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was offline for the past 3 days, shut off my phone and most importantly my mind.I'm in Langkawi for screening/performance of H3R0 Q- Anyway what is H3R0 ? A - an outdoor screening of 2 short films ( independently funded ) and 3 live song performance and a short lecture based on my friend's ( Hasnul Jamal Saidon ) parents. The narrative is based entirely on his honest to goodness blog writing about his dad. His dad passed away after we completed the first film back in late 2014. It strikes us hard. Few years back we decided that rather than showing/setting it up in a a gallery, we decided to screen it ourselves, going beyond the conventional walls and reach out to the people.    Every tour venue had their own specialty and separate experience. This time H3R0 landed in a lovely place named Barakat Chalet ( run by a lovely humble couple named Shake ( Abang Rashid ) and his wife ( Kak Bara ). Hasnul did informed me several times about this place and told me its a bri...

Its deadly important when it comes to framing your subject. Imagine a script said - mysterious,tanned - smoky and intriguing. Ok, add those dreamy Korean landscape... Done. ....Below is the actual model.... wassup man!!!

Back in 2013,Malaysia Health Ministry's findings warned that by the year 2020, ( that's another 4 more years ) - 10% of Malaysians will be affected by mental illness. A poll on National Health and Morbidity 2011 which indicate that 12% of Malaysians already suffer from some form of "psychological morbidity". So at least 1 in 10 Malaysians will face some kind of mental ailment in their lifetime. pokemon hunters this guy got arrested for assaulting the officer on the bike. pen and apple No wonder that tons of orang sewel/gila bersepah in Facebook. The word "gila" is associated with people who are mental. Anyway - there are tons of "gila" type too that cant be classified under the medical terms such as 1. gila kuasa ( power crazy nuts ) 2. gila perempuan 3. gila duit 4.gila attention p/s - click here for the whole mental report - http://www.malaysiandigest.com/news/582570-mental-disorder-is-going-to-aff...

ink on cardboard Peter Weller completed a master's degree in Roman and Renaissance Art at Syracuse University and occasionally taught courses in ancient history at the university. In 2007, Weller began a Ph.D. at UCLA, in Italian Renaissance art history.In October 2013 he filed his dissertation, entitled "Alberti Before Florence: Early Sources Informing Leon Battista Alberti’s De pictura", and was awarded his doctorate in 2014. He later revealed at the Official Star Trek Convention in Las Vegas on August 2, 2014, that he had been conferred his doctorate. This is the only Robocop i acknowledge.Forget the reboot. 

in the midst of planning - preparing something for next year, im just glad the Tampal Rumah Proggramme is going well. What makes it nicer now - future candidate will receive a house and now it come equipped with solar lights and with an awesome sanitation facilities. Ok - alot of people asked me why the hell i support this project, what sort of candidates need to get this? Well first of all - there are many elements to consider. Few i believe - got this due to their good karma. I see that may help them change their perspectives or purpose. At least a start, a foundation where they can go from nowhere to somewhere or a just a solid roof for them to rest and shut off their eyes. Sure - everyone wants to do good. Where to start? Most of the time, when i share this - i dont ask them to follow me, i just ask them to see what they can contribute. Besides cash - one of the most wonderful thing they can share is prayers and good wishes. You guys can check out the Maslow hierarchy of n...

it's 2016 and i just got to know what the hell is Inktober.....anyway just "draw" when you feel "like" it la....this is a legendary truck, his name is Optimus Prime. then we have this awesome Ecto 1A and yes.....who can forget this time machine..... let's see....who able to guess this guy.....

