Dancing Queen

Tuesday, June 28, 2005

What being a real friend means

This is a nice article I've read in the Sun today and I would like to keep as a reminder abt a real friend means:-

DIVORCE may be happening more and more these days, but there's still somthing about it that shocks us when we hear that close friends are separating; and we say to ourselves: "I wish there were something I could do."

It's very easy for us to be so overwhelmed by our friends' problems that we simply ignore them. We don't know what to say, so we say nothing, and we leave these lonely people to their private pain.

Or else we join the chorus of people who offer simplistic solutions and fail to address the pain.

"It never was meant to be," some may say. Or, "You'll be better off without him."

And yet, survey after survey confirms the fact that couples in crisis will hint of their pain to friends long before seeking professional help.

And when friends do come alongside the troubled couple, sometimes a marriage could be saved.

A man can meet with another man for lunch and talk about his marriage, and offer encouragement and support during the hard times.

A woman can get together with another wife to be a sounding board and a listening ear.

A couple can offer to watch the children for a weekend so their friends can get away for a romantic time together.
There's so much we can do to shore up a quaking, wounded relationship.

The key is to watch for signs of trouble and then sensitively offer encouragement and love. That's what being real friends is all about.

Thursday, June 23, 2005

Memori Bahagia

Mengantuknye.. ngantuk..ngantuk.. Huarragghhhh!! Rasa tak puas aje tidur semalam. Maybe becoz of AF again. Last nite, stayed up late till 12.30 am just to watch AF diary and it wasn't a good diary. A bit boring though.. anyways, enuf of AF for a while.

Today I want to write about one of my favourite Malay song sang by my favourite AF1 contestant - Sahri. Before that, here is the lyrics:-

Sayup ku terdengar suaramu
Memangilku sedar dari lena
Mimpi yang terindah bersamamu
Umpama tiada ungkapan perpisahan

Mungkin harapan yang telah terbina
Seakan pudar warnanya saat sekian lamanya
Bila kau ucapkan air mata ini
Membasahi pipi

Mampukah ku alunkan semua tawamu
Menjadi melodi menemani diriku
Dapatkah kita memahami jalinan suci
Apakah ertinya kasih sayang ini
Berikanlah masa untuk difikirkan
Apa yang terbaik bagi meneruskan
Percintaan ini
Yang terpendam di jiwa

Dikaulah kejora yang menerangi hatiku kala sepi
Termenungku sendiri
Maafkanlah sekiranya
Kesilapan ku yang dulu
Menyentuh kalbumu
Kenangkanlah memori bahagia
Kau dan aku seiring berpimpinan tangan
Mengukir senyuman saling merasa
Dan merindu bila bertemu

The first time I listened to this song, his voice has captured my heart. So soulful and 'mendayu-dayu' and like Yum said - Lunak n merdu.. without wasting time, I went to search for his cd but unfortunately it his first single so only exist in compilation CD. Without so much thought, I bought that CD and kept playing for track 7 which is this song. Ahhhh.. soo crazy abt him, am I?

That day, thanks to my beloved friend, yum, I managed to get a ticket to this one concert by Astro called Misi suara hati 2 and guess what? Sahri was one of the lead performer that nite! Ohhh what a nite! I cannot describe how I felt at that when I first heard he performed live - mixture of feelings actually, sad, touched, happy, excited.. tapi yang pastinya, Eddy (who is one of my favourite friend) nearly deaf because of me.. hahahaah.. I felt like I am a teenager again! Ohhh what a nite! Superb performance by Sahri! Good for him..

Tuesday, June 21, 2005

Another day, another misery?

Another 3 days to weekend!.. aaaahhh.. still a long way to go.. why can't everyday is a weekend? how I envy those who don't have to work. Can wake up late in the morning, don't have to rush to go to work, no need to face unpleasant faces in the office and the worst is to stand the long working hours trying to finish the neverending workload.. Sighhhh... that's part of life.. I, for one, must work coz I am basically is living on my salary.. no salary, no outing, no movie.. NO LIFE!.. :-( .. oh well, it's still early in the morning to whine, but I can't help it.. You know, whining is part of good mind and soul exercise.. hehehehe..

Last nite slept late again becoz of AF. Watched diary AF with my mum and bro. My mum sanggup tidur dulu and woke up later to watch AF with me. Actually I am glad AF show is around coz my relationship with my mum has improved coz we shared the same interest. In fact, my mum is soooo understanding with my interest in this that she has no objection of me going to watch the live concert. That's a good thing abt AF, it brought a family closer. In fact, if I don't go to watch live concert, I wil stay at home on sat nite to watch AF with my whole family.. Even my dad will also stuck with us to watch it (but need give full explanation of who's in and not laaa).. and brothers and sister too.. Luckily I have parents who are supportive with my interest in entertainment.. kalu tidak, menangis tak berlagu la I nie..

