#ZineSkizo #SICK

#ZineSkizo #SICK

Walaupun gua tak berapa aktif dengan Facebook, nak tak nak gua terpaksa jugak menyusupkan diri gua yang tak berapa senang kalau disusupkan ke dalam ruang saiber yang dikatakan menjadi alat CIA dalam mengkaji kaitan antara kau dengan terorisma, ini. Gua tak kesah. Diorang nak check bontot gua pun gua tak pedulik. Gua takde apa nak sorok dan gua tak salah. Salah ke gua bercakap? Salah ke gua kongsi perasaan gua? Lu takde perasaan, memanglah takde benda yang nak dikongsikan. Memanglah senyaaap jer.

Apa-apa hal pun, ni dia link ke FB page akuskizo yang unggul dan subliminal tu. Sila LIKE dan order #ZineSkizo dari gua secepat mungkin.

Klik gambar untuk ke FB page akuskizo. Sila LIKE

Terus terang gua cakap, gua tak berapa nak hapdet page kat FB tu. Yang gua rajin hapdet ialah twitter. Tapi dalam twitter pulak, gua randomkan tuit-tuit tu, agar gua sendiri tak dapat nak trace gua tengah pikir apa masa gua menaip natang tu. Tapi sebab gua lebih bijak dari gua, kalau lu nak tau hapdet pasal zine ni kat twitter, search ajer tag #ZineSkizo dalam twitter tu atau gugel ajer tag tu.

Klik gambar untuk ke Twitter page #ZineSkizo 

Apa-apahal pun, gua nak ambik peluang dalam post ni untuk mengucapkan terima kasih kepada semua rakan Twitter yang memesan zine ni dan secara tidak langsung beri gua sebab untuk melanjutkan lagi evolusi hidupan seni abstrak yang semakin pupus ini. Gua ingat industri zine, bahan bacaan DIY dan perjuangan kebebasan untuk hidup bebas dari kapitalisma melampau dah takde. Ada lagi. Tapi kalini pejuangnya memang dah betul-betul underground. Masakan tidak? Dah dunia upside down, ye tak?

Akhir sekali, majulah #ZineSkizo untuk kebebasan minda! #GualuGualuGualuGimam

Schizophrenic zine... In BOOK form!

FINALLY! with LOTSA push from friends and family (even God!), I am going to release Schizophrenic # Five in book form. What sets it apart from the typical books in the market is: THIS IS HAND MADE. Well, probably the photocopying aren't but the binding is home-made. Checkout my first attempt at making a sketch book here:

Actually this issue is the compilation of issues #1,2,4 and 5. Issue #3 is a comic and it's too big to be fit into a folded A4 size. I'm still trying to figure out how to present it.

Anyway, this issue is another experiment before launching the next issue of Schizophrenics in zine-novel format. And sorry guys, I don't sell pdf shit. Not just yet...

In Progress Project: AKUSKIZO compilation

Depression, Capitalism and suicide

Suicide cases are on the rise in Malaysia. A study done by the National Suicide Registry Malaysia back in 2007 revealed that most suicide cases occured in married Chinese male. A recent article in freemalaysiatoday.com suggested that chinese male still tops the list. Comparing the suicide cases between Malaysia and Singapore sees a common trend where married male chinese tend to be more suicidal than female.

OK...

Among the cause of suicide were financial, legal and job related issues. Sounds like money related problems. Although investigators point out that spiritual strength could be the factor why suicide cases in the other two main races in Malaysia were lower, social perspective and way of life of the Chinese which heavily revolves around money and modern living, could also play a role in suicide case. The chinese race leads the others in Malaysia in terms of gathered wealth.

So, tired hubby comes home, wifey asks money to go to spa, hubby got no money, wifey got sad, hubby gone mad, hubby kill himself.

Depression is another main cause of suicide. Prolonged exposure to depression (i.e more than two weeks) could potentially lead to suicide. The rise of depression case is of no surprise since the world is undergoing economic fluctuations and people could easily get depressed when they got no money. Most Malaysian are living on monthly salary and to those who are on the 'barely surviving' list, they are potentially exposed to depression for 2 weeks (starting from the middle of the month). Although it subsides the moment one received his paycheck, one day he will grow tired of the same vicious cycle.

OK. Hubby got tired money never enough, kill himself after CNY...

It is not an understatement to say that capitalism is affecting our lives. We work long hours to keep up with the lifestyle, to pay the bills and rents, we dont really care about our health, spirituality or even family. We dont go to social events unless attendance is recorded. And these things are not only affecting the chinese. It's affecting everyone in this country.

The horrifying part is that most cases happend to age range between 25-45. Bare in mind that these statistics are reported cases gathered in selected hospitals and institutions. Which mean that the rate of suicide could be higher than recorded. So the 25-45 Malaysian population is either under alot of stress, depressed or suicidal. No wonder we're running out of brains.

Two new outcomes are expected from these observations: suicidal or depressed victims could lead to self-destruction (i.e submit into alcoholism or drug abuse hence suicide cases will continue to rise) or the crime rate is going to increase (or becomes more creative).

If no more natural disasters happen until end of 2012, or the Koreans dont invlove in war, we expect to see this after Malaysian public got nothing else to take their minds off after #GE13.

And we seriously pray we're wrong. Like always...