Syukur

Harini aku ada berita baik, tapi tanak bagitau pe pe kat sini. Cukup aku bersyukur kerana peluang nampaknya da terbuka tuk aku mengambil selangkah lagi dalam mengembangkan bakat aku ke disiplin lain dalam bidang hiburan sekarang.

But it was a good day today and aku kept busy with some stuff. Again takleh bagitau apa.

What I CAN share with you is something unrelated. Besok memang busy gila. I got to rush to TV3 to pick up something. Then make a dash to Kompleks Suka Bukit Jalil nak tengok ujibakat Akademi Fantasia, hari pertama. Then pas urusan peribadi sikit and a spot of shopping with Faz, nak ke Stadium Putra seberang jerk tuk layan rehearsal Anugerah Juara Lagu 23.

Following which I got to dash off to Damansara Perdana tuk pelancaran butik Belicious milik Umie Aida dan Betty. Da janji ngan Faz and Liyana to meet up so should be quite a night.

Definitely a lot of pics to post, so look out.

Apapon, back to cita Anugerah Juara Lagu on Sunday. Aku dengar pagi esok at 11am, bertempat di Sri Pentas, Bandar Utama, the final voting will be going on. Aku dikhabarkan senarai mereka yang menjadi juri. Setuju sangat hampir semua nama termasuk penyanyi, pencipta lagu dan sebagainya. Cuma dua nama je aku rasa very the tak perlu. But oh well. Let's just hope for the best.

Ada ke keputusan bocor. Eeee... tak mungkin. Kalao aku tahu pun (cam sebelom ni penah jadik) aku diamkan jerk.

But on bab Anugerah Juara Lagu 23 nih, aku baru sedar aku lum wat predictions. So here they are.



So ni lagu-lagu yang akan bertanding Ahad nanti di Stadium Putra Bukit Jalil, secara langsung menerusi TV3 pada jam 9.00malam hingga 11.30malam.

CALON JUARA LAGU (Lagu/Kategori/Artis/Penulis Lagu/Penulis Lirik)
1. Bukan Di Sini (Pop Rock/Sofaz/Sofaz/Sofaz)
2. Lagu Kita (Balada/Aizat/Aizat/Aizat)
3. Dusta Berkalang (Etnik Kreatif/Aiman/Hafiz Hamidun/Ahmad Fedtri Yahya)
4. Cuba (Balada/Faizal Tahir/Audi Mok/Faizal Tahir)
5. Yang Pernah (Pop Rock/Estranged/Estranged/Estranged)
6. Bila Nak Saksi (Balada/Spider/Tam Spider/Loloq)
7. Doa Dalam Lagu (Etnik Kreatif/Zahid dan Heliza/Ajai/Loloq)
8. Sampai Syurga (Balada/Faizal Tahir/Audi Mok/Faizal Tahir)
9. Hanya Di Mercu (Balada/Ayu/Aubrey Suwito/Habsah Hassan)
10. Aku Stacy (Pop Rock/Stacy/Intan Norul Azlin Intan/Norul Azlin dan Laila Ismail)
11. Dingin (Balada/Ziana Zain/Azlan Abu Hassan/Azalea)
12. Kalis Rindu (Pop Rock/Elyana/Aidit Alfian/AD Samad)
13. Persoalan Cinta (Etnik Kreatif/Farawahida/Julfekar dan Ku Seman Izza Rosley)
14. Lagu Untukmu (Pop Rock/Meet Uncle Hussain/Taja dan Tass/Taja, Tass dan Lan)

So what are my predictions sapa akan menang? Ok let me just say this first. A good song - is a subjective matter indeed. So mungkin apa sorang suka, sorang agik tak suka kan?

For me, the kriteria of judging should not be based on the definition of best as in the technical approach of things, because there is no way to ascertain that. Those are following factors that should apply.

For me - what makes a song good - will be the uniqueness and fresh appeal of a tune. Does the song sound tired and a repeat of something that may have been done before, and it's relevancy to the business today. Subjective again perhaps - but a more reliable measure to judge by.

On that note, my predictions.

