Banyak sebab aku nak senyum semalam. Terlalu banyak.Letih, ngantuk dan sebagainya sebab gerak dari stadium semalam at about 4.30am selepas press conference dan post party.
Nak tidur sat ek...tengahari aku update. Nyenyak...

Ari ni keluar rumah awal. Yerlah...wanna go retail theraphy sat. Shopping ler apa lagik. Da lama tak kuar siang ke Kuala Lumpur ni nak bersiar. Selalu sibuk ngan keja, tengok KL ke mana assignment takes me jer.
First stop, kol 11 pagik sampai je Berjaya Times Square. Am having lunch as I write... er.. type this kat my favourite spot to makan in Bukit Bintang, iZZi (merasalah la bila meka nak bayar aku nih sebab asik dok promo meka jer).
Got to run to Times Square again pasni sebab nak pick up some stuff I ordered. Yes people. I don't know how much I blew today on a new wardrobe, and I am NOT going to count sebab takut heart attack kang. Heh...
Ok...actually ari ni takde per nak posting sangat. Tapi sebab ari ni kan Judgement Day, final Akademi Fantasia, aku nak cakap sikit agik berkenaan ngan all this bull that's been happening.
Yesterday, an article appeared HERE about the Debat Akademi Fantasia. Aku tak bothered tapi sebab ada kengkawan da cut and paste dan letak kat ruangan Comments dan juga bertanyakan about it di msjbox dan tagboard, so aku nak komen. But sikit jer. Tak banyak.Sikit je.Aku amik beberapa line daripada story tuh dan komen. My comments in bold.

Program yang sepatutnya menjadi tempat bertukar pendapat menjadi tempat melepaskan geram dan perasaan pula. - Bukan semua pendapat boleh diterima pihak tertentu kalao ia melibatkan komen negatif terhadap yang mereka minati. So kenapa nak anggap lepas geram?

Kenapa sampai begitu sekali perasaan benci yang meluap-luap terhadap seorang pelajar AF5 yang bernama Aswad? - The point is sympathy votes, not we hate Aswad. Itu bukan tema statement statement aku.

Sedangkan kalau tidak silap, topik yang dibicarakan seharusnya berkisar tentang "keberkesanan lampu biru." - No it wasn't. Memang silap kerana topik adalah AF5, Menjadi Atau Tidak?. That was one of the many sub topics.

Namun topik itu akhirnya bertukar menjadi medan membelasah Aswad dan Aswad dan Aswad. - Er...last 10 minutes je from an hour long programme jadi medan belasah ek?

Terkejut juga mendengar cara dua ahli panel meluahkan idea bernas mereka untuk menegakkan apa yang mereka fikir. - Bukan ke itu tujuan suatu Debat?

Tidakkah semua persoalan itu sudah obselete memandangkan konsert akhir akan berlangsung dalam masa dua hari sahaja lagi?  - Obsolete? When we're discussing a topic that's about the whole season and not the finale? Go figure...

Yang hairannya ketelusan program ini telah dieksploitasikan untuk kepentingan orang-orang tertentu. Apabila kita terlalu ghairah cuba mempengaruhi orang-orang di luar sana dengan pandangan kita yang bersifat judgemental  itu, bagaimana mungkin kita mampu bersikap profesional, fikirkanlah? - And the point of this article is? And how professional is it (komentar selanjutnya dibawah)

Sungguh hebat penangan Aswad sehingga kehadirannya menjadi kebencian hampir semua wartawan hiburan. - I'm not even about to go into ethics here... tapi tu kira hebat ek?

Tidak dinafikan Astro telah berjaya mencipta kejutan, polemik dan fenomena baru dalam AF5 di mana seorang pelajar yang dipilih oleh Adnan Abu Hassan dan Deja Moss ini di Hotel Grand Continental, Pulau Pinang di peringkat saringan boleh menimbulkan kontroversi yang sebegini hebat. - Pencarian bakat ke pencarian kontroversi. Renungkan.

Kononnya, kehadirannya hanya sekadar meraih undi simpati kerana bakat yang ada tidak sebesar mana. Semakin terdesak kelompok anti-Aswad ingin membuktikan semua ini, bertambah kuat lagi kubu pertahanan Aswadfrenzy, penyokong-penyokong yang on the fence selama ini juga kemungkinan akan bangun mengundi Aswad. - And the point of this is? Komentar selanjutnya yang berkaitan diatas sekali.

