Muzik-Muzik semifinal

Here's the list of songs yang layak for the semifinal stage tuk menentukan siapa yang akan bertanding tuk Juara lagu akan datang.



SEPARUH AKHIR MUZIK-MUZIK(Composer/Lyricist/Artiste)

ETNIK KREATIF
Doa Dalam Lagu (Ajai/Loloq/Mawi & Heliza)
Lambaian (Sang Dewi/Ahmad Fedtri Yahya/Fazli Zainal)
Dusta Berkalang (Hafiz Hamidun/Ahmad Fedtri Yahya/Aiman)
Persoalan Cinta (Julfekar/Ku Seman & Izza Rosley/Farawahida)
Songo (Edrie Hashim/Ahmad Farid/Amy Search)
Panas (Cat Farish/Cat Farish & Adeeb/Ifa Raziah)
Pujangga Merindu (Radeen Sri/Hairul Anuar Harun/Syura)
Jarak Rindu (M.Nasir/Seth/Azfar)
Puteri Tarian Kasih (Adnan Abu Hassan/Faris/Anis Aneesa)
Mengharap Sinar (Dior & Khairafik/Dior/Dior)

BALADA
Sampai Syurga (Audi Mok/Faizal Tahir/Faizal Tahir)
Bila Nak Saksi (Tam/Loloq/Spider)
Dingin (Azlan Abu Hassan/Azalea/Ziana Zain)
Sejauh Ini (Sharon Paul/Ahmad Fedtri Yahya/Dina)
Teman Terulung (Azalea/Azalea/Anuar Zain)
Hanya Di Mercu (Aubrey Suwito/Habsah Hassan/Ayu)
Ada Untukmu (Zetty/Abie Abdullah/Nubhan)
Tanpa (Gjie/Wan/6ixth Sense)
Bila Terasa Rindu (Edry Abdul Halim/Edry Abdul Halim/Dafi)
Cinta Terhalang (Sharon Paul/Shimy/Bob)
Cuba (Audi Mok/Faizal Tahir/Faizal Tahir)
Lagu Kita (Aizat/Aizat/Aizat)

POP ROCK
Kalis Rindu (Aidit Alfian/Ad Samad/Elyana)
Mila Bila Cinta (Audi Mok/Ad Samad/Mila)
Separuh Masa (Edry Abdul Halim/Edry Abdul Halim/The Lima)
Bukti (Tony Iskandar/Loloq/Fiq)
Cinta Si Rama Rama (Edrie Hashim/Edrie Hashim/Hattan)
Lagu Untukmu (Taja, Tass & Lan/Taja & Tass/Meet Uncle Hussain)
Yang Pernah (Estranged/Estranged/Estranged)
Mabuk (Tam/Loloq/Spider)
Ku Merindu (Datuk Syed Elias Syed Ahmad/Datuk Syed Elias Syed Ahmad/Shah & Ella)
Aku Lebih Tahu (Ajai/Loloq/Mila)
Aku Stacy (Intan Norul Azlin/Intan Norul Azlin & Layla Ismail/Stacy)
Rimas (Cat Farish/Roxy Tail/The Fabulous Cats)




So puas hati ke? Me personally think list kali nih ok la sikit. Cuma ada beberapa perkara je tak berkenan.

For one, the categorisation of songs. Tiap tahun mesti ada yang tersasar. Tahun ni ok la kot. But pas fine tuning. Kalau ikut pencalonan mingguan, lagu Cinta Terhalang dalam kategori Pop Rock. Tetiba masuk semifinal Balada.

And then ada lak kisah lagu 6ixth Sense, Tak Bisa Memilih tak layak bertanding suddenly, kisahnya kerana perkataan 'Bisa' which is too Indonesian. Erm... anyone wanna check tengok selama ni takde lagu yang layak yang ada perkataan bisa? Oh well... me kinda not happy sebab I thought melodically that song was stronger than Tanpa.

Lagu bakal didendangkan Elyana pun, hasil Aidit Alfian and Ad Samad, aku lebih suka Moleq dan Tarik Tali - but both tak sempat compete. Maybe some sort of mechanism can speed up the process of qualification for a song cause by next year kalau its good, those good songs da basi da pon kang nak tunggu lama lama. Sayang... sayang.... creativity pun ada expiry date... when it comes to recognition.

Another thing, kali ni, Etnik Kreatif kategori paling tak menyengat sekali. Cam nan ado competition. Lain dari Balada dan Pop Rock yang panas gila saingan.
Mana hilang zaman zaman dulu, kategori ni la yang selalu memastikan lagu lagu yang paling kuat.

