LOS dan FAUN dah nak habis shooting!!!!... Filem yang paling pelik dan tak betul yang saya pernah buat.

Principal photography for Los dan Faun dah nak habis dan stress kepala hotak aku pun dah nak settle.... i am so thankful dan amat gumbira sekali yang VISIONWORKS akan ada dibawahnya insya'allah sebuah filem melayu yang entertaining, funny, pelik and hopefully informative.
Check out some of the teaser posters done by ISMA. Check it.



Much kudos to the cast for giving their best in all the scenes. Setiap scene ada kelebihannya. Setiap scene ada aje orang yang shine dan memberi lebih dari 100 percent. In film terms we call them 'scene stealers' and there are many in this movie.



Sorry i cannot blog more because i have to get ready for the final scene tomorrow involving someone falling out of a single engine helicopter. Doakan everything selamat.... i am so excited for all of you to see the movie.

POWER TO THE PEOPLE

AFDLIN SHAUKI



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35 YEARS OLD AND STILL KICKING! What a wonderful birthday. Syukur Alhamdulillah!

Cip Kodok tengah explain scene rogol dengan FAUN.
With the most beautiful co-star we had on set. The beautiful kak Yusni.

The truth is, for the last 5 years i have worked thru my birthday and this year was no different. Due to The hectic scedule of the LOS dan FAUN production, we were still shooting on the 19th of MAY. BUT hey that is life iam so bersyukur because for the first time in a long while i am not so knee deep in financial shit. I am sort of floating around in it right now, which is not too bad.

Things are looking up... something i had to make myself belief when times were hard. At times this single factor alone could drive one to achieve his or her vision. I have always gone against the flow. At times i have paid for it, but in many other times have benefitted by getting some outstanding and groundbreaking results.

Tengah tengok anak bulan......atau anak orang?!!

So yeah, i had a great birthday today.

1. I was working for the earlier part of the day on a really exciting film project, and managed to complete everything on my schedule.
2. My two beautiful babies came to the set with wifey and we had cake on set.
3. We went for lunch together.
4. Spend time with kids at home allowing wifey to take an afternoon nap.
5. had a mini nap in my kiddies room.
6. Went to have chinese dinner with wife. The ikan kod steam dengan soy sauce was like gold melting in your mouth.
7. Saw the poseidon at tgv klcc and had a blast. Not the best movie in the world but one that keeps you on edge for the longest time.
8. Had a nice conversation with the wifey at the concorde coffee house. haven't been able to sit down with her and just talk about nothig and everything in a while.
9.Had a good 8 hours sleep.
Alhamdulillah for making my birthday such a meaningful one.

CARPE DIEM

afdlin shauki

An Interesting story!

Hi there gang. Got this over the e-mail today and i know some of you might have read it before but i think it is worthy of sharing to those who have not heard the story before. i really believe insya'allah that it is part of god's greater plan.

His name was Fleming, and he was a poor Scottish farmer. One day,
while trying to make a living for his family, he heard a cry for help
coming from a nearby bog. He dropped his tools and ran to the bog.

There, mired to his waist in black muck, was a terrified boy,
screaming and struggling to free himself. Farmer Fleming saved the lad
from what could have been a slow and terrifying death.
The next day, a fancy carriage pulled up to the Scotsman's sparse
surroundings An elegantly dressed nobleman stepped out and introduced
himself as the father of the boy Farmer Fleming had saved.
"I want to repay you," said the nobleman. "You saved my son's life."
"No, I can't accept payment for what I did," the Scottish farmer
replied waving off the offer. At that moment, the farmer's own son came to
the door of the family hovel.

"Is that your son?" the nobleman asked.
"Yes," the farmer replied proudly.
"I'll make you a deal. Let me provide him with the level of education my
own son will enjoy. If the lad is anything like his father, he'll no doubt
grow to be a man we both will be proud of." And that he did.

Farmer Fleming's son attended the very best schools and in time,
graduated from St. Mary's Hospital Medical School in London, and went on
to become known throughout the world as the noted Sir Alexander Fleming,
the discoverer of Penicillin.

Years afterward, the same nobleman's son who was saved from the bog was
stricken with pneumonia.
What saved his life this time? Penicillin.
The name of the nobleman? Lord Randolph Churchill. His son's name?
Sir Winston Churchill.

Someone once said: What goes around comes around.

Work like you don't need the money.
Love like you've never been hurt.
Dance like nobody's watching.
Sing like nobody's listening.

It's National Friendship Week. Send this to
everyone you consider A FRIEND.
Pass this on, and brighten someone's day.

May there always be work for your hands to do;
May your purse always hold a coin or two;
May the sun always shine on your windowpane;
May a rainbow be certain to follow each rain;
May the hand of a friend always be near you;
May Allah fill your heart with gladness to cheer you.

MORE POWER TO ALL OF YOU.

AFDLIN SHAUKI

PS. for those of you still interested.
64 days no smoke.
Alhamdulillah.

YOU WANNA B A MOVIE STAR!!

