ONE IN A MILLION – WHO WILL BE ELIMINATED?

Siapa akan mendapat undi paling rendah akan tinggalkan One In a Million musim ketiga malam ini. Ada beberapa peserta ada kemungkinan akan disingkirkan malam ini kalau undi mereka tidak berubah sampai pesembahan malam ini.


Kalau dilihat senarai undian terkini maka peserta yang bakal meninggalkan OIAM musim ketiga ini adalah Anith kerana mendapat undian tercorot sekali. Tapi ada beberapa peserta yang pernah dikedudukan terbawah seperti Pija dan Emillia dan kemungkinan Nine dan juga Fify. Peserta pelihan saya yang bakal disingkirkan ada Anith.

Pengundi sekarang ini bijak dalam pemilihan peserta dan trend ini kalau berterusan maka peserta yang pernah mengikuti pertandingan reality sebelum menyertai OIAM akan disingkirkan lebih awal. Ini disebabkan pengundi telah menilai pesembahan peserta ini dahulu dan mereka akan menilai peserta yang baru pula.

Peserta yang mendapat undi terbanyak setakat ini adalah Esther, Tomok dan Aweera dan beberapa peserta yang belum pernah sertai apa-apa pertandingan.

Kita tunggu dan lihat siapa akan meninggalkan OIAm malam ini.

AMERICAN IDOL JUDGES 'SAVE' POWER

American idol judges will be able to override one elimination up to the top 5, meaning that any contestant getting the lowest votes-getters if they feel that they are still good does not have to be eliminated.

My prediction of Jasmine Murray leaving was correct but got it wrong when Jorge Nunez was also eliminated. I think the American audience still wants to give another chance to Anoop, which perform badly yesterday. I hope he can redeem himself by performing a better performance during the next elimination round.

The surprise announcement of the judges overriding the audience choices in my opinion is to save deserving and talented singers who select wrong song during the elimination show.

Let us wait and see when the judges use their ‘save’ power.

YOUR NUDE PICTURES IN YOUR HANDPHONE?

A survey was conducted about handphone owners who sent their handphone to a handphone customer service centre. It is quite common to come across nude or semi-nude pictures of the owner or their loved ones. According to a repair service centre that they receive two or three handphones a month, which contain private pictures.

Sometimes the owner forgets to delete their private pictures and it is the repair shop initiative to inform the owner to remove the pictures before they could proceed with the repairing. If there is something wrong with the screen or the handphone cannot be switched on, then nothing can be done to delete the private pictures.

So beware handphone owners to delete your private pictures before sending it to the repair shop to avoid any untoward incidences where such materials could later be used for blackmail or defamation against you.

Just imagine if only 5% of the handphone owner has nude pictures saved in the handphone and what percentage would likely be those who dare not to save it on their handphone?

AMERICAN IDOL ELIMINATION

After watching the 13 finalist of the American Idol performing, I decided to pick three finalists who in my opinion will be eliminated. Two finalists will be eliminated after the votes tally counted tomorrow and will leave American Idol.

My pick who will be eliminated are Anoop, Jasmine or Megan. I based my prediction due to their performance especially Anoop. All three also failed from getting votes from the audience but manage to get to the final rounds due to the selection from the judges. I was a great fan of Anoop during the audition round and predicted him to win the wild card after he failed to get votes. As for Jasmine, I think she needs more exposure as she is still young and as time goes by she will be a good performer.

The best performance was by Adam Lambert as he sang very well with his high tone and he sang Micheal Jackson song perfectly. He will be my early favourite to win American idol if he consistently perform very well in every show.

Let us wait and see whether my prediction this time is correct. Pick your finalist who will leave American Idol this very early round.

INCREASED PAYMENT FOR LOCAL ARTISTS AND MUSICIAN

Good news to all singers and entertainers who are invited to perform in government events and functions particularly the Sabah Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Environment. The payment for local artist would be increased with each performer to be paid a minimum of RM2000 for performing at any of the events organized by the department.



Sabah produced a good number of talented entertainers and singers through singing competition and some of them are even better than many well known and even highly paid artist from peninsular or even overseas. It would not be surprising to see parents encouraging their children to learn music whether for self-entertainment or for their future career. With the increased payment by the ministry of Tourism Sabah, local artists should take the opportunity as a challenge to further improve their skills and performances.

The ministry can only assist that much and it is up to the artists to prove themselves and take the local music scene to the highest level as proven by few singers like Stacy, Ayu, Adam and few others who have elevated themselves through a popular TV competition.

