Major round-up: release two

Well, we’ve received a few responses regarding this. To Mirielle: how did this thing become amusing when this is done as lazily as possibly? Anyway, after the fold: the quotes that either came in late or were forgotten, stress showing through, and the people we surprisingly haven’t heard from yet. Plus, we’ve made the entry less stuffier, for your reading convenience, as well as my writing’s. (more…)

Breakfast in the afternoon

(In the spirit of an apparent resparking of interest in Shale, this entry was originally written between 16.01 and 16.25 of 26 September, and is tweaked in places to look better and to adapt later developments.)

The Breakfast shoot is in peril of being moved. It seems my moment of happiness - I have a jacket with me and it’s been useless, the entire day, for everyone but Meh - is going to be their downfall.

Out of persistent boredom I ended up sitting three gaps away from Kizia, somewhere near the auditorium. She’s hosting this segment for Studio 23’s Breakfast, and somehow the few who knew have been sort-of excited, me included. When we found out about this, Jino persisted in calling her a superstar - previously she’s been busy doing voiceovers from Kraft (apparently), thanks to (persumably) connections from with the Green Media Group, where she is a member of the hosting pool. Ironically, she’s wearing a red shirt with her make-up, not green - and she’s just seated here. And the thunder threatens to make its presence felt more. (more…)

We’re pretty excited because…

…in case you’ve noticed, we’re launching two new sister blogs within the coming weeks. It’s surprising, yes, considering we’re supposedly busier than ever, but again, nothing helpes when inspiration strikes. For now, though, they’re nothing much, but Shale Film Notes (which would basically contain my notes for film class) and Shale Third Person (which would carry all those personality profiles) would be coming your way sooner than you expect. For now, though, just hang on!

Major round-up: release one

Shale is making the rounds as we take a look back at the first week of majors. And, although we’re not promising to make this a regular weekly feature of the blog, we’ll still try our best to give you an idea of what we’ve been up to what we’ve seen, heard and experienced. And, take note, we’ll be quoting from a lot of people, mostly from those that I personally know. It’s just an attempt to give you guys a little idea of what’s happening.

After the fold, block reunions, photography expenses, and of course, Miss Diaz. (more…)

“Crikey, Steve, we will miss you”

It’s been two days since the news of the death of Steve Irwin spread across the world, taking the world aback and triggering an outpour of grief and praise for the Australian television presenter, wildlife expert and conservationist. After almost wall-to-wall coverage (only interrupted today, probably, by the birth of a boy, and finally a heir, to the Japanese imperial family) and a lot of things shown, it seems suddenly we haven’t got enough of him even after his death.

And, slowly details of his death are slowly creeping. His last moments, as producer and close friend John Stainton had suspected, were recorded on video - it can be recalled that he died while shooting an underwater documentary - and it seems impossible that it would be shown to the public. But of course - even Stainton said that “[it was] a very hard thing to watch because you’re actually witnessing somebody die and it’s terrible.”

After watching the video, before passing it to the police, Stainton describes what could be Irwin’s final moments: “It shows that Steve came over the top of the ray and the tail came up and spiked him here [in the chest] and he pulled [the barb] out and the next minute he’s gone,” MediaGuardian quoted him as saying. “That was it - the cameraman had to shut down.” (more…)

He’s well and well-delayed

An update from Caresse regarding the condition of Rogelio Narvaez: it’s been said that he’s out of danger since course card day. However, apparently grades under his subjects have not been released yet, since they haven’t been computed yet (and rules say nobody else can do that task); his students might receive their grades by the second week of the second term.

Farewell to the crocodile hunter

If anybody of you have grown up - or at least caught - that television series on the Discovery Channel, you must remember that Australian guy. Yes, Steve Irwin from Crocodile Hunter, whose adventures (if we should call it as such) have incited in us an interest in swamps, crocodiles, and everything else dangerous - not to mention the way he presented it.

Sadly, though, he was killed - by a stingray, not by a crocodile.

Ambulance service personnel in Australia said he was killed in an accident while shooting an underwater documentary at the Great Barrier Reef. The 44-year-old explorer was apparently stung by a stingray’s barb in the chest, collapsed, and never recovered; this happened at around 11.00 today. Authorities have said that Irwin’s family has been notified. (more…)