Beraya di Klang...

I promised a long entry...so here goes. Banyak sangat isu dan incidents nak sebut dalam entry kali ni lepas 'menyepi' akibat bosan dengan isu yang panas dan kesibukan kerja.

Anyway fast forward sikit after the last entries, Friday night, gi Liquid for the launching of Madonna's latest album Confessions On A Dance Floor (which is released nationwide tomorrow on November 15!!!).

I have to admit to being a huge M (Madonna ah...bukan Mawi) fan, so memang best lah!

Everything was awesome! I mean, I don't know how to mention the album (dah dengar about five songs including the first single Hung Up yang favourite gila babiks besh) without referring to a thesaurus for other alternatives to just fantastic amd awesome.

Apapun, if you haven't heard the first single off the album, Hung Up, go to Madonna.com to not only listen to the audio tapi at the same time tengok video dia sekali! Power! Retro disco circa early 80s is back in vogue with a vengeance! Yang pentingnya aku ari ni gak nak kuar beli, malas nak tunggu complimentary copy dari Warner Music. I only buy stuff aku bebetul gila minat (Smashing Pumpkins is the only other act aku commit to buying without even listening to ascertain how it is).

Lepas event, keluar dengan member wartawan lain ke City Garden tuk makan. Jemput adik angkat aku dari Melaka tuk join.

Lepas tu balik tidur mati sebab tiga hari tak cukup tidur punya pasal. Pagi esok nya kena jaga awal lak. Nak hantar adik ke Puduraya sebab dia nak balik Melaka awal because of last minute meeting.

Pikir nak balik sambung tidur, but decided against that and forced myself to do something I've wanted to watch a movie on my own.

Tengok wayang sorang diri ni kekadang best sebab I get to really evaluate a film without bloody commentary dari kiri kanan aku.

Problem is, aku tengah nak enjoy The Exorcism of Emily Rose, the irritating habit of Malaysian cinemagoers tested my patience enough. Dengan deringan handphone, loud whispered conversations, couple minah tudung dan rempit yang beromen belakang aku sambil berbunyi "slurp! slurp!" indusing images of drooling menggangu my concentration.

At the end of the movie masa nak keluar, terserempak dengan seorang blogger, Mimirinie yang lum pernah aku jumpa, tapi dia tegur sebab dia cam. Kebetulan memang dah rancang jumpa Juan tuk window shopping so it was great we all got to meet up. Lepak punya lepak sampai malam, we went to Naili's to be later joined by anggota Bloggers United lain like Sultan Muzaffar dan Badrul (Congratulations ek my best friend on the new job position!). Also joining us were Fiebie dan Leez. Also ada tamu jemputan lain tapi takleh sebut sebab nanti undang agi debate kat comments column.

Sorry ler elkapitan sebab dengar ko ada exam, so tak invite...jangan marah ek. Ko baby of Bloggers United so semua kena protective sikit! (Kelentong je...sebenarnya malas nak tunggu warga Subang Jaya sampai entah kul brapa)

Hung out till late...aku balik dalam perjalanan ingat ikut ler highway NKVE balik ke Klang. Time lalu Damansara, singgah stesen Caltex dekat kawasan IBM, parking tidur. Sedar-sedar dah pukul 9 pagi!!!

Huh! Panik aku...mula-mula tak ingat aku kat mana. Ingat dah sampai Klang (camna leh sampai ler...tak logik.Tidur tak sedar keta leh gerak sendiri ke). But when I realised I was still in Damansara, zoom balik Klang. Sebab dah janji kul 10 pagi kat Astro nak ikut ke rumah pemenang AFRAYA beraya bersama Mawi, Felix dan Amylea.

Balik rumah, mandi, sempat sarapan sikit, gegas terus ke Astro. Bas terus gerak. Rupanya semua tunggu aku. Si Mawi missing in action sebab dengar flight dia land 10.30 pagi.

Khabarnya he will join us only kat highway.

Dalam bas, cerita ler panjang ngan Amylea, because I never really got a chance to talk to her much before this.

Kalau betul-betul heart to heart talk, only masa Coke punya event dulu kat Carcosa Seri Negara je sempat bual.

Banyak ler isu peribadi di discusskan...and I'm proud of Amylea if nothing else because she really is a strong woman.

Celah-celah tu, si Felix yang dok belakang aku kena usik tak habis-habis. Mana taknya...sibuk SMS je kerja! Siapa lagi ler...kalau bukan A (bukan nama sebenar). Spekulasi je....Felix bukan nak ngaku (podah lah!)

Usik-usik, kecoh-kecoh...tengok-tengok dah sampai balik kat 'kampung halamanku' di Klang. Kami stop kat tepi highway Shapadu nak gi Meru/Kapar. Lepas kejap, si Mawi pun tiba dalam keta si Apis.

Seronok gak trip dalam bas tu. Bukan apa....paham aje lah, aku nama je dok Klang, tapi sebab kesibukan kerja manjang, dah banyak lose contact aku ngan kawan-kawan yang dok Klang, kecuali ler yang jenis lepak KL manjang cam aku.

Lalu Pekan Meru rasa nostalgic lak sebab dulu port lepak sana gak dekat rumah member time study.

Aku jadi tourist guide ler dalam bas because of my familiarity throughout the route.

Sampai je tempat yang kami tuju, terkejut kami semua dalam bas, yang termasuk beberapa orang wartawan lain sekali ngan orang Astro dan production crew Trek Selebriti (ye...Jimmy Shanley pun ada).

