TheBackpackr has been busy!

By The Backpackr on Friday, 10 of October, 2008 at 5:18 pm

Man, what a busy time it has been… So much work, too little time, clients chasing us all the time (oh, hello darling clients!)

I started out The Backpackr project to see how far it would get and it’s been great fun. We fell a little short on unique visitors hitting our site, but made up for it in video views on YouTube. I’ll reveal our stats next week.

For now, I’m off for a cruise with my wife Grace (who runs Integricity Visuals and Wedding Story together with her business partners). It’s actually a work assignment from a client of hers who is coming up with a movie, and needs certain elements of the ship captured in photos and videos - so that it can be used in digital 3D recreations… amazing, huh? And of COURSE Grace can’t do the assignment alone, so she needs an adept assistant who will also share a cabin with her for cost saving reasons!

Woohooo, so Superstar Gemini, here I come… It’s not a long trip though… 3 days and 2 nights, SNORT! Let’s see… we leave on Saturday at 2pm, spend a night out at sea while heading down to Singapore, have a full Sunday on board, then disembark at 9am on Monday! WHERE’S MY 24 x 3 HOURS? It’s only 43 hours on board, not even a full TWO DAYS. Someone from the marketing team should learn how to count the hours.

Anyhow, it’s gonna be exciting, and here are two videos I found on YouTube that show what the Superstar Gemini is all about. Quality is a little crap, be warned…

Alright, I’ve got to go pack in our 2 camera bodies, flash lights, Panasonic AG-HVX202 HD video camera, notebooks, data storage drives, etc… oh yes, some clothes too, I guess…

This is called a “Gipsy” show - doubt it’ll be playing when we’re on board, but looks fairly cool.

Okay, we’re not going on the Superstar Virgo, but here’s their promo video. I hope we’ll get something like that!

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3 Comments

Comment by Cheng Leng

Made Saturday, 11 of October, 2008 at 11:28 am

Working hard as an assistant over the weekend huh? Poor you. :`(

Comment by Jek Tan

Made Sunday, 12 of October, 2008 at 7:22 pm

I can’t help to feel some envy… although I know it is work related.

Comment by The Backpackr

Made Monday, 13 of October, 2008 at 11:24 am

I’m back! And boy, it was tough - I had to lug around kgs and kgs of equipment for my boss (ze wife!) and setting up the tripod with a video camera and still cameras, etc…

And the hardest part was lounging in the swimming pool, eating their buffets, watching the dance performances, etc…

Sigh, so much work! :) Good fun, good fun… will upload some pix soon.

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