And pelik kan, tapi dalam the whole thing is, not too far away, a few pages off, dalam sebuah column yang di panggil Kolum Kakak Tua (click SINI tuk baca) yang penulisnya menggunakan nama pena je.
Tapi yang peliknya, in the same online publication, ngan article begitu 'sincere' dalam mengkritik, ada lak komen kakak tua ujung article INI yang mengatakan :

KAKAK TUA - Bagi 'biasiswa' pada satu pelajar sahaja setiap minggu..... 'LINE CLEAR!' 

So dalam time musim Akademi Fantasia ni yang memasing emosi, biarlah aku dituduh memacam. Tapi pelik kan. Semua wartawan hiburan benci, ada lak yang perjuangkan ngan tuduhan orang lain emosi dan sebagainya.
So pikirkan sendiri. Everone mampu berfikir untuk diri sendiri. Aku malas nak gaduh gaduh ngan orang, dan jangan lah benda remeh yang frivolous entertainment nih cam Akademi Fantasia, digunakan nak tayang hebat.
Aku rasa lain kali kalao ada pihak produksi nak panggil aku tuk apa apa konsep Debat, aku nak suggest beberapa nama yang aku nak berdepan. Senang je...cakap belakang senang... like the comments by the forummer below...senang kan kalao nak main hentam kalao nama sendiri dirahsiakan.
Ok...nak ke Starhill sat sebelom Times Square, then to Stadium Putra. See you guys there.
Dan ingat...AFUNDi Mila, Heliza, Candy, Ebi!!!!! (bias nya aku kan? cam ler orang lain takde pilihan)

Professionalism is so subjective...

Oh well...

Dengan bulan menyambut kemerdekaan yang ke 50 nih menjelang, it's so great to think back of the amazing things our country has achieved. Ok fine... so we have kinks here and there to be worked out, but hey.. nothing's perfect right?
Tapi while people talk about colonialism and stuff, I'd think the biggest oppressors we have to face in this day and age, bukan pengaruh Barat ker haper ker... but the attitude and mindset of our very own people.
My favourite phrase to use for the moment is, 'menang sorak, kampung tergadai'.
Pelik kan negara kita. Some of the lowest of the low I know, make helluva a lot of noice about the most menial things, not to make things right, tapi sebab nak validate their pathetic existence. It's a common syndrome and benda nih berleluasa sangat.
Contoh terbaik, reaksi pas komen komen aku dalam Debat Akademi Fantasia. Aku gelak saja sebab biasalah kan, ramai yang emo kuat time Akademi Fantasia nih.
But, cara pemikiran yang cetek dan sempit orang orang tertentu, makes me question whether any us post Merdeka kiddies have any insightful knowledge on what independence means to us.
Memacam ler kutuk dilemparkan kat aku, that I don't know my job, that aku emo, that aku menghina tak hengat...lantak la. So aku badan gemok...I like my nails black sebab aku like Harajuku inspired street fashion and I the goth look appeals to me, and I have piercings and tattooes.
Tapi the best thingis..., topik agama lak muncul.
Yes folks, you've heard it again and again, dan Tora datang lagi dengan the most favourite alasan of them all.
"Rezeki...takdir ditentukan Tuhan... blah blah blah"
Why is it everytime something is awful, mesti meka kata takdir tu ditentukan Tuhan? Aku ingat orang slalu kata, 'yang buruk dari kita, yang baik dari Nya' kan? So kalao buruk sesuatuh tuh, salahkan diri sendiri.I don't blame God for loser making asses of themselves right? I'd blame their parents though for bad genetics and lack of proper upbringing;
Ek eleh...ni nak salahkan a higger authority lak tuk kebodohan korang. And contoh mentaliti sekolompok rang yang takkan merdeka pikiran meka is segelintir peminat fanatik yang cakap jer lebih, but live mundane pathetic lives, thinking that for that one moment, they can fight some cause with insults.
Ini lah sample jiwa jiwa merdeka yang make it out that it's the undeniable will of God for pemilihan juara Akademi Fantasia (like the Great One above put that on his list of important items in the Inbox). Ini komen orang orang yang begitu bernas, daripada golongan peminat fanatik Aswad.

