"When I was a child,I spoke as a child,I understood as a child,I thought as a child:but when I became a man,I put away childish things."
1 Corinthians 13:11
Too much drama in my life. Time to cut back and minimize. Banyak sangat yang menyemak nak pikirkan yang tak perlu. So instead, now time to spring clean my life.
Everything else is getting thrown out, except my responsibility to my career, my projects and my family. Nothing else matters that much - as everything else is a liability more than an asset.
Two contracts to consider - one basically secured, and one more pitching for it. That apart from day day, apart from my health which influences it all.
Lom agik nak pikir pasal keluarga aku. Ibu aku akan meraikan harijadinya yang ke (rahsia) Khamis ni.
Whatever.. cast aside any negative doubts, feelings and move on. That's the only way, right? No anger, no regrets... just don't waste time and move on. Blame no one but yourself for any failure because at the end of the day - you have the free will to make the decisions you should. Meroyan sorang lak korang tak paham...
Feel better today after a breakdown with my health and all semalam. Now feel fresh and ready to take on the the world. Tiap sakit ada ubatnya.
So nak sakitkan diri sebab daredevil sangat - layan Akademi Fantasia. Heh!
Kan aku da kata Debaran ni no content. Still playing up Ain masuk hospital. Erm.. kan aku kata takyah tunjuk Debaran. Dah sah akan tunjuk kat Diari lagik. So semalam buang another good five minutes dari jumlah 24 minit tunjuk Ain lagik. Yes, even the soundtrack of Lux Aeterna from Requiem For A Dream (actually they used the orchestral version remake fromThe Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Requiem for a Tower - just a little bit of trivia for music fans)
By the way, their group call of 'We Are The Best' may be supposedly inspirational - but I think it's borderline dark humour lak da. Note to production - kalao nak interview Shah ke bebudak mana tuh pas abih show tuh, takyah la Baha dok pelok kat sebelah tuh. Heh...
Mak aih.. lemaunya bebudak ni semua. Sorang je keluar - tetiba semua nangis cam mati anak etc. Seriously????!!! This is a competition. Aku paham la sedih and all but this is a bit too overdrawn kan? Creating a bunch of whiners. Tapi kan... this is like watching an accident. You don't want to see mangled bodies and all - but you can't help staring and taking in the sights.
Dah.. malas meroyan panjang. Banyak keja nak abihkan.
PS - Can't get past sebutan Jimmy. 'Diari' tuh dengarnya atas 'permintaan' (kita da start pakai bahasa baku balik ke), tapi Akerrrrrdermi Fantasia tuh aku takleh tima. That and 'ass-klusif' dari Astro Ria. Gelak sorang...
PPS - Nangis sapa dapat lagu Menatap dari Aril. I love Dance With My Father by Luther Vandross... tapi bakal hancur la pasnih. Nangis!
So sorry entries aku semakin lambat je kisahnya. Biasalah.. orang tak sihat, semua dibelakangkan.
But feeling a lot better today - and it's time for my check-up. Follow-up dari ari tuh punya. Everything should be ok (hoping). Apapon... ni muzik pengiring malam-malam aku for the past few nights - the new album by Samsons. My favourite track is still (lepas beberapa bulan da single tuh kuar), Tak Ada Tempat Seperti Surga.
Oh by the wau, lupa nak kongsi. Arih dapat kad jemputan ke resepsi Umie Aida. Yeay! It's going to be lovely!
And one more random pic. Ni dari McDonald's yang nak masuk highway ke selatan. I noticed this first time masa dulu konsert Akademi Fantasia musim ketiga, minggu ke lima tak silap kat Putrajaya. Time tu stopover nak beli makan-makan sikit.
Amik ko. I still laugh when I see it.
I laugh not only because it's salah (or there's a cup that's posing on its own in it - not mine), but imagine kalao baca ngan Kelantanese accent. I don't know.. it's funny for me. Heh.
Eh... jap... sapa tak sempat tengok Diari semalam, ni dia. Note that Jimmy still feeling bahasa Baku (walaopon...), Mok the monkey is still there (tak perlu), Alif leads the rest in sounding bad and classes and shown kurang still.
And dare I mention the horrible taglines? Aduh... semakin ridiculous. I think in fact bab taglines ni dari dulu aku katakan. Tak payah sebenarnya. Cam membodohkan. Dulu it came naturally, now it's just.. contrived. Sila check dictionary kalao tak paham ek maksud. If not - retarded comes close to describing the taglines.
And not only did they waste time decorating their chairs, they had iguana as a pet nak kembalikan kot zaman kegemilangan Nemo masa musim pertama kot (motif si Anum mengong tu asik sebut dinosaur?) Aduh... layan la kalao korang larat.
PS - Kalao ada contestant pakai mic camni leh tak?
Heh.. awal pagi ni tengah fresh and semangat nih. Nak abihkan keja. Baru sempat nak update pasal AIM entry semalam. So you guys saw the list of top five nominees.
Actually this year, the list is pretty good, considering all the material submitted.
Tapi aku kuciwa sikit jer, yang album Yuna tak dapat masuk top five for the album categories. I think her album is one of the best of the whole year, seriously. Tapi apakan daya, gitu.
Anyway the event semalam pon, bagus la, sebab ramai kengkawan ada. Actually, I thought PC semalam umumkan mechanics for AIM kali nih je, tup tup umumkan top five bagai.
Yerlah sebab tahun ni dekat sangat dengan Anugerah Bintang Popular Berita Harian - things kena compacted sikit. It really is pressing for the Akademi to organize the events. Kudos to Jen and team for the work this year.
Tapi aktiviti semalam paling hectic skali? Sibuk bertukaran Blackberry PIN masing-masing. Heh... Zain yang start ngan aku. Pastu Altimet mai join, Jac pon kena tarik, and Faizal Tahir kena carot sebab pakai iPhone. Amik ko.. lone ranger katanya.
