My life would suck without you!

Am so damn happy today! Hari ni layan Kelly Clarkson for the All I Ever Wanted tour in Kuala Lumpur.

Excited walaopon a little sad cause no interviews or press conferences. Boo! Got to stadium early, and tengah lepak when jumpa geng Hotlink, my clients.

Talked a bit and then sorang tuh tanya.. da jumpa ke. Aku jawab pon la.. dah.... tahun 2002 ke 2003 dulu kat Singapore. Heh! Matilah! Pastu aku ngadu la mana dapat jumpa... sebab takde PC ke apa. Dia bagitau ada meet and greet with selected fans. Termasuk pemenang dari negara lain.

Dalam lima puluh lebih orang kot.

Aku kata, ajak la. Sebelom anything, dia pass aku invite nih.

Tuh dia!!!

Happy gila aku. I feel like zaman aku dulu masa form two tak silap aku... masa first time gi konsert (masa tuh tengok Gloria Estefan and the Miami Sound Machine kat Stadium Negara).

Seronok gila dapat salam ngan Gloria, dan borak ngan Jon Secada yang masa tuh hado orang kenal kerana time tuh dia hanya backing vocal je.

Aku sejak masuk line nih, tak excited langsung kalao jumpa artis. Sebab da nama keja.

The last time aku rasa teruja pon berdepan ngan Mariah Carey yang kerek tuh (masa tuh diajak boss TMnet yangs sponsor konsert si karipap tuh kat sini). Tuh pun stakat tengok je sebab sentap ngan perangai dia yang memang diva gila! But dia superstar ok la... layak. Kalao yang stakat suam kuku cas diva camnih... memang mintak kena campak selipar jepun da kat muka.

Anyway... sentap sikit sebab official photographer meka amik pic ngan Kelly, so no autographs (takpe... aku ada da... dia sign exclusive bagi aku tuk first album lagik...) or pictures with own camera. Cam kesial. Tapi takpe.

Aku ngan tiga orang agik dapat time ngan dia.

Aku masuk belakang sekali sebab biar ada masa cakap sikit lebih.

She was still the same, and I heard the same line I heard first time I met her in Singapore.

"Hi... I'm Kelly... (peluk)... sorry... I'm a huggy person, I like hugging people".

Jumpa dia, dia peluk aku and all. Pastu aku cakap la... benda sama dia ucapkan. Heh.. dia tanya bila jumpa. Aku kata masa kat Singapore bila kat mana, kita lepak masa tuh camna and all.

Dia terus jerit. "Oh my God... yeah and it took me this long to finally get here!" sambil gelak. Sebab masa tuh aku da minat dia, aku da tanya bila nak mai Malaysia.

"Well, it took a long time, but hey... I'm here now!"

I love Kelly! Dia cakap molot tak henti... and dia genuine. Tak plastik tak fake!

Pastu aku keluar balik isap rokok sambil senyum jerk sorang-sorang. Serempak ngan kengkawan and then lepak together before we finally went in.

Ni songlist for semalam.

Jac did a wonderful job opening for the show. She did a medley of 24 songs (she said that.. I don't know if it was that many, but it was a lot!)

Jac being Jac, she was just amazing. Leh tak kita ramai agik penyanyi dalam Malaysia ni cam dia. Freaking awesome.

The weird part is, the second opening act before Kelly - was Suki. Ewwww!!!

I never liked Suki and always thought she was a waste of time.

Kali ni naik pentas with this dress that looked like dia kena sponsor ngan rumah pengantin kat Jalan Loke Yew ke apa with those organza (I'm thinking it is) ruffles yang ala ala kertas tisu terpakai.

She was overdressed to just perform one song, forgettable... and in short a complete waste of time.

And then.. Kelly came on making it all worth it - despite the dodgy seating layout, bad sound system, heat and the stupid island of 'VIPs' yang dok paling depan tanpa emosi!

It was just amazing. Yes, if you have to ask, Kelly has put on weight. And it wasn't just seeing her from a distance, but yes, since I hugged her I can feel the difference.

Ok... that sounds wrong. You know what I mean.

But despite all that, I can say she was FANTASTIC! Her stamina was crazy! She went on and on without showing any sign of even being remotely strained, though dia ada kata the heat was really bad and she was sweating it all off.

And by the end when she was telling us My Life Would Suck Without You, the crowd went crazy and went on their feet and freaked out and sang it back to her.

Yeah.. my photos are crappy. But was busy Tweeting so sapa yang follow aku @klubbkiddkl got the full account of the concert.

It was THE BEST concert I've been to in Kuala Lumpur for a LONG time after the Black Eyes Peas in Genting which was crazy awesome (not the MTV one in Sunway), and it was all because of Kelly (the organizers still SUCK which I'm sure a lot of people would agree).

Oh by the way... for those who were wondering how we did on Foursqure, nope, we didn't get the Superswarm. Simply because there were three locations! Same stadium but three spots kalao tak silap aku so everyone checked in random locations! Aduh!

Takpe... next time.

But I have to congratulate some fans for doing a flash mob inspired birthday song for Kelly. It came between songs and was drowned out the moment the next song began, but at least Kelly heard the belated birthday wishes. Yeay!

By the way - my friends and I did a FLASH mob there. Sakit hati ngan Rela bangang nya pasal asik suloh spotlight ke arah kita sebab ada bebudak pakai kamera dia nak warning takleh amik gambar.

Tapi bila da kerap sangat kita da asik kena suluh (padahal bukan kita pon), mata da sakit, hati da sakit, kita ramai-ramai guna phone, amik gambar Rela tuh ngan flash on! Dia bengang gila... tapi lantak la. Heh! Puas ati balas dendam. Tau pon sakit mata kan?

