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Just the boost i needed

2012-02-12T01:26:00.000+08:00

Sunderland 1 - 2 Arsenal

Stadium of Light

He came in with a winning goal.

He went out with a winning goal.

Truly legend.

(^_^)

The infamous KFC issue

2012-02-08T13:52:00.001+08:00

Tadi saya nampak KFC trending dekat twitter. So saya wonder jugaklah kenapa. Rupa-rupanya pasal video kat bawah ni.

YOUTUBE LINK

My thoughts about it?

Saya salahkan dua-dua.

The customer (aka the Uncle): Orang lelaki ni, bila perut lapar. Mula lah grumpy. Biasalah tu.=P
Tapi dalam case ni bukan setakat grumpy, siap maki-maki keluarkan racist statement dekat KFC workers tu. Semua orang pun lapar. Bukan dia sorang, so kalau orang lain boleh sabar kenapa dia tak boleh?

The worker(s): They have the right to be pissed sebab kena maki, bukan diorang saja-saja nak masak ayam tu lambat. Diorang pun kalau boleh nak bagi semua orang makan cepat-cepat dan balik rumah tidur. Saya sendiri pernah kerja dalam food service ni dan kalau time-time peak hour and kalau tak cukup staff memang stress. Tambah-tambah dapat pulak customer macam ni.

The worker who punches (aka the kid): Memang tak patut. Habis-habis sakit hati pun you have no right to hit other people. Sebab when I watch the video, he and the other workers nak confront je the customer at first. Diorang dah step back, then suddenly this kid ni lari balik ke depan and hit that uncle. (probably because the uncle said something that provoked him)

Another side of the story.

So the way I look at it, budak budak muda ni kadang-kadang diorang tak fikir panjang, kalau bergaduh tu mesti nak tunjuk diorang kuat or something. sebab by reading comment orang lain yang ada kat situ, uncle tu memang overreacted pun, so kalau that kid tak pergi tumbuk that uncle pun orang lain memang tau uncle tu yang salah. So sekarang bila thekid pergi tumbuk uncle tu, dengan dia-dia sekali lah bersalah. Silap-silap uncle tu saman dia for assault. Huhu.

Tapi tolong lah jangan bangkitkan racist issue. Please. Semua race sama ja buruk baik dia. Tak payah cakap kaum ni perangai macam ni kaum tu perangai macam tu. Semua manusia sama. At the end it depends on individuals. Not the race.

Whatever it is,

I love KFC. Since I was a little kid. And still do.

Now I'm hungry. Going to mamak now. Hope nobody punches me.(^_^)

I Lob Diz Bear

2012-02-06T02:07:00.000+08:00

Our masochistic little Pooh enjoying his guilty pleasure.

Funny how this cute little picture speaks a thousand words.=)

Insecurities

2012-02-02T03:41:00.000+08:00

**Finally managed to publish few weeks worth of drafts..

I'm not a Taylor Swift's fan. I actually not that much into blondes. Not much into her songs either but there's something about her that I begin to like and relate to myself.

Taylor Swift in Vogue February 2012 issue.

When she was 12, she devoted an entire summer to writing a 350 page novel. She began writing songs regularly and used it as an outlet to help her with her pain from not fitting in at school.

She said in her interview with Vogue Magazine.

"So . . . middle school? Awkward," says Swift.
"Having a hobby that's different from everyone else's? Awkward.
Gain a lot of weight before you hit the growth spurt? Awkward.
Frizzy hair, don't embrace the curls yet? Awkward.
Try to straighten it? Awkward!"

And despite her current fame, all those Grammys, lots of big paychecks "awkward" past is still hard to shake.

"I think who you are in school really sticks with you," Swift admits.

She is not wrong.

I've watched a documentary about how our brain function, that what happened to you during brief years of childhood and adolescence life will most likely to effect your personality as and adult.

Insecurities isn't pretty. I myself tried to shake it for quite sometimes now.
At times, I'm pretty confident about myself, but there'll come times when I think I'm still a big chubby unattractive teenager that nobody likes. I'm afraid my self-conscious will annoyed others and these insecurities really doesn't help me in the future.

