Koko restaurant @Pulau Kapas

I didn’t know it was quite a bad idea to go to East Coast islands in September. As monsoon is coming, it rains almost every day. When we arrived in the morning about 930am, the sky was cloudy and started to rain. But Alhamdulillah not so heavy.

On the 2nd day, it was a bright sunny, only drizzling in the evening. 

And it’s also not a good time to swim because jellyfish season has started apparently. We can see many of them from the island jetty. But as advised, it’s better to swim in the afternoon till early evening to avoid them. So we had to cancel a snorkeling trip. Instead, we just swam at the shoreline and did kayaking. But still, it has corals and we can see many type of fish too. I found a family of Nemo!

I went with 3 other friend-colleagues. They’re from Philippines and I’m glad that I got to introduce one of our best islands in Peninsular. The island is only about 6km from Marang jetty, so we can actually see the mainland from the island. It’s still beautiful with the clear blue water.

Other than my experience swimming, crawling, climbing and hiking to the Bukit Singa, there’s nothing much highlight for this trip. But one thing I wanna share out loud is the Koko restaurant. The food there was amazing and delicious. The people were so friendly and the abang chef was so nice to spend times to chit chat with us.

Basically, they offered a local food. We had dinner there for 2 nights and tried the delicious Chicken with Coco sauce. Well, its actually a ‘ayam masak lemak cili padi’. My damn favorite kot! Then we tried masak singgang or I think they called it Ginger sauce. I forgot the type of fish, but it was very yummy. We also ate fried King Fish with sweet sour sauce which was so tasty too! 

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3-meals dinner for 4

The yummy masak lemak cili padi

Masak singgang ikan

To those who want to go to Pulau Kapas, I definitely recommend this restaurant. The price is reasonable especially when you share with more than 2 people. It’s surely worth the money. 
Thumbs up! 👍

Bisik Pada Langit - the review

Bisik Pada Langit da keluar panggung semalam. Nampaknya ramai jugak yang pegi tengok as I read many positive feedback on twidder. Yea keep supporting malay movie!! *semangat

I had watched the full movie during special screening at eCurve, last Friday – 15^th Sept.

So here’s my review about the movie.

*This review is totally based on my own opinion. Maknanya, takde sesapa paksa sesapa untuk setuju. *peace*

Storyline:

A family consists of father, mother, a daughter and 2 brothers. Ia kisah seorang ayah yang sangat-sangat menyayangi anak perempuannya. Dengan tanpa sedar membezakan kasih sayang kepada dua anak lelaki sehingga membuatkan si adik cemburu pada kakaknya. Juga seorang abang yang berkorban untuk adiknya, tapi rasa diperkecilkan.

The father was being very protective towards the daughter cos he knows: “Menjaga anak perempuan itu lebih sukar dari menjaga sekandang lembu”.

Ok orang perempuan takyah nak butthurt. Memang btol ye kata pepatah ni.

Filem ni lebih fokus pada kisah hidup Hajar, the daughter played by Ummi Nazeera. She went to study abroad and something happened to her. Jalan cerita simple je, tak berat tapi cara bercerita tu yang hebat.

Nak tau apa yang jadi dalam family ni, kena la tengok kan. Tanak jadi spoiler pulak.

About the acting:

Ummi Nazeera – ada few parts yang aku rasa dia macam canggung. Lakonan nampak keras padahal she’s really a good actor. Mungkin rasa dikaburi dengan lakonan Jalil Hamid yang sangat hebat? I don’t know. I just feel she looks like budak baru nak berlakon. Scene adik pujuk abang tu pon nampak tak berapa smooth.

But the last part which shows her recorded videos, that was good. She looks natural. Sedih gila tang ni. Sobb~

Jalil Hamid – wow superb! He has the magic touch, can make u feel what he feels inside, without a word. Bila marah, bila sedih, bila kelakar, sume kita bole rasa. Every scene was perfect!

Watak ayah la sebenarnya tunjang utama dalam cerita ni.

Beto – takde apa nak komen. His acting, as usual looks real and great. He didn’t have to struggle to carry out the role.

Nazmi Daniel – this young actor has a big talent. Da banyak berlakon drama kan, so memang da banyak experience. But just to comment a bit, ada part yang perlu buat raut muka tu nampak lembut sikit. Jangan la time nangis pon nampak cam marah. Huhu.

Fadilah Mansor – watak ibu tak berapa menonjol, but she still gave her best acting.

Erwin Dawson – tak kenal pon siapa dia ni. *sorry* but not sorry. Hehe. Pelakon baru, so tak bole la nak komen sangat. Lakonan tu ok-ok laa. Takde la teruk tapi bole banyak improve lagi. Tapi still bole laa.

Ada few parts dalam filem ni yang agak lari dan kurang lojik. Contoh:

-       – Masa Hajar eksiden, kenapa lambat pulak sampai si bopren tu padahal sblom tu ride sebelah menyebelah seiring dan sejalan?

-       – Masa solat, mak tanya ayah “Aritu abang mimpi gigi tercabut bla bla bla”. Eh kenapa aritu? Bukan baru siang tadi ke? Tu Hajar pon kat dalam OT lagi. *konpius

What’s interesting in this movie?

Macam aku cakap awal tadi, jalan cerita simple je. Tak banyak plot tapi cara penceritaan tu yang hebat. Banyak kata-kata pujangga yang menusuk kalbu.

Di ketika si ayah menyambut kelahiran puterinya, dia berkata:

“Ya Allah jadikanlah jiwa puteriku sekental jiwa Siti Hajar ketika terdampar di padang pasir yang tandus”

Dan apabila dia meluahkan rasa pilunya:

"Ibu bapa yangg hilang anak lagi dahsyat kedukaannya daripada anak yang kehilangan ibu bapa"

Sobb~ sedih!

Overall, filem ni memang syahdu tahap dewa. Terlalu melodramatic. Sampaikan aku rasa director ni saje je buat scene berulang and drag scene too long sebab nak buat orang meraung. Well done, dia berjaya! Tapi aku dah mula keluar ayat, alaa udah-udah la tu. 

Makanya, kalo korang jenis yang suka tengok cerekarama yang buat meleleh air mata juga hidung tu, bole la pegi tengok citer ni.

And also not to forget, thumbs up for the video transitions and of course, Kabir Bathia’s signature, the cinematography.

Rating: 7/10