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Assalamualaikum and Wazzap?

I am back guys, sorry tak sempat nak berblogging selama ini tapi busy gila. i miss you all but most of all i miss my sanity. Yes folks, blogging makes me sane. membuat aku boleh bernafas sementara.

Gua baru aje habis buat AIM bersama yang tercantek dan berbakat Adibah Noor. I just want to say that i had a lot of fun working with such a talented person as Adibah and would definitely do it again in a blink of an eye. The bands were great. But the tribute song tu went a bit salah though with the very talented and popular singers all at some point forgetting their lyrics except for MAWI (who's voice was so salah that nite.)

LOS DAN FAUN is the buzzword right now... i want you all to go to the LOS DAN FAUN blogsite pasal we got a competition there yang menarik dan prize dia pun memang the BOMB. So go to the site's address http://losdanfaun.blogspot.com and check it out!!! I also need your help.... i got a new guy named teleng doing the graphics and i need your help to tell me which teaser poster you prefer...

Teaser B

Teaser A

Mana satu yang korang lebih suka. And yes you may take the posters and paste it on your blogs and websites

also saya nak perkenalkan anda kepada pemuzik yang paling saya minati iaitu Syed Ahmad Faizal ataupun PACAI ataupun PACHEYE.



Ini ada brief sedikit dari beliau....

1. SKANDAL! feat Aji on guitars.
Nak feature musicians... so that people listen to our craft dengan lebih detail lagi..
Macam biasa...ni semua tak di buat orang.

2. All of my releases has it's own artwork.
Nak feature fine artist (paint)
Skandal is featuring the work of Zubin Zainal a fellow musician who is now doing art on canvas base in Germany
Do check out his work...
http://www.myspace.com/zubinisme

if u notice at www.pacheye.com ada 'Art of the mix' section which all this idea came about...

3. Sebab aku buat semua ni...
untuk membantu melahirkan anak bangsa yang lebih cultured di dalam sedar!

Hope u can shout about this a bit...

this is the link to gua music which is not really smooth yet...(Preview can only be done with Internet Explorer 7)
http://www.guamuzik.com.my/album_detail/album_main.asp?showArtistID=24845

For full preview pls visit www.pacheye.com

The full title of skandal is..SKANDAL! feat Aji

Pacheye.

itulah nota dari dia.

Dia baru sahaja menyiapkan albumnya dan single pertamanya 'SKANDAL' sekarang is available on GUA.COM.MY!!
Check it out Kekodoks semua.... Oh don't forget to check out his award winning website www.pacheye.com PERGI>>>PERGI>>>> HE is da bomb guys.... SKANDAL is an awesome single, i hope to be able to use it for one of my movies. So Check it out ok. Gua jamin lu semua akan enjoy lagu ni. lagi lagi kalau lu ada SKANDAL! hahaha.

Power to the People
Afdlin Shauki

Actorlympics LIVE!

Hey kodoks semua, ada berita hangat for all of you,

ACTORLYMPICS is LIVE at Bangsar Shopping Complex
dari 2 sehingga 6 April 2008

So if you are free, MAKE SURE you come and watch the Funniest Live Improv comedy show in the country.
Memang Kelakar tak Hengat punya.

This time actorlympics melibatkan gergasi-gergasi komedi yang tinggal di Negeri yang ditadbirkan oleh Pakatan Rakyat iaitu
Afdlin Shauki, Harith Iskander, Jit Murad, Ida Nerina, Joanna Bessey,
Reza Zainal Abidin, Douglas Lim, Gavin Yap dan Rashid Salleh (hanya hari ahad)

JADI DATANG JANGAN TAK DATANG YEOP!!!

Power to the People
Afdlin Shauki

Kaki Kaput. Malaysia Baru. Camera canggih. I met Dustin Nguyen!

Assalammualaikum and Hello kepada rakyat Malaysia Baru. Tanggungjawab anda telah pun anda penuhi, anda telah memilih apa yang anda mahukan, sekarang ni tibalah masanya untuk kita bersama kembali to make this country a safe and wonderful place again. Don't forget, we still haven't found that little girl that went missing a while back. Let's hope that the new central govt and new state govt.s can play nice for all our sakes. Its time to put our egos aside and focus on the bigger picture our beloved country, Malaysia.


Anyway some quick updates. I hurt my foot while at the JPJ toilet, so tak glamour but there was this lubang on the floor of the mens toilet and my leg fell through it. Doktor kata that my tendons could be koyak and ask me to put on this aircast for 6 minggu. My mother however had other plans and dia ajak ustaz ni datang rumah untuk ubat i ala alternative medicine using MERCURY.... at first gabra jugak i, pasal benda tu kan poisonous, tapi selepas dia bagi gua reasoning dia iaitu..."it takes a thief to catch a thief"... It takes poison to chase out poison.So this ustaz has the ability to command the mercury to seek all the ailments in your body and with the will of Allah cure it. Lemme know what u think of that.


A little while back, i had the good fortune to meet a member of the '21 Jump Street' cast member Dustin Nguyen who was introduced to me by the Petra group as they are backing him in helping him bring his script to the hollywood silver screen. it is an action feature film called 'MONKS ON FIRE' to be shot vietnam and possibly here. this could be the beginnings of me fulfilling my ultimate dream. Insya'allah.


