Hutang entry memang da lama kan? Sori ler...bukan apa. Sibuk teramat. Read ler this entry sampai habis kalao tak caya, Seksa ok nak update entry ni sebab banyak sangat, so I'll just kind of gloss over what happened since Saturday.
Of course the whole day didn't go anywhere, conserve energy tidur seharian sebab malam tuh AIM. So leh agak ler my routine for the next couple of days.
Tunggu si Shahrill join, sebab dia tengah exam final, so kesian lak....stress study, baik gi rehatkan minda sikit layan show dari nak dok holed up at home ngan buku je.
Walaupon presentation dia tak abih katanya yang nak deliver pagi buta esoknya.
Heh...suka tau last minute. Best sebab Shahrill tunjuk benda dia pakai tuk magic dia yang terbaru yang memang susah nak dapat kat sini. Sib baik da tau trick ko...kalao tak naya je tertipu aku.
Sampai kat PWTC, we headed in just about time and took our seats. Not too bad...smack right in the centre with one of the best views of the stage. Yang pentingnya, aku da ada tiga invites, satu bagik Ted, dua lagik terbazir camtuh jer.
The first thing aku spotted of interest was this...on the left.
Itu dia rambut Reshmonu sempena Visit Malaysia Year yang diinspirasikan oleh bunga manggar!
Absolutely hilarious! But props to you Resh for the balls to appear different. And great show too.
Speaking of show, kali ni AIM cam takde ummphhh!!! lak for some reason.
I mean, timing ok..well paced, shows weren't as horrible as I thought.
  Still.. entahlah. Tak semegah yang aku harapkan.
The one show wrth loking frward to was Anuar Zain for sure.
Kalao dak pengkritik kat Akademi Fantasia kata an average presentation is a perfect 10, amacam Anuar lak?
Aku rasa kalao camni...si Anuar is 100 over 10 ler sebab it was simply beautiful. Walaupon there was something dodgy going on with the music because the levels were kind of screwed with the orchestra occasionally drowning out his vocals.
Still it was one of the magical moments which was powerful enough to capture the audience.
Apart from Anuar's show, there was few worth mentioning. Mawi dan Ramli Sarip was awesome too.... the closing was cliched, ngan Double Trouble taking the stage. Kira power gak ler tapi bosan ler sebab da standard sangat da meka nak rock reunions ni can shake people up.
  Did I forget the set of divas? Well...first of all, lagu Bermula Di Sini was the wrong choice of song to share between four big vocals. Hasilnya?
Jac, yang memang vocal meletop grabbed the spotlight without even being trying.
Siti and Aishah were reduced to being backing vocals, while I found Noryn just irritating...because she was screeching all over the place trying to outdo Jac but failing miserably.
Kira ok jer ler. Better yet actually was the medley Artis Baru Terbaik. Forget Izwan Pilus, Fazli Zainal dan eve nt he overrated Sean Ghazi.
Aku bangga ngan Bob sebab he was easily the best vocals among the five nominated names. Farhan too did quite well, enough to stand by Bob.
Sapa kata reality TV can't produce talents, though this isa thing of the past judging by musim kelima.
Bab bekas pelajar  ni, of course Mawi pun rocked the stage. Sayang je Zahid tak dapat perform...stakat present. Takpe...last year dah...next year kang album baru kuar kang..we see you again onstage ek.
Show M. Nasir? Opening yang tak kena. It was nice and all, but somehow it seemed kind of weird to see him wear pink and bounce along ngan those dancers yang look like they were part of a third rate drag ensemble.
Ok ler...tapi aku rasa kalao in terms of explosiveness, patutnya meka letak je Mawi dan Ramli Sarip sebab lebih hebat...
Daripada segi lain...erm...it was nice to see them cut short the acceptance speeched supaya tak lari timing slot AIM tahun ni.
Kalau tak kan biasa meleret sampai entah brapa lama.
Still, at times it looked rather unprofessional sebab hampir semua penerima anugerah cam kena cut off in their moment of glory.
The presenters semua bias aje...nothing great, but thank goodness meka kept to script if nothing else. Takde ler lawak bangang yang membuang masa.
The hosts itself?
Syukur ler si Bob Lokman tak bersora banyak sangat and he was kept to a minimum...kalao tak pening nak layan. Afdlin yang biasanya best gila, subdued dan seolah takde skrip.
Adibah Noor jer ok. Tu pun boleh lah...sebab dia ni memang naturally quirky kan. Rasanya kalao tahun depan, Adibah sendiri pun mampu carry on with the show on her own.
Erm...yang asik dok promo Sumo, aku ok jer sebab hopefully it will be one of Afdlin's best films, tapi tak perlu ler sangat.
Banyak agik filem dan album slalu kuar, takkan sebab Afdlin jadik host nak plug for most of the releases....or any releases for that matter. No offense Flin....it just wasn't on, tapi da rezeki ko bro. All these years of holding AIM together, I suppose they do owe it to you.
Bab kemenangan...memang ada kejutan, cam si Ahmadi Hassan menang Best Nasyid Album (bukan apa, tapi album Qasidah, Berzanji dan Doa Berlagu is the best nasyid album this year), Siti kalah Best Vocal Performance In An Album (Female) lepas dominasi menang back to back for eight years (tapi Jac menang pon ok) ... a few shockers here and there.
But happy gak sebab Siti menang Best Pop album. Aku happy sebab aku masa dulu review pun aku da kata, it was one of the best albums for the year, and at least it's proven when she went on to win Album Of The Year sekaligus.
Satu je award aku nak gelak cam buang masa (selain Best Ethnic Pop Album sebab ada dua je pencalonan, which is the Best Indonesian Album.
IKenapa sembilan dari sepuluh kali artis Indo yang dijemput hadir, mesti menang?
Cam plan jer. Ke da dijanji menang kalao meka menghadirkan diri? Who knows?
Boleh jer la Samsons ni. No skin ff my back pun meka menang.
Lepas abih je persembahan terakhir aku dan Shahrill rush downstairs to the post party... sebab malas kang everyone make an exit at once. So gerak ler dulu. Lagikpon kebulur ni. Kang lambat sampai, makan pon tak,nak keja interview sana sini pun menyukarkan je.
Was among the first to reach, and just as Shahrill sat down nak makan, aku spotted Siti masuk. Hah...jarang ok Siti grace post party events. Tak nampak husband tersayang dia, but takper.
Sempat ler talked a bit (see...told you kan Siti?). This is one of the few times, aku honestly leh kata she totally deserved the award. Siti pun cam happy semacam. Mana taknya...the albumis the first product of Siti Nurhaliza Productions... baby dia lr katakan...so mesti bangga hasil pertama tuh membuahkan hasil dan diiktiraf.
Time ni ler aku leh see everyone closer for what they wore, so leh ler usha sapa pakai baju cantik dan sapa yang azab.
Aku rasa yang paling happening...dan sexy skali fr the night...taklain tak bukan... Amy Search ler. Kalah ok th rest of the women. Merasalah la ko Amy dedah sana sini...heh! Kalah Syafinaz pun ok!
Erm...rambut rebonding ke?
No way Jose. tetap berketak ok.
The worst dressed?
Mmm...there were a lot of horrible outfits there. Kat dari Mentor cam jantan in drag lak ngan overdose extension rambut dan sebagainya. Sarat sangat...sakit mata tengok dia.
But the winner hands down for the most horrific get-up has to be Dina.
Too yellow la gurl.... cam Big Bird from Sesame Street pun ada.
Let's repeat this little mantra, "less is more!"
Got news terkini dari konsrt Akademi Fantasia. Masa tuh dok ngan Bob dan Fitri with Ramli M.S. nearby. The word spread fast...
Didn't stay the whole night. Being claustrophobic aku pun ajak Shahrill to have supper elsewhere after I was done with work.
Lost him no less than FOUR times. Rupanya, dia ni asik hilang, sebab asik dok kena tarik ngan orang. Apa lagik kalao kena tarik.
Wat magic show jer ler jawabnya. Heh...sabar jer ler...camtuh ler kalao orang da kenal.
Took a few pictures here and there tapi generally spent the night gabbing away until si Shahrill was done amusing people with a few tricks. Among his audience was bebudak security yang terhibur gila ngan dia. Amik ko.
Dalam ganas suka gak magic ek.
Sapa kata bebudak je.... all the way out, ada lak peminat nak dia wat magic dan sebagainya. Aduh...this is going to take forever.
Oh...back to the pictures, kang aku tunjuk sikit lower a bit ek...finish story dulu.
Meanwhile, feast your eyes on these of antara kuarga Akademi Fantasia yhang hadir (Mawi balik immediately after so tak dapat nak bump into him.

