Friday, November 30, 2007

ROTTW mag ( cover Queen in Drag )

Semalam aku beli ROTTW yang kulit depan gambo kumpulan Queen pakai drag ( foto dari I Want To Break Free nye mtv promo ). November issue 2007.


So apsal aku beli? ni pasal aku beli ek...tadi aku baru lepas go thru page by page.
i) In detail Queen nye story.. - Aku carik jugak, Freddie Mercury nye very final video shot ada sebut ke tak? muzik video " These Are The Days Of Our Lives ", his very last recording on video was yang last part tu dia whisper depan camera " I Still Love You." Aku suak siak ni lagu, makin tua, makin meaningful lirik lagu ni hehe.

ii) Lagi satu, si Brian May ni kan ( gitaris Queen ), dekni pun satu nye kaki belit la.. Pasal dulu kan, masa release album Innuendo , dia sua kena interview kat radio FM98.7 or was it 90.5FM Rock One One? dah lupa stesen hahaha ( by the great rock dj Ann Neo ), dan dia sua kena tanya soalan " so when is Queen coming to Singapore? ", Brian May cakap " in the future bla bla bla ", padahal dia tahu Freddie Mercury dah kena Aids dah berapa tahun kot. Dia tahu its not going to happen hehe. Masa Freddie Mercury meninggal, Ann Neo pun cakap the same thing la.

iii) Four pages of Megadeth / Heaven & Hell nye gig review kat Fort Canning tu hari. Anyway, ermmmm... sorry ek...hehehe.. Its Mechanix kan? pasal tu malam wa dengar liriks konpem bukan Metallica nye Four Horsemen. Anyway maybe typo error kat setlist.

iv) Dream Theater artikels, Mpire ngan Foo Fighter nye reviews.. cam biasa, some pages aku skip. Tapi ooo ada poster Bruce Springsteen, dekninye latest cd korang try cek it out, dia sua main those folky American songs with some oldies bands gitu, traditional music, musicians gitu. Aku tak tahu cammana nak describe, tapi those 'berhantu2' nye. Power jugak.

v) I like the Metallica's 15 songs review or something tu. Boleh nampak a lot of effort was put in. Bukan any direct translation dari mana2 satu sumber.
Anyway, liriks tu up to intepretation of each person, tapi Master Of Puppets, memang clear cut ada reference drug, " Chopped Your Breakfast On A Mirror ". Ala, kalo korang nengok ceta omputeh, dia keluarkan heroin bentuk powder tu kena potong2 ngan razor blade atas cermin gitu hehehe. Best ever scene pasal ni aku kena pilih Uma Thurman ngan John Travolta kat pilem " Pulp Fiction ". Still one of the best movies ever pada aku.
Sorry ni bukan nak glamourise drugs - Abuse drugs tu haram, abuse drug kills and hancurkan loves ones dan masyarakat ( termasuk steam gam ). Trust me on this. Ni aku cakap as in reference to a lirik aku suka je.

So please support your local rock magazines and writers. Nak2 kalo tulis melayu, market kecik wei.

Anyway, magazine yang aku nak konpem cek it out soon ialah Rolling Stones ni bulan, LED ZEPPELIN special. Aku nak baca pasal Jason Bonham ( anak john bonham ) banyak story dorang nye secret rehearsal.

jokes of the day ( pasal maiden & ujang )

(i) Ni ngah jadi topik lawak kat porum iron maiden. Either the seller kat ebay ni cuma buat lawak kelakar yang perlukan usaha, atau memang betul ada gullible buyers out there yang senang kena tipu, atau akan bid just its maiden related.

IRON MAIDEN PILLOW CRAFTED BY BRUCE DICKINSON Item number: 110195720869

Starting bid: US $9.99

ebay link - http://cgi.ebay.com/IRON-MAIDEN-PILLOW-CRAFTED-BY-BRUCE-DICKINSON_W0QQitemZ110195720869QQihZ001QQcategoryZ33007QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

I BOUGHT THIS PILLOW FROM A SELLER WHO WAS CLEANING OUT HIS MUSIC HISTORY CLOSET AND THIS STRANGELY ENOUGH WAS CRAFTED BY BRUCE DICKINSON HIMSELF YEARS AGO I AM NOT AN EXPERT ON PILLOWS BUT YOU CAN SEE THE INITIALS AS WELL THIS IS DEFINATLY A PIECE OF IRON MAIDEN HISTORY..PLEASE BID WITH CONFIDENCE




(ii) Ni kat porum lain lak \m/
MAJALAH UJANG

Abu nih org Trengganu, manakala Amer ni org Kedah. Tinggal satu bilik..katil double
decker.. Amer kat atas.. Abu kat bawah. Amer ni suker baca majalah dan komik..
si Abu lak suka pinjam.. belinya tidak. So, Amer ader sedikit bengang ler kat Abu ni.
Kekadang.. majalah yg baru beli dan tak sempat nak baca lagi pun Abu dah kebas
baca dulu.. bila kasi balik dah lasam dah.. tension Amer.

