You win some...

Seperti dah aku agak, bangun memang...erm...awal. Tersedar terbuka mata pun da nak tengahari dah.

Nasib baik sebelum tidur larat lagi packing bebarang aku semua just in case I got up late.
I zoomed downstairs to check out. Check mobile phone aku, dapat mesej dari Yasmin sekali ngan miss call. Rupanya minah tuh dah wake up call aku seperti aku mintak. Kantoi aku bangun lambat!!!

Gi bowling alley kat Berjaya Megamall, stayed till the end of the game. Urm...adus...outcomenya team Astro ilang grip on their champion title, and ended up third.

Yang menyedihkan, meka ni kalah not because takde skill, not because tak cukup bagus. But cuma sebab nasib kurang baik. Biasa punya game memasing ada ler meletop average 150-160 pinfalls.

Hari ni ramai yang drop...nasib ler. Zahid, abang Yus, even abang Hafiz pun drop ler game. Mawi...erm...no komen ler sebab dia way below average. Tapi yang aku sedih tuh, dia masuk team gak. Kalau baca blog team captain, tau ler cita sebenar.

Sedih siot tengok meka nangis, rasa nak join...sebab aku rasa meka ler satu-satu team yang dedicated empat bulan training sakan.

Erm...yes...bab Mawi training sekali je penah muncul dalam empat bulan, aku setuju, sebab aku sendiri jadik saksi...actually sepatutnya Mawi jadik reserve je...tapi...erm...tak salahkan dia...cuma orang tertentu tuh, tak yah push budak tu tuk main. Kan budak tu gak yang malu bila satu bowling alley gelakkan dia masuk longkang. Hish...

Apapun...ni aku nak salute heroes of team bowling Astro!!! You guys rock no matter what!!! This is my tribute to ALL OF YOU!

Team Astro!!! Hero-hero macho team bowling lelaki (From left to right : Abang Hafiz, Khai, abang Badrul, Zahid and abang Yus) Zahid ler...sapa agik...takkan dapat ketiga pun sampai terduduk Zahid...

After the event, aku terus gerak balik ke rumah di Klang.

Where the drivers actually drive like they have licences and don't seem psychotically out for a kill!! Anyway kepada pembaca blog aku yang tegur masa kat bowling alley, nice meeting all of you, terima kasih kerana tegur....and keep on reading my blog ler kalau sudi.

Bagi dua orang tu yang aku tolong snap kan gambar Mawi, aku harap gambar tu jadik ek...jangan tanpa pala ke apa-apa, sebab amik pun main budget je.

Back home....

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Fiesta Media Idola - Day 1

This is where the backdated entry starts getting bloody messy. Malam sebelum, lepas show Ning tuh, aku tak tidur. Balik je rumah, on the way singgah kat Shah Alam minum ngan member nak layan sat to pass some time. Dah memang set, not enough time to really sleep. Plus aku ni tidur, memang dead to the world punya. So tak berani take the risk.

Sampai rumah pun about three hours later at about 4.30am, start packing ler untuk wardrobe ke Kuantan tuk Fiesta Media Idola. Otak kata pack light...sebab mesti panas kan...

Dah abih pack, aku tukau pakai shorts and t-shirt jer pas mandi, and immediately set out on my journey to Kuala Lumpur.

Supposed to meet team Astro kat tempat meka. But sebab Vernon sibuk nak tumpang naik sekereta bersama Yanie, tak jadik.

Tu pun dia last minute request. Last-last, aku da gerak, dia kata dia drive lak, so aku volunteer ler jempur Yanie.

After picking up Yanie kat Bangsar, kami pun gerak ler ke Astro.

Sampai da about 7am. Not too late sebab meka janji nak jumpa at 6.30am, lepas by 7.30am, so we're kinda like just nice. Lagikpun bukan kami nak naik bus yang da booking. We were just going to convoy ngan meka cause we didn't really know the way...

Sebut bab bas ni, Astro memang all out nampaknya nak make an impression. Siap tiga bas double decker meka sewa bak semua tenaga kerja dan selebriti meka tuk Fiesta Media Idola ni.

Over tau....

Tapi yang besh sekali tengok ler gelagat ramai bebudak ni yang sah bukan morning people (I should be one to talk...)

Si Yazer dalam ngantuk pun dia leh layan je gitar kapok sapa entah. Zahid entertain ler sekali join forces.

Yang beshnya Alam and Yasmin Hani pot pet non stop...aduh...how do they actually feel alive. Tak henti meka sembang...erm. Kalau nak tau pasal Yasmin Hani ni, tengok ler pics ni. Amboi...perli ek Alam. Rupanya Yasmin Hani bak bantal busuk ok!

Tapi bantal busuk bukan sebarangan bantal busuk...bantal busuk pun rupa vogue ok!
Ok fine...maybe it was my mistake to stay up late...but tengok tokei funfair. Tidur cukup pun cranky je.

Vernon sampai slightly later, and Ning and Nikki in a while (a long while later)

Semua jumped on the bus with their belongings and we were off!!!

Ni pic contingent from Astro for Fiesta Media Idola. Smart aja semua...

By the way, yang chatting kat @15 Astro pun, kalau kenal nama moderators yang bertugas, hah...ada yang ikut sekali. Kenal nick Qenari (aku bagik ko popular sat Em)? Dia masuk blog aku gak rupanya...setan....entah mana dapat URL blog aku...pepandai je ko masuk aku tak jemput (gurau jer Em!!!)

Anyway, kami pun berlepas, aku sorang in my car, abang Badrul and Jolyn in his, and Vernon and Yanie in another car.

Lost some time sebab si Vernon slow motion last minute nak check keta dan pelbagai lagik kerenah, and got caught in the early morning Friday crawl. Sekali masuk highway jer, tekan da.

On the way, Kudsia join sekali in her 4WD, and then tiba-tiba lak muncul si Zahid naik Skyline dia ditemani Epul. Aiyak....makan hati.

We managed to catch up to the first bus....and then the second...and then the third.
Pastu aku pecut shortly after that, sebab seriously, I needed a toilet break. Nak meletup dah pundi!!!

Si Zahid lak tarik keta ingat aku nak race...setan! Macam ler Wira standard aku nak lawan ngan Skyline ko. Binatang...(gelak teringat nak buang air punya pasal tekan sana sini).

Manage to stop and take a leak. I was four minuted in total doing that. In which time, sebab memasing jalan about an average of 120 km/j, semua da pintas aku. So tekan sampai aku terkejar mereka balik. Pastu yang sakit hati tu, tiba tiba tokei funfair lak nak berhenti tuk toilet break.

Setan...masa aku nak gi semua tanak henti. Mentang-mentang ler jadik captain of the convoy. We took a slight break sebelum our four cars gerak balik.

Kat sana, kami serempak ngan ada team dari KRU yang juga berhenti. Mmmm... tak kenal...so tak layan. Ni pic abang Badrul layan sembang ngan Zahid. Tu in the pic, keta putih tu (diblocking ala gerhana tuh, is Zahid's baby, his Skyline)

Next stop : exit tol Gambang. Yes...say it right. GAMBANG! Hish...jangan salah sebut...bahaya.
Sampai sana je nampak ada outriders dua orang tengah baru escort another contingent. Kami sepatutnya tunggu meka kembali nak jemput kita lak.

Tengok-tengok team The Star (star ke?) dua bas pun da sampai. Shortly after, Astro punya three buses pun reached. Lepak time and photography session!