   

Moved on to Bukit Bintang for supper. Was joined by Ted, Vernon (yang dok cerita tak abih betapa heat si Dafi kalao ikut laporan meka yang ada dalam deqan - propah je keja), Rudy, Judd and friend as well as Juan and friend.
Lepas melantak, kena lagik satu round si Shahrill ni nak wat magic tuk kanak-kanak Ribena ni.
Tak cukup satu dua illusions, siap kena explain camna buat (mana leh!)
Tengok si Shahrill ni (curi pic dari Judd). Seronok beriya dapat wat show, walaopn show pree jer ngan bebudak nih yang dra dia trick after trick.
But he was ever obliging and amazed everyone aku rasa for ovr an hour. Banyak lak neverending request nak ajar...but of course the magicians code and all.
One of the best things to see live, is the spoon bend yang dia gosok near the stem of the spon, dan sudu tuh mula membengkk sendiri. That's something that loks awesome live.
Not to mention yang spoon yang or fork yang twisted tuh.
That's massively freaky ok.
Tapi yang pentingnya, pas da buat kena sorok lak garpu yang jadik mangsa tuh, sebab takde magic yang nak betulkan balik bengkang bengkok garpu tuh. Matila tak pasal pasal kang kena caj lebih sebab rosakkan utensil orang.
Kenapa?
Tak caya ek?
Koramg kalau tune in Fuyoo Magic every Tuesday, at 10.30pm (tolong promosi program dia) mesti da penah tengok dia buat.
But seeing it live is totally different. It works more ler in front of your eyes because you know it really is happening/
Nak tengok akibat magic si Shahrill ni?
Ni dia... tak pasal pasal ler garpu ni jadik mangsa... heh... kalau tengok pic Shahrill kat atas tuh, tu the fork befoe it was mangled by Shahrill's 'telekinetic' powers.

Tu dia...bukan bengkok sikit sikit ok...tu trick biasa, Ni siap cam da kena pulas!
Had a fun night, that was sure, and a great close to the weekened... or so I thought. Si Rudy ajak aku sekali ngan dia ke assignment dia esok. I said I'd think about it sebab I didn't really have anything planned pun.
Nanti...next entry aku tulis tuk apa...tired out as all helll. Just enjoy th few more pics I took.

Lum tidur. One helluva night!!! Awesome!!! So happy for s many reasons. Nanti aku update with lots of pics!!! r as many as aku larat nak posting.
Yang pentingnya, Siti menang Album of the Year! Yes!!!! Puas!!! Tengok Siti...kan da kata? Heh...tak rugi review album Transkripsi dulu (and tak rugi Siti masuk sini dan baca)> You deserve it gurl...hugs (and lari takut Datuk K nampak).
The other big happy event ws no elimination from Akademi Fantasia. Seven students remain. Didn't miss anything nampknya. Nanti aku review that as well as AIM ok.
Ni tak tidur kena rush a morning event, and then late noon ke Genting Highlands. Nanti aku bagitau sebab apa. Full day! And a fuller week! So nanti je ek....sabar!!!! It'll be worth it!


Meanwhile, ni lak keputusan AFUNDI selepas konsert ketujuh malam tadi. Got the results, and this is all aku larat nak posting for the moment.


Ok, so you see another name there? Just reproducing the list. Don't ask no questions and you won't get no stupid answers. Toodles!

Baru nak keluar rumah ni.Dah pun cukup kan tidur for the long,long night ahead. Esok lak ada event...tatau ler battery aku ni da charge cukup ke tak.
Anyway, of course I'll be going for the Anugerah Industri Muzik at PWTC malam ni, Pada sapa yang mungkin jauh ke...ovrseas ke...terpaksa keja tapi ada online access,watch the Anugerah Industri Muzik live On the web, via streaming. Just CLICK HERE.
No promises kalao aku leh update on the spot, tapi kalao leh I'll do it simultaneously with the live broadcast daripada dalam Dewan Merdeka.
Gotta leave now....
Bagi meka yang yang lupa who's contesting tonight, here's the full list.

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)

To begin watching the live telecast of AIM - CLICK HERE

Managed to finally get some stuff for the Bangsar home.
Sebelom assignment went and picked up some things on my list, and after assignment, da email story pun another round of shopping to pick up some more.
 Hah yang penting nya, second round tuh jejak Ikea for some stuff I had in mind.
Lama tak gi sana dah ni ...but since had so little time nak rush jumpa Nikki kat MidValley and help her pick out an outfit for AIM besok, apa lagik?
Sprint sana sini to look for and pick up the stuff I wanted. Cam Supermarket Sweep lak (ok...so I'm from that generation). Yang pentingnya puas dan lega with all the stuff I managed to pick up. Later dropped by home and unpacked it all, and hey...it's a good start!
Still a long way to go nak lagik cantikkan the place lagik, but you got to start somewhere right? Erm...Ikea people, please take note....the letter f in furnishing tu da burn out da lighting dia.
How ironic since you guys have a rockin' lighting department (not so rockin' when I was there earlier sebsb tup sparuh tengah renovate ke haper).
Chanced upon this little fella on the right at the top tuh...cam familiar je penah tengok scene camni in Diarrhea....not sure. Must have been my imagination.
Anyhoo...other stuff that took up my day, popped by office Persatuan Akademi Industri Muzik Malaysia sebab nak pick up another two of my VIP passes for tomorrow.
Rupanya the previous delivery meka hantar kat aku short dua agik, so dropped by to pick them up tapi semua sibuk rehearsal so meka berkompol kat PWTC.
Pada sapa nak tau apa running order of the show, artis mana kuar bila as presenter ker performer ke...sila squint like hell and try and make out the list kat office Akademi nih.
Heh...siap updated tuh. Ada info lebih sikit.
Tapi aku top mata (ceh..padahal nak siap check) sebab nak surprise... so also for the first time in a long time, aku tak gi rehearsal full dress malam ni sebab nak enjoy the show esok...or at least try to.

