Welcome home my fellow Malaysians!

Awal pagi rajin lak nak post entry baru kan.

First of all, I just want to say welcome home for our 12 Malaysians who were on board the Gaza-bound humanitarian aid flotilla, Mavi Marmara.

Syukur seribu syukur... praise God for their safe return.

Watching them walk through the halls of the airport was a happy moment.

Cuma sayang lah... saat kegembiraan mereka I felt, was marred. Some 300 people welcomed them home. Too bad nampak cam ramai tak perlu. Personal opinion jek.

For me, cukup la heads of state led by Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin - our deputy Prime Minister, family and close friends as well as media.

We want to welcome them home, not put on a circus.

Sibuk lak ramai, sampai aku tengok tukang pakai vest Security pon tak dok jaga, snappy pics lak.

Apapon, congratulations to Astro Awani for a job well done for the live coverage. It's a good start to a beautiful Sunday morning.

Also to add, while I'm happy for our Malaysian to return safe, tapi aku harap sangat people don't laungkan the word hero.

The real heroes are those (macam blogger ni pon ada tweet) - are those who prayed for them, those who secured their release and for me too, those who are still fighting injustice, not just there, but everywhere around the world.

Let's not lose perspective of things here. No one won a war. We can be thankful, but jangan nak over celebrate.

Apapon... great to have you guys back.

Off track sikit.

Of course most of you know I am one of the featured bloggers of Project Alpha season two which is a reality Internet show by Nuffnang. Mine was recorded masa pergi ke Sarawak for the audition of Akademi Fantasia 8 there.

It was a pain in the butt to have cameras following me everywhere - but kinda fun I suppose. Makes me want to have a reality show of my own where everyone can see me bitch about the world. What you seee is very U rating. I want something 18SX! Heh!

AF8 has come and gone, but it's like a trip back in time, kan?

See if you can spot Farina in the video (part five).

Selama Akademi Fantasia, aku tak cakap pon sapa yang aku kenal kan yang aku penah katakan? Well it was Farina. Masa tengok dia lepas stage four aku happy banget!!!! Daus pon kenal aku masa jumpa aku kat audition cause dia pon ujibakat on the same day. See if you can spot him in the video too.

Anyway korang layan je la ek. Me got fun Sunday planned. Yeay! For now lapar... so nak carik makan jap. Just watch the damn video already! Everything's in a playlist, so click play and enjoy.

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RIP Paul Gray

I know I was supposed to put in an entry on the 'Autopsi' series, tapi serious hari ni memang aku takde mood.

Woke up to tweets about the passing of Paul Dedrick Gray (April 8, 1972 – May 24, 2010), also known by the name number #2, or The Pig. If you are guys layan Slipknot, you'd know he's the bassist.

The metal world has lost yet another talent in the last few months alone after Peter Steele of Type O Negative and Dio.

I was lucky enough to have met #2 and the rest of Slipknot (apart from interview Corey and Joey - #8 and #1) and had the chance to hang out with them backstage for several hours, just hanging out with them and watching them play basketball and fool about.

Got to see them all unmasked.. and masked (scary shit live - but I remember Pig and Clown as very friendly and easy going, despite not having interviewed them).

Their live set was amazing. I'd never seen a show like their before. So much so after seeing them - Linkin Park was nothing but a boyband to me.

Paul Gray - rest in peace and keep rockin' wherever you are. Wonder if Slipknot will be the same...

PS - I treasure my Slipknot autographed poster more than ever now...

PPS - Will update tomorrow.

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Happiness at your feet

Kalao ikutkan hari nih memang bad mood babas!

Mana taknya... dalam kesibukan aku... ada yang nak undang kemarahan aku dengan perangai cam lahanat.

Kita sibuk kejar sana sini, pikir kawan nya pasal yang da kenal lama ajak lunch skali, kita pon usaha berkejaran. Ada lak dia yang ajak, dia yang ok.. pastuh dia yang kencing entah ke mana bagi kita tunggu kat umah dia nak jemput agik.

