Jakarta - Day 1

Aduh...akibat tak tido....Zombi Kampung Pisang ler tajuknya ari ni. Kinda walking abut spaced out. Thanks to catching a cab late, caught up ngan Vern much later than expected or planned at the supposed 6am.

Instead 6.45am je sampai nak pick up dia. Ning yang da tunggu kat KL Sentral for the past half hour, was not in the least amused.

"She's not a morning person," said Vern. Erm...I doubt any of us are.

"Miss Baizura's principle is... she is never late. People can be early...but she's never late."

Erm... something I live by gituh!!!

Still, she wasn't the least cranky and was perfectly Miss Congeniality after lavishing praise on her finely manicured nails (yerlah...cantik airbrush technique)

Got to the airport fine and checked in.

Ramai da kat sana, cume beberapa orang missing in action lagik sebab lambat bangun. Yeay!!! Not the last...

Sentap tol kat check in, takde exit seat sebab fully booked flight and most of the good seats snapped up.

Keji... but seb baik kakak kat counter tuh baik gila. So after checking in and all, headed for a bite.

What is the choice of menu?

Nasi lemak... a must kata orang tu yang repeat performance tartan jacket dia. Yerlah... janji melantak kan. Aduh...ngantuk.

At this point, my speech da unintelligible da... cakap berterabur for some reason.

We were joined by Adam dan Balqish shortly but since they already had breakfast, they just sat and watched us wolf down everything. Got on the flight, had a short snooze, and then joined kak Jah dari Utusan dan Serimah dari Berita Harian yang dok area exit seat sebab ada tempat kosong!!! (keji akak tuh kata full!!!)

Didn't get to enjoy a more comfy sleep sebab sibuk gossip lak dan erm... bertukar pendapat yang bernas isu Nani dan seorang yang begitu merupakan pejuang moral standards of the community gituh.

Actually tak bertukar pun pendapat...sama je... he's an asshole!

So one hour and fourty minutes later, I'm reliving nostalgia as we touch down at Soekarno Hatta airport.

Ern,... so many memories here, walaupon been here only a handful of times. Still remember first time jejak sini. Oh well...

Oh by the way, if you're interested to know, eased through al checkpoints easily despite having my lighter belt on me. Heh...just a little bit of PR can go a long way (walaupon Vern dan Ning pecah lobang ngadu kat immigration kata aku bak bom! - so very the keji ok!!!)

Seb baik propah dan mandrem aku lebih berhasil.

Anyway, luggage collection was the first task...and here are a few shots of everyone merrily gabbing away (bitching more like it) while keeping an eye out for their belongings as hey tapped away at the keypad of their handphones nak alert yang tersayang da sampai.

The airport still looks the same old, almost broken down antiquity it was, with a nice homely feel. Nothing's changed much since I was last here last year.

Got into our designated vehicle...naik limo ok! Heh....leh? Erm...banyak leg room ler at least katanya. Sempat si Kiss dan si Vern posing pelbagai.

Matlah... propah katanya kang... tapi the confort was much needed cause of the traffic that awaited us.

Kami dok kat Grand Hyatt Jakarta, which is in the central region, so it would take us, on average that is... about 40 minutes.

Tapi, sebab by the time kami sampai dalam 11 pagi, da nak masuk lunch hour, bersedia lah keindahan kesesakan jalan Jakarta katanya! In the end, it took us almost three hours before we finally arrived at the hotel. Sekit tengok aku nak tidur kat dalam keta. Hish... damn!

Dahler baru nak bebetol KO nih....

Sampai lagik satu hal nak check in berzaman lak tunggu. So gi lounge dulu, dan lepak. Since the hotel is connected with Plaza Indonesia, lari gi cari prepaid started pack nak calling calling with a local number, sebab tak kuasa nak abihkan duit nak roaming semua.

Joined everyone for a drink before we all gerak ke Sari Ratu kat Plaza Indonesia nak gi melantak sebab semua da rasa lapar da.

Ramai yang kempunan nak merasa nasi padang original, so that was the closest you could get to an authentic place where we were, without having to endure another damned traffic jam.

