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So you think you have problems? Out of a job? Financially strapped? Love life sucks? Feeling insecure? Desperately seeking attention for it? Your manicure chipped?
Whatever it is... do you really think you have it bad? Let me school you on something. This was a scene I saw masa in Jakarta kat Pasar Baru
There was this old lady. When I saw her first... she was sitting down. With a wizened old face, scrunched up through years of bullshit she probably had to go through, she cut a forlorn figure sitting on her own, with a cane, and a black plastic bag, watching the world go by in the fast paced and unforgivingly challenging metropolitan city of Jakarta.
Oh yes... people stopped occasionally to give her money. But she never asked for it. Not once. Not at all. She would sit for half an hour intervals or so for about fifteen minutes to rest her tired feet, yang cuma pakai selipar nipis, offering no protection whatsoever for her tired, aging toes.

She was not looking for handouts. Or a loan. Or sympathy. Nothing. She was just minding her own business, without complaint.Kali pertama dia bangun, baru aku sedar, how strong this old lady was.
No... she walked with a slow shuffle. One step at a time, almost painfully. Painful even to watch.
Her strength was in her will, her heart and her resolve.
Sebab selepas beberapa langkah, I saw her use the same cane that barely supported her weight, to take a stab at some plastic flying and swirling on the ground. She bent over slowly and with much effort, pulled at the plastic pastu masukkan dalam beg sampah dia.
Probably in her Seventies, nenek tua ni masih bekerja. She had no time for self pity.
She had no time for moaning about her fate.
Never mind her drab night gown. Or the cracked soles of her feet. Tu semua tak penting. Yang penting meneruskan tugasnya tanpa mengharap belas kasihan orang kerana umur atau keadaan dirinya.
She just kept going at it. Slowly cleaning whatever area she could cover for little bits of trash. Tak henti henti...
Menjerit hati aku... ,menangis... meraung melihat kegigihan nenek tua nih.
Honestly. I cried. I cried as I sat on the stairs observing her for over half an hour. Thinking about the selfish people in my life who think THEY'VE got problems.
Thinking about myself and how I allowed to let insignificant things pull me away from the flow of my life.. those little dramas, I allow myself to be engaged in. She shamed me for not being happy with what I have and not being thankful enough with her strength.
And she made me angry at myself and a lot of people who seldom appreciate the things we take so for granted.

And she went on....inspiring me with every second. Pausing to buy a drink - with HER OWN money from the pocket of her dressing gown with a string tied around her waist as a belt.No freebies. No asking for sympathy.
She could have... but she didn't. She was earning her living. And tetap nenek tua nih, pas abihkan her refreshment, offering perhaps a minute burst of energy, she continued. Painfully.
Inspiring me with every second, as I shed tear after tear. about how she persevered in the face of adversity. Looking back at these pictures, I recall how she handled herself.
Derita nya hanya Tuhan je yang tahu. Tapi dia tak pernah menyerah kalah pada takdirnya. She did something about it.

And maybe, at the the end of it. She's the happiest person if all of us were compared. Happy not in terms of much for us, but in terms of her true  spirit to fight against the predetermined fate of our lives, and making me at least, realise that we choose to make ourselves what we are.
Someone asked me, "why don't you do something about it. Why don't you give her some money."
I could. I always do when I see someone who needs that help. But money... unlike what some will believe... is not the answer to everything.
I identified with something in this old woman. Something told me, while she will not refuse aid, her pride was worth a lot more. That's why she wanted to EARN her living.
In every painful step. She looked more taller, with a more elegant poise than most people I've seen and more beautiful in my eyes than anyone I've ever met in my whole life.
Her beauty came from her strength, her heart, her will and her poise in dealing with the world. And bagaimana dia tidak menyalahkan takdir untuk nasibnya, dan menyerah kalah begitu saja.
No amount of material items on you can make you as beautiful as this old lady. Kepada nenek, I know you won't be reading this, but I pray to God... that he'll bless you for you are truly one of his most beautiful creations.
Aku nitis air mata ketika taip ni... in my few days of incessant drama never ceasing, you have taught me a lesson without knowing about what real courage and strength is. May God bless you...

My theme song. For so long now. Dedicated to all the drama queens who are littered throughout the different stages of my life. No thanks. Carry your emotional baggage and your self righteousness far away. My worth and self value cannot be assessed by someone who deems themselves worthy by materialistic means nor false adulation. Used to cry to this. Now it's more about holding on to the strength I have inside me, harnessing it and bringing it forth to use it demi masa depan aku sendiri. There is no one you can depend on but yourself. But some friends are for keeps and they keep me going. Thanks to those true and have weathered everything with me. No more drama.Pampered myself a little today. Didn't feel much better, neither did it restore my faith in humanity. All through this little difficult patch which I will undoubtedly bounce back, stronger and wiser, I owe it to one person who has been my emotional strength, and taught me much despite so much we've been through. There's this song, that helped me though my first ever relationship. I put up two versions of the song below grabbed from Youtube. The first version by Sinead O'Connor (with hair, sebab takut nanti ada yang bsiing dia botak gak) and the other a cover by Faye Wong (with lyrics). For those yang are going through a difficult moment from a failed relationship, this is the best medicine I can precribe. The lyrics are just spiritual, and this song serves exactly like what I read once about how Sinead offered peace through this song, like the voice of an angel being carried through the deepest chasms of hell.

It's just been an emotional and weird couple of days for me... pray to God for the even half of the strength of that old woman...

I know nih lambat sikit, sebab ramai da pon sibuk review pelbagai konsert final. But this is my take...and aku hanya leh posting nih pas siap segala kerja, dan juga cukupkan rehat (sebab memang letih gila as usual after every event like this yang kena stay sampai pagi pagi buta)
Pertamanya...sebelom apa apa...mai aku sedikan sikit bahan semburan. Kalao tak kang ada je lalat, langau dan yang sewaktu dengannya yang tak puas ati ngan ewview aku walaopon tak reti yang penilaian orang tak semestinya sama ngan meka nih.
Yerlah...despite the season being over, fanatik fanatik sorang bintang Akademi Fantasia masih tak puas ati dan maki hamun memacam. Especially since tak menang, meka agik la.
But judging that meka ada memacam conspiracy theories yang it was all a set-up in the first place, you can basically judge their mentality and intelligence level, so no comments on that.
Aku cuma kesian ngan si Aswad satu je. Ada peminat fanatik yang kekadang tak pikir tindakan meka bagik orang meluat. Seolah meka je lah peminat kat dunia nih, sampai meka menentukan segalanya.
Mintak mintak da abih musim Akademi Fantasia nih, meka tone down sikit...kalao tak, tatau ler camna dak nih nak dapat peminat pasnih ngan fan club yang lebih lebih lak.
Anyhoo...now on to the review of the final. I'm almost thankful it's over sebab letih siot nak teruskan benda nih lagik. It's the same routine every season.
Before I go on to the review however, aku cita sikit.
Cita betapa kelakar ada yang kuat ngata orang tapi sendiri tak ingat. Malas cakap in detail, sendiri paham ler.
Ewww... some people memang tak reti malu. Aku rasa sapa ada with me that night sendiri nampak perangai seseorang nih and can judge the professionalism of this person for themselves.
Anyways, back to the concert. Meriah gak walaopon honestly, memang aku rasa tak se-electrifying musim musim first, second and third. Tapi ok gak ler.
Erm...spotted the marching band in the back. Horrible looking.
Mak aih!!! Sib baik Dollah Cantek sebelom start dan warning awal awal berjaga tuk letopan. Heh...kalao tak, ada ler stretcher menunggu.
The performance of Phantom of the Opera was just sad, I don't know sebab house system ker, ataopon apa, but maybe because of the acoustics everything just sounded horrible and I couldn't make out at all what they were singing. Heh...honestly. What as waste... and the costumes looked cam kedai sewa masquerade party. Cheap.
And cheap too indeed was the marching band which just looked damn ridiculous. And the cheerleaders too. Sad ler...was that a basket toss? I don't think so.
Good idea. A 10 for it. But for execution? 0!
Bebudak finalists masuk je abih sora jerit sampai abih. heh...yerlah. Everyone's a fan kan...and this is the final.
Erm...kenapa rambut semua horror? Dari ramai ramai cuma si Ebi punya je ok. Yang lain nampak cam kena naya siot!!!
Dari segi baju, paling kesian si Heliza yang nampak cam a bad version of Catwoman attacked by polka dots. I thought Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was too cruel, tapi orang ni pun had the same vision. Berbaloi ke tidak Astro bak Jasmi Rejab tuh, they can see for themselves. Cuma slightly better than keja orang tertentu musim lepas je la... that's why orang tak bising sangat.
The whole intro took some 15 minutes, which I thought was just too long winded.
To make it even worse, abih break jer, the video montage of masa bebudak baru masuk and all. Arghh!!! Buang masa!
And it gets worse... sebelom Heliza perform ada lak video montage si Faizal. Now that was the ultimate waste of time. Promo tuk dia kot. Yerla...kesiang juara yang tenggelam. So bagik chang ler.

Heliza - Cinta Boneka (D-Va)
Ok...she's back to being herself. I knew the song was the wrong choice from the start. Aku da agak mesti horror, and it was just that. Aku leh maapkan memacam tapi vocal dia, erm, just sounded like an amateurish karaoke outing.
Meleret, and she had a tendency to dip really low on the low notes yang irritating. It wasn't just the start and she didn't pick it up, unlike what Jee said. Hattan kata dia improve confidence and all, but she never had a problem with that. Ogy said it too, which was weird.
Tiga lampu biru? I don't think so. It was quite bad actually, dan aku rasa jatuh standard dia in comparison ngan previous two weeks.Sedih gak sebab ni opening finalist number and I had hoped dia akan up kan tahap Kesal dua minggu lepas.
Sayangnya...sampai time nih aku da rasa dia slip back to her old faults. I mean, honestly it wasn't that bad, but firstly it wasn't final material and secondly aku rasa dia masih lom break through her shell (erm...for lack of a better word) and tunjukkan kemampuan diri sebenar dia.
A lot of potential, and yet, so deep inside.
 


