Kelab Pop

Sampai je Wisma Ali Bawal tuk shooting Kelab Pop, bumped into lots of people! Mana taknya... bukan je satu episod nak shooting. Banyak skali harung. Aku nya slot yang last for the day.

Team aku, apart from myself, si Juan dan Rudy. Harus lah havoc katanya. Our challengers? Ifa Raziah, Serina Redzuan dan Fazli Zainal.

Semua mulot leh tahan.

Once, the final episod before ours finished (sempat usha, tapi akibat tuh tambah nervous), congratulated the winners! Siapa lagi kalau bukan team Triple Z (no, that was not their team name - tapi sebab memang tiga tiga nama start ngan Z).

The winning team for the shoot before ours was bro Zahid, skali ngan Zain formerly of RuffEdge (kira former ker) and Zed Zaidi. Uwaa... julang trofi ngan bangga tuh!

Mana taknya, dengar musim lepas, piala adalah piala pusingan yang passed on.

Musim ni semua pemenang dapat individual trophy.

Triple Z - Zain, Zed Zaidi and Zahid - eksyen ngan trofi tuh!


Uwaa... adik da dapat trophy, the pressure is on to meet expectations. Sebenarnya aku tak kisah pun mula mula nak menang ke apa... lagikpon appear pun ada saguhati da. Merasalah dijemput sebagai selebriti wakil media. Matilah... nak good impression ni.

Plus, adik da menang, aku pun nak ler. And it didn't hurt that the trophy cantik gak and nampak mahal. Heh!

So masa game, memang all out. Tapi round random question memang no hal. Seb baik tak terbodoh aku. Tapi round CD rosak aku tension. Tak pick up langsung. Juan banyak jawab.
Tapi yang kelakar, satu yang berjaya aku jawab tuh, tak sampai beberapa saat aku da tekan buzzer dan jerit jawapan. Lagu tu memang familiar - lagu hit yang kerap berkumandang radio.

Kalau tak kenal memang aku patut kena pancung - matilah malu kalao aku tak cam. Sebelum sesiapa sempat, aku tekan dan jerit STACY!!!! AKU STACY!!!! Heh! Tak ler aku malu sangat tak jawab speed round tu.

Round humming dan karaoke maut tuh memang pecah perot. Aku sampai nak jatuh pentas gelak!

Aku takleh cakap apa apa la... korang tengok kang bila episod tu on air. Not sure when... but memang kelakar!

Fazli, Serina, Reza, Juan, Rudy and me, myself and I. Kak Ifa terpaksa rushing balik cepat sebab anak dia sakit.


Pas abih gi lepak Pelita as usual. Tak plan apa apa pun. Dan dan... ada orang tegur. Rupanya Marsha dan Kefli ada 'discussion'. Hah... habihla korang kuar lagik la cita korang kuar berdua. Sebenarnya kira business meeting sebab ada hal nak bincang. Last last meka join satu meja.

Banyak ler aku nak borak ngan Kef sebab cita Gaia yang aku tarik diri. Then borak ngan Marsha pasal bab lain yang takleh sebut sini.

Kef and Marsha


Jauh tuh duduk!


Sibuk borak, tetiba lak ramai sampai kat Pelita tu. The ones aku sempat snappy Mila dan secara berasingan, Jac. Bangga ngan meka. Takde nya feeling kekwat takleh lepak mamak. Ada sesetengah nih pandang mamak ni cam hina sangat. And kalao lepak kat kedai mamak, rasa cam kena bagitau satu dunia seperti Fear Factor lak. Amik ko!

Mila lak sampai


Then Jac...


Hung about dari I think about 10pm, sampai almost 4am! Penat gila by the end of it all.
If I neglected to tell you the result of the episode Kelab Pop I was in. Sebenarnya... kami.. MENANG!!!!!

Amik ko! Trofi yang dok kat ruang tamu rumah skang. Nothing much to be proud of... biasa biasa je. Yang penting, we all had fun, and with friends.

Apa dia? Bolos? You'll never get me into that skin tight baju. Nangis kang Fitri tengok baju dia buat tuh kena stretch ngan aku! Nangis lagik tetiba Bolos kena rating sebagai horror film lak nampak lebihan aku semua. Matilah...

Over and out... for today...

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ALERT!