Sampai semua terbangun dari tempat duduk memasing nak intai luar tingkap in total disbelief!
Mana taknya, jalan nak masuk area kampung, tapi ada Rela dok jaga.

Masuk dalam 100 meter kami semua da pening. Ingat gi beraya rumah orang dalam diam, tengok-tengok cam pergi kenduri! Satu kampung hadirkan diri. Paluan kompang mengiringi kemasukan je yang tak ada!

Pemenang AFRAYA (hah...nama dia Azean - mesti korang da tau...glamer dia masuk semua paper ari ni) kata meka tak jemput, tapi sebab orang da tau semua wat muka tembok mai serang rumah dia.

Bukan apa...kesian gak...'hadiah' dia terpaksa dikongsi. Dahler dia wat makan untuk 50 orang tapi tengok dekat 1,000 orang yang hadir (uninvited).

Bawah panas terik matahari, kami semua pun masuk ler kawasan rumah family Azean ni.
Pengalaman yang kelakar ialah bila lepas Azean diperkenalkan pada Mawi, Felix dan Amylea, she later turned to be and asked, "klubbkidd ek??"

Lor...rupanya si Azean ni kaki rayap kat blog, termasuk ke blog Sultan Muzaffar dan Juan.

Dalam pening sebab dah lah panas, sesak...meriah gak sebenarnya - walaupun sakit hati sikit lah sebab orang lain seperti tak menghormati hak si Azean ni nak enjoy beraya ngan bebudak Akademi Fantasia yang datang.

Hello?

She IS the winner...not you guys...bagi lah dia chance. Ni tak...sebelum dan selepas event wat meet the fans nak sign autograph la...nak pose gambar ngan anak kecik masing-masing lah (which for me is pretty disgusting when you have ugly babies or they look like they haven't been changed or bathed - not all babies are cute ok!)

Sebab mereka semua ni mengambil ruang sangat, dan demand sangat sampai bebudak ni yang tak makan breakfast ni nak bernafas pun takleh, maka it was suggested that we move the session masuk rumah family Azean ni. At least, leh la Azean ni dapat spend time ler ngan meka together with her family members. Private time laa katakan...tapi tu pun ada yang menyemak muka tembok masuk selamba badak.

Yang aku sakit ati tu, bangsa fans yang tak hormat ni, sampai dah lah not only trespassing, mereka insist meka ni dapat layanan tip top.

Dari pemerhatian aku, kurang masa Mawi, Felix dan Amylea habiskan with Azean and family than they could because of these people.

Last-last bila pengacau-pengacau dah berjaya dihalau keluar cara terhormat oleh Rela dan security Astro, dan shooting tuk Trek Selebriti dah settle, kami semua dok bersila ler makan.

Malu gak...sebab baru paham rasanya keadaan mereka bila nak dok makan, orang lain tanak makan tengok je ko makan. Segan!

Lepas makan, sesi mencari tisu!

Peluh sebab panas...ramai sangat bersesak masuk rumah sampai menjadikan the house macam oven.

Toleh tengok budak-budak tu, lum lagi habis makan.

Camna nak habis makan, kejap-kejap ada je yang nak ambil gambar lah...nak tu lah nak ni lah.

Memang tak salah makcik, pakcik, akak, abang, adik oi....tapi biarlah budak-budak tu yang dari pagi tak makan...tak elok wat camtu tau!
Azean camna pun sporting gila aku tengok. Majlis dia kena invade pun dia relax je (very the independant woman!)

After the kids were done, meka lepak jap (suka shot Amylea kacau Felix - tapi jangan pikir yang bukan-bukan ek!) before again they went out layan peminat skali lagi ngan sesi autograph dan amik pics.

So more smelly babies shoved about and sweating women yang make-up empat inci giggling away.

Apapun, as we boarded the bus, I have to say, congrats again Azean...and sebab ko pembaca blog aku...dan sebab ko sporting gila walaupun majlis ko kena ceroboh pun ko tak merungut...ni tribute aku kat ko.





So after all that excitement, semua KO dalam bas. But not before we realised ada peminat mengekori bas (haiyo! amik gambar bontot bas pun jadi ke)

Bila da sampai Astro, tengok si Jimmy KO abih! Hah! tengok lah Trek Selebriti to see what happened! Kesian Jimmy jadi mangsa...(gelak sat)

Anyway...aku nak end this entry with a few thoughts.

Blogs - Kebebasan bersuara semakin dipertikaikan. Bloggers seperti kami di caci, hamun, perli dan maki bila tidak memerikan pendapat yang tally with that of the popular concensus. Please, again, remember...we are just saying what we feel and based on what WE know.
Kalau nak katakan orang mengfitnah ataupun mempunyai agenda, that is YOUR prerogative, so tak payah lah nak bangkang sampai meroyan.
Whether or not you are influenced by what we say - you do not have to sink as low as indulge in personal attacks. That really takes the credibility of your arguments - especially when stakat name calling. Comment....as you wish. But remember proper and simple courtesies of being in someone else's domain. You do not have to agree, but you do have to respect.

Capitalising - Ada beberapa blogs yang da take advantage of that situation. May I remind you guys that blogs reflect opinions. And ada satu blog ni, nak gila glamer punya pasal, amik kesempatan isu ni tuk kutuk je sesapa. Yerlah...tukang jawap ramai kan. So dia harapkan kot market ni masuk blog dia yang sebegitu lama tak laku...mana tak nya setiap posting ada je kutuk seseorang atau sesuatu!

