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Didn't have time nak posting sangat yesterday sebab kelam kabut sikit. Anyway, continuation dari malam semalam, nak wish Alam dan Co. congratulations sebab launching Alam Morphosis! Morph Talent and so on is now a legit entity (da lama pun) and aku tumpang bangga sebab my former editor skang da berjaya nak menapak ngan sendiri tan pa bantuan sesapa. He's inspired me to do better for myself and ignore people who only know how to talk, and criticise like they know how to do it, but don't. Dari pengalaman menulis, bakat dan juga pendidikan dia, he's made it. So congrats again Alam! Usha ler Wayang Kita for his Alam Morphosis t shirt yang dia pakai tuh. Best gak semalam dalam letih dan ngantuk rush ke launching event of Morph kat the National Press Club. Ramai lak orang. Warga Astro, media, dan artis ramai. Especially geng Akademi Fantasia. Pompuan yang aku ingat...Ekin, Edlin, Akma, Marsha, Liza, Nana (anak sedara Alam gak and a resident of Sungai Mati - tul ke nonok ko pun dari Sungai Mati) while the boys lak included Bob, Yazer, Kaer, Fitri, Kefli...aduh...ramai sangat aku pun pening nak ingat semua. Tak kuasa lak nak wat note guest list. So these are the pics for you guys. Spending the whole of today to just sleep. Malam lak kuar joget sat...lama da tak kuar pun. Nak lepas tension...esok nak wat my tattoo. Matilah sesapa nak kutuk aku kerana nak buat. Bukan kulit korang. And not forgetting...nak gi Planet Hollywood tuk Dayang punya Sunday Nite Live, sebab da janji nak drop by. So party on!!!
Si Iqram feeling rempit naik motor masa kami lepak kat luar. Si Bob...erm tambah kurus sikit...(puji sikit) sambil tu si Fitri rupanya dah boroi! Aiyak!!! Weiii sit up sikit! Next pic si Yazer berangan tough dan macho followed by Alam the man himself! Nana sambil gayut pun leh pose (merasalah malas nak turn the pic nampak stylo sikit) and last all the girls melalak Teman Tapi Mesra.
Malas nak tulis pepanjang ari nih. It's the end of the week, so aku tulis sikit sikit jer lah ek. Earlier today....not ler early but in the middle of the night...I had my first bite of McDonalds selepas sebulan lebih. Sepeas tengok Upsize, terus tak berani sentuh the Golden Arches. Dah berjanji ngan dia sekali supaya tak sentuh junk food camtuh. Then again...semalam pas aku sahkan aku dan dia tak ada apa lagi kat phone, aku for some reason felt a need to eat something from McDonalds. So I grabbed some take-away sebelum keluar ngan Puteri dan ED. The rest of them convoyed, so tak kisah ler. We went and grabbed some...I had my Spicy Chicken McDeluxe set, the fries which I gave bebudak. Eew...McDonalds fries are the worst ok. Nevermind, korang usha docudrama Upsize. Then korang tau. Anyway....rasa sayu lak tengok iklan Prosperity Burger sebab teringat dia sebulan nih dia nak sangat makan tuh....sebab terkenangkan lazat katanya. Shit! F******* memories. Tak perlu betul! Nevermind ler...it was good while it lasted. Aku terima je. Besides, I made the decision to end it kan? Why should I regret it. But it was only later aku memang regret gila sebab aku nak brak up face to face. Tak nak lah over the phone. Sebelum ni aku tanak bersemuka, but at 5.30am, an unGodly hour....ketuk pintu and jumpa dia. Talked and talked....and silap aku. I did something I promised I would never do. We talked things over and ended it on a peaceful note though. So that's a relief. How do I feel now? Mixed feelings ler. Relief...and yet loneliness. Freedom and yet frustrated. Boleh? Aku mungkin rasa aku sedih sebab kesilapan kesilapan dia buat berulang kali yang mengagaglkan perhubungan kami. But oh well...times like this...ni jer lagu paling sesuai untuk aku.
Shit...it's the weekend da. Malas nak pikir. Gaji pun nak kuar. I'll indulge in a little retail theraphy. I'm sure I won't feel so blur. Tengah wifi tengah Bukit Bintang ni sambil melantak kat kedai kak Ara. Saja singgah ngan Wanie selepas fitting dan sesi promo and interview kat Habab Jewels bersama ngan Mawi. Penat siot lari sana lari sini. Nak wat per. Nak cari rezeki. Biarlah orang cakap apaun, janji setiap hasil usaha titik peluh aku HALAL! I work for everything I've got...so sucks to be you ler pada orang yang dengki kalau keja tuh bak limelight pada aku. Tak mintak pun. Glamer bukan leh bagik makan kan? Perlu ke feeling konsep artis majaalah ni? Anyway, spent a relaxed couple of hours in Habib (tima kasih pada keluarga Habib for their hospitality). Sambil pilih barang barang accessories tuk pakaian Mawi ketika red carpet dan juga untuk ketika persembahan, we also managed to get the fittng out of the way. Pihak Berita Harian wat photography dan interview sekali. Standard...cam all the artiste session sebelum ni. Ni the pics...korang enjoy...lotih nak cita panjang sebab pics pun banyak nak letak.
Kalau nak tau, the pieces selected by Mawi, erm...takyah ler letak harga. But the brooch satu pun dah RM14,000 lebih. Power gila...aduh...bila la nak afford jewellery camni. We had a fun session. Relaxed and no stress sebab Friday. Apapun, pas abih segala, si Mawi lak gatal lak nak cuba jadik photographer. Katanya dia ada camera canggih kat rumah yang tak reti dia pakai. So dapat ler free lessons on how to handle a camera. Leh tak kalau ikut pose nak jadik professional photographer lak? Ok...really tired...calling it an entry....till the next...
Tu dia...kalau korang ada hantar undian untuk Anugerah Bintang Popular, ni korang punya entries di hantar masuk di evaluate kan oleh kengkawan di meja hiburan Berita Harian. Hadiah and all banyak ler nak menang...so wait for it. Semua pemenang, tak silap aku, akan diberitahu sehari dua ni. So kalau tak dapat panggilan by Monday, it means korang tak menang ler. Sebenarnya aku ari ni relax sikit. Ada banyak benda nak fikirkan, so not really occupying myself with anything, to free my mind and really focus on some things which I have to sort out. Ni kalao korang masuk, korang perasan ada diminta disertakan gambar pengirim kan? Ala ala macam masuk personals advertising office ngan gambar-gambar individu individu yang cun cun melecun bersepah atas meja. Yang bestnya siap ada nombor phone mobile ngan office and home number selain dari alamat. Amik ko!!! Anyway... Aku malas nak posting entry yang panjang hari ni kerana aku nak abihkan keja aku nih as well as sort out some affairs. Esok, usha usha ler entry aku dalam petang, sebab aku kena gi Habib Jewels ngan Wanie, yang design baju tuk Mawi. Ngan Mawi, kita nak pilih barang kemas yang sesuai yang boleh dikenakan ngan dia (takyah spekulasi...tau je kami apa yang leh apa yang takleh). Nanti aku posting sesuatu ngan pics ek. Plus...aku ada cita panas. Tau tak korang ada sorang penyanyi kat Anugerah Juara Lagu yang mulut cam lahar, semalam wat hal? Hah!!! Lagik panas...ada lagu dalam Anugerah Juara Lagu baru baru ni...sebenarnya lagu penyanyi terkenal dari Israel yang di ciplak? More news on that later. Memang takde orang tau setakat nih...ok nak ciao...!
