Yasmin Ahmad Kembali ke Rahmatullah...

Betapa terkejut nya aku bila aku menonton MELODI pada tengah hari tadi pabila Wahid memaklumkan bahawa pengarh filem Malaysia yang tersohor; YASMIN AHMAD telah meninggal dunia pada mlm kelmarin, Sabtu 25hb July pada pukul 11.40mlm.

Terkejut dan amat terkilan aku dibuatnya kerana telah menjadi impian aku untuk bekerja bersama Allahyarham padi suatu ketika nanti. Akan tetapi Allah lebih menyayangi beliau.

Allahyarham Yasmin Ahmad merupakan satu-satunya pengarah filem di Malaysia yang berjaya memikat hati aku untuk menonton filem Melayu...hmm...tp mungkin bagi Allahyarham beliau akan mengklasifikasikan filem-filemnya sebagai filem Malaysia...satu label yang amat aku setujui kerana Allahyarham selalunya menggabungkan bangsa-bangsa yang berbeza dalam setiap filemnya, berbeza dengan filem-filem 'Melayu' yang lain.

Aku berkesempatan berjumpa dengan Allahyarham sewaktu BMW Shorties 2007 Clinic di Putrajaya. Walaupun sekejap dan aku tidak lah bercakap banyak dengan belia namun aku tetap gembira kerana berpeluang berjumpa dengan Allahyarham pada ketika itu. Allahyarham merupakan salah seorang panel penceramah semasa bengkel tersebut dan filem pendek "Gerek" yang aku hasilkan merupakan penyertaan aku untuk BMW Shorties 2007 tersebut.

Sigh....sedih betul aku ari nie.... Sakarang tak mungkin lagi aku akan tengok filem 'Melayu' d panggung wayang... Takder yg berbaloi untuk duit aku. Mungkin aku akan beli DVD filem-filem arahan Allahyarham.

Filem Allahyarham yang bakal muncul tak lama lagi..."Muallaf".

RAINFOREST MUSIC FESTIVAL 2009

"Ko mok pegi Rainforest sik? Aku ada tiket free tok..."..,

or sumtin like dat was spoken to me through the phone as I was about to go for my Friday prayers last Friday, 10th July which was also the 1st day of the RAINFOREST WORLD MUSIC FESTIVAL 2009(RWMF). So I said yes to the offer since it was a free ticket and I don't really have any thing much to do that night.

My sis's brother in-law was the person who offered the ticket. So at about 5pm later that day I went and pick him and his friend up before heading to Damai. Parked my car at Santubong Resort as no car without a 'special' pass is allowed to drive up beyond that point. There I met a couple of other Uni friends which all of us eventually took the same shuttle to go to RWMF.

We split up after reaching Sarawak Cultural Village(SCV). The three of us went and have a look around the place first...checking out the crowd in front of the stage and stuff. Owh...we arrived at SCV at about 8+pm so after looking around the three of us went to look for some stalls to buy dinner.

Any way after dinner we went back to the stage just to enjoy the music. Went back at 1pm...and reached home at about 4 after a late supper n sending both of them back.

Hmm...it wasn't that good..but it was okay. Maybe coz I wasn't drinking like everybody else that I couldn't enjoy the scene there. I wouldn't even mind if I didn't go pun... : )