Yasmin Ahmad (1958 – 2009)

Photo by The Open Room (Flickr)

Last night, one of  our greatest storytellers, Yasmin Ahmad passed away. I was lucky enough to have to met her at some of her talks and screenings. She was a very bright, down-to-earth, funny and artistic women.

After 50 commercials, 6 films and 11 international awards, Yasmin has done her job well uniting people of various backgrounds telling stories and touching hearts. Now God needs her more than we do. Al-Fatihah to her precious soul.

Here is one of her last commercials

Read her wonderful blogs about films and life- The Storyteller and The Storyteller, Part 2.

Reports on her passing on NST and Malaysiakini(BM).

Creative Collabo and Coolio Stop Mo

I’m sure many of you have seen the brilliant brilliant video Hibi No Neiro from the Japanese indie alternative jazz band Sour. One of most outstanding unique YouTube-webcam-style music video to date, featuring a worldwide creative collaboration of their fans having fun in front of their webcams but synchronized into a lovely video-art piece!

Hibi No Neiro

Here’s another one of their cool videos Omokage No Saki featuring headphone cables that come alive and morphs into various elements on people’s t-shirt done stop-motion style. Thinkgeek interactive shirts should do one!

Omokage No Saki

Check out Sour’s chillin’ music on their official website here.

And His Majesty’s Legend Continues…

Virtual tour of the Arcade Section at the ‘Collection Of The King Of Pop‘ Michael Jackson Exhibition in Beverly Hills. Dozens of arcade machines and memorabilia from  Star Wars to comic superheros. Look for Bruce Lee wearing MJ’s hat!

Eternal Moonwalk is a global on-going tribute of fan’s personal rendition of the Moonwalk. Some are good, while most are funny!

Flashmobs of fans dancing to Beat It in Stockholm. Look closely on 1:48 at the old lady in black on the right, she’s so cool! Comel je nak menari jugak hehehe

Coldplay’s cover of Billie Jean at their recent show in San Francisco. Sweet!

Rest In Peace THE King Of Pop Michael Joseph Jackson

MJ in London recently announcing 'This Is It' comeback tour scheduled in July. Photo by Newscom

Truly, THE BEST entertainer, artist, musician the world has ever known. A great loss not just for the entertainment industry, but also the rest of humanity whom souls he touched with his music, videos, life performances, originality and personality all these years. He’s in God’s good hands now.

Tribute Montage

Best Dance Moves

HIStory Tour in Malaysia

Condolences to his families, friends and fans.

Related articles on Michael Jackson here and here.

Not All Government Depts. Are Boring!

Photo by NBC

If you love The Office US series, you’re gonna love this one too!

Parks Promo #1 – The Front Lines

Parks and Recreation is a new mockumentary-style comedy series about the work and lives of the people in the Parks and Recreation Department in a fictional town called Pawnee in Indiana.

The series just finished their first season last month and stars SNL favorite comedian Amy Poehler as the deputy head named Leslie Knope, super funny man Aziz Ansari as Tom Haverford, Rashida Jones as nurse Ann Perkins and Nick Offerman as Ron Swanson the online Scrabble-playing department’s head.

Parks Promo #2 – Inspiration

The show shares the same format and style as The Office, but it’s about a government office whereas The Office is about a private paper company. Instead of dealing day-to-day securing paper sales, Parks deals with the work(or the lack of it) of turning an abandoned construction pit into a public park.

I couldn’t get enough of the show and Poehler’s character in Parks greatly resembles that of a female version of Steve Carell’s character in The Office. And Aziz Ansari’s fast-mouth-annoying-sarcastic jokes made the show even more hilarious! Rating: 4.5/5

Parks Promo #3 – Child’s Dream

Watch featured videos, deleted scenes and other funny stuff at Parks and Recreation website.

Image by City of Pawnee

Parks and Recreation