My schedule these days is actually worse than before when I was working full time.
Now, in between running my own projects for my company, as well as taking care of Amir's career which is picking up momentum... and some other side projects, I rarely have time to chill.
Yesterday finally had time to catch up with my best friend, and little sister - Faz. Mulalah dengan sesi makan... accompanied by a friend of ours. Gitu!
Pas abih melantak and sesi borak, it was just the two of us jalan-jalan. Miss Thang who has been busy herself lately, decided to take in some shopping, so aku jadilah peneman yang setia as always.
And of course, knowing her... tempt wajib - Chanel.
Now, I'm one of those who can appreciate (though not necessarily afford) the finer things in life. And Chanel undoubtedly is one of my loved labels... but the prices... oh my.
This was one jacket I grabbed off the discount rack in the VIP room. Softest leather you can get... back-baring short length jacket. Gorgeous. Faz had to put it on for me of course, since obviously it was a ladies' jacket and all (plus I don't think they have it anywhere near my size).
Tengok harga rasa nak pitam... lepas diskaun berapa puluh peratus pun, cukup nak bayar separuh kereta. Matilah ko!
And that's why they call it window shopping. Because I'll only be looking from outside of one in stores like these.
After lepak session followed baby sis to the car temankan. Damn... someone left flowers - and a card. So romantic!!!
Best gila tadi! Went to Konsert Pilihan Pembaca Media Hiburan di mana Amir wat performance. Kita sampai memang jam gila. Tak penah aku nampak Shah Alam jam sampai camni.
Selepas kita soundcheck siap semua... aku jalan-jalan sikit the mini karnival yang ada. Aku nampak keta ni.
Makan hati wei! Chevrolet Impala! That's some serious muscle! Aku suka gila keta camni. Classic tapi memang lebih hebat than any new sleek sportster any day.
Aku singgah booth owner keta ni, which was Switchblade Kuala Lumpur (korang Google dapat la). Aku penah makan kedai meka, memang best. Dia jual semua barang-barang happening contohnya basikal dia semua gempak!
Yang pentingya pas aku tweet the pics of the Impala, aku dijemput bini owner tu bagi tuan punya meta bak japan sebab meka follow Twitter aku. Gempak wei! Serious... rasa cam kat luar negara pon ada.
And then the awards itself was fun sebab ramai kawan-kawan around. Korang layan je lah some of the pics aku sempat snap.
Sumpah rupa Siti semakin cantik! Terpegun aku. Walaupun banyak kali jumpa, dia nampak semakin flawless kian hari.
Had a fun time - but nothing more than bila score Manchester United vs Liverpool keluar. Aku memang sokong any team BUT Manchester United, so bila Liverpool menang 2-1 aku troll Akim kaw-kaw sebab did memang fan Manchester United. Merasalah sampai camni rupa...
Sori aku kejam Akim! Heh! Tapi memang wajib kot...
Lama tak letak pic Faz kan? So layan! Ni tadik lepak ngan dia kat Pelita, port lama. Catch up session too.
Sebenarnya, ni pon one more entry melantak. Hari Ahad biasalah tuk aku spend time ngan family.
Tapi hari ni belah malam lepak ngan abang Bad sebab teringin sangat nak pekena aromatic crispy duck. This is the signature dish of Social - kat Bangsar. Gi cari, depan Bangsar Village II. Give it a try. Sedap gila!
Da berapa lama (tahun da kot) tak pekena crispy duck ni, so finally pas cakap nak go have it, made plans and gi melantak.
Trust me, sedap gila. Amik crispy duck tuh ngan gravy dia dan balut cam popiah. Yum!
Heh... keja jalan-jalan cari makan je aku ni berapa hari ni. Pastu leh sambung Pelita. Merasalah.
Sorry la guys lambat update. Hari ni sibuk nak gather stuff together sebab esok da start keja balik and plus got an important meeting for a company project.
Pening sikit sebab nak juggle preparations.
Eh ni some pics I promised from Anak Wayang punya final semalam. Boring as all hell, if you ask me. Can't say it was bad or good... just dead boring.
Stupidly forgot to change the batteries in my camera after balik dari Melaka, so only snapped pics with my Nokia. Horrible lowlight response if you ask me.