But everybody have their own insecurities, no matter how pretty u grew up into, or how successful you are. You can't make it go away but you can left it behind. Far behind. It just the matter of how you try to overcome it.

So to those who still have insecurities (to myself in particular =P), remember even the pretty Taylor Swift has it, everybody else have it. They just don't show it. Just learned to deal with it and focus on how great your life is at the moment. Leave the past behind. You can reminisce but don't bemoan it. Focus on the present. Enjoy the moment. =)

Some of her Vogue spread,

So that's about it. Have a good day everyone. (^_^)

Lookalikes: Gareth Bale and..

2012-02-01T16:28:00.001+08:00

I've always wanted to say this everytime I looked at Bale but I keep on forgetting it after.

Doesn't he look a bit like this guy below..(^_^)

Mr Wolf

Hehehe..

Seriously..look at every angle..=P

But who cares what he looked like when he can score awesome goals. I watched the yesterday's highlights and all three Bale and Modric's goal were screamers. No wonder Harry Redknapp wont let Modric go earlier on the start of the season.

You know, it baffles me that Spurs got a lot of these interesting players.

Bale, Modric, Pavluychenko, I heard that one moved out. Assou-Ekotto, Van der Vaart, Defoe. They have that kid Giovani Dos Santos but whatever the hell happened to him we never heard of anymore.

Okay just ignore me. I'm bored.

Finals is on the next next week, and I'm trying to find the exam mood.

Wish me luck peeps! (^_^)

Underworld: Awakening

2012-01-31T03:01:00.000+08:00

**This post is just for the sake of updating.(^_^)

Agak serabut 2 3 minggu kebelakangan dan kehadapan ni.. So here goes..

Watched this with my brother last week.(and just watched it again yesterday)

Kenapa ia best?

Kate Beckinsale is effin' hot
I love blood and gores. (yes I'm a bit disturbed.=P) If you do too..watch it.
This is a REAL vampire movie.heh

Move the f* on

2012-01-23T16:03:00.000+08:00

I have a LOT of things to say. But all the words got jumbled up so I'll just say a thing or two.(or three)

Frustrated, yes. Big FAT YES.

But I prefer to look it at different angle and forget the tactical mistake or whatever shit the reason is.

Look at different perspectives,

We have promising youngsters in Chambo and Yenaris. To play like that in their early EPL debuts was something to be applaud.
I tip my hat to our defenders. Per, Kos and Verma did a good job considering. And Song too.
RVP scored his 19th goal of the season.

I'm not gonna pin point the players who didn't do well because those players DO used to make me (and ALL of you) cheer before, so they deserves a little of my respect.

I just unfollow some of the Arsene bashing blogs in my bloglist just to be clear.

And I wish, one day I'll meet a fellow gooner friend who I can talk to and enjoy not only during the good times but also in a time like this. (^_^)

Citroen and Arsenal first cinemagraphs

2012-01-19T19:46:00.000+08:00

How cool is this. (^_^)

Click here for more.

Source: Arsenal.com

*Okay the ball and Arteta and Kos's sweater zippers should be moving but it's not,(I forgot this is blogspot not tumblr..=) so click on the link to see more.
Or see Coco Rocha cinemagraph on my tumblr.=)

**Oh actually, you can just click ON the picture to see it moves.=)

1Malaysia Book Voucher

2012-01-18T15:10:00.000+08:00

Just collected these today.(The voucher.not the pendrive.=P)

Berfikir-fikir jugak, nak beli buku apa lah dengan voucher ni. Kalau dapat awal-awal sem dulu boleh jugak beli buku text Material. Sekarang final pun dah dekat, and I'll be finishing in February anyway. So takda buku yang perlu dibeli. Nak bagi siblings, Abang dah habis belajar, Memi dekat oversea, Aran baru habis SPM.

Hmm.. or, maybe I could buy some language book I've been dying to buy before. Some of the good books yang include audio CD cost quite a lot. So yes. I'll definitely buy one of that.

Languange pun kira educational jugak kan.

(^_^)

Golden Globe Glam

2012-01-18T08:57:00.001+08:00

Finally! All my workloads are DONE!

