SHIT REALLY HAPPENS

Betullah kata Forrest Gump, SHIT HAPPENS. And it happened to me last Saturday while i was on the way back from Tangkak-KL. Aku sudah langgar bontot satu wira hitam. Sebab? Aku ter micro-sleep kat area Pedas-Linggi. Siot betul! Tapi, nak buat camane, dah itu ketentuan-Nya.

Actually, i didnt really feel like going to Tangkak pun. It was my cousin's wedding. I was really not in the mood to travel. Tak sedap hati. Voila! Itulah sebabnya-rupanye-kisahnya. Luckily, nobody was hurt. We settled the issue there and then. We exchange numbers and my dad gave some deposit. Hey, it was my fault. Ntah berapa hengget (RM) pulak aku kena kali nih... Damn it.

Moral:
1. Get enough sleep before a long journey.
2. If you feel sleepy, pull over and get some rest. Dont force your eyes.
3. Kalau dah nampak red-bull / livita / ali cafe / whatever energy drinks tu, just take it. Aku menyesal sungguh sebab dah usher those drinks while making a pit stop before. Bongok.
4. Next time, stay alert while driving... samdol!

DAH LAMA DAH...

Dah lama dah aku tak gi karaoke. And yesterday the 4 of us have made it to a karaoke centre. Man, a session that was supposed to be an hour finally turned up to be nearly 3 hours! It somehow released our aura of tense derived from stress (fullamak ayat). The bottom line is, we enjoyed the session so much! Feel like doing it again... (next month la kot, selalu sangat bosan lak).

On the other hand, my colleague just mentioned about the movie BAIK PUNYA CILOK (BPC) yesterday. Unsprisingly he failed to book any tickets. Full house bro! What a great welcome for a Malay movie. And true enough, when i blogged in Afdlin's : Inside My Head this morning, he mentioned BPC's show yesterday was a full house. What a cool way to end the year man... having your film been accepted by malaysians.

I would say, sometimes we do need to give ourselves some treat to release the stress inside. It's like a beast inside there i tell you. If you never release it, then you will become the beast. Of course we dont want to loose our cool and be a beast. Hahaha... And then, we must always remember, all things that happened to us is already destined. Everytime we tend to sort of "fill the complaint form", do remember that Allah is Maha Adil. The ups and downs are just tests.

Gua taknak cakap banyak, pegi tengok BAIK PUNYA CILOK. Kasi pecah la itu panggung!

WHAT A WEEK!

What a week i've gone through! Lots of things happenned last week. Melantun-lantun sampai ke weekend busybodynye.

1. Tuesday: There was Baik Punya Cilok preview, i love it. #BEST

2. Thursday: There was my workplace's Annual Dinner at Legend Hotel. Guest artist FREDO & THE FLINSTONES, a bit sucky (nyampah pun ade gak aku tengok mamat tu + perangai tak semenggah, ingat die superstar sangat ke? hah? hah? hah?). Best lagi Afdlin Shauki punya show masa 2002 dulu. Luckily I've got an oven toaster for the lucky draw! #OK LAH

3. Friday: My cousin selamat dinikahkan. The ceremony was a bit sangap but i cheered myself up with my camera. Experimenting. #OK LAH

4. Saturday: Went to Seremban for Adzim's wedding. i arrived in the afternoon because we were supposed to have a rehearsal at 330pm. Checked-in at Royal Adelphi... one heck of a hotel. Very nice man! It was already 415pm and Adzim didnt call me up. Finally, no rehearsal pun. The ceremony started at 800pm. It went well. Tapi lepas majlis aku rasa macam monyet dok dalam bilik hotel sorang2. #SENGAL

5. Sunday: I woke up as early as 900am. What a record! Went to Adzim's house at Taman Negeri to return the Baju Melayu i used as pengapit and had breakfast with his family. 1115am aku cargass balik KL. #MIRACLE

6. Today: I'm feeling unwell. Skang lunch break, aku nak tido. #zzzZZZzzz... (the cpaital Z means snore...)

FOR MY FELLOW KODOKS

These are the photos during the BAIK PUNYA CILOK movie preview on the 13th December 2005. Excuse the delay. Busybody sket the last whole week. Enjoy!

p/s: Now you know already which one is pyerudz... voila!

THIS IS FOR AFDLIN SHAUKI

This promo is for my favourite hero AFDLIN SHAUKI.
I'm one of the lucky kodoks to get the opportunity to watch the BAIK PUNYA CILOK (BPC) movie yesterday. Man, i tell you people, go watch this movie once it opens on 22nd December 2005.

