Bloody Conspiracy Theorists

Ever since JFK was assassinated in 1963, conspiracy theorists have grown in force including here in malaysia. Their theories range from the plausible category to complete and utter bollocks. There is one such guy on CARI Forum who posted stories of the supernatural and of course, conspiracy, mainly involving the sultanate of Johor. Whilst most of them makes intriguing read his newest gets into the category of "complete, utter bollocks".

He proposed a theory on why the Johor Military Force did not positively engage the invading Japanese troops during World War 2. While I am curious to know the answer, his 'explanation' makes me want to tear out all of my remaining hair! Here's what he said.....

"The year was 1939, 5 years before war started"

As everybody knows, World War 2 STARTED in 1939. Even if he refers to the Pacific War, it was only TWO years later! Addendum: he argued that World War 2 became World War 2 after December 1941 when it became a global conflict. Whilst true in the strictest sense, virtually all the records and historians agree that the period designated "World War 2" started on 1 September 1939.

"Adolf Hitler makes an appearance before a Malay Sultan (assuming that the Sultan is Sultan Ibrahim) who was visiting France"

I believe there is no such record of the Fuhrer visiting France in 1939 for whatever reasons especially when relationship between the two countries deteriorated following the annexation of Czechoslovakia. Besides, I have never heard a head of state meets another in a hostile country. Furthermore, wouldn't it be more plausible if the Fuhrer invites the Sultan to Berlin?

"After His Majesty's return, the JMF were issued with Fascist-style (presumably SS) uniforms complete with arm bands"

No picture, no talk as the saying goes. Besides, the photo of my wife's late grandfather shows nothing of the sorts. Even a picture of Sultan Ibrahim shows His Majesty in a very British Army style uniform.

"Not long after that, a group of Germans opened a tobacco plantation in Muar and another group operates as boat and ship supplier on the east coast of johor, probably setting up a harbour"

Considering these people are clasified as 'enemy aliens' it is doubtful that they can operate freely in a British-allied land defended by British and Commonwealth armed forces. Besides the East Coast of Johor was very undeveloped at this time and it is doubtful that they want to establish a shipping company there where there is little or no infrastructure.

"At the same time the Sultan employed military officers from Austria (a Nazi Ally) to train the Johor Police and Military"

Again it is doubtful that a British-friendly leader would engage officers from an enemy country. Besides, in 1939 Austria has ceased to be an independent country, being swallowed by the Anschluss a year earlier. So any Austrian officer would be a member of the Wehrmacht (or the Waffen-SS)

"The British chose not to intervene as the Sultan has gifted 500,000 Pound Sterling to Queen Victoria during her birthday. Those who oppose were transferred to Singapore"

Assuming that the gift was given in 1939, I wonder if there is some sort of posthumous birthday as Queen Victoria died in 1901! And if I was a British civil servant at that time, I would willingly raise up the issue and be sent to Singapore as life in Singapore is very idyllic for a colonial officer!

"When war broke out, two British warships, the Prince Of Wales (gifted to the British by the Sultan of Perak) and another (the Repulse) was sunk by the Japanese air force."

The only truth here is that the two warships were bombed and sunk. The 'gifted' ship is actually HMS Malaya which had entered service in 1916 and gifted by the government of the Federated Malay States. Addendum: one of this guy's supporters argued that HMS Malaya was torpedoed by a U-Boat in Asian waters in 1941. Which makes me wonder if Cape Verde Islands has somehow shifted its position in the Atlantic to Indian or Pacific Ocean.....

"Both of these ships are class B (whatever he means but I believe refers to battleships)...heavily guarded with anti aircraft (guns) impossible to be sunk by air attacks"

The sinking of Force Z together with the attack on Pearl harbor and Taranto signals the end of the battleships' role as capital ships. The possibility of ships being sunk by air attacks had been amply demonstrated by Billy Mitchell in the 1920s and maybe one can also ask the crews of Yamato, Musashi, Hiei, Haruna, Hyuga, Ise, Tirpitz and Admiral Scheer - all sunk by air attacks. And it also doesn't matter if you have hundreds of AA guns - the Yamato was armed with four 13mm machine guns, 162 25mm guns, 24 5-inch guns and the nine big 18 inch guns can fire special AA shells; yet she was sunk by the aircraft of the US 3rd Fleet. It all comes down on whether you control the skies above your ships.

