Now I know that this is a little late, but better late than never kan. Akibat slight fever, selsema dan bengkak mata (thus the Gucci, sampai tengok konsert Akademi Fantasia kat dewan pun ber Gucci...bukan kerana berangan stylo walaupon hakikatnya stylo pun...), this review lambat ler sikit. Sekali kira ngan laporan Diarrhea tadik.
We start off with review aku tuk konsert Akademi Fantasia yang ketiga yang dah ler bosan dan busuk cam minggu pertama (and we were holding on to the hope that the second week showed promise of better things to come).
Not only was the concert frustratingly bad, there was no justification for not eliminating anyone. Nama 'surprise' konon...burok bebenor perform pun tak eliminate. Baik empat lima orang sekali kena halau balik.
Konon antara sebab meka wat trigger camni, meka nak bagik peluang pada bebudak perbaiki diri.
Hello??? It's the third f***** week!!!!
And selama ni, dalam musim musim lepas, kalau ada non elimination, it was never half way. Abih...camna lak Diya dan Afiq? Didn't they deserve a chance to improve themselves too?
Weird!
Back to the concert...Oh my God!!!!,....and I mean it. Today I heard the voice of God!!!!
Oh ok...it's just Aznil with a lot of reverb and echo. How CHEESY and totally TACKY!
Dah....aku malas nak cakap apa apa, but I think again the screwed up on the intro.
AGAIN!
It could have been executed so much more better but nope...again...it was kind of weird like watching some sort of student experimental theatre. Malas nak panjang mengulas...kang orang niat nak carut jer...sendiri nilaikan hwo busuk it was. I would have given a rating of four toilet plungers for it. One can only imagine the horror of Datuk A. Samad Said at how these kids made his art sound like a bad Cerekarama script.

So let's get strated on the kids.

Heliza - Melodi Ahlan (Waheeda)
I was really disappinted with her, because I think she didn't do half as good as she should, as Ogy said. It was a mediocre performance that appeared to be more a warm up practise session that was boring. Disappointing at best though I really want to throw in more nasty cmments for the way she stumbled through it. Credit to her ler though for for fumbling up her lyrics like some of the others though as admittedly it was quite difficult.
If Heliza underperforming wasn't enough to spoil my mood, aku tambah geram komen Jee which was not too bad but it was so contrived She doesn't fit into the role and it was just a tad silly for her to comment panjang panjang and then lapse into her real mode of ending with, " but you look nice today."
Arghhh!!!

Farha - Insan (Yantzen)
Now this was a bad attempt at overdramatisation of the show. As ada member komen..., nyanyi insan ke insane... cause he looked like a raving lunatic yang a little nuts ngan dia punya action tangan and overdose acting.
Boring...and just utter sillyness....

Noni - Ode To My Family (Cranberries)
Ok this was just weird cause it continued the trend of overacting onstage.
Memang aku pun rasa nak go... "your mother, your father!!!"... swearing profusely at just about anyone responsible for bringing her into this world.
Boring, over the top, zero effort and presented in a package of the cheesiest stage performance ever!
She was slurring, had bad pronounciation, mumbling her lyrics...blah blah blah...list them all out and take our pick of what sucked about her.
Does anyone care?
Hell no!!!

Aswad - Hijau Bumi Tuhan (XPDC)
He could have impressed but for some blody reason sebab ni makanan dia. Rck kapak style, Tapi he was flat in places, off and occasionally sengau nak mampos.
Let's not forget the jerky wind up monkey movements. Boring...sampai tahap Jee pun takleh puji ari ni dia comel ke haper...(which is a little hard fr her to hold back, ok!)
The only thing worth watching was sampai Ogy naik hantu pasal show Asswipe. I like!!! Go Ogy!!!

Fatin - Erti Hidup (Dayang Nurfaizah)
Unimaginative and boring, I think her song was very paced but she didn't do anything for it. Biasa biasa je, tapi in a concert where everyone totally sucked, she seemed ok. For me though, aku rasa sesi karaoke biasa je.
It was definitely average and noting to shout about.
Tapi at least hilang elemen dangdut dia. Kira ada harapan lagik Fatin ni nak improve.

Mila - Melukut Di Tepi Gantang
She almost made it up for the two horrible weeks, and proved she had a decent voice. Derailed sana sini but one of the btter shows fo the night. Don't understand the damn wheelchair though
I actually pity her because I know she can do better but somehow I dn't think she can catch up in time to improve herself. As it is, nak lawan ngan anak anak Datuk ni not an easy task wit Heliza being the only girl so far yang can keep up the race.
She's got the potential I think, but I also think she needs more time to improve, which sadly seems like it's ending by next week.

Dafi - Aku Tanpa Cintamu (Mirwana)
CHECKINGGGGGGGGGGGG!!! Lari nyeh!!!!
I thought the backing stage performances were getting worse and worse but nothing prepared me for this lousy sketch.
Matilah feeling pengajaran but kelakar lak. bodoh tol.
As for Dafi....honestly tul...no stinking dynamics, and lagu tuh cam lullaby padahal tie Mirwana dan Jay Jay power ok.
Kali ni ada peluang nak all out leh tapi still wat boyband approach dia. Merasalah jadik boyband karaoke expert.
T be fair though, he wasn't the worst for the night...though he did suck something bad.

Dekna - Kembara Di Tanah Gersang (Al Jawaher)
For the first 45 seconds aku ingat dia da ok sikit...tapi after that, I went back to sleep, to cry in my sleep actually while my ears bled. Aduh...sayangnya dia ni....kenapa lak dak ni.
Apart from the bad stage dramas, there was something uniform in budak budak ni minggu ni. Takde feel langsung!
Merasalah aksi Samihah Aisah Omar suddenly nak kicking lak.

Rizal - Permaidani (Aris Ariwatan)
Ok...he is seriously tone deaf! Enough said....someone please check his hearing cause I think there's something seriously wrong with his ability to head cause honestly no one could have normal hearing without realising that was nasty!
He was the worst ..AGAIN! For the third week in a row.
And tetap ngan aksi Karam Singh Walia walaopon awal2 konsert da reminder.
Pada peminat Rizal, please stop voting for him and get your ears checked if you say he can sing.

Shawal - Ku Berlari (Firdaus)
Disappinted sebab he tried but it didn't work...nak blame sapa? The music? Good choice! I don't know what happened but looks like these kids ni memang suck nak mampos with each week.
He died onstage! He better buck up next week.
And please, let's not bring clowns to upstage others ok... I can't take all the gegaring of the lemak which irritates the crap out of me.

Candy - Terlalu Istimewa (Adibah Noor)
She pulled some high notes but I think the she was just lucky with the song.
Weird that Jee kata dia ada feel sebab aku rasa penghayatan dia hancur even though sora dia ok je with some highs.
Nak kata yang terbaik, seriously she wasn't that good...just ala ala je.Only Ogy was able to point it out and noticed the same thing I did which was this thing she did with her pose ala ala orgasm.
And the music...

Ebi - Al Jannah (Mawi)
I think this was the real performance of the day sebab elok sesangat ler sora dia banding yang lain.
For the last two weeks, he's been so so, but this was an amazing improvement for him to come this far. Bab, though stress points tuh aku no komen ler sebab I think Jee makes sense when she pointed it out. Wow! A first...time to celebrate!
The part when he would fail because of penghayatan aku rasa dia punya problem tuh, sama je ngan bebudak lain...still aku puji dia because of the effort yang aku memang puji. Bukan senang nak wat lagu Mawi and not be compared which I think dia mampu, with his version.

Aku rate this whole concert three toilet plungers! Konsert pertama dapat empat while last concert was a two star effort. So note the effort.
Apapun, before I forget, the critics (even Jee) geta  standing ovation for their comments this week yang lebih real kali ni dan on the mark. It's about time we see reality TV be real again!
S to Ogy, Hattan dan Jee, keep up the good work. I like!!!
Anyway, today surfing the Net,  ada yang tanya pasal pics Ebi yang appear. Ala...dia tuh bekas model. So biasa je la. At least not self taken dedah sampai bogel sendiri sendiri. Tapi wat camner....kalau it affects his votes, too bad ler sebab he only did ok this week, and has much to prove still.Ada ke masa ke tak tatau ler...

Pics ni di addkan atas permintaan. Kredit foto : CARI Forum
(Sila ambil perhatian - gambar ini telahpun diedarkan di CARI - I'm just republishing it here atas permintaan ramai yang ingin melihat)

Anyways aku tak paham kenapa Diarrhea ari ni meka tunjuk Friday's recordings sebab tak perlu ok nak live in the past gituh.
And the clips weren't all that interesting anyway.
Kesimpulan aku dapat wat dari flashbacks tuh:
- si Asswipe semakin cam ungka,
- Tok Wan tuh membuang masa penonton.
- they couldn't bring someone who wasn't obese to teach the kids first aid
-  the kids are just weird and trying too hard in talking with the camera too much in trying to play Farah.
- meka kena endorse Power Root sebab antara sponsor
- dan team production pemalas nak recycle clips sebab siang punya recording tak sempat edit. Leh?
Matilah carut balik...
Oh and judging by Astro's announcement yang undian minggu lepas takkan dibuang, it's obvious that meka takut jadik issue tipu duit peminat Akademi Fantasia kalau meka reset the votes percentage this week. Bagus...bagus...at least they learned about prevention rather than depend on damage control.
Now if only meka sedar betapa kurang ajarnya nak clash dates with AIM, the new version of Menuju Puncak still sucks....and assignment lagu pun bring nak mampos....dare I mention arrangement minus ones pun masih busuk?
Watching on with the Diarrhea, I think they're going too far with the recycled clips....who wants to bet Tok Wan tuh related to someone in production of Akademi Fantasia...OOPS!
Oh Lord...recycle lagik. Rizalnak play along by the looks of it acting over cam nak gain attention.
The backstage clips were boring at best, and the song selection handing out pun bosan.
La la la....
Fast forward please
More showings of the drop fo English in the country with the horrible realisation that none of them understood the words, attitude, altitude and aptitude.
What happened lah. Dalam pelbagai komen diberi tenaga pengajar, pandai olak si Khairul Najmi nak kata aunty dia disappointed with Dafi ek....you are the aunty la....tolonglah. Ajar English pun tak betul, pastu nak ajar bebudak lak pasal performance. Shut up and sit in your corner je la as you sift through your Satndard Six textbooks trying to find something to teach the kids this week.
Dahler broke his own rule konon pakai English je, kelam kabut dan tunggang langgang lak English campor BM sebab nak laser tunjuk intelligent konon. Boring!!!!
So for anyone interested, here's the senarai lagu for minggu keempat punya konsert.

