Harga pakaian seragam PBSM naik!

Hah! Amik ko! Sapa tak suka apa aku komen pasal AIM pon takpe!
Tu...si Mawi pon salute aku sebab of my comments...leh?

Kejap lagi ada la yang marah aku salah guna gambar untuk tujuan promosi peribadi. (Gelak ala Fiebie)

Apapun...konfirm lepas ni the price of pakaian seragam Persatuan Bulan Sabit Merah naik harga! Mampos terus mak bapak pening sebab anak-anak kat sekolah ngadu nak je masuk PBSM.

Pic ni aku amik masa lepak ngan Mawi and Co. after habis press conference kat Stadium Putra selesainya saja Konsert Kemanusiaan Remaja Prihatin.

Aku sebenarnya malas sangat nak komen pasal the concert...bukan sebab apa kecuali kemalasan yang teramat.

It was overall, a pretty good show and I have nothing but nice things to say about it.

It was better produced than a lot of so-called proper concerts. Terkejut gak to see the scale of the organisation of the concert. Kudos to Maestro and Astro the job well done.

I absolutely love the set! Aku tau mesti meka invest lebih sikit sebab esoknya lak Konsert Kemuncak Akademi Fantasia pakai stage sama...but still...it's quite high on the wow factor. Tapi... ada gak yang sedihnya. The crowd yang muncul baru berapa ratus orang je.

Takkan disebabkan kurang promosi? Atau bak kata kengkawan...asalkan ada perkataan amal jer...terus ramai stay away to avoid from being guilted into parting with their dear cash for charity.

I was a little bugged and had doubts of going sebab sebelom tu nak abihkan banyak keja, plus an event kat Astro ngan tokei funfair.

Couldn't back out after Fiebie da on the way, plus masa kat Astro pon si Angklung da confirm on the way.

Met Bones at Petronas where he left his car...and tunggu berejam tuk Marshmallow Man sampai (takler lama sangat)

Sementara tu...dalam keta layan Laskar Cinta menghayati lirik. For some reason, the past week, this is one of the songs which has stuck to my head. Tu dan lagu Akhir Cerita Cinta dari Glenn Fredly (matilah tanak ngaku termasuk lagu Teman Tapi Mesra dari Ratu).

Anyway...Fiebie finally showed up and we headed to the stadium.

Awal lagi...amik pass dari Along and then headed terus masuk. Jumpa ler beberapa kawan bloggers seperti si Judd and gang yang da masuk.

Kosong siot stadium! Pathetic!

Malas...sebab da laa kosong...it was also still quite early.
So lepak backstage sok sek ngan kuarga Fantasia. Ada ler benda nak bisikkan ngan Akma. Matilah si Yoda dari wardrobe department Astro ada!

So malas nak lepak sana....terus lepak production side punya tempat makan layan geng production yang termasuk abang Adi, executive producer Akademi Fantasia.

Banyak cita pasal the program dan apa perancangan pasal Akademi...tapi takde la apa yang boleh tulis sini. Apa hasil kutipan gossip pasal musim akan datang ni, tunggu je dalam column aku. (Kerja aku yang bergaji...)

When the show started we hauled ass out to the arena. Malas sebenarnya nak review show...tapi kalau nak full account, bacaler Fiebie punya. Dia punya account more or less like ours, except the fact that aku mata roving je...erm...cuci mata besh!Single biasalah...

In between this and that, wandered here and there....sebab nak kompol gossip.

Apapun...malam tu, kami beramai-ramai backstage....all the performers menyalak happy birthday kat Adi Fashla sebab da semakin tua! Amik ko merasalah kedutan bertambah!

After the show, everyone moved to the VIP room for the press conference, which I wasn't too really bothered with because my story pon da tau camna nak tulis. Just that I needed the figures of the sum they collected which was still unavailable. So terus head to the buffet spread melantak.

Muz and Fiebs join amik makanan...and dok bersila! Tak senonoh...tapi da tempat dok tak cukup...and it wasn't the most comfortable to sit on a chair if you didn't have your food placed some level higher than the floor kan?

Bob joined us...with Adi moving to and fro between us and Nurul and Ajai along with Shazzy and Co. Tengah melantak pon leh mengumpat...ish ish....camna la....

Tengah makan si Mawi lak tetiba mai...rupanya ada yang nak interbiu and have a photo opportunity...

Nothing much really happened apart from that...

It was all in all a decent night....exciting in a way sebab it was a night of two firsts for Nikki.

Of course, dia sebelah menyebelah with Ning in the group song...but more fun was watching her perform with Zahid masa Caramu (by the way, Caramu da masuk top 5 xfresh - Julia call aku just before their performance bagitau!) Jangan lupa lak nak vote! Kat ERA Caramu lum masuk regular rotation sebab masih kira in kategori lagu baru, but Pinta is still in Carta ERA.

Oh...one more fun thing...ramai photographers lak amik pic Nikki dan Mawi bersama because they were sitting next to each other together with Ning. Yerlah...Mawi support The Glass House Project di mana dia melawat Nikki masa pelancaran album...sorry ler gambar tak clear. Nanti kalao ada yang better aku postkan.

Most ultra fun part of the night was pujian melambung untuk kasut Nike aku yang Colours of Rangoli that I wrote about in my blog masa tour Akademi Fantasia ke Johor.
Ramai gak suka kasut aku tu! Worthy investment indeed.

Okler letih...malas...pasni ada lagi Konsert Kemuncak...dah ler keja bertimbun tak reti nak abihkan...

If you want to see more pics of malam di Konsert Kemanusiaan Remaja Prihatin, go to [klubbkidd's rave] - the fotopages!

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Snubbed!

Malas nak wat posting apa-apa sangat hari ni...so just dropping a few words here.

Saja nak kongsi sakit ati aku kat results AIM semalam...and apparently, ramai yang sokong pendapat kami yang rasakan results tu seperti memperjuangkan agenda.

Malas komen lebih...but just wanted to share this. Thanks to basdavdan dari ningclix for this gif.

Kalau korang ada blog nak linkkan pic ni, silakan...spread the word!

I am still upset...no doubt about it. Well, here's to Anugerah Planet Muzik which at least recognises the best of Malaysia who have been snubbed....at least aku dapat lepas rindu with Dreamy today over a smoke.

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Salah AIM ler!

Aku sebenarnya...as expected sebab da dapat info bocor (leak ler) pasal nomination Anugerah Industri Muzik kali ni....malas sikit masa nak gi press conference for the announcement of the finalists.

Posting ni aku wat demi memenuhi janji akan keluarkan the complete list of nominees saja sebab aku memang malas mengulas banyak perkara yang timbul akibat tidak puas hati.

Sidang akhbar yang sepatutnya mempunyai Q&A session pun tiba-tiba menjadi medang perang bila aku dan beberapa orang kawan fielded some questions. Seriously...some people in the industry ni just need to grow up!

Yang pentingnya...I lost my cool (dapat ler maintain dari maki hamun sumpah ranah tak censored) but I just blew my top! Merasalah whole music industry tengah PC, aku pegang mic meroyan ngamuk sakan!

Do not piss me off...haven't they learnt that already. Aku panas betul mamat PR syarikat rakaman sekor ni bernama Ayob yang dulu Pony Canyon skang entah ke mana kejanya...yang masa aku dan Rudy dari Harian Metro soal pasal format album lapan lagu, leh menyampuk menyindir kat belakang kami, "Berapa Maestro bayar?"

P*****k opah ko!

Aku wat keja bahalol! Tanya soalan tu termasuk ler skop keja aku...yang ko tuh ngapa???!!! Matilah kena hamun free ngan aku! Dari kaki bangap camni...sampai ler kaki ampu yang membuat adengan mejilat j**o sampai melecet....it was a press conference that memang menggelikan to some extent. Scary in a way because it revealed the number of idiots working in the industry....and even more scary because the few who want the best are outnumbered by idiots and scheming pricks!

