Hair-raising experience

Just got back from Rafflesia's fifth anniversary dinner. Classy do at the Grand Millenium, strictly for the related company folks, local artists and members of the media. No thanks to the crawling jam around the Bintang Walk area, sampai lewat setengah jam. Which is a freaking miracle because aku two hours earlier on the way tuh ingat aku da leh sampai awal.

Oh well... at least it wasn't that bad. I know some people got stuck in the stupid crawl, sampai lepas kol 10 malam. Lagik gila!

Anyway, the pic above - I had two people pose for it - kenal ke sapa? Erm.. clue dia.. sorang ni pelakon wanita, dan seorang lagik pelakon laki.

Takkan tak dapat dapat lagik kot.

Ok... one more final clue - meka ni digosipkan bercinta (though I'm tired of saying anything more so please don't ask me what their nature of their friendship is. It's not my business... well it is... but malas nak ulas perhubungan orang lain.

Perlu ke?

So have you guys guessed yet? No? Before you look at the pic revealing who they are further down, try at least guessing. Cmon - I got them to pose for this, so at least make it worth my while to see whether you guys manage to guess who it is.

Give up?

Ni dia...


Comel tak pasangan ni? Of course, sapa agik kalau bukan Sharifah Amani, my baby gurl (matilah kena pujuk sebab memang seperti da aku kata in the posting perkahwinan Leya aku carut dia da kena sound sebakul) and Que Haidar la.

Comel sangat Nani semalam. Loved her bald, loved her with short hair, and now it's starting to grow out - like the versatility of the look she can play with it. Ni pic rambut dia... the moment she swiveled around jer nak amik front shot kena marah sebab blog entry carut dia. Jap nak guling gelak sat... you know you love me no matter what gurl. Huggies for you!

Ampun Nani! Don't spike me with your do!

There were more hair raising moments. How about the ones below. Look at the left picture first, baru go on to the right one. Take a pause in between to try and guess without your eye wandering next to it for the answer.



Did you guys get it ke terpaksa nak rely on the pic immediately to tell you who it was? This shot of Ziana Zain masa kita da nak balik. Saja je sambil borak borak semua amik shot rambut dia. Ampun kak... tak bermaksud carut rambut yang ala ada something furry crawled up on your head and died... I mean.. so vogue!

Matilah aku kena carut ngan diva kang. Apapon... I love you Ziana!!!

Every poised and in character - walaopon da tengah malam.
So many pics aku amik pening sikit nak upload sekali. Hope you guys can be patient in waiting for them to load, just like I had to be in resizing every one of them before uploading them and linking them here.

Pening wo nak keja buat satu satu camni. And mind you, this is still an unpaid job. No la... not job - its still fun and I still love blogging after over three years.

Recently read back some of my old entries, and I'll tell you, it really does function as a diary, reminding you of events you may have forgotten, Lum agik pics kalao yang pelik pelik leh tergelak sendiri sebab ala ala tengok kali pertama bila teringat.

Tuh pic atas tuh upper right, guess who was wearing that. Little erm... semi quaver? note in swarovski tuh...

I don't know why, it caught my eye, and I just had to snap it, especially after tuan punya badan yang meja sebelah aku, mai join aku meja aku nak borak sebab takde geng belah dia. Dalam borak nak isi masa kosong (we were quite bored with the event to be honest) - I had my little moment to photograph it, with permission of course.

Don't like the swarovskis anywhere near the lapel though, think it just looks plain tacky - but hey, great stage effect I suppose. Just doesn't work close up. Nampak hanj al murahan sikit la kalau dari dekat - tambah agik kalao amik pic dekat dekat nih.

Teka sapa tak? Erm.. bukan je reveal sapa - siap nak bagik pic nampak kelakar sikit.

Tuh dia...


Pic tuh amik masa kita tengah borak kat luar pasal isu Ekin tuh. Erm... nanti... aku sempat kuar laptop amik video penjelasan panjang lebar Mawi. Kalau nak tau kena sabar ler aku editkan dan post online as usual. But aku leh kata, tu la paling jujur Mawi has been on the issue. Anyway - second pic tu masa nak balik - kita naik changing room sat ada photography, and then headed down together - me nak sambung balik attend acara yang da penghujung tapi tak abih abih lagi, and Mawi nak ciao (nak balik kampung later today for Aidiladha)

Cam budak sekolah lak tengok dia pakai all white siap spek. Pengawas sangat.