I thought that I would be writing about the American idol reviews just once but once I started and the hits to my blog was overwhelming, followed by reviews on OIAM and the latest the Akademi Fantasia. The AF is still the main attraction to Malaysian viewers as when I posted my reviews, the number of hits triple as compared before. So bear with me, as I will be still posting reviews on OIAM, American Idol and AF until the shows ended.

PENGETUA AF7 – TIARA JAQUELINA

Sekali lagi saya menonton Tirai AF7 semalam kerana ingin tahu juga siapa Pengetua AF musim ketujuh ini. Pada awal siaran, ada pulak Mawi world dan saya fikir mungkin dia jadi Pengetua tapi lama juga Astro umumkan pengetua tersebut, hingga saat akhir baru dikeluarkan pengetua baru tersebut.

Mula-mula gambar seorang wanita sedang masuk dengan kasut tumit tinggi dan saya ingatkan Anita Sarawak tapi rupa-rupanya TIARA JAQUELINA Puteri Gunung Ledang. Dia adalah seorang pelakon, pengiat theatre dan penyanyi dan seorang yang berpengalaman mengikut biography yang disampaikan oleh Guru Fatimah dalam Dairy AF7.

Apabila sudah mengetahui Pengetua tersebut ingat nak tukar Channel lain tapi apabila beliau buat visinya melalui presentation minat mahu dengar apa yang beliau terangkan kembali untuk menonton. Antara yang beliau mahu adalah transformasi yang luarbiasa kepada pelajar dan mahu AF7 sebagai yang terbilang dari AF sebelum ini.

Pendek kata ‘TO GO FOR THE IMPOSSIBLE’.

Memandangkan semangkat yang diberikan oleh pengetua maka pelajar telah menyahut cabaran tersebut dan akan hadapi transformasi yang bakal mereka hadapi.

Pada kita penonton pula;

LET’S WAIT AND SEE WHAT ARE THE TRANSFORMATION

SENARAI PELAJAR AF7

14 pelajar terpilih untuk Akademi Fantasia tahun ini lebih satu peserta kalau dibandingkan dengan American Idol yang memilih 13 peserta sahaja. Kebanyakan pelajar yang terpilih datang dari Johor, Sarawak, Selangor/K. Lumpur dan Sabah. Hanya satu peserta dari Perak yang terpilih.

Peserta dikalangan KadazanDusun gagal terpilih pada tahun ini. Semenjak AF2 sampailah ke AF6, peserta dari bangsa ini sentiasa diwakili. Adakah setelah kemenangan Stacy jadi juara AF6 maka tiada lagi peserta yang lebih baik darinya.

Antara peserta yang gagal terpilih dari Sabah ialah Lizda dari Tawau dan Faezah dari Keningau. Peserta dari Kadazandusun ialah Abraham atau AB dan Cabrini atau Cabby. Ini bermakna 4 peserta dari Sabah Gagal terpilih.

Mungkin pada AF7 tahun ini pengundi dari Sabah akan jatuh mendadak terutama daripada kalangan pengundi KadazanDusun. Nampak gaya ramai yang pencen untuk mengundi tahun ini.


Senarai 7 pelajar lelaki AF7

1. AKIM (Afiq Hakim bin Ahmad, 18, Johor Bahru, Johor)

2. OBRI (Ahmad Sobri bin Hasmuni, 24, Johor Bahru, Johor)

3. ARIL (Khairil Azam bin Pilus, 24, Kuala Lumpur)

4. HAFIZ (Mohd. Hafiz bin Mohd Suip, 19, Kuching, Sarawak)

5. QHAUD (Mohd Qhauhd bin Abdul Rashid, 25, Selangor)

6. SIDI (Mohd. Rashidi bin Mohamad Isa, 27, Ipoh, Perak)

7. YAZID (Mohd. Yazid bin Ibrahim, 22, Johor Bahru, Johor).

Senarai 7 pelajar perempuan AF7

1. CLAUDIA (Claudia Fay Geres, 24, Kuching, Sarawak)

2. ISMA (Ismaliza binti Ismail, 30, Kuala Lumpur)

3. ADILA (Nas Adila binti Mohd Dan, 23, Johor Bahru, Johor)

4. ZIZI (Nur Fazelah @ Zizie binti Mohd Tahil, Sabah )

5. RUBISA (Rubisa binti Tiasin; 23, Kota Marudu, Sabah)

6. AISHAH (Siti Aishah binti Bujang, 18, Kuching, Sarawak)

7. RINI (Zuzafrini binti Zulkifli, 26, Kajang, Selangor)

STUDENT FIGHTING ON YOUTUBE

I read about antics of student bullying fellow student and posting it on You tube, the video sharing website. Just search for ‘budak sekolah bergaduh’ on the You tube website and you will be surprise to watch, whether boys or girls fighting as if it is normal for them. There was one girl fighting off with a couple of girls in the school uniform, encourage by fellow student to beat the poor girl.

