I have no work today.. And decide to update my blog about my current Job.
It’s not a permanent job.. It’s a contract job combine under 5 company + 1 freelance. The freelancer is me, haha.

Basically, my job is a Photographer. But not those kind of fancy photographer you ever heard, because you don’t have the time to plan your image shot and also you are most likely will be the last person to follow them behind (sometimes in-front.. depends).

I shall call myself as a Behind The Scene Photographer temporarily until this job done, expected in about 2 months or 2 and half months.
I’m not the main person, don’t have the favor to do like setup portrait, set up subject shot with proper lighting. I only have slightly less than 5 secs for me to think to shoot when the producer and cameraman stop their recording.

Is a one of a kind job + challenging because you have to observe what are they doing all the time and also doing lots of physical work. If you love your fairskin too, you’ll get tanned from it too because you’ll be outdoor from begin until end of the job.
My task is to get what is the crew doing, and also the person we documenting. Beside capture it using image format, I also record it roughly around 5-10mins every trip we go just incase the producer or cameraman needs a behind-the-scene footage add-in during their post production.

Staff waiting for command while me try to freeze into a frame.

I’ll update more about my work and what am I doing at my twitter. Follow me @flanegan if you want to join my adventure via online.

Althou I only started my job like a week ago I experience allot in all kind of way.

Most of my work have to get into the remote side of village or some say countryside. The villager main language is Dusun, if you don’t understand Dusun Language like me (+ the producer, haha). You’ll definitely become a blank person 80% of all your time. They do speak other language like Bahasa Malaysia but limited. They still prefer speak Dusun comfortably since the cameraman and most of the staff crew can speak Dusun. =_=”

Why lar my dad never teach me Kadazan/Dusun when I was young!

Don’t be super hero when you get into the jungle.. Like Me!! Why I said so because I’m wearing Short and Sandals. Jungle in Sabah unlike any other country because our Jungle is very hilly.. Always expect something unexpected because somehow… No matter how good are you konon.. You’ll eventually slip yourself when it comes to downhill. haha

Hilly Jungle + Short and Sandals = Not Funny.

I always respect Village people, althou some village area already provide electricity but still don’t have access such as road, transportation, internet and good signal of telecommunication except home phone. One of the person we document looking for something in the village climb one of the tall tree like a spiderman all the way top in less than 10 seconds. More respect! I salute him all the way when he get down from the tree in less than 8 seconds. yes, I count it. haha

iti nopo nga gambal.. haha

First outdoor job I’ve learn that don’t wear sandals anymore.. The next destination, I wear long pants and shoe so that I can climb up the hill easily.

Kasut in a jungle… Very hard to climb lar with long pants!

I feel regretted again wearing long pants and shoe because we have to cross the river.. Not once but 3 times.. Atokkuii~~~ Molohing~~

Kasut Izou basah…

Kasut Basah.. Seluar Basah.. Stocking Basah for whole day..
Sampai rumah rendam kaki with warm water.. Siok man! Puas hati also lar…

And so i wonder.. Since I live and grow up in a city and urban environment. What if 1 day, I got drag and live in Kampung area. I mean Kampung as Kampung not Kampung your Kampung a.k.a Hometown…
No internet.. Only House, Telephone and a bed. What you do everyday is go up the hill looking for source to feed yourself and also your family. Tanam mangga, bela Ayam, Itik and Vogok.

Personally, I think I can’t live like that lar.. Homestay can lar or short stay but if… Forever…. Impossible too the max! Cannot speak Dusun lagi, and I’m so internationalize again. uhuu~~

Ini hari cari apa makan gia?

But I like to see Children who live in Kampung environment… They are so Innocent and curious, Got 1 kid look at me and say “Ko btul2 bulih naik bukit ka? rumah saya d sanaaaaa atas bukit.” Macam insult but somehow the way he ask me so cute.. LOL Like the way he ask you like you want to tell him the truth.. So I joke with him “saya lumpat jak.. sampai suda.”

His home need to climb at least 3 steep hills to access into his house. I climb up to 2nd hill I’m out of breath already.. haha
At least, I manage to arrive lar…

1st Hill… 2 more hill to go..

Will I lost weight in 2 months because I climb too much hills?
I don’t know will see!! in 2 months time…

Here’s the video below after finish shooting documentary… going down hill, the video can’t tell how steep is the hill thou.

Down Down.

-peace bebeh and one love-

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