It's a buddy movie (cerita pasal kawan-kawan). An ordinary story but served with style and made extraordinary by Afdlin. I would not elaborate much on the movie. You guys need to watch the movie yourself bro! Baru thrill. The truth is, betul kata afdlin, this movie will change our perception on malay movies. It has its own style in delivering its tale. Comedy? Yes indeed, but new style.

The base plot is: One time robbery plan and execution that changed their whole life. (it's similar to Aziz's BIAR BETUL played by afdlin also). But the difference is, this involves friendship and not siblings. It's about sacrifices, it's about being loyal and it's about love... (for fishing also included maa..). And of course with different style of story-telling.

If you are a movie-goer that sometimes put up comments in your head, well this movie will surely get the good ones.

So Afdlin, i've done my part to promote your movie. You just keep up your good job in making better and better films in the future. Keep on rockin' bro!

I WAS JUST THERE DOING A FAVOUR

My friend's (Adzim) wedding ceremony last Saturday was one hell of a wedding! (As far as i have attended in my whole life). It was a very, i mean, a very big wedding. There was DYMM Sultan Kedah plus those "kerabats" whom i barely know how to say their title and names. We rehearsed at around 12 noon though i was already there by 11am. We finished at around 3:30pm. I quickly picked my fiance up, have a late lunch and i was back again to Hotel Istana for the ceremony.

The ceremony went well... i guess. Nobody stumbled, nobody made the sultan murka... i guess... so, oklah kot? But then, it was such a new experience for me. Being in a ceremony with royal guests, big shots and rich people. Me? I was like an idiot stranger. But, whaddaheck, i was there for my friend, not for them.

Back home around 12:30am and called Raddy up to have my dinner. Aku tak makan langsung siut! Lapar nak mampos! At Hj. Tapah, at that very moment, i felt like having the best meal i've ever had my entire life!

However, to Adzim and Intan, Congratulations! Dont worry, I'M HIP!

p/s: Err, did i mentioned that i was the groommate (pengapit) that night? Hahahaha! Padan muka aku kan?

WHY YOU SO LIKE THAT AH?

Decision is something we deliver after consuming a period of time thinking. During the process, there might be a few heads. Naturally, when there are more than a head, there must be arguments. Of course, for the sake of making good decision we must take the arguments into consideration. How long would it take? That will very much depends on individual's intelligence and rationalisme. Good decisions will be respected, vice-versa will be cursed. What kind of good are we talking about? Beneficial to majorities of course! But good decision can be changed to a bad decision. How? By the power of words + influence + lies! Voila! The decision-maker changed his tiny fucking useless little mind and revert the good decision to bad.

Sigh. Go on asshole. Go on and please the 24 bastards and loose the 200+ others. Go on and push our patience to the limit. Time will tell what a fucked-up decision-maker you are. By the time you relaized it, we are already sinking like titanic. At that very moment, you are history!

Authority is a responsibility. Use it rationally. Jangan jadi lembu.

I'M HIP

My weekend was quite as my usual weekends. But there were some interesting activities i went through.

1. My colleague's last kopek hari raya open house. I'm supposed to fetch my fiance at 2pm and straightly go to the open house. And i woke up at 2pm instead. What a jerk. Luckily i made it.

2. Then, off we went to KLCC, the year end sale has started. Damn... The KLCC parking management blocked all the entrance for god knows why. The traffic went beserk and so was i. It was an hour of caci-maki. The parking satu hal, and yet there were these people who still want to go and block the junctions. When the light turned green, i also turned green. Damn.

3. In KLCC... it was like Pasar Wakaf Che Yeh, Kelantan. Hell why are there so many people here? No other place to go ah? (ask yourself lah...) but i need to go there and buy my things. Nasib baik we bought the thing we were looking for. So, it was worth the visit lah, kan?

4. Then there was my favourite hangout coffee shop, starbucks. Tempat semua penuh. Dome pulak closed for private function. I NEED MY CAFFEINE DOSE! And these people with empty cups, no cups (coffee drinks i mean) were still sitting there looking pretty while we were here and there eyeing for a sit. Damn. Nasib baik Aseana ada. And they've got coffee, eventhough it was not as good as starbucks. Bolehlah...

5. At night i met my schoolmates and we chat like there's no tomorrow. Catching up, dah lama tak jumpa. Adzim is getting married this coming saturday and i will be his best man. The first reception will be at Istana Hotel and the following week at Dewan MPS, Seremban. Best ke aku nih? Hehehehe...