There was also this college girls student fighting and I was surprised that nobody dare to split them up, except for a poor guy who was punch in his process to separate them. I don’t know what when wrong with our student nowadays as they were laughing while taking the video and later posting it on the You tube.

To watch more of the student antics, just visit You Tube video sharing and make your comments.

PERAK IN CRISIS

The political situation in Perak is messy and the only thing that will resolve it conclusively is to have a fresh election. Let the people of Perak decide which government they want, be it Pakatan or Barisan National.

Every Malaysian should be supportive of any government elected by the voters in Perak and after the election everybody should concentrate on running the government whoever wins. Let us hope the assembly is dissolved to pave for fresh election so that everybody is happy and the new government concentrate to run the government with the mandate of the people of Perak.

Let democracy rules.

I OVERSLEPT

I am a person who will stick to my timetable if it is about sleeping. If I can I will sleep early before 11.00 pm or much earlier if I am sleepy. Few nights I slept late that was almost 2.00 am, doing downloading and watching football games on the tube.

This morning I overslept after my alarm got off at 5.00 am. I just pressed a button on the hand phone. Actually I have 2 hand phones on alarm mode but reset it when the alarm activated and switched on the radio. I thought it was only five minutes after 5.00 am when the radio news bulletin was on air at 6.00 am. It was really a fast one to prepare myself to work and I hate traffic jam that is why I try to evade it.

Surely people who work from 9 to 5 really hate Monday because it is the first day of the week after 2 days of holiday. For me, I had 3 days as I took a day off last Friday to take care of all the bills etc.

So you people out there, maybe some of you having hangover, just visit your popular restaurant and have a bowl of hot mee soup with a lot of asam juice to make yourself more presentable to your office mate. Don’t let them sniff on your odor.

AMERICAN IDOL @ OIAM PREDICTION

AMERICAN IDOL GROUP 3 RESULT

All my prediction about who will move to the next stage of American idol was correct. The only drawback was a slight undecided choice between Megan and Kris Allen, where Allen was selected together with Allison and Lambert. Since there will be a slot for wild card, I will not be surprised when she make it through also.



It just feel great when after finding out about your prediction and all of them get it through, it seems you were part of the American people selecting their best entertainers. I think I qualified myself as one of the judges but mind you, I do hear what the judges said about the contestants and make my own assessment.

Let’s see whether I can make a great and prediction for the last group 3 next week. Did your prediction of group 2 correct?


OIAM – 1ST CONTESTANT BOOTED OUT

My prediction of Ayu as one of the potential candidates to be booted out was correct but surprisingly 2 from previous reality show contestant nearly didn’t make it as they were at the bottom three. Pija and Amelia were previously from Akademi Fantasia and Mentor reality show.

The voting trend as can be derived from the results, shows that contestants from previous shows does not guaranteed them to proceed further. Recording artists like Tomok and Nine still have a following although Nine should be in the bottom three. Judging from his performance last night, he should be in the bottom 3 next week result.

The holder of immunity last week Esther was not at her best performance last night but she will make it through to the next round as fans of her will surely vote for her after not voting last week. This week Amelia get immunity and she will be safe for now and not be embarrassed to be booted early as she was at the bottom 3 last week.

I will not be making any prediction this week as the voting trend is so unpredictable this time around. A good performance from the contestants does not guarantee them a place to the next round.

AMERICAN IDOL - GROUP 2 REVIEW

Here are my 3 favourite that I think will move to the next round. I hope they will make it.

Allison Iraheta

When she was interviewed, I thought she would perform terribly due to her skill of speaking her mind out. But once she started singing, she really can sing with her song of ALONE by heart.

Adam Lambert

He sang SATISFACTION by The rolling stone. I like him for his range and performance. In term of personality, I think he is different from the rest of the participants. He will make it through.

Megan Corkrey

I select her due to her performance much better than the others. She sang PUT THE RECORD ON by Corrine.

Dark Horse – Kris Allen
There is a possibility that Kris Allen will make it also to the next round. Not really my favourite but received encouraging comments from 3 of the judges.

Let us see whether my selection is correct. So guys pick your favorites who will make it through the next stage.

LOOK BEFORE SIT ..... SHIT

During dry season or your house is at the country side, make sure to check your toilet bowl before you do your thing.



I think the snake need cooling down and the best place to cool itself was the toilet bowl where it could just dip its body and curl inside the toilet bowl.



Beware of such poisonous snake inside your toilet.