Yes, there you have it ladies and gentleman. Sample pertama hujah dari peminat Aswad kenapa Aswad begitu hebat dan patut menang, dan betapa salahnya point aku smalam. How do you fight with logic like this? I bet it took them a whole 24 hours nak carik argument yang begitu kukuh seperti ini.
Kritikan di label kutukan hanya kerana tidak dipersetujui. Yang jadik idola diangkat begitu tinggi sehingga ketaksuban yang membutakan tuh, makes them so superior! Dan bila takde point, soal bangsa dan agama pun leh jadik bahan. Hebat kan?
Kelompok camni yang rasa meka berhak menentukan hala tuju industri hiburan negara.
How about the next sample.

Hah...amik ko!!! Aku kafir satu hal. Dajal lak katanya!!! Agen Yahudi lak aku ni. Hebat kan aku multi tasking sebegituh! Wow! I never knew I was so multi talented!!!
Sejak bila soal bangsa dan agama leh dipertikaikan dalam rancangan realiti aku pun tatau. I mean, if Aswad sucks, he sucks because he has no talent and is a waste of time, bukan sebab bangsa atau agama dia. And kalao aku kritik kersana aku rasa he has no talent and is a waste of time, perlu ke bangsa aku (yang bukan Yahudi), atau agama (kafir pun kafir ler... kepercayaan aku kena ke sama baru my opinion ni ada value?) aku jadik bahan penghinaan?
Aku tak kisah ler orang nak kutuk aku gemuk ke apa ke (bukan ke Tuhan cipta aku sebegini dan ko sendiri menghina ciptaan Tuhan) tapi some things are just off limits. But not for these small minded people yang begitu beriya menjalankan tanggungjawab menyedarkan orang ni.

Another sample of greatness! Kerana aku Yahudi aku masuk media massa. Wow...just what magazines have these kids been reading?
Amazing kan. I'm apparently Jewish when I thought I was born Malaysian Chinese, and I was predestined to be in the mass media because of my unknown race and agenda. Amazing! Intelligent stuff!
Ada lagik...

Yes, more amazing compliments dan pujian dari orang begitu berpendidikan ini. Yes, wartawan wartawan anjing yang menyalak bukit katanya.Never mind my education, experience and hard work and reputation and everything else that goes into making me who I am today. Sebab aku memberikan pendapat dan kritikan, aku bangsa anjing ek. Well, if that was true, then I'd be right up your alley and you'd understand your mother tongue, wouldn't you, luv?
Erm...bab nyalak bukit aku stuju ler. Sebab kalao orang da membodohkan diri meka ngan statement begitu, what else can you say can? Taksub, angkuh dalam tidak ingin menerima pendapat dan kritikan orang.
Never mind you know nothing about the entertainment industry or the music scene, you are an expert sebab layan Akademi Fantasia dan da nonton bagaimana bubbling, hissing and phrasing di ajar. How educated.
How can I beat credibility like this? No no no...I am nothing compared to you being this.

No....no... no... how can I fight this. A 23 year-old girl who sits in frnt of her PC. h how foolish I am to think I could have made those comments. Aku mana cukup pandai kan nak wat penilaian that I did, despite a majority knowing there was truth in what I said on the programme. And sapa la aku...
Begituh ilmiah cara dia berhujah untuk meyakinkan aku Aswad begitu hebat, sampai kelemahan aku lahir sebagai bangsa Cina di bumi Malaysia yang merdeka ini dan beragama Kristian di anggap Yahudi kafir yang menjadi ejen propaganda dalam media massa.
Begitu hebatnya yang mengaku peminat Aswad ini.
Yes, boys and girls, in this day and age, I have discovered that my race and religion makes me inferior and thus rendering my every comment and idea and opinion WORTHLESS!!!
There is something yang even logic dan education dan experience takleh kalahkan apparently. And it's called hormones! Hormones of 23 year-old girls yang merembes pelbagai that is.
Yes yes...jiwa merdeka sangat kan?
With such intelligent and amazing fans, do you wonder why I think fan club Ebi, Heliza, Candy dan Mila lebih intelligent?
And now does anybody wonder why I put the banner below?

