Ok. This is the real story behind my 'disappearance' semalam. So sorry tak sempat layan any calls, or reply any messages.
I had breathing complications, and for a moment there, I thought I was gone.So very the drama kan?
Sebenarnya, I was on the way to an assignment semalam. Nak ke press conference IKON. Tapi dalam perjalanan, dah nak sampai pun, tetiba, tengah driving nih, found it hard to breathe.
Tarik punya tarik nafas, cam orang lari marathon pon, nothing went in, sampai tercungap cam goldfish kot.It's not as bad as it sounds, and yet it's not a good feeling. Kind of like post sex choking minus the orgasm.
Mula mula biasa lah kan...tak risau sangat. Sebab penah semput camni. But tuh lack of stamina and all ler, tak penah camni dalam rested and inactive condition... so got kind of freaked out. Ngan rasa jantung degap degup beating kuat sampai cam nak break through my chest, turned the car around back to Bangsar tuk ke klinik kat opis.
Masih semput masa sampai.
Masuk je, doktor tanya seribu satu soalan, tercungap nak jawab. Nope...no dizziness, takde batuk. No chest pain, but dull pressure adalah. Specifically, I'm having problems breathing blah blah blah.
Took my first ever ECG where they lube you up and stick these little sucker thingies on you, clamp your hands and feet and hook everything up to a machine which generates this printout indicating something or other. Kinda of kinky actually. Almost very the bondage gituh!
Masa nak wat tuh, kenalah cabut segala besi kat muka, that took some five minutes da. Keji...nurse tuh kata kena, aku wat ler. But apparently it's not necessary. Ni mesti kes nak dera aku saja jer kan!!! Konon mesin tuh pakai some electric charges and all so kena...
So was done in less than 15. Doctor mai cakap, my readings are abnormal. Or more accurately, she said my breathing pattern was showing signs of abnormality. Keji....terasa cam sme freak bila camtuh, and not like a medical condition.
So they wrote me up a letter which had to be passed to my HR department, as well as one for the cardiolgist kat Pantai Medical Centre, citing the need for medical attention...and this was the freakish part...IMMEDIATELY.
Kata doktor, sebab there was definitely a need to run more tests on me (lab rat sangat), sebab condition aku ni could be potentially serious. Dia kata kena check skang gak sebab takut apa apa jadik and it's too late. Siot je...I think I had a minor heart attack when she said that! Kalao condition aku takde per per, terus ada sebab statement dia.
So quietly took the letter, lambai and walked away quickly from ramai ramai manusia around the office which seemed to want to engage me in conversation when I most didn't feel like it, and popped straight to HR.
The screwed part? Sampai je, tengok tengok, surat untuk HR dah tercicir. KEJI! Had only the one for the cardiologist with my ECG readings. Stupid...stupid...stupid! So kena turun balik five floors to the clinic to get another copy. Seb baik nurse sana semua bebaik dan efficient.
Went back up, start semput balik dah. The actual process of nak seek medical attention, yang apparently will kill me.
And if that doesn't do it, then my HR department will.
Sampai kat counter (they feel a need for that, takleh walk in jumpa meka skang - kind of like a government department, with the same level of efficiency), takde yang nak layan. Empat lima orang dok at the desks turned and looked at me. So I asked for assistance. Meka leh tanya nak apa. Aku pun jawab, need letter ler for Pantai. Takde sorang pon jawab.
Dahler aku semput, takkan aku nak jerit my problem bagik satu opis dengar kan. Mustered enough strength dan said loudly, kalao yerpun, boleh tak sesapa mai counter so aku takyah naikkan sora?
Baru kelam kabut. Bitchiness works sometimes.
Tetiba baru ada yang layan.Two of them jumped up actually, and kakak sorang tuh took my case ler. Yang aku sakit ati tuh, tengah semput, nak sangat letter tuk referral ke Pantai, sorang abang tuh leh borak, "So amacam bro? Sapa menang AF tahun ni ah?"
"Tak kisah lah..." *dengan nada semput dan sparuh mati*
"Aku rasa Mila patut menang la kan..."
"Boleh je..."
"Yang laki takyah la kali ni..."
"...mmm..."
"Tapi kan..."
ARGHHHH!!!!!!!!
"Camni la...aku tak kisah sapa memang ke kalah ke apa...da sparuh mati nih! Kalao sapa pon menang aku tak kisah...janji bukan Aswad..tuh jer."
Ok...lost my cool there.
Senyap seketika.
Silence held for ten seconds like a badly written sitcom before... then came the punchline.
"So ko gi tak final tahun nih?"
ARGHHHH!!!!!
"Kalao aku tak mati ari ni tunggu surat nak jumpa specialist nih lah..."
The letter was ready in another 10 minutes.
"Ok nih, attached dia ada borang, jangan lupa, we need your diagnosis...blah blah blah."
Ok...
"Company akan tanggung up to this amount for consultation and treatment and kalao ko need to be warded. Tapi kalao exceed this amount we will deduct from your salary ek."
CHOIIII!!!!
Not the salary part la...but macam mintak je anything happen. Baik ko terus cakap company tak bayar tuk keranda or cremation. Aku ketuk kaunter, buang suwey.
"Tu kayu ke?"
"No. but your head is," aku nak kata...but kept my bitchiness inside. Camna lah stress level aku tak naik kena bebenda camni. Aduh.
Got the letter, rushed to Pantai. Remembered when I reached there aku tak makan seharian langsung. And my mom and dad had packed some food for me. *awwww* - cue sentimental music for that moving moment of realisation if this was a Hallmark movie. So sat in the car dan makan dulu. The last thing I want to do is not apprreciate rezeki tambah agik by something lovingly packed by my folks. Mana tau kalao apa jadik kan...
Once done, gi emergency department. Pandai gak dak HR tuh sebab dia point out specialist clinics kat dalam Pantai mesti da tutup (after that waiting period for the letter, you don't say?!!!), so dia kata baik ke Emergency Department and get immediate attention.
"Takut kalao tunggu lama lama, keadaan ko serious...risau gak," she said. Erm... why does the song Ironic by Alanis Morrissette suddenly come to mind.
Sampai sana, meka bak aku masuk. First thing done was the ECG thing again. Pas that was done, I had the hose stuck into me. Meka supposed nak wat blood test, but because risau condition aku serious, they stuck that thingie into me sebab kalao kalao nak admit, terus meka leh hook me up to those funny things you see in medical dramas (or when I first saw them all live when I had  to visit someone who likes to buat kejutan kena admitted).
Bloody hell! You'd think for someone yang da ada eight piercings all over my face and two tattooes, mesti tak takut jarum kan. I shivered at the sight of the needle. Felt like screaming like a girl. And it bloody hurt ok when they stuck that needle in my wrist. Sedar sedar, it was jutting out of my vein (which the nurse couldn't find at first) with a plastic nozzle thing ngan penyelaras sticking out of my lengan.
They ran about half a dozen tests or so, so I had to wait for the results. Dalam time tuh, aman gak, tidur for about two and a half hours uninterrupted. Ok...it's a damn emergency ward. As uninterrupted as it gets lah at least.
Bangun je, da orang nih da call kata dia akan on the way. Sekali perasan ada mesej dari orang nih lak kata dia on the way ngan si Mei Ling.
Pegi toilet nak cuci muka, sebab tengah blur, Lalu one of the beds, aiyo...comel....
Stop yourself...not the time. Headed back for my bed.
"Yes sayang....appendicitis. Ah ah...takpelah...nanti ko download la Heroes untuk aku. Kalao tak pun tell me how episode 23 goes ek."
Peeked in ada mamat katil sebelah aku tengah golek golek layan handphone. Ah! I am in good company. Heroes freak gak katanya.
Vern and Ted popped in 15 minutes later. Told them about my condition and how the doctor mintak jaga diet and stop smoking....and lessen my stress and so on. Ajak meka hisap rokok to tell them more about it.
As usual membebel ler jawabnya.
Lucky they called me in to give the test results. I don't have to be admitted. All my tests turned out fine, and I'm quite healthy katanya. Tapi dalam tuh, sempat kena laser ngan doktor sebab diet dan smoking (next time tamau aa simpan Marlboro kat lower pocket jeans aku yang multipurpose tuh. I suspect she saw the box poking out).
Anyhoo, I was referred two cardiologists to call and make an appointment for further check up tuk pastikan, sebab meka masih tak yakin pas my first ECG reading.
Had dinner with Vern, Ted, abang Bad and Shonny, then bumped into Juan later for supper.
Went home, and had another attack. This time sebab stress layan Heroes. Siot jer kali ni. Argh!!! How do you review it and not give anything away. So korang layan jer ler sendiri.
Keyword for this episode, which was as good as episode 19, the comeback episode, is BOOM!
Damn...esok update agik.