Hari ni ada shooting Gaia musim kedua. And before you guys ask, watak aku nih light light jer muncul a couple of episodes jerk.

Andway rushed there pas hantar ayah check mata follow up treatment sebab laser nk betulkan cataracts kedua mata dan then runner ngan mak ke bank as well a pelbagai errands.

Lepas dok lapan jam, tak sempat shoot aku, Tak kisah la.. tapi ada benda yang merunsingkan aku nih. Need to sort it out. Anyway, ni some pics on the set.

Ayunya tidur si Tam ni


Nora tido tunggu scene dia while Zizan mencantikkan diri tuk watak Gaia


Siapa ni? Farish la merehatkan diri


Fadzli Zainal antara guest star Gaia musim kedua


One of the scene ngan cast


My mind was on the finals coming up.

Risau sebenarnya. Banyak nak wat dalam diam sebelom final esok. Wish I could do more to help Nadia FC and Stacy FC because they both need more hands to help them out. Anyway,teruskan AFUNDI STACY (especially Stacy), AFUNDI NADIA (nih pun, tolong la top three) and AFUNDI RIZ (katanya.. walaupun.... matilah aku sokong pun kena carut)

My point of meroyan ari ni is about the pengkritik ketika konsert. Honestly, to some degree, I have no idea whether they are still relevant. Mana taknya, kekadang nampak bias yang melampau sebab pujian diberikan walaupun nyanyian bebudak atau persembahan bebudak macam.. erm.. you know.

And yet sometimes, persembahan yang bagus pun dicarut pelagai beriya, and small matters pun magnified.

The role of the critic is basically not to be blonde and to guide the students as well as penonton in evaluating the weaknesses and strengths, but more ofen than not it becomes a bashing session, atau sesi puji pujian.

I don't know how things will go on for tomorrow, but I have little hopes if any at all of things being different.

At the end of the day, Akademi Fantasia is a platform that offers huge possibiities to those involved in terms of promotion. And the pengkritik yang terlibat pun no different.. However if they act blonde (sometimes I think they may not even be acting), then they may find that people are not so dumb and will see right through them. Oh well...

Anyway backtracking sikit.. ari ni last episode of Diari Akademi Fantasia. Aku nak wish congrats pada team production Diari because for the first time in Akademi Fantasia history, they managed to come up with something yang if not the same quality as musim kedua nya product, even better.

Congrats especially to Sarimah sebab lightened out days with her quips and lawak yang memang menggelikan hati dan tak overdose.

And girl, you looked very pretty for the last episode. And no, you're not a blonde. Matlah gelak..
.Why does Sarimah look like a Barbie doll?

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Mek & Donald

Hari ni punyalah malas sebenarnya nak kuar ke apa. Rasa nak guling guling kat katil jerk. Sekali sekala bebetul day off nih yang besh. Tapi had to go to 1 Utama tuk sidang media dan juga showcase Anugerah Juara Lagu 22.

Mak aih... decor centre court area tuh cam ada majlis perkahwinan lak. Tema sesuatuh sangat.




I didn't watch the showcase sebab dok luar sembang tempat meka ada reception. Cuma sempat layan si Faizal nyanyi Mahakarya Cinta jerk.

Tak semua artis yang layak hadir ari nih. Of course yang missing yang nama nama paling besau like Siti, Mawi and Jac sebab memasing ada komitment... biasalah Saturday nih mesti show berlambak. Ada lak yang belah awal.. so nih jerk pics yang aku sempat amik of those yang hadir.





Ramai woo yang menyerbu gak. Sampai naik claustrophobic aku. So edged away slowly. Ni part of the crowd yang menyerbu. Do you spot yourselves in it?



Hah ni ada sorang agik artis yang lupa tempek pic. Heh... kalao korang tak cam takper. Sebenarnya nih kak Kelly dari TV3.

She's an executive producer (sorry kak kalao pangkat salah!!!!)

Saja je sakat dia nak amik pic dia. Dia nih kira star gak sebab menjadi tumpuan ramai. And tak nak ketinggalan photo op kak Kelly. Matilah aku!!!

Arghhh... ampun kak Kelly, mencarut!!! Anyhoo, after we were done, ingat nak join si Farihad and gang sambung shopping tapi dok sembang sembang ditinggalkan lak.