Aswad - Bila Mati Cinta Terhenti
Aiyo...start je kekapakan. I'm sorry, but he really has to be more versatile.
Nak kata sora langsung takde, keji lak cakap camtuh. He can sing...but he really needs direction in grooming his vocals.
Nak kapak pun kena ada the right approach ma. I think apart from teaching them the basics of techniques and all, patutnya meka ni diajar to be more vocally expressive and absorbent of other influences. After all, that's the difference between a singer and an artiste.
Vocals dia pun strangely enough cam Heliza, cam lemah kalao banding ngan minggu minggu sebelomnya. He nearly cracked masa nak higher notes, but barely scraped through not too impressively.
The second half was just horrible. Sebutan muffled and I couldn't make up a word of what he was saying. Nak salahkan sound system ke projection yang Chipsmore ala ala ada ada takde gituh.
Overall vocally, he had the same amount of feel as peserta pertandingan karaoke.
Boring. He looked like he tried. But doesn't mean it was good. 10 for effort, 4 for actual execution.
Oh by the way lagu tuh sucked siot. Kenapa la lagu final bosan camni. Ewww!!!! Kalau orang nak kata dia kena naya, aku tak salahkan bab nih because lagu ni horror. Bagik ler lagu potential sikit.
Beruntung kata Jee? You got to be joking!
Tapi dari Jee, ke Hattan, ke Ogy it was pretty obvious it just didn't work.
"Saved by the lagu," kata abang Mamat!
Aduh...mati tergolek aku gelak pecah perot. Paham tak statement dia? Heh!
Kalao tak paham tatau ler.
The song wasn't that good to begin with.
 

Candy - Dedebu Cinta (Misha Omar)
Aiyo!!!! Sarung wig murah haper tuh??? Keji la rambut camtuh. What's with the stylist? Buta ke memang plan nak naya bebudak nih!
Why la they like to do this. Tak paham.
Baju lak cam yang jual bundle tambah detailing sikit jer. 
And please, tell me, what's with the matching puke green heels? I know you were going for this thing with the top, but it didn't work at all. The whole outfit and the
But once dia bukak mulot aku da lupakan rambut kejung dia... oops...sensitif!!! I mean that horrible thing that died on her head!!!
Candy was mesmerising. Few, too few mistakes, and simpy spell binding!!!!
Empat lampu biru!!!! Yeay!! Er...untuk persembahan dia ek, not for the horrendous make up yang ala ala drag queen pencen.
Biarla wardrobe Astro dan Jasmi Rejab naya dia camna pon,she sounded fabulous!
Masa Mamat Khalid komen, ada lak peminat yang standard la kurang ajar, kecoh tak puas ati pengkritik semua puji. Teka la fan club mana yang bising tuh.Tak paham... mengundang je budak tak bersalah lak kena boo kang.
Apapon, memang beautiful!!! (sambil top mata memuji sora jer - damn you wardrobe Astro!!!)


Ebi - Sinar Cinta
Smart siot Ebi. It was a nice fitting suit and a good haircut that offset that ugly shirt he wore inside.
I don't know...it was a little messy... but Ebi carried it ok I suppose.
Ramai ler merembes sampai kontang (pinjam statement Kbians - peminat Ebi) ler ramai ramai.
First things, first, the backing music for his song, was the only one so far yang sedap. Lain semua cam erm... tamau la cakap ringtone. Tapi decide la sendiri.
Erm...tul kata seseorang tuh. So it's not just me, kenapa every song kena ada guitar solo. So the 80an arrangement segala.Blast from the past!
Walaopon lagu ni pon ala rock kapak, at least masa chorus, Ebi brought out a vibe that played true tribute to the kapak genre (does it count as a genre of its own? never thought of it as an offshoot of rock)
It wasn't perfect, but I think it deserved a little more credit than that even though it wasn't fantastic.
Still better than Heliza though, and aku pelik kenapa meka leh bagik si Heliza tiga lampu biru and only one to Ebi.
Oh well...actually I know ler... but no comment.
 

Note : erm... the My Heart segment terok la. I would have liked it if they hadn't shown Rizal dan Dekna. Sorang tuh da bertunang. Jangan ler wat camni. Tak pasal pasal kang terjadi kisah lama rumahtangga bakal didirkan roboh. Hish...keji...keji...

Mila - Persis Mutiara
Kenapa la bebudak ni dolled up sampai camni. It's so tarty!
Kesian tau!!! Hiish! Kalao make up nak grand jangan ler sampai moka cam colour pallette lengkap semua warna warna warna pelangi.
Dah kira moka cam bontot merak la pakai mekap tebal tebal camni. All the girls are beautiful, and I think the make up, walaopon for stage effect, takyah la tempek sampai kena pahatkan nak buang kang!
Penghinaan tol ler aku rasa meka kena plaster moka ngan make up camnih. Nih mesti pakai make up artist ala ala mak andam yang kedai sebelah kedai mak Non yang niaga sebelah Parit Dua tepi gerai burger si Hassan anak Pak Din tuh. KEJI!!!!!
And should I go on about the curtains she was wearing? The top bit spoilt it for me and ended up making the lower half which was actually kind of nice, draped all wrong. Don't know...just didn't work. Colour was nic ethough (desperate carik benda nak puji pasal wardrobe nih sebab pujian asik nan ado jer)
But suara dia memang besh, dan bukan je dibantu lagu ok, even though it's the least busuk so far of the original compositions.Tak paham ler...
Kenapa tahun ni lagu lagu tugasan yang original cam kurang menyengat. Ke aku je nih???
Malas nak cita panjang. Jusr simply deserving of empat lampu biru yang sebenarnya tak perlu.
 

Aswad - Mata Hati Cinta (Awie)
Here we go again. Karaoke session with Aswad. Honestly he reminds me of some wedding singer. Tapi aku rasa kebanyakkan penyanyi kenduri kahwin aku penah dengar pun better than this. Erm.. kang aku komen lebih, tak puji orang kata biased lak. So camna?
Walaopon aku suka lagu ni, aku terdiam. I thought he would prove me wrong, but the only thing wrong was his vocals. Lagu da kuat tapi hasil nan ado.
Ogy kata yang penting dia enjoy. tapi in reality kalao it ends up syok sendiri ler in the end. So wat per?
Suka carutan abang Mamat. Besh... heh...paham ke tak paham terpulang. Dia ni kali ni banyak double meaning. Takde sedirect as it sounds.
Apapon, I suppose in a way I wanted to be proven wrong, sebab aku ingat dia mampu nak tackle lagu ni. But to be kind, it was just average.
It didn't help, dia dipakaikan jaket dan seluar ala ala beli kat bundle kat CHow Kit jer. Hish...melampau dan semakin melampau wardrobe nih. Well.. at least baju dia yang awal tadik tuh lawa ler.


Heliza - Cinta Di Lautan Lalang
Aduh...tajuk dia aku memang tak tahan. Siot je abang Loloq! Heh... aduh...apa la metaphor nih yang dia nak gambarkan. Mungkin jiwa aku nih kurang sensitiviti seni, but I think the title and the song itself was either laughable or just too deep for me to fathom (jangan marah Loloq - lu masih geng!)
Aiyo...close up moka dia pon sama cam Candy dan Mila overdose make up.
Dan erm...kalao korang perasan like I said, again she's wearing the same black body stocking/turtle neck. Aku tau ler dia ni kena limited sikit wardrobe, but jangan ler pakaikan baju yang seksi kalao asik dirosakkan body suit tuh. Carik ler baju sopan cover cover...
Bosan siot lagu baru ni... kenapa ek kali ni lagu lagu langsung tak melekat dalam pala aku. Aduh!!!!!
Tak satu aku leh ingat melodi. Kalao musim pertama, ingat lagu Vince dan Azizi, dua, Zahid, Farah, Adam, dan Bob, tiga aku ingat lagu Mawi, Marsha, Amylea dan Felix. For musim lepas, lagu Faizal, Farhan, Velvet... this time satu pon setakat ni tak masuk langsung. Kenapa ek.
Tak strong satu, pastuh arrangement kehausan. Sora ok ok jer...aduh. Apa nak jadik nih...takde umphh langsung.
Tiga lampu biru lagi? Aku suka pun kat dia...but erm...entahlah.
Aku stuju dan tak stuju ngan komen Hattan. I agree she's found her own sound, walaopon tak defined, tapi aku tak stuju yang the first performance was better. Weird.
 

Candy - Demam
Kenapa penari backing dia cam senamrobik jer? Who the heck choreographed these people. Sodih!
They were actually a bad distraction and not complimenting her performance at all.
Ok...of all the songs yang original compositions, I think this is the best. The best of the worst, but the best. It was just infectious and catchy and I suppose that it stuck in my mind, for want of a btter tune though.
I found myself grooving to it. Arrangement was weird though, tapi Candy managed to rock the house. I thought she carried herself like a pro.
Dalam bebanyak meka komen komen, tak nampak lak kakak Candy di celah celah pengkritik seperti biasa. Nak gelak aku... teringat konsert konsert lepas moka kakak dia posing celah pengkritik sambil pose sakan termasuk jelir lidah sana sini. Ewww..!!!!
Oh well, people find it hard to appreciate her, and that's going to be her demon for sure when she comes into the real world ni.Still, her talents are undeniable, and at least that's a good foundation. Still.. she has a long way to go in terms of getting close to completing the package.