PS - Aren't these just the coolest???!!! Breastfeeding promo posters. Kelakar...

It's ok to suck up to the boss! Wish my boss was cuter than. Heh!!!


The original fast food katanya!

PS Part II - Yes, it's weird someone would blog about their emergency situations, tapi I would blog from the grave if I could. Heh... life's too short not to enjoy it and look at the funnier side of things, cause there's always one. Just when you choose to laugh je...

Kalao ikut posting ni memang title cam senseless, tapi tu ler tajuk yang highlight apa isi kandung of the entry this time around.
Sebelom apa apa, ni ada benda paling eksklusif yang tak dapat korang tengok kat blog orang lain (tatau ler kalao korang nak pun tengok ke tak kat blog lain) yang aku nak paparkan (matilah promosi album je kuat... kang hasil bagik korang lodah kat aku kahak kaler sebaldi pelangi kang).
Anyway, peminat Akademi Fantasia, mesti kenal dia. Nama dia ni memang vogue. Kalao bukan dari musim musim lepas, dari musim ni mesti asik dengar nama dia terucap.
Berkali kali lagik!!!
Nama dia Dollah Cantek. Korang jangan silap speku. Aku penah baca orang tanyakan sapa Dollah Cantek.
Dia keja Astro le.
Dia ler yang bertanggungjawab jaga on the floor, sapa yang penah pegi show live kat venue mesti penah saksikan Dollah Cantek in action. Aku tak pasti apa post dia kalao ikot exact designation, but the closest I can think of in terms of scope of his duties ialah ala ala floor manager.
I know him as part of the Akademi Fantasia production team, you all probably know him dari molot kak Ogy (kalao melalui TV) dan or penah nampak dia bertugas kat floor everytime ada Astro event.
Sorry ler Dollah...maapkan aku kerana tatau the exact designation ek. Heh!
So sebab musim ni dia star da (pengacara Glamer Gila katanya!)...bona fide agik ok... aku nak paparkan pic dia tuk dikongsikan. Tapi nak share pic dia ni, ada with a very special reason tau,
Hah...sebenarnya siang tadi terserempak ngan Dollah, dia passing weddding invitation dia. Yes you all (terasa ala bimbo sat wat pengumuman), Dollah Cantek is getting married.
So ni, for the first time pic dia yang terang benderang gituh kat sini.

Si Dollah ingatkan aku je merayu jangan carut pic dia. Aiyo! Dollah ko kena lama ngan aku takkan ko ingat aku nak carut ko! Merasalah terpaksa simpan niat terus... da janji takleh carut punya pasal.
Apapon, si Dollah ni getting married soon, tuh dia posing ngan kad jemputan sebelom handing ceremony to me. Kalao belek belek kad dia kan, leh perasan belah dalam font putih dan kicik, sebut nama dia tiba tiba beso dan kuning, DOLLAH CANTEK!
Aiyo!!! Amik ko! Nama glamour sampai tertera kat kad perkahwinan sendiri ok! Ko ada? Dollah, I wish you the best of luck in married life, semoga bahagia ke anak cucu, dan jangan ler antara meka masuk rancangan simpati kang tuk meraih simpati. Oops...salah carut lak...
Cepat...sapa dapat teka camna Dollah dapat nama manja yang sebegitu unik?!
Hah...tadik sebenarnya jumpa si Dollah pas settle press conference Shawal kat Astro pagi tadi. As usual lah, every week, tapi ni kira the last week lah camni. Pasni the annual ritual is over, at least for now.
Antara semua bebudak yang tersingkir, I think Shawal, selain Dekna yang paling natural make people feel comfortable with their presence. Si Shawal ni pandai join in conversation, walaopon kekadang ni dia tak tau head or tail of what we're saying.
Heh...tapi bukan menyibuk ok...tu da lain nak masuk menyampuk tetiba. He has a style of doing it (merasalah Fatin...ada style lah!!! - tagline yang begitu ewwwwww!!!)
Malas sebenarnya nak snappy any pics of him, tapi sebab ramai peminat dia pon masuk sini, plus dia pon pala gila sangat, here's a couple of shots of him in action.
Sebenarnya mamat ni tak suka tengok dia posing. Semua bebudak la aku rasa kalao posing mesti tetiba ala Ebi strike a pose gituh nak maintain macho.
Erm...walaopon tak kejung ke kejang ke...(kejilah!) lebih suka dia natural.
Tried to catch him in between pose (berangan nak ala America's Next Top Model ngan phone aku katanya...), and some pictures dia memang smart.
Korang layan je la pics dia. Ni buat semua yang rindu ago go dalam Akademi Fantasia.

   

Hah...ok tak? Tak cukup? Ni agik then just for you guys...

Hah....amacam? Ok ke?Pecah perut gak layan mamat ni, tapi tak pening. So I can safely say si Shawal ni tak plastik, and he's just totally fun and himself masa berdepan ngan kamera kat Akademi.
One more last pic... amacam, smart tak pose sakan nih? Hah...nak sangat pose for the camera, ni dia... leh wat album cover terus! Apapon pada peminat Shawal, all I have to say is aku yakin kalao mamat ni keja keras, masa depan dia cerah. And it's not just about looks and the right attitude, but also because he's got one of the most beautiful male vocal tone in the history of the competition. And that's something acknowledged by a lot of people in the industry.

After da abih lepak semua, dan keja pon da settle, hung out a little with Jolyn, joined by Kudsia and gang yang biasa lah lunch kat area Jurassic Park (taman kat Astro bagik meka yang tatau ek) tuk borak borak, ala ala nostalgia pasal cara memasing ketika skolah (have no idea camna kita masuk topik skolah lak), and an hour later baru sempat gerak.
Aku ngantuk sebenarnya, sebab malam sebelom tak cukup tidur (selalu tau), but kena gegas ke Wangsa Maju lak tuk pelancaran album Mawi. Kelam kabut event tuh.
Malas carut, kesian lak dak botak. Biasalah, kalao da jadik duta orang, kena bayar banyak banyak, mesti orang dok perah punya kan?
Malas komen lebih, tapi saja nak share pic ni. Apapon, album 1 Dalam Seribu memang besh! I love the live string arrangements for quite a few of the songs, tapi favourite aku skang, Mungkin Langitmu Lebih Biru, Andan Dan Sedar as well as of course Hanya Untukmu. Tapi dalam siap keja tadik, ada satu agik lagu caught my attention... nanti aku tulis title dia... tak sempat check, dan tertinggal CD dalam locker masa balik tadik. But memang kali ni aku kata worthy buy gila album ni.
Saoa kata album botak tarak kualiti?
Malas cita panjang lebar pasal the event.Amik ko pic masa dia tengah perform. Bersemangat walaopon demam. Takde lak dia nak dok tepi tengok orang lain je perform.
Oops...I did it again.
Anyhoo, pada meka yang tanya apa decision aku antara ke final ataupon ke Sydney, hah...memang ke final tak pecah tradisi lima musim Akademi Fantasia kerana tak jadik ke Sydney. Takper....dapat carutan berterusan. Woit...botak!
Aku tunggu janji ko nak bak balik buah tangan dari sana ek!

Pas balik dari launch album Mawi, bergegas balik ke office nak finish up work sebab dah pon lewat. Start sikit je...pala da berat. Aduh.
Lack of sleep kicking in. Lelapkan mata kejap, sebab dalam keadaan ni memang otak jam. Two and a half hours later baru sedar. Shit!!!
Gila siot...but pastuh lajus je abih keja.
Jumpa orang yang da balik London tak bak buah tangan tuk supper dan sesi ngumpat (merasalah ada sesitemu peminat dia katanya....sabar ler nok...da nama pon star tiap minggu orang tengok ko kat TV), and of course missed Diarrhea. Tak kuasa... dapat laporan da pasal lagu tugasan individu yang diberikan. Nothing exciting.
I just wonder pasal rational pemilihan lagu yang sepatutnya power gila masuk time final ni, sebab da nak wat kat stadium, but somehow...everything just falls flat. The worst lagu tugasan si Mila. Ada ke dapat lagu Ezlynn???
Hello!!! Ezlynn? Mila???
Langit dan bumi...and it's not even a hit pon. Very the konsep filler.
Lagikpon meka lom dapat lagu baru meka (which must be the latest in sejarah show ni sebab biasa dapat Isnin after the last pre final concert).
Don't think too much of lagu lagu yang diberikan, so malas komen. Tak sesuai je aku rasa pilihan lagu tuk level of competition yang da sampai level final.
Lagu biasa biasa je...nothing outstanding.
Ni lagu tugasan meka.
Kita tengok Diarrhea besok lak tengok apa cita pasal lagu lagu baru meka ni.

