Laporan dan luahan

*Aku awal-awal kata akan buat posting on Saturday pre-concert tapi I don't think I have the mood, so apa aku leh kata is, bersedia tuk 'kejutan' dalam konsert ini (tak pun dalam konsert depan) mengenai jumlah pelajar. Nothing confirmed... just thought you guys should just stand by. Akan membuat posting on Sunday after the concert.

I want to start today's entry by saying ... "F**K THE FRISKIES CAT, FIFI!!!" Bak kata Pixie - kesian Fifi tak bersalah...)

You want endorsement? That's my reception towards crap endorsements like that.
Sure... what I want is watching Farhan chasing after the cat, and Faizal stroking pussy. Oops... did that sound nasty?

Tapi semalam punya Diari of that Adabi freak visiting the Akademi, then followed by the cat, points to a problem faced by Akademi Fantasia.

Exploitation.

I mean it's kind of ironic to say that as that's what the whole bloody thing is about anyway. The exploitation of pop culture... the exploitation of emotions etc...

But it's become so shameless these days with endless brands hauling their mascots into the act and it's like practically shoving their products right up your rectum forcibly (did that analogy bring pleasure to anyone - gelak sat ek).

Speaking of exploitation, tadik baru got off the phone with the mentally disturbed authority of Akademi Fantasia, and there was something shared that kind of struck a nerve.

"Akademi Fantasia - they show you what they want you to believe, but you have to look beyond that 'programming value' and determine for yourself the REAL layers that lie beneath".

Deep?

Not really.

That simply means, kalau production mahu menonjolkan sesuatu untuk ko percaya, and ko buta-buta nak translate the images literally, then ko ler mangkuk hayun, mangkuk jamban, botol kicap dan segalanya.

You have to think beyond what you see, and interpret the actions of the kids and their reactions... which is what most people don't do.

Ni masuk kes lain lak...but kind of related. Pada mereka yang faham dan bertanyakan aku mengenai ini, dan aku mula-mula tak ingin jawab... this is sort of your answer.

Lagik tak paham kalao ada yang kaki wat press release punya skema punya style, nak bodohkan orang with supposed insightful meanderings to pass it off as intelligent musings when they know next to nothing in most cases.

I mean it's not like they can write in the first place... bayau beribu pun tok dok goyang kaki merembes jer kerja ngan jantan wat apa?

You think you can write? Well, all I can say is some people just lack emotional quotient... and in some unique cases like I mentioned, they don't even have IQ to begin with.

So, they end up plodding through life, thinking helluva lot of themselves, scrounging around for free drinks and thinking the world of themselves.

And when someone proves more dynamic, they're threatened?!!!

Pathetic lor... tapi nak wat apa.

Inferiority complex does not discriminate.

Nama je educated but perangai? Erm... dah buat salah, mencari alasan untuk salahkan orang. Buat salah, tak reti minta maaf. Lebih sebulan aku bersabar dengan ego perasan bintang tapi lebih meyerupai BINATANG ni... so for the online community, think it over sendiri.
No loss to me.

But THINK of the people you hurt in the process. I fight back and give as good as I get, but the real defenceless ones are the ones who get hurt for getting caught in the middle.

Remember I can get you anytime I want jer, so don't push me! Nak attack blog aku? Blog virtual.... tak heran.

Esok tup blog pon aku tak harap duit yang dijana melalui iklan murahan untuk nak hidup nak bayar bil kad kredit yang berlambak cam ko! Setakat pekerja KONTRAK penting ke?

In other words. Be afraid. Be very afraid.

Ingat ko nombor satu? Pathetic.. amik ler kalao tuh yang ko nak. Some of us don't need numbers, or other people to validate what we're worth to live another day. Sad f**k!

Moving on (amik nafas dulu)... dalam Diari ari ni, ada sambungan dari semalam punya suspenseful ending, which reflects Haziq's insecurities - not unfamiliar seeing I have had the 'opportunity' to deal with someone similar as well, just OLDER.

Rupanya mamat ni (Haziq ler) kononnya insecure not because of the physical problems faced walaupun kata sakit badan and all, tapi sebab disturbed about the alliance yang aku kata formed between Lotter and Faizal, and subsequently Lotter and Rich. Erm... Diddy leh relax jer wat biasa, dia ni lak over sebab tak dapat attention.

Leh jalan la mamat.

The forced get-along was just crap, cause I think that was one concern yang Dr Eveready should have been there for to deal with, tapi time ni ler meka tanak panggil dia. Teruk la.. timing tak kena langsung.

Progress overall, aku thankful si Ajai ajar bebudak ni pasal stressing on the right lyrics to get the feel, as well as the importance of the application of the range of dynamics to their performance.

Walaupun benda basic yang aku perasan Adnan dan Siti Hajar wat in previous years, nampaknya this year, sampai minggu ketiga baru si Ajai yang tegur. Ker production edit? Not sure... but either way, it obviously helps.

Besh tengok si Marsha dan Felix muncul kat Akademi, but I think it would have been better kalau ada gabungan dalam kemunculan bekas pelajar dari antara mereka yang berjaya dari musim pertama hingga ketiga.

Samsuddin Amin? Erm.. bagus gak meka bak orang senior masuk Akademi, but I think it hardly helps the kids to spend time on learning about lenggok Asli yang bertahun nak perfectkan.
Still it was nice to see Amirul, Velvet, Rich, Farhan and Lotter mencuba lenggok asli ni... tapi perlu ke Haziq?

Nak tido laaa.... I suppose this is one of the indulgent moments nak build confidence dia kot so that he feels good about his kebolehan.

Diari kedua bermula ngan lalakan bebudak yang attempt Smells Like Teen Spirit. Horrors!!!!

Uwaaa.. kelas pengenalan taekwondo! I love this part because I used to take this. Ingat lagi time sekolah rendah amik kelas.

Sebab aku ni berat (doktor kata berat tulang, bukan sebab gemuk - yerlah tuh!!!) aku masa nak amik green belt punya exam, aku kena sparring ngan satu body weight class. I was Standard Five and my challenger was Form Three. Gila ke haper??!!

Tapi yang beshnya pastu sapa nak wat hal ngan aku kena penyepak atau penumbuk memang berbisa!!! Tapi aku surrender ler masuk brown belt jer. Sebab sakit la tengok orang breaking tiles and all. But at least sampai ari ni body aku walaupon bolat abih pun mampu nak ala split and kicks aku semua leh lagik.

Away from nostalgia and back to the Diari, aiyak, meka ni pecah apa tuh? Perlu ke?
I would have preferred to see them practise the basic patterns because it would help in their dancing and get their moves sharper.

Matila pasni aku kena bow to Fazley sebab belt dia itam. Aiyo... standard rule ma!
Erm.. kecoh bebudak ni gak ek kat meja makan. Mak bapak aku ajar masa time makan, jangan kecoh depan rezeki.

Suka sesi ngan Ramli Sarip, because I think he made a lot of comments were spot on, though hardly think as positively of what the kids will do in reacting to the helping statements.
Aiyo... while I love Ramli Sarip's whole shindig, I really can't take this emotion lah! It's so over!
I want to see them stick their damn noses to the grindstone.. and more importantly, getting BETTER! Not crying at every opportunity, and getting in touch with their inner selves.

Okler... sapa nak layan.. layan. Aku nak go out and PARTY!!! Need to celebrate something, even though nothing to celebrate sebab stress benda BODOH the whole week. Anyway, happy cause my mom medical check up ari ni dia ok, walaupun ada breathing complications before.

Rupanya stress sebab uncle aku ninggal and all, so it was kind of induced with her current health condition brought on already by age related factors. But thankfully she's ok... and my sis came back today for lunch kat rumah earlier, so it was at least a happy moment for me.
Now to.. PARTY!!! Eh.. sebelum tu. Lupa nak promo sat.

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Bersedia untuk menghadapi apa sahaja tekanan keadaan

Opening je Diari Akademi Fantasia, kena berdepan ngan klon Felix.. maskot Adabi yang erm.. memang promosi abis-abisan nampaknya.

Banyak kot Adabi sponsor.

