Hello, I am still alive.
I posted my last video on August 21st, 2021, and today is October 3rd,
2022. It has been 1 year and 2 months since I posted a video on this channel.
I don't even know if this video is going to reach you because YouTube doesn't like
inactive channels, the algorithm actually punishes inactive channels. YouTube actively
encourages you to post, every single week if not every single day, which I couldn't do.
Ever since this pandemic, life has been
challenging, painful, exciting, adventurous and every single thing in between. I first
moved from China to India, and then from India to Thailand, and now I am moving yet again,
and I am living this nomadic lifestyle, and on top of that, there's my full time job, and top
of that, there's this first feature film script that I am writing, more on that later, and on top
of that, there is something that I am trying to build from ground up, again more on that later.
With all of these projects, YouTube unfortunately took a backseat. I
promised myself that I would only post a video if I have something meaningful
to share. I don't want to waste your time, and my time. So, why am I making this video?
Well, I have somethings, actually many things to share. And yesterday, I actually made a schedule
for the next 12 months, and I am not going to promise that there's going to be videos every
single week, but there's going to be steady and regular videos, and hopefully frequent videos
in between the short and long form content.
And the format is going to be different. In the past I used to write my scripts, record it,
and then use lisenced clips from the internet to tell my story. As a filmmaker I am at this
point in my life, where shooting my own stuff brings me so much joy,
more than anything. Holding the camera, planning my shots, getting the shots,
and then telling my story, and then editing it, that's what gives me so much joy.
So, I figured i would do the same thing for YouTube. So,
going forward, every single film and video you are going to see will
be shot by me. That is something that's going to keep me motivated.
What else is going to change?
Well, in the past, I discussed a lot of philosophical and scientific concepts,
and obviously those things are still going to be there,
but we are going to access it from an intimate standpoint.
The videos are going to be more personal and more intimate. The videos are going to
be more abstract. So, for example, the next video I am making is about cities.
For a long time, I had this idea that city, you know, not any city, the concept of the city,
I always feel like it's an entity that's kind of aware and it is silently observing.
And I know it sounds, for the lack of a better word, stupid.
I always felt like, how it is if a city is sentient. And it is silently observing
its citizens. Actually, the citizens and people and things that are in the city,
are like cells that form a human body, which gives it sentience.
And I always wanted to discuss this idea and play with this idea. So, the next video
is going to be about that. You can kind of tell, which direction I am going. The videos
are going to be more abstract and more stream of consciousness like. I hope you like that.
So now, the reason for me making this video is first to say hi, because it has been a long time.
And second, to tell you that in one of your late night YouTube scrollings,
if you happen to come across my channel, if you happen to come across a new video that I post,
please please watch the video, and feel free to comment on it and say hi, and that's all.
And finally, I am well, and i hope you are too. Stay safe and stay tuned.
Well, this is Bangkok, in all its glory. I am right now in a neighborhood called
Siam. I usually stay here anytime I come to Bangkok. It's a beautiful neighborhood.
I actually like to get a hotel room somewhere high up and just look at the city.
I see trains, I see cars and buses, and people and street food vendors.
It is so beautiful and actually the next video is going to be about that. Not about Bangkok
particularly, it's about city, in general and how it makes me feel. So, stay tuned for that.