Finally ive completed watching ANTM cycle 11. As refreshing as usual. Personally i found that this season cast is one of the  most  modelesque girls of all season. Eversince the makeover, i always rooting for McKey. I love her features! and damn im so glad she won! Other than Jaslene, Mckey is my personal favourite of ANTM winner that i think has what it takes to become a supermodel in runaway, print and tv commercial.

My second favourite from ANTM 11 is Marjorie Conrad. I love her personality, since i am too, tend to fidget when i get nervous(something that i continously learn to perfect my skills to overcome my nerves). As a model, i felt Marjorie has the essential features and personality. But she need to manage her nervousness-something that i believe can be master through time )

Lastly i just love Analeigh Tipton. She is not only beautiful from the outside, but from the inside aswell. I love her friendship with Marjorie and how considerate she is as a friend. She also can become a bankable model if she can give a variety of facial shots, i believe her posing style is already progressing throughout the end of the cyle. She has master her posing techniques, giving variety of posing style. If not a model, i believe she can be a succesful actress one day.

Walaupun saya mahu pun rakan bukanlah seorang kaki motor, acara ini tetap kami serbu kerana menyokong rakan Deja Voodool Spells.

Acara 2 hari ini menyaksikan pelbagai program yang disusun atur untuk peminat2 sukan bermotor di ibu negara. Boleh dikatakan ianya meliputi pelbagai kategori motor dari kapchai hinggalah ke yang berkuasa tinggi.

Selama 2 hari itu juga, setiap sudut perkarangan Matic, riuh dengan deruman enjin dan aksi2 abang dan kakak motor  dengan fesyen menepati karekter dan jiwa mereka selaku peminat motor.

Namun, dalam keriuhan dan kekecohan motor-motor, jaket hitam dan boot, terselit juga giggers yang mungkin datang semata-mata untuk memberi sokongan kepada band kegemaran mereka.

Slot persembahan Deja Voodoo spells bermula pada sebelah malam 27th December, pembuka tirai pentas pada malam terakhir Kl Bikers Week. Dari Kejauhan, sudah kedengaran riuhnya deruman enjin dan suara juruacara, shamsul ghau ghau dan seorang gadis bermini skirt hitam sebagai co-host.

Seperti biasa, DVS muncul santai,menghangatkan penonton dari pentas tinggi.  Sempoi berkhaki pendek, Rithan mengamit perhatian dengan vokal dan lagu popular mereka. Penonton kelihatannya melayan dengan cukup sporting.

Penonton tidaklah ramai, cukup untuk menghangatkan acara penutup, saya memang cukup enjoy melayan acara low profile seperti ini kerana port ruang dibawah pentas hadapan pasti kami yang punya. Maklumlah penonton kita memang semuanya malu-malu kucing belaka kan.

Tak lama kemudian, giliran Band Bau (pernah dengar nama band ni, tapi tak pernah tengok dieorang beraksi live) untuk beraksi. Penonton yg lebih dewasa layan betul dengan mereka. Dieorg ada stail, sedikit lalok, aksi kambing yang berjaya menghappeningkan abang-abang sopan dibawah pentas.

Acara sudah smpai ke penghujung, perut pun sudah menyanyi minta diisi. Lega, tidak lama kemudian, Meet Uncle Hussain memulakan persembahan mereka. Kerabat MUH yang mengisi ruang depan pentas sejak tadi mula menyempitkan diri masing-masing. Dibelakang kami, abang-abang jaket hitam jugak tidak sabar untuk melihat aksi MUH(atau mereka juga lapar seperti aku?).Penonton bersorak sejurus Lan menjeritkan suaranya.Banyak juga lagu yang dibawa, dari halusinasi hingga ke anthem ‘Lagu Untukmu’.  Kelihatan seorang makcik bertudung sekeluarga didepan turut bernyanyi bersama. Respek lah

Persembahan MUH sedikit tergangu apabila suaranya yang sedia tinggi itu disahut deruman enjin motor dari bawah pentas seolah-olah ingin mencabar kehebatan suara Lan.  Adoi….ada juga manusia-manusia tak sporting seperti ini. Barangkali ego mereka tercalar atau sengaja ingin mengusik kesabaran MUH. Cubaaan.