Awmigawd...one thing I have to say is... if you thought the food was good, here's the irony of it all.

Sari Ratu here, tak sesedap Sari Ratu kat KL. Leh? Pelik ke haper... but honestly, it wasn't really all that great so didn't eat much. Perhaps it was because I wasn't all that hungry tapi aku makan sikit je.

The fun part was watching them pile food on the table. And I mean PILE as pinggan dan piring semua stacked on each other. Erm...camna nak makan camnih...
Amik ko!!!

Banyaknya makanan! Gembiranya Ning dan Awal!
Ning sempat posing lagik tuh! Anita nak order apa agik. Terpegun si Kiss dan Que!

After we finished, walked off the food by doing one quick round about Plaza Indonesia. Sale merata, tapi sebab it was all branded stuff, tak minat sangat.

Lagikpon sale tak sale, pening pala nak kira ratusan ribu dan jutaan rupiah pelbagai.
Eventually checked into the room with Vern, yang jadik roomie aku. Seb baik leh masuk punya geng... kalao kongsi yang kepala bosan...mampos aku!!! Actually memang pakat dok sebilik baru leh wat onar kang... heh!!! Gituh!!!

After all, takkan nak stick group trip je kan? Nak shopping pelbagai, leh calling calling kengkawan di Jakarta yang ada driver. Tapi kalao nak angkut semua skali mati lah kan!
Managed to catch some sleep for just over an hour before preparing for the gala premiere kat Club XXI, the classier branch of Club 21's theatre.

The Indonesian media were there in full force, dapat ler artis kita rasa camna press conference yang mana media ni, erm... kurang sopan banding ngan kami kami kat sini.

Heh... kalao kat tanahair mesti da naik angin ngan soalan soalan direct dan panas da.

Tapi I take it as a good lesson to remind everyone that Press kita ni masih beradab walaopon ada fanatik yang think otherwise.

Beberapa local artis ada including Ayu Ashari, ratu sinetron Indonesia. Serempak ngan manager Bunga Citra Lestari dan sembang jap... Kris Dayanti singgah sat tapi aku tengah sibuk ke sana sini layan kengkawan didn't notice when she popped in.

Erwin Gutawa yang nak join ngan bini dia tak dapat hadir...

There were some local actors and models there, tapi lain tak kenal langsung. But bestnya tuk aku... ada kengkawan aku dari Jakarta.

Yeap, my best friend, soul mate and Indonesian twin, Leo was there ngan girlfriend dia, and also younger sister and boyfriend dia skali.

Seronok jumpa dia pas tiga tahun tak bertemu!!!

Sempat ler brush up sesikit Bahasa Indonesia aku yang tunggang langgang tengok je sajak aku bertajuk Mimpi kat bawah tuh you get what I mean) Tu lah akibatnya karat lama tak pakai da, nak kena refresher course.

So picked up some extra lines with Leo and Co.

Erm... I think I still sound silly, but it's nice to have Indonesian friends yang leh ajar the right way of pronouncing words and also how not to sound like a total wannabe moron by overdoing the 'dong' part - never use it anyway).

In return, taught them the use of 'lah'. Leh? Something we take so for granted, meka suka sangat... sebab meka tak paham kenapa tiap ayat kami nak guna lah..lah.. lah... heh.

Stuck with Leo and family for most of the earlier part of the night, sebab I already watched the film. Besides, meka nih tamu aku, so kena jaga ler.

Beso siot panggung dia.

It was totally humongous! According to Leo, the cinema used to be the biggest, with the most seating capacity ever in Indonesia.

Tapi apparently skang ada yang lain yang lebih besar. You got to be joking!!!!

Honestly, this cinema would put to shame the TGVs and GSCs back home in terms of the number of seats as well as the overall comfort factor.

People started filing in, I think the capacity was several hundred. Not sure.. just know the place looked damn huge!

Anyhoo... yakked on as everyone filled the seats. The cast for Diva, including Ning herself, Jeremy, Awal, Que, Kiss, Jessica dari Dealova) all took seats behind us.in the last row, which was actually the best seats in the house as they were just above eye level.