Senarai lagu tugasan konsert keempat.
Fatin - Joget Gila Bayang (Anita Sarawak)
Noni - Pastikan (Siti Nurhaliza)
Ebi - Kasihnya Laila (Jinbara)
Shawal - Izinkan Ku Pergi (Kaer)
Heliza - Torn (Natalie Imbruglia)
Farha - As Long As You Love Me (Backstreet Boys)
Candy - Setia Ku Korbankan (Fauziah Latiff)
Dekna - Salam Untuk Kekasih (Nadia)
Dafi - Zikir Kasih (Amir Ukays)
Rizal - Di Ambang Sore (Ahmad Jais)
Aswad - Hakikat Sebuah Cinta (Iklim)
Mila - Benci Tapi Rindu (Diana Nasution)

Daripada senarai lagu tugasan, aku rasa Shawal bakal highlight of the show, because Izinkan Aku Pergi is a good song yang leh showcase vocals. I think Heliza pun will perform well fr Torn because it's right up her alley. Hopefully meka comebac dari performance meka yang hambar last concert.
Apart from that, surprisingly enough after last week's performance, I think Mila wil be quite ok t with Benci Tapi Rindu.
Yang bakal hancur? Au risau pasal Farha, Command of English dan sora yang tak kena ngan AS Long As You Love Me, bakal menjadi train wreck (mintak jangan ler), while Rizal dah almost confirm akan mampos ngan lagu dia. Nyampah aku masa Diarrhea dia cakap, "Saya memang tak sukaaaaaa lagu ni!!! Saya memang tak tak sukaaaa irama Malaysia....etc"  Kata tak gemar ler....tu pun tak leh ke...aduh..pastu cover lak ngan kata, "tapi saya akan cuba",...cuba apa? Cuba hancurkan lagu tu?
And dare we mention Asswipe? Tetap ngan lagu rock kapak....dah ler aku bosan tengok moka Bangla dia....aku bosan ngan show busuk dia dan topi/headban busok dia. Baik pakai wig jer....kalao beriya nak cover dia tuh semakin membotak. Matila....kalao juara sebelom ni botak, ni dah lr dia nak feeling iras Mawi, nak botak gak? Merasalah Mawi botakkan diri...buan botak natural keguguran ok! Merasalah kalau dia menang apa apa sila mintak Yun Nam haircare sponsor hadiah ok!
Yang aku rasa susah nak ramal Fatin (takut tolang dia snap in half kalao nak over energectic je si anorexia ni), Ebi (susah wooo mau follow up performance dia yang bagus tuk Al Jannah), Candy (tapi sure better than the original version sebab penyanyi asal tak mampu nyanyi agik) and Dafi (sora boyband wat ala ala asli ek...kita tunggu dan lihat).

Baru balik konsert tribute Sudirman. Tired out as hell tak balik pas kuar siang tadik tuk knsert Akademi Fantasia ketiga. Esok je aku update ok....with the best pics around...
My thrat feels a little raw, tanda nak demam kot. So esok je aku posting entry review plus a little news. Adalah....

Sila alih perhatian ke kanan ni. Ada gambar dua mangkuk jamban paling kesialan yang aku pernah jumpa. This picture was taken while I was having dinner at iZZi kat Bukit Bintang, sambil taking advantage their 'bottomless beverage' offer (drink all you can) and the free wifi.
Now, I love iZZi sebab dia punya tempat ni, makanan dan minuman ok, and harga pun berpatutan. Of course the wifi is a bonus ler. But another thing yang paling attractive pasal tempat ni is they have a smoking section in this closed off area of the restaurant yang siap air conditioned. Susah woo mau jumpa kat KL restaurant layan smokers cam aku ni.
So anyways, met Ted there to have a bite sebab this is one of the few rare Saturdays yang free, memandangkan Akademi Fantasia on hold gituh, with the concert tomorrow.
Tengah makan melantak dan surfing ni, tetiba ada ler couple ni masuk. Tatau ler jantan ni bini dia burok bebeno ker, atau tuh mak dia....but this obviously Arabs strutted in and took a table next to mine.
Yang si pompuan ni lak, tarik shawl ke sweater e haper dia yang burok tu dan bising kat waiter kata sejuk. So waiter kena ikot cakap dia turn off the air conditioning. Matila ko! Dahler ko tak smoking ko dok section kita kita yang ditindas nih.
Pastu take away our little creature comfort lak. Cam haram kesialnya!!!!
Lepas 15 minutes, I swear the glass walls started fogging up sebab bilik ni da cam steam room. Siap ada yang terus bayar and leave with a disgusted look kat makcik ni. I guess they were too polite to tell her off, and decided to just walk off.
And of course I am too. NOT!!!
Ngan moka yang ala ala lobster yang overcooked, hot and bothered, aku ngeluh ngan bebudak sini. Meka pon kenal aku ala ala sebab da rajin aku hias sini dulu. Dia pun turn on the aircon again ler.
Tak sampai lima minit, the aircon temperature was turned down hasil makcial sial nih.
WHAT THE ***!!!!!!!
Pastu takper lagik. Si makcik ni, siap jeling kat aku, as if daring me to get the aircon turned up again.
So I lit up a cigarette and puffed away.... in  the direction of her table.
In other words, that was my way of saying GI MAMPOS KO!!! You already look like you're going to go any minute, so let me help you. That's six seconds gone thanks to secondary smoke by me...inhale you b***h!!!...here's another six seconds for you!!!!
We are surely an oppresed lot ler smokers ni...but this was standing my ground for my beliefs and my right to kill myself with nicotine in this little glass box that they prepared for us to do what we wanted to ourselves without harming anyone. Now even that is being taken away....
Betina tua ni siap pandang aku cam aku wat salah lak nak isap rokok. Nak je aku jerit...NI TEMPAT SMOKING LA BANGANG....tapi sure dia tak paham lak. Mendidih siot darah aku!!!
Aku jeling dak waiter, dia pun ala ala tension da ngan couple ni sebab other customers, who were slightly more polite than me were also giving really UGLY looks (lain ler makcik ni da memang born with it kan). Dia signal kat aku tuk bersabar and started clearing their table the moment meka abih and offered to get the bill....ala ala nak halau cara terhormat ler. And then the happy ending was dia berambos....and we had the room back again to ourselves...and we smoked happily ever after until closing time. The End.
Leh?
Anyways, hari ni memang happy day. Dahler relaxed, my first real off day in a month or two with nothing whatsoever to do, something weird again happened. Another payment was made into my bank account. Like just a day ago, tengahari tadi aku ke ATM machine and found out, I had over RM1,000 extra.
Ok...honestly I don't know where the money came from, but I think company kot yang bank in sebab overtime aku ke haper ler yang meka tak pay out..
Terus feeling lagik smangat nak window shopping.
Thanks to my unGodly hours depan laptop main download America's Next Top Model (cycle 8), Who Wants To Be The Next Superhero, In Living Colour dan assorted old movies (no porn), plus the heat over the last couple of days, mata aku bengkak sikit belah kiri. Ala ala nak ketumbit but not quite gituh.
So aku went to town to the pharmacy. Pas beli ubat, singgah layan tengok sunglasses. Now my history pasal sunglasses ni, aku penah skali je beli sunglasses branded...zaman study dulu banyak and wat part time dan practical sana sini.
Kongsi ngan my best friends to buy this JPG punya sunglasses yang memang meletop! Gilir gilir ok time tu nak pakai....rotating seorang berapa hari dapat pakai...until one day one of my friends stupidly sat on it!!!
Oh yes, and there was this pair of Calvin Kleins which were a gift from someone fron Jakarta which, I stupidly sat on. Bodoh...
Sejak tu, sunglasses ni tak penting bagi aku agik, tambah because aku ni pun bukan gila barang branded. All these years pun aku ada duit extra prefer spend kat orang lain (matilah sampai kekadang jadik badan kebajikan lak nak bagi maan kat anak orang yang pemalas).
Anyhoo...walked in the optometrist saja nak browse...and then saw a few I liked...and then decided to go another shop...and another...and another...and another....until I walked out with this. Yes, people, I am now proudly in possession of my first pair of Gucci. Hah!!! I've been officially Gucci-ed. Leh?
Er...this is original ok...siap ada resit dan warranty so not five finger discount (shoplift ler) or dapat pree gift!!!! And this is not yang zaman tok kadok punya, this is part of the 2007 Spring Summer Gucci eyewear line
Actually ada empat aku suka, this one, A Christian Dior and two Guess shades, but I settled for this in the end. Dior tuh da almost quarter of my salary, so the Gucci won in the end sebab bawah RM1000.
Retail price RM850 to be exact. Tapi dapat ler discount. Yang pentingnya,retail price pun da lebih murah dari apa aku check online...apa lagi pas aku dapat discount sikit. Heh...
Sesapa minat nak dapat info lebih, surf over ler to Gucci punya website.Matilah nak bagi proof of purchase not PS Boutique punya (Petaling Street ler).
I love my shades!!!!
Siap pastu surfing website official meka nak tengok ada apa lagik yang cantik feeling nak beli (tapi feeling je sebab nak saving in getting new wardrobe and saving a little to splurge on a trip to see somene in Langkawi).
So yes, this posting is an indulgent syok sendiri trip about me and my Gucci (cita makcik Arab tu - otherwise known as Kahaks to us ala ala appetizer jer.) More pics...ni specifications from the Gucci website. Matilah kan sampai tu pun tempek kat sini. Takper...today Gucci...tomorrow Dior! The possibilities are endless....Tapi I'll never ler become a slave to fashion, tapi kalao something nice I'll get it if within my affordability range ler. Kalao dulu gila perfume skang takleh wat sementara sebab perfume masih berlambak tak abih.
I still have one Tommy Hilfiger, three different Versaces, one MNG and one Moschino nak abih. Cukup berapa tahun punya fragrance tuh
And yes, here I am hiding my minor deformity with my Gucci. yes yes...say what you want...ko ado? Heh! Aduh....esok selepas ke konsert ingat nak shopping agi memandangkan my budget for shpping masih membenarkan.
Entry update pasal apa konsert esok. Aku nak sambung lari keliling meja with my Gucci on as everyone stares at me as I'm going, "I like it....I like it...I like it" while  whooping it up.
Yes, yes, smirk if you must, but the power of retail theraphy should never be underestimated...
Meanwhile, let me fold them back in their case, and make sure I don't sit on this pair, cause it'll be more painful than just on my butt if I sit on this pair or anyone else does before I hit the age of 60.
Pada sesapa yang gi konsert esok, tegur tegur ler ek tomorrow cause I know some of you are actually going to the show. Tak kisah ler sokong sapa pun... Asswipe ke, The Blob ke, Daffy Duck ke....it's a competition and we shouldn't take it personal. I'd love to meet you guys yang baca kat sini...so here's hoping we meet up.
In case you don't recognise me, I'll be the ones in the Gucci.

