Showing posts with label dina. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dina. Show all posts

Saturday, December 06, 2008

What can I say...

So the results of the Balada punya separuh akhir has been announced.

What more can I say.

I left Sri Pentas 2 a little bitter over the selections.

Aku sebelum ni ada katakan, I didn't really mind who qualified, as most of the songs were really good.

I retract that statement.

The result semalam was bullshit. Plainly, short and sweet... merepek tol keputusan untuk separuh akhir Balada Muzik-Muzik kali nih.

I'd already guessed at least one of Audi's songs would get in. Both, Sampai Syurga dan Cuba layak, which is fine by me, because memang they're among the strongest in the competition. So no argument there. Walaupun ada yang katakan takyah la bagi dua lagu masuk.. satu da cukup, I disagree with that strongly sebab tuk aku, ni competition for compositions.. da kalao lagu bagus, masuk keduanya pon apa salah? Da tu yang antara terbaik. Both songs were fresh, different from the current crop and encompassed everything about a good song, from the structure of the composition to the lyrics.

Lagu Aizat, Lagu Kita was deserving too. I say that sebab tuk aku, Aizat ni wakil one of the new generation of songwriters and composers yang deserve to be noted. Lagu Kita is a breath of fresh air, and memang layak pun, no matter what anyone says.

But how about the other two songs yang layak ke Anugerah Juara Lagu?

First of all, Bila Nak Saksi. Nothing personal against Spider, but this is NOT one of their best songs. It's a weak tune compared ngan lagu lagu lain. Leh anggap lemau kalao banding ngan lagu lagu yang lain. Honestly.... I know Spider are favourites with the Anugerah Juara Lagu series, but this is ridiculous. Lagu ni dated nak mampos.. ketinggalan zaman and there is absolutely nothing great about this song to justify it being selected for the final.

Kalao lagu Mabuk tuk kategori Pop Rock aku anggap kuat, Bila Nak Saksi dalam kategori Balada is so salah! Lom masuk kategori Pop Rock pon ada yang mabuk da nak select lagu ni tu represent kategori Balada.

And the final song yang layak, which is the first song called and the most controversial for a lot of people out there. Lagu Aubrey Suwito, dengan lirik dari Habsah Hassan, Hanya Di Mercu yang dinyanyikan Ayu.

All I can say is... what the #$%^&*???!!!!

Spekulasi mengatakan pihak penganjur meletakkan lagu ni dalam final tuk promosi Ayu yang nan ado.

Ayu is a sweet girl with potential. But this song does NOT deserve to be in, just like Bila Nak Saksi.

I mean, are you seriously saying these two songs are better than Teman Terulung, Dingin and Cinta Terhalang among so many of the better songs performed malam semalam?

Honestly... how do some people sleep at night. Busuk tau camni....

Kalau sebelum ni aku katakan kategori Balada akan hasilkan juara for this event, skang nampak goyah sebab this is not the best representation of the ballads.

But you know what.. ni event orang. So suka hati la meka nak pilih sapa. The public knows what's actually better... so it just looks $%^& pathetic for selections to end up like this.

From the entry of lagu Tanpa dari 6ixth Sense which is so salah (sebab patut Pop Rock tuh), to the mic glitches like with Ziana's performance... the competition is by year, becoming irrelavant.

There was a glimmer of hope when Itu Kamu won... but now all that seems to be fading.

At the end of the day, it's true what has always been whispered backstage. Tengok je juri sapa. Orang leh tangkap apa personal preference meka and from there guess whether the results are going to be good or not.

Thank you to Johan Nawawi, Adam Salleh, Yasin Sulaiman, Amran Omar, Fauzi Marzuki and Azhar Borhan for the results. Semua memang hebat... just I think that so many people forget the relevancy of what makes a good composition is also the freshness of a tune - especially when a category cam Balada ni banyak sangat yang strong and IT DOES boil down to approach and direction of the song in terms of freshness.

You reap what you sow... so this year's Anugerah Juara Lagu is going to be SO exciting (note the sarcasm)

Dah... apapon... thank you to production TV3, korang memang besh (the production memang besh pon... and they have nothing to do with the results) So to kak Kelly, kak Huda, Boboy... and all you people yang aku tak sempat list hingga ke Mommeh yang hostess with the mostest gituh, thank you for making it memorable for the RIGHT reasons.

Now on to the pics... none of performance. Backstage and before and after event je.

