Pening kalau KL hujan. Takyah nak banjir pun jalan tersekat sana sini. You really can't get around anywhere.
After I finished my event at Palace of the Golden Horses, aku took a detour ke my favourite place, izzi kat Bukit Bintang (sebab ada wifi percuma). It's a great cafe, with ambience, good food, and more importantly, free wifi and an air-conditioned damned smoking section - something missing in bloody restaurants and cafes nowadays.
Aku nak hantar dua news stories, so senang kalau takyah gerak balik office...after all it's bloody 7pm kat memana pun takleh gi. So baik dok sini, watch the world go past, as I puff on a ciggy, enjoy my garlicbread and tomato soup for starters as I finish my work, and of course, update my blog.
Event tadi seronok sebab walaupun ketandusan kehadiran A-list artistes, I got to catch up with many people I haven't met in a while.
My favourite nasyid group, Rabbani (yes...I love them ok...them and Nowseeheart - the best vocal group in Malaysia) were there, and I got to chat sikit ler. Rindu lama tak jumpa, so sempat ler sok sek sikit.
Then jumpa si Velvet yang lama ilang. I think the last I met her was at least three or four months ago.
But the first person I bumped into was Bob, yang rushing sebab dia nak ciao ke rehearsal Anugerah Juara Lagu. Mak aih!!!
Rambut very the wakil Sarawak, championing the hornbills of the state gituh. Bangga gila ler orang nih sebab ada identity kampung dia di tayang.
Kalau ikutkan orang nih lak...dia kata cam Lotter punya rambut lak. For me...keji la Bob wat rambut camtuh!!!
Tengah interview sana sini, nampak ler bebudak Lips. Hah...ada pun. Apa agik...feeling terjah ler si Oshin nak tanya tul ker dia yang kena terjah Melodi. Jawapannya...of course not ler.
By the way, Oshin yang belah kiri sekali in the pic kalau korang tak cam.
Tapi kalao nak story penuh, kena la beli The Malay Mail esok. Promo gitu....yerlah...tu carik makan ma...blog ni suka suka. Mana leh cita semua kan?
Tapi esok ada gak cita Azwan cabar Mawi. Nak tau...pepandai ler.
Anyway...sempat gak sembang ngan kak Shahila and kak Aina...veteran production tuk Akademi Fantasia. Tahun nih meka tak terlibat, so topik quite safe ler.
But thanks kak Aina for the info yang Mawi@Mauritius akan ditayang pada 5hb Februari.
So sesapa yang minat Mawi nak tengok the production helmed by kak Aina, or sesapa nak tengok aku shopping ngan Mawi (keji....promo diri sendiri lak), tune in and check it out.
Korang nak advanced punya viewing kena la usha back entry blog aku masa cita Mauritius ler.
But worth catching it...if not for Mawi, for the beautiful sights of Mauritius. Memang best gila. Aku nak tengok sebab nak layan nostalgia (gituh) teringat masa jalan jalan kat sana. Aduh...bila nak ke sana lagik.
Good news again today for the design team. Semalam dapat berita Wanie hopefully akan dapat Maya Karin, pending approval of designs, while Nizam punya meeting with abang Rosyam went well, and in fact, kejap agik nak jumpa Nizam sebab abang Rosyam ada offer something lagik.
Dapat ler contract harap-harapnya...if all goes well..nampaknyha company aku on track ler nih.
Ok ler...that's all for this entry. Esok posting baru...

ATTENTION!!!
By the way, you guys may already know of two bloggers being sued.
One I consider the coolest boss and mentor I ever had in Rocky (Rocky's Bru) and the other, an iconic blog that everyone knows in Jeff Ooi (Screenshots). The question is...where now lies the freedom of speech now?
...and why are we so good at setting the lousiest firsts.
Oh well... Malaysia boleh kan? We keep uttering that so many times...that it's actually starting to make sense even for me.
This is my actual plea to all bloggers top take note. A movement called Bloggers United has been started. The online support campaign tak mintak pun korang nak bagik duit ker haper.
All you need to do, is put up this on your blog.
Yes, it's that simple?
And why would you do that?
Well, it makes sense for every blogger in Malaysia, or Malaysian bloggers irregardless of wherever you guys are, to join in, and indirectly speak out against the possibility of blog censorship.
If this landmark event actually turns out negatively, what could happen is, all bloggers would then be open and subject to much harassment.
I think we all blog because we all somehow believe in freedom of expressing our thoughts... responsibly of course...
But now, with two major bloggers being sued, it's no laughing joke anymore. While people who choose to remain anonymous, get away with online murder, we, those of us who dare reveal ourselves and take responsiblity for our thoughts...our words, now may have to live in fear with every word we post.
This is a reality.
So do your part. This is not a pledge of support for anyone in particular. Do it for no one else but yourself if that helps to sway you into joining the movement.
To add this button to your page, just CLICK HERE to get your buttons.
If you missed the train and need to know what sparked all this off, head on over to these blogs, Rocky's Bru or Screenshots.
Since some companies block access to these blogs, or you may find these two too serious, head over to Amir's blog to find out what in Cheetara's spotted spandex is going on. He's a former colleague of mine, who proves that a mind is indeed a terrible thing to waste...er....anyway...bloggers unite!
Below is the joint statement of from Bloggers United.

Blogger United Condemn Action Against Rocky Bru & Jeff Ooi & Demand Level Playing Field in All Action Against Bloggers

This is the official statement of Bloggers United. This statement is jointly drafted by Susan Loone and Sheih of Kickdefella. All those who believe in justice and right to free speech, please sign on and put this up in your blogs. Spread it around; let it grow far and wide. The fight is on! See also kickdefella.