Erm... dilema baru. Patut ker aku dok tempat aku skang ke, amik tawaran yang lebih lumayan yang mendatang.

Masaalahnya, nak join the corporate culture tak larat aku. Argh! Nak very the protocol gituh nak pakai kemeja and slacks, kekadang tie and suit... campur lagik dalam keadaan camtuh kena kiss ass boss besau semua. Camnih nih. Nak ke tanak. Kalau amik, mewah ler hidop... siap ada ramai ler staff sendiri... tapi... sanggup ker aku nak korbankan keselesaan aku to be who I am for now?

Major dilemma... so tak nak pikir wat skang. Kalao reseki ada tak kemana. It come with so many pros and cons. Apart from the money, and having a team of my own, I'd also be able to make some of my ideas a reality.

The downside is aku kena dress more corporate (no more weird hair, piercings or t shirt and jeans), pandai bodek orang atasan as well as have my ideas mangled more than occasionally.
But the money's good.

Well... all of us have to grow up sometime. So kena seriously consider lah nih. Just that aku risau kang tak happy tak tahan lak. Because it means restricting who I am for the sake of a paycheck.
To shake the burden of the offer made by a kind soul who shall remain anonymous, aku pun jejalan la shopping carik birthday present tuk Maz. Suka taw last minute.

Seb baik ada sale! Everywhere was on sale. Dorothy Perkins, Miss Selfridge, Guess, but finally settle for Topshop sebab lebih pada selera dressing Maz.

Picked out three tops after nearly two hours deliberation.

Extra tuh nak bagik sis aku. Matilah alasan kalao nak shopaholic kan?


Realised I hadn't eaten anything the whole day, so popped down to the fast food outlets. Bumped into Datuk Farid Redzuan and family. Bought some snacks, tapi didn't get to eat much, no thanks to the wonderful view I got below.



Sped back to Shah Alam, picked up Boo and joined Maz and friends for her birthday celebration. Didn't know a lot of them. Just a few like Maz herself, Ema and Lara among the all-girl crowd.

Sial jerk si Anas, Wandie dan Mozac tak sempat mai seperti dijanjikan. Anyway, happy birthday Maz! Semakin kertu ko!

Cupcakes by Lara.


Birthday pun ada paparazzi? Sampai cupcakes pun jadik mangsa?


Maz, the birthday girl with Lara.


After that gi jenjalan ngan Boo pastuh, Uptown Downtown. Last last ke Danau Kota punya night market, headed straight for a pet shop located nearby. I'd been meaning to get this for ages, for Boo.

What did I buy?



Bought a pair of Russian Winter mini hamsters (at least I think that's the right species name). Also a cage, food pellets, pine shavings, vitamins etc.

Spent about RM107 total package. But the joy - PRICELESS!!!
Pastu ke tempat keja Ayien (selamat pengantin baru!!!) where we met Juan to lepak which was a McDonalds along a highway where he's manager.

Started fitting stuff together and all, and siapkan air dan makanan dan sebagainya.

Comel ok cage mini hamsters ni. Everything lengkap. From a small house, to a slide, to a wheel, food area as well as tempat minum air.

Mini hamsters aku nih, sepasang jantan dan betina start exploring la.

Yang jantan tuh dok tido je keja. Yang betina tuh hyper sampai tak hengat. Pine shavings went flying all over immediately sebab dia sibuk gali sana gali sini. Cam kesial.

But had a laugh alright. So I guess this was an okay buy for my Boo. Thank goodness I changed my mind from the sugar glider, the tarantula, the scorpion, the albino python and the whip snake.

Matilah kalao bak ke mana mana pets lain aku tuh, mau ada nya yang pengsan kan?

Anyway, sempena 'pembinaan' rumah dan sangkar meka, we named the hamsters after McDonalds.

That and another reason la.

Yang betina tuh nama Mek (matilah...tapi elok dari Markonah, Tumirah dan pelbagai lagik nama pelik di suggest oleh Boo dan si Juan)

Antara sebabnya sebab dia kuat menyepah bebenda dalam sangkar tuh. Er... go work it out.

Yang jantan tuh sebab dia reserved dan pendiam (actually keja makan tido je like most males), dinamakan Donald. Konon kelas sikt la...

Walaupun.

Tengok pic sebelah nih. Comel tak? Sori ler tak clear sangat, sebab digicam aku tak muat dalam sangkar gituh for a really good shot.