Aku malas ulas panjang pasal ketidakpuashatian ataupun persoalan terhadap the nominations, so you can read sultanmuzaffar for a complete review. Dari posting dia pon korang banyak dapat tangkap apa cita yang terjadi....and for those yang follow tulisan aku dalam paper...tunggu dalam beberapa hari ni tuk isu yang akan aku bangkitkan mengenai AIM. Aku malas cita kat sini sebab kurang professional untuk melakukan sebegitu...as most of you know...my other blog is my column. (statement!)

Yang pentingnya...and depressing...Nikki tak terima satu pencalonan pon!!! Unbeliveable!
Jac dapat tujuh, Adibah dapat enam (YEAH!!! You go girl...aku harap ko sapu bersih!!! Aku sokong ko 100%).

Stats lain korang mungkin nak tau...Siti dapat satu..Mawi dapat satu...Amylea, Felix dan Marsha semua berebut tuk satu....pening....Dina leh dapat dua (go figure!!!)

Ni laa senarai penoh top five nominees for all the categories...malas aku cita lagik...tension jadiknya!!!

Artis Baru Terbaik/Best New Artiste
Adibah Noor
Ahli Fiqir
Dina
Jaclyn Victor
Sharifah Zarina

Artis Harapan/Most Promising Artiste
Amylea
Felix
Marsha
Premelodic
Ridzuan

Persembahan Vokal Terbaik Di Dalam Album (Lelaki)/Best Vocal Performance In An Album (Male) (Artiste/Album)
Hazami - Kata
Jamal Abdillah - Aku Penghibur
Mus (May) - Live & Unplugged at Planet '05
Rithan (Deja Voodoo Spells) - I Am What I Am
Shanon - Di Landa Cinta

Persembahan Vokal Terbaik Di Dalam Album (Wanita)/Best Vocal Performance In An Album (Female) (Artiste/Album)
Adibah Noor - Terlalu Istimewa
Anita Sarawak - Anita Sarawak/Another Dimension
Dina - Cinta Datang Lagi
Jaclyn Victor - Gemilang
Siti Nurhaliza - Siti Nurhaliza In Concert at Royal Albert Hall, London

Persembahan Vokal Berkumpulan Terbaik Di Dalam Album/Best Group Vocal Performance In An Album (Artiste/Album)
Rabbani - Suara Takbir
Raihan - Ameen
RuffEdge - Ruffera
Too Phat - Rebirth Into Reality
VE - For You

Kulit Album Terbaik/Best Album Cover (Designer/Album/Artiste)
Bert Ismesth Ulam Raja - Rebirth Into Reality - Too Phat
Cheah Wei Chun - Anita Sarawak/Another Dimension - Anita Sarawak
Nizam Rahmat - Lain - Fazley
William Liew - Lebih Baik - Amy Mastura
Zulkiflee Z'abidin & Nitrus - Rasa - Nitrus

Rakaman Album Terbaik/Best Engineered Album (Engineer/Album/Artiste)
Edry - Anita Sarawak/Another Dimension - Anita Sarawak
Jenny Chin, Greg Henderson, Zailan Razak, Rahmad Ayob, Rosli Selasih, Acis & Simon - Kasih - Dayang Nurfaizah
Peter Chong, Kalvin Tan, Azlan Abu Hassan, Rumie Booty, Jenny Chin, Riza Omar, Che Mat, Alfie Zainal, Mohariz Yaakup, Zairi & Sunil Kumar - Gemilang - Jaclyn Victor
Greg Henderson & Lo - The Fall - Lo
Illegal & Yasin - Rebirth Into Reality - Too Phat

Video Muzik Terbaik/Best Music Video (Director/Song/Artiste)
Henry Ooi - Sleepy Head - Lo
Hue Team - Hollywood Holiday - Love Me Butch
Joey Khor - Angguk-Angguk, Geleng-Geleng - Ahli Fiqir
Nan Sulong & Hafiz Ibrahim - Terlalu Istimewa - Adibah Noor
Yusry - Tak Tahu - Adam

Album Nasyid Terbaik/Best Nasyid Album (Album/.Artiste/Producer)
Ameen - Raihan - Bakafro
Brothers Reunited - Brothers - Yasin, Syah & Farihin
Far East - Far East - Greg Henderson
Satu Dekad - UNIC - Faizal Osman, Munif Ahmad & Isman Isam
Suara Takbir - Rabbani - Archie

Album Pop Rock Terbaik/Best Pop Rock Album (Album/.Artiste/Producer)
Cendera Jiwa - Flop Poppy - Andy & Mijie (Flop Poppy)
Rasa - Nitrus - Eddie & Syed (Nitrus)
Santai - Awie - Edrie Hashim
Spider Live at Planet Hollywood - Spider - Keon & Boon Tan
Zoul - Zoul - Zoul & M. Nasir

Album Hard Rock Terbaik/Best Hard Rock Album (Album/.Artiste/Producer)
Cakap Terang - Barongan - Barongan & Jean Lau
Live & Unplugged at Planet '05 - May - Boon Tan & Rosmin Hashim
Radio Tanah Melayu - O2 - Boon Tan
Suatu Evolusi - Jinbara - Andi Rahman

Album Pop Terbaik/Best Pop Album (Album/.Artiste/Producer)
Aku Penghibur - Jamal Abdillah - Fauzi Marzuki & Arab
Gemilang - Jaclyn Victor - Aidit Alfian, Ajai, Azlan Abu Hassan, Edrie Hashim, Jenny Chin, Mohariz Yaakup, Ramli MS, Aubrey Suwito, Sunil Kumar, Michael Simon & Ahmad Izham
Kasih - Dayang Nurfaizah - Jenny Chin, Zailan Razak & Rosli Selasih
Kata - Hazami - Arab & Hazami
Terlalu Istimewa - Adibah Noor - Adibah Noor, Azlan Abu Hassan, Mohariz Yaakup, jock Chew, Badrul "The Muffins"

Artis Inggeris Tempatan Terbaik/Best New Local English Artiste
Deja Voodoo Spells
Mass Raw
Saer Ze

Artis Inggeris Tempatan Terbaik/Best Local English Album (Album/.Artiste/Producer)
Anita Sarawak/Another DImension - Anita Sarawak - Archie Nasution
For You - VE - Zaf, Lah, Cham, Shah & Damian Shortysoul
Here & Now - Pop Shuvit - JD & Greg Henderson
Rebirth Into Reality - Too Phat - Malique, Joe Flizzow, DJ T-Bone, Terry Lee, Illegal, Yasin, Jae Chong, Machi, Carlo Nanni & D'Navigator
The Fall - Lo - Lo

Album Indonesia Terbaik/Best Indonesian Album (Album/.Artiste/Producer)
Alexandria - Pertepan - Capling, Koni & Noey
Kembali - Rossa - Yonathan Nugroho
Langkah Baru - Radja - Isfan Fajar Satyo & Radja
Padi - Padi - Piyu, Jan Djuhana & Padi
Silver - Glenn Fredly - Jan Djuhana & Glenn Fredly

Susunan Terbaik Di Dalam Lagu/Best Arrangement In A Song (Arranger/Song/Artiste)
Azlan Abu Hassan - Ikan Di Laut, Asam Di Darat - Adibah Noor
Azlan Abu Hassan - Kata - Hazami
Alfa Booty - Di Bawah Pohon Asmara - Jaclyn Victor
Alfa Booty & Masrumie Booty - Tak Tercapai Akalmu - Elyana
Ramli MS - Gemilang - Jaclyn Victor

Lagu Terbaik/Song Of The Year (Composer/Lyricist/Song/Artiste)
Ajai - Habsah Hassan & Shuhaimi Baba - Ku Seru - Misha Omar
Aubrey Suwito - Asmin Mudin - Gemilang - Jaclyn Victor
Ayub Ibrahim - Habsah Hassan - Warkah Buat Laila - Zahid
Azlan Abu Hassan - Adibah Noor - Terlalu Istimewa - Adibah Noor
M. Nasir - Loloq - Aduh Saliha - Mawi

So itulah senarai penuh mereka yang layak....selain Nikki, banyak lagi nama missing seperti Vince dan Sarah Raisuddin...entahlah...malas nak komen lebih...spekulasi la camna pon. At the end of the day, it's supposed to be the industry's vote...but it doesn't convince me that the industry is looking forward into the future rather than patting each other on the back in self-congratulatory efforts. What do I mean? Takyah laa nak mendalam aku cita...cukup kat sini.