First and foremost, terima kasih to everyone yang SMS jawapan. Berpuluh entry gak aku terima sampai inbox aku pun kelam kabut sikit. But the first one to masuk my inbox at 1.16pm was from Budiey. Alah...blogger gak menang. Hah...so korang kena ler lebih alert dan rajin sikit nak checking for updates. This won't be the last competition....so korang standby. Aku tanak bagik notice awal sangat, sebab last minute ler baru tengok nasib betul-betul...kan...kan...kan... Jumpa Budiey tadik kat izzi...my fave hangout. Abih je press conference Anugerah Bintang Popular, aku gerak ke izzi nak abihkan keja nak hantar ke office. Biasalah...malas balik nak meredah jam kat Sungai Besi from Mines. Keji sangat jalan sana ada je construction. Dari dulu... So official prize presentation da amik tempat ek...nanti aku upload pics lak, atau ko leh check kat Budiey nya blog tuk review konsert tuh, sebab aku rasa program aku penuh this weekend tak dapek pegi.
Ni ler Budiey yang nak cover line rupa sebenarnya. Click namanya untuk ke blog nya. Tahniah kepadanya for winning two tickets to the Boyz II Men concert kat Genting Highlands Jumaat ni. Jangan lupa update review ek!
Sidang akhbar siang tadik besh...sempat ler sok sek sana sini, korek gosip, dan terjah orang gak. Jangan ingat abang Nas jer leh terjah tau...bezanya jer akutakde kamera. Jangan marah abang Nas. By the way, to abang Nas, atau lebih dikenali melalui forum sebagai abang rambut ketak, tima kasih kerana sudi menjemput aku tuk jayakan program Gedik Santai kang. Calling calling je...erm...bayaran berapa....(matilah aku kena maki kang). Aduh...yang allergic sikit, besi kat muka kena tanggal semua kalao nak on-air. Part tuh je yang jenuh sikit. Banyak pics sebenarnya aku amik, tapi aku select berapa favourite aku yang aku posting. Server imageshack gila sikit.... Pics ni ada yang tak clear, so minta ampun abih sebab Nokia aku kian hari kian uzur...tunggu ek yang baru take over. Enjoy the pics...and be posting tomorrow. Nak balik for some lovin' with my baby...oops...ex baby. Yes, we're still good friends. Ada harapan nak kembali bersama? Bak kata Linda dan Fahrin...kalau ada jodoh...leh gituh?
Empat gambar pilihan dari sidang akhbar Anugerah Bintang Popular - Berita Harian. Siti...comel dan tambah ayu. Mawi...erm...bila potong rambut. Si Fahrin ngan anak sapa ntah...dan Dayang pose istimewa tuk aku.
Win tickets to Boyz II Men - [klubbkidd's rave] SPECIAL!
This posting automatically comes on at 12pm sharp. Bermula 1pm tengahari tepat, you have 6 jam to SMS me an answer to a simple question. Senang je soalan, dan soalan tuh takde kena mengena pun ngan Boyz II Men, tapi general je. All you have to to is SMS my blog lline (carik in this blog ada), what's the name of the MOST IRRITATING artiste in the recent Anugerah Juara Lagu. Dalam Bahasa Malaysia lak ek. SMS aku nama artis paling MENYAKITKAN HATI dalam Anugerah Juara Lagu baru baru ni. Clue : Bermula huruf E dan abjad terakhir lak A dan pakai baju buruk nak mampos bermotifkan merah dan hitam. The FIRST, CORRECT SMS will win a pair of tickets to Boyz II Men on Friday night. Apa lagik tunggu. SMS betul yang pertama aku terima from 1pm menang sepasang tiket dan akan dihubungi. Pemenang kena dari Lembah Klang je due to the closeness of the date, and must be able to pick up the tickets from me tonight ok. Gambar pemenang akan aku letak kat sini sebagai bukti (jangan ikut gimik murahan dan kelentong ok!) Apa lagik...get set...ready...TEXT!
For more information on the Boyz II Men concert at the Arena of Stars in Genting Highlands, CLICK HERE!
*Please note that the prize is TWO tickets for one winner. Meaning if you win, you get a pair (two tickets). The tickets are for the Friday show which begins at 8pm at the Arena of Stars.
UPDATED!!! We already have a winner. Congratulations to budiey of Sensasi Selebriti. Entry terbaru kang ngan gambar pemenang...prize presentation gituh!
Looks like I burnt out ler today. Mana taknya, aku hyper dua tiga hari nih lari sana lari sini. So today entry pasai apa? Pasal promo sikit ek. Hope korang bersabar sikit ek. Ala...promo pun yang kena mengena ngan topik...which is what else, but more music events for you guys to go to. First of all, jangan lupa ek, korang...for those yang minat Dyanag Nurfaizah, pop by for Planet Hollywood's Sunday Nite Live
Aku recycle promo nih, sebab nak reminder sikit about the show this Sunday night. Aku rasa aku pegi kot Ahad nih, sebab miss the last. Lagikpun, lama da tak lepak kat Planet Hollywood. Lain ler dulu sanggup nih bersengkang mata walaupun working the next day, lepak sampai tutup. So sesapa nak gi Dayang punya event, see you guys there ok. Selain tuh, just to warm you guys up, kalau minat gak...Ella's event for Sunday Nite Live is next month. Cantik tak gambar Ella yang baru. Aduih...very the dara sunti gituh. Now this is rock chic. Merasalah Elyana nak capai look nih tak jadik jadik. But seriously, I think Ella looks AWESOME here! Stylo and so freaking sexy in all simplicity. Why can't more artistes do more makeovers like this, kan? Aku bagitau awal awal so kalao korang nak tempat duduk, dining ker haper, leh call booking skang kalao tak takde tempat lak. Aku budget Ella punya mesti packed gila gak. I know the last time Ella perform there memang abih penuh... Showtime for Sunday Nite Live, standard ler begins at 10.30pm, with two sets of 45 minutes each. Entrance fee for Sunday Nite Live with Ella is also RM40, like Dayang's, inclusive of one drink. For further inquiries, please call 03- 2144 6602 . Sesapa yang tatau (mustahil kot), Planet Hollywood is located at KL Plaza, Jalan Bukit Bintang. KAlau korang pergi, dan nampak aku, tegur tegur ek! Tapi jangan mintak belanja kalau ujung bulan (lawak bangang...) sebab aku da pokai time time tuh. Merasalah akibat impulsive shopping berlebihan. But I think this Sunday should be ok kot sebab gaji mesti da kuar time tuh. Apapun, if you guys are going to be there this Sunday, ask to see my tattoo kalau ko jumpa aku, sebab siang tuh aku akan dapat my second tatto (nak berlagak sikit) Before end this posting, nak gak add sikit lagik. Ni ada bonus pics, untuk korang ramai sangat suka performance M. Nasir dan Mawi untuk Lagu Jiwa Lagu Cinta. Yerlah kan...bila lagik nak tengok Mawi berambut. I don't think it was the best performance, honestly. Secara jujur, memang berterabur sikit persembahan tuh, like I said. Tapi pada masa yang sama, takde siapa (kat stadium ler...tatau ler yang dok depan TV) leh nafikan, it was a rockin' performance. I did enjoy it, and for me, it was entertaining, which is the main intention of a stage show. Teringat aku pernah interview Avril Lavigne masa di Singapore. Masa uh aku ada soal dia kenapa dia poser, pakai gitar, tapi main tak sampai empat chord, and then nyanyi sumbang ketika show. Jawapan dia senang je. She said something along these lines, "If you expect everything to be perfect like on the CD, then you can just buy the CD for all I care. My fans pay to see me onstage, do something to wow them and that always takes priority." Setuju sangat. Walaupun aku selalu tekankan kepentingan vocals and so many other aspects, I admit Lagu Jiwa Lagu Cinta was so wrong...it was just right. By the way, reminder sikit...kalao korang nak curi pic ni nak letak mana, please ler at least letak link ke blog aku. Tak susah kan? Senang je...hargai ler usaha orang ek. Tima kasih ler bebanyak.
