Happy Merdeka!!!!!! It's out 53rd independence day, people! So happy birthday! 53 years young and looking good. Nevermind the few uglies we have, Malaysia is not perfect-but it's as perfect as it gets here. So fly your flag high, because it's a reason to celebrate!
Didn't spend it at home avoiding traffic, or hanging out around town and cursing everyone else going out. Dok sesi sahur ngan kengkawan kat rumah Datin Paduka Umie Aida and the one and only Datuk Paduka Khairuddin Abu Hassan. Atas jemputan meka, beberapa kawan-kawan berkumpul sana. Sedap gila makanan, sebab semua menyumbang hidangan tuk melaram skill masing-masing.
Motif feeling peek-a-boo? Aku tak snappy banyak pics sebab meriah semua pot pet sana sini. Si Faz je tak dapek join. Betty ada... Misha dan Mimie ada...but aku seronok kak Vee si Alia ada. Lama tak jumpa. Pas berumahtangga ngan Zekri, susah nak jumpa. So it's been a long time since we've met. Ni aku snappy the two couples.
Kesian si Zekri. Main polo sampai cedera memacam. Dislocated shoulder bagai. Argh! Tulang terkeluar... aku pegang sampai nak pengsan rasanya. Ni snappy adik-beradik si Misha dan Mimie.
Banyak nak snappy tapi tak larat. Borak sana sini anyam ketupat, stakat ni je la mampu snappy.
Saja nak lepas rindu kakakku si Vee. Anyway, nanti aku update agik. It was a fun sahur session and a happy Merdeka. And having sahur with them made the Merdeka night celebrations so much more special.
Ok..nak membuta da. Kang je aku update entry.
PS - Hope Merdeka means what it should to everyone, and not just a public holiday.
Another day, another buka puasa. Hari ni menjelajah ke rumah Umie Aida atas jemputan dia for a small gathering of friends and family tuk berbuka.
Umah dia pon selang dua bangunan je ngan umah aku kat Mont Kiara, so senang pon.
Ni sampai umah dia, sempat snappy keta mewah yang parking sana. Harap mewah je.. tapi?
By the way, bukan aku yang tulis benda tu. It was like that masa aku sampai. Rugi jek... tuan punya keta nih kalao tanak sila jual kat aku murah ek.
Sampai je, nampak Umie dan abang layan semua tetamu. Rupanya sekali ada shooting Nona tuk Raya sikit sikit. Ni some pics aku snappy. Misha dan Mimie ada. Erma Fatima ada. Abang Bade ada.
Tapi yang bestnya - hadiah dari Umie dia beli dari LA masa cuti dia arituh. Tuh dia... baju Ed Hardy. Ori ok.. bukan dari Bandung ke haper. And ye, aku mampu saiz M... katanya...walaopon! Thanks kak Umie!
Suka tak lighter nih.
Ni suka tak? Geli aku kengkawan ramai pakai phone cover Blackberry yang ala cokelat nih. Bau cokelat pon ada. Aku sungguh benci ye cover nih. Pakai Blackberry seboleh nya nak nampak slim and sleek. Ni pakai terus phone jadik gedabak cam Motorola zaman tok kadok.
Ni some more pics... enjoy! Ni time Mawi dan Ekin da sampai. Aien dan laki dia pon ada.
And to top off the night? DURIAN!!!
Makan minum pot pet pon nak dekat kol 3 pagik. Gila....
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...
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!
Semalam gi usha latihan for Anugerah Juara Lagu 24. The set looks interestingly impressive, walaopon kena pakai imagination sebab banyak lom siap.
The lighting and layout are impressive - tapi mana taknya, dengar meka abihkan RM2 juta for the production. Hope everything goes well.
Actualluy kalao leh aku tanak tengok latihan - sebab kang spoil penghayatan gituh pada the night of the event.
But since ni cam dry run je takpe la. Banyak performance masih in the stage of tweaking sana sini, so tengok je la.
Yang penting, opening Datuk Siti Nurhaliza... I LIKE!!! Meletop hawau! Not the usual Siti performance.
I won't say much, but aku paling suka dia duet ngan Lan - tanpa typewriter nya. Who would have guessed that the diva can rock it out. I guess you learn something new everyday.
Ni dia yang bakal kuar album rock - pepandai je aku.
A lot of the performances were interesting, awesome. And so far, my predictions (usha beberapa entry lalu) - tak ubah. Sama je... cuma, for Best Performance - aku rasa saingan akan diberikan kepada Stacy (yang dance break bagus gila) - from Aizat (untuk Pergi obviously but surprisingly Kau Aku pun best gak show), Faizal Tahir (Bencinta). Interesting to note is Hujan - yang akan wat flashmob!
Jangan terkejut... bangga aku. Inspirasi dari our KLCC flashmob. Mana taknya.. tukang wat pon orang sama. Heh! Korang tengok je la hasilnya.
Tapi rata-rata, dua elemen yang paling menonjol sebagai gimik persembahan AJL kali ni.
Kalao dulu kak Ani je bawak dua kampung ke atas pentas! Kali ni - ramai dirasuk membawa tiga kampung lak - tapi yang dirasuk nya semua pala batu - atau rockers.
Hujan, Bunkface, Aizat, Faizal Tahir.. penuh stage AND offstage. Oops. Tanak bagitau lebih.. kang spoil surprise korang.
Anyway dua elemen aku maksudkan - koir dan kanak-kanak. Lots of that tomorrow.
Tapi kan.. kalao ikut semalam, aku paling suka persembahan sapa tau. I was moved by Aizat doing Pergi. You have to see the montage playing.
But I was most moved by Faizal's performance of Bencinta.
Especially since he looked to be in so much pain. Dengan bertongkat, dengar Faizal is one painkillers sebab serious dia memang tak larat sangat nak wat. Still, semangat dia berjuang tuh, added to the pain of the song.. I don't know... it was touching in a way.
Noh nak wat reunion MIX dan Faizal nak reunion Mirwana (matilah aku carot)
Misha time out jap masa rehearsal pas abih slot dia
Supposed to go for ujibakat hari pertama Akademi Fantasia 8 kat Stadium Nasional Bukit Jalil. But with only two hours sleep in 36 hours or so... serious aku KO terus.
Slept maybe at about 3am... and woke up only 12 hours later! Matilah! But feel refreshed. Not going to watch the rehearsals sebab nak surprise element sikit. Lagikpon kengkawan mana aku leh bantu advise da pun bagi nasihat.. pepandai la memasing da besar panjang.
Apapon - here's to all the performers tomorrow - prove me right! (or in the case of those yang aku hazabkan - prove me wrong!)
Esok je gi ujibakat Akademi Fantasia - so sapa nak audition esok, see you there. Kita cam whore bersama ek!
