tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18131377762742642492024-03-14T07:39:14.863+08:00Magic, Angels and a New WorldWAN HASLIZAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13623996027851883781noreply@blogger.comBlogger69125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813137776274264249.post-38847732891008231942019-05-29T17:28:00.001+08:002019-05-29T17:28:30.509+08:00Sayap - Bab 1 - Tira <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Kita boleh merancang, tetapi Tuhan yang menentukan segala-galanya. Itulah pepatah yang sering dipetik sekiranya perancangan yang diaturkan, berubah tanpa diduga. Dan apa yang berlaku pada hari itu, langsung tidak diduga akal. Apa yang pasti, kejadian di rumah Mak Esah, sudah ditentukan dan ditakdirkan .</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Petang itu, seperti petang semalam, petang kelmarin dan petang-petang lain sebelum kelmarin, Mak Esah menghayun penyapu lidinya untuk membersih segala partikel yang mencemari rumput 'carpet' yang menghiasi halaman rumahnya. Daun kering, kelopak bunga, ranting, tahi kucing, sarang burung, semualah. Semua disapunya. Biasanya Mak Esah akan mula mengerjakan halaman rumahnya selepas solat asar, bermula dari kawasan depan rumahnya yang luas. Segala sampah akan disapu menjadi satu longgokan dan dimasukkan ke dalam sebuah bakul raga besar yang akan ditarik dan diheret oleh Mak Esah ke belakang rumah untuk dibakar.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Sambil sampah dibakar, biasanya Mak Esah akan membersihkan dan menyiram kebun sayurnya pula, yang terdiri daripada 6 batas yang ditanam dengan pelbagai jenis sayuran. Sawi, timun, bendir, terung dan semestinya, pokok cili dan limau kasturi. Itulah rutin Mak Esah setiap hari yang tidak pernah berubah, sejak beliau pencen 10 tahun yang lepas. Mak Esah sememangnya seorang yang suka merancang jadual hariannya agar segala dalam hidupnya tersusun dan terkawal. Dari celik mata sehinggalah beliau tidur, harinya dirancang dengan pelbagai aktiviti yang diulang, tanpa jemu, setiap hari.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Tidak ada apa yang boleh mengganggu rutin hariannya, kecuali dua perkara - majlis perkahwinan atau kematian. Itupun, sekiranya majlis kahwin atau perkebumian itu luar dari kampung Mak Esah, Mak Esah akan memaksa suaminya Haji Ramli untuk pergi seorang diri. Iyalahkan... kalau jauh, mana sempat nak balik sebelum Asar untuk membersihkan halaman rumah. Bayangkan kalau dua tiga hari halaman rumah Mak Esah tidak bersapu - betapa semaknya pemandangan!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Bahkan, Mak Esah sanggup menolak pujukan anaknya, Salbiah, untuk menjaganya semasa pantang, selepas melahirkan cucu Mak Esah yang pertama.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">"Dua hari saya boleh setuju, tapi lebih dari tu – saya mintak maaf. Saya tak sanggup tengok laman saya kotor!" tegas Mak Jah pada suaminya apabila Pak Rahim memaksanya pergi menjaga cucu pertama mereka.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">"Bukan selalu tengok cucu pun..." pujuk Pak Rahim.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">"Memang tapi apa guna upah bibik kalau nak guna Mak sendiri. Bibik tu dibayar, aku tidak!" jelas Mak Esah. Ada kebenaran pada kata-kata Mak Esah tetapi, takkanlah itu pun nak berkira. Salbiah tu, anak kandung Mak Esah. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">"Astaghrifullahalazim" ucap Pak Rahim pada isterinya, putus asa untuk memujuk. Begitulah sukarnya untuk meyakinkan Mak Esah untuk meninggalkan rumahnya itu.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Tetapi pada petang itu, rutin harian Mak Esah bakal dirosakkan untuk petang itu dan beberapa petang selepas itu. Beberapa minit sebelum kejadian tergempar itu, Mak Esah sedang menghayun lidinya di depan rumahnya. Dalam keasyikkannya, beliau dikejutkan dengan bunyi kuat yang mengegarkan. Bunyi kuat itu datang dari dalam rumahnya. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Mak Esah terus menoleh ke arah rumahnya - bahagian depan rumahnya seolah bergegar. Tanpa berfikir panjang, Mak Esah terus melepaskan penyapu lidinya dan terkedek-kedek berlari menuju rumahnya. Cemas, Mak Esah melangkah dua anak tangga untuk menaiki rumah. Sebaik sahaja Mak Esah tiba di atas, beliau disambut oleh debu dan habuk yang amat tebal. Jerebu tebal itu menusuk mata dan rongga , menyebabkan Mak Esah bersin berkali-kali. Matanya sakit dan berair tetapi itu tidak menghalang Mak Esah dari membuka kecil matanya dan melihat garisan-garisan cahaya yang jelas terbentuk hasil dari jerebu yang tebal dan pancaran matahari yang menembusi lubang-lubang dari bumbung gentingnya. Mak Esah memandang atas dan menyedari bahawa terdapat sebuah lubang yang besar di bumbung atap genting rumahnya. Sepatutnya, Mak Esah mengambil berat tentang kerosakkan pada bumbungnya. Namun, perkara pertama yang terdetik di hati Mak Esah adalah jangka lama habuk itu terkumpul di bumbungnya sehingga boleh membentuk jerebu yang tebal. Mesti, habuk yang terkumpul itu sudah bertahun.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Belum sempat Mak Esah memikirkan tentang apa yang akan berlaku ke ruang tamu rumahnya, sekiranyalah hujan lebat pada malam itu, habuk tebal itu mula pecah dan terlerai.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Semakin lama, habuk itu semakin nipis dan Mak Esah didedahkan kepada punca sebenarnya bumbung rumahnya itu ranap.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Puncanya, terlantar di tengah-tengah ruang tamu Mak Esah, berlumuran darah, diselaputi debu dan habuk, di atas serpihan genting, kayu, batu dan habuk. Puncanya, adalah seorang wanita yang dipercayai jatuh dari langit dan menembusi bumbung atap rumah Mak Esah, sekaligus merosakkan jadual Mak Esah pada petang itu. Petang itu, dan beberapa hari selepas kejadian itu. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;">Tergamam, terkejut dan bingung dengan apa yang terjadi, Ma</span><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;">k Esah menjerit ketakutan.</span></div>
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WAN HASLIZAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13623996027851883781noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813137776274264249.post-5145912602798210192012-11-01T10:49:00.004+08:002012-11-01T10:49:26.217+08:00Fire<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span class="huge bqQuoteLink" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 15pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/p/pierreteil114239.html" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-size: 20px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" title="view quote">Someday, after mastering the winds, the waves, the tides and gravity, we shall harness for God the energies of love, and then, for a second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered </a><a href="http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/p/pierreteil114239.html" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 20px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" title="view quote"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">fire.</span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> </span><br /><span class="bodybold" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br /></span></i></span></span><br />
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WAN HASLIZAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13623996027851883781noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813137776274264249.post-49322885154080187932012-01-20T14:22:00.001+08:002012-01-22T14:23:57.179+08:00SAYAP - GRAFIK NOVEL MELAYU<div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMKeFwXCBcNZheNoFHduGhyphenhyphenKZpX0vjZbfrXBWq-KdhS2rLMkyXmdBncZURwVNTFGuaGm6sc7X9an6wUcwZzECf2DHXC23wifAB8P0OGLCAi1NuyeO-Q0_vkqRhERSfBFeR2JnpWzUTl5oI/s1600/pg+00.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 283px; height: 400px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMKeFwXCBcNZheNoFHduGhyphenhyphenKZpX0vjZbfrXBWq-KdhS2rLMkyXmdBncZURwVNTFGuaGm6sc7X9an6wUcwZzECf2DHXC23wifAB8P0OGLCAi1NuyeO-Q0_vkqRhERSfBFeR2JnpWzUTl5oI/s400/pg+00.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700308044820100610" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Konsep Asal : Rogue, Liza</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Skrip : Hazo/ Liza</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Art : Lobak Oren / McLelun</span></span></p><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhryRAictxOrep_R74pcbaizGe5M6grb5oJbkxZcXeuAbbJyrgAoO-GAyl1VPdfbGxgjRc0Mz7R6hutB-Xo3xfZLijSXuK5SVUT0PRjTyFnxxYxnndTqSZQ9Gt1ZdQkwrpA0HDH-L0Jqmjj/s1600/pg+20+%2526+21.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a></span></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">TanahKarya Sdn Bhd and KL Motion Picture Company dengan bangganya ingin mempersembahkan novel dan novel grafik kami Sayap. Sayap adalah bahagian pertama dari pada rangkaian novel grafik Sayap, Batu dan Kayangan'.</span></span></div><p style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;font-size:medium;">Sayap was conceived by Rogue and Me, six years ago, at Mutiara Damansara and since the conception, we have tried to round up some talents that would realize the novel. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;font-size:medium;">Pasukan kreatif terdiri daripada saya dan Rogue, pelukis-pelukis yang sangat amat talented iaitu Lobak Oren (Zulfadhly), Rogue dan McLelun/Lun. Penulis terdiri daripada saya dan Hazo Mahyuddin.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Walaubagaimanapun disebabkan komitmen kerja dan selainnya, kami tidak dapat menyiapkan projek ini. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;font-size:medium;">Our team shall be focusing to complete this project in the next coming months.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><b>The Synopsis of Sayap is a per below but before that , h</b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;font-size:medium;"><b>ere are some pages from graphic novel. Its all been translated to English but shall be translated back in MALAY for publication.</b></span></p></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizhHmAO1bZdDBsVguo8W1LTRSE-6nGnI45BQY98d1jUu6AAvNmcKHg3pK1E2dS_roGA1hEUGzsOYfsis5pIYUE3IVrDzi91pzAG2jOABNnCOWk4retrtq5PK6M4wPLBh-nBOnr0iuEdhKm/s1600/pg+06.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 283px; height: 400px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizhHmAO1bZdDBsVguo8W1LTRSE-6nGnI45BQY98d1jUu6AAvNmcKHg3pK1E2dS_roGA1hEUGzsOYfsis5pIYUE3IVrDzi91pzAG2jOABNnCOWk4retrtq5PK6M4wPLBh-nBOnr0iuEdhKm/s400/pg+06.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700307038257024322" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The picture above is Tanggang Syahrun Kudar, a very famous film star. He still has ciri-ciri tak sedar diri and one day, shall be turned into stone. This will be in 'BATU'</span></span></div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">~</span></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtltAg8V2fNlRqvK_Arn_QRUZ4GAAK8a9tX8UrpsW5p-naoRzGVBFGeqyEjgKCd8DsZyBHFWw2H20LNCHaD93B1uyaPQdY4j0HDEDOSg2kplSKQF3LHasVnoWVZkTCuAeEVPzm3iBtV2EW/s1600/pg+20+%2526+21.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 307px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtltAg8V2fNlRqvK_Arn_QRUZ4GAAK8a9tX8UrpsW5p-naoRzGVBFGeqyEjgKCd8DsZyBHFWw2H20LNCHaD93B1uyaPQdY4j0HDEDOSg2kplSKQF3LHasVnoWVZkTCuAeEVPzm3iBtV2EW/s400/pg+20+%2526+21.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700304944746578818" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Tira hand-glides and soars through the air and are tailed by some of her 7 winged sisters</span></span></div></span><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">~</span></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOmI2mdG4zQvnLmm2pRf_ObhpM6yj1Aj9VCknEGnxGydXA7zQ4V45CWcy_3S6jOOZ4aBaig7WiSEWlHIAGW91SJ6d8lAukDAiNhF0KS_tWQHhVdAkl-Ajaq1x8wGv5M3FygsX5YkQGFx8K/s1600/pg+27.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 283px; height: 400px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOmI2mdG4zQvnLmm2pRf_ObhpM6yj1Aj9VCknEGnxGydXA7zQ4V45CWcy_3S6jOOZ4aBaig7WiSEWlHIAGW91SJ6d8lAukDAiNhF0KS_tWQHhVdAkl-Ajaq1x8wGv5M3FygsX5YkQGFx8K/s400/pg+27.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700302745769020386" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Tira being left again by her winged sisters. Bye. Huhu.</span></span></div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">~</span></span></div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKm9_UzlWVSp2Ho49aP62ZFGLr0o24-djG8mdzfZaduSxqCajfL490dqtJaOuZbpKfD71IKAKSGJwLma2plsxSVHus74ddD2gcfQGPOhv5lk9ZJGYJuP1E1RACFOZ8lMQTe2I3H8sr4x36/s1600/pg+30.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 283px; height: 400px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKm9_UzlWVSp2Ho49aP62ZFGLr0o24-djG8mdzfZaduSxqCajfL490dqtJaOuZbpKfD71IKAKSGJwLma2plsxSVHus74ddD2gcfQGPOhv5lk9ZJGYJuP1E1RACFOZ8lMQTe2I3H8sr4x36/s400/pg+30.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699629790874898034" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Tira meets the venerable statesman Tan Sri Kancilamada who appears in the form of a kancil on earth.</span></span></div></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">~</span></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLDyALERKqhax7V1KHkE_kSg68HxHUjBPWCyuVCDf1X8L5tvG-zvLggCSPlg5w2Dx13bHJYxEw0k4y-fo4T8sHRHvW-7WGawg89H6jWd__YCsY41Tc3woN0a-eH2IZiuM5NKEvuNlGnAFl/s1600/pg+13.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 283px; height: 400px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLDyALERKqhax7V1KHkE_kSg68HxHUjBPWCyuVCDf1X8L5tvG-zvLggCSPlg5w2Dx13bHJYxEw0k4y-fo4T8sHRHvW-7WGawg89H6jWd__YCsY41Tc3woN0a-eH2IZiuM5NKEvuNlGnAFl/s400/pg+13.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699629232592149074" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The scrawny Prof Bandang Indrawasih dan Bawang Butih (perasan tak rambutnya seperti bawang putih. But maybe we should colour her hair white..emmm) But yes, Badang will be a hunk later.</span></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">~</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Here's the synopsis in Malay </span></span></b></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></b></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;font-size:medium;">SAYAP adalah kumpulan cerita-cerita dongeng melayu yang dimodenkan dan dikumpulkan menjadi satu trilogi yang menarik. Bahagian pertama di panggil 'SAYAP', bahagian kedua 'BATU' dan yang ketiga adalah "KAYANGAN".</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Secara amnya, SAYAP mengisahkan tentang puteri kayangan yang ke-7 ( daripada dongeng Puteri 7) iaitu Puteri Tira Kecubung Arorawinata.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Seperti dongengnya, ketujuh-tujuh puteri kayangan turun ke Bumi untuk mandi tetapi semasa di bumi, puteri ke-tujuh kehilangan sayapnya yang disembunyikan oleh seorang lelaki dan tidak boleh pulang ke Kayangan.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Dalam novel ini 'SAYAP'</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> disembunyikan oleh Tanggang Syahrun Kudar ( daripada cerita dongeng Si Tanggang) seorang selebriti dan bintang filem hebat di Nusantara! Tira kemudiannya jatuh cinta dengan Tanggang dan akhirnya bertunang tengan Tanggang. Apabila kakak-kakaknya datang kembali untuk membawanya pulang ke Kayangan, Tira menolak untuk pulang ke Kayangan.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Akan tetapi, Puteri Selasih Mayang Huri</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">( Puteri Gunung Ledang), </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">anak kepada tycoon Dato Megat Bijan yang memiliki LEDANG MEDIA CORP, menggoda Tanggang dan akhirnya melarikan diri bersama Tanggang. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;font-size:medium;">Terkejut dan kecewa dengan berita ini, Tira dilawati oleh Tan Seri Kancilamada yang menjelmakan diri sebagai seekor kancil yang bijaksana ( dongeng Sang Kancil) yang memberitahunya yang Sayapnya yang dikhuatiri hilang sebenarnya selama ini disembunyi oleh Tanggang dan sayapnya telah di bawa oleh tunangnya bersama-sama dengan Selasih Mayang Huri.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Dengan bantuan Prof Badang Indrawasih, Tira Kecubung bersama dengan Prof Badang Indrawasih memulakan satu pengembaraan seluruh dunia mencari Tanggang dan sayapnya yang hilang.</span></span></p><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Synopsis ( english)</span></span></b></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:black;"></span></span></span></p><span style="color:black;"><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Set in a modern setting, ‘</span></span></span><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Sayap</span></span></span><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">’ tells the story of the seventh princess ( of 7 </span></span></span><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Puteri</span></span></span><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> fame) who we named </span></span></span><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Tira</span></span></span><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></span></span><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Kecubung</span></span></span><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> Aurorawinata, search for her long lost wings.</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:black;"></span></span></span></p></span><p></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Once upon a modern and concrete time, </span></span></span><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Tira</span></span></span><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></span></span><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Kecubung</span></span></span><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> and her 6 fairy sisters went down to earth for a bathing escapade at the Kota </span></span></span><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Tinggi</span></span></span><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> waterfalls, they were spied upon by the handsome movie star, </span></span></span><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Syahrun</span></span></span><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></span></span><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Tanggang</span></span></span><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></span></span><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Kudar</span></span></span><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> (of fame </span></span></span><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Tanggang</span></span></span><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">).</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:black;"></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Besotted by </span></span></span><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Tira’s</span></span></span><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> good looks, </span></span></span><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Syahrun</span></span></span><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></span></span><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Tanggang</span></span></span><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> later on, stole </span></span></span><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Tira’s</span></span></span><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> wings causing her to be stranded on earth as her sisters ascend to the magical kingdom of </span></span></span><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Kayangan</span></span></span><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">. As the fairies are only allowed to descend earth every solstice, </span></span></span><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Tira</span></span></span><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> is left on earth for a full six months. Tanggang works his magic on Tira and they fall in love. When her sisters return to bring Tira back to Kayangan, Tira refuses. Tira and Tanggang gets engaged to cement their ever growing love.</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">However, Tanggang is later seduced by Puteri Selasih Mayang Huri ( daughter of owner of Ledang Media Corp) and runs away with her, bringing Tira's wings together with them.</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Tira is visited by Tan Sri Kancilamada or Sang Kancil and is shocked to discover that Tanggang has hidden her wings all this while and now has run away with it.</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Believing that Tanggang was put under a spell, Tira seeks the help of Professor Badang Indrawasih to find her wings. They embark on a wonderful journey to search for her beloved Tanggang. However, a long the way, Tira begins to reassess her feeling for Tanggang and start developing feelings for the kindhearted but scrawny Badang.