Note : Komen komen tersebut adalah diambil daripada thread penyokong Aswad daripada forum Akademi Fantasia cari.com.my

Semalam kat Debat Akademi Fantasia, memang sesi lepaskan geram. Bukan nak kurang ajar ke apa, but the whole system of manipulation is just getting ridiculous.
You know the saying, "a fool and his money are son parted"? Or how about, "there's a sucker born every minute".
Both of these apply true when it comes to reality TV, no doubt about that. Still, I prefer to believe in the saying of, "you can fool some of the people, all of the time, but not all the people all of the time".
Lepas je aku wat komen based on reality yang Aswad will find it almost impossible nak berjaya sebab banyak sebab, termasuk umo da 27 tahun, which is beyond the average age of someone breaking into the industry yang secara realitinya about 23 or 24, orang takleh tima.
Consider the facts, that I said he sang sumbang all the way ke konsert ketujuh or so walaopon ada pengalaman menyanyi, dan bukan fresh cam yang lain, sekaligus, pencarian harus fokus pada mencungkil bakat bakat baru yang leh jadik pelapis, ramai melatah.
Yerlah...kalao nak ikutkan, umo dia, da lebih then even the biggest stars in the business, and this with so many handicaps of looks, package, and actual vocal talent.
Ramai agik takleh tima yang hakikatnya secara tak langsung meka mengundi out of sympathy. Yerlah... dulu masa Mas dalam musim kedua pun, yang mengundi kata demi bakat... padahal bila da kuar, dan memasing start realising the fantasy is over, start ngaku, "sebenarnya, dulu aku kesian tengok dia..."
Dalam kes Aswad, aku kena hentam kat channel @15 kaw kaw sebab aku sound direct. Well, tough luck kan? Tu realitinya. Ada siap yang cakap, tak pikir ke Aswad ads kawan dan sedara mara blah blah blah. Well, hakikatnya, obviously YOU'RE not in the industry because you're not professional enough, let alone realise about the need for it, to take the criticism, dan ko sendiri tak paham the going ons in the industry.
Lain kali, camni ler. Ni nasihat awal kalao ada musim keenam... sebab somehow, paling ketara dalam musim ni, yang masuk semua ingat instant fame and riches without  a price to pay.
JANGAN masuk pertandingan seperti ini kalao tidak ingin kebolehan atau kemampuan anda dinilai, ataupon tidak ingin tau betapa limited your actual ability is. Wake up and smell the coffee, this is the real world.
Kalao yang keliling tuh nak dok terasa, jangan bagik sedara mara ke the person connected to you tuh masuk such competitions.
Pas Debat, aku hanya mampu gelak, bertemankan Che Din (Saharuddin, editor hiburan Kosmo!) yang jadik geng aku tuk Debat kali ni, sekali ngan Aznil and gang dan kak Ogy yang hanya mampu geleng pala ngan kata kata bebudak.
Aku ok jer... biasalah. Lepas empat musim Akademi Fantasia sebelom ni, lagik terok aku kena herdik dan maki for speaking my mind, but I always think in the end, six months later or a year later, everything I say will be proven. Guess who has the last laugh then kan?
But all that aside, you know the saddest thing tak aku pikirkan pasal all this. Kerana keluarga, kawan kawan dan peminat some of these contestants actually make bebudak ni pikir they have talent, and that they can survive in the business.
The reality is much harder to digest... there are tens of thousands yang berangan jadik penyanyi... and a good majority of them can sing. Mengikut beberapa ujibakat Akademi Fantasia diseluruh negara, I see most of them not making it, despite having the full package, sebab programming memerlukan 'variety' in terms of background, asal usul, cita sedih blah blah blah.
HAKIKATNYA, yang masuk konon semua berbakat, is never true. But I guess you all know that by now too.
So what happens? These kids come out thinking meka akan meletop, and then? Look to former contestants, majoriti yang tak berjaya in the real world... and you know what I mean.
Bab ni je aku akan pilih tuk kongsi kata kata peminat Aswad to use on him, which is kesian. Kesian sebab ko ditipu orang yang keliling ko yang tak nampak kekurangan dan kelemahanan ko. Kesian the yes men around you puji ko melangit sampai rasakan ko nih bakal pengganti Siti Nurhaliza or Mawi.
Eeewww.... kesian tol.
Whatever...anyway, pada semua (aku rasa majoriti gak) yang kat @15 yang setuju komen komen aku, you guys rock! At least if I opened even the eyes of one person to this, it's education tuk peminat dan penggemar dunia seni out there not to make a mockery out of the performing arts scene.
I believe in talent, and I believe in opportunities, but I also believe your opportunity with your limited talent, robs someone of their justful right to destiny.
So AFUNDI ngan bijak, sebab kalao ikutkan kedudukan, nampaknya ramai tunggu sehingga konsert nak AFUNDI, which is sadly going to show the ugly side of SMS voted competition.
But enough merapu dan meroyan ek... ni nak wat guide bagik sesapa yang baru langgan Astro dan wat kali pertama terti...oops... I mean...terpaku ngan Akademi Fantasia dan tak paham konsep ek.
Mungkin ada yang tak sedar kehadiran program lain yang tertumpu pada mencari mereka yang dengan kriteria yang disalah anggap adalah basis pencarian tuk juara Akademi Fantasia...so ni kira public awareness campaign aku ler.
Akademi Fantasia adalah program pencarian bakat. So kalao makcik makcik yang merembes ngan peserta yang dirasakan leh jadik potential suitor bagik anak korang, then sorry makcik makcik...salah program! Masuk lah Mencari Menantu ek. Sesuai sikit... at least ada gak harapan nak dekat ngan dak tuh dan bukan tinggal fantasi rembesan. Mencari Menantu kalao tak silap aku sebelom ni ditayangkan Channel 9.