Fast forward sikit, tengok Faizal kena dera ngan Umi. Erm... macho si Faizal jalan complete with a swagger like, well, you can imagine. Patutlah sampai ada yang biased kerana tergedik nak kat dia.

Terbetul tak slight bongkok dia, doesn't matter. Orang kata orang yang bongkok...erm.. oh never mind. Nanti takde berita student lain asik focus dia jer... as it is pun official website Akademi Fantasia menjadi tempat promosi Faizal. Cam lupa lak ada 9 pelajar lain kat dalam tuh... (sesekali selit sorang lagi pelajar sebab takut kena serang)

Kelas drama, they went through some basic exercises with Umi, though malas nak explain, but I think so far, Umi's classes yang paling functional sekali. I think she's able to translate the need, and comes up with an applicable syllabus yang not only is functional tapi also entertaining to watch.

Eh... Rich dan Faizal dah jadi sahabat karib ke? Bila lak dia dump Lotter? Well, I suppose friendship is fleeting with some.

Amboi, Ajai kata da aemakin serasi si Amirul. Erm... takde vibrato takde apa-apa... feel? Ok jer...

Velvet memang besh tapi shot dia rehearse spoil ngan muka Salima as usual overdose lak cam perform miming. Tak tahan jer minah ni nak erm... lantaklah.

Diddy did way better than Amirul, but still tak berjaya keluarkan suara because he still seems way too tense. At least Syafizawati and Ajai tegur, hopefully Diddy improves on it in time.
Zila? Kenapa aku rasa cam dia sakit perut tengah tahan jer dari terberak time nyanyi? It was just decent vocal presentation, if you forgive the lack of projection.

But I do admit dia leh get into the groove of the song, so that's her plus point.

Rich wat lagu Sumazau ker? Tak pasai-pasai 'melebarkan' sayap sambil menyanyi. Rich doesn't quite understand subtle, a word he can't seem to really comprehend. Bila dia chill sikit, terus tak ada feel jadi drama swasta. But sesakit dengar suara Rich, teruk lagi bila Haziq came on next.

Apa lagi? Berminggu tengok Haziq, sama jer... takde perubahan... tak ada peningkatan.
Farhan was next, but the clip was way too short to actually grab a feel of whether she was doing well for Still Got The Blues ke tak... well hopefully she does it well enough.

"Malam ini... kamu semua berpeluang untuk berhubungan..."

Jeritan cam babun terkeluar sangkar tergedik baru dapat kerja.

Lain je bunyi ek Dr. Eveready wat offer. Korang kalao otak 18SX memang leh terbayang orgy lak.

Semua dapat peluang ngan family sebenarnya, tapi semua nampak ler lepas rindu... except ler Salima AS USUAL!

Jabatan Bekalan Air over melimpah!!!

Kalau cam si Velvet ok lagi, nangis pun bersebab birthday ayah dia.

Boringgggggg!!!! But cliffhanger si Diddy dapat panggilan lak entah dari pompuan mana...herm...

Lor...lagik satu gimik. Blur gak ek si Diddy. Sebelum kuar a few lines from Biarlah Rahsia, aku rasa orang dah leh tangkap sapa on the phone.

But anyway, it was a nice surprise for him, walaupun mula-mula dia maintain macho.

Abih kuar jer dari bilik, melonjat ke'happy'an.

The contact with the family bit was stupid...simply because I don't see why these kids have to be distracted and have precious moments focusing on emotions. Into the third week, they should already know that they's almost gone one third of the journey into their stay at Akademi Fantasia (untuk beberapa orang yang lain, semkin dekat ler to bye bye kan)

But nooooooo... we love drama kan??!!! But most of the kids were pretty alright in their handling. I especially loved how Farhan's mom shared tips with the girl on improving her performance. I thought it was positive that her parents were using the call to get the best out of her...rather than nak just waste time perah airmata.

The best example of that would be who else but.. surprise... surprise.. SALIMA!
Velvet again... aku leh maap kan ler sebab besday ayah dia kan?

One thing I noticed was that seems to be a new alliance forming ala Survivor. Kalao sebelum ni Faizal and si Lotter were best buds, the new week seems to have brought on a relationship shift with Faizal getting kissy huggy with Rich.

And the new alliance seems to have other 'tribes' especially the orang asli worried, but more on that later.

What's the deal with the greeting cards from Karen dan Nora?

Mmm.. meka baru seminggu dua in the Akademi lebih dari bebudak Prelude, so big hairy deal... besides, meka akan jumpa tak lama lagi (again, more on that later)

There wasn't much development, but the focus seems to be shifting to students yang sebelum ni lum dapat spotlight.

I loved the sentimental moment from Umi with Sacrifice from Elton John playing in the background. I suppose to naked, untrained eye, it would look extremely cliche and a bit demeaning for the exposure to the flow of emotion.

But I think Umi was trying perhaps to teach them more of harnessing relevant emotions that can be applied to performances for the feel of things, considering pelajar-pelajar Akademi Fantasia semua majoriti membuat persembahan tanpa emosi dan kekayuan.

What I think was demeaning was the chauvinistic act of forcing the girls to cook!!!

Ni jadik kelas Sains Rumah Tangga ke haper???

Pelajar lelaki semua bontot berat tak tolong langsung...and si pengawas sekolah rendah leh arahkan them midway through Syafizawati's class for the girls to get cooking, and the boys can continue.

So caveman mentality.... and I think it was definitely INSULTING that womenfolk, no matter what talents prevail, are considered to be good enough only in the kitchen to cook for starving neanderthals who knock on tables demanding to be fed.

After all, if this was Akademi Seni Rumah Tangga leh la... but the fact is that ALL the kids should be taught to assume responsibility... and I doubt pelajar-pelajar lelaki learned anything from that.

Isn't there any women's organisation yang nak complain ke pasal benda camni, or has it become so embedded in our mentality that this scene could actually be funny?
Haziq nampaknya dapat ler his wish to hog the camera.

I think alomost ten minutes focused on the moka toya just wriggling around in pain salah depression.

I thought Syafizawati should have just sent si Haziq out of the class for not being prepared, but noooooo... instead, we're left with the cliffhanger ending of wondering why he's looking more moronic than usual.

Tidur awal lah malam ni... banyak keja esok...

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Zai zai zai zai...

Sapa nak dengar cita lawak... angkat tangan... angkat kaki pun leh. Cuma tak senonoh lah (lawak bangap 10.30 pagik)

Well anyway, member aku, si Fida semalam kan masuk Diari... untuk nasihat bebudak pasal media communications. Ala... kembar seiras Jac yang terlebih placenta tuh (mampos aku kena carot ngan dia pasni)

Anyway ada ler story... tapi sebelum aku start cita, let me introduce to you a central character of the story. Cita dia pasal seorang erm.. banyak nama ler leh bagik kat dia, tapi malas ler...

Nama sebenar dia Zaihani Mohd Zain. Official title makcik (ke nenek?) ni kat Astro adalah Head of Wardrobe.

Yeap... she's the one to thank for all the lovely costumes yang korang nampak yang orang dok puji ketika konsert Akademi Fantasia.

Oh by the way, nothing to do with the topic, but do you guys love Yoda? Saja nak letak pic hiasan dia kat sebelah ni entah kenapa.

It's short, wrinkled and a grump... oh and I mean Yoda by the way, in case you thought I had moved on to a different topic.

Now back to Zai. Well, kalau nak tau, memang ramai member reporters yang erm... uncomfortable with her. Mana taknya... banyak review da cita pasal quality pakaian.. tapi yang sampai balik kat telinga memasing, kami ni tatau pasal bab fesyen. Rasanya anyone with even any semblance of vision could tell you whether her wardrobe has been any good... but hey... kita ni kan tak ada qualifications in fashion as she says.

Ramai member media da go on heads on with her, and aku pun da pernah run-in ngan dia, tapi aku give it as good (if not better) than I get, so dia memang takder hal ngan aku. Berani ke?

Last sesi sentap ngan dia ni masa aku ikut bebudak Akademi Fantasia III ke Brunei. Masa tuh pakaian masa mereka wat performance kat Jerudong Amphitheatre memang erm.. 'bagus' sangat lah. Sampai dikritik dalam sidang akhbar. Dengan muka bengis dia jawab balik, "Mind you we're in Brunei, not KL."