Owh one last thing. Sick and tired of people kata penyanyi, or lagu penyanyi tu yang dapat tempat. Padahal, this competition is about the song, the songwriter and lyricist. So for me, the one in competition here is the song, not the singer. And it's not about popularity too. Antara bagus dan popular, more often than not - ada beza.

Aku tanak wat pilihan dalam kategori Etnik Kreatif sebab bukan semua lagu aku layan. But in Balada, my choice picks are Sampai Syurga, Teman Terulung, Cinta Terhalang and Lagu Kita should complete the list. Outsiders for qualification are Cuba, Ada Untukmu and Tanpa.

For Pop Rock, my picks are Kalis Rindu, Lagu Untukmu, Yang Pernah and Mabuk. The rest are quite strong, but I think these four are front-runners.

Entahla... kita tunggu je nanti.

By the way, hope pihak TV3 akan memberikan a posthumous award to arwah Loloq yang ada lima lagu bertanding kali nih. His loss will be felt again this time around when his lyrics come on five times throughout the competition at the semifinals stage.
I think it's only fitting kan... don't you guys think so?

Additional info. Ni tarikh for the semifinals, Etnik Kreatif (28 Nov), Balada (5 Dec) and Pop Rock (12 Dec). All the shows will be broadcast live over TV3 from Sri Pentas 2, Shah Alam from 9pm to 10.30pm.

Kalau nak tiket, sila ke kaunter pengawal di Sri Pentas, Bandar Utama or Sri Pentas 2, Shah Alam bermula Isnin (24 Nov) Chery Samad and Faizal Ismail will be hosts for the event.

Eh ok la.. ni celah meeting sempat update nih. Enjoy the pics. Tak banyak pon aku amik... sibok borak je. Aku banyakkan kak Ziana sebab da lama tak jumpa dia. Ok ok... got to go. Meetings!

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Christmas shopping by mail

Ok so I know it's a little too early for people to begin Christmas shopping. Unless of course you've been in the malls and you realise that the sales are beginning soon.

So I've already begun surfing the Internet thinking what I would really want, because am sick and tired everytime the season comes about, I don't know what to answer when people ask me, "So what DO you want for Christmas?". Yes, world peace and all that, but none of the people I know can afford to get that, so we'll just be slaves to commercialism.

Anyway, here are the top 12 gifts I would love to receive come Christmas. Yes, the Internet is a wonderful place to shop. Not only do you get what I want, and not have to deal with the problem of traffic, parking, wasted money here and there as well as hassled Metrojaya staff - you also get something that will give me endless joy with a unique gift- that I want - at a very decent price, plus shipping and handling.

Why 12? There are 12 days to Christmas ma... so a dozen things below I would like to get this Christmas is... something like that...


1.MyTunes Mini Amplifier Speaker at USD$30 for MP3 players. Awesome!
CLICK HERE to get it for me.


2.The Teddy Bear Lamp for only USD$130. Too cute! Except if you don't like headless teddy bears...
CLICK HERE to get it for me!


3. Coca Cola Glasses which look like the can version for USD$17 for a set of six.
CLICK HERE to get it for me!

4. Facebank - the piggy bank that literally swallows your money for USD$46. A novelty that will keep me amused. Watch the video on the official site. Kinda scary, but awesome!
CLICK HERE to get it for me!


5. USB Air Conditioned Shirt for USD$169 to cool off inside out with a simple USB connection. No more sweaty pits!
CLICK HERE to get it for me!


6.Bedfan - The Personal Between The Sheets Bed Fan at USD$80 to cool between the sheets. Much more 'cooler' than the conventional air conditioning in bed.
CLICK HERE to get it for me!


7. Bluetooth Retro Handset at USD$29.99 to be different. Not exactly hands free but awesome! Definitely an attention grabber!
CLICK HERE to get it for me!


8. Retro Phone Headset for USD$29.99 only (plus USD$4.99 for adaptor) to be totally weird for no apparent reason but to stand out. Silly but too cool! Yes, this is real!
CLICK HERE to get it for me!


9. Stainless steel 8GB Video Watch with 1.8"" screen! For get cellphone watches! I want this for just USD$119.99
CLICK HERE to get it for me!


10. ION USB Cassette Deck to turn all my old cassettes into digital music for USD$129.99.
CLICK HERE to get it for me!


11. Steel gauntlets with a chrome finish for USD$59.99. (Don't ask me why)
CLICK HERE to get it for me!


12. A chain mail shirt for USD$99.99 to USD$199.99 (Large please - and again, don't ask me why)
CLICK HERE to get it for me!

