It's a boy!

Pagi tadik, aku ngan tak cukup tido (so am not a morning person), aku gegas ke Suruhanjaya Sekuriti Malaysia kat Bukit Kiara. Seram sejuk...

Bukan sebab air-con yek. Sebab ni...

Aku dijemput sebagai ahli panel tuk forum! Pengsan! Especially a topic like Memartabatkan Bahasa Memperkasakan Warisan Seni. Dah la kena cakap depan orang gomen lak sebab dianjurkan Kementerian Perumahan dan Kerajaan Tempatan.

This is so not my scene. Semua pakai batik aku pakai T shirt and jeans. Heh!

Gambar tu curi snappy masa baru naik. Mengigil aku. Sebenarnya aku dulu phobia tuk public speaking. Tambah agik aku dulu jenis gagap (skang da tak kecuali kalao excited ke marah). Plus, nak cakap pakai bahasa kebangsaan, on such a topic. Pergh!

Tuh dia. Pengerusi - Dr Mahadi J Murad and my fellow panelists, Mamat Khalid dan Hans Isaac. Matilah aku!!!! I so don't belong here.

Tapi you know what they say about facing your fears. I didn't do too bad, and actually had fun. Sambil tu share la pengalaman sebab serious aku rasa ramai confuse ngan aku ni. Mana taknya. Dak berbangsa Cina rambut sparuh merah moka penoh besi ngan tattoo bagai - so tak kena kan, visual?

But I had people come up to me telling me how enlightened they were and how impressed they were with my grasp of bahasa kebangsaan.

I often forget that sebab memang all my friends dari sekolah rendah dulu tau, aku dari kecik camni.

I guess, you just have to love it to get it right.

Speaking of loving to get it right, tahniah to Audi and Nikki!!!!

Nikki dapat baby boy! Contractions nak dekat sehari! Gila! Labour almost an hour! Finally Liam Mok was born semalam weighing in at (I think) 3.3kg. Ni first pic Liam.

Had a few words with Nikki becase she was still so tired out and sleeping - waking once to have a short chat sebelom tido. Rasa nak nitis airmata. Nikki has been my baby sis - and it was like watching anak sedara sendiri.

Spent some time with Liam before Audi yang lepak kat bawah ngan bebudak studio ajak gi minom before we were joined by Faizal and Gen.

If you're wondering what they're watching on Audi's iPad - it's the video of Liam's birth. Scary siot. Pengsan kot aku kalao kena masuk tengok orang labour.

But congrats again to Audi and Nikki on the healthy boy.

Jap. Picture of the day before I end this entry. Camana orang ada Mercedes limo - parking kan tepi jalan jek? Takkan takde tempat lain walaopon alasan tak muat parking biasa ada.

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SHOUT!

Happy birthday, Ning!!!!

Semakin muda ko!

For those yang tatau, today Ning celebrate her 35th birthday. Akak aku tuh setahun (and three weeks) older than me.

Tadik wat surprise gituh tuk dia kat rehearsal musical Shout!

Apapon, for those of you yang suka pementasan musical, you MUST catch it.

It'll be staged at Pentas 1, klpac. Tickets pon tak mahal. RM255, RM215, RM185, RM155, RM115
Call 03-7711 5000 if you need more info.

Shout! is a mod musical that features music from the English scene during the 60. Five main characters will sing to the tunes of Petula Clark, Dusty Springfield and Lulu. S

Memang best gila masa meka berlatih, sempat aku amik video. Tunggu aku rajin aku uplodkan. Ada To Sir With Love, Downtown, You Don't Have to Say You Love Me, Goldfinger... banyak lah...

The cast, apart from Ning is Tria Aziz, (a pregnant tapi wow very the berseri) Nikki Palikat, Shanel Shanty James, Tisha Zarina, Stephanie Van Den Driesen, Chelsia Ng and Joanna Bessey.

Ni je sempat aku snappy masa meka berlatih. Ni masa opening scene. Teringat lak pesen Hasnol dulu ngan baju ujan. Heh!

Anyway nak find out more - CLICK HERE.

Aduh... not feeling well hari ni so memang balik cepat. Have to drink lots of water... tapi ko mampu?

Matilah bukan je feeling kena Evian, ke or at room temperature ok! Kena Jean Paul Gaultier punya limited edition punya je ok! Matilah berangan.

Ok la... layan demam selsema sikit nih. Ni tak kritikal nya, so guess will be ok soon.