We are a group of Malaysian bloggers who believe in justice and right to  free speech. We, who endorse the Bloggers United movement , unanimously  condemn the action taken by media conglomerate NST against bloggers Rocky Bru and Jeff Ooi. The action by the newspaper against the duo is an action  against all bloggers who believe in their right to free speech, freedom of expression and justice.

The recent event may seem like a grave development in the path of bloggers,  but it can never and must never impede or stop us from defending our right  to speak, to express, to write and to tell the truth, to be the watchdog,  eyes and ears of the people, or simply to share our view, and give fair  comment on any subject which involves and affects us as humans, as rightful  citizens of this country.

The recent event may very well give the government owned media the opportunity to  dictate the so-called 'truth" but such actions only prove that bloggers must unite , continue to uphold the right to free speech and  freedom of expression, fight for justice, even if it is not our own, be more  alert, committed to the cause of free speech, relentless and persistence in  the face of such persecution like the one which had befallen on the two of us.What YOU do to any of US, is what YOU do to ALL.

As responsible bloggers, we demand and claim our space on the blogosphere  for free and fair comment, where important national issues and prominent  personalities are  discussed.

Although it may seem as if the NSTP defamation suits will have a chilling effect on freedom of bloggers, as litigation can be expensive and may jeorpadise a blogger's economic position, we will not be cowed or silenced by those who have no regard for free speech.

If you find our post offensive, you may refute us with correct facts and figures and fair comment, in the spirit of free speech.

The first two cases will have grave impact not only on the internet, but country as a whole as the country celebates VMY2007. The healthy, mature and democratic growth for free speech and expression in our midst is at stake. 

The reputation of the nation as it strives to promote our multimedia supercorridor and love for IT will be a national joke for all the world to feast on.

 We demand for a level playing field in all action meted out to bloggers and  in particular in the defamation proceedings particularly in terms of financial resources and capabilities, and secondly, that the legal rights of bloggers et al are properly protected in keeping with the imperatives of an information society and knowledge economy which Malaysia aspires to become.

Tujuan pegi nak interview Rosyam yang star of the movie, as well as at the same time, nak confirm kan time nak presentation design kerana Nizam wat baju dia tuk Anugerah Bintang Popular (tengok entry yang lepas). But once got there, decided to stay on since member Tayangan Unggul ajak lepak tuk tonton filem tuh. So decided to give it a go ler.
Lepak sekali ngan kengkawan media including Farihad (Berita Harian), Syazwan dan Marlia (Utusan), Min (Bacaria), JD (Mangga), Emma (Hai!) in one row. As you can see from this picture, sebelumnya bermula majlis pra tonton ni, ada bacaan doa, Lihat ler kengkawan berdoa meminta filem ini tidak keji dan mereka tidak terhasut nak mencarut lebih lebih (keji kan statement....)
Syaitan....
Mmmm...apa aku leh cakap pasal movie nih ek.
Well...it is quite intelligent. Kira ada standard gak ler filem nih sebab tak membodohkan penonton ngan storyline yang tak menyuap sebijik sebijik, cuma I think some parts of it kabur sangat, yang jenis malas pikir time masuk movie nih tidak akan tertarik ngan misteri nusantara ni (gituh...) akan turn off. Plot developmentnya startingnya attempts to come across as a horror flick, when it's actually a psycho thriller kinda flick.
First of all credits filem Syaitan.
Syaitan diterbitkan oleh Tayangan Unggul Sdn Bhd. It's directed by bade Hj Azmi and stars Rosyam Nor, Lis Dawati, Que Haidar, Zul Huzaimy, Lyana Jasmay, Kusyairy, Norkhiriah, Azri Iskandar dan juga Ellie Suriarti. Lain details korang nak tau ker....takyah la kan?
Sinopsis nya?
Cita ni pasai Muslim (Rosyam Nor) dan Dalila (Lis Dawati) yang baru berkahwin dan pindah ke apartment di mana mereka sajalah penghuni dalam kawasan baru ni. Citanya, Dalila ni telah dipaksa berkahwin ngan Muslim bila dilamar, atas paksaan keluarganya. Bermacam peristiwa pelik terjadi dalam apartment yang hanya diduduki mamat security, si Adam (Zul Huzaimy) dan juga anak nya yang down syndrome bernama Ana (Lyana Jasmay) yang disorokkan. Muslim mula syak pada Dalilah yang dirasanya mempunyai hubungan sulit ngan ex nya si Saad (Que Haidar), tapi dinafikan Dalila.
Lain jalan cerita korang kena tafsirkan sendiri dari babak babak seterusnya.
Oh by the way, filem ni akan mula ditayangkan pada 25 January 2007, iaitu hari Khamis, dalam seminggu dari ari ni.Simpang dekat RM1 sehari pun sempat agik tengok kat panggung. Tiada alasan tau nak terlepas!

What's good about Syaitan?
10 sebab kenapa anda HARUS tonton Syaitan.
*Cinematography, camera work dan lighting, bagus ler kalao ikutkan. Don't judge it by standard filem cam Gangster ke...Castello ker. Ni jauh lebih elok.

*Jalan cerita nya memang thinking movie ler. Takde ler semua disajikan. Kena pikir la gak. I like the kekusutan scene sikit sebab sebenarnya angle seolah dari pandangan Muslim...kusut dan mengelirukan...dapat ler mendalami perasaan Muslim kononnya.

*Lakonan mantap dari semua, especially Ellie dan juga Que Haidar yang meletop...(walaupun aku tak penah gemar hasil kerja Que sebelum ni)

*Set yang menarik dan lokasi yang simple but menjadi dalam menghidupkan cerita Syaitan nih.

*Konsep tak cluttered. Simple premise and storyline with layers untuk cantikkan storyline yang agak bagus.

