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Mulai hari ini, aku nak buat ala CSI sikit (nak curi kata-kata seseorang kawan tu). Kalau biasa kami disajikan 'kejutan' (yang jarang terkejut sejak musim ketiga), rasanya orang ramai pun mampu membuat kejutan yang sama. I mean there's so many of us, we can probably come up with something that even Astro's researchers can't put together right? So anyway, inspired by a tip-off seseorang chatter kat msjbox aku, kita nak start siri baru kat blog aku nih to look into just how much reality we can take. Dalam erti kata lain, aku mengharapkan korang semua yang membaca, untuk tip off aku pasal apa pun info, baik atau buruk, mengenai mereka yang kini bergelar calon-calon Akademi Fantasia 4. Bukan je demi tujuan murni tuk mengumpat (gelak...gelak) tapi tuk kongsi ler lebih info mengenai budak-budak ni (yerlah tuh!) Sekaligus, at least kita dapat pastikan, Astro kena kerja lebih keras tuk nak mengejutkan kita (kita kejutkan diri sendiri pun ok apa...) So anyway, to kickstart the series, ni pasal Rich, mamat rock yang berasal dari negeri dibawah bayu. Yang kelakarnya, sama cam kes Reza tahun lepas, mamat ni da lama based kat sini, so again, misleading ler nak bagitau dia ni asal dan dilahirkan (cuba cakap tepat sikit by where they are now) seolah nak mancing undi ikut negeri (kan?) Still...here's the info on Rich that you probably didn't know. For most from the underground, you would be already screaming "sellout!" for yes, Rich is a member of the band Estranged. In fact Rich ler vocalist of the indie band. Estranged was formed in the year 2001. From the biography of the band, Estranged ditubuhkan Rich and another member yang masa tuh bersama menuntut kat International College of Music (ICOM) The band ada ler main gigs sana sini, with their first listed at TwelveSI. Meka juga particicipated in the Asian Beat Competition for year 2001 and finished as second runners-up for the competition which was organized by Yamaha. Kemunculan meka yang paling banyak exposure sekali, ialah masa meka bersama menjayakan banyak lagik band lain dalam acara Rock the World 4 (siri ke empat...Rich nak masuk Akademi pun siri keempat...lucky number kot) Selain tuh, meka ada amik bahagian dalam high profile shows such as the Asian X-Games (2004), selain beberapa acara AXN (dalam tahun 2003 dan 2005), selain gigs bersama musiccanteen.com. Rich sekali ngan bebudak Estranged pernah juga muncul dalam talk show Lo (yang juga pengelola and penganjur for Rock The World), iaitu Latte@8. Meka menjadi guest band untuk pertandingan Linkin Park dianjurkan MTV dan setelah memacam lagik pengalaman, the band finally keluarkan its album yang mengandungi 11 lagu yang mengambil empat bulan untuk dirakam (siap pada bulan Disember 2004). Tajuknya - In Hating Memory. Album tuh terdiri dari 10 lagu omputeh and one song in Malay. Single pertama Velocity keudara June 2005 setelah diputarkan Burn and Rizal Xfresh FM dan Jakeman hitz FM. Pepandai ler carik, both the band and Rich ada myspace, but I won't reveal here for reasons of privacy kan...tapi kalao korang rajin, carik mesti jumpa... Ini beberapa gambar kumpulan Estranged (ketika ler sebelum Rich pepandai rancang nak masuk Akademi Fantasia). Apa ler rasanya masa depan band ni kalao dia dapat?
So setakat tuh info dan pics yang leh kami kongsi. Kalau korang ada info atau gambar-gambar, tak kisahlah ler ko sedara ke...kawan ke...bekas madu ke...cita ler sikit pasai buda-budak ni. Apa-apa, email aku kat auzin@hotmail.com segala info atau pics korang ada and I'll credit you as well. Kita tunggu apa maklumat seterusnya we can get on these kids... Keep it coming ek!
klubbkidd May 28, 2006 02:39 PM PDT well if he deals with it pun he has to deal with the stigma of being a sell out...
luvsushi May 24, 2006 05:51 PM PDT well....i wonder....
how does he gonna deal with the dancing, acting class and stuff....i mean, look at him....he has a rock band and now he has to dance and rhymes to 'menuju puncak'....hehehe.....what does he think of that? mmmm....it's kinda cute tho!
anyways, i wish him all the best. looking forward to watch him perform soon.
rich...chris...rich...chris...
chris daughtry...aaawww....still can't get enuff of him...
luvsushi
Pier May 24, 2006 02:11 PM PDT Doesn't he already have an album and isn't he a recording artiste? If so, then he should be disqualified... this is not One In A Million where artiste also can compete.
klubbkidd May 21, 2006 07:51 PM PDT bagus ler budak tuh...kalau tul...jangan sell out dah beb
Name May 20, 2006 11:20 PM PDT band ni mmg besh berdasarkan bberapa gigs yg aku gie..&& mnurut ahli group dierang...dierang x kisah kalo dia nk masuk AF psl bg mereka...dia deserve dpt apa yg terbaik bg dia...so dr situ kita leh nampak betapa bagusnyer fship band ni
saxana^^ May 20, 2006 02:36 PM PDT yo..tak boleh tidak kita mesti lah merealitikan diri kita gak ek..erm dan blog kita.Ok Gak tu..idea yg comey...nanti ada info wa colling2 k.err..msgbox u..
klubbkidd May 20, 2006 01:20 AM PDT wragge&co : thanks for the comments. agreed!
Name : silap typo...ihik!