6. Sunday afternoon, we went to Raddy's sister-in-law's butik perkahwinan to check her stuffs out. Nothing much there except Shidah and Yati were annoyed by our ape-like act in the boutique. The thing is, we couldnt believe that we were in this kind of shop... and looking for the stuffs that we are going to wear! Padan muka, dulu gelakkan orang, skarang, turn kau pulak! Ambik! It was a good experience and exploration... especially the tengkolok. Nasib baik kedai sedara, kalau tak mesti dah kena halau.

7. After smallville, i hang out with Raddy as usual, at our usual hangout spot with our usual sparring lepak partner (group otai yang dok meja sebelah).

That's all about my weekend. I'm hip!

NUOVO CINEMA PARADISO (NCP)

That was a very good movie. As i once said, "Ini barulah boleh dipanggil filem". Thanks to my fellow kodoks and especially Christina (afdlin's wife) for sort of organizing this small gathering to get us watch this great movie. Though it's an Italian film but the english subtitles really helps.

The mood, the plots, the emotions, the shots... man, i tell you, makes you wonder why the hell cant we produce or make such film here? The NCP's story is simple. It's about a boy called TOTO (not sports toto lah...) who loves film very much, left his hometown (i cant remember its name), never looked back until his so called "friend" Alfredo's funeral ceremony. Alfredo is the one who influenced his life while his father is at war (and he died eventually). In fact, Alfredo is the one who forced Toto to leave his hometown and search for glory (chewah). Alfredo's words to Toto: "I dont want you to talk about people, let the people talk about you". That's some deep shit man. Toto turned-up to be a successful man in showbiz but the thing is, he can never leave his memory or things he grew up with no matter how long he left.

Go watch this movie.

STRAINED LEGS

I'm a BIG FAN of Afdlin Shauki.
Last night I went to watch his showcase BAIK PUNYA CILOK. Dude i tell you guys... gila-happening-kodok-magnificent-ultraman taro punye show! Ambik kau. It so happenned that i have to stand from 1030pm - 0200am to watch the casts perform. Memang lenguh... tipu kalau tak lenguh. But to me its worth it. Seeing you fat idol perform right in front of your very own eyes, plus his friends from planet of the apes (esp. AC Mizal... damn he's like an ape! hahaha...) was fun! but the bottom line is, i really really really enjoyed last night's showcase. It's been a while since i can last remember having such good time laughing like last night. Acidiz is my favourite band ever since afdlin's BILA LARUT MALAM aired. Damn they were awesome! Super-duper-mighty-trooperly superb! Solid sound. I just love them play. Aji, Pacai, Fendi, Acis... you guys rock!

I was home at 0300am and feeling realy tired. It's funny how i could still wake up early this morning and head for work. Huh.

Sometimes, it came into my thinking that maybe it's true that idolizing someone (good ones) could make us a better person or least give us the good feelings to ourselves. Yeah, i learned this from a counseling course. But seriously, i think this theory has its truth. For example, like what happenned to me last night till... this very moment. I'm still wide awake because i enjoyed afdlin's show last night. It really makes me feel good and not to add, proud.

Whatever it is, i'm looking forward for afdlin's next show or maybe next kodok's gathering. I'll try my best to give my support for him.

p/s: BAIK PUNYA CILOK will be in cinema on 22 December 2005! Go get 'em tiger!

SOMEHOW OR RATHER PISSED

The blaming culture. Darn it happens everywhere, to anyone i suppose... and especially at our workplace. What's with these people ah? What? You're so good ah? So invincible ah? So untouchable ah? So-so etc-etc ah? Crap. Rules are rules. Right is right. Wrong is wrong. Be it people. I'm sick of this. It's killing my brain cells already. Why cant we just take the responsibility as it is. Kalau tak berani, dok umah korek idung aa...

Yeah, yeah... that's office politics. What? Really want to play politics ah? Go to Pasir Mas la nowadays... they are having one currently. Cut the shit. To me, those who simply blames people are those who instantly want to cover their pile of guilt. Simply pointing fingers here and there. What? You are so righteous ah? So great ah? Never make mistakes? Dewa ka? Malaikat ka?

Airhead bimbos are pangsai too. Never turn-up for several days and suddenly shouting at people, pointing fingers at others only to relaize in the end that it was thy fault. No apologies follow-up some more. Man, that sucks.

Respect is gained. It's neither privileged nor inherited.
Pardon my foul language.