Ni some pics aku sempat snappy.
I think the best congratulations is Stacy up for Best Pop Album. Tahniah pada Stacy and all the best to kesemua nominees.
Owh pada sapa yang terlepas Diari semalam, ni dia.
Observation pasal Diari semalam.
1) Jimmy cuba nak sebut Akademi cara betul (heh.. baguih nok, ni mesti keja Najib nih.. matilah aku!)
2) Isu Shah tak pakai baju sponsor jadik hal. Sapa mintak sponsor bangang tak bagi size betol? Motif Maybelline bodoh sangat bagi size feeling fit? Very the penganiayaan yang plus size. Terus kena amik kesempatan jadik drama. Dak tuh yang jadi mangsa. Kalau tuh makes him Drama King bak kata Baha then Baha lak drama queen sangat... (tapi wajib la jalankan peranan sebab tu tugas dia pon)
3) Ketara masa technical vocal classes (lebih seronok tengok class) ramai fail lagik dari sikit apa kita nampak - and Adira ni screamer, oh my goodness. Nangis tol dengar.
4) Kak Fati's rule for them to speak English during lunch again exposed the weaknesses of our education system. But all in all - tak se horror lack of command of English cam yang sebelum-sebelum ni... possibly because East Malaysian generally don't have that much of a problem as compared to those from Semenanjung.
5) Walaopon stengah jam pendek sangat, tapi rasanya content pon tak cukup nak sumbat, host links buang masa takde membantu langsung content.
Oh well.. layan je ek.
PS - Pada kengkawan yang berjuang dalam Akademi tuh, sabar ek. Heh... pahammmmm!!!!
So the last day has come about. Sedih gila actually semalam. Mana taknya, setelah sepuluh minggu berkampung, it was time to pack up and leave for the final Konsert.
It's almost the end, and it's curtains for musim ketujuh after the results tonight.
Dalam sedih kerana Diari tamat, ada kesedihan lain... tapi nanti je la kalao perlu cita, baru I tell you guys about something that happened. Banyak sangat benda sedih tak guna pon. Just for seorang kawan yang begitu tabah menghadapi keadaan sepuluh minggu kerja, walaopon memacam dugaan, be strong, and I know you're stronger than anyone gives you credit for. You're a true professional, and someone yang deserve so much better.
Balik Diari... after the last shots were acquired, memang it was a bittersweet moment when it came time for the last time to hear the words, "It's a wrap!"
And the eleven cameras went off, leaving blue screens and colour bar dan test signals came on. Time tuh baru it hit home for everyone that, fifty episodes of Diari had come to an end.
"And that's a wrap!!!"
And it comes to an end
The cakes come out
And it's farewell to the workspace... where the lives of 14 kids have dominated our 10 weeks like yours
Tapi it didn't end there. Semua tunggu wrap lak tuk shooting host links for Sarimah tuk Diari, which would close the day's session before we move out to the Konsert.
Pas da shoot the last scene, meka radioed in ada benda tak kena. Konon Sarimah kena rakam balik. Without her suspecting semua da komplot. Dalam diam semua berkumpul luar studio Diari... and surprise! It was snow in May!
If you guys tengok Diari kat atas, you'll see how Sarimah kena. I'll also upload a video on Youtube on how dia kena. Heh!
Everyone plotting
Snow!
In tears
Farid ngan aku record the moment
Everyone takes turns for one for the album
And so it was officially over as Diari was concerned.
Yeap.. penat lelah sepuluh minggu, it was all worth it. And to cap it off, everyone in production then naik ke Akademi, dan diperkenalkan kepada tenaga produksi.
I think the kids terkejut sebab ramai sangat yang bertugas at one go. Believe it or not, there is no less than 30 people working on the show at any given time. And I think the kids were taken aback yang ramai sangat berjaga dengan mereka when all this time they think they were alone, save for a handful of people. And I think they were pretty sad too at it all ending...
When it was all over, aku nak sangat balik tidur. Mana taknya...
Bayangkan I had not slept dari sound check malam sebelum. Abih 1 lebih pagi, I spent some time planning with friends for today, and sampai umah pon da 5 lebih pagi.
From there, tak tido sebab nak ke Akademi awal sebab last day... until this point.
Pas abih about 2pm smalam kat Akademi, gerak ke Astro untuk rakaman Diari EXT episod akhir at 5pm. Sempat la curi 1/2 jam tidur dalam kereta.
Da abih tuh lak, at 8pm, atas jemputan Cham, ke studio Era ngan dia dan Rey to talk about Konsert Akhir Akademi Fantasia. About an hour later when we were done, gerak lak ke Stadium Putra Bukit Jalil for the rehearsals sekaligus layan bebudak Gafim dan Aril Lovers yang da rancak wat persiapan tuk booths meka kat tapak Stadium.
Finished about 3 or 4 am. Keletihan nak mampos. Sempat curi dua jam tido, then rajinkan diri update.
It's hectic today. Aku kena kuar awal nak get lots of stuff, and then have to be at the Stadium by lunch or so nak layan semua kelab peminat. These people, all the fan clubs never cease to amaze me with their dedication. Ni la jenis peminat yang bukan stok air liur je, fanatik kompang je lebih anonymously, but put their money where their mouth is, spending their own time and resources to promote their favourites.
Tukang komen lebih sini dari stok fanatik, tak perlu la masuk sini kalao nampak keburukan je ye. Hakikatnya semua tuduhan korang dua tiga kerat tuh yang sememangnya yang bias takleh tima kenyataan orang lain punya hak tuk pendapat.
Pathetic.
Whatever it is, idiots aside, it's going to be great. Aku ada banyak pics bebudak punya last day kat Akademi, but we keep that for later. By the way... tonight, behave people! You reflect the kid you champion, so let's all have fun and not allow beberapa orang batu api to get the better of us.
Malam ni pas Konsert, I will try and update as soon as possible, but it's definitely going to be late. Pics, pics and more pics. Of the last day kat Akademi, of the concert, of the behind the scenes...