I didn't see the relevance of that statement tapi lantak ko ler.

Pastu pusing je, wat muka toya, start kutuk bebudak media lak ngan beberapa orang kuncu dia, sampai press Brunei pun nyampah. Wat malu je.

Anyway, dengar cita, semalam Fida abih wat Diari, insan yang begitu murni itu, kutuk-kutuk Fida.

Kononnya dia cakap ngan bebudak kat control room, "Mulut #^& tu? Why are we inviting orang yang camtu... tak sesuai ngan kelas program Akademi Fantasia," or something like that la plus a lot more.

Apa salah si Fida yang tak penah tegur dia pun tatau la, sebab Fida ni memang non confrontational dan setau aku mengelak molot Zai tuh.

Anyway Fida placed a few calls and then dengar at the end of the day, Zai kena warning. Mmmm.. cam tak cukup je.

Astro bila nak tuko pala wardrobe ni?

Malas nak komen la... rumah orang kan. Lantak ler apa yang berlaku kat dalam rumah meka. Tapi kalau da sampai tahap memalukan dan prestasi kerja sebegitu hebat sampai satu Mesia leh lihat kehebatan dia, ingat-ingat sikit ler ek.

Nak gi isap rokok sat sebelum tengok Diari ni.

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Apa ko hengat ko Mike Tyson?!!

YEAY!!!

Kali pertama ada adengan drama swasta gaduh!!! Yeahuuu!!!

Aku suka... aku suka (sambil tepuk tangan kegembiraan ala orang gila)

Tatau ler sebab apa mula-mula... tengah sibuk taip tiba-tiba ada kecoh lak.

Hah... ni laa yang aku nak tengok!!!

Drama yang betul punya emosi!

Tanak la skrip ke lakon ke.. nak yang pure emotion. Now we get to see character sebenar bebudak ni.

Cis... rupanya bebudak ni wat lawak bodoh. Baru nak harap jer gaduh betul...ptoii!!! Ludah kahak kaler ijo... kaler rainbow lagik. Binatang!!!

By the way, Salima over wat muka terkejut.

Balik cita drama swasta, the Diari start mengenai kehilangan Farhan, following her disappearance semalam was played up for five minutes sebelum meka tunjuk yang dia sebenarnya dia da dibawa keluar untuk nak makeover!!!

Tapi yang potong stim tu buat setakat kat hostel wanita tuh perlu ke? Aiyak... but still at least ada ler improvement.

Aku paling suka statement si Lotter time panik kata tak mungkin Farhan merajuk sebab tu bukan cara dia, "kalau Haziq aku cayalah."

Kesian kan Salima.. meraung mintak cam nak jawab lak mana si Farhan. Plastiknya!

Amik ko!!!

Bebudak tuh semua diplomatik... tapi cam si Haziq ni bebudak lain pon tak tahan.

Masuk kelas vocal Syafizawati, tengok semua tak semangat aja... erm.. sayang gak meka kan kat si Farhan. Padan muko sengsorang kalao Farhan takde sebab pengundi mangkok kang kalao Farhan tak make it... their favourites jugak punished by not having the sisterly Farhan around.

Jamal pengawas sekolah tu memang fail ler bab lakonan...nak mintak teka-teka pun buang masa je.

Lawa gak Farhan punya rambut baru. Pesen rebonding. Sayang I would have preferred kalau rambut dia lebih sculptured nak sesuai ngan bentuk muka dia, but better ler at least kan.

Kalao korang tengok muka bebudak yang ada keliling dia, ada yang betul-betul gembira ngan perubahan Farhan, tapi aku tengok cam ada yang tak puas ati.

Malas nak cakap sapa ler tapi korang tengok sendiri.

Dalam kelas Ajai, sedap nyanyian Velvet, but I think she needs more attitude and feel in Teman Tapi Mesra yang sepatutnya lebih menggoda. She's coming off a little karaoke at times. Bagus gak Ajai betulkan...

As for Faizal, sedap tetap sedap. Tapi still aku maintain dia da mula nampak terlampau selesa ngan kedudukan dia. Erm.. jangan Pejal... nanti orang bosan.

Zila and Lotter did quite well and nampaknya they're showing a different side to themselves vocally, one more life in her singing while the other more serious and focused in his vocal presentation.

Tul ke kena 16 buah lagu si Faizal ni?

Erm.. Rich lak cita pasal band dia and all.

Nak masuk Diari kedua, aku da mula pissed off gila da. Mana taknya... tengok kat opis, bebudak da nak carik gaduh da nak tukar tengok match Spain. Pala hangguk opah hang....!!!

Hah.. kan da kena sedas ngan aku.

"It's the World Cup man!"

So what? Do I write about the World Cup? Kalau Mesia masuk leh lagik aku leh elak Akademi Fantasia demi nak patriotik.

Dah match pun dua setengah jam plus here plus there kan? So ko tengok pas 20 minit aku abihkan Diari kedua. Aku ngamuk baru tau...

Erm...ngan muka daring them to change the channel, aku layan Diari kedua ni.

While watching the issue of berat badan - alahai... ada ler yang merungut lagi nak tengok bola. Wei gi mampos wei... aku on TV ni aku have first say. Nak tengok talipon kat tempat duduk aku melayang...

Erm.. Velvet turun 1kg? What an accomplishment! Astro ni... erm... tu pun nak tunjuk ke???
But I suppose I'd prefer nak melayan weighing scale tu than close-ups of Salima or Haziq because mesin timbang tuh pun more personality than them.

Salima naik berat badan? Bukan sebab rendang tuh... sebab ego semakin berat kot! Lawak... lawak... konfiden katanya leh turun 2kg dalam sehari. God, I hope she just bloats up!

Velvet nak gelakkan Salima ni erm... not exactly ideal bodyweight kan? Aiyo!

Merasalah setengah kilogram pun nak kecoh... !!!

Hah.. seperti minggu lepas dah tau, si Hafidah Samat satu bumbung ngan aku nih masuk Akademi nak talk to them about communication skills with media.

Erm... no komen. Aku nak gelak sat ek.. sat ek... erm... (tarik nafas sat). Kesian di introduce dek pengawas as Jaclyn Victor. Aiyo! Keji! Mesti kalau ada yang tertipu ingat si Jac da mengandung!

Wish Fida had been more comprehensive in her advice to the kids because the responsibility she was entrusted to is extremely important. Still, I suppose at this stage, the kids can only take so much in...

Erm...aiyak... Fida.. datin sangat. FRUMPY! That's all I'm saying girl (matilah aku terus call Fida dan menjerit "AFUNDI kelaur Hafida!!!)

Matilah aku kena carut balik, "Wei aku tengah tengok Diairi...jangan kacau aku, nanti aku call balik!"

Gelak dan sambung tengok sambil mencarut Fida lagik ngan bebudak ofis yang tetiba berkumpul depan TV tengok dia ngan bebudak tuh.

Esok masuk keja ni tau laa kena carut...

Alamak Zulfadzli masuk lak? Kronisme!!!!

Make-up artis kontrak Astro gak yang masuk nak bagik lecture. Nampaknya mak andam skang da sampai tahap pujian gaban sampai leh masuk TV ajar make-up ek. Get ler a professional dari L'oreal ke, M.A.C. ker, Maybelline ke. Erm.. ajar bab bedak asas lak.. seb baik tak kata bedak sejuk.

Barangan dapat tuh dari L'oreal tapi pemakainya pakai yang sama branded ke tak?

Faizal dapat tips one on one ek tuk persembahan lagu dia? Did I hear wrong? Perlu ke?

Mintak-mintak tanak la.. apa cita handstands ni... sabau jer la..eh..nak gi makan.. bosan. Faizal ngada la (sambil gelak teringat bab meka gaduh)

Konperm naik undi... dan kalau naik mesti Salima pasni pun nak wat aksi gaduh.

Aku nak wat aksi melantak sat.. lapau... *gone*

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Hipokrit!

