Torch or pad?

Geramnya! Adik ku yang tersayang katanya... matilah ko... si Zahid tayang Blackberry Torch dia tadik. Si Akim arituh da tunjuk aku dia nya da. Nangis la.. Afdlin pon da beli. Linda Onn pon da. Ramai geng Torch.

I so want it! Nangis la camni. Masa serempak si Zahid kat berbuka puasa Celepets, dia dok tayang... geramnya... nak nak nak!

Aduh... control nafsu.. jap tarik nafas jap nak rilekkan diri.

Anyway, tang berbuka tu, ni some pics. All of the Celepets ada - kecuali Aishah Sinclair. Yasmin Hani, Atilia Haron, Dynas Mokhtar, Sazzy Falak, Serena C and Daphne Iking. Kengkawan artis lain - selain Zahid (sakit hati!!!) ada Ezlynn and Yasmin Yusuff. Ni some pics masa meka jamu anak yatim smalam.

Pas abih the simple but nice 'do, naik atas lepak jap. Sesi anyam ketupat dengan pantasnya bertukar menjadi sesi tayang gadget! Atilia kuarkan iPad dia. Nangis agik!

Tuh dia Atilia ngan Zahid lawan app apa entah.

But I like this app. Guitar app gituh. Si Zahid main sodap lak. Ada piano app gak... aku rasa kalao da ramai-ramai da ada iPad kan... leh form iPad band. pasang mic, main live terus.

The question is now... will I get my iPad soon. Blackberry Torch aku nak gak, but since da ada Onyx, tak perlu la rasanya.

Mmm... abih la aku. Bajet confirm burst jap gi nih.

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Phew!

Don't know how I made it through yesterday... but I did.

Letih banget! Without enough sleep bangun awal, lari ke stadium nak layan audition Akademi Fantasia 7. First day tuh. Nak tengok response camna. Sampai tuh aku terkejut. Orang beratur panjang da!!! Merasalah! Time tuh aku rasa dalam 10:30 pagik jer.

Amik ko. Divided into beberapa groups, time dalam stadium tuh tengok ala ala American Idol. Heh...



Ok.. just a quick walk through the audition process. Sebenarnya takde perubahan sangat dalam perjalanan ujibakat. More or less like the previous ones. Now come this way...



If you refer to my previous entry, you'd know Stage 1 takde benda. Cuma isi borang dan sebagainya.

The hardworking Akademi Fantasia family. Tu da tengahari lemah da semua. Panas siot!


Tuh dia. Borang permohonan Akademi Fantasia ke... database jodoh?


Jom ke Stage 2 bersama sultanmuzaffar dan Aishah (motif pose ngan ice cream?)

Then of course Stage 2 is the singing bit. Like du-uh. You did enter a singing competition kan? What else you expect la. Very the stating the obvious.

You make it past that and it's Stage 3 foe the personality interview. Aishah? Mana ko... owh tuh ko. Jom Stage 3 lak.

And kalao lepas... tahniah! Please people. Aku da bagik tips. Korang pon da enam tahun tengok Akademi Fantasia. So how come ramai the same mistakes over and over again jerk. Tak prepared langsung.

Camni nak ada harapan? Ok.. pada yang lepas... ayuh ke Stage 4 bersama Aishah.

If you made it this far, you've done all you can. Skang tunggu tengok da ong ke tak je dapat panggilan if you've been shortlisted.

Kalao tak anggap la ko gagal seperti orang yang eja Akademi sebagai AKEDEMI. Matilah.... mencarut lak jadiknya.

"Cepat padam! Joe nak letak blog tuh!"


Mai lak aku perkenalkan some of the people behind Akademi Fantasia this year. For those yang gi last year, lucky you no sign of Ogy. Garang dek non akak kita tuh.

But doesn't make things any easier ok. Kak Fati and Syafie are around. So's Nurul. Didn't see who else though.



Ni executive producer baru tuk Akademi Fantasia 7, Suraj Nair. Sebelah dia channel manager Astro Ria, Khairul Mizan Shagul


Out of a total of 820 yang berjaya audition semalam (a record of sorts - last year first day of KL punya audition pun cecah 600 jerk), only lebih kurang 10 orang berjaya ke Stage 4.

So things are getting tougher... please be prepared and don't waste your time, or anyone elses. Make sure you come ready ok.

Aku ciao dari stadium terus jumpa Faz dan adik dia kat Sungai Wang. Mak aih. Kenapa laaaa smalam jam gila!!!! Stress. Claustrophobia attack! Trauma aku.

Pas abih beli benda benda perlu, aku rush to Stadium Putra lak. Nak amik invites aku tuk besok sekali layan rehearsals for Anugerah Juara Lagu. Ni some pics aku sempat snappy.

Suria's daughter a big fan of Stacy


Hoodie pals! Aizat dan Faizal


Aremeer pakai baju Superman gak ke. Heh...


Rich, Andy and Rina focus gila layan rehearsal


Stacy warming up





All white Heliza dan Zahid


Ok... updated predictions based on what I saw last night. For best vocals - jangan terkejut if it goes to a guy.

My favourite is now Aizat. Followed by Ayu and Faizal Tahir.