Padahal dia dah kuar! Aiyo... memang mintak penyepak! Pastu nak salahkan kita lak.. kata kita yang beriya ajak la.. kita yang slalu lewat la... kita tuh kita nih... susah orang camni bodoh sombong babiks!

Hasilnya dalam aku ngamuk sakan, dah... buang! Tekan butang DELETE je orang camni! Walaopon aku kenal dari sekolah, nak dekat 20 tahun, kalao perangai tuh macam bebudak tak reti hormat masa orang - gi mampos lagik baik. I don't need unnecessary drama and all this negativity, so memang aku tak sayang dan tak rugi nak buang 'kawan' kalao camni.

Letih nak melayan yang feeling diva... WALAOPON!!!!

But today memang serious sibuk berkejaran meeting bagai. Memang balik ni nak terus KO. Esok lak awal pagik da kena kuar... berapa hari ni memang aku look forward to the weekend je. I am so stretched, that it's not funny.

Tapi kan... satu je benda wat aku senyum ari ni.

These are my most comfortable Gucci mocassins. Signature olive and red webbing with silver horsebit.. aku suka sangat. Kasut malas yang memang selesa gila of the four (oops!) I own (matilah.. gila kasut sampai nak empat!)

Dalam aku sayang gila ngan kasut ni, I was catching on upcoming releases, and there was this movie from 1987 - Wall Street, which will be remade. The 'sequel' Wall Street : Money Never Sleeps (or also known as Wall Street 2) is slated for release September 2010.

It stars Michael Douglas, Josh Brolin, Carey Mulligan, as well as Shia Labeouf. Yang pentingnya... perasan tak pics dari movie nih, si Shia ni pakai kasut apa? Aku suka! Aku suka! Aku suka!

Matilah katanya benda camni pon leh make my day. Yes, shoes are therapeutic.

Eh.... meanwhile. Korang kalao pelik kenapa aku tak link videos Diari, jangan tanya. Aku seriously rasa Diari Akademi Fantasia skang memang buang masa. Kalao korang nak tengok, layan sendiri kat Youtube. Once in a while aku akan komen perkembangan... tapi da masuk empat minggu nih... aku rasa pemerhatian aku semua sama da... da nothing different.

Cuma aku akan terus link video Konsert (for now) pada ujung minggu, serta Debaran hado so korang leh layan review aku sambil tengok video tuh compare kebenaran (gituh!)

By the way... if you are interested ... nih lagu tugasan bebudak tuk minggu nih

Alif - Hanya Di Radio (Headwind)

Daus - Mirage (Pesawat)

Iwan - Kekasih Gelapku

Maulana - Biarlah (Vince)

Shahir - Always be My Baby (David Cook)

Adira - Biarlah (Nidji)

Ain - Kawan (Ruhil Amani)

Farina - Teruskanlah (Agnes Monica)

Nad - Realiti Dewi (Alyah)

Ok la.. aku nak tidur sangat. Tak kuasa dah.... zzzz

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BB apps

Ari ni malas sangat sebab panas ya amat, so keja main godek apps for Blackberry je. Ni aku nak kongsi applications you MUST have on the Blackberry 9700/Bold 2/Onyx.

This will hopefully help some people, especially those I know to make their Blackberrys more useful (aku kenal some ada Blackberry berketul dan da pakai lama tapi hampeh tau how to use it)

Ni my personal list of apps I have been trying and which I think is absolutely the best to have on your phone without just wasting space in your memory for having it. Kalao korang nak, online je ngan your BB and click the download links for direct access and download to your phone.

Sapa pakai BB yang masih pakai bebola tuh, pepandai la godek sendiri. My recommended site is Blackberry Seeker. They have the best listings of apps, themes and games there.

Hope you guys have fun downloading these and that your Blackberry becomes a one-stop comm centre after this.

Here's my list of MUST HAVES on the Blackberry (specifically the Onyx). From your phone, just click the links for download for immediate OTA download and install.

