Showing posts with label music. Show all posts
Showing posts with label music. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 02, 2011

A symposium & a live show

Ini peristiwa yang terjadi 2 minggu lepas. On Feb 17 & 18, I attended a symposium at P.W.T.C.



On Feb 17, konon nak balik awal (bagi mengelakkan traffic jam). So before 5, we went out from the seminar hall. On the way to carpark (we parked our car in front of Dewan~Merdeka), we heard a live performance from the auditorium. We guessed it was Anuar~Zain's voice. We entered the hall slowly thru the back door. There we were, in front of a stage with a colorful lighting & a man was standing at the center of the stage singing his heart out. Anuar~Zain indeed.


So, we decided to take a sit in the auditorium & listened Anuar~Zain sang the same song for about 3 times escorted by a live orchestra. Seriously, even it was just a rehearsal, he sang the song beautifully.

Friday, February 18, 2011

A lesson from a movie

Just finished watching 'Bride Wars'.


Not the 1st time though I watched the movie. However, the 1st time I watched it on internet where the picture & sound qualities were bad. So, tak enjoy sangat. But, it's a chick flick movie anyway. Kualiti teruk pun masih senang nak faham.

To my surprised, the song (my song as JD said) 'Dream' by Priscilla Ahn is one of the soundtrack.


The song was played when both of them were about to walk down the aisle. Tak perasan pulak masa tengok dulu. I was introduced to the song when I watched 'Grey's~Anatomy' actually. Even though just a bit was played in one of the episodes of the TV series, I felt in love instantly with the song. Luckily we have internet. So just googled around to identify the title & singer of the song.

Ok, actually I wanna talk about the movie, not the soundtrack. It's about two best friends become rivals. They don't just fight, but they sabotage each other in quite cruel ways. To make the story short, at the end they apologize to each other. Somehow the fight has opened their eyes. I don't recall exactly what did Liv (Hudson) say, but she said something about being awake, that she used to be in control. Now, she realizes that it's ok to let go her feeling or something like that. The fight has awaken her.

Yawn. I feel sleepy already. So, the moral of the story is best friends fight, forgive & last forever. I guess that's the different between best friends & just friends.

Monday, January 10, 2011

Feel like I have a good instinct now...

...that If I buy a lottery ticket, I might win a jackpot! :P

Tak sangka tekaan aku tepat untuk Vokal~Terbaik & Lagu~Terbaik. Actually I don't have a favorite song for this year A.J.L, but as I said to my sis on Saturday, if I have to pick one, I'll pick Ana~Rafali's song. I think the song is soothing. For the Best Vocal, I picked Hafiz cos I think he had done a good job in delivering the song based on what I've listened on the radio.

I have to admit that AR's performance sucked though. What a waste, such a beautiful song was overshadowed by an over-dramatic performance. I had informed JD about my pick before the show. So after the sucked performance, JD condemned my pick. Sabar je lah. Takpe, saje suka-suka teka. Not that the result will affect my life.

Actually I know nothing about the lyric, I'm only attracted to the melody. I don't have the mp3, not even any of the songs in the final. Dah tua ni (sedar diri), I hardly update my mp3 player. Fortunately, we have internet. So, just search & enjoy.

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Banned!

Finally... I just finished watching 'Witch Yoo Hee'. Note to myself - no more Korean drama series. Need a lot of patience. Somehow the so called witch, Yoo Hee, I think is nicer & kinder than I am. So kind indeed. Fine, as we can easily predict from this kind of series, the hero & heroin would be together at the end. It's an expected ending for what we call a happy ending. Yes, it applies to this series as well. Oppsss, spoiler. However, I'm not happy. Somehow, the last episode is the worst episode of all. Hence, I don't even care whether they would end up together or not. In brief, whatever. What a waste of time. 16 episodes... means about 16 hours! So yes, no more Korean drama series.

Btw, the series that I previously watched - 'You're beautiful', not as bad as this drama series. However, I started feeling bored in the middle of the series which is episode 7 or 8 & I was off the hook. I have to admit that a love story's not my cup of tea. So in order not to be biased, I have to give credit to the series for being such a cute series with a series of cute actors.

