Monday, May 18, 2009
Hiatus
We did an interview with Markus' parents about a month and a half ago. My apologies that there haven't been any updates. It's to my deepest regret to decide to put this project on hold for a while, but my health hasn't been in exactly the best state. I need some time to sort out my health issues. My apologies.
Sunday, March 29, 2009
March 28, 2009
We got into touch with Firdaus, a good friend of Markus from UKEC, with the help of Ee Chia, Charlene and Iliyas Jamil. Many thanks to Ee Chia who helped set up the meeting with Firdaus. The shoot was at Rumah ALMA-UKEC in Jalan U-Thant. It was a quiet neighborhood, shaded by trees lining up on both sides of the neighborhood. This area is also where many embassies are located. In fact, the Palestine Embassy is just opposite Rumah ALMA-UKEC.
I arrived at about 2ish, way ahead of the meeting since I managed to beat the after work jam. So I went off to grab some lunch first in Ampang Jaya and to my horror, I got lost trying to find my way out of one-way dead ends. I did a lot of reverse driving that afternoon because the single lanes didn’t allow sufficient space for three-point turns. In addition to my GPS which was running low on battery. Yikes! Luckily I managed to drive us back home to PJ after the shoot. It was still way too tad early when I got back to the place, so I walked around a bit, fed myself to the mosquitoes and took some pictures.
Rumah ALMA-UKEC.
Locked out.
Ee Chia just posing as the camera operator for me.
Photo credits: Yihwen
I arrived at about 2ish, way ahead of the meeting since I managed to beat the after work jam. So I went off to grab some lunch first in Ampang Jaya and to my horror, I got lost trying to find my way out of one-way dead ends. I did a lot of reverse driving that afternoon because the single lanes didn’t allow sufficient space for three-point turns. In addition to my GPS which was running low on battery. Yikes! Luckily I managed to drive us back home to PJ after the shoot. It was still way too tad early when I got back to the place, so I walked around a bit, fed myself to the mosquitoes and took some pictures.
Rumah ALMA-UKEC.
Locked out.
Ee Chia just posing as the camera operator for me.
Photo credits: Yihwen
Monday, March 16, 2009
Visiting The Father's House
15 March 2009
I visited Bangsar Lutheran Church with Choon Ean, who had been so kind and generous to lend us the equipment for this documentary. It was also my first time visiting the church and meeting the pastor, after hearing about it from so many people, including Markus himself. He always wanted me to hear Pastor Sivin Kit, but I never went on any of his invitations, a slight regret on my part. The church itself was a little house building tucked away in a quiet neighborhood. Quaint, that’s how I’d describe it. There was a signage that says “The Father’s House” hanging on the gates of the place. Truly, it felt like home after so many churches that I have stepped into over the years.
We were there today to speak with one of Markus’s friends, John, whom he has met in BLC’s bible class. John is from Myanmar, and he has a great story to tell about how he ended up in Malaysia. We also spoke with Ee Chia, a good friend of Markus and also his comrade in the Anak Bangsa Malaysia movement.
Setting up for John's interview.
Chin Hor was the camera operator for today.
Many thanks to David Keong who lent us a hand with the reflector.
Photo credits: Yihwen
I visited Bangsar Lutheran Church with Choon Ean, who had been so kind and generous to lend us the equipment for this documentary. It was also my first time visiting the church and meeting the pastor, after hearing about it from so many people, including Markus himself. He always wanted me to hear Pastor Sivin Kit, but I never went on any of his invitations, a slight regret on my part. The church itself was a little house building tucked away in a quiet neighborhood. Quaint, that’s how I’d describe it. There was a signage that says “The Father’s House” hanging on the gates of the place. Truly, it felt like home after so many churches that I have stepped into over the years.
We were there today to speak with one of Markus’s friends, John, whom he has met in BLC’s bible class. John is from Myanmar, and he has a great story to tell about how he ended up in Malaysia. We also spoke with Ee Chia, a good friend of Markus and also his comrade in the Anak Bangsa Malaysia movement.
Setting up for John's interview.
Chin Hor was the camera operator for today. 
Many thanks to David Keong who lent us a hand with the reflector. 
Photo credits: Yihwen
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Malaysian Student Leaders Summit
Picture of Markus at the Malaysian Student Leaders Summit. Just think that this is such a nice picture of him.
Credit to Iliyas Jamil.
Credit to Iliyas Jamil.
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Interview with the former director of CPPS
On 7 March 2009, we interviewed Tricia Yeoh, former director of the Centre for Public Policy Studies (CPPS). Markus was an intern at the CPPS for 3 months in 2007. Tricia is also a friend of Markus.
If you'd like to find out more about CPPS, visit http://www.cpps.org.my/
Photo credits: Thomas Chew
If you'd like to find out more about CPPS, visit http://www.cpps.org.my/
Photo credits: Thomas Chew
Unicef shoot
After the morning shoot in SMDU, we also arranged a shoot with Unicef, where Markus was working before this. It was arranged just the day before, but thanks to Markus's very accommodating colleagues we were able to shoot some footages and interview some of them. Thanks again!
The "interview" room where we tried to re-arrange the props to make it as though it was three different offices for the different interviewees. =)
Markus's cubicle.
If you'd like to contribute to the causes of Unicef, please visit http://www.unicef.org/malaysia/support.html
Photo credits: Thomas Chew
The "interview" room where we tried to re-arrange the props to make it as though it was three different offices for the different interviewees. =)
Markus's cubicle.
If you'd like to contribute to the causes of Unicef, please visit http://www.unicef.org/malaysia/support.html
Photo credits: Thomas Chew
Highschool Days
We started our very first shoot for this production at 06:30AM on 5 March 2009. We've gotten permission from our former secondary school, Sekolah Menengah Damansara Utama to shoot some footages and also to interview one of our teachers, Miss Lee. She was our Chemistry teacher in Form Four and Five; and also the teacher-in-charge for the Christian Fellowship, which Markus was the President.
The school field view, just right outside our Form Five class.
We started the shoot early to catch the sunrise, the empty school grounds and also just when the students are streaming in through the school gates. As seen in the picture is the Pakcik guard whom I used to tell that I was going to eat wantan mee in Keen's coffeeshop behind the school when he asked me where I was going. We used to have our own 1 hour recess. Tsk, tsk.
The "green" prefects, and yes, they still sit on the ground during assembly.
Only Thomas and I worked on this shoot because of the short notice, and it was a Thursday. Thomas was on leave, and I took leave.
Our old class signage still exists.
The old classroom. Markus's seating place at the mid-left side of the class.
Something interesting we found in the alumni files which the school kept. Markus and friends gave a talk to the students a few years back before he went to Essex. In the picture from left: Li June, Yee Meng, Markus.
Photo credits: Thomas Chew
The school field view, just right outside our Form Five class. 
We started the shoot early to catch the sunrise, the empty school grounds and also just when the students are streaming in through the school gates. As seen in the picture is the Pakcik guard whom I used to tell that I was going to eat wantan mee in Keen's coffeeshop behind the school when he asked me where I was going. We used to have our own 1 hour recess. Tsk, tsk.
The "green" prefects, and yes, they still sit on the ground during assembly.
Only Thomas and I worked on this shoot because of the short notice, and it was a Thursday. Thomas was on leave, and I took leave. 
Our old class signage still exists.
The old classroom. Markus's seating place at the mid-left side of the class.
Something interesting we found in the alumni files which the school kept. Markus and friends gave a talk to the students a few years back before he went to Essex. In the picture from left: Li June, Yee Meng, Markus.
Photo credits: Thomas Chew
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