PS - Aku tak ingat sangat tapi bab Candy nih aku rasa gambar baju dia ni terbalik kan? Patutnya aku letak pic ni kat lagu first. Apapon, keduanya burok so sama jer (matilah malas ubahkan)


Ebi - Farhana (Jinbara)
I never really likes this song and I probably never will, but Ebi did quite good! Not as good as the girls, but still, he did good!
His vocals were rocking all right, and it just worked, though I don't know. So many distractions to overcome, with  the stupid backing dancers it was just silly! And the clothes just looked cheap.I said wedding singer because for some reason the top (maybe the illusion of the shirt too) made it look like a bad take of a cheap ass tux.
Apapon, you gotta give him credit sebab dia mampu maintain vocal dia despite melonjat sana sini. I didn't like it, but it worked, so there. Erm.. pretty much like Kasih Laila, so questionable ler soal showmanship dia punya originality. I mean you can only do that so many times before it becomes a tired gimmick.
Satu lampu biru je? Erm.. to be fair he deserved more la. Hish... oh well. Go with the flow ler.
 

Mila - Cinta Pura Pura (Ezlynn)
Was it just me? Kenapa I'm so reminded of the Swamp Thing ngan baju ni? She looks so so draped in seaweeds. Like Ted said, it was so Pirates of the Carribean. Cam pinjam baju extra lanun hantu. Heh...
Kenapa la stylist nih. Tak bagi bebudak imej sendiri. They tried to make her look like Ezlynn tai secara jujurnya kalao korang tengok dalam pic sebelah kan, she actually looks like a young version of Datuk Sharifah Aini!
But she definitely didn't sound like Ezlynn that's for sure. Aku respect dia nih ler. Memang jauh perjalanan dia da.
Dari performance first and second week, she's now made it to be deserving of a champion.
Now THIS is a champion's performance!!! Baru aku rasa sikit cam final!
Dan aku rasa satu stadium pun stuju!!!!
The only performance for me to get excited about for the whole night.
And the only five star rating I'm going to give this season.
 

Apapon aku nak gak rating kan bebudak yang eliminated punya show sebab aku rasa meka deserve kredit. Most of them tunjukkan peningkatan walaopon tak beruntung cam para finalis dpaat dok Akademi lama sikit nak belajar lagik.
Aku nak tengok, siapa antara meka akan berjaya sebab aku yakin ada sorang dua cam Shawal ni memang ada potential.

Diya - Kaulah Segalanya (Ruth Sahanaya)
She was ok but her vibrato was so heavy. Still aku imagine kalao si Mila leh improve camni, apa perjalanan Diya kalao dia maintain dalam Akademi seminggu dua agik. After all, minggu si Diya kuar, si Mila second last hampir eliminated skali. Now this is called rezeki.
 

Afiq - Keabadiaan Cinta (Anuar Zain)
He wasn't too bad but I didn't get it so much. Still, promising. Needs quite some amount of work though on stabilising his vocals.
 

Fatin - Aku Cinta Padamu (Sheila Majid)
Honestly, she's one of the only ones I have no regrets about her not being in. But I have to say, she sounds better than masa dalam Akademi. Strange kan how some things work.
 

Farha - Perpisahan
Another one who might have gone out too early, quite some potential but voted off. Could have better with some proper training, but not convincing enough for me for th night, especially bab stage showmanship dia, asik tengok lantai kiri dan kanan with zero contact with the audience.
 

Noni - Semoga Abadi (Misha Omar)
Ok...she was the only one I felt was totally karaoke. She didn't bring anything, and biasa biasa saja.Still, takde la azab ke apa. Cuma no vibes off her.


Dekna - Pelangi Petang
Is it just me or does she look like she's been crying. Tapi sedap tol. Ok...there were parts she was off...aku rasa dia ada something on her mind, because the tears came too naturally for me. Dekna ni sayang je...
Kalao dia bersungguh awal sikit dalam competition, she could have stayed on longer and possibly ended up a lot better.


Rizal - Laguku Untukmu (Hasnol)
Ok...the biggest surprise of the night. Kalao dia asik sumbang abih dalam Akademi tanpa skali pon leh nyanyi betul betul, ni lak ok.
(for sheer effort!)

Aizat - Yesterday (The Beatles)
He did ok, though perhaps I expected him to totally take this song. Not too shabby but he needs to work on his delivery and to control his body language on stage to make it more genuine.
 

Dafi - Mungkin Nanti (Peterpan)
Erm...timing dia skip here and there masa verse, and erm, just not there. With some work...erm...and good songs...mana tau lah...
 

Shawal - Kau Ilhamku (Man Bai)
Another wasted talent. I maintain he should be in the finals. Tapi takpe. Sora dia sedap, rezeki dia kalao ada, ada lah. He is so promising.
But he also needs quite some work as potential alone tak cukup menjaminkan apa apa.
 

Lagu Bonus - Ikhlas Tapi Jauh (Ikhlas Tapi Jauh)
Shawal for me was outstanding again. and it just was the culmination of something overdrawn. Erm...ok jer la. Ramai sangat melalak laaaaaaa...aiyoooo!!!!


Note : Why ler meka tunjuk lagik skali time bebudak kena eliminate? Perlu ke? Ke nak cukupkan masa...move on already!

Note again : Erm..what's with the Auld Lang Syne on bagpipes? I mean it was nice and all but honestly, tak yah la da. Erm.. Farah looks..erm..different. And Reza just spoilt it with the cuecards. Aznil honestly deserves it sebab he has put a lot into the show, but erm... why make it sound like an obituary?
Despite the TOTAL TACKINESS of it all, I'm not ashamed to say nak gak nitis airmata aku at this point. I mean, cakap saja pasal Aznil, dia manage to hidupkan the show, and no host has brought the life into a programme like him.
Walaopon sakit telinga ngan nyanyian meka semua yang melalak...but I can forgive it...just for this moment.

Lagu Bonus - Kenangan Terindah (Samsons)
Sakit telingalah!!!! Ouch!!! Ow!!!
 (bagik can walaopon rasa nak bagik pam jamban)

Menuju Puncak
Ok...I've always wanted to see Menuju Puncak bersama. Dari tour Siti Fantasia, aku harapkan reunion dua musim akan gabung.
Then Akademi Fantasia yang menggabungkan prohram dari negara lain. Masuk musim keempat tak nampak and finally...this it it.
Aku memang time ni aku nitis airmata sebab that's more than four years of my life in Akademi Fantasia, dan memang banyak nostalgia dan kenangan. Walaopon tak lengkap semua bintang Akademi Fantasia, tapi still, it was moving tro see so many of my own extended family yang kenal meka dari Akademi Fantasia, untuk sampai ke tahap ni. WALAOPON ada yang masih lom tercapai impian, but still to many of them aku da feel for until today.

Keputusannya semua da tau kan? Congratulations Mila atas menjadi juara wanita pertama, dan yang paling muda. Aduh...tengok airmata kegembiraan dia... touching lak (sib baik make up da pudar sikit dari masa start...)

 

Ini breakdown. And some quick facts.By the way, jumlah undian tuh approximate figures based on the total of 1.9 million SMSes yang diterima pada malam final ek.

Juara - Mila (32%- 608,000)
Naib Juara - Ebi (26% - 494,000)
Ketiga - Aswad (21% - 399,000)
Keempat - Heliza (11% - 209,000)
Kelima - Candy (9% - 171,000)

Sejumlah 6.6 juta undian diterima sepanjang musim termasuk 1.9 juta pada malam konsert akhir. AF1 mencatat jumlah undian SMS 4.5 juta, AF2 - 15 juta, AF3 10.9 juta dan AF4 - 7 juta. Tapi AF4 punya total termasuk 1.21 juta undian yang diperolehi ketika AFMASUK, so kalao kira tolak AFMASUK nih AF5 lebih ler sikit dari AF4.
Ok...before I end this entry, time tuk masukkan bebanyak pic. Sapa yang line cam *toot* tuh nasib ler korang reload ler 50 kali sampai semua gambar muncul. Jangan mesej tanya kenapa tak kuar pics lak...sekeh kang! Dan kalao nak pakai mana mana dipersilakan, tapi sila kredit DAN link ok. Tu je.. thanks...

           

Ni lak beberapa pics koleksi peribadi, sapa tak suka jangan tengok ek. Ni kebanyakkannya masa post party yang diadakan Astro untuk celebrate Akademi Fantasia 5.

Banyak sebab aku nak senyum semalam. Terlalu banyak.Letih, ngantuk dan sebagainya sebab gerak dari stadium semalam at about 4.30am selepas press conference dan post party.
Nak tidur sat ek...tengahari aku update. Nyenyak...

Ari ni keluar rumah awal. Yerlah...wanna go retail theraphy sat. Shopping ler apa lagik. Da lama tak kuar siang ke Kuala Lumpur ni nak bersiar. Selalu sibuk ngan keja, tengok KL ke mana assignment takes me jer.
First stop, kol 11 pagik sampai je Berjaya Times Square. Am having lunch as I write... er.. type this kat my favourite spot to makan in Bukit Bintang, iZZi (merasalah la bila meka nak bayar aku nih sebab asik dok promo meka jer).
Got to run to Times Square again pasni sebab nak pick up some stuff I ordered. Yes people. I don't know how much I blew today on a new wardrobe, and I am NOT going to count sebab takut heart attack kang. Heh...
Ok...actually ari ni takde per nak posting sangat. Tapi sebab ari ni kan Judgement Day, final Akademi Fantasia, aku nak cakap sikit agik berkenaan ngan all this bull that's been happening.
Yesterday, an article appeared HERE about the Debat Akademi Fantasia. Aku tak bothered tapi sebab ada kengkawan da cut and paste dan letak kat ruangan Comments dan juga bertanyakan about it di msjbox dan tagboard, so aku nak komen. But sikit jer. Tak banyak.Sikit je.Aku amik beberapa line daripada story tuh dan komen. My comments in bold.

Program yang sepatutnya menjadi tempat bertukar pendapat menjadi tempat melepaskan geram dan perasaan pula. - Bukan semua pendapat boleh diterima pihak tertentu kalao ia melibatkan komen negatif terhadap yang mereka minati. So kenapa nak anggap lepas geram?