It's been quite a while since gua blogged and the reason has been the intense schedule of LOS dan FAUN.
I have to say gang, when i was starting the movie i was suddenly stricken by a panic attack because i was afraid i had forgotten how to direct. I must admit that it was rough first couple of days but i am happy to announce we are going strong and we are rocking the chekodok bang bang!. This movie is probably the wierdest almost experimental or very-de-mental MELAYU MOVIE.
Me and some really cute extras yang Patrick Teoh didn't get to meet.
Crew tengah standby nak shooting.
Los dan Faun di kedai coli

It hasn't been without drama however because after just about two weeks, gua terpaksa masuk hospital sat because of dehydration but i was in and out in the same day. This shoot has been quite tremendous and mendahsyatkan kerana apa yang telah kami shoot dan apa yang akan kami shoot. I have to say that it has been a wonderful experience working with such great actors, Adlin, Hans, Khir Rahman, Stephen Rahman, Ida Nerina, Erra, Din Beramboi, Douglas Lim, Rashid Salleh, Nadia Mustaffar, Edwin Sumun... they are all so talented, gila and bagus. I wish they can all win an academy award or some type of award as an ensemble.

Something interesting to report is that a few bloggers have also made their way into the film. Currently these people are ANNE aka Lourenzar and DJ cybersonic. Hee Hee.... they were in some kelakar gaban scenes.

After going thru this crazy fortnight i have decided to do another competition for anyone who wants to have a chance to be on LOS dan FAUN..... And it's called the 'WHY I SHOULD BE in one scene ON LOS dan FAUN competition!' The best answer gets to be on los and faun and we will also give you some CASH for your efforts. So what you waiting for, send me an email with the competition name as the title and come on over and be a star.

Anne is also organising a set visit for all kodoks interested to do a set visit on LOS dan FAUN and you are all welcome to meet the artistes who are available on the day and tangkap gambar kalau teringin, so for more information about the set visit call ANNE at 03-41435097. Limited to the first 50 people only, sorry. Itu saja kami mampu ketika ini.

http://www.losdanfaun.blogspot.com

LOS AND FAUN shooting now in Malaysia!!!..... Tunggu jangan tak tunggu!

Check out los dan Faun punya blog for more about the movie.

First look at the very cool and funny 'LOS dan FAUN' cast. WHAT DOESN'T KILL ME, MAKES ME STRONGER!

Dudes, don't bother about the MAFAA thingy, it was an annoyance at the most. Gua pun acah aje! I guess it was a natural reaction to being threatened for a taurus... we tend to fight back!. For those of you who thought that i lost my cool in my last post and i am so melayu for retaliating - i got an update for you ... i am melayu and proud of it, and being human i guess i am allowed to lose my cool once in a while. But i consider it water under the toilet now. hehe.

I actually would like to thank Mafaa for bringing up the issue because it has always been a secret ambition of mine to appear on the front cover of any national newspaper!

and now...I MADE IT. AFDLIN SHAUKI is on the FRONT PAGE of the MALAY MAIL BABY yeaaa!!! WOOOO!... FOUR DAYS IN A ROW!

I'm so glad i didn't have to rape, kill, maim, start a black magic money syndicate with the nigerians, contract birdflu, caught on camera sucking on a sisha bong, build an elevated highway with cracks on it, .... etc. to be able to be front page worthy.

Finally, i hit the big time.

Finally I AM LIKE ... MAWI, DIANA RAFAR, ZAMARUL HISHAM, SITI, DATUK K, ERRA, YUSRY...SAMY!

Actually my adverse reaction is targeted more to the annoying anonymous postings. But frakk it! What will be will be. They don't matter cause they don't exist.

Besides, there is something more important to talk about, which is, what the folks at radio, televisyen Malaysia are doing to YASMIN AHMAD, in a talkshow Yesterday night (hosted by Malaysia's number one hero) which basically criticized Yasmin's films are morally bad and unethical. What the fish head curry is this? Why is it that everytime a melayu person does anything good for his/her industry and the country, he / she always gets crucified and there is always another group of people wanting to pull her down. Kenapa macam ni beb? Why are we not a people who would say praise and give encouragement rather than condemn. It truly pisses me off that we live in a society hat believes to get on top we have to pull people down and step on them rather than to work our way to somehow stand tall together with the victorious one day.

As you know, i welcome discussion and i believe that a good discussion will result eventually in some form of intellectual growth for all parties involved insya'allah but what transpired on tv yesterday on Fenomena Seni was more akin to a witch hunt rather than a proper discussion. The panelist include two people who have outwardly and publicly expressed their hate for SEPET and En. Hassan Mutalib appeared like he was going with what the popular view was rather than what he believed in. His comments, were spineless at best. I believe that someone has an agenda and it is not an honorable one toward Yasmin. She had no chance, even if they allowed her to give her opinions (which they didn't).

My personal opinion of The discussion is that, they were views from the narrowminded small people in the industry who are fixed in their ways and are afraid of change. The people who think the job of cinema is pure escapism. The people who do not understand the use of subtext in film. (subtext =what is said, and the action we see in the picture carry two very different meanings.) . I learn a lot from watching Yasmin's work and attention to detail and hope to one day be able to make movies which cuts thru all the BS and straight away raises the issues that we always try and avoid dealing with in our society.

Share with me your views on this gang!