My last post was 4 days ago and I haven't got any idea of what to write as for now.

So lets look at some pictures of gorgeous ladies from Sunday night Golden Globe Awards.

I have my eye on some of the stunning gowns and dresses.

Just from my own opinion.

(^_^)

Charlize Theron in Dior gown.

I just couldn't imagine this gown looks good one some other celebs.

Sarah Hyland in Dolce & Gabbana vintage lace gown.

My personal favorite.

Something I would really love to wear. But if I really do, I might have to add a little more fabrics or something on the shoulder to make it appropriate for Malaysian scene.=P

Shailene Woodley in Marchesa chiffon gown.

I LOVE the chest detailing.

Emma Stone in purple-fuchsia Lanvin gown.

I'm not a fan of the color purple. But I'll make an exception for this one.

Jessica Alba in Gucci gown.

Or maybe two exceptions.=P

Heidi Klum in Calvin Klein nude dress.

Maybe a bit too simple for an award event, but I love it anyway.

Well I love anything Heidi wears actually.=)

My Friend Joe (1996)

2012-01-14T13:20:00.001+08:00

Around time saya sekolah rendah dulu, (tak ingat tahun bila dia siar kat Malaysia) saya ada tengok satu cerita di TV - My Friend Joe. Cerita ni mengisahkan friendship dua orang budak 12 tahun Joe dan Chris. Ada siapa-siapa ingat?

Kalau tak ingat saya cerita sikit,

Chris ni anak tunggal, takde kawan and selalu kena buli. Then bila Joe pindah around the neighborhood, diorang pun become bestfriend. Main basikal sama-sama semua. Joe ni adventurous sikit and selalu cover Chris kalau dia kena buli. For the first time si Chris sangat happy ada kawan. Satu hari entah macam mana, Chris dapat tahu yang Joe ni sebenarnya budak perempuan. Chris somehow rasa macam tertipu, frust, confuse semua ada. So Chris dah taknak kawan dengan Joe lepas tu. Yang kesian nya Joe ni, dia ada rahsia kenapa dia kena pretend to be a boy. Dia ingat bila Chris dah jadi bestfriend dia, dia boleh cerita everything. Rupanya Chris tak boleh terima.
Okey saya nangis sekarang. tisu pls..*tsk..*

Tak tahu lah apa saya akan rasa kalau saya tengok balik cerita tu bila dah besar sekarang. Mungkin bosan.=P
Tapi bagi budak sekolah rendah yang naive yang masih belum faham erti penderitaan, susah payah dan friendship, cerita tu memang sangat-sangat memberi kesan dalam diri saya. Wah..=P

Sejak masuk U beberapa kali saya request dekat website download intranet campus ni. Tapi tak pernah ada orang upload. Saya pun tak de idea dah mana nak cari.

Kesimpulannya, saya nak tengok cerita tu!! Mana nak cari??(^_^)

More info about this movie from IMDB.

5 blogs i love to visit

2012-01-14T13:20:00.000+08:00

I have few other blogs that I religiously visits in my blog list but mostly they are Arsenal related or friends and some I just currently following. These particular 5 blogs are the ones that I've been reading for quite sometimes and also Malaysian crowd can relate to.

1. Hilangpunca

He did not update the blog regularly, but if he does, it just some sarcastic one or two liners or super lengthy ridiculous fiction that have no ending. Either way, you'll laugh your ass off. His specialty is, his ability to see/say mundane things/word in a very amusing way. You can't NOT laugh when reading this blog.

2. Hanis Zalikha

Who doesn't love Hanis Zalikha? Pretty, smart girl with sense of humor. You just can't afford not to like her. If you say you don't like her then sorry to say, you're just jealous.=P
I followed her from Malaysian Dreamgirl and been visiting her blogs ever since just to see what is she wearing, her beautiful family and read her funny tips every now and then.

3. Blog Ariff

Blog of an aviation engineering student in Russia. He writes about current issues, his studies and his life in foreign country. There are some serious stuffs where you can get useful infos. Things you should know but you don't. Most of the post I can relate to as a student and sometimes he made me think deep about my life. It's a good way to motivate yourself.

