60 Saat Bersama... Episode 1 (Marsha)

Hari ni aku nak perkenalkan something yang aku plan before mai Terengganu ni. Dah benda ni in planing for some time, tapi skangje leh execute. Mulai ari ni, aku upload the first webisode of 60 saat bersama...

Program ni eksklufi menampilkan artis menjawab pertanyaan yang orang gosip kan. So pasnih pepandai ler korang suggest nak aku interview sapa, ngan soalan apa.

Everything in 60 seconds or so worth of interview, straight to the point. Cakap ler kalau korang suka ek hasilnya...

Anyways, semalam sampai ke Teregganu, kita semua ke Kelab Teluk Warisan for dinner. Sambil sambil tuh habiskan ler interview yang mana mampu and all. Here are some pics from dinner semalam...

Si Que sibuk gayut...si Velvet lak..entah apa tujuan nak juling jiling ni. Si Diddy lak terikut, dan yang last tuh, teka siapa??? Hah!! Nabila tuh!!!

Letih, tapi seronok ler. Nak gerak check in jap agik. Enjoy the first episode of 60 Saat Bersama... di mana first episode featuring Marsha.

Second episode da siap pun...featuring...erm... tunggu je. Bila ek nak siarkan...nak sekali seminggu ke dua kali seminggu. Matilah aku kalau nak daily kan...heh!

Posting tomorrow....

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Divine diva

Matilah aku...sorry Ning but I really couldn't resist posting this pic.

Mana taknya...ni masa kita gi rumah Linda Onn semalam. Memang ujan ribut taufan pelbagai ler. Then nak on the way ke rumah Linda through Pinggiran Ukays tuh lak kena lalu kubur cina lagik ler horror.

Merasalah sampai kena acara sprinting ke bawah kawasan khemah yang erected.

Wow...tak sempat apa-apa terpegun...cantik abih rumah Linda ek. Meka nih baru pindak rumah April lalu. But malas amik pic sebab nak snappy candid orang.

Fahrin ada...Zain RuffEdge ada...tak penting. Last-last aku tengah sumbat muka, merasalah ko! Diva pun kena sprinting ok (tapi dia bak payung ok sikit ler dari kes aku nih)

Matilah walaupon ala ala whirlwind with hails from hell, tetap Ning maintain diva ok pakai glitterati pelbagai! That's life as a diva for you...always fashionable.

Merasalah masa dia jejak bawah khemah aku da warning, sebab air deras yang mengalir (the main road in front of Linda punya rumah on a slope) quite high aku pun warning ler Ning.

Yerlah...tanak ler diva rosakkan Blahniks dia kan (ke Vincci jer?) So dia pun fold up dia punya kain seluar lak. Whiule clutching her purse, and the umbrella...cam ceti lak pulak. Not exactly a striking picture of elegance. But Ning will be Ning...tetap maintain demi camera. Keji...

Ampun, Ning for posting (nyah...mak baca blog ko...mak tau pasal trauma ko - katanya...)...but ok ler...ko rupa ko memang over pun malam tuh....but tetap befitting a diva!

Vernon not spotted. Tapi apparently, Nikki dan Yanie yang awal sampai da, were midway instructed by Mr Manager to act as his camerawomen. Keji!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Slave labour!!!

Talk about abuse of position. Abih bebudak tuh lari bertempiaran nak carik photo opportunity.

But gome wajib shots of them together. Ni below ada pic Nikki ngan Linda, sekali ngan Yanie and Linda too. The last too solo sebab Yanie berani 'fear factor'kan diri nak pegang iguana adik Linda (walaupun almost dropped it once sebab geli teramat)

Aku masuk lepak bilik belakang sebab mula-mula spotted Zain.

Tengok tengok dia tengah lepak ngan Nila Kurnia tengah sembang. Suddenly

I spotted this little bundle of joy. Mak aih..dari tengok si mama Nila bolat, tengok-tengok this is the first I've seen her baby.

