+ Got rid of some old ghosts, and went off to KL
+ Performed for my favourite open mic session Layar Tanchap at Shah Alam in January. Here’s the vid
+ Appeared on Noryn Aziz’s Zoom-In on RTM1
+ Fell in love
+ Had the Breakfast Session with Imtiaz in Singapore during Chinese New Year
+ Shot the “Malu” video with Cheryl Samad by students from UITM
+ Won “Penyanyi Paling Jiwa” on Suria Channel’s wacky awards show Pesta Pesta Pesta
+ Put on like 8kg!
+ Put together DSX – Album Launch in Singapore at the Chamber, Arts House
+ Went to watch Sunburst Festival and met The Roots, George Clinton & John Legend
+ Reunited with some old friends, and very glad that I did. Hi Geegee!!!
+ Moved to new place at Bukit Antarabangsa
+ Missed all my friends weddings in Singapore, and the births of their firstborn
+ Met this wonderful keyboardist/pianist Rafik and have been working on demos with him
+ Helped with promotions of my favourite Italian pasta/pizza joint, Badoque
+ Auditioned for the part of P.Ramlee for “P.Ramlee The Musical”, best thing ever!
+ Fell out of love, and left my heart bleeding there at Ampang
+ Meet the Fans Session at Seremban, Sg Petani, Kelantan, Terengganu, Melaka, Negeri Sembilan, Penang
+ Visited Universiti Teknologi Petronas in Tronoh, Ipoh. It was bloody awesome!!!
+ Went to Sabah for the first time, and 8 days at that
+ 21 DAYS RESERVIST TRAINING, 8 DAYS SPENT OUTFIELD TAK GANTI SELUARDALAM TU MEMANG SAKIT HATI AKU!!!!! TAPI MEMBERS MACAM HAIRUL, SHAFIQ, ADHA, SALWI, TIONG, JWAY, DR SIM SAVED MY LIFE.
+ Performed with the DBKL orchestra, felt like Portishead
+ Was a part of the Sensasi Hari Raya Light Up and developed an tense insight towards Singaporean’s response to Indonesian sinetron actors, and why it made me feel shit
+ Was a part of Aaron Aziz’s Hari Raya MTV for F&N ad
+ Took part in RT at Khatib Camp! Haha!
+ Went to Jakarta for the first time in 10 years
+ Acted in 1 short scene of ‘Renjis’ for the first time in my life on Malaysian TV!
+ Bought my first watch ever
+ Started recording for the 2nd album and use live strings/orchestra!!!
+ Appeared on the cover of Manja Magazine for the first time
+ Signed with Metadome Sdn Bhd as their first male artiste
+ Lost about 7.5kg, thanks.
+ Learnt to be honest towards people I hate, and those who dislike me
+ Moved out of Bukit Antarabangsa after the landslide
+ “Selamat Ulang Tahun Sayang” enters Hot FM 30 charts
+ Put together the ‘Punca Dan Persembahan’ showcase at Annexe
+ Realised that about some of my friends mean the most to me and that nobody else really matters

Thank you Raudha, Aszuad, Faliq, Nazeera, Irwan, Sani, Shahed, Hidier, Irfan, Salim, Shegar, Sazrin (you’ll make it this year bro!!) and Nadrah for 2008. Happy new year to all.

The photoshoot for the album is coming soon and because of my drop in size since the suits were made, I had to go for a refitting. Check out the gelebeh seluar, and Zee hijacked the camera and Wan whored infront of it while waiting for me.

Can’t wait for the shoot! (And to wear one of the suits to Anugerah Juara Lagu 18th Jan!) Who’s going?

Seriously?

I was invited by the kind folks of a blogger’s community called BalaiRaya 360 to be part of their ‘Have a Heart’ campaign. The children’s ward has a wishing tree in which they get children at the Institut Jantung Negara to write their wishes and they get members of the public to grant them. For example, a 12 year old Ahmad Syakirin who has suffered from a hole in his heart his entire life, wanted a simple Gameboy. They managed to get somebody to sponsor it! So cool right? There was one who asked for white socks.

I was there to give out balloons and join in the merrymaking, cheer up the ward a bit. I don’t think they even know who I am, other than one of the abangs and kakaks who came in red and gave goodie bags out. I spoke to each parent of the sick children representing the bloggers’ community anyway. Later, we did some origami, and the entire time we were quite entertained by one of the blogger’s younger sibling, Danial, who could not stop talking! Haha.

