2008/2009
Tuesday, December 30th, 20081. New Year New Job
Bye 2008, welcome 2009, may it brings blessings and prosperity (teringat plak Prosperity Set McD yang memang confirm aku takkan makan sebab Mumu & Cham kata pedas gilergh)… 2nd January I’ll be having my first day at work in Islamic Banking & Takaful Department, what awaits I do not know, but I know I am equipped to go through come what may. No matter how tragic riding a motorbike had been a taboo to my dear mom, she had to allow me ‘rempit’ all the way from Cheras to my office, delaying my gratification to have own car somehow I loved my bike a lot, you knoe… Some asks how come I got post as Senior Exec so fast? Waiving two major steps as Junior Exec & Asst? I dun have the answer.. maybe because I did pretty well kot masa interview, according to Alia and Mahathir from HR Dept, they overheard Dato’ was happy with me. That was a bless, Alhamdulillah 
Maknanya aku tak sia-siakan one shot time interview. Thanks to Abang Lan for prior advice, and also Daud for comforting my nerves breakdown prior to the session. Mana taknya? Sampai 7 panel interview aku, mana tak chuak. Ekceli I dun really mind mana Department pun HR nak letak aku ni, asalkan I got a post there, adding into account some countries had fallen into recession, some anticipates, while Zeti was confident we’re not expecting any, I won’t put my position in complacent zone. Meaning to say I am grateful to be given any post in such a prestigious institution and I consider myself lucky enuff.. Thank you God, and mak, you can sit down and eradicate any form of unnecessary hesitation and kebimbangan yang berlarutan… Now it is my turn to serve you. And 2009 is a year to differentiate a boy and a man.
2. My Cousin is a Celebrity
Do you remember I’ve told you once that male descendants of Allahyarham Haji Abdullah Reppin can play guitar, inheriting his talent in playing Ghazal + one of them is a hardcore drummer? Yes, our hardcore drummer, who happened to be a drummer in two indie bands in Perak, had been offered a recording contract! All of us were thrilled and happy! Congratz, Obe-Wan-Kenobi! I dunno, once my indie fren told me that a true indie people would stick to indie world, meaning to say by jumping into the lime light, you are out of the stream. But for me, if you got a fair chance to put forward your music to be cherished by the whole nation, then why not? Hehe… still remember, the look on my sister’s face when I got home one day having ayam sekor potong 12 on my right hand and Majalah Media on my left together with her car keys.. Sejak bile nko baca majalah Media? I answered: Obe’s in it, with the rest of this band members, one full page siot! Haha… Again, congratz! And also I remembered being offered an intro performance for Reza Salleh (an Indie song composer and performer) by one of my friends Fadza. ‘Offer’ here not in the sense - “Hey Hairi! OMG! You are so damn talented! You should be performing in Reza’s nite!” Actually ‘Offer’ here in this sense - “Hey Hairi! I dunno you can play guitar. If you want to perform in public I can get you to perform as intro to Reza’s in No Black Tie”. At first, I was really thrilled! I mean, the only chance I could perform in public was in Fara’s Wedding. But at that time I was not confident playing and singing at the same time, my mulut and my hands just could not collaborate sync. I asked the other, can I just sing with minus one instead? They laugh and said “Kidding? Unless your minus one is the song that you compose by your won, we would say go ahead, if not, then forget it.” I wonder why.. Then they told me, indie world is all about talent in song writing and playing intrument. If you dun have both, just some cute Dafi face singing other people’s song, you should go to AF or IOAM, they even have this one term for this people who sing cover song by minus one - “cover song performer”.. wah gelaran ni bagi aku best jek… but for indie people, it is a name given to this-guy-can’t-play-and-dun-write-own-piece-of-s***, or lebey kejam - poser. Kalau nak kena gelak pegi ar.. kalau ada yang jerit sokong nko pun member2 nko jek… Sounds cruel to me, but that’s the reality. So I waive such a chance. Maybe next time.. huhu..
3. Best Supporting Role
I got offered by Articulate Prod. (orang kata Ramona Rahman punya) a supporting role in a local drama series to be aired by RTM1. If they offered me extra role senang je la aku tolak… bukan sebab aku pandang rendah role extra, tapi sebab aku da nak keje, lain la kalo aku still student.. lagipun time aku study pun penah je dapat extra role, payment takde la berapa masyuk and time consuming… shooting sampai 2 hari tapi payment RM45… cam tak worth nak ponteng kelas… apatah lagi nak ponteng keje untuk RM45? This time I was offered a supporting role, according to Encik Nizam, Supporting role ney will appear more than one episode… so kira time consuming gak la.. payment belum dirunding.. tu yang aku kira hesitate gak sama ada untuk reject or to accept.. besides, I only got experience on stage performances, not on camera.. after careful deliberation, I decided to waive the offer… sebab baru nak keja kan, takkan sebulan baru keje da nak mintak bos cuti seminggu dua nak shooting.. gilo apo? Akak aku cakap amek jek la kalo ade duit.. one way betul… but acting is an art… if I decide to do art on money basis, then it would not be right.. I somehow agree with this saying:
” Seni itu sesuatu yang diperjuangkan. Barangsiapa yang menggunakan seni untuk memperjuangkan diri sendiri dia ialah pelacur seni”
Apa-apa pun, welcome 2009. Aku doakan tahun 2009 membawa kita rahmat daripada Allah, dan kekuatan untuk kita face any challenges. Amin.
