hari raya has come and gone .. well the first few days of it anyway .. all in all it was an ok raya – cept for the rushing part .. but even then it wasnt like reaally rushed – just that we couldnt take our own sweet time .. i dont think it will ever be as fun as when we were young i guess – i dunno what was it but it was hell lot more fun back then when u were a kid .. maybe the anticipation for the duit raya that we will be getting or maybe its the firecrackers that we’ll be playing .. new clothes new shoes bla bla bla .. its funny how im spending less when i earn the money .. at least i FEEL like im spending less – on the base of theres soo much shit that i couldnt buy and had to think twice or even thrice before buying .. those items are usually above 50 bux .. everytime i pick something up it will be like “yea but do i REAAALLY need it?” .. sucks that everytime the answer would be either ‘no’ or ‘not really’ .. so .. i feel like im more free with my money when i had that study loan – and it wasnt even THAT much .. and i had the time (or cheek – depends on how u look at it) to buy all kindsa crap .. and thinking back now i wouldnt buy half the things that i bought .. but i never regretted my lomo lca tho .. heh .. eventho i cant use it now .. still cant seem to find the batts for it – its taking me AGES cos im maybe looking at the wrong places .. maybe i should just trade it in for an lca+ .. something to think about .. so anyway – point is – i needs to get a job with a better pay

kinda been depressed at work ever since i came back from the US .. this usually happens after i go on a holiday trip – god going back to work is such a drag .. but usually it would last like 2 to 3  days – longest 1 week i swear .. but this time – its been months and i still get frigging moody like almost everyday .. thing is with my job – sometimes i dont even have a lunch hour – its like hectic hectic hectic the minute i clock in til the minute i clock out .. soo much shit to do (i think ive complained about this a few thousand times maybe) … and what makes it worse now is the new structure of the company – soo many top level ppl and not enough slaves like me to get the work done .. the way shit is right now is i take orders from my contract manager, project manager and also the site supervisor … and that is quite a lot  .. maybe i could tolerate it before but i really cant be fucked right now ..

sigh ..anyway ..

watched a few malay movies these past few days – its malay movies galore everytime its raya holidays .. so i figured why the hell not – if i can sit thru it – then ill sit thru it .. heh .. so i saw ‘jangan pandang belakang’, ‘9 september’, ‘im not single’, ’sumolah’ and half of ‘mukhsin’

9 september – i will die a slow and painful death if ALL malay romantic comedies are like this .. wait a minute – they ARE all like this .. shoot im screwed

‘im not single’ and ‘mukhsin’

ok so basically – the first 3 movies that i just mentioned were the standard crap malay movies .. when i say standard i mean ull get the usual craptastic movie quality that is soo dark u cant even tell between the hand and the legs .. oh and u gotta LOVE malay movie voice dubbings – holy shit – its the worst ever .. its like watching bloody doreamon cartoons .. even doraemon cartoons had a properly placed sighs, giggles, gasps and what not .. but not in malay movies – the voice dubbing itself can make you suicidal .. so jangan pandang belakang was a total meh .. which was what i expected .. so it did not disappoint – ghost wasnt scary .. what is up with those white eyeballs .. and iono ive heard some of the ghost stories before – and its bloody scary .. but when it got translated into the big screen – it just became hilarious .. so .. next up is ‘9 september’ .. ok before i go on i hafta say this – where are all the other actors? .. why the fuck do i keep seeing this pierre andre dudes face and fasha sandhas face .. are these two the only actors and actresses in malaysia? … what happened to ida nerina? .. what happened to sidi oraza? .. what happened to ppl who actually had talent .. and not just bloody CRY and act all ‘gedik’ and childish in front of the camera .. my god ‘9 september’ really made me wanna slap myself .. twice … ok everything about the movie basically sucked but lemme just point some of the things that really really put me off .. the shit storyline .. omigod why were the 2 idiots acting like theyre in pre-school? ok maybe its cos im not really a romantic kinda person and just cos i dont do it doesnt mean that everyone else doesnt .. ok since i know i have different views on this id just give them that but still it was really annoying to watch them both talk like 4 year olds to each other .. but i guess thats romance to some ppl – so ill leave that alone .. so next point – how come everytime someone has to die? .. why does it have to be so drama and sappy? .. ok i i dont mind a lil bit of drama but having someone terminally ill and dying everytime is just shit .. and theres not much to be said about the acting either .. both were mediocre … they werent funny – they were trying to be cute – and that just annoyed the hell out of me … and u know what – all those complaints ive just mentioned applies to ‘im not single’ too .. cos nothing happened in those movies .. both leads were shitty .. ok maybe in im not single the girl and guy were less annoying .. but still its far from quality tv ..

