Menanti Kasih

Korang nak layan cita yang erm... agak mistik tak?

Ni bukan cita baru... tapi tak ramai tahu.

Korang ingat tak lagu Aku Tak Biasa. Penyanyinya Alda.

It was like one of the most popular Indonesian songs I think about 10 years ago.

Anyway, I cam across this other song from a friend. Tima kasih Helmie for it. Aku tak penah dengar lagu ni sebelom ni. It's this haunting melody from Alda yang ramai tak penah dengar. There was never a video for this song too, but I found this fan made video of this song. So korang layan. Just click play sambil baca cita aku agik kat bawah.

So anyway, kisahnya.. ni antara lagu terakhir yang di rakam oleh Alda. Because in December 2006, she died in a hotel room. True story. Korang carik wikipedia - Alda Risma baca sendiri. Apparently she was initially thought to have died from an overdose in a suicide after kesan-kesan suntikan ditemui on her.

Later however, her boyfriend was implicated or something.

Now, if you're listening to the song, you'll notice something strange about the lyrics. Ni lirik lagu Menanti Kasih kat bawah ni.

Malam sunyi kusendiri
Duduk sepi diatas pohon
Kubiarkan rambutku terurai

Tanpa kaki kelelawar
Anjing dan bulan purnama
Kumenanti kekasihku
Yang belum mati

Reff :
Kapan mati kekasihku
Kumenanti kau disiniAyo mati bunuh diri
Agar kita jumpa lagi
Seperti dulu
Mana mungkin kukembali
Hidup lagi seperti dulu
Kecuali engkau mati
Mohon mengerti

How true is this, I don't know. The whole story about Alda and this song. I found a version of this song which sounds the same here.

The title here is Rintihan Kuntilanak and is supposedly performed by The Panas Dalam. I don't know if it features Alda or not, ataupon this is a cover or anything. Tapi ada perbezaan sikit, especially in the lyrics. In the third line of the chorus, 'Ayo' or ayuh, digantikan dengan kapan mati lagi sekali... and the third line berganti with the first... takde 'bunuh diri'.

So I'm guessing The Panas Dalam covered this song. Entah. Anyone have further info?

Apapon I love this song. Seram sikit, tapi sedih.

My song of the moment (minus gelak yang sesuatuh tuh yang tak sesuai nak dengar nak feeling emo malam-malam, and part of the lyrics like tanpa kaki and rambut terurai... imaginasi aku menggila sikit)

Hah... kira ni love song kak ponti la nih... (ala ala Annie Lennox Love Song For A Vampire temanya tapi I like this for it's simplicity of humanizing something almost demonic when it comes to love)

Eh.. sebut kak ponti ke kunti ni... kan biasa ada bau kemboja kan sebelom meyerang nya bau yang hazab bagai.

Saja nak tie in... aktiviti aku malam semalam. Erm.. untuk apa ek. Jangan speku. Ni bukan mandi bunga. Ni bukan tuk berubat... ni bukan tuk mak esah.. kot.. heh! Biasalah.. sapa baca Twitter aku tau la (sini pon aku ada sebut) ada kawan aku ada masaalah sikit, so bak dia gi berubat sikit.

Ok ok... da abih cita ala Mastika tuh, mai kita go on to Akademi Fantasia. Diari malam tadi, on the last day before the horror.. I mean the concert yang kedua.

First layan Diari.

Now the daily observations.

*Baru aku perasan. What's with the canned applause at the start of Diari. Ala... rakaman bunyi orang tepuk tangan. Erm... perlu ke?

*Heh... yang pentingnya Ninie masuk Akademi promosi Adidas Action 3 as well as Project Alpha. Amik ko - sapa agik ek bloggers yang terlibat dalam Project Alpha musim kedua ek (wat muka inesen) Eh Ninie, aku tak carot ko ek... ko risau sangat masuk Akademi kang aku carot dalam blog (kita kan kawan.. heh!) Lagik pon seronok tengok bebudak kena dera ngan pose yoga ko bagai.

*Alamak... moto lak mula cakap. Hina gila siot. Dari kamera da dok diam tetiba nak promo motor bersuara lak. It's kinda retarded, don't you think?

*Erm.. aku baru perasan. Diari hari Jumaat... tapi kenapa semua bebudak laki pakai baju Melayu dan tapi dak pompuan semua? What's with pesen bebudak pompuan??? Pelik gila with fugly dressed and belted.

*Norman - hari ni ko memang meletop carot bebudak. It takes that to get these kids to understand the business isn't as easy. Ajar bebetol sikit bebudak ni yang rasa nak enjoy je keja. Ptooihhhh... ingat senang ke? Jap jap... ala... rupanya wat gimik je... dalam evaluation tenaga pengajar adalak tamu in David Arumugam. Nice, good guest, but too bad bad timing.

Since aku sebut Project Alpha musim kedua, ni ada sikit info. Ninie antara tujuh blogger yang dipilih untuk rancangan realiti online nih. Azwan Ali pon ada... dan ramai lagik la... and of course, the final episode (save the best for last katanya, will be mine, ketika ujibakat di Sarawak (korang ingat tak aku gi sana)

Apapon, pelancaran musim kedua Project Alpha which is hosted by Jojo Struys (kecuali episod aku, aku syok sendiri menggila depan kamera) akan diadakan tak lama lagi. They're having a bloggers launching - so kalao korang nak join aku dan bloggers lain tuk meraikan the launch (and get a free movie pastuh), SILA KLIK SINI. Go there for more info ok... dan harap-harap kita semua berjumpa sana.

And that's all for today. Esok posting agik!

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Jamu selera

Sebelom anything, here's a little something for the ladies. Ni tuk akak-akak dan makcik-makcik jerk ek. Yang kalao ada abang-abang atau adik-adik minat nak usha pon ok... terpulang... heh! Tak halang, aku. Mana tau la nak hadiahkan kat sesapa ke.... (nak pakai sendiri ke)

Kawan sekolah rendah aku lama yang skang di Hong Kong sent down a couple of Coach bags, on the order of orang yang kansel last minute. They're ORIGINAL (NOT authentic fake yer, harap maklum). So member aku sangkut ngan benda ni - yang dipegang orang tua dia skang. Aku besok nak amikkan.

The two bags are the F13065 Coach Hamptons Signature Pink Belted Carryall Handbag priced originally at USD$348 and the F13977 Coach Hampton Signature Zip Satchel Brown Handbag which retails for an original price of USD$359.

These are pics from the Internet on the model - to give you guys an idea of what they look like. Google the model number for more pics.

F13065 Coach Hamptons Signature Carryall handbag

F13977 Coach Hampton Signature Zip Satchel Brown Handbag

Keadaan BARU lagik, dan shipping semua da dibayar. Kalao korang nak, aku gi usha the bags for you. CONFIRMED authentic or money back guarantee from me (aku nak lari mana.. tak main la tipu-tipu nih). Sorry tak main bayar bulan-bulan (matilah aku nak collect cam Ah Long).

Harga nak tolak? The pink yang harga asal USD$348 - leh dapatkan for RM950 and yang coklat yang USD$359 leh tolak for RM1000. Tuh kira lebih sikit je dari harga pre-loved Coach handbags in the market. Kira murah abih tuk yang brand new. Plus NO RISK kalao ngan aku (kat Internet korang order gamble gak kekadang soal replica ke, shipping ke etc)

Sapa minat - sila call aku kat 017-2025900 (please call lepas 5pm esok paling awal ok). Sebolehnya aku layan yang kat Lembah Klang so leh COD. Aku malaih ni nak bank in nak hantar-hantar. But I guess kalao korang kat outstation nak sangat, call aku, leh runding, ok?

Mulai petang esok, rasanya aku da ada dua beg ni dalam tangan aku so kalao nak any close-up detailed pics pon leh aku MMS kan, atau leh arrange to meet up.

Kalao amik dua skali, I guess aku leh kurangkan SIKIT harga tuh. Jangan la tekan sangat.

