Monday, April 13, 2009

Konsert Akademi Fantasia - Minggu Kelima (Part 2)

Ok aku janji korang like a ton of pics kan along with my review, so here it is. Kalao loading slow jangan merungut ek. Da pics pun da lebih kurang 100 dalam entry nih of course ler berat nak mampos.

Sapa pakai dial-up (ada lagik ke zaman nih???), gi memana ada line broadband ek, kalao tak sampai besok ler korang tunggu nak load semua pics. Nangis! Sebelom aku teruskan, mari aku recycle amaran aku nih.

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Now on with the show.





Secara jujur, aku nampak pentas cam serabut sikit, but I was told that this is a build up, so korang kalao rasa cam aku, kena sabar je la ek. We wait for the final result and see what it forms. Sebab kalao ikutkan cita aku dapat, bebenda kat pentas ni semua, cantum sana, cantum sini ada something special when you see the main set kat Konsert Akhir Akademi Fantasia nanti.

I noticed tetiba ada plasma screen dekat area judges, so memang betol la production belah Konsert kata tiap minggu akan ada penambahan slow slow. So my faith in them memang ada for a whoop ass set as we head to the final week.



Walaupon ada yang tak setuju ngan komen-komen bernas dari Adibah Noor, I kind of like how she noticed the more necessary details to be mentioned. And I hope they call her back as a critic sebab we need more critics who say things that matter.

Walaupon ada yang peminat panas dia sebut pasal bab Heliza sumbang, the point is, while Heliza was a guest performer, dia professional da, so there was no excuse to flub it up so badly.

The thing about duet week is that, bebudak kena all out pastikan meka tak diovershadow by their guests. At the same time, the guest vocalists had to make sure their performance was of an adequate standard... Heliza's was unfortunately sumbang gila. So kesian gak Qhaud. Dalam duet nih, kalao partner problem, ko pon kena tarik skali.

Tengok contoh Yazid. He managed to pull his song off better sebab he fed off the energy of Yazer yang memang rock abih. So lucky for Yazid there la.

Ok ok... sebelom merapu lebih panjang, on with the actual performances.








Lagu Bonus Semua Pelajar - Lucky
Rating : **
Overall the song was ok, but I don't know. The problem bila ramai-ramai camni, ada yang curi tulang. Dengar je time chorus. Berapa orang did ok, tapi ada yang berjaya bukan sahaja menyumbangkan suara tapi 'menyumbangkan' lagu.
Honestly ketika dalam Dewan, susah nak detect sebab you're caught up in the moment, tapi upon closer inspection gituh time dengar balik rakaman, aku dapat ada yang salah sana sini.
Still it was decent, though I have heard the kids deliver it better in practise. The ending was scary though. It was seriously so off that aku tatau sapa nak blame.
















ISMA & Zul (2 By 2) - Kau Mawarku
Rating : **1/2
Alahai romantiknyaaaa. Sampai aku tempek pics banyak sangat tak control katanya sebab suka tengok keromantikan meka nih ya amats. Merasalah perlu mop lantai pastu akibat rembesan melampau aksi husband and wife nih.
Honestly sebenarnya I hate this song. Heh... tapi malam tu aku tahan gak la.
It was nice to hear that Zul still can sing and he did a nice job to back up Isma.
Cuma honestly tuk aku, Isma ni memang kita semua da tau dia ada sora. Cuma aku pun kekadang rasa sora dia dibayanyi sora Datuk Siti Nurhaliza ngan lenggok dia bagai.
Hope she manages to show her own style soon enough, because overall I think she did quite ok, though not as good as last week for me where she managed to break from her stereotype pop Melayu ballad safe zone.









AKIM & Farah - Jika Kau Tiada
Rating : **1/2
Ni serious satu agik lagu aku tak berkenan at all.
But overall, Akim impressed me and kept the song interesting to listen to.
Cuma kesian, sebab rupa dia jambu, ramai terus dismiss him. Tapi kan sebenarnya, kalao banding ngan stok bebudak pelajar laki yang rupa jambu ni dalam sejarah Akademi Fantasia - dia ni actually has talent and a voice which has progressed much in the recent weeks.
Takde la sumbang angsa bagai walaopon rupa jambu, so kira soal rupa tuh bukan handicap patutnya, tapi asset.
Minor problems ngan sora (glad sora dia da tak getar ngan tremolo overdose yang ada sejak dia wat lagu Anak Gembala), tapi memang physically he has the challenge to work on his body language, which makes him look like he's still uncomfortable on stage and also a little problem ngan feel sikit.
A serious contender due to consistency and fan following as well as commercial appeal.








