Tribute to MJ

I remember the year when I hear the song Billy Jean and Beat it for the first time.

It was back to year 1986 at my pak uda’s house when my late cousin arwah abg zul played the song. I was 8 years old then, suka sgt melepak dkt rumah my pakuda since his house ada video player,tv Singer besar and disc player(I don’t know what they called it dat time,but it’s huge with a left n right speaker and only can play the CD,the big-black colored CD). U know my family bukan sng sgt during those years, so to have all this so-called hi tech punya brg yg abah saya tak mampu nak beli,saya adalah sgt kagum dan gemar melepak disitu mendgr lagu dan menonton video P Ramlee instead of duduk rumah sndiri mendgr siaran radio satu RTM yg mak. So di rumah pak uda lah saya mengenali lagu Beat It, Thriller and Billy Jean selain lagu Vogue by Madonna. Dan dr situ juga saya mengenali Superstar Michael Jackson dan Madonna yg masa tu cover albumnya adalah dia menyerupai Marilyn Monroe. Sgt berbeza rasanya apabila dirumah hanya mendgr kaset album Dayangku Intan dan Alleycat.

Still very fresh in my mind how that time abg zul tried to immitate the very famous ‘moonwalk’ by Michael Jackson sambil i jadik penontonnya,how badan dia yg chubby terhenjut2 cuba meniru gaya MJ sambil bertanya kt I ‘ok tak abg zul buat?terer tak?’ and I was like ‘whoaaa terer laa,tak penah lg tgk org berjln mcmni,yeay terer la abg zul!’ sambil I terus berdiri dan try buat ‘moonwalk’ jugak yg of course adalah sebijik spt penguin nak beranak bila I buat.
Then dr situ saya membesar bersama lagu2 michael Jackson. Masih terbyg2 juga akan kekaguman terhadap videoclip beliau Black or White’ dimana ada muka pelbagai bangsa bertukar-tukar,I bet most of u all ingtkan?masa tu I tingakatan dua dan masa form 5 how You Are Not Alone song helped me to go thru my bad time yg sdg mengalami krisis jati diri(wah ayat)

So this mrng when I heard bout the sad and shocking news,I just shiverd and I cant help myself from remembering those memories 20years ago. I teringat arwah abg zul. I teringat arwah makuda dan pakuda. Juga sgt2 teringat zaman susah dan senang saya semasa kanak2 dan remaja. Zaman saya membesar bersama Iagu2 Michael Jackson which I confidently quote that I laugh and i cry with his song.

He’s gone now. He will be deeply missed.

Al-fatihah juga untuk Allahyarham Zulkifli Bin Adam…