And hari Ahad, sambil semua da tak betui tak cukup tido, we have kenduri kat Akademi where the kids will officially be handed over to their families. More pics of that too.
And then hopefully life returns to normal... well, normal as it can be...
See you guys at the Stadium hari nih! And remember AFUNDI!!!
PS - Peratusan akhir kat Diari tadi - Hafiz 35%, Yazid 22%, Aril 22%, Akim 12% dan Isma 9%. Tapi peratusan ni pas Diari sekali lagi da berubah. Some peratusan turun dan ada kedudukan pelajar da berubah. So keep voting guys sapa pon korang sokong. Sebab that's the only way to make a difference.
Hari ni memang tak rasa apa-apa stress ke keletihan ke.. walaupon minor flu menyebabkan aku nak bangun tuh rasa cam badan 100kg jer beratnya. Eh... jap. Badan aku pun lebih dari tuh. Oops! Ok la... terasa lebih berat dari biasa... leh? Heh... merasalah mencarut diri sendiri.
But sampai Akademi, mood happy jerk sampai waktu balik bila bebudak gerak ke rehearsal. Couldn't explain it, but there was a certain happy mood enveloping the place.
Semalam, da ada tamu, which of course korang da tau si Aizat mai singgah....maybe it's Maybelline! Eh... silap lak tagline. Budget awal-awal nak kasi gegar. Larik sebelom kena carot Aizat.
Anyway dengar Aizat skang rajin ek wat project lagu tuk orang. Of course we know he's doing Liyana Jasmay... punya lagu! Memang mintak nahas aku nih kaco meka nih. Aduh... sakit perot nak pecah gelak tak abih pikirkan dua orang nih asik kena buli ngan aku.
Apart from Liyana, Aizat kata he's working on a song for Mawi, as well as a collaboration with Faizal Tahir.. did I mention Liyana Jasmay?
Maybe it's Maybelline... of course lah it is *larikkkkk*
Anyway, moving on to today, ada tamu lagik. Datuk Siti Nurhaliza pagik-pagik da jenguk Akademi. Saida was there along. Nostalgia katanya, teringat tempat dia trauma setahun lepas.
But korang nak tau, masuk bab Saida nih, dia ni skang lebih confident ok. Bangga gak tengok dia nih sebab knowing I was right about her. Time dalam Akademi Fantasia musim lepas, ramai kritik dia sebab tak mampu perform up to par the rest of the competition walaopon ternyata dia berbakat. For me it was always about confidence, which was a huge obstacle for her.
And what can I say... sometimes not all of us face challenges the same way. She needed time, and a year later nampak Saida lebih yakin pada kemampuan diri sendiri.
Anyway abih sesi ngan bebudak jerk, we were joined by Sarimah, and everyone went camwhore crazy! Semua nak amik pic. Bukan hanya kerana Siti ada, but suddenly everyone seemed to have a camera on them for taking pics to update in their Facebook and blogs. Merasalah.... hari ni sesi tamat awal sikit semua joyous katanya.
Ni some of the pics sempat aku snap.
Saida senyum lebih ayu da skang au naturel. Sarimah playing innocent... baru pas mengumpat tuh!!!
Some of my CW colleagues
Hambik ko! Saida skang mampu pose ranggi katanya. Merasalah gelak sendiri perkataan ranggi.
The Tarudin clan and Co.
One for the album, Sarimah along with Siti and Saida.
Sarimah and Siti.
Aku lak ngan Saida
Ngan the one and only Datuk Siti Nurhaliza
Amik ko! Da seminggu malas posting pepanjang tetiba banyak lak pics nak posting.
Anyway by the time korang reading this, I will be somewhere passing Melaka dah on the way to Johor Bahru. Tujuannya?
Ada ujibakat Anak Wayang yang pertama. Of course Faz akan wat hosting sana skali, so sapa gi ujibakat Anak Wayang, jumpa di sana. Tapi aku kat sana sampai lewat tengahari esok jerk sebab nak gerak balik KL then tuk rush ke Konsert Akademi Fantasia minggu keempat. Tak besh lak rasanya nak kelam kabut camni cause I love being in Johor, and need to catch up with some friends there... tapi nak wat camna. Tuk enam minggu lagik, aku pun kena 'berkurung'. Tapi takpe... ngan rela katanya.... walaupun.... heh.
Anak Wayang is a new reality TV program which will be aired melalui Astro Ria dan juga Astro Prima simultaneously.
The aim? Untuk mencari bakat-bakat baru dalam bidang lakonan.
Tujuannya untuk perserta bertanding untuk memegang lima watak, iaitu jururawat, mekanik, pengelola majlis, gangster dan setiausaha dalam sebuah drama bersiri 50 episod yang akan ditayangkan di Astro Prima, bertahuk Kecuali Cintamu.
Pemilihan peserta adalah mengikut juri, sehingga ke dua peserta terakhir. yang kemudiannnya akan ditentukan pemenangnya pada peringkat tuh melalui SMS.
Antara hadiah yang akan diberikan adalah juara secara automatic akan ditawarkan berlakon dalam drama bersiri 130 episod di Astro Prima.
Jadi sesiapa yang yakin, rasa, berangan, feeling ada bakat lakonan, cuba nasib je kat semua lokasi ujibakat. Esok bermulanya kat JB, but in case you can't make it there tomorrow, there's the next day as well as two other locations.
4 & 5 April
Grand Paragon Hotel, Johor Bahru
Johor
11 &12 April
Bayview Hotel, Penang
Pulau Pinang
18 & 19 April
Shah Alam City Centre, Shah Alam
Selangor
Ok, I have to leave now. Korang layan Diari Akademi Fantasia hari nih ek, skali ngan Diari EXT bawah tuh.
PS - Doakan selamat perjalanan aku, dan kembali ek. Dan sesapa yang kat JB mai awal tuk ujibakat cause aku dok Hotel Paragon leh lepak.
