On my last day in Malaysia (which was dad's birthday), I was at KLCC in the afternoon to meet up with an old friend, so I decided to snap a photo of the Petronas Twin Towers.
![Petronas twin towers bathed in sunlight](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4031/4442453384_cfeec6c1fa.jpg)
And then, nearby, there was a young woman with a DLSR, snapping some photos of the twin towers too, before looking at the fountain beside her. She was there for quite a while, not taking any photos after that.
![Lady photographer by the fountain](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4038/4441674877_743bef6648.jpg)
I then met up with Jacyn, who had just returned from Perth.
![Jacyn](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2767/4442457008_2fa3884f5c.jpg)
Jacyn was a film student during my Perth days, she was the assistant director and producer of my student short, VERTICAL DISTANCE.
After I returned to Malaysia at the end of 2006, and then coming to Tokyo, she remained in Perth to do her Masters in accounting. Thanks to that, she can find herself a more stable job in Malaysia. Her intention now is to find a day job in accounting, then perhaps do something filmmaking-related on the side that can hopefully rekindle her passion in filmmaking.
I'm a little pessimistic with that, and told her that if she were serious about filmmaking, it would be better to commit to it full-time (by trying to get into a production company instead). But then, my advice was probably more impractical and irrational than what she had intended to do.
I left later. As I was headed to the steamboat restaurant for dad's birthday dinner, I found myself stuck in yet another KL traffic jam. So many cars around me.
![KL Traffic Jam](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4045/4442457990_e73be60b45.jpg)
I wondered where everyone was heading.
![Petronas twin towers bathed in sunlight](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4031/4442453384_cfeec6c1fa.jpg)
And then, nearby, there was a young woman with a DLSR, snapping some photos of the twin towers too, before looking at the fountain beside her. She was there for quite a while, not taking any photos after that.
![Lady photographer by the fountain](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4038/4441674877_743bef6648.jpg)
I then met up with Jacyn, who had just returned from Perth.
![Jacyn](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2767/4442457008_2fa3884f5c.jpg)
Jacyn was a film student during my Perth days, she was the assistant director and producer of my student short, VERTICAL DISTANCE.
After I returned to Malaysia at the end of 2006, and then coming to Tokyo, she remained in Perth to do her Masters in accounting. Thanks to that, she can find herself a more stable job in Malaysia. Her intention now is to find a day job in accounting, then perhaps do something filmmaking-related on the side that can hopefully rekindle her passion in filmmaking.
I'm a little pessimistic with that, and told her that if she were serious about filmmaking, it would be better to commit to it full-time (by trying to get into a production company instead). But then, my advice was probably more impractical and irrational than what she had intended to do.
I left later. As I was headed to the steamboat restaurant for dad's birthday dinner, I found myself stuck in yet another KL traffic jam. So many cars around me.
![KL Traffic Jam](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4045/4442457990_e73be60b45.jpg)
I wondered where everyone was heading.