Blackberry Messenger 5.0 (CLICK HERE FOR INFO AND DOWNLOAD)

Do I even need to elaborate why you need this? Unless you are not subscribing to BBM (and what a waste if you aren't... what's the point of having a BB then?), this application is like du-uh - WAJIB! There are other hybrid messengers out there integrating other applications with the Blackberry Messenger, but I like my BBM to be stand alone. For integrated messengers, search Pairingo, WhatsApp or IMplus.

Don't forget to add Yahoo! Messenger, MSN Messenger or even Skype for Blackberry if you have those accounts if like me you prefer those stand-alone apps.

UberTwitter - (CLICK HERE FOR INFO AND DOWNLOAD)

For those who tweet, this is a must have. There are many apps out there for Twitter on Blackberry, but I find Ubertwitter the best after having testing out a few. Not perfect, but enough to satisfy tweeting on the go. Also enables Tweetphoto, so linking a pic to a tweet has never been easier. From your gallery, terus send ke Ubertwitter with whatever caption. Takes just seconds (unless your line is crappy)

Facebook - (CLICK HERE FOR INFO AND DOWNLOAD)

Ok, so you can get on Facebook online, but this app makes it so much easier if you're only doing the basic functions. Condensed version of Facebook. Again, like BBM, there are a lot of integrated apps out there which combines Facebook with other social media... but I wanted specifically for Facebook.

Also out there are apps for Myspace.

FlashOn - (CLICK HERE FOR INFO AND DOWNLOAD)

While there are apps out there which use the LED light as a torch, Flashon is my personal favourtie (and almost a secret because no one I know has this app - yet... for now.. lepas ni tatau la).

Instead of just the sodih punya LED, it turns on the blinding flash for the Blackberry Onyx into a torchlight. Good for those moments in the dark. Yes, your phone has multiple uses.

BeBuzz - (CLICK HERE FOR INFO AND DOWNLOAD)

This free version of BeBuzz rocks! You know that blinking red LED that lights up everytime you get a call/missed call/message?

Change the colour NOW! To every colour possible. It basically allows you to use that function. Tak caya, tengok buktinya in the video below. Abaikan kejinjangan Onyx aku with the disco function. Heh... trust me... it's a display of the colours available.

Aku pasang disco light for the call-in function. And set white for missed call. But customize it how you wish.

Where's My Phone - (CLICK HERE FOR INFO AND DOWNLOAD)

This is a miracle app. If you misplace your phone, even if it's on silent, you can now find it with this app. Likewise kalao kena kebas (tapi harapan tetap tipis la nak recover).

What it does is link to your emails associated with your Blackberry. All you have to do if you can't find your phone, is send an email to the address associated with your phone and it will go crazy.

The full version siap ada GPS nak detect your phone but the free is enough I think, especially kekadang letak phone entah mana terlupa.

Call Blocker Pro - (CLICK HERE FOR INFO AND DOWNLOAD)

I use to have something like this on my Nokia. This works like a charm. Though I don't know why this is missing a whitelist, but the blacklist itself is good. Basically it can block out private numbers, numbers not in your contacts or all calls if you wish or just any idiots harassing you.

Amik ko.

PS - Pada kengkawan, I know how this app works, so jangan pepandai nak block aku lak. Matilah ko!

So that's among the apps I can share. Do you have a favourite? If you do, share it with me! Nanti aku kongsikan ada app lain dalam phone aku. Banyak sangat...

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I am connected!

Hari ni tak la sibuk sangat. Tapi still tak larat nak update. Motif? Senang saja.

I've been busy - getting connected to the world!

Matilah propah beriya katanya.

Sebenarnya camni. Aku ni jenis resist changes sometimes. Like when it came to Facebook. Aku mengalah and joined only because I was forced on it by my sister. Skang aku lak lebih lebih online sampai nak bukak fan page tuk pembaca blog ni bagai. Matilah sehari pon tak berlalu di mana I don't log on to my Facebook (merasalah ada menteri kata orang cam aku ni hanyut dengan ciptaan Amerika).