Lama tak jumpa orang kampung aku ni (hidup Klang!) si Ella dan Jojie
Farhan, geng gabby
Stacy pun...
And Faz looked nice as always - cuma my cam didn't capture it well enough
I don't know what went wrong, but things dragged out. Oh well. Anyhoo, can't update panjang-panjang. Tak larat. Esok je.
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.
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!
Honestly time orang nak tidur tuh la aku bangun, dan time orang da busy sakan, aku lak nak tido. Psycho.
Sebenarnya I was rushing today. And damn, I can't take the heat, the traffic... memang migraine terus la akibatnya. But had to get stuff done so ok lah.
Tapi balik je petang tadi, headed straight home sebab tanak lepak memana tak tahan, collapse terus dalam katil. Sedar sedar... amik ko!
Ok, have to state some things. Firstly... here's a message from Faz. Korang layan dulu and then aku explain.
Ok, what she means by tickets is, she's got 20 tickets for her fans to the Shout! Awards. All you have to do, is join this little club her fans have put together dalam forum CARI. Go there by CLICKING HERE. Twenty is not a lot, so sapa cepat dia dapat la. Note korang kena register sebagai forummer CARI dulu.
Kalau diizinkan masa, we have a little get together before ke apa too with Faz for you guys. See how.
By the way, voting is all the way down to the wire, so that's how they put it, so in other words, keep voting for her. Korang leh go online and register as a member, and vote online, or SMS vote Faz. CLICK HERE for the official website, and more info.
Speaking of voting, thank you EVERYONE who voted for me in the Ikea Go Clean Your Room Contest. The support has been overwhelming, and aku memang terharu all of you campaign for me. Tak kisah la melalui email, chat, blog, myspace, Facebook...etc
To my family - my mom. dad, and sister who got everyone in her office to vote, her friends (thank you Jida and gang), including my nasty cousins (I love you guys too) who campaigned for me like crazy nearing the dateline, my Facebook gang, soon-to-be and former colleagues, friends, extended family in Sarimah and Faz, friends of all these people, random strangers who were forced by these people to vote for me ... and of course everyone who reads this blog. So many of you to thank... but you guys know who you are. Love all of you guys! Watch the video below. This one's for all of you!
Everyone who voted for me, I love you guys!
This morning about 9am, the website voting was still active (don't know what time the Ikea guys turned voting off. But as of then, this was the standings.
I sure as hell wanna win, and I think I deserve to but now it's up to the judges, cause they will pick from the top three. Hoping I'm in that position when they announce it tomorrow. Just in time for my birthday! Heh!
Kalao tak, takpelah. Takde rezeki.
Ok...I got to sleep now. Esok another run around day of events. Thank
Tadik lepak ngan Faz, just having a Sunday at favourite chillout makan place Chilli's at 1 Utama. Jue pun ada skali. Didn't really do much, eat, ngumpat and temankan dia shop. Aku da insaf nak shopping wat sementara (tapi sempat nak beli a new bracelet thingamajig kat Forever 21 - motif?)
Malas nak blog pepanjang sebab pastuh lepak biasa-biasa je. Too lazy today nak blog pepanjang.
Just to inform you guys who love Faz. She's been nominated in the Shout! Awards No big deal, but if you guys think she deserves the Hot Chick Award she's been nominated for CLICK HERE and vote for her.
Tomorrow all hell is going to break loose, sebab electrician aku nak abihkan saki baki kerja yang tertangguh kat office. The Astro and Internet wiring and connections, as well as the phone extensions, a little bit of here and there to fix up and all. Also some other things to sort out.
First of all, dalam nak maki hamun, biar aku first of all start with puji sikit.
To TM Point kat Klang, korang service memang best. Walaopon kekadang kena tunggu giliran sampai berejam sebab ramai orang... biasalah tuh. Also to TM Point Taman Desa yang baru-baru nih menjadi persinggahan aku nak register phone line dan Internet account tuk company pon - you guys rock sebab semua pala gila leh layan senyum dan gelak sambil actually getting work done.
So sapa aku nak laharkan?
Sesapa pengguna Streamyx, pernah tak try call Customer Service TM yang besh sangat?