Because of these people. I feel proud of Bloggers United. Memang, kadang-kadang kami membuat statement panas...but we don't do it endlessly nak gila glamer ke apa ke...
And at least...pembaca tahu dan kenali rupa kami, nama kami dan pekerjaan kami serta lebih lagi butiran peribadi kami. This is because WE take responsibility for what we write!

Emotional - Kenapa ramai sangat yang melatah. Kalau aku menyindir sekalipun, siapa yang lebih-lebih kalau bukan tukang komen yang membedal je kerja without any substance to their posting. Mawi ok je ngan aku. Aku pun kalau kritik atau komen dia, bukan dia tak tahu. In other words, we're professional. Yang fanatik dan taksub yang emo je yang terasa lebih! Kami tegur menegur walaupun kekadang kasar seperti adik beradik. Yang nak melatah tanpa tahu hal sebenar tu kenapa?

Choice - Sekasar separuh comments aku terima, I can accept almost all, even from the likes of guracus and REM who both have different approaches. I may not accept or agree with these comments but if they're made without personal attacks or a basic respect for being in my blog, I am ok with it. Untilmately, sila ingat ni ye, kalau tak setuju dengan pendapat saya sampai tahap kiritikal, then leave.
Tak payah masuk, kutuk, tapi tetap dalam menghina, nak juga baca atau curi gambar dari sini. Cakap lebih, tapi in the end, still depend on my blog for information, But wait a minute, if you already don't like it, da rasa buruk sangat...tak yah lah masuk ek...I AM SELF INDULGENT! THIS IS MY BLOG!

Debate - Kalau ada isu yang naik seperti isu Mawi baru-baru ni, please be intelligent in commenting about it. Malas nak layan komen-komen yang not fact based but emotionally driven
While I welcome feedback and all, sampai satu tahap, aku rasa kalau da melalut sangat emo komen, senang je takyah feedback, which is something I hope will not happen because I do love reading the more intelligent (though at times unagreeable) comments to my postings.

Ok lah...panjang lebar da posting aku. Apapun, ingat je.

Kalau korang tak puas hati dengan komen aku pun, segala tulisan di sini, I have taken responsilibity for, so those cynical have NO capacity to question or judge me. The parties involved in my comments, the individuals who become the focus of my postings are very well aware of what I have to say - and I don't see why total strangers need to menyibuk nak judge people.

Yes, I am judgemental to an extent in my blog. But at least I'm honest, and not hiding behind anonymity. Why is that important?

Because again...I take responsibility for everything in my blog. Apapun, aku tetap sayang keluarga Fantasia. But because kami tak mempunyai pertalian darah like family members, I too can put a boundary seperti abang Burn, president Mawi FC katakan, iaitu, 'SELAGI berada di landasan yang betul'.

There is nothing wrong with that statement and I think people yang tak setuju kata-kata tu, memang sudah lama membutakan dan memekakkan diri to all reason.

"Kami tak gaduh kan?"

Siapa nak lagakan? Kenapa ada yang nak komen lelebih sedangkan tak ada kena mengena dan tak tahu menahu pasal apa yang berlaku among the parties actually involved.

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Wrap those presents!

I actually have some stuff to post about how I spent the weekend, which was quite different from most weekends I've spent...sebab kurangkan keluar malam, lepak siang, actually went for a movie as I have been planning to for a long time (beli tiket ek...bukan complimentary) - on my own at that...and some other stuff that took place.

Malas sikit to post much nak tunggu this whole thing about Mawi reda...sebab aku rasa aku cakap apa pun sekarang people nak je connect with him.

So...I'm going to post some stuff only tomorrow.

I've been planning however to do this since I got this e-mail from Shawn and Michele Londoh, brother-in-law dan sister Marsha, tapi because of my business tak sempat lak.

So this deserves the focus of this posting...see you guys tomorrow.

Remember...for more information of the Marsha birthday bash countdown and launch event, surf over to MarshaLondoh.com.

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Hmm...

So most of you read the front page of The Malay Mail semalam...

Aku malas cerita anything more...people will take the story how they choose to.

If they bother to read...bagus lah. Kalau nak jump to their own personal conclusions...go ahead gak.

Ada yang ingat sampai tahap aku nak fitnah lah tu lah...Mawi jawab benda tu camtu...

Nak dengar recording press conference smalam baru puas hati ke?

But then...semalam I had a rude awakening to how some fans taksub dan fanatik sangat...

Tak payah cerita camna...sedang press conference pun di 'kacau' oleh dua anggota media yang merupakan fanatik...apa lagi yang peminat kat luar sana.

Apapun...I thank abang Burn...Juan Danza, Awie, kak Maznah...abang Azahar...sapa agi ah...seluruh lah keluarga Mawi FC who made me feel like one of them. I salute them for their effort, walauapapun orang cakap. From outside looking in, memang segala usaha nampak senang lah...it's not the critics among the fanatics who spend the time making all this happen...

Apapun - extra salute to abang Burn yang berucap...dengan ayat penutup...Mawi FC akan terus menyokong kerjaya seni Mawi SELAGI Mawi berada di landasan yang betul.

Lepas semalam dengan sesi 'panas' tu...petang tadi, after Freddie Fernandez set semalam, jumpa lah dia, Aman dan Mawi kat Maestro.

Isi kandung perbincangan? Malas cakap...yang elok pun leh salah tafsir...yang buruk lagi lah kena. Cukup lah aku rasa ada pembaca-pembaca blog aku yang ada kat Sentral semalam nampak aku dengan Mawi ok je kan?

Entahlah...itulah mentaliti orang kita...