Until then... nak layan lagu-lagu retro from Shout! jap. Nak hapal balik. Heh.. aku minat Lulu.

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Shout!

Damn! I slept at only 6am this morning, and bangun kol 5 petang! Amik ko! Sebelas jam hibernasi!

Semalam gi Shout!. Erm... it was ok. Too loud - and no, I'm not too old. I've been to all the MTV Awards (except the last one) and survived concerts like Avril and Slipknot, and even Westlife, so I doubt I'm past screaming crowds or audio systems pumping inhuman levels of sound.

But ada je yag tak kena. It was good, and also bad. How do you describe it... Just definitely not worth having to go through the jam with the Manchester United training going on next door.




It's like a great performance for Jac, baru nak emo in rememberance of Michael, and then you had Reefa bounce out disrupting the whole feel of things. Like... WTF???!!!

It was like everyone buying into the hype of Bunkface (respect to them - idop budak Klang... orang kampung aku tuh!) but turning zombified masa Estranged put on one of the best performances of the night.

Basically - a potentially good event, but riddled with many WTF moments.

Pesawat were the real hit of the night, but kenapa la ada orang lonjat lonjat jerit jerit sebelom tuh. Tak perlu sangat!

Tak bother sangat. In fact, caught the show, while spending a lot of time with Gaya, Afdlin and Mamat Khalid and their wives apart from other friends who were left blurred out by a lot of what went on that night.

In fact had more fun when Upin and Ipin menang award... boleh? One of the highlights for sure?



Sean Kingston? Overrated, oversweaty, overmiming and just plain overweight. Period. Nyanyi pon tak setakat YEAHHH YEAHHH and uhmmm... and one or two more lines on top of the CD. Bosan nak mampos! So much for the closing act.

Sapa agik yang ok ek. The performers worthy of a mention were Bunkface, Nikki (though Shila was a WTF moment), One Buck Short, Joe Flizzow.. and a few more. Caprice and a few others would do good to learn how not to just randomly shout into a mic. Oh well...

The crowd? Let's not even go there.

Layan je la pics. By the way, if you guys dulu ada baca pasal these Chanel gun heels I so loved (and convinced Faz to get them, here she is wearing them to the first public event in Malaysia they've been seen in. Don't know if she's the first person in the country to have these shoes, but berani cakap she is the first to have them in all three colours, epecially these black and whites.

Heel-ing power


Ngan adik dia Jojo.

Aku bangga kata dia the first int he country to wear these black and white Lagerfeld creations. READ HERE n my posting in January masa aku naik gila pasal kasut nih. And here's Madonna wearing her end of last year.



By the way, the ones Faz are wearing are the limited edition ones, unlike the more common black and silver versions.

Ok, now on to the rest of the pics.

The Chong family - no Vince but with younger bro


Datuk Sheila Majid


Yellow fever! Nikki after performance


Hot chicks Faz and Marsha


The Pesawat boys were so in demand last night - motif AirAsia punya topi? Part time job ke sebenarnya? Matilah!



Cheryl looking sweet


Shidi bak beg tuh sesuatuh sangat!


Sebenarnya pegang beg bini tuh


Joe's got Flava


The Estranged family


And the last picture I have is this. When you take a look at it, just tell me, what the hell is wrong with this picture??!!!



Yes, that's Jehan. In a hat that defies all logic or reason for being worn. Doubt his bad hair day could have been that bad sampai pakai camtuh.

Oh well... ok la... nak sambung hibernasi. Flu getting better now...


PS - Thanks Muckcheek @ Yasmin for the serunding. Sweetest birthday present I've had in a longtime. Tak penah orang Poslaju aku serunding within a day before. And the card from you and the rest of the family was such a beautiful thought too. Hugs to all of you for it!

PPS - Dapat berita dari Syuib on the World Championship of Performing Arts in Los Angeles. Malaysians masih teruskan saingan dalam final. Dilla, Wilson and Iza made it to the finals of all the modelling categories, while Artistana Group made it to the finals of the dance category.

In vocals, Bob, Sarah Raisuddin, Hasmidar made it into one solo, and two duet categories for the finals. More info as news comes in. Malaysia boleh! KEPITA boleh! Heh!

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Here comes the bride...

Got up late tadik. Bayangkan... nak keluar plan dalam kul 1pm. Kira I have time for a slow drive lah ke PJ. Merasalah bangun 1.50pm! Damn! By the time I was ready to roll pun da kol berapa.

