Monkey needs home

Petang tadi ke lokasi shooting seperti biasa. 

Because of delays, si Amir nya scene belum jalan pun. Lepak jap... then gerak ke satu lagi lokasi dalam kampung tu. Ada kolam pancing ikan. 

Sambil crew set up semua...perasan a small group of the crew gathered around one of those polystyrene cooler boxes. Rupanya... kata meka ada anak monyet.

I was like... oh yeah... sure. I took a peek. Holy fuck! 

Memang ada anak monyet kat dalam tu!!!

The poor thing was in foetus position. Tutup muka dia. I could sense the fear and distrust it had...

Everyone left it alone after I got irritated and said, "sudah-sudahlah... dia takut tu... da kecik berapa bulan tu perlukan mak dia".

No one touched it until Iqram came. Dia pun tau anak nyet tu pun memang ketakutan.

He took it and put it against his chest. The poor thing just opened its arms and hugged Iqram.

Kita borak dengan orang jaga kolam pancing ikan tu. Katanya, meka pasang trap and terjerat la ibu monyet dan anak monyet dia ni. Meka lepaskan si ibu, tapi simpan anak dia.

Adoi... korang ni perangai lagi teruk dari binatang. Arghhh... I can't hear shit like this about how people think it's ok just to grab a wildlife's offspring.

Iqram bonding gila. Aku tak nak dekat. Bukan takut ke apa... comel sangat... and kesian sangat. Jap lagik aku bawak balik rumah aje kang.

Iqram offered nak beli dari tokei tu... dia tanak jual.

Poor thing lepas kejap dia ok ngan aku dan Iqram... dia relax sikit.

Tapi bila ada orang lain datang je... dengan suara kuat "EH COMEL LAH" or anything like that, it cowers in fear as I first saw it. Poor thing.

And actually bukan saja cerita anak monyet ni... tu orang yang dok jual sugar glider tu. Banyak-banyak tu mati cepat sebab I've seen some sold below 3 months ago. It needs to be nursed by its mother...

Don't buy all this sort of wildlife. It's cute for you, but you're actually encouraging a heartless business. I avoid pets shops and all that have this deplorable practise concerned only with making more money than even giving a shit that these animals are living creatures too.

As for kes orang kampung ni... for all the trauma you're putting this little monkey through... I hope you take care of it just like one of your own...

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Long awaited....

I know I promised you guys these pics ASAP tapi aku sungguh sibuk sampai tak larat nak edit pics ni bagai and upload.

Sebelom aku terbabas pot pet panjang, ni gambar-gambar majlis persandingan Umie Aida yang memang wedding of the year (and one of the best celebrity weddings in a long time). Aku malas nak comment too much, so korang enjoy these pics je la ek.

Apapon Umie, woman... you looked gorgeous that night, dan aku doakan ko bahagia disamping abang tercinta sampai ke anak cucu cicit etc, ok. It's so hard to imagine you finally married, being independent woman and all... but I can see how happy you are, and I pray the happiness will last forever for you.

First... the venue. Awesome. Ballroom kat One World Hotel never looked more gorgeous. Congrats to Jovian Mandagie! Memang kelas usaha ko!

Ni souvenir cokelat. Me like the box a lot. Jovian nya keja kalao Indonesian stuff ni memang meletop. I think it's unique and extremely cute!

The menu... tak makan sangat malam tuh pon. Saja jejalan tengok usha kaco Umie, and then berborak ngan orang orang TV dan filem yang hadir. Best! Macam reunion kengkawan lak... pada meka yang perlu...

Nih Engku Emran jadik VVIP usher escort Tun Dr Mahathir masuk. Erra lak escort Tun Dr Siti Hasmad masuk.

And ni the bride. Maapkan the quality or lack thereof, of the pictures. Biasala amik pakai Blackberry je (tu pon kira da meletop ok!). Malas nak galas bak camera berat sana sini time nak la la la... cantik sungguh baju Umie nih.

Again more on the decor. Memang classy and elegant... something missing in a lot of weddings bila nak feeling lavish. Umie's memang a wow and memang aku rasa ramai akan cuba niru kang.

Performers malam tuh, ada Farhan.. ada Ziana Zain... tuh je kot. Tak perasan lak...

