TRAVELS: Guest lecturing at the Australian National University (ANU) Canberra

No sleep and an early 5am start this morning as I drove 3 hours straight (micro-slept a handful of times) to Canberra for a guest lecture on the topic of "Virtual Migrations" for Dr Ashley Carruthers, who belongs to the school of Archaeology and Anthropology. I had 60 mins to showcase my works to 40 vying students in Dr Carruthers class on the topic of cultural identities, the current situations within the Vietnamese community and also the setbacks and progressions.

The term "Virtual migration" was new to me. I eventually found out that it was the movement of resources and attention across the borders, without having to physically move. For me, that was a revelation. I don't have to move overseas permanently to make movies. I can be based in one location and still assist on projects, depending of the stages of development and if my skills are on par, and needed, duck over to work intensively on it.

Finding identities is important to people's lives and the lecture that I was giving, also gave me a chance to reflect my inner thoughts and outer explorations in the realm of film, art & culture.

I also highlighted the "Quest for Jackie Chan!" project as my transmedia little (big) experiment and getting evaluating people's reactions solidified the importance of my inners and outers and also to consistently upload these vital processes online.

The screening of "Hot Bread Shop" was quite positive and much positive reactions. In general - it was funny, a  fresh take on an old story and engaging. I must admit, for "another on the fly production" (you would of got it by now, I'm a doer, half the time just using my intuitions and not sure where I'm heading) and to have this level of connection, it just tells me that I should be more confident with the work I do, have faith in the people I connect and invite people to give real feedback.

On the other hand, "Hot Bread Shop" has been taken into offense with members of the community. Some say I'm a Serial Shit Stirrer, I have issues with my femininity (WTF? interesting feedback...) and like taking the piss out of things.

Hmm...maybe its too early for mockumentaries in the Vietnamese community? We'll soon find out on this Saturday, 6.30pm @ The Shed, Carramar. All I know is, if I start hearing crickets during the screening, that's my sign to slowly slip into the darkness and get the f*ck out of there. The politics of filmmaking - it can get deadly serious.

6.30pm - Got home and celebrated my Dad's birthday. I'm not sure how old he's turning but he's losing his marbles every now and then and goes into a comedy fit (pure content in the making...my crazy family...my inspiration).