the one about badrul and baik punya cilok... and lain-lain cerita...

thank you to tayangan unggul, era and golden screen cinemas, i have 22 tickets to give away untuk menonton filem baik punya cilok istimewa for my blog friends... filem afdlin shauki lakonan awie, hans isaac, ac mizal and of course afdlin sendiri akan ditayangkan secara eksklusif di gsc mid valley pada 20 disember 2005, bersamaan dengan hari selasa, pada pukul 9.00 malam... jika anda berminat untuk menonton filem baik punya cilok nih, please get in touch with wink dengan menghantar sms *please sms him first, okay* at 012 - 289 9920 atau boleh emailkan pada dia at redsofanfield@yahoo.com tapi kena ingat, pass nih akan diberikan base on first-come-first-serve basis... enjoy the movie...

anyway, sekarang nih i masih lagih bercuti... nak habiskan cuti-cuti yang ada yang tak boleh carry forward ke tahun hadapan... kita orang hanya boleh carry forward 5 hari jer... so, selebih nya kenalah dihabiskan secepat mungkin... since i ada berbelas-belas hari lagi, masa nih lah nak dihabiskan... bagus jugak lah... dapat merelaks kan diri sebelum mula dengan kerja baru nanti... bercakap pasal kerja baru, memang rasa takut dan berdebar-debar jugak... tanggungjawab dan bebanan lagi besar... kadangkala tak tahu sama ada dapat digalas atau tidak... harap-harap i dapat buat yang terbaik lah... muhahahhaaa... rasa macam pelajar af lah pulak... 'buat yang terbaik'... muhahahhaaa...

cuti ni banyak dihabiskan dengan budak-budak... pergi tengok movie... the cronicles of narnia... tomorrow nak bawak diaorang tengok king kong pulak... kalau window shopping tuh lagi lah banyak... merata-rata pergi berjalan... cuma yang kesiannya, bila keluar lama-lama, my grandmother tinggal sorang-sorang kat rumah... pernah jugak ajak dia keluar, tapi dia tak tahan ramai orang... maklumlah, mata pun dah tak berapa nampak, so kalau ramai sangat orang, berpinar-pinarlah jadinya... so most of the time, keluar dengan the kids lepas magrib bila my sister dah balik kerja... kurang sikitlah masa untuk budak-budak tu jalan-jalan... yalah kan, pukul 10 kedai semua dah tutup...

last week javard ada aturkan satu pertemuan dengan bloggers untuk satu kertaskerja yang dia buat... i don't really know apa dia, but i was one of the bloggers yang dia invite... sebenarnya i sedikit 'malu' kerana di antara semua bloggers yang i hadir, i sorang yang boleh dikatakan takda pengalaman berbanding dengan bloggers lain termasuk javard yang penulisan mereka memang jauh lebih baik dan ada nilai-nilai tersendiri... i hadirkan diri pun atas dua tujuan... satu, kerana menghormati javard yang i sentiasa baca tulisannya dan telah menghantar email rasmi kepada i... muhahahhaaa... 100% formal, okay... dan yang keduanya, kerana i betul-betul teringin bertemu dengan penulis-penulis blog lainnya yang i amat minat dengan gaya tulisan dan sudah terkenal di dunia cyber... so to javard, mintak maaf banyak-banyak kalau pendapat yang i berikan lebih kepada pendapat daripada seorang pembaca blog berbanding pendapat seorang empunya blog... i don't think i'm at the same par with the rest of bloggers yang hadir malam tu...

projek rumah kaca nikki tamat petang tadi, and from the look of it, i think it is such a huge success... well, i know it's a huge success! tahniah untuk semua yang terlibat... vernon, ning, joe, ted, muzaffar, najmi, syed, audi, rudy, team from artistes united records dan semualah, secara langsung atau tidak... i'm so glad that era turut menjadi sebahagian daripada projek ni sebab era sentiasa percayakan dengan kualiti dan tentunya membantu bersama-sama memartabatkan industri muzik tempatan... satu lagi yang i gembira ialah muzaffar and najmi turut terlibat dalam projek ini... why? sebab projek ini dalam skill yang kecilnya turut melibatkan semua aspek seperti publisiti, penajaan, lokasi, kelulusan pihak berkuasa, peralatan, persembahan dan macam-macam lagi yang ada untuk penyediaan bagi anugerah yang lebih besar seperti anugerah industri muzik, anugerah era, anugerah bintang popular dan sebagainya... sekurang-kurangnya pengalaman ini membolehkan mereka melihat dengan lebih jelas tentang persediaan satu-satu acara... oh no, please... jangan salah sangka... i'm not being sarcastic or synical... i'm very sincere... i'm glad mereka melalui ini semua... kerana pengalaman akan mematangkan kita... maybe untuk anugerah era nanti, i boleh gunakan kepakaran dan pengalaman diaorang...