My sis! Susah ni nak dapat time lepak ngan Nasha. Ni pon masa jumpa nak lepak borak, ramai nak amik pics ngan dia je.

Takpe la... kang lepak gak. Anyway, I think Nasha looks prettier by the day. I think people try so hard to look good, with her it's almost effortless!

Dan ni antara kengkawan industri yang hadir. Aku tak sempat snappy semua, but I think most of those I can call friends sempat aku snappy.

Ada yang TAK PENTING aku langsung tak endah pon. Ehem... no komen la kan.. bior jerk!

So here's Misha, Dynas, Nabila, Iqram, Nora, Fahrin and Linda - among the beautiful guests yang hadir malam tuh. Ramai lagik... sapa tak sempat snappy, sorry sangat. Ballroom penuh manusia sangat tak sempat spot semua pon. Apa agik nak sesi ngumpat. I know Sazzy and hubby pon ada, Liyana Jasmay... erm.. ramai la.

Korang mesti ingat aku posekan Fahrin dan Linda kan sampai dedua pose peace. Eh.. takde ok. I'm friends with both and I don't take sides. Apapon, I only hope both of them move on soon... tanak la bebenda tak elok ni.

Anyway.. hah... takyah speku. Ni pon Umie flash a peace sign.

But I LOVE the detailing on her second outfit. Amik ko! Thousands of little rosettes all over the bottom half while the top is crystals and lace and what-nots.

This is what you call haute couture!

By the way kalao korang nak tau, berat bahagian bawah baju tuh pon dan berbelas kilo ok! Aku cuba angkat pon terkejut. Umie mintak try angkat kain bawah tuh.. aiyo! Heavy gila! Tabik kat dia camna dia jalan pose bagai.

Beauty is pain, gituh!

Nih lak some shots of her with hubby dearest. Romantic abih aku tengok couple ni. Best! I like!

Ni pon pasangan romantic. Heh... except in this picture, Shidi lak ngada wat moka pose belakang Vee masa perasan aku nak snappy pics. Heh!

Ni bride's bouquet lak. Aku bak balik! Heh! Umie tak campak ke apa... entah tetiba Nasha bak kebas dari mana ntah. Pastu aku main-main benda tuh, si Nasha bagi aku. Bak je la. Keringkan.. kenangan gituh!

Ni Umie with her sister dearest. Erma nampak happy sangat that night... but I guess a lot of us were to see Umie so happy.

And yes... Umie Aida. Ko da jadi isteri orang. All the best, luv. Lots of hugs... after all these years, who would have thought!

Hah... so tuh la entry aku pasal Umie nya wedding yang overdue. Masuk bab lain.

Ni Diari dari semalam. Layan dulu... then aku komen.

Nih dia pemerhatian aku dari Diari hari Isnin.

*Aku tak paham the endless play on ‘salah pengundi’ tak Afundi so terkeluar akibat thingie. Basi… la la la …
*Already Debaran haus, kenapa masih perlu repeat bits from Debaran again in Diari? Redundant. So can play airmata lagik ke? Does this drama still work? Aiyo!!! Dah lapan tahun takde lagik idea ke.. find something new to play on. Five minutes of tears… boo!
*Alamak… that stupid monkey makes noises now. Yawn!
*FUCK!!!! More crying???? Bodoh la asik perah airmata je keja. Dari gelak, jadik meluat jadik benci aku nak tengok sekor-sekor cenggeng melampau tak kena tempat. It’s not like they fucking died! Shit… Da masuk tiga minggu masih main drama airmata yang takde perisian. Ni ke katakan meka ada character? Bazirkan airmata pada benda yang camni. Stop it already! It’s just coming to the point of being ridiculous! Tunggu la meka keluar tengok how much respect for being weepy all the time. Puke!

And that was it! Itulah satu episod Diari yang nan hado.

Erm... Diari hari Selasa malam tadik lak. First of all.. ni lagu tugasan minggu ni.