</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:black;"></span></span></span></p></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Anyway, Sayap is important to us because we love Malaysian folklores and dongengs and we aim to showcase that in whatever way to preserve the stories.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">But importantly, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;">Sayap is proof that we have AMAZING local talents to develop awesome stuff! </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">MDEC ( thank you so much ) has acknowledge this by giving us a grant but of course we need more grants and funds to complete this project :).</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div></div></div></div></div>WAN HASLIZAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13623996027851883781noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813137776274264249.post-66693743580857122512012-01-18T12:35:00.000+08:002012-01-22T14:20:57.127+08:00Jangan Malu Cakap Melayu ( Part yang second last)<span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:Times;"><div style="border-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 3px; width: auto; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; text-align: left;font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:100%;"><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:-webkit-xxx-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px;"> <!--StartFragment--> </span></span></span></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:16.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Courier New';"> <!--StartFragment--> </span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Courier New';"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Note 1 : I just discovered, i had written this article and have never published it. So, bear in mind, </span></span></span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">THIS ARTICLE IS 1 YEAR OLD. So i just adjust sikit2 di tu agar dia lebih contemporary..</span></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Note 2 : Read earlier Post for better understanding of this post.</span></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Note 3 : ada part-part yang telah di-over-dramatize untuk memberi pengalaman penceritaan yang lebih efektif.</span></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Note 4 : My first blog for 2012.</span></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Note 5 : Cikgu Jamian is a dear teacher to me regardless what i say in this article. cant get a better teacher than that. :)</span></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Note 6 : Ever since my last article, i have reframed myself from cursing because its so negative. Hence, 'eff' would mean 'freaking' or 'falafel' but not the 'fu**' word.</span></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; font-family:'Courier New';font-size:large;"></span></span></span></span></b></p><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div></span></span></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">.....bersambung dari Jangan Malu Cakap Melayu (part 2)</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 16pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Courier New';"></span></span></span></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Before you start reading, kalau belum baca lagi part 1 and part 2, bacalah dulu. You wont understand it kalau tidak.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Okay. Where were we? Daripada Part 2 tahun lepas kan.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 16pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Ayuh refresh.</span></span></span></p></span><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 16pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Ahhhhhh.. Where we left off was, when I was in A-level and linguistically confused. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Basically, Cikgu Jamian telah menghancurkan kebolehan aku berbicara inggeris dan berfikir dalam bahasa inggeris 100%.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 16pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Untuk pengetahuan mereka yang tidak mengetahui apakah itu A-Level- A-Level adalah peperiksaan ala-ala STPM gitu tapi untuk budak-budak yang nak masuk Universiti kat UK. You can cater the subject to what you want to major later in Uni. For example, i took Law in A-Levels and then took majored in Law in University. But kalau korang nak ambik subject yang tak berapa matching seperti Calculus in A-Levels and then take Law in University, pun tak jadi masalah tapi i hate maths soo...bleargh.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 16pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Basically, di tempat aku buat A-LEVELS, ada dua group :-</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 16pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Pertama, group yang hard-core Malay yang kebanyakkannya, datang daripada SBP (sekolah berasrama penuh) </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 16pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Kedua, group yang berbelit-belit cakap Inggeris. T</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">he second group ni adalah group dari Lembah Klang atau dari Tunku Kurshiah College or from MCKK..</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 16pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Time 'A-Level' ini lah yang buat aku menyedari bahawa aku bukanlah sebahagian daripada geng 'belit-belit' seperti mana yang aku selalu bangga mengkategorikan diri aku. In fact, </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">aku pun dah tak sure aku group yang mana, tapi yang hakikinya, aku bukan 'belit-belit' anymore.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 16pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Fenomena ini berlaku kerana simply, aku dah mula start thinking in Malay and not english. Jadi, when youre in a place where everybody speaketh english, the 'language processing' becomes slightly longer by .000001 seconds.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 16pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Ada beberapa process yang aku terpaksa lalui kalau somebody speaks to me in English. Basically, aku kena translate balik apa yang aku dengar dalam english ke melayu dan kemudian ke english balik... It gets really sweaty. </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 16pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">For </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> example :</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 16pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The scenario, my friend whom we shall call 'Student Belit2' whispers to me and gossips in ENGLISH :</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:16.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"></p><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">STUDENT BELIT2 : Did you hear, A was screwing B in one of the empty dorm rooms on Level 2 and got caught by the warden?</span></span></span></li></ul><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Biasa, aku dah boleh terus faham tapi thx to Cikgu Jamian ( yeah you Mister!) , aku terpaksa literally translate dalam otak aku dari English to Malay.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">My translation of what she said, in my mind, from English to Malay : </span></span></span></div><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">STUDENT BELIT2 : Kau dengar cerita tak yang A projek dengan B kat bilik kosong tingkat dua? Kantoi dengan warden siot..</span></span></span></li></ul><blockquote></blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Then i would formulate an answer in Malay IN MY MIND then translate it back to English like the below : </span></span></span></div><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">ME : Tak berabuk ke?</span></span></span></li></ul><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Translated back to English and vocalizing it to STUDENT BELIT2</span></span></span></div><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">ME : Isnt it a bit dusty in there?</span></span></span></li></ul><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:16.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 16pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Then she answers :</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 16pt; "></p><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">STUDENT BELIT2 : You think?</span></span></span></li></ul><p></p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 16pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Then i process her answer to Malay. Which is :-</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 16pt; "></p><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">STUDENT BELIT2 : Kau rasa?</span></span></span></li></ul><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 16pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Then i formulate a cool answer to accompany the mood of the conversation. In Malay, i would say :-</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 16pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Courier New';"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 16pt; "></p><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">ME : Nauzubillah..</span></span></span></li></ul><p></p><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Then i formulate a respond in English : -</span></span></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 16pt; "></p><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">ME : OMG</span></span></span></li></ul><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 16pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I hope that's not confusing. </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 16pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">So that's how it went in A-Levels. By the time, i finally got to the UK, i was basically translating all the time in my mind. </span></span></span></p></div><p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 16pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Pada tahun pertama belajar kat UK, kami terpaksa belajar 4 malatapelajaran undang2 - criminal, contract, tort dan constitution. Walaupun ada 4 matapelajaran yang berlainan, gang tutorial bagi keempat2 mata pelajaran tersebut adalah sama.</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 16pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Geng aku yang aku ingat masa tu, selain daripada Norashikin</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">( kawan baik ku yang a highflying, legal beagle kat Petronas), seorang minah salleh yang nama dia Kate dan seorang lagi minah saleh yang entah apa nama dia, seorang mamat Nigeria yang aku lupa nama dia apa tapi he's such an awesome fella dan tiga orang pelajar lelaki dari Israel yang aku percaya dengan sepenuh hati dua daripada tiga pelajar Israel itu mempunyai keinginan untuk tembak aku mati dengan Ak-47 pasal time tu aku pakai tudung.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 16pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Ironically, mamat yang aku rasa nak bedil aku adalah mamat yang aku secretly fantasize about. Namanya adalah Bendan. You know, the sort of fantasy dimana dia dan aku bercinta dan akhirnya menyebabkan negaranya dan semua negara Islam aman damai. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Blussssh :)</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 16pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Budak2 dalam kelas aku semua bright-bright dan pandai belaka terutama Kate, seorang Mamat Nigeria (whose so frikking cool but tak ingat nama) dan juga Bendan, jejaka Israel idaman ku itu. Dan mereka semua bercakap dengan amat insightful dan laju. Mamat2 Yahudi kalau bercakap akan stress semua perkataan dalam ayat dan seolah macam nak keluar air liur. Diaorang tak kisah pun slang diaorang banyak gurgling tapi konfiden diaorang memang over the top lah.</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">" Silenczzze .. hak tui.. conztituteszz..ptui..acceptanzzze..hak tui.. ptui ptui" </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">" Butzzzz there izzz no offer, sirrr.. hak tuii.. "</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">You gotta respect org israel ni.. Dia bulldoze aje english ni, asalkan dia top of the class. And aku patutnya take note. Aku patutnya blasah aje dan confident aje tapi b</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">ecause of the my language processing issue, i was feeling a bit low confident. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 16pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">And law was not an easy subject. Then lah... Kalau aku ambik law skarang, definitely aku rasa aku boleh score. Tapi then, at 19, i felt it was overwhelming.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 16pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">This is how bad it was. Ada one time, dalam tutorial conveyancing, secara random aku di pilih oleh tutor untuk jawab satu soalan tutorial. Bear in mind, we get these questions 2 weeks before to prepare. Secara kebetulan, aku memang tak prepare apa-apa untuk minggu tu pasal, i dont know why (.. man, i was so wtf)</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 16pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">So, tutor aku, yang juga lecturer tanya aku, </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 16pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:arial;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">"So Lisa whats your answer?"</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 16pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Aku pun proses. Dan proses aku lama sikit pasal aku lihat Bendan telah mengangkat keningnya dan sekali membayangkan aku rabak ditembak senapang automatiknya..</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 16pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Courier New';"></span></span></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 16pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Tutor : "Come on lisa"</span></span></span></p><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Aku pun nervous, maka aku jawab "Im sorry, i didn't get that question. It was really hard'</span></span></div></span></span><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 16pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Tutor : "Lisa, its a 'yes' and 'no' question?!! Pick one!"</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 16pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Erk.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 16pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Oh bloody crap.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 16pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I answered, "er.... Yes???"</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 16pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Tutor : It was 'No' !</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 16pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Me : ( dalam hati ) Bangs*t!</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 16pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Dan ketika itu aku lihat Bendan gelak kecil. Awww .. so cute.. that is if he wasnt going to shoot me..</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 16pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Walaupun aku tak prepare tapi kalau aku boleh faham cepat, aku rasa memang aku boleh jawab dengan cepat. Tapi of course that didnt happen.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 16pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The language barrier made me feel and look dumb. </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 16pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">But i wasnt the only one yang rasa and feel dumb. Antara orang Israel yang tiga orang tu, ada seorang yang english dia memang berterabur tapi ya amat friendly. Compared to his countrymates yang ada 30 orang kat dalam kelas aku, aku rasa dialah yang paling tak hensem. Dia tak de lah tera sangat dan pasal tu lah dia kawan dengan aku.... Selalu lah bercerita dengan aku pasal negara dia dan girlfriend dia dan negara dia dan kilang bapak dia.. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 16pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">'Majority of my workerzz are muslim...hak tui... In fact i zelebrate Ramazan wit dem every year... hak tui...' </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 16pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">So walaupun aku rasa aku macm dumbass, i sailed thru 1st and 2nd year dengan markah yang average sehinggalah aku berjumpa dengan Michael, mamat dari Korea whom i wont forget pasal dia SUNGGUH BAIK HATI.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 16pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Yes.. Michael. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 16pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Michael dari Korea yang sungguh tinggi dan lanky dan i like to stress again, BAIK walaupun lisan Enggrish sangat berterabur. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 16pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Dulu aku tak de lah rasa Korean's ni Baik sangat pasal masa aku blaja sekolah rendah kat US, aku baik dengan adik beradik Korean yang nama mereka Ji Min & Ji Hyun yang sungguh comel.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 16pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Diaorang memang comel because diaorang putih dan kiut miut. Just like those Korean dramas. Serious. </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 16pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Tapi jangan lah terpedaya dengan kecomelan mereka pasal diaorang ni sungguh competitive pasal study. Penat tau tak!</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 16pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Masa aku kat US, aku memang gila competitive dengan si Ji Hyun ni pasal dia pandai dan selalu dapat perfect score 100. In the US, we had pop quizzes all the time especially for maths and the best part is we check our own answers. If youre dishonest, confirm tiap2 kali dapat 100%. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:arial;font-size:medium;">Bila time quiz aje, muka Ji Hyun jadi evil gila dan mengacau jiwa gila. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:arial;font-size:medium;">If i had the courage, i would tell her "I get it Ji Hyun, you're smarter than me eventhough your eng-ge-rish is questionable but yeah. I said it. You're smarter than me! So, let's get that pass us and serve me the frikking Kimchi!!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 16pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:x-small;">(Note : Oh yeah, by the way , masa kat USA aku tak sedar diri dan cakap english berabuk gila so itu yang aku jadi competitive maut.)</span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 16pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Tapi tak per, through out the years. I have matured and after watching Winter Sonata, i realized the beauty in all you Hangul people especially Kan Jung Sang of Winter Sonata and Soon Seong Heon ( aka Oppa aka Park Hae Yong aka P-kun ) and Kim Tae Hee (aka Le Seol) of My Princess. You people who don't care about Eng-ge-rish but still live in a civilized and modernized society like Korea that can compete with Steve Jobs' Mac and I-phone with your Samsung Galaxy Tabs and what not. </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 16pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Oh yeah.. lupa lak. We were talking about MICHAEL dari KOREA from my university in wales.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 16pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Michael is the nicest dude ever. