who do you think will make it big?
I helped to create a page for Patrick Teoh on Wikipedia.org (for fun, no profit, needs some clean-up or maybe lots of it), and in the process got him involved. Erm, I mean I have to right, seeing that there’s no available similar documentation available that chronicles his previous works. I didn’t listen to him when I was growing up, mostly because I was so engrossed in Singapore radio (from Johor mah). But I’ve heard of the man, know enough to know that he is a local celebrity of some sort, then got to know the man via TV Smith, he’s fun.
Anyway I staged a mini-interview with Patrick last week (that included a damn funny short clip of him claiming not to know why he was fired from TV3 for Wikipedia citations 
). It was really interesting to learn of his work in radio, seeing that he’s a radio legend in Malaysia throughout the 70s, 80s and mid-90s. Seeing him rack his brains trying to remember details for questions that I asked (especially dates) was funny.
I also googled a bit to get more information on Patrick (again, for citation purposes). Some articles that are available on the Net mentioned his various works, including being owner/ manager of a pub and inviting a singer to perform when very few people would have him. I also learnt that he started ADDaudio, a post-production house that I greatly like today. Little bits and pieces such as the reason for his leaving radio and termination from TV3… well all the interesting stuff.
While adding stuff to the Wiki page, I was thinking of Patrick’s past, and what he is today. Sort of like, wow how fun it would have been to know him back then, at the height of his career, just to keep track of it. I can’t describe exactly what it is, other than a moment of wishing I was there when all those stuff were happening. At the very least, I wished I had listened to Radio 4
But throughout this whole reminiscing thing, I thought of Swifty, a.k.a. The Great Swifty Speaketh, a.k.a. Edmund Yeo, a.k.a. a film director/ producer who also blogs. Honestly the dude irritated me at first — I mean, the amount of narcissism on his blog! Fuwah, felt like slapping him, kan? Heh.
Then I began to talk to the guy on MSN, and he kept bugging me to watch his short films. I was like, err.. no. Then I was invited to watch ‘Love Conquers All‘, and so I asked him to come along, knowing that he is an indie/ independent (well not so much now) director/ producer and would probably enjoy this kind of artsy local stuff. That was my first time meeting Edmund in real life, and I found him a rather enthusiastic chap whose informed thoughts and opinions on the local movie industry came tumbling out faster than he could speak 
He also presented me with two DVDs of his short films — Girl Disconnected and Vertical Distance. I watched Vertical Distance first because it was more fun. It’s about a guy who feels insecure because he’s shorter than his girlfriend, and I really really liked it. Fun and sweet.
I’d put off from watching ‘Girl Disconnected’ for a myriad of reasons, even though it was more popular than ‘Vertical Distance’. Then last week Edmund gave me a DVD with the final cut of ‘Girl Disconnected’, and last weekend I decided to plonk my arse down to watch it.
I was mesmerised at how talented the fucker is.
Dude’s only 23 years old too.
So yeah, I think he will be big. And I’m glad to know him while he’s still relatively unknown, and here’s looking forward to tracking his career.
bravo Suan! ^_^ nice work with Patrick’s wiki.
aww that’s nice (for patrick’s wiki and liking swifty’s stuff) =)
must get pat belanja lol
Hey, Suanie, thanks for the kind words. Still chillin at Chile. Glad you liked Girl Disconnected.
Swift is gonna be big, yeah!
Swift is the next one to come. And I couldn’t agree with u more about his blog. Hahaha
I’m still waiting for Swifty to cast me in a part as a Gangster in his movie! I wonder when he’s going to shoot it?
When are you building the Dabido page to explain to the world what a Dabido type comment is?
I wanna see Dabido as a word in the Oxford dictionary eventually!
Dabido n. Definition: A comment written on a blog post that is longer than the actual post.
We should have a Dabido awareness day!
On the 31st of May each year, everyone who writes a comment has to write one longer than the post they are commenting on! 
I still haven’t seen Girl Disconnected. I want to just to see the Bunny girl running around!!!
Swift’s gonna be big, but ST’s ALREADY BIG!
*runs*
Girl, can share share the DVDs or not ar?
zona: thanks, heh. he provided most of the information
reta: haha he already did
swifty: ARGHHHHHHHHH JELES SIALLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!11111
ST: Indeed!
frostier: hehe
Dabs: hmmmm we’ll see about that
KY: bwahhahahaha!!! u are going to kena
TBG: VD is available on YouTube… but of course quality not as good as the one he burned onto DVD la. Currently the GD DVD is with ST
Thanks again, Suanie for what you did. Now I also can tell my more IT savvy friends that I am listed somewhere on wikipedia:-) At the same time as you doing this on wiki malaysiakini also published an interview they did with me in their rentakini section. I think your wiki story is by far the better one. Thanks.
So, can we see the dancing duck advert yet?
So what is Uncle Patrick doing now?
The wikipedia post is well written! Bravo!
Patrick: you are mucho welcome
can even pass it off as your CV now mah hahaha since I stole some from it anyway 
Dabs: u make one
can use the ducks we saw at Queens Garden. Well they weren’t ducks. The birds then. Or black small thingy with beady eyes hanging out with the swans.
xes: thanks
uncle patrick is presently involved in stage plays, various acting, taking care of his businesses and blogging and spending time with his family. Didn’t put that one in Wiki ‘cos .. don’t know why, just didn’t.
Always fun to read Patrick’s NIAMAH! blog. And always fun to try and get my comments pass his censorship criteria…he he he…
Used to work with one of his (main) apprentice from his Disco era, and the one thing I hear this apprentice say a lot is “Patrick can pack the dance floor even when he put Mandolay (by La Flavour) on the turntable”.
And you left out something: “Alibi”. Small-ish but nonetheless interesting tit-bit. Go ask Patrick about it
(if it was left out on purpose then nevermind lah).
Patrick, love your blog, keep it up!
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