"In most probability they were sunk by submarine launched torpedoes..yes the German harbour in the east were 'equipped' with U Boats which can operate in shallow seas as the Japanese do not have that technology yet"

Obviously this guy has never heard of air-droppable torpedoes used all around the world. And saying that the Japanese do not have the 'technology' to operate submarines in shallow waters is an insult. Force Z was originally sighted by a Japanese submarine, the I-65, which shadowed them for 5 hours and later the I-58 spotted them on their way back to Singapore. I-58 attempted to attack but all the torpedoes missed and she later lost contact with the force. As for the German 'base'...would you really think that the Brits would allow it? Besides, German U-Boats did not operate in the Far East until later in the war - to act as transports to bring back desperately needed valuable materials to Germany. Addendum: I-65 and I-58 were just two of SIX Japanese submarines forming a patrol line 50 miles off the coast of Terengganu with the obvious intention of reporting and intercepting any force brought by the Allies in order to stop the landings at Kota Bahru, Singora and Patani. And the subs later conducted further patrols in the South China Sea, resulting in a number of further sinkings of minor warships and transports. Furthermore if the Japanese did not have the technology to operate in shallow waters, why the hell did they bring midget subs to participate in the attack on the even more shallow Pearl Harbor and Sydney?

And finally
"The U-Boat base at Mersing coast....still unidentifiable until today"

When something does not exist AT ALL, it is hard to find the remains! Besides building a proper harbour facility (bear in mind that this 'harbour' is also alleged to be a shipyard) is not the same as building a fisheries facility. The harbour would have machine shops, construction facility, docking facility and weapons facility (since a U-Boat is based there). All of which can be traced today even if the Brits ordered total demolition of the facilities.

Apparently this guy based his allegations on just one book "The fall Of British Asia" where the writers alleged that Hitler received the Sultan in secret in 1939 and that he has the stones to challenge me about the 'true nature' of sinking of Force Z whereas the attack on Force Z is one of the most scrutinized attack in World War 2. And finally, what makes me want to tear my scalp out is that someone said that "this is unknown history...tell me more!" People are so keen on revising history that anything out of the ordinary is considered 'unknown history and need to be exposed'. Knowing these conspiracy theorists I'd rather pull back rather than getting myself embroiled in a stupid argument. Addendum: The book merely alleged that Hitler met with the Sultan in 1939 and consequently the usage of the 'fascist' uniform. The rest I believe were totally made up by that guy!

Buah Tangan

Coinciding with the school break next week, I have taken a week's leave in order to balik kampung. As usual we decided to bring buah tangan for my mother and grandmother at Johor and our usual shopping centre is Alor Setar's Pekan Rabu. Mom and gran do not have specific request (well actually only my mom, haha) just 'bring back anything interesting' or most of the time did not ask at all. But knowing them I usually bought tamarind pulp and yellow raisins which they consider superior to the ones sold in Johor. Gran is usually more specific - she usually asks for the two items mentioned above plus black glutinous rice and kuah rojak.

For this coming holidays, I bought Gran a bit of white glutinous rice (which a neighbour ordered), minyak ibu gamat (which is a thicker version of the regular minyak gamat; when my wife simply said "ibu gamat" to the shop assistant, she was handed dried gamat (sea cucumber)). She also would like ikan pekasam (basically fermented fish. Like durian, ikan pekasam "smells like hell (like s**t really, at least when raw) tastes like heaven" or as I explained to my wife "wet or undried salted fish")

And on my return to Kedah, I bring back buah tangan from Johor, usually in the shape of kerepek, bags and bags of them. Kerepek (crisps) is rather rare in Kedah. When available, it is more expensive - I mean, RM10 will only get you roughly 200grams of kerepek pisang tanduk. The same amount can buy a kilogram of the same kerepek in Johor! And if condition permits I would also bring back ubi kayu (tapioca) which is unavailable in Kedah (except at Tesco), which bemused me. I have seen lots of tapioca plants in Kedah but not even a small piece of its tuber at the market. So what's the purpose of planting them in the first place? Furthermore Kedah is of a more rural setting than Johor so I find it amazing that even the selection of ulams is less!

Cikgu Garang(!)