Lagu tugasan individu bagi konsert final Akademi Fantasia
Ebi - Farhana (Jinbara)



Aswad - Mata Hati Jiwa (Awie)


Heliza - Boneka Cinta (D-Va) - takde video...apa da pilih lagu ni tetiba...hish!

Mila - Cinta Pura-Pura (Ezlynn) - takde video...lagu pon tak popular ma!!!

Candy - Dedebu Cinta (Misha Omar)

So terkejut ke dengan keputusan? Not me...told you guys kan Astro mesti chicken out kan and opt for something safe. And five is traditonal and conventional dan just plain safe. Congrats to Aznil sebab pick up on that and play with it so bagik orang suspense. Sapa yang kata takde penyingkiran, amik ko!
So what do I think? Nak kata sedih Shawal keluar, tak gak....sebab da pun expect seriously. Nak wat camna kan. Kalao ikut pola pengundian, it's not exactly surprising for Shawal to make his exit. Still, I was hoping for a miracle... but...takpela... realiti lebih penting. By next week, selepas memasin kutip adiah, kita tengok jer ek sapa yang akan berjaya.
Musim musim lepas pun ramai gak aku tak stuju...and where are they?
Ok laa... on to the review.

Lagu bonus semua pelajar -  Let's Dance Together (Melly Goeslaw & Bukan Bintang Biasa (BBB)
Aku baru nak syok gila sebab bebudak lima orang yang sepatutnya melangkah ke final kuar nak wat show minus yang membosankan. Tapi dah agak pon. I kept looking at the exits expecting meka nak bak dia masuk anytime.
Tu kan gimik...meraih simpati. Keyword for the day.. and everyday for peminat Aswad, KESIAN dia...
Kesian kena chicken pox....kesian kena paksa bukak headband... kesian dia anak yatim...kesian dia selalu keseorangan... kesian dia tuh kesian dia ni. So ni alkisahnya kena kesian lagi la sebab demam dan otot kejang katanya.
Tapi kali ni betul betul keji kan...so dia tak perform langsung konon kejang otot antara sebab. Matilah!!! Apa punya alasan???!!!
Rambut kejung, otot kejang...pasni? Sila tentukan kempen atau gimik Aswad seterusnya. Clue anda : Kejang, Kejung dan ...? Hadiah anda merupakan treatment rambut selama tiga bulan kat Yun Nam Hair Care Specialists (merasalah bagik promo pree).
The performance aku memang enjoy though simply by merit of him not being there. Kalau camni final aku leh enjoy ler. Hakikatnya alat propaganda Astro wajib ada ler. So deal with it jer. Just block out the ugliness lah. Kalao lagu lain kenapa dia takleh perform lagu ni? Takyah menari la..kena simpan sora tuk segment sendiri ek? So how about bebudak lain tungkus lumus? Aku tengok Candy tak duduk. Asik backing tuh nih je...aci ke?
Overall, vocally they were ok, but I thought the outfits were so ridiculous they just grabbed my attention away from it all.
 

Shawal & Candy - Menari Denganku (Zahid & Sarah Raisuddin)
I thought they were both good. Of course they were helped by the fact that the song was bouncy and infectious. THey did quite ok overall, tapi i suppose my mind was too bogged down too much by the sight of si kejang kejung atas pentas tuh with his smirk sebab dapat gak raih simpati orang agik. Eewww!!!.
Anyway the  chemistry of the duo was amazing and I liked the way they fed off each other for energy.
I thought from the start their match-up was pretty good, so it's quite interesting that they did manage to pull it off.
Not amazing but entertaining nonetheless.


Aswad - Mungkin Langitmu Lebih Biru (Mawi)
Tak paham soal kejang otot. Problem is memang selama ni dia nari ala kejang anyway. Kan? So? Ada beza ke?
Eew...merasalah Astro nak letak pic kecik dia. Rambut ori masa tuh ok tanpa gam UHU.
Korang perasan tak, tatau ler kat rumah camna melalui TV, tapi at least in the auditorium, meka upkan echo dan reverb tiap kali bebudak tarik note so that bergema konon lebih sedap.
He came out forced and consipated, dan aku tak paham kenapa dia suka meneran.
It was ok, nothing spectacular, he has some issues with timing. Tempo tergelincir banyak part. Aku tak tahan nak layan lagu ni sebab lagu ni sedap tapi di kapakkan oleh dak mop dan UHU nih. Kejilah...
Seb baik bak laptop ada aku transfer Langit Biru dari album Mawi leh layan melalui headphone...lagik sedap.
High note last line tak sampai... and performance dia onstage sekejung dan sekejang otot dan rambut dia.
Merasalah peminat Aswad bak sign Hard Rock Aswad katantya...wajib Hard Rock harus saman malu.
No originality was what si Jee was trying to say, tapi takut nak cakap kot sebab takut album kang tak laku.
Loloq was right on the dot too, sama ngan Jee, walaupon cara cakap lain... sebab dia kata peminat Mawi akan undi sebab confuse. In other words klon ler mamat nih.
Someone tell Ogy yang kejung otot takde kena mengena ngan lontaran vokal, Meanwhile peminat Akademi Fantasia kat Sabah please bak Ogy gi layan Centrepoint kat Kota Kinabalu asik dok mencari centre point. Jangan maah ek kak Ogy....
(for simply zero originality dan trying too hard)

Heliza - Ya Atau Tidak (Erra Fazira)
Aku suka! Aku suka!!! Dia managed nak dance in sync dan nyanyi quite well.
Kira dia manage nak keep up to the momentum of Kesal even though aku tak dapat feel or connect with the performance. Or at least that's how I feel ler.
Walaopon pakai body suit yang recycle tiap minggu, dan berlangsir ngan labuci bersama kelepet glitter murahan, still she managed to hold on to her stamina and not crack too much with very minor slip ups in her performance.
Puas aku, kira performance yang justifies her worthy of being in the last week before the final, with empat lampu biru.
 

Note : BUSUK TUNJUK UNDIAN TAHAP NI!!! DA KATA AGENDA ASTRO NAK NAIKKAN MOP DAN GAM.

Ebi - Bukan Diriku (Samsons)
Buat kali kedua aku sakit mata tengok si Candy yang pakai khemah kenduri kahwin, Dia da tukau baju horrendous ni, hasil keja tangan Jasmin oops...Jasmi Rejab ni wat pening aku. Come on la. Dah ler dak tuh kemetot. Kena naya lagik. Dari backing Heliza aku dah perasan. Hish!!! More on that later.
Ebi started je da off key...and stay off key for most of the first verse. Tapi tone sora dia very the membuai.Chorus sedap. i can't help noticing posture dia teruk siot.. dok slouching so love handles dia pop out. Erm..so much for the etiquette lessons kan.
Lakonan Ebi memang besh...sebab dia hold character dia throughout..and Candy just complemented his performance. Despite his weakness, memang la dia deserve nak go in the final.
Good performance sebab the feel of his delivery, and not so much based on technique but on sheer rawness of feel.
 

Mila - Pudar (Rossa)
Nak cakap apa lagi? It was great fun. Forget the horrible baju yang cam makcik makcik jual sayur ngan oversized top and ala capri or three quarter pants, whatever you choose to call them. Or was it leggings? The kind of grayish silverish yucky thing she was wearing.
She was the performance of the night without a doubt!
Her only flaw for me was the projection of her vocals which was a little rough, and ended up almost a little painful on the ears. Cam mengilai kekadang.
But no matter what, Mila has come a long way from her first two weeks yang azab.
Apa agik nak cakap?
Sesuai ngan empat lampu biru.


NOTE : LAGI SEKALI TUNJUK KEDUDUKAN TERKINI. CAM KESIAL LA.

Shawal - Copacabana (Barry Manilow)
Aku minat Shawal, but that was horrible! Aku try nak enjoy sebab lagu ni besh sebenarnya, tapi...erm...
Aduh...what the... erm. English dia berterabur gak with his intonasi very the salah dan sewaktu dengannya. Lidah keras....dan salahkan si Khairul Najimi yang takde function langsung sebab everytme bebudak nyanyi lagu omputeh mesti ala hancus or within the vicinity of that.
Aku kesian dia sebab lagu ni sebenarnya dia leh hidupkan, but he didn't learn frm the mistakes of student student sebelom ni yang kena lagu omputeh.
Tapi yerla...saat saat genting kena lagu English...nasib da....


