Greenroom: Scene 1

My take on VIDPRD2, day one.

It was the start of the second term in school last week and we were to meet our new professors for the new term~

I came in late for my first Friday class, all thanks to the rain. Good thing Mr. V wasn't so strict about attendance. But I think I won't be late in this class again in the coming days. I don't want to be wasting my time seeing that my VIDPRD2 class will really be fully-loaded with activities and exercises.

I'm really looking forward to Doomsday though... It's this day we've set aside wherein we'd be shooting and editing for our Finals. Then come Birthday where we would be screening our movies, along with another class.

What I found interesting was Mr. V's teaching style though since he was very frank and honest to us--he didn't try to beautify his words for our sake. It did scare me but it got my eyes open; at least now I know what I should be expecting and how I should be preparing myself for those expectations.

He taught us a lot of new things (well for me) which should really be new anymore since they were supposed to be taught in VIDPRD1, sadly those lessons weren't retained in my thoughts.

Enjoyed the short film we watched just before class ended. We had to watch this silent film, which was about 100 years old already. It was in black and white, of course. Title was The Kuleshov Experiment. It was a very smart experiment, stitching together three elements which have no connection with each other but because they were stitched together, the brain forces itself to come up with a conclusion.

Well now, I'm cramming up my brains to write a decent synopsis for my finals... It's really hard coming up with something. I need to have more ideas...

CREATIVE JUICES, WHERE ART THOU?

I'll try to walk around to refresh my mind, get this writer's block off my head.

Fast Forward and Rewind

It's funny how we want things to move forward and speed up and when after that's happened, we them to go back to the way they were.

And sometimes we actually end up regretting why we wanted things to speed up... probably because we never got to grasp what was there when it was there.

*SIGH*

Zero Nine Times Three

I haven't blogged here in a long time. I've deserted my blog for quite some time due to school work, stress, pressure and even more stress.

Haha, but today, today is an extra special day!Today's 09 September 2009. Or 09.09.09.

Read something cool on the Yahoo! Home page about it. Thought it was amazing how Numerologists figure out stuff behind things like this. Read it here. It's really cool. :>


Anyway, it said something there about this day being significant and all since it only happens once in a century. And I was thinking how this day could be like any other day. But I actually felt that today was really actually different from all the other days in this year.

Well first of all, I had a hell of a good time with my friends. Don't get me wrong, I do, everyday, but today just felt different. One of our profs invited us out for some late night drinking and a few friends of mine obliged--it was sorta a celebration since Finals is ended and it was also the prof's birthday..

I must say that that was the most fun we had since we got to talking about a lot of stuff. Stuff we don't talk about the classroom. And believe me, it was a relief talking about it.

As mention, LATE NIGHT DRINKING. It started around 9pm (lol, more 9!). Friends and I decided to just go and drink a glass and leave an hour later. T'was already 10pm and we were having so much fun that we moved the leaving time to 11pm! Haha, we had more glasses and ate more fun.

Kev and I we're on our way home, we were waiting patiently for the bus stop. NO BUS CAME. We decided to take a risk and ride the Jeep instead---to Baclaran. It was scary since the driver took a different route! O_O We got scared. Good thing, this other guy in the jeep (we were only three in the back of the jeep) asked us where we were headed to and he told us how to get there! Lifesaver!

So anyway, the jeep dropped us off at The Heritage, a place I've only seen from the bus, I've never really stepped foot on. We just had to take the other jeep back to Casimiro. Kevin and I had to walk the streets of Baclaran! At 12midnight! FTW. With laptops in our bags! O_O Some scary sh*t right there! O_O

Well, after our quest to find a jeep, finally found one and an hour later, home safe. Over all, I thought this day was adventurous since I haven't commuted that late and all~ And it was another adventure for me and Kevin. 090909 is gonna be so memorable. :))

The MakeUp Tag

I'm doing this makeup tag since Aya tagged me~ :P And because of this tag, I've gotten back to the makeup addiction, making me want more makeup stuff, correction, expensive makeup stuff. Haha!