Back on the go. Tunggu outriders takleh harap...kami pun jalan. Nak sampai tu, tiba-tiba convoy berhenti lagi. Rupanya outriders nak gak jalan ngan kita...binatang...so kena tunggu lah lagi.

Tunggu punya lama, with the drizzle and all, sampai aku tertidur dalam keta.

Terkejut bila kereta belakang honked away...dah gerak rupanya. Akibat tertidur...anyway last last gerak without them ler rupanya sebab idiots tuh tak muncul.

It was on to the stadium for luncheon with the rest of the contingents. It was fun cause bila kontinjen dari TV3 sampai, ramai member lama rupanya part of it, termasuk bekas skandal orang gila (ko jangan hengat dia tak walk with the stars...siap sleep with the stars - mati la aku di carut sebab statement berani!!!)

Masa lunch tak larat makan sebab the heat was horrible...memang panas gila babas.

Mesra sana sini ala GRO sat, then cadang nak gerak hotel. Part ni dilema sikit.

Awalnya da diberitahu aku duk kat Citiview, then masa sampai Kuantan, dapat ler berita aku staying at Shazan Inn.

Yang pentingnya, aku tatau jalan ke sana, and no one I knew staying there. Cam $%^&!!! Semua dok MS Garden ler...Hyatt ler...Vistana ler...

Pepandai ler carik jalan...rupanya, semua hotel pun area sama je, each not far from each other. Kuantan kecik jerk...cuma jalan banyak one way yang mengelirukan.

Found my way ke hotel, lagik satu problem menunggu. Turns out, nama aku takde dalam senarai lak! Damn...

Tenuk sekoq ni, yang patut arrangekan benda ni buang masa aku je. Last-last dapat nombor Datuk Akhbar dari secretariat untuk Fiesta Media Idola. Dia bagitau tempat aku memang kat Citiview. Aiyo....Mix up katanya. Datuk Akhbar baik giler...told me don't worry, letak je phone, terus call Shahzan Inn.

Mampos ler manager kerek yang turn me away sebelom ni cam aku pendatang haram, kata nama aku takde list, letak je phone, call, "Excuse me, sir....your room is ready."

Amik ko! Kerek sangat....ko hengat ko chantek??? Takyah per per...sambut kunci terus leh masuk bilik. masuk bilik je aku crash! KO terus. Cadang nak keluar sat, tapi tak sedar sampai da gelap kat luar. Terjaga je mandi kelam kabut.

Dah siap ter'blur' sat sebab I just realised I didn't know where the opening of Fiesta Media Idola was going to be.

Drove to MS Garden mana most of the main contingents staying, tapi segan lak tompang ngan meka. Tengah blur nak mampos tu ada orang panggil nama aku.

Rupanya si Web (tu nama manja dia, nama sebenar Syed) manager Erra Fazira. Tengok dia dalam keta, so aku tanya ngan sapa. Rupanya ngan manager si Hans Isaac nak gi stadium, dia pon ok jer offer aku tompang skali, so senang ler aku takyah drive.

Sampai aje kami kat stadium, turns out the whole area surrounding the stadium termasuk stadium tu sekali, BLACKOUT!!!

Matilah camna nak wat event live nak launching Fiesta Media idola??? Takper...Tengku Muda ada...sat agik ada ler letrik. Ihik...

Kami beli barang makan dan minum, dan spend about 15 minutes nak carik jalan masuk ke stadium. Orang tak tahan pun aku masuk sampai padang...akibat rambut piercing dan tattoo kot. Nampak je confirm bukan orang Kuantan. (dari planet mana pon tatau)

Sempat lawat kawan-kawan yang mengambil bahagian dalam semua kontinjen...nak mention panjang lebar lak. Tapi satu ler...aku salute kontinjen yang amik bahagian semua bab march past meka wat tuh. Sebab meka dok belakang tunggu berejam tu, panas nak mampos. Camna laa artis bermake up ni.Make up bukan je pecah minyak...aku rasa dah cair!

Lepak back in front dekat grandstand area, tapi on the track, alternating between there and VIP stand usha the whole proceedings.

Meriah memang meriah ler...tapi terasa malas sangat nak amik pics sangat.

Aku excited terover sebab ada Rossa (yang comel dan juga baik gila) dan juga Melly (tak nampak lagik masa time ni)

So after a lengthy but not too boring launch, it was time for the whole entertainment thingie to start.

Ramai ler perform. Takyah ler aku bagik review kan sebab memasing dapat tengok TV (kecuali kalau tak mampu pakai Astro seperti ada sorang member ni cakap).

The shows were all kinda cool, but I think that it was rather silly they didn't have a mini stage to work their performances on sebab kicik lor on that vast field.

Tenggelam bila wat show sampai cover by going to the kids and pretending to hand them the mic to sing. Siap cover ngan minum and all. Sedih aku...tapi dia fun, bubbly personality sangat...tak apalah...dimaafkan. (biassss!!!!) Layan CD dia jer bila balik kang...tapi crowd pun bosan sikit.

Masa time lagu Pudar tu takde yang party langsung. Orang Kuantan ni cam malas jer nak party....aku dok head banging (sebab segan joget depan orang) because the song really is so happy and bubbly...like Rossa.

Dok lepak, ngumpat sana sini...sambil makan apa bekalan yang dibawa, tengok ler list sapa on next.

Finally Rossa standby, eh...comel!!!
Dahler masih ingat aku. Baik gila minah ni. Sayang jer dia nyanyi cam tak sampai, kesemputan teramat masa show. Siap amik snappy dia ngan Ning together.

Aiyo...tu Melly Goeslow...my God! The last time aku jumpa Melly was during a certain music event yang aku takkan sebut nama masa 2001. Skang da cam belon!!! Kembang semacam...rupa da makcik sangat. Erm...sah tak jaga body ni!

Still, she sang good!

Abih event pun dah lepas tengah malam. Tumpang ngan kontinjen Astro ke MS Garden, amik keta terus balik Shahzan Inn. Sampai bilik jer, Nila call aku. Dia ngan Reza semua tengah melantak kat coffee house. Aku pun join ler.

Order fish and chips punya lambat sampai....sampai ada penunggu Kuantan pun sempat join us bila muncul suddenly.

Last last semua da abih makan, aku punya jugak tak sampai!!!

Hantar kat bilik jer. Cadang ngan perayap ni nak jalan-jalan tapi dedua KO!!! hampeh!!!

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Second day in Kuantan

By today, aku dah discover two things.

One...people in Kuantan drive HORRIBLY!!!

Memang cam main bumper cars, main swerve into you like as if kalau langgar tak kemek. Gila ke haper...siap bukan aku sorang je komen. Member dari KL semua pun ngadu benda sama!

Secondly, pegi tempat venue mana events held, takyah ler buang masa pakai perfume mahal-mahal. tak sampai dua saat ilang, badan pun menyerap 'wangian' semulajadi thanks to the lovely people of Kuantan.

Yes,aku gi bowling alley...huh....panassssss!!!!

Packed...with sweaty...people.

Tak larat aku!

At the end of the session, aku gi jalan beli baju sebab kononnya ada authority on dress code, bagitau aku makan malam tonight ngan Tengku Muda and the contingents formal konon. last-last tengok...mak aih...dress code dia colourful!

Bloody hell...baju suar aku semua black jer...mati ler aku....

Tak jumpa pun apa yang colourful tengah jalan. Terserempak je aku ngan abang Hafiz dari team bowling Astro. Dia temankan aku shopping sat (thank you abang Hafiz) Patut ler takde kat bilik...rupanya dia jejalan ngan rest of his colleagues.