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Michael memang major double quadruple class act. He was nice because he allowed me to borrow his papers and all his tutorial work. And he taught me a lot of stuff in law. </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 16pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Dan walaupun Michael cakap ENG-GER-RISSH memang berterabur wtf dan slanga Koreanya sungguh pekat sehinggakan aku makan masa nak faham apa benda dia nak convey, tapi lecturer2 aku semua suka kat dia dan his written english memang sangat Superb. </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 16pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Dia berani tanya soalan in Eng-ge-rrishh dalam kelas, kalau kena soal selalu jawab dengan tepatnya dan assignment2 Michael would normally get 80 and above whereas on average, semua orang yang IQ biasa-biasa, dapat 50-60 sahaja. </span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 16pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Michael mengajar aku yang aku tak perlu malu dengan bahasa aku dan its okay if you have a slang. Yang pentingnya adalah substance dan faham concept. And michael has so much substance. Michael tahu aku memang struggle gila in my studies dan dia memang tak kedekut ilmu. </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 16pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Dah lah dia tolong aku pastu bila aku minta pinjam kertas jawapan, dia photocopykan untuk aku kertas jawapan yang kosnya 5 pence satu helai dan as a student, that's still a cost. Lepas tu, letak cover plastik lagi yang kosnya 75 pence!! And that is why dia pandai - pasal dia murah hati! So, jadilah murah hati. </span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 16pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Disebabkan bantuan mamat Korea yang baik hati ini, assignments aku tiba-tiba aje dapat markah 70 & above ( time periksa i didnt do so well though hehe..) Sayang sekali aku kawan Michael masa aku third year. </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 16pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Kalau aku jumpa lagi awal, aku boleh cakap hands down aku boleh score gila tapi malangnya aku baik dengan dia 3 bulan sebelum periksa.. Damn!</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">So, the gist of the story yang aku nak convey kat sini adalah self confidence sebenarnya. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Cakap aje english. Tak kisahlah slang macam mana pun.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Sebenarnya, yang pentingnya pemahaman. Kita tak perlulah nak slang2 sangat ala-ala british dan american pasal tak guna gak kalau kertas periksa law dapat 62 markah aje padahal the Israelians dan Koreans yang slang negara sendiri tak faham tapi dapat 90 lebih. Ceh. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Last part would consists of my Trip to EUROPE and working in Terengganu!</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:16.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:16.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></o:p></p> <!--EndFragment--> </span><p></p> <!--EndFragment--> </span></span><p></p></div></span>WAN HASLIZAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13623996027851883781noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813137776274264249.post-61876756205648928582011-04-23T12:52:00.000+08:002011-04-24T15:20:37.561+08:00Lagu 'TAPAK KASUT'<div>I<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"> wrote a song. Yeah me. </span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Inspired by this :</span></div></div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL3iu-0rt0KH2UKZb6kiTXu4pEny8W8Ob4pjd0jiKfbhlK7nraFbKVfR0r6mReOuPmXxMdyeA6EDbDvRCj5fz9QK0LQpfdgNSJMbIamslEl88QVXPi7DJHfouWdHb27ENqBNow5ncKuDxu/s1600/IMG_2527.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 299px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL3iu-0rt0KH2UKZb6kiTXu4pEny8W8Ob4pjd0jiKfbhlK7nraFbKVfR0r6mReOuPmXxMdyeA6EDbDvRCj5fz9QK0LQpfdgNSJMbIamslEl88QVXPi7DJHfouWdHb27ENqBNow5ncKuDxu/s400/IMG_2527.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599044634255679954" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';">Hell yeah, im angry.</span><br /><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">My advice to whoever did this :- </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">1) Nobody has died sitting on a toilet seat. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">2) If the rims has stains, ever heard of wiping it off with a tisu, or do 'PLIETS'. Yeah.. google that! Its good for your thighs!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';">I wrote this in anger. Marah tau! Marah!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';">I wrote the lyrics, Kye wrote the song, Ciecie/Huda/Zonda provided the voice.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';">Ambik ni.</span></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">TAPAK KASUT</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';">Satu hari aku pergi,</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Jamban perempuan di Midvalley,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Aku lari sekuat hati,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Tahan air dalam pundi<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Jambam semua sudah penuh,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Cuma satu macam free..<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Masuk situ aku lihat, <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">jamban duduk bukan cangkung<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Aku pun ready untuk landing,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Tapi tiba mata aku nampak sesuatu.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Apakah itu???<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"> </span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Tapak kasut </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">tapak kasut<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Tapak kasut </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">tapak kasut<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Kurang ajar siapa cangkung atas jamban duduk,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Tak takut kah kaki terpelusuk<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Tak takut kah kenasumpah!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"> </span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Kau ingat punggong aku ini,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Mahu cop tapak kasut freee..<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"> </span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Tapi apa akan daya, <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">aku sudah tidak tahan,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Aku landing hati berat,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Tapi lega air surut dari pundi,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Tapi tapak kasut itu melekap di punggong aku..<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"> </span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Saiz lima </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Saiz lima<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Siapa dia saiz lima<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Kurang ajar siapa cangkung atas jamban duduk,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Tak takut kah kaki terpelusuk,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Tak takut kah kena sumpah!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">~~~</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new'; "><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">If you wanna hear the whole song, sila tengok Dahlan Steady in Astro Warna. Episode 8. Peace :)</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"> </span></o:p></p> <!--EndFragment--> </div></div></div>WAN HASLIZAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13623996027851883781noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813137776274264249.post-85979935972550139452010-08-24T23:47:00.000+08:002010-08-27T19:26:24.076+08:00Saktikala : Mahsuri<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBCBzVERjle_FWeToVlHUcyrfQxhNys4oyU6apr8hKYt0Qeb3hoNA6RI3iTMeu_p49fohMl8mtXfM64RE9bNpyOsvs7X9h6HdUSqIqnGXoFUOff74X0zVTAwovAyE3p2UD7AyfvTN21PiE/s1600/saktikala+logo.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 156px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBCBzVERjle_FWeToVlHUcyrfQxhNys4oyU6apr8hKYt0Qeb3hoNA6RI3iTMeu_p49fohMl8mtXfM64RE9bNpyOsvs7X9h6HdUSqIqnGXoFUOff74X0zVTAwovAyE3p2UD7AyfvTN21PiE/s400/saktikala+logo.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509005820898194242" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>This is for the kids...</div><div><br /></div><div>Conceptualized and animated by our talented friends from Purpleflame. </div><div><br /></div><div>Voiced by the behind-the-scenes people in KL Motion Pictures/ Tanahkarya.</div><div><br /><div>Watch the first episode on Mahsuri, here :</div><div><br /></div><div>http://www.saktikala.com/</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>WAN HASLIZAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13623996027851883781noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813137776274264249.post-36856764514113811422010-08-24T23:22:00.000+08:002010-08-24T23:47:16.183+08:00Cipta! for Astro TVIQ - Its so cute!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH3pNgrHQSYt1FCOOnPvS4QKUYoQMjg4vvoVK76SPclO9qh3BG0KvFdhUzKWwzKiiJXlXoq0KNEmtAlkz3lTdqiPdug3q_DgL0D6T_-kfcrlWk8lcDZ_JmfOFffPidjzDInjCCot8XD1qq/s1600/ciptaloga.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 146px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH3pNgrHQSYt1FCOOnPvS4QKUYoQMjg4vvoVK76SPclO9qh3BG0KvFdhUzKWwzKiiJXlXoq0KNEmtAlkz3lTdqiPdug3q_DgL0D6T_-kfcrlWk8lcDZ_JmfOFffPidjzDInjCCot8XD1qq/s400/ciptaloga.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508997730934670690" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div>We at KL Motion & TanahKarya love children (let me qualify - er... well behaved ones.. haha...) . That's why we can't resist putting children in our programmes. And we love creativity and crafts and inventions....And that's why we proposed Cipta!. So, when TViQ approved Cipta!, we were incredibly happy to get to work.</div><div><br /></div><div>Cipta! is 10 mins programme/filler that we produced for Astro TViQ. Cipta! is an art show and its about creating arts and crafts and inventions with stuff laying around the house.</div><div><br /></div><div>Cipta! is hosted by the deliriously animated KN and supported by the two darlings - Aqeen and Amirul Daniel. </div><div><br /></div><div>And its in MALAY. Yeyyyyy!</div><div><br /></div><div>Original idea by Rogue and meself, concept/scripting by Hazo, directed by Amirul Fadhli, art direction by Nydal, camera works by Pali Yasir, SFX by Rogue and executive produced by Sharifah Noraidah/Jihan Abdul Razak and me-self.</div><div><br /></div><div>Premiere date for Cipta! is 28 Sept 2010, 11am at Astro TViQ.</div><div><br /></div><div>Jadi anak-anak, sediakan kertas dan gunting dan gam dan segala macam .. dan mula men'Cipta!'</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>WAN HASLIZAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13623996027851883781noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813137776274264249.post-64609141466772976952010-08-03T13:56:00.000+08:002010-08-16T00:55:52.722+08:00Its not Dunia Surau or Surau Baru, its Geng Surau!<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">A recent chat with somebody :</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">SOMEBODY : Geng Surau ni amende?! Kau buat Dunia Surau ke apa? Kah kah kah..</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">ME : Ala-ala lah.. tapi aku fokus pada org at surau lah..</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">SOMEBODY : Sama tak dengan Dunia Baru?</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">ME : Adalah sikit..</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">SOMEBODY : So, kelakar lah?</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">ME : Suppose to be komedi lah tapi kau tengok lah! Kau komenlah klakar dia </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">jadi ke tak. Aku mana boleh komen produk </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">sendiri.. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">SOMEBODY : Apasal kau tak letak nama 'Surau Baru'.. Kah kah kah kah kah..</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">ME : Cehh.. (Roll eyes)</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">SOMEBODY : Dunia Surau Baru?? Wakakakaka.... Dunia Surau Baru Reunion?? Kah kah kah kah..</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';">ME : You're such a child... </span><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div></span></span></div></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Of course lah there will be similarities dengan Dunia Baru. It came from the same source. Duhhh.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The major-major similarities is the song 'Sepohon Kayu' - my fav lagu nasyid ever (selain dari Asmaul Husna ). Madihah from Dunia Baru always sang that song through out the whole season and it was in the movie ( which created quite a ruckus). </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">For 'Geng Surau' it became the theme. Oh well, I totally dig that song. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Other than that, the only similarity is the storytelling and some familiar faces like Anita Baharom there as well as Zazleen Zulkafli.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">'Geng Surau' adalah sebuah projek bersama KL Motion dengan Pena Creative Sdn Bhd, milik Puan Hajjah Ziela Jalil, and Astro Oasis.<br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Executive produced by Nik Naeimah and Rohayah Ibrahim, directed by myself andi was assisted by two other directors aka Kye (Syed Khairul Fariz) and Johan Bahar. Script was provided by Shamsul Haszraei and myself.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Casts includes Beto Kusyairy, Razak Ahmad, Sherie Merlis,Azhan Rani, Ustaz Nazeri, Intan Nor Saina, Anita Baharom, Mat Over and many more.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Geng Surau adalah hasil dari evolusi perbincangan dan kehendak Astro. Saya rasa agak teruja dan terkedu pun ya kerana cerita ini keluar time pertikaian sebuah masjid di Ground Zero di amerika Syarikat. Kebetulan? Ketika orang-orang islam Amerika ingin membangunkan sebuah pusat komuniti dan surau di sana, kisah Geng Surau sedang dilaksananan.</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';font-size:13px;">Anyway, how did 'Geng Surau' come about?</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Pada awalnya, Astro Oasis wanted a sad story. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';font-size:13px;">Maka, saya pun draft lah kisah sedih tragis nangis. </span><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';font-size:13px;">That was struck out. Oh well...</span><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';font-size:13px;">Astro wanted something lighter.</span><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';font-size:13px;">So i dug my old old folders and gave them two stories and one of them was called 'Jalan Daud.</span><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Now, here's the irony :- </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Originally, 'Jalan Daud' was about a ex-delinquent who returned home and centered on group of men who congregated at a small mosque. For Astro purposes, we amended the story and TOOK OUT any surau/ masjid elements because we wanted to give more fokus to community issues and taubat issues.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Both proposal were struck out. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Astro then said they wanted a story about a small mosque/surau.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Laaaaaaa.. (tepuk dahi) Silly me.. haha.. 'Jalan Daud' was about a bunch of surau guys!!! I shouldnt have taken the surau element out.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">So, apa lagi, saya pun bagi original proposal. And alhamdullilah they liked it.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Why i would coincidentally have a proposal on a bunch of surau guys is, ever since forever, i always wanted to do a surau story. Dua pendorong - my late grandfather, an imam in our village and my late father, a diplomat in Washington D.C. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Walaupun my father didn't portray himself as somebody who was extremely devout (no kopiah nor did he sport a beard), he was knowledgeable in the religion and a great observer. Everything he observed he illustrated and wrote commentaries. I found his papers after his death.</span></span></div><div><div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">In one of the papers, i found hand illustrations of mosque and churces. His observations were about fungsi Masjid. My father said that during the Prophets pbuh time a mosque functioned as a place of education, a community center and of course, a place of worship. However, now ( at that time it was 1983), a mosque merely functioned as a place of worship and nothing more. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Staying in America allowed him to see the contrast and compare. The small town we were staying in had many places of worship aka churches and that the churches functioned as a community center. The community was rather close knitted and the churches organized many activities to the surrounding community on a consistent basis. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">He wrote, that is something he says we should revive for our mosques in Malaysia one day. A mosque should be prosperous, like during the time of the Prophet pbuh. And one day, if he had the chance he would make things right. He didnt live to see that day. He died at 43 years of age.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Now we get to do it with Geng Surau.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Why not do a preachy drama? Comedy serves a purpose. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">And if anybody can pick up from what were trying to relay, then Alhamdullilah.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">"Steady everybody!"</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia;font-size:11px;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div></span></span></div></div></div></div></div>WAN HASLIZAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13623996027851883781noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813137776274264249.post-64444285716440331492010-07-29T02:49:00.000+08:002010-07-29T19:14:11.403+08:00Sayap<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs9uqurkUV_Iniky-ee9JGL4xgjsjLMYkaOvL0k0kZW_Wq8lnyEJYs6WFRHpTp230raJ54cpcNan89fFfCVRf4WKDd3WTZYjS_0KX6gvWCCVQtzL21LYTYxsJeOdqVbHoaRMhmhmzcHSWq/s1600/sayap.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 84px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs9uqurkUV_Iniky-ee9JGL4xgjsjLMYkaOvL0k0kZW_Wq8lnyEJYs6WFRHpTp230raJ54cpcNan89fFfCVRf4WKDd3WTZYjS_0KX6gvWCCVQtzL21LYTYxsJeOdqVbHoaRMhmhmzcHSWq/s400/sayap.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499284630317575858" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div>The greatest magical adventure ever. <br /></div><div><div><br /></div><div>Coming soon soon soon.</div><div><br /></div></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-FVSxwvS2lI9DjlQ33pLYrN0jVa7l1-5RWskxwYjbkde7LBndcB7UYT-K5KKV1xfIqhPRpGE9DiiF_EJXcO20QTiJ-RQQl0q7uj4hUR1Cjrbq3_ma-Ne2PXy2AWpS_3hLq8A-oc1PIhx/s1600/sayapposter.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 283px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-FVSxwvS2lI9DjlQ33pLYrN0jVa7l1-5RWskxwYjbkde7LBndcB7UYT-K5KKV1xfIqhPRpGE9DiiF_EJXcO20QTiJ-RQQl0q7uj4hUR1Cjrbq3_ma-Ne2PXy2AWpS_3hLq8A-oc1PIhx/s400/sayapposter.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499284388078691474" /></a><br /><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>WAN HASLIZAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13623996027851883781noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813137776274264249.post-31650999240329347032010-06-10T16:04:00.000+08:002010-08-03T13:56:04.247+08:00Opie Sudah Gemuk _ Dunia Baru Reunion<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyf9kcl4EmMWXNJkLVitm_inDha20DS6PRw95ZOTmqtD_Z2loPuU27UwahekPeeDb5XCZv-cyDK-8B5rua-IMnOQ7QO7dywRYXgCpOQKnaNF7uGvhhh7q-IpCV2QK8DNhrKR5zzMRLolCN/s1600/duniabaruheader.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 165px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyf9kcl4EmMWXNJkLVitm_inDha20DS6PRw95ZOTmqtD_Z2loPuU27UwahekPeeDb5XCZv-cyDK-8B5rua-IMnOQ7QO7dywRYXgCpOQKnaNF7uGvhhh7q-IpCV2QK8DNhrKR5zzMRLolCN/s400/duniabaruheader.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498884885813741954" /></a><br /><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';">Dunia Baru Reunion is a web-series for gua.com.my. Dunia Baru was launched a month ago tapi because right after Dunia Baru, i embarked on yet another project and then another without stop ( i swear i need a holiday), i wasnt able to blog this. So, here's my blog on DBR. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';">The full 20 eps can be seen at http://www.gua.com.my/. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';">So, sesiapa yang berminat silalah click the link. </span><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Anyway, we've received a lot of queries about Dunia Baru which i shall answer in full as per below : </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">1) Why is it not on TV?</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Let's just say, the station has moved on to bigger projects.