So right here is my everyday makeup kit. I bring it with me wherever I go. I just put basic stuff in it like my powder and then there's my Clinique blush. Most of the time, I'd put on eyeliner. I'd prefer the liquid, from Nichido rather than the pencil, Faceshop, since it'd look nicer but I use the pencil when I'm in a rush. One of my favorite things here would be my Rootbeer lipgloss! I got it from my cousin, Ate Abi, who got it when she was in the US. It's an authentic MUG rootbeer lipgloss! :P Tastes like rootbeer I tell you. I also love my Co Bigelow apple cinnamint lipgloss! :P I love the minty taste and cold feeling my lips get when I put them on. And they make my lips all shiny too! 8D Oh and I got my makeup kit from SAIZEN! (Ayaaaa! We should go there soon!)

Here are my other lip favorites. I still have an unopened Co Bigelow lipstick, it's spearmint flavor this time. Then G-lish lipgloss in two different shades. Then, Burt's Bees pink guava lipgloss. Tita Sienna gave it to me when she knew I was attending this wedding of my cousin. :P And then there's my Aziza lipgloss, which I just like since it's from Aziza.

And speaking of Aziza, here's my Aziza collection. I bought the eye shadow palette, the big one, for one dollar in Subic's Duty Free! It was on sale. The other two Aziza palette I got from my Tita who bought it in the States. I just love the Aziza colors, plus they're not that expensive so it's nice for everyday makeup too.

I love using my Victoria's Secret olive green eye shadow when I make smokey eyes. Then I usually use my Clinique eyeshadow--Strawberry Duo to go with it.

Here are my Mac pieces. My only Mac pieces. three Mac lipsticks and one eye shadow. I only use them when I feel that I've 'neglected' them :)) They were given to me by Tita Sienna but still I don't want to use them everyday even though they're for everyday use since the colors are in natural tone.

My makeup brushes. Three are from The Body Shop. The others, I got them at a bargain from the department store.

This is what my tiny makeup cabinet(?) looks like. It's really small that's why I only use my eyepencils, mascara and lipstuff in it. It's placed right there on my dresser so that I'd see it everyday and I won't forget to put makeup on when I leave the house. :))

And lastly here's my makeup drawer--where I put all my makeup stuff. It's a bit messy. Believe me I try to fix it, but then a few days later, it'd be messed up again. :))

That's why I've been bugging my dad to buy me a new dresser....actually make me a new one. I'd like a personalized one and not those ones you buy at a home stuff store. And he said he would if only I'd show him a drawing since I wanted it to be personalized. :)) That's the thing though, I haven't drawn it yet since I don't have a specific design in mind yet.

Anyway, I'm done with this makeup tag. Thanks to Aya for tagging me! :P I had fun doing this tag.

I'M TAGGING: Paula, Dianne, Elana, Keni, Yeye

Now, I'll go back to me watching the movie "The Little Prince" (1974). I read the book while I was still in highschool but it was only yesterday during my Video Production class that I knew there was a movie version of the book! I shall write about that another time. I remember that I also have to do a birthday post. It's almost a month later and I still haven't done a birthday post here. :)) Next time.

Birthdays

It's going to be my birthday in a few hours and I won't be home to make my birthday post at the strike of twelve since I will be going out with my friends. :P I'll just post this in the meantime.

Also, I wanna take this time to greet, my other friend,

KENI HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

I was not able to catch her online in Y!M today so I thought I'll just greet her here. I'll chat with you soon, bebe! Video Conference! Hahaha! Let's chat each other when we're both 19 na! Lol~*HUGS TIGHT*

Red Sweet Goodness

As predicted, I got productive today and I was able to finish my 2D pencil transfers. Now, all that's left for 2D is for me to ink it and them I'm done. I can't believe I'm done with that. I'm pretty happy with the results too, didn't think it'd come out nice.

To celebrate, and to somewhat relax me, I made some Red Velvet Cupcakes this afternoon. Baking relaxes me big time. I made about 24 pieces of red sweet goodness. They look good and look even better with the icing on top. Made everything from scratch that's why I'm really proud of it. It's my first time making cupcakes in general so I'm pretty excited with this.

The whole batch.

The only one with the icing.

The Cream Cheese icing on top.

Temtping, aren't they!

Cupcake success! Can't wait to taste them. I'll have them as dessert tonight.

Probably the only bad thing that happened was I burned my two fingers because of the hot cupcake pan. -_- I used kitchen gloves, but I didn't realize that it didn't cover my other fingers. Yikes. It hurts right now and it's probably going to hurt more tomorrow.

