Step Up, Change, Keep It Tolerable!: July 2009

Monday, July 27, 2009

My Moment with Yasmin......

I think it was at least 3 years ago... or approximately that time. I still stay in the BH during my days based in KK. I went to watch a movie on a Thurs (or was it Sat night?) night with MC but forgot what movie was that. I was tuning in to AiFM (previously known as Radio 5 - Mandarin) which was a rare thing especially when I am not in Sandakan (as Sandakan have no other Astro radio... even to this day). The reason I tuned in is because of a DJ called Ji An. His programs are the ones that I listened to (love his programs of movies, music and dialects... I will blog about that later).

And guess what, it's Yasmin Ahmad being featured in the show!!!! I think it's Sepet that she's talking on the radio. But I think that time was after the showing of the movie in cinema. I told her about how much I like the movie and my frustration that the movie was shown for few days only in KK. We had quite a conversation together with Ji An as well, about the movie industry in Malaysia, the challenges she faced with the censorship board and etc....

And this morning when I was driving from KK to Lahad Datu, I tuned in again to AiFM as there's no other frequency available and snippets of the program was on air. It's the signature of Ji An's program jingle of Yasmin semi-singing "Ni Jiao Shen Mo Ming.... Wo Jiao Ya Se Min....". That caught me off surprised. I realized we will never to hear her speaks anymore. Then the snippets continued with Yasmin singing parts of the Sam Hui's song, "Yat Bun Wa Wa" (Japanese Doll). At that moment, I was tearing.

There'll be no more Petronas ads to savour at during the festive seasons. There'll be no more barrier breaking, thought-provoking movies with Malaysian setting from her again.

Semoga Tuhan mencucuri rahmat ke atas rohnya.

Yasmin, the real Malaysian!

My previous posts on Yasmin.

Sepet (from old blog)

Gubra

Mukhsin

Talentime

I leave you with this nice song, "Hujan" performed by Adibah Noor from the movie Mukhsin. It indeed is hujan....a heavy sadness-filled one....

Sunday, July 26, 2009

I'm Very Sad..... Farewell Yasmin Ahmad

Just got back from watching Harry Potter 6. Prepare to sleep for Treasure Hunt tomorrow morning. It's raining so the hotel Astro's channel are having service disruption. TV3 news ended with the news of Yasmin's passing.

Al-fatihah. May God bless her soul. It's indeed another black day for Malaysia.

Guess the rain showed that they sky is weeping....

Saturday, July 25, 2009

Yasmin, Wishing You A Speedy Recovery

yasmin's pic from Khoo KS blog

Yasmin Ahmad, the critically-acclaimed Malaysian film-maker is in critical but stable condition after surgery following her sudden collapse while presenting a paper in TV3 Sri Pentas.

Nothing is more important than wishing her a speedy recovery and pray for her now. Malaysia is proud to have such a brave citizen and we are looking forward to her movies. Malaysia need more of her provocative yet subtle movie gems.

I am waiting for your next movie, Yasmin! Get well soon!!!

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Paris 20 : Bon Ami

Thanks to Pierre whom I met in 2006 (was it???) in KK, Sandakan and Tawau via Couch Surfing, I had a great time in France, not only in Paris but also the invaluable and memorable once-in-a-lifetime kinda experience in Saint Jean en Royans with his parents, Guy and Michel.

And of course, thanks to Stephane, Pierre's housemate.