4. Uncle Gedek

Uncle Gedek is documenting his aging process by capturing his face daily. Same concept as Jonathan Keller but he does it in a unique way by taking self portraits in different background that shows his daily life, where he goes to, and his family. The caption of these pictures are what I love most about the blog.=P

5. Sokernet

A football community blog, they are a combination of various writers giving their 'insight' of Malaysian and EPL football. I love reading all the comments from every other club supporters bashing each other after every matches. Just hilarious. =P

I used to leave comments there, but I noticed everytime I leave a comment, there will be an uninvited 'H1N1 virus' perching on my blog. So no matter how funny the post is, I'll tell my self, don't comment, don't comment, don't comment. So silent reader it is.=P

Speaking of student in foreign country, I used to follow (well I'm still following) Realiti Konspirasi but he already started working and hasn't been updating for 5 months now.

Wait did I just list 6? Well Realiti Konspirasi doesn't count so, technically it is still 5.(^_^)
How about you guys?

Tangled Ever After 2012

2012-01-12T02:51:00.001+08:00

omg! omg! omg! They're back!!

And Eugene and Rapunzel is getting married!!

Now THIS is the wedding I've been waiting for.(^_^)

Disney team made this short film as a continuation of the effervescent Rapunzel, her pet ~~frog~~chameleon Pascal, Maximus the palace horse and Eugene's adventure in Tangled (2010). Read my review here.

Which I've watched like millions times already right up till now.:P

And the short film will be premiered in front of each Beauty and The Beast 3D screening that will be in cinemas January 2012. Not sure about Malaysian cinema though.

Yes. Beauty and The Beast in 3D my lovely friends.

Another must watch.

This time around this epic tale will be shown with enhanced visual. So you can expect prettier Belle (not that she's not already pretty), beastier Beast and livelier dishes and pots.=P

"The Beast will have the characteristics from many animals, including the mane of a lion, the horns and head of a buffalo, the eyebrows of a gorilla, the tusks of a wild boar, the upper body of a bear, and the legs and tail of a wolf. It's voice was enhanced by the growls of actual lions and panthers.

Yet in order for Belle to fall for the Beast, his human side had to be readily apparent. Because of this, animators made sure to keep the Beast's eyes deep blue and full of soul." - Supervising animator Glen Keane.

I can't wait.

(^_^)

Sources: Yahoo Movies

I had a great dream last night, oh wait...

2012-01-10T13:04:00.001+08:00

..it's NOT a freakin dream..(^_^)

**This was one of the thing I won't forget for the rest of my life.

I went to bed at 1am. I plan to stay up but I'm too sleepy, so I took my lappy to my bed, set the alarm clock to 330am and went to sleep. I woke up around 420am my alarm somehow did not rang because I actually set it to 1530 T_T.. but lucky the game was still on the first half and Henry's still on the bench. And the game was blah as ever.

The current No.14 has a lot to learn from his predecessor.

I tried hard not to fall asleep during the half time.

Must.watch.Henry's.comeback.

Then came the second half, I believed everybody (even those who are not the Arsenal fan) had goosebumps or at least eagerly waiting whether or not he'll ACTUALLY get on the pitch and relived the great memory he left us with.

and he DID.
not only that, he SCORES in his typical style and bag us home a win. F*cking icing on the cake.Bonus with a cheque.

The goal number 227

this is not about an FA Cup 3rd round match against Leeds anymore. This is all about the comeback of a certain legend - Thierry Henry.

Yes I'm a bit skeptical earlier. I don't want him to smear his legendary status by being a player again. But who am I kidding, nothing can change his legendary status. His name will stay in the history no matter what happen.

At the end of the match, the commentator did mention,

"The fear was that the legend may be diminished but the reality is its already been enhanced."

DON'T BE A PESSIMIST DYA.

Commentator: The facial hair more prominent, the pace perhaps a little less lethal, but the aura remains.

I believe his comeback intention is solely based on his love for the club and for that particular man who've made him the player he is today.

Though he's way past his peak, you can't deny his finishing was still to scream for. I'm glad he's at the Emirates now so he can show the boys how to DO stuffs. How you FINISH stuffs.

