Crazy Mind

Sometimes my mind can go nuts.. I mean like crazy.. There are billions of ideas running across my mind every minute, every hour, and every day. All I need to do is to catch one of them and turn it to reality.

Guess what; I already caught one of those, and it will be used for my second movie.

It sounds absurd isn't it? I haven't even finish the script for my first movie, and yet I already started thinking about the next movie..

Well oh well..

I'm writing an Academy-award winning script at the moment; it's so enjoyable.. I believe it will be a big hit.

Yay!

William Lim

Matthew West - Give This Christmas Away (Slideshow With...

A song for your christmas...

Be blessed!

And happy holidays!

William Lim

Atlanta

I'm in Atlanta, and it's already my fourth day..

Things are cold, and wild here; and rather peaceful out here. It's serene.

But definitely not as boring as Perth.

I loved the weather, and the food here. They are amazing..

I think staying in America is perfect for me. I'm more suited for this culture... Is it ok for me to say that?

Before I say anything else, I better "get lost" .. The panty has spoken..

William Lim

Things Happening

Well, what can I say? I'm in the midst of all things crooked.

To start with, I'm writing a screenplay for my new film. And it hasn't been a smooth-flowing one like I thought it would be. I got stuck most of the times. I did have the story lines worked out before, but still, I got stucked during writing.

So far I've only completed 29 pages. That's about 29 minutes of screen time in a movie. But anyhow, I'm still going to write this. My deadline will be in January.

The second thing, I'm thinking of opening a production company in Singapore. The thing is, starting a company in Singapore requires the company to be audited annually. Thus this where the money will be wasted - the auditing.

So what happens if I haven't completed my movie during the year? That means, there are actually no activities happening in the company right? But to really think about it, it just sounds absurd; how can you not finish a movie within a year when you have all the time in the world to finish it off?

I'll laugh my ass off. I'll have to finish the movie by August 2011. Because that's when the Sundance Film Festival submission will be opening. In any case, I need investors. If anyone would like to invest, $20,000 to the movie, I'll make you the co-producer for this production.

Thirdly, I'm going to the States tomorrow. It's one of things that I'll always look forward to. But truth be told, I actually hope to find a film a distributor in the US; you know, like 20th Century Fox, or Paramount pictures, and my favourite, Fox Searchlight Pictures. I gotta meet one the executive, and pitch this movie idea to them, and then they can give me the budget to make the film.

But it will be tough. I need to have a production company set-up first, so that they will not pass my script to another production studio. I want to make this film myself.

Alright then, those are the things happening in my life at the moment.

Happy holidays.

William Lim

A Thousand Dollar Blessing

I've been in short of money ever since coming back from Perth. That's right. I'm almost money-less.

Five days ago, I checked the balance on one of my bank accounts; it said that I've only $234 left. Seeing that, I almost blackout. Many questions bombarded my brains, and I can't answer them.

So going home from the bank, I prayed silently in my car. I said:

"Lord, I hate taking money from my parents. I'm 23, and I think it's only fair that I find my own money. So please help me Lord, so that I don't ever take their money again. Amen."

I ended it at that.

And then, on a Wednesday, Dec 1st 2010, I got a call from an employee at my mum's office. She asked me to bank-in (deposit) a $250,000 cash to DBS Bank before 6 pm. At first, I wanted to reject it, and just stayed at home as I was writing a script at that time. But I couldn't concentrate somehow.

So I blatantly said yes to that.

Upon collecting the money from another bank, I noticed it was all a $1000 bill. No tenths, fifties, or hundredths dollar bill. It was $250,000 in a single $1000 bill - 250 pieces all together, stucked in a rather small envelope. Thus the envelope looked fat, and very bulky. It's like I'm carrying tiny pieces of gold-plated armours.

As I gave the money to the teller at the bank, I was told to wait for a minute, while they counted the money using one of those money-counting machine.

At this point, I noticed the teller's impression was rather stressful. I asked her why. She said the amount of money deposited doesn't match what's written on the paper. Hearing that, I was flabbergasted. Because I thought I had to top-up the remaining amount using my own money. So I asked her how much should I top-up. Again, she asked me to wait, while she counted the money... again.

Let me tell you this, I have never been inside a bank for so long before. I had to stand for almost 35 mins, and was pressured by the fact that there was a very long queue behind me. I was taking their time away. The looks on their faces were priceless. I thought someone was about to shoot me right in the head for hogging one of the tellers.

Anyway, 35 minutes later, the teller told me this astonishing line:

"Sir, the amount you gave me is $251,000. There's a $1000 extra money in the envelope. So here's your $1000 back."

At that moment, I was speechless... And rather confused. I meant, what should I do with this money? I wanted to go to the other bank (where I got the money from), and gave them back their $1000 extra. But at that time, it was 6.15 pm. All major banks in Singapore closed at 5, or some, 6 pm.

So I was in real dilemma at that time. I called my friend, she asked me to stop being an idiot, and just kept the money. And knowing that I was in need of money myself, I took it like a blessing from the Lord.

I wasn't stealing, and I didn't have any intention to keep the money. I was in fact looking at ways to give the money back to the other bank. And to be honest, I was incredibly guilty of taking the money. However, all possibilites and reasonings pointed at me to have the money.

To that end, I acknowledged that I was blessed. It was a thousand dollar blessing from the Lord. And let me tell you this, I had so much confident in God now, as He is taking care of me in every possible ways that I can't even think of. I don't have to worry about the little things anymore. It's all taken care of.

What a wonderful God we have... I seriously think that my God is the best.

To finish off, let me ask you a question: when was the last time you get a thousand dollar bill?

William Lim

My List of Fav Movies (update)

Time flies right? So I'm changing my fav movie list too. :)

1. Slumdog Millionaire (British-Indian Drama) – Danny Boyle (2008)
2. Finding Nemo (Animation) – Andrew Stanton (2003)
3. Toy Story 1, 2 and 3 (Animation) – John Lasetter (1995, 1999); Lee Unkrich (2009)
4. 3 Idiots (Bollywood Comedy) – Rajkumar Hirani (2009)
5. Death at a Funeral (British Comedy) – Frank Oz (2007)
6. Shutter (Thai-horror) – Banjong Pisanthanakun & Parkpoom Wongpoom (2004)
7. REC (Spanish-horror) – Jaume Balagueró & Paco Plaza (2007)
8. The Host (Korean monster-movie) – Bong Joon-Ho (2006)
9. Shakespeare in Love (Romance) – John Madden (1998)
10. Borat The Movie (Comedy) – Larry Charles (2006)
11. How to Train Your Dragon (Animation) – Chris Sanders & Dean DeBlois (2010)
12. What Women Want (Romance) – Nancy Myers (2000)
13. Spiderman 2 (Action-Superhero) – Sam Raimi (2004)
14. The Incredibles (Animation) – Brad Bird (2004)
15. Enchanted (Musical) – Kevin Lima (2007)
16. The Hangover (Comedy) – Todd Phillips (2009)
17. The Fast and The Furious – Tokyo Drift (Action) – Justin Lin (2006)
18. District 9 (Sci-fi) – Neill Blomkamp (2009)
19. It’s Complicated (Romance) – Nancy Myers (2009)
20. Juno (Drama) – Jason Reitman (2007)

