Entah cam mana tah - tetiber terase nak beremail dengan Kak Dibah kite itiew, yang jadik judge waktu IQP itiew. So since I have nothing to hide pong (mati la mek tak sempat nak carut² Ginger dalam mail itiew! OPSS!), mrasalah kite nengok email yang mek hantar dan seterusnya direply oleh Kak Dibah sendiri dalam masa begitiew pantas. Mek suker mek suker!!! *Tepok² tangan!

Date:	Fri, 5 May 2006 20:48:22 -0700 (PDT)
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Subject:	Re: Hi, it's Miss Peru!
To:	"Nurlea Laurielle Lai Lee" <lea_laurielle@yahoo.com>

waalaikumsalam lea and thanks so much for your email.

 

hey... no problem lah..... although i was pretty much disappointed that you didnt manage to answer the top 10 question... you had me stunned from the beginning... out of all the contestants, you were amongst the best... i pun kecewa you tak dapat top 5.... i was rooting for you, ms puerto rico, ms south africa, ms china and greece.... ni jer yg ada substance more than the others...

 

but anyway, i had tonnes of fun... and all of you were so gorgeous...

 

and Volks's designs memang meletops! Volks is an ole friend of mine... tho we hardly contact each other, but sumhow we find each other now and then... and he's such a lovely person... i never knew he had it in him to design clothes... memang cantik... you pulak pakai.. ayoyo... yang merah tu meletops giler...

 

anyway, keep in touch and it is my pleasure to have been there.

 

take care

 

muah!

 

AN

Nurlea Laurielle Lai Lee <lea_laurielle@yahoo.com> wrote:

Assalamualaikum Kak Dibah...

Hey! Remember me? It's Lea Laurielle, Miss Peru at IQP2006? Who messed up the top 10 q/a and kantoi to proceed into top 5? Hiks! Just dropping by to say... ermmm.. "HIE!!!"

Thank you so much for supporting me, us and the event. Actually kan, I don't have much to say except THANKS tu jer la kan.

I'm very close to Volks. Infact, most of my dresses dia yang designkan. Miss Antigua and Barbuda punye evening dress tu pun, mine yang I pinjamkan to her - also design Volks jugak. So bile lagi nak buat dress dengan Volks? Opps!

Ape lagi ek nak cakap? Sorry for screwing up my top 10 q/a session. Menggelabah, GOD KNOWS how shocked I was getting into top 10 and being the 1st in the list to go though the q/a session. How I so wish to get your q tapi dapat soalan Khaled Ahmad yang maha susah tu. I dah cuak, words tak leh keluar, though I had my points, tapi - tah - macam x menjadi. Lost it. Hehehe. Anyways I had fun.

Would be an honor if you could visit my website at http://www.lealaurielle.com and sign my guestbook. AND would be thrilled if you could come to http://lealaurielle.blogdrive.com and read my blog and comment on them if u have the time. Volks always lepak kat my tagboard kat my blog tu during working hours. Kalau u free, come and join lah ek... ;p

Thank you so much, for everything....

Anyways, u take care hun, be good, stay you, and remember, MISS PERU pon minat u tau! claaasiicc!!!!! Hiks! tell me, mana ade artist lain, MISS MISS minat depa?!? hehehehe... owh and erm, Miss Puerto Rico yang got 1st runner-up tu, si Ginger tu, KB (kawan baik) mek. E eh? tetiber? Ade kaitan ke? LOL!

Regards, with warm huggies,
LEA

Mek suke mek suke mek suke! *Tepuk² tangan! Yehhh!!! Hureeeyyy!!!! *Over excited nih diconsiderkan sebagai Drama Queen jugak ke? Wooopps! Hiks!

Owh yes, mek luper. Si lahabau Ginger tu buat entry ala ala "SLAP LOREAL, then kasik gula² kat dia. Pastu kite SLAP her again, and then kite kasik dia gula² lagi". Hanjeng sangat, tapi mek sker! HIKS! Mrasalah click HERE to read the particular entry yang ala² mencarut, tapi at the same time, ala² defending mek (WALAUPUN dia mati² takmo ngaku dia nak defend mek dari hadek² mulut jahat! Hiks!) Mrasa!!!

It has been a while since mek buat any entries regarding airlines and about cabin crew, kan? Well hari ini, mek nak buat entry baru; also menjawab soklan seorang pembaca mek yang emailkan soalan² tu ke my email. Emailnye berbunyik ginik...



X clear ek? Hehehe - tak per. Mek akan ulangkan soalan²nye itiew, NAH!? Hiks!

helo...ni XXXX. rasa very teruja when i read ur istanbul trip last week. first of all, tq sbb siarkan my previous q dlm blog u. mmmm....leh x kalo i nk tanye bebrape soklan lagik yg relate ngn flight attendant cuz i'm curious to know all about it..hehe!
LL: Hey u... what's up? Great to know u ols suke baca entries pasal Istanbul trip mek itiew. And no hal la pasal siarkan ur previous Q dalam my blog. At least, semua orang leh sharing the caring all the infos, KAN? So now u nak tanye bebrape soklan tambahan ek? Ok sajork. Selagi boleh jawab, selagi tu mek akan teruskan (NEK, pinjam statement blog u ols tu, nah? LOL!)

