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In industry, he worked as a film and assistant
ohd Abqari Bin Ayob was interested to be director. He also directed TV commercials.
Ma lecturer ever since his diploma intake At some point, he feels like it was his limit.
in UiTM Melaka back then. His passion to He started to feel bored. To him, a designer
teach is very high. He preferred to get the has his own timing, an expiration date. It
work done than to flatter the lecturers. He needs to be planned ahead. He feels like
was also hardly seen in their office but never his expiration date has come when he
miss classes and was diligent with his work. started to feel unsatisfied with things that
As a result, he was more known with his work. he produced. “It is time to teach”. He did a
lot of things in his 7 years experience in
industry. From film script, drama, to comic.
His passion to teach starts burning after he From 2013 to 2014 he taught an elective
completed his studies in degree, but he did subject which is Experimental Video & Film
not want his student to learn with just empty in UiTM Puncak Alam. While in UiTM Melaka,
talks. He begin to work independently shortly he has been appointed to teach Advertising,
after. Starting with freelancing to a very Copywriting, Public Service Announcement,
own production company called “Nakhoda Marketing Communication, and social issue.
Pujangga Production”. Things that he did
including TV series, TV magazine, drama
editing, film and others. And that was how He likes to watch movies, singing, jamming
he realized that he was more into video. .. he even has his own band! He was born in
After that, he continued his studied in master Pulang Pinang and now married to his wife in
level. It was his prime time as a designer. Melaka. He is the youngest from 3 siblings.
Eventhough he was loaded with money at His original dream is to be a film director, an
that time, he always remind himself that the actor and a singer. Unfortunately, his father
world is constantly spinning. You never know opposed his dreams. That was how he ended
what will happen in the future so you need up in graphic design. He was actually going
to have a backup plan as a safety measure. to go into animation but apparently there is no
He took Master in Visual Communication animation core courses in UiTM. He fell in love
and New Media and majoring with new with videography right after that. Thus, he has
media. He did a research on videos. a multimedia background. To him, multimedia
Video was still hard to be accepted has a various kind of media. There are audio
in Art & Design faculty back then and visual and it is interactive. He loves
but he argued that video is in multimedia because it involves with a lot of
the modern art category and movement. Before that, he was actually more
are highly on demand. into interface design. In his future planning,
his actual target is to direct his own film.
Maybe he will start on low budget film first.

A little tips for the students out there, any kind of decision
that you make, please prioritize yourself first. Think about
yourself. Do not simply follow your friends because at
the end of the day, you will be by yourself anyway. Be
yourself. Do not follow others. And also, do not depend on
people. The only dependable person is your family. Family
Who would have known, a person who is everything. Tomorrow is a history, today determine
was once a troublemaker, has now who we are. If we are lazy today, it is over. What ever it
became a lecturer. Meet Sir Abqari is, we only got one chance. If it feels right to you, pray
and a slight insight about his life! and ask for His guidance and just grab that chance!

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