Mula-mula background story

ALOR SETAR: Hanya kerana berebut buku dengan rakan sekelas, seorang murid tahun tiga sebuah sekolah rendah di Mergong di sini mendakwa menerima ‘penampar Jepun’ daripada guru muziknya sehingga tulang hidungnya retak dan berdarah, Selasa lalu.

Dalam kejadian kira-kira jam 12.30 tengah hari itu, hidung Muhammad Naim Sofwan Rosly mengalami pendarahan sehingga Rabu, selain mukanya turut bengkak terutama di kening kirinya.

Mangsa yang berusia sembilan tahun juga mendakwa pernafasannya tersekat akibat tamparan kuat itu.

Ketika ditemui selepas mendapatkan rawatan di Hospital Sultanah Bahiyah (HSB) di sini, Muhammad Naim Sofwan atau nama manjanya ‘Boboy’ berkata, kejadian berlaku secara tiba-tiba kira-kira jam 12.30 tengah hari, Selasa lalu.

Anak ketiga daripada lima beradik itu mengaku berebut buku dengan seorang rakannya yang sepatutnya dihantar kepada guru berkenaan yang naik minyak lalu menamparnya dua kali.


Berikutan sakit dan pening, Muhammad Naim yang mendakwa sakit serta pening, diberi amaran oleh guru berkenaan supaya tidak memberitahu ibu bapanya mengenai kejadian itu dan setibanya di rumah, dia terus tidur sehingga petang.

Sementara itu, datuk mangsa, Ismail Din, 55, berkata, dia mendapati Boboy masih tidur apabila dia sampai dari Kelantan kira-kira jam 7.30 malam di Rumah Pangsa Seberang Terus di sini.

Katanya, ketika mengejutkan cucunya itu, dia ternampak tompokan darah pada baju sekolah cucunya dan selepas dipujuk, Boboy memberitahu apa yang berlaku.

“Ketika itu abang sulungnya yang berada di tahun enam sekolah sama, Mohd Naim Sofwan, memberitahu dia dipanggil guru berkenaan ke kelas adiknya ketika Boboy ke tandas untuk mencuci darah.

“Guru lelaki berkenaan memberitahu Naim bahawa adiknya buas dan meminta kejadian yang berlaku itu tidak diceritakan kepada sesiapa,” katanya.

Menurutnya, berikutan tidak puas hati, dia membawa Boboy ke Ibu Pejabat Polis Daerah (IPD) Kota Setar kira-kira jam 8.30 malam kelmarin untuk membuat laporan sebelum dirujuk ke HSB pada malam sama.

Menurutnya, Boboy sekali lagi dihantar ke HSB kelmarin, selepas hidungnya berdarah dan ujian sinar X menunjukkan berlaku keretakan.

Ganas kan cikgu tu, tampar murid sampai camtu sekali? Cikgu hape camni??!!!!! Cikgu ni mesti ingat dia tenaga pengajar kat Xavier's School Of The Gifted.... lepas tu mesti tulang dia ala-ala Wolverine dengan Lady Deathstryke - ada adamantium!!

OK jokes aside, mungkin ada cikgu yang terlebih dalam menghukum murid....tapi dalam kes ni aku rasa skeptikal la si 'Boboy' kena tampar dengan cikgu sampai macam tu sekali. Kenapa?

1. Tamparan membuat tulang hidung retak - mula-mula sekali hidung tak bertulang, cuma ada rawan saja. Satu lagi penampar dihalakan kat pipi kan? Kalau penampar macam tu punya brutal, kenapa pulak tulang pipi ke rahang ke takde kesan apa-apa?

2. Kesan lebam dimuka terutama di KENING kiri - tapak tangan cikgu ni macam Popeye ke? Kesan tamparan boleh sampai kening?

3. Tamparan menyebabkan nafas tersekat - aku rasa ni Maggi Cukup Rasa aje. Kasi nampak dahsyat na kesan penampar tu.

Entah la...aku bercakap berdasarkan pengalaman aku kena pelempang cikgu dan juga arwah ayah aku. Bukan sekali, tapi berkali-kali dah la tu bukan jenis penampar 'sayang' tapi full force punya...takde pun hidung aku patah, pipi lebam (atau dalam kes sebelum ni, 'tisu pipi koyak')

Akhir sekali alasan kenapa dia kena tampar sampai macam tu sekali memang cukup lemau!

Hantu Jepun!

