Edmund Yeo

Train passing over the busy streets of Wuhan (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Four dudes chillin at the park. (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Xinjiang dance in slow mo. This performance happened in a Xinjiang restaurant i was brought to in Beijing.

More trees at the East Lake of Wuhan (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

I was trying to get a better view of the trees (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Row of majestic trees at the East Lake 东湖 of Wuhan (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

A nice stroll around East Lake of Wuhan. (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Wah, Baron in the Trees. 木のぼり男爵？ (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Who left the bike here? (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Another lovely afternoon in a JR Yamanote train (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Hachiko reminding everyone it's #worldaidsday on Dec 1 (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Hachiko made a new friend today (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Beautiful beach with glistening black sand at Inamuragasaki (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Wah, I took this panorama photo of Hong Kong on the roof of Hotel Panorama before I headed to the airport, but somehow the photo wasnt processed properly. I thought the photo's gone forever. Few days later, I rebooted my phone and somehow found this in my gallery! How miraculous! (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

I thought I saw an eagle up there (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

I've left Hong Kong and am back in rainy Tokyo. Before I went to the airport, i headed to the Sky Garden of my hotel room get a good view of the place. (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

The kid was the most popular member of the band. (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

She was lost in Hong Kong. (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Hello Hong Kong. Just arrived here for Hong Kong Asian Film Festival! (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

It's my mom's birthday today. Happy birthday, mom! Too bad I'm in Tokyo now. Dad will celebrate with her. (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Ah. I've missed the winter illuminations of Tokyo (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Nakano is crowded as usual (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Taking the train to Ando-sensei's house (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Nice pond at Hasedera Temple gave off a feeling of serenity (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

She walked away from the bus without looking back. To where? I don't know. (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Went to the China Philharmonic Orchestra concert at the Tokyo Opera City. A classical performance in a futuristic building (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

He was really looking forward to the Christmas tree... (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

A favourite site of mine, Grantland , just got closed down yesterday. Urgh. ESPN is closing Grantland. I'm depressed. It's usually one of the first sites I go to everyday. For its great articles on films, music and sports. Posted by Edmund Yeo on  Friday, October 30, 2015 Posted by Edmund Yeo on  Saturday, October 31, 2015 After a day, things started sinking in. Its absence more strongly felt. Overwhelmed by a feeling of numbness, I tried to eulogize it on Facebook while sharing a link which listed a number of great Grantland articles that had accompanied me over the past few years. Grantland just got shut down yesterday. It's been long time since I felt so much sadness for the closing of a website,... Posted by Edmund Yeo on  Sunday, November 1, 2015 This was what I wrote: Grantland just got shut down yesterday. It's been long time since I felt so much sadness for the closing of a website, therefore I feel that I should be wr

This train station was pretty empty during Halloween (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Kimono-wearing woman at Hasedera Temple. (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Mom and sis visiting the Great Buddha of Kamakura (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Buddha statues at Hasedera Temple, very soothing. (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Observatory deck at the 1000+ year old Hasedera Temple of Kamakura (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Mom waiting for coffee at a cool bookstore/ coffee stand (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Shinjuku Labyrinth (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Shinjuku station. Everyone before me was a blur. (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Someone's new #StarWars collection. (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Examining... er, someone's new #StarWars toys. (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

It's troubling to see the most rational of individuals being overwhelmed by #StarWars hype. (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Always good to stop by at Shinjuku for some nice brownies and tea. (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Dad walking towards Tokyo Tower. (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

While I'm hanging out at the Tokyo International Film Festival, Ming Jin is in Taipei for the Taiwanese premiere of THE SECOND LIFE OF THIEVES tonight at the Taiwan International Queer Film Festival. To commemorate that, we have uploaded a 3-minute excerpt from the film, which shows the beginning of Lai and Mrs Tan's steamy love affair. More related videos of THE SECOND LIFE OF THIEVES can be found on this playlist.

Oh, stop it, Nadal. (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

AHHHHH! Godzilla!! (The new Toho Cinemas in Shinjuku is pretty cool) (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Gothic lolitas crossing the road (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

All right, I'm so lagging behind that even though I'm already in Tokyo for the Tokyo International Film Festival, I'm still trying to wrap up my Busan Film Fest experience. Okay, this will be my last post about this year's Busan Film Fest!

Nice view of Tokyo from 49th floor of Roppongi Hills (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Back in Tokyo. Won't be in Malaysia again until Dec, or Jan. (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

During my time in Tokyo from 2008 to 2013, I had enjoyed walking about at night, and stopping to watch and listen to buskers performing at the streets. I have shot a few videos, and posted all of them on this blog back then. Sadly, I've not shot any videos of them since 2011, I think. I guess once I picked up the habit of wearing my earphones all the time outside, I ended up walking past these performances without noticing. And mostly because I stopped carrying my Canon 7D with me all the time. My Youtube account had been abandoned for quite a while, but nevertheless, looking through it a few days ago, I had a lot of fondness of these busker videos that I shot, so I decided to compile them into a playlist. Some of these musicians are still active, and it's worth rediscovering them.

