Long awaited....

I know I promised you guys these pics ASAP tapi aku sungguh sibuk sampai tak larat nak edit pics ni bagai and upload.

Sebelom aku terbabas pot pet panjang, ni gambar-gambar majlis persandingan Umie Aida yang memang wedding of the year (and one of the best celebrity weddings in a long time). Aku malas nak comment too much, so korang enjoy these pics je la ek.

Apapon Umie, woman... you looked gorgeous that night, dan aku doakan ko bahagia disamping abang tercinta sampai ke anak cucu cicit etc, ok. It's so hard to imagine you finally married, being independent woman and all... but I can see how happy you are, and I pray the happiness will last forever for you.

First... the venue. Awesome. Ballroom kat One World Hotel never looked more gorgeous. Congrats to Jovian Mandagie! Memang kelas usaha ko!

Ni souvenir cokelat. Me like the box a lot. Jovian nya keja kalao Indonesian stuff ni memang meletop. I think it's unique and extremely cute!

The menu... tak makan sangat malam tuh pon. Saja jejalan tengok usha kaco Umie, and then berborak ngan orang orang TV dan filem yang hadir. Best! Macam reunion kengkawan lak... pada meka yang perlu...

Nih Engku Emran jadik VVIP usher escort Tun Dr Mahathir masuk. Erra lak escort Tun Dr Siti Hasmad masuk.

And ni the bride. Maapkan the quality or lack thereof, of the pictures. Biasala amik pakai Blackberry je (tu pon kira da meletop ok!). Malas nak galas bak camera berat sana sini time nak la la la... cantik sungguh baju Umie nih.

Again more on the decor. Memang classy and elegant... something missing in a lot of weddings bila nak feeling lavish. Umie's memang a wow and memang aku rasa ramai akan cuba niru kang.

Performers malam tuh, ada Farhan.. ada Ziana Zain... tuh je kot. Tak perasan lak...

My sis! Susah ni nak dapat time lepak ngan Nasha. Ni pon masa jumpa nak lepak borak, ramai nak amik pics ngan dia je.

Takpe la... kang lepak gak. Anyway, I think Nasha looks prettier by the day. I think people try so hard to look good, with her it's almost effortless!

Dan ni antara kengkawan industri yang hadir. Aku tak sempat snappy semua, but I think most of those I can call friends sempat aku snappy.

Ada yang TAK PENTING aku langsung tak endah pon. Ehem... no komen la kan.. bior jerk!

So here's Misha, Dynas, Nabila, Iqram, Nora, Fahrin and Linda - among the beautiful guests yang hadir malam tuh. Ramai lagik... sapa tak sempat snappy, sorry sangat. Ballroom penuh manusia sangat tak sempat spot semua pon. Apa agik nak sesi ngumpat. I know Sazzy and hubby pon ada, Liyana Jasmay... erm.. ramai la.

Korang mesti ingat aku posekan Fahrin dan Linda kan sampai dedua pose peace. Eh.. takde ok. I'm friends with both and I don't take sides. Apapon, I only hope both of them move on soon... tanak la bebenda tak elok ni.

Anyway.. hah... takyah speku. Ni pon Umie flash a peace sign.

But I LOVE the detailing on her second outfit. Amik ko! Thousands of little rosettes all over the bottom half while the top is crystals and lace and what-nots.

This is what you call haute couture!

By the way kalao korang nak tau, berat bahagian bawah baju tuh pon dan berbelas kilo ok! Aku cuba angkat pon terkejut. Umie mintak try angkat kain bawah tuh.. aiyo! Heavy gila! Tabik kat dia camna dia jalan pose bagai.

Beauty is pain, gituh!

Nih lak some shots of her with hubby dearest. Romantic abih aku tengok couple ni. Best! I like!

Ni pon pasangan romantic. Heh... except in this picture, Shidi lak ngada wat moka pose belakang Vee masa perasan aku nak snappy pics. Heh!

Ni bride's bouquet lak. Aku bak balik! Heh! Umie tak campak ke apa... entah tetiba Nasha bak kebas dari mana ntah. Pastu aku main-main benda tuh, si Nasha bagi aku. Bak je la. Keringkan.. kenangan gituh!

Ni Umie with her sister dearest. Erma nampak happy sangat that night... but I guess a lot of us were to see Umie so happy.

And yes... Umie Aida. Ko da jadi isteri orang. All the best, luv. Lots of hugs... after all these years, who would have thought!

Hah... so tuh la entry aku pasal Umie nya wedding yang overdue. Masuk bab lain.

Ni Diari dari semalam. Layan dulu... then aku komen.

Nih dia pemerhatian aku dari Diari hari Isnin.