One day, Amer balik dari outing dan beli majalah UJANG. Siap cover tak kasi Abu ni
nampak. Lepas basuh baju, kemas sedikit sebanyak dan siapkan homework.. dia pun
nak rilek ler kat atas katil. Majalah UJANG bawah tilam pun dia bawa keluar. Elok jer
dia baring.. baru buka mukasurat pertama.. Abu kat bawah dia bersuara..

" Amer.. nok ujang.."

"Nanti la jap.. aku baru jer nak baca.." jawab lembut jer Amer.

"Ameer.. nok ujang tu" Abu tak putus asa.

" Nanti la dulu.. bagi la aku baca dulu.. nanti abih aku bagi kat hang laa!" panas
sikit Amer.

"Amer ! Nok ujang !! " Suara Abu sedikit keras.

"Hang ni dah melampau.. kalau nak beli sendiri la.. apa.. hang ingat aku beli UJANG
ni dengan duit bapak hang ka??"

Amer dah naik angin.. siap turun dari katil dia dah.

"Laaa.. aku kata tu.. haghi nok ujang tu.. mung basuh kaing.. kekgi basoh.." kecut
jer Abu jawab..

Drummmmmm.. hujan pun turun dgn lebat.. Baju Amer kat ampaian pun basah

Wednesday, November 28, 2007

makan~ karipap onan road

Dulu aku kecik2, kat RTM ada satu cerita kelakar, drama hari raya gitu, Zami Ismail tak salah aku pegang watak Orang Kaya Kedekut gitu, lepas tu ada tukang gaji kat rumah dia kuat makan, so dia arahkan satu lagi tukang gaji buat ayat besar2 dah tu letak kat dinding jadi semua orang bleh baca -
" KITA MAKAN UNTUK HIDUP, BUKAN HIDUP UNTUK MAKAN! " in jawi kalo tak silap aku, what a riot eh dulu2 nye ceta kelakar.
Sapa2 ingat eh ceta ni?

So everyone, some photos pasal karipap Onan Road. Kalo kat Singapore ni, bila kita panggil karipap, selalu kita refer jenis gini, tapi kalo kat Malaysia, karipap tu selalu refer kat apa yang orang Singapura panggil Epok-Epok. So memang ada sikit confusion kadang2 \m/


Siap ada packaging dia sekali, dan jugak sebelah tu ialah roti perancis onan road jugak, cuma yang ni ialah yang cute2 punye, bukan yang panjang nye.

Dari dulu dah ada as far as I can remember.
Lagi satu tempat, up to 1992 kot? kat Farrer Park sana belakang stadium Hoki ( aku time sekolah, tak pernah dapat main kat stadium ni, selalu kat Bendemeer Road nye padang2 hoki yang berlambak tu je ) sana pun ada tempat buat karipap jugak, tapi semua dah roboh.





Got the triangle one ( cheaper, inside is potatoes, I like the way Frodo's sidekick Sam pronounce the word "Poh-tay-toes!' to Gollum during the film LOTR just before the "elephants" makes their first appearance, time dorang nak masak rabbit stew tu, I think this is part 2 )
and the rectangle one, inside got meat.

Zaman dulu, karipap selalu tiga segi nye, isi dia majoriti kentang berempah ler. Tapi dah lama jugak dah ada rectangle nye version, ni dalam daging, mahal sikit tapi aku lagi suka pasal kenyang. Aku suka dia nye kulit, layer after layer of flaky crispy flour kot. kadang2 aku nak express myself tapi tak jumpa the words ler, vocab aku hancur.

Ni korang kalo makan ngan cili sos yang dorang kasi sama tu heaven, tapi kalo dah makan ngan cili sos botol gitu, ada weak sikit.
Aku suka pecah2kan then rendam dalam cili sos original dia hahaa.
Ni pun tahan, kalo sapa2 budget, bawak bekal gi keja tak rosak ler. Sampai besok pun masih ok, panaskan je, sampai lusa pun masih ok je taruk dalam esbok.

Boleh didapati- Kat Onan Road sendiri, hawker2 center nye drinks stall, restoran2 indian muslim, bhai bawak basikal ( makin pupus ) tapi satu konpem ada kat belakang Immigration Building nak gi Beach Road tu nye pedestrain bridge. Dan masjid2 kat luar gate lepas semayang jemaat.

Harga- ntah, pasal tak pernah constant, nengok sapa jual hahaa. Yang triangle tu mungkin $1 dapat la kot. yang rectangle sometimes up to $2 tapi ok la, especially kalo freshly baked. Ni tengah greasy greasy minyak2 gitu panas ...sedap siak. K dah dah, nanti aku mengidam susah.



Lagi satu photo ler ngan aku keluarkan roti peranchis tu. French loaf gitu ek dorang panggil, Delifrance nye best, tapi panjang giler, kena suruh dorang kerat dua. Dah tu aku nengok Sunshine ke hapa ke pun dah ada, siap taruk oven gitu panaskan...Tapi yang mamak buat masih paling sedap.