ETNIK KREATIF
Honestly... korang nak aku buang masa predict ke? Ok.. senang. Doa Dalam Lagu. Not because it's that good. But it's the best of the worst. Ngan competition dari lagu-lagu camni, baik buang je kategori ni sebab memang this category drags down the standards of the whole competition.

Bagi meka yang kat stadium ke kat rumah, time persembahan lagu-lagu ni memang tak mustahil penonton gunakan tika ni tuk gi jamban ke haper jer.
PREDICTED WINNER : Doa Dalam Lagu (Etnik Kreatif/Zahid dan Heliza/Ajai/Loloq)



POP ROCK
This is where the competition gets a lot tougher. Baru nampak sikit saingan.

For me secara jujur lagu paling lemah sini lagu Aku Stacy. This is followed by Bukan Di Sini.

Tuk kategori Pop Rock, it's a three cornered fight antara Yang Pernah, Kalis Rindu dan Lagu Untukmu. And I think Kalis Rindu yang pertama tercicir if it boils down to this.

So we have two bands who rock the house being the possible winner here. Both from the new school of Malay rock. It could go either way in terms of the overall compositions and their updated take of the genre today.
PREDICTED WINNER : Yang Pernah - tapi menang photo finish ni. Sengit gila.



BALADA
Ni lagi satu kategori yang memang gila babiks nya tough fight. Tolak tepi lagu Dingin dan Hanya Di Mercu for sounding like something that was released 10 years ago - and nothing spectacular at that (trivia time - lagu haper la yang leh layak ngan lirik dengam perkataan CECITA... meletups!)

Also tolak tepi Bila Nak Saksi. No offence, but tuk aku, again kalao lagu Mabuk, mungkin Spider stand chance. But not on this song.

So again three cornered fight. Of which I think Cuba will fall by the wayside first, walaupon aku rasa tu personal favourite aku.

So the fight will be between Lagu Kita and Sampai Syurga.
PREDICTED WINNER : Sampai Syurga pas juang habis habisan ngan saingan in a simple but beautifully written Lagu Kita.



JUARA LAGU
Honestly aku tak berani pilih walaupon tuk prediction. So my guess, depending on whether the judges are all above 35 or not, will be Yang Pernah or Sampai Syurga. Yes, their age and background have everything to do with it too.

When things get too hard - look at who the judges are and you may guess their choices right.

My guess is Sampai Syurga may just win this. But again - I'm saying if both songs indeed win their category as I predicted Yang Pernah stands the best chance to make it a second win for Estranged again. Just knowing the judges, I doubt it.

For Best Vocal Performance aku dapat rasakan Aizat, Estranged and Faizl Tahir stand the best chance, though I really don't know sebab tak tengok rehearsals lagik tuk judge. Just guessing based on their past record.
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For Best Performance, Stacy, Estranged, Faizal Tahir stand chance walaopon aku guessing again. Will let you guys know if I change my mind pas tengok rehearsal esok.

Anyway... kita tengok je kang ek.

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Karaoke!

Smalam gi karaoke and then for movie ngan Faz. I chose They Wait. Walaopon da tengok, saja one more time. Saja nak tengok Faz terkejut.

Then malam tadik ngan dia gi layan Bedtime Stories lak. Sebelom tuh ada meeting;. Yeay... she's almost confirmed for a new movie. Tinggal nak sign je.

Anyway malas nak posting pepanjang hari ni. Saja nak upkan video dia karaoke. For an actress (and a very good one, if I do say so myself) I think she can sing. What say you?

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Ooh aah Chanel!

Ni entry lari topik sikit. Well not really cause me like fashion loads though I'm not exactly all that on the ball.

Remember aku pernah post about Faz wearing a Chanel ankle purse? Well, that was Karl Lagerfeld's tribute of sorts to Eve and Lindsay Lohan's alcohol monitoring bracelets.

Last year at the Chanel Cruise collection show in Miami, Lagerfeld previewed heels - with guns.

Gun jewelry has always been in the market, but never with heels.

Inspired however, Lagerfeld used guns as inspiration for Chanel's Cruise 2009 collection, with help from Chanel's shoe designer Laurence Decade, who made it into a heel. And of course, towards the end of last year, one of the first to be seen wearing it off the catwalk, was Madonna.