The cinematographer and the drone operators designing the next shot. (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Been back from Busan for more than a week, and immediately dove into the production of a music video (well, if you are still following this blog, or my Instagram feed, you'll see the photos), hence the lack of recaps. On the 4th of October, Ming Jin's documentary RETURN TO NOSTALGIA finally had its world premiere at the Busan International Film Festival. RETURN TO NOSTALGIA is part of the POWER OF ASIAN CINEMA program, in commemoration with the 20th anniversary of the Busan Film Fest, 10 Asian directors were each commissioned to make a 50-minute documentary about their own cinematic history. Ming Jin chose to make a film about the search for SERUAN MERDEKA, the very first post-war Malay film which is missing. Before the screening of RETURN TO NOSTALGIA, however, I went to catch the first two volumes of Miguel Gomes' sprawling three-part ARABIAN NIGHTS. The films began with a disclaimer that they are not adaptations of the novel (more like a film that's very loos

Two girls preparing for the rain that never came. (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Love. Where does it come from? Who lit this flame in us? Etc etc. (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

This was supposed to be our Tomorrowland. It has its charms. (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

An abandoned bridge, a symbol of decadence and flawed planning. (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

The walk back to the apartment was more difficult than she remembered. (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Girl walks through wasteland in a post apocalyptic world (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Our world has turned pretty grey cos of the haze. (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Ah, it's good to sleep through almost an entire 6-hour flight. (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Preparing to leave Busan, the sun is rising. (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Taking the metro at night. Goodbye Busan. (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Walking past a wall of Little Princes. (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Oct 3, Ying Xian (producer) and I were invited to eFM 90.5, Busan's one and only English radio station, to talk about RETURN OF NOSTALGIA. Ming Jin was only going to arrive a day after, so we had to handle promotional duties :) Whoa, I was on a radio show in Busan! We are talking about Woo Ming Jin's RETURN TO NOSTALGIA, which is the only Malaysian film screening in Busan Film Fest this year! Posted by Edmund Yeo on  Friday, October 2, 2015 Right after that, I got to catch the restored print of Edward Yang's monumental masterpiece BRIGHTER SUMMER DAY. I didn't expect this but I finally managed to catch Edward Yang's masterpiece BRIGHTER SUMMER DAY on the big screen just... Posted by Edmund Yeo on  Saturday, October 3, 2015 Yes, I was absolutely excited to catch the film in its full glory, after having already watched it a few times in low-res. So many details missed. Prior to this screening, I already believed that BRIGHTER SUMMER

Busking at the beach during the night (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

This is the bus that everyone's been waiting for. (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

I'm at Busan for the Busan International Film Festival. Ming Jin's documentary RETURN TO NOSTALGIA, which I served as executive producer (and final editor, and colorist, among others, as usual), is going to have its world premiere tonight. Thanks, Malay Mail Online, for sharing the news! Yup, RETURN TO NOSTALGIA by Woo Ming Jin will have its world premiere... Posted by Edmund Yeo on  Saturday, October 3, 2015 So, today's my third day. It wasn't exactly easy to get to Busan this year. On the day of the opening ceremony, there was a typhoon, and our plane was unable to land, so we ended up in Incheon Airport for a while. Urgh, arrived at Busan. Finally. Flight stopped by at Incheon for a couple of hours because of bad weather. Looking forward to another great festival!! Posted by Edmund Yeo on  Thursday, October 1, 2015 The next day, I decided to catch up with the Cannes films. The first I saw was Jacques Audiard's Palme D'Or winner,

I came back from Sri Lanka a few days ago, since then it's back to work for me. The two week break I've taken due to my trips in Nagoya and Sri Lanka have left me with piles of projects to juggle with (treatments to write, music videos to edit, documentaries to finish up) Nevertheless, like most good film festival trips, I find myself creatively rejuvenated. It happens when you got to watch a lot of different films, experience different cultures, surround yourself with filmmakers, and discover new parts of the world. It's great. So, back to the Jaffna International Cinema Festival, the screening venues of the festival were in a multiplex, the public library, and the University of Jaffna.

My cousin's wedding and tea ceremony. (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Old magnificent tree near Kadurugoda Temple (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Waiting for sunset (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

The Old Man and the Sea (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

View from the top of the historical Isurumuniya Temple in Anuradhapura. (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Somewhere in Sri Lanka. (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

The Jetavanaramaya, built around 300AD, is the largest stupa in the world. (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Hanging out at Iranawila beach (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Ancient stupas of Kadurugoda Temple, supposedly the tombs of monks who once lived here centuries ago (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Lord Buddha outside Naga Viharaya, the only temple in Jaffna town (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Looking at the Jaffna Fort from afar. (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Jaffna Clock Tower. Built in 1875. (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

After I returned from Japan, I immediately flew off to Sri Lanka the next morning. My film RIVER OF EXPLODING DURIANS had been invited to the Best Debut Film competition section of the inaugural Jaffna International Cinema Festival. Naturally, I was excited. Jaffna is at the northern part of Sri Lanka, so when I arrived at the capital city of Colombo, it was necessary to take a 7-hour train ride to Jaffna. But before that, I was able to rest for a night at the YWCA International Guesthouse. Arrived at the YWCA International Guest House Colombo. Building's been around for 200 years! Posted by Edmund Yeo on  Thursday, September 17, 2015 The building has existed for more than two hundred years, and it was converted into a guest house almost a hundred years ago. It's cool that you write your guest registration on a thick book. My time in Colombo was quite short, I managed to visit the famed Gangaramaya temple. But only for a short while. Buddhist statues in Gangarama