Lan, bijak mengatasi suasana(respeklah!) dengan sempoinya memberi kata-kata aluan utk ‘acknowledge’ kehadiran abang-abang motor dan memberi laluan kepada abang-abang itu untuk menderum bunyi enjin, dengan erti kata lain, memberi peluang untuk mereka blah kalau tak sudi nak dengar MUH.:P

Mujur ganguan ‘teknikal’ cuma seketika sahaja, Aksi MUH pada malam itu diteruskan dengan keriuhan melayan MUH, malah ada yang sempat  ‘pogo’ didepan pentas walaupun ruangnya amatlah terhad. hehehe. Tkpelah, janji happening.

Sebaik sahaja Persembahan selesai, kami terus blas, menuju Kak Mah tomyam, kerana perut dah masuk angin!.

DVS

Bau

MUH

Motor sapa tu?

Sayang, dont be stingy...we'll make your RM10 worth every cents okay

The recent proposal request lead by Malaysian Film Producers Association to FINAS in hope to ‘plea’ for all Hollywood film released in Malaysia cinema’s ticket price to be charge at minimum of RM20.

Currently all Malaysian movies have been given a special privilege of ‘wajib tayang’ scheme to ensure their movies (regardless how bad the movie quality or low public acceptance) will enjoy a compulsory screening slot by the cinema owners nationwide.

As if that’s not enough, with the always and forever productive culture of ‘subsidy’, ‘umbrella’ and ‘spoon fed’ among Malaysian citizen’s particularly the bumiputera, it will not only cultivate the culture of anti competition but an orthodox practice that will surely provides ’positive’ platform for Malaysian films producers and directors to ‘raised’ the standard of Malaysian movies compared to Indonesia and Thailand, let alone Hollywood.

Personally, as a consumer, even after the enforcement of the new ticket price, I won’t be bother watching crappy Malaysian movies at the cinema for the sake of ‘supporting’ the industry.

In fact, I believe it is our responsible to NOT watch their crappy movies in order to encourage them to produce a BETTER movie. I always believe that, spending my hard earned money to these film producer/director wannabe will only nurture a group of a few Malaysian film producer and directors who refused to grow up and could not accept that they, should run a restaurant rather making another crappy movies.

Cinema goers these days are more educated and selective in spending their money on movies compared in the 1990s. The standard of living has also increased since the beginning of 2k years. Unless if they decide to make movies for the growing numbers of immigrants population in Malaysia.

I honestly challenge these so called local film ‘heroes’ to proceed with their laughable proposal as soon as possible and see if in future, the local film industry will float or sink to the deepest south china sea.

Perhaps, they are not fully aware, by 2015, with a completion of the final phase of High Speed Broad band service in Malaysia, it will offer a faster speed and a higher quality broadband service which will provides a better alternative for Malaysian to seek source of entertainment online, from youtube, torrent to IPTV, with the decreasing price of HDTV and home theater system, Malaysian will soon be able to enjoy whatever movies they want to watch, safer, at the comfort of our home.

Zee's You Tube message updates

Hai everybody

This is Zee,just to let you guys know
that im in los angeles at the moment
recording my album, at the brushfire record studio.

Hopefully the album will be release ‘next year’.

Also a special thank you and shout out to my youtube subscribers
and to anyone who’ve left me such me such wonderful words of encouragement.

Until then i hope you stay tune for updates and happy holidays.

Thank you.

Zee Avi, formerly known as Koko Kaina, currently is in Los Angeles, recording her debut album with Brushfire Records at  Brushfire Studio.

She has already gain attention from US media, including Los Angelas times and has earn rave reviews for her orginaly composition song,  ‘no christmas for me’; which has been included in Brushfire’s Warm December Holidays Album.

A video recording of her performances has been updated in Youtube and Brushfire official website.

official website:  www.brushfirerecords.com

Caprice third single, ‘Fantasy Girl’, is definitely going to start stir some waves  in 2009. The catchy vibe of his new single has already making waves on the internet, making hits on youtube.

The video which features hot sexy girls not only from homeland Malaysia, but other parts of the world aswell, it also includes a special sizzling appearance by an internet exhibitionista chick from Toronto, Sophia Loren and featuring an online collaboration with internet aspiring rapper, LM from Houston, Texas.