Eh.. cup! Nak clear benda sikit. Arituh gi makan dengan someone. Biasanya nak gi makan nih, sebab kengkawan semua beragama Islam, memang biasakan makan tempat yang sesuai. Tapi biasalah.. belah malam nak cari makanan sedap... tomyam je la jawabnya. Kalao tak, kena mamak.

So ajak la orang tertentu tuh gi makan at this halal Chinese food place. Kalao korang nak try, it's in Brickfields. Seberang jalan dari balai polis je (sebelom KFC kalao heading towards KL). Nama tempat tuh Merdeka I think.

Here's what we had.
Ginger beef


Tofu with oyster sauce


Kangkung belacan


Fishball soup


Sweet and sour chicken


All in, it was about RM50 for two persons inclusive of drinks. Ok gak harga dia. Korang gi try. Seriously when it comes to halal Chinese food, this place has the most authentic taste I know in town.

Heh.. saja nak share that sebab asik tak sempat update bab tuh. Very short take je.

Sambung cita.. where was I.

Owh.. yeah. Nak gi PJ. For Audi and Nikki's wedding. Atas jemputan Audi (which I would have gone anyway - but due to him insisting.. katanya... heh!) I wouldn't miss their wedding for the world. I mean, Audi is a friend, and a damn straight up no nonsense (ok forget I said that.. banyak la nonsense dia) and Nikki is my baby sister.

Sapa baca blog aku dari berkurun lama dulu would know. I first made friends with Nikki bila dia jejak KL tuk shortlisted 100 plus hopefuls for Malaysian Idol. Pastu aku bersama ngan dia sampai la the whole thing was over, dan carikkan label yang leh jaga dia. And the rest is history.. panjang kalao nak cita.

But to shorten a story... yes I love her as my baby sister, and I think Audi is the best man for her. So when I arrived kat gereja St. Francis Xavier, the ceremony had started so I decided to stay at the back.

At the end of it, Jac and Vince gave a damn awesome performance. Or so Vanessa and I thought. Mengumpat la kita kan.. merasalah dalam gereja pon nak mengumpat. Heh!

Can I get an Amen?!


Maya and Steven


Jac had her Mia Farrow look going on!


Abang Bad and Diddy pon ada


Celeb ke? Ala ala la.. si Hakim dan Lin


Vince and Vanessa


Ramai sangat kengkawan datang, courtesy of the people Audi had worked with. Even Ning was there with Chris, tapi tak sempat snappy cause they had to rush off.

When it was over, malas linger about. So went and did some errands. Aduh.. pastu rush lak ke Kota Damansara for Ad Samad and Dang Suria's pernikahan and sanding. Nanti je aku post those pics up.

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Vicky Nikki?

Today was so relaxed! Well apart from having to drive in KL on a Friday after it rains. Which of course means chaos on the roads as usual. Horrible la that part. Honestly, if you guys have ever watched Falling Down,... that would be me, if I was equipped with any sort of weapon.

The traffic congestion just so gets to me.

Abih keja, singgah rumah Nikki for dinner. Boo and I had bungkus some food.
Has a laugh masa tuh cause tempat kita singgah area OUG nih, ada satu kedai Internet ni... well, just see the pic for yourselves and see if you spot anything yang pelik.


So it was not only inside out, it was also upside down. Creative marketing, or just a boo-boo from the part of the guys who actually fixed the signage?

You decide.

When we got to Nikki's place, we settled in watching this David Copperfield DVD I got.
Later Rizman and Wan arrived with Nikki punya baju for Anugerah Juara Lagu. Yeap, she's on, tapi guest slot for medley in the end.

Tapi puas gak... at least she gets to perform kan?
Despite tak pakai make-up ker haper, tengah fitting tuh, try ler nak amik shot. All I needed was a white wall. And result of that was the picture you see on the right. Ok tak?

Merasalah berangan photography tak jadik tapi tetap berangan feeling editorial light light.

Simple enough outfit but quite nice match up of glittery copper sequip pants with a top with puffed sleeved and pleats about the chest and propped up round collar.

Me likey.

A little retro ala Solid Gold, but nonetheless the look worked. Rizman kata their inspiration was Victoria Beckham. Not bad at all!

Anyway, pas abih everything, gi dating sat. Esok lusa takde masa lak, so baik ari nih jer dating with my Boo. No place special. Just some time jalan jalan to pick up some stuff and a late drink.
Shopping is something I can share with my Boo sebab dia takde la minat sangat ke apa aku punya obsession nih, but dia leh paham ok la.

