Sayang tak Malaysia?

*gambar dari durrasinosaurus.blogspot.com

Dah lama tak tulis dalam blog ni. Walhal ni blog baru... kena lah rajin betul tak? Kalau tidak macam mana nak menang Internet Award Show tajaan Digi. Hehehe.... lawak je.

Hari ni dalam suratkhabar Berita Minggu ada satu artikel  bertajuk Za'ba Dipersenda. Secara ringkasnya, artikel tu tentang bagaimana waris-warisnya Pendeta Za'ba terhadap Lembaga Muzium Negeri Sembilan, yang bersikap sambil lewa dengan khazanah-khazah yang, secara ikhlas dan berbesar hatinya, diberikan kepada mereka supaya ia diletakkan di Teratak Za'ba sebagai bahan sejarah.

Kecewa rasanya. Kalau institut yang bertanggungjawab memelihara warisan negeri/negara bersikap demikian, sambil lewa, ke mana lagi harus kita pergi?


Kisah Bukit Besi di Terengganu, Penjara Pudu Jail yang diroboh sewenang-wenangnya, bangunan Sultan Abdul Samad hampir dirobohkan, Convent Buki Nanas dah jadi satu lagi pusat membeli belah (berapa banyak pusat membeli beli belah yang KL perlu sebenarnya?), MCKK tempat lahirnya ramai pemimpin negara kita, mengalami kerosakan akibat dimamah usia... adalah antara berita-berita yang menghampakan.Malaysia kaya dengan sejarah, tapi kita tidak ambil kisah untuk terus mempertahankannya.

Kisah Merong Maha Wangsa, sewaktu zaman sekolah saya, ia masih dalam buku sejarah. Sekarang saya dapat tahu ia sudah tiada di dalam buku teks.Sayang bukan? Kerajaan-kerajaan lama di Tanah Melayu dulu lebih kaya, lebih lama, dan lebih matang dari kerajaan Eropah. Tapi kita tak ambil kisah dan kita tak hargai.

Sejak 6 bulan , sejak menjejakkan kaki ke tanah Malaya ni, saya perhatikan, ramai di kalangan rakyat Malaysia tidak sedar yang mereka tak sayang dan kasih pada negara. Rasa ketuanan,(bukan ketuanan melayu ya....) atau dalam bahasa Inggerisnya ownership itu kurang, Contoh lah ye, kalau kita ada barang berharga, kita jaga barang tu betul-betul kan? Kita pastikan ianya sentiasa cantik, bersih, berfungsi dengan tip-top. Tapi kita buat macam tu pada negara kita sendiri. Kenapa ya? Tak sayang Malaysia ke?

Ramai diantara kita, yang tunjukkan kita sayang negara, tak semuanya bersikap tak kisah. Kalau tidak, cerita tentang Pudu Jail, hanya akan ada di muzium, Hikayat Merong Maha Wangsa takkan difilemkan, kumpulan penduduk di Bukit Besi takkan hubungi pihal ntv7.

Soalan yang bermain dalam kepala saya, adalah, bagaimana kita nak meramaikan lagi rakyat yang sayangkan negara ni?

having my cAkE and eaTing it too..... Happy Bday to moi...!

of daffodils of daisies.....

I am trying to write something useful that would contribute to something..... well useful.

I used to write a lot when I was younger. A passion instilled by my second grade teacher Mr. Hopkins in Kent. In his classes he used to make us express our senses in detail. He would give us a candy for instance, and tells us to describe the process of eating the candy from the time we open the wrapper, popping it into our mouths, taste the sourly and lemony hard candy as our amilase enzyme (saliva) began to relinquish it. I remember it so vividly, as he aided us in the process, by reminding us of the sound that the candy makes as it rolls over our tongue and bumps into the awaiting teeth. As the candy slowly dissolves, suddenly I felt a burst of sweet sugary lemony on my tongue. It was amazing. I have eaten those candies so many a times, but never have I experienced it in such a way.

Mr. Hopkins always brought us the feel of wonderment, poked at our curiosity, urge us to pursue it. He explains ever so patiently and with heart. In spring/summer, he brought us apples from his garden. And I remember having our science class outside under the huge castanian tree. His class was so special. It had its own library, and a backroom which stores our own musical, art and science stuff. Mr. Hopkins will always have a special place in my heart. To this day, I still send him Christmas cards.

Now, I am not able to express it as well as I used to. I remember when I used to write all the time, and dreaming that one day, I may become a writer.

I still have that dream.

"....kalau tidak, tak jadi lah cerita...."

Spring 2009 - Deutsche Französische Garten

Aku ni suka tengok drama Korea. Baru je mula minatnya. So zaman-zaman Winter Sonata dulu aku tak join lagi lah. Aku mula minat sejak duduk dengan cousin aku ni. Wife dia suka tengok cerita 'My Girl' kat channel 393 tuh. Aku mula-mula tumpang sekaki, bila dah lama-lama, tumpang dua kaki lah hehehe.
Sekarang ni aku tengok cerita 'Love You A Thousand Times'.