1. I ade terPK nak try apply ngn forex airlines such emirates or qatar airways or gulf air instead of flying with MH. Mgkn sbb nak cuba kerj ngn overseas carriers n gaining xperiences. tp honestly speaking, MH is my first preferred choice. nape ek? mgkn reason dier ; dpt rase kerj ngan domestic sector...as the middle eastern carriers xde offer domestics. lagipun domestik kat mesia best kot... ok 2nd reason is, home base kat tanah air sndiri...so senang dok kat tmpat sndiri kan.. 3rd one is crew dlm domestic(B737) x ramai...so x hectic, x messy....so, i nak tau pndpt u tntg nie...plz
LL: Pendapat I tentang ape ek? Working with foreign airlines ek? Cam nih la. Kalau kite FRESH ie no experiences with the airlines, elok lah keje dengan MH dulu. You gave me 3 good reasons why to start off with MH and u like suke all the reasons, kan? Gain as much experiences from MH dulu, before proceed ke any other airlines. Biar kite ade sedikit infos and experiences dari our own airline dulu sebelum melangkah jauh. U think it'll be easy? Dah la nak adapt dalam new airline/ foreign airline tu pon sepasal, nuh, pasal nak sesuaikan diri dengan locals and what not as you'll be based there, abroad, dah satu pasal. SO if u want my advise, go with MH dulu sebelum kite pergi jauh ke any other foreign airlines... :)

2. I notice MAS nyer cabincrew ade 2 department yek?? tul ek? ade charter flight nyer dedicated crew department ke? dorang nyer uniform lenlaen ker? once i tgk majalah 3...dorang wat documentary pasai depa wat chater flight. surely klo nak jadik crew utk charter ni kena kerj ngan MAS dulu kan..
LL: Cabin Crew MH seingat I, memang ade Charter-flight crew. Tapi these ppl pon either online crew members, OR, diaorang memang dah tak fly online, just concentrate on becoming charter-flight crew. And yes, sebelum layak jadik Charter-flight crew, memang kena serve the airline first, tapi tak sure la akak brapa lamer. Hehehe... Yang tu u don't have to worry much. Dah jadik crew MH baru lah boleh pikir pasal charter crew. Tapikan, dah jadik online crew MH pon, kadang², tak terpikir pong pasal Charter crew tu. Heheheh...

3. MAS ade certain levels ke kena ikut...like their appearences of cabincrew coz obviously ade beza ngn AirAsia. The most obvious is hairdressing for stewardesses. I tgk Air Asia lebih 'bebas' sket. dorg leh je biar rmbut dorg ala-ala lepas terurai melepasi bahu gitu. tp i xpenah jumpe lg MAS wat camtu...
LL: MH ade grooming department with rules and regulations yang kite kena follow. MH is the national airline, and thus, ade lah some standards yang harus crew follow sebab kite nih, bukan airline sampingan or airline low-cost. So penampilan yang very der bergaya and stylo mylo nih wajib, so sebab tu grooming very strict regarding weight issue, hair issue and skin issue and stuff. Tapi memang dari dulu sampai now, about hair, no such thing as let down ur hair. Either pendek, or bun it up kalau panjang.

4. I ade terbaca dlm surat kabar..kat advs section, ade certain company yg offer 'training utk sesape yg berminat nk jdi pramugara/ri' ni b4 having any airline walk-in interviews, so,,,,i desperately need any advices,comments, views, opinions from u on this matter ok...plssss. As i read frm ur bloggies, u ade mentioned tros ajer gi ke MAA tu and that's it.
LL: Tidak perlu lahhhh itiewwwwwwwww nak attend the training bagai tu. Dinch u ols dinch! Kang kalau dah ade cert from that company, and lets just say u gi interview, and managed to get it - bukannye u boleh skip training kat MAA tu just because u ade cert tu. U STILL have to go through MAA's training tu. And plus, bukannye ade advantage sangat pun during the interview if u say u have this and that cert, from this and that company. It'll be YOUR OWN extra advantage sebab u ade all the infos, that's all. Tapi nanti, mai masuk MAA, diaorang pedulik ape u ade ke idak cert tu. Diaorang akan still asah u ols, and u ols tetap akan kena go through the training. So take my advise, tok sah layan yang training² courses tu. Buat peghabeh duiittt sajork! Hiks!

So..i rase smpai sini dulu leee yer. i bebetul mengharapkan nasihat n pertolongan u for thisssss. pls...n plss..n plsss..
LL: Diharap whatever mek dosi buat dalam entry nih, telah menjawab semua soalan² u ols. Feel free to ask me more if u have more qs that is. Hiks!

Take care nah? And good luck!!! :)

  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
  Click HERE to read DAY 5 entry
  Click HERE to read DAY 6 entry

   
  "Following arrival into Dubai International Airport, you'll be in transit for approx. 3 hours before your departure back to Kuala Lumpur."