I never follow any Korean series before even the famous 'Winter~Sonata' or 'Autumn~In~My~Heart'. Well, that's it. 2 are enough. Ok stop sounding emotional :P.

Let's layan the OST...


Sunday, October 03, 2010

Always be there



So when the time gets hard
There’s no way to turn
As He promise He will always be there...

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

10 days left... InshaAllah

The time does fly so fast indeed. Less than 2 weeks before we celebrating Eid. I got a fever last Sunday... the 1st one this year & as far as I can remember the 1st one during Ramadhan. I was tempted to breakfast & take medicine but I dismissed the idea.

Spent the day laying down.

Somehow, about 1 hour before iftar, after taking a nap for about 40 minutes, I started sweating a lot & feeling better. Alhamdulillah. However, I kept sneezing last nite. Well, I have a stuffy nose rite now.

How's the preparation for Eid? Last Saturday, I bought a new carpet for the living area.


I guess, that's the only new stuff for our home this year. The cookies that I ordered online had been delivered last week.


I'm already got more than enough baju raya so I'm not looking for more. I used to prepare only a pair of baju raya (at the last minute)... so more than a pair means more than enough for me. About kasut raya, handbag raya, etc raya... I guess I don't really prepare for Eid to that extent. However, this year I do have a handbag raya ;).

A new (but not raya) handbag flew all the way from US. TQVM Mas!

But no kasut raya to match the handbag raya. Hmmm... (now I find an excuse to buy a new pair of shoes). No, actually I'm not really in the mood for shoes hunting (seriously). Moreover who cares about a matching shoes & handbag nowadays. At least I don't... hehee.

Ok, enough about Eid. Not that I'm really looking forward for it anyway.

It's time to appreciate the virtue of the last 10 days of Ramadhan & Laylat al-Qadr. May Allah accept all our ibadah on this Holy month. May Allah guide us to the right path.

InshaAllah, we'll find our way.


Friday, May 22, 2009

Hush now my love, the exam is over.

Yay! Dah abis exam!!

Will I miss the moment of having picnic in the library? NO! :-D
Had IC exam in the morning but kept on struggling to study during the night.

Not all my coursemates have the same exam schedule cos it depends on our major & optional module. Ada lah rasa sedikit jeles di situ... hiks. However, I believe I have done my best in the situation given but it's not my best though. If I don't have to study 2 (or 3) subjects at the same time, I believe that I'll do much better. (Yeah, right :-P)

For example (in my defense), I strongly believe in ADSP exam, there'll be a question on Lattice filter but my brain just doesn't have enough space & RAM left to go through the topic. I also did try to read about adaptive filtering, but I couldn't store it inside my memory. So I gave up. Tp memang kuar pun dalam exam. Subjek lain pun macam ni. Topik yg aku rasa mcm tak boleh masuk dalam kepala sbb dah overload, aku skip jer. Tp dlm banyak2 topik yg boleh disoal, punya tebal nota, topik yg aku skip tu lah yg kuar exam.

Tension? Frust? I'm too happy to be free from exam to feel tense or frustrated. I will enjoy this moment & cry later when the result has been out. I do hope I won't cry though.

Macam member aku cakap, dia tak ingat plak masa undergraduate dulu dia ada pengalaman macam ni. Memang cramp otak dibuatnya. Aku pun tak rasa aku ada pengalaman mcm ni masa undergraduate. Apa2 pun, abis dah exam. Alhamdulillah. Yay again!

Sebenarnya aku bukan nak tulis pasal exam pun.

Dan sebenarnya aku nak tulis pasal ni...



This song is awesome ok! The singer's name is Yuna. You might ask, Yuna who? Gi google. She's a Malay girl, looks like a typical Malay girl & wears headscarf. Rasanya lagu dia yang tengah glamer skrg kat Msia bertajuk "Dan Sebenarnya" which is also catchy.

