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Back then, Maya was not famous. I think she was still in college then. She was always with her mom whenever we went to see her. She was sexy and polite. Her politeness was what made her attractive. It was difficult not to get excited when seeing her.

Her mom was also nice. In fact, she reminds me of any typical makcik. She looks like one and was also unassuming and hospitable. Maya also had one younger sister and a brother. I only managed to get glimpses of her sister then. She looked a lot like a young Sofea Jane. I thought her sister was prettier.

Everytime kita orang datang, her mom would serve us some kuih and drinks, and Maya would always be there playing host. She was soooo manja and she knew that she always had our attention. Masa tu there was me, my friend and two other friends. Semua professionals. Semua bujang. Semua pokai. Sampai kes dia orang dah settle pun we all never charged them for our services. Suckers...

Visiting her house was an event that I had always looked forward to-lah at that time. That'll be the day yang I would put on my best tie, my best shirt, pakai underarm deodorant lebih sikit and put on setengah botol of brylcreem. Bila cakap pun buat suara macam Jallaludin Hassan. Macam sial.

Malangnya impian tidak menjadi kenyataan.

We knew that we were not in her dating list category when one day before leaving, a black Proton Putra drove into the compound of her house. Out came Alex Yoong.....hensem babe...Out we went with our tails between our legs, whimpering shamelessly. We knew then that our dreams will only become wet ones saja.... Reminds me of Sudirman's Gerimis di Lautan song "Apakan daya orang tak sudi".

Last year, I bumped into Maya at a client's office where she was being auditioned for a show. She saw me but didn't seem like she remembered me. Anyways, I went up to her and related the story of how I first met her. She just looked at me and said "Oh..what a small world kan?" and went on to read her magazine Damn, nampak sangat yang dia tak ingat kat aku langsung.

When I first heard about "Pontianak Harum Sundal Malam" punya storyline, I was so depressed. For a very long time I harboured an ambition to make a story about our Pontianak. I didn't want it to be another scary story but instead a love story. What Suhaimi Baba did was very close to what I had in mind. I was inspired by Bram Stoker's Dracula you see. Bram Stoker's version to me, is the best version of Dracula. Tak boleh complain-lah because I never told anyone about my version of Pontianak, nor did I publish it anywhere. For me to know and regret jer....

When I heard that Maya was the leading actress, I couldn't help but wonder that there's always that likelihood that I could have gotten to date her back then, could have quit my job back then, become a filmaker, and then go on to make my "Pontianak, kisah cinta" the movie. Pi lah!! Dream only lah!