Sitting by the ocean
Mapping out my plans of action,
baby they include you

-Ozzy Osbourne's Old L.A Tonight

Sunday, November 25, 2007

my maiden - The First Ten Years Special Series In Photos

~This personal photos post is dedicated to all the older Iron Maiden fans in Malaysia & Singapore~ \m/

ni the most ambitious post aku pernah buat -
{ This post is to share some photographic information of Iron Maiden's " The First Ten Years " ( CDs only because I cant afford to also collect the vinyl ones ), and to help those interested in this super rare collection and are searching for these worldwide. }


( click each photo to make bigger and see the details )

background - Awal tahun 1990 dahulu, Iron Maiden sambut ulangtahun 10 tahun ( 1980-90 ) menjadi artis rakaman EMI Records, dan jugak sambut ulangtahun kesepuluh dorang pertama kali release album.
Jadi, tiap2 minggu selama sepuluh minggu berturut2, EMI keluarkan Sepuluh CD, dan Sepuluh 12'inch Double Vinyl untuk collection peminat2 mereka terutama di Britain khas nya dan jugak seluruh dunia am nya.
CD2 ini sebenarnya adalah cantuman dua singles asal yang dikeluarkan Iron Maiden dari permulaan tahun 1980 hingga ke 1990. Termasuk dengan setiap Bsides ( Bonus tracks ), dan jugak tambahan track " Listen With Nicko " di mana Nicko McBrain ngan gaya kelakar bercerita tentang peristiwa2 silam yang menarik dan lucu yang berlaku di masa singles2 tersebut dikeluarkan.


The badge design for Serial No 1.

Seperti kata drummer Maiden, Nicko Mcbrain kat rakaman khas cerita2 tok selampit nya untuk tiap2 cd ini, " NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT " pasal keluaran khas ini dan memang limited edition. ( Zaman itu mana ada internet, jadi bayangkan betapa susah untuk fans worldwide dapat informasi ni ). Kalo sekarang tengok nasib, masih ada la orang jual kat EBAY ke mana2, tapi susah nak kumpul pasal memang in demand, dan harga dah melambung naik giler.



click to make bigger to see the details of each release date, serial no, the tracklisting, but do take note each of the cd and vinyl release have an additional track called " Listen With Nicko ", and its Nicko McBrain in his own humourous ways sharing his personal stories about what happen during each period of the original singles release. Plus, for the cds and vinyls released for the British market, there is a coupon which can be exchanged for a designed cardbox box to hold all 10 cds or vinyls. I dont have the box, sigh.

Lain kali, kalo ada masa aku share lagi teliti terutama tentang Bsides2 yang aku suka giler, artworks dan lukisan2 yang aku suka, informasi2 menarik perhatian dan " Not A Lot Of People Know That " seperti contoh karikatur seakan Perdana Menteri Britain Margaret Thatcher selama dua kali muncul kat kulit depan, pergaduhan Steve Harris ngan Nicko McBrain yang dirakam secara sembunyik ( track Mission From Harry yang sebenarnye bukan lagu, tapi rakaman pergaduhan betul yang makin di batu api kan oleh Bruce Dickinson )
Tapi untuk ni kali, aku just tampal gambo2 terperinci each cover, dan apa kat dalam dia, design cd dia, , informasi single dan tarikh asli dikeluarkan termasuk Bside ( bonus tracks single tersebut ) etc..

This is how each packaging looks like inside and outside. The packaging try to replicate the original vinyl release from the original era. I had include some basic infos, but maybe next time I will elaborate on certain things which I think are worth sharing.

ENJOY!!! ( click to enlarge )

PART I


"Running Free"- Originally released on the 8th of February 1980
"Burning Ambition"
"Sanctuary"- Originally released on the 23 May 1980
"Drifter (live)"
"I've Got the Fire (live)"
"Listen With Nicko! Part I"



PART II


"Women in Uniform"- Originally released on October 17, 1980
"Invasion"
"Phantom of the Opera (live)"
"Twilight Zone"- Originally released on March 2, 1981
"Wrathchild"
"Listen With Nicko! Part II"



PART III ( the one with MAIDEN JAPAN EP \m/ )


"Purgatory"- Originally released on June 15, 1981
"Genghis Khan"
MAIDEN JAPAN - Originally released on August 1981
"Running Free" (live at The Kosei Nenkin Hall, Nagoya, Japan 5-23-81)
"Remember Tomorrow" (live at The Kosei Nenkin Hall, Nagoya, Japan 5-23-81)
"Killers" (live at The Kosei Nenkin Hall, Nagoya, Japan 5-23-81)
"Innocent Exile" (live at The Kosei Nenkin Hall, Nagoya, Japan 5-23-81)
"Listen With Nicko! Part III"



PART IV


"Run to the Hills"- Originally released on 12 February 1982
"Total Eclipse"
"The Number of the Beast"- Originally released on April 26 1982
"Remember Tomorrow (live)"
"Listen With Nicko! Part IV"