Aduh,.,,tak tahan aku rambut pelesu meka tuh. Si M. Nasir memang da cam anak didik dia sorang agik, si Yazxer. Pinjam baju Yazer ke nih. And second pic tuh, aiyo..Mawi duduk sampai cam haper...takut aku. Tergelak aku... tapi ini memang one of Mawi's better shows for me.
Ok, esok ada entry special sikit. Hope you guys check it out for something special...kalao korang minat Boyz II Men. That's all I'm syaing.
Today got up early, and started work immediately. That's what feeling good can do for you. Some of us get paid to make a living and do what we do, so takyah ler complain kan. Essentially, names and titles don't matter, neither does self glorification for grabbing credit for others' work...cause there's a difference when you're in charge of what you do, rather than being hired help out for that limelight. Rushed a little pas abih settle four articles. Ada meeting ngan Jac kat Habib Jewels with Zura, jer designer. We're supposed to pick more jewellery today. So hooray for that...looking at more diamonds. We were a little late sebab of some complications, and when we got there, it immediately started raining. My goodness, bila ler nak let up on the showers ni. Jac was already picking pieces, so me and Zura got straight to it, helping her go through a collection of sparklers. Sambil wat tuh, lari keluar kejap kejap sebab nak bantu lak Nizam dan Wanie as well as pihak Habib Jewels tuk pilih barang barang perhiasan (perhiasan...such a simple word for expensive items) for Mawi dan Rosyam before the photo shoot which we hope to hold by next week. Rupanya, as esxpected, sib baik I called for a seperate meet nak pilih dulu barang barang seperti cincin, brooches dan sebagainya, because nak jaga sensitiviti peminat. Yerlah...nak gold in whatever form takleh. So kena redah carik men's collection dia yang ikat suasa and so on. Also, we had to find items appropriate untuk design baju Mawi dan Rosyam. In between this and that, Jac kept calling nak pastikan each piece tuh kena ke tak. Aiyo...cantik nya barang kemas...and I don't mean the staff ok...I mean the actual jewellery (lame...but not too truthful joke). We got this gorgeous pair of earrings, which I thought befitted Jac very well. Actually sebelum nih pun aku ada recommend this pair of earrings to one or two artistes, but not many people could carry it. Kena leher jinjang sikit, and you have to have the right dress with the right amount of neck and immediate chest area to hold the attention grabbing piece. Torn between that and several pieces, akhirnya, after much trauma of running back and forth between two different sessions, settled on this set in the picture yang total almost a quarter of a million Ringgit. Mak aih...about the amount Mawi di bayar untuk Aduh Saliha the movie. Oops! Quite an elegant set we put together comprising of a pair of dangly earrings, two smaller rose bud fashioned ones, a bracelet and two rings. I can't remember if we threw in the necklace in the end, sebab kami tanak sarat sangat ngan batu sampai she drowns in the jewellery, but I remember the end choice was tasteful. Zura pun planning ngan dia bab kasut, sebab kasut yang disediakan setinggi 3 inci tak cukup tinggi tuk Jac. Hah...yes, she wants four inch heels. Aiyak....tak terpelanting ker...tuh perlukan skill. I suppose divas and divas in the making always need their heels and height. As soon as we settle ont he pieces we wanted, and then calculated, Su dari Berita Harian pun start ler photography session. Korang nak tengok lebih usha ler Berita Harian for the article, written by member aku, Farihad Shalla Mahmud. Nama penuh agik mention credit ok, Bobo. Suka tak? But that wasn't the end of it. We spent dalam setengah jam lagi mencari accessories for the two most famous men int he entertainment industry in Mawi dan Rosyam. Rupanya, kata wakil Habib, banyak pieces meka di bawa tuk roadshow Habib, so kureng ler yang ada kat showroom. Aduh...camna nih. In the end we dealt with it best we could by picking the best we could find based on Wanie dan Nizam punya design. Yang selebihnya, kami discuss ngan pihak Habib minggu depan another round, sekali ketika photography ngan Mawi dan Rosyam sekali trying out the look. Finished that, we all zoomed to have a late lunch/early dinner. By the time we were done, we zoomed back to Shah Alam sebab memasing ada hal. I had to settle some personal affairs, before rushing back to KL. I didn't join the meeting with Vernon and crew sebab I really didn't have the time plus the more important details like actually coming up with the idea and main planning I had outlines earlier in a previous meeting, so takyah ler aku nak go through it again. No biggie...so went back to the office for another round of work. Submitted four articles and smiled throughout. Yes, my time management is getting better. More productive even though a little tired ler. By the time I had finished, janji ngan Juan nak gi supper kat Hartamas Square. Joined Rizman and the group for a bite there. They moved on later while we stuck around sebab ramai gak kawan kawan lepak sana. Sambil melantak pizza, satu tangan update blog ni sebab sana ada wifi. Hah...time management indeed! A few people stopped by to kiss their helloes...Nabila dan kengkawan dia, Iqram pun popped by. We shifted to Bestari pastuh sebab nak lepak lama agik, and were joined by Kechik dan girlfriend dia. I felt hyper...possibly sebab banyak keja da abih, lega...and prepared tuk esok da...so rasa nak lepak lewat. Lagikpun, lama da tak lepak lambat camnih. Moved about 3am...not too late...tapi takkan nak tunggu subuh baru balik. Got some more work done for tomorrow...and continued with this posting and updating the pictures. Speaking of which...bawah ni beberapa pics from Anugerah Juara Lagu aku janjikan. Enjoy...I think it's fair enough the first pic, I pay tribute to Hazami's excellent back-ups in his choir yang put on such an excellent performance The stars of Anugerah Juara Lagu 21 for me! Awesome!!! Congratulations Safri and Co. You guys rocked!!!! Love your concept...love the whole thing about your conceptualisation! Walaupun pandang pertama aku cam Amuk lak ada back-up choir sendiri...but again...YOU GUYS ROCKED!!! (Safri...belanja aku pasnih tau kat kak Ara!)
And then of course, dare we forget pemenang Persembahan Vokal terbaik yang juga tumpang kejayaan lagu Terlalu Istimewa which she wrote the words to, pas menang bukan je kategori Balada, tapi juga title Juara Lagu? Kak Deebs...told you kan? That one day has come... So bila nak belanja?
Moving on....the actual singer who was behind the fantastic performance and was a serious contender for Best Vocal Performance, Hazami himself yang memang meletup, meledak!!! Am so proud of you Mi...you did well...and I'll continue cheering you on!