PS - Esok April Fool's Day so jangan terkena ek. And persoalan konsert besok, ada ke double elimination or more yang aku tunggu tunggu....or will it only be next concert onwards. Renungkan.

Does anyone ever question Astro for keeping the origin of the votes a a secret. Thanks to technology, Astro bukan tatau dari mana asal AFUNDI tuh semua. Yes, setiap musim, meka tau, how much each unique number votes, and you my dear friends yang SMS (aku stop dari musim ketiga), form part of these figures that they compile.
Now, soalan cepumas hari ni. Will Astro ever reveal how much is pumped in by the number of uniqe numbers? Hell no!!!
You think they care even if it all came from a handful? Janji masyuk kan.... plus... it would force others to vote more to get their favourites up there. Sad... but oh so true.
Oh believe you me....I'm all for democracy and putting the power in the hands of the people through expensive text voting (there's one born every minute, I say) tapi kan, aku rasa this is already ridiculous. Ini bukan agik soal siapa menjadi pilihan penonton, dan siapa yang paling mengerakkan hati peminat tuk spend their hzrd earned money for them.
And I think the AFUNDI shows it's pretty obvious. What can be done about this? Sadly enough.... nothing!
So what happens, I say give the 'voters' (walaopon tak genuine) what they want.
Yes, I thought so. But these figures prove something. No matter what orang nak cakap ler dengki ke busuk ati ke haper ke kita kerana nak mengkritik Akademi Fantasia, this season, the programme da lari konsep bukan saja dari pencarian bakat tapi it also is no longer even a question of popularity.
Now, it's about how much financial backing you have. Just like a business.
Oh well... at the end of the day, we all know, no matter how much money pun, takkan ko nak beli 10,000 unit album kalau da takde orang nak beli tuk lakukan kononnya product sendiri kan.
And as for Astro, aku rasa meka baik kaji balik the system. Because it's obvious money votes can influence the decision.
Why?
Theory!
Kalau sebelom ni, ikutan Akademi Fantasia dari segi jumlah SMS yang diterima begitu hebat, not even the richest man in Malaysia would bother to put his son or daughter through the competition until the final sebab it would take a LOT of money.
Now however, it's obvious that the AFUNDI pool have shrunk and people have just stopped voting. Cuba kalau Astro nak buktikan aku salah, kuarkan angka angka dan peratusan undian dari musim pertama. See the number of unique voters, and why the votes tak berkembang just as much as their viewership figures.
Because kalau da ada sorang dua (dan ahli keluarga lain) pump in so much money... of course the percentage shrinks.
So is Akademi Fantasia a flop this year? Ada yang mengatakan ratings naik melambung. Ok...aku tak nafikan, jumlah penonton sudah pastinya akan bertambah. But tarik kuar semua graf subscribers Astro dari lima tahun lepas.
Dari musim pertama, sampai skang, compare the percentage growth of the subscribership base versus the amoung spent on AFUNDI. Ada tak trend menurun.
Yes...ari ni kira intelligent posting ler...konon ler. Sebab banyak perkara main kat pala aku nih.
Ada yang katakan, kalao tak suka jangan tengok.
Truth is, aku da nonton sejak musim pertama, and I have always said it is still the most popular show. Cuma... setiap tahun, lepas musim kedua, kita sedikit sebanyak nampak a slump, kejatuhan dari segi kualiti. Oh not by the money they spend....memang la kalao dulu musim pertama kedua bebudak pun tak dimanjaan kemewahan sangat, skang nampaknya sebab da smakin popular sponsor pun bertambah, untung pun lebih ler pada bebudak tu.
The quality I mean dari segi appeal and originality of the programme yang many of us have come to love. Oh well...
Tu la pasal nya, malam ni, carta peratusan ni pun...leh tell me such a story kan...
Back to my day, ari ni aku relaxed... so much so malas sebenarnya nak tengok Diarrhea kang get me in a foul mood jer. Heh...takde ler...sebenarnya ari ni kira casual Friday bagik aku so nak take advantage of it.
Tambah agik for some reason midnight semalam, aku check my Maybank account, tengok tengok bukan je ada jumlah gaji da masuk, plus savings aku yang aku happy giler nih, tapi also a four figure amount yang banked in.
Ok...it was actually a few Ringgit short of a thousand, tapi terkejut gak sebab tertanya mana datang duit tuh. Oh well, don't know where it came from, but I know where it's going to. Tomorrow's Saturday and I have the whole day free...so...it's SHOPPING TIME!

Before I end this entry yang meroyan pondering ala analytical ni, want to share something that's been bugging me for the last two weeks.
Siapa yang tak penah tengok show kat Dewan Sivik for the live concert wouldn't have noticed this. Tapi tengok pic kat atas tuh. Tuh meja yang digunakan pengkritik.
The funny thing is, atas setiap meja tuh, there are two buttons, one red and one blue. No, they're not service buttons, bukan tekan skali leh order air ke extra pillows ke (though I bet that was possible for the more boring performances - the pillow part I mean).
I thought they weren't working at first, tapi by the end of concert pertama, gatal gak tangan aku gi tekan ler. And yes, the buttons are actually in working order. What do they do? Well, the red button kalau ditekan, ada lampu merah kuar dari bahadian depan podium pengkritik tuh, while kalao tekan biru, kuar ler lampu biru. Something like this, masa aku main main with it time meka da mula tup lampu dewan. Rasa cam something out of Saturday Night Fever lak... (that or out of Tekaria - membuktikan aku tua da sebab ingat gameshow kat RTM tahun 80an)

Hah...tu example nya. The first one, tak tekan, takde lampu. Yang tekan biru, of course lampu biru, and merah of course the front panel turns red.
Matilah kalau tean dua sekali bukan dapat warna ungu ok. And trust me, aku tekan kedua nya skali, tetap merah sebab overpower the blue kot.
The next question is... what for? Pengkritik nak ok atau out kan contestant ke? Adakah itu gimik ke kejutan akan datang?
Adakah itu akan menandakan some manner of inteference of the critics to the results which has been determined by some rich fat cats voting their talentless offspring?
Or is it just a case of Astro recycling props jer.... let me know your theories dalam ruangan Comments. Pemenang  takkan menang apa apa kecuali my respect for reading this entry until the end and bothering to comment on something silly and trivial like this (matilah carut diri sendiri)
Until tomorrow kids...I'm outta here.

