22 Oct 2006
KUALA LUMPUR: Imagine being an elderly foreign couple, awakened by a pounding on the front door in the wee hours. Imagine
being accused of khalwat despite being in your 60s and married for 42
years. Imagine being a grandmother of four and having to stand in front
of men, dressed only in a sarong covering your body.
This is
exactly what United States citizens Randall Barnhart, 62, and his wife
Carole, 61, experienced on Oct 14 at their condominium unit in Langkawi.
It is an incident which has Tourism Minister Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor in a huff.
Barnhart and his wife were asleep at 2am when there was pounding on the door and male voices shouting in Bahasa Malaysia. Fearing an attack or robbery, Barnhart told the men to go away or he would call the police.
One
of the voices, speaking in English, identified the group of men as
Islamic Affairs Department officers and ordered him to open the door
immediately.
"I positioned myself ready to fight and partly
blocking the door so I could defend myself and my wife if anything were
to happen. Then I opened the door to find six men in my face," said Barnhart.
Barnhart
said the men wore blue jackets with the department’s crest on the
breast pockets, with one of them producing an authority card. He claimed there were no police officers with the six men.
Barnhart
said one of the men yelled at him, asking how many people were in the
apartment and said: "You are Muslim, we are coming in. I told them we were Christians and they were not to come in. They then demanded to inspect the apartment. They were threatening and aggressive. Again I said no," he said.
He said the men then demanded to see his "woman". After
another heated exchange of words, he allowed the men to see his wife.
The men, he said, then demanded to see their marriage licence.
"I
told them I did not have it on me and that it was none of their
business. Next, they demanded to see our passports, so I showed them. They
took down our passport numbers and noted that we were from the US. Then
one said ‘thank you’ and shook my hand," he said. The men then left.
Eight hours later, he lodged a report at the Kuah police station.
Since the incident, Carole has been terrified and has insisted on going back to the United States. The couple is in Malaysia on a six-week sailing holiday and rented the condominium unit. Since his yacht needs repairs, he bought an air ticket to Chicago for his wife.
He also lodged a complaint with the US embassy here, which followed up with a call to Tengku Adnan’s office on Friday.
A ministry spokesman said Tengku Adnan took a serious view of the allegations. "He
has ordered the Tourism Board to look into the incident. They are to
speak to the Islamic Affairs Department to get to the bottom of things. The minister does not like things like this happening to tourists as it spoils the country’s image," he said.
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
The Road To Miss World 2006 Pageant (Part 2)
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What you are about to read are actually my personal recollections of the days before, the days after, and not to forget, on the actual day I was crowned as the new Miss World 2006. These entries come sincerely from the bottom of my heart and it only concerns me, only me and has no elements of looking down on others. I have no intentions at all or what-so-ever to be showy, what more to put myself in a basket and hence carry it high all on my own. These stories I'm about to tell serves only one purpose, and that is – "I just want to share these personal, overwhelming, liberating experiences of my life, with my beloved and respectful readers. Should you disagree with my posting, please feel free to e-mail me and I will do my level best to correct any inaccuracies found in my entry(ies). I reserve the right to accept or reject any said corrections without first notifying the sender.
For those who are not in favor of these entries and thinks that these entries are merely an attempt of bragging and boasting and all, I have nothing much to say nevertheless talking about defending myself and my entries. I highly respect your opinions as human being, but let me remind you, I have mine too. So let's keep it to our own boundaries and avoid any complications being raised up due to these entries.
And by the way, you are currently reading MY BLOG. Does the phrase, "Stories of my life; I write, you read…" ring any bell to you? Well, this is a very fine example to suit my blog's official quote/ phrase. Anything and everything else is up to my discretion. Thank you.
What you are about to read are actually my personal recollections of the days before, the days after, and not to forget, on the actual day I was crowned as the new Miss World 2006. These entries come sincerely from the bottom of my heart and it only concerns me, only me and has no elements of looking down on others. I have no intentions at all or what-so-ever to be showy, what more to put myself in a basket and hence carry it high all on my own. These stories I'm about to tell serves only one purpose, and that is – "I just want to share these personal, overwhelming, liberating experiences of my life, with my beloved and respectful readers. Should you disagree with my posting, please feel free to e-mail me and I will do my level best to correct any inaccuracies found in my entry(ies). I reserve the right to accept or reject any said corrections without first notifying the sender.
For those who are not in favor of these entries and thinks that these entries are merely an attempt of bragging and boasting and all, I have nothing much to say nevertheless talking about defending myself and my entries. I highly respect your opinions as human being, but let me remind you, I have mine too. So let's keep it to our own boundaries and avoid any complications being raised up due to these entries.
And by the way, you are currently reading MY BLOG. Does the phrase, "Stories of my life; I write, you read…" ring any bell to you? Well, this is a very fine example to suit my blog's official quote/ phrase. Anything and everything else is up to my discretion. Thank you.
Mek sentiappp sangat ptg tadik u ols! Ala ala my work of entry part 2, dari pukul 13.33.38pm katanya, sampai approx. 17.50pm ala ala la, tetiber, hancus, hilang, musnah cam tu jer, gara² TERRRRRRRtekan BACK button kat web browser mek nih. Serious u ols - rase cam, adooooooiii! All that work! Penat oiiii mengarang bagai nak rak, siap bertempekkan link situ sana sini, dengan tempekkan pics itu ini semua, dah 98% siap u ols - serious - alih², siut sangat! Memang ptg tadik mek emo sangat², mengamok gile aku kat pejabat. Mana tak nye u ols - dengan keje tak buat setengah hari gara² nak siapkan entry iniey, dah buat 98% dengan more than 3000pp, pastu dengan tempekkan more than 15 pics mek rase in one entry, pastu dengan hyperlinknya dengan fotopages mek - haiyoh! Wasted sangat rasenye lah! Terus lemah longlai - sentap! So mek balik terus, dalam kul 7pm (yer, setelah lebih kurang dekat sejam mek bermuram durjana at the office, sentap), makan lagi dan makan lagi - then memandian, then terlelap kejap - and now, tada... 9pm. MRASA mek nak mulakan keje habiskan entry Part 2 inih. Mek tak peduls. MALAM NIH JUGAK mek nak habiskan! Hiks! So lets not waste anymore time nah - mrasa!
PART 2 - The Road To Miss World 2006 Pageant!
THE DAY OF ALL DAYS SINCE CALENDER WAS INVENTED - hiks! Sambungan
24th November, 2006:
So by 6.30pm, where were Miss India and Miss Venezuela? Masih dalam bilik hotel Federal yer. Belom siap² lagi katanya. I'd say we were like, what, 90% siap? Cuma nak siapkan rambut la itu ini, packing bende² yang nak dibawak turun semua - tannak ade yang tertinggal itu ini la kan. So after dah plup plap plup plap siap siapan semua dos, mrasalah Miss India and Miss Venezuela turun dari bilik hotel, masuk lift (mujur ade lift yang dekat ngan bilik kami, and terus sampai ke lobby, entrance ke hotel itiew, kan?) and then terus keluar ke hotel Royale Bintang itiew (ikut pintu depan nih, takmo kalah iniey!) - Eh wait, dari semalam mek dok sebut Royale Royale tu, mek silaps lah. I think it's Royal Bintang, kan? Maaati la salah eja nama hotel. Hotel Royale tu, kat Jalan Putra, atas Kenny Rogers, kat LOQ STAQ, kan!? Hahahahaha...
So kami turun dari bilik tadik tu pun dosi pukui brapa dah - 6.40pm cam tu kot. So sesampainya kat changing room, mrasa - saparti yang kami jangkakan... tak der maknenye semua contestants dah sampai. Ade yang belom nampak vayangans pong ade ok. No need la mek mention Miss mana ade Miss mana tak der kan - tahu tahu sendiri kami dah la. Yang dok ada tu, ada yang dosi siap sepenuhnya, tunggu timing nak naik atas stage dan catwalk jer. Ade yang tgh dok bersiap. Tapi tak der lah yang sampai² tu langsung tak siap make up belom siap itu ini A to Z bagai, kan? Hiks! As for mek dan Ginger, dua dua sampai ke backstage tu dalam keadaan 70% siap. Like mek, I was like burung kasawari spastic retarded katanya yer, ala ala pakai kot belah ataih tu siap segals dengan buls buls shimmer make up bagai semua nih - mai tang bawah, skirt jeans. APA KES? *Yer Mark, mek nampak hang jelingan memanja dengan skirt itiew. Familiar kah? Bukan ko punye kan? Mek punye kan? OPPS! And si Ginger piuler ala ala Minachi Colors of Spicy Rangoli (Rangoli, spicy ke masalahnye? HAHAHA!) in the making katanya, make up dah very der Indian sekals - and pakaian sari hampir complete except accessories bagai tu la kan, alih² ade selendang hitam ala ala macam selendang Terengganu gittiew, feels² wanita ley ko nak cover² badan bagai? Chit! Hiks! Apa apa pon, time² tu la semua nak get things ready bagai semua.
24th November, 2006:
So by 6.30pm, where were Miss India and Miss Venezuela? Masih dalam bilik hotel Federal yer. Belom siap² lagi katanya. I'd say we were like, what, 90% siap? Cuma nak siapkan rambut la itu ini, packing bende² yang nak dibawak turun semua - tannak ade yang tertinggal itu ini la kan. So after dah plup plap plup plap siap siapan semua dos, mrasalah Miss India and Miss Venezuela turun dari bilik hotel, masuk lift (mujur ade lift yang dekat ngan bilik kami, and terus sampai ke lobby, entrance ke hotel itiew, kan?) and then terus keluar ke hotel Royale Bintang itiew (ikut pintu depan nih, takmo kalah iniey!) - Eh wait, dari semalam mek dok sebut Royale Royale tu, mek silaps lah. I think it's Royal Bintang, kan? Maaati la salah eja nama hotel. Hotel Royale tu, kat Jalan Putra, atas Kenny Rogers, kat LOQ STAQ, kan!? Hahahahaha...
So kami turun dari bilik tadik tu pun dosi pukui brapa dah - 6.40pm cam tu kot. So sesampainya kat changing room, mrasa - saparti yang kami jangkakan... tak der maknenye semua contestants dah sampai. Ade yang belom nampak vayangans pong ade ok. No need la mek mention Miss mana ade Miss mana tak der kan - tahu tahu sendiri kami dah la. Yang dok ada tu, ada yang dosi siap sepenuhnya, tunggu timing nak naik atas stage dan catwalk jer. Ade yang tgh dok bersiap. Tapi tak der lah yang sampai² tu langsung tak siap make up belom siap itu ini A to Z bagai, kan? Hiks! As for mek dan Ginger, dua dua sampai ke backstage tu dalam keadaan 70% siap. Like mek, I was like burung kasawari spastic retarded katanya yer, ala ala pakai kot belah ataih tu siap segals dengan buls buls shimmer make up bagai semua nih - mai tang bawah, skirt jeans. APA KES? *Yer Mark, mek nampak hang jelingan memanja dengan skirt itiew. Familiar kah? Bukan ko punye kan? Mek punye kan? OPPS! And si Ginger piuler ala ala Minachi Colors of Spicy Rangoli (Rangoli, spicy ke masalahnye? HAHAHA!) in the making katanya, make up dah very der Indian sekals - and pakaian sari hampir complete except accessories bagai tu la kan, alih² ade selendang hitam ala ala macam selendang Terengganu gittiew, feels² wanita ley ko nak cover² badan bagai? Chit! Hiks! Apa apa pon, time² tu la semua nak get things ready bagai semua.
The retarded, spastic looking Burung Kasawari Miss Venezuela, separa siap katanya, masih in the forever and ever jeans skirt itiew! Hiks!
Tu awat pulak dah tu Miss India oi? Tatau nak gantung sash tang mana ka? Kot ya pun, buang la dulu pashmina Terengganu hang tu. HAHAHAH! Siut jer, Pashmina Terengganu ley? LALALALA!
And then there's Noryady in the scene la kan... org suruh dia mai at 6.30pm++. Tapi dia mai at 6pm dah terpacak kat lobby hotel - or was it 5.30pm tatau? Mek rase 5.30pm kot - she was excited nih, I can tell. By the time kami dok sebok² siap siapan bagai, dia pon sebok ok. Maklum lah, dia dah jadik event manager utk Miss India dan Miss Venezuela - pegang tiket² meja 18, beserta dengan bendera² tangan yang telah disediakan itiew yer, dan sebok menelephone sana sini tanya mana depa yang lenglain itiew. Hiks! Kecoh tau, mek sker! Dan kat changing room tu jugak lah, 5thE dah pon ade terlebey awai pasai dia helped siapkan Miss Angola, kan? Mrasalah sayangnye 5thE had to leave before the pageant sebab ala ala dia ade malam pembukaan Pi Mai Pi Mai Tang Tu The Musical itiew, kan? Aiyoyoh - tak per noq. Nory ado kan malam tu, kasik live report, kan? 3G dak? Opps!
Kat dalam changing room - suasa makin kecoh. Most of the contestants dosi kesampaian, dengan mak² hayam memasing la kan. Tak cukup ngan itiew, yang supporters pon, and tak der kaitan pun, ramai gak menerjah masuk changing room itiew. Hiks! Mek pon sempat jumpa kengkawan mek, tapi mek rela pi keluar dari changing room, tarik depa keluaq, sebelum kena caruts dengan organizer. Kan dalam changing room tu suppose make up artists, pembantu bagai dan contestants, sajork, kan? Ini yang tak der kena mengena pun masuk - patut lah superpack changing room tu - dengan panasnya lagik. Haiyoyoh...
Dah tu, Volks suruh mek terus pakai cancan gown kembang mek itiew. Mrasalah bila dah pakai, siap elok² bagai, taburi glitters and prada silver glitter dust bagai, mek tak leh nak BUAS! Mek macam dinch boleh buas sangat sebab mek tetiber jadik macam, besar - mengganggu ketenteraman awam. Hahahaha! Yang pentingnya, takut, sebab kain cancan mek tu ala ala net, takut terkoyak pijak bagai. Dinch lah, mek bukan takut contestants sabo (Miss Seychelles, harap u ols tak ingat mek dan Isis Miss UK was talking about you tau - dia suruh mek jaga² kain sendiri takut ade org pijak - time² tu pulak u ols lalu - sorry kalau u ols trasa. Kami bukan carut u ols tau Miss Seychelles) - masalahnye, TIDAK PERLU TUNGGU CONTESTANTS sabo lah! Mek sendiri sabo kain mek itiew, boleh? Yer lah - dok dalam Volks cakap "DUDUK DIAM DIAM" - knowing me, MANA GHERTI!? Dok pi sana pi sini, zrraappp terpijak sini sana situ sinun - kat bawah tu dosi kekoyakkan bagai. Tapi lite² la, unnoticable la kirenye. Tapi yang lawak nye waktu tu, HAHAHAH - time² la mek nak terkucil! Hanjeng sangat kan! Mrasalah MEK TAHAN kencing mek tu! Muahahah dah la kepit mampan 150% menjadikkan ciknek jadik p*ki setempek berjaya, tak kuasa lah nak berrisiko nak pi kencing. Mrasa tahan! Katanya mek kat diri mek sendiri. So LAGI la mek buas - sebab dok menahan nak kencing, kan? Muahahahah!
Crowd semakin ramai datang - asalnya at 6.30pm dalam invitation card tu katanya majlis nak bermula - heheh ado? Dinch la u ols - it started quite lewat also. Mrasalah mek macam Burung Kasawari retarded sunggoh, walaupun dah 100% siap. Yer lah, dengan rimasnye, panas lite², tahan dok nak terkucil, haiyoh! Dugaan. Tapi time² yang ado, dipraktikkan dengan sebaik mungkin lepas a short briefing to the contestants by Kak Iterk ngan Kak Danisha yang co-organize this event as well itiew. Mrasalah mek jerit "Goodluck all - ok! LETS! Plastickan diri!" Tapi motif mek sorang je gelak time tu, and no one else gelak also? Mrasalah mek buat lawak tapi mek sorang jer paham. Muahahaha gile lah. Maksud mek get plastic tu, beramah mesra bagai la kan. Mananye dengan nak vote/ pilih Miss Congeniality nye lagi, dengan nak bersnappy² lagi - ha - time tu la nak buat semuanya itiew. Suke la jugak bersembang sana sinik, berphoto sana nih - at least, killed the time yang ado tu kan. Dengan smokingnye lagi - aiyoh. Mek terpaksa be extra 101% carefull ok - wearing that kain tu, kalau kena api rokok Sampoerna A mek nih, mrasalah berLOBANG ok! Hahahaha!
Kat dalam changing room - suasa makin kecoh. Most of the contestants dosi kesampaian, dengan mak² hayam memasing la kan. Tak cukup ngan itiew, yang supporters pon, and tak der kaitan pun, ramai gak menerjah masuk changing room itiew. Hiks! Mek pon sempat jumpa kengkawan mek, tapi mek rela pi keluar dari changing room, tarik depa keluaq, sebelum kena caruts dengan organizer. Kan dalam changing room tu suppose make up artists, pembantu bagai dan contestants, sajork, kan? Ini yang tak der kena mengena pun masuk - patut lah superpack changing room tu - dengan panasnya lagik. Haiyoyoh...