Was a good experience, and the next day, the bloggers came to my showcase too. You can check out their collective blog at http://balairaya360.blogspot.com. Kudos to them for their philantrophic work. And thank you for having me to be a part of it. More pictures on my Facebook photo album.

SuriaFM celebrated its first birthday and they had a small celebration, before their big party the next day. Farawahida, Amy Mastura and I entertained some guests, but I had to leave early for rehearsals.

Farawahida tried EVERYTHING on the buffet, as you can see. The birthday song in the karaoke playlist was so long that they had to shut it down to get the candle-blowing over and done with! Haha, Happy Birthday SuriaFM!

More event pics at their site here. You can check their site out at http://suriafm.com.my and Singaporeans can tune in at 101.4 FM.

The rehearsals at Setiawangsa was so good. The band members consists of Rafik (keyboard), Eugene, (bass) Chin (drum) & Arin (guitar). The studio pun best!!!!

Selamat Ulang Tahun Sayang Youtube Promo Video

Also See

On Selamat Ulang Tahun Sayang Part 1
On Selamat Ulang Tahun Sayang Part 2
On Selamat Ulang Tahun Sayang Part 3
On Selamat Ulang Tahun Sayang Part 4 (Lyrics)
On Selamat Ulang Tahun Sayang Part 5 (YouTube Teaser)
On Selamat Ulang Tahun Sayang Part 6 (Ringtone Codes)
On Selamat Ulang Tahun Sayang Part 7 (Note to Fans)

I was out at Pizza Hut Causeway Point with Hafiz Smalls for a belated birthday dinner before he left for camp. Nadrah arrived and took over his seat and we had ice-cream. We almost forgot that Salim lives in Woodlands and called him to join us, and he didn’t really have a choice because we were already there at his neighbourhood. Met redhead Ainon and went to McDonalds Admiralty since the Civic Centre one is not 24 hours. (What? a non 24 hours McDonalds, this is absurd! Malaysia would never hear of this!). Met Zul Mystroe and kawan bisu dia and kita story-story for a while. It would have been a year since we last met.  1 FULL YEAR. After saying goodbyes, he even came back to continue the story. The headache was a cue to go home.

Then the next day I went to do some banking and shoeshopping with Hyrul. Ended up, Hyrul bought a pair  at Pedro and I didn’t get any. Met Farid who loves changing his phone number every now (and I suspect that he is avoiding random girls from Myspace/Facebook who he had given his number to and then later change his mind about it. But that’s just a theory.) Thus, he messaged me without leaving his name. I asked how he knew I was in town. He said he didn’t, he doesn’t really take note. Thanks, bilang dia. Met Fauzie for approximately 1 hour and the four of us had cookies at Subway (Well, Farid had a sandwich) and some laughs about underdressed and overdressed girls at Cineleisure before Farid and I split to go to meet Erwan and Ainon.

Went to Mosi and realised the place has turned into Youthpark sans skateboard ramp. School’s out kan, so all these teenagers hanging out after dark with their mixed race friends, taking my seat away. Met Hamizan with random Friendster chick, and then Krazie Starr with hippie chick friend. Ok so I didn’t really get to meet the entire KKJ this time around but I guess we have to take turns especially when time is not on our side. And I did spend a good time with Zee and Wan during their recent KL trip. So this weekend, its us again!! Plus Little Miss Tidy, Raudha, in the flesh! But she’ll probably be busy with Aaron Aziz stuff juga.

I didn’t eat any of my favourites at Mosi but its the thought that counts, and Rootbeer Float. Erwan took my camera without permission and took pics of Ainon on Haikal Tomthumb’s bike for so long, that when we left the place, Dipak called to say that Ainon left her Macbook there and we were already halfway home. How teenage of her! Baru aku kutuk teenagers!! I do think her schwoons of straight-to-Youtube student films and freelance hair modelling jobs could score her big time in the near future. But she (and Roze alike) gotta brush up on the Malay pronunciation bit.

And then it’s back to Kuala Lumpur for me right after that. Sempat makan Mak punya mee rebus and rojak India yang tak akan terjumpa di Malaysia!

What do you like about Singapore that you can’t find in Malaysia? (Open to Non-Singaporeans also)

This is my niece, Dahlia. She is my sister Musliha’s only child. They live in the Netherlands where her husband is from. This picture is of her showing a new haircut. I think she looks like Tom & Katie’s Suri in this one. She’ll be 4 in February. To see more pictures of her, you may click on the picture!

Oom Nanan <3 Dada!! Tot ziens!