Yasmin Ahmad.

She was naturalborn story teller that was true to her heart. Her movies are mostly inspired by her own life. She died 2 nights ago after collapsing during a presatation at Sri Pentas. It's a great loss.
I remember the one and only time that i met her at a drama presentation at Central Market@Annexe, you could feel the warmth and friendliness she radiates. Always had a dream to work with her on an Advertisment. Guess it shall remained a dream. Her works will always be a inspriration to me.

A Towering Malaysian she was. God bless her soul.

Some of my favorite works from her below
tear stream down my eyes went i watch it, maybe because of her passing too...






Her sudden death is a great loss to us all. We miss you dearly.

if only you know how much.

stay tuned...

so i'm home. what do i do to celebrate being discharge from a 6 days 5 night hospital stay at Assunta? Go to 1 Utama to shoot fashion show. Discharge and recharge my batteries just in time for the last day of Fashion On 1 in 1Utama. Fitted a 85mm 1.8 lens with SB800 flash. Aperture set nearly wide open at f2.8 and set my flash level down by 2 stop to just offer fill-in light. Focusing were set at AF-C.(continuous focusing)

fashion preview.

i post the rest on flickr when i finishing my post-processing. so how was assunta anyway? it was good. the nurses was hot and nice =P the doctor seems very professional even the cost also very very professional.

haha. they have starbucks and the always there for you 7-11.(they don't sell protection though and poison sticks)

so now to prepare for my remaining exams. good luck people.

more photos on Fashion On 1 here.

you're the best =)

i gone pro...

little kid.

tienseven flickr account have gone pro...only the account though. photographer still beginner. =P if anyone wanna join me...let me know ler. i know someone that sells the pro accounts.

Earth hour. so how was yours? i was at Sunway Pyramid. i still think saving electricity all the time is better than just one hour on one special day, but i guess Earth Hour helps to promote and educate people. oh yea...Formula One season is back. vroom..vrooom...vroooommm....

watch Knowing staring Nicolas Cage recently and i have to say i was surprise. thought it was going to be another typical save the word movie but it's was fill with darn cool and painful action and the plot was meaningful and a very unpredictable twist. which was good.
The movie is basically, A lecturer(Nicolas Cage) found a piece of paper fill with numbers in a time capsule that has been dug up at his son's elementary school; in it are some chilling predictions, some that have already occurred and others that are about to that lead him to believe he has to do something... and they movie should be rated 18PG cause its disturbingly violent and quite eerie...

my only itch with the movie is the ending...looks like some Carlsberg advertisement wei, they should just end the movie just before that Carlsberg scene. But still all is good. watch it in the cinema for the action and eerieness...

my favourite quote from the movie ''Whoa. Just step back. Have another look at it! Systems that find meaning in numbers are a dime in dozen. Why? Because people see what they want to see.''

knowing is everything...but i don't want to

Divine mango...

fujifilm 100fd

yup yup...i dye my hair for the very first time. haha...it was a very interesting experience if i have to say and quite a stinking one to that. hair dye stinks wei...oh the color name is Divine Mango. The ''beautiful'' hair done by ConstanceGan. thank you. cost of dyeing - rm19.90, hair after dyeing - priceless.

its been long since i last update. been really busy procastinating assignments and thesis for my final semester in UTAR. that explain the lack of time, to lepak with you all. so sorry. My thesis is due April 7 and now i'm at Chapter 2 and helping my friend with thier questionaire which is chapter 3. i'm ''good'' =P

so whats been happening? i got another niece like few days ago and went to Putrajaya first ever International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta 2009 on the 19th until 22nd of March. i went on the last days. it was sure hot...minus the girls.

here are some photos.

85mm 1.8

peekaboo....sunkist....

why so serious???

fuyoooh

woot...more photos here.

you are unbeliveaveable...tuls.

Merry Christmas!!!

the Christmas story in 30 seconds...

to find out more...go to a  church near you...or contact me =P

recently been really stress out till i'm like 4 kg lighter... but now atleast everything is clearer now, can look at things one at a time again.