Apa yang menarik aku nak cakap pasal Nikki is walaupun satu pun nomination tak sangkut...pelik ke taknya juri dari bukan sahaja Malaysia, Indonesia dan juga Singapura rasa dia layak tuk dijadikan finalist kategori Best New Female Singer untuk Anugerah Planet Muzik.

So...siapa yang silap?

Apapun...aku memang malas nak komen lebih pasal pencalonan....and am changing the topic to something else.

Speaking of competition luar...ni update pasai MTV Asia Awards. Aku tak sabar menanti event tuh because aku tak penah ketinggalan to each event so far, 2002, 2003 dan 2004 di Singapore and 2005 in Bangkok...so this year...tak sabar kalau dapat ke Bangkok kembali tuk mengikuti the event.

Apapun...as of when I was posting..this was the current standing for Malaysia's Favourite Artiste.

Apa lagi...cepat undi. By the way...aku panas hati just because Fish Leong mendahalui, banyak cita bukan-bukan yang muncul dari para fanatik...biar on the web or on @15. Fish Leong is Malaysian and we should be proud of her success in Taiwan...suka tak suka...dia masih warganegara Malaysia, so kalao tak suka pon takyah aa carut dia mengatakan tu ni pasai dia.

Da rezeki dia kat tempat orang...biar lah...

Back to the local front, untuk makluman semua, Nikki's second single, Caramu, featuring Zahid, has begun rotation on ERA.

Give it a listen and hear for yourself bezanya lagu ni with a lot of other hip hop based dance tunes. Mintak ler semua peminat Nikki dan Zahid, jangan lupa, click ke website ERA dan masuk ke ruangan Carta Baru di ERA (log in dulu) dan undi untuk lagu tu ok! So far Caramu mendahalui Dalam Carta Baru Di ERA...so yeay!!!

Sementara tu, first single dia, Pinta, is still in Carta ERA, so keep requesting for the song on Pilihanmu Di ERA!!!

Selepas 11 minggu, lagu Pinta masih bertahan, so remember keep requesting for Pinta selain daripada Caramu. Tengok belah kiri blog aku untuk lebih info camna nak support the songs by voting and requesting for them.

That's it for now...aku nak tidur...ngantuk...and still tension...

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What do I post as heading?

Truth of the matter is, I have just been too lazy to update my blog. Bukan tak ada benda nak posting ke...takde isi nak wat entry...just that the lazy bug has bitten me again...and while aku jenguk kat blog every day...nak update cam berat je jari.

Still...will be posting later tonight on the results yang akan keluar arini on the finalists of the categories contested for the Anugerah Industri Muzik, the first on the web ok!

So anyway...before that happens...ingat nak update ler sikit, so takder ler entry terpanjang di dunia terhasil kang, as usual when I have to catch up on postings, kan.

Anyway...aku gi Anugerah Seri Angkasa...awards yang paling bosan dan paling hancus di Malaysia last Saturday. Malas gi hari pertama, so went only for the main night which was the second and grander night of the event. Too bad it sucked eggs too.

I was so bored...and pissed off sebab takde tempat duduk, terus malas nak lepak dalam dewan...dahler the whole proceedings tak cukup impressive. Time aku kat dalam pon...hanya masuk kejap sebab nak tengok Ning and Jac perform.

Rest of the time dok backstage layan gossip je...ramai yang dok belakang...so it was fun. Let's see, Amy Search, Awie...Ning, Marlia and abang Nasir, Nikki, Yasmin Ahmad, Amber Chia, Nasha Aziz...ramai ler....so picked out geng ngumpat and lepak sambil kecoh je, ignoring the whole show. Sia-sia je aku for the first time...in an extremely long time pakai slacks (something

I seriously hate...it's jeans all the way for me!).

Armed with my mobile phone, terus snap pics bebanyak...terus dapat ilham wat comic strip ni...(walaupon takde jalan cerita sebenarnya). I love you kak Marlia....(matilah aku kena pijak kak Marlia next I bump into her)

Ya....ni laa kreativiti yang hasil lahir dari kebosanan!!! Which is the very apt description for the awards which grab the title as ther most boring...and biggest bloody waste of time ever. Semua awards tuk stroke RTM's ego je...camno tuh???

Aku buat kali pertama in a long time, aku menggunakan invitation VIP dan bukan Media, sebab gi tak bertugas...sekadar melepak. Ingat leh feeling enjoy an awards once in a blue moon punya opportunity ni...nan ado! Hampeh terus!

Seat VIP tingkat atas? Ada ke??? Seat Media lak...di monopoli kaum-kaum yang tidak dikenali! Sampai ada ler warga artis tawar aku dok front row ngan meka...masaalahnya...seat meka pon kena kebas ngan warga warga yang dapat masuk tanpa invitation! Seriously....orang RTM yang wat invitation ni...erm...no komen...malas tul!

Last-last tengok anugerah pun dari wings of the stage dari tepi as well as monitor backstage bersama meka yang wat persembahan.

So it was a crap Saturday night...but not too bad ler sebab got to catch up with a lot of industry folks. Seriously...aku bab event camnih je laa dapat catch up with a lot of people.

And I think it's the same for a lot of people in the local music industry. Event cam awards camni je dapat kami berhimpun...dan kongsi cita (atau lebih diklenali sebagai ngumpat)

Anyways...abih lepak ngan kak Pah (she is really sweet if you give her a chance), and then abang Nasir and kak Marlia (gelak tengok abang Nasir letih muka ngantuk) and the rest of the gang...then bosan sikit...so near the end, gi lepak ngan Mawi kat dressing room dia. Tengok meka dera budak PA yang competition tuk Resume Untuk Mawi tuh. Budak pompuan...mula mula aku ingat sapa budak tu...so turns out dia ni contestant gak. Kesian lak tengok dia kena dera. Sah-sah kalao PA sebenar bersungguh cam contestants programme ni...memang lain ler industri muzik kita ni. Because in reality...jangan harap ler ada PA yang melompat sebaik saja khidmat mereka diperlukan.

But lepak ngan Mawi, Nasser and gang production Resume Untuk Mawi sat...pastu reviewer terkenal call aku sebab orang da mula kuar dewan. So aku ajak ler join kat dressing room.

Ni beberapa snapshots aku amik based on request....sekali ngan Nasser Ni special pose dari mawi, so, enjoy, guys! By the way...spectacles Mawi pakai tu Gucci ek kalau sapa nak tahu...(branded da skang!)

It wasn't as eventful as I hoped.

Actually awal-awal nak gi ASA pun, janji nak jumpa Dreamy yang datang tanpa significant other dia....tapi tak jadik sebab malas masuk dewan...so spent the night melantak and then balik tidur dalam usaha nak bina badan (if that's what you can call it lah).

Sunday was better! Met up with my family tanpa pertalian darah for lunch. Met abang Bad, Jolyn, and a few of Bad's friends at Social kat Bangsar. Rasa bersalah sebab melantak terus tidur malam sebelumnya, so decided not to eat anything (matilah kena marah ngan mama kena perli diet!)
Habis tu, gi karaoke sebab ada bakat terpendam nak practise tuk competition karaoke!

Masuk sebelum kul tiga...with abang Bad and Jolyn, my beloved Mama and Papa...ada time nak nyanyi sampai kul 9 malam katanya sebab bayar ala flat rate. Masing-masing gelak sebab budget nak nyanyi kejap je sampai 5 lebih ke 6 petang.

Tapi tiba-tiba berpesta lak...tengok ler pics ni couple ni ala Hail Amir dan Uji rashid feeling Seiring dan Sejalan as well as masa aksi Jolyn masa abang Bad tengah nyanyi lagu jiwang (perlu ke satu ari direct tiru Tommy Page?!!)