Then there was Twitter. Again, I resisted the best I could. Still.. I crossed over to the dark side. I'm one of the weak ones that minister was talking about. Matilah...

And today, I armed myself more with creations of evil! I am now connected to the world! Shock! Horror!

Kalao dulu aku da tolak Maxis broadband aku yang hado. Skang aku dapat satu agik broadband. Dapat pree setahun agik! Thank you P1 for my W1GGY!

Er.. getting W1GGY with it? Bad word play...

I got it over the weekend tapi tak dapat test sebab takleh pakai on Mac - which is the laptop of choice for travelling with me. Laptop PC dok umah je skang.

Tapi skang, with this, I may be one of those weirdos lugging about both laptops. Er... kalao tak I'll get one of those ultra small laptops. Aduh...

And to cap off being connected insanely for 24 hours round the clock gituh... I have now succumbed to - the Blackberry!

And not just any Blackberry. The sleeker, more awesome, recently launched Blackberry 9700 @ Bold 2 @ Onyx. Merasalah. Aku on Facebook, Twitter, Yahoo Messenger dan sebagainya 24/7! Matilah aku pasnih tak tidur. Ni pon nak install memacam sampai tengah malam ni melayan!

If that's not enough, since this phone is dedicated for my work matters, layan Blackberry Messenger ngan kengkawan. Ashraf Sinclair antara first person mintak BBM PIN aku. Heh.. mampuih aku melayan chat je pasnih memandangkan free jerk. So kengkawan dalam media, artis, pengurus, PR dan sebagainya yang pakai Blackberry - apa tunggu - mesej kan aku your PIN so we can connect.

Yang bestnya data plan semua office yangs settle kan plus a huge subsidised voice call and SMS billing. Aku suka! Tepuk tangan sambil menari Jingli Nona sat.

So pasnih, rancak la lagik aku dapat blog ketika kerja. Merasalah.

This is a good time for you guys to add me on Twitter and on klubbkidd.com punya Facebook fan page. The links are at the top

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Pesta Malam Indonesia 3

One of the best events I went to last year was the Pesta Malam Indonesia 2.

Gila, tak happening??!!! Ada Samsons dan Sheila On 7! Of course there were so many other acts like Ungu, Peterpan and Slank which are definite favourites in my book as well... and Dewi Dewi.

Tapi serious aku moshing gila masa Samsons dan Sheila sebab memang I know every song from them since gilakan meka dari zaman dahulukala (macam betul jerk)

If you guys read my past entry, you would know just how much fun it was. Walaopon ada yang kata venue ketika tuh kat Bukit Kiara Equestrian Park jauh dan tak kena, in reality, that is still one of the best spots to freak out. Nama pon pesta... kena la festival vibe sikit with wide open spaces and a humongous stage to kick things off kan. Do I even need to mention the kick-ass bands?

And the tickets were more than affordable, so masa tuh aku ingat agik kita turun berempat.

Walaopon pas opening number Dewi Dewi finished mula hujan, just before Samsons came on, takde hal! Semangat meka performing, honestly was worth getting drenched for.

Tengok je pics time tuh.







I stayed on almost to the end, tapi missed out on Slank who was last, sebab dah tak larat by that time. Serious... it takes serious energy to get down with the crowd. Energy running high the whole day... and night.

For those yang are wondering what the hey is Pesta Malam Indonesia, it's actually a music festival bringing together the hottest Indonesian acts on one stage.
The first was April 2006 with Dewa, Gigi, Padi, Ada Band, Cokelat, Ungu, Ratu and Ari Lasso.

The second was in August 2008 as mentioned with Dewi Dewi, Samsons, Sheila On 7, Ungu, Peterpan, Slank. Local guests were Hujan dan Meet Uncle Hussain.




This year on 20 June, Dewa, Padi dan Gigi will make a comeback on the PMI stage, sekali Sheila On 7 from last year, while Andra & The Backbone will be making their debut at the festival. Aku and Jinbara are the local guests.