QHAUD & Heliza - Dibius Cinta
Rating : *1/2
It was painful to watch, not because of salah Qhaud je. Betul cakap Adibah Noor.
Bila bab duet ni, kalao sorang problem, sorang agik mampu selamatkan kalao dia wat ok. Because if that doesn't happen, your partner gets dragged down as well.
So aku tatau nak komen camna. Nak salahkan Qhaud sepenuhnya, partner pon problem gak.
In fact, I am disappointed with Heliza because I know she's better than this.
Apapon, it appeared Qhaud betul-betul mencuba, but well... he didn't manage to bring the goods to the table.
One thing aku perasan at this point, sakit mata tengok step interection semua sama jerk lebih kurang. Repetitive. Tangan angkat... tangan angkat... cam Karam Singh Walia wat report berita lak.








HAFIZ & Mila - Terlanjur Cinta
Rating : ****
Now this is a performance. Memang dari soal consistency, Hafiz berjaya nak membuktikan dia mampu nak perform everytime, no matter what song he's given and in whatever situation.
The only surprise I had was that Mila tak sumbang cam biasa memandang berapa live show lately she's not been performing up to mark.
But both of them had a chemistry which I think minimised any mistakes on the part of both kids and the result was a wonderful, moving performance.
A little too overdramatic for me, but enough to send the message home that this was one of the highlights of the night. If someone had told them to pull back the dramatics sikit which was a little too distracting, this would have been my best performance of the night.
A beautiful song, one of my favourites for the past few months now, and a performance that justified the beauty of it.










CLAUDIA & Vince - Kau Muzik Di Hatiku
Rating : ****
I have to say. First of all, susah nak dibayangi the original singer in Jaclyn Victor. Secondly, to duet with bekas juara seperti Vince atau Mawi susah, sebab meka ni seasoned pros and can just overshadow you without even trying.
In Claudia's case, I was actually anticipating the worst, but she managed to hold on to her own and did better than I expected.
In fact, kalau for me lah, she deserved untuk dinobatkan pelajar cemerlang hasil usaha dia untuk Konsert ini for surpassing any expectations and for the dramatic improvement she's shown compared to her shaky performance last week.
Not perfect, but easily one of the best of the week. And definitely Claudia's best so far.

PS - Disregard komen Edrie Hashim yang Vince overshadowed her and that this is not her best week, and take into consideration Adibah's comment that Claudia has yet to unleash her real voice.
PPS - Terasa deja vu teringat time anak Mas di bawa ke pentas.











AISHAH & Aliff Aziz - Dua Hati Menjadi Satu
Rating : ***
I think this performance was so cute. Aishah is just herself, but I think Aliff didn't bring anything to the performance at all. In fact I think Aliff's vocal was so below par in comparison to Aishah's that it was hardly funny.
This is one performance mana pelajar Akademi Fantasia lebih outstanding dari penyanyi luar yang dibawa menemani persembahan mereka.
But in the essence of the feel of the song, it was sweet.. so sweet I think I may have diabetes after watching that performance.
I kept in mind however Aliff did his best. Lagikpon kalao ikut lagu original pun, penyanyi asal Gita Gutawa dan Dafi, Dafi was more of a back-up vocal on the song... cam lagu Ella dan Shah tuh la.
So the spotlight was on Aishah more.

PS - Adengan suap bagik aku nostalgia time Zahid kena suap cekodok ngan Misha lak.









YAZID & Yazer - Terharu
Rating : **1/2
Last week Yazid improve abih. Memang 180 darjah punya turnaround. This week, aku risau sebenarnya because bila digandingkan ngan someone like Yazer, I expected him to be swallowed alive.
Strangely enough, I think Yazid thrived on the energy Yazer gave off which was show in his performance.
The end result? Two all out rockers onstage!
Menangis tengok meka guling bagai... but aku cakap serious, while I knew Yazid had it in him, I didn't know that he could have unleashed it at this point.
Not the best yet, but I think something's coming out of this one that might surprise a lot of people.
Look forward to his show next week. At this rate, Yazid has established himself as a threat to others for a spot in the finals.

PS - Takde lak deja vu bab ni sebab tak penah ada contestant punya dad kahwin time competition. Heh...












ARIL & Marsha - Aku Dan Dirimu
Rating : ***1/2
Selain dari Hafiz dan Mila, Aril dan Marsha too worked as a strong duo.
Like Yazid and Yazer, Aril fed off Marsha's energy to come up with his own strong rendition of Aku Dan Dirimu.
The feel and drama of it was not so overdone. And the chemistry appeared real like there was some massive attraction there, and that they were not acting. So, good on that.
And sama cam lagu Andainya Aku Pergi Dulu, Aril was able to show off his vocals which are so often overlooked because of his larger than life personality.
Kalao Aril leh bertahan dari segi AFUNDI, another final potential nih.







