some thoughts of the early bird...

i got a call from a tshirt supplier for mfest yesterday...wanting to meet up with me today at epping train station...since my class is from 12-4pm, i suggested 10.30am...and he agreed..

so i was up early today...way earlier than my normal first-class-is-at-12pm wake up time...

i checked my emails, i read d news, i checked out manutd.com...u know, the usual routine...i took a shower and got ready...it was 10am...it would only take 10 minutes to reach epping station...so, i am still early...

suddenly the ol guy called (the tshirt supplier is an old guy)...he said he cant make it at 1030am...errr, "my classes are untill 4pm.."...and we both agreed to meet up at 4.30pm....hmm, so here i am, all set for class but still plenty of time before it actually starts...

instead of doing what a good student does and go pick up a book or some tut works, here i am blogging...hehe...i haven't put in much in here lately, so i guess its ok =P (alasan je tu sunny....isk3...mim-alif-las, malas)

by the way, here is the unofficial release of the mfest tshirt design =) credit to my director hui-xieng who had been working on it since before winter hols, and had done changes after changes coz mr. sunny tan always kacau asking for this and that to be changed...kesian =P






I was reading the news just now, and found this interesting bit at www.utusan.com.my . Sharifah Amani from the movie Gubra had won the Best Actress award at the 19th Malaysian Film Festival...at the beginning of her speach, she said, "I sound like stupid if I speak in Malay.."

Err, as we all would expect, many were stunned by that statement, Utusan Online in its report wrote, "Sharifah Amani mengejutkan hadirin apabila memperlekehkan bahasa Melayu semasa berucap selepas menerima anugerah itu, malam tadi." The Minister for Art, Culture and Heritage (i think thats the tittle in english) was also dissapointed.

As Sharifah explained, all she meant was that she would sound like stupid if she were to speak in Malay...meaning, she cant speak malay well and would not want to humiliate herself and thus asking permission to speak in english....the problem is, when people directly translate that statement into malay language...of coz in malay that is very rude...but in the language that its been spoken, i think its a fair statement...

this is not the first time i've encountered such situation...i was involved in an email discussion a few months back, and this person who is more well versed in english was commenting on something in english and made a statement, perceived by some as very rude when they process that statement in their mind in malay direct translation...actually, what the person said, in its written language, english, what was very very polite.

While Sharifah could have been more diplomatic in choosing her phrase, i dont think its that serious that Utusan should call it 'memperlekehkan bahasa melayu' or belittle the malay language...come on la people... sigh...

mmm...i should end this entry soon...the next few weeks are the busiest of the whole year...there are mfest meetings to attend, practices of dikir barat and sketch to go to, plus the final weeks of my MSA term, the Malam Gema Merdeka, MFest itself...and much much more... i wont be updating that often...dont miss me! ( as if! haha..)

ciao!