I've caught a lot of Dewa's performances, so I know what kind of show they can put on. Ditto for Gigi. Read : amazing! Yang aku tunggukan kali nih is Padi sebab da lama tak nampak meka onstage sini, and also Andra & The Backbone (nak sangat layan lagu Sempurna).

And of course... Sheila On 7. Need I say more. Cue Wayne and Garth.. "We're not worthy.. we're not worthy!!!"

They came on after Samsons last year.. perghhh!!! Best gila!







Why the need for this long entry. Sebab aku nak party out this year without any bullshit.

Tiap kali ada je Pesta Malam Indonesia nih ada yang banyak songeh. Ramai rasa tegugat. Then some will talk about patriotism. Puh-lease la guys. We are Malaysian. Period!

Tapi music is without any geographical boundaries. So why limit ourselves. These acts are the best from Indonesia. Let's enjoy music as it is - in any form or language. So guys come on out and rock! Heh... promo sangat kan. Tapi aku memang hyped pasal Pesta Malam Indonesia.

Yang sapa nak kecoh pasal pekerja asing saja pergi, seriously... you need a head check. Last time I was there were helluva lot of Malaysian there enjoying themselves. Didn't make them any less Malaysians,just like it doesn't when you attend Avril, Linkin Park or even Stefanie Sun (matilah aku tetiba lari ke sana)

But seriously though, if you guys can make it, check the show out. It's a whole day event, so korang takleh cam aku. Learn to pace yourself or you'll burn out before the end of the night. I know sponsors TM will be opening their booths to promote their iTalk products. Tapi yang besh nya, beli dapat meet the bands, so more info on that opportunity later.

TM's iTalk is sponsoring the event for the second time after their affiliation with Pesta Malam Indonesia last year as well, if you guys are picking up tickets, you'll notice yang each purchase comes with a FREE iTalk Mobile Dialer. Tatau apa iTalk mobile dialer. Aiyak! Cara mudah to make cheap call using the prepaid calling card la, which is iTalk card. Dengan iTalk Mobile dialer ni..boleh buat panggilan terus dari handphone tau. Tak payah nak dial 1 800 lagi..

And if any of you have to ask.. yes, I am going. So expect tonnes of pics.Meanhwile korang layan these pics first.

For my previous entries on Pesta Malam Indoneisa 2, CLICK HERE, HERE and HERE for the three part special I did last year.

FLASHBACK!
Link 1 - Pesta Malam Indonesia 2 (Part 1)
Link 2 - Pesta Malam Indonesia 2 (Part 2)
Link 3 - Pesta Malam Indonesia 2 (Part 3)

And..kalau nak tengok interview eksklusif dengan band-band PMI3, click here for HYPP TV


PS - Will add more on Pesta Malam Indonesia 3 soon!

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Catching some Zs

I think today was the first day in a LONG time I indulged in a massive sleeping exercise.

Tido pon da time subuh camna lak nak bangun awal kan. Terus apa pon dirancang tak dihiraukan. The comfort of air-conditioning and my bed was enough to keep me in it until pukul 4 ke 5 petang. Merasalah!

Tak jadi terus nak gi sale, sebab da malas nak lewat sangat, tapi kengkawan yang gi kata ada additional 15%!!! Penyesalan sikit, tapi cheered myself up by thinking of how much I save by NOT going there and shopping my ass off.

Besides, aku kena simpan duit sikit nak shopping for furniture for the office, so ok la kot kang.

Tomorrow my time out ends sebab nak start beli barang-barang yang diperlukan. So one day for that. Malam lak ada mini personal production party hosted by Irwan for the team, trainers and kids, so that should be fun and a nice end to the day.

Korang usha je pics kang lah.

By the way, a little info for peminat Akim - malam tadi dia masuk studio tuk rakaman Bengang. No pics or anything sebab aku tak gi.

Tuesday ada launch Anak Wayang, so expect me and Faz to go cam-whoring. Sapa yang nak sangat pics terbaru Faz, tunggu jerk la for that. Heh... and yer, aku tau sapa yang ikut Faz on her personal blog yang aku started out, tau yang lom ada updates. Sabar ek.. da marah dia da. Heh! Sibuk takde masa... tapi she will start blogging when Anak Wayang starts so kira korang leh tengok how things are more or less going on behind the scenes kang.