BREATHE IN

Last night i played futsal with my colleagues at Cheras. Damn it was fun. After a long break since ramadhan and hari raya, i still managed to not got "pancit". I guess, my enthusiasm for futsal is the very the highest one. Plus, with some help from my vitamin B supplement i take daily. It was a 1.5 hour game (play-play) and i never leave the court.

Oleh itu tuan-tuan dan puan-puan, ambillah pil vitamin EXECUTIVE B daripada BLACKMORE'S. Ia memang besar, busuk dan tak sedap tapi berkesan untuk memberi tenaga yang berpanjangan. (hey blackmore's, bayar la promo aku nih...)

Anyway, it's fun to be back sweating the hell out of my body. I love this game.

SOME WORDS OF WISDOM

These are from my very own puny little mind...

• Sometimes, it's not that we can not listen but we dont want to listen.
• Life is our biggest school. The environment, the happennings and the people around is our teachers.
• Mistakes are just lessons we learn from.
• Don't just hang on to something, learn to fly!
• Being slow achiever is better than achieving nothing at all.
• Act stupid but dont be stupid.
• Give your best before leaving it to faith.
• Success doesnt ensure happiness but happiness ensures success.
• Knowledge is useless if you dont use it.
• We were never born stupid or something like it. We are just in the process of learning.
• Life never seems to be fair to us. Ever ask that when something good happens to us?
• Love at first sight? Bullshit! Why does it always have to be with a handsome guy or a beautiful lady?
• Check ourselves before checking on others.
• The definition of staying alive differs to many. The best would be, to live your life to the fullest.
• Self-esteem aint just there for nothing. Look up for it and it will do wonders to your life.
• Biar bodoh tapi nak belajar, daripada pandai yang tak makan di ajar.

Sekian, terima kasih.

SENGAL

Icah had went back to London last night. Man, can you imagine how fast that was? I mean, it's like we just fetch her from KLIA yesterday... and she's gone again. However, she will be back home for good somewhere in July next year... and mom won't be lonely anymore.

Yeah, yeah, that's her beside me. Cute eh? Look at his brother la... (macam kodok). Our trip last night was like... sengal sikit. Sedih pun ade jugak... Abah was in a bad mood... about what? nobody knows... he is usually like that and we all (my family) are used to it...

Check this out... I will be watching AFDLIN'S WHY YOU STILL FAT tonite... jangan marah... ngehngehngeh... Of course with my fiance Shidah. Actually this will be our first "proper" date ever since we were engaged last few weeks. My work just cant get enough of me. Even now I'm at my office taking a break from an urgent preparation for this coming monday. Damn... takpe, yang penting aku akan duduk atas lantai depan stage untuk tengok idola gemok aku perform, hahahahaha...

Oopss, time to work.

Oi PEOPLE! BANGUN!

Yeah, I know I'm not qualified to talk about film but who cares? It's my blog, sukati akulah! and I'm saying it out loud.

I love watching movies, seriously. But sadly, it's hard to find me watching Malay movies. Why? I dont find it's worth watching Malay movies since most screened malay movies are crap. Mengarut, ntah apa apa... sakit la hati bayar tiket rm10. But, not all malay movies are not worth watching... I normally take a look at the director/producer first before hitting the movie or the least, read its previews.

It's funny why we argue on SEPET's success in FFM when this film was chosen as the best film at international level. Again, are we (FFM) better than the international level ah? Or, are all the films competing in the international level not good? That's why SEPET can win? Bull... As the malays always say, cermin la dulu muka tu... Hey, even I can tell which film is good and which is not without any formal education in film making. Basically, I know what is a good shot, good plot, good script, good actor and so on. Dont underestimate us as only being "movie-goers". There are movie-goers out there who really digs good film rather than just doing it to fill their passtime.

I always ask myself and even my friends about this film category thing like U, 18SX, 18PL created not long time ago... what's that? Does this category serves its purpose? Or are we just following what other countries are doing? Bull... To my stupid understanding, when we have these categories, that means we are expecting good film = filmmakers will have more freedom and creativity = censorship will loosen a bit since we can categorize the audience... Of course lah kan? But it didnt happened that way... All films are categorize under U (Umum). And for other films (imported movies) there seem to be no control of audience watching the rated movies. Budak skolah pun boleh tengok 18PL / 18SX ape? So, do we really need these categories? Haha what a bogus.

