Doodles

A book full of ideas! © Latfy A Latif Ideas began with a simple thought They float and stir  and shake off those that are not It will glow and grow until you can't ignore it And keep coming back like the first time you saw it It can disturb a sleep Or threaten with a sweep And leave you uneasy In quiet times or when you're damn busy! But a voice told me to open the door For ideas to enter, they knew no floor Grab them by the tail Tie them down like they're in jail Let them speak to you and listen like a glue And jot them in a your ideas book And let them fly again to others they spook! 5 August 2013

(A poem for my son) A good friend is a person Who never pushes you around He likes it when you're happy And wondered why you're sad He shares his thoughts Even if you don't like it Because he wants you to know That even a friendly sun melts the snow He's there on your climb And never leaves when you fall A friend is ever so kind Even if you're short and he's always as tall. 5 August 2013

A boy and five petals © Latfy A Latif Five petals make a flower Rainy nights mornings start slower A little boy wakes up it didn't take a while For him to giggle and began with a smile Mornings are short and days are long Longer than essays but shorter than a song Flowers smell nice melodies that follow Reminds me of everything bright and yellow I'll always love mornings and rain that mingles A nice sweet song and little boy's giggles. 1 Aug 2013

I sat on the ground © Latfy A Latif I sat on the ground And start to look around I saw clouds above me One two three There are more than i could see They float and move slowly How i wish i could  Follow the cloud i would And find out how far I could walk and wonder And sit and look up Again and again i will ponder Of the clouds above me One two and three

Doodling is Fun - says Mr Pumpkin! © Latfy A Latif

A Doodle is © Latfy A Latif

Keep Walking © Latfy A Latif

Flower in the Sky © Latfy A Latif

Rain © Latfy A Latif

Summaries © Latfy A Latif

Things that bugged me © Latfy A Latif

Forever on the run! © Latfy A Latif

The frog and the chick © Latfy A Latif

I guess since we're still on the subject of Zainudin Andika, I could share some thoughts on the so-called 'Doing things we love' ('Loving the things we do' deserves another post ;-P). And since this is still one of my earlier posts, I think this subject should be out sooner, before I write on other technical stuffs. Zainudin Andika in his workshop, waiting to be interviewed.  Two days ago, when I was driving our eldest daughter back from her tennis state selection, I popped her a question: "So, what do you want to be  when you grow up?" She's 12, so obviously she had the answers all figured out. Well, we all did (I wanted to be a fireman, by the way). This is the year of the UPSR (primary school's first Real exams). It is the year where nervous young parents talk about which tuition centre is better than the other. A first 'real' test of your kids' intelligence. Or how how smart they are compared to their cousins. Or how smar...

As promised, here's the full version of the kompang story. But there is also another side of the story. If you google up the name Zainudin Andika (or Zainuddin Andika), you'll find various videos of him, featuring him as one of the left-wing political activists who fought for Independence. He was featured in Fahmi Reza's highly-acclaimed documentary Sepuluh Tahun Sebelum Merdeka a few years back. Funny thing I didn't realise this until recently. When we first did our Kuala Kangsar trip early this year with Raja Shahriman (another name worth googling), we found him in his workshop busy working on an aeroplane replica (no kidding!). We only went to see him because he was a kompang-maker, not as political activist who was jailed for more than 4 years in 1948. The moment we introduced ourselves he was already eager to give an interview. Zainudin has probably done it so many times before that it became second-nature to him. He probably spoke for about half an hour n...