This is where it starts getting ugly....NOT!!! One of my favourite performances of the night for the sheer impromptu horror, and yet amusement of M. Nasir and Mawi pakai wig, aku give two thumbs up! Three thumbs up kalau aku Hrithik Roshan!!! Memang kelakar abih...but not in a degrading manner to the performance. Walaupun aku admit vocally ada ler out sana sini, lari tempo dan pitching, serta kesemputan light light, but all in all, it was the most spontaneously entertaining show I've seen in a long time. Kudos to Mawi and abang Nasir sebab korang rock the house. There is no right or wrong in rock (though I still draw the line if you sound like Neves). Tahniah gak kat kak Marlia Musa for idea last minute gila babas dia nak pakaikan laki dia dan Mawi rambut palsu. Kak Marlia...ko memang WORLD!!! Tapi selain this weird take of wigs, aku nak bagik style icon award kat beberapa orang gak for daring to be different. Of course kalau korang pasang radio pagik tadik korang mesti dengar orang carut Dayang sebab baju dia yang terlampau seksi time dia selak sana selak sini. I lurve it!!! Of course it came out a little wrong...and any woman knows you don't wave your thingamajig like that...but all in all she looked fantastic and that's what counts. Very Beyonce, Dayang. Tapi kain tuh...erm...lain kali jangan pakai ler yang nampak murah sangat. Cut da cantik da tuh...but what is it...satin? It looks a little cheap...or maybe it's the lack of detailing and embellishments. Tapi walauapapun orang nak cakap...aku suka!!!! Memang meletup. Takyah susah susah tema fusion yang tak jadik tuh sebab ramai artis trie too hard. Despite the simplicity of the outfit, Dayang stood out for the right reasons. Ella punya baju was a little confusing. Aku kind of like it dari jauh masa kat stadium...and ramai yang tengok kat TV pun puji. Tapi pelik gak baju dia nih..cam balut kain kapan pun ada...erm...or does she look like she's wearing a tank top and then a bedsheet. Apapun, Ella ni pun style icon, sebab only she can ear something like this and get away with it. Kind of like Amy Search, who I still maintain is Malaysia's only real metrosexual! Pakai apa pun lawa jer...some people have it and some poeple just don't...and Ella is one of those who does have it, like Dayang. Oh by the way...dia kaki ayam pun bukan kali pertama ok. So Elyana takyah berangan yer (we'll get to that in a little while) But the true iconic style award I want to dish out, goes to none other than,Ning Baizura! So very the grandiose gituh pakai baju Dominique Chen. Again...screw the theme. Ning just looked FABULOUS! No other words to describe it!!!Undoubtedly, she is Malaysia's very own Madonna with her constant reinvention. Ok...so a lot of artistes try and reinvent themselves too...but rarely it works out like it does for Ning, and I am proud to be associated with Ning for all it's worth. I've watched Ning grow...and believe you me, she deserves everyounce of praise that comes her way for the sheer effort she puts into everything. Yerlah...dalam nak puji tuh...kena lah puji orang nih gak.. how else could I have decided to work alongside with him for several things now kalao bukan kerana excellent sense of fashion dia dalam memilih aku tuk realise some of his chosen looks for his stable of artistes. By the way... a little off the track sikit... Bon voyage to Ning and also Vern yang akan depart tomorrow night for...erm...korang usha jer blog INI untuk tau perkembangan lanjut. Takkan aku nak cita lebih lebih pasal artis dia lak kan....tapi memang untuk an event di mana Ning bakal mengharumkan nama negara! And last but not least...I've saved the horror for the last. Actually ikutkan hati aku, takde pic dia akan muncul kat blog aku nih, tapi demi carutan maha tsunami...memang sesuai ler kan nak end this posting on a high note...by dissing her. Yes. Korang tak takut ek...kang aku hantar si tapak sulaiman ni ke rumah korang baru korang tau. Looking like a Chinese horror movie bride who killed herself on her wedding night, what the hell is Elyana thinking of when she wore this cheap-ass rip-off of Hatta Dolma (ala ala tiru konsep baju yang Ning, Nikki dan Yanie ketika Anugerah ERA masa wat Drama ler tuh) And I seriously think she was the biggest waste of time during the Anugerah Juara Lagu. And apparently, I wasn't the only one who thought so as many didn't bother with her masa dia perform gak. In fact, kalau sapa ada kat stadium tuh, perasan ler tepukan camna dia dapat by the end of it. Apapun, harapnya, tahun depan dan akan akan datang, kami takyah ler perlu nak berdepan ngan sora dia yang ala kadar, panggil customer beli nasi lemak tuh, sambil dia tergolek ker melutut ker haper kat pentas cam orang tak betui, pakai dress ntah hasil campuran kain buruk yang di jahit together ek. No more...say no more..please ler. Songwriters and lyricists...give your songs to a more deserving and better person to sing it... jangan ler waste your talents on that squeaky hee-hawing. Yes...I think Elyana layak is still still the biggest travesty in the history of Anugerah Juara Lagu. Kesian lak Aidit Alfian dan Ad Samad. Hasil meka yang kira boleh tahan, sebenarnya menjadi mangsa pompuan yang ala ala ting tong onstage nih, feeling trendy stylo. GROW UP!!!!!! And for those of you yang agree...you deserve her. And for those of you yang nak carut aku balik...jaga jaga...kang aku hantar dia nyanyi kat rumah korang. Live agik ok...(gelak jahat!!!) Okler...sekian posting entry. Nak tidur la...meroyan da. The evil has spread. Don't stare at the picture of Elyana too long. Or in seven days blah blah blah....(nampak sangat tak cukup tidur)
Today I got my freedom, and I feel free. No sadness, no regret...in fact just relief. Immediately enjoyed my singlehood and started getting back on my feet. Yes...back in the dating game...not like I have the time for it. Nampaknya, umur bukan saja semakin mematangkan, tapi me laku kan diri aku nih yang tak seberapa. Leh? Kang ada yang kata berangan. Well, ever heard the fable about sour grapes? Decided nak gerak ke Stadium Putra awai sikit earlier sebab takut parking problems. Bloody hell...turns out everywhere is a reserved zone. Finally dapat ler good spot yang accessible, tapi akibat membuang masa mencari tempat, the rain was pouring by the time I attempted to get out of the stupid parking lot to get into the stadium. Yang sakit hati nya...banyak ruang kosong...pah sapa nak parking pun aku tatau. Masa tuh ujan da turun heavy sangat...it was really beyond ridiculous to expect anyone to get through the shower. Korang tengok pic tuh...time tuh ujan dalam 10 minit pun da banjir da the nearest car park lot beside the stadium yang kononnya reserved tuk bulu sapa ntah nak parking sana. Aiyak....bijik tol lah... Not to mention the nearest public car park was miles away (exaggerate ler...but paham what I mean if you have been there), and most of it banjir with the heavy downpour. I swear a lot of people watched AJL pakai slipper jer. Me? My shoes may have been soaked...but they still looked fab. Fast forward, aku basah kuyup ler by the time masuk ke red carpet. Aiyak...keji! Bukan aku je ok...ada ler rakan-rakan artis yang feeling patut jalan red carpet, tapi akibatnya tak kuasa sebab drenched ok. Seriously...dah ler parking lot entah reserve bagik atuk sapa, During the heavy downpour, yang peliknya, meka tak remove barriers and all, orang yang berpusu pusu mai stadium, apa lagik...basah kuyup. To make matters worse, even meka yang sampai awal tuk red carpet, kena jalan redah ujan, then sampai nak masuk entrance, walkway dihalang oleh barriers which were not removed. So they had to run in the rain...silly f****! I was one of those who got drenched. In th end, Min, member TV3 bak gi dry off. Leh? Dok bawah dryer kat Gents jer. With people coming in and out... Forward lagik...aku da kering sikit, rupanya bukan aku je yang basah kuyup, ramai agik soggy