Hah... ada lagik pic kelakar. You know how you guys tengok pics in magazine and background ala cun, studio like and all. Here's the reality. Ni masa ada publication ke haper nak shoot Mawi dan Dafi together.

Sebab kat event punya tempat sesak, bising dan sebagainya, the short photograpy session was moved to their rooms where they changed earlier. While you guys will see the cropped picture from chest up - ni the full picture.


Merasalah bilik cam tongkang pecah. Bilik ni yang other room - entah hotel room yang digunakan artis artis mana tuk changing room - but not Mawi's. Bersepah!

Tapi bukan korang nampak pon dalam majalah kang. Heh...

Ok.. now to the bulk pics I took. Banyak sangat kalao aku tulis pepanjang, entah la entry ni panjang mana lak kang. So let's get straight on to the pics.

First sebab aku malas list sapa yang hadir, ni pic senarai pasted outside the rooms.

Note only three divas in Ning Baizura, Erra Fazira dan Ziana Zain dapat their own rooms.




And now on to those yang aku sempat snap piccies. Note Linda Onn tak hadir walaopon nama ada ek. Ada a few like Kudsia, Syafinaz aku tak sempat snap - while quite a few others didn't show up, but I couldn't be bothered with nak cita.

Now - enjoy the pics.

The most famous Malaysian perhaps? Datuk Jimmy Choo - with supermodel Amber Chia and alone.


Now the list in almost alphabetical order.. Awal Ashaari and Dafi.


Erra Fazira (tak sempat snap dia ngan Engku Emran) and Fahrin (tak mai lak Linda - so dia pun solo shot)


Two very red sisters - Fazura and Nani.


Designers Rizman Ruzaini with their creations on Irma Hasmi, Ning Baizura and Nurul.


Sambung balik... Ifa Raziah and Iqram Dinzly.


Irma Hasmi and Raja Farah. Sebelah tu pic kak Cham - fashionista and entertainment editor Berita Harian.


Baby sister Marsha and my big sister, supermodel and actress Nasha Aziz.


Ning and Nurul.


Tony Eussof - the ever huggable teddybear and kak Ziana, ratu kening.


So with that out of the way, here are a couple of my favourite shots. First the table setting which I liked - walaupun konsep ala rimba atas meja ni kekadang merimaskan gak.

Nice table settings - white roses and pearls littered with tea candles.


A very serious and dedicated blogger getting Nani to endorse his personal pieces of jewelery.


And a very happy diva, who was one of the artistes who got a gigantic RM2,000 box of chocolates (Ning, I think the 2000 is reference to the calorie per piece or something)


Merasalah lenguh jari aku nak wat entry nih. Apapon, wanna make some wishes here sebelom I end this entry. To Zahid - my baby bro, happy birthday!!! Wish you all the best for 2008, you're 27!!! Hope the second album will be a hit - dan I'll always support you bro (sampai mama dan papa disown aku kot!) Heh..

Also to all my Muslim friends - selamat menyambut Hari Raya Haji. Happy Aidiladha, guys! Bagik meka yang nak balik kampung (Mawi, this means you), drive safe!!!!
Biar lambat asalkan selamat blah blah blah road safety ops trafik apa saja korang pun paham kan...

And for my Christian friends - since lum Christmas takleh wish agi - but HAPPY CHRISTMAS SHOPPING!! My bonus is is - tomorrow got some chores to finish - run around and settle some stuff, then work a little, bonce to KLCC perhaps to see my adik and then hopefully SHOP!!!

Take care kids! Be posting tomorrow!.

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Selamat pengantin baru Erra and Emran

Firstly. let's kick off this lengthy entry with Stardust. Short review jer. WATCH IT!

Kalau korang suka filem yang fantasy yang berunsurkan fantasy like The Chronicles of Narnia - The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe (Or Kisah Narnia - Sang Singa, Ahli Sihir dan Gobok - matilah translation!), you'll love this.

Malas nak review lelebih. It's jenis movie yang not very MTV-esque like most movies now, but still it's quite a traditional popcorn movie. Would I pay to watch it? Hell yeah!

Anyway, the premiere aku gi malam semalam was a tie-in event with Jimmy Choo where a specially designed shoe was also previewed. Supposedly ada 200 pasang jer yang available worldwide. There was no price tag on it, but I didn't dare ask takut pengsan.

Here's the shoe, and here's fashionista Sasha Basir taking a pic of it too for her blog. Over tau baju... you could take someone's eye out with that top.

Anyway... moving on malam tadik... akad nikah Erra Fazira dan Engku Emran. Aw...isn't it sweet. Don't marriages just make you wanna cry?