Dah tu, Volks suruh mek terus pakai cancan gown kembang mek itiew. Mrasalah bila dah pakai, siap elok² bagai, taburi glitters and prada silver glitter dust bagai, mek tak leh nak BUAS! Mek macam dinch boleh buas sangat sebab mek tetiber jadik macam, besar - mengganggu ketenteraman awam. Hahahaha! Yang pentingnya, takut, sebab kain cancan mek tu ala ala net, takut terkoyak pijak bagai. Dinch lah, mek bukan takut contestants sabo (Miss Seychelles, harap u ols tak ingat mek dan Isis Miss UK was talking about you tau - dia suruh mek jaga² kain sendiri takut ade org pijak - time² tu pulak u ols lalu - sorry kalau u ols trasa. Kami bukan carut u ols tau Miss Seychelles) - masalahnye, TIDAK PERLU TUNGGU CONTESTANTS sabo lah! Mek sendiri sabo kain mek itiew, boleh? Yer lah - dok dalam Volks cakap "DUDUK DIAM DIAM" - knowing me, MANA GHERTI!? Dok pi sana pi sini, zrraappp terpijak sini sana situ sinun - kat bawah tu dosi kekoyakkan bagai. Tapi lite² la, unnoticable la kirenye. Tapi yang lawak nye waktu tu, HAHAHAH - time² la mek nak terkucil! Hanjeng sangat kan! Mrasalah MEK TAHAN kencing mek tu! Muahahah dah la kepit mampan 150% menjadikkan ciknek jadik p*ki setempek berjaya, tak kuasa lah nak berrisiko nak pi kencing. Mrasa tahan! Katanya mek kat diri mek sendiri. So LAGI la mek buas - sebab dok menahan nak kencing, kan? Muahahahah!
Crowd semakin ramai datang - asalnya at 6.30pm dalam invitation card tu katanya majlis nak bermula - heheh ado? Dinch la u ols - it started quite lewat also. Mrasalah mek macam Burung Kasawari retarded sunggoh, walaupun dah 100% siap. Yer lah, dengan rimasnye, panas lite², tahan dok nak terkucil, haiyoh! Dugaan. Tapi time² yang ado, dipraktikkan dengan sebaik mungkin lepas a short briefing to the contestants by Kak Iterk ngan Kak Danisha yang co-organize this event as well itiew. Mrasalah mek jerit "Goodluck all - ok! LETS! Plastickan diri!" Tapi motif mek sorang je gelak time tu, and no one else gelak also? Mrasalah mek buat lawak tapi mek sorang jer paham. Muahahaha gile lah. Maksud mek get plastic tu, beramah mesra bagai la kan. Mananye dengan nak vote/ pilih Miss Congeniality nye lagi, dengan nak bersnappy² lagi - ha - time tu la nak buat semuanya itiew. Suke la jugak bersembang sana sinik, berphoto sana nih - at least, killed the time yang ado tu kan. Dengan smokingnye lagi - aiyoh. Mek terpaksa be extra 101% carefull ok - wearing that kain tu, kalau kena api rokok Sampoerna A mek nih, mrasalah berLOBANG ok! Hahahaha!
Miss India, dosi ready in her national costume katanya - sentap aku nengok sari tu!!!
Sessi bergambar dalam changing room sebelum event bermula... mrasa!
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Dok pi tunggu pi mai pi mai (macam carut Musical Play 'org' tu jer nih, kan? HAHAHAHA), maka, tiba lah time nak berangkat naik stage. Tapi itu lah - mek V, Venezuela - mrasalah LAST! Kejist sangat! Tu la, getek sangat nak hamek Venezuela - mrasalah bile Zimbabwe yang patutnye masuk tetiber tarik diri, nah - hamek, gasak ngan muka hang terus jadik last contestant! Hahahah tarkik lah kan. Tapi yang mek tak syoknye tu, sebab tak dapat nak be in a group, satu group ngan Ginger. Mrasalah sebabnye, well, tgk jer our choreographed step/ stages nih...
Aiyoh! By right kan, kalau dengar the crowd roaring and cheering for you kan, you should be lebih confident and gedebas, kan? Erm, for me, gedebas dan gedikbas, YES - tapi - confident, ala ala kureng. Why? Sebab dilitupi dengan perasaan gementars sundel! Serious. Mek cakap kat KB mek itiew, dia cakap merepek. Habis, explain why mek menggeletar during introduction round??? Bukan setakat kaki yer - bahkan, muka mek - kat pipi mek, katanya kawan² mek, macam, menggeletar semacam sajork. I wonder how did I sound like waktu intro round tu, kan? Hahahaha - yang bab kaki tu, mujurlah ade kain cancan gegebuan kembangs itiew, mampu coverinas. Hiks! Mrasalah Imah ko tambah tips COVER kaki menggeletar - PAKAI CANCAN besau! HAHAHAHAHA!
Macam² jenis national costumes dok ada - semuanya vast!
Mek nak mengulas tentang introduction contestant² lain, mek tak brani. Sebab mek belom nengok dan waktu depa dok intro atas stage, mek kat backstage kat kitchen alley tu, sebok isap rokok dan tak dgr ape, plus I was busy hafalling my own lines. Mrasalah yang mek dgr, "NAMASHKAAA INDIAAA" - tu diah! Time tu mek dgr crowd jerit bagai nak rak - mek dah macam, THAT'S IT! Haves lah dia dah menang hati penonton, kan? Hehehehe. Then Ginger lalu depan mek kat belakang stage tu and cakap good luck kat mek - and time tu la mek ckp kat dia mek takut, dia cakap merepek jer mek nih. Hahahah terus dia lari. No lah, bukan lari dari mek peligan dia! Lari nak pi salin ke evening dress la tu. See - nih la dia, padah jadik contestant last². Org lain sebok nak pakai evening dress bagai, mek masih dok nak parade national costume - apa kes? Hahahaha...
- 1st Round: Parade of Nations - keluar beramai² dari arah crowd, naik ke pentas
- 2nd Round: Parade of Nations - 2 by 2 keluar dari backstage naik ke stage - and buat introduction speech tu (speech ke? Hiks!)
- 3rd Round: Evening Dress round: - keluar again, 2 by 2, cuma tanpa the introduction speech of course
- 4th Round: Evening Dress, Finale round - keluar again macam 1st round itiew, melalui crowd dan menuju ke puncak, eh, I mean, pentas! Hiks!
Aiyoh! By right kan, kalau dengar the crowd roaring and cheering for you kan, you should be lebih confident and gedebas, kan? Erm, for me, gedebas dan gedikbas, YES - tapi - confident, ala ala kureng. Why? Sebab dilitupi dengan perasaan gementars sundel! Serious. Mek cakap kat KB mek itiew, dia cakap merepek. Habis, explain why mek menggeletar during introduction round??? Bukan setakat kaki yer - bahkan, muka mek - kat pipi mek, katanya kawan² mek, macam, menggeletar semacam sajork. I wonder how did I sound like waktu intro round tu, kan? Hahahaha - yang bab kaki tu, mujurlah ade kain cancan gegebuan kembangs itiew, mampu coverinas. Hiks! Mrasalah Imah ko tambah tips COVER kaki menggeletar - PAKAI CANCAN besau! HAHAHAHAHA!
Macam² jenis national costumes dok ada - semuanya vast!
Kerang ado, siput ado, bikini 2 piece itiew ado, sari dwi colour ado, dress berkain guni putih berguni² ado, glittering bunny ado, dawai² glitters ado, bebulu bagai semua pon ado - haiyoh! Imagine kalau originally 30 contestants - sure lebih sarat stage tu. Tu dok ade 22 pon, mek dah terperonyot kat belakang, disebalik bebulu bagai semua, kan? Heheheheh. Yang pentingnya, selain dari the audience had fun tgk pelbagai jenis ragam dan gaya contestants in the intro round, ade yang lawak, ade yang so so, ade yang gerand - yang pentingnya, contestants tu, semua kena enjoy. Yang mek tahu, mek enjoyed! U ols u ols yang lenglain, bagimanakah piuler??? :D
Farah Begum - MC berkaliber pada malam keramat itiew! Gerand stylo mak hayam kan? Ala ala boots berplatform tinggi yaamats - katanya disponsor oleh someone dari negara Philippines... ek? Mrasa - MABUHAIII!!! Hiks!
TOP: Miss Uruguay, yang mek ala² cam kesian pulak la tgk dia in that national costume. Macam terseksa jer jiwa raga dia... BOTTOM: Miss Bolivia, also mengamalkan konsep bebulus kavali bagai, ke? :D
TOP: Miss India, during her introduction round, yang telah memikat hati crowd. Intro lines dia mek tak brapa ingat la, biarpun dah berdoyon kali mek suruh dia cakap kat depan mek. Tapi yang mek ingat, "NAMASHKAAAA INDIA!!!" Ha time tu, mek yang dok belakang stage tu pon, menyirap bolo roma. Korang kat dalam stage, ADO? Heheheh.. BOTTOM: Miss Costa Rica, anak hayam Fiebs dan Joe KK. Class, ala ala glittering greenish bunny ek? :D Jojo memang cantik malam itiew, "NOTICABLE" la kirenye - tercapat hasrat dan matlamat Fiebs nak make Jojo noticable dimata crowd dan judges... :D
Tudiah! Mek dalam introduction round mek - libas jangan tak libas! Selak noooh jgn tak selaknya kain cancan tu! Actually, kalau tak kerana Volksie buat last minute alterations kat bahagian depan tu, mrasalah mek parade of nation in a wedding dress, kan!? HAHAHA! Mati la dicarut dress berkain bergoni², yer Mak Hayam Farah Begum? HAHAHA!
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Habis jer mek berintro bagai, catwalk seround lagik, baru turun stage - and terus, lari ke changing room bersama Kak Vee. Abang Volks dosi ketungguan kami dalam changing room tu nak salin ke evening dress mek. Oleh kerana ramai sangat dalam changing room itiew, mrasalah kami lari ke bilik meeting yang tak digunakan kat sebelah itiew utk more space. Waktu masuk situ, Miss Philippines and Miss Panama dosi ado dah kat sitiew katanya tgh get ready dah utk evening dress depa - dah hampir siap dah pon. Mek waktu tu baru la sebok nak bukak itu ini bogel bagal (tak der lah sampai tanggalkan kepit/ panties, kan? - isk!) and then, Zam, Miss Wilayah 2006 datang utk bantu Kak Vee, and Abang Volks. Zam was kind enuff to kipas kipaskan mek dengan kipas tangan Kak Vee tu - mek kepanasan sundel! Mrasalah lega gile when I got out of the national costume tu and nak change ke evening dress tu. Tapi sebelum pakai the dress, Kak Vee buatkan my hair dulu. For nationals, kitaorang played concept sanggul bun ala ala Ziana punye concept ade tocang lilit kat depan itiew (which apparently buat mek cuak dah sebab Miss China was ALSO having the same hairdo. Mati la mek! HEHEHE) and then for evening dress, kitaorang buang tocang dendan itiew, and then mentenkan the bun, and tambah extension kat belakang. It's actually full wig pun, tapi saje jadikkan extension kat belakang. Mrasalah mek sker u ols - feel² Siti! HAHAHAHAHA... Habis buat rambut, BARU lah pakai choker, and accessories lain bagai, AND THEN baru pakai skirt evening dress mek tu, then lastly, baru la proses pakai corset mek itiew. Mati lah abang Volks tarik bagai nak gila corset tu sebab mek suruh la kan - untuk nampakkan figuah yang nan ado nih. Opps! And then, Kak Vee touch upkan my face - and Zam? Yer - sprayed glitters kat satu badan nih... siap kaki kaki pon dia spray jugak. And then, tak cukup ngan itiew, diameknye hair spray yang ala ala melekit lite² tu, sprayed kat dress lite², then, taburkan dengan prada silver glitters itiew - habis satu baju, badan, liplapliplap dengan glitters silver. Mujur muka dan rambut jer tak buat - sebab tannak nampak too messy, kan? The same thing Kak Vee buat kat mek sebelum mek kuar national costume round 2 itiew - that's why waktu mek libas kain cancan mek atas stage, kuar glitters silver bagai tu, kan? Ala ala - TADA! Magic! HEHEHEHEH!
By the time habis pakai heels (owh, mek last minute tukar pakai silver heels Miss India yang masuk / match well dengan evening dress mek - Thanks gal!), mek dosi kedengaran Kak Danisha terjerit² suruh gi backstage - and waktu tu, THAILAND punye turn. Motif!? Cepatnye!?!?!? Dahhhhh mek pon terkejar² lari. Sebab lepas Thailand, then UK, and then terus mek dan Uruguay kena naik stage la kan. Mrasalah by the time sampai kat stage tu mek kempot lite²...
Earlier waktu national costume, mek terEXTRA GEDIK, kan? Mrasalah mek feels² nak jadik lite² primadonna Latino Flamingo Dancer, kan? Tu yang gedik tu. Zam, waktu dok spray glitters tu, bisik² soksek² pesan suruh mek tuned down siket mood dan stylo mek during evening dress - play class, play sweet, play nice - dinch gedik² katanya. Mrasalah mek mempraktikkannye - sebab memang mek plan nak ubah mood/ feels pon by the time mek kuar evening dress. Good thing Zam peringatkan mek - or else, kot buat nye mek lupa? Hahahaha kan? Mrasalah miss paling gedik dapat kat mak! HAHAHAHA...
SO, lepas habis UK and Thailand catwalk, kiteorang, Uruguay and mek, naik la stage. Mek rase tak der sape² prasan - tapi sebenarnye, mek nearly terjatuh waktu naik jer stage, dan nak pose, tetiber mek ala ala terhoyong hayang kejap - mengah la tu! HAHAHAHA! Tapi mujur mek cover cepat - tapi tak tau la kot² ade sapa² terpandang, sebab waktu tu Miss UK bebetul depan mek - so hopefully dalam DVD nanti dapat dicover. Thanks UK cover mek - walaupun secara tak sengaja la kan. Hiks!
TOP: Miss India - selak jgn tak selak evening dress tu! Hehehe. Tapi actually, sape² pun yang tak tahu original plan Miss India, maybe ade hati nak carut, "Motif evening dress tu straight cut 32-32-32???" Ha - ade citernye. Asalnya, ade corset/ bengkung perut warna hijau pucuk pisang, yang patutnye go on top of the skirt and the corset yang off-white itiew. And on top of the bengkung perut/ corset tu, ade ribbon warna off white lagik atasnya, make it one hell of a beautiful evening dress, and yes, with cutting. Tapi cemana tah - nasib tak menyebelahi nya also, kaedahnye corset tu, zip rosak kat backstage/ changing room. Tu yang dia naik stage tanpa corset/ bengkung perut tu. Or else, explain why on earth dia pakai green heels with off-white evening dress? Dia belom buto warna lah. So sape² tak tau citer, dah carut bagai, now mek dah citer dah nih, mrasa mintak maaf lekaih! Hiks! But honestly, Miss India managed to pull off that dress splendidly, biarpun tanpa corset/ bengkung perut tu u ols! Seriously, mek tgk gambar pon, posing ko, mampu buatkan badan ko nampak curving bagai. So persetankan sapa² dok carut bagai tu - mek tahu A to Z, dan mek tahu what ko lalui utk sampai ke malam tu, so, relax la ek gal. Don't be too hard on yourself. TU DIAH! Caption utk LEFT pic sajork dah banyak nih, tu belom caption utk RIGHT pic lagi ek? Mati la mek! HAHAHA... BOTTOM: Miss Venezuela tgh "TEPOK AMAI², BELALANG KUPU², TEPOK BAGI PANDAI, NAK UPAH MINUM SUSU..." giittiew... hiks! Miss Venezuela, dalam her Evening Dress, rekaan, design sendiri, sponsored by Mak Hayam Belle (lace hitam yang terdapat kat dress tu) dan also Romzy Studios (the rest of the materials and beadings and diamonte bagai semua itiew) - Thanks! MEK SKER la dress lakaran mek menjadi kenyataan... (Ceh, macam la as if it's the first time, kan? Muahahah!)
Habis jer mek ngan Uruguay catwalk, turun balik stage - dan terus standby backstage kat kitchen alley, entrace staff masuk ke ballroom, utk kuar Round 4 - Finale Evening Dress beramai² like Round 1 itiew, yang masuk ikut crowd tu. Sker lah! And then naik stage, pose pose kejap, pastu, semua turun balik. If sape yang pergi, or tgk melalu gegambars nih, noticed tak mek selalu kalau kuar group all 22 contestants, mek selalu kat belakang². I know for some contestants, yang bebetul in it for the competition sake, mesti dinch suka, sebab possibilities of judges tak nampak kite tu very high. Yer lah, terselindung bagai, kan? Tapi mek, mek sker! Sebab mek dapat lindung dari cahaya spotlight putih yang kuat dan terang yaamats - dari national costume round 1 lagi mek dah adjust myself utk berdiri belakang another contestant depan mek sebab leh cover dari lampu hazab yaamats nye terang tu, kan? Hehehehe...
Semua pakat dok nak libas kain, selak kain bagai, kan? Hahah mrasalah - malam keramat u ols. Dah alang² atas stage, kan? Make full use aje la kan... :)
By the time habis pakai heels (owh, mek last minute tukar pakai silver heels Miss India yang masuk / match well dengan evening dress mek - Thanks gal!), mek dosi kedengaran Kak Danisha terjerit² suruh gi backstage - and waktu tu, THAILAND punye turn. Motif!? Cepatnye!?!?!? Dahhhhh mek pon terkejar² lari. Sebab lepas Thailand, then UK, and then terus mek dan Uruguay kena naik stage la kan. Mrasalah by the time sampai kat stage tu mek kempot lite²...
