Natrah

Owh gumbira! Akhirnya malam tadi ku berjaya nak tengok gak pementasan Natrah. I missed the first round. Tak ingat sebab apa, but yang aku ingat masa tu aku outstation, balik je da abih pementasan.

So kali ni, preview je aku tengok teruih. And my verdict?

Walaupun ada beberapa flaws secara teknikal sebab cuma preview. But ada beberapa scene yang aku rasa pas borak ngan kak Erma akan diubah sana sini kot. Kira final touch up pasnih.

But memang aku suka gila... sebab abih je, emosi marah melanda. Aku jadi marah sebab isu Natrah dipolitikkan individu tertentu tuk kepentingan peribadi sampai kecoh, marah sebab pihak Belanda begitu gampang perangai, marah sebab Aminah tak sanggup lepaskan Natrah tuk kepentingan peribadi walaupun pelbagai alasan, marah sebab Adeline tanak mengalah walaupun Natrah membuat pilihan, dan marah sebab rasakan Natrah, yang pas baca cita hidup dia, begitu lemah dan menyerah pada takdirnya.

Tak ada ke yang penah tertanya kenapa Natrah, atau Maria - tak bersungguh jikalau benar wujud kekeliruan dari soal agama? Apa usahanya?

I mean, she was obviously torn - but I saw her as a weak person who blamed others for her fate and did nothing to change it.

Betul atau salah pandangan peribadi aku, tu emosi dan persoalan, antara banyak lagi yang membanjiri pala aku nih.

Because it got me thinking - for me, Natrah was a success! Anything that makes you think - and not just to merely entertain, is a success for the storyteller. And Erma memang berjaya pada mata aku.

Tahniah pada cast, walaupun ada sorang dua yang sipi sipi ku rasa tidak add anything to the staging.

Jap.. nak snappy jap.

Hope you guys manage to catch Natrah kat Istana Budaya. Siapa yang tengok musim pertama, aku dengar banyak perubahan (dari kawan yang penah tengok). For me, tengok kali pertama aku suka gila. Korang tengok and come to your own conclusions. I'm sure everyone will have their own take of things.

Apapun, tahniah to kak Erma and the whole cast, especially to Umie Aida yang memang aku tak nampak atas pentas - aku cuma nampak Aminah.

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Rock on!

Planned not to go anywhere today sebab nak final preparation for New Year.

Tapi got a call from Rozi petang tadik.

So headed to Istana Budaya just now for Konsert Satu Suara.

Malas nak review. But if anyone of you are going for it - lucky you. Memang it's a good live show. A little stuffed shirt sikit la sebab kat Istana Budaya, but still... I think it was kinda good.

A little stifled rock, but all three of them did great. Aizat is slowly growing as a thinking performer, Faizal is still rocking hard walaopon masih tak sembuh sepenuhnya (couldn't see it pon) and Siti actually can rock quite a bit.

Sebab tak snappy pics ketika konsert, ni pics lepas masa lepak borak borak informal press conference.

Did they rock?

Aizat rocked for sure!

Faizal.. erm...

Rocked everyone's socks off!!! Gila tak???!!!

And Datuk Siti Nurhaliza?

RAWWWWWWWKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry la tak dapat nak entry pepanjang. Mode malas nak beraya nih! Hope you guys like the pics though. Esok nak rush about lagik. Last minute preparations.

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Going loco

Just got back. Letih sangat.

One meeting, and two press conferences, and the horrible jam thanks to the typical Friday traffic and rain, which as usual kalao keadaan camtuh jerk apa lagik.. havoc la. Chaotic as usual. Ngantuk sangat bak keta tadik.

The first press conference for the day... pengumuman Konsert Satu Suara - Aizat dan Faizal Tahir yang menampilkan Datuk Siti Nurhaliza. Organized by Siti Nurhaliza Productions (SNP) kat Istana Budaya.

Tiet da mula dijual, so apa agik. Sebab tiga malam jerk, I think you guys better get cracking on buying them sebelom habis.

To buy online, and check seating for the concert, CLICK HERE. It's going to be historic for sure. First time bebetol rock invades Istana Budaya. About bloody time to, if you ask me. Pasni Amy Search lak... so the floodgates will hopefully be opened soon.

As masa hari tuh ketika press conference Anugerah Bintang Popular Berita Harian - topic hari ni gak pasal benda yang di amik pic dok tinggi nun diatas bumbung kat stadium ketika Anugerah Juara Lagu.

But one thing for sure - NO ONE thinks it's the dancers anymore. Heh.. not even Faizal himself.

Aku tanak komen pe pe. Pasti ada 'kemunculan' lagik lain kali.. so sapa tak caya tengok sendiri la kang.