SO, by the time kiteorang dosi sampai ke DXB, sudah masuk Day 7 katanya... Sampai² jer DXB, mek tak habes² lg dok menguap time tu (sama lah time tgh buat entry nih, dok menguap sakan dah nih!), kiteorang terus proceed ke Emirates Business Class lounge. Sesesak² airport DXB tgh² malam buto tu (by the time kami sampai ke DXB, it was somewhere midnight/ early morning 17th April tu dah. So semuanya dok ngantuk la kan) - SESAK LAGI dalam Emirates Business Class longe. Ramai gilos! Tak pernah la mek nengok ramai sangat menusia dalam Business Class lounge. Seats banyak taken, sofas banyak menusia terdampar ketidurans, and because of that, Dato' dengan anak sulungnye duduk one corner, and Datin dengan sorang lagi anak depa tu duduk at another corner. MEK!? Hehehe - mek tetiber dah tak ngantuk. Why ek? YOOO LAH! Mek nampak MAKANAN dan PC sundal! MRASA MRASA!!! (makan laaaaaaaaaagi katanya! Hanjengnye selera aku lately! LOL!)




3 jams lebihs itiew mek rase cam cepat sangat taw. Sedaq² Dato' dah tanye... "Boarding dah ke?" Mrasalah mek terkontang kanting gi ke counter depan tu tanya dah boarding ke idak sebab mek dinch dgr pong announcement pa per. Yeap, time for boarding. Lahaiiii cepat bebenor. Tapi sempat la mek meninggalkan jejak kata² dalam TB dan jugak sempat la pi smoking 3 batang rokok kat luar (WALAUPUN dalam lounge tu ade smoking area, tetap nihhh nak pi smoke kat luar - bukannye ape, LEH CUCI MATE! Hiks!)

As usual, flight delayed lagi, tapi it was only for a short while and delayed pong, kiteorang dosi dalam flight. And lepas take off, MAKAN, and then TIDUR - langsung mek tak sedarkan diri, sampai lah touch down kat KLIA, bole? Penat sangat latu...


Sesampai jer kat KLIA at around 2.15pm, terus claimed baggage semua, pastu, said goodbye la kan to my clients - Overall mek rase, Dato' enjoyed the trip, Alhamdulillah. Nan ado complainnye katanya. OK la tu, kan? So lepas mek dah "BYE BYE" Dato' and Datin and the kids, mek pong lenggang mak limah ler naik ke departure hall domestic, for my next departure balik ke AOR at 20:05hrs. Lambat lagi tu! Apo nak buat? Tu jer next available flight. Nak tak nak, mek terpaksa la lepak kat KLIA tu. Dok dalam Golden Lounge sat, pastu pi ke Business Centre Business Class Lounge tu (sumpah selama ini mek tak tau pong kewujudan Business Class Longe Business Centre tu, siap ado internet - HUREYYY!!!!) Sempat la mek chatting² sat, pastu pi isap rokok 2 3 batang. Pastu masuk balik Lounge, melantak, pastu pi balik chatting, pastu pi la isap rokok balik. And this time, mek gunakan sepenuhnya facilities yang ado. Heheh - MANDI! Hehehe. Segar la juger lepas tu. And habis siap², tgk² jam, just in time for my departure balik AOR. So mek pong pi la gate - taw taw, AGAIN, mek last pax to board. Planned? Ataupun secara kebetulan for every AOR flight, mek mesti last to board the flight? Ntah lah - kali nih, kebetulan jer kot. HEHEHEH.




Cuma balik kali nih, no Dato' R, no Dato' K, mrasalah NO ONE dok sebelah mek katanya! Oklah tu, walaupun sentap no VIP dok sebelah mek for mek nak buat PR, tapi, tak per lah... lagikpun dosi penat dah. Kuasa la aku nak menggeletis! Hiks! Penat² pong, SEMPAT MAKAN lagi nih for 50 minutes flight! Hanjeng sangat! X pernah² mek terasa nak makan refreshment itiew, tetiber malam tu, nak pulak mek makan. So makan sajork!


Sampai jer di AOR, Ibunda mummy dearest terchenta dosi menunggu dalam kerets. Dan terus membawa anakanda manjanye nih pulang - dan terus - ZZZZZZZZZZZZ!!!

ALHAMDULILLAH! Habis jugak entry 7 episodes nih! THE END! Hiks!

*Fotopages mek dosi updated with ALL the pics sepanjang trip nih. Mrasalah!

• Pics² of: DAY 1
• Pics² of: DAY 2
• Pics² of: DAY 3
• Pics² of: DAY 4
• Pics² of: DAY 5
• Pics² of: DAY 6
• Pics² of: DAY 7

ENJOY!!! *Pssstt! Jgn lupo komeng²kan pics² itiew, NAH!? Mrasa! HIKS!

If you have any questions or should you have any comments regarding Fashion and/ or Beauty, please email me at fashionbeauty_lea@yahoo.com. Thanks!

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!

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
Click HERE to read DAY 5 entry


"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!!! :)