Friday, May 22, 2009

Tired as...

Didn't have the strength nak posting semalam. Had a good meeting though. Got some first hand info from the organisers and sponsors of an upcoming ketika meeting kat Menara TM yang jam tak hengat.

Terkejut sebab dari TM ada member yang aku kenal, dak agency pun dak college aku dulu, and then organisers lak from Fat Boy, si Zahid dan Hamka (the two founding members of Disagree) Rasa nak snap pic sebab cam reunion of sorts lak. But yerla.. ada yang carut camera aku kan? (sapa yang sponsor Canon DSLR aku satu, contact aku ek - matilah)

Anyway, on the event, some of you may have heard about it dah, but here's what it's going to be.

Pesta Malam Indonesia 3 is coming!!!

Walaupun aku sedih sebab Samsons takde dalam line-up, tapi yang pasti aku happy gila sebab Sheila On 7 ada! Also Padi pun aku tak sabar nak tengok.

Other bands like Dewa and Gigi ok pon, tapi aku nak sangat tengok Andra & The Backbone in a full performance.

Yang aku tau setakat ni, they will all perform an hour plus each, while local bands like Aku dan Jinbara akan perform 20 minit ke setengah jam.

And this time it's going to be at the Stadium Bukit Jalil area instead of last year's Bukit Kiara, so better location.

Can't say what the meeting was about, but yang best nya tahun ni, again, like last year, kalao korang minat the bands that are playing, tunggu je la for up to date and very exclusive info and pics and videos kalao sempat from the event. But it's going to be rockin'!!!!

Lari topik, sempat gelakkan Zahid sebab dia ngan Hamka da trade in their guitars for suits da (kira sebab da jadik businessmen la) dedua naik agik badan. Heh!

Aku skang sibuk sikit dua tiga hari nih, and hopefully things will settle down by next week, but I doubt sebab da nak pindah masuk office baru nih (walaopon home office). So got lots of things to sort out. Ni nak beli furniture yang perlu pon lom settle lagik walaopon sempat usha sana sini tuk apa yang perlu (usha je lom beli)

Full day last couple of days and esok pon no different.

Esok siang ada urusan sikit (nih aku posting entry nanti pasal apa), and then meeting kol 3 ada benda yang memang penting (teruja aku bab nih tapi takleh posting about it at all). Kalao sempat, petang bajet nak gi Shah Alam for Jelajah 11 Era, but again not sure. Depending on what time I finish my other programmes.

For now, nak tido dulu.

And guys, on whatever negativity, takyah la tanya aku. Aku gelak je. It's a democracy. Right or wrong, those who can see things for what it is will. And those who don't won't. Aku da blog masuk lima tahun nih, tak heran da. Small things don't get me down.

Though I may have to plant an evil eye here permanently to ward off evil. Heh!


Apapon I'm feeling psyched cause so many things are going to happen soon and finally all my plans, God willing will take off. Doakan rezeki aku ek.

And sapa nak sponsor camera tuh - the 'offer' is still open. Heh! Also accepted is whatever offers for bebarang tuk office aku. Ok gak...

Ok la guys. Be posting tomorrow. Ciao.


PS - Yer.. wat kali ke 6,732,213 kali, Akim dan Aril akan balik esok, then gegas ke wedding Adlin tuk perform. So takyah ke KLIA tunggu, kang tak layan sebab nak rushing kang.

Other kids have shows everywhere else, so sibuk ngan keja memasing as well. Some of them will be at Gempak Desa, while Hafiz, Isma dan Yazid is supposed to be at Jelajah 11 Era esok.

Thursday, May 21, 2009

Pastiiiiiiiii!!!!

Aku da nak letak pics ni on Monday, but since I didn't have enough sleep that day (tak tido kol 5 pagik ke airport ngan Juan dan Rosman) and I wanted to clear all the pics related ngan final Akademi Fantasia... so finally... here it is. Matilah kan three days late.

Well, better later than never kan. So pada peminat Akim dan Aril, nih dia some pics nak bagi korang ilang rindu kat meka. Ni time meka nak berlepas ke Jakarta. Layan pics dulu then aku cita lebih sikit kat korang about their trip.

Macam cover album da


Moka Akim nampak sangat tujuh pagi. Heh!


Checking in!


Eh Aishah pon ada.. ngan abang Kelana (Kelana balik flight pastuh.. Ecah saja ikut)


With family...


Ngan Farish yang ikut skali


Lain rupa Noni


ALAMAK!!!! *diam tergelak*


Ni berucap ke nih?


Byeeeee....


...ok bye......


Uhm... bye?


So apa cita nih? Ikutkan gosip kuar dalam paper konon tiga bulan kat sana kan? Well somebody's not doing their work in researching.

Ok, what I know is this. Bebudak nih, si Aril dan Akim ke Jakarta tuk shooting pilot for a TV series. Dengar khabar usahasama Indonesia-Malaysia. Awalnya dengar duration is three months for the shooting of the series.