*Aku tak paham the endless play on ‘salah pengundi’ tak Afundi so terkeluar akibat thingie. Basi… la la la …
*Already Debaran haus, kenapa masih perlu repeat bits from Debaran again in Diari? Redundant. So can play airmata lagik ke? Does this drama still work? Aiyo!!! Dah lapan tahun takde lagik idea ke.. find something new to play on. Five minutes of tears… boo!
*Alamak… that stupid monkey makes noises now. Yawn!
*FUCK!!!! More crying???? Bodoh la asik perah airmata je keja. Dari gelak, jadik meluat jadik benci aku nak tengok sekor-sekor cenggeng melampau tak kena tempat. It’s not like they fucking died! Shit… Da masuk tiga minggu masih main drama airmata yang takde perisian. Ni ke katakan meka ada character? Bazirkan airmata pada benda yang camni. Stop it already! It’s just coming to the point of being ridiculous! Tunggu la meka keluar tengok how much respect for being weepy all the time. Puke!

And that was it! Itulah satu episod Diari yang nan hado.

Erm... Diari hari Selasa malam tadik lak. First of all.. ni lagu tugasan minggu ni.

Pelajar Lelaki

ALIF – Sesuatu Janji (Taufik Batisah)
SHAHIR – Derita Cinta (Jamal Abdillah)
IWAN – Permaisuriku (Jay Jay)
MAULANA – So Sick (Ne-Yo)
DAUS – Separuh Jiwaku Pergi (Anang)

Pelajar Perempuan
AIN – Cinta Antara Benua (Arni Nazira)
FARINA – Cantik (Nikki)
ANUM – Kau Atau Aku (Main Tarik Tali) (Elyana)
NAD – Bulan Cinta (Eva)
ADIRA – Kini (Feminin)

Korang perasan tak tiap minggu mesti ada lagu KRU? Memang la they have SOME good songs in their catalog. Tuh tak nafikan. Lagu Kini ni pon memang 'evergreen' pop (matilah aku evergreen). Betul la kan... sapa tatau lagu Feminin... iconic gituh.

Cuma seriously they need more variation. Hasilnya semua jadik ala produk KRU sounding. Oh well...

Tapi ni yang kelakar.

Lagu Bonus Debaran
GENERASI HEBAT – (Hafiz, Aril, Akim & Black)

Aiyo!!! Honestly? Tak cukup ke semua edisi program Akademi Fantasia kali ni sumbat botol Brands dalam moka kita, pastu sebut dalam 3,726,211 kali dalam dua minggu pertama sahaja?

Ni lagu pon kena lagu iklan? Damn!

The girls have a better selection though, tapi minggu ni aku rasa Farina either mati ngan lagu Cantik, atau meletop. Dia yang paling kritikal sebab lagu ni may be straight up poppy dance, but it's difficult. Kenapa tak bagi Anum lagu ni (gelak sorang jap)

*What’s with the siren gimmick? Pengetua nak form groups of three katanya. Perlu ke? Aiyo.. so freaking unnecessary. I really don’t see why they bother with these kind of attempts langsung demi nak dapat some sort of plot or storyline. Nampak sangat haus idea. Aduh.. it gets worse and worse. Kira cam America’s Next Top Model or Project Runway meka dok sebilik, bila partner tersingkir more drama ler. Or drama gaduh/cinta. Perah, jangan tak perah!!!
This has nothing to do with reality. They can’t even get themselves in order nak focus on teamwork. Heh… macam-macam.
*”Hey you, don’t move and I’ll KELL you”????? Another product of our wonderful education system.
*Aduh.. Shahir ni… tuk budak nasyid serious horror la sora dia. Berkali aku katakan biasanya dak nasyid mesti vokal power. Ni.. erm…
Ok.. so semalam talking monkey. Today we back to the talking motorcycle. What are we watching la? Akademi Fantasia ke Alice In Freaking Wonderpets Land???
And that was the whole freaking Diari!
Only thing cute was watching kak Fati, Siti Hajar and Que acting up in the end.

The whole Akademi Fantasia series – FAIL!
Three tenaga pengajar having fun – WIN!

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The Malay Mail Relaunch Party

Awmigawddddd!!!! It was such a blast!

Thank you to all my friends who showed up for the Malay Mail Relaunch Party!

Firstly an announcement. One of the many that will come concerning the Malay Mail in the next few months.

Step one. Beginning tomorrow.. kira today la - hari Khamis bersamaan 26 November, The Malay Mail is back in its original form (syukur!) with the tagline of The Paper That Cares and will be FREE!!!

Yes, we are the second paper to go free, but content wise akan bertambah meletop!