i think that's about it lah for now... nanti i akan updatekan pasal pledge your donation... oh, thank you to all yang support projek maharani dan cat calendar... kepada yang belum dapat tu, i akan hubungi secepat mungkin... so, jangan lupa, baik punya cilok...

poster baik punya cilok taken from afdlin...

the one about badrul and the short(est) update...

muhahahhaaa... nak pikir pasal tajuk entry pun dah satu hal... but anyway, minggu nih minggu busy sikit sebab i nak kena habiskan cuti yang ada... bila nak habiskan cuti, kenalah habiskan kerja supaya tak bertimbun-timbun kan... so, mungkin update entry nih slow lah sikit... but not to say i will neglect it terus... tapi kadangkala, rasa macam takda benda yang penting pun untuk i ceritakan... okay, berbalik pasal entry nih, i cuma nak inform pada yang dah order album nikki tapi belum lagi contact i untuk collect... so, kat bawah tu i list kan nama-nama yang dah order tapi belum ambil lagi... please, please, contact me sebab the album semua dah ada pada i, and i need to pay them secepat mungkin...

1. jess
2. lis
3. joejoe
4. lina
5. annette
6. yana
7. shyda
8. mugbiru
9. bard
10. jiejah
11. jue
12. gina
13. asmadi
14. zainal

you can email me at badrul_hashim@astro.com.my or you can call me on my mobile at 012 - 231 5540... thank you... siapa-siapa yang nak order cat calendar pun masih ada lagih jugak... let me know, k...

the one about badrul and 'what i love most about you'...

sebenarnya banyak benda yang nak diceritakan... bila dalam kereta semasa memandu sorang-sorang, there are so many things yang i terfikir untuk dijadikan entry, but every time i mengadap my laptop, semuanya hilang... or, semuanya macam jadi tak berapa penting untuk ditulis... entahlah... anyway, sekarang nih maybe i tengah dok fikir lebih banyak kepada project maharani, the 365-days cat calendar and pledge your donation project yang dah nak sampai ke penghujungnya... on top of that ada lagi soal-soal kerja, dan tentunya sibuk untuk persiapan buka sekolah budak-budak nanti... last tuesday i bawak budak-budak pergi aquaria klcc... rm28 for adult and rm22 for kids... nampak macam mahal jugak, but i think it's worth it lah... kemudian pergi makan and jalan-jalan kat klcc sampai dia orang betul-betul letih... i think we spent about 7 hours kat sana... fast forward to satuday, bawak diaorang pergi shopping buku-buku sekolah... wow, never thought that semua buku-buku sekolah sekarang nih mahal-mahal... dah lah tuh, ada part 1 dan part 2... agaknya makin beratlah beg sekolah budak-budak sekarang nih...


rewind balik to friday night... i asked a few friends for get together untuk bagi diaorang cd nikki dan cat calendar yang diaorang order from me... but instead, they throw me a surprised belated birthday 'party'... it was a fun and relax moment... i enjoy every minute of it including the 'diva' moment yang hentak-hentak kaki dan hempas kek atas kerusi... muhahahahaa... hail to the queen!! i love you leen... thank you to all very much for the wonderful gift(s) but most importantly, thank you for always been there for me... gambar-gambar yang ada kat sinih pun were taken from that night... thank you to waiem and muzaffar... melepak dan bercakap tentang apa saja yang terlintas difikiran tanpa sebarang topik tertentu memang menyeronokkan... and i think what i like the most was, we were able to see the funny side of things... takdalah hanya nak fikir negative dan pening-peningkan kepala... macam leen tuh, tengah mengamuk sakan, lepas tuh dapat ice latte, borak-borak sikit, terus boleh ketawa-ketawa *sambil tutup muka* with the earlier episode... muhahahhaaa... and i like the calmness in wink... i know sometimes *errkk, sometimes ker?* my jokes can go over-board, so kalau ada yang terasa sangat-sangat, sorry lah yach...