Aku da abih shopping tengok jam, dah about 7pm. Nak rush balik hotel ni.

Dalam keta, nak minum ler Vanilla Coke. beli botol 1.25l sebab ingat leh wat bekal kan letak bilik sekali. Tapi sebab benda tu dalam beg aku, aku rasa bergoncang sana sini, aku masuk je kereta, buka jer penutup, meletup kat muka.

Yes keta aku sampai ari ni masih ada semut. Bloody sugar....

Kemas apa yang leh, sampai bilik hotel kelam kabut (again) tukau baju after mandi.

Pakai belt LED, baju aku yang LED....kasut aku yang glitter....amik ko! I may not be colourful, but I'm sure as hell going to stand out.

Malas cita pasal dinner banyak sangat, sebab banyak ler benda dicarut...

But these are some of the pics yang sempat aku snappy....eh...yang first tu si Nani...Sharifah Amani @ Orked. Then there's Yasmin and Alam...and geng Akademi Fantasia.

Tima kasih Akma sebab masih tahan appetite ko walaupon duduk sebelah aku yang complain memanjang. And Ekin...muka ko memang kena skin treatment lagik... (matilah aku...)

Zahid ter bump into another guy wearing a similar shirt (always a diasaster but he handled it well...cool aje), Yasmin, Rai dan Alam gelak tak abih abih.

Towards the end, the bowling team balik dulu sebab ada next round of matches early. Aku lepak sampai abih ler...

Malam tu abih schedule dinner, gi lepak Coco Loco kat Hyatt. Lama tak jejak sini. Last aku mai masa end of 2003 time tour ngan Akademi Fantasia musim pertama. Masa tu show kat Kuantan kami dok sini. Ingat lagik tu time insiden ketika swimming beramai ramai. Erm...that's all I'm telling.

Stayed until past 6am. Pening!!! Nasib baik aku ... uhm... minum Coke je sepanjang malam (iyolah!!!) Nak tidur berapa jam ni? Esok kena tengok final bowling lak...start kul 10am...mampu ke???

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Ning-A-Riffic!!!

Next backdated posting ni takderler panjang pun sebenarnya. Disebabkan faktor umur kot (nak 30 on July 17 - ingat ek beli hadiah tuk aku) ingatan aku tak begitu jelas...

Met up with the rest of the group yang hadir, kengkawan rapat for Ning's excellent Bedazzling Ning punya show kat KL Hilton.

Terima kasih ler kepada Vernon and Ning, keluarga Ning & Associates yang make us feel at home.

Opening show dia Nikki. Perlu ke aku kata? Meletup ler....She was awesome, singing Pinta, Caramu...single Malaysian Idol dia dulu yang cover lagu Ziana Zain, Lara, Christina Aguilera's The Voice Within...ada duet ngan Ning sekali on Cinta. Wowiee....sorry ler pics dia onstage tak clear. Aku pakai mobile phone punya camera je maa...kalau nak sponsor aku yang elok sikit bak sini...jangan complain...

Ni bawah ni aku letak lagi satu pic yang clear sikit aku amik masa kita tengah lepak borak-borak with the whole group.

Then next on was of course, Ning. Aduh...seleksi lagu....memang bagus. Start je medley ballads dia yang leh tangkap leleh punya. Penjara Kasih...Antara Mungkin dan Curiga...

By the end of the evening memang menjerit.

Kalau nak tau, ada insiden kelakar sikit ler. Ngejutkan pun ada. Aku ternampak ada member ler sorang ni yang datang. Katanya, bak company secretary dia sekali sebab member ni minat Ning.

Didn't think too much of it sebab masa tu the dinner was about to kick off. Tiba-tiba kami dapat tau, ticket yang dia berikan kat counter masa nak masuk tuh, tak valid.

Forget invalid...sebenarnya not even in existence!!!

Adik-adik peminat Ning ni...rupanya....main scan flyer tuk event tuh ke haper...pastu pakai Photoshop tampal perkataan COMPLIMENTARY kat tepi. And then, bila dipersoal pasal dari mana dapat pass tuh, kata si Vernon, manager Ning yang bagik.

Berani sungguh. Aku malu sikit ler sebab budak tu aku kenal. Takder ler rapat tapi malu ler gak...aiyo!

Habis show, lepak ngumpat sat. Nikki and Ning, joined by Virginia Kennedy, yang direct video Ning Awan Yang Terpilu, among others.

Ni aku masukkan pics of three of them together.

Ok tak?

Of course geng media pun ada, si Din, Rudy....Liza dari Warner Music pun ada.

Tokei funfair sibuk takleh join sebab esoknya da nak Fiesta Media Idola, and being team captain kena set good example (konon), padahalplayers dia in Ning (Nikki pun in the team-reserve) yang wat show....cuma wakil angklung je hadirkan diri...

Malas tulis panjang-panjang sebab sebenarnya takde masa nak blog. Kalao nak tau a lot of my backdated entries were partial postings yang aku tak publish. So dia punya timeline may be confusing sikit.

Or as a friend used to say, "Very the Confucious". Lari mai opis sat tuk abihkan kerja terbiaq sikit sebelum zoom balik rumah pagi pagi buta ni nak packing tuk berlepas esok nak ke Kuantan tuk Fiesta Media Idola.

Definitely not going to get any sleep tonight....

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Wet all over

Ni backdated entry pertama tuk elak my blog from becoming overswamped by the longest entry ever to catch up on what's been happening.

Tanak lah become macam pemegang rekod entry terpanjang yang asik tokok tambah kan...nanti merapu lak cam orang gila. Tapi demi nak jaga blog ni supaya tak kesunyian, I still have to backdate my posting entries tuk pastikan segala cerita hidup ku yang tak seberapa tercatat, maybe not for posterity ler...tapi for my own perusal in the future.

After all, that's what my blog has been to me...my diary. To read and recall whatever's been happening in my life.

Anyway, on this date today, planning gi press conference Dewa 19 kat Hard Rock Cafe. Problem is, awalnya silap, sebab janji ngan angklung jumpa kat Planet Hollywood which was supposed to be the actual venue. Orang tua pon call aku bising sebab da lambat, almost 4pm by the time aku sampai sebab nak habihkan kerja kat opis.

Masuk je Planet Hollywood, member yang kerja kata benda tuh kat Hard Rock lak. Pening aku. Setan. Tukau venue ke? So hopped into a cab and got there.

The event baru mula tak lama, so didn't really miss much.

Aku, Dewa nih kurang minat. I mean they are good, just not really my cup of tea. When it comes to Indonesian bands, I still think Sheila On 7 rocks.

Anyway time event tu pun, ramai budak syarikat rakaman EMI borak ngan aku sebab ada berita yang aku baru terima Isnin lepas. Nanti posting lepas lepas ni aku cerita la panjang sikit pasal tu.

Finally, after a bit and all, got to interview Ahmad Dhani sat. Muzaffar jadik photographer aku masa time nak amik pic, tapi entah hapa jadahnya ada mangkuk hayun, mangkuk jamban lain enter frame into my shot.

Binatang! Sibok je..get your own camera, asshole! Samdol Jawa mana ni...main masuk je pic aku.

Apa sibuk-sibuk peace ni. Aku bagik piece of my kasut makan baru tau! Hish....ada gak orang gila enter frame sampai camni. Ko ingat ko star sangat orang nak mintak ko pose sekali???

Dengki tul tukang amik pic aku ni sampai include dia. Setan!

