thank you, love.

26 feb 2011.

watch these.

jesus lives in south korea

'Excuse me Miss, do you have 5 minutes? I just need 5 minutes and your life will change!'

i went to klpac yesterday to watch a play by mark beau de silva entitled 'jesus lives in south korea'. it supposed to be a comedy drama, but i end up thinking dat dis is a pretty heavy play about beliefs (urself and god). they did injected sum comedy, but it is not dat obvious to call it a comedy drama. i duno. dats what i think.

i was there with ash n sham, n we agreed dat we have to continuously think about what they say during the play. n like wat sham said ' if its possible, i wana jot down apa derang cakap, sbb takut terlupa n think about it after the play'.

the actor n the actresses were good. i didnt see anyone is better than the rest or vice versa, because they are all the same. they gave the same impact. n its a good one.

very simple setting. it reminds me of the macbeth play that i watched there, few years ago by some australian production. very simple setting, but it is sufficient for the whole play.

overall, a good play to watch. but if u r planning to watch this play n hoping to crack your head with laughter during the whole 90 mins, u r wrong because it requires thinking. a whole lot of it.

perlu, ke?

i went to watch RHTA last saturday at klpac. and i felt that it could be better. especially the acting part and those jokes that they trying to show. sum are very flexible/natural wit their acting and sum, u can see it, like they r trying very2 hard and uncomfortable with their character.

and another thing, when u said that klpac gives freedom for everyone to be creative and sumtimes, it doesnt adhere with our norms and cultures, i think, it just feel weird and inappropriate. and for RHTA, sum of 'the scene', i think is insignificant. perlu, ke? u can go without it or, do it differently. i duno. dats what i think. being creative doesnt mean that u have to be different from the mainstream.again, perlu sangat, ke?

and the subtitles, is so at the side and i think it is very difficult for those who cant understand bm to read it and at the same time, enjoy the play. n i noticed they did not translate everything. i felt pity for sum mat saleh who were there last week.

overall, its an ok theater by our local writer.maybe the pressure to become like those westerners, made them came out with this-kinda acting and interpretation. its pretty cheap, rm23 for students. so, if u gt the chance to watch this, go ahead because u will surely get what i mean by 'the scene'.

p/s : Adli in this play reminds me alot of zulhazmi che seman, my so-called qut junior. the way he speaks and move and everything. maybe the brother. i duno.

THE SWIMMING INSTRUCTOR

Presenter : klpac
Director : Christopher Ling
Artistic Director : Joe Hasham OAM
Executive Producer : Dato' Faridah Merican
Featuring : Niki Cheong, Davina Goh & Michael Chen

SYNOPSIS:

This December, klpac will be presenting a sizzling poolside drama The Swimming Instructor. Written by the multi-award winning Singaporean writer Desmond Sim, the play has been staged thrice successfully in Singapore, playing to full houses. Desmond also co-wrote the acclaimed film Beautiful Boxer and The Wedding Game starring Fann Wong.

Get ready to dive into a hilarious and poignant tale about the undercurrents of love, lust and loss as experienced by a down-to-earth swimming instructor, a vivacious rich girl and a go-getting advertising executive.

Guan is a no-nonsense swimming instructor who teaches kids swimming at public pools. Unbeknownst to him, he has become an object of affection (and desire!) Will Guan's admirers discover what's lurking beneath his seemingly calm surface?

looking forward to watch dis when i gt back to malaysia next month.
wee~

the true story of butterfish

Curtis is no longer a rock star. His dad is dead, his wife has left him, he's purchased a house in Kenmore online and his advertising executive gay brother is giving him lectures on family values. With his chart-topping band, Butterfish, Curtis Holland lived the clichéd rock star dream, residing in Route 66 motels, travelling in custom-built buses and getting married between a sound-check and a gig in Nevada.

When Annaliese Winter walks down Curtis Holland's front path, he's ill-prepared for a sixteen-year-old schoolgirl who sings like a lark and is a confounding cocktail of adult and child. So when Curtis receives an invitation to dinner from Annaliese's mother, Kate, he is surprised when he not only accepts but after an evening of burnt casserole and home truths he finds himself being drawn to this remarkably unremarkable family. However when forever young Derek flies in from LA and visits the burbs, a roadcase full of resentments float to the surface.

