The much touted 3G highspeed mobile service isn't getting the reception telcos hoped it would. Certainly it doesn't seem so from the percentage of 3G subscribers in the office -- out of 38 people only 3 are 3G users.
Notwithstanding, the next step in our evolution will be for the .tv system to accept videos from 3G devices and for users (subscribers) to upload them directly. This is the challenge for the tech boys ... :-)
The idea is to have a blogging system for mobile users -- cameraphones...PDAs etc...
Why?
1. Enable keen mobile video bloggers to share their videos
2. Generate content
3. Establish a revenue model
4. Establish a homegrown mobile blogging service
Minang is 'Minangkabau', a clan in Sumatra. The clan has a symbiotic relationship with the buffalo, or 'kerbau' in Malay or 'korobau' or 'kobau' in the Minang dialect. 'Minangkabau' is derived from 'menang kerbau' -- win buffalo. The Sumatran clans pitch their buffalos against each other, and the Minangs have the reputation of having the fastest buffalos in Sumatra. This blog isn't much use to anyone else though. There are no revelations and no discussions -- just a Minang's folly.
Sunday, April 15, 2007
We've progressed in leaps and bounds in terms of putting the system together -- certainly a long way from the wordpress days. Now our views are averaging about 2,500 a day. On the first day of the Machap by-election, we hit 9,750 views -- just 200 short of an Uncle Chilli's lunch with Prem. There's a deal...hit 10,000 and Prem will buy lunch. :-)
We're still struggling with live field coverage though, and even putting up the videos from near the action. I expect we'll get there soon...especially with the general election looming.
On another effort, we'll be trying mobile videos, specifically those shot with a cameraphone. We need to explore ways on how contributors can upload videos direct from their cameraphone. Also we might want to host video blogs too.
I shot this video with a Nokia 6288 and it looks OK. One thing about these devices, camera or subject movement is a problem. One thing though about cameraphones...there's only one mic and it faces the guy taking the shot. So if you are doing an interview, the audio on the interviewees side isn't all that good. I wonder if there's a phone with two mics?
The other problem is encoding...we're on a Windows media platform and the camera video files are either on 3gp or mpeg4 (for the higher end phones like the Nokia N93i). So far I've found a workable solution to encode 3gp files to .avi or something that Premier can import. The Mac's Quicktime Pro though has no problems in recognising and then converting 3gp files.
The following video was shot with a Nokia 6288.
The video is a complaint against DBKL's daft plan of preventing cars coming from the Jalan Pahang from joining Jalan Tun Razak / Jalan Mahameru. Traffic from Jalan Pahang have to cross over Jalan Ipoh to get to the PWTC and Jalan Mahameru and the escape road to Jalan Kucing. It's absolutely ridiculous.
We're still struggling with live field coverage though, and even putting up the videos from near the action. I expect we'll get there soon...especially with the general election looming.
On another effort, we'll be trying mobile videos, specifically those shot with a cameraphone. We need to explore ways on how contributors can upload videos direct from their cameraphone. Also we might want to host video blogs too.
I shot this video with a Nokia 6288 and it looks OK. One thing about these devices, camera or subject movement is a problem. One thing though about cameraphones...there's only one mic and it faces the guy taking the shot. So if you are doing an interview, the audio on the interviewees side isn't all that good. I wonder if there's a phone with two mics?
The other problem is encoding...we're on a Windows media platform and the camera video files are either on 3gp or mpeg4 (for the higher end phones like the Nokia N93i). So far I've found a workable solution to encode 3gp files to .avi or something that Premier can import. The Mac's Quicktime Pro though has no problems in recognising and then converting 3gp files.
The following video was shot with a Nokia 6288.
The video is a complaint against DBKL's daft plan of preventing cars coming from the Jalan Pahang from joining Jalan Tun Razak / Jalan Mahameru. Traffic from Jalan Pahang have to cross over Jalan Ipoh to get to the PWTC and Jalan Mahameru and the escape road to Jalan Kucing. It's absolutely ridiculous.
Saturday, March 17, 2007
We can now share videos through sites or blogs by copying and pasting the codes. Malaysiakini.tv has gone through a 'revolutionary' transformation!
In terms of video production though we still need to improve especially with audio. Audio is such a challenge!
This video is the fourth in a series of four interviews we did with Anwar's daughter Nurul Izzah.