Watch a play last Sunday, thanks to Rachael for planning and paying for me(its my belated birthday present) and EuBing for fetching me. the title was OMG (oh my God).

Synopsis by KLpac.
Following the hugely successful 8 Ways to Lighten the School Bag, KLPac will be bringing to you Oh My God (OMG) - the product of our 2nd community writing project. Directed by popular playwright Mark Beau de Silva with the assistance of Juria Toramae, Oh My God (OMG) is a dark comedy on Sunday School crushes, looking covered and cute for your man, and other things people do before they go to heaven.Listen to Mable and Tini gossip on men, women and sex while they munch on keropok, learn how to dress down and still 'turn them on' from Mak Nani, and chat with Joseph the Jesus Man; the caretaker from the church and Mary who has a shower cap story to tell...Oh My God (OMG) is a story about the women (and some men) and their religions in Malaysia.

My thoughts on the play, it was good. acting was superb. the storyline or plot was good. just lacking the conversations. i thought the dialog was very shallow, maybe because it was such controversial stuffs, so they didn't want to discuss it more? they mention the issues, but don't go deeper than that. but all in all...still great stuff. a better review here by Lordson.

good friends are like beautiful morning...

crazy little thing called LOVE.

Footstool Players is proud to present Crazy Little Thing Called Love: poignant portraits of the ties that bind – and sometimes knot – in a collection of sketches pertaining to the themes of love, courtship, marriage and family relationships.www.footstoolplayers.com

I have watch this twice and would still pay to watch it again if you would go with me. enough said.

Its that good. So please check out their website to know when they are performing or if better still catch them at KLPac from the 6 to 16 November. You can read Lordson much longer review here, since he watch with me twice, he got 2 reviews also.

the next performance details below:

1 November 2008
PJEFC, Petaling Jaya, Selangor
8:00 pm
Heritage Centre, 3, Jalan 13/6, Petaling Jaya (Behind PC block UTAR)

love is really a crazy thing...

Anyway, i been busy with classes and also been going Central Market Annexe for the Emergency Festival. The Festival is great, everyone should catch it before its ends. It open my eyes on alot of things and also learn the missing history that was never taught to me. I was there 3 times this week.

Make sure you catch the theatre performace, New Village and the Pineapple Rice. Its really awesome stuff.

continue looking at a empty spaces or keluar?

Emergency - A Multi-Arts Festival!!!

EMERGENCY FESTIVAL!
Thu 16 to Sun 26 Oct 2008

The Annexe Gallery, Central Market Annexe
Exact dates and times for specific events annexegallery.com and fiveartscentre.org

I will be going this Sunday 19th October because of the 1955 Baling Talks at 3.30pm and Operasi Oktober at 8.30pm. Will try to make it for Sekolah Revolusi Malaya at 2pm if possible. Join me if you can make it, to relive history and also learn something new. =)

1955 Baling Talks - a reading of the full transcript of this historic
meeting. Listen to the words of Tunku Abdul Rahman, Chin Peng & David
Marshall as they debate about loyalty, sacrifice, independence, ideology,
freedom and Merdeka.

Taking on these roles will be an eclectic group:
Amanda Low, Anne James, Bryan Chang, Faiqsyazwan Kuhiri, Imri Nasution, Jo
Kukathas, Kee Thuan Chye, Lew Chee Seong, Malik Imtiaz Sarwar, Mislina Mustaffa,
Shanon Shah and Yasmin Ahmad.

Sekolah Revolusi Malaya - Fahmi Reza (documentary filmmaker) will conduct a daily lecture series recasting the Emergency as an anti-colonial revolutionary struggle. Lots of archived photos, clips from British propaganda films, additional interviews from Revolusi '48, recordings of revolutionary songs, etc.

Operasi Oktober follows the story of four young Malay(si)ans as they prepare for a production about a revolution, and what happens when productions and revolutions don't go according to plan.

