It's been weeks Yasmin did left us. Just to share with you guys a meaningful speech given by our colleague during our get-together in studio after Yasmin's funeral on the Monday. It simply touched our heart and tears dropped like nobody business ...
For many people, when they think of Yasmin Ahmad, they think of the commercials and movies she has produced. Even though her body of work is undeniably wonderful, that is not what I think of when someone mentions Yasmin’s name.
I won’t claim that I know her that well, nor am I that close to her. A lot of other people knew her better and longer. But the beauty of Yasmin Ahmad is that you don’t have to be that close to her to know what kind of person she was.
Every time Yasmin comes into the office, she would be singing at the top of her lungs, not a care in her voice. When she passes the MD’s room, and sees him, she would shout “Ah Eng ah, Ah Eng!”. There was such bounce in her steps and we all looked at her with envy every time she goes lovey-dovey with her husband. She treated everyone equally nice, even the cleaners. She would joke with you, or play around with you, or at the very least she would be cordial with you, even if she doesn’t know you. You can come to her room at almost anytime, and just talk to her, and she would never turn you away.
In LB, we always talk about HumanKind. If there is ever a personification of the HumanKind spirit, it would be Yasmin Ahmad.
Yasmin was someone who was not afraid to stand up for what she believed in. No matter what people felt about her and her work, she just kept being herself. She was true to her faith and no one could tell her otherwise. And she was humble. If she was to hear us giving her all these praises, she would just rubbish it all and say she is nothing. Rather than be something, she would rather be nothing and at the same time a part of something bigger.
A couple of days before Yasmin fell ill, I approached her as I wanted to ask for her advice on a personal project that I was working on. She was busy and was doing her own work but she didn’t tell me to come back later. She just smiled and said “Sure!”, even though she didn’t have to. She took time and gave me some words of advice that I will remember for a long time.
I’m sure everyone has their very own special memory of Yasmin. It’s hard to believe that we won’t be able to have more of those memories. I’m even half-expecting her to just come into the office again, singing for all to hear. The way she has affected our lives, whether directly or indirectly, is incredible. Even the Bangladeshi guy from the sundry shop downstairs of our office was at her funeral, proof that she made a difference to a lot of people.
But to me, she is not really gone. She still lives on inside us. With every kind gesture, with every joyous laughter, with every sincere smile, with every joke she made, Yasmin lives in our memories. Her philosophies, her way of seeing things, all have left a mark in our souls. And she will continue to live on in every one of us as long as we make an effort to be more like her. Instead of mourning her passing, we should celebrate her life and the way she lived her life. We should continue carrying the messages that she has been trying to deliver all these years. We should be as caring and compassionate as her. We should strive to give the best in whatever we do just like her. But most importantly, we should live life like Yasmin Ahmad did.
-Indra Irwan Mohd Sari-
August 10, 2009
July 26, 2009
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"No one is perfect, and that if we expect to be loved for all our imperfections, why are we so reluctant to accept and forgive the imperfections of others?" ...
Life is fragile & really really unpredictable.
Days before, I was telling him happily that I'm going to write him an email instead to share some "bloody good news" (for me) since he is always busy, busy, and busy. But I didn't. Within these couples of days, my emotions were riding ups and downs. Good news-email?! Now, no more. I would say I start "closing" myself to all these again ... I'm very scare of that kind of feelings. You may say I'm a coward, who care! (Sorry, emo emo so sounds so harsh)
"You will miss it when I'm gone."
We are having QBR this coming week. The works of brands I handling, both Yes! and Friso got very good rating from Yasmin. During the rating session, she was sharing how she felt for Teoh's fiancee. It was so sad and she gonna make a movie out of it ...
As usual, if she is in town, every mornings she came with Yew Leong, she sure will greet us when she passed by our place. And thou 3 years of marriage, both of them still very much in love. Two lovey-dovey couple :)
The day she collapsed, just right before she going to TV3 and lunch with her hubby, she was kacau-ing us while we were having our lunch in bistro. Hours, news about she was collapsed was announced. My heart was jumping hard, and I been thinking to myself, why ... why ... why all these kept happen ... She is such a great person. She is kind. She is down-to-earth. She is an inspirational person ... why is life so unfair. If anything happen to her, how will Yew Leong be? You were sad for Teoh's fiancee and you can't be doing this to him since you love him so much ...