PART V


"Flight of Icarus"- Originally released on 11 April 1983
"I've Got The Fire"
"The Trooper"- Originally released on 20 June 1983
"Cross-Eyed Mary"
"Listen With Nicko! Part V"



PART VI


"2 Minutes to Midnight"- Originally released on 6 August 1984
"Rainbow's Gold"
"Mission From 'Arry"
"Aces High"- Originally released on October 22, 1984
"King of Twilight"
"The Number of the Beast (live)"
"Listen With Nicko! Part VI"



PART VII


"Running Free (live)"- Originally released on September 13 1985
"Sanctuary (live)"
"Murders In The Rue Morgue (live)"
"Run to the Hills (live)"- Originally released on 2 December 1985
"Phantom of the Opera (live)"
"Losfer Words (Big 'Orra) (live)"
"Listen With Nicko! Part VII"



PART VIII


"Wasted Years"- Originally released on 6 September 1986
"Reach Out"
"Sheriff Of Huddersfield"
"Stranger in a Strange Land"- Originally released on 22 November 1986
"That Girl"
"Juanita"
"Listen With Nicko! Part VIII"



PART IX


"Can I Play with Madness"- Originally released on 20 March 1988
"Black Bart Blues"
"Massacre"
"The Evil That Men Do"- Originally released on August 1, 1988
"Prowler 88"
"Charlotte the Harlot 88"
"Listen With Nicko! Part IX"



PART X


"The Clairvoyant (live)"- Originally released on 7 November 1988
"The Prisoner (live)"
"Heaven Can Wait (live)"
"Infinite Dreams (live)"- Originally released on 6 November 1989
"Killers (live)"
"Still Life (live)"
"Listen With Nicko! Part X"


UP THE IRONS!!!!

p.s - anyway, semalam anniversary Freddie Mercury passed away tapi actually on the same day itself, drummer Kiss yang paling aku feberet feberet feberet of all time ERIC CARR pun meninggal pasal cancer jantung. Kalo korang belum tahu dekni sapa, masuk youtube nengok video Kiss " forever " ( video clip studio aslinye, bukan yang live versions ) lagu love song tapi drumming tak agak2. Aku suka dekni, and jugak dia lagi sikit nak pakai nick Rusty Blades hohohoho.





I see my future when I look in your eyes
It took your love to make my heart come alive \m/
- Kiss' Forever

Friday, November 23, 2007

kdhr ~ Black Water ( Ayer Itam )

click photos make bigger

Korang semua dah nengok katun Pixar- Cars? Yang route 66 tu dulu packed giler ngan travellers, lepas tu Interstate Highway bukak je terus tempat tu dah kena skip for majority travellers?

Betul2 aku ke halaman rindu siak.. Aku dari Larkin gi KL so aku malas nak tunggu next available Konsortium so aku naik bas Eagle. Skali tu siak ah bas masuk Air Hitam. Drebar nak makan ler, so automatik delay 30min untuk aku tapi aku enjoy pasal aku dah tak pegi Air Hitam dah berapa lama eh?



kat gambar ni, tu bas Eagle yang aku naik.

Dulu aku kecik2, kalo gi KL ke Penang or whatever, umur 10 tahun gitu mesti kena lalu Air Hitam kan? Korang yang sama umur ngan aku atau lagi tua, yang duk Johor/Singapura korang mesti tahu Air Hitam nye importance dulu. Pit Stop!!


nengok dari luar, wa beli nangka sejuk sepaket, belimbing dah sliced sepaket, total 4.50rm

So layan gambo2 Air Hitam aku sempat snap satu dua, firstly the restoran drebar take a break. Sini drebar ambik makanan special siak, waitress order pakai microfon, jadi bleh tahu each drebar bas order apa. "Nasik lauk daging, milo panas, air suam" hehee.
Nasik tambah sikit, memang drebar bus semua dapat priviledge ler, ku agak ler, drebar makan free kot, siap dapat air mineral, dapat rokok, alrite la eh. Kalo salah sorry eh tapi ni apa aku agak ler.


surau,
anyway sapa sini naik bas nye geng, korang dah cek out Yong Peng ( lucky garden ) nye tempat break punye surau, power ek. Ni aku puji restoran2 kepunyaan cina ni, surau2 dorang maintain.



Ni ambik dari dalam bas, ni aku dulu kecik2, ni tempat paling favourite orang selalu singgah ulang alik KL kan, untuk rehat2 dan shopping. Aku rasa sampai skarang pun orang masih buat, especilly sapa naik transport sendiri. Beli those ceramic2, pasu2, murah sini ada factori2 dia. Kalo beli mainan pun murah kot sini teddy bear gitu.

One thing flashback, kat sini masa aku kecik2 was an eye opener, duduk kat kedai kopi, cam trying to absorb this strange bustling town, berhabuk, kenderaan banyak sempit2, lepas tu nyonya2 peladang2 kat area situ masuk lepas tu jaja hasil dorang " sayut!! sayut!! ", lepas tu dah siap bawak lada merah la apa. Tak ingat sangat ler, tapi ada la sikit2 tu kat kepala hotak yang ngah berdengung layan dvd Heaven And Hell Live at New York Radio City Music Hall, wa tangkap ni dvd kat Pertama Complex. Oppsss..out of topic.



