Am working am working...

Oh man, where do I even start? I just ended a 2 month gig completing a 13 episode dark comedy titled Crossings. Directed by my friend Prakash Murugiah, we came up with the concept about two years ago after taking a NIDA short course sponsored by Astro. It'll be aired on NTV7 in October 2010 and features me...wait for it...as the main! Can you believe that?! At last, stations are opened to cute fat guys like me. Hahaha... well you guys can check out www.facebook.com/hybridzaki

My own tele will be out in October as well. Titled Wira Waja, it'll be meeting viewers on the 3rd and at 10pm. My directorial debut and I'm happy with it.

Will update more soon with pics. Join my facebook and you'll find pictures and videos posted. Have a nice week!

In need of a frontal lobe lobotomy!

Been a busy week for me. I've been busy since earlier this year and I'm finally getting time to spend with my family again. However, due to financial constraints, I'm back to looking for jobs amongst friends and acquaintances. Its starting to overwhelm me again. I promise myself to not procastinate but my kids and I are just having a blast with each other. Now, Ramadhan is around the corner, which signals that hunting season will come to an almost complete stop. I'm looking at coming up with more time to write and plan for my next few projects. Updates will come soon!

Updates

I can't believe it. Its been almost a year since I wrote an entry. Well, this time around, I can tell everyone that this year has been busy with no financial fruit. I guess it comes down to giving my career a boost. For that, I am definitely thankful. No fear though, should anyone feel the need to keep up with what I'm doing just head over to facebook and type "Zakizamani Osman". Loads of pictures and videos to watch there.

Surviving a phantom menace.

It has been a week now. My first encounter with a pandemic. At first, it was my daughter, then my two other kids. Next was my wife, then, as suspected, it was me. It was a flu. The body invaded by a germ that mutated and mutilates. Isn't that nuts? Life is truly fragile. One minute you're healthy as a horse. The next minute minute you're a rag doll hanging on to dear life.

I didn't have it that bad. I was more in fear of losing my loved ones. A single weekend swallowed almost two weeks of my monthly earnings. I would give all I have to make sure that my kids we're safe. But think about those without enough, how would they make through a situation like this. The powers that be has taken measures, they say. Uncertain is whether those measures are taken for the benefit of the masses or of the few. If the latter, than our humanity has stayed where it was 5,000 years ago.

In this time of dire predicament, I got to know friends and acquaintances. It made me sad and happy at the same time. It changed me. It made me lost some of my youthful naivete, which makes me, me. Now I'm wiser yet at the same time meaner. It is true, ignorance is bliss. Till next time.

Coming From The Depth Of A Dark Place

Its sucks to be me at this moment....God...damn me to hell!!! In it i shall dwell, for not doing so well, at taking care of those dearest to my cell... Life promised me flowers and yet gave me shit, i was suppose to share them but now i share all the dirt and grit, I trusted those who marched with me in war, but it is by their knife that I now bleed like a whore... Tomorrow is another day...

I have no picture to put up with this post. Why? It's because you wouldn't like the picture that comes with the way I'm feeling at the moment. Life isn't always a bed of roses but it sure is a cushion of thorns.

I'll see you all soon.

I was just asked about my blog....

I was asked about my blog and yes, i admit, that i haven't been updating much. Being my 3rd attempt at blogging, I'm committing a cardinal sin. I wish I had the time to update but I really, really, really have been busy with my work.

Ok, so what am I going to talk about this week? As I've always been playing it safe, today, I'm gonna be typing words that might scrape the skin of certain parties. I've been writing for 3 years now and I've been going through all types of hurdles. Some have made me think about my career choice, some have made me feel guilt beyond humanity and some just pretty much keeps me the fuck going. I write what I feel needs to be written. If what I write just fills the gap of financial gain, then I'm not doing a good job. Fortunately, my current team allows me to experiment with various type of communication in my writing. Shit...I'm venting...I'm venting cause what I believe in has come true. Previously, I was paired with people who are in the right path but work towards the benefit of the few. This time I'm paired with a team that wants to change the path altogether and create a highway, a highway for the masses...thats is the difference! May our choices be divine and our actions guided...thats all I can say.

I don't believe anymore, I know. I know and it is imprinted that we are all working towards something that will change the way we percieve the world now. All I can say is that those who are stuck to the ways of the pass, will, sadly enough, experience becoming obsolete. Totality is key and change is inevitable.

My professional acting debut...Wakakaka... Serious joke!

Adam Cinta Siapa. Thats the title of the 8 episode series that had me as a supporting actor to Hasnul Rahmat. Thanks to director Mamat Khalid (Zombie Kampung Pisang, Kala Malam Bulan Mengambang, Rock... to name a few of his films), who thought of me when brainstorming on who to cast for the script. I really appreciate the trust he gave me to play such a fun character.

The story is about Adam (Hasnul Rahmat), a sound engineer, who is at a stage where companionship becomes a big issue. His parents want him to get married but he is unsure about who he has feelings for. Being a music lover with a sensitive and artistic soul, Adam wants to make sure that he marries for the right reasons. It doesn't help that his crazy, happy-go-lucky, carefree brother, Basher, married for the wrong reaons and is currently a divorcee who wants his ex-wife back.

Basher was adopted by Adam's family and is lost in the world of identities. He knows of his status and wants to know where he is from, genuinely. He hopes that his search for his father may give him an insight as to why he loves the world of Rock and Roll so much. During Basher's early days, he got married to a girl named Eva, whom he met at a shopping complex. In the spark of romance, Basher asks for the girl in marriage and surprisingly, she accepts. However, Basher never changed his rocking ways. Eva had to live with his immature, life loving, carefree soul that couldn't focus on being a married man. Due to this, their marriage ended.

The series is set to be released in Singapore's Suria channel and will play in Astro towards the 4th quarter of 2009. The cast includes Hasnul Rahmat, Zakizamani Osman, Rilla Melati (Singapore), Nurul Aini (Singapore), Maria Farida, Diana Rafar, Omar Abdullah, Rahimah Rahim, Eva (Singapore), Suhaila Salam (Singapore), Sharifah Hood (Singapore), Pekin Ibrahim and special appearences by Awie Wings, Imuda, Aziz M. Osman and also Jaafar Onn.

Waits for updates!!