Power to the people

Afdli Shauki

Oh and thanks for your honesty AFIQ, insya allah i am always striving to do better work everytime i am blessed with the opportunity to do so. So don't give up on me yet bro.

I GUESS I WON'T BE FLYING MALAYSIAN AIRLINES for a while! AIR ASIA, i hope you have seats big enough for me FAT ass...

First of all, i would like to say thank you to all of my friends and kodoks who have shown me their outpouring support over my most unhygenic hour, toilet wise. Thank you for your belief that there can be humor without any malice. Thanks for believing that there is a need for people to be able laugh at themselves first, before other people start to laugh at them. For realising that there is learning in humour. And finally, Agreeing that cleaning Toilets makes you a better person and doesn't demean you. I am truly blessed to have friends like you guys and thanks again for having my back.

Before i can share with you my experiences on my current film production called LOS dan FAUN (which i might add is rocking like a hurricane!!!) i have to do some house-cleaning (which includes toilets as well.)

Kepada Harimau kumbang, Harith is also a comedian dan dia amat terasa bila benda ini terjadi pada saya, Like Visitor said kenapa kita perlu berterimakasih bila orang tu yang nak menjahanamkan kita dulu sedangkan kita tak buat apa yang mereka kata kita buat. In this case,they said i was trying to defame the Flight Attendants' profession. Saya telah bersedia untuk melawan saman itu, selepas mengambil kira pendapat wakil-wakil Film Director's association of Malaysia, Producers' Film Association, and many of my friends and fans out there, who believe in what i do. Berani kerana benar KAn.

Kepada anonymous yang cakap "lepas ni nak buat lawak pasal orang gemuk , orang cacat, pompuan !!!" All i can say is Too late-lah you bodo siaa!!... We have been the brunt of evil jokes in this society since time immemoreum (whatever the spelling is). Sampai we are the first to learn - to just take it as a joke. BUT kalau berani, why don't u show us your name and email when you do it. I didn't hide myself.
Actually lemme do it for you-la " Perut Afdlin Shauki boroi gile sampai kedai hiphop pun takde saiz baju dia, Perut aku macam tong dram kalau, Aku ada banyak sangat lemak sampai kalau aku jatuh dalam laut pun aku takkan lemas pasal lemak (minyak) lebih ringan dari air. Aku boyot gile sampai nak masuk toilet kapalterbang pun sendat!", tambahlah kalau ada apa-apa lagi cadangan. Gua takde rasa apa-apa beb, pasal gua dah lali dan gua tahu nilai harga diri gua sekarang. You must have your backside for a brain!
Actually, Right now, i think i would like to make a defamatory remark about people who use the nick ANONYMOUS with the intention of hurting people's feelinglah, pukul curi and defaming... kononnyalah!! tapi tak nak mengaku sapa dia. Takut apa?
I am here, for everyone too see. Bak kata orang Melayu " Walaupun teloq i kecik , at least ada gak teloq!" Hey, Maybe when you file a defamation suit i can finally see who you retards are... OR MAYBE YOU YANG TAKUT KENA SUE!!!
Here it is...
ANONYMOUS ni are bloody low life cowards-chicken with birdflu shit- good for nothing - worse than excrement and seriously, you must be the dumbest people on earth pasal you fail to realise that what you think or say doesn't matter, because you have no presence no being and obviously you do not believe in what you say because you will not commit your name to it. In short you are NOTHING. If you are brave enough to voice your opinions than show yourself be ACCOUNTABLE. you make me wanna vomit fluorescent green phlegm.

So kalau mahu berdiskusi janganlah datang mu anonymous. at least bagilah e-mel ke kalau berani nak bersuara lantang. Kalau tak memang macam Harum sundal la lu.

Please excuse my language people, i think i have been under so much duress and distress of late because of this issue that i a do not have all my wit from my fat head about me, with my name being dragged out in the newspapers, with people claiming that i have tried to demean and discredit them, it has caused a lot of stir regionally as my friends from Japan, Thailand, Singapore, Brunei have been telling me that the news have broken there as well, will it effect my capability to work there?. Whereas the stewardess's name nor airline was ever mentioned. My name was mentioned over-an over again and painted as the evil fat boy with no regards for other people's feeling. How will that effect me getting sponsors for my films. I already have a meeting scheduled with airasia for film sponsorship as they were keen to , but because the issue arose, it has been hard to get them to commit a meeting.

WAIT a minute. maybe i can sue MAFAA for DEFAMATION, loss of capacity to create income for projects due to name being defamed and Loss of capacity to work due to distress??
Is this possible?... Can i sue them?... Will check with my lawyer. Or any lawyers out there have a thought.

JUST A THOUGHT

AFDLIN SHAUKI

Much Ado about Toilet Cleaning?

One quick question.

Are the cabin crew association so insecure about their own profession that they have to justify that they are at par with airline pilots? in my mind they have a great profession. They get to travel, meet many people and at the same time. I too had contemplated once in my life about becoming a steward but alas my calling in the arts was stronger and they had no steward baju that could fit my bulbous size.

So, I am wondering now... why is there such a Hoo ha about that Syarifah Shahira scene on BULI BALIK.


IN CONTEXT.
When looking at any particular dialogue you have to understand the context from which it is said to understand what it was message it was meant to deliver. Hence that is part of the art of story-telling in cinema.