</span></span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">2) </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Kenapa tak continue season 4, pastu barulah buat reunion?</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">The original plan was of course to have a season 4. In fact the whole synopsis and story outline for season 4 was written. The fourth season would sum up what happened to each character. Unfortunately, the show was cancelled.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">But of course, we weren't ready to thrown in the towel so, we went around selling our comic soul to the world and finally we had a taker in the form of Gua.Com.My.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">However, to cram season 4 in 20 eps of 5minute each, was a bit of a waste. So, instead of wasting the season 4 storyline, we thought we save it and create the story about what happens to the gang after college.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';">Lagipun, as i mentioned up above its a five-minuter. Rugi kalau buat Season 4 dalam 5 minit per episod. Rugi.</span><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold;font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold;font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">3) Kenapa pelakon asal ramai tak dikekalkan ?</span><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Jawapan Pertama :</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold;font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">We called all of them tetapi siapa yang ada dalam DB reunion adalah antara yang dapat commit. Yang lain tu, well .. we tried to get them in but they couldn't commit. <br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Disappointed, yes. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Very disappointed , not really.<br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">We wrote the story to suit which ever pelakon yang bisa memberi komitment. Adif and Erika couldn't make it.. so, we ditched their story out..</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';font-size:13px;">Almy couldn't make it - we changed her story & switched the actors. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';font-size:13px;">Iqram couldnt make it - so we had to reduce his story, and i stress again, HAD TO reduce his story, which of course, directly efffecs Madihah's storyline.</span><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';font-size:13px;">Rio, played by an actor named Fikree is untraceable so, forget it.. We get another Fikhree and we gave him a different character called Azlan.</span><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">We would love to have all the original actors back but i guess, they all have moved bigger things in their life and you can't really blame them. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> <br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Jawapan kedua :</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Stories should imitate life. Like life itself, you shall meet different people at different phases of life.. Some shall stay, some shall exit. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';font-size:13px;">Similar to DBR.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">4) Why is Opie fat?</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Jawapan Pertama : </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Why not? </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">I was fat once. S*&t happens and we just take things in as best we can.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia;font-size:16px;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">5) Why is anak Madihah, Atina extra sengal?</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Well, one day, i was in a cafe somewhere in Mutiara when i observed for a full 45 mins, a little 2 year old boy.. Let me stress that again, TWO YEAR OLD BOY, ordering his parents around whilst holding a tantrum which includes frolicking on the marbled floor (or was it just cement?), making that 360 degree turn lying on the floor whilst stomping his tiny little feet, jumping up and down and basically making a multiple imprints on the glass door with his tiny little oily fingers and spit..</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';font-size:13px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';font-size:13px;">And his mother basically only chirped, ignored his ranting, and even help usher the little screaming monster in and out of the cafe, following his every command.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';font-size:13px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';font-size:13px;">And i thot to myself.... Nauzubillah and alhamdulillah for the experience and lets make a story out of this. </span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">6) Hows the cast? Diva tak?</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Out of all the genres that i have tried, personally, i find comedy by far the hardest to do. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div></div></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">And i've worked with so many actors. Mainstream and non-mainstream. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Trust me on this. You can either over do it, under do it or not do it at all.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Its not easy to make people ketawa kah kah kah. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">To deliver comedy effectively, actors need precise comic timing.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">And the original Dunia Baru casts Elyana, Wan Elyas, Anne Ngasri, Anita Baharom, Zazlen Zulkifli, despite how far they have gone in this world, are a humble lot of young actors who have that and can deliver comedy. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The new faces aka Fikhree Bakar, Beto Kusyairy and Tania Hudson are equally talented.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';font-size:13px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">And yes, the cast was a pleasure to work with. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';font-size:13px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Diva? Not at all.</span></span><br /></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:16px;"><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';font-size:13px;"><br /></span></div></div></span></span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><br /></div>WAN HASLIZAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13623996027851883781noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813137776274264249.post-33343502301567558062010-05-07T23:50:00.000+08:002010-05-12T08:37:36.190+08:00Puterapura<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Puterapura adalah project terbaru KL Motion untuk RTM. </span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Puterapura adalah kisah 'pelanduk dua serupa' and was aspired by Mark Twain's The Prince and the Pauper'. One of my fav childhood tales.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Why we called it Puterapura - well, putera is prince and pura in malay is pretend. Get it?</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Anyway, the story was line produced by Hazo, directed by Johan Bahar, scripted by Shamsul Haszraei, cinematography provided by Kamal Hazizi and art by Amet. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">It stars a host of talented stars :-</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">1) Raja Sadif/ Malik is played by kind soul Anding Indrawani. Its a pleasure to watch him switch roles effortlessly..</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">2) the beautiful Melissa Maureen in her first ever ultra gedik hik hik role as Puteri Afsun Sari. Siapa cakap dia tak boleh berlakon?! Meh sini.. (gulung lengan baju)</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">3) Jalalludin Hassan plays the gentlemen Sultan Alfian. Nobody can deny this..</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">4) Beto Kusyairy plays the ever so sly yet charming Alang, </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">5) the ultra ultra cliche (purposely) scheming bad guy role played by Riz Ainuddin ( Raja Ammar) and his sidekick Bendahara ( Zain Ruffedge)</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">6) Razib Salimin, plays the electrifying and ever sooooo macho old blind master.. :)</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new';">There's a score of other actors like Kismah Johar, Mariam Rahman, etc.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Its a really fun story. You'll love it. <br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Puterapura is a half hour, 13 episod drama series and shall air on RTM. </span></span></div><div><br /></div></div>WAN HASLIZAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13623996027851883781noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813137776274264249.post-37275079259616784982010-04-23T08:15:00.000+08:002010-04-25T15:40:41.569+08:00Hooperz - Two years later<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Hooperz is finally out. Along side big mammouth features such as Clash Of the Titans, Iron Man and Kick Ass.. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Takutnyaa.. Nibble kuku jari..ggegege.. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">We've been waiting for Hooperz to go out dan walaupun it went out together2 dengan Kick Ass( feature by Matthew Vaughn who is my fav director ever since Stardust & Layer Cake. He produced Guy Ritchie's earlier movies as well and married to Claudia Schiffer), we're grateful. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">We're grateful its out, we're also grateful we were given the opportunity to understand movie making more and we're grateful as well as obliged,that Primeworks has been kind enough to give us much limelight (undeservingly we feel, since we did alahai so little..).</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Hooperz was a project that was shot in June 2008. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">It was conceptualize at an R&R on the KL-Seremban highway in 2007. Initially, i just shared an idea of how netball was such a makcik, political, dramatic, hormone infested game which made me once swore of the game for life.. *&&^%#.. Just thinking about it pun gets my heart pumping ..hehe :p</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">But the producers liked it. So, they told me.. Develop it lah. The idea further developed, funnily enough by 'men' at Kedai Mamak Madinah. </span></span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Kye came out with the title, Iqbal Putra came out with the initial story concept - hence the name Iqbal and daughter Atylia. Originally Iqbal was suppose to be a football coach, but after much ado, we thought of being a lil crazy and make him a failed astronaut instead memandangkan planet itu bulat seperti netball.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Iqbal came with me for the pitching session at Primeworks and pitched it, yes - to a panel of LELAKI and voila it was accepted. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Im sure you can spot the irony - girls story yet male involvement..</span></span></div><div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Of course, the initial idea was for us to produce the movie. However, KL Motion Picture was only 2 years old at the time and never ever produced a movie. So the old and wiser Primeworks Studio said no to us producing it ourselves. I myself never directed and was only a writer (my first directing stint was 2 months later). </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Hence, we were told by Primeworks to get a partner to produce the movie. We were happy enough to do so, because, honestly, we just wanted to learn and i think the best way to do that is to do so with an experienced partner..</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">So, we went to renowned MhZ Pictures. MhZ pictures led at that time by Rosnah Kassim, Odeng and Ujang - had a strong art department and did a lot of Yasmin Ahmad Movies. After talking to them, they agreed.<br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">After much deliberation and after seeing Sheikh Munasar's show reel, which looked impressive, Rosihan Zain@Dhojee the E.P, who had always liked trying new directors ( he was the guy who was responsible in identifying and recommending Kabir Bhatia for Cinta, Wan Azly for Budak Kelantan, Naeim Ghalili for Susuk), decided to take him on. We gave Sheikh Munasar a reference which was Kamikaze Girls. He then gave us a further reference which was a Thai movie 'Citizen Dog'. However, due to some reasons, none of that transpired but that's okay. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Anyway, after MHz took the reins, we pretty much let go. I wrote and amended the script. We wanted a story that people outside Malaysia would identify as a Malaysian movie. I was influenced a lot by Juno and Stardust at that time. I like the twist in the story in Juno - you think Jason Bateman was the nice guy but he's not - so itulah kenapa adanya karektor Nik..</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">After the script was done, we basically let MhZ steer the boat during most of the pre-production and production. You cant have too many kepala. Karam kapal... </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">We couldn't do much pun because we were also prepping for another project at that time which was a serial drama for Astro called LIMA and a serial comedy called Ceraiya for Gua. I was writing Lima ( which was my first ever ever directing stint in August 2008) and also writing and producing Ceraiya at the same time then. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Besides, MhZ had basically had all their grounds covered.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">I basically observed the script-reading 4-5 times, went to see the shooting 2-3 times. <br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">After the shoot was over, we were called back in by Primeworks to help do the website and help slice off more minutes from the first draft offline edit.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">For any movie, the magic is mostly done in post ( i quote J.Lo okay). So, Dhojee worked his magic. Any pembetulan, enhancement, CGI semuanya berlaku in the post. Award winning Akash Singh was the editor for Hooperz. I could see it wasn't easy. Dhojee then reeled in Black from Imagebox for the CGI. He got Pacai to come in to do the music score. Dhojee and his team, reeled in local talents to provide songs for the film including A.P.I, Luscious,our star Intan Nor Saina and newbie Kayant dan bermacam-macam lagi talent (beli lah soundtrack)</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">And what you see on screen is a result of that effort.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">My harshest critics are my sisters. They provide me what we would call, brutal, 'sock you in the stomach', 'tak bagi chan' kind of honesty. You know, the kind of honesty where you feel like disowning them.. hehe..</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">But surprisingly enough, as we walked out of the theatre, both my sisters and nieces said they loved it. Im shocked.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">I know not everybody will love it. But do go watch Hooperz for the experience. Sometimes it good to try something new.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Anyway, again MhZ and Primeworks - much thanks. We have learn much from all of you. It was indeed kind of you. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Nota terakhir : GO WATCH THE MOVIE.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div></div></div></div>WAN HASLIZAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13623996027851883781noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813137776274264249.post-38994743153213174372010-02-14T14:56:00.000+08:002010-02-14T15:31:30.106+08:00Valentine Query - Seriously, pernahkah anda menggunakan perkataan 'Cinta'?<!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Note : </span></span><span style=""><span style="mso-list:Ignore"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style=""><span style=""><span style="mso-list:Ignore"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">1)</span></span><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">This note might be frowned upon because </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">it is in both BM and BI.</span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">2) This note maybe frowned upon those people who can use the word cinta.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">It's Valentine's again. Since i feel like updating this blog on a night which coincides with the eve of Valentine's Day ( which i've never really celebrated..haha), perhaps i should be writing about love hubba hubba hubba..</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">No worries. I won't explore the history of Valentines or the religious and political aspects of Valentines and all things serious. We have the intellectual bloggers and writers from Malaysian Insider/Malaysiakini or other serious blogs out there to do that. Instead, memandangkan i'm a scriptwriter/director, what i shall write about adalah penggunaan perkataan 'Cinta' dalam dialogue sehari-harian dan skrip untuk filem/drama. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style=""><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">But first, sebelum saya akan bersusah payah menerangkan perihal penggunaaan perkataan cinta ni, kita perlu memahami serba sedikit tentang love in the </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Malay context.</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> Lucky for me, my friend Nadge, just tweeted something about it. So i dont have to bersusah payah explaining in detail, </span></span></span><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">the breakdown of it. Yey.</span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Anyway, Nadge tweeted, '</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> Malay civilisation had correctly identified 3 kinds of human love. Reflected in #sayang general, #kasih family, #cinta spousal-sexual'.</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">I think that was brilliant. To categorize what is basically 'love' into the different type of categories and tagging a name to it? Wow! </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">I can imagine young malay poets or pelingpularas once upon a romantic time ago, as they watch their cocks (as in chicken okay) fight and bleed in the arena, whilst they discuss about the types of love, catalogueing them into kasih-cinta-sayang, adding these words into the Malay vocabulary.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">However, whilst i totally think cataloguing of love is brilliant, i have a slight problem with the usage of the word cinta. Walaupun Cinta is the malay word for </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">‘being </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">IN</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> love’ aka spousal-sexual love,</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> I can’t seem to make the word ‘cinta’ work in any love professing dialogue. Yup, I can’t seem to make ‘Cinta’ a verb. To me, it shall always be a noun. Hence, why, I prefer to use the word ‘sayang’ which is both noun and verb.</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">I have tried to use this celebrated word in some of my love professing scenes and dialogues but comes off corny and ends up deleted.</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">And everytime, and i mean everytime, i watch a Malay drama on tv and hear an actor use the word 'cinta' in a dialogue, with the intent of expressing their innermost desires of wanting and having and loving and receiving to another actor, it makes me cringe to the point of permanent facial distortion as well as.. excuse my French.. PUKE!</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Ill give you an example. This is a malay drama I watched on TV </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">( character’s names are changed)…The scene is Bunny is professing his love to Hunny.</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace: none"><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">~~~</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Bunny dan Hunny berada dalam kereta. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Bunny yang sedang memandu kereta, tiba-tiba menghentikan kereta dan mengeluh.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Bunny tiba-tiba mengalihkan pandangannya ke Hunny yang duduk dikerusi co-driver. Bunny dengan romantisnya, mengambil tangan Hunny.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:90.0pt; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:113.