Aidilfitri 1428H

Today is 5 Shawal 1428H. I hope it is never too late to wish every muslim reader a happy and blessed aidil fitri, maaf zahir batin. Although eid falls on the 1st shawal of the islamic lunar calendar, we malaysians celebrate eid for the whole shawal month be it 29 or 30 days.

This year's raya:

• I managed to puasa the whole month so I dont need to do any ganti.
  
• I didn't buy any baju raya, or kasut raya, but i bought meself new tudungs and new set of brooches.
• I lost 5-8 kg. Therefore, I managed to fit into an old pair of Sisley pinstriped pants that I havent wore for the past 2 years or more.
  
• I went to visit my dearest Cikgu Maimunah Yunus in Sg.Merab Luar, who taught me in standard 3 and that I havent seen her for AGES.
• I also went convoying with another 2 ex-kisas classmates to beraya at our cikgu and ex-mentor, Cikgu Rosnaini Adnan in Kg.Kemensah, Ulu Klang, just next to the Zoo Negara.
• I drove with my parents on a convoy with another car driven by my 4th bro-inlaw to Johor Bahru on the Eid's night, saturday night 13 October 2007 that was. I haven't been to Johor for almost 7 years, and I have always regarded that city as my own personal romantic city in Malaysia. So many beautiful memories emblazoned forever in my heart during my 5-months working stints in Pasir Gudang. A supposedly 4 hours plus , can be 5 hours journey was somehow cut into 3 hours (or less as I had a half an hour or more break at one of the R&Rs) as I was constantly driving at 120 to 170 km/h speed. The midnight driving thrill effect was heightened by the thick fog blanketting the highways all the way from Pagoh to Kulai.
• I am most probably gonna be embarking on another relationship "adventure" . Wish me luck, occay. It aint gonna be a secret i tell ya, but this new relationship is still very fresh and i was afraid to jinx it. It all began in my last trip to Cameron Highlands, and I hope it'll continue to bloom and bloom inshallah. I am no longer with the bengal dude, but he's still my good buddy (so as a few of my old flames, and i like to remain friends with them especially that we have shared a very close, intimate and spiritual relationships together and we empower each other. Me bitter? In the beginning memang la kan bengang, sedeyyy and macam2 but i also treat all these as part of my life experiments. They weren't experiment rejects or anything like that but more on my personal progressing part. As we know, a research is always in the continual, dynamic mode and I as a researcher would naturally continually improving on the methodologies and looking for better ways to achieve better products and so on. Ala2 CQI , continual quality improvement laaaa....)
  

I am thinking of going to see PRamlee The Musical, which will commence its show tomorrow, 18 October 2007. More on this, please click here. The ticket ranges from RM50 to RM200. To Kak Ruby, Sean Ghazi gonna be the lead actor, playing the legend P.Ramlee.







My faculty is still almost empty. I came back to work today after raya and the parking lots and the whole area seems like a deserted place.

I better call anyone around,see if I could go beraya at their house this week or so....offer diri gitewwww....

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I finally managed to secure a ticket to watch the theatre. Berhempas-pulas aku dok tunggu, line busy memanjang, the ticket website pun slow semacam due to heavy traffic and then akhirnya , after like 150minutes of perseverance, I got the RM50 ticket on a Sunday matinee show, 28th Oct, Sunday. Apparently, Dr.Bubbles also gonna be there but on the following week and he'll be catching the last show from a better seating position.

This is gonna be my personal "debutante" into the Istana Budaya scene. I missed watching Puteri Gunung Ledang the Musical due to sengkek-ness, and so this time, I tried not to miss another of Tiara Jacquelina's masterpiece (i wonder whether she would make a cameo on the stage or not as she wasn't listed among the cast). Oh well, there'll always gonna be a first time for everything. Although i had to go there on my own, I'll make sure that my mood matches the theatre ambience. I need to think of what to wear for such an occassion now. Something that exudes bold and confidence yet sophisticated and warm. Hmmm....come to think of it, going on a baju raya should be ok too considering that it's an afternoon show and it's still Shawal, kan kan? but would that makes me look like so an outsider...? naaahhhh i'll drop that idea laaa....nanti tak cool....mana tau kot2 ade saper2 nak interview/terjah for any comment on the show, i'll be mistaken for someone going for an open house function plak.

Right. Must. not. get. too. excited.

First theatre I watch in KL

I went to see this free-entry theatre but with an advanced booking by my friend, Hawati, who is also an assistant registrar at this Faculty of Artistic and Creative Technology in UiTM. We gathered at the MTC next to Saloma Bistro down in Jalan Ampang for the show. There were all 6 of us booked under her name.

This theatre show entitled "Kalut" (loosely translated in english as worried and anxious in a haphazard way). The act and directing was done by the faculty students.

Poster photosource: kalut official blog

To me, this is the 1st ever Malaysian theatre show I have ever seen. I missed that Puteri Gunung Ledang Musical at Istana Budaya before because i didnt have a car yet that time. Unless they do matinee or early evening shows, I do need a transport to go back home since most of the shows finish around 11pm or that they did not give an approximate running time to it. Good thing i just learnt that there is a Bukit Nenas Monorail station just a walking distance from MTC.

(Speaking of public transport connection in KL: Depressing as in not every place has easy access to public transport including buses. It might be ok if u go out during the day time, but if u had to be somewhere or leaving somewhere in the late evening, chances are a bit slim for you to rely on a public transport. Nevertheless, it has been improving a LOT esp that this year is the Visit Malaysia Year.)

OK I digress.

Back to Kalut theatre. My honest review: 3 star for good attempt at theatre acting, 2 Star for the storyline, and overall: 3 star. I only laughed a bit. Surprisingly, most of the audience which consisted of the college students seemed to enjoy it very much based on the roaring laughters across the theatre hall. Sorry but i think most of the jokes are too Senario-malay typical corny slapstick jokes. I even found myself feeling a bit bored in the middle of the show. But that just me. I was probably got used to English (and american) humours that it probably didnt tickle me much. However, I was impressed at their ability to deliver the dialogues and their courage to stay in their character despite some audience cheers (and some jeers). I also noticed that since many of the audience were from the same faculty as those actors and actresses, 1 fella got more cheers than the rest of the cast simply due to his popularity. That i knew from hawati who told me that this student-actor, Fasyali Fadzli Saipul Bahri was not a stranger at all when it comes to stage performances especially on the acting and monologues. Never mind him being famous, I do think that he has displayed a promising talent in acting and I rate him the best actor among the cast.


All in all, I had a good time tonight. I am now looking forward for more theatre shows in the future around KL. If i can get someone to go with me, then it'd be cool. Otherwise, i probably end up going to a show on my own. Which is OK as well but of course, less fun.