*Tiada styling feeling drama swasta yang tidak perlu. Maksud nya takder ler cam terbitan telemovie yang gadis kampung tapi make-up empat ini, tampar jerebu, nak touch up balik melambung harga tepung. I noticed in most parts, make-up was good, as were the costuming. Takder ler over.

*Kesinambungan ada...walaupun the story is chopped up with scene mostly randomised (sapa minat konsep cita cam Saw familiar ler ngan konsep ni)

*Pas kuar panggung, tetap rasa nak berdebat pasal apa yang berlaku and what each scene meant, and you will have fun piecing the storyline together. Kira misteri ler nih nak solvekan.

*Kejutan memang menjadi...banyak part gak aku melompat..though not all I agreed as sesuai. Yang main thing, terkejut ler aku...sikit sikit.

*Aksi-aksi yang ngeri yang simple menjadi seperti free falling dalam scene mana Rosyam jatuh dari tingkat tujuh. Yang bab keta Muslim dirempuh lori pun not too bad too, tapi kalao ko jenis peminat Final Destination, ko menguap ler. Still it's quite good no matter what.

What's sucky about Syaitan?
10 sebab anda MUNGKIN akan rasa menyesal menonton Syaitan.
*Jalan cerita kekadang mengusutkan fikiran, and at times appears too pseudo intellectual, trying too hard at times nak mysterious, tapi tak jadi. Bagus orang berfikir, tapi kekadang menghampakan sebab dalam terlampau berfikir, you don't understand the story fast enough nak pick up jalan cita dan tak dapat hayati. It's also a little undecided whether it want's to be a supernatural horror or suspense thriller movie at the start.

*Abuse of (terlalu banyak penggunaan) elements and triggers of kejutan. Yerlah...cam sound effect tetiba, scene kelibat...benda atau orang lalu...too much. Terlalu cuba nak menakutkan. Once too often orang (bukan aku ek...ehem) kerana menjerit melatah terkejut for no reason pun), Not mention some of the devices used to create shock, a little too cliched for a horror movie.

*Lakonan Rosyan ok...walaupun dalam first 15 minutes geram tengok dia, ala ala Jalaludin Hassan lak gayanya nak feeling drama TV cara cakapnya. Tapi Lis Dawati nih memeningkan sebab almost throughout the whole movie dia cam tak betui je...ting tong. In fact, instead of making her the usual suspect, they could have cloaked it in more mystery bagik orang rasa simpati ngan dia sebab terpaksa kawen Rosyam. Ni aku kesian Rosyam lak sebab kawin betina tak betui cakap lak cam Fasha Sandha punya gaya. Cam mabuk je kalau ikutkan...

;*The movie jalan slow sangat! Developement lembab!!! Aku ada part sampai nak tertidur akibat jalan cita yang ada bahagian nya cam snail's pace.

*Stunts yang diwar-warkan Lis Dawati wat sendiri tak gempak pun! Dari permulaan cita aku usha je swimming pool, ingat dia akan wat aksi stunt dalam kolam renang lagik (aku carut kerana kena hasutan Syaitan..jangan salahkan aku). Instead, scene nak masuk end of the movie kena langgar keta je. Tension aku tengok...malah tergelak pun ada sebab nampak sangat keta tuh jalam slow nak mampos (walaupun slow motion), and the Lis Dawati lak nampak sangat bukan akibat kena langgar dia thrown up on the car, tapi seolah dia bergolek dari depan sampai belakang keta....keji tau!!! Teringat video clip Feminin yang Kini (konon camera pusing keliling tapi rupanya meka ngan keji 'manually' pusing ngan step) Dahler satu je scene..tapi cakap wat stunt sendiri beriya...

*Ada characters yang tuk aku tidak perlu. Cam Doktor Helmi lakonan Azri Iskandar. I don't see the need for his character langsung. While other characters are so underdeveloped.

*Casting ada yang tak kena. Zul Huzaimy sebagai Adam ok... tapi aku rasa lakonan dia underutilised. Si Kushairy as Mahmud bosan because he didn't bring anything to the character. Lis Dawati memang tak sesuai role dia as Dalila kecuali layak cantik je ler....Ellie dan Que punya watak as Fatimah dan Saad lak underdeveloped.

*Overdramatization of characters. Kira overacting tul some scenes. Bab yang sebelum Lis Dawati kena langgar tuh nak tunggu berejam looking at each other tuh kenapa....waste of time and film je.

*I'm still wondering camna Saad leh usha si Mahmud. What was he doing kat hospital ek ketika dia approach Mahmud nak kenai tuh? Takkan kebetulan sangat kot?

*Penggunaan elemen tidak kena. Dari poster aku ingat filem seram, sebab sampai font pun pakai ala Sanskrit. Apa kena mengena? Cam menipu lak padahal psycho thriller gituh.

Fakta menarik mengenai Syaitan
*Syaitan cost RM1.4 million. Majoriti pada bukan pada quantity of the stunts but the quality. I'm still impressed with the freefall scene. Scene keta remuk kena langgar lori...scene ketika Muslim diserang dalam rumah dan barang barang tajaan SSF di pecah kan...nampak ler real gak. Worth the money ler...daripada Puteri Gunung Ledang...tak berbaloi. Proven that good movies don't need to cost that much (and I don't care for the period piece costs more excuse)

*Scene dalam rumah tuh, semuanya set dalam studio ok...bukan kat apartment yang ditunjukkan. Shot dari luar semua lokasi, yang selebihnya dalam rumah semua adalah set yang dibina Kelas ka?

*Tiada lembaga bertudung merah dalam filem ni untuk memaparkan watak yang seram (gelak sorang) Ada Lis Dawati pakai telekung lah...