In terms of video production though we still need to improve especially with audio. Audio is such a challenge!
This video is the fourth in a series of four interviews we did with Anwar's daughter Nurul Izzah.
Wednesday, December 13, 2006
It's been several days since my last post. Life's been busy at Malaysiakini with some ups and downs. The ups have been providing news coverage, the downs have been 'human relations' -- and here, I don't think I shall need go further.
Covering the Kampung Berembang demolishing was quite exciting perhaps because of a number of anxious moments when things were quite unruly and getting out of hand. At the height of tensions and skirmishes one can easily be a victim of police brutality and for the first time, I have seen with my own eyes the eagerness with which the enforcement unit of the municipal councils, the police and the Federal Reserve Unit use force to subdue demonstrators and people who feel they were protecting their homes and belongings.
What bothered me with this incident was the exposure people were willing to put their children to to violence.
They left their children in the surau and to me this was like a human shield. I had gone into the surau where children as young as three or four years old were left. They felt the tensions outside, they say the fights from the first floor of the surau and they were scared. Children were crying.
I think it was immoral of the villagers to have done that to their kids. They should have been moved out as soon as the FRU arrived. And I had asked Ghani, a villager I had known during my time at Asia PR Publishing, to tell the parents to move their children out.
Covering the Kampung Berembang demolishing was quite exciting perhaps because of a number of anxious moments when things were quite unruly and getting out of hand. At the height of tensions and skirmishes one can easily be a victim of police brutality and for the first time, I have seen with my own eyes the eagerness with which the enforcement unit of the municipal councils, the police and the Federal Reserve Unit use force to subdue demonstrators and people who feel they were protecting their homes and belongings.
What bothered me with this incident was the exposure people were willing to put their children to to violence.
They left their children in the surau and to me this was like a human shield. I had gone into the surau where children as young as three or four years old were left. They felt the tensions outside, they say the fights from the first floor of the surau and they were scared. Children were crying.
I think it was immoral of the villagers to have done that to their kids. They should have been moved out as soon as the FRU arrived. And I had asked Ghani, a villager I had known during my time at Asia PR Publishing, to tell the parents to move their children out.
Saturday, November 25, 2006
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Hari Raya has so far been normal. And I am absolutely bersyukur Alhamdulillah for still having my parents, children, wife, sisters, nieces and brother in law and immediate uncles and aunties around...
As we get older, sense of 'mortality' is rather strong...
This year, we are in KL since there is no more 'kampong' to go back to.
As we get older, sense of 'mortality' is rather strong...
This year, we are in KL since there is no more 'kampong' to go back to.
Monday, September 11, 2006
Food stalls hit hard by sugar shortage
Shufiyan Shukur
Aug 19, 06 11:37am
Pakcik Amir Wahab, who has been operating a street-side stall for five years, lamented the difficulty of getting his supply of sugar to make his assortment of traditional cakes, cookies and banana fritters. "I require about 12 to 13 kilogrammes of sugar every five days, but sometimes the shops permit me to buy only 2 kg at one time which is not enough," he sighed.
"And sometimes I can't even get that," added Amir at his stall in Kuala Lumpur’s Bangsar Utama, which he runs with the help from his wife. Without the quantities of sugar he needs, he makes fewer cakes to sell and his daily takings have dropped substantially.
"Operating the stall is the only way I make a living and it's getting increasingly difficult to do that," he said. Amir doesn't mind if the price of sugar increases, but the increase must be reasonable.
"Some shops are selling sugar at RM2 per kg when the retail price is only between RM1.40 and RM1.45 per kg. "Such a huge increase is not acceptable," he added. [See video clip]
Operating on the same street and just a few feet from Amir is Bakri Taufik (photo), who isn't so badly affected by the sugar shortage. As he fries mostly banana fritters, ubi keladi (yam), ubi kayu (tapioca) and ubi keledek (sweet potato), his sugar requirements are not in the bucket loads - just 2kg a day and he has no difficulty in getting that quantity regularly.
"Except for the ubi kayu, all the other fried snacks use very little sugar so the shortage hasn't affected me at all," he said. Bakri buys his sugar at RM1.50 per kg which he said has been the price he has paid for the last five years. [See video clip]
Bad for business Puan Rohaya Rahim, however, is deeply concerned. Her business of making of breads and cakes which she supplies everyday to her distributors around the Klang Valley requires a whopping five 50kg bags of castor sugar everyday.