Open up. Our root problem is we never want to open-up our tiny little mind. Everybody knows that consumer is the most powerful entity in business. Never underestimate the power of consumerism. What does this has to do with film? Dude, if we want our child to grow healthy and brainy, we give them good milk. Otherwise, just give them junk food. Film makers should be good milk and not junk food. This industry can improve if everybody provide good milk. Think about it. Got milk? Dont blame the consumer for watching crap movies if that's the only malay film screened at our cinemas.

Some say its the censorship board, some say its the director, some say its the producer and some say its the actor/actress that affected our quality of movies in Malaysia. I'm proud to be a malaysian, so proud. And I believe we have an interesting culture since we're a multiracial country. This is among the thing that we should show the world. V(iolence) H(orror) S(ex) is just a guidance in film production but that doesn't mean we can't make films about it. This can be shown in so many aspects such as sound effect, lighting, expressions, shots and even camera tricks. In other words, these scenes if it really need to be on the screen, can be manipulated to make it real. Be creative! It's easy for me say kan, but then, no pain no gain man.

This is my summary.
Film people: Please produce good quality movies
People: Please start watching good movies, give your support
Authorities: You should know better on how to improve our film industry
Medias: Get real. Be professional.
Kodoks: Watch all Afdlin Shauki's movies

MY HARI RAYA

My family's Hari Raya photoshoot.

What an interesting Raya I had this year. Joyful. Maybe my little sister's presence has boost our mood up this year. After all, my family ain't that big. Just the 5 of us. Well, as usual our main dish is either Lontong or Soto for pagi raya and I told my mum "...tiap2 tahun ini je menu kita kan? tak lontong, soto... last2 sontong je lah... kehkehkeh..." and I suggested Nasi Beriyani next year. Anyway, my mum's lontong and soto is the bestest I've ever tasted.

A few days before raya was a bit like hell to me. The Indons we paid to paint the house were like "pangsai". Messy. I have to go buy the paint twice. Mula2 kata ok, cukup... pastu tak cukup. Kenapa tak cakap dari tadi setannn... Luckily I was fasting, otherwise, I sure have smoked 2 cigs at once... hehehe. When they are done, the cleaning was also one hell of a task. Move the furnitures, unroll the carpets (yg besar dan berat oiii..), clean the porch etc etc. Penat tu... Then I have to find some ice-cream for the annual takbir malam raya from house-to-house event. This is our second consecutive year serving our guests with ice-cream. Interesting and easy... hehehe...

On the Hari Raya itself, we usually sit together after sembahyang raya to have our breakfast... pergh... boleh makan siang siot... then, the mintak maaf session, followed by some photography session... the only different activity was visiting my cousin at HKL's ICU ward. Man, my aunt is one strong woman. She had been there since her son was admitted to ER. She only went home for bath. I was so touched when I saw packages of kuih raya, kurma and a bottle of mineral water placed on the floor right by the vending machine. Her hari raya was like... meaningless.

Oh well, that's all I can bearly describe about my Hari Raya this year. I just read afdlin's blog on film censorship and interested in it. That will be my upcoming issue, insyaallah.

SELAMAT HARI RAYA AIDILFITRI

Aidilfitri will be around... once again. Realize what have we done last hari raya? Remember what it's like during pagi raya, doing the salam2 thing? Hmm... well we are about to do these stuffs again in like, less than a week. How fast time flows eh?

As for me, nothing interesting for this raya. No new shoes, no new baju melayu, no new baju raya, jeans raya etc etc that i use to buy in my younger years. I dont know, maybe as we grew older, the excitement is fading... and i wonder why... But there's one thing for sure will happen to me this Syawal. This will most probably (99.99%) be my last Syawal as a bachelor y'all! Can you imagine that? Can't you? Ngehngehngeh... and I'm still imagining it.

So, my hari raya this year is very much focused on my engagement ceremony preparation. Quite hectic... and "pocket breaking" hehehehehehe... This is just the first stage... wait till the next stage... the wedding ceremony. I'm sure I'll be more pening... kehkehkeh... We are going to face this situation sooner or later and luckily my turn is up.

Adzim called me past few days... asking me to be his best man for his wedding. I dont mind... but the ceremony will be held at a hotel. Itu yang aku cemas sket tu... Aiyyebb woo... yes, of course the whole ballroom will be looking at the bride and groom... but I'm in their viewing frame too... and that's not good. Kena control hensem, perut, peluh dsb yang sewaktu dengannya. But, I just have to give him a hand. Besides, he's one of my best buddy during my school days. Whaddaheck? For my best friend...