Semalam and today memang hectic abih! For some reason tetiba workload increased by leaps and bounds. Walaupun sehari dua ni takkan ada assignment, tapi banyak lak kena siapkan.
Kicking off dari malam semalam. Petang semalam ke sidang akhbar kedua untuk Anugerah Industri Muzik where they announced the results,
Aku bangga gila sebab Nikki sangkut dua pencalonan. One for Best Music Video tuk Caramu and another for Drama with Ning dan Yanie. Bukan senang ok memandangkan kategori tuh sifu dominate ngan tiga lagu. Only one more song manage nak squeeze in, which was Ceritera Cinta.
Mawi sangkut satu je, which was for Best Nasyid Album tapi ok ler. Yang penting nomination pun da top five in the country ok.
Also to Bob, Farhan...ramainya kali ni kengkawan yang up for awards. Word up, Jac! Love you kak Aishah!! (kita sambung anyam ketupat another time ek) And so many more. Tahniah buat semua yang tercalon. It's going to be a great night (suspen better nak tau sapa menang dari nak tau sapa kena buang dari konsert ketujuh Akademi Fantasia sebab the one who goes will never be agreeable).
Anyways.. leh tengok repeat. Heh...so not so much of a problem.
By the way AIM ni special bagi aku for obvious reasons sebab aku wat comeback (kalao ikut perkembangan blog aku tau ler kenapa kan...heh...) So this year aku gi aku rancang nak as tamu je la. Malas lak keja malam tu. Sebab jemputan aku ada dalam professional capacity as well as personal, walaupon tahun ni aku tak amik bahagian dalam proses judging.
Apapun, bagi yang berminat, ni senarai full for those who managed to work their way in.

BEST NEW ARTISTE/ARTIS BARU TERBAIK
Bob
Farhan
Fazli Zainal
Izwan Pilus
Sean Ghazi

BEST VOCAL PERFORMANCE IN AN ALBUM (MALE)/PERSEMBAHAN VOKAL TERBAIK DI DALAM ALBUM (LELAKI)
Bob (Hantaran Hati)
M. Nasir (Sang Pencinta)
Reshmonu (Superfine)
Saleem (Epigoni)
Sean Ghazi (Sean Ghazi - Semalam)

BEST VOCAL PERFORMANCE IN AN ALBUM (FEMALE)/PERSEMBAHAN VOCAL TERBAIK DI DALAM ALBUM (WANITA)
Aishah (Kurnia)
Farhan (Best of Farhan)
Jaclyn Victor (Inilah... Jac)
Noryn Aziz (Alam Maya)
Siti Nurhaliza (Transkripsi)

BEST GROUP VOCAL PERFORMANCE IN AN ALBUM/PERSEMBAHAN VOKAL TERBAIK DUO ATAU BERKUMPULAN
Firdaus (Dunia Yang Lebih Indah)
Hijjaz (Pelita Hidup IV - Perjalanan)
Khafi (Satu Jengkal)
KRU (10 Di Skala Richter)
Raihan (Tawakkal)

BEST ALBUM COVER/KULIT ALBUM TERBAIK
Ad Verse (Transkripsi - Siti Nurhaliza)
Carl Dunford & Ling (Superfine - Reshmonu)
Marcus Ericsson (Television - Pete Teo)
Nizam Rahmat (Gothik Malam Edan - Search)
Nizam Rahmat (Ikon - Amy)

BEST ENGINEERED ALBUM/RAKAMAN ALBUM TERBAIK
Alip, Mamak, Omi, Kamal & Zairie (Analogi - Kristal)
Fadzli, Fauzy, Zairie, Roslan Aziz, Marzuki & Peter Chong (Sang Pencinta - M. Nasir)
Hadie Lizard, Zairi Ariffin & Alfie Zainal (Gothik Malam Edan - Search)
Mamak, Kamal & Zairie (Rock Yeh Yeh 60an - Kristal)
Phil Punch, Peter Chong & C.L. Toh (Sean Ghazi - Semalam - Sean Ghazi)

BEST MUSIC VIDEO/MUZIK VIDEO TERBAIK
Andy Mak (Caramu - Nikki)
Jordan Suleiman (Lost In America - Pete Teo)
Osman Ali (Bisakah - Siti Nurhaliza)
Tate Mario Ghazi (Ku Impikan Bintang - Sean Ghazi)
Tate Mario Ghazi (Semalam - Sean Ghazi)

BEST ETHNIC POP ALBUM/ALBIM ETNIK POP TERBAIK
Satu Taakulan (Natasha - S. Atan & Pak Ngah)
Syahda Berdendang (Syura - Pak Ngah, Eddie Hamid & Idzhar Azwa)

BEST NASYID ALBUM/ALBUM NASYID TERBAIK
Bahagia Berkasih (Ahmadi Hassan - Omar Nawab, Ali Hussien Mawla)
Doa, Berzanji & Qasidah Berlagu (Mawi - Othman Mahmood & Arab)
Dunia Yang Lebih Indah (Firdaus - Faizal Tahir, Akmal Mirwana, Isman Isam, Haris Isa Firdaus & Zulkfli Majid)
Pelita Hidup IV - Perjalanan (Hijjaz - Munif Ahmad, Faizal Osman & Isman Isam)
Tawakkal (Raihan - Bakafro & Farihin Abdul Fatah)

BEST POP ROCK ALBUM/ALBUM POP ROCK TERBAIK
Analogi (Kristal - Kristal & Bong)
Epigoni (Saleem - Umarul Mahdzar)
Gorr...Renng Jer (Chobib - Chobib)
Janjiku (Sofaz - Sofaz)
Sang Pencinta (M. Nasir - M. Nasir)

BEST HARD ROCK ALBUM/ALBUM HARD ROCK TERBAIK
2 Juta (Amuk - DB Production, Neves & Jenny Chin)
Gothik Malam Edan (Search - Edrie Hashim & M. Nasir)
Kuasa (F.T.G - F.T.G)
Live & Unplugged at Planet Hollywood 06 (Lefthanded - Boon Tan & Rosmin Hashim)
Rock Yeh Yeh 60an (Kristal - Kristal & Bong)

BEST POP ALBUM/ALBUM POP TERBAIK 
Alam Maya (Noryn Aziz - Michael Veerapen & Daniel Veerapen)
Harapan (Fazli Zainal - Hazami, Azlan Abu Hassan, Audi Mok, Terry Lee, Adnan Abu Hassan, Aman & Ahmad Firdaus)
Inilah... Jac (Jaclyn Victor - Azlan Abu Hassan, Aubrey Suwito, Audi Mok, Kieran Kuek & Aidit Alfian)
Kurnia (Aishah - Adnan Abu Hassan)
Transkripsi (Siti Nurhaliza - Aubrey Suwito, Jenny Chin, Mac Chew, Yasin, Cat Farish, Firdaus Mahmud, Damian V.E)

BEST LOCAL ENGLISH ALBUM/ALBUM INGGERIS TEMPATAN TERBAIK
For Real (Juwita Suwito - Aubrey Suwito, Greg Henderson, Kieran Kuek & Faizal Tahir)
Mango Overheat (Rabbit - Iwan Chan @ Rabbit)
Sasi The Don (Sasi The Don - Sasi The Don)
Superfine (Reshmonu - Reshmonu, Paul Morrison & Audi Mok)
Television (Pete Teo - Nick Lee & Pete Teo)

BEST INDONESIAN ALBUM/ALBUM INDONESIA TERBAIK 
Jiwa Ku (Ruth Sahanaya - Jeffry Warowuntu & Jan Djuhana)
Naluri Lelai (Samsons - Samsons)
Republik Cinta (Dewa 19 - Ahmad Dhani)
Selalu Ada (Ari Lasso - Ari Lasso)
SO7 (Sheila On 7 - Jan Djuhana)

BEST MUSICAL ARRANGEMENT IN A SONG/SUSUNAN LAGU TERBAIK
Aubrey Suwito (Teman Sejati - Juwita Suwito)
Audi Mok (Inilah Masanya - Jaclyn Victor)
Bruce Hurn (Hujan Di Tengahari - Sean Ghazi)
Vivian Chua (Getaran Jiwa - Sean Ghazi)
Vivian Chua (Semalam - Sean Ghazi)

SONG OF THE YEAR/LAGU TERBAIK
Audi Mok, AD Samad (Drama - Nikki, Ning & Yanie)
M. Nasir, M. Nasir (Juwita... (Citra Terindah - M. Nasir)
M. Nasir, M. Nasir (Sang Pencinta - M. Nasir)
M. Nasir, M. Nasir (Tujuh Nafas Lagi - M. Nasir)
Ross Ariffin, Habsah Hassan (Ceritera Cinta - Jaclyn Victor)

So tu senarainya...bagi sesapa yang pening ngan list tuh, ni au break down lagik senang tuk korang.
Yang paling banyak pencalonan Sean Ghazi ngan sejumlah lapan, tapi dalam empat kategori. Cuma kesian because of technicality, dan album dia bukan genre pop atau yang dikenalpasti, dia tak dapatbertanding untuk kategori album, sekaligus terlepas pencalonan Album Terbaik. Rugi....
M. Nasir lak second with six nominations in three categories.
Siti Nurhaliza and Jaclyn Victor masing masing ada empat pencalonan manakala Kristal, Reshmonu and Pete Teo has three each.
Mereka yang masing masing ada dua pencalonan termasuk Bob, Farhan, Firdaus, Hijjaz, Raihan, Saleem, Search, Noryn Aziz, Fazli Zainal, Aishah, Juwita Suwito and Nikki.
Lain lain mereka yang tersenarai : Izwan Pilus, Khafi, KRU, Amy, Natasha, Syura, Ahmadi Hassan, Mawi, Chobib, Sofaz, Amuk, F.T.G., Lefthanded, Dragon Red, JayOne, Samir, Steeltoe Solutions, Rabbit, Sasi The Don, Ruth Sahanaya, Samsons, Dewa 19, Ari Lasso, Sheila On 7, Ning, and Yanie.
By the way, congratulations to Audi Mok, yang banyak pencalonan tahun ni. You win you have to belanja supper ah!!!
Fast forward...aku abih je PC tuh (dan banyak ketupat yang dianyam selepas hasil melepak sana je), sambung minum ngan Juan dan Ima Natasya (leh ke letak link uols...risau iols dinch mintak izin) for a drink kat Starbucks sampai kul lapan lebih.
Tujuan melepak membuang masa lebih sejam sebab kena gi birthday party Fasha Sandha yang wat kat Senja at the Asian Heritage Row.
Tima kasih ler bebanyak Fasha sebab siap bagi personal invitation. Ingat gak kat ita ek....cayang dia.
Anyways, ni special and exclusive pic for sesapa yang minat Fasha dan Pierre Andre.