Siang tadi I had to call them to request info pasal my acccount etc. I swear, they have the most moronic staff on customer care side sebab yang layan aku bangang gila. Not only he sounded like he was reading out of a manual (which we know they always do), English entah haper tak paham bahasa bila orang cakap, and langsung tatau apa apa.
And the supervisor on duty pon sama bangang. Menyusahkan hidup orang sebab nama je customer care, tapi the care part tuh entah ke celah mana perginya.
Seriously, if not for the TM Point people who make my life easier kan, rasa nak sumpah ranah campak je Streamyx aku ke luar tingkap.
Susahkan aku nak lari balik ke TM Point Taman Desa. Thanks Alfred for making it easier with the layanan yang paham masaalah orang nak rush sana sini tanpa much masa to spare. Rasa appreciated sikit jadik customer.
To folks at TM, please bitch slap those f**king idiots at the careline department or whatever you call them because right now, they sound like secondary school dropouts with about as much courtesy, PR and language skills of... well.. it'd be too rude for me to compare them to anything, sebab aku rasa no one sehina meka nih.
Paying customers don't need shit from switchboard monkeys, and TM punya customer service are just that. Honestly...
Ok... before moving on. One more issue.
Ada yang tanya aku kenapa remove link Hafiz FC. Simple je... nothing to do with anything personal.
It's the only site which has NOT linked me back. No one gets a free ride, plus with Akademi Fantasia over, even my community service of redirecting fans is over too. Plus a few other factors which, I think if anyone bothers to ask, I would explain.
In a day or two, ALL Akademi Fantasia links will be gone, and only those who reciprocate traffic will be linke dthrough my referrer. Which means, you link me, there's traffic from you to me, aku balas with a link automatically. I see a few fan clubs da balas link and siap rating tinggi lagik in my referrers section... so I hardly see that as a problem.
Kenapa takde info or pics baru Hafiz?
Sebab satu, blog aku bukan blog Hafiz, secondly, aku kan update or publish stuff based on my life. So kalao aku tak jumpa sebab dak tuh busy, takkan nak gedik cari dak tuh nak amik pics nak post sini kan? Nanti ada lak yang kata aku nak tumpang glamer (walaopon blog aku idop five years da)
Nanti jumpa aku update la... sama ngan any of the kids. Tuh je.
Macam-macam.. kowser la drama swasta bagai about any of these.
Anyway... eh.. smalam tak sempat post pics. Last night gi dinner ngan Faz to catch up. Yerlah, minah tuh sibuk shooting Lagenda Budak Setan, selain dari packed schedule Anak Wayang. So just chilled at delicious kat 1 Utama and melantak (love the duck confit, Faz hanya baham Caeser's salad je).
Then sambil borak, jalan-jalan cari makan, she stopped over to pick up some 'dessert' and I grabbed.. cupcakes. Yeap, me like cupcakes a lot. Matilah!
My cuppies!
Cupcake poster girl
We wanted to catch a movie, but the only thing watchable was Night At The Museum 2, which she'd already watched (BOO!!!) so spent time borak je.
Hari ni letih sikit. Letih bukan banyak keja. Letih tunggu orang. Dari layan contractor Streamyx yang nan ado muncul, sampai electrician aku yang nan ado wat keja beribu alasan. Matilah korang bagik aku melangut seharian. Abang Bad dropped by the office for a look see, and then Juan came in the office.
Pas settle semua, we popped to Hartamas Square melantak. Tengah cita, tetiba ada orang familiar muncul. Rupanya Akim, Rini dan Ajib dari Murai kebetolan drop by makan pas abih function. We were joined by a couple of guys later pastuh pon. Ingat nak gerak awal tak jadi...
So sesi anyam ketupat la... (gosip la). Si Akim layan chat kat fan club dia nya site. Rajin dak nih. At least ada masa tak gak lupa fan. Heh... sapa kata dia tuh besar pala?
Lepak lewat gak la... sampai mata aku da berat. Arghhhh... ni nak face another day of installation and stuff yang buang masa aku je sebab contractor semua janji cam sial. Aduh...can't wait to get this shit over with and move on with real work.
So you guys already know the result. Perlu ke aku nak ulas lebih sebenarnya?