We were the second row, which was quite good too, with me on the aisle seat so aku leh lari kejap kejap tuk cigarette break lah... toilet break lah... snack break lah...

Heh...

Couldn't bitch about the movie much sebab director nya si Sharad Sharan dok ngam ngam belakang kita, so Leo and I kena pasang special sgns and references to get across what we wanted to say without them understanding. Aduh... the movie definitely became more enjoyable after that.

Tapi yang besh nya apa tau... aku da ngantuk sangat... mid way through the film, aku tertidur!!!
I noticed myself dozing off tapi ingat leh control; Next thing you knew, Leo sibuk siku aku kejutkan sebab dia kata aku da mula berdengkur! Aiyo!! Malu nya!!!

He said he immediately kejutkan aku the moment I snored, but he said it was really, really LOUD!

Erm....malu jap as he laughed at me. Heh... tu lah. Moral of the story, get enough sleep kalao nak feeling layan premiere movie supaya tak termalu sendiri. Especially when it's a crappy movie. Oops!

Anyway, pas abih movie, sempat photo opportunity. This one's for you Leo.

Sebenarnya, Ning memang one of Leo's favourite Malaysian artistes, selain Siti dan Sheila. Yang lain dia tak kenal sangat sebab kalao aku recommend, dia dengar je dia kata suara suara biasa.

Tiga nama tu la bagi dia unik.

Kira leh bangga la ngan three names tuh sebab orang seberang pun minat banget kan. Anyhoo, Leo had to work the next day, so kuar ngan member lain, balik hotel, melantak sebelom sneaked out to party.

Destination aku : Nu-China! Small club, kat area ala Bangsar nih. Great music, tapi mak aih, pompuan kat sini nari atas speaker erm... dengan adengan yang... erm.

Oh well.

Abih je took a midnight stroll.

Merasalah ke Tugu Monas!

Monas meaning Monumen Nasional get it? Mo-Nas? Very typical of Indonesian language to cut everything short. Cam bahasa adik adik kat KL gak.

Merasalah lalu tuk usha what used to be a cruising area tapi no one about. Sesuai ngan the architecture yang melambangkan masculinity and feminism selain fertility gituh!

Well, it was almost 4am on a normal day.
But just like tourists, sleep is second to partuing, so with some friends headed to part-ty some more. Horror tul lalu this area, I know you won't believe it, where we passed DOZENS of gerai selling Viagra! Heh... matilah katanya! Kalah Bangkok camni!

Anyway, Jakarta is so freaking scary at night, sebab everyone looks so shady!

Still, I knew I was in safe hands with friends who is a local expert nak bak jalan.

Next stop : Stadium.

Bukan stadium bolasepak ke apa...Stadium ni ala ala disco. It's supposed to be a one stop place for cafe, pub, disco, karaoke and live music, among others.

Tak berani aku amik pic langsung.

Tapi tempat ni memang havoc. Hari biasa masuk pree, tapi dengar kalao ujung minggu people pay through the nose to get in.

You think KL raves are wild?

My friend told me that here, it goes on for days!

The weekend party begins Friday night at 10pm and ends at 2pm Monday afternoon!!! Matilah party tiga hari katanya.... tripping abih ler.

Sebab everyone sana tripping gila abih...aku takut lak nak snappy pics. Yerlah, masuk je bahagian disco da kena tarik ngan pusher, mana tak risaunya.

So tatap je la how gorgeous this club is.

Memang ala Backroom dulu, or closer still to Movement kat KL zaman zaman kegemilangan clubbing extreme di KL dulu (don't we all just miss those days)

Venue dia walaopon dalam bangunan, mak aih punya besar! Seriously! Music pun not bad, and not crap fengtau la walaopon standard music cucuk langit gak.

Mmm... takleh enjoy sangat, and after about an hour, headed home to sleep...need it really bad!!

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Another day...

Today was such a hectic day, it's hardly worth blogging about tapi seperti biasa nak ke tanak aku da janji pada diri aku sendiri everyday kena ada benda nak blog kan.