Chewah.. aku da cam wat blogshop da nak jual beg tangan bagai. Aku sebenarnya nak hadiahkan mak aku salah satu beg nih... tapi sebab baru beli a brown Raoul nya woven leather body with braided leather handle cam bazir lak bebanyak (merasalah mak aku meriah ngan beg tangan lak)

Just notakaki sikit - ada ke kaum Hawa yang nak aku wat benda ni bebetul ala blogshop mana korang leh place order? Sebab aku ada kawan-kawan kat Hong Kong (harga kira ok), dan Dubai (branded goods dia paling murah di dunia sebab takde cukai). Kalao nak tell me what kind of stuff korang would buy and maybe aku usahakan.

And since I have the attention of the ladies, for your sake, untuk kebaikan diri anda sendiri - please CLICK HERE and take the online risk assessment for cervical cancer. Wat kejap je... but trust me, you'll learn a lot about something a lot of women overlook. Jadik, makcik-makcik, akak-akak, adik-adik pompuan.. please take a minute or two dan usha ek. Masuk je site tuh, click ASSESS YOUR RISK. Bukan tuk aku... tapi untuk diri anda sendiri. Juga kalao leh, sebarkan pada kengkawan dari kaum Hawa (yang jantan tuh bagitau la mak ke makcik ke, kakak ke adik pompuan ke, sedara mara, girlpren ke kengkawan perempuan.... you're looking out for them)

Ok ok... da abih bab promosi da... skang masuk bab Diari Akademi Fantasia hari ni.

So... ini pemerhatian aku dari Diari hari ni...

*Hari ni elok sikit layan kelas Que. I like! Cuma bebudak beriya kena pegang karakter cabar Que tuk masuk watak cacat (perlu ke). Tapi Que outshine meka all the way. None of the kids nampak pon character (remember they have non-existent personalities). Heh... cikgu power, pelajar lak ampeh!

*Motif Jimmy nak pakai WALAUPPOOOON.. salah intonasi yer. Heh!

*Aiyo perlu ke nak tunjuk background/interview ngan family bebudak. Tu la sibuk wat Tirai, takde introductory program kena selit masuk Diari lak. Pastu benda Diari sibuk sumbat Debaran.. kelam kabut. Cam meraih undi tertentu lak bebudak tertentu nak tunjuk background.

*As usual - NANGISSSSSSSS!

*Pe hal la microphone pakai time tuh murahan sangat rupa? Aduh! Bajet.. bajet!

*Kenapa asik nak stress kan pelajar tuh pilihan dari 10,000 yang audition berkali-kali? Reminds me how somebody must have screwed up, or maybe we don't have anymore talent out there je the fact these kids are not standing out as cream of the crop of 10,000.

*The lighting from that box-thing the speak to is so NOT flattering.

And that's it for today, folks!

PS - Hari ni ulangtahun bonda aku yang tercayang!!! Yeay yeay!!! Love you, mommy!

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Boo ho0!

Semalam nak sangat update awal sikit. Tapi tak sangka ada lak benda tak elok menimpa kawan-kawan.

Sungguh tak sangka in this day and age, ada gak orang main benda halus. Call it what you want.. mak esah ke bomob ke... kesian betol aku tengok kawan-kawan aku jadik mangsa. Pelik sungguh masyarakat zaman skang nak feeling bebenda camni padahalnya memasing berlumba nak pose urban bagai.

Aku sendiri penah jadik mangsa (ingat tak korang pasal entry aku pasal ramuan yang aku sediakan masa nak berubat). So camna tanak pecaya bebenda nih pon - it exists.

Cuma kita mintak jauhkan je. Tapi bila da ada yang da main serang camni.. erm. Entahlah. Aku dulu pon tanak konsep 'Return To Sender'. Tak elok... bukan tempat aku tuk nak menghakimi perbuatan orang tuh. Balasan akan ada kelak...tapi bukan dari aku. Bukan tempat aku nak menentukannya.

Kes aku dulu - berkaitan dengan industri hiburan gak. Hasil keja orang yang memang sial, manusia durjana pukimak haram ni, kerana masa itu, aku tengah freelance dan aku membimbing bakat baru based on consultation. Tak cukup racun Roundup (brand ni popular agik ek sampai terus jadik reference) dia tabur merata, main hantar benda lak.

Lepas berubat, lega aku, rezeki aku terbuka kembali, dan kesihatan aku kembali.

Based on the concept of karma, setan tak bertanduk tu yang memang da dajal ramai termasuk artis-artis dan make-up artis pun terima la balasan nya. Memang ramai akhirnya tau aktiviti dia yang KAKI MAKAN DUIT mereka terpaksa melaluinya.

Pendek kata - kalao ko ingat ko nak feeling mak esah power sangat, orang lain leh top up kan yer. Ingat. Tak semestinya orang yang tak main benda ni akan ngalah bila ko usik cara sebegitu.

Anyway, terbaru, ada kawan-kawan lak kena.

Semalam ada kejadian yang mengerikan yang aku takleh cita sepenuhnya sini. No details sebab diminta tuan badan untuk jangan ceritakan.

Tapi memang kat kawasan kejadian... erm... seram sejuk.

Sebelum kejadian pon memacam masing-masing rasa kepelikan.

Aku tak heran bab ramai orang industri kita nak main benda halus ni. Depan orang ya ampun sumpah bagai atas nama Tuhan, nak wat imej very the religiously aware bagai. Tapi hado? Rupanya perangai lembut tuh kalahkan black metal hangguk yang dok orang kaitkan ngan satanism.

All I have to say is this. You reap what you sow.

Pada orang-orang yang takde hati perot nak usik rezeki orang tu - your time is coming.

Pada peminat dunia seni, jangan ingat ini sekadar fiction. Percaya atau tidak, hakikatnya ramai orang industri sekarang pengamal bebenda camni.

Dari member artis penah kena santau, sampai yang sentiasa diekori bebenda yang menggangu, it's more common than you think.

Bukalah mata. Jangan dek puja orang yang takkan disangkakan, tak penah dikaitkan bebenda camni sebab ingat meka pijak semut pon takleh mati.

Aku rasa cam next entry nak je kongsi sesi berubat kang. Heh.. leh? Tak... jangan risau. Takde kes aku ikut gi berubat kang kena rogol bomoh pelesu seperti yang slalu kuar berita tuh. Heh!

Ok ok.. tukau cita meroyan aku jap.

Mai kita beralih pada benda yang sama tak berfaedah tapi menyeronokkan untuk diperkatakan. Atau untuk mengata (baru lebih accurate)

First of all, ni la lagu tugasan minggu ni.

Pelajar lelaki

1.ALIF- Dance With My Father (Luther Vandross)
2.SHAHIR- Jangan Nakal (Alif Satar)
3.IWAN- Mencari Konklusi(Hujan)
4.MAULANA- Hasrat Hati(S.Mariam)
5.DAUS- Menatap (Aril)

Pelajar perempuan
1.AIN- Lagu Happy (Amy Mastura)
2.FARINA- Ketentuan (Ramlah Ram)
3.ANUM- Sekadar Di Pinggiran (Franscisca Peter)
4.NAD- Aku Wanita Biasa (Kris Dayanti)
5.EMA- Pakai Buang (Stacy)
6.ADIRA- Ku Percaya Ada Cinta (Dato' Siti Nurhaliza)

Skang komen sikit pasal lagu dulu. Matilah lagu favourite aku bakal dihancurkan. Dance With My Father WAS a beautiful song, but by the end of this week, I suspiciously think that it may never sound the same. Bak kata Alif - Dance Wid My Fadder.

Shahir dapat lagu yang aku rasa tak sesuai ngan dia because it's too kiddy, teenybopper. I mean he's still young, but he doesn't have the cutesy pie image for this, or maybe memang tujuan diberikan lagu ni nak bagi dia lebih endearing pada bebudak pompuan bawah umor. As well know, lagik ramai merembes, lagik masyuk Afundi. Kan kan kan...

Iwan dapat lagu yang akan membantu dia, simply because memang ramai da merembes ngan dia pon, and lagu ni akan bagi dia more cred with an edgier appeal. Walaopon...

Maulana and Daus? Do I need to waste time commenting even? Sesuwai!