Kenapa sampai begitu sekali perasaan benci yang meluap-luap terhadap seorang pelajar AF5 yang bernama Aswad? - The point is sympathy votes, not we hate Aswad. Itu bukan tema statement statement aku.

Sedangkan kalau tidak silap, topik yang dibicarakan seharusnya berkisar tentang "keberkesanan lampu biru." - No it wasn't. Memang silap kerana topik adalah AF5, Menjadi Atau Tidak?. That was one of the many sub topics.

Namun topik itu akhirnya bertukar menjadi medan membelasah Aswad dan Aswad dan Aswad. - Er...last 10 minutes je from an hour long programme jadi medan belasah ek?

Terkejut juga mendengar cara dua ahli panel meluahkan idea bernas mereka untuk menegakkan apa yang mereka fikir. - Bukan ke itu tujuan suatu Debat?

Tidakkah semua persoalan itu sudah obselete memandangkan konsert akhir akan berlangsung dalam masa dua hari sahaja lagi?  - Obsolete? When we're discussing a topic that's about the whole season and not the finale? Go figure...

Yang hairannya ketelusan program ini telah dieksploitasikan untuk kepentingan orang-orang tertentu. Apabila kita terlalu ghairah cuba mempengaruhi orang-orang di luar sana dengan pandangan kita yang bersifat judgemental  itu, bagaimana mungkin kita mampu bersikap profesional, fikirkanlah? - And the point of this article is? And how professional is it (komentar selanjutnya dibawah)

Sungguh hebat penangan Aswad sehingga kehadirannya menjadi kebencian hampir semua wartawan hiburan. - I'm not even about to go into ethics here... tapi tu kira hebat ek?

Tidak dinafikan Astro telah berjaya mencipta kejutan, polemik dan fenomena baru dalam AF5 di mana seorang pelajar yang dipilih oleh Adnan Abu Hassan dan Deja Moss ini di Hotel Grand Continental, Pulau Pinang di peringkat saringan boleh menimbulkan kontroversi yang sebegini hebat. - Pencarian bakat ke pencarian kontroversi. Renungkan.

Kononnya, kehadirannya hanya sekadar meraih undi simpati kerana bakat yang ada tidak sebesar mana. Semakin terdesak kelompok anti-Aswad ingin membuktikan semua ini, bertambah kuat lagi kubu pertahanan Aswadfrenzy, penyokong-penyokong yang on the fence selama ini juga kemungkinan akan bangun mengundi Aswad. - And the point of this is? Komentar selanjutnya yang berkaitan diatas sekali.

And pelik kan, tapi dalam the whole thing is, not too far away, a few pages off, dalam sebuah column yang di panggil Kolum Kakak Tua (click SINI tuk baca) yang penulisnya menggunakan nama pena je.
Tapi yang peliknya, in the same online publication, ngan article begitu 'sincere' dalam mengkritik, ada lak komen kakak tua ujung article INI yang mengatakan :

KAKAK TUA - Bagi 'biasiswa' pada satu pelajar sahaja setiap minggu..... 'LINE CLEAR!' 

So dalam time musim Akademi Fantasia ni yang memasing emosi, biarlah aku dituduh memacam. Tapi pelik kan. Semua wartawan hiburan benci, ada lak yang perjuangkan ngan tuduhan orang lain emosi dan sebagainya.
So pikirkan sendiri. Everone mampu berfikir untuk diri sendiri. Aku malas nak gaduh gaduh ngan orang, dan jangan lah benda remeh yang frivolous entertainment nih cam Akademi Fantasia, digunakan nak tayang hebat.
Aku rasa lain kali kalao ada pihak produksi nak panggil aku tuk apa apa konsep Debat, aku nak suggest beberapa nama yang aku nak berdepan. Senang je...cakap belakang senang... like the comments by the forummer below...senang kan kalao nak main hentam kalao nama sendiri dirahsiakan.
Ok...nak ke Starhill sat sebelom Times Square, then to Stadium Putra. See you guys there.
Dan ingat...AFUNDi Mila, Heliza, Candy, Ebi!!!!! (bias nya aku kan? cam ler orang lain takde pilihan)

Professionalism is so subjective...

Oh well...

Dengan bulan menyambut kemerdekaan yang ke 50 nih menjelang, it's so great to think back of the amazing things our country has achieved. Ok fine... so we have kinks here and there to be worked out, but hey.. nothing's perfect right?
Tapi while people talk about colonialism and stuff, I'd think the biggest oppressors we have to face in this day and age, bukan pengaruh Barat ker haper ker... but the attitude and mindset of our very own people.
My favourite phrase to use for the moment is, 'menang sorak, kampung tergadai'.
Pelik kan negara kita. Some of the lowest of the low I know, make helluva a lot of noice about the most menial things, not to make things right, tapi sebab nak validate their pathetic existence. It's a common syndrome and benda nih berleluasa sangat.
Contoh terbaik, reaksi pas komen komen aku dalam Debat Akademi Fantasia. Aku gelak saja sebab biasalah kan, ramai yang emo kuat time Akademi Fantasia nih.
But, cara pemikiran yang cetek dan sempit orang orang tertentu, makes me question whether any us post Merdeka kiddies have any insightful knowledge on what independence means to us.
Memacam ler kutuk dilemparkan kat aku, that I don't know my job, that aku emo, that aku menghina tak hengat...lantak la. So aku badan gemok...I like my nails black sebab aku like Harajuku inspired street fashion and I the goth look appeals to me, and I have piercings and tattooes.
Tapi the best thingis..., topik agama lak muncul.
Yes folks, you've heard it again and again, dan Tora datang lagi dengan the most favourite alasan of them all.
"Rezeki...takdir ditentukan Tuhan... blah blah blah"
Why is it everytime something is awful, mesti meka kata takdir tu ditentukan Tuhan? Aku ingat orang slalu kata, 'yang buruk dari kita, yang baik dari Nya' kan? So kalao buruk sesuatuh tuh, salahkan diri sendiri.I don't blame God for loser making asses of themselves right? I'd blame their parents though for bad genetics and lack of proper upbringing;
Ek eleh...ni nak salahkan a higger authority lak tuk kebodohan korang. And contoh mentaliti sekolompok rang yang takkan merdeka pikiran meka is segelintir peminat fanatik yang cakap jer lebih, but live mundane pathetic lives, thinking that for that one moment, they can fight some cause with insults.
Ini lah sample jiwa jiwa merdeka yang make it out that it's the undeniable will of God for pemilihan juara Akademi Fantasia (like the Great One above put that on his list of important items in the Inbox). Ini komen orang orang yang begitu bernas, daripada golongan peminat fanatik Aswad.

Yes, there you have it ladies and gentleman. Sample pertama hujah dari peminat Aswad kenapa Aswad begitu hebat dan patut menang, dan betapa salahnya point aku smalam. How do you fight with logic like this? I bet it took them a whole 24 hours nak carik argument yang begitu kukuh seperti ini.
Kritikan di label kutukan hanya kerana tidak dipersetujui. Yang jadik idola diangkat begitu tinggi sehingga ketaksuban yang membutakan tuh, makes them so superior! Dan bila takde point, soal bangsa dan agama pun leh jadik bahan. Hebat kan?
Kelompok camni yang rasa meka berhak menentukan hala tuju industri hiburan negara.
How about the next sample.

Hah...amik ko!!! Aku kafir satu hal. Dajal lak katanya!!! Agen Yahudi lak aku ni. Hebat kan aku multi tasking sebegituh! Wow! I never knew I was so multi talented!!!
Sejak bila soal bangsa dan agama leh dipertikaikan dalam rancangan realiti aku pun tatau. I mean, if Aswad sucks, he sucks because he has no talent and is a waste of time, bukan sebab bangsa atau agama dia. And kalao aku kritik kersana aku rasa he has no talent and is a waste of time, perlu ke bangsa aku (yang bukan Yahudi), atau agama (kafir pun kafir ler... kepercayaan aku kena ke sama baru my opinion ni ada value?) aku jadik bahan penghinaan?
Aku tak kisah ler orang nak kutuk aku gemuk ke apa ke (bukan ke Tuhan cipta aku sebegini dan ko sendiri menghina ciptaan Tuhan) tapi some things are just off limits. But not for these small minded people yang begitu beriya menjalankan tanggungjawab menyedarkan orang ni.

Another sample of greatness! Kerana aku Yahudi aku masuk media massa. Wow...just what magazines have these kids been reading?
Amazing kan. I'm apparently Jewish when I thought I was born Malaysian Chinese, and I was predestined to be in the mass media because of my unknown race and agenda. Amazing! Intelligent stuff!
Ada lagik...

Yes, more amazing compliments dan pujian dari orang begitu berpendidikan ini. Yes, wartawan wartawan anjing yang menyalak bukit katanya.Never mind my education, experience and hard work and reputation and everything else that goes into making me who I am today. Sebab aku memberikan pendapat dan kritikan, aku bangsa anjing ek. Well, if that was true, then I'd be right up your alley and you'd understand your mother tongue, wouldn't you, luv?
Erm...bab nyalak bukit aku stuju ler. Sebab kalao orang da membodohkan diri meka ngan statement begitu, what else can you say can? Taksub, angkuh dalam tidak ingin menerima pendapat dan kritikan orang.
Never mind you know nothing about the entertainment industry or the music scene, you are an expert sebab layan Akademi Fantasia dan da nonton bagaimana bubbling, hissing and phrasing di ajar. How educated.
How can I beat credibility like this? No no no...I am nothing compared to you being this.