‘Fantasy Girl’ music videos features shots of the girls from different parts of the continents dancing and having fun to Caprice song, and the rap break by Mr LM from Houston,USA shot in a night mode in front of video camera. The video treatment is not only creative and sexy but it’s also clever considering the budget constraints and suchs. The idea is also rarely seen done by any other artiste.

Following his other hit single such as ‘Lenglui’ and the effectious ‘Dem Girls’, Caprice continues his flirtiest catchy hooks and enough eye candy pleasures to make all the girls(and boys) hoping from more.

Currently his song has already hit airwaves on Malaysia Xfresh and Hitz.fm radio, hungry for more request and votes to keep his career going, and making performances around town especially at private functions and prom.

Yes, get him while he’s still available at affordable rates, cause this cute fella definitely going to make it big offshore real real soon, following other Malaysia talented fresh homegrown export such as Chenelle, Shayna Zaid, Zee Avi(Koko Kaina), Pop Shuvit and others!

Official Myspace:www.myspace.com/capriceonline

Official Youtube:www.youtube.com/capricetv

Facebook: capriceonline@gmail.com

Kembali,
kini ku bangun sedar dari mimpi..
kembali,
kembali kepada petak pertama…
kembali,
kumahu hidup 1000 tahun lagi,
kembali….

petang yang riuh!

Yes! Rock the world 8 kembali lagi pada tahun 2008. Melepaskan dahaga peminat yang merindui temasya yang mengangkat karya-karya pengkarya musik tempatan berpaksi kan irama rock. Yeke?Tak juga..tapi lebih kuranglah!.Lagipun tema temasya tak semestinya seratus peratus rock, dan kalau rock, tak semestinya metal aje. Bg aku,Apepun boleh, asalkan ianya MENGEGARKAN! thehehehe

Utk Edisi 8 tahun ke -9. Rasanya, amat2 bertepatan sesangat pabila Butterfingers diberi penghargaan utk menutup pentas pada hari itu. Shahdu, gemuruh dan ‘overwhelming’!!.
(aku hampir nak menangis at one point,tapi aku tahan, sebab malu ngan geng sebelah!).

Anyway aku bangggggggggaaaa gile gile gile dekat emmet roslan dan sekalian sisi butterfingers yang lain. korang semua dah BESAR, dan MATANG. Dada aku sangat2 bangga bila dengar setiap patah dan bait patah lagu2 melayu yang emmet dendangkan pada malam itu tersangatlah kemelayuan. salute to you!!. emmet, ternyata memahami apa yang diperjuangkannya. Dan bilamana seorang vokalist melayu celup,sebenarnya boleh memilih utk mendendangkan lagu2 melayu beliau dengan berslang2 nuasa keju atau rokok kretek, tapi tidak sama sekali bagi emmet. satu tamparan hebat pada vokalis2 band2 tempatan yang mungkin sejak lahir belum pernah jejak kaki ke singapura,  apatah lagi london. Setiap patah irama butterfingers adalah kaya dengan ciri-ciri kemelayuan asli.

Satu pegangan yang patut diikuti oleh band-band tempatan yang lain. Sayang bila ramai kini masih keliru dan bangga menyelitkan bahasa2 seberang dalam hasil karya mereka. Walhal mereka jugalah kemudiannya, bersorak tidak puas hati meminta subsidi ‘air play’ dari kerajaan untuk menyiarkan lagu-lagu mereka, dan tidak segan silu menunding jari pada pendengar2 musik tempatan bahawa mereka menganak tirikan pemusik tempatan seperti mereka.ironic bukan?

aku tak tahu, nak mengulas dari sudut mana. Bagi aku, tiada cela nya temasya kali ini. Sekalung tahniah buat penganjur dan penaja2 yang berkaitan kerana sudi memberi sokongan pada geng fatboys utk mengzahirkan rock  the world 8.(ya walaupun tiket masih dikenakan bayaran RM25, dan tapak konsert juga, ’secrect garden’ kali ni mengunakan padang letak kereta shaja, tapi terima kasih jugalah!).

Seperti mana penganjuran tahun2 sebelumnya, peminat berduyun datang memberi sokongan padu, mereka datang dari rata ceruk dari perlis smpailah ke sabah!. berkampung diKL, dan selesai konsert ada yang menapak jauh utk pulang, ada yang tidur berselimutkan embun untuk menunggu bas hari esok. Setia bukan mereka2 ini?

