Nak dapat kerja Creative?
Sepanjang 10 tahun karier aku sebagai Chief Creative Officer, aku dah menggajikan hampir lebih 30 orang Creative yang datang dari pelbagai latar belakang. Daripada 30 yang berjaya masuk department Creative, proses yang aku kena hadap mungkin menghampiri 100 orang – aku pun tak pasti sebenarnya sebab aku tak kira. 100 mungkin overkill, jadi selamat untuk […]
AV: TERUS HIDUP
I’m doing (writing, video, photo or whatever) about this matter for the last time. At this rate, if I’m still talking about this, it seems like that I’ve not yet move on, haha. Well to be honest, who would? This was my life for more than the past decade. It has set hard in stone. […]
Masa yang Kelakar
Tak tahu nak cakap macamana. Aku sekarang dah banyak ‘masa’. Tu yang boleh buat ni. Dalam masa sama buat Studio HDJ. Dalam masa sama ada kerja kontrak sepenuh masa. Dalam masa sama, entah apa lagi nak buat entah! Yang bezanya, gaji-tetap tak banyak tapi potensi multiple channel. Dulu macam tak cukup masa. Cuma gaji-tetap, agak […]
Retired Photographer
It’s been a while since aku last consider diri sendiri as a photographer. Betullah, as a Creative, fotografi ni antara benda yang ada dalam skillset aku. Cuma aku dah lama tak main kamera, main lens, guna setting manual dekat body dan set segala ISO, shutter, aperture, white balance apa semua set manually (ya ni aku […]
30-Something
Celebrate my 30-something this month. The number is closer to 40 than it is to 30. My son is now in Darjah Satu. I’ve started a new job after leaving my longest ever serving workplace. Ahh, how much life has happened. So to inaugurate this new age and almost new everything, here’s a photo of […]
A Different World
Nothing ever prepares you for whatever there is to come. Sebab kita takkan pernah tahu, apa yang akan datang. Umur panjang, kita akan sampai ke tempat lain. Umur kurang panjang, semoga segala amalan cukup dan diterima, terus tenang di “sana”. For so long since aku dekat INVOKE, I’ve always thought that whatever happens, aku akan […]
A Short Pivot
After eight years at INVOKE, I decided it was time to move on. My last day in office was on 31 December 2024. It was a bittersweet feeling. Nothing can prepare me for that moment because I’ve always thought INVOKE was my last place for a career. Probably even retired there. But as they say, […]
Story of a Decade – Part 1
By the time I’m done writing this or getting it published, a new day has come. It’s 21 January 2025; truthfully, nothing is significant about it. Tapi kalau tengok kepada baki counting days yang ada, masih tak ada apa-apa yang menarik sangat pun. Oklah, let’s be real. Berbaki empat hari saja lagi sebelum aku akan […]
Why are we not having fun?
When I decided to quit my job and focus on my own studio, I had one thing in mind. Sure, it’s a business, but let’s just f⎯ing have fun while we are at it! I know, a lot of ‘business’ people out there would say it straight to my face; you’re not living in a […]
Writing Again or Whatever?
Hello and welcome to whatever this is. It’s been a while since I last “actively” writing. Right before I graduated and jumped into the real world, I had a domain under my name, Hidayat Jamalolail. Before it was a portfolio site for my work gallery as a creative designer, I used to write a lot […]