Leonard “Bones” McCoy, writer Simon Pegg and Justin Lim made Star Trek looks and feels like Star Wars should have...which is a good story and FUN!!! It's priceless when the Beastie Boys Sabotage blows everything away. Simon Pegg did a brilliant job for not making it too Trekky - expanding and enriching the characters ( for years Star Trek is considered a more intellectual/sombre elder brother to Star Wars due to it's long winded narrative - talky set-pieces ( plus they are space scumbag colonialists - exploring uncharted hidden places and eventually place it under the Federation ). Bones stole the whole show as he is a doctor and couldnt care less except the health level of the crews. His acute observation skills and grounded comments add humor - anchoring us in this narrative. Oh yes - i was looking out for the lovable Keenser too. I simply wish that Star Wars should follow what Star Trek is going - giving us fun and adventure. Even though the original timeline ...

Q - what you can consider a best story? A - a best story must be close to your heart and how you present it to others.  Ok i need to write this down, i literally laughing while im driving from KL to USJ. Something happened. I think it's brilliant. Lets start. We have two characters -lets say Mr K and Mr J. Mr K was appointed as a curator by a gallery and he was assigned to handle and manage Mr J's upcoming solo exhibition. Apparently the gallery cant contact Mr. K and they contact Mr J as the exhibition date getting nearer ( macam biasa - panic ler ) to ask where is Mr K. Mr J also tried calling him but he didnt pick up the phone.  Mr K is missing in action. rather finding an angle how to frame the upcoming exhibition or busting his head to find an angle for his write up for the exhibition catalogue - you know what....Mr K was missing as he got himself a second wife. ( i burst out laughing when they told me this ) call me insensitive - but im laughing sti...

bad things happened when you killed his dog. Now he's in Rome. I wonder whose dog got killed this time?    Its interesting see filmmakers occasionally serving us this, simple plot - making me follow till the end as i need to know the outcome, as Taken surprisingly goes huge ( i secretly gleefully rejoice seeing Liam Neeson  bashing people up like a tennis ball as they kidnapped his daughter ) - but it gets real tiresome when they decide to make a sequel. Hope they dont screw this. Lovely seeing Morpheus and Neo back again. 

Q - Andy, could you at least translate this!! A -  sure...here you go. ( just press the subtitle button )

The studio should learn how to say NO. Even though i rejoice Paul Greengrass and Matt Damon teaming up together to make another Bourne - seriously its simply a let down. Nicki go find him to tell Jason the truth about his dad ( got killed - Jason go hunt the CIA Director - again we see him got chased by lousy CIA officers ( reminds me of the lousy stormtroopers ) and have Alicia Vikander to persuade Jason back in the fold? What? The reason i dig the Bourne Trilogy as they gave us a tight engaging narrative, composed and expanded well enough unto a trilogy - giving us a satisfying closure, love it when Jason slowly swimming away in the credits of Ultimatum. His quest and search for answers requires him to go through so many stuffs - therefore some major ass kicking and driving skills required too.  My mind can still recall the intense fight with Desh in Istanbul and the claustrophobic Moscow car scene is unforgettable, get all the cameras in the tight space and yet doesnt...

Vincent and Jules, 2015

This note is originally written in Oct 2010 - revised in Oct 2016. There are two types of people. We have two people who dig or hate Sci Fi. I don’t blame them as the type who hates it will tell us that it’s confusing. They prefer a straightforward movie where the hero can destroy the whole building to save the day or simply “sparkle”. Gone were the days where we are stunned  listening to blonde android gave a 5 minute monologues of what is existence before releasing a pigeon. ( Cue : Blade Runner ), now we have movies filled with sparkling vampire with his confused girlfriend.   1.       Sci Fi movies celebrates visual imaginations but their story-lines is deep rooted in reality and main ideas are taken from various religious texts. If we look closer on the issues of sci-fi, all of them deals with the issues of  finding oneself and deals on subjective issues of identity. Every film will introduce us with the hero. The hero w...

Im not a horror fan -but James Wan's The Conjuring and the sequel is brilliant, the set-ups are intelligent and having people screamed behind you in the cinema does make me jump out from the seat. Popcorns flew - I got shocked again when my mother screamed when i watched this again with her few days ago.