Abih event jer, caught a cab, and headed back to Jalan Bukit Bintang to get our cars.

It was raining, and there was this horrendous traffic jam.

Dalam berejam menunggu, ni lah aksi-aksi blogger terhebat Malaya memalaskan diri sambil melayan permainan botol air baru dia. Siap dia pose-pose amik pic sendiri.

Eeew!!! How vain can you get!!! Lihatlah aksi istimewa ni yang memang eksklusif kat blog aku jer (matilah aku kena pancong ngannya...ampun Tuanku!!!)

Aku pun melayan ler carik bahan nak letak dalam blog....

Photographic muse takde.

Dengan hujan and all, kepala aku da mula pusing. Felt slight nauseous, though it couls be the result of being in close proximity with Muzaffar (mampos aku after this...confirm kena maki)

Mata tengok kiri kanan nak amik pic.

Last last amik pic pics signs yang tertempek all over the back seat windows. 1001 different stickers plastered here and there. Then celah it all, terpandang sign yang memang tak sesuai....erm...kira laki dan pompuan jer ek takleh berkelakuan sumbang dalam teksi ni, ek, bang?

Da pick up my car, headed pegi salon kak Kiah Kejung kat Pandan Indah nak wat rambut aku. Sebab da berserabut sangat, tapi aku tanak potong, apa hagik...straighten sikit.

Dulu rambut aku ni, memang Cina cucuk langit punya rambut...straight as a poker. Tapi entah kenapa...lama-lama...da pandai-pandai nak curl sendiri.

Irritating nak mampos...curl sana curl sini...cam wig kejung beli kat L&J Pandan jaya lak....matilah kaki wig nilon RM70!!! Rambut ni kak Kiah buat mula-mula worried sikit sebab start dia biasa la ala kejung tercacak sana sini cam orang kena electrocute. Tapi after a few days...can see ler ok sikit. Dah relaxed. Rambut aku takder ler rupa 'terkejut'!

Ini hasilnya? Inilah dia...mind you ala beauty shot je. Sebab muka time tu berminyak. Tak suka? Lantak ler...feeling Garasi sat...

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The one about klubbkidd and lack of charity...

Ok...I feel like slapping myself for even thinking it, but I'm only human....something happened and I have had bad thoughts....

Last weekend, on Sunday more appropriately, join ler tokei funfair punya charity project, Pledge Your Donation.

They managed to raise a whopping RM16,020 (walaupun ada yang tak settle lagik pledges meka - word of advice, the ah longs will be coming to your house soon, so pay up!) and bought a whole load of stuff that was delivered to the intended receipients, Rumah Baitul Fitrah kat Rawang.

I joined them only in Rawang, after speding the afternoon with my family, so tak dapek ler aku nak join masa meka shopping kat Tesco (bagus gak...entah haper kang yang aku beli...bukan leh caya aku bab shopping ni, besides my therapist says I need time away from departmental stores). Tunggu kat exit Rawang together ngan konvoi ala kenduri kahwin, sementara star sampai last...

Masa sampai home tu, I got kinda sad, cause it's been a long time since I joined an event like this, you kinda get detached from all humanity when you're busy with the trivialities of your own life.

Nak baca keadaan hidup meka, head over to blog Mother Theresa (versi berjambang!) sorang ni, yang memang patut dipuji ler for his charitable nature and helping to round up the support for this project.

Anyway, ngan setan barangan yang dibeli dan diisi dalam rumah yang kosong, the kids showed their gratitude by singing a nasyid tune, sebelum mereka dijamu ngan KFC yang juga disponsored. Sedih aku tengok...things we take so far granted are such little blessings for them *sniff*

Anyways, after da move all the stuff they bought with the donations (which was the only part I was involved in - setakat bagi manpower yang memang tak seberapa), we were going to make a move when an ice cream seller lalu ler. Masa tu, Haji Bakhil ngan Aiman, anak abang Badrul. Si Muzaffar offer ler, "Aiman naik aiskrim...?"

Budak tu pun iyakan...si angklung lak point kat aku, "Hah...kalau nak gi mintak uncle."

Setan punya angklung!!! I always kena jadik the evil uncle la!!! Nanti papa dia lak salahkan aku sebab beli aiskrim ke apa...bukan tau. But because memang Aiman irresistably comel punya nephew takde pertalian darah, aku pun tahan ler abang aiskrim tu belikan.

Dalam time tu, ada a few kids from the home keluar approach dekat-dekat. So I offered them too. Before I knew it, aiyo...a whole battallion muncul...!!!

Ok...tak kisah...stop it...these kids are getting a treat ok! You loved ice cream as a kid (you still do, and have the figure to prove it), and these kids bukan dapat a treat everyday.Lagikpun, pikirkan...aku bukan contribute financially pun setakat ni kat project Pledge Your Donation, so I thought...tak apa lah...this is the little I can do.

Plus, it did good to see the kids happy over something simple like ice cream.

Tapi somehow, the line tak stop...pastu takpe...ada lak yang 'repeat performance'.

Awmigawsh!!!! That was the first kid yang amik ice cream da back for seconds...*slap* *slap*...tampo diri sendiri and bit my tongue...don't say a word...it's not charitable of you...

Abang Bad mungkin perasan kot the line was not slowing down, dia lak take over jadi manager event ice cream, "Yang ni tuk siapa? Berapa orang lagi belum dapat? Amik je apa yang ada...!!"

Seb baik ice cream mahal semua habis sebab the kids yang awal-awal semua target, Trophy ler...Drumstick ler...yang cup ler...semua RM3 ler...RM3.50. Very the expensive taste! Seb baik ada limited stock (haiyo....bad thoughts...*slap* *slap*) Tapi nak cakap apa ah...bila da aiskrim mahal abih, meka cam malas lak amik yang setakat 80 sen atau RM1. Aiyo...demanding.
"Amik je apa yang ada!!!"

Very the dragon Abang Bad ni!!! Aku bab budak-budak ni takut sikit sebab tak sampai hati.
Last-last da settle...abang aiskrim tu pun wat ler kira kira.

"Drumstick sepuluh....satu RM3.50....yang ni sepuluh...satu RM3..." he was calculating.

Aiks...mana ada sepuluh benda alah tu. All the time I was standing there, tak nampak pon sampai sepuluh. Last count, yang Drumstick tu punya aiskrim...only four or five were handed out. Aku tanya sekali, dia kata memang sepuluh. Aku da diam. Serves me right for not counting the stock.

It finally tallied up to about almost RM90. Pening aku sat...for ice cream? Lajus je mental calculation kira berapa tub ice cream I could have bought for these kids. Or how it could have bought beras ke...minyak masak ke...

Still...like I said...geram punya geram got stiffed by ice cream punya penjual tu, I want to slap myself for thinking nasty things. I mean, I'm only human...masa tu start ikhlas, tapi last-last rasa kena 'pau' lak ngan bebudak tu. Still...at the end of it, ada ler sorang dua ni...yang da abih makan, nak masuk rumah, turned to me and call out, "Abang...tima kasih ek kerana belanja aiskrim..."

Ok...so maybe it wasn't entirely a regrettable affair.

Plus yes, I have to admit, pas tengok The Producers TWICE (sebab tengok lagi ari Jumaat), I really don't consider it a waste of any sort, though some geram is still festering deep within.

Still, congratulations to the whole online community yang came forward to pledge your donations to help these kids. God bless you folks...and give me more patience next time I get stiffed by an ice cream seller.

