MacRitchie Primary School - I miss you!

After all the sleepless nights, it finally paid off.

MacRitchie Primary School (defunct)

"I dedicate this video to everyone, who has stepped into this school and made a difference. To the educators and students, let us cherish all the memories that we once had." - Zue Rainey  How this video thingy began: A Walk Down Memory Lane (posted on 20 October 2009)

Why I am always proud to be a MacRitchiean...  It was an old neghbourhood school, located in the modest town of Toa Payoh. I could vaguely remember, it was situated besides an old wet market along Lorong 8, where the school main gate over looking Blk 225 Toa Payoh. Our arch enemy were students from Braddell Primary School, where we always had fights just because we have to share the same school field. Being just a simple neighbourhood school, MacRitchie too has her fair share producing quality students, whom today have achieved great success in life and contributed back to the society in someway or another. Many of those students whom we reunite on facebook, are now doctors, teachers, school principals, engineers, lecturers, sports stars, successful business people and some other well-known faces. I am very fortunate to have climbed my way from this humble school, which now has become a legend. Speaking of famous, you may not realised these talented people once came from this humble school.

Azmeer (Composer / Singer)

Rezal Hassan (Singapore National Team football player)

Djohan Abdul Rahman - Bobo (Artist/Scriptwriter/Producer)

Had Adnan - Rancour (Rock Artist)

The above are just to name a few. Don't be surprised, that one day, we shall be the 1st IN THE WORLD again to have our very own Hall Of Fame on Facebook! =) Visit our school facebook group: MacRitchie Primary School (MPS)  "Proud we will be of MacRitchie" - Our school song.  ps: The school may no longer exist, but the memories live on...

Soul: Din Din Wo (Little Child)

A Walk Down Memory Lane...

The last few days were extremely buzy. Never did enjoy my weekend..and I tot Monday was PH! LOL! - Crap!

In a midst of doing some personal project with a friend. It's voluntarily of course and it's going to be 'A School Project'...thou we have left the school long time =)

Barely, 6 months ago, Shahrul called for a meet up. We went out for a drink when he proposed his ideas of creating an exclusive video of our defunct school which is no more in existance.

"I'm trying to revive back those nostalgic memories we had during those years...", he showed me a basic 3-D virtual walk-thru model of our school he had created.

It was awesome! I've never tot to be able to walk into the same bulding again, but virtually!

Immediately, I agreed to it. I'm just excited to be involved in such a cause and we shared ideas to bring this childhood fantasy into a reality.

So, we met again last week. He showed the rough cut of the video. The virtual walk-thru was brilliantly done. It's the next closest thing we could asked for.

Then came my part for the final post production. This is where my ideas will come to play. I need to single out old cut-out photographs collated. Insert into the video of the very same spot, so that all those nostalgic moments can be reminisced and relived once again.

Here's an example:

The walk-thru virtual animation will come to a scene. A photograph showing the exact same spot, will ghostly fade in, to tell a nostalgic story.

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The most tedious tasks of all, each seconds of the scenes have to be precised.

It took me 3 hours to syncronise a 5 second scene, so that the storyboard goes swiftly, uncut.

But it pays. Am truely satisfied.

Still not sure what audio background to use to enhance the mood. But I will try to come out with something melancholy, I'm sure! ;)

So, be ready everyone. This school will be the first to be re-born again virtually on facebook.

WE ARE THE FIRST IN THE WORLD!