So in the end kena pakai gak mobile phone aku tuk snap. Aren't they just cute? Time ni meka tidur. Well, Donald yang kat bawah tuh was... si Mek ala ala romantic baring atas Donald jerk... tapi kejap kejap jaga (with probably the thought of stupoid humans taking my photos!)

Yawn... we stayed up and had supper AND breakfast at McDonalds' (matilah Supersize Me!)

Tired as all hell... malas nak tulis lebih. Ni pun da panjang lebar dari intended entry. Esok je la aku citakan sesuatuh berkaitan Akademi Fantasia ek.... night...

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Pocor pocor!

Today things were a little haywire sikit. Dahler nak abihkan year ender. Then a couple of other things, and also ada PC AIM Prelude. Nothing much, just announcing the performers tuk showcase yang biasa as a warm up to the event.

Kalau ikut senarai lama, semua da lepas zaman sebenarnya, I think apart from Dayang Nurfaizah, there weren't any current names. It appears to be more of a retro effort... tapi hey... program orang nak cakap apa kan?

Took some shots at the event kat Planet Hollywood, which also witnessed the performance of Meet Uncle Hussein. They're quite interesting, though I want to really listen to them for who they are. Right now, I don't know.. still am getting the Butterfingers vibe off them.

Still they're worth a listen. One of the better upcoming bands out there that you guys should take a listen to for their potential to be the biggest thing in commercial rock.

Tak ramai artis yang hadir, but then seeing how depressing the line-up was, I guess this is as good as it gets.

Literally.. the handful present.


Dayang - pose ayu as always.


The boys from Meet Uncle Hussein.


And another.


Once done, hopped over to izzi for a bite, and also peace of mind. Somehow, being the only establishment with an air conditioned smoking area just makes it so appealing to work in. That, with the good food and the bottomless beverages - always the best choice for me.

No noisy idiots to contend with, and within two hours, I had completed a couple of stories to hantar by email.

Lega sikit. A couple more, and I will be relaxed over the weekend to party and not have to bother with deadlines.
Abih je it was almost 8pm, so gerak ke KL Tower sebab ada Media Nite kat sana.

Arituh si Shai da mention.. biasa la. Dia da memang orang sana. Tadik la si Juan kata dia pegi, ajak skali, so against better judgement (oops!) aku pun pegi lah.

Got to test my new camera and shoot a pic of KL's finest erection (matilah aku!!!). Sampai je it was already packed. Got a little claustrophobic, but still managed to deal with it.
But, mak aih.. these people tema ala ala hutan, probably due to the vicinity of the location of KL Tower, which is surrounded by Hutan SImpan Bukit Nanas.

Er... kind of creative honestly, though I just couldn't shake off the feeling that it reminded me of my rumah hantu yang kelas aku wat time Hari Kantin kat skolah time Form Three.

It did look pretty decent though, so props to the organising team ler sebab tungkus lumus hias. Siap ada cages with iguanas and was that a fox or something I was playing with? Oh whatever.
Merasalah gi dekat dekat nak main and feed it. Kang kena cakar salahkan zoo... eh.. KL Tower lak. I think I should stay away from the front pages.

Anyway, ran about saying hi to everyone, cause bumped into a lot of colleagues from the news side of things.

Sebab aku da lama tinggalkan sejak masuk hiburan full time abut six years ago, a lot of them I had forgotten. Muka kekadang cam, tapi nama..mmm.

Typical dialogue of someone tegur me is :
Unknown Person : Eh Joe! Lama tak nampak! Ingat tak?
Me : Ah ah la (dengan senyuman plastik cover confusion)... lama tak nampak. Uwaa... naik/turun (depending on my evalution for a suitable answer) badan!
Unknown Person : Biasalah... umur.
Me : Ah ah... lama tak jumpa camtuh ler. So ko skang attach mana?
Unknown Person : Alah..tempat sana. Ko ingat kan?
Me : Still there? Wow... tahan nampaknya...
Unknown Person : Ko masih ada nombor aku kan. Kang free ko call ek.. we meet up!
Me : Sure... eh jap... nak mintak diri jap ek. Tu ada member (larikkkkk!!!)