William Lim

Perth in my Phone

Imannuel Franklin - smiling while chewing

Curtin Stadium at night - chilly and freaky

Mr Hendrik Octavianus - loves octopus very much

Mr Leimana Robby - Too cool for school

Mr Rawung Jeremy Valentino - He has no make up on this time

Mr Jon Mahadi - Rather attentive to what everyone has to say, even the cynical ones

Mr Benny Wijaya - The soft spoken one, yet having elegant manner of slow thinking

Mr Wijaya Hendra - The darknight, can disguise himself as the "gayish" Robin, Batman and even the Joker at times

4 months didn't cut hair

The condition of my apartment a day before I left


William Lim

Saying Goodbye

It's rather odd for me to write this post as I've never like to say goodbye to anyone. I really wish that a person is able to meet and see and talk to one another without having to say goodbye - forever. So it's kind of continuous that way.

But I should say though that saying goodbye to a person that you don't like will make you feel relieve; because you won't have to see that person again. :)

Anyway, I'm saying goodbye to a bunch of wonderful people in Perth here; these people are not easy to forget. They were kept so close to my heart at one point that I felt lonely whenever I left their homes, or the church, or after dinner.

If there was anything I learned during my stay in Perth, it would be the essence of "family" that the church has implement to the congregation there. When I first came to the church, I literally didn't feel like a stranger you know. I was definitely awkward to go to a new surrounding that I barely knew. But the weird part was, they made me feel like I'm a part of them. It's not easy to describe this, but you know what I mean.

So I guess we have established the fact that "church" is a family; not an organisation, but a family. And family is home, where everybody knows your name, your background, etc.. So to that end, I really enjoyed being in Perth with those bunch of people that made me part of their family.

Being in Perth had opened my eyes to what I was born to do - filmmaking. It's my dream to be an academy-award winning film director before I hit 30 years old; and I only realised this when I'm in Perth. So the struggle in the university opened up a new level of understanding that spurred me on to pursue my dream.

In any case, here comes the difficult part - saying goodbye. King Solomon once said that there's a time for everything; well in the same way, there was my time for everything. There was my time for laughing, crying, hanging, playing, studying (yeah right) and praying. But now my friends, it's my time to say goodbye; it's my time to leave.

So to that end, I guess I'll see you wonderful people in the autumn, for graduation then.

William Lim

My Prayer

Dear Lord

I want to be an academy-award winning director before I hit 30 years old, because You said that nothing is impossible for those who believe; and You also said that blessed are those who has not seen/received, and yet have believe.

Well Lord, I believed.

I believed that I'm an academy-award winning director - that's my faith. From now on, every time I'm producing a movie, I'll act like an oscar winning director. I will direct a movie with a passion that never stop burning. In fact, I want my films to be a blessing for people watching it; that it will have a great impact to a society, or even a country.

Lord, I'm a big guy living on earth. But to You, I'm sure I'll look like a small liliput. But believe me Lord, this small liliput has faith, and he wants to let the whole world know that You're working in his life, through his life, and by his life. So he needs the wisdom that You gave to King Solomon; and oh, a discerning heart too, so that he can make fantastic films that will be a blessing to the world.

Anyway, thank You Lord for everything today.

G'nite

William Lim

Feeling Homeless

Today will be the day that I'll remember for the rest of my life. On this day I feel homeless.

I just move out of my house this afternoon, with a bunch big boxes and two gigantic luggage. I placed some of those boxes at my friends' house, so that I can take them back next year when I'm here for the graduation.

After dropping all those boxes, a question appeared from my mind, "Where do I go next?"

My flight to Singapore is not for another 2 days. Thus, what should I do in Perth in the mean while? More importantly, where would I stay in the next 2 days?

Frankly, I don't have an answer to that. Why? Because I'm practically homeless. All I have with me now is a rented car, and a box with my stuffs in it. In a way, I'm mobile, but with no destination.

This reminds me that a home is everything that you would long for, you know, apart from the happiness of the world. It's all that you can think about after a hard day at work, or after a failed date with one of the best hostess in town. You can cover your head with a pillow sheet, and then bang it against the wall to get some answers on why your date went miserably wrong. You'll bleed, but the good thing is, no one knew what you're doing, except God.

All I'm saying is, a home is basically a location where your heart should be placed. There was a quote that I read a few years back that said, "Your Home is Where Your Heart is". I think this is so true.

Your home is the place where you keep a myriad of wonderful or ghastly memories; you know every corner in that house, and that made you feel comfortable and safe. More imperatively, a home is where you can feel to be yourself. There isn't a slight of awkwardness in there.

Well, so much about home. But what about me?

I'm now homeless person, for 2 days.

William Lim

Studying Movies

These last couple of weeks, my life has been filled with movies. I've been renting over 25 DVDs in the last 2 weeks for the purpose of my research and study. And I'll definitely get more of them in the following week.

See, the thing is, I'm writing a script for my new movie. It's a comedy film, and will be my first full feature length film. The disadvantage here is that, I've no experience in making a full feature film. I mean I did direct three short-films before, but I'm guessing this time, it will be a different challenge.

With that, there are some studying and research to be done; and my research was simple, basically I watched movies. But I'm not watching the movies for my entertainment; I watched them so that I can understand what does it take to make a fantastic film, and also, to understand why some films fail.

So to that end, I began renting the award-winning films, the great comedy films, and the bad and "no good" films. I watched each films twice: the first time was for my entertainment, and the second time was for studying. I studied them pretty thoroughly; trying to understand why the film won an award, and why some films are extremely funny, and why some films fail.

All in all, it was a tiresome exercise. I couldn't even imagine that I can watch five films in a row, within a day. But in any case, after watching the 25th film, "The House Bunny", I began to understand why some films fail, and why some films are splendidly well-made. It's like, I've finally obtained that secret ingredient in making a fantastic film.

I can't tell the secret yet as I haven't tested it. If my film turns out to be fanstastic, then I'll disclose the secret here. Haha.

Anyway, I'm about to watch movie number 26 now, "There's Something About Mary". It looks like it's going to be a good one, judging by the reviews from Rotten Tomatoes.

Alright then, back to business.

William Lim

Very Inspirative Quote

I read a quote on twitter today; it was extremely inspirative!

The quote was re-tweeted by Alicia Keys, and Kim Kardashian. They loved it. I loved it too!