Malasnya hari nih. Sejuk.. ujan.. ngantuk... nampaknya bukan aku je yang feel that. Ok lar guys. Korang layan Diari ek. And nih lagu tugasan tuk minggu nih.
The boys wat lagu-lagu dari Datuk Siti Nurhaliza and the girls wat lagu dari Amy Search.
Nanti jerk la ek aku wat entry panjang-panjang.
Lagu tugasan Konsert Akademi Fantasia - Minggu 4
Akim - Destinasi Cinta Qhaud - Di Taman Teman Hafiz - Cinta Ini Sidi - Ku Milikmu Aril - Lakaran Kehidupan Yazid - Aku Cinta Padamu Lagu Bonus Pelajar Lelaki - Jerat Percintaan
Claudia - Suralaya Dalam D Major Isma - Kerja Gila Zizi - Aku Dah Bosan Rubisa - Tiada Lagi Aishah - Mentari Merah Di Ufuk Timur Lagu Bonus Pelajar Perempuan- Isabella
Susah betol nak mendiamkan sesuatu yang membuat kita excited abih. And yes, now korang tau. Anggun yang menjadi diva tamu dalam Akademi Fantasia.
Awmigawdddd!!! Memang seronok ok. Aku rasa leh lawan excited pelajar-pelajar. But we were so damn lucky to have Anggun in the Akademi nak share pengalaman dia dengan para pelajar.
And yes, the kids were so awed and inspired by her sharing of her experiences.
Tapi pas sesi dia yang besh, di mana bebudak semua seriously jumpa seorang superstar - sampai they sang for her and took her for a tour of the Akademi. we all pun had fun with her talking too, jap.
Merasalah the last time I met Anggun was about nine years ago... I think....when I interviewed her.
Masa tuh dia turun wat promosi album dia kat sini as well as a show kat JW Marriott. Heh... sampai Anggun pun terkejut it's been that long. Then Sarimah abih recording jumpa Anggun jap, the first thing pun dia cita pasal jumpa that time. Amik ko... semua pecah lobang umor sebenar kan?!!!
Takpe.... sebelom aku meroyan, baik aku share pics jerk.
Anggun!!! In the Akademi!
Cikgu Syafie pun fan of her vocals
Kak Mah apa lagik la...
Aku pun nak! Muka terharu tuh!
With part of the Diari family
Heh.. seronok kan muka sekor sekor jumpa Anggun. She is such a beautiful, charismatic person, that when she walks in a room, she just lights it up!
Ok ok.. cukup bab anggun. Nak tengok dia perform Jumaat nih. Da janji nak gih
Ok... masuk bab drama lak.
Sapa tak paham cita, here's the summary.
Zizi dan Rubisa passing notes in Cigu Syafie's class. Bila Askrul nak rampas note, meka menggelabah, and Zizi bak note terus ke Cikgu Syafie supaya bebudak lain tatau. Now you know that this is not allowed in the Akademi. Pernah pun berlaku sebelum ni. Nota TIDAK dibenarkan untuk komunikasi.
Anyway, dari apa dikatakan, Syafie kecik hati sebab cara dia kata seolah bebudak mengatakan dia pilih kasih memberi perhatian pada some other students. including yang 'top' dan yang memain.
Lom abih Syafie tegur perangai meka, masuk bab back up vocals, Akim lepas geram and walked out of class. Bila di pujuk Qhaud, rupanya citanya dia nakkan bebudak yang bersuara soprano backing dia tuk lagu dia, tapi semua cam tak kuasa nak layan, so dia kecik ati sebab dia rasa meka selfish.
Next development. Si Rubisa explain meka pass the notes sebab rasa tak puas ati ada pelajar lain yang 'main-main' ambik masa cikgu sampai yang lain kena tunggu, dan masa kurang tuk dihabiskan bersama mereka.
Masuk class balik mintak maap kat cikgu, Rubisa explain dan tegur kengkawan yang lain kata sapa nak amik masa cikgu, kena be considerate sebab orang lain pun perlukan masa dengan cikgu.
Akim, yang masuk balik kelas da pas mintak maap ngan Cikgu Syafie, tak puas sebab dia kata Rubisa antara yang tak amik pot bila dia mintak back-up vocals, and kata bebudak pompuan ada yang pentingkan diri sendiri.
Rubisa lak lawan balik kata dia tak dengar, dan Akim lak berbalas lagik kata bukan je da cakap, siap da sindir takde orang yang nak tolong. Dia kata Zizi pun ada offer, walaopon sora alto.
Aiyo... minggu sebelom sebelom ni, drama melibatkan Rini, Aril dan Qhaud. Lom pe pe, Isma pon masuk drama nangis. Skang lak Rubisa dan Akim, skali diheret masuk si Zizi dalam kes nih. Merasalah.
Stress abih bebudak nampaknya dalam usaha meka nak all out. I love competitiveness. Just hope they are able to balance being competitive and being nasty jerk. Tapi kelas malam semalam ngan meka, aku nampak semua ok jerk. Ada lagik geram terpendam, but biasa lah. Manusia dan perasaan... takkan leh tekan Ctrl-Alt-Del leh buang terus kan.
Ok moving on... hari keja ada la sakit jiwa aku bab tak kena ngan keja. Takpe. Control jerk. Apapon sejuk ati bila Cikgu Acis ada. Heh! Dahlah jarang serempak, Sapa peminat Acis sini, silakan merembes ek! Matilah aku....
Tuh dia.. jejak paling ensem dalam Akademi
Ok, make sure korang watch Diari esok. Sambungan drama - tapi episod lain lak. Takleh cita. Korang kena layan!
Lari bab lain. Pengumuman calon-calon akhir tuk Anugerah Industri Muzik diumumkan siang tadik. Kelakar lak aku tengok line-up. Aduh... no komen la. Thanks sultanmuzaffar for the list.