Circulation pon meledak gituh ke 100,000.

Dan ini baru step one. Tunggu pengumuman lain.. aku tanak jump the gun, tapi sebagai orang dalam, a media revolution is beginning, and the investors and backers are going all out to prove something we've always known... that The Malay Mail has what it takes.

For those yang berminat nak tau, my column, Hear, Say... will no longer be on Thursdays, but on Tuesdays.

Now that I'm done with the announcements, I want to thank so many people (feeling Grammy acceptance).

First to Marion Caunter and Zainal Alam Kadir - my emcees for the night, thank you so much for going crazy and making sure everyone had fun.

Secondly to Atilia and Ning Baizura. Two of the best entertainers around who got the party started, and kept it going with their fantastic voices.

Thirdly, and as importantly, a big THANK YOU to all my friends who showed up. I love you guys. So many of you, sorry kalao miss any names.

To the Celepets (nama gelaran kumpulan vogue) in Dynas, Sazzy Falak, Yasmin Hani... Vanessa Chong, Anita Sarawak and hubby abang Mahathir (siap kansel ke Singapore for job tuk be there for me... awwwwwww), Mawi dan Ekin, Audi Mok and Nikki, Datin Seri Tiara Jacquelina, Datuk Seri Farid Ridzuan, hot couple Vanidah Imran dan Rashidi Ishak, Nur Aliah aka the other Vee and her hubby to be (hensem dan baik orangnya), Rina Omar, Saerah, Fatimah Abu Bakar and hubby (anak anak, si Nani and gang tak dapat mai sebab kena conjunctivitis!), Dayang Nurfaizah (sedap lagu baru dia, Sayang, yang dia bagi dengar... I like!), Jaclyn Victor (walaopon lambat sebab rushing ada hal)... aduh ramai aku tau aku tak sempat senaraikan semua, but thank you sangat sangat to all these people who came because I so wanted them there and personally invited them.

Juga pada kengkawan dari TV3 dan gak Astro. Love you guys. Kita sambung carut mencarut pasni ek sebab Anugerah Juara Lagu dan Akademi Fantasia 8 da nak start (matilah aku... heh!)

I missed some like Fahrin (tak sempat balik flight ke), Aizat (mana ni???), Aishah Sinclair (tak sempat so tak complete kumpulan Celepets), Daphne Iking (ni sorang agik Celepets tapi MIA), Umie Aida (ada rehearsal pementasan Natrah), Sarimah Ibrahim (tak sempat balik kot pas shooting ujung ujung Biggest Loser Asia), Linda Onn (gi preview Full Moon sebab da janji) Nora Danish (shooting) and Datuk Siti Nurhaliza (walaopon kak Rozie kata try singgah tak nampak pon... sedih aku). Ada other yang tak dapat mai gak... tapi nak wat pe...

All of you who were there, thank you again for supporting the paper, and also personally, me, as a friend.

Dah dah... panjang lak. Dah lah nak tidur sebab letih plus kena bangun awal pagik ni tuk preview filem Santau.

Layan pics dulu ek.

My two rajin punya kaki Twitter - Marion and Atilia


Otai 'muda' - muda lagik ke? Matilah aku.. Erra dan Alam


Kak Vee (Alia) ngan kak Nita and abang Mahathir


Why am I posing like a dork???


Vee (Vanidah Imran) and Vee (Aliah) ngumpat ngan kak Fati (beriya ek!)


Dayang!!!!


Nur Aliah aka Vee - senyuman orang bakal naik pelamin! Aku tanak amik pic cayang dia sebab respect privacy... kang wedding CONFIRM exclusive gituh!


Atilia - gedik la uols! But I LOVE her!


Datuk Seri Farid - one of the coolest CEOs I know, kak Izan from AESB, Ekin dan Mawi (wei botak... mai gak ko ek.. tima kacih!)


Performance unik malam tadik - band gabungan CEOs beberapa company! Semua muka familiar (lead vocals editor aku Ahiruddin Atan aka Rocky Bru - blogger very the tersohor bab politik)


The message wall (tu new logo kat atas)


Erra and Engku Emran (kita bakal sebumbung kannnnn.. oops... shh!)


Mommy Fati and Tiara - gossip pasal bebudak anak-anak ayam AF7 kita ke? Heh!


Sehati berdansa... (sabar je la Sazzy orang cakap pe... especially yang pepandai mencelah tanpa tau story.. heh!)


So anyway tu je la pics aku sempat snap sebab sibuk amat! Nanti aku try upload some other pics of who else was there for you guys.

Ok la.. nak tidur... ni nak bangun 8 pagik ni. Matilah aku... tired but VERY happy! Big things coming my way soon!

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