Filled with acute observation, humour and tenderness, Butterfish is Nick Earls at his very best.

i went to see this play last week on thursday.
it was ok.
but it let me thinks,
there is more to life than fame.

current obsession

yes, he is hot.

first admire him in a malay drama series 'Idaman' in 1998. and later, he is very popular, acted beside chow yuen fat and julie andrews in 'the king and I'. Also, in various theatre productions, both malay and english, especially jit murad's 'spilt gravy on rice' in 2001 and in 2007, 'p.ramlee the musical'. in 2006, he came out with his first malay jazz album, called 'semalam'. i used the 'semalam' song in my merdeka theatre as the main soundtrack. (credit to nijam).



he is hot, can act and most importantly, can sing Jazz.

;P

kekasih semalam review.

52nd Merdeka

Semalam hanya semalam. Kenangan memanggil-manggil...

We had a wonderful Merdeka Celebration in Queensland last Saturday night at Roundhouse Theatre, QUT Kelvin Grove. The kids performed a very sentimental theatre called Kekasih Semalam (Last night's lover, but they say it's called old love). The above song (Semalam by Sean Ghazi) was the main soundtrack accompanied the acting.

I had a very quiet and good time watching the play. Some laughter slipped through in between. It was colored with so much of emotions. The scripts were catchy and funny whereas the scenes were rather plain and straightforward. Very similar to Yasmin Ahmad's pieces.

Rama was the crowd's favourite for his exceptionally opportunist (by coincidence) character and he is one hell of a lucky bloke. Siew Long (Nijam) as usual, always caught the attention of the crowd by his charming and mysteriously funny body movements and gestures. Cempaka (Emilia) was naturally superb. This is my first time seeing Emilia on stage with lead role and she had really made her way to the top. The whole casts were really good including Hasan the scriptwriter, the Singaporean choreographer (he danced like a swan) and most importantly, Sharifah the director of the theatre who was strong willed and made the theatre so alive.

It is even better than the Samoan's theatre I attended not very long ago. The I like to lick your susu, that was what the Samoan lady said...

I am proud to be a Malaysian, always have.

*taken from noor sahara alishar's facebook page.

Alas.

Once, there was a girl who was a dreamer, wanting to have her own theatre production overseas. She really worked hard for it. Smile, cried, laugh. it is not easy to direct a theatre when people dont understand why u wana do that. plus, she had to go through a series of challenges. she heard people said " buat apa nak susahkan diri buat benda2 macam tu. carik masalah sendiri". but she never listens. that is what she wants. after all, that is for her country independence celebration. she feels that she have to do something with it. and gathering everyone together for the independence purpose, that will be superbly satisfying. she gathered all her people, worked for it for one and a half month. it is not easy, but she managed to be strong and go for what she really wants.

last saturday, her dream came true. it was the staging of her theatre production - "kekasih semalam". it went well. great she must say. cant imagine how happy and excited she was. she received bouquets of flowers, and an award from the Malaysian Student Department for her leadership.

it is just like how she always mention - "kalau nak, mesti ada cara". that was the case. she really go for it and never gave up.

it was her, her assistant director and choreographer from singapore.

thanks to everyone especially her QUT Mysa crew for making it real for her. it means a whole lot to her. cant describe how happy, but she is. until today.

dedicated to her all-time-inspiration, our late yasmin ahmad.
May Allah bless you.


and the dreamer's face was uplifted and her eyes were overflowing with light.

kekasih semalam.

Suri, moden dan merasakan kemerdekaan itu hanya pada nama.

Mengapa perlu riuhkan sangat pasal kemerdekaan ini?
Ini bukan zaman aku.
Zaman aku semuanya dah ada.

Cempaka, si gadis yang merasa tersepit diantara cinta dan adat istiadat bangsa sendiri.
Jatuh cinta, tapi, bukan pada jejaka pilihan keluarga.
Lebih padah, kekasih hatinya, berlainan bangsa.

Mendulang harapan cinta yang terhalang.
Berdosakah aku menjalin cinta berlainan cara?


Seow Long, pemuda Cina yang merasakan pedihnya cinta apabila perpaduan menjadi halangan.
Sanggup merentas lautan tapi, tidak sanggup melanggar adat masyarakat demi cinta.

Datangnya aku bukan untuk melukai mu,
apatah lagi menodai kesucian adatmu.

Tiga insan. Satu cerita.Satu cinta.