Pria terhebat aka penjantan tangguh - from left - Aizat, Adi, Gjie, Ayooi, Sarol and Faizal


Production family


Akak security, kak Habsah tak silap nama dia.. lama kenal da. Lama wo khidmat ngan TV3


Atan dan Wan 6ixth Sense lepaking


The crowd lining up...


...all the way out


Kak Kelly demonstrates how to have a cuppa the right way with pinky entended


Like... whateverrrrr... Cheryl goes Valley Girl in this pose


Ni bukan pesen Feminin ok. Ni Dina tengah siap.


Shorts and Crocs. Dafi channels my lazy fashion sense. Heh!


Aizat!!! Shading kurang sket! Heh!


Kak Ziana undergoing the transformation to a glossier diva


Adi 6ixth Sense... new hair


Alamak.. Joe amik pic... pecah lobang tak wat pe pe


Cover line semua wat keja sat


Selipar jamban is so salah.. heh


Bang Nuar getting ready relaxed je


Syuib manager Bob multi tasking ok!


The best vocals of the night Bob, Ziana Zain and Anuar Zain (Dina pon patut)


Aku ngan bapak jin dan raja toyol Ramli MS


Aizat and Faizal... something so wrong with this pose la Superman


That's better! The two WORTHY contenders for Anugerah Juara Lagu


Nih apa lak nih


The last pic actually pas kami ke Pelita as usual. Ngan Bob, bebudak 6ixth Sense and our 'families and friend' (cam promosi DiGi lak). I think there were about thirty of us in total.

It had been a good night, though not the ending we hoped for... tapi takpe. Rezeki kat mana-mana... so what to do lor.

Apapon, congrats to Aizat on Lagu Kita and Audi Mok and Faizal Tahir for Sampai Syurga and Cuba.

Lain? Takyah la...

Thursday, December 04, 2008

Up next!

The big day is tomorrow. Yeay for the semifinal of Muzik-Muzik in the Balada category besok.

Been having so much fun with everyone that memang tak sabar tuk besok at the actual event.

Entah kenapa tapi this time aku rasa excited. Maybe because ramai yang perform member, plus some of the tunes are the best in the series of the competition in some time, added with the fact this time competition walaupon sengit, tapi everyne just doing their best while having fun.

Aku sampai semua aku nak sokong.... walaopon ada personal favourites.

Hari ni Anuar ada sekali, so making it more whoopie backstage. Ngan Ziana, and then a side crew of fun people in Aizat, Bob, Faizal, bebudak 6ixth Sense... pecah perot la jawabnya sepanjang preparations and finally the full dress rehearsal.

You guys just enjoy some of the pics I took the whole night.

Serious je bebudak 6ixth Sense


Tuh dia Anne masuk je pose gila semua


Backstage waiting for Dina and Bob with some of the production guys and gals


Faizal and Cheryl on set


Anuar Zain - pleasantly sweet as always


Aizat during the full dress rehearsal


Bebudak 6ixth Sense lak


Adik beradik meletop!


Tiga anak teruna (eh jap... Faizal mana teruna lagik)


View from the back of the stage during the mock announcements


From the front lak


Faizal, Aizat and 6ixth Sense. Pose Adi tu kenapa? Heh!


Briefing for artistes and managers. Sempat borak lak Anuar, Bob dan Lisa


Another view. Wan kenapa amik pic aku tuh?


Lisa, manager Ziana borak ngan kak Kelly - executive producer TV3 yang vogue meletop! (bodek nih!)


Group photo - sapa yang sempat


Helmi from Monkeybone, Faizal and enter frame lak kak Kelly


Bob and kak Huda


Korang esok jangan lupa tau. The semifinal begins 9pm, over TV3. Aku nak tido... tak larat. Esok nak bangun awal.

Wednesday, December 03, 2008

Fun and laughs

Hari ni memang besh gila lepak kat Sri Pentas 2 tuk dry run for the separuh akhir Muzik-Muzik kategori Balada yang akan diadakan Jumaat nih.

Of course geng KEPITA ada in Bob and bebudak 6ixth Sense. Tapi ramai lagik skali ada like Faizal Tahir, Dina, Ziana, Aizat... everyone nominated for the semifinal round. Only ones missing, due to I think prior engagements were Dafi, Nubhan and Anuar Zain.

So they had I think three run throughs, and I sampai just before the third and last for the day.

Nothing much to do, since just helping Bob and Syuib out. But had a ball. Everyone performed damn good. Pening siot this Friday camni.

