And so we welcome, another new year.
But, then again, we anak-anak Malaysia will truly miss something that had accompany us many a times during festive seasons, that leave us breathless and thoughtful each and everytime we watch those beautiful stories, again and again, without signs of weariness.
No one tell stories as beautiful, and as true as our greatest storyteller.
It is through " Talentime " that i truly ( and regretfully) came to appreciate and approach Yasmin's stories. I dragged my reluctant parents to the cinema to watch it on screen, and though sadly it was, erm, not well received, yet it was impossible not to fall in love with a story so simple , so pleasant, and so true to the heart.
" If you want me to leave her, I will.
But you must teach me how not to love her.*"
But you must teach me how not to love her.*"
It was this very words, which Mahesh " spoke" when asking for forgiveness that touched me deeply, in where there's no way that any words of any language would have depict it well enough that very moment when the true beauty of love, at it's most fundamental, touches us... Except perhaps, as Wordsworth had written,to be flowing with " thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears."
Love, without borders, of no words, languages or any kind of differences, and in absence of unconquerable barriers.
For only love, would transcends all. Even time, and death.
In amidst of the joyous festive seasonand merrymaking, let us not forget those who have touches us in our livesm and proveked thoughts to ponder on, no matter how minicus,or short-lived it is.
"Jika and bertemu dengan cabang-cabang dalam hidup,
pilihlah kasih sayang.
Itulah mesej-mesej dalam semua filem saya*!"
pilihlah kasih sayang.
Itulah mesej-mesej dalam semua filem saya*!"
Yasmin Ahmad, as spoken on a radio interview by Aifm DJ
We remember, and will, as you had always do
To Choose Love.
* May differ form original version, mostly based on memory.
