Thursday, March 3, 2011

Epsiode 7 of theAAshow

Episode 7 is about Mexico City! Watch it here.

For those who missed the previous 6 episodes, here are the links!

Some thoughts about video editing. I'm the one who edits the video, and I use iMovie, which is the simplest software for video editing ever. But it's limiting cos I can't do cool stuff like ProCut can. But it's ok, I'm happy enough!

I think it takes discipline to film and edit videos. It's like homework, it's hard to get started. But what really motivates me is the thought that my brand new vid cam is expensive, and I owe it to my Dad to produce videos. Furthermore, we've already announced to our friends theAAshow, if we stop halfway, that'll be embarrassing! In any case, my greatest satisfaction comes when people tell me how much they enjoy the videos. Whatever Amanda and I are experiencing in Mexico, we really want to share it with you guys. And when I come back to SG (which is in July!), people will surely ask about my exchange, and I can show them these slew of videos! The usual answers from people who went exchange are "very fun!", "beautiful", or "relaxing". SO BORING LA. As if you can sum up 4 months worth of living overseas in less than 5 words. (But i'm not criticizing those who did!)

Our next travel will be to Guanajuato, Guadalajara and Puerto Vallarta from 19 - 27 March. Yeah *sheepish* we're skipping 4 days of class. But that doesn't mean there'll be no videos! Amanda and I want to do a true vlog soon, just us talking to the video. So watch out for that in the next 2 weeks! :)

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Mi País

I had to do a short essay on Singapore for Spanish class. With much trepidation, I wrote one. I got it back today, and to my utmost surprise, there were very few mistakes! I'm so proud of myself! I have to rewrite in this blog! Here goes:

"Singapur es uno de los muchos países es el sudeste de Asia y es una pequeña isla. En Singapur hay 5 millones de personas pero sólo 55% son los Singapureanos. La superficie total del pais es de casi 710.2km square. Hay mucho calor en Singapur; ;a tempuratura es en medio 24 y 35˚C. La Tasa global de fecundidad es muy poca, es 1.3 hijos por mujer.

En Singapur, no hay montañas porque es un pequeño pais. Pero mi pais atrae muchos empresarios porque Singpur es el centro financiero de Asia. Singapur es famoso por la cocina multicultural. A muchos Singapureanos les gustan los maricos y la salsa."

I'm so happy!!! Of course, I had help from Google Translate & Amanda's intermediate Spanish TB. STILL!!