The Emotional Journey

This is our final assignment about emotional journey along of life and stepped the states of habitation. Human is always in relation to its surrounding, life time and urban lifestyle. We would leave memories, pass experience or emotion in our precious space and life. Everyday we met thousands of things, people or around world. The life journey should bring many expression and perspective of reflash back and moving on through out of urban lifestyle in latest century. It is not easier to find suitable person for interview this assignment, especially looking the interviewee want to share their own personally and spend out a time traveling for those places. I was found few potential as my interviewee but most of them not really acceptance of apparent their identity. Finally, I found the person who was perfected I am looking for it. He is a Taxi driver has been 20 years, his name is Uncle Johnny. His car number is Hwb 9744. He was born in 1957, Malaysia independent year and 52 years old. He is a friendly driver when I was first time seated his taxi while seeing him so that I asked him would interest being my interview respondent. He was agree that would describing his story by a journey belonging of working life with explore freshness things in everyday. Nevertheless, I couldn't take video for interview process because he only can speak Chinese and refuse to appearance his face. The only ways I was taking photo to show that the historical places he brought me along and told me lots of histories and as memorable experience of him. My interview is revealing life experience of Uncle Johnny during he was starting drive taxi toward Bukit Bintang area to share the emotional journey in his pass life. Bukit Bintang is central point of Kuala Lumpur, located of shopping centers, commercial shops, banks, offices and restaurants. This area has focused on high-tech industries as well as the lucrative service industries, specifically commercial and tourism. Such as tourists, officers group, youngest and who was earning money for struggle in live. Apparently, The entire place is teeming with people and has a lively atmosphere.

The first location has been introduced by Uncle Johnny was Jalan Bukit Bintang. It is golden triangle strategically include of famous complex area, Sungai Wang Complex, BB Plaza, Lot10, KL Plaza and Pavillion. These are the most popular shopping complex in KL city as colourful and happening area as well. The place has consist colourful cultural heritage and history among states of Kuala Lumpur. Uncle Jonney said that he has been stayed here around 20 years since he worked as taxi driver. He has been known this area very well even those that working as car park joker nearest Jalan Alor. This area as his working area and he will meet up variety of peoples in everyday, such as, tourists, locals and youths. Uncle Johnny is a optimist because he would thought it not just a job, as apart of his life and daily habit. He explained that it has challenges for faces freshly events and peoples in different moment and time. Although his main objective for work is earning money to families and living life, but his always think that money can't earn forever, most important is living happiness. He said " my living theory is "Don't worry be happy" in whatever, human must has a happy time for living life. Family aslo important for me, without them I could't not live of happiness so I always appreciate that what I gain."

Bukit Bintang is a most happening spot area even entertainment has opened lots around in this location. As consequences, environmental of safety now is getting worse as much than previous time. In current situation, Bukit Bintang also as highest and increasing rate of criminal issues within the cities area.
Fong: What are you think that safety issues of this area?
Uncle Johnny: Compared with 20 years ago, this area was still in safety condition and crime cases not so serious as highest rate as now. Last time, never happen any killed afterward of robbed and serious injured cases but society now is sickish of criminal issues become very important problem for our personal safety. Not even only this area, but is inclusive of around Malaysia. It is being a most important topic to concern of government, solve this issues to protect our citizens.
Fong: Uncle, do you might that I asking have you ever met of this kind of cases? Seem nowadays, lots of taxi driver had been targeted by robber gangs.
Uncle Johnny: It's all right, lucky it have never happened on me. I will be avoid to work until late night because it most danger at night time. I also ignore the people as unkindly groups of foreigner, such as workers from Bangladesh, Indian, or Nigerian. This kinds of people will looks doubtful because they as illegal residential and will doing anything of without restriction in our country.

Jalan Alor was a second location of along with Uncle Johnny. This street is famous of foods as called "foods street" and is very well known by locals and tourists. Jalan Alor is majority of Chinese food and has variety famous foods of Kuala Lumpur. This place also has more than thirty years history time since bukit bintang has been developed as cities area.
Uncle Johnny: Jalan Alor has been changed name to Jalan Kejora in few month ago, but had changes back to Jalan Alor after many peoples made complained. Don't know what does government did, always did a not sense useless things better they put more effort in improve their ability of reduce the crime rate.

