Holiday in Hospital?

I was down with dengue! Dengue! Selama ni aku dok gelakkan iklan TV, saya pembunuh.. saya bunuh nyamuk aedes... vair funny... until your fever did not subside after 3 days! I got myself admitted on the 4th day with platlet count of 135. Takde la teruk sangat. But I can't stand the fever (your temp is high but you're shivering!) and I can't drink anymore water.. so I'd rather be on drip.

Pun begitu dalam sakit, in the morning I still managed to watch Golden Globe while dozing in and out. My fever agrevated while wacthing the red carpet segment. Who cares who's wearing what! One minute everyone was all about Haiti.. the next, ooo that looked gorgeous, that looked hideous. Apakejadkejadhar. I started to really sleep after Neil Patrick Harris did not win yet again.

So in the evening, bro drove me to the emergency unit at this supposedly expensive hospital. Walaupun ada hospital dekat sekangkang kera dengan rumah, nak pulak pergi hospital yang 2 kangkang kera dari rumah.

The hospital (I kept on saying the hotel) was nice. I got a room to myself. There's flatscreen TV and bed that goes up and down with a push of a button. Sweet. While adjusting the bed, someone came in to take my order for the next day. Excuse Moi? Order? Yes, what's for starter, main course and dessert. And I was handed a thick binder file. Adoi... I always have trouble deciding what to eat from a single page menu, ni pulak from a freaking thick file. My low platlet body can't stand this. So I ordered Ceasar Salad, Daging Masak Kicap (so gadis melayu) and for dessert (*smack*) if I remembered correctly, banana cheese cake with something-something. It tasted like superior muntah kucing I tell you! As soon as my head hits the pillow, I'm of to lala land.

Day 1

State of Hair - unruly
Platlet count - 117
Fever - High as kite
Appetite - everything taste like lead except the banana cheese cake.
Highlight of the day - when banana cheese cake ended in the toilet bowl

Day 2

State of Hair - mcm jerami padi yang sedang dikeringkan
Platlet count - 109
Fever - High High Panadol every 6 hours High
Appetite - everything taste like lead and extremely salty.
Highlight of the day - nurse asked to change into hospital garb. Now I looked like a cross between petani dari Vientnam dan amah cuci lantai.


Day 3

State of Hair - not so bad after shampoo (but nearly fainted after taking shower, so no energy to dry it properly)
Platlet count - 99
Fever - Under control with annonying ice packs
Appetite - ice cream is NICEEEEEE. Everything else orang lain sila la habiskan.
Highlight of the day - Kim Clisjter lost to Nadia Petrova. Malam terus demam balik. But not before watching Glee first.

Day 4

State of Hair - macam gorila di zoo
Platlet count - 70
Fever - macam biasa
Appetite - I think I'm getting gastric, but the ikan bilis with nasi lemak was not bad
Highlight of the day - Kartini datang bawak URTV (and loads of biscuits)

Day 5

State of Hair - OMG
Platlet count - 70
Fever - arghhh had asked for sleeping pill so that can sleep at night.
Appetite - I now only live on lee chee kang
Highlight of the day - Klynn plak datang visit.

Day 6

State of Hair - now chanting in sleep I need to get hair cut, I need to get hair cut.
Platlet count - 90
Fever - dah ok
Appetite - nasi lemak only
Highlight of the day - Dr said get out of here. Yeayyy.


All in all, I did enjoy the quiet moments in the hospital where my sleep is uninterrupted. The asteruk beyond ads annonyed the crap out of me. I had to sit thru it because there's nothing on TV. And yes peeing with the drip hanging off your hand is a bitch especially you had to go like every hour.

Thank you to my adik beradik yang datang hari-hari melawat, memasuk dan mengeluarkan aku dari spital. Thank you to the best wishes from friends (datang visit ke tak, tak kisah, your smses entertained me). Nak kena denggi lagi? Masya-allah mintak dijauhkan.....