While writing about my teachers in the previous entry, the image of 'White House' came to mind. 'White House' is Batu Pahat High School's administration block, built in 1919 and is quite an imposing building. I remember stories of ghostly footsteps and screams heard in the building. Now, IIRC the building was used as the Japanese Kempeitai office during World War 2 and there is evidence of a battle at the school ground at that time. The main flagpole bore the enter- and exit- holes from a bullet ( I guess the British .303 rather than the weaker 6.5mm rounds used in the Japanese Type 38 rifle).

White House was just one place of a number of places which were considered haunted by the ghosts of war. Nearly every town (schools especially) have tales of eerie sounds of moans, screams, battle sounds and spectral visions of headless and bloody soldiers be it the Japanese or the Allies. Places include all former Kempeitai offices, battlefield burial grounds and former battlefields like Muar-Bakri, Parit Sulong, Slim River and on Singapore Island.

Actually I find it curious that these 'battlefield ghosts' are mainly related to the Japanese occupation of South East Asia. There are plenty of such stories in Singapore, the Philippines and Indonesia. I'm not sure whether similar stories are part of the folklore of the Marianas, Palau, Truk, Iwo Jima and Okinawa.

On the other hand, my search on the internet finds virtually no mention of former battlefields haunted by ghosts - be it the Normandy beaches, Arnhem, Berlin, Stalingrad, Kursk or Dunkirk...However older battlefields such as Gettysburg, Antietam and Agincourt do have numerous ghost stories...I wonder why?

Cerita Guru

Kecuali seseorang tu langsung tak ada pendidikan, kita semua ada pengalaman dengan insan-insan yang digelar guru. Bermula dari TAdika hingga ke Tingkatan 5 (atau 6 bagi mana yang ambil STPM), hampir separuh hari hari kita berjumpa dengan mereka. Dan banyak pengalaman yang ditempuh; ada yang manis ada yang pahit (siapa suruh buat nakal?).....ini cerita aku zaman skolah dan insan yang digelar guru.

I

Masa sekolah rendah, cikgu Maths aku dari Darjah 4 sampai 6 ialah cikgu Abdul Rahman Omar. Orangnya besar tinggi ala2 mamak dengan jambang ala2 uh, Osama bin Laden...heheh. Gaya pengajarannya bersahaja dan selalu diselang-seli lawak jenaka. Kira tak bosan la. Ada satu insiden masa aku darjah enam yang aku tak boleh lupa. Masa penggal kedua, aku fail maths. Jadi masa kelas dia, dia suruh budak2 yang fail beratur depan kelas macam ID parade polis. Dia tengok kami sorang-sorang sambil kami 'komentar'. Semua diberi gelaran macam 'Chin Peng', 'Mao Tse Tung', 'Ho Chi Minh' dan 'Najibullah' - semua pemimpin komunis (sebab 'merah'!). Sampai kat aku dia stop kejap...lepas tu dia panggil aku 'penasihat Rusia' disambut hilai tawa rakan2 yang lain.....kenapa 'penasihat Rusia'? Sebab badan aku paling besar dalam kelas! Juga sebab berita hangat zaman tu ialah pendudukan Rusia di Afghanistan.

Penggal depannya aku tebus balik...dapat A lagi! Jadi penasihat Rusia dah defect pergi NATO......

II

Masa sekolah rendah antara subjek aku kurang minat ialah Lukisan dan Seni..ye la jenis takde bakat langsung. Tapi aku tetap ingat cikgu yang ajjar subjek tu (arwah) Cikgu Rais. Pada masa yang sama dia ajar Agama Islam...kira multi-tasker jugak le arwahnya. Yang aku ingat ialah cerita masa belajar kat maktab. Yang ajar Seni tu kata arwahnya orang India jadi BM dia kurang fasih la. Jadi dia bagi contoh2 bahasa tunggang langgang - burung jadi 'brong', gambarajah di dinding jadi 'gambar raja-raja dinding' dan ubi kentang jadi 'ubi gantang'. Kengkadang sampai aku terguna2 pulak istilah tu.....arwah cikgu Rais meninggal masa aku darjah enam akibat leukimia.