Sapa bleh konpem, long long ago, ni bus terminal ke tempat bas repair gitu kan?kat simpang empat tu..
Those were the days ek..



I think about closing the door
And lately I think of it more
I'm living well out of my time
I feel like i'm losing my mind

I should be at the table round
A servant of the crown
The keeper of the sign
To sparkle and to shine
\m/

Wednesday, November 21, 2007

my maiden - autographed framed x-factor artwork

Tadi bongkar2 bilik kat rumah parents, terjumpa balik satu benda yang ada sentimental value untuk aku. Yang aku memang sembunyikkan bawah katil. Ye la, kalo display terang2 ada orang cakap Malaikat tak masuk kot. So teringin lak nak buat ni posting.

Kat luar sana mesti ada ramai peminat Iron Maiden ye. Mungkin ada yang collector.
Pelan2 aku ceta kat sini koleksi Maiden aku. Aku tak mulakan ngan album, single, boxset, cd, vinyl, buku, majalah atau kaset tapi aku mulakan ngan ceta pasal autograf artwork Maiden untuk album X Factor yang aku ada.


Maiden in 1995 - Blaze Bailey / Dave Murray / Janick Gers / Steve Harris / Nicko McBrain

Korang yang pernah dengar album X-Factor ni keluar tahun 1995, tahu ni album pertama lepas Bruce Dickinson keluar dari Maiden ( rejoin 1999 ), album pertama lepas Steve Harris go thru his family problems ngan bekas isteri dia. Zaman Iron Maiden ngah betul2 nye problematic. Jadi tak terkejut kalo album ni sangat gelap, album yang lirik dia pada aku banyak sangat kedukaan, kehampaan, kesunyian, kesedihan dan kesusahan. Aku bleh relate ngan album ni haha.
Nanti lain kali wa nak buat review ni era X Factor. ( A Matter Of Live And Death review pun sampai skarang wa belum buat haha )

Satu hari nanti, aku harap aku dapat catalogkan balik semua harta benda yang aku ada berkenaan ngan Maiden. Ntah semua bertimbun kumpul habuk kat rumah parents aku. Sayang semua kaset aku dah buang bila aku masuk era digital haha, kalo tahu aku simpan.

Nanti pelan2 wa catalogkan, wa tampal kat sini jugak buat reference kita semua dan mungkin Maiden fans worldwide yang buat web search.

Anyway, these above two photos comes from the Autographed Framed X-Factor Artwork which was the prize for a Maiden contest organised by BIG-O Magazine and EMI Records back in 1995 in Singapore, to celebrate the release of the X-Factor album. Yours truly was one of the contest winner.

The plastic covering the frame remains intact for what is now 12 over years. I believe, this specific autographed item was also given out to fans all over the world because I remembered someone asking about its value on the fanclub forum. I doubt Maiden members then really sign on that specific artwork paper. It should be a print from an original but I could be wrong.




From memory, I have somewhere in my collection the following rare items related to the X-Factor era besides this autographed framed artwork.
- The X Factor Japanese Double CD ( out of print ), for the Maiden collectors, this Japan release is very special because its the only release where you can find the song " I Live My Way " on cd format. If my memory serves me right, this was actually a Bside to the Man On The Edge vinyl format single.
- The normal X Factor release on cd , of course.
- The Man On The Edge cd single part 1 which comes in a deluxe box with the band members postcards and mine got Blaze Bailey's signatures on it.
- The Lord Of The Flies cd single which I remembered an Argentinian fan sent me when I was crazy about doing trades many years ago.
I think I will make photos of all the X Factor related releases I have and post them with a proper review of the songs and infos back then, if I got time.



If this world makes you crazy
and you take in all you can bare
You call me up- because you know I'll be there

And I see your true colors, shining through
I see your true colors and that's why i love you
So don't be afraid to let them show
Your true colors, true colors
Are beautiful, like a rainbow \m/ \m/ \m/

- Cindy Lauper' True Colors

Tuesday, November 20, 2007

i am losfer words

( ni kali takde merapu, wa sua " lidah kelu tak terkata " ewah hehehe )

1984, Losfer Words - Instrumental track from the Powerslave Album.
1985,1990,1995 - Losfer Words Live @Hammersmith 1984 available on different releases.
2007, losfer words - All tickets settled.
2007, losfer words - Personalised Fan Club Tshirt just released. lawa dan simple.


2007, losfer words - Maiden Australia Tour 08 Tshirt just released. lawa. Unik pasal takde nama kat depan tapi one glance orang dah tau Eddie + Kangaroo + peta + the gunung merah tu. Jarang design cam gini.


