December 31, 2008

2008 - Cereka leka.


Selamat tinggal tahun dua ribu lapan. sebuah kenangan yang sukar utk dilupakan sebagai remaja yg berusia lapan belas tahun. tahun depan berganjak lah usia kamu, ke angka yang lebih matang, sembilan belas tahun. tahun dua ribu lapan menyaksikan pelbagai episod yg amat kusam hinggalah ke suatu tahap dimana cahaya muda mula bangkit daripada zon-zon gelap yang diharapkan akan terus menerangi hari-hari mendatang.


Azam tahun dua ribu lapan hanyalah sebuah bohongan luar biasa yang penuh dengan taburan janji-janji kosong. bohong besar. walaupun begitu, diharapkan azam tahun dua ribu sembilan tidak lagi dimungkiri sepertimana yang berlaku pada tahun dua ribu lapan. Insyaallah.

Namun, apa yang harus setiap pada bahagian tubuh ini perlu bersyukur ialah tidak terdapat sebarang kecelakaan yang timbul sepanjang sesi dua ribu lapan memainkan cereka lekanya. Alhamdulillah. didoakan pada tahun dua ribu sembilan, situasi ini masih sinonim dan dijauhi daripada sebarang kesialan-kesialan yang perlu dikesalkan.

Sebelum tahun dua ribu lapan melabuhkan tirai agung, tubuh ini ingin mengucapkan salam kegembiraan kepada segalaksi taulan dan sahabat. kepada segelintir saudara di sana, ucapan takziah didahulukan. teruskan perjalanan anda dihari-hari mendatang.

Dikesempatan pembukaan halaman baru tahun dua ribu sembilan, tubuh ini dengan berbesar hati mengucapkan Selamat Hari Lahir ke-49 kepada ayahanda tercinta. semoga dipanjangkan umur, dimurahkan rezeki dan kekal menjadi ayahanda terbaik. kami seantero keluarga amat menyayangi kamu.



Goodbye 2008
ian

December 29, 2008

Eki is the 7th reason.

You have to list 7 weird things about yourself, post it in your blog, tag at least 7 people (list their names), and comment on their blog to let them know that you just tagged them.

  1. my real personality.
  2. my final decisions.
  3. my PMR result. krkrkr
  4. my tits - really bizarre, trust me.
  5. my 1st date ;)
  6. my hair.
  7. why i got to do this. i tink i miss eki kot. kahkah - kite duduk sesame enn dlm bus g perlis :D

7 peoples to tagg :

  • anyone. who like this stuff :)

December 27, 2008

FLAG FLAG FLAG.

this is a simple entry, FLAG THIS IDIOT GIRL IF U ARE MUSLIM BLOGGER. TQ.

http://adibahahmad.blogspot.com/

December 21, 2008

Rock The World 8 - Lambakan Mainstream?

Rock the World, ialah salah satu event music yang mempunyai motif iaitu untuk mengetengahkan musik yang belum dikenali ramai ke arah yg lebih positif. RTW merupakan platform terbaik pada suatu masa dahulu dimana ramai band-band baru dapat diketengahkan seperti OAG, ROB, GSC dll. Melangkah tahun demi tahun, sejak tahun 2000 RTW sudah mempunyai pengikutnya tersendiri.kecuali pada tahun. 2007 RTW tidak dapat dilangsung atas beberapa masalah pengajuran.

RTW 7 merupakan event terbaik yg pernah saya lihat dimana terdapat 3 pentas utama bagi mengetengahkan bakat-bakat musik. Pentas satu (main stage) menampilkan Jason Lo, Tempered Mental, GSC, Pop Shuvit, The ACAB, LMB, ROB, Kluk Kluk Advanture dll lagi. Di pentas indie (indie stage) band-band seperti y2k, Estanged, Muck, Auburn, dan lain-lain. band yang paling ditunggu-tunggu pada stage ini ialah Sil Khannaz. Discovery stage mempamerkan musik-musik yg semakin diterima ramai seperti TWKUA, Rosewood, Steeltoe Solution , dll lagi.