Bila tegur sikit...orang lain lak lebih kuah dari sudu melatah mengutuk...all I can say is...silakan.

Kubur masing-masing...aku tahu apa yang aku buat. Tu yang penting. I can live with myself for it.

To those who want to put me down...can you?

Anyway...pada mereka yang nak tahu sambungan cerita Mawi tu...The Malay Mail hari Khamis (today ler...)

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Back at work!

Start balik kerja! Seronoknya...bukan apa...tapi sebab semua orang cuti, aku tak cuti (kira ikut public holiday Thursday Friday dan Sabtu Ahad je tak keja seperti biasa)...so it's kind of fun that now everyone's sharing the torture of being back to the grind as usual.

First things first - pasal release date of Mawi's album.

Semalam aku gi Angkasapuri tengok yang Glamor Aidilfitri then seperti yang ramai-ramai tahu...Mawi yang tak hadir (sebab star, walaupun pemenang tak boleh habis cuti seawal Akma, Aidil dan Amy yang menghadirkan diri) ada sebut dalam phone interview yang album dia tak jadi keluar 7hb iaitu hari ni.

Saya pun tanyakan ler sumber-sumber Maestro dan sewaktu dengannya...

Jawapannya?

The release of the album HAS been delayed...AGAIN.

So bila release? Dengar sumber, unconfirmed agi!

Mana taknya, printing lum wat, sih!

Yerlah...dah kelam kabut...pastu masuk Deepavali then Aidilfitri...
So the tentative date (keep that in mind mana tau postpone agi) is 14th November. Paling lewat mereka kata 16hb.

Moving on to other topics....

Semalam best gak Glamor Aidilfitri...kalau ikutkan, bakat yang dilonggok below par ler banding last year (RTM ada wat for the first time the same thing last year for the first time). Sapa tak tengok...they had all the reality TV winners on the show (well...almost all the winners lah....Mawi kan superstar!!!)

From Audition (ya ampun-masih hidup???...kesian lak budak-budak tu) Gracie (decent voice), Razali (geli teramat mamat perasan macho ensem sora bergetar pergerakan cam kayu), Eyza (scary!) and Endy Maya Zeqhty (similarly scary!!!).

Then Bintang RTM - Felis, Min, Zizie, Amin Din and Farah.

From Mentor - Fo3 (Nana hancus!!!)

Dari Akademi Fantasia - Amylea, Akma (paling cantik, vogue and pro of all the performers for the night!))dan Aidil.

Dari Malaysian Idol - Daniel (sat...nak gelak!), Nita (she still should have won!) and Farah (yuck!).

Then from Astro Talent Quest - Chan Kwok Fai and Wong Kee Ming.

Ni yang besh skali!

From Astro Vaanavil Paadhalthiran Potti - Jerry John (the most happening malam semalam!!!)
Rata-rata - memang kalau banding lepas RTM wat benda ni - ampehs ancus because production haram @#$%^ walaupun talents meletop!

Kali ni...terbalik...talents semua biasa...tapi Glamor Aidilftri - for an RTM production was quite slick!

I like!

Eh...ok lah..nak sambung keja...ni jap agi nak gi bank nak bayar keta. Nanti tak sempat lak.

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Selamat Hari raya Aidilfitri!

Sebenarnya, I have so much to post, tapi sebab nak extendkan rehat saya, saya pasti will come back with more posts after the Raya weekend (tapi jenguk-jenguk ler mana tahu aku ubah mood)

Apapun - first of all - to get everyone into the Raya mood, kesemua lagu dalam radio.blog telah diubah untuk yang lebih sesuai ngan the season's celebrations. Of course, pada mereka yang recognise, lagu-lagu itu adalah daripada album Salam Raya Akademi Fantasia I dan III.

Secondly, bawah daripada radio.blog, belah kiri blog, mesti korang dah perasan, there are little window thingies there kan. Those are a collection of Petronas adverts that have successfully brought tears everytime they were aired (aku tengah dok nak letak sini pon nangis sendiri-sendiri...feeling sih!).

To watch, click the play icon in the middle of the chosen advert. Kalau nak tengok balik, just scroll saja play bar kat bawah tu to the start, and then tekan play kat ujung kiri bawah skrin tu ek.

Kalau tak paham...tak dapek nolong. Nak letak besar sikit susah lak...

And finally...ni something from me...and my dearest friends...

Bagi pihak Bloggers United (Juan Danza, Sultan Muzaffar, Badrul dan elkapitan.. have a great Raya (and Deepavali!)

Aku sendiri rasa perlu nak ucap selamat hari raya Aidilfitri...maaf zahir batin pada semua especially my blog readers...(kecuali bangsat reject Akademi Fantasia III yang perasan di Dublin membazirkan duit mak bapak lagi).

To you guys who matter...maapkan ler ek kalau ada salah silap terkasar bahasa...dah tu prangai aku ada je terlaser...(golak agik!!!)

To my Bloggers United family...love you guys...can't wait to be together again!

Kepada semua...makan ketupat, lomang, rendang dan sebagainya tu...ingat sikit! Jangan nyesal lak kang after effect dia! (Gelak tak abih!)

And most importantly, guys...be safe, ok! Go home safe and come back safe...

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Congratulations Yasmin & Co.!!!

Aku nak break my 'silence' over the past week with no new entries in my blog with this well deserved congratulatory message!

Baru dapat mesej jer...terus call Yasmin Ahmad nak interview (sorry kacau ek your holiday in Bali, Yasmin).