2008, lost For words - Kalo ada rezeki dapat nengok ler sambil pakai tshirt baru \m/




Maybe I didn't treat you quite as good as I should
Maybe I didn't love you quite as often as I could
Little things I should've said and done, I never took the time
You are always on my mind
You are always on my mind

Maybe I didn't hold you all those lonely, lonely times
And I guess I never told you, I'm so happy that you're mine
If I made you feel second best, I'm so sorry, I was blind
You are always on my mind
You are always on my mind

Tell me, tell me that your sweet love hasn't died
Give me one more chance to keep you satisfied
Satisfied

- Pet Shop Boys ( wa tukar were dia jadi present tense )

Monday, November 19, 2007

Sertu / toto live in kl

Hello metal maniacs, jiwa rockers, headbangers, scums of the earth, rivetheads dan everyone out there. Korang excited tak cam aku nengok Helloween nye setlist 1st nite kat Hungary semalam? Mintak2 dorang datang Singapore or Kuala Lumpur k? Kalo dua2 sekali2..\m/..dan lagi brutal kalo Gamma Ray ikut, encore si Kai Hansen join Helloween on stage!! wouldnt that be magic? !! Tapi kan, wa rite now ada benda lagi penting..


Apa pun satu gambo mesti taruk dulu, nanti wa ceta lebih pasal ni bayekkk punnye barang.

Nari wa nak bebual, deep sikit.
Kita eh, berapa metal ke open minded ke, kita kerja carik duit pasal diri dan love ones kita dapat makan, ada baju nak pakai dan at least ada bumbung atas kepala tak kira la rumah flet ke sewa bilik kecik ke ni semua rezeki, tapi benda2 agama tak mau lupa ye tak?

So nari wa merapu pasal Sertu.
Sebagian korang especially kat Malaysia korang panggil benda ni Samak. Kat singapura selalu panggil sertu.
Sertu samak ni kan, bukan benda kecik, pasal ni kira dah memang law and order dalam agama kita ye, cuma, maybe some of us, jarang la dapat peluang diexpose kat suasana masyarakat atau kehidupan yang ada chance diperlukan sertu ( especially kalo environment Muslims majority ), tapi kalo sapa2 yang hidup kat masyarakat Muslims minority, chances korang nak kena alami sertu ni memang ada. Contact with anjing/be alif be ye/takeover rumah atau tempat orang non-muslims nye dapur all that.

So korang smua pernah sertu ke samak ke in your life? Kenangan aku -

first time ( also the opening track album Helloween "Chameleon " i like ) - Aku masa about 7 tahun time asyik ingat nak main je walau malam2 buta, aku pernah kena sertu satu badan pasal tu jam aku balik semayang Terawih kat Masjid Aminah ngan kawan2 ( ni old timer yang pegi Geylang Serai mesti ingat mesjid ni ), aku pegi main2 " blind man " abis tu aku dah jatuh dalam longkang kat belakang factory diragui mengproses daging babi ke hapa ntah.. Ksiao wa cakap lu, bapak wa dah nampak, abis wa..tu malam wa sua mandi air tanah liat siot. sua kecoh wa cakap lu orang.
Orang lain syok2 mandi bunga, mandi luhur, mandi susu, aku kena mandi tanah liat. Dari kecik aku memang dah gatal takde problem carik problem.

2nd time - Few years back, waktu yours truly masih kena panggil reservist, aku ngah perform reservist kat satu area ni tau , errrmm..ni aku tak cakap apa2 hal sensitive la ye? wakakaa. Abis tu ada anjing semua sua jilat2 tangan aku la, terus balik singgah area Sengkang tu jam masih banyak construction sites, wa sua carik tanah liat sertu lagik hehehe..

Its an eye opener for me personally, dulu kalo nampak anjing, aku detour jauh2..ntah pasal mungkin aku dah dari kecik dah dididik jauhkan diri dari anjing, tapi bila aku dah kena lalui anjing datang cium2, jilat2, aku rasa agama kita ni simple je kan, kena jilat anjing?? so?? just ambik tanah liat basuh je, bilas 7 kali. Bukan nye like its a big problem gitu kan. So that day onwards like eye opener la untuk aku, agama kita ni simple je, bukan nak susahkan kita, cuma maybe some people suka exxagerate termasuk aku wakaa.

3rd time - kita dah beli resale flat rumah cina. Abis wa sua fikiran cammana ni rumah cina kan, so wa pegi mintak tolong la satu Ustaz ni. Nasib baik ustaz ni luang masa tolong wa, dan personally help out ngan Sertu nye proses. Memang, aku nengok sendiri, so aku realise, agama kita memang rules dia simple je. Procedure sertu aku nengok ustaz tu buat pun simple je.. Aku sua imegin yang benda2 complicated, tapi la...senang je. Mungkin korang smua banyak dah tau, tapi untuk aku personally nengok ustaz tu buat sertu untuk rumah bekas orang non-muslim, mudah sangat.
Baru aku bleh imegin, yang KFC, Pizza Hut, McDonalds, dan apa2 la restoran2 makanan yang converted to certified halal, cammana dorang buat proses sertu kat dapur2 restoran2 tu..



( atas tu tadi front look, ni back look lak )

So ustaz tu dah pakai sabun ni, ( korang smua wa bukan iklan ke apa ke, cuma wa share something useful ). Mudah sangat..pasal dah diproses, so campur je ngan air dalam baldi.