On the Friday morning, TKE was telling us, she was stable and asked us to be positive and pray for her. Then, Saturday night, just before we manage to pay her a visit on Sunday morning, she left us ... the scene of Yasmin & Yew Leong holding hands, lovey-dovey walking to the lift was the last memory she gave to me.
Ya, everyone should be strong. God loves her so much and so He wants her to go back to his side.
Life ... life ... life ...
What I would say, do whatever you wanna do so there's no regret in your life.
Be strong, Yew Leong.
Rest in peace, Yasmin.
Life is fragile & really really unpredictable.
Days before, I was telling him happily that I'm going to write him an email instead to share some "bloody good news" (for me) since he is always busy, busy, and busy. But I didn't. Within these couples of days, my emotions were riding ups and downs. Good news-email?! Now, no more. I would say I start "closing" myself to all these again ... I'm very scare of that kind of feelings. You may say I'm a coward, who care! (Sorry, emo emo so sounds so harsh)
"You will miss it when I'm gone."
We are having QBR this coming week. The works of brands I handling, both Yes! and Friso got very good rating from Yasmin. During the rating session, she was sharing how she felt for Teoh's fiancee. It was so sad and she gonna make a movie out of it ...
As usual, if she is in town, every mornings she came with Yew Leong, she sure will greet us when she passed by our place. And thou 3 years of marriage, both of them still very much in love. Two lovey-dovey couple :)
The day she collapsed, just right before she going to TV3 and lunch with her hubby, she was kacau-ing us while we were having our lunch in bistro. Hours, news about she was collapsed was announced. My heart was jumping hard, and I been thinking to myself, why ... why ... why all these kept happen ... She is such a great person. She is kind. She is down-to-earth. She is an inspirational person ... why is life so unfair. If anything happen to her, how will Yew Leong be? You were sad for Teoh's fiancee and you can't be doing this to him since you love him so much ...
On the Friday morning, TKE was telling us, she was stable and asked us to be positive and pray for her. Then, Saturday night, just before we manage to pay her a visit on Sunday morning, she left us ... the scene of Yasmin & Yew Leong holding hands, lovey-dovey walking to the lift was the last memory she gave to me.
Ya, everyone should be strong. God loves her so much and so He wants her to go back to his side.
Life ... life ... life ...
What I would say, do whatever you wanna do so there's no regret in your life.
Be strong, Yew Leong.
Rest in peace, Yasmin.
July 10, 2009
When a GIRL ...
When a GIRL is quiet,
millions of things run into her mind ...
When a GIRL is not arguing,
she is thinking deep, deeply ...
When a GIRL look at you, with eye full of questions,
she is wondering how long will you be around ...
When a GIRL answer "I am fine" after FEW SECONDS,
means she is not fine at all ...
When a GIRL stares at you,
she is wondering why you lying ...
When a GIRL says "I love you",
she means it ...
When a GIRL says "she misses you",
no one in this world will miss you much more than her ...
In short, SHE is smart until she fall in LOVE!
millions of things run into her mind ...
When a GIRL is not arguing,
she is thinking deep, deeply ...
When a GIRL look at you, with eye full of questions,
she is wondering how long will you be around ...
When a GIRL answer "I am fine" after FEW SECONDS,
means she is not fine at all ...
When a GIRL stares at you,
she is wondering why you lying ...
When a GIRL says "I love you",
she means it ...
When a GIRL says "she misses you",
no one in this world will miss you much more than her ...
In short, SHE is smart until she fall in LOVE!
July 5, 2009
A Dream & A Chance
I bet everyone is god damn gang ho about Transformer 2 and Ice Age 3 now. Me? Sure I had already watched both, and me like any of you guys out there who love Transformer 2, wanted to watch it again and again. Adanya orang macam ni, that's why till this weekend, it is still difficult to get Transformer 2 tickets and cinemas are all jam-packed with people (who are they? ANDRY! lo ...).
However, I'm not going to talk about how superb Transformer 2 it is today. I will be asking you guys to watch "Dance, Subaru!" instead, highly recommended. It is another movie that I'm going to watch it again and again beside Transformer 2 and my favourite, Twilight (see below for some updates).