Sekali gus, kalao da rasa nak carik yang sesuai, dari segi pengetahuan agama sebab mana tau ler ingat ropa dia cam Mawi segala lak cam Mawi, then aku syorkan, gi usha lak meka yang bertarung dalam program yang lebih sesuai untuk menepati kriteria  pencarian korang, which is Akademi Al Quran (tak silap aku musim baru nak start nih) juga kat Channel 9.

Bagik puks yang feeling merembes dan nak abihkan duit kat jantan fantasia meka, yang takkan meka dapat rapat pon, aku suggest the best programme for you is not Akademi Fantasia. Lagikpon pilihan bokan banyak tuk korang cuci mata atau abihkan bil air kan, so baik korang layan What Women Want (please refer TV listings sebab tak ingat channel apa yang penah this program shown on, tapi tak silap aku 8TV) Ya, udah pastinya cowok cowok disana jelas lebih ganteng...

Kalao rasakan, nak sangat layan perasaan simpati, jangan ler rosakkan program Akademi Fantasia yang sekali lagik aku tekankan PROGRAM PENCARIAN BAKAT yang specifically bakat tuk menghibur, dan bukan perah air mata sebab male pattern baldness dan tak cukup sistem immune nak lawan penyakit.
Tapi kalao jenis ko melodramatic dan nak abihkan duit tuk kes kes simpati nih, apa kata dapat pahala sikit ngan membantu yang BETUL BETUL memerlukannya melalui program yang memang bagus dan banyak berfaedah seperti Bersamamu TV3?
Lagikpun beras Faiza bagus kan...
Kalao korang nak jimat duit agi, layan je telenovela...takyah SMS (kecuali kalao meka wat konset Sanay Wala Nang Wakas lagik)

Bagaimana lak ngan bakal bakal contestant yang nak masuk Akademi Fantasia kalao ada musim keenam. Hah...kalao ada yang nyanyi cam sora kera kena gigit kerengga, apa kata consider these other programmes nak masuk selain Akademi Fantasia. Kalao nak kaya cepat, nak satu negara kenal, apa agik, WHo Wants To Be A Millionaire (not million hair yeak) paling sesuai....walaopon kalao terpaksa berdepan ngan Jalaludin Hassan (anda...betul...betul...pasti...?... kita...kembali... selepas...ini...)

Pada meka yang ilmu tak cukup nak masuk program tuh tapi tetap nak carik cara nak make money, aku rasa program ni cukup bagus. Please Give Me A  Job I know quite a few people who need to be on THAT programme. By the way, channel mana ek yang siarkan nih, tak hingat...

