This includes making music for the video.

Charlton Gomes ft. Rowland Gomes & Sylvia Batin
I Fall In Love With Kia Forte

I rapped the verse and my parents (yes, they are my parents. ) sang the chorus.

It took me a total of 2 days to find the right tune/genre for the music, arranging, recording, filming and editing.

Here’s a break down of the involvement for the whole production:

Lyrics

• Verse (rap) – me
• Chorus (duet) – my dad

Took me almost 1 whole day for planning and filming.

Synopsis:
After getting a mysterious box, I was so excited till I magically had super speed just like superman.

Cast:
Charlton Gomes (myself)
Josephine Kiun

Camera:
Sony Handycam HDR-XR150

And with this, I managed to get 2nd place which got me to win an iPad!

P1 then contacted me to attend the prize giving ceremony in their office in KL.  Unfortunately, I had to declined as I had classes.  So, they told me to create a “thank you” video instead for them to play during the ceremony and agreed to ship my prize all the way to KK. “Thanks again, P1! ”

It is my first time ever to place in top 3 in a contest.  I was so excited when P1 announced the winners. This has made me more confident in making videos for contests (contests which requires contestants to submit videos, of course).

This is the beginning of my video-making-for-contests journey.

Check out my Contest Submissions category for more submissions, be it in video, or any other method.

QUESTION

Have you ever won anything in a contest?

Whether a huge prize or not, share your experiences.

I managed to get the new 50 sen coin on the 17th when buying my lunch.  At first, I was afraid of being conned when the shop owner gave me the coin as I have not seen the coin before. Manatau he was trolling me kah….

Then, I quickly rushed back to the office to Google the new coin. Turns out, it’s real! Blame me for not reading the news. Haha…

One week has passed and I have yet to see my friends having the new coin with them.

What about you? Have you seen/touched/gotten the new coin?

A very random drawing of a tree on my iPad using the Neon Pad app.

P/S: I’m not an artist. But I would like to hear some constructive comments.

Sadly, I did not complete the whole 10 days of push ups consistently. It came to the 7th day, i think, where I left it off, due to some urgent work that had to be done till late nights. Sigh.

But of course, that wasn’t the end of my workout days. I still managed to find some time to workout.

On January 4th, 2012, I weighed myself. Despite the inconsistency in taking my supplement and going for workout, my weight had increased 5kg from 50.7kg (as recorded in my previous 7th Oct, 2011 blog post)!

Some of you may think that 5kg in 3 months is little, but for me, it is by far the biggest difference I’ve experienced!

I remember when I was in National Service back in 2007 for almost 3 months (Jan-Mar). Having 6 consistent meals everyday and morning workout every weekdays. And guess what, I only gained 2-3 kgs! From a 48-49kg to 51kg.

So, yeah, 5kg is a pretty big deal for me and I intend to keep that up and targeting another 5kg increment in February or end of this month.

That Note Is Too High - Laugh Out Loud (CG Originals)

This event is based on a true story:
My good friend Eldridge, said the note was too high but in the end, he still managed to hit it without any problem.

But of course, after he made it, he didn’t go “ME GUSTA”.  It’s just me trolling. xD

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Started off my first day of push up sets based on this schedule which I found online.

I did not use any equipment (as shown in the schedule) at all though I plan to get one of those in the near future.

Push-ups done:

Position 1 – 10 Regular
Position 2 - 8, 6, 4, 2 Wide
Position 3 - 8, 6, 4, 2 Close

According to the schedule, it’s encouraged to complete one position in 2 minutes (hence, the name “2 Minute Drills”) and continue with the next positions at your own pace throughout the day.  But since I only have time at night, I completed all positions within half an hour.

It was one good workout I must say!

Get the push-up workout schedule:

http://www.ironcompany.com/ProductImages/bodyrev/pp-poster.pdf

http://www.perfectonline.com/images/perfectfitness/PUSHup_Getting_Started_Poster.pdf

I started of by getting myself a 2-kilo weight gainer powder (GNC Pro Performance Weight Gainer 1850, Chocolate) from GNC, Centre Point KK last saturday night, October 1st.

GNC Pro PerformanceWeight Gainer 1850

Had my first drink sometime before midnight and an hour later my first push up test sets of 50 push ups in total which gave me quite good muscle sores the next morning.  Hey, what do you expect from an exicited and anxious person?

Took some sexy “before” photos of myself on Sunday night for me to make a comparison later when I get my build after these 10 days of pumpin’!

Before - Front & Back

Before - Left & Right

Weighing only 50.7 kg (weighed on Sunday night), it’s time to pack some meat!!!!

My target is gaining at least 5 – 6 kgs to hit my ideal weight by the end of this month.  So, wish me luck!

The reason why I wanted to announce and make it public, it’s because of this short motivational article:
http://zenhabits.net/top-20-motivation-hacks-2/

This is part of my pressure to complete this short task before moving on further.  Thanks for the support, friends!

Have you done something like this as well? Or are you already on a journey to build up your body? Or are you planning/interested to start off?  Do share your story in the comment section below!

And that’s painful effect if you don’t do frequent backups (manually or automatically) to your blog.

I thought I’ve properly set up my auto backup, I know I did, but never really made sure it backed up my posts automatically from time to time.

So when I switched to a new web host after cancelling out my previous web host, to my dismay, I did not have any backups of my previous blog posts. Sigh…

What to do lah… Let bygones be bygones and learn from my mistake.

After this post, I will definitely make sure my auto backup is functioning.

By the way, FYI, I’m using the WP-DB-Backup (WordPress Database Backup) plugin for my backup. You can set it to send you a copy of the backup to your email or save the backup to your web server. I prefer email, just in case my web host “disappears”.

QUESTION

Have you had any similar experience(s)? And what did you to overcome the problem?

Do share with us.