Untuk mereka yang unaware, Sepet, the interracial love themed movie directed by Yasmin (you'd really have to be living under a rock to not know kan what Sepet is) won Best Asian Film at the 18th Tokyo International Film Festival last night!!!

Sapa bilang filem Melayu tak menawan?!!!

Bukan je stok cam Gol dan Gincu kalah tau (burok siot translated title dia - Goalposts & Lipsticks), tapi Sepet (not as burok literal English translation of Slit Eyes) kalahkan many other regionally produced movies termasuk Janji Joni dan Chandramukhi.

Apapun, this short posting is my tribute to Malaysians who bring our nation's name to another level without having to brag their rears off and yet produce results despite the odds.

You go Yasmin!

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!@#$%

Walaupun saya memang tidak ada mood nak posting, tapi isu Mawi dan disko beberapa hari ini begitu mempunyai kesan terhadap diri saya.

Personally, the matter has been so discussed, that I am sick and tired of it.

You know what...
I couldn't care less...Mawi nak buat apa, dia dah besar panjang...takyah orang nak susah-susah amik tau hidup dia.

So often, stars from reality television talent search programmes are subject to fans that act like they own them. Yes, I'd like to think of myself as a friend to Mawi, sebab percaya pada kebolehan dia dari sebelum Konsert Prelude kali pertama melihat dia membuat persembahan untuk media pra-Prelude.

Tegur? Memang setakat mana boleh, sudahpun. Anything else...it's up to Mawi isn't it. Isn't there an old saying that rattles off like, "You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink."

So whatever happens to Mawi, affects him, good or bad. NOT ME!

Untung pun dia untung...rugi pun dia rugi. Tak perlu aku nak susahkan diri aku fikirkan masaalah orang lain kalau it doesn't concern me anymore than it should.

Bottomline is, at the end of the day - Mawi is not that important to me...just like for a lot of people.

Buat apa aku nak kehilangan kawan ke...nak buat musuh ke...nak sakit hati ke...hanya kerana Mawi?

There are a lot of things...like issues that people want to know about Mawi, that I am in the know...but I choose to remain quiet about.

A lot of things piss me off...but I try to remain detached from things that don't figure in my life or shouldn't at any rate.

If I am rambling...then I am doing so sebab marah...marah kat semua orang kerana terperangkap in this whole obsession with Mawi. I mean, minat is fine...tapi obsesi is ridiculous!

And the whole mania, while it has gained me friends...at the same time...with the height of this issue...I have begun to lose friends who war about different opinions regarding the matter.

So as I endlessly moisturize myself with my burden of personal trauma, aku nak umumkan aku tarik diri from the Malaysian Topblogs - and all those stupid directories where I'm listed or whatever as takde aku nak sentap ke berlumba ke apa...tak payah vote for my blog anymore..

Maybe I can have fun with my blog now...as I used to. And sesapa nak baca..silakan...youa re more than welcome. Dan pada sesiapa tak ingin...tak payah. At the end of the day, this is my own selfish world...and I'm just playing along with the rules that everyone dictates to me!
Now I owe no one anything at all!

I just wish my friends in blog would stay together and be united in their difference of opinions.
Thank you to the United Bloggers - Sultan Muzaffar, Juan Danza, elkapitan and Badrul - for all our differences, we held together for being steadfast in our beliefs!

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Tak paham...

Aku tak paham tul. Bingung aku seharian...

Ada je...

First of all...ada member contact aku pasal gathering Marsha punya event malam semalam.
It's really strange sebab ada lah seorang bloggers ni yang memang aku da lama brand as bloggers terlampau, pepandai ngaku seolah dia yang organise event.

Bagai nak rak... cam dia lah yang susah payah nak wat segalanya.

All I can say is...pala b**o ko! (Sorry pada yang posa...- aku pon batal terus ari ni lepas dapat call tension sakit ati isap rokok)

Untuk pengetahuan semua ye...the event semalam, get together berbuka puasa Marsha semalam was organised by Shawn, abang ipar Marsha dan kakak Marsha sendiri, Michele.

Ada ler ramai yang membantu. Aku sendiri pun dapat invitation as press dari Ann.

Yang kelakarnya, seseorang tu punya laa perasan rasa cam dia pengerusi majlis...poyo la lu!

I think it's really sad that you take other people's credit for the work they put in. Tak malu ke?
Dah banyak buat hal...orang diam malas nak layan kerenah ko...ko tetap nak the limelight ke?

Bloggers yang hadir cam aku, elkapitan, Sultan Muzaffar dan Badrul gi event camni...entahlah...mungkin ada yang sangka gila glamer kot. Tapi let's get things straight. We go to these events sebab kami dijemput in the capacity of friend/blogger/media.

So if people happen to read our blog - and recognise who we are...jangan ler dengki lak. Dok sibuk nak emulate orang lain kenapa?

Orang bertahun blog...ko lak ingat nak melonjat naik overnight?

Orang dikenali...ko pon nak tompang?

Orang masuk tuk Imbasan as jemputan, ko pun nak gak?

Perasan tak abih je...

Aku kesian keluarga Marsha sebab tersepit ngan tindakan peminat fanatik gila glamer! Memang kes camni berlambak ler sejak Akademi Fantasia musim pertama itself. But this particular blogger ni...memang test everyone's patience!

Orang sayangkan peminat...nak layan baik...tapi jumpa stok camni...terperangkap!

Layan naik tocang lak! Tak layan kang burokkan lak...

Huh!

Aku da penah identify blogger ni with hints...but the time may come soon for me nak tulis nama dia supaya orang yang takde kena mengena tak tertipu ngan cara dia.