Berbaloi ke tengok Syaitan nih?
Yes. And it's a convincing yes.
Aku bagik tiga setengah bintang (tolak setengah bintang kerana Lis Dawati yang banyak mengundang kekejian dari aku)
Kecuali kalau ko tak suka berfikir ketika menonton wayang, sebab dia berunsur heavy drama gak dalam suspenseful nature nya.
But for RM10 nak tengok kat panggung, untung ler gak. And kira ni filem yang tak malu ler nak ngaku produk Malaysia walaupun ada sikit kelemahan sana sini sikit. Not too much hype, and yet exceeds expectations for Malaysian thriller movies. Sokong ler ngan tengok kat panggung dan jangan ler kayakan penjual VCD/DVD haram anda jer ek.
Pada mereka yang da tonton Syaitan dan nak jawapan pada beberapa perkara yang menjadi kekeliruan utama, dibawah aku ada list kan tafsiran beberapa confusing scenes. Pada meka yang nak nonton tapi tanak terasa bangang sebab tak paham, this is a good guide not to get lost in the thickness of the developement of the story.

POTENTIAL SPOILER WARNING!!!
JANGAN BACA DARI SINI SAMPAI TAHAP YANG DI NYATAKAN DENGAN BOLD DAN MERAH SECARA JELAS DI BAWAH UNTUK TIDAK MENGETAHUI JALAN CERITA FILEM INI YANG MUNGKIN MENGANGGU KESERONOKAN MENONTON ANDA.
Walaupun ni melibatkan key scenes and aid for you guys nak paham what goes on, ini juga adalah antara bakal spoiler.
So jangan baca daripada sini untuk elakkan pecah lobang...atau tau beforehand how the story will end.
Pas fikir berkali kali, ni yang aku dapat explain kan kat korang.
Of course, aku rasa daripada sekali, ni je aku mampu tangkap. Kang korang da tengok korang lak bagitau ler kalau I left anything out ek. Aku address issues yang aku rasa aku mula mula keliru jer...
Kalau ada apa apa yang keliru pasal jalan cerita, tanya ler kat sini gak dalam ruangan comments.
Kira bookmark ler posting ni sebagai reference kalao korang nak rujuk kembali setelah nonton kat panggung ataupun VCD haram (tak elok tau..)

a) Gambar passport si Muslim, watak Rosyam Nor - awal dalam Syaitan, ditunjukkan konon si Muslim nak bagik bini dia pi dia ler...konon lama da nikah and then bini takde lak simpan pic laki dia. This scene is a device actually, sebab antara babak terakhir menunjukkan si Muslim keluarkan pic tuh dan letak kat bedside table kat hospital, sambil lafaz cerai talak tiga kat Dalila. Kalau tak paham, dia sebenarnya nak penonton nyoal kot...ke mana ilang pic tuh, dan kenapa ilang, and camna si Muslim leh dapat balik (lihat b) untuk jawapan.

b) Apa dalam sampul yang diberi oleh Jamilah, si bini Mahmud yang cuba membunuh Muslim ketika dia pergi menerangkan keadaan pada si Muslim?Bagaiman Mahmud leh cari dia?
The only conclusion is, selepas Jamilah terangkan kat si Muslim yang Mahmud baik dan tak penah bunuh semut sekali pun (exagerration semata mata nak drama kan explaination aku), dan dia explain kat Muslim Mahmud sebenarnya diupah untuk membunuh Muslim, dia memberi kan bukti dalam sampul.
So apa dalam sampul tuh? My guess is passport picture si Muslim, yang di amik oleh Dalili awal-awal sebelum Muslim sedar untuk dipassingkan kat Saad. Saad lak in turn telah memberikan benda tuh kat Mahmud, sebagai cara nak kenalpasti rupa si Muslim. Spekulasi je ler.. but that is most logical if you ask me.

c) Kenapa si Dalila ni keja dia membancuh air je? Sikit sikit gedik-gedik, "Abang nak air?"..."Abang nak minum?",,,"Ala...saya belum sempat buat air untuk abang". So challenging for an actress of Lis Dawati's calibre...
Ceritanya yang si Saad dalam satu scene kan ada tunjuk yang dia mintak bubuh benda dalam minuman Muslim?
So konon nak tunjuk ler kekerapan kalau diingat balik episod episod dok sibuk nak bancuh air ler...as a result...tuh yang si Muslim nih kuat halusinasi konon ler.</P>

d) Siapa wanita ngan anak in the last scene yang jadik bini si Muslim bila dia tuh da dok ceraikan Dalila yang cantik tapi ala ala ting tong?
My guess, yang di iyakan oleh produksi...Fatimah dan anaknya Aman tulah bini pertama si Muslim. Spekulasi mula mula...tapi confirm da...so fact ler...is that si Dalila sebab sayang sangat family, walaupun bantah ketika di lamar oleh Muslim, dalam turut kata ayah dia (ada ditunjuk ketika flashback), memberontak because Muslim sudahpun berkahwin ngan ada anak.
In other words, memang even central character si Muslim ni takder ler baik sangat pun...gatal ngan pompuan cantik. Nak kawen terus. Tu yang meka pindah rumah baru tuh...
Untuk yakinkan anda, Saad dalam satu scene (yang aku tafsirkan sebagai imaginasi atau khalan Muslim, ada Saad sebut kat Muslim, "Siapa keluarga ko?" pastu ada menoleh kat Dalila sambil kata, "Dia milik aku" sebab al-kisahnya, memang Saad lover Dalila yang di celah bedah oleh si Muslim.