Masing2 datang beraneka corak. Membawa panji2 kumpulan kegemaran mereka yang beraksi dipentas pada kali ini. Aku tiba lewat. amat malang kerana tidak sempat tengok band sebelumnya beraksi.SEDIH!. Namun, persembahan Komplot dan seterusnya amat memuaskan hati patik.

OAG, kali ini mengatur masa persembahan dibelah petang, mungkin, seriau dengan eksiden di bukit jalil semasa konsert KAMI. CANTIK!. ya lah, tak kan nak perform medley mcm hari tu kan?. Radhi bijak menguasi set mereka,  abang sekuriti dengan tangkasnya memakaikan Radhi sweater hitam bilamana sweater merah dilucutkan Radhi dengan selumber ya ya nya kerana kepanasan!. Hehehehe. Radhi, hang saja cari pasal ya…:P

Aksi Revenge berjaya memberi kelainan pada malam itu, Ini aksi sulung mereka dipentas Rock The World. Cukup memberi kepuasan kepada pengemar musik rock retro 80an. Suka sangat tengok aksi ligat mereka dipentas.siap ada dance move lagi tu… Havoc.

Seperti mana persembahan mereka di pentas gig terbuka, Estranged, berhempas pulas untuk memukau penonton yang hadir. Sorry Rich, kaum hawa hanya minoriti pada malam itu, walaupun cuba memancing peminat dengan lagu2 mereka yang lebih masculine, kesian juga dengan sambutan hambar penonton, walaupun dipancing dengan lagu ‘berhantu’ mereka ‘itu kamu’, sambutan penonton tetap macam itu juga. Walaupun begitu, pujian harus diberikan pada geng Estranged kerana tetap gigih dan tebal muka menghabiskan sessi persembahan mereka. Penonton juga sporting mendengar, dan bertepuk sorak, walaupun sayu, namun mereka tidaklah dihujani dengan “boo”.

Hmm, aksi penonton mungkin berbeza jika Hujan beraksi dipentas terbuka seperti itu. Malang sekali, eksiden2 Hujan sebelum ini agaknya memuakkan segelintir peminat musik tempatan, namun, saya tetap merasakan, Hujan patut menyahut cabaran beraksi di pentas terbuka Rock The World 8.Alasan mereka untuk menjaga keselamatan ‘raingers’ adalah basi semata2. Sampai bila agaknya Hujan akan cuma beraksi dipentas sendiri? Anti sosial kah? I say, enough with the atitude lah!.

Bittersweet hebat memukau penonton sejurus laungan ‘cubaan’ mereka keudara. RIUH. hehhee. Laungan gegak gempita mosh pit gamat bila ‘Capital E’ dimainkan.Semangatnya membakar setiap inci tubuh aku dan yang lain2nya. Seperti biasa, bagi aku yang bertubuh kecil ni, aku pegang erat tiang besi didepan untuk mengelakkan dari di kuak dari posisi. Port cantikkk katakan..ada sesuatu disebalik kata sindiran Pijie sejurus sebelum beliau melantun bait  lagu ‘ceritera’.

Mungkin inilah yang patut diteladani oleh pemusik indie yang lain. Peminat memang dahagakan karya2 dewasa seperti  ini. Karya2 picisan yang keanakan bukan tidak laku, tetapi, harus disogok dengan bijaksana dan berpada2 supaya kalian boleh mendewasakan pendengar2. Namun, ianya tidaklah bermaksud karya2 korang harus serius sepanjang masa. Ahh…pandai2 lah memancing hormat dari pendengar. Jika mahu terus diangkat dan dihargai, gunakan akal dan pancaindera anda untuk merujuk pada hasil kerja band-band otai yang lain. Walaupun veteran, namum karya mereka tetap segar pada setiap telinga yang mendengar.

