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Well - I have to say sorry first and foremost to those yang menghantar emails to my Fashion and Beauty with Nurlea Laurielle punye email add. It's like, aiyoh, how to explain ek? Dulu checking the mailbox menjadi routine taw. Tapi bile sepi sajork, me sort of like mengabaikan kejap mailbox tu. And then tup tup check balik mailbox tu, nahhh - ado katanya mails. Sebab most of the times, mailbox fashionbeauty_lea@yahoo.com tu penuh dengan junk/ bulk mails. Erm, ape mek beleter nih!? Nevermind. Lets go straight to the point, nah?

OK - dalam entry kali ini, I've got like 3 to 4 emails yang akan mek keudarakan (keudarakan ke masalahnye!?). Lets rephrase. I've got like 3 to 4 emails yang perlu mek jawab. So here goes nahhh...

This 1st email came from Aida...

hi lea,
pe kabar? harap sihat dan ceria selalu....
nak tanya, kat mana blh dpt herbalife tu di area kl? i pun nak diet gak.....

Hi Aida...
I'm doin' good, Alhamdulillah. Thanks for the wishes. Hiks!
About Herbalife tu? Nak get kat mana in KL? Honestly gal, mek pong kurang pasti. I'm sure some dealers ade kat KL tu selling Herbalife. Tak per, lemme check with my mummy, maybe dia ade answer. And for that, I need your contact details ie phone/ mobile if possible. Kindly email it to lea_laurielle@yahoo.com, NAH? Thanks! :)

Now the 2nd email, macam from Aida jugak - only ade sedikit beza sajork. This came from erm... Alin...


Dear Fadilah...
Please check out this entry, you'll find out just how to get it. "http://lealaurielle.blogdrive.com/archive/347.html"
You can also leave your contact details kat lea_laurielle@yahoo.com, nanti leh I call and let you know the contact numbers for those yang jual Krayolan tu, nah? :)

And the last email came from Reen... ini agak payah siket nak menjawab, tapi mek akan cuba, NAH!? :)

Hi Lea,

I tersaaaaaaangat lah suka make up you! Ala2 simple yet vogue! Dan I bermiiiiiiiinat nahpakai false lashes, tapi tak pernah menjadi!

Ntah beli salah pesen or I yg tak tahu pakai, ntah lah...Asik beli, balik rumah try, tak cantik. Nampak too hard lah, too 'ternaik' lah, doesn't curve well lah, jarang sangat lah...Asik beli jer sampai kat rumah I skarang ada 10, ye... 10 pasang faux lashes yg tak pernah pakai keluar sekali pun!I nak mintak nasihat you, kalau you ada tip2 tertentu mcm mana nak choose the right lashes, as well as the correct way of putting them on. Your help sangaaaat lah di hargai.

I ada company Dinner and Dance 22 April ni, and I tot nak va va voom sikit lah! ehee... FYI, bulu mata I ni tak lah tebal and pendek pulak tuh.

Ok girl, look fwd to yur help and u keep on with yur great blog yah!

Big Hugs,

viva_glams

OK OK I think I might be terlepas nak tolong cikkak Viva Glams kite nih sorang, but its better late dari NEVER, KAN? Hiks!

Pasal bulu mata nih. Actually, talking from experience la kan - kena tgk jenis dan size mata kite dulu. Kalau jenis mata besau, tak per lah pakai heavy bulu mata pelesu. Tapi kalau mata tu cinonet, HOW? Better pakai yang simple² je, kan?

On occassions nih - penting jugak. Kalau utk dinner/ dance, and kalau tannak nampak TERLALU FAKE, better lah pakai yang simple². Kang kalau over² kang, dikatanya drag, HOW? Hiks!

I'd say best way to find suitable bulu mata for u, cam ni - u gi ke Mac KLCC, cari Syida. Muka dia ala² Chinese siket. VERY NICE GIRL, very baik hati and very helpful. Ask her to help you. Mac ade bulu mata melerts! Cakap "LAURIELLE ex cabin crew tu, yang selalu datang belik foundation ngan u tu, yang DRAG tu, kem salam and suruh u tolong advise I pasal bulu mata..." She'll be happy to help... :)

Lama dah tak buat poll poll nih kan? Mati lah entry pasal "CANDIEW DAK LAKI KOREA" tu pon belom mek releasekan poll results! HANJENG! Heheheh tak pa, tak  pa. Nanti mek buat. Hiks!

Now apa kes story nih? NIH ha... ade lah satu pic candid nih, taken by X10 rasenye. Pic menunjukkan mek sebok betulkan apa tatau. Dan sedang diperhatikan oleh Sunina katanya. Mrasalah nengok sendirik!


Classic kan pic nih? Mrasalah u ols buat poll ini! Hiks!

Apekah yang sedang di CDH (carut dalam hati) oleh Sunina dalam pic ini?

Eleehh - over taw. Tetek tissue pong nak feeling² betul²kan. Over leyyy...Apasal dada si LL nih macam melonjak naik? Ciklon ke? Opps!Ape dia (LL) nih sumbat dalam bra dia tu? Kosong ke, tissue?Tasty pulak tgk ciktek LL nih. Mrasalah mramas sekalik, please? Hehehe... Mati la pelesi!Melerts sekals choker LL. Ini ke yang dia selalu pakai waktu pi Transit itiew? WOOOPS!JAWAPAN SENDIRI - sila isikan dalam ruangan komen, mekaseh! HIKS!

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Sapa ada jawapan sendiri (ie. sapa apa vote jawapan last tu) sila la nyatakan jawapan/ pendapat anda dalam ruangan komen, NAH!? HIKS! Mati la mek dosi mintak kebenaran Ne... Eh, SUNINA katanya, utk publishkan pic ini. Mati la mati! HIKS!

LETS!

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"Following breakfast, you have the whole morning to your own leisure until check out time in the afternoon. You will then be transferred to the airport for your departure back to Kuala Lumpur."

Ok - so today's the last day for this Istanbul trip. Sedeh! But looking at the brighter side, the journey tak ended lagi sebab mek masih still in Istanbul and still got a long way nak sampei Malaysia, specifically sampei Loq Staq. Hiks!

So today, free lah kirenye. Mek bangun tidur pon sesuke hati aku sajork sebab tak der plan. Dato' and his family kat Conrad, buat la hal depa memasing. Dgr khabau, pi shopping. So be it. Mek just nak spend the day, relaxing. Relaxing cam mana tatau? Hehehe - TURKISH BATH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's like going to Bali, tapi tak pergi ke Kintamani and Tanah Lot, so might as well tok sah pi Bali, KAN? Same case - kalau pi Istanbul, tak mrasa Turkish Bath, baik TOKSAH PI! Hiks! So lepas breakfast, mek memulakan hunting mek mencarik itiew Turkish Bath yang kat Taksim area itiew. Breakfast pong light² sajork, dosi malas dan dinch ado mood nak melantak pagi tu (YERRRR LAH! Otak dok pikiaq nak pi Turkish Bath sajork, kan? Mana nak ado mood nak makan dah! LOL!) So lepas breakfast, balik ke bilik, packed my stuffs semua siap² masuk dalam bagasi mek, and lepas tu baru mek kuar jengjalan kat Taksim area.

Yang tempat mek nak pi nih, ala² namanya macam this Turkish football group, Galatasaray katanya. Tempatnye kat Taksim, tapi kena masuk jalan² kecil yang kat dalam² tu, but still x der la jauh sangat dari the main road. Tapi as mek sampei, katanya,TUTUP! Chit! Sunday tutup kah!? Hanjeng!



Hanjeng sangat taw! Tutup katanya. Tapi ok lah jugak tutup - sebab tempat tu seingat mek, hehehe, penuh dengan kertus only! LOL! (ayat penyedap hati la tu, sebab dah sentap tempat tu tutup, KAN!?) So nak tak nak, mek kena lah pi Turkish Bath kat hotel mek itiew... mati la cikhal!

So sesampai jer kat hotel, mek terus turun bawah ke fitness centre and checked things out. Not bad la not bad, x der lah cikhal sangat. Boleh la boleh. Hiks. Tapi waktu tu boleh lepak situ and have Turkish Bath bagai semua, tapi massage belom lagi sebab org yang nak massage tu belom masuk keje lagi - kul 12noon baru dia masuk. Hanjeng la belom punch in card katanya. So time dok ade 11am, mek nak buat apa tatau? Org kat counter tu suruh mek balik bilik dulu and they'll call me bile org nak urut tu sampai. Tapi mek macam malas jer nak naik ke atas, so mek lepak² jers kat sitiew and started hamek² gambo dengan camera phone Nokia 6111 'Kau ado tulisan Jawi/ Arab kat keypads nye?' itiew... hiks!



Tu jer pics yang mek snappy² yang boleh ditransfer dari hp mek ke pc mek. Yang lagi 3 tu awat tak leh save tatau? Isk! Nevermind. Yang lagi 3 tu pun just pics changing room, shower and sauna sajork. Gambar org massage tu mek tak snappy pong! LOL!

So lepas dah tunggu semua dah, org yang massage tu sampei and start la sessi Turkish Bath. Ala, it's just a normal bath cuma kite dimandikan sajork. Lepas tu lumurkan dengan oil ape tah, then mandi again and then baru urs urs. Not bad la urs ursnya. Kuat dan sakit nak mampos, tapi sedap la - MATI LA palace of pain yang painnya is pleasurable! LOL!

And then, lepas dah mek all freshed and what not, balik ke bilik and siap², sempat tidurans bagai, sampai kul 2.30pm kot Dato' sms mek cakap depa kat this Ciragan Kipiski Palace hotel ape tah, not far from Conrad. Tapi memandangkan traffic, leh la jadik jauh jugak. So instead of Hassan amik mek at 3.30pm, mek sms Ibrahim suruh Hassan amik mek kat hotel at 3pm so that sempat pi amik Dato' and his family yang had lunch kat Ciragan Kipiski (or was it Kimpisky? Hmmmm) tu before balik ke Conrad dan amik luggage depa semua. So lepas dah settled check out hotel mek, amik Dato' and his family kat Ciragan tu and balik ke Conrad, settled Dato's check out and luggage semua, then kiteorang straight proceed ke airport.

Sampai kat airport at around 4.30pm, tapi flight kiteorang was scheduled at 7.20pm. So as usual, mek buat la checkin' in semua tapi yang lawaknye, staff EK yang jaga counter check in tu sudah salah issue something. Tiket tu betul la, 4 Business Class dan 1 Economy - tapi alih² dapat 5 passes masuk Emirates Business Class lounge. Bukan sekadar kat Istanbul, nuhhh, kat Dubai sat gi tu pon dia bagi 5 passes. Vavavavahhh! Suka tergedik la aku leh lepak dalam lounge free². LOL! Dato' tak kesah pon, Datin' pon ala² suka la kot sebab mek ado leh layan anak² depa yang darlings itiews. Hiks!

Lepas check in, proceed ke immigration, and then terus Dato' proceeded ke lounge, sementara mek, Datin dan anak²nye pi shopping sat kat Duty Free Istanbul airport tu. Tak der mende sangat pon, if you wanna compare it to Dubai airport. Tapi Datin shopping la jugak barang² make up katanya. And lepas tu baru kiteorang pi lounge. Mek apo lagik, melantak ler keje nye. Isk isk isk - maaaaaaaaakan jer keje aku kan? Mau tak bentat!? Opps!





And dalam lounge tu, 1st thing mek nampak, heheeh - ade INTERNET! Yehhh! Boleh la melantak sambil chatting kat tb aku ke ape ke - TAPI SEDEH la connectionnye. NAN ADO boleh connect to blogdrive, or my cbox. Yang boleh, YAHOO! sajork. Sedeh!


Nahhh! Flight delayed pulak dah - awat la Emirates nih asyik delayed tatau? Buatnye dok delay² nih time World Cup nanti, MAMPOS Emirates nih tau. Dah la jadik official airline for the World Cup 2006 nanti. Hanjeng sangat. Instead of departing at 7.20, we ended up departing at 8.30pm. Hanjeng sangat²! Luckily Dato' tak upset... tapi tatau la kot² dalam hati dia tengah tensi. Tapi mujur lah kat lounge tu dia sebok tgk football match sapa lawan sapa tatau - so dia tak kesah sangat. Mek as usual, selagi dok delayed tu, selagi tu pinggan aku penuh dengan makanan. Hehehe...