Earlier waktu national costume, mek terEXTRA GEDIK, kan? Mrasalah mek feels² nak jadik lite² primadonna Latino Flamingo Dancer, kan? Tu yang gedik tu. Zam, waktu dok spray glitters tu, bisik² soksek² pesan suruh mek tuned down siket mood dan stylo mek during evening dress - play class, play sweet, play nice - dinch gedik² katanya. Mrasalah mek mempraktikkannye - sebab memang mek plan nak ubah mood/ feels pon by the time mek kuar evening dress. Good thing Zam peringatkan mek - or else, kot buat nye mek lupa? Hahahaha kan? Mrasalah miss paling gedik dapat kat mak! HAHAHAHA...
SO, lepas habis UK and Thailand catwalk, kiteorang, Uruguay and mek, naik la stage. Mek rase tak der sape² prasan - tapi sebenarnye, mek nearly terjatuh waktu naik jer stage, dan nak pose, tetiber mek ala ala terhoyong hayang kejap - mengah la tu! HAHAHAHA! Tapi mujur mek cover cepat - tapi tak tau la kot² ade sapa² terpandang, sebab waktu tu Miss UK bebetul depan mek - so hopefully dalam DVD nanti dapat dicover. Thanks UK cover mek - walaupun secara tak sengaja la kan. Hiks!
TOP: Miss India - selak jgn tak selak evening dress tu! Hehehe. Tapi actually, sape² pun yang tak tahu original plan Miss India, maybe ade hati nak carut, "Motif evening dress tu straight cut 32-32-32???" Ha - ade citernye. Asalnya, ade corset/ bengkung perut warna hijau pucuk pisang, yang patutnye go on top of the skirt and the corset yang off-white itiew. And on top of the bengkung perut/ corset tu, ade ribbon warna off white lagik atasnya, make it one hell of a beautiful evening dress, and yes, with cutting. Tapi cemana tah - nasib tak menyebelahi nya also, kaedahnye corset tu, zip rosak kat backstage/ changing room. Tu yang dia naik stage tanpa corset/ bengkung perut tu. Or else, explain why on earth dia pakai green heels with off-white evening dress? Dia belom buto warna lah. So sape² tak tau citer, dah carut bagai, now mek dah citer dah nih, mrasa mintak maaf lekaih! Hiks! But honestly, Miss India managed to pull off that dress splendidly, biarpun tanpa corset/ bengkung perut tu u ols! Seriously, mek tgk gambar pon, posing ko, mampu buatkan badan ko nampak curving bagai. So persetankan sapa² dok carut bagai tu - mek tahu A to Z, dan mek tahu what ko lalui utk sampai ke malam tu, so, relax la ek gal. Don't be too hard on yourself. TU DIAH! Caption utk LEFT pic sajork dah banyak nih, tu belom caption utk RIGHT pic lagi ek? Mati la mek! HAHAHA... BOTTOM: Miss Venezuela tgh "TEPOK AMAI², BELALANG KUPU², TEPOK BAGI PANDAI, NAK UPAH MINUM SUSU..." giittiew... hiks! Miss Venezuela, dalam her Evening Dress, rekaan, design sendiri, sponsored by Mak Hayam Belle (lace hitam yang terdapat kat dress tu) dan also Romzy Studios (the rest of the materials and beadings and diamonte bagai semua itiew) - Thanks! MEK SKER la dress lakaran mek menjadi kenyataan... (Ceh, macam la as if it's the first time, kan? Muahahah!)
Habis jer mek ngan Uruguay catwalk, turun balik stage - dan terus standby backstage kat kitchen alley, entrace staff masuk ke ballroom, utk kuar Round 4 - Finale Evening Dress beramai² like Round 1 itiew, yang masuk ikut crowd tu. Sker lah! And then naik stage, pose pose kejap, pastu, semua turun balik. If sape yang pergi, or tgk melalu gegambars nih, noticed tak mek selalu kalau kuar group all 22 contestants, mek selalu kat belakang². I know for some contestants, yang bebetul in it for the competition sake, mesti dinch suka, sebab possibilities of judges tak nampak kite tu very high. Yer lah, terselindung bagai, kan? Tapi mek, mek sker! Sebab mek dapat lindung dari cahaya spotlight putih yang kuat dan terang yaamats - dari national costume round 1 lagi mek dah adjust myself utk berdiri belakang another contestant depan mek sebab leh cover dari lampu hazab yaamats nye terang tu, kan? Hehehehe...
Semua pakat dok nak libas kain, selak kain bagai, kan? Hahah mrasalah - malam keramat u ols. Dah alang² atas stage, kan? Make full use aje la kan... :)
All 22 contestants in their evening dresses... mana Miss Venezuela tatau? Sembunyik lagik la tu! Hahahah!
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After that kan u ols, semua kami pakat turun balik stage (dahhhh feels² macam NAIK TANGGA TURUN TANGGA, ek? Hahaha) dan pi standby backstage. Mrasalah nak touch up ke, smoking ke (thanks Ayang Karmella kerna sudi sponsor mek satu batang rokok Sampoerna A Hijau u ols itiew! Sker la sker!), ape ke - semua sempat. Sebab ade showtime atas stage tu, geng² mak iterk semua la kan. So mek buat apa tatau waktu tu? Yer - selain smoking, mek pi menyelinap ke tepi ballroom, ke arah meja cousin² mek, dan mek mintak cousin mek passkan air kat mek - dahaga sundel! Hahahaha sempat dia carut mek! Selayas sunggoh! Pastu, mek panggil si Maheera, yang satu table dengan cousin² mek - ha - mek tanya dia ok ke so far mek and what not, pastu mek mintak dia amekkan napkin kat table itiew. Motif? Hahahaha jgn tanya! Rahsia! *sambil cover peluh di keti dan di dahi kejendulan - hahahahah! Dan waktu nih la si Ursya a.k.a SHEE (kenalan rapats call her Sheepuks la kan... manja dah dengan nama itiew. Muieueieuieue) suruh mek bukak choker mek kat leher mek tu... "Bukak noq! Pakai jer subang panjang ko tu. Sarat sangat. Tak elok... haaa kan dah elok bukak choker tu..." Mek tak pasti pada mulanya adakah itu benar atau niat jahat? HAHAH Tak baik kan aku? Alih² mek tgk kat Miyami mek - ok gak? Baik sunggoh dia suruh mek bukak supaya tak nampak overdose. That's why kalau hampa pakat prasan, waktu evening dress round jer mek pakai choker tu. Naik jer lepas tu, sebelum announce subsidiary title, choker dosi nan ado. Hiks! Tu pun pada mulanya ramai cakap mek akan berchoker tiga tingkat lagi yer?!? Sapa tatau? Kalah dah betting tu, kan? HAHAHAHAHAHA! Mek berjaya prove the critics were wrong - mek MAMPU yer, brani kuar TANPA CHOKER diamonds 2 3 tengkat kesayangan mek itiew tau! HAHAHAHA!
Lepas tu, terus diaorang panggei kiteorang standby naik balik stage utk pengumumman pemenang Subsidiary Titles yang ado 7 awards all together itiew. Mrasalah ade something funny during this period. Semalam during rehearsals itiew, kiteorang practice la kan kalau² sapa² kena called menang subsidiary titles, nak buat apa, standby berdiri kat mana, and etc la kan. Ginger tau mek target nak menang Miss Congeniality (selain dari mek feels feels nak mrasa title Miss Photogedik, eh, Photogenic dan jugak Best Evening Dress). So bile during rehearsals, nama G dipanggei kedepan, dia buat buat muka dan lalu depan mek dan ejek ejek mek "Hu hu padan muka! Mek menang!" HAHAHA terus kami gelak macam kesial! Hahahahaha mek macam, ooooo tak per ko! Nanti. Malam esok mek yang buat kat hang balik. ALIH², tibe² malam tu itself, Ginger jugak yang menang Miss Congeniality. Of course dia tak buat la ejek² kat mek tu, kan? Tapi, dalam dok tepok tangan kat dia (DINCH SENTAP YER! Lite² jer. OPPS!), mek leh tergelak sengsorang atas stage kat belakang² tu. Like, lawak la, WHAT IF malam tu jugak, G buat ejek² kat mek macam time rehearsals tu? HARUS aku gelak guling² macam smiley YM tu, yang gelak guling² tu! HAHAHAHAHAAHAH! Whatever it is, tahni u ols! Tak sia² ko memplastickan diri ko dengan contestant² lain, kan gal? OPPS! Mati kah aku!? Hahahaha
Seterusnya - erm, owh, right - subsidiary titles. Mrasalah ini resultsnya...
Lepas tu, terus diaorang panggei kiteorang standby naik balik stage utk pengumumman pemenang Subsidiary Titles yang ado 7 awards all together itiew. Mrasalah ade something funny during this period. Semalam during rehearsals itiew, kiteorang practice la kan kalau² sapa² kena called menang subsidiary titles, nak buat apa, standby berdiri kat mana, and etc la kan. Ginger tau mek target nak menang Miss Congeniality (selain dari mek feels feels nak mrasa title Miss Photogedik, eh, Photogenic dan jugak Best Evening Dress). So bile during rehearsals, nama G dipanggei kedepan, dia buat buat muka dan lalu depan mek dan ejek ejek mek "Hu hu padan muka! Mek menang!" HAHAHA terus kami gelak macam kesial! Hahahahaha mek macam, ooooo tak per ko! Nanti. Malam esok mek yang buat kat hang balik. ALIH², tibe² malam tu itself, Ginger jugak yang menang Miss Congeniality. Of course dia tak buat la ejek² kat mek tu, kan? Tapi, dalam dok tepok tangan kat dia (DINCH SENTAP YER! Lite² jer. OPPS!), mek leh tergelak sengsorang atas stage kat belakang² tu. Like, lawak la, WHAT IF malam tu jugak, G buat ejek² kat mek macam time rehearsals tu? HARUS aku gelak guling² macam smiley YM tu, yang gelak guling² tu! HAHAHAHAHAAHAH! Whatever it is, tahni u ols! Tak sia² ko memplastickan diri ko dengan contestant² lain, kan gal? OPPS! Mati kah aku!? Hahahaha
Seterusnya - erm, owh, right - subsidiary titles. Mrasalah ini resultsnya...
- Miss Congeniality - Miss India (U janji nak kasik mek menang! Motif!? Hahahahaha)
- Miss Photogenic - Miss Papua New Gunea (Mek feels² Seychelles nak grab this title - tapi Miss PNG yang dapat. Ok gak tu)
- Miss Personality - Miss Seychelles (Yang ini pulak, mek feels² PNG yang sweet and baik always tersenyum sengih during rehearsals and during kat backstage tu yang menang, hurmmm. Tak per. Terbalik kot???)
- Best National Costume - Miss Uruguay (Takkk sia sia ko menegak, mengiring, mengadu domba penat bawak national costume itiew, kan u ols? Sah sah worth it - menang terus, kan?)
- Best Evening Dress - Miss South Africa (Tudiah!)
- Miss Body Beautiful - Miss Venezuela (Takkkk semena² ek? Tetiber mek ley? Hahahahaha tak sia² DIET 3 4 bulan, no??? Tu yang dijeritnya si Joe Klubbkidd dari bawah - hahaha tergelak aku atas stage!)
- Best Hairdo - Miss Philippines (Takkkk sia² ko jadik persis Singa Betina Mengaum, kan Bonnie? Muahahah)
TOP: Miss Venezuela - girang campur confused nih, like "MOTIF? Sash Body Beautiful tu milik mek ke? MEK GIRANG!" E eh? Hahaha... BOTTOM: Miss India dengan girangnye terima Miss Congeniality. Noq, tak rasa bersalah ke menang tu? Bukan ke ko janji nak kasik mek menang? *Motif DIA nak kasik mek menang? Dia sapa? Contestant je kan? HAHAHAHAH mati la mek nangis dalam hati MDH!!! Hahahah
SO habis dah subsidiary titles itiew, mrasalah semua balik ke position masing² dan get ready utk diannouncekan piuler, the top tenner seminfinalists... in random order katanya MC...
1. Miss Costa Rica - Jojo memang cantik malam tu, tak susah utk dia mara ke top 10. Dengan sentuhan pakaian malam Hatta Dolmat, make-up by Fahmi, and asuhan dan didikan Joe KK dan Fiebs, mrasalah no hal la si Jojo nak masuk ke top 10. Biarpun tersyillaps siket during introduction round tu, kan? Tapi, mek rase, sikit jer tu kurang markahnye. Tak der gangguan utknya masuk ke top 10. Mrasa! Tahni!!!
2. Miss Bolivia - Adinya, eh, ke kakaknye (avang? Mati la mek) kepada Miss Chi Chi, Miss IQP2006 winner itiew, kan? Hari tu time Chi Chi, Miss Greece IQP menang IQP2006, dia yang make up kan, kan? Muka dia, bila dah make up, haiyoh - lain sangat! Tapi mata kucing tu, mata tu! Classic sangat! *No, that's not plastic from me yer, THANK YOU! Hahaha
3. Miss Thailand - Auranya CUKUP kuat atas stage - pesona dia also very DER! Sunggoh janggal kalau dia tak dapat masuk top 10. Itu lah dia, EVA!
4. Miss Singapore - Cantik, tinggi lampai orgnya. Tapi mek tak kenai sangat! Mek sker lah konsep² mengetengahkan warna MERAH dari nationals sampai ke evening dress. Hiks! Hidup negara LKY dan Singa Muntah Air... :D
5. Miss India - Tu diah! Chek dah kata. Anak mami nih confirm lah ke top 10 dengan mudah! Syabbas noq, syabbaaas! *Ha, Imah, tu! Ginger letak tangan kat dada sambil mutekan suara tapi mulut terkumat kumit menggayakan THANK YOU THANK YOU tu? Ko tannak carut macam pantats sangats, kah? HEHEHEHEHE mati la mek - memula elok² lari dari kena peligan ngan Ginger, now, kena lari dari Imah also - mati la 2 lawan 1, mana achiii woiii! Hehehehe...
6. Miss Spain - Satine, ex Miss IQP2005. Yang ini memang mek budget will make it into the top 10. Confidencenye atas stage dah cukup utk make sure dia ade tempat utk ke top 10... See, sape cakap tak dapat menang apa apa subsidiary titles dinch bols ke top 10? Hiks!
7. Miss Seychelles - Aiyoyoyoyoh, another one, crowds favorite. Cantik sangat dahhh dia nih! Dahhh macam pompuan betolll! Tapi mek tak brapa stuju tang rambut dia ade choker itiew. Kalau tadak choker kat rambut tu pun mek rase mesti ok, kan? Tapi, dia memang sweet. Dari rehearsals, dah sweet macam pompuan betol in red t-shirt and red cap. Dah mek feels² tgk dia persis flight stewardess Air Asia, kan? Hiks! Tahniah also!
8. Miss South Africa - Nih pon sorang lagi yang dari awal memang mek dah leh budget akan dapat top 10. Sama featuresnya persis pompuan, Tomei bagi mek memang tak der masalah utk mara ke pusing semifinals top 10 inih. Dah la evening dress bahagian belakang tu macam, a killer giler² sexy, ini la yang mek namakan - SEXY BACK! Hiks!
9. Miss Philippines - The true, underdawg competitor in this contest. Unexpectedly secured herself dalam kelompok top 10, Bonnie tak sia²kan peluang yang ado depan mata dia. She made full good use of the opportunity given to her that night and mek proud la jugak dengan dia. Although I must say, the hair tu, kalau Kak Vee buat kat mek cam tu, mek nangis sundal! Hiks! Tapi yerlah, maybe mek tak suka, but maybe Bonnie suka - besides, rambut betul tu. Mampu ke mek!? Mati la botak dibawah snowcap - OPPS!
10. Miss Venezuela - Ok, mek very thankful mek dapat peluang masuk top 10. Sekurang²nya, mek just one step closer utk mencapat matlamat mek masuk bertanding Miss World malam tu. 1st, nak have fun. Terbukti nih mek dosi had fun, be it masuk ke idak top ten. Sebab I certainly enjoyed the limelight and attention during national costume round and evening dress round also. Mek girang. 2nd, mek nak tebus malu mek kat IQP2006 - so by getting into the top 10, cukup la. Mek dah boleh kecapi matlamat mek, iaitu, to do my best waktu jawab q/a session jap lagik tu. Selebihnya, what happens next, is a bonus... ;) Yang penting, mek suker lah! :D
Seriously, mek nak sambung lagi. Tapi memandangkan mata dah teramat berat yaamats, dan memandangkan jari jemari aku nih sampai dah nak naik kebas, DAN BEFORE MEK TERSELAYAS TERTEKAT BUTANG BACK TU, baik lah mek stop sini sajork dulu. Esok mek sambung, edit balik bagai dan republish entry nih. For now, cukup sampai ke top 10 semifinalists nih dulu yer. Esok mek sambung bab Q/A, then top 3, dan jugak finale. Pastu mek buat yang THE BEGINNING OF A NEW DAY; THE DAYS AFTER THE PAGEANT tu juger - heheh mrasa nah? Sorry ek, terpaksa stop sinik dulu. Esok mek sambung. Kalau tak edit kat entry nih, mek buat PART 3, nah? Thanks!
For now - enjoy la tgk pics² nih dulu. Nanti mek sambung citer nah?
For now - enjoy la tgk pics² nih dulu. Nanti mek sambung citer nah?
