"Benda-benda pelik tu macam Haziq suka manja waktu malam."
Erm... that is what Amirul kata pasal pesanan dia sebelum mengusung beg kuar dewan malam tu.
Er... ok.
Anyway, ari ni ada press conference lapan orang yang terkeluar, sebelum meka masuk ke Akademi kembali untuk bersiap untuk AFMASUK.
Malas ler nak tulis apa-apa lebih pasal lepak-lepak, nanti ada fanatik salah tafsirkan lak kang. Pada peminat sesapa pun antara lapan orang ni, hah...amik ko!

Tak larat nak explain konsep berpuluh kali pada meka yang tak paham bahasa.
All I have to say is this.
"Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups".
Matilah aku mencarut katanya...
Masa kat Astro, 'dia' call nak jumpa. Mmm... selepas seminggu tak bertegur sapa, we finally had a heart to heart talk.
Hati menyanyi lega sebenarnya... but tak nak ler beriya-iya sangat.
Abih tuh balik ofis abih kan two stories. Tak sempat abih column, sebab gi butik Embun kat Petaling Jaya.
Jumpa kak Natrah aka Betty yang besh punya pala nak wat cita pasal baju Siti rekaan dia. Mak aii!!! Cantiknya kain! Harga? Tak leh sebut sini. Off record katanya.
Tapi cukup katakan, satu baju Siti Nurhaliza cukup nak tampung perkahwinan orang biasa.
Sampai balik opis, tengah layan Diari, update blog dan juga nak abihkan keja.
Mmm... Diari ari ni as usual... membosankan.
I don't get it why they have to have the Toyota Eco Youth competition (selain daripada obvious sponsorship) focused on in the Diari.
Aduh... takleh ke wat endorsement yang ada kena mengena sikit ngan program.
Bebudak ni cam main pakai endorse product je keja.
Agak-agak ler sikit.
Takde exclusivity ler kali ni Akademi Fantasia bebudak ni sibuk wat promo sana sini. Hish...
What's with the meet the fans session semua. Arghhh!!!
Bebudak cakap pasal AFMASUK, paling tak kuasa ngan Haziq punya statement.
Memang ler ko gembira pas sangkaan tiga orang ko tuh meleset, sebab ko second last next to Amirul. Ikutkan ko da kena dush keluar Akademi da.
Nasib je Astro nak wat duit simpan ko dan sekali amik sorang agik.
Lum agik si Faizal, yang "aku tak rasa apa-apa pun".
Mmm... no feeling langsung mamat blur ni.
La la la... forward on, Dr Fazley punya sesi... blah blah blah.
Khabar gemira Dr Eveready - nak makan angin kat luar untuk nak carik makan.
Makan kat Melaka lak. Gila ke haper. Ni kedai kawan-kawan production ke haper?
Apa laa... takkan lah kedai burok pun nak promosi kat Akademi Fantasia.
Gila ke aper!!!!!!
Argggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!
What the @#$%^&!!!!
Seronok ler nak tengok tangkap ikan ke haper at that little drain you call a river?
PAMPERED!!!
Mana taknya bebudak ni tak naik tocang! Kualiti of the show sebelum ni sedikit sebanyak was better simply because the kids got to focus on the tasks at hand, dan bukan asik kena manja tuh ni je manjang.
Buat show burok pun nak bagi treat.
Meluat lak tengok... kalao bebudak ni wat bagus bagi reward ok ler gak kan.
And that was all they showed for the Diari.
Start Diari kedua tunjuk kongkang miming lak to Kurt Cobain. What the.....
Tak abih-abih nak rosakkan lagu tu.
Terpaksa layan sebab tak sempat capai remote.
Masa yang terbuang ngan bebudak main-main sebab takde benda buat, apa kata tenaga pengajar dikerah tuk sound sikit these kids?
Meka masuk final lagik ler degil nak layan takyah wat keja untuk final kang.
I thought it was sweet that the two girls wrote the message on the white board for those they can't contact.
La la la... apa nak tulis ek. Wasiat audio lak pastu. Yawn... nak terlelap.
Tapi aku perasan ada something about contrast of emotions.
Faizal nampak beriya-iya sedih, tapi Haziq gelak-gelak je.
Mmm... nak kata Faizal berlakon ke, atau si Haziq yang takde emosi?
Part mesej Amirul jangan nangis pada Velvet, aku tersentuh sebab Velvet time tu memang nangis. Aku nampak dia dan Farhan seem to have developed this stronger bond, which I think is so beautiful.
Slowly the message turned into full waterworks, ngan Amirul pesan kat tenaga pengajar lak. Amik ko... extended pesanan katanya.
Evaluation time, aku rasa komen entah sapa yang tak nampak tapi dengar sora je sesuai... Kurt Kobis katanya.
Terpaksa lagik melayan visual Faizal memalukan ngan merosakkan lagu Nirvana. Erm... promote agik. Tak abih-abih promosi kata Faizal hebat katanya. Itu lah agenda sebenarnya, kerana juara seolah telah dipilih bukan oleh pengundi, tapi mereka yang berkuasa memanipulasikan the masses into thinking something is good.
Elok ler.

Lagu Tugasan 
Amirul - Kurniaan Cinta (Adi Fashla)
Lotter - Pria Terhebat (Sheila On 7)
Diddy - Diari Seorang Lelaki (Pretty Ugly)
Salima - Nour El Chams (Pascale Machaalani)
Zila - Bisikan Hati (Siti Nurhaliza)
Rich - The Reason (Hoobastank)
Karen - Jejaka Idaman (Raja Ema)
Nora - Berpaut Di Dahan Cinta (Dayangku Intan)

Lagu Bonus finalis
Hujan - Hail Amir & Uji Rashid
Tanda Kasih - Hail Amir & Uji Rashid
Hendak Ku Tanya Terasa Malu - Uji Rashid
Berilah Kasih Sayang - Uji Rashid

Aku tanak komen pasal apa lagu tugasan bebudak eliminated tuk AFMASUK sebab lagu-lagu tuh semua dari wish list bebudak. Tapi terkejut gak sebab Diddy kata banyak lagu dalam wish list dia lagu lama tapi dapat lagu Pretty Ugly.
Tak puas lagu Karen dan Nora sebab aku rasa cam tak sesuai lagu competition, tapi production nak lagu yang macam-macam element ler tuh kan.
Lagu bonus? Buang masa tul lah.. apa ni!!!
Semua Hail Amir dan Uji Rashid ni kenapa!!!
Adus.... I really don't get it.
Orang bayar bil Astro.
So konsert tuh patutnya menghiburkan, bukan self indulgent belah production. Hish... tapi seolah wat concert syok sendiri  je....
Entah lah.... selamat menonton konsert last kopek buat duit untuk Akademi Fantasia sebelum final je lah ek.
Camna nak umphhh kalau lagu tak sesuai lak.
Alamak, Dr Eveready bak lak Furby untuk menyampaikan mesej katanya.
No komen. Bebudak lak dimintak decipher message katanya.
UWARGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!
Nak sambung keja, then tunggu 'dia' ajak supper.
Esok jangan lupa beli The Malay Mail kalau nak dapat gambaran camna baju wedding Siti Nurhaliza kang.

