Anugerah Juara Lagu 26 || M. Nasir said... -- my view

Saya menang ni nasib je, budak-budak sekarang ni hebat-hebat..

I think more or less itulah yang dicakapkan oleh Datuk M Nasir semasa lagu ciptaan beliau Awan Nano dinobatkan sebagai Juara untuk Anugerah Juara Lagu ke 26 di Stadium Putra Bukit Jalil.


I personally agreed with him, i sendiri dapat rasa dalam industri muzik di Malaysia sekarang ni agak kompetitif, and the senior has to learn how to survive in this industry.


Kalau dulu masa zaman i membesar, i masih ingat kebanyakan penyanyi pada masa tu hanya mengharapkan lagu ciptaan komposer-komposer hebat dan terkenal untuk menaikkan nama mereka. dan tak salah kalau saya cakap, penyanyi dahulu hanya berapa kerat saje yang betul-betul boleh menyanyi, kalau zaman 80 an sungguhlah i tak berapa ingat melainkan Francessa Peter, Jamal Abdillah, Alleycats, Nurshila Amin (alaa lagu da da di di du di da da di) tapi kalau cakap pasal 90s, i still ingat lagi..mase tu penyanyi yang sedap di halwa telinga i, nora, siti nurhaliza, liza hanim..


dan mase late 90s tu, rasa macam tak paham dengan industri muzik Malaysia yang rata-rata sibuk concentrate on Muzik Dangdut. Sekarang mane pergi itu Dangdut? Dah tak de, boleh katakan, tenggelam terus.. At that time, kualiti suara penyanyi memang tak diambil kira langsung, asalkan cantik, boleh gelek, dah diangkat sebagai penyanyi. Dan sayangnya, kebanyakan penyanyi hanya bertahan dengan satu killer song, lepas tu dush... either hilang atau jadi suam suam kuku. Not only penyanyi genre Dangdut, tapi penyanyi lain jugak.. ingat tak Feminin? Elite? M'Steen? Res'2?... 

But nowadays, anak-anak sekarang makin bijak, lihat sendiri penyanyi yang ada di Malaysia sekarang ni, please put aside whether u suke rap ke tak, suke K-Pop ke tak, or any other reasons.. we can easily observe who is talented singer and composer..


not to compare, just see


mawi vs aizat?

 

ingat tak mawi mase dia menang AF dulu.. beliau disanjung dan dijunjung. ke mana pergi, beribu sokongan yang dia dapat, tapi after a few years dia makin tenggelam, mawi hanya berkebolehan untuk menyanyi, tapi dia tak de bakat lain selain menyanyi, in terms of komunikasi pada pendapat I, dia belum berjaya lagi... dan makin lame Mawi mengiyakan Artis Mi Segera.. 

But Aizat, he is not a winner, not even a finalist, but he can go far in this industry, ok baiklah, i agree, kelebihan yang dia ade, Aizat lahir di kalangan anak orang berada, mungkin duit tak jadi masalah pade dia, but whatever it is, he has what it needs to be as a performer rather than a singer... and look at him now..

and we also have Yuna, a lady with big talent.. nasib ade orang jumpe dia kat MySpace / YouTube, kalau tak makin lame makin banyak je penyanyi yang naik sebab ade suara ala-ala Siti Nurhaliza.. After Yuna, then only ade something fresh -- there you go, ade Zee Avi, ade Ana Rafali and Najwa.. semua bakat ni lari dari apa yang dah kite kene sogokkan bertahun-tahun.. 


dan akhirnya... kebangkitan muzik kita barulah menidakkan muzik dari Indon, please I agreed, Indonesian songs memang sedap macam nak makan, but the fact that we know, senangnya derang masuk negara kite sedangkan susahnya artis2 kita nak masuk negara derang.. sampai satu tahap i dengar radio i rasa macam dengar radio dari Indon.. semuanya lagu Indon... untuk I semua lagu akan jadi sedap kalau dah beribu-ribu kali diulang kan :)


so maksudnya, if you want to enter any industry, you need to have a talent, and a talent bukannya setakat cakap dengan TV "i masuk industry ni bukan nak cari glamor tapi sebab bakat yang ada".. it goes beyond than that and it comes with education.. education not comes easily, you kene kejar, in fact ape bidang sekali pun.. no pain no gain..


ok ok, i ni taip panjang-panjang macam lah reporter.. actually nak buat cerite pendek je pasal Hafiz, tapi melencong pulak hahaha.. 


but for me, Hafiz deserved to be there .. only, how I wish dia nyanyi bawak M Nasir dengan penulis lirik tu ke depan rather than peluk sakan dengan Herman Tino selepas result tu.. :) and again.. i dont really like the judging process.. sistem penjurian dah dibuat sebelum bermulanya pentas AJL, yes another 20% lagi during the final, tapi ape lah sangat 20% boleh buat since 70% ke 80% dah di setkan awal-awal, ape lah salahnya bawak je 30 judges tu bagi markah during the final, barulah menarik kan...


ok, just my 20 sen hehe..