nampak macam melampau-lampau lah pulak kan celebrate birthday... bermula daripada birthday gift from nisa at kukubar *way before my birthday*, celebrate birthday kat office, kat port klang, private dinner, dengan j.u., dengan old friends, tons of birthday wishes kat blog, kat nikki's pra-dengar album with bloggers united and ning baizura, special gift from jolyn, birthday dinner kat rumah kudsia, with exclusive spa from dreamfinder, dengan hadiah baju from chail, another baju and issey miyake from wink, izreen, meesua, waiem and leen, 'what i love most about you' from muzaffar, 11 birthday cakes all together and other stuff, ffuuhhhh... way melampau-lampau... muhahahhaa... but i will treasure it... memang akan sentiasa lekat di hati... terutamanya kata-kata ucapan yang you all berikan... anyway, bila i dok tengah menulis nih, i teringat masa mula-mula i buat blog... teringat macam mana i teringin nak letak something yang suatu ketika nanti i boleh baca dan ingat balik peristiwa-peristiwa yang berlaku... funny... kadangkala tersasar jugak... kadangkala ada waktunya menulis sekadar untuk menggembirakan orang lain... well, i don't think itu menjadi satu kesalahan... cuma mungkin bukan berlandaskan niat yang asal... but i'm happy dengan perkara-perkara yang i tulis... walaupun ada yang mengguris perasaan, atau yang menyedihkan, tapi ianya tetap perkara-perkara yang berlaku dalam hidup i...

some of you mungkin dah tahu about my promotion... yup, i dapat the promotion... Alhamdulillah... sebenarnya ada gembira dan sedih jugaklah... well, tentulah sedih kerana i akan tinggalkan bidang kerja yang i dah lakukan selama ini... selama enam tahun di tempat kerja nih... enam tahun bukan satu tempoh yang singkat and i know i will miss it very much... sedih kerana tinggalkan rakan-rakan setugas yang lama, jugak dengan orang-orang yang i kerja selama nih... satu tugas yang mencabar dan menyeronokkan... i've worked with so many talented people... creative people... memang ada pahit manis nya, but when you enjoy your work, you will enjoy everything about it... pada masa yang sama, i'm looking forward to my new job... bertugas dengan orang-orang yang baru dan tentunya bertemu dengan lebih ramai orang dan kenalan... tanggungjawab jugak semakin besar dan pasti lebih mencabar... i'm going to start on the first of january 2006... tahun baru, kerja baru... dua bidang yang berbeza... memang sedikit gementar... hopefully i will excell...

to those yang dah dapat album nikki, i hope you enjoy listening to her as much as i do... kepada mereka yang order, tapi belum dapat and belum contact i lagi, please call me at 012 - 231 5540... sama jugak dengan to those yang order cat calendar... kepada yang dah bayar, i akan hantarkan dalam minggu nih... please update me on your payment... nanti akan ada pelancaran album nikki besar-besaran where she will be in the glass house kat bukit bintang... you can get more information from sultanmuzaffar... and talking about sultanmuzaffar, i nak list down the one yang dia tick in the book 'what i love most about you' for my birthday present... err, you may think that dia tick banyak, tapi tak sebenarnya... ada beribu-ribu lagi yang dia tak tick pun... muhahahaaa... anyway, dia tick from how well dia kenal i...

'what i love most about you...'

