March 14, 2007
(posted originally on http://objectifsresidency.blogspot.com/)

It’s a quiet Sunday afternoon and I am sitting in the parlor of my hotel, under the soothing fan, just in view of the Aunty Tong’s painting in the restaurant next door. I’ve grown fond of the Aunty Tong’s painting, and the Royal Peacock hotel, and the clock is starting to tick down to the end of my Objectifs residency. I’m going to miss Aunty Tong – and all my new friends in Singapore.

Last week was my shoot and the start of the editing process of the Singapore segment of Wedding Day.

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March 1, 2007
(posted originally on http://objectifsresidency.blogspot.com/)

After a grueling 20 hours in the air, I was so happy to finally arrive in Singapore and to find Emmeline and Yuni waiting for me, even at such a late hour (past midnight). They checked me into the charming Royal Peacock Hotel and my residency had officially begun. I have spent half of my filmmaking career making movies overseas (Italy, Romania, Malta, etc.) where you arrive to work as a director and have to hit the ground running, despite your severe jetlag, It usually takes me about a week to get back on schedule. – though it gets harder as I get older.

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