III

Masa darjah 4 cikgu kelas aku namanya Cikgu Rauf. Yang best dengan dia ni masa PJ mesti main bola terutama masa World Cup 82. Yang buat lagi best, masa dia jadi referee, dia benarkan gol aku (padahal offside) sebab dia kata 'nak bagi can'...heheheh. Satu lagi kalau kelas dia yang terakhir untuk hari tu, kalau dia habis mengajar awal atau dia 'malas', mesti ada buat kuiz punya. Bukan kuiz apa pun, pengetahuan am saja. Nampak memang macam buang masa tapi bila fikir balik, kuiz dia tu sebenarnya menggalakkan minat membaca...ye lah nak cari jawapan kan?

IV

Masuk sekolah menengah, aku kenal Mr Tan Koh Wee. Dia ajar sains merangkap guru disiplin sesi petang. Aku lupa catchphrase dia tapi aku ingat kalau dia panggil budak : "Boyyy!!!!" Satu benda yang hampir tak lekang dari tangan dia ialah rotan sedepa. Ramai yang dah merasa....time nak merotan biasanya dia periksa bumper budak, suruh keluarkan wallet lepas tu dia swing rotan dia ala2 Tiger Woods gitu!

V

Masa sekolah menengah rendah, subjek favorite aku sejarah...dan masa Form 3 cikgunya Cikgu Simin. Sebab dia ajar sejarah dia goreng la cerita askar Jepun/Indonesia (tengok time period) lalu depan rumah dia...kat Parit Simin! Dia ni jugak agen jual buku rujukan/gerak kerja kat sekolah. Yang aku ingat dalam poket dia mesti ada Dunhill sekotak dengan duit beratus ringgit (agaknya la). Asal masuk kelas aje mesti dia kata "Ada tak duit tukar?" sambil tunjuk not RM50...siapa yang ada, aku rasa anak tokei dalam kelas tu pun tak ada. Satu lagi dia suka tanya "Ada siapa nak bayar apa2?" (merujuk kepada siapa2 yang tak bayar lagi hutang buku). Ada satu hari kawan aku, Rizalman ajuk cakap dia...terus dia jawab, "Hah Rizalman, awak tak bayar lagi buku rujukan SRP"...aku bantai gelak. Lepas tu aku pulak kena "Hah, awak pun sama Hairil!" Terus senyap aku...sebab aku pun ada hutang RM5 lagi dengan dia, hahahaha.

VI

Masuk Form 4, aku dapat cikgu Fizik paling brutal kat Batu Pahat...Mr Bala. Aku ingat kat lab...dia tanya satu soalan. Tak dapat jawab berdiri....Sorang demi sorang berdiri, sampai kat budak paling baik dalam Fizik pun kena berdiri kami kat belakang dah panik.....sampai giliran aku, aku terus berdiri tak bukak mulut...last2 satu kelas kena berdiri! Masa minggu ulangkaji SPM pulak dia tanya macamana nak tingkatkan tujahan roket. Ada sorang mamat ni jawab merapu-rapu sampai keluar penggunaan arangbatu (roket pakai arangbatu?!). Dengan selamba rocknya Mr Bala hentam balik "Hei Peng Siang, awak kalau nak jadi bodoh, biar bodoh betul, jangan bodoh gila!"

VII

Masa Form 5 jugak aku masuk pasukan debat BI sekolah. Guru penasihat dia Mr Foo. Ada budak2 Cina panggil dia Superman. Mula2 aku ingat sebab muka dia ada iras2 Clark Kent...tapi rupanya sebab uh, underwear dia selalu kelihatan (sebab seluar loose!)

VIII

Last sekali lepas SPM aku masuk Form VI (sekejap). Pengetua masa tu cikgu Jabit lagi. Ni bukan direct dengan aku la tapi kawan2 yang dari sekolah berasrama penuh cerita. Cikgu Jabit tanya la dia orang ni masa Form 5 sekolah mana, semua cakap Maahad la, MRSM la, Sekolah Sains la...lepas tu tanya pulak aggregat SPM...semuanya dalam belas2 la jawab diaorang. Cikgu Jabit kata, patutnya awak semua ni dapat aggregat kecik2, satu digit. Kalau dapat belas2 baik sekolah biasa..lepas tu dia bagi aku sebagai contoh yang walaupun sekolah biasa, dapat keputusan lagi baik daripada dia orang. Heheh walaupun aku punya result 'biasa' aje dan tak boleh nak lawan ramai lagi orang kena pulak budak zaman sekarang yang semuanya jenis bateri kecik (banyak A!)...Payah wooo nak kena puji!