1. i love how you brighten up my life...
2. i love your willingness to helpme in any way possible when i have a problem...
3. i love how you try to make peace whenever there is a conflict...
4. i love the value you place on truth...
5. i love how free you make me feel to tell you the absolute truth...
6. i love the value you place on friendship...
7. i love the value you place on family...
8. i love your ability to let loose and have a good time...
9. i love how strongly you defend your deeply held beliefs...
10. i love the tolerence you show to others with different points of view...
11. i love your outgoing personality...
12. i love your infectious laugh...
13. i love your down-to-earth nature...
14. i love your incredible charisma...
15. i love the way you light up any room you enter...
16. i love your dedication to self improvement...
17. i love your creativity...
18. i love your efficiency, how you get the job done...
19. i love your punctuality...
20. i love the way you support and encourage others around you...
21. i love your leadership skills...
22. i love your natural ability to take charge...
23. i love the way you treat animals with care and kindness...
24. i love how you can always be differentiated in a crowd, how you cut a unique profile...
25. i love your charitable nature...
26. i love your profound sense of idealisim...
27. i love your optimism...
28. i love how your always step up and are "the grown-up" in situations where one is needed...
29. i love how you always show respect for all people, no matter who they are...
30. i love just hanging out with you, doing nothing...
31. i love having any kind of fun with you because you intensify it...
32. i love your supreme confidence in yourself...
33. i love the confidence you place in me...
34. i love being by your side...
35. i love the way you treat older people...
36. i love the way you look after your mother...
37. i love the way you look after your father...
38. i love your sense of responsibility...
39. i love how you believe any problem can be solved...
40. i love your ability to negotiate a sticky situation...
41. i love how sentimental you are...
42. i love the value you put on family time...
43. i love your dedication to your work...
44. i love your quick wit...
45. i love how well you adapt to your surroundings...
46. i love your sense of generosity...
47. i love that you're always up for hearing some juicy gossip...
48. i looe how you always think of others' feelings...
49. i love the way you cook...
50. i love how you keep your priorities straight...
51. i love how you put people at ease...
52. i love how you work to make your dreams-and mine-a reality...
53. i love how you always strive to reach your potential...
54. i love the value you put on community...
55. i love how you always see the beauty in everything...
56. i love how you don't take others for granted...
57. i love how we've grown together through the years...
58. i love how you burst with pride when something good happens to a friend...
59. i love how you always say "thank you" and show your gratitude...
60. i love the way you can talk things out...
61. i love the way you turn any gathering into a party...
62. i love how you generate new ideas in any situation...
63. i love that you never pretend to be something you are not...
64. i love your sense of modesty...
65. i love that yo take pleasure in surprising people...
66. i love that you sometimes call me just to say "hi"...
67. i looe how expressive your face is...
68. i love how you're always ready, camera in hand, to record every moment...
69. i love that you know when to be patient and when to act...
70. i love when you say, "come sit and tell me about it."...
71. i love that you value my time...
72. i love that you always make time for friends - both yours and mine...
73. i love to love you...
74. i love the way you love me...

you can read about what he hates about me at his blog... muhahahahaaa...

the one about badrul and marsha's birthday bash...

sebelum i teruskan cerita, i better explain sikit kot pasal gambar masa marsha's birthday bash nih... i know kalau you jenguk blog satu dan blog dua, you can see all these pictures yang ada kat sinih... since sering saja berlaku sikap pilih kasih, terpaksalah i ambik jer gambar-gambar nih... sebenarnya soal kasta-kasta nih berlaku jugak dalam bab gambar-gambar nih... bukan kali pertama pun berlaku... macam dah lali dah... tapi kalau i yang sibuk dok pesan suruh bawak camera, suruh ambik gambar banyak-banyak dan lain-lain lagi, tapi tiba-tiba orang lain pulak yang dapat gambar tuh siap dengan 'tanda air' lagih, sikit sebanyak mesti sentaps jugak kan... dah lah tu, nak mintak ambik gambar masa i bertugas tuh pun macam kena paksa jer... paling best, siap sms lagi cakap dah update blog macam sajer jer nak cari pasal lah kan... dan ayat paling best 'nak kena letak jugak ke?!?' memang statement of the year! takpalah, terimalah hakikat kasta yang mana i berada... anyway... anyway... anyway... i dapat sms from marsha at 2.00am on sunday morning "can you do me a favor? can you be my mc for my birthday bash?" oh, by the way, wai em, mc nih yang emcee tuh yach... bukan cuti sakit yach... muhahahahhaaa... terkejut gak tengok muka concerned wai em bila dia tanya "ijin cakap you mc... you tak sihat ke?" muhahahhaaaa... errr, berbalik pada cerita tadi, i yang memang separuh sedar masa tuh terus jer sms balik jawab 'can'... bila bangun pagi, memang dah tak boleh nak tarik balik dah... rupa-rupanya nih kerja anne *cousin kelly* dengan abang ipar marsha, shawn... muhahhahaa... takpalah... i pun jenis yang giler glemer dan tengah nak membeli lebih banyak kawan nih...