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center; mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">BUNNY</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:90.0pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:113.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Hunny, aku dah jatuh cinta dengan engkau.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:90.0pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style=""><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:-3.2pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Hunny ukirkan senyuman dan mengerut-ngerutkan dahi, mata dan segala urat facial yang supposedly mengekspresskan happynya..</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:90.0pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style=""><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:90.0pt; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:113.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center; mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">HUNNY</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:90.0pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:113.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Bunny…. aku pun cinta pada mu..</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:3.9pt;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:3.9pt; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center; mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">~~~</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">P-uke!</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">I don’t know about you lah but the presence of the word ‘Cinta’ doesn’t seem to work for me because it makes the sentence, simply sounds strangely corny…</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">However,</span></span></span></b><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> replace ‘cinta’ with sayang - that works!</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Or,</span></span></span></b><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> make them say it in indonesian slang… That also work!</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">I do think, other than me, there are other forces out there who are trying to un-corny-fy the word 'Cinta' but - i'd like to memberi sepatah kata nasihat to those who do .. Urbanizing it will not work! Putting 'i' and 'you's does not make it less corny.. !!!</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Example : </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:90.0pt; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:113.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center; mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">BUNNY</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:90.0pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:113.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Hunny, i dah jatuh cinta dengan you!</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:90.0pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:113.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:90.0pt; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:113.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center; mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">HUNNY</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:90.0pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:113.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Bunny, i pun cinta pada you.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Ya Allahhh….</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Why? Why??? Whyyyy??!!!</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace: none"><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">~~~~~~~~</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Anyway...</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Why the word 'cinta' doesn’t seem to work for me because as a scriptwriter, when we write dialogues, the dialogue written must be as close to reality as possible. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">And the thing is, does anybody out there really use the word cinta? Really??</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">If anybody does, please tell me how it’s done. I sincerely and honestly am curious to know cara bagaimana untuk mengaplikasi perkataan cinta sebaik mungkin dalam dialog because in all honesty, I have never used it in real life.I have had a string of relationships (hihi) and one very serious one but I have never professed my ..er ..love using the ‘C’ word.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Sayang – yes, Love – yes.. but Cinta? Nope… but I do use it as a bahan ketawa..hehe..</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">And it’s not just me. I have asked around. I asked my friend.. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Aku : Z, kau pernah tak beritahu laki kau yang kau cintakan dia?</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Z : Apa jadahnya? Ewww.. Kampung lah kau ni!</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style=""><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">From my friend's response and some other responses, in general I find that my circle of friends and the people surrounding me, do not really use the word ‘cinta’ to profess their love.</span></span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Itu lah sebabnya, if any of you have seen my previous work, anda akan perasan yang bila part-part menulis dialog cinta, saya tidak akan sekali-sekala menggunakan perkataan cinta unless kalau saya berniat untuk membuat scene tersebut kelakar.</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Contohnya,</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:90.0pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:113.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">BUNNY</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:90.0pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:113.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Auw.. Auw..Hunny, tolong .. tolong aku.. Aku sakit..</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:90.0pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:113.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style=""><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:90.0pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:113.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">HUNNY</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:90.0pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:113.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Kau okay ke?! Kau sakit?</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:90.0pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:113.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:90.0pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:113.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">BUNNY</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:90.0pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:113.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Aku jatuh.. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:90.0pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:113.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:90.0pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:113.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">HUNNY</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:90.0pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:113.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Ya allah..kau jatuh kat mana? Bila?</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:90.0pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:113.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style=""><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:90.0pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:113.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">BUNNY</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:90.0pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:113.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Aku jatuh cinta..</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:90.0pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:113.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style=""><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:90.0pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:113.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">HUNNY</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:90.0pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:113.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Blah lah wei!</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:90.0pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:113.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:90.0pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:113.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> ~~~~~~~~~~</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Eventhough you won’t be hearing ‘cinta’ in any love-professing dialogues in any of my projects, it doesn’t mean you won't be hearing the word at all.</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Tell me how it is used and ill try to use it</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">. </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">But in the meantime, ill use it as a noun.. a theory .. a concept. I’ll use it to further to further differentiate and describe the levels of love. Perhaps in something like the below dialogue..</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:67.7pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:3.0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:67.7pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:3.0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">HUNNY</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:67.7pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:3.0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Aku rasa aku sayang kat Bunny..</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:67.7pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:3.0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style=""><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:67.7pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:3.0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">FUNNY</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:67.7pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:3.0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Kau cinta ke sayang kat Bunny?</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:67.7pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:3.0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style=""><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:67.7pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:3.0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">HUNNY</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:67.7pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:3.0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Cinta kot..</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:67.7pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:3.0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style=""><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:67.7pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:3.0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">FUNNY</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:67.7pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:3.0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Aku pun..</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:67.7pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:3.0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style=""><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:67.7pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:3.0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">HUNNY</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:67.7pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:3.0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Apa?!?!</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">~~~~~~</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span><!--StartFragment--></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">I’ll be directing my first feature, finally! And guess what it’ll be about?</span></span></span><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-family:Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type:symbol; mso-symbol-font-family:Wingdings;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">J</span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-family:Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <!--EndFragment--> <p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';font-size:10px;"><br /></span></p> <!--EndFragment-->WAN HASLIZAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13623996027851883781noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813137776274264249.post-54058395446056659752010-01-04T23:04:00.000+08:002010-02-06T19:43:12.014+08:002010 Guide<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Its a bit too late to say Happy New Year but its my blog and i can do and say anything i want whenever i want. :)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">So happy new year!!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">And at the outset of this grand new year, i'd like to begin it with some quotes which shall serve as a guide to me and who knows, maybe to you. I did not arrange it in any particular order or so that it would make sense.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">One, the Quran says 'Read' [96:1]***</span></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Tun Mahathir vouches reading. And although we produce a lot of TV programmes for you to watch, we vouch Tun's view. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">In a recent article, whilst Tun never discourages watching television, he encourages reading. The man says ".. reading improves communication. A person who watches television cannot learn to communicate; a person who reads books can. And communication is one of the weaknesses in human society. The ability to convey your thinking to another person is a communication skill."</span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">So watch tv but don't forget to get some quiet time to read.</span></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><b>Note : </b>The context of reading here is the literal context. Whilst it would mean to the intellectual mind 'furqan' aka read our surroundings and differentiate rights and wrong, for this note it just the normal reading of books.</span></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Two, WWF says save the tigers. </span></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Since as per the chinese calendar, this is the Tiger year, lets hope tigers flourish this year. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">There are only less than 3000 tigers left in this world. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Life is about balance. At the beginning of the century, there were 100,000 tigers. Now there's 6 billion human being vs 3000 tigers. Balance? Really? </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Three, the late Ghandi says there are basically s</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">even blunders of the world :</span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div></span></span><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">1. Politics without principles, </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">2. Wealth without work, </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">3. Pleasure without conscience, </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">4. Knowledge without character, </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">5. Commerce without morality, </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">6. Science without humanity, and; </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">7. Worship without sacrifice.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Four, American president, Teddy Roosevelt quotes in 'The Man in The Arena';</span></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat."</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Yeah. So shut up and start being doers. People who talk without action adalah amat-amat merimaskan. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; "><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Five, Nil desperadum aka 'Do not despair' because </span></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">“Verily, with hardship, there is relief” (Quran 94:6)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div></span></span></div></span></span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>WAN HASLIZAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13623996027851883781noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813137776274264249.post-21485017802891233112009-12-05T12:40:00.000+08:002009-12-18T23:39:19.198+08:00A Jodoh Story in Kuala Lumpur (part 1)<!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal"><!--StartFragment--> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:courier new;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Jodoh had a lot on her hands in Kuala Lumpur.</span></span></span><span style=";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">2 days before yesterday, 25 couples tied the knot all around KL – </span></span><b style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Brickfields, Taman Tun Dr Ismail, Bangsar, Damansara.</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> It was a Saturday. The following day, weddings again were bountiful. There were altogether 36 weddings all around Kuala Lumpur – 14 in </span></span><b style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Setiawangsa,</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> 2 in </span></span><b style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Bangsar</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, 12 in </span></span><b style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Kepong,</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> 8 in </span></span><b style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Ampang</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">. And that was exclusive of the 20 weddings in </span></span><b style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Ampang, Selangor.</span></span></b></span><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-family:courier new;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">But come Monday, jodoh productivity rapidly declined – save for one case i.e. the case of Dr Ganesh, a resident at </span></span><b style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Hospital Kuala Lumpur</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">. Long time bachelor Dr Ganesh, 44 years old, finally decided to settle down and finally pop the question.</span></span></span><span style=";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The juicy bit – it wasn’t to his long time girlfriend Swari, the nurse in Ob/Gyn but instead to pharmacist Poovan who worked at a pharmacy in </span></span><b style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Jalan Ipoh</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">. It was a blow to Swari but everybody in the hospital knew Swari and Ganesh were a bad match simply because nobody liked Ganesh and everybody loved Swari. But they could only talk on corners and only Jodoh took action to rectify the situation.</span></span></span><span style=";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">No doubt Dr Ganesh was a great surgeon but he was a bit pompous and speak wonders about himself to anybody who would listen. And Swari was a great listener. She was the kind so selfless that she would listen to anybody’s woes. Jodoh had to step in and worked its magic. Swari would be devastated but Jodoh knew that Swari would be better off without Ganesh. Way better.</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-family:courier new;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">But Jodoh had a more challenging project. It was the kind of project that entailed childhood friendship that bloomed into the kind of love that only death could do them part.</span></span></span><span style=";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">It was a project between Zahra and Amir. </span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-family:courier new;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">At one glance, the union between Amir and Zahra would seem impossible and downright absurd. They were different in many ways. Zahra was from Pontian, a small town in Johor that was named after Malay vampires (Pontianak) and Amir was a </span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">KL boy</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> or to be more detail, Amir was a </span></span><b style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">TTDI</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> boy.