The new V-Blog

So as you all can tell, it has been ages since my last update. And the same goes formy last few updates. I think I have realized a reason for this - I am just not that big on writing things down. Moreover, my procrastination tendencies make it even harder tokeep this blog up to date.

However, I think I might have found a solution. I have always had an appreciation for visual arts, especial video and image editing. Finally, this past year, I have materialized my hobby into something tangible. Actually, years back, I bought a now archaic Sony Mini-DV camera and

since then have been gathering together footage of my daily life. Throughout the years I have acquired quite a collection of mini-DV tapes.

More recently, after getting my hands on a new iPhone 4, which records digital video in high definition (720 hdp), I have started to document the best moments of my life in Taiwan, albeit not really teaching English anymore. So the blog quote might be slightly misleading and outdated now. But, more importantly, instead of writing things down, I take things down in the moment - by recording it!

And with this cool new iPhone 4 feature, I think my mini-DV tapes will have to take a back seat for a while. Until I can allocate some serious time to re-watching and editing them. For now, I will focus on my current footage that I have acquired. I have decided to edit the video in style of a reality series, or better yet - webizodes. Webizodes, a portmanteau, meaning an episode on the web, would be a perfect way to share my footage with you all. At least those of you who are interested in watching. We'll see what happens and where this process will take me. I will be uploading the videos to my YouTube account and posting updates of them on here.

The name I came up with for my web series is Situation 101. "101" being associated with the Taipei 101 skyscraper (featured in the blog picture at the very top of the page), the former tallest building in the world. The symbolism is pretty clear and need not be explained. The "situation" part of the title, I lament to admit, was borrowed from the Jersey Shore show, and symbolizes the different situations that take place with me and my friends here in Taiwan. The pilot episode is due to be finished in the next coming week (I have yet to come up with a title for it) and should be uploaded by the end of the month. In the mean time, I think I will put together a short series trailer to give people an idea of what my new Video Blog will consist of.

Stay tuned!

P.S. I've included some "promotional" images above! I mean, if you're gonna do something, you gotta do it right, right?