Finally, ramadan comes to an end and syawal will turn up in a few days. We will miss ramadan and hoping all 'amal' and good deeds done accepted by Allah and will be giving chance for next ramadan, InsyaAllah. Aidilfitri 1433H and all muslims norm around Malaysia are having 'Balik Kampung' unique tradition. Talking bout balik kampung topic, I was touched when watching Bernas Hari Raya TV commercial which significantly awake peoples to appreciate the love value towards parents, family and friendships. This TVC value even amplifies me when the story connects to me: Segamat which is the journey destination is my hometown and I was an orphan before like the child (but never living in orphanage). The TVC entitled The Journey was a story of two orphans name Fizi and Ahmad living in orphanage who about to celebrate Aidilfitri lonely without almost of their colleagues and last minute plan for celebration at Ahmad's hometown. The former was blind boy while the latter was deaf boy with speaking impairment. As typical raya season, all tickets for buses and trains during festive eve were sold out which lead them to 'hitchhike' lorry driven by good samaritan. The commercial director successfully inserted emotional conflicts where the passers-by seeing these boys searching for tickets with disappointment not getting the tickets but still Fizi character remained enthusiasm and getting excited for raya. We seen no one of the passers-by approached and spoken to them. Also, the director seems intentionally create the taxi driver character which seems less sympathy towards the disabled orphan condition by requesting RM 10 for short distance as claimed, yet the director leave the questionnaires on how much the boy eventually paid or maybe getting FOC after Ahmad prompted Fizi to ask for 'Minta diskaun'. I strongly felt that I have been at the area especially the bus station and rail station. Checking thru internet, the commercial may took place somewhere at Gemas based on the phone numbers at bus counter. Yet again, the lorry driver dialogue mentioning 'Segamat banyak jauh tau' may leave another question on the actual place. Viewers may trapped in tremendous emotion to believe that Ahmad mother's still alive and they are about to visit her and celebrate aidilfitri at her house where ironically the twist ended with Ahmad was only visiting her late mother grave. I am sobbing seriously to watch the ending. Let's enjoy the commercial and see if you can hold the tears.
Salam Aidilfitri 1433H. Maaf Zahir dan Batin.
