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