Where the hell is my mojo????

Aiyo... tua-tua nih (tua la gak umo nak masuk 33 nih), susah tol nak menghapal. Daya ingatan da mula nan ado katanya. Yeap... still working on the Malique and Najwa tune - Kau Yang Punya. Merasalah! Cam aku lak yang nak perform.

Hari ni kesibukan yang amat nak abihkan kerja yang tersadai. After done, rushed to the Akademi.

Walaopon rasa nak absent kan diri, tak sanggup sebenarnya (walaopon sora garau feeling cam sex maniac time call orang kat phone ngan this breathy, husky sound).

Cabaran demi cabaran... at this point, aku bukan sahaja yakin musim Akademi Fantasia ni as good as the best season in musim kedua, I now believe that they have surpassed even that.

Why do I say that? In terms of personality, memang meka cam bebudak kuarga Fantasia musim kedua. Colourful, different... and REAL! Not hamming it up for the cameras.

In terms of talent, they're also quite a diverse range of voices, with very different influences.

What I mean when I say they may have just become the BEST season of Akademi Fantasia ever, is simply due to the fact that I cannot imagine anyone of them leaving the show on Saturday after the concert.

Seriously, soalan aku paling kerap dapat - is who will leave this week.

And HONESTLY!!!! I have no answer. Voting trends are crazy! It's all over the place. Anyone can go at the last minute, and I'm not joking.

Talent wise, and attitude wise, I think all the kids dapat ciom bau final da, so they're all doubling their efforts, and nearly losing their sanity trying to beat themselves.

Yes, the competition bukan lagi against each other. I'm glad the kids are holding on to what I told them in my session, two weeks ago, that the real competition is THEIR OWN SELVES!

Why do I say that? Because if they screw up on stage... no one caused them to do that. The blame can only be on them, no matter what.

It doesn't matter how high or low their performance is in comparison to the others. They have to better their own performance, not for the sake of the show, but for the sake of justifying the amount of money fans are pouring into the AFUNDI for them, sebagai biasiswa untuk mereka teruskan lagi pengajian mereka untuk lagi seminggu.

Want to know something?

In terms of ratings, the show is consistently (tak silap ek, aku takde figures, ni dapat verbal reports je) over a million viewers for the concert alone, dan peaking at 500,000 for the Diari. Amik ko!!!

And sapa berani kata Akademi Fantasia da hilang sengat?

In terms of AFUNDI, I am glad to say that musim keenam, according to what I've heard, has beaten musim Akademi Fantasia keempat, kelima dan keenam so far at this point. In fact, in terms of figures, it's now hot on the tails of musim ketiga.

So takyah ok yang negatif tu kata Astro nak wat AFMASUK demi nak SMS lagik.

And also pada mereka yang masih tak paham kenapa kekadang korang AFUNDI, AFUNDI dan AFUNDI tapi peratusan tak berganjak... it's because even 1% is something like beribu (belasan, puluh - depending on when you vote sebab time Konsert the numbers da swell maximum!)

But are the kids justifying it? Hell yeah!

Semua kerja keras gila.

Tapi hari ni spent more time ngan Hafiz to work on memorising the lyrics. Dia da hapal verse one and two more or less. Needs some final touch up, and abihkan verse three.

He also needs to work on what parts to stress on in the lyrics sikit agik.

Yazid seems to be doing fine so far, and he seems to be keeping tabs on bab sebutan dia.

Aishah is dealing with her performance routine for Flora Cinta, while Claudia seems to be all out on When Ur Gone.

Aril skang putting his personal touches on Nakal and Akim nampaknya ready tuk take on Situasi.

Aiyo... panassss.. panassss... panasssssss!!! It's scary how this week's concert will go. I know I'm going to cry sangat no matter who goes. Damn!

Apapon, comic relief sikit, layan bebudak wat choreography tuk lagu bonus. The boys kelakar siot masa Fiona, and the girls worked on their routine for Untukmu, which is a tribute to Feminin. Merasalah aku dok gelak.. nostalgia hawau!! Teringat zaman sekolah dulu.

It's going to be aa hard couple of days before the concert, but hoping for the best.

Esok pening lak banyak kena wat. Pagi pagi da kena ke Astro. Nak temankan Faz for something. Apa dia? Tunggu je!!! You'll know soon!

Ok la... korang layan Diari. I need some sleep.