Finally, kedengaran "FINAL CALL" for Business Class pax. Alhamdulillah - hehehe - so kiteorang pon proceed la ke departure gate. Aiyoh! It's at the other end of the terminal. Mrasalah catwalk! Hiks! Dan sesampai jer kat gate, pax EY semua tgh boarding. So kiteorang biarkan dulu sajork, lelepas tu baru kiteorang boarded the B777-300 aircraft, a longer version than the usual B777-200 series...


Dalam flight, as usual lah - pics yang mek leh snappy² would be MAKANAN! Mrasa! It was just a short 4 hours flight, and we were served dinner kot rasenye... kalau tak silap mek la. Dosi lupe. Hiks!



Hehehe - tasty kan? Tu la - dugaan tul. Melaaaaaaaaaantak jer keje aku taw sepanjang trip dan flights inih. Tak pa, eat while you still can. Hehehe. So lepas tu, 4 hours later, dosi sampai dah ke Dubai. Mek dinch tidurans pong lepas meal tu, sebab asik nengok Alice In Wonderland tu ler. Hehehe. So sesampainye in Dubai... EH! Wait - tu dah Day 7 dah! Cukup for now sebab now baru entry Day 6, kan!? Tunggu nanti mek hapdet lagi nah!? Hiks!

Mrasalah! Mek masuk IQP 2006 nih, last minute notice yer (tak cayer, tanya organizer! Mek confirm participation mek on Sunday 23rd malam ok, setelah didesak Mark katanya - hiks!). Penyertaan kali nih bukan ape, saje suke². Tak der expectations pa per (not like the usuals la kan), dan merely masuk for FUN nak bertanding dengan kawan² mainly Ginger, Rizz and Amanda. Besides, it has been 2 1/2 years since I last participated in any pageants, kan? So mrasalah la - why not. Bak kata Mark,

"Ala gurl, alang² dah nak dtg nengok, masuk jer lah..."

So - ok lah. Dalam otak mek,

"Hmmmm - yeah, why not. Besides, it'll be good to have something fresh to write about in my blog! Sebelum² nih buat liputan about pageants or citerkan pageants² past tense mek itiew. So mrasalah kali nih aku leh buat entry FRESH! Hiks!"

So setelah penat seminggu buat preperasi (oits! Jgn ingat mek masuk sesuke, mek dinch perlu buat preperasi tauuu! Hiks!), mencari sponsors bagai semua, akhirnya, IQP 2006 dosi berlalu. Dan now, allow me to kisahkan from A to Z, dari dalam bilik hotel, ke changing room, ke stage sampai la habis pageant, from atas stage sampai la kisah² backstage - semuanya akan mek sumbatkan dalam entry nih... (mati lah 3000 patah perkataan lagi... hahah!)


6.00PM - From hotel room to the backstage changing room

"6pm SHARP - all contestants dengan make up artist masing² kena ade in the changing room!"

Termiang² suara si Eva, si choreographer cum committee member for IQP cum last year's top 5 winner tu kat telinga mek. Dan berkali² mek yang dok "time checkk!!!!" dengan Miss Antigua and Barbuda, dan Miss Honduras, serta Mark and Dylan; sebab kiteorang dok satu bilik.

Awalnye pada kul 4pm dah ade kekecohan dalam bilik 603 itiew. Why? Make up artist mek si Kiah mengalami kemalangan keretanye di Karak Highway thus membuatkan mek NAN ADO make up artist utk siapkan mek. Mau menggelabah toek aku jadiknye. So nak tak nak, setelah puas telephone lebih dari 10 org make up artists (semuanye either busy siapkan contestants² lain, or busy dengan hal/ keje di luar), mek came to the last resort, EVA yang make up kan mek. Not badddd not bad. Eva yang dah lama berpanglaman dalam make up, show and beauty pageants nih, dia tawww lah nak buat apo, KAN?



So anyways, lepas semua dah siap, bergegas lah turun ke changing room, which was actually just by the side of the stage. Sesampai jer, alahai - brapa kerat sajork yang adok (Gings the Miss Puerto Rico dosi sampai katanya dengan make up mampan ala² Kris Dayanti dan rambut bak kata 'someone' tu persis Bride of Dracula? DINCH AH! Mek tetap kata Kodek did a VERY good job on Gings! HIKS!). Tak per lah. Biar awal asalkan tak didisqualifiedkan ke, potong markah ke ape ke, kan? Time mek turun tu, just pakai the white tube top yang disediakan oleh organizer dan my white pario pants. For casual round, contestants kena pakai that tube top tu, no accessories allowed, no alterations to the top, and plus contestants own matching white bottom be it skirt ke pario ke seluar ke ape ke - janji all white. So mek decided nak pakai skirt - show off lah best leggy itiew. Opps! Tapi memandangkan terlalu awai, dan mek takut la sejuk kaedahnye, mek pakai la dulu pario pants yang mek belik kat Bali dulu itiew. Hiks!

Sampai ke backstage/ changing room tu, buat apo? Tak der mende pong. Isap rokok, touch up, borak² sesama contestants, melawak, itu ini - the usuals la.



Dan tak dilepaskan peluang, BERGAMBAR sesama contestants... mrasa! (Note: Ade gak yang senyum PLASTIC - mek tau mek tau! Heheheh!)



And waktu tu la leh tgk mana miss yang punctual, mana yang tak punctual. And time tu la jugak leh nengok, how each contestants berubah wajah. Siang during rehearsals, lain. Malamnye, transformasi yang mengagumkan. TADA!!!! Amazing what make up can do, KAN!? And to forget, wigs too! LOL!

So yadey yadey yadey, ballroom mula dipenuhi, and so was the changing room. Dari contestants, ke make up artists, ke mereka² yang tak perlu pong dok dalam tu pon belambak. Mujur ade Eva, si mak hayam genit yang bersuara lantang itiew dok push those yang tak der kaitan tu berambus keluar. Hehehe.

Dan belakang stage tu la can see, segala bagai attitude. Yang upset sebab make up artist balik pon ade, yang sentap sebab tube tu jadik hazab sebab kena make up pon ade, yang sampai ke changing room at 6.30pm WITHOUT make up pon ade, yang datang tanpa casual pants or skirt pon ado, haiiii - macam². Mek yang memula hapset jugak sebab diberi tube bersize XXXS (mati la badan masih berlemak gerga!) - tapi later on, OK SAJORK sebab mek nengok ade yang lagi gerga. Hiks!

Time tu jugak lah mek lapaq - HANJENG sngt! Mujur Volks, selaku assistant mek tu bawak Twiggies and some buns and mineral water - lepas gak lapaq dan dahaga mek. Hiks! Dan lepas dah kenyang siket, mek kembalik ceria dan aktif serta gila kat belakang tu, nak release tensi dan risau gemuruh nak naik stage. Heheh - so mek pi la kacau miss tu la, miss nih, melawak ngan miss tu miss nih la. Mek ade gak interview beberapa miss, tapi mek tak bawak notepad, so mrasalah kononnye nak ingat dalam kepala tapi yang mek ingat, rata² cakap diaorang nervous la, ade yang tak sedap badan la, ade yang itu ini - haiii macam². Mek gak ade mengambil kesempatan tolong couple of contestants; ie tolong kasik pario putih mek tu kat this one contestant sebab dinch ado seluar or skirt putih to match with the white top, and mek tolong kasik siket hair pin kat this one miss, share body glitter spray dengan sorang miss nih also, macam² lah. Hehehe. Yang penting mek buat bukannye nak aim Miss Congeniality, tapi mek rase nak happy² dan berbaik² dengan semua org! :)

To view more pics waktu before the pageant started ie. kat backstage changing room, click HERE nah!?

7.30PM - Majlis bermula - dinner dihidangkan

Bagi mereka yang belik tiket VIP, mrasalah makanan dibawak kemeja depa. Bagi depa yang belik tickets RM50, mrasalah pi jalan ke makanan depa di belakang ballroom (buffet stylo lerrrr). Yang penting, suasan ballroom dah bising dengan bunyik sudu dan garfu nih - buatkan mek lapaq balik, bole? LOL!

8.00PM - Contest bermula - Casual round

Ok - so, the contest bermula dahhh katanya. MC was Dina Go Go yang very der Mama Melerts dalam donia showgirls nih. Biar pon kimpi (berbadan besar) NAMUN, showmanship, karisma dia  dan also aura show dan menjadi MC, punye lah bagus! Dia pandai buat lawak on the spot dan control the crowd, biarpon berpeluh² katanya (tu lah! Org cakap jadi mc, mama tok sah la drag, tapi TETAP nak jugak kan? Hehehe nak melawan kontestan la itiew... KAN? Mek tau mek tau! HEHEHE!)

Semuanya 35 contestants representing various countries (olok² jer lah - for those yang tak paham citer tu la! HAHAH!). Contestants telah dibahagikan kepada 5 groups, each group 7 countries. Mek dan Ginger dalam group ke 4. Saingan kami time tu yang mek rase kuat would be from Portugal and Russia.

1st round kena keluar catwalk ramai² dulu, ala ala intro la kirenye. Keluar 1st group of 7, then the next group, then next group, sampai habis 35 contestants. Pastu masuk balik dan tunggu for the next round di mana each group kena kuar, dan setiap sorang kena buat introduction tak melebih 30 seconds (tapi mek rase, ADE yang lebih 30secs kot? Hiks!). Macam² jenis intro ado; slamber, gagap, pro, English power, English broken, spedo cakap Spanish or Latin ke ape ke, memacam la - janji nak pancing perhatian judges katanyakan?

Judges ade 10 org, majority PEREMPUAN ori dan salah sorangnye, diva melerts, Adibah Nor (or is it NOOR? Mati la mek tak tau ejaan betoi!). Ade gak judge lelaki, tapi mek tak pasti siapakah mereks. Mereka telah diperkenalkan waktu lepas 1st round contestants keluar parade ramai² tadik. So lepas dah habis introkan judges, mrasalah setiap group dipanggei naik balik utk catwalk dan buat introduction memasing itiew...





To view more pics waktu casual round, click HERE nah!?

Dahhh habis lepas itiew, turun² sajork stage - LETS! Change ke pakaian kedua, evening dress. Kaedahnye time nih, memang kecoh backstage. Dresses semua, kalau yang sesimple alam tu, tak po la jugek. Tapi ini, ado yang sarat barat bagai. Tak yah yang jejauh la, nih mek nih, yang PERU yang dikatanya masuk last minute, DAH siap dua dress, HOW!? Tapi mek dah decided nak pakai dress mana dah. Tapi dress yang mek nak pakai tu punya la berat sebab ropol² renda² bagai tu. Hanjs sangat. Sedar tak sedar, 3 org ok siapkan mek. Abang Volks tolong pakeikan dress mek, si Joe Klubkidd yang memang tak der kena mengena kat belakang tu tapi MEMANG selalu ade by myside tu, tetap duduk depan mek pegang mek sebab Abang Volks tgh kerah tenaga ikat tali ikatan ala² corset kat belakang dress mek tu sekuat² hati utk kasik ketat dan nampak figua katanya (mati lah shape 8!), pastu Dylan pulak touch up make up mek. Habis pakai dress nearly 5 minutes (or was it 10 minutes? Hurmm), Angah Is pulak datang betulkan wig mek, kembang²kan dan buat style melerts sangat. Normally masuk pageant, mai tang evening dress, mek akan bun up rambut mek. Tapi mrasalah malam tu dalam 25 contests, this is the 2nd contest yang mek dinch bun up rambut mek. Angah did a beautiful job with the hair dan tolong Dylan touch up make up lagi. Pastu Volks pakaikan heels mek (Thanks Amanda, pinjamkan heels hitam u ols!) dan terus Mark pakaikan sash mek (EH wait, ini betul ke 3 org jer yang siapkan mek? MACAM LEBIH JE!? Tarkik lah!) And then, pakaikan choker 2 tengkat mek tu (mati la konsep awal nya dulu nak play SIMPLE konon - ceh! Betul kata si Fika - mek takkan kuar evening dress round feeling² NAKED tanpa diamonds kat leher mek tu! LOL!). And as I wanted to wear my earings baru belik sekali dengan diamond choker and bracelet itiew, NAH! Earings mek tercabut clipnya - mrasalah tak leh pakai! Dahhh mek hapset! Namun mujur Miss Antigua and Barbuda ado spare. So pakai lah anting² dia.