Amik ko...comel ok!!

Merasa lah....so cute. Nila upset (terkejut...bukan upset sedih ok) yang anak dia suka ok ngan aku. Gurgling all the way, siap leh smile tuk aku masa aku pose kan shot kata uncle (uncle ke) nak amik pic.

Puas tengok bebudak camni...bila lak aku nak ada anak sendiri (dalam gelak sendiri...terdetik lak perasaan sedih)

Anyway...balik malam tuh pas two open houses (Linda dan Juwita punya) pala relax sikit sebab tak sihat, aku MC dua ari. Ok ler tuh...

Jumpa and got some loving from my baby. Siap beli supper tuk aku hantar ke rumah bebudak sebab lepak tunggu dia kat 16. Ceh!

Lama da orang tak manjakan aku camni. Ni yang hati sayang ni...aduh...esok je posting. Dia da call nak supper.

Night all...

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Reading!

Ok, aku tahu I haven't been updating my blog, tapi aku memang malas nak make any entries. Faham sajalah...dahlah aku tengah cuti (matilah ko fiebie! Ni dah settle the Glass House project Nikki, terus *woohoo!!!* enjoy the holidays lor.

Anyway, just to recap the last few days first, am extremely busy with. Yerlah...on Thursday ingat nak ke Singapore tuk wat some last minute Christmas shopping because aku tau where to get the best bargains there, which is hell of a lot cheaper and more cool than here.

Tapi last minute takde tiket bus available malas terus aku...putus asa. No Christmas gifts from abroad lor...have to do my part for the Malaysian economy by offering myself up to the slaughter of local retailers with supposed discounts yang tak semana...

But one proud achievement I have to boast of is kebelakangan ni, sempat ler aku nak keep up to my reading habit which has been virtually non-existent in my business. Have read this Roald Dahl compilation of short stories halfway...tapi apa pun...into the third book from Sophie Kinsella.

The 'shopaholic' series (The Secret World of a Shopaholic, Shopaholic Abroad and Shopaholic Ties The Knot) is really good (book three aku da halfway), so kalao you've heard of the Adrian Mole series, you really should get this cause it's simply hilarious!

It's so me...cause it's about this character yang obsessed with shopping...mampus ler aku mengidam ler nak go brand hogging cam dia. This book is like the Harry Potter series for anyone who can't resist a good bargain or a good sale!

Aku been neglecting to read for some time now...and the fever to start back to a habit aku came ever since aku baca the December issue of The Rolling Stones, and read that Madonna carries a book everywhere (she hates wasting time, and reading is the most beneficial way to kill time - she even drags one along into a disco just in case) aku da psyche myself up to be more prepared to more wisely spend my time.

So this year, I'm up three books (I'll be done with the third book by tomorrow and continue with the Roald Dahl one...) which makes it four, plus two Amy Tan ones (The Hundred Secret Senses and The Bonesetter's Daughter) to complete her series (saw a new one from Amy in MPH yesterday...have to get it!). Plus the autobiography from Tim Allen, Don't Stand Too Close To A Naked Man (absolutely hilarious!!! - one of the funniest books I've read in a long time), which brings my grand total of at least six books (seven if I can finish the Roald Dahl in time) in 2005. Not good...but not too bad...and that's not even including some favourite titles I've been rereading (as well as the books which are hardly credible to mention as reading material).

Seriously...think it's not too bad (waddaya think?) I read somewhere the average number of books read by Malaysians in a year is two, so I've more than done my share (boleh?) Ok, back to updating my entries...I know a lot of updates on The Glass House Project - iaitu pelancaran album Nikki, Maharani, which lasted three days.

Tapi kalau korang baca ler dalam blog beberapa geng Bloggers United yang turut terlibat menyumbang masa untuk menjayakan projek ini, iaitu sultanmuzaffar dan elkapitan, you would have gotten an idea of what it was all about and how it went. Jangan lupa usha blog Abang Bad gak because dia pun ada updates sikit pasal tu.

