The 1st Asian Idol...

If I can I recall correctly I was never a fan of the Malaysian Idol, however as I was seated in front of the TV on Saturday night, flipping through the Astro channels, I stumbled upon the Asian Idol for the first time on channel eight. I saw the Indonesian Idol, Mike Mohede’s performing and was mesmerized with his beautiful voice. He has that soothing voice that makes one's legs go all wobbley…to think of it, he sounds a little bit like Glen Fredley. hehe!

The Asian Idol contest comprises of the six idols from the Asian countries ie, Vietnam, Singapore, Indonesia, India, Malaysia and Philippines competing amongst each other to win the Asian Idol title. They were all pretty good with their own individual strength, be it their voice, personality, looks, power and energy.

Although I never really fancied our very own Jaclyn Victor but I really thought she would stand the chance to win the first Asian Idol yesterday. But then again when I saw her perform, I felt a tad bit disappointed, she did not communicate well with the audience and her voice I would say “timbul and tenggelam” most of the time. She looked as though she was in her own world and her voice was not consistent through out the night. There are times when her vocals sounded powerful and strong and there are other times when I could not hear her at all. Just not like the powerful Jac we always see on TV. Even when she did the “duet” with Hady Mirza (Singapore Idol) he managed to outshine her.

My personal fave is Mike Mohede from Indonesia. I thought Mike would win and honestly did not expect it minutes later when they announced Hady Mirza to be the first Asian Idol. I cannot deny the fact that Hady deserves to win as well as he has his own style. When he sings, no matter what the song is, he does it his way. I guess that is definitely a plus point for him as I am sure that is what got him more votes apart from his looks and humble approach.

Hady Mirza with the song "berserah"

My personal favourite, Hady and Zainal singing Hijau (APM2007)

To read more on the asian idol, please check here

p/s: since I am half Singaporean (arwah mother was a S'porean and me born in Singapore)...Am proud of you and Way to go HADY!!!!!hehehe

Comelnye!...

I was stuck at the KLCC LRT underground station yesterday on my way back home. The rapid staff refused to allow anyone to enter. The so called queues were getting out of control and people were pretty annoyed with the delay. As usual, there were no announcements and everyone was left in the dark, trying to comprehend what was actually going on.

I queued with the rest at first but then I got restless and decided to stand at one corner while waiting for them to solve the problem. While waiting, I got really distracted by a lady who was talking so loud (I mean very loud!!!) on her mobile and everyone kept looking at her hoping that she would get the hint to just shut up. But I guess she was just not bothered as she was oblivious to her surroundings!

Suddenly, I heard someone asking me:-

Him: Hi, what’s up with the massive crowd?
Me : Looking up to check out who the person is……I saw this sooo comel guy, clad in his office attire, checking his PDA with a bar of chocolate in his other hand.. He looked sleek and professional.
Me: I have no idea, all I know is the crowd is getting bigger and no announcement has been made. Arrghh!!
Him : Oh gosh, how long do we need to wait? He smiled while his gestures indicated that was pretty annoyed with the delay. (He had the cutest smile ever I tell you!)
Me : I hope not too long.
Him : Sigh……So do you work nearby?
Me : Yeah. (did not want to reveal too much info in case he turns out to be a psycho la huh..but he surely does not look like one!)
Him : By the way, I am…….(his mobile rang at the same time)
Me : Oh, hello….

Before I could say anything more, the crowd started to move, everyone started to push each other, I was somehow out of tangent and he had to answer his call at the same time (while his hand was waving at me!)…so that was it, a lovely encounter at the subway..Muahahaa :P

I just had to blog about it la.

Moral of the story: Taking the LRT can be fun sometimes :)

It’s a FRIDAY today (yiipiee) and enjoy your weekend folks!


pic courtesy of www.fotosearch.com

Oh woww....blimey!

I was browsing through the star website this morning when I stumbled upon a very interesting topic. The article was entitled, "MP: Separate LRT coaches for men and women". My reaction at first - are you kidding me!! The Sri Gading member of Parliament was said to have quoted to the local newspaper, Utusan Malaysia that men and women should be traveling separately on the Light Rail Transit (LRT) coaches to avoid any unpleasant experiences.

He said some passengers were not happy and comfortable with the close contact of bodies when the coaches are packed especially during the peak period. Being a frequent user of the LRT service, I agree with him totally! Oh I can imagine the packed commuters in the train with very little air to breathe and all sorts of aroma and odour. His intentions is definitely good and should be accepted positively by the government and public as is protects mainly the interest of the female commuters.

But I am not sure whether is it practical to implement in reality. It would lead to many operational and timeliness issues. During the peak period, the crowd would be too massive to handle and control. Expecting the public to queue is difficult enough and now getting them to go in an all men or women’s coach could be even worse. I hate the packed sardine can scenarios especially during the early mornings and after work traveling!

The LRT operator would have to find ways on how to separate the male from the females in a short period of time whenever the coaches stop at the platforms for a few minutes or less. They might need to bear more operating cost by hiring more staff to control the crazy crowd. Oh and not to forget the public awareness. Currently having them to queue takes a lot of patience and time, every morning I hear the rapid guys screaming at the top of their lungs to get the crowd to behave. To implement this new ruling if it gets approved could be very time consuming. Well, I guess this is my 2 cents worth of opinion.

What say you? Would you prefer the LRT coaches to be segregated via gender?