*Tiket final akan mula dijual dari 26 August at all Music Valley outlets pada harga RM20, RM30 dan RM50

Lagu Bonus - Aku Sudah Jatuh Cinta (Norsheila Amin)
Ok. Sebelum apa-apa, time ni untuk evaluation baju.
Hanya Velvet terselamat dari angkara the evil designers who decided to dress them.
Burok sungguh baju Haziq yang ala pinjam dari channel Vaanavil. And what's with the fluorescent red laces for the white shoes and the topi yang cam nak turun bendang? Tak sesuai at all.
Amirul punya pesen rambut tuh kenapa? The I got caught in the rain an rambut aku basah kuyup look? Atau the my hairdryer broke down motif?
Sodih!!!!
And Farhan tuh per hal ala tank top yang couple with this drapings of red sequinny thingies!
Hish...
And by the way, orang grunge tak pakai boots cam si Pejal.
Entahlah...Faizal sucked big time on this, while Farhan dan Velvet were the saving grace. Melodious harmonies were wishful thinking and ala ala je la performance meka. Nothing great.
And if that was bad... how about the 'wardrobe malfunction yang suar Farhan terlampau ketat kot sampai terlondeh nampak part of her ass?
Aku suka komen Siti Hajar yang aku rasa tepat kena. I think she focused especially on Farhan and Faizal sebab based on the quality of their voices, and I felt a frustration from her on them not utilising it to the max.
At this point, aku da mula persoalkan apa fungsi Tiara yang membebel...
Rating klubbkidd :  (Buat cukup syarat je bebudak ni, so rating pun tangkap muat)

Farhan - Emosi (Sheila Majid) 
What the hell are they trying to do tiba-tiba nak padankan Farhan ngan Haziq tuh.
Eeeewwww!!! As if!!!
Keji tul!
Farhan started out on bad footing. She had problems surprisingly on her lower notes out of what sounded like nervousness.
She excelled on the bridge and chorus parts.
Again Siti Hajar made the best comments sebab she stressed on vocal placement and projection.
Tiara was just occupying an empty seat and I didn't get what Adlin merapu.
Rating klubbkidd :  (Malas.... and caving under some unseen pressure)

Haziq - I Need To Know (Marc Anthony) 
I thought he started bersemangat and menunjukkan ability.
Seriously even I was surprised!
Tapi lum abih first chorus da mula karam da budak ni.
I don't know what accent he was singing in, with that pitchy and occasionally flat voice. Erm... tak nak belajar agik ler tuh pasal breathing orang dok sibuk ajar.
Camtuh ler hasilnya. Semput semacam. Haziq is the posterboy for the laziness of the other students yang degil dan malas tuk tima pengajaran mereka yang bertauliah dan berpengalaman dalam Akademi yang dok nak kongsi ilmu.
All in all, I thought it was a 'decent' effort from Haziq, tapi performance yang sesuai kalau ni konsert kedua dan bukan kelapan.
By the way, suka sangat Aznil kata baju dia 'sesuai' sangat ngan dia... read between the lines...
AZNIL ROCKS!!! Carut... jangan tak carut....
Oh by the way...kenapa Haziq semangat ek sangat time show dia?
Secara jujur aku terpegun dengan kesungguhan dia dan semangat never say die dia time show dia!!!
Apa pembakar semangat dia untuk mengatasi kesukaran membawa lagu bahasa lain, irama lain daripada apa yang dia biasa ek???
Lihat gambar disebelah untuk jawapannya...
Rating klubbkidd :  (Average performance sebab second part hancur gila babas)

Velvet - Penantian (Harmoni)
I though she was the best solo performance of the night, which doesn't say much for this concert.
I didn't feel the magic at all.
Don't really know what to say because it was such an empty performance.
I like apa Siti Hajar cakap pasal orang kita yang tak reti nilaikan jeritan ngan nyanyian dan naik gila hanya kerana orang dish out a high note.
Tiara was taking up too much oxygen than needed but Adlin made sense with the agreeable statement that Velvet cam langsuir mengilai.
Rating klubbkidd :  (Still nothing special)

Amirul - Jatuh (Adam)
I'm sick and tired of video playbacks showing Amirul act all monkey... we all know he's not really acting and just showing his true self... but what else can he do?
Yes, it was amateur karaoke night ngan dia pakai seluar tidur. Oh by the way, blusher dia overdose sangat... dan apa natang yang sangkut kat seluar dia yang ijo tuh???
Erm... sesuai ler kan stail rambut dia yang begitu... err.... mmm... ahh... yang sebegitu... aaaa... vogue... (gelak tak tahan ni)
He may have been honest time dia ngaku dia tak wat bubbling exercises and all, tapi aku bayangkan kalao tenaga pengajar mesti rasa nak pelempang kalao leh je sebab malukan meka depan satu negara.
Makes the faculty look like bad teachers when the students suck.
Setiap pengkritik yang tegur Amirul, dia wat muka toya ngan menjawab baik secara bosan tak kuasa, "ok... alright..."
Sheesh...
Mmmm... Tiara kata believe in Amirul's performance. Well... she also believes she can sing....
Rating klubbkidd : (The sad part is this is not the worse)

Faizal - Smells Like Teen Spirit (Nirvana)
Nak nyanyi sangat lagu ke laut, last last nyanyian memang ke laut!
It was THE WORST PERFORMANCE OF THE WHOLE SERIES OF AKADEMI FANTASIA!
Kurt Cobain is seriously rolling about in his grave with that defiling of a generation's anthem.
But at least now I understand why they gave him this song. The tune is so strong kalao dia tak nyanyi pun (which he didn't), people would still be pumped.
And sorakan tuh... jangan samakan ngan persetujuan yang persembahan berkualiti.
Again, performing monkeys get applause too.
Siti Hajar pointed a sad reality about Akademi Fantasia.
See how they fare nanti when they come out.
Big fishes in small pond, which usually don't amount to anything sebab overconfident ngan 'kepercayaan' fanatics.
Oh by the way, nampak sangat Astro nak tolong sapa. Kan da kata earlier, recording pasal ngan Lotter ngan Faizal mesti nak tunjuk. Undi simpati... jangan tak undi simpati ek... peminat Mas dulu pun abih duit kayakan Astro camtuh.
Pada mereka yang fanatik... amik ler wajah seorang juara!!! (tengok kat bawah)
Rating klubbkidd :  (Dapat satu bintang bonus sebab orang terhibur ngan aksi lawak bodoh)

Lagu Bonus - Cinta (Melly Goeslow & Kris Dayanti)
The only real performance worth watching and listening. Tapi yang nih yang orang tak sorak semana nya.
What the f..... are you joking?
Kongkang gila kena sawan feeling Kurt Kobeng leh standing ovation, ni tepuk pun malas???!!!
Farhan and Velvet had their weak points but managed to put together a decent duet.
Agree with Adlin for the need on more interaction between the two, but loved the comments on bebudak laki tuh konon wat backing tapi takde sound pun.
Da memasing malas tahap gaban... and walaupun aku nak kutuk meka ni a trio of bums, tapi aku bersyukur gak tak dapat dengar sora meka yang mungkin menyumbangkan lagu tuh.
Rating klubbkidd :   (Aku suka!!!!... tapi lepas satu malas sakit telinga, no wonder gak ler kan?) 

Lagu Bonus - Bila Rindu (Ruffedge)
Yerlah tuh orang Astro. Kayakan Ruffedge lagik ek. Asik lagu bebudak tuh jer. Sapa ler yang pilih lagu ek... dan apa hubungan meka ngan Ruffedge agaknya.
Tapi suka lak meka tunjuk video clip Faizal and Lotter dalam meluat sebab tuh antara yang menimbulkan tanda soal. Pasal apa?
Refer pada lyrics Dealova yang Faizal nyanyi... "Aku ingin jadi sesuatuhhhhhh!!!"
Nak gelak pecah perut... if I wasn't so mortified by their damn show.
The boys just didn't contribute except in the minimal harmony bits.
Aku tanak feel the emotion and shut myself off from it sebab it wasn't worth it. Another effort nak sympathise with the students.... hello... korang sedar tak seminggu lebih je lagi dua orang will be driving with a VIOS?
Korang berapa lama nak dapat keta tuh? And what did you have to do or what do you have to do to get it?
And korang nak melenting kalao bebudak ni sesenang tuh dapat keta dan hadiah lumayan tanpa usaha? Gila ke haper???!!!
Hajar again sent a very real message on the realities of the REAL WORLD dan bukan setakat kehidupan atas pentas Akademi Fantasia.
Tiara menyibukkan diri asik sebut terima kasih... terima kasih... terima kasih... mmm... very the masyarakat berbudi bahasa!
Rating klubbkidd :   (bonus satu bintang gelak orang lain nangis dan tercari-cari tissue Premiere yang disponsor tuk lap airmata cover line)