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- FOR MORE "TOP 3" PICS - Click Here
- FOR MORE "AFTER PAGEANT" PICS - Click Here
Tuesday, November 28, 2006
The Road To Miss World 2006 Pageant (Part 1)
If you could recall, back in April, it was, "The Journey To International Queen Pageant 2006", right? Now, mrasalah this time around, its "The ROAD To Miss World 2006 Pageant" piuler! Mek sker mek sker! Suddenly mek feels feels like 'The Road To Wembley', bole? Harharhar! Anyways, back to my 2-parts entry. Before I even begin, giving you my fellow blog readers, the full coverage story, inside and out, backside and front, up and down, left and right bagai about the recent Miss World 2006 Pageant in which I competed and ended up winning nih, Ladies and Gentlemen, allow me to state a disclaimer specially created specifically for these 2-parts entry... (Graannnnd, kan?! Siap ade Disclaimer bagai nih? Ko ado? Hahahah!)
Tu diah! Mati lah Disclaimer pon dah 3 perenggan, ek? Tu belum lagi mula talking about the subject of the entry, kan? Muahahaha! Rasain! Bukan ape tau; I feel that this Disclaimer is necessary to prevent any happenings of carut mencaruts, caraz mencaraz and caci mencaci bagai semua to which I believe ade yang sengaja nak mengata and bring me down and tuduh me purposely buat entry nih dengan niat nak boast about my victory and bla bla bla yadey yadey yadey - walhal the main purpose for me nak buat entry nih nak share jer my personal experiences, yang pada pendapat mek, one of the best experiences of my life dalam dunia ratu cantik, ever, kan? So like stated in the disclaimer - ko ada hak, mek tak nafikan. Dan mek pon ade hak as penulis nak menulis - so lets just keep the differences to ourselves, nah?
Right! Now, LETS! Mulakan -
INTRODUCTION TO MY INTENTIONS
I have to admit it - dulu, once upon a time, I said, enuff is enuff la kan with Beauty Pageants. Cukup la - dah tak mo compete. And so I managed NOT to compete and took that rest (sampai naik gedebab bagaikan tong dram 75kg ok!) sampailah in April 2006 when dengan tidak semena², me decided nak masuk International Queen Pageant 2006. Dan THAT pageant was the 1st pageant yang mek masuk sekadar utk suka². But ended up, mek membimbokan diri sendiri la kaedahnye, kan? Hahahaha. Lawak la lawak - I have no regrets for doing so ataupun menyesal atas apa² yang telah terjadi/ atas apa² kesalahan yang I did during that event, for I believe that, TANPA kesilapan dan ke-bimbo-an tu, I will not be able to learn and do things right, kan?
So after IQP2006, rumors mengatakan yang the organizer of IQP2005 and IQP2006 nak buat Miss World 2006 in November. So waktu tu, in June, or was in July - mek dah tempah nama utk Miss Venezuela. Again, mek sekali lagi bertemakan niat nak masuk suka². Only this time around, mek bernekad walaupun nak masuk just for suka² without expecting anything, still, mek tannak abaikan the thorough preparations which includes preparation utk the national costume, evening dress, penampilan diri dan most importantly, the IQ/ mental preparations! Bak kata seorang ratu terkenal dikalangan bloggers, "BETTER PREPARED TAPI TAK DAPAT, RATHER THAN DAPAT TAPI TAK PREPARED", kan? In IQP2006, I got into the top 10 but wasn't prepared - so this time around, I'm prepared for what so ever la kan resultnya. Yang penting, mek nak prepare bebetul, sehabis baik, buat sehabis elok, kalau ade rezeki, adooo lah kan. Kalau tak der, mrasalah "LA LA LA LA LA LA" kan sajork, kan? :) Yang penting, mek nak cuba do my level best, not just TRY my best - sebab sometimes, TRYING is just not good enough. Mek nak DO my best and tebus maruah kekalahan memalukan mek di IQP2006. At least mek figure out, kalau tak menang pon, tak dapat go into the final 3 cut pun, tarkir. Sebab yang penting, mek harap mek dapat be in the top 10 and jawab bebetul kali nih for the Q/A round, kan? Mrasa... :D
PREPARATIONS TO FACE THE DAY
Preparations mek started as early as July dengan mulanya program diet sampai nak MAMPOS! Sampai dicarut bagai oleh KB sendiri sebab katanya mek membahayakan diri sendiri dari segi kesihatan mek. Namun, mek hargai nasihat dan concern dia, tapi, kalau dah dasar memang degil, ketegaq, keraih kepala, KB kata apa pon, tetap lah ADDINCH bagi mek, kan? So to KB mek - again, maafkan mek - mek akui niat baik ko concern pasal health aku, tapi I just HAD to go on dengan diet bodoh sial tu. Apakah jenis diet itiew tatau!? *Mrasalah lepas nih aku kena tempeleng dan dicarut bodoh lagik oleh ramai lagik org sebab ala ala membahayakan diri sendiri semata² nak kurus, kan? Muahahaha...
Mek mengamalkan konsep Herbalife tu lagi, disamping pengambilan diet pills. Pada mulanya 2 jenis, NH Detoxlim and Xenical - lepas tu pi tambah 2 jenis lagi yang dibelik dari Danok - and when the power of 4 diet pills combine, I AM CAPTAIN ZOMBIE!!! Mrasalah mek mengalami tekanan emosi PMS bagai dan also masalah ketiduran sampai mengalami insomnia for couple of weeks (weeks ke? Bukan ke months, kan? Muahahah!) Serious, according to my friend yang keje di Guardian - system badan mek dah macam tingtong and biol, and tak tahu nak berfungsi dengan which diet pill, kan? So mrasalah tingtong dan resultsnya, kureng kemampuan untuk tidur. Which leads me to make this very interesting equation...
Kan? Hahahah sapa bagi ajaran sesat tu tatau!? Muahahah tu yang KB mek carut maki hamun naik angin ngan aku tu, sampai ada kalanya dia malas nak layan sebab sentap. Sentap bukan sebab daily progress mek, memang I lost weight. Tapi dia sentap sebab mek membahayakan diri sendiri. Awwwww... KB mek tu, dalam plastic² dan hati batu jade dia tu, tetap dia sayangkan mek, kan? Suker tau tannak mengaku, hanjeng tul! MUAHAHAH! So anyways, itu bab less sleep, kan? Mai kot mana less eating pulak tu? With those diet pills, selera makan mek MEMANG nan ado - ada kalanya memang lapaq tergedik², but I just don't feel like eating anything, you know? Sebab tu mek harapkan protein drink Herbalife tu, Orange Juice mek, dan also itu Spicy Tuna buns sajork each time mek lapaq - and not forgetting, my ciggerettesssss nahh! Hiks! Erm, perlu ke mek buat disclaimer, jgn ikut diet cara mek nih kalau nak hidup sihat dan lama, kan? HAHAHAHAH!
Furthermore lepas tu kan Puasa Ramadhan, kan? That helped me out with the dieting as well - Alhamdulillah... :) Bile tiba seminggu sebelum raya, mek dah comfortably at 59kg (dari IQP2006 - mek rase mek 67kg or 66kg kot - mrasalah before before that laaaaaaagi la teruk yaamats, kan? 75 katanya yer? Muahahahah!) Tapi yang cimpengnye, 3 hari LEPAS raya, mek naik 61kg! TUDIAH! Mek dosi cuak! Sebab Raya was 24th October, 2006, kan? And the Miss World 2006 Pageant pulak, on 24th November, 2006. Mrasalah less than a month, mek kena kurs kurs kan balik badan to bawah 59kg, kan!? So mrasalah buat amalan diet sial tu balik - and this time, double the usaha of not eating anything, selagi termampu. They say, "Ala, seminggu dua ko ingat, boleh hilang berat badan ke?" - OWH YES! Most definitely! Seminggu dua, MAMPU make a difference, apatah lagik 3 minggu or so less than 1 month, kan? Mrasa...
Dalampada itiew, mek took the 15 days fat-burning course tu (mati la mek masih hutang 8 hari to finish up the course, KAN BS!? HAHAHAHA). The course mengajar kite bukan utk build muscles nah - tapi menumpukan lebih pada exercises yang akan membakar lemak² di perut, and bahagian² yang berlemak yang lain. Mek sker lah. Tapi mrasalah mek RAJIN pada the 1st 7 days jer. Pastu, start puasa - dosi tak pi dah gym and lepas raya, MALAS dah nak habiskan that 8 days balance. So mrasalah mek pertingkatkan daya kegigihan nak kuruskan badan dengan perlaksanaan crash-to-kill-yourself diet itiew! HIKS! Jogging? Ade la jugak. Swimming? NAN ADO dah - nak suruh mek buat muscles kat lengan mek ke!? Muahahahah!
Tu diah - bab persediaan penampilan diri. Talking about persediaan dari segi pakaian National Costume dan Evening Dress - mek dah siap buat lakaran sketch design for both dresses, both ikut taste dan ciri² yang mek sker. Mek memang determined to buat sketches mek tu jadik reality katanya. So temanya, carik sponsors!!! Mrasalah PR here and there - dan memula, everything seems to be just fine. Tapi alih², ade sajer yang feels feels nak jadik Miss Fakir Papa Kedana or Miss Alasan, kan? Haiyoh - lets not spoil the mood and skip this issue. Cukup mek cakapkan yang my national costume, mek dapat sponsor lite² dari someone, last minute jugak; yang mensponsorkan cash utk mek gi borong kain 50 meter katanya utk buat kain 'can can' bertengkat² mek tu. Hiks! Dan mek gi tempah di Ala Mode Penang, thanks to Kak Regina who showed me the way ke sana dan introduced me to Raymond, owner Ala Mode Boutique tu, kan... mrasalah the day mek gi buat national costume tu, was the same day Latisha gi amek evening dress dia yang dia nak pakai for that International Queen in Pattaya itiew - grannnd! Menang Best Evening Dress sundels! Mek dosi ke-feels² already time tu! Hiks! And by the time national costume mek tu siap, mek buat add-ons katanya - tempek buls buls ayams la, diamonte la, beading work bagai lah, itu ini - memacam mek buat kat dress national costume tu nak kasik nampak, erm, nampak cam, erm, macam, macam apa ek? Mati la salah tema tapi last² jadik Flamingo Dancer, ek? Muahaha tarkir la kan - janji LATINO! KAN? Dan yang buat mek lebih sayangkan dress tu (and also the evening dress) was the fact that I put a lot of my own effort and dedications to it. Seriously, previously, mana ade gherti nye nak jahit² bead work labucci diamonte bagai? Semuanya mek design, tempah, dan siapkan terus - tak der nye buat buat sendiri dah lepas tu. Kali nih, memandangkan mek banyak luangkan masa di boutique Romzy dari mulanya Ramadhan, sampai sehari dua sebelum mek bertolak for the pageant, mrasalah selagi terdaya dan ade waktu dan kemampuan, mek akan jahit sehabis boleh - sampai ade kesan darah, hasil luka tercucuk jarum ok kena kat dress putih mek tu! HAHAHAHA!
Evening dress pulak, mek dapat sponsor kain lace Euromoda from Mak Hayam Bellerina katanya 6 meter, ek? Hiks! Dan selebehnye kengkain yang digunakan utk menjadikan lakaran design mek tu satu kenyataan, telah dispons spons kan oleh Romzy Studios katanya. Mrasalah kami semua gigih nih buat itu ini kat dress tu, especially UG and Romzy sendiri and the help of his staffs also - berpadu tenaga siapkan the dress. Mana dengan depa busy dengan bulan perkahwinan lepas Raya, kan? Depa bebetul buat mek rasa terharu u ols. Diaorang like, walaupun busy dengan pengantin² nak kawen bagai, but they never lah abaikan preparasi evening dress mek. Seminggu sebelum mek balik KL for the pageant, both, the evening dress and the national costume dosi kesiapan penuh dan lengkap bagai. Cuma tunggu time nak sarung pakai jer. Hiks!
Evening dress mek, technically tak der beza sangat pon dari my original sketch, kan? :D Mek sker lah konsep inieyyyy!!!!!
Hurm... ape lagik ek? Preparation fizikal, outfits semua - owh yes - mental ek. Hehehe mati lah dok buat research and studies pasal Venezuela ok! Mrasalah dok print itu ini bagai semua, kan? Tapi bacanya, HARAM dak pon! Yang mek dok concentrate, practice Q/A; either sengsorang, or with CA, or Bobby at Romzy's Study, or with Ginger. Tapi most of the time, mek practice sengsorang macam org gila.Disamping itu jugak, preparations utk introduction round mek kali ini telah dibantu oleh Ginger. Thanks gal! Muahs! (Motif Muah!? Motif all Venezuela punye reps mesti ade that MUUUAH punye trademark ka? LALALALAL mampos la aku! HAHAHA) Tapi seriously, mek really put extra effort on this IQ preparations - selagi boleh practice, selagi tu mek try buat. Yer lah, bak kata sorang blogger pembaca diam diam tu, yang genit genit tu, "LKY kan KURENG siket bab bab IQ nih", kan? So taking that as a challenge, MRASA! Hiks! All I care is to buktikan the critics were wrong, but not forgetting niat asalnya adalah to have fun, fulfill my personal satisfaction needs and above all - to just once again, feel the limelight, KAN? :)
Have I left out anything so far? So far, no kot, kan? Hiks! Ok lets - MINUM dan mengkedaghah SUPPER dulu, nah? BRB!
AS THE DAY OF THE PAGEANT GREW NEARER - Sambungan after SUPPER at 11.25pm...
Ok - so - as the pageant day semakin menjelang tiba, pelbagai preparasi saat² akhir telah dilakukan, i.e get extra sponsorships, buat reservarsi hotel and confirmarsi make up artist bagai, touch up dresses kat memana yang patut, touch up heels (yer, for the 1st time, mek masuk competition, TAK BELI NEW HEELS yer. Mrasalah recycle katanya!) sambungan preparasi mental dan fizikal lagik katanya, diet gila gila lagik (walaupun temanya ade beberapa org dosi menyatakan mek nye badan dah nampak kurus - tapi mek tak puas hati! Badan jer nampak kurs kurs, tang muka? Tetap BEGAU! Mek nanges! HAHAHAH!), this and that - memacam lah. Mek getting excited about the pageant sangat², disamping worrying kot² I won't make it into the top 10. Biarpun temanya nak just have fun, still, mek at least mengharapkan tempat ke top 10 jer bagi menebus kalah malu mek in IQP hari tu tuh, kan? Ha - so it worries me also kot² mek tak tersenarai dalam top tenners list itiew. As for the subsidiary title of Miss Photogenic yang dibuat secara poll online, haiyoh - promosi sakan nih! You guys yang mengikuti perkembangan mek nih, should know yang pasal promo Miss Photogenic tu - mati la vote for me HERE, HERE and HERE, kan? Hahahaha - tak cukup promosi di blog dan YM, mrasalah buat di Myspace, Friendster, dan mIRC also katanya yer! MUAHAHAHAHA! Gigih lah gigih! Yer lah - at least, menang Miss Photogedik, eh, Photogenic pon, jaaaaaaaaadi lah la kan (namun hakikatnya, after leading the votes selama 3 minggu berturut², ADO menangnya? Rahsia - nantikan...)
The fact that mek getting excited about it, adalah pasal the trip nak balik pi ke KL tu - mrasalah sardinkan kerets mek dengan CA, BS dan Ginger - yang akan sama² tongtong beramai balik ke KL. Mek sker lah perjalanan itiew, kan? Muahahah! Owh, before that, dah dekat² nak pageant tu, confirmarsi sapa yang nak pi tgk bagai tu semua, ade jer kejap nak pi kejap tak jadik itu ini - last last, mek berjaya jugak - seminggu setengah sebelum pageant, mek dosi konfirm amek 3 normal tables and 1 VIP table - SIAP preparekan bendera tangan negara Venezuela ok! Macam kesial feeling semangat ok! Nih semua gara² nampak bendera Miss India la, OPPS! *sah sah MEK yang buatkan also, kan? HAHAHAH tetiber jer tuduh si G tu - tak baik kan mek gal? *sambil tampar² mulut sendiri... tsk tsk tsk... hiks!
22nd November, 2006:
Hari yang nak balik ke KL tu was like, menggumbirakan sangat sangat for mek! The thrill of going back to KL tu yang mek sker tu. Awal² pagi 22nd tu, mek dah ke pejabat, selesaikan apa yang patut. By noon, balik and packed my stuffs semua and by 3.30pm mek hamek si CA. Pastu pi amek my dresses dari boutique Romzy, and then by 4.30pm hamek si BS and then by 5vish hamek si Ginger in Gurun. By the time semua empat² org punya bagasi dah disumbatkan dalam kerets mek, MRASALAH PENUH GILE u ols! Sampai tak nampak apa apa ok kat cermin belakang tu! Gile punye sarat. Sarat ngan apa tatau? DRESSES SAPA TATAU YANG besaq dan bergoni² tu tatau!? LALALALALA *jeling Miss India! HAHAHAHA!
Dalam perjalanan tu, we alls had so much fun, kan BS, CA, G? Seronok sangat, walaupun sepanjang perjalanan, HUJAN katanya, kan? Hujan rahmat tu - membawa kontigen Miss, kan? Hiks! Kami singgah kat... erm, Bukit Semanggul (that's after Bukit Merah tu, kan?) and then later on kat mana tatau beli buah (ha kat situ mek merajuk ngan Ginger. OPPS! Pasai pa tatau? HAHAHAH! Tapi mrajuk sat ja. Ginger pujuk balik by kupaskan buah limau mini kat mek as I was driving dan dia dok sebelah. Pandai tul pondan tu pujuk mek! HAHAHAHA!) Tapi this time, kami tak pulak practice Q/A? Kot pasai malam kot - nak baca hapenye dalam gelap² tu tatau? Plus we were ALL concentrating on the road sebab hujan dan mek tetap bawak kereta cam celaka, kan? HAHAH! But overall, the trip back to KL was indeed VERY exciting, and fun!
