It’s has been a slow, entertainment flow. Can’t blame anyone but myself for it. I was distracted. But, that doesn’t mean there’s no love coming from nuGrooveTV.com. Planned launch date for nuGrooveTV.com using the d6y4t version of Drupal that I’ve been developing is coming near. At this moment, it has the basic features down, though minimal, but how I want to start with. As in any software development, progress can only happen when you continously tinker with it. Software is never, has never been and will never be perfect.

Also in the works is a new website from yours truly. Why another website? It’s another channel for me to complain about Internet technologies, in general & how it affects our lives & how it can be adapted for us Malaysians. There’s so many examples out there that focused too much “this is how they do it” or “this is how Google does it” but hardly (rarely)  any relevant examples out there that emphasize on implementation that can be done in our own soil. Too much looking west (or east) will make you forget to look – here. The new website will also be an avenue for me as a practice ground for a book I’m writing. 11 years in the Web has taught me a lot, and coupled with my experiences working directly under several government ministries & agencies when I was abit 5 – 7 years younger, the book will give an outlook on Web development & the Malaysian culture that revolves around it. Oh wait, am I talking about another book? But trust me, this book will be not more than 25 pages. Haha :)

No, my book is not about Web culture & the crazy theories that circles around it. It’s about how I spent 12 years of my life teaching myself CSS, xHTML, PHP, Drupal, CakePHP, CodeIgniter, Perl, UX design, UI design, information architecture, Linux, Gentoo, BSD and so many more. I never had the opportunity to educate myself under a proper roof, so, writing this book I hope I can help motivate the geek guys & girls out there that it is possible to make it out on your own with your own terms. You will read about the hard knocks of life that I went thru to get to this point, from my very young involvement in entrepreneurship (i’ve had a laundry pickup business, setting up food stalls, my current side businesses and also my family business) to how I decided to just get a job. There will also be some stuff talking about related experiences from my family businesses, on how a family business can help you learn & develop character, in a way. I just hope I can write a well done story. Coming soon.

To show some more love to the Original Malaysian Music, check out these videos on nuGrooveTV’s blog:

• OAG “Dayang”
• Ahli Fiqir “Angguk angguk Geleng geleng”
• Hitz.FM Morning Crew parody. Ean & JJ dreams who is the boss.
• Rare interview with V.E for the making of the video, “Party Like This”
• The Times “Kasanova”

This is quite disturbing. According to the director, this short film was shot at a Malay Muslim (I like the way he emphasis “Malay Muslim”, yes dude, that’s the right way!) slaughter house. Now, as far as I know & learned from my former religious teacher, when a Muslim slaughter an animal for food, the moment the neck line is being cut opened, you have to let the blood flow out from the animal. But from this video, you can see and safely assume that right after the neckline is being cut, the workers straight away threw those chickens into a pot of boiling and still boiling of water. I wonder if this is the right way to do it in Islam. I really wonder.