Dah habis siapkan mek, stage masih riuh dengan cabutan bertuah la, show oleh showgirls² ie. seperti Didi Liquid, dan Viviana Kie. So sempat la mek duduk dan isap rokok dan tgk keliling. MAK AIH! Cecantik gilos dresses memasing! Menangis tgk design semua. Ade yang vast, namun, ADO JUGAK yang simple dan ADO JUGAK KONSEP DESIGN DRESS YANG MEK TAK PAHAM APAKAH KONSEPNYA!? Hiks. Tak per la. Depa nye pilihan. Namun yang mek dok nengok bakal melerts atas stage would be Singapore, Puerto Rico, USA, India, China, Antigua and Barbuda, Honduras, South Africa, Brazil - tu yang mek nampak dresses memasing, HAIYOH! VAVAVOOM!

9.30PM - Evening dress round

Contestants kena naik stage, ikut group memasing, like round 2 dalam casual round tadik. So 7 naik, dan 7 lagi standby. Mek time dah nak naik tu, mula la sedut nafas nak tarik perut! LOL! And waktu nak naik tu, haiyoh - Miss Panama yang depan mek tu nye kasut, kesian, tali dia mula nak terbukak. Menggelabah jugak dia tapi credits to her sebab dia managed to pull it off beautifully on stage. Mek suke design skirt dress dia - bertengkat², ala² Scarlet O'Hara katanya dalam Gone With The Wind. Hiks!

Mek punye turn - susah jugak nak carry dress mek, but ok lah - I managed to carry the dress. Tak sangka pulak dress tu akan nampak 'naik' on stage. Mek dok feeling dress satu lagi tu akan melert. Rupenye, this dress managed to catch the crowds' attention. Mek suke mek suke!





To view more pics during evening wear round, click HERE nah!?

Dahhh selesai pertanding - for now lah kan. HEHEHE. So semuanya turun stage dan tunggu sajork results utk ke top 10. Tak la lama sangat - kejaps sajork. Lepas ado cabutan lucky draw, paihtu ade show siket kot, pastu potpetpotpetpotpet - dahhh! "STANDBY SEMUA!!!" katanya Eva kat backstage itiew. So naik lah lagi kiteorang ke atas stage utk tahu, siapa yang menang 7 subsidiary awards yang ado malam tu. Hiks!

• PHOTOGENIC QUEEN: Miss Mauritius (memang sweet dia dalam pics² calon² Miss Photogenic - although mek budget Miss Antigua and Barbuda utk menang... hiks!)
• MISS BODY BEAUTIFUL: Miss Singapore (TAK PERLU NAK DIQUESTIONKAN LAGI! Memang cantik body dia!)
• MISS CROWNING GLORY: Miss Argentina (U ols! TAK BERAT KAH rambut itiew!?)
• MISS PERSONALITY: Miss Japan (Memang personality yang melerts, be in on stage or backstage... mek sker. Senyummmmmmmmm jer memanjang!)
• CREATIVE EVENING DRESS: Miss France (Fashion capital, ok la tu... hiks!)
• CONGENIALITY QUEEN: Miss Mexico (MEK SENTAP! MEK TAK MENANG! Opps! Hehehe...)
• ELEGANT QUEEN: Miss Puerto Rico (Dress putihnye tu, dengan perwatakkannye tu la yang buatkan dia nampak so elegant and so very der suci malam tu... SUCI KE!? Opps!)

Mek dapat apo? NAN ADO pa per. Hiks! Tarkik lah - kan dari mula mek cakap mek tak budget pa per pon. Mek just mengidam nak masuk ratu, nak feel the spotlight, catwalk dan hear the crowd roar - tu sajork... :)

So immediately lepas itiew, Dina Go Go announced the top 10 semifinalists. Ok. For this, mek nak buat sedikit perbezaan la ek; antara MY PREDICTIONS for IQP 2005 and 2006, dan ACTUAL TOP 10 for IQP 2005 and 2006. Boleh kite tgk, negara mano yang menten 2 tahun dapat masuk top 10. Hiks!

2005 - Prediction

• Malaysia
• Mexico
• India
• Puerto Rico
• Thailand
• Argentina
• Australia
• Egypt
• Greece
• South Africa

2005 - Actual

• Venezuela
• Malaysia*
• Thailand*
• Mexico*
• Philippines
• Egypt*
• Peru
• Puerto Rico*
• Russia
• Jamaica

(*) Countries I predicted which actually made it into the top 10

2006 - Prediction

• Antigua and Barbuda
• Costa Rica
• Indonesia
• Israel
• Malaysia
• Mauritius
• Russia
• South Africa
• Spain
• Venezuela

2006 - Actual

• Peru
• Puerto Rico
• Antigua and Barbuda*
• China
• Singapore
• Russia*
• Greece
• Indonesia*
• Spain*
• India

(*) Countries I predicted which actually made it into the top 10

Tarkik lah pasal last years prediction dengan this year - yang mek nak tgk, negara mana yang 2 tahun berturut² wakilnya berjaya layakkan diri masuk ke top 10. So nampak gayanya, 3 sajork.

• Puerto Rico
• Peru
• Russia

Okla tu, kan? Hiks! So what's next? The rest of the contestants yang didn't make it into the top 10, mrasalah turun stage. MEK REALLY terkejut Brazil, South Africa and Argentina AND Portugal didn't make it into the top 10. Tapi yerlah, memang betul like what Ging dengan mek dok cakap - TOUGH FIGHT giler laaa utk masuk ke top 10. Mek pon tak confidensi utk dapat masuk top 10. Tapi dah dapat, OK LA TU. Lebih dari ape yang mek budget. Hiks!





So next up; top tenners akan go through Q and A session. Each of the ten judges dosi prepared questions pada awal majlis dan telah disediakan 10 sampul utk contestants pilih. Dan mek, contestant pertama, telah memilih soklan dari judge Khaled Ahmad (or is it Khalid? Mana satu betui tatau!?). Dan soklannye memang susah dan mek brani say it was the toughest question among the rest of the top 10. Mek akui, mek dah lama tak masuk pageant - so I wasn't expecting that type of q about kalau mek diberi peluang jadik bini PM kite, Mrs. Pak Lah la katanya, pastu, ade la pasal continue Arwah Endon's work yang pasal promo Songket, Kebaya Nyonya dan batik tu, and bla bla bla -  MEK TAK HENGAT SOKLAN exactly dan MEK TANNAK INGAT!!! WHY!? Ape sebab nye?... SEBABNYE MEK SCREWED IT UP BIG TIME! Jawapan bangang apa tah mek kasik, melalut tak tentu pasal. Tergelak² audience, tetiber mek jadik joker - KEJIST! Mek pon ade gak nak tergelak, thus concentrasi mek dosi hilang. LOL! Haiii la Lea... apo lah ko merapek itiew? MAU MAMPOS!? LOL! Mampos sunggoh pon for I didn't make it into the top 5 finalists. (Oppss - belom sampai part tu lagik. Hikhikhik!)

Contestants lain, ade gak yang kasik jawapan MELETOP ie. Puerto Rico, India (BEAUTIFUL answer), Antigua (short and sweet), Greece (personalitynye yang ramah charming bagai, menyerlah time nih) and ade gak yang kasik jawapan sedey. Dan selain daripada itiew - ade satu kes dimana one of the contestant ala ala sesak nafas sebab corset kuat sangat - PENGSAN atas stage. Mrasalah semua contestant top 10 meluru ke depan stage tgk dia sebelum dia dibawak turun dari stage. Poor soul. Tu la, korset ikat kuat², paihtu tak makan - then hypertensi and nervous gamaknye, tu yang dia tetiber terjatuh pengsan. Memula mek ingat dia terjatuh sebab memang dia dah jalan pijak²kain dress nye sendiri. Tapi lama² mek nengok, lain macam jer. Pappp jatuh katanya... terus kami semua serbu dia tgk if she's ok ke idak, except Antigua. Dok feeling risau dapat soklan ape la tu - Ging pong sama! Dok terpacak jer, sampai org semua dah serbu, baru dia join. HEHEH join la jugak, dari Antigua - berdiiri kat top 10 spot dia tuu jer. Lawak la lawak, walaupun mek kesian kat miss yang pengsan tu. 1st timer kot. Dan ini lah 1st time dalam 25 contest mek, insiden cam nih jadik. Mek pon time tu tgh nervous dan melalut tah pa per dalam menjawab q, tapi mujur mek tak dq dan pengsan, kan? KALAU idak, mrasalah Ging yang dok berdiri sebelah aku tu, PIJAK jer aku, KAN!? HAHAHA!



So lepas dah habis semua top 10 menjawab soklan, (penat la jugak nak tunggu semua 9 lagi contestant habis menjawab!) kiteorng pong turun lah rehat² kejap. Ade yang mengambil kesempatan tukar dress ie. Mek, Miss Indonesia dan Miss Russia; and also Miss Spain. Dan lepas dah tukar baju, tgk lah around - miss² lain either ado duduk kat changing room, or dah terlepas keluar ke ballroom sebok makan ke sembang²ngan kawan la, itu ini, bergambar bagai. ADE JUGAK yang sentap ok tak dapat masuk top 10! Mati la kuarkan statement "TO HELL WITH TOP 10" Haiyoh noq! Motif DQ bagai!? Tgk mek, tgh dok girang nih - walaupun tahu mek takkan dapat ke top 5 (TAPI MOTIF TUKAR DRESS!? Lalalalala...heheh)

Lepas tu ade lah some more lucky draws and also some shows - paihtu baru depa call balik top 10 naik ke pentas utk umumkan the final 5. Dan top 5 malam tu adalah...

• Puerto Rico
• Russia
• Indonesia
• Greece
• Singapore

Dan lepas announcement tu, mek turun stage dengan senyuman, pastu - mek jerit kat dalam changing room... "THAT'S IT! MAKAN TIME! Hehehehe..." dan terus mek amik Twiggies tadik tu dan started makan dan move around dalam changing room tu, sharing my twiggies dengan Miss South Africa, Miss Japan, Miss Philipines dan Miss USA. Hiks! Gile la kitaorang, dok gelak², happy jer, walaupun ADE yang tgh dok sentap. Sabar la noq, rezeki kite dah sampai ke top 10 sajork. Hiks!

Lepas tu, apa jadik atas stage, mek dah tak amik port. Tapi yang mek tau, top 5 kena prepare question each, and then kena masukkan dalam bowl ke ape ke, and then memasing kena pilih soklan. Kalau dapat soklan sendiri, tak dikira, kena pilih lain. Mek dah tak amik hal dah, although bile mai turn Ginger, mek dgr la jugak. Kena la kasik support kat kengkawan, kan!? Mrasalah Ginger dapat soklan yang dah dipractice dengan mek dalam kereta on the way down to KL dari Kedah two days before tu. SUKENYE MEK dia gave a very beautiful answer to the question "Between friends and lover, whom do u choose and why..." BEAUTIFUL answer sangat dia kasik - sangat² mek sujud! Confidensi tahap dewa lah dia boleh menang! Dan lepas tu mek sambung balik mingle² dengan crowd, amik² gambar and what not. Hiks!



To view more top ten and top five pics, click HERE nah!?

*HAIYOH! Panjang gile entry nih, ditambah pulak pening dok edit pics dan add kat fotopages - mek semput! CHUP rehat 5 menet - nak pi minum Herbalife sat *Jeling kat Nek! HEHEHE...

*5 menet kemudiannye, KEMBALIK! Hiks!

Owh ok - where was I? Owh yes - the top 5. Ha... dah nak habis pong entry nih! So mrasalah, lepas tu, depa called all the contestants naik balik stage; pong begitu, TAK SEMUA yang naik. Ade sorang dua dosi balik katanya - sentap la tu kot? Ke dah tarak mood? Tah la - pa per pon, yang dok ada nih, kami semua pon naik lah stage, mengiringi the top 5. Time tu dubdabdubdab juger lah kan nak tahu siapa pemenangnye. Tunggu punye tunggu, Dina Go Go pong annoucekan lah pemenang²nye...