Aduh...bloody city was jammed gila today sebab ujan and all, thus as usual resulting in an unexplained and very the Misteri Nusantara crippling of the Kuala Lumpur traffic system.
Mengeluh aku nak head to the event petang tadi for my assignment. Biasa je punya 'do. Launching album artis baru bernama Richado (budak budak kat Sabah mesti kenal dia sapa kan because he's one of their local stars there)
Erm...biasa je sora. Ok le...but...honestly...production horror siot. El cheapo sound quality album dia. Back to the topic. The event sebenarnya aku dan teman teman media hadir bukan so much because of Richado ke apa...but sebab tukang host kan event.
Tak tau ler kenapa sampai nak dua emcee, but geng Press focus sorang je yang memang familiar terlampau familiar. Yerp....kalao korang scrolled down to see who, korang mesti recognise si Zana yang tarik diri. This is her first appearance in public sejak erm...kes...you know.
Rupanya dia ni kawan Richado sejak meka kat Akademi TV3 sebelom ni (the other Akademi where stress didn't get to her). Kesian gak dia...sebab actually paham paranoia dia ngan all this happening and berat nak talk to anyone.
But memang geram gak sebab orang bagik chance nak bersihkan nama because she really does have a future as she is a good talker...and it would be a shame to see her talent go to waste, with or without Akademi Fantasia...tapi dia cam nak elak seribu.
Tak kisah lah..no comment pun jadik ler.
Tapi sampai satu tahap snap gak aku. Yerla...orang tulis apa yang ko cakap. Kang kalao ko merapu esok kuar ...jangan salahkan lak kata niat kita da pasang camtuh lak. We report. Hish...panas ati. Sebab masa dia elak time panas isu ni pun da kena ngan aku sedas .... anyway... Zana...honestly...wish you all the best. Hope you grow more mature.
Kang kena serang ngan team Melodi naya je (tengok pic atas tuk dua awek comel lote dari atas dari team Melodi kat event tuh - merasalah korang lak kena terjah ngan aku!!!...love you babe!)
Balik pada Zana... you have the talent girl...tapi kan...you got to do what comes with the job. Which is a common mistake with so many new acts yang nak tempah nama.
Most people rasa they want to talk only when THEY want publicity. Reality is...YOU don't get to choose when you want to talk... not always.
Don't shun publicity and learn to make the worst of misfortunes into something positive. Thanks to my sifu Alam (Diana Ross live on!!! Disco forever!!!), who handed that down to me.
Anyway pada sesapa yang minat Zana...she's already gotten an offer for deejaying (walaopon dia tamao komen tul ke kat Suria FM)...and aku rasa it won't be the last we hear odf this talented lass.
Ni some latest pics of her.from just now.

On Diarrhea today...heh...dancing rehearsals.Kelas Raimee (bukan Reymee rupanya ejaan nama dia). Plain boring!
Erm...individual choreography rehearsals, I'd hate to say it (and trust me, I really hate to say it), but if Dafi takde sora flatline sangat, show dia might be the best in terms of performance value for no other reason than his song will be the most fun.
Raimee however gets my respect today for telling off the kids yang tak respect kelas dia, gi wat benda lain. Salute!
He has a point, and thankfully dia siap tanya apa problem dan cakap, kalao tak suka apa apa speak out so it can be changed. Hah!!! Bagus! First time I have respect for mamat nih. You go Raimee...walaopon choreography ko boring, as a person, you're kinda cool!
Tapi... apa la tujuan bebudak ni diminta baring dan visualise camna performance meka and all....
Hurm... oh that's why. How interesting...sesi try pakai sari dan try and pose along with it. Erm...this is starting to really look like like a pre-school rehearsal.
Aduh..si Shawal siot je wat lawak.
You'd think Aswad yang paling sesuai pakai sari...tapi he looked more like a failed Shaolin monk.
But he won sebab most probably based on the authenticity of his look from other aspects (hah...mencarot je keja kan?)
Shawal dan Heliza kena denda pakai sari tied to each other lari keliling Akademi... cam sial!!! Point being??? Heh...they really too much time to kill kan?
Whoopeee.....they're offering hadiah TV plasma 42 inci tuk best dressed yang hadir ke konsert. And dua hadiah tuh...all out nampaknya nak fight ngan clash with AIM kan? Heh...it's really turning out to be tapak funfair ler da nih.
Respect kat Ebi in the next few scenes which showed him jogging about while singing. I think Aznil tak paham kot kenapa dia lari menyanyi. Konon as an athlete ler beriya nak exercise.
Hello...tuh nak build stamina ler. It's actually one of the best ways, and Mila pon wat masa practise Drama arituh by running setempat.
I don't care what anyone says, but Aswad sounds and even looks constipated siot masa rehearsal. Heh...oh well..it takes all kinds. Da ada orang nak undi dia rezeki dia ler. Tapi seronok gak ler tengok tujuh orang ni berlatih bersungguh. Each and every one of the seven ada ler nampak usaha.
Hurm... ada lak si Roslan ni masuk Akademi. Masuk tuk tengok si Mila masak. How dedicated.
Most of the kids performed decently, tapi strangely Roslan senyap je. Tengok kak Fati, Adnan dan Syafi je banyak komen. He chirped a word or two here and there je. Salah editing? Ke memang dia tak banyak bersuara (cam tak caya lak)
The potentially best shows will probably come from Mila, Shawal, Candy dan Ebi...without a doubt. Heliza is still suspect. Dafi stands a chance if his vocal doesn't go on cruise control.Names not mentioned? Yawn!!!
Ya ampun!!! Apa ni??? Abang MM? Who the... lor... nak cita pasal road safety? And the Toyota? Promo time!!!!!!!
Iklan jangan tak iklan! Hah? Nak cari pemenang yang ada lesen ek? Heh...learning from the mistakes of the past are we? But perlu ke segment ni. Hish...this isn't subtle advertising. This is just senseless.
Buang masa je bagik bebudak pamphlet dan cita pasai keta. Nak jual keta...snooze jer sat.
Sesi motivasi memang bagik aku gelak. So revealing. You guys just have to see it for yourself. Let's have a round of applause please for the productin team!
Oklah next entry nak posted memang panjang lebar sebab here and there on AIM as well as review konsert Akademi Fantasia (buat kali pertama sejak empat tahun lalu ni) sebagai penonton kat rumah (repeat seperti biasa anytime can catch...)


PS - Happy ari ni gak sebab walaopon 'dia' tengah final tak sempat jumpa...SMS tetap!

Had so many errands to run today, tapi took forever to get me through all of them.
Patutnya pop over to get some light fixtures and stuff for the Bangsar home sebab janji my sis nak pick up salt lamps skali, tapi tak sempat sebab lewat kedai da tutup.
Tapi...apa nak wat kan... da shopaholic!
Janji kalao da jalan...tengok ada benda je..abihlah...that's it! Looks like I'm going to be spending some money today. Sheesh....should have just left my wallet at home. Matilah pasni abihkan duit agik...(padahal dalam hati suka)
Jalan punya jalan, leh terpikat ngan dua jackets which totally caught my eye.
The first was this dark blue corduroy top. Aku sarung je, just nice. Argh...snug fit. Kena beli ni! Comfy gila..walaopon sebenarnya aku menci ok kalao bab corduroy ni. But this was nice, and also since I didn't have one in this colour or anything near to this shade...and dark bluie hues are still in season this time around, so bolehlah. Amik je. Brand name tak terkenal pon...not too pricey!
The second was that caught my eye was this soft, tweed-like eathy brown jacket yang memang cutting cantik gila!!! Suka tol!
But..er..Ermenegildo Zegna. Aduh...camna ek.
Erm...apa agik..kalau da kena shopaholic...sambar je la tanpa pikir panjang. Kalau lama sangat pikir confirm takkan beli punya. Forget the price tag...bayar jer!! Tapi it wasn't as expensive as the usual retail price cause biasaler...shop smart kan.
Yang pentingnya, aku pakai ala ala ada illusi Fuyoo Magic cam ramping lak pinggang (bersedia kena carut pasnih)
So that made my day...korang rasa mana better ek.

