Aku letih sikit. Pening, letih tapi puas....esok aku upload bebanyak pics ek. From red carpet, to backstage, to behind the scenes.
Post party tak ada la...sebab masa tuh nak enjoy kan. Wat skang aku keletihanan nak mampos...so korang sabar je la ek.

Today is the last day nak prepare for the big do tomorrow.
Headless chicken ahoy!
Dalam kelam kabut nak siapkan tu nih, dan tuk separuh orang nak korek mana mampu tuk dapat tiket atau jemputan sebab desperate nak gi....I started the day by....going shopping.
Retail theraphy katanya. For some reason drawn to the sales kat 1 Utama. Went with my sis and Jida and picked up quite a few interesting items, including a little suit outfit thingie.
Suka! Aku jarang nak pakai formal. So while orang nak stylo and trendy tuk  buat kejutan...I'll be boring and prim and proper to get my shock value. A challenge for me actually sebab aku tak selesa pakaian yang nampak smart smart nih...aku lebih suka relaxed and casual...but then again I should be thankful, cause at least I have clothes that fit me, and a sense of dressing up unlike a nerdy geek.
Joy to the world....blah blah blah... a few problems cropped up here and there with some of the work, but then again it's out of my hands. Aku damage control pun setakat tu je...sebab hasil kerja orang lain. My work is fine as it is...so up to the individuals nak betul kan apa yang patut. Can't spoonfeed people all the time.
Besides, one of my azam tuk 2007 nih, is to rid myself of my really draggy compulsive caretaking obsession I have of caring more than I should about everyone.
Silly kan..the things you learn when you grow up (ok..fine...when you grow older). I used to think caring for friends and people near and dear was important. Only now I realise it's a sure-fire way of f***** up your life by bothering with some people who belong in the deepest recesses of some unknown region where the light don't shine on their ugly mugs.
Moving on...after retail theraphy, went for first round of servicing for my car. Nak naik bukit ni, nak best of shape. Aku selama ni neglect my car, so got it done today. Kang ada masa nak tukau tuh nih lagik. Wat time ni ada lebih dari cukup duit, nak ler settle all that. After all...it's too seek my fortune as well to be mobile...so gotta take care of my ride. But actually...thinking of pimping it a little. We'll see...
Abih servicing my wheels, bersiap dan lari ke Istana Budaya, sebab nak jumpa Wanie, Za and Juan tuk fitting Mawi. Si Juan nak wat story tuk IRemaja so dia ikut sekali...
Mawi called me up about 7pm and said he was on the way, so aku pun round dulu ler area tuh...mak aih. Why the hell did they put the Eye on Malaysia here?
The transportation infrastructure is hardly healthy in this area to put something that would congest it further. One bloody round driving along the roads keliling kawasan tuh pun da take setengah jam.
Seriously la...I think someone crewed up on the planning bit when it came to location. Now I understand how this person felt masa nak gi hantar artiste dia wat show kat sana masa pelancaran And this is only the tip of the iceberg as the crowd wasn't all that bad.
Sampai je...tengok the rest of the gang da sampai. Barely five minutes pastu, si Mawi call kata dia da sampai. Along with Nasser dan abang Wan.
Freddie was in Istana Budaya already sebab ada sesi 'istimewa' tuk Mawi jumpa sorang peminat dari jauh. Kalau nak tau lebih pasal tuh, bacalah Kosmo! esok. Aku takleh cita lebih lak kat sini...sebab takde kena mengena ngan aku...and unlike some people...I respect the work of others. Any takers on the terasa bit...no? Hardly surprising...thick skin makes you immune to a lot of things. Even the painful truth.
So on with the fitting...everything was fine. Kalao nak tau, Mawi will be wearing an all white tux, just sikti off the traditional cut kat red carpet with some sprinkling of diamonds from Habib, dan masa dia perform, a maroon top with white shirt coupled ngan suar hitam. Tengok ler sendiri...here are some pics dari sesi tadi..
Tak clear sebab gelap sikit dalam Istana Budaya tuh.

Ni Wanie tengah fitting si Mawi. Hah...ok tak? All white katanya. Merasalah virginal! Yang picketiga tu, terang sebab flash camera si Juan. Bawahnya part ofthe outfit for the performance. Erm...baru perasan perut naik sikit ek Mawi. Amik ko...
   