It was a little tiring... especially since kena fake sebab nak jaga hati orang. After all, that was better than, "No I don't remember you. You are hardly significant, and what makes you think you're worth recalling? Obviously I've permanently erased you from my memory."

Erm...

Er... no komen.Ok la...



Tiap meja, where you sat ont he floor (kat KL Tower nih!) ada rabbits!

It was a little boring, so scooted off nak kaco Dekna dan Zarina yang wat show for the night. Merasalah snap pic meka tengah isi masa lapang berborak... otherwise known as mengumpat.
Caught in the act gituh menganyam ketupat. Dah banyak ke adik adik oi? Cukup tuk wat stok Raya tahun depan?





Pentingnya, aku letih sangat kuar isap rokok, baru nak lelap kat armchair kat corridor tempat smoking - tetiba dengar number aku dipanggil.

lucky draw katanya!

Dapat gak hamper... ok ler. So it wasn't a total waste of time.
Also to Shai, thank you for being such a good host, and thank you for the Christmas present.

Ko memang marvellous lah!

It's definitely the thought that counts, and I am flattered nok that you thought of me.

Merasalah terus smangat nak layan event agik even though it was getting draggy with a million and one things going on, but none actually capturing my fancy.

So mulled around, call Boo and gayut, and generally bored myself even more (really didn't need the help actually)

Spent the time on the phone with several people. One for the project I have in mind, but am still sitting on. Takper... azam 2008 aku, to get all my projects planned, not only off the ground, but to a flying start.

God willing, 2008 is MY year where everything will hopefully come together after years of planning and hoping for it to happen.

Too early to say anything, tapi kalau jadi (doakan lah ek) aku posting entry about it.

Whipped out my camera in between the phone calls - and started snapping just about anything sebab nak layan kebosanan.

My favourite shot of the night from the revolving restaurant atop KL Tower, would definitely have to be this simple scenic shot of the KLCC.

Angle tak cantik sangat, but somehow I like it.

Sometimes, I've become so familiar with KL, that I never marvel at the beauty we have in our own Federal Capital.

A metropolitan city like no other... but only if you give it a chance and discover the beauty of it.

The shot I took almost reminds me of a movie scene, and I wonder, how come no one ever includes nice scenes of the city skyline at night like this.

Makes you appreciate KL more, traffic jam and smog and all.
Wanted to take more shots but thought it would be a little too self indulgent, since I'm no photography expert and my angles are probably lousy... but this probably gives you an idea of what the view was like from the tower.

Simply breathtaking..


Anyhoo..rasa cam masa nak balik when they started pocor pocor. Not my thing really.




Went and had supper with Boo after and then headed home to finish a little work in my own time. Checked email before turning in and found my friend in Singapore had emailed me a copy of the story yang she_da had mentioned about in msjbox pasal Asian Idol arituh which came from the Singapore New Paper.

