Malaysian Films of 2016: THE KID FROM THE BIG APPLE

  After I watched the Malaysian film called 'The Journey' two years ago, I have changed my perspective towards local film. The standard of the films which produced in Malaysia has improved a lot nowadays. The reason why I love local film is it is inspiring and there are moral values and important life lessons in the film which is so realistic and we will definitely get inspired after we watched it. I was really excited at the moment I knew that there was a local film which is called 'The Kid From The Big Apple' is going to be screened in theaters. I told my parents about that and we went to watch the movie the week after it has been screened. 

The cast list, award list, nominations and summary of the story are listed as below:
Directed by: Jess Teong
Cast List:
Ti Lung(狄龙) as Ah Gen 阿根 (The Grandfather)
Jessica Hester Hsuan(宣萱) as Sophia Lin (The Mother)
Sarah Tan(陈沁霖) as Sarah Lin 林思家 (The Granddaughter)
Jason Tan(陳智深) as Ah Bao 家宝 (The Boy Next Door)
Award List:
1. Macau International Movie Festival 2015, Best Female Supporting Cast – Jessica Hester Hsuan
2. Macau International Movie Festival 2015, Best Male Supporting Cast – Tik Lung
3. Macau International Movie Festival 2015, Best Scriptwriter – Jess Teong
4. Macau International Movie Festival 2015, Best Newcomer – Sarah Tan
* Macau International Movie Festival 2015, Official Selection Movie
Nominations:
1. Official Finalist Hollywood, Screenplay Contest 2014
2. Official Finalist New York, Screenplay Contest 2013

'The Kid From The Big Apple' tells the story of a little girl from New York by the name of Sarah Lin whose mother is a single mother. She’s all dandy in New York but one day, her mother had a little work crisis in China and had to send Sarah to her estranged grandfather who is living in Malaysia until the problems resolves. Naturally, being well settled in New York, Sarah rebelled against the decision and all hell breaks loose when she was sent to her grandfather.

There’s language barrier between the granddaughter-grandfather, culture shock, generation gap and many more. The movie is not only fun but is packed with moral values that kids these days could possibly learn. A forewarning, though. This movie is both laughter inducing and at the same time, an effective tearjerker.

There’s plenty of heartwarming and touching scene that will most probably tickle your funny bones but at the same time, make you sob your head off.

Sarah found a moments in her life that she will remember forever which is meeting new friends and lives happily together.

Sarah also find more loves in her life with her true families and friends. She discover her culture, her family history and identity and feel so happy with it.



  This movie is really heart warming and touched most of the audience's heart. It is a story about love, family bonding, respect, tradition and culture. We must not forget our tradition even if we live far away from our country and we must respect the elderly.

The trailer of 'The Kid From The Big Apple'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6c2NAhTeeQ

The soundtrack of 'The Kid From The Big Apple’ -- ‘My Little World'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_SUtoty9rw

Life after SPM

Without schooling days, my life is as busy as usual. I still continue my English course and I'm doing a part-time job at a shoe outlet. Many people asked me why do I choose to do a part-time job after they knew I work for twelve and a half hours every day. The main reason I made the decision is to gain new experiences in life which is more valuable than money. It is impossible for us to experience doing a part-time job after we finished our course in university so I really want to experience it once in a lifetime. I must admit that working for so many hours per day especially you need to stand there for long hours is not that easy. Besides that, I must conquer my acrophobia to climb up the shoe racks and ladder in order to take the shoe box. As a lady, we must help in loading the stocks too because there are not enough staffs in the shop so ya everyday working like a man. In the first week, I couldn't feel my legs when I went home from work and I couldn't even squad down. If you are curious about the reason I chose to do this work which is not that easy while actually I can choose to be an assistant teacher in teaching arts or something else which is much more relax rather than got injured and scars on my body because of minor accidents while working at a shoe outlet. It really can't help because I will insist on doing something which I feel it's worth it, in the other way round ya I'm stubborn sometimes. It's difficult for us to leave our comfort zone and step into the society. Leaving the familiar faces who will always accompany you no matter what happens and learn to live by your own it really needs time to adapt. At the moment, start learning the things which you don't know from zero, step by step and at last you really gain a lot. I prefer not to do the things which I'm familiar with. On the contrary, I choose to do the things that I've never tried before. No matter how difficult it is, tell yourself just grin and bear it because it's really worth it.