Almarhum Sultan Iskandar 1932 - 2010

Allah peliharakan Sultan
'Nugrahkan Dia segala kehormatan

Sehat dan ria, kekal dan makmur
Luaskan kuasa, menaungkan kami

Rakyat dipimpini berzaman lagi
Dengan Merdeka bersatu hati

Allah berkati Johor
Allah selamatkan Sultan

Al-Fatihah

Read more here

This blog will be in mourning for the next 7 days.

AJL 24

Wuhuu... yang ditunggu-tunggu sudah tiba. walaupun tak dapat tengok kat stadium, akak dah bersedia since 8.30 depan TV. So here goes nothing...

Opening

Siti Nurhaliza - I don't get the costume esp the boots, macam nak pergi smackdown pulak, but at the very least, the attempt to sing Lagu Untukmu should be given A for effort. But having said that.. the song in padang pasir sound is a bit weird. And who would've thought she would open for AJL. As far as I can remember she's always a contestant in AJL. I still think Aku Cinta Padamu by 18 year old Siti is da Bomb!

1. Estraged - Aurora

As soon as Rich opened his mouth, the mood went south. I think the performance was a bit busy. The choir (nak kena ada conductor sekali ke?) is distracting rather than complementing the band. I don't see the song winning the best song.

2. Alyah - Tak Mungkin Kerna Sayang

I kinda like the song.. till I saw who's the song writer. Eii Jawa dari Masai. Anyway, it's still a nice song. She has a good voice and can do without the creepy crawlies behind her. Ni mesti idea si mamat ni... so zaman 70, macam persembahan budak sekolah. Distracting aje. Baju.. the top part is nice.. the bottom part, tetiba terbelah power... terkejut siut. Nevertheless, she looked and sound confident. I like it. Maybe a chance in best Vocal? We'll see.

3. Misha Omar- Cinta Adam dan Hawa

One outstanding thing about this song is that it's written by the late Loloq. Supposedly his last piece of work. Lots of respect goes to it. Ok What the F with the pemidato at the begining of the performance? No offense bro.. but it's crap. With that, I hope this song doesn't win anything. Ah... here comes the Maddona-Vogue move again.. with singer hidden behind them. Darjah kebosanan semakin meningkat. Here comes the singer with the christmast light left overs from Orchard Road. Darjah keburukan baju ini melebihi skala richter. Adooiii... bila la nak berakhir penyeksaan ini. Kalau tengok kat stadium ni mesti bontot aku cramp masa ni. Rasa nak balik je...

4. Hafiz - Masih Jelas

Ok first impression best. Dia keluar sorang aje. Tak payah ada dancer. Tetiba, the light shown on the stage. Ada apa dengan bunga-bunga kering dari Ikea atas stage itu? Nonsense. Somehow I think the musice is too loud... so was the back up singer. His voice macam tak keluar. Good atempt, but don't see this performance winning anything.

5. Bunkface - Situasi

Ok I have good vibe about this song. The opening with the piano is excellent. However, i think the vocal is a bit out esp when the 2nd dude sings... the very sengau.Performance wise... it's lacking something. Macam takde wow factor..... until the kids same out and ada pulak groupies yang di bayar untuk terkinja atas stage. Macam bersemengat sket... tapi of course vocal tetap out. I vote this one as one of the songs that might win best song.

6. Stacy - Pakai Buang

Ada pulak puji-pujian untuk KRU. Le Bozan. Here's comes Stacy. Ok, walaupun tah apa benda la lagu ni... I give her full credit for not losing a beat and sustaining the energy all the while singing. Gila energetic siut. KRU is pulling all stop on this one. Segala pyro, lightings, montage and tah apa benda semua dah keluar. Big chance to win best performance.

7. Aizat - Pergi

This song is from Talentime. Excellent. Originally this song was in English, then translated into malay. I have such high hope for this song... akan tetapi ada pulak la kuar aunty and uncle dari Brickfields opening untuk dia. Aku sudah ganguan perasaan. Aunty tu macam pontianak pun ada. I remember this song as very touching during the movie...but I don't feel it at all tonight. And the attempt to turn this performance into a tribute and trying to present the 1-Malaysia concept is prety LAME. Of course kalau standard procedure this song might win Best Performance. Bosan la.