Hey, hey, hey (Fat Albert style)... My sister will be in KL tomorrow. All of us will be fetching her except for my dad. Still busy with his business... last call nak raya lah katakan... So, that left me, my mum ngan Angah je lah yang pegi KLIA nampak gayanye... +Syahmi, this little boy whose behaviour is like an ape/monyet. Anak orang, mak aku jaga. Tak kisahlah, jangan die dok tak diam kat airport tu esok sudah. Pening kepala aku.

Well, I guess I won't be blogging for about a week. Raya babe! I'll be back on the 7th. Clisely,
SELAMAT HARI RAYA AIDILFITRI, MAAF ZAHIR BATIN

LOOK AT THESE

I'm back... back from my work trip... Lumut. Man what a tiring journey. Nasib baik bukan aku yang drive, ngehngehngeh... Anyway, the hotel was good, the view was good, the clients were good but the food... quite good je lah... it was a buffet style buka puasa... but dont expect anything like KL style. Hehehe, still want to complain ah? My team was cool... I enjoyed working with them.

Ah! I almost forgot... take a look at this serene view from my hotel room. Nice eh?

That's the beauty part... the damn ugly part is coming up next. Man, my office space is under renovation and I just hate it when they do this. Habuk siot... dah lah keje aku tengah melambak nih... Next week is already Hari Raya... of course I'll be off the whole week... first time man, cuti raya. We will be sharing a room which consists of 3 officers... and I have just lost my private 4-walls space... damn it! Why should this happen NOW? When I'm all tight up with this intake process thing? Cobaannn... Ramadhannn...

That's not the real deal of why I'm so pissed off here. Since this is MY blog so I can say WHATEVER I LIKE. Do you know how funny it is here at my workplace? Heh. Let me tell you... This is the place where you can find:

1. Officers have to share their workspace in a room of 2 and 3 (like me) and our secretary have a room of their own! How funny is that? Excuse me dude, I think we deserve our very own room much more...

2. Renovations were made like, so many times. Ikut suka grandparents diorang. Ingat ni construction site ke? Where's your planning man?

3. Imbalance ratio of office space to total of staff. Why does this A dept. only get this x square metres of space when this R dept. get x times 2 square metres of space... whereas, staff in the A dept is much more than this R dept. What? Golden Department ah? Bullshit.

There's a lot more funny things happening here. Nak cakap banyak2 pun tak elok kan? Tempat aku carik rezeki. But pleaselah... open up sket akal tu... Think! For god sakes. A friend once said; ONE DAY, HE WILL FALL BECAUSE OF HIS OWN ACT AND DECISION. and I'm waiting for that moment... heheheh...

Anyway, share my morning view today once I stepped into my office...

Cantik bukan? Macam setan... it's already 10am and this contractors still aren't here. What a nice way to start my day. Duh... Patience is all I have.

HEY, HEY, HEY...

Since I'm a kodok, so it's my duty to promote my Chief Kodok's new upcoming film and the unbearably eye-watering showcase... dude, Hans Isaac will be singing! Check this out people!!!

And not to forget people... the movie that Afdlin Shauki bagged the Best Director Award in Anugerah Skrin lately... BULI. Dengan mandat yang diberikan, saya dengan ini mengajak tuan-tuan dan puan-puan sekalian ke sequel film yang paling kodok abad ini iaitu... BULI BALIK! Yaa... mari kita kasi pecah ini filem! Don't forget people on the 26th January 2006.

Maka, jangan lupa untuk menonton filem yang best giloss ini. Mane aku tau? Aku tau la, aku dah tengok poster die. ngehngehngeh... Thought you are a kodok? No, you are not kodok enough if you don't watch this movie.

MAKE WAY

It's been a while since I last blogged. Can't remember. Been busy lately... extremely busy. Works are all piled up and to be cleared before this Raya holiday. Man, give me a break. Only yesterday I get to buka puasa with my GF... it's our 2nd for this Ramadhan actually. The rest, kitorang merayau kat pasar Ramadhan je. OK gaks. Not bad what? That's the least we can do to exercise. Nak jogging? Get out of here...

Ah yes, I already got my new cellphone. Taklah canggih mane pun, tapi canggihlah dari 8310 aku dulu. Whatever it is, I'm happy with my new phone. Freaking jakun jugak aku memula dapat... biaselah, Malaysia! So, as usual, like my previous years, I need to be outstationed next week, at this point of time, Ramadhan... kerja laa... apa lagi? Maless (malas) betul rasanye. No drinks, no food, no cigarette... Ah-ha! Yes I know, thank you for reminding... nope, I failed to quit smoking. But at least I can make the 14's box last for about 3-4 days... kalau tak puasa 1 malam melepak dah abis.