2. Persembahan Vokal Terbaik Di Dalam Album (Lelaki) – Artis
1. Aizat – Lagu Kita 2. Bob AF2 – Cinta Terhalang 3. Reshmonu – Doa Untuk Dia 4. Reshmonu – Sayu 5. Rithan (Deja Voodoo Spells) – Rock ‘N’ Roll (English)
3. Persembahan Vokal Terbaik Di Dalam Album (Wanita) – Artis
1. Ayu – Hanya Di Mercu 2. Dina – Sejauh Ini 3. Shila – Memori Tercipta 4. Dato’ Siti Nurhaliza – Di Kayangan Kita 5. Dato’ Siti Nurhaliza – Di Taman Teman 4. Persembahan Vokal Berkumpulan Terbaik Di Dalam Album – Artis
1. Ajai & Marsha – Sayang 2. All One – Bilal bin Rabah 3. Pop Shuvit – Marabahaya (International Version) 4. Rabbani – Bila Nur Melimpah Di Hati 5. Raihan – Assubhu Bada
5. Kulit Album Terbaik – Pereka
1. Florence Lee – Hawa – Nikki 2. Nadia Jasmin – President – Joe Flizzow 3. Nicholas Chong – Transit – Altered Frequency 4. Nizam Rahmat – Satu – Ferhad 5. Vignes Balasingam – Remain Unknown – Estranged
6. Rakaman Album Terbaik – Jururakam
1. JD Wong – Remain Unknown – Estranged 2. Nick Lee, Greg Henderson & CL Toh – Finally/Akhirnya – Suki 3. Paul Morisson – Satu – Ferhad 4. Puja, Edry, Bajai & Yudi – Adam 3 – Adam 5. Reshmonu, Murali, Will Quinell & CL Toh – Harapan – Reshmonu
7. Video Muzik Terbaik – Pengarah
1. Douglas Lim – Hanya Di Mercu – Ayu 2. Douglas Lim – Sampai Syurga – Faizal Tahir 3. Kerol – Mati Hidup Kembali – Butterfingers 4. Kerol – 1000 Tahun (Mahu Hidup) – Butterfingers 5. Reshmonu – Oh Anok Anok – Reshmonu
8. Album Pop Etnik Terbaik – Artis/Produser
1. Khazanah Pujangga – Syura 2. Lentera Timur – Dato’ Siti Nurhaliza 3. Selagi Ada Rindu – Pak Long (Shafie Ahmad) 4. Zapin Suri – Haziq
9. Lagu Pop Etnik Terbaik – Komposer/Penulis Lirik
1. Di Kayangan Kita – Johari The – Keon - Dato’ Siti Nurhaliza 2. Di Taman Teman – Fauzi Marzuki – Hairul Anuar Harun – Dato’ Siti Nurhaliza 3. Dirgahayu – Radeen Sri – Hairul Anuar Harun – Ramlah Ram 4. Nafas Cahaya – M.Nasir – Loloq – Misha Omar 5. Zapin Suri – Pak Ngah – Siso Kopratasa – Haziq
10. Album Nasyid Terbaik – Artis/Produser
1. Allah Habeebi – Mawi 2. Istimewa Tiada Dua – Nice 3. Nasyid Nostalgia Memori The Zikir – Nazrey Johari 4. Nostalgia Nadamurni – Rabbani 5. Setia – Wildan
11. Lagu Nasyid Terbaik – Komposer/Penulis Lirik
1. Allah Habeebi – Farihin – Yasin – Mawi 2. Bila Nur Melimpah Di Hati – Asri Ibrahim – Ito Lara – Rabbani 3. Kemuliaan Al-Quran – Amin InTeam – Amin InTeam – InTeam 4. Serulah Namanya – M.Nasir – AD Samad – Mawi 5. Teman Hakiki – Ku Sham – Dr.Mohd Asri – Mawi
12. Album Rock Terbaik – Artis/Produser
1. Bongkar – Kristal – Kristal & Bong 2. Hujan – Hujan – Noh Hujan 3. Keamanan – Nrocinu – Mus May 4. Kembali – Butterfingers – Butterfingers/Faizal Shahrin 5. Modern Minimals Glamour – The Times – Gizmo Records
13. Lagu Rock Terbaik – Komposer / Penulis Lirik
1. 1000 Tahun (Mahu Hidup) – Loque – Loque – Butterfingers 2. Aurora – Estranged – Estranged – Estranged 3. Bila Aku Sudah Tiada – Noh Hujan – Noh Hujan – Hujan 4. Dugaannya – Noh Hujan – Noh Hujan – Hujan 5. Yang Pernah – Estranged – Estranged – Estranged
1. Cinta Adam Dan Hawa – Azmeer – Loloq – Misha Omar 2. Dingin – Azlan Abu Hassan – Azalea – Ziana Zain 3. Ketentuan – Azlan Abu Hassan – AD Samad – Ramlah Ram 4. Lagu Kita – Aizat Amdan – Aizat Amdan – Aizat 5. Sampai Di Sini – Ajai – Slen – Misha Omar
16. Lagu Hip Hop Terbaik – Komposer / Penulis Lirik
1. Bergerak – Johan Ishak, Ceza Mutyara, Khalid Kamal & Saiful Amri – Johan Ishak, Ceza Mutyara, Khalid Kamal & Saiful Amri - Joe Flizzow feat Joeniar Arief 2. Isabella – Johan Ishak, Iman Ishak & Search - Johan Ishak, Iman Ishak & Search – Joe Flizzow feat Hady Mirza 3. Mengapa Harus Bercinta ? – Johan Ishak, Terrytyelee & H ady Mirza - Johan Ishak, Terrytyelee & H ady Mirza – Joe Flizzow 4. Mantera Beradu – Malique, D’Navigator & M.Nasir – Malique & M.Nasir – Malique feat M.Nasir 5. OK – DJ Fuzz, Malique & Cat Farish – Malique & Cat Farish – Malique feat Cat Fabuloso
17. Album Inggeris Tempatan Terbaik – Artis / Produser
1. Dark Sun Big Rain – Karen Nunis Blackstone 2. President – Joe Flizzow 3. Remain Unknown – Estranged 4. Take Five with Juita Suwito at Avanti – Juita Suwito 5. Tapestry of Life – Shal Sagan
18. Lagu Inggeris Tempatan Terbaik – Komposer / Penulis Lirik
