I am back with a new idea in mind. This is actually a synopsis about a girl who's searching for her identity. I know this sounds cliché but unlike other stories wherein the girl is hurt by the circumstances, the girl in this story is optimistic, brave and values the importance and gift given by forgiveness.
She was 8 when her mom flew away
from home to live with her new boyfriend while her dad shuffles from one woman
to another months after her mom left.
She was so young back then that
she doesn't know how terrible the situation was. Poor Christine grew up in the
hands of her caring but strict aunt, Maria. Her aunt provided all of her needs
and as a single woman, Maria showered all her motherly love to Christine.
But now that Christine is 18
years old, she wants to know where her parent’s whereabouts are. She’s going to
college, with a full scholarship but with an empty feeling inside. Yes, she
loves Aunt Maria so much but she will always remember her parents.
Are they still alive?
Do they live a normal life?
Do they remember their only
child?
Christine has a lot of questions
that Maria couldn't answer.
With only bitter memories left to
her as a clue, will Christine ever find the answers she’s looking for?
She’s willing to give them a
second chance to redeem their selves as her parents and she’s ready to discover
the present, forget the past and build her future. comment if you want. thank you for reading!
One coffee shop, one staff---a
hundred events go by.
Aileen has been working in a popular
cute-themed coffee shop downtown for almost two years. Every day, young couples
would visit the café for their after-school dates. Aileen has seen all the romantic,
cute and even steamy scenes her customers do at the place. Aside from that, she
also saw many heart breaking break ups and events in what supposedly to be a
sweet haven.
The café is always crowded with
couples…
And in the middle of the
lovey-dovey crowd, Aileen is the only one without a partner.
This is a story about a single
girl who see other lives, love and hate pass by on a daily basis over a
steaming cup of coffee, whiff of fresh brews and heart-covered walls secretly
contemplating if she’ll ever experience her own taste of love in a café with a
table for two.
(this song is titled Caramel Coffee/Talk to Me by SNSD. I love how sweet sounding this song is...and when I was thinking of this story, I immediately thought of this song)
Drop a comment, suggestion and
other reactions if you want.
It’s been a day or two since my
last post and I’ve been having a hard time connecting to the internet because
of our poor internet connection. Actually, I think it has its pros and cons.
The pros are (1)I can have more time to read my notes, (2)I’m not too tempted
to binge-watch online so it means more time for some physical activity and (3)
I have full concentration on de-cluttering my room. Hehe.
Of course, the cons are: (1) I
don’t know if there are new online assessments, announcements or etc., (2) I
don’t have any updates regarding my favorite artists. (lol) and (3) I can’t
search information related to my notes or assignments online.
Anyway, I’m definitely out of the
topic.LOL.
So for this post, I was inspired
by the idea of hobby and beauty. The reason I thought of this is because it is
one of my hobbies to search for product reviews, visit beauty blogs and etc.
Anyway, this is my idea for
today…
Beauty Sale
Story:
Princess is just an
ordinary teenage girl but with an expensive obsession---luxurious fashion and
beauty. Every week, she will suppress hunger just to buy a new shade of lipstick
or a new dress fresh from an international retail store. For her, luxury is
happiness and from head to toe, Princess is indeed a fitting name for her.
But
one day, her parents decided to teach her a valuable lesson, Princess has to
earn own money to provide for her obsession. Through a series of hardships, a
working student schedule and tight budget---Princess will realize what can make
a person beautiful even without lavish clothes and material things.
Thoughts:
I guess for this one, I wanted to
show how important the value of loving oneself sans the material things. Of
course it is not bad if you want to splurge on fashion and beauty, I personally
would want to be more knowledgeable about fashion, skincare and beauty. But
before all that, I want my story to tell that even with or without expensive
things, you should know that sometimes, even a sincere smile, a joyful heart
and a cheerful disposition is enough to add glow to your cheeks and make you
feel beautiful.
(And I’ll just post this video
because the song is indeed beautiful...and every time I hear it, it makes me feel beautiful I don't know why)
Thank you for reading my post!
If you have any comments,
suggestions, thoughts you want to share or just basically anything under the
sun, you can drop a comment below.
Last Monday (November 30) was a Holiday so I was stuck at home doing the
dishes, reading my notes and other random stuff.
I was cleaning my parent’s room
when I saw my mom’s photo album. I’ve seen the photos way too many times when I
was a kid but never thought of copying my mom’s teenage years treasured in
those photographs. The thing is, the album is full of my mom’s beauty pageant
glory days.