Erm...tapi jaket ni saja nak masuk dalam collection je. Bukan tuk pakai ke Anugerah Industri Muzik kang. Heh...ada ada another one I bought some time ago which I'm going t wear...which is more of my character, militaristic. Comfy and loud...yang pentingnya loud.
By the way, to Dewi, that white T-shirt I'm wearing is that lovely (cam Khairul Najmi lak) Esprit tee you bought for me. Thanks love!!! Fits great, comfy and nice! Huggies and props to you gurl!!!!!!
Layan keja...sampai time tuk Diarrhea tengok kat opis je. Hari ni start jer Diarrhea da kelas vocal. Hah...ni besh sikit. Tengok bebudak gerun gak ngan Syafi nih ek. Sampai tahap membodek katanya. Tapi yang paling ketaq si Aswad ni ler.
Masuk je Syafi muka dia berubah jer. So much for the in the face of adversity...
Seperti biasa selit ngan adengan makan. Memang tak perlu. Sampai kelas bahasa pun nak adakan kat dining area.
"You cannot put your hand on the table."
Jadik two in one lak...kelas bahasa jadik skali ngan etiquette ke? Motif nak ajar pasal bab fine dining? Teach them jangan kentut merata dah.
Nak ajar meka jangan makan dan memborak perlu ke... they've been doing it for almost seven weeks now! Setiap kali ada Diarrhea mesti melahap sambil borak... so ada change ke pasni.
"Use hand, easy!"
Yes, Aswad...we know how talented you are bab tu....
"Which one you ike?"
"How come the Penang people like Masala?"
More examples of Khairul Najmi's brilliance!!!
I'm stumped by his absolutely amazimng skills as an educator.
"Because you don't torch me, teach me," kata Shawal.
Yes, a fine example of seven weeks of Khairul Najmi's handiwork lagik. Kenapa la meka nak sangat kenenkan Mila dan Dafi ni together? Nak dua orang ni kuar cepat ke?
Isn't that the most potent way of getting someone eliminated? Keji la Astro ni nak wat jalan cita sampai sanggup korbankan bebudak ni.
Nothing interesting to note... but suka lak bab si Dafi ngumpat pesen rambut Adnan Abu Hassan. Amik ko...cita rebondin dan colour semua cita dari musim pertama awal 'kemunculannya' dalam Akademi Fantasia.
Kelas Linda lak, akibat meka tak practise, ketuk ketampi 50 kali! Kelas Adnan later shortly, meka layan Sound Of Music. Bagus gak Linda bagik meka layan the movie...tapi meka paham anything from it ke?
What a waste of a classic.
On with Chedd's class, and erm...that's it. Rather boring..(sorry dude...blame the diting guys for making it look hat way)....time for supper and to hang my new jackets in the wardrobe. No date tonight sebab dia ada final exam throughout the week.
Rindunya nak menatap wajah dia....
Apapun sebelum aku lupa...hari ni is a special day for all Malaysians! We have a new king on the throne.Sultan Terengganu Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin, 45, ditabalkan sebagai Yang di-Pertuan Agong ke-13 and officially became the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin along with his queen, Raja Permaisuri Agong Tuanku Nur Zahirah.
Daulat Tuanku! Daulat Tuanku! Daulat Tuanku!!!

Jap agik cita pasal bab Diarrhea. Wat skang nak nak ramble sikit.
Bukan leh relax sangat pon, nak shopping for Anugerh Industri Muzik kang...siapkan tuh nih. Also nak dapatkan some light fixtures and stuff for the Bangsar apartment. Walaopon skali skala dok sana pon nak bagik up sikit decor. Baru puas kan...
Ari ni produktif gila aku!!!! Heh! Puas dan lega. Four down, one more story to go, then I can relax for the weekend.
Apapon...yang pentingnya...layan...sempat watch episode 19 of Heroes! Argh!!!!
Best gila ok! The best episode ever aku rasa. Dari start ke abih!
Hish...seronok sangat siap wat screen capture ni...yerlah tuh.
The best part of Episode 19 titled 0.7% (jangan risau aku tak bagik spoilers sangat - hint je) is that action non stop in the sense that every character has something going on.
Of course the question from two months ago is what happens with the Sylar and Peter Petrelli confrontation (from Episode 18 - sucks to be you kalao korang ikut Astro kena tunggu sebulan lebih lagik kot nak tengok).
Last seen was Sylar cutting open Peter's head sambil si Mohinder was held up on the ceiling, tapi twist dia best sangat. Kalao korang wondering what happened, aku bagik teka teki to guess what happens next. Peter DIES - yes...you heard me right (don't believe anything as is). One Hero dies in this episode but it's not Peter. Amacam tuh? No komen. Kang lebih lebih lak spoiler. But the showdwn itself walaupun brief, was worth the wait and agony of curiosity to see how the plot would go.

One thing I can give away is that Linderman pun ada kuasa. Sial! Best lak tuh power dia.  I thought so!!!! Good twist though and more light is shed on his character's role which appears to be getting more significant than the endless mentions from the previous episodes (awal awal pun da mention dia per)

Claire meets Nathan and family, Matt and Ted team up with Mr Primatech paper himself while Nikki and Jessica struggle to work things out with homelife and being this psycho split personality for the sake of Micah.
In other news... fans of Isaac will hate Sylar all the more after this and probably find something else to watch (did I say to much?).

More importantly Hiro and mate wrre in the future and saw the effects of the explosion and work their work to a solution now that Hiro has the sword tapi they meet a very familiar face. No prizes for guessing. Close your eyes if you don't want to see who it is in the second picture below. I mean it.
Quite a twist, though not too all surprising.

Now on to the more boring stuff in Diarrhea as I complete my dwnloads of episodes 3,4,5 and 6 of PussyCat Dolls Presents : The Search For The Next Doll.
Diarrhea hari ni start besh sebab tunjuk kelas vocal. Looks like someone in production is bothering to listen when fans say meka nak layan more of the classes instead of dok kat meja makan kat dapur ngumpat like a bunch of old maids.
Syafi nak cek meka ni camna bab Menuju Puncak. Yerlah...bab konsert leh cover line, sebab harap lain nyanyi ko miming jer la.
Si Aswad horror nak mampos tahap The Exocism of Emily Rose! Piala sumbang-sih dia leh la menang. Lain jangan ler harap.
Shawal besh, sama ngan Ebi kira ok (in cmparison with others). Yang lain buruk nak mampus gak ek. Pompuan meka tunjuk Candy je kira ok gak.
Bab kelas time meka nak settle bunga dan lenggok da agak most of them have massive problems, dari tahap takde bunga ke tahap paling kritikal which is flat as the runway of KLIA (which is actually bumpy sikit).
Apart from Mila, nampaknya si Candy has improved much, while Heliza still struggle sikit. Boys struggled quite a bit more, don't know how they going to perform ujung minggu ni.
Cam bebudak si Aswad ni...kena marah sikit kena lak nak cam sial feeling tension.
Askrul ni penipu tol lah kata si Aswad besh, pastuh mintak ignore kata kata Syafi. Ni ler keja Astro staff ke? Nak contradict tenaga pengajar. Elok lah...da la sekali sekala je nak kena tegur. Kena tegur lak ada yang feeling nak wat baik nipu and ask the kids to ignore nasihat.
Tak perlu tol Aswad ni anyways for the drama over just a little teguran.
Amik ko..."Awak yang paling lemah dalam sudut intonasi. Tu yang setiap konsert awak nyanyi sumbang. Masaalahnya awak tak tahu awak nyanyi sumbang...that is very bad"
I lap you Syafi!!!Nak nitis airmata lak si SAswad ni...anak jantan ke ni? ke nak perah undi nih.
"Macam tu ke melodi dia? Melodi dia pun tatau. Ni yang aku nak naik meradang ni!"
Go go Syafi!!! Terkeluar Incredible Hulk tuh...oops...she's pregnant jer.
Erm...selepas kena hamun sikit je kena manja. Nak order makan malam pun dapat special menu nak ala carte katanya. Keji. Manjakan lagik ler budak budak ni.
Cut to scene bebudak dalam kelas kak Fati. Erm...tak senonoh lak main game bebudak laki jadi tembok si Mila kena tembus. Aiyo!!!!! So much for no physical contact between the boys and girls!
Bab Candy, Mila dan Heliza rolling about ni erm.. throw in some mud and we got a TV show. Hah!!!
Paham lak bebudak ni supaya go ahead walaopon ada yang menghalang, the point of the exercise, but takde lak kemampuan nak translate that into their show and apply that survival instinct that kak Fati was trying to teach them. Let's see how many get it.
Syukur ler aku ada VIP access ke Anugerah Industri Muzik (thanks Jen - s honoured...tak penah bagik aku ask or beg like some people). Takyah ler nak costume party nak ke konsert minggu nih seperti diumumkan Aznil. Heh!
Alamak...si botak (Jasmi bukan Mawi) bak Mahani Awang. My Lord!
She didn't even do that well masa dia kat dalam Akademi Fantasia  dibawa ke dalam dulu. Perlu ke nak comeback? Pasni rasanysa Jasmi punya collection masuk majalah Wanita ek?
AWMIGAWD!!!!
Ajar catwalk dan social etiquette katanya...duduk pun nak ajar. Elok lah...merdu sangat suara Jasmi sepanjang Diari.
"Say thanks to her..."
Heh!!!
After that "lovely" class as Khairul Najmi would say...these kids melahap sebab makanan da sampai. Amik ko makan sound effect lebih lebih. So much for social etiquette....that was a waste of teaching. Or lom sampai bab table manners?
Don't understand kenapa bebudak ni main hopscotch. Er...batu teng teng ek. Lupa lak. Don't understand the significance of it.
This show is more complicated than Heroes anyday. Nak layan Heres lagik sekali la...