It was the most fun I've ever had in a karaoke, walaupun cuma kami bertiga.

Habis je...semua memasing sora serak da! Very the anak tekak tortured to the max! Ikut meka carik VCD karaoke lak kat BSC sebelum adjourn to La Bodega's for dinner. All in all...thanks Mama and Papa for the great family outing! Besh gila!

Monday was slightly different...lepak rumah star blogger selepas event bersama runner-up star blogger.

Saja melepak-lepak sekali ngan housemate Muz too(star ke nak sebut sini...matilah kena hempap ngan perot dia), Cadang mula-mula nak ajak sekali gi usha notebook sebab laptop aku da hancus kecai da...but last-last tak jadik sebab sibuk tu ni ramai termasuk layan gelagat mereka kat @15 (abih prepaid baru top up gaduh mulot ngan puaka-puaka kat sana - by the way aku pakai nama klubbkidd kat sana as well)

Tapi yang closing for the night tu yang besh...sebelum balik...sebab masing-masing da minum dan sebagainya...ada lak aksi Tumirah cleaning up kat dapur...leh?

Kesian lak tengok tengah giat basuh pinggan mangkuk cawan dan pelbagai lagik stuff in the sink yang berminggu tak dibasuh (propah katanya nak exagerrate unwashed dishes)
Tired out...got back and slept like a log!

Dread of anticipation for the next day is looming...aku memang malas nak berdepan ngan esoknya dimana aku nak gi press conference tuk pengumuman mereka yang berjaya sebagai lima calon terakhir Anugerah Industri Muzik 2006.

I know some of the results already...and memang aku susah nak percaya....mengharap the leak is so wrong because I would be devastated kalao tak....
Doubt that things will be as I hope though...

Tuesday wasn't much better, but I took the day relaxed like...kurang kerja so dapat ler kick back and relax. Still haven't bumped into Dreamy since the weekend. Mesej dia later in the night tapi dia tak reply...

Layan karaoke competition di mana abang Bad masuk final for duo. Not bad...dapat tempat keempat...erm...masaalahnya...four out of four teams competing ler...takper....cuba lagi....majulah karaoke untuk negara gitu!

Dahler...letih...

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Scream scream scream!!!

Semalam lepas kelam kabut wat posting...abih keja semua, jumpa si Muzaffar dan Juan tuk nak gi tengok the cream fest of the year, Final Destination 3.

Now...I loved the first two, so memang anticipation abih ler to watch the latest instalment.

Plan memula nak ramai lagik...tapi abang Bad, ZA and a few more chickened out from watching the movie sebab tak suka ler filem filem yang seram. Camno tuh...cis!

Anyway, kami semua melantak dulu ler kat KLCC before watching the 9.40am show.

By the time I came out of the cinema...I have to say I was extremely...DISAPPOINTED!

What a waste of money!

Mana taknya...kalau the first memang spectacular sebab introduce the plot of how death stalks each person who somehow escaped their fate, the second was a gore fest with loads of blood and among the most creative...and extremely painful ways to die.

This time however....entahler...the intro dragged too long with little to look forward to. Cliched and draggy...the rollercoaster scene was nothing but flashes which didn't really serve the audience's need for blood well.

Oh there were a few blodies smashed about...but nothing great.

Fine...I thought bila da sampai time sorang-sorang nak kena bunoh...mesti umpphh!

However...it just didn't have the element of shock and horror like the previous movies. There were two or three great deaths...but apart from that...nothing really spectacular.

Kalao sebelom ni I walked out of the cinema glancing around, worried about any semblance of impending doom...kali ni aku bosan nak mampos without any effect lor.

In other words? Takyah laa tengok pon takper...if you've been following the series. Tapi kalau tak penah tengok the first two Final Destinations, then ok ler..gi tengok yang ni...

Anyways...ari ni aku ada berita baik. Aku akan ke Singapore for Anugerah Planet Muzik on 24 dan 25 March!

One more thing...kalao ada yang nak tau...sapa akan berada dalam top five finalists tuk Anugerah Industri Muzik yang akan datang...tunggu!!! Sebab next week press conference tuk mengumumkan mereka yang lima terbaik dalam setiap kategori!

Aku akan updatekan immediately after press conference.

Ok...aku ada kerja sikit nak buat...standard laa...hari Khamis is always hell...plus ada meeting sat agik.

Be back soon...

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Home sweet home

Setelah jalan-jalan for the past few days, finally I'm back in good 'ol Kuala Lumpur.

Semalam sampai jer rumah, beshnya rasanya dapat bantal bucuk sendiri....kat bilik sendiri...tidur tetap paling lena kalao at home...

Anyways, starting the story on Friday...aku masuk opis dulu, sebab cadang tanak take the bus with the rest of the kids to Melaka.

Aku patutnya ada meeting ngan the section and the new boss at 4.30pm, so budget cukup ler masa nak sampai sebelom show meka start lebih kurang 8 lebih malam kang.

Sampai 4.15pm, boss masih ada prev ious meeting on, aku da risau. Mana taknya...jam beb!

Dahler ari Jumaat....waktu peak hour lagik tuh. Hish...

So mintak izin to be excused from the meeting, gerak dari KL about 4.30pm.

Drive sorang ni...besh gila sebab leh layan pala. Road trips are fun in a group with your best friends. But taking one on your own rocks because you work on your own schedule without anyone nagging you that it's running late...that you took a wrong turn...etc.

So bertemankan CD Republik Cinta dari Dewa, Maharani dari Nikki dan juga album Ratu & Friends, I set off.

Sampai Melaka, call ler adik aku tanya mana lak hotel budak-budak menginap. Kami dok kat Grand Continental...tak susah sebenarnya lokasi hotel tu sebab da beribu kali lalu sana. Tapi sebab tak ingat...dan sebab adik aku bagik salah direction, setengah jam pusing cam orang gila mencari tempat tu. The best thing is aku pusing pun area tuh gak. Damn!!!

Sampai jer aku check in ler...bilik aku satu floor ngan bebudak semua...so dalam perjalanan nak masuk bilik, serempak ngan Yazer, Felix dan Ekin.

Cuci muka tuka baju je, turun balik bawah tuk ikut bas tuk membawa kita ke Melaka Raya. Sampai tu aku disappointed sikit sebab crowd tak semeriah masa tour Akademi Fantasia II kat lokasi sama.

Kalau dulu melimpah sampai keluar ke jalan, kali ni cam ala kadar je...ramai lak merungut sebab Mawi takde sebab ada show kat KL, dan Marsha lak tak leh ikut sebab tak sihat.

Terus tak semangat. Dahler tempat belakang pentas kali ni sempit dan panas...so aku lepak jalan-jalan kedai, last-last melantak ais krim je ngan Along dan bebudak dancers.

Lepak ngan adik angkat aku si Aidil dan awek dia skali...sampai abih show.

When we were done, adik aku hantar girlfriend dia balik rumah, then joined us lepak at the hotel. Sekali ngan geng bebudak Maestro dan security Astro kuar makan kat mamak berdekatan. Sampai jer balik hotel, hantar barang-barang yang dikirim Amylea ke bilik dia.

Last-last...keluar sekali lagi ngan dia, Ekin dan Reza gi 7-Eleven beli bekal sikit.

Spent the remainder of the night lepakking in bilik Maestro ngan the gang before balik tidur.

Pagi, semua bangun lambat...letih siot! Travelling ni memang memenatkan walaopon bukan tuk jarak yang jauh.

After breakfast, (yang semua cam zombie...semua pakai spek itam je nak cover eyebags) kami semua gerak serentak. Aku drive dalam setengah jam, ngantuk sangat, stop by rest stop kat highway dan tidur sat. What was supposed to be a short nap, lasted about an hour!!!

Sambung journey aku to JB...called a few friends for directions nak ke M Suites mana kami menetap. Senang je rupanya...dekat Danga Bay je. Nyesal lak takde yang bagitau kat area sana, sebab ikut highway kuar kat JB exit. Lagik senang kalao ikut exit Senai.