Kalao malas nak keja, ada alternatif nya. Jika ko jalan pon terhoyong hayang kekongkangan, lom masuk bab menari, pn koordinasi body language pon tak betui, dan memang kemampuan anda hanya terbatas pada menjerit berlari tak tentu hala cam kanak kanak Ribena overdose, then syorkan this program yangmasih ada tapi lom wat local version, iaitu Takeshi's Castle, atau penah di alihsuara sebagai Istana Takeshi! Sesuai sangat masa tuh...

Hah...but apa pon kalao masuk hanya untuk mendapat makeover, contoh seperti nak tambah rambut ke haper, tapi again kena tunggu sebab takde local version, aku suggest this best program, yeap...Extreme Makeover.
Apa korang gelak...tol lah aku cakap. They do hair implants kot.. sap sap suwey! Takyah la asik dok gam je tiap hari.
Lain la kalao Elephant Glue ke UHU nak jadik main sponsor program...

Eh...ok la...panjang lak aku meroyan. So I hope all the alternative programming I provided leh bantu Akademi Fantasia jadik bercelaru lak dari segi undian SMS penonton yang salah konsep.
Just turn on your TV and there's a new program on for you guys. Ada je to cater to every little niche market, so don't spoil AKademi Fantasia for the rest of us. Tapi since most of those yang vote pon bukan paham what I have to say, I suppose kena la skali ada a program nak teach Bahasa Inggeris skali. Kita leh mintak Khairul Najmi jadik host.
Now wouldn't that be lovely...

Finally got a chance nak tonton Diarrhea malam tadi, and sadly lacking any feel of it being in the final week.
Again this time around kan musim ni, aku rasa banyak tamu yang tak perlu langsung ke Akademi. No disrespect meant, but it's a performing arts academy, tapi nampaknya setiap kali ada tamu masuk, they're hardly relevant.
Personally, I want more industry professionals masuk ke dalam Akademi dan menurunkan ilmu, Ni seolah obsessed ngan nak ajar kemahiran hidup dari segi pengalaman achievers gituh. Nothing wrong with that...only that when you have such a short time span, you'd expect them to use it more wisely.
But sorang tamu yang wat aku gelak kali ni was kemunculan Dr Eveready! Ingat siapa tuh Dr Eveready? Sapa lagik kalao bukan Dr Fazley! (sapa ikut perkembangan musim lepas kat sini ingat ler kenapa dia dapat nama timangan tuh - ampun ek Fazley...we still love you).
The mock press conference was actually a good attempt, sebab ada relevancy apa yang Fazley ajar, tapi pihak Akademi kalao nak prepare bebudak tuk apa yang menunggu kat luar, aku rasa jauh lagik dari kebenarannya. Sapa yang penah tengok live press conference tau ler how vicious it can get. And I have a feeling this time around pun akan vicious sikit... so nasib ler. We'll see how prepared they are, usually though...never enough.
Apa agik ek...erm... kejutan hadiah Ebi dan Mila memang tidak perlu, especially with it being the last week, dan lagu tugasan lagu original lom dipersiapkan. More time wasters.
As for the dandanan rambut, apa gunanya tunjuk kalao tamau 'rosak' kejutan ketika final kang. Apapon, aku bayangkan berapa la budget tuk si Aswad tuh nak asik lekat je benda alah kat pala dia tuh to give him an illusion of hair.
Tak practical langsung. Aku nak tengok dia kuar Akademi kang wat show nak ber wig pelbagai tak... sheesh. Cam harapkan nak jual rupa yang nan ado sangat.
And basically, that was all I could unearth from the Diarrhea this time around sebab nothing much of interest. Aku harap banyak lagik coverag pasal final preparation, sebab nak masuk Khamis da, and with only just over two days to the final, perlu ke meka focus agik pada benda benda tak perlu.
Apapon, ari nih, memang tamau komen lagu baru sebab lom dengar even one, so nak bagik summary persembahan bebudak for the past nine weeks.
Based on my personal rating setiap persembahan meka week after week, this is how they size up.