Actually today paling kelam kabut, iaitu ke preview filem Diva starring the one and only Ning Baizura memula (MrManager nak confirm tak spekulasi Ning menjadi pelakon wanita paling tinggi bayaran dalam sejarah filem Malaysia ngan filem ni... oops! - merasalah kena carut pas nih!).

Malas nak tengok sebab malam ada gala premiere lagik dan memang tak kuasa nak tengok dua kali, so sampai je abihkan keja interview then gegas kembali ke office nak send in a news story.

Sempat naik hantu jap ngan yang patut sebab kerana terpaksa Diva awal pagik tuh, aku pun terlepas ler nak tengok sneak preview khas Transformers the movie yang ditayangkan panggung sebelah. Keji tau!

Dengki dengki dengki! Tapi takpe... to make up for it, aku lebih lebih lak di compensate tuk preview pada 28 June lak.

Merasalah takyah dakwa nak sewa satu panggung tapi tiket dalam tangan lebih dari cukup nak feeling ala ala.

Anyhoo, da settle bab keja, ran off to Planet Hollywood for another event, kali ni tuk pelancaran filem dan soundtrack Impak Maksima.

Kalao korang baru baru ni korang mesti perasan trailer tuk filem ni yang ala ala Initial D, Fast and Furious punya series and Tokyo Drift.

Not to be confused with another movie coming out which is KL Drift (nampak sangat ciplak) yang wat announcement dulu tapi tak silap aku baru abih ke nak abih shooting sekitar Kuala Lumpur.

Impak Maksima however is actually quite good kalao judgng by the preview we caught, which is the same as the theatrical preview shown in cinemas. We'll wait and see apa hasilnya nanti.

Yang pastinya, aksi drifting dia ni, memang artistic sikit ler kalao banding ngan what I've seen, sebab most of it is for real rather than yang omputeh pakai CGI jer lebih kekadang.

Kira salute gak... Malaysia bolehlah camni! Kerana kurang special effects (oops bukan kurang tapi takde yang ditokok tambah), kos pembikinan filem ni xuma sekitar RM1.8 ke RM2 juta jer.

Kira murah kalao dibandingkan ngan some of the other films of this genre yang memang stress on visual effects.

My only hope is, takde la persamaan Gengster ke, Rempt-It ke... biar dia lain sikit ler dan bukan setakat movie yang ala ala tiru, janji gempak ngan stunts nya.

Soal soundtrack nya lak, I think it'll be a movie targetted at the younger audience sebab most of the tunes (make that all of it) focused on hip hop acts yang ada, selain daripada kehadiran legenda rock, Amy Search.

Tatau ah movie camna, tapi soundtrack daripada apa aku dengar, confirm worth it!!! Filem tunggu dalam berapa minggu ni aku bagitau berbaloi lak ke tak (rasanya ok kot).
Bosan sikit PC nih sebab antara tunggak utama filem ni dan my favourite local actor Zul Huzaimy takde lak muncul. Keji...

Abang Zul takde, aku nak mangsakan snappy sapa ek? Dalam mencari, sempat aku paparazzi dua orang awek ni. So kalao pics tak clear jangan salahkan aku ek!!!
Merasalah paparazzi ngan handphone yang hanya pakai digital zoom (akibatnya pic pecah pecah lak pixel)

Tapi apapon, kenapa aku letak dua pics awek comel kat atas tuh? Erm... mesti korang da penah tengok pic kedua budak ni dalam majalah memana kan? Yang kiri tak yah nak intro, tapi yang kanan tuh ler Raden (sibuk posing wat keja konon... padahal segan nak kena mangsakan oleh blog aku kali ketiga - I still love you Raden! - matilah kena carut ngan tunang ko!)

And of course, ni la antara dua calon bagik watak Saliha yang sampai skang masih tak diketahui dan entah bila akan diketahui walaopon da lebih sebulan sejak kononnya keputusan akan diumumkan sapa yang bakal mendukung watak itu.

Gerak je dari Planet Hollywood, gegas lak ke Cineleisure Damansara for malam gala Diva bersama ngan Juan.