It was absolutely fantastic, and I think these pictures prove how amazing it was. All of us stayed at Bukit Bintang for three days, and Bintang Walk was our home (not literally lah sebab kami dok JW Marriot - cuma jarang ada peluang tidur). For those yang tatau The Glass House Project tu apa (where the flying freak have you been), on Friday, December 18th, Nikki entered her glass house located in the heart of Bukit Bintang, the busy shopping district of Kuala Lumpur.

So dalam tu, dia sibuk vocal training ngan mentor dan executive producer album dia, Ning Baizura, and also vocal trainer dia Hazami as well as Linda Jasmine tuk prepare for the mini showcase pada hujung tiga hari tu.

Celah-celah tu, ramai artis yang lawat dia untuk memberi sokongan...dan juga nasihat untuk berjaya dalam industri muzik. Dari keluarga Akademi Fantasia, tamu-tamu Nikki termasuk Zahid, Mawi, Farah (tatau ke mana gambar-gambar Farah...kena cari!), Marsha dan Kaer.

Pastu ada gak Jac, Nasha Aziz dan Afdlin Shauki yang wat kunjungan mengejut. Tu lum kira semua penyampai era yang mai memberikan sokongan tak terhingga iaitu Rustam, Nana, Kieran, Nila, Farah, Linda...erm sapa lagi ah....Geng Bloggers United pun hampir semua ada in full force (leh kira glamer lah kan)

Ok...here are a couple of photos of who was there...ni tak comprehensive...keep checking [klubbkidd's rave] - the fotopages for more and more pictures added...slowly (part ni kena tambah takut kena maki sebab lambat sangat update).

Ok...don't forget ler lawat blog kengkawan Bloggers United yang da link kat atas tu, sebab aku letih nak update bebanyak...(jangan marah) But it was a great experience...and I was glad it was for Nikki, one of the most promising new artistes in our country...and together with a team of people who I can consider friends and family...

Apapun, aku ada dua pic nak share ni. Yang aku rasa very the meaningful. First of all this one...this is the first tamu yang datang sejurus Nikki masuk je kerumah kaca. Apa lagi, alang-alang dedua beradik aku kan...so relax tak kekok ler. Lagipun ni bukan kali pertama mereka berjumpa pun...Zahid ada rakam featuring spot on one song dalam Maharani (dengar Urban di era).

So...for being the first guest (and for me...one of my favourite!)....thank you so much Zahid!!! Thank you ler pada semua yang mai sekali gak ler....I mean...all of you were so nice to visit Nikki...and not just like Nasha yang bak buah tangan hamper cekelat yang giant...siap bak teddy bear pink (favourite colour si Nikki tu) yang giant gak...but also membawa hadiah yang paling istimewa dan berharga...iaitu nasihat dan tunjuk ajar.

Terharu aku...kawan-kawan semua mai support....By the way...kalau nak tau...tengok celah pintu tu...enter frame pic di bawah tu si abang Badrul ler...

Ok...the next photo aku nak share ni...gambar Mawi. Bukan apa...sebelum projek ni jalan, dan ada promo semua, ada peminat Mawi yang serang Nikki. Aku diberitahu dalam forum semua, ada je yang hentam Nikki, angkara para fanatik (yer...yang cam pakai nickname pengkid tu).

Lantak ler ko Dol kalao ko tak suka. Tapi Mawi sendiri rilek je ngan si Nikki nak bagi nasihat, ko dengki ngan budak ni sebab tak kena ajak lunch skali ke? Lum agi...masa da siap era da announce Mawi akan lunch bersama Nikki...ada lak sebarkan benda tu tak jadi...yang si Mawi 12.30 sehingga 2.30 ada kat Dewan Felda. Apa lah nak naya tanak orang mai tengok...ehek!