Sebenarnya meka berdua ni malu sangat nak berdua kat khalayak ramai nih.Sok ngan Fasha, aku heret Pierre, si Fasha lak lari. Da tarik Fasha, si Pierre lak wat alasan nak lari. Aduh!! Pening!!!
Gosip meka bercinta ni...erm...aku tak leh komen ler. Tapi aku rasa korang tengok pic ni, dan dari description aku, korang leh paham paham sendiri. But I think meka ni make such a cute couple kan.
Susah nak amik pic meka berdua, last  last reluctantly pun meka pose kan tuk kamera aku ngan kawan kawan. hah...camtuh ler. Mintak la dapat makan nasi minyak ek....OOPS!
Time tu jangan lupa ajak tau... Anyways, kebetulan time tu aku tengah layan perasaan because of someone, so mungkin aku pun tengah lovey dobey kot tengok meka berdua ni.
Balik je layan lagu Rossa dua belas kali sampai nak tidur Na tidur lak...takleh...sebab air con aku kebetulan siang tadi, fuse box trip. Aiyo...cuaca lak panas nak mampos, bilik aku rasa cam ketuhar je. WALAUPUN kol 3 pagik or something like that ujan.
Because of that tidur bila da subuh, jaga pun about noon. Terus ke opis badan rasa lain. Hate the heat! Aku biarla aku beka kesejukan dari panas berpeluh.
Anyways...packed day again tadi.
Dalam kesibukan, sempat le catch Diari. Well...part of it anyway. On to the vocal bits, syukur ler sangat Diari ada tunjuk bebudak menyanyi....
Shawal may have some problems though it seems he always does, until the concert where he delivers better. Aku harap dia takde masaalah consistency jer.
Si Candy was screaming out Terlalu Istimewa which I know kak Dibah would just roll her eyes at, while Ebi just sounded like a bad version of Mawi.
Hope these people improve cause I'm expecting these two to be among the better performers kali ni.
Dafi was...urm...oh well...boyband at best. What else can I say about him Tengok camna ler dia leh sampai ke tak the higher notes. I'm counting on world hunger ending before that is remotely possible....
Ode To My Family was so badly mangled I almost didn't recognise it at all. Lucky for her I wasn't Syafi or I would have smacked her silly for yelping out random notes to attempt to sound like she was singing.
Farha was a little worry too, sebab dia cam overdose karaoke. Hope he doesn't slip backwards after last week's decent performance.
Aswad was just SO unbelievably bad, that I won't even go there. Kalao tak kang orang kata aku buta seni lak...padahal meka pekak badak kalao meka nak puji lalakan tuh.
Dekna was badly off-key as well and I'm kind of disappointed because I was just starting to give her a chance. I hope so badly she proves my initial point of view of her berubah, but somehow,
That was the good bit...(scary isn't it...tapi at least aku highlight yang positif gak...and that's as positive as it gets).
Padan muka...nal lepas geram kan da cedera, Shawal oi! So many people said that the silly lepas geram room was not the best of ideas nak vent emotions dan sebagainya, but nope....they thought it was good. Good for creating more injuries at least lah nak show tuk isikan masa Diarrhea kot.
Kok yer pun....nak wat benda camtuh, ajar ler budak budak ni cara sebetulnya nak tombok. With all sorts of penyakit and all, you'd think they'd be smart and not allow these kids any possibility of injuring themselves.
It was all a little draggy from here on, and walaopon aku tonton, tapi aku tak pay attention, and hit the mute button when they later showed some of the other kids nyanyi sebab tengah gayut ngan seseorang nun jauh di Langkawi (rindunya!!!) 

Esok je la aku posting entry lain ek....panjang da ni...dan ngantuk...

Kepada peminat Aswad, yang selama ni aku refer to as Ass-Wipe, aku bebanyak minta maap kerana telah mengguris hati sesetengah pihak sebab komen komen aku yang mungkin telah mengakibatkan korang susah ati.
Yer...walaupon dia nyanyi sombang, dan terkinja kinja cam kanak kanak riang Ribena atas pentas....aku tak berhak to call him all those names.
Dengan ini, saya insaf...and janji takkan carut dia lagi sebab sememangnya....dia mempnyai aura sebagai seorang superstar yang bakal menyinar mengalahkan silauan letopan Hiroshima dan Nagasaki digabungkan.
Memang kira Mawi pon takleh fight aaaa....
So I am sorry....

NOT!!!!!!!

If there's anyone that should go FIRST (or second lepas Rizal - then followed by another pelajar yang tak kuasa nak sebut nama dia and Dafi...and Mila too), it should be Aswad.
So pada sapa yang masuk kecoh kecoh pasal how 'talent' (tahan gelak aku dengar perkataan tu disebut in the same breath that mentions Ass-Wipe)...gambar ni aku dedicate kat korang. Lagik bising korang...agik banyak gambar aku letak ek. So be wary!

Anyway, hari ni aku nak ke dua tempat. Sibuk sikit ler. First ada pengumuman siapa finalis untuk Anugerah Industri Muzik tuk tahun ni. And then later tonight, ada jemputan dari Fasha Sandha join birthday party dia. So again, I will miss Diarrhea, tapi janji esok (atau lewat malam ni) I'll have a lot more pictures to post for all of you.
To my sumber gambar, tima kasih, and keep it coming.

The whole day aku relaxed after the hectic one or two days. Gi launch album Felix belah petang, hung out a bit (sorry tak amik pics) dan kemudian belah malam lari ke Sri Pentas tuk pelancaran Fiesta Media Idola, which incidentally I don't think I'll be going this year cause so many other things happening at once. Tapi kalau tergerak hati, maybe drive down to Kuantan sehari dua leh kot.
Merasalah tawaran Datuk Siti Nurhaliza nak lawan netball (heh...tak baik tau Siti....kita same team lah...heh!)
Anyhoo....no review of the Diarrhea today sebab aku kat Sri Pentas...but here are a couple of pics of the family yang mewakili team Astro, and one from myTeam. Leh?

Nurul, Zahid, Farhan dan Diddy of team Astro.

  Akma and her sister lak dalam myTeam
  Duta FMI tahun ni, Farah Fauzana

Walaupon ari ni takde pasal Diarrhea, ni ada sikit aku nak cakap. Bosan tol trend setiap Akademi Fantasia. Everytime the competiton starts, so does musim langau.
Maksudnya ada je ler yang start masuk rumah aku ni bising tuh dan nih.
Oh well...aku malas nak cakapkan apa, cuma aku sediakan Ridsect satu tin je nak spray...
Apapun, thanks to my secret provider of damaging pictures, pada peminat Rizal (ada ke?) aku dedicate korang gambar gambar ni.
Ingat gambar gambar ni ek sebelom nak abihkan something like 65 sen nak AFUNDI tuh. Dahler dua minggu performance terburuk tapi tak keluar keluar lagik.
Enjoy the pics...and watch out for more.

 

Not feeling too well today. Pening, loya dan sebagainya lah.
Matilah morning sickness katanya...anyways was ok enough to go for the PC ngan si Afiq. Abih je rush balik office pas hantar Juan and then continued with two more articles. Aduh pala pening siot takleh pikir. Seb baik everything just flowed so it wasn't all that hard.
By the time I was done pun da nak kul 7 petang, rush ke Low Yat Plaza nak beli lagik peripherals tuk laptop aku. Merasalah add on cooling dock, USB light dan vakum yang aku da pass to my sis nak gantikan.
Abih je singgah gi makan kat gerai kak Ara nak makan my first meal of the day sebab appetite finally came back
Benda pertama meka umumkan dalam Diarrhea, konsert diubah ke hari Ahad.Heh....bagus la kalao da terbuka hati orang Astro nak hormat Maulidur Rasul.
Ada gak yang elok dalam Diarrhea ni.
The boys started out fine picking the songs when it came to song selection, tapi as expected...the girls kecoh nak mampos.
Aku tengok cam sikit lagi nak throw punches da meka ni. Sampai kena ada chaperone ngan whats-her-name yang warden meka tuh.
Still, in a way it was good sebab nampak meka ni sentap menyentap sebab meka realise how important the song selection is.
Tapi kan aku seriously wonder meka ni pandai ke, tau ke nak pilih lagu yang bersesuaian ngan diri meka...not just sing what they like.
Plus, they hardly know how to pick one yang sesuai ngan strategi diri kan....
Er...aku tak paham kenapa Candy throw a fit sebab aku rasa lagu Dayang tu kuat. Tapi well...I suppose drama for the sake of drama.
Yang pentingnya apa jadi pada bilik nak ngadu tuh. Bukan ke time ni ada yang akan gi ngadu ngamuk nangis dan sebagainya?
Bilik tu da dilupakan ke? Or memang idea tuh waste of time and meka da realise da.
NI senarai lagu tugasan penuh...