"But for Hari Raya, I make 550,000 cookies and this year, I have a higher target. But the sugar shortage is worrying because I have difficulty in getting icing and castor sugar," she complained. In preparing for the Hari Raya demand for her cookies, Rohaya needs 50 25kg bags of icing sugar and 10 50kg bags of castor sugar.
"Suppliers are now selling castor and icing sugar in smaller quantities which cost me a lot more, but I can't increase the price of my cookies because the price has already been fixed," she said. Rohaya wants to know what actions are being taken by the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs to ensure that sugar will be available for the festive season.
"My target date to start producing the cookies is August 15 to meet Hari Raya demand, but I'm still struggling to secure the sugar supplies that I need," she added. For stall holders like Pakcik Amir, the fasting month is usually the time for them to look forward to brisk sales as traditional cakes are popular for the breaking of fast. Unless the supply of sugar starts flowing regularly again, this year's Hari Raya in October will be a miserable one for them.
Shufiyan Shukur
Aug 19, 06 11:37am
Pakcik Amir Wahab, who has been operating a street-side stall for five years, lamented the difficulty of getting his supply of sugar to make his assortment of traditional cakes, cookies and banana fritters. "I require about 12 to 13 kilogrammes of sugar every five days, but sometimes the shops permit me to buy only 2 kg at one time which is not enough," he sighed.
"And sometimes I can't even get that," added Amir at his stall in Kuala Lumpur’s Bangsar Utama, which he runs with the help from his wife. Without the quantities of sugar he needs, he makes fewer cakes to sell and his daily takings have dropped substantially.
"Operating the stall is the only way I make a living and it's getting increasingly difficult to do that," he said. Amir doesn't mind if the price of sugar increases, but the increase must be reasonable.
"Some shops are selling sugar at RM2 per kg when the retail price is only between RM1.40 and RM1.45 per kg. "Such a huge increase is not acceptable," he added. [See video clip]
Operating on the same street and just a few feet from Amir is Bakri Taufik (photo), who isn't so badly affected by the sugar shortage. As he fries mostly banana fritters, ubi keladi (yam), ubi kayu (tapioca) and ubi keledek (sweet potato), his sugar requirements are not in the bucket loads - just 2kg a day and he has no difficulty in getting that quantity regularly.
"Except for the ubi kayu, all the other fried snacks use very little sugar so the shortage hasn't affected me at all," he said. Bakri buys his sugar at RM1.50 per kg which he said has been the price he has paid for the last five years. [See video clip]
Bad for business Puan Rohaya Rahim, however, is deeply concerned. Her business of making of breads and cakes which she supplies everyday to her distributors around the Klang Valley requires a whopping five 50kg bags of castor sugar everyday.
"But for Hari Raya, I make 550,000 cookies and this year, I have a higher target. But the sugar shortage is worrying because I have difficulty in getting icing and castor sugar," she complained. In preparing for the Hari Raya demand for her cookies, Rohaya needs 50 25kg bags of icing sugar and 10 50kg bags of castor sugar.
"Suppliers are now selling castor and icing sugar in smaller quantities which cost me a lot more, but I can't increase the price of my cookies because the price has already been fixed," she said. Rohaya wants to know what actions are being taken by the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs to ensure that sugar will be available for the festive season.
"My target date to start producing the cookies is August 15 to meet Hari Raya demand, but I'm still struggling to secure the sugar supplies that I need," she added. For stall holders like Pakcik Amir, the fasting month is usually the time for them to look forward to brisk sales as traditional cakes are popular for the breaking of fast. Unless the supply of sugar starts flowing regularly again, this year's Hari Raya in October will be a miserable one for them.
Sugar shortage: Get tough with hoarders, smugglers
Shufiyan Shukur
Aug 18, 06 12:49pm
Consumer associations are becoming increasingly bitter over the sugar shortage affecting the country. One of them urges the authorities to come down hard on those responsible, including using security laws that provide for detention without trial.
The Consumers Association of Subang and Shah Alam (Cassa) believes that the sugar shortage is caused by hoarding and smuggling.
The authorities, it said, should stop pussyfooting and use the Emergency Ordinance (EO) against the culprits.
