P. Ramlee The Musical..Kenangan P. Ramlee..

Since small, I memang minat dengan P Ramlee. Mana taknya, my early life was surrounded by his movies and songs . When we moved to Penang and stay with Pak Bib and Mak Tok, we were staying in Counter Hall Road (now known as Jalan P. Ramlee), where the house P Ramlee was born is located about almost 1km away.

I remembered mama bought for us this one book about P. Ramlee (I think we bought that book masa we visited Pustaka Peringatan P. Ramlee dekat Jalan Dedap, KL) yang dah naik lunyai dikerjakan dek we all. Selalunya we use the book to refer to the lyrics - especially lagu Nasi Goreng and Hai Obat..(masa kecikla..)

Tukang masak kerjanya enteng

Bangun pagi masak nasi goreng

Campur cili campur udang kering

Bila makan mata naik juling...

Bila dah grow up, the kegilaan tu dah berkurangan sikit.. yela dah digantikan dengan the pop singers and actors yang up to date kan.. Tapi his stories and movies tetap melekat in the back of my mind.. Sekali sekala bila tengah mencari citer2 yang best kat Astro, kalau ada citer P. Ramlee mesti nak tengok.. seronok, walau pun dah berkali-kali tengok..kelakar.. Ada one time tu I think it was last year, I and Nasir, saja one weekend we went to Pusat Peringatan P. Ramlee in Jalan Dedap again -- saja jalan-jalan.. Dah dewasa ni, perspektif tentang kehidupan P. Ramlee tu berbeza.. In fact, we also notice that after P. Ramlee meninggal dunia, ada fans yang sanggup mengupah orang untuk pegi menunaikan haji untuk P. Ramlee dan Saloma. Kat rumah tu, ada sijil pengesahan yang haji telah dilaksanakan digantung dalam frame.. Sayangnya la peminat-peminatnya kat dia..

Anyway, bila bersungguh my sister Yone mengajak pegi tengok the musical teater, I pun agree ajela.. I'm glad I did go, it was really fun. I was amazed with the props, the stage work (the New World stage movement was mesmerising), the music and the choreographs.. The acting pun boleh tahan. My favourite characters are the small Ramlee and Sukardi, Saloma and P Ramlee (in that sequence). Sean Gazi did a good job. He was really good and I almost thought that he was P. Ramlee.. My favourite scene would be the courting scene between P. Ramlee and Saloma. I guess ramai yang suka that part..

The music was really good, lagu the opening sequence memang best.. Sayangnya masa we all tengah get ready to enjoy it, a couple of late comers enter, and the stupid Istana Budaya punya usherer masatu la menyibuk nak suluhkan tempat duduk. Spoilt betul our first impression. Geram betul.

Ni tiket to the show on the 3rd of November, at 3.00pm

Me and Cha while waiting for the curtain to rise (Yone pun ada, tapi had to cut her out, sebab she said her gambar here, tak cantik..hehehe. Nanti tengok je la gambar dia kat blog dia)

The view of the stage from where we were seating

My favourite characters - Sukardi and Ramlee kecik.. pictures courtesy of P. Ramlee the Musical website

My favourite scene...cutela..

The saddest scene/part..

teater pun dah habis..

Bergambar dengan poster je la..Jadik la..

Another one with a bigger poster.. I think this was meant as a press conference backdrop kot..

And the priceless one, with Liza Hanim a.k.a "Sally"..Sayangnya, I was the one who took the picture. Terlupa plak lepas tu nak mintak orang lain plak tangkap gambar I.. Anyway, tak kisah.. sempat berbual and congratulate her on her acting.. Asked about the next round.. She said, they are also hoping that there will be a second round of show..

After the chit chat and on the way to the car, Yone said "Yong bersembang dengan Liza Hanim macam sembang dengan member ja.." Abis tu nak sembang macamana ???

Tehran: Covering your head and dress appropriately..

By now, semua secretariat ABU yang ditugaskan untuk pergi ke Tehran dah selamat sampai and have to work very hard to make sure this year punye GA is a success. But the bigger challenge is for IRIB, the Iran National Broadcaster. They not only need to make sure it's a success, tapi also to make sure it's safe for everyone to travel to Tehran or Iran.. Ever since we found out that this year GA akan buat kat Tehran, banyak la kata2 yang sinis dan pedas terdengar sana sini..ada tanya why do you decide to do it in Tehran ? Takde tempat lain ke nak buat..

Sebagai seorang muslim, I have a great respect for the Iranians. Somehow, they are able to persuade people to come to their country at this most critical time with the impending threats of attack from US. Not only that, they were also able to persuade the non-muslim women to cover their head and dress in a respectful dress code when the women arrive in that country.. Mula-mula when all the non-muslim heard about this particular restrictions, macam-macam complaints yang kedengaran.. Kadang-kadang tu malas nak layan.. naik bingit telinga.. Of course as westerners, they all mesti la tak suka di kongkong dan diarahkan sebegitu..Tapi the fact that in the end, they did it in order to show respect to that country.. ok la jugak..