Pas abih fitting, mula mula ingat nak join meka tuk show kat tasik sebab si Haziq, Fahan da ramai agik ada. Abang Wan ajak...tapi pas pikir berkali kali...malas lak.
Esok rancang nak gerak awal pagi. Terus dari sana...gerak gi melantak kat kak Ara, then ingat nak havoc sikit joget lambat sebelum balik for a wink or two.
See how the night progresses.
Want to get some stuff out of my system and party before tomorrow. Yerlah...some people hope to go nak feeling socialise..aku nak gi wat keja.
Alamak...nak singgah rumah bebudak lak...erm...camna ek ni? Erm...kita beronggeng dulu...

Malas nak posting entry sebab ari ni too many things to do, and tak focus on blogging content. Takkan nak tangkap muat lak nak bagik opinionated piece for free.
Not everyone dishes away everything for the sake of being heard. Sometimes we all have priorities. Don't wanna end up like some people I know who haven't made...and will never make anything out of themselves.
So sorry guys...no reading material ari ni.
Surf around...have fun.
Come back tomorrow when it's more loaded and not just occupying space for the sake of making people think I'm intelligent. Boleh?
Aduh....banyak nak cover balik tidur ni...

Tpday malas sngat nak posting apa apa. Had a ton of work to finish... kalau tertangguh kang, mampos nak clear by the beginning of next week.
Backlogged work ni yang paling terus cause you know when you keep procrastinating sangat...it never gets done. Only forgotten.
Anyways, apart from the hustle and bustle for the hands on for Anugerah Bintang Popular kali ni, today was a little different cause thanks to Juan dan Mohariz, gi lepak kat studio kat NSR dengar Dayang laying down some vocal tracks for her upcoming album.
Aku nak cakap lebih lak takleh...kang ada penulis lirik lak marah. Tapi apapun,  it's staple Dayang, and quite interesting.
Aku memang rate Dayang as one of the albums to look our for in 2007.
All the divas, and little divas are coming out with albums this year, so memang killer sikit ler tahun ni. Banyak saingan, which I suppose in a way is good.
Off what I can recall, I know apart from Dayang's album, aku tunggu album Ning,  Sarah Raisuddin and also of course, Siti Nurhaliza punya traditional album (lama tak dengau dia wat genre ni).
Oh by the way...kelakar la...for me. But it's strange betapa ramai wartawan tak bertauliah who try so hard to be something they're not, making snide remarks about how those in the profession think they're better (technically most are because not only they're trained, experienced amongst other reasons)...these folks don't know which way is up.
Why did I bring that up? Sebab ada ler sembang ngan Dayang pasal isu ramai kutuk dia kat Internet pasai baju dia kat Anugerah Juara Lagu tuh...selak situ sana sini seksi katanya....
Well...strangely enough, these anonymous moralists...are just ridiculously hitting below the belt.
Everyone has the right to an opinion, but I think the Internet has allowed for too many kedai kopi syndrome inflicted wannabes who judge people harshly without facing the consequences for being UNKNOWN and FACELESS.
So there...but many artistes read what's on the Internet even though meka tak ngaku...and it does hurt most of them...criticisms and nasty remarks biasalah...tapi agak agak ler kan kalao nak curi pukul.
The work of a coward is always anonymous. Only that way...they can't be judged.
Aduh...ngantuk...nak tidur dulu...kan merapu lak entry ni panjang memanjang... 