sumolah was entertaining .. afdlin shauki is always funny .. but at 2 hours and 45 mins – it was waaaaaaaaaaay too long .. good thing they didnt rope hans isaac in – cos i couldnt fucking stand him .. i still believe that he cant act – and i cant believe that he actually has a career in acting .. good god … even awie was much better .. but i do have a complaint – too may product placements .. heh and too friggin obvious .. but i guess someone has to pay for the japanese trip .. kudos to afdlin for not casting erra fazira or nasha aziz – two very beautiful actresses no doubt but have as much acting talent as hans isaac has .. which is none .. anyway i liked it .. i thot its fun and i think afdlin should make more movies

mukhsin – *siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh* very disappointing for someone who tries to be different or who is supposedly malaysias top indie filmaker .. i dunno – first up the quality – its still the same as the other malay movies – very dark and i cant tell shit .. and second – yasmin ahmad, why do you have to have one of your main characters speak the queens english .. i mean come on! .. why do they have to speak english even? .. its probably fine if ure staying in kl or something – not im sg siput perak or wherever the hell that kampung is .. GOD .. i KNOW ure trying to be different and ure all about open mindedness and everything .. but that is just wrong .. it just looks weird .. next the sharifah sisters – ok first 2 movies were fine – but after seeing the same actresses in the tenth movie .. its just annoying … anyway as i have mentioned before i saw this movie half way cos the dad decided to leave their cute cat in some alley somewhere – that was totally unacceptable for me .. cant bear to watch after that .. why should i support idiots who threw their cats away .. poor kitty .. i love my cats and on behalf of them i will not tolerate such cruelty ..

ok so anyway – i know these ppl prolly put a lot of effort in making these movies but im sorry – its just not good enough for me .. and its not like NO ONe has done it before – afdlin has .. and for some reason he didnt use the same shit film that everyone else was using cos his movie was crystal clear .. so if afdlin can do it – why cant u? .. and please dont say that i do not know malay films cos i never watch them .. i use to watch them – but one can only take so much of shittiness .. i do have favorite malay movies and actors and actresses tho … my favorite up till today is ‘fenomena’ and ‘layar lara’ .. its nice to watch m.nasir in fenomena and i could watch the movie over and over again .. i mean that is how it should be – the whole movie was perfect .. mnasir wasnt giggli-ish and talking like a four year old child asking for candy .. and ramona rahman wasnt annoying at all either .. both of them behaved like how adults should – who just happen to fall in love with each other .. no shit baby talk or anything (so pierre andre and fasha sandha take note .. cutesy pointless baby talk does not translate to good quality storytelling) .. and they had the best soundtrack too .. so thats the best malay movie that ive seen so far .. layar lara is a close second tho .. cos i love ida nerina and sidi oraza in it .. god .. i really do think sidi oraza shoulda went to hollywood so that he could get an oscar or something .. cos out of all the malay actors that ive seen (eventho ive only seen a selected few) i think he has the most talent .. where did he go tho? .. is he still acting? … i mean i know he could be a lil old now but still id much rather watch him taking old peoples role rather than that jalaluddin hassan dude .. cos that guy has no talent at all .. heh .. and ida nerina was fabulous in layar lara – heh sure she was annoying in it – but it was funny and u knew that she had to act like a first class beyotch .. and in the movie she transformed into another a nicer person .. so that was good .. and i could watch that movie over and over again too .. im fine with the flow maybe a lil complaint about the quality but thats it .. the rest was fine …

ida nerina in her element

so anyway – thats my take on malay movies for now .. will probably go watch ‘pungguk rindukan bulan’ soon but i dont know when .. another malay movie is showing at the movies – ‘kami’ .. heh .. read some stuff about it in the papers today – funny shit – apparently its about youngsters nowadays .. and apparently (according to one of the main actress) youngsters nowadays are attention craving drugpushers .. yes ALL of them .. so she knows EVERYONE can relate .. heh .. im like ‘oh hell no’ .. heh .. ok maybe i lead a sheltered life  but evryone was a drug pusher when they were young?!?!? … im sorry – WHAT??!?! . ..heh okaaaaaay .. that obviously didnt happen to me – so i guess i cant relate – so it means no i wont watch that movie .. plus im not the targetted audience anyway .. im guessing the cinema will be filled with teens and early twenties ‘hujan’ fans rather than early thirties ‘the police’ and ‘U2′ fans … heh .. ok and another thing – about the tagline for the movie .. which is “hidup ini macam palat .. tapi esok masih ada” .. hahhaha .. what!?!??! .. first – thats not a good tagline at all, its not catchy nor is it interesting … second – kalau hidup ni macam palat in general .. why the hell would u want to wait for tomorrow? .. i mean tomorrow would also be palat right? .. wtf????????!!

since i cant find any images of fenomena movie – im just gonna link you to a post by another fenomena fan .. he actually described the movie very well .. complete with the beautiful terengganu scenery and everything .. which reminds me how much i still love the movie and how beautiful terengganu is .. good to know that there are ppl who appreciate good malay movies .. but he said ‘gol and gincu’ is his second favorite movie tho – pay no attention to that

so read it here .. and holy crap someone actually posted one whole movie on youtube – im watching it tonight! ..