This girl, she writes her own songs. Otherwise I won't promote her for free in my blog... hehee. Kira artis indie lah ni. Somehow this song has 2 versions. The other version sounds quite raw, takde bunyi piano masa intro. Aku nak download mp3 versi ni, tapi tak juper lah. Hiks... bukan nak beli album, nak download je kejenya. Actually, aku pun tak tau minah ni ada album ke tak atau sekadar single. Lagu ni kalau tukar arrangement, aku boleh bayangkan Amy Lee (Evanescence) nyanyi.

Ok lah, dah tersebut Evanescence, layan lah lagu ni sekali. Lagu ni ada yg kata actually unreleased tapi aku dah lama ada mp3 dia. It's a private song of Amy Lee. So sweet & romantic!



Sekarang, dah tak rasa bersalah nak layan YouTube ke, apa ke. Ok lah, nak sambung tengok video/tv kat internet.

Btw, the title of this post is dedicated to my brain.

Thursday, February 19, 2009

14 Perkara

Rasanya mcm dah lama giler Saira tag aku with this tag...

Arahannya:

* List these rules on your blog.
* Share 7 facts about yourself on your blog.
* Tell 7 unspectacular quirks on yours.
* Tag 7 people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links to their blogs.
* Link the person who tagged you.
* Leave a comment for each blogger.


So, now I'll list 14 random things about me... & this MSc program. Kira boleh lah kan, walaupun tak berapa mengikut arahan. Kalau exam ni, maybe fail.


1. Aku sgt sibuk. Cliche kan. 3 assignment, 1 presentation & 1 homework dalam tangan sekarang.

2. I have to stay at the lab to finish 2 of the assignments. So, it's like i juggle with them. Both have to be submitted next week. Usually, before starting doing the assignments in the lab, I would take a deep breath, it's like I'm going to dive. Memang rasa macam menyelam pun, kadang2 rasa macam tak cukup udara. Panic attack ke?

3. Wow, Integrated Circuit is very tough. Guess what, for the assignment not only we have to design the schematic & consider the fan out whatsoever, we have to design the layout as well. Dah lah guna software yg aku tak pernah guna. I even thought that Ca^dence would generate the layout automatically & I was kinda shocked to find out that I have to draw it myself.

4. Damn, the above subject really gives me nerve. But I think I'm on the right track now. Orang kata, malu bertanya sesat jalan. Yeap, that's my strategy. Tanya pelajar2 lain. Kadang2 tanya soalan yg sama kepada pelajar yg berlainan, just to compare. Takde malu2 dah, wlupun actually aku tak tau pun nama pelajar yg aku tanya tu. Boleh tanya demonstrator, tp it doesn't help much sebab accent dia sukar difahami. Dah lah tu, cakap meleret ala2 berbisik. Setakat tanya pasal software jer lah. Bila dia terangkn lebih2, aku lost.

5. Masih berkenaan subjek di atas. Aku jeles dgn budak Telecommunication! Semua subjek sama, kecuali diorang wajib amik telecommunication & kitorg wajib amik the killer subject mentioned above. Telecommunication takde assignment. So depa rilek lah... more time to study other subjects. Tak macam kitorg yg terperuk kat lab dr pg sampai ptg. Isk jeles hokay.

6. Aku rasa ni lah salah satu keputusan yg salah yg aku dah buat dalam hidup aku. Aku dapat dua2 tawaran, MSc Microelectronics dan juga MSc Microelectronics & Telecommunication. Memang confuse gak lah masa nak buat keputusan tu. Nak accept yg mana satu. Tapi aku salahkan University sebab buku program yg diorang hantar tu tak tepat. Aku kind of tertipu lah.

7. Ok lah, aku admit aku memang bodoh subjek ni sejak undergraduate lagi. So with a very weak basic, suddenly kene gi tahap design plak, memang aku gabra babe. Apa lagi bila tau kene lukis sendiri layout. WTH??? Bukan nak hantar fabricate pun.

8. Aku dah dapat result semester 1! Aku tak excited pun nak tau. Tapi setelah dipujuk oleh member aku & I thought yes, I have to get over it, lagipun aku nak my assessment on project specification, so aku pun gi lah jupe supervisor aku Isnin lepas. Alhamdulillah. 2 subjek memang aku dah tau, just nak tau 2 subjek je lagi.