"This problem has been going on since April and there seems to be no let up in the shortage of sugar around the country so tougher action is needed," said Cassa president Dr Jacob George.
The EO, similar to the Internal Security Act, allows for suspects to be held for two
George said Cassa has been receiving daily reports and complaints from people around the country.
Although primarily focused on consumer issues affecting Subang and Shah Alam, Cassa's hotline number is well known around the country and its popularity has taken its president to Kelantan, Perlis, Melaka and Port Dickson to inspect the situation first hand.
"We've become like a national referral centre," he said.
Ministry being soft
George expressed disappointment with the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs (MDTCA) which is resorting to the soft method of advising the public through billboards and press statements to consume less sugar and they point fingers at others.
"There's no point in advising people to reduce their consumption of sugar. Yes it's true that high sugar consumption causes health problems and we fully agree with that, but that's a personal choice.
"In areas like Kelantan where women are traditionally the bread-winners by making traditional cakes, cookies and delicacies, they are severely affected by the shortage.
"Similarly around the country, families who are supplementing their income by selling these traditional fairs in stalls to meet the rising cost of living brought on by recent hikes in petrol and electricity prices are badly affected too," he said.
To make matters worse, he said there are some consumer associations departing from consumer interests by asking for an increase in the price of sugar.
George was referring to the Federation of Malaysian Consumers Associations' (Fomca) call for the government to increase the price of sugar from the current RM1.40 - RM1.45 sen ceiling by 30sen to RM1.70 - RM1.75 per kilogramme.
"This is unbelievable and cannot be understood in today's situation where consumers are braving higher costs of living," he added.
The Cassa president said if the price of sugar goes up, consumer items that have sugar as an important ingredient will definitely go up.
"Beverages like Coca-Cola have standard formulas that their factories around the world have to follow, so it's not just a matter of simply reducing the quantity of sugar used in the Malaysian plant to maintain local prices, and this is the same for all food and beverage products" he added.
Hammer approach
George attributes the sugar shortage to hoarding and smuggling and what he calls 'the black hand' that's manipulating the sugar market.
"We are calling the government to invoke emergency laws, because the economy of the country is being threatened by these people.
"They are subverting the country through their activities and with emergency ordinance we can freeze their accounts, conduct raids, seize their warehouses and conduct arrests," he said.
"The ministry needs to use the 'hammer' approach, not the soft approach because of the severity of the situation," he added.
George asked how smuggling can take place under the noses of the authorities.
"Are there individuals in the enforcement units who are aiding and abetting the smugglers, just as we have seen in the illegal VCD and DVD trade?" he asked.
George does not agree with the MDTCA that the problem lies with the four refineries.
"This shows that the refineries are producing the required amounts and they need to produce only 70% of their combined capacity to meet local demands," he said.
"The ministry is blaming everyone except themselves. The ministry said the problem will be solved in August, but I don't see this happening because the cause of the shortage hasn't been removed - the movers and shakers are still there, they have not been detained and are still operating so how can you say the problem will be solved?" George continued.
"The ministry is just looking at a fast solution by asking the refineries to increase production without looking at the real issues,” he added.
Sugar refineries silent
Although agreeing that the sugar monopoly should be broken, George said the culprits are the distributors and wholesalers because these are the ones with the infrastructure to move sugar supplies and it is this level that should be tackled first.
"But the big boys (referring to the four refineries) are keeping quiet, letting the Ministry of International Trade and Industry do the talking for them, which I think is a rather sad situation," he added.
Addressing the sugar refineries, he said: "If you remain silent, people think you are aiding and abetting because at the end of the day, if the price goes up, you make a killing. If there are irregularities and discrepancies you should be giving the information to the authorities, you have the permits, you should be responsible."
"The minister should meet people like us (consumer groups) who can provide him a better picture of what's happening on the ground.
"We receive feedback all the time through our hotlines and informants and we're willing to give him the benefit of this information and work with him on a sustainable solution.
"But so far he hasn't asked for a meeting," George said.
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Time to hike sugar prices to curb shortages?
Aug 17, 06 11:55am
The government should increase the retail price of sugar by as much as 30 sen per kilogram to RM1.70 from its current controlled retail price of RM1.40 to RM1.45 sen per kilogramme to help alleviate the current sugar shortage.
This is the unpopular proposal from the Federation of Malaysian Consumers Associations (Fomca).