Rizal - Permaidani (Aris Ariwatan)
Fatin - Erti Hidup (Dayang Nurfaizah)
Mila - Melukut Di Tepi Gantang (Aishah)
Candy - Terlalu Istimewa (Adibah Noor)
Ebi - Al Jannah (Mawi)
Dafi - Aku Tanpa Cinta Mu (Mirwana)
Farha - Insan (Yantzen)
Shawal - Ku Berlari (Firdaus)
Aswad - Hijau Bumi Tuhan (XPDC)
Noni - Ode to My Family (Cranberries)
Dekna - Kembara Di Tanah Gersang (Al Jawaher)
Heliza - Melodi Ahlan (Waheeda)

Fast forward kelas Dr Love yang I don't know how meka nak apply (merasalah berapa roll rasanya toilet paper yang digunakan tuk seorang pelajar tuh?) Bosan.
La la la...nothing much happening. Layan dulu nasi ngan ayam goreng kunyit with sambal belacan dan sup kosong.
Timbang berat badan...main main lagi...eh mana kelas vocal nih!
Mari kita menonton bersama yang tak menang Audition ajar dak Akademi Fantasia ek....
Eh...tergerak ati aku nak puji Dekna sikit sebab sanggup bertukar lagu ngan Candy. Hah...admirable. Applause and standing ovation please to Dekna. Ni baru worth some attention.
Walaopon ko gedik...tapi aku salute!
Tme evaluation ni aku salute Syafi.
Sini aku nak komen pasal ada binatang terlepas ke dalam blog aku ni yang pro Ass-wipe dan pro other people yang not worth my time mentioning sebab they'll never.get anywhere.
Kalao korang tak suka komen aku...silakan tekan off pada PC anda ek. Cause I frankly couldn't care what the f*** you guys think.
Konon nyanyi Basketcase bagus konon. Dulu masa Faizal nyanyi Smel Like Teeng Spirik pun orang kata bagus kan? Skang?
Amik ko!!!!!
Merasalah yang komen tu sedara mara sendiri yang emo dan takleh time kenyataan! Boo ya b***h!!!!
Eh ok ler.... tapi sebelom kuar nak carot sikit agik. Hai..>Dafi dapat lagu Mirwana...mencabar la sangat! Matila ko!!!!!!
Aswad dapat lagu XPDC?
Matila la ko!!!!!
Tetap takkan berani lari dari non-versatiliti ko kannnnnnnnn!!!! Heh!
Ok ok...now I'm calling it a night...da!!!! (Matilah esok blog aku roboh ngan peminat Asswipe, The Blob dan Daffy Duck serang!!!)

 

First aku nak start with my little photographic tribute to Shawal dan Heliza. Dua orang yang kian hari kian menjadi favourites aku tuk musim ni.
Kalao korang nak amik pics ni nak edit ker haper ke post memana au izinkan...tapi kalao leh please credit aku with a link here ok.
Ok...so masa masuk dewan semalam, the situation was chaotic in the dewan to say the least.... yerlah...kalao da venue kecik, tetiba tuan rumah lak beriya nak penuhkan ruang kalahkan seperti buat kat Stadiumn Negara wat camna kan?
Berpuluh seat tetiba reserved sampai yang ada ticket mai awal pon kena dok belakang...kesian..deja vu lak aku cam kat Mesra Sokmo Cit Cat...kannn!!!!
Oh well...entahlah.
Nak kata dewan packed pon tak...tamu jer lebih. Nak kata tamu kehormat ke tak...no komen.
Sebenarnya dari luar dewan pon da ada dak kuarga Akademi Fantasia yang dijemput menhadiri pon da mengeluh ngan keadaan. Entah lah tuan rumah ting tong sebab banyak urusan kot sampai tamu dijemput pon wat tak kuasa mau melayan.
Hrmmm...oh whatever.
If we had anything better to do on Saturday night... and we didn't have to work...
Anyway, bab intro, matila memang Astro tak meletop melalui program meletop je pakai pyro nak pekakkan orang pada nyanyian yang bakal sumbang.
And what can I say about the intro.
Apala konsep posa mannequin, konsep menari cam robot ke ala Bring It On??? Bring on those spirit fingers!!!...everything else is aleady tacky as it is. If they thought that was funny, I bet the same people who thought it up pun rasa Raja Lawak leh pecah perut kot.IT WAS NOTHING SHORT OF RETARDED!!!
Mai kita undi sapa rupa pasling spastik....I think Rizal dan another person tuh, paling sesuai untuk jadi calon Raja Lawak ketika intro dan pengenalan tu.
Trust ler Astro nak bagi Aswad last konon nak hype up dia. Ok...I change my mind. He looks most spasticated among them all la.
Mesti prodcution ala ala Zana tertekan kan, dalam nak mencari idea baru sampai terpaksa wat Raja Lawak The Sequel.
Eh...dengar lak meka kan teguran orang nak dedahkan kedudukan akhirnya.
These were the opening rankings, Dafi, Heliza, Aswad, Fatin, Ebi, Rizal, Shawal, Farha, Candy, Afiq , Noni, Dekna and Mila. Merasalah duo anak Datuk conquer!!!!
Argh...bila dia ada dalam dewan agik nyampah lak aku tengok Aswad....
Eh...Candy nyanyi dulu....moka cam Farahdhiya lak. Tapi versi kemetot ler.
Alahai...kalau biasa trigger tuh wat secara mengejut, kali ni lak Ruth Sahanaya, Titi DJj dan Kris Dayanti di bawa awal awal. Yerlah nak promo konsert malam esok kan...aduh. Nampaknya Akademi Fantasia ni dicommecialkan da jadik iklan lak diselit masuk.

Candy - Semua Jadi Satu (3 Diva)
Nak komen ala Jee leh tak? She looked good! Ada ler part of a star.
She did pretty ok, tapi sebab music banyak improve senang sikit nak dengar kot. But she was slurring from the, and suka lak dia ni meneran jer.
Her high notes were relatively well handles tapi she really has to improve her grasp of the lower range. Pitchy sana sini sikit...but ok.
By the way did anyone notice that disturbing Winamp visualizer kat belakang in the backdrop tak. Aduh...graphics gagal.
Back to the show, I think Candy did ok...though she lost the diva mood and at times looked a bit more glorified lounge singer.
Was it just me or did the music towards the end pitch down? Korang perasan tak? Tetiba je...
Uwaa...Jee da pandai nak amik notes. Motif perlu baca takleh explain direct? Hurmph!
Hattan on the mark, Ogy lak komen pasal sustaining the energy level ketika persembahan.Statement of the night dari kak Ogy : Play with the camera .... aiyo...jangannnnn dikkk...ingat Zana!
Matilah aku mencarut.

Rizal - Kembali Merindu
Ye mula je da leh kata dia ni confirm pemenang Piala Sumbangsih. No vocal projection and horrendous on the low notes.
Takpela...kalau tatau melodi apa lagik, thrust your pelvis lambung telor sat konperm undian masuk. Selamat lagi seminggu bila pengundi yang gersang dan gedik rupa elok menghabiskan duit. Gembira Astro..
Persembahan dia cam trying too hard, and at times kalahkan kebadutan seseorang tu. He seriously is one of the worst.
Takpelah dik...kalau kuar Akademi Fantasia, leh carik keja kat Patpong kat go go bar. Kalau tak pon podium dancer kat Blue Boy ek...matilah Down Under katanya.
Semput, sumbang, bosan, and just too bloody lewd. Yer...this is wholesome family entertainment. Who would have thought lagu Slam leh lambong telor masin sampai camtuh.
Heh...aduh...si Jee lak emo siot!
Yes, another penyanyi fun fair dilahirkan.
Mmm..nampaknya while si Jee working hard nak credibility, si Hattan dan Jee lak melayan siot si Rizal ni. Pening... Ni cam planning je nak elakkan Jee from looking too bimbo through her comments in looking like she is intelligent unlike last week.
Leh bertahan agik dak ni...whatever...esok lusa kuar kan, tak ngaku kang bertanggungjawab tuk hasilkan penyanyi camni.

Ebi - Bailamos (Enrique Iglesias)
Start je lagu, haram sepatah aku paham apa dia nyanyi. Walaopon aku maintain tone Ebi ni sedap sebenarnya, tapi dia kena penyakit si Rizal da....syok sendiri.
And it seems the dancers pon...sampai tahap step pon tak ingat tak mampu.
Erm...ni dak kecik yang ada kat Macam Macam Aznil...gelek besh tapi dia tak wat bootylicious langsung cam dulu.
Nampaknya Jee stress dalam nak buktikan she's worth her salt in the seat....oh well. She really needs to try harder.
Mmm...Hattan kata ok lagik. Hmm...Ogy lak wat statement tergoda?
"I feel your sexiness".
Mmm...CONFRIM ni mesti kena directive dari Astro cam nak reverse minggu lepas bagi ruang kat Jee nak shine konon become the evil one, while the other two jadik bimbo in terms of komentar lak sebab Jee kena hentam sebelum ni.

