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Akira -  the 1988 Japanese animated science fiction film directed by Katsuhiro Otomo, based on his manga. Cyberpunk-themed Tokyo 2019, tells the story of Kaneda, a leader of a local biker gang who must stop his friend Tetsuo Shima from using his newly awakened superpowers. ( you need repeated viewing to appreciate this complex anime ) This is Kaneda's bike. Designed by Arvo brothers, users can purchased them directly. so a China company named Xing Bao worked with them and mass produced their stuff. Price hovering around RM130 - 120 - depending on your luck. The problem is you need a lot of super glue as Xingbao's brick is soft, so it can break apart when you build them. I done so many modifications as certain parts doesnt need to be complicated especially the handle and the front portion. as a display set - it looks good. You will see this red machine in Ready Player One as the license is owned by Atari. This is the problem about pop culture merchandisings, too many l...

finally someone heard my prayer or wish. They brought out these guys.....yeahooooo...... These guys will complete my whole MOC Thundercats.............double yeahooooo HOOOOO!!!!!!!! #dontgrowold

interesting to see that - there are many apps that able to let users to test it to know themselves better. I tried gazillions of it and mos of the results are not accurate - except this one. I tried this for 30 times and i still get the same answer. https://www.16personalities.com/free-personality-test knowing yourself is a first step for everything as we are surrounded with so many people who dont understand themselves. 

HAL : I am putting myself to the fullest possible use, which is all I think that any conscious entity can ever hope to do.  The Real OG - bad ass AI - HAL 9000 grandchildren consists of JARVIS (  (Stands for Just A Rather Very Intelligent System), FRIDAY, GERTY ( voiced by Kevin Spacey ), and yes TARS

Cooper: What's your trust setting, TARS?  TARS: Lower than yours, apparently.  # interstellar TARS : Honesty, new setting: ninety-five percent.  TARS : Confirmed. Additional settings.  Cooper : Humor, seventy-five percent.  TARS : Confirmed. Self destruct sequence in T minus 10, 9...  Cooper : Let's make that sixty percent.  TARS : Sixty percent, confirmed. Knock knock.  Cooper : You want fifty-five? 

Tarantino here shows his mastery in suspense. Jules undergo three emotions and at the same time - cracks me up. Such a bastard. This scene stays in my mind till today. You, flock of seagulls , you know why we're here?  Why don't you tell my man Vincent where you got the shit hid at?   Hamburgers! The cornerstone of any nutritious breakfast. What kind of hamburgers?  Sprite, good. You mind if I have some of your tasty beverage to wash this down? 

Local TV station or film producers - you need to take a real good reflection of yourself, we have so many directors, skilled technical professionals here - the problem is the content . See how Netflix came out from nowhere and now - they are distributing original content via internet streaming. even though Nolan criticized Netflix distribution model, where their products available for laptop and small screen. I dont find any issue in it. Bear in - mind, if i want to see something in the cinema, it would cost me 20 Ringgit, plus pop-corn, parking and all the jazz ( totaled up to RM50 ), imagine bringing someone or a family. Its getting costly. That is why until now i cherished my time viewing Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 in the big screen. RM25 bucks vs the experience of me tearing up seeing Yondu died = priceless. talking about Nolan, the American Hollywood complex mechanism gave the British film-maker complete trust and balls for him to shake up Batman and coming out with ne...

Back in 2005 - 2007, i given up on the fine arts scene entirely, the irony is i lecture Art History pulak ( life can be funny ). So i had so much fun introducing Van Gogh, the Renaissance turtles, how the artists are disillusioned with the world and created DADAism. ( bukan buah dada ok ), so the students were asked to toy ( re-contextualize -, revamp - remix ) all the classics works in the final projects. Mind you few of them made me like jump like a kid during their presentation. like below in 2009, the universe gave me an opportunity to toy something, someone passed me a form of Open Art Exhibition organized by Penang State Museum. The exhibition theme is MUSIC. So i thought lets do something that is playful, relevant and yes screw the organizers up. Rather than buying the old boring canvas and all that jazz, i decided to draw behind a Jack Daniel's banner. The one that you got from the pubs. A rejected angel, he got banned from heaven coz he plays the music too loud...