Pelajar Lelaki

ALIF – Sesuatu Janji (Taufik Batisah)
SHAHIR – Derita Cinta (Jamal Abdillah)
IWAN – Permaisuriku (Jay Jay)
MAULANA – So Sick (Ne-Yo)
DAUS – Separuh Jiwaku Pergi (Anang)

Pelajar Perempuan
AIN – Cinta Antara Benua (Arni Nazira)
FARINA – Cantik (Nikki)
ANUM – Kau Atau Aku (Main Tarik Tali) (Elyana)
NAD – Bulan Cinta (Eva)
ADIRA – Kini (Feminin)

Korang perasan tak tiap minggu mesti ada lagu KRU? Memang la they have SOME good songs in their catalog. Tuh tak nafikan. Lagu Kini ni pon memang 'evergreen' pop (matilah aku evergreen). Betul la kan... sapa tatau lagu Feminin... iconic gituh.

Cuma seriously they need more variation. Hasilnya semua jadik ala produk KRU sounding. Oh well...

Tapi ni yang kelakar.

Lagu Bonus Debaran
GENERASI HEBAT – (Hafiz, Aril, Akim & Black)

Aiyo!!! Honestly? Tak cukup ke semua edisi program Akademi Fantasia kali ni sumbat botol Brands dalam moka kita, pastu sebut dalam 3,726,211 kali dalam dua minggu pertama sahaja?

Ni lagu pon kena lagu iklan? Damn!

The girls have a better selection though, tapi minggu ni aku rasa Farina either mati ngan lagu Cantik, atau meletop. Dia yang paling kritikal sebab lagu ni may be straight up poppy dance, but it's difficult. Kenapa tak bagi Anum lagu ni (gelak sorang jap)

*What’s with the siren gimmick? Pengetua nak form groups of three katanya. Perlu ke? Aiyo.. so freaking unnecessary. I really don’t see why they bother with these kind of attempts langsung demi nak dapat some sort of plot or storyline. Nampak sangat haus idea. Aduh.. it gets worse and worse. Kira cam America’s Next Top Model or Project Runway meka dok sebilik, bila partner tersingkir more drama ler. Or drama gaduh/cinta. Perah, jangan tak perah!!!
This has nothing to do with reality. They can’t even get themselves in order nak focus on teamwork. Heh… macam-macam.
*”Hey you, don’t move and I’ll KELL you”????? Another product of our wonderful education system.
*Aduh.. Shahir ni… tuk budak nasyid serious horror la sora dia. Berkali aku katakan biasanya dak nasyid mesti vokal power. Ni.. erm…
Ok.. so semalam talking monkey. Today we back to the talking motorcycle. What are we watching la? Akademi Fantasia ke Alice In Freaking Wonderpets Land???
And that was the whole freaking Diari!
Only thing cute was watching kak Fati, Siti Hajar and Que acting up in the end.

The whole Akademi Fantasia series – FAIL!
Three tenaga pengajar having fun – WIN!

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Preview Maut

Still not feeling too well sebenarnya. Semalam punya pasal aku run around, siap caught in the rain, and then tido lambat agik... memang cari nahas. Resultnya today aku koma!!!

Bangun, tido, bangun, makan, tido. bangun... ngantuk lagi. The medication aku amik obviously galakkan tido je.

Anyway, aku nak try review Maut pasni, so not to take anything away from it, here's some pics from preview event semalam.

There was a good nosh up (sesi melantak ler) at the Amarin Thai restaurant, before we all headed for the show. Thanks to Tayangan Unggul for the event (dan juga kerana tiada gimik ke tarian ke apa before the show - merasalah Puaka Tebing Biru dan Histeria)

Lotsa friends about. Cam mini gathering da.

A bunch of talented directors - Saw Teong Hin, Mamat Khalid an Aflin Shauki, an upcoming scriptwriter - Ajami and a red mother.


Mirror image! Sama talented. Mamat and Afdlin


Couple sighting #1 - Fauziah Gous dan Iqram (takde maknanyaaaa)


Couple sighting #2 - Linda Jasmine dan Que Haidar (tunggu jemputan korang tau for February)


Couple sighting #3 - Liyana Jasmay dan Aizat (suka tau korang speku kengkawan)


"Don't you dare facebook this pic!!!" - suka propah skrip tuk orang aku nih... heh!


Va Va Voooooommm!!!


*terkesima ramai yang takde figure camni*


The soon to be Mr and Mrs Q



Awal dressed to tema character dalam Maut

Korang tunggu jer ek next entry for the review. Me nak dose up medication sat.