Like the commentator said,

"Form is temporary, Class is permanent."

Satisfaction

Whatever happens after this, I'm gonna enjoy this 2 months of Henry's presence. And I'll keep on watching that goal celebration over and over again until it stops warming my heart. (^_^)

A great read - A Statue came to Life by Untold Arsenal.

Chills...

2012-01-06T21:33:00.002+08:00

He's the reason why I love Arsenal.
He's the reason why I stopped following Arsenal for a while.
And now he's back.
Couldn't ask for more.

In an unrelated note, he used to wear the number 14, now he wears the number 12.

14.12 is my birthday!

(^_^)

P/s: Been busy with the assignment. The due that supposed to be today was extended to Monday. Not sure whether I should be happy or sad.=P

Remember this?

2012-01-04T20:19:00.001+08:00

I need to refer to this while doing an assignment about thermoelectric nanomaterial,

One of the reason why I took Electrical Engineering is to AVOID this thing.

Lucky me, I meet them again this sem.

This is indeed interesting.

.VERY.interesting.

(=.=)

Talking about material physics,

where's Dr. Sheldon Cooper when you need him?

Lookalikes: Mr Gaga and..

2012-01-03T12:37:00.001+08:00

I swear when Miss Gaga transformed into Mr Gaga I thought she looked like..

....Yossi Benayoun

=P=P=P

you know I'm right..(^_^)

When Arsenal lost

2012-01-03T12:04:00.000+08:00

I remember vaguely what happened last night. I was so sleepy and frustrated at the shittier than ever streaming link. I remember a little jumping over Kos's goal. Then feeling kinda weird of the sudden change of gear on the second half by the Fulham side. Then I remember shouting at the ~~referee~~ lappy screen for the red card. Then the shitty stream. Then the equalizing goal. Then they took Ramsey out and leave a Texas-sized hole in the midfield. Then the Zamora goal. Then.

I woke up this morning. Recall my memory.
Oh ya, Arsenal lost 1-2 to Fulham.
Then I made my occasional morning Nescafe.

No browsing sports/Arsenal related websites.
No social network activities.
No downloading/watching Match of The Day
No YM.

And walla!

Lab Report DONE.

(^_^)

When a brother is not here

2012-01-03T00:30:00.000+08:00

It's been almost 4 months since Memi leave the country to Mafraq, Jordan. Now everytime I went home, it's only 5 of us, we've always been 6 people since Aran was born 18 years ago. Memi leave for great reason. They say if you search for knowledge in God's path, jalan akan dipermudahkan. He IS the jewel of our family. All my brothers are. =)

Little Memi standing beside Aran in the stroller.

When he was younger, he's a talkative child, ever cheerful and despise sports. A huge Harry Potter fan, he's the one who forced me to watch Harry Potter and lend me his HP books so many years ago. And I'm glad I listened to him.=P

And when he grew up, he turned into this wise person beyond his age, that you can talked to about almost everything. I remember when I'm depressed, and I have nobody to turned to, I called and talked to him. Then things went better. Funny, an older sister turns to his younger brother to cries on her problems. But that's what special in him.

KL- Muscat - Amman - Mafraq

He turns 19 years and 8 months today.

I know I'm not the best sister in the world. But I'll always love you and pray for your success. We'll wait for you. Only 3 years and 8 months to go. That's like just a blink of an eye. =P

Memi, Abang, Ayah and Aran - Raya 2011.

(^_^)

Malaysia Nuclear Plant?

2012-01-02T00:30:00.000+08:00

Few weeks ago, supposedly in Mr Mahendra's Transient Stability class, we have a talk by Guest Lecturer Dr J.Nanda.
Amazing, amazing person. Very wise and fatherly professor from India. After he gave his inspiring talk about Transient Stability and the issues of global warming and environment in general, he mentioned one solution for the earth energy crisis - Nuclear Plant.
I agree and disagree at the same time. I agree the idea of that but I disagree if one is to be built in my country - Malaysia.

