video night at crimson house

well, not really.

more like: here are some links to videos my friends made, in which i have some cameos. can't annotate really so just be patient and watch out for my fat face appearing every so often. best seen over a broadband connection, especially the 9-minute namsan extravaganza by siege.

so sit back, relax, and click on zese leenks:


sports day - in which tenzin tsetan choklay, tibetan auteur extraordinaire, captures one day in may where were we forced to do cruel and unusual activities (like learn the world cup dance) at fricking nine o'clock in the morning (!!!). if you listen closely, you will hear me whining in the background every so often. i'm the goof in the pink fedora and wall-climbing pants; watch me spazz.
cast: mongolians (sunder & bayarku), vietnamese (phuong, hung, son), tenzin, kalinga, siege, me, kang sonsengnim (our kooky teacher), and a host of other unfortunates roused too early and forced to cavort on plastic grass


we go to the game - in which the aforementioned tibetan director captures the insanity that is world cup fever in korea. this is the night six unsuspecting foreigners get caught in the red-shirted, balloon-waving, horn-wearing crush, and a digital camera and a girl's heart get broken simultaneously. also features a song that is absolutely perfect for that mad, mad night. pinoys may find the size & mood of the crowd familiar--the last time we partied like this, we kicked a president out of office.
cast: assif (the GI bear from azerbaijan), jon (tall emo-haired kano), tenzin, kalinga (cinematographer from anuradhapura, sri lanka), siege, me


to the beach - yet another small masterpiece by tenzin, this time chronicling the first day of our 4-day stay in sokcho, a resort town with mountains in the west and beaches facing the eastern sea. that day was cold and rainy, so most of us kinda looked miserable. the rest of our stay was much better. am glad tenzin didn't put in the footage he took of me after too much soju too fast at the beach the following night. i'd have skinned him alive. beautiful music and even a poem somewhere in there.
cast: tenzin, kalinga, jon, siege, tristan (gym-addicted pinoy chef & church buddy), me

namsan and then some - a nine-minute epic shot by the intrepid jose carrrrlos during our recent trip to seoul tower. features sarcasm, a cable car ride, strange signs, septuagenarians hooking up, toilet humor, and an unfortunate little reindeer who may or may not have been violated at some point in its sad & lonely existence. watch out for the windows! a must-see!
cast: siege, me, slightly annoyed people in the cable car who kept leaning as far away from us as possible, random people na nilapastangan on camera nang hindi nila nalalaman

seoul under siege - primarily a five-minute slideshow featuring seoul, nami island, historic gyeongju city, and andong in the context of siege's cheekbones. i put this in here mainly for the occasional sandra cameos (always worth the wait, hey?) and one particular photo at 2:39 or thereabouts, where an ahem homely* girl makes kapit really tightly around the arm of the featured boy. watch out also for a curly-haired romanian poet** with a nice jawline & a tiny paunch. nota bene: most of these photos were taken by moi. not bad, noh? man, i miss my camera.
cast: siege's cheekbones, siege's razorcut and very flippy dyed hair, me, lots of other people, more like a benetton ad than anything else (if you can get past you-know-who's cheekbones)


* i must admit: i had, in the past, cruelly labeled her "mukhang katulong" which resulted in some very upsetting moments over a coupla pints of guinness several weeks later. pero look at her naman... o sige, you be the judge na lang, ha?

** funnily enough, CK was the main cause of the meltdown that occured over the very tasty guinness pints mentioned in the note above. incidentally, said meltdown was witnessed by our favorite tibetan. thank goodness he had yet to buy his video cam when that happened.