Shocking or boring?

Delayed America's Next Top Model cycle nine, episode six review!

Of course the topic is going to be about Ebony's withdrawal. Was it shocking? Honestly not. Would have figured it out by the way things were going. Ebony made it pre-tty clear she didn't want to be there, after the challenge after showing some initial doubts earlier. And you could tell she was just hoping to bugger off.

Even Tyson Beckford popping in didn't inspire her to better herself dan cuba untuk nak perbaiki dia. And she just... gave up!

Sad... still in a way, I think it's pretty obvious that she just gave up on herself, so bagus gak dia tak buang masa orang dan tarik diri.

You can tell that Tyra was pissed too, dissing Ebony as a quitter.

And she is pathetic too (Ebony I mean) cause she made the cut miraculously despite the ugliest picture, and STILL she quit. Bodoh ke apa???

Camna aku da mula suka dia, I think it's better she go anyway.

Tapi aku tak puas hati tol sebab Tyra didn't proceed with the elimination.

Ok, so they have a production schedule, but since Ebony was on the chopping block, it means Ambreal STILL should have been cut.

Oh well...

Stupid judges leh kata Ambreal patut kena kick. Ok so she has had a bad run, but lain pun teruk gak. Padan muka, wat malu yang meka pilih to stay on, quit. Just shows for the last few seasons, they've kind of lost the plot, being unable to spot real model material.

She really needed to go - to the loo!


Her casting video which got her in

I agree it was kind of sad to see her casting video of how she begged Tyra to take her in the show - very Akademi Fantasia. Good for a sob or two...

Oh well. On with the competition. For this show, the challenge of the spokesperson ads by the models in groups of three were all good. Surprisingly, Heather, Jenah and Ambreal did very well, despite their lack of planning and direction - and winning the challenge. Heather in a draw won the shoot with art direction by Mary J. Blige, which made me really happy.

Suka sangat tengok dia... I think she honestly may be at least top three finishers, even if there is a surprise and she doesn't win, cause apart from Chantal, she is smoking hot. Lisa (anyone notice her hair is straightened out dah?) appears to be losing it slowly, and just hope she regains it as soon as possible.

No matter what her disadvantages and handicaps are, she is really quick on the ball when it comes to modelling - and laju je dia pick up on improving herself on the judges's criticism about her asyik amik pic profile je.

The rest?

I don't know... macam buang masa jerk. Jenah? Just still can't put up with the redneck, sebab I think the judges are just so biased for her, and even though she looks like she just emerged from a trailer!

And the other redneck-esque cunt in Sarah? Boot her already! Argh! She should never have made it in the first place.

Anyway, didn't like most of this week's pics, as there was a lot of flaws in most of them. Ada je benda aku tak suka kali ni, even though biasanya I have at least five different shots.

So here are the remaining eight girls, and here's hoping things pick up next week. Whatever it is, I see my favourites as the final three in Heather, Chantal and Lisa, most likely in that order.
Arghh!!!

Why is TV so bland this week? First the boring episode of Heroes, and then this stupid episode of America's Next Top Model?

Is it a warped sweeps week where they see who has the worst program development?

Oh whatever...

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What the...

Here is my delayed Heroes review with the fifth episode titled Fight or Flight. Going character by character and more or less what happened. Wasn't the best episode, in fact, it was really slow moving, and left me feeling like it really just was all hung.

I think they've seriously introduced too many characters (there's another new one this week) - and it's becoming confusing with too many people to keep track off.

Start downing these people down, and let the body count rise for the sake of the show, please!

Oh well, going by spoilers, things are SUPPOSED to pick up soon, but that is left to be seen as things have been draggy lately with stupid love stories (Peter-Caitlin, West-Claire, Hiro-Kensei-Yaeko) as well as too much emphasis (even a second is too much for these charafcters) for the likes of Ando, Niki/Jessica, the twins (they didn't appear this week), West and so many more. I mean, they might figure significantly in later episodes, but if they do, it's simply taking too long.

Which leads to the problem of the writers having too much to explain that they're rambling.

Anyway.. on to the most recent episode.

Elle Promos - With Kristen Bell joining the cast, we find out she can zap people with electrical sparks and later fries Ricky who resists telling her where Peter is. She's the daughter of someone big in the Company judging by the call. Wonder what the significance of that is? Who is he?
Bob with the Midas Touch?

Ooh, and the Valley Girl wannabe has a nasty temper and kills easily.