And if all else fails, you guys can just get me anything with Gucci (yang original je ek) or something that I can use in my daily life (another mobile phone or laptop would be nice). Heh... demand.... but I'd take any gifts. The guide above is just me wishful thinking je.

Sapa nak post kan mintak alamat ek! Or if al else fails, bank into my account je any amount. Matilah.... planning puas puas punya tuk pastikan ada habuan. Heh....

Aduh...

Ayways... semalam dan ari ni KEPITA bersidang. Busuk tol nama... ni keja si Jijie (tak kuasa nak eja Gjie feeling glamer). Bebudak 6ixth Sense smalam berkumpul tanpa Adi yang lom balik dari kampung. Like I said dia kena balik sebab situation kena renew permit nak masuk balik. Stupid deal really... nak wat camna...

Hari ni lak berkumpul ngan Faz, Sarol, Jue dan Eja. Just a little pictorial before sleep. Esok kena gi Sri Pentas awal pagik lak. Ada pengumuman mereka yang layak ke semifinal Muzik Muzik, dan takleh sebut sapa lagik tapi ramai kawan kawan layak.

Tunggu je next entry ok... meanwhile... will leave you guys with this...

Ni apa kes ni pose feeling comel nak majuk???


Sekor lagik angau ber-Blackberry


Menarik sangat ke semua leh layan skali?


Promosi kopi jantan? Heh... pose pon nak show off drinks memasing ke...

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You have got to be joking!

Completed a meeting or two today. Yeay! More money making prospects, and the allure of more good news ahead. Hopefully this means 2009 is indeed on track as my best year ever! Financially of course as well as career wise.

Anyway, came back later, slept before a session at Pelita with the usual suspects. Was updating my blog when chatted with a friend who pointed out this board game. Holy crap! I think some people are seriously screwed and zeroed in for hell and damnation for blasphemy!



Yes, people! This is a board game? Gila ke apa???

The game is called Playing Gods: The Board Game of Divine Domination which bills itself as "the world's first satirical board game of religious warfare."

The creator says "much of the world's violence is rooted in religion," so he thought directly mocking various images of God and religious followers would "make more social commentary" and "pierce the pretensions of extremist religious zealotry with humor.

I didn't want to leave out a Muslim figure just because it might be offensive. The game is satire. But I went out of my way to be innocuous. The figure is not named. It could be any Muslim leader."



So apart from an ambiguous 'Muslim leader' there's also Kali, Moses, Jesus and Buddha depicted as playing tokens!

Seriously... some people just have no respect! The game was launched in September and has been getting a lot of coverage for its theme.

CLICK HERE for more on the game. Hope the guy who makes it comes face to face with his maker (though I think dude is an atheist for obvious reasons).

This is almost as bad as that stupid free for download video game which came out in the same month, on the eve of 9/11 called Muslim Massacre (CLICK HERE for the official site or Google it) which proudly proclaimed itself as 'The Game of Modern Religious Genocide'.


This is an excerpt of how the game plays.

"It launches with a chirpy 1980s synth-style tune and a montage of images backgrounded by ostensibly nipped and tucked audio clips of George W. Bush seeming to denigrate Islam and excoriate the religion's prophetic central figure, Mohammed. The images are pictures of apparent terrorists, wearing hoods or holding guns, bookended by blocky abstractions of American flags tacked atop multi-hued skyscrapers.

Then the game begins, you're airlifted into the middle of a desolate landscape, and little black-robed and crudely bearded figures blindly charge you, chipping away at your health. How's it play? Sort of like Atari's old multidirectional arcade shooter Berzerk without the maze stuff. Using the mouse to fire a gun or lob grenades, you point and aim in a flat 360-degree arc, slaughtering as many of these figures as possible in "60 to 90 seconds per round." Finish a round and the game launches a new one, eventually ratcheting up the difficulty level by trotting out Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, the Muslim prophet Mohammed, and even Allah (the Arabic word for 'God')."
Source - PC World

The game, launched as a free download on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, invites players to take control of an American "hero" and "wipe out the Muslim race with an arsenal of the world's most destructive weapons".

It was created by a 22-year-old programmer going by the online nickname of Sigvatr (real name Eric Vaughan), who says on his website that he is from Brisbane and works part-time as a service station attendant.

The creator of the game who should meet his Creator for this game!


Sigvatr, who claims the game is "fun and funny", is also responsible for the website spreekillers.org, which ranks real-world killing sprees based on the number of victims.