Ain dapat lagu yang poppy and upbeat, which I think is a challenge for her, with no diva moments. Farina selepas dikatakan Lady Gaga Cindai, leh prove something with Ketentuan (kalao takleh gak tatau la)

Anum dapat lagu paing best antara bebudak pelajar perempuan minggu ni, dan aku bersedia nak berdarah telinga. She doesn't have the vocal chops nor the ability emotionally to carry the weight of this song. Sama cam Nad.

Like Ain, Ema dapat lagu yang away from the feeling-feeling diva variety. Tapi persoalan aku nih ek - ada orang atasan Astro Ria da bet ngan aku. Bila aku kata abih la lepas ni semua lagu KRU kat konsert, meka kata takkan. So aku cabar meka. Dalam sepuluh konsert, jangan ada lebih sepuluh lagu ciptaan KRU. Ni nak masuk konsert kedua, da dua. Let's see whether I win the bet or not. Heh!

And lastly Adira. Erm... I don't know. Aku rasa satu agik lagu best bakal dihancurkan.

Skang korang layan la Diari.

Observation for Diari hari ni.

1. Recycle lagik penyingkiran Shah for the sake of injecting element of drama. Aiyo... dah la program Astro semua repeat je. Content Diari pon nak recycle? Dah hari kedua dah la minggu... apa hal masih nak dwell on penyingkiran yang no one really care about.

2. Pe hal video 'wasiat' Shah pun ada muzik Menuju Puncak versi sedih. Aiyo!!!! Tu pun nak mood music ka???

3. As expected bebudak semua paip bocor, empangan bocor, semua bocor. Tension tengok. NANGIS JE KEJA! Cenggeng! Camni nak jadik artis? Orang seni memang jiwa sensitif, tapi bukan ngan asik meleleh air mata 24 jam jer.

4. Hinanya lagu Menatap tuh sampai bebudak laki semua geli ngan lagu tuh. Heh! Tapi memang pon.

5. Apa lah gimiknya nak mintak Cat untuk bak motor ke dalam. You can see reaksi bebudak pon tak amused. And all that trouble just nak katakan si Ain masuk balik Akademi?

6.Nak tengok bebudak nya sincerity nangis bagai, tengok Ain je. She didn't even realize Shah eliminated. So maybe she didn't know, but I think anyone would have gotten a clue at that point when a person is missing. Like du-uh. There was supposed to be an elimination. And she didn't even seem to care. Having spent the same amount of time with the rest of the kids in Akademi (pre elimination with Shah), you have to wonder, did she miss the briefing to cry senselessly.

7. I think it was so politically incorrect for Shahir to make fun of deaf mutes masa dalam kelas Que.

8. Ema masa diminta keluarkan kemarahan menangis je. Lagik satu bukti cenggeng gila bebudak Akademi Fantasia kali ni.

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Raja Lawak

Firstly. Diari hari ni - erm.. lagu lagu tugasan akhirnya diumumkan.

Jap.. sebelom tu nak tanya sikit. Adakah aku sorang je rasa seperti kali ni melampau lak penjualan bebenda download ni - album bagai. Perlu ke nak download pic Jimmy ngan Mok the Monyet. Haduh... show ni cam iklan panjang lak da.

Anyway... ni senarai lagu tugasan and what I think's going to happen.

SHAH – Bengang (Akim)

Vocally ala ala mampu kot dia deliver, just don't expect too much. Visually - it's going to be quite a pain.

ALIF - Kau Aku (Aizat)

There goes my favourite song. Merasalah bakal berdarah telinga katanya sora gargantuan akan kedengaran lagik bila dia nyanyi.

SHAHIR – Khatimah Cinta (6ixth Sense)

I don't think he's going to hit the notes and sebab mamat ni cam takde emosi ala ala Zombi Kampung Pisang, there goes another nice song in the karaoke session.

IWAN – Haven't Met You Yet (Micheal Buble)

Help! I'm sorry but mamat ni moka dan gaya Raja Lawak. Aduh... he's a good copycat though, no doubt. Mampu bak lagu... but don't expect him to bring anything new to it.

MAULANA – Extravaganza (Bunkface)
Owh have mercy. Can someone tell these people INDIE is not a genre???? Berkali kali aku ulang tapi masih ada yang confident band indie la... lagu indie la... aduh... bangap sungguh. This is so salah.. nama Akademi yang deal with music but basic pon tak paham.

Indie - or independent - can be from any genre, baik rock ke pop ke, as it basically refers to the state of being INDEPENDENT from mainstream major producers. Ada paham?

Ertinya kalao Ramlah Ram esok wat album pop, tapi dia guna duit sendiri nak rakam album, dan edar sendiri album itu - dia pon INDIE. Paham?

Bunkface pon kalao da sign ngan major label, dan segala pembiayaan rakaman, edaran dan publisiti bagai di tanggung syarikat dan bukan diri sendiri - itu namanya dah BUKAN INDIE.

Bangap bin Atang sungguh la bila orang main throw about terms about indie ni tanpa paham. Geli ketiak aku. Takde muzik yang leh dikategorikan INDIE ok. Muzik from India ada...

Panjang lak meroyan. Anyway.. Maulana. Hado mampu nak rock it out. Doubt he can carry this song. He doesn't have the attitude to dan mesti poseur gila.

DAUS – Cari Jodoh (Wali)

Lagu yang sesuai ngan dia. Apa lagik dia mampu nyanyi? Bagi simple simple sing-a-long jer. Haussss.....!!!

AIN – Hey Ladies (Rossa)

Poppy. No problem for her. I think sebab dia comfortable onstage and all, this song senang je dia tackle kalao dia tak overconfident.

FARINA – Paparazzi (Lady Gaga)

Ni pon takde masaalah. Cuma, she has the ability to deliver vocally, tapi performance dia I hope the tenaga pengajar don't stifle her by asking her to do things a certain way - instead match it with her ability.

ANUM – Aku Tak Percaya Cinta (Liyana Jasmay)

Sungguh ketara dia tak suka lagu ni. Memang lagu ni susah (apa gelak... !!!! Heh!) Mampu? Ko rasa?

NAD – ERT (Farah Asyikin)

I don't blame her for not liking this song as well. Good luck je la. Lagikpon bukan dia sodap sangat pon last concert.. so sesuai la ngan lagu.

EMA – Yang Terbaik (Marsha)

I think lagu ni sesuai ngan dia, and dia paling luckiest antara semua. Whether or not she takes it to heart, instead of nak cukup makan je will depend on how successful she manages to execute the song.

ADIRA – Bertamu Di Kalbu (Jaclyn Victor)

HELP! Tak confident aku langsung dia ngan lagu ni... too powerful for her and the song is so going to overshadow her.

Perlu ke lagu group tahap ni? Spend more time on solo jer. Tuh pon tak mampu camna.

Nak... layan Diari ari ni. Jimmy! Ko ting tong ke apa time recording? Sungguh! Jangan marah, Jimmy but you need a chill pill man. Too hyper dan sungguh very the bouncing of the walls ok cam sugar high. Chill a little.

Kowser la... some of these kids sungguh tak sesuai in the Akademi. I really wonder how selection was done.

Aku predict - some of them akan hilang lebih cepat dari zaman kehausan musim keempat dulu. Good luck je la ngan harapan palsu yang diberikan yang meka ni bakal bintang.

Eh dahla... ari ni short entry again. Aku nak abihkan keja. Esok ada sidang akhbar untuk AIM 17. Juga pelancaran album Bunkface baru. Dua-dua pada masa yang sama, tapi aku gi for AIM kot.

Updates later!

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Glee .. dan GELI!

Yeay... Glee is coming again by the end of the month (for those of you watching on Star World, Astro Channel 711, every Wednesday at 9pm who don't know... yes, orang da habih pon tengok musim pertama). Still, it'll be seamless because by the time everything wraps here it's time for the next season so you don't have to wait.

BUT... that's not what I'm posting about today.

Got some inside info pasal Glee nih. Bagi peminat Glee - baik kat Malaysia, or in our neighbouring countries - wait for POSSIBLE good news. The cast of Glee are going on tour in the US - with seven dates in four cities in May.