SIDI & Zahid - Cinta Yang Sempurna
Rating : *
Aduh! Merasalah sakit telinga.
Aku sebenarnya kesian kat Sidi, because this is definitely not an easy song to sing. Ko bagi la sapa pon lagu nih nak carry off, and you'll find out just how difficult it is.
And because tak kena ngan range dia, Zahid had to take much of the higher bits, which immediately opened up the floodgates for Sidi to be overshadowed.
Like I said earlier, it's not easy for anyone to duet with Vince and Zahid as they are so strong in so many ways that you just can't look good enough if you have any other issues to deal with. And it didn't help cause Zahid appeared to have his own issues too.
And bab Sidi nih, honestly I think he could have improved faster, tapi sebenarnya dia showed up short on AFUNDI simply because he had it worse with the song.

PS - Pecah perot aku Zahid wat aksi KLCC tuh. Matilahhhhhhhh pecah perot!!!! Arghh!!!








Semua Pelajar - Menuju Puncak
Rating : ***1/2
Aku tanak komen soal vocal bab ni sebab yang lebih penting, choreography has improved tremedously from last week. And kudos to Cikgu Aris for that. I hope more will be done to add on to the dance routine so that proper homage can be paid pada lagu berhantu nih yang da tujuh tahun pun orang tak bosan layan.
Final pose tu yang aku pecah perot sebab mata aku ke Qhaud yang ala Superman.
Aiyo... merasalah!
But all in all, it summed up the overall feel of the fifth concert, which continued the momentum of Akademi Fantasia musim ni. I guess it wouldn't be too much to say that it's now gone into full throttle, and next week we'll see if the pace can be sustained.








So the competition is getting serious now. Kalau ikutkan kedudukan, cuma Qhaud je nampak the weak link. Which can change because he had the following earlier too. But from now, sapa-sapa yang terkeluar would be a shame, because the remainder is a consistent lot. This was the AFUNDI rankings bila tutup undian.

1. Isma - 18%
2. Hafiz - 17%
3. Yazid - 15%
4. Akim - 10%
5. Aishah - 10%
6. Claudia - 9%
7. Aril - 9%
8. Qhaud - 8%
9. Sidi - 5%

So you can see what I mean now. Hope kalao korang bebetol nak all out for you favourite student, korang start now! Sebab kalao ko AFUNDI time concert jer I doubt you'd have the time to make a real difference. The pool of votes is getting bigger by the day and the percentage smakin besau, so kalao korang nak tunggu in the end tuh, there's too big of a gap to overcome.

Ok... ni some other random pics yang I took masa Konsert.

The Chongs - Vince's mom and sis. Kalao nak tau family Chong la yang start trend bak sepanduk bagai kat konsert tau masa musim pertama! A little bit of Akademi Fantasia trivia there.


Geng Kelab Pelita - wakil 6ixth Sense, Atan dan Gjie


Ahli keluarga Fantasia - Marsha dan Yazer


How To Suck Up To Your Boss 101 - aku beli t-shirt ni sambil tergelak. I don't know what KM stands for, tapi leh double up as bodek Khairul Mizan, program manager tuk Astro Ria. Masaalahnya mulai minggu depan aku kena cari IR, JSR, SN and then final kang pakai ZA! Matilah aku!!! Perhal la muka aku ni keletihan bagai... tak sembuh-sembuh...


So was that a long enough entry for you guys? Tell me if you want more pics. Ni pun banyak da aku buang sebab risaukan korang nak loading tak sempat sebelom Konsert keenam lak.

Korang layan dulu. Aku tadik sesi besh ngan bebudak for my class. Hari ni focus pada how honesty works in perception. Matilah tak paham kan? Takpe... janji bebudak paham.

Owh... siang tadik ada tamu. Korang tengok Diari esok. Lawa sungguh!!! Pengsan sat... tengok esok ek. Meanwhile, I need sleep... bad!!!

Sunday, April 12, 2009

An important entry

This entry penting bagi aku sebab it means more than any show or competition, or anything else that I can blog about.

Aku tau korang tunggu pics dari konsert serta my review. Tu jap agik aku up kan. Tapi wat skang, aku nak cita sikit pasal semalam, sebelum ke konsert.

Aku ke Hospital Universiti. Ke wad pediatrik.

Tujuaannya, terima kasih pada Sarimah Ibrahim aka Kak Mah Gali, wujud inisiatif tuk membuat kunjung lawat kesana untuk melawat anak-anak yang kurang bernasib baik sebab pada umur muda, ada yang kena barah memacam or leukimia.

Tanpa media coverage ke haper balasan, Sarimah called me and Juan, and asked kalao nak support benda ni tak sebab kesian bebudak.

And thanks to pihak Astro, dapat la put together some goodie bags tuk bebudak.

And I want to personally thank some people who took time to spend time with the kids, to cheer them up make them feel a lot better.