Last week in Electrical Engineering Material class, Dr Ong told us about speaking up and contributing to the society and he brought up the same thing,

...and TNB still wants to built the nuclear plant, and where are these young engineers, or you engineering students, don't you want to say anything about this?

I agree if our country is as big as Russia, the US, China or even India for that matter. They can do it. Plenty of it, no problem, they have the space for the disposal, and they also have the space in case anything goes haywire and *touch wood* radiation leaks. How many acres do you reckon our country is?
And where do you suppose we dump the nuclear disposal?? We barely have land for rubbish disposal. Dump it deep in the sea? you tell me.
Look at the map,

Red dots are the nuclear power plants in the respective countries.

For me two crucial factors are
1.men power(the experts).
2.space/land.

You see, Russia and US are the big countries and they have the experts. (Well considering Russia is the biggest country in the world, they only have 30 or so nuke plant while the US have like 100 over of them.)

Smaller Europe countries may not have the space but they have a lot of experts. Same goes to Japan. I saw the red dots in Japan and I have goosebumps already. They have 54. But they do have experts. But still, see what happened after the tsunami. Experts alone does not ensure the security.

I don't underestimate our experts. It's just we're still a developing country.

When they propose the Bakun hydro dam project few years back, people were against it because our natural forests will be ruined, but this is nuke plant we're talking, not only the forest are at risk it's also the people.
Just think about our future children who will live in the environment.

Some people may want to prove that they are capable enough to do things. But It's not the matter of proving what we are capable of anymore, its the matter of risk against the society. Do we really want to be responsible of the huge consequences just to conform to our ego and masochistic nature?

Here's what Dr.M have to say about the matter.

And in case you're wondering, he also said NO.

Happy New Year everyone!

2012-01-01T01:08:00.000+08:00

With this, I'm off to a good start this new year!

(^_^)v

Next!

2011-12-29T20:26:00.003+08:00

Okey selesai sudah midterm.

Assignment pulak.

Come on Dya. Sikit je lagi! (^_^)

F*** Hennessey

2011-12-28T11:54:00.001+08:00

Arsenal 1 - 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers

The Emirates Stadium

I'm in raaaage right now. grrrrr.
This is what we called a 'lost' draw. When 2 points have been stolen from our bag right under our noses by Wayne Hennessey.

I don't know what's with these middle/lower table club's goalies that makes them turned super God-mode whenever they met a club from the top half of the table. I used to think its only when they met Arsenal they did that but starting this season, when I watch Chelsea's and Liverpool's game as well I started to think we're not alone in this.

Last season I'm overly irritated with Newcastle's goalie Tim Krul. He saved all sort of our shots on goals like his life's hanging on it.

Last two night when I watch Liverpool vs Rovers game, Mark Bunn made a sensational save at the end of injury time, and if I were a Liverpool fan I'd probably threw a chair on someones TV. I thought, ouch, sorry Liverpool fans, you're not gonna catch us. But I regret that cynical comment as it somehow kinda jinxed our game.

With Robin Van Persie's aiming a calendar year record, I figured he played in a rush and somehow a little impatient and at some point he's at rage with God knows who and got all frustrated at the end. The other players were also a bit too impatient and I agree they 'wanted it' too much that they lose composure and the ability to just play it in a more calmly manner. I don't know where the hell did the equalizing goal came from and when Wayne Hennessey denied Van Persie, Mertersacker, Arshavin, Vermaelen and every other red shirts on the field, it just make me wish Oh just broke your wrist or anything already!
But that'd be evil.

I'm pissed because it's last season all over again, failing to take advantage to opportunities other team had kindly provide to us earlier. Chelsea's draw and even Man City's draw. See, even West Brom manage to hold City, heck, they were the first to hold City from scoring all season.

Then again I signed up for this, what do I expect? If I want to support the team that win every other day, I'd be supporting Barcelona or even Manchester City for that matter.=P

That's that. As much as I,all the Gooners and Van Persie himself wants to break the record, I'm more interested in seeing him fit and all intact rather than injured from trying to chase some record, so Mr Wenger, do whatever you have to do, I'll be here watching. No biggie. Till next game. Peace. (^_^)v

Pictures source: YahooUkEuroSport

Blogging phenomena

2011-12-28T03:36:00.000+08:00

Harini nak tulis in BM. Saya baru baca satu entry dari blog Abg Stalker. Best entry dia, exactly apa yang saya fikir sejak kebelakangan ni.