My little sister will be in Malaysia next week. That's tempting. Can't wait. Lama tak jumpe. My cousin is still in ICU... broke his neck and injured his spinal cord... motorbike accident. Kesian betul aku tengok die. Nak raya2 nih... and my aunt waits for him day and night... patiently... everyday. A mom's love. He will most likely be paralysed neck downwards. Chances of survival? Uncertain. We can only pray for him to recover.

Coffee... I've never had coffee since 1st Ramadhan. I used to hangout at Starbucks almost every evening balik keje with my GF just to have our caffeine dose. But since puasa, tak pernah lagi. Arrghh... that iced Hazelnut latte... sedapnye!

Feeling sleepy already. 30 minutes for a nap. Time = Priceless.

WHADDA FRAAKKK!!!

At 1:30pm just now, I suddenly made a very prompt decision. To buy a new cellphone. Since it was my 1 hour lunch break, at an instant we dashed to the cellphone shop. Before that, we have informed this minah that we will be using our Mastercards. She said ok with 3% charge. Then only we dashed to this shop at Maluri... not far from our office but a heartaching trip because of the traffic. The parking was helpless. I just double-parked in front of the shop. Ape2 hal senang nak alih kereta.

And then, there we were, like a child waiting on a Santa's lap, wishing for a gift. Only in this case, we have to pay for it. This was what happenned back then.

Firstly, the storekeeper is still loading the boxes (of phones I believe) and she asked us to wait like... 15 minutes. That's OK with me... still, the excitement of getting a new phone blooming in my heart.

Secondly, since it will took 15 minutes, she asked for our cards... nak "slot" dulu sementara tunggu (which she meant swipe). A bit shaky I was, since we still haven't even seen the box yet and she wanted to swipe our cards first? Err... still OK for me.

Thirdly, this was the bomb. I'm sorry, our credit card terminal is not working since last few days. I totally forgot. It will only be repaired by next week. WHADDA FRAAKKK??? Can you believe it? We called her first before we rushed here, and she said the terminal was down... only when we were already here... and waited for 15 minutes... after 2 rounds of parking quest... and we rushed here for nothing when I can sleep for like 1 hour? Kau nak bukak puasa dengan selipar ke???

Perghh... as predicted, traffic jam again back to my office. What a tense. Tapi, adalah hikmahnya kot aku tak dapat beli phone tu ari ni... kan? Entahlah. Hopefully this tense will turn up good.

Nasib baik bulan Ramadhan, kenalah aku banyak bersabar.

PITY US...

I don't know why but I feel like talking about film today. Why? What's wrong with our film industry? Why should I talk about our film industry? Who am I to talk about film industry? Oi! I'm a Malaysian, so I can talk about our film industry and who are you to stop me? Besides, this is my blog though. Crap.

To my understanding, films should be entertaining in a diversed terms of humour, horror, love, etc, etc. Plus, films should also seem real or macam real like afdlin said = not particularly logic, but real.

I no longer watch any Malay movies at cinemas. Insulting eh? Sad but true. The truth is, I couldn't find any "spark" towards watching our home-made movies, especially those "crafted" by this one particular group (as in I grouped them my own and they don't even know it hahaha). And, look at what we have today? Crapola films.

I love this group of new-age filmakers eventhough they are not new in the showbizz. They have different paradigm and approach in film making. And I can proudly say, I love their work. They are: Shuhaimi Baba, Yasmin Ahmad, Aziz M. Osman and my favourite, Afdlin Shauki. There are a lot more to come I believe. For god sakes, ini macam gambar barulah boleh dipanggil filem. Kalau tak, panggil aje drama yang selalu tayang dalam slot 2 jam kat tv tu.

So, I have grouped our film-makers into two category. 1: The crapola film maker and 2: The good film maker. Who am I to group these people? The answer: A Malaysian who wish to see our film industry grow better. C'mon people, Thailand ngan Iraq pun boleh buat filem bagus tau! Just take a look at their country and our's.



Whatever it is, I'm waiting for Afdlin Shauki's BAIK PUNYA CILOK movie. His previous films haven't let me down yet, so I believe this one should be bigger and better. Long live the Fat director! Jangan marah aa Afdlin.

Filem kita, Wajah kita. (Takkan kita nak wajah kita buruk?)