Sesampainye kami di KL, kami straight ke Bukit Bintang. Motif? MEK DAH TAK TAHAN LAPAQ! Mek mengkedaghah nasi lemak Kak Ara sundel! Cikhals pun, cikhals lah - janji mek bedal sikit nasik lemak favorite mek with daging rendang keraih cam batu tu! MEK SKER LAH! Sedap u ols! (Yooo lah! Time² lapaq, memang lah sedap, KAN!? HAHAHA!) And kami terjumpa organizers and a few friends - sembang², collect tickets and what not from organizers, and then terus cabut balik ke Kelana Jaya, umah Abang Volks. Sampai sitiew jer, BS, mek dan G jer yang bermalam sitiew. Si CA pi tidoq umah kawan dia, kawan dia mai amek. Malam tu, kami sempat fitting Evening Dress si Miss India tu, with Abang Volks buat some minor alterations to her dress tu. Cantik sekals kain evening dress dia itiew - mek sker. Tapi G la pulak yang feels² dinch confidensi dengan two-piece dress katanya. She prefers one piece dress, dinch corset and long skirt bagai nih. Mek, time after time cakap kat dia, she'll do just fine with that dress - dan mek pon ade la tgk²kan sikit catwalk dia kot² dia nak jadik lain sikit since she's not confident dengan the dress. Tapi mek rase, lepas² tu, she was ok with the dress...
23rd November, 2006:
The next day, seawal pagi, at 7am, sundal tu dah kejutkan mek! Hanjeng sangat! Mek tidur kejap sangat sundel, tau tau si Ginger tu dah kejutkan mek. Benciks tau pondan "morning person" tu! Just because dia bangun pepagi awal, dia nak make sure mek also bangun! Mati la mek nak share room ngan dia also kat hotel, kan? Haiyoh! Tarkik la kan - mek pon excited jugak sebab that day kiteorang nak check in hotel and also pi jalan² feeling² Miss Miss pi shopping last last minute katanya yer. Hiks! So kami keluar pagi tu, me, Abang Volks, G and BS, bukan straight ke hotel Federal yer. Sebab check in waktu tu was at 2pm. Mrasalah kami kuar umah pun dah at 10nish, kami terus gi ke Masjid India. Yer lah, mana lagik - OLEX lah! HAHAHAH! Si Ginger nak buat some modifications kat dia nye accessorries - mek? Mek just nak TGK TGK JER! Motif!? Hahahahahah siut jer! Ginger cakap nak tgk, MAMPU ke mek keluar dari Olex tak spend more than RM300!!! YES! Mek mampu! Mek hanya belik new pair of dangling earring jer - RM60.00 sajork. Mek sker mek sker! Mek berjaya tahan nafsu utk membeli - Syukur! Hehhehehe. Lama jugak kami kat Olex tu, ade la dekat nak sejam. Pastu, kami pusing² kejap, before kami proceed gi ker, erm, wait, where did we go ek lepas tu? Owh yes - straight to the hotel, kan? Yes - and we checked in katanya.
Lepas dosi checked in semua settled down unpacked and simpan barang² bagai, kitaorang keluar berempat ke Sungai Wang. 1stly we had lunchy kat that famous Nasi Ayam Restaurant kat sebelah BB Plaza tu la kan - mek just had fish ball soup - tu pun mek telan 2 3 bijik jer fish balls tu and selebehnye, mek kasik G makan. Sker la mek tgk nafsu makan dia. Bagus betul (dalam hati, suke sebab nak sabotaj. MOTIF? Mampu ke 4 5 bijik fish balls menggemokkan!? DINCH KAN!? Sentap lah! Opps!) Anyways, lepas tu, kitaorang gi shopping² kat Sungai Wang - mek belik Glitters Spray sajork 2 tin - and, erm, apa lagi ek? Owh yes - buat appointment for manicure and padicure kat Kukubar katanya. Hehehehe. Kami pi Sungai Wang mainly temankan si BS nak belik heels baru katanya, dan si G nak belik cutter ke ape ke tah - Abang Volks, the usuals la kan, ikut jer dan menghalang mek dari membazir! HEHEHEHE. And then, si CA joined us dari mana tah dia datang - and ikut kitaorang lepas tu balik ke hotel and lepak², fresh up a bit semua, before turun balik and gi ke Royale Bintang Hotel for the rehearsals. Rehearsals was at 6.30pm katanya - tapi mrasalah start rehearsals pun at nearly 8pm katanya. Ballroom tak siap lah, contestants ade yang datang lewat sebab komitment keje la bagai semua - memacam faktor la. Am not complaining pon, sebab mek enjoy dok melawak bagai dengan yang dok sedia ada tu. Hiks!
By 8pm tu, 21 contestants dari 22 contestants semuanya dosi berkumpul for the rehearsals. Mrasalah Mak Iterk (Ati Oshira) yang choreographkan step step catwalk bagai. Mujur Abang Zali ade to jerit kat Mak Iterk suruh buat step senang² - kalau idak, haiyoh - mati la kelam kabut for Mak Iterk is very well known for choreographing steps steps susah nak hafal! HAHAHAH!
The ballroom was SUPPPPPERRR DOOOPPERR HOT! Aircond lite² manja² jer dipasangnye - save electric ke Royale Bintang oi? Berpeloh² kami dibuatnya. Dalampada itu, Arezeo and Abang Imran also hadir, buat interview dengan contestants sebelum berubah wajah. Yang paling ketara akan ubah wajah, ialah, tu - Miss Venezuela tu la. Hahahahah mai rehearsals dengan berbauk susuk jambang bagai - hahahahaha mati la "I ADE PENYAKIT KETUMBUHAN BEBULU DI MUKA" katanya sebagai alasan. Cam sial jer dia kan?! HAHAHAHAH! Sapa dia tu tatau!? LALALALALALA!
Selesai habis rehearsals, dalam pukul, erm, 11nish? Lewat juger la katanya kan - and lepas tu, terus balik ke bilik kat Federal, tunggu si Mark and Dylan yang nak siapkan Ginger tu datang testing buat rambut bagai, while mek, dah tidak menahan nak buat siapkan BENDERA TANGAN yer! Hahahahahah - Yang mek kata preperasi awai² tu, mek print print jer 40 copy bendera India, dan 40 copy for me. Alih², tak bawak! Mrasalah si CA tolong pi photostatkan kat mek ptg tu during rehearsals tu. And after that, CA balik ke umah member dia, and BS, also dosi kepulangan ke umah Neonina Sunina Lee katanya, yer? Hehehehe - so by the time balik ke bilik tu, mrasalah tinggal mek, G, Abang Volks, and then later si Mark, Dylan and Shasha sampai - and later later, Fiebs and Joe KK also sampai just to pay us all a visit. Mrasalah kecoh sundal bilik tu - and waktu tu, bendera semua dah siap, mek dosi kepenatan, dan terlena sekejap. And after that, mrasalah Joe KK and Fiebs pong balik, Abang Volks and 5thE yang tiba lewat sikit tu pun balik also - tinggallan kami berlima and later², semua balik, tinggal lah G ngan mek, Miss India and Miss Venezuela, dua dua kepenatan, dua dua tingtong - terus booom tidur, kan? :) Goodnight Miss India... Namashkarrr Miss Venezuela. Eh eh? Tetiber... hahahah klik* bunyik tutup lampu! Heheheheh... Owh wait, sebelum tidoq tu, dalam mamun mamai tu, kami sempat practice Q/A session - and before that pon, Mark and Dylan ade helped us both out with Q/A session too. Thanks Mark, Dylan! :) Owh and Shasha too! :D
THE DAY OF ALL DAYS SINCE CALENDER WAS INVENTED - hiks!
24th November, 2006:
ASTAGA! Again! Pagi tu mek bangun at 7am SHARP! Mrasalah kami tidoq at 3am - so like, what, we had only like 4 hours of sleep!? SENTAP! No, this time, Ginger tak woke me up. Its the sound of the stupid jalan penuh ngan kereta pagi Jumaat tu yang woke us up! Siut jer.
So tak per - pagi tu, kami planned nak pi shopping kat Mydin Hypermart kat area Pudu tu. Mrasalah read the previous entry pasal Personal Hygine Wash tu punye entry to tgk what happened pagi tu! Sial jer! HAHAHAHA!
Balik dari Mydin tu, kami terus balik ke bilik hotel. Sebelum naik, valet ppl tu dah cakap tayar kerets mek ala ala dinch ade angin. Alih² later on malam itiew, KEMPOT TERUS tayarnye itiew ok! Terus OUT OF SERVICE OK! Will tell u guys later about that one. So anyways, lepas dah insiden bowdoh dalam bilik pasal personal hygine wash tu, hehehe, G, mengalami masalah dramatic dan trauma dengan cutter yang dibeliknya di Mydin tu. Dibaling campaknye bendealah cutter tu seDQ DQ alam (which mek NEVER tgk dia mengamok sebegitiew rupa! Haiyoyoh! Must be that lack of sleep thingy I suppose - hiks!). Dan lepas tu, mek ado janji ngan UG, who came with Abang Romzy himself nak tgk the event malam tu, utk keluar gi beli heels utk dia. So since mek memang ado appointment at 10.30am nak buat manicure and padicure kat Kukubar tu kan, so mrasalah mek called UG and suruh dia datang ke Federal sebab dia dan Abang Romzy and Abang Salleh also and also si Abang Yus checked in kat hotel lain, yang berdekatan. Mrasalah tu kontigen skuad penyokong dari Alor Staq. Tu baru suku tu! Remember, 4 tables noh! 2 meja penuh geng2 utara, 2 meja geng2 KL. Hiks! So UG came by and helped betulkan sikit my evening dress, before kiteorang kuar gi shopping for his heels and then baru mek pi buat manicure and padicure mek itiew. Mrasalah mengantuk sekals time buat manicure and padicure tu u ols! Yer lah, dah la tgh tak cukup tidur, pastu, dibelainya tangan dan kaki mek, MRASALAH MENGANTUK gile tersengguk² aku dibuatnya. Si UG pi sambung shopping sorang kaedahnye. Hiks!
Where's Ginger? Owh - dia ade urusan dalam toilet tadik (taaaaaaak habis habis lagi katanya) dan also dia tgh tunggu Nazz and Abby datang amek tiket and bendera also. Hiks! So oklah, mek biarkan dia kat hotel, tapi lepas tu dia datang mai amek room keys kat mek sebab dia nak kuar pi lunch dan mek masih belom habis buat my nails. And then, pada waktu yang sama, si Mak Hayam Belle dan sepupu nya datang menjenguk mek kat Kukubar before depa pi lunchies kat Secret Recepi! Sentap! Heheh mek order pesan Orange Juice sajork, yang kemudiannye dibawak ke bilik hotel sebab diaorang nak tgk my dresses. By that time, Abang Volks dosi sampai tapi dah keluar gi beli some stuffs, Mark and Dylan also on the way dah time tu nak get readykan si Ginger - Kak Vee yang make upkan mek pon katanya on the way by 3pm sampai. Malam sebelum tu mek dah nak berdrama dah sebab Kak Vee katanya DEMAM. Mek dah cuak - Adakah dia tak mampu nak make up kan mek last minute!? Mek dosi cuak! Mujurlah later on by 3pm dia muncul di bilik kami tu.
So at exactly around 3.30ish cam tu, bermulalah transformarsi Miss India dan Miss Venezuela, sebagai persiapan utk menempuh malam penuh gemilang dan berprestij itiew, kan? Hiks! Siap pi siap mai - dahhhh sampai masa nak kena turun sebab we ols have to get to the backstage changing room by 6.30pm. Mrasalah 6.35pm both Miss India AND Miss Venezuela MASIH dalam bilik hotel Federal yer - mati larrr!!!!
*** Bahagian ini akan disambung dalam Part 2 - FULL Details of Miss World 2006 Pageant nanti, nah!?
THE BEGINNING OF A NEW DAY; THE DAYS AFTER THE PAGEANT
DISCLAIMER
What you are about to read are actually my personal recollections of the days before, the days after, and not to forget, on the actual day I was crowned as the new Miss World 2006. These entries come sincerely from the bottom of my heart and it only concerns me, only me and has no elements of looking down on others. I have no intentions at all or what-so-ever to be showy, what more to put myself in a basket and hence carry it high all on my own. These stories I'm about to tell serves only one purpose, and that is – "I just want to share these personal, overwhelming, liberating experiences of my life, with my beloved and respectful readers. Should you disagree with my posting, please feel free to e-mail me and I will do my level best to correct any inaccuracies found in my entry(ies). I reserve the right to accept or reject any said corrections without first notifying the sender.
For those who are not in favor of these entries and thinks that these entries are merely an attempt of bragging and boasting and all, I have nothing much to say nevertheless talking about defending myself and my entries. I highly respect your opinions as human being, but let me remind you, I have mine too. So let's keep it to our own boundaries and avoid any complications being raised up due to these entries.
And by the way, you are currently reading MY BLOG. Does the phrase, "Stories of my life; I write, you read…" ring any bell to you? Well, this is a very fine example to suit my blog's official quote/ phrase. Anything and everything else is up to my discretion. Thank you.
What you are about to read are actually my personal recollections of the days before, the days after, and not to forget, on the actual day I was crowned as the new Miss World 2006. These entries come sincerely from the bottom of my heart and it only concerns me, only me and has no elements of looking down on others. I have no intentions at all or what-so-ever to be showy, what more to put myself in a basket and hence carry it high all on my own. These stories I'm about to tell serves only one purpose, and that is – "I just want to share these personal, overwhelming, liberating experiences of my life, with my beloved and respectful readers. Should you disagree with my posting, please feel free to e-mail me and I will do my level best to correct any inaccuracies found in my entry(ies). I reserve the right to accept or reject any said corrections without first notifying the sender.
For those who are not in favor of these entries and thinks that these entries are merely an attempt of bragging and boasting and all, I have nothing much to say nevertheless talking about defending myself and my entries. I highly respect your opinions as human being, but let me remind you, I have mine too. So let's keep it to our own boundaries and avoid any complications being raised up due to these entries.
And by the way, you are currently reading MY BLOG. Does the phrase, "Stories of my life; I write, you read…" ring any bell to you? Well, this is a very fine example to suit my blog's official quote/ phrase. Anything and everything else is up to my discretion. Thank you.
Tu diah! Mati lah Disclaimer pon dah 3 perenggan, ek? Tu belum lagi mula talking about the subject of the entry, kan? Muahahaha! Rasain! Bukan ape tau; I feel that this Disclaimer is necessary to prevent any happenings of carut mencaruts, caraz mencaraz and caci mencaci bagai semua to which I believe ade yang sengaja nak mengata and bring me down and tuduh me purposely buat entry nih dengan niat nak boast about my victory and bla bla bla yadey yadey yadey - walhal the main purpose for me nak buat entry nih nak share jer my personal experiences, yang pada pendapat mek, one of the best experiences of my life dalam dunia ratu cantik, ever, kan? So like stated in the disclaimer - ko ada hak, mek tak nafikan. Dan mek pon ade hak as penulis nak menulis - so lets just keep the differences to ourselves, nah?
Right! Now, LETS! Mulakan -
PART 1 - The Road To Miss World 2006 Pageant!
INTRODUCTION TO MY INTENTIONS
I have to admit it - dulu, once upon a time, I said, enuff is enuff la kan with Beauty Pageants. Cukup la - dah tak mo compete. And so I managed NOT to compete and took that rest (sampai naik gedebab bagaikan tong dram 75kg ok!) sampailah in April 2006 when dengan tidak semena², me decided nak masuk International Queen Pageant 2006. Dan THAT pageant was the 1st pageant yang mek masuk sekadar utk suka². But ended up, mek membimbokan diri sendiri la kaedahnye, kan? Hahahaha. Lawak la lawak - I have no regrets for doing so ataupun menyesal atas apa² yang telah terjadi/ atas apa² kesalahan yang I did during that event, for I believe that, TANPA kesilapan dan ke-bimbo-an tu, I will not be able to learn and do things right, kan?
So after IQP2006, rumors mengatakan yang the organizer of IQP2005 and IQP2006 nak buat Miss World 2006 in November. So waktu tu, in June, or was in July - mek dah tempah nama utk Miss Venezuela. Again, mek sekali lagi bertemakan niat nak masuk suka². Only this time around, mek bernekad walaupun nak masuk just for suka² without expecting anything, still, mek tannak abaikan the thorough preparations which includes preparation utk the national costume, evening dress, penampilan diri dan most importantly, the IQ/ mental preparations! Bak kata seorang ratu terkenal dikalangan bloggers, "BETTER PREPARED TAPI TAK DAPAT, RATHER THAN DAPAT TAPI TAK PREPARED", kan? In IQP2006, I got into the top 10 but wasn't prepared - so this time around, I'm prepared for what so ever la kan resultnya. Yang penting, mek nak prepare bebetul, sehabis baik, buat sehabis elok, kalau ade rezeki, adooo lah kan. Kalau tak der, mrasalah "LA LA LA LA LA LA" kan sajork, kan? :) Yang penting, mek nak cuba do my level best, not just TRY my best - sebab sometimes, TRYING is just not good enough. Mek nak DO my best and tebus maruah kekalahan memalukan mek di IQP2006. At least mek figure out, kalau tak menang pon, tak dapat go into the final 3 cut pun, tarkir. Sebab yang penting, mek harap mek dapat be in the top 10 and jawab bebetul kali nih for the Q/A round, kan? Mrasa... :D
PREPARATIONS TO FACE THE DAY
Preparations mek started as early as July dengan mulanya program diet sampai nak MAMPOS! Sampai dicarut bagai oleh KB sendiri sebab katanya mek membahayakan diri sendiri dari segi kesihatan mek. Namun, mek hargai nasihat dan concern dia, tapi, kalau dah dasar memang degil, ketegaq, keraih kepala, KB kata apa pon, tetap lah ADDINCH bagi mek, kan? So to KB mek - again, maafkan mek - mek akui niat baik ko concern pasal health aku, tapi I just HAD to go on dengan diet bodoh sial tu. Apakah jenis diet itiew tatau!? *Mrasalah lepas nih aku kena tempeleng dan dicarut bodoh lagik oleh ramai lagik org sebab ala ala membahayakan diri sendiri semata² nak kurus, kan? Muahahaha...
