I was 3 when his band Kembara was a hit with their song Gerhana. My two uncles were in their late teens and as rocker wannabes as the average Mat of that era. The era where the likes of bands Black Dog Bone/Sweet Charity/Alley Cats sang with big microphones with multi coloured sponge [...]
Entries from March 2008
March 30, 2008
Catch Phrase
Was just reading The Star on the interview with Tun Salleh Abbas. The 79 year old former Lord President, now farming in his hometown in Besut, Terengganu gleefully told The Star reporter that he was the one who coined the phrase ‘ Crime of Passion‘ and ‘Toothless Bulldog‘ back in 1957 during a court hearing [...]
March 30, 2008
What’s that word again?
It’s a lazy Sunday afternoon and I am in no mood to do anything but lie down since I am feeling under the weather. Attempted to watch Sex and The City serial. My first time watching an episode of it and I find it..errm.. boring?
Yeah that’s the word I’m looking for.
March 29, 2008
M is for Mother
The theatre was half filled, much to my surprise. I was alone. The husband was somewhere in the cafe outside trying to finish his readings so he could do his term paper. Armed with caramel popcorn and ice-milo, I was ready for another Iranian film. My 3rd for this year’s festival.
Of all Iranian films I’ve [...]
March 28, 2008
The Language
This morning I made a my first trip to Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka.
Somehow, eerily I must add, the lyrics of the song from the Perkhemahan Bahasa and Budaya, which I attended way back when I was in Primary 6 crept into my mind. With it, came the memories of that camp. That was yonks [...]
March 27, 2008
The story of a kera
The term to use is vomit blood. Really.
Teaching BM tuition has tested my patience far worse than trying to anyam ketupat which I am undeniably hopeless in. After this, I thought things would improve. But, I was wrong.
For Karangan, my two Primary 4 tuition students had to write a story based on the title Seekor [...]
March 27, 2008
Mama’s Guests
Last night I watched another Iranian Film, Mama’s Guests. A comedy, quite simply made but with a message so deep I almost teared. Almost, as I was also tearing from laughing so hard.
Pictures taken from here.
I remember this quote from the film.
” Be careful with the rice. Take care of the rice. When you take [...]
March 26, 2008
Jangan Bedek
Where I come from, the term ‘jangan bedek‘ is literally translated to ‘don’t bull‘. When you tell someone ‘jangan bedek‘, it roughly means ‘don’t bulls**t’. It’s very different from the word ‘bodek‘. Here in Malaysia the word bodek refers to the action of ‘curry favour’- the action of gaining favour by fawning or flattery. Bodek, [...]
March 25, 2008
A beautiful mind(s)
In my life as an educator, I have had, under my care 2 dyslexic boys. One in the past. The other one in this present time.
The one in the past let’s call him S.L. I got him from the time he was 10, 11, and 12 years old back in the school I was teaching [...]
March 23, 2008
Hayat
The first Iranian film I watched was Children of Heaven, back in the year 2000. It was about two siblings, who shared a pair of shoes. The brother would wear the shoes to school in the morning as he’s in the morning session, ran back home immediately after class so that his sister can wear [...]