SELLING A DOG WITH SKIN DISEASE

Dog meat is said to be favoured for its flavour and supposed health benefits, including the belief that it warms the body during rainy season. I remembered, when a group of elders discussed about eating dog meat and usually they will select a date during rainy season.

When a date was set, by that time a dog was found, they will look for spices and of course alcoholic drinks. Usually they will use Chinese herbs and spices and the dog meat cooked dry. I did eat dog meat but only in small amount and usually I look for the small cutting meat just to please friends at that time.



I would like to share with you a humorous but pitiful story that involved between two friends. Youngsters in the village who have not found a job will have some problem with extra money and will not burden their parents of asking money from them all the time.

There was one time that these friends needed money desperately and at that time there was a popular restaurant who would buy dogs for their meat. There was a dog, which belongs to one of the friend, and they decided to sell it to the restaurant. The problem was that the dog has skin disease all over its body except for the head.

Friend A : Macam mana ini, kulit anjing ini semua berkudis kecuali kepala?

Friend B : Kau diam saja nanti sia pandailah cakap dengan towkay itu.


They caught the dog and put it inside a gunnysack and went to the restaurant to sell it. They discussed about the price and agreed the price of RM30.00. Before the restaurant owner paid the money, he needs to see the dog first.


Towkay : Kawan, mau tengok itu anjing dulu baru bayar.

Kawan : Ini anjing liar punya takut nanti terlapas, susah oh.

Towkay : Tidak peduli, mau tengok juga.

Kawan : Tengok sikit saja ar nanti terlepas, sia tidak gurantee oh.

Towkay : Okayla tengok sikit saja lah.

So they opened the gunnysack and just let the dog’s head pop out while the dog tried to get out. So when the towkay saw that the dog’s head was clean without any sign of skin disease he paid them the price. After they received the money they quickly run away afraid that the towkay opened the gunnysack and realized that he was cheated.

I was thinking what was the reaction of the restaurant owner when he saw the condition of the dog.

TELECONFERENCING WITH DJ OTHOE OF SURIA KKfm AND ESTHER OIAM3

Dj Othoe : Apa khabar kau Esther?

Esther : Ok bah, kau macam mana Dj Othoe

Dj Othoe : Sia pun ok juga. Macam mana rasa masuk OIAM, siok kah?

Esther : Siok juga tapi banyak stress.

Dj Othoe : Lagu yang kau nyanyi “ Better in Time “ kau pilih sendiri?

Esther : Ya, tapi mereka kena nilai kalau lagu itu bersesuaian dengan suara kita.

Dj Othoe : Bla … bla …. Bla …. Oklah Esther harap berjaya dalam OIAM3

Esther : Vote for me, kepada semua penyokong sia.

OCTUPLETS

Hujung bulan January 2009 lepas kecoh America Syarikat pasal seorang wanita melahirkan 8 kembar atau octuplets. Perkataan ini pun baru juga sia kenal sebab jarang betul manusia melahirkan kembar sampai 8 bayi. Ibu kepada 8 kembar itu, 6 lelaki dan 2 perempuan, mengandung selepas beliau menjalani rawatan kesuburan. Sebelum ini dia mempunyai seramai 6 anak semua dibawah lapan tahun.

Persoalan pengunaan teknologi kesuburan ini dipertikaikan yang mana memberi kesan luar biasa kepada penerima procedure kesuburan ini. Panduan yang dikeluarkan oleh Persatuan kelahiran Amerika Syarikat 10 tahun yang lalu mengatakan bahawa wanita yang berumur seperti wanita yang melahirkan anak lapan hanya 2 embryo boleh dimasukan ke dalam rahim. Wanita tersebut sudah berumur 33 tahun, single mother, tidak berkahwin, pendapatan yang tidak menentu dan tinggal bersama ibunya.

Ibunya mengkritik kelakuan anaknya dalam akhbar yang diibaratkan sebagai ‘OBSESSED’ untuk melahirkan anak. Wanita tersebut mempertahankan tindakannya dan berharap tuhan akan menolongnya membesarkan anak-anaknya.

Apa kah pendapat kamu mengenai ibu tunggal ini yang tidak berkawin, berpendapatan tidak menentu dan tinggal dengan ibunya?

BAMBOO CAGE (BUBU) – PUNISHING INCESTUOUS COUPLE

Anyone of you heard about an incestuous couple or relatives falling in love but was punished for their love affair? It happens and practiced before in every longhouse found in Sabah especially in the district of Kudat before Sabah gained independence.