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Pelita bash!

Another non-event day today. Belah malam je eventful sebab for some reason, ramai kengkawan gather kat Pelita tonight! So much fun!

Bila ramai ramai kumpul, harus ler banyak cita. Topik malam ni - STEAMBOAT?

Apa tu steamboat? Bukan apa ye... tapi siapa. Oops! Tanak cita lebih nanti orang kata mulut jahat (and they wouldn't be wrong...). Bulan puasa pun da nak menjelma katanya, so nak control carutan. Sikit jer....

But seriously it was so much fun. On one table, semua bebudak local actress (Ainul, Fouziah Gous, Intan Ladyana, Ayu and her sister and Rizal), and satu lagik meja semua male models kengkawan yang lepak wat gathering headed by their mother hen Marinie. Matilah aku panggil ko mak ayam. Tapi da ko bak anak anak model ramai (cuma ko masih comel dan muda, girl) Also Faz joined us later. Yeay!

The ladies - and a gentleman


Spot anyone familiar?


What is that thing on my head???


Aku tak snap banyak pics sebab tak kuasa nanti orang ingat dok mamak kenapa asik nak snappy pics jer kan. So berapa keping je meng-cam-whore-kan diri. Matilah pencemaran bahasa!

Ok, so why does my hair look weird? Angle je nampak pelik. Sebab I still have my mohawk. Only difference is it is now blonde and red. For a reason. Remember the Gatsby event? Well, tuk jemputan, best hair akan menang the Nintendo Wii!

Kita tunggu dan lihat jer esok apa cita. Matilah I feel like Woody Woodpecker (that actually would sound like a porn star's alter ego).

Ok la... out for the night.


PS - Yeay! Anwar won! Was there ever any doubt? Now here's to September 16! From Permatang Pauh to Putrajaya!

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Oh happy day!

Sebelum saya start ulasan tuk Diari Akademi Fantasia ari nih, kita commercial break dulu ek. No... no... bukan tuk iklan Mayfirst. Pengsan kalao kena lalui iklan tuh. But nak tunaikan request ramai tuk pics seseorang here. Of course I'm talking about Shafiq yang merupakan residen lelaki Akademi Fantasia. Yerlah... memandangkan orang sibuk ngan tugas nak jumpa pon susah, ni masa lepak. Heh... pose sikit Shafiq!!!

Hah! Ni namanya You Asked For It - cam rancangan 80an jerk. Masa tuh pakai topi sebab nak cover rambut yang tak set kot. Ok la... korang tau dia known as a model and all kan? So more info nanti aku bagi ok. Slow slow...

Moving on actually hari nih tak sempat nak catch Diari malam tadi - sebab gi preview filem Evolusi KL Drift. Best tak? Eh aku tanya lak. Well, I'm sure a lot of people would ask that question anyway.

Well for me not too bad actually. Kekurangan banyak lagik la - si Shamsul anak Datuk Yusof Haslam nih pon konsep virgin movie director lagik, but kira hasil ok la.

Choreography and technical shots not too bad, the drifting awesome (siap dari empat ke lima orang drifter yang digunakan tuk movie tuh - ada sorang tuh aku terkejut junior sekolah aku yang penah satu team racer bebudak sekolah aku).

Selain dari tuh, lakonan mantap dari tiga orang iaitu the best in Aaron Aziz (idop watak Joe taiko jahat tuh), Iqram Dinzly - his henchman and Farid Kamil kawan hero tuh. Fasha Sandha ok jerk.
The negative points lak - storyline hampeh (the whole movie pun banyak focus drifting jerk), continuity quite bad with a lot of scenes quite choppy and badly edited, and hero tak jadi in Shamsul yang siap berlakon lead (ni kali pertama aku rasa dalam pilem ko nak sokong jer watak jahat sebab da la hero lebih hensem - lebih tough lak... hero lembik dan merengek)

Also in terms of sound production - quite awful. Bingit, with the sund effects quite filem Tamil sikit. Overdose and over the top. The stunt sequence keta terbalik biasa biasa jer and takde umph... and most of the action scenes nih ala ala jer la. In fact, aku rasa cam for the action sequences, meka cam amik storyboard and angles from Initial D and the Fast And The Furious series jerk. And also some of the camerawork memerlukan korang bak Panadol dan Activfast. Ko tengok ko akan paham maksud aku.