Mek mengamalkan konsep Herbalife tu lagi, disamping pengambilan diet pills. Pada mulanya 2 jenis, NH Detoxlim and Xenical - lepas tu pi tambah 2 jenis lagi yang dibelik dari Danok - and when the power of 4 diet pills combine, I AM CAPTAIN ZOMBIE!!! Mrasalah mek mengalami tekanan emosi PMS bagai dan also masalah ketiduran sampai mengalami insomnia for couple of weeks (weeks ke? Bukan ke months, kan? Muahahah!) Serious, according to my friend yang keje di Guardian - system badan mek dah macam tingtong and biol, and tak tahu nak berfungsi dengan which diet pill, kan? So mrasalah tingtong dan resultsnya, kureng kemampuan untuk tidur. Which leads me to make this very interesting equation...
Less Sleep + Less Eat = Lose Weight FASTER!!!
Kan? Hahahah sapa bagi ajaran sesat tu tatau!? Muahahah tu yang KB mek carut maki hamun naik angin ngan aku tu, sampai ada kalanya dia malas nak layan sebab sentap. Sentap bukan sebab daily progress mek, memang I lost weight. Tapi dia sentap sebab mek membahayakan diri sendiri. Awwwww... KB mek tu, dalam plastic² dan hati batu jade dia tu, tetap dia sayangkan mek, kan? Suker tau tannak mengaku, hanjeng tul! MUAHAHAH! So anyways, itu bab less sleep, kan? Mai kot mana less eating pulak tu? With those diet pills, selera makan mek MEMANG nan ado - ada kalanya memang lapaq tergedik², but I just don't feel like eating anything, you know? Sebab tu mek harapkan protein drink Herbalife tu, Orange Juice mek, dan also itu Spicy Tuna buns sajork each time mek lapaq - and not forgetting, my ciggerettesssss nahh! Hiks! Erm, perlu ke mek buat disclaimer, jgn ikut diet cara mek nih kalau nak hidup sihat dan lama, kan? HAHAHAHAH!
Furthermore lepas tu kan Puasa Ramadhan, kan? That helped me out with the dieting as well - Alhamdulillah... :) Bile tiba seminggu sebelum raya, mek dah comfortably at 59kg (dari IQP2006 - mek rase mek 67kg or 66kg kot - mrasalah before before that laaaaaaagi la teruk yaamats, kan? 75 katanya yer? Muahahahah!) Tapi yang cimpengnye, 3 hari LEPAS raya, mek naik 61kg! TUDIAH! Mek dosi cuak! Sebab Raya was 24th October, 2006, kan? And the Miss World 2006 Pageant pulak, on 24th November, 2006. Mrasalah less than a month, mek kena kurs kurs kan balik badan to bawah 59kg, kan!? So mrasalah buat amalan diet sial tu balik - and this time, double the usaha of not eating anything, selagi termampu. They say, "Ala, seminggu dua ko ingat, boleh hilang berat badan ke?" - OWH YES! Most definitely! Seminggu dua, MAMPU make a difference, apatah lagik 3 minggu or so less than 1 month, kan? Mrasa...
Dalampada itiew, mek took the 15 days fat-burning course tu (mati la mek masih hutang 8 hari to finish up the course, KAN BS!? HAHAHAHA). The course mengajar kite bukan utk build muscles nah - tapi menumpukan lebih pada exercises yang akan membakar lemak² di perut, and bahagian² yang berlemak yang lain. Mek sker lah. Tapi mrasalah mek RAJIN pada the 1st 7 days jer. Pastu, start puasa - dosi tak pi dah gym and lepas raya, MALAS dah nak habiskan that 8 days balance. So mrasalah mek pertingkatkan daya kegigihan nak kuruskan badan dengan perlaksanaan crash-to-kill-yourself diet itiew! HIKS! Jogging? Ade la jugak. Swimming? NAN ADO dah - nak suruh mek buat muscles kat lengan mek ke!? Muahahahah!
Tu diah - bab persediaan penampilan diri. Talking about persediaan dari segi pakaian National Costume dan Evening Dress - mek dah siap buat lakaran sketch design for both dresses, both ikut taste dan ciri² yang mek sker. Mek memang determined to buat sketches mek tu jadik reality katanya. So temanya, carik sponsors!!! Mrasalah PR here and there - dan memula, everything seems to be just fine. Tapi alih², ade sajer yang feels feels nak jadik Miss Fakir Papa Kedana or Miss Alasan, kan? Haiyoh - lets not spoil the mood and skip this issue. Cukup mek cakapkan yang my national costume, mek dapat sponsor lite² dari someone, last minute jugak; yang mensponsorkan cash utk mek gi borong kain 50 meter katanya utk buat kain 'can can' bertengkat² mek tu. Hiks! Dan mek gi tempah di Ala Mode Penang, thanks to Kak Regina who showed me the way ke sana dan introduced me to Raymond, owner Ala Mode Boutique tu, kan... mrasalah the day mek gi buat national costume tu, was the same day Latisha gi amek evening dress dia yang dia nak pakai for that International Queen in Pattaya itiew - grannnd! Menang Best Evening Dress sundels! Mek dosi ke-feels² already time tu! Hiks! And by the time national costume mek tu siap, mek buat add-ons katanya - tempek buls buls ayams la, diamonte la, beading work bagai lah, itu ini - memacam mek buat kat dress national costume tu nak kasik nampak, erm, nampak cam, erm, macam, macam apa ek? Mati la salah tema tapi last² jadik Flamingo Dancer, ek? Muahaha tarkir la kan - janji LATINO! KAN? Dan yang buat mek lebih sayangkan dress tu (and also the evening dress) was the fact that I put a lot of my own effort and dedications to it. Seriously, previously, mana ade gherti nye nak jahit² bead work labucci diamonte bagai? Semuanya mek design, tempah, dan siapkan terus - tak der nye buat buat sendiri dah lepas tu. Kali nih, memandangkan mek banyak luangkan masa di boutique Romzy dari mulanya Ramadhan, sampai sehari dua sebelum mek bertolak for the pageant, mrasalah selagi terdaya dan ade waktu dan kemampuan, mek akan jahit sehabis boleh - sampai ade kesan darah, hasil luka tercucuk jarum ok kena kat dress putih mek tu! HAHAHAHA!
Lakaran National Costume mek - as you can see nanti, ade some MINOR alterations and adjustments to the actual design, hehehehe... *YER Volks, YER! Those alterations and adjustments tak perlu dilakukann if ONLY I dgr cakap u dari awal, yer yer I get the point! HEHEHEHEHE... Thanks for the alterations nah! Hiks! Muahs!
Evening dress pulak, mek dapat sponsor kain lace Euromoda from Mak Hayam Bellerina katanya 6 meter, ek? Hiks! Dan selebehnye kengkain yang digunakan utk menjadikan lakaran design mek tu satu kenyataan, telah dispons spons kan oleh Romzy Studios katanya. Mrasalah kami semua gigih nih buat itu ini kat dress tu, especially UG and Romzy sendiri and the help of his staffs also - berpadu tenaga siapkan the dress. Mana dengan depa busy dengan bulan perkahwinan lepas Raya, kan? Depa bebetul buat mek rasa terharu u ols. Diaorang like, walaupun busy dengan pengantin² nak kawen bagai, but they never lah abaikan preparasi evening dress mek. Seminggu sebelum mek balik KL for the pageant, both, the evening dress and the national costume dosi kesiapan penuh dan lengkap bagai. Cuma tunggu time nak sarung pakai jer. Hiks!
Evening dress mek, technically tak der beza sangat pon dari my original sketch, kan? :D Mek sker lah konsep inieyyyy!!!!!
Sila abaikan the white national costume - tu belom siap 100% lagi tu. Er, actually, dah siap. Cuma waktu mek snappy² pic nih, the national costume mek belom decided nak add-ons and buat alterations bagai lagik. Hiks!
Hurm... ape lagik ek? Preparation fizikal, outfits semua - owh yes - mental ek. Hehehe mati lah dok buat research and studies pasal Venezuela ok! Mrasalah dok print itu ini bagai semua, kan? Tapi bacanya, HARAM dak pon! Yang mek dok concentrate, practice Q/A; either sengsorang, or with CA, or Bobby at Romzy's Study, or with Ginger. Tapi most of the time, mek practice sengsorang macam org gila.Disamping itu jugak, preparations utk introduction round mek kali ini telah dibantu oleh Ginger. Thanks gal! Muahs! (Motif Muah!? Motif all Venezuela punye reps mesti ade that MUUUAH punye trademark ka? LALALALAL mampos la aku! HAHAHA) Tapi seriously, mek really put extra effort on this IQ preparations - selagi boleh practice, selagi tu mek try buat. Yer lah, bak kata sorang blogger pembaca diam diam tu, yang genit genit tu, "LKY kan KURENG siket bab bab IQ nih", kan? So taking that as a challenge, MRASA! Hiks! All I care is to buktikan the critics were wrong, but not forgetting niat asalnya adalah to have fun, fulfill my personal satisfaction needs and above all - to just once again, feel the limelight, KAN? :)
Have I left out anything so far? So far, no kot, kan? Hiks! Ok lets - MINUM dan mengkedaghah SUPPER dulu, nah? BRB!
AS THE DAY OF THE PAGEANT GREW NEARER - Sambungan after SUPPER at 11.25pm...
Ok - so - as the pageant day semakin menjelang tiba, pelbagai preparasi saat² akhir telah dilakukan, i.e get extra sponsorships, buat reservarsi hotel and confirmarsi make up artist bagai, touch up dresses kat memana yang patut, touch up heels (yer, for the 1st time, mek masuk competition, TAK BELI NEW HEELS yer. Mrasalah recycle katanya!) sambungan preparasi mental dan fizikal lagik katanya, diet gila gila lagik (walaupun temanya ade beberapa org dosi menyatakan mek nye badan dah nampak kurus - tapi mek tak puas hati! Badan jer nampak kurs kurs, tang muka? Tetap BEGAU! Mek nanges! HAHAHAH!), this and that - memacam lah. Mek getting excited about the pageant sangat², disamping worrying kot² I won't make it into the top 10. Biarpun temanya nak just have fun, still, mek at least mengharapkan tempat ke top 10 jer bagi menebus kalah malu mek in IQP hari tu tuh, kan? Ha - so it worries me also kot² mek tak tersenarai dalam top tenners list itiew. As for the subsidiary title of Miss Photogenic yang dibuat secara poll online, haiyoh - promosi sakan nih! You guys yang mengikuti perkembangan mek nih, should know yang pasal promo Miss Photogenic tu - mati la vote for me HERE, HERE and HERE, kan? Hahahaha - tak cukup promosi di blog dan YM, mrasalah buat di Myspace, Friendster, dan mIRC also katanya yer! MUAHAHAHAHA! Gigih lah gigih! Yer lah - at least, menang Miss Photogedik, eh, Photogenic pon, jaaaaaaaaadi lah la kan (namun hakikatnya, after leading the votes selama 3 minggu berturut², ADO menangnya? Rahsia - nantikan...)
The fact that mek getting excited about it, adalah pasal the trip nak balik pi ke KL tu - mrasalah sardinkan kerets mek dengan CA, BS dan Ginger - yang akan sama² tongtong beramai balik ke KL. Mek sker lah perjalanan itiew, kan? Muahahah! Owh, before that, dah dekat² nak pageant tu, confirmarsi sapa yang nak pi tgk bagai tu semua, ade jer kejap nak pi kejap tak jadik itu ini - last last, mek berjaya jugak - seminggu setengah sebelum pageant, mek dosi konfirm amek 3 normal tables and 1 VIP table - SIAP preparekan bendera tangan negara Venezuela ok! Macam kesial feeling semangat ok! Nih semua gara² nampak bendera Miss India la, OPPS! *sah sah MEK yang buatkan also, kan? HAHAHAH tetiber jer tuduh si G tu - tak baik kan mek gal? *sambil tampar² mulut sendiri... tsk tsk tsk... hiks!
22nd November, 2006:
Hari yang nak balik ke KL tu was like, menggumbirakan sangat sangat for mek! The thrill of going back to KL tu yang mek sker tu. Awal² pagi 22nd tu, mek dah ke pejabat, selesaikan apa yang patut. By noon, balik and packed my stuffs semua and by 3.30pm mek hamek si CA. Pastu pi amek my dresses dari boutique Romzy, and then by 4.30pm hamek si BS and then by 5vish hamek si Ginger in Gurun. By the time semua empat² org punya bagasi dah disumbatkan dalam kerets mek, MRASALAH PENUH GILE u ols! Sampai tak nampak apa apa ok kat cermin belakang tu! Gile punye sarat. Sarat ngan apa tatau? DRESSES SAPA TATAU YANG besaq dan bergoni² tu tatau!? LALALALALA *jeling Miss India! HAHAHAHA!
Dalam perjalanan tu, we alls had so much fun, kan BS, CA, G? Seronok sangat, walaupun sepanjang perjalanan, HUJAN katanya, kan? Hujan rahmat tu - membawa kontigen Miss, kan? Hiks! Kami singgah kat... erm, Bukit Semanggul (that's after Bukit Merah tu, kan?) and then later on kat mana tatau beli buah (ha kat situ mek merajuk ngan Ginger. OPPS! Pasai pa tatau? HAHAHAH! Tapi mrajuk sat ja. Ginger pujuk balik by kupaskan buah limau mini kat mek as I was driving dan dia dok sebelah. Pandai tul pondan tu pujuk mek! HAHAHAHA!) Tapi this time, kami tak pulak practice Q/A? Kot pasai malam kot - nak baca hapenye dalam gelap² tu tatau? Plus we were ALL concentrating on the road sebab hujan dan mek tetap bawak kereta cam celaka, kan? HAHAH! But overall, the trip back to KL was indeed VERY exciting, and fun!
Sesampainye kami di KL, kami straight ke Bukit Bintang. Motif? MEK DAH TAK TAHAN LAPAQ! Mek mengkedaghah nasi lemak Kak Ara sundel! Cikhals pun, cikhals lah - janji mek bedal sikit nasik lemak favorite mek with daging rendang keraih cam batu tu! MEK SKER LAH! Sedap u ols! (Yooo lah! Time² lapaq, memang lah sedap, KAN!? HAHAHA!) And kami terjumpa organizers and a few friends - sembang², collect tickets and what not from organizers, and then terus cabut balik ke Kelana Jaya, umah Abang Volks. Sampai sitiew jer, BS, mek dan G jer yang bermalam sitiew. Si CA pi tidoq umah kawan dia, kawan dia mai amek. Malam tu, kami sempat fitting Evening Dress si Miss India tu, with Abang Volks buat some minor alterations to her dress tu. Cantik sekals kain evening dress dia itiew - mek sker. Tapi G la pulak yang feels² dinch confidensi dengan two-piece dress katanya. She prefers one piece dress, dinch corset and long skirt bagai nih. Mek, time after time cakap kat dia, she'll do just fine with that dress - dan mek pon ade la tgk²kan sikit catwalk dia kot² dia nak jadik lain sikit since she's not confident dengan the dress. Tapi mek rase, lepas² tu, she was ok with the dress...
23rd November, 2006:
The next day, seawal pagi, at 7am, sundal tu dah kejutkan mek! Hanjeng sangat! Mek tidur kejap sangat sundel, tau tau si Ginger tu dah kejutkan mek. Benciks tau pondan "morning person" tu! Just because dia bangun pepagi awal, dia nak make sure mek also bangun! Mati la mek nak share room ngan dia also kat hotel, kan? Haiyoh! Tarkik la kan - mek pon excited jugak sebab that day kiteorang nak check in hotel and also pi jalan² feeling² Miss Miss pi shopping last last minute katanya yer. Hiks! So kami keluar pagi tu, me, Abang Volks, G and BS, bukan straight ke hotel Federal yer. Sebab check in waktu tu was at 2pm. Mrasalah kami kuar umah pun dah at 10nish, kami terus gi ke Masjid India. Yer lah, mana lagik - OLEX lah! HAHAHAH! Si Ginger nak buat some modifications kat dia nye accessorries - mek? Mek just nak TGK TGK JER! Motif!? Hahahahahah siut jer! Ginger cakap nak tgk, MAMPU ke mek keluar dari Olex tak spend more than RM300!!! YES! Mek mampu! Mek hanya belik new pair of dangling earring jer - RM60.00 sajork. Mek sker mek sker! Mek berjaya tahan nafsu utk membeli - Syukur! Hehhehehe. Lama jugak kami kat Olex tu, ade la dekat nak sejam. Pastu, kami pusing² kejap, before kami proceed gi ker, erm, wait, where did we go ek lepas tu? Owh yes - straight to the hotel, kan? Yes - and we checked in katanya.