Love the silver version


Lagerfeld and his killing heels


Madonna in the gun heels


And now word is, Chanel in Kuala Lumpur and Singapore have just stocked the gun heels in very, very limited quantities.

Faz and I spent the whole day gabbing about the shoes and whether it's worth shelling out RM7,000 plus for those heels - but mostly on how gorgeous the silver ones are.

Actually, those gimmicky heels are not the first. Balenciaga made a mark on fashion history with their 'Lego' shoes. Dengan harga berbelas ribu Ringgit, the shoes were favourites for the Fall 2007 season.



After the gun heels, there's one more Chanel creation, which actually borders on the tacky side - depending I suppose who wears them.

These are the lighbulb shoes.

A definite novelty/statement shoe, these come with a battery so the bulb will actually light up. Why would you want your heels to light up.

Matilah kan jalan red carpet with your own lighting. But dunno when the lightbulbs are going to be available in this region.

What do you think? Would Faz look good in the gun heels? And which colour? The silver and black ones are available now.

PS - For those who want the gun heels but a cheaper alternatives, here are sone affordable options online. Not as hot as the Chanel ones. And if you think guns are not all that, there's the knuckle dusters as well.

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A survival guide - how to audition for Akademi Fntasia

Aku tiap tahun cam clockwork lak, aku issue my little guide to help you guys kalao korang rancang nak audition for Akademi Fantasia. Sapa yang da lama baca blog aku, ni ibarat repeat performance jerk. But somehow every year... ramai yang tak follow these basic dos and don'ts.

So another year, another audition, another round of psychos who think they can sing to deal with. Apapon to cut a long story short, here's the fourth time I am doing this little ritual to help sesapa nak ujibakat nanti.

Please read through this if you are seriously considering auditioning. It will help you.

Ni kira free consultation. Kalao ko lepas stage four because of this, let me know ok because it will be nice to know I've helped someone.

Ok... so let's start the Survival Guide To Akademi Fantasia - Tips Ujibakat kali nih ek.

CHECKLIST
Apa yang perlu dibawa/What you need to bring (merasalah siap translation takut ada yang tak paham maki aku lak) dan apa persiapan perlu dilakukan sebelum langkah ke ujibakat.

*Salinan fotostat kad pengenalan. Kalao ko ilang IC takde nak wat salinan, bak ler sijil beranak atau paspot dan salinan skali ek. Kalau leh pakai, ok lar tuh. Tapi make sure tuh last kopek. Singaporeans since you're eligible this year, bring the necessary documentation.

*Bawa dua gambar berukuran 4R. Kalau leh pepandai ler pastikan pic tuh bukan ko tengah pakai kostum badut ker haper la. Moka ko yang meka nak tengokl

*Pastikan ko berumur antara 18 dan 45 tahun pada 1 Jan 2008.

*Bak makanan/minuman tuk bertahan sekiranya anda takde 'runner' nak belikan atau lokasi uibakat jauh dari memana nak bungkus.

*Kalau leh bak ler CD player ker haper tuk latih lagu ko nak persembahkan time bosan nunggu. Practise makes perfect.

*Bring salinan baju just in case ko audition lambat. Kang pakai cantik cantik kena hujan time nunggu ke basah kuyup ngan peluh, naya jerk masuk ujibakat ropa cam haper.

*Girls, bring make up nak touch up dan kelengkapan dandanan, tapi jangan sampai berat terlampau barang diangkut. Essentials include lipstick or gloss, loose powder and whatever necessary just nak elak moka cam kuali leh goreng telor kalao panas. Berminyak la kiranya. Boys, a comb would be nice, and a handkerchief nak wipe down that oily face. Boys especially, sila pastikan anda MANDI ek... sebab sebelom ni ada rempit yang nak ujibakat, satu bilik leh bau!!! Add a deodorant or perfume, sebab pas tunggu lama lama bau leh cam ikan kering ok.

*Makcik atau pakcik yang berumur yang nak audition tahun nih, bak ler Power Root ke vitamin skali ek, supaya leh keep up energy. Sama gak mak bapak tunggu anak nya kes.