Bangap! Buang masa je.

Aku sampai bak beg semua je, rupanya tour pun sampai baru kejap. Lor rupanya takde ler meka lead sangat sebab meka pon sempat stop beberapa kali.

Campak beg dalam bilik lepak sat tengok area. Had a shower then kuar with Along dan Mukhlis gi shopping. Bukan shopping apa sangat...terus gi attack bundle kat area depan je ngan City Square.

Aku ni memang hantu bundle...cause you really never know the kind of stuff you're gonna get there.

Beli gak sepasang jeans Ralph Lauren tuk RM12. Cutting cantik siot. Pastu redah City Square, aku beli sepasang kasut Nike (ala...under license nya) tuk just RM80. Yang aku suka pasai kasut ni...memang unique ler...very the Colours of Rangoli!!! Sponsored by Alagappas lagik!

Nak gerak balik hotel, kami bertiga berkumpul...rupanya masing-masing banyak gak beli barang.

Went back to M Suite, then got ready to go out for the night's show in Plaza Kota Raya.
Masa berkumpul kat lobby, baru serempak ngan Mawi. Rupanya dia pun baru sampai dari KL naik flight. Dari Senai, direct ke hotel bersiap. Sempat sembang jap before we all got on the bus.

Sampai kat Plaza Kotaraya, we all were escorted ikut pintu belakang ala loading bay.

Ramai gila rupanya berkumpul kat area belakang pun. Cam tau je kami ikut jalan tuh....

Masuk je terkejut beruk sebab ya ampun....nak roboh rasanya Plaza Kotaraya! Ramai gila orang siot. Sampai bermacam haruman dapat dicium. Reminder : go buy an additional bottle of perfume for the night.

Yang sialnya...backstage area dia organiser tak kemaskan. Semak! Last minute baru nak clear kan. Dressing room lak cukup muat stakat enam or tujuh orang...kena muatkan bebudak tuh, dancers, make up artistes, aku...bebudak Maestro. Aiyo!

Aku apa lagik...amik kesempatan merayap ler go shopping one more round. Tapi tengok-tengok Plaza Kotaraya ni sodih ler...takder benda pon nak shopping ke haper. Bukan nak kutuk, tapi cam tempat tu pathetic ler sikit for shopping. Plaza MPK kat Klang pon ada lebih benda (and that's REALLY sad!)

Yang aku paling kelakar sekali...episod yang terjadi, si Mawi sakit perut. Mamat tu da nak lepas da load dia. So security kena laa kelam kabut siapkan jalan bak dia ke bilik air. Aku jadik ler scout usha lokasi bilik air, pastu lepak sana je (sebenarnya alasan nak isap rokok...sebab mula-mula takut nak isap rokok dalam kompleks)

Masa meka bak Mawi, nak tergelak aku. Seperti biasa, ada peminat ler yang overdose sampai marah-marah bila tak dilayan, "Mawi sombong!"

Rilek ler kak...kang budak tu terberak dalam suar dia camno nak wat show kan?

Pas kejap, Kefli pon join kat bilik air...rupanya dia pon emergency.

Masa meka bak bebudak balik, aku lepak je kat belakang sambil gelakkan aksi bebudak yang melampau tarik-tarik baju Mawi.

Sempat ler wat lawak ngan bebudak Maestro, ni jap agik mesti ada peminat masuk bilik air, carik 'sample' yang ditinggalkan Mawi. Samade wat koleksi (tahap gaban punya fanatik) atau gunakan sebagai sample DNA (mana tau anak dia leh masukkan DNA tu supaya serta merta ada aura)

Lepak balik kat dressing room, bosan abih...tunggu show abih.

Melvyn mintak marker dari aku sebab ada budak nak sangat autograph Mawi. Aku pas amik balik marker aku...pass kat Mawi mintak dia tinggalkan kenangan ler kat dinding dressing room yang da memang ada graffiti.

So aksi vandalisma bermula. Ni ada sample-sample apa yang ditulis bebudak. Pas Mawi abih, si Felix lak gatal nak gak scribble on the walls. Followed by Yazer, Reza, Ekin, Amylea, Elliza.

Aku pun join sekali aksi vandalisma...ala...sebagai kenangan...lain kali kalao gi sana siap ada tarikh...leh ingat penah gi sana kan...kalau sempat, usha ler dressing room belakang pentas utama concourse area Plaza Kotaraya. Kami semua gelak tengok Mawi nya...bukan sebab apa.

Terbayangkan kang mesti ada yang mai kopak dinding dressing room sebab ada autograph Mawi.

Anyway...it was nice sebab jumpa sorang pembaca blog aku, si Ekin and member dia yang mai tegur. Cool! Seronok dapat jumpa-jumpa kengkawan, nakaltitude dan Linkeen, yang membaca blog aku ni yang tak seberapa.

Sempat ler sok sek ngan meka...skali ngan amik pic tuk Linkeen. Kalau nak tengok pics bebudak sekali ngan mereka berdua ni, drop by their blog. Tu aku dah linkkan...nice meeting you guys!!!

Abih show, kami di minta naik ke tingkat atas. Organiser kata ada makan. Kami da was-was. Biasalah kalao kata bab makan-makan ni....kalau sepanjang tour, tak penah ada yang dengan niat kesiankan bebudak sebab tak makan.

Masuk je ruang makan...terbukti kerisauan. Rupanya organiser da panggil kaum keluarga dia tuk private meet the fans session.

Apa lagik...bebudak pon tak dapek ler makan sangat. Mawi yang paling teruk keadaan...baru nak jamah jer...ada yang sibuk, nak amik gambar laa...pose ngan anak ler.

Bebudak lain sorang-sorang pon kena. Bukan apa...nak autograph...leh....nak gambar...leh....tapi tunggu ler orang makan.

Tak ke kurang ajaonya tengah orang makan menyemak mai kaco. Walaupun peminat ada hak pun...bertempat lak. Budak-budak tu manusia gak...tau lapar. Thankfully...it didn't last long.

Stayed about 15 minit je then terus gerak for the bus. Happy banget dapat be on the way back to the hotel. Malas tul...aku nak tolong sorang akak tu, amik pic dia bersama Yazer, lelebih lak mintak aku ikut dia..."tolong akak...amik pic akak ngan Mawi...pastu ngan Felix..." Amboi!!! Banyak cantik muka! Ko hengat aku photographer peribadi ko ker, kak oi!

Sampai hotel malam tu, lepak bilik sebelum decided nak party kat bilik bebudak Maestro.

Next day, tengahari kami da gerak ke Kulai. Aku mintak maap kalao ada yang terasa...tapi slama ni aku memang ingat Kulai ni very the kampung.

And it's partly true....seriously because of the crowd who seemed to be gawking at my piercings. But ohmigawd....gila babiks punya beso gak IOI Kulai ni. Again....don't think much of the retail outlets...

Sampai jer...aku head to KFC nak melantak sebab kebulur tak makan breakfast or lunch agik. Pastu jenjalan kedai-kedai sana sambil menunggu show bermula.

Whole show aku lepak backstage isap rokok je. Bukan apa...tapi sebab aku da kerap ikut bebudak...maybe their show da tak happening lagik bagik aku sebab tu.

In and out onstage they went....and celah sapa tak perform tu, kami naik gila amik gambar memasing, as well as gambar sendiri. So each person keluar ler handphone memasing nak photo session! Then it was the finale...and then the autograph session.

Ada satu benda aku nak tegur...kalao peminat over...ok ler...nak salahkan sapa kan? Tu yang disediakan security tuk bebudak...to protect them kalao fans overreact, which they usually do. Tapi camno lak kalao security sendiri teruja sangat sampai lupa tugas.

Kesian gak security pun...ada yang minat dan semestinya nak amik pic kenangan ke pe per kan...tapi kekadang overdose. Kat Johor ler paling teruk. Security bukan menolong...malah menyemak! Yer yer halau orang pastu meka laa yang dok sibuk nak gila glam. Haiyo!!!