Here's the Quote:

"Don't tell me the sky is the limit when there are footprints on the moon! Go get your dreams!" - Unknown

I don't know who was the original quoter. But it sure was mesmerising..

I couldn't be more thrilled. I'm going for my dreams now; and not going back.

William Lim

My Top 20 Films

It's rather weird if a manic filmmaker like myself do not have a favourite film.

Actually I do. I have a list that I've been keeping for so long. It's my top 20 films of all time.

Here we go:

1) Finding Nemo (Animation)
2) Slumdog Millionaire (British)
3) Toy Story 1, 2, and 3 (Animation)
4) 3 Idiots (Bollywood)
5) The Host (Korean)
6) Death at a Funeral (British)
7) Shutter (Thai)
8) District 9 (Sci-fi)
9) Borat the Movie (Comedy)
10) REC (Spanish)
11) How to Train Your Dragon (Animation)
12) What Women Want (Romance)
13) Spiderman 2 (Superhero)
14) The Incredibles (Animation)
15) Enchanted (Musical)
16) The Hangover (Comedy)
17) The Fast and The Furious - Tokyo Drift (Action)
18) It's Complicated (Romance)
19) Juno (Drama)
20) I Love You Man (Comedy)

That's it...

I had a hard time choosing the films and ranking it. But it's finalised now.. haha

William Lim

New Movie

Well, what can I say, I'm writing a new script for my new film now.

I've done 3 short films before, and now I think it's time to do a feature-length film.

I'm aiming to finish the whole production by Aug 2011, just in time for the Sundance and Slamdance Film Festival's submission; before submitting it further to the Cannes and Toronto International Film Festival.

To be frank, I'm nervous. Not nervous about making the film, but because we're a bunch of asians; hardly any asians get their breakthrough in Hollywood. What if this movie does not get picked up by a US distributor? That's the scary question.

I don't care about winning, and I certainly do not focus on winning. I'm focusing more on the things that will lead me to win. Like a good screenplay, creating a superteam, and obviously, I want this movie to be a blessing to people watching it.

So please pray so that we can finish the movie on time, and there will be a US distributor who's willing to distribute the movie in the US; and eventually the world.

Thanks Lord for this dream that You've given me. I'm going for it.

William Lim

An Angel in Disguise

Guess what, I think I've seen an angel in disguise.

I was in the library yesterday afternoon, mulling and lamenting on my thesis as it seemed to be unending. I was still struggling to finish it yesterday, when it's due on Monday.

To be frank, my thesis was almost on the verge of finishing. But I was in no mood in doing it at all. Again, I have to stress that my passion is not in engineering. So literally, I had no interests and not even the slightest concerns on the thesis. All I was thinking was for it to be over.

Suddenly, in the midst of my lamentation, I received a message on Facebook:

"Dude I just saw your post on Charlene’s status “Finally someone post this... I hate those bastards” absolutely hilarious. Now so then I clicked onto your blog and saw your posts about thesis so I thought I might send you a message. I have no idea why you’re worried, like you’re pretty much finished compared to where I was at this stage in the game.

Do you want to know my story? This time last year I started writing my thesis on the day it was due. I mean starting the writing part from scratch, zero words down. Two days later decided I should “ask” my supervisor for an extension. So it was due Monday, asked for an extension on Wednesday and got an extension till Friday. And you know what I tied for the best enviro thesis prize with one of my friends. I mean fuck I just wanted to pass….

If anything, just don’t give up hope dude. The trick is just persevere until you finish your undergrad degree and then go pursue your dreams. Like you know what I have no plans at all of ever doing engineering. "

After reading the message, I was on fire. There was this strapping determination and motivation within my heart to finish my thesis. And believe it or not, I actually finished it that day.

Hooraayy!! No more thesis!

Anyway, now comes an intriguing question, who is this guy?

According to Facebook, his name was "Phil Jolly". Again, I asked, who was he? I have never made any contacts or whatsoever with him during my 2 years in Australia.

So how can I classify him other than saying that he's in fact an angel in disguise?

The marvellous wonder of God is breathtaking. But I was just reminded again that God works in ways we cannot see. Thus, it make us believe that His works are just breathtaking.

But apart from cleared thesis, I still have a project and a take-home exam to finish. Sometimes I wish I can go out into the wild, and carve my feelings on a ruptured rock, where everybody gets to take a look of it.

Thanks Angel.. or should I say Phil?

William Lim

Direct Message - from Ps Joseph Prince

oh my God, oh my God, oh my God, oh my God!

Ps Joseph Prince sent me a direct message on twitter:

"Hi, thx for allowing me 2 b part of ur world & 2 be able 2 spk int2 ur life! Remember, u are Destined To Reign! B abundantly blessed!"

And then, he followed my twitter account...

I literally have nothing on twitter; I only have 7 people following me... and he's the 7th person to do that...

Wow...

Did anyone receive a direct message from him once u follow him on twitter?

William Lim

Twitter

Ah finally..

I've got a twitter account...

But I'm still very new to it; so called a virgin.

How to post a link of my tweet here?

William Lim

Thesis Agony

So far, I've written 14363 word on my thesis and it's 60 pages long.

But it's not done yet. There are still too many things to be included in the thesis.

Apparently, the maximum page for an undergraduate thesis is about 80 pages long. So I still have another 20 plus more pages to go.

Currently, I'm a little bit bewildered by this thesis problems; particularly, in the results section. Due to that, I have been procrastinating a little bit during the past few days.

Another thing is the passion. Man oh man, it's tough to do something that you have no passion in. It's like forcing you to eat something that you hate.

I hate it when I spent like 9 hours on campus, and only managed to write 500 words. What a total waste of time isn't it?

Only 10 days left to the due date. And within the 10 days, there are a couple of tests, and assignment to be done.

So tell me, how to finish a thesis in 10 days?

William Lim

Erotic Bible Verses

Guess what, I found a chapter from the old testament that I thought was a little bit "Naughty" ... or erotic...

This is not from "Songs of Songs", but from Ezekiel 23:1-21 ..

To me, this chapter talks about women who are sexually active...

haha.. I loved it though..

William Lim

My Future Wife (Updated)

I posted this in Aug 13th 2010:

1) Romantic (because I'm romantic too)

2) Not Demanding

3) Very Sensitive and Emotional

4) Everything lower than me - or at least the same (height, age, weight, etc.)

5) Open Hearted (not a boring person please...)

6) Wonderful lady-like hands (slim and pointy)

7) Reasonable boobs size ('C' cup is the best!)"

So here's the updated version:

1. Romantic (because I'm romantic too)
2. Open Hearted (not a boring person pleaseee..)
3. Very Sensitive and Emotional
4. Be able to speak in a British Accent or a Javanese Accent
5. Everything lower than me - or at least the same (height, age, weight, etc...)
6. Wonderful lady-like hands (slim and pointy)
7. Reasonable boobs size ('C' cup is the best!)