i sampai quite awal kat restoran 39 tuh sebab i sepatutnya jumpa shawn to go through aturcara majlis... maklumler, jadik emcee bidan terjun... lepas dah went through sikit-sikit, pergi makan dulu kat lotus opposite hotel nikko tuh dengan muzaffar, izreen dan najmi... muhahahhaaaa, adik ijin i sorang tuh boleh masuk miss world - vorrrtte forrr meee kot sebab blur nyer!!! orang cakap building lain, dia pergi tunggu building lain... dah lah building yang dia tunggu tuh cuma dua tingkat, macam mana nak naik sampai tingkat 39... tapi takpa, boleh dimaafkan sebab dia pun baru jer dapat surat istimewa dari boss dia seperti yang diidam-idamkan... errr, nak kena ucap tahniah ke? anyway, lepas makan dan mintak kebenaran untuk bayar, semua pun berangkat balik ke tempat berlangsungnya majlis... oleh kerana ada raptai the asean summit tuh, jalan kat depan dan di sekitar klcc ditutup... banyak berlaku kelewatan dan ada jugak yang dah bayar tapi tak muncul... rugi jugaklah pada yang tak datang tu sebab bukan setakat dapat beramah mesra dengan marsha, tapi dapat jugak bertemu dengan bintang-bintang af 3 lainnya, sifu m.nasir dan marlia musa...


walau apa pun, kedatangan ramai press memang mengagumkan... dari berita harian, malay mail, the star, bernama dan lain-lain termasuk daripada melodi tv3 memang harus diberi pujian... pujian kepada yang tukang invite... bukan setakat press, bintang-bintang akademi fantasia 3 seangkatan dengan marsha turut hadir memeriahkan majlis... akma, amylea *walaupun demam*, kefli, elliza, ekin, yazer dan felix... kalau ada yang hadir mengatakan majlis sedikit hambar, i think bukan sebab aturcaranya, tapi disebabkan susunan tempat duduk... ruang utama tidak begitu besar dan restoran 39 dibahagikan kepada beberapa bilik seperti mana-mana restoran eksklusif lainnya... jadi, takda rasa kemesraan sangat... maybe this is something yang perlu diambil berat oleh pihak penganjur... iaitu memilih tempat yang sesuai... tapi apa pun, shawn cuba sedaya upaya untuk menjadikan majlis lebih mesra dengan menjemput semua peminat bersama di ruang utama apabila mereka selesai menjamu selera... which i think was great...


secara peribadi, i suka majlis ni sebab ianya santai dan tidak formal... tak perlu nak terlalu protokol dan tidak perlu nak buat persediaan yang terlalu rapi sampai seolah-olah ianya nampak fake... majlis nih relaks... and easy... semua yang sepatut dibuat, dilaksanakan dengan baik... persembahan daripada marsha, pelancaran laman web, serta sessi bertemu dan bergambar dengan peminat... mungkin menunggu countdown tuh yang memakan masa sebab kebanyak yang hadir perlu ke tempat kerja keesokan harinya... dan ada jugak hadirin yang sudah balik kerana bimbang terlewat keesokan harinya... hhhmmm... satu persamaan yang i nampak antara akma dan marsha ialah, mereka mempunyai ahli keluarga yang menyokong teguh karier mereka... yang sanggup turun padang berpenat lelah bagi memastikan adik-adik mereka dapat memberikan yang terbaik untuk peminat-peminat... ya lah kan... kasihsayang keluarga mana boleh disamakan dengan kasihsayang orang lain... kasihsayang orang lain ada kasta-kastanya...


walaupun dipenghujungnya hanya tinggal lebih kurang 30 orang saja menyambut detik kelahiran marsha, tapi suasananya amat meriah dengan bunyi-bunyian dan nyanyian 'happy birthday' buat marsha... apatah lagi sebelumnya turut disertai dengan ucapan-ucapan selamat hari jadi daripada beberapa wakil yang hadir... i'm sure marsha turut merasa gembira kerana sambutan birthday yang ke 20 ini disertai oleh ahli keluarga, rakan-rakan dan peminat-peminat tersayang... to shawn, mitchell, anne, tina and of course marsha, thank you for letting me be part of your birthday celebration... semoga terus success!

to marsha, may all your wishes come true...

the one about badrul 'curik' entry leen...

i know... i know... but i couldn't help it... the entry is just too hilarious nak biarkan begitu saja... muahahahaa... i know, i can just letak link suruh orang pi baca, tapi since i have some pictures to go with the entry, i pun 'curik' lah... muhahahhaaa.. tapi sebelum ada suara-suara sumbang yang menuduh bukan-bukan, sebenarnya i dah mintak kebenaran leen dah... so, inilah entry leen yang buat i gelak golek-golek disertakan dengan gambar hiasan koleksi peribadi atas ehsan ijin tukang gambar... ini adalah gambar hiasan semata-mata... muhahahahaaa...