Merasalah kalao dapat someone yang carot aku nya hobby yang gila nih nak shopaholic.
Ok ler guys, can't stay on long. Need my beauty sleep. Esok lak ada rehearsal Anugerah Juara Lagu kat Stadium Putra. The full dress rehearsal belah malam. So nak jenguk jenguk and just have fun.

Till then...

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Are you ready?

Oh my... another year ending. Cam cepat sangat lak dah nak berakhir 2007. Gawd! I hate the onset of a new year.

Resolutions... traffic jams... bad parties... recollections of things you don't ever want to remember... you know the drill.

Got so pessimistic about 2008, a year where we're having the election, where prices are almost surely to go up (either it's cigarettes, petrol or toll - all of which I can't seem to avoid spending on) and opportunities are unsure.

Curled up in bed the whole day, and after over 12 hours sleep (membadak tak hengat!!!) got up to a cheery day. Well... technically... since it was already late evening.

Anyway didn't do much today. Still wondering nak gi mana malam esok for new year's eve. Got a couple of places to be actually, tapi tak satu pun berkenan.

The most likely skang will be KLCC for the celebrations there. Tapi pada masa yang sama, thinking of getting away from the city - where everyone will be congregating.

That way - if some natural disaster or monster attack occurs - I'll be one of the few survivors (ok... I think I need to stop watching those Cloverfield promo trailers)

Tapi serius, aku rasa cam nak larikan diri dari KL jerk sebab malaih tul pikir how jammed up it's going to be.

Roads are going to be closed, it's going to take hours to get even a few hundred metres, and the only way to avoid the jam is to leave latest by late noon, or take public transport with the masses, many of whom aren't familiar with the word hygiene.

Urghhh!! No thank you! Tried that once. Yuck!

So anyway, leaving it until the last minute to decide.

Apapun - for the moment - malas pikirkan. Tengok camna. one thing for sure, I am not going to f**k up my 2008 welcome unlike last year, sebab pikirkan orang lain. Yeap, the closing of 2007 and the ushering of 2008 is going to be start being about me.

Yeap... that's what 2008 is going to be like.

Work, getting ahead, and who knows... making my first million? Nothing's impossible. And decided sudah. I've got about two and a half months leave to play with (make that 49 days - since I'm on five day week, it adds up to twelve weeks with weekends - not including public holidays in between) so aku akan cuti as of January and probably start in mid April. Boleh? Cam omputeh lak concept summer holiday nak take a few months off tapi gaji masih jalan.

Oh, I'll still be at all events, tapi officially tak keja. Figured out need time off. First of all, my TV project has to take off with the first round of boardroom meetings in early January. Also work on the ad campaign which I conceptualised for my sister. It's my first involvement in this side of a creative marketing campaign - and I'm so glad my idea was jumped at. Apapun, look out for the RED campaign in 2008. That's all I can say.

Those two massive projects are going to be taking up a lot of my time dah.

Arghh!! So many things to do... and hopefully (this is one complain I'd love to hear coming from me) so much money to make!!! Matilah.

Anyhoo... smalam gi rehearsal Nikki nak tengok preparation dia for the RTM new year's eve show. Kat studio, she's performing ngan Burn, Deja Moss and VE, with probably the link up of Konsert Sinaran kat Dataran Merdeka featuring Mawi and Mila dan ramai lagik.

Since kalau aku in town pun aku gi KLCC (or may run to Dataran kalau larat), so pop in tengok camna persiapan dia. I'll cut short my rantings and go to the pics ok (making full use of my digicam)
Until tomorrow, guys.

New look for RTM for 2008? A little tacky (too colourful - cam kids' show lak) - but the best set I've seen from them so far... which isn't saying much.


With this much lighting, you have to wonder why things look so dark on TV - or why everything has to be colour lights ala ala gerai tomyam.


Things looked ok masa duet Deja and Nikki.


A close-up shot.


Azmi amusing himself with his fingers. And er... Nikki did NOT approve of this J-Lo-esque pic.


Everything was ok until.... Deja was attacked by the badly dressed Afro martians!


Anas looked away, while Maz... erm... was.. spellbound by the dancers.


Group act - host Nazril and whatzhername...


Nazril tries to dance.


Interview pun kena rehearse ke???


Nikki in action.





And attacked by the killer mime dancers...

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