The above articles are compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). The family currently lives with her 74-year-old mother-in-law. “Apart from driving a lorry, forklift and lifting cooking gas cylinders, I used to work as a house builder and tile layer, ” she said, adding that she also has a licence to operate heavy machinery.Ī mother of two daughters aged six and nine, Nur Khairunnisa’s husband died of lung cancer three years ago. Nicknamed Mek Gas by the locals, she said that she was used to doing heavy work. “Due to a lack of workers, I started delivering up to 100 cooking gas cylinders to houses around Bandar Chukai and Bukit Kuang here since last year,” said Nur Khairunnisa Abdullah, 30.
> A 30-year-old widow, who earns a living as a cooking gas delivery person in Terengganu, has won admiration for her strength in handling the cylinders, Kosmo! reported. It won the Best Animation category at the Kuala Lumpur International Film Festival in 2007. The first season of the show received overwhelming response. “So, as an alternative, the next episode started with a visit to the graves of the twins’ parents,” he said. “The circumstances made it impossible for their parents’ characters to be ready. It is now into its 525th episode.īurhanuddin acknowledged that Upin & Ipin were not meant to be orphans.
The animated series has been on the air for more than 13 years. “Due to the limited time, the parents of Upin & Ipin could not be included,” said Burhanuddin Md Radzi.īurhanuddin is the founder and managing director of Les Copaque Production Sdn Bhd.Īccording to the company’s website, the content for Upin & Ipin is co-written and supervised by Burhanuddin and his wife. It was shown on TV9 during Ramadan in 2007, and the Hari Raya Puasa show had to be completed in a hurry. “At that time, the show was only five minutes long. THE popular cartoon characters, Upin & Ipin, inadvertently became orphans during their debut due to a tight deadline, Utusan Malaysia reported.