Candy - Cahaya Cinta (Siti Nurhaliza)
She did it pretty well, walaopon baju tuh menyeksa hidup dia. Si Jee beriya kata gerakan dia tak kena. Well...salahkan baju la keji!
Bangang tol. Dah BAJU BURUK! Aku rasa sarungkan kain guni lagik cantik.
Si Ogy pun tak consider tuh.. come on lah. Baju tuh halang pergerakan dia pun tak tegur...the move to put her in that gawdawful dress was just butt stupid!
Vocally she did well, except for the last few bits when she dipped to avoid breaking I suppose.
Siti was rght on the dot bila kata dia consistent throughout the competition, and aku rasa menci sebab Aswad meka bagik can sangat, walaupon kejang takde kena mengena, ni meka tak excuse her at all. And the baju so horrendous and impacted her performance tak cakap or bagi leeway langsung.
Boo to Raymond and Aaron Von Jolly and Jasmi Rejab for that horrible creation yang cam Laura Ashley punya cushion covers sewn into an oversized bag.
And lain kali...kalao da sponsor bagik yang baik sikit... ni dah ler burok nak mention lak...EEEEEWWWW!!!!
  (for her performance and   untuk mangkuk hayun yang brtanggungjawab baju tuh)

Aswad & Heliza - Joget Cinta Sakti (Haziq & Rosma)
Whining and moves like an invalid without reason. Sesuai ler...malas komen panjang... BUSUK!!!!!!!!!!! Kesian Heliza terpaksa partner ngan Aswad.
Keji seribu kekejian.
Ni yang Jee kata terhibur ek....why am I not surprised. Rosak lagu joget yang sedap jer.Memang sora meka serasi kalao you believe in the concept of opposites attract sebab lenggok Heliza ok, si Aswad sombang. Keji lah!!!
Kalau badut tetap badut.
Saksikan kepulangan pam jamban!!!


Ebi & Mila - My Heart (Irwansyah & Acha Septriasa)
Setelah pernah melayan si Irwansyah dan Acha live hancus, this was without a doubt that it was a million times better. Both Ebi and Mila were just spellbinding.
I thought the choreography wasd unnecessary and tak perlu, and they should have just acted it out. Made it look stiff, but it was mesmerising alright...
The best duet of the night, vocally and visually and the chemistry was obvious.
Aku tatau kenapa tapi suddenly vocals Ebi ni mengingatkan aku pada Andy Flop Poppy.


Lagu bonus semua pelajar - Lagu Gembira (Jamal Abdillah & Ning Baizura)
Biasa je performance. Sampai time ni aku da takde mood da...sebab da dekat time penyingkiran. Mneyirap darah aku tengok si Aswad dok malas, konon, kejang punya alasan bangap. What the...
Baik takyah masuk la. This is just not fair...semua usaha all out, dia lak dok malas je pun tumpang untung. Watching the five of them performing, along masa Menuju Puncak aku sedih sikit...sebab sapa la bernasib kurang elok kena rompak dak botak kena gam mop nih yang alasan tak sihat manjang nih.
The five of them represent the top five aku nak tengok from the start....but well...what to do. Agenda Astro lebih kuat nak meraih undi kaki SIMPATI dan kuat KESIAN tapi tak reti nonton Bersamamu TV3 tuk derma to a worthier cause so camna...
(for Lagu Gembira yang membosankan) dan (for Menuju Puncak sebab takde Aswad merosakkan choreography)

And keputusannya? Of course Shawal terkeluar...tapi aku takleh cakap apa sebab dia eliminated. Just that the kedudukan undian after the konsert membuat aku terpikir...
I hope everyone starts voting now, sebab aku nak tengok everyone, except you know who in their deserving places. Aswad da memang out of his deserving place, because he's not worthy of even being in the competition. A million and one chances given by Astro, you'd expect someone with that luxury to be outperforming based on the charity handed out.
Oh well...keep voting guys...

Kedudukan peratusan AFUNDI pada penutuk konsert kesembilan
1. Mila 19%
2. Aswad 19%
3. Ebi 17%
4. Candy 15%
5. Heliza 15%
6. Shawal 14%

Tahniah pada Heliza, Candy, Mila dan Ebi kerana layak ke final.
 

Ok..aku nak story personal sikit ni. After my mini depression last night, I decided to opt for some me time.
So gi ler makan sendiri... nak layan my thoughts sat ler. Sambil terngiang lagu Aku Tak mau Sendiri dari Bunga Citra Lestari, aku pun headed over to Bukit Bintang to have supper after I left the Bangsar home.
Aku bingung ler sikit. Yerlah. Aku sangkakan dia lah yang akan menjadi pengganti baru...tak sangka cepat ini aku mampu buat keputusan dia ni tak sesuai.
So anyway, lepak punya lepak...gi clubbing,,,drank a little and all to have fun after bumping into some friends (lama tak clubbing camtuh lor), aku popped out for supper.
Spotted someone which caught my eye.
Member dia eyeballing me, tapi aku tak layan. Aku pandang dia je. For some reason...dia nih...erm...manis dan menarik katanya.
So aku pun pandang, dan perhatikan gelagat dia je.
Aku rasa dia perasan kot, or at least member member dia perasan ler kot.
Anyhoo... nothing happened, their group of five got up to leave. Aku tatau ler dia couple ke antara member member dia ke apa. So tak berani nak approach nak kenalkan diri.
Terlepas ler...sempat le aku pura pura ke keta nak amik barang sebab keta aku dekat je parking ngan meka. Pastu meka da jalan, aku pun walk back dejected to join my friends again.
Tengok tengok keta meka u turn sebab nak ikut jalan lain. Aku gegas ke kedai berdekatan buat cam nak beli barang. Dia dok passenger side belah depan. Masa lalu, aku sempat senyum, dia balas...ignoring member dia yang beriya je lambai.
Terlepas lagi...but I wasn't going to allow that to happen. Aku cakap member aku, aku nak gerak, campak duit dan mintak meka bayarkan and hopped in my car.
Kejar gak ler...and caught up with them at the traffic light. When the light turned green, aku lalu meka, and dia senyum kat aku lagik. Arghh!!!
But aku kena masuk kiri while they turned to the right!
Arghhh!! Frust nyaaaa. Harapan aku nak catch up hancur...sebab kena road block lak depan. Shit! Lepas lalu dua rad block (semalam operasi habisan nampaknya), aku pun gerak aimlessly.
Balik nak sambung download movies to cheer me up, when I had a brainwave. Something stupid and far fetched!
Aku pun online ler mirc dan wat pengumuman merata describing dia camna, ngan sapa, kol brapa kat mana... and SURPRISINGLY!!! In five minutes ada orang mesej aku ngaku dia member dak tuh.
Nak kata caya tak, tapi minah ni ngaku dia one of the members of the group yang lepak tadi.
So nak cakap apa kan? Aku mintak dia describe tuh nih..BETUL!!!! Nak pengsan aku! Dia tanya aku...so ko minat dia ke? Kalao ko minat, dia single...aku leh bagik nombor!
Terbodoh sat...tanya la beberapa soalan lagik tapi member dia cam irriitated. Ko nak ke tanak...so aku kata ok. Dia bagik and quit chat. Now was that a coincidence or what...
Aku masih tak caya agik. So aku pun put it to the ultimate test.
CALLING!!!!
Bodoh sangat lupa tanya nama dia dari member dia. So masa ada orang angkat phone tuh, I stupidly blubbered...."Ermm...hi...ahh...awak ni..tadik ada kat *** makan kat *** ek?"
And dia jawab yer!
Aku da nak pengsan out of sheer excitement! Then aku tanya agik, "Awak yang pakai *** dan *** tuh ek?"
Kali ni pas dia balas ya, dia tanya aku sapa. Tapi sebelom aku leh cakap apa apa, dia kata dia tengah kat 7 Eleven, and mintak aku call dia in five minutes. This was 5am. Tunggu dengan sabar sekali, and exactly five minutes later aku redial nombor dia.
Kali ni kami sembang panjang...erm...dan dia tanya aku kalao aku nak keluar esok! Arghhh!!! Cam tak caya. And I thought stuff like this happens only in movies. Who would have thought...I sure didn't. Aku ingat aku takkan jumpa dia agik.
Aduh...nak mimpi sora dia kat phone dan wajah dia masa senyum tuh.
Oh well.. the circle of life kan. One goes, another comes. As painful as that reality gets, I keep trying lor to find the right one for me to last just a little longer. We all do...
Ok ler...nak tidur...tengahari kang nak bangun dan gi tempat keja dia (atas ajakan dia nak jumpa pas dia abih extra work). Terasa nak bak dia ke konsert malam ni je tuk temankan aku (sebenarnya evil reason nak tayang kat 'dia' I've moved on). But no no...bad intentions never bode well... so don't think so.
Apapon...I got a date!!!
Erm...bab konsert malam ni, I'll let the banners do the talking. Guys...AFUNDI your choice NOW!
It's 9am now...good night...sweet dreams...I know I'm going to have some. Keji kan? Datang weekend je routine tidur aku hancus. Heh...dozing off...sorry ek entry ni meroyan...suka ati aku. Da lama tak angau cita bab bab personal ni. Sapa tak suka..shuh!!!