Ok, aku ngaku. Cam aku katakan awal minggu, sapa-sapa yang keluar pun aku akan menitis airmata... and I did. Aduh... kutuk la aku nih. Zalim nya korang! Aku semakin rapat ngan bebudak, smakin aku tak sampai hati rasanya nak tengok meka keluar Akademi.
Semakin sunyi kat dalam. Tu yang aku tambah emo. Dari awal aku masuk ke sana sesi ngan bebudak nih, kecoh sangat ngan empat belas orang. Now tinggal enam. It's so quiet now....
Sebelum aku nak wat ulasan ke apa, aku nak talk about a few things.
Satu, soal AFMASUK. Jangan harapkan lah ada AFMASUK. Tu je. And untuk aku rasa tak perlu pun, sebab sapa nak ngadu sapa keluar ke haper, patutnya awal-awal korang AFUNDI puas-puas tuk elak bebudak tersingkir.
Secondly, ada yang noya (paranoia lah) kata Marsha penyebab Aril terkeluar. I think that is so unfair! Marsha dijadikan RA tuk seminggu sebagai gimik saja je for entertainment purposes for the Diari. And memang dia managed to spice up things pun. Kalau mereka yang tengok Diari, camna leh timbul soal Marsha penyebab lak? After all, bukan ke banyak gak scene Marsha dan Akim? Bukan ke Aishah pun nampak mengelak Marsha... and so on.
It's about drama, people! Haven't you got the concoept of the show yet?
And finally, nak sebut bab orang pandang rendah kemampuan Aril, pada yang persoalkan kenapa orang kecoh dia terkeluar. Tuk aku, sapa yang tutup mata, telinga dan hati mereka pada persembahan dak tuh je yang akan rasakan he's overrated, cause he's not. I am proud of Aril sebab dia manage to sahut every cabaran. Nakal tu rock and dangdut fused together Forte dia sangat ke? Lagu Adam tu forte dia ke? He has managed to overcome his personal preference to deliver performances which are impressive and for that, he deserves the praise.
And on that note... mai aku teruskan ngan ulasan. Minggu ni aku rasa nak meroyan sikit. Sebab aku disappointed with a few students kerana tak apply apa yang diajar oleh tenaga pengajar, as which I myself stressed on for their performances.
Before I go on, as usual... the warning.
SESIAPA YANG HENDAK MENGAMBIL APA PUN GAMBAR DARI SINI, silakan. TAPI, anda tidak dibenarkan crop atau edit membuang watermark dari gambar-gambar disini. Hakmilik tetap kepada blog ini, dan sebarang penggunaan mana-mana gambar ini dalam bentuk telah disunting dan dibuang watermark, di dalam mana website, blog atau forum akan dikenakan tindakan yang sepatutnya. And I mean it... so don't fuck with me. Ada je bintang perangai suka mencuri hak intelek dan kreatif orang. Sebarang penggunaan gambar-gambar ini dalam laman, blog atau forum juga perlu memberikan kredit dan link kepada blog ini.
First of all, thank goodness lah Adibah Noor dibawa kembali mengkritik. Selain Adlin, aku rasa kak Dibah nya komen bernas dan kena pada tempat tanpa melalut. I so want to hear critics like this who know what they're talking about, and point out the necessary for the kids to take note of serta memberikan pendapat bagaimana untuk mengatasi kelemahan yang membelenggu persembahan mereka.
Ni baru conducive environment di mana tenaga pengajar dapat rectify dan betulkan apa yang kureng pasal bebudak nya performance, kan?
Jangan la melalut tuk puas hati kuar TV jerk. Tugas tu bukan dok pose je. Me likey kak Dibah, and I hope she will be brought back as pengkritik. AFMASUK Adibah Noor!
Pelajar Lelaki - Fiona (Lagu Bonus) Rating : **** Sebelum nak komen.. saja nak tanya. Korang suka tak trigger AC kena kejutkan dapat piring hitam dari bebudak?
Heh.. hasil borak-borak ngan orang ni, pas bebudak request ngan aku Khamis lepas tuk CD nak pakai, ilham nak bagi AC laser disc gebadak pun muncul.
Masa aku rushing ke konsert (sampai maki ada polis trafik yang memang serous kurang ajar jaga kat persimpangan nak ke Endah Parade tu kerana kecoh konsert skali clash ngan bola Selangor lawan Kelantan), risau je sampai lambat bak LD tuh. Dalam tuh, aku bak le record vinyl satu. Saja je piring hitam jadik option... and production suka sangat, so layan! Aku gelak pecah perut puas hati sangat.
