Cheers! Our movie ‘Babi’ has been shortlisted by the Around International Film Festival and Thai Film Festival! Kop kun krap!🙏🙏🙏

To be frank, I have completed 2 films last year, one was ‘Nasi Lemak 1.0’ which was filmed above board and another film was ‘BABI’ which was filmed secretly. We never talked openly about this project because it is a banned film (Well, it’s pretty obvious even from the film title…) and we don’t want to get into unnecessary attention…

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the release date of ‘Nasi Lemak 1.0’ has been delayed indefinitely and it has caused quite a big deal to us… While we were amidst of the dark clouds, we found our silver linings! ‘BABI’ was selected in 2 internationally famed film festivals, the ARFF Berlin (Around International Film Festival Berlin) and the International Thai Film Festival! We were really really happy about it!

‘BABI’ is a film based on a real-life event, the movie sheds light on a massive school racial riot which took place in year 2000 in a small town somewhere Southern in Malaysia. During that time Malaysia was still under the authoritarian rule of one-dominant party, abuse of power and corruption were frequent, media and news were being stringently controlled and filtered. Thus, the incident was being ‘compromised’ by relevant authority, most of Malaysians doesn’t know about this incident.

The script was actually written 7 years ago, the main reason that the film was not in production that time was because nobody would ever consider to invest on a zero-profit, must-be banned film. The second reason was I had no idea whom should I ask for help, I believed after hearing the film title, everyone would be scared off... Yet in the end, I’m still managed to finish this film with a very very very tight budget. I want to thank all the people who have contributed greatly to the movie, especially the producer Joko Toh

We decided to put the 7-year-old script in production is to tell the truth behind the story but most importantly sending a message to all Malaysians that we must be more unified disregard of our ethnicity and race. In short, we shall always lend a helping hand to each others and communicate with our hearts and souls, therefore we won’t be exploited by politicians who incite racial sentiment to reach their end goal. Otherwise, more tragic like this will happens…

The idea of be able to screen this film in Malaysia has never crossed my mind before, that’s why we never tried to register the film after the production. Rightly next, I hope that this film can be seen elsewhere other than at Thailand’s or Germany’s film festival, I wish there are better methods in exposing the film and to reach out to everyone. Currently, we are still on our lofty quest but please do cheer for us! Happy Merdeka Day in advance! Malaysia Boleh!

*Versi BM*
Tahniah! Filem kami [BABI] telah dipilih dalam Around International Film Festival dan Thai Film Festival ! Kop Kun Krap! 🙏🙏🙏

Sebenarnya pada tahun lepas kami telahpun menghasilkan dua buah filem. Yang pertama adalah filem [Nasi Lemak 1.0] yang penggambarannya dijalankan dengan berani dan terang, satu lagi adalah filem [BABI] dimana proses penggambaran dijalankan dalam keadaan yang sulit dan rahsia. Kami tidak pernah membuat apa-apa pengumuman mengenai perkara ini, kerana khuathir filem ini akan menimbulkan kontroversi (lihat sajalah nama filemnya...) Kami tidak mahu memburukkan keadaan.

Disebabkan isu pandemik Covid-19, filem [Nasi Lemak 1.0] tidak dapat ditayangkan di pawagam dan telah membawa kerugian yang teruk pada kami. Walaubagaimanapun kami menerima berita baik berkenaan pemilihan filem [BABI] dalam dua festival filem antarabangsa yang berprestij iaitu ARFF Berlin (Around International Film Festival Berlin) serta International Thai Film Festival! Kami berasa amat gembira!

Filem [BABI] adalah lakonan semula sebuah rusuhan perkauman yang berlaku di sebuah sekolah menengah yang terletak di bahagian selatan Malaysia pada tahun 2000. Pada ketika itu Malaysia masih berada di bawah kepemimpinan parti yang dominan. Pemimpin-pemimpin menyalahgunakan kuasa dan pihak media dikawal sepenuhnya oleh kerajaan. Oleh yang demikian, tragedi ini akhirnya telah 'diselesaikan' oleh pihak tertentu dan rakyat Malaysia telah 'disekat' dari peristiwa tersebut.

