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my photo visited taiwan before me...

  • Dec. 19th, 2008 at 4:34 PM
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Wow, can't imagine how time flew by these past few weeks. I'd thought after "Das Experiment", I would be out of work for a bit, and could stretch my legs and spread my wings... so to speak... and just enjoy a good year-end break...

But apparently, Fate had other more exciting plans for me!

Besides my usual illustration gigs, I also got jobs for recording voiceovers for TV and cinema ads for the Science Centre Singapore as well as Snow City, and also got cast in a music video ad to teach school children about certain aspects of road safety! I even landed my first (minor) "recurring" role in a new English local drama series, "Red Thread"!

More about that in upcoming posts!

I'd also found time to catch a few movies, and would highly recommend everyone go watch the Malaysian film, "Muallaf", and the Taiwanese surprise hit movie, "Cape No. 7"!

I'd long wanted to visit Taiwan, especially after watch "Cape No. 7", but I had never yet found the opportunity to set foot there...

So imagine my surprise and amusement when my Taiwanese friend, Frank, called me the other day and asked me if I had been to Taipei recently...

Apparently, he saw my face on a bank billboard advertisement in Taipei!

Anyway, he took a few photos of that ad and emailed me, and here they are...

Taiwan Shin Kong Commercial Bank

Taiwan Shin Kong Commercial Bank Billboard - Edric Hsu

Taiwan Shin Kong Commercial Bank Billboard - Edric Hsu

Above images taken by Frank

Taiwan Shin Kong Commercial Bank Web Ad - Edric Hsu

This image was taken off the bank's website

Well! To think that my photo visited Taiwan even before I did! LOL

Haha, it turned out the image that the bank had chosen for their ad was from one of my earlier stock images photo shoots with Asia Images studio, and taken by the photographer Cedric Lim...

Although the stock images shoot was fun and a rather good source of income, of course, I'd much rather have been cast for that ad and have it shot in Taiwan (and get due payment for that!)...

Anyway, I'll be back here posting more stuff and especially my back-log of tons of photos, so be warned!! :)

Comments

[info]seekingdeeper wrote:
Dec. 19th, 2008 08:48 am (UTC)
congrats for the ad! :)
[info]merman13 wrote:
Dec. 19th, 2008 01:55 pm (UTC)
Thanks! It's one of those things that I wouldn't have known if no one mentions, but still it's great for my portfolio! :)
[info]seekingdeeper wrote:
Dec. 19th, 2008 03:04 pm (UTC)
hahaha i want to edit pics of u too! do u have like certain entries with cool unedited photos i may edit? XD i love editing stuff for my friends woot XD
[info]babymicrophone wrote:
Dec. 19th, 2008 08:51 am (UTC)
Aiyoh! Adorable lah! That is you whisking something is it? Nice smile! YOu are a billboard star! *hugs*
[info]merman13 wrote:
Dec. 19th, 2008 01:56 pm (UTC)
Haha thanks, Dennis! It's me whisking something in a bowl, probably just air. LOL
[info]muddynights wrote:
Dec. 19th, 2008 12:17 pm (UTC)
happy to hear that you've been landing a lot more work (which also means less time for overseas vacations!) :)

at least they used a great picture of you. (imagine if it was nekkid pic! hehehehe)

[info]merman13 wrote:
Dec. 19th, 2008 01:59 pm (UTC)
Yeah I didn't get to travel much this year, but it's good to get more work in the meantime, so I could go more places NEXT year! :)

As for nekkid pics, if the bank dares to use it, and pays me well enough, I'll strip for them! LOL
[info]muddynights wrote:
Dec. 19th, 2008 02:13 pm (UTC)
hello bank people. somebody is willing to strip for the right amount. :)
[info]merman13 wrote:
Dec. 19th, 2008 02:28 pm (UTC)
Wahaha thanks for the pimping! LOL But it'd better be the right "right" amount! LOL
[info]muddynights wrote:
Dec. 19th, 2008 02:33 pm (UTC)
maybe the sperm bank people will have the right "right" amount. :)
[info]iamyy wrote:
Dec. 19th, 2008 02:52 pm (UTC)
wow....well done bro !! just bk from Taiwan last mnth but didnt see this ads...
[info]gan55 wrote:
Dec. 19th, 2008 04:07 pm (UTC)
Lol. Luckily it was a bank ad...imagine if it was other kind of ad de. What would you do if your pic appears in some social escort ad?
[info]slwcheong wrote:
Dec. 19th, 2008 04:27 pm (UTC)
Good thing the AD didn't promote safe sex or a STD awareness of something.

Anyway, you should speak to a lawyer to see if there's anything you could get out of it.
[info]keewhee wrote:
Dec. 19th, 2008 05:37 pm (UTC)
hope the bank's business grow by leaps and bounds after the launch of this ad. Then they'll make you the official mascot and bring you to do a tour de la Taiwan and do a series of ads.
[info]kevinexx wrote:
Dec. 20th, 2008 03:54 am (UTC)
wah . merman getting famous liao!!! .. next time you go taiwan, people will look and point at you liao .. haha
[info]2710eirsue wrote:
Dec. 20th, 2008 07:43 am (UTC)
One of my future destinations - Taiwan. . . Yeah! You and I will be busy uploading and posting backlog posts.. hehehe...Dunno how to manage those tons of pics I took in Brisbane. :-) See ya bud!
[info]soveren wrote:
Dec. 20th, 2008 09:43 am (UTC)
u sure get ard hor ;)
[info]xxalice18xx wrote:
Dec. 21st, 2008 08:06 am (UTC)
Congrats!
merry x'mas & happy new year 2009 :)

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