Disebab ujan dan berbagai orang yang beli lesen mandu kot... sampai later than expected, which was still quite early sebab sejam sebelom the expected registration time.

Sempat jalan beberapa kedai anime and such yang ada dalam kompleks tuh. Yerlah biasa nak tengok wayang kat sana da tengah malam...so memang lah kedai semua tutup.

Not bad... siap ada satu kedai tuh cater for cosplay (memakai costume anime characters) dan banyak lagi collectibles.

Merasalah kan sempat usha barang Transformers, but nothing beats the vocie changer. Keji kan yang Titanium Die Cast series hanya pada generation one jer dan bukan yang movie merchandise (tu statement khas buat meka yang minat dan paham je mengenai mainan Transformers).

As we walked out of the complex, there was this display up front depan Cineleisure.

Mula mula aku ingat tuk kempen keselamatan jalan, sebab ada keta ni remuk abih ala ala accident yang nampak fatal abih!!!!

Bila gi dekat, ni apa aku nampak...

Keji!!! Another Transformers advertistment gituh!
Disebabkan kualiti pic kurang elok (sebab ujan malas aku nak amik masa yang lama nak amik pic yang cantik), sign yang kat depan tuh, tertulis 'Reserved for Megatron.Park at your own risk!'.

Quite creative... cool approach nak plug the movie. Matilah aku semakin hype nak tengok Transformers.

Bumped into Gaya and Anita who were having a drink. Gaya joined us (Anita kena abihkan persiapan tamu nak mai kat gala kang) and we settled looking for a place for... a manicure. Yes, folks, I need to change that black colour, and settled for a French manicure. Heh...leh?

Gaya tak jadik sebab kena waiting (sapa mintak ko paksa aku jalan dulu). At about 8.30pm we headed back to the event. Merasalah kejap da damage kuku aku sebab nak korek business card. Tapi kecacatan sikit jer.

Yang penting I met Azlina! Someone yang was in my life since I was in primary school and very important to me dari dulu sampai skang. Aiyo...pregnant second time da ek sayang?

Amik ko...anak first ko pun aku lum sempat tengok. Kali ni ko nak namakan anak ko ngan nama aku tak seperti penah ko janji (pepandai je) By the way, pic yang kat bawah belah kanan yang scrolling tuh la, ang berambut merah with me in blue tuh, that's Azlina. That pic was taken in 2001.

Quite a lot of people were there, so ni je pics aku mampu share.

Kak Umie Aida yang hadir dan Sazzy Falak yang MC.
Awal dan Adam... dua pelakon dalam Diva.
Linda Jasmne pun ada.
Part of the main cast of Diva along ngan director Sharad Sharan.
Nani, with me, Vernon and Juan. Pic dicuri dari Ajami.
Actually, aku letak pic ni ngan Nani ada sebab.
One whole night, kat event tuh, aku tengok Nani asik kena serbu peminat yang banyak bagi sokongan moral kat dia. A lot of people wanted to take pics of her, but dia segan segan sikit sebab da serik ngan kontroversi yang melanda.

And I quite understand predicament dia pun.

Tapi yang tak sedap... pas abih movie masa ramai lagik berlegar the concourse area kat panggung tuh, exchanging views and everything pasal the movie, something happened.
Adalah orang yang memang aku rasakan KUANG AJAR menyerang Nani ngan pelbagai 'teguran' yang condemning secara kuat yang diperhatikan ramai.

Episod tuh oleh pihak ni, seolah olah nak jatuhkan airmuka dia in public! Keji!!!
Aku walaubagaimanapun nak puji Nani sebab walaopon muka dia seolah nak nitis airmata, dia control walaopon dimalukan sebegitu oleh orang yang aku LAGIK MALU nak ngaku sebagai wartawan juga.

Yasmin came to Nani's rescue and pulled her away daripada orang yang bertamadun tu yang meroyan cakap kuat kuat sambil menuding jari pelbagai dan soalkan halal haram sambil ala ngamuk.

Aku tak dengar kesuluruhan conversation meka, but I caught bab mempersoalkan tuh nih da cukup panaskan telinga aku.