Hari ni yang tetiba aje rasa nak menulis pasal drama ni sebabnya, episod hari ni sungguh menggeramkan dan telah menyedarkan aku tentang apa yang mak aku selalu cakap bila aku over-emo bila tengok tv. Episod hari ni, pasal Kang Ho dah dapat tahu bahawa Eu-Nim adalah ibu tumpang pada anak buah dia, anak pada abang dia. Oleh kerana Eu-Nim tak pernah cerita apa-apa pada Kang Ho jadi mengamuk lah Kang Ho, dan bermula lah spekulasi buruk yang bermacam-macam. Biasa lah, manusia, kita tak mahu hati kita dilukai, jadi untuk mempersiapkan diri kita dengan berita yang tidak menyenangkan, kita akan selalu memikirkan perkara yang paling buruk, kalau omputih sebut defense mechanisme secara emosi.

Kalau Eu-Nim dari awal dah bercerita ke Kang Ho kenapa dia menolak cinta Kang Ho pada awalnya, tentu.....tak jadi macam sekarang ni.

Itu yang tiba-tiba masa meggosok kain lepas cerita tu abis, aku teringat mak aku selalu cakap '...kalau tak, tak jadi lah cerita....'. Baru lah sekarang ni mende tu meresap dalam pemikiran kognitif aku nih.

Dan memang macam tu lah trendnya drama-drama ni, baik Korea, baik Omputih, apa lagi Melayu, contoh paling baru, drama 'Trilogi Cinta' tu lah. Eishhh....kalau kisah benar, dah gila meroyan dah si Gie tu.

Walaupun, ramai yang kata, drama-drama ni mencerminkan kehidupan sebenar masyarakat, aku mengharapkan proses kognitif penonton Malaysia, lebih cekap dari aku, dan dapat menilai bahawa ianya hanya drama dan tak perlu lah dijadikan contoh kononnya nak berbuat baik, tapi memakan diri. Sebaliknya, jadikan ia panduan, supaya kita tak berahsia dengan pasangan kita, tempat kita bercerita dan bermanja, nama pun teman hidup, bukan teman di tempat tidur saja.

Just Go With It

A couple of days ago I went to watch the aforementioned movie.

I enjoy watching Adam Sandler´s movies, and I am a fan of Jennifer Aniston.
Don't judge me just yet. Let me explain. AS movies are easy. I don't have to unravel intricate mysteries, ideas or complicated human interaction. I just sit back and let my mind go numb. JA, well, she is a sweetheart, what more can I say. I despice Rachel in Friends, and yet it is difficult not to like her at the same time. Right. Lets get back to the movie.

IMHPO, the movie is like any other rom-coms of AS. It is a sweet movie. I love the chemistry between AS and JA, and at times while watching the movie, I wish they would be together (wishfully thinking AS was not married). It was really really sweet! LOL! ( I know, many people will disagree with me).
It is a movie about a man and a woman who eventually 'saw' each other for the first time. Even though it took some Jimmy Choos and some expensive outfits, AND an expensive trip to Hawaii. It had to be done to make the man alter his perspective of a dreary looking woman who he sees everyday at work. To change the woman's feeling and confidence about her self physically so that her real beauty can shine through. To enable her to see how the man acts in a different environment and for both of them to come together in a non-working environment. As with any AS movies, the flow of the movie and the ending was predictable.

What was a bit of a surprise was Nicole Kidman. I didn't think she would do an AS movie! She was funny though, and her hawaiian dance, was amazing. I didn't think she could move her hips like that.
The children in the movie..... ohhh I adore them. They were funny, they played their character sooo well. And I love the boy's mafia move on AS and how he tricked AS to go to Hawaii! ROTFL!


I also noticed....something disheartening. JA cannot act with children. The girl kept saying that her mother (JA) tells them everything, it portrays that the relationship that they have is a really really close one but it did not come across like it. JA seemed distant. She didnt hug them when they came into her office. At the waterfall, she simply went off to swim leaving her 'son'. At the swimming pool, when she saw the boy swam without the arm floats or a safety vest, she didn't go frantic like any other mother I know. And, when she was in bed with her daughter. The daughter gave her hand to cuddle, JA just simply squeezed the girl's hand. I think any mother close to her daughter would turn around and cuddle her child. Even more at a time when she also needed some comfort. I may be interpreting this wrong. But, I question that if what I see in this movie is what Brad has been allegledly saying all this time, (JA never wants kids) OR.... the children reminded JA of Bradgelina or maybe a time of what-could-have-beens. I hope I am wrong.