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Sorry ler guys kerana tak posting untuk beberapa hari ni. I've been really bogged down with work and various commitments. Lagikpun, aku lum kena bahang Akademi Fantasia, so cam tak semangat sebenarnya nak posting apa lelebih sangat pasal musim ni. Maybe after Konsert Prelude Ahad ni, I'll change my mind, but until then, I still think this is pretty much the least promising lot. Well...judging by what I see lah so far kan. So sebelum apa-apa, just a quick recap of my week. Last Friday, paper aku kembali di relaunch ngan new look. Yeah...we're back bigger than ever. Boo...it means back to the nose to the grindstone routine etc. Apapun, hope you guys checked out the new Malay Mail dah cause it is definitely more colourful. And for those yang kerap follow column aku (you know which one - kalau tatau takyah ler tanya ek), it's no longer on Monday, but on Thursday. Ni because kalau dulu Buzz, the entertainment pullout was daily, this time around it's only on Thursdays disebabkan they've introduced more lifestyle based pullouts daily. Tapi...watch from next week sebab nak bagi column tuh new look sikit...so tunggu!!! The relaunch itself was fun! We had it as the KL Convention Centre. Nak ucap tima kasih ler bebanyak kat Freddie Fernandez, keluarga Maestro sebab sudi tunaikan permintaan aku tuk keluarga Akademi Fantasia menghadirkan diri. Thanks ler so much to the ladies, Akma, Farah...as well as the gents in bro Zahid, Mawi, Sahri kerana sudi ler memeriahkan majlis. Yanie pun mai ngan auntie Stella, mak Ning. Nikki sibuk ngan album launch dia kat Sabah manakala si Ning tengah soundcheck lak tuk show malam tuh. Still terima kasih ler bebanyak semua yang hadir...kak Deja Moss and all. Apapun, untuk mereka yang masih menghargai bakat-bakat daripada Akademi Fantasia, and not just preoccupied with yang akan datang, ni some of the pics of them on last Friday tuh.
Wokei....this bit is cool! The best guests for the evening were of course, Joey G..and oh...JP too dari Channel [V] (Bid It! and Popparazzi). It was extra cool that they were there because they were the first edition punya cover story for our entertainment section. So kalao ada yang minat Joey...and ehm...JP, here are some pics of them, promoting themselves and of course, The Malay Mail. (Think Joey looks cute like Shane from Westlife - and nuts to whoever likes them cause both pun married da!)
So after the event, pegi lepak KLCC with Halim, Sangheetha and partner as well as Dawn nak tengok wayang. Lepak abih pekena kopi sat, then went to watch Over The Hedge. It was absolutely hilarious! As animated movies go, this one had everything too. Definitely a must watch in my books! Now let's see. The weekend wasn't that eventful, but quite restful. Which I think I'm definitely going to need because suddenly, in the rush to prove something (though I haven't quite figured out what) before my birthday where I won't be celebrating turning the big 3-0...I seem to have a lot of stuff lined up. This week itself memang taken up gila babas....and aku sampai takde masa nak ikut Nota Prelude. Even Tirai Akademi Fantasia pun aku tak sempat menonton, but then again, usually, I don't think I'd miss much because the programmes are usually more the direction of what programming wants us to believe about the kids. So, when I watch Konsert Prelude ahad ni, I will definitely be watching in totally free of bias. Erm...tau ler sudah ada cheerleaders untuk Didi in head cheerleader, choreographer cheerleader and pom pom specialist (merasalah DAZZLING katanya...), but I don't really fancy him, unless something changes my mind later. At the moment, kalau dulu I supported the M&M movement (Mawi dan Marsha ler) I think this year, I'm going for the F&F!!! Faizal and Farhan! But apapun, semua akan terbukti dalam Konsert Prelude. On Tuesday, aku singgah ke Akademi di lokasi konon rahsia untuk membuat laporan tuk paper. Sesiapa yang baca The Malay Mail, you would have seen the story on mananya lokasi Akademi kali ini di Shah Alam, iaitu dengan menggunakan gudang yang lama dah dikosongkan. Ni beberapa gambar yang ada dikeluarkan dalam The Malay Mail. By the way, masa aku lalu awal pagi, signboard besau Akademi Fantasia da naik. Tapi petang tengok meka cover lak dah. So dalam gambar tak nampak signboard ler...tapi at least sah tau tempat dah. Merasalah...kalau nak info paling upated dan review yang pedas....apa agik...pick up ler The Malay Mail (promo...jangan tak promo!)
There are a lot of things I've been hearing ler about bebudak baru nih, so a simple glance through would be easier ler kan.
