Jameel Haiat
Creative Gratification
The other day, I had a conversation with someone about what I do. They were genuinely interested in how I got to where I am...
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Jameel Haiat
- Sep 25
- 2 min
I ❤️ Chiang Mai
How the hell did I end up here? I still don't believe that this is where I live, even as the words fill the page.
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Jameel Haiat
- Sep 3
- 1 min
Ode to a Rat….
Fake smiles, empty promises and a treasure trove of greed...it's all in a days work for Management.
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Jameel Haiat
- Mar 3
- 1 min
Love HK / Hate HK…
It’s fucking complicated….
Anybody that has lived in the belly of this beast, that beast being Hong Kong, for any length of time knows this.
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Jameel Haiat
- Oct 18, 2022
- 1 min
Hello Universe…I’m still here!
You know, sometimes I can't believe that this little fucker made it.
Today, I celebrate my 57th birthday and I'm still amazed that.,.
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Jameel Haiat
- Jul 16, 2022
- 2 min
Just a Rant...
There are many days when I feel like I don’t belong... Not to any tribe, not to any group, not to any place. I listen, I observe, I...
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Jameel Haiat
- May 23, 2022
- 1 min
Hong Kong Diary...May 22
Black T-shirt. Blue jeans. Laced up black All-stars.
Check.
Peek out to see the sun break through. No rain today.
Check....
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Jameel Haiat
- May 16, 2022
- 1 min
Hong Kong Diary...May 16th
Sitting in my lit kitchen, I look out the window on to the city. Rain drips down in a steady stream, inviting memories and thoughts....
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Jameel Haiat
- Apr 30, 2022
- 2 min
Hong Kong Diary...April 29th, 2022
Tonight I walk around Lockhart Road in Wan Chai.
It stinks of stale shitty beer and burning cigarettes. There's too much Old Spice cologne…
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Jameel Haiat
- Mar 18, 2022
- 1 min
World Tour WTF…
If you’re wondering, at all, as to why I haven’t posted in months, well, here’s the why…
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Jameel Haiat
- Sep 9, 2021
- 4 min
9.11.01 - A Memory...
9.11.01
It's been twenty years since that horrific day changed so many lives.
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Jameel Haiat
- Aug 26, 2021
- 1 min
I'm Lude....
Living in a city like Hong Kong, where money is everything to so many and the concept of giving is like an abstract thought, it can be...
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Jameel Haiat
- Jul 29, 2021
- 2 min
What Defines You?
I actually don't give two craps about how people perceive me. I haven't for many years. If people like me, that's fine, and if they don't…
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Jameel Haiat
- Jul 15, 2021
- 1 min
Empty of Something
Full of Nothing
Empty of Something....
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Jameel Haiat
- Jul 2, 2021
- 3 min
Memory of Mother
Dressed in his blue coveralls and neon vest, the man swept the leaves and debris up as quickly as it fell. The tree refused to cooperate…
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Jameel Haiat
- Jun 17, 2021
- 4 min
"Yes, I'm Happy"
This is not a post, this is a rant, but aren't the best blog posts anyways?
Getting right to the point, why do I need to explain myself...
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Jameel Haiat
- Jun 3, 2021
- 2 min
The Art of Perseverance
Not long ago, I did a podcast interview with @TheatreArtLife chatting about how I got to where I am today. I wrote an article titled "The...
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Jameel Haiat
- May 20, 2021
- 2 min
My Washing Machine
Ok, so here it goes, I'm slightly obsessed with my washing machine. I know, I know, I admit, that sound's absurd, maybe even slightly...
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Jameel Haiat
- May 6, 2021
- 1 min
The Foreigner
Growing up as the son of two cultures, I have encountered prejudice at various points throughout my life. Whether that was in Los...
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