Sorry ler guys aku tak sempat update yesterday's ulasan dan carutan of Diari Akademi Fantasia hari Selasa. Sibuk korek cita... nak tau cita apa? Beli The Malay Mail hari esok kat muka depan!
Apapun, going straight into what happened on the Diari, the story picked up ler daripada cita lirik-lirik dan taju lagu mengarut yang telah diberikan.

Bab ni aku suka sangat tengok Papa Rock dan si Ajai ni berlakon, real siot. Siap leh wat nyanyi semua kan like it's for real.

Tengok muka-muka budak-budak tuh horror sekor-sekor aku gelak cam owang gila.

Anywway masa dapat lagu sebenarnya, aku letih lak tengok Faizal practise. Aku masih sokong Faizal, cuma aku cam tension dia dapat lagu Ganu Kiter tuh cause I wanted him to prove to be more adventurous in his attempts, and somehow Astro is not allowing for it.

Paling seronoknya si Velvet lah.. or as she say, "So siok!"

Muka penyu menyusul... sapa lagik kalao bukan Salima wat muka sedih.. leh dia berani kata lagu Obsesi tu, "tak penah dia dengar etc... tak penah tau pun ada lagu camni kat Mesia". Opah hang.... kalao you turn on the radio the past few months, mesti dengar punya. Don't ler reveal your own ignorance.

Nyampah tengok muka M. Nasir... and tak kuasa Rich nak membodek ngan tak abih-abih go on about "saudara M. Nasir".

Velvet dan Faizal ada dalam scene lawak memasing practise lagu sendiri. Sebut practise, meka tunjuk ler Salima sekali tengah practise lagu dia. All I can say is, kalau sesapa ikut Akademi Fantasia dari musim pertama, korang ingat tak time Atie nyanyi kat tangga nak practise lagu tuh?

Memang Salima ni... erm.. Astro kena dapat sponsor pengorek telinga.

Aku nampak Lotter dan si Zila trying hard to get their songs right, while Haziq was just... erm... entahlah. Dah naik malas dan muak tengok muka dia.
Farhan dan Velvet lak, memasing menunjukkan meka bakal tak menghadapi masaalah ngan lagu tugasan memasing.

Rich? Dia, Salima dan Haziq leh pakat wat satu geng ler... hadiahnya piala SUMBANGsih!
Kelas Syafizawati, Amirul dan Haziq langsung tak serious time vocal lessons, manakala si Salima ni time practise lagu pegang muka camtuh kenapa? Sakit gigi ke???

Dalam kelas Ajai, masa tengah practise lagu Zila, si Salima lak over gedik-gedik cam ungka, bontot kena gigit semut.

Gimik memperkenalkan tamu dengan Kak Engku masuk sebagai cleaner ni was quite nicely done, and I though memang benda tu did show something revealing about perangai bebudak.
First nak rush tolong 'kemaskan' ruang tamu bersepah tu, si Farhan. Si Salima pun leh lari tuk nak tolong.. ok gak ler tuh (the only time aku puji Salima setakat ni - mahal tuh!) diikuti Zila manakala yang lain tercegat je tengok.

Aku suka komen-komen Raja Azura about how lagu macam skrip.. ada jalan cita, kena paham dan bukan je hafal supaya penjiwaan not affected. Wait a minute! Check balik posting lama aku... pasal kertas Double A. Ingat tak aku sebut pasal bab tuh...

"Kita kena jujur, kalau tak suka kata tak suka"

Kak Engku.. salute lah! Masaalahnya orang memang tak suka dengar yang sebenar pasal diri mereka. The truth hurts... time cakap benar, orang kita ni, biasalah... "ko dengki.... busuk hati.. buta seni.."

Tudung Pondok Buruk? Tudung saji pun leh bagi kat Salima. Tak heran...

Dalam kelas Corrie, nampak sekor-sekor masih lembik. There is no energy or punch in their movements, and meka semua ni kira kalao setakat standard tahap RTM punya backing dancer leh la...

Time ni aku confuse... kenapa Velvet asik main rambut dan pose depan cermin. Mmm.. quite vain isn't she?

Dalam kelas Umi, bab antara Velvet dan Salima tu, aku puji tul si Velvet punya lakonan. She was emotionally moving, utilising her physical exterior to add to the emotions of her character. Salima just had no depth.

Kalau Velvet lakon ala Fazura punya standard, si Salima ni... erm... kira taraf extra dalam cerekarama RTM yang make up jer lebih tapi lines tuh cam reading je.
Boo!

I like Umi's explanation of perception and how the kids could really be something else and yet be potrayed as something else to the view of others.

Aku rasa penjelasan Umi tu... memang orang patut renungkan.

You see... orang tanya aku memacam, like ko tak rasa bersalah ke kutuk bebudak ni semua camni. Pastu meka kuar ko buat baik.

Jawapan aku senang.

Akademi Fantasia is a competition. Time meka dalam Akademi tu, kita berhak treat them as competitors, and you know, in any competition, berdaya saing tu tak bermaksudnya jahat.

Same with being critical... it's only as cruel as the competition really is.

Kalau meka gedik.. ke over.. ke sumbang suara.. kenapa lak kita tak berhak kritik? Da tayang kat TV.. da kita tengok... da kita AFUNDI...

Kalau takleh tahan ngan kritikan... jangan jadi artis.

But to be fair, meka yang lama ikut blog aku pun tau. Sejurus sahaja mereka terkeluar, tak kisahlah aku suka atau tidak, aku menyokong usaha mereka untuk menempah nama dalam kerjaya seni.

Dari Akademi Fantasia musim pertama, kedua dan ketiga... ada yang hebat dikritik tu, aku siap tunjuk posting yang lepas-lepas... sebab aku bukan hipokrit. Aku mengkritik dan menegur untuk kebaikan mereka.

Why am I saying all this? Because people get too emotional sampai habih competition pun terbawak that hatred.

Thank you Umi for that advice - and hopefully people will listen to what you told the kids and look deeper into that and understand... it's all a TV programme at the end of the day.

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Gimik?

Aku terjaga dari tidur sebab sakit perut.... Dalam sibuk membuat pelaburan... entah kenapa aku bak Nokia aku sekali nak melayan game.

Then aku perasan... ada mesej dari nombor aku tak cam.

Mesej tu berbunyi..."KK TUGASAN LAGU DIBERI GIMIK. LAGU SEBENAR AKAN DIBERI ESOK."

So betul la... memang gimik... mana taknya kita tak penah dengarkan lagu-lagu ini.

Kita tunggu Diari esok apa lagu-lagu tugasan sebenar...

Nak tidur dulu... update esok.

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Budu sedap...dan sesuatu!

Hah???

Sesuatu la senarai lagu baru untuk konsert minggu ni. Sorry ler if I sound ignorant, but I have to admit this is the first time I've heard almost all these songs.

Ni senarai lagu tugasan lagu untuk konsert minggu ketiga.

Amirul - Gempar Gerudi (For Your Eyes Only)
Rich - Phewitlah Bersama (Rocky Jagohan)
Haziq - Langgam Cik Sri Siantan (Joned PI)
Faizal - Aku Lelaki Hina (Zahari SS)
Diddy - Mentari Semakin Pudar Di Senja Hari (Elli Kuzini)
Farhan - Only You and Me at the Highway 78 Baby (Santiago Corrina)
Velvet - Lagu Anak Pengembala (Marhamah Hanum)
Salima - Di Penghujung Nyawa Ini (Kumpulan Nur Ikhlas)
Zila - Yang Yang Abang Sayang (Baby Herti)
Lotter - Raksa (D'Explorer)

Kalau mengikutkan tajuk lagu... aku rasa each song still caters to more or less the kemampuan pelajar masing-masing tuh ler.

I really have no idea why some students especially, tak diuji, sementara ada yang tak berpeluang lak to shine no thanks to the choice of songs.

With this week, I'm trying to remain objective sebab I have never heard lagu-lagu tersenarai sangat, so tatau ler camna.

Dalam sehari dua ni tau ler...tapi aku rasa tugasan Haziq dan Salima ni makanan ruji meka ler... should be no problem to give us another boring show.