Peter Petrelli - Being the most undersexed loser, all anal to lose his virginity, decides to finally open his box and doesn't discover much.
Shows off his painting skill, and comes up with an Isaac premonition in paint.

Caitlin - Snogs and cries. Kill her off already. Apart from being a teary tramp, what else can she do?
And just when you're happy we don't have to put up with the sloppy lips of Claire and West...

Monica Dawson - Develops her powers further of imitating, being explained more and more of having 'copycat' powers, with the ability to repeat whatever she sees. Yeay! A black girl can play the piano and skip rope. Amazing!
We wonder why she passed up on skateboarding and basketball.

Matt Parkman - Ditches Mohinder for Nathan and tracks down Molly's boogeyman, his father. Discover daddy has more problem that the obvious lack of hygiene and shaving abilities. Also finds out daddy has interesting mind control powers too.

Matt's dad - Supposedly really, really bad, worse than Sylar. Turns out he just looks bad. But his character offers an insight that the powers of the Heroes, may be open to development. Perhaps he's just pissed the writers didn't give him a first name yet.

When he asks Matt, "you can read minds too" it was obvious he meant that he had it, but his ability to manipulate and trap both Matt and Nathan in those freaky illusions just mean there is a possibility that it can grow into something else.

Matt delivers the next round when he breaks the spell - without knowing how. A lot of potential there.

Back to daddy, apparently, before he goes on psycho mind warp spree, Matt and Nathan do find out he's been marked too. Cue suspence music!

Nathan Petrelli - Weak-assed white dude finds out he still has problems with his scarred image - which are rumoured by spoilers as his post-explosive period which he healed from in the months since he and Peter had their own fireworks display in the season one finale.

Mohinder Suresh - Decides to take Molly to the Company to get her treatment after she goes loco with the boogeyman encounter. Bumps into Niki, actually Jessica first who makes a quick return, and tries to help her escape. Turns out she turned herself in.

Niki/Jessica Sanders- Enters into the plotline via Jessica pissed off, probably over the fact that Ali Larter is not getting much airtime. Wish the writers would kill her off already. She's the biggest waste of time, among all the Heroes.

Ando Masahashi- As usual he doesn't have a life and is busy following Hiro's story. Kill him off!!!! Please!!! He is possibly the most hopeless of them all. He exists only to fill in the holes in the script.

Hiro Nakamura/Takezo Kensei - Still traipsing about with their love triangle with Yaeko. BORING!!!

Ricky - Dies! Why??? Couldn't they have worked out a way for Caitlin to be buzzed to death instead by Elle?

If this continues, I don't know... maybe I'm just going to lose my interest in Heroes altogether. It really is starting to get tedious trying to follow the plot with the slow pace they're developing everything, being too busy adding new characters to the line-up.
Oh well.. we'll see.

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Black Eyed PLEASE!!!

Awmigawd awmigawd awmigawddddddd!!!! The concert just ended tadik, and it was FANTASTIC!!!!

I've seen the Peas live before, but nothing could have prepared me for the show just now. It was amazing with the list of the Peas' songs, as well as solos from all of them.

Besh gila!!! And they improved so much through the years, that they kept everyone partying for two hours.

Yang paling besh, to see the whol arena of over 6,000 people get up off their rears, and party like there was no tomorrow. Tak pernah concert kat KL penah camni sebab biasanya, ramai yang dok terbodoh.

Ni cam dok concert bebetul! Here are some pics.

Stage simple je sebelum start...


The song list - before some alterations and reshuffles for the KL show, though they did almost everything on it.


During Where Is The Love?...


They got everyone to wave their mobile phones! Cantik siot!


Memang tak jangka la concert besh camni. Pas abih, ni kat Starbuck ni, nak minum minum, nampak lak si Taboo lalu. Fergie and will.i.am pun. Si Raden suka lah...nak kejau jadik stalker. Aku berat nak ikut sebab kami berenam. We would look a little freaky, tapi dia nak punya pasal...aduh.

Heh..sorry Raden...pecah lobang lak ko groupie. Merasalah. besides, aku da amik pic ngan meka semua perlu ke?

Eh ok la...esok posting agik... tanak go on and on. Still reeling from the show. Sapa tak gi, memang rugi. Till 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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The Dutchess! ... and Fergie

Merasalah hari ni tak sabar post entry. Why? Heh!!! Aku kat Starbuck in Genting Highlands at the moment, baru hantar news article. Ujan lebat dan kabus so lepak sat sebelom rush to KLCC jap lagik for Stardust. Sambil tu wat keja... dan update blog sikit.