So what did I think?
The concert sucked.
Tak pernah dalam musim-musim Akademi Fantasia sebelum ni, aku so many concerts in a row aku rasa haus sangat!
Sebabnya?
Aku rasa blatant favouritism dari pihak production untuk beberapa contestant dari semua segi, dari pilihan lagu ke pilihan baju. Dari pada triggers dan kejutan, sampai line-up of other elements which contribute.
Another is simply because bebudak ni semua, sejak tiga empat konsert yang lalu, semua da stop growing. Memasing yakin da mampu.... da akan menang....
Wat pe nak usaha kan?
Forget the hadiah for a moment, betul kata Siti Hajar pasal peluang mereka dalam Akademi.
Oh well.. tunggu enam bulan dari sekarang, tengok sapa berjaya di dunia nyata lor. Komen sini lelebih pun fanatik iya iya jer.. pastu ilang bila bintang atau binatang pilihan meka da ilang entah kemana.
Erm... kalau awal minggu ni aku da sebutkan pasal seseorang gibeks, aku rasa korang kena notice beberapa perkara.
Dahler nyanyi lagu yang menjadi indicator, aku suka bila Amirul masa terkeluar tuh, dia sempat ucapkan (aku tak pasti pada Haziq atau Faizal) sesuatu yang maknanya begitu mendalam.
"Jangan buat perkara pelik malam-malam."
Mmmm... renung-renungkan lah ek!
And check out these other blogs
mentallydisturbed (dia tak gi konsert minggu ni - tunggu carutan apa lak dia bagi)
badrulaftersix (sibuk happy Diddy dapat second chance tuk mungkin masuk balik Akademi)
maddox24 (sibuk AFMASUK Lotter... keji!!!)

*Bebudak empat orang tu akan membawa lagu bonus berkumpulan sahaja untuk konsert kesembilan. Waktu latihan mereka 9am sehingga 3pm setiap ari.
*Lapan orang lagi akan masuk ke Akademi mulai Isnin dari 3pm sehingga 8pm setiap hari untuk latihan lagu memasing yang akan dipersembahkan untuk konsert kesembilan. Meka akan dok luar, dan takkan serempak ngan bebudak lain. Lagu adalah dari wish list memasing.
*Undian AFMASUK bermula setelah tamat konsert semalam. Aku syorkan - Diddy, Zila, Karen ataupun Nora, tapi nampaknya lawak bangang bakal berlaku kalao ikutkan kedudukan AFMASUK sekarang.
*Diari akan memaparkan aktiviti kedua kumpulan.
*Sebaik masuk sahaja pada penghujung konsert kesembilan, peserta yang layak masuk final, akan memulakan dengan jumlah undian baru. That means zero... handicap yang diberikan pada mereka yang empat orang yang lain yang mempunyai advantage AFUNDi selama seminggu.

Eh eh aku lupa lak. Semalam ending Diari aku tak komen lak pasal last shot tunjuk si Faizal memberikan mesej kat cam sempena Hari Keputeraan Sultan Terengganu.
Erm... patriotic...
Or sucking up for state votes?
Dunno la... that just stuck to my mind into today sebab I think he is trying so hard to seel the exclusivity of him being the first proud son ofthe state to be in Akademi Fantasia.
Good for you lah, tapi agak-agak sikit ler... every opportunity he gets, laungkan cam orang lain takde negeri. Petty, I know, but it gets tiring.
Ke ada orang mintak dia but ucapan tuh, cause can that boy really remember the date? Astro nak naikkan jualan decoder dalam negeri Terengganu kot.
Anyway ari ni kusut fikiran sikit pasal bab kerja, but sempat tengok Diari.
Orang mesti persoalkan, kalau tension sangat tengok Diari, wat apa asik tune in so religiously.
Biasalah... kalau nak tau tengok Diari mesti ada carutan yang akan dikongsi kan? And not surprisingly ada je bahan nak laser.
Didn't you guys know it's therapeutic to swear.
In fact, I once came across this article that read, "Swearing Is A Good Form Of Anger Management'.
The other reason aku tengok is of course sebab aku camna pun tetap peminat siri ni, and personally, as a fan of the show, I think I have the right, and the duty, just like any other person who's followed the siri dari musim pertama to share their feelings about it.
So how did Diari hari ni go?
Oooo... Syafi hari ni stress kat bebudak the importace of terms like slur (she had to spell it for them), key transpose, modulation, score, interval... wait a doggone minute!!!!
Shouldn't that be stuff that should have been taught to them as the basic of their musical knowledge?
I'm sorry cause I just think that bebenda camtuh should have been in the syllabus of the teaching module right from the start. Oh well... we can make a wish list, but whether or not it happens is always another matter.
Pejal kena laser ngan Corrie kerana again tarian kongkang (semalam punya Diari, siap kena pukul ngan Corrie with a slap on the shoulders repeatedly).
I don't know lah... walaupun Faizal dan Farhan favourites aku dari awal, Faizal's attitude of taking everything as a joke and coming acorss as the village idiot more often that not menggeramkan aku.
Oh by the way, sapa yang berani kata aku kutuk Faizal sebab tak minat leh gi mampos. Aku rasa dalam Utusan aku da awal-awal nyatakan sapa pilihan aku selain daripada kat Trek Selebriti mana aku nyatakan aku sokong F&F.
Just that he's way too lazy for me to digest. Tapi kalau ada peminat yang nak rasa dia ni hardworking, tu tafsiran peribadi korang ler.
For most parts of the Diari, there was virtually no interaction among the students, so much so they had to show a lot of shots of Jamal amusing himself by playing with the pussy (Fifi the cat...get your minds out of the gutter) as well as with a guitar.
Other parts of the Diari were simply unimaginative.
Tunjuk Faizal lap skrin TV tuh apa motifnya? As with the scene mana Ajai bagik bebudak teka teki masa makan.
Yawn...
More free promotion for Faizal in today's Diari.
Walaupun bebudak lain dimintak tafsiran lagu memasing, aku fokus kat apa yang Faizal cakap, cause he seemed the most clueless of them all.
"Kisah remaja yang ganas," katanya.
"Dia ganas, cikgu," he added.
Oh wow!!! So deep and insightful.
Can someone tell him the song is the anthem for a generation of youths? Can someone tell him about the spirit of rebellion etc?
I've said it once and I'll say it again. Kurt Cobain is just rolling about in his grave right now.
Haziq yang tak betui tuh pun, leh gelakkan dia!
Again more on Faizal. Time tunjuk meka backing kan Haziq, I can distinctly hear Faizal going, "Tell me baby GIRLS!"
Dia ni standard apa English dia?
Takkan singular dan plural pun tak reti! Hish... kalau tatau pun da ada lirik takkan takleh hafal.
Dahler flat sumbang mambang tanah (courtesy of Amirul)... mana taknya ler Sham ngamuk ngan meka. Reaksi Faizal? Kerut dahi wat muka blur je ler...
I want to point out something, aku tatau korang perasan ke tak.
Sejak Lotter out dari Akademi, korang perasan tak, takde sense of togetherness langsung antara Haziq, Faizal and Amirul.
Lain dari Farhan dan Velvet yang semakin rapat with every female student eliminated.
Oh well.
Anyway, melencong kejap, aku nak share cita kelakar yang aku bagitau kat abang Badrul. Tanpa sebut sapa ler, korang ingat tak dalam beberapa minggu yang lepas, ada ler sorang kaki tinggalkan comments ni kutuk aku, defend Haziq.
Bila the rest of you regular readers sound dia balik kalao minat Haziq, masuk je Haziq FC punya site je, dia lak kata dia bukan sokong Haziq, tapi tak suka nak tengok aku main kutuk bebudak.
Well... the joke is, dah ler mamat poyo ni orang lain dia dok kutuk kat blog orang lain, kat abang Badrul punya blog, dia lak tinggalkan statement, "Kami dari Haziq FC". Uwaa... siap mewakili. You be representin'!!!
Tapi poyo tak poyo nya.
Aku lebih rela mulot longkang, molot jamban tak flush, dari HIPOKRIT demi FANATIK!
Diari kedua sambungan rehearsal backing for I Need To Know, lagu Haziq.
Sham sambung hentam ngamuk hangin satu badan. Haziq siap lupa melodi lagu tugasan sendiri, sibuk layan backing vocals.
Linda sambung sesi, kali ni psycho meka lak, kali ni fokus pasal the lack of competitiveness among them.
Datuk A. Samad Said mai singgah, sambil bebudak blur.
Fast forward, alamak... sesi nak rayu undi.
Yeap... Dr. Eveready mintak meka luahkan perasaan untuk dapatkan keyakinan. With parents photos in tow, sorang-sorang start ler sesi 'Ku Mohon' meets ' Jejak Kasih'.
Haziq janji tanak main-main lagik (yerlah), Velvet dan Farhan luahkan their rindu for their parents, Faizal mumbles something, and Amirul yang nangis tak abih (bleuurghhh!!!)
"I'm going to make you all proud of me," kata Amirul between crocodile tears (if you wanted to do that, you could learn to sing ma).
Last call tunjuk si Amirul on the guitar nyanyikan Iris... and why???
Nak layan AC DiSini yang busuk sat... kalau bosan nak balik ke gi jalan-jalan ler...
AFUNDI VELVET & AFUNDI FARHAN!!!