Is it worth watching?

Mmmm... kalao orang belanja gi jerk. Kalao ko minat drifting movies, gi jerk. Kalao ko nak bayar nak tengok? Mmmm... ok gak kot. Slightly better than Impak Maksima overall walaupun like I said jalan cita bosan gila - cam tengok just about any episode of Gerak Khas.

Ni some pics sempat snappy. Sebab aku tak penah amik pics Aaron tuk sini aku lebihkan dia sikit. Merasalah sediakan baldi skang supaya leh takung rembesan pelbagai.
Evolusi KL Drift - the main cast




Geng Pelita, si Iqram dan Fasha


Fasha, Farid... and Shamsul



The one and only... Aaron Aziz




Merasalah ramai save pics Aaron pasnih. Heh... actually tak penah minat dia pon. Lakonan dia biasa biasa jer for most of the work I've seen. But aku suka tengok dia dalam Evolusi KL Drift. Ni kira for me, his breakthrough film performance. Pasni ramai teros rue the fact he's married la.

Anyhoo, aku in good mood ari nih sebab dapat surat approval aku tunggu-tunggu. Selama ni konsep tagline Sarimah - suspen jer. But today - memang lega sebab aku dapat my golden handshake gituh from my company. Lega... how much is it worth. Heh.. leh la stakat nak feeling omputeh nak amk summer break for a few months gituh nak cuti cuti Malaysia.

But tak leh pon sebab Mei pun projek aku banyak start jalan. Tu pun April da berlambak meetings nak set up everything. Aduh... ada Sen takde masa lak nak enjoy.
Balik tadi - terus layan torrent aku download of both episodes of Diari Akademi Fantasia minggu pertama hari kelima. Camna ek hari ni...

Diari bahagian pertama.

Pandai si Yana time kena cuci pinggan - dia cam very aware of the cameras. Time dia looking in the two way mirror, dia look straight into the camera jerk. Pandai usha.. aku rasa dia nak jer lepas cakap tapi control gila sebab dia sedar sangat mana posisi kamera.
I know it's unavoidable - but memang spoil sikit when meka nih too aware of the camera and main control control. Kurang bahan kita nak carot (matilah aku!)

Er.. dapat t shirt sponsor beriya semua. It's only baju Nokia... lain la bagi phone. Ni baru baju. Heh... shows you how deprived some of them can be.
Baru caap Si Nadia dan Riz je dapat phone. For best performance dari evaluation kot. Very the wasted. Except on Nadia.

Spotcheck!

Naim - what the... sakit siot telinga ngan dia. Cam kat kenduri kahwin! Dia nyanyi cam karaoke tunggu cue jerk when you have the count determines by the outlines lyrics on the screen ala ala TV Pendidikan (learning English is loooottssss of fun...!!! sapa ingat?)
Lufya - why? Sampai dia sendiri pun nampak tak tahan with her own singing.
Ika - why again... and again... and again...
Alif - why does he look like Safri? Adalah member... music director Hazami (ampun Saf!... ko versi erm... berisi la).
Riz - again... so so performance.
Masuk drama Ika lak. Kan da kata dia ni tone deaf. Nyanyi apa jerk camtuh. Tu la awal minggu kata nih takleh tu takleh. Ubah lagu - yang tak penah terjadi dalam Akademi pun still takleh help.

Sakit hati tol stakat pilih bebudak camni. Tapi respek tenaga pengajar. Ni mengajar nampak all out abih musim ni. Kalao masih tak mampu - patut kena paksa makan kasut jer rugikan peluang nih.

Ramli and Siti Hajar worked on Ika, while Gen and Syafie work gila gila on Yana.
Saida ditekankan untuk put her emotion more into the song.
Siti Hajar then worked on Alif and his tempo.

On to lighter stuff - si Naim konsep sentap kena denda basuh pinggan. Konon maintain tapi moka.... kisahnya trauma pasal pikirkan persembahan akan datang.
More work.. last scene on Rina with work done by Gen and Syafie.
Gen da blur da ngan Rina tak paham gak when she couldn't get the note.
"At least it's nearer..." after berapa kali Rina try tak dapat. Kesian cikgu cikgu pun kekadang distresskan bebudak (and nenek) yang cam tak paham bahasa.

