Directed by U-Wei Hj Saari, it won 5 awards at the 1994 Malaysian Film Festival, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Screenplay.

IMDB user amirmu summarised the plot as follows:

Zaleha is about to get married to Amir but elopes to southern Thailand to marry someone else instead. The enraged Amir tracks the couple down, kills the groom and sells Zaleha to a pimp. Six months later, Amir brings her back. She tricks him into marrying her. But the six months Zaleha spent as a prostitute have changed her, and she now wants revenge.

In my original review dated April 2000, I had written:

Dare I say it: without a doubt, this is it. The best bar none, P Ramlee’s classics included. Good enough for a nomination for the Academy Awards for best foreign film.

None of the usual overacting (eg Haliza Misbun in Scoop), melodrama overload (eg, Chef Wan’s attempt at crying in that forgettable nightmare of a film), stupid sidekicks (eg, Mr Os), totally unfunny “funneymen” (eg, AR Badul in “Panglima Badul”) even worse script and plain miscasting.

The last time I saw a Malay film in a cinema is in 1990 (forgot the title – after which I promised myself never to put myself through that misery again. Then I saw this on TV and my faith in Malay films somewhat restored, even though I was still in disbelief – Malaysians can make quality films at last!

I had exactly the same feeling when I watched “Fire”, the best Indian film of all time. Forget Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, that’s for romantics, “Fire” and “Perempuan, Isteri &…” are for real movie buffs.

No slouching here, everything is tense, tight and I thought danger was imminent everywhere.

Congratulations to everyone involved.

The whole movie is apparently available on youtube (albeit in low quality), it starts as follows:

For the record, the second greatest Malaysian movie ever made is this.

The short film was done as part of the foreign language assignment of UMS students Thinaraja, Logeswaran, Agila, Sakthi and Raymond Augestin.

All the actors are of Indian descent, yet they spoke to each other in the standardized Kadazan-Dusun language, of the central Bundu-Liwan dialect, in Indian accent no less, making for a surreal watching experience.

I’m willing to overlook the technical deficiencies to recommend this short film, if only for its uniqueness.

Tadau Koundarangan Au Olingon [Unforgettable Holiday]

At the very least, this should jolt Kadazan / Dusun people into utilizing their language more.

Docking & undocking of the ro-ro ferry makes for an interesting first experience for the younger kids.

This notice can be found on the walls of the ferry where the cars are kept. I noticed that it’s basically ignored – staff didn’t ask anybody to go upstairs, where the life jackets are kept.

Even Malaysians make mistakes with their own language – as seen on a door at Financial Park Labuan.

One word to describe it: unforgettable.

This will always be around, used to serve tapai.

Sugandoi finalists had to sing 2 songs. This was the first song by the eventual winner Gedion Hilarus (DBKK), Who chose Sekar Madusa’s 2004 classic “Upus Upuson Ku Yaa“:

This was his second, an original, new song written by Dennis Primus:

I had 3 favourites: Francisca Juingki (Sandakan – finished second), Jacklyn Liew (Penampang – finished third) and Kota Belud. I thought that Sandakan was the best due to her vocal prowess approaching The Voice’s standard, and her astoundingly good interpretation of karaoke favourite “Adaa“:

The contestants from Kuala Penyu and Tanjung Aru seemed to have problems with their delivery.

Verdict: impressive lighting, sound still had some issues, overall a must-see event.

Congrats to all contestants and the organisers for putting on a good show.

Mongoi oku da sikul nga koruba naru susu,
Mongoi oku da tamu daya nga natalaban naru susu

In Dusun language, “Naru Susu” literally means “long breasts”, and is a ghost. “Naru Susu” is also a character in a Noah-like legend.

So when I saw this in a toy shop in Kuala Lumpur recently – which (please correct me if I’m wrong) – likeness of Astronema, the primary antagonist in Power Rangers In Space, also known as Princess of Evil, Dark Princess of Space, or the Princess of Darkness, I immediately thought of that song.

When I first saw it in front of my eyes, I felt the same emotions as when I first saw the Silver Star at Bethlehem, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, the Big Ben, or the Eiffel Tower : places / monuments I’ve learnt and read about since I was small, formed my own imaginations of what to expect should I see them for real.

The section has been renovated, and hence look very pretty indeed, I half expected to see cast stone fountains on the sides.

Yes, I saw countless graffiti on the wall itself, but I saw some clearly from Malaysia that made we wonder: do you really need to mention your place of origin as you write on the inner walls of one of the New 7 Wonders of the World, and of course UNESCO World Heritage Site?

Here are 2, pixelations mine:

On another topic, “The Piled Greens of Juyongguan”, or “Juyong Green Layers” can be seen if one looks to the left while standing roughly halfway up the path up the Great Wall at Juyongguan.

The 18km-long pass is one of the three great mountain passes of the Great Wall of China. Since it’s the part of the Wall closest to Beijing, the seat of the Emperor of China – a mere 60km away (other resources say 50km) – many fierce battles were fought here – the mountains must have witnessed untold number of killings over thousands of years.

Source: tweet by @PhilipGolingai, 5th May

“Spender Boya”, apparently in Baling, Kedah.

Ouch, that ribbing must’ve hurt the intended target quite a bit, not unlike a drill press vise slowly crushing one’s crown jewels, if you know what I mean.

The Robot with the cute underwear; someone dubbed it the Umnotron of the Autobots.

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I am not sure if the people who made the following realised the connotation:

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