• 4th Runner-up: Miss Indonesia
• 3rd Runner-up: Miss Singapore
• 2nd Runner-up: Miss Russia

Time nih crowd dah roaring wild dah - two favorite girls kat depan stage - sama² risau sama² menten cool. It was Miss Puerto Rico and Miss Greece in the final 2 spot. Who could it be? Mek waktu tu dah sure sangat dah Puerto Rico menang - tapi, apakan daya... resultnya adalah...

• 1st Runner-up to the title: Miss Puerto Rico
• And the new IQP winner for 2006: Miss Greece!!!

And lagu Kelly Clarkson, A MOMENT LIKE THIS pon dimainkan. Mek dah nak serbu Ginger dah sebab dia menang. Kan ala² lagu tu lagu show mek ragut crown, kat Blue Bar dulu, hengat? HEHEHE - mujur ade si Careena Miss USA dan Shera Miss South Africa pegang tangan mek. Kalau idak - maunye jadik ala² citer Sandra Bullock Miss Congen tu! LOL! Melawak jer. Mek terus serbu Miss Greece bersama contestant² lain, congratulating her. Lepas tu baru mek pi kat Ginger... dan bisik "You should have won la gal!". But again, what to do. Rezeki Ginger sampai ke 1st runner-up jer la kan - MRASALAH rasa apa mek dok rasa before² this waktu mek asik lah dok dapat badi 1st runner-up sajork. LOL!




To view more top five winner pics, click HERE nah!?

Walauapa²pun, mek definitely had fun sepanjang malam tu. Sangat² happy boleh catwalk dan feel the limelight again selepas 2 tahun lebih menyepi katanya. Hiks! Dan mek SANGAT² happy entry nih DAH SAMPAI KE PENGHUJUNGNYA. Penat tawww aku menaip, mengedit kat photoshop dan also mengupload kat fotopages. Haiyoh! Started buat entry nih at midnight - mrasalah now dosi 2.40am dah! Haiyoyohhh!!! Heheh tak per. Janji dah buat. Boleh lepas nih mek concentrasi kat entry Istanbul mek itiew. Hiks!

So, ok la ek??? Dah ek? Boleh end la ek entry nih? KE ade pa per yang mek teringgal ek? Tak per - kalau ade pa per mek tak include, NANTI mek includekan, NAH!? Hiks!

To view other pics, click HERE nah!?

Ginger gave me the usual wake up call at 7am; waktu tu mek in the shower. Lepas shower mek nengok fefets tu called, mek called la dia balik. Nyah, mek di carrrrut katanya masih berdengkur! CHOY! Apa dia pikir mek BS!? Opps! Mek supposed to pick up BS at his house at 8am and Ginger in Gurun at 9am. Tapi biasa lah kan mek nih, TERLEBIH awal siket. Arrived at BS punye rums at 7.45am, katanya BARU MANDI! Hanjs sngt! Miss ALASAN sangat kan!?

So ok nevermind, lepas amik BS, terus ke Gurun amik G yang dosi posing katanya depan pintu pagar umah tunggu ketibaan mek dan BS katanya. Hanjs! Hehehe. And so, bermula lah perjalanan 3 baps tua ke KL (BS ngan G lebih tua, mek baps muds sediks! Hiks!). Tetiber feeling "To Wong Foo Thanks For Everything" katanya... - MEK CHUP CHI CHI RODRIGUEZ! Heheheheehe. BS can be Naxeema Jackson and G, well, no choyyyssss, as Miss ape tah nama si Patrick Swayze itiew? Hurm. Owh nevermind - tak penting!

SO dalam perjalanan ke KL, biasa lah - dok sembang², gelak², practice Q&A session dengan si Ginger (Yer, by now I think u ols dosi tau yang mek last minute masuk IQP yer. Heheh - we'll get to that part later nah!?). Pastu asik lah BS ngan mek jer swap driving - si binats Ginger Ratu Green Mother Earth tu asik lah "MEK TANNAK DRIVE!" katanya dan si BS pulak asik lah... "Ko nak kasik Ginger drive? Dinch u ols. Nak sampai KL pukui brapa tatau? 10 malam!?" Hehehehe... kecoh lah. Tu tak masuk bab bab G melarch dalam kereta dengan truck ask ask katanya depan kereta we ols. HAHAH! Sempat tukar² number nih! Seingat mek, janjinya nak buat 10 perhentian sepanjang perjalanan dari Gurun ke KL, tapi mek rase, alih² 3 ke 4 stops jer kot. And by the time kiteorang sampei ke KL, it was exactly 2pm. (Sebab mek ingat G janji dengan si Fika organizer IQP tu nak have lunchies 2pm ++ katanya tapi alih², on the dot 2pm kiteorang sampei... CURLAST pemanduan pelesit mek! Hiks!)

Lepas lunchies, kiteorang kuar ke Pusat Wig Jenny katanya dia Pandan Indah. Hehehehe... mrasalah membelik wiggerinas baru! Melerts! Mek suke sangat! YER, mek jer yag boli. BS ngan G ngan Izad nengok dan CDH sajork. LOL! Lepas tu, kiteorang ke Engy kat Spectrum Ampang, nengok dress mek. NANGIS!!! BELOM SIAP katanya! Hanjeng tau! Mek dah hapset dah time nampak Ah Kit tgh dok menjahit tepi kain mek dan Ah May tgh dok belek² kertas design dress mek. Engy pulak dok kata... "Talak apa looo Loleal. Dless u siap esok tengahali ooo!" Hanjeng! Terus DQ 2 minit dan kemudiannye terus ke station LRT RapidKL Ampang katanya nak ke Masjid Jamek/ India. Hiks! Buat apo? APO LAGI - ke SEMUA HOUSE lor. Pi Semua House buat apa tatau? Heheheh - JEWELLERIESSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NANGIS! Hiks! Pastu Volks joined us lepas dia habeh kerej and then lepas habis membelik jewelleries (cimpeng, mek budget nak spend RM200, alih² mek spent RM500. Tu mujur mek tak belik satu lagi choker itiew - kalau idak, NANGIS RM800! So mek belik 2 bracelets, 1 choker, 1 pair of earings katanya diperbuat dari kerongsang! Hiks!) and lepas belik diamontes ala ala RM110 for 400 bijiks, mrasalah terus balik ke Ampang, took the car and BS and mek terus gi amek Volks kat Ampang Park LRT. Mana pi Ginger tatau? Dia lari pi dok umah kawan dia. Si Fika tolong bawakkan katanya dosi dekat dah. Hehe...

BS, Volks and mek tak balik umah terus, kiteorang pi Sungai Wang dulu carik heels kat Vincci, belik pakaian dalaman lah (opppss!!!!!) and others. Pastu kiteorang pi makan pulak, tapi makan kat kat area KJ sajork. Mek telan sup sayur sajork katanya diet disaat² akhir. Hiks! Paihtu baru balik. Balik pulak, prepared tu prepared nih, buat tu buat nih; buat some ubahsuai kat heels lah, paihtu gilap choker lama la, buat manicure and padicure lah, shaved itu ini lah, (OPPS!) itu ini - tuptaptuptap paih tu baru la kami tidur.


Morning tu kiteorang bangun at around 10nish kot - tu pun si Ginger tu dok potpet potpet bising itu ini nak jumpe la ape la semua. So as planned, BS and mek ke Sungai Wang Plaza, again - nak jumpa Ginger and Fika and Mie semua yang tgh sebok shopping. Abang Volks dinch ikut - dia nak siapkan heels mek itiew. So anyways, on the way nak ke Sungai Wang tu, mek terpaksa singgah amek si Eva, choreographer IQP tu sat kat umah dia kat Keramat. Dia pong nak pi Sungai Wang jugak katanya. So mek pong, tarkik. Pi la amek dia. Then baru kami pi Sungai Wang, joined depa depa yang dah ado kat sana (geng KJ ie Rizz, Mark and Dylan memang nak joined sebab lepas tu nak pi tgk dress mek and langsung lajak pi rehearsals for IQP katanya kan, tapi biasa la... Mark pong ala ala dah macam Kie gak. Dulu Janji Kie kan? Sekarang janji KieMark? HEHEHEHEHEHE lariiiiiiii!!! So anyways, depa sampai lepas G and Fik and Mie dah balik katanya)

G shopping apadia tatau? GINGER TU BELIK HP BARU katanya! Org sebok lah shopping last minute utk Miss, dia sebok nak belik hp. Sesuai lah dengan hp cabuk dia yang lembab dan sudah 3 kali di baling, di campak dan di hempaskan ke dinding, ke dalam lubang jamban dan ke lantai yer gara² battery cepat kong asik on off on off dan asik lah lembab / slow. Hehehe.
 
So ok, lepas G and Fik and Mie dah balik, so mek, Eva, BS, Mark, Dyll and Rizz pi makan katanya - kat kedai nasi ayam sebelah Sungai Wang Plaza / Bukit Bintang Plaza itiew? The famous one itiew? Taw kan? HEHEH yang penting - dalam dok tak mo makan tak mo makan tu, NAH! Habih jugak sepinggan nasi and 2 mangkuk sup (HEY, tapi ayam mek tak makan taw. BS habihkan! HEHEHE)

Hehehe lepas tu, mek ngan BS pi ke Engy balik in Ampang, followed by Mark, Rizz and Dyll yang pi amek dress Rizz dari dry cleaning (curlast pondan tu dry clean kat Mandrin KL katanya! Hanjs! Tak mahei ke noqs!?) Eva berpecah dengan kami lepas shopping kat Sungai Wang lepas tu. Shopping ape lagi? Casual skirt utk casual round mek, pastu belik glitter body spray lah, hair spray la itu ini la, hehehe. Katanya si Eva, "Jumpa sajork di rehearsals karang petang." - Wokayyy...

Sampai² jer kat Engy, NAH! THAT'S IT! Dress dah siap, TAPI SALAH BUAT! Haiyoh! Mek nak nangis dah time tu! SENTAP pong ado. Lain yang dilukis, lain designnye, LAIN PULAK JADIKNYE! Hanjs! Pastu Mark, Dyll and Rizz pong datang dan turut cuak katanya dress belom siap. Hanjeng tau, terpaksa lah kami semua dok menunggu dress tu siap. Memang kena amek dress tu ptg tu jugak sebelum rehearsals - kang tak sempat nak buat diamontes la ape la itu ini, kan? Heheh - duduk berjam² tu, rokok ade lah 5 6 batang habeh, fitting ade lah 5 6 kali - FINALLY, 4.45pm, dress dah siap!!! Terus cabut pi hotel *** for the rehearsals!

Sampei²nye, sharp, 5pm. Memang rehearsals starts at 5pm pon. Tapi yang dtg, alahai, CIPUT! Ituuuuuuuuuuuuuu lah kan hadek². Janji KIE sangat kan? OPPS! Tapi most of them berkerej and that was their main reason why lambat mai. Yang ado waktu tu Miss Brunei, Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, Portugal, mek - Peru, erm, sapa lagi tatau? Ade lah couple more yang mek tak prasan sangat. Tunggu punye tunggu, sorang demi sorang mai and finally, semua muncul - although ade la sorang dua yang dinch showed up katanya. So Eva pon potpetpotpet as usual (which, she is good at la kan...), practiced tu ini, catwalk tu ini, semua, bla bla bla - habis rehearsals somewhere around 8.30pm kot? By the time nak habis rehearsals tu, the hall was filled with gibek² yang belom ditransformasikan lagi. Yang paling ketara, mek rase, MEK LAH KOT! Dengan berbauk janggut bagai - ngeh ngeh ngeh! Tapi ade yang natural woman dah biarpon tanpa make up. Risaunye nengok. Hehehe. Reigning IQP winner 2005 pong ado katanya... hiks! Lovely as ever.

So lepas pada tu, dalam kul 9pm kitaorang pi minum² kat Pandan Indah, before BS dan mek bals ke umah Volks. Tapi kami singgah umah Mark dulu, buat diamonte tu. Gilos tu, 4 org buat letak 400 batu² diamonte tu kat dress putih berbunga biru berdaun kelabu katanya buy 3 meter free 3 meter. Hehehehe... Sambil tgk AIM2006, sambil buat keje katanya.


