Belum..I likkkeee...

I have to say this has been one of the most exciting trips that I've made. Well it could be because I've set the meter of my excitement level to be low from KL so when I reached the place and see the scenic view of the lake and the rainforest, of course my excitement level sky-rocketed lar..

I was told that the Belum Rainforest is 136 million years... that means it existed since dino years! If given the choice I of course prefer the beach than the forest la kan.. but this place is just simply nice. I was in the mood to get acquainted with nature. Walaupun ada mulut2 jahat yang kata nanti bila naik boat mana tau ada raksasa or ikan toman besar tiba2 keluar, I just did'nt care.

The Journey

It was a 5 hour journey from KL. There were 4 of us from B*N.

Designated driver: Kama

Main talent/Bodyguard mulut Mama Juwie: Kai a.k.a Abang Jem coz he talks exactly like Abang Jem (Salleh Yaacob) in Sinar

All time companion/victim: K.Arida

Me: Who slept for a good 3 hours throughout the journey

The Resort

Too bad we reached the place just before Maghrib so we did'nt have much time to explore the resort. The room was cosy but it had no TV. Only few rooms had TV. Nak tengok TV (with ASTRO) kena tengok kat Lounge.. which was okay to me because it's not like I have to share it with 200 people. It was just us actually. Anyhoo.. ada Wi-Fi.. so, what's a TV again? :)
Tapi I dengan K.Arida are both penakut like mad.. everytime we sleep in the hotel we would have the lights and TV on.. that night, no TV, I could not sleep until about 4.30am...













Lady in grey is Tunku Mona, the Director.. she's VERY THE garang! But she's really creative and her shots are all very good..she has directed for MAS TVC before.. It's a really good experience for me to be working with someone like her.. I can share my ideas with her and she would then give me even more great ideas and alternatives.



Food was good. The dessert I had was just super duper yummy! Forgot to take pics of the food lar..


The Boat Ride on Tasik Temenggor

Woke up bloody early to catch the 2nd boat trip to the settlement.. We were at the jetty at 7.30am...Kai and the production crew left as early as 6.30am..It was about an hour journey on the boat to the settlement.. To me the boat ride was just simply amazing... cantik sangat the lake... the rainforest... and the best is because it was early morning we could hear the birds chirping and even see eagles flying... K.Arida and Kama (especially!) were both nervous throughout... K.Arida takut boat tu langgar kayu and we would all terbalik...Kama pulak I dunno why he had to imagine ada raksaksa besar will keluar from the lake... :p

Of course there were some nerve-wrecking moments... Bila the adik (I think he's probably like 18 years old) yang bawak boat tu cakap "Alamak.. dah nak sampai ni la habis pulak minyak... pakai vest semua"... we were right smack in the middle of the lake... nasib baik ada sikit lagi minyak spare yang dia bawak..







The Location - Orang Asli Settlement

There were only a few houses at the settlement... I think less than 10 houses.. and all are from the same family tree... The Tok Batin said that his mother had 14 children... he himself has 7 kids... there were no electricity there.. Astro dish ada, for show only (???!!!).. but no electricity... so I was not suprised la to see all of em' had berdozen kids..




These kids probably have Macy Gray's genes.. :)

Teka sape robohkan pangkin tu... hehe.. serious.. tak tipu..production crew had to stayback to fix the pangkin...I hope she's not gonna read this... :)

The Shoot

We were all very very impressed with Kai... Thank God the Director chose him after the audition.. he was just a natural.. although he had to be under the hot sun for almost 3 hours he could still smile and really act..

We took the Tok Batin as one of the main talents and he's not bad of an actor as well.. I pity the kids who had to jump in and out of the water like more than ten times... for this scene... dahlah air tu 200ft deep..tapi diorang selamba je... we moved on to the next scene when one of the mothers dah start mengomel... kang kena sumpit tak pasal je... :)

Frankly, I was damn tired by the end of the shoot... luckilly I was not the one driving... we did not stay overnight for the shoot on the next day at Cameron Highlands, Kg Beng and Kuala Kangsar...instead we drove to Kuala Kangsar around noon the next day.. gile kan..

I hope this time around the TVC will look like a proper TVC... well, with all the nice shots I'm pretty confident that it would be. TVC is scheduled to be aired some time end of June --- provided that RTM tak banyak songeh...

Do let me know what you think when it's aired nanti ya... one thing's for sure this time around takde pompuan pregnant yang kena jadi bidan terjun for any of the scenes... :p