.. and thank you for the happy party people and for the hell happy of a party!
And ahemmm, I owe you one Jessica Lim for having forced Faizal Tahir
to stand beside me and hear my yoga-talk for a good one whole hour.
Dina (Malaysian Idol) and I couldn't have had more fun and couldn't feel luckier to have gotten errrrr, a blow job from Faizal Tahir for the camera?
Oh, and just so if that's not enough, check out this very limited edition adidas Original leather jacket I wore here, scroll again the above picture and go crazy.
Heh heh, sila mulakan bergosip dan sambung menulis surat komplen kepada bos adidas Malaysia.
To more events, birthdays and fab clothes! Loving you Three Stripes 'sampai syurga'!!!
The Yoga Instructor, Faizal Tahir, Henry Golding, Jehan Miskin, Daphne Iking and Dina all wore adidas Original tops / dresses in this post.
Tanpa sangsi, Sampai Syurga pilihan saya untuk Juara Lagu tahun ini, malam ini.
Saya sudah menjangkakan kemenangan Itu Kamu bagi AJL lepas sejak dari separuh akhir lagi dan gembira macam monyet bila lagu tersebut menang lagu terbaik Juara Lagu tahun lepas. Walaupun pertaruhan Estranged melalui Yang Pernah (which is not bad a rock song at all) agak boleh tahan; tahun ini, malam ini saya hampir pasti pilihan saya tepat lagi dengan jangkaan Faizal Tahir akan sapu bersih dan menang besar melalui Sampai Syurga.
Persembahan DAN Vokal Terbaik juga ada harapan besar menang kerana Mawi tidak akan buat persembahan dan Datuk Siti tidak bertanding.
I couldn't stop repeating the song (Track 7) when I first BOUGHT the CD early last year.
I even told Supertall who was the official auditor for AIM last year, "Sayang, having been listening to Faizal Tahir's album on and on and on, he totally deserves every single award he bagged home."
( Fakta Pop Kuiz: Faizal Tahir bagged four AIM 2008 awards, - Best Album - Best Rock Album - Best Vocal Performance in an Album - Best New Artiste )
In anticipation of kemeriahan AJL malam ni, I came across this blog linked from Saniboey's and I can't help to not feel offended by the author's IMHO, very shallow review: "Sayang sekali, irama lagu ini sangat cantik tetapi lirik lemah dan tidak menggunakan otak. Jikalau lagu ini menang, hamba yakin juri sepatutnya dikentutkan dan kambus kepala dalam tanah sebab telah bersubahat untuk memesongkan akidah."
Maaf saya kepada tuan empunya blog tersebut (yang BUKAN Saniboey) terkalau pendapat saya menyinggung rasa (walaupun saya pasti anda telah lama menyinggung perasaan Faizal Tahir serta hampir semua finalis dan penulis lirik lain) tetapi ini blog saya, platform saya dan saya berhak suarakan apa yang saya fikir dan rasa DI SINI.
IMHO, it is a very strong accusation to have blatantly concluded, JUST BECAUSE the word, the allegory and the metaphor of 'Syurga' (heaven), penulis lagu itu syirik dan karyanya memesongkan akidah pendengar.
Kalau dalami keseluruhan lirik tersebut, tidak mustahil bukan jika Faizal Tahir selaku penulis lirik, mengulangi percubaan kumpulan Dewa (19) yang menujukan lagu Arjuna, Satu dan cintailah Cinta kepada Tuhan, bukan wanita / kekasih melalui?
Tetapi saya bukan Faizal Tahir dan saya tak tahu lagu tersebut beliau dedikasikan untuk Siapa.
Dan kepada siapapun lagu itu ditulis untuk,
BODOH DAN CETEK SANGATKAN IMAN pendengar lagu sampai boleh terpesong akidahnya dek penangan Faizal Tahir?
BODOH DAN CETEK SANGATKAH ILMU pengamal yoga sampai keperluan risau pengamal yoga boleh murtad bila bersenam? (maaf ye, ambil kesempatan lari topik sedikit sahaja)
Yoga aside, songs are like movies. IMHO, the best of songs and the most effective movies do not necessarily have to be formed from the most perfect grammar and the most structured plot, possible.
Lagipun Bahasa Melayu SANGAT kaya. Bahasa Melayu percakapan dan Bahasa Melayu penulisan bukankah sangat berbeza!
Pada pendapat saya lagi, contoh-contoh terbaik filem Melayu yang TAK terkesan adalah filem yang menggunakan dialog / skrip yang terlalu baku dan tak mungkin kita dengar dalam percakapan orang sekeliling seharian.
Jadi (pada pendapat saya lagi) tiada salahnya suku-kata suku-kata lagu diperpanjang / pendekkan megikut kesesuaian lagu dengan syarat, maksudnya sampai atau LEBIH sampai lagi!
Peraturan dan kongkongan hanya menyekat kreativiti berkarya.
Karya seni yang hebat (pada pendapat saya), bukti dan cermin bangsa yang berjiwa.
So yes, SAMPAI SYURGA is my choice for Juara Lagu tonight! Sampai esok!
This Hari Raya, apart from my own parents' open house this coming weekend, I was really looking forward to attending adidasMalaysia's Aidilfitri Open House which was held at it's HQ's lobby garden last night.
And boy, was it worth the anticipation and was I filled.
You tell me.