No....no... no... how can I fight this. A 23 year-old girl who sits in frnt of her PC. h how foolish I am to think I could have made those comments. Aku mana cukup pandai kan nak wat penilaian that I did, despite a majority knowing there was truth in what I said on the programme. And sapa la aku...
Begituh ilmiah cara dia berhujah untuk meyakinkan aku Aswad begitu hebat, sampai kelemahan aku lahir sebagai bangsa Cina di bumi Malaysia yang merdeka ini dan beragama Kristian di anggap Yahudi kafir yang menjadi ejen propaganda dalam media massa.
Begitu hebatnya yang mengaku peminat Aswad ini.
Yes, boys and girls, in this day and age, I have discovered that my race and religion makes me inferior and thus rendering my every comment and idea and opinion WORTHLESS!!!
There is something yang even logic dan education dan experience takleh kalahkan apparently. And it's called hormones! Hormones of 23 year-old girls yang merembes pelbagai that is.
Yes yes...jiwa merdeka sangat kan?
With such intelligent and amazing fans, do you wonder why I think fan club Ebi, Heliza, Candy dan Mila lebih intelligent?
And now does anybody wonder why I put the banner below?

Note : Komen komen tersebut adalah diambil daripada thread penyokong Aswad daripada forum Akademi Fantasia cari.com.my

Semalam kat Debat Akademi Fantasia, memang sesi lepaskan geram. Bukan nak kurang ajar ke apa, but the whole system of manipulation is just getting ridiculous.
You know the saying, "a fool and his money are son parted"? Or how about, "there's a sucker born every minute".
Both of these apply true when it comes to reality TV, no doubt about that. Still, I prefer to believe in the saying of, "you can fool some of the people, all of the time, but not all the people all of the time".
Lepas je aku wat komen based on reality yang Aswad will find it almost impossible nak berjaya sebab banyak sebab, termasuk umo da 27 tahun, which is beyond the average age of someone breaking into the industry yang secara realitinya about 23 or 24, orang takleh tima.
Consider the facts, that I said he sang sumbang all the way ke konsert ketujuh or so walaopon ada pengalaman menyanyi, dan bukan fresh cam yang lain, sekaligus, pencarian harus fokus pada mencungkil bakat bakat baru yang leh jadik pelapis, ramai melatah.
Yerlah...kalao nak ikutkan, umo dia, da lebih then even the biggest stars in the business, and this with so many handicaps of looks, package, and actual vocal talent.
Ramai agik takleh tima yang hakikatnya secara tak langsung meka mengundi out of sympathy. Yerlah... dulu masa Mas dalam musim kedua pun, yang mengundi kata demi bakat... padahal bila da kuar, dan memasing start realising the fantasy is over, start ngaku, "sebenarnya, dulu aku kesian tengok dia..."
Dalam kes Aswad, aku kena hentam kat channel @15 kaw kaw sebab aku sound direct. Well, tough luck kan? Tu realitinya. Ada siap yang cakap, tak pikir ke Aswad ads kawan dan sedara mara blah blah blah. Well, hakikatnya, obviously YOU'RE not in the industry because you're not professional enough, let alone realise about the need for it, to take the criticism, dan ko sendiri tak paham the going ons in the industry.
Lain kali, camni ler. Ni nasihat awal kalao ada musim keenam... sebab somehow, paling ketara dalam musim ni, yang masuk semua ingat instant fame and riches without  a price to pay.
JANGAN masuk pertandingan seperti ini kalao tidak ingin kebolehan atau kemampuan anda dinilai, ataupon tidak ingin tau betapa limited your actual ability is. Wake up and smell the coffee, this is the real world.
Kalao yang keliling tuh nak dok terasa, jangan bagik sedara mara ke the person connected to you tuh masuk such competitions.
Pas Debat, aku hanya mampu gelak, bertemankan Che Din (Saharuddin, editor hiburan Kosmo!) yang jadik geng aku tuk Debat kali ni, sekali ngan Aznil and gang dan kak Ogy yang hanya mampu geleng pala ngan kata kata bebudak.
Aku ok jer... biasalah. Lepas empat musim Akademi Fantasia sebelom ni, lagik terok aku kena herdik dan maki for speaking my mind, but I always think in the end, six months later or a year later, everything I say will be proven. Guess who has the last laugh then kan?
But all that aside, you know the saddest thing tak aku pikirkan pasal all this. Kerana keluarga, kawan kawan dan peminat some of these contestants actually make bebudak ni pikir they have talent, and that they can survive in the business.
The reality is much harder to digest... there are tens of thousands yang berangan jadik penyanyi... and a good majority of them can sing. Mengikut beberapa ujibakat Akademi Fantasia diseluruh negara, I see most of them not making it, despite having the full package, sebab programming memerlukan 'variety' in terms of background, asal usul, cita sedih blah blah blah.
HAKIKATNYA, yang masuk konon semua berbakat, is never true. But I guess you all know that by now too.
So what happens? These kids come out thinking meka akan meletop, and then? Look to former contestants, majoriti yang tak berjaya in the real world... and you know what I mean.
Bab ni je aku akan pilih tuk kongsi kata kata peminat Aswad to use on him, which is kesian. Kesian sebab ko ditipu orang yang keliling ko yang tak nampak kekurangan dan kelemahanan ko. Kesian the yes men around you puji ko melangit sampai rasakan ko nih bakal pengganti Siti Nurhaliza or Mawi.
Eeewww.... kesian tol.
Whatever...anyway, pada semua (aku rasa majoriti gak) yang kat @15 yang setuju komen komen aku, you guys rock! At least if I opened even the eyes of one person to this, it's education tuk peminat dan penggemar dunia seni out there not to make a mockery out of the performing arts scene.
I believe in talent, and I believe in opportunities, but I also believe your opportunity with your limited talent, robs someone of their justful right to destiny.
So AFUNDI ngan bijak, sebab kalao ikutkan kedudukan, nampaknya ramai tunggu sehingga konsert nak AFUNDI, which is sadly going to show the ugly side of SMS voted competition.
But enough merapu dan meroyan ek... ni nak wat guide bagik sesapa yang baru langgan Astro dan wat kali pertama terti...oops... I mean...terpaku ngan Akademi Fantasia dan tak paham konsep ek.
Mungkin ada yang tak sedar kehadiran program lain yang tertumpu pada mencari mereka yang dengan kriteria yang disalah anggap adalah basis pencarian tuk juara Akademi Fantasia...so ni kira public awareness campaign aku ler.
Akademi Fantasia adalah program pencarian bakat. So kalao makcik makcik yang merembes ngan peserta yang dirasakan leh jadik potential suitor bagik anak korang, then sorry makcik makcik...salah program! Masuk lah Mencari Menantu ek. Sesuai sikit... at least ada gak harapan nak dekat ngan dak tuh dan bukan tinggal fantasi rembesan. Mencari Menantu kalao tak silap aku sebelom ni ditayangkan Channel 9.

Sekali gus, kalao da rasa nak carik yang sesuai, dari segi pengetahuan agama sebab mana tau ler ingat ropa dia cam Mawi segala lak cam Mawi, then aku syorkan, gi usha lak meka yang bertarung dalam program yang lebih sesuai untuk menepati kriteria  pencarian korang, which is Akademi Al Quran (tak silap aku musim baru nak start nih) juga kat Channel 9.

Bagik puks yang feeling merembes dan nak abihkan duit kat jantan fantasia meka, yang takkan meka dapat rapat pon, aku suggest the best programme for you is not Akademi Fantasia. Lagikpon pilihan bokan banyak tuk korang cuci mata atau abihkan bil air kan, so baik korang layan What Women Want (please refer TV listings sebab tak ingat channel apa yang penah this program shown on, tapi tak silap aku 8TV) Ya, udah pastinya cowok cowok disana jelas lebih ganteng...

Kalao rasakan, nak sangat layan perasaan simpati, jangan ler rosakkan program Akademi Fantasia yang sekali lagik aku tekankan PROGRAM PENCARIAN BAKAT yang specifically bakat tuk menghibur, dan bukan perah air mata sebab male pattern baldness dan tak cukup sistem immune nak lawan penyakit.
Tapi kalao jenis ko melodramatic dan nak abihkan duit tuk kes kes simpati nih, apa kata dapat pahala sikit ngan membantu yang BETUL BETUL memerlukannya melalui program yang memang bagus dan banyak berfaedah seperti Bersamamu TV3?
Lagikpun beras Faiza bagus kan...
Kalao korang nak jimat duit agi, layan je telenovela...takyah SMS (kecuali kalao meka wat konset Sanay Wala Nang Wakas lagik)

Bagaimana lak ngan bakal bakal contestant yang nak masuk Akademi Fantasia kalao ada musim keenam. Hah...kalao ada yang nyanyi cam sora kera kena gigit kerengga, apa kata consider these other programmes nak masuk selain Akademi Fantasia. Kalao nak kaya cepat, nak satu negara kenal, apa agik, WHo Wants To Be A Millionaire (not million hair yeak) paling sesuai....walaopon kalao terpaksa berdepan ngan Jalaludin Hassan (anda...betul...betul...pasti...?... kita...kembali... selepas...ini...)

Pada meka yang ilmu tak cukup nak masuk program tuh tapi tetap nak carik cara nak make money, aku rasa program ni cukup bagus. Please Give Me A  Job I know quite a few people who need to be on THAT programme. By the way, channel mana ek yang siarkan nih, tak hingat...

Kalao malas nak keja, ada alternatif nya. Jika ko jalan pon terhoyong hayang kekongkangan, lom masuk bab menari, pn koordinasi body language pon tak betui, dan memang kemampuan anda hanya terbatas pada menjerit berlari tak tentu hala cam kanak kanak Ribena overdose, then syorkan this program yangmasih ada tapi lom wat local version, iaitu Takeshi's Castle, atau penah di alihsuara sebagai Istana Takeshi! Sesuai sangat masa tuh...

Hah...but apa pon kalao masuk hanya untuk mendapat makeover, contoh seperti nak tambah rambut ke haper, tapi again kena tunggu sebab takde local version, aku suggest this best program, yeap...Extreme Makeover.
Apa korang gelak...tol lah aku cakap. They do hair implants kot.. sap sap suwey! Takyah la asik dok gam je tiap hari.
Lain la kalao Elephant Glue ke UHU nak jadik main sponsor program...