Yes!!! Arini memang besh gila!
Let's see, of course it was payday yesterday...but the besh was that today, all my arrears were banked in and my bank account ran deep into five digits!
Terasa kaya...walaupun pas ni the numbers will definitely shrivel like certain bodyparts in certain conditions sebab nak dump the money into several investments and such.
Hopefully this marks the start of my anticipated great financial year.
Work was ok...tapi dalam keja banyak, ceria je. Ala ala feeling Snow White And The Seven Dwarves leh whistle while you work gituh.
Was running a bit late in meeting Wanie to pick up some stuff, but managed to catch Hatta nak finish up his pieces for Ning, Nikki and Erra Fazira.
Had to run last minute sebab da janji Syed lak nak jumpa dia ngan Erra kat Menara Pan Global. Bumped into Bill Bora, and proceeded up to get the fitting done
Meka tengah shooting movie rupanya. Umie Aida popped in halfway, and si Hans pun ada.
Sebab rushing didn't bother to ask anything and got the fitting midway done masa shooting. Sebab meka shooting this office like environment, terpaksa ler tukar dalam cubicle. Dahler takde lampu sangat. Keji lak rasanya...but awmigawddddd....Erra memang fabulous la badan dia.
And the dress just fit her like a glove. She is definitely without a doubt one of Malaysia's prettiest celebrities ler. Undoubtedly! Memang takde masaalah and Erra and Syed as well love the whole outfit which was quite Valentino. Kudos ler sebab Hatta berjaya gak pikat ati meka ngan his creation.
Abih jer tuh, we were both actually kind of tired walaupun puas ati...so cadang nak balik terus. On the way, dropped balik office, sebab nak pop into the rehearsal Anugerah Bintang Popular yang  diadakan disana.
Yerlah....performers semua ada, senang nak adjust final adjust final schedule for them. Pening gak sebenarnya nak handle benda benda camni, and aku salute ler Akademi, pihak Berita Harian and all for their hard work.
Congrats ler pada the whole team sebab manage to put on a great concerted effort.
Sampai je bumped into Jac leaving, so set her appointment for final fitting too. Sekali abang Amy dan wife dia pun baru sampai.
Masuk je, nampak Rizman, Wan and Angel da sampai. So after customary his and all, with Ziana and her manager Lisa, semua masuk bilik air nak wat fitting.
Amik ko...another masterpiece!
Kalau korang tengok pic tuh, si Rizman yang pose semacam (cam perli kak Ziana jer...tunggu aku adu!).
Ziana lak...terkejut sebenarnya nak pose tak sempat (candid ler best!)
Saja tanak posting pic pic yang posing overdose. Anyways, we were satisfied and decided to call it a day and sit in on the rehearsal sat.
Budak budak V.E. semua ada. Tak sempat sembang panjang...kak Aishah pun ada. Ning, Misha and several other artistes da balik.
Sempat tengok Ziana go one more round after a tempo change, and a little of the V.E. boys have a go at the mic.
Ramli M.S. yang musical director, so you know where you're at with that.
Finally decided nak gerak, I made a move with Mawi, Nasser, abang Aman and gang sebab nak discuss ngan Mawi dan Nasser pasal bila lak kita nak fitting.
Seperti biasa Mawi punya schedule packed sangat. Jumaat lak meka da nak naik Genting Highlands. Silap silap, da naik tuk rehearsal kat Arena of Stars, malam tu kena turun balik lak nak siap kan baju. Kalau camtuh, memang next day Saturday kena one mroe round naik bukit ler.
Kesian lak kat dia. Aku memang plan nak gerak Ahad jer. Tapi silap silap aku Sabtu da ada kat sana...tengok plan camna dulu.
Sempat ler tengah wat lawak pasal lagu Ishtar (memang lagu tuh besh ok dan memang in my favourites playlist skang...tunggu nak ke Singapore nak cari CD kalau try nasib esok nak carik atau booking kat Tower Records tak jadi).
If nothing else, the whole kes about ciplak and all, membuka my eyes to Ishtar's brand of pop.
Wat aku nak dengar agi lagu lagu dia...from the samples I've heard, I'm really impressed....
Anyways, dalam nak balik tuh, naik lif, si Mawi sempat pose tuk one pic for the blog (keji kan ko Nasser!) Er...pose santai ke...pose gayart naik lif...pose haper pun la...aku pun tatau. Tapi rileks...chill jer.
Hit Amin Thai kat seksyen 7 tuk melantak sebab kebulur da. Abih je headed balik to the kids' home kat 16 sebab nak sambung an informal discussion ala post-mortem.
Puas ati gak ler...
Minor alterations je needed.
Nothing major...so that's a relief. Semakin dekat Anugerah Bintang Popular ni, banyak lak aku kena prepare before hand because I'll be doing several job up on the hill.
Takperler. This is my litmus stress to my already skyrocketing blood pressure. It's a good test of how to juggle so many tasks and yet try and remain sane, as well as calm and composed...especially with all the trivial crap going around me from those haters who just keep bugging me.
La la la...sucks to be you folks.
Lum agik masuk bab Anugerah Bintang Popular ujung minggu ni. Ada je freeloaders nak tag along. Tak sedau diri tul.
Aw please lah. Get a proper job first. But what to do...there are leeches everywhere no matter what.
I'll just focus on my job, but thank the security for doing theirs in keeping the riff raff out so that I can get my work done. Too much to do and too little time to bother with insignificant freaks.
Eh...nak check some emails and go beddy bye....happy holidays pada semua yang tak keja esok...lain la seperti di opis orang ni yang da la kena keja tak bayar triple. Merasalah...