Actually ini adalah apa yang saya nak comment di entry beliau, tapi half way through writing saya fikir mak aih panjang nya dah boleh buat satu entry, so at the end saya delete dan terus buat satu entry di blog sendiri.=P

Saya start blogging dari tahun 2005 masa tu di Friendster Blog. Lepas tu rasa segan sebab everytime update dia keluar di homepage Friendster and semua orang boleh baca. Then saya delete and jumpa Blogger. So saya buat blog ni tahun 2006. Saya memang suka menulis. Masa darjah 6 saya tulis dua novel fiction and masa tingkatan 2 satu novel remaja. Tapi tak sempat habis sebab peer pressure.haha.

Masa saya start blogging, orang yang ada blog tak ramai macam harini. masa tu semua orang tulis sebab suka-suka. Blog ni macam online diary, yang baca and comment is kawan-kawan sendiri yang ada blog jugak. Segan kalau orang yang tak kenal baca atau nak bagi link sebab takut kalau kalau lecturer ke family terjumpa blog. Blog is used for individual purpose. Saya belum kenal mana-mana blogger terkenal masa tu.

Start tahun 2008/2009 macamtu lepas cik Hanis zulikha habis Malaysian Dreamgirl, saya ikut blog beliau dan start dari blog beliau baru saya perasan rupanya blogging da jadi something big. Lepas tu baru saya saya sedar ada benda follower ni and start tahun ni baru saya tahu fungsi Nuffnang. Patutlah saya pelik kenapa ada some blog suruh klik-klik lah apa. Bila saya tau semua tu, saya pun jadi terikut. Caught with the hype. Saya wonder macamana banyak blog yang follower beribu-ribu tapi apa yang ditulis was not that interesting. And some blog which I found very interesting, tak banyak pun orang follow. Then baru lah saya figure out trend blogwalking, singgah menyinggah, tinggal link, suruh org follow balik etc.

Saya pun ikut add Nuffnang widget dekat blog ni dan saya pun start fikir macamana nak dapatkan follower. So saya pun start blogwalking dan tinggalkan comment. Tapi lepas tu saya terfikir balik, tujuan asal saya buat blog sebab saya suka menulis, bukan nak cari follower. Kalau dulu saya tulis blog apa yang saya rasa nak tulis, start tahun ni kalau saya nak buat entry mesti saya fikir pasal apa yang boleh tarik orang, macamana nak tambah follower. Kadang-kadang saya rasa tak best, I missed the time when I blog just because I want to write something in my head.

Tapi saya rasa blogwalking dan tinggal comment ni perlu juga sebab kalau kita tak promote our blog at the first place pembaca takkan datang dengan sendirinya. Tapi not to the point pergi random blog tak baca pun the entry or anything tapi tinggal message cakap dah follow and suruh follow balik. One of the reason kenapa saya buang chatbox dulu.

Saya akan pergi blogwalking dan comment di entry yang saya rasa best dan rasa nak comment dan saya akan follow kalau blog tu memang best atau ada certain things about that blog that I like. Saya tak follow semata-mata nak suruh orang follow balik. Saya perasan benda ni bila satu hari follower saya ada 8 tapi esoknya ada 5. Mungkin bila saya tak follow diorang diorang unfollow saya balik. Hehe.

Tapi yang part buat contest tu memang sampai sekarang saya tak faham-faham. haha. memang saya ni lambat pickup.

Kesimpulannya, entry Abg Stalker memang dah buka mata saya, sebelum ni terfikir jugak tapi bila baca entry tu saya jadi lagi sure. Saya anggap blog macam my personal space, saya tulis tentang apa yang saya suka, decorate ikut citarasa saya. I hope I will not change by writing things that are not me just for the sake to get followers or anything.

