This is the video I've always wanted to share. Yep. It's up on Facebook as well as Youtube. And it's specially for Boss, obvious right? Haha.
Hmm.. This video is to simply encourage her la.. Cause initially when boss told me on.. tues (26 July) that she's not able to meet me cause her grandpa passed away, I was like.. orh. And didn't really take the matter to heart.
But on Saturday, when I met Jeraldine and the other DI people at clementi, I heard from them that boss didn't go for DI. Err.. I wasn't there too cause of some school activities. Anyway! When I heard about it I was like.. "okay~ That's so Xuan's Style" and as I was on the train, travelling home, God just set a question in my heart: Do you have compassion for the lost? But then again, I thought about it for a while and that's it.
Then comes Sunday. During Sunday service, they were talking about lost souls, the souls that were gonna perish to hell. As I was listening to the message, it really spoke a lot to me. During ministry time, as we were singing "We will run to the altar, and catch the fire, to stand in the gap between the living and the dead" and suddenly, I opened my eyes and my eyes were set on boss. I don't know why but it was a total sudden.
Seconds later, I watch her walk out of the auditorium. That very moment, I heard a voice telling me, "Encourage". I asked why? There's so many people in the auditorium, but why me? And flashbacks came, bringing me back to those days when I felt lost, didn't know what to do, needed someone to talk to, someone texted me this: No judgement, just a pair of listening ears.
Hey. The fact that someone is willing to listening to you without any judgement.. That's totally awesome kae. So I was thinking.. Xuan was there when we needed encouragement so this time round, let's change roles!
When I got home, I thought about what can we do.. And the thought of making a video came. I struggled cause making a video can be annoying and difficult especially when you don't have the inspiration to. Which I really don't have at that point of time. But my following action was kind of suicidal as I texted every DI impactors to send me their word of encouragement.
Reason being why it was suicidal, cause I told them I'll be making a video which will be played on that coming Saturday and that gave me no excuse to retreat. And before I knew it, I've got a huge work pile on hand. IT project, law tutorial, EMC trail presentation, Gen Ed Presentation, POM tutorial and EMD Presentation!!! And I was like.. OH MAN!!!!!
Worst part of all, though I start preparing the video since Monday, by gathering pictures & video from Facebook, I did not have a song in mind!!! Was thinking of "You raise me up" but we used that for her Birthday and I was like... Grrr.. Cause I don't listen to english songs and playing a chinese song in DI is... WEIRD!
I searched for songs.. Listened to countless of them but none of them gave me the "right feeling". UNTIL!! On Tuesday.. Midnight.. Or rather early Wednesday morning, as I was chatting with Celine on Facebook, she suggested Hero. I went to yotube, searched for the song. When the intro came in.. even before Mariah Carey started singing, I was like.. THIS IS IT!
And taaaada!! The video is out. Oh! I missed out something funny.. I was texting Rachel, telling her that I'll be doing a video for Xuan and I asked her, "You want it to be a happy one, encouraging one or Emo one?? Haha. I think it will be very bad if we do an Emo one. Haha" and guess what Rachel reply.. She said, "Of course encouraging!!" Yes! She exclamation mark me!!! Haha. But I had a good laugh when I received her reply. It was so funny. Haha. Well.. at least to me, it is funny..
Anyway.. Nothing much to talk about the process of the making of the video. Just like all other video, you'll just have to keep playing and pausing and playing the same part over and over again. And after the video was done, I told myself I'm not gonna listen to Hero for at least the next 2 weeks.. Haha. It's so annoying.. But not as bad as You Raise Me Up.. That song repeated the chorus x number of times sia!!
So right.. What I want to say is.. Video making isn't that easy so next time you watch a video, feel it with your heart. And if ever given a choice, try.. As far as possible to keep away from Video Editing. Especially when you've lack of the inspiration to make one. Haha!!
That's all for today and I've got to get moving with my EMC slides! My actual presentation is tomorrow.. Or rather later.. See ya!!
*Name: Venus Lee Yan 李缘
*Date Of Birth: 20th Feb 1994
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*AKA: Retarded Over Turn Blonde Turtle
-Her Love
*Enjoying God's presence
*Reflecting
*Making song covers
*Making videos
*Looking at the moon
*Studying the meaning behind every song
*Singing
*listening to songs
*My friends
*Pursuing my dreams
*Writing phrases that speaks what I feel about certain matter
*Every talent I'm blessed with
*Listening to people
*Split personality
*Everything God has given me