semacam. Had fun because event camnih memang ramai ler member dalam industri yang hadir, so it's always more of a reunion where all of us can be together. Competition kick off...tak banyak beza ngan review aku ler tuk full dress (hah...advanced review ler kira). Lagikpun perlu ke review sebab korang memasing ada TV atau gi sana gak kan? So aku kali nih, sebab da offer advanced, aku bagik behind the scenes exclusive after the event jer. Let's see...apa yang beza malam semalam. Aku rasa Neves didn't do as bad malam ni, walaupun sora tetap flat, sebab nak elak dari sumbang. Lain dari tuh apa ek... Erm...Hazami looked and sounded better than semalam. Visually the only highlight for the night. Memang aku puji gila babas idea (hasil dari Safri) for the presentation, Kelas ok... Oh...dan Mawi nampak cam Adam dan abang Nasir nampak cam Yazer masing masing pakai wig. Aiyo.... Tapi besh ler show meka...havoc gak banding ngan rehearsal. Adibah was more amazing, though aku sentap sikit sebab miking lak fail and you couldn't hear the kids so well. Still...meleleh ler air mata kali kedua. Zahid pun was equally mesmerising...no I'm not being biased. Lagu tuh memang power ok. I have no problems with Tak Tercapai Akalmu, because it is quite a good song, tapi bosan tengok muka Elyana (sesapa da rekomen kasut Pallas Jazz Star?) entah pakai haper, kaki ayam pastuh cam orang tak betui mengeram atas pentas tuh. Rugi jer bagi dia ruang kat Anugerah Juara Lagu. Kalau Caramu dapat pun, at least performance lebih menghiburkan. That's a fact. Kalau tak pun RuffEdge punya Da Bomb. Sebab pertunjukan pentas semua tak besh sangat. Dua tiga kerat jer yang leh enjoy...lain tuh cam cukup tangkap muat. Jelas ternyata persembahan pentas untuk AJL kali ni hambar sikit dan tak sebegitu menarik bebanding tahun tahun lepas. But not because of the quality of production, tapi quality of finalists. Nora was one of the best punya with Secebis Harapan seperti aku da katakan. Tapi vocal dia tak sampai sangat malam tadi. A little bit off here and there, but takder ler sampai tahap Neves dan Elyana yang bak kata Paula Abdul, "Now, that's a note I haven't heard before." By the way...veering off a little. Kalau nak tengok how the back side of celebrities look like, this is it. Matilah akukena carut ngan Cheryl dan Ally. Masa meka wat crossover ngan backdrop of the stage tuh, kat elevated platform, aku dok ngam ngam membelakangi meka. I didn't even know they were there. Keji...so took some shots of their rears. Yes, this is the 'behind the scenes' look I promised. Boleh? Amik ko...not to be seen anywhere... But truly, this birds eye view was the best in the house, unobstructed by anyone, and I had myself tapping away with my work to the beat of the music, often to ignore those horrible off-key notes by certain singers. Oh well....some of us work...not freeload at events, so thus the berangan rajin part of the event. Incidentally, having a connection also means you can also do other stuff to amuse yourself bila persembahan da membosankan sangat... That's thinking ahead for you. One more thing...this is another picture, you won't see anywhere else. Mr Manager had attempted to take a shot of Cheryl doing an Elyana (what a lousy style icon), so I won't publish the shots here), so I took the next best thing. The horrible, ugly looking pumps yang dia tanggal sebab tak larat kot nak pakai. Looking at how torturous they are (second only to Elyana prancing about and Neves singing), no surprise ler dia bukak kasut! Berapa inci ler monstrosity nih. This looks like almost the same pair of heels yang Farhan tanggalkan time konsert tuh...ingat tak? Well, whoever made these shoes, I think if they were the same pair, and people took them off twice during a big event...it's time to recall the footwear and make something more practical cause this sure isn't working out. Balik pada cita Anugerah Juara Lagu. For those of you yang nak the official results...perlu ker...aiyo...which cave did you sneak out from. I suppose it's highly impossible you don't know...tapi just in case ler... Well, if you haven't been up to date, and I really need to post it, here they are.
Juara Lagu (Trophy and RM25,000) Terlalu Istimewa (Azlan Abu Hassan, Adibah Noor) - Adibah Noor
(Ttrophy and RM12,000 for each category) Irama Malaysia & Ethnic Creative - Warkah Buat Laila (Ayob Ibrahim, Habsah Hassan) - Zahid Pop Rock - Juwita Citra Terindah (M. Nasir) - M. Nasir Ballad - Terlalu Istimewa (Azlan Abu Hassan, Adibah Noor) - Adibah Noor
(Trophy and RM10,000 for each category) Best Vocal Performance - Adibah Noor - Terlalu Istimewa Best Performance - Hazami (Mungkir Bahagia)
Tak banyak beza dari ramalan aku. And not too much of a surprise. While I love Terlalu Istimewa, nampaknya aku underestimate kekuatan in terms of this competition. Kenapa aku cakap camtuh? Sebab aku dapat tau ada beberapa perubahan dalam sistem penjurian tahun nih berbanding ngan tahun tahun lain. Kalau sebelum ni, ada undi SMS untuk Persembahan Terbaik, tahun nih takder dan 100% markah juri, ada lagik perubahan yang tak ketara dan tak diumumkan. Kalau sebelum ni pemarkahan untuk aspek teknikal lagu dilakukan sebelum malam Anugerah Juara Lagu (meaning the results sebelum sebelum ni memang da ada bila tiba malam competition, and result malam tuh hanya diputuskan tuk Vokal Terbaik dan Pesembahan Terbaik) tahun nih ada sikit beza. Apparently, bukan Terlalu Istimewa yang sandang Juara Lagu kalau ikutkan pemarkahan awal. Tapi disebabkan persemabahan Adibah yang power malam tadi, malah prioriti diberikan juri untuk mengubah pemarkahan. Ketika sidang akhbar, Azhar Borhan pun ada bagitau, the points between the winner and tempat kedua memang jauh. But kemenangan Terlalu Istimewa bukan je pada lagu, but also keberkesanan delivery atau persembahan Adibah yang berjaya sampaikan the feel of the song. So you see, kalau ikutkan technical evaluation, seperti tahun tahun lepas, mungkin ramalan aku 100% betul, tapi takper la. I'm proud of Adibah no matter what. Dia tunggu 12 tahun nak wat album...and it was a good album, dedicated to Nurul Huda, mangsa rogol yang berumur 10 tahun. Adibah has been through so much herself, this is a reward no less for her blood, sweat and tears after all this time. Also proud Warkah Buat Laila menang kategori, walaupun kesian Zahid pressure semua expect dia je menang. Beban tau. You performed great bro. Also bangga ngan Mawi sebab dia da tunjuk kematangan dalam persembahan dia...and aku pun tumpang sorang like everyone else for that persembahan yang bertenaga Power Root dan lebih spicy dari Mamee curry katanya. Pissed off a little over the event, sebab PC cut short sebab da lewat. Masuk post party lak...mak aih!!! Nak wat keja interview pun tak larat...tarik ke luar je. Tapi memang ramai artis pun berambus da time tuh, tak tahan kot the number of groupies flooding the room. Takde pun security yang beriya iya the whole two days, check for invites. Bodoh tul... Keja overdose time tak diperlukan...but when you need them, they're not around. Hopeless...Misha was missing, so was M.Nasir, Mawi dan juga Elyana (itu memang tak penting) Only Ning and Dayang...Zahid....berapa orang jer apart from a majority of small time names...and many menyemak cases. Oh well... Went outside dan call Mawi. Ceria je sora dia. Interview ler sikit dapatkan pendapat dia. Rupanya while others didn't want to have to jostle their way for the food (which was hardly worth jostling over, I heard), Mawi actually had to rush to Ipoh. Back to the hall.. Entah sapa la yang dijemput...penuh ruang makan...oh well...then I suppose it makes freeloaders who didn't make it in even worse. As usual, freeloaders and smoochers ramai dapat gak masuk...so didn't bother. Just stayed out and focused on my work sebab nak hantar beberapa article sekali. Abih jer gerak balik tuk tidur... Before I end, ada special photo tribute to Vernon and Juan.