Nothing's been confirmed - but (don't quote me), we MAY just get a Glee moment in Malaysia (or even in Singapore)!!! Can I get a hell yeah on that? The lovely people at Fox/Star World who do FEH-BULOUS WORK (unlike some unprofessional, juvenile, lazy-ass agencies for other channels who then moan, groan and blame others for their stupidity) apparently are working on bringing the cast down this side of the world. Gleeks unite!

Heh... happy sangat.

Nanti, if I get more info aku bagitau.

Dari Glee, masuk bab geli lak.

Pas balik tadik, layan keja sikit, and then layan Youtube nak tengok Diari Akademi Fantasia pertama (sorry aku antara populasi yang tak kuasa nak dok parking depan TV time 7.30 - bukan nak solat Maghrib... tapi memang masa tak sesuwaiiii - sila rujuk Youtube jerk jawabnya)

Korang layan dulu Diari hari ni... pastu tengok korang stuju tak bebenda aku rasa geli sangat.

Erm... so apa yang aku geli sangat. Sila rujuk senarai dibawah ini.

10 Perkara Yang Geli Mengenai Diari Akademi Fantasia (setakat ini)

1. Sebutan 'Diari' dari Jimmy.

2. Sebutan 'Akademi' dari Jimmy.

3. Monyet yang bernama erm... Mo? (kreatif gila nama)

4. Makeover akademi (cam dicat orang rabun warna - tau la ikut tema sponsor tapi cam someone possessed wat jerk... takde tema langsung, even in decor yang apa sampah je campak set Diari.. tipon tuh tak kena mengena) Cuma ada beberapa bilik diberi tema sponsor (Brands ke Era.. ada beza ke?) sementara ada yang malas diubah tetap maintain colour Hotlink.

5. Ramai yang gedik, ada yang pecah lobang gila (cue scene pemberian tugasan 'Ziana' beraksi)

6. Ramai gak yang poyo. Hats and sunglasses and too much hair wax.

7. Baha kembali sebagai RA.

8. Lima minit dari 24 minit Diari - buang masa ulang tayang persembahan Tirai yang nan hado. Padahal one more time ulangtayang ketika evaluation.

9. Mr Bola Bola missing dari Akademi. Tau la musim lepas tak semua dapat bak balik Mr Bola Bola sebab bajet kureng... musim ni terus lesap ke.

10. Website official takde info menarik langsung sementara layout and design haus! Dah start musim ni I don't expect to see 'TypeError: Result of expression 'xmlDoc.load' [undefined] is not a function' as part of the site. AFUNDI terkini pon hado nak show up? Baik KE SINI terus nak tau.

Setuju ke tak? Ada aku kisah? Pepandai korang tambah kalao ada.

PS - Aku dapat private message dari sorang Idol aku. Heh... rahsia! Suka sangat! Go go go! Three of my four favourites made the top 12 and they're gonna rock it!

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Konsert Akhir Akademi Fantasia 7 (Part 3 - The Prequel)

Sebab banyak sangat pics nak upload, aku kena backdate lak. Ni pics dari masa hari Jumaat sebelom final yang aku kata last day of Diari sebelom ni.

Actually pics ni takleh kuar time tuh, but now leh la. So korang enjoy je la.

Ni first time bebudak dapat jumpa the whole production team of Diari Akademi Fantasia.

Masa naik tangga ke tingkat atas, kebetulan Yazid leh nak ke surau. Dia nampak je, lari lintang pukang sembunyi. Merasalah tiba-tiba almost fourty of us muncul. Mana tak takotnya... cam nak kena belasan pon ada. Siot je Yazid wat lawak sembunyi... pecah perot gelak.

And then, masuk sesi perkenalkan diri masing-masing dan tugas masing-masing. Sebelom ni pon bebudak kenal hanya TAC team yang jaga meka ke hulu hilir dari Akademi ke dewan, selain tenaga pengajar dan RA, as well as the creative team headed by Najib as senior writer.

Kali nih meka dapat jumpa the whole team bebetul, from the executive producer in Sooraj, sampai cameraman, editors, sound crew all the way to the production assistants. Merasalah Azzah yang ratu finance kita pon ada.

It was a shock for the kids kerana aku rasa selama ni meka tak suspect pon, yang begitu ramai jaga mereka. Especially tahap final dah.. meka rasa sunyi je Akademi. Mana taknya, everyone has to be invisible to fgive that illusion.

Tapi bebudak nampak la kelibat skali skala... tapi tempat tuh pon ada cita-cita ehem... yang well, jenis ko takkan cita malam, so meka pon tak penah persoalkan. Heh!

Ni some of the pics... enjoy before the next entry of the Konsert Final itself, pre and post dan juga majlis kenduri kesyukuran dan farewell kat Akademi.

Askrul feeling rempit pencen! (matilah aku!!!)



The team meets the kids



Walaopon sebumbung, Sarimah dan Principal Datin Seri Tiara Jacquelina pon jarang jumpa


Terkejut... terharu




Executive producer Sooraj ngan director Saha


Angelina!


Photo op!


Dalam banyak pasangan di kenen, ni yang paling erm... suspen! Production assistant Farid dan personal assistant Sarimah, Fida


Korang ingat pic Saha kat atas? Perasan masa Konsert Akhir dia diperkenalkan? Dia la tunang Catriona Ross. Also... dia yang ajar Hafiz rap masa minggu lagu Malique dan Najwa. Hafiz baru tau...


Group photo - with me too


Some more...


Akim feeling rempit ngan motor dia


Bukan setakat bawak lagu Superman.. aksi pon kena gak


Macam-macam...


My pic with the kids


Remember the five day countdown thing meka lukis? Ni dia...


Cam predict je kedudukan mereka. Cuma Isma dan Aril je tukar tempat






Mr Bola Bola aka Aizuddin yang jadi tempat sidai kain (actually tempat letak barang kenangan pelajar eliminated)

And ni pic bonus...sapa tengok Diari akan perasan... bukan je motor Modenas tu Akim Punya ditampal. Also tuala muka tinggalan Aishah dan pic Aishah skali. Heh! Couldn't resist amik pic nih.



Konsert Akhir Akademi Fantasia 7 Special links
Konsert Akhir Akademi Fantasia 7 (Part 1) - CLICK HERE
Konsert Akhir Akademi Fantasia 7 (Part 2) - CLICK HERE
Konsert Akhir Akademi Fantasia 7 (Part 3) - CLICK HERE
Konsert Akhir Akademi Fantasia 7 (Part 4) - CLICK HERE
Konsert Akhir Akademi Fantasia 7 (Part 5) - CLICK HERE
Konsert Akhir Akademi Fantasia 7 (Part 6) - CLICK HERE
Konsert Akhir Akademi Fantasia 7 (Part 7) - CLICK HERE
Konsert Akhir Akademi Fantasia 7 (Part 8) - CLICK HERE
Konsert Akhir Akademi Fantasia 7 (Part 9) - CLICK HERE
Konsert Akhir Akademi Fantasia 7 (Part 10) - CLICK HERE

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Konsert Akhir Akademi Fantasia 7 (Part 2)

And they want to thank YOU!

For those who spent your hard-earned money on these kids, all of them, Akim, Aril, Hafiz, Isma and Yazid would like to thank you for your support for them throughout the competition.

Sekarang lupakan segala spekulasi dan semua yang dilalui, cause it's time to pick up the pieces and support them for their careers sebagai bintang-bintang yang mintak-mintak akan menyerikan persada seni tanahair.

So many pics to post and all... but I thought this was the first thing I should post sebab Akademi Fantasia, and these kids, would be nothing without YOU (pada yang AFUNDI ek... bukan yang pakai air liur saja).

The other parts of the finale concert entry will follow, as will the kenduri kesyukuran AF7 entry pas the event tengahari nih. Sabar ek...