Finally dapat tengok vocal class in the Diarrhea, walaopon sikit. Lama rasanya meka tak tunjuk vocal techniques being taught. Ni antara perbezaan Akademi Fantasia yang production kekadang tak sedar.
Mana lagi the common layman dapat tengok perjalanan kelas vocal.
Tapi baru nak seronok tunjuk sikit, and then sambung lak adengan tak perlu potong timun ker haper kat dapur. Cait!!!
Masuk balik kelas Syafi, and nampak seksa dia nak ajar bebudak joget and Irama Malaysia week ni punya assignments. It's going to be a struggle for most of them alright...those who have harder songs that is...
Er korang perasan tak masa Candy ngan Syafi tuh, ada yang kena blur? Heh!!! Amik ko dua hari berturut turut adengan censored ditunjukkan.
Kalao ikotkan tema minggu ni I have a sneaking suspicion Mila ada advantage ler. She seems to be the most vocally apt to take on the challenge.  
Aku tak paham kenapa la meka sibuk sangat nak tunjuk bebudak kecoh time makan. REZEKI tatau kaa..hish...
Tapi kelakar Mila. Apa yang busuk lak tuh Mila? Nak pecah perut tengok gaya dia tuh.
Here we go again...kelas bahasa Inggeris.
Here are some examples of the brilliance of Khairul Najmi
The first one ni, dia mintak bebudak angkat tangan if they agree or fit into the statement he's making.
"Before you come into the Akademi. those who uses the LRT..."
Er...ok then.
One part he mentions...no not small talk.
"Small talks."
MY GOD!!!!
Dahler mengajar standard darjah tiga. Tokang ajar pon lebih kurang je.
Salan cepumas..Aswad ni abih PMR tak? Camna leh terlepas kalau yer, penah ke pass paper English ni? Sebab standard English dia cam darjah lima pon tak tentu. When the fans say people should understand blah blah blah...I find it hard to believe somone could have made it to 27 without even a decent ability of comprehension and sebutan. Argh!!! What is our education system coming to???!!!
And I think comprehension is so much more important than just getting them to parrot a few lines, so note THAT, sir.
Kelas Linda nampak sangat ramai kejung. Contoh si Dafi. Ujung jari lentik, tapi stiff like a board everything else.
But not as stiff as Aswad yang aku tak paham kenapa ada yang nak compare dia ngan Mawi. He ain't no Mawi. Mawi by minggu kelima da leh nari decently. Ni...langsung take rupa dok Akademi langsung lembab tahap gaban! Walaopon berminggu dok makan pree goyang punggung je kat dalam tuh.
Ebi cam mabuk, siap wat tarian berbagai bangsa....kelakar tengok dia. Comic relief at least. Yang menang in the end, dapat beg murahan, si Shawal dan Heliza second.
Aku tak paham, tengok bebudak ni struggling, apa salahnya lak wat simple punya kejutan bak masuk meka cam Bob dan Haziq yang memang forte meka tuk tema minggu ni. Hish... Fulus Mania tol la meka ni.
Erm..kelas Reymee...tak perlu la. Heh!!!
Anyway...nak sambung keja sikit. Ada beberapa column and articles to finish so that I'm free by the end of the week.
Tadik ada satu interview je. Ngan si Shahrill. Ala...dak Fuyoo Magic tuh. Seronok lak bersembang ngan dia. Dia ni fun to talk to. Ni some pics masa photography session kami where he did the floating card trick (I know how it's done!!! I know how it's done!!!)
Sebab aku pun minat magic gak, dan most of dia punya illusions aku tau rahsia so leh ler openly talk about the art of magic.
Wat peminat Akademi Fantasia yang da layan episod mana Shahrill masuk Diarrhea, ko mesti perasan kan the kids having fun with him. And you might have noticed dia bagi baju kat Shawal sebab dia kata Shawal 'pegang rahsia dia' or something like that. Apparently Shawal ni pon tau sikit sikit bab magic ek kerana belajar dari kawan. Tu yang Shahrill bagitau...
Si Noni pon apparently leh...sapa layan Trek Akademi Fantasia would have seen that.
Aanyway...Shahrill  showed me a little of his skill, and he is extremely skillful with the sleight of hand. Si Farihad terpegun...aku senyum je.
Orang kata kala da tau rahsianya, tak hebat da...tak menarik da tengok such tricks. Tapi aku admire kalao orang tuh ada skill to pull it off with style and aku salute gak ler si Shahrill ni sebab dia kira ok gak lajus tangan dia;.
Dia banyak terkejut bila aku discuss a few tricks kat show dia, cam bab dia main benang tu benam dalam kulit, Coke can yang kosong dan hancur leh kembang balik dan berisi....the shoelace trick yang akan ditayangkan dan ada dalam montage.
He was surprised especially sebab tricks tu aku da tau rahsia padahal kira baru gak ler illusions tuh. Heh...camna?...tak caya?
Tunggu aku wat video sendiri jer la ek nanti buktikan aku pun leh wat magic. Alamak...teringat siri 60 Saat Bersama aku janji nak buat...aduh...been THAT busy. Soon ek...

Before I get to posting about Diarrhea or anything else, I have to say this.
YEAY!!!! Heroes is back!!!! The States da tayang episode 19 after tw months of waiting, and now finally we get to see what happens to Peter Petrellia and whether Sylar kicks his rear or not. Alamak...lupa bagik spoiler alert.
Sapa yang ikut kat Astro...sorry ek. Tunggu ler lama sikit agik to catch up, despite the series da kali kedua lengthy break.
Which now brings me a total of three series I'm following, which includes America's Next Top Model cycle 8 (Astro is only showing cycle 7 - da masuk top five this week) and Pussycat Dolls : The Search For The Next Doll (pencarian anggota baru - tinggal dua episod lagi).
Darn....penoh torrents list aku nih.