*Leave your attitude behind. Jangan nak mengarut nak marah marah tunggu lama ker haper ker... masok ujibakat moka cam cuka. Not very appealing.

*Pastikan kalao ko tompang family ke haper, jangan bagik meka tunggu sebab mungkin seharian ko lepak tempat ujibakat nunggu giliran. Tell them you'll call them, or go for auditons in a group di mana ada yang ada transport.

Now that you have the necessary, ni refresher apa yang anda akan lalui. Here are the usual peringkat peringkat ujibakat yang anda akan lalui.

Stage 1
Peringkat ni simple...dan confirm ramai yang lepas kecuali memang bangap melampau tatau nak tulis nama! Even that you can probably get someone to write for you.

Segala dokumentasi diri diberikan pada penyelia ujibakat and TADAA!!!!! You're past Stage 1!!!

Hah...kan senang...

Stage 2
Here's where it gets tricky.

Peringkat kedua...peserta akan dibahagikan kepada dua kumpulan, Team A dan Team B.

Disini, vocal, presence dan kebolehan memberikan persembahan yang menarik secara keseluruhan penting. Juga tak dilupakan kebolehan nyanyi ikut music ek.

Ni nak test sapa tone deaf ke takde ritma.

Tapi kalau anda mampu membuktikan anda mempunya vocal yang bukan sahaja menarik dari segi tone suara, tapi juga kebolehan basic mengawal pitching dan tempo...dan TAK SUMBANG, then you're in.

Pada mereka yang serious, sila sediakan pilihan lagu sendiri selain lagu dalam senarai ujibakat kalau-kalau pengadil mahu mendengar sesuatu kelainan dari anda untuk lebih menilai your vocals secara acapella, atau tanpa music, untuk lebih meyakinkan mereka.

Please take this stage seriously sebab aku perasan ramai yang main-main jer time ni. Takkan untuk tak sampai seminit takleh wat preparation betul-betul kan?

Sila ingat video yang diamik tu bukan setakat tayangan kat @15 tau, tapi akan digunakan untuk penilaian juri kemudia kalau anda lepas stage 4 untuk decide whether or not anda akan jadi pelajar Akademi Fantasia pas masuk shortlist.

Stage 3
If you've made it this far, congratulations. It means there is something about your voice that people do bother with, and you're more than just penyanyi longkang bertemankan kapok or ratu karaoke or even jaguh daam bilik air jer.

Cabaran seterusnya diadili oleh dua lagi set pengadil.

Peringkat ni melibatkan interview untuk discover your personality. Peringkat ni, selain dari tu, anda mungkin diminta menyanyi lagi, ataupun menari untuk menyakinkan juri anda layak.
Seperti mana stage 2, please note that sesi ni juga divideokan, walaupun bukan untuk tayangan, tapi untuk tontonan juri sebagai sebahagian proses evaluasi.

Please be interesting. Tell the judges who you are - and make them interested to know you more. Kalao dalam bilik pun ko tak mampu tarik perhatian judges, camna nak be on TV?

Aku penah tengok orang yang da letih nunggu time ni bagik alasan memacam for their boring appearance. Don't. Be prepared. Kalau nih pon tak tahan, merasalah ko feeling nak masuk Akademi Fantasia.

Stage 4
Semakin ler cerah masa depan anda (sial jer statement ni... cerah ke?) kalao da sampai peringkat ni kerana anda telah dishortlistkan.

Kalau ikutkan tahun tahun sebelom ni, lebih kurang seratus hingga dua ratus orang dari beribu yang sampai ketahap ni.

Pada mereka yang lepas stage 3....samaada anda akan diberitahu...terima kasih...apa apa nanti we call you...dan ditunjuk pintu keluar (in other words, get lost, you suck)...ataupun anda akan mendapat borang (meaning we have to find out if you suck after further evaluation and may still tell you to get lost)

Mengisi borang tu adalah peringkat seterusnya. Jangan perlekehkan peringkat ni walaupun nampak simple.

Apa yang anda isi dalam borang tu, akan memainkan peranan juga dalam bab pemilihan.

And then what? Kalau anda da berjaya sampai tahap isi borang...the only thing you can do is wait, and hopefully, the sessions videotaped will have something that will yakinkan para juri anda layak menjadi pelajar Akademi Fantasia.