Konsert Akhir Akademi Fantasia 7 Special links
Konsert Akhir Akademi Fantasia 7 (Part 1) - CLICK HERE
Konsert Akhir Akademi Fantasia 7 (Part 2) - CLICK HERE
Konsert Akhir Akademi Fantasia 7 (Part 3) - CLICK HERE
Konsert Akhir Akademi Fantasia 7 (Part 4) - CLICK HERE
Konsert Akhir Akademi Fantasia 7 (Part 5) - CLICK HERE
Konsert Akhir Akademi Fantasia 7 (Part 6) - CLICK HERE
Konsert Akhir Akademi Fantasia 7 (Part 7) - CLICK HERE
Konsert Akhir Akademi Fantasia 7 (Part 8) - CLICK HERE
Konsert Akhir Akademi Fantasia 7 (Part 9) - CLICK HERE
Konsert Akhir Akademi Fantasia 7 (Part 10) - CLICK HERE

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Last day

Mai dekat sikit adik-adik. Aku nak cerita sikit. Closer... closer... jangan dekat sangat. Kang orang kata bias lak layan ko lebih sebab ko beriya sangat nak dok kat ngan aku nak layan cita aku nih.

Hari ni aku nak cita sikit pasal Akademi Fantasia. Panjang.. so make yourself feel comfortable. Dah? Matilah ko kalao lom. Baca cepat sangat ke sampai tak sempat nak selesakan diri?

Dah? Ok here we go.

Korang ingat tak zaman sekolah korang camna? I remember. I was one of the smart kids, tapi nakal nak mampos. Mana tak nya. Kawan baik aku gam gajah. Kenapa? Sebab tiap kali aku kena marah (kerana malas dalam kelas), gam gajah akan magically hinggap kat wiper keta cikgu aku yang meroyan tuh siap ngan pasir dan batu kecik bertaburan. Effectnya? Skali ujan on je wiper abih windscreen kena calar bagai.

Gam gajah tu juga akan magically seal tyre valve (amik ko kalao kurang angin camna nak bukak), keliling 'pintu tempat pam minyak' (tangki kosong abih la ko), dan juga semua keyhole pintu (zaman aku skolah tuh lom wujud remote control nak tekan skali beep dua kali da bukak).

I always felt victimised. Why? Sebab my teachers felt I had potential but I was always too butt lazy nak usaha sebab things came so easy to me. Takyah nak susah-susah cramming cam orang lain, aku rilek je, bukak buku sekali da melekat. Tapi tengok topik la (menci Add Maths, Fizik dan Kimia... menci sungguh)

So they paid attention to me. No one said I was the teacher's pet masa tuh.

Tapi kan, hairan bin ajaib, dalam Akademi Fantasia, cikgu-cikgu berikan masa lebih sikit pada yang lemah, terus ada yang menjerit FAVOURITISM!!!! BIAS!!!! ANAK EMAS!!! KONSPIRASI!!!!!!

And the point of my story yang sebenarnya tak kena mengena sangat tapi merupakan cerita orang kertu yang feeling nostalgia bagai? Saja je because I thought it was a good lead in into the topic.

Anyway, itulah noya (tu slang tuk paranoia ek) yang membelenggu Akademi Fantasia kali nih. Ada je salah silap yang ada pihak nak meroyan.

You know what guys? Wake up and smell gthe coffee. Life's a bitch and NOTHING is fair.

Here are some horror stories I can tell you.

A talented artiste yang dulu susah sangat nak mencari deal sebab kononnya muka dia tak elok langsung. Walaopon aku dengar sora dia nak pitam with his outstanding vocal range and creative ability, nan ado yang sanggup amik dia.

Aku pun tolong la nak jual kan artis tuh nak dapat kontrak rakaman. Tapi kan masa tuh, banyak pintu diketuk tapi soalan pertama megalukan kehadiran aku, "Elok tak muka dia"

Matilah ko!

Cita ni betul nya wei. Tak caya tanya Ajai. Thanks to him, yang masa tuh ngan Nurul, yang dengar demo time tuh, esok ada call dari Rudy Ramawi, managing director tuk Warner Music Malaysia ketika tuh, and the rest is history... sebab artis tu kemudian dapat kontrak.

Takyah namakan sapa artis tuh.

On top of that, dengar tak cita pasal artis kita yang sora meletop, tapi sini nan ado, gi competition luar negara. Dengan takde bajet, ramai-ramai kongsi bilik tido atas lantai bilik sebab tak cukup ruang. Bila da menang, harumkan nama negara, balik, nan ado orang amik pot.

Memacam la. Bottomline is, life is unfair. Especially in the real world.

And since Akademi Fantasia simulates reality. Deal with whatever comes. The competition comes with a set of rules. Deal with it.

Bottomline is, aku nampak segolongan je bising meroyan. But takpe la. Hak korang. Just jangan pakai air liur je la ek nak meroyan tapi AFUNDI tuh nan hado! Insecurity bagai, macam lah mati orang disokong kalao tak menang. Menang tuh bonus ye adik-adik.Kita pun nampak ada juara Akademi Fantasia hilang begitu sahaja. Dan kita pernah nampak dah yang tersingkir awal lebih meletup dari yang menang pun.

So all I'm saying is, remember the kids. They need your votes. Ko meroyan ke haper. ko hengat apa ko wat tuh akan mengubah nasib bebudak ngan air liur je ke. AFUNDI la...

But keep in mind, what you will achieve is for the kids to be affected adversely.

Let me paint a picture of you. None of the kids know what's going on, and trust me, reality can be very different. Walaupon meka yang ada dalam Akademi Fantasia, they could be living in a reality that you don't understand. Your perception of things could be very different ok.

So meroyan la sepuas hati. Yang peminat diva, akan mengakibatkan calon juara Akademi Fantasia (menang atau kalah) overrated dan akhirnya bila naik pentas industri, di dismisskan as a joke sebab orang kata hebat bagai tapi nan ado in comparison to the very much heavier competition out there. But peminat diva camnih, pas abih musim Akademi Fantasia, usually go the way of the dodo. Terus pupus kewujudan, katanya.

Remember, in the real world, talent is one thing. Originality counts too. Not to mention everything else that goes in the package like showmanship, dedication... etc

Anyway... enough aku merepek... memacam drama dilalui sepuluh minggu.

None of that matters to me. Not now especially.

Dah nak final. Hari ni da hari akhir meka sebagai pelajar before their big 'exam' malam esok. Damn... I'm nervous lak cam sial!!! Macam aku lak nak naik pentas tuh padahal aku akan dok bawah tuh sorak bagai nak gila.

Sempat tengok sound check hari ni. Not a real judge of what's coming, sebab biasa-biasa tapi MY GOD!

Kalao ikutkan (mesti ada peminat meroyan aku cakap) tapi ni penilaian aku setakat sound check tadi.

Hafiz was vocally stable, but I really don't see him performing tahap final sebab it's what I keep seeing from him previous weeks. Mungkin dia simpan kot, tanak keluarkan energy dia lagik. Hope he brings out the fire and drive to win through his performance because it is the final already.

Isma was trying to perfect small details but I give her top marks for effort, tapi aku risau gila soal execution dia.

Akim matched both of them easily ngan lagu baru dia. Tapi tak sempat catch him on Bencinta.

Then Aril did his thing. Kasih Tak Sampai was a wow setanding the other four, tapi lagu baru dia tuh lom hapal sebab baru dapat lirik baru.

Yazid was interesting, but I think he's struggling with a few stray notes.

Then caught Akim wat Bencinta a few more times. OH MY!!! Pening lak aku. Sebab memang besh. Aku selalu tag Akim underdog. Memang dia la yang tak sangka dalam berapa minggu ni semakin up je aku tengok.

If you ask me, it's going to be really close sebab all of them are so focused and trying to outdo each other. Yang aku nampak skang vocally, Isma and Yazid ketinggalam sikit. Manakala soal showmanship Akim dan Aril mendahalui, in that order sebab Akim memang aku nampak he's out to win this.

Esok nak ke rehearsal layan. Actually aku tanak tengok sebab aku nak surprise cam semua orang ketika final, but I am so worried for the kids that I can't bear to stay away.

So will post an entry much later after I get back from the stadium malam ni ok. There will be some pics from the last day.. it's going to be damn sad!!! Nangis!!!!!

Apapon, korang layan Diari. Kelakar gila!

Matilah kenapa lagu Bunkface jadik Hindustan???!!!

Ok la guys. Korang have a good day. Kurangkan noya... dan teruskan AFUNDI. It's almost over....