</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-family:courier new;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">For the non-KL dwellers, when a person identifies himself as a </span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">TTDI</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> boy, a certain image conjures up in their mind. The </span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">TTDI boy/gal </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">was the quintessential product of the </span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Federal Territory</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">. The TTDI boy/gal was the symbol of modern </span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Kuala Lumpur.</span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-family:courier new;"><span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">TTDI</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> was short for </span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Taman Tun Dr Ismail</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, an upper middle class residential area, couched between Bandar Utama, Damansara Utama, and Mutiara Damansara, which was developed in the suburbs of Petaling Jaya, Selangor. The residential area was first open in 1974 by developing arm UDA with the noble intention of becoming a residential melting pot where “</span></span><i style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Malaysians of various races are brought together … with plenty of opportunities for neighbourly interaction,… their children grow up together, and mix freely in schools and on the playing fields, they will think of themselves and of each other as Malaysians rather than Malays, Chinese or Indians"</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-family:courier new;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">And when it opened, other than the nice houses and the intellectual sounding roads, many raced to be a part of that dream.</span></span></span><span style=";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Amir’s parents were one of those many.</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-family:courier new;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">A </span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">TTDI boy or gal </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">by definition would be somebody whose family moved to TTDI was born or raised there. She/he may not necessarily school in the nearby schools. In the 1980s, some parents chose to send their children’s to non-coed school in KL such as: - S</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">t John’s, La Salle or Victoria Institute</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> if they were boys and if they were girls, they 'd be sent to to either </span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Convent Bukit Nenas, Bukit Bintang Girls School</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> etc.<br /></span></span></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-family:courier new;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Whatever schools they went to, the </span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">TTDI</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> child had a certain air about them. Somehow you would get an impression that a </span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">TTDI</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> offspring were raised without any dysfunction. The same way the </span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Taman Tun Dr Ismail</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> was planned and the same manner in which the streets were arranged - was the same way the families in TTDI functioned Without chaos and dysfunction.</span></span></span></p><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The TTDI offspring fared well in academics, generally knowledgeable, physically better looking because of the access of better foods in KL, and culturally sensitive due to the racial mixture. They had full backing from their parents in whatever they did; financially and emotionally. And best of all, they could talk to their parents and discuss about everything. Yes, everything.<br /><br />It was a new phenomenon in Malaysia. Nobody ‘talks’ to their parents, then. That’s what made these TTDI kids so stable and Stepfordlike.<br /><br />Amir’s parents were not originally from KL. Amir’s father, Karim was from Dungun, Terengganu. He had a very old school upbringing. His father, Haji Yusof, yielded a rattan whip and if he didn’t do well in studies, the whip would land on his rear. No discussion. Haji Yusof delivered his affection via whip. If no whip was swung, he was please.</span></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-family:courier new;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">After passing his O’Levels, Karim accepted the government’s scholarship and read Electrical Engineering at the Technical College (Universiti Technology Malaysia) located at </span></span><b style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Jalan Weld (aka Jalan Raja Chulan now).</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> He graduated his diploma with flying colours and the government offered him a scholarship to do his degree in Sussex, United Kingdom.</span></span></span><span style=";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-family:courier new;"><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">But let’s not venture into the details of Karim’s educational voyage, as this is the story of Amir – not his father.</span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> Now, unlike Amir, Karim’s love story was pretty straightforward. Whilst waiting for the bus to return home, he met his wife, Kalsom who was also waiting for the same bus. Kalsom worked as a telephone operator for the nation’s telecommunications company. She had the blackest and waviest hair and he was immediately encha</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">nted. He approached her and the rest was history. Karim did not go to the United Kingdom alone. </span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-family:courier new;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Upon their return, with 2 children in tow, Amir being the youngest at that time, they stayed in Kuala Lumpur’s jewel, </span></span><b style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Kampung Baru</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> before moving to </span></span><b style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">TTDI.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-family:courier new;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">On the other hand, Zahra was born in the small town Pontian, Johor. She was the first child of 4 siblings. Her mother was a clerk at the Land office in Pontian.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-family:courier new;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Zahra’s father Zainal, was an out of work bum who loved watching TV whilst picking the hardened and callous skin of his toes. Zainal fared from a well to do family that owned many lands in Pontian. When Zainal’s father was alive, he would cultivate the land with pineapple, cocoa and coffee and they would survive from their produce. His wife, Zainal’s mother spoilt all her sons and out of love, never allowed Zainal and his brothers to work and help their father and they never learn the art of hardship. Zainal married Fatimah because his mother considered Fatimah the prettiest girl in Pontian at that time and she wanted good looking grandchildren.</span></span></span><span style=";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Fatimah had just finished her ‘O’ levels and just landed a job as a teacher.</span></span></span><span style=";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">She was told to quit and though hesitant, she did so as she assumed that Zainal was rich. </span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-family:courier new;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">After Zahra’s birth, her grandfather died. And amazingly, so did all the pineapple, cocoa and coffee. None of his sons had the knowhow how to managed the fields and Fatimah knew that Zainal was a loser.</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-family:courier new;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">To survive, Zainal and her brothers sold pieces of their land, bit by bit until they were none.</span></span></span><span style=";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Zainal was lazy and did not have the feel to work. He was developing himself into a bona fide bum. Money was becoming scarce, the screaming matches were getting more frequent but yet, her parents continued procreating until Zahra had 4 younger siblings.</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-family:courier new;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">But Fatimah had a strong spirit, brains and 5 children to support, so Fatimah took up a job as a clerk at the land office and that’s where she worked to support her children. Her father continued to come and go, as he likes. And truth be told, Zahra preferred if he wasn’t around. All he did was to argue with her mother from dawn to dusk – disturbing Zahra and her siblings. Worst, he refused to divorce his wife and threatened to physically hurt her and the children if she left him. Everybody knew that they were merely empty threats which wouldn’t amount to anything. But Fatimah never took action against her husband and remained married to him. Zahra realized that her mother loved her father too much to leave him and was subconsciously enjoying all the fighting and make up sessions. And as twisted as it was, that was what drove Zahra and her siblings to do well in their studies. Zahra wanted out and couldn’t wait to leave one day. </span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-family:courier new;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">That was also a part of Jodoh’s plan because if Zahra did not do well in her SPM, she wouldn’t be able to get the scholarship to study abroad and she wouldn’t be able to go to Kuala Lumpur to do her A-Levels and meet Amir.<br /></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-family:courier new;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Hence, it was critical that Zahra went to Kuala Lumpur. </span></span></span><span style=";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-family:courier new;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Jodoh had made many arrangements prior for Zahra to meet Amir but they all failed.Misrebly.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-family:courier new;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The overriding destiny instruction to Jodoh was that Zahra and Amir were to meet in </span></span><b style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Kuala Lumpur</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> and to be married in </span></span><b style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Kuala Lumpur</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">. The details of their love story should have be as the following: - Pen pals when they were 11 years old, then their friendship would bloom into love by the time they were 18 and they were later to be married to one another by 29.</span></span></span><span style=";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-family:courier new;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">But none of these details transpired. None. </span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-family:courier new;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Now they were both already in their mid 30s and they were still not married to one another. Nor fully acquainted.</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; font-family:courier new;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">It wasn’t that, Jodoh had been sloppy. But sometimes, things don’t go as plan. Plans executed. Effort was exerted. Results however were disappointing.</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; font-family:courier new;"><span><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; font-family:courier new;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">For example, the </span></span><b style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">first time </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">that Jodoh arranged that they would cross paths was in the early 1980s when Zahra went on a school trip to </span></span><b style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Muzium Negara</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> located at </span></span><b style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Jalan Duta</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> in Kuala Lumpur.</span></span></span><span style=";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Had the plan gone right, Amir would bump into Zara whilst both of them were observing the museum display on the Sultanate of Malacca. They would notice one another, strike a conversation, exchange addresses and became penpals. But instead, Amir’s youngest brother had a bad stomach that day and puked on the floor in the museum, forcing his father to usher his family out of the museum to prevent chaos. Zahra reached the display right after the incident but the putrid smell repelled Zahra and her friends to even approach the grand display. </span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; font-family:courier new;"><span><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; font-family:courier new;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The </span></span><b style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">second time,</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> Zahra and</span></span></span><span style=";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Amir cross paths was only 8 years later in college. Both had won scholarships to study abroad and were sent by sponsors to a college in an obscure and new industrial area in</span></span><b style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> Cheras</span></span></b><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, Kuala Lumpur.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; font-family:courier new;"><span><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; font-family:courier new;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Zahra was sent to this college by her mother and her siblings. Her father, who did not know of his daughter’s success, was nowhere to be found and hence, they went without him in his old Toyota.</span></span></span><span style=";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">It was bad enough that the car did not have air-conditioning and that they had to stop the car every half an hour due to the car’s over-heating, but what made the trip worst, was Zahra’s mother sermon about the importance of self respect and chastity.</span></span></span><span style=";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">How she could speak for 5 hours non-stop was beyond Zahra. If only her mother realized that the point on chastity which was repeated 1001 times, was already drilled into Zahra’s mind by the first time, thanks to the graphic nature and creative but embarrassing play of words, that would have made her stop. </span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; font-family:courier new;"><span><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; font-family:courier new;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">However, the talk on chastity wasn’t as bad like the part that they got lost. After the straight but long drive on the Johor Bahru – KL highway, they finally arrived in the Federal Territory. When they passed </span></span><b style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">TUDM’s airport at Jalan Sungai Besi</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, Zahra’s sibling cheered. The old military airport was a landmark that they were in KL.</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; font-family:courier new;"><span><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; font-family:courier new;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">But then, they got lost. </span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; font-family:courier new;"><span><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; font-family:courier new;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The old Toyota somehow took a wrong turn somewhere and instead of going on <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">J</span></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">alan Chan Sau Lin,</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> they somehow managed to get on </span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Jalan Loke Yew</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> instead and thereafter a number of other winding roads which got Zahra and her mother ultimately intimidated with the scale of Kuala Lumpur. It was 100 times bigger than Pontian and it was the first time her mother drove into Kuala Lumpur. Whilst Zahra and her mother scream to one another about the directions, it was only then when the younger siblings began acting out. Yup. Not during the smooth trip on the highway, not when they stopped at the R&R’s to rest or the gas stations to refill. It just had to be when they all were lost and confuse. One wanted to pee, one wanted to vomit, one was crying , another was hungry. This ultimately drove Zahra crazy but her mother </span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">was determine to get to this </span></span><b style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Cheras</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> area. Albeit the winding roads.<br /></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; font-family:courier new;"><span><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; font-family:courier new;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">So, the old Toyota sedan shimmied passed </span></span><b style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Dewan Bahasa and Pustaka on Jalan Hang Tuah, then the Old Railway station, the blue National Mosque, Dayabumi, Dataran Merdeka </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">and suddenly, they were on</span></span><b style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> Jalan Parliament.</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> Zahra furiously scoured the maps for directions and they took a flyover and ended on </span></span><b style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman, the famous Globe Silk Store,</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> the </span></span><b style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Colloseum restarant </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">and after making so many rights and left, they ended on </span></span><b style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Jalan Pahang</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> and later </span></span><b style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Jalan Ipoh</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> and later</span></span><b style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, Kepong</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">. More fights ensued between Zahra and her mother but good sense made them ask a pump attendant at the Petronas Station and finally made their way to </span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Cheras</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> and finally to Zahra’s college.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; font-family:courier new;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">On the other hand, Amir was sent by both his parents. Amir was sent off with a wonderful celebration lunch (lasagna and laksa all made from scratch by his mother). The whole family laughed over lunch and Amir was excused from washing dishes as he had to pack. Then he had a peaceful trip in his father air-conditioned and noise proof Mercedes. And even though college was only 30 minutes away, Amir slept like a baby in the car. Regardless the distance, upon arrival at his new college, his mother wept over their departure and passed him the keys to her trusted Proton Saga.</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; font-family:courier new;"><span style=";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; font-family:courier new;"><span style=";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">“Amir, this is so you can come home anytime for my cooking. Anytime tau? Jangan lupa semayang... Jangan lupa Mama..” Then she wept... </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; font-family:courier new;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Amir consoled her mother but, in Amir’s mind, the car was the key to a new phase in Amir’s life. Amir was about to embark on ‘a some kind of wonderful’.