9. Regarding to this post, I was surprised that I got a good mark on this subject. 1 subjek lagi, aku gagal dapat A. Isk... 2 markah jer lagi. Memang aku tak target A pun. So tak lah sedih, cuma rasa frust sikit sebab member2 aku semua dapat A, at least 3 org lah. Tp depa pun lebih around 5 markah jer drp aku. Cuma bezanya, I'm at different side of the boundary. But I think I deserve it & couldn't ask for more, so still I'm in the mood to celebrate the results. Yay!

10. Walaupun semester lepas 7 subjek, hanya 4 subjek yg dah complete, so tau result utk 4 subjek jer lah. 3 subjek lagi bersambung semester ni with 3 new subjects. Subjek yg aku paling kurang bijak tu antara yg bersambung semester ni. See, how much I suffer. Dari semester lepas lagi tau. & it's getting tougher & tougher.

11. Actually the result belum finalized. Jumaat ni baru publish. Tapi aku tak harap any changes pun.

12. I'm kinda stress rite now due to the first fact. So, I'm not in the mood to talk to anyone unless regarding the assignments. Sometimes this stress get the best of me. I reach the boiling point easily. I should slap myself take a break. But there's no such thing in this program. Fight, you can do it. That's it. Actually menulis ni pun salah satu cara aku cuba utk reduce the stress.

13. There's a time I think I'm too old for this kind of program. The hectic schedule, lotsa assignments etc. Klu camni lah cara aku bekerja, I deserve award RO of the year ok.

14. Dulu masa undergraduate, bila kene stay up & tak cukup tido especially masa time nak kene submit final year project report, aku suka dengar lagu So Young by The Corrs. Tapi masa tu memang muda kan. Sekarang pun aku still layan lagu ni bila rasa tak cukup tido & tak cukup makan. 30 is still so young rite... so it doesn't really matter that we don't sleep ;-).

Really, we're so young & somehow we can do it...



We are chasing the moon
Just running wild and free
We are following through every dream and every need

And it really doesn't matter if we don't eat
And it really doesn't matter if we not sleep
No, it really doesn't matter, really doesn't matter at all

'Cause we are so young now
We are so young, so young now
And when tomorrow comes we can do it all again...


Anyway, it's time to sleep!

Tuesday, October 07, 2008

I desperately need help...

Di kala jam menunjukkan hampir pukul 12:00am, I decided that I desperately need help.

I looked at the notes, trying to making some sense over the terms & formulas. All I can see are terms that I can't really define in a way that I myself could understand & formulas which my brain translated into nothingness.

Feel like I'm lost in a deep deep shit forest.
I need to get out. So I ask for help! Please help me... (you know who you are ;-))

I'm in Liverpool which synonymous with The Beatles... & I need help. So, there's no any other song that is best describes my situation at the moment... 'Help' by The Beatles.


My current theme song.

Friday, September 19, 2008

I'm leeaavinggg...

All my bags are packed, I'm ready to go...

I wish!
I stared at my half packing bag & suddenly remembered this song - 'Leaving On A Jet Plane'. Officially, it's my current most favorite song. I can listen to the song over & over again.

So kiss me and smile for me
Tell me that you'll wait for me
Hold me like you'll never let me go
Cuz I'm leaving on a jet plane
I don't know when I'll be back again
Oh babe, I hate to go

And now the time has come to leave you
One more time, oh let me kiss you
Close your eyes and I'll be on my way
Dream about the days to come
When I won't have to leave alone
About the times when I won't have to say

If you're lucky you'll be listened to the song rite now sung by Peter Paul & Mary. Or you can enjoy the music video by Chantal Kreviazuk from Armageddon movie soundtrack here.

Leaving on a jet plane
I don't know when I'll be back again
Oh babe I hate to go...

Saturday, March 01, 2008

BSB Got It Goin' On

27th of February 2008 - Backstreet Boys Unbreakable World Tour, live in Malaysia



We've been waiting like forever to enter the Sunway Lagoon Theme Park Surf Beach...
"Let us in! Let us in!"

My energy and enthusiasm level dropped slightly.

Then, the crowd started moving slowly, very very slowly into the entrance...
"Faster... Faster..."
Peace.