Apart from these three shows aku follow religiously, also have seasns 1 and 2 of In Living Color (remember that?), Secrets of the Street Magicians Revealed and one r two more reto movies in the list. And streamyx? Crapping out big time. Line kekadang ok kekadang cam sial.
Yang besh nya haul my ass to Uncle Don in Hartamas, pakai dia nya wifi yang baru sebab arituh download sana  cecah 130kbps! Kalao kat rumah highest is 40+kbps. Tu pun teramat jarang.
Biasa kala quarter that speed poun boleh bersyukur.
Moving on, semalam as usual, manic Monday. Siang gi press conference ngan Rizal. Sampai on time, pas jemput si Juan, and just lounged about sampai majriti tanya soalan yang Dekna related. Tak minat nak tulis cita berkaitan love affairs ni and all, so lepak je ler tunggu meka siap.
Oh by the way, mai kita berkenal salah satu wartawan yang korang mungkin familair nama. To the left...to the left is Farihad dari Berita Harian. Hah! Gigih interview. Dia ni kalau masuk Akademi Fantasia, tagline dia 'Pukul habis!!!". Sapa leh jawab kenapa dapat hadiah (ampun Farihad!!!!)
But today's sidang akhbar ni lain sikit.
Atas usaha sultanmuzaffar and invitation dia sebagai tuan rumah, I had ajak 'freekey' (tu nickname dia), seorang forummer kat CARI untuk peluang jumpa Rizal. Sebenarnya dalam forum, walaopon kena hentam memacam, si freekey ni slalu  cool je in defending Rizal.
Kira number ne yang memang fanatic dan taksub, but at the same time, takder ler over-emo or melatah. Jarang ok dapat peminat fanatik Akademi Fantasia yang leh turn the other cheelk.
Definitely a peminat contoh!
Apapon kala korang tanya aku kenapa pic tuh aku takleh tunjuk muka, tu atas request tuan punya badan yang memang pemalu gila dan segan nak pic dia kuar kat sini ke mana mana.
Tapi ok ler tuh lama gak dia lepak ngan Rizal ni.
Heh...janji, fan club Rizal pon ok ler pasni. Da kickstart.
How was Rizal? A bit hyperactive...a little too much sugar in the bloodstream kind of reaction la, perky abih...but ok ler. Tak amik hati pon kata takleh nyanyi... kira semangat juan menentang carutan hebat gak dia ni.  Mintak mintak ler banyak tawaran dia berlakon lepas ni because that's where his talent lies.
Ke kalao tak hosting program ke apa ler...
Hah...ni satu agik pic nak share.
Satndard la, ramai orang yang terlibat dalam a production di sebalik tabir kan. But I think these are the most underappreciated folks when it comes to Akademi Fantasia.
The beautiful PR people from Astro!!! Sampai dak Rizal dok lepak tengah layan kami semua borak time kat tepi taman kat Astro pun, meka ni ikut sekali duk patient tunggu.
Kira the first to arrive, last to leave. Love you guys ler....nak nama mention lebih lebih lak kang orang kata. You know you guys are awesome and among the best...

Siap posing ok dok dekat ngan Rizal, si Erlina ni (did I spell your name right, dear?)
Apapun nak gak mention nama ko sebab walaopon ko about a month je together ngan the Astro gang, you're one of the fastest in the business to catch up. That I have to says! Props to you girl!!!
Sedihnya, dia ni da leaving sebab da rezekim ada lain yang melamar (keja ek...not prposal lain...she's married, guys!)
Abih je event, rush to Karyawan.  Ada event for the weekened lak. Kat sidang akhbar tuh jumpa family members in Sahri, Amylea, Farha, Fatin dan Salima.
So interview ler Salima pasal isu tudung dan al-kisahnya dia tak pakai, pakai wig ketika pementasan kat Shah Alam last week yang dok jadik isu.
Lupa lak dalam kesibukan nak amik pics meka...but no need pun lah kan. Nanti aku usahakan.
Gegas balik office, abihkan keja, then temankan geng di ketuai oleh abang 'pukul habis!'
So caught today's rather boring edition of Diarrhea.
Somebody explain kat aku kenapa la si Aswad pakai apron? Baru abih tebar roti canai ke?
The session with Dr Love was as juvenila as it gets and was as relevant to performing arts or motivation as a freakish 4 year-old playtime involving full grown adults. Tak sesuai tol ngan konsep bebudak nak belajar performing arts. Tau pun si Aznl kata cam kindergarten.
Promo time!!! Equal Sports Fitness Centre on reflexology tuh perlu ke. Merasalah dapat ilangkan kekejungan ketika menari Menuju Puncak. Mungkin ke? Kang tengok nari sama jer!
Amik ko, rambut Ebi sudahpun kembali ke normal. Iron je ek rupanya...n wnder ler looked kejung!
Erm....si tukang urut tuh nampak seronok je urut Ebi...sambil scene dia diurut dikaburkan sebab terdedah bahagian lain badan Ebi. Hah! Tergelak....cam tengok video raid badan pencegahan maksiat lak kabur sana kabur sini...
Shawal punya pon. Aiyo...tak payah la kalao camtuh. Hish...perlu ke camtuh.Don't show jer la...kan senang. Cam nak bagi orang guna their imagination je kan. Takpe...anything for AFUNDI I suppose.
Aku kesian si Candy dan Mila.
Perform susah susah, dapat four blue lights terus dapat hadiah makeover konon untuk dibawa keluar ke dinner jer. Another America's Next Top Model reference ler tuh. How original.
Make over? Make up over adalah! Sama ngan make up artiste yang over dan ketinggalan zaman yang sampai make up kan meka ni ala ala pengantin zaman 80an tepung empat inci. Keji!!! Macam adik adik nak cendut!
Lebih burok dari asal. Maybelline sponsor ke? Ok...everyone...switch to M.A.C.
And Steven...it's pronounced VOLUME not WORUME. No wonder these kids punya English cam berterabur tak abih...da people they interact with pun camtuh. Aiyo...setakat bak ke Bora Ombak ke. Heh! Mak aih! Exclusive gila! NOT!!!!
Adik Diddy kan nyanyi tuh? Sapa leh bagitau (sambil jeling someone)
Kenapa lah jadikan rupa Candy dan Mila cam streetwalkers pakai camtuh, and making them just look cheap, with that tarty make-up and those cheap-ass dresses! Hish!
Kalau da nak camtuh sangat, bawa je ke Chow Kit dan terus leh on duty katanya ngan 'kak-bang' yang lain. Erm..but I think even drag queens have more sense of making up with lesser cosmetics than a clown at a two star circus from Tunisia.
Mila looked like GRO dangdut ok! Apa nih Astro???!!! Si Candy lak dijadikan rupa cam Filipino maid yang off day ke The Beach. Merasalah make-up Chucky!!!!
WHAT IS ASWAD WEARING????
Is that a damn apron???? And takde baju lain ke? Is it laundry day finally?
Nampaknya semalam punya Diarrhea hari promo, so kononnya  tim to plug more sponsors.
Apa la...kalao dapat sponsor kasut pon...amik ler yang cantik sikit. Not five seasons cast offs yang nampak so cheap, ala Jukebox.
Yang remainder three blue lights dapat letter from the family. But eh...apa ni. Dulu Ebi wat susah susah pun dapat letter from the family je. Ni runner-ups pn da dapat tuh. Cait! Never mind ler....getting dinner at Bora Ombak pn bukan penting sangat....tapi geram jer ler meka ni cam double standards.
Orang cam Mila tak penah dapat proper surprise yang meletop! Ebi yang kononnya mum dia datang Aznil kata Astro terbangkan khas, tul ke yang family bayar sendiri? Keji la kalao benar....
Evaluation time. Post mortem yang jarang ada anything worth noting.
Shawal - pitching problems but agree with kak Fati kata dia he llooked comfortable with his bdy language.
For Heliza they shuld have just simplified it by telling Heliza that she should not forget the melody in performing when she tries to do vocal acrobatics.
Aswad no komen ler...rasanya tenaga pengajar pun da lemah ngan dia da
Candy was awesome, tapi memang tak stuju ngan Roslan tol yang kata bab jerit tuh because Candy has good control of her voice.Syafi was right in saying that there was simply just lack of focus and it could have been better.
Menci tol Roslan kata Candy sora besar, teros prone sombong. I think her performance was a down to earth fun attempt. Dunno where he picked that up...but you didn't see him telling that BEFORE the kids went on stage masa prepping on Friday kan? Post komen je lebih...
The 'surprise' for Dafi nbgan Jolin Tsai was so busuk! Hope Dafi  Mila was minor weaknesses jer.
Entahlah...why have a post mortem if you don't tangani isu isu yang sbenar. Nak AFKELUAR tenaga pengajar leh tak Astro (as if....)