Very cool list indeed...

William Lim

British Accents

I love the british accent! I can listen to it forever, without complaining.

This is weird, but I can't help it..

I thought it would be lovely if my wife is british; because when she speaks, or shares with me something, I would listen to her with full understanding and compassion.

Doesn't matter how long she speaks, as long as it's the british accent that she's speaking, I won't complain.

Btw, I thought that Carey Mulligan is pretty... :)

And next after the british accent, I love the Javanese accent...

"Rai Mu!"

hahaha

William Lim

Jealousy

I've got this ridiculous jealousy over the past couple of months. It's about film directors; especially the young and independent film directors.

So whenever I visit channelnewsasia.com (http://www.channelnewsasia.com/) and read under the entertainment field for instance, very often I'll find news headlines such as: "Paranormal Activity to Hit the Big Screen", or "A New Director is Born" or "Tsai Ming Liang Named Asia's Filmmaker of the Year"...

It's because of these headlines that made me jealous. Why? Because I should be the one making headlines. But why am I not in it?

I know this is dumb and unreasonable, but I am practically jealous and, also a little bit hurt whenever a new director is born, and it is not me.

Currently, I'm stuck in this stupid engineering realm and madness. Due to that, I can't make films until I'm done with it.

Sometimes I got frustrated at why am I doing something that I have no passion in. I really hope that all this bachelor degree stuffs can be over soon.

My dream is to win the academy-award for best director before I hit 30. I know there are a lot to be done, and I won't stop until I achieve it. It's just around the corner....

I'm pursuing my dream.

William Lim

Stressed

At the moment now, I'm feeling so stressed.

There are myriad of reasons here. But mainly, it's the uni stuffs that made me want to cry. :(

1) My thesis - due on the 1st of Nov
2) My 3 assignments - due on the 11th oct, 29th oct, 6th nov
3) My 3 in-class tests - on the 11th oct, 25th oct, 25th oct

Look at the list... Should I be worried or stressed or cry over this?

Oh God, how to go through all these?

My daily live now is filled with worriness due to deadlines.

I've got no comfort, no motivation, and no passion in doing any of these shits.

I thought of quitting uni, but because I've come so far... in fact, too far, it will be a massive waste if I quit at this moment.

It's just another month... I've got to hold on.

No girlfriend to share my burdens, no bestfriends to share my troubles, and no one cares, literally.

But my Lord is still with me. That I know.

He told me that I'm more than a winner. Not just any winner, but a true conquerer over myself.

My strength came from the Lord most of the time. It's because of Him I'm alive and simply breathtaking.

I thanked him for the dream he gave me almost everyday, and he told me to fight for it, and pursue it with a passion that never fades.

Somewhere along my life, I found out that a winner is someone who crosses the finishing line. He may comes in last, but as long as he crosses the finishing line, he's worthy to be called a winner.

So I should not be stressed right?

What a stupid post I just wrote here... hahaha

William Lim

Sajna (My Dear)

"When you smile, I smile with you
When you cry, I feel it too
Hear my soul,
My heart calling out to you

Be my eyes when I can't see
Be my voice when I can't speak
Be my light when Darkness creeps on me

Oh sajna, sajna, sajna re...

To the star that shines so bright
Across the sky across the night
Making ways to be right by your side

Hold me close don't let me go
Hold me tight don't you say no
Save the love we have for evermore

Oh sajna, sajna, sajna re...

Save me, when my dream catches fire
Save me, be my only desire
Wake me, when the pain is over
Take me now..."

Music by: A R Rahman
Lyrics by: Blaaze

William Lim

The Dream

I want to be an academy-award winning film director ... Before I hit 30 years old.

Thank you Lord for giving this dream, it's my job to pursue it.

Amen!

William Lim

Happy birthday Diana!

I want to take a moment here talking about my childhood friend.

Basically, today’s her birthday, and she just turned 22 this year.

So for that reason, happy birthday Diana!

Do you remember the first time we met?

Well I don’t actually, but you told me about it; and you said I gave you the cold feet… and that made you angry…

Haha… I was only 14.. or maybe 15.. Very young, naïve and cute.. :)

So I was a little nervous of course, when meeting such a beautiful lady like you.

But eventually, we became friends, and then I wanted for us to be more than friends. But you rejected the idea of it; and that made me very upset. So upset I that I didn’t want to talk to you anymore.

However, you came and added me on Facebook somewhere in March or April this year, and I was so glad you did that.

We’ve been talking again ever since, although we haven’t meet at all this year. But just hearing your voice brought wonderful memories and possibilities that I had for you before.

I just want to let you know that there was some very brief moment back then, when I looked at your eyes and you looked back into mine.

You know, when that happened, I felt that something is not right with me, because I felt tougher and at the same time, pathetic. Tougher because I was excited to see you, and pathetic because I knew I couldn’t get you.

The truth is I don’t know what to say when I saw you. My mind went so bloodily blank, that I couldn’t even think about what I want to eat for lunch...

But now, I have so many things that I want to tell you, and I felt that you attracted me the most. I don't know why, somehow, you're very special. You made me smile, and made me very blissful. :)

So please keep answering all my phone calls; because I can't meet you yet...

But just as Aerosmith sung it in their song:

"Every moment spent with you, is a moment I treasure"

And it's true that I treasured every phone calls that I made for you, and hopefully, you'll do the same..

Happy birthday once again, "I miss you babe, and I don't want to miss a thing"

William Lim

Post Decreasing

I haven't notice this until a week ago...

But the number of post in my blog is decreasing, monthly...

So it started very well in May 2010... With 37 posts...

And then went down to 27 posts in June. July and August was tied at 19 posts..

Now September, down to the lowest ever... at 13 posts.. My God..

Part of the reason is my daunting Thesis... All I did nowadays is writing and writing.. and writing..

It's getting a little mundane..

William Lim

Mark 9:23

I love horror films. This is something unique about me that people doesn't have.

Even when I read the bible, I love reading the part about the "demon-possessed" or the "evil spirit" story. It made you believed that devils do exist. And they actually do...

Anyway, I was reading from "Mark 9:14-32" this morning in my humble cubicle; it told a story about a boy who was possessed with an evil spirit, and Jesus cast the evil spirit away from him.

Nothing peculiar.

But verse 23 looked absolutely tempting to my eyes.

Mark 9:23 - "Everything is possible for him who believes"

From my deepest form of knowledge, for you to believe, you must have faith... Right?

So if we rearrange the sentence, it will be come something like this:

"Everything is possible for him who has faith"

But the thing is, people should live by faith, not sights, neither feelings. Thus if we simplify this statement further, it becomes:

"Everything is possible when you live by faith"

And relatively:

"Everything is possible" = "Nothing is impossible"

Therefore, the final statement look like this:

"Nothing is impossible when you live by faith"

And I believed it.