The scene they were talking about was the scene where sharifah shahirah's character obviously an unhappy stewardess with many internal issues responded the way she did in a therapy session for people with depression.

She was depressed. Depressed people say things that is a reflection of their current state of mind. In this context, SS was angry with the attention given to her by the boys, just because her sister mentioned that she is a stewardess. This is because in BULI we had earlier established that SS's Fiancee was having an affair with a stewardess working for Aeroflot and had left her for the stewardess. In BULI BALIK we see her become a stewardess to see what the fixation is that men have with stewardesses that they are seen as objects of desire aka sex symbols.

So In that context, when SS said that "what the big deal... I just clean toilets up there!", she was conveying her bitter frustration at the stereotype and retaliating to the response given by the male species of the therapy group about the stereotype of stewardessess in our society. If i were to literally translate what SS said in actual in your face dialog, then she would say " Excuse me, I pay my dues up there, my job requires me to do real work and not just look pretty for your filthy eyes, OK!!!" To me cleaning toilets, signifies real work. I do not see it as being beneath anyone.

BULI is a movie about how a bunch of people who are stereotyped as Fat, Ugly, Accountants etc. are trying to overcome their insecurities and become more confident with who they are.

I really don't see how The Malaysia Airlines Flight Attendants Association (MAFAA) couldn't see this, unless they didn't understand the film. Unless that scene is the only scene they watched! and based on that one scene the whole film is condemned.

The BULI and BULI BALIK Movies were always movies about social issues of coping with living in an unfair society today. And how do we addresss social issues if we can't even talk about them ... or lay them out there for people to contemplate.

Just another question to ponder

IS CLEANING TOILETS SO BAD? ...THINK ABOUT IT.
I clean my toilets to keep it hygenic for myself and my family. I do not think it is a job that demeans somebody's self worth. A former politician/Deputy Minister friend of mine told me once that he still cleans his house toilets because he cares about his family's well being and is proud to be of an example to his kids. The Moral is, if it is good enough for the leader of the house to clean the toilets, it is good enough for anyone.

God forbid that the toilet cleaner's association of Malaysia would then contemplate to take action against the The Malaysia Airlines Flight Attendants Association (MAFAA) for saying that their profession is DEMEANING.

In the end, this film is fictitious and has no intention to make any reference to anyone alive or dead.

A very famous person once replied when posed this question.

When can we say that we are truly developed nation?
When we can look at ourselves and laugh!

FREE YOUR MIND.

POWER TO THE PEOPLE

Urgent message to all Malaysian Film supporters! Please take note. Go see gubra! It is a breath of fresh air and it is provocative malaysian cinema!

Hi Gang, am very sorry sebab i tak dan nak buat blog entry about my misadventures in Los Angeles this is because Los dan Faun is starting this sunday, so i am busy the gila babas, but i have to do this little deed as it involves me in the long run. HELP US MAKE BETTER MALAYSIAN MOVIES. Help support GUBRA. Me and some kodoks went on the ninth and we resoundly agree it is a movie which has everything and overall a powerful provocative film experience. In short, i am confident that you have never seen what Yasmin has done in GUBRA, in any other Malaysian film. GO SEE IT TODAY. TOMMOROW MAY BE TOO LATE.

TAKEN FROM THE VISITOR's BLOG :

PHANTOM AUDIENCE AT GUBRA?
TO ALL WHO ARE GOING TO SEE GUBRA, PLEASE READ THIS:

As they say, "kuch kuch hota hai". Something, something, is happening. Yasmin wrote on her blog that several friends, including her producer Elyna, had gone to the cinema to buy tickets for Gubra but was told that the show they wanted was sold out. But their friends who had managed to get tickets for the same show went into the hall and found it half empty.

Now, this is extremely odd. Unless there were some massive coincidence, it wouldn't be that every single one of the booked tickets were uncollected.

Read about it here.

Yasmin found out later that someone has been making large bookings. She says:

"What's been happening is this. Someone, or some people, out there have been making false bookings in large numbers. However, only half the seats are available for bookings. which explains why the screenings are very often exactly only half full.

"I don't know what can be done about it, but that, it would seem, is what's been happening."

Strange, isn't it?

Anyway, no one wants to speculate, and certainly no one wants to make any accusations. But what we want is to make sure those who want to see the movie are able to do so.

So, here's my suggestion:

DON'T MAKE PHONE OR INTERNET BOOKINGS. GO STRAIGHT TO THE CINEPLEX COUNTER AND WAIT UNTIL HALF AN HOUR BEFORE SHOWTIME. THIS IS WHEN THEY RELEASE THE UNCOLLECTED BOOKINGS. BUY YOUR TICKET THEN.

I think it should be alright to buy tickets at the last minute, because the first 10 minutes of showtime are usually ads and trailers.

So, here's hoping we are able to rectify the problem from now on.

Tell all your friends about this, SMS them, send emails, get the message through. Blog about it.

SPREAD THE WORD!

I SURVIVED AMERICA! and i am ready to SHOOT MY MOVIE! - Chronicles of A MALAYSIAN Man in Los ANgeles.