Berjaya Hills Bowl at Bukit Tinggi..

This is one of the things to do at Bukit Tinggi that I didnt know.. During the briefing, my colleague told me "malam ade bowling tournament", i macam -- ade bowling alley ke kat Bukit Tinggi..


Ade... tapi kene naik shuttle.. the bowling is located at Clubhouse, approximately 5 minutes from Colmar. Sape yang pergi in group, tak tau nak buat ape malam-malam, spend la your time dekat sini..

Tak banyak, tapi cukup untuk menampung sekian sekian visitors.. i rasa ada dalam 10 lane kot and i bet kalau bukan musim cuti, ntah ntah tak de orang pun kat sini kan.. even mase we all datang, only we all je yang ade pun.. tak dak orang lain..

part of the team 

ok ni name group kiterang -- Hot Babe!! terror babe ... dapat no dua dari bawah hahahaha

bawah ni yang pakai baju biru tu my GM.. btw, i really think i need to have my bowling skill.. rasa macam networking pulak kalau tau main bowling ni hehe

Sekian terima kasih, itu saje cerite dari Bukit Tinggi, oh satu game - RM7..

What you can do at Bukit Tinggi | | Adventure Park - Canopy Walk

I tak tau Bukit Tinggi boleh jadi an interesting "vacation", untuk I, Bukit Tinggi cuma tempat sejuk, tempat nak rasa ala-ala Perancis and itu saje.. even mase the last time I visited here, it was only a day trip because we didnt know what else we could do...


But not until I joined this trip.. So later in the evening, we went to Adventure Park. Google-lah, tak banyak orang cerite pasal Adventure Park in Bukit Tinggi, i tak sure orang tau ke tak tau. i pun baru tau.. Dekat Adventure Park ni ada few outdoor activities that you can join, but of course it is not free ye kawan-kawan..

Jangan risau, dekat sini ade Shuttle bus, so tak payah susah-susah nak bawak kerete ke sana ke mari, kalau ade anak-anak, lagi dia suke naik Shuttle bus kan.. well, bukan kanak2 je, i pun suke, sebab dapat fresh air..

This shuttle bus, not only to drive you to Adventure park ye, boleh pergi mana-mana tempat di sekitar Bukit Tinggi.. cakap je nak pergi mana dekat staff tu..

Masa sampai, I macam confuse kenape ade safety helmet and all, naik canopy walk, jalan je lah kan, tak payah lah safety helmet bagai.. tapi dekat sini memang one of HSE.. mesti pakai..

Jangan tak tau, salah satu yang i fobia adalah gayat.. i adalah sangat penakut di tempat tinggi.. even to cross skybridge KLCC tu i jarang pandang bawah, tak confident dengan diri sendiri.. jadi nak naik canopy walk ni dah la nak kene panjat tangge yang setiap satu tangge tu jarak dia besar.. setiap kali naik, im talking to myself "why I am doing this"

i punye lah takut.. setiap satu tu i pandang betul-betul.. the canopy kalau orang lain "alaa 25 meter je dari tanah" tapi 25 meter untuk I rasa macam *gulp.. so i adalah antara orang yang paling lembap sekali jalan, i stop and i need to find another courage to move on.. 

Alhamdulillah rasa seronok jugak bila dah berjaya, it took a while, but at least I completed. Kalau nak tau gayat tak gayat i, mase nak jalan tu, i lupe nak bagi marshal spek i, so bile dah gerak tu, i bukak spek i and hold my spec, punyelah i takut kegayatan i, my lens pecah and jatuh dalam hutan!!! tengoklah betapa kuatnya i pegang spek i tu.. 

Ramai perempuan kan.. yerp, kalau mane-mane group tax dekat mana-mana tempat sekalipun, orang perempyan yang banyak dalam tax ni.. reason? i pun tak sure :)


Oh anyway, the price for canopy walk ni RM30 each.. and flying fox is RM70 each.. If I am not mistaken, the flying fox is the longest in Asia Pacific.. :)

Serious business

Went for the teambuilding, we were divided into two groups, the first group had to be involved for two discussion on the both dates - up till late night, and another group only for half a day, "lucky me" i was in the first group.. 

Basically we were here to discuss on our KPI. and after looking at what i have to achieve throughout 2012, seriously ada perasan takut kat situ... tak sure i boleh ke tak.. banyak sangat.. and im pretty sure, towards this journey, i akan ada sikit frustration and stress in me.. 

On our second day... 

Last but not least, at the end of the session, we celebrated January's and February's babies.. 