Oh by the way, I got the cupcake recipe from here @ Elise. Try it if your curious. The only thing I changed was that I added chocolate and white chocolate chips to the cupcakes before baking them but aside from that, I followed all the steps. It was pretty easy.

*SIGH* But I'm not yet done with Midterms stuff. I still have a website to fix and a script to write. No worries, I still have tonight and the whole day of tomorrow to finish them. Then off to eat out with friends and wait for the strike of 12mn and celebrate my birthday! I'm turning 19 already, the last year of my teenhood!

Haha, but another friend of mine, Keni is going to turn a year older a day earlier before me so that's fine. Advanced Happy Birthday Keni. There's a cupcake for you. Lol :))

Time to work~

Procrastinating Fool

It's going to be my Midterms week in a few days, and of course the lazy student that I am, I always find reasons to not do my homeworks and plates.

It's now Wednesday night, supposed to be my last school day for the week but I have a make-up class in 3D tomorrow, and here I am, just lying on my bed watching TV. Very nice. I know I have better things to do. Lots of better things to do.

WEBDEV. I seriously need to fix my layout. And my Press Cafe activity. It's embarrassing. And then start on my Boutique Hotel. And I can prepare my site for my midterms.

VIDPRD. I need to start writing my 5-1ominutes script so I can finish them in time for submission next Wednesday. I already have this story in mind, I'll do more research tomorrow.

2DANIM. I should start transferring my drawings on the templates and start inking them since I know it's going to take time and a whole lot of patience.


As for my other classes.. like CADVIS (AutoCad) and CNCTPHO (Photography), the midterms is going to be hands on. So nothing to prepare for that before hand--just actually be there on the day of the exam.

Another big problem is my 3DANIM class-- this is my hardest. The professor is not making any sense in the classroom. And God knows how much I suck in 3D. I hope to pass that subject. A 2.0 in that class is good enough. The professor's new, and when he teaches, he's like in his own world. He is able to discuss and execute (but not really teach us since we're not understanding anything) around 4 different topics in Maya--which by the way, isn't that easy to discuss--even in an online tutorial. He speaks in this fastforward pace that confuses everyone. And now he's going to make us have a make-up class tomorrow. I'm just going towards the other road, where I'm going to learng my own 3D. I think that's better.

But now, I'm still feeling problematic about that fact that I haven't been productive two nights straight. Last night, I just spent the whole night on the internet and watching TV and same goes for tonight--and I know I have more important stuff to do. I'm just not feeling the push to work tonight. I think it sucks; because then I know that in a few days, when the deadlines are nearer that I'm going to be cramming A WHOLE LOT. And then I look back and there's the regret of not doing things earlier. Crap. I need motivation to work. But even though I get it, probably I still won't be working tonight. Maybe it's just my brain's way of telling me to rest for a while and save up the energy and the creative juices for the (hopefully) productive weekend ahead! I'm definitely charging up for that weekend.

Other positive things to look forward to, I'm going to hang out with my College friends on Friday--to do more stuff for school, I hope. Then Saturday night, I'm going out with my Highschool friends to celebrate my birthday at the strike of 12mn! (Oh no, I'm gonna be another year older!) Hahaha.

And there's this new 2ne1 album I just can't wait to listen to. And lemme just share this Jerry Yan song that's been playing in my iPod since I've put it in there. This song is from his new album "Freedom" and it's actually the promo song for Sony Walkman in Taiwan. It's nice, really nice since it gives you that happy-go-lucky, light feeling when you hear the song. Although I think the MV is the same as the ones he made before, the song is definitely different and a must hear!


Jerry Yan - Wo Hui Hen Ai Ni

Six Days of Singapore

(This is a very very late blog post about my Singapore trip which was three weeks ago. I know I should've done this during my 10-day quarantine but I busy playing with Sims 3 then. :)) )

This is also going to be a long post. Imma try to keep it short but it's going to be hard. XD

Read it though, I had a fun time making this blog spot.

I went to Singapore again! This time with my College Friends. (I ♥ you, friends.) Went there with: Aya, Dino, Kevin, Paul, Jet, Mark, Gio, Carlo and Louie.