I have been visiting the long house at KDCA for many times but in no time seen any big ‘Bubu’ at its building. In the olden days apart from catching fish, another usefulness of it was punishing incestuous couples. Anyone found guilty of the crime would be placed inside the ‘Bubu adat’ and thrown to the river or sea and eventually would be drowned. Any child born out of the relationship will also be placed inside the ‘Bubu Adat’ along with the parents.

It was a common practice before and every longhouse at that time had its own ‘Bubu Adat’. The practice stopped after Sabah gained independence.

What would it like be if the ‘Bubu Adat’ still being practiced now in this time of modernization? It would be a lot of debates amongst the people, non- government organization etc voicing their utmost disbelief of this kind of barbaric punishment. It would be kind of cool if this practice reintroduces again to scare potential couple of incestuous crime.

Next time you visited any longhouse, look for the big 'Bubu Adat' and ask the headman of the longhouse about their practice before independence.

HUMOR BUDAK SABAH

Tidak terkira berapa kali sudah sia tengok video ini dan setiap kali dengar pasti masih tersenyum bila dengar dialog yang mereka buat. Saya puji dengan budak-budak yang buat dubbing ala slang Sabahan. Mereka buat banyak versi dan dalam versi ini mereka utarakan message yang berlaku dalam persekitaran kita terutama di Sabah.



Mengikut info, mereka mengunakan hp untuk dubbing dan hanya dua orang (Byron & Jerome) sebagai pelakon (suara).

Cuba kamu dengar betul-betul apabila polis bercakap. Ada kamu dengar passport atau password?



Tahniah kepada budak-budak yang buat dubbing ini.

ONE IN A MILLION

Last night I watched the 12 finalist of the OIAM performing and I was amazed by the performance of Esther from Sabah who received very favourable comments from the judges. Apart from her amazing performance she will move to the next round without being booted out from the show as she received immunity which was introduce only this year. The judges will select the best performer and that performer will get immunity, meaning she doesn’t need votes from the audience to get into the next round.



The other contestant that did performed well must be Aweera, the young rockers. He was like feeling at home with his rock song. I think all fans of rock music will vote for him as well as ladies because he got looks to die for. I think the young contestants have a very hard time to convince the audience with their performance compared to the established artists who had participated in other reality show before. The only artist who performed below par was Nine.

The probability of who is voted out is between Ayu, Anith, Han or Nine as my prediction.

AMERICAN IDOL - FIRST TOP 3

My favourite Anoop Desai was not the automatic choice by the audience to move up to the 12 finalist of the American idol. When he performed, I know he was in deep trouble as his performance was not great as compared to his audition. Hopefully he will get one of the wildcard spot to move to the nest round. We will missed Tatiana Nicole as she didn’t make it also.

Danny Gokey as expected move up and judge’s favourite, Alexis Grace. This petite lady did well on her first performance. The surprise was rigger Michael Sarva who joins Danny and Alexius to the top 12 of the American Idol. Are there any surprises for the coming performance of the other group? Let’s wait and see.

RATE THE CONTESTANTS

The viewers’ rankings were similar to the actual results that were revealed Wednesday evening. However, viewers predicted that Anoop Desai should move on rather than Michael Sarver, with 35% of viewers voting for Desai and 24% voting for Sarver.Among the findings:
Respondents were asked to pick their top three favorite contestants from Tuesday night’s show that they thought should advance to the next round.

Danny Gokey - 50%Alexis Grace - 40%Anoop Desai – 35%Ricky Braddy – 25%Tatiana Nicole Del Toro – 25%Michael Sarver – 24%Jackie Tohn – 21%Casey Carlson – 20%Ann Marie Boskovich 19%Brent Keith – 17%Stephen Fowler – 15%Stevie Wright – 8%

SABAH RED TIDE PHENOMENON

The red tide in the west coast of Sabah has detected the occasional natural phenomenon where micro-organisms in the sea undergo a population explosion that sometimes imparts a brownish-red colour to the sea surface. The Sabah state health Department and Fisheries department had detected the presence of red tide in sample of Bivalve (Kerang) in Kuala Penyu, Papar, Pulau Gaya, Sepanggar including Kuala Menggatal and Tuaran. There is a high possibility that adjoining district will be affected in the future.

For us who likes to eat oysters, Mussels and cockles should refrain from eating it for the time being if you are living at those mentioned places. However, prawns, crabs and fishes are safe for consumption but the gills and guts of the fishes should be discarded and washed properly. In the meantime, let’s forget about eating Penang fried noodles, as cockles are the main ingredients in preparing for this dish.

Let us get updated regarding the red tide situation from the authority before we continue consuming affected shellfish in the future.