“One of the reasons for the sugar shortage is smuggling since the price of the item is so much cheaper in
“A higher retail price will discourage smugglers since their profit margins won’t be great enough to warrant the risks involved in smuggling,” he added.
According to reports, the retail price of sugar in
But wouldn’t an increase in the price of sugar, so soon after the increase in petrol prices and electricity rates, create a chain reaction of a further round of price hikes in essentials such as food items and beverages?
Reduce the use of sugar
Mohd Yusof said Fomca’s view is that manufacturers of food items and beverages should reduce the use of sugar as ingredients in their products and so there shouldn’t be price increases for these items.
“Fomca is in common with the Ministry of Health’s call for less use of sugar in products such as carbonated beverages.
“We should also encourage less use of sugar in our diets because sugar has been attributed to being one of the chief causes of obesity and diabetes amongst Malaysians,” he added.
Fomca and its member associations around the country have been receiving numerous complaints from consumers on the difficulty of purchasing sugar and the quota imposed by supermarkets on individual purchases.
“Some retailers and supermarkets are imposing a 2kg limit per purchase, but for those engaging in business such as selling traditional cakes and drinks, they can’t get by on the one or two kilogramme limit that many shops impose,” Mohd Yusof said.
Disappointed with ministry
“We are disappointed with the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs that this shortage has been going on since April and until now there has been no solution to the problem,” he added.
He said the ministry did not view the shortage as a serious problem initially, even though sugar is an essential item and is a product that falls under Akta Kawalan Bekalan 1961 which guarantees availability and Akta Kawalan Harga 1946 which determines the ceiling price.
“So the government needs to do its utmost to ensure supply and price because consumers and businesses are being badly hit by the shortage.
“We are monitoring the situation through our affiliates, other consumer associations and from the public as well and report the situation on the ground to the ministry.
“There have been times when the ministry had directed supplies after being alerted of the non availability of sugar in a particular area, and although we are grateful for the effort, Fomca is not happy with this long drawn out shortage,” he added.
The ministry has also pointed the finger at wholesalers and retailers who hoard sugar in anticipation of a price increase - in view of the high raw sugar prices in the open market - as a chief cause of the shortage.
“Although the ministry is putting in the efforts to act against errant wholesalers and retailers, monitoring and enforcement still needs to be better, because we don’t want them to profit if the government does increase the price of sugar in the near future.
“Now even consumers are hoarding, afraid that there won’t be sugar for the festive season, and this has compounded the problem,” Mohd Yusof said.
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My 'Sugar' pieces in Malaysiakini.com
Sugar shortage: End monopoly by 'kings'
Aug 16, 06 1:04pm
The Federation of Malaysian Consumer Associations (Fomca) has questioned the rationale of allowing just four companies to import and refine raw sugar, saying the system must be partly blamed for the nationwide sugar shortage. Stop blame-game
Derivatives such as refined, brown and castor sugar are then produced for export and local distribution.
“We don’t see why the country should limit ownership of sugar refineries to four companies, which are controlled by just two people - ‘Sugar King’ Robert Kuok and Syed Mokhtar Al-Bukhary,” he said.
Kuok, through his listed flagship Perlis Plantation Group Bhd, controls Malayan Sugar Manufacturing and Kilang Gula Felda Perlis, a joint-venture with the Federal Land Development Authority.
Syed Mokhtar, through Tradewinds (M) Bhd, controls Central Sugar Refinery and Gula Padang Terap.
Fomca believes that the four companies should be monitored closely to determine if enough sugar is being allocated for domestic needs, since higher prices in neighbouring countries make exporting a more attractive option.
“How difficult is it to monitor four companies?” Mohd Yusof asked.
A Malay-language daily recently quoted a source in the domestic trade and consumer affairs ministry as tracing the sugar shortage to the Approved Permits (APs) issued by the international trade and industry minister for raw sugar imports.
The source further alleged that refineries have been exporting refined sugar to capitalise on the
higher prices abroad, or are producing other types of sugar - one was said to have used its entire 56,000-tonne quota from the LTC to produce gula merah, brown sugar and icing sugar.
On July 18, however, national news agency Bernama quoted International Trade and Industry Minister Rafidah Aziz as deflecting criticism levelled at the refiners, by denying the existence
of APs.