Ni ada pic satu akak RELA ni...aiyo...keja kak...keja...

Kesian bebudak Maestro dan security Astro nak layan....

Again, we were told ada makan-makan dari organiser.

Katanya meka tutup Marrybrown, buat majlis jamuan tuk krew Akademi Fantasia kat sana. Tapi bila sampai...penoh lak dalam Marrybrown tuh! Tukang sponsor nama je wat jamuan, rupanya bukan private function!

Siap caj RM25 semeja of four people! Penoh gila babiks dalam Marrybrown tuh.Kesian lak meka bayar...tapi memang takde business arrangement seperti yang organisers janjikan konon RM25 tu makan minum dan dapat bergambar dan mintak autograf bebudak Akademi Fantasia.

Lagik satu kes orang amik kesempatan...

Ada peristiwa kelakar laa terjadi masa kat Marrybrown ni. Fastfood ni ada mascot ala ala beruang A&W...so mascot meka ni, which is a man in a bear suit, go around ler promosi brand name Marrybrown salam bebudak. Masa dia gi belakang Amylea, melompat budak tu larikan diri. Rupanya, si Amylea ni phobia sikit benda benda cam people in animal suits. Aiyak...sampai nak nangis dia dibuatnya.

Later, masa dia ngadu sebab bebudak lain buli dia kata dia ngada, she told me masa dulu dalam Akademi pun, time mascot rimau Maybank2u masuk sana pon dia horror sampai nangis. It's a phobia people...

Masuk bas was an adventure sebab packed sangat tempat tu all the way out. People were just spilling from the entraces and exits. Seriously...Kulai punya crowd happening gila!!! Da macam konsert da...

Aku rasa jumlah orang yang turn up kat IOI Kulai...adalah antara yang terbesar setakat ni kat memana tour punya location. I don't know... I could be wrong...but it looked kinda scary!!!!

Masa kami nak gerak tuh, aku da cucuk Melvyn Maestro Records tuk bawak kami semua gi audition kat hotel di mana ujibakat Akademi Fantasia dijalankan. Sekali dapat mandat dan persetujuan Mawi...Felix...Amylea...Yazer...apa lagi...

Whole crew ler pegi.

Masa kami naik lif jer...kami semua kecoh-kecoh sebab rasa seronok energy of the auditions.

Rasa cam kami lak nak audition. The whole gang siap carik counter nak register diri. Ngada tul...

Ingat mula-mula ajak bebudak gi sana nak bagik semangat meka yang audition...aduh...ni kena serbu lak. Sampai terpaksa aku pun tolong tarik bebudak sekoq-sekoq ke tepi dari kena mob dengan yang nak audition ni.

After awhile kami pon masuk ke ruang ujibakat join Deja dan Sham yang jadik judges.
Dengar kata, dekat 700 lebih audition. Dari lebih 700 tuh...majoriti dari Kulai!!! More than 300 dari Felda Taib Andak. Aiyak!!!

Kalau jumlah tu sikit...ni kira da banyak da untuk dua ari. Tu pun lebih 700 permohonan nak ujibakat ditolak sebab kesuntukan masa.

Anyway, kami semua dok settle in tengok ler audition. Ramai ler yang memang kelakar nak melayan...sumbang sora...perangai ngda...berangan tak bercermin...memacam...

Contoh cam sorang ni bernama Rosemary. Muka Jowo...tapi Rosemary ler namanya. Phillipines mari kot...(ada ker Pinoy muka Jawa???)

Anyway...harap pakai je seksi...masa nak nyanyi leh tergamam, staring into space. Muzik Awan Yang Terpilu sampai tiga kali ulang tak follow-follow gak dia. Pas nak kena halau...dia merayu...bila tak diberi peluang, ngamuk lak!

Kalau sebelum tu speaking London, kali ni the real her came out bila dia demand, "I WANT TO BE SONG NOW". Aiyoh!!!! It's 'I want to sing now' laa girl...

Pastu da ler bagik peluang lagik dia nyanyi lagu Siti lak, Bukan Cinta Biasa. Damn...even I sing better than that...and that's not saying much for her! Thank God dia kena sepak kuar bilik gak in the end.

Mawi ler paling feel at home...sebab dari 10 orang....lebih separuh orang kampung dia...

Kami dok dekat sejam lebih gak. Last-last kami nak gerak tu, kami singgah stage 4 punya bilik sat dimana Aman, kak Fati dan Aznil tengah sibuk judging. Ni kali pertama aku tengok stage 4 punya personality level sebab memang sebelum ni orang luar, termasuk war tawan, tak penah dibenarkan follow.

Masa tu interview sorang ni bernama Nita tak silap aku. Sora leh tahan...walaupon English dia horror sikit.

After going through the rounds, judges nak tengok dia nari, so dia bukak ler something yang kak tangan dia. Reza, yang geli ngan ular pegang aku sambil menunjukkan lengan budak tu,

"Eh..ular...gelinya aku!"

Aku ingat benda tu hairband...so aku gelak jer dia. Tengok-tengok pas dia tanggalkan benda tu, dia pass kat budak production...aiyak! MEMANG ULAR HIDUP!!!

Damn!

Aku terkejut...si Mawi dan Reza yang dok sebelah aku pon da naik geli!

Anyway...audition diteruskan dan ramai-ramai keluarga Akademi Fantasia menari skali ngan Nita ni...meriah!!! Bertuah si Nita ni dapat audition diberi semangat ngan bekas bekas pelajar.

Yang kelakarnya...time semua nak menari tu, si Amylea leh selamba angkat ular tu, leh main-main benda tu.

Mawi terus shiver..."Apa punya orang...orang pakai baju beruang dia takut sampai nangis..ngada tul...ni pegang ular lak boleh...eeee..geli aku!!!"

Aku gelak walaopon nervous sikit. Pastu Amylea balas dendam bebudak ejek dia pasal phobia dia tu...dalam time semua menari ngan Nita tu, dia kejo si Reza ngan ular tu.

Apa lagik...kelam kabut laa Reza meluru ke pintu sambil menjerit. Mawi yang dok sebelah aku pon...bila aku toleh da ilang. Lajus gila babas bebudak ni.

Aku yang horror tak sempat menjerit pon meka da ilang!!!

Pas Reza larikan diri...si Amylea kejo si Mawi lak...Mawi sampai lintang pukang jadiknya larikan diri.

Aku gelak sakit perot...last last ular tu disimpan balik dalam beg....and Nita got the green card!

Yeay!!! Dia dapat isi borang menandakan dia di short listkan. Good luck gurl!!!

Plan asal, malam tak kuar, tapi malas punya malas, tak jadik ler. So kami again beramai-ramai party in the hotel room jer. Esok nya bangun, da lewat.

Shit...patutnya aku gerak balik KL dan sampai by 10am...sebab da janji nak join surprise birthday party tuk Ayu of Garasi. Memang tak sempat ler. I left JB by 12, and reached KL by 2.30pm. Terus gi Berjaya Megamall tuk another event, this time with xfresh. Yeah yeah...Zahid ada...lepak ngan dia dalam bas. Aduh...kena thrashing ngan Zahid main NBA on PS2.

Abih event lak, rush ke Astro untuk rakaman Tanya Linda. Patutnya Fazura dan Rosyam yang jadik pihak nak fight against wartawan, mewakili artis...tu semangat ler sebab dedua scandalous. Ni lak last minute semua tak jadik, Hattan dan Aishah (sampai lambat dia) yang slotted in.

It was fun, tapi kalao you saw the programme, memang tak panas sangat ler sebab kami baru nak warm up. Tak sempat nak laser kuar api da abih da show. Aiyak...tapi ada part yang edited tau dari programme tu...apa dia? Cannot say la....ada ler yang gossip sensitif yang disebut. (Gelakkan Linda sat....kecian ko gurl...)
Ngantuk sangat balik terus KO!!!