Mawi sendiri gelak je...apapun...tima kasih daun keladi dari pihak Nikki tuk Mawi kerana menghabiskan masa dari lebih kurang 12.45 sehingga dia bergerak dekat kul 3pm (singgah kedai Linda Onn sat). Apapun, ni bukti sokongan album memasing. Ni time meka bertukar album...Mawi sign Yang Tercinta tuk Nikki...dan Nikki autograph kan Maharani tuk Mawi. Yang penting bagi thumbs up tu! So kalau ada yang nak kutuk sebab Mawi ok ngan Nikki...lantak ler korang...memang lebih kuah dari sudu...

So anyway...jangan lupa to drop by Nikki's Official Site and if you want to get the CD of Maharani online, check out Project : Maharani.

Moving on...Christmas is going to be so great, even though I wish I was celebrating kat Sabah. Mana taknya....Nikki kat Sabah...aku call Felix dia da pun tengah prepare nak celebrate Christmas at home there too. Marsha pun SMS aku wish da...miss them lak.

But I'm glad this year aku (walaupun habiskan bonus dua bulan) aku da settle manyak benda. Masuk 2006 ni memang kewangan way better than sebelum-sebelum ni. Keta dah renew road tax dan insurance (tinggal nak repair sana sini - sapa nak sponsor!). Pastu bebanyak yang tinggal aku shopping sakan ler. Got my mom this Clarins set....new shoes and clothes. Just sakit hati tak sempat gi SIngapore nak beli perfume my Mom punya favourite (Boucheron - Jaipur).

Takpe lah...bagi cash to her and my papa pun dah rasa sedap sikit...

Papa aku punya present lak satu hal...nasib baik this year my sis is handling that department. Rilek sikit aku takyah pecah pala nak cari! So esok...(alamak! berapa jam lagi..sah tak tidur) kena lari keluar and buy present my sis as well as her boyfriend...as well as some friends yang aku lum settle lagi.

My score card for this year - da dua hadiah da setakat ni aku dapat, a cool diary (more like book spoof of a diary and planner) and calendar dari Vern and gorgeous ear studs from Badrul (ever the sweetie!)

Ok lah..walaupun tak seberapa entry ni, aku harap ler mengubat rindu korang ek (ada ke yang rindu) entry-entry aku. To everyone (not just those celebrating)....have a merry Christmas and God bless. Sapa nak shopping last minute esok jom! Call aku!!!

So to everyone...again...here's wishing you a hearty merry Christmas...remember the reason for the season!!! (and my Christmas presents!!)

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Stress...

Semalam kerja memang stress. I don't know why but Fridays, which are usually rest, very light and easy days for me, was not exactly that yesterday.

Aku memang sakit hati gila kat office. Cukup aku katakan ada ler benda aku hantar lambat sebab salah orang lain due to last minute cancellation.

To make it worse - since aku rushing nak carik pengganti tuk story - budak graphic layout lak wat hal. Siap bising kat boss aku kata aku wat hal LAGI!

Like hello, you little minimum wage-earner...ko tak puas ati apa sampai tiba-tiba nak carik gaduh ngan aku. Bila jumpa bukan main baik...dahler ni bukan kali pertama ko nak tikam belakang aku.

Fine...aku sabar gak. Wat muka selamba, siap senyum. Nasib baik masa tu kebetulan (dalam black out office aku and crash system at least tiga kali) Ning ada kerana wat photo shoot ngan Berita Harian - so sempat ler aku last minute wat interview ngan dia tuk replace story 'terkandas' tu.

Lega sikit...

Abih je, I decided I had enough of crap - and since my responsibilities were technically over by the end of the evening...aku pun ciao. Sebelum tu dah berSMS ngan Fuad, so decided gi Maestro nak hang out ngan dia sat, sebab dia ada meeting and then kena gi Astro later that evening.

Sesi chat kat @15 agi...plus interview kat era.fm ngan Nila Kurnia (bespren tuh! - tengok ler dia wat perangai gila - hah Nila! Aku sahut cabaran ko letak pic ko wat tak betui dalam blog aku...cepat blanja kueyteow kerang kat Uptown!)