By the way...pasal malam ni ramai tanya kan...apa au rasa ada penyingkiran ke...kalao ye berapa ramai yang akan eliminated dan berapa ramai akan ke final.
My answer - I really don't know. Kalao aku jawab, Astro kan cam kesial, suka ati masa show main tukar kang...
So my answer camni...anything is possible, but I think Astro might play safe with four or five ke final...tu pun kalao bukan the full six.
Kalao konon 'kejutan' (diikuti pujian melambun katakan they all deserve it) yang expected of Astro, tiada kejutan akan berlaku, dan keenam akan ke final. This is busuk dan nak perah duit sebab nak ramai dalam final so split votes semua frantic sikit konon...banyak choice, ramai agik yang vote.
Kalao one person eliminate, and thus top five...bosan lak skema sangat.
Kalao tolak dua malam ni, and we get final four pun camtakde kejutan sebab hasilnya cam musim ketiga.
What I want and hope for, tapi kebarangkalian menjadi is slim giler, is that tiga orang disingkirkan, leaving top three je for final. Baru gempak!!!!
Mungkin ke? Who knows?
Sapa yang layak? Aku rasa aku da make it clear who's my top five selections kan? Tengk banner banner kat atas kalao masih tak paham. Tenung lama sikit...kalao masih tak paham, sila carik bangunan tertinggi and throw yourself off it.
Sapa yang AKAN dapat final...another matter altogether.Honestly aku tatau...tapi expect ler undi simpati lagik skali masuk sebab kan ada yang 'sakit'....start Akademi Fantasia da sakit. Nak final pon sakit. Blah blah blah...ada je point nak KESIAN kan? Which is the only word anyway dalam vocab peminat dia.
So...sapa akan melangkah dalam final? Whoever lah... Astro tetap menang sebab meka kaya ngan manipulasi keadaan kan?

                     

The magic is gone. Argh...layan lagu Bunga tuk semangat sikit. Wait a minute...erm...ok ler la...leh la.Layan je lagu tuh on repeat.
Stress datang in the stupidest of forms dan aku tatau kenapa aku nak layan sangat peel dia tuh. Takpe...biasa la..time suaikenal gituh kan.
You always find out things you don't want to... which makes your decision a more informed one, on whether you really want to be with that person or not.
And today...I decided no. I do not want this emotional trap yang makes me feel like shit. Not what a relationship is for kan?
I understand the good and bad bits... but I don't want it if the negative outweighs the positive. So walk away baby... erm... kalao awak baca ni;... memang it's over. I don't want to see you again. You let me down.
But then... like a miracle.. .which it must be...something happened which did make me feel a lot better.
Memula aku depress, so drop by rumah Bangsar, sekali jenguk my sis yang demam. Layan TV, no mood nak cakap sangat, had a nap, felt better. Jida was there, so layan Borat skali gelak lawak bodoh Sacha Baron.
After we were done...something weird happened. Mmm...nanti aku cita la... developments still taking place. Doing this on my laptop.
Oh sebelom end this entry...lupa lak pic yang diamik smalam. Ingat tak pics siri perosak selera aku?
Hah...semalam masa dinner... I had to put up with THIS!!!

Tip to people with bad fashion sense. Do not wear ugly big undies if you have to wear pants with a plunging buttline revealing cut, or kalao nak berangan seksi ok!
He wasn't wearing boxers, cause they looked almost like briefs which were extra large, or cycling shorts minus the sheen of tights.
But I think it looked more like he was wearing a girdle.
Note to person in pic if you are reading this.
If wearing women's undies is how you get your kicks, please at least be able to afford some sexy lingerie cause this loks really bad.
Or another suggestion! Pull up your pants or wear a freakin' belt so the rest of the world can have dinner without throwing up.
Eeww....
I think I got to lay down now...

                     

Kalau ada yang wonder kenapa aku malas ikot Diarrhea, sebab aku malas carot kang apa perkembangan terkini. Cukup ler buat skali aku tak dibuai sentimen yang guided by Astro.
Biarlah aku nilai meka dalam nak masuk minggu akhir ni dari persembahan meka je. Lagipon tak rela aku nak tengok rambut Aswad tuh.
Ari ni didn't do much...bought a new sound system comprising of CD player and tuner tuk my work space. Gila kan?
Tapi nak wat camna. I need to have music all around...kalao tak cam...entah.
Music is my life... and I swear i can't live a day without it... so sesuai ler tempat keja aku, where I need inspiration the most, I need to have music.
Malas nak amik pic sebab rasa tak lengkap agik tempat aku tuh. Nanti je la ek.
Had tonnes of work, tapi sempat finish everything up early. Semangat tempat keja baru gituh katanya.
Finished everything up, tapi didn't want to call it a day. Cam rajin lak nak dok lepak opis je. Tapi went out for dinner ngan si Juan dan Wan sebab meka pon nak pick up baju tuk photoshoot.
After dinner, we were joined by Ted, dan skali nak jalan jalan Chow Kit. Nak ke bundle katanya. I love flea markets. Kalao kat London, Portobello ler jawabnya.
Kat sinil, Chow Kit jer lah. But even that, worth a look sometimes, so popped by.
Dalam perjalanan, spotted something which really pissed me off. Tengok sendiri.

Aiyo...masa lalu area Kampung Baru aku snap ler pic ni. Come on ler pakcik...ni tengah KL ni...bukan kat kampung. Apa lak bawak anak cam sayur baru beli kat pasar kat dalam basket tuh.
Bahaya nak mampos...dah ler takde kiddie helmet ke apa apa. Kang kalao accident camna nak jawab tuh? Baru nak sibuk nak salahkan tuh ni kerana apa apa yang terjadik kang. BODOH!
Whatever your reasons, it is not valid enough to endanger the life of your child bodoh! Anak tuh anugerah Tuhan...hargai la sikit! Bangang punya bapak.
Dahler arituh snappy bapak lock anak dia dalam keta kat stesen minyak sebab nak gi counter kat dalam. Ni lak camnih....aduh..people never seem to learn until something disastrous happens!
Bought some very nice things...takleh cakap apa...heh...use your imagination (n...it's nothing human sebab kang otak korang pikir lain lak benda yang di niaga kawasan Chow Kit). Eeewww...
Ok ok...calling it an early night. Big day again tomorrow at the office.

                     