8. Hujan - Aku Scandal

Another crowd's favorite. Ok hands down, it was brilliant to start off the performance with a 50's vibe and kick things off with great music. I thot they sounded way better then Bunkface. Both music and vocal. This one has my vote for best song. Good job Hujan! Err... but was it on purpose that the crowd datang terkinja-kinja kat depan tu? Noh looks confused? But it did add a great feel to the performance. And may I know who did Noh's hair? Can I have the number please? tak tahan....

9. Tomok - Rindu Terhenti

Ok akak ganguan perasaan dengan baju dia... and what's with the holding the violin macam pegang nangka masak? Buang itu violin please. What can I say, you can't go wrong with an Aubrey Suwito song. And I thot Tomok sound very good and composed. I will pretend to not see the boring choir that came out. So not necessary. This one might have a good chance to get best Vocal. Go Tommy Tomok!

10. Black - Aku Rindu Sayang Kamu.

Apakah maksud title lagu ini? Macam Nasi Goreng Rebus Enak. Or Air Sejuk Panas Suam. See... tah apa-apa. Ok maybe aku tak paham. Apa-apa je la. Wah, abang berani keluar dari bawah. Tapi kasut abang buruk. Dan jugak apa benda yang kat bahu abang tu. Nevertheless, i thot he had good voice. I'm liking this AJL very much, all the songs are good and vocal wise semua orang not bad. Although macam performance budak darjah 6 masa Hari Guru, this one is worth a good mention I suppose. But please, choir walau berdiri dalam crowd, atas stage, tepi stage, atas tangga.... it's all been done. Next!

11. Akim - Bengang

Akim, kenapa ada helicopter cari Akim? Apakah? Lain kali kalau takde idea nak pakai baju apa, jangan la pakai baju hujan ye. Hmmm... AF wise, I think Akim did a better job than Hafiz. He's voice is more powerful. I like this song very much. But a chance in winning? Unlikely.

12. Yuna - Dan Sebenarnya

A girl with a guitar? That spells HEBAT. I think this song is brilliant. In fact, i see this song as one of the top contenders to win. From the shouts of the crowd, clearly this is one of the favorites. However, the starting is a bit messy with the kiddies piano. I know she know she got that from Marit' Larsen's If A Song Could Get Me You video clip. Unfortunately, I think the music arragements spoiled the song. Might still win best song, but the performance left me yawning. Hmmm...a bit disappointing.

13. Aizat - Kau Aku

Ok.. bawak pulak adik-adik yang patut dah tidur, esok nak pi sekolah. So now this songs is suppose to give a feel good vibe, bersemangat nak sekolah dan menimba ilmu. Damn.. I thot this song is suppose to be cool. Oh tidakkk... adik-adik sedang lari setempat. Apakah? I know you meant well Aizat. The song and your vocal was great. But I just don't buy the High School Musical meets School of Rock look and feel . I'm not surprise if it wins tonight, but I stand by my verdict:LAMMMEEEEEE.

14. Faizal Tahir - Bencinta

Ok no komen about the rumors about santau and what not. It's just not his luck I suppose that he is under the weather. I like this song, though I'm not a fan of FT. My first thot was .. eh macam Micheal Jackson yang sakit. I thot his vocal was great. Maybe kena menyanyi dengan tongkat baru suara tu control. Wah tetiba boleh bertukar jadi Shila pulak. Huyooo... this smells like the best performance.

Closing show

Peralihan music dari zaman ke zaman. I like. First up, Jefri Din. Terasa macam nak beli jacket merah untuk pergi keje esok. Macam kerja AMBANK pun ya. Eh... was it just us? But tiba-tiba the tv went blank. OMG! Dah 24 tahun buat ANUGERAH BERPRESTIJ ni tetiba ada technical glitch? Someone's gonna get their ass fired tomorrow. WTF?

Ah thank god, everything was ok shortly. Out came Jay Jay complete with 70s do. I love it. " Apalah yang hendak di kata..." Aduii his voice is da bomb! Right now comes Search. Hohum.. nyanyi lagu Jembalang Tanah Masak Asam Pedas. Bring on the jiwang karatz pleaseeee. Yeay! Bulan Madu di Awan Biru. Err.. tapi sedikit ganguan perasaan dengan wig Amy. Macam lady boy dari Patpong pun ada.