PS - Love the stage!!! Simple and yet effective! The lighting especially deserves a mention sebab memang tahap international concert gaban! And need I mention Acis nya arrangement?

PPS - Thank God the rest of the faculty in the Principal and Cikgu Fati kata the kids have a right to give suggestions on their songs because it is their right as the performer who goes onstage.

PPPS - Masih terkejut performance Akim semalam... tak sabar tengok final dia upkan lagik!

(Banyak sangat sambungan, sapa tak dapat tengok Diari, just to let you know, kedudukan AFUNDI terkini as of yesterday - Hafiz - 31%, Yazid - 27%, Aril - 20%, Akim - 13% and Isma 10%. Puas tak puas... AFUNDI lah! Jangan wat isu je (matilah). And by the way, just a reminder, order of performance melalui kedudukan undian konsert kesembilan (which everyone knows it's best to perform first not last sebab bahaya takot orang tak sempat AFUNDI pas tengok) Tak adil? AFUNDI10 la... meroyan apa barang...

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Coming up

It's Thursday. Esok hari terakhir nak bersedia sebelum Konsert Akhir Akademi Fantasia. Everyone's freaking out. There never seems to be enough time for anything.

This is going to be a very short entry. Later je panjang lebar sikit bagi korang gambaran status persiapan bebudak. So far it's, believe or not, too early to judge.

I think they were ready during minggu kelapan dan kesembilan. But minggu akhir ni ada je yang rushing. So teruskan je AFUNDI. Semalam pun da tunjuk kedudukan. You guys happy? No? Nothing can change that selain AFUNDI. So keep it coming and things may change.

Setakat ini kedudukan tepat pertama - Yazid, kedua Hafiz, ketiga Aril, keempat Akim dan kelima Isma. Ini mengikut Diari Akademi Fantasia semalam. Don't know honestly kalau mereka akan tunjuk kedudukan malam ni, or simpan sampai Sabtu.

Pe pon.. korang layan la Diari semalam. More later...

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Dah agak...

Why are some people so predictable?

Because memang meka ni jenis stok skema dan kekurangan kasih sayang sampai tahap apa meka wat tuh driven out of desperation gituh.

Matilah paham-paham sendiri ek sapa yang terasa.

Aku da agak last entry aku mesti ada yang panas hati. But yes, it's not the first time in Akademi Fantasia history yang ada pelajar rasa lagu mereka tidak sesuai dengan diri mereka. It's happened before... surprise... surprise. Bukan sorang... mungkin tak penah air... mungkin tak penah orang baru tengok Akademi Fantasia tak sedar.

But that's not the issue.

And no the issue is not changing songs. Tak menuntut pe pon. But I suppose some people limited comprehension bab nih, so takpe la. Dari explain why I thought he had a right say something about LAGU BARU bukan lagu tugasan biasa dia, ada je nak fire.

Bottomline is ada orang yang saja nak cari pasal dengan show ni kan? Biasalah Akademi Fantasia, popular... kenalah carut. Datuk Siti Nurhaliza popular pun ada yang carut. Orang yang mencarut tu yang melangut dok tepi, bitter dan very kekurangan kasih sayang nak cari attention dengan carutan tidak berasas.

Matilah ko. Heh!

Banyak gila komen dalam last entry. I like! I knew some people would go ballistic with my take on what happened, and true enough, ramai yang meroyan. Peliknya ramai yang anonymous yang camtuh...

Takpe la. Musim Akademi Fantasia. You guys have fun venting ok. Jangan kuar and take someone out ngan anger korang yang terpendam tuh. Kalau da gaji atau duit saku tak cukup nak AFUNDI, lepas sajalah geram korang tuh sini free. Just understand these words, "IP" dan "police report".

Amik ko.

Setakat nih aku tak heran. If you guys wonder why I ignore most of the comments, sebab I hate repeating myself. Tuk aku yang tak paham bahasa, ko terangkan ke explain secara rasional camna pon tak guna. And I don't think they even want an answer but attention.

Bottomline, aku nak tengok yang feeling dakwa peminat nih, ada lagik ke tak when these kids come out. Ni jenis kalao follower game bola nih nak sorak kutuk, padahal pasal team pon tatau apa. Saja nak join mencelah nak carik perhatian. Matilah metaphor tengok bola lak. Maksud aku, time ni ada je ramai 'pengkritik kedai kopi' dilahirkan. Meka lupa lak 'kritikan' mereka dengan AFUNDI, bukan ngan air liur.

Anyway, yang 'peminat' nak meroyan nih adalah sama stok ngan peminat yang disebut dalam Diari hari ni yang bebudak jumpa ketika trip HOHO pada hari Ahad. They nit pick, dan bith about everything without love for the show.

The real fans talk about anything and everything, but they support all the kids in spirit of fairplay walaopon mencarut.... kerana ada batasan dalam apa meka lakukan.

I am glad the kids had that episode of seeing some people yang feeling berangan jadik peminat tapi dalam sekelip mata leh kutuk hanya kerana meka tak dapat apa meka nak. Orang camni la yang takleh pakai.

Tak caya? Tunggu dalam masa enam bulan skang. Kita tengok sora fanatik semua yang da hilang kewarasan ada lagik ke tak.

Ok ok... lighten up cita sikit... hari ni kat Akademi bebudak semua nampaknya da more focused. Ketepikan kesedihan nak over da, ketepikan stress nak final, ketepikan frustration pasal orang-orang kurang siuman.

Am glad... isu lagu Aril dengar abang Acis da come up with a power arrangement. Hopefully it'll make fans happy.

Apapon... aku happy bukan je kerana bebudak semua happy hari nih masa lepak ngan meka, aku happy gak sebab dapat borak ngan someone pasal cita something unrelated to Akademi Fantasia. Besh gila dapat info! Nantila aku habaq. It's something quite a lot of people have been talking about.. but not mentioning it here for now. Ramai yang skodeng. Shhh!!!!

Also dalam lepak ngan Principal Datin Seri Tiara Jacquelina tadi, puji skirt dia pakai cantik. Givenchy ok! Merasalah! Cantik! Tapi.. erm... cam familiar kan? Terasa cam jaket Isma pakai Sabtu lepas! Heh! Sekali macam beg aku gak. Thank you Pincipal sporting jadik model aku gak nih ek. Heh!




Ok lah. Nak berhenti meroyan. Korang layan je lah Diari hari ni kalao lum layan.


PS - Jangan lupa! AFUNDI Akim, AFUNDI Aril, AFUNDI Hafiz, AFUNDI Isma dan AFUNDI Yazid.

PPS - Kalao minat bukan stakat minat ngan air liur ngan seribu alasan, AFUNDI10 terus lah ek.

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Kuarantin

Heh.. kuarantin bebudak calon AFMASUK bermula hari ni. Kesian kena berkurung lagik walaopon da abih tempoh berkurung.

Anyway, ari nih tak jumpa meka. Ala ala dalam Akademi, they'll be kept away from the public sehingga AFMASUK diumumkan.

Tapi esok nak gi jumpa bebudak tuh nak slow talk ngan meka sat.

By the way, proses AFMASUK nih, just to say, sapa kena AFMASUK tu immediate quarantine sehingga masuk ke dalam Akademi.

Today sorting out some stuff. Damn.. I so need a holiday. Berbulan aku merungut tak sempat agik nak cuti. Takpe. Abih Akademi Fantasia aku nak cuti seminggu. Nak lama lagik takleh lak, nak layan Faz da start Anak Wayang lak.

Ok la.. I have some work to finish up. Tomorrow nya entry aku akan letak berbillion pics, so awas sapa line slow. And be sure to watch esok nya Konsert Akademi Fantasia minggu kesembilan esok cause I know it's going to be good.

Later...

Nak tidur sambil layan my favourite song antara lagu tugasan esok, Where The Streets Have No Name.

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YES!

First of all, so sorry guys semalam aku memang takleh posting panjang. Banyak sangat preparation tuk meetings hari ni.

