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Reminiscence and parts of my memories that I've never explored.

Arwah Tan Sri P. Ramlee.      Never have I given him a deliberate thought. I have watched his movies, listened to his songs, sure, but I never really grasped the meanings behind them. It is most probably because I started watching his movies ever since I was very little, I did not know how to truly appreciate his work.       Yesterday, just out of the blue I felt like I wanted to listen to his songs again. And of course, the first song that I looked for on youtube was Di Mana Kan Ku Cari Ganti from my favourite P. ramlee movie, Ibu Mertuaku.  I remember watching this movie with my mother and vague memories of her crying her eyeballs out are somehow still existent in my mind. This movie (spoiler alert if you have not watched it) told  a story of a saxophonist, Kassim Selamat (P. Ramlee) whose marriage with the only daughter of a wealthy family was objected persistently and assiduously by his mother-in-law.  The second...