Category: World View
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The Rise of Independent Filmmaking in Malaysia resulting from Innovative Funding Avenues (and the Ultimate Beneficiaries)
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I am undertaking the Master of Arts Screen Business at the Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS) and in the first semester, for the International Screen Media Policy & Finance subject, my fellow students and I were given the task to produce a colloquium on a topic that would…
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New Malaysia pivots with ‘waddling gait’
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I lift the ‘waddling gait’ from the best “Train to Busan” film review written IMHO by Maggie Lee, writer, film critic, film festival organiser and films made in Asia advocate. I find this phrase such a tickle, and Maggie Lee, an ingenue. Malaysia’s political scene has more dips and highs…
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Mapping out your business
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This article was first published on 8 March 2017 and has since been updated. Good day. You’ve landed on this page because you are likely planning out a business plan, thinking of how you will embark on your brand journey and building a brand identity. Or, we may have been…
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Fiction Writing: Shorts Stories 2023 (resulting from ‘Words on Fire’ Workshop with Sharon Bakar)
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I attended Sharon Bakar’s Words on Fire creative writing class of March – May 2023 titled, “Finding the Flow”. It’s been the most exhilarating ride made smooth by words, an amazing comradery with fellow writers and the kindest and most beautiful teacher. I highly recommend this workshop for it has…
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Fact-checking the fact-checkers
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Back to LinkedIn Post Fact-checking became popularly known as a result of unverified user-generated content and the distribution of fake news spreading like wildfire simultaneously across digital platforms in the form of text messages, emails, blogposts and videos. Fact-checking has become a necessity to offer a check and balance while…
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Opinion: The Uluru Statement from the Heart
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🖤❤️💛“We, gathered at the 2017 National Constitutional Convention, coming from all points of the southern sky, make this statement from the heart: Our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander tribes were the first sovereign Nations of the Australian continent and its adjacent islands, and possessed it under our own laws and…
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Article-Public Health: Calorie counter strike
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Satiety, calories and recommended dietary guidelines. Have you eaten? Are you still hungry? Feeling satiated is often not about hitting the right calories per day, but about eating the right kinds of nutrient-dense foods. The term calorie is derived from the Latin word, calor ‘heat’ and was originally a term used as early as…
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Podcast: Listen by Heart Podcast
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In everything, once you have set your heart on a purpose, intentions will flow downstream through tributaries into the big blue sea. In this case, the South China Sea. Let’s begin with intentions. My family and I were emotionally hurtled down a cliff and we buckled in to the carebear…
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In the news: An Interview by AirAsia on AFT Podcasts
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I was invited by Kerry-Ann Augustin, Senior Writer at airasia to speak about my experience as a podcaster. View the published article on airasia’s website. Read on for the full unedited interview. Thank you for this opportunity to share my tale. Kerry-Ann Augustin: Tell us a bit about your professional…
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Essay: In two worlds – SBS Submission
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This was written and submitted for the SBS Emerging Writers Competition 2021. My entry didn’t make it, but it felt fulfilling to be a part of the process. After reading the winning entries, I’m honoured and inspired to have participated. I will keep on writing to unleash that inner voice,…