Diari kedua.

Erm... two things aku prasan. Bebudak ni tak di ajar table ettiquette ker. Da la asik dok sembang kat meja makan jer. Depan rezeki wo!!! Pastuh molot main sumbat penoh, leh cakap tersembur sembur cam si Naim lak. Da la pakai mic dengar segala bunyi kunyahan and all.Eew!!! Gross!
Tapi pandai si Shafiq gegar Naim, Alif dan Nubhan bagi suspen bebudak kalao audience boo ke baling kasut ke. Heh... merasalah!!!! Siot tol. Jahat Shafiq psycho bebudak nih.

Sambung lak ngan Toi, Riz dan Stanly.
Erm.. poyo tol Riz berangan katakan nak orang standing ovation ek. Tak perlu la. Stand and walk out kang baru tau.

Heh... kelas si Faisal dan Stanly skali ngan Alif share lip gloss. Aiyo! Nak kata sejuk chapped lips tak ler sangat. But good thing ler kalao meka belajar.. dari jantan aku penah tengok ngan bibir merekah dan berdarah.

On to kelas Syafie dan Siti Hajar Banjir woo memasing sembur pelbagai. Amik mop!!! Cleaning services please! Heh... erm... semua berdepan ngan cermin si Riz tuh kenapa sempat check misai tak jadik dia. Eew... tarik kolar pose lagik.

But suka tengok si Syafie dan Siti Hajar punya kelas. Memang mantap la kelas kali nih. Untung bebudak tuh dapat khidmat professionals like this.
Si Naim kenapa cuci pinggan lak akibat kena denda sabo CD player masa Alif rehearse leh feeling dangdut medley by him in the kitchen. I guess they need to take shots of all the students and since minggu nih Riz da conquer most of the episodes ngan drama dia, I guess that's the best they could do with him.

Performance time - Ika flat siot! Cam takde beza budak ni dok Akademi jerk.
Saida - I think I'm in love. Sesuai lagu nih ngan dia. Just wish she'd stop scrunching her face up. Memang lagu nih emo - but I want her to look good doing it. A little problems with tempo and dynamics.
Alif - Walaupun aku menci gila lagu dia dari Aliff Aziz, tapi aku rasa dia akan menyerlah ngan performance dia kali nih.
Toi - what the... cam melalak jerk?
Lufya - dia dan Ika dan Toi satu geng.
Riz - performance ok but ngan dia dilema perangai cam $%^!!! Soal performance nothing nak evaluate.
Nubhan - what the... bosan siot! Keyword musim ni - badi pentas or stage fright. Ramai rupanya yang ada penyakit nih. Yang takde penyakit nih, banyak lak penyakit lain...
Naim - mendatar and forgettable.
Nadia - I like!
Yana - forgettable... and biasa biasa jerk. I had hopes for her in the start.
Rina - one of the better ones - tapi dia nih cam Riz, penyakit lelain tuh yang jadik soal.
So that's it for Diari - dari report aku dapat dari rehearsal malam tadi - most of my favourites in Saida, Stacy, Nadia dan Alif perform ok. Si Stanly jer merisaukan sikit.

So kita tengok esok camna ek. See you guys at the MBPJ Civic Centre for the concert pada sapa
yang gi.

I'll be there early in the evening kot.

Oh by the way before I end this entry, semalam singgah my favourite pet shop. Plan nak beli nih. I think it's called a sugar glider. Bahasa Melayu panggil apa ek? It's RM700 a pair. Rasa nak beli jerk... smalam puas lepak ngan tokei kedai pets tuh, played with both. Comel gila!!! And fun ok! Penah main ngan member aku nya - siap bawak ke hulu hilir masa nak lepak mamak and all. Benda tuh rileks jerk dok dalam poket... tidur curled up kat leher and all.

Tengah pikir camna ni... korang rasa camna. Should I get it?
Eh ok la. Until tomorrow's entry. By the way, esok aku update review konsert, kat music player tuh aku akan try letak mp3 semua persembahan secepat mungkin ok so korang leh dengar balik and evaluate. Ciao!

Pssssttt... kalao korang nak tau more pasal sugar gliders CLICK HERE.

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