So what did I do today? Nothing much, except belah malam keluar ngan member nak jumpa sorang kawan kat Ampang atas urusan sikit.

Spent the remainder of my waking hours layan some favourite stuff online.

For sapa yang ikut series Weeds, keep an eye out for the fifth season!!! It will premiere on Showtime on June 8! Tak sabar nak torrent. Me hooked on Weeds (er... the series...) Apart from Idol (which was only so-so this year after the exciting audition episodes), America's Next Top Model (preferred the last few seasons cause Cycle 12 had the most boring lot), Heroes (tak sabar next volume), Weeds is my one guilty pleasure.

Check out the preview of Season 5 which was uploaded just two days ago.



And oh my Lord... for everyone out there, who knows who Susan Boyle is, they announced her in the final for Britain's Got Talent! You go Susan! This was her performance.



And if you have no idea who Susan Boyle is... something is seriously wrong! Check out this clip from the Oprah show to get the lowdown in case you just came off a desert island after being there at least for the last month.



Ok... going off to finish a book. Getting too much radiation from facing my laptop for so long. Ciao.


PS - Downloading the supposed leaked Transformers 2 : Revenge of the Fallen. Hope it's the real thing. Can't wait to watch it. Trailer looks good! Devastator!!!

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When...

Couldn't sleep in yesterday. For some reason... went out later to celebrate Juan's birthday.

Geng Pelita (semua kecuali Faz) were in attendance, including ahli KEPITA (Kelab Pelita) yang bakal buat persembahan Jumaat ini dalam kategori Balada, iaitu bebudak 6ixth Sense as well as Bob.

Patut plan jumpa kol 11 malam, semua wat bodoh, and then scream "Happy Birthday!" to Juan at midnight.

In true Juan fashion, he arrived late and it was well past midnight by the time he joined all of us. I swear....

I think they cleared the table about four times - and still we had this much left


Got up this morning and had to do a little running about. Which ended up Plaza Alam Sentral for a quick soundcheck for mereka yang akan membuat persembahan dalam kategori Balada Jumaat ni.

Temankan Bob and Shuib to KL to pick up some stuff and discussed a little here and there about stuff for Bob's performance.

Jalan-jalan Bukit Bintang area. Sungai Wang and BB Plaza mostly. Came across this shop with a very ... erm.. fascinating display of accessories for both men and women. But what caught my eye were the weird handbags.

Car bags are normal...


Crown bags are just... erm.. different. And green heart shaped ones are just strange


A snail bag is just plain horrific


And a bejeweled swan with a crown bag - is just nutters


But this takes the cake - a panda bag!


But that wasn't as weird as what I spotted pas makan dinner with Bob and Shuib. Have you guys ever heard of the Gold Man?




Ok so he doesn't really do anything. He's an elderly Chinese gentleman, who douses himself head to toe in gold dust, wears a matching outfit complete with top hat and gloves and shoes to match.

He accepts contributions for those who want to take a pic with him. Interesting, I have to say...

Just bloody weird. But props to the guy sebab berani gila. And ingenious too, making a spectacle of yourself for a few Ringgit. Definitely bukan senang ok, walaupun keja dia posing tuk pics, cause I couldn't even begin to imagin how uncomfortable it must be.

Tengah makan tu, spotted a friend. Si Mas! My Lord... lama gila tak nampak dia da...




Sempat borak jap, and then had to rush off for a meeting here.



Abis letih gila.. but sempat minum ngan bebudak lain sat.

Then balik teros. Tired satu... nak watch abih this series I just became hooked on. Hotel Babylon. It's a BBC series da masuk enam musim tak silap. Aku baru nak watch season two after discovering it baru baru nih.

Ok la.. nak rehat jap and then nak tido. Faz just called to say she was enjoying her holiday - am so jealous of her. Esok kena gi Plaza Alam Sentral for the dry run of the semifinals at Sri Pentas 2. Night guys...