The next day cam zombie...semalam memang very the memboringkan tak semangat nak kerja. And today? Sama gak...ok ler...nak update blog ni berejam keja...adus...tapi sebab tanggungjawab da...kalau tak tertangguh ntah sampai bila la...ok ler...hopefully by tomorrow aku ok ler...now feeling lethargic. Patut gi Singapore ujung minggu ni...seb baik ler boss cancel kan.

I need sleep...

Tapi sebelum tu...ni ada dua pics bagik korang decide. Yang mana pose paling macho?

For the full collection of photos, head over to [klubbkidd's rave] - The fotopages! Enjoy guys...and be blogging soon!!!

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Why???!!!

Aku hari ni plan memacam. Mula-mula nak ikut bebudak Garasi tuk planning meka hari ni.

Sama gak ngan planning for the next few days...until meka balik...sebab planning banyak nak sok sek ngan meka because I find them fun to spend time with, especially to talk about music with.

Yerlah...aku da lama tinggal my interest for rock music in exchange for my passion with R&B. Tu la masaalah nya when you fancy every genre of music without bias.

The fun part about talking with them about music is, I discover the positive sides of what Indonesian music has to offer, and what the Malaysian music scene is lacking in to grow further...cause after all...we're really stagnating.

Anyways...ni baru konperm....esok pon aku tak dapek ler gi press conference meka kat Planet Hollywood walaopon awal-awal patut.

Dahler hari ni banyak kerja nak siapkan...esok lak baru confirm tadi that aku akan ikut bebudak Akademi Fantasia III ke tiga lokasi tour.

Yerlah...awalnya ingat tak jadik...but in the end confirm lak.

Walaupun mula-mula keberatan because I'd prefer to spend this weekend with my parents, and not to mention in Kuala Lumpur...and plus nak gi tengok Garasi live.

Plus...aku tengah takde mood because I just discovered something yang bebetul upset aku.

Pernah tak ko couple ngan someone, pastu you know they were lying through their teeth about a lot of things, and you confronted them but you didn't have the proof for it then...so you fought and made up. Still you had the doubts because of gut instinct as well as the sixth sense to tell you yang dia ni nothing but a lying piece of shit!

Anyway...bayangkan...suddenly selepas berapa lama ko break...ko mendapat bukti memang segalanya ko syak betul!

Siap ngan bukti lak...walaopon da takde pe per antara korang...frust tak?!

It is simply so frustrating!!!

You know who you are...dan ko memang p*****k l*****t sial anak haram dan patut mampos jerk!

I hate you till the end of my days...dan ko mimpi ler nak buat baik ngan aku. Sampai mati pon ko tak wujud lagik bagik aku!

I hope you f*****g rot in hell!!!

Anyway...you can tell angin aku kurang sikit nak enjoy going on tour with this kids, even though aku cam seronok gak ler nak join meka, sebab selain show Brunei dulu, aku tak sempat ikut meka on the road lagi.

Lain laa tour Akademi Fantasia musim pertama dan kedua. Especially the second....banyak kenangan. Setiap kali kami semua berkumpul mesti nostalgia pikir memacam yang terjadi....sedihnya...

At least nanti kang kat Melaka, aku dapat ler jumpa adik angkat aku si Aidil sebab dia da balik kat Melaka keja sana. Sebelom ni keja Singapore...so best ler. maybe dapat jumpa famili dia. Adik dia comel (mampos ler aku...adus...taste kat adik kepada adik angkat sendiri!)

So pada mereka yang akan berada di lokasi-lokasi ni, nak jumpa, call ler. Esok akan berlepas (tapi tatau ngan meka ke drive sendiri sebab ada meeting petang sebenarnya - tapi tak sanggup sebab Dreamy ada)

Akademi Fantasia Tour 2006
Date	Location	Time	Artists
3 Mar	Plaza Melaka Raya, Melaka	7.30pm	Felix, Amylea, Marsha, Yazer, Kefli, Ekin, Reza, Elliza
4 Mar	Plaza Kota Raya, JB	7.30pm	Mawi, Felix, Amylea, Marsha, Yazer, Kefli, Ekin, Reza, Elliza
5 Mar	IOI Mall, Kulai	2.00pm	Mawi, Felix, Amylea, Marsha, Yazer, Kefli, Ekin, Reza, Elliza

So...anyway...balik KL pun hari Isnin...siang kot. tatau lagik what time sebab tak check.

Tapi balik jer...malam tu kena gak singgah Astro dalam kul 8 lebih.

Tujuannya? Sebab ada jemputan tuk muncul Tanya Linda yang akan dirakam on Monday night. Airing on Tuesday ler.

Sebelum ni, minggu lepas, si sultanmuzaffar (atau lebih dikenali Mr SPF 6.5) menjadi tamu, tapi kena hentam lak (kesian dia kena debat topik yang dia kena letak salah side)

Sesi aku lak ni patutnya minggu lepas tapi ada tamu tak dapek hadir (pelakon wanita) so postpone.

Topik aku kena - Wartawan Memporak-Perandakan Kehidupan Artis. Should be a cinch, tapi tatau ler masa debat tu kering idea ke...apa jadi kat aku. Mintak mintak ler aku steady jer hentam balik. Shouldn't be a problem but I don't want to be overconfident. Ni pon carik points bebanyak wat stock.

Kalau aku sempat carik Internet connection aku update ler blog on the road dalam beberapa hari tu. Kalau tak, korang tunggu jer laa as soon as possible.

Wish me a good trip...be blogging soon...and hope to meet sesapa pembaca blog aku kat Melaka dan Johor ek. Jangan lupa...tegur-tegur ek kalao jumpa.

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Mimpi seberang...

Memang malas nak update. Letih siot!

The whole day yesterday traipsed around town with Garasi!

Mula-mula patutnya jumpa meka kat Sri Pentas nak interview (tima kasih ek kengkawan sebab uruskan segalanya...you know who you guys are)

But I got there a little late...and then meka masuk awal lak tuk live programme satu ni...so lepak ler kat opis Grand Brilliance tengok meka kat TV jer.

Pas meka abis....met all of them, beginning dengan Agung, the director of Garasi. Then Ayu, Ferdi and then Aries....sekali ngan Nana, manager meka.

Had lunch, and tengah-tengah melantak, start interview ngan Agung....who mesti ramai tak tahu tapi ni dia punya first feature film. Sebelum ni, this cute looking six footer, dikenali sebagai pengarah music video. His resume is amazing sebab dia da wat music video tuk nama-nama besar seperti Ari Lasso, Melly Goeslaw, Krisya, Peterpan, Iwan Fals and even Josh Groban!

Then chatted with Ayu and Nana awhile.

Kami tak banyak masa nak 'warm-up' tuk berkenalan, sebab lepas tu bergegas to the Indonesian Embasssy bagi meka nak jumpa ngan pak ambassador.

Sampai kat the embassy pun dah about 4pm, about an hour later than scheduled. Spent an hour tuk meka beramah mesra ngan duta negara meka.

I spent the time messaging Leo in Jakarta. Dok kat embassy tu rasa rindu lak nak gi Jakarta.

Kalao ikutkan hati...nak jump on the next plane there je.

Patutnya pastu meka gerak balik hotel, tapi memandangkan semua lebih bersemangat nak jalan-jalan...kami pun gerak la ke Sungai Wang, on my suggestion sebab bebudak nak shopping.

Sampai sana, kami berpecah sebab masing-masing nak bawak haluan sendiri mencari apa yang patut. Si Ferdi dan Aries nak usha music instruments, so they went to Bentley Music to check out some instruments and stuff.

Agung nak ilang tetiba entah mengusha apa yang dia nak...sambil Nana lak sangkut dalam Vincci bila tengok je 70% discount terpampang. I guess the appeal of sales are universal!

So me...a couple of friends temankan Ayu gi carik baju. I guess I kinda like her taste in fashion cause we're into the more punkish, Jap street look.

Antara kedai (aduh...aku tahan diri jer dari nak shopping sakan) we surveyed were a couple of nice Harajuku fashion inspired outlets.

