buT u See, d problem is, most of d tyM, we onLi sEe d siDe thaT's facinG us. n moSt of d oTher tyMz, d siDe whicH we duN faVour or r Less incLined tO accePt or taKe on is d onE taT's facing doWn.
i fiNd it a basiC premiSe thaT in aNY maTter or circumstaNce, there r maNy possibiLitieS & choiCes; n theReafTer, aFter goinG wif a certaiN possibiLity, moRe chain of reactiOns happeN. This, in turN, brinGs oNe to maNy other possibiLities. r u foLLowing?
i fiND it immatUre & annoyinG tHat weN suM1 asKs me for an opiniOn, onLy to shuT me oFf later oN, juz becaUse waD i haVe mentioNed is not LinE wiF d stanD he/She haS taKen.
to starT wif, i do not need to acknowLedge or laY dowN whaT u already kNow or haVe in minD. insteaD, i laY doWn d siDe of d coiN thaT u maY not See, or vieWs thaT perhaPz are not to ur tasTe. i shOw u otHer possibiLitieS thaT u maY not havE considEred. 'coS thaT's what askiNg otHers for vieWs, input & opiniOn entaiL.
sO, if u're not oNe whO is opEn in acceptiNG or eveN consiDerinG possibiLities OR if u'Re d tyPe whO onLy wanT d werLd to sEe thinGz thRu' ur eyEz, dUn eveN botHer asKing me foR inPut or giVe my opiniOn.
u maY not accept d tinGz i saY thereafteR; but @leasT consiDer d possibiLity of it. duN liKe d tinGz i saY, its fiNe by mE.
but reMember, juZ remEmber firsT...whO asKed? n why aSk in d 1st pLace?
n rememBer tOo, thaT there's always TWO siDes of a coiN.
n hOney, dun bLame me for showing u d ugLy siDe of d coiN.
'cOS d worLd is fiLLed witH tOo apLenty of d prettY & priM & proPer siDes, n maNy a-tiMe, we're bLinded froM seeiNg d OTHER siDe.
myseLf incLuded (n thaNk gOd, i haVe peopLe wHo coNstantLy toss my coINz to shOw me d otHer siDe).
i'Ve aLways beeN an aviD fan of yasMin ahMad's fiLms. y? juSt becaUse.
sHe's oNe heLLuva storyteLLer; her storiEs aRe a sharinG of liFe experienCes & a refLectiOn of certaiN theMes sHe obserVes in soCiety. sHe dOes sO wiF no friLLz, no maMbo-JumBo biG phiLosoPhiEs in haNd, juz in simpLe huMan emotionz & daiLy languAge. moSt, no ALL her fiLmz maKe me tiNk a Lot (onLy aFter i'Ve enjoyed, LauGhed aND criEd myseLf to biTz) aboUt my owN experieNces & about liFe per Se.
i lUrve narratiVes & storiEs; eveN in my werK, d approacH to therapY usinG narratiVes iNteresT me. readinG stoRies aboUt therapY capture more of my attentIon, raTher thaN stacKz of readinG on theorIes and interventioNz. so. muNdane.
kiNd of iroNic; 'coS i waS neVer an Ace stUdent weN it came to engLish literaTure bacK in coLLege. in faCt, it was a struggLe foR me. HurHurHur. buT weLL, suMting muZ haVe gotteN thrU' me weN i toOk maLay literaTure & maLay studiEs in mY JC & unI daYz. =P
i wanT 2b a storyteLLer; in faCt mosT of Us aLreadY are wiF thiS pervasiVe thinG caLLed technoLogy. mOst of Us bLog, but its juZ a maTter of whEther we'Re teLLing a guD or baD storY. perhaPz, theRe's no sucH tinG as a bad storY 'coS eacH storyteLLer is entitLed to hiS or her owN maNner of 'immortaLising' (for lacK of a Betta wOrd) theiR storiEs. But theN agaiN, i'm not certaiN wheTher bLogginG quaLifieS as storYteLLing 'coS u maY juz eNd uP bitchiNg & whiNing mOre. *hiaKz*
i wouLd liKe to coNsider my sharinG of experieNces & liFe's moMentz heRe as portiOnz of mY liFe's storY. i'M not eveN suRe wheTher thEre are kiNd souLz hU coMe heRe to Read my lesS thaN perfecT forM of LiteraTure. buT 1 tinG i'm certaiN is tHat, my stoRies are a faR crY froM thOse wHo haVe a fLair fOr peNning dOwn liFe's experieNces iN aPt laNguagE & d abiLity tO weavE humaN emotioNz, to Juz coNnect wiF d audiEnce/reader.
nevaTheLess, i'D liKe to tinK mySeLf as d pengLipur Lara tO my future spoUse, chiLdren, grandchiLdren & exteNded famiLy meMbers; to cLientz whO i've worKed & are going to werK wiF. eacH new persoN meT aDdz uP spICe & fLavour to mY baG of experiEnces aNd emotioNz.
