Been flipping through blogs today, out of boredom, and i read Irfan's take on the Puteri Gunung Ledang film. I guess my plans to do nothing all holidays and bask in the prospect of 'doing nothing' (after the much hated O levels) have happened, but backfired on me.

So anyway, pardon that mini digression.

As i was saying, irfan's take on it made the "malayness" (i hate the word "kemelayuan". Somehow this rather, erm, not-that-clean mind of mine keeps thinking "kemaluan". hah)in me burn once more.

:: Disclaimer :: The following may be interpreted as Self-praise. Who cares? I am proud of my primary school malay days. haha. Anyway, its my blog. hahahaha.

Back in primary school, i can safely say that i'm the most 'Malay' person around. I was taken under the wing of Cikgu Dahlia, Cikgu Hanifiah, Cikgu Asnah and Cikgu Haryati and they nurtured me (as well as another girl named Noreen) into loving Bahasa Melayu, and the Seni that comes with it, although im more appreciative of the literature side of the Seni (Puisi, Syair, Sajak etc).

I'm not much of a sports person; never in my entire life, have i won a medal/trophy/certificate for an achievement in sports. Decorated (sparsely) in my drawer lie medals/trophies/certificates for Literature-ish stuff.

In Kindergarden, i managed to get a prize for a Qariah kinda thing (tho all i read were Al-Fatehah and a few other Surahs).

In Primary School (The moment in my life in which i was most proud of myself), i won all Sastera related stuff (top 2. It would always always be a battle between me and Noreen). The Highlites would be grabbing the top West-zone speakers (tag team of Noreen and I), as well as achieving second place in the West-zone Sajak competition.
I became host for my School's opening ceremony and made countless speeches and dramas for the school.

Though, sadly, all of that were gone with the wind in my Secondary School days.

Getting into Drama/choir (dun choke about the Choir bit, thank you) was already all clear from the School Stuff, but sadly, my mom didn't appreciate me getting into this kind of thing.

Getting into a Dikir Barat group organised by a friend too was easy, but again, the MOM became a barrier.

Furthermore, since i was in the Higher Malay Language stream, i didn't have much connections with the Malay population in the school (HML students study at Bukit Panjang Govt High School *waves to Kinky*).

Yeah, some might think, "isnt that better Faddy? then you get to deepen your love for the Malay Language at BPGHS since it has an EMAS program?"

But noo. My teachers in Sec 1 and 2 (shall not disclose their names) did not really grab my attention, and, sadly, my love for the Malay Language flickered.

In sec 3 and 4 however, Cikgu Khalidah came about and she.. she is one hell of a woman. The way she teaches Bahasa Melayu makes you want to learn more and more. She manages to make a Malay lesson like a language, world-knowledge, business, literature, civics and moral lesson all rolled into one. Love her to bits.

Sec 4 is also the year when Mdm Asnida enrolled into Commonwealth Secondary School.

Familiar? Maybe not. How does Asnida Daud sounds?

For the benifit of those who still don't know her, she's a local artist as well as a person who deals alot with kesenian in Singapore. She was involved in the creation of Krayon (the malay substitute for Hi-5) Series One, but backed out in Series 2 due to complications in her pregnancy with her second child. She was and still is involved in many productions in our sunny island.

Oh and not to mention she has an oh-so-cute husband who, coincidentally, is a member of Kaleidoscopicuriousity. hurhurhur.

So anyway (after that brief history), Mdm Asnida is a true person of the Arts. When she talks about arts, her hand gestures become vividly animated, her eyes burn and her cheeks flushed with excitement. When she talks, you know what she's talking about.

SHE is my role model.

Sigh. I hope one day i may be able to deal with kesenian. Its going to be one long journey, what with a disaproving mother. Although it may be something that doesnt bring in much income, its what i am interested in.

All i need now is a good mentor, a nod from my mother, and i'm off to learn more about Kesenian Melayu.

If all else fails though, i still am passionate about Psychology.

Somehow i think this entry does not have a sole suubject. It seems more of scattered thoughts. wahahha. oh well.

MALAM NUSANTARA NEXT WEEK. WOOOOOOOOOOH.