Pagi tadi, historic occasion sangat. Walaupon letih teramat, I busted my rear and forcibly hauled my lazy behind nak bangun awal.
First thing's first gi settle traffic summonses kakak aku punya keta, because my mom's car is in her name, so kena clear dari blacklist sebelom leh renew road tax yang dok nak expire ni.
So kena la jumpa abang angkat kat balai trafik Klang. Member abang jer ada, tapi thankfully ler leh tolong finish up everything s that kurang satu benda kat pala.
Gegas ke ofis immediately, dalam keadaan separuh sedar gituh sebab memang ngantuk sangat. Tambah agik ngan panas matahari terik (walaopon tak rasa sebab aircon dan the protection of Gucci)...I just felt drowsier.
Sampai kat opis ngan selamat. Tujuan awal sebab bebudak kata nak pindah about 11am. Cam kesial...aku dok sampai lunch baru meka nak pindah.
Aku da tak sabar sebab nak get the moving over and done with, aku punfirst in line ler nak hantar kotak kotak barang aku ke bangunan sebelah where we will now reside.
Not the first in, tapi first to unpack.
Mak aih...I have a lot of junk ler. Aiyo...ada yang aku accumulate sejak start keja reporting nih in 1996. Merasalah!!! One juge box full, and two smaller ones (tengok pic da stack tepi dan under meja aku pilih). And this lepas get rid A LOT of stuff ok!
Tension lak...sebab new rules strict gila. While we get lockers, no drawers kat bawah meja, and we can't store anything in that area. Ok...so dilemma now, camna nak muat semua benda benda tuh atas meja???? This after I settled the dilemma on where aku nak duduk.That being another dilemma...
Dah unpack, ajak Aqidah ke Ikea for lunch. Dah memang lapar banget... at the same time, need to look for some space saving solutions (I am such a victim of creative marketing!)
Reached Ikea terus ke bilik air nak cuci muka. Arghhh...rasa nak collapse je any minute.Decided to get the shopping over and done with
Browsing around and looking for what we needed tok up some time, sebab in reality we didn't really know what we needed as long as it was space saving.
Tapi bila jumpa tu ni...kena lak pikir leh ke tak leh regulations building lak... pastuh pikir colour scheme la (which of course you can see is blindingly colourful and will remain so until they change the panelling in a month or two) among many other considerations.
Stupidly didn't get a trolley, and lugged stuff I picked along the way while huffing and puffing away. Oh well... at least tak ngantuk lagik... just sweating profusely.
Who needs a gym when shopping burns so much calories kan!
Keji...ada je alasan tamau ke gym... erm.. well... maybe I'll start next week (office da ada gym pun masih malas...ada je excuses...)
Found more stuff I didn't need (bloody shopaholic instincts - oh look, that's quite cheap isn't it!!!) than what was actually needed, tapi nasib baik sebab tangan da penoh nak angkat ke hulu hilir, regretfully put down items which were deemed unnecessary (including garden deco items...go figure)
The whole process took some two and a half hours... a speed record for shopping for me. Apapon, we were lugging bebanyak carrier bags, sekali ngan several cork pin-up boards. Aku da rasa nak pengsan, in need of my sugar rush and food in any form, so made a beeline for the cafeteria. Hotdog dan karipap pun jadik ler...
Beggars can't be choosers kan? Nak gerak memana nak makan da memang tak larat nak take another step da.
So melantak ler...
Sampai balik office, took about two hours to totally clear up everything, but by the time I was done...voila!!! Cantik ok tempat aku. Heh...makan ati bebudak lain yang baru nak feeling unpacking, taking their own sweet time.
Matilah pas abih tuh baru larat nak focus nak abihkan articles due. Well.. I really can't work under conditions of an ugly work area, so there.
Cuma sentap sikit sebab new regulations dictate takleh gantung anything, or put up posters on the wall and stuff... so my autographed Slipknot poster is leaning against my desk until I find a loophole to get it up... while my disco ball now resides under my desk until the appropriate excuses can be made to why we need such a thing above our work area.
Party poopers!
Kang aku abih decorate bebetul kang aku letak pics of my work area. Nih nak ada some touching up to do and a few more items needed to jazz up the place.
After completed my due work, my tiredmness da maximum da. Tapi ada sssignment satu agik. Ala ala majlis kesyukuran for the completion of the filming of Kala Malam Bulan Mengembang.
Dead tired, s tumpang si Juan  jer...malas drive. Takut end up in a longkang somewhere.Event kat stesen keretapi, kat the Heritage Hotel. I've never been in here. And honestly... shit!!! I don't know why, but it reminds me of the Bates Motel dalam filem Psycho!!!!
 Eerie as all hell!!! Korang tengok jer ler lif dia.
First you slide the door, to reveal two doors which slide apart as well. The whole blody thing is wooden and I swear creaks when it moves. Sebab ada tingkap kat lif tuh, nampak je between every floor.
Reminds me of horror movies where you see things you shouldn't as the lift moves upwards or downwards.
Dahler time dia stop, abrupt halt punya yang jenis jerking. Wajib ler jeritan ala ala kena tikam 40 kali menemani arrival kita at the desired floor.
Keji!!! But kind of surprising... despite the age of the building and the facilities, everything is still impressive in its own way...walaupon like I said scary Mary!
But that didn't prepare me for the toilets.
That's anothr story altogether. I swear I was imagining things flying in from the open windows and popping out of the toilet bowl. And er... takde paip ok. Forget toilet paper as well...
So the real horror kalao korang nak buang air besar secara emergency ler with all that to consider.
And last but not least, was the lack of air conditioning in the dining room. By the end of the night, the whole place was like a sauna, and everyone was ripping off whatever clothes they could strip off without appearing indecent sebab peluh bagai nak rak da.
  Despite all this... dengar high occupancy gak tempat ni, mostly comprising of foreigners who want to, get this, get a feel of the authentic of the period. Erm...
Ok then...but I say whatever you're paying for, you just got suckered.
Mungkin meka suka kot panas negara kita...
Walking in the dining room was another wonder. Immediately terbayang Harry Potter lak.
Despite being a moderate sized dining room, it was the only thing in the hotel, which somehow threw me back into that period.Once you ignore the various scents of sweat, it was pretty cool.
With flags of almost all the countries in the world (I didn't count to make sure), hanging up in the high ceiling area, it was rather grandiose in an old fashioned sort of way.
Sempit sikit sampai time nak makan kept bumping into tables, chairs and other people.
Heh...terkejut ada antara orang yang terlibat produksi pembaca blog aku. Malu sih kena tegur..."oooohhh...ko carut aku ari tuh ek"... but in a good humoured sense. Merasalah abang Mamat Khalid antara melaser! (aku puji ma Zombi Kampung Pisang!!!! Walaupun aku carot masa abang jadik pengkritik...heh!)
But that's why I love people in the industry. Most of them are open to criticism, and take it more as a challenge. Abang Mamat mintak ler nasihat skali pasal bab mengkritik bebudak contestant and my take on things...tapi takleh cakap further than that. Apapon... walaupon aku agree ke tak bang, I still stick by what I said to you that silly ke irrelavant apa ko cakap tu from my point of view, you do have your own points laced with your brand of humour. Maybe you get the message across that way better. So it's your style...and your way..apapon keep it up.
Kepada abang ustaz yang slalu baca doa...kalao da jenguk blog, tinggal ler mesej ek. Merasalah!!! Thanks for dropping by. tatau ler ada silent blog reader cam ko. So now abang tau ler sapa klubbkidd. Heh...
Erm...ramai gak yang hadir acara nih. Antara yang membintangi seperti senarai artis kat bawah (Beego MC for the event)... cuma tinggal Umie Aida jer tak sempat snappy pic dia sebab aku kuar masuk time ramah mesra pas makan (sesi ngumpat) sebab panas rasa nak pengsan (partly due to the heat dan juga sebab ngantuk).
Hope korang suka all these pics.
Si Ava lak teruk kualiti pic dia I didn't bother to post sebab lighting gelap and we all know how keji my camera on my Nokia is kan bila dark places nih.
This are those yang aku managed to snap. Ada Haziq (nyanyi dan berlakon ok dalam pilem ni!), Awal, Que (ngantuk sangat sampai tangan Anita jadik mangsa tempat sandar), Beego (suka tay wat muka burok time nak amik pic walaopon tambah smart - psst!!! dengar nak kawin tak lama agik kan...selamat pengantin baru in advance gituh) dan abang Rosyam (pakai ikut tema nampaknya ek bang?)

Hung about and mingles pas event abih...sebenarnya nak balik tapi terpaksa tunggu driver settle sesi ngumpat ngan Lina sebelom berjaya dipaksa balik.
Arghhh!!! Ngantuk gila. Sampai ni terus KO...later...

Jap agik aku explain kenapa title entry aku camtuh ek. Udah pasti punya kaitan dengan cewek di sebelah ini.
Ok first up...memang ari nih relaxed slightly.
I guess I need to kick back a little too sebab kinda worried about my health. Today felt uber lethargic for some reason.
Aku tidur about 13 hours from last night, which is bloody long, even for me.
Felt a little better after the long sleep (ala Rip Van Winkle), tapi as usual kalao tidur lama sangat, badan pon cam jadik malas.
Sluggishly moved to the office. Alamak...esok the big day nak move into the new office, so ari nih nak packing semua barantg-barang.
Ok...so I didn't really pack, Just more like threw everything (breakable or not) into this cardboad box (including my famous disco ball on my desk), and taped my name on it, just like everything else, including my huge screen monitor, keyboard, mouse and CPU. The rest kena move sendiri ler kot.
I have a drawer full of stuff and my autographed poster of Slipknot apart from one or two things, so esok kena masuk opis awal ler camna pon.
Lagikpon paid a visit again to the new place, and couldn't decide which desk I want.
Not too bad ler... already have an idea how I'm going to do my little area up.
Erm...nampaknya kena spending lagik ler nih. Cait... rumah Bangsar pun lum siap...and my bedroom at home in Klang pun tak siap. Aduh...
But seriously, because the new office looks so cool, and we have all the amenities including our own studio (yang penting smoking room!!!) and all... this looks like it's going to be great!!! I'm definitely going to spend more time in the office.... (janji....entah ler jadik ke tak with my running about here and that)
Anyhoo... rushed to TGV KLCC later in the evening untuk premiere filem. Yeap...cewek di atas tuh..sebenarnya bernama Bunga Cintra Lestari.
Kat Indonesia, she's known as a model, tapi kat sini she's making her film debut dalam filem Cinta Pertama.