And lepas tu baru mek ngan BS yang dosi ngantuks tu, balik ke KJ. Sampai je kat umah abang Volks, Abang AJ and kawannye datang menghantar another dress utk mek, yang dinch pernah direleasekan katanya. Ala² back-up la, kalau mek dinch confidensi dengan the white blue dress tu. Mixed reactions from BS (yang pada waktu tu was the only one yang dah tgk BOTH dresses) Owh well, mek just have to see la kan apo jadik keesokkan harinye. Hehehehe...


Owh well - the day dosi tiba katanya - MAKIN MEK CUAK! Yer lah, gile ke hapo! Masuk last minute, short notice, dah la tu, giler tu - 2 tahun lebih mek dinch bertanding memana ratu²an - HAIYOH! APO KENA NGAN MEK NIH!!?!?!?!?! Tak per tak per - masuk for fun, masuk for fun... masuk for fun! Itu jer mek kept on telling myself. SO mek terus kuar dari umah Volks at 11.00am, pi amek Amanda Velasco kat apartment dia at 11.20am, and then terus ke hotel in Ampang, jumpe Mark, Dylan and Rizz yang dosi sampai katanya tapi dinch bols check in lagi sebab bilik tak siap lagi. SO duduk la kami menempek kat lobby tu sampai dah dapat bilik. Masuk bilik by 1pm kot, pastu letak² barang, terus test both dresses - and the majority telah membuat keputusan katanya - the blue/ white dress salin if dapat top ten - CONFIDENT niii - MATI LA BENTAT BALIK! And the red and black nih pakai waktu evening dress round. Mana gambo? NANTI - saborrr!!! HISH! Nak nengok preview gak? NAHHH... hiks!


So ok lah - lepas tu, kiteorang kuar gi Ampang Point sat to do some last minute shopping before returning back to the hotel room and Amanda by 2 pm dah kena start make up sebab Dylan make up kan both, Amanda and Rizz. SO mek pon lepak la sekali, tunggu make up artist mek, si Kiah, yang katanya nak datang make up kan mek by 3pm. Tunggu punye tunggu, tak pulak timbul² si Kiah nih, call tak jawab, sms tak reply - busy kot. Tak per. Tunggu lagik. 3.30pm called, nan ado also. Then Eva datang ke bilik nak lepak² - WAKTU TU LAH Kiah informed us dia terlibat dalam accident kat Karak Highway - NAHHH THAT'S IT! Mek dosi cuak! SAPA NAK SIAPKAN MEK NIH!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? Eva pong dah pening kepala dan cuak, Mark lagi la - Dylan yang cool cakap dia leh siapkan mek also. Tannak lah - kesian dia. Dah la jaga 2 contestant, nak make up kan mek lagi? Mark yang just advisor pon makin cuak. Terus kiteorang call nearly 10 make up artists. Sama ade diaorang dah ade 1 or more contestants yang nak dimake up kan utk IQP, OR, diaorang busy with other stuffs outside, OR, diaorang tak dapat dihubungi. LAST LAST - nah, EVA jugak yang siapkan...


Ok - so lepas Eva siap²kan mek, kitaorang semua pong turun lah ke changing room sebab all contestants kena ado di changing room by 6pm. PON begitu, ade gak mek nengok sampei lambat (YANG MAHA LAMBAT sampai 5 minit sebelum pageant bermula pon, ADO gak - biasa lah bebende cam ginik, never the change. Hiks!). Turun² sajork, erm, ramai yang tak expect mek yang siang ptg semalam yang serabut serabai bagai tu leh turned out to be, like, tadaaaaaaaaaa! Hehehe - tapi yer lah, ade gak yang tak prasan mek lagi. Hiks! Tapi mek TETAP prasan RAMAI ok contestants² lain yang vavavooom melertsnye!!! Hiks!

Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Ok ok ok - mek tannak go into details sangat pasal IQP 2006 nih sebab mek nak buat entry KHAS utk IQP 2006 itiew. Dalam entry nih, mek just nak preview preview gittiew sajork. So anyways, Volks arrived lepas tu to help me backstage, as usual. And as usual, the backstage memang packed - dengan make up artists la, dengan yang tak der kaitan dengan contestants pong ade gakkk menyeboks - hehe, again, BIASA la tu. Mana Miss Ginger Puerto Rico kite itiew? Itiewwwwwwwwww dia!... hehehe (mrasa! PREVIEW!)


So anyways, more about the contest later in the next entry. Tapi, mrasalah, preview pics siket, utk Lea Laurielle de la Guadupella Remirrez, 26 years old Miss Peru yang masuk bertanding secara mengejut itiew... (yeeeeeeeee lah! Sah sah mek confirm participation mek seminggu sebelom pageant, gara² si Mark tu la, suruh beriya² sangat mek masuk bertanding. Owh well, yang penting, mek dinch DQ for not winning or being in the top 5, and mek definitely had fun semalam! OPPS! Did I just mentioned mek tak dapat top 5? Haiyak - pecah lobang lagik! HIKS!)







Hehehehehe - ok dak preview mek? Hiks! Nak tahu citer selanjutnye, MRASALAH tunggu entry lepas nih, NAH!? (Tak der lah immediately kot - maybe esok la kot. Hish! Mek baru sampei Alor Star la u ols. Penat sundal!)

Tapi ok lah - meh la mek preview siket lagik... hiks!


Nanti lar dalam full entry IQP 2006 entry nanti, mek akan citerkan dari A to Z, backstage and onstage, comparison (betui ke mek eja tu?) between seminfinalists and finalists last year and this year, and also, citer pasal - "THE 2 MINUTES WHEN LEA LAURIELLE SUDDENLY BECAME NERVOUS DURING THE TOP 10 Q/A SESSION AND CROWNED AS A BRAINLESS BEAUTY QUEEN" Hiks! Mati la mek gementar katanya lepas 2 tahun setengah tak bertanding tetiber BLUR dan BLANK! Hahahahaha... haiiii la Leaaaa oooo Lea - apa laa nak jadi! Hiks! Tapa tapa, janji, again, MEK DINCH DQ dan DINCH NANGIS ok!!! HAHAHA (Dan yang penting, mek dapat ape yang mek bargained for - the top 10. Tu jer mek harapkan dan also, yang mek harapkan ialah, MEK NAK HAVE FUN and apparently, I did... Hehehe - nantikan more exclusive stories dalam IQP 2006 full entry!)

Havesh all the event, hamek gambo and chitchat chitchat what not, lepas tu pi makan bagai semua, BARU LAH lepas tu packed my stuffs dalam the room, and terus bal bal umah Volksie. By the time sampei umah Volksie pong dah kui brapa dah - 4 pagi kot. Potpet potpet ngan si X10, BS ngan Volks lagi, tgk² gambor, sembang², carut² dan gossip² lagi, cuci make up tebal tu lagi - HA, mrasalah tidur kui 6 pagi katanya! HIKS!


Guess what!? It's my blog's 1 year and 1 month anniversary! HEHEH! And it's also, LABOUR DAY katanya. Mek bangun pong dah nearly noon, siap², pack barang semua, terus said goodbye to X10, Volksie and BS (BS dinch balik katanya ke AS sebab esok *Tuesday* dia nak pi Kelantar *KBR* for a meeting kot ape tah...) and langsung pi amek si 1st Runner-up IQP 2006 itiew, si Ginger itiew kat umah kawan dia. Sampai jer umah kawan dia, lepak² dulu semua, then lepas tu, kui 2pm, kitaorang teruskan our long journey back to Gurun / Alor Star. Stopped kat Sungai Buloh restoren jejantan tu for a quick lunch (MATI LA MAK MELANTAK SAKAN BAGAI BABIS TAUUU MENTANG MENTANG DAH HABIS PEGEANT! LOL!), and then, teruskan perjalanan. Ginger drove from Sungai Buloh to Sungai Perak when we stopped for some food (FOOD lagi katanya) and then mek pulak took over from Sungai Perak to Gurun and onwards to AS. By the time sampai AS, dah kul 9pm. TERUS on PC, terus edit few pixies, and TERUS buat entry nih taw! (See, GIGIH bebenor, kan!? LOL!)

So ok lah - dah sampai ke penghujung entry. Nantikan entry penuh IQP2006, di mana mek akan citerkan semuanye lah sekali, ek? Tapi sebelum mek akhiri this entry, mek nak ucapkan thank you to these people yang tanpa mereka, mek rase, mek terkontang kanting jugak lerrrr... These people bukan skadar sponsors, tapi diaorang jugak banyak kasik advise and support utk mek yang dah expired dan dah lama x compete nih - hehehhe... *wink wink!

• Bellarina Teoh de la Ting Tong a.k.a Mak Hayam Lolex - Hiks! U ols! Tanpa u ols, sponsoring mek RM600 for jewelleries, participation fees and dress, mek rase, susah jugak la mek nak siap within one week. Thanks u ols! U ols lah perempuan ori pertama yang sponsor mek masuk ratu. Sebelum² nih either gibeks, pepondans or jantan straight sajork. Hiks! Vangga dak, mak hayam!? LOL! Tapi, still, sorry sebab mek tak dapat bawak balik crown IQP itiew... I know u ols must be upset tapi mek tried my best... :)

• Mr. A (Dia nak mek kenalkan diri dia as Mr. A sajork) - THANK YOU sebab sponsorkan me cash RM400... U ols very der sweet sangat²... thank you!

• BS - who sponsored mek RM100, pakaian dalaman dan jugak heels utk casual wear round (which I ended up dinch pakai pong... hiks!). U ols, diam² u ols, u ols sponsored mek jugak, kan? THANKS u ols!

• Volksie - U... I don't know la whatelse to say. Heheh - you've been with me, dah banyakkkkkkkk pageants. The word THANK YOU tu can never gantikan all ur hard work and etc. Thank you so much for your designs utk my dresses, my jewelleries alterations, your help back stage and etc. Sorry I sort of like buatkan u penat the whole day today, but at least u dapat gi Kursani, kan? OPPS! Owh and em, thanks for letting me semakkan umah u tu yer yang dan jadik cam port I dah tu dari DULU lagi. HEHEHE...

• x10 - Thank you SO MUCH for ur support and trust and care for me. Moga² DIA yang maha esa membalas jasa baik u for taking good care of me... :)

• Organizers (Azmie and Fika) - Thanks for letting me compete dan memeriahkan stage for IQP2006 biarpun short notice. Thanks sebab melayan kerenah "LADY LOREAL" yang tingtong itiew. Like I said siang tadi, THINGS SAID MISTAKES DONE, sorry. And especially to Fika, "Sorry, your fav. showgirl/ contestant let you down, AGAIN..."

• Fellow bloggers and supporters - THANKS for coming to support me, and fellow blogger Ginger; but most importantly, thank you for supporting the event. You guys were great! LeeZ, Yaz, Nory, Imah, Neo, Fifth E, Abang IM and the rest (the list goes on...) - THANKS YOU GUYS! A minute there I thought you guys came to support G only. And when I was up there on stage, and I saw you guys cheered for me too, I was touched. Thank you...

• Hazie - Gal, THANK YOU SO MUCH sebab datang walaupun x sempat nak talk to u (maybe some other times kot). Tapi yang mek terkejut, MOTIF BAWAK UR MOM!? Mek sker mek sker jumpe grandmotherchicken! HEHEH yer la, hang kan mak ayam MH aku dulu kan? Mrasalah mak hang jadik nenek ayam mek, KAN!? HEHEHE lariiiiiiiiii! (mana abang SCAR!? DIA TAK MAI!? Mek nangis tau! Dah dok berscar muka tu, ado hati nak pi cucuk langit katanya! LOL!)