Seolah-olah mahu membunuh Farhan, Astro memberikan lagu omputeh pada Farhan. Excuse me? Didn't she already do Route 66 kat Prelude? Cuba bagi la kat Salima dan Haziq yang versatile nak mampos sangat tuh.

Anyway...erm...emo sekejap...ehem...

Dalam laporan Diari Akademi Fantasia hari ni, kesedihan tak nampak sangat dalam Diari pertama.

Nampaknya meka nih ramai-ramai adapting faster to the departures and getting used to the almost cruel fate of elimination.. which I tink is good.

Tapi at the same time, nampak sangat ada yang manipulative menggunakan airmata untuk meraih undi pada time perlu. Scheming motherf*****s!!!

Bab Dr. Eveready ari ni, aku suka sangat game dimana nama-nama ditempek pada dahi mereka, and they have to guess what they are.

Tapi in my true bitchy fashion... mana leh puas ati kan?

I would have preferred the game to have been more effective in teaching them that they can't always see things about themselves and it takes someone else to tell them what they are, so it could have become a game untuk lebih deal with criticism, which would be good for Rich yang seolah tak leh terima kritikan masa Bob Lokman yang kecoh tuh meroyan.

Bab game tuk bab telur tu could also have been somehow tie in with making them realise the competition also required teamwork and deliberation (intellgence too obviously) among members for the best results as a show like Akademi Fantasia does not thrive on just talent alone, but also in large part, their 'teamwork' and ability to deal with the environment.

Adus... Mr Carbs menyusul. Yes kids, Kevin Zahri muncul lagi dengan ceramah CARBS! Apa lagik (I seriously think that's as wide as his vocab gets). Tak bosan ke Astro ni???

Dia ni camna dapat keja dalam Akademi Fantasia ni?

SERIOUSLY??!!!

I don't think anyone can stomach any more carbs (no pun intended)... so takyah ler tunjuk mamat ni!

Bring back Fatimah Abu Bakar ad student advisor and den mother!!! She did more pun, and I seriously think Akademi Fantasia tak perlukan ler seseorang nak pose cantik je.

Ingat Sains Rumahtangga ke??? Is this really practical information for the kids? I'm sorry but I think Mr. Carbs does not know what an artistes' lifestyle is like... but most of them don't have time to cook healthy. Take away healthy mungkin... (bangap tul!)

Moving on, bab komen persembahan tuh, aku rasa again bebudak dimanjakan. Sebab walaupun konsert kedua lebih baik dari konsert pertama, still, meka takleh benarkan bebudak ni terlampau relaks atau puas hati. Which is of course common and understandable in newcomers.

Back to bab nak puji rich sangat, erm.. I don't think he dealt well with the situation and I would asking him to improve instead of memuji dia pasal how he responded to Bob Lokman.Walaupun I thought Bob was over, but still, kritikan dalam dunia nyata akan datang dalam bentuk apa pun, and they have to accept it.

Sat.. sat... apa tuh? Kenapa si Haziq manja lain je ngan Rich?

Kalau rasa manja biasa... erm... ala abang dan adik.. er... kenapa anu tuh tutup ngan bantal lak??? Korang tengok balik and see what i mean... tapi confuse aku.

Sesuatu!!!

Nothing much more in the diary worth noting... almost a waste of an hour today for no reason.
Tak payah ler aku nak posting panjang sangat ler kan... ni pesanan daripada Karen pada semua peminatnya yang membaca blog ni

Kalau tak dapat membaca tulisan Karen sebab kicik sangat, here's a transcript of what she wrote :

Kepada pembaca di http://klubbkidd.blogdrive.com,
Hai semua, apa khabar! Karen disini baik dan sihat.
Walaupun Karen terkeluar semalam tapi Karen terima dgn hati yang terbuka dan mungkin rezeki Karen di Akademi cuma sampia disini. Tapi Karen akan tabahkan hati dan teruskan perjuangan Karen dlm bidang seni ini.
Terima kasih banyak-banyak kpd anda semua yg vote Karen. Harap anda semua boleh terus menyokong Karen dan juga kawan2 lain yg masih dalam Akademi ya!
Karen love u all. muaek k Kelawar...!
Budu sedap...

PS - Tima kasih pada Dr. Fazley merangkap Dr. Eveready kerana motivasi yang diberikan tadi (ini bukan carutan ek... was on the phone with him... besh! Salute, dude!!!)

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Terima kasih ler Astro kerana menampakkan belang dalam membuat gimik untuk membantu peserta tertentu yang menjadi kesayangan.

Contoh cam si Haziq. Seperti diagak...mereka menjemput Mawi untuk menghadiri. Is that really putting pressure on Haziq? Sama jer mamat Parkinsons (kesian lak penyakit tuh dikaitkan ngan budak ni - bukans ebaliknya) tuh. Just that dapat tempias wat lagu Mawi, dan juga deklarasi Mawi sebagai sokongan tanda senegeri... terus selamat. tak logik tol! Kalau tak memang tersepak jauh. Undi kesian ler tu... at least it was worth crying like budak pompuan sembilan tahun ilang Barbie doll.

Terima kasih ler juga kerana gimik seperti mengundang boyfriend si Karen, kerana seperti diagak munculnya aje si John tu, Karen terkeluar seperti adat bab bila tunjuk student ni awal-awal dah berpunya.

All in all, it was predictable in that sense, as after four years, there are rules within the system that dictate seseorang akan terkeluar atau tidak.

And still pihak production sanggup nak kata tak melakukan sebarang manipulasi - walhal meka tahu how the public reacts to those cheap gimmicks da.

Bab Karen keluar aku tak sedih sangat, tapi cuma geram cara terkeluar. Dahler Pantai Timur ari keja...sampai Faizal punya undian pun tak melonjat sebagaimana di agak.

Nih nak wat gimik yang akan menurunkan undian lak...erm... entahla... cuma korek Salima punya background sikit. Show her FAT pictures. Those would be nice.

Or Haziq's background... I'm sure we have juicy stuff there.

Malas nak korek ker... ataupun saja sayang nak defend.

The only consolation yesterday was watching and listening to carutan keramat dari Adlin and Bob Lokman yang pakat fire wardrobe department Astro yang hampeh dan hanya tau menggunakan kain perca dan permaidani untuk kononnya penampilan fashionable. Aku rasa nak wat posting lebih ler pasal bab tuh kang... sebab memang bertahun aku mencarut hasil kerja nenek kebayang yang menjaga department tu kat Astro. She is BLIND! In every bloody sense... take a look at ANY of the Akademi Fantasia punya series... konsert manapun...ada je disaster. Fashion kesukaan memakaikan kain perca dan juga buluan entah haper... as well as cebisan permaidani.

Malas cita lebih...on with my review.

Lotter - Ibu Kota Cinta (Def-Gab-C)
Untuk aku si Lotter ni ikut pesen binatang wardrobe Astro ni, terus rupa dia cam Joan Jett lak (serupa tak konsep pakaian sebelah tuh - mohawk jer takde), ke Britney Spears masa wat cover I Love Rock And Roll...and not like some bona fide rocker. Too feminine... and not even in a Manson or 80s glam rock fashion.

Cute and confirm lawak ler.

But somehow, entah ler wardrobe memang jadi issue, sebab terbayang Felix masa wat Hukum Karma tahun lepas (that wig still gives me nightmares!).

Secara vocal, dia average, but in true Lotter fashion he was truly entertaining.

Komen .Adlin yang paling sesuai..."awak lah Ultraman".

Bob Lokman dok promo dia yang wat lagu, and called it mengerikan. Well...different things scare different people. Men with virtually no eyebrows are scary to me.
Rating klubbkidd :

Karen - Kerna Terpaksa (Francessca Peter)
Aku dah agak mamposler minah ni the moment meka wat extended lawak tak menjadi ngan bab budu tuh, capped off by boyfriend gimmick.

Malas cita lebih pasal tu.

Aku kekadang tak senang ngan persembahan Karen hanya kerana terlebihnya stress dia kekadang and the intensity of her vibrato yang overdose kekadang and becomes simply distracting.

Jangan lupa cebisan permaidani yang digantung keliling minah ni.

Cam batu disaluti lumut yang bergerak.