Chronological order of events. Vernon tries to snap said hosts from the rear too after spotting me eyeing the photo opportunity. Shortly after, ketika Nora mendendangkan Secebis Harapan, Juan dibuai kesayuan, personal trauma (sabar ler, noqs). At the end of the song, Vernon has a second go for a better angle, while Juan tergerak nak SMS (sabar jer ler noq....)
Tunggu je ler posting esok ek...aku bagik beberapa pics yang akan dikirimkan melalui email oleh kawan-kawan. Ada gambar Mawi berambut ok. nanti aku postkan...I need it recorded for posterity. That's something that will rarely be seen (Mawi having hair), so kena la include. Kelakar tul...tidur tersengih aku... Ngantuk...esok aku posting entry pun lewat petang sikit sebab kena gi Habib Jewels ngan Zura untuk pilih barang kemas untuk Jac yang akan dipakai ketika Anugerah Bintang Popular. Wanie dan Nizam pun ikut sekali sebab nak discuss barang kemas seperti cufflinks dan sebagainya yang perlu untuk melengkapkan tux Mawi dan abang Rosyam. Until tomorrow.
Oh my...it's seriously refreshing when dapat tidur bebetul nih. In fact, not only did I wake up fresh, sempat sambung tidur one more round after brunch. Then spent some more time mengumpul taik mata again sat sebelum bangun for lunch. Spent some time with the folks at home, depan the idiot box. Yes, we all love the weekends, don't we? Jumpa sayang aku, lawat kedai kak long tuk buat lambaian ratu then gerak ke Stadium Putra Bukit Jalil for the full dress rehearsal of Anugerah Juara Lagu. Stage cantik, but tatau ler camna rupa kat TV kang...esoktau ler. Aku dok setempat front row center (ala ala jer) sebab nak check out the sound, plus get the most approprate view, plus nak beri pluang bebetul nak hayati the show. Yerlah...kalau esok mungkin lain persembahan meka..ada yang lebih hancur...ada yang lebih meletop. But at least it allows a last minute change to my opinion over who my choices for Anugerah Juara Lagu will be. Ni review aku dari full dress rehearsal sekali ngan what I think their chances are of winning tomorrow. Kira predictions aku ler. Tikam, jangan tak tikam.
First up onstage, Bob dan Aspalela Abdullah. I'm sorry...I really like this song, but run of the mill sangat. In terms of music and lyrics, I really can't see the point of this song from the point of view of a competition. I support Bob because of his immense talent and voice, but Hantaran Hati is hardly an innovative song. The performance itself was like watching a badly rehearsed segment of a Visit Malaysia Year 2007 cultural promo. Vocally however, the duo proved to the others what real singers can even make out of the lamest (not that Hantaran Hati is the lamest, even though it is pretty lame) song. Oh by the way....host malam esok, Ally Iskandar, Cheryl Samad dan Fara Fauzana. Erm...no comment. The fusion glamour theme and the tribute to Bernard Chandran for sponsoring was so waste of time. I really don't get the theme...and seriously I couldn't be bothered ler nak try and paham. On with the show, next performance dari M. Nasir with Juwita Citra Terindah. Erm...I love this song because somehow it's so retro pop! Tapi dari segi persembahan, paham jer ler kan. It's M. Nasir. What you see is what you get. Takper...aku bouncing jer time lagu nih. So I can say from Hantaran Hati, ni reverse sangat sebab the song is so strong while the performer is ho hum. Tapi takper ler...what else can I say? Gila nak carut sifu????!!! Time nih nak gi toilet cigarette break, tapi kena halang security. Al kisahnya TV3 amik pasukan keselamatan third party. Apparently Stadium Putra Bukit Jalil punya in house security, kata Datuk Farid Redzuan yang sempat berbual ngan aku before the show kicked off. Mmm...patutler SEDIH sangat perangai security. Memang sesuai perangai minimum wage motherf*****s yang dasar gila kuasa. Gi mampos ler...I only wanted a ciggy break...and I earn more than four times your salary ok, loser. Sesuai ko jaga toilet. Nak kata ko jaga jalan ke backstage, pass leh lepas. Tapi TOILET PUN NAK JAGA???!!! Seriously...patut ler mulka ko cantik sangat! Caught the rest of abang Nasir's performance instead which had a rockin' end. Ok ler...lega sikit hati with that and pujukan member TV3 pas aku ngamuk. Hish...how come the lower the rank, the bigger the loser...authority trip lak lebih. Macam sial.... But since my mood pun da hangin sikit, sesuai ler set the mood for the next performance yang would have rosak my mood anyway, which was Misha Omar with Ku Seru. I thought the Ziana Zain-esque, overdrawn and milked till the nipples are sore and cracked vibrato attempt, was SO passe and so five minutes ago. Erm...seriously lah...someone get her vocal lessons and a new hairstyle, ok. And what is with that pacing about....it was ok ler zaman zaman Bunga Bunga Cinta, tapi I think it's run its course, so agak agak ler da. Ngan henjut, sepak kaki...you get the picture. BORING! Lagu? Erm...ok ler. I like Ku Seru though not as much as most of the other songs, tapi Misha Omar is one major spoiling factor dalam nak hayati lagu nih. And korang perasan tak...masa dia nyanyi live mesti sengau abih menjadi jadi. Oh well...maybe she just had a bad day. Either that or dia nak gi ke toilet dan kena halang ngan sekuriti (kot ler sbab henjut-henjut cam tak tahan kencing jer) Apapun, this song is one confirmed non-contender for the Ballads category for me. Fara Fauzana ada wat cross over at this point ngan Bob dan Aspalela, M. Nasir and Misha Omar. Suka M. Nasir punya jawapan masa Fara soal (tatau esokpun soal ke tak) kenapa tak abih abih AJL kena ada M. Nasir je (dalam bahasa lebih sopan). Abang Nasir hanya jawab , "selagi masa diperlukan" or something like that. Cayalah!!!! The video playback then went on to scenes of Kota Tinggi dan sebagainya menunjukkan keadaan banjir yang melanda selatan tanahair, rupanya promo Tabung Bantuan Banjir TV3. Cait...ingat dalam AJL ada wat segment tribute tuk mangsa mangsa banjir. Baru nak puji very the semangat kemasyarakatan. Kalao esok bahagian nih, da masuk commercial break rupanya. Abih je iklan yang gerenti berejam (dimana takleh ke toilet sebab nak gi jauh nak mampos!) so bersabar ngan ngan rajinnya update ler blog lagik. Alamak...lagu seterusnya Zapin Cinta SMS performed by kak Dibah and *ugh*! Senario. I love kak Dibah's voice, tapi I seriously am super irritated by the mere presence of tiga ekor dak Senario tuh. Sora haram kuar. And their attempt nak appear the comedic act they're supposed to be FAIL. Damn...why can't humour be intelligent???!!! Kalau Indonesia, Project Pop pun wat lagu lawak...tapi lagu semua kelas...ni cam @#$%^&*. And you call this JUARA LAGU???!!! But Adibah was vocally sedap and made the lagu fun, tapi dalam nak nikmati sora kak Deebs, rasa loya lak sora Senario. Not to mention the almost retarded manner of themselves strutting all over. Kalau aku ala filem Click starring Adam Sandler tuh, this is one part of my life yang aku nak forward. BLEURRGHH!!!! NEXT!!!! Erm...sapa ek? Banyak sangat songeh Ally ngan Fara...aiyak! The horror continues! Pretty Ugly lak muncul ngan Diari Seorang Lelaki. Uwa...feeling bluesy dan jazzy lak katanya...arrangement for intro lain. Cam memberikan seribu harapan (yang bakal hancur) Nyanyian Neves yang nervous breakdown? The first two lines ok ler...then hancur seperti biasa. Somebody get him vocal lessons please!!!! Ker mintak Misha coach