I'm not saying that this blogging trend is bad, it's not bad at all. Bila fikir balik, trend blogging dan cari follower ni buat orang jadi lebih peka dengan isu semasa dan research tentang banyak perkara menarik to write in their blog, so in a way they gain knowledge from what they write and then they share it to other people. It's totally a good thing after all. Plus, it's a new way to connect with other people from across the country. Tapi bagi yang selalu interact dengan each other la, yang selalu berbalas-balas kunjungan ke blog masing-masing. Kalau yang memang totally nak kumpul follower je, I don't think that's the case lah.=P

But it's not why I create my blog in the first place, it's not my intention, and I hope I stick to why I start it in the first place. To those to come to my blog, don't feel obligated to follow or comment. Sebab minat orang tak sama. What I write doesn't particularly meet your interest and vice versa. Do it only if you like it. I really don't mind. But if people like what I write then I'll be very much appreciate it. (^_^)

P/S: Panjangnya. Buat semak blog je entry panjang-panjang nih. =.=

Vokal Bukan Sekadar Rupa - Really??

2011-12-25T23:32:00.000+08:00

I'm bored tonight so I turned on TV3.

I never watch the show before, to be honest, I rarely watch TV in campus. I watch them only when I went home, when my mom isn't watching CSI or anything on Diva Channel, or my dad is not watching the news or us siblings didn't have anything else on Sports Channels to watch.=P

Okay back to this Vokal Bukan Sekadar Rupa,
I know about the show because one of the contestant Mafa is in it. She's an MMU student. She always involve in singing events here around campus. And she got quite a following in campus as well as in her Youtube channel. And when she joined the show, I think its about time.

Mafa in mustard blazer and Asmidar(middle) with another contestant.

Back to tonight show, Mafa is up against another contestant Asmidar. I know nothing about Asmidar. But from watching tonight show, Asmidar can sing and her voice is beautiful, but she is too common. She is the type we always see in local reality singing show. There's already plenty of female artist in Malaysia that are just like her.

Mafa is something different. She's a not a typical singer we usually see. She plays the guitar and I used to see her sing one of her own songs in one of the events in campus and her own song is very good. She has exceptional talent and I really thought at least the composer Azmeer or Erra will get her type of singing, but to my surprise they are not. All three judges are obviously rooting for Asmidar.

Even Faizal Tahir was rooting for Asmidar. Okay my interest in Faizal Tahir is declining for this time being.

I'll list out their songs tonight:

Round 1 - Contestant's choice
Asmidar - I missed her part
Mafa - Jangan Tinggal Daku P Ramlee
Judges rates: Asmidar 1 - Mafa 2

I think: Spot on.
She managed to sing P.Ramlee song and turned it into a jazz number, it's remarkable.

Round 2 - New songs
Asmidar - Ajai's ballad song
Mafa - Audi Mok's fast track
Judges rates: Asmidar 3 - Mafa 0

I think - Come on, we've heard this type of Ajai's song way too many times already. Audi Mok's song, is kinda catchy but that type of song requires you to hear it few times before you like it.
Mafa was just unlucky on this round.

Round 3 - Battle round
Each contestant pick a song and challenge the other to sing the same song. And judges picks whos better at each song.
Asmidar - Laksamana something by M daud Kilau
Mafa - Hurt by Christina Aguilera
Judges rates: Asmidar 3 - Mafa 0 (the eff..??!!)

I think - Mafa sings the traditional song surprisingly well given her area of expertise, maybe not as good as Asmidar's but close. Asmidar on the other hand, is far far from singing Hurt as good as Mafa's, she made the song sounded different. I don't know what aspect the judges see. But after all, they're the 'expert' so, I got nothing more to say.

The big picture I see is, this tv show is for local crowd (I mean the same crowd who watch every other local reality singing show to be exact) and these voters love the type of singer like Asmidar. Mafa is not the singer local crowd normally liked.

I remember the first concert where she aced the Adele's Rolling in the Deep on the first show. That was brilliant.

Like a friend of mine said, Mafa doesn't need to win the competition like this, she just need the exposure. Once people know her, she'll have great opportunity awaits her in the future.

And if I think about it again, I'm glad she didn't win. She's way better than just a competition. I wish her luck in her future.