PS - One my my regular blog readers, Fraimee atau lebih dikenali sebagai Fry is now in the ICU Hospital Pakar Perdana Kota Bharu. Dengar akibat komplikasi pembedahan. Dia operate pendarahan dalam perut-tumour... Please say a little prayer for him dan semoga dia sembuh... we're with you, Fry. Keep strong!

Malas nak ulas Diarrhea. Surprisinglly, the list of songs are not all that this week sebab meka nak wat minggu bertema (and we all know what a success that usually is).
Apapon, it'll definitely make it easier for me to choose between going for the seventh weekly concert, or Anugerah Industri Muzik on the same night (tu ler pasal...degil...tamau ngalah ngan AIM). Oh well... I pity the kids. Victim of the station. Kang kuar kang....the industry not only finds it hard to accord them credibility, but also now they're seen as upstarts because of production timetables. Yes...yes...don't blieve what I have to say. After all...history nly speaks for itself kan.
Tapi ada someone supposed to tell kala Saturday ni jadik ke tak for something els. Yes, this Saturday planning nampaknya padat sikit. So have to just wait and see which plan akan follow. Malas nak update panjang sangat, but had two pictures yang aku betul betul nak posting sangat share ngan korang.

Ok...don't need to use your imagination for the pic above! Yes, it is, undeniably...a butt crack. Why this pic? Saja je masa kat opis ada member dok mengexposekan diri, so SMILE!!! YOU'RE ON CANDID CAMERA!!! Well...actually your butt craxk is...but...details, baby, details!
Yes, I am now officially demented enough to put a pic of a butt crack kat entry aku! Heh!
Warning...sapa sapa yang pakai potentially low rising (plunging) pants or lower half apparel, please ensure they don't creep low, or you could be exposing yourself to the world. And yu can't blame it on an excuse like tertekan at that. Yes...yes...aku bosan dan terlampau rajin nak update blog ni, so merapu nih. Sori ek (you know who you are in the office, sebab your rear jadik star ari ni). Heh!!! Nanti aku blanja ko dinner...ampun!!!!
This next pic aku shot masa aku nak gi ke konsert last Saturday This is something really stupid commonly done by most parents yang takde keja, take their kids for a joyride. And also the most common reason why so many nasty things happen.
Leaving yur kids unattended in the car.

The father suka ati masuk petrol station nak bayar tuk minyak, tinggalkan anak dia yang I suppose was about three or four years old in the car. The doors were locked, s takde ler kidnap attempt ke apa.
But it was irritating (apart from budak tu asik tekan horn keta memekkan aku yan dok sebelah punya pump), because anything could have happened in the the couple of minutes si ayah gi membayar kat kaunter.
Hish...mana ler tau...terlepas handbrake ke...keta berjalan sendiri...I mean a million and one freak accidents could have happened. Stupid parent!
They really need to start a regulation requiring stupid people to be trained before breeding. I bet that would stop a lot of problems.
Argh!! Nak mandi sat...ada something I want to share later...with more pics...
By the way, pada meka yang mencari mana lah ulasan Diarrhea, takde ok. Cuma ni senarai lagu untuk konsert ketujuh minggu depan. Cheers!

Lagu Bonus - Joget Pahang (Siti Nurhaliza)/Joget Si Pinang Muda (Noraniza Idris)
Aswad - Penyu Menangis (Sudirman)
Candy - Tari Silat Melayu (Aishah)
Heliza - Rindu Merindu ( Fauziah Idris)
Mila - Dondang Dendang (Noraniza Idris)
Ebi - Berdendang Dalam Tangisan (Jamal Abdillah)
Dafi - Joget Angan Tak Sudah (Jay Jay)
Shawal - Joget Kaki Lima (Dahlan Zainuddin)

Akibat marathon movie...memang tak cukup tidur tadik. Aduh...first time aku sampai dewan in less than an hour sebelom show on.
Masuk je dewan da nampak perubahan. Nampak ada empat tempat duduk, so hah...da agak ler da tiba masuk kejutan bab pengkritik ni. Tul ler ada yang bisik ni pasal pengkritik jemputan. Soalannya skang...regular ke untuk setiap konsert?
Bab lampu biru lampu merah tu pun aku penah bagitau kan...now you guys know why. Just aku tak dapat figure out BILA meka nak gunakan lampu merah tuh...keji sangat pakai lampu biru, tak pakai lampu merah. Pastu aku rasa meka takde guideline ler sampai sedap sedap je tekan walaopon cam...erm...moving on...
Alamak...intro koboi tuh mengikatkan aku pada Salima dulu punya horrific wardrobe last year!!!
You'd think they would learn not to venture into the country and western theme. The bringing on of the kids was cute, walaupon nampak cam promo Macam Macam Aznil sikit.
Amik ko!!!! THe most important thing is the new hairstyle by Ebi...amik ko!!!!
Arghh...first aku nampak dia cam smart gila...then nampak cam Gurmit Singh lak! Then tukau angle...cam Dr Fazley (lebih dikenali blog readers ku yang besh ni sebagai Dr Eveready) Takpe la...at least improvement. Mintak mintak meka wat something AGAIN with his hair. Slightly shorter, not so nerdy next time ya!
Back to the stage action, lawak gak and cute tengok bebudak kecik tu temani pelajar memasing di assign. Besh gak ler intro...walaopon sampai time bab si Haziq kicik ni da overdrawn. Prolonging a good idea. Still cute though.
Penyampaian ngan menggunakan ngan someone like Jalaludin Hassan actually pointless, and even more pintless was Salih Yaacob, even though I have to admit it was kind of funny. Tapi kerap sangat da tengok lawak dia pasal broken English ni.
Again...overkill on a joke. Aduh!!!!


Rizal - That Thing You Do (The Wonders)
First of all, ada ke si Aznil kata lagu ni lama lama? Hanya kerana rentak dan setting lagu ni dalam pilem dia ingat lagu ni laman?
For your info, the movie made in 1996, was set in 1964. Tu je...bukannya dia lagu lama pon! The original song, was a hit in 1996 and peaked at number 42 in the Billboard Hot 100.
Moving on... I have to say Rizal improved a little in the sense that English dia walaupon laughable, tapi still not as bad as Aswad as predicted.
Vocals? For a straight forward tune, despicable! And ending dia pun fumble over the words.
Rating pam jamban aku kurangkan minggu ni tuk effort dia.
No prizes for guessing kenapa Jee dan Ogy bagi blue light special bagik dia Rizal nih walaopon like du-uh sangat performance dia.
Ogy kata he finally did it.
I wonder what he did finally? Make them all merembes???!!! It wasn't THAT good. Sheesh!!!



Shawal - Peronda Jaket Biru (Wings)
Halamak....apa pulak kejutan bak si Erra yang moka tambah cam Umie Aida ni (she did look a lot like Umie with the wig and all)
Erm...oh well, if nothing else, prove yang kalao takde, ada style pon leh carik makan kan.
Tak tahu nak cakap apa, sebab enjoy performance dia yang relaxed ith minimal problems and just a little bit lacking in punch.
Ok...I love Ogy...and aku suka Shawal punya show, tapi overdose lak si Ogy puji. Aiyo...
Tak leh la aku terima Shawal hanya dapat tiga nyalaan lampu biru kalao si Rizal pon leh. Keji!