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Sehati Berdansa - Tipu Kanan Tipu Kiri

Today actually felt like a regular work day for me! Not that I've had one since going freelance, for six months and two days now I think.

First destination hari ni - Mandarin Oriental nak ke press conference Sehati Berdansa 2. They announced the ten couples who will be taking part this season.




As usual too lazy to get close up shots, tapi kalao korang tertanya siapa yang akan bertanding tahun ni, here are the couples.



Representing various charities kali ni will be Mazin & Manisa, Shahril Arsat & Noraini Morat, Ashed (Def Gab C) & Shima, Sasha & Salyo, Lisdawati & Fauzi Nawawi, Jamal & Faridah, Amyza Adnan & Izhar, Shahrin & Sabrina Ali, Ani Mayuni & Zairi dan Khai & Rosma.

Of course aku kena backing tiga couples la. Namely Khai and Rosma sebab kengkawan nya pasal, also another newly wed and very cute couple Sasha and Salyo, selain Shahril Arsat and wifey Noraini sebab Shahril dulu budak pemain Selangor yang geng gak!

All the best to the couples. Three more days to the beginning of this season so get out your dancing shoes! For more info or updates, CLICK HERE for the official website.

The event was enjoyable enough despite the horredous lack of parking spots avaiable. Entah kenapa area Mandarin Oriental parking semua full, dari outdoor ke indoor. Pas setengah jam baru dapat tempat letak keta. Tu la akibat bak keta gedabak mak bapak nya besau!

Pas done, rushed in the rain to 1 Utama for the premiere of Tipu Kiri Tipu Kanan, a new movie which is a joint project antara Malaysia dan Indonesia. Here are some pics first.

The two main Indonesian leads Titi dan Christian


Titi looks hotter on screen than in person


Christian looks hotter in person than on screen


So how was the movie? Erm.. tul ke you guys want a review? Ok i can only give you three helpful tips on how I rate this movie without being sarcastic.


One - it's as good as filem Diva sebelom ni. Damn! And I said I wasn't going to be sarcastic. But well, if you've watched Diva, and love anything about it, you'll love this (how's that for being positive?)

Two - Erm... they say if you have nothing good to say, don't say anything at all kan? So erm... my hotdog, corn in a cup and ice lemon tea was good during the movie.

Three - Found THIS REVIEW online which I think gives a very accurate view of Tipu Kanan Tipu Kiri, so takyah aku repeat myself la kan.

But for those yang malas masuk sana, I quote from this Indonesian reviewer who says, "Film ini hasil kreatif Tarantella Pictures, sebuah Production House asal Negeri Jiran. Digarap dengan nuansa khas Bollywood yang dimix dengan dua budaya Negara serumpun namun berbedza bahasa: Malaysia dan Indonesia. Produksi Malaysia, pelakonnya dari Indonesia, kreatornya orang-orang India. Nah, bagaimana jadinya? Umpamanya makanan, maka terhidanglah gado-gado rasa coklat. Gimana rasanya? Enak kagak? Menurut Mpok Lena, “Wah, mana ada gado-gado dicampur coklat. Bisa-bisa Lu mencret 7 hari 7 malam, Mas,” katanya dengan nada heran.

Mersalah, cirit tujuh hari tujuh malam. Matilah kau... *guling sambil pegang perut gelak*

Or how about this quote.

"Lahir dari dalam tempurung kepala orang India, film ini berhasil muncul sebagai produk gagal dari Bollywood. Meski susah payah Sharad menghadirkan artistik yang penuh rumbai di sana sini ala karnaval panggung dangdutan khas Bombay, akting kocak bodoh ala India, lenggak lenggok tak karuan, dramatisasi berlebihan, serta iringan musik disco remix ala Yopie Latul (si pelantun lagu: poco-poco), namun film ini hanya mampu hadir seperti sebuah usaha berkarya yang mubadzir. Padahal, konon sinematografer Tipu Kanan Tipu Kiri adalah penggarap film Kuch Kuch Hotta Hai yang pernah menggetarkan Mpok Lena dan sekutu-sekutunya (ini pengakuan jujur dari Mpok Lena lho)."