Hey Gang! i am back in our beautiful hot and humid country and am so excited to watch GUBRA tomorrow. I am sure most of you wanna know and are wondering about a) how the trip to LA went b) was i treated like an arab terrorist at the airport. c) Did i meet anybody famous while i was there d) ...and if i died in a drive-by gangland asassination, who is going to get my action figure collection?

First of all, I am truly sorry for not blogging while i was in LA but i wanted to really immerse myself in that wonderful experience and internet connection in my hotel was damn mahal. The more time i spent on the net, the less money i will have to shop with. SHOPAHOLIC ALERT!!

Okay before i start to merepek here is a brief chronicle of my journey to The City of Angels.
This is How Los Angeles looks like when you are hanging from the bottom of the plane at 15000 feet.
This is how Los Angeles looks like when you are looking out of the window of the now debt ridden and cutting corners Malaysian Airlines 747-400 MH0094
"The Plane!... The Plane!". A Plane in American Skies.
The very scary WELCOME TO AMERICA SIGN.
The stretch Limo that was waiting for us at the airport. Actually, it was waiting for Datuk Farid la... tetiba teman di ajak menumpang heehee... rasa macam KANYE WEST pulak.
Muka-muka tak maly menumpang Limo Datuk Farid - Afdlin dan Nasha Aziz.
Bersama my lovely sis-in-law, infront of the airport.
Hotel Gua di San Pedro yang amat selesa sekali.. tapi jauh dari segala-galanya... tapi gua tetap syukur.

From the KLIA to your Heart. Melayu pergi ke LOS ANGELES!

Hey gang, gua kat airport ni tengah tunggu visa clearance so that we, the winners of the Anugerah Skrin, can be herded off to LOS ANGELES to enjoy the hostilities errr... i mean the hopitalities of the Americans.

To tell you the truth, i have never been remotely excited to go to the US because i have learned to fear them as a people thru years of them propogating their lifestyles through the hollywood vehicle that have been flooding our culture ever since cinema started in this country. So to say the least i am a bit apprehensive and fearful of the trip. Plus the 21 hour flight seems a bit daunting to me right now as i dunno how i will react to such a long haul flight.

I will however try to have fun and hopefully i will be pleasantly surprised at the outcome of the trip later.

Thank you so much to all of you that have wished me a safe journey to Los Angeles and i promise i will try and remember all the gift orders made by friends and family (budget willing). I also promise to take loads of pictures for my blog readers as i m itenarary reads... DISNEYLAND, WARNER BROTHERS VIP TOUR, UNIVERSAL STUDIOS and VENICE BEACH. Let's see how it goes.

To ALL KODOKS, I will make the GUBRA flashmob on the 9th with the kodoks as i a proud that the film has made it to our screens finally.

MUCH LOVE

Afdlin Shauki

PS . A few days ago i fell in love with another..... i am sorry to say this to my wife..... This new love is too sexy... too sexy and i cannot tahan.
I looked at her curves and i found myself salivating all over the floor.... This is my dream car THE MERCEDES SLR... but it cost 7 million ringgit!!!... Who in their right mind would pay 7 million ringgit for a car?... A person who has 70 million ringgit you say! and that person sure as hell ain't me, so take picture osso oklah.
Chiao Bella!

GUBRA FLASH MOB and THE PREMIERE OF the 'SUMOlah' teaser poster!

20 days no smoke.

OK GANG! memandangkan gua akan pergi ke LOS ANGELES pada 1hb April hingga ke 6hb April untuk urusan riadah dan kerja, tak dapeklah lah gua berflash mob pada hari khamis. APA KATA kepada semua kodok yang berminat untuk berflash mob bersama cip untuk filem GUBRA, kita flashmob pada hari Ahad 9hb April pukul 3 petang! Hari Cuti dan semuo dapek pogi.

APa kata? APA kata? APA kAta?

Tapi kepada semua yang boleh flash mob hari khamis teruskan! teruskan! KITA KASI PECAH ITU GUBRA!!

Syarat-syarat flashmob kalau korang betul-betul nak flash mob. Sebelum bermula filem gubra, ketika announcement cinema film classification rating, contohnya filem ini diberi klasifikasi U, sesuai untuk tontonan mereka-mereka yang mempunyai ingatan seperti unta, berbulu macam ungka, suka makan ulam dan bila memandu dikawasan gelap bersama kawan-kawan akan meminta mereka untuk melakukan U-Turn, HENDAKLAH ANDA SEMUA MEMBUAT BUNYI KODOK YANG BERBUNYI

'ONNNG GEDEK GEDEK GEDEK X 3.'

ADA BERANI. BUKTIKAN KEKODOKANMU.

AFDLIN SHAUKI

PS. Inilah gambar pelakon thai Inthira Charoenpura sambil beliau membelek kontrak filem SUMO-LAH
SAI : Haa... Abang afdlin nak Sai pakai cawat macam kek buku tu?.... Tak dapek nak nolong ea kapp kun kapp!!.... (Sai berkata dengan slang thai-minangnya)
SAI : Ehm... abang afdlin tak takut ke masa shooting nanti SAI jadi Nang Nak dan Panjat siling dengan secara tiba-tiba?
SAI : Mungkinkah abang afdlin director yang terhensem di MALAYSIA ketika ini?
OMAK SAI : OO.. Sampai begitu dialog encik afdlin tu yea.
SAI: Abang afdlin... apasal Sai tiba-tiba ada shower scene ni?
SAI : Ala abang afdlin, Sai kene belakon dengan abang afdlin ke?... Errrr Hans Isaac tak free ke?