M : tak perasan.
hip_tronic : thanks to you lor...ihik!
joejoe : my mistake in typo lor...
cuqiszq : boss hitz.tv pun da promo kat msjbox aku kata hitz slalu main video dia...
NoName : aku rasa soal ketulenan tuh subjective lor...
NoName May 19, 2006 07:03 PM PDT Rich mmg org Sabah tulin tapi Reza pula org semenanjung tulin cuma lahir kat Sibu, Sarawak
cuqiszq May 19, 2006 05:09 PM PDT ha'ah ler joe..
patut laa aku rasa mcm penah nampak mamat nih. slalu kuar vc band dia dlm hitz.tv kan..?
lorr aku ingat dia dlm prana.. hihik!
nway, all da best to rich!
joejoe May 19, 2006 01:21 PM PDT 10 omputeh 1 english....errr I guess is 10 omputeh 1 melayu...The malay song if I'm not mistaken is "KEMBALI"...
hip_tronic May 19, 2006 12:00 PM PDT Bravo joe... Maner dpt info tuh? Wakaka... Bikin panas jea...
M May 19, 2006 06:13 AM PDT kalau tak silap aku masa trek selebriti ujibakat dulu pun RICH ngaku kat jimmy yang dia ada band sendiri.
Name May 19, 2006 06:00 AM PDT apesal u tulis "ade 10 lagu omputeh and 1 lagu english?" omputeh ngan english tak samekah? konpius2
wragge&co May 18, 2006 10:57 PM PDT hello joe,
was shocked to find out that rich is one of the contestants vying for a plc in this season's af4. anyway, just wanted to let u know that i knoe rich,albeit not personally.i've seen him singing before, mostly during Bakat Interact back in the day.i'm not sure if i agree that he falls within the same category as reza coz rich still goes back to kk most of the time since it's his hometown afterall.and i believe his family still lives there.
anyway, i do agree about the future of his band if he's really selected.i mean af4 is kinda different from what he has now, if u know what i mean. anyhoo, it'll be interesting to see how everything goes for him.
Music is beautiful, no matter what language it is in. It transcends the boundaries of race, religion, and even that of a geographical nature. Here's my list of songs from Indonesian pop and rock acts that are on my playlist, some of which are my all time favorites. Some old, some new and some just bloody timeless. Enjoy the sounds and listen beyond the music and the words - and instead tune into the emotions of each tune. No matter what genre they may be.
Say NO! to the hateful and malicious nature of some who choose to close our local music market for fear of competition simply because they are unable to compete, and unwilling to even try.
Support Malaysian music. Don't kill it by being ignorant. Music is ever evolving, and our local sound is slowing being rendered irrelevant. This is my protest against those who choose to be anti-Indonesian music, simply because SOME of our local talents and recording outfits are too lazy to innovate and create. This is the sound of Indonesia today. Are we up for the challenge to evolve and produce better music in healthy competition?
WHAT I'M ON
KLUBBKIDD
So...just what do you want to know about me?
I'm simple, and yet complicated.
It's as simple as that...but then again, perhaps not.
My life is kinda like my job, an oxymoron. Try this one out for size...'ethical journalist'. See, told you so.
Anyway, here's a brief (yeah right!) intro to my life.
I'm a proud Malaysian (and I mean literally!), of Chinese descent. I'm Christian (Roman Catholic!).
I'm kinda whacked. I believe in piercings, dyed hair, black nails, silver studs. leather and spiked accessories and oh... tattoos...body art is just that...art. Apart from anything else that will make me worth staring at.
Right now, I have a total of seven piercings (three on lobes - two left one right, left ear cartilage, nose, lower lip and tongue) with three taken out on brow (one ripped) as well as three tattoos with more to come.
Forget the tough exterior, cause I believe in hugging my parents, crying when I feel like it, require tender moments with my significant other, and I appreciate my friends. As Kim from America's Next Top Model said it best. "What's my secret? I may look tough on the outside, but really, I scream like a girl!"
Fictional?
I 32 as of last July 17, and it's past the mid life crisis come early for me as I struggled to deal with the coming of age thing. I am working as a freelance senior entertainment journalist, a job which I have been at ever since I decided to quit college, two subjects short of graduating. I was taking my Diploma In Sound and Audio Engineering. Until recently that is.
Now I do a lot of freelance overall talent consultancy which includes image and communication. I am also in the process of starting my own company klubbkidd Sdn Bhd, which is producing its first TV show from a format that I have created myself. The show will most likely be on air sometime end 2008.
I have donelive sound production for some concerts and shows and a little bit of studio work in hopes of becoming a sound engineer with what I've studies, when I turned back to my first love, writing.
Was doing general news, specialized awhile in politics, did a little features, crime, business and sports and dabbled in related journalism fields before finally settling into my current position, thankfully, entertainment, the perks of which is doing what I've always loved (writing and indulging in music) and also backstage passes to meet my favorite acts. It's eleven years now, and I'm still golding it there.
Looking back - whatever's gone on in my life - it's not too hard to be positive and look ahead, with more pleasant of the memories to make the journey a little easier.
And these very memories which I cherish so, are the reasons behind why I started blogging.
The friendships and variety of relationships I've been through, allow me to highlight the mistakes I've made and how not to repeat them, not to compromise my principles too much for love, and also a balance in sacrificing my ego, and how I must learn to be stronger in the face of adversity.
So I've never figured myself to be a real hoot.I pace on day by day, occasionally skipping, sometimes with just a little jaunty bounce. More often than not, I go smack! either on my rear end (which needs more meat) or flat on my face.Life treats me well, I suppose, so I shouldn't gripe. I am stll my own hero - that's positivity through self-affirmation for you.
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