Showing posts with label claudia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label claudia. Show all posts

Thursday, July 30, 2009

Melaka on day three... and some decent news

It's begun.

Friends of the late Yasmin Ahmad in the media and advertising industry are now beginning to make their stand known against Kosmo! as well as Chinese language newspaper Kwong Wah Jit Poh for their ridiculous and shameful act disrespecting her memory.

A letter drafted by current and former journalists protesting against that vile front page and article has been sent out to Utusan group chairman Tan Sri Hashim Makaruddin while a copy is expected to be sent to the Home Minister.

Read more at Rocky's blog by CLICKING HERE.

Meanwhile, that won't be the only repercussion of Kosmo!'s actions.

I promised to reveal it yesterday, tapi wanted confirmation first. Don't know when the official announcement will be, or if there will be one. But on Tuesday night I got wind of this, and yesterday night, confirmed with sources that this will indeed be happening!

The initial word was that the Association of Accredited Advertising Agents Malaysia's (4As), the Malaysian Advertisers Association and the Media Specialists Association (MSA) will be proceeding with a one month ban of a certain 'newspaper' (I use newspaper reluctantly because my respect for it, if any has dissipated with the recent event) beginning 10 August.

Will that mean they get hit where it hurts most with no ads? Their pockets? I hope so. Details as I get them - but I have no idea of how far reaching the impact of this move is at the moment.

Yang pentingnya, aku bersyukur, ramai mula bersuara to protect the memory of Yasmin, against those who try to cash in on a loss so felt by us all.

Syukur.

Mampu aku senyum sikit hari ni walaupun sibuk sikit, with time taken up for shooting of my scenes today. Reza and I had fun for our scenes, and while it was hot and tiring - tapi the environment memang best and we got two scenes done very fast.

Bebudak lain semua shooting their scenes for the Raya edition of Akademi Fantasia. Including the opening scene yang aku gelak. Si Adila especially was a riot.

Korang layan pics je la for now. Nanti aku balik KL, aku banyak video nak upload perangai bebudak ketika shooting sini. Ada je aksi gila meka nak pass time.

Guys, for fans of any of these kids, as usual, I allow you to copy and save pics nih for your personal collection. Tapi kalau nak tempek kat website, blog or forum lain, please pastikan jangan nak edit atau crop watermark aku, and have the courtesy to credit AND link me kalao nak pakai any of these pics.

Thank you in advance for being respectful of my ownership of the pics (awas sapa pepandai nak crop edit especially tuk blog blog yang nak kaut keuntungan dari hasil orang lain and laman kelab peminat yang memang kurang ajar yang berani buat)

Layan...

Aduh... tiga orang ni.. wat sarkas lak atas basikal


Hafiz suka gila... asik wat aksi atas the bicycle jerk


Claudia one of the girls yang terlibat scenes hari ni


Aishah blur jap sebab terlampau focus hapal skrip


One for the album for Nana


Dah hapal skrip, snappy time


Tuan director si Irwan bagi directions kat bebudak for one of the scenes


Lepaking with Ecah


Ayie, Akim dan Atan - The A Club


Sidi ngan Isma dengar Dian cakap pe tah


Rempit in the making!


Pergh! Ska City???!!!


Reza sampai je hit the script


Kecoh pekan Merlimau


Hafiz dan Isma sempat tuh snappy (update Facebook a tuh!)


One of my favourite scenes




Cameraman baru? Atan ngan Irwan


All the boys (except me and cikgu Aris yang takde dalam pic) in the cast


By the time it started to get dark, everyone headed back for dinner - and more importantly a shower! Panas, berpeluh... lagik da letih.

The girls have the night off, sebab bebudak laki je ada scene malam ni. But budak pompuan semua kena bangun kol 7 pagik lagik esok. Merasalah!

The boys pas shower and a short rest after dinner, terus start script reading sebelom they worked it for the cameras until lewat malam.





Aku malas lepak malam ni sebab nak rush balik hotel nak mandi and rehat. Sempat la membuta jap to recover before nak update blog nih.

Esok only have to be on location late noon for another scene. But tomorrow is going to be a busy day because it'll be Akim dan Aril punya last day with the cast - so kena abihkan al their scenes - cause meka akan berlepas shoting kat Jakarta lak for the other series.

But it's going to be fun despite me predicting chaos sebab selain Reza gak esok, si Sarimah is joining us as well. Whoopie!

Meanwhile... I need to go out for a bite. Skipped dinner sebab keletihan sangat. Ni lak da cukup tidur, perut lak mengadu da. Aduh.. camna tak semain naik badan ni, pas makan sambung tidur lak lagik.

Until the next entry....


Links to entries on Melaka shoot for Akademi Fantasia Raya program
CLICK HERE for Day 1
CLICK HERE for Day 2
CLICK HERE for Day 4

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Konsert Akhir Akademi Fantasia 7 (Part 10)

This is the last part... the tenth and the final of my photo series of the end of the seventh season of Akademi Fantasia.

Memang sedih abih... and one of the reasons perhaps I dragged this out is so that I can relive the moments, if only in photographs.

Again, this has been of the best experiences, career wise, as I had a hand in helping out developing talents who, hopefully will one day take the music business by storm. Anything is possible, God willing.

These pics dari hari Ahad lepas. The day after the finals, where 19 of the 20 contestants (termasuk lima yang tak berjaya masuk tuh) paid a goodbye visit to the Akademi along with their families, and their loved ones.