First let me get several pics I took out of the way.

Sharon, my former college mate at Ocean Institutde of Audio Technology (241B holler y'all!), the blushing bride (tahniah and hope Rusdi Ramli is the man for you forever, babe) and also composer of Sejauh Ini to be performed by Dina, as well as Cinta Terhalang performed by Bob


Bebudak 6ixth Sense lepak tunggu turn


Ayu, Dina and Bob


Cheryl giving a strict classroom teacher pose along with Ahmad Fedtri


Yeay! Geng KEPITA performing! Hope Tanpa akan masuk Juara Lagu


Faizal and Ayau - gila tol dua orang nih!


Kak Ziana caught candid!


KEPITA members Bob and 6ixth Sense sekali ngan the crazy but absolutely lovely TV3 production crew


Things really look hot now. Every song is sounding stronger and stronger and I think the competition is going to be absolutely crazy this Friday.

Aku malas nak post pepanjang. But here are the snippets of the rehearsal today. Memang semua power gila. Bukan nak promo, tapi seriously, do tune into TV3 this Friday for the semifinal, atau kalao korang sekitar Shah Alam, come on over to Sri Pentas 2 for the show cause it's going to be awesome, with virtually every song having proven it's right for a place in the Anugerah Juara Lagu.

Ni the first video, of Faizal, 6ixth Sense as well as Ziana Zain. These are among my favourites. I think I made known who I think should go on ahead in the competition. Tapi serious hari nih, even though I stand by my choices, it could be anyone's game.



The second is for Bob's fans. Ni full performance of Cinta Terhalang, live! So korang bayangkan vocal dia on that day ok camna kang. No surprises that he's gonna rock the socks off everyone with his voice.



I have two more videos from the rehearsals tadik. Of Faizal and Aizat, tapi aku rasa baik aku tak posting sini. Kang jadik isu lain lak. But memang pecah perot gelak. Will not say anymore. Esok lak ada rehearsal, so we'll see if I can post that here. Heh..

Ok guys, got some stuff to do first. Catch you guys tomorrow.

Thursday, February 14, 2008

Happy Valentine's Day

This is my special Valentine's Day entry. Time ni sebenarnya tengah pacing and all nak leave for Singapore in an hour or so, so saja publish sebelom kemalasan take over.

Ni some pics from Azwan's birthday party last night of the happy couple yang baru baik dari honeymoon. For fans of Erra Fazira and Engku Emran especially, hope you guys like it... kinda sets the romantic tone for this day to celebrate lovers kan?

Erm sapa nak curik pics ni letak tempat lain silakan jerk, tapi as usual please remember KREDIT dan LINK my blog ok. It's only polite...















Kalau tuh koleksi pics pasangan yang da honeymoon pelbagai dan menunggu cahaya mata, ni lak pics teman rapat yang tak ngaku ngaku lagik ada apa dengan cinta gituh.

Linda Onn dan Fahrin Ahmad la.. sapa agik. Tapi mengejutkan.. sebab meka muncul malam tadik bak... erm.. anak?

Aiyo! Dalam diam ke???

Of course not la. Ni anak sister Linda, and dia memang biasa babysit pun, so jangan lak spekulasi lain tau. Erm.. kalao speku yang training nak jadik mother leh tak, Linda? Merasalah kena carut kang. Ampun!!!!







Merasalah terkejut kalao ada yang tengok pics tak reti baca entry nih kan? Anyway the party was ok, and some friends were there. Ni some pics aku snap... tak banyak pun. Merasalah yang bawah nih time joget lambak!







Oit! Cam perli aku jerk Farah! Mentang-mentang smakin sihat aku skarang. Heh!
Anyway, hope you guys have a good Valentine's Day. In a few hours, I'll be in Singapore. My next entry will be on the finale show party for the Amazing Race Asia 2.

Aku akan bersama the teams competing there, screaming for our favourite teams. I'll be rooting for Vanessa and Pam as I have from the start. Malaysia Boleh! Jangan lupa tune in and shout for Malaysia ek sampai jiran ngamuk! (unless your jiran pun doing the same thing)

Away from my Boo Valentine's ni... sakit sikit. Dah la this is our first. But at least lega dia cakap everyday is Valentine's Day for us. Thanks sayang... that just makes me sayang you all the more. We'll have many more Valentines together, I'm sure.

Ok guys... nak gerak da ni. Be posting later.