Skrip asal untuk filem [BABI] telah saya tulis sejak 7 tahun yang lalu. Namun antara sebab utama saya tidak dapat menghasilkan filem ini adalah kerana isu modal, kerana tiada yang sudi mengeluarkan modal untuk sebuah filem yang mungkin akan diharamkan dan tidak akan ditayangkan di pawagam. Sebab kedua adalah kerana saya tidak tahu siapa yang akan sudi menghasilkan filem ini bersama saya kerana saya pasti, hanya dengan mendengar namanya saja sudah tentu tiada yang akan ingin mengambil bahagian. Namun dengan segala daya usaha dari semua pihak yang sudi membantu dan menerusi modal yang teramat-amat rendah, kami akhirnya berjaya menghabiskan filem ini. Saya dengan ikhlas ingin berterima kasih pada semua krew, petugas, pelakon dan kakitangan belakang tabir yang terlibat dalam menjayakan filem ini, terutamanya penerbit Joko Toh

Tujuan utama kami merealisasikan skrip yang ditulis sejak 7 tahun yang lalu adalah untuk membongkar perkara sebenar seluruh peristiwa ini. Juga menerusi filem ini, kami ingin menyampaikan mesej betapa pentingnya perpaduan dan keharmonian diantara kaum supaya dielak dari dipergunakan oleh ahli politik demi untuk mencapai matlamat dan motif masing-masing. Jika tidak, kami percaya pasti pasti lebih banyak tragedi ngeri bakal berlalu...

Tak pernah terlintas dalam fikiran kami untuk menayangkan filem ini di Malaysia. Oleh yang demikian, kami tak pernah mohon dari mana-mana pihak berkenaan permohonan penayangan. Kami berharap selepas ini, filem ini bukan saja akan ditayangkan di festival filem Berlin dan Thailand, kami mahu supaya filem [BABI] dapat ditonton oleh lebih ramai penonton di seluruh dunia. Kami akan tetap berusaha, silalah berdoa dan sokong usaha kami! Selamat Hari Kemerdekaan untuk Malaysia! Malaysia Boleh!

*中文翻譯*
恭喜恭喜! 我們的電影【BABI/你是豬】入選了【ARFF環球國際電影節(柏林)】還有【泰國國際電影節】! Kop kun krap! 🙏🙏🙏

其實去年我在馬來西亞完成了兩部電影拍攝，一部是光明正大在拍的叫【辣死你媽-續集】，而另一部電影則是秘密進行的，叫【BABI/你是豬】。這件事情從頭到尾我們都沒有公開過，因為這是一部禁片（看戲名就知道了），我們不想節外生枝...

【辣死你媽-續集】因為疫情的緣故沒辦法上映，造成了嚴重的虧損... 當我們在愁雲慘霧之際，卻收到了天大的好消息! 就是【BABI/你是豬】入圍了國際上著名的兩大影展 【ARFF環球國際電影節(柏林)】和【泰國國際電影節】! 真的很開心!

【BABI/你是豬】真人真事改編自一起大型校園種族暴動事件，發生在2000年馬來西亞南方小鎮的一所學校裡。當時的馬來西亞處在一黨獨大，濫權腐敗，媒體被嚴格控管及消息封鎖的階段。因此這起事件在當時已被相關單位“和諧”，在馬來西亞幾乎沒有人知道。

其實這是我七年前寫的劇本，我沒拍出來的第一個原因，當然是因為沒有人會願意把錢丟進一部即將被禁，賺不回本的電影裡。第二個原因則是我當時不知道要找誰幫我拍，相信聽到這個戲名，大家應該都怕了吧... 但最後我還是以很低很低成本的方式，拜託了很多人幫忙，才完成了這部電影。真的要謝謝參與電影拍攝的每一個台前幕後的人，尤其監製 Joko Toh。

我們決定要把這部七年前的劇本拍出來的目的，就是要揭露整起暴動事件的真相，也要藉此電影提醒馬來西亞人，種族之間必須更團結，互助，交流，才不會一直被政治人物利用，以操弄種族情緒而達到政治目的。否則將會發生更多類似的悲劇...

我從來都沒有想過這部電影能夠在馬來西亞上映，所以我們拍完了之後從來都沒有拿去申請過。接下來，希望這部電影不止在泰國和德國的影展能看到，期待以後能夠以更光明正大的方式讓所有人都能看到。我們還在努力中，請為我們加油吧！預祝馬來西亞獨立日快樂! Malaysia Boleh!