Ini yang berlaku pada RTW 7. Namun, pada pendapat saya, kenapa tidak RTW 8 mempunyai gaya yg sama seperti RTW 7? mslh penaja atau ingin melambakkan band-band mainstream yg sudah pasti dikenali ramai? mungkin dgn membawa band-band ini, mereka akan mengaut keuntungan berlipat kali ganda atas alasan " oh, mereka sudah mempunyai peminat tetap."

Kehadiaran band-band mainstream bukan lah satu masalah , tp ruangan ini sepatutnya dikongsi bersama dengan cabang pemusik baru yg ingin mendapat tempat dihati peminat musik di Malaysia. jika pilih bulu, sampai bila pun industri semakin jatuh. - mungkin ini isu basi, tp kewajarannya untuk dilihat dan dikaji adalah PERLU.

Semoga penganjuran pada tahun-tahun akan datang akan mengambil berat mempunyai beberapa elemen penting yg dilupakan pada edisi RTW 8. sekian.

suara hati, ian.

December 16, 2008

Prosperity Burger? wtf

This is my Prosperity Burger with my Twister Fries - big difference between the promotion picture and real life. ahaha. its a lie. I wanted to take the top of my bun off and show the middle bit of the beef fillet slathered with the black pepper sauce but the bun was a bit too soft from the steam of the beef patty. I even ended up making a hole on my bun.

okay guys, this is not a McD's promotion or whteva it was playing in your mind now. but, as im watching tv lately, these McD commercial advertisment often came out to brandish the prosperity burger . it makes me realized something. the character of the nerd boy who are wearing thick spec and the gal play a major role. phew.

yeah. shit. i was thinkin of u. i always see yr glimpse in my dream. but, deeply in my heart what i could say is, AKU DH ERASE KAW LAH!!



Prosperity Burger - Anyone else got a story?

December 13, 2008

Holiday Gig

gegar! seriously, it was awesome. eyemore play real tight and credit to melastik anjing. ahaha. their performance makes me headbang kaw².

December 11, 2008

al-Quran usang.

Cuti sem sudah 3 minggu bermula. dan pelbagai perihal kejadian yg telah berlaku. daripada kejadian trajis hingga lah timbulnya keriangan yg xdapat terungkap. tapi yg pastinya dlm cuti nie aku ditugaskn utk menjaga nenek tersyg (80) dan tokwan tercinta (80+). perghhh :D

okay, ini adalah jadual harian yg amat amat fleksibel.

0930 am - bgun pagi, dan terus ke bilik tok . kejutkan beliau, bawak kebilik air dgn cara memapah . btw, hes using a walking stick (4 legged) . jaraknya adalah dlm 4meter drpd katelnya.dan masa yg diambel utk smpai ke bilik air dlm lebih kurang 10 minit.

0940am - bukak lampin yg digunakan, pelikat dan seterusnya memandikan beliau dgn perasaan kasih syg. seriously, this holiday i could feel tht i love them more then the previous days.

1005am - keluar drpd bilik air, dan terus menuju ke bilik tok. okay. aku akn berlari ke bilik mama dan mengambil pekaiannya. tee, pelikat dan lampin.

1015am - memakaikn tee, lampin dan akhir skali pelikat :)

1030am - memapah tok utk ke meja mkn . yg terletak 2meter drpd katelnya. rutin ini berulang ketika breakfast, lunch dan dinner. 3x sehari ( ats sbb² tertentu )

okay. itulah kerja yg pertama untuk dilakukan sebaik shja bebola mata aku celik. hampir² sejam utk menguruskan tok. nenek, masih sehat utk melakukan semua tuu. dan xperlukan pengawasan rapi. benda yg sama akn berulang utk mandi mlm. dlm pkul 1800 pm laa mcm tu.

okay, the thing is.. those warga emas should be take care gently, together with love. if we do those things with anger or being forced, its not gonna happen. trust me! i do looked some of peoples been very harsh to their parents, and the oldies will surely cursed them.

eventho its not happen to u, the warga emas is like a Quran usang, we can't simply discard them, otherwise they too complicated to manage. be patience, gentle and talked wise to them while they are still alive. i knew its not happen to all of us but be sensitive to the warga emas.



ian touched his own black heart

December 7, 2008

Funereal.