Thank you pada alumni Akademi Fantasia - Mila, Adi Fashla (yang mewakili keluarga Era), Lufya, Nadia dan juga mereka yang terkeluar dari musim ini in Adila, Rini dan Obri sebab join skali tuk meriahkan hari budak-budak nih. Terima kasih juga pada Salima yang walaupun tak dapat hadir, memberi sumbangan tuk belikan buah tangan bagi bebudak.

Why alumni Akademi Fantasia? Sebab dengar cita, bebudak nih semua malam-malam kat wad, layan Akademi Fantasia. And they love the show. Carut ke hencap ke... terbukti la show like Akademi Fantasia mampu menceriakan hari mereka yang bukan dalam keadaan paling sihat.

Aku sampai lambat sikit sebab ada hal nak settle. Bumped into Sarimah yang kena gegas ke Dewan Seri Putra untuk rakaman Diari INT.

Made my way to the ward... aiyo... rasa nak nangis. Trust me... it's not an easy sight to digest bila tengok bebudak berumur tiga tahun da kena chemotheraphy. Tu lom agik anak kecik yang lahir tiga hari je diagnose ngan leukimia... all the cases we saw and met, were strong children who faced treatment with such strength, that serious memang undang air mata.

Thanks to everyone who made it, who made these kids a priority. Pada mereka yang tak sempat sebab da ada earlier engagement like Anugerah Bintang Popular takpe... nanti kita wat agik.

Korang nak join tak lain kali kita wat gathering tuk menceriakan bebudak camni? We need sumbangan, and kalao pada mereka yang tak mampu, at least we just make the kids happy. Let me know ok if you can volunteer.

Anyway, ni some pics masa kat wad. Semua cover senyum, tapi memasing balik hati berat je. Thank you to these kids who made me realise, I should be thankful for what I have.

Perubatan Nuklear??? Menakutkan!


Some of he brave kids in the pediatric ward


Rini dan Juan pun put aside their differences for the kids (matilah aku!)


Adi took his time with all the kids and their parents


Some of the lovely people who helped us to cheer up the kdis and the lovely nurses on duty


Dak ni leukimia tak silap aku


Mila pun take time walaupun kena gegas ke Dewan tuk konsert pastuh


Ko tengok dak comel tu? Kena barah mata... siap chemo bagai. Nak nangis aku


Obri ngan Jannah. She's 11 year-old and da kena effect chemo gugur rambut semua, and was so malu to talk to us sebab segan rupa dia.


Dak kecil ni lak kena chemo sampai... aduh.. entahlah


They're not just posing. No publicity... they're doing it because they care and I salute them!

Saturday, April 11, 2009

Konsert Akademi Fantasia - Minggu Kelima (Part 1)

Thank you for supporting Akademi Fantasia. Aku yakin konsert semalam, orang da mula nampak transformasi yang dikatakan selama nih.

All good things come in time, and at this half way point, undoubtedly, terbukti yang bebudak nih da banyak develop in a lot of areas.

No, they are not the best yet. Jauh lagik. But aku yakin given just a little bit more time, we will see a huge development by the final concert.

Aku tadik pas eliminate, lepak ngan Obri (biasalah dia ni tukang welcome orang to the eliminated club, adik aku nih) dan Sidi, selain Pendos, Nana dan joined by Juan tonight.

Abih pun lewat, so korang tunggu jer pics dan review penuh esok. Also... ada benda yang pasal minggu tugasan lagu English yang korang tunggu-tunggu. But that can wait for tomorrow. I need my sleep, plus, have to prepare for my class with the kids tomorrow (banyak nih nak bambu) as well as edit and upload HUNDREDS of pics. Tak caya? Tunggu besok tengok.

Happy Easter Sunday to all, and layan la Konsert tadi, as well as Diari EXT yang on air just before the show. Also, jangan lupa vote for your favourite. Of course since the competition is getting more sengit, aku tanak bukak polls pelajar laki dan pompuan. Satukan je... layan....

Until tomorrow...






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Friday, April 10, 2009

List

Besaunya mata dia... takut!!!


So the list is complete. Or is it? Kalau diikutkan, inilah senarai mereka yang akan perform bersama pelajar Akademi Fantasia untuk lagu-lagu tugasan. Or at least kalau ikutkan apa kita nampak dari latihan mereka dalam Diari, bila bekas-bekas pelajar ini masuk ke dalam Akademi nak membantu junior mereka.

So this is the final list.. as we know it... as we see lah.. for now. Merasalah ada kejutan ke tak pun aku tak berani komen. Mungkin kah???

