I’m not sure if you still remember blogging about N.E.mation and how I had so much fun at a stop-motion workshop. Well, that was just the basics of stop motion. Using the same principles, there are so many creative ways of creating stop motion videos and I was at the back stage scene of the 10 finalist teams of the N.E.mation! 6 competition.

It was a total eye-opener. The area were divided into tents and each tent had a team working really hard to bring their ideas to life. The students were remarkably hard working, coming in very early in the morning to start work and staying till the wee hours. They were doing what professionals out there are doing except with a lot more passion and at a much younger age. It was a very motivational experience for me to see how hard they strive to win.

Harnessing their different talents, the used different mediums for their stop motion productions. Clay, water color, paper cut outs, drawing with gyroscopes and more! Every single movement has to be absolutely detailed! It’s honestly enough to drive some people insane!

But these students did what most adults have never been able to do in their lifetime and they did it with so much commitment and professionalism; it was simply impressive. I just walked through tent after tent with my eyes wide with wonder and my jaw dropping to the ground.

And finally I’m glad to announce that their work is complete! You can visit http://nemation.sg to view their full videos and participating in choosing the top 3 videos. It’s gonna be a tough choice to make cause I think they are all really good!

I think that their home grown talent should be appreciated and commended and I would vote even if there were no incentives. But N.E.mation! is really kind to reward voters with the chance of winning a prize as well. So here are the prizes that you might win should you vote for your top 3 videos.

Prizes to be Won

1iPad 2 with Wi-Fi + 3G worth $848

10 pairsGolden Village Movie Passes

On a completely unrelated note, here’s what I wore the day I headed down to the back scenes of the stop motion process to cheer the teams on. It’s was straight after work so I was a little washed out.

Here I am on my first day being the driver of this food expedition. I’m seriously the chauffeur in my family! Everyone expects me to drive all the time

Louis and Emmie were guarding my belongings and obviously wished they could come along too. I would love to bring them along if not because of the crazy quarantine restrictions they have to go through.

It was such a rainy drive. For a sneak preview of the up coming posts, watch the video below.

Video can be also found at http://youtu.be/0WkF3JFlwI4

There are tons of entries by I’m going to share with you my favorite 4 videos. (in no order of ranking)

The Team

(video can also be found on youtube here)

Home

(video can also be found on youtube here)

You can take the boy out of Singapore

(video can also be found here)

Year of Independence

(video can also be found on youtube here)

Keep up the good work and I really hope to see more of such creative video productions from our Singaporeans!

Video link: http://youtu.be/8OnIEPur1Ks

The video can also be found on youtube at http://youtu.be/LQZNE5OC7NY

Video can be found on youtube at : http://youtu.be/aH9obmfMLB0

Headed back to Zurich city for some shopping. Everything here is more expensive! Even swiss chocolates are cheaper when I bought them in Germany so other than a couple of souvenirs, I really didn’t shop much. The cruise on lake Zurich is quite pleasant though.

Here’s a video to share with you my trip to Lucerne and a little of Zurich.

It’s on youtube at http://youtu.be/9VtLE77-R7E

I was going to be traveling and would miss little Arielle’s 2nd birthday party. So I met up with Bernice, Kelvin and Arielle before I left. Dinner was at Ramen Santouka. It was my first time trying it out but it turns out to have pretty delicious ramen.

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After dinner we had a leisurely stroll around Clarke Quay area. The whole place was beautifully lighted up and we bought Arielle a balloon with changing lights which she absolutely adored!

Arielle has been mesmerized with the passing boats since dinner time and I proposed taking her on her first boat ride. Initially we were afraid that she might not be comfortable moving on water but it turns out that she enjoyed it very much.

If I recall correctly, it was also Bernice and Kelvin’s first time taking a boat trip on a Singapore river. We all felt like tourists in our own country!

I’ve taken boat rides on the Singapore river but it was my first time on a Hippo river cruise. The last time I took a ride on the Singapore River was eons ago. The landscapes have changed so much and it was quite pretty to see the new Marina Sands from the river view.

We were totally in luck because our river tour coincides with the water, music and lights show that was happening at The Sands and we had a gorgeous view!

Well, I hope little Arielle enjoyed her first boat ride. Hopefully I won’t miss her birthday next year!

And to wrap this post up, here’s the video that captures our little boating adventure as well as some extra scenes. It can also be viewed on youtube at http://youtu.be/Dr3ZH3vpeRY