e) Apa scene yang tetiba semua go haywire, tetiba sampai Muslim jatuh bangunan and then accident lak...? Banyak kekeliruan timbul dari scene ni....but what I gather is, kalau korang perasan about that time, scene tuh, everything tiba tiba jadik kaler merah light light.
Spekulasi aku, accident pastuh kan dia masuk koma or something like that. Well, walaupun scenes not in order, actually si Muslim ni khayal ketika dalam koma.
Call it his guilty conscience illustrating the scenes. Kalau tak pun, akibat halusinasi campur perasaan bersalah dia naikkan such halucinations. Whatever it is...memang guilt dia hanuts him sebab pas dia jatuh dan mampos, dia nampak Fatimah dan anak dia (tapi pelik dalam mati mata terbeliak pun nampak ek)

These five key pertanyaan ler akan main kat pala korang ketika nonton Syaitan...ada beberapa scene timbulkan tanda tanya, tapi aku tak ingat sangat. And ada yang tak terjawab...seperti penting ke TV no signal pastuh esok lusa nya ada? Takkan mystery person tu nak watkan???
Let me watch it again...kena tengok balik kaji ler. Would I see it again? Maybe...for the sake of studying the key elements and devices yang actually quite pandai yang ditanam throughout the movie oleh Bade. Cuma sayang, these details tenggelam ngan over-dramatisation of the scenes yang aku rasa memurahkan movie nih.</P>

Why Syaitan?
Nama filem itu dipilih untuk menonjolkan unsur yang tak banyak diketengahkan. Menurut Bade, selalu orang wat filem hantu dan sebagainya...kira ada unsur unsur tahyul. Tapi his movie nih deals with a real issue, which is hasutan syaitan.
Katanya dalam Al-Quran takde pun sebut pasai hantu dan sebagainya, tapi ada reference pada syaitan....dan dia nak highlightkan how real that horror is. Itu sebab sampai watak Que Haidar, iaitu Saad yang berupa alim dan berkopiah pun leh teruji keimanannya.
Kira setiap orang terbuka pada hasutan syaitan. Senarainya seperti demikian (uwaa...siap list kan nih...)

Muslim : kena hasut nak tinggal kan bini pertama dan anaknya kerana gatal bijik sangat nak kawin ngan pompuan lebih muda dan cun melecun.
Dalila : Di hasut untuk mengikuti perancangan evil Saad tuh sebab hati memberontak nak sangat gatal bijik ngan Saad, tapi terpaksa kahwin ngan Muslim akibat ketaatannya pada kehendak keluarga.
Saad : Terhasut syaitan selepas kecewa nak gatai bijik ngan Dalila tapi dikebas Muslim.
Kushairy : Sebab sayangkan keluarga (dan sedap kot gatai bijik ngan bini) sanggup wat apa saja demi anak nya yang sakit jantung berlubang (yang terhasil akibat gatai bijik gak) dan perlukan rawatan mahal.
Adam : Security yang sanggup jaga anaknya sebab sayangkan walaupun susah terima kenyataan anaknya (hasil gatai bijik gak) insan intimewa. Terhasut untuk mendera anaknya...aku rasa akibat gersang dan gatai bijik kot. Sexual frustration is so underrated.
Jamilah : Bini Mahmud ni takde ler terhasut apa...tapi sanggup wat per saja kerana nak gatai bijik ngan laki nya. Yerlah...kalau masuk penjara akibat attempted murder nak gatai bijik ngan sapa??
Dr Helmi : Takde kena mengena...tapi aku rasa cam dia ni perlu gatal bijik kot. Anal retentive je dia...sexual frustration is so underrated!
Fatimah : Terlampau setia...tapi gatai bijik gak sebab sanggup terima kepulangan Muslim pada dirinya.
Ana : Lum lagik reti gatai bijik.
Wartawan-wartawan yang menonton : Tak dihasut tapi gatai bijik nak mencarut elemen elemen yang tidak memuaskan hati tul pasal movie nih. Keji kan??? Jangan...semua nih gurau semata-mata. Kira ala halusinasi Muslim je. (lawak keji!!!!)

Moral of the story: Semua orang terbuka pada hasutan syaitan. Dan juga orang nak wat filem gatal bijik sebenarnya tapi Lembaga Penapisan Negara strict sangat so kena sub-text ler uols. Paham paham jer da...matilah andaian gila aku akibat over creative lak aku kan???

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Alamak...panjangnya...da lama tak wat review movie camni.
So this is testimony that Syaitan is worth the money ler to watch.
Aku nak wat this 'little' ulasan pun berapa lama...half of which, was done in Starbucks Mid Valley Megamall over a Cafe Mocha with whipped cream and several Marlboros, sambil menjalankan beberapa phone interviews untuk my work.
Dont' you just love the mobility technology offers you? Yes...thanks to my new toy in my HP Compaq.
Pasni...silap-silap time nak posting terus pakai handphone jer ler kalao jadik plan nak amik sponsor ek...(dalam perancangan...proposal tengah disiapkan)
Eh...one more thing. Kalau korang nak tau...ada suggestion, sebab dari halan cerita Syaitan nih, ada ler ruang tuk sequel sebenarnya...yerler ngan Dalila diceraikan da (alamak...lupa bagik spoiler warning)...dan komperm akan pulih dari kecederaannya (pecah lobang agik). Tuh lum agi Si Saad yang dok dalam penjara pas kena tangkap (er...lupa warning agik ker?) yang kalau kuar leh balas dendam dalam sequel.
Tapi kengkawan suggest ni sebagai sequel.
Aku nak kreditkan idea sapa pun orang tuh tanak aku sebut nama dia...(tak berani ek ngaku)
Bade...amacam kalao wat sequel nih.

Ok ler...nak larik tidur da...ni entry of the year ni aku rasa...sebelum aku kena carut sebab poster promosi Syaitan 2 di bawah baik aku undur diri. Goodnight all. Esok ke PC Cit Cat Azwan. Banyak ler pics dan story mory kat sana.
Sampai di sini saja buat sekarang...majulah sukan untuk negara...

