Surely, this sem is like no other.

I really can't compare semesters like that, cos each has its own different factors.
But just this week alone, i've got 5 film shoots. (not including the ones i have for photography).
Just sorely tired and i can fall asleep anywhere (which reminds me of Joyce from my UCLA trip who used to remind me not to sleep whenever i start to lie down! haha..).

I've got so much to thank God for!
It's been a miracle week and i wouldn't have made it through without God's help. Been praying for help and sending all sorts of panic alarms to God this week, and He is indeed Jehovah Jireh, My Provider.

I've got providence for:

- favour from teachers
- success in equipment loan
- my friend offered me a room to let me shoot my film when my original location got rejected by a professor of a different faculty.
- Thanking God for friends. we've loaned out equipment together and by sharing, we managed to work through the shoot with what we had combined.
- people for my photog shoot. Had initially wanted to go to the Malay Village to capture the pasar malam for their Hari Raya/Ramadan celebration, but when i got there, they'd taken down the tents. so i just walked on helplessly and prayed, not knowing where i could go and end up. In the end, i managed to find people from interesting walks of life to photograph. (whether it turned out good or not is not the question here. haha..) I ended the day with a few blisters on my feet AND finished developing my negs AND contact sheet in ONE night. my personal record.
- an affirming personal session with a teacher who taught me things teachers never teach in class. He saw through my person and told me things about myself i wasn't even aware of, like my character, and how i should express it in my work. the session left me in tears, but they were not tears of sadness. no one saw me after that, which i was glad. i wouldn't know how to explain. but i felt so affirmed.
- thanking God for friends who're willing to act for me... even at late notice. this sem was particularly difficult for me to find actors. don't know why. but at my wits' end (and 1 bar of hp battery) my friends came to rescue me out of deep poo. Both my shoots went well.
- Thanking God for providing me with crew. My thursday shoot had a very small crew. but i'm thankful for them who helped me through. it was a simple shoot.
My friday shoot was BIG SCALE, with 2 big green screens... and i only had nicole and myself to execute the shoot when my shoot was supposed to start at 1pm!! i almost wanted to call the shoot off. but help came almost miraculously by 12.30pm, and suddenly i had so many people to help that i found it rare that i could fully concentrate on my actors. my actors were good too. ;)
I was told that even with the best crew, i wouldn't be able to finish shooting 2 ideas in less than 5 hours (1pm - 6pm). we started shooting at 2.30pm instead... but finished ahead of time! and i completed 2 ideas! amazing. Isn't God a God of the impossible? I am so grateful for all my classmates and friends. They're the best bunch ever. I'm glad I got to know some of them better too. i'm gonna float soon. haha.
- wisdom in planning my shoot. this came with great timing i must say.
- Time. For the times when i accidentally fell asleep and woke up horrified that i fell asleep when i had so much work to do and when i left my computer on all night. I think He knows i needed the rest. Esp now when i don't stay in hall anymore.

Ok this is a long post.
I think, all i can say is, i'm overwhelmed by what's happening this week. But i know i'm not alone in all this.

*shoot tmr at 8.30am, NTU.
signing out.