Aku leh agik kesian stakat ni (it's be kind to dumb animals week!) tapi don't push the limit!
Moving on...aku ari ni sebenarnya takde niat nak blogging sebab ada masaalah peribadi.

Memang da lama tak otak freeze like this.

Kenapa lah sebab kenal orang bermacam jenis tanpa prejudice...aku lak kena camni...aduh...
Lain kali pasni...aku rasa orang cam blogger terlampau nak sangat orang kenal dia can take my spot.

Malas aku bila ramai kenal mengundang memacam masaalah...aku mungkin rehat blogging tuk minggu ni...because frankly...I feel like stopping with sharing my life.

I need time on my own to clear out my thoughts...

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Moisturize!

First time this puasa month to actually break fast with a cigarette...and not out of choice I might add!

Bukan apa...dah lama tak gi Subang Jaya punya area (the land of many bugs - whcih explains why elkapitan dok sana), ingat-ingat lupa lak where's everything.

Destination : Chatters Cafe & Restaurant. Event : Berbuka with Marsha & family and friends.
Problem : Trying to remember if USJ 11/3 means it's in USJ 3 or USJ 11. Lembab posa kot...
Apapun...after I picked up my best friend, Ted (dahler lambat sampai) we spent about an hour pusing-pusing tak menentu.

Dari USJ 3 sampai 10, main redah je. Entah kenapa bila finally aku nak carik USJ 11 - leh lupa lak...padahal I used to have a friend who used to stay there.

Finally found it after some directions from Ann who was wondering why in blazes aku lum sampai.

It was a simple affair, but I would dare say one of the most intimate gatherings I've ever been to...

Takde lah peminat jenis out of control yang rasa meka ni terpaksa nak berkasar nak amik gambar ke autograph...takde yang jenis....you know what I mean from my incessant complaints about previous gatherings.

This was so much fun because it was a REAL friends (memang takde laa nak buat cam peminat - memang cam kawan semua dapat bermesra) and family (cause her sister Michele and her brother Shawn were there as well - nice to finally meet you guys!)

And not even kehadiran seorang bloggers terlampau yang aku tak kuasa tuh pun could spoil my mood.

As event berbuka @15, aku wat grand entrance je...si Sultan Muzaffar dan Badrul dok posing mengadap pintu masuk jeling kat aku sebab sampai 'awal' sangat. Actually...it was Badrul and elkapitan (correction sikit) sebab Sultan Muzaffar promosi blog dalam tour 'Maintain aku di No.1 Hotlink-Down with Lim Kit Siang'.

Si Juan Danza ilang seperti biasa..dimana dia jarang muncul memana yang tak ada Mawi.
Spotted Kefli...rupanya dia pun baru nak berbuka...so it wasn't that bad. Takde lah Ted and I jer yang sibuk dok sumbat muka je.

Sayang je si Felix, Yazer and the rest yang di jemput tak mai. Whatever the reason (sebab Kefli kata si Felix bagitau ada hal last minute)...hope they show up more at events like this yang lebih relax.

Lepas makan and all, apa lagi...sesi menggila bloggers (Ted the exclusion ler sebab tak blog) ngan Marsha dan Kefli.

For those yang tak kenal...mai aku introduce semua...tengok pic yang ada Marsha tu.

First we have Miss Marsha Londoh, then elkapitan, then aku...followed by Sultan Muzaffar, member baik aku si Ted dan Badrul. And of course...yang dok nonggeng panjang masa posing ala majalah yang slalu pampangkan pics kat swimming pool tu...Kefli.

Second picture je ada meka berdua with all of us, sebab first pic tu Marsha tengah away sat.
Kalau diikutkan...ni kali pertama ler Sultan Muzaffar sengih cam kerang busuk dalam apa pun gambar kami pernah amik bersama. Kalau nak tau kenapa...sebab dia memang peminat Kefli (selain Elliza - seperti yang di sedia maklum dalam interview xfresh.fm bersama bloggers not too long ago)

Ni kira pose-pose yang erm...sopan sikit ler. Ada lagik pics lain yang dok angkat Kefli dan sebagainya...but aku tengah target my blog for rating U (iaitu sesuai untuk tayangan umum) so takleh ler letak.Yang aku tak paham...

Tapi aku rasa aku nak sambung komen sikit...si elkapitan tu...hish....kenapa dalam second pic terlebih mesra lak ngan Marsha. Kalao di potong kan pic tu...bahagian meka berdua...leh lak berangan ehem...(angau ler lagi peminat fanatik No. 1 Marsha ni)

I kinda like Chatters cafe ni...walaupun sesat kat celah kawasan perumahan...tapi tempat ni quite unique. Senyap je tempat tu...away from the hustle and bustle of the usual Subang scene (but still with the damn insect infestation!)

Kalau tengok background tu...tu rak majalah yang offer magazines on sale. One whole wall covered with magazines! Jadik cam part of the decor lak...

Moving on...felt ler nak amik pics ngan two of them...pose ler sakan...suka ati ler syok sendiri...my family mah! Syok sendiri skali skala nak amik gambar kenangan...cuma tak paham...mentang-mentang ler nak mood santai pakai t-shirt je...bebudak ni nampak pic Winnie The Pooh je...samakan aku (mana leh sih!). Dedua asik tepuk-tepuk perut aku (posa pun tak turun-turun...camna?)



Of course....takleh gak lupa our hosts...

