Pays Tribute to Yasmin Ahmad (1958-2009) - Tan Hong Ming in Love

Since making their first appearance in 1995, Yasmin Ahmad's annual Merdeka TV commercials for Petronas have become eagerly anticipated and much-loved gems.

For the latest commercial in the series, last year's Tan Hong Ming In Love, Yasmin and her crew went to schools in the Klang Valley to interview children using the theme, "Our children are colour blind, let's keep them that way". The result is a simple and candid work that charmed audiences with its young protaganist's shy declaration of love.

To date, Tan Hong Ming In Love has won over 20 international awards, including the prestigious Gold Lion at the Cannes Advetising Festival 2008 last month.

啦啦啦，念书青草地

18072009 青草地报告

今天星期五了~~
这么迟才来更新博，不好意思哦~

呵呵呵呵呵呵~
是因为我们都有乖乖听“盘妈妈”的话，有乖乖读书上课，所以就没有时间上网咯~
呵呵呵呵呵~~

嗯

上个星期六，我们照旧先开声，然后就唱歌。
先是唱非常非常好听的一首《清梦湖》。
Soprano，Alto，Tenor和Bass都分别到钢琴前去学唱第二段的歌词。

然后，就是S A T B合唱。

除了这首歌，Sean老师还教了孩子们一首新歌。
呃呃，可是我忘了是什么歌名了……　
因为我是大朋友，没有学唱啊～
下次再告诉你们那是什么歌好了。

^ ^

过后的大朋友的时段，老师说过以后都会是脑力激荡的环节。
所以呢，这个星期的环节就是看电影。
本地导演　Yasmin Ahmad　执导的《Sepet》。

Yasmin Ahmad一直都执导新年期间Petronas赞助的电视广告。
她是很特别的一个人，很特别很特别。
非常非一般的一个导演，她的作品都很值得一看。

关于《Sepet》的简介，请参考上一篇文章～　

好啦，这个星期的报告就到此为止，晚安咯～　

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~* 星期四下午约3时Yasmin Ahmad在新闻发布会中风昏迷，现仍在医院深层治疗部接受治疗。请祝福她，希望她早日痊愈，继续拍出更多更好的电影和广告。

SEPET 单眼皮

Sepet is a 2004 Malaysian romantic comedy drama film set in Ipoh, Malaysia.
Directed by Yasmin Ahmad, it tells a tale of a love that blooms between a Chinese boy and a Malay girl.
Sepet is a Malay word which, in this context, refers to the 'slit eyes' of the Chinese.



Something about the story :

19-year old Ah Loong (who also called himself "Jason") is in charge of a stall selling pirated VCDs. Contrary to the stereotype of his social standing, Ah Loong is an incurable romantic with an unlikely hobby: He loves to read and write poetry. Quite content to carry on being the Romeo of the slums, Ah Loong's life takes a sudden turn one day when a Malay schoolgirl, Orked, arrives at his stall. She is in search of films starring her favorite actor Takeshi Kaneshiro. Love blossoms between Orked and Ah Loong, although there are social and racial pressures that stand in their way. In the end, Ah Loong is involved in a motor vehicle accident while Orked is going to England to pursue her studies.




Awards:

18th Tokyo International Film Festival 2005
Best Asian Film Award
Ninth Malaysian Video Awards
Best Film

27th Créteil International Women's Film Festival in France
Best Film

18th Malaysian Film Festival
Best Film
Best Original Screenplay (Yasmin Ahmad)
Best Poster
Best Supporting Actress (Ida Nerina)
Most Promising Actor (Ng Choo Seong)
Most Promising Actress (Sharifah Amani)

Global Chinese Golden Arts Awards
Best Film

Anugerah Era 2005
Best Film

Social Commentary：

Being cynical in character, Yasmin Ahmad included a few sarcastic remarks of today's Malaysian society in her film:

（1） Orked had on a few occasions sarcastically criticized her friend, Ling, about her obsession with Western male celebrities, particularly Leonardo Dicaprio. She even told off Ling's Western-facelike Malay boyfriend for failing his English in the SPM examinations. This was in reference to the teenage Malays nowadays' obsession with Western celebrities.