Oleh itu, tatkala emmet menutup tirai pentas pada malam itu dengan sorakan dan julangan gemuruh peminat, aku rasa aksi mereka pada malam itu seolah aksi seorang perwira yang pulang dengan buah tangan istimewa cukup untuk mengisi setiap seorang yang hadir pada malam itu. Sepertia kebiasaannya gaya emmet amat professional dan selamba. Tiada langsung cibikan angkuh yang mendabik dada seolah membezakan dia dan mereka2 dibawah pentas. Sederhana dan mesra, seolah seorang abang melayan adik2 nakalnya. Aku tergelak besar pabila dimaklumkan bahawa Emmet tertawa pabila ada tangan nakal dihadapan pagar sempat memicit ‘tetek’  beliau sebelum beliau ‘bodysurf’. Hmmm dekat bukit jalil dahinya bedarah tekena tuning pegs.Kt RTW kena ’picit’ pulak ye? hahhaa  Apapun,aksi butterfingers cukup menghiburkan dan penuh makna jika kalian memahami tiap bait kata-kata lagu butterfingers yangdilantunkan.

Secara dasarnya, semua band-band yang mengisi Rock The World 8 hebat2 belaka, walaupun terasa macam kekurangan ajinamoto…namun, band-band yang ada dari The otherside orchestra hinggalah ke Butterfingers tidaklah mengecewakan sangat.Aku tak nak komplen pasal band list sebab event ni finaly ON pun dah cukup bagus dah!.Band2 tempatan amat2lah hebat belaka sekarang. Semuanya ada ciri khas masing2 dan ada kualiti untuk menerjah arena global. Mereka cuma perlu lebih berani, bijak networking, dan always keep themselves humble in a learning mode untuk menghasilkan karya2 bombastik dan revolutionary.

Nanti kalau ada masa, aku update ulasan ini dari masa ke semasa kayh.Ini hanyalah ulasan dari kacamata aku je. Korang pulak rasa mcmana?Best ke tak best? Apepun tanggapan korang, acara sudah berakhir dan telah menutup tirai kerancakan arena perkarya musik tempatan yang berjaya mencuri tumpuan media2 utama pada sepanjang 2008. Semoga 2009, terus meyaksikan barisan pemusik dan pengkarya tempatan untuk terus aktif berevolusi dalam menyajikan juadah seni yang terus segar yang mampu mengegarkan arena musik tempatan dan antarabangsa. 

Sementara itu, enjoy jelah gambar2 yang dirakam mengunakan kamera ku yang tak boleh nak zoom jauh2 tu

Radhi yang always oh-frenly dan best

Good job izwin, aksi sulung dipentas rock the world.

Bittersweet yang manis

eh?napa kelat sangat nie? hmm...

Rich. jgn amik hati ya...

naza, jejaka moden minimalis glamerr... . snap tecantik the times yang aku amik malam tu. yg lain...seme shaky n blur!

konfin kanser aksi lumayan mereka memecah setiap ruang gegedang telinga.

clear sikit kan?

The Revenge, aksi 'mana' tunggal pada malam itu. Aku suka cara dieorg dress up. memorable dan menghiburkan.

One Buck Short, geng yang selalu tak cukup singgit. hehehe

salute you!

aksi otai yang selamba melayan peminat yang happening!

hmmm its nearly the end...of the show...

keep on making music k bro! luv ya!

Since my parents requested to keep meksu (my 7 months old kitten)with them at my hometown, and after moving into a new home. i miss my cat even more, and so does my housemate.

oh how miss her playing hide and attack, and her manja atitude, licking my lips, my face, slept on my arms when im using my laptop. She is so smart and attentive to things we say to her. So no wonder my parents were smitten by her and wanted to keep her.

Anyway i didnt have a guts to take her away from my parents. So the last 2 weeks, ive started looking for a poor kitten to be taken under my care. The thing is, im so auspicious when selecting kitten. I didnt just take any kitten. I only adopt a kitten who i think has the ‘chemistry’ that im looking for. Meksu, for instance, was a sick poor unwanted siamese kitten i found in spca.

It has also been 2 nights in a row i found myself dreaming, adopting a kitten. A kitten appear in my dream last night dream looklike the picture above. a grey kitten.

Well, if God meant me to keep a kitten once again.It will happen sooner or later. I dont want to rush into this. I like things to fall place according to my faith. Maybe i will stumble upon a sick unwanted kitten somewhere, or i found that kitten from someone who ask me to adopt their kitten.If it meant to be, then it will happen in a day or two or in months to come.

Gosh. this event is old. last month. Surprisingly, i haven’t  got a time to review it until today.