I also recently had the opportunity to go to the Phillipines to test out what i think is the future of filmmaking on the planet. the format is called ultra high definition and the camera is called

the red camera and it rocks like a mutha. Terbaik gambar dia, empat kali lebih besar dari resolusi high definition kerana dia berformat 4k.

My DOP heil is one lucky dude because he was the first person to actually do tests on the camera two days after it arrived in the phillipines.

There is only 2 of its kind in Asia, one is in japan and one is in the phillipines. there is a one and a half year waiting list for the camera as it is not only better quality, it is also 1/5 th the price of full blown hd cameras that are now on the market. I plan to use this camera for my last feature film that i will direct in malaysia called 'PAK PACAK'. After that i will concentrate on more tv work or unless there is a major change in the way the film business is run here in malaysia. we need change there too. INDUSTRI FILEM BARU!!!!! is what we need. i hope it comes.

A kind word though has to be said about a local film company called Tayangan unggul,

the producer of my movies Baik punya cilok, Papadom. Although they are also a business that also look at the financial aspects when it comes to filmmaking, they have given opportunities to many new directors with way out ideas and helped bring many visions to life, even though at times they were a bit risque. For that i thank you guys and i'm sure the industry thanks you too.

I just received some shocking news.... a sister of a friend of mine kene stroke at the age of 34. holy fReaking Krap!!! that's 2 years younger than me.... i want all of us to reflect on this and see how we should affect our lives based on this news. FRAKK. I promise myself at the beginning of the year that i will take better care of myself and i will do more to ensure that i get to see my kids have children.

Congratulations to Hans, who's movie made over rm 2.2 million at the box office despite some naysayers saying the movie wouldn't go beyond 1.5. it should have been more and we will fight the people who try to make us fail and fail bro. there are those who are out there who are beyond the law it seems and we will stop them and they will fall hard. The rakyat has shown anything can happen right.


Anyway have a great March guys may ur days be filled with love and rainbows, insya'allah.

Power to the people
Afdlin Shauki

Alhamdulillah. Dah dapat pengurus baru.

Afdlin bersama dua bintang filemnya yang akan datang Steven Rahman 'LOS dan FAUN' dan Liyana Jasmay 'PAPADOM'.

Thank you, to those of you who applied for the 'pengurus' post. As it was quite an urgent matter, we managed to fill that position when i met up with an old acquaintance who use to do marketing for me during BULI BALIK. Her name is Aina and she will be handling my matters from now on. Once everything is cleared, i will be posting her new number for anyone who needs to get in touch with me.

The internship is however still on, so those of you interested to work with me on my next movie please write in. The experience will be priceless i promise u that. Either u will love movie making or u will hate it.

Saya amat excited sekali, menghadapi Pilihanraya 8hb Mac ini dan saya menyarankan semua rakyat malaysia to make a difference and VOTE, this should be the most important thing in your agenda as a Malaysian this year. Seperti yang pernah dikatakan oleh kawan saya sewaktu ketika dahulu. if you don't vote, then you don't complain. because you let others decide who gets to be in power. jangan mempersiakan voting right anda. on the 8th of march, the power is truly in your hands.

POWER TO THE PEOPLE

AFDLIN SHAUKI

INTERNSHIP

Perkara Pertama
Kepada sesiapa yang berminat untuk belajar selok belok dunia perfileman dan television dari saya, sila hubungi email saya di selambakodok@yahoo.com, berikan CV serta gambar terbaru anda dan tulis subjek 'INteRnSHip' pada email anda.

Perkara Kedua
juga, i am looking for a dynamic, fun and trustworthy person to become my personal manager. a lot of travelling will be involved and the hours are long but if done well you will gain much insight and experience on how the film industry works. must be able to use the computer (not just myspace) and good communication skills. Must be rajin and hardworking. If interested please email me aT selambakodok@yahoo.com dan berikan CV serta gambar terbaru anda dan tulis subjek 'Pengurus' pada email anda.

POwer to the people

march ini jangan lupa mengundi.

afdlin

Shooting filem Khabir Bahtia, 'STAMP' sekitar KUALA LUMPUR dan MELAKA.

Khabir briefing me.
I story u ok, actually the story like dis.
Panas macam babi... Indi sebagai pailang baru keluar jail
Bersama Jay... makeup artis filem STAMP.
Nani (wardrobe dresser), Jay (makeup), Razif (assistant Line Producer) dan Wawa (wardrobe)