Featuring Janet Moo, Lim Chung Wei, Mohd Hariry & Mislina Mustaffa and directed by Fahmi Fadzil. Set designed by Grey Yeoh, Norman Teh and Taysy Wong.

somewhere near central market.

lets go for a revolution...

Camp Gila-Babi-Banyak Orang@Ulu Perdik

October 1st and 2nd, Raya outdoors at Ulu Perdik@Hulu Langat. Great outdoors and met loads of fun people. Stream-hopping(i think that what it's called) to reach the waterfall, the journey there was better than the destination..=P Waterfall a bit the small but still worth the hop up. Slept under the moonlight, bathed in the river and brush my teeth in the same river.

help fed mosi and leeches...

TLW(true love waits).

Hennessy Artistry@Orange Club KL

27th of September, featuring Shayne Ward, The DEY and Until June as well as DJ Tom Price. Thanks to Michael Yip i got a photographer pass. This was a much smaller event compare to Hennessy Artistry@Bukit Kiara, but still tremendously happening and fun. Any events with Alcohol+music+girls seldom go wrong. =P

Reach there around 8.15pm, the crowd aready was slowing building up. Pamela Chong of Amazing Race Asia fame was the host that night, pumping up the atomosphere.

Thanks to Julian, i end up quite drunk after the event. He brought me up to the VIP area and his crib was very convenient with the bar just next to it, free flow of Hennessy. He also introduce me to quite alot of model and celebrity. Thanks bro. haha..it was cool.

some pictures below, more at my flickr.

until june

the dey

shane ward.

Selamat Hari Raya to everyone celebrating. Will be going camping at Hulu Langat till thursday. Enjoy the Holidays and drive safe.

PasarSeni

wishing things was different, hoping things will work out it the end.

Black & White

feeling gloomy the other day, so decided to go for a exhibition in Annexe@Central market. The Black & White Fest is a mini multi-arts fest that is a celebration of Diversity.
Divided into three parts:
1. Diversity - a Photography Exhibition
Ten Malaysian photographers return to their first love, black & white photography, to seek diversity in a monochromatic world. All works are shot on black & white film and printed on silver gelatin paper.

2. Wayang Kita-Kita - Poster Exhibition
Filmmaker Amir Muhammad and designer Liza Manshoor celebrate the 75th anniversary of Malay cinema by turning hundreds of "found" black & white stills from early Malay movies into quirky posters. The show implicitly acknowledges the crucial role of piracy in constructing our cultural memory.

3.Constitutional Amendments - Text Installation
The Malaysian Constitution has been amended over 600 times since 1957. The Centre for Independent Journalism's interactive exhibition highlights some of the more dubious changes and asks you to mark your preferences between the original and the amended ones. Do you dare make an informed choice?

What really struck me during the exhibition is the Constitutional Amendments, 600 over changes in 51 years, that's crazy. I guess it's our own fault in away, for giving the BN goverment 2/3 majority in Parliament for so long. They making the Constitutional a book of jokes. Argh...

Went to KLpac the other day for Broadway Parodies Lagi Lah. Its was really good. haha..Lordson wrote a really good review. so read it here.

On the way to Central Market took some pictures here it goes.

taking a break.

what's that?

upside down flag =P

whatzup?

looking at the world through the viewfinder, makes me happy...

all roads leads to Mekkah...

if you don't go the wrong direction... a random saying for a random friend. Mr Neal.
For Ah Wen...Starr-dom.. - an online clothes store that bring life's to your wardrobe with minimum price. the best thing its for both guys and girls. Check it out...

Today is the end of my internship officially, cause i will still be going back there next week to finish some stuff. Now its time to get some rest, after that slog it out and churn out a 20+ page final report, to show the university the work i done and what i have learn from the internship. Its kinda stupid the way the uni is evaluating the internship, its 60% for final report and 40% evaluation by your bosses. Meaning if you darn good at crapping in your final report, you most probably still can get really good marks even if you suck at work.