Part 2 - Paranoid Brown Boy explore the Sungai in Bangkok.

So as i was saying, before i was rudely disturbed by the reason why i actually ended up in bangkok in the first place - WORK, the hell-raiser kahwin dengan Evil Kneivel punya abang bawak boat tu drove like we were in an F1 powerboat race!! without the umbrella girls in the two piece bikinis la.

I was thinking to myself, i can see the headline of the Bangkok Post the next day already, 'Good looking Malaysian director found in unsanitary river doing unsanitary things!!" SCARY siut. But as the journey progressed and we headed to the children river (anak sungai literally translated), the smaller rivers which eventually flow into the Chao Phraya river, the feeling of death by getting run over by an oceanliner started to dissipate and what grew was a warm feeling of "oh god i am being kidnapped by this boat driver and i will end up being sold as food to Illegal TOMOI fighters. Or worse, i might end up being given a gun with one bullet in it and then asked to play russian roulette with someone who looks curiously like sylvester stallone in RAMBO 2. Arrrgh!!!!

Ok all jokes aside, a kekecutan telur did happen when the boat was cruising down this narrow river flanked by these swampy type trees when out of a sudden from underneath the the trees three boats started to appear and the sort of formed a barricade in front of my boat and one boat actually pulled alongside my boat and started to offer me beer, and when i refused he asked me to buy the beer for my boatman. I turned around to look at my boatman and he was grinning from ear to ear. I told myself, if i intoxicate him now maybe he'll forget to kill me. But as soon as i agreed to get the boat driver the drink, it suddenly dawn on me the error of my ways, "What if this is his tenth beer after going on the river for the tenth time today?" What if he rams the boat into the snake house (which is a popular attraction on the river), What if he runs over one of the kids swimming in the sungai... my paranoia new no bounds!!!

But in the end it was all ok... when i realised there were other boats with tourist in them coming alongside, i suddenly felt a rush of relief at the fact that these other people are also scared shitless with their respective boat drivers. It is true what one of you commented that memang gua kene kekah baik punya by the guide yang gua jumpa kat airport. Walau pun muka macam thai, tapi pasal pegang kamera... touristla tu.

Lagi satu kalau travel kat Bangkok tu, lebih selamat kalau ada kawan yang bawak you jenjalan. Selamat poket bukan apa, to tell you the truth eventhough there was the political demonstrations while i was there, other parts of the city were quite unaffected. As a whole, the thais are a very nice people and i guess even in Malaysia there are some of us who are forever willing to rip off the odd tourist, I mean it happens in most countries... My first trip to the UK many moons ago osso i got ripped off.

Oh my god!... maybe the problem is not all these countries... maybe the problem is me!!! ME!... I may be the biggest sucker alive.

POWER TO THE PEOPLE

AFDLIN SHAUKI

P.S. Oh and the real reason why i am in Bangkok is to meet Inthira AGAIN! Pictures coming in my next entry.

GO WATCH GUBRA!!! You will not regret it. Cerita ni bagus dan penting untuk kita tonton. MAKE A DATE with YASMIN and do yourself a favour. Watch GUBRA. OK kita flash mob GUBRA opening DAY sapa nak URUSKAN?

Scenes from the river.... A melayu meneroka BANGKOK!!

17 DAYS . NO SMOKE.
Driver gua kat sungai.
Bangkok by river.
Muka senyum tapi suspen gak kalau kena KIDNAP! Mana punya anak sungai brader ni masuk ler!
Bebudak thai berlepak-ing atas boat lepas berendam kat sungai di luar Crocodile farm. Gilo ko?
Crocodile farm, yang tengok dari lua pun kira ok la!! Gua bukan Steve Irwin. Kalau tak jumpa buaya seumur hidup pun takpe.
What i see when i look to the Bow.
Temple by the river and buddha yang sedang di betulkan.
Bebudak sadin aje berenang dekat sungai. Kalis Buaya agaknya.
Baru aku paham sekarang. I understand now.
Waiting to sell their wares to unsuspecting boat travellers. The ninja boatpeople.

Well here i am in Bangkok again but this it feels different,
Everytime i have been here it has been for work (Both BUli and Buli Balik was finished in Siam Lab Bangkok), well this time work is still the reason why i am here and Insya'allah the warm, smiley nature of the Thais don't change overnite as they are having peaceful protests here in Bangkok to try and get their King to intervene in the ousting of their current Prime Minister Thaksin. Insya'allah.
Anyway, i decided that since i had a free day yesterday that i would use it to explore BANGKOK and look at their people to get a better understanding of them. I decided to visit them via the river and i have to say my paradigm was opened again.
Eventhough they all say i look Thai, but i guess i must have had tourist written all over my face as my guide did a good job of ripping me off. I had to pay 3000 baht just to take that ride on the boat (i dunno betul ke tak price tu) but eye-opening betul boat ride tu. Everyone from all economic levels live by the river and is like a summary of how Bangkok is.
The main river 'Menam Chao Phraya' plays host to the most luxurious hotels in town like The Shangri-La, The Peninsula, The Sheraton etc. and is busy gila babi with boats which is either shifting reclimed river sand, to other commercial liners and not to mention all the tourist boats that are zipping around looking to pick up unsuspecting tourists waiting on the many-many jetties along the river.. Suspen pun ada pasal lalulintas sungai ni busy gila dan Mamat bawak bot ni macam bawak beca kat penang tu-lah, yang dok belasah aje lawan arus trafik kat jalanraya penang.
BERSAMBUNG