My energy and enthusiasm level dropped moderately.

After a while, the stupid management opened another gate, just beside us to allow people at the behind rows got into the entrance. #$%@&^**! here and there. The crowd around me started pushing hard.
"We came first! We came first!"
No peace.

My energy and enthusiasm level dropped dramatically.

Finally, we were in front of the stage, at the center of the crowd. We waited for the show to begin. It was hot. Every minute passed by, my sweat dropped one by one. I kept checking my watch. Couldn't wait for the show to start.

My energy and enthusiasm were at critical level.

At last, around 8:45pm, the four boys came out wearing a robe, more like boxing robe… and sang 'Larger Than Life' as an opening act.


Suddenly, I felt fully energized.
The show got my adrenalin going like being pumped up.

My energy and enthusiasm level rose enormously.


I was high.
Screaming & 'Brian'ing...
(Screaming sounds more or less like "HOOOOO!!!" while 'Brian'ing sounds exactly like "BRIANNN!!!")
Singing at the top of my voice...
Waving...
Jumping...
And melting… (especially seeing Brian performed solo in a white shirt)


Best giler!
Two thumbs up and two toes up for the boys for their great and energetic performance. It worth every penny (just RM88 anyway for the tix) and sweat.

Hey nothing's perfect right… I was a lil bit disappointed because they sang 'Shape Of My Heart' as an encore… yeah like a typical concert, we had to shout for an extra song. There's nothing wrong with the song… just the song is my least favorite single of BSB and I was expecting a more groovy song like 'We’ve Got It Goin’ On' as closing act.

Still, I enjoyed the show. BSB rocks!!!


(More pics in my Fotopages)

Sunday, February 24, 2008

Backstreet's Back

I have courses to attend this week, back to back... but that's nothing. The big thing is... I'm going to Backstreet Boys Unbreakable World Tour in Sunway Lagoon Theme Park Surf Beach... ARHHHHHH!!! I'm practicing screaming my head off over the BSB... yeah rite, like I'm gonna scream anyway. Why not, rite? I hope they'll sing the songs from the Black & Blue album and the albums before more compare to Never Gone and Unbreakable since I don't know a single word to both albums except for "incomplete" maybe... or should I do homework on both albums since I do have them... don't think I have time for that, but I'll see... don't have interest either... so much for an ex-fan. Hopefully, Brian will be cute as ever... hahahaaa... oh how I wish Kevin is still part of the group... Nick, please watch your weight... Howie... whatever... hope all the boys will be charming as hell. Now I'm sounded like a joyous teenager. I do feel young... that's what I like about BSB even though I'm just an ex-fan of them nowadays. Listening to their songs (the one before Black & Blue ok) brings me back down to memory lane of my teen years. Backstreet's back alright!


Yeah, really we've got it going on...

Friday, February 15, 2008

3-in-1 Post

nothing really interesting is going on actually. life goes on as usual... just ordinary life of mine... except for a few things which are still not so unordinary... so no need to mention.


1. TARA2 finale

arghhh tensen! malas nak cite... but since i kept reviewing about the show b4 this, kene lah gak review finale. masa finale tu, my favoritism list bertukar lg... aku nak pam and van menang, 2nd marc and rov; and the 3rd the singaporean guys. tp end up budak2 singapore tu plak menang and the philipines guys dpt 3rd place. pam and van 2nd place. tp adrian and collin mmg menang adil lah... bukan sebab last pit stop kat singapore. they have advantage on arranging the nation flags following the order of the race. adrian mmg bijak lah. klu rov sebijak adrian, they'd sure get no 1. tp turned out, bab kenal bendera ni, rov lah yg paling x bijak sekali, sampai dpt jugak ditewaskn oleh van. yg aku tensennya sbb final leg x mencabar langsung! suppose final leg 2 jam... byk cabaran, ada persaingan yg lebih sengit... baru lah tgk pun berdebar2. ni x sempat nak berdebar, dah race to the pit stop. tup2 aje abis. potong stim betul. ada leg yg b4 the final lebih interesting. so, finale ni x gempak lah bg aku.

adrian... johan susun bendera. hehee... anw, they deserve to win.

we didn't win USD100k... but we beat marc and rov. yes, yes YES!

aksi control macho... 3rd place but still manage to smile proudly and patriotically.