All in all it was mad fun sebab ramai kawan kat konsert tuh and got to catch up with friends.

After that, gi layan Rudy yang da mula proses pindah umah sebelom ngan Jo kita gi supper. Good end to the night.

Me happy to bits now. Hoping things will hold out this way until end of this week. Lots of work.. so little time. Worried by excited. Here we go!

PS - More pics of the concert soon!

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Hate on me, hater

What a lovely Sunday morning!

Morning ke? Da late in the afternoon baru nak update entry. Biasalah... nak tidur dengan nyenyak ujung-ujung minggu nih nak rehat bagai kan.

Bangun je rasa sihat! I feel brand new! Bukan konsep Brands Generasi Hebat yang dok promo sepanjang Konsert Akademi Fantasia ok!

A couple of things nak blog, of course pasal konsert semalam yang *ehem*.. nanti je ek.

Secondly pasal 'ugutan'.

Bab ugutan ni.. kelakar kan? Semalam aku sebut je, terus zast pic aku masuk ke dalam groups tertentu. Heh.. tima kasih... macam nak masukkan aku je kan. Orang ingat aku meminta kot.

Yeah well.. aku kapir kah... aku tindik kah... ok jerk. Jap.. Ikea tengah sale ek.. gi la beli cermin. Kalao tak aku rekomenkan Nilai 3. Wholesale tuh.

I am confident enough in who I am, to not be intimidated nor bothered with what people have to think of me to argue with them or to try and change their perception, if that is how they choose to live their lives, thinking that their opinions form some sort of validation for their lives. At the end of the day - if you live life like a popularity competition (and you only should if you're in Akademi Fantasia and not the real world), then you'll never be happy. And I know that - so I could care less what people think of me.

Manusia paling sempurna pon ada pengkritik dan orang yang benci. Aku ni yang tak sempurna apa agik kan...

Deal with it.

So I'm cool. Whatever people have to say.

Senang kan nak lump people into one category. Shows what ignorance goes into it all, untuk nak compactkan segala aku lakukan dalam kerjaya aku in that little kesimpulan yang hado tuh that was done without research.

So, to the haters... this song is for you. Come on, sing along positive people. Whatever people want to say, all you have to do is sing - hate on me, hater! Now or later! Cause I'm gonna do me, you'll be made, baby. Go head and hate on me hater! I'm not not afraid of. What I got, I paid for, you can hate on me! Lagu yang konsep ada aku kisah sangat. Heh... sing that next time someone tries to bring you down.

Anyway if you didn't know, tu original version by Jill Scott. I like Amber Riley's version dalam Glee, but nothing beats the original kan?

Ok da.. enough with haters. Pasal show semalam. Konsert Akademi Fantasia minggu pertama. Aduh.. kalao bukan kerana tugas, aku rasa dok umah agik baik.

Hakikatnya aku nak review pon rasa kejam sangat kang.

For me, out of 12 of them, mungkin three or four again je yang leh pakai. Yang lain haus sangat. Yang kira ok lak, start je ok... pastu jadik screaming competition. Which is basically a summary of the show - a screaming competition.

Onstage none of them looked natural, too choreographed, too distracted and vocals - simply trying too hard that most of them went flat, sharp, slurred etc. You name it, they did it.

Nak kata ni cuma konsert pertama, da kira second performance. Still way, way substandard.

The worst thing is - technically takpe sangat la. Tu tak amik pot. But at the end of the of the day - onstage all of them are colourless and lack personality of any sort.

Layan je video and make up your mind for yourselves.

Just some observation semalam.

*Jimmy did better, credit where credit is due, dan chemistry dia ngan Sarimah nampak menjadi sikit banding ngan Tirai minggu lepas. Kudos for that Jimmy.

*Tetap selain set design, programming nak wat Debaran as a results show bagai nak tiru Idol, semalam siap ada green room segment. Konsep Jimmy interview dalam bilik belakang pentas, pastu ak tu lari atas pentas nak wat performance. Jimmy is not Seacrest and Akademi Fantasia is not Idol. Period!

*I know they need to acknowledge sponsor but the Brands bit tuh - geli lah! Hard selling has not worked for the last two decades. They think it'll come back in fashion?

*Blame the contestants or abang Dee's (Adnan Abu Hassan) minus ones? Kenapa most of the performances seem disjointed with the music. Cam tak masuk suara ngan minus one...

*Ending memang anti climax (not that there was a climax in the show pon) sebab takde elimination. Nine weeks of this to go. Production masih tak sedar ke show dah lah susah nak peak in emotion, pastu nak cantas the only thing that guaranteed that.

Oh well... mintak-mintak meka tweak sana sini nak improve la.

On to more interesting info. Kelly Clarkson tickets are on sale already for the Malaysian leg of her All I Ever Wanted tour.

Need info? The concert will be on at 8pm (Malaysian time) at the National Stadium, Bukit Jalil.

Ticket prices are RM358 (Rockzone Free Standing), RM338,RM288, RM198,RM138 (Numbered Seat) and RM98 (Free Seating). For bookings call Axcess at 03-7711 5000 or contact Galaxy (I hate when they organize stuff because kelam kabut) at Galaxy Group Sdn. Bhd, Suite 23-2, The Boulevard, Mid Valley City or at 03-2282 2020.

To check out the seating plan or more info - CLICK HERE.

That's all for now, folks. Nanti aku update agik.

PS - Debaran malam ni leh tak aku harapkan semua tersingkir. Heh... kata kononnya dua akan tersingkir maybe. Can I hope for more?

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