Based on showmanship, for Best Performance I say leading the list is Estranged. Then Meet Uncle Hussain and then Aizat and Stacy. But kalao 50% SMS Stacy might take the lead.

Nak abih je, aku lari ke Damansara jemput Faz. Kena gi launching butik Belicious milik Umie dan adik dia Betty. Masa tuh letih nak collapse, tapi sempat snappy pics agik.

Ainul, Ezlynn dan Liyana


Dynas dan Faz caught in the act of gossiping


Faz and Umie


Mommy to be, Erra

Pas abih tuh ada birthday get together nak attend. Aku sampai umah pon da 3 lebih. Collapse terus. Esok another day. Expect oads of pics from tomorrow. Gotta go now.. ta.

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Here's to 2008!

Again... happy new year... and happy 2008 to all of you. Before I ramble on and on - here are some pics yang aku amik masa kat KLCC. This was the fireworks show at the stroke of midnight and the first 10 minutes or so. Hope you guys like it.

Take time and wait for the pictures to load - because this time there are A LOT of pictures I have to share. Yeap.. I went psycho shooting pics, so enjoy them ok.

Just make sure your Internet line is not crap, because kalau korang tak nampak the pics, can't help you guys.

The amazing sight of KLCC framed in fireworks as we entered 2008.

Backtracking, masa sampai KLCC terkejut lak jam takde. But since it was only 7.30pm, memang tak teruk pun kesesakan time tuh. Stupidly, I parked in KLCC instead of the nearby parking are dekat the show venue near Exxon Mobil. That's what getting shocked will do for you.

Bumped into Ezlynn and Adam dropping by to jalan jalan and watch the show. Shah, laki Liza Hanim yang perfomed, pun ada playing daddy ngan anak meka.

Went to the VIP marquee and was amazed by the sight of things.It didn't look like it was in a bloody tent. Cantik siot. Classy and extravagant. Siap ada chandelier pelbagai. And the food? Yummy! Trust Petronas to be the best host in town when it comes to organising events like this.

Simply grandiose!

And when the show started, I headed right in front of the stage to enjoy the performances. I didn't take all the performances - tapi ni yang mana aku sempat. The others I was preoccupied because it was probably not worth my time to layan. Apapon - you guys probably caught it on TV... so takyah wat ulasan. And if you guys didn't catch it - then takyah la kan. It was a New Year concert... so takyah la ek review. Just enjoy the pics.

Please remember - kalao korang suka these pics - you can use them anywhere - BUT - please credit me, where you got them AND link my blog please.

Make it worth my while to take time to shoot these pics, upload and link them. Hormat la ek sikit usaha aku. Jangan cam sparuh orang aku tau diluar sana yang ngaku pics ni meka punya lak... cam kesial....

Aku stakat ni tak nak watermark the pics tapi kalao benda ni berterusan sooner or later, I'll have to.

Now - on to the pics.

The opening cultural fusion show.


Search in action.


Amy... rockin' wo!!!


Rock legend for sure lah.


Noraniza Idris - walaupun kena perli slalu bak rombongan, her show memang best.



Joe Flizzow brought on his posse for a touch of hip hop.



Joe and his posse threw their KL brand caps to the audience. I think there were about eight, and Nafi got one sebab kami beramai ramai dok depan and it just landed near our feet.


Imran Ajmain was on too... and also dueted with Francesca Peters before she went solo.


Do I hear you guys kutuk my hair?


Alien vs Predator promo tour.


Masa dia baru nak start nyanyi - it started raining. Kebetulan lak - Fran was singing... erm... Umbrella. Pas meka abih, orang mintak meka campak payung lak sebab ujan.


And after Fran sang... ella.. ella.. ella.. who else came on but... Ella.



Joe Wings backed her up. Goreng!!!


Ning enjoyed herself big time leading up to the countdown.






Esther Khoo in the scariest outfit of the night. Boots??? Or galoshes!


The group finale.





Jojie and Ella ham it up for the camera.


Vernon being weird and Fran having the same reaction to him, as everyone else to her hair.Amused...

On the way to KLCC I spotted a nativity scene outside a building in front of KLCC. Memula aku ingat I had spotted wrong, so on the way back from Impiana Hotel, to KLCC after taking a ride from the artistes' bus to get out of the concert venue.. I went to look for it. And it was indeed a nativity scene.

This was outside The Ascott and Kirana. This is the simplest, but most meaningful Christmas decor I've ever seen anywhere in Kuala Lumpur.

It was touching that Christmas be remembered for what it is.

And the last pic for today was taken masa on the way nak ke KL. It wasn't grammatically wrong.. or at least I think so. But it just sounded so wrong.

Come Inside And Treat Yourself - sounds like a self-service invitation.

Would have sounded nicer to say Come Inside and Have A Treat or something. Dunno... it just caught my eye and thought wanted to put it here.

Ok lah guys.. hope the pics amused you. Be back with another entry soon. Oh by the way, I promised you guys a new layout for my blog, kan? That's coming soon. Still tweaking the look because I want it to be permanent... so pada meka yang tak gemar layout ni... sabar ek.

Happy holidays people!

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