I'm living by faith, nothing is impossible.

William Lim

Deadbeat

I'm feeling kind of deadbeat..

Looking to sleep for more than 12 hours...

Uni life will end in about a month time.

I can't wait for it to be over.

This year, peculiar things happened, coupled with a handful of miracles here and there.

But the year is not over yet.

So far, I learnt that I don't learn anything when I'm happy.

It's when I suffered and griefed, those were the best days of my life; because they made me who I was. I learnt a lot from those frantic moments.

Suffering is not a bad thing after all. But being deadbeat, is not a good thing too.

So I'm falling asleep now.

Night

William Lim

Final Year Presentation

My final year presentation is tomorrow afternoon, and frankly, I was a little worried.

Well, who wouldn't?

More than 30 academic people will be staring at you for something that you've done. They want you to tell them nice stories about your project.

It's a little bit like story-telling actually... Or should I say a film?

A good film, has a very compelling story line. Forget about the budget, the special effects and the star power. Everything comes down to the story. And so is this - my final year presentation.

How am I going to capture the audience attention is from the way I convey the story to them.

Still, it's a little bit daunting, given that my audiences will mainly comprise of Full-Blooded-Australians.

But in my time of nerve, God sent me an answer... from the toilet. I was reading "Luke" chapter 21... and verse 15 blew my sh*t out from my butt... =)

"For I will give you words and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict." - Luke 21:15.

Wow! What a moral booster and courage! I'm going to give those Aussies a memorable presentation from an academy-award winning film director - me! =D

Oh I love how the Lord loves me. It's the best thing in the world...

William Lim

Nine Talents

Alright... I've been living in this earth for 23 years now, and still running...

Looking back at all those years, a question popped in my head yesterday night, "How many talents do I have so far?"

Intriguing isn't it?

As complicated as it seems, I started counting them... I looked at myself in the mirror, and asked another question, "Have I been a blessing to others?"

"I did", I replied warily with a smile on my face, "and I'll never stop blessing people with what I have", I continued... speaking to the other part of me in the mirror.

I left it at that.

Next morning, while I was in the library, I started to list down the talents that I have so far; which God has provided me.

Here's the list:

1) I can produce a film
2) I can direct a film
3) I can edit a film
4) I can write stories, scripts, reports, thesis and daily reflections
5) I can play guitar
6) I can play bass
7) I can stand not eating for 24 hours
8) I can drive a car
9) I can change a car tyre in less than 15 minutes

It's only nine... I have nine talents so far. These may not include the hidden talents that I have, which I couldn't think of that day.

Anyhow, I'm amazed...

Those talents are purely and genuinely "me"... They live within me, and I control them. Most importantly, they're given generously by God.

I just hoped that I have used those talents to bless others...

When I said "bless others", it means that I give, or share to others what I have using my talents; and that they will be blessed by it.

So, my life is not over, and I can still produce more talents... For His glory of course. :)

William Lim

Lead Me - Sanctus Real

A perfect song for a perfect evening.

Be blessed.

William Lim

Negative Comments

I'm doing a final year thesis at the moment, and next week is the presentation day.

This thesis is about improving laboratory classes in East Timorese Universities, ultimately enhancing student's practical knowledge on water and sanitation in East Timor.

Nerveracking as it seems, I actually got everything under my belt, ready to speak about my undulating projects when all of a sudden I was swamped by negative comments - from my supervisors.

Can you believe that? My own project supervisors gave me stupid comments one month before the thesis' due date.

They told me that my thesis is too simple... And that I may not pass if I don't show the complexity of the project... I was like, "What the Hell???"

"What are you trying to say here?" I replied to them. And they said the project is too simple, and not up to the standard of an undergraduate...

That's a little bit mean to say...

This topic that I chose last year was put up by them, and now they told me this?

What a nice way to say that I would fail the final year project in advance...

After hearing those comments, I was in no mood in doing the thesis. What a waste of time...

I feel like quitting university now.. I hate engineering, there's no passion in me that wants to do engineering...

William Lim

PS: To my supervisors... "You're a perfect asshole".

Papi Mami

I've had a tough week last week... It was one of those weeks that I'd love to forget it as soon as possible.

It started pretty well. My aunt told me that she and her family are coming to Perth to visit me.. And then all of a sudden, my mum joined her.

Why?

Because my papi and mami are living seperately at the moment. Though, it's not a divorce..

So she decided to take the last minute ticket, and headed to Perth, while my dad headed to Singapore.

It's really sad to see them like this. The blaming game, the loneliness, the curses to each other, etc... They are really making a point that they shouldn't be together. Love was no where to be found in the marriage. Although, I could be wrong.

Another blow came.. My brother was in hospital Monday morning... He was taken in account of his gastritis (gastric) syndrome. But thank God he's fine now.

I wonder why on earth would he be lacking on food?? He ate like a lion for most of the time.

Anyway, after hearing stories from my mum for like 5 hours (my ears went numb after that), I'm pretty convinced that my papi may be at fault.

But again, I have no knowledge on who's right or wrong; they keep blaming each other for one thing, making it harder to judge them.

Now, my mami decided to seperate herself from papi as she wants him to change his attitude, and characters. She will not take him back unless he change his old attitude.

I've heard her saying that he's easily angered, and always find other's fault to cover his own mistakes; which I think it's true. This is one of the things that my mami hates about my papi. There are many more.

The thing about my dad is, he's a loner. This is really really sad. I'm not even sure if he has a friend to hang-out with till now. You know, like a best friend, the one who will hears him out and gives him advice, etc.. From here, I know that my papi actually doesn't has any best friend like we did.

My sister really pity him for this... But he chose this road himself, and nobody can blame him for this. He's a very introverted individual unlike my mami who's very extroverted.

For me personally, I'm so upset. Terribly upset. Whenever I received their sms, my heart, mind, and soul sunk deeper than Titanic. My studies and my life were affected. I mean how can you concentrate like this?

But you know what, God spoke to me through this verse: "Rejoice in the Lord always!" - Phi 4:4; and I did; even during the sadddd times, I'd still rejoice in the Lord. I know it's hard. But I'll put this to practice daily.

I learned that there's a reason for everything when I was younger. I don't know what the reason is now. But I know that I'll find out soon.

God so loves me that he sent his son Jesus, and also gave papi and mami to me. They are my true, wonderful parents. And nobody can take them away from me other than God Himself.

Even if they're seperated now, they will still be my parents. Seperation and divorce are not my decision to make. They are both up to my parents...

Although, their children will bear the consequences of the latter. Nevertheless, I'll support their decision if they decide to go on this way.

You know, when life is good, I realised that God is even better.

William Lim

Broken Radio

You know my mum...

She's definitely the best mum ever. She's tough, smart, wise, loves Jesus, beautiful, and also forgiving.

