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Aduhai Tun...

I was readin Reuters and I found an interesting news about Tun Dr. Mahathir. He gave an interview talking about what he feels about the current Prime Minister and the upcoming general election. I will not go into what he feels about Pak Lah because most people know about it already. But I want to go into what he said about the election. Tun Dr. Mahathir urged Malaysians to vote in the general election based on the candidates’ credibility not solely on the party that the candidates came from. I agree with him on this but why did he never say any of this when he was the Prime Minister? Is it that only now he realizes how incompetent the current government is? Can’t he sense that during the last 22 years of his premiership? I don’t want to blame him because there is no point of blaming. But I can’t help but wonder why only now that he wants to say all these things. Nevertheless, whenever the general election is, I just hope that Malaysians will do the right thing by voting for the...

Happy 200th Posts!!!

In just 2 hours and 30 minutes, the 22nd edition of Anugerah Juara Lagu closed its curtain with some surprises (at least to me). Before I go down with the results, let me comment few things on the Anugerah Juara Lagu. First of all, I like this year’s event because even with four presenters, all of them did not talk about random things like there is no tomorrow. They also did not try to outshine each other by stop talking when they need to. And the most important thing is, they did not come out with lame jokes – maybe with one or two here and there, but overall, they did their job very well. Secondly, I really like this year’s theme, which is Music is Magic. And the stage that was built for the event really captured the theme very well. Unlike previous years, they had a very simple circle stage, which put emphasise more on the performance by the artists rather distracting audiences with elaborate stage decorations. And of course, the intermission performance was nicely choreogra...

Anugerah Juara Lagu Predictions.

Here are my picks to win the Anugerah Juara Lagu tonight from each category. I cannot pick winners for Best Performance Awards and Best Vocal Awards because, I have to watch them performing first before picking up the winners. Song of the Year Awards for Ethnic Creative Category: Samudera by Nora Composer: Johan Nawawi Lyricist: Ahmad Fedtri Yahya Song of the Year Awards for Ballad Category: Kasih Tercipta by Ajai/Bob (not really sure who’ll sing the song tonight) Composer: Ajai Lyricist: Shuhaimi Baba Song of the Year Awards for Pop/Rock Category: Farhana-Puteri Bumi Kenyalang by Jinbara Composer: Denai Lyricists: Andy Rahman & RD Razi And Song of the Year Awards will go to Kasih Tercipta. Of course, these are just my speculation. We’ll see what happens tonight!

22nd Anugerah Juara Lagu is BACK!!!

And just like any other years, the time has come again for 14 best songs in Malaysia compete against each other to win the most coveted award of Anugerah Juara Lagu. This year, which will be its 22nd edition will be broadcasted live by TV3 not just through television and radio, but also its website, www.tv3.com.my . Here is the list of all the contestants according to their order of performance. Farhana-Puteri Bumi Kenyalang by Jinbara (Pop/Rock Category) Composer: Denai Lyricists: Andy Rahman and RD Razi. Samudera by Nora (Ethnic Creative Category) Composer: Johan Nawawi Lyricist: Ahmad Fedtri Yahya Harapan by Fazli Zainal (Ballad Category) Composer: Hazami Lyricist: Hazami Destinasi Cinta by Siti Nurhaliza (Pop/Rock Category) Composer: Lin Li Zhen Lyricist: PSNN Mahakarya Cinta by Fiq (Ballad Category) Composer: Audi Mok Lyricist: Shah Shamshiri Kasihnya Balkis by Aishah (Ethnic Category) Composer: Adnan Abu Hassan Lyricist:...

Al-Fatihah.

Tan Sri Megat Junid Megat Ayob passed away this morning due to cancer. I must admit that I know very little about him, I guess, when I started to become interested in Malaysian politics, he had already left the scene. I was quite surprised when I read the news on The Star this morning. I just would like to express my condolences to the his families and

Cross Over.

Today marks the new beginning. Well, not a new beginning of anything, it’s just that after 10 years of using Internet Explorer, I decided that it is time to change. So, as of today, I no longer use Internet Explorer and switch to Mozilla Firefox instead. I know that other people have been using Firefox for like a million years, but, I think the time has come for me to ditch IE and walk into the new era of Firefox. I have been thinking of changing to Firefox since the end of last year but I always pushed that thought to the back of my head. However, after having too much problem with IE in the last few weeks, I decided that maybe it is time to let IE go. And by letting IE go, does not mean I am not going to use IE ever, but I think I will use it from time to time whenever necessary. So, goodbye IE, we have had our fair share of tears and laughter, it is time for me to experience different things in life. Ha-ha. Unless, Microsoft come up with something better to beat Firefox. Hello ...