She said the refineries are producing the tonnage of refined sugar required for domestic needs and blamed the distribution system, smuggling and hoarding by wholesalers and retailers as the main causes of the shortage.
“Fomca has been asking for legislation along the lines of a Fair Trade Act for many years. This will address a lot of issues, such as putting in place
mechanisms and procedures to prevent hoarding and profiteering,” Mohd Yusof said.
“We feel this is urgent because sugar is just one of the controlled essential items. Other essentials such as rice and flour could face similar problems in future. We also feel that essential items should not be in the hands of monopolies.”
An industry source pointed to manufacturing and distribution as the ‘choke points’, saying that structural issues need to be resolved.
Until these are tackled, he warned, enforcement efforts at the wholesale level will not make much difference and “not one grain of sugar will reach the shelves to satisfy consumer needs”.
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Tuesday, August 15, 2006
A documentary done as a project at a FINAS documentary production workshop.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVs19lhm-Qg
Kampang Fajar, that fringes the FINAS complex in Ulu Kelang is disappearing, and with it, part of a the nation's film history.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVs19lhm-Qg
Kampang Fajar, that fringes the FINAS complex in Ulu Kelang is disappearing, and with it, part of a the nation's film history.
Friday, August 04, 2006
My Friend
This is Dain Said, director of the new movie, Dukun. I got to know him, sometime in '74 in London. I used to work for his late father, Dato Said Zain in the late Tun Mustapha's London office which was situated near Euston Station. The company was called Kudat Properties and Tun Mustapha was Sabah's Chief Minister. But if I remember he had already resigned or was forced out of the position soon after.Dain was about 17 then and I, 20. He was a little aloof at first. I remember his late mother, Auntie Esah telling me that he did not have many Malay friends. We're somehow related too through Auntie Esah's mother, Mak Timah Manan. But probably, distant relations because I don't remember them when I was growing up in KL.But later, he was OK and I used to visit his house quite often even after I had stopped working for Uncle Said and introduced him to some of my friends then, Salim Yatim, Hashim Natt, Ana & Ani Rahman...
He was an intense teenager a bit of a rebel without a cause and that intensity hasn’t shown any signs of calming down when I met him 4 months or so ago on a Sunday having teh tarek at a stall near Jalan Chan Chin Mooi, Setapak.
I remember that he was a big reader; jacket pocket was never without a book, purchased in second book shops or at any one of the flea markets he frequented. He introduced me to Portobello which also became a favourite weekend jaunt of mine.
His bedroom walls were lined with bookshelves, filled top to bottom, left to right and if you had picked up any of his books, you'll find them all dog-eared and scribbled with notes, marks and what have you in his distinctive handwriting -- high upper zone, and low lower zones. There were no clean, unadulterated books and I didn't remember a plain wall...
He read the books and he read the authors, I believing studying the authors’ thought processes, circumstances and experiences from one book to the next.
In many ways, I was quite influenced by him and for awhile also ‘followed’ the authors as I read their books. It wasn’t an ad hoc picking up a book in a store and another one after finishing that … I would read and search out other books by an author and maybe would read 3 or books from the same writer. But I couldn’t follow the regime, because I could not read deeper into what the author ‘was on about’. I was and still am a superficial reader, taking pleasure in the story-telling, the beauty of the words and phrases and that’s about all. Nothing beyond this, so it’s been haphazard, ad hoc reading then and now.
(to be continued...I'm zonked)
After flirting with the idea of marine architecture, he landed up studying photography and film, and really this was and is his forte – what he was made for. But I hadn’t thought for a minute he would be working in the world of advertising. I thought he would be a renowned writer because he had shown me a school essay or something that he wrote and it was brilliant.
But directing commercials was what he did soon after returning from England. None of us thought he and his three sisters would ever come back – they were so English. But come back they did, after the death of Uncle Said, except for the youngest one. She did try living here, but her husband could not get a decent job. So she’s back in England.
But now Dain is directing a full-feature movie and fitting his character, it’s an occult movie based, on the infamous Mona Fandey case -- the 'bomoh' that murdered an UMNO state assemblyman Dato Mazlan Idris sometime in July 1993. CONGRATULATIONS DAIN! I am so incredibly elated for you!
You can read an interview by Philip Golingai in The Star here: http://www.star-ecentral.com/news/story.asp?file=/2006/7/23/movies/14888038&sec=movies