Bila nak balik?

Just received an email from an old mate and the "soalan cepu mas" came out again. "Bila nak balik?" and I answered "maybe in 2 years time". hmmm.. been saying that for the last six years. hahahahaa.. dah takde value lagi lah that answer. Dah syiok sangat ke aku kat London ni?

I am adamant that we were to go back for the little one to start school but that means going back next year and we are nowhere near ready! There is still too many places I wanted to go to from here. It is just so easy to get bog down with work and even with the generous holidays they give here (27 days! compared to 14 days in Singapore), we never find the time and the funds to go. Especially now that little one is starting proper school in September.

Nevertheless, managed to squeeze in a quick trip to Amsterdam with Anita while she was here on her maiden Europe trip. Having Anita here was fun, fun, fun! I wish more of my kakis can make the trip to London.

It was a long awaited amd long planned trip. No need to bore people with the zillions of emails that pinged back and forth between Anita and me but on 21st April, she finally appeared in the flesh! I must say the first words I spoke to her was "Anita! your hair so straight!" and then " I can't believe you are here!!" and then "I don't remember you being shorter than me". Good friend ah...

Although the joy of having a good fren over was interrupted by her "stalker", we recouped back the fun during the 3-day trip to Amsterdam. I had been there before with husband and child. Big mistake to bring child! You can't go into all the interesting (read : sex) shops. It was just us girls this time round and what a riot we had! Definitely something to be repeated in the future.

Rock tetap Rock!

Photo credit : Grand Brilliance

Art passed us "Rock", a film that came out in late 2005. Like all things that had to travel the distance here, like Berita Harian, Gila-Gila comics and Malay films, it would be basi for me to talk about this but whateverlah... I just watch it what...

M and I had such a laugh watching the film. Wah!! seluar ketat, rambut gondrong, posing rabak and all that high pitch wailing. tak tahan aku. It is not the most fantastic film. Editing could be tighter. It started well but somehow grew wearisome about 3/4 way through. That 3D animation bird which was meant to be amateurish was just too dire for words, the vomiting scene was slapstick and what with all the minahs hanging around at the end?

Nevertheless, we enjoyed it, especially during the second sitting when we can forward the boring bits. Loved the spoof music video Rimba Bara did for BPR "Keunggulan Cinta". How 80s Malay Rock is that? The fake drumming on imaginary drums, the posing next to kapalterbang at some museum, posing by rail tracks. Only thing missing is singing by air terjun. hahahaha.

Loved the death metal band "Malaikat Maut". Wahhh.. garang beb! bila they all masuk je, keluar asap smoke machine. nampak macam garang tapi tak menang je, terus nangis. lepas tu, the main singer sold out and auditioned for Rimba Bara. Dia nyanyi Taman Rashyidah Utama lah. mana lah tak cair? terus no more death metal, pakai seluar merah ketat pulak.

Loved the desperate measures they took - sampai habis PVC kerusi bas they all kebas! brown PVC boleh apa - nampak macam leather

Loved the taglines "Ini untuk Rockers aje. R.O.K.E.R...rockers". "Alah, dia nak datang sini pun kena tukar tiga bas", "Dia ingat kita ni band kerja kahwin ke?", "Band ini memang berpengalaman, dah biasa main kat expo, funfair, keja orang kahwin dan juga menjadi juara...badminton".

Overall, OK lah. can watch and reminisce about the old days. I was singing the songs for days.. altogether now. Keunggulan Cinta, dari sinar mata, yang bergelora.........