NAK JE AKU TANGAN BUDAK2 NI

Sometimes, life is tiring. Sometimes, life is boring. But these are some of the things that makes life interesting. Duh. Some people they just dont know that we care for them so much and yet, what we get? A frakking rude attitude and frakking rude tone. You think you're so gangster ah? My gangster you dont know.

C'mon la... man, the opportunity is already in front of you, served. What else do you expect the other people to do ah? Do it for you ah? Yet, you have the gutts to use that rude tone on me ah? "Dont make me angry, you wont like me when I'm angry" (Bruce Banner of Hulk).

These are the kind of people who really pisses me off. Aku ni tak sampai hati je nak tangankan budak2... kesian. Tapi, itulah, hati aku yang sakit nengokkan perangai ntahape2 diorang ni. Hopefully my offsprings will not turn out macam budak2 ni esok. Ade yang bagus tu bagus... no doubt. But againlah, yang sikit ni yang lebih menyakitkan hati.

But coming back to a wise old man I knew once said, you can't control other people's behaviour but you can control yours. So, I will no longer focus on the small "heartaching" group anymore. Let's just let the time teach them their lesson. Hah! Padan muke korang.

Dah brape percent pahala puasa aku tinggal ah? Cheh.

SOME PEOPLE LAH...

I'm not that religious, am not that expert in Islam. But one thing for sure, I'm still learning of it... like most of us out there. There are some people who talks so much like they know so much about Islam, talks like they are the most alim of all... full of knowledge... orang kampung gua kata "bijak bestari". Sudahlah... we all are naive... no matter how good we are, we are never good enough for Allah. Banyak manapun ilmu kita kat dunia ni (7 lautan pun) tak sampai setitik pun ilmu-Nya. Ingat skett...

As for me, simple. Buat je amalan yang kita difardhukan untuk melakukannya. Niat, kerana Allah. Niat kena pasang betul bro, baru berkat hidup. Kalau tak tau pasal hukum-hakam agama, jangan cakap/elaborate lebih2. Salah cerita, lain jadiknye, buruk padahnya. Be wise people. Pakai kopiah/serban tak semestinya alim, pakai short tak semestinya tak sembahyang. Dont prejudge people before you barely know them. Think you're so good ah? Good charlotte can laa...

Whatever it is, we should pay some respect to each other... eventhough our very own enemy.
Be cool, car pool

THE ORDER HAS BEGUN

The Order has begun... What order? Kuih-muih raya la... what else? Whatevr it is, i've already placed my order for the most superb tart in the world (as far as i've tasted).. which is provided by my boss. best giloss... mantap woo... hopefully 4 pax of 50 will do for this Hari Raya. If not, I will not put them on display for guests... keh keh keh...

I'm not so much of a kuih raya fan... but there certain kuihs that i really dig like my mom's choc chips, sultanah (hard to prepare man this one), my boss tart, semprit koko and honey-coated cornflakes. As for kerepeks, my toppest rank would be the tempeyek ikan bilis. Man, it's the bomb! (kalau dapat yang sedap la..)

Bro, it's only 3rd day of puasa and you already talk about kuih raya ka? Shame on you.

BESTNYA NASIK BERIYANI

It's Friday. Normally, my friends and I would have a plate of Beriyani in front of Masjid Maluri before the Friday prayer. Plus... the chilling air kelapa muda. Allemak katakk... best giloss... pergh... do this again and my puasa will be called makrukh.

AM TRYING TO QUIT SMOKING

Ramadhan is back. Oh yes my fellow bloggers, again like my previous ramadhans, the same old resolution came in frame: TO QUIT SMOKING. Will i succeed? Will i fail? Lets just see by the end of this holy month.

On the other hand, i have one important ceremony to juggle with. It's sort of like a 1st turning point of a bachelor's life. I'm sure you understand what i mean. It's somewhere in November this year.. still in the Raya mood eh? Nasib baik orang kampung jugak... takyah pening kepala pasal tol. (aiyoyo Sammy)

My little sister will be coming home for Raya as well. Boy, i miss that girl. Ntah2 dah gemokss... whatever lah, she's still my sister. Expect a lot of goodies as well.. (keh keh keh...) all of us at home just cant wait to fetch her up at KLIA on the 29th October.

Hmm... nak buka ape ari ni eh? Which pasar ramadhan/juadah to go today eh? Dah la smalam buka dalam kereta ngan Fisherman's Friend je pulak tu... siut tol. Timing sket bro.

GOT LIFE? LIVE IT!