First thing I would like to start off with with posting delayed ari ni is pengumuman.
Pada mereka yang sama risaukan keadaan mama Zahid yang warded for an operation hari tu, you'll be glad to know that mama ari ni dah pun discharged.
Aku call Zahid dalam 3.30 petang tadi and asked him about mama.
Dia pun cam happy dan lega mama ok, so thank you everyone for your prayers for mama ok.
By the way, Zahid masih kat kampung sampai ujung minggu. Masa call, dia kata tengah sibuk memancing! Aiyo... merasalah kena laser, mancing ok tapi jangan lak antar ikan kul 6 pagi.
Oops!!!!
Kan mintak kena carut... "kat kampung ni nak antar ikan kat sana wei".
Gelak gak aku ari ni selepas suasana suram menyelebungi hari-hari aku beberapa hari ni.
It's been slightly traumatic. Late yesterday night, I finally made a decision. Aku SMS 'dia' dan memberitahu yang I'm just backing off, tapi kalau dia nak sorang kawan for anything at all, I'm just a call or SMS away.
No reply.
Well... whatever ler kan... in matters of love, everyone is selfish. Everyone thinks about themselves. And maybe it's my time to think about MYSELF.
Tarik nafas sikit.

Ok... aku semalam tak sempat update pasal Rockstar : Supernova, but I think I don't really need to delve too much into the details of it since elimination dah pun ari ni.
Padan muka kerek Josh yang beriya-iya walked off with Nirvana's Come As You Are. For some reason he reminds me of Haziq. He actually managed to turn the tune into this southern blues funk attempt. What the.... he sucked big time for me. Merasalah Dave kata "Just remember that these guys are going to be playing at Wembley Stadium and not at a coffeehouse."
Laser gak si Dave ni... in the words of Fiebie, "Aku suka... aku suka... aku suka" sambil maniacally tepuk tanga,
Lukas may have got stuck with The Rolling Stone's Let's Spend The Night Together and it was the BEST show for the night.
Second best, was my prsonal favourite (though perhaps for the night's show it didn't come across on TV) was Dilana with The Cranberries' Zombie.
Patrice and Jill were ok walaupun they fought over The Beatles's Helter Skelter with the. Jill had to do Free's All Right Now, which I thought was more suitable for the female rockers, so there was really no need for the drama masa pilihan lagu. But they did decent, better than the previous weeks. As did Storm who was ok too with Just What I Needed from The Cars
Ryan aka Mr Bean sucked with Credence Clear Water Revival's Fortunate Son. Bottomline - he looks boring, he sounds boring. When is HE going to be eliminated. And what's with that smile??? He looked constipated.
Apart from Ryan and Josh, the other overall did quite well this week. Oh wait a minute. I missed Dana. Ok... she was THE worst for the night. She did a simpler poppier It's My Life by Bon Jovi, and as Tommy put it, she looked more like Celine Dion (with really bad vocals) attempting a Bon Jovi impersonation.
Phil had Jason Newsted along on the show, and kept the pace with Jefferson Airplane's White Rabbit.
Toby didn't too well with Soul Asylum's Runaway Train, but I kind of liked the improvisation and the new take he had for it. Magni performed one of my favourites in Plush by Stone Temple Pilots and did it as good as Scott Weiland, which actually raises a fear on the question of originality.
Zayra, the worst vocalist in the competition, actually did quite decent with R.E.M.'s Everybody Hurts. Jenny's Drive was ho hum.
I didn't really care sapa kuar, as long as it wasn't Dilana or Lukas of course.
Bottom three were Josh, Jenny and Dana yang memasing performed the elimination numbers in Nirvana's Heart Shaped Box (rosak a good tune je), Vaseline by Stone Temple Pilots and Sass Jordan's High Road Easy before it was bye bye Jenny.
You will not be missed.
Watched the repeat of the show just to catch Dilana and Lukas again... then teringat Faizal wat Nirvana's Smell Like Teen Spirit, one of the cult rock tunes of my generation.
Tergelak sat, because the song seems doomed to be a poser's anthem.
Which brings us to Diari Akademi Fantasia semalam. Ok... honestly I missed the first episode, and I only managed to catch the second Diari masa time repeat tengah malam.
I really don't understand the need for the producers nak bak Lotter to come back as 'a voice'.
"Ko nangis ek," tanya Faizal masa Lotter terdiam sat. Instead of feeling emotion, aku tergelak pecah perut lak sebab dia ni cam so blur. And he had to kind of be led into understanding, that ni ler time nak sedih gituh.
It was induced tears, and as real as the freindship is (aku percaya ler bab persahabatan meka), Faizal was just hamming it up, tau ada kamera nak nitis air mata. Aduh... come on ler. You guys really think dia tatau ke benda ni kalao emo lebih akan di pakai sebagai VT time Konsert ke. It' amazing to think ada lagik orang yang senang nak di manipulasikan ngan adengan seperti ini. Pening...
When they repeat that Diari, tengok bebetul. Yang tersentuh samaada terlampau sensitif, ataupun just desperate for drama like the production, atau just wanted ANYTHING to break the monotony.
And if you didn't fall into any one of those categories, the only way ko leh rasa benda tuh touching is if ko tengah sibuk merembes ngan Faizal sampai sanggup nitis air mata kerana aksi seorang lelaki sensitif. Boo!!!
Some people would have thought the whole thing showed an innocent side to Faizal.
Look deeper and you would see he does comee across retarded at time. Time dia ketuk speaker, he looked mental and playing with an imaginary friend. Aduh... I don't think I laughed so much for so long now.
Lawak babs sangat!
It was just plain silly of them to go all the way hanya kerana nak perah airmata penonton.
Lotter is out. Dahlah.... focus on sapa dalam. Tu je.
Adakah semua drama tu menolong pembelajaran mereka? I don't think so.
It was funnier to see Faizal ala Forrest Gump lari panggil bebudak, pastu sora Lotter ilang, si Haziq sempat tergelak kat Faizal.
The laughs continued with Faizal punya rehearsal ngan Linda Jasmine nak headbang. Aiyo...dia ni... takde coordination of his limbs at all ke.
Headbang pun tak mampu ke? Dia nampak pelik semacam, in a semi bobbing motion, cam some psychotic joget tak jadik.
Haziq simple step lak tak dapat emulate Linda Jasmine tunjuk step, tapi bab top Linda turun sikit and dia kelam kabut tarik, sempat lak si Haziq focus.
What do I think Haziq looked like?
Honestly? Cam the saddest stripper in the cheapest act in the dingiest, seediest bar in Patpong.
Elok ler pastu Haziq tido.
Eh da lama Jamal pengawas sekolah ilang kan, tak enter frame. Jangan risau, confirm muncul punya, hah, tuh dia.
Masa time surprise tamu, aku nak gelak.
The kids obviously tak heran, tak kenal ataupun tak kisah Tiara Jacquelina dan Stephen Rahman Hughes masuk. You think these kids went to watch Puteri Gunung Ledang The Musical ke?
Things got simply surreal with Stephen sebab bebudak cam Haziq dan Faizal tengok muka pun da obvious meka haram paham apa omputeh celup tuh merepek.
What was the significance of that scene? Aku tengok Diari Akademi Fantasia ni dah sink as low as the level of Auditions dah kekadang.
Tell me just how the hell is everything liek that going to help Pejal yang nak sebut English sepatah pun haram sebut betul.
Gelak muka Haziq terblur, gelak lagi time si Haziq mata merayap  bila sebelah Tiara.
Tiara and Stephen just didn't know how to communicate with the kids, and I doubt the effectiveness of the visit apart from some cheap promotion of the upcoming restaging of the musical.
Very the torture ngan kesunyiang as Faizal would say. Let these kids have a choice, who they want advice from, bak sapa yang meka nak  ke....
Bak ler people yang dalam keadaan sama tapi advanced. I think the three champions bersama cam Vince, Zahid dan Mawi would be nice, sebab pengalaman memasing berbeza and it would be nice to see all three together.
Kalau susah sangat, bak ler finalist musim lain BERSAMA, contoh dalam musim kedua, Bob, Farah, Adam, Kaer... (Zahid da sebut, Linda lak da menghilang kan).
Let them share pengalaman time sampai perignkat competition ni, apa yang usual or unusal to go through, dan apa kehidupan meka skang.
So  many things... and yet so little ideas actually implemented.
Entahlah...
Caught the first episode of Ejen 016 semalam, and I must say it looks better on the TV sebab masa preview tengok kat big screen cam tak nampak jelas, tambah ngan sound kat tempat awam bising sikit.
Ni aku sempat tul leh focus pada the the pilot episode.
Aku gelak bab Apek ler. Seriously dia sorang enough nak jalankan show tu.
I have to admit walaupun aku uncomfortable sikit shots dia sebab execution kurang kemas and editing memeningkan bji mata aku, but the shots were quite well done for a TV production. Again like I said, very the CSI and 24.
I think there was a lot of varied influences in direction so dia punya shots narik ler.
Cuma camera work kekadang overdose sikit so it does set a little painful after a lengthy period to watch the show.
The sets nampak ler ada budget banding ngan the usual badly implemented props time siri based on fiction  on local TV ni.
Acting? The main cast were ok, but the extras were simply scary lor acting meka. Kayu tahap gaban. Kekadang rasa gak nak sumpah bila tahap lakonan meka tahap TV Pendidikan pun tak lepas menyakitkan hati sebab spouting lines like the script was stuffed in their faces.
But it was all worth it just so see the three agents keluar keta ala dramatic and then Apek lak kuar keta libas rambut. Siot je Apek... kelakar.
Check out the official website of Ejen 016, banyak gak downloads dia.
Not bad ler, first time ada ler TV series yang ala interactive. Babeng tul profile... aku baca pun pecah perut. Good move by DiGi on that bit because it does take advantage of the wholesome approach towards making the showmore appealing.
I have high hopes for the other episodes so here's hoping that the fusion of sci-fi action comedy series takes off.
Oh God... letihnya...
Is it the work related stress ke everything else that's getting to me. Tak sabar nak gi cuti.
Ke stress jadi couch potato balik.
Selain Akademi Fantasia, follow lak Rockstar : Supernova, then Ejen 016, pastu America's Next Top Model. Banyak sangat progam menarik. Lum agik Project Runway yang aku tak sempat tengok agik musim baru. So many TV shows, so little time.
Feel really tired out, rancang bulan depan nak gi Hatyai, mintak-mintak jadilah.
I really, really need a break soon.
Ok ler guys... setakat ni jer posting kali ni. Tak larat nak taip banyak sangat.