The day before on Saturday, uneventful. Except malam, ngan member aku sorang, Sultan Muzaffar, Nizam Zakaria and a friend, later mysteriously joined in by a Fiebie at some point yang datang sendiri anonymous sebab konon nak remain mysterious!

Lepak Berjaya Times Square makan kat Dome carut warga Sentul (warga sekampung Muzaffar) yang lalu lalang kerana dressing over fashionable tapi pakai selipar (mati lah aku pas ni...)

Abih tu, kumpul kat dalam depan panggung tu, wow....ramainya warga Internet yang muncul! Yang bloggers tak popular, tak star, gila glamer dan berangan pun ada...(aku tolong glamerkan sebab ko kan gila publisiti!)

Watched Gubra again, somehow the intensity of the film...erm...senang cakap...nangis agik.

Sebab aku da member aku beli tiket sendiri, tak sempat booking ngan bebudak The StoryTeller's Club, kami dok depan sikit. Which apparently was ok...Yasmin herself masuk lewat sikit dok depan aku dan member aku punya row.

Abih je...somehow, I didn't feel as depressed as the first time, but somehow the emotions were magnified, and abih je, told Yasmin, "I hate you" with teary eyes...menci aa asik meleleh air mata je. Ihik....Yasmin replied with a hug...awwww.....she is just so sweet!!! Love ya woman! And keep making those great films!

Tau tak...dalam satu scene Gubra, ada ler character ni, si Kiah, yang nak beli aiskrim. Dia ajak Temah dan Mas tuk lantak 'ais krim bantal' sekali.

Pastu, penjual aiskrim tu ayat ler si Kiah ni. Kiah ngan malu, jawab, "Aiyah apek..you gatal lah...ni berapa aiskrim ni"

I couldn't resist it, teringat hari sebelum, dan bisik kat member sebelah, "Harganya RM90 aja...." in a bitchy tone.

Aiyo...buruk siku. Tak ikhlas langsung aku...sorry...sorry....*slap* *slap*.

Anyway...erm....nak gi lah tengok The Producers lagik...maybe malam ni kot gi tengok ngan kawan.

Anyway...am pissed as hell. Aku dapat one or two nasty e-mails from orang Persatuan Akademi Industri Muzik Malaysia yang hentam aku akibat articles aku yang condemn Anugerah Industri Muzik kali ni. Merasalah dapat email aku yang menjahanamkan generasi ko!

A bunch of letters behind your name and a piece of paper is NOT proof that you know music.

Berangan tul...cam dia meka ni sorang je ada kait mengait, education pasal industry ni. aku sedekad duduk dalam industri muzik ni...bukan bodoh takde pengalaman.

But I suppose that's why people hate the authority of our local music industry. It is almost a fascist state of affairs that tries to remain elitist.

To those people, here's my middle finger salute to you. YOU are the real ones killing the industry with your political and corporate ambitions! Music comes from the soul, you think it should go to your pockets. F***k you...

Panas ati tul....

Anyway...aku tak caya ler bab boycott ke apa, sebab tuk aku, that won't help things. But tuk aku, it will be a silent protest. As someone who has been passionate about the music scene, and contributed too...I have already decided pakaian ketika menghadiri majlis malam AIM.

Pada ada sorang anak bangang lahanat yang komen kat blog aku not so long ago, kalao tak puas ati, boycott...then aku say, gi mampos ler ko.

I am still a member of the Akademi, still a jury of AIM, selain dari membuat liputan event malam tu. Plus my former artiste pun tercalon, so?

Small minded f**ks....

Anyway...back to bab pakaian. I won't stick to the black tie, walaupun da decide akan pakai smart casual, just a jacket and such. But I will be wearing a black armband. Nanti aku bagi specifications kat sini kalao sesapa yang akan hadir malam tu juga nak gak pakai.

I'm wearing that because it's my personal stand, that we should be mourning. For the music industry takkan ke mana ngan memacam campurtangan yang mencemarkan dan merosakkan dunia muzik.

I believe deep down, they may still love the music industry as I passionately do...cuma meka da lupa what it's all about. That's it's not just about Ringgit and Sens...that it's about the creative soul of the people who make up the scene.

As Yasmin quoted in Gubra.

"The lamps are different, but the light is the same."

Okler...nak berhenti meroyan...posting on AIM lagi esok.

Sebelum aku end this posting, ni ada budak letak kat myspace...aku rasa ni ler sentimen yang melanda industri muzik kita bila ramai tak puas ati..setuju ke tak..aku no komen.

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Keep it gay!!!

Where the f**k have my tax dollars gone. Sibuk jatuh harga keta....so what?

Jalan semakin sesak, jam semakin teruk...harga minyak tetap naik mendadak. So??!!!

That's supposed to help the people out how!

Aku ari ni lepas dari Klang kul 4.30 petang. Tau tak....I was stuck on the Federal f**king Highway selama berapa jam?

Aku sampai Bangsar nak dekat 8.30pm!!! You work the math out! Four bloody hours! Dahler nak terberak. First two hours aku leh tahan agik...I mean admire the small things around us blah blah blah...

Pas dua jam lebih terperangkap dalam traffic, dok dalam keta, bontot pun nak naik bisul, amik ko mula ler the road bully in me keluar. Mana tak nya....dahler kita nak courteous on the road....three ambulances sped past me within half an hour, pastu these ambulance chasers selamba je ikut belakang, cut in front of me. K***k tul!!!

Berejam wei aku tunggu....!!!! Mak ko lahirkan ko star sangat ker sedap mak bapak ko nak potong line ni.

But my day was made later sebab akhirnya, because later in the night, gi KLCC tengok The Producers.

Unlike the stupid movie I caught the night before, date Movie, this was one funny, comedic effort that not only had a lot of heart, but was worth every bloody Sen!

Konsep dia musical, so kalau yang tak biasa tuh, think Moulin Rouge and such. The songs were funny, the plot was good, and the acting...wow....let me just say that Matthew Broderick has been one of my favourite actors all this while, tapi saham dia memang naik in my books after this movie. That boy can really sing! So can Uma Thurman! Nathan Lane was great as usual...and all in all, it was two hours well spent.

Aku, Rudy, Vernon dan Reza pecah perot. Let me just say this movie is extremely campy without overdoing the stereotypes, so if you get what I mean, and it's your cup of tea, then catch it NOW!!!

Just a little background. The Producers is the brainchild of comic genius Mel Brooks (if you don't know him, don't say you're into the comedy genre). The Producers originally was a 1968 motion picture comedy. It then evolved and became the record-breaking Tony Award winning hit receiving 15 nominations and winning a record breaking 12 awards including for Best Musical, Best Director, Best Choreographer and Best Actor. It remains one of the most honoured musicals in the history of American theater.

Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick (damn you Sarah Jessica Parker!!!) reprise their roles as Max Bialystock and Leo Bloom, as in the musical. with the feature length musical comedy.

At the same time, perasan ramai yang dok gi panggung nak tengok Gubra. Seab malam Jumaat kot....dan ramai sibuk tunaikan tanggungjawab lain, semua panggung takder ler yang sold out...
Anyway...at least now you guys know two movies you should be watching. I need to check out Ice Age 2 soon...

Okler...nak sambung dengar my song of the moment, Daniel Powter's Bad Day...and then nak tidur...night my blog...

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The best??!! Of what??!!

Baru balik dari tengok wayang bodoh bertajuk Date Movie together with Vernon and Muzaffar. Sapa ada rancang nak have a go at this movie, jimat ler duit ko jer. Dia konsep parody, but it's anything BUT funny. Menyampah tul lawak bodoh dia...