Heliza - Aku Bukan Untukmu (Rossa)
Lower notes a little shaky and bit off here and there, tapi awmigawd awmigawd awmigawd....ala Zana ni...she can sing.
I know she has pitching and problems and lack of control here and there, but overall, she still performed with much poise and grace with much potential to show for.
You want to talk about potential? Here she is!
Not her best show...for sure. But a promise of much better things to come.
Hmphhh... I think meka lebih jujur dalam kritikan kat dia sebab obvious dia top three sebab fan favourite so selamat ler konon nak kritik lebih lebih.
No matter what the agenda, aku rasa not fair je, sedangkan anak Datuk dua oang yang top three cam bagi can je dalam berkomen.
Who cares what they say? It was an excellent performance and she kicked ass again!

Fatin - Bila Rindu Ku Sebut Namamu (Siti Fairuz)
Setelah sup perut, kami terus ke hidangan sup tulanglak. Matilah bak kut teh!!!! Sop tulang dan daging *toot*.
Syabas kepada Fatin kerana telah berjaya menjadi Haziq, tapi kalao dia dulu memperjuangkan asli, ni lak memang Dangdut Idol lah!
Kenapa bulu dada dia terkeluar? Style apalak tuh??? Tak sesuai ngan tagline dia...
Style baju ko robek kat belakang telah ku pakai skin coloured top supaya tak terdedah tolang tolang aku.
Oh God....nak tidur rasanya....she sucks! If they want to talk of potential, I honestly think meka kena pikir balik potential apa yang meka cari.

Farha - Biarkan Aku Menangis (Tommy J. Pisa)
The real surprise of the night. Walaupon ada yang pekak mengatakan persembahan dia bagus minggu lepas, I thought he was horrible.
But this week he did quite good and redeemed himself. Ada slip ups sana sini, tapi the only one with any real improvement, , maybe because of choice of song.
Walaopon si Mila wat sora Doraemon dalam nak backing, tak cacatkan show dia.
Bosan tol si Jee nih. Can she say anything that's relevant apart from stating the obvious?
Hattan pointed out more about dynamics and Ogy on penghayatan.
Hah...da bagi can send message kat mother, confirm ada makcik makcik AFUNDI....amik ko!
Hope he keeps improving, sebab I see him like Candy slowly developing to try and catch up with Heliza and Shawal.

Mila - Gotta Tell You (Samantha Mumba)
Nobita nyanyi dari start to end sumbang abih. Argh....nasib baik ada penaja tisu Premiere kat dewan ni. Dapat aku lap telinga aku yang berdarah nih....meleleh ok!
Apa punya backing music tuh kosong sangat???
That's the third song in a row horrible punya minus one.
Kalau korang penah dengar original version, you'd know the music tak busuk camni. Huh...da mula da....abih ler minah ni....dah ler lagu ni melody dia susah sikit, ngan muzik camtuh takde guide...good luck je la.
Dahler nyampah muzik, pastu sora Nobita dia....siap penyanyi lelaki sorang tuh yang midget tuh yang ciom pipi KD overdose joget cam show dia lak.
Jee actually point out macam macam...but she should have noticed there was no melody in the first place.
Blah blah blah...whatever....si Ogy nak komen pasai dia dan Afiq lak...dahler dak ni memang last...nampaknya tau je sapa yang sorong beg ler...obvious. Antara dua tuh je...bab kenen kenen ni lately confirmkan orang akan kena halau.
Worst performance of the night for girls, and as bad as Rizal.

Afiq - Biso Benor (Hattan)
Ada ler sorang ni bisikkan...dia ngaku kan dia epileptic...kira ada sawan *toot* ler.
Abih...si poyo ni...sesuai ler ngan dia. Sawan Afiq ler namanya...merasalah sawan poyo.
Ni ker performance yang diakatakan dia nak buat better than the original? Cakap je lebih...hasil? Nan ado katanya!
Start ngan kelas taichi warga emas, in a bad impersonation of Hattan, and then sombang here there, if he wasn't dead flat.
Performance overdose dan berangan sangat feeling superstar katanya....argh!!! Overacting tol!!! Sakit jiwa!!
Aku rasa aku lak nak kena sawan si poyo nih!!!!!
Matilah Jee kata dia nih leh versatile? Merasalah leh jadi bottom!
Boring....someone please put him on the to be eliminated list. Oops....nampaknya wishes do come true.
Merasalah critics pun lak membosankan.
Except Ogy yang kata ada tenaga. Merasalah tenaga kinetik gerak tak abih abih step taichi flapping his arms about.

Noni - Mirai E (Kiroro)
She did ok vocally, but honestly it was nothing great, but a decent copy of the original. Tapi biasalah kalao da memasing miming skali, tau je ada lirik yang modified sana sini.
Tapi yang aku tension ngan dia wat performance ala Hari Penyampaian Hadiah (Sekolah Rendah Kampung Pelir Hitam lagik ke?)
Penghayatan cam lagu gi funfair naik kuda merry go round ler.
She was just bouncing up and down, and she didn't seem have a clue what the song was about. Of course I'm assuming they gave her the translation ler.
Jee kata berjaya cuit ati penonton. Hurm....suka tau speak for other people's behalf. Hattan was more obvious and forthcoming katakan dia ni memang ala tak paham.
Apa la percubaan berani lak si Ogy ni katakan, sedangkan lagu ni memang hit ngan bebudak, most people know this song anyway. And it's a freaking assignmen so apa lak cita nih berani ke tak?
Masa Yamada cakap tuh, aku cuma dengar cam dia cakap 'hanjeng'. Merasalah kalau dia carut on national TV pun orang tatau kan!
Bagus ek katanya...kalau da ajak mai takkan carut ler kan?

Dekna - Cinta (Amy Mastura)
Gedekna datang bali agik ngan...erm...gediknya. Oh God...that short dancer memang sakitkan hati siot!
Another Patpong attempt by her ngan gyration yang tak perlu by her ala Rizal dan Ebi.
But she didn't do half as bad though she sunk on the lower notes. Projection, baby, projection...
And I sure as hell tak nampak tol identiti dia langsung. Setiap lagu dia perform, she's coming across as a weak-ass copy of the original.
She struggled with the dance break and da tak mampu follow in the end, so sesuai ler gelek je keja dia sambil catwalk sana sini je.
Matilah you can be a joker kata si Jee...elok la...Raja Lawak musim kedua ler (ada ke?).
Ini seorang artis kata Ogy (artis majalah ke?)...erm...leh jadik pelakon katanya...(jangan lupa leh endorse Mamee Slurp)

Dafi - Pencinta Wanita (Irwansyah)
Ngan berpakaian cam dak tadika, Dafi diminta play with himself ler katanya kalao ikut Aznil. Heh...are you getting the horrible images I'm getting in my mind?
Affirming he likes women (yerla...aku memang pencinta wanita katanya), Jambu whispered his way through the song. Ala...Irwansyah wasn't all that great a singer anyway in the first place, so sebenarnya apa yang diuji melalui lagu ni?
Dafi sang through his nose thoughout, which I have to say is a skill. Aiyak...Kefli kembali in Dafi.
"Yang lembut seperti dia?" Ke Diya? Matilah aku kena carut ngan pencinta Jambu.
Yes...yes...just what we need. Another pretty boy who sings through his nose and harapkan yang gersang abihkan duit. Marketable?
Only if you think we need another one of those.
Tengok tuh? Jee pun kata kan...amik ler.
Hattan was more honest about he wasn't tested ngan lagu senang bantu dia dua minggu berturut turut.
Ogy was actually getting on my nerves, sebab for the second time, pas Rizal, dia merembes and allow it to influence her comments. Whatever....
Leh la jadik model Mamee Slurp ke...moka Durian Runtuh haper Mania program kaut untung tuh... cause mark my words, we'll see whre he is in a year.
Everytime musim Akademi Fantasia aku mesti kena carut kata aku tak paham bebudak ni talented and marketable. And then, when it proves to be true that they don't go anywhere, and people choose to argue the next season lak, they always look at the past failures like a one off.

The break was another hal. Dijemput ngan tamu lain tuk go have a bite kat backstage. Kesian Farihad kena laser sedas, "For staff only".
Leh?
Aku dengar member kena, aku terus tak kuasa nak join. Masuk balik dewan layan snacks aku lagik elok. Setakat kalao nak makan kuli kuli berangan, baik aku temankan Farihad je dok sembang pasal performance yang da lepas. Merasalah catering staff tu minta maaf ngan aku....aku lak tunjuk kat Farihad sambil walk off tak kuasa.
Oh by the way, at this point, yer Astro da confirm minggu depan konsert ketiga akan jalan, walaupun Maulidur Rasul.
Kononnya konsep persembahan minggu akan datang lak lagu berunsur keTuhanan or devotional or something along those lines.
Whatever....on with the show after the news.

Aswad - Nak Kahwin Duit Tak Ada (Sweet September)
Aku nyampah tol ler....two in one promotion siot. For slot MisteRIA ngan Aswad skali. Arghhh!!! Please lah. Anyone who thinks he looks or sings or acts like a star,
Aku rasa cam tengok audition kat @15 live lak...please lah.
So F****** amateur!!!
Overdose....rempit yang menyerupai Bangla ni menggila kat atas pentas trying to pull off something he's seen before.
Oh God....you call that singing?
No wonder ler pernah ada band dulu tak penah jalan kena masuk Akademi Fantasia lak.
Out his horrible ass!
Natural entertainer kata Jee. Someone remind her dia ni critic tuk Akademi Fantasia bukan tuk Raja Lawak, which is something she seems to be consistently forgetting.
Hattan kata dia best projection tapi tak sebut dia patut nya nyanyi...bukan menjerit.
Ogy pun same...kata elok. Leh?
Meka nak try and make him Mawi ler konon ler....yerlah...nak ply on people's sympathy, kesian blah blah blah....puji melambung sebab tengok ada AFUNDI masuk. Arghhh!!! Cam kesiallll!!!!
Stop trying to make another Mawi lah!!!
He's vocally bankrupt (is there such a thing?)
He's even more horrible to look at (kesian make-up artiste mesti kena burn span pas make up dia nak elak jangkitan)
He performs like a fun fair freak.
He looks like a bloody clothes hanger (sesuai dia ngan fatin poster models for anorexia)
He's failed before in his singing career ngan kumpulan dia, and we wonder why Akademi Fantasia thinks this has-been has got potential.
BUSUK!!!
I take it back about Rizal and Mila...they were both tied for second worst. Ass-wipe gets a historis three toilet plungers!