So lepas dia abih meeting sempat curi masa sikit ler nak sok sek pasai bab show, preparation, vocals etc ... everything and anything work related. Then masuk bab kawan-kawan Akademi Fantasia III.

Ceritanya berpunya dari banyak kejadian yang diluahkan di rumah yang dikongsi Azlif, Haider dan Isa (dan dulu Mawi sebelum dia kena serap masuk balik Akademi Fantasia) pada malam sebelum.

Sebab aku dan Juan and member sorang agik si Ted, malam semalam dah ler lepak tunggu Azlif balik Gombak settle bab lagu dia. Dia tulis lagu ngan hajat nak bagi finalist nanti - cam Fitri dulu wat baju tuk finalist, dia lak nak tunjuk bakat dia wat lagu.

Sempat ler Ted vocal lesson sikit ngan Isa, ajar basic phrasing, stress techniques etc - sambil kami kebuluran nunggu Azlif. Lepas Fuad confirm dia tak dapat join sebab jumpa member...kami berempat turun makan.

Last-last Azlif joined us. After melantak abih...we went to Shah Alam to hantar Ted yang dok Intekma sebab ada kursus. Dalam perjalanan kami dengar dua lagu Azlif. Ni cerita nak menyimpang sikit...first tuh biasa je tapi the second tuh -PERGH!!! Best!

Dalam sembang-sembang, direction lagu bertukar bila kami semua memberi idea...dan lagu tu telah diubah menjadi cerita Akademi Fantasia - ala Menggapai Bintang. Tapi versi pop rock (ala ala Akan Ku Tunggu, Aku, Dia Dan Kamu dan Dunia Belum Berakhir)

Last-last celah-celah mencerita banyak cerita peribadi Akademi Fantasia (banyak rahsia ni!) sempat kami memberikan idea tuk lirik lagu. Kalau lagu tu jadi single - ingat ek...aku bagitau korang dulu. Memang cerita dari 20 jadi 12, dua diserap balik, enam terpisah...dan kemudiannya masing-masing keluar...Then second part pasai ragam seorang-seorang dan memacam drama yang kita lihat dalam Akademi. Moral of the story lagu tu - walau apapunberlaku - walauapapun masaalah - ,erela tetap keluarga Fantasia. If you get to hear the song, bersedia lah gelak abih!

Siap ada reference 'World', 'Konichiwa', 'Praap', 'Belia', 'Cenggeng', 'Opocot', Tibitibit' dan sebagainya apart from a lot of refeences which makes it one hell of a parody. Siap kita leh rancang kalau music video nak 20 orang tu berlakon wat parody abih masa time bersama.

Anyway - back to the original story - aku dok citer lerngan dak Poad pasai what happened the night before - the good, the bad and the ugly...and then meka gerak gi Astro.

Aku ke office Juan ajak dia join ke Astro.

Adus...sampai je buang masa dok 15 minit security nak dapat clearance. Leceh aa kalau geng security baru ni. Ada je songeh.

Masuk dalam lak...naik atas...takder pass lak nak masuk. Aku call Adi yang masa tu tugas ngan Julia tuk xfresh, seb baik sempat tangkap meka tuk buka pintu belah radio.

Fuad punya interview da start masa tu. Adus...kena lak laser sedas ngan Nila - kalau sapa dengar interview smalam Nila refer pada patung rambut merah JL - tu aku ler...siot je...tunggu ko Nila. Poad pun melayan...tunggu ko gak!

Anyway - lepak-lepak, ulang alik antara studio era.fm dan xfresh. Cam GRO lak!

Besh!

Memang stress reliever after a lousy day.