tv series now ( like Fargo, Game of Thrones ) will throw us surprises, plot twist and thickens ( at times choke us ), threw us a curve ball and left us hanging in the finale.Unpredictable just like the politics arena. I shunned myself from the local politics happening for quite some time but bear in mind - it doesnt mean that i IGNORE what is happening. plus i voted too ok..... Every ruling party must have an opposition party, you see being the opposite is like being the Yin to the Yang, the sun to the moon, being a watchdog or whatever you call it la. Either you be a Democrat or a Republican....simple right?....but here we have 1 ruling party against 4 or 5 opposition parties. Most of opposition parties came out from the ruling party and now this coalition is led by the former prime minister. Its like the kids from the family doesnt like dad and decided to go against him. Dad divorced his wife, remarries another wife, joins the kids - together goes against his ex-wife. Yes, im...

Offline Off The Grid Reflection where Silence is necessary.  Detach Disconnect to Connect  Free from any emotional, physical baggage Free photo by Delly Adeela silence where everything is fulfilled.

"Andy, share with me something new,i need new ideas " - asked Najib. Najib is my former USM Faculty of Fine Arts dean, my mentor and now one of my regular collaborators. For a 64 year old, his mind works fast and he always strive for something new and radical. Providing him something new always is the fun challenge. Typical old school - he will provoke and find out ways how to bring the very best out of you. with Hasnul and Najib's Sari Chempaka, his pride and joy for the past 2 years, he heads Balai Seni Lukis Negara ( our fine art institutions ) We always will trade ideas on how to spur and expanding the limitation and the scope of the arts.   Give me some time to figure something out - i replied to him, voila after tinkering and handpicked few of my best students who digs animation - Yi Ling, Priska and Roi Rou, we discussed few angles and came out with animated gifs based on Balai's permanent collection. I flipped Balai's catalog for months to se...

Dahlan Sulaiman, Gala Tanah, Enamel on wood, 1994

Yeong Seak Ling,, Kampung Life, 2001, Acrylic

alot of people is not happy about this and that. Is there a need to fill all your precious time with the things, criticism, opinions that you dont like ? Mr C said something about you, you dont like it - move on Mr C said something nice about you, you like - move on also why we move on? unless Mr C paid your bills,meals, make you a better person - if yes we can consider it. Let's put it literally someone thrown a shit to you, do you want to take the shit around, show it around, share it and make a big deal about it? That is bodo.....go and cuci the shit. Its not about other's perception towards you, the criticism thrown to you, its all about HOW we take it and put it aside and MOVE ON. praise and insult works in the same way ok. Tolong paham. another thing we need to investigate and reflect is - what makes people throw the shit to you at the first place. believe me - Everything happen with a reason. I rather and want people throw me money, honey and flowers. Ni...

there is a big difference between staying somewhere, getting your own place and HOME. Home is the place when you return, the place where everything is familiar, where everyone knows you and loves you. The place where your are parents are. When you open the gates and you see two familiar loving faces. The smell, those little objects, the furniture doesn't change or you noticed any difference if there is any. The feeling goes intense when you drive back to re-unite with the rest of the family members, to celebrate the new year, the Raya or other events. Everytime, finishing my NGO tasks and driving back HOME, my heart dance. While you are driving, your mind will flash all the stored memories and hell - my mind can project the smell of mom's cooking and dad's cigarette smoke. All the hours facing the traffic jam, arguments in the car ( for the couples ), bad drivers just went off when you enter the hall. Home is your spiritual ground, football players goes to the extra m...

sometimes writing can make or break your ad.  .this is a good example taken from Maxis 2017 ad -  ok the client is a telco provider.  keyword telco is communication. The ad is about a couple going thru a divorce, man got his late father's will in the form of a letter, asking him to collect dad's camera, develop the photos in it, found out all the pics is man's wedding.  cut to man and wife in the car, holding hands, crying.... oooohhhh.....all the memories - this and that.... and we have this "hubungan baik, menentukan destinasi? - a good relationship - sets the destination "hubungan unggul menyatukan hati?" a superior relationship unites the heart?  what is the connection between a telco and a relationship? of course you need to say something in the end of the frame to close everything up, to summarize everything....but this - lead the audience to somewhere to nowhere ..... lesson to maxis - you take care of your existing clients o...

cmon Mr deni villeneuve, u have Roger Deakins as your cinematographer for the Blade Runner sequel, please dont mess it up.  # bladerunner