Monday, June 20, 2005

Monday Blueeessss

Monday Blueeeessss... Ohhh.. how I hate Monday! It seems that there were no weekends. Suddenly Monday is here.. well, time flies fast..

My weekend was great! It would be greater if I got the ticket for AF last week concert. Sayangnya, my cuz said last min that he was unable to get the ticket for me. So go back to plan B which is stay at home and watch with my family. It was fun..fun.. and I would say the best concert so far. The best part was Yan (my best friend) was in town. She stop over at my house before continuing her journey to North, back to her college. It was really a good show performed by all the AF students. I dunno how to give a review but somehow, I must start somewhere. Here are some reviews from my point of view (i will try not to be too bias):-

Marsha:-
I don't really like her show. Her voice was lacked of power and it seems that it is stucked somewhere inside. The one that she is good at is seducing the camera/audience with her 'menggoda' looks.. she kept giving the sexy juicy style.. one thing for sure, Marsha doesn't sell her voice but her body.. :-(

Aidil:-
Well, suprisingly, he managed to catch my attention. With his look and the type of song and melody, the performance went well. He can carry the song well but he still needs to improve his vocal. And he looked sooo handsome that nite.. sooo like orang lama... If only he wore songkok with complete baju melayu (ala P ramlee), it will create more impact to the audience..

Amy:-
I like her dancing. Respected her in that area coz she managed to get the movement (even though a bit stiff), but, her stares.. look soooo stupid and funny.. she kept lowering her eyes and becoz of that, she cannot throw her voice out. I can only hear Asmaradana and the rest of the lyrics gone with her dance.. anyway, i like her outfit and she looked gorgeous that nite.

Reza:-
He is too much.. Soo perasan that he is the Peterpan.. Ohh puhhhllleeeessseeeee!! his voice is flat. no feeling. so lifeless... It is a nice song, unfortunately he carried it soo bad that i wanted to hit him!

Yazer:-
Bo bice of malaysia!!!! He looked sooooooo handsome apart from hillarious outfit (even aznil commented that he wore like an incredible hulk!).. hahahaha.. kesian lah.. I think the fashion stylist should pay more attention to his selection of wardrobe to be wore.. kesian sungguh. Tapi performance dia tidak mengecewakan. At first, he sounded like M nasir masa muda (but Sifu's voice is moooreee manly, macho and deeper).. I reallly like that song and the way he sang it. It touched my heart and I can see that he sang from his heart.. if only he can sing louder.. somehow or rather, i felt that he is a bit afraid to give more to the song.. Maybe becoz it's the sifu's song?

Kefli:-
It was a fun perfomance! Cute but the vocal is out, out out!.. I like the part that they (some of the students) carried Kefli to the end of the stage and then throw him before he was catched by the rest of the students. soo cute.. He is small, so no wonder they can do it.. Imagine it is Fuad who has to do that stunt.. hahahaha...

Amylea:-
I like everything about her. Her performance, vocals, kira semua lah. At first, i was really worried whether she can carry that song or not, and she surprises me.. she's done it! in her own style. Tak sangka sungguh.. I agree with aznil - kecil-kecil cili padi! and i know that she had a very stressful weak with all the comments abt "semua budak laki tak suka kat kau" thingy, she managed to put that issue behind and give a very powerful performance that nite. I am really proud of her. So far, i think she is the most consistent student..

Fuad:-
He sang it well, even though a bit over acting. I think he is trying to get sympathy votes from the voters but it didn't went well... his expression like telling people to "keep me.. vote me.. i don;t want to be out in this concert" but i think some of the voters got the message wrong.. hehehehe

Akma:-
Firstly, why la she must dress like org tak cukup akal? sayanggggg skali.. with her hair like that, doesn't suit with the song that she carried.. and then, with the fireboy.. arrgggghhh soo irritating and if u noticed, he actually tripped and nearly fall down on his face.. (i wish he would!.. hehehe soo evil of me).. and after that, he kept scratching somewhere near his 'anu'.. aiiyyyyoohh.. in front of the audience and camera somemore.. eeiii yulk!!!.. beoz of that, he managed to pull my concentration from Akma to his show.. arghhh.. kesiannn akma.. and i think CT song is not that easy to sing.. Akma is lacking of "lenggok lagu melayu asli" n it makes the song sound boringgg...