Untuk membantu korang...ni aku wat guide tuk korang supaya korang lebih bersedia menghadapi ujibakat. Print this out this page if you have to and bawa sekali untuk ujibakat..

This will really help you...so laugh if you must, but take it seriously if you are going for the audition.

The do's and don't of auditioning for Akademi Fantasia.
*Pastikan you're dressed to be impressed. Tapi takyah terlampau fashionable, sebab kalao packaging meletop tapi isi tarak pun tak guna. It's only one of the ingredients...looking good... Dress to impress, but don't overdo it. Make sure you look as good as you sound (a lot of people listen to this, as far as I can see sebab ramai yang look as bad as they sound).

Choose a look that goes with your personality, tapi pastikan pada masa yang sama anda selesa, ok, as the audition process could take very long. Kalau baju ke seluar baru, kang gatal-gatal ke tak selesa lak kang...but it's always worth investing in doing something to your hair, like getting a cut.

Guys, pastikan jangan rupa serabai especially rempits while girls...don't look like hookers (no one listens to me on this}...atau make up nak kalahkan opera Cina.

Like I said, preparations help. Kalau anda bukan antara batch yang awal, you may have to wait for up to 12 hours, based on my experience. So observe these helpful tips nak senangkan diri korang sendiri..

*Tunjukkan minat anda. You're one of thousands, dan naya je bukak mulot je, juri da kata tima kasih leh cuba tahun depan. Jangan terlampau bodek...kang nampak bodoh lak bakat tak sampai tapi yer yer nak butter up the judges. It will NOT work...trust me. Say what is necessary while maintaining an honest representation of yourself. Jangan lak nak tipu ngan berlakon menjadi something else nak impress.

Professionals can see through your acting. I mean it. Dan control your nervousness. Jangan membebel atau meracau. Taking a breath before you say anything. It'll calm you down. No chewing gum ke apa apa. Nampak kurang ajor da.

And jangan jawab sepatah bila disoal. That's just irritating. lso look interested as you should be.

*Anda tidak akan didiskriminasikan

So jangan ingat ada apa pun pasal diri anda yang akan menjadi bahan tuk juri memandang serong at you. As long as you're decent in every way, you'll get the same respect from the judges.

*Panik? Buang masa...baik takyah audition. Pada yang beragama Islam...erm...tauler what you have to do kan. Yang other religions pun can say a short prayer before you start. Calm yourself down, and jangan stress. Fokuskan your energy of being afraid yo prepare yourself.

Jangan torture diri sendiri. Kalau anda cukup bersedia, anda takkan menghadapi sebarang masaalah, so kenapa nak risau?

*Bayangkan kenapa anda audition in the first place. Kalao ko takde sebab...padan muka ler. Kalao ko cuba nasib sebab yakin anda ada bakat...then you will have no problems. Focus on making it.

Maintain keyakinan anda dan sentiasa pastikan diri anda tenang, supaya tak affect persembahan anda. Pastikan ada keseimbangan dalam personalii dan suara anda. Don't let one outshadow the other.

*Pilih lagu yang sesuai untuk anda. INI TERAMAT PENTING! Jangan pilih lagu yang anda minati saja. Pilih lagu yang bersesuaian ngan suara anda. Juga yang mampu anda persembahkan tanpa sora ke laut, tiba kat pulau, dan berenang balik ke daratan.

Interpretasi adalah penting. Jangan nak fotostat lak! Tak guna kalao lenggok sebijik nak ikut CD. Wat pe? Kalau anda klon terhebat sekalipun, peluang anda immediately kurang da.

*Kalau suara power, jangan lak sampai menjerit nak robohkan venue. Impress with your vocals, tapi jangan sampai berserabut sehingga melody pun da takde. Pada mereka yang tak mampu, jangan ler nak melalak. Suara yang kuat, lantang atau nada tinggi tak semestinya sedap!

Banyak lagi faktor yang menjadi pertikaian. Show what you have....but remember...don't overdo it...dan ikut kemampuan...

