Petronas Merdeka Ad 2008

While I was reading The Star this morning, a pop-up ad suddenly came out and I inadvertently clicked on it. Feel so annoyed because there are so many irritating pop-up ad on any online portal these days. Now this one which I thought another annoying ad was from Petronas. A new ad for our upcoming Independence Day. I haven't watch the ad on TV. Saw this boy from 'Hikayat Putera Shazlan' is featured in this ad. I like his talent in acting. So I keep on watching the ad, ignoring my grumbling-conscience at first place.

Afdlin Shauki is also featured in this ad, as Shazlan's father (I dont know Shazlan's real name), but in this ad his name is 'Aiman'. Aiman is a genius boy, has great creativity on inventing new things from junk items. When he asked his dad to buy a brand new 'fish-net' and his father refused, he made his own using mosquitoes net. I hate the part when the boys surrounded this rich snobbish kid with his red pedal car and he hit Aiman's hand when Aiman touched his car. I like the part when Aiman made his own pedal car using the junks spare parts from a car workshop, and when the boys queued in a line, his car is the biggest & smartest! So impressive.

I think that all Malaysian should watch this video, since it can cultivate positive messages. You can see at the end of the ad, the message is "Patience, perseverance & hard work paves the road to success". While somebody might personally feels that this one suits more for "Father's day" ad, I think the message is implied, not expressly been portrayed. It's been 51 years since we enjoyed the freedom from the occupation and conquest of foreign powers. Why?Because our great ancestors had strived for patience and perseverance to free our beloved nation from the grasp of the Whites, coupled with the hard work to build the country, so that we would be able to enjoy what we already had now.

When Afdlin Shauki tossed his account book to Aiman and showed that he had already collected RM 41,718.29 for Aiman to further his studies at tertiary level, I think this one portrays a forlorn moment. Feel like my eyes glands were clogged with water.*Sigh*.. It depicts the hard life of the rural folks of the Malaysians..only after 8 years, they could collect such sum of money, meaning that he could only save RM14.29 per day. Now, think about the per capita income of the rural folks...

Contemplating on the other side of the message despite on what had been laid out by the ad director, I think 'saving' is paramount important, so that we won't be too dependent on the financial aids in case we face any hardship. Thank God I started to realize on the awareness few years back and opened an ASB account. Collected each trimester from my pocket money given by my father and YTM allowances. I don't care if people say I'm a tight-spender/cheapskate/stingy. I draw a budget limit daily, so that I wont overspend my money.

All in all, I give two thumbs up for the ad, the significance in the delivery of the message, and for the Petronas, being the guardian of the wealth of the nations for almost 30 decades.

This is the link for the ad, for smoother ad, without the annoyance of buffering.
http://www.petronasgreetings.com/


P/S : Fuel price had been cut down today to RM2.55..pfft!I woke up as early as 7AM to fill the fuel, well not so much different but at least, lower than before.:)