Ok. Where do I start?
Let me start dari hari Ahad ok.
Petang tu aku diajak ke suprise birthday Jimmy Shanley. Aku malu gak sebab aku ok ok ngan Jimmy, tapi aku rasa takder ler layak aku nak gelar kawan sebab bukan kami rapat sangat.
Tapi bebudak production Trek Selebriti ajak gak, so aku pun iyakan ler kehadiran aku. Seharian aku risau akan terserempak seseorang kat sana, memandangkan dia ada kat konsert malam sebelum. Bukan apa... aku memacam emosi terbuku I don't want to jumpa dia.
Awal pagi call Nana, sebab ingat leh gi ngan dia, tapi Nana kata dia keja ari ni tugas... tuh pun sebelum tu ada outdoor event ERA kul 3pm.
Mmm... tukar plan, aku ajak ler member sorang tuk temankan aku sebab tatau sapa agi akan kesana.
Sampai sana, kami terpaksa ikut entrance belakang, orang Menara Kuala Lumpur kata Jimmy dah pun sampai, so kita kena lalu dtaff entrance nak naik.
Sampai kat staff elevator tuh, jumpa Marsha dan Adi dari Maestro. Apa lagi... naik gila terus ler ada gang.
Sampai atas dalam bilik sederhana besar, ada kawan-kawan production dari Astro. Eh eh... Adi Fashla pun ada. Happy terus.
Lepas kejap, Leez lak masuk bersama ayah dia.
Besh!!!
Aku, Adi, Marsha and Leez pun lepak ler one side ngan beberapa orang kawan sok sek.
Aku korek ler sikit info pasal bebudak dalam Akademi.
Dua soalan penting aku tanya.
Satu.
Sapa yang paling plastik dalam Akademi... kira baik ataupun buruk, time dari meka kat Holiday Villa, sampai ke tahap ni di dalam Akademi.
Jawapannya tak mengejutkan aku. Walaupun kalao aku tulis kat sini mesti ramai membantah sebab orang tuh takkan disangka sedemikian.
Bukan aku pancing jawapan dari Leez. Aku cuma nak kepastian jujur darinya. And aku tak bagitau dia pun nama yang bermain dalam pala aku.
All I can say is, depan kamera, jangan ingat yang innocent, bendul tuh... adalah sedemikian sebenarnya. Lain aku no komen. Kalau nak memilih atas peribadi, ingat sahaja, peribadi sebenar bebudak ni korang takkan tahu.
Dari tiga musim Akademi Fantasia sebelum ni, aku tengok dalam-dalam, dan aku masih rapat ngan sapa yang true to themselves.
And I am thankful aku hanya sekali silap dalam tafsiran aku pasal peribadi seseorang tu.
Masuk second question lak. Pasal adakah sorang tuh gibeks (tatau maksud perkataan tuh, takper... ini relevant pada siapa yang paham je)
Again, jawapan sama ngan seperti apa yang aku bayangkan. Nama yang sama.
Kesian che ki yang akan terkesima sebab begitu idolise dia sebab ala lelaki Melayu terakhir gitu. Aku hanya mampu gelak.
Kedua soalan mendapat jawapan yang sama.
Whatever lah... sempat ler bual panjang ngan Leez gak, ditemani Marsha.
Marsha lak kena laser pasal isu orang perkatakan ngan Mawi. Aku bab tuh aku nak katakan, aku rapat ngan Marsha dari Konsert Prelude.... MENGARUT cita dia bercinta ngan Mawi. Tu je. Trust me.
Kalau mereka yang pernah ikut blog aku, atau pernah bertanyakan benda ni pada aku face to face, tahulah cerita sebenar keakraban mereka.
Suka tak pic Marsha dan Adi menggila tu?
Lepak punya lepak, Lotter lak di bawak masuk oleh Man, pemenang Resume Untuk Mawi tu, yang kini bertugas kat Maestro.
Tak sempat cakap ngan dia, time Jimmy nak masuk bilik da. So semua standby.
Alamak... jerit surprise bila pintu terbuka, tapi dia tak masuk agi. Damn..rosak kejutan.
Jimmy celebrate tak silap aku birthday dia on 13 July, aku 17 July, tapi I think he's 26 (ampun ler kalao silap) aku lak beza bukan je empat hari pada tarikh, but also empat tahun in terms of the number of birthdays.
Makan-makan, kena serang ngan bebudak Trek Selebriti yang wat recording. Damn... perlu ke. Segan. Tanak kena label seperti sparuh orang gila glam bangga muka masuk TV. Perlu ke?
Makan-makan and all, sempat ler sembang ngan Lotter.
Had to sebab budget the next day ada press conference Siti Nurhaliza aku memang tak kan ke Astro untuk elimination press conference Lotter.
Ok ler...dia down to earth and honest.
One thing I can say for Lotter is that he realises kekurangan dia, which is a good sign.
"Lagi baik saya keluar daripada duduk dalam , bang sebab saya tahu ramai tak suka saya."
Aku ngaku aku pun bukan peminat dia, and ada show dia yang hancus nak mampos.
But at the same time, aku pun puji dia wat show cam Azizah, and Chow Kit Road yang berjaya menghiburkan orang, walaupun aku tak impress.
Dia terima memacam teguran dan nasihat. Hah... pepandai ler belajar ek Lotter pasni.
Tak sabar nak belah pas everything da settle.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JIMMY.
Ni lagu besday istimew aku untuk Jimmy.