*Paham tak apa tu emosi? Kalau bak lagu sedih, jangan sengih cam kerang busuk! If it's an upbeat song you're singing, look happy, have some energy. If you're crooning a love ballad, do it with feeling so you embody the words coming out of your mouth.

Kalau tak mampu nak hiburkan setakat dua anggota juri dan teman teman seperjuangan...camna nak menghiburkan Malaysia?

*Body language is important too. Jangan lak tengah nyanyi tu, tangan tergantung cam mayat je...ataupun nak wat aksi garu tempat tak patut. Choreography is not just about dancing.

You already chose your song awal-awal. Jadi persembahan anda dari segi gerakan anda patut dirancang juga supaya ko tak dok setempat sambil tenung spotlight, ataupun jalan kehulu hilir nak merentas desa sebab gementar tatau nak wat apa. Practise depan cermin.

*Be honest. The judges want to see you! Bukan lakonan semula video clip mana ko tengok yang ko nak over-over lak nak tiru. Feel the song and concentrate on delivering it.

*Dalam menunggu giliran (kecuali nasib ko ler jadik yang first) sembang ngan teman-teman sekeliling. Find out what they're singing. Pastu, kalao ada yang nyanyi lagu sama, compare notes. Mana tau, ada idea ko leh curi sana sini to adapt to your presentation.

*Your attitude is important. Samaada ko leh wat perangai yang elok, dan memikat hati juri, atau wat perangai yang bagi orang meluat atau menyampah dimana juri akan terus mintak ko berambos!

Lack of confidence is another thing yang sering menjadi penyebab kegagalan. Yakin pada diri anda dan kebolehan anda (masaalahnya ada lak yang terlebih confidence tapi kekurangan bakat!)

*Pada saat anda akan membuat persembahan, cari sesuatu dalam diri anda sebagai motivasi!

*Don't let anything or anyone intimidate you. Kalau takut sebab tak penah nyanyi pakai mic ke apa, buat-buat je cam ko kat karaoke (tapi nyanyi jangan ler camtuh...style sambil lewa!) Kalau takut judges...wat pe...meka bukan nak marah ke nak gigit ke.

Kalao ada contestant yang ko dengar sora power, so what? Rilek and do your best. The best voice is not the only thing necessary and just think that the person might not have something you do.

*Ini adalah rancangan televisyen. X-factor adalah penting. Find out what is yours, or if it is too late, confidence will be enough to fake it for the moment.

*Your best-selling point has to be something in you. And if you try too hard it will always work against you. You want to be yourself, but at the same time, you want to have something that distinguishes you from someone else. Jangan jadi sesiapa kecuali diri anda sendiri. Be yourself.

*Which brings us to...be honest. Jangan nak kelentong kata pandai wat lenggok asli ke R&B kalau it's not your thing. Admit your kelemahan so the judges know and you don't make a fool out of yourself. Dan educate yourself ok...kata R&B tapi soun pun asli...kena gelak kang...

*Be patient. Kalao ko ingat dok 12 jam baru dapat nyanyi 30 saat stressful sangat...dok rumah je ek. Ramai lagi sanggup. Jangan terbawak your impatience or your unwillingness tuk bersabar into the audition. It makes you look really ugly. Lagipun kalao ko ingat tension dok tunggu berejam...bayangkan ler pening dan stressful nya tuk juri nak layan lalakan meka yang pekak badak!

*Kalau anda mempunyai banyak masa, jangan habiskannya ngan melalak. Practise is fine. Tapi aku perhatikan yang datang satu group mai lalak tak abih-abih...tapi masuk studio ilang sora. Ko datang tuk ujibakat...bukan sesi jamming. So try conserving a little energy, enthusiasm and voice ek for the audition.

*Jangan skali wat alasan tuk your lack of ability to sing. It turns the judges off. Alasan paling original aku dengar dari one of the judges yang told by one of those yang ujibakat, "Saya takleh nyanyi sebab da malam. Saya malam memang takde sora." Kepala hotak ko!

*I cannot stress enough the need to be confident! Tapi...kekadang...untuk sesetengah yang aku tengok....aku kena gak cakap...jangan lak overconfident!!!