Buddhist statues in Gangaramaya Temple (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Arrived at the YWCA International Guest House Colombo. Building's been around for 200 years! (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Goodbye Nagoya and Japan. (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

This is the Nagoya City Art Museum (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Sun setting over the Flower Clock (Okazaki Park) (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Elderly couple walking down Kinka Mountain (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

As you can see from my latest barrage of photos, I've been wandering in Japan again. At places I've never been to, Nagoya, Gifu and Okazaki. I saw a lot of wonderful things, beautiful things, preserved from the past, relics of proud history. Yesterday I went to Okazaki, an idyllic little city with its own proud history. It is the site of the great Okazaki Castle (birthplace of the famous Tokugawa Ieyasu) and the 1300 year old Takisanji Temple. Before I went to these two famous places, I visited the very unique World Children's Art Museum in Okazaki . Outside the World Children's Art Museum in Okazaki Posted by Edmund Yeo on  Sunday, September 13, 2015 The museum had gathered the works of many world-famous artists when they were children, or in their teens. Aside from that, it was also displaying the (admittedly impressive) artwork of children from nearby schools. Yesterday was also the very last day of their special exhibition of optical illusion-related ar

Observing the cosplayers on the bridge (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

These stone lanterns at Takisan were donated by the famed Tokugawa family (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Old man cycling past the river in Okazaki (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Takisan Toshogu Shrine is one of the top 3 Toshogu Shrines in Japan (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Faraway train passing by in Okazaki (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Cosplayers taking photos on a bridge (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Okazaki Castle (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Panorama photos of Gifu, Nagoya and Nagoya Castle. (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Viewing boats preparing for the 1300-year-old tradition Ukai (cormorant fishing) (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

View from the top of Gifu Castle (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Climbing up to Gifu Castle (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Gifu Daibutsu (Big Buddha), one of the major 3 Big Buddha statues in Japan (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Entering Gifu Park (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Nagoya TV Tower, the oldest TV tower in Japan (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Nagoya City Science Museum (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Peaceful statues (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Little girl cycles past Godzilla and the Nagoya Golden Dolphin (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

An exhibition of local dolls and toys (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Woman cycling past Gojo Bridge on a lovely afternoon (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Women in kimono taking photo of Nagoya Castle samurai greeter (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Kato Kiyomasa, the samurai who supervised the Nagoya Castle stone walls construction (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Scenery from the top of Nagoya Castle (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Nagoya Castle and its old cornerstones (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Nagoya Castle (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Two days ago Joey held her birthday mini-concert where she showcased her singing, dancing and drumming skills! But it's actually her birthday today! Happy birthday, Joey! She's heading off to UK for her studies this month. Hope the Oscar Wilde book will help you! (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Joey shows her dancing skills at her birthday mini concert with Ruby

Malaysia will be celebrating its 58th year of independence tomorrow (August 31st). But at this very moment, on the eve before our Independence Day, tens and thousands protesters have taken to the streets to call for reforms, flooding the cities with yellow. We have reached the second day of this 2-day large-scaled rally. This time, people are calling not only for electoral reforms but also for the resignation of the current Prime Minister. It's ongoing, but I need to remember this. Perhaps this Bersih 4 of 29th and 30th of August, 2015 will be remembered as a watershed moment in our nation's history, even though, unsurprisingly, and typically, such things will surely be struck off from our history books. Here's the Great Leader, condemning the people who wanted to march for the good of the country. Najib said the actions of Bersih were seen as deliberately trying to discredit Malaysia's image at the international level. Posted by The Star Online on  S

Hanae is happy that Instagram allows portrait photos now (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

The second music video I did with the rock band Alienoid 異種 revolves around a love-hate relationship between a young couple played by renowned actress/ model Agnes Lim 林莉幃 and rising actor Soo Xu Ze 苏熙喆. In which they were willing to do crazy things for love! Posted by TK Cheng on  Thursday, August 13, 2015 Posted by TK Cheng on  Thursday, August 13, 2015 Posted by TK Cheng on  Thursday, August 13, 2015 Posted by TK Cheng on  Thursday, August 13, 2015 Posted by TK Cheng on  Thursday, August 13, 2015 Posted by TK Cheng on  Thursday, August 13, 2015 Posted by TK Cheng on  Thursday, August 13, 2015 Posted by TK Cheng on  Thursday, August 13, 2015 Posted by TK Cheng on  Thursday, August 13, 2015 Posted by TK Cheng on  Thursday, August 13, 2015 Posted by TK Cheng on  Thursday, August 13, 2015 Posted by TK Cheng on  Thursday, August 13, 2015 Posted by TK Cheng on  Thursday, August 13, 2015 Posted by TK Cheng on  Thursday, August 13, 2015 Posted by TK Cheng on