Kalau camni, memang lebih sesuai simpan duit tengok Gubra.

I love comedies, but this is beyond crap. I mean, classic Mel Brookes punya slapstick, like Robin Hood : Prince of Tights or the Hot Shots series semua ply on the parody genre, but none of them sink as low as this.

Gi pun sebab Vernon sibuk nak tengok movie, sebab dia belanja, kami mengalah to his choice.

Tapi puh-lease...I think my choice of Ice Age 2 or The Producers would have been way better.

Dahler masuk panggung supposedly the movie da start sebab we were about five minutes late.

Tapi kena layan dekat 10 minit punya iklan pelbagai.

Pastu, lepas memacam trailers and previews and beribu iklan bodoh, the movie started....

Yang peliknya...it didn't look like what Date Movie was supposed to be.

"Remember...remember the 5th of November..."

Serious je...erm...pelik gak. Ten minutes later....kami semua garu pala, termasuk orang lain dalam panggung, bila tiba-tiba keluar tajuk V For Vendetta. Erm...is this still trailer ke ni?

Takkan ler kan...ada orang bangun dari tempat duduk nak bising kat projector operator.

Well...looks like everyone's worst fear was confirmed.

THEY PUT IN THE WRONG F****ING MOVIE!!!!

Haiyo!!! How can that happen lah!

Start the first ten minutes of the movie...it pretty much showed us what the movie was going to be....a painful B Grade production yang bodoh nak mampos!

It's insulting to anyone's intelligence...and trust me, I know some real idiots...

Abih movie, lepak isap rokok kat depan area fountain KLCC (seronok sekali sekala ala rempit lepak).

Headed back to the office to finish some work. Which brings me to the whole point of this posting.

Petang tadi gi tugasan nak cover pengumuman mereka yang akan membuat persembahan dan akan menyampai kan award pada AIM nanti.

Aku malas nak komen lebih pasal sapa yang dipilih....cukup ler setakat kalau ikutkan AIM, Siti Nurhaliza hanya layak menyampaikan trofi, along with some unknowns liek Etty Farhana (penting ke) while show tahun ni memang nampak tahap bosan gaban sebab samaada artis recycle dari show lain, artis non-Malaysian yang recycle gak, dan mereka yang nampaknya memang ada kepentingan. Malas spekulasi lebih-lebih.

Korang tengok list pun leh mampu baca what I mean.

I repeat what I said. Tahun ni, aku hanya sanggup menghadapi AIM untuk mengikut dengan penuh harapan, kejayaan Adibah Noor yang akhirnya mendapat pengiktirafan selepas 12 tahun menunggu nak merakam album.

Tanpa bantuan pihak korporat atau politik, kak Deebs has gotten SIX nomination, and yang pentingnya, she deserves EACH AND EVERY ONE OF IT!

By the way, memandangkan blog aku banyaks entuh bab Akademi Fantasia, peminat siri realiti No 1 tu can now see that NONE of the bintang-bintang dari tiga musim tu akan menjayakan AIM kali ni, biar sebagai penyampai ataupun untuk menjayakan persembahan.

Buatlah kesimpulan sendiri.

As for the other names who are missing, or who are there, korang pepandai ler assume what you want. Semua orang mampu fikir....mantap atau tidak, ataupun bakal hambar edisi anugerah yang SEPATUTNYA berprestij ni....renungkanlah.

Aku cuma end this posting ngan satu soalan untuk direnungkan.
Adakah AIM masih meraikan kegemilangan yang terbaik dalam industri muzik MALAYSIA??!!

Malas komen lebih...nak sambung kerja.

PS - Sori aku terpaksa buang comments, tapi haloscan aku lak wat hal. Hish...

Untuk ulasan dan komentar lanjut dan discussion mengenai pemilihan performers and penyampai tuk malam gilang gemilang yang tak kuasa aku...sila ke sultanmuzaffar punya blog.

Barisan artis yang akan membuat persembahan di AIM 13
Adibah Noor
Ahli Fiqir
Akbar
Brothers
Dayang Nurfaizah
Dina
Elyana
Jaclyn Victor
Jamal Abdillah
Jason Lo
M. Nasir
Ridzuan
Shanon
Sharifah Zarina
V.E.
Waheeda
Zoul

Penyampai-penyampai, terdiri daripada :
Ajai
Amy Mastura
Etty Farhana
Farah Fauzana
Jatt
Juliana Banos
Khadeeja
Nash
Ning Baizura
Nurul
Rina Omar
Sarimah Ibrahim
Siti Sarah
Siti Nurhaliza

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Community project

Just no wise ass cracks for this one. Supposed to post this a long time ago, but anyways, here's the community project spearheaded by badrulaftersix.

It's a worthy cause, so please give till it hurts. As for me...I'm hurting financially from shopping and saving for a long list of birthdays, so I hope that come 8 April, to volunteer whatever of my services. And kalau ada rezeki, I hope to contribute too. Tanak lah nanti janji lebih tapi pledge je lebih.

Memang tak besar ler sumbangan kalau tenaga kerja, but at least I can do something lor...
Hope you guys chip in.

The project is also supported by leen, and at fiebie, and sultanmuzaffar... so kalau korang nak info lebih, do drop by their blogs.

Kalau you guys nak senang lagi (tapi aku rasa senang gak kalau call atau email Badrul directly), email me at joelee@mmail.com.my with berapa amount that you rasa nak pledge, and the, kalau senang, pakai Maybank2U pun leh transfer.

Tapi kalau leh guys, remember the event is on 8 April, so if you find it in your hearts to give, do...thanks!

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Happy birthday to you... ko memang kertu!

I've been so preoccupied with so many things, that blog aku ni bebetul diabaikan. I really wish I could smack myself silly for just ignoring my blog at times...tapi apa nak wat kan....sometimes, writing about my mundane (and yet at times, unbelievably hectic) life, is not exactly a priority.

But hari ni aku masuk office awal, earlier than working hours (which for me starts actually at 10am), for penance's sake sebab aku sibuk indulge in a spot of shopping over the weekend.

Boleh?

Aku jarang sekali nak shopping (really....) so once in a while, I just decide to do a tour of some spots, and go hunting for stuff I like.

But more of that later.

Nothing much to report over what I did last weekend. Quite boring actually.

On Friday night, ingat nak surprise ler si angklung sebab his birthday was the next day (sesuai lahir pada April Fool's Day!)

Called around some friends for a little midnight surprise...

Semua cam tak confirm, so aku tak pasti jadik ke tak. Jumpa si Bones tuh petang kat Central Market cause dia sibuk the past few days nak carik Legenda Sheila Majid (da nama pon fanatik Sheila dan Siti). Pas dapat da, kami minum sat, sebelum ketibaan Nizam Zakaria dan seorang lagik kawan. Mereka nak gi nonton teater kat Dewan Bandaraya, so meeting point memang dekat ler.

Didn't wanna join them, cause I really didn't feel in the mood to be stuck in a theatre for a production put on by students.

So merempat sana sini sat, before met up ngan orang kurang siuman, yang call aku kata nak join.

Dia tinggalkan keta kat Cheras sebab takde road tax, and kami naik satu kereta gi beli ayam goreng cap kepala tentera omputeh berjanggut putih gak.

Beli tuk bucket with about 15 pieces, sebab budget, aku, Fiebie dan housemate SM, si Kichi... ketiga nya yang plus sized models mesti lantak tiga ketul each. Kira si stick insect lantak seketul, that leaves a good five pieces tuk Nizam and his friend, and possibly ada ler sorang dua lagi yang patut join.