Erm..ignore the 'Di Bioskop 7 Des 06'. Obviously tuh yang Indonesian release date. Di sini, tayangan filem yang dibawa Tayangan Unggul Sdn Bhd ni akan mula ditayangkan 10 Mei 2007, bersamaan hari Khamis.
First the necessary info.
Story starts immediately selepas pertunangan Abi (Richard Kevin) and Alya (Bunga Citra Lestari).
Selepas Abi menjumpai Alia keadaan dalam tak sedar, and she's admitted to the hospital disebabkan barah otak (tak silap aku), dia bermula membaca buku harian (diary for me and you) Alia.
Dari sana, Abi mula sedari mengenai kehadiran Sunny (Ben Joshua, which is her old school mate which she used to have a crush on, and sort of a on and off relationship from way back then.
Abi nekad mencari Sunny dengan harapan pertemuan mereka dapat sedarkan Alia daripada koma. Sunny dengan izin isterinya Sisi yang sebenarnya berat hati merelakan pemergian suaminya, melawat Alia, and at the same time, the past he left behind.
Kesudahanya? Memang leh nitis air mata.Tapi did I cry like a little girl? Erm...more on that later.

Tajuk : Cinta Pertama
Release Date :10 May 2007
Director : Nayato Fio Nuala
Writer : Titien Wattimena
Staring : Bunga Citra Lestari, Richard Kevin, Ben Joshua, Ratna Ruchia, Varissa Camelia, Heidy Kandou
Released by : Tayangan Unggul
Official website : Cinta Pertama (Maxima Pictures)

Ok...secara jujurnya, I love Ben Joshua (Dealova) punya lakonan. He is basically the heart of this movie for me.
Richard Kevin memang kayu abih ler...pening ngan dia nih. Cam emosi tak jadi for the first half of the movie.
Bunga was ok...tapi kalao ada perbandingan ngan Acha Septriasa (yang ramai minat skang sebab My Heart), I think she did better, walaopon mungkin belum sampai tahap Nirina Zubir. But hey...ni baru debut dia.
And she sings quite well too! More on that later too.
Direction dia ok, tapi editing erm...needs tweaking. Apapun, memang panjang cita ni, so sakit montot ler having to sit through the movie.
Art direction cantik, tapi at times, a little over the top. Cinematography besh, but at times beauty without a reason...but visually a spectacle!
Storyline? Way better than My Heart. So i didn't cry like a little girl, tapi nitis ler airmata sikit sikit gak.
I mean...everyone has a first love time sekolah kan?
I don't know about you guys, but mine didn't end this way, but I suppose if my life was only two hours long (or lesser) like this movie, then I'd want it compressed this way with an ending to make people cry.
Not totally unpredictable, but well done.
My favourite lines from the movie...

Aku merasa diri hlang
Tanpa tau apa yang sudah ku temukan
Aku merasa menemukan
Tanpa tau apa yang aku cari
Dan aku seperti masih mencari
Tanpa tau apa yang sudah hilang

Besh gak ler pilem ni, tapi warning ek...ni tuk meka yang memang suka romantic movies jer. Kalau tak, takut korang montah ijo layan.
Yang spesis romantik cam aku (betul lah!!! korang tak baik tak caya!!!), atau yang tengah dilamun cinta (aku nak cakap cam aku tapi kena hamun kang), atau yang putus cinta, atau yang penah merasakan antara keduanya atau mungkin keduanya sekaligus...this is the film for you memandangkan skang filem semua overdose with horror, action and comedy flicks jer.
I give it a three and a half star, which simply means, wrth RM10 (r whatever the ticket price is for whatever cinema kat tempat korang) ok nak gi layan. Bring along some tissues, and someone special (or some memories of that someone) for maximum impact.
Apapun, here's a trailer for the movie. Hope you guys like it.

Almost to the same effect as Heart, ada album soundtrack for the film, which is actually Bunga's album titled Cinta Pertama. Selain title track, ada gak Aku Tak Mau Sendiri (which is my favourite song of the moment - and tajuk posting ni - so jangan speku lebih aku tengah emo).
It's a very simple and beautiful song. Tapi yang pentingnya her vocals are so expressive here, and since pas movie tuh dia nyanyi sikit, she proved that does indeed have quite a voice.
Amazing... orang kata kita selalu agungkan products from Indonesia, tapi for me, kalao model meka pon vocal preparation tuk buat album pun leh camni, it's impressive no matter how you look at it.
Dan pada orang kita yang asik dok mengeluh pasal kemasukan lagu lagu dan filem asing ni, especially Indonesian products, sila ler buat yang lebih baik tuk pastikan hasil anda lebih bagus.
I mean, no one bising pasal Spiderman 3 masuk panggung kaco rezeki local movies kan? Or how the latest album from whoever the best selling US artiste is, mengugat penjualan album tempatan kan?
So time to get real ler.
Apapon...I may just go and watch this movie again for the full effect without niat nak review ke apa, but to enjoy this wave of emotions from movies like this. Make sure you guys catch it ok.
Bagi meka yang suka lagu-lagu yang aku recommend so far (dulu lagu My Heart pun aku recommend sejak preview filem ni lagi walaopon time tu ERA pun lum mainkan), try listening to this song, Aku Tau Mau Sendiri, which is also the film.
You can watch the music video and listen to the song below.

Aduh...bestnya lagu ni..sapa nak lirik dia sekali, here it is.Senangkan korang nak google nak carikkan. Hope you guys like this song as much as I do.Sempat tak kalao lagu ni jadik lagu tugasan kat Akademi Fantasia minggu terakhir?

Lagu : Aku Tak Mau Sendiri
Penyanyi : Bunga Citra Lestari

Sejak ia pergi dari hidupku
Kumerasa sepi
Dia tinggalkan ku sendiri disini
Tanpa satu yang pasti

Aku tak tahu harus bagaimana
Aku merasa tiada berkawan
Selain dirimu
Selain cintamu

Chorus:
Kirim aku malaikatmu
Biar jadi kawan hidupku
Dan tunjukkan jalan yang memang
Kau pilihkan untukku
Kirim aku malaikatmu
Karena ku sepi berada disini
Dan didunia ini aku tak mau sendiri

Tanpa terasa kuteteskan air mata
Yang tiada berhenti mengiringi
Kisah dihati

Aku tak tahu harus bagaimana
Aku merasa tiada berkawan
Selain dirimu
Selain cintamu

Chorus 2x

Dan didunia ini aku tak mau sendiri

*sniff* *sniff* Emo sat...ok so it's not as poppy as lagu My Heart, but I like it anyway.
Once I finished playing the song like a million times back, simpan balik CD je, aku layan Heroes, episode 21!
Yes, you heard me! The Hard Part, the title of Episode 21 of Heroes and the first part of the season finale memang answers a few questions finally.
Tapi strangely enough, there's a predominant theme of bad mothers. Without giving too much away, there's the mother of the Petrelli boys yang nampak sikit a darker side, Jessica for allowing Linderman to take Micah (ok..so it should be Niki's fault) and also Sylar's mommy (stupid bitch...she practically went and told him to embark on genocide kan?) also appears in this episode. All bad mothers with lousy maternal instincts.
I have a feeling Nathan is going to realise things even though it may be too late sebab I don't think he's that big a dumbass, while everyone else has pretty much been set for their role. For now at least.
One thing confuses me. Looks like the future has already been changed. Sebab Claire da jumpa Parkman along with Sprague dan foster father dia Bennet. Kalao dalam episod lepas, Claire didn't seem to recognise Parkman. Ke problem with continuity nih?

Ok ok...don't want to ramble too long...korang layan sendiri. Tapi kalao korang nak tengok the good and almost human side of Sylar, for those who love his character, you should watch this episode.
Ok...nak sambung pasang balik lagu Aku Tak Mau Sendiri. Mmm...wonder kalau da too late nak SMS dia...

It's Monday. Which meant it was going to be a bloody horrid day. Mondays usually are.
Apapon, not as usual, aku bangun awal, nak gi run some errands. Tension manjang.
Da abih run my errands and all, a little frustrated with the time it took, as well as the impossibility of the whole situation, aku pun hehas ke Astro.
Not risking the stupid beautification exercise yang cause traffic jam tuh (see what happened last week), aku pun ikut jalan belakang, which thankfully, I arrived at Astro in a fraction of the time I took in the past two weeks... tapi still 'awal' seperti biasa.
Sebenarnya malas nak amik pic sangat time time nih, if you've noticed, musim ni memang kureng sangat ler aku nak layan requests for photos from the press conferences on the ritualistic PC every Monday, tapi semalam aku layan gak ler disebabkan chatters kat msjbox yang nak sangat pic Dafi. Tapi aku letak satu jer ler...letih ler nak bebanyak.
I didn't even take more than that anyways, so don't ask for more. Heh...pada sapa yang mintak ni, here it is. Also this is for member kat London yang dok jenguk sini. Heh...