I'm really really going to miss the place, the people there are simply amazing to work and hang out with. They treat work really seriously and the same goes with play...hehe. This short and sweet journey in Saatchi & Saatchi Malaysia have taught me so much about advertising and also working life. I have grown and matured so much there. Can never thank them enough for this great oppurnity to intern there. Memory i will cherish forever. Lesson i will remember forever. My lovemark is Saatchi & Saatchi Malaysia.

They carry their bags to school, back home, and then to school again. Heavier and heavier, until it becomes too heavy to move.

8 Ways to Lighten the School Bag, part 2 of The Curious Residency at KLPac. Part 1 was After Ours by the way. Was there today,as usual great script, excellent directing and awesome acting. The play take a humourous look at our beloved country and it's education system.

The story starts with parents and teachers meeting up to dicuss about a fight in school between thier childrens, Brana, Shirin and Kelvin. It take you through a investigation as they uncover details of why the fight happpened. Bringing you through Moral lesson/Ugama class, History, Pedidikan Jasmani, Chemistry , English literature and so on...to discover why...
Read Lordson review here.

painting the school.

you get an A because you want to, I get an A because people want me to, if he get an A people think the exam paper was leak...so whats you education?

HP logo redesign.

Doesnt it look like something like the Superhero cartoon "The Incredibles"? The HP now has some funky glowing bevel to it, really superhero like. For me it dont look like a computer brand anymore, look like some icon you seen on a MAC. Prefer the well recognized previous logo anytime.
Your thoughts?

a girl like you is impossible to find...

Unity Teras 成功之道...

My beloved country Malaysia recently turn 51 on 31 August or going to turn 43 on 16 September. It depends on who you want to listen to. This year's 51st Independence Day theme is "Perpaduan Teras Kejayaan" which translate into "Unity is the core of success".

We as a Malaysian should know about our country, so read this...CIA Factbook on Malaysia. lolx... For some irony of Malaysian, check out Kennysia blog on What Makes A Malaysian A Malaysian.

I want to go get a discount card for life...

BABYlon a.d.

Posting from a far away place called Sungai Long@Norman's place. Actually its not that far, it just seems that way. Went to Cathay@Curve to catch a midnight movie yesterday, Babylon A.D. Was to tired to drive back, so me here crashing using his laptop while he sleeping behind me.
this contains movie spoilers.
Aurora: Are you a killer, Mr. Toorop?
Toorop: Yes. Now please, get into the car.

In this post-apocalyptic thriller, Toorop (Vin Diesel) is a mercenary who is hired by a fat Russian to escort a woman named Aurora(Melaine Thierry) while Sister Rebeka(Michelle Yeoh) Aurora ''mom'' tag along from Central Asia to New York City. While he thinks this is just an ordinary mission, he gradually finds out that Aurora is more than she appears, and is carrying something that have the potential to become the next Messiahs for some weird religion name Neolite who wants to be the dominate religion. And everyone else wants to get a hold on her to. Along the way, action ensues with some really amazing stunts and gun battles.

Overall this is a pretty good movie and is definitely worth seeing for the action scenes. I really like how the Director portrays the future. If you been hearing that the ending is horrible, its abit of an anti-climax with such a great beginning...but don't worry it's decent at worst compare to a lot of other Movies out there now.

you opened up my eyes,
you stole my heart,
i tried to be chill but you're so hot, my heart is like a launched heat seeking missile.

after our's...

Today i went for the play ''after our's'' directed by Helena Foo presented by KLPac. Its the 1st show of the 3 part series of The Curious Residency. The link here.

synopsis:
After Our's is an edgy relationship comedy about several couples from all walks of life having troubled conversations. A humorous yet honest look at the complexity of modern day relationships, through witty dialogue and compromising situations, the play takes us from the beginning of a relationship to the aftermath of one, examining every stage in between the drama, heartache and confusion.

The play was really quite explicit and vulgar at some part, but its still really good and funny. Acting was great as usual.