"People will think I am a terrible person, but I believe that Muslims' regard in society is now just that little bit more accepting because of what I have done."

When the game caused an uproar in September, he quickly took it offline and placed this message on the website.

"I would like to make a public apology for any offense that I might have caused through releasing this game, and to Muslims in particular. My intentions when releasing this project were to mock the foreign policy of the United States and the commonly held belief in the United States that Muslims are a hostile people to be held with suspicion. I would like to make it clear that I have never shared such a belief and my intention was to mock those who actually do believe these things.

It quickly became obvious to me that releasing this game did not achieve its intended effect and instead only caused hurt to hospitable, innocent people. I believe removing this game and website will do much more to attain my desired effect than leaving it on the internet, so I am doing just that.

I would like to ask for the forgiveness of Muslims around the world and to make it clear that I did not release this game with ill intent. So without further ado, I would like to say that I am truly apologetic for what I have done and will take full responsibility for all offense that has been caused. I can only hope that any further misgivings can be laid to rest."

Which you would hope this guy has enough brains to realise he #$%^& up big time. But no... he then put his site online just shortly after with this message.

WARNING: THIS GAME CONTAINS HIGH LEVELS OF SATIRE AND MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE EASILY OFFENDED!

Accompanied also by a posting that goes :

I’m going to come out now and say that almost everything I’ve said anywhere is a huge pile of bullshit, including the apology and retrospect article I wrote. I put the apology up as a ruse to get my host to give me my account back (because I was sucking the poo poo out of their server).

That being said:

I am an enormous troll.

I just trolled more than one billion people.

I consider this a monumental success.

Cam tidak apa sangat the attitude towards the sensitivities of others. Sheesh.. when did bigotry become a commodity for entertainment??? What is the world coming to...

Need to sleep this off.



PS - Last month, Sony, I believe delayed the release of PS3 title, LittleBigPlanet, after it was brought to attention that one of the background music tracks licensed from a record label for use in the game contains two expressions that can be found in the Quran.

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Back...

Sampai KL about 10 in the morning after a slow drive back.

Patutnya ada press conference at 11am for the Ashraf Sinclair and Bunga Citra Lestari wedding ruckus. Malas nak gi.

Then ada lak showcase Afgan at 3pm. Tapi tup tup tengok aku tertido keletihan (vacations can be so tiring) and just got up, pas tido sehari suntuk.

So just updating my blog sebelom sambung tido again. Meeting esok lak. Aduh...

Saja nak update, since da bagitau sapa my host, ni keta idaman aku, milik Tunku. Makan hati!!!

It's a Hummer H2 ( (kalau ikut specs I want a 2009 Hummer H3x - but even the H2 pun da more than enough). Ok, so it's a gas guzzler.... but my second dream car right now is a hybrid Prius yang khabarnya akan launch in Malaysia next year. Doubt I'd be able to afford it even by then though... dapat pelok Hummer tu cam orang tak betol pun jadik la...





So now it's back to reality and back to work! Time to put my nose back on the grindstone.

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Ampun Tuanku

Went fishing today on our hosts' suggestion which was fun.

Took a boat out, and when we finally reached the spot, joran semua kuar, and the fishing began. Tapi sadly, about ten minutes later, it began to rain and we had to make our way back to the marina.

Scenario ala Perfect Storm sangat time tuh (as RMJ aptly put it). Despite that I actually enjoyed the trip more cause it was sort of adventurous... not to mention funny.

So for the experience (the fishing trip and the holiday overall), a big thank you to my very gracious host, Duli Yang Amat Mulia Raja Muda Johor Tunku Ismail Idris Abdul Majid Abu Bakar Iskandar Ibni Tunku Ibrahim Ismail, the grandson of the Sultan of Johor.

Walaupun cuba lupakan blogging tuk beberapa hari, I just had to take photos of my host Tunku Ismail walaupun kerisauan my phone would drop in the river.




Amik ko... menggeletar tangan aku nak pastikan type bebetol nama.

Tunku Ismail memang very relaxed and the coolest royal I have ever met. Not to mention one of the handsomest. Almost makes me wish I was Johorean. Heh... thank you so much Tunku for the great time and have a safe trip to Argentina soon ok. Jangan lupa buah tangan kalao ingat ingat kita ni.

Esok da start ada meeting and event. Arghhh... so lazy to get back to regular life.

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How does it feel

Hari ni bangun, plan was to go Singapore. Tapi tak jadik. Change of plans, and we made a move to Sebana Cove.