Still, vocally she was still above quite a few people by standards.
Definitely patutnya not the one out... tapi tu lah akibat AFUNDI kekadang.
Rating klubbkidd :

Haziq - Kian (Mawi)
Bermula dengan persembahan yang nampak kuat, Haziq mula tersungkur masa nak masuk first chorus. That's when his pitchy started to come off bad, sampai he went horribly off key.

Aku rasa dia sorang jer yang membuat kesilapan yang terlampau obvious (walaupun Rich hancur satu lagu, si Haziq satu part tuh tergelincir gila babas punya selain dari lari sana sini yang smaller incidents)

In other words, simply terrible lah. Ingat da boleh puji wat kali pertama, tapi jelas tetap HANCUR!!!

It was a dull, boring performance... di mana bunyinya seperti dia merengek dan bukan menyanyi. The best I could say of his performance was that he would probably win at some kampung tomyam karaoke competition.

Dahler masa dia nganyi tuh suka nak wat muka yang seolah patut dihadiah penyepak. You don't have to be gorgeous, but don't scrunch your face with this look of menghadapi buasir ler... it's a turn off! Bukti? Gambar diatas antara contoh...muak dia aku rasa lagu rancak pon muka nak nangis. Dia ni kan Jabatan Bekalan Air bergerak...teringat laporan diari ari Jumaat lepas when dia meleleh nangis...hmphh...nagih simpati tul.

Suka Fran punya komen kerana nampaknya hanya dia yang berani komen the lack of versatility of Haziq.

Bob Lokman lak nampaknya samaada pekak, ataupun memang da jadi gila akibat melayan suara Haziq dengan mengatakan suara Haziq tuh 'gagah'??!!!
Ke aku yang salah dengar... maybe he meants GAGAP!
Rating klubbkidd :

Velvet - Langit Ke-7 (Sharifah Zarina)
Walaupun dianiaya pakai kain perca for a top, Velvet blew them all away with her rendition of the song. In fact, aku berani kata, walaupun ada minimal mistakes, she was way better than Sharifah Zarina herself pernah perform lagu tu.

Aku kurang senang dengan kekerapa Adlin suka emphasize on the need untuk this big theatrical presentation, and walaupun sokong Velvet, aku tak selesa komen Bob Lokman kata Velvet rupa seorang juara.

In fact, kerana komen sebegitu lah Velvet mungkin tak akan make it sebab nanti ada binatang-binatang dengki yang kata dia lak yang perasan padahal orang lain yang cakap.

Still, I'm hoping for Velvet to make it, as she is one person who undoubtedly deserves to make the final.

Kalau dia tak dapat final, memang salah satu kerugian dan kemaluan besar (orang gila mesti suka kemaluan besar kan - yang tak melibatkan Velvet la)
She is one person yang MEMERLUKAN undian, and I will add on to my list in time to come (masih sibuk AFUNDI selamatkan Farhan je)
Rating klubbkidd :

Faizal - (Semalam Yang Hangat Wings)
Aku rasa kian hari, Pejal susah nak tarik perhatian aku kerana persembahan dia.

Undoubtedly he is a lot of fun and vocally dia memang ada saingan pada mereka seperti Velvet dan Farhan kerana kualiti vokalnya... tapi risau gak dia ni jenis yang jatuh dalam perangkap seperti Haziq where he gets labeled a certain way. Setakat ni aku masih terhibur dengan persembahannya. But I see a sense of overconfidence coming... and I hope I am wrong.

Mungkin kerana keyakinan dia dok ditangga atas bersama ngan Lotter, Faizal terlalu bersahaja dan tidak nampak kesungguhan, malah persembahan dia ala kadar dan cukup makan.

Tak menyengat. Could have been a five star effort, but only three without the heart.

Tambah bosan sebab kena layan Bob punya cita promosi dia on how the song is his.
Rating klubbkidd :

Farhan - Sayang Di Sayang (Kartina Dahari)
Bukan senang untuk seseorang mengikut live accompaniement, tambah lagi pendatang baru yang hanya dua minggu dalam Akademi Fantasia.

Farhan walau bagaimanapun managed to do it well enough, walaupun lari tempo sikit je.

Sedangkan kengkawan dia yang pakai minus one lari tempo tak abih, si farhan ni kira tahap advanced da...dan dia memang saing ngan Velvet je, with Faizal following closely behind.

Feel dia memang bagus seperti biasa, malah vocal tak perlu dipertikaikan ler.

Walaupun aku suka lagu ni kerana menunjukkan kemampuan dia untuk dominate without lagu-lagu menjerit, but it just wasn't a competition song that exploited her vocal range or unique styling.

Dari segi ni, memang pilihan lagu patut lebih ler sesuai untuk menampilkan kelebihan seseorang pelajar. I mean kalao sesetengah pelajr (terutama dua aku paling meluat tuh) dapat lagu yang merupakan area kuat meka, I don't see why Farhan shouldn't have one song yang betul-betul nampakkan kekuatan dia.
Rating klubbkidd :

Diddy - Lonely No More (Rob Thomas)
Firstly aku tak paham choreography. That wasn't needed for the song that was a more edgier rock feel despite the beats.

Jadi ala N'Sync ke Backstreet Boys lak presentation dia.

He was slurring and he did not seem to be able to stress on most words, making in inaudible (tak dengo ler)

To be fair, his diction is one of the best so far dari bebudak Akademi Fantasia (teringat Felix nyanyi Smooth) so berhasil ler seminggu dia 'didera' menggunakan English untuk biasakan diri dia.

Selain daripada itu, posture dia improve, and let's all hope that dia akan perbetulkan vocal dia sikit lagi yang lari sikit sana sini.

With a little bit more effort (but jangan ler maintain intense and rehearsed sangat) Diddy I believe leh wat improvement, sebab dia antara pelajar yang kategori kerja keras gak.

Harapnya pihak fakulti tegur dia pasal 'feel' atau penjiwaan sesuatu lagu, kerana setakat ni, he's still appearing as a parrot yang belajar sebuah lagu dengan menghafal without any feel.
Rating klubbkidd :

Zila - Jika Kau Kekasih (Linda Nanuwil)
Aku tidak faham kenapa setiap kali ada lagu nak tarik, jeritan di anggap nyanyian. Sepertimana banyak kesilapan Farah dalam musim kedua, nyanyi jadi menjerit, gitu gak Zila, cuma ramai yang sangka kan tu tanda sora dia power.

She actually did improve her a lot and memang patut dipuji, but only for the first half of the song.

The second seemed to be without any dynamics, ertinya suara dia seolah mendatar tanpa banyak variasi. Again, dia kena banyak work on her vocals, tapi somehow aku rasa kalau dia dok sampai final pun buang masa je kerana dia takleh akan catch up to Faizal, Velvet and Lotter dari segi kekuatan vokal.
Rating klubbkidd :

Amirul - Fiona (4U2C)
Again, seperti diagak, konon nya kejutan disediakan. Mulanya ngan AC, untuk Astro tanpa segan silu membuang masa kita tuk promo program AC di mana lagi kalau bukan Astro, AC DiSini (patutnya Di Sini...jarakkan ok!)

The song was vocally unchallenging and was a no-brainer. No substance, and all that basically described Amirul's performance too.

Tak ada keunikan, tak ada kekuatan... harapkan comel je. Masaalahnya, tu yang mendatangkan undi...

Orang gila layan nostalgia sat... aku lak at this point merembes melihat seseorang I just spotted... dah lama ada crush kat dia... sempat bagi nombor pas abih show... not hoping for a call though.
Rating klubbkidd :

Salima - Kush Yon Aur Gham (Udit Narayan & Anuradha Paudwal)
Tak abih feeling nak start dari tengah pentas... tetap end pun nak ikut pose Mawi ketika Pupus kat stage center.

Dengan pakai belt ala Heavyweight Champion of the World WWF (gambar diatas altered ek.. yang dia pakai pun ala-ala camtuh tapi kicik sikit jer), Salima was boring and menyakitkan telinga ngan megilai dia.

Tak ada emosi, muka je kerut lebih, toya gila... manakala stage presence setakat meliputi membersihkan kawasan pentas ngan menyapu pakai kain dia yang sebenarnya hasil langsir kat Astro.

