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Last few weeks, during my routine skype time, my lil sis asked me to checked out this new tv show being screened on Malaysia local alternative station, 8TV. The title is 'KAMI' - us. My sis said that the show was quite interesting, catchy theme song from 'Meet Uncle Hussain' - Untukmu, young good looking cast (gals and boys) and close-to-the-heart theme.

I've searched it on youtube and managed to watched the whole season #thanx to irienad for the uploads#. My say... WOW!

Let's be frank, I'm not a fan of malay cerekarama, samarinda 50/50 #thumbs up for the story of a woman disown by her family, ventured into business and lastly managed to take over her father's company and teach her deceitful brothers some lesson#. If the story revolve around malay community, the requirements would be

- if 'sedih', the level would be 'sedih tahap dewa' like 'ranjau sepanjang jalan' - extreme sadness
- there must be minah kepo or kaki racun or kaki umpat
- PHD, Perasaan Hasad Dengki
- no one dies except the bad guys - the concept of polis kebal, the theory of magic bullets

So, I watched 'Kami' with this disturbing mindset and... how fast the hours flies. Sedar2, I've reached the end of episode 8 and begin desperately searching for episode 9. To my horror, from my googling, I've read that episode 8 is the season finale and Kami would be made into a movie. Waaaarrrggghhhhh! Tensen, tensen!

The wait, the feel... I'm proud to say that the tension and the restlessness is the same like waiting for the next episode of Heroes to be uploaded #season 2 beginning to 'tangkap'#. Kudos to the director and to the creative team that create 'Kami'.

My only worries is thinking how can they maintain and translate the momentum and the suspense of the tv series into movie. It is not an easy task to migrate a 30++ minutes show into a 1-2 hours movie. But... 'Malaysia Boleh' what.

#tgk suasana gig tu, teringat 95-98... hidup banting!#

Bonafide & Ikhlas,
Kota Melbourne
0139 Pagi Khamis