Apa yang aku tak sabar rajin lak nak update? Saksikanlah...
The Dutchess (aku ikut ejaan album dia ok, bukan salah ek)...and Fergie of course (matilah!!) Also with Taboo and will.i.am The Black Eyed Peas rock!!!



Heh...amacam! Dapat lepak ngan the Black Eyed Peas tadik. Seronok gila sebab suka Fergie. will.i.am pun cool jerk rileks no hal. You gotta respect him for his work. That man is a musical genius!Sempat amik pic ngan Taboo sekali tapi terlupa nak amik pic ngan apl.de.ap jerk Matilah terlupa sebab teruja ngan Fergie jerk. Heh... yang penting dapat time off pastu sikit hasil lepak after press conference sebab ada interview ngan will.i.am. They were just hanging about, and sebab takde orang, aku dapat time off ngan meka just chillin'.

Yeah yeah!!! Me likey! Ni sapa minat Fergie cam aku... ada pic lebih sikit nih. A little bit blur like me, but ok ler kan?

Minah ni rileks abih. She was just so cool! Yang penting dia yang tiba tiba tegur celah photography session masa press conference. Matilah!!! Tujuan tegur? Puji rambut merah aku!!! It may be Ronald McDonald to you, but looked in the mirror lately? Heh...janji Fergie yang seronok sembang ngan aku. Fergie baby, I'd trade off for your mane anyway. Matilah!!!

Uwarghhh!!! Teruja! I feel so sexcited!!! Heh!

Siap sempat ler cakap pasal piercing sebab dia pun banyak. Yeah Yeah!!!
Ni pics sikit lagik dari press conference tadik yang biasa biasa. Argh!! Semangat nak keja tul hari ni!

Yang pentingnya, dalam letih, mengantuk (dahlah sejuk gila sini sebab hujan), aku abih je mata terang jerk. Eh ok la...aku post entry lagik malam ni atau esok jerk. Nak gerak balik KL for Stardust.

Yeah yeah Fergie!!!

PS - Entry ni masa nak publish dua kali hilang! Seb baik aku save pas tension semalam! Damn you blogdrive!

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The busy bee anthem

Macam kesial. Aku da susah susah panjang panjang wat entry, lupa lak enter title, and then because I have a script going on, enter je nak publish the whole body of tect disappeared. Motherf**king hell!!! Curse you blogdrive for being un-user friendly at times!!!

Anyway today sibuk. First ke Duyung nya press conference. Maya Karin as a mermaid.

Interesting premise on paper, and judging by the visuals menarik gak. But we'll see. Don't blame me for being skeptical ok. Razak Mohaideen is involved.

Pastu balik office nak sort out my schedule sebab packed gila!!! Esok ada interview ngan Black Eyed Peas, well actually more of a prss conference. My one on one interview is with will.i.am.Pas habis lak, kena rush dari Genting turun balik to the city nak ke KLCC for a cocktail reception and the premiere of Stardust, the movie. Merasalah aku ada dua open house invite for today tak dapat penuhi. Sorry Bob, and also to keluarga mHZ yang sudi jemput. Apapun... cantik tak invite Stardust? merasalah shallow and frivolous benda camni pun suka!

Invite cam event Jimmy Choo sebab ada tie-in with Stardust.


Tuh dia limited edition Jimmy Choos ntah apa kena mengena movie ni. And the back of the invite baru pic movie tuh.


Then it's on to the busiest day in Thursday, which is my column deadline day.Belah malam lak ada akad nikah Erra Fazira dan Engku Emran. Wanna see the invites? Tuh dia...

The other invites tuh tuk majlis perkahwinan pada 3 November. Cantik and simple. Anyhoo...Friday lak naik balik Genting to watch the Black Eyed Peas concert. Kira Saturday je aku free (tu pun kalau betul free takde last minute program)Sunday ada event Mawi, and Monday it's HELLO BANGKOK as I fly there for Beyonce. Merasa!!!! Me likey! A few days in Bangkok will be good for me for sure. Maybe I can rest and get over this deep funk I'm in. I dunno... masa solo problem.

Ni da sayang dan disayangi kepala dibelenggu seribu masaalah lain. Oh well, whoever said it was easy kan?

Boo - sorry if I'm being difficult. Just need to know this is for real. Am feeling horrible because I'm trying, but can't seem to make anyone happy.