*Have fun! That's the first thing before you can have confidence, and also the much needed ingradient that will make you look more like a pro (doesn't make you sound like a pro, but at least it won't affect your voice if you're nervous)

Based on my experiences...this are the best tips I can think of to help you. So...apa lagi. Start working on it if you are going for auditions after today. Tapi meka yang wat audition siang ni....work on it anyway, ok.

Pitch and tempo is very important because those are the basics. Also remembering the lyrics.

Ok? Now, go practise!!!

PS - Nak gi pelancaran album Datuk Siti Nurhaliza esok. Be back with pics and info.

PPS - Wish that asshole would get out of my friends' lives too. Da takde kengkawan sendiri ke? GET OUT OF MY LIFE ALREADY!

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It's back!

Actually patut pengumuman ni simpan sampai esok. Kalau ikut kan apa dijadualkan, esok ada sidang akhbar tuk pengumuman Akademi Fantasia musim ketujuh di mana the details of the audition serta pengetua baru di umumkan.

But yesterday at Mawi and Ekin's reception, dapat tau the press conference has been cancelled and pengumuman pengetua akan di buat kelak.

So for now - sapa yang nak mencuba nasib in the number on reality show in the country - apa lagi.

Peluang kini terbuka kepada warganegara Malaysia dan Singapura serta golongan artis.

Sapa nak join the ranks of Vince, Zahid, Mawi, Faizal, Mila dan Stacy, begin preparing now for the auditions. This includes friends from Singapore yang sekian lama da menunggu peluang ini who can watch the show via mio TV from Singtel.

Also, mereka yang bergelar artis skang pun leh participate skali dan mencuba nasib as long as tidak terikat dengan sebarang kontrak rakaman mahupun pengurusan.

For those yang nak mencuba nasib - try at any of these locations. Note the first audition is hujung minggu ni!

Kuala Lumpur Kompleks Sukan Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur 17 - 18 Jan
Johor The Zon Regency Hotel, Johor Bahru 24 - 25 Jan
Sabah 1Borneo South Atrium, Kota Kinabalu 30 - 31 Jan & 1 Feb
Sarawak Enter K Entertainment, Crown Tower, Kuching 31 Jan & 1 Feb
Kuala Lumpur Kompleks Sukan Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur 7 – 8 Feb

Kaunter pendaftaran bagi setiap sessi ujibakat dibuka dari jam 9.00 pagi hingga 1.00 petang dan para peserta digalakkan untuk hadir awal bagi mengelakkan kesesakan. Mereka yang berminat hanya perlu membawa salinan kad pengenalan berserta dua keping gambar berukuran 4R (gambar profil dan paras pinggang) dan menyanyi secara acapella lagu-lagu pilhan seperti berikut:

Lagu-lagu pilihan untuk peserta wanita:
1. No One (Alicia Keys)
2. Kalis Rindu (Elyana)
3. Dikir Puteri (Noraniza Idris)
4. Karma (Cokelat)
5. Tari Silat Melayu (Aishah)

Lagu-lagu pilihan untuk peserta lelaki:
1. Angan dan Sedar (Mawi)
2. You Raise Me Up (Josh Groban)
3. Ketelusan Hati (Anuar Zain)
4. Hanya Engkau Yang Mampu (Aizat)
5. Ada (M.Nasir)

So tunggu apa lagik. Esok seperti biasa aku akan sertakan audition tips which hopefully can be of help.

PS - Officially had umur tidak disebut, tapi saya difahamkan it will be the same as last year which is 18 to 45.

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Love is in the air

Merasalah kan title tetiba nak love is in the air. Bukan aku la. Aku naik fobia perkataan tuh skang. Heh... tapi still, being an old fashioned romantic (katanya....) I like watching people who are in love.
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And semalam masa persandingan Mawi dan Ekin diberi nama 1001 Malam (tu tempoh tuk apa ek), aku perasan ada kengkawan aku yang berada dalam industri memasing da melaram partner baru.

Tapi kira cover sikit sikit ler. In fact, dua pasangan to be exact yang aku rasa serasi gila sebenarnya. Tapi since aku tanak la publisiti murahan, and these people are my friends, biar aku diamkan je. Kang kalao ada rezeki sampai ke jinjang pelamin, aku bersyukur jerk atas kejayaan sampai ke situ.