MARCH on! March on! Malaysia is going to rock this year!! Let's make it a great year! What have you done to make your country proud so far?

13 DAYS NO SMOKE.

I feel much betterlah, the urge is forever there cause i am surrounded by smokers, but what is great is that no one is allowed to smoke in my presence cause my hidung gets sumbat when i am around secondary smoke and since i am the company's biggest selling product, jadi kompeni kena jagalah produk tu jangan bagi sakit. Hee hee.

Why is Persona Non-Grata not doing so well?... On paper you have a kick ass cast ERRA and HANS, a Malaysian Movie shot in a foreign country.Personally it is worrying for me to see the work of a new director, not being supported by the Malaysian public. Please share your views if you have seen this movie. Let's talk about this!!

I am really excited at the discussion that have spun off because of the RN issue because bottom line is, a lot of us (and this includes me to a certain extent) - are afraid. Afraid to stand up for what you believe. Afraid to stand-up! when you have felt that you have been wronged. For example, you could be standing in line in a queue and suddenly somebody (who is clueless of anybody's feelings) just potong jalan and goes straight to the counter. Ask yourself, what kind of person you are? are you somebody who will just grumble from your spot in the queue. Will actually go up to the person and insist that he goes to the back of the line or are you a person who will start a fight because of the situation. Yes, some may justify this by saying that there is a time and place for everything but most of the time, postponed action can be construed as acceptance.

For me everyone is responsible for what they do. If i pissed off some people, than i have chosen to face whatever it is that is coming to me. So for RN, he will face whatever he will face because of his actions. AND you too!! We are all accountable for what we say and do, even in cyberworld people, that's why i am not ANONYMOUS and yes this is the real AFDLIN SHAUKI and not a fan site.

What i tried to do with the issue was voice my feelings on the matter and open the matter for discussion, if anyone is not up for the discussion then it's their choice. It's my choice to speak my mind for the sake of discussion and do you know what the best part about discussion is?.... It's ok for anybody to disagree with anyone's point of view. If you don't try to force me to take your views of a certain matter as law, than i am more than happy and willing to entertain a good debate. I would like to consider this matter closed for me as i have purge my mind of these ill feelings and now i can move on to other things. Sorait.

No need to get rude or get personal cause that action just shows our current mental age. So discuss! discuss people, kerana kita orang bertamadun! We can do this! we can avoid bloodshed and war if we just use our communication skills. If we still choose to communicate, if we still choose to be brave enough to stand for for what we believe in we can achieve anything.

POWER TO THE PEOPLE

SELAMBAKODOK

KAJI NOYO NI HAYAKU!!

Okaylah gang oleh kerana ramai yang bertanya, i plan to go see the GAMARJOBAT show again on saturday anyone else interested, they are most welcome. BOOK SENDIRI ok gang. Kalau tak you all will never learn the actor's studio's number.
If you want to read a review on GAMARJOBAT (pasal you tak percaya sama gua), try and read up kakiseni.com.my.

today hari keenam 1 stopped smoking. tough titties. but surviving. Am feeling the short term benefits, no short of breath and find it less of a nuisance to constantly needing to have cigarette breaks. Tapi awal-awal ni boleh la gua cakap lawa.... mari kita tengok seminggu lagi sapa kene???... heeehee.

Thank you to all the anti-smoking kodoks yang memberikan kata-kata semangat kepada gue... korang semua bagi gua power untuk... dapat ANAK LAGI SATU!!!!! Siap-la my wife, dia suruh gua berhenti kalau nak buat baby lagi sekarang gua dah berhenti... MuhaMuha...Muhahahahahahahahahaaa sapa mau tolong???!! heehee.

HIDUP SPERMA UNTUK BABY

Afdlin Shauki

Now that this blog is back in full swing!!! CHECK OUT DUA ORANG JEPUN GILA = 'GAMARJOBAT'!

Hi gang , just watched a very funny show at the Actor's studio Bangsar, which is very hilarious nak mampus dan memang joke diorang tahap GABAN kerana mungkin jugak diorang ni kenal dengan gaban tu kerna diorang pun JAPANESE.

Mereka membuktikan yang mereka paham komedi dan cara-cara untuk mencuit hati penonton Malaysia. They understand that comedy is universal and people's feelings and emotions are so readable thru their expressions and mean the same no matter what language you speak. The show is brought to you by Gardner and Wife and i have to say that these people are hell bent on bringing good foreign shows into the country, not to say that there are no good shows here but rather to open our minds to the other possibilities that are available out there.