But wait, there's something more profound about her - she snores when she's asleep.

You can turn her sideways, ask her to close her mouth when sleeping, or give her something to bite when sleeping, and you will see that all those efforts are in vain. It's no use. Her snores triumph over my room.

I don't mind her snoring actually. It's just that, when I sleep together in the same room with her, I feel like I'm sleeping next to a broken radio.

Do you have any idea how terrible does a broken radio sound? It's aweful, and irritating... and obviously uncanny.

I can't sleep like this; and I can't keep waking her up telling her to stop snoring. That would be rude and unfair to her as she works hard for her kids.

So to be fair, I had to get out of the room, and sleep on the couch instead.

But in any case, I really need to find something that will help her not to snore.

Thinking hard..

William Lim

Speeding Tickets

Some people got a ticket for not displaying coupons ticket on their dashboard, while others got a ticket for not wearing seatbelt.

For me, I got speeding tickets...

Within a month, I already got 3 speeding fines, amounting to $375 altogether, with 4 demerit points in addition.

What a lovely gesture from the traffic marshalls here. If I haven't said so already, you're definitely the most hideous kind of all marshalls.

Australian drivers are afraid to break the rules, and hence they drove like a turtle running against the gushing waters; and apparently, I'm not.

I love speeding... and can't help it.. I guess that's how I drive most of the time, pushing the speed limits 15-20 km/h above the original limit.

Anyhow, I don't have a fancy car... but I'm not afraid to break traffic rules.

That I can guarantee.

Nighty night

William Lim

Am I Screwed?

I'm about to lose my mind any moment now. I've got questions, worries, querries, and doubts of whether I should continue living in Perth... Or go back to Singapore, my true home land.

I'm still thinking hard.

It's like having two lovers at the same time. hehe... Am I screwed?

In Perth, I still feel lonely, but I know I have been a blessing for the church. And frankly, I started to enjoy Perth these days. However, I don't have much connection with people here. Thus I still feel pretty lonely sometime; and Perth is still so very very quiet... and dull.

In Singapore, I'm alive. It's stressful, but I love it. Basically, I knew every corner of Singapore, from the malls, restaurants, and some hidden places. And more importantly, I've connections here. Friends and best friend and family.

However, I think I may need to find a new church, or to go another service in Singapore; because I don't serve in the youth service for my church anymore. But I still love my friends there.

This is not trials and errors. I've got to make a correct decision.

How? How?

William Lim

Daddy's Prayer

Today's Father's Day in Australia; and I want to be a part of it to celebrate this day. And so I did.

I made a short film that I personally dedicate it to my Dad, it's called "Daddy's Prayer". (If you haven't already watch it, I suggest you should).

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?profile=1&id=1759849142#!/video/video.php?v=10150263155335384&ref=notif&notif_t=like

The film was first screened at the youth service here in my church in Perth, and everyone there gave a big "Wow" on their mouth.

Today, the film almost made everyone during the morning service to feel emotional; it's a very touching video indeed. Even I, the maker, cried when watching this film alone at home yesterday night.

Well, I think we all get the main message today. Father's Day is to honour and commemorate our fathers.

So to my dad, I'd like to say a personal message here.

"Papi, thanks for bringing me up all these years. You've teached me such a valuable lessons while I was growing up.

You may have some bad habits which I really hate, till now. But get this, I certainly do not hate you. Mami may hate you for what you did to her, but that's ok; because I'll still be taking care of you when you're old. Maybe she'll learn to love you then.

I can't imagine growing up without you, because you were the one who looked after me most. Not Mami, and thus, I'll make sure that I'll look after you when you grow old.

Thank you for all your advices, they maybe boring and dull, but I still want to respect you. I'll take whatever good attitudes you own, make them into my own version. Those bad attitudes that you have, please for God's sake, throw them all away.

I was thinking of buying you a BMW 6 Series for your birthday when I have the money. :D

You probably have to wait for that to happen. Definitely not within 2 years time. Probably more. haha.

Life is good, but God is even better, that's why God gave me you as a father to me. Not just any father, but a true father.

So thank you for everything, even that BMW won't be enough to cover what you've done for me.

Sincerely, Happy Father's Day pi...

I love you...

Blessings"

William Lim

It Hurts

It hurts me when I can't make great films like:

"Slumdog Millionaire" (2008)
"Sex, Lies, and Videotape" (1989)
"The Class" (2008)
"REC" (2007)
"The Hurt Locker" (2009)
"What Women Want" (2000)
"All of Pixar's Animated films"

Sighhh..

It's tough being a filmmaker. haha

William Lim

Recently Learned Lessons

This was something that I learned recently from a video, "if you've never fail, you've never lived".

http://www.facebook.com/wklim#!/video/video.php?v=198400150523&ref=mf

That sounds pretty astounding to me given that I want to reach my dream as an award-winning filmmaker.

It's like giving me a warning that I am bound to fail anytime I'm pursuing my dream; but at the same time, it gave me hope that failing is not really a bad thing. In fact, it's a part of life.

As a matter of fact, people fails. It takes some fair bit of time and some pinch of risk for a dream to be achieved.

Even "Steven Spielberg" failed at one time. But that did not stop him from making movies. It encouraged him further to make one of the most horrifying films ever, "Jaws" (1975). And it was an enormous success.

Some people stop pursuing their dreams not because they're afraid of failing, but they're afraid of the risks involved in accomplishing their dreams.

Risk is the main component that is holding a dream back; it makes people think that they're bound to fail.

But truth be told, "no risk, no life." That was what I learned from another video.

http://www.facebook.com/haweh#!/video/video.php?v=10150229732515261&ref=mf

After watching that video, it felt that God has answered me about doubts pertaining not only to my dream, but also my life.

I, myself, am afraid of taking risk sometime; let alone my big dream - to be an award-winning filmmaker. When I told my friends about my dream, they all laughed.

Of course they laughed, who wouldn't laughed? I'm studying as an engineer for God's sake, but I want to be a filmmaker. Where's the connection in that?

However, what these people don't understand is that, I have passion in filmmaking. And frankly enough, I don't have any passion for engineering. Not even a little bit.

Now, imagine that I'm about to drive a car.

Passion is the key that starts my engine. Without it, the car won't move at all.

Risk is the obstacle that is lying on the road. If I hit on an obstacle on the road, my car may be damaged. Hence, I fail. But those damages are lessons that I should never hit that obstacle again, and thus I will avoid it next time I drive. Without it, I won't learn a lesson at all.

From failing, I develop, wisdom.

Wisdom is my "GPS" that will keep me safe on the road without hitting any obstacle, and making sure that I will reach that destination safely. Without it, I'll be lost.

The destination is where my dream is. It's the place that I should go to achieved my dreams.

Passion, Risk, and Wisdom are a complete package to be used when dreams are being pursued. They are like the tour guide steering the dreamer to the right destination.

