still be loving you
不管歲月來襲 (歲月來襲)
相信永恒的美丽 (永恒的美丽)
From the very start (From the very start)
From the very start
From the very start 答應我永不分離
答應我永不...分離





Meeting him for the first time and we had to act like lovers! :p *shy*

Some behind the scenes pictures here... :)

我就是这样 Official Music Video

Our KEEP! tour finally draws to a close.

Our KL show at No Black Tie yesterday was (I think) one of the best I've sung so far...
we learnt so much through this little tour,
and practice makes perfect.


I'd like to share our little music video from KEEP!
that would have been IMPOSSIBLE without the love and support from Cheong. :)

His belief in us made me believe that an MV was possible,
we flew to Bangkok, met him over tomyumgoong,
without any storyboard or plan,
kicked off our shoot,
with an iphone and x-mini speaker in tow.

Many thanks to Chriz, Oy, Jacie, Shan for trudging around Bangkok with us for 2 full days,
carrying our bags, carrying our little guitarlele, robots,
bringing so much fun and laughter to our shoot!

Many thanks to Troy, for the awesome post-production and animation!

Thank you Playhouse Pictures!

Production House : Playhouse Pictures Malaysia
Executive Producer : Jacie Tan
Producer : Shan
Film Director : Cheong Heng Ho
D.O.P : Cheong Heng Ho
Assistant Director : Chris Ngooi & Oy ( Thailand )
Film Editor : Troy Chen @ Base 2 Post
Lustre Telecine : Helmi @ APV
VFX : Lau Kia Hau

Thank you for all your support thus far...
Because of each one of you, we're given this strength and opportunity to go as far as we can with our passion...

第一个清晨

the first dawn,
that you share in bed with the one you love,
is hauntingly beautiful.

well, for some, it might be a mad hustle for underwear, keys, shoes.

but there is a fragile moment of imaginable eternity in those wee hours,
before the world awakes.

i love this song by lee hom,
lyrics by 李焯雄 ...



MP3 download HERE!

friday night

long and tiring day.

i come home,put down my bags, and feel like connecting with the world through a video.

so i sit down, and start to sing.

halfway through, friend calls and i realise i had completely forgotten about a party i was supposed to go to!
when friday nights become like this, something is very wrong.

this video isn't perfect -
some chords are wrong,
some parts can be better sung,
but it is real.
it is right now. :)

方大同 Love Song 女生合唱版

here we go, again. :)

our 3rd tribute to khalil, fang da tong:


love,
kewei & einein.

MP3 download HERE!
















ps. einein just moved house, i found this in her room -
for the keen eye, it's a 方大同 poster.
i mean... it's a 放大桶 poster.
LOL!!!

i bet you've never seen me play guitar

because i don't.





but... i try :)




i adore this song, and john legend.

MP3 download HERE!

记得爱

our 4th MV -
dawn joins in the fun :)


relieved... after very many takes ;)

omy!

i'm an OMY blogger!

very happening interactive news website,
and it's bilingual!


i'd also be performing at the omy.sg launch!
venue: Vivocity Amphitheatre (Level 3)
time : 3pm
programme lineup here.






and omy!
i changed my hair!


chemical abuse + freaky hairstyle by master kef!

at this stage,
i am always fascinatingly curious about how my hair colour would turn out.


it was to be different shades of brown,
so milk asked: 会不会像咖啡，又掺奶，又掺巧克力那种？
and kef said ：Yalo.
milk: 哇。那不会是一颗很yummy的头。。。

(who says 一颗 for 头??
milk writes the bestest travelogue, which i am helplessly addicted to.)




牛奶，会yummy吗？

my hair is officially falling apart.
i am smiling because i don't know it yet.


today i woke up and it was a POOF.
it is dehydrated, frizzed at the ends, and you know, a POOF.

now poofy hair, is something that requires high maintenance, extra attention,
all of which i refuse to give my hair on normal occasions.

i had plans to free my hair from chemical abuse
after my last dye-job,
but black was too much to bear after a while.

so now i have to suffer for my vanity. :(



in an attempt to hide my poofy hair,
i kinda just hide all of it la.



our 3rd video!!!
in cantonese!

i love this song :)

MP3 download HERE!

fang da tong episode 2

this is getting fun :)






*Update*
A number of people wanted to download this video,
you can do it via tudou.com, here :)

Mp3 download HERE!

2265

our little fang da tong video has hit 2265 views in 5 days!
a fan frm HK even messaged me on Youtube and
informed me that she put up my link of his HK fan club forum :)

how cool is that!
the world is incredibly small now.
i love that it's so so small now and with the right stuff
you can reach just about anyone. :)

This little project has kicked off in a surprisingly pleasant fashion
and i already have more spin-off ideas in my head.
haha!
watch out for more!
coming up very soon :)







on a separate note,
I adore Ratatouille!
it made me a very happy, and happily squealing girl for the night :)
definitely turned my foul mood for the better.

thank you kitty, edmund and of course alfredo for hearing me out that night :)

i love the villain chef!


for his big eyes and penciled-in combover and crazy expressiveness!

LOL

and anton ego the critic!

who just melted into a nice old ahpek after the ridiculous stephen-chow-scene where he is transported back into his childhood when he tasted the ratatouille!!!
HAHAHAHA!

ok i have a thing for villains in cartoons, usually.

and anton ego!
you cannot say that word without slowing down at the 'e',
and you cannot NOT emphasize every syllable.
therefore you cannot avoid it sounding snobbish and snooty.

it's about as good as the name Castor Troy, in Face Off.
which goes down in my book as the perfect villain name to yell in i-want-to-get-my-face-back desperation: Castor F***king Troy!
You also cannot say troy without emphasizing the OY.
how clever.




i digress.

i came home and scoured Youtube for relevant videos.
If you're a fan check this out for
on the producers' motorcycle tours around Paris,
their best dining experiences in the top restaurants,
the excellent movie scoring,
the technical aspects to create the effects for the water,
and to make the food look realistic...


and with a newfound appreciation
i caught the movie AGAIN.
HAHAHA!



am also thrilled by Pixar's short films collection
which unfortunately can't be found anywhere online...








that reminds me...
i was in paris a few years back,
and getting ready to sleep
but chanced upon this film on tv amidst all the french-spewing channels

well, i managed to watch the entire show,
not because i understood french haha
but cuz there was zero dialogue.

ZERO DIALOGUE!
absolutely brilliant.

(ok, i know tom and jerry also zero dialogue, but
THIS was nothing like tom and jerry.)

and if there is zero dialogue,
chances are the music is going. to. be. equally. brilliant.


so by some bizarre stroke of luck i caught one of the best cartoons in my life:
Les Triplettes de Belleville

it is best if you watch this without any prior knowledge of this show whatsoever
because the weirdness just blows you away.


and this weirdness
hooks you

till the very end.

because you just have to know,
what in the world is she doing??!
what the hell is she gonna do next??!


and they sing!

i was hooked.




i fell in love with the oddly shaped characters in Ratatouille,
but it seems that the French have already been there, done that years ago.




anton ego?


the villain chef's lost wife?


anton ego's secretary?


i love ugly cartoons.



more weirdness.









ok... the moral of this story is Youtube rocks. :)











P.S.

speaking of weird cartoons,
i just remembered Spirited Away! and Chihiro!
rocks my socks...

i know after that cartoon,
i fantasized about having a white dragon as my boyfriend for a while.

for fang da tong :)

hi da tong/khalil,
if you are watching this,
leave a message ok? ;)


This is Su Li Zhen 苏丽珍, with Ein Ein :)

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please leave comments directly on the youtube link!

MP3 download HERE!