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下午上完了這學年最後一堂英文作文(二)的課，又過了一年。教了十多年的英作，今年這一班學習的態度認真而上進，實在是很讓人喜歡的一個班。

從上學期段落式的topic sentence(主題句)，到最後整篇文章的thesis statement，不管大家寫得多痛苦，我們走過來了。但是其實英文作文最難的部份追根究底還是主題句，我不確定中文作文有沒有類似的掌控段落的概念。但如果能夠把主題句寫好，段落就不會有問題；能夠將thesis statement寫好，全文就能連貫而一統。因為主題句就是為了控制我們的思路，將我們所有的想法和論點控制在一個數十到數百字段落的範圍裡。因此，主題句的組成，是你想談的主題加上「一個」論點。之所以將「一個」標上引號，正是主題句的重點之一：一個主題句只能有一個論點，也就是說一個段落只針對一個單一論點來談。而主題句的功用，正是讓我們去組織和統合我們的論點，讓我們不會離題，讓我們的思想前後連貫。因此，主題句的論點(argument)，又被稱為controlling idea或focus，因為它管控著我們的思路，凝聚著我們的焦點。這個argument/controlling idea/focus如果能夠寫好，那這個段落就能夠寫得順暢，因為，我們唯一要做的事，就只是去支持和解釋我們的論點。比如「Cell phones are indispensable business tools」這個主題句，cell phones是主題，而它是indispensable business tools是argument，所以這個段落唯一要做的是就只需要在下面解釋為何行動電話做為business tools(被限定範圍)是不可或缺的就好了。而同樣的主題，也會因為論點的不同，而產生不同的段落。像是同樣以cell phones當主題的話，如果寫了「Cell phones are annoying gadgets」的話，那這個段落就變成作者要解釋為何行動電話會如此地惱人了。


不過，也必須要有一個好的argument，才能讓文章和段落能夠順利發展。比如如果主題句是「Too many people treat animals badly in experiments」，雖然可以猜出要談的是動物被不當用於實驗中，但因為沒有寫出What people? Badly how? What kinds of experiments?，因此段落的發展就會沒有方向。因此給它argument就是給它focus，如果將哪些人，什麼樣的壞和什麼樣的實驗加入的話，我們可以寫成：「The cosmetic industry often harms animals in unnecessary experiments designed to test products」。在這樣的主題句之下，我們下面寫起來就簡單了。和讀者解釋化妝品產業為了測試產品對動物做哪些不必要的實驗，又為何沒必要，簡單、清楚而明瞭。

而在最後幾個禮拜的進度裡，關於文章中的語氣(tone)所要避免的問題，也是台灣最常見的。像是「invective」，也就是以指責和輕視的方式行文：「智力測驗的時候到了」、「智商低才會相信」、「這個文章只有小學生程度」之類的，不以理性論述來說服讀者的文章；或是「flippancy or cuteness」，在文章中油腔滑調：「好開心啊 哈哈」；「sentimentality」，不用證據和理性論點說服讀者，卻用「My dog, Cuddles, is the sweetest, cutest, most precious little puppy dog in the whole world, and she will always be my best friend」這種cheap emotion等。

至於結尾，還有一個常見的問題是either/or，也就是如果你不認同我，你就是無知/錯誤/自私/沒品味的人的寫法。這個寫法在網路文章中最常看到的，就是如果你沒吃過xxx，就別說你真的吃過xxx。

照片從左到右是我常用的英作教材，按程度高低，最左邊是句型練習、中間是段落練習，而最右邊則是從段落到寫作細節與各類文體的英作專書。

#deminegara #pleastayhome #lockdown #covid_19 ＃请呆在家
#spreadkindness

（中文翻译如下）

[ Will you please stay at home? ]

16/3
10pm Superior: we need an extra MO to Permai Hospital urgently.
17/3
7am Received call from superior
7.30am Packing luggage
8.30am Leave to Permai
10.30am Report at Permai

It's my first day reporting myself to Permai Hospital, hospital for Covid patient. And guess what, I was welcomed with the news of first death in Johor literally 5 mins after I was briefed by my team. Yes, if anyone of you are curious about the situation now. It's havoc, it's bad, it's real now.

People are being upset the lockdown of Malaysia. I know you're healthy and think is unnecessary. But on the other side of world that you don't see, we're screening hundreds of people everyday now and having hundreds of confirmed cases daily. And there's people dying, not just the old one, but the young one, leaving young children behind. As young and fit like us.
And one of the most difficult part is to do contact tracing because of the mobility of people. And right now I'm sure there's many infected people who's not diagnosed yet and keep spreading the virus to people surrounding them. Please Malaysian, we need a favour from you. The current lockdown is only 2 weeks, which is the incubation period of the virus and enough for us to identified those who's infected previously if they stop contacting other people from now. And the contact tracing (which is just the family members) will be a lot easier. Please just stay at home, yumcha at home, no more outdoor jogging, opening your shop unnecessary or religious praying together-gether. Can we just please do this for 14 days? If we can adhere to this and identified and isolate all the cases, then the chances of un-lockdown will be higher and sooner.