Eh...ok la...panjang lak aku meroyan. So I hope all the alternative programming I provided leh bantu Akademi Fantasia jadik bercelaru lak dari segi undian SMS penonton yang salah konsep.
Just turn on your TV and there's a new program on for you guys. Ada je to cater to every little niche market, so don't spoil AKademi Fantasia for the rest of us. Tapi since most of those yang vote pon bukan paham what I have to say, I suppose kena la skali ada a program nak teach Bahasa Inggeris skali. Kita leh mintak Khairul Najmi jadik host.
Now wouldn't that be lovely...

Finally got a chance nak tonton Diarrhea malam tadi, and sadly lacking any feel of it being in the final week.
Again this time around kan musim ni, aku rasa banyak tamu yang tak perlu langsung ke Akademi. No disrespect meant, but it's a performing arts academy, tapi nampaknya setiap kali ada tamu masuk, they're hardly relevant.
Personally, I want more industry professionals masuk ke dalam Akademi dan menurunkan ilmu, Ni seolah obsessed ngan nak ajar kemahiran hidup dari segi pengalaman achievers gituh. Nothing wrong with that...only that when you have such a short time span, you'd expect them to use it more wisely.
But sorang tamu yang wat aku gelak kali ni was kemunculan Dr Eveready! Ingat siapa tuh Dr Eveready? Sapa lagik kalao bukan Dr Fazley! (sapa ikut perkembangan musim lepas kat sini ingat ler kenapa dia dapat nama timangan tuh - ampun ek Fazley...we still love you).
The mock press conference was actually a good attempt, sebab ada relevancy apa yang Fazley ajar, tapi pihak Akademi kalao nak prepare bebudak tuk apa yang menunggu kat luar, aku rasa jauh lagik dari kebenarannya. Sapa yang penah tengok live press conference tau ler how vicious it can get. And I have a feeling this time around pun akan vicious sikit... so nasib ler. We'll see how prepared they are, usually though...never enough.
Apa agik ek...erm... kejutan hadiah Ebi dan Mila memang tidak perlu, especially with it being the last week, dan lagu tugasan lagu original lom dipersiapkan. More time wasters.
As for the dandanan rambut, apa gunanya tunjuk kalao tamau 'rosak' kejutan ketika final kang. Apapon, aku bayangkan berapa la budget tuk si Aswad tuh nak asik lekat je benda alah kat pala dia tuh to give him an illusion of hair.
Tak practical langsung. Aku nak tengok dia kuar Akademi kang wat show nak ber wig pelbagai tak... sheesh. Cam harapkan nak jual rupa yang nan ado sangat.
And basically, that was all I could unearth from the Diarrhea this time around sebab nothing much of interest. Aku harap banyak lagik coverag pasal final preparation, sebab nak masuk Khamis da, and with only just over two days to the final, perlu ke meka focus agik pada benda benda tak perlu.
Apapon, ari nih, memang tamau komen lagu baru sebab lom dengar even one, so nak bagik summary persembahan bebudak for the past nine weeks.
Based on my personal rating setiap persembahan meka week after week, this is how they size up.


Ebi
Ebi start slow. Dia hanya meletup minggu ketiga and maintained kejap midway. After that, it was just average performances until last week. Kecenderungan kebolehan dia lebih pada lagu lagu Indo pop, and I wonder why they tried pushing him lesser in that direction and more to pop Melayu standard,
Mungkin meka harapkan mass market appeal cam Aswad kot, but I think Ebi has too much style in his delivery to ever be rock kapak or genre yang sewaktu dengannya.
Performance paling memorable stakat ni for me is Al Jannah, Jujur dan Bukan Diriku, manakalao Kasihnya Laila was interesting in terms of stage colour,
Aku harapkan Ebi dapat top three, which nampaknya takde masaalah. Tapi sadly aku tak nampak dia sebagai juara. Who knows though kan?
Milik Siapakah Gadis Ini (Sudirman) 
Bailamos (Enrique Iglesias)
Al Jannah (Mawi) 
Kasihnya Laila (Jinbara)  
Layu Sebelum Berkembang (Broery Marantika) 
Jujur (Radja)
Berdendang Dalam Tangisan (Jamal Abdillah)
Kisah Kau Dan Aku (Alleycats) 
Bukan Diriku (Samsons)  

Candy
Aku kesian ngan Candy sebab ramai judge dia based on personality dan rupa dia. Memang handicap bagik aku dia nih. Kalao dia nih perempuan Melayu dari Semenanjung, ramai senang agik terima dia.
Walaoapapon orang cakap, she is he best vocals in the Akademi, TECHNICALLY. Consistency dia ngan her strong performances each week, da membuktikan versatility dia, and I think she'll definitely survive in the industry.
Deserving of top three, tapi entah la kan kalao pengundi SMS berdasarkan kesian kerana faktor lain ker tak (sepert contoh : anak yatim, sakit atau botak)
In terms of quality though, memang dia head to head with Mila, with advantage sikit je dari segi consistency.
Ka-ching (Shania Twain)
Semua Jadi Satu (3 Diva)
Terlalu Istimewa (Adibah Noor)
Setia Ku Korbankan (Fauziah Latiff) 
Berdua Lebih Baik (Acha Septriasa)
Gadis Dan Bunga (Rahimah Rahim) 
Tari Silat Melayu (Aishah)
Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps (Doris Day)  
Cahaya Cinta (Siti Nurhaliza)  

Mila
Dia ni aku mixed emotions sangat. Kalao ikutkan Diarrhea, kegedikan dia tahap geli. Dan pada mulanya, tu je cara dapat menilai dia sebab performance first two weeks memang nan ado. Memang sesuai pon dia penah terima rating pam jamban.
Start dari lagu Melukut Tepi Gantang however, da mula nampak potential dia sebagai antara pencabar utama yang layan menyandang kejuaraan.Her best performance for me in Benci Tapi Rindu was an indicator Mia ni memang ada harapan besar untuk mengharumkan nama Akademi Fantasia seperti mana Bob dan Farhan berjaya dari segi kredibiliti. Kelebihan Mila ada that she can balance that with the appeal of popularity as well.
My favourite for juara selain Candy, and definitely deserving of a win.
Bersamamu (Siti Sarah)
Gotta Tell You (Samantha Mumba)
Melukut Di Tepi Gantang
Benci Tapi Rindu (Diana Nasution)
Puncak Kasih (Ziana Zain)
Drama (Nikki, Ning & Yanie)
Dondang Dendang (Noraniza Idris)
Aku Takkan Bersuara (Nike Ardilla)  
Pudar (Rossa)

Heliza
This is one person yang aku memang confused. The first two weeks aku memang rooting for her because dia lah antara the two or three yang start off strong.
Masaalahnya, by the third concert, she started sliding, and apa pon potential da ada, dikaburkan masaalah identiti vokal dia selain kedegilan dia nak buat seperti diajar.
Tapi dari konsert kelapan bila dia berjaya ngan lagu Kesal, memang there was no doubt that Heliza memang layak ler nak masuk final.
Tak sekonsisten Mila dan Candy, but impressive nonetheless and loaded with potential. Would love to see her fight with Ebi for the third and fourth placing.
Aku tau ramai tak suka dia sebab kisahnya dia ni fake, but for me, fake dia pon, aku tak persoalkan personaliti dia kerana dia tak harap simpati dari orang.
It's a reality TV show. Bukan ke penah ada orang yang penah menjuarai pertandingan nih ngan berlakon gak (yang dia ni miskin, blur dan tak penah merasa tuh ni...sedangkan...)
Talent yang leh survive kalao dia tak keras pala.
Kau Pergi Jua (Adam Ahmad) 
Aku Bukan Untukmu (Rossa) 
Melodi Ahlan (Waheeda) 
Torn (Natalie Imbruglia) 
Diam Diam Jatuh Cinta (Ramlah Ram) 
Nafas Cahaya (Misha Omar) 
Rindu Merindu ( Fauziah Idris)
Kesal (Ella)  
Ya Atau Tidak (Erra Fazira)  

Aswad
Ni memang kes buang masa. Dari start, aku memang forecast yang ramai ramai ada dalam top 5 ni as my personal favourites. Cuma Aswad je menyebabkan my guesses ni tersasar sikit, sebab aku budget Shawal akan masuk sekali empat orang lagi.
Yerlah...selepas episod Mas dalam musim kedua, tak sangka aku lak akan ada kes undi simpati lagik.
Apapon, tuk aku dia memang tak layak be in the final, so dalam top five, aku memang harapkan dia finish last. Apapon, kalao dia jadik juara, alkisahnya Akademi Fantasia akan menjadi lawak terbesar industri hiburan.
Penyanyi rock kapak yang gagal menjadi artis sebab album tak laku, masuk reality TV nak try jual sora yang ala kadar, rupa yang nan ado. Sakit selalu,terpaksa di pasang extension rambut, dan mendapat undian hanya setelah Astro highlight dia anak yatim pada umur 27 tahun nih. Oh...promo pon dari awal sebut berulang lali bab tuh kan... Aswad...seorang anak yatim....
Perlu ke?
It's undeniable yang he's not as horrible as some others, but in terms of potential, dia memang takde masa depan dalam industri ni selain nyanyi kat Pesta Pulau Pinang. So why bother?
Konon pelbagai persamaan ngan Mawi.. but for me, bagai nak compare langit dan bumi dan dia memang tak layak nak disebut in the same breath as Mawi sekalipun.
Dan selama ini tak penah ada yang ngadu sakit ke kejang ke kejung ke yang tak membuat persembahan. Kira dia ni sebelom final pon leh ngaku da dapat title, RAJA SIMPATI.