Happy birthday to you,
Ko memang kertu,
Tak mungkin lagi jambu,
Teruskan hidup sebagai andartu!!!

Pecah perut tengok reaksi Jimmy... amik ko!
By the way, gambar dia pegang telinga tuh bukan apa... bukan karaoke yang nak bagik letop gegendang telinga ok!!! Sebenarnya, Jimmy chicken siot when Lotter started popping the balloons dalam bilik. Aiseh.... tu pun seram ke Jimmy. Serves you right...ko selalu nak surprise ngan microphone ko kan. Merasalah kena torture... (gelak evil tahap Omen)
Gerak sekali ngan Marsha and Adi yang nak bergegas ke KL Sentral nak amik ticket flight untuk Felix.
Aku hantar member balik, then lepak sat kat Shah Alam ngan orang gila.
Esok nya, aku takleh ke Astro untuk PC Lotter... last-last kelam kabut seharian wat cita Siti, my column, as well as extra story pasal Saleem.
Mmmm... apa komen aku pasal Siti Nurhaliza nak kawin Datuk Khalid Mohammad Jiwa?
Selamat pengantin baru to them is all I can say.
Apa pun pandangan masyarakat, they have the right to choose  what they want to in their lives. Orang nak kata apa pasal beza umur, taste Siti dan sebagainya... honestly, I myself wouldn't want people to judge me on who I choose to spend my life with.
Siti, kalau awak baca ni seperti aku pernah singgah sini... congratulations, seikhlasnya daripada saya. Aku ngan ko penah ada salah faham, but I hope everything's ok now. And I support your decision.
Cuma aku harapkan ko jangan terus tinggalkan dunia seni.
Semoga ko dan pilihan hati bahagia selamanya.
Aku rasa orang kena hayati apa yang Siti lalui selama ni. Aku letak pantun yang di ucapkan ayah Siti masa press conference tuh, because I think ada yang tersurat dan tersirat in it.
Masing-masing faham lah apa yang patut. What I think of it, is the same as ada comment yang memberikan tafsiran dalam posting lepas. Korang usha dan renungkan.
Abih je keja da dekat kul 9 malam.
Rushed over to Nikki and Yanie's place, sebab ada small gathering of friends and 'family' to celebrate my birthday.
Full guest list?
Vernon (dia posting sini sebagai Mr. Manager), Fiebie (yang kurang waras), Juan (dah kembali blogging selepas bertapa untuk straightenkan rambut tanpa rebonding), Hatta Dolmat (member designer yang wat baju untuk Fasha Sandha dan Jac masa Anugerah Bintang Popular - ala yang cam pokok Christmas tuh), Rudy, Reza, kak long Zakiah, abang Badrul (my all in one family member), and Jolyn.
Of course, Nikki dan Yani, my baby sisters, ada sekali (siap masak ok tunjuk skill!!!) and a surprise guest in Diddy!!! (tima kasih abang Badrul sebab bak dia)
Gambar bawah ni (from left) Nikki, Diddy, Yanie dan Hatta (feeling mata merah kena silau)

Aku sedih sebab Ning tak sempat abih shooting Diva, and call time awal lak esok, so tak join, but it was nice she called and wished me still. Zahid, my baby bro, too tak jadik mai sebab mesej aku kata mom dia warded nak kena operate, so malam tuh or next day kena rush balik.
Oh... and 'dia' ada sekali. Sebenarnya walaupun aku gembira dia ada sekali, merunsingkan aku gak kehadiran dia. Takyah sebut kenapa. Cuma cukup ler mentraumakan aku for the rest of the night and the next day.
It was a nice, simple birthday with people I love and have helped me much through life, so it made 30 a bit easier to digest.
Yang besh... hah ni nak pecah lobang.
Anugerah ERA nanti ada surprise performance (tak surprise lagik ler aku pecah lobang sini).
Ning akan di back kan by Nikki and Yanie for a new song which will be out soon exclusive on ERA. Tajuknya?
Drama!
Lagu memang lagu dance yang rancak aku full of attitude. Trust me, kita semua lak nari sakan dengar lagu tuh. Tak sabau aku nak dengar kat radio.
And then (walaupun tak dibenarkan cakap ni) dengar dua lagu baru untuk album Ning yang akan datang.
Awmigawd.... walaupun aku tengah tak tul emosi.... suddenly I was carried off by the music and Ning's vocals. If you guys love album Erti Pertemuan, ngan lagu cam Awan Yang Terpilu - you guys are going to be amazed by this album. Another album to look forward to this year selain album Siti Nurhaliza yang dah pun released, Transkripsi.
Ooh... and jangan lupa album Yanie gak... ada surprise (baca balik sapa tamu-tamu malam besday celebration aku ni and you might guess what it is)
Balik tu, aku happy campur sedih. Entah... emosi aku memang tak stabil.
Sepanjang ari tak stabil je emo aku... I don't know how to settle into being 30.
I feel like I'm ten years younger. Masa time aku jumpa bebudak sekolah rendah aku recently pun, aku rasa ler aku paling bebudak antara meka sebab aku masih cam carefree and so upbeat. Erm... maybe it's all in the mind je kot.
Anyway today was a sombre day spent gathering my thoughts.
Apapun aku kena wish ler everyone of you out there, too many to name, yang hantar aku ucapan birthday, and all your lovely messages that made things so much more easier for me to go through. Sorry I can't reply anyone sebab ramai sangat!!!
So for everyone yang wish aku (and yang tak sempat walaupun berhajat), I love you guys!!!! You guys rock!!! Thanks so much for being a part of my life, even those of you who may be strangers to me in real life.
Pada mereka yang inginkan ulasan dan carutan Akademi Fantasia aku, sorry cause the last two days aku tak sempat. Ari ni aku kembali, (hopefully) ngan lebih statement kebinatangan... aku will do my best ok!
Lagu tugasan minggu aku takkan ketinggalan post, so here it is. Lagu tugasan minggu ni.

Amirul - Jatuh (Adam AF2)
Faizal - Smells Like Teen Spirit (Nirvana)
Farhan - Emosi (Sheila Majid)
Haziq - I Need To Know (Marc Anthony)
Velvet - Penantian (Harmoni)
Lagu Bonus - Bila Rindu (Ruffedge)
Lagu Bonus - Aku Sudah Jatuh Cinta (Norsheila Amin)
Lagu Bonus - Cinta (Melly Goeslow & Kris Dayanti)

Komen aku?
Amirul dapat lagu yang vocal range sewaktu ngan dia iaitu Adam. Please-lah.. haiyo!!! Ramai lagik ler betina bawah umo yang ngundi dia pakai kredit/bil mak bapak.
Faizal dapat Nirvana aku tak heran. In fact, aku nak thank Astro sebab finally bagi dia dan Haziq lagu omputeh.
And on my birthday too!!!
Aku kira tu hadiah daripada Astro tuk aku ler...
But Nirvana dia leh cover dia punya vocal flaw banyak, and even lyrics. Wish it had been more challenging. Kalao nak tolong dia vocal aspect bagi rock pun, bagi ler Coldplay ke or something yang bukan lagu budak 13 tahun pun tahu. Sheesh... meka bagi lagu omputeh bagi yang cukup syarat je nak tolong. If he fails this, memang patut kena sebat je.
Farhan? I think it'll be up her alley, and after berminggu di uji, I think she deserves a song like this which is averagely up her street.
Haziq will be a laugh and that's all I can say.
Lagu Velvet susah aku nak judge sebab aku tatau (ataupun tak ingat). Nanti aku carik or tonton Diari tengok camna.
Aku tak stuju tul... tak paham asik lagu Ruffedge jadi pilihan musim Akademi Fantasia kali ni.
Lagu Aku Sudah Jatuh Cinta bakal jadi lagu joget lambat presentation ala Hari Penyampaian Hadiah cam minggu lepas ketika Saya Anak Malaysia, while Cinta akan menampilkan hanya, again, kekuatan Farhan dan Velvet, ngan Amirul vocally jauh tecicir banding ngan Haziq dan Faizal.
Oh one more thing. Malam tadi aku tengok preview tiga episod siri terbaru yang akan mula ditayangkan tonight over TV3, iaitu Ejen 016.