Anyway, on the boys, aku bangga cause ALL OF THEM berjaya bring it together for Fiona, vocally and visually.
It was definitely a good opener.
Walaopon aku memula cam tak suka lagu ni jadik lagu tugasan sebab Amirul da penah wat time musim keempat, siap dibawa 4U2C atas pentas, tapi I think the boys did such a good job that aku leh layan je show meka.
Aril - Nakal Rating : *** 1/2 One thing for sure, walaopon Aril tersingkir, he went out with a bang! Memang performance dia dari start sampai habis, it was definitely overall, his BEST performance so far.
One thing about Aril ni, dia ni not just about vocals, stage presence dan showmanship dia memang menyerlah.
And one thing aku suka Adlin point out, about his attitude and all, when he brings that to stage, tu yang nampak dia star. He stands out because he's able to take on any role masa performing tuh tanpa nampak kekok.
Yang pentingnya, naik pentas golek skali masih leh maintain nyanyi tuh.
Did Aril deserve to go out? Depends ko tanya tu dari segi apa.
Dari segi AFUNDI, memang nak wat camna... da kurang, so dia terkeluar lah. Tapi dari segi kualiti persembahan, for me, he was one of the best of the night! No doubts. Even Aril haters can say what they want, but fact remains that it was one helluva show!
Claudia - When Ur Gone Rating : *** I don't think she did as bad as the other girls. Honestly, Claudia has the vocal chops. Kemampuan dia nyanyi memang terbukti da.
And this week, walaopon pengkritik kata tak sampai, I think it's a step up for her sebab dia mampu nak deliver that emotion of the tune. Memang lah dia masih simpan sikit tuh, tapi mungkin sebab aku tau the story behind her delivery aku leh feel.
Kira pada orang yang tatau dia nyanyi lagu tu tuk sapa maybe tak sampai kot. But she did quite well, and I think this week, nampak jelas peningkatan dia and I hope this is the beginning of the momentum for her to go all out and buktikan to everyone she deserves a spot in the final.
She has something unique about her - which I can't quite put my finger on. Cuma aku harapkan dia dapat buktikan cepat sebab kesuntukan masa memandangkan the competition is getting more heated.
Akim - Situasi Rating :*** 1/2 Masa dia perform Aurora, aku nampak usaha Akim nak break out of his shell. Sebab dia mempunyai kekurangan dari segi penguasaan body language dia, serta lack of focus, minggu lepas vocal dia pun tak sebagus.
This week, bab vocal ada improvement, walaopon aku tetap sakit jiwa with lower notes, and also lack of stamina dia yang mengakibatkan dia semput time all out.
Tapi as a package, he has improved vocally enough, to be tied with Aril for second best performance of the night.
Yang penting, aku nampak dia da mula understand the meaning of showmanship and it's coming more naturally to him now. Tak nampak rehearsed sangat, and tiap pergerakan dia nampak lebih 'ikhlas' and bukan cam dia disuruh ingat.
Major improvement, tapi cam Claudia, perlu a sense of urgency minggu akan datang tuk buktikan dia layak untuk konsert akhir.
Aishah - Flora Cinta Rating : ** This is without a doubt, persembahan Aishah yang paling teruk. I am so disappointed with her.
Mana taknya, lepas minggu demi minggu consistent, tiba-tiba bukan sahaja dia hilang tenaga dan kesungguhan berminggu sebelum ni.
Dia seolah terus mengalah dan malas diatas pentas, walaopon berkali-kali tenaga pengajar tegur dia tuk perbaiki apa yang kurang lagik.
Vocally it was ok ok saja, tapi masuk beat jer masa lagu tuh pick up nak rancak, she sounded so disjointed - seperti tak masuk ngan muzik langsung. She had no groove as I worried about and for some reason, dia cam wat persembahan tahap cukup syarat ada show je.
Aku tatau apa masaalah Aishah. Cuma aku sedih dia tak rise up to the challenge like the others. Memasing da pick up, aku tanak tengok dia drop camni.