*Yang berpunya sudah termasuk Didi, Leez, Amirul (sendiri ngaku masa jumpa), Jeff (carik ler online...ada info), Tasha (sapa tatau dia kan awek Aqasha...carik ler bukti sendiri online). Yang lelain tarak info kukuh so no comment. *Dengar khabar si Salima ni tak bertudung sebelum Akademi Fantasia. Entahler bila dia kenakan tudung...so no komen kecuali ada info kukuh. *Haider ni...erm...korek ler info pasal tahun lepas. Banyak gak story... *Shaz adik-adik...pepaham ler sendiri
Banyak lagik sebenarnya...but who knows where the truth lies. Jangan nanti esok star baru melenting kena korek abih private. Dah tau awal-awal itu syarat nak glamer...tak suka baik quit skang. No one forced you into picking up the phone...or going for the auditions (pinjam P. Diddy punya line dari Making The Band 3)...so tima ajalah ek kang... By the way...I hate all this sentiments thing going into the choice of candidates. Memang ler duit korang...tapi pepandai ler sikit memilih. Contoh, Salima...ramai suka hanya sebab imej...adus...ni bukan competition cam Pengaca Jemputan Nona laa...korang ni. Ni Akademi Fantasia.... Ada ler someone ni (malas sebut nama) yang sebut-sebutkan pasal Zila ni dari Felda. Bukan tak berhati perut dia datang dari keluarga susah...tapi untuk aku semua itu tak patut diamik kira. Judge them by their talent. Kalau tadi aku kata ini bukan Pengacara Jemputan Nona...pada masa yang sama, Akademi Fantasia juga bukan program Bersamamu! Tak paham-paham konsep ke??? Aiyo...seriously...bab aku sokong? Erm...selain F&F aku da pun nyatakan sokongan aku untuk sapa berdasarkan kritiria vocal, personality and commercial package (in that order). Apapun, let's hope the worthy ones get in. Miracles do happen and the good do get through. Cam tengok American Idol semalam.Puas ati Taylor Hicks menang. Go soul patrol! Kowser Katherina McFarter...McPheever konon...ptoiii (lodah sikit). The same ones yang sibuk pasal charity in talent competitions ni ler yang sibuk sokong dia...seriously... Again Mandeesa, Paris and Chris...McPhee tuh bosan nak mampos. Nyanyi sumbang mahram. Thank God Taylor won. By the way...last bit of addition to this entry. Look out for the Caramu music video soon. Meletop! It's a dance video so memang tight and punchy gila. So keep voting for the song on all radio stations ek. ERA dah naik lagu tu ke No. 3 setelah sembilan minggu dalam carta!!! Si Nikki shooting tuk video tu on Wednesday. Si Zahid ada sekali. Adoi...kesian Zahid ilang wallet dari malam sebelum tuh kat event Karyawan kat Dewan Felda. And just found out mama dan papa dia dah pindah balik ke Teluk intan lor....mama....papa...tak bagitau kita pun...sedih....uwarghhh!!! Erm...esoknya, shooting untuk single seterusnya pun dijalankan, iaitu untuk music video Imaginasi. Keep an eye out for the video ler... Ok ler...nak ciao. Ada keja lagik nak abihkan...sebelum the weekend. Tuh pun dapat relax only on Saturday. Sunday dah Prelude...ok...be posting soon. By the way, on Sunday night (or early Monday morning) look out for my review and comments on Konsert Prelude. Ada apa-apa yang hangat aku postkan on the spot lak ek....so keep checking for updates...
klubbkidd May 27, 2006 05:09 AM PDT rich? i dunno...banyak lagik he has to prove to me...
Whitney no 1 May 26, 2006 09:47 PM PDT Joe... same taste with me, aku pun sokong Faizal dan Farhan (F&F)!! Apapun harap mereka dapat buat yang terbaik nanti.
Ada orang kata, si RICH lebih berpotensi kali ini utk muncul juara....maklumlah orang dah ada album sendiri.
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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Apapun, hope you guys checked out the new 
So after the event, pegi lepak KLCC with Halim, Sangheetha and partner as well as Dawn nak tengok wayang. Lepak abih pekena kopi sat, then went to watch Over The Hedge. It was absolutely hilarious! As animated movies go, this one had everything too. Definitely a must watch in my books!
Miracles do happen and the good do get through. Cam tengok American Idol semalam.Puas ati Taylor Hicks menang. Go soul patrol! Kowser Katherina McFarter...McPheever konon...ptoiii (lodah sikit). The same ones yang sibuk pasal charity in talent competitions ni ler yang sibuk sokong dia...seriously...