Happy Birthday Asterix!

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After two years, Asterix is still alive and I am so happy that I am still here blogging. I know that I have not been that faithful to this blog but trust me, I am trying. Although I don’t really know how many people actually read my blog, I know at least there are one or two people who keep checking out my blog every now and then. And to those people, I thank you very much for spending some time reading whatever I dish out for you. Two years ago, I decided to start a new blog and moved my friendster blog to here. And one of those people who read my blog at that time is my friend who is studying in Nottingham University who is also celebrating his 23rd birthday today! So, Happy birthday to him as well. I hope that to those who still read my blog will continue to read and I am really hoping to be able to say these things again year after year. Thank you to all. And lastly, I would like to leave you all with one of my favourite songs by Amy Mastura. I dedicate this song to my significant ...

Black Thursday.

It is a sad day to me today. A Boeing 777 just had a crash landing this afternoon at Heathrow. I am happy that all the 136 passengers from Beijing managed to escape unscathed but I am very sad that one of the most beautiful airplane ever built by human (in my opinion) had its first accident since its first flight in 1995. That’s a 12-year record without any incidents whatsoever. Have any other airplane models ever make that record? I doubt it. What went wrong? I don’t know since I am not an aeronautical engineer. But according to BBC, the airplane lost all of its power (electronics and engines) at the last minute during the final approach. Whatever the reason is, I am pretty sure the Department of Transport, Civil Aviation Authority, British Airways, Boeing and Rolls-Royce are doing all their best to investigate the cause of the accident. And I am hoping the British Airport Authority will do their best to manage this little chaos that is going on at Heathrow at the moment. Again, my th...

Little Note About Life.

To Whom It May Concern, Thank you for coming into my life. Thank you for being a very good friend. Thank you for cheering me up whenever I was down. Thank you for having me at your place. Thank you for just being who you are and after all that, thank you for being the biggest jerk I have ever met in life. Regards. P.S. Not hating, just disappointed.

The Invisible Hand.

I read this piece of interesting discussion on Emirates and Sri Lankan Airlines. For those of you who didn’t know, for the past 10 years, Emirates have been under Management Share Agreement with Sri Lankan Airlines. This gives them the right to manage Sri Lankan Airlines in any way that they see fit. And it is not such a bad agreement because Emirates would be able to exploit Sri Lankan Airlines’ route network and Sri Lankan Airlines get to align itself with one of the fastest growing airlines in the world. However, as at March 2008, all this is going to end. Emirates are no longer interested to renew the Management Share Agreement with Sri Lankan Airlines. And it seems like the main reason for this is because the Sri Lankan government wants more control on how the airline should be run. I guess this is what happens when politicians want to do something that they don’t know how to do. Both Sri Lankan Airlines and Emirates are state-run airline company. The difference between the two is...

Hall of Ferris.

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In case any of you are wondering about the picture in the blog title, that is a picture of a very old Ferris wheel in Vienna. I don’t even remember the name of the wheel but it does look nice does it? For your information, this Ferris wheel was situated next to a theme park, but I guess when I went there the park was closed and that park has its own Ferris wheel. Speaking of Ferris wheel, let me show you my collection for Ferris wheels pictures. Let us start with the picture of London Eye. I have an old picture of the Eye, which I took in 2005, but since my friend took a better picture during the New Year’s day, I’ll put this picture instead. Next, is a picture of a Ferris wheel that I took when I went to Nice during Christmas 2005. This picture was taken at a Christmas fair, which happened to be a custom in Europe. I mean, everywhere you go during the Christmas week, you would see a Christmas fair. My next picture of a Ferris wheel was also taken in 2005, but this time the wheel was i...

Happy New Year!

It’s that time of the year again where we all go out and watch the fireworks while hoping that the New Year will bring more joy and happiness. It’s that time of the year again where we all come out with a very long list of resolutions – things that we want to be sure that we will get them done by the time we watch the next set of fireworks. The sad fact remains that the next day will be just like another day. The sun will still rise from the same side of the earth. The moon will still shine like any other night and we will still be the same person we was a year ago. But that does not stop us from cheering and hoping for a better year every year does it? I guess that is what we – human – do. We constantly need to have hope even if deep down inside us, we know that hope is just another word for denial. I know that it is a bit weird to start the New Year with a very negative tone, so, I will stop there. Ha-ha. Albeit too late, I would still like to wish everyone a very Happy New Year 2008...