In My Head / Floating Ideas

1993. I was 9 years old and was schooling in Zhenghua Primary. I was “introduced” to the art of dikir barat by a teacher, who wanted Malay students to perform for a Hari Raya concert at school. I was part of a mess of enthusiastic children, making noises, clapping hands and singing songs that I’ve never heard being played on the radio or anywhere else, for that matter. Following the hand movements of the row [... Read More ...]

Ramai yang akan melihat Qami berjalan seperti tanpa arah. Selalunya bergerak lincah tapi sering juga menggelapah dalam lautan keringat dan darah. Di sini Qami yakin bahawa tiada sesiapa yang akan mengerti sepenuhnya. Amat sukar untuk melihat dunia dari pandangan matanya. Ramai yang bertanya apa perlunya kerja yang dilakukan Qami. Dia sendiri terkadang tidak pasti keperluan dan kepentingan kerjanya. Dia terus melakukannya. Kerja sepertinya sudah lama dilakukan manusia dari zaman ke zaman, tamadun ke tamadun. Kerja [... Read More ...]

So now i’m off Twitter and in Instagr.am on Iphone. Username ‘artzmal’, search for me if to see some of my more “visually artistic” side.. (macam paham nak jadi photographer/like understand want to become photographer).. Some of the pics are here in this post anyways. Enjoy!!    

I have to say that this might be a really interesting project to embark on. Venezuela’s success for social upheaval and rescue as Abreu mentions, is a dedicated and combined effort of the community as a whole. I want to believe that what Mother Teresa once said is true, the worst thing about poverty is not the lack of roof or bread, but the absence of identity or self-worth, somewhere along those lines. I believe [... Read More ...]

It has been awhile since I updated, before the year ends I will update quite  a number of posts regarding some of the things I think about. Firstly, the creative landscape and the need to be involved in policymaking, politics, social endeavours and economics. Then, updates on my music journey followed by my idea of the creative landscape for Singaporean artists in the next 20-30 years. This will be followed by my personal endeavours in the literary [... Read More ...]