Again...zero versatility, no hope nak bak irama lain.
She should just go to and not waste everyone's time. Waheeda dan Bienda bukan je berbakat, tapi at least cantik sekali.

Ni has none of the above with kegedikan tahap maksima.
Rating klubbkidd :

Rich - Dendang Remaja (A.Romzi)
WORST vocals of the night! Hampeh!

Patutnya mamat ni keluar...he was simply all over the place.
Main gitar tak hebat... nari berterabur... nyanyi lagik bersepah!
None of the gimmicks had any effect and pas kena tegur shjow cam sial leh wat muka toya.

Patutnya Rich tersingkir.

Rich is better than this, tapi unless he learns he's no rock star, dan kurangkan berangan dia mempunyai dua album, I seriously think he's out next. After all, kalau ikutkan, sepatutnya dia yang keluar konsert kedua ni, finishing only second from bottom, ngan beza undian sikit sangat.

He has to realise this is a pop competition, and not something like Blast Off! dimana kriteria pencarian adalah lain.

In other words, he has to brush up as a pop performer and not the bona fide rockstar he still thinks he is.

Rich is very talented, but until dia dapat sedar ada perubahan yang perlu pada sikap dan pendekatannya terhadap penyertaannya dalam Akademi Fantasia... he's just taking up space which would have been better occupied by someone else.
Rating klubbkidd :

Dah.. pening aku nak pikirkanlayan result kali ni. Yang pentingnya, aku da mula nampak ada pattern dalam undian dan aku pasti, kalau ini berterusan, yang patut tersingkir akan keluar juga.

Malas panjangkan komen... jijik tul mereka yang AFUNDI show binatang mengakibatkan yang patut dok lama sikit terkeluar.

Ok guys... ciao... aku nak sambung keja... balik and then, seperti biasa, esok, tau kan ada apa? Kita akan dapat pesanan istimewa dari Karen. So kalao ada yang meminati Karen atau ingin tahu apa pesanan dari Karen, check back here petang sikit on Monday.

Ini kedudukan undian sebelum dan selepas konsert.

Just a little bit of news, my uncle ninggal petang semalam because of heart attack... and my mom kesedihan sebab kehilangan jer brother, so aku akan off dari kerja selama dua hari. Walauapapun, aku tetap akan update, so jangan risau.

Review pilihan kali ni :
(akan diupdatekan kalau terjumpa review yang power cili padi)
mentallydisturbed
mY kopitiam
badrulaftersix
maddox24

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Eveready

Hah...semalam tak posting sebab tak sempat. Jangan lak spekulasi apa-apa aku tak muncul online.

Tengahari semalam, sampai petang, join rombongan media melawat ke Akademi yang terletak di kawasan perindustrian Hicom kat Shah Alam. Of course it wasn't the first time aku gi (kali pertama secara sah sebab first time tuk curi amik gambar tuk kerja), so aku drive sendiri dan tunggu rombongan sampai.

Bebudak of course takder ler kat sana time tuh, so dapat ler kami tour keseluruhan kediaman mereka.

Setibanya bus daripada Astro dengan kengkawan media lain, kami pun masuk ke perkarangan kawasan Akademi Fantasia. Kat pintu masuk, sedia menerima kehadiran kami was the production team. Salam punya salam dijemput ler masuk.

Pas sembang sana sini, ni ada cita sikit. Jumpa Dr Eveready...oops... Fazley.Anyway, baru sempat bertanya khabar, Fazley pun kata, "Hi Joe... I read your blog."

Reaksi aku? Erm... takder ler terkejut sebab memang ramai pun tau pasal kewujudan blog aku. Takut atau malu? Tak gak... sebab aku daripada awal bersedia mengambil tanggungjawab atas apa yang aku komenkan kerana kebanyakan komentar aku on the basis of the fact that I have been a fan, like a lot of people of the show from musim pertama.

So like most fans, I expect the show to remain true to the principles it set and propogated.

Anyways, talked a bit, and I just suppose I shrugged in response and stupidly asked Fazley, dah baca ler komen aku.

One thing I have to say for Fazley is, I know for a lot of people truth hurts but he took it well.
Lord knows, dalam pengalaman aku wat talent scouting, pernah aku orang kata takde tuh ler takder nih ler nak spot talent. My ideas banyak kena shoot down simply because I was no one, didn't have the bank of experience then, nor the financial resources or connections to make things happen.

But everything that happened in my life, aku anggap for a reason, and I keep trying.

So I never see a reason why people should have things easy. Sama cam bebudak dalam Akademi tuh.. manja abih selama 10 minggu dok dapat segala kemewahan... at the end of it meka dapat memacam. Dan orang yang tegur meka demi kebaikan di caci peminat nagn memacam benda.

Should I care?

So, Fazley's reception towards my blog? Aku kena salute. He said at least it was an honest opinion and that it was a different perspective. And aku rasa aku hanya mampu senyum.
If anything I felt slightly uncomfortable... bukan sebab apa. Aku cuma kekadang tatau orang leh tima ke tak kritikan nih, dan aku tanak bagi reaction sehingga I know sebagaimana someone tuh memberikan reaksi pada kritikan aku.

But for me, kalao aku dapat kritikan (not everyone may react like this), then I appreciate more kalao orang tuh memuji, sebab akan lebih ikhlas kalao dok tiap ari memuji langit dan bumi.

So for Fazley - kalau ko baca ni (sekiranya sanggup lagik masuk blog mencarut tak abih ni - gelak sat...) then you know what, Dr Eveready - keep working hard. No one can ever take anything away from you if you deserve it. There will always be people who don't agree with you, but at least we can agree to disagree. Kalau input aku ada apa-apa value to you, you know how to find me and have a chat.

Gambar Fazley kat atas tuh diamik masa balik. Fazley mula-mula berat nak amik pic.

"Tanak la.. nanti ko kutuk aku dalam blog ko."

I think he was only half-joking. But anyway, thanks Fazley for being a sport!

Sambung balik tour... kita memula dibawa ke asrama pelajar perempuan, and then ke asrama pelajar lelaki. Kalau nak diikutkan, memang tinggi kos pembinaan tuk the whole thing.

Cuma untuk aku, sebab dah tengok bebudak Akademi punya tempat duduk dari musim pertama hingga ketiga, I think in terms of kemewahan, not as grand as the others la. Sebab ni dalam gudang that was modified, so of course bound to be quite different.

Aku tak amik banyak pic cuma yang ni jer, which is the ruang tamu tuk asrama pelajar laki.

Banyak ler cita dan lawak masa time lawat asrama tuh, tapi mmm... entah kenapa katil Faizal gak menjadi tumpuan. (By the way, kalau sapa nak tau, Lotter dan Faizal tuh katil sebelah menyebelah - and I have no idea why I just shared that information)

Masuk kawasan dapur jer, ya ampung... cam stok takut world war ke haper. Makanan cukup nak maintain tiga keluarga selama enam bulan kot.

Tapi semua junk food ler. Biskut dan barangan Mamee dan sebagainya. So much for pakar nutrisi kan. We can see how relevant he is.

The real interesting part of the trip however was going around the Akademi. For some reason, sebab musim-musim sebelum ni aku da pusing satu Akademi sebelum mula, mungkin sebelum ni aku lebih paham konsep layout Akademi dengan senang.

Musim ni aku cam tak grasp the layout.

And pas tour, aku finally paham how everything is laid out.

For some reason, aku rasa layout kali ni kurang berserabut, and very centred.

Everything is nearby but yet gives a false sense of illusion yang Akademi ni besar with a lot of nooks and crannies to hide.

Kamera tersembunyi sebalik cermin two way ni lebih kemas mounting dia kali ni berbanding sebelum.

Dan walaupun warna yang digunakan, kelihatan 'mati' atau pudar on the TV, still, being there, it's a wonderful earthy feel when you're actually there.

Sebaik masuk je Akademi yang terletak di tingkat atas (asrama lelaki dan perempuan yang dipisahkan di tingkat bawah), pelawat masuk ke this lounging cum reception area. Kat sini Mr Bola Bola ker ntah haper nama mascot of Akademi ni greets the visitors. Kawasan ni cam kosong sikit. Mungkin kerana sponsors yang lain kali ni, takder ler mesin atau peti sejuk Coke yang menunggu.