Biasalah... aku bukan orang korporat. So nak meeting camnih serious aku tak selesa. I hate being in a stuffed shirt scenario, cause I simply find myself out of sync. I'm definitely a t-shirt and jeans, eccentric, creative type, so bila kena menghadapi situasi camni - serious aku stress bagai.

But syukur, all the preparation was worth it, and the project has been greenlighted. Tunggu the additional stages sikit nak fine tune things je. Tapi bila CEO network sendiri da give the nod, apa lagik.

If that wasn't enough to make my long day a happy one, got some good news. Sort of. Melibatkan orang lain - tapi impak yang besar pada diri aku gak. Masa je menentukan sama ada aku akan ke arah tu ke tidak je. But thankful I have options available.

Dari segi kerjaya, nampaknya things are getting so much better with opportunity knocking - not just once... tapi nampaknya it's becoming a habit. A good thing definitely.

Meanwhile, my past scriptwriting job (yang ala neverending story nih) kena lak my attention within this week or next turut menyeru. Nangis lah! Suka tau time kerja lain ada, nak slot in. Dahlah berapa bulan menunggu sepi tak khabar... kerja bukan tak buat, tapi nak tolong orang nih la yang mungkin bakal menyusahkan aku.

Aduh... dah lah time orang nak final ni pening...

But takpe. Rezeki.

Pas abih semua, headed to Dewan Seri Putra nak pass CD kat Irwan, one of the Konsert's producers. Ada demo lagu final. Merasalah.

Tuh dia si Irwan nun jauh... kesian.. sabar Irwan. Two more concerts to go


Orang layan soundcheck, Jojie sibuk amik pics sendiri (Facebook la tuh - matilah aku kena maki ngan dia pasnih letak pic nih sini)


Masa sampai bebudak lom agik arrive, so aku melantak dulu after realising that it was 8pm and I hadn't even had BREAKFAST yet, and my only meal of the day was a hot cup of Milo. Matilah camni aku leh jadik Aizat langsing terus (berangan je tuh, takkan sampai camtuh nya.. very the impossible for me - makan hati!!!)

Passed the CD and sat in on the soundcheck. Worried sebab minggu ni semua ada tugasan English songs so wanted to see how the kids are doing, and what I can help out with.

Isma nampaknya no hal ngan Aku Pasti Datang, and on Hot N Cold, she surprised me. I think if the soundcheck was anything to go by, she'll surprise a lot of people. But then again, I hope the uptrend continues kat tomorrow's rehearsals, and eventually the Konsert.

When Hafiz did I Believe I can Fly, all I can say is that it is undoubtedly beautiful as it is, takyah ubah apa apa pon ok jerk. Despite having a little problem ngan suara dia (bebudak semua practise sampai ilang suara - Akim pon), he didn't have to struggle to do it. Thankfully. Also bab Laskar Pelangi he seemed to have worked out the kinks despite earlier difficulties getting some parts of the melody down.

But the most beautiful part of the whole night - is the underrated beauty of Acis nya touch when it comes to the music. On I Believe I Can Fly dan U2's Where The Streets Have No Name, lagu tugasan Yazid - sedap gila!!!! Aiyo... layan!!!!

Takleh letak pics rehearsal (spoil la surprise show then la kan?). But ni tak nampak sapa... can you guys guess who? (no prizes ek!)


Yazid did great for Where The Streets Have No Name with one or two masaalah ngan sebutan. Bab Aku Skandal, he did ok, but because dia masih tak confident ngan melody Aku Skandal, he occasional didn't hit the right notes. But since dia realise, it's step forward for him to rectify it before Saturday.

Akim best je dedua lagu, Larut and also I'm Yours, the latter which he gets to show another talent of his. Tunggu je.

All in all - I'm sure the concert is going to be great because I'm sure in terms of entertainment value, these kids are giving the audience value for their hard-earned money.

Bab lagu bonus pun ok, except Hafiz masih pegang lyrics sheet. Tapi small matter je tuh. Esok ok la tuh.

Overall, I'm definitely looking forward to this week's concert sebab memang dari segi perfomance saingan sengit. Oklah korang layan diari kat atas, as well as the first part of a special edition of Diari EXT yang menampilkan tetamu in wakil-wakil kelab peminat calon AFMASUK semua.

Me going to catch some Z's and hopefully enjoy the day before the weekend tomorrow...

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Away

Malas nak post anything panjang. Tired. And I have a big meeting esok.

Korang layan Diari. Esok aku wat posting panjang sikit.

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Apa-apa sajalah...

Hah.. kalao nak tanya alamat tuh tuk apa, tu la alamat you guys should send your compositions atau lagu, to, for the final assignments of Konsert Akhir Akademi Fantasia 7 nanti yang akan jadi lagu tugasan baru para pelajar kalao dipilih.

But make it fast by the end of the week.. tu pun aku tatau kalao da lewat sangat da. Just try though.... no harm. Rajin lagik hantar by hand je. Heh!

Aduh... anyway mengantuk ni.

Tadik ada sesi as usual ngan bebudak pas all their usual classes. Along ngan Cikgu Fatimah, had one on one session with few of them.

Just to help out ngan sebutan tuk English songs. Hafiz is definitely ok with I Believe I can Fly, just he has to infuse more originality into that song, especially since it's such a hit.

Akim pun takde masaalah ngan I'm Yours, just minor issues here and there while Yazid has all the usual mistakes. Isma nampaknya paling challenged with hers, cause she has to bounce about, being out of her sweet element and yet keep into consideration the melody as well as remembering what not to do, sebab sebutan dia pun, diction ada problem sikit.

But it should definitely be interesting for sure. Yang penting, they all seem in high spirits. And in a way, despite meaning more competition for them, they seem keen on who's coming in for AFMASUK. Of course the boys want another boy, and Isma is hoping for another girl to keep her company.

Bab lagu tugasan lagik satu, they all seem not too worried. Most of them seem to have memorised their songs, and are just working out the minor kinks je.

So tu report latest dari dalam Akademi.

Hah... anyway hari ni ada kejadian kelakar. Ada orang SMS orang atasan tanya tul ke aku kena pecat dari Akademi Fantasia. Amboiiii sedapnya speku. Sapa la yang fitnah nak sebarkan berita camnih. Takpe la.. da dasar orang kurang kasih sayang, terima je la.

My contract with Astro for Akademi Fantasia is fine and well thank you for those who are interested. Heh.

Eh ok la.. malas tulis panjang. Esok ada keja nak abih, and Khamis ada meeting penting sangat ngan boss network satu nih. Ok la guys.. layan Diari....

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AFMASUK

Hari ni nak habaq kat korang pasal AFMASUK dan bagik senarai lagu tugasan tuk Konsert Akademi Fantasia minggu kesembilan.

Kaao tak sempat tengok Diari, silakan kat atas or you can just read the info below.

AFMASUK bermula jam 10 malam ni dan akan tutup pada 9 malam pada hari Sabtu, iaitu malam Konsert Akademi Fantasia minggu kesembilan.

Cara untuk mengundi adalah dengan menghantar SMS seperti berikut.

Taip AFMASUK (nama pelajar) dan hantar ke 32999.
Contoh adalah seperti AFMASUK klubbkidd dan hantar ke 32999. Matilah berangan aku lak nak kena AFMASUK.

Kalao nak AFMASUK lebih dari satu undi, leh pukal sama cam AFUNDI. Caranya dengan taip AFMASUK3, 5 atau 10 diikuti nama pelajar dan hantar ke 32999.
Contoh seperti AFMASUK10 klubbkidd. Merasalah pukal aku masuk!

So just to refresh korang sapa calon-calon ni senarainya. Korang leh send AFMASUK ADILA, AFMASUK OBRI, AFMASUK QHAUD, AFMASUK RINI, AFMASUK SIDI, AFMASUK RUBISA, AFMASUK ZIZI, AFMASUK ARIL, AFMASUK CLAUDIA ataupun AFMASUK AISHAH, tambah 3, 5 atau 10 belakang nama tuh tuk pukal dan hantar ke 32999.

And tuk peminat dan penyokong pelajar yang masih di dalam, ni la lagu-lagu tugasan untuk minggu ni bagi pelajar yang masih dalam Akademi.