" akhirnya, dh smpai waktu dia pergi. alhamdulillah, dia pergi dgn tenang." - my dad.

finally, my beloved uncle passed away. on Dec 5th, 2120pm at my Pak Jang's house at Tawas, Ipoh. i was terribly shocked and, speechless at the moment.

5 things to take note ;
  1. At that time he exhaled his last breath, he was with all his siblings. - Mak Teh, Pak Jang, my dad, and Pak Su. together with his beloved wife.
  2. Around 200-300 peoples came at his funeral.
  3. I do ' kapankan' arwah, it was my 1st time.
  4. we, all the relatives become very close after the incident.
  5. Arwah dont get the chance to see his son, futhering his study at UK.
to all reader, sedekahkn al-Fatihah to my beloved uncle - Zubir Abd Rahman. tq

ian cried a lot.

December 5, 2008

Genealogy of Mak Yong


Mak Yong, what its all about?

Mak Yong is traditional dance drama of Kelantan, Malaysia. According to UNESCO, Mak Yong appeared well before the Islamization of the country but was banned in the year 1991 after the Islamic Party of Malaysia (PAS) took control of the state.


A ritual Mak Yong performance is more elaborate than that staged for entertainment, combining shamanism, feasting the spirits and dance theatre. It reflects the deep, mystical significance of Mak Yong's stories and dances, and its original aim to serve as a conduit to the spirit world. Ritual performances are enacted for spiritual healing, to pay homage to a teacher and for the graduation of a performer.

Royat hilang berita nak timbul

Timbul nak royat
Seorang Raja sebuah negeri
Seorang Raja sebuah menteri…

A vow to God

In the beginning, there was no such thing as Mak Yong.

But there was a family: a father, a mother, a child. This was happened 400 years ago. They lived in an ordinary kampung house. One day, the baby boy fell ill. The father, desperate to save his son’s life, approached medicine men to heal the boy. But nothing seemed to help. At the end of his wits, the father made a vow to God: “If my child is healed, I promise to teach him to play… mak yong.” The man, realising that he had uttered that word in a moment of spontaneity, turned to his wife in disbelief.

But soon the child’s health improved. The father, realising he now had to fulfil his vow, turned to his wife again. “How shall I teach our boy something which doesn’t exist?” The couple then decided they would give themselves roles to play and ask the child to play along. The father became the king, the mother the queen, and the child’s character was named Awang. The parents then began speaking to each other in character, and ‘Awang’ played along.

That, supposedly, was how Mak Yong came to be (as related to me by Pak Saari Abdullah, more on him later). Along the way, the form acquired songs and musical accompaniment, intricate and complex dance sequences, as well as a repertoire of fantastical stories (numbering between 12 and 20, depending on who you speak to). It also developed a way of relating itself to its past, thereby weaving into its consciousness a sense of history and continuity: its rituals.

More than anything else, it is this final component which has beleagured Mak Yong the most since the leading opposition, Pan Islamic Party of Malaysia (PAS), wrestled away the mantle of Kelantanese leadership from the grasp of Barisan Nasional in 1990.

With the change of administration came changes in regulations and codifications of local social mores: a war was waged against all so-called un- and pre-Islamic elements contained in every facet of Kelantanese life. In the arts, intermingling among ‘bukan muhrim’ (those not of familial ties) were barred in performances, and practices and rituals seen as ‘khurafat’ (deviations from PAS’s interpretation of Islam) were rebuked.

That was some 15 years ago.

Recently, It was presented with the opportunity to review this situation. Rey Buono, head of the School of Performance + Media Studies at Sunway University College, had long expressed his desire to take his students into the heartland of Kelantanese traditional performing arts. It was his hope that a week-long course involving an immersion process of research, observation, documentation, and study of Mak Yong in Kelantan may help give his students a deeper understanding of Malaysian theatre. This took place from Sun 26 Feb – Sun 5 Mar 2006.

More notably, on 25 November 2005, under an application prepared with the consultation of Dr Ghulam Sarwar Yusuf, the country’s (and in fact the world’s) foremost Mak Yong scholar and expert, Mak Yong received the honour of being one of 43 cultural Masterpieces proclaimed by UNESCO as being a part of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity.

December 3, 2008

Boycott ISRAEL's goodies.




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