SIPADAN - NEW 7 WONDERS OF NATURE

Sipadan is one of the 261 nominees in the new 7 Wonders of Nature online campaign alongside other natural attractions such as Ko Phi Phi in Thailand, the Grand Canyon and Niagara Falls in the United States and the Great Barrier Reef in Australia.

Sipadan was nominated by divers that have been there before and is a gem beneath the sea known among divers worldwide. Malaysian should be proud of it and vote for the new wonder list.

Malaysians in Sabah should give their support to this online campaign at;

http://www.new7wonders.com/nature

and create awareness among others to do the same. Let us join hands to vote on this global online campaign.

LADIES AFRAID OF BLOOD SUCKING LEECH

Leeches are commonly known as a kind of animals that suck blood, and there is fresh water, terrestrial and marine leeches. Scientifically it is categorized as annelids, which is segmented worm comprising the subclass Hirudinea. It is closely related to earthworms, and it is hermaphrodites that have both male and female reproductive organs.
The leech’s saliva anaesthetizes the wound area, dilates the blood vessels to increase blood flow and prevents the blood from clotting.

I am not writing about leeches with its medicinal value but just highlighting some funny experience with women who would jump by the mention of Leeches.

Long time ago when planting of paddy was still done manually, women usually does the planting after the men prepared the paddy field. The planting was done usually on ‘Gotong Royong’ (group of people) where planting takes turn whoever prepares their paddy field first.

There were ladies who will jump by the mention of that slimy sucking blood creatures and one of them is my sister. It was really awkward and funny to see my sister preparing herself before going to the paddy field. She will cover herself from toes to her midsection with stocking and applying detergent or soap to her leg and hands.

In those days, paddy field with a bit swampy seems the favourite of the leeches. People who is phobia with Leeches will know which paddy fields was safe for them to help out with the planting of the young paddy.

When you hear the shrieking, shouting and running as if somebody just died, the show has just began where one of the ladies found out that a leech was sticking at her leg. She will run hay way needing help to remove the leech from here leg. Usually the ladies will run for help to the person nearest to her and what happen when the other person also having problem with leeches. You will be laughing your gut out watching them running together. One was running to get away from the other until the leech fall by itself by the hard running and thumping of legs to get rid of the creatures.



I noticed also that people who is phobia with Leech tend to hit you with something during her ordeal if you are not fast enough to removed the leech from her body. Usually when the leech sucked the ladies, there was no point to ask her to continue planting paddy. That was her off day.

WHERE TO FIND BEST MEE TUARAN

As I was doing my work SURIAfm Dj Othoe played the song ‘NOMBO NOI KALABAU KU’ (Where is my Buffalo) with blues tempo and I swayed my body in tandem with the music. My colleague who used to tune to this FM frequency stopped tuning to the radio station for about a month. When asked why she stopped listening to the radio station she answered that she got boring the way the DJ was managing the show.

Every morning when she came to the office, she will tune to this private station and we called her without her knowledge ‘Othoe’. Since few days back she continue to listen to this private station.

Every time DJ Othoe on air, he never failed to mention Tuaran noodles or Mee Tuaran and this morning he mentioned about where to find the best Tuaran Noodles. He mentioned about the location of the restaurant as near the Tuaran Public Library but can’t recall the name of the restaurant of which he did mentioned. I ate Mee Tuaran but I haven’t eaten it at Tuaran though. My next visit to Tuaran would be looking for the best Tuaran noodle as mentioned by the DJ Othoe.

PESERTA SABAH KE FINAL - MYSTARZ LG

Semalam saya menonton reality show MyStarz Lg episode terakhir sebelum akhir pada minggu depan. Selama ini, walaupun saya selalu mendengar siaran-siaran reality show yang lain tapi show ini macam kurang ummph compare dengan show lain yang dikendalikan oleh station TV yang lain.

Saya ini memang tidak alif dengan nyanyian tapi boleh buat pilihan sendiri dan selalunya tepat jugalah pilihan saya itu. Tidak tahu pula apa panel pemilihan yang mereka cari waktu pemilihan awal (Audition) pada peserta yang datang untuk audition. Dalam penelitian saya, saya rasa semua peserta yang masuk final tidak menyerlah dan rasa macam biasa-biasa saja. Saya tidak rasa apa-apa bila mereka buat persembahan.

Selalunya saya akan sokong penuh peserta dari negeri Sabah tapi peserta yang datang dari Sabah En Hairi sepatutnya tidak masuk ke final. Setiap minggu dia berada diantara tempat yang tercorot dan hanya sekali mendapat imuniti selaku pemenang pesembahan terbaik pada minggu tersebut. Apa pun good luck to him kerana masuk dalam final dan manatau pesembahannya pada akhir nanti malatup.

