Lat Kampung Boy Sebuah Muzikal

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Last night, April 2nd, 2011, Saturday, went to Istana Budaya with 6 other pretty girls, to watch Lat Kampung Boy Sebuah Muzikal. This was my 3rd time going to IB and 2nd time this year and Lat Kampung Boy Sebuah Muzikal has it's own way in capturing my heart last night. Two words : Super Awesome.

It started when Lat (most probably short form of BU-LAT) at Kampung, who likes to draw whenever and whatever he sees. He's being scolded by his mom because of it, the funniest part when he drew their house atas lantai rumah sendiri, how he adores their house and his kampung very much. His father who has a huge impact on him, likes to bring back used papers so that Lat could draw. His father also taught him that, kaum lelaki harus kuat sebab itu John Wayne tak nangis.

At school, Lat being laughed because of his angan-angan dan berangan. I like the lyrics of the Dalam Gila ada Rahsia when Nora sang the part "Lat, awak ini memang pelik, awak nombor satu bab merepek, hiduplah di dunia nyata, lukisan awak tak kemana". but that doesn't bring him down, he kept on drawing and imagining things, monsters and cowboy.

Luckily, his dad got promoted and they moved to Ipoh. There Lat met some supportive people like Mrs Hew  and his friend, Frankie who supported him and his drawing and they think that Lat can go far with his drawings. One of Mrs' Hew favourite quote is DWYL and LWYD "Do what you love and Love what you do".

Later on he moved to KL and worked at one of the local newspaper and met Pae (Faezah).

the rest of the story you have to watch it for yourself or at least read the comics by Dato' Lat himself.

thumbs up for barisan pelakon and di belakang tabir. you guys rock big times. I really like the joke from Frankie where he said (no offense for orang buta) but he made a joke on orang buta yang bawa kereta di KL and patutlah KL jammed. he probably wanted to say that please be considerate while driving and look right and left.

I also like the part where Frankie said that " you can take the boy out of the pekan but you cannot take the pekan out of the boy".

Oh! I've got a lot to say. but basically it's about ups and downs of a person's life. How he battled with his own feelings, when his father died, when he met Pae, when he cannot juggle his work and his family and most probably the fame that he got.

Overall, do what you love and love what you do, follow your heart and see where it leads you. at the same time, jangan sampai kacang lupakan kulit. 

"Mama, nak kawen dengan budak arts boleh?" :P

Natrah 2

Went to IB (Istana Budaya) last night to watch Natrah Musim ke-2 with Atie and Daddy. It was freaking awesome. Dad was hesitate at first to go with us and tot he might fell asleep during the show but he ended up liking it as much as we all do. He did not sleep at all during the show and I can tell he's happy because he was smiling all the way by the time he enters IB. Plus we've got the best seats in the world to watch Natrah and Maya Karin is so gorgeous. Thanks Atie and Dad for teman-ing me, glad you guys had a wonderful night watching it. It has been a dream come true watching it at IB. thanks again :)

Natrah. Siapa tak kenal dengan Natrah? Jiwanya yang penuh rahsia. I was first introduced to Natrah by mom. Mom told me about her tragic stories on how Natrah was adopted by the Malay named Aminah who taught her Islam and when how her real family wanted to take her back. I cried when I heard about it. I never knew justice can be real unfair sometimes. 

I did not get the chance to watch it last year, perhaps I was still in Australia at that time. but I managed to watch it at RTM and after watching it I was hoping that someday I will get to see it too. I also wish that perhaps one day it will be a film on Natrah itself. 

Me and officemates went to Arkib Negara somewhere this year to do some research on our project when I came across Natrah's book and ended up finding a corner to sit and read it whilst everyone's doing their job. The book basically a collection of letters Natrah wrote to her husband (Mansor) and Mansor wrote back to Natrah. Oh! how I wish to go back to Arkib Negara and re-read it again :)

To those who hasn't get the chance to watch Natrah, the show will be extended to 7th of December 2010. and to those who has watch it, I bet you all love it as much as I do.

IB has the coolest people in the whole wide world, till we meet again :)

Natrah: Cinta, perjuangan dan air mata.