Meat and chicken, I have stopped consuming. But when these guys were served at my dinner table,
'Arash Mohamad', Jehan Miskin, Henry Golding
.. I consider my perpetual fasting rewarded :)
'Sadly', it was Henry I went home with :P
If Henry is not your cup of tea, if your cawan prefers more the type very the Melayu jati, you may hate me (more) now
for Faizal Tahir has joined the colourful house of three-stripes and is now a proud adidas ambassador too :)
(Useless fact No 1: I can sing to every song in Faizal's Aku.Muzik.Kamu album. The album is worth every award it bagged during this year's AIM. Useless fact No 2: I played futsal last Tuesday beside Faizal's court. And I only realized it when we were about to leave to mamak post-futsal. Kalau tidak, mesti ada motivasi untuk sumbat lebih banyak gol lagi. Hih hii..)
I was also introduced by Darren Choy, the big boss of adidas to Malaysia's most rocking sisters, Ella and Jojie. And Ella kept saying, "I tau you, cikgu yoga tu. Kenapa you tak ingat I?" to me. TO ME!
Of course I know Ella right (and actually, every word in her Ella USA album. Dah useless fact Nombor 3 tu. Oh, saya juga hafal lagu Sembilu dan Sepi Sekuntum Mawar Merah. Lagu wajib karaoke tu!) but I really really really don't remember being introduced to her.
Supertall left early leaving me in good hands of Henry to drive adidas' favourite yoga instructor home. As soon as he left, I found myself swooned by more Superfamous-es!
New groom, 'Abang' Naz
I blame the sheer dress. Beli dari Kirana (dua tahun lepas, masa ada duit) sebab nampak harga dia slashed 50%. Cantik tapi nampak super jarang daripada realiti bila flash super terang.
I also attracted these super comel mat salleh-s who paired adidas shirts with samping songket!
The one standing to the right stressed that he didn't wear anything underneath the samping. To which I volunteered to do the split when he claimed he is flexible too. Yes, yes. Saper kata pakai jeans dan baju raya tak boleh lipat-lipat.
Thank you adidas Malaysia for the eye candies, good food and a great party. As always.
Now I can look forward to your sample sale next weekend :)
If I can have another wish granted from the previous entry, I wish and I want and I pray that David Cook will make it to the finals and win American Idol!
Oooh, I've always loved single male rockstars on reality TV; Chris Daughtry and our very own Faizal Tahir (whose CD I just can't stop playing in my car! It deserves every award it won for Anugerah Industri Muzik (AIM), oh yes it won Best Album alright).
Win or lose, David Cook is friggin' good, smokin' hot and I'd eat him alive, cook or uncooked anytime!
I had the honor of attending the premiere screening of Shuhaimi Baba's latest movie - Waris Jari Hantu (WJH) last morning, courtesy of Zai, the iron lady behind APV.
At first I was pretty sceptical about it since I didn't really enjoy her last Pontianak-s and I had really bad experience of Jangan Pandang Belakang. And NOT because they were scary, mind you. Not that I've always enjoyed movies that scare me anyway. To me, watching (bad and) horror movies is like going on a roller coaster ride, it's your choice to hop in it, but once you're on the verge of losing your control over gravity, you'd hate yourself for agreeing to do it in the first place.
But wow. Waris Jari Hantu. Wow. I'm gonna double and capital it. WOW WOW. Two hours well spent on a local movie. If I may rephrase, it is not a horror movie. Although its' CGI can still be improved, I can still say it's a good local movie. Easily my favorite number of Shumi after Layar Lara. I screamed, I laughed, I cried, all in one seating.
And little did I know what WJH if not it's premiere had in store for me.
Firstly,
I saw four big names that I can proudly say - I have touched their spines. No prize for guessing them right but, no, I have never touched Rashid Salleh's. So bukan, bukan Rashid. Belum.
Rashid Salleh. After WJH, I don't think I can ever look at Rashid the same again. Kenot. Susah. Kelakar. Sakit perut ketawa. Sampai nangis. Imagine Rashid in wig, bad make-up and with boobs.
And this premiere around, I was not seated behind Yusry.
BUT,
I had the chance to meet, chat and take picture with the ONLY contestant of a reality TV show that I actually voted and rooted for. Not Mawi lah, doink.
But FAIZAL of One In A Million
for he sings the main soundtrack for WJH titled Kasih Tercipta.
I can recall how bad I wanted him to win OIAM, how hard I cheered for him at OIAM grand finale, how much I voted for him,
It broke my heart when he didn't win, although he performed his very best and he was clearly the best contestant. And I came as a supporter. Imagine his heartbreak. RM1mil at stake.
My Friendster review
So when Zai and I approached him for photos, AS USUAL I just had to use my pick-up line, "But I am a yoga instructor, do you mind striking a yoga pose with me?"
To which he answered, "Aren't you the Nescafe girl?"!
Either he really did watch Kickstart or he reads my blog. Like, now. Ha haa. I don't feel the need to say how I floated, flew and smiled like a mad woman during the 5 minutes I had chatting with him, since he's obviously married.
But who am I to deny the connection :P when he said, "I feel you. I definitely feel you. I was in the same boat."
Pengsan. Terbang. Melayang.
"I only wanted to sing. I didn't win but I never imagined by not winning a singing competition, I am now hosting (Gangstarz) and singing the soundtrack of my favorite director's movie. You just have to stay strong, work even harder, prove them you are the winner, your way. Your luck might not be here but believe me, not winning is not losing."
So yeah, at the premiere, not only I met my Superman, but in him, I found my hero and he makes me feel like I'm my own hero too.