The Seven, Uh, I mean Eight, People You Meet in Heaven, I mean Karaoke Joints
1. The Cowboy.

The Cowboy is akin to the real (well not that real since it’s in the movies, but you know what I mean, right? Right?) cowboys in the Western movies (the one where Clint Eastwood was forever frowning deeply and walking as if he had a bad case of diarrhoea) during a “fight” scene where he looks as if he is about to whip out his guns and shoot the Bejeezus out of the poor villain.

Well, the Cowboy of Karaoke joints is similar. Except that during the time where the bill was brought by the nice waiter in white shirt and black bowtie, he doesn’t whip out his gun. Instead, he whips out his wallet. Except that he doesn’t really actually take out money to pay. He’ll just pretend but instead hang on to it as if his life depended on it. Once everyone empties their wallet (including scouring for loose change at the sofas) on the silver dish thing to pay for the amount, he snazzily whips it back into his pocket nonchalantly.


the wallflower *in the middle* is trying to steal the mike from the mike hogger... no chance!

2. The Wallflower

The Wallflower is very likely a newbie in the karaoke world. A shy, retiring person; the Wallflowers usually hum in public. Or sing lustily in cars but will blush in a very nice shade of red when caught in the act by the nice Aunty with the sayur basket in the public bus.

The Wallflower does not add much value to a karaoke session – his actual objective in a karaoke session is to finish the peanuts and sipping the mineral water/Coke/Tiger Beer/etc while the rest earnestly fights for mike-time.

The Wallflower also loves to choose songs that he thinks is “suitable” for the rest of the karaoke bunch, i.e. any songs by Bon Jovi, Mariah Carey, boy bands and any other 80’s hits.

This poses two problems

1) Not everyone can sing Mariah Carey like Mariah Carey
2) We want to sing that obscure Rock Kangkang song damnit so delete those N’Sync numbers, already!

Actually, I stand corrected. The Wallflower is an excellent moral booster as their main duty is usually to clap heartily when one is done with the song.

Or boo if it’s particularly bad.


the wallflowers (veteran) on the left and right waiting to do the back-up...

3. The Veteran Wallflower.

The Veteran Wallflower is a beta version of no. 2 above. Whilst he still have the time to gobble some peanuts while the other people are fighting over the mikes, the Veteran Wallflower can now sing along, albeit softly, with the other “singers”. These Veteran Wallflowers are very much content with being a back-up for other people, but will never, God forbid, sing on his own.

Unfortunately, some Veteran Wallflowers have built-in mikes of their own inside their throats so at times, we find Veteran Wallflowers singing louder than the original Mike Hogger (see below); much to the consternation of the aforementioned Mike Hogger tehehehehe.

The Veteran Wallflower debut “solo” will inadvertently be Trisha Yearwood’s “How do I live” or that Pretty Woman Song, the “oh, my love, my darling, I hunger for your touch” watchacallit. Oh, or “Making Love Out of Nothing At All”.

Veteran Wallflowers future attempts will include: Cindai, Kamelia, Bunga-bunga Cinta, Sampaikanlah Salam or I Will Always Love you.


the 'over-acting' diva singing his heart out...

4. The Diva (not to be mistaken by this Diva, OK?)

Also known as the Mike Hogger. This Diva is an avid follower of “Diary Akademi Fantasia”, especially during the vocal classes segments. He will be copying Cikgu Hajar’s “bubbling” methods, learn how to correctly sing (from the diaphragm though I never knew that diaphragm has their own voice y’know?), learn how to “ramificate” (the growling bit that Misha Omar likes to do, am not too sure whether it’s actually called ramificate though – it a misspelt word according to my Spellchecker. But then again, even misspelt is a misspelt word in my Spellchecker). Diva very much wishes for a mirror in karaoke bars so that he can see himself sing.