dia sebab advance sikit. Arghh...berdarah telinga aku!!! Arghhh...noooo....helppp...tortureee!!! Aku rasa kalau meka nak seksa orang in police detension ke ISA ke OSA ker haper...mintak Neves nyanyi live jer ler...cukup ler.! It beats even the most vile form of torture you can imagine. Just when you thought it couldn't get worse, tiba-tiba ala ala dramatic pause! Terhenti...senyap... uwaa...pandai ek wat drama. Backing singers empat orang meka nih lak....amik alih ler. AWMIGAWDDDD!!! Just when I thought it couldn't get worse. Korang pun tau kan si Neves sebegitu lahar sora dia, tapi jangan terkejut backing vocals LAGIK LAHAR! Arghhh!!! The torture intensifies katanya. Teruknya!!!! Abih jer the extended torture, had to go back for some more bila Cheryl interview Senario dan Pretty Ugly. Uwaaaaakkkkk!!!! Montah ijo. Something good followed though ngan next performance by Hazami ngan Mungkir Bahagia. Mak aih....audio visual prsentation katanya. The appearance of the full choir MELETUP! Very the performing arts utilised. Aku tanak cakap lebih...kang pecah lobang, tapi kalao korang tak dapat mengadap TV sepanjang malam, PLEASE CARI MASA ketika Hazami perform sebab rugi kalao miss. Sora dia perlu ke komen? Apapun, Hazami did me proud! As I am sure he will repeat the excellent performance for tomorrow at the actual event. Times like this, I'm proud to say what very few people know. That I had a hand in developing Hazami's career before anyone knew about him. Time tuh, Ted yang kenalkan kawan ITM dia yang baru balik London. Katanya sora meletup and aku patut tolong. Sebab kawan yang sora pun tak kurang elok, aku pun meet up ngan Hazami, tak silap aku kat rumah member kat Seksyen 6 time tuh kat rumah Wan, and after listening to him, and his demo, aku got on the move straightaway. Set a meeting ngan Ajai to test some of the talents I was promoting, with Hazami being the main focus. Needless to say, kul 9 malam kat Nearfield Studio (skang Wake The Baby) Nurul dan Ajai sekali terngangang ngan demo Hazami. Esok paginya pada pukul 11 pagi, Ajai call aku dan kata, confirm dia nak sign Hazami. The rest is history. Yes, he was the first artiste I discovered. Two more followed. The third was Nikki, yang aku kenal sesampainya kat Kuala Lumpur untuk Malaysian Idol. Aku kawan ngan dia sebab kagum ngan bakatnya, dan berjanji akan memastikan impian dia akan menjadi kenyataan sekiranya dia tak muncul sebagai Malaysian Idol pertama. Needless to say...she is where she is today and one of the undoubted best new talents in the country courtesy to the management of Ning & Associates. The second artiste I left out? Yang memang derhaka dan tak sedar diri....dan antara finalist for AJL kali ni Perlu ke...*bleurrrghhh* The only thing yang aku tak suka pasal performance dia was the visual pmpuan gedik kat background. Korang tengok jer ok. But aku vote nih Best Performance easily tanpa saingan ok. Next was Siti Noridana. Erm...break iklan ler. Pakai tag Artiste ihsan dari seseorang teman dan bergilir ke toilet ngan sayang aku Masa aku gi break lak, serempak ngan Dayang sempat nak sembang pasal persiapan Anugerah Bintang Popular, because she's one of the artiste sponsored by my team. Mawi dan M. Nasir next...besh gak performance meka gak. Memang sebab da banyak kali tengok persembahan meka, kot aku da lali sikit kot dan terbiasa kot ngan Lagu Jiwa Lagu Cinta nih...tapi kuat gak ler kiranya. Tapi kalau aku best bet for Best Performance si Hazami, my vote for Best Vocal Performance goes to, tanpa was was lagi, is none other than Adibah Noor. Mak aih...aku terduduk, melelh airmata ok. Eena, ko jangan tipu...ko pun feeling gak kan nak nangis, tapi maintain cantik punya pasal tanak nangis kan??? Kan kan kan....Hah...lari ko dok sebelah laki ko si Yasin takut kena carut. Matilah aku pasnih jumpa Eena...love you babe. Adibah was amazing, and kalau biasa orang pakai kanak-kanak tuk dance, Adibah has a children's choir yang memang mengundang seribu kesayuan...this is another performance not to be missed!!! I mean it! Memang...aiyo....kalao tak menang memang lahar sangat. Oh by the way, sapa tak paham apa tuh lahar, lahar ad pendek kata untuk lahanat. Matilah....carut tak hengat. Alunan melodi lagu nih, memang melayakkan ler lagu nih seperti predicted by many as Juara Lagu. Kalau lagu ni betul dapat menyandang title juara kali ni, ni hanya kali kedua pemenang Song of the Year atau Lagu Terbaik di AIM dapat juga anugerah sebagai Juara Lagu di AJL. The only person to have done that was Siti Nurhalzia, and closest saingan was Ning Baizura, yang previously ngan Awan Yang Terpilu. Tapi Ning kena cilok kat AJL oleh Jac bila Jac menang ngan Gemilang. Gemilang lak kena cilok ngan Warkah Untuk Laila tuk AIM, so it'll be nice to see if Warkah leh dapat Juara Lagu and set a record for completing the baton relay race. Next up...Elyana...artiste yang suam suam kuku yang berangan lebih syok sendiri mulot cam #$%^& nak kutuk artis lain, berangan stylo walaupun rambut feeling nak Naima la...nak Agnes Monica, dan berangan image kaki ayam vogue, padahal recycle Bjork, Joss Stone...dan pelbagai. Perlu ke. Kesian lak abang Aidit dan Ad Samad sebab lagu best leh bagi kat pompuan nih. Tak sesuai. Gedik tak bertempat dan feeling kuat dia lebih hebat dari artis lain. KEJI! Korang dengar radio ERA tak? Kan ada satu iklan..."Wow...rambut ranggi...pakaian stylo...tetapi kenapa kaki ayam?" "Pakailah Jazz Star dari Pallas" Someone bagi Elyana dengar iklan tuh...barukot dia belajar pakai kasut. Kalau lahar...memang dan tetap akan lahar!!! Vokal kalau setakat nak picit anak tekak separuh mati nak kuarkan suara, simpanlah. Berlakon jer lah.,.. Fara cross over agik, for interview nyan Zahid. YEAH!!! pastuh ngan Elyana...BLUWWWWEKKKK!!!!!!! And last but not least for the night, lagu Secebis Harapan dari Nora. Ya ampun...besh nya! Sesuai lagu tuk closing.Powerful accoustic backed ballad. Tak terkata aku nak komen lebih lebih pun. I just say it was fantabulous dan meletup, meledak dan me-segala everything yang vast and aesome. Leh? Credits run lak bagik hadiah tuk pemenang, which is RM10,000 tuk Vokal Terbaik, RM10,000 untuk Persembahan Terbaik, RM12,000 untuk juara juara kategori dan RM25,000 untuk Juara Lagu. Tiada hadiah kerusi Gentel ek... Last performance by guest artistes menampilkan ramai penyanyi. Ima ganti Inul bagi lagu Seksi gantikan Inul backed by Joe Flizzow. Ima kuar, pass baton lak kat Yasin untuk duet Alhamduillah. Ella lak masuk tuk solo tuk for her version of Ulek Mayang. Then ada kak Ani ngan RuffEdge. Dayang Nurfaizah was next ngan Penawar Rindu...besh dari Ina Naim ok...marah lak peminat peminat Bert kang ngan aku... Faizal One In a Million lak perform. Erm...kalao rehearsal wat lagu meletup, mana nak letak muka depan tuan punya lagu in M. Nasir bila dia perform Raikan Cinta...leh lupa lirik!!! Aiyo...Keji tau full dress rehearsal pun leh camtuh ke?? Malam esok tengok lak camna! Then masuk ler ending for the night with the announcement of the winners. Aiyo...cantik sangat ke baju Bernard Chandran??? Kredit agik! Cheryl punya baju ok but nothing great, Ally punya bosan and normal...tapi Fara punya mak aih! Apa tuh ala lip lap, very the Astro punya wardrobe standard, tak hengat pastu ala pleated skirt tuh. And was that with a half corset. Somebody help this guy....we think his name da overrated ler judging by the look of things.
