Gone a good film director ... A tribute to Yasmin Ahmad

I personally do not know her. Never met her. Never understand her movies. But I do understand her message in all her work. I remembered all the Petronas TVCs that she made. Very touching. I hate to admit it but I shed tears when I 1st saw the 2006 Hari Raya TVC. It's just too moving. It totally speaks of modern day children. I remembered the day the CD of the Hari Raya and Deepavali TVC came to my hand. I watched both TVC over and over again until I get goosebumps. It's just too moving.

And last night, one of the countries great film director passed away peacefully. Her work will be deeply missed. Her legacy will continue. There'll be no one to do a moving Petronas TVC like she did. No matter a festive one or a Merdeka one.

Here are sets of Petronas TVCs that I remembered and worked with.

2006 : Chinese New Year, Merdeka, Hari Raya and Deepavali









Rest in Peace Yasmin .... we will never forget you and your great work

Chapter 31 begins in 7 more days

It's going to be a lonely one this year. Lonely and a bit weird. But I'll manage....I think. It's always the same every year. Lonely....alone. Just that there's no one close to the heart. No one will call me at 12 midnite sharp just to sing Happy Birthday song. It's just going to be me, myself and I all by myself in my room in my house. Am I going to be sad? Yes, I am. But that's the truth now. That's how it's going to be. That's the reality.

Being 31 is like a dream. I never thought myself being 30 when I was little. I never made plans on what to do, where am I going to be, who am I going to be. And when the time comes, I can't believe I was already 30. The mark of mid-life. A stage of life where everyone said you get your total freedom. A stage where everyone would say "I'm having a mid-life crisis".

Oh well...I guess I'll have to swallow everything. Sad or happy. Tragic or untragic. Life has to move on. I will have to forget about "I have everything in life but I have no one to share it with". I'm afterall....Single and Happy.

Trip down to SG

This is going to be a travelogue from yours truly.

I flew in via Tiger Airways on their 1st flight out from LCCT. The plane...i think it's a bit smaller than Air Asia but the seats are much better than Air Asia. Air Asia seats are like trying to make you sit in a proper sitting position. Remember how our mothers told us always to sit up straight. That is how Air Asia seats are. But Tiger was in a slightly relax position. The stewardess uniform was the simplest uniform I've ever seen in my whole entire life flying here and there. They only wore a yellow t-shirt, a pair of black jeans, a tiger stripe scarf and their name tag. I guess if they are not on duty, they can just go out wearing that and no one would guess they are Tiger's stewardess. Very very simple.

So I left KL in an early morning rain. I was so scared that my flight will be delayed but apparently they flew on time. Sharp 8:45am. There was a bit of turbulence because of the bad weather in KL but later on, it was ok. And on the plane, I was wearing my mask because dear Celine asked me to wear the mask inside the flight. While the plane were having some turbulence, and my mask was on I felt suffocated the entire journey. All for the sake of Celine.

After about 50 mins flight, I landed at Changi T3 and the evening that I arrived, Singapore started raining heavily. It kinda spoil the whole plan to walk around. But me and Aida managed to spend time just sitting at the riverbank while waiting for the rain to stop. It was so nice and relaxing just to sit there and do nothing. The view...priceless.

One day I would stay at the Fullerton's Hotel. The most expensive hotel in SG. But for now, I can only see it from far ...

Another priceless view

The building across the river is exquisite. It's very colonial. I can just stay there and look at it for a very long time without getting bored.

Oh...I must write about the hotel I stayed on Sunday. It's call The Royal Peacock Hotel. The whole environment around that place makes me feel as if I'm staying in Melaka. Because of the old architecture and building. It's so authentic and historic. My room was just nice for 1 person only. Just like what they advertised. The bed was like a sleigh so I felt as if I was going for a sleigh ride in my dreams. Early Christmas...One more...the painting inside the room. It's a peacock painting. Hotel's name is already The Royal Peacock and the painting inside the room is a peacock painting. No wonder it's called The Royal Peacock. But no..I didn't come out looking or acting like a peacock.

A sleigh ride in my dream on a sleigh looking bed

The view of the entire room. Can only fit 1 person.

The door, the bathroom door and the wardrobe. The bathroom door looks like a food cupboard's door ...and it has no lock. You just have to open like any other cupboard and close it like any other cupboard.

Here is the signature painting. A peacock.

The next day, I moved to the official hotel for my stay. Ibis Singapore on Bencoolen. The 1st thing that came into my mind when I came across the word Bencoolen was Phileo's Hotel 81. This hotel....kinda made no justice to what they advertise. At all. Before I flew in, I was browsing through the website and the pictures are like ...so tempting and luxury and nice. But the moment I stepped in, I was speechless. It was really a basic standard room. I mean, my peacock hotel is not as basic as this. This hotel has a doorless wardrobe, no dressing table, the minibar is like ...doesn't look like a minibar at all. Oh...one more thing. The mattress is really hard. It's like sleeping on pieces of wood. If I had to pay for all this...I would rather stay at peacock. At least the bed looks nice. The mattress was slightly soft. Although the building looks ancient but hell...I like antiques.

So this is the front view. A table and a so-called sofa

View of the entire room. Never trust pictures the hotel posted on their website. They're deceiving

The bathroom

The TV. Amazingly, the hotel has branded the TV with the name of the hotel.

The two single bed. So close to each other that you can simply touch the other bed.

The wardrobe without a door

Oh well...looking at all this, I miss my bed and my mattress already. And I can't wait to go home and sleep on my bed and my mattress. Can't wait to go back home tomorrow....

Chapter 31

It's 1st of July today and I guess it's time for me to sit down and start thinking what have I done for the past 6 months and what have I achieved for the past 6 months before I start to pen down my chapter 31 end of this month.

Well...all I can say is that life has it's ups and downs. I started off with a very rocky start. The nasty breakup and everything and I found out that the thing never actually happened and all. It was heartbreaking and I thought I could never stand up and walk straight ahead again. But I had friends who gave me their support continuously up til today and I really appreciate it. Also, I had my 2nd father who nags at me non-stop and tried to plant that the bastarda was only using me. I really really appreciate it.

Enough of the achy breaky heart, I also started job taking over from Ai Sze. Not my cup of tea, I must say but I had to do it because it's something I'm good at. But I survived until today. Despite everything. And...I must say this. I've been with my company for 1 year last 1st of June. So...yay!!

Another more thing which I can say I so-called achieve, I managed to clear off all my credit card oustanding. So...I'm officially cardless and I'm no longer a slave to the plastic money. Having paying everything in cash is so much better than having plastic money. It feels so good and the burden on my head feels lifted up high after all that. Now, sleeping at night is so much better than the previous months.

So, after all that, I guess I can start writing my Chapter 31. I don't know what is going to happen in Chapter 31. Whether or not it's going to be something interesting? Or something surprising... I don't know. We just have to wait and see what happens next. One thing I know for sure, the beginning of Chapter 31 is very much the same like any other chapters.