Tribute to a storyteller full of grace

Yasmin Ahmad... the late Yasmin Ahmad. it still feels really strange to think and refer to her as the late.
but passed on she has - and we are the losers. If the afterlife had movies I bet she is busy creating her next quirky, truthful, sentimental take on life in heaven and how it used to be.
watching Talentime that night at her tribute in Cathay Cineleisure in Singapore, found me (other than being in tears) missing all those things that made my childhood fantastic - the peeling walls of the school corridors, the stage stairs that we used to run up and down all the time rehearsing something or other and the piano... the piano that I never wanted to practice on at home, but somehow the one in the school hall had a magnet-like attraction.
yes - of course my mates - all the colours of the rainbow - some of whom thanks to facebook I am back in touch with again - as usual in her casual grace she reminds us of all the things we want back in this Malaysia.

I had volunteered to do a couple of arrangements for the gala night - and I chose tuberoses as these I was told were her favourite bloom. I also used elements from all other cultures - like the chinese wedding basket, and the banana leaves for the table arrangement...


thank you Thomas Chia for allowing me the opportunity to contribute.

and most importantly thank you Yasmin, if you are listening - for allowing me the opportunity to reminisce, and hope...

rIp Yasmin Ahmad