（2） Orked rebutted Ling's boyfriend for questioning her love relationship with a non-Malay, i.e. Jason, by telling him Malay men had been marrying non-Malays for generations. This indirectly referred to today's quite prevailing biased perceptions of people having inter-racial love relationships. It was also expressed through Keong's dialogue with Jason when the former was hospitalized. Keong had said people in the olden times can marry each other regardless of race but people in the today's more civilized society tend to fight over and think too much of such matters.

（3）Mak Inom expressed her gratefulness to God after knowing Orked obtained a scholarship to study overseas despite getting 5As in the SPM examinations. Kak Yam, who was sitting beside her, solemnly said Jason had 7As (probably a few years back but wasn't even offered a scholarshhip). This indirectly criticized the Malaysian Government's perceived biased treatment in handing out scholarships to non-Bumiputras.

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青青草地 有你在我身边

这是我第一次在青草地的部落各报告。


哈咯，大家好。 哈哈~


今天我大约4点半左右就抵达了GMTT。 本来是想要和杨静讨论关于戏剧的剧情， 可是不知道在什么情况下就突然和 Daniel，Melissa，杨静 和 杨盈不约而同地聊起了GMTT 以前的状况。还聊了许多经典点的话题。说起来还真的有点心酸。


大约在6点半左右Sean老师就开始带我们发声。今天老师教了我们两首新歌，《清梦湖》和《Climb Ev’ry Mountain》。今天在老师临走之前，我们给了他一个很特别的Goodbye。我们排成直直两行让Sean老师通过然后大声喊 “谢谢Sean老师！”，老师还跟我们玩了起来呢！


到了八点半我们就开始演预告片给盘老师看。首先是由杨静那一组先呈现，也就是我那组啦。演完后，老师一头雾水。再加上我们用了椅子来代替车，所以还被毅弘讲女主角是被牛撞倒 [=.=] 。


接着就到傅安那一组。傅安和静颖在他们的预告片里面用了吉他弹唱了他们剧本里的主题曲 Cinta Tiga Segi， 好用心哦。


盘老师很快把这个预告片的环节结束了，因为有重头戏在后。老师还强调“这个环节不准拍照！”。哇，听起来好像很严重。然后老师突然变成了我们的妈妈，苦口婆心地提醒我们不要为了青草地表演坊而忽略了成绩。


盘妈妈还说，如果我们成绩再不理想的话呢，就要在GMTT开补习班。Oh no！听了这句后大家都有很大反应。难道GMTT就这样变成了青草地补习中心？老师还叫我们把成绩单交出来给她看。


没有想到的是，Steven 马上的就把成绩单交了出来了。他的成绩大致上都很不错，还有几科A 呢， 只是Sejarah，Pedidikan moral 和 Pendidikan jasmani 需要再加强， Steven要加油咯。


我本人认为不要为了考试而读书，要为了自己而读，因为知识是你们将来出来面对残酷社会要用的武器，磨砺你们的武器吧。考STPM 和　PMR　的你们要加油咯。读大学的你们也一样。


除了这个以外，老师还强调我们迟回的问题。老师说我们上个星期很迟回家呢！可是…… 老师怎么知道？


原来啊，老师是在青草地的部落各看到了我们在Mcdonald的单据上面写词的图片（图片在上一个post） [这个星期六 叮~咚~Bell……] 。老师点击放大一看，上面的时间写着11点多，买的时间都那么迟了所以老师可以一口咬定我们一定很迟回家（其实我们是大约凌晨一点多回家）。


虽然在这个环节盘老师叫我们不要拍照，可是Irene老师却一直在我们背后偷拍，而且一个人都不放过。


到了十点钟，盘老师就叫我们回家了。。。


很期待下个星期六的到来~


伟贤

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