We stayed there from June 15 to 20. It was for school since we wanted to attend this seminar--CG Overdrive. But of course, since I was with my friends, hell, we were in Singapore, of course we'd make the most of it! And, it was the best six days of my life, so far. And the best of my memories. It was the first time I traveled abroad with just my friends.

(picture by Kevin)
Kevin and I in the bus from Budget Terminal
to Terminal 2. So happy!

I learned a lot from this trip, apart from the CG Overdrive. I learned that I have a new found love for maps! I practiced my map reading skills there which actually got my friends and I to places in Singapore and taught us about the transportation routes as well. They have such nice train stations in Singapore. I wouldn't complain about commuting in Singapore. Even their buses are way nicer than the ones we have here.

(picture by Aya)
Here's our stop, Little India. Our hotel was just
across the street!

DAY ONE.

We stayed at G4 Station. This really, really cool backpacker's hostel I found through the net. It was small, but it was just right, it was enough to keep us rested but it was also enough to tell us to see the rest of Singapore and not stay in all day. I shared a room with Aya, Paul and Kevin.

(picture by Dino)

Our first stop of the day was the typical tourist spot of the Merlion by the Esplanade!

(picture by Jet)
I love this picture a lot!

It was a tiring trip to the Esplanade since we went around the Merlion when we could've just taken the shortcut. Haha, I was still sharpening my map skills then. XD

(picture by Kevin)
Me by the Esplanade!

It was around dinner time and all of us we're hungry. We took our first Singapore bus with our Tourist Pass! First dinner we had was in Lau Pa Sat! It was like this big big food court! I still remember my first taste of Satay! I was so happy when I got to taste it again!

(picture by Dino)
Our Satay and sticky rice!



(picture by Kevin)
Me and Aya! Happy with our Satays
and Lemon Tree drinks.

Then we went to Bugis Street for some shopping. ♥

(picture by Dino)
Here's our favorite Bugis Street.
"The largest street shopping location
in Singapore."

DAY TWO.

We got up pretty late. It rained the first morning and we got too lazy to get out of bed. It was so cold in the room. We went to Sunshine Plaza then back to Bugis after we ate lunch @ Singapore's famous Hawkers. More food splurge!

(picture from Kevin's camera)
Aya bought Green Tea ice cream.
And I bought Suha ice cream.



(picture from Kevin's camera)
The spicy noodle lunch. It was
still epically yummy.


(picture from Kevin's camera)
By the CG Overdrive sign. :P


Look at our cool CG Overdrive IDs!

We met up with a lot of schools there too. Got all of us interested in studying in Singapore in the future.

(picture by Dino)
Look at our freebies! We also got an
exclusive invite to the Open House @ Lucas Arts
Studio in Singapore.

We met up with a lot of schools there too. Got all of us interested in studying in Singapore in the future.

It was nighttime already and we were all so hungry. So we went to Wisma Atria and had dinner @ Food Republic.

(picture from Kevin's camera)
I love my mango ice!

We did more shopping. Some of us went to Kinokuniya, while the rest of us explored the rest of Orchard Rd. Aya, Paul and I also went to HMV! Ahhh, yes, CD heaven. We also found Gramophone!

(picture from Kevin's camera)
I just really like this shot of Aya and me.

It was still early for us when we got to the hotel. Lol~ And the boys, along with the G4Station crew started this drinking station. We stayed up until 3am-ish drinking and playing the card game. We drank a lot. Good thing it was the boys who shouldered the drinking. :))

(picture from Gio)
See the Tiger beer and the cards!

DAY THREE.

Well, we went back to CG Overdrive. Paul, Kevin, Jet and I went to attend the seminar of this really cool speaker from Feng Zhu Design. I got so amazed I was inspired to make portrait from a blank canvas, if only I knew how. :))

But still, I was so happy that I found myself some Crispy Mint M&Ms!

(picture by Kevin)
Rare candies I find only
in Singapore

I accompanied the boys and we went to Bugis Street. Then we returned to the hotel where we played Bullshit all night. And went to 7-11 even though it was like 2am already. Take note, we were in our pajamas!

DAY FOUR.

Was the day we went to our Lucas Arts Studio invite. It was a very awkward situation since it seemed like we were the only students there. Most of the people who went were already professionals. It didn't matter though, it was a one time event thing and we got exclusive IDs! It was all good. Couldn't take pictures though since we signed a confidentiality agreement.