2. Newcastle

i already got the offer to the university! tp x accept lg, masih menunggu tawaran drp U lain, especially Liverpool. cpt betul newcastle ni proses application. aku submit on-line application on 1st feb, 5th feb depa dah offer. unconditional offer plak tu... means i don't need to submit any additional information to them, just accept jer... klu nak terima lah. klu x dpt mana2 U yg lain, jwbnya ke Newcastle lah aku.

3. Treasure

yeehaaa!!! akhirnya aku berjaya jugak mndptkn latest album Hayley Westenra bertajuk Treasure. masa balik keje ptg td, tetiba teringat album kompilasi yg baru release... tajuk dia Voices. x ramai yg tau kot kewujudan album ni... tp one one the singers in the compilation is HW lah. so, x dpt album full minah ni pun, dpt yg campur2 dgn artis lain pun x per. aku pun terus lah ke alamanda and pegi ke kedai speedy. aku tgk xde pun album Voices... tp tegerak plak nak tgk cd international female artists. x sangka ada plak album HW ni... mula2 jupe album tajuk Odyssey... dah excited dah... tgk2 ada gak Treasure. terus amik lah dan bayar. masa tgh bayar tu, aku tanya kat cashier ada tak Voices... rupa2nya ada, tp still dlm kotak. wow... RM40++ for 2 cds. still temped to buy the cd as well... tp mengenangkn aku hanya ada spsg telinga... and that sepsg telinga aku nak fokus pd HW dulu, so cancel lah beli Voices. maybe someday later i'll buy it.

I'm a proud ownner of the Treasure from Hayley Westenra.

Thursday, November 08, 2007

Friday, January 13, 2006

We've Got It Going On

... is Backstreet Boys' 1st single. I was a big fan of them. I was 18 when I bought... no... a friend gave me BSB's 1st album as a birthday present. Bukan lagu ni jer yang best... semua lagu best!

BSB's 1st album (1996)
1996


Since then I spent my time browsing their site on internet & listening to their song. I joined the BSB forum & chatroom. Memang minat giler lah masa tu. My most favorite BSB was Brian or known as B-Rok... or shall I say 'is' bcos I still think Brian is the most charming guy in BSB. Tak tau lah macam mana nak describe betapa minatnya kat BSB masa tu... hingga lah sampai album diorang Black & Blue. Semua lagu diorang memang best termasuklah single 'Drowning' untuk album kompilasi Chapter 1. Kalau tak silap, masa tu tahun 2001. Then, aku abis belajar... hidup baru bermula... kurang dah amik tau pasal BSB ni. Tambahan plak BSB sendiri senyap after released their compilation album. They are like history in music world. They were gone...

... 2002... 2003... 2004... 2005...

They came back with their new album! They never gone! Yeah... Never Gone... that's the title of the album.


Backstreet Boys - Never Gone
2005


Masa Raya Haji, 10 Nov hari tu, aku sempat layan MTV Hits: Backstreet Boys. How the years go by... I'm not a big fan of them anymore. I already owned their latest album but I didnt enjoy it as much as I enjoyed their previous albums. Now I'm more to Evanescence & Linkin Park. But to watch back their video clips in the MTV Hits remind me to the past. I was very excited. It's like wow... lamanya dah zaman tu especially when I watch vc from their 1st album - Backstreet Boys... bayangkan they were young, beraksi dengan windbreaker... well it has been 9 years! I grew up from a girl of 18 to not-yet-a-woman of 23 listening & adoring them. Even though after that I'm not a big fan of them anymore, they remain fresh in my memory as my most favorite boyband.

Now, I think I've grown up to be more matured, I'm old enough to determine my path of life, so they are. Time goes by... I realized I've changed, I dont know much about BSB now but I'm sure they've changed too. Everybody changed. Our taste, our interest, our comitment, our priority, even our dream can change. We change for good. We strive to succeed. Sometimes we get stuck & stumbled. But as life goes on, there are more to achieve... somehow we've got it going on... yeah.