1. All Around My World – Johan Ishak & Ceza Mutyara - Johan Ishak & Ceza Mutyara – Joe Flizzow 2. Dances of The Spirit – Estranged – Estranged – Estranged 3. In No Time – Estranged – Estranged & Chow Ken Chung – Estranged 4. KL Streets – Malique & D’Navigator – Malique – Malique feat Lah 5. Marabahaya (International Version) – Pop Shuvit & Dandee – Samsol Nahar, Dandee, Moots, Daly, Thaitanium & Jamir Garcia – Pop Shuvit
19. Album Cina Tempatan Terbaik – Artis / Produser
1. Homely Life – Rynn Lim – Ryan Lim 2. Man Jiang Hong – Man Jiang Hong – Alex San 3. Meet to Listen – Cheng Lee – Cheng Lee 4. The Real Hou Ren – Hou Ren – Lee Nai Kong 5. Will Be Good – Will Ng – Cheng Lee, Will Ng & David Koon
20. Lagu Cina Tempatan Terbaik – Komposer / Penulis Lirik
1. He, She & Me – Cheng Lee – Cheng Lee – Cheng Lee 2. Man Jiang Hong – Alex San – Ah Guan – Man Jiang Hong 3. Missy Missy – Will Ng – Will Ng – Will Ng 4. Prisoner – Will Ng – Will Ng – Will Ng 5. Zhong Du – Alex San – Yap Kah Heng – Man Jiang Hong
21. Album India Tempatan Terbaik – Artis / Produser
1. Agarem – Agarem 2. Ethirrpaarkiren – Anbarasan & Anuratha 3. Veera Puranam – Chakra Sonic
22. Lagu India Tempatan Terbaik – Komposer / Penulis Lirik
23. Lagu Bahasa Melayu Terbaik yang Dipersembahkan oleh Artis Luar Negara – Artis
1. Aku Dan Dirimu – Ari Lasso & Bunga Citra Lestari 2. Ayat-Ayat Cinta – Rossa 3. Bila Rasaku Ini Rasamu – Kerispatih 4. Matahariku – Agnes Monica 5. Menjaga Hati – Yovie & Nuno
24. Susunan Muzik Terbaik Di Dalam Lagu – Penggubah
1. Audi Mok – Pada Cintanya – Dato’ Siti Nurhaliza 2. Azlan Abu Hassan – Tiada Maaf – Danell Lee 3. Estranged – Aurora – Estranged 4. Fauzi Marzuki – Di Taman Teman – Dato’ Siti Nurhaliza 5. Sham Kamikaze – Bukan Mimpi – Farhan
Apapon, tahniah Bob! Yeay wakil geng Pelita masuk senarai. Ada rezeki... leh tuh. Also Aizat - walaopon aku rasa pelik artis baru leh masuk main category but Best New Artiste nya calon hampeh sungguh, dan Aizat leh tak tersenarai. Oops... kata tadik tanak komen.... walaopon nampak bias semacam.. eh terkomen lagik. Gatal molot aku nih nak carot.
Ok... I'm out of here. Will link Youtube Diari secepat mungkin. Ada meeting jap nih. Be back later.
Letih abih so update hari ni jap je. Kelas aku tadik start lewat sikit. Budget Cikgu Aris nak extend kelas dia, so sambil nunggu, aku lepak je tunggu. Tengok tengok memang overlap class, but aku leh start da.
Last last dua setengah jam lepak ngan bebudak wat sesi yang aku rasa best gila! All of the kids spoke out and had fun. Even yang diam cam Hafiz pun bersuara gak. No one left out for sure.
Ari ni wat konsep tuk make them understand public perception as well as how to confront truth when pressured and yet maintaining composure. And I think most of them did well.
Yang penting, they opened up and shared a lot about each other. They kept asking me the same questions... my evaluation of each of them. So today aku bagi meka my pandangan of their strengths and weaknesses, which syukur meka amik sebagai guide tuk perbaiki diri.
Biar pelajar laki ke pompuan, nampaknya meka bersungguh nak buktikan konsert ni meka mampu. Merasalah. I dared them to do their best... and I hope they deliver as I want to see the best from them that I know they're capable of.
Ada jugak suasana tegang sikit, time aku bagik meka open up, but it was following the drama earlier. Still, got more than enough time before and after class for some sessions with a few of the kids yang approach aku.
Hah... korang.. kena tengok Diari esok. Wajib! Best! Ada tamu, ada drama.. semua ada. Meletop!
Arituh aku sebut episod konflik korang tak nyesal layan kan? Tengok episod esok. Berterusan Diari interesting ok.
Anyway.. esok banyak pics nak post.
Hari ni best sangat... that's for sure. Except hari ni birthay bonda aku, miss tak dapat celebrate ngan dia dan ayah. But at least I got her something nice. Tunggu Ahad ni nak bak meka breakfast lak spend time ngan meka.
Also dapat berita kurang memberangsangkan. Mana taknya kalao ada makhluk ni ada je asik nak tabur bebenda elok dalam fikiran orang lain. Lantak ko la.
Apapon, cam tak caya, we appraoching the end of the third week. Cam tak caya masa berlalu cepat sangat. Takpe... just going to have fun all the way.
Another meeting set up two weeks from now. God willing, things will be good!
Ok la.. aku nak tido... korang layan Diari dulu ok.
Apa perasaan korang kalao pikirkan mak ayah korang, kalau masih ada... akan sampai juga masanya tuk pergi.