(picture from Kevin's camera)
In the Expo station.
Just came from Lucas.

I was happy that night since finally, we were going to Sentosa! It was already my second time in Singapore and wasn't going to allow that I don't see Sentosa. I wasn't able to go their when I was last in Singapore.

We left the hotel around 8pm to have dinner at Food Republic in Vivo City.

Color-changing castle in Sentosa.


(picture by Carlo)
Yaaay~ Girls only. :P

It was pretty late but good thing we were still able to catch the train to Sentosa. We had enough time for pictures. But since we stayed too long we had to ride the bus going back to the city.

DAY FIVE.

Last day of the conference. But I didn't attend that day. Instead I went to Bugis with Aya. Aya and I, since we were on our last day, went on a shopping splurge! We even got our nails done--3D nail art! I also met up with my Dad and Tito Harry!

My Dad also went to Singapore, he followed days after my flight. :) It was so nice to have him there. I got to spend some quality time with him. We rode the Singapore Flyer, the ferris wheel! It was so pretty. I think it's best if you ride around 6pm so that you just catch that perfect moment between the sunset and the beautiful night skyline.

Finally got to ride this ferris wheel!



My Dad and I and the Singapore skyline.
The ferris wheel was at the very top.
♥ ♥ ♥ Thanks, Pa. ♥ ♥ ♥



Very beautiful! ♥ I took this shot! Hah!

And for the big ender of our Singapore trip, Tito Harry gave my friends and I free entrance to Zirca! Which was a bar in Singapore that played house music. Bars in Singapore are cooler! The only smoke that filled the bar was fog. XD

(picture from Kevin's camera)
It's me and Aya! :) The only girls in
the whole trip!


(picture from Kevin's camera)
Kevin and I! Kevin really enjoyed
dancing that night! Didn't you, Kevin?


(picture from Kevin's camera)
Here's me and Carlo. Lol, he was
my dancing buddy till 4am!

Lol, my friends and I stayed up until 4am dancing! We didn't notice the time already. All we knew was that we were tired. :)) I couldn't think of a better way of spending my last night in Singapore. Thanks, Tito Harry!

The only thing I wasn't able to do that night was do the Reverse Bungee! T_T I didn't know it was a two-person thing! No one wanted to do it with me since the Bungee was a little expensive. D: Oh well, I shall try it when I go back to Singapore. I still have a reason to go! I'm definitely doing the Reverse Bungee-Gmax next time.

DAY SIX.
Last day. It was time to go home! Nooooo! We wanted to stay longer but we couldn't. Last stop before we went to the airport was La Salle-Singapore! It was so PRETTY, PRETTIER than my school! I love everything about it!

(picture by Aya)
See how beautiful it is!

And here's our final picture before we leave for Singapore.

(picture from Kevin's camera)
Yay for group picture! Here we are. :)


(picture from Paul's camera)
Here we are with Vannessa from G4.

I enjoyed the trip most definitely. And I enjoyed it most since I went there with my friends and my Dad also followed. It was a wonderful trip. :P I got to splurge a lot though, so I said goodbye to my savings already. :)) It's time to start saving again. But it was all worth it, I learned a lot too... and that's what really matters.

And since CG Overdrive is a yearly thing, some of my other friends are going again next year! Maaahn! I want to go with them too! I seriously need to save more moolahs! :))


Friends, thanks for the wonderful trip. :) I had a great time. Lots of memories, lah!

♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

Jumba Jumba

Too much procrastinating got me somewhere! I was giving myself reasons not to do my homework/activity for my Auto Cad class. After much Youtube-ing, I found one channel and I stayed there for one hour. Hahahaha.


♥♥ KEVJUMBA ♥♥

Kevin Wu. He so rocks. He's cute in a geeky way. I happen to stumble upon his channel (again) last night.

Iunno why but I got easily amused with his videos~ I find him cute. Asians--Chinese-- attract me. XDDDDD *gets shot* I like how he talks in front of the camera in this geeky, but not really geeky, way. Geeky boys are cute. Yes, geeky boys, but not those literally, geeky nerdy boys, you know. I know you're getting my point. There's something about them that's really attractive. They can also be funny and random! That's why they're easy to love!