Cita ni aku tengok tiga siri masa preview semalam, best gak ler.Aku akan update on it as they show it, sebab tanak ler jump the gun.
First of all, the ad campaign for this show is amazing. Kelakar gak ler.
Meka kuar iklan program ni yang kelakar aku dengar, sampai ada sekolah yang nak gi camping Ulu Yam leh call pihak akhbar nak sahkan tul ke tak sebab trip meka upcoming.
Either the ad is really good, or really the saying is true that there's a you know what born every minute.
Visually, for the small screen, it's quite a breath of fresh air ler sebab bosan ngan memacam drama swasta nak layan.
Daripada shots dia, nampak influence CSI, 24 and even a bit of Baywatch (korang tengok korang pahamler bab Baywatch tuh - in slow mo lagik ok).
The plot centres pasal meteor ni. Experts from Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam predict the coming of the meteor.
What's so special? Said meteor comes with legend that memang kehebatan meteor tak terkata ler nilai dia.
Bad guy steals meteor knowing of its power, pastuh a special unit (headed by Apek... aduh!) is sent to retrieve it as unknowingly pada the baddie (Mustafa Kamal yang nampak cam Amitabh Bachan lak - or DJ Dave kalao ko ingat posting aku sebelum ni) that the world is going to go ka-boom soon.
Aku tanak review lebih... korang kena la tengok sendiri.
Cast list dia impressive abih! Tapi aku punya personal favourite sebab ada Saiful Apek and Ida Nerina and Aleeza Kassim (with a new hairdo ala Natalie Imbruglia).
Ramai lagik ler... babe factor dia dapat ler five star ranking.
Pada peminat Akademi Fantasia, tunggu kemunculan Adam. Ada banyak cameo dalam siri ni so setiap episode korang betul-betul kena watch out.
Lawak tul Apek. Favourite scene aku tetap tima semua ejen kuar libas rambut, Apek lak sekali.... (gelak jatuh kerusi sat)... korang usha sendiri la.
Malam ni at 9.30pm.
Ok ler...panjang tol aku punya posting. Tomorrow posting lagik ler.
Hope korang puas entry balas dendam dua ari senyap ni.
Going to sleep now... 30 year-olds can't take the pace lasting until 4am ni...

"Berapa jauh rumah puteri
Berteman dan berkereta
Betapa susah melepaskan Siti
Macam-macam tohmahan dan sengketa"

Taruddin Ismail

So the news is out.
Sah Siti Nurhaliza dan Datuk Khalid Jiwa akan mendirikan rumahtangga.
Because of that aku banyak sangat keja nak abihkan. Teringat dulu masa wat gossip a very long time ago pasal Siti dan Datuk K gi shopping.
Masa benda ni in development, memacam aku kena layan orang kata fitnah.
What can I say?
Gossip and speculation sometimes is truth that cannot be told.
Aku akan update lebih about everything later sebab rushing sikit ni.
Nak kuar makan ngan kengkawan for my brithday and hopefully catch the Diari in the process.
Banyak nak kongsi. Semalam ada surprise birthday untuk Jimmy Shanley. Atas jemputan peribadi krew Trek Selebriti, aku pun gi ler... happy birthday Jimmy.
Dia celebrate on 13 July tak silap aku. 26 kan umo skang?
Masa kat KL Tower semalam lepak ngan Leez dan Lotter.
Banyak gak cita dicungkil. Boleh ke dikongsi? Nanti aku fikirkan.
Everything and pictures will be uploaded later tonight.
Thanks to everyone yang komen, letak mesej, SMS dan call aku untuk wish me for my birthday.
It is touching to know at times like this, that even total strangers have become like family because they share my thoughts... my life through my blog.
30... now what?

*Dapat berita kurang sedap. Mama Zahid masuk wad sebab nak operation. Doa-doa kan mama akan selamat dan sihat ok...

Malas nak tulis pepanjang sebab bila aku tulis pepanjang da halfway, PC bangang freeze lak sebab overload haper ntah (PC pun tak tahan kot banyak sangat carutan aku)
So this round aku kena wat balik, shorter sikit sebab tak larat nak buat balik sama cam before this. But then cakap je kan... last-last panjang berjela gak.
First of all, I just want to share my mood going into the concert was anything but ideal.
Again, sorry to those I have not been picking up calls. Bukan apa, I just want to be left alone. The trauma of turning 30 and all... and for those who are curious, it's not because of the 30 figure, but something kind of related... hanya 'dia' and a few close friends tahu.
Speaking of 'dia' - that was another reason for my mood swings... but no use blaming on others what comes from yourself right?
Another reason why I couldn't focus the earlier part of the night, sebab selain dari aku rasa KESEMUA persembahan pelajar-pelajar Akademi substandard to their actual potential, I spotted someone I haven't seen for some time.
'Dia' pernah hadir dalam hidup aku, and the pain just came flooding back. Lantak lah apa pun berlaku, dan apa pun dia nak katakan... SMS dalam Nokia aku tetap menjadi saksi kebenaran.
Just for that moment tengok dia, frustration, anger, disappointment... everything just came flooding back to me. Rasa nak balik je...
Sebelum aku ilang mood, on to the review sebelum commentary aku manjang nak mencarut banyak benda.
Tapi aku nak cakap satu benda lagik sebelum meneruskan carutan.
Apa hal lak si Haziq and Amirul tuh emo nangis cam haper jer tuh?
I mean fine ler sedih and all, but overdose lak nangis sampai meleleh hingus pelbagai. Tengok pic di bawah sebagai contoh.

And speaking of Amirul, somebody get him a haircut. Having long hair is fine, but his shaggy mane is ridiculous.
Dahler terpaksa layan dia punya pokok kelapa 24-7 in the Diari, ni time konsert memanjang ngadap rambut dia yang merimaskan top muka dia.
How bad is it getting? Here's a visual reference to what his hair reminds me of.

Now do you guys believe me? Well.... if that hair is supposed to be stylo... something's wrong with the fashion sense or lack thereof that goes into that. Ok.. ok... now on to the review yang lebih penting.

Lagu Bonus - Hips Don't Lie (Shakira feat. Wyclef Jean)
Simply put, dak perempuan semua above average.
Budak lelaki semua sodih!
Apa dia? Edry kata Amirul and Lotter stood out?
You got to be joking! Ok ok... aku ngaku they stood out... but for all the wrong reasons.
Siti was however more accurate noting yang meka ni tak work together as a team and everyone was just doing their own thing.
Rating klubbkidd :  (Dua bintang untuk dak pompuan punya vocals dan juga bootylicious moves dari Leez. Dak laki semua props je. Amirul dan Lotter dapat sepaket Strepsils dari aku manakala Haziq dan Faizal dapat buku teks Bahasa Inggeris Tahun 4 terbitan Fajar Bakti)

Amirul - Oh No Kamu (V.E.) 
Horrible!!!
Let this pain end now!!! Please!!!!
What else can you say about this... erm... whatever you choose to call him.
Malas... malas... malas....
Somebody teach him to sing. Where dia tak sumbang, he was flat (and the flatness conquered most parts of the song)
Dia ni kalao tak dance, takleh survive on stage.
Kena kritik pun takleh tima hakikat. Muka da toya semacam.
Siti gave the best comment.
Good thing about your performance : You look cute and many horny females (and some males) will vote you.
Bad thing about your performance : You can't sing.
Well, she did something like that ma.... tak caya dengar balik apa Siti cakap. read between the lines lah of course.
Rating klubbkidd :  (Sebab tu ler average, tak der ler like an accident but still quite a wreck. Bonus satu bintang untuk komen Adlin "KO dengan topi ko belah balik sekarang)

Farhan - Meniti Titian Usang (Search) 
Not her best performance, but vocally going technique, she did among the best for the night.
Siti was right kata tanak sentuh pasal soal penguasaan teknik vocal dia, and I agree on the part "Kecundang" tuh... memang dia kecundang.
But with that said, she did something quite miraculous with the song, though I too wish lebih ler sikit penghayatan.
Again, I know how hard it is for more R&B based singers to adapt to the minimalistic style of rock.
Yang dok kutuk dia takleh wat high note... range dia cover quite high per, cuma dia takder ler Mariah Carey.
I think it's ridiculous bab Farhan ni, orang kritikal sebab dia takleh tinggi. Lotter leh ke? Haziq tinggi ke? (tinggi sangat ler sampai dapat nama Tora) Amirul? (tu lagik teruk... range sama ngan horn keta aku je)
Even though Velvet has the advantage of higher range, pada masa yang sama, Velvet tak mampu wat lower notes.
Bab baju Farhan memang salah...pening aku tengok.
Looks like Yoda da gunakan kuasa dia influence fashion at Astro's productions in one way or another and ugliness continues to spread.
And what is up with Adlin nak komen rapuh bab ni.
Nak tegur pompuan kena 'lembut'? Kalau tak gedik tuh dia tak puas ati ke???
Seriously I think that man better change his views of women la.
So demeaning.
Siti was more accurate again in her comments. Siti jadik pengkritik tetap leh tak?
Rating klubbkidd :  (She still rocks!!!)