You know what I mean. That morbid feeling of death and how it can creep up on us anytime.
Well, petang tadi, aku balik rumah, dapat panggilan, my eldest uncle on my mom's side passed away. Mummy aku yang call. Suara dia memang sedih sebab another one of her brothers gone.
So sampai rumah je, siap, and then temankan orang tua aku ke rumah sedara mara aku. Yerlah... jalan nak masuk sampai ke dalam Kampung Jawa kat Klang tuh gelap, dan kedua orang tua aku pun da in their 60s, so berat nak bagi meka drive jauh waktu malam.
Sampai tuh, kita biasa la. Walaupun beragama Kristian, we pay our respect by lighting joss sticks, to pay homage to the deceased.
Then masuk to the casket in the hall. My mom diam je tengok abang dia kat dalam tuh. Aku rasa sedih tengok mak aku. Aku bayangkan... aku adik beradik berdua je, aku ngan akak aku. Tatau la apa perasaan aku kalao aku kena tengok akak aku pergi.
So aku peluk my mom and kissed her on the top of her head dan hanya mampu kata, "It's for the best... " Bodoh kan. So cliche. Tapi nak cakap apa lagik.
Then my mom, dalam nada suara biasa je, very matter of fact said, "One day, it'll be me and your papa in there..."
Aku rasa nak nangis meroyan meronta gila time tuh. Aduh. Sayang sayang orang tua aku, tak terbayang saat tu tiba nanti.
Aku hanya mampu peluk my mom, and say, "That's why we should enjoy life as it is now, that we have each other. Life's just too short."
And peluk lagi my mom.
I hate funerals. They make me go all whacked for weeks and all I can do is start thinking about death, and wondering if I'm ready to deal with it when the time comes.
But one thing about death, it makes you think more about life. And aku semakin bersemangat nak usaha tuk berjaya. Not for anything else, but to provide them a better life while they're still with me. Tak mungkin aku dapat membalas jasa ayah dan ibu aku. But I want to do whatever it is I can for them.
Spoil mood sat kan....
Ok la.. tamau sedih sedih.
Hilangkan rasa rasa curiga, duka dan nestapaaaaaa... mari kita menyanyi lagu sha na na na naaaaaaa... merasalah Amy Mastura da rasuk aku lak.
Anyway, sesi one on one ngan pelajar diadakan lagi hari ni. Dapat nasihat, serta dengar luahan perasaan another student. Seriously I wish I could help these kids more.
Eh ok la.. aku cita lebih pon korang tak dapat tengok.. kena tunggu layan Diari.
So sapa tunggu senarai lagu-lagu tugasan minggu ni... here it is. Lagu tugasan Konsert Akademi Fantasia 7 - Minggu 3 Hafiz - Mat Disko (Sudirman) Akim - Anak Gembala (Sudirman) Yazid - Pawana (Search) Qhaud - Pilihlah Aku (Latiff Ibrahim) Obri - Abang Beca (Broery Marantika) Aril - Andainya Aku Pergi Dulu (Alleycats) Sidi - Hanya Di Radio (Headwind) Claudia - Lama Tak Jumpa (Zur Eda) Zizi - Ini Rindu (Farid Hardja) Rubisa - Angan- Angan Raja Ema) Isma - Rambu Ramba (Norshila Amin) Rini - Seloka Cinta Remaja (Seha Freedom) Aishah - Mata (Nor Kumalasari)
Merasalah katanya hampir semua lagu aku leh nyanyi sekali ok. Ingat lirik katanya. Nampak sangat aku nih da kertu!
But honestly, lagu cam Ini Rindu, Rambu Ramba, Angan-Angan dan Andainya Aku Pergi Dulu memang kesukaan aku time growing up. Amik ko pecah lobang umo aku 33, having lived through zaman-zaman tuh.
Tapi yang besh nya, Anak Gembala. Aiyo... tu la antara lagu-lagu Melayu aku layan ok! For your information, minat aku pada muzik Melayu, mula berputik when I got my first Sudirman song. Time tu ngan tak pandai berbahasa Melayu, aku banyak belajar dari lagu supaya dapat sing-a-long. Toyol, Balik Kampung, Chow Kit Road dan Basikal Tua, selain dari Anak Gembala yang aku ingat abih!
Competition wise aku cuma persoalkan lagu tugasan Obri je. Tapi aku tau Acis mesti wat arrangement power, so mungkin feel lagu tuh leh ubah kot tuk menyesuaikannya sebagai lagu pertandingan.
Eh ok la.. malas tulis pepanjang. Korang layan Diari. Da sapa peminat Faz, tunggu entry aku esok. Ada something special!
Cam tak percaya da end of the second week da. Esok da nak Konsert Akademi Fantasia minggu kedua. Time is moving so bloody fast. Before you know it, another season is over. Lagik merasalah aku kali ni sebab kali ni memang tiap hari makan, minum, tidur Akademi Fantasia - apart from other bodily functions. Heh!
Today was evaluation and all.. the kids did quite ok, though some quite scary sebab for some reason they kept repeating mistakes they made the beginning of the week. Some of them seem quite prepared though and I think they will be the ones to wow tomorrow cause cam no hal jer, tak kuar peluh pun leh deliver.
Anyway, abih je, aku da kak Mah borak je keja. Lepak sambil semua prepare gi venue tuk rehearsal for tomorrow's concert. Aku refuse nak tengok any of the rehearsal sebab kalao leh, malam minggu time konsert, aku dapat feel what everyone else is... kalao tak kang no surprise lak.
So what did we do? Apart from borak... for some reason, kak Mah nya IC jadik mangsa.
Bangga tuh...awat moka lain je dalam IC innocent abih!
Tuh dia! Moka manis tak evil *larik!*
Yang penting Sarimah siap tayang diver card dia. Pic lain - motif baju sama... walaupun beza amik pic setahun???!!!