"Dance, Subaru!" is a Japanese movie that adapted from a popular manga of same title from Soda Mashito, who draw Fire Fighter (very famous too!). It is the story about a young ballerina, Subaru Miyamato, her way in pursuing her dream. The treatment used by the Director is very "clean", reason being why I used the word "clean" is because for the flow of the movie (kinda different from the manga), you seem like reading a story book/novel and been dragged to the flow, experiencing challenges she faced together and cry of touch.
Subaru Miyamato is a genius ballerina, she is not only good in ballet but street dance and modern dance too. I was so impressed with her in modern dance, it is very difficult cause you really need to put in your feeling in order to use the dance to communicate what you wanted to communicate. It was really very touching till I can't stop myself from crying in the cinema *shy shy*
Subaru & Kazuma (her twin brother, who dead when she was 5)
A dream & a chance. You need to be focus if you ready want to get what you dream of. You might be a lonely loner, but who care, the moment you achieve what you one, the happiness you will get ... WOW! you live for yourself not others. It's not to say that you can't have friends or whatever, but as we know, in this world, you will never know a friend might be an enemy, your enemy is actually your true friend. Life is always miserable, yes, it is, but is just up to you to tweak it, whether you choose to enjoy it or keep complaining about it but achieve nothing.
Live for your own dreams not others dream, that is why I took Marketing and I never regret! I made mistakes, big mistakes, in my life but I never regret. Thanks God for having supportive parents and family for whatever I do, and my dear San San (she is always so understanding for what I had done, which I don't think people might accept, she is always give me supports that I need without asking too much cause she knows I hate people to ask too much & judge me for what I did).
Update:
Guess what?!.. I bought the whole set of Twilight novels (special edition) - Happy happy!!
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Another busy busy week to go! Go go go!! Wish everyone have a good week ahead! Take care! Huhu no more fever, cough and flu so stop asking me to go for H1N1 quarantine ya *wink wink*
Take care all!! *muack*
However, I'm not going to talk about how superb Transformer 2 it is today. I will be asking you guys to watch "Dance, Subaru!" instead, highly recommended. It is another movie that I'm going to watch it again and again beside Transformer 2 and my favourite, Twilight (see below for some updates).
"Dance, Subaru!" is a Japanese movie that adapted from a popular manga of same title from Soda Mashito, who draw Fire Fighter (very famous too!). It is the story about a young ballerina, Subaru Miyamato, her way in pursuing her dream. The treatment used by the Director is very "clean", reason being why I used the word "clean" is because for the flow of the movie (kinda different from the manga), you seem like reading a story book/novel and been dragged to the flow, experiencing challenges she faced together and cry of touch.
Subaru Miyamato is a genius ballerina, she is not only good in ballet but street dance and modern dance too. I was so impressed with her in modern dance, it is very difficult cause you really need to put in your feeling in order to use the dance to communicate what you wanted to communicate. It was really very touching till I can't stop myself from crying in the cinema *shy shy*
Subaru & Kazuma (her twin brother, who dead when she was 5)
A dream & a chance. You need to be focus if you ready want to get what you dream of. You might be a lonely loner, but who care, the moment you achieve what you one, the happiness you will get ... WOW! you live for yourself not others. It's not to say that you can't have friends or whatever, but as we know, in this world, you will never know a friend might be an enemy, your enemy is actually your true friend. Life is always miserable, yes, it is, but is just up to you to tweak it, whether you choose to enjoy it or keep complaining about it but achieve nothing.
Live for your own dreams not others dream, that is why I took Marketing and I never regret! I made mistakes, big mistakes, in my life but I never regret. Thanks God for having supportive parents and family for whatever I do, and my dear San San (she is always so understanding for what I had done, which I don't think people might accept, she is always give me supports that I need without asking too much cause she knows I hate people to ask too much & judge me for what I did).
Update:
Guess what?!.. I bought the whole set of Twilight novels (special edition) - Happy happy!!
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Another busy busy week to go! Go go go!! Wish everyone have a good week ahead! Take care! Huhu no more fever, cough and flu so stop asking me to go for H1N1 quarantine ya *wink wink*
Take care all!! *muack*
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