Almari yang dikhaskan utk simpanan perkakasan memondankan diri malam tu - OPPS! Mati lah designated closet for drag props only! Hiks!
Closet utk simpanan bebarang gibek - oppssss lagik! Tapi motif tu atas safe-box tu ade loceng lelocengan gelang kaki Miss India? Hurmmmm....
Lepas dosi checked in semua settled down unpacked and simpan barang² bagai, kitaorang keluar berempat ke Sungai Wang. 1stly we had lunchy kat that famous Nasi Ayam Restaurant kat sebelah BB Plaza tu la kan - mek just had fish ball soup - tu pun mek telan 2 3 bijik jer fish balls tu and selebehnye, mek kasik G makan. Sker la mek tgk nafsu makan dia. Bagus betul (dalam hati, suke sebab nak sabotaj. MOTIF? Mampu ke 4 5 bijik fish balls menggemokkan!? DINCH KAN!? Sentap lah! Opps!) Anyways, lepas tu, kitaorang gi shopping² kat Sungai Wang - mek belik Glitters Spray sajork 2 tin - and, erm, apa lagi ek? Owh yes - buat appointment for manicure and padicure kat Kukubar katanya. Hehehehe. Kami pi Sungai Wang mainly temankan si BS nak belik heels baru katanya, dan si G nak belik cutter ke ape ke tah - Abang Volks, the usuals la kan, ikut jer dan menghalang mek dari membazir! HEHEHEHE. And then, si CA joined us dari mana tah dia datang - and ikut kitaorang lepas tu balik ke hotel and lepak², fresh up a bit semua, before turun balik and gi ke Royale Bintang Hotel for the rehearsals. Rehearsals was at 6.30pm katanya - tapi mrasalah start rehearsals pun at nearly 8pm katanya. Ballroom tak siap lah, contestants ade yang datang lewat sebab komitment keje la bagai semua - memacam faktor la. Am not complaining pon, sebab mek enjoy dok melawak bagai dengan yang dok sedia ada tu. Hiks!
By 8pm tu, 21 contestants dari 22 contestants semuanya dosi berkumpul for the rehearsals. Mrasalah Mak Iterk (Ati Oshira) yang choreographkan step step catwalk bagai. Mujur Abang Zali ade to jerit kat Mak Iterk suruh buat step senang² - kalau idak, haiyoh - mati la kelam kabut for Mak Iterk is very well known for choreographing steps steps susah nak hafal! HAHAHAH!
The ballroom was SUPPPPPERRR DOOOPPERR HOT! Aircond lite² manja² jer dipasangnye - save electric ke Royale Bintang oi? Berpeloh² kami dibuatnya. Dalampada itu, Arezeo and Abang Imran also hadir, buat interview dengan contestants sebelum berubah wajah. Yang paling ketara akan ubah wajah, ialah, tu - Miss Venezuela tu la. Hahahahah mai rehearsals dengan berbauk susuk jambang bagai - hahahahaha mati la "I ADE PENYAKIT KETUMBUHAN BEBULU DI MUKA" katanya sebagai alasan. Cam sial jer dia kan?! HAHAHAHAH! Sapa dia tu tatau!? LALALALALALA!
Tu diah! Anak hayam sapa tak pecah lobang tu sundel!? Mek nangis ok tgk dia dah woman sekals! Mek dosi ajak dia lesborinas dengan mek! HAHAHA!
Ish! Suka betul la mek ngan anak hayam Fiebs tu - tgk, dia pun mek tau suka kat mek, kan!? MATI LA MEK!
Selesai habis rehearsals, dalam pukul, erm, 11nish? Lewat juger la katanya kan - and lepas tu, terus balik ke bilik kat Federal, tunggu si Mark and Dylan yang nak siapkan Ginger tu datang testing buat rambut bagai, while mek, dah tidak menahan nak buat siapkan BENDERA TANGAN yer! Hahahahahah - Yang mek kata preperasi awai² tu, mek print print jer 40 copy bendera India, dan 40 copy for me. Alih², tak bawak! Mrasalah si CA tolong pi photostatkan kat mek ptg tu during rehearsals tu. And after that, CA balik ke umah member dia, and BS, also dosi kepulangan ke umah Neonina Sunina Lee katanya, yer? Hehehehe - so by the time balik ke bilik tu, mrasalah tinggal mek, G, Abang Volks, and then later si Mark, Dylan and Shasha sampai - and later later, Fiebs and Joe KK also sampai just to pay us all a visit. Mrasalah kecoh sundal bilik tu - and waktu tu, bendera semua dah siap, mek dosi kepenatan, dan terlena sekejap. And after that, mrasalah Joe KK and Fiebs pong balik, Abang Volks and 5thE yang tiba lewat sikit tu pun balik also - tinggallan kami berlima and later², semua balik, tinggal lah G ngan mek, Miss India and Miss Venezuela, dua dua kepenatan, dua dua tingtong - terus booom tidur, kan? :) Goodnight Miss India... Namashkarrr Miss Venezuela. Eh eh? Tetiber... hahahah klik* bunyik tutup lampu! Heheheheh... Owh wait, sebelum tidoq tu, dalam mamun mamai tu, kami sempat practice Q/A session - and before that pon, Mark and Dylan ade helped us both out with Q/A session too. Thanks Mark, Dylan! :) Owh and Shasha too! :D
TU DIAH! Bendera Miss Venezuela - Bendera Miss India mana pi tatau!?!?!?
THE DAY OF ALL DAYS SINCE CALENDER WAS INVENTED - hiks!
24th November, 2006:
ASTAGA! Again! Pagi tu mek bangun at 7am SHARP! Mrasalah kami tidoq at 3am - so like, what, we had only like 4 hours of sleep!? SENTAP! No, this time, Ginger tak woke me up. Its the sound of the stupid jalan penuh ngan kereta pagi Jumaat tu yang woke us up! Siut jer.
So tak per - pagi tu, kami planned nak pi shopping kat Mydin Hypermart kat area Pudu tu. Mrasalah read the previous entry pasal Personal Hygine Wash tu punye entry to tgk what happened pagi tu! Sial jer! HAHAHAHA!
Matilah "APAKAH KAITANNYE" Pembersih Peribadi Wanita dengan Silky Girl Ever Glossy Nail Color yer? HAHAHAH! Sial sangat sial!
Balik dari Mydin tu, kami terus balik ke bilik hotel. Sebelum naik, valet ppl tu dah cakap tayar kerets mek ala ala dinch ade angin. Alih² later on malam itiew, KEMPOT TERUS tayarnye itiew ok! Terus OUT OF SERVICE OK! Will tell u guys later about that one. So anyways, lepas dah insiden bowdoh dalam bilik pasal personal hygine wash tu, hehehe, G, mengalami masalah dramatic dan trauma dengan cutter yang dibeliknya di Mydin tu. Dibaling campaknye bendealah cutter tu seDQ DQ alam (which mek NEVER tgk dia mengamok sebegitiew rupa! Haiyoyoh! Must be that lack of sleep thingy I suppose - hiks!). Dan lepas tu, mek ado janji ngan UG, who came with Abang Romzy himself nak tgk the event malam tu, utk keluar gi beli heels utk dia. So since mek memang ado appointment at 10.30am nak buat manicure and padicure kat Kukubar tu kan, so mrasalah mek called UG and suruh dia datang ke Federal sebab dia dan Abang Romzy and Abang Salleh also and also si Abang Yus checked in kat hotel lain, yang berdekatan. Mrasalah tu kontigen skuad penyokong dari Alor Staq. Tu baru suku tu! Remember, 4 tables noh! 2 meja penuh geng2 utara, 2 meja geng2 KL. Hiks! So UG came by and helped betulkan sikit my evening dress, before kiteorang kuar gi shopping for his heels and then baru mek pi buat manicure and padicure mek itiew. Mrasalah mengantuk sekals time buat manicure and padicure tu u ols! Yer lah, dah la tgh tak cukup tidur, pastu, dibelainya tangan dan kaki mek, MRASALAH MENGANTUK gile tersengguk² aku dibuatnya. Si UG pi sambung shopping sorang kaedahnye. Hiks!
Where's Ginger? Owh - dia ade urusan dalam toilet tadik (taaaaaaak habis habis lagi katanya) dan also dia tgh tunggu Nazz and Abby datang amek tiket and bendera also. Hiks! So oklah, mek biarkan dia kat hotel, tapi lepas tu dia datang mai amek room keys kat mek sebab dia nak kuar pi lunch dan mek masih belom habis buat my nails. And then, pada waktu yang sama, si Mak Hayam Belle dan sepupu nya datang menjenguk mek kat Kukubar before depa pi lunchies kat Secret Recepi! Sentap! Heheh mek order pesan Orange Juice sajork, yang kemudiannye dibawak ke bilik hotel sebab diaorang nak tgk my dresses. By that time, Abang Volks dosi sampai tapi dah keluar gi beli some stuffs, Mark and Dylan also on the way dah time tu nak get readykan si Ginger - Kak Vee yang make upkan mek pon katanya on the way by 3pm sampai. Malam sebelum tu mek dah nak berdrama dah sebab Kak Vee katanya DEMAM. Mek dah cuak - Adakah dia tak mampu nak make up kan mek last minute!? Mek dosi cuak! Mujurlah later on by 3pm dia muncul di bilik kami tu.
So at exactly around 3.30ish cam tu, bermulalah transformarsi Miss India dan Miss Venezuela, sebagai persiapan utk menempuh malam penuh gemilang dan berprestij itiew, kan? Hiks! Siap pi siap mai - dahhhh sampai masa nak kena turun sebab we ols have to get to the backstage changing room by 6.30pm. Mrasalah 6.35pm both Miss India AND Miss Venezuela MASIH dalam bilik hotel Federal yer - mati larrr!!!!
Kak Vee @ Kak Bum, berbaju merah itiew yang siapkan mek waktu mek menang Miss Malaysia 2003, 1st Runner-up Miss World 2004 Transgender... tgh packing² bebarang yang nak dibawak turun bersama ke hotel sebelah sana itiew. Dan yang dok berdiri dua org giveks tu, si Mark and Dylan la itiew, COVERINA si Miss India dari mek, si Paparazzi dari Venezuela katanya! HAHAHAHA sentap! Yang berbaju putih short dress tu, Shasha Milano Escova katanya! HAHAHAHA! Time nih dah tgh kelam kabut nak turun ke hotel Royale Bintang itiew... dosi 6.35pm katanya dan masih dalam bilik nih! Hahahaha!
*** Bahagian ini akan disambung dalam Part 2 - FULL Details of Miss World 2006 Pageant nanti, nah!?
THE BEGINNING OF A NEW DAY; THE DAYS AFTER THE PAGEANT
*** Bahagian ini ALSO akan disambung dalam Part 2 - FULL Details of Miss World 2006 Pageant nanti, nah!? Mrasalah menanti dengan penuh kekhusyukkan dan kesabaran, nah? Hiks!
Duuiiii!!!
Monday, November 27, 2006
Apakah!?!?!?!
I know, I know - so everyone (WELL, ALMOST EVERYONE la kan) sort of like menanti-nunggu²kan entry(ies) mek pasal Miss World 2006 pageant yang baru saje selesai weekend baru lepas nih, kan? Sabar nah - nanti² mek hapdetkan. Hiks! Sikijaappp jer nanti² tu akan tiba - so tungguuu nahhh...
Siaran laporan inside-out mengenai pengalaman mek sewaktu di Miss World 2006 Pageant itiew nanti, akan dibawakan khas/ ditaja oleh produk² inih - hiks! Mati la mek!
Siaran laporan inside-out mengenai pengalaman mek sewaktu di Miss World 2006 Pageant itiew nanti, akan dibawakan khas/ ditaja oleh produk² inih - hiks! Mati la mek!
Tapi sebelum mek promo/ tunjukkan product² itiew, ade cerite disebalik entry inieh katanya... :
Didalam bilik hotel, pagi hari Jumaat, 24th November 2006 - the day of Miss World 2006 Pageant itiew...
LKY: Gal, mek nak ko tolong buatkan nails mek, can ah!?
Ginger: Can gal - lets. Mrasa belik Nail Polish and Remover as well satgi waktu kite pergi Mydin, nah?
LKY: Mrasa...
And lepas tu - later, waktu kat Mydin Hypermart kat area Pudu itiew...
LKY: Gal, mek nak color inih la - ok tak?
Ginger: Cantik gal. Mrasa. Ko brani ke pakai color² cam tu? Ko kan always feels feels sweet colors for your nails?
LKY: KAN?
Ginger: Ah tak kisah lah - cantik juger noq. Mrasa!
LKY: Ok - mek amek colour inih. Now what?
Ginger: Mrasa belik nail polish remover as well gal! Boleh mek guna also, opps!
LKY: Kan? Mrasa yang ini nah? *Sambil tunjukkan product Remover RM6.90
Ginger: Dinch la gal! Cikhal! Mrasa yang iniey!!! *Sambil tunjukkan product yang bernilai RM5.90
LKY: Kan? Murs murs sehengget katanya - mrasa! :D
So belik belik, habis - and balik hotel... Sebelum nak start buat nails mek itiew, test la colour nail polish tu kat one of my nails. Cantiks also. Tapi sememeh lah. Better lah ask si Ginger tu buatkan. So better mek clean balik nail mek itiew. So amek lah remover yang baru belik itiew also - picit pi picit mai, aik!? Motif pekat?
Ginger: Motif remover itiew pekat sekals? Formula baru ke ape ke gal?
Mek belek² bebetul kat botol remover itiew - NAH! HAMEK! Remover ke haponye!?!?!?!?!?!!? It was actually a... *Tgk bebetul kat botol itiew - apa kah yang ditulisnya!? Mati lah!!!
LKY: Gal, mek nak ko tolong buatkan nails mek, can ah!?
Ginger: Can gal - lets. Mrasa belik Nail Polish and Remover as well satgi waktu kite pergi Mydin, nah?
LKY: Mrasa...
And lepas tu - later, waktu kat Mydin Hypermart kat area Pudu itiew...
LKY: Gal, mek nak color inih la - ok tak?
Ginger: Cantik gal. Mrasa. Ko brani ke pakai color² cam tu? Ko kan always feels feels sweet colors for your nails?
LKY: KAN?
Ginger: Ah tak kisah lah - cantik juger noq. Mrasa!
LKY: Ok - mek amek colour inih. Now what?
Ginger: Mrasa belik nail polish remover as well gal! Boleh mek guna also, opps!
LKY: Kan? Mrasa yang ini nah? *Sambil tunjukkan product Remover RM6.90
Ginger: Dinch la gal! Cikhal! Mrasa yang iniey!!! *Sambil tunjukkan product yang bernilai RM5.90
LKY: Kan? Murs murs sehengget katanya - mrasa! :D
So belik belik, habis - and balik hotel... Sebelum nak start buat nails mek itiew, test la colour nail polish tu kat one of my nails. Cantiks also. Tapi sememeh lah. Better lah ask si Ginger tu buatkan. So better mek clean balik nail mek itiew. So amek lah remover yang baru belik itiew also - picit pi picit mai, aik!? Motif pekat?
Ginger: Motif remover itiew pekat sekals? Formula baru ke ape ke gal?
Mek belek² bebetul kat botol remover itiew - NAH! HAMEK! Remover ke haponye!?!?!?!?!?!!? It was actually a... *Tgk bebetul kat botol itiew - apa kah yang ditulisnya!? Mati lah!!!
Hahahahahahah tu diah! Punya lah kemut RM1.00, hamek, RASAIN! Salah beli katanya! Tergelak² aku ngan Ginger dalam bilik time tu!
Ginger: MRASA noq snappy². Buat entry! HAHAHAHA
Gila la kan!? Mek kempot sangat! Kupikirkan Nail Polish Remover - alih², "PEMBERSIH PERIBADI WANITA" katanya - kan!? Motif nak guna itiew dan cuci/ remove nail polish!? Mrasalah tenyeh sampai ke haus jari/ kuku mek tu pon tak akan keluarnye nail polish itiew! MUAHAHAHAHA!
Cam sial sangat! Mek memula salahkan Ginger nih! Semata² nak save RM1.00, dia reject yang remover mek nak beli tu dan suruh mek belik yang ini. Tapi pikiaq² balik, dua dua salah! HAHAHA motif tak baca dulu tulisan² kecil di botol itiew, KAN!?
TAPI, yang lebih tepat yang perlu dipersalahkan dalam soal ini ialah Mydinmart itiew! Motif? YER LAH! Apa kehalnya ko pi susun letak Pembersih Cikpuks tu, SEBELAH deretan² nail polish pelbagai warna!? Macam, MOTIF!? Ko susun main pakat ikut dan jer ke!? Sebab kat area tu, penuh nih dengan nail polish and remover bagai, tetiber ade terselit sumbat also product pencuci alat sulit wanita iniey, APA KES!? Muahahah! Mati la mek feels feels ade cikpuks also! LALALALALA!
Sampai kesudah aku ngan G tak habis² gelak - even sampai semalam time kami balik pun, ade gak kami gelak pasal kes iniey! Ngong sangat, kan? HAHAHAHA!
TUDIAH!
Ginger: MRASA noq snappy². Buat entry! HAHAHAHA
Gila la kan!? Mek kempot sangat! Kupikirkan Nail Polish Remover - alih², "PEMBERSIH PERIBADI WANITA" katanya - kan!? Motif nak guna itiew dan cuci/ remove nail polish!? Mrasalah tenyeh sampai ke haus jari/ kuku mek tu pon tak akan keluarnye nail polish itiew! MUAHAHAHAHA!