Dalam on-air tu, sempat mencelah online tunjuk Fuad email pembaca blog ni ke email aku tuk dia - dan comments yang dia tak baca agik kat blog ni sesikit...(tu pic kat bawah kalau nak bukti Fuad sendiri baca comments korang kat sini)

Seronok dia tengok response - kira ada gak yang masih sayang ler kalangan public walaupun terkeluar awal....(Pada mereka yang tatau - malam sebelum masa dia chat ngan Azlif dan Elliza kat @15 - kalau perasan Azlif ada sebut yang Fuad menitis airmata tengah dok chat sebab meka tengah tunjuk ulangan konsert ketiga dan dia tak tahan tengok masa dia wat Gerimis Di Lautan -sorry dakMat aku pecah lobang).

Yerlah...aku malas nak ulang - tapi kalau orang rasa dia ngada, over dan sebagainya (aku pun sampai tahap geram meluat tengok dia kekadang walaupun sokong dia)...stress dia ramai tak paham. Antara 20 orang yang join kuarga Akademi Fantasia tahun ni, ramai tatau ni peluang kedua dia selepas top 20 tahun lepas tapi tak dapat masuk Akademi. Tu yang dia nekad nak wat terbaik sampai try too hard....takper Fuad...I'm sure you have a career you can be proud of....!

Anyway - at the end of it...dia gi chat kat @15 - kita sambung dok lepak kat xfresh. Juan siap on-air tu...aku tanak sebab asik nak dok keluar isap rokok...ngantuk sikit sebenarnya...

Masa balik, perasan lak abang Wan, artist manager Maestro yang temankan Fuad tertinggal barang, so gi pass kat dia kat belah @15.

Abih je chat - kita gerak balik skali... ni stop sat nak upload pics sebab cam today was such a gratifying day despite all the heartache at the office.
Esok lak looking forward to another great day - sebab pukul 1pm jangan lupa ada Gempaq Selebriti Astro kat Billion, Kajang (aku pun tatau mana tapi cadang nak redah cari sebab Fuad, Elliza, Anding dan ramai agik ada). Pastu, finished with that, we will gather at Stadium Malawati for the concert.

Pada mereka di Johor - pastinya banyak event Gempaq kat sana - so ramai ler anggota keluarga Akademi Fantasia - serta personaliti Astro yangt 'menyerang' di selatan ek.

Pada orang Johor kalau nak tengok Fuad - dia akan wat show kat Plaza Angsana tuk Gempaq - and the best thing is that Farah akan ada sekali (jeng jeng jeng!!!)

Anyway, sesapa nak ramalan sapa nak kuar - ni teori menarik dari Julia xfresh.

Ingat musim kedua? Sapa yang keluar dulu...Edlin kan? Sapa keluar dulu kali ni? Elliza kan?

Pastu sapa keluar kedua masa last year? Fitri kan? This year...Fuad lak nombor dua tersingkir.

Nampak ada pattern? Ikut abjad nama pertama. So kalau ikutkan - last year Anding nombor ketiga disingkir. That means mungkin Akma atau Amy yang akan bye-bye. Tapi benda tu aku rasa not applicable ler sebab mungkin kebetulan. Tapi aku rasa coincidentally - memang ada kebarangkalian antara dua nama tu terkeluar. Sentimen anti-Reza aku rasa masih tak cukup tuk menyingkirkan dia...not this week at least. I'm actually hoping it will be another boy - but we'll see.

Seperti biasa - sebab peratusan terlalu dekat (kecuali Felix dan Mawi yang selamat gila babas) yang lain jer ler akan bertanding tuk tempat terbawah...

By the way, DON'T FORGET to visit [klubbkidd's rave] - The fotopages! untuk lihat gambar-gambar exclusive from the interview at era.fm semalam. Ingat! Teruskan voting/undian untuk aku kat Malaysian Topblogs, especially since esok pas konsert tengah malam aku nak bergegas wat radio.blog konsert keempat tuk korang. Bagik can ek...marilah mari....cepat mengundi!!!

Here's to a fun-filled Saturday!

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