Banyak ler tuh when you kira the double coleslaw and mashed potato kami beli sekali. Tong dram lak sponsor air bebanyak ngan ais (sebab rumah orang tu punya peti ais tuk perhiasan jer tapi not functioning...leh?)

On the way tuh, Presiden Aiman FC da cancel nak join sebab baru sampai rumah, malas drive ke Sentul nak join surprise makan-makan kami buat.

Takper...budget ramai lagi. SMS si Nizam mintak mai dalam diam pas abih teater so ada ler small gathering gaks.

Sampai jer rumah Muzaffar in the ghetto called Sentul, kami pun naik ler. Sampai rumah tengok padlock dari luar! Aiyo! Bad vibes!!!

Call punya call, birthday boy tak angkat phone, sama ngan Nizam. Ni kes tak abih teater lagik ni. Apa kes???!!! Start 8.30pm. Ni da dekat 11.30pm da!!! Teater apa ni??!!!

Call Kichi lak, dia sibuk ler nak bayar bil plastik dia tuh kat Citibank. Pastu, siap singgah McDonald's nak bungkus sebab sibuk bak bebudak bawah scholarship dia.

So Fiebie and me just waited. And waited... and waited... and waited...dok tepi tangga cam penagih tunggu nam merompak orang.

Sampai ada jiran yang balik tuh, dok usha kami cam kami ni penyangak. Sial!

Dahler memasing tak makan dinner. Kebulur sih!!!

Last-last tak tahan, hentam ler yang light-light jer. Start ngan potatoes and coleslaw. Sib baik ada air tin sekali so takyah usik yang botol.

Pas makan hisap entah berapa batang rokok...dok tengah sumpah je housemate due ekor tak balik-balik ni. Dahler da pas midnight, Haper punya surprise birthday.

Last-last Kichi membuat special appearance. Dalam nak masuk rumah, si Muzaffar call. Ada lak dia gelakkan kami!!! @#$%^&* Memang mintak nak kena maki ngan aku....

Pastu tunggu dia muncul, ada ke sibuk nak stop 7-11 nak beli tuh nih....terpaksa pecah lobang cakap kami da beli. Abih surprise.... terpaksa kami cakap ada beli makan minum.

But at least when he got back, it was kinda fun because a bunch of friends had gathered. Cuma ada ratu sorang ni yang aku call kata on the way tapi rupanya ont he way Dreamland sebab tak muncul....rasanya akibat membadak ler tuh.

Pas abih mini makan party tuh, semua adjourn, aku went for a drink with Fiebie dalam nak amik keta dia kat Cheras.

Pas minum, aku jadik ler runner dia, drive a short distance in front of him nak pastikan takde road block. Baru nak kuar area tuh, dia call aku nak remind aku keep watch.

Baru lepas traffic light immediately, aku kena tahan kereta peronda. Mamat tu tanya aku, "Tau tak apa salah ko?" Aku kata sebab tak pakai seat belt, which is a bad habit of mine. Dia terdiam sat...and said, "Tu dan ko gayut kat handphone".

Me and my big mouth. Tak pasal-pasal da dua kesalahan. Cis...Fiebie punya salah ni call aku.

As usual, aku berjaya lepaskan diri tanpa kena saman after sweet talking the three of them. It's easy when you know how...but not before dia comment aku punya spikes ("Ni black metal ni!"), my tattoo ("Ni gangster ni"), my sampah sarap of my new clothes and shoes aku beli tak pakai lagi yang clutter ("Ni semua apa ni").

Bangang tul...

Anyway, sampai rumah pun da nak subuh. Sial tul...planning banyak benda aku nak buat.

First sepatutnya ada gathering komuniti msjbox, which I really wanted to go at 11am. Pastu lak, ada audition Rockstar : The Series, sekali ngan audition Akademi Fantasia.

Then there was the Jiwang United gathering, but I wasn't invited for that. I also had the National Press Club dinner, but I decided against that sebab tanak spend the weekend with stuffed shirts. And there were a couple of other things yang semua cam happening sekali.

Aku dah agak...

As predicted, aku bangun pun dah petang, so haram satu pun benda aku gi. Later that evening, sempat ler singgah Astro sat usha auditions, first day of the last call. Still takde yang star. Semua burok cam neyeru ujan.

Malam tu gi clubbing, while showing off my new belt yang LED display. (seronok jadik walking billboard!)

The next day, got up early, budget nak gi Berjaya Times Square sebab nak tengok call back auditons for Rockstar, tapi singgah 1 Utama beli this pair of absolutely fabulously funky vintage cargo pants on sale!

By the time I got to the venue, audition pun nak abih. But I really have to say, bangga ler, sebab the audition tu, not Malaysian, but Asian level. Hanya dalam 100 lebih orang audition hari sebelum, but about a dozen dapat, and semua orang Malaysia! Bangganya!

Aku sedih sebab Emmett dari Butterfingers tak mai audition walaupun pujuk dia melalui his wife, Terrina, who is a collegaue of mine (meka baru kahwin berapa minggu lepas) tuk talk to him to audition.

He would have gotten in for sure.

Anyway, aku tak terkejut reception towards Rockstar dingin. Sebab most of the people here, berangan je rockstar...tapi bagik peluang chicken out sebab meka ni rock kapok je. Not real rockers...People here claim they're rockers, but their misconception of rock is wearing tight pants and screaming in pain. The truth is, there is a lot more to rock, though sadly it's not represented locally.

Anyways, from what I gather, yang layak for the call backs had another round of auditions, and their tapes will be sent off. And then later, in LA, or something.... the tapes from around the world will be reviewed together untuk judge tengok sapa yang akan masuk rumah Rockstar tu.

Now THAT'S a reality competition yang world gila. Because, bukan tuk satu negara je, tapi worldwide competition di mana pemenang dia akan dikenali serata dunia. I wish we had a Malaysian yang dapat masuk, because it would in a way put our country on the map. Tapi harap kalau ada yang dapat tu betul betul kualiti ler...kalau tak malu je.

Kalau ada yang kat luar tu minat, you have three days to get your demo, video to Hong Kong sebab closing date for postal entries is 7 April. Hurry up and get to the official Rockstar homepage and get more details and the form there. Sempat tuh kalau FedEx kan your entry.

Anyways, after that went for another round of shopping with Terrina. Picked up two shirts on sale, yang memang aku tak caya murah gila!!! I love bargain hunting!!!

When we were done, I headed home and KOed terus.

Spent the remainder of Sunday sleeping.

Monday was nothing to shout about and got through it. Later in ther evening, keluar ngan Muzaffar. Supposed to hunt for a laptop, tapi last-last, divert to 1 Utama and bought this pair of sneakers yang tengah sale Buy 1 Get 1 FREE! GORGEOUS!!!!

Dia design dia cam Converse, tapi glittery!!!

Cam disco ball bergerak ler kaki aku. (buta pon leh kalao tengok lama-lama) In fact, they looked so glittery, aku posekan kan office desk aku sebelah disco ball kat meja aku. Amacam? Funky? Or sucky?

Aku da eyeing this pair of kasur masa aku kat 1 Utama the day before! But later that night when

I was thinking of it, I forced myself to read my Shopaholic books to remind me how carried away

I was getting. Still...the promo was enough to convince me to part with cash for it.
Angklung terlalu absorbed in his busuk punya t-shirt murah, hadiah dari kaki tak update blog yang balik dari Hong Kong tak beli apa-apa tuk kawan lain, dan hadphone Nokia N70 yang dihadiahkan family dia. Patutler rajin balik kampung lak on Saturday kan....ada lobster behind the stone rupanya....

