Yeay Faizul

Congratulations to all the contestants of Akademi Fantasia 2013. Especially Faizul who won last night.

I am especially proud because Faizul was on of those that I spotted as being a potential winner by the fourth week of competition - and I'm glad he proved me right.

Plus, being a former band boy, I'm glad to see him break the stereotype of a non-musician champion.

Have to admit though was disappointed Aisyah was at sixth because I thought she deserved a higher placing that that.

Still... congratulations to all the finalists. You guys worked hard. Just remember what I told you during my class. This is only the beginning of many trials to come. It won't be easy - and a lot of of you are going to disappear... except for those who persevere.

Make it!

Thanks Faizul for delivering Sepasang Sayap well enough. You are a credit to the composer who wrote the song for you - in Amir.

For you guys who are curious - the song is Amir's wedding gift to his wife. Baca lirik bebetul... mesti dapat faham...

One more song that caught my attention was Mimpi as sung by Aisyah. Yang tulis kawan-kawan gak... nice one Faizal Tahir!

Now... let's see what the kids have to offer in the music industry....

So another feather in Amir's cap. He is the first former reality show contestant to have written for the immediate next season. Starting the year with Anugerah Juara Lagu, looks like it's going to be a good closing of the year.

We're not going to Anugerah Juara Lagu in January next year. Unfortunately Penghibur Jalanan didn't make the cut - which I wasn't disappointed at since I knew it was a competition song. However, a little sad Gelisah didn't get to make it to the semifinal stage to compete because I know the jury would have found it interesting.

Oh gambar bawah throwback malam sebelum we performed at second semifinals of Muzik Muzik. Takpe... tak kayak we had fun. Besides... there's always next year.

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Backdating

Aku janji nak update blog lama sangat dah. But somehow... ada saja keja nak wat. Finally got round to kickstarting the updating that I've promised.

But I guess I have to really backtrack. So you guys know I was part of the production and faculty of Akademi Fantasia 9. Memang time tu, aku banyak job masuk skali so tidur pon tak penah cukup, and seriously, it's been that way all the way to last month.

Ni bulan Oktober pon banyak aku kena wat, so I'm trying to cultivate the habit of updating my blog as often as I can.

It won't be like before obviously, daily... like for the past couple of years. But takdela sampai blog jadi kategori alam barzakh katanya bersawang bagai.

So let me start the trip back to what I've been up to for the last nine months that I've been too lazy to update my blog.

Beginning from Akademi Fantasia... tapi korang pon da tau what happened (and what you don't know obviously I can't blog about). But no matter what, the good, the bad or even the ugly, Akademi Fantasia has been an integral part of my career, so being part of the last year IS something special.

Selalu carut, lagi sekali, buat kali kedua peluang, I get to try and change things from the inside rather than just bitch about it. Of course this is easier said than done as a production is always a team effort - so I did what I could and that was it. Skang layan the photos... these are in chronological order.

Siapa yang follow Twitter aku would have noticed most of these pictures which are mainly from behind the scenes. Have fun.... I know I did going down memory lane with all these pics.

Kalau korang minat any of these pics, aku izinkan korang pakai in any way, BUT jangan sesekali tambah watermark sendiri dan sila kredit source which is my blog, ok? Now enjoy... it took me ages to upload all these pics. Line damn slow... cam sial... tapi demi nak rajinkan diri, aku usaha gak!

Until the next entry...

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