</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; font-family:courier new;"><span><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; font-family:courier new;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">As Amir's mind played out 'the some kind of wonderful', scored with the sound of Amir’s mother wept incessantly, in the background about 8 metres away from Amir's family</span></span></span><span style=";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">was Zahra’s family. Zahra was tending to the overheated Toyota and fanning the carburetor. As much as she hated her family, she was sad to send her mother and siblings away. Of course, none of them showed their true feelings. Her family wasnt the type.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; font-family:courier new;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Amir and Zahra did not realize each other’s existence this time being bogged down with family and all but, it was okay as they would cross paths a few hundred times after this, as they were in the same college. </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';">The first time they actually realized each other’s existence was during orientation<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">at the </span></span><b style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Badminton Stadium in Cheras</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> . Amir was one of the spectators of the women’s volleyball game between his class and Zahra’s class. But Amir wasn’t really watching the game but what he was really doing was aiming his focus on one of Zahra’s classmate, the long legged, sweet Nina. Amir stood near the referee for a frontal view of Nina. </span></span></span><span style=";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Nina was a terrible player but Amir didn’t care. She was hot. As he was admiring Nina’s awkward and uninterested pose in the volleyball court, Nina abruptly turned her head to him. </span></span></span><span style=";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">But her face turned into panic and at that moment, she shouted..</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-family:courier new;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">“Zahra!!!” </span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-family:courier new;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">And that was when Amir first noticed Zahra, when she did her legendary move that would be the talk of many years to come....</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-family:courier new;"><span><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-family:courier new;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">(To be continued…)</span></span></span></p> <!--EndFragment--> <p></p> <!--EndFragment-->WAN HASLIZAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13623996027851883781noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813137776274264249.post-44079878080114665902009-08-07T00:48:00.000+08:002009-08-07T17:21:16.761+08:00Do you like babies?<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Times;"><div style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; width: auto; font: normal normal normal 100%/normal Georgia, serif; text-align: left; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';">I like babies. Especially newborns. They're small, cute and mesmerizing. I can spend hours just looking at them in fascination and saying 'awwwwwwwwww'. Procreation is a damn wonder.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';">Normally, I prefer not to make commentaries on social issues. This time, i have to make an exception because it's happening almost every other day.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';">Yes.. Kebelakangan ini, terlalu banyak kisah 'buang anak' yang dipaparkan di akhbar-akhbar tempatan. Mainly about knocked up mothers (mostly teens up to pre-adult) yang diam-diam telah mengandung, beranak dan setelah melahirkan anak, membunuh anak tersebut demi menutup malu daripada ibubapa/sedaramara/kawan-kawan dll.</span><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';">There's something really disturbing about that....</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';">One girl flushed her child down the toilet, one drowned the child in a pail, one girl stuffed her baby in her bag till it suffocated to death and the latest the a baby eaten by a komodo lizard ( not exactly on my list of top10 animals).</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">I have my two cents opinions on this subject matter but i shall not divulge them. Mainly because im not a mother yet and have no authority on this as it involves parenting and i dare not comment on something i have no first hand experience on. </span></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';">Whatever it is, there is always somebody to blame for any heinous acts. Always. Samada secara langsung atau tidak, semua orang yang berkaitan bertanggungjawab. Not just the mother.</span><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';">Saya mengagak gadis-gadis muda yang termengandung ini membunuh anak yang dilahirkan mereka atas dasar takut. My sister, a mother of six, says that the fear basically renders these girls ability to differentiate what is wrong and what is right (Furqan). What is right is to not disappoint their parents and people around them and what is right is to cover their tracks by murder. </span></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Jadi sekiranya ada diantara pembaca blog ini ter-mengandung dan tak tahu siapa nak minta tolong - well, you can contact me. Its a scary world out there. If you really need the help, i know you'll find the way to contact me. Kami akan cuba membantu dalam apa cara yang termampu kalau tiada aral yang melintang. </span></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Just promise me, don't take the life of your child. There are a lot of childless couples in Malaysia. Perhaps we can give them that chance to be a parent. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div></div></span></span></div><div><br /></div>WAN HASLIZAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13623996027851883781noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813137776274264249.post-56593254283511405212009-08-05T12:40:00.000+08:002009-08-07T17:54:12.502+08:00Our very own Rambos - the Senoi Praaqs<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Times;"><div style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; width: auto; font: normal normal normal 100%/normal Georgia, serif; text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Before i start this post, my deepest condolences go out to to family of Yasmin Ahmad and Michael Jackson. Thanks for making the industry more colorful and vibrant and your touch shall be missed. Al-fatihah.</span></span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><div style="text-align: center;">~~~<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">For my THIRD post of 2009, I shall write about what i'm currently writing which is another epic drama for Astro and KL Motion Picture, which is a story based on the Senoi Praaq aka the orang asli elite commando troops and the title of this drama is Layang & Lembing. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Senoi in Semai language means Orang.. and Praaq means Perang. Pretty cool huh.<br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Again, we're really lucky to get this story because i think, on the basic level without any of my tampering and entertainment injection from me, it is already a beautiful story! It's challenging in terms of story, visuals as well as, emotionally... Well, that's what i think lah... </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Nevertheless, although its mainly about the Senoi Praaq, the story is set in the mid 1940s to the mid 1960s and in writing the story, we can't run away from the communist insurgency and emergency years aka darurat..</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Now here's the problem. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">The communist insurgency and emergency years aka darurat or what i normally refer to as 'Merdeka-Darurat-Komunis-Bla-bla-bla' times was my LEAST favourite subject in the world.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Hated it.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Really hated it.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">A lot.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Well .. lemme rephrase..i USE to hate it.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">You see, although history was my favourite subject in school, i basically hated that part of history. I didnt find the japanese occupation interesting, i didnt find the communist insurgency interesting, i didnt find the whole independence process stimulating.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">But I did and still love the 15th century Malacca's Sultanate Era, and heck i don't mind the Mat Kilau stuff, sejarah nusantara..yada yada yada..</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">But when it came to 'Merdeka-Darurat-Komunis-Bla-bla-bla', i immediately shut out. I did not care for that era.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">In fact, fyi, i had to memorize basically anything that had to do with the 1940-1960's era and kemerdekaan because that period made me .. .yawn... sleep in class because.. it was damn uninteresting... bleargh! </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">But rule of thumb in my life at that time, if i dont understand it, just frigging memorize it because i had one aim. And the aim was to get an A1 for history. So i memorized! I memorized so hard without understanding anything, that after SPM i totally forgot about history. Hehe..<br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Note to Cikgu Noraini Panot, my history teacher, if your reading this from beyond Melaka -Muar boundary : </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Its not you! Its the subject matter..</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">In fact my un-fascination with the Merdeka-Darurat-Komunis-Bla-bla-bla, continued after SPM, right thru my studies in the UK, the work years, the crazy wtf years and up to now.. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Im embarrased to admit but i know a bit more about Indonesia and American history in that 1940-60s era rather than Malaysian history. Shame on me!! Shame!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">In fact, had anybody ask me before this project, about the Merdeka-Darurat-Komunis-Bla-bla-bla, i'd probably nod along, furrowing my eyebrows so i look a bit intelligent and interested.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">But, thankfully, alhamdullillah for our last epic project aka Warkah Terakhir - my interest began to peak...It was not such a bad era after all. </span></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">And now that we're doing this Senoi Praaq aka Lembing dan Layang project and after doing my own research, i realize... heck, Merdeka-Darurat-Komunis-Bla-bla-bla,is really interesting stuff. Not bad man.. not bad..</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Maybe i should have given in a chance in history class and paid more attention rather than sleep my way through form 4 and 5 ( i had a serious sleeping problem. I will talk about that 1 day)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Anyway, i'm in the midst of writing. As i said its a tough story and we want to make sure its portrayed in the most honourable way possible and that to make the viewers, who were like me, understand more about the Merdeka-Darurat-Komunis years. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Anyway again, We met the head of the Senoi Praaq squadron which was Bah Ayob @Md Nor at Pengkalan Hulu in Perak and the stories he told us was really really wow. It was so wow, my mouth was gaping in amazement as i was hearing him tell his heroic tales and i'm pretty a fly flew into my mouth without me realizing it. Yum.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">We also met his son, Inspector Ramli, a well spoken man and incredibly knowledgeable. And he lent us this book about the Senoi Praaqs that i was trying to get from Amazon and all the book dealers in the world tapi apparently nobody delivers to Malaysia.. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';">Anyway, the point is, I'm amaze. Im amaze that we have heroes like them on our soil and ...</span><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">..tu aje lah...</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">ohh.. and the fact, that i </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">no longer</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> hate the </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Merdeka-Darurat-Komunis years....Ill make you proud Cikgu Noraini!</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>WAN HASLIZAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13623996027851883781noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813137776274264249.post-34732115800888382362009-04-06T13:29:00.000+08:002009-04-27T00:05:16.044+08:00Warkah Terakhir - Rosli Dhoby<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlEjX3LPob_O55NrxIg9z7GTWSG3Ke67i080MJ9dsToBZL2UyiDhlWNCutAXso3wP7X1z5gSamJWnuI37IgSs_plJ1ZpIKMFhq-DprFC5ceeqUNVZbyYv_uRY_bN_516h_07-nPcBlew-b/s1600-h/BErlari+manja.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322349231311607058" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlEjX3LPob_O55NrxIg9z7GTWSG3Ke67i080MJ9dsToBZL2UyiDhlWNCutAXso3wP7X1z5gSamJWnuI37IgSs_plJ1ZpIKMFhq-DprFC5ceeqUNVZbyYv_uRY_bN_516h_07-nPcBlew-b/s400/BErlari+manja.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">'Warkah Terakhir' is an eight episode epic television serial drama adaptation on the life of Rosli Dhoby. It shall appear in June on one of the Astro channels to be told later.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">Set in the 1940s and early 1950s, 'Warkah Terakhir' stars a host of talented and dedicated new and veteran actors/tresses. The 2</span><span style="font-family:courier new;">8 year old </span><span style="font-family:courier new;">Beto Kushairy was tasked to star as the 15-17 year old Rosli Dhoby and he is supported by Nam Ron, Melissa Maureen, Anita Baharom, Ramli Hassan, Sherry Merlis, Sazzy Falak, Shahrolnizam, Wan Azly, Riz Ainuddin, Fikri Bakar, Azhan Rani, Ameerul, Sani Sudin, Rosli Sako, Azlan Komeng, Juliana Evans, Kismah Johar dan many many more (my apologies for not posting all your names but there are too many).<br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:Courier New;">The drama is 80% in the Sarawak dialect. Hence all actors and actresses have trained for a full 2 months to obtain the lingo. However, its easily understandable since the roots of the language is Malay. But if you still dont understand, we have subtitles both in Malay and English.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">Shot almost entirely in Perak with the exception of two locations ie Pudu Jail and Seremban Old Library, Warkah Terakhir is produced by KL Motion for NSK and Astro Entertainment. Production design is headed by Black and cinematography by Pali.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Courier New;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Courier New;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Courier New;">Some facts of the story had to be exagerated a bit for entertainment purposes, of course done with the approval of Encik Bolhassan Bin Ainy, the son of Ainy Dhoby the brother of Rosli Dhoby. Some of the exaggerated bits included the age of Ainy Dhoby and some other elements.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">KL Motion Picture Company shall upload the new trailer on their facebook by next week. </span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:85%;"></span>WAN HASLIZAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13623996027851883781noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813137776274264249.post-54158198306860305112009-01-01T23:41:00.000+08:002009-01-22T11:05:55.165+08:00Jangan Malu Cakap Melayu (part 2)<p>Note 1 : Artikel ini akan ditulis dalam kedua-dua bahasa melayu dan inggeris.<br />Note 2 : Wtf is 'What the eff'<br />Note 3 : Wtmf is 'What the mother eff'<br />Note 4 : ada part-part yang telah di-over-dramatize untuk memberi pengalaman penceritaan yang lebih efektif.<br /></p><p>.....bersambung dari Jangan Malu Cakap Melayu (part 1) </p><p>Apa-apa pun, keputusan arwah ayah saya untuk menghantar saya dan kakak saya pulang ke motherland malaysia mungkin ádalah keputusan yang saya merasa amat wtmf kerana disebabkan Cikgu J., guru Bahasa Malaysia tingkatan Dua Bestari.<br /><br />Ya. Cikgu J.<br /><br />Bayangan Cikgu J, cukup membuat saya menggeletar ge-ge-ge-ge..…. (shiver) Cikgu J (yang saya andai dalah seorang yang berketurunan Jawa melalui namanya - spekulasi yang saya garap melalui kemahiran deductive reasoning saya), merupakan individu tenaga pengajar bahasa malaysia yang serious tak bagi chan langsung dan sering membuat saya melakukan perkara-perkara diluar kerelaan diri saya seperti public speaking, berpantun dan bersajak di hadapan orang ramai.<br /><br />Malah, saya rasa Cikgu J, saya percaya, telah menjadikan saya satu KPI bagi dirinya. His personal performance Appraisal probably looked like this :<br /><br />Objective : Ajar budak US yang berambut besar dan suka tidor dalam kelas tu (i believe i had jet lag for almost 4 years), cakap melayu macam orang melayu.<br />KPI : 1. Zero pelat amerika 2. % of susunan ayat betul 3. % of penambahan malay vocabulary dalam penggunaan bahasa melayu seharian.<br />Tools : Apa-apa yang patut.. (ketawa gangster)<br /><br />Of course, that's my overdramatization, pasal KPI's dont exist until end of 1990s.<br /><br />The thing is, Cikgu J. treat saya seolah saya langsung tak boleh cakap Melayu. Which is sooooo not true. Saya tidak pernah lupa berbahasa Melayu malah saya berbahasa melayu di rumah disebabkan ibu saya dan adik-adik saya memang tidak fluent bercakap English.<br /><br />Saya berikan satu scenario di rumah saya di McLean, Virginia, USA:<br /><br />Mak : Kau kemas bilik kau ni! Dah besar panjang tak reti-reti nak kemas bilik. Kau ingat Mak ni kuli kau ke, hah? Kerja asyik nak menyerak aje!<br />Me : Mom, you don’t understand me!!<br /><br />Yes, Malay was alive in the suburbs in USA. Tapi, yes, saya pun tidak dapat escape daripada terkena angst teen syndrome macam teenage2 lain kat amerika itu.<br /><br />Of course, Cikgu J doesnt know that and thinks im freaking useless in malay. Oleh yang demikian, dengan cermin mata besar frame besi yang agak tinted yang dianggap stylo ketika itu dan muka yang sungguh sinister itu, Cikgu J (yang seriously, tidak memahami konsep ‘ Give her a break’ atau ‘ Just let it go, damn it…) telah mengenakan deraan malay-sual yang bertubi-tubi. Setiap hari di bilik guru di tingkat ground floor, Cikgu J akan menggosok kedua tapak tangannya sambil mengeluarkan ketawa yang kuat (jenis yang menggunakan muscle perut) dan merancang cara-cara untuk meng-torment saya melalui pelajaran Bahasa Malaysia untuk SRP.<br />Segala jenis taktik digunakan untuk me-melayukan saya seperti (i) memaksa saya menjawab soalan ketika saya sedang khushuk membuat mini-vandalisation doodle art atas meja bangku kayu saya, (ii) memaksa saya menyambung pantun (cis!), (iii) menulis dan membaca sajak ( effing abhor this!)in public dan (iv) sudah tentu yang paling kronik and i really effing hate this one - adalah memberi syarahan di hadapan class. Saya masih ingat lagi.. long sigh.. membuat latihan syarahan dihadapan kelas di mana topik yang saya pilih adalah mengenai kepupusan binatang tetapi sepanjang syarahan tersebut, hanya tiga perkataan berdetik dalam kepada saya iaitu, yes you guessed it – wtf. Ini disebabkan oleh rakan-rakan kelas saya yang obviously tidak tertarik dengan what i had to say because i was soo effing crap dan juga kerana saya telah detect ada mata-mata yang telah separa katup, disebabkan migrasi mereka ke dunia subconscious. Sudah tentu, saya mula gabra disebabkan ini. So, secara naturalnya, I went on and on and tidak lama kemudian dan with full consciousness, saya mula bercakap pada kelajuan 160km sejam dan menukar syarahan tersebut kepada bahasa inggeris.<br /><br />Yes, Cikgu J. was not amused. Hehehe..<br /><br />And as i walked back to my desk, yang terletak di paling belakang kelas and of course on that particuar day, it was a looooooooooong walk back, saya memberi ketenangan pada diri saya kerana sekurang-kurangnya, saya fikir, walaupun syarahan saya sungguh wtf, at least saya memberi Cikgu J. small talk dengan isterinya ketika dinnertime malam kelak. 