So these are the lessons that I recently learned. And I really hope that I'll stick to these recently learned lessons when I'm pursuing my dreams.

William Lim

My Passion

There's only one thing that I'll do wholeheartedly; when I say wholeheartedly, it means my passion.

That passion is making films.

I can't stress this enough that my dream is to become an academy award winning director (filmmaker). And it has happen.

I live by faith, and thus I'll say that I'm an academy award winning filmmaker now. :D

All I need now is my action; because my actions completes my faith.

My dream is my vision, and whatever I'm doing now to reach that vision is my mission. hehe.. (too hard to digest ey?)

I just want to hail my father Jesus Christ for giving me this dream. It's big, and it's scary; and I'm frankly a little afraid of what it will turn out to be.

But it's going to be alright, because I am what I am. My dream will always be my dream; and it's my choice to chase it.. or to continue dreaming about it (without chasing it).

And I chose to chase it. It's been spoken. I'll chase my dreams, because dreams don't chase. It's meant to be pursued.

Yeeehaaa!

William Lim

100th Post!!

Ok, I'm going to write a story about a couple's 10th anniversary. So read intently. haha.

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The most special day of the year for Fanny has finally arrived – her 10th year anniversary with Will.

“What more do all wives around the world want from their husbands other than love?” This was the question that was lingering in Fanny’s mind as she drove home from work. It was four o’clock in the evening, and Fanny hadn’t seen a single SMS from her husband, Will, in regards to this lovely day.

“I’m gonna kill him tonight…” Fanny thought to herself.

As she unloaded her purse and files from the car, she wondered if Will was home from work yet.

“I guess he isn’t; what lousy guy,” Fanny thought, as she walked right to her doorstep.

When she opened the door of her home, she was stunned. She saw the balloons; dozens and probably hundreds of helium balloons, floating around the living room ceilings and spreading through the dining room ceilings.

Most of the balloons were circular and were different colours, except for the one balloon floating right above the candles on the dining table. It was love-shaped and white in colour. At the bottom of the string were two envelopes attached: envelope one and envelope two.

Envelope one said, “Open me first!” And it read: “Go to the living room, and then switch on the Hi-Fi and press the “play” button on it; and then sit down on the couch and read envelope number two.”

Laughing and thrilled, Fanny did what it said and then pressed “play” on the Hi-Fi player. She was welcomed with “Always Be My Baby” by ‘David Cook’.

As the song serenaded her, Fanny smiled as the song brought wonderful memories of her and Will when they were dating. And then she opened envelope number two. It read:

“Congratulations! You have just won a dream date with a really romantic guy who loves you to pieces! Now, follow these instructions very carefully:

1) Take a long and nice bubble bath. Close your eyes and imagine how exciting it used to be when you were getting ready for your first date in high school.

2) Get dressed for a casual night out. You have to put on your best outfit for tonight; and remember, you can’t wear slippers or thongs! Must wear shoes! As you dressed, play the rest of the songs to get you in the mood.

3) Please catch a cab and leave the house by 6.30 pm, and head down to Esplanade Drive, right in front of the Esplanade Theatre. Proceed to the main entrance, and look for a suave and cool-looking guy with love in his eyes.

Remember; do not be late; because that guy doesn’t like to wait for a long time… But whatever it is, you’re in store for a wonderful and romantic evening. Now get going!

Yours Lovingly,

Will”

Fanny was overjoyed! She couldn’t wait for what was in store for her. She ran a hot bubble bath; used her best aroma therapy from ‘Body Shop’; and soaked in it until she felt completely relaxed and pampered.

In her wardrobe, she found a sleeveless white ‘Versace’ dress that she hasn’t worn for a long time; she was saving it for something really special. “This could be it,” she thought to herself. She added a ‘Levis‘ Jeans, a sweater, and her secretly-bought ‘Jimmy Choo’ Shoes. To top it off, she used a ‘Chanel No 5’ perfume and her best earrings and necklace.

“Wow… I look like an actress ready to walk on the red carpet,” she giggled to herself.

Half an hour later, Fanny was at the main entrance of the theatre. As she searched for Will, she felt butterflies in her stomach. She was really nervous and excited too; it was as if she was really looking for her blind date whom she never met before.

Suddenly, her heart was thumped; she saw Will, smiling as he walked towards her. “Oh My God… He looks so attractive,” she thought to herself. He was wearing a black ‘Lacoste’ Polo T-shirt, with jeans and sneakers; he looked just like he did when the two went for the very first date 15 years ago. He even spiked his hair!

“Hey Baby,” Will said, “You wanna hit the town with me tonight?”

“Yes…” giggled Fanny.

“How are you today baby? You look so beautiful tonight.” Will said

Fanny blushed. “Why am I blushing? This is my own husband!” She thought to herself.

“I’m good honey,” she smiled, “where are going?” She asked.

“Just come with me,” Will replied with a wide smile.

First, he took her to a ‘Peranakan’ Restaurant to eat the famous ‘fish curry’, which was her favourite, along with other ‘Peranakan’ foods. After that, they went in to Will’s car and headed to the cinema to watch a romantic comedy movie, “New York I Love You”.

As they were travelling, Will put a mixed-CD of their favourite romantic songs in the player to get the mood going.

At the end of the movie, Will asked Fanny, “Are you sleepy yet?”

“Of course not,” Fanny smiled.

Blatantly, Will took Fanny to ‘Pasir Ris Park’ to enjoy a late night drink at an alfresco pub located within the beach; while they were drinking, they saw the moon and stars right above in the sky, and heard the sound of the waves splashing as it brought gentle sea breeze to the night.

“It’s beautiful,” Fanny said.

“It is,” Will replied, “But you’re more beautiful than those things,” Will smiled. Fanny Blushed again.

“You know, you blushed a lot today,” giggled Will.

“I don’t know why,” Fanny replied as she tried to hide her blushes by covering her cheeks.

After that, instead of driving home, Will turned to the Expressway instead.

“Where are we going?” Fanny looked confused.

“You’ll see,” Will smiled slyly.

And then Fanny realized; he was taking her to ‘Mount Faber’.

At the top of the mountain, he found a perfect spot on a ridge to view the city’s skylights. As he turned on the player, he unwound the windows of the car and turned up the volume of the music player so that they could listen to it better.

“Let’s go,” Will said to her.

As they got off from the car, Will held Fanny’s hand and brought her to the edge of the guardrail, enjoying the soothing wind breeze of the night. And then, Will turned to Fanny and ran his fingers through her long and silky hair before embracing her left cheek gently.

“Fanny, you are the love of my life and the reason why I keep living,” Will said as the song “So Close” by ‘Jon Mclaughlin’ serenaded the couple.

“You’re irreplaceable, and I will love you until my last breath.” Will continued as he looked at her with a twinkle in his eyes.