• Joliekins (Dona) and husband, Abang F - Thanks you two for coming walaupun busy dengan family matters. Sweet of u Dona nak sharekan laki u ngan mek. HEHEHEHE. And THANKS ABANG F - FINALLY I get to see u smile and hear u say... "COME SIT HERE BITCH"... mek sker mek sker (PS - mek terasa something tawww when i sat on your lap. Apadia tatau? Keraih semacam je? TASTY KAT MEK, kan!? MUJUR MEK TAK MENANG! Kalau menang, nangis la Dona sebab mek bet, kalau mek menang, Abang F kena tidur ngan mek! HAHAHA mrasa! - lariiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!) Owh and thanks for the gift gal!!! :)

• Od - U guys were great! THANK YOU Od, who came alll the way from Singapore for the pageant. Surprise² - didn't expect to see me up there right? Owh well - THANKS again. Owh and thanks also for the chocolates! LOVED THE BOX! Hiks!

• Joe Klubbkidd - Thanks gal for your support and help and advise backstage!

• Eva - Noq, THANK YOU for doing my make up last minute, gal!!! Thanks a lot. Make up ko memang meletop! MEK SUKER la walaupun ade gak seminit dua mek takut kokyah ko tak menjadik. HEHEEH but I was wrong - kokyah + make up kau buatkan mek berdentum atas stage (pada pendapat mek la ekkk - korang nak kata apa, kata la. Tapi mek suka gile make up mek semalam! HIKS!). Thanks u ols. Nanti mek calling² u ols...

• Angah - Thanks for doing my hair Ngah!!!

• Mark and Dylan (and to Rizz and Amanda also) - guys! I don't know what I will do without you guys!!! U ols la nadi penggerak Lea Laurielle kembali nak beraksi katanya. Thanks for the help, the stuffs you guys sponsored ie. casual skirt, and the make up touch ups, and the times you guys really spent with me for the past one week. Thank you so much for still having that faith in me to compete biarpun mek masih gemuk. Hehehehe. Mark, u know where you stand in my life. THANK YOU gal!

• And finally - Ginger - Gal, THANK YOU so much slut! Ko pong sama banyak kasik nasihat to me sepanjang this past one week. And I'm glad you won 1st runner-up, although mek tetap tak puas hati dan rasa u should have won the crown. Hurm, tak per la. Nak buat cam mano, kan? Hiks! Anyways, seronok to compete with you again gal and be back stage and up there on stage with you. It was a pleasure and this shows I can never beat you gal. You're the best. PS: Thanks for driving the car dari Sungai Buloh ke Sungai Perak tadi. Mek ngantuks sundal! HIKS! (wink wink!) PS: OITS! The earings, bracelets and the diamond string semua masih dengan kau kan!? PULANGKAN!!! Sebelum Volksie jerit "PULANGKAN" kat aku! HEHEHEHE... Mek lupa sundal nak mintak tadik when I dropped u off kat umah kau. Nanti kite discuss nahhh!

Ok - ade x yang mek lupa nak sebut dalam ucapan terima kasih bagaikan menang award nih? Kalau ade - SORRRY. Kalau mek teringat, mek edit balik entry nih. Tapi kalau mek tak edit / tak teringat, dan mek masih ado tak mention dalam entry nih, sorry nah. Mek only human yang cepat pelupa (bagaikan Ginger - OPPS!) dan now that mek tetiber jadik brainless beauty queen, mati la mek makin kuat pelupa dan blur. Sorrry! HEHEHE...

So ok lah - mek dah nak melalut banyak dah nih. So nantikan entry full coverage IQP2006 esok (or lusa, or tulat, or tungging tebalik... - mati lah entry entry Istanbul pong tak habih lagik! LALALALALA!)

Dahhhh - nak pi mana plak dah!? Heheeh... tak pi memana jauhhh aih! Mek hanya mau pi itiew tempat called KL! Hiks!

Nak buat apa tatau? Ala - ade la mek kena jumpa client mek on Saturday and on Sunday nak pi tu IQP tu? Hiks!

Nak pi ngan sapa? Mek CARPULLING katanya dengan Ginger dan BS (patutnye kawan BS ikut sekali, si Haiqal, tapi last minute, MISS ALASAN tak jadik pi katanya! Hanjs! Mati la mek balik ngan Ginger jer on Monday 1st May nanti sebab BS terus ke KBR *Kota Bharu on Monday tu! Hanjs!). So later, by 7.30am mek akan pick up BS kat umah dia, pastu drive ke Gurun, singgah amik Ratu Puerto Rico si Ginger tu pulak, sama² drive balik KL. Hehehe... mati la it'll be a long drive sebab Ginger feeling suruh buat 10 perhentian sepanjang perjalanan dari Gurun ke KL! Hahahahaa!

Owh yes - dengan ini, mek nak habaq; entries Istanbul Trip days 6, and 7, mek tunda sat nah (TUNDA LAGIK!). Tapi kalau mek sempat, kat KL nanti mek update sebab the pics mek bawak dalam pendrive mek. Dan speaking of tunda² nih, MEMBERS AREA launching pun mek tunda jugak nah!!! Tunggu habih IQP nih kita concentrate balik Members Area dan Bloggers Idol 2006 - OPPSS! (season kedua katanya!)

So ok lah ek - dah 2.53am dah nih. Mek nak ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ. Nite² you ols! Kalau tak sempat jumpe lagi, see u ols on MONDAY - So happy weekending!!! :)

Click HERE to read DAY 1 entry
Click HERE to read DAY 2 entry
Click HERE to read DAY 3 entry
Click HERE to read DAY 4 entry


"After breakfast, we visit ' Miniaturk ' which is an open air park which has the small replicas of ' Ancient Wonders of Turkey' and it is a botanical park and great pleasure for children and also grown ups. After that, we go to 'Pierre Loti' Hill for a coffee break. We visit the timeless Beyoglu with its mystic narrow streets. After  lunch in historical Flower Passage, we pass the oldest and the shortest metro of Europe. We disembark at by the Galata Tower, built in the 13th century, is one of the best views of the city. Return to the hotel at late afternoon."

Ok so, well, today, again, ade some stuffs yang dimentionkan dalam itinerary nih kiteorang ubah again. Hiks! But first, bangun² pagi, tgk luar tingkap, haiyoh! CANTIK sundallll! What a beautiful morning katanya di kota Istanbul, Turkey!!! :)

Lepas dah siap², turun lobby, pi coffee house, melantak breakfast dulu - itu penting yer! Hiks! (mati lah SARAPAN BERKHASIAT KATANYA!)

And then as usual, Ibrahim and the driver, Hassan, picked me up utk ke Conrad and jemput Dato' and his family. Cuma today, kiteorang started lambat siket. They picked me up at 9.45am and by the time kasik sampei ke Conrad, just nice 10am. Hari nih relax siket sebab tu leh start lewat siket program (yooo lah! Tak der lah semput sangat mek kan? Hiks!)

Selepas picking up my clients, kiteorang proceed melalui highway, terus menuju ke kawasan perkampungan Turkey, melalui all this jalan² curam, up to this hill called Pierre Lotti. Menurut Ibrahim, this guy Pierre Lotti (asalnye nama lain rasenye...), was a French writer rasenye, who came to Istanbul, panjat hill tu, and fell in love with the hill and terus menetap kat sitiew and died sitiew bagai semua sebab tu hill tu dinamakan Pierre Lotti Hill. The view, was absolutely stunning! View apo? The GOLDEN HORN. The Golden Horn nih macam, erm, pengkalan laut la dulu dulu kala for perdagangan bagai semua. And selain dari pemandangan yang endah itiew, can see, the hill sebenarnye dipenuhi dengan kubur. YES u ols, ia telah ditukarkan jadik tanah perkuburan. Tapi tak der lah spooky bagai - cantiks u ols. The kubur² all were like nicely managed and maintained dicover dengan kehijauan alam. Cantik sangat.

After duduk rest and had our morning dose of Turkish Coffee (yer, this time Datin ikut mek, dia minum Turkish Apple Tea), kiteorang proceed ke Miniaturk (Miniature Turkey rasenye) where it's actually like, erm, the Mini Jakarta and the one in Holland tu. Miniaturk was like a place where they place all these mini replicas of ancient buildings and etc. And plus, they called it a Botanical Garden sebab ape? AIYOH! Bunga² Tulip nye, MENANGIS AKU NENGOK! And the place was like huge and packed with kids and adults yang melawatnye. Lama jugak kat sitiew, twas like, what, 1 1/2 hours? Ke lebih? Tah - mek tak tgk jam pun.

Lepas habis kat Miniaturk tu, kiteorg cancelled the trip to Beyoglu and Galata Tower visit (sah sah dinner malam kedua dah kat Galata Tower - nak pi haponye lagik kan). Kiteorang terus ke Taksim (dekat ngan hotel mek dah tu) utk half day there lepas lunch. Lunch was at Taksim main street tu itself. Taksim nih macam, erm, city centre la jugak. Ade modern partnye, ade the old and traditional partnye also. The road was basically like Regent's Street in London, except Regent's Stree lebih lebar and got jalanraya la kan. Taksim Old Road nih hanye ado tramp tracks and pedestrian walk. Tapi kereta ade gak la lalu lalang as area² tu actually banyak kediaman² kedutaaan negara tu ini. Hehehe...


Sebelum kiteorang nak jalan² tu, kiteorang singgah for lunch at this great Ottoman restaurant. Interiornye again, amazed me! MELERTS sangat! Very rich! Deconye banyak jejeruks. Meriah! Even TOILET dia, vavavoom tau!

The meal was supperb! SANGAT supperb sampai ke desert. Tak caye? TGK LA SENDIRI PICS² nih!!! :)

After lunchies, kiteorang jalan² kat area Taksim Old Road tu for like 1 hour. Sempat mek ngan Datin shopping siket. Tetiber dahhhh mek jadik fashion consultant untuk Datin belik this great baby pink corset top! CANTIK sangat! Mek nak gak la beli tapi memandangkan it was like USD48 (roughly RM192), mek letak balik la. Melampau sangat tu! Dah la baru lepas kena rompak, ade hati nak shop peghabih duit? Tak der keje la aku. Heheh. Tak pa... Datin, nanti u dah tannak pakai corset top tu, bok mai kat mek nah!? KEKEKEKE... (Mati la mek PA dia tgh dok baca entry nih! Mati la mek kena AWAS lagi!)

Selepas pada tu, mek berpecah dengan Ibrahim and Dato's family. Mek cakap mek nak balik hotel terus. Memang mek penat tetiber tak tau kenapa. Penat sentap tak dapat belik corset tu kot? LOL! Anyways, hotel mek, walking distance sajork. So mrasalah mek jalan sajork balik and told Dato', I'll see him and his family malam karang when Ibrahim amik mek to pick them up to go for dinner. So mek pong cut the tour, lari balik ke hotel (LARI NIH! Gigih!) and terus masuk bilik dan zzzzzzzzzzz...

Sedar², just in time for dinner. Dinner malam nih pulak, dekat this one place called apa tatau. Tapi, this place dekat dengan ala² market basah depa by the sea side and the whole area hosts more than 40 restaurants serving FISH. Bayangkan lah!

SO masuk lah dalam satu restaurant nih - mek tak tasty sangat concept deconye tapi on top of each table, ade fresh tulips and roses as hiasan. VERY DER cantiques. And what made me duduk diam diam kat situ, meja sebelah mek, ade 4 gibek tgh dining. Mek rase couple² tu. Tapi memandang mek tak hengat nih ataih bawah. Eh? Dah lari tema. Ok - back to dinner. Dinner was FISH, AGAIN - tapi kali nih, mek tak makan banyak sangat. Mek telan roti ngan baked beans (AGAIN) and dessert sajork. Main corse nye, FISH, tak habis pon mek makan. BANYAK SANGAT tulang. Tatau lah fish apa tatau. The appertizer (SALAD - again!) and the sotong goreng tepung was nice. Overall, mek give B sajork rating utk restaurant nih. Tapi mek rase clients mek had NO COMPLAINTS tauu... hiks! Depa maaaaaaaaaakan jer keje. Bagus sungguh.


After that, kiteorang proceed jalan² kat area tu before balik ke hotel, and wished goodbye to Ibrahim yang had to leave us malam tu jugak sebab esok tu dia ade another group to attend. SO since esok tu was like our last day and FREE AT OWN LEISURE until check out and pick up time, so Ibrahim said better dia pi jaga group satu lagi tu pulak. Ok jer. At least Hassan ado lagi. So lepas berpeluk salam bagai dengan Dato', Ibrahim bawak mek balik ke hotel mek. Pastu berpeluk salam bagai dengan dia pulak, before I wished him goodnight and goodbye...