Event name: Levis Live Unbutton Big Bash Party
Time:9pm
Venue: KL Tower.
Line up:Estranged, Deja Voodoo Spells, MC Syze, Joe Flizzow (Malaysia), DJ T-Bone, Zul Mystroe, Richard J (Singapore), SLEEQ (Singapore) and DJ Cream (Indonesia)

Parking arrangement: well planned arrangement. shuttle van available for free. reasonable parking fee of RM5 @ legal parking compound.

Rating: Couldve been better. 3 stars out of 5.

First of all, its a shame when a well planned exclusive party cum gig like this is not being promoted heavily in proper channels. If it wasnt becoz of the email mailing list and someone we knew were among the line up. i guess we wouldn’t be aware of the event.

Anyway, when we arrived. i saw few groups of giggers ready for the event. i think they probably not aware of all the line up. Sadly this is not a rock gig. its a mixed.

Thus soonest as Deja Voodoo Spells and Estranged finished their thing. Some of them left. Leaving the floor empty.However, the host has done his very best in persuading the shy people to filled floor  and go wild. LOL.

Yeah, i guess few sane ppl did listen to the calling. Thanks to the few group of drunkers, they at least hype up the cold surrounding with their cheering and ‘dancing’, hehe.

Personally, except for few malaysian talents. other talents are relatively unknown to the audience. Particularly those coming from singapore. Nevertheless all of them did their very best to satisfy the organizer and keep the  audience entertained.

DJV in action - ainul,mie and rithan

Rithan and Mie in action

Deja Voodoo Spells, our personal favourite of the bunch. Heat up the event as the first opening act. As usual, their captivating performance with their hits such as ‘Rock & Roll’, ‘I am What I Am’, ‘Five’. The trio proves that,Malaysian talents – BOLEH!.

As usual Rich Wow them all with 'Itu Kamu'.

minat la tshirt dia. mana beli?

Malaysia pop rock darlings, Estranged later fill the stage in akward moment, leaving napi soak up in his own sweat when everybody turn attention towards him. hehehhee, Rich later save him, performing their hits such as ‘Aurora’, ‘Yang Pernah’, ‘Velocity’, and my favourite’s ‘Slave in Us’ and of course, crowd favourite of ‘Itu Kamu’. Hehehehee.

Zul(on the right) performing with Richard J.

I felt so sorry for Zul Mystroe, singaporean beat box talents. Thank god he can really beat box, or else he end up drowning in having his own season.The audience are hard to impress. I felt sorry for him for having to perform at the ‘wrong’ venue. But hes not that bad, in fact some of his skills did gain applause from the audience.

Richard J. Doing his 'thang'.

Richard J, manage to keep the crowd happy with few of his not-so-bad catchy  songs such as ‘addicted’, ‘Supagirl’. His performance is entertaining,He couldve been a succesful artist, if he can find his own identity and shed his Bow wow+T.I image. One thing fo sure, his high pitched speaking voice will sure impress Chris Tucker fans. I love Chris Tucker and yeah, Eddie Murphy. Opps. Off Topic.

sleeq sleaking their numbers.

The list of singaporean talents continues with Sleeq. The next big thing soon to invade our local malay radio after  Imran Ajmain, Alif Aziz. Why not? The duo, consist of Alip and Syarif  are bunch of eye candy, powerful enough to lure their attention in enjoying their music. The duo performed few english songs such as ‘moviestar’, with 1990s pop urban sound. Eventough outdated, it is still pleasurable.

MC syze save the show by throwing few olskool songs, to bring sweet memories to the audience particularly those who are fans of Too Phat back in the those days. The  powerful and smooth rap delivery is uncomparable to the ones shown by the previous performers.  LOL. I was hooked with the ryhme and enjoying it every seconds.

Joe Flizzow almost literally single handedly bring all the crowds going with his performance of his latest hits such as ‘Do it Duit’ and few other song that i cant remember that night.

Soon as it ends. Dj took over the stage and try their best to keep the momentum going with their playlist of songs hoping that the crowd staying and keeping it hype and happening.

Sadly, few groups including me choose to leave the scene after few snapping momento. Too bad, an event with such quality production, which includes lavish lightings, audio video pleasures, grafity activities and other gimics  should be share by more KLians.