Abih ler.. no sugar rush for me. Immediately on the right is the dance studio atau the multi purpose area yang lengkap ngan cermin, throw pillows and cushions and your basic audio visual equipment.

Immediately after that was the bilik pengetua. Entah kenapa, but it didn't really have a lived-in feel.

Again, aku nak tegaskan aku masih tak berpuas hati kerana kehadiran Ramli Sarip tidak dirasa di Akademi Fantasia musim ini.

Kerana masih awal musim ni, harap-harap ler pihak production dapat perbanyakkan sikit aktiviti yang melibatkan pengetua yang sepatutnya guide them more in a more hands-on fashion.

Anyway, the room has a warm feeling, and the fact that the location is smack center of everything is definitely very well planned.

Apart from the basic requirements in the room, it was really quite bare.

Yang satu benda pelik aku perasan, dan korang pun leh notice if you look really hard time meka tunjuk shot bilik pengetua (which is not very often) is that there is a table pencil sharpener. Ni yang jenis the ones we used to have yang you kind of lock down on the table, with a little drawer for the pencil shavings.

What's so strange about it being there? Probably because there were no pencils around, dan stationary dalam office of the principal yang ada pun pen saja.

One of life's mysteries, I suppose.

Bilik sebelah bilik pengetua yang paling lain sekali dari semua. Simply because of the colours I suppose which strikingly obvious in this garishly bright red. Hotlink obviously... ni ler bilik yang ngan kerusi urut yang korang dok tengok aksi santai, lawak, takut kaki tersepit...takut kejutan elektrik.

Bilik ni juga tempat aku melepak paling lama sepanjang tour. Pas ada jamuan makan kat area dapur, aku terus gerak ke sini merehatkan badan melayan diurut kerusi yang bebudak melayan. Mmm... dapat facilities camni pun tak improve-improve lagi?

Pas aku gerak ke pengurut kaki, ada lak binatang gila melayan kerusi OSIM tuh. Aku sempat amik pic dia. Siap wat photography ngan Nokia dia sekali sebab dia nak feeling amik gambar kaki kangkang ala Faizal yang konon kaki takut tersepit. Sabar jerlah....sebenarnya aku pun gak tapi sebab kaler kemerahan sangat dalam bilik tuh, akibatnya reflected light tuh mengakibatkan muka aku jadi lobster di kukus, terus tak jadi.

Nuts! Rugi jer a perfect moment to be recorded for the books.

Takperler...amik gambar orang lain pon jadikler...

Sepanjang the short corridor outside bilik pengetua and bilik beriadah ni adalah Hall of Fame Akademi yang menampilkan gambar-gambar dari ketiga musim Akademi Fantasia. Aksi konsert dan sebagainya... ni ler area paling aku suka sebab aku rasa nostalgia just washing over me staring at each and everyone of those photos.

Antara semua gambar, I like this poster on the top right. Ada orang tuh ada pic ni tapi dia tanak bagi sebab kemut, so terpaksa ler aku amik gambar poster ni jer tuk tempek kat sini.

Ni ler satu-satu gambar aku tengok mereka bertiga yang dikatakan bukan di super-imposekan.

Mmmm...

Vince, Zahid dan kemudian Mawi... adakah juara akan seorang lelaki lagi tahun ni? Kalau ye sapa ek...kalau diikutkan, ketiga-tiga mereka menang ketika umur mereka 24 tahun. Tahun ni lak yang paling senior 23 tahun, so pecah tradisi ler.

The next room is of course the vocal studio. Aku suka studio ni banding ngan the studio for vocal training yang sebelum ni, sebab lebih dilengkapi, with a small assortment of instruments selain ambience dia because of the colours which are calming.

Pretty straight forward and functional Of course knowing me, sebenarnya nak jer run amok sebab I feel like a kid in a candy store. Teringat zaman belajar, studio ler tempat paling bagai syurga di bumi ler. For some reason.Fazley ajak mainkan drumkit. Lor... tatau lor. But masa semua ke dapur dan ruang makan melantak, aku masuk balik bilik sengsorang sebab cuma nak dapat feel.Tengok assignments meka semua tuk minggu ni. But somehow, aku lebih fikirkan seseorang yang aku amat risau akan tersingkir... iaitu Farhan. Aku fokus berapa lama menatap lirik Sayang Di Sayang. Memang sayang ler kalau bakat dia tak dihargai...

Hanya kerana tidak mempunyai rupa yang people can say as gorgeous, or perangai gedik, or wat kecoh... orang seperti tak perasan kehadiran dia dalam Akademi padahal secara vocal dia yang terbaik. Sedih lak.

Sempat ler depan papan tertempeknya assignments meka, I said a little prayer for her hoping she'll stay on.

Lama gak lepak kat Akademi, makan...borak dan sebagainya. Pas gerak, aku terus masuk highway ingat nak kembali ke Astro sebab patutnya jumpa someone for dinner, tapi tak jadi.

Terus pick up Hatta dan ke rumah Nikki dan Yanie. Later joined by member media yang lain seperti Farihad dan Zul dari Berita Harian, Fida from New Straits Times, kak Jah from Utusan, Syazwan from Kosmo dan Fendi, Rudy dari Harian Metro. Vernon was of course there, sekali ngan abang Badrul and Rozie and then nak tengah malam baru Muzaffar join.

Saja kumpul makan-makan, tengok Diari beramai-ramai, sambil membuat ulasan masing-masing. Amik laa ko...kalau aku sorang dah teruk commentary. Ni berapa orang ler wartawan hiburan sekali... apa agik... riuh rendah!

After that - kami menonton preview music video Caramu dari Nikki yang baru siap, featuring Zahid. Best! Tunggu je akan datang dalam seminggu dua ni di Muzik@Ria.

Aku rasa tak banyak ler (sebenarnya tak larat) nak komen diari semalam.

Aku nampak improvement dari Zila, Haziq nampak struggling nak mampos tuk nyanyi cam biasa tanpa lenggok overdose. Aku risau bila Karen had quite an issue with pitching problems, while Faizal dalam semangat World Cup, nyanyi ala Piala SUMBANGsih.

More drama, from Haziq bila Lotter confront dia pasal perangai dia. Faizal apparently Mr Sensitive and Haziq ni overdose berangan. Oops... tell me something I don't know.

"Kira aku ni jahatlah" kata Haziq. Bukan jahat... a lot of words I could think of...and jahat doesn't fit it.

Masa later meka kiss and make up, tergelak sat aku si Faizal kata "Saya sayang dia". Mmm... element programming yang mempunyai unsur yang baru ni. Gelak tergolek lima puluh kali ni!

Haziq tu kenapa la overdose nak abih tu... banjir lak dia nangis.

Most touching scene?

How sisterly Karen dan Farhan. Tersentuh... mesti aku nangis ala Haziq kalau antara meka tersingkir.

Tapi aku rasa yakin, esok, penyingkiran ada lah seorang pelajar lelaki. Kenapa?

Kalau ikutkan sejarah, memang wajib seorang pelajar perempuan menjadi mangsa pertama. Ini diikuti oleh pelajar lelaki.

Still, history can be changed, and aku setakat ni rasa paling bahaya, dan tak patut disingkirkan is Velvet, Farhan dan Karen.

Bab mereka yang favourites lain seperti Faizal and gang...aku tak risau. Sebab undian mereka terlampau kuat dan tak mungkin affected.

Apapun, aku akan top up abis abisan....asalkan Farhan tak terkeluar. Kalao korang sayang aku blog, cepat undi habis habisan untuk Farhan kalau tak aku terus tak blogging seminggu dok nangis (ikut gaya orang gila)

Lawak...lawak...

Ok ler...nak bersiap. Nak keluar makan malam ngan seseorang...malam ni nak jumpa member ramai-ramai. Jarang tengah musim Akademi Fantasia ni ada peluang untuk beriadah pada malam minggu. Esok posting aku sebelum 5 petang untuk ulasan konsert kedua.

Eh... dah lewat ni....

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