Lagu Tugasan Konsert Akademi Fantasia 7 - Minggu 5
1.YAZID & Yazer - Terharu (Jamal Abdillah & Mawi)
2.ARIL & Marsha - Aku Dan Dirimu (Ari Lasso & Bunga Citra Lestari)
3. QHAUD & Heliza - Dibius Cinta (Yusry & Melly Goeslow)
4. SIDI & Zahid - Cinta Yang Sempurna (6ixth Sense & Noe Letto)
5. HAFIZ & Mila - Terlanjur Cinta (Rossa & Pasha Ungu)
6. AKIM & Farah - Jika Kau Tiada (Erra Fazira & Yusry)
7. CLAUDIA & Vince - Kau Muzik Di Hatiku (Jacyln Victor & Vince)
8. AISHAH & Vince - Dua Hati Menjadi Satu (Gita Gutawa & Dafi)
9. ISMA & Zahid - Kau Mawarku (Siti Nurhaliza & 2 By 2)

Lagu Bonus : Lucky (Jason Mraz & Colbie Callait)

Ari ni short entry je. Masih dalam dilema nih. Entah sempat tak kalao aku esok rush ke JB sebelom Konsert, jumpa bebudak Samsons before their concert there supaya sempat balik Konsert Akademi Fantasia.

Aduh... susah sangat jadik fanatik Samsons ni.

Ok la.. korang layan Diari... and jangan lupa, Diari EXT will be on tomorrow at 8.30pm just before Konsert.


PS - Korang perasan tak Diari tadik, Aishah seorang je tak sebut, "Pasangan duet saya ialah......"

Thursday, April 09, 2009

Sakitnya kaki!

Heh! So the suspense draws on. Bukan semua duet partner diumumkan malam nih. Jangan marah aku ek!!!

Korang nak tau penuh kenalah tengok diari terkahir minggu ni besok. So kita da tau Akim duet ngan Farah smalam. Today, ditunjukkan Yazid dapat duet ngan Yazer. Meanwhile, Zahid skali ngan Sidi dan Isma while Vince berlatih ngan Claudia ngan Aishah.

Yakin ke korang meka akan duet skali hari konsert? Maybe.... maybe ada kejutan. Standard la. Kalau bagitau full bukan kejutan namanya.

As for the female student, kena la tunggu besok nya Diari.

Rocksteady!


Tiada pengalah!


Ahcunnyaaaaaaa!!! Hey!!! That's my bro!



Kalao betol nih pasangan tuk Konsert dan bukan tuk latihan jer ok tak? Kalao tak rasanya korang nak sapa.. bukan cam leh tukar pon kalao da set, tapi go on. Imagine! Merasalah nyatakan pilihan rembesan anda!

Dah... sapa tatau what I'm talking about, layan Diari hari nih.



Aduh!!! Sebenarnya tengah trauma nih! Samsons akan perform kat JB Sabtu nih. Clash ngan Konsert Akademi Fantasia. Terasa nak ponteng ke konsert nak layan Samsons.

Gila tak gi? My bros from Jakarta last perform masa Pesta Malam Indonesia 2. Rindu siot since then. Hari tu pun kat JB aku lalu Stadium Majlis Bandaraya Johor Bahru nampak poster nak nangis rasanya.

Aduh.. dah la jauh. Pastu same day. Sedih!!!! Tengah pikirkan camna lagik nih.

Ok la. Nak layan movie kat laptop nih. Idol dan America's Next Top Model as well as Heroes terbaru menunggu skali. Esok aku update the remaining names in the list ek.

Night guys...

Wednesday, April 08, 2009

La la la la la..

Ni entry mungkin panjang mungkin tidak. Aku nak post pics Farah siang tadik mai Akademi, but sorry sempat tak sempat snappy. Sempat la amik pics tiga orang tamu yang datang pastu.

Esok ada lagik ramai tamu akan datang. Aiyo... bersedia la pics berlambak again.

But hari ni hari meroyan.

Pas spending time with the kids again today, aiyo... memang nampak bibit-bibit cinta gituh blossoming! Tak caya takper. Ramai kata Astro yang kenenkan la.. tuh la nih la... all I can say is, things are at an early stage bila dikesan nih... so tunggu tengok betol ke tak.

Motif carot kata benda ni planned? Ceh... kecian bebudak. Lom kuar jadik bintang, baru pelajar Akademi Fantasia da ada peminat kata apa yang leh wat dan apa yang takleh wat? Kesian. Sabar jer la.

Learnt some other stuff about them. Sambil catch up with them, heard them do Lucky - sedap gila! Sempat ler betulkan sebutan, since memasing ada minor issues bab tuh.

But aku nak explain a few things apart from the bab cintan kenen tuh.

Aku tau ler ramai yang haters Aril kat luar tuh. Aiyo... tapi some of the issues. Kesian tol. Isu dia dan the rest of the boys and Hafiz da over. Meka semua kawan ok jerk aku tengok. Da aku sendiri tengok depan biji mata aku sendiri.