So it's a pretty sucky picture. Wait till my new phone arrives. Until then, stop bitching pasal the quality or lack of, f my pics ek.
Had some stiff to settle kat Astro and left just a little latern than usual. Masa nak gerak lak, spotted some familiar faces. Si Rina dari Sony BMG ada kat Astro.
Mula mula tak perasan dia bak sapa, then realised she'd brought Jac along with her. Erm..Daniel was there... but let's not go there.
So anyways apparently Jac kata ada photography ker wat some promo stuff for Ikon which is coming up. Not too excited about it because some crap names listed there.
So much for the country's best in the music industry taking part.
Back to the office in the searing heat, and once back in the safety of the air conditioned relief of the office, sambung balik keja.
Actually, the outine wouldn't have ben so bad, and I wouldn't have been so agitated kalao aku tak mesej dia.
Wat sakit hati jer. Mmm...but at least an hour or so later, things got sorted out. Why do I feel like I'm just getting way too old for these games? Malas tol la...they really mess up my day when something goes massively wrong. Aahhh!!! Whatever...
Heard Aqidah was going for the Sumolah thingamagij gala night, so decided to pop down to GSC MidValley.
After some fuck-ups there, nearly lost my cool, and tld off some folks for the treatment they were giving us. Bukan je Aqidah kena...member dari Harian Metro pon kena.
Tu lah...kekadang...kalao nak wat gala Hollywood premiere, jangan la wat ala feeling kalao hanya mampu merancang kenduri kahwin kan?
Turned down invites for the show as I was sour by the end of the whole episode. Mana taknya. Kesian si Aqidah tuh...dah ler baru berapa bulan...da kena episode camni. And yang melibatkan orang yang handle event tuh yang eebenarnya kawan.
Kesian dok tunggu tiga jam nak interview tak kesampaian.
So sebagai senir kena la ajar dia speak out. Until she learns to, since I'm there, I have to be responsible for her gak ler.
But times like this makes you appreciate people a lot more.
First up, props to kak Fati and hubby and Aryanna for asking me a few times to join them, despite me insisting that no one would mistake me fir Sharifah Amani (merasalah kak Fati kata it's the haircut that probably makes me look heavier - keji!)
Still, it was cool...and kak Fati...you are a dear and my other mama! Huggies for you!
Now that's one good of how well kids turn out when their parents are strict and yet allow their children to mature on their own. Psstt!!! Aryana...you know you want a tongue stud like mine (matilah kak  Fati bagik aku makan selipar jepun pasni menghasut katanya).
My other shout out goes to Afdlin himself. Sebenarnya, pas the incident, mintak member Harian Metro as well as Aqidah to just go back. Sebab nak jumpa member since Juan ada sekali, so we'd have to hang around anyway (padan muka nak principles sangat sampai kena tunggu the movie nak abih)
Anyhoo...we went to grab a bite a the foodcourt, where they were playing bingit punya cheap-ass techno yang cam fast forwarded Alvin & The Chipmunks punya tribute.
Once we were done, we thought we'd out and have a smoke, and lo and behold, we bumped into Afdlin. Apparently he's seen his own movie (obviously) so many times, he felt the need to step out. Nervous gak ler ni...tunggu reaksi orang.
Apapun, Afdlin asked how's things (yu thought I ditched the movie for a smoke, didn't you...fess up now!)
Told him from start to end what happened...and then some more.
All I can say is, it shed light on some things I was unaware off. Biasalah Afdlin...camni ler. Some people may be plastic as all hell and bodek kuat ker apa...tapi janji, ko sendiri nampak sapa professional dan sapa memang berangan je nak dok industri nih, which is mre than just glam moments.
Props to you for restoring my faith that you haven't lost it. And please oh please... get the little help issues sorted out.
Dan pada pihak yang tak reti keja tuh, membusukkan nama orang lain, you suck. You may think helluva a lot of yourself, but you just suck. And here's tip, beauty, does not refer to kepalsuan tempekan bedak empat inci (matilah naik harga tepung, kalau tampo terus jerebu).
Anyway...good luck Afdlin on Sumolah ok. And yeap...bloggers united! At least for those yang matter anyway and not just THINK they do (you know now kan Afdlin?)
Called it a night. Dramas wear me out. Oh...and obviously didn't bother to watch Diarrhea tonight.

Diarrhea hari ni wat kali prtama aku tengok ada gajah botak. Eh jap...memang gajah pun ada berapa helai rambut je atas pala. Kelas Linda Jasmin kreatif bagik the appropriate animal.
Flashback pasai meka main Zombi Kampung Pisang rupanya bebudak pompuan punya surprise memang tak jadik. You don't say...
Here we go...English class agik... aduh.
Perlu ke all this stress on signature. Takkan ler bebenda camni pon nak rehearse..
Diarrhea berterusan lagik ngan adengan buang masa rehearse lagu keji in Boria AF5. Still tak puas ati sebab aku bebetul nak tengok meka wat lagu tema Phantom Of The Opera. But I guess bebudak tak mampu kot smething yang require real vocals.
Or at least people yang decide lagu ni yang decide kot.
Yawn...nothing much of interest. Aku tak paham tol overdose Mila nak ngan cam ni. Cam tau je perbandingan diri dia ngan Farah, sampai nak bercnta ngan cam sampai camni. Erm...aku kalao tengok Diari susah aku nak appreciate dia. Hanya konsert je aku leh minat.
Tapi dalam gedik Mila, aku nak gelak time dia feeling buat music video ngan kamera. Aduh...pecah perot jap ovrdose drama queen dia.
Bab Ebi cita pasal nak further education ngan Khairul Najmi tuh kenapa halfway tuh edit potong sambung lak ek. Pasal bab kekurangan financial dia pnya status?
Takut ada yang bak AFUNDI kesian kalahkan Aswad ke? Takpe...tabung Bersamamu menunggu ngan statement Ebi belajar pakai lilin masa study dulu.
Cantik gak si Candy nih, tapi dia ni jenis muka yang memang sombong walaopon aku tak nampak pon character dia cantuh yang ramai anggap.
Ulangan bab latihan si Heliza memang tak nampak pon dia leh power camtuh as she was in the konsert. Mana la dapat spirit nih. Somebody teach her where her vpcals should be coming from. Kalau nyanyi ala rock ni sakit tekak, it's obvious, memang teknik nyanyian salah. Kang cedera baru tau.
Raptai ari Jumaat cam biasa je...
Masa konsert lak masa Sabtu...hah..tuk sesaat tuk nampak meka pasang extension rambut Aswad. Kreatif gak campor sapu depan semua yag ada (which is not much)
Argh! Sebut rambut ni ttiba nak close up lak kan!!! Baik wat documentary terus perjalanan pesen rambut Aswad (matila kena carut ngan yang inferiority complex lak pasni ngan male pattern baldness).
Teringat lak cikgu tuition aku tuk Add Maths dulu yang rambut semua sapu kedepan semua camtuh nak cover ruangan legar tuh. Malas peluk ke anging tiup...memang horror movie.
Jahat si Shawal gelak dia. Tapi yang dok sibuk pancing pujian tuh perhal. Heh!
Bab mesej dalam botol tuh...yukky!
Especially bila close up ngan si Aswad. Aduh...anyway got a snapshot of that? CLASSIC! Heh!
Aduh...gelak pecah perut...Chef Rahman Adabi katanya masuk Akademi lagik nak promo produk. Perlu sangat Khairul Najmi yang bak dia. Pandai Akademi mintak dia yang escort.
Lagu tugasan dah kuar!!!

Shawal - Copacabana (Barry Manilow)
Aswad - Langit Biru (Mawi)
Ebi - Bukan Diriku (Samsons)
Mila - (Pudar)
Heliza - Ya Atau Tidak (Erra Fazira)
Candy - Cahaya Cinta (Datuk Siti Nurhaliza)
Shawal & Candy - Menari Denganku (Zahid dan Sarah Raisuddin)
Ebi & Mila - My Heart (Irwansyah & Acha Septriasa)
Aswad & Heliza - Joget Cinta Sakti (Haziq & Rosma)
Lagu bonus -  Let's Dance Together (Melly Goeslaw & Bukan Bintang Biasa (BBB) ), Falsafah Cinta (Ning Baizura & Jamal Abdillah)

Best Shawal punya lagu. Joget ler. Si Aswad...so expected of Astro nak Mawi-kan dia. Ngok tul dia leh kata Langit Biru dia tatau...padahal lagu tuh overdose kat radio sejak ujung tahun lepas. Keji sangat...wat innocent.
Si Ebi memang sesuai!!!! I like I like I like!!! The girls semua kena except for Heliza punya lagu which I think tak sesuai. Well, vocally not a challenge ler, Lagu Erra...how hard can it be.
The duets ok, tapi My Heart cam basi dah lah. Apa la  meka ni.Joget Cinta Sakti was so tak perlu...while Menari Denganku mesti besh tengok Shawal dan Candy together.
Lagu bonus? Boleh jer la....tak paham camna meka pilih lagu nih...