Ebi
Ebi start slow. Dia hanya meletup minggu ketiga and maintained kejap midway. After that, it was just average performances until last week. Kecenderungan kebolehan dia lebih pada lagu lagu Indo pop, and I wonder why they tried pushing him lesser in that direction and more to pop Melayu standard,
Mungkin meka harapkan mass market appeal cam Aswad kot, but I think Ebi has too much style in his delivery to ever be rock kapak or genre yang sewaktu dengannya.
Performance paling memorable stakat ni for me is Al Jannah, Jujur dan Bukan Diriku, manakalao Kasihnya Laila was interesting in terms of stage colour,
Aku harapkan Ebi dapat top three, which nampaknya takde masaalah. Tapi sadly aku tak nampak dia sebagai juara. Who knows though kan?
Milik Siapakah Gadis Ini (Sudirman) 
Bailamos (Enrique Iglesias)
Al Jannah (Mawi) 
Kasihnya Laila (Jinbara)  
Layu Sebelum Berkembang (Broery Marantika) 
Jujur (Radja)
Berdendang Dalam Tangisan (Jamal Abdillah)
Kisah Kau Dan Aku (Alleycats) 
Bukan Diriku (Samsons)  

Candy
Aku kesian ngan Candy sebab ramai judge dia based on personality dan rupa dia. Memang handicap bagik aku dia nih. Kalao dia nih perempuan Melayu dari Semenanjung, ramai senang agik terima dia.
Walaoapapon orang cakap, she is he best vocals in the Akademi, TECHNICALLY. Consistency dia ngan her strong performances each week, da membuktikan versatility dia, and I think she'll definitely survive in the industry.
Deserving of top three, tapi entah la kan kalao pengundi SMS berdasarkan kesian kerana faktor lain ker tak (sepert contoh : anak yatim, sakit atau botak)
In terms of quality though, memang dia head to head with Mila, with advantage sikit je dari segi consistency.
Ka-ching (Shania Twain)
Semua Jadi Satu (3 Diva)
Terlalu Istimewa (Adibah Noor)
Setia Ku Korbankan (Fauziah Latiff) 
Berdua Lebih Baik (Acha Septriasa)
Gadis Dan Bunga (Rahimah Rahim) 
Tari Silat Melayu (Aishah)
Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps (Doris Day)  
Cahaya Cinta (Siti Nurhaliza)  

Mila
Dia ni aku mixed emotions sangat. Kalao ikutkan Diarrhea, kegedikan dia tahap geli. Dan pada mulanya, tu je cara dapat menilai dia sebab performance first two weeks memang nan ado. Memang sesuai pon dia penah terima rating pam jamban.
Start dari lagu Melukut Tepi Gantang however, da mula nampak potential dia sebagai antara pencabar utama yang layan menyandang kejuaraan.Her best performance for me in Benci Tapi Rindu was an indicator Mia ni memang ada harapan besar untuk mengharumkan nama Akademi Fantasia seperti mana Bob dan Farhan berjaya dari segi kredibiliti. Kelebihan Mila ada that she can balance that with the appeal of popularity as well.
My favourite for juara selain Candy, and definitely deserving of a win.
Bersamamu (Siti Sarah)
Gotta Tell You (Samantha Mumba)
Melukut Di Tepi Gantang
Benci Tapi Rindu (Diana Nasution)
Puncak Kasih (Ziana Zain)
Drama (Nikki, Ning & Yanie)
Dondang Dendang (Noraniza Idris)
Aku Takkan Bersuara (Nike Ardilla)  
Pudar (Rossa)

Heliza
This is one person yang aku memang confused. The first two weeks aku memang rooting for her because dia lah antara the two or three yang start off strong.
Masaalahnya, by the third concert, she started sliding, and apa pon potential da ada, dikaburkan masaalah identiti vokal dia selain kedegilan dia nak buat seperti diajar.
Tapi dari konsert kelapan bila dia berjaya ngan lagu Kesal, memang there was no doubt that Heliza memang layak ler nak masuk final.
Tak sekonsisten Mila dan Candy, but impressive nonetheless and loaded with potential. Would love to see her fight with Ebi for the third and fourth placing.
Aku tau ramai tak suka dia sebab kisahnya dia ni fake, but for me, fake dia pon, aku tak persoalkan personaliti dia kerana dia tak harap simpati dari orang.
It's a reality TV show. Bukan ke penah ada orang yang penah menjuarai pertandingan nih ngan berlakon gak (yang dia ni miskin, blur dan tak penah merasa tuh ni...sedangkan...)
Talent yang leh survive kalao dia tak keras pala.
Kau Pergi Jua (Adam Ahmad) 
Aku Bukan Untukmu (Rossa) 
Melodi Ahlan (Waheeda) 
Torn (Natalie Imbruglia) 
Diam Diam Jatuh Cinta (Ramlah Ram) 
Nafas Cahaya (Misha Omar) 
Rindu Merindu ( Fauziah Idris)
Kesal (Ella)  
Ya Atau Tidak (Erra Fazira)  