It's also funny how he puts his Dad in his videos! I'm also very close with my Dad and I think it's cute that he has this very close relationship with his father. Relationships like that are hard to find nowadays. It's also nice of his father to come and support the show and be a sport about it (with the number of pranks KevJumba plays on him).

And I think it's very nice of him to start on the JumbaFund. It's another KevJumba channel in Youtube, which when people watch through that, he donates the money he earns to charity. So sweet, right? ♥ KevJumba's Official Site - this is cool. he has more videos here plus game and photos too~
KevJumba @ Youtube - watch his videos!
JumbaFund @ Youtube - videos for charity!

I'm just too amazed and entertained, I'm turning into a fangirl now.

Lol~ I'm embedding one KevJumba video here. It's the "Girls are Like M&Ms" Video. Watch it!

Enjoy!

PS. I know the video is big, for my site layout, but that's okay.

Studio Lights and Britney Spears

Yesterday was very, very memorable. :)) I wasn't expecting it to be, but it was!


SATURDAY MORNING.
Started off early in the morning. I had to wake up early since I was going to school (yes, I went to school--STEALTH MODE! Haha!) and I had to do my photoshoot for my photography class. I had to do two! Paula reserved A1101 from 10am-4pm. I arrived in school around 11am with Kevin. No studio lights available when we arrived... Apparently everyone was in school and doing photoshoots and makeup classes. So I decided to do my Still Life first, with a red head and a product table--the few things available to borrow.

Time went by so fast, Kevin, Paula and I were just chatting and chatting in the room and it was already 2pm! FTW~ We knew we seriously had to get started with our Portraits. But sadly, still no studio lights. -_- Pau and I were desperate to finish our photoshoots already. And Kevin, my model, had to leave early...

Good thing we were able to borrow one studio light from Ema. But we needed three... So we decided to use reflectors instead...but reflectors failed us... Major improvised studio in A1101. We had the OHP screen as the hairlight/background and then the whiteboard as the fill light. And the studio light would be the main light. Not bad ha! The three of us were pretty happy with the outcome of the shots in the improvised studio!


SATURDAY EVENING.
I got home and I was still able to sleep and when I woke up, it was already time to go to Issi's post-birthday party! So Ken, Elana and Elise picked me up at my house and we went to Tides, around 9PM. It wasn't a big group, we were only 9--Me, Issi, Elana, Ken, Bom, Jeremy, Rianne, Bianca and Cristal. Also met Jeremy's friends Sho and Yumi. Hwoot!

All of us got so drunk. :)) We had too much to drink! And man, we were singing AND dancing to Britney Spears' "Hit Me Baby One More Time"! We were loud in an already too loud place and people were looking but we didn't care. It wasn't everyday that I was able to see my highschool friends again. Last night was just FUN. There we lots of catching up and revelations. :> The other side of people I haven't seen.

Yumi and Sho got us so drunk, I woke up this morning very very dizzy. They gave us too many shots of Bad Trip! :)) I could walk straight but it took effort to do it. I couldn't even properly place the shotglass on the table without spilling some of its contents. :)) Good thing I wasn't driving, Paolo picked me up. Haha, thanks, brother! I must've been annoyingly noisy last night. :))

Then Elana, Ken, Paolo, Bianca, Issi, Cristal and I went to Perk Avenue to grab a cup of coffee to remove the light-headed feeling. :)) It didn't work, I burnt my tongue! D: I woke up around 7am and forced the alcohol out of system since I was feeling the very heavy hangover (which was all worth it, btw). I slept around 8am and woke up lunch time! Haha!

I'd post pictures of what happened lastnight, but people who have the pictures haven't uploaded the pictures yet. :P Next time.

I had fun last night, friends. But I couldn't say I wanna do it again some time soon. Lol~ I think one fun last night--with all the alcohol--will last for a good few months. :)) Thanks, Issi, for the treat! :) Belated Happy Birthday. :P



*PS. I changed blog entry title. :))

Hello Blog!

So finally, after days and days of squeezing out my creative juices, I finally got something out! A blog! And it's also mostly because Aya's been telling me to make a blog of my own. Yay, so here's mine! :D

What do you guys think? :P I like it. :)) You?

It doesn't have much in it yet, I'm hoping to write an entry later. But for now, I just need to take a rest first. Been working on the site since this morning. :))

Oh and please please leave a comment on my chatbox! That's gonna get things going.


Be back later.