Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Poem

New Hope by Ascky....


I'm always wonder,
why does life become hard,
deep through in my heart,
i felt like I'm almost drown,
drown upon a wide blue sea,
waiting for a hope,
a hope that someone will come and save me,
bring me to a new world,
a world that no ones know me,
a world that full of joys and happiness.........

Here, my space is empty and lonely,
each and everyday,
like a bird trapped in a cage,
although there is smiles and laughs,
look happy from the outside,
only god's know the pain in my heart,
still i never showed my pain,
so that i love to be under the rain,
coz no ones know that i'm crying,
no one can see there is tears in my face,
that showed i am sad.........

Time by time,
i became more stronger,
coz life had taught me a lesson,
never ever surrender in life,
once you surrender life is meaningless,
wake up, wake up and wake up,
i juz have to walk straight that will bring me to a light,
a light that will shining back my life,
a shine that help me forgot past memories,
that would only make me cry..
a shine that give me another chance,
to keep on a new life..............

With a love from family and friends,
i strengthen back my spirit,
juz like i free out from my cage,
to followed my dream destination,
in a new hope.............


Monday, July 21, 2008

Short story: Bugis by Alfian Sa'at

The ending for Bugis..


The next day, the narrator went to school like usually and pretends like nothing happened yesterday. Then, she get into her class and Salmah was already at her place. Both of them keep silent and not talking like they don't know each other. Time passing very fast and the bell rang which means the end of the day for their school. The narrator walked home at the same way and place like before she used to be but the different is she is alone without Salmah. While she walked at the skateboard place, she saw Sazalie was playing his skate with his other friends. The narrator keep walking and suddenly Sazalie stands in front of her. She felt a little bit scared but she stay calm and make herself look brave to face with Sazalie.
Then, Sazalie ask her that they need to talk about what had happened yesterday. They went to the chair not to far from the place and talked. The narrator felt very nervous because it was her first time sitting next to Sazalie alone with just the two of them in the same chair. She felt very happy and glad at least she got the chance to talked to Sazalie face to face after what had happened between her and Salmah. Then, Sazalie ask her to told him the reason why actually she pulled Salmah's tudung yesterday. So, the narrator decided to tell Sazalie about everything about her feelings towards Salmah as long as they be as a friend before.
After heard what the narrator said, Sazalie then understand about her action towards Salmah and he forgive her. Then, she went home and felt so relief from the pressure about thinking Sazalie will misunderstanding her about yesterday. But, she doesn't tell Sazalie her feelings toward him and decided to see Salmah the next day at school. At school, the narrator and Salmah had a talked. They tells everything about their satisfaction towards each other and they become friends again. Everything back to normal like before and they become a good and close friend than before.


Alfian Sa'at...Bugis







ALFIAN SA'AT

Biography

Early life

Alfian bin Sa'at (born July 18, 1977) is a Singaporean writer, poet and playwright. A Malay Muslim of Minangkabau, Javanese and Hakka descent,he is often referred to as his country's enfant terrible, known for his provocative works.An alumnus of Tampines Primary School, Raffles Institution, and Raffles Junior College, Alfian was the chairman of the drama societies in both RI and RJC. He also took part in the Creative Arts Programme twice - once at fifteen, and a second time at seventeen - both times under the mentorship of Haresh Sharma. He has since returned to the programme as an occasional mentor. During his two years at RJC, Alfian received the Kripalani Award for Outstanding Contribution to Creative Arts. Alfian attended medical classes at the National University of Singapore but did not graduate.

Career

In 1998, Alfian published his first collection of poetry, One Fierce Hour at the age of twenty-one. The book was acclaimed as "truly a landmark for poetry [in Singapore]" by The Straits Times, and Alfian himself was described by Malaysia's New Straits Times as "one of the most acclaimed poets in his country... a prankish provocateur, libertarian hipster".

A year later, Alfian published his first collection of short stories, Corridor, which won the Singapore Literature Prize Commendation Award. Seven of the short stories from the collection have since been adapted for television. In 2001, he published his second collection of poetry, 'A History of Amnesia', which was hailed by The Straits Times as "one of the most powerful collections by a Singaporean" in addition to being shortlisted for a Kiriyama Asia-Pacific Book Prize. Alfian won both the inaugural National Arts Council-Singapore Press Holdings Golden Point Award for Poetry in the same year, as well as the National Arts Council's Young Artist Award for Literature.

Alfian's plays, written in both English and Malay, have received broad attention in both Singapore and Malaysia. His first play was produced when he was 19, and he has had a long association as a playwright with theatre group The Necessary Stage as well as with Teater Ekamatra, a Malay theatre group known for articulating minority concerns in Chinese-majority Singapore.

Alfian is currently the resident playwright of theatre group W!LD RICE. He is currently enrolled for an undergraduate course at the School of Communication and Information at Nanyang Technological University.

Works

Plays

English
  • Fighting (1994)
  • Korban (1995)
  • Black Boards, White Walls (1997)
  • Yesterday My Classmate Died (1997)
  • sex.violence.blood.gore (co-written with Chong Tze Chien) (1999)
  • Asian Boys Vol. 1 (2000)
  • What's The Difference? (2001)
  • Don't Say I Say (2001)
  • poppy dot dream (2001)
  • The Corrected Poems of Minah Jambu (2001)
  • The Optic Trilogy (2001)
  • 7 Ten: Seven Original 10-minute Plays: Not In (2003)
  • Landmarks: Asian Boys Vol. 2 (2004)
  • Tekka Voices (2004)
  • Mengapa Isa? (2004)
  • The Importance of Being Kaypoh (2005)
  • Harmony Daze (2005)
  • Confessions of 300 Unmarried Men: Blush (2006)
  • Homesick (2006)
  • Happy Endings: Asian Boys Vol 3 (2007)

Malay

  • Deklamasi Malas (Declamation of Indolence) (1997)
  • Dongeng (Myth) (1997)
  • Anak Bulan di Kampung Wa' Hassan (The New Moon at Kampung Wa' Hassan) (1998)
  • Madu II (Polygamy) (1998)
  • Causeway (1998)
  • Peti Kayu Ibuku (My Mother's Wooden Chest) (translated into Malay from Kuo Pao Kun's translation of Ng Xin Yue's original Mandarin text) (1999)
  • The Miseducation of Minah Bukit (2001)
  • Tapak 7 (Seven Steps) (2001)
  • Selamat Malam Ibu (adapted from 'night Mother by Marsha Norman) (2003)
  • Keturunan Laksmana Tak Ada Anu (adapted from Descendants of the Eunuch Admiral by Kuo Pao Kun) (2003)
  • Minah & Monyet (Minah & Monkey) (2003)

Mandarin

  • Fugitives (失控)(co-written with Ng How Wee) (2002)

Prose

English

Malay

  • Bisik: Antologi Drama Melayu Singapura (Whisper: Anthology of Malay Singaporean Drama) (Pustaka Cipta, 2003)

Poetry

Awards