Shawal - Kenang Mengusik Jiwa (A. Ramlie)
My belief in his tone justified.
He performed quite well walaupon Astro badutkan dia ngan baju dan jambul overdose extension.
Honestly ler...teringat time Felix kena lak stereotype jadik court jester ngan pakaian dan pilihan lagu. Please lah...hopefully this doesn't happen.
When pretty boys like Dafi orang leh puji...talent cam dia dan Heliza yang ketara bagus langit dan bumi meka tak puji aku tatau ler camna.
Kalau my worst fears confirmed, akibatnya, lahirla ramai lagik artis mee segera.
Jee kata blah blah blah (not worth my time)
"I deserve my comment" kata Hattan. Matilah belajar ngan Najmi ting tong gak English dia. ENglish very the quality Akademi Fantasia.
Ogy obviously was trying (under directive ke) nak puji the faculty and students sampai nak puji sebakul, hmphhh!!!
What lah...so malu lah camni....plugging own product. Keji lah. But their own show meka leh wat kan...since they're shameless in this aspect.
Honestly... the kids improved sebab music improve SLIGHTLY. And that was it. Because they didn't do all that great in all.
And if anything, Dr Love and Mr Lovely takyah bangun sebab I don't see their contribution.
Apapun, Shawal was the best for the night! Undoubtedly!
 (patutnya 4 1/2 tapi tolak 1/2 sebab jambul menyakitkan mata!)

Menuju Puncak
Tetap remix busuk yang ala fengtau version of an old Burt Bacharah song. No effort langsung nak improve langsung walaopon ni tetap the worst version ever as agreed by the fans.
God have mercy with the stupid taichi (ala Poyo) and silat intro and outro.
Let's not forget holding the twinkle twinkle little star punya move tuh awal awal in the song.
Sad, pathetic and just stupid.
Let's not mention Ass-wipe was still the most horrible throughout.
Aku takleh terima yang ada mengatakan this version of Menuju Puncak kicks ass when it's so sucky and horrible. It inspired the third rate choreography we see, and honestly I don't blame Linda Jasmine at all because no one could choreograph that tune into something spectacular.
Aku perasan ada poll kat website Akademi Fantasia yang poll 'Adakah anda menyukai lagu tema Menuju Puncak versi baru?'
And guess what, yang menjawab Tidak accounted for 52.3% Yang katakan ya cuma 21.56%. That's less than a quarter, ok!
And despite this they still think fans like it? Apa sebenarnya yang susah meka nak ubah kan lagu tu to make it more interesting instead of more shitty.
In fact kalau nak kaji Akademi Fantasia Indosiar, I remember a season where every other week, meka ada tema, so Menuju Puncak meka diubah ikut tema yang ditetapkan, dari segi muzik, dan juga choreography.
Kenapa kita tak mampu ke?
And then we complain about Indonesians being better, bila tahap belajar pun bukan je pelajar malas tapi orang yang patutnya push these kids 2x5.
Oh by the way, aku pun tried nak join the poll... no prizes ler for guessing what my answer to the poll was.
But guess what happened. Dari berkali aku cuba, ini hasilnya. Did someone stop it because the percentage was getting too high?
Or did they run out of resources sebab exhausted their bandwidth or whatever bila orang masuk nak vote for a change. They's better change it this week...or I seriously don't know who's going to bother.

Apapun, without them releasing figures, Astro has to admit, no matter what their rating, jumlah AFUNDI yang masuk ni berkurangan. Why? Because loyal fans semua da tak kuasa.
So wake up and smell the coffee and start changing lah. Nak degil degil pun...korang gak yang rugi.
Back to the show.
Yeay...poyo kuar. Wishes do come true!!!
And by the way nak spekulasi sikit. Kan si Diya takde kat Dewan kan? Tak abih abih bab pergi tak kembali...
Nak tau sebab apa? RASANYA ler...sebab kalau bak bekas pelajar masuk dewan kena la bak Zana.
Amik ko kalau Zana dibawa masuk....bukan show Akademi Fantasia yang jadik focus.
Oh Gawddddd...honestly. Can't imagine having to sit through another eight concerts like this. They better buck up soon.
Oh by the way, before I end this posting, saja nak letak pic ni. I snapped this masa gi supper with a group of friends lepas the concert.
Erm...I don't now what everybody else would make of it...and I do know what it's referring to, but can't help it that other images are just popping into my mind.
This a DiGi ad...and I seriously wonder where they're heading with this campaign.
"Sshh, saya tengah main ni".
Matilah tertekan aku terus gelak nak tergolek tengah jalan time tengok ni.
Sempat tuh nak lari ke tengah jalan nak amik pic ni untuk posting ni.
There were a few other silly taglines, almost as bad as the kids for Akademi Fantasia this time around, but aku rasa this is the stupidest.
Reminds me of their silly DiGi Superstars campaign they recently embarked on. Pure, misdirected attempt at segmentd marketing. No wonder Hotlink's actually doing better than them and whooping their asses in the prepaid market.
Ok guys...gotta buzz off.
Kena finish some stuff and prepare to go out for dinner tonight. It's my mom's birthday and taking the family out to somewhere swanky for dinner. Kalau tak swanky sedap pun leh la. Heh!
Apapun, happy birthday mummy! Love you!
More updates tomorrow, aku actually ada benda nak kongsi tapi aku rasa posting posting aku ni da kerap sangat panjang lebar.
Anyway sorry for those of you yang tunggu update the past couple of days. Been really bogged down with work.
No excuse but really couldn't get th time to post my entries walaupon da siap.
Until tomorrow then...

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Juan Danza
Budiey
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TIba kat Dewan Sivik awal tadi. Best lak kali ni sampai awal sebab kebetulan ramai kawan kawan yang datang untuk show minggu ni
Memula sampai, si Bob ada ngan PA dia si Shuib. Lamanya tak jumpa!!!
Apa lagi...anyam ketupat ler pasal tuh nih.
Then baru nak lebih intense je gossip, si Marsha dan Kefli tiba, chaperoned by Kefli punya manager.
Yang pentingnya, ni gambar meka bersama..bagi sesapa yang minat Marsha dan Kefli (sorry ler...wat kali terakhir, Marsha dan Mawi cuma kawan rapat maa...)
Matila pasni lebih speku. Tapi thanks kids sebab sporting nak posing, walaopon terpaksa kuar pembaris tamao amik pics dekat dekat tau mengundang kontroversi katanya! Yang pentingnya, visually, I think they maku such a good couple.
Matilah pas gambar Yasmin Hani semalam, blog ni jadi papparazi tuk pics pasangan bercinta lak!
Jangan lak pasni semua nak request aku amik pic Mawi dan ikin da! No requests please!!! Pics as and when available je ok!

Amacam...do they make a cute couple or not? So kami reramai lepak ler kat this corner of the parking sambil sorang sorang sampai. Rupanya patut ada some promo bintang Akademi Fantasia and meet the fans session, tapi cancelled. Tu yang ramai lak bebudak mai.
Selain Bob, Marsha dan Kefli, si Rosma pun ada! Pas kejap, si Nana dan Reza (accompanied by his mum), Edlin then followed by si Fitri. Aduh! Kecoh.
Yang pentingnya wakil semua musim Akademi Fantasia ada kecuali musim keempat. Kenapa? Aku pun tatau....
By the way, saja nak sebut, respek si Mawi sebab dia pon follow gak program Akademi Fantasia walaopon sibuk. Arituh masa PC Aduh Saliha, si botak tegur pasal aku dalam Debat Akademi Fantasia minggu lalu.
"Tapi tu lain...Mawi boleh nyanyi, ek" gelak si botak.
Siot je...kembang lobang idong ler tuh aku puji. Heh! Tu masa kami kat event tu ramai ramai nyanyi Angkat Kaki feeling Fatin (rugi korang tak dapat tengok botak feeling jadi Fatin)
Dalam lepak...noticed lak tiga keta Kia tak silap aku pull up kat driveway of Dewan Sivik complete ngan poster 3 Diva.
Rupanya, pecah lobang meka nak wat trigger panggil the three divas onstage.
Seronok dapat jumpa Kris Dayanti sebab Ruth dan Titi memang aku tak kenal and KD has been ever so sweet everytime we meet.
Janji bila kak KD nampak aku dia terus, "Eh!!! Kamu da kurus!!!"
Matilah rasa turun 50 kilo teros kena pujian ngan dia pujaan!!!!
Didn't get to speak much to her....and seronok jumpa kak KD pas lama da (last was that konsert they had in Mont Kiara masa dia ngan Melly) tak teringat nak amik pic for memories. Takper...banyak peluang jumpa dia agik.
We hung outside until time dewan nak buka. Kang aku update agik...meanwhile enjoy the pictures yang aku sempat snap.