Jadi kepada cikgu2 semua, bekas anak muridmu ini mengucapkan Selamat Hari Guru! Terima kasih cikgu atas semua ilmu yang dicurahkan. Kepada mana yang dah pergi....harimau mati meninggalkan belang, manusia mati meninggalkan nama! Al-Fatihah kepada yang Muslim.....

Gimme A Shot!

Around two weeks ago the Health Ministry urged those with risk factors to get the H1N1 vaccine. So I went to the Jitra Health Clinic to get them for me and my family. Anyway we end up empty-handed as the current stock at the clinic has been exhausted. So I asked them when the next batch will be available. I was informed that there ARE stocks but they need 10 people. Perplexed, I asked why. The nurse said that a bottle of the vaccine can be administered to ten people and that any leftovers have to be discarded after 24 hours. So OK, I understand that they want to minimize wastage. But what amused me was that the nurse asked us to find another 6-8 people who wants have vaccinations...how are we going to do that? Advertise? Most of the people I know in my workplace had already had their shots or that they are not in the risk group. In any case H1N1 vaccination is completely on voluntary basis.

In any case, I have contacted the University Health Centre and they said that they can administer the vaccination (why didn't I ask them before?) but they do have run out of them. The Sister however promised that she would call me when it becomes available again.

II

In the intervening period between the announcement and my decision to get my shot, I surfed through the internet to find out about possible side effects of H1N1 vaccination. I found out that it may give adverse side effects but the rate is quite low. I also found out that may people in the West refused to be vaccinated...among their reasons is that it is against their rights as the citizens of that particular country.

However one of the reasons why one should not be vaccinated really takes the cake. In one of the local university students' society blog, it was mentioned that the H1N1 pandemic and the vaccinations are all part of the, yes, you guessed it, Illuminati/Freemason/Jewish plan to take over the world. They released the virus and then they basically forced the world to buy vaccines from them. Apparently these kids have never heard the Malay proverb "Menangguk di air keruh". They even suggested that Edward Jenner, the Father of immunology is a Freemason and hence vaccination is part of the grand strategy (whatever that means).

What I can say to these kids is that since you all think that vaccinations are part of the conspiracy, refuse the standard vaccinations when you have babies...you don't want your offsprings to be part of the conspiracy do you?

Bila Doktor Jadi Penerbit

OK, sehingga hari ni siapa-siapa yang baca Kosmo atau dengar Sinar FM mesti ada terdengar atau terbaca promo filem Dua Alam terbitan Dr. Che Rozmey (of JusMate fame).

Aku sampai dah naik muak tengok muka produser ni hari-hari kat Kosmo...sekarang ni pulak keluar promo kat radio...nasib baik setakat voiceover pelakon-pelakon ajer....dengan DJ2 sebut nama pilem dia tiap kali lepas iklan..adoiiiii.

Rasa aku tak pernah ada promosi camni punya agresif kat Malaysia (nasib baik takde merchandising tie-in). Cuma yang aku tak tahan bila promo sebut "Fenomena dr (aku rasa sebab professional code of ethics) Rozmey Dua Alam" Ye la, filem tak tayang lagi, promo pun setakat promo 'kaku' tanpa trailer hatta seminit pun. Lagipun dia kata cerita dia lain dari yang lain. Tapi rasa aku la setakat cerita orang terima balasan sebab kufur dan engkar perintah Allah, cerita Isi Neraka tahun 60an dah buat dah tu tak campur drama TV lagi, tak campur video alam barzakh yang kontroversi kejap beberapa tahun lepas...jadi bukan la one of a kind...heheh.

Tapi yang buat aku geleng kepala ialah bila dia kata "Pecah Panggung...RM12juta!!" Dalam business memang le ada buat income projection tapi itu pun dibuat berdasarkan production cost, market sentiment dan macam-macam lagi faktor. Jadi dalam kes ni, adakah RM12 juta tu proper income projection atau "counting your chickens before the eggs hatch"? Kena pulak dia ni first timer?

Dan last sekali, tak pernah aku tengok penerbit sakan promo (diri sendiri). Biasanya kalau filem ni kepala yang ditugaskan promo adalah pelakon utama dengan pengarah...penerbit biasanya duduk diam-diam kat belakang. Heh, Steven Spielberg kalau jadi producer pun senyap aje.....