Apa yang ditayangkan Diari tuh, dia cakap pasal problem Hafiz at the start, bukan mengumpat, dia explain, and then katakan they are all getting alone fine now.

Pastuh, ada lak yang kata, kejujuran akan makan diri dia sebab dia cita about a lot of things. For me, what do you want? Do you want reality as it is? Or your version of reality?

Orang jujur, poyo lak. Kalao cover kang jadik plastik.... make up your mind. These kids have been groomed to be honest in their opinion. And I see nothing wrong with Aril telling how dia admit to being related to his brother and defending his brother on Youtube.

Kalao adik ke abang ke akak korang kena carot bagai, ko tak defend? And I thought it was big of him to do that AND admit it.

Then ada yang kata dia tulis kat blog dia poyo sebab statement dia, "aku tak tahan dah pengkritik-pengkritik tu mengarut-ngarut pasal aku". Baca betul-betul apa dia tulis. Budak tu kan cakap pasal how he wants to be serious, and how dia nak bersungguh dalam performance dia... kira dia tanak la kena carot agik ngan pengkritik. So paham la dalam konteks tuh. Tapi tetap ada yang beragenda nak katakan dia nih kurang ajar and all.

How our people despise honesty. No wonder plastics survive longer. Walaopon album tak jual... merasalah.

This is a competition. But whoever wins, I want to see them win because they convinced fans yang they're the best. Not because someone else sucks.

At this point, haters have taken it to record breaking heights of ridiculousness in criticising these kids.

Whatever la. Beragenda dan bermotif camtuh la. Walaupun...

Ok la.. malas meroyan agik. Korang layan Diari tadik. Esok BANYAK pics woo!!


PS - Ko hengat semua nak aiskrim cam ko??? Matilah ko!

Tuesday, April 07, 2009

Berat sama dipikul

Bukan mudah... menyusun tangga ke angkasaaaa....

Matilah tetiba feeling lak nak nyanyi padahal nak cakap lain.

Anyway hari ni hari mengantuk sedunia. Everyone cam tak larat sebab I think partly due to the early rain, tapi semua tahan mata. Leh bayangkan pencungkil gigi tuh da selit celah eyelids ok, trying hard to stop them from closing.

Hari nih, ada sesi ngan Aril, which I think you guys have already seen part of it kat Diari.

Apart from that, meetings left and right of me.

Pas jadual waktu berubah, kelas aku di jadualkan hari Ahad, kini mulai esok, aku akan masuk Akademi tiap hari tuk monitor bebudak. Merasalah untuk tambahkan carutan apa yang perlu untuk try and help my adik-adik semua improve themselves from every aspect. Mungkin tugas aku ringan lagik dari tenaga pengajar lain yang bertungkus lumus, but I'm glad to be part of the team more and more each day.

And takde soal pilih kasih ok. Carut sama rata, bantu sama rata. Everyone is equal and a stiudent in my eyes. So no accusations of favourites. Takde persoalan bab tuh langsung. That's why musim ni aku tanak carut per per... sebab kang ada yang twist facts kata aku biased... walaupun....

Segala carutan yang dihadapi, aku terima. Bukan tak biasa... dari peminat sejati Akademi Fantasia, sehingga ke mereka yang mempunyai agenda tersendiri mencarut, semuanya aku da tak heran.

The important thing is firstly, do the job I have been paid to do in the most professional manner, and secondly to serve and cooperate with the team best on how to deliver what is expected of us and more.

Teamwork ni lain sikit. Sorang screw up, semua kena. So semua orang actually have to watch other people's back lah. Kira cam bebudak Akademi gak. Sorang hazab, semua kena hencap kata Akademi jatuh standard. Kan.....

Apapon... you, the REAL fans of Akademi Fantasia - keep sending in your comments on apa ko suka dan tak suka, so YOUR consideration can be taken into account. After all... apa lah Akademi Fantasia without you guys and gals. Cuma ingat ler bukan semua leh wat, but rest assured they will be taken into serious consideration.

So azam baru aku dalam masuk minggu kelima nih, to work harder to help with what I can.

Anyway, hari ni sempat tengok Sarimah layan host link jap tuk wat rakaman Diari. Gelak gak layan gelagat dia nih.



Anyway, ni ada info sikit pada peminat Akademi Fantasia (yang ikuti programming yer, bukan stakat propah kata tengok sgala).

Mulai minggu ini, Diari EXT akan ke udara bukan lagi pada hari Jumaat, tetapi pada hari Sabtu, just before the Konsert Akademi Fantasia pada pukul 8.30pm. Kali ni format tak berubah sepenuhnya, tapi ada minor changes di mana tamu akan diundang berdebat skali selain dari info lebih dan topik panas.

