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Showing posts with label Video. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 23, 2025

How I'm Slowly Becoming a Video Editor at 52+

Forget marathon sessions. My secret to learning a new skill is just half an hour a day.

Have you ever scrolled through Instagram, Facebook or TikTok, watched a slick reel, and thought, “I wish I could do that”? I’ve been there. For the longest time, video editing felt like a secret language spoken only by digital natives and creative pros. The software looked complicated, the tutorials were endless, and the thought of spending hours on a single clip was daunting.

But recently, I decided to bite the bullet. My weapon of choice? CapCut. And my mission? To finally learn the Gen Z magic of turning clips into compelling stories.

Let me be honest: it was intimidating at first. The first time I opened the app on my phone, I was greeted with a maze of timelines, buttons, splits, and effects. My initial attempts were… well, let’s just call them ‘humble beginnings.’ But I quickly realized a crucial thing: I don’t have the luxury of spending entire weekends on trial and error. Between work, life, and everything in between, my time is precious.

So, I created a new rule for myself: The 30-Minute Rule.

No pressure, no marathon sessions. Just a dedicated half-hour each day to learn one small thing. Some days, that’s following a YouTube tutorial step-by-step. Other days, it’s just playing with a new filter or seeing what all the buttons do.

Editing the videos on my desktop computer, using the CapCut Desktop tool, is so much easier and faster than doing it on my phone, at least for an aunty with ‘old flower’ eyesight.

And you know what? It’s working. The slow-and-steady approach is paying off. The fog is lifting! I’ve now confidently mastered the absolute basics: cutting videos precisely and adding text. It might sound simple, but seeing a clean cut and a nicely formatted title appear on my screen felt like a major victory.

My next conquest? Sound. I’m moving on to learning how to add music and import songs to get the vibe just right. There’s still a mountain of things to learn—transitions, keyframes, blurring objects, trendy effects—and it’s not always easy, but the daily 30-minute investment is making it feel achievable.

I’m also not going it completely alone. I’ve already enlisted a secret weapon: my daughter, Alycia. She’s a first-class honours graduate in branding and advertising and, quite frankly, a wizard at this stuff. Once she’s back from her overseas travels, I’ve put in a request for a masterclass. I’m hoping she’ll have a little patience to teach her old mom the Gen Z ropes!

So, what’s the end goal for all this? I’m thrilled to finally share it! Once I’ve built up my skills and my confidence, I’ll be launching a fan page on social media, filled with reels and videos. As a bit of a perfectionist, I want to make sure I can produce something I’m genuinely proud of before I showcase it to the world. I’m aiming for at least ‘half-perfect’ before I hit that publish button!

This journey has taught me a valuable lesson so far: you don’t need huge chunks of time to learn something new. Consistency trumps cramming every single time. Small, daily steps really do lead to big progress.

I’ll keep you posted on my CapCut adventures. Wish me luck!


Sunday, September 11, 2016

Video Of Cass Solving The Rubik's Cube (Part 1)

This is a short video of Cass solving the Rubik's Cube. It was taken today, after lunch at Oiso Korean Restaurant.

She can now complete  any one color in under a minute. In this video, she took 1 minute 4 seconds. Maybe she was a tad tensed that I was filming her :D

For Alycia, she can solve the entire Rubik's Cube (all colors) in under 2 minutes.  Cass is aiming to achieve her che che's prowess soon.





Cass at 8 years 5 months.

Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Video of Alycia Doing A Choreographed Hip Hop Dance

I was in disbelief when my introvert and quiet Alycia told me in a jovial mood on Sunday night that she wanted to show me a hip hop dance that she choreographed. I know she loves dancing BUT she will only dance at home. She will never ask to be videoed or photographed.  She's just too shy. And she will only show her dancing to people whom she is close with.   I was even more astonished when she asked me to video her!  I jumped on the opportunity!! lol!!

For someone who has never attended any modern dance class (well, except for the 2 years of baby ballet when she was 3 - 4 years old), I think her choreographed dance was pretty good.  As good as Sherilyn, who attends hip hop dance classes.

So, enjoy the video on You Tube! :D





Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Video Of Baby C Climbing Up Sofa

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Here's a video of Baby climbing up the sofa shot yesterday evening, this time with the aid of an Ikea stool. She always climbs up the sofa without any aid but yesterday, she discovered that with the aid of a stool, it was so, so, so much more fun and faster. Once up the stool, she sort of dived onto the sofa lol! She did that (up and down the sofa) over and over again for almost an hour and I just stood behind her like her bodyguard, with an aching back. When I took the stool away and told her to climb up the sofa, she got angry and threw a little tantrum, then went to fetch the stool herself.

Monday, March 23, 2009

Video Of Baby C Giggling

Last night I finally managed to capture on video Baby C giggling when she saw the picture of her 2 sisters on the computer. I had actually captured her on video giggling loudly 2 days ago but when I downloaded it, my maid's laughter and voice overshadowed Baby C's. All that I could hear was my maid laughing and talking loudly... haiz, she spoilt the entire video.

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Thursday, February 26, 2009

Funny Video Of Baby C

Baby C seems to be afraid of the sound of the hair dryer. Each time I dry her hair after her bath, she would run round and round the playpen to avoid the hair dryer. Yesterday, she did something really really hilarious. She kept shaking her head, like a model who has just gotten out from the swimming pool.... shaking her head to shake off water from her hair....

Have a laugh too...

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Thursday, February 19, 2009

Video of Sherilyn Dozing Off At Dining Table

Here's a video of Sherilyn dozing off at the dining table taken 2 days ago. She had again refused to take her nap in the afternoon and when it was dinner time, she had exhausted all her battery and had no strength even to eat or drink. After more than an hour painstakingly chewing and swallowing her food, she finally konked out.

Here you go, have a good laugh....

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Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Video Of Baby C Laughing Loudly

I took this video of Baby C last night. I was singing Jingle Bells to her, tickling her and blowing raspberry on her little tummy and she was laughing away loudly.


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Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Sherilyn Roll Calling At 21 Months

1st time uploading a video from You Tube.

Testing. Dont know why sometimes it appears on my blog, sometimes it doesn't.

Can you guys see it?