Meanwhile, here are the pics from just now. Seperti biasa... all pics belong to me, so jangan nak pepandai amik letak memana blog, forum, website ke haper tanpa izin aku. And if you do want to use it, use it as it is, jangan pepandai nak cilok buang watermark aku. Make sure you CREDIT and LINK as well.

Tokei funfair kali ni - the woman behind the show

Faizal going loco with his tongkat

No pictures - feeling getting papped!

Which way is up?

Macam pengacara Tekaria da (retro sangat mic tuh)

Boss woman - Siti

This must be what they mean by picture within a picture

The producer la nih kiranya

The talents

Thank you for coming

Set to rock Istana Budaya

Nak get to packing. Going to Sarawak tomorrow. Dah lama tak gi ke Kuching.. so it's going to be fun.

Ingat, sapa kengkawan pembaca blog yang akan berada di sana tuk ujibakat, I'll see you guys on Sunday!

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What the.. $%^&!!!!!

Istana Budaya... the venue for the seventh concert. I couldn't miss it, so only for the third time in twelve years, I missed Anugerah Industri Muzik, our local scene's biggest night to be there at the concert.

Was it a mistake? Well not really... though I'd have to say it wasn't all that exciting as well.
I thought the whole cultural show at the start was predictable and tuk aku biasa biasa jer.

Because the stage was bare, and there was nothing fabulous about the dance outfit from Istana Budaya aku rasa cam.. erm... opening yang agak lemau la sebenarnya. Should have been bigger, more colourful and explosive.

Da alang alang wat kat Istana Budaya kan... pull out all the stops la.

The use of the hydraulics to introduce the kids was good, though wish they had put more thought into it.

Moving on.. malas nak review sangat the whole thing. The tribute to P. Ramlee was erm.. ok. How can I say anything bad kan? But it seem so much like a contrived manner of promoting P. Ramlee The Musical.

But the critics were horrible! What was Tiara especially going on about??? Half the time merapu jerk. She came across so... blonde! Even though think she was closer to chesnut (stupid joke... just like the invitation to her to judge the event)

Nubhan dipuji (nampak Syafie dan Siti Hajar jeling tak kuasa), and such erratic judgements proved that there was little focus on sizing up the kids based on their actual field of expertise (dia ada ke). Only Adlin got it when he said it sounded dry, tak konti about not being caught up in the orchestral music.

Stanly lak leh dipuji (of course Tiara leh kata kena perform and singing is not everything because masa awards pun dia miming), while Ning insists she's seen the other side of Stanly (yezza...I think we saw all 360 degrees of him).

Adlin kata 'sifat yang perasan awak yang awak bagus and better jadik awak lebih positif on stage'. Some people cheered... they thought it was a compliment. Matilah! Gelak sat...

Bab Alif lak entah apa Tiara merapu, wasting away precious airtime was pointless...not too unlike her comments. Erm... ahhh.. like what? By the way, Tiara, Ning had that hairstyle during album Ke Sayup Bintang ok! And she looked better with it.

But kicker was Ning saying, "bukak mulut lagi besar, lagi luas, cause when you open your mouth, adik akan rasa satu kepuasan dalam delivery". Heh... gelak jap! 18SX humour sat ek...

Astro, please la.. we want critics yang boleh evaluate the kids, not attempt comedy hour ataupun tidak reti menggunakan kepakaran meka bila buka mulot.

TUJUH PELAJAR AKADEMI FANTASIA 6 (ALIF, NUBHAN, RIZ, STANLY, TOI, NADIA & STACY)
Apek Dan Marjina, Nasi Goreng, Obat, Terbang Burung Terbang, Cik Cik Kaboom & Lagenda
The musical style presentation azab ok! Lakonan bebudak nampak cam paksa sangat. Nadia was nice in the opening, though Toi deserved a tight slap.

Masuk Nasi Goreng cam ilang lak sora memasing. I dunno if it was the mics but the backing was barely audible.

Alif was biasa biasa jerk.. energy level dia drop in just a nano second. But sora dia was ok, though nothing to shout about.

Nubhan was just shaky and out of breath for Obat and he actually went off so many times. Mengah semacam jerk. Tak paham dia nih.

Motif konsep kain kain??? Very the Alcazar Bangkok ok!


Riz was one the strongest male vocals in the whole group, especially when paired with Stanly - what do you expect kan?

Stacy was seductively wow.. sodap! Aku leh bayangkan dia dalam a stage presentation with her whole act, even though dia ni kekadang memang kerap terlebih sudah. The whole harmony thing didn't work for this song.

Masuk Lagenda, we had to deal with the RTM like dancers, but overall it was beautiful with the orchestral backing.

