Iknow what you're thinking....

I've really been grappling with the idea of how I should be as a brand ambassador or the artiste endorser of a product. First there was sony, and then there was a pimple cream.

I count my blessings. =)

People judge and think that artistes are rich because of all these, but really, we only put ourselves through this because it gives us fuel and the power to keep walking this path, to keep making music.

Because it takes moolah to make an album, it takes moolah to make things move and get going. And yes, believe it or not, 99 percent of the time, it takes moolah to make good music.

So I'm really thankful for the trust, and the support that I've been rendered as a struggling singer in this aspect, from my company and from the recent collaboration with IKnow ....

Iknow, not pronounced as "eek-now" but rather as "I Know" is like the wide umbrella parent company of the electronic dictionary many of us have used in our schooling days! Well, I did. I had a chinese dictionary called Besta and other than using it to help me with my lousy chinese, I also used it constantly for the Reversi game it had on it.

I'm not a good example lar, so don't learn from me. I always pretend to be checking out chinese words on the dictionary, but really I'm just fighting it out with the machine on a game of Reversi.

Shit, I digressed. Anyway, Iknow offers not just the renowned Besta dictionaries but like the new recent addition to the family, mini HD camcorders called AIPTEK.

And that, my dear dear friends is what Carrie and I will be endorsing. =)

YESSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Am honestly honestly ever so thankful to the people who made this happen, and also thankful that this seems to be an exciting project.

Where we're not simply 'dummy artistes' or 'puppets' where we get brand images forced fed on us, or forced to do things we dislike, or end up in poses we're not comfortable in, or basically end up doing anything that has NOTHING to do with ME but EVERYTHING to so with the "IDEAL DIYA" or "IDEAL CARRIE" which the client SPECIFICALLY wants to project to the mass audience.

For once, somebody tried to understand us.

For once, somebody wanted to work with us because of the person we are and not because of how popular we are.

For once, I feel, there's a heart working on this, and not just plain business ideas, profit logics and practicality.

For once, someone believed in our potential and not our past.

Thank you.

AHHH!!!! THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!

So, as what Spidey's Dad said: With Power comes responsibility.

How do I be a responsible and human endorser of this product without being all blatant and advertorial?

Its a HD video Cam.

I'm a mass comm student.

I take videos.

With subtle messages, and little bits of my life here and there.

You watch.

You laugh with us.

You cry with us.

And I hope you take home something more than just a few laughs, but perhaps strength to go on in your lives? And also giving me one more person to share my precious memories with.

We already did one Video, with the help of dearest Queen-of-editing Shunz, but the version on youtube now is not in a format I am happy with. The video was filmed in 16:9 but on youtube is 4:3 which makes me look thinner than I really am(I should be happy.) but its not a good reflection of what you get from the video.

Erm, but about 400 of you have seen it already apparently.

I'll try to get that fixed then post it up here.

I'm not too much of a techie person, but I'll try to give you guys any information you ask as long as I have the answer for it. Otherwise, still ask me anyway, and I'll take it as a chance to learn more of what I really should have learnt in my 4 years in mass comm but didn't.

As always, I have Shunz or Peeks to enlighten me on this. So my life rocks. Really.

This is what i'm using. Carrie bought this for me... but they're giving us another one! I'll leave carrie to blog about that one though, cuz... that's hers. and this is mine! MOohahahahaha....

PocketDV AHD H5 extreme+

and I know this may seem as though I'm deviating from the CORRECT product,
since the next one I'm going to show you is not the one i'm using but I was
web surfing about the product and ended up in its US site and this is what I saw!
its SO TINY!!!!!!! Its a bird... its a chocolate bar... no! its a PenCAM!!!!

its crazy small!!! PenCAM!
and its specs are actually pretty good for such a small guy. awesome.

But I think we need to audition the people who buy this product,
must make sure you don't sell it to perverts or peeping toms.

I'm contemplating getting an Imac.
For video and audio editing... Any violent objections? or any sponsors?