We pulled Nani away, and I was thankful nothing happened sebab both Nani dan Yasmin didn't say much to that rude, boorish person!

They walked away with their pride intact, and everyone yang mungkin selama ni ada yang tak sokong dia pun, practically nak campak kasut je kat muka pihak kecoh dan kurang ajar yang mencari perhatian ngan tindakan dia.

Lain kali ingat anak bini kat rumah la... takyah bak betina pelakon baru tuh yang memang pakai dedah sana dedah sini tuh nak tayang selepas bersama dalam panggung gelap.

Tu pun kena ingat ma... anyway Nani, be patient. God is great... You are my baby sister, and I love you you, and I wish I could stop you from hurting over the nasty things people say about you when they judge you, but I can't.

But your strength through it all, continues to amaze me, and for that, you'll have my unending support. Two wrongs don't make a right... I hope some people realise that. No matter what they justify...

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Updates!

Aku tau aku janji nak update dah berzaman...well, exaggeration tul...I promised to update on Saturday...and then on Monday, tapi tak jadi-jadi.

Was really bogged down. Biasalah...ujung tahun ni nak abihkan kerja ASAP so that I can go on my Christmas break and New year holidays. Cadang nak amik from end of first week of December for a month. Kira balik after New Year je le...

Ok....going backwards...Friday was the media pre-listening for Nikki's Maharani album.
Before I get to the event...ni nak jawab kata-kata orang sikit pasal Bloggers United.

Lepas isu yang erm...dok dikecohkan...I suppose it has to be admitted there was a little misunderstanding among us.

Tapi I suppose communication is the key to ensuring that friendships are maintained...

And of all the bloggers in BU - aku...sultanmuzaffar, elkapitan, Juan... thanks to our newly appointed 'mama-san' Badrul.

He's the level headed one that basically bridges the gaps of differences between us. Yes, I stand by what I say...no issue should ever come between friendships. Nothing is that important!

So on Friday, it was also Bad's birthday we kita surprise dia ler. Dah umo 36 tahun!!! (Happy Birthday mama-san!!!) Tengok cake ek...siap ada dia punya jawatan dalam BU mentioned (mati la aku kena sumpah ngan Bad selepas ni!)



And sempena birthday - BU ingin dispel the negative thoughts many have of us having problems with each other.

Hah...buktinya antara sultanmuzaffar dan Juan...walaupun bertukar kata-kata pedas...tetap kawan...siap suap makan besday cake agik! (gelak sikit pose iya-iya tapi sebalik tu memasing pegang pisau sedia nak tikam!)

It was fun...and capped off with the great music from Nikki's album...it made it a great day.

Sayang je elkapitan tak dapat join sebab preparation tuk last final dia hari esok nya (pastu preparation nak dating sakan bila da abih paper!)

So even though BU were not complete...ok ler gak...

Saturday - gi TV3 nya open house. Abih tu lepak kat KLCC serempak ngan Nizam Zakaria yang tengah dok sibuk ngan publisher dia nak finally terbitkan penulisan dia in book form lak dari blog dia.

Pastu lepak ngan dia kat Dome je...akibat kena kecing ngan sultanmuzaffar (yang kononnya ada more pressing matters...cis!) Jumpa Dewi yang slalu dok kat blog aku yang tak seberapa ni with her friend, then later joined by my friend Ted.

Malam tu...party out sekali with Badrul joining.

Sunday tak lepak, dok rumah seharian...before finally going out for Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

Ok...sapa nak tengok this movie....seriously, if you;ve never read the book, you're going to enjoy the spectacular effects yang memang all out kali ni.

For those of you who have read the book, prepare to be disappointed. There is no character development on Voldemort's part. There is little references to sub-plots, such as the clues leading to Harry's background, Moody suddenly comes into the picture, the Quidditch World Cup is cut short and there are no house elves. Cho Chang is left with just a couple of insignificant lines and even the Patil twins get to speak more.

But aku paling suka this time around the Weasley twins, we get to see them a lot more. And of all the new additions, Viktor Krum played by Bulgarian actor Stanislav Ianevski is my favourite, though not the most accurately protrayed. Hope he gets more lines in the next Potter instalment.

