Written by lainie at 03:58 AM on October 3, 2008.

Being family means sending Gazel (my sister in Melbourne) a long list of wonderful raya food I've been having, only to have her tell me my efforts are in vain. Our mother beat me to it, having sent a similiar list during Ramadhan.

Gives you some clues about my upbringing, doesn't it?

Random photo yang tak mengena:

At Annexe, for the KAMI booklaunch (where I gave away many plastic bags), some of the cast pimping out the book. I got a free copy of the book, it's a script inside. I actually see the dude on the left in my room everyday, because Zahiril Adzim (Bob) was in Air Con, and I have the poster on my wall . Haven't watched KAMI, but great stuff at Air Con, this Bob.

That's an Amir Muhammad and Liza Manshoor poster print behind them - it's the Wayang Kita-Kita Poster Show, that , so I suppose it's somewhat related to what happened tonight after all, what with all the old film stills they use (there's even a P.Ramlee burger poster).

I just came home from Zal's place. Kat and I were at her place for a movie night. Watched P. Ramlee's film, Ali Baba Bujang Lapok. It's great entertainment, I love the P. Ramlee comedies -at one point, Tei and I used to veg out in front of the tv and watch them back to back.

I have to say, P.Ramlee's bandit-leader character here sometimes looked like a campier precursor to Johnny Depp's Captain Jack Sparrow. Even  the 40 thieves he commanded worked like a trade union (Saturday half day, Sunday rest, OT pay and year-end bonuses), very much like the Discworld Ankh-Morpork Guild of Thieves.

[ And I managed to borrow the most recent (am clinging on to hope that this isn't the last) Discworld novel off Zal after our movie night - Making Money ]

I'm not saying the movie was gay.......Really, I'm not.

But some scenes looked like an earlier version of KL's gay night clubbing scene.

This is Leilani, Zal's very, very huge cat. I think she weighs over 5 kilos. Unless I'm mistaken, it's a Maine Coon breed. She's so huge, you don't mess with her. Zal suspects Leilani's learned to slit open bags of snack with just one claw (they found a bag opened, one horizontal slice, and one vertical).

Zal supplied so many chocolates, chips, cookies and caffeinated drinks I couldn't even consider finishing them. The only time I've seen such a huge stash of Halloween chocolates, Godiva and Reese's peanut butter cups nestled together between bags of crisps was.....Okay, never.

I'm actually in the midst of re-encoding a video of Zal's performance (with Zalila Lee and Ywenna) from the night before at A Li Yaa. She usually wags her finger at me when I film her performances (like finger wagging is a good way to ward off lesbians? ) - but I managed to get a few vids anyhow.

There's one of her and Zalila where Nisha is the guest musician on keyboards (hi Nish!), but at 600++MB, tunggu kejap la sebelum video is uploaded. 

Zal does a great cover of Saloma and P.Ramlee's duet, but I don't think I got a video that night. I do, however, have an older performance of it on Youtube. Right before I could request this song, Zal announced they were gonna perform it (slightly kismetic).

I will continue this post tomorrow - the Discworld novel beckons.