And the winner is:

Best Performance - Aizat with Kau Aku. LAME. I thot Faisal Tahir deserves this one.
Best Vocal - Black - what a surprise. I thot Alyah or Tomok.
Best Song - 3rd place - Bencita, 2nd place - Dan Sebenarnya and Juara Lagu Pergi (complete with the haunting pontianak kononnya). Err... I was hoping Hujan will win this one. Better luck next year.

I have to say, the quality of the songs and performances is way better not that there's no more song categorization. Tak sia-sia la space untuk the bosan lagu Balada. Kalau tak asyik jawa dari masai aje yang banyak lagu. I thot the stage movement was a work of art. Very smooth.

Somehow, there's still stuff that leaves me....APAKAH?

- why are all the award show must be called anugerah paling berprestij. Kalau semua berprestij, macam mana nak differentiate?
- dah bosan dgn joke pengacara.. org pendek.. org botak.. org hitam. Get new materials. Serioudly, apakah?
- right, I know it's a must that you need to do at least one product placement in the show. Must it be with an iphone from M*x*s? I'm still not using M*x*s ok. Nak twitter la pulak. Apakah??
- OK what's with the iklan loreal with makcik-makcik nak komen and puji baju sendiri. Ni pesen origami.. origaminya ni ha kat lipat kain saya.. origaminya ni kat kelepet tudung saya. Pakailah apa yang selesa. Ada sorang pulak sibuk membebel pasal jangan lupa bersihkan mekap. Mekap? APAKAH? APAKAH? APAKAH? Aku tak berminat ok.
- when i heard one of the names in the list of juries... i went WHATT??

Kim Possible defeats evil forces!

Yeay! She who should not come back to play has lost to Kim Possible. Suka. Suka. Just a question though, kenapa la takde live telecast? And more important, kenapa aku tak pergi Brisbane and watch this? That's it... next year nak kumpul duit and see if can get tickets. Wahai pokok duit berilah harapan kepadaku.

Read more about the match here

2010 will be a great season yet!

And so it begin...

Adalah menjadi cita-cita saya tahun ini untuk pergi sebanyak concert yang boleh. Hence begin my headache yang sengaja diada-adakan.

1. I have no idea that Ne-Yo is coming to town till someone told me and I saw on someone's FB that she already bought ticket. Apakah? Kenapa saya tidak tahu? Oh sebab saya tidak berminat dengan Ne-Yo. Tapi kalau dapat ticket free..apa salahnya. As if.

2. Ada seorang sahabat telah cuba meracun saya untuk concert Muse. Muse in Singapore. On a Wednesday? Apakah lagi. Kenapa semua concert-concert ni in the middle of the week. Stress sudah. (Stress sebab sebenarnya gedik nak pergi walaupun tak tahu apa pun lagu Muse)

3. Dah browse-browse pasal Muse, tetiba ternampak pulak.. Glenn Fredly in Singapore. 6th Feb. 3 days after Muse. Sudahhhh... mana tahu kot-kot Glenn ajak Judika open untuk dia pulak? Oh tidak. Pening sudah. Pun begitu berangan, if naik bas siang... mlm tengok concert pastu balik naik bas lagi. Tak payah tido. Berjaya tak?

4. Tapinya 6th Feb tu ada pulak ABBA celup kat KL. Menarik jugak. So macam mana? Entah...

5. 10 Jan pulak ada Juara Lagu finals. Adalah menjadi harapan nak pergi tengok lagi Juara Lagu in. The one time that I managed to go was with some friends in 2004, tah macam mana dapat ticket. Masa tu feeling sendiri bila Anuar Zain nyanyi Semua Untukmu, siap ber'coat tail' bagai. Sangka menang la best vocal. Sekali si Misha Omar yang nyanyi lagu Pontianak apa ke benda tah yang menang. Dah la keluar dengan hantu pocong. And best song was Relaku Pujuk by Spider. Nevertheless, the experience was great. Tak sama dengan tengok kat TV. Lagu yang bodoh-bodoh tu pun kau boleh terpegun dengar.. So mana nak beli ticket? Nak tepon-tepon radio tu memang la tak berjaya nak dapat ticket.