Will be gutted if his rendition of James Ingram’s “Just Once” is not up to his usual par and would repeat (again and again and AGAIN) so that he’d sing it “correctly”.

The Divas will also be visibly annoyed if Veteran Wallflower (no 3) does his usual bouts of “back-up”.


the extreme mike hogger looks worried that someone might take the mike away...

5. The Extreme Mike Hogger.

A variant of the Diva, the Extreme Mike Hogger will hog the mike and sing ALL songs. It does not matter if he has a baritone voice ala Barry “I sound like a Perv” White; and the song to be sung by (usually the case) a soprano Veteran Wallflower on her debut “solo” is “How do I Live”. Extreme Mike Hoggers are also closely related to the Cowboy as this will be an excellent economic savings for Extreme Mike Hogger as he is always seen at karaoke joints.


the bravehearts hoping that action speaks louder than their voices... muhahahahaa...

6. The Braveheart.

We all end up dead. It's just a question of how, and why. Men don't follow titles; they follow courage - William Wallace.

Like the real Braveheart, this Braveheart will plough through any songs that he had chosen (or being chosen by the Wallflower, as the case may be). He would also seem as if he has a private, secret competition with the karaoke song – to see whether it is him or the tune crosses the Finishing Line first. To put it simply, his timing is, as to quote Ramli MS, “tercampak ke laut” (“thrown to the sea” i.e. very, very, bad).

Either that or he sounds as if he’s giving commands to the Russian Army. And no, it’s not rapping either.

However Bravehearts of karaoke are a fun lot. What lack of vocal talents they have, they made it up for their enthusiasm and by being absolutely cool about it. At least they won’t repeat Just Once till your ears bleed, eh?


the unhappy... must really look unhappy maa...

7. The Unhappies.

If you frequent karaoke joints, you would notice (and if you hadn’t, why haven’t you??), that a large portion of karaoke goers are these people:

· One who had just been dumped
· A girl on PMS
· Cubicle farm slaves who had just been reprimanded by their superiors on the loss of potential sales by that client though no fault of his own.
· Cubicle farm slaves who found out that their bimbo bottle-blonde colleague who thought track changes means that the running events for SEA Games venue were changed had just been promoted to Manager.
· Cubicle farm slaves on PMS who just witnessed the ex canoodling with a bimbo bottle-blonde bombshell with tight ass, 34DD boobies and a tighter top. At their coffee hang-out.
· Cubicle farm slaves on PMS who found out that the (kiss ass) bimbo bottle-blonde bombshell colleague with tight ass, 34DD boobs and tight top just got promoted to Manager even though she paints her nails all day and does not even know the track changes function is infact the same bimbo bottle-blond found canoodling at their coffee shop with the ex.

So anyway, these people are the Unhappy (the Unhappies?). Favourite toons to croon will include:

· Any Fauziah Latiff songs
· Any Toni Braxton songs
· Any Avrile Lavigne songs
· I will Survive

The Unhappy will also turn into a big, sobbing mess if he or she hears someone (usually the Mike Hogger) sings a particularly sad rendition (to her ears anyway) of “How Could an Angel Break my Heart”.

The Unhappy will also not have minded if all friends had other plans (“and you call yourselves MY friends???” *rudely hangs up telephone*) and will bravely venture to the karaoke joints ALONE. Should not be confused with the Braveheart, however.

8. The Other People

Title is self explanatory

So where do *I* fit in then? Tehehehe

kelakar leen... sungguh kelakar... if you want to look at things from different perspective, to laugh at yourself once in awhile, do visit anak sedara leen... in fact, we might learn a thing or two...

the one about badrul and firstly, secondly and thirdly...