Did Hady win by SMS voting FLUKE?
By Jeanmarie Tan
December 19, 2007

WAS he a default winner who merely got lucky due to tactical voting?
Barely a day after Singapore's Hady Mirza sent shockwaves throughout the region by clinching the Asian Idol title, netizens are already raining on his victory parade.
Their theory?
That the 27-year-old R&B crooner only won because voters from the other five participating countries had adopted a tactical plan which eventually backfired.
Here's how: With one SMS, voters must choose two different countries to ensure fairness and minimise any potential national bias - a system that inadvertently benefitted Hady.
According to many postings on the official Asian Idol forum and MediaCorp's forum, people might have cast the first vote for their home idol, and the second vote to the one who's the least threatening, most unlikely to win and from the smallest country - to avoid improving the chances of the closest rival.
Hence, Singapore's Hady.
One netizen who went by the name of Van Helsing wrote: 'Hady was mostly selected as the second choice. It could be due to either the voters really liking him (apart from their own home idol) or he is not a threat (to their own home idol).
'Either way, the voting system has certainly worked to Hady's advantage.'
Hady took the title on Sunday night when he defeated five other Idol winners from Indonesia (Mike Mohede), Malaysia (Jaclyn Victor), the Philippines (Mau Marcelo), Vietnam (Phuong Vy) and India (Abhijeet Sawant).
The regional singing competition was televised live from Jakarta.
Despite being considered one of the weaker singers and hardly the judges' favourite, Hady managed to garner the lion's share of the almost two million SMS votes cast.
And therein lies the ongoing debate about how he pipped outstanding powerhouse singers like Jaclyn, Mike and Mau.
Did he really have the most mass appeal? Or was it all a fluke?
Hady's supporters laud his charm, good looks, X-factor and marketability, insisting he possesses the 'total package' and is 'star material'.
On the other side of the spectrum, adjectives like 'unbelievable', 'disappointing', 'anti-climactic', 'weird' and even 'funny' cropped up to describe his win.
Disgruntled netizen look4realdeal suggested that if there's ever another Asian Idol, people should 'vote for talent and not out of fear your country will lose if you cast your second vote to (someone with) real talent'.
Others were more sarcastic, like Malaysian blogger KlubbKidd who claimed Asian Idol broke 'the Ten Commandments'.
He wrote: 'There goes the 'thou shalt not worship false idols' with the win (by Hady) and 'thou shalt not steal' with the robbing of the glory of three very much more worthy talents (in Mike, Jaclyn and Mau) who so deserved the title more than the pretty boy who tried to sing.'
But Mr Anthony Ong, president of Hady's fan club, prefers to believe his idol's triumph wasn't an accident.
Together with four other members, the 26-year-old multimedia producer flew to Jakarta to support Hady, casting 'a few hundred votes' each.
Mr Ong said: 'No one can be sure which theory is true or not. I'm sure some voted strategically, but I believe the rest voted on talent, appeal and likability.
'Anyway, Asians have already chosen Hady and they have to live with it. He shone the most, compared to the rest who may have amazing voices but can't sell.
'It's a big achievement for him and for all of us in Singapore. We are overjoyed.'
Asian Idol host Soo Kui Jien added: 'At the end of the day, whether he's deserving or not, he won fair and square. And nobody can take that away from him.'
When confronted with the theory, a fatigued Hady - who only got two hours of sleep early yesterday morning - shrugged the speculation off.
He told The New Paper over the phone from Jakarta: 'People can have their own opinions and theories.
'I was the underdog in the competition... I was prepared to hug whoever was going to win.
'But I still believe that in terms of sincerity and connecting with the audience, I did pretty well.'

Ken: Hady has Malay market advantage
KEN Lim, Singapore's rep on the Asian Idol judging panel, countered the controversial theory with his own.
Said the Hype Records director, who's also Hady Mirza's boss: 'You cannot 'get lucky' with six different territories.
'I don't think voters from the region think so much into it. They are the type who are not so concerned about strategy, but vote for whom they like enough to want to spend money on.'
He felt that strong vocalists like Jaclyn Victor, Mau Marcello, Mike Mohede and Phuong Vy ended up 'fighting among themselves', which paved the way for India's Abhijeet Sawant and Hady - who are 'a different sort of artiste' - to come from behind.
'Hady had the advantage of singing in Malay and reaching out to Indonesia and Malaysia, while Abhijeet was handicapped by language barrier and wrong choice of song,' he added.
Ken revealed that after watching the first round of performances - where Hady sang Taufik Batisah's Malay song Berserah - he sensed that 'this boy has a chance'.
He said: 'I realised that he had the best balance out of all of them. I'm a commercial person, and I was looking at how the Asian Idol must appeal to audiences across Asia, beyond a voice with power and range.'
So what does being the first-ever Asian Idol mean for Hady's hitherto tepid music career?
Ken, who is working on his protege's second album, said: 'It makes our work easier, now that he's more recognised.
'But competing in the commercial market against established acts is a different ball game altogether.'

Now, that made my day. Sarcastic eh? I'm try and work it up to something in the future... still it was worth a laugh to note my observations could have been so met with opposition. Whether it's a reality TV show, or even an inter nation competitions, there are always those who will never get criticism and will always mark it as opposition. Whatever. Ignorance is bliss - and stupidity is contagious.

Sigh... facts are facts, but I suppose you only see what you want to. Que sera sera.
It's a little funny people are still ferreting that entry of mine to b****h about my disagreement with the results... whatever...funny little people.

Turning in... goodnight guys...

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Flawless!

Sampai tadik kat Alam Sentral awal, tapi sebab lautan manusia yang muncul nak masuk ke Sri Pentas 2 di Plaza Alam Sentral, I thought it would be wiser kalau kami ramai ramai masuk dulu.
Kami ramai berkumpul nak masuk sekali. There was me, Ted, Nuffie, Anas, Mozac and Juan.

