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How it all began

Two years ago I came up with a web portal called flickers.my.
It was (and still is) a place where I share some of the videos that I shot during my free time or between projects (and DURING projects). I started with the video of my grandmother. I spent some two hours talking/interviewing her about her history. I have to say that those two hours could easily be the longest duration I've spent with her. I knew things I've never knew before. As a result of that interview, I published 3 episodes of videos about her. Suddenly I'm hooked. Interviewing people became an avenue for me to learn history, but more than often - became humbled by their wisdoms.

Here's the interview video with my grandma:


At that very time I was also doing some videos for Galeri Chandan, an art gallery in Bukit Damansara, Kuala Lumpur. It was one of the first galleries to be doing videos on artists whom they showcase. This provided me chances to meet, interview and shoot some very important visual artists of our time - Yeoh Jin Leng, Yusuf Ghani, Dr Choong Kam Kow, Raja Shahriman, and many others.

Suddenly it dawned to me that all these people that I've interviewed had amazing stories to share. They are both meaningful (to me) and contains amazing wisdoms that I believe, should be shared with everyone I cared about.


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