Aswad
Ni memang kes buang masa. Dari start, aku memang forecast yang ramai ramai ada dalam top 5 ni as my personal favourites. Cuma Aswad je menyebabkan my guesses ni tersasar sikit, sebab aku budget Shawal akan masuk sekali empat orang lagi.
Yerlah...selepas episod Mas dalam musim kedua, tak sangka aku lak akan ada kes undi simpati lagik.
Apapon, tuk aku dia memang tak layak be in the final, so dalam top five, aku memang harapkan dia finish last. Apapon, kalao dia jadik juara, alkisahnya Akademi Fantasia akan menjadi lawak terbesar industri hiburan.
Penyanyi rock kapak yang gagal menjadi artis sebab album tak laku, masuk reality TV nak try jual sora yang ala kadar, rupa yang nan ado. Sakit selalu,terpaksa di pasang extension rambut, dan mendapat undian hanya setelah Astro highlight dia anak yatim pada umur 27 tahun nih. Oh...promo pon dari awal sebut berulang lali bab tuh kan... Aswad...seorang anak yatim....
Perlu ke?
It's undeniable yang he's not as horrible as some others, but in terms of potential, dia memang takde masa depan dalam industri ni selain nyanyi kat Pesta Pulau Pinang. So why bother?
Konon pelbagai persamaan ngan Mawi.. but for me, bagai nak compare langit dan bumi dan dia memang tak layak nak disebut in the same breath as Mawi sekalipun.
Dan selama ini tak penah ada yang ngadu sakit ke kejang ke kejung ke yang tak membuat persembahan. Kira dia ni sebelom final pon leh ngaku da dapat title, RAJA SIMPATI.

(Tak membut persembahan tapi di minggu pertama tapi tak di singkir)

Nak Kahwin Tapi Duit Tak Ada (Sweet September)

Hijau Bumi Tuhan (XPDC)
Hakikat Sebuah Cinta (Iklim)
60s TV (OAG)
Yang Sedang Sedang Saja (Iwan)
Penyu Menangis (Sudirman)
Korban Cinta (Aris Ariwatan)
Mungkin Langitmu Lebih Biru (Mawi) (tidak membuat persembahan berkumpulan ataupun keluar usaha lagu lagu tugasan bonus)

Berdasarkan rating rating lepas, ni graf persembahan mereka for me, Candy dan Mila, serta Ebi pun kelihatan jauh mengatasi yang lain dari segi prestasi. Hellza nampak sangat jurang perbezaan, tapi sebab dia drop kat tengah mungkin dia ada harapan lagi sebab mungkin itu petanda she is improving.
As for Aswad... he's just wasting everyone's time and money.

So apapon pepandai ler undi dari skang, sebab dari kedudukan carta AFUNDi skang (kalao tol la ada sumber yang war warkan, juara memang juara tak perlu kang), much needs to be done.
Ok ler...malas merapu lagik. kang naik blood pressure aku jer. Anyway, on that note, thank you to everyone for your kind wishes...dan memang aku akan cuba take care of my health. Your concern semua touches me...apapon selagi aku mampu, carutan wajib diteruskan (keji kan?) Am seeing a caridolgist soon for further check up...tapi rilek le. Everything ok kot...
Dan pada meka yang tanyakan pasal date aku pasal cita yang lepas tuh a fw entries ago, honestly, we haven't gone out for it. In fact, aku keberatan nak call dia again. Entahlah...not the right time kot, or maybe it was just infatuation yang tak patut aku follow aku. Takper ler. Slow slow ler...masa pon banyak lagik kan...
Hah...esok kalao sempat layan lagu baru, aku try ulas ok. Apapon, nombor AFUNDI semua kat bawah, cepat! Apa tunggu tunggu? Nak Aswad jadi juara???!!!
Tau -pun takut... so cepat AFUNDI!!!

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...