For other reviews of Syaitan, click the links below :
Sensasi Selebriti (formerly budiey)
Dari Catatan Kash

Aku jarang dapat keluar siang, especially on a Saturday.
Mana lah aku nak bangun awal-awal.
Tapi malam sebelum sebab dah planning ngan Wanie nak dapatkan baang barang keperluan dia tuk nak persiapkan design baju dia (untuk sapa nanti aku cita), nekad kul 9 pagik nak bangun.
Sayang aku jadik driver for the day, sebab da agak akan koma tak cukup tidur malam semalam, so awal-awal da pujuk dia drive kami. Dapat ler aku merasa jadik penumpang sekali sekalakan? Not like it happens that much as I prefer to ferry myself around.
I woke up to the sounds of knocking on the door.
Aiyak...overslept katanya. Damn Xanax still works on me apparently....rupanya sayang aku call aku tak angkat so dia gegas ngan Wanie mai jemput aku kat rumah terus.
Uwaa...dapat ler berangan di chauffered gituh (sori yang).
We hit some textile outlets for fabric samples, none of them too successfully.
First stop kami actually area Kotaraya, so parking ler kat area basement bawah tuh. Keji tau...nama je nak promoi Visit Malaysia Year...ni masa nak naik lift, this confusing show of direction was enough to boggle the mind.
Terbayang lif buka and tanya orang, "Going up?" before the person breaks out in song..."To the left...to the left" (lawak keji dan bangap).
One thing I did learn was, masa gi ke Jalan Masjid India lak pastuh was the entreprenuring ways of many people. Check out this pictures for yourself.
Masa si Wanie tengah beli bulu burung merak, aku pun wander around one of these shops.
I spotted these bottles on the counter yang aku mula-mula ingat mineral water. Yerlah...base botol sama je.
Looking up though, aiyak...ada badan dewi lak tersambung kat atas. Is this some deity endorsed mineral water?
The sign says it's Ganga Holy Water. Cool!!!
Very the creative bottling dia. Terbayang kang Mawi lak wat mineral water ngan botol camtuh...jangan kena saman sejuta Ringgit lagik pastuh dah ler ek.
One strange thing was this sign I spotted in the same shop. Erm...just what are Japan Sarees?
Aku bab bab tuh don't know the difference, tapi dalam nak tanya, tak kuasa lak ngan orang kedai yang muka sentap bijik sebab si Wanie da laser melaser ngan dia. Al kisahnya nak beli bulu burung merak tuh takleh pilih, kena amik seikat tuh. Masaalahnya, da banyak bulu tuh hancur, bahagian mata bulu tuh da barai da. Keji!!!!
Matilah ko nak wat duit pun niaga cam sial jerk.
Anyway, anyone can tell me what the heck are Japan Sarees??? And how do they defer from Indian sarees or regular sarees?
Jalan punya jalan....it started to get dark.
We hit SSF and were supposed to follow up ngan Kamdar, tapi pas the first stop tuh kat SSF (quite affordable items tapi aku rasa overrated sangat), decided to call it quits sebab da tak larat nak jalan lagik.
Ujan yang turun lebat tetiba da show signs of letting up, so decided to make a run for it qwhile we could. Biasalah KL nih kalau ujan je...walaupun setitik jam cam #$%^&.
Aku tidur sepanjang perjalanan balik, kesian lak sayang aku bak keta sorang-sorang....but that's what makes dia nih so enduring. Takut kacau aku sepanjang perjalanan, dia biarkan aku koma tidur je sehingga aku tersedar bila nak sampai rumah.
Aku memang throbbing abih pala...
Sampai rumah jer koma. Sounds like I didn't do much, but walking around can be extremely tiring..
Apapun...at least got some stuff out of the way. Didn't do anything later that night as well.
So aku pun caught some zzz's and made up for beberapa malam tak cukup tidur. At least tomorrow's Sunday and I can afford to sleep... walaupun I could do some kerja yang tertangguh...but I think I owe it to myself to catch up on sleep.
I hate procrastinating because I tend to get really good at it...but hey...sometimes I suppose it's necessary...especially when you can keel over and pitam kalao tak cukup tidur.
So this is a good excuse...I mean exception.

From left : Nikki dan Joey G showing off their wins, sambil Yanie tolong Joey pegang award dia yang dua tuh (minat ek, Yanie?!). Nani jangan kerut dahi sangat...ayik sangat ngumpat sampai beriya facial expression. Awal lak gayut je keja...and last but not least, Nani, Que and Nani's friend tengah gossip beriya.

By the end of it, it was 'back to work' sebab diajak tokei diamond tuk join in the meeting nak tengokkan design Jovian Mandagie tuk baju Ning dan Nikki untuk red carpet di Anugerah Bintang Popular nanti.
Before this kan da kata kan...yang Hatta akan wat baju persembahan tuk Ning dan Nikki masa time performance apart from Yanie's frock, so yes, this is the second pair of outfits for two of the divas so that tak pecah lobang dan kurang surprise ketika naik pentas wat pening show kang.
Pening...esok lak nak santai rileks...entah dapat ker tak peluang tuh.