What i learned from it?? haha...sometime being an Asshole is a gift. =P and Love is like a guessing game, sometime you get it right and you get a fairytale ending that goes like..they live happily ever after. If you get it wrong, welcome yourself to Nightmare at Elm Street.
Love is like standing on the edge of the water and you decide to jump, without knowing whether its shallow or deep when you reach the bottom. Smash...ouch, paralyse from the neck down if its shallow. If its deep, welcome to a whole new world under the sea, you may find Nemo, SpongeBob, may even get to swim with little mermaid or if the shallow water didnt get you, meet Jaws and if you are lucky hop away with a missing leg...
Love is like those carnival games, some games where everyone wins and some game only the luckiest or most talented wins. The games everyone wins but the prize is just a lousy plastic key chain, its like lust at first sight and after sex...its end there. The game that only the luckiest or most talented win..thats love where two people meet and sparks fly and they work hard to keep it that way. Its like wining the biggest prize at the carnival. A big stuffed Hippopotamus?

does anyone actually understand what i just wrote above??
disclaimer i don't promote the actions in the play.

Recently i attended another movie premiere, it the thai movie ''Ghost House". dont watch it at cinema unless you like me get a free tickets. Also attended an event by Sloggi "Art for Humanity" Pictures and elaboration will come later...

another premiere...another party...

me mom is on my case d...say going out so much, so late some more. Nowadays not safe you know. sien...sien...sien... So whose fault is it than that nowadays is not safe anyway?? Just flip todays newspaper and you would understand the meaning of why is it not safe.

conversation with my mom.
ME. mom going out later for Norman birthday party okie?
MOM. what? again? why everytime also got birthday?
ME. err...i got a lot of friends?
MOM. ... what time coming back?
ME. Don't know..gtg...bye bye...

Anyway it was Norman birthday celebration@Poppy Collection, KL last night. To be exact "The Passion" located at the first floor of Poppy Garden, predominantly "house" driven music base(iLike). Went around Poppy Garden to, A place with loud R&B music and beautiful people... the place even have a pool, that makes people sexier & hotter after going for a dip in the water.(didn't work for you though Justin) =P Party till it close at 3am, drink till close lar...for me to be exact cos not like i know how to Move it...Move it...

Death Race, Jason Statham and Joan Allen headline remake of the Roger Corman classic.
That was the premiere i went to at Cineleisure@Damansara, Thanks to LeePoh. The movie is so so only, unless you like over the top mayhem, gore, blood and destructions. The storyline is there, the car look like car from a junkyard with guns on it. The only thing i got from it is a new wallpaper for my computer picture of "Case" play by Natalie Martinez, the navigator for Jason. Sizzling...

sweet shit.

internship is ending soon, final report due after the soon. i think i learn much more about advertising during my almost 3 months internship than 2 years plus in the university. I learn a lot about advertising rules and mass comm theories in uni but nothing compare to real life experiences in an ad agency. So please choose wisely when applying for internship, choose a company that you think which give you the best training. Don't settle for second best. To tell you the truth I was darn fortunate to get into the agency i am interning now, cant thank them enough for giving me this opportunity to learn and build friendship with amazing people. Thank you.

This few week was really happening for me, been meeting up with friend that i never seen for awhile now. Watch short+ sweet Malaysia 2008 at KLPAC...it was Awesome. Watch movies like 4BIA, its the funniest Thai horror movie i seen....aik aik aikkkk........... Today was Penelope, fairy tale+modern+love story kinda movie... typical should bring your gf and watch...haha...thanks to my friend sweet sweet i get to watch the premiere. First movie premiere i been lor...katak di bawah tempurong. Thanks
in your face...

will be darn cool lor...if you could feel the crack on the glass.
Agency: Publicis, Frankfurt

still on my brain, always in my heart...cos i heart you (i need to learn geography)

leaving on a jet plane....

eating at boathouse@TTDI. Last Friday was my big boss farewell, also known as Viking Warlord, i dunno why...but its not because he came from the land of the vikings thats for sure, cause he from the land of the All Black and the haka... Boathouse@TTDI is a cosy neighborhood restaurant, that served a extensive range of Western delicacies (i use delicacies cause it look like dishes you on a high class cook show) to Local delights. The dishes i ate were all great. raw beef was weird though... The beer...simply refreshing.. =P

never too early for some drinkS

Later was an office farewell party with more booze and a screening of a video of his time in the company, and what people will miss about him.

