TAPAU: the music, the road and a camera

Written by J Shamsul, Tuesday, January 19, 2010 | 2

It started with a Facebook video named ‘Tapau’ someone told me to watch. The word ‘Tapau’ is a common term in Malaysia used when you want to take away food bought from a hawker stall. So why does a show featuring local independent artists and musicians is called ‘Tapau’? To get an idea what is ‘Tapau’ about, I met with its creator, Ahmad Faris, the creative director of Ikan Paos Collective. Read more...

The Hoppers & Ahli Muzik

Written by J Shamsul, Friday, October 31, 2008 | 3

I had a similar idea with The Hoppers & Ahli Muzik, the difference is that they, The Hoppers & Ahli Muzik, go ahead and done it while as for myself, it is nothing more then just an idea.

The Hoppers & Ahli Muzik is a travelogue turns reality TV show. Every Sunday 10:00pm at 8TV. I miss out in seeing the first two episode, will try to catch the third one. Their online blog/website, thehoppers.com.my seems to be down at the moment.

It’s a bunch of your everyday guys who wants to get out of the hectic city that we all known and love, K.L. just to see what Malaysia’s other states have to offer.

The show was shot with two cameras, one held by one of The Hoppers to capture the intimacy and interaction between them, and another is held by a professional to capture the the beauty of the destinations. They also features music from local acts as its soundtrack, cool.
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KAMI, KAMI and more KAMI

Written by J Shamsul, Saturday, October 18, 2008 | 2

Can’t get enough of KAMI? Looking at my blog stats almost 90% of the traffic coming are from search engines are results of search phrase with something KAMI related. Why not capitalize this with yet another KAMI post?

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House of Saddam

Written by J Shamsul, Tuesday, August 12, 2008 | 0

“Don’t tell me about the law. The law is anything I write on a scrap of paper.” Saddam Hussein

Forget about all the other TV series. Forget about Dirty Sexy Money, forget about Gossip Girl, who watches Heroes anyway, and how many time do you have to break from prison?

Be on the look out for BBC’s new TV series, House of Saddam. You remember Saddam Hussein right? You know the Iraq elected president who has tons and tons of weapon of mass destruction that he hides somewhere in his country. Apparently they are still looking for it in Iraq, but they hang him anyway.