Ramai gila hari ni... bukan macam minggu lepas half empty seats. Hari ni, kira tempat duduk tak cukup, ramai gak penuhi standing room lak. Ni mesti nak datang tengok Datin Seri Siti Nurhaliza in action.

Ni aku amik shot masa time mereka start buka pintu nak bagi fan club masuk tak silap aku. Or something like that... crazy crowd!

Masuk jer lepak la about, just killing time. Last last, aku naik upstairs ler nak wish kengkawan semua sapa kenal all the best! Support ler katanya kan! Naik jer serempak ramai ler. So dari casual rounds konsep lintas hormat, suddenly menjadi lawatan sambil belajar kena make stopover sana sini.

Sambil singgah dressing rooms and make-up rooms, nih serempak ngan Datin Seri gituh.

Lawa tak pic ni? Ni masa Siti tengah bersiap, ngan Kay Azman fussing all over her getting her ready. I love this pic sebab kebetulan masa amik tuh, cam cantik lak background blurred tapi muka Siti still stunningly in focus. Ni bukan pic konsep konsep Photoshop yer. Original gituh!

Owh kepada kengkawan yang minat Siti, kalau nak curi pic ni nak share, silakan, but please kredit dan link kan blog aku tau.

Anyway, here are some more pics masa Siti tengah bersiap. Tima kacih madam sebab bagik can photography walaupun ngadu belum siap pelbagai. Heh... kalao lum siap pun sudah flawless, apa lagik bila sudah.

And selain Siti, here are several other friends I bumped into before the show. Ingat lambaian ratu kejap je, lama lak sangkut sana sini. So apa lagik, alang alang stop sana sini, each hentian tuh aku amik pic jer la tuk blog.

Ladies (Chery and Nieyl) and gentleman (Diddy and Fazli)



Two lost looking Chinese guys. Left is maestro Audi Mok and right is Schonny from f-tersix. Congrats Audi on Mahakarya Cinta.


Four of the judges (from left) : Adam Salleh, Khairil Johary Johar, Azhar Borhan and Amran Omar.


Moved back in to enjoy the show, tapi macam takde fire langsung tahun ini punya separuh akhir. For some reason, I found the performers semua mediocre saja.

Yang feeling tarik suara samaada tercekik or end up screaming. Takde seorang pun yang betul betul bagi performance yang WOW!

So midway kept sneaking in ciddy breaks. After Jac and Lah were done with Ceritera Cinta, singgah jumpa dia jap. Heh... kena la jumpa wish her well sebab aku harap sangat Ceritera Cinta masuk sekali.




Siap sempat turun ke Dunkin' Donut sat nak beli makan sambil Jamal Abdillah menyanyi. Malas lar nak sit through it. Came back just in time, sebab orang baru nak start tepuk tangan. So with several donuts, a bottle Raspberry (tak silap aku) of Esprit, layan jer results.

And these were the songs that layak untuk Kasih Tercipta, (Ajai/Shuhaimi Baba/Faizal Tahir), Mahakarya Cinta (Audi Mok/Mohd Shariza Shamsiri/Faizal Tahir), Ceritera Cinta (Ross Ariffin/Habsah Hassan/Jac & Lah), Izinku Pergi (Azlan Abu Hassan/Sulu Sarawak/Kaer) and Harapan (Hazami/Hazami/Fazli Zainal).

Congratulations siapa yang dapat ek.



By the way, aku tau mesti ada spekulasi yang Siti takde kat pentas masa meka nak umumkan lagu lagu yang layak, tapi tak de apa lah.

Siti memang lepas dia habis perform saja, dia gerak terus dari Plaza Alam Sentral. Bukan atas sebab takut kalah ke, elak peminat ke siapa ke, dia memang ada show so she had to rush. Even TV3 officially mentioned that.

So takyah lah kata macam macam pasal orang tu, sudah dia pun officially bagitau TV3 dan perubahan dibuat supaya giliran dia awal.

Kalau ikutkan dia antara yang terakhir to perform actually, but dua hari lepas cabutan kedudukan arituh, dia sudah pun maklumkan TV3.

Eh ok la...enjoy the pics and be with you guys tomorrow. Mata sudah berat...

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