YES. MY MOM IS A BEAUTY PAGEANT CANDIDATE STAPLE IN HER PROVINCE...
And honestly, I think I’m the
opposite of my mom. Looking at the photos, my mom has a perfect set of pearly
whites, slim figure and sophisticated stature
.
.
.
while I’m here…in my very awkward
puberty stage: READING GLASSES, BRACES and ZITS.
It’s not that I don’t like how I
look. Of course, I know that this is just a phase (I hope so) and I have plenty
of reasons to be thankful for the life I have right now. It’s just that I’m
wondering if my mom ever expected me to be like her during her teens…Anyway, I know
she’s proud of me no matter what and I am very proud to have her too.
If I were given the chance to
write or conceptualize for a short film, this would be my idea:
Mother Daughter ART PRINT Mother Art by LeslieAllenFineArt on Etsy
One day when de-cluttering her
room, a woman in her 50’s chanced upon her treasure box and saw her photos when
she was a teen. The photos showed her glory days as a sought-after actress. She
reminisced the time when she was modelling, acting and living a luxurious life.
During those years, she said to herself that she wishes her future daughter to
continue her legacy as an actress.
On the other hand, her daughter,
a 20-something year old woman, is working in Media. But instead of working in
front of the camera, she’s working behind the scenes as a director. She even said to herself
that she will not be pressured of becoming an actress despite her mother's wish and will work her way to the top to live up her own name and mark in the industry.
Same field but different
goal…will both ends meet?
Can their separate wishes bring
one pride, love and glory?
SO THERE. I HOPE YOU LIKE IT!
You may drop comments,
reactions or suggestions on how I can improve my writing. Hehe.
So I just realized that most of
the ideas I have in my mind right now are about aspirations. Maybe it’s because
I have too many aspirations (and frustrations) in life that I want to pursue
(or if I can’t, I want to make a story out of it…just to compensate for my
frustration. Lol).
Anyway, the following stories are NOT exactly my personal
aspirations. The germ or main idea of it came from my aspirations,
frustrations, influencesand experiences and the rest are just a product of
self-brainstorming:
This is me writing. Just kidding. Anyway, Eiji is my favorite anime character. Photo searched from Google Images. Credits to the rightful owner.
A teenager wanting to be a piano master.
(We all know
that it’s too late for a teenager to be a piano master. I mean, usually, kids
are trained at a very early age so that by the time they grow older, they
already achieved or went beyond the Mastery level. So I want a story about a
teenager who is very eager to prove to everybody that it’s not too late to pursue
his dream for the longest time.)
A cross-cultural friendship.
(Okay. So this
is one of my daydreams. HAHA. Sometimes, I want to imagine myself at the first
day of school and someone, a foreign student, will enter the room and will be
seating at the farthest seat possible. *cliché*
Then, it turns out that I am
the only one who can speak the language of my new classmate’s mother tongue so
I will be his/her companion in learning to adapt to the new environment. Then
later on, we will exchange information and experience each other’s customs,
culture, beliefs and etc. The story will focus on the exchange and beauty of
each other’s culture…
.
.
.
I still don’t
know how I want this to end though. Haha.)
A Transformation Story.
(This is a story about a girl who used to be
bullied because of her weight. Several years passed and she’s already in
college…with a svelte figure to boot. She made plans to meet up with some of
her former classmates to show off her new image. She manages to make her guy
bullies fall for her and her girl bullies envy her…and everybody seems to love
her new look. And one day, she herself became the bully without realizing it…Is it all worth the change?)
All I can say is…I still need to
improve. A lot.Haha.
So what can you say about it?
I’m
very much willing to hear your comments, opinions, thoughts and suggestions!
Today, I’m going to share the 2 music videos that I’ve been watching for the past couple of days. The artist featuring these videos is actually myfavorite. He used to be in a boy group in South Korea before and now, he’s a solo artist in China and has successfully launched his career as an actor, singer, dancer, and endorser and has graced a lot of magazine covers and TV appearances.
The other reason I posted this is because it is one of my dreams to direct a music video. I grew up watching MTV, Channel V and MYX and I am fascinated on how a story is condensed into a three or four minute song (and the idea that you can work with your favorite music artists. hehe).
So for today, I’ll be sharing about my ideas influenced by LUHAN’s Your Songand Promises music video!
1. YOUR SONG
MY REACTION:This video has a charming and very romantic concept. The sketches that floats around the video, other special effects, flowers and pastel colored setting and the flash mob scene somehow fits the romantic yet light vibe of the song. I like how there’s a funny element to it especially at the end. If you are a fan girl, then you will definitely go mushy over the video because of the lyrics, the flow of the story, and the serenade-like scene near the end (with the intense eye contact).