Harap 2012 akan bagi sesuatu yang bukan material untuk i, i nak sesuatu dalam keluarga, kesihatan dan kerjaya..insyaAllah..

Fun time with the team

It is so true, it is not actually about work, but it is about the environment you have. Alhamdulillah, currently at this moment, it is still fine.. thanks goodness since most of us (actually ALL) are not purely breed from the Company -- most of us have few years experienced working at audit firm before landing our job here.  So, sedikit sebanyak, kami bawak environment masing-masing, but one thing for sure... it is an accounting firm environment haha..

Mai tengok beberapa gambar sakan dengan rakan dan taulan .. :) Sesungguhnya tidakler i ambik banyak gambar memandangkan kamera i kecik molek saja, baik i posing diri sendiri dekat orang-orang yang bawak dslr kan.. :p

Memang sungguh ramai nak ambik gambar kuda yang kene conteng ni.. hajat dihati teringin nak tunggang kat atas tu tapi nasib baik sedar diri takut jadi bahan topik sekalian manusia di Bukit Tinggi, tidaklah saya mahu cari glamour :D

Seperti biase, dalam lif pun nak ambik gambar... :) semua ni bini-bini orang ok, except nun kat belakang yang tinggi tu, baru fresh grad.. tapi dia lah paling most happening sekali dalam department.. kalau dia ade duduk sebelah boss - phew lege.. tak yah la i risau nak pikir topik ape nak cakap sebab dia sentiasaa lah ade topik nak cerite.. 

Me with my roommate.. :) si kecik molek ni, dua kali dia barulah dapat i.. 

Hotel Istana The Video for Contest

Salam


I am in the running to join this contest

and do u mind to view this video.. I just need 10 people je.. I am not sure, whether the vote counted by just reviewing the video below or you have to click this link... 


but i think, for a better -- boleh tak CLICK THIS LINK --- http://tripwow.tripadvisor.com/tripwow/ta-0408-d1d0-101d?lb

JASAMU DIKENANG.. THANKS!!!

Colmar Tropicale, Bukit Tinggi, Pahang - The Hotel

Alhamdulillah, selamat sudah I sampai dari Bukit Tinggi, Pahang, atas urusan kerja selama 3 hari 2 malam.. Masa i nak pergi Bukit Tinggi, i cakap lah dekat sister in law i..


Me: Kak Yah, i nak pergi Bukit Tinggi minggu ni
SIL: boleh tak nak pesan baju?
Me: Boleh je...


Masa tu dalam hati terfikir lah jugak, Bukit Tinggi ada orang jual baju ke.. and I pun terus lah menyuarakan lah kepelikan i


Me: eh, Bukit Tinggi bukan ade ape pun, ade orang jual baju ke
SIL: banyakkan...
Me: Are we talking about Bukit Tinggi Pahang or Bukit Tinggi Indon??


and immediately both of us burst to laugh.. kekekeke

Kalau sampai Bukit Tinggi, haruslah ambik gambar depan ni kan.. Ok, let me start my review on Bukit Tinggi by showing you the pictures of Colmar Tropicale's room.. 

I'm not sure what is the rate of the room, but again, in this hotel, I might say, your room is based on your luck. Each category of room will be charged at the same price, but what you didn't know - the size of your room. Unfortunately, our room is quite small -- I mean as compared to the price that the Company pays.. 

Anyway, she is my roommate for two nights :)


Our room was not really overlooking the street, but anyway, i dont mind at all, yes it is a nice view, unless you dont mind about the noise :).. our room is like in the attic.. but anyway, the bed furniture I think is inspired by the French 

But the washroom is quite big hehe.. oh anyway, the room is equipped with few TV channels (tapi tak dak StarWorld, tak leh tengok American idol :p) but unfortunately no free internet connection :(, 3G pun tak ade tahuuuu!! blogger freak without internet connection??? S.A.N.G.A.P!! haha.. yes, they do provide wireless connection if only I am willing to pay RM30 per day --- NO!!! haha

and of course this is the place to dine.. the food was ok for me.. just love the bread.. 

For more information about Colmar Tropicale, kindly visit their website at http://www.colmartropicale.com.my/. Later I will let you know what we can do at Bukit Tinggi, it is not that boring, i pun baru tau jugak ..

It is not Parasmeswara as our seafood restaurant destination,

tapi..


Gerai No. 9 - Gerai Mesra Ayahanada..


Seperti yang I cakap dalam entry sebelum ni -  kiterang tak pergi pun gerai Parameswara, in fact, if we have given a choice, Parameswara usually will not be on top of our list , kalau macam i sendiri keluar dengan Emran, I akan pergi Serkam Batu, tapi kalau dengan family brother in law i, dia akan ke gerai No 9 ni..