Apapun, believe that aku sayang gila kat ko ok. Semalam Boo aku balik dari kampung.
Dalam nunggu lepak ngan member dia semua makan kat Shah Alam. Then jemput dia, ke Hartamas lak for supper. Dah abih berejma gossip sana, beredar pulang, tapi sempat detour one more round kat mamak kat Seksyen 18. Matilah camni...mana tak tambah sihat?

Eh ok la...time to retire. Night...

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Copperfield bummer and more Hairspray!

There was this piece of news flashed by the wire services today. It said the David Copperfield tour is cancelled. So to all my magic friends, sorry dudes, cause it is NOT happening. Doesn't bug me though sebab I was going to be in Bangkok anyway during the time he was scheduled to perform here anyway.

Heh... anyway, apparently while some news services didn't say much except that the shows were cancelled as the FBI had raided his warehouse in connection with investigations and sought his help, it didn't state much. But... found this piece by the Associated Press. So much for the whole truth eh?

Magician David Copperfield cancels Southeast Asia shows following sex allegations
The Associated Press
BANGKOK, Thailand: American magician David Copperfield has canceled his upcoming shows in Southeast Asia following allegations of sexual misconduct in the United States, a Thai organizer said Monday.
"His management sent an e-mail to organizers Sunday to inform that his shows will be postponed indefinitely," said Kittiyong Achawaphong, a public relations official of RSi Dream Entertainment, which organized his shows in Thailand.
Copperfield was scheduled to perform in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand in coming weeks.
The cancellations come days after FBI agents searched his warehouse and a casino hotel in Las Vegas, where the magician regularly performs, following charges that he "forced himself" on an unidentified woman.
Details about the allegations have not been revealed but Copperfield's lawyer, David Chesnoff, has said "we know these allegations are false because David Copperfield has never forced himself on anyone."
Reached Monday, Chesnoff insisted the shows were canceled because tour operators in Asia default on their contract, not in connection to Copperfield's legal problems. "Those are serious allegations," Chesnoff said.
"But there's no truth to them." Promoters of some of the Asian shows are trying to negotiate with Copperfield's management to reschedule the performances or recoup some of the losses incurred from the cancellations.
"We are told by Copperfield management that David's show had been canceled by the artist," said Peter Basuki, whose company was organizing the Jakarta show.
He said they would like to file a complaint with Copperfield management, but did not elaborate.
"They said they would like to find any other available time to perform in Jakarta," Basuki said. "With this cancellation, we have lost more than US$1 million (euro700,000) for advertising and other preparations. Business is business. We want to make a profit. But this is making us lose money."

Katanya....

So they claim it's the Asean organisers' fault, tapi meka sendiri call it off. Camna tuh? Erm... well honestly, the PR spin is a little hard to believe lah. Apapun, for magic enthusiasts, there's the Genting International Magic Festival (I'll probably spend a week there to check it out kalau jadik)

For more info, check CLICK HERE!

Oh anyway, my entry today is actually about...

Yes, what else but Hairspray. My obsession of the moment when it comes to movies. Honesly, I can't get enough of this, despite geli nak abih ngan gi Zac Efron sebab aku nyampah High School Musical (sorry those who liked it)

But this is really a good translation of the actual Broadway production to the big screen.

Pada sapa lum tengok, rugi siot kalau tak. The songs are FABULOUS! My favourites are Good Morning Baltimore, The Legend of Miss Baltimore Crabs (performed by Michelle Pfeiffer!!!!), I Can Hear The Bells, The New Girl In Town, Welcome To The 60s, I Know Where I've Been, Without Love and the finally You Can't Stop The Beat.

Awmigawsh!! Seriously! Watch it once to familiarise yourself with the songs and story and even the dance.

Then watch it again to sing-a-long and move to it cause trust me, it is freaking addictive!
It's got an all star cast and the pacing of the movie is quite good, takkan bosan sikit pun.

Queen Latifah as Big Mama Morton.. I mean Motormouth Maybelle...


My favourite line - DEVIL CHILD!

Tomorrow, I'm going to watch it in the cinema for a THIRD time bila Boo Boo sampai balik dari kampung. I've already gotten the soundtrack, and it's my CD of the moment, being on permanent play in my laptop at home and in the office. Amik ko!

Hey... for RM10 for this or for the cheapest ticket to P. Ramlee The Musical...which cost RM30 (tu pun da abih), I'd rather watch Hairspray three times!

Ok... time for Panadol and sleep... post tomorrow guys...

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