oK, i'M off to huNt for moRe experieNces to fiLL uP d paGes of my Life. u shOuLd tOo.
i leaVe u wiF suM pieCes of werK whiCh inspiRed d fiLm, mukhsiN:
"The minute I heard my first love story, I started looking for you, not knowing how blind that was. Lovers don't finally meet somewhere. They're in each other all along." JelaluddiN ruMi
impromPtu, last miNute outiNgz wiF coLLeaguez are aLways unregrettabLe & uNforgettabLe.
peoPle, u haVe got to watcH MukhsiN:
d mOvie leFt me reminisciNg of my owN fersT loVe. yEs, i was 10. anD i met hiM duriNG d skuL hoLidays too wHen i wenT bacK to visiT my uncLe @his viLLage in J.B. *cheeKy griNzz*
aaAah, i lurVe d muVie sOo mucH! to reaD my thoUghtz on d muVee, droP by HERE.
U'd definiteLy loVe adibaH Noor'S voiCe in "HujAn":
tO lisTen, paUse d pLayer in d leFt coLumN 1st & hit d 'pLay' buttoN on diS oNe. (",)
Mega mendung di angkasa Hembusan bayu dingin terasa gerimis berderai di merata bagai mutiara
Rahmat dibawa bersama Limpahannya meresap dijiwa adakala bahgia terasa meskipun duka nestapa
Tika hujan turun sayup mendayu lagu keroncong merdu irama dialun bersenandung
yEs, bangKoK dii Maak MaaK! bangKok Very, Very gOoDd!!! iTz a reaL shoPpers' paradiSe!
a 4daYs 3nyTz renDezvoUs wiF foUr of my sLacker maiTez to bangKok finaLLy caMe tHru'..aFter 'bouT 2mThs pLus of pLanning & contempLation & saviN' up d pocKetz fOr d triP....we couLd safeLy saY.. we caMe.. we saW... n we conqueRed (d shoPping maLL, d weekeNd marKets, maKeshiFt staLLz & aBang roNNie's restauraNt).... *winKzz*
we leFt our maRks (n our moNies) @ praTunaM marKet, chatucHak & maH buh khoNg shoppiNg cenTre. wunDerfuL experieNce & yeaH, freT noT 'cos theRe's apLenty of MusLim fOod doWn thEre.
heRe's suM phoTos for d memoriEs dowN theRe:
n Yes, diS is d firsT..bUt it wuN b mY laSt triP doWn theRe. i'D be suRe to speNd morE tyM sighT-seeinG & visitinG pLaces of inteRest d nexT tyM i'M theRe. i mus saY thoUgh thaT d bargaiNz r harD to resisT!
so mUch for teMptatiOns, thaT i bouGht 4 seTz of fooTweaR, 4 toPz, 2 skiRtz, 2 skirTy paNtz, baGz, fOod, sHirtz..hee.. i'Ve losT couNT! ;o)
tHat's aLL foLks' 'boUt mY littLe bangkoK triPpin' & khoP khuN maaK kHa for uR attentiOn on diS entrY! (",)
i'M suPPosEd to be uPdatinG about d bangKok triP, buT heY.. aLLow me to ShaRe my moMent 1st, caN? =P
hurHurHur...wad can i saY..eveN afTer aLmost 10 yeaRz.. i stiLL enjOy theiR soNgz...
a miLLioN loVe sOngz
Put your head against my life What do you hear A million words just trying to make The love song of the year Close your eyes but don't forget What you have heard A man who's trying to say three words The words that make me scared
A million love songs later And here I am trying to tell you that I care A million love songs later and here I am A million love songs later here I am
Looking to the future now This is what I see A million chances pass me by A million chances to hold you Take me back, take me back To where I used to be To hide away from all my truth Through the light I see
A million love songs later And here I am trying to tell you that I care A million love songs later and here I am A million love songs later here I am A million love songs later here I am
yEs, taKe thaT. my teeNy booPer yeaRz speNt hearinG theiR sonGz, huMming theiR tuNes, cuttinG oUt featuRez of magaziNes on theM & gLue-iNg my eYez on theiR musiC videOz. thOse weRe d daYz.. sOooo... iNNocenT. n mY, mY, aFter aLL dis yeaRs.. deY stiLL haVe so mucH enerGy!! gaRy's voIce stiL wuNderfuL as eVa.. n maRk's stiLL adorabLy cUuTeEee!! WoOoHooo!!!
diS answeRs the hairstyLe mysTery i'Ve been tinKing abOut. suMting abOut the haiR of d grOup strucK a choRd in me d fersT tyM i watChed theiR new music videO - 'paTienCe'. n Man, i reaLiseD thaT deY looK liKe d beatLes. hEhEhe..
taKe tHat..coMe to singaPore sOooONNN!! aaRRrHHhhh!!! *faJ in spiriT of teeNy booPer screamiNgz..* *griNzzz*
falling hearts