Dulu, hubby's family used to be the loyal customer of one seafood restaurant at Anjung Batu. Tapi selepas tuan punya kedai meninggal dua tahun lepas dan perniagaan dia tidak disambung oleh anak-anak, jadi barulah family husband venture ke kedai seafood yang lain..

Tengok lah harga seafood dekat Melaka ni... memang boleh katakan standard dekat semua kedai yang sewaktu dengannya , jauh panggang dari api dari seafood Muara Tanjung Harapan, Port Klang ..

Kali ni my brother in law belanja makan (tak de pulak dalam gambar) untuk celebrate 5 orang punye birthday, and kat bawah ni part of our big family.. sementara tunggu makanan sampai, sungguh la budak2 zaman sekarang termasuk mak pak nyer, topik nak borak pun berkisar pasal game, pasal dunia internet ...

In fact dekat satu row meja ni, ade 3iPad, satu Galaxy tab and tak termasuk sape-sape yang tengok internet through mobile phone..

Bile makanan sampai, i sungguh la lupa nak ambik gambar hehe.. nak nak bile sotong goreng tepung dekat sebelah i je.. Honestly and seriously, makanan yang dia masak a lot better than Parameswara - my opinion lah.. and sangat sangat sangat jauh beza dengan Port Klang tu (huhu tak habis habis i ni dengan Port Klang)

Me dengan salah sorang anak sedara i.. dekat belah husband I, derang panggil i Auntie Mira.. i tak letak pun, derang panggil sendiri :D Glamer kan hahaah

Tengoklah, selain Parameswara, u all boleh pilih gerai dari No 1 sampai la ke No 12 kalau tak silap.. tapi once again, masa i pergi ni hujung minggu, so gerai2 ni memang penuh, i pernah pergi masa bukan musim cuti, kosong sikit gerai-gerai di sini, sebab ramai terus ke Parameswara je..

dan i tinggalkan you all dengan the unknown Cowboy hehehe

The famous seafood restaurant in Malacca

anyone wants to take a wild guess??


Pernah sekali keluar Jalan-jalan Cari Makan, beberapa kali keluar dalam surat khabar dan majalah-majalah di Malaysia..


Setelah I sendiri menganalisa, I rasa restoren ni popular sebab.. 


1. Nama dia best
2. Letak kat tepi laut
3. Besar bangat!!
4. Of course lah banyak masuk paper, TV semua kan..


Introducing... 

PARASMEWARA

Dekat Mana?


Umbai, dibuka setiap hari kecuali hari Isnin. I pernah dua kali makan sini, sekali tu bawak kawan Encik Emran dari Singapore, terkejut dia tengok orang still berpusu-pusu datang walaupun dah pukul 10.30 malam. Parking satu problem, traffic jam nak nak kalau musim cuti. Nak masuk parking pun kene bayar seringgit.


Is it good?


I will reserve my comment sebab lain orang lain pandangan kan.. I ok je, but for my family in law, depa prefer kedai lain.. which i pun agree.. kedai tu around kedai ni jugak..nanti i cerita..


ade sape pernah pergi?

My first "business" trip...

with syarikat 88 tingkat...

alaa tak jauh pun, jerit pun boleh dengar..

Colmar Tropicale, Bukit Tinggi...

ade teambuilding, will be my first time to Colmar and my second visit to Bukit Tinggi.. By the time you are reading this entry, I have safely arrived at Bukit Tinggi for three days and two nights and "terpaksa" tinggalkan anak bersama suami terchenta di kota metropolitan ini.

Kalau sempat and tak ngantuk, I boleh update live dari Colmar okeh :)

Melaka Batik House

I know such a boring topic for a personal entry. But anyway, let me target this entry for those tourists, somehow one of the most popular key words in this small blog usually referring to places that I have visited, so long that I jotted it down in detail.


---kene lah cakap omputih sikit :p ---

Melaka Batik House is located at MITC Melaka which has been in operation since last two years with big cooperation from  Noor Arfa Batik, the Company which need no introduction in Batik industry in Malaysia. 

It has two stories building in which each level comprises its own unit in promoting Batik. At the ground floor, guests are welcomed to learn how to make batik from coloring the fabric up until drying and fixing the fabric colors, even guests may be able to put their hands on Batik painting through several packages offered by Melaka Batik House.

At the second floor, you can indulge yourself by beautiful batik design from few designers (not only by Noor Arfa's design) and this is the place where you can have your Batik shopping. All you have to do is ask your wallet how much you are willing to spend on each Batik. From my observation, Batik price ranges from as low as RM39 up to few hundreds (perhaps thousand) and again depends on fabric and design of the Batik.

For more information on Melaka Batik House, you may log on to 

http://www.melakabatikhouse.blogspot.com

p/s I sempat jugaklah rembat batik.. mase tu tengah ade sale :D