Kenapa la kat Malaysia ni, yang muslim pun tak nak cover their heads and dress appropriately ?

Kat Malaysia ni yang I've seen something like this implemented is kat UIA.. Kat tempat lain tak tau la plak..

Sayangnya I tak dapat pergi..Rasa teringin jugak nak pegi ke negara yang tahan digertak dek US..

Anyway here are some of the pictures of women attending the GA.. courtesy of Tehran GA website http://tehran2007abu.irib.ir/

Yang duduk kat belakang tu is my boss -- a British woman.. Yang depan tu orang RTM

A couple of women from Vietnam

Yang kanan sekali is the Programme Commitee Chairperson dari KBS Korea..

Sakan beraya.. Part 2

Hari raya ke enam, mama, abah, adik-adik (minus Meor), Adi, Wan Chik, Wan Chu, Pak Su, Didi, Rizal & family datang ke KL, first stop my house for lunch..

Pagi tu dalam pukul 9.30 baru kelam kabut pegi Giant beli ikan and other barang2.. Sampai balik ke rumah dah 11.30, diaorang semua dah sampai Sungkai.. Kelam-kabut buat ikan bakar portugis (the trick is the sauce - achik yang ajar masak sauce dia ni..tapi achik pun dapat dari resepi chef wan), masak lemak, sambal belacan + ulam2.. Memandangkan dah beberapa hari makan daging je, so I decided to switch to ikan la plak.. Alhamdullillah.. semua langsai dan licin.. by 3..3.30, semua dah nak bergerak beraya ke rumah Kak Ina kat Bandar Rahman Putra, Sg. Buloh.

Nasir talking to the kids on the "Angkasawan Program". Anak-anak neighbour datang beraya on raya ketiga.. masa ni I just got back from work, tengah mengemas rumah tak sempat habis, they all dah sampai.. Kuih raya pun tak sempat letak dalam bekas kuih lagi..

Suprisingly, the journey only took us about 20 minutes. I think the main reasons were because kereta tak banyak lagi on the road, and the sg. buloh constructions pun dah siap, so no more traffic jams..

Kak Ina jamu meehoon soto + wantan..Sedap.. wantan + bergedil kejap je dah licin.. Then we moved on to rumah Kak Iza.. Kak Iza plak jamu nasi tomato and lauk-pauk yang sedap.. According tu Kak Iza, Abang Shukor yang masak lauk ayam.. Kak Iza masak nasi and jelatah je rasanya..

This is the landscape kat rumah Kak Ina & Abang Kidin yang Nasir was hired to do when he first started in the landscaping business 2 years ago.. Nasir was very grateful to Abang Kidin for the opportunity and trust.. He's also very happy to see the plants are healthy and growing well.

After that, singgah plak rumah abang a for the mee curry..By this time, perut semua orang dah terlampau penuh dan dah tak boleh masuk.. so sian kak yan, masak teruk2, tak banyak yang kami makan.. Tapi Nasir cakap mee curry kak yan memang sedap..nanti nak try la.. Nasib baik ada rombongan lain lagi yang nak datang kat rumah tu, kalau tidak membazir plak..

Abah, yone and Pak Su kat rumah abg a.. Abah baru buka posa 6..

Meor Adi Fimiyun with his lovely 'sisters'.. Suka betul dia.. asyik2 pegi kat diaorang, pegang tangan diaorang..Tangan ayah ngah tak nak plak pegang..Tapi bila ayah ngah dukung, agaknya rasa macam sama abah dia dukung, terus peluk, and tepuk2 belakang ayah ngah..

Semua orang tengah enjoy makan mee curry kak yan..

Malam tu, we all balik rumah dulu sebab esoknya I have to go to work..

On Saturday night, for the first time, Kak Iza and family datang ke our house since we were married for almost 7 years ni. Ayah chik and achik pun datang sekali, siap dah tak kenal rumah sebab lama dah tak datang.. Disebabkan I was taken ill for a few days (which started with Asthma attack), tak la sempat nak masak apa2. Nasir however, has gone all out to jamu orang datang bertandang.. He bought lemang, rendang, sate, sup ayam + tulang, nasi goreng ayam.. boleh tahan jugak la left overs nye..

Esoknya plak.. Nasirnye siblings and anak buah plak datang beraya.. Sebelah petang plak, abang a and family plak datang beraya.. Disebabkan masih tak brapa sihat, terpaksa la jugak membeli.. mintak maaf la ye..

Anak-anak adik Nasir tengah main kat courtyard, bawah loteng kat rumah..Budak2 memang suka spot ni, sebab banyak benda boleh explore..

Kakak, adik Nasir and me berehat kat tengah2 rumah while discussing recipes..

Abang A and family enjoying the sates..