When someone's performance at this stage, minggu ketujuh, boleh dianggap azab banding ngan minggu pertama punya usaha, something is seriously wrong. And I hope Aishah bucks up FAST!
Yazid - With Or Without You Rating : **** 1/2 The best performance of the night, without a doubt, and definitely one of the most memorable shows of the whole season for me.
Love or hate Yazid, korang kena akui kesungguhan dia kali ni. I mean seriously, vocally, feel and presentation dia memang mendalam dan sampai.
Mungkin ada yang tak rasa - but aku berani bertaruh, siapa yang kata he doesn't deserve the recognition as the best of the night, samaada tak suka character dia yang ditonjolkan dalam Diari (thus blocking him out totally) atau memang jenis tak layan lagu U2.
Bottomline, ni persembahan terbaik Yazid, and while a lot of students remaining in the Akademi da macam mendatar je graf kualiti persembahan, he is picking it up and I just hope he takes this, and brings it on to the next show.
Yazid is now a serious contender - and sejujurnya pendapat aku, aku rasa sepatutnya dia dapat mention pelajar cemerlang for his effort and also result of his performance. Not just some complimentary 'special mention'.
Hafiz - Kau Yang Punya Rating : ** 1/2 The whole thing, wasn't bad... and it wasn't good either.
At the end of the day, aku tak kisah la apapon drama, the final result atas pentas yang penting.
And Hafiz disappointed me, being the second student after Aishah tuk underperform malam smalam.
Mana taknya. Tuk aku, aku kecewa dia tak aplikasikan teknik yang ditekankan dalam persembahan dia. It was not rap... it was just random shouting.
Breathing, phrasing, tempo... everything I feel tak applied to his show despite being stressed upon endlessly.
If he was judged on memorising alone, he didn't do too well either, no to mention he allowed Najwa to overshadow him.
But, one bad week is not enough to take away the glory from Hafiz after weeks of good performance. But my concern is his lack of ability to adapt and take on a challenge. Keeping my fingers crossed for something spectacular to cover this week's weak showing.
Isma - Tak Mungkin Kerna Sayang Rating : ** I don't know whether dia complacent ke apa, tapi dia da mula slacking. This is not the Isma I know.
Yang aku tau, Isma nak sahut cabaran to find her x-factor, but yesterday's performance, like Aishah, was her worst.
Tatau nak cakap apa... she has to do better this week sebab aku upset kerana macam bebudak lain kalao tak deliver, tuk aku dia hampakan orang-orang yang paling penting - peminat. Peminat yang sanggup keluar wang Ringgit nak pastikan bebudak ni diberi peluang tuk terus dalam Akademi.
Entahlah.... hoping Isma akan show her real prowess onstage sebab I know she can do better than this.
Pelajar Perempuan - Untukmu (Lagu Bonus) Rating : ** Extremely disappointing! Walaopon lagu da besh nak layan, tapi bebudak cam tak kena je.
Memasing wat hal sendiri, cam takde latihan langsung dalam persembahan mereka. Memang betul kata kak Dibah. The girls all seem preoccupied with whatever thoughts they have perap dalam pala mereka sampai allow their focus to be robbed.
I just hope things will get better this week. Kalau tak... entahlah...
Overall... this concert was one of the best so far. Memang dengan pilihan lagu (walaopon ada yang peminat nan ado meroyan), it was fun, and despite a few below par punya persembahan, bebudak masih put on show worthy of mention.
Tapi yang penting aku rasa aku kena puji choreography Menuju Puncak yang nampak semakin meletup! Also, compared to last week yang hancus, this week, tarian Menuju Puncak aku nampak tight gila.
My only complaint would be I'm not hearing everyone sing. Ada ke yang curi tulang?
So that was what I thought of the concert. It was good, with a lot of highs and a few lows. But going into minggu kelapan da, my nerves are frayed dah.
I'm hoping for the best from each student.
And guys out there... kalao korang tanak tengok your favourites tersingkir, vote like crazy.
I don't want to tell you how close undian is at this point. But let me just say, the differences are very small. Da dua minggu, pelajar tersingkir ngan second last student tu, siki sangat jurang perbezaan.
Every AFUNDI does count. So start sending it now. Ok la... panjang meroyan. Korang layan Diari INT kat bawah ni dulu.