Here we are so used to the term stand-up comedy but did you know that the japanese have a variation called sit-down comedy and GAMARJOBAT's brand of comedy is called silent comedy. It is truly funny, amazing and enjoyable. I have to warn you guys again to call actor's studio fast pasai teket dia cepat sangatlaaaa habis. Diorang siap ada buat offer buy two get one free ticket deals pun ada. I think we should go!! we should go!! especially those who love anything JAPANESE.

Anyone wants to organize a FLASH MOB?


POWER TO THE PEOPLE

Webekz! Webekz! Webekz!

After a long hiatus from the blogging world, due to having to face the lunacy of the business of making films, I am now forced to take a break from it all because of the 'demam berbatuk' bug that has been flying around which basically has floored me for the last five days ... but it was good because it gave me time to reflect on my life and how i am handling it now. I realise that having talk the good talk, that i sometimes don't walk the good walk. But after five days of constant mental masturbation i realised that i want to be better than good. i want to be the best, and to be the best i have to start feeling good about myself. I have to start making sacrifices again for the greater good. I have to purge my mind of any ketidak puas hatian jika ada. So here are a few declarations that i have made for myself, which i will do my best to keep to.

1. As of three days ago i have stopped smoking!... I will make this the last time i quit because even my wife won't agree to have another baby until i quit smoking. SO I GUESS I QUIT! ... well it's either that or kahwin satu lagi and have baby!!! heehee (JUST KIDDING BEE)... but i guess rather than face the emotional hardache and not to mention flying kitchen utensils, quitting cigarettes is easier.
CERUT i KIV because it's not like smoking anyway. Lagipun cerut mahal, hanya boleh mampu sekali-sekala.

2. Insya-Allah i will become healthier this year. Will increase aerobic exercises and probably take up Aikido again. Actually yoga bermeditasi dan bukan yang menjadikan badan kita sebagai pretzel auntie anne juga menarik perhatian guwe.

3. I don't care if i'm not thin, i just wanna be healthy enough to SNOWBOARD down a mountain without having to ask for oxygen.

4. I don't usually do this because like me, i guess everyone has their shortcomings but when someone starts saying that he wants to pull out of next year's ABP because he wants other actor's to have a chance to be popular as well, i really resent that bullcrap. It is your rezeki to win, win graciously-la... don't knock other people. It is an open secret that artiste representatives always borong the berita harian newspapers every year to help their artiste win. So his victory is at the very best 'ambiguous'. I use to have a lot of respect for the man, but after what he said at the ABP-BH, i think very little of his human skills and even more his ability to not be berlagak. RN i think you have lost the plot my brother. You should be thinking about doing better projects in the future for ur fans rather than piss off all the male actors in the country. Now you can go and makan biskut Julie's and minum tongkat ali my brother!!

5. Wanna Relax more this year. Tak nak stress sangat.

Betul ke Los dan Faun ni ada macam brokeback mountain?!! hack!!Egad!!

Work is currently going on for the first Malaysian ala Sherlock Homes meets ghosbuster meets desperate housewive movie calle LOS dan FAUN. Here are some current pics of me , Adlin and Riezman during our first script read.


Here are a few of my declarations and personal views about life in my hemisphere so far.

POWER TO THE PEOPLE

CIP KODOK

TERIMA KASIH SESANGAT KERANA HIRAUMU TERHADAPKU. APA NAK JADI???

Thank you so much to all you well wishers and i just want you know that i am taking care of myself better now and will be going in foe some tests soon. You know the concern you guys showed me proves to me that you guys are not mere friends are supporters out there but my extended family. Your genuine concern has made me believe that the kodoks are a caring bunch and we should try and look out for each other if there is anyone in genuine need of assistance, advise or even help.

Maybe it is something that is worthwhile for us to look into.

Elsewhere in the city...

LOS dan FAUN is in full steam and is shaping up to be quite an intriguing project because this will be the first Mystery thriller ala Sherlock Holmes that is made in the country. Insyaallah minggu depan kita akan berjumpa dengan final cast iaitu ERRA FAZIRA, ADLIN AMAN RAMLIE, HANS ISAAC, AC MIZAL, BOB AZRAI, AIDA NERINA, FAZURA, EDWIN SUMUN, DOUGLAS LIM, SAUFI JIKAN, RASHID SALLEH, NELL NG, FISH, YUSNI JAAFAR dan AFDLIN SHAUKI. Tarikh bermula penggambaran dijangkakan pada 15hb MARCH.

Mungkin anda tertanya apa pulak jadi pada SUMO-lah. Jawapannya ialah pada ketika ini, ianya ditangguh sehingga hujung bulan APRIL kerana menanti INVESTOR baru selepas inital investornya telah 'BUAT TAIK' dan menukar perlaburan beliau menjadi loan dengan syarat-syarat yang tak munasabah dan mengalahkan AH-LONG. Tension gila siot.....

Kita orang dah menghabiskan masa lebih darii 7 bulan membuat pra-produksi filem itu,,, tapi sekarang dah kena buat balik. Ianya amat menghampakan akan tetapi saya rasa ada hikmahnya disebalik segala perkara yang berlaku.


POWER TO THE PEOPLE

AFDLIN SHAUKI