On Sunday, didn't go out and hung about je.

Semalam was more fun...started the day at Astro, on my radio rounds. Lepak ngan Bad at era before dropping in a while at xfresh.

Then later gi Studio 1 tengok shoot Diva. Was with Vernon, Ning and Nikki, yang ikut mentor dia ke lokasi belajar skill.

Hah...tengok pic. Diva...diva pun...makan instant noodles je time sibuk. And by the way..tu bukan stail rambut terbaru Ning ek...tengah dok curling rambut tuh...

Pening tengok preparation for movie shoot. Berzaman bersiap, scene ciput je. Sempat tengok meka shoot satu babak yang aku rasa ler tuk opening scene mana Ning perform ler ala Hindustan tuk the diva intro.

Malas nak komen lebih-lebih...korang kena tengok sendiri ler kang.
Tapi ni aku masukkan satu pic of the set yang time Ning nak perform 'keluar' bintang tu. (teringat pentas-pentas Hiburan Minggu Ini zaman awal 80an....Bollywood sangat kah?)

It took hours to get to the actual shooting of the scene, and sebab takleh lepak lama...aku pun amik keputusan nak ciao.

Rush jumpa kawan pastu tuk dinner di Shah Alam (dah kul 10 lebih dinner hapa!) tapi sebab ada perjanjian awal sikit...tak sempat.

So picked up my friend Zafran, terus ke Taman Tun Dr Ismail lak ke studio Ajai, Wake The Baby tengok rakaman album Bob.
Lama gak tak jejak the studio tu, sebab the last time I was there it was still Fauzi Marzuki's, Nearfield.

Heard a couple of tracks of Bob's and it does sound decidedly impressive, vocally. Another newcomer to look out for definitely in terms of quality.

Lepak punya lepak, tengok jam da dekat 2 lebih pagi da....patut ler terasa letih.

Before gerak, meka nak photo op...so amik ler pic together. Aku malas nak amik bebanyak. By the way...dari kiri ke kanan...Melvyn dari Maestro, Ajai, Watie (member aku yang dok nak mencelah), Bob dan Man dri Maestro.

Gi Uptown for supper ngan Bob and another three friends, and stuffed out faces sat... then balik dead exhausted!

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On to more stuff.

For fans of Nikki. of course surf on over to Nikki's Official Website. The site is up and running!!! Ada Nikki Playa mana ko leh dengar gak samples of tracks from the album.

Ok...ni sikit info pasal album Nikki, Maharani

By the way, selain 24 tracks listed tu, pada penghujung, lagu ke-12 kat Disc 1, tunggu 2 minit.

There's a silence before the hidden track comes out, featuring Ning!!!

For those yang faham bahasa Dusun, ada lagu in the language as well.

So far, the album has been getting good reviews, so it's looking out as a potential hit in the making. Lum beli, lum dengar, lum tau!

Anyway, rasanya pada mereka yang tak dapat jumpa album Maharani dalam kedai, we have a solution coming soon. Making the album available online.

More details of that later, ok?

"Album Terbaik dari Bintang Realiti TV. Rating 4/5."
sultanmuzaffar

"Sukar untuk saya temui album Melayu hebat sebegini...Saya hilang kata-kata untuk menilai album ini selain perkataan yang saya sangat kurang gemari ketika menilai album melayu - hebat dan mantap."
Abie Abdullah. Harian Metro.

Executive Producer : Ning Baizura
Album Producer : Vernon Kedit-Jolly & Michael Ang
Cassette : RM15.90 (12 songs)
CD : RM29.90 (Double CD - 25 tracks)