People have been complaining why are we not screening them when they've symptoms. If we could, we will want to screen everyone. But our manpower and resources are getting limited now that's why there's only people who fulfil the criteria will get screened (but you can always pay to screen at private). So please stay home, will you? I know you're not scare of dying, so do I. That's why here am I working as a frontliner. But my sister cried when she knew I'm going. I was shocked and I told her I'll keep myself safe. Is your love one ready for you to die as well? If not, stay home while you can. (because I can't)

I've received lots of blessings and wishes from friends who know I'm called to be a frontliner. And know what, the biggest blessings to us is to stay healthy, stay safe and stay home. We're not blaming anyone so please let's not blame anyone but be a part of this. I can't save the world, but I am doing my little part to help the situation , and if you're with me, please do your part too and show the Malaysian spirit.

It's a difficult situation, that's why we need more gratitude than grumbles.

Be grateful if you've saved enough to go through this tough time, some people don't and perhaps you can lend a hand
Be grateful if you need to rest from work, some people don't even have job
Be grateful if you're asked to self quarantine, some people are quarantine in the hospital with no one
Be grateful if you're quarantined but still fit, someone just didn't make it today
Be grateful if your family is far but still healthy and fit, some people lost their father today
Be grateful you can stay home with family and have family bonding, some people, us are out there working day in day out in the hospital.

And we're grateful Malaysian can play a part as Malaysian now.
Malaysia need you.
We need you.

16/3 10pm 上司：我们紧急需要一名医生去Permai医院。
17/3 7am 接到上司的电话
7. 30am 收拾行李
8.30am 前往permai
10. 30am 报到

今天第一天去了新冠肺炎的医院值班。迎接我的是柔佛第一宗死亡病例。如果你们好奇现在的状态，很糟糕，很混乱。

很多人对于封国很多意见，因为会影响日常生活，尤其是对于健康的人们，根本没有必要。可是在另一个世界的我们，每天抽取上百个样本，每天上百个肯定病例，攀升速度快得吓人。而且最糟糕的是，有病人离逝了，留下年幼的孩子们。不是老年人，是和你我一样年轻力壮的青年。
而因为人民自由的活动，让我们追踪肯定病例接触过的人 (contact tracing) 遇到了很大的阻力。而照着现在的状态，很有可能很多被感染的人还未被检验。真的，我们医护人员需要你们，请呆在家好吗？在家yumcha，不要出外运动，不要开店不需要离开家祈祷。只是两个星期，让我们能在这两星期把所有感染的病患医治，避免继续互相传染，那么封国就会尽早被取消。

有人不满我们不为所有伤风咳嗽的人抽取样本。如果可以，我们也希望可以为全部人检验，但人力与资源已经逐渐消耗了，我们真的只能为那些高风险的人抽取样本。（真的担心私人诊疗所也有抽样本服务）所以，可以呆在家两个星期吗？
真的不怕死吗？我也不怕死，所以我站在了前线。可是姐姐知道我去了就担心得哭了。真的，家人朋友们也能承受你死吗？不然，请呆在家（因为我不能）。

大家知道我去了前线，给了我很多祝福。真的很感恩很被爱。但是若每一个人都能照顾自己的健康，呆在家，对我们就是最大的祝福。我不能拯救世界，但只是履行我的责任，所以若可以，也希望每个人可以履行人民的责任，我依然相信Malaysia Boleh因为人民的力量。
这个艰难时刻让我们不要再互相责怪了。

若能够有足够的储蓄度过难关，请感恩；有些人再挣扎，或许我们还可以伸出援手
若需要暂停工作，请感恩；有些人连工作都没有
若需要自行隔离，请感恩；有些人在冷冰冰的医院隔离
若隔离的你依然健康，请感恩；有人挨不过今天离逝了
若家人虽然遥远依然健康，请感恩；有人失去了爸爸
若需要呆在家，请感恩；有人，我们，在外连日连夜的再奋斗着

马来西亚需要你们。
我们需要你们。

Now Double Summon is unnecessary.

Duel Replay:
https://duellinks.konami.net/att/01b2a27d348d9a7d61d2552a450dfad2967d050390
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繁體中文版：https://youtu.be/kO1z3-ZcPtI
日本語版：https://youtu.be/dEa35QygajY

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