the observatory

loved it when audience wrote down their catharsis after they experience H3R0 : you guys can watch the short film here : i want more......  wahahahahahah...... after the performance, i know that i missed my family,awesome music and film throughout the night - made me needing my parents hug

DC did something awesome when they let TV expanding their properties. Im talking about Supes here. While Batman was in limbo, left in the animated form, Supes got an upper hand when they released Smallville, debut in 2001 ( im one of the select few ) that stick to it till the last episode ( 10 seasons ok ) when Clark got up to the roof, took his sunglasses off and fly OFFSCREEN....   asshole...so thru the seasons Clark got unto several versions of the suit too.... kinda dig this outfit  This particular scene gives me goosebumps still..... anyway, every week i got a tough time choosing Lana, Lois and Chloe ( mama mia ), witnessing Clark battling super meta villains - monsters.( like the X-Files )..things got more interesting when the narrative involves the Justice League ( wooohooo)..... I thought Bryan Singer's Superman will put him in the right track, but it dissapoints me - Brandon Routh's version is Chris Reeves ( it's like Supes bang Lois and flew a...

Pulang means coming home - just like how Supes coming back when he is disillusioned helping out idiots, there will be a time where we need a refresh button and getting the emotional strength and backups from our own Jonathan and Martha Kent. for more Supes, click here Context

Went to visit Sari Chempaka with Hasnul. Sari Chempaka - a beautiful constructivist HOME belongs to Najib Dawa who is my former Dean, teacher, mentor and usual collaborator -  who is responsible for bringing me into USM ( where i have my formal education in the visual arts - GOD Bless you my man!!!! ). We been talking and examining few articles and artefact ( especially written by the late Ismail Zain in 1989!!! ) involving traditions - modernity and language of harmony, the sublime beauty of it and how it able to transcend into the cultural consciousness of southeast Asians - where architecture, language speaks in harmony with nature. Najib is well known and walks the walk when it comes to this sort issues - what is awesome is, he is not a pretentious prick ( like those so called cultural expert ). His Batik works features his mastery of colors and composition. All of his Batik works have subtle command of color yet commanding, striking yet it doesn't glare....

I dig people who knows how to write, using the right word to frame up something, having an enormous vocabs - using them effectively. In the early 2000's Indonesian pop bands seeped into Malaysian consciousness and they stamped something solid since. ( that includes yours truly ). As always I dig catchy hooks and riffs - groovy rhythms never fail to entice me. But what is special here, the Indonesian bands packed a wallop here with their brilliant command of language and diction. I am stunned. Bahasa Malaysia and Indonesia shared the same common ground - both of them originated from Sanskrit. Anyway im not going to delve more to language history here but giving you a couple of tracks that leave me stunned speechless. Lets start with Sheila on 7 and my favorite music video track. Their simplistic nature disarmed me by showing me how their combine their might through words and emotions in their craft. Clean, naively simple but it has a charming gloss in their works. I a...

I got Popper no surprise as i dig him and his writings. believe that a reality exists but that it can be known only imperfectly. ( your perception is the one that shapes it ) Recognize that theories, background, knowledge and values of the researcher can influence what is observed, and pursue objectivity by recognizing these possible effects of biases. ( especially human emotions and their mind ) advocates the principle of falsification ( hypotheses - based on common sense ), arguing that it is impossible to verify that a belief is true, - ( a believe system must be tested ) though it is possible to REJECT false beliefs. When conducting research, people cant have any BIAS towards your work with your own opinions and desires ( taking a middle path here ). eliminate false hypotheses in attempts to understand relative objective truth and ultimately explain phenomena with UNIFIED laws. It's kinda fun - here try it https://www.boombox.com/c/quiz/49304/1...

Finally released the first of the many few gifs under the collection of Balai Seni Visual Negara. ( the country's visual arts museum ) Meet Hoessein Enas https://www.facebook.com/BalaiSeniVisualNegaraII/posts/893492550763600?fref=nf Hoessein Enas

Zack Synder redeemed himself BIG TIME here, for the ones who hated it - they must be the ones who didnt grow up reading any JLA issues or their animated one-off series)....well.....I simply dig it. I dont know why all the reviews for this film is bad.....i cant comprehend it. anyway i couldnt be bothered   ....most people will complaint it's too long But it's beautiful - 2 awesome superheroes who loved and lost their parents. The set pieces featured here - connects and complement. Supes here still struggling in finding his identity and his sense of belonging and most importantly is not aligned to the US govt here - its the matter of principle. A powerful deadly combo when you have an Idealistic Powerful Hero who armed himself with principles of Truth and Justice. Same with the Punisher.  Luthor as usual - the methodical bastard frame him up. Loved how he place his piss in the court....wahahahahhah As usual when someone who thinks he is doing a good job , t...

The main argument here is when a cultural artefact displayed in a musuem ( encased - enclosed - displayed ) - it's a dead piece. How on earth people can understand, experience it. Most of the time, when a cultural artefact is analyzed, deconstructed and the findings of it ( data ) published in a book - ITS OFFICIALLY DEAD. You see when we enter a museum - all the objects is untouchable. Need to be gazed upon. Like a dead body. Even the word MUSEUM originated from the word - mau·so·le·um ˌmôsəˈlēəm,ˌmôzəˈlēəm/ noun noun: mausoleum ; plural noun: mausolea ; plural noun: mausoleums a building, especially a large and stately one, housing a tomb or tombs. synonyms: tomb , sepulcher , crypt , vault , charnel house , burial chamber, catacomb "the Dirkson family mausoleum dates back to 1878 Like these: What i meant here is - there must be a concentrated effort to ensure generations to generations understand why this cul...

Chinese parents give out red eggs to wish a newborn good luck, normally my mom will do this too during birthdays.  In the Malay custom, wedding guests were given "bunga telur " as souveneir - a symbol of goodwill. The egg symbolizes life while the egg holder represents the mother's womb. Like these : Its a brilliant symbolism - but now we have funny variations of bunga telur ( most of them is dont purely out of decorative stylisations - what is worst, they dont know what it means - when i found out the egg is replaced with sweets ) One clear example is this when i saw this, my mind plays this image  In Christianity : Mary visits the Roman emperor and greets him with “Christ has risen”. The emperor replied that Christ can no more rise again than this egg can turn red. At that point the egg in his hand turned blood red. She then continued to preach Christ’s resurrection to the stunned emperor.   In the local lingo - we normally a...