(Tak membut persembahan tapi di minggu pertama tapi tak di singkir)

Nak Kahwin Tapi Duit Tak Ada (Sweet September)

Hijau Bumi Tuhan (XPDC)
Hakikat Sebuah Cinta (Iklim)
60s TV (OAG)
Yang Sedang Sedang Saja (Iwan)
Penyu Menangis (Sudirman)
Korban Cinta (Aris Ariwatan)
Mungkin Langitmu Lebih Biru (Mawi) (tidak membuat persembahan berkumpulan ataupun keluar usaha lagu lagu tugasan bonus)

Berdasarkan rating rating lepas, ni graf persembahan mereka for me, Candy dan Mila, serta Ebi pun kelihatan jauh mengatasi yang lain dari segi prestasi. Hellza nampak sangat jurang perbezaan, tapi sebab dia drop kat tengah mungkin dia ada harapan lagi sebab mungkin itu petanda she is improving.
As for Aswad... he's just wasting everyone's time and money.

So apapon pepandai ler undi dari skang, sebab dari kedudukan carta AFUNDi skang (kalao tol la ada sumber yang war warkan, juara memang juara tak perlu kang), much needs to be done.
Ok ler...malas merapu lagik. kang naik blood pressure aku jer. Anyway, on that note, thank you to everyone for your kind wishes...dan memang aku akan cuba take care of my health. Your concern semua touches me...apapon selagi aku mampu, carutan wajib diteruskan (keji kan?) Am seeing a caridolgist soon for further check up...tapi rilek le. Everything ok kot...
Dan pada meka yang tanyakan pasal date aku pasal cita yang lepas tuh a fw entries ago, honestly, we haven't gone out for it. In fact, aku keberatan nak call dia again. Entahlah...not the right time kot, or maybe it was just infatuation yang tak patut aku follow aku. Takper ler. Slow slow ler...masa pon banyak lagik kan...
Hah...esok kalao sempat layan lagu baru, aku try ulas ok. Apapon, nombor AFUNDI semua kat bawah, cepat! Apa tunggu tunggu? Nak Aswad jadi juara???!!!
Tau -pun takut... so cepat AFUNDI!!!

Ok. This is the real story behind my 'disappearance' semalam. So sorry tak sempat layan any calls, or reply any messages.
I had breathing complications, and for a moment there, I thought I was gone.So very the drama kan?
Sebenarnya, I was on the way to an assignment semalam. Nak ke press conference IKON. Tapi dalam perjalanan, dah nak sampai pun, tetiba, tengah driving nih, found it hard to breathe.
Tarik punya tarik nafas, cam orang lari marathon pon, nothing went in, sampai tercungap cam goldfish kot.It's not as bad as it sounds, and yet it's not a good feeling. Kind of like post sex choking minus the orgasm.
Mula mula biasa lah kan...tak risau sangat. Sebab penah semput camni. But tuh lack of stamina and all ler, tak penah camni dalam rested and inactive condition... so got kind of freaked out. Ngan rasa jantung degap degup beating kuat sampai cam nak break through my chest, turned the car around back to Bangsar tuk ke klinik kat opis.
Masih semput masa sampai.
Masuk je, doktor tanya seribu satu soalan, tercungap nak jawab. Nope...no dizziness, takde batuk. No chest pain, but dull pressure adalah. Specifically, I'm having problems breathing blah blah blah.
Took my first ever ECG where they lube you up and stick these little sucker thingies on you, clamp your hands and feet and hook everything up to a machine which generates this printout indicating something or other. Kinda of kinky actually. Almost very the bondage gituh!
Masa nak wat tuh, kenalah cabut segala besi kat muka, that took some five minutes da. Keji...nurse tuh kata kena, aku wat ler. But apparently it's not necessary. Ni mesti kes nak dera aku saja jer kan!!! Konon mesin tuh pakai some electric charges and all so kena...
So was done in less than 15. Doctor mai cakap, my readings are abnormal. Or more accurately, she said my breathing pattern was showing signs of abnormality. Keji....terasa cam sme freak bila camtuh, and not like a medical condition.
So they wrote me up a letter which had to be passed to my HR department, as well as one for the cardiolgist kat Pantai Medical Centre, citing the need for medical attention...and this was the freakish part...IMMEDIATELY.
Kata doktor, sebab there was definitely a need to run more tests on me (lab rat sangat), sebab condition aku ni could be potentially serious. Dia kata kena check skang gak sebab takut apa apa jadik and it's too late. Siot je...I think I had a minor heart attack when she said that! Kalao condition aku takde per per, terus ada sebab statement dia.
So quietly took the letter, lambai and walked away quickly from ramai ramai manusia around the office which seemed to want to engage me in conversation when I most didn't feel like it, and popped straight to HR.
The screwed part? Sampai je, tengok tengok, surat untuk HR dah tercicir. KEJI! Had only the one for the cardiologist with my ECG readings. Stupid...stupid...stupid! So kena turun balik five floors to the clinic to get another copy. Seb baik nurse sana semua bebaik dan efficient.
Went back up, start semput balik dah. The actual process of nak seek medical attention, yang apparently will kill me.
And if that doesn't do it, then my HR department will.
Sampai kat counter (they feel a need for that, takleh walk in jumpa meka skang - kind of like a government department, with the same level of efficiency), takde yang nak layan. Empat lima orang dok at the desks turned and looked at me. So I asked for assistance. Meka leh tanya nak apa. Aku pun jawab, need letter ler for Pantai. Takde sorang pon jawab.
Dahler aku semput, takkan aku nak jerit my problem bagik satu opis dengar kan. Mustered enough strength dan said loudly, kalao yerpun, boleh tak sesapa mai counter so aku takyah naikkan sora?
Baru kelam kabut. Bitchiness works sometimes.
Tetiba baru ada yang layan.Two of them jumped up actually, and kakak sorang tuh took my case ler. Yang aku sakit ati tuh, tengah semput, nak sangat letter tuk referral ke Pantai, sorang abang tuh leh borak, "So amacam bro? Sapa menang AF tahun ni ah?"
"Tak kisah lah..." *dengan nada semput dan sparuh mati*
"Aku rasa Mila patut menang la kan..."
"Boleh je..."
"Yang laki takyah la kali ni..."
"...mmm..."
"Tapi kan..."
ARGHHHH!!!!!!!!
"Camni la...aku tak kisah sapa memang ke kalah ke apa...da sparuh mati nih! Kalao sapa pon menang aku tak kisah...janji bukan Aswad..tuh jer."
Ok...lost my cool there.
Senyap seketika.
Silence held for ten seconds like a badly written sitcom before... then came the punchline.
"So ko gi tak final tahun nih?"
ARGHHHH!!!!!
"Kalao aku tak mati ari ni tunggu surat nak jumpa specialist nih lah..."
The letter was ready in another 10 minutes.
"Ok nih, attached dia ada borang, jangan lupa, we need your diagnosis...blah blah blah."
Ok...
"Company akan tanggung up to this amount for consultation and treatment and kalao ko need to be warded. Tapi kalao exceed this amount we will deduct from your salary ek."
CHOIIII!!!!
Not the salary part la...but macam mintak je anything happen. Baik ko terus cakap company tak bayar tuk keranda or cremation. Aku ketuk kaunter, buang suwey.
"Tu kayu ke?"
"No. but your head is," aku nak kata...but kept my bitchiness inside. Camna lah stress level aku tak naik kena bebenda camni. Aduh.
Got the letter, rushed to Pantai. Remembered when I reached there aku tak makan seharian langsung. And my mom and dad had packed some food for me. *awwww* - cue sentimental music for that moving moment of realisation if this was a Hallmark movie. So sat in the car dan makan dulu. The last thing I want to do is not apprreciate rezeki tambah agik by something lovingly packed by my folks. Mana tau kalao apa jadik kan...
Once done, gi emergency department. Pandai gak dak HR tuh sebab dia point out specialist clinics kat dalam Pantai mesti da tutup (after that waiting period for the letter, you don't say?!!!), so dia kata baik ke Emergency Department and get immediate attention.
"Takut kalao tunggu lama lama, keadaan ko serious...risau gak," she said. Erm... why does the song Ironic by Alanis Morrissette suddenly come to mind.
Sampai sana, meka bak aku masuk. First thing done was the ECG thing again. Pas that was done, I had the hose stuck into me. Meka supposed nak wat blood test, but because risau condition aku serious, they stuck that thingie into me sebab kalao kalao nak admit, terus meka leh hook me up to those funny things you see in medical dramas (or when I first saw them all live when I had  to visit someone who likes to buat kejutan kena admitted).
Bloody hell! You'd think for someone yang da ada eight piercings all over my face and two tattooes, mesti tak takut jarum kan. I shivered at the sight of the needle. Felt like screaming like a girl. And it bloody hurt ok when they stuck that needle in my wrist. Sedar sedar, it was jutting out of my vein (which the nurse couldn't find at first) with a plastic nozzle thing ngan penyelaras sticking out of my lengan.
They ran about half a dozen tests or so, so I had to wait for the results. Dalam time tuh, aman gak, tidur for about two and a half hours uninterrupted. Ok...it's a damn emergency ward. As uninterrupted as it gets lah at least.
Bangun je, da orang nih da call kata dia akan on the way. Sekali perasan ada mesej dari orang nih lak kata dia on the way ngan si Mei Ling.
Pegi toilet nak cuci muka, sebab tengah blur, Lalu one of the beds, aiyo...comel....
Stop yourself...not the time. Headed back for my bed.
"Yes sayang....appendicitis. Ah ah...takpelah...nanti ko download la Heroes untuk aku. Kalao tak pun tell me how episode 23 goes ek."
Peeked in ada mamat katil sebelah aku tengah golek golek layan handphone. Ah! I am in good company. Heroes freak gak katanya.
Vern and Ted popped in 15 minutes later. Told them about my condition and how the doctor mintak jaga diet and stop smoking....and lessen my stress and so on. Ajak meka hisap rokok to tell them more about it.
As usual membebel ler jawabnya.
Lucky they called me in to give the test results. I don't have to be admitted. All my tests turned out fine, and I'm quite healthy katanya. Tapi dalam tuh, sempat kena laser ngan doktor sebab diet dan smoking (next time tamau aa simpan Marlboro kat lower pocket jeans aku yang multipurpose tuh. I suspect she saw the box poking out).
Anyhoo, I was referred two cardiologists to call and make an appointment for further check up tuk pastikan, sebab meka masih tak yakin pas my first ECG reading.
Had dinner with Vern, Ted, abang Bad and Shonny, then bumped into Juan later for supper.
Went home, and had another attack. This time sebab stress layan Heroes. Siot jer kali ni. Argh!!! How do you review it and not give anything away. So korang layan jer ler sendiri.
Keyword for this episode, which was as good as episode 19, the comeback episode, is BOOM!
Damn...esok update agik.