Sabah diantara negeri yang mengeluran penyanyi reality dan berakhirnya Mystarz Lg akan bertambahlah lagi.

CRAVING FOR JAPANESE CUISINE

It has been two Sundays in a row that my appetite for foreign cuisine was granted and I must say that it was only a testing episode. In the afternoon we went to an open Japanese restaurant around the city of Kota Kinabalu.



As usual recommendation from the restaurant workers were sought about the good food of Japanese cuisine. There were much lunch set available apart from the many appetizing side dish. We ordered the Shake Shioyaki set as was recommended by the restaurant and a very nice Japanese rolls (with fish roe).



The marketing strategy of foreign restaurant in Kota Kinabalu was to take pictures of the many food available and let their blur customer pick their choices.

I really like the Sushi rolls, if not mistaken the orange colour tasted like fish roe.

The Shake Shioyaki set consists of small pieces pickle vegetables, a soup, rice, Vegetables salad and Salmon fish. Noticed the Coca-cola cup in the picture. Actually we didn't know that we were served with Japanese tea, so we ordered some drinks from the stall nearby.

Japanese food as compared to Korean food for this first round were much better. The result is 1 for Japanese food and 0 for Korean food. Looking for another round of foreign cuisines.

AMERICAN IDOL - MY REVIEW

I watched American Idol yesterday and was pissed off by so many intervals. In every 5 minutes broadcast of the program there was a 5 minutes break a.k.a advertisement. It was an hour program but I thought it was only less than thirty minutes only. I missed my early bath and meal.

Adakah American idol production peduli!!

I never made any reviews about entertainment but this time it’s exceptional due to its popularity. This reviews should be best commented by the likes of bloggers like MrManager, Dbos, Kadus, The Kadazan boyz, Noumad and all infotainment blogs. Anyway since I’ve watched it, I will comment on it.

The first one selected to the top 36 was one of my favourite that was Anoop Desai. I like him because he sang very well during the earlier rounds and he’s Asian. He should make it to the last round as a marketing strategy to get the votes from the Asian community. The blind man (forget the name) also make it through. This guy really can sing but not my favourite.

Next was Tatiana who squeals that makes Simon telling her to stop her annoying squeals. Paula gave her ring to match with her bracelet. She makes it also but guesses it must be interesting what she brings to the live show …. Squeal!!

Then came the turn of two huge contestant, a rigger and a welder who was pitted together to fight for one slot. Micheal and Matt tried to outdo each other with their last effort singing a song each. Both were eventually selected to the next round.

Also making it to the next round was Nathaniel Marshall, very girlish but can sing very well too. Simon asked him what was he’s wearing and he answered he is what he is, the real Nathaniel. He lived with so many members of his family because the mother is in prison for some drug problem.

Another contestant making it next round was comedian Norman Gentle. I like this guy, which will make the program more interesting with his antic and hope he makes it to the next round. All contestants selected to the next round were all good singers and it would be a very difficult task awaiting the judges if all perform very well at the next round. So guys pick your choices as I have already few in mind as my favourites.

YANG PANDAI BATUK

Hari ini rasa okay sudah lepas makan 5 jenis ubat. Tonsil tidak lagi sakit serta tak merasa sejuk. Sia kestau kamu, selepas makan ubat tengahari kelmarin rasa mengantuk betul sampai pakai batang macis untuk tahan itu mata tutup pun masih mengantuk.

Baru teringat kawan kestau jika ada masaalah mau tidur minum satu sudu ubat batuk dan pasti boleh tidur nyenyak. Kalau nanti terlebih minum itu ubat batuk nanti orang panggil kita yang ‘ PANDAI BATUK’. Nanti jadi sampah masyarakat pulak kan.

Semalam bila makan semua itu ubat termasuk ubat batuk, baru jam 8.00 malam pun balik-balik menguap. Sebelum jam 9.00 malam sia pun sudah landing.

Pagi ini dan tengahari, saya tidak makan sudah itu ubat batuk dan kompom sia tidak mengantuk. Bah .. kalau kamu tau akibat ubat batuk jangan salah gunakan.

SAKIT SAYA HARI INI

Sejak petang kelmarin saya rasa tidak berapa sihat. Tonsil serta badan rasa-rasa sakit. Semalam tidur awal tapi terbangun pada jam 2.00 pagi dan rasa badan panas serta kesejukan. Pagi tadi paksa juga mandi dengan air panas dan rasa baik sikit selepas mandi tapi masih lagi tak selesa.