I finally gor some sleep after turning in about 4am semalam. Seriously, the sleep did me so much good that now I resemble less of a freaky panda sebab eye-bags tak horrific sangat ler.
Meetings...planning..paperwork...and all this after work hours. Quite a few things running in tandem, so memang pening habis. Aku pun tak tau ler camna nak handle. Hari ni jer dapat cool off a little sebab hanya ada interview ngan Noraniza Idris and then another meeting at 9pm tonight. Esok lak ada event yang kena organise sikit berkaitan ngan kerja, so...it's pretty smooth sailing until the weekend.
Semalam was the worst ler, sebab nak jumpa the whole she-bang of the Ning & Associates and Artistes United crew kat Habib Jewels, Ampang.
Akibat mata melekat and various other unrecognised charitable contributions (isn't it always such a bitch when that happens) - sampai pun everyone da gathered.
Ada orang tuh tak call, terus diva yang call. Yang ni nak amik ati kata nak sampai pun susah. Kalau orang lain leh brush off.
When it comes to Ning, here's how the conversation went. Transcript ala ala berangan cam blog orang ni...
Ning : Dear, where are you? (in serious hushed tones meaning serious business lah)
Me : We're two minutes away, diva. Be there in a very short while...I love you (bodek amik hati)
Ning : Everyone's here and waiting for you...
Me : Oh, everythere's there already. Don't worry, darling...be there in two minutes...I love you...
Ning : Hurry up...
Me : Love you Ning...
Ning : I know...now hurry up!
Oh well...biasalah. When we got there, security sibuk kata Ning lum sampai, turns out though they were already in the meeting room. Now you know why some people are doomed to live the rest of their lives in well-deserved squalor.
Handed in our ICs and then headed to the safe room/meeting room upstairs to pick the baubles yang akan dipakai oleh both Ning dan Nikki untuk persembahan pembukaan dan juga red carpet kang kat Anugerah Bintang Popular.
At the end of the glitter fest, here's the total racked up for harga berlian yang akan dipakai oleh Ning dan juga Nikki. (no harga rounded ek..this is the actual price tag punya harga)
Ning (for red carptet, a sapphire and diamond set) - RM726,995 (necklace), RM181,280 (earrings), RM288,295 (bracelet) and RM86,135 (ring)
Grand total for that?
RM1,282,175.
Nearly RM1.3 million. and that's just one set. Malas nak list out the whole price list of all the And Ning has two sets...one more for performance coming up to more or less the same amount while Nikki too has dua set nak pakai tuk malam tuh, satu tuk performance dan satu agik ketika jalan kat red carpet.
Total amount of precious stones that collectively will adorn both divas?
About RM4 million.
Pening...first time aku dok bilik with millions of Ringgit worth of jewellery strewn all over. Makes you just want to turn into a jewel thief. like you see in the movies.

Ning showing off one of the sets she rejected. Then discussing ngan Hatta pasal design tuk baju performance along with Nikki. Bawah tuh, yang kiri is the sapphire diamond set yang Ning akan pakai and on the right is the ruby set Nikki akan pakai. Those two baru set yang korang nampak kang kat red carpet...there is another set for each of them for show.
   

   

Now isn't it just fun to play dress-up. Bertukar-tukar set si Ning ni. Pening tengok banyak lak diamonds, si Nikki. You see the diamonds on the table? I think there must easily be RM10 to Rm20 million worth there....
    

   

    

It was fun...and hardly dampened by the fact someone spilt mineral water all over early on in the proceedings, or chose to shine his own diamond rings in the middle of it all.
So once the divas had agreed to their choice, okayed by Vernon, and given the nod by myself and Hatta, who has been selected to design the outfits for the performance, for the overall effect...we were on to another meeting.
This one was for the launching event of the repackaged Maharani album by Nikki.
A bit of a yawn fest really...cause I hate meetings which involve people with no experience, but I'm not even going to go there. Instead, busied myself with a fascinating discovery (not really fascinating...just to illustrate how bored I got).
I ordered my usual dose of sugar in Coca Cola, tapi yang sampai nih...Qibla...seb baik bukan Qiblat cola. Keji teramat.
Didn't bother to try how it tasted sebab tanak gamble...I've had a few weird colas yang rip off Coke...and just...well...there's nothing like the real thing no matter what.
They may rip it off in terms of looks, but they can't do anything about the taste.
By the way...kenapa ler Coke tak saman...there is more than just a passing resemblance of these kind of colas to the actual Coke...it's actually quite pathetic to see these kind of colas sebab cam rip off to the max.
Took a pic of it though sebelum aku tukar ngan a 7-Up to shoot up and get a slight adrenaline buzz (tired out like hell) to endure the next few hours.
Accompanied Hatta to another meeting to Cheras, before headed back to Shah Alam for a meeting with some other designers untuk tentukan sapa akan buat baju sapa tuk Anugerah Bintang Popular. Yes, Right now, I am overseeing about eight names to liaise between them and the designers selected. And tonight punya meeting lak nak determine sapa lagik pas bincang senarai artis yang we want to make look good.
Hard work...but fun. At least it's work...and I'm doing something with my life.
One thing yang ala sentap sikit sebab tak jadik ke surprise birthday party Siti jer lah...so korang tenung-tenung jer lah pic hasil dari Vernon ek.
Yes, he officially has the bragging rights as the only blogger so far to have the pictures online. I have the first say of taking them and posting them on my blog (gelak keji....but at least I'm THANKFUL and ask first...not imply and remain ungrateful - laughter rings out again)
Enjoy the pics...esok posting lebih menarik to close the week.
So surf over to mrmanager's blog kalau nak baca lebih pasai surprise birthday event tuk  Siti.
And happy birthday to Siti Nurhaliza....best wishes girl...and all the best tuk 2007 ek!

   

   

Nak off for now...layan surf on my new notebook sat. Time ni dapat leh enjoy sikit nak have a cup of coffee, watch the world go past, and still surf the net....before the whole stressful routine begins again.