Last dengar lak, actually meka gi sana tuk script reading je. Kira persiapan. Not sure of the actual status samaada latihan ke screen test ke apa. So tak berani cakap. I do know, selain mereka, Farish, Noni and one more girl, Mimi ke entah haper nama dia gi skali for the thing.

But Akim dan Aril akan kembali ke tanahair Sabtu nih, dan terus bergegas ke perkahwinan Adlin Sabtu nih. And you thought Adlin was joking about mintak bebudak tuh nyanyi at his wedding? Amik ko!

Meanwhile, sapa peminat Hafiz, Isma dan Yazid, don't feel left out. Dengar meka perform kat Jelajah 11 Era Sabtu ni di Shah Alam. Layan la mana-mana tuk info for that show ok. Nih pon tau sebab tadi lepak ngan bebudak meka bagitau.

Story nya, aku gi lepak ngan Faz tadi gi makan kat Rasta. Tak sempat snap pics sebab banyak gosip nak catch up on... I try tomorrow. Anyway, pastuh aku pick up Juan, Time tuh pon da 11 lebih da, almost midnight.

Obri dan Qhaud kat rumah bebudak kat Country Heights di Kajang, so takde plan, gi lepak ngan meka je. Meka tunggu Hafiz dan Yazid balik chatting, pastu Obri nak mintak temankan meka hantar Qhaud balik ke Cheras.

But sampai 12 lebih meka lom balik, so aku call Nana yang bak meka. Rupanya, meka kat rumah Askrul, so kami pon gerak la sana... kat Bangi. Lepak skali.

Isma pon ada ngan Zul. Tapi time kita sampai yang da 1 pagik lebih, meka da nak balik. So lepak ngan Yazid dan Hafiz skali, ditemankan Askrul dan wife and mom dia as well as his kids.

Yazid stay lepak rumah Askrul jap while Obri hantar Qhaud balik. Aku dan Juan, gi supper ngan Hafiz dan Nana. Merasalah Hafiz driving katanya. Dahsyat gak dak tuh bak keta. Merasalah!

Until about 3.30am, we decided to head back.. tuh je. Nothing much to report. Just lepas rindu kat bebudak la dapat jumpa lepak beramai-ramai. Feeling kat Akademi la sikit tengah Akademi Fantasia withdrawal blues nih.

By the way, fans Hafiz kat Sarawak, he's on the way back there pada pagi 24hb, so wait for him and welcome him back ok!

Meanwhile korang layan la pics bebudak aku sempat snap tadik. So many things to do today... so I need to get a quick nap!

Ada one meeting, nak shopping ngan Faz for furniture (me for office and her for her wardrobe), confirm a Saturday meeting and probably avoid a call from a spa who wants to give me a trial membership for free (matilah ko!) Also need to meet up with Sarimah kalao dia da balik dari trip dia.






Since, I'm on a one entry per page for now (nak senangkan loading pics), here are the links if you still want to catch up on the finals or just nak ubat rindu kat bebudak.

Konsert Akhir Akademi Fantasia 7 Special links
Konsert Akhir Akademi Fantasia 7 (Part 1) - CLICK HERE
Konsert Akhir Akademi Fantasia 7 (Part 2) - CLICK HERE
Konsert Akhir Akademi Fantasia 7 (Part 3) - CLICK HERE
Konsert Akhir Akademi Fantasia 7 (Part 4) - CLICK HERE
Konsert Akhir Akademi Fantasia 7 (Part 5) - CLICK HERE
Konsert Akhir Akademi Fantasia 7 (Part 6) - CLICK HERE
Konsert Akhir Akademi Fantasia 7 (Part 7) - CLICK HERE
Konsert Akhir Akademi Fantasia 7 (Part 8) - CLICK HERE
Konsert Akhir Akademi Fantasia 7 (Part 9) - CLICK HERE
Konsert Akhir Akademi Fantasia 7 (Part 10) - CLICK HERE

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Konsert Akhir Akademi Fantasia 7 (Part 10)

This is the last part... the tenth and the final of my photo series of the end of the seventh season of Akademi Fantasia.

Memang sedih abih... and one of the reasons perhaps I dragged this out is so that I can relive the moments, if only in photographs.

Again, this has been of the best experiences, career wise, as I had a hand in helping out developing talents who, hopefully will one day take the music business by storm. Anything is possible, God willing.

These pics dari hari Ahad lepas. The day after the finals, where 19 of the 20 contestants (termasuk lima yang tak berjaya masuk tuh) paid a goodbye visit to the Akademi along with their families, and their loved ones.

Officially it was a handover of the kids back to their parents and families, but unofficially it was saying goodbye to ten weeks of drama, controversy, high points, laughs, tears, upsets, and various other moments. Which made for a very memorable ten weeks I might add.

One more thing that made it sadder than ever was that gudang yang diubahsuai menjadi Akademi nih dan digunakan sejak AF4, will apparently cease to be the home to Akademi Fantasia kalau ada musim kelapan, because set Akademi dengarnya akan dipecahkan selepas ini.