Sampai ofis kena Air-con tambah sejuk walaupun pakai sweater. Lalu mood pun tiada untuk bekerja jadi tulis untuk blog sebab awal-awal bulan mesti sibuk untuk buat report jadi sekarang ini tidak berapa sibuk. Report sudah pun disiapkan sebelum 8hb setiap bulan.

Baru juga balik dari Klinik jadi sambung balik cerita sakit ini. Alamak kena bagi 5 jenis ubat iaitu Fever, Tonsil, Antibiotic, Cough dan Vitamin C. Doctor yang saya biasa suruh saya pusing, batuk, limping dan sukat pressure. Pressure darah saya okay kata doctor itu. Bila mengambil ubat pula nampak ada ubat batuk, mana ada sia batuk.


Me : Kenapa bagi saya ubat batuk? Bukan saya batuk pun.

Nurse : Doctor tau bah nanti tidak lama kau batuk sudah itu.

Me : Yalah (Mau lawan pula dengan Doctor …. Heheh)


Selepas ambil ubat bagus makan terus sebab tak payah lagi keluar sebab sudah 11.30 pagi. Baru juga start makan geng karas saya untuk makan tengahari call. Mungkin mau belanja makan di API WON sebab selama Tahun Baru Cina tak pernah pula kami makan disana.

Geng : Dimana kau?

Me : Sorry, Sia pergi Klinik rasa sakit. Ingat mau call kau nanti lepas sia makan.

Geng : Okla sia pun mau pergi makan sudah ni. Petang ini kau pergi Jogging Kah?

Me : Tidak kali ini .. sakit sia ini.

Geng : Bah okla.


Saya balik ofis just past 12.00 pm. Lepas posting nanti mau tidur.

CATCHING BIAWAK WITH BARE HAND

I was reading through the newspaper this morning when I saw a picture of concrete crocodile in Sipitang and it reminded me of a case where a friend catch a Komodo (Biawak) in a stream.



My friend is a very adventurous person and he likes the entire extreme thing. In contrast, I am the good boy and never liked all those adventurous and extremely dangerous outing. It was during a time when we were heading home from town when we saw a Komodo run from the road and disappeared under some debris in the stream.

Friend : Kau pegang barang-barang saya ini, kau tunggu saya tangkap biawak itu.
Saya tahu kalau biawak masuk dalam air ia tidak akan lari jauh dalam air.

Me : Kau berani kah mau tangkap itu biawak, nanti dia gigit kau.

Friend : Kalau dalam air mana ia boleh gigit nanti lemas dia bila buka mulut.

My friend removed his shoes and slowly walks inside the knee-deep stream and let his hands wander amongst the debris where the Komodo disappeared. I saw his left hand stopped moving as if gripping something, his right hand slowly moved further as if aiming for something and in a split second he lifted the Komodo up. I could see the Komodo was thrashing and moving his body to escape from the grip of my friend. My friend was holding the Komodo by its neck and spine which unable it to bite.

It was not really a big reptile but seeing my friend holding and walking out from the stream towards me made me nervous. When he reached the road he rose up the reptile and dropped it hard on the road. Only one dropped to the hard surfaced of the road disable the reptile.

It was the courageous effort by my friend that made me respect him about what he had done and I heard he had lifted a crocodile also from a stream. I couldn’t remember what we did to the Komodo but most probably ended in a cooking pot.

Not everyone dare to catch a reptile, as what my friend did and it would not be encouraged to try that courageous effort. By the way my friend is called Jackson.

JALAN JALAN - LAST PART

My last journey was to the district of Sipitang and Sindumin, where we stopped at Sipitang for a short rest and lunch. As usual we had our lunch at the restaurant just a few feet from the shore. Imagine if there’s a huge wave (tsunami) and you are having meals at the restaurant and before you knew what hit you, you will probably swept away by the waves.


It would be nice if something were done to the shore in front of the restaurant like developing it as public promenade or esplanade as what we have in the city of Kota Kinabalu or the Sidek Esplanade Kudat. The people staying around the town would have a pleasant evening having dinner with families with a beautiful sunset and a very soothing breeze from the sea.

We reached Sindumin, the district bordering Lawas Sarawak, and passed through Emigration department security post to reach our destination, which is on Sabah soil, which was unique in the sense that the road leading to it passed through Sarawak soil.

The road leading to our destination which is on the Sarawak side and the side which I took the picture was on the Sabah side. Very unique indeed don't you think?

After completing our work, we departed Sindumin as nothing was available like durian. I remembered last time we visited Sindumin there was so many durian and we went to the village folks to buy their durians. It would be nice visiting this part of Sabah during the fruit season. Looking forward to another visit. End of the journey of ….. my JALAN JALAN.