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
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
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
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
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
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
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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
"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
Sunday, August 22, 2010
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
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
Saturday, August 21, 2010
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!
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 LimTuesday, August 17, 2010
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
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
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