Kalau nak tau...yang pakai baju ijo tu, that's Michele Londoh, Marsha's sister. Camna lak si Kefli leh sesat dalam family photo ni!

Takpe...of course we have Marsha, then we have Shawn, Michele's husband and Marsha's brother-in-law (penah nampak meka berdua sebelum ni kat konsert mingguan Akademi Fantasia tapi segan tegur)

Pada sesiapa yang lum tahu...Marsha has her own website...which is handle by Syad as well as Shawn and Michele themselves.

So memang...bukan orang lain yang buat yang takde kena mengena with the artist themself...Marsha memang ada access to the site and in fact...everything that is there IS the official source for everything Marsha. Congratulations to Marsha Londoh - the official site!

Memang cantik, simple layout but very effective and user friendly. For those yang lum surf into it...apa agik...masuk ler cepat!



Back to the event at hand...after everyone left..and we all unanimously we have a great time...kami decided nak stay on for a drink. Mula-mula ingat nak ke mana-mana nak minum, tapi sebab orang tua dua orang ni (hint : Sultan Muzaffar dan Badrul) malas gerak, kami stay at

Chatters tuk sesi ngumpat dan mengtata untuk abihkan top up kredit pahala posa.
Taklah stay lama sangat...for maybe a couple of hours je sebenarnya...tapi erm...content of 'discussion' takleh lah dikongsi.

It's so great to have finished all my work from last week...rasa lega je pala nak kerja esok tanpa beban deadline pressuring me. Tapi still...want to get enough rest so nak tidur sat...lain lah bloggers lain tu yang dok hempas pulas updatekan blog tuk traffic volume pelawat blog hari Isnin (gelak sambil golek terbalik!)

Apapun - love all of you guys...you're all the best friends anyone could ask for! (especially Badrul sebab ada bagik aku 'adiah' dia janji)

By the way ah..nak cakap...lawat-lawat ler blog Badrul. It's worth a read, so that's aku nak recommend (lagikpun dia kata kalau dia tak naik-naik ranking Malaysia Topblogs join kami dia nak withdraw tak lama agi...cam ler si elkapitan tu punya blog laku sangat!)

Pada kengkawan tu - jangan feeling sentap statement aku...blog ko takkan naik sebab tu! (cayang korang!!!)

A tribute to my friends! You guys rock!


By the way... just a little footnote...I have a new motto in life...my principle for the moment!

"When the going gets tough...MOISTURIZE!"

Why did I adopt this new tagline for myself? Apart from harsh skin conditions? I find massaging yourself not only allows you some semblance of youth...tapi kurang sikit stress....therapeutic ler kiranya. You have to try it to believe it. So simple and yet so effective.

Tengah dok sembang ngan kengkawan masa lepas buka posa event tu, I whipped out a bottle of my Johnsons & Johnsons baby lotion...and started moisturizing...Badrul pun join in. Cool!!!
If you think that's just plain weird...all I have to say to you is first of all..hello? It is me...I am weird...and thrive on being so!

And more importantly...and remember this quote till your dying day!...never underestimate the value of soft, supple, silky smooth skin!!!

So what are you waiting for?

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Ok...aku janji ada benda surprise aku nak bagitau kan...well...this is it!

Some of you have already gotten the hint. Cita ari ni...pasai Nikki. Nikki tahun lepas penah masuk Malaysian Idol, dapat top six jer sebab undian SMS tak membenarkannya lebih jauh. Da rezeki ler katakan. Anyway - dia kini bawah pengurusan United Artists, which is run also by Ning & Associates. Kalau nak details lebih, baca Harian Metro cover story hiburan semalam pasal dia dan Ning.

Kalau pada mereka yang da baca...then I'm sure you would know by now that on Caraku, one of the songs, ada featuring Zahid!

Beshnya! Memang dari dulu da berhajat nak gandingkan my baby sister ngan my baby bro!
And on Friday night - we had the studio session for just that! Nikki had already done her vocals. Tunggu dalam just before 11pm, Zahid muncul ngan Nissan baru dia (makan ati!) with Epul.

So they then started work in the studio with Nikki and the song's producer Audi Mok (yang wat Zahid punya Wo! gak). Tanak ler bagitau lebih details pasal tu, but seriously...aku da dengar...pergh! All I can say is, you really have to take a listen...

Ni ada beberapa pics exclusively for Nikki as well as Zahid fans time meka in the studio ngan Audi Mok.

More details on Nikki's upcoming release when I can tell you guys ok!





Anyway, masa tu ngan Vernon...then Ning dropped by. Then pastu si Juan Danza dan Iqram sama ngan editor meka sampai. Rupanya, meka baru lepas lepak kat Sri Hartamas dengan Marsha selepas habis photoshoot for their next feature for URS.

It was nice to see Marsha, and especially nice dia dapat lepak sekali tuk recording process album Nikki because memang meka punya family pun memang rapat. Sabah is apparently a smaller place than we would think!

Hah...so sesapa pas ni nak doubt, these two are my baby sisters...lantak ler ko! Tanya meka sendiri!

Masa meka sampai tu, meka reach in tiga bijik keta...ala ala convoy! I was surprised...tapi tengok-tengok...lor...si Sultan Muzaffar dan elkapitan pun rupanya ada sebab lepak skali ngan mereka makan tadik.

Puas rasanya si elkapitan dapat abihkan time ngan Marsha ada! (konperm, tak tidur malam tu!!!) Lepak punya lepak until it was quite late...meka pun gerak. Puas gak ler sebab recording sempat dihabiskan malam tu gak bagi part Zahid. Kalau nak tau camna lagu...hah! Tunggu!!!