PS - Aren't these just the coolest???!!! Breastfeeding promo posters. Kelakar...

It's ok to suck up to the boss! Wish my boss was cuter than. Heh!!!


The original fast food katanya!

PS Part II - Yes, it's weird someone would blog about their emergency situations, tapi I would blog from the grave if I could. Heh... life's too short not to enjoy it and look at the funnier side of things, cause there's always one. Just when you choose to laugh je...

Kalao ikut posting ni memang title cam senseless, tapi tu ler tajuk yang highlight apa isi kandung of the entry this time around.
Sebelom apa apa, ni ada benda paling eksklusif yang tak dapat korang tengok kat blog orang lain (tatau ler kalao korang nak pun tengok ke tak kat blog lain) yang aku nak paparkan (matilah promosi album je kuat... kang hasil bagik korang lodah kat aku kahak kaler sebaldi pelangi kang).
Anyway, peminat Akademi Fantasia, mesti kenal dia. Nama dia ni memang vogue. Kalao bukan dari musim musim lepas, dari musim ni mesti asik dengar nama dia terucap.
Berkali kali lagik!!!
Nama dia Dollah Cantek. Korang jangan silap speku. Aku penah baca orang tanyakan sapa Dollah Cantek.
Dia keja Astro le.
Dia ler yang bertanggungjawab jaga on the floor, sapa yang penah pegi show live kat venue mesti penah saksikan Dollah Cantek in action. Aku tak pasti apa post dia kalao ikot exact designation, but the closest I can think of in terms of scope of his duties ialah ala ala floor manager.
I know him as part of the Akademi Fantasia production team, you all probably know him dari molot kak Ogy (kalao melalui TV) dan or penah nampak dia bertugas kat floor everytime ada Astro event.
Sorry ler Dollah...maapkan aku kerana tatau the exact designation ek. Heh!
So sebab musim ni dia star da (pengacara Glamer Gila katanya!)...bona fide agik ok... aku nak paparkan pic dia tuk dikongsikan. Tapi nak share pic dia ni, ada with a very special reason tau,
Hah...sebenarnya siang tadi terserempak ngan Dollah, dia passing weddding invitation dia. Yes you all (terasa ala bimbo sat wat pengumuman), Dollah Cantek is getting married.
So ni, for the first time pic dia yang terang benderang gituh kat sini.

Si Dollah ingatkan aku je merayu jangan carut pic dia. Aiyo! Dollah ko kena lama ngan aku takkan ko ingat aku nak carut ko! Merasalah terpaksa simpan niat terus... da janji takleh carut punya pasal.
Apapon, si Dollah ni getting married soon, tuh dia posing ngan kad jemputan sebelom handing ceremony to me. Kalao belek belek kad dia kan, leh perasan belah dalam font putih dan kicik, sebut nama dia tiba tiba beso dan kuning, DOLLAH CANTEK!
Aiyo!!! Amik ko! Nama glamour sampai tertera kat kad perkahwinan sendiri ok! Ko ada? Dollah, I wish you the best of luck in married life, semoga bahagia ke anak cucu, dan jangan ler antara meka masuk rancangan simpati kang tuk meraih simpati. Oops...salah carut lak...
Cepat...sapa dapat teka camna Dollah dapat nama manja yang sebegitu unik?!
Hah...tadik sebenarnya jumpa si Dollah pas settle press conference Shawal kat Astro pagi tadi. As usual lah, every week, tapi ni kira the last week lah camni. Pasni the annual ritual is over, at least for now.
Antara semua bebudak yang tersingkir, I think Shawal, selain Dekna yang paling natural make people feel comfortable with their presence. Si Shawal ni pandai join in conversation, walaopon kekadang ni dia tak tau head or tail of what we're saying.
Heh...tapi bukan menyibuk ok...tu da lain nak masuk menyampuk tetiba. He has a style of doing it (merasalah Fatin...ada style lah!!! - tagline yang begitu ewwwwww!!!)
Malas sebenarnya nak snappy any pics of him, tapi sebab ramai peminat dia pon masuk sini, plus dia pon pala gila sangat, here's a couple of shots of him in action.
Sebenarnya mamat ni tak suka tengok dia posing. Semua bebudak la aku rasa kalao posing mesti tetiba ala Ebi strike a pose gituh nak maintain macho.
Erm...walaopon tak kejung ke kejang ke...(kejilah!) lebih suka dia natural.
Tried to catch him in between pose (berangan nak ala America's Next Top Model ngan phone aku katanya...), and some pictures dia memang smart.
Korang layan je la pics dia. Ni buat semua yang rindu ago go dalam Akademi Fantasia.

   

Hah...ok tak? Tak cukup? Ni agik then just for you guys...

Hah....amacam? Ok ke?Pecah perut gak layan mamat ni, tapi tak pening. So I can safely say si Shawal ni tak plastik, and he's just totally fun and himself masa berdepan ngan kamera kat Akademi.
One more last pic... amacam, smart tak pose sakan nih? Hah...nak sangat pose for the camera, ni dia... leh wat album cover terus! Apapon pada peminat Shawal, all I have to say is aku yakin kalao mamat ni keja keras, masa depan dia cerah. And it's not just about looks and the right attitude, but also because he's got one of the most beautiful male vocal tone in the history of the competition. And that's something acknowledged by a lot of people in the industry.

After da abih lepak semua, dan keja pon da settle, hung out a little with Jolyn, joined by Kudsia and gang yang biasa lah lunch kat area Jurassic Park (taman kat Astro bagik meka yang tatau ek) tuk borak borak, ala ala nostalgia pasal cara memasing ketika skolah (have no idea camna kita masuk topik skolah lak), and an hour later baru sempat gerak.
Aku ngantuk sebenarnya, sebab malam sebelom tak cukup tidur (selalu tau), but kena gegas ke Wangsa Maju lak tuk pelancaran album Mawi. Kelam kabut event tuh.
Malas carut, kesian lak dak botak. Biasalah, kalao da jadik duta orang, kena bayar banyak banyak, mesti orang dok perah punya kan?
Malas komen lebih, tapi saja nak share pic ni. Apapon, album 1 Dalam Seribu memang besh! I love the live string arrangements for quite a few of the songs, tapi favourite aku skang, Mungkin Langitmu Lebih Biru, Andan Dan Sedar as well as of course Hanya Untukmu. Tapi dalam siap keja tadik, ada satu agik lagu caught my attention... nanti aku tulis title dia... tak sempat check, dan tertinggal CD dalam locker masa balik tadik. But memang kali ni aku kata worthy buy gila album ni.
Saoa kata album botak tarak kualiti?
Malas cita panjang lebar pasal the event.Amik ko pic masa dia tengah perform. Bersemangat walaopon demam. Takde lak dia nak dok tepi tengok orang lain je perform.
Oops...I did it again.
Anyhoo, pada meka yang tanya apa decision aku antara ke final ataupon ke Sydney, hah...memang ke final tak pecah tradisi lima musim Akademi Fantasia kerana tak jadik ke Sydney. Takper....dapat carutan berterusan. Woit...botak!
Aku tunggu janji ko nak bak balik buah tangan dari sana ek!

Pas balik dari launch album Mawi, bergegas balik ke office nak finish up work sebab dah pon lewat. Start sikit je...pala da berat. Aduh.
Lack of sleep kicking in. Lelapkan mata kejap, sebab dalam keadaan ni memang otak jam. Two and a half hours later baru sedar. Shit!!!
Gila siot...but pastuh lajus je abih keja.
Jumpa orang yang da balik London tak bak buah tangan tuk supper dan sesi ngumpat (merasalah ada sesitemu peminat dia katanya....sabar ler nok...da nama pon star tiap minggu orang tengok ko kat TV), and of course missed Diarrhea. Tak kuasa... dapat laporan da pasal lagu tugasan individu yang diberikan. Nothing exciting.
I just wonder pasal rational pemilihan lagu yang sepatutnya power gila masuk time final ni, sebab da nak wat kat stadium, but somehow...everything just falls flat. The worst lagu tugasan si Mila. Ada ke dapat lagu Ezlynn???
Hello!!! Ezlynn? Mila???
Langit dan bumi...and it's not even a hit pon. Very the konsep filler.
Lagikpon meka lom dapat lagu baru meka (which must be the latest in sejarah show ni sebab biasa dapat Isnin after the last pre final concert).
Don't think too much of lagu lagu yang diberikan, so malas komen. Tak sesuai je aku rasa pilihan lagu tuk level of competition yang da sampai level final.
Lagu biasa biasa je...nothing outstanding.
Ni lagu tugasan meka.
Kita tengok Diarrhea besok lak tengok apa cita pasal lagu lagu baru meka ni.

Lagu tugasan individu bagi konsert final Akademi Fantasia
Ebi - Farhana (Jinbara)



Aswad - Mata Hati Jiwa (Awie)


Heliza - Boneka Cinta (D-Va) - takde video...apa da pilih lagu ni tetiba...hish!

Mila - Cinta Pura-Pura (Ezlynn) - takde video...lagu pon tak popular ma!!!

Candy - Dedebu Cinta (Misha Omar)