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Monday, July 27, 2009

Tribute to Yasmin Ahmad @ 7:00 PM

Saturday night, we had lost such a talented person that had actually made our country proud with her work. Tribute to this wonderful lady that touches my heart with the movies and tv commercials that she made.

Yasmin Ahmad

July 1, 1958 - July 25, 2009

Film director, film writer, scriptwriter

Movies: Rabun, Sepet, Gubra, Mukhsin, Muallaf, Talentime

The movies she made, I can tell this, truthfully, every one of it has a really deep meaning. It actually reflects the reality of this world and teaches lessons to the audiences. Come on, to be honest, I don't think there are many directors that could produce a movie as good as Yasmin Ahmad's in Malaysia. Seriously, I absolutely agreed that she actually had made our country proud but it's really sad that not many could realised it. I went to Yasmin's blog, and she did mentioned about how people from other countries loved her movies. It's really a shame that her work doesn't receive the appreciation that she deserves. I love her movies. And even her TV commercials left a meaningful message to the audience. Gosh, I don't know whether there's anyone out there that could make movies as good as hers. I'm gonna miss her work a lot. Not only me... she has fans in and outside from Malaysia. Everyone will miss her work. The latest work she was working on is actually a Malaysian-Japanese co-production. I was suprised and looking forward after reading the synopsis. I hope they are able to finish up the shooting and make that the best and last movie from her. The movie title is "Wasurenagusa"(Forget Me Not), and here's the synopsis:

Inom is a 17-year old Malay girl who lost her parents in an accident in her infanthood. She lives with her only living relative—her 80-year old grandmother who is Japanese, and very wealthy.

Presently, her grandmother, Hamida, is on her deathbed. Feeling sorry for her granddaughter, Hamida asks her to take out an old Japanese lacquer box from inside an old chest.

She holds her granddaughter`s hands tightly and says, "Everything I have, I leave to you. And everything you need to know about my past is contained in this box. After I`m gone, take this box to a little village called Saigou. There you will meet the family. They are farmers. The father of that household is called Yusuke. His mother was my cousin. The last I heard from Yusuke was that he became a father, right before you were born. Take this box to Yusuke, and when he opens it, he will know what to do."

A few days later, Hamida dies. Inom visits her relatives in Japan after her grandma has passed away. There she meets her distant cousin, Msaharu, and soon falls in love.

But he doesn’t like her open behavior, part of her strong Malay culture. Neither does his family. Only the neighborhood children and animals like her.

One day, when a horse in the family is having difficulty giving birth, she suddenly whispers to the horse, and miraculously, the baby is born safely.

Masaharu happens to hear Inom talking in the bathroom. He looks through a hole and finds that she`s talking to the birds. She wears only a thin bath cloth around her. He holds his breath to see her beauty and finally runs away.

From that day onwards, he avoids her even more. One night at dinner, Inom tells the whole family that she loves Masaharu. He says he doesn’t feel the same.

She is hurt and so she packs secretly and leaves them. Masaharu, realizing she is gone, feels such a panic that he takes a horse out to chase after her. But he isn’t able to catch up with the train. Later that day the family talks about how crazy Inom was and laughs about her. Except Masaharu. He quietly leaves for his room. He takes out a pen and a piece of paper to write a letter, but halfway through, he stops and lowers his head sadly.

I demand for this movie. Come on, it's not that often to see Japan and Malaysia making a movie together. Anyway, I just want to say... R.I.P. Yasmin Ahmad. Everyone will miss you and your work. I believed that your work had changed the lives of certain people in this world and show us all the reality in life and teaches us lessons too. Thank you and goodbye.

School is back to normal. Wait, it's always normal. The librarians interview went on well, it was a tiring day but I did enjoyed watching our juniors answering questions by our President and Vice President. XD Kuan Yong and Kogul really gave them a hard time. Me, Hani, Pei Fen and Menaga remembered back how we were during the interview last year. It's not as tensed as this. We were lucky I guess. Oh yeah, we started our new timetable today and gosh, 2 hours of Business seriously kills. -__-; Pn Shima gave Franklin the chance to teach what he studied and I think it's quite a good idea to have our own classmates to teach us and of course at the same time the teacher would be there to point out if we might give ajaran sesat. XD However, I'm not looking forward in teaching though, cus' I suck in making people to understand what I understand. ;P

Anyway, I hope things would get better from now. Hopefully. That's all for today, bye!