 

Click HERE to read DAY 1 entry
Click HERE to read DAY 2 entry
Click HERE to read DAY 3 entry


"Our morning starts with a visit to the aromatic Spice Bazaar, where the smells of cinnamon, cloves and thyme, rise from hundreds of colorful muslin bags at every store-front. We then board our ferry boat for a relaxing cruise along the shores of the legendary Bosphorus, the natural gateway that divides Asia and Europe. As you sit back and enjoy Turkish coffee or well-brewed tea from traditional small cups, numerous summer palaces and palatial homes will pass by on either side. Disembarking at the northern end of the Strait, we proceed to a restaurant for a tasty meal of local fish. Following lunch we will travel by coach to the Suleymaniye Mosque, built by master architect Sinan during the reign of Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent, the Lawgiver. The last stop will be Grand Bazaar, with nearly 4000 shops of antiques, jewelry, gold, carpets and leatherwear"

And so bermulalah hari ke empat with RAIN! Yes, seperti alam ini mengetahui yang diri ini dilanda kemurungan katanya akibat dirompak malam semalam. Seperti alam menyedari yang diri ini sedeh, namun terpaksa diharungi jua. Seperti alam ini tahu, hujan itu menunjukkan tangisan air mata yang membasahi pipi... HEY! APE NIH!? Jiwang katanya!? Hehehe...

So ok - after breakfast, Ibrahim picked me up at my hotel at around 8.45am dan afterwards, terus kiteorang amik Dato' and his family and terus proceed ke The Old City area where we stopped at the Spice Bazaar first before meneruskan program cruise tu. Spice Bazaar is somewhat like Istanbul's Grand Bazaar, only smaller. Did you know, Spice Bazaar ade more than 200 shops in it? Dan Grand Bazaar ade like, what, erm, 400 shops in it? Or was it 4000? Yes - I think it's 4000 shops. Hehehe - nevermind, we'll get into that part later.

So anyways, this Spice Bazaar, from the name you can tell, banyak jugal spices and food dari bende² lain. That's why it is called the Spice Bazaar. Tapi yang u ols akan perasan sangat², TURKISH DELIGHTS! Belambak dok ada. Haiii - tempting! Hehehe.. But since kiteorang will proceed to Grand Bazaar later in the afternoon, so kami tak der lah shopping pa per pon kat Spice Bazaar ni. Just jalan² habiskan masa sebelum catching the 10.30am punye cruise along Bosphorus.




By 10.15am, kiteorang crossed the road, tadaaaaaaa! Dosi sampai ke pengkalan ferries katanya. Org, jgn ditanya ramai ke idak. Berpusu². Reason being, manusia² kat Istanbul tu prefer amik cruise/ ferry ride tu dari terkandas dalam traffic. The ferry will buat cruise ala ala zigzag gitu. From one side to another side dia akan buat couple of stops. But kami semua will be stepping down at the second last stop. And kiteorang had to stop like, what, 6 stops? Hehehe.

Whats interesting about this cruise is that, selain cruising along the legendary Bosphorus, heading towards the Black Sea, is that kite berpeluang tgk rumah² yang maha melerts di sepanjang perairan. Imagine, houses that costs like more that RM1million, haiyoh! Marbelees! And the ferry akan melalui perairan The Europe side and as well at the residential side of the Asia. Menarik sangat - although cuaca dah semakin pulih dari hujan (so was my mood - getting better katanya), tapi, haiyoh, tiopan hanginnye - mak aih! SEJUK GILOS! But it was a very relaxing cruise la jugak - sempat kami nampak dolphines katanya. Datin and me and the kids spotted couple of them jumping here and there... cantik sngt...




And also, kiteorang lalu bawah 2 jambatan yang menghubungkan Istanbul Europe side and Asia side. Funny, the two bridges, are like, erm, identical? Tapi satu made by the Japanese and the other one was built by... erm... was it the Americans? Tah - mek lupa. Dan sapa built dulu pun mek lupa (mati la Ibrahim dok potpetpotpet mek dok sebok dgr discman mek lagu BUTTONS tu. LOL!) The bridges also reminded me of Golden Gate. Only these two bridges weren't red/orange in color la kan like the Golden Gate in the US tu. Hehe...



And then by the time kiteorang reached the terminating point, it was just nice - nice for what tatau? A nice time for LUNCH! The cruise took 2 hours - tanpa disedari of course. Hehehe.. and sampai² jer kat North End tu, our driver, Hassan dosi menunggu katanya with our van, yang membawa kami ke our lunch spot.

It's this famous fish restaurant (why do I get the idea am gonna hate this lunch? Sebab its FISH!), and the setting was just, nice. Overlooking the Bosphorus yang menghala towards the Black Sea, it was just breath taking!



The meal was, surprisingly OK. Dalampada mek yang tak gherti sangat nak makan FISH, I actually enjoyed the food! (MATI LA DIET!)



After lunchies, mek kalu boleh nak suruh depa hantaq mek balik hotel jer. With a weather like that, mek rase, kalau tidor, haiyoh! CONFIRM MELERTS! Dah la semalam memang mek tak cukup tidurans. Hiks! Tapi, what to do. Program must go on and mek harus ikut sekaliks.

Sepatutnye after lunchies, kiteorang ke Suleyman's moques - tapi cancelled sebab Dato' nak terus ke Grand Bazaar. And so we ols semua terus lah, proceed ke Grand Bazaar. Sempat mek lelapkan mata dalam van tu, which took us like 1 hour to arrive.
Grand Bazaar is basically like Spice Bazaar, only BIGGER la kan with 4000 shops. It reminds me of New Delhi's spot, Jampaat tu. Tapi Jampaat tu underground, somemore STUFFY! Leh mati dok bawah tu tau. Berlainan dengan Grand Bazaar, it is so, erm, comfy. Although, u ols kena berhati² masuk dalam tu. Salah haribulan, kalau pi in group, and berpecah, takut sesat dan tak jumpe geng jer nanti. Hehehe. Thats why Ibrahim nak me and Dato's family jgn ever berpecah. So kiteorang sticked together jer la. Mek pon ikut lahhhh belakang depa. Hehehe. Sempat la jugak shopping a few stuffs. Tak der lah mende sangat mek beli - macam, MAHAL sial! Baik lah shopping kat Delhi tu jauh lagi murs murs. Seriously.



Tapi my clients tetap la kan, bershopping bagai. Banyak gak depa angkut. Half way through, kiteorang  stopped for a quick refreshment katanya. Cosy jer kedai 'kopi' nih, although the space was very small and limeted, and the chairs and tables were like big enuff for my sister to play 'masak²', but still - the drink was supperb. Again, me had Turkish Apple Tea... yummy! Panas² tu, dalam keadaan sejuk, MRASALAH SEDAP GILE!

After that kiteorang continued shopping kejap before kiteorang keluar at the other end of the Bazaar. Korang nak tau, the Bazaar ado more than 40 exits tau. Haiyoh. Mati la maze! And lepas kiteorang keluar, pusing² around, then Hassan jemput kiteorang and terus balik ke hotel. Lepas hantar Dato' and his family ke Conrad, mek still ado 3 jam before my pick up time utk pegi dinner. APO LAGIK - TIDUR LAH!!! Hikhik! Bangun² jer, muka sembab! LOL!




Again Hassan and Ibrahim picked me up at 7.45pm and later terus gi amik Dato' at 8pm lelebih siket. See, with no traffic, mrasalah kejap jer dari hotel mek nak ke Conrad itiew. From Conrad, kiteorang terus ke Ortakoy, where we had dinner at this beautiful 'natural-settings' restaurant. The meal was absolutely marbeleessss u ols!!!! (There goes my diet again! HAVES LAH!) The restaurant is owned by a gay couple katanya (terbeliak bijik mata Datin bile dengar Ibrahim cakap lagu tu. Mek on the other hand, LALALALALALA sebok tgk menu!) and it was beautifully designed macam dalam glasshouse. Pokok² menjalar bagai, CANTIK SANGAT! The meals pon was sedap - like, haiyoh! Worth it la. Dato' complimented regarding this matter, mek suke!



Lepas tu, kiteorang terus balik ke Conrad and mek also terus balik ke hotel mek. Keluar beli lighter lagi? ADDINCH! Mek terus tucked myself masuk ke katil, bukak tv, isap rokok, pastu main main hp baru, pastu - zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz... Hehehe...


 

Tangkap haponye? Ala - remember kisah CPU office hilang? Ahhh yes! Ini latest update! Binatang yang bertanggungjawab membawa keluaq cpu dan lappy toppy mek itiew dari office (biarpun Kak Jah ado tgh sebok di office sebelah katanya...) telah berjaya diberkas semalam. Apa kes?

8.25pm Last night, mummy went out dari rumah, with our maid - to rumah Abang Long. Daddy went out terlebih awal since he wanted to go masjid dulu for Maghrib and then baru dia nak pi umah abang Long. As for me, well, since CPU in my room at home pun kena curi (hehehe, in a good manner la kot sebab pencuri tu curi sebab dia nak tambahkan rem dan install few stuffs plus dia nak reformat the pc - hiks!), so mek dinch have much alternatives but to spend my Saturday night depan Astro kat main hall. So in other words, am all alone at home...

Dari luar rumah mek, org would guessed that... "Mesti nan ado org kat umah sebab tinggal satu kete jer. The other 3 cars tak der pun? Setahu mek, 3 penghuni dalam umah nih sajork yang drive - the father, the mother, the son and the driver. Mesti semua keluar. And plus, gelap gulita sajork rumah? Tinggal lampu porch jer? Confirm nan ado org..."

Somewhere 10 or 15 minutes later, as I was watching James Bond 007 - Moonraker, right after Stephord's Wives (motif nak be in detail nih? LOL!) I thought I heard something. Kat sliding door main hall - ade grill. Grill tu dipadlockkan... THAT'S what I heard. I heard the padlock berbunyik kling kling as it kena the grill. And as I turned around to look, I saw the curtain was like, moving... "Owh well - daddy mesti lupa nak tutup sliding door tu lagi as usual. And as usual, Kak Tri or Mummy mesti lupa nak tutup also when either one of them pulled the curtain tadi. Owh nevermind, biarkan sajork. Windy siket..." Pap! Sambil tampar nyamuk. Chimpeng...

So mek continued watching James Bond 007 Moonraker kat Astro channel 40 HBO kot... (Motif nak be specific and detailed tapi masih ade 'KOT'??? LOL!). And then suddenly the phone berbunyi...

Dengan tema lagu iringan citer RAHSIA yang Noor Kumalasari tu berlakon kat PD tu dulu tu, mek mencapat telephone umah mek yang cordless tu... (motif nih dah macam citer thriller dah? LOL! Over lah drama!)

"Hello?"

"Is everything alright at home?" kedengaran suara mummy, persis cuak... MOTIF!?

"Errr... yeah? Why ek?"

"Our neighbour called. She said she saw someone climbing our gates and entering our compound... "

NAH! THAT'S IT! Mek pulak dosi cuak. Like, hello? AM ALL ALONE AT HOME!!! Hello!?!?!?!

"Errr... eemmm... Mama... did... erm... did you, or Kak Tri lupe nak erm, tutup the glass sliding door ptg tadi???"

"Nope - mama yang tutup sliding door tu lepas bapak masuk ptg tadi... awat?"

NAHH!!! Then how come it's open now???? As mek was talking to my mom, mek nak gi jenguk kat sliding door tu. Sebab kalau ikutkan material curtain tu, its one of those white and with flowerish motif thingie, membuatkan mek susah nak nampak what's behind it. Couple of feet away dari sliding door tu jer, mek dgr tapak kaki running. HA! HAMEK! Terjerit aku kat situ. Terus rasa nak pengsan (OVER LAH time² cam tu rase nak pengsan! LOL!)

"Bukak lampu semua!!!! - go outside and check!!!" kerah mummy...

"Mama, Bapak and the rest semua on the way balik now..." sambung nya lagi.