Ramalan ku yang harapnya benar belaka? Etnik Kreatif an Irama Malaysia : Warkah Untuk Laila Pop Rock : Juwita Citra Terindah Balada : Terlalu Istimewa/Secebis Harapan/Mungkir Bahagia (tapi pas nilai berapa kali, walaupun tough fight, aku rasa Secebis Harapan for best overall in terms of song structure, lyrics as well as arrangement) Juara Lagu : Warkah Untuk Laila (pilihan best package setakat nih) Best Performance : Hazami untuk Mungkir Bahagia Best Vocal Performance : Adibah Noor untuk Terlalu Istimewa
Note : Time full dress rehearsal meka sebut Best Performance - Hazami, Best Vocal Performance - Adibah Noor, Pop Rock - Lagu Jiwa Lagu Cinta, Balada - Terlalu Istimewa dan Etnik Kreatif dan Irama Malaysia - Warkah Untuk Laila. Juara Lagu? Kalau ikutkan full dress rehearsal, Warkah Untuk Laila. Lebih kurang kan ngan ramalan aku? Cuma beza Pop Rock je kan? Yer...terima kasih kak Kelly sebab kongsi ramalan awak yang memang tak jauh beza ngan aku. You're right...great minds do think alike....
Tapi I think my prediction walaupun tak popular sangat ler...tapi I think for most in the industry, these are the best picks...and hopefully the industry people will judge the same way tomorrow.
Dan nak sambung last sebelum end entry nih...my own anugerah aku nak sponsor kalao TV3 bagik aku peluang nak hadiahkan atas pentas (sah aku campakkan je kat meka sebab tak larat nak preenting)
Worst Vocal Performance : Neves Pretty Ugly untuk Diari Seorang Lelaki Most Syok Sendiri Berangan Artiste : Elyana Show Paling Bosan : erm...ramai sangat kot tak mampu aku sponsor hadiah banyak itiewwww
Until tomorrow for full review (tengah malam onwards ok)...good night...nak supper and party dulu!
Note : Dengar khabar esok ada 13 juri, ramai ek? Kenapa ah? Tak penah pun ramai camtuh...Tengok je pic kat atas tempat duduk juri. Penuh, ok! By the way, sorry pics tak banyak...tanak ler pecah lobang banyak sangat visual AJL esok. Enjoy the show...and don't forget my review!
Ari nih aku dapat rehatkan diri, dapat relax. Biasalah. Like I said when it comes to the end of the week, that's when I really get to chill and kick back and relax. Malas nak tulis pepanjang, so I'm just noting a few lines down for the sake of having an entry. Yes, I know...I know...it's a bit sad. But kesiankan ler aku kan...nak gak relax pas the hectic week that I had. Esok lak another full...well not really full...but kira ada ler program keja selain beriadah. Spending some time at home. Seaking of which, masa melantak ngan sayang aku kat Seksyen 7 Shah Alam, kat Ulek Mayang, sempat tengok one episode of the Raja Lawak punya daily diary or whatever they call it. Aku memang tak follow, sebab konsep dia pun tuk aku bangang sikit. For me, the whole idea is just purely silly because humour is not something you can teach someone, but I suppose Astro desperate kot nak carik pengganti Akademi Fantasia sampai tahap nih kot. Yerlah, asik dok propah 'Mungkinkah Ini Peluang Terakhir Anda?'... so cepat cepat ler wat program lain nbgan harapan leh ganti their one and only hit...which is of course admittedly the biggest reality TV show in Malaysia. Credit to them for that. Tapi aku rasa any of their other productions di bayangi Akademi Fantasia...or is it my imagination? Or maybe it's just the recycled facilities meka pakai dalam hostel Raja Lawak tuh yang memang pakai tuk Akademi Fantasia gak yang nampak terlampau familiar. Whatever ler...there is zero redeeming quality dalam Raja Lawak, and buang masa je. Lum agik nak layan apa lak meka nak wat tuk Glamor Gila Gila is the right word to use in the desperation nak bebanyakkan reality TV show low budget kat Astro nih. Hmmm...I think they should go back to the drawing board and devise something fresh and new, cause these two programmes are definitely not going to be it. Anyway...tu jer meroyan aku tuk malam ni, esok akui review of what most likely will transpire for Anugerah Juara Lagu tomorrow. Update lewat sikit sebab aku akan ke Stadium Putra Bukit Jalil for the full dress rehearsal. Aku nak posting dari sana gak (yerlah...sejak leh mobile online). Gone for now... !
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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Tu dia...kalau korang ada hantar undian untuk Anugerah Bintang Popular, ni korang punya entries di hantar masuk di evaluate kan oleh kengkawan di meja hiburan Berita Harian.
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Lagikpun, lama da tak lepak kat Planet Hollywood. Lain ler dulu sanggup nih bersengkang mata walaupun working the next day, lepak sampai tutup.
Rushed a little pas abih settle four articles. 
In between this and that, Jac kept calling nak pastikan each piece tuh kena ke tak.
Torn between that and several pieces, akhirnya, after much trauma of running back and forth between two different sessions, settled on this set in the picture yang total almost a quarter of a million Ringgit. 
As soon as we settle ont he pieces we wanted, and then calculated, Su dari Berita Harian pun start ler photography session. Korang nak tengok lebih usha ler Berita Harian for the article, written by member aku, Farihad Shalla Mahmud.
Yang selebihnya, kami discuss ngan pihak Habib minggu depan another round, sekali ketika photography ngan Mawi dan Rosyam sekali trying out the look.
This is where it starts getting ugly....NOT!!! 
Tapi kain tuh...erm...lain kali jangan pakai ler yang nampak murah sangat. Cut da cantik da tuh...but what is it...satin? It looks a little cheap...or maybe it's the lack of detailing and embellishments. 
But the true iconic style award I want to dish out, goes to none other than,
Yes. 
Bloody hell...turns out everywhere is a reserved zone. Finally dapat ler good spot yang accessible, tapi akibat membuang masa mencari tempat, the rain was pouring by the time I attempted to get out of the stupid parking lot to get into the stadium.
Bukan aku je ok...ada ler rakan-rakan artis yang feeling patut jalan red carpet, tapi akibatnya tak kuasa sebab drenched ok. Seriously...dah ler parking lot entah reserve bagik atuk sapa, 
Kalau Caramu dapat pun, at least performance lebih menghiburkan. That's a fact. Kalau tak pun RuffEdge punya Da Bomb. Sebab pertunjukan pentas semua tak besh sangat. Dua tiga kerat jer yang leh enjoy...lain tuh cam cukup tangkap muat.
By the way...veering off a little.
The horrible, ugly looking pumps yang dia tanggal sebab tak larat kot nak pakai.
Also proud Warkah Buat Laila menang kategori, walaupun kesian 
Seaking of which, masa melantak ngan sayang aku kat Seksyen 7 Shah Alam, kat Ulek Mayang, sempat tengok one episode of the Raja Lawak punya daily diary or whatever they call it.