So korang bleh contact ustaz ni kat 63966734, or gi kedai dia kat Haig Road ( pronounced by mbh as Heg'ga Ruu'dd - dengung mesti lebih ). Korang beli Berita Harian korang kadang2 nampak la artikel2 dan ulasan produk2 Ustaz ni ada buat untuk permudahkan cara hidup sesuai kat mana kita ada kan? dan serious bebual la, korang just imegin skarang kat mana korang ada ni? kat rumah ke kat keja? dog datang jilat2 korang skarang ni? korang nak carik tanah liat bersih, senang ke? so cam aku cakap kena nengok environment dan masyarakat kat mana korang ada. Kalo senang, maybe tak worry sangat, or else, kena ada effort sikit ler. tapi serious bebual ni very useful in a muslim minority areas. Last time, apa aku tahu bila smua dah kena pindah flat, kat dapur semua standby ler tanah liat semua dah keringkan gitu taruk dalam plastik simpan, just in case, tapi skarang dah ada another alternative.

Anyway, wa tiap2 post wa ambik kesempatan buat a long distance dedication so sebelum wa lupa..

I can't wait forever, baby, open me your door,
I just want your loving if you cannot give me more.
I can see you standing there, you know you're worth the try,
Let me guide you in my spaceship and I'll surely make you have
A R e a l G o o d T i m e .
\m/

- Helloween - First Time
( Sapa kat sini rindu Helloween zaman vocalist si Michael Kiske?? I do )


Moving on, thanks to Zan for highlighting Toto's gig in KL coming March 15th gitu.
I will try my best to go...sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti \m/

Korang korang, trust me, kalo korang rasa tak pernah dengar Toto, or ingat Toto tu separuh masak, aku tak bedek, korang gi try nengok dorang live cammana. Power giler.
Anyway, lagu2 Toto banyak yang evergreen la. Korang yang minat slower ke, catchy stuffs ke, mesti suka, most to most korang bila nengok Toto mesti cakap " eh? ni lagu Toto ye? eh ni lagu Toto jugak ye ? ", Afrika, Rosanna, I'll be Over You, Hold The line, I will remember, Pamela, Stop Loving You, ni semua soundtrack of my life, so should be soundtrack of you guys life jugak ler, cuma korang tak tahu je.

Friday, November 16, 2007

kdhr - apa sey Cree?? / dream job / toto live

Kalo pegi zoo Spore ( one of aku nye faberet places ever ), korang nampak ni kat Fragile Forest ( one of aku nye faveret locations kat dalam zoo ).


Only after the last tree has been cut down / Only after the last river has been poisoned / Only after the last fish has been caught / Only then will you find that money cannot be eaten" - An old Cree Indian saying.

Korang intepret sendiri ler saying ni up to your understanding ek. Tapi kalo sapa baca tanpa ada rasa apa2, memang korang lagi teruk dari Ah Meng.

Tapi actually kan selain dari saying tu, ada lagi satu benda- kalo sapa2 yang minat Iron Maiden, korang mesti perasan perkataan Cree tu kan? pasal kat liriks lagu Run To The Hills, intro dia cam gini..


White man came across the sea
He brought us pain and misery
He killed our tribes, he killed our creed
He took our game for his own need

We fought him hard we fought him well
Out on the plains we gave him hell
But many came too much for cree
Oh will we ever be set free?


Dulu, aku pecah kepala siak, apa tu Cree? apa tu Cree? ye la, kalo liriks Maiden, aku memang try to cam pahamkan words dia dan apsal tulisan liriks jadi cam sekian2 gitu.
Rupanya Cree tu cam indegineous people kat North Amerika, before mat salleh sampai ler. Kalo orang melayu nengok ceta cowboy, kita suka panggil dorang Dayak ke, Red Indian ke. wakaka. Dulu ek, nengok ceta koboi, mesti mat salleh hero, red indian semua jahat!!. Siot, memang kena bubble dakyah hollywood. Tapi well... Iron Maiden nye Run To The Hills liriks nasib baik fair and square ler hoho.
( Maybe next time bleh ambik2 gambo koleksi2 aku ada kena mengena ngan lagu Run To The Hills dan story sikit, kalo ada time. Aku cita2 banyak nak buat blog ni kecoh giler, tapi takde time, dan malasssss )


Anyway lagi satu gambo kat zoo... pun kat dalam Fragile Forest.

I Like To Move It Move It
I Like To Move It Move It
I Like To Move It Move It
Ya Like To (MOVE IT!)