Yes... she says she looks better now. We agree....don't we? Katanya.... walaoponnnn... *merasalah!*
Aku takyah carut... heh... merasalah carut diri sendiri dedahkan pic IC bagai. Anyway, since we on a pic tip, ni dia pic tamu yang korang nampak dalam Diari hari ni, yang mai bertandang petang smalam, si Adam dan Nubhan.
Dua jantan macho tapi... *larik!*
Adam dulu masa Akademi Fantasiamusim kedua tempat lain.. not really homecoming lor
Ngan keta dia. Love the new paintwork! Makan hati six tone!!!
"Dah la tuh.. asik snappy jerk!"
Aku lepak ngan some friends malam ni kat Shah Alam. Biasalah... hari ni je sempat bebetol lepak.
Korang layan Diari ok. By the way... takde orang lak tanya kan, sapa Aizuddin yang asik disebut bebudak. Heh! Aku tau tapi aku tanak cakap. Tuh rahsia bebudak. Sapa nak tau.. teka dulu. Sapa kena memang hebat!
By the way... aku malas rungutan ada yang mengatakan Diari cam fokus sangat Rini dan Aril. Come on la guys. Bukan cam bebudak lain tak dapat airtime. But kan ada storyline. An UNSCRIPTED storyline. Things happen, so we just go with the flow dan tampilkan apa yang berlaku that's of interest lah.
Malas tol kalao ada yang masih tak paham konsep mesej mesej aku merungut beriya. And then tetap nak gak pendapat dia betol. Matilah... sat agik memang aku call Maxis block nombor nombor tertentu.
Okla... korang layan Diari. Banyak lak aku nak meroyan tak henti kang.
Night guys... and gals.
PS - Sorry video quality for Diari tak elok seperti biasa. Uploader emeraldL01 slow sikit hari ni so terpaksa pakai uploader lain. From tomorrow on back to normal.
PPS - Love Ida's class! Ynag improv acting tuh! Aduh.. pecah perot smalam. Rugi Diari smalam tak cukup masa nak tunjuk penuh. Lama but memang kelakar.
Hah! Kan aku da cakap kan. Hari ni drama swasta gila punya! Sampai aku dapat memacam SMS. Weii!!!! Korang ni nak SMS complain kat aku pasal si polan nih tuh wat pe. AFUNDI la wei!
Pe barang SMS aku panang jela marah tuh ni sebab favourite kena hencap. Matilah aku jadik tempat sound.
This is REALITY! Come on la guys. Biasa la... berapa kali aku nak cakap. Kehidupan harian kita pun slalu drama camnih. Bukan sengaja. Da benda tuh berlaku. Deal with it la. Sebab kena kat favourite sendiri nak marah-marah. Apapon... I think it was good for building the character of the kids. Pasni.. ok la semua kot memasing da paham memasing. A drama like this once in a while memang besh nak layan. Heh!
Sapa yang tak paham aku meroyan apa.. ni layan Diari kat bawah.
Anyway, tuh la smalam besh gila ngan drama, then pastu Nani dan Dafi drop by to talk to the kids and share about their moie Sayang You Can Dance. Discussed ngan Nani dan Dafi on what the kids may want to hear from them, and glad both of them spoke about seperate topics of equal importance, Nani on expectations and how the kids now have an opportunity like she had to learn - and how to make the best of it, and Dafi - on the challenges he faced pas abih Akademi Fantasia with all the criticisms he got.
Time ada tamu ni yang besh sebenarnya. Meriah lagik. But the kids memang packed gila schedule... kesian dowh meka. I have a feeling second concert will raise the bar further sebab all of them nampak determined to shine.
Eh sebelom go on, ni pics Nani dan Dafi kat Akademi ketika melawat.
Nani signing movie posters for the kids
Joined by Dafi and Bjarne Wong, the writer and director for Sayang You Can Dance and one other dude
Tadik kelas Cikgu Aris extended lagi. Nak perfectkan choreography mereka. Adakah ini petanda Menuju Puncak akan muncul kembali. Kena wait and see la.
Anyway kelas aku patut kol 7, tapi sebab Cikgu Aris wat one on one evaluation, memula ingat kelas aku cancelled. Then at 6.30pm they said we can start it. Cuma every 15 minutes or so, sorang in sorang out gituh.
But all in all, memang best!!! Bebudak semua memang attentive, and loosen up very quickly. All of them bersuara in my class, which made me very happy. Ni la baru besh. Disebabkan off camera supaya senang sikit, dan lancar sikit proses pengajaran (dan juga benda ni tak penting tuk tunjuk everyone pon), all the kids were more relaxed and I saw more of their personalities.
Banyak soalan diberikan, dan yang paling besh, meka siap cabar role reversal ngan aku. Merasalah aku jadik artis meka serbu aku tanya soalan panas. Amik ko kena dush balik ngan aku! Heh!
But honestly, I think these kids ni cam sponge. They're soaking up things so fast, I have to honestly say I am very impressed. I now have high expectations for them for performing well in my class.
Ramai mintak teguran personal, tapi aku tak cukup masa. One and a half hours je, sebab kena continue dance rehearsal again. Sampai bebudak kata nak extend. Heh... tau pon seronok ek. Katanya... walaupon.
Can't wait for my next class with the kids. Aku da wat introduction to my syllabus. Next lesson on to more detailed subjects. I am so eager to teach them more. And I have to say I may just be as excited as them.
Ok la. Tak sihat sangat sebenarnya. My throat is scratchy.. dari pagi tadi. Sore throat tadik nak kuar suara pun susah. Plus on top of that cuaca panas abih. Rasa nak pengsan. Nak gi mandi, then park myself under the air conditioning. Night guys...
PS - Nak tau lebih pasal konflik? Baca Diari bebudak pasal apa yang terjadi. Click tuk blog Akim, Aril, Qhaud, Claudia, Isma, Aishah dan Rini.