Korang carik clue sendiri la.

Anyway, semalam benda paling touching semalam tuk aku ni.



No.. no.. no. This picture doesn't tell it all. Of course, it's the final persandingan between Mawi dan Ekin. But as the union of both of them, is known by the whole country.. perhaps people should see sapa yang hadir, dok jauh belakang dewan semalam.

Ada satu pasangan yang menarik minat aku tuk strain a little bit more to make sure aku tak mistaken.

And no I wasn't.



It was Mawi's ex fiancee Ina sekali ngan suami dia Suhaimi and their kid.

Aku terdiam jap. Teringat time sembang ngan Ina, and also Mawi during masa all the controversy and fighting broke out in the papers. I heard both sides of the story, and aku tatau nak cakap apa.
Sometimes... these things just happen....

But semalam, hati aku tersentuh. Melihat kehadiran Ina. Jauh di sudut hati, aku berharap Mawi yang inginkan Ina hadir tuk melihat his happy day (da berapa kali da happy day gituh) and not some person yang invite sebab saja nak gimik kehadiran Ina.

Apapon... it was touching that Ina and Suhaimi attended. I suppose this is what it means to have true love. In whatever form. Love is forgiving.

And I guess... having been in love, I should be too. So to that person, I forgive you for being such an asshole to me - maybe it's just you and I have to accept that. So remember - SHOO! Matilah lari topik balik bak mencarut.

Anyway, at the moment, me happy enough with my life. Love is no longer that kalao it distracts you and pains you beyond comprehension. So me happy with friends pun leh da lah...



Apapon, seronok dapat jumpa Ina pas so long tak meet her. Dia pon masih ingat aku. Sembang pendek je.

If I'm not in love, watching people in love pun jadik la kan.

Eh... start melalut da aku ni.

Ok... korang nak pictures je kan sebenarnya. So aku teruskan je. Bab naik bot dan kuda bagai, jauh sangat dari kita so aku tak amik pics. Aku snap pon mostly of friends, and a little bit here and there of the decor.

Sebenarnya malas nak amik of the ceremony sangat. Aku rasa dari luar tuh, cam sarkas da. If it was one, it would be equivalent to a three ring circus co-organised by the Barnum & Bailey and Ringling Brothers gituh. The essence of it was there, but too much 'grandeur' actually cheapened it in some ways instead of the opposite desired effect.

Apapon.. on to the pics. Malas nak caption. If korang tak cam these people below, asking won't help. Heh... so pepandai.


























































Merasalah keletihan, dalam ngantuk, sempat transfer, edit, upload, watermark dan link all these pics.

Sebab so many pics and loading is going to be hell for sapa yang line slow, again aku link only one entry on the main page. Kalao korang nak check previous entries, click the archives on the right sidebar ok.

Meanwhile ni links yang related kalao korang nak usha balik pics lepas. Please remember all images belong to me - and you can only use them UNEDITED (jangan pepandai crop) and you MUST also CREDIT AND LINK http://www.klubbkidd.com if you are going to repost them in another blog or website or even forum.

Perkahwinan Asmawi Ani dan Nora'Asikin Rahmat (Felda Taib Andak Part 1)
Perkahwinan Asmawi Ani dan Nora'Asikin Rahmat (Felda Taib Andak Part 2)
Perkahwinan Asmawi Ani dan Nora'Asikin Rahmat (Felda Taib Andak Part 3)

Perkahwinan Asmawi Ani dan Nora'Asikin Rahmat - Part 1 (Hantaran)
Perkahwinan Asmawi Ani dan Nora'Asikin Rahmat - Part 2 (Debaran upacara akad nikah)
Perkahwinan Asmawi Ani dan Nora'Asikin Rahmat - Part 3 (Selepas akad nikah)
Perkahwinan Asmawi Ani dan Nora'Asikin Rahmat - Part 4 (Resepsi di Stadium Tertutup Johor Bahru)
Perkahwinan Asmawi Ani dan Nora'Asikin Rahmat - Part 5 (Resepsi di rumah Ekin)

Ok la.. nak tidur sat. Later aku ada announcement. You want to read this... I think...

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