Favourite ler ni, kalo aku dapat peluang keja kat zoo, aku nak try apply jadi tukang jaga ni madagascara lemur ni, cammana korang nengok kat katun Madagascar tu, cam gitu la dorang nye havoc dan chaos, cuma dorang tak bleh cakap je.
Aku dari dulu suka betul gi zoo, ada time tu kan, tiap2 bulan aku pegi, pasal aku off weekday, so zoo takde orang, so aku bleh enjoy everything by myself, animal show semua duduk seat paling best nampak clear wakaka.. Keja ngan animals mesti best eh? dari keja ngan some human beings yang takde hati perut, korang mesti tahu jugak kan, dapat colleagues atau boss yang makan dalam, memang siksa. Keja ngan binatang, aku rasa dorang jujur, kalo dorang naik minyak pun, most to most korang kena makan/telan/pijak/belit/hempap/tanduk/patuk/gigit ( choose one hahahah )

p.s - Toto baru keluar live album, sama tour yang aku gi nengok masa dorang main kat sini last year gitu.. So pasal takde lagi, skarang ngah dengar bootleg personal je ler. Serious bebual, kalo ada satu live album yang korang perlu carik end of this year - nanti try pegi carik TOTO - Falling In Between Live. Double CD aku rasa baru release kat Europe, DVD version dia next year keluar.

It's a crime to live my life without you
Serve out my years in darkness
Inside these walls I'd die without you
\m/

Tuesday, November 13, 2007

masjid TV ( part ii )

At last, sambungan gambo2 dari Masjid TV ( part i ) yang kat sini http://deaf-angel.blogspot.com/2007/10/masjid-tv-part-i.html

( The 2nd installment of my personal and casual but very low profile snapshots of Masjid Negara in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Using a small, cheap 'idiot friendly' 4mp camera. Click to make bigger )



kat dia nye bahagian2 bawah roof tu pun ada ayat2 suci jugak..( melayu ada term untuk that particular location kot? aku dah lupa word2 ada kena mengena ngan bumbung/atap all that )



Bahagian belah sana tu ingatkan aku kat kedai gunting rambut nye gigi trimmer dan yang dekat tu cam gear eh..



this is one of the locations where the worshippers can take their ablution. Aceh ceh ceh, wa speaking london betul ke? Takkan kita nak cakap kita ambik air semayang cakap take prayer water lak kan? Mesti mat salleh ke sapa ke konpius kalau kita cakap " this place, we take prayer water ".



ni aku pun tak tahu ntah hapa2 aku snap photo ni, actually nak tunjuk one of the entrance tu ada waktu2 semayang all that, dan jugak menara dia kat background.


so meh kita masuk dia nye bahagian2 dalam lak ek.


kat satu area belakang main hall tu banyak tau pillar. Lawa tau korang.



ni kalo kita semua time budak2 main kejar2 polis and thief mesti gerek eh..
nak main sembunyik2 susah ah, pillar dia semua halus2. Kalo besar sikit, fullamak mesti kecoh. kejap2 POM!! kejap2 POM!!!



Aku suka yang ni, dia gelap sikit pasal area sini matahari tak masuk sangat, also lampu tu jam tak on.


main hall. Discreet abis wa snap. Walau cuma ada berapa jemaah je yang ngah ibadah, tapi tak mau ah aku open2 snap, mau kang security datang mengamuk kat aku kang.


So ni kat dewan utama dia. Lush carpet, chandeliers, mihrab, mimbar all that. Korang nengok glass2 dia lawa woo kaler2 gitu and also decorated ayat2 suci.



Pillar2 mesjid ni memang pengsi abis. Kalo yang kat luar tu bawah cam salut mas gitu, kat dalam lak cam gini gitu..



ni more to the side and behind section of the main hall. Cantik eh.



ni dia nye roof nengok dari dewan utama.



Last kopek dewan utama. Budak2 tu tiga kecik je berbanding ngan main hall ni.



Besar tau, very vast.



Tak jalan abis ah...tapi korang get the idea berapa besar kawasan ni. Untuk sapa2 yang belum sampai lagi mesjid tv ni, kadang2 nengok kat tv tak sama ngan tengok ngan mata sendiri.



Kepala hotak aku dari tadi asyik nyanyi lagu kumpulan Kiss " I Stole Your Love " je, tapi nengok gambo ni, aku pikir aku hapal lagu rock/metal sanggup siap melodi line, gitar solo semua kat kepala hotak aku bleh humming exactly wakaka, tapi hapal surah2 pendek kat juz 30, aku hapal inna'attaina, kulhuwallah, lagi.. errr..err..hehe.
tu pun ntah betul ke tak aku baca sebutan dia.



lagi satu..



Last bus, aku sangat suka gambo ni....
kesian dorang, letih sangat kot. I've been there before, tido kat public places, so I know how it feels.


Hope you all enjoyed this tour hoho. Nanti senang lain kali aku upload gambo2 masjid temenggong telok blangah kat singapore lak. Ni mesjid paling klassik dan unik pasal mesjid ni dan tanah surounding dia semua milik Johor. Kira milik Malaysia la ye. So kalo sapa semayang sana, imam semua Malaysian ler. Abis kalo doa semua doa untuk Sultan Johor all that, skrip khutbah pun ikut Johor. Nanti ah wa story mory lain kali k. till then..



'Cause I stole your love, stole your love
Ain't never gonna let you go
I, oh yeah, stole your love, I stole your love
Stole your love, I stole your love
\m/