Heh... enjoy the movie if you decide to watch it. Tima kasih David Teo, Azahari and the Metrowealth guys for inviting me. Good luck with the movie (matilah jangan kata aku mencarut ek.. heh!)

Headed to Pelita in what became a massive storm and got stuck there for a couple of hours ngan Faz, Jue and Jiji.

Balik je, KO terus..

Oh by the way. Had some sort of a meeting in between. Mmm.. good news coming? I think the rainbow I saw yesterday was a good omen. But we'll have to see about that. Will tell you guys when the time is right.

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Pesta Malam Indonesia 2 - Part 1 (The Samsons special)

Don't say I didn't warn you. Entry ni malas nak posting pepanjang. Aku banyakkan pics jer lah ek. Smalam memang happening gila!

Aku sampai Bukit Kiara ngan a group of five, masa tu baru kick off the main show. Dah miss Hujan dan Meet Uncle Hussain. Tak sanggup nak jemur bawah panas... except for Samsons.

Heh.... the moment we reached, Dewi Dewi baru open for the Indonesian half of the show.

Nothing great... here some pics. Dari gambar gambar pun tau aku tak semangat sangat nak layan show meka nih kan. Matilah aku... layan je la...







Masa show Dewi Dewi nih sparuh jalan, it started drizzling. Setitis dua jer la baru aku da horror sebab Samsons pastu. Merasalah aku akan basah kuyup joget sakan. Da terbayang esok mesti demam.

Ber SMS ngan Bam. Pesan it better be a rockin' show cause I'm going to be drenched banging out front. Bam gelak je... zalim! Tapi dia promise an amazing show, and lagu lagu Samsons nak perform pun besh besh, so aku reassured sikit.

The crowd memula tak ramai, I would think maybe 2,000 lebih orang je. Tapi by the time Dewi Dewi habis je, it had grown almost double! And smain ramai by the minute.



Bosan nunggu celah break tuh, gi backstage ngan Tang jumpa bebudak dulu. Erik and Aldri were onstage just hanging about waiting to get on.




Said hi to them, before headed to the VIP lounge nak jumpa Bam and Irfan. Lepak with Bam jap just to catch up before sat down and chatted with Irfan for about 20 minutes before their stage call. Kalao ada rezeki, aku akan dapat kerjasama dengan mereka untuk an upcoming project. Tak sempat lak nak snappy pics sebab engrossed in conversation sangat.

Just managed to snap one masa Bam kena approach by some VIP fans for autographs.



And it was on to the show. From backstage aku sprint (mampu ke) to the front. Let the show begin!

It drizzled quite something masa midway but aku tetap tak berganjak. Biar basah tapi tetap leh rock! All in all they performed fantastic as usual, cuma sayang awal sangat meka on sebab Bam rushing back to Jakarta immediately after the show (kesian lak meka tak cukup tido sebab sebelom mai sini kat Nagoya, Japan lak.. alamatnya tak cukup tido).

Also it wasn't like the Bar Savanh show where they performed almost everything they've recorded. Still, dapat lagu lagu baru mereka, Tak Bisa Memiliki, my current favourite and Hening my upcoming fave. Enjoy the pics.























































By the time they were done, I was drenched with sweat and partly because of the rain. But hey... I smelled good still. Thank you Mr Versace for that.

Rush backstage jumpa Bam sat sebelom dia berangkat pulang. He was going off immediately after a shirt change, so one last cam whoring session. Pastu lepak jer ngan Erik yang kelakar. Hope they don't take another year to come back here for a show. Tapi this is the third time I've seen them perform in the last month, so I guess I can count myself lucky.Samsons rule!


PS - Pada ahli Samsonia Malaysia and Indonesia, you're welcome to republish these pics but remember to credit me ok. Thanks. Stay tuned for Part 2 of my pesta Malam Indonesia entry with a Sheila On 7 special.

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