Officially it was a handover of the kids back to their parents and families, but unofficially it was saying goodbye to ten weeks of drama, controversy, high points, laughs, tears, upsets, and various other moments. Which made for a very memorable ten weeks I might add.

One more thing that made it sadder than ever was that gudang yang diubahsuai menjadi Akademi nih dan digunakan sejak AF4, will apparently cease to be the home to Akademi Fantasia kalau ada musim kelapan, because set Akademi dengarnya akan dipecahkan selepas ini.

It will make way for a new set to belong to Anak Wayang, before Astro moves out of it.

So one chunk of four years of Akademi Fantasia history gone.

Kesedihan meyelubungi bebudak semua, despite the hot afternoon layan gila-gila pala memasing. Mana taknya, this is the last time all the kids will be staying together under one roof. After this nak jumpa with all of them together pon is a very highly improbably possiblity.

Aku sampai lambat sikit, but thank you to the guys who mentioned me for my contributions during the briefing of the tour for the family and friends.

You guys rock.

Thank you everyone, from Zainir, to Khairul, Sooraj, Jay, Irwan, Fazli, Ikha, Saha, Najib, Norbee, Ayong, Farid, Aniq, Linda, Liza, Askrul, Cyna, Puru, Melvin, Azzah, Jojie... aiyo... so many people to thank. You all know who you are... sorry kalao lupa nak sertakan nama.

Also to Sarimah for the laughs... and everyone else who either made my days there fun or simply unbearable (again you know who you are.. matilah!)

No one knows the hell gone through every day to get the show on from the production aspect of things.... and no one knows the real drama the cameras couldn't catch... apart from the tenaga pengajar in Tiara, Siti Hajar, Syafie, Aris, kak Fati, Ida... you guys know what really went on. If only these people knew the drama... heh.

But all in all... again... the memories are there for a very, very long time... and one I'll cherish. So with that.. I kick off the last batch of photos of the last moments you will ever see in this Akademi which has stood for four years.

Nana from AESB dan Yazid


Amboi... kalao Zul ada masa time Isma dalam Akademi mesti lebih semangat kan!


Rubisa making a last tour of the kitchen and dining area


Claudia nak snappy tapi ada orang enter frame... perasan sapa?


Sapa lagik kalao bukan Angelina. Qhaud pose pon ada cam tuh kat belakang


Adila dan Zizi pose for one for the album outside the dance floor (mana si Adila minggu pertama jalan tak perasan pintu kaca terhantuk kena muka.. kesian.... *gelak!*)


Akim pose depan Principal's office


Group photo! Heh... perasan tak Hafiz pegang Akim Punya sign tuh atas Aishah


Ida dan Yazid menggila pose sakan


Aishah takes one in the vocal room


Aril gets a family pic taken


Aril tayang trofi dia... aku nya lagik besar ok! Heh!


Hafiz thumbs up tempat meka melantak dulu


Family photo!


Motor Akim


This wall used to have all their pictures. Last I saw it kosong sebab everyone took their pics for kenangan


Where I had my first class with the kids.. time tuh panas gila sesi luahan perasan memasing pasal kengkawan dalam Akademi


Last class. I remember it was about body language and facial gestures during interviews


Akim touring the control room. Baru meka tau set up sampai camnih


Rini dan Nana lepak sambil layan ulangan final from malam sebelom. Eh ibu Akim pon ada


Akim seronok lak layan time meka tunjuk Menuju Puncak semua 14 orang keluar


Zul dan Isma di 'halau' balik cepat tuk laksanakan tugas rumahtangga. Heh!


Akim leaving the Akademi


Watching the boys pack up in the boys' hostel. Sidi, Qhaud dan Zizi gelak apa tuh


Yazid dan Aril having a last chat before the goodbyes


And a last dance... don't ask...


Alahai... pose romantic malu gituh. Entah Sidi ke Obri yang cakap.. RM10,000 tuh wang hantaran! Amik ko!


Dalam gelak sebelom tu... ada yang sedih... you can see Yazid has left much memories with Zizi... and his name


Takyah tengok phone agik. Da abih da AF


Burok nya perangai Obri... bajet cute la tuh (matilah aku!)


So goodbye Akademi...



Untuk senangkan korang track back the related entries, ni aku letak links to all ten (including this one) entries for all ten parts of my special Konsert Akhir Akademi Fantasia pictorial. This is so I can minimise loading time for you guys. Kalau tak jenuh korang tunggu everything load.

Please make sure you are viewing my blog using Mozilla Firefox, and that your line larat ok nak loading banyak pics. Kalao tak some may not show up.

Konsert Akhir Akademi Fantasia 7 Special links
Konsert Akhir Akademi Fantasia 7 (Part 1) - CLICK HERE
Konsert Akhir Akademi Fantasia 7 (Part 2) - CLICK HERE
Konsert Akhir Akademi Fantasia 7 (Part 3) - CLICK HERE
Konsert Akhir Akademi Fantasia 7 (Part 4) - CLICK HERE
Konsert Akhir Akademi Fantasia 7 (Part 5) - CLICK HERE
Konsert Akhir Akademi Fantasia 7 (Part 6) - CLICK HERE
Konsert Akhir Akademi Fantasia 7 (Part 7) - CLICK HERE
Konsert Akhir Akademi Fantasia 7 (Part 8) - CLICK HERE
Konsert Akhir Akademi Fantasia 7 (Part 9) - CLICK HERE
Konsert Akhir Akademi Fantasia 7 (Part 10) - CLICK HERE