“Did you learn this as school?” I would sometimes look up from my phone turn it towards my wife and glance inquisitively. She usually furrows her eyebrows and fills me on the details she faintly knows but it would usually be a “No”, sometimes a “Huh?” but most of the time it’s a “What is that reference I really don’t get it…”
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“Hey check this out, look how many shares it has reached”
I think I must’ve sent this to the co-writer of Brublahblah (BBB) when our post “Things People Say When They Hear You’re From Brunei” was shared (1700++ shares) beyond expectation. The comments and shares came flooding in.
In 2014, I started the website BBB with a local ThoughtCatalog (TC) writer. I found it amazing that a local writer could reach such a broad audience, their writings have reached thousands on TC to an international audience. I wondered whether it could actually work in a local context.
Jamit anak Lasah: Teraja Longhouse Head
Story by Nurhamiza Haji Roslan
Photography by Faiq Airudin
Jamit anak Lasah remembers coming to Teraja when he was only a little boy. His father had brought him along with his other family members as well as friends from Marudi in Sarawak.
As Jamit tried to recall all that happened during the migration, he paused for awhile and sat still. His hooded eyes appeared to be looking into space but it was evident they were looking at scenes of his past, that were replaying in his mind.
via @Kurapak https://www.instagram.com/p/BSq1D9TBbc6/
Last night was my first real hug to my mom when we all greeted her happy birthday at midnight. The previous one when I was still a teenager. I don’t know the feeling but I always wanted to hug my mother. – Ranoadidas http://rano360.com/2017/04/08/a-sons-love/
two posts over last week caught my eye. an instagram post by kurapak and a long post by Ranoadidas. it was from two veterans (long serving members) of the blogging community and what interested me was how their individual stories felt anachronistic to the type of content they usually provide.
[this was in my drafts. seems somewhat relevant to publish this now. i feel 2017 is going to be a big year for content creators in brunei]
local content is aplenty.
you can read whatever you like in a glossy mag or on online blogs. the issue now is not “omg why is there no local content out there!?” but “as a content creator how can i get my stuff out there?!”.
so, support in what sense really?
what’s coming up are a summary of my respective reservations and apprehensions with this phrase, in conversation and in the media:
“creative industry needs support”
MUHAMMAD Abdul Khalid has found an international audience for his videos. Red Bull recently commissioned this 26-year-old who goes by the name Mamad AK to produce a parkour video for its Youtube channel.
Looking at the most recent issues of Inspire, BHC and Plus magazine what I found was that females are depicted either as mothers, or in relation to marriage. This selection may seem nit picky but in most cases males were depicted as active and single, while the females are usually placed in a home environment. Can we think of other ways of depicting females?
In a space of a month a team of volunteers went about putting on an original musical play…from scratch. This is everything, I mean everything from nothing. What costumes should be worn, when the music should start playing, how large a fish prop should be, where the audience should sit…the list goes on.