THE IDEA I GOT FROM THIS VIDEO:If I’m going to make a rom-com story, I will definitely take pointers from this video especially if my main character is the sweet, feminine type. I will make the male protagonist the gentleman type who surprises his girlfriend at a park through a flash mob. This sounds cliché so the twist is, the guy is a celebrity and fell in love with one of his fans which is the girl (and this is what you call…my fantasy. Hahaha).
2. PROMISES
MY REACTION: Although I think this is an Ad for a mobile phone brand (not sure), I must say that the story is solid throughout the video. The product placement is not too distracting and the concept is actually very interesting. The story is about a guy (played by Luhan) who constantly and fortuitously met a girl in different places. He took pictures and looks attracted or in love with her. But one day, the girl got involved in an accident. With this, the guy made a time machine (or watch) and turn back to the time when the girl was still alive and got the chance to know and spend time with her. The story concludes with the guy dropping the time machine or watch in the shoreline.
THE IDEA I GOT FROM THIS VIDEO:I would like to connect this with my idea from the first video. For this one, the girl (who is a fan of the guy) persistently shows up at his concerts, events and guest appearances. They've been to a lot of fan-artist interaction but only became personal when the girl was luckily chosen to be serenaded by her idol on-stage…and was followed by secret café dates and etc.
I think I'm too absorbed by my fan girl feelings for this one. Obviously, the ideas I have are the fancies of a fan girl (SO ME). But I guess this type of story is amusing to tell or do because some can relate to it. I know so many fan girls who are great fan fiction writers and a lot of people and fan girls alike read their works because it is not only dreamy and sweet but there’s this sort of connection that we feel like we know each other and we got the same feeling or adoration for our favorites.
Also, I think it would be interesting to do a fan-artist story or a story about the perspective of being a fan girl. I don’t know if it’s just me but the idea sounds exciting, cool and new. Hehe.
So, what do you guys think?
Please put a comment, opinion or suggestion if you want to.
In here, I will write any idea
that will pop into my mind whether I’m eating, on the way home, listening to
music or in the middle of a class discussion. This idea blog intends to be my
story journal---the stories I want to come to life someday. This is also a class requirement for our Introduction to Media Writing Class...but first of all, let
me introduce myself.
*ahem*
So, my name is Pauleen. I am 19 years
old and currently a third year AB Communication student. I love to
read books, listen to music, watch home shopping channels, fan girl to my
favorite artists, eat chicken, and study Asian culture. I am also left-handed,
a Gemini and I am afraid of lizards and heights.
If you’re wondering what type of
books I read, movies I watch or music I listen to, then my answer is I don’t
have any particular genre that I like…I basically read, watch and listen to
anything just as long as I like it, regardless of its popularity and language
(Subs are my BFF). It usually depends on my mood swings…because there are days
when I feel like I just want to listen to rock and nothing more and the next
day, I’ll see myself dancing to pop music. But, I am more inclined to the Asian
culture (I love Asia especially its cuisine and yes, it’s also because I’m
Asian hehe.) And as we go along, you’ll realize that majority of my post will
be about my favorites and why it is related to my ideas.
Anyway, I named my blog Xiao Pau
because “Xiao” means “small” in Chinese Mandarin and my full first name,
Pauleen, means “small” in Latin. So in translation, my blog title is “Small
Small.”
In pictures, my blog will look a
little something like this:
[All pictures are not mine. I found them on Google. Credits to all the
rightful owners.]
My life…will all the
ideas that randomly pops in my mind.
Rurouni Kenshin (Live Action film)
ONE OK ROCK
Battle Royale The Novel
And some posts about my personal story inspirations and fan fictions...
For my first idea to share…well,
this one is kind of short but the germ for the story is about a group of young
high school students (let’s say they are 12-15 years old) who dreams of
becoming a famous rock band. Without enough money for musical instruments,
studio rental fees, contest registration fees, support from parents, and an age
bracket that is “too young” for this kind of industry, the group will together
experience exploring the amateur stages of being a band along with the
struggles, the joys, and the thrill of chasing a still impossible dream.
(I can already imagine them writing songs during class discussions and pitching their ideas during their lunch break. They will also borrow CDs and playlists to each other and watch gigs without parental consent. Lol.)
So what do you guys think? (I
used to be in a band when I was in high school too. Hehe).
You may leave a comment or any suggestions. Thank you for reading!