Riz was ok, Nubhan was off tempo again, Stacy was sweet, Stanly sounded like memang buasir ngan sora paksa dia yang meneran like so in pain, The whole group harmony at the end was the best... except for Stanly yang obviously tak reti nak finish in a group feeling nak overpower gituh. Adik adik... trust them to want the spotlight that bad.Everyone blended well except for him who tried so hard to stick out.

Overall, there was no fire and everyone did it so routinely, that it was almost a bore if it hadn't been for Ramli MS and the Orkestra Simfoni Kebangsaan for their amazing musicianship.



NUBHAN
Dealova
The sketch at the start was boring, and pointless. Adlin pun nampak tak larat da..
Aku rasa lain kali kalao nak wat sketch pun, put la more thought into it dan jangan cukup syarat nak buang masa jerk.

Dengan banyak versi lagu Dealova sudah sebelom ni, Nubhan failed big time.

Tak kisah la... versi Once ker, Datuk Siti Nurhaliza ataupun Faizal Ramly ketika Akademi Fantasia musim keempat.

Nubhan was one of the flattest, boring, shaky versions ever. Walaupun di bantu oleh backing music yang begitu indah, aku rasa cam ngan dia tak mampu nak reach some of the higher notes, , he went off so bad that it was not funny.

At some part, it was like a bad imitation of yodelling.

And memang seperti dalam Diari, bila Ramli MS tegur dia pasal nak close to keangsaan, he actually flew off the intended notes walaupon da ditegur berapa kali before this to be aware of it.
(Busuk tahap toksik.. nak kena bagik gas mask for a negative rating!)


STANLY
Footloose
First of all masa ada audience kata dia patut lakon sebagai Doraemon bila dia jawab AC kata dia feeling nak berlakon, I think they got it wrong. First of all, Doraemon is actually cute. Thank you Nafi for pointing out that he should be Doralin (or in some countries, Dorami)! Kok yer pon... nak rasa Doraemon sesuai.. memang Doralin lagik sesuai!Aku rasa not even Doraemon sebab Doraemon kiut! Kalao terpaksa, aku pilih Doralin!


Apart from the wrong wardrobe (kenapa suka sangat yang fitting nak mampos) sampai gegaran lemak berlaku tahap 8.5 pada skala Richter (ke skala rectum?), Stanly sounded as if he was more like shouting in some parts and talking in some others. The melody was lost most of the time.

Dia tak sumbang as bad like his six other performances,but didn't mean it was good.
And why does he like screaming, and masa dia kepit tuh kenapa? Argh!!!!
It sounded disjointed, and tercerai dari muzik.



ALIF
Rozana
The whole promo of Amy Search punya restaurant was a waste of time. Tambah lagik recording pesanan Amy pun tak dengar sangat...

Technically, he did ok, in fact up to this point pas Nubhan dan Stanly, dia lebih stable. Cuma expression wise, memang he has as much personality as a three week old dead fish.

But I thought it was ok if it did sound a little boyband. I think Tiara mistook this week for rock week sampai nak ikut gaya rock abih.

Too bad he coudn't emoby the song better, but since he coudn't get the personality in place, too bad la. Adlin said it right when he said it was nothing special.



TOI
Syakilla
Dari start da off da. SUMBANG LA BODOH! And did someone turn up the reverb?

Arghhh!!! Seminggu punya latihan macam ni ke????

The WORST performance of the night and memang tahap longkang belakang pasar Klang.

And what's with the ending pose?

SHOO! Keluar lah sudah!

Lagi lama dok dalam tu, lagi tak bermaruah jerk sebab undeserving!
(rating paling azab tuk persembahan yang memang busuk dan tambah lagik mencemarkan Istana Budaya)

Motif kena carut wat moka sentap???

NADIA
One Night Only
She had the power, the vocals, the focus and the star value.

What she didn't have, was control of the English language, the lyrics, and also a decent dress.
It looked like a glittery potato sack siot! Burok nak mampos baju dia nampak badan dia tak proportion langsung.

And Astro - sila amik perhatian yer... it's spelt Amylea yer.. bukan Emilia! You would think they would get that correct since she was from Akademi Fantasia as well.

By the way, aku tak paham kenapa Amylea dan Zarina in the background backing her up sebab tak dengar apa apa pon.

Still, Nadia has something special, just aku rasa lagu ni tak sesuai ngan dia.
(bagik topeng sebab sesuai ngan tema)


RIZ
Memburu Impian
Again, I have mentioned this before. He is overrated. No, aku tak menidakkan kebolehan dia. Cuma dia belum ada persembahan yang make me go WOW!

Berbekalkan a fantastic arrangement of Memburu Impian, I think he did above par though.
Kalao dia ada peluang nak record a single or album, dia patut memuatkan this version, tapi rakam balik la sebab the arrangement is magic, though the vocals could be better.