Restraining myself, I found a total of three pairs of jeans, four t-shirts, a pair of shoes and some accessories I was just dying to buy. Tapi control gila...sebab da janji diri sendiri bulan ni nak rilek sikit bab shopping.

Ayu banyak gak beli...kasut....oops...sepatu, t-shirts, jeans, jacket....nice!!! I like her taste in clothes!

There was this amazing jacket we found, tapi tak muat aku. Muat si Ayu (da sah dia kicik gila)...tapi harganya about RM400, which is about a million Rupiah. Tercekik sikit si Ayu...mana tak nya...dia kata for that harga, she can get a custom made guitar (which she just did).

So we forego that and settle on some other items.

Masa kita jalan...ada sekumpulan budak perempuan pandang-pandang...and bisik-bisik, "...eh...Garasi...." sambil tunjuk-tunjuk kat Ayu. Ayu lak tak prasan masa tu tapi sempat ler senyum bila aku cucuk dia bagitau there were some people who were pointing at her.

Dia senyum balas balik je,,,kempunan nak shopping ni. Mana taknya...masa limited sangat.

After we were done, we met the rest of the guys at the main entrance seperti yang dijanjikan. Semua pun shopping rupanya....as we compared notes, rupanya ramai lak yang splurge gak, tapi Ayu wins hands down as the main shopaholic.Dia sorang jer bawak beg shopping lima enam sampai senget berat sangat.

Dari sana kami gegas lak ke Hilton Sentral, where there was an event at Zeta Bar. Ezlynn ada...Amy Mastura ada....Ahli Fiqir....erm...sapa lagik ek.

Tak perasan yang lain because it was dark, and banyak lepak sembang ngan memasing.

Ayu chilled out with me when we were shopping, so dia relax nak cita a lot of things. Got a chance to speak with Ferdi and Aries, and I think Ferdi is really an awesome conversationalist. He's into more old school rock, you know...your Zeppeling and Stones.

Si Aries lak ni mamat hard rocker. Da nama pon skin basher (er...that means drummer) so it was nice to talk to him about preferences in music because we had more or less the same faves.

Sempat ler amik pics meka together sebab whole day tak terlintas nak betul-betul take some nice pics for my blog. Ni EXCLUSIVE to my blog tau...Erm...yang sorang lagi tu Agung...

After we were done, sekali ngan several friends (including SPF 6.5)gerak from there nak gi ada majlis penghargaan meka yang terlibat ngan Anugerah Juara Lagu di mana pemenang disampaikan cek.

Jac and her team of Asmin and Aubrey ada. Hazami pon ada. Mawi diwakili Along dari Maestro (Ismail Bakar nama sebenar...matilah aku expose nama dia) dan of course M. Nasir dan Loloq.
Farihin ada, Ramli M.S. ada...erm sapa agik aa...

Sampai jer melantak, sebab baru teringat tak makan agik dari tengahari and it was about 9.30pm da masa tu.

Hung about an hour kat Hotek Istana tu for that event, lepas tu gerak with some friends including Hazami for a drink kat mamak berdekatan. Sembnag pon makan masa sampai tengah malam. Gerak balik rumah je keletihan teramat!!!

Tapi sempat tengok pilot episode Amazing Race 9 as well as American Idol, the girls punya performance. Mata berat tapi memang tanak lepas so paksa diri stay awake to watch.
KO terus about 4am!

Bangun pagi tadi (takde laa pagi sangat...sah sah da afternoon)...sedar-sedar je terus kelam kabut bersiap mai opis. Ni update blog pastu nak siapkan keja sikit sebelom gegas gi lepak ngan Nila yang wat rakaman ngan Garasi untuk Carta Baik Banget.

Apapun, jangan lupa...petang ni Muzik-Muzik kul 4pm, Garasi muncul sebagai undangan khas wat special performance while malam ni meka live untuk Wayang Kita di Astro Ria focusing on the movie.

Aku nak ciao sat...V.E. kat bawah at the cafeteria. Nak say hi kejap sebelom sambung keja.

Jangan lupa....Garasi memulakan tayangan hari ni. Tayangan meliputi rangkaian GSC di Mid Valley, 1 Utama, IOI Mall, Klang, Terminal 1, Seremban, Mahkota Parade, Leisure Mall dan Kuantan dan juga di semua TGV iaitu di KLCC, 1 Utama, Johor Bahru, Mines, Seremban 2 and Sunway Pyramid. Juga di Mega Pavillion, Kompleks Bukit Jambul.
Kalau nak tau...ni jadual Garasi setakat ni.

Sabtu - 3pm - Sesi bertemu peminat di Selayang Mall.
8pm - Sesi bertemu peminat di TGV, KLCC
Ahad - 9am - Selamat Pagi Malaysia
12.30pm - Melodi
2pm - Hitz 1
3pm - Persembahan di Tasik Titiwangsa

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Still frustrated sebab harga minyak naik...bijik tul lah!

Lum pun Mesia hantar angkasawan naik ke outer space, harga minyak naik berapa kali da!
Malaysia memang boleh sangat! Boleh apa....I can think of a lot of things ler to add behind the boleh part...tapi malas jer. Gigit lidah sampai berdarah ni!

Kononnya we benefit ler from the Government's saving from the subsidies...nak save betul betul? Cut down ler wastage on numerous Government projects yang merugikan duit rakyat.

The chain reaction to price hikes now begins....pasni harga tuala wanita pon naik (saja je...produk pertama terlintas kat pala nak sebut)

Arghhh! Tension...

Tapi kan....untuk fanatik Mawi (Disclaimer : Golongan fanatik jer patut terasa...bukan peminat Mawi sebenar)...kesian kan...Mawi da tiga bijik keta....baru je menang yang third, harga minyak naik (cue conspiracy theories dari para fanatik yang Mawi dinaya...terus kata boikot ler barangan buatan Mesia)

Rasanya ada tak talian SMS dibuka terus untuk menolong Mawi bayar duit minyak keta nak ke hulu hilir show.

It'll probably go like this....untuk bantu Mawi dari Point A ke Point B dalam kehidupan harian dia, silakan SMS MINYAK (ruang) MAWI (lucah lak bunyinya...) dan hantar ke 73724 (ataupun tekan PERAH kat your mobile phone). Sumbangan anda amat dihargai dan hanya Tuhan dapat membalas jasamu.

Adus...pecah perot nak gelak lawak sendiri....very the babs punya lawak!

Anyway...today masuk office rilek sikit sebab kerja yang sangkut paut ABP-BH da settle...so rilex sikit hari ni.

The good news for today is....pada yang meka yang tatau...Garasi, the Indonesian trio is in town. The band, and also the cast for the movie is on promotion sini.And the best news I got today was that

I've got my interview set up for tomorrow afternoon kat Sri Pentas.

Aku banyak nak tanya pasal music meka cause I really do like the soundtrack - tak sabar lak release soundtrack dia kat sini....tak nak lah download...nak gak beli yang original!!!

I know there are a lot of sentiments about Indonesian movies and music coming to our shores, tapi aku rasa tak ada salahnya we open our market to foreign products as well.

At least we have a realistic gauge of where we stand compared to our regional neighbours in terms of advancement of the growth of music in our country. Look at it this way...awal 90an, Indonesia digegarkan dengan fenomena (perkataan ini bnukan berasal dengan wujudnya Mawi ye...) music rock.

Supergroups of that age like Search and Wings (feberet aku Febians, EKamatra dan BPR) took our music and dominated Indonesia. Skang, just because music kami tak berkembang dan tetap berada di tahap lama (even if we advance, it's very the setapak) we are being overtaken.

So is closing up our market to outside talent wise? Maybe it'll teach our folks a thing or two to work harder.

It's the same in sports zaman dulu, kononnya nak ban imported players. Last-last opened balik kan to foreign talent.

All we can hope is that Malaysians will rise up to the challenge and evolve rather than sit and sulk in a corner, while banging out the same tired tunes in hopes of making that quick buck by manipulating the masses

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