Whether it is nostalgia or dejavu, both soothing (and could be painful as well) feelings are equally important, especially with the remaining good years left for us to revive the old or sentimental memories , reluctantly or excitedly. For instance, when Puan Zainah (send my warm regards to your brother Ismail Kamat) mentioned about Rosdi and his very pretty wife Wan (should be still gorgeous even now!) in one of the blog pages (thanks for the thoughts’ sharing), the amazing minute trillion of neurons in my failing faculty start to compute (though Pentium-2 processor!) those little but meaningful memories of the yester years in UM….….I hope both of them (Rosdi and Wan) can still vividly remember when their motorbike (ridden by Wan and Rosdi was pillion) went over the hedge at the “Geology” corner near Science Faculty! Rosdi was not injured but his wife was slightly bruised with few cuts on the face. I happened to pass by at that nick of time when the mishap occurred. We managed to stop a car passing by and brought her to seek medical treatment at University Hospital (as it was known then). The rest is nostalgic as they got married and live ever after (insyaAllah!)…and Rosdi (he’s quite romantic actually) would never missed to utter those sacred words to his Cik Siti Wan Kembang….. “I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU”!
Award winning singer Whitney Houston dies at age 48
Published: Sunday February 12, 2012 MYT 9:07:00 AM
Updated: Sunday February 12, 2012 MYT 12:41:50 PM
Award-winning singer Whitney Houston dies at age 48
LOS ANGELES, Feb 11 (Reuters) - Grammy-winning singer and actress Whitney Houston, one of the most talented performers of her generation who lived a turbulent personal life and admitted drug use, died on Saturday in a Beverly Hills hotel room. She was 48.
A Beverly Hills police officer told reporters they were called to the Beverly Hilton, in Los Angeles, at around 3:20 p.m. PST and that emergency personnel found Houston's body in a fourth-floor room, and she was pronounced dead at 3:55 p.m.
"She has been positively identified by friends and family (who) were with her at the hotel, and next of kin have already been notified," Lieutenant Mark Rosen told reporters.
Police said there were no obvious signs of criminal intent at the scene and her death is under investigation.
Houston was in Los Angeles for the Grammy Awards, the music industry's biggest honors program that will take place on Sunday night. She died hours before she was expected to perform at record producer Clive Davis's annual pre-Grammy party on Saturday, which is held at the Beverly Hilton. Houston, inspired by soul singers in her New Jersey family, including mother Cissy Houston and cousins Dionne Warwick and the late Dee Dee Warwick, as well as her godmother Aretha Franklin, became one of the most celebrated female singers of all time, taking multiple Emmy, Grammy and Billboard Music awards. STELLAR CAREER, PERSONAL TROUBLES
Her popularity soared in the 1980s and 1990s with consecutive No. 1 hits including the smash single "I Will Always Love You," from the soundtrack of the feature film "The Bodyguard," in which she starred.
She also appeared in "Waiting to Exhale (1995) and The Preacher's Wife (1996)."
By the early 1990s, Houston had become the queen of pop music, achieving great critical and commercial acclaim, but her personal life was becoming troubled. In 1992 she married singer Bobby Brown, who had a bad-boy reputation, and during their 14 years together had a tumultuous relationship fueled by drugs.
In 2000, she and Brown were stopped at an airport in Hawaii and security guards discovered marijuana in their luggage. The pair also starred in reality TV series, "Being Bobby Brown," which painted an often unflattering portrait of the pair.
The last 10 years of Houston's life were dominated by drug use, rumors of relapses and trips to rehab. In a 2002 TV interview, she admitted using marijuana, cocaine, alcohol and prescription drugs.
She launched a comeback tour in 2009 and in April 2010 she called media reports she was using drugs again "ridiculous." In May 2011, Houston enrolled in a drug and alcohol rehab program.
Reactions came pouring in from fans and friends in the music industry.
"I am absolutely heartbroken at the news of Whitney's passing," legendary music producer Quincy Jones said in a statement. "... I always regretted not having had the opportunity to work with her. She was a true original and a talent beyond compare. I will miss her terribly."
Neil Portnow, chief executive of the Recording Academy that gives out the Grammys, called her "one of the world's greatest pop singers of all time who leaves behind a robust musical soundtrack spanning the past three decades."
Pop star Rihanna posted on Twitter "No words, just tears," and rapper Nicki Minaj tweeted "Jesus Christ, not Whitney Houston. Greatest of all time."
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