Perhaps they could’ve arrange a tactical promotional strategy in the future. Surely they have to compete since event like these are mushrooming in numbers, having people to be more selective in spending their fun time. Or else end up at a tasteless event and not having a good time.

In reality, KL folks are now more picky than ever, especially for free events. After all, everybody want to make sure,after going through the traffic jems, spent ridiculous amount of parking ‘fee’ by those ‘parking’ pirates.The event will provides a happy hour experience.

The Star,Wednesday December 10, 2008

Group: We’ve enough grounds to take action against authorities

KUALA LUMPUR: Residents affected by the landslide at Bukit Antara­bangsa plan to sue the relevant government authorities for compensation.

A task force set up to represent the residents feels it has enough grounds to sue as the authorities had failed to act in time to avert the tragedy that claimed four lives.

Task force chairman Datuk M. Mu­­niandy said that the committee had engaged lawyers to prepare the lawsuit and to identify the defendants.

“We have strong evidence to back the suit. The residents had been reporting about the slope instability for about two years.

“Because of the hilly terrain, the residents were always alert and cautious and had reported landslides, even sinkholes with the third one going about 6m deep,” he told reporters after a meeting with Se­­langor police chief Deputy Comm Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar here yesterday.

Task force secretary Raymond Jegathesan claimed that when residents complained that trees started to fall, the Ampang Jaya Municipal Council (MPAJ) attributed it to strong winds and continuous rain.

Over 20 years ago, a block of houses under construction collapsed near the current landslide area but no action was taken to strengthen the slope.

“Now lives have been lost and people have lost their life savings.”

The meeting between Khalid and the residents’ representative was surprisingly not a fiery affair as anticipated.

Both parties discussed looting, entry of outsiders into the affected housing areas and the lack of information on the status of the affected hillside.

Residents also claimed that seven to eight reports had been lodged on looting and there was also photographic evidence of people in uniform misbehaving.

Nevertheless, Khalid urged residents to lodge reports over their complaints.

I just dont understand, why people still purchase property at risky suicidal areas such as the hills? and usually, whenever bad things happened,the last thing that these ppl will do is to accept the blame on themselves. I still think its not right for the ‘fortunate’ few to earn people tax money to compensate their ‘bad’ luck.

I remember, few years ago, eventough few evacuation notice has been issued to house owners living a landslide potential area( i think it somewhere nearby bukit antarabangsa UK heights aswell), they REFUSE to move out, and some even blame the authority of not sending them ‘evacuation notice’ EVENTHOUGH they themselves can see the bad condition of the land to hit their house that will take their lives.

You can actually see, these people arrogantly yet ‘innocently’ throw various accusation to everybody else concerning their matters on tv. If i were them, i be ashamed to even appear on tv.

To avoid unauthorised developer illegally developing the risky areas, the local authority should issue an official legal statement and erected a huge billboard to warn people that still insist to purchase the house at the risky area and to inform them that any property purchased at unautorised area is at their own risk.If anything occur they should get compensation from the developer themselves.

An agreement to all property purchaser at the illegal housing area should be issue and agreement containing nuptial stating that, their purchase the house at the risky disasterous area for landslide, etc at their own risk.

Funny thing is, why they just summons the MPAJ? why not also adds TNB,Telekom,and Syabas,Pos Malaysia etc etc? Why are these bodies still authorise their service at the’ illegal’ housing area. After all, its everyone else to blame right.kidding!.

i know its none of my business and my posting may sound selfish and insensitive to the victim.Eventough im so sorry for their badluck, i still think these ppl dont deserve to be personally compensate by the goverment using the tax money.I know some ppl might not agree with me, but this is just what i think.really.ok. i shut up now.

i always belief that, theres always a postive outcome after every ‘bad things’ that occured to us. unexpected things planned by god to our life has always be for our best interest.

Thus when i had to move out from my previous house with a short notice. Ive keep my mind positive during the ‘bad’ experience.

True enough. So far, the moving to a new house fiasco has finally ended. Im now renting a better home. so happy that i finally gone through it.I love my new home SO so much better than the old house. hehehe. Thank you Allah for helping me get through this.It doesnt matter i have to sacrifice my adha eve holidays, and not returning to my hometown to celebrate it with my family(still sad tho!).

Alhamdulilah. I feel so blessed.Slamat Hari Raya Adha to all.