first thing first... my parents and sorang adik perempuan i telah selamat berangkat ke tanah suci untuk mengerjakan ibadah haji pada pagi ahad, 4 disember pukul 4.30 pagi... they will be there for 45 days... perancangan awal, i sepatutnya ikut sama, tapi disebabkan bukan rezeki lagi, adik i yang pergi... semoga my parents, my sister dan seluruh umat Islam yang mengerjakan haji mendapat haji mabrur, insyaAllah... amin... memang sunyi lah sikit kot untuk aiman, ellisya and of course anak my sister yang dua orang tuh... so, insyaAllah, sepanjang bulan disember nih i akan ambil cuti sebanyak mungkin untuk temankan diaorang semua... maklumlah, sekarang nih pun cuti sekolah so banyak masa mereka hanya dihabiskan di rumah... it will be lonely for my parents yang selalu tidur bertemankan aiman dan ellisya... begitu jugak sebaliknya... masa balik daripada hantar mereka kat tabung haji di kelana jaya pun, budak-budak nih semua menangis sampai tertidur... Alhamdulillah pagi tadi semua dah okay... but malamnya masih ada yang dok teringat, so we decided to stay in my parents room sambil tengok tv, sampailah semuanya tertidur...hopefully things will get much better...

secondly, thank you to all yang support project maharani... this project will go on until nikki dah tak larat nak sign album dah... muhahahaa... no lah, it will go on until ada orang lain akan ambil alih pulak... at the moment, i will take the order and i will send it to you secepat mungkin... begitu jugak dengan project 365 days cat calendar... i will get the calendar as soon as possible and i will let you know about the payment deal... the good thing about these projects ialah, it helps me to reduce the tense and of course to lower down my blood pressure... sekarang nih macam-macam benda yang i tengah fikirkan and ada jugak yang memang menyebabkan darah naik menyirap... well, i will tell you guys kejap lagi... anyway, to all yang order nikki's album and/or the cat calendar, please email me your address... at badrul_hashim@astro.com.my or badrul_hashim@yahoo.com mana-mana pun takpa... i will check both emails on daily basis atau kalau tak pun, setiap dua hari sekali...

thirdly, i've heard about this thing for the past few weeks dah... pasal ada yang dok bitching around and back-stabbing me... actually, benda-benda macam nih to me i tak kisah sangat... ada kalanya tak kisah langsung... tapi yang buat i kisah, ianya datang daripada orang yang i anggap (well, sebelum nih, i anggap) rapat dengan i... very close that i've shared a lot of personal stuff about me and my family... itu yang buat i marah sangat... it's beyond upset... beyond hurt... i'm pissed! macam-macam cerita pulak tuh yang i dengar... in fact, benda-benda yang yang i buat ikhlas pun diputarbelitkan kononnya i buat sebab something else... bila i jadik wakil penasihat akma fc, dituduhnya i gila kuasa nak carik glamer tapi tak buat apa-apa... bila i belanja kengkawan lunch or dinner, dituduh pulak i nak beli kawan-kawan... bila i cerita pasal i beli something, stuff that we always share among friends, dituduh pulak i nak menunjuk-nunjuk... kalau nak diceritakan, memang banyak lagi benda yang berlaku... yang lebih menyakitkan hati, bukan baru jer kenal... dah setahun lebih... bukan tak pernah jumpa atau sekali sekala, tapi dah berpuluh-puluh kali...

memang sakit hati yang teramat sangat... ada jugak lah kawan-kawan rapat i yang selalu tanya, kenapa i mudah sangat percaya pada orang... true... i mudah percaya pada orang, tapi pada masa yang sama kena jugak ingat... semudah itu i percaya pada seseorang, semudah itu jugak i hilang kepercayaan pada orang itu... so, don't take it lightly... ada jugak yang mintak i supaya tak tulis pasal benda nih, but hey, kalau orang tuh boleh tulis sinis-sinis dan berkias lagi, kenapa pulak i tak boleh? tapi i memang malas nak panjang-panjang kan cerita, so, it will be in this one entry jer... lagi pun, bagus jugak i tahu sekarang daripada terus menjadi duri dalam daging... kalau ada orang kata i hilang kawan, i tak kisah pun sebab kawan tak mencari kesalahan dan kelemahan kita... apatah lagi buat cerita yang bukan-bukan tentang kita... itu bukan kawan... itu musuh... bagus jugak i tahu sekarang, sebab azam tahun baru i ialah to surround myself with positive attitude people... eliminate semua yang ada negative thoughts from my friends' list... kalau ada yang rasa apa yang i tulis nih a bit harsh, i don't think so... apa yang i tulis nih dah melalui beratus-ratus tapisan... nih yang paling 'light' dah nih berbanding apa yang i nak tulis sebelum nih pasal perkara ni...

to me, kalau hati dah sebusuk bangkai, tutup dengan kain berbenang emas pun, tetap berbau jugak...