Pada mereka yang follow Diari, watch for more coming up, especially throughout this week di mana ramai tamu akan hadir ke dalam Akademi. Siapa? Tunggu! Dan untuk apa? Teman duet ke? Heh... no komen. The stream of visitors begins tomorrow... so esok memang da la abih lewat, mula awal lak kerja. Merasalah jadik zombie pasnih!

I need to get some shut eye for the day. Tapi esok rasanya banyak lak pics aku nak posting kang.

So you guys have fun... be safe... and will be posting soon.


PS - Congratulations to the Raja Muda of Johor Tunku Ismail Ibrahim Tunku who will be head the 352 people conferred honours and awards the Istana Besar in conjunction with the birthday of the Sultan of Johor, Sultan Iskandar tomorrow, receiving the Darjah Kerabat Johor Yang Amat Dihormati Pangkat Pertama (DK I).


Monday, April 06, 2009

Keliru dan demam

Badan aku dalam sehari dua nih, cam nak demam. Tapi tak demam-demam. Camna tuh. Ubatnya? Sayang aku MMS pic dari nun jauh. Merasalah jiwang jap. Ok la... kalau da berbulan tak jumpa camni la. Teknologi je jadik penghubung.

Sebenarnya ingat nak update pics bagai hari nih, but in the midst of nak ubah some things yang tak kena ngan layout blog.

Cam Imeem yang asik down. Buang masa jerk aku link kalao asik down camni. Kang kalao dia stable aku up kan balik. Sementara tu tengah upload apa yang patut tempat yang lebih reliable.

Anyway.... apapon... ni senarai lagu tugasan Konsert Akademi Fantasia minggu kelima. Korang komen komen sikit pasal pemilihan dan juga siapa yang akan berduet sekali.

Lagu Tugasan Konsert Akademi Fantasia 7 - Minggu 5

1.YAZID - Terharu (Jamal Abdillah & Mawi)
2.ARIL - Aku Dan Dirimu (Ari Lasso & Bunga Citra Lestari)
3. QHAUD - Dibius Cinta (Yusry & Melly Goeslow)
4. SIDI - Cinta Yang Sempurna (6ixth Sense & Noe Letto)
5. HAFIZ - Terlanjur Cinta (Rossa & Pasha Ungu)
6. AKIM - Jika Kau Tiada (Erra Fazira & Yusry)
7. CLAUDIA - Kau Muzik Di Hatiku (Jacyln Victor & Vince)
8. AISHAH - Dua Hati Menjadi Satu (Gita Gutawa & Dafi)
9. ISMA - Kau Mawarku (Siti Nurhaliza & 2 By 2)

Lagu Bonus : Lucky (Jason Mraz & Colbie Callait)

Kalau ikutkan, personally aku suka lagu Cinta Yang Sempurna sebab not only it's a very good song, but also one yang menampilkan bebudak 6ixth Sense (yang merupakan ahli Kelab Pelita).

Apart from that sapa yang penah layan songlist aku sebelom ni mesti tau Terlanjur Cinta pun my favourite. Aku Dan Dirimu pun ok. Tapi tak tahan lagu aiskrim dan lagu zaman tok kadok. Heh... tuh bukan mencarut. Tuh namanya personal preference ok.

Apapon, demam melanda Akademi skang. Semu da rasa sakit tekak la... panas badan la... pening la... keletihan la. Jangan terkejut kalao lambat laun, benda nih berjangkit kat bebudak kat dalam.

Krew produksi Diari yang kerja tujuh hari seminggu semua masih bertahan lagik, and aku doakan kengkawan aku ni mampu. Skang pun semua kerja keras, walau apapon situasi melanda, tuk pastikan they bring what they can.

Sujud aku kat kesungguhan meka. Etika kerja camni aku nak serap dalam diri aku.

Anyway... this week is kind of an exciting week. Kenapa? Ramai kawan akan melawat. Heh... mesti korang nak tau sapa, tapi takpe la. Tunggu jerk.

Bukan aku yang wat guest list sapa drop by, but I like it so far. Ramai wo!!! Ok la... korang layan Diari, esok aku rajinkan diri update. Ta!


PS - Korang jangan tanya aku bebudak duet ngan sapa. It will all be revealed in due time. Tapi most of the duet partners memang I like! Kira akan dipersetujui oeh peminat tegar Akademi Fantasia.

Sunday, April 05, 2009

Apa dia itu

Ok lah. First of all. Sebab minggu ni, kali pertama dalam sejarah gituh setelah sekian lama aku refuse nak wat review konsert semalam, aku da bagi banyak pics kan? Tapi aku nak top up agik bagik lagik pics kat korang to make up for the fact aku tanak bukak mulot komen smalam.

So enjoy. Again... my disclaimer pada pencuri pics dari blog dan website busuk!

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Hope korang puas ngan all the pics. Untung korang la time aku tensi ni, banyak lak pics aku letak kan?