Mek ape lagi, ON semua suis yang ado dalam umah. Segala lampu bilik, main halls, living rooms, dining room, kitchen, gate, SEMUA mek bukak lampu!!!! No more OFF OFF OFF here and there. It's time to ON ON ON ON ON!!!!!!!!!

And then, berbekalkan tah kayu ape tah yang dah memang ade kat kitchen behind the fridge tu (mati la propah baseball bat kat Ginger - LOL! Masalahnye, kalau yer pong baseball bat, SAPA yang main baseball dalam umah tu tatau!? LOL!) and mek kuar with a flashlight... keluar tak sampai 5 langkah jer, mummy called again...

"Kak Rodi cakap (Kak Rodi is my neighbour's inlaw. Dia dengan husband dia *anak kepada neighbour mek yang Tan Sri itiew ler* tgh drive melintasi our house nak balik ke rumah diaorang yang couple of blocks away dari rumah parents diaorang yang next to our house itiew, yang also telah dicerobohi malam Jumaat hari itiew, when she saw a guy climbing our gate...) org tu keluar dari kerera Kancil KBD***3. IT'S THE SAME CAR yang kita suspected pecah masuk your office, remember!?!? Where are u now?"

"Am outside lah! Tadi suruh keluar and tgk²..."

"FORGET WHAT I SAID - get back into the house and lock the doors!!! He could be armed!!! Wait for us!"

HAH!!! Tunggu lagik. Larik lintang pukang mek jadiknye. So while waiting for my parents, my abang long and semua to arrive, mek terduduk jap. Sambil sambung tgk Jame Bond tu, ala ala it got me thinking japs...

"IF this asshole yang tgh berlegar kat luar umah aku nih, the same f*ker yang masuk my office... HURM, APA MOTIF semuanya nih!?!?!?!? Kebetulan saja ka dia TERmasuk umah mek, yang dia sendiri tak tau yang umah dia tgh nak rompak tu adalah rumah pemilik kedai / office yang dia pecah masuk somewhere 3 weeks ago? Nak sabotaj apa lagi nih!?!??!"

Tapi lagi lama mek pikir... mek dapat buat speku...

"Maybe diaorang have been following me all these while. No wonder diaorang masih berlegar kat bawah office mek, konon² buat tak tahu dan purak² makan buah kat gerai buah depan office mek tu *according to the kedai restoren mamak and also kedai dobi tu la, yang detected these idiots*. So meaning to say, memang dia dah planned la nih. Tapi apa motif? Doubt its sabotaj dah nih. Mek rase, kes office hari tu, kalau betul these three idiots were working for 'someone' ie another competing agency here in Kedah to sabo mek, mek rase kali nih depa bertindak atas their own free will. Hari tu rompak utk org. Kali nih nak rompak for themselve. Hmmm..."

Make sense kan? Owh well - nevermind that. Yang penting - HELLO!? Where are these ppl lah!?!? PHONE berbunyik lagik katanya...

"Dah... semua dah ok dah. Come out now. Pi umah Dato Sobri... depa dah tangkap pencuri tu..." It's Mummy!

AIH!? Sejak bila nih!? Apa kes!?!?!?!?!?

"Sure ke? Org yang sama? Ke, dua penyamun tried menyamun at the same time? Satu umah kita, satu umah Dato' Sobri?" mek masih cam tak percaya...

"It's the same one lah. The same one yang tried to masuk umah kita tadi, dia lah jugak yang curi cpu u hari tu! Dia dah mengaku! Now get here..."

BINATANG! Tunggu kau! Dah kena tangkap kan? NANTIKAN!!! RASAIIINN!!!!

Mek terus keluar, tak jalan dah nih. LARI terus nih ke rumah Dato' Sobri yang selang dua rumah dari my house. Sampai² jer, Rezal, anak Dato' Sobri tu tgh mengikat tangan dan kaki malaun itiew. Abang Long sebok pegang kayu apa tah (aik, dia pon ado kayu gak?), mummy was on the phone, Daddy was dengan Rezal dan budak setan tu, anak anak Dato' Sobri semua dok from a distance dok tgk setan gondol tu tried to escape lagi. Datin Liza was all kecoh² - haiyoh, that mak cik ah. Funny lah. LOL!... neighbours mula keluar rumah dan bukak lampu semua terang benderang. The whole neighbourhood macam... aiyoh. Meriah. Like, sebelum² nih, like, "20 years in Alor Star, have you ever seen a neighbour" sort of thingie! HIKS! 

Dan as semua org sebok itu ini, and semua dok tunggu Polis yang VERY DER lembabs katanya nak sampai di tempat kejadian, HAIYOH!, mek pon ape lagi. Setan tu dah terikat rapi, semua dah macam biarkan dia tersandar kat dinding gate tu... the coast is clear... mek menghampiri dia... dan...

"KAU SIAL! BINATANG! Ko tahu tak ko curik komputer aku tu ko tahu tak menyusahkan hidup aku! HANJENG! BABI! Tak der keje lain ke ha, mencuri jer keje ko ek!" mek dalam ala ala whispering, tapi sempat mek tolak kepala dia, dan tarik rambut dia... BABI!!!!!"

"E***, get away from him!" sampuk mummy, walaupun she was on the phone - as if like she knew... hiks...

"Wokayyy.... wasn't going to do anything pun..." sambung mek dan terus beredar... LA LA LA LA LA. Hiks! Ginger, STOP LAUGHING!

Pastu... mek nengok si Rezal tgh luka siket tu; adik dia tgh sapu ubat kat lengan dan siku dia... *PS: Yes, its the same Rezal/Rizal *opps, matila pecah lobang tukar nama semata² nak cover - yes, he's the same guy yang dulu dok bawak mek ngan  granny pi terawih dulu tu, remember? Hiks! Nih kesah lama nih... hiks!

"Are u ok?"

"Ok... tadak pa pa aih. Luka sikit ja..." jawab dia - control la tu...

"What happened???"

"Tadi... I tgh isap rokok lepas dinner tadi kat luaq. Pastu I nampak ada org lari dari ur house, lari ikut umah Tan Sri, pastu terus mencelah masuk umah kitaorang. Dia masuk jer compoud umah I, terus jer I terkam dia. Bergelut guling kejap la kami sebelum my dad keluar and helped me and then kitaorang ikat dia... "

Owhhhhhh kirenye, like, "MY HERO" la ni - ceh...

"You ok?"

"Huh? Me? Yeah I'm fine..." mek terjaga dari lamunan mek... gittiiew...

"Alhamdulillah. I heard you're all alone at home tadi. Mujur depa tak apa²kan you..." sambung Rezal

HELLO!? I was inside and they were outside!? Of course am ok! HIKS! But I thought Kak Rodi yang called my parents? Owhhhhh - so they did. And Rezal and his parents/ family called the police pulak. Owh nowww I get it. Pa per jer. Janji haiwan sialan tu dosi ditangkap. *JELING KAT DIA NIH! MATI LA KAU KEJAP LAGI KENA KAT BALAI - tapi dok jeling², tgk² dia, macam, CAN DO LA PULAK? Mesti Ginger suke - ala ala taste dia tu, stock² abang². HIKS! Haiii kenapaaaa lah ko nih mangkuk hayun sangat? Muka cando, jadi pencurik! Baik lah ko jadik lelaki simpanan si Ginger, KAN!? LOL!

But tu baru sorang - meaning ade 2 ekoq lagi yang masih berkeliaran katanya dengan that Kancil KBD***3 tu. Hanjeng sangat! They managed to larikan diri in that Kancil. It was told that this idiot yang kena tangkap nih, DIA jer kononnye expert dalam hal menceroboh nih. Yang lagi 2 tu expert mengemudi kerete sajork. HAIYOH!

"Saya tanya la dia... awat yang cek buat keja lagu nih???" tetiber mek terdengar Datin Liza tu dok bersembang ngan mummy and all. Mek pasang telinga sajork dgr...

"Tau dia jawab apa? Dia nak beli susu utk anak dia... alahaiiii saya pun kata la kat dia. Cekkkk, kalau nak, habaq, makcik boleh bagi duit elok². Toksah mencuri semua nih..." sambung Datin tu lagi...

Tetiber jer mummy mencelahcaruttt katanya..."Ala... kalau dia mintak elok², u nak ke kasik kat dia Liza?" HAHAHAHAH! My mom has a point there! LOL!!!

Some times later, 2 kereta polis Waja arrived (FINALLY!), and bawak setan tu ke balai. Rezal was asked to come along nak buat report...diajaknya mek temankan dia. E eh? Kuasa lahhh aku nak ikut pi balai... hiks! (Yerrrrr Volks... I KNOW you mesti akan suruh I ikut kan??? Hehehe...)

We ols believe that this idiot and his 2 companions dah buat keje nih lama. Nak kata secara kebetulan dia nak mencuri rumah mek, tanpa ade pa per kaitan dengan kes kecurian kat office mek, I DONT THINK SO la kan. So anyways, depa nih la yang kitaorang suspect masuk umah Tan Sri sebelah umah mek tu mlm Jumaat baru lepas hari tu... and melarikan diri melalui garden umah mek. Sebab Tan Sri tu personally kejar malaun tu, tapi tak dapat. It was malam tu la yang Tan Sri tu terpekik² nama my dad and we got up semua (well, it was malam yang mek keluar dengar Chef Aduka, Zack Zali and Tok Wan Rock tu ke JC tu la... but it happened before I went out) and noticed my beemer yang tak berkunci tu, all doors tak ditutup rapat. Funny, tak penah pulak recall pintu kerete beemer tu tak ditutup rapat. Pastu as mummy dok buat gardening ptg semalam kot, she noticed putung rokok Dunhill and also plastic minuman air bali katanya. So meaning these idiots dok wandering around my house dah banyak kali kot? Tapi as G and mek dok gelak over the phone lepas kejadian semalam, mek called her, and we both thought of the same thing. These idiots memang IDIOTS! Buat keje, and then leaving traces behind, kan? And sambil nak menyamun dan menyangak, ade ke boleh buat feeling² leisure bawak bekal air bali katanya!?! Hanjeng sangat!

Whatever it is - CPU memang la gone for good. Memang ler, kalau dosi jumpa the pencurik pon, I think the cpu dah jadik 16 bahagians dah kot by now, KAN? Tak kisah lah - janji kami dosi dapat dah penyangak yang buat keje tu. SO INI akan memudahkan investigations katanya ketua polis Kedah itiew yang kawan Daddy and Abang Long. Tapi masalahnye, 2 ekoq lagi tu dok merayau terlepas katanya. Tapi, yer lah, sekoq dah kena tahan, lagu 2 tu, erm, tak lama la tu. KAN? Hiks!

I apparently met the famous photographer, Roland Hashim (Abang IM) kat Musictecque, couple of days before I left for Istanbul. And sembang punya sembang dengan dia, dia agreed nak buat photoshoot session utk mek. Dari tahun lepas mek kenal dia, dah lama mek berangan dengan dia time tu, nakkan dia buatkan photoshoot utk mek. Yer lah, siapa tak kenal Roland Hashim the famous fotographer, KAN? So mrasalah mek memang dosi lama dah feeeling nak jadik model photoshoot dia. Tapi yer la, hari tu (tahun lepas) maha azably bentat. Now since dah KURENG siket, and approved by the cameraman himself, apa lagik - terusja (terus + teruja) la mek dan beriya² nak jadik model dia!

Tapi dalam entry nih - mek tak publish lagi all 10 ++ pics yang dia hamek malam itiew sebab mek nak habiskan entries Istanbul tu dulu. For now, cukup la mek previewkan satu jer dulu. For me, I like this pic the most dalam banyak² pics Abang Im snapped itiew. Yang lenglain pon mek suka, cuma this one, ntah la - maybe the bantal bebulus tu kot buatkan ia lebih vavavoom? *Mana Nory Ady tatau! Beli la mek satu set - mana achi Volks jer dapat satu set! Birthday mek pung dah dekat nih ha! Hehehe...




Hiks...nantikan pics² selebehnyeeeeee setelah selesanitto (selesai + finitto?) entry Day 7 Istanbul (mati la now baru Day 3... muahauahuahauahau!)

PS: To Abang IM, Thank you for sudi buatkan photoshoot itiew, with that 'little surprise'... nah!? THANKS!