I, of course knew her films (at that time, she already had great success with Sepet and was about to launch Mukhsin) and her Petronas ads. So, I felt 'gabrah' when she chose to sit next to me, but she quickly put me at ease, and during the first half of the flight we chatted about a dozen of topics; general and personal. (During the other half, she busied herself with a portable computer game). She surprised me when she said she believed all Malays have Chinese ancestors. I thought she wanted to play with me and see my reaction. Probably because yours truly look like one. I too have Chinese ancestors, she said. And she was going to do a film about May 13th. I said, why would you want to do that? That is so risky! I wish I can recall what her response was.
When the stewardess came with the food trolley, I purchased a maggi-in-a-cup, and Yasmin, tuna and crackers. She partook of the maggi with me. She spread tuna on the crackers, and offered them to surrounding fellow passengers.
She joked with the cabin crew. She made everyone feel comfortable with her, a celebrity on board. I am glad to have that chance encounter, albeit a brief one. She was very personable, very warm and down to earth. Genuinely a nice person.
I was sad to learn about her passing this morning from Roz. Memories of that flight came to my mind instantly. Tributes are pouring from all around the globe speak volume of the impact this talented director had left to us all through her works.
Truly, we are all given a limited time to do as much good as we can for this life and the next. There is no more once the time is up. Inna lillahi wa inna ilaihirajiun. From Him we come, and unto Him we return. Rest in peace, Yasmin.
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i was very sure u'll write something about her. i can see u crying too.
I cried when I read the tributes. Check them out. You'll cry too.
_deli says my blog has turned into an obituary. I notice it too as I started writing about Yasmin. These people mattered; I just have to write about them. And Allah is clearly sending a message.
Salam,
Those poeple did matter and still does; more to others than some.
I'm truely amazed and fascinated with arwah's series of magical moving canvases, the commercials or the movies. They never failed to conjure my senses senseless. My emo will definitely go haywire.
She epitomized 1Malaysia before the PM lauded it. She's human before race which I think she stripped herself from labelling as from any, specifically.
May her jariahs lives on and balloons expotentially.
Al-fathihah.
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