Part of everyone's luggage (love my hosts' shoes there)



Now, perhaps a little extra info. Aku sebenarnya get away nih ngan kengkawan, and am a guest of someone who I will speak of later.

All I can say is, today was an eye opener for me. Not only we moved everywhere with escorts, now I know how it feels to have about a dozen or so security personnel packing heat, accompanying you at all times. Never been in situation like this before...

Sampai on the way to Sebana, stopover kat Jusco in Tebrau City, everyone had to make way for our entourage of something like six or eight cars, not including police escorts. Cool bananas!

It was weird for me, but an exprience indeed.

An hour's drive and we were at Sebana Cove. Now if you have money, you stay at the apartments which cost something like RM200 a night. No biggie.... right?

We however stayed at the private Royal residences which had a gorgeous view of the marina as well as the Sebana and Santi rivers.

'My' room for the moment


The living room of he three bedroom two bathroom pad


The food awaiting our arrival


And finally.. the view surrounding us


The private backyard pool


The marina







The main public pool

So we just lounged about for the day. Took the buggies provided for a quick sightseeing trip about the place.

And of course everoyne jumped into the main pool later in the evening.

Letih gila by the end of it. Got some rest, and our host took us for seafood dinner. Can't eemember the name of the place, but it was good! Yummy.

And it was party timr pastuh back in Sebana.

Now... this is what I call a vacation...

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Here I am

Finally reached Johor. And thankful.

Thanks to it being Friday, with the jam and the coming weekend, the whole of bloody Kuala Lumpur was jammed! Never was so keen to get out of the city like this for some time off.

I swear... left Bangsar about 5pm. Got into the highway only aout 7.30pm! Arghhhh!!! Gila siot!

And reached Johor Bahru only about 10pm!


Checked into Regency Hotel By The Sea at The Zon. Never mind I was on the 13th floor (urgh... superstitious me)




Never stayed here before. The layout of the hotel reminds me of Concorde Hotel in Singapore.

Freshened up, caught up with friends yang da gerak dari KL awal tadik, and met up with our generous host fot the trip. Siapa ek? Nanti je la... had a good night out... even managed to catch up ngan kawan lama si Zaff yang skang keja kat JB.

Wonder what's the plan tomorrow...

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Need a break

Serious lack of sleep taking over here. Tadi pun sempat nap jap while tunggu Faz call for time and location nak jumpa tuk temankan dia ke wrap party for Pisau Cukur which just finished shooting.

Masa napping late afternoon tadi pas settle semua kerja (yeay!!! my first script in Malay done!), Faz kaco my beauty sleep ajak ikut sekali temankan dia. Memula malas, tapi dia kata jom la je. So ok la... why not.

Picked her up and we went to Red Communications and Red Films nya office at about 8.30pm di Kelana Jaya.



First person bumped into was Maya, Had a chat, borak about a lot of stuff, none of which I'll repeat here. Being tired, cam takde mood makan, so Faz je layan. Aku steal some bites here and there je lor.

Next was Sharifah Sofea, who arrived with some extremely delicious home made vanilla and chocolate ice cream! Sedap gila! Better than most of the crap I tasted passing for ice cream.

Tengah borak and melayan everything going on (sebab not part of the cast ke production cam left out sikit kemeriahan), Umie lak tegur. Another round of gossip. Much festivities later, saja started cam whoring minus the rest of the cast yang tak muncul which included Aaron Aziz, Datuk Rahim Razali, Liyana Jasmay, Khatijah Tan and Nas-T as well as those who made cameo appearances like Nabil, Afdlin Shauki, Nabila Huda and Yasmin Yusuff.

Tak dapat la tengok Liyana wat 'showtime' dia yang lawak. Adalah... don't ask. Faz, Maya, Umie and I gelak tengok a recording of it on Faz punya phone jerk.

From left : (like you don't recognise them, and if you didn't you wouldn't care kan?).. the beauties of Pisau Cukur in Maya Karin, Sharifah Sofea, Nur Fazura Shariffudin and Umie Aida


Maya, Umie and Faz - this one with flash. Pucat muka semua terus!


Ni baru natural lighting sikit


Christmas came early as Faz handed out presents to the production crew yang smalam layan beli ngan dia kat Pavilion, tanda penghargaan kepada mereka and after poco-poco, and an adult version of musical chairs, we were on the way to Pelita for a short lepak session.

Aduh.. ngantuk.

Yeay yeay... esok da kat Johor. Tunggu!!!! Will post more of what's going on there besok!

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