“You’re irreplaceable to me too,” Fanny replied.

“And I’ll never stop loving you... forever,” she added as she threw her hands around his neck and kissed him passionately, before she fell into his waiting arms.

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Ahh.. there you go... very romantic right?? hehe...

Happy 100th Frontal Writing!

William Lim

The Lost Ring

Have you wondered what happen if this scenario happens?

"Today is the day that Charlie will propose to Gina, his girlfriend of 3 years. During lunch time, he and two other friends (John and Lisa) join him to pick up the 2 carat diamond ring (with sapphires on each side of the diamond) from a jewellery shop.

It cost John S$13000 for that shiny sparkly ring.

Now John, is Charlie's best friend, and Lisa is Gina's best friend; both of them are going to be the best man and the bridesmaid respectively.

After picking up the ring, the three of them go for a late lunch in downtown CBD area, discussing about Charlie's and Gina's childhood. It's so interesting that time goes by two o'clock, and it's now 4 pm.

Gina finishes work at 7pm, and Charlie promises her casual dinner at Marina Bay Sand after that. So, Charlie has only about 4 hours before he proposes to Gina at a secluded beach near Punggol.

Anyhow, he has already plan the proposal a month before so he's at least prepared; it takes 20 people to help Charlie make his dream proposal comes true. John and Lisa thought it will be the most romantic proposal ever.

When Charlie reaches his home at 430 pm, he decides to take a quick look of the ring. Suddenly, he falls to his knees, with confusion and despair hunting him down in the middle of his room.

He Lost The Ring."

So.. Tell me.. How do I finish this story?

William Lim

The Daunting News Program

Hey Guys

Check out this news video that I made for the youth service in Perth. It's creepy and daunting. haha.

And it uses a found-footage technique where the video is presented as an edit of the recovered footage from the dead people. Shaky-camera work was used here; just like "The Blair Witch Project".

Enjoy.

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=10150253801460384&saved

William Lim

I'll Still Grow Old

The sunday school ministry in my church in Perth had just finished their Revival Celeration today. The amazing part was, I was there. haha. (Can't imagine I'll be playing guitar for them).

Anyway, I could really felt the Lord's presence there as I was playing on the stage. Those innocent faces of the kids reminded me that I looked so old and so grown up.

I really wished that one day, I can be just like them, naive and unstressful.

One of the most memorable incident during the service was when the song "Kid's Prayer" by City Harvest Church came on.

Oh my, it really brought me to tears. It just jog my memory again that I should never forget that first love, when Jesus came to my heart for the first time. It was epic.

I'm no longer a kid now, and thus I can't grow up anymore. But I'll still grow old.

So to my Jesus who had given me big dreams, I'll grow old knowing You, I'll grow old serving You, and I'll grow old loving You.

Amen!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6foPGcWAAo

William Lim

Film Festivals

Six hours ago, I was in the library wanting to do my work when two words caught my attention in wikipedia. Those words were, "Film Festivals".

You know, my number one dream is to be an award winning filmmaker; and I can't think of better ways to get recognised other than submitting my film to film festivals around the world.

I'm not aiming for something like Venice film festival, or Cannes film festival, or Berlin film festivals yet. These are the "A" lists of film festivals that I will one day conquer.

But I'm talking about film festivals around our region. Like the Singapore Film Festivals, Bangkok Film Festivals, or even Pusan International Film Festivals.

In anycase, the Singapore Film Festivals will be a great festivals to start with. It acts like a platform for an unknown filmmaker like myself to get my film in front of a real live audience and have my film reviewed by professional critics.

So if my film can get accepted into a festival, or any festivals, I think me and my production team, including the casts of the film, would get valuable press attention and exposure to potential agents, buyers and distributors. And not to mention the prize money if we did win.

Yay!

Therefore, to start things off, Jenita and I were discussing a film that we would co-wrote, she'll act and I'll direct it. The Singapore Film Festival is what we're aiming for.

Pray for this to happen please.. I don't want to work as an engineer.. It's not my passion.. I wanna be an academy award winning filmmaker.

Amen!

William Lim

The 23rd Years

Oh my heavenly days! What a morning to begin with.

When I woke up on the 15th of Aug, there were 10 sms-es from families and friends written on my phone.

These weren't the usual sms that I usually read; rather these sms contained birthday wishes and stories about me. I was deeply touched and genuinely blissful because of these messages.

However, it didn't stop there. Throughout the day, I constantly received emails without knowing it. I don't have time to check them because of a fellowship meeting that I've had to attend.

When it was around 5pm, I borrowed my friend's "iPad" to check my email; there were 35 emails from facebook. I was strucked in my heart when I saw that.

And then came the birthday cake. It was chocolate and it was lovely. A birthday tune that was brilliantly, yet chaoticly sung, strucked my heart again. It's not because of the songs or the cake. But because of their honesty and sincerity to my 23rd years living on earth. I thought it was celebrated in style.

The first cake... I gave it to my favourite person in that house. I can't say names now. But I hoped that would made that person happy.

When I got home, I was greeted by housemate with a pleasant tune; "happy birthday William". It's so weird though, why can't she do this all the time when I get home? hehe.

Finally, I got to my computers, and checked the emails. I've got 86 messages in total..

"Wow", I thought to myself. This was so out of the ordinary. My friends remembered my birthday. Their comments on facebook were so adorable. I almost cried when I read them. I even had a couple of people I barely knew wishing me happy birthday.

This was epic, and oh, so impressive.

Looking back on my life. I think the road to the 23rd years were blatantly a conundrum. Everyday was a challenge and a journey to win that prize that God has prepared for me.

Therefore, I'm just so grateful that God has given me chances over and over again all these years. I do hope that my wish can come true in the near future though. I only wish for one wish. Only one... So I really hope that it would come true.

Anyway.. I want to thank all those who had wished me and celebrated my 23rd years of living on earth. You're all so lovely... Thank you my Lord... You can have me..

Let's move forward now.

William Lim

My Future Wife - Updated

I posted this post on the 8th of May 2010:

"My Future Wife:
1) Have never been involved in a relationship (because I haven't too)
2) Not Demanding
3) Everything lower than me - or at least the same (height, age, weight, etc.)
4) Open Hearted (not a boring person please...)
5) Romantic (I love this!)
6) Wonderful lady-like hands (slim and pointy)
7) Reasonable boobs size ('C' cup is the best!)"

Well here's an updated version of these criterias.

My Future Wife:

1) Romantic (because I'm romantic too)
2) Not Demanding
3) Very Sensitive and Emotional
4) Everything lower than me - or at least the same (height, age, weight, etc.)
5) Open Hearted (not a boring person please...)
6) Wonderful lady-like hands (slim and pointy)
7) Reasonable boobs size ('C' cup is the best!)"

So there you are..

I pray that I will find this person soon... Amen!

William Lim