Aliyaa Bar & Restaurant was the after party, nice place with a good live band. Skyy Vodka..is Awesome....
Highlight of the night was, my big boss introducing me to the company regional creative director, and telling him that he see in me the same passion for advertising as him. WoW...me having the same passion as the regional creative director...WOW...

short + s w e e t M a l a y s i a 2 0 0 8

A: gatal lar...
B: mana gatal??
C: gatal guna lah Mopiko...

i apply for oxford...
oxford bakti publishing house lar...not oxford university...

Short+Sweet Malaysia 2008

There's a virus a-blowing in this direction - the wildly successful 10-minute theatre festival which kicked off in Sydney 8 years ago has terrorised Melbourne and Singapore and is making its way to Kuala Lumpur!

Over two weeks, Short+Sweet Malaysia 2008 will premiere 30 all-new, 10-minute plays, a showcase of bite-sized dramatic treats by some of the best established and emerging writers, directors and talents in Malaysia and across the globe. Competition will be fierce as the panel of industry judges will select which plays get a spot in the Gala Final. Audiences will also get to vote for their favourite play to put it in the running for the People's Choice Award!

Comedy, tragedy, mystery, suspense and maybe even the odd bit of food thrown in, it's high-drama 10 minutes at a time! Quite frankly, we wouldn't have it any other way...

I went for it today, its the premier. It was money well spend, i think i didn't pay enough... Yes its that good, you wouldn't mind paying more. The acting was superb, the emotion the actor showed was so real you could feel it. The voice projection, the witty lines, the jokes, wooohoo..the swearing..it makes swearing sound so elegant(serious). Even though it's short plays, every single play was 101% satisfaction. Drama at its best...

I highly recommend you all not to miss it.

i never had a dream come true, till the day i found you... you will always be my monkey. where ever life bring me to, a part of me will always be with you.

Thank you...

Advertlets for the cool party and d'lish for the delicious food especially the Salmon Sandwich...

the entrance.

lets go green.

cupcakes anyone?

marshmallows weeeee...

lets trim the grass and eat.

this is fun...

Been busy with my internship lately..so can't blog that often anymore. So people please bear with me for the unupdated blog for this internship period. Today i finally get to write a Job Write, its like a brief from the suits side for the creative team to tell them whats up and what next. Even though it was a really short and simple Job Write i feel almost a little tiny bit like an AE.

The city's first all-day creative arts festival is here!!! KLue Urbanscapes 2008, Lets go and get creative and crazyy. PArtAy People....lolx.. I'm going. Anyone else???

Crossborders@Laundry@TheCurve - June 26!
Altered Frequency, Bau, and Abuse the Youth (Thai Rock band)
I most probably go for this too, come come and rock yourself silly.

I believe in Advertising.

Advertising Agency: TBWA\PARIS, France
Executive Creative Director: Erik Vervroegen
Creative Director: Erik Vervroegen
Art Director: Cyril Drouot
Copywriter: Alban Galle
Photographer: Dimitri Daniloff
Account Supervisor: Laurence Dupas-Gelin

ooopss..unbelievable.

my freaking WEEKEND

Heineken, Pool, Guinness Surger, Market Place, Petaling Street, Lost a closer and dearest friendship, Football, Ken3, 7atenin9, Poppy, Police asking us to stop over and threatening to bring me to balai(i don have IC), and Mohsin...My weekend in a sentence.

Its Sunday i hope it doesn't end.
%^$@#$%^&$&

a lame teaser, i think. so lame you want to know why. haha

you get, what you give.