Later last night, met up ngan Vernon, minum, then drop by Felix punya birthday party nak jemput Nikki dan Yanie yang dijemput hadir.

Yerlah...fan club tak ajak kita pun. Tak heran. Felix sibuk lak mintak maap tak jemput. Tak heran pun....lagik besh merajuk....Felix pujuk (feeling star gituh!)

Ajak Yazer join supper, tapi dia letih, si Felix dok kat hotel tuh gak, so takyah...malas jadik teksi nak menghantar...so tak pujuk dia sangat nak join.

Went back, slept. Got in this morning awal gila sebab rasa bersalah abih duit kat kasut tuh, and konon nak rajin.

Masuk nak update blog, halfway Dreamy ngan aku gi breakfast. First time dapat time 1 on 1 bebetul out of the office ngan dia...heaven!!!

Ok ler...nak sambung keja...happy birthday again, kertu!

Jangan berangan....ko memang da tua!....I'm still years younger than you!!!!

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Gubra

I could say watch Gubra, the latest offering from Yasmin Ahmad. But knowing kan mentality orang kita, kalao kata bagus, and that it is indeed worth a watch, the self-appointed skeptics mesti rebutt balik and scream bloody murder, protesting the suggestion for whatever reasons best known to them.

So I'll try a little of reverse psychology. Don't watch Gubra!!! Boleh?

But there is some seriousness to that joke, though if it indeed was an honest statement, I would add, don't watch Gubra....if you're wallowing in self-pity like me.

Now...that's better.

For Gubra...is one of THE BEST, if not already at the top of the pile of mediocre mainstream crap we get, catering to the hormonal adolescent teen market, starring the latest in-fashion pin-up.

Aku nak tulis review pasal Gubra semalam dalam blog aku, walaupun aku jarang akan review apa pun (sebab tu da keja aku-perlu ke dalam blog pon aku nak main review-review). But hours even after watching the movie masa media preview kat KLCC semalam, I felt, for a need of a more accurate and encompassing word, empty.

Personally, I think because aku relate pada my emotional self, and my personal state of mind at the moment, explorations of the theme of love, was not the right thing to face. So the movie, which explored every facet of the emotion, just threw me into the deep end. Hence it took me some time to digest....

Gubra did something to me, that was the mark of all the great movies I've watched. It left an impact on me, even hours after it was over.

It inspired questions....and emotions. So ni sambil aku narrate...aku letak pic Nani tuk korang feel ek! By the way...Sharifah Amani ROCKS big time in Gubra!

Watching Gubra was an emotional experience...and while it may not be the same for you...that was what it did to me. Without even mentioning the technicalities of the production, just for what it stirred up inside me, Gubra gets a standing ovation from me. It's an A+ effort...a 10 out of 10 simply because it was 100% heart!

The story?

Boleh la Gubra dikira sambungan kepada Sepet, even though it's not. Berakhirnya cerita Sepet dimana Orked dipisahkan dengan Jason, bermulanya episod baru dalam Orked as a married woman dalam Gubra.

And like I said, the theme of love is prevalent. Love between Orked and the husband she thought would love and protect her. The insight into love between all the characters for that matter.

Sekaligus, simultaneous, kami juga dihidangkan with another story. Cerita pasal Temah. The in-depth, non-judgemental nature of the movie's script in tackling with the plot that revolves around prostitution, friendship and piety is simply overwhelming.

Acting? Thumbs up for almost all members of the cast, but I think everyone should determine for themselves.

Production wise? Lighting and set production is definitely one of the strong points of the movie, while camerawork has the Yasmin stamp all over it.

Storyline? Excellent!!!

Let me put it this way. Selepas habis movie, while semua orang excited over how it turned out, aku duduk diam je tuk sekejap. The movie, left me pining for a hug by someone....anyone.

I think there were about three points in the movie that provided me with the tear-jerking effect yang aku nangis sebab moved sangat.

The first was the intial stir I felt masa Orked dapat tau laki dia curang. But masa Orked marah tu nak tanak balik ngan laki dia, emotionally, I was revolting inside thinking "Dump that loser!" as I fought back tears (so drama queen right?) But trust me, we've all been there before, and it's uncanny how the emotion was captured in that scene to have me flashing into every bloody break-up I've been in.

The second was masa Orked melangkah masuk rumah Jason. Once you see the movie, ko paham kenapa dia ke rumah Jason....aiyooo...trust me...that part of the movie is going to have you bawling!

Langkah pertama dalam rumah je aku da menitis air mata....nevermind masa dia....nuts...just watch it already.

Scene mak dan ayah Jason tu sedikit ler moved, but the third and final scene aku rasa sent me the deepest message, was the final scene from the whole movie.

Part ni...ko kena tunggu pas movie abih...dok diam-diam sambil usher semua hentak-hentak pintu seolah menghalau dari panggung.

Wait for the credits to roll...and you'll see what the final scene is. Aku rasa nak sumpah Yasmin je time tu. Mana taknya...ada ke letak scene camtu masa panggung da pasang lampu....wat malu je aku menitis air mata lagik!

Damn...hilang macho aku! What a waste of investment in getting that tattoo to butch me up more. (perluke???)

All in all....I'm going to watch Gubra again....and I think...for the first time, aku nak persuade my mom (my dad impossible lah...dia tak suka kuar rumah) to watch the movie with me.

To all of you...watch the movie. Seriously. It's funny without being stupid. It's moving without being cliched. It's loaded without being preachy. And it's teary without coercion.

To Yasmin and Co. Thanks for the movie. And more importantly, thanks for the experience.

After aku abih tengok movie, gi makan, then hisap rokok kat perkarangan KLCC. All I have to say is, the weather betul-betul reflect the movie (ceh...promosi lagik!) as well as my mood after watching it.

Dark...brooding...and yet, still with that light shining through. Aiyo...I don't think I'm making sense. Nevermind. I'm yapping on and on and not making sense, watch the movie and then korang ler tengok sendiri what your reaction is.

Didn't do much the past few days. Lethargic as bloody hell.

Apa pun...one thing lighted up my day semalam. Couldn't stop smiling thinking about it. Aku kat Cheras having dinner, when I spotted this kedai game lah....tapi signboard dia, KEDAI PERMAIANAN.

Very the tak control bahasa. Very the lirik lagu...oops!

Anyway, I couldn't take a snapshot of that ridiculous display, but I got this other little signage where they also made a little mistake.

Bila da realise too late, tiba-tiba amik liquid paper, mark kat tepi konon. Member aku siap tak perasan marah-marah aku, apa dia...apa dia.

Mungkin dia dulu memang belajar kat selolah kot...(why do I keep imagining the word celluliute?)

By the way, kalau nak review Gubra yang proper sikit, gi blog sultanmuzaffar. atau just go to Yasmin Ahmad's blog. Good read, both of 'em. And kalau nak join the TSC Gubra Together-gether "Don't gabra-gabra, let's go see Gubra!", remember it's on hari Khamis, bersamaan 6 April 2006, time to be announced later. For more info email teddisini@gmail.com.

PS - Disebabkan ramai kata ruangan Comments aku gila kekadang makan komen orang, ni aku dalam proses nak pindahkan ruangan ni ke Haloscan. So give it a try and gimme a shout!

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