DISC 1
1. IMAGINASI
Composer : Audi Mok (Replay Music/BMG Music Publishing) and Nur Fatima (A-Range Publishing) Lyricist : Nur Fatima (A-Range Publishing)
2. CARAMU (featuring Zahid)
Composer : Audi Mok (Replay Music/BMG Music Publishing) Lyricist : Nurfatima (A-Range Publishing)
3. PERANG ATAU CINTA
Composer : Audi Mok (Replay Music/BMG Music Publishing) Lyricist : Layla Ismail dan Ad Samad (Fighting Poet Sdn Bhd)
4. CINTA BARU
Composer : Johan Farid Khairuddin & Omar K (EMI Music Publishing) Lyricist : Johan Farid Khairuddin & Omar K (EMI Music Publishing)
5. JULANGAN PERMATA
Composer : Audi Mok (Replay Music/BMG Music Publishing) Lyricist : Anedra (Replay Music/BMG Music Publishing)
6. BAHAGIA SELAMANYA
Composer : Audi Mok (Replay Music/BMG Music Publishing) and Vincent De Giorgio (C2 It Music Publishing/BMG Music Publishing) Lyricist : Ain (Raihan Corp/Warner Chappell Publishing)
7. JANJI
Composer : Audi Mok (Replay Music/BMG Music Publishing) Lyricist : Azalea (Replay Music/BMG Music Publishing)
8. AKU MAHARANI
Composer : Audi Mok (Replay Music/BMG Music Publishing) Lyricist : Ad Samad (Fighting Poet Sdn Bhd)
9. HEY! HEY!
Composer : Audi Mok (Replay Music/BMG Music Publishing) Lyricist : Ad Samad (Fighting Poet Sdn Bhd)
10. PINTA
Composer : Hazami (Music & Me Publishing) Lyricist : Imran (Music & Me Publishing)
11. SUNUDAI OKU (UCAPKAN PADA KU)
Composer : Jimmy Palikat (Artistes United Publishing) Lyricist : Florencia binti Kosmas (Artistes United Publishing)

DISC 2
1. CARAMU (Sax and the City Remix)
2. PERANG ATAU CINTA (Hip-Pop Remix)
3. HEY! HEY! (Lolli-Pop Remix)
4. CINTA BARU (Maharani Remix)
5. JANJI (Chaos Club Remix)
6. PINTA (Chaos Club Remix)
7. JULANGAN PERMATA (Midnight Acoustic Remix)
8. JANJI (Midnight Acoustic Remix)
9. IMAGINASI (Midnight Acoustic Remix)
10. PINTA (Vintage Mix)
11. PINTA (Minus One)
12. SUNUDAI OKU (Minus One)
Remixes by : Audi Mok
Mastering by : Nick Lee at Sonique Productions
Album cover art design concept : Alex Sum Design
Photography : Joe Chan (Hilton Photographers)
Make-up and hairstyling : Matt (Pick@Brush)

Oh...before I sign out. Tengah update blog aku, kat opis ni...tiba-tiba dengar ala-ala kecoh. Yerlah...in an office like a morgue (not my side), it's rather unusual for a scene of any sort to develop. Unless you were talking about a giant nasal sounding, very naked frog going techno...

Surprise...surprise...it was a very giant, very naked frog (there was no sound-but the sight was enough) strolling through the aisles of my office.

I'm sure by now the name Crazy Frog is familiar. Yeap...yang lagu Axel Foley tu...tiba-tiba ada mix with the frog going "ding ding" or "bam bam" or stuttering away...

Well, apparently the Swede DJ behind the Crazy Frog is in town nak promote ler dia nya album. and guess what?

Dia turun je kapalterbang straight away pakai suit tu...and he puts it on every time he's out in public, or performing (must be a fetish!!!) Rajin mamat ni nak pakai suit two...apparently he's got two suits...but only one head to go with the whole ensemble.

Ni pose istimewa dari Crazy Frog tuk pembaca blog ni. Memacam laa mamat ni...tapi I have to admit it's quite an impressive publicity stunt.

Ok ler...dah abih update...finally. Be updating more ASAP ngan ada cita pada mereka yang susah nak cari album Nikki di pasaran. There is an online solution coming soon, but for those of you yang tak dapat the CDs kat kedai, just let us know where the location yang tak dapat, kita usha kan ek apa problemnya.

Before we end this entry, it's only fitting that the Crazy Frog give one last amphibian pose, the most famous of them all, especially for all of you. Enjoy...

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