Dengan tibanya another round of anugerah, maka tambah lah sibuk aku.
Yerlah...ada kerja-kerja lain yang aku kena wat. In fact sebenarnya, I really don't have much time for anything nowadays sebab banyak nak dedicate kat keja.
Tuh pun tak dapek aku nak keep up with the demands of the responsibilities I've chosen to shoulder. Sabar jerlah....azam 2007 nak wat duit bebanyak....so gotta keep my nose to the grindstone.
Today was busy the whole day...patutnya gi sidang media Anugerah Juara Lagu, but instead gi recording Prelude Anugerah Industri Muzik kat ntv7 di Shah Alam. Sana lebih ramai artis tuk aku settle kan keja dan wat stockpile of stories, so decided ler nak gi sana.
Ramai wooo! Pening lak tengah malam ni nak taip cita abihkan keja dulu, lupakan bantal tuk pastikan esok lak tak pening pala nak rush gi hantar cita kat opis sebelum tugasan seterusnya.
Seriously....ni pun baru dapat time nak settle kan, sebab nak settlekan beberapa perkara berkaitan Anugerah Bintang Popular akan datang....with my own company punya affairs.
Lum agik pecah pala pikirkan pasal beberapa perkara lain berkaitan, and also the first project tuk syarikat aku yang akan ditubuhkan. Rezeki...baru nak tubuh da ada keja nak wat. Tapi tu la pasal..pening tak terkira.
Meanwhile, sayang di'lupa'kan wat sementara tuk memberi ruang masa pada segala urusan while my best friend and lover kini notebook Compaq aku yang baru. Yeap...that's mynew toy and mysteady companion nak abihkan keja.
Seriously kan...I bet you guys thought it would be something more exciting. Sorry, guys. Aku ni skang turning into a yuppy (two generations too late) But what to do...reality catches up with us sooner or later.
Didn't have time to catch Fail Sulit Akademi Fantasia tonight...but don't think I missed too much. Anyone want to fill me in on what I 'missed' as I had my moneymaking venture going on?
Was it as bad as yesterday or ws it decidedly better?
What took place?
To Nana yang call aku dan mesej bersusah payah dari awai pagik, Yer nok...jangan marah ek aku cam Zahid pecah lobang...Nana and Aypol...sitting in a tree...C-E-N-S-O-R-E-D....first comes love, then comes  marriage, kalau tak comes anggota JAWI and counselling free (rhyming tak???) Yes, girl...I do think you deserve higher than setakat nombor empat paling stylo...(and for the first time aku tak nyampuk sebab jujur nih)
Anyway, ni nak end the entry for now (I will try and post later pasal some stuff later sebab kena temankan beberapa artis ke Habib Jewels tuk pilih accessories for Anugerah Bintang Popular later this afternoon).
So I'll leave you guys with some pics for you guys...until later today y'all...ta!

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Can somebody please...oh please tell me what was the point of Fail Sulit Akademi Fantasia yesterday.
I really thought some of the issues were really thought provoking and all, tapi semalam, alam episod pertama gagal!
Ok let's begin with host Sarimah Ibrahim. Kak Mah Gali??!!! How long did they take to coin that monicker up? Hardly creative, and it was a little contrived to see Sarimah going all out.
Well... that's another candidate to fill Aznil's shoes out of the grand scheme of things.
First issue : kononnya kisah cinta Nana dan Burn. Malas nak komen lelebih...cause sapa yang tau, and kept in touch with musim pertama and following that would know the truth. In other words...BASI!
Dijadikan lawak lak bila Burn kata pasal Nana, "Bukan taste Burn". In whatever context, I thought that was just ridiculous and such a no-no. Statement aku paling suka dari Zahid yang kuat pecah rahsia - "Nana ada boyfriend sebenarnya" (rasa nak call je si Aypol - sorry Nana...I love you)
And I didn't get the point of the second issue, a none issue as far as I'm concerned on kenapa Farhan suka berahsia. Abih yang lain takleh. Erm...abih bebanyak aku dengar pasal si polan tuh dan nih tuh apa. Better tackle issue Mr. Purple...oops!
Lupa Akademi Fantasia kena deal ngan issues rated U jer...
And then issue bila ler nak pelajar pompuan nak dominasi lak tempat pemenang. Erm...cuba masuk lebih mendalam faktor BAGAIMANA pelajar pompuan dipilih (tak terjawab lagik skandal musim lepas pasal peserta pompuan masuk kerana tali persaudaraan ngan seorang executive producer - no komen ler tuh)
In between the three mundane issue, kena lak kita tengok poll, sapa lak yang paling stylo dalam Akademi Fantasia. Was this voted? Ke suka-suka je bagi? Tempat kelima, Amylea. Erm...sorry...not even in my list. Nana should have ranked higher than just number four, as well as Fitri yang aku rasa patut top the list (yerlah, audition pun da kimono - nama pun da pelajar jurusan fesyen). Tapi dia dapat nombor tiga je.
Amirul leh nombor dua????!!!
You got to be joking!!!
And number one?
Adam?!!!
Now something's really wrong. Kalau nak wat poll - jangan ler wat ikut taste jer. I mean seriously...sapa ler yang minat anak ikan nak nobatkan dua orang tuh top two. If wearing a bandanna on your hands is supposed to be stylo...or trying to appear a wannabe rapper circa 80s in in...then I really wanna be a geek.
I don't know what will happen in tomorrow's episode...but from what I've caught, I was hardly impressed. Camna ler tujuan meka nak promo tuk musim kelima kalao benda nak kupas yang konon sensasi nih, so salah punya topik.
Banyak lagik benda nak tanya...
Aku rasa, gossip sebenar Akademi Fantasia ketika jalan musim-musim memasing tuh lebih hangat...but I suppose some people just didn't do that much of research. I dread to think what season five of the series will be like kalao camni. Ok ler nak tidur...ada banyak keja esok. Antara sidang media Anugerah Juara Lagu atau Anugerah Industri Muzik. Will write more on that as well as my new 'toy'.

PS. Tuh bukan aku tau yang kuar muka. Tu klon yang pakai t-shirt promo blog aku jer. (statement keji tidak mengaku katanya)