Minimal flaws, a little boring, but still better than the most of the whole group. My choice of second best performance of the night.
(Riz dapat yang kaler rainbow bersesuaian tema)


STACY
Hati
WHAT THE #$%^ IS WITH THE DAMN SKETCH ALA ALA RUSUHAN??!!!
Pening ok! Kesian semua dalam Panggung Sari ingat ada rusuhan ke tunjuk perasaan. Pakaikan t shirt kuning jerk sah sah aku dah ingat kempen BERSIH. Either that or peminat Riz protest kot... anyway...

Merasalah kan semua tech team jadik mangsa tuk play extras!

Buang masa jerk.. and very tak perlu langsung.

Too long... boring and a #$%^ waste of time!!!!!!!!!!!

Stacy however made her performance waiting for.

Walaupun aku da kata this song is hardly right for a competition, and a little too slow, she made it the highight of the night.

Her control of her vocals was astounding and memang kalao ni la pentas AIM, dia sudahpun bersedia dengan mereka yang professional.

Just the damn baju tuh macam lahanat sangat sampai dak tuh nak gerak pon takot tergolek jatuh pentas. Apa la... tak abih abih baju merapu camni.

Still, it doesn't take away from the fact that she is a STAR! Possibly one of her best performances in Akadem Fantasia so far.. walaupun lagu tak sesuai....dan membosankan.



TUJUH PELAJAR AADEMI FANTASIA 6 (ALIF, NUBHAN, RIZ, STANLY, TOI, NADIA & STACY)
Music Of The Night
I'll make this short. It was.... ok. Nothing great.

Vocally they were better than musim kedua ketika perform Memories. Even their English was much better (hampir everyday focus on this matilah kalao tak, kan?)

But they didn't have the passion, or the heart, or the fire to make it something truly memorable. Semua biasa biasa jerk.

Outstanding was Stacy sebab kemampuan dia nak harmonise and hold all the boys vocals in place was commendable. Tuh selain her own little parts.

For boys, Riz stood out because it didn't sound forced. Stanly was a bore sebab he had this idea of what the delivery was supposed to be about, but he overdid it.

Apapun tahniah kepada tenaga pengajar, It wasn't a disaster as I expected it to be. You guys are miracle workers!
(would have been fiva star/diamond performance kalao they had more heart)


TUJUH PELAJAR AKADEMI FANTASIA 6 (ALIF, NUBHAN, RIZ, STANLY, TOI, NADIA & STACY)
Menuju Puncak
What the @#$%^& la pakaikan Alif konon phantom lari keluar masuk jerk keja.... heh! Bodoh tau! Aduh.. pecah perot aku gelak sepanjang Menuju Puncak ngan aksi Chpsmore dia kejap ada kejap takde.

Sodih la camnih! Heh!

Vocally, this is beberapa tapak ke belakang from previous weeks.

Nadia flubbed choregraphy and so did Stanly.

Ramai angsa, most noticeably si Toi.

The arrangement was fabulous, especially with the extra kick after the Menuju Puncak line.



The elimination? Tak mengejutkan. Tapi the results? Korang tentukan sendiri la. Malas komen lebih jumlah AFUNDI ketika undian tutup. But nampak pun tenaga pengajar pun tak puas. I think we all know who deserved to go. Yawn... enjoy the songs kat sebelah ek guys.. (yang mana tak menyebabkan telinga korang berdarah la)

Keputusan jumlah AFUNDI ketika undian ditutup untuk Konsert Akademi Fantasia 6 - Minggu 7

Stacy 17%
Stanly 17%
Nadia 15%
Riz 14%
Nubhan 13%
Toi 13%
Alif 12%

Anyway... lagu-lagu masuk Imeem player kat sebelah nih dah. So korang dengar balik all the nyanyian and pepandai review sendiri ikut citarasa. Sapa yang tak korek telinga, anda dimaapkan awal awal kalao tak puas ati carutan aku. Heh...

Esok post review AIM lak based on the video aku da layan.. ta all!

I'll leave you guys with some pics of cam whoring session pas Konsert.

Bung Ramli and Genervie as well as Sarimah ham it up for the cam


Umi AFUNDI sapa tuh?


Kak Fati aka mami!


Siti Hajar in on the action


Bung and mami go for the cam once more

Pix bonus - tuh apa tuh? Club house anti-club seorang pelajar? FYI ada sebuah kelab anti seorang pelajar bernama KESETAN. Teka sapa? Pic ni aku amik masa on the way ke Konsert.

PS - Dapat berita menarik mengenai Akademi Fantasia. Adalah... nanti aku cita when the time is right!

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