Notes on my current status

Just to inform all what's be going on lately...

• I'm currently not in KL, doing training in Kepala Batas, staying in a hotel in Sungai Petani. To say that things are quiet here is not exactly true; the chirping of crickets do constitute noise.


• There are advantages too. For example, it only cost me RM5 to watch The Dark Knight. I thought it was good (not great - too long-winded in places) and, yes, Heath Ledger's performance is a standout. It's as much his character as the performance, the only thing is that once he's shocked the beejeebus out of you in the first two acts, he doesn't seem so bad in the third. But, yes, he was great.


• Since we're talking about entertainment, how about Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog? During the writer's strike, Buffy-creator Joss Whedon had some spare time on his hands, and decided to write a musical about super-villains who want to rule the world and save the damsel in distress at the same time. If you liked Buffy, then the humour in this one will appeal. The songs are okay too. But what is exciting is that this clearly paves the way to creating and selling content with the Net (with a capital N) as the distribution channel. Yes, because it's Joss, it's comes pre-installed with flashing lights and a huge LOOK AT ME sign, so people were going to notice it even if it came on the back of a donkey in Albania. But it is unsurprisingly good. (Selling stuff on the Internet is the Great bit.)


• I'm doing all this while surfing on Maxis broadband. Guess what? It Works! I borrowed it from a friend because I thought internet access in the boondocks would be hard (I was half-right; WiFi signals are rare, but Internet Cafes are like pokok Semalu around here).