It will make way for a new set to belong to Anak Wayang, before Astro moves out of it.

So one chunk of four years of Akademi Fantasia history gone.

Kesedihan meyelubungi bebudak semua, despite the hot afternoon layan gila-gila pala memasing. Mana taknya, this is the last time all the kids will be staying together under one roof. After this nak jumpa with all of them together pon is a very highly improbably possiblity.

Aku sampai lambat sikit, but thank you to the guys who mentioned me for my contributions during the briefing of the tour for the family and friends.

You guys rock.

Thank you everyone, from Zainir, to Khairul, Sooraj, Jay, Irwan, Fazli, Ikha, Saha, Najib, Norbee, Ayong, Farid, Aniq, Linda, Liza, Askrul, Cyna, Puru, Melvin, Azzah, Jojie... aiyo... so many people to thank. You all know who you are... sorry kalao lupa nak sertakan nama.

Also to Sarimah for the laughs... and everyone else who either made my days there fun or simply unbearable (again you know who you are.. matilah!)

No one knows the hell gone through every day to get the show on from the production aspect of things.... and no one knows the real drama the cameras couldn't catch... apart from the tenaga pengajar in Tiara, Siti Hajar, Syafie, Aris, kak Fati, Ida... you guys know what really went on. If only these people knew the drama... heh.

But all in all... again... the memories are there for a very, very long time... and one I'll cherish. So with that.. I kick off the last batch of photos of the last moments you will ever see in this Akademi which has stood for four years.

Nana from AESB dan Yazid


Amboi... kalao Zul ada masa time Isma dalam Akademi mesti lebih semangat kan!


Rubisa making a last tour of the kitchen and dining area


Claudia nak snappy tapi ada orang enter frame... perasan sapa?


Sapa lagik kalao bukan Angelina. Qhaud pose pon ada cam tuh kat belakang


Adila dan Zizi pose for one for the album outside the dance floor (mana si Adila minggu pertama jalan tak perasan pintu kaca terhantuk kena muka.. kesian.... *gelak!*)


Akim pose depan Principal's office


Group photo! Heh... perasan tak Hafiz pegang Akim Punya sign tuh atas Aishah


Ida dan Yazid menggila pose sakan


Aishah takes one in the vocal room


Aril gets a family pic taken


Aril tayang trofi dia... aku nya lagik besar ok! Heh!


Hafiz thumbs up tempat meka melantak dulu


Family photo!


Motor Akim


This wall used to have all their pictures. Last I saw it kosong sebab everyone took their pics for kenangan


Where I had my first class with the kids.. time tuh panas gila sesi luahan perasan memasing pasal kengkawan dalam Akademi


Last class. I remember it was about body language and facial gestures during interviews


Akim touring the control room. Baru meka tau set up sampai camnih


Rini dan Nana lepak sambil layan ulangan final from malam sebelom. Eh ibu Akim pon ada


Akim seronok lak layan time meka tunjuk Menuju Puncak semua 14 orang keluar


Zul dan Isma di 'halau' balik cepat tuk laksanakan tugas rumahtangga. Heh!


Akim leaving the Akademi


Watching the boys pack up in the boys' hostel. Sidi, Qhaud dan Zizi gelak apa tuh


Yazid dan Aril having a last chat before the goodbyes


And a last dance... don't ask...


Alahai... pose romantic malu gituh. Entah Sidi ke Obri yang cakap.. RM10,000 tuh wang hantaran! Amik ko!


Dalam gelak sebelom tu... ada yang sedih... you can see Yazid has left much memories with Zizi... and his name


Takyah tengok phone agik. Da abih da AF


Burok nya perangai Obri... bajet cute la tuh (matilah aku!)


So goodbye Akademi...



Untuk senangkan korang track back the related entries, ni aku letak links to all ten (including this one) entries for all ten parts of my special Konsert Akhir Akademi Fantasia pictorial. This is so I can minimise loading time for you guys. Kalau tak jenuh korang tunggu everything load.

Please make sure you are viewing my blog using Mozilla Firefox, and that your line larat ok nak loading banyak pics. Kalao tak some may not show up.

Konsert Akhir Akademi Fantasia 7 Special links
Konsert Akhir Akademi Fantasia 7 (Part 1) - CLICK HERE
Konsert Akhir Akademi Fantasia 7 (Part 2) - CLICK HERE
Konsert Akhir Akademi Fantasia 7 (Part 3) - CLICK HERE
Konsert Akhir Akademi Fantasia 7 (Part 4) - CLICK HERE
Konsert Akhir Akademi Fantasia 7 (Part 5) - CLICK HERE
Konsert Akhir Akademi Fantasia 7 (Part 6) - CLICK HERE
Konsert Akhir Akademi Fantasia 7 (Part 7) - CLICK HERE
Konsert Akhir Akademi Fantasia 7 (Part 8) - CLICK HERE
Konsert Akhir Akademi Fantasia 7 (Part 9) - CLICK HERE
Konsert Akhir Akademi Fantasia 7 (Part 10) - CLICK HERE