An email was sent in last night to me. I had to read it twice to make sure I was reading it correctly.

It took a while before it sank in, because so many things happened to me yesterday. My feelings went up and down, up and down, fluctuating non-stop throughout the day, it was crazy.

So when this piece of news came in, my heart went crazy again and I couldn't really fathom or fully take it in.

This, was what happened:



I covered my mouth with my hand and then said to myself, "WHAT?!"

And followed by more "What?!"s






You mean THIS, documentary short film got selected to be in a Film Festival in Barcelona??? BARCELONA?!

THIS ONE?!??! REALLY?????


I decided to play the skeptic and researched on this film festival.

And here's what I found:


You mean... out of 5,540 films, Stream Dream was one of the 345 films selected to take part??!?! Whut whut whutttttt!? Omg, this is crazy! If I did my math correctly, top 6% of films in the festival?? THIS IS CRAAAAZY I DON"T BELIEVE IT!!!!

I actually gave up after rejections from a couple. In fact I submitted to as many film festivals that I could, with little expectations especially since there were so many that were international.

Furthermore, I always thought our documentary was a so-so. Like I got a B+ for it at school man.



And there I was alone in my room yesterday, my single room in hall, with no one to share the good news with.

The first two people who came to my mind were of course Reshma and Zhuoda. And I was wondering how to break it to them.

The reason why this piece of news could possibly mean so much to us is that...

Our school would take the team to wherever the film is accepted, to the place where the film festival is held.

Last year's Go-Far video team had a chance to fly to Seattle, where their film was accepted.

And so this year............. Are we heading to Barcelona this April???!!?!!??!?! O.M.G.

I really don't know what to think. I really don't. I even wonder whether the festival sent the email to the right person.

What's crazy is that, I am still the only bearer of this piece of good news. Which means no one else knows this except you and I.

And I'm still thinking about how to break it to my team mates. How to break it to the world. It's sum crazy sh*t ya know!?!


I'm still in a state of disbelief. I'm not putting my hopes up high about going to Barcelona though because it could be a festival that doesn't need its film makers present. Moreover, April is one helluva busy period for us. FYP submission and a lot of due dates.

But. WHATEVER, I'm not gonna jump the gun. Instead, IMMA SOAK IN THIS MOMENT RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW because this achievement is still something. Almost like an affirmation that all the effort we put in was worth it.


See ya lata, amigos. *screams