Ni baru tergerak nak update sebab nak clear stock posting nak elak skali letak, panjang lebar!!!
Tadi earlier ada buka puasa Chatterz Club @15 yang diadakan at Saloma Bistro. Memang planning nak gi dah awal-awal. Picked up Ted and we headed ke Saloma. Sampai je tengok dah penuh. Si Juan lak call kata lewat sikit sampai.

Masuk je nampak ler muka Sultan Muzaffar dan Badrul senyum cam kerang busuk! Ceh! Mentang-mentang ler sampai awal! Dahler dua-dua pakai baju melayu nampak ala ala grand gitu!

Went pass their table dok satu agik mana ada beberapa kawan press dok sebab tengok skali Marsha pun dok sana. So sat next to her sebab Marsha tarik seat sebelah dia for me.

Tengok-tengok si Amylea dan Kefli pun ada semeja! Later masa Juan sampai, dia dok sekali ngan aku dan Ted. Takde maknanya Sultan Muzaffar dan Badrul sentap dengan aku nak naikkan blog mereka sebab aku tak dok sekali! After all Badrul sibuk kat sana nak keep an eagle eye on anak buah dia lak dua orang tu...pasangan merpati sejoli, si Akma dan Felix. Pening tul function camni!

Bukan apa...bila ala ala free for all...kes orang gila sangat nak amik gambar and autograph sampai they forget their manners.

Masuk je time buka...abih je Mawi jadi radio tuk kita melaungkan azan (I hope that's the right term), ada yang meluru terus to all the Akademi Fantasia kids.

Bukan apa...but at least have common courtesy. Orang nak buka puasa...ni tak! Sampai about 10 minutes havoc camtu. Last-last kena wat announcement...tu pun...huh! Ada agik yang asik turun naik mencuba nasib (kesian ramai budak-budak Fantasia setakat cukup alas perut).

What was perhaps worse, dahler bebudak tu tak makan sangat torture lepas posa sehari...they had to perform after that immediately. Ada je Mawi ke Marsha ke...ramai-ramai meluru ke depan pentas. Kalau setakat nak amik gambar, I suppose that's fine. Tapi ada yang sibuk sampai buat video clip nak rakam semua (bakal pengeluar VCD haram), ada yang rasa sekeping dua gambar tak cukup (nak bebanyak pic nak buat wallpaper bilik kot) dan ada yang rasa badan mereka kicik (padahal badan tu mengakibatkan gerhana man-made!)

Cantik sangat lu punya bontot nak sombat depan muka orang yang nak tengok show! Huh!

Tapi yang besh was after the event.

Nak interview sikit...so ngan sekali beberapa kawan press dan bloggers, atas ihsan Astro (tima kasih Jolene for playing sheperd) hung out with them belakang. Ni yang betul-betul havoc mula!

Memang kalao ikutkan, perangai aku suka sangat record pics of the kids candidly...mengejut! Baru nampak au naturel gitu.

Si Amylea ni muka mengejut entah kenapa...Aidil lak pose ngan props we found backstage...ala Sarawakian warrior haper entah. Tapi yang paling rajin offer pose gila malam semalam was Ekin!

Amik ko beberapa shots...ada yang surprise candid shots ala kes naya!

Kelakar gak masa balik I managed to get this one pic of her...sibuk reading Lord knows what atas motor kapchai!

Tapi of course, pose wajib yang paling cun sekali...bila digandingkan dengan pasangan yang (kononnya) secara kebetulan berpakaian sedondon in orange!

They obligingly posed (masa tu Akma da balik - sorry Jiwang United! Tak dapat nolong)

After getting a shot of them together, amik ler pic datu si Yazer posing cam boyband member!
But one of the funniest episodes backstage was this. Si Marsha was sitting on one of the plastic chair yang flimsy tu. Lepas tu, si Amy datang ler nak dok atas riba sebab manja ngan Marsha.

Aku baru nak amik pic, si Amylea pun nak masuk sekali lah katanya dok selit kat celah dua orang tu atas kerusi. Kerusi tu aku rasa kalao leh nangis...dah melolong da!

Anyways, dari posing dua, jadi posing tiga. Last-last ditentukan 'gimik' pose meka tu berakhir bila mereka nak bangun da, ketiga-ketiga tersungkur bila kerusi tu terbalik!

Padan muka! Kerusi tuk sorang...nak main-main ek dok bertiga! Ambik ko! (gelak jahat ni)


Also in top form semalam was Felix. Abih dia pose lelebih lak. Wat lawak tak habis as usual dia tu.



The important thing is the first pic atas tu! Kalau nak tau, that pic was recorded masa dok merempit posing atas motor sapa entah yang kat luar backstage area!

That's what happens when Akma's not around to observe sikit Felix! Jadi bebudak lak...
Speaking of tak ada, semalam tak full le mereka semua tak complete.

Sekoq dah berambus memang admitted. Pastu Idayu entah mana tak hadir.

Mawi balik awal lak lepas event tanpa pengumuman, which si Reza played host.

Sebenarnya it was still one of the most lepak times I've had with the kids so far...seronok!

Alamak...si Amy tau ke aku tengah amik pic bebudak ni?

Nak gak maintain depan cermin time aku nak cepat. Anyway, tu je pics aku nak kongsi for this posting. Ngantuk tul. Esok ada lak buka puasa event bersama Marsha. Nanti aku posting agik ek...selagi cuba meng'update'kan radio blog ngan lagu Raya yang dijanjikan!

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