Anyway... ni hah... malas cita bab konsert, aku ada cita ketika aku gi Johor on Friday. Aku berlepas dalam 10 malam gituh on Friday. Meredah hujan dan traffic jam cam sial as usual, pick up Jue - PA Faz dan wanita bionic yang bantai rempit tuh, kat Pelita kat Bangsar.

Then we set out to Johor Bahru.

We reached dalam kol 1 lebih pagik kot, taking our own sweet time to enjoy the journey.



We checked in, dan aku dengan segera capai remote TV layan la RCTI. Nak tengok SCTV sebenarnya - suka sangat TV Indo... tapi signal nan ado. Matilah setting kena kaco.

In the end we watched some movies on my laptop until past 3am.

Here's where it gets a little sial sikit.

Time tu, da tup semua lampu. And the only light was from the wardrobe. So sikit je cahaya. Dengan perangai aku, memang da awal-awal da bukak langsir, so I got the JB and Singapore outline in lights gituh. Ada la cahaya sikit filter masuk bilik walaupon kita ni dok tingkat 19.

Now, awal-awal masuk bilik tu aku da tak sedap hati. Memang bilik tu creepy sikit. Da la paling ujung corridor tuh. It was more psychological horror for me, mainan pikiran kita ni yang influenced by sight, so takde la teruk sangat.

Tapi masa nak tidur tuh, I knew then that my senses tuh memang da triggered by something.

Aku ni, kalao korang da lama baca blog aku... tau la aku ni ada erm.... kemampuan untuk 'melihat' benda halus nih. Bukan dengan mata. Tapi dengan rasa. Camna tuh? Kira aku walaopon tak nampak apa-apa, aku 'tau' ada benda di suatu tempat, di arah aku memandang.

So anyway, time nak tidur tuh, aku mengadap ke arah tingkap. Jue was facing the other side. Double bed yang grand besau gedabak la katanya.

Suddenly aku rasa benda tu sebelah aku. Like right next to the bedside table next to me tuh. Aku pandang ke ruang kosong tuh diam je.

Then aku 'rasa' benda tu gerak ke kaki katil. I sensed teeth... lots of it. I don't know how to explain the way I feel these things, tapi tau je. I sensed nails... kuku tajam.. panjang....

Aku cepat-cepat tarik kaki aku ke dalam selimut and wat bodoh.

Then tetiba aku rasa benda tu hilang.

Cuba lah lelap lepas kejadian tu yang makan 10 ke 15 minit tu.Baru nak lelap, aku rasa ada pergerakan belakang aku. I turned, and Jue was still in the same position dia tidur tak bergerak. Banyak ruang antara kita. Aku terus bayangkan benda tu yang da masuk katil, baring tengah kita.

Damn! Aku memang sentap abih. Aku ngantuk... tak cukup tidur.... pastu da drive berejam... nak rehat sebab esok nak bangun awal pagi. Ni lak ada je benda.

Aku tutup mata, while facing back to the windows, and tried to sleep.

Akhirnya lelap juga, mengabaikan rasa ada yang tidur di sebelah. Tidur memang tak lena asik terjaga. Mana taknya. Dalam mimpi aku, apa aku rasakan tu, diberikan wajah seiring dengan apa yang aku bayangkan melalui rasa.

Babiks tol.

Tidur aku yang pejam celik very less than three hours came to an end at subuh. By 7am da jaga. Masa breakfast bagitau Jue what happened. Dia tak rasa apa-apa tapi dia perasan ada satu time tu aku cam tidur da, tetiba aku cam menepis benda and jumped up. Time tuh dia ingat aku mengigau. Matilah mengigau... tidur pun tak!

Heh... anyway we began the day. Aku sebenarnya takde pe kena ngan Anak Wayang. Saja je ke Johor nak temankan tengok first day Faz camna.

Ramai gak mai ujibakat first day kat Johor tuh. Ni some of the pics aku sempat snap. Tak banyak.





Tak banyak. Heh... having too much fun. Skali skala.

Tapi petang tuh da lepak, then check out, gerak gi minum ngan member kat City Square sat. Memang mengantuk la jawabnya.

Kena lak rush balik KL. Gerak kul 7 petang dari JB. Bayangkan kelam kabut. 10.45pm. Terima kasih Nadia dan kengkawan lain yang jadik informer aku apa yang tengah berlaku.

I had a blow by blow account of what went on sampai aku jejak kaki kat dalam Dewan Sri Putra.

Still tak cukup tidur nih sebab siang tadik picked up my sis yang da balik dari Jakarta beberapa hari lepas. She back for good. Yeay!

Ok la... nak lelapkan mata. Dalam bilik sendiri confirm slamat. So here's to a few good hours of sleep.


PS - Layan Diari INT malam ni.