Felix:-
Actually, this is one of the anticipated perfomance that I've been waiting to watch since they first announced the lagu tugasan. U know why? I loveeeee this song. It's called memory bahagia by Sahri and if u listen to the song, u will fell in love with Sahri's voice.. Felix has tried his best to sing this song but I think this is not his type of song.. especially the high note and falsetto.. I was nearly shouting at him went he failed to nail it. Overall, good try.. (and it's proven that Sahri's voice is very powerful..Sayang that he doesn't have the complete package)..

Ekin:-
I don't know how the original song is like but according to my mum and my close friend, she sang badly.. out of tune.. My mum bengang sgt coz that song is her song with my dad and the way Ekin sing it, made her wants to give some good lecture at her. Oh well, as for me, i think that her vocal is good but lack of vibrator and lenggok.. she looked cute though..

Mawi:-
Mawi..mawi.. finally, he is back! It was really entertaining performance.. With his selambaness and spastik attitude, he managed to pull us to him ( and i cannot seem to get of the song my head so far...).. If u noticed, u can detect the nasyid tune in this song.. hahaha.. lagu dangdut version nasyid.. but then, he really sing from his stomach!.. soo macho lah her voice.. cuma too lepas and not really have a control on his voice..

Idayu:-
Finally, the most anticipated performance..Actually, before her show started, i was reallly nervous.. I seriously hope that she can pull it off (especially after i heard in the diary that they have changed the beat of the song into Jazzy).. and she did! She did it welll!!! In fact, she made me like ning's song! God! I love her..love her..love her.. and I think she is the best performer that nite.. Seolah2 dia cuba nak kembalikan apa yang dia telah hilang since last concert. One thing for sure, she managed to pull most of the voters to her, Syabas!!! btw, she look pretty that nite.. hehehe..

Overall, it was a satisfying performance from all students.. I can wait to watch tonite's diary, to see who's get what for the lagu tugasan.. I wonder what would be Yazer or mawi reaction if one of them dapat lagu rap.. hahahaha.. okay folks, that's all for now...

Friday, June 17, 2005

T.G.I.F.

Frrrrriiidaaaaayyyyyy is here.. friday is here! Yeah! Yeah!... Time flies so fast and now we are at the end of the week. I love friday, do u know why? coz my office hours is shorter and normally I will meet my favourite instructor today. His name is Sean. He is kinda cute, a hunk.. why I like him is because he is the "shy, shy" type but underneath, he is the playboy.. hehehe.. anyway, he is my eye candy at the gym, not more than that. I don't think I will like him romantically coz I know the limit..

My sore throat is still there. Arrgghhh!! I hate this feeling.. and my voice is slowly diminishing.. Ohhh my God, what am I suppose to do when it is actually gone temporarily? How am I going to survive doing house chores without the sound of music (hehe... my singing voice).. or when I am driving? That's it! I have to do something before my next karaoke session. Ohh, btw, did I tell you that for the past few months, I have organised a monthly karaoke session among my close gym friends?? It was fun, really! Never thought that some of us have hidden talents. Even the most shy friend turned out to be the Diva when the right song was playing. Ha ha ha.. I miss that moment. Right now we stop for a while to give a chance for us to enjoy AF and also for some of us to recover our voices (that is me actually).. hehehe.. what i am very sure is that, once AF is gone, we will be back on the karaoke mood..

Thursday, June 16, 2005

I've decided to write in my favourite color.. which is BLUE..

I think I'm going to have flu.. I hate to feel like this.. sore throat is the worse.. Arrgghhh!! and now i am having this "pekak telinga" thingy and my eyes started to blur.. Ohhh tidaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaakkkkk!! i think this is the result of not enough sleeps every nite.. The contributing factor is AF.. i think i am going to have the actual AF fever!!

anyway, yesterday i received this cute email abt the kind of bird u are according to ur birth date. I am a raven???!!!!.. so ugly looking bird.. but the, the description is quite good. here it is


25 Nov - 23 Dec

Raven

Always impressive, raven people are a tower of strength. They are more intelligent than their peers and are adept problem-solvers. They enjoy challenges are stimulated by wild and exposed places.

okay waaaattt??.. heheeheh..

Finally.. I have my own blog. I always like to read someelse's blog and it really fascinates me how these ppl can write and write and write.. now, it's my turn to tell stories.. ummm.. still not sure to write, after all this is my first time writing in here...

Okay, let me start with something.. Akademi Fantasia.. well that reality show is now the THING. Every where u go, u can listen ppl discussing abt it. Me included, office, gym, at home.. every where. I enjoyed watching it and my favourite is Idayu. she has a very powerful voice.. like yum said, lunak in her own way.. but, the problem with her is that she doesn't have the complete package.. yesssss... she is quite chubby and in Malaysia, it's very tough to be accepted in music market.. oh well, don't worry Idayu, u have this hard core fan of urs who will definitely support u till the end!