I was not sure on whether it was ok to ask him the questions but curiosity got the better of me and I went ahead to ask anyway. So far he is the only war survivor I personally know and having been listening to Yusuf Islam’s cd ‘ I Have No Cannons That Roar’ for [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Music’
October 1, 2009
Semoga Bahagia…
Today– 1st October the children in my hometown celebrates Children’s Day. It is an annual tradition for all kids in the primary schools there to sing the song written by Pak Zubir Said, Semoga Bahagia–by the same talented person who penned our national anthem, Majulah Singapura. I sang it as a child and throughout my [...]
September 15, 2009
Ghostly time of my life
He was a part of my youth and he was *dang* hawt. But oh well, lives don’t last forever. So goodbye Patrick. I love you in Ghost and Dirty Dancing best.
August 7, 2009
Lovin’ it
I love this song and its video. From the Laskar Pelangi soundtrack. This Sherina, she was Indonesia child star.. grew up beautifully I see. And her voice is youthful and melting..
August 5, 2009
About enjit-enjit semut
I was listening to, for the third round– the cd SyairMelayu, relieving all of my childhood memories. They twirled in my head together with the words I was translating through the night. Coincidently, the book I am currently translating–AsianParentingToday talks about parenting the Asian way and I find that the songs I was listening to [...]
August 4, 2009
Of things unrelated
Very often, the book is always better than the film. But I watched Laskar Pelangi on YouTube last night. Friends from the IT line chided me with the ‘piracy is a crime/sin’ emotional blackmail. But that aside, the film was as poignant as the book. I think it is imperative for parents/teachers and students and [...]
July 31, 2009
Bring the rainbow warriors in..
When I asked good ol friend Heru to get me the original copy of the book Laskar Pelangi in Bahasa Indonesia, I was not quite aware of what I was in for. As any good friend would, he dutifully sent the book via registered post from Jakarta ( thanks dude, I owe you one! ).
The [...]
June 25, 2009
and he passes on…
and one of the most controversial person in the music industry has kicked the bucket.
His old looks which I’ve always prefered.
May 14, 2009
selingan
Since last night I have been too gleeful as I found the original Al-Jawaher album, now in CD form at Borders. I must have listened to it for 4 rounds now. The nasyid legend from the 80s way before Raihan and all these contemporary nasyid groupies around these days. That M.Nasir wrote most of their [...]
