Monday, January 19, 2009

ANUGERAH JUARA LAGU 23





ANUGERAH JUARA LAGU 23






Masuk tahun nie, dah 2 kali berturut-turut I went to AJL. Last year, I got tickets from HotFM. And of course my intention last year was to be there for Faizal tahir. But, due to the "kontroversi yang berterusan" he was not on the AJL 22 stage.

This year, again 2 of his songs was choosen to be performed at AJL 23. I was busy looking for the tickets but this year mcm susah nak dapat. 1 week to AJL 23, I really feel hopeless. No hope to go... Masa tu dah cakap dah... tengok kat tv pun tak apa la...

On tuesday, 5 days b4 the AJL, I got a phone call from an angle that lend her magic to me!!! Guess what? She asked me either I wanted to go to AJL or not and she going to courier the tickets to my house. I was so excited!!! Tapi actually aku sempat tanya dia... "tiket tu seat mana? kalau seat tingkat atas sekali, kak eleen tak nak la..." Demand jugak aku nie...

She just told me, dont worry, lepas dapat the ticket nanti tahulah... tapi sebab so excited, i called her for a few times just to confirm which seat... hahahaha... and finally she told me... "VIP seat la kak eleen"... Happy sangat masa tu sebab this time aku dapat tengok Faizal Tahir live depan mata sendiri...

Korang nak cakap apa, cakaplah... aku tak kisah. I really admire his natural attitute and all the kejujuran in his songs. as someone yg involved in the writting industry, I can feel his sincere expression thru his lyrics.

We reached Bukit Jalil around 6.45pm and entah mcm mana, Azimin ajak aku tunggu kat betul2 depan pintu. Got a chance to speak to Shafiq (Azura's HotFM husband) and dia suruh kitaorg tunggu situ. When the gate was opened, Shafiq was standing in front of Azimin and cakap, "ikut this row".... hahaha... That's why we got a front seat belakang the hosts (Cheryl, FBI and Ally). Anne HotFM, Azura HotFM and their friends datang dok depan kitaorg (actually kerusi depan tu baru jer Shafiq tambah for them).

Next to our row, Fazura, linda Jasmin, Que Haidar, Awal, the Malay Mail reporter yg quite popular... ramai lagi la artists... but I was so impressed sebab dapat tengok Fazura. she looked so preety with her simple outfit. korang jangan marah, dia + her gang (reporter Malay Mail tu yg aku tak ingat nama)supporter Faizal Tahir. I can see most of the artists showed their support to Faizal Tahir. And, of course Azimin tak boleh nak kata apa bila aku tak layan dia masa Faizal Tahir punya performances.

The performances were good!!! Damm good!!! Faizal Tahir of course sebab tu la dia dapat Best Performance. Coba was good but not as good as Sampai Syurga. Really touching!!! My thumb to Estrange, Ziana Zain, Elyana & Stacy as well.

RC (Faizal Tahir fan club)... u guys really rock!!! Rien... keep up the good work!!! sorryla, i dapat duduk kat depan... hehehehe...

Frankly speaking, i was very upset when Sampai Syurga was not choosen as JUARA LAGU. But what to do... To me, Sampai Syurga performance was SOOO OUTSTANDING and very unique sebab masa mula2 tu, I questioned some people around, "kenapa Faizal dah nyanyi sedangkan props people are still there?" sampai la one of the TV# staff yg ada kat situ cakap, "itu gimik dia... ".... But, Faizal Tahir concentration was VERY GOOD sebab bukan senang nak nyanyi sambil orang dok sibuk gunting rambut, ukur baju, pakaikan baju...

The next day at office, ramai sungguh orang yg tanya about my experience kat AJL... some of them mentioned yg meremang bulu roma masa Faizal Tahir nyanyi even they watched it from TV... apakan lagi aku yang betul2 depan stage...

Some photo to share with you guys... sorrylah, Azimin & me are not a person yang suka ambik gambar dgn artis... we still maintain the LOW PROFILE policy... heheheh... so, you guys will not see our photo with any of the artists... yang banyak dalam my collections were Fazura and Linda Jasmin + Que Haidar photo... Sebabnya, Que + Linda nampak berseri, seri pengantin la tu... and Fazura, I love her talents in acting beside her stylish outlook. bagi la watak apa sekalipun, she will do it very well...

Again, congratulation to the winners!!!
And my very big THANK YOU to IZATTY ISMA IBRAHIM... Thanks to the tickets, pls send my regards to NABIL Mentor + his dad as well, kata kat dia, thanks for the tickets contribution...

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2009

I hope it wasnt too late for me to wish HAPPY NEW YEAR to you guys. Salam Awal Muharam as well to the Muslim. Tahun baru, azam baru and I came out with hobi baru as well. Apa dia? TUNGGU!!!!!

A lot of things happening and I have no oppurtunity to write it here very often. As usual, my schedule is tight.

Anggun is going back to school (6 years old kindergarden) on 6th Jan 2009. I took a chance to send her for the first day and I could see that she was so happy. Yeah, after so long the duty is taken care by her daddy, finally I had this oppurtunity.

For the new year opening, both of us, Azimin + me received good news for each of us. Azimin and his inventions going on very well and its leading to the commercialization part. And me, on the night that we celebtared Azimin's good news, I got a phone call from EWC and they offered me a job.

The offer definately much more better for me, better pay, better location and of course I wish for a better environment & better future. My last day in KLMU will be before the Chinese New Year (HR havent release the letter yet but they verbally told me).

Yeah, very short moment spent in KLMU and it really tought me a lot of things. Not easy to run an institution, furthermore, when we put the students' future in our hand.

Being in the industry for quite sometime, I believe, we need a fully heart & soul prepared, selain dari NIAT yang betul. Its not easy...

I wish this year will bring luck to my friends as well... I would like to congratulate a few friends who will tie a knot in 2009.

Congratulation to Kyled & Ajak, both my MOZAC friends for their wedding on 14th Feb 2009... Valentine's Day tu...

A few couples coming up and my list getting longer....

Friends, Happy New Year and Work Smart!!!!

Saturday, December 27, 2008

Anggun's Concert - Con't from the previous entry...