Especially when it's hot, stuffy, sweaty, and you're surrounded by hundreds of loud, jostling, sweating types who drech themselves in cheap deodorant or whatever fragrances they splash on. Dare we mention their underage spawns who wail at every opportunity, or the elder ones who run about getting tangled up in your feet while you rush about?

Yeap. Weddings make me cry. And tadi kat wedding Erra pun aku memang nak nangis for all those reasons katanya.

Still, it was a nice and simple akad nikah, if you ignore the 500 other guests. Seriously... a 'small' affair? Such an abused term these days.

Apapun, sebenarnya letih gila pas semalam rushing about. As usual lack of sleep, pastu bangun jer da kena up and about.

In the office, column, then out again for the wedding, almost getting lost on the way, tapi managed to brave the unknown gituh nak meredah hutan belantara. Nama je kat Taman Tun Dr Ismail lokasi akad nikah tuh. I would prefer to say it's meredah hutan belantara ke Sundai Penchala dah.

Sampai je, da pening da. The number of cars told me how simple the affair was going to be.
Erm...seb baik aku turn in jer ada one spot, terus leh parking masuk.

At about 9pm, they were married when Emran dengan sekali lafaz je menjadi Erra isterinya. Selepas sembahyang sunat, they had the upacara menyarungkan cincin.

Time makan, aku dok tepi isap rokok. Sempat ler merasa satay tuh yang ok ok, tapi cam tension abih sebab too packed, not enough places to seat. In fact we had to play musical chairs nak dok bergilir, well, sapa yang nak makan that is.

So chomped down on ciggys jer la.

Pas dinner, meka ada acara potong kek pulut kuning and a fireworks display. Matilah... tempted nak carut tapi biar aku kunci mulut for once for this joyous occasion. Then it was a press conference.

You know... it's kind of amazing. Time headline event camni kan, tetiba ramai 'wartawan' yang freelance yang muncul. Time Siti kahwin pun camni. Kalau event biasa biasa, aiyo...haram! Kalau sedozen muncul pun da kira meriah. So where do all these people come from????

Memacam...

Nak interview dah la organise kelam kabut sikit, sound system dum dam sana sini, pastuh ngan entah sapa sibuk nak posing diri dalam bilik tuh, dah ler berpuluh yang PC sekali. Geram tak tahan, menjerit aku tiba tiba... DIAM!!!!

Ngan muka tak bersalah, pandang pasangan pengantin, "...as you were saying". Leh? Memang muka Tembok Besar China la kiranya aku ni, but what to do. Dari diamkan diri, haram nak dengar apa pun in those conditions and screw up my story for the paper, lagik rela aku memalukan diri.

It was ok after that...for about 30 seconds. Then start balik sound effect kambing penyibuk mengembek in the background.

HOI!!!!!!!

Senyap balik... for a minute then it started again.

Tak paham orang nak wat press conference tak reti nak adjust kan. Tak reti lagik bangsa tak reti nak diam kalao nak masuk menyibuk sekali.

Arghhh!! Geram!

Still, I don't know why, it was nice to see Erra and Emran together. I think they make a cute couple. They seem to feed off each other's energy and all in all, I really do wish them all the best and hope they can build a beautiful family together.

Wasn't the best of weddings I've been to in terms of organisation, but seeing the two of them in white, was touching enough to make me forget all that had happened. Sentimental kan aku ni... ke mental jerk kot.

Finished, back to the office, finished there, lepak kat KL minum minum before Boo, Moszack and I ke Shah Alam menyibuk kaco Anas yang tengah blind date. Merasalah zaman skang bebudak nak date tengok Otai (merasalah aku tergolek gelak on my own as I type this)

Slept late... pala berat tapi badan sakit. Erm... Esok tengok Black Eyed Peas so need to rest.

Enjoy the piccies. Ta...

Kek pulut kuning gituh


The happy couple


I bet Erra saw fireworks too tonight... much later. Matilah aku kena carut Syed pasnih...


Selamat pengantin baru


Hantaran...tujuh berbalas sembilan


Cartier, Louis Vuitton and Prada...



Dua naskah al-Quran, satu sebahagian hantaran, dan satu lagi sebgai ganti wang hantaran seperti diminta Erra


Overdose tau diamante kat hantaran tuh. Everything dripping with it, sampai kek pun ada butterfly besau!


The most beautiful gift ever from a wedding. Book of prayers - or more accurately a translation of the Holy Book

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