Mamma Mia!

I finally got to watch the movie Mamma Mia starring Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan and Colin Firth. Had the best time singing along to the Abba songs and tapping my foot to the rhythm. Really had a blast just immersing myself in such joy and love being poured out by the performers. My girlfriend who watched the show with me said how she wanted to party like that. I think that we must party like that without always being in fear of what other people might say. That's the real problem with the Malay folks - we just can't get enough of judging ourselves. What's worse is that we wear a religious hat while we're at it. I guess anything fun and liberating such as singing, dancing or just expressing oneself in total freedom will be considered unislamic... Remember Faizal Tahir and his chest bearing incident? Well the people who banned him must have forgotten that a male's physical aurat is only between his navel and knee. So chest in not included in the aurat.

I watched my son who now loves to "jalan-jalan" ran around the busy shopping mall one night just laughing his head off just for the fun of it. He was having so much fun making fun of himself and teasing me and his daddy at the same time. It gave me pleasure just watching him being happy. A real simple activity to just be. I just wish we have more of that sort of moments as both my husband and I are pretty busy people.

Speaking of being busy, I recently have been casted in a show called Kurang Manis for the Instant Cafe Theater. We will be making jokes about the current social and political situations. While we are workshoping, I realise how glad I am to be me. I have been so thankful of everything sometimes I couldn't be bothered with the news or that Pak Lah is finally stepping down. I know that I have to be concerned but I try not to put too much of my energy in contemplating about the future of the country. I have my fears of course. I fear if my son and his future sibling(s) will not have proper education. I fear if I won't be free in my own country. THere I have said it... Now it is in print and it is out to the universe. These are negative energies that are self-defeating. They just feed on your optimism. I don't want to pay too much attention on fears. I know I must be viable enough for my children to get education in the future. I'm glad Pak Lah knows where he stands and decides to step down. But I'm not happy that the leading party is divided. I am not happy that a leech like Anwar Ibrahim is sucking on naive minds to gain power. I do know he will lead temporarily and the people will realise his true colour. But will it be too late? As we get to that point, will the current leaders create more problems? I know a lot of people miss Dr.M for his wisdom and intelligence, but he created the whole drama in the first place. I have no love for any politicians but I want to be free here in this land. If someday I find myself and my family in a state where we can't run around and laugh our heads off just for the fun of laughing, that will be the day that we will decide that this is no longer our home.

We will migrate to Greece and live like the characters in MammaMia! Bye bye Malaysia.