'Awak tau tak manja, budak U.S tu memang mangkuk....'<br /><br />Jadi, setiap sekali masuk waktu bahasa malaysia saya akan mendoakan agar berlakunya sesuatu( yang sudah tentu non-fatal dan tidak bahaya) kepada Cikgu Jamain seperti tayar pancit ke, terbasah seluar di bahagian seluat yang tak sepatutnya, Cikgu atau pelajar histeria ke? You know, sesuatu yang menghalangnya dari masuk kelas. Tetapi oleh sebab, saya tidak tahu lagi teknik-teknik law of attraction (aka the secret atau power of the subconscious mind), Cikgu Jamian akan tetap melangkah masuk.<br /><br />Anyway, Pantun after wtf pantun, syarahan after wtf syarahan, sajak after sajak. Wtf after wtf, saya lambat laun mendapat C3 semasa peperiksaan SRP.<br /><br />Honestly, somehow, that sinister old man, had played some part in my malay language because i can remember details of his torcher. Dan walaupun dia tidak mengajar saya BM selepas form 5, saya medapat C3 untuk SPM - which is still bad but not so bad lah.. Saya percaya itu pun disebabkan adanya soalan esei 'wawancara' dalam soalan peperiksaan SPM. ( And note : i believe this was the first hint of scriptwriting). Of course i was disappointed because i was in that angst mood to prove the world, that this broad aint stupid and because me and friend Gina, wrote it in our capsule of list of targetted subject that BM would be A1 ( we buried that list of SPM target results somewhere in the vicinity of SMS Muar. Cant remember where tho.) Apa-apapun saya menghembus sigh of relief kerana apabila SPM dah habis! Kerana saya masih tak sedar diri, saya sungguh gembira dengan hakikat yang saya boleh pegi ke UK untuk belajar Law dan tak payah cakap Melayu selama-lama-lamanya. Yahoo!!!<br /><br />Tapi, all was not rosey and my plan to never ever ever speak malay again would not happen...kerana sebaik sahaja saya menjejak kaki saya buat A-LEVEL , saya telah culture shock!<br /><br />Firstly, rupanya lebih ramai yang tera bercakap inggeris dengan lebih laju dan lebih slango dan juga lebih banyak vocabulari dan mereka tidak perlu pun pergi ke luar negara untuk bercakap demikian!!! Oh My gawd!<br /><br />Kedua, tiba-tiba saya menyedari lidah tidak lagi dapat menggulung 'R' dengan effortlessly seperti manusia America yang lain....dan sambil memberus baju dengan sabun Fab di bilik air, saya praktis diam-diam....<br /><br />Attempt 1 : "You know, rite.."<br />Attempt 2 : " You know, rite."<br /><br />Wtf<br /><br />Attempt 3 : "you know, Rrite..'<br /><br />Finally..Phew. Still Got it.<br /><br />Dan ketiga, yang paling 'hit me in the crotch' dan 'wtmf' adalah apabila di konfrontasi oleh manusia-manusia terutama yang dari KL, yang bisa berbicara inggeris dengan sungguh effortles, the worst had beset me...<br /><br />Yes. When confronted with another fast speaking malay, i realized began translating what i had to say from MAlay to english..<br /><br />And images of Cikgu J began looming again.. The man had done his deed.<br /><br />Damn you cikgu J - i was beginning to think in Malay!<br /><br />Ohhh tidakkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk!<br /><br />Bersambung ke JAngan MAlu Cakap melayu (Part 3)</p>WAN HASLIZAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13623996027851883781noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813137776274264249.post-90780587315304192412008-12-27T00:10:00.000+08:002008-12-30T09:17:12.836+08:00Jangan Malu Cakap Melayu (part 1)Note 1 : Artikel ini akan ditulis dalam kedua-dua bahasa melayu dan inggeris.<br />Note 2 : Wtf is 'What the eff'<br /><br />Beberapa hari yang lepas, saya telah berpeluang untuk berjumpa dengan beberapa sasterawan negara demi membentangkan beberapa cadangan kami. Seperti biasa, saya membentangkan cadangan kami dengan penuh semangat yang tidak ingat dunia, terlebih teruja dan kadangkala, ketawa sendiri sebagai satu mekanisme untuk menutup malu apabila tersasul cakap. <br /><br />Setelah menghujani penonton di kawasan dihadapan saya dengan air liur, entah beberapa minit setelah perbentangan saya selesai, saya ditegur oleh Dato B.<br /><br />Dato B : You dont speak Malay ke?<br />Me : Cakap...<br />Dato B : Liza, you should speak Malay more tau because you nak bentang pada orang-<br /> orang yang titikberatkan bahasa melayu.<br />Me : (actual thinking) Oh crap.. what is wrong with me!<br />Dato B : Lebih-lebih lagi, you are in this industry..<br />Me : (actual thinking) Tripple crap... (telling myself)..speak malay, you retard!<br /><br />Punyalah penguasaan dalam bahasa melayu saya amat lemah sehinggakan, saya nak kutuk diri sendiri pun dalam bahasa inggeris.Apabila saya ditegur olah Dato B. mengenai pertuturan saya yang kurang sempurna dalam bahasa melayu itu, saya merasa amat-amat teramat malu terutama kerana saya berada dalam industri yang mmenitiberatkan penggunaan bahasa melayu. <br /><br />Saya pun pulang ke ofis dan mengadu kepada rakan kongsi syarikat saya.<br /><br />Me : You tau tak ...Dato B cakap kita tak leh cakap Melayu?<br />Rakan Kongsi 1 : Ayah Alwi pun cakap benda yang samalah, Liza!<br />Me : (thinking) Oh crap... <br /><br />BTW, Ayah Alwi is Syed Alwi the man responsible for the wonderful play 'Alang Rentak Seribu' May God bless his soul/Semoga roh Ayah Alwi dicucuri rahmat.<br /><br />Apa yang membuat saya lebih malu/marah pada kecacatan bahasa saya adalah kerana syarikat kami sedang berikhtiar untuk menjadikan bahasa melayu 'cool' balik. Rupa-rupanya, aku pun cakap melayu tersekat-sekat macam sembelit jek. wtf.<br /><br />Secara jujur, saya paling pantang bila seorang yang berkerakyatan Malaysia bilang 'My malay is so bad'. Wtf. Kau belajar apa bahasa tu kat sekolah.. Apahal tak boleh cakap Melayu....Ada beberapa jenis rakyat malaysia yang pernah mengeluarkan statement yang mengatakan mereka malu dengan bahasa melayu:<br /><br />Rakyat Malaysia A : I wish i could write like you but Malay is so bad... (sambil cedok sambal belacan)<br />Rakyat Malaysia B : I'm being interviewed tomorrow but my malay is so Baddddd.. Oh Noo, what am i going to do?<br />Rakyat Malaysia C at a Starbucks in Balakong : Can i have one CaRRRRRRamel Machiatto? Venti, yeahhhhhh? (penekanan kepada 'r' seperti orang-orang America demi menghapuskan slanga Melayu)<br />Rakhyat Malaysia D: .. WhateveRRRRR....(penekanan kepada 'r' seperti orang-orang America demi menghapuskan slanga Melayu)<br />Rakyat Malaysia E : She's so nice, RRRRite!....(penekanan kepada 'r' seperti orang-orang America demi menghapuskan slanga Melayu)<br /><br />Sebenarnya, tidak salah menggunakan slanga Melayu ketika berbahasa inggeris. Bahkan orang-orang Perancis, Germany, China, India dan lain-lain negara menggunakan slanga masing-masing semasa bertutur bahasa inggeris. Of course ada 'exception' to the rule iaitu Deejay/veejay channel radia/video di nusantara ini sahaja yang laju bertelo Amerrrrican/British memandangkan MTV dimiliki Amerika Syarikat.. <br /><br />Hmmm.. tapi actuallynya, saya pun pernah menjadi seperti A.B.C.D.E.F juga di atas. And i'm still like that sometimes. Kalaulah saya menjadi karektor utama (Scrooge)dalam filem Christmas Carol (dalam kes ini Dendang Idulfitri), dimana saya ditemukan dengan Ghost of the Christmas Past(dalam kes saya ini, Hantu Idulfitri Masa lampau) dan saya dibawa balik ke zaman ketika saya muda, saya pasti akan berbisik pada Hantu Idulfitri Masa Lampau, ' Mengadanya budak nih!' Hantu Idulfitri Masa Lampau akan membalas, ' Memang.. '<br /><br />Tetapi, kadang-kadang harus juga aplikasikan juga slanga mat salleh ni. Especially, kalau saya masuk Starbucks dan saya dilayani oleh Barista yang sungguh berlagak dan menekankan slang Inggeris -KLnya semasa saya nak mengambil order saya. Dalam situasi sedemikian, saya pun menggulung lidah saya dan mengeluarkan slang saya itu. Biasanya aku cakap Melayu jek nak order air ni.. <br /><br />Tetapi, saya ada sebab kenapa bahasa Melayu saya menjadi sungguh 'wtf'<br /><br />1)i had to keep up with the yuppie crowd. Saya pernah bekerja di syarikat-syarikat international yang secara umumnya bercakap inggeris dan dimana apabila saya tersebut 'Alamak', saya di tenung seperti saya telah melakukan jenayah besar.<br /><br />2) Satu per empat daripada hidup saya dibesarkan di luar negara. Brace yourself - ini merupakan justifikasi yang agak panjang. Biasanya, saya tak suka sangat nak sentuh sejarah hidup saya kerana malas dipersoalkan tapi demi 'drilling' down the idea of today's topic, okaylah...<br /><br />Saya sempat bersekolah di sekolah pra-sekolah (pre-school) di UK, sekolah rendah dan sekolah tinggi di Amerika Syarikat dan akhirnya melanjutkan pelajaran di universiti di UK. Saya tahu perasaannya menjadi pelajar berbangsa Asia semasa bersekolah di Churchil Road Elementary School. Saya pernah dicemuh kerana berkulit sawo matang dan bercakap dengan slanga Melayu oleh pelajar-pelajar di Amerika Syarikat. Malah seorang rakan saya di sana yang berkerakyatan Amerika tetapi keturunan cina pernah memberitahu saya 'My dad says i shouldnt be friends with you because you have an accent'. Wtf. Of course, at that time, i didnt know any curse words so all i could think of is 'Alamak!'. Lepas tu, balik rumah - nangis.. (Come on, i was just 10 years old. Cruel thing to be said to a child)<br /><br />Nasib baik saya seorang yang agak mesra rakyat, kerana gadis berbangsa taiwan itu lambat laun menjadi kawan karib saya (padan muka ayah dia haha). Tetapi kerana kenyataannya yang sungguh menghina, saya terpaksa memperhalusi slanga american saya. Susah hidup kat Amerika Syarikat kerana saya bukan bangsa america dan beragama islam. Tetapi apa-apapun, saya amat suka bersekolah di sana kerana ianya memang seronok dan Mr Bott adalah cikgu yang paling best. ( I will talk about how fun the education system in America one day). Disebabkan peperiksaan SRP di Malaysia, ayah saya telah menghantar saya dan kakak saya pulang ke Malaysia ke sebuah Asrama Berasrama Penuh yang secara dasarnya sangat-sangat Melayu. Masa tu memang saya rasa 'wtf' dan terkejut beruk. Terutama setelah berada tiga tahun diU.S, sukar bagi saya dan akak saya untuk sekali lagi membuat peralihan bahasa. Secara terus terang, saya sudah selesa tinggal disana dan terlupa kami harus pulang ke Malaysia. Dah lah, anak-anak expatriate Malaysia yang dihantar pulang ke mana-mana sekolah Asrama Penuh secara amnya, dianggap oleh pelajar-pelajar di sekolah asrama penuh sebagai 'anak-anak orang kaya yang spoil dan mangkuk dalam pelajaran'. <br /><br />I was not spoil and was not mangkuk dalam pelajaran ( i admit, i was at first though. hehe..) Tapi bosan sey dianggap bodoh dalam pelajaran.. tapi lagi bosan bila asyik kena ejek 'berabuk'..<br /><br />And that's part 1... to be continued.WAN HASLIZAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13623996027851883781noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813137776274264249.post-2016415778823464302008-12-22T10:40:00.000+08:002008-12-22T11:46:57.465+08:00Is it Roslie Dhobie, Rosli Dhoby or Rosly Dhobi?Honestly, i have no idea.. In some old court transcripts it's Roslie Dhobie... <br />Some articles spells it minus the 'e' but adds in the 'y' in either the first name or surname. Some articles depict the name having no 'y' nor 'e'... In other words, ikut suka hati aje...<br /><br />So, because of that, i've decided to 'ikut suka hati' too and 'bantai aje' the name through out the whole script. Besides, the final product is a television drama so, i won't be forcing the fellow actors stressing the 'e' in the name..<br />I can imagine the scenario if we had...<br /><br /><strong>Beginning of Scenario</strong><br /><br />Actor : Kamik sik mahu, Rosli! Sik mahu!<br />Director : Anddd CUT! Boleh tak you stress the 'e' in Roslie.. Cuba sebut sikit? <br />Actor : Roslii?<br />Director : Stress a bit more..just a bit more..<br />Actor : Rosliii?<br />Director : Better! Okay, lets try again.. Andddddd ACTION!<br /><br /><strong>End Of Scenario</strong>.<br /><br />You see, not much difference kan? Hence, to be loyal to all articles and transcripts and whatever , i have Roslie, Rosly or Rosli is 'berterabur' all over the in perhaps episode 1 - its Rosly.. and in episode 2.. its Rosli..<br /><br />Anyway, lets go straight to the point. Sebenarnya posts ini ditulis dengan tujuan untuk menerangkan serba serbi mengenai projek terbaru KL Motion Picture Company, bersama-sama dengan Astro, iaitu sebuah projek epik yang berkisarkan seorang pejuang negara bernama .. yes you guessed it.. Rosli Dhoby.<br /><br />Rosli Dhoby was a sixteen year old young malay-melanau student who with much panache and ado, had thrust a melanau blade into the abdomen of the newly arrived British Governor Sir Duncan Stewart George, in protest of the cession of Sarawak to the British government. Rosli, at 16, was hung to death 4 months after the event. Imagine that...16 years old. What would we know at 16?<br /><br />Apa-apa pun. Personally, i like the story. It's a story of hope, love, family, passion and spirit. We will be shooting in January and it's a tough project because there are a lot of factors involved which i shall explain in later posts.<br /><br />At this point of time, our E.P- Kye is growing a lot of white hair as he reads further down the script, which i wrote. Heh heh.. <br />The director (who is also the scriptwriter) is also growing a lot of white hair as she realizes what she has to translate from script to screen... <br />But both hopes that the white hair is worth the effort. <br /><br />InsyaAllah.WAN HASLIZAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13623996027851883781noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813137776274264249.post-38233976581531188722008-10-27T22:19:00.000+08:002008-10-27T23:01:46.382+08:00If i promise to miss you, will you go away?That got your attention hah?<br /><br />That, for your information is, a quote from a book i bought, entitled 'WIT & WISDOM', in BORDERS two days ago at RM5!! 5 rm! 5 ringgit!!<br /><br />I know! What a bargain, right?! It has all these funny quotes... It's such a cool book cause its got pics of animals ( i love furry animals) and the corresponding quotation for each picture. Its so funny, i keep laughing as i flip through it. Like there's this one quote that says ' I got all the money ill ever need.. unless i buy something!' Hah hah hah..<br /><br />But it was not easy to find. In fact, i was late for a open house because of this. Hehe... <br /><br />But there were so many books.. and put WOMAN + BARGAIN together.. that ultimately means .. TIME.. a VERY LONG TIME.. and CREDIT CARD.<br /><br />But, to get the bestest(warning: there's no such english word) of bargains, you gotta be a patient bargain shopper like me. Heck, deep down inside me is that little fat girl in Cardiff ( who apparently likes to cook lasagna) and most importantly an avid bargain shopper who could find that loads of treasures which includes a 20 pence horoscope book under a pile of stinky clothes and books at a Car Boot sale. The 20 pence horoscope book, which i'd like to remind friends who remember, was a source of my ridicule for quite some time, BUT i was not fooled because, i caught them ...all of them who ridiculed me for that purchase, reading that little horoscope book. You know who you are, people..<br /><br />Anyway, the reason why im updating my blog right now is for the below reasons:<br /><br />One .... Mala, a friend of mind, said im such a lazy blogger..<br />Two .... I'm taking a break from the Indon language. Im helping a friend out reviewing a script in Indon... Its such an inconsistent language where they add 'in' behind every base word..<br /><br />I shall put forth an example. For this i shall use the malay word KENAL. Kenal, in English is defined as 'to get to know'. Now, in indonesia, they'll say 'Kenalin' .. In Malay, we say 'Kenalkan'! So.. its basically IN vs KAN.<br /><br />Let's give another amusing sentence. The Indons like to mix and match. Here's one sentence ' Udah deh, jangan bikin gue ilfil.."<br /><br />Translation : <br /><br />"Oh stoppppp guys.. dont make me get ill feelings..." <br /><br />Yup. Ilfil is ILL- FEELING. <br /><br />Lucky for me i got a business partner yang boleh cakap indon. hehe.. So, sonang idup.. (now that is bahasa negeri sembilan. Lets not go there!)<br /><br />Three.... I'm bored.<br /><br />Four .... I'm sick. The real kind.. Im sweating like a pig right now and my head's actually spinning. I hate being sick.<br /><br />Thats it for today. Blogging is so hard work.<br /><br />And now, i have to rest because im sick.WAN HASLIZAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13623996027851883781noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813137776274264249.post-58681893219709319152008-10-20T02:28:00.000+08:002008-10-19T11:28:39.995+08:00Slicing Down the MinutesToday, i will speaketh of editing a film. (my shakespearean language is so off)<br /><br />For those of you who do not know, i hereby present you the shot definition of editing which is... "The process where the film is assembled by the film editor and made into sense by assembling the pictures as per the screenplay ( visual script)"<br /><br />Anyway, we were tasked to slice down 55 minutes of Hooperz the movie, a co- production between GBSB, KL Motion Pictures and MHz. 55 minutes may seem peanuts to some, but experiencewise, slicing off 5 minutes is to me, gruelling and a task which most of the time, takes 5 hours. <br /><br />So, i made calculations in my head. 55mins/5 minutes would equal to 11 sessions of 5 hours edit which equates to 44 to 55 hours which if divided by 5 hours work per day would equate to .. la da dee la dee dum..er.. roughly 11 days of work. Are you following me? Its okay, you need not too cause basically just understand this - we need to do this in 11 days but we need to work double time that and get it done by Friday.<br /><br />Of course, we had our other work to the clients so, i cant really give 10 hours a day to do that.. I had lotsa of meetings, 5 proposals to review and send, 1 agreement to read, 2 scripts to write, 1 treatment to write, wash my curtains, move the book racks in my new study, and exercise some more! Plus i wont be able to visit my mother this weekend which would also equate to long SMS's in capital letters from my mother ( she has yet to learn how to un-capitalize) telling , or practically shouting, to me that money is evil. evil.. evil... Long Sigh.. <br /><br />However, we decided to masuk malam and work till morning. And from Monday, we manage to finish and slice off the 55 mins yesterday, the 6th day. What a feat! <br /><br />So, we're pretty happy. The story's way tighter. To do this, we had to work with Akash Singh - a towering man of punjab descent with broad shoulders and lotsa hair on his arms but yet humble and has an eye for detail. And now, i know why Akash won best editor for Cinta in Filem Festival Malaysia in 2006 and also, won best directing for short film in the same festival. Ya, dia menang banyak duit.<br /><br />Now, its a matter of putting in the songs. Yey..WAN HASLIZAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13623996027851883781noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813137776274264249.post-79841948434723696642008-09-26T03:52:00.000+08:002008-09-26T04:14:48.137+08:00A Breakthrough.Finally. A breakthrough. Been writing project 'icantsay' and promised you-know-who-you-are the script yesterday but didnt get it delivered yesterday. <br /><br />Yeah.. yeah.. yeah.. i can hear it now ...you-know-who-you-are's childish yet in mannish tones rhyming 'Liar.. liar.. sweatpants on fire!' <br /><br />But after much ogling and many migraine attacks, i have finally made a breakthrough and to my glee, have found what shall the heart of the story shall be. That's progress.<br /><br />Now i just have to piece it in .. FAST.. <br /><br />Note: <br /><br />1) Always try to remember the number of painkillers you have eaten, before swallowing another one. It'll burn a whole in your stomach. Sakit siot. And puasa becomes gruelling.<br /><br />2) Imagine the animals you have at home ( in my case, cats) as the horses your characters ride on.<br /><br />3) Promise yourself one ep Gilmore GIrls after every 5 page for motivation. And for further motivation, slip in a Lipstick Jungle sekali-sekala ( Robert Buckley is so Blonde Orlando Bloom.. yummy yum yum)WAN HASLIZAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13623996027851883781noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813137776274264249.post-39083433265610248842008-09-04T00:06:00.000+08:002008-09-04T00:11:42.974+08:00You just gotta watch Ceraiya..Anybody who likes Dunia Baru... Tapi adult version. Well, watch Ceraiya! Its a major riot and kelakar. For a person who never laughs at her own products , this actually made me laugh.<br /><br />If you wanna see Tony Eusoff & Melissa Maureen in a more comedic and mass role - here's the place..Directed by Chunk Azizi Adnan, written by me, edited by Akash Singh and executive produced by Kye aka Syed Khairul Fariz - its a riot.<br /><br />Basically, i wrote the script and outline of the story but Chunk added more siotness and mengarut element to it, making it just fahnee!<br /><br />Tengok.. tengok dan tengok.. go to www.gua.com.my. Rugi tak tengok..WAN HASLIZAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13623996027851883781noreply@blogger.com1