6. Sighhh.... sudahnya, jom tengok badminton la. Proton Malaysia Open Super Series. Final on 24th Jan. Wahai sahabat handai yang bekerja di Proton boleh dapat ticket free ke :)

p/s: praying hard that Streophonics will come to Malaysia!

p/p/s: American Idol dah start

pppps: Tennis season starting already. She who must not be named is back. Bosan!

Empire State of Mind - Jay-Z & Alicia Keyes

[Jay-Z]
Yeah,
Yeah, Imma up at Brooklyn,
Now I'm down in Tribeca,
Right next to DeNiro,
But I'll be hood forever,
I'm the new Sinatra,
And since I made it here,
I can make it anywhere,
Yeah they love me everywhere,
I used to cop in Harlem,
All of my dominicanos
Right there up on broadway,
Brought me back to that McDonalds,
Took it to my stash spot,
Five Sixty Stage street,
Catch me in the kitchen like a simmons whipping pastry,
Cruising down 8th street,
Off white lexus,
Driving so slow but BK is from Texas,
Me I'm up at Bedsty,
Home of that boy Biggie,
Now I live on billboard,
And I brought my boys with me,
Say wat up to Ty Ty, still sipping Malta
Sitting courtside Knicks and Nets give me high fives,
N-gga I be spiked out, I can trip a referee,
Tell by my attitude that I most definitely from...

[Alicia Keys]
In New York,
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of,
There's nothing you can't do,
Now you're in New York,
These streets will make you feel brand new,
Big lights will inspire you,
Lets here it for New York, New York, New York

[Jay-Z]
I made you hot n-gga,
Catch me at the X with OG at a Yankee game,
Sh-t I made the yankee hat more famous than a yankee can,
You should know I bleed Blue, but I aint a crip tho,
But I got a gang of n-ggas walking with my click though,
Welcome to the melting pot,
Corners where we selling rocks,
Afrika bambaataa sh-t,
Home of the hip hop,
Yellow cap, gypsy cap, dollar cab, holla back,
For foreigners it aint fitted they forgot how to act,
8 million stories out there and their naked,
Cities is a pity half of y'all won't make it,
Me I gotta plug Special Ed "I got it made,"
If Jesus payin LeBron, I'm paying Dwayne Wade,
3 dice cee-lo
3 card marley,
Labor day parade, rest in peace Bob Marley,
Statue of Liberty, long live the World trade,
Long live the king yo,
I'm from the empire state that's...

[Chorus]

In New York,
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of,
There's nothing you can't do,
Now you're in New York,
These streets will make you feel brand new,
Big lights will inspire you,
Lets here it for New York, New York, New York
Welcome to the bright light...

[Jay-Z]
Lights is blinding,
Girls need blinders
So they can step out of bounds quick,
The side lines is blind with casualties,
Who sipping life casually, then gradually become worse,
Don't bite the apple Eve,
Caught up in the in crowd,
Now your in-style,
And in the winter gets cold en vogue with your skin out,
The city of sin is a pity on a whim,
Good girls gone bad, the cities filled with them,
Mommy took a bus trip and now she got her bust out,
Everybody ride her, just like a bus route,
Hail Mary to the city your a Virgin,
And Jesus can't save you life starts when the church ends,
Came here for school, graduated to the high life,
Ball players, rap stars, addicted to the limelight,
MDMA got you feeling like a champion,
The city never sleeps better slip you a Ambien

[Chorus]

In New York,
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of,
There's nothing you can't do,
Now you're in New York,
These streets will make you feel brand new,
Big lights will inspire you,
Lets here it for New York, New York, New York


[Alicia Keys]
One hand in the air for the big city,
Street lights, big dreams all looking pretty,
No place in the World that can compare,
Put your lighters in the air, everybody say yeaaahh
Come on, come,
Yeah,

[Chorus]

In New York,
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of,
There's nothing you can't do,
Now you're in New York,
These streets will make you feel brand new,
Big lights will inspire you,
Lets here it for New York, New York, New York

- May we be inspired for 2010 -