Lagu tugasan Konsert Akademi Fantasia - Minggu 9
Akim - I'm Yours (Jason Mraz) & Larut (Dewa 19)
Hafiz - I Believe I Can Fly (R. Kelly) & Laskar Pelangi (Nidji)
Yazid - Where The Streets Have No Name (U2) & Aku Skandal (Hujan)
Isma - Aku Pasti Datang (Bunga Citra Lestari) & Hot N Cold (Katy Perry)

Lagu bonus akan diumumkan kemudian.

Anyway, korang layan da interview Yazid dan Akim over Gala TV kat Astro Awani as part of their reward? Aiyo... bebudak ni camera fright terus.

Oh well... you would think they would be used to cameras now since they are in a reality show, but honestly, bright lights, in a studio where about a dozen people or so at staring at you is kinda frightening.

Both of them definitey have to work on that. Dah berkali ingatkan, but there is no substitute for experience so I guess they have to go through the motions.

Matilah aku ingat first time aku on TV kaku jerk walaopon try and act ceria and natural. Zombi Kampung Pisang!!! Heh!

Ok la... korang layan. Esok aku update agi. Got two articles, a proposal and an email to send out before I sleep...

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May first!!! Lambang sejati (matilah kau!)

Here we go. Memula aku nak explain something.

Hari ni ada yang tunggu drama sebab baca sinopsis kat website kata ada gaduh sampai kasut, kerusi melayang bagai. Of course, the end cuma ada Hafiz kata ada salah faham ngan Akim.

Ok first of all, orang lain wat sinopsis, bukan direct dari production, so maybe korang expected more to be shown.

There is more footage, but tunggu jerk.

But, for those yang emo kata nak naikkan rating ke haper ke... remember this is a reality TV show. So camna pon - sebagai peminat, aku paham ada yang tak suka drama sebab at this point risau it affects the votes. That's understandable.

But the reality is sometimes, these kids get stressed, and ada je benda berlaku. Just enjoy the show for what it is.

Kalao tak, tak realiti la kan...

Anyway, bab AFUNDI lak aku ngaku memang sesuatuh skang. Up and down je. Aku tengok Aishah, Akim dan Claudia punya fans da mula upkan jumlah AFUNDI meka sebab it's so close to the end, and the top ranked ones like Hafiz, and especially Isma and Yazid are slowly inching.

Buat skang, the pool of votes is so big da sebab ramai mengundi yang it's really frightening. I really have no clue to who is going to go out as places change kejap kejap. Speku leh.. hakikatnya lain. Tengok minggu lepas da cukup.

By the way, tuk recording Diari nih. Nak tengok something tak.

Korang slalu tengok orang baca berita ko penah tertanya tak meka pakai seluar ke apa ke... sebab you only get to see them from waist up. Hah.. tengok Sarimah masa Diari.

Mana kain????


Amik ko! Simple je kat bawah. Mana kain bawah tuh pon tatau. But this is the fun part ngan ada Sarimah kat Akademi ni nak recording. Tension-tension layan pala dia yang ting tong da.

Anyway, hari ni sibuk skali. Bak orang tua aku ke rumah akak yang baru. Nak mulakan proses pemindahan nih ke condo Lanai Kiara kat Mont Kiara.

Besau gedabak umah ni


Yang pentingnya ni home office space aku


Yang penting tuh aku minggu depan busy nak beli apa perlu nak hias rumah, serta mendapat kelengkapan pejabat. Al maklumlah. Da freelance ni nak ada pejabat sendiri. Nak set up business ni pun da lama tertangguh. Akhirnya segalanya mula berjalan. Syukur...

Ok la.. hari ni tak nak borak lama sebab nak gerak ke... Johor Bahru! Yeay! Cuma tak besh nya kena balik esok sebab konsert.

Ok la... have fun guys, dan jangan lupa AFUNDI!


PS - I know it's a bit too late, but Happy Labour Day. Mayfirstttttttttt... lambang sejatiiiiiiii

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RIP Nathan

So does today's Diari give you guys an idea of what to expect for Sabtu nih?

I'm not sure how the final outcome will be like, but one thing I can say is everyone is so focused on their performance that it's going to at least, whole hearted.

I mean, it takes weeks and weeks..... and weeks of rehearsals to get things down to a pat for a musical, but bebudak ni have less than five days to get things together for their show onstage to at least give a slice of it.

Based on request, ni status report aku.

Aishah is doing ok, but seeing that the level of competition has been raised, she really needs to up her performance to make up for last week.

Akim lak is so focused that I expect nothing from a good showing by him this week, as do I from Claudia sebab aku nampak she's putting her heart and soul into it.

Isma is trying to get deeper within the character of her song, and setakat ni, aku nampak dia berjaya, though how it will translate to stage is left to be seen. Hafiz is doing well, and I'll bet on a few tears among fans yang moved ngan his rendition.

Yazid masih kayu sikit dari segi penghayatan, as he's not as fluid as the others in terms of expression, tapi he knows that problem he has dan dia masih dealing with it.

Bonus songs is going to be fun though, with Dewa Perang going to be an interesting presentation. Pening sikit bab lagu High School Musical sebab bebudak masih kena betulkan diction banyak tapi disebabkan minggu ni banyak sangat kerja mereka tuk lagu memasing, time is a factor.

Hope no one sings, "What time is eaaaaaatttt!!!"

But despite everyone doubling or tripling their hard work, takde stress ke tension sangat up to now sebab I think bebudak da mula biasakan diri ngan routine that they are just taking it in stride.

Esok aku nak try ke full dress rehearsal, tapi not sure lagik sebab mungkin aku rush ke JB tuk sehari belah malam, so that I can be back by Saturday evening.

That, along with 'moving in' rumah baru esok, it's going to be a bit of a rush, and aku mesti letih gaban nya. So kena tengok camna how my plan goes. Will play by ear.

Oh by the way, sapa missed vlog of the review of the concert last week, ni dia. Kali ni, kerja editing ngan Chedd yang teramat rajin sampai lambat upkan video ni. Matilah ko. Janji cantik presentation la katanya? Oh by the way, kalao tanya sapa dak kecik dalam video tu, tula anak Siti Hajar, si Afif yang dalam Puteri Gunung Ledang as well. Merasalah katanya import talent tuk vlog.



The video above nih in two parts sebab it's actually too long. But layan jerk ek.

Aku nak get some early rest because have to be in the Akademi early tomorrow.

Tapi sempat curi masa tadik layan the final episode of Heroes for the closing episode of Season 3. Nathan Petrelli is dead!!! Damn!



For those who are fans of Heroes, too bad about the no spoiler warning here. Matilah ko! Yang penting, Nathan may have died, but he's still going to be in Season 4. How? Sylar is him. Does that make sense? So Nathan lives in Sylar. Sort of.

Not too impressive of an ending, but not too bad either.

Ok la... nak tidur. Ngantuk sangat da. Nite all...

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Awok ke ewok?

Da layan Diari ke? Hari ni is lepak day for me, kerana lepas saja kerja, lepak ngan kengkawan.

Plan nak ke Ikea nak survey some stuff for the house, tapi sampai ngam ngam tutup.

Lepak ngan Juan kat Uptown, and then were joined by some familiar friends. Si Nadia (oops!) along with Obri, Qhaud dan Sidi. Melantak then gerak lepak kat Downtown at Cheras where we were joined by Aril pas dia settle some stuff.

Malas la nak tulis panjang hari ni. Letak pics je la.

Malu konon nak amik pic


Wat biasa je...


Nak sangat amik? Hah!!! Amik ko!!!


Sidi pose maut...katanya... walaupon...


Ler ni perhal ni


Qhaud trying to pose for the cam


Takleh control gelak gak


Pic si awok ni khas buat kakjauhku, peminat tegar Aril (Aril hi hi kat kakjah perasan tak masa chat @15?)


Nak kalahkan saiz biji mata abang beca aka Obri


By the way, to the respective fans, Qhaud dan Obri akan join Gempak Desa in different locations this weekend. Meanwhile, Aril still packed for this week, and Sidi ada family matters lak nak attend to.

Just over two more weeks to go... cam tak caya cepat sangat masa berlalu...

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