Aku sekarang ni tengah melalui perjalanan penggambaran sebuah filem berjudul 'STAMP'. Filem ini diarah oleh sahabat lama aku dari zaman Bila Larut Malam aku, Khabir Bahtia. Khabir is an Indian director from india who moved to Malaysia during the Antah UTV days and fell in love with Malaysia (or maybe the possibility of work here was higher, heehee...), got married here and never went back. A very talented director, it was just a matter of time before he started directing films, i used to tell myself that, because of his vision, he will definitely make a fine filmmaker and sure enough, his first break came when he was offered to direct 'CINTA'. Love it or hate it, the movie won accolades and another star was born in the Malaysian Film industry. He is now directing his fourth feature after CINTA (LOVE) versi Indonesia and SEPI (in which i had the pleasure to work with him too). Not only has He got a great eye for story telling but his strength also lies in his ability towork with actors well. STAMP is a really fun story ala OCEAN 11, meets lock, stock and two smoking barrels macam tu la. It stars Me, Rashidi Ishak (my buddy from my first acting gig with Shuhaimi Baba, 'MIMPI MOON'), His wife; the wonderful Vanidah Imran, Que Haider, Indi Nadarajah (from 'Indi and Alan' fame and last seen as Mr Leong in Hans Isaac's CUCI). It was supposed to star MAYA KARIN as well but she pulled out due to scheduling Issues. Personally i think it is going to turn out to be a great film.

BUt a lot goes into making a movie and to get an amalgam of ideas to become one huge cohesive feature film requires a lot of effort and sacrifice. As an Actor , i question wether i still have what it takes to layan the trials and tribulations of making a movie. The truth is, although i can do the work, i am not happy being on this set. I am not sure wether age has made me a crankier person or having been doing this for a while, i really have expected a certain standard or level of treatment for actors, Who for the large part of the entertainment industry are treated like crap by producers. To make it worse, They get no respect from anyone; The public, corporations, the government. No laws protect or help regulate wages for actors. People want entertainment but do not respect the people who make it. As creative people, our Intelectual Property rights in this country is a big joke and currently resides in the longkang. So, after all that, is it wrong that we ask for a little politeness and thoughtfullness at our work space.

I am feeling kind of strained and stressed out being on set and working with some of his production team who doesn't seem to have any inkling on how to handle people on set. This is the first time i have actually felt like murdering somebody for being rude and inept. I however take a lesson from all this, which is, getting a good team to work with is a priceless thing

Maybe its time to hang up the acting boots and concentrate on directing. That i really love.

Jangan lupakan beliau. Ceritakan tentang kebaikan budinya, kehebatan ilhamnya yang pernah beliau kongsi dengan kita. LOLOQ dalam memori.

Rasanya baru sahaja tahun baru bermula, tapi pada bulan januari sahaja sudah berberapa kali ku jenguktanah perkuburan orang islam sekitar bandaraya. Memberi peringatan kepada aku yang akan datang masanya yang aku pun akan meninggalkan semua benda yang kuanggap penting dalam hidup ini. Kenalan ku LOLOQ (ROSLI bin KHAMIS) adalah yang terbaru untuk meninggalkan kita. Kami sempat berbual mengenai penulisan lirik semasa beliau masih ada dan aku sempat jugak berlakon dalam filem DIVA POPULAR arahan Erma Fatima bersama beliau. Mungkin ramai yang merasai, sekumpulan mengingat dan segelintir tak ambik pot pun, tapi hakikatnya adalah salah satu tenaga kreatif terbaik negara ini sudah tiiada. Beliau menulis lirik yang menjadi nyanyian berjuta rakyat negara ini. Harapan aku adalah kita jangan biarkan legasinya pergi begitu sahaja. Mari kita sedekahkan beliau Al-fatihah dan kenang beliau dalam doa kita. Mari kita ceritakan kepada anak, cucu kita tentang kehebatannya satu hari dahulu.

"Dulu ada seorang penulis lirik hebat kat Malaysia ni, Loloq namanya. Madah didalam liriknya amat menusuk kalbu... cuba kau dengarkan lagu nyanyian semua penyanyi hebat negara ini... kesemuanya pernah bekerja dengan hamba allah ini." kata seorang bapa kepada anaknya apabila mendengar sebuah lagu dendangan M.Nasir.

Ya kita semua akan mati,tapi ini tak bermakna aku akan duduk sahaja menunggu ketika itu, aku akan terus berjuang untuk melakukan kerja-kerja terbaik agar mungkin ianya boleh memanafaatkan orang yang memerlukannya.

Aku akan mementingkan famili aku. Kerana mereka amat penting bagiku. lebih penting dari wang ringgit dan kekayaan dunia. Pabila ada di antara orang diluar memandang aku sebagai satu BENDA, mereka senentiasa memandang aku sebagai CINTA.
Korang semua boleh kata apa-apa pun. Itu hak korang berkata apa-apa, berfikir apa jua. Tapi jangan kacau hak aku. Jangan bagi susah perjalanan seni ku. Jangan mendengki ku. Berikan aku kritikan untuk aku menjadi lebih baik, aku menyukainya tapi kalau kau kurang ajar... terimalah reaksi ikhlasku.

Loloq aku tabik kau, aku hormati kau kerana sanggup hidup dan mati sebagai anak seni. jasamu pada bangsamu takkan ku lupai. Rehatlah sekarang sahabat.

Loloq is survived by wife Hariah Yaacob and 3 children - Krsty Nur, 11, Jaevn Nur, 8 dan Yasha Nur, 6.
He was buried Wednesday, 31st Januari, at the Muslim cemetery in Bandar Baru Sungai Buloh.

Power to the people
Afdlin Shauki