Heliza - Nafas Cahaya (Misha Omar)
Thank you kak Kathy...but it's not about you nak pot pet pasal apa yangt dia lalui. Ni malam bintang erm...takyah ler cakap. Cait...buang masa ler. Bak masuk ke dalam Diarrhea jer la, apa nak masa show live ni nak meleret nih! Hish!
Erm..predictable sangat ler nak wat konon kategori pencalonan sapa nak jadik Saliha ni...a joke that fell flat.
Looking very Erykah Badu-esque, si Heliza ni ada problem yang aku rasa not as I expected, but predicted some time back.
Aku mula mula rasa dia cam tak mampu nak bak lagu ni sebab vocal dia cam tak kesampaian, asik sumbang ketika practise, tapi she proved she could.
MASAALAHNYA...what I had a problem with, was not the patchy starting yang wonky habis, tapi dia feel nak main bunga sangat. Awat mula jer dah overdose tuh? Haiyo! Heliza, perlu ke? As a result of that, not build up for an already monotonous song with no peaks.
Still, she was comparatively quite good kalao banding yang lain.
And yet, dia tetap tak dapat any blue light ke? Keji la...Rizal leh tiga...tapi dia tarak.
Merasalah now everyone can fly katanya with pakaian kak Ogy.Very the Air Asia...or was I the only one yang perasan that?



Aswad - Yang Sedang Sedang Saja (Iwan)
Di mana ada Erra, di situ lah ada Hans. Tunggu je ada Umie Aida sekali kot.
Erm...Aswad punya performance ni is very revealing.
We know he can't sing or dance. He's got no prominent hairline (bila la nak cuci beret dia tuh???!)
He can't dangdut, he can't rock, he can't do English... he can only rock kapak meleleh.
Woit korang perasan tak sister si Candy tuh, tiap kali si Hattan dan Og kiritik, sejak Heliza punya performance overdose lak posing kat belakang Sambil jelir lidah pon ada. Keji! Pastu SMS...nak bagitau member muka kuar TV ler tuh! Heh!
Yes, Aswad was that boring sampai aku leh perasan all that.



Candy - Gadis Dan Bunga (Rahimah Rahim)
Matilah Tan Too Lip!!!!!! Haiyak!!!! Aduh pecah perot gelak. Aduh...don't ask why...siot la orang Astro ni suka provate joke!!!
Aduh...sakit perot. Erm...lupa sat malam ni malam bintang bintang yang malap....
Walaupon baju yang Candy pakai tuh cam pakaian nenek nenek glamer gi pasar, but aku tak nampak sangat because she was great onstage!!!
Takyah komen...she kicked the butts of all the others! Plus, bonusnya takyah tengok muka kakak Candy posing sakan bila pengkritik memberi komen nak posing.
Erm...less is more kata Ogy. Why does that make me thnk of Zana.
Apapon...this was THE best performance of all night, with no flaws and almost pro-like! put her on a stage with orang lama pon dia leh shine.



Ebi - Jujur (Radja)
What can I say...it was not perfect. But I don't care!!! Waaopon minus one dia memang programmed crap and for me that brought about a little bit of a jarring feel when his voice and the music were put together, still... Ebi for final!!!
Tapi leh tak potong rambut dia sikit agik. Heh...
Humprhhh...tapi tetap Rizal dapat tiga ayes kan...bodoh tol. Si Ebi show better pon...erm...



Dafi - Meteor Garden Theme - Qing Fei De Yi (Harlem Yu)
Yer...Anugerah Wirama berterusan agik. Yawn...tak paham tol!!!!
Kalau nak sangat orang bagi pesanan, bagi je dalam Diari. Ni konsert NGOK!!! Apa lak buang masa je nih. Takut underrun ler tuh.
I thought Aznil's attempt to be funny towards the musicians was a stereotype statement that was racial typecasting. Small minded joke...
Erm...kenapa seluat dia cam MC Hammer sangat ek, ala ala carrot cut bahagian bawah. Bughok bonar!!!
Vocally, minor slip ups of a whispery lullaby yang hardly challenging. Lousy grasp of lower notes, and boyband-ish at best.
How original...nak interact ngan Jee. Come on lah...perlu ke. Not when someone already mentions it for you to do it ler...
And erm...kenapa selected students ni dapat ler memacam live accompaniment yang nampak mahal jer nih. Hish... kesian orang cam Mila tuh tak surprise apa apa langsung!
Suka statement Hattan, yang belakang tuh diamlah... heh! Tapi...kenapa bab peminat Dafi je camtuh?
Kalau nak pilih lagu yang sesuai ngan lagu dia, aku rasa lagu Tommy Page ker yang bosan dan one hit wonder jer kot.
Ogy, like to Rizal kata...you did it!! Confirm...threee out of three again. Merembes ler...
Taking cue from Farid Kamil later, "tak bagus takper...janji lain macam".
I know two or three pelajar yang that saying can be applied to. Honestly...not that bad...but not that good either.
(dapat bonus one star untuk musicians sebenarnya)


Mila - Drama (Nikki, Ning &Yanie)
Nampak sangat production tatau bab pasal sora power ngan nama nama listed...tapi sesuai lawak cam kesiyal ngan Linda Jasmine. Siot je tau nak bagik gelak.
Erm...Mila didn't do as bad as I thought she would based on rehearsals, tapi my gawdddd...what the hell were those three zebra-like Beetlejuice characters yang terkinja kinja tuh. Azab ok...
And kalao bab operatic, yang higher notes tuh, patutnya memandangkan Candy takleh buat, patutnya meka jemput Nikki nak sedapkan agik lagu yang music memang azab minus one.
Still it was good sebab she was able to perform the song, tapi character tak cukup.
Now this was deserving of the four blue lights ler.



Lagu Bonus - Awas (KRU)/G.I.G(Elite)
What the #$%^&*(!!!! Pakai raincoat lak...murahan tol! Nak ikot Hasnol ke KRU nih. Bangap tul le. Takde bajet ek wardrobe?
Awas couldn't be more bad that KRU live, so ok je. Shawal dan Ebi were the standouts, but the rest in Aswad, Rizal dan Dafi, at least takde ler lupa lirik ke haper, so ok ler.
Busuk tul...step hancur and backing dancer ni cam buang masa je sebab meka pon tatau choreography.
Dak pompuan semua better ler. Candy intro problem sikit, sebab low note dia weak sikit sebab she was dipping tapi for some reason tak sampai.
Mila was the best!!!! Awmigawd...walaopon lagu ni busuk, and brainless pop, she made it fun, cam si Amylea ubah Hak Milik Kekal dulu.
Heliza pon cam semput sikit...aduh. Dia dan Candy cam nyanyi lagu lain lak. Pening aku. They were reduced to back-ups while Mila is starting to become my favourite among the girls.



So Rizal keluar. No surprise. Tuk aku it was only a matter of time sebab dia da terlepas elimination for the past three weeks narrowly and this week, dia yang memang the weakest link.
Minggu depan is where the real battle begins! Sebab starting from next week, it's anyone's game. And I mean anyone can go out...nothing is impossible. Kepada peminat tujuh pelajar yang masih ada dalam Akademi...keep voting and don't get too comfortable with the votes standing...no matter what.
Ni kejutan bila tutup undian at the end of the concert. Aku macam tak caya.


And yes, those were the actual standing bila tutup undian. Kira sikit lagi...atau kalao ada double elimination, Shawal would have gone out. Ok ler...nak tidur. Later today sambung entry komentar tidak perlu ok.

PS - Terima kasih tenaga production Akademi Fantasia for that minute of silence, untuk tribute wat the late Azman Ahmad.

Bahan bacaan lain dari peminat-peminat fanatik : (check sendiri tengok sapa update)
Dafi(fanatik tol nih)
Rizal (dia nak Rizal dan Ebi sekali kalao leh)
Heliza (bukan pilihan pertama dia)
Shawal (da awal awal da claim)
Aswad (feveret hang ka?)
Candy (Sabah power!)
Mila (ngaku sebab tengah fofular jer)
Dollah Cantik (sebab meka ni fun!)