Cam sial sangat! Mek memula salahkan Ginger nih! Semata² nak save RM1.00, dia reject yang remover mek nak beli tu dan suruh mek belik yang ini. Tapi pikiaq² balik, dua dua salah! HAHAHA motif tak baca dulu tulisan² kecil di botol itiew, KAN!?
TAPI, yang lebih tepat yang perlu dipersalahkan dalam soal ini ialah Mydinmart itiew! Motif? YER LAH! Apa kehalnya ko pi susun letak Pembersih Cikpuks tu, SEBELAH deretan² nail polish pelbagai warna!? Macam, MOTIF!? Ko susun main pakat ikut dan jer ke!? Sebab kat area tu, penuh nih dengan nail polish and remover bagai, tetiber ade terselit sumbat also product pencuci alat sulit wanita iniey, APA KES!? Muahahah! Mati la mek feels feels ade cikpuks also! LALALALALA!
Sampai kesudah aku ngan G tak habis² gelak - even sampai semalam time kami balik pun, ade gak kami gelak pasal kes iniey! Ngong sangat, kan? HAHAHAHA!
TUDIAH!
Sunday, November 26, 2006
One Moment In Time...
Each day I live
I want to be a day to give the best of me
I'm only one but not alone
My finest day is yet unknown
I broke my heart for every gain
To taste the sweet I face the pain
I rise and fall yet through it all this much remains
I want one moment in time
When I'm more than I thought I could be
When all of my dreams are a heart beat away
And the answers are all up to me
Give me one moment in time
When I'm racing with destiny
Then in that on moment of time
I will feel I will feel eternity
I've lived to be the very best
I want it all no time for less
I've laid the plans
Now lay the chance here in my hands
Give me one moment in time
When I'm more than I thought I could be
When all of my dreams are a heart beat away
And the answers are all up to me
Give me one moment in time
When I'm racing with destiny
Then in that on moment of time
I will feel I will feel eternity
You're a winner for a lifetime
If you seize that one moment in time
Make it shine
Give me one moment in time
When I'm more than I thought I could be
When all of my dreams are a heart beat away
And the answers are all up to me
Give me one moment in time
When I'm racing with destiny
Then in that on moment of time
I will be I will be
I will be free....oh
I will be I will be free....
I want to be a day to give the best of me
I'm only one but not alone
My finest day is yet unknown
I broke my heart for every gain
To taste the sweet I face the pain
I rise and fall yet through it all this much remains
I want one moment in time
When I'm more than I thought I could be
When all of my dreams are a heart beat away
And the answers are all up to me
Give me one moment in time
When I'm racing with destiny
Then in that on moment of time
I will feel I will feel eternity
I've lived to be the very best
I want it all no time for less
I've laid the plans
Now lay the chance here in my hands
Give me one moment in time
When I'm more than I thought I could be
When all of my dreams are a heart beat away
And the answers are all up to me
Give me one moment in time
When I'm racing with destiny
Then in that on moment of time
I will feel I will feel eternity
You're a winner for a lifetime
If you seize that one moment in time
Make it shine
Give me one moment in time
When I'm more than I thought I could be
When all of my dreams are a heart beat away
And the answers are all up to me
Give me one moment in time
When I'm racing with destiny
Then in that on moment of time
I will be I will be
I will be free....oh
I will be I will be free....
My "One Moment In Time" at Miss World 2006 Pageant
- full entry(ies) coming soon, only at http://lealaurielle.blogdrive.com
Wednesday, November 22, 2006
I'll Be Away Again... Toodles!!!
Yes u ols! The day of all days, the dates of all dates - dosi kesampaian! I'm off, and am away for the weekend, InsyaAllah sampai Sunday ptg kot, and I'll be back. Ke mana? Buat apa? Ada apa? Heheh - addddeeeyyy leyyy!!!
Yes - kumpulan ini kembali ke KL untuk membawa Miss India balik bertanding utk mengekalkan kejuaraan Miss Bragging Rights katanya ye, SR? HAHAHAHA! Tapi bragging rights dengan sapa? Sapa lagik - MEK LER! Hahahah Miss Venezuela yang bakal kecundang lagik dengan Miss India. Mek dah sediakan tissue dalam bra kosong - senang nak DQ nangis nanti mek dah ade tissue, kan? Hahahaha...
Selain dari pada the Miss World Pageant tu, mek balik KL ada urusan keluarga dengan my auntie also katanya. Mek kan helping her light² with the wedding arrangements... kan also mek ade appointment nak bawak Volksie and Fifth-E yang merupakan bakal wedding planner aunty mek itiew, and also bawak csi_X jumpa dengan my aunty also nak discussing mussing pasal photography session. Yes u ols, its gonna be a pack weekend.
Plus, ade niat also utk photoshoot - since Roland Hashim ade buat offer hari itiew, mrasalah grab sajork, KAN? :D
So ok la - pa per hal, mek hapdet the blog ASAP minggu depan once mek dosi kembalian! Berita gembira? Berita kureng? Wallahua'lam - kite tgk jer lah cemana ek. Yang penting, JANGAN PUT ANY HIGH EXPECTATIONS ON MEK and also, biar lah mek just have fun, macam waktu IQP hari tu. Mek tak der nak taruh pa per harapan nak menang ke ape ke - Kalau menang, menang lah. Kalau kalah, kalah lah. Yang penting, masuk masuk jer 25th November, MEK NAK MAKAN! MAKAN! MAKAN! I would like to eat everything - and eat 'em TWICE! Hamek! Hahahaha
Ok lah u ols! Have a great weekend ahead - I KNOW I WILL!!! :D
- 3.30pm - Amek si Chef Aduka. Then pi boutique Romzy amek dresses bagai nak rak tu semua... then lepak² kejap sementara menantikan...
- 5.00pm - Amek si Badarsila piuler... *U awas nah! Jgn nak MA lambat nah!? And then terus off we go melalui highway Utara Selatan - menuju ke Gurun, dari arah Alor Star Utara, singgah ke Taman Perumahan xxxxxxxxx...
- 5.30pm - Amek si Miss India itiew pulak *Motif amek² Miss? Ade la tu! HAHAHAH
Yes - kumpulan ini kembali ke KL untuk membawa Miss India balik bertanding utk mengekalkan kejuaraan Miss Bragging Rights katanya ye, SR? HAHAHAHA! Tapi bragging rights dengan sapa? Sapa lagik - MEK LER! Hahahah Miss Venezuela yang bakal kecundang lagik dengan Miss India. Mek dah sediakan tissue dalam bra kosong - senang nak DQ nangis nanti mek dah ade tissue, kan? Hahahaha...
Selain dari pada the Miss World Pageant tu, mek balik KL ada urusan keluarga dengan my auntie also katanya. Mek kan helping her light² with the wedding arrangements... kan also mek ade appointment nak bawak Volksie and Fifth-E yang merupakan bakal wedding planner aunty mek itiew, and also bawak csi_X jumpa dengan my aunty also nak discussing mussing pasal photography session. Yes u ols, its gonna be a pack weekend.
Plus, ade niat also utk photoshoot - since Roland Hashim ade buat offer hari itiew, mrasalah grab sajork, KAN? :D
So ok la - pa per hal, mek hapdet the blog ASAP minggu depan once mek dosi kembalian! Berita gembira? Berita kureng? Wallahua'lam - kite tgk jer lah cemana ek. Yang penting, JANGAN PUT ANY HIGH EXPECTATIONS ON MEK and also, biar lah mek just have fun, macam waktu IQP hari tu. Mek tak der nak taruh pa per harapan nak menang ke ape ke - Kalau menang, menang lah. Kalau kalah, kalah lah. Yang penting, masuk masuk jer 25th November, MEK NAK MAKAN! MAKAN! MAKAN! I would like to eat everything - and eat 'em TWICE! Hamek! Hahahaha
Ok lah u ols! Have a great weekend ahead - I KNOW I WILL!!! :D
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
Yang mana satu idaman kalbu???
Mati la MISS POLL buat POLL lagi, ek? Hahahahah! Tarkik! My blog - I write you read. Don't like, don't read nah? Muahahahah *jeling kat Miss India - OPPS!
Ok, cam nih. Alkesahnye, mek hari tu joined in website nih called www.HOTorNOT.com. I know I know - the url/ website name tu, macam, adddddinch sesuai sangat, kan? Tapi its plain simple to understand, that the website gives us the opportunity to let other ppl from around the globe to rate our photos - whether it is HOT, or simply, NOT - not to mention, the chance membuat lebih ramai teman² dari seluruh pelusuk dunia *Damn, skema nye bunyiknye ayat itiew - ew!
So anyways, as a basic member, you get to post 3 pics at one time, and boleh ubah² la which pic yang jadik main pic for your profile, and so ppl leh ratekan. Mek so happens to joined in last week rasenye - and up till now, mek dah bersilih gantian tukaran gegambarans dah 5 6 kali dos! Eh, silap, mek dah let the world rate my pics yang sebanyak 5 or 6 kot yang mek posted since the day mek joined.
Berikut adalah hasil undian itiew... hiks!...
Ok, cam nih. Alkesahnye, mek hari tu joined in website nih called www.HOTorNOT.com. I know I know - the url/ website name tu, macam, adddddinch sesuai sangat, kan? Tapi its plain simple to understand, that the website gives us the opportunity to let other ppl from around the globe to rate our photos - whether it is HOT, or simply, NOT - not to mention, the chance membuat lebih ramai teman² dari seluruh pelusuk dunia *Damn, skema nye bunyiknye ayat itiew - ew!
So anyways, as a basic member, you get to post 3 pics at one time, and boleh ubah² la which pic yang jadik main pic for your profile, and so ppl leh ratekan. Mek so happens to joined in last week rasenye - and up till now, mek dah bersilih gantian tukaran gegambarans dah 5 6 kali dos! Eh, silap, mek dah let the world rate my pics yang sebanyak 5 or 6 kot yang mek posted since the day mek joined.
Berikut adalah hasil undian itiew... hiks!...
Kaaatanya, kan? Lowest rate, at 7.7, (which is still HOT in that website la katanya) - is actually my FAVORITE pic! Motif!?!?!?!?
Dan persoalan yang memang SERING mek tanya to myself tapi NEVERLAH dapat jawapan - motif pic yang bawah sekali itiew, yang dapat highest rating at 9.6 (memula was at 9.9 ok!) itiew, yang sering jadik pilihan org? Apa yang so specialnye pon tatau! Jangan katanya special, speSIAL pon mek rase ade tapi mek tak dapat detect - hurmmmm... dah la skadar pic biasa dan dinch pose² ANTM katanya kan - alih² tuuu yang dapat highest rate. Hurmmm...
Owh well - apa kata mek buat poll (mati la - SOME ppl saw this coming already! HAHAHA) - mrasa. Antara 5 pics kat atas inih, yang mana u ols nak vote as paling, erm, hmmm paling what ek? Paling u ols suka lah. HEHEHEHE...
Dan persoalan yang memang SERING mek tanya to myself tapi NEVERLAH dapat jawapan - motif pic yang bawah sekali itiew, yang dapat highest rating at 9.6 (memula was at 9.9 ok!) itiew, yang sering jadik pilihan org? Apa yang so specialnye pon tatau! Jangan katanya special, speSIAL pon mek rase ade tapi mek tak dapat detect - hurmmmm... dah la skadar pic biasa dan dinch pose² ANTM katanya kan - alih² tuuu yang dapat highest rate. Hurmmm...
Owh well - apa kata mek buat poll (mati la - SOME ppl saw this coming already! HAHAHA) - mrasa. Antara 5 pics kat atas inih, yang mana u ols nak vote as paling, erm, hmmm paling what ek? Paling u ols suka lah. HEHEHEHE...
Mrasalah! Mek nak tgk pilihan readers² mek also! Dan sapa ada jawapan pada persoalan mek tadik itiew? Yang, pasai tatau ramai org selalu suka dan pilih pic 5 - "9.6" itiew tatau? Yer, mek leh kuarkan statement macam 'org tu' - I quote msg status YM dia... "cutedna - I DAH TAK TAHU NAK CAKAP MACAM MANA DAH - I SEMEMANGNYA CANTIK", kan? Ko tak makan hati ada org tu mampu kuarkan statement status msg YM cam gittiew? Mek sujud! Tak gittu, Miss India?
Mrasa lah - lets bergumbira lite² membuat voting dan jugak, yang ado jawapan pasal soalan mek tu, mrasalah tempekkan komen kat ruangan komen, nah? LALATS - stay out of this! HAHAHAHAH *sambil siapkan penibai lalat! HAHAHAHA
Cheers folks!
Mrasa lah - lets bergumbira lite² membuat voting dan jugak, yang ado jawapan pasal soalan mek tu, mrasalah tempekkan komen kat ruangan komen, nah? LALATS - stay out of this! HAHAHAHAH *sambil siapkan penibai lalat! HAHAHAHA
Cheers folks!
Monday, November 20, 2006
And it happened in Langkawi... *sigh*
Aiyoyoyohhh! Apakah!? Mek MALU berada dalam kelompok industri pelancongan tanahair kalau ginik la jadiknye! MEK MELIEEWW!!!!
Anti-khalwat men terrify elderly foreign couple
Giiiiiiiiituu lah dia kannnn! Nak kata manusia² yang ghajin bebenor buat checking mecking itiew bahlol dan bowdoh, kang ade org saman mek piuler! Takkk sepasal² "I'll see you in court", kan? Mati la lepas tu mek jerit² hysterically diluar court "SAYA TAK BERSALAH!!! SAYA TAK BERSALAHHH!!!" Maaati la kau DQ! Hahaha.
Tapi clearly sangat², yang depa nih MEMANG LAHANATLY BODOH la, kan?! Apa tak prasan ka yang dua org tua tu MAT SALLEH!?!?!? (Kot² muka depa macam melayu sekali pon, takkan lah sampai begitu kureng ajo sekali nak sergah redah org tgh tidur at 2am tatau!?!?!?!) Gile ke ape!
Bile mek dapat forwarded email nih dari fellow travel agency manager kawan mek itiew, mek cam, AIYOYOH! Malu nye mek nak be part of the Travel Industry! And furthermore, berlaku pulak, di LANGKAWI! There goes my promotion for 3 days 2 nights and 4 days 3 nights Langkawi for December 2006 sampai March 2007! Kang mek promo, satgi kena carut, "Tannak lah kami pi situ - satgi takkk sepasai² kena tangkap khalwat!" KAN!? Isk isk isk...
Bodoh - MEMANG bodoh!
Peace peace kacang peace nahhh!!!
Saturday, November 18, 2006
Kenangan Silam... *sigh*
Percubaan Membunuh!
Owh my god! Percubaan stepmom to kill anak tirinya? Ataupun itu spekulasi yang overdose? Whatever it is, it's definitely one good combination of horror and laughter captured within the same sequence! Mrasa!!!
(Thanks Shawn! Thanks QC!!!)
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
1st Year Anniversary
12 November 2005 to 12 November 2006, genaplah setahun usia www.lealaurielle.com! I know today's the 14th - but I've got lots of things in my mind that only God knows how seksanye hidup sehari dua nih - busy with work, life and yadey yadey yadey!!! Anyways, tannak lari tema - back to the anniversary kes...
My many thanks yang tak terhingga to this one particular person yang, to me, merupakan, tulang belakang kepada the website - Apek! :D Apek, you're such a dearie! Thank you so much sebab banyak tolong I and tahan kerenah I and all - truly appreciate it! :D
For those of you yang belum tahun kewujudan website ini, silalah ke www.lealaurielle.com now... dan for those yang dah tahu dan belom jadik members kat website mek itiew, mrasalah ke Members Area @ www.lealaurielle.com utk register yourself - mrasa!
Speaking of the members area, I would also like to thank a few ppl yang without them, mek rase tak jalan sangat website / members area itiew... I'd call them kumpulan "CHE" - bole?
Che-Bell, Che-Yah, Che-Sue, Che-Wyn, Che-Lime, and not forgetting, Datin Rocky, Dutches, SemanSulaiman, Noryady, 5thE, Volks, Bigcity (yang mek tak sebut, harap ampun nah) - diaorang nih yang antara pioneer dan yang kerap posting kat forum! Thanks u ols! Che-Bell, nak hadiah ka top Poster skarang? Nanti ade org dengki, how? OPPS!
Ok lah - nak sambung buat kerej! DUIYEN!!!
My many thanks yang tak terhingga to this one particular person yang, to me, merupakan, tulang belakang kepada the website - Apek! :D Apek, you're such a dearie! Thank you so much sebab banyak tolong I and tahan kerenah I and all - truly appreciate it! :D
For those of you yang belum tahun kewujudan website ini, silalah ke www.lealaurielle.com now... dan for those yang dah tahu dan belom jadik members kat website mek itiew, mrasalah ke Members Area @ www.lealaurielle.com utk register yourself - mrasa!
Speaking of the members area, I would also like to thank a few ppl yang without them, mek rase tak jalan sangat website / members area itiew... I'd call them kumpulan "CHE" - bole?
Che-Bell, Che-Yah, Che-Sue, Che-Wyn, Che-Lime, and not forgetting, Datin Rocky, Dutches, SemanSulaiman, Noryady, 5thE, Volks, Bigcity (yang mek tak sebut, harap ampun nah) - diaorang nih yang antara pioneer dan yang kerap posting kat forum! Thanks u ols! Che-Bell, nak hadiah ka top Poster skarang? Nanti ade org dengki, how? OPPS!
Ok lah - nak sambung buat kerej! DUIYEN!!!
Happy 1st Year Anniversary www.lealaurielle.com!!!
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