Faizal - Dealova (Once)
Ok...seriously, apart from lack of coordination of his limbs kan (terbukti masaalah pergerakan yang di alami oleh Faizal ketika menari), someone instil a character... any kind of character and not just a cold fish variety into this boy.
Masa dia leaning against the wall masa start, I think he matched it.
Both Faizal and the wall have the same amount of charm, charisma and personality... and perhaps... even the same ability to execute the most simplest and basic of choreography.
This is definitely not a challenging song for Faizal.
Dia lebih dari mampu kalau ikutkan range and had only minor glitches, but he lacked any real emotion.
Cam owang mabuk hoyong-hayang.
Time ngan Leez, she became a prop yang tak digunakan, and only after faizal was back alone baru nak nampak emo and feel dari Pejal ni sikit.
Edry kata meka ni kena cam badut... kena give in demands penonton. Ek???
Well dry was right on this one. Faizal memang nampak cam badut.
Siti lak kata dia ni nampak lurus. Are you sure Siti? Lurus ke bengkok sapa tau kan (gelak evil tahap maksima teringat a heart shaped sepanduk yang pink with pink glitter and a pink feather boa border tuk Faizal)
Adlin lak kata dia bagus sebab dia ada something orang lain takde. Erm... that's not a good thing tau.
Just because you have something, doesn't mean you're good. Herpes, syphillis and various STDs make that rule the exception.. apart from uncoordinated limbs lah.
Rating klubbkidd :  

Velvet - Caramu (Nikki)
Kalau Farhan didn't give her best show... Velvet gave her worst show.
Sedih aku tengok banyak sangat mistakes dia.
Lupa lirik... tak sampai notes.... semput... almost no vocal control.
Still it was a difficult song, and aku glad that at least it proves my point that Caramu is not an easy song to sing.
Baru korang tau hebat gak si Nikki leh wat lagu ni live and dance at the same time. Hopefully people give more respect to this song now, and tak anggap semua lagu dance-based ni flat cam Ezlynn punya Hi Hi Bye Bye.
Soal baju, what's up lah with that get-up?
Kan sesuai kalao dia pakai tuh masa dia wat lagu Run Baby Run?
Hish... salah konsep tahap gaban.
Faizal lak horrible gila... trust me I don't think that was disengajakan.
Surprise Zahid tu aku rasa patutnya tak start dari awal and we only have Aznil to thank for pandai cover.
As horrible as this was, Edry leh kata this was the only entertaining show so far.
One word je la nak sebut soal kredibiliti komen camtu - ELITE (we know how well they sang).
And what's up dia nak komen saiz lak... tak kena mengena kalao patutnya dia komen vocal performance.
Siti was fair, and Adlin was right about being centred, tapi kenapa si Faizal cam orang mabuk jalan tak betul tu dia tak tegur bab tuh lak? And Velvet was dancing lak tuh... pelik aku.
Rating klubbkidd : (Rasa bersalah lak samakan ngan Amirul - but this is one performance yang bad because of a difficult song je. Jangan lupa AFUNDI Velvet gak tau!)

Lotter - Chow Kit Road (Sudirman)
He started ok, but after first chorus... semput lak.
Dia teragak-agak sebab nak pastikan tak lupa lirik.
It was a decent performance with a fun, strong song, and even though I didn't think too much of his actual show, aku kena akur yang dia berjaya menghiburkan audience.
Still, is that enough once out in the real world?
He didn't do that bad... and he was not the worst, whether by the night's performance or overall, and he didn't deserve to go as much as compared to Haziq.
Rating klubbkidd :  (Satu bintang bonus untuk komen Adlin " Ko boleh balik sekarang".) By the way korang notice tak Adlin kata kan, "Ko boleh balik sekarang, dan balik final nanti"? Amik ko... memang Lotter balik... dan akan balik masa final... as a member of the audience (gelak evil part two)

Haziq - Tak Seindah Wajah (Tan Sri S.M Salim)
First thing kena cakap.
Aku meluat ngan 'kejutan' iklan yang promo Haziq... nampak ada agenda je nak promosi Haziq ni.
Tapi sebab pakai Aiman, 'anak buah' iklan tu jadik funny lak. Tambah agik sora dia is the voice talent of abang Badrul, aku happy gak ler. Lawat ler blog dia yang cita pengalaman tuh.
After that I just fell asleep attempting to follow Haziq's performance.
'Terjaga' time comments and stuju ngan Siti again on the fact that the Akademi is not for him.
Even Edry kata walaupun noble dia ni nak maintain aslin throughout (merasalah carutan sebenarnya) the show was not for Haziq.
Rating klubbkidd :   

Leez - Ku Gembira Disampingmu (Khatijah Ibrahim)
She was ok, but the song was just so unchallenging. Takyah komen lebih, but I don't see how seminggu di Akademi membantu dia sebab sama je ngan masa dia perform kat Konsert Prelude.
Kesian dok dalam tu jadik mangsa fantasi Haziq je.
Well, at least dapat ler barang sponsor kan, Leez?
Rating klubbkidd :   

Lagu Bonus - Lemas (Ruffedge)
Huh???
Buang masa je lagu ni, harmoni tak wujud... apa gunanya?
Everyone was just... average.
Boring.
Rating klubbkidd :   

Lagu Bonus - Saya Anak Malaysia (Dr. Sam)
Some songs shouldn't be performed for competition.
Kalau nak sangat wat lagu ni, perform ler time Konsert Reunion Akademi Fantasia masa Merdeka ke... or any other occasion.
I think it was not an intelligent performance.
Baik wat lagu Gali Lubang dari Salih Yaacob.
Rating klubbkidd :   (Kalau nak bagi more than one star, hanya kalao ini persembahan Hari Penyampaian Hadiah  Sekolah Rendah Kebangsaan Kampung Pelir Hitam - that is a real place in Sarawak ok)

Malas nak komen lebih.
This concert was just boring.
Too difficult choice of songs for the girls, being too far out of the comfort zone pelajar perempuan, manakala bebudak laki tuh semua di manjakan je.
Aku tak kisah...
Faizal better get an English song, and a dance one at that, while Haziq better get an R&B lagu, preferbaly English too.
Sebab tu dua lagu leh membunuh yang meka memang kena buktikan mampu.
Kalao tak, ini membuktikan Akademi Fantasia biased dan seolah mempunyai agenda tanak exploit the weakness of these two students padahal pelajar lain da kena macam-macam!!!
One more thing, what is wrong with Adlin!!!
First pasal komen dia pasal Farhan, kata kena lembut ler haper ler. That is already so chavinistic of him to try and pigeonhole perempuan dalam kategori stereotype.
Then the worst was komen dia pada Leez, that she takyah wat album and that she can become his secreatary.
SEXIST!!!
Adlin Aman Ramlie is officially a chauvinistic male oinker!
First nak offend bab penagih... now women?
Molot main lepas satu hal... to be downright mean is another.
Dia lahir camna lak nak hina kaum hawa nih. Hish....
Ok ler... malas royan agik... dah kul berapa ni.
Korang check out these links below for some interesting reviews.
mentallydisturbed (peminat Adlin Aman Ramlie)
badrulaftersix (peminat Haziq)
maddox24 (peminat Lotter)