The name of Jalan Alor has been used around 35 years, it is a history and memories street for everyone is known well of this name. It is should not get changed the name, even we also would not know the new name Jalan Kejora is Jalan Alor. The government was useless to did changes road name for the Chinese population area.
The others location linking with Jalan Alor is Changkat Bukit Bintang. It is popular of nightlife and entertainment area which is available variety country dining restaurant. Uncle Jonney is staying here, he told me his house as a historical building almost thirty years history. By the way, it has some historical premises of residential houses and most of it has been changed for commercial property as budget hotels, restaurants or mini grocery store.

Fong: Uncle, how long have you been stay here? Have here changed lots compared with previous?
Uncle Johnny: I has been stayed around 20 years with my wife and two daughter and son. It is my house at second floor of old style apartment unit. Before Changkat Bukit Bintang as established of budget hotels and Inn, dining restaurants and pubs, there had many residentials stayed of double old style houses and full of neighbourhood environment. But nowadays, all historical building has been renovated to new commercial area and as happening spot area for tourism area.

The following location was the most historic hotel in Kuala Lumpur, it is Federal Hotel was opened on 1957 by Bapa Malaysia, the first Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman. Federal Hotel was represented the nation history of merdeka years and independent period among development of Kuala Lumpur and also special in the heart of Bukit Bintang. This hotel has well maintain and stability in market even has high competitive of same industry. Uncle Johnny was joking said that this hotel is memorable for him because it is same age and had history moment of his experience life too.
I am very thankful for Uncle Johnny has been spend half of the day brought me along with these locations, I was more understanding history of own states for origin. At least, I would appreciate much of Uncle Johnny had cooperated with me finished my assignment.

Our Burmese Day

Our Burmese Day is a documentary about the director name Lindsay was recording her mother and uncle ,Sally and Bill return to their own country in Burma with finding back their roots. She wants brought out the review of all the journey with both characters and link to culture and reflash passed memories of her mother, Sally.

Sally was Anglo-Burmese but migrated to England, she was speaking in flawless English accent instead that she was came from white, middle-class respectability northwest of London. Lindsay was curiousity want to know more her mother toward what secret had hidden behind by Sally. Sally always denial own nationality and heritage from Burma because she has an unwilling memory, hurt into tear passed experience when she was young.

On the others hand, Sally's brother Billy embrace his pass and pround of that he is Burmese. Lindsay was asking Sally about their late mother, but Sally refused to answer it, Billy doesn't might that shared their passes on Burma. Sally expressed unpleasesure, fear and depressed when recall back her darkness memory.

This film is showing us the culture, lifesyle and heritage of Burma. For instance, their living environment in poverty phonomenan and less education society consequence of Sally moved to other country found her desirable life.

In conclusion, this film was giving message of we should never forget our roof. We have to know how important and appreciate of own identity, accept the truth of origin to next generation. For instance, Lindsay kept discover the truth of themselves origin born even though Sally remain denial as Burmese.

Presepolis- An Iran girl's life

At first, presepolis is illustrate a little girl name Marjane who lose her happiness family life with leave to foreign country when she was teens. Although it is featuring of animation film but it looked as a true story as live feature. I have strong emotion in the character which the little girl's life experiences and sympathy to her at same time because she was born at wrong country which Islamic Revolution in Iran.

From the film's story, it is describing that character's expression and emotion through reflected her depressed, lose and asolated when she stayed alone strange land. In between, she was confused at the intricacy of the world, thrilled of entering adulthood and her identity. She had gain experienced loves and friendship when she was staying in foreign country. Also, she had changed to listen punk music, addicted smoking and alcohol, and without wears "tudung" scraf of muslim custom.

In my opinion, she might couldn't acceptance these cruelty and cold blood world since she was living alone at strange country. However, she had lose of muslim religion belief instead of western lifestyle and thought because she is trying to reduce her depression and fearness from deeply heart.

This story has showed that conservatism of Iranese with over control human right for Inranese womens. The main issues concerned in this film are political turmoil, death, execution, and women’s oppression at Iran and living in tyrannical society. As consequences Marjane had destined unfortunely in her life but she also tried to hold a own destiny with setting her journey in French.

According to Edward Said's Islam as News, narrated he had identified the people's thought between Oriental and the Occident in the West. He point out that everyone should respect to every region of different cultural heritage with live of peaceful world . At last, Marjene was remember her origin and religion after she had struggled of life experiences.

Big Durian film

1)What scene in "The Big Durian" made an impression on you, and why?
The most impression scene is a scene where the camera is chasing after a member of public and focus on the malay women is keeping refusing to interview. She keep saying “I don’t know” and run away. I think she may feel embarrassing and nervous in front of camera.

2) What was rumoured to be Private Adam's grouse (pain)/reason which lead to him running amuck (amok)?
Adam’s brother killed by the sultan of Johore during Adam's brother in the sultan's house.
For my opinion, Adam was feeling disappointed with government treat unfairness to him and on his brother incident, so that he want give regarding issues message send to public through of this film.

3) A character from Sabah ends her narrative by noting the look on Private Adam's face. What was it that she saw and how does it contrast with her feelings?
The Sabah's girl saw that Adam has a freedom of life and did his like things, make her jealous that hopeful can get that same life of Adam and achieve what she wants.

4) From what historical vantage point is the director viewing the events of 1987? what is "present" of the documentary and what is its mood?
Director Amir is trying to find out the Malaysian's perspective through capture on this film and sharing with public of talk about race, religion, and education and politic. All of these were reflected that citizens perception and can release out what their wants. He was creative and strong subjective with element of historical, all can seen in the film. Fortunately, Amir accomplishes his mission with struggling in the processes of production in this film.

Malaysian Artist And Malaysia Histories

After I went Petronas gallery, I realized that I was interesting of Liew Kung Yu's Art work. He is a Malaysia artist and exclusive contemporary artists. Although he is fifty years old man but he is ambitious to achieve his dream as held an exhibition with photo collages titled “Cadangan-cadangan Untuk Negaraku” is means Proposal for My Country at Galleri Petronas for own country. His artwork was inspiring his own vision with Malaysian urban and ritual environment, Malaysian lifestyle and histories of multiracial society. Liew Kung Yu has exhibited widely over the region and internationally. He has worked in various media from installation and performance to theatre design. For these latest four large photo collages of public sculptures by photographed while traveling around the country. By the way, the historian author named Anthony Milner is writing Malaysia histories for published books. I would relevant the works from Liew Kung Yu between Anthony Milner, because both of them relevant with national histories.

Liew Kung Yu was elaborate and frenetic through in the art works, national achievement and representing our future life in Malaysia. However, I thought that his art works was inspired Malaysia history which is our multi racial culture, custom and community. The reason for this "Proposal for My Country "series where sophisticated visual technique with populist aesthetics into everyone can understands through his work.

Liew’s art works were linked an aesthetic of traditional cultures, and the latest Proposal for My Country has combined moral commitment associated with mural projects that normally instruct and impress upon the public the collective vision of a nation. Otherwise, histories context of geographic, demographic and political substance as subject reflected national unity society. The historical data and historical building would proved that previous period experiences and making sharing of Malaysian nation among multiethnic citizens. His art works also evoked these elements as well as performance of multiple perspectives, positions, visional for Malaysian.

Proposal for My Country series have created four large scale digital photo collages of Bandar Sri Tiang Kolom, Konkrit Jungle, Metropolis Warisan and Pantai Gelora Cahaya. All of these as a series of monumental real sense of happiness, success playful, and beautiful country of our environment with relationship between urban communities. These series photo collages as a symbolize civilisations adorn kampungs, natural environment, succeed development country, fastest growing economies and rapidly aging populations of migrants toward Malaysia.

In Liew’s work we can found that growth of a multi-racial nationalism through monumental Malaysian national development which as we shall see towards being a nation-building has been impressive of achievement economic and social development. Malaysia’s nation- building has been accompanied by high economic growth, such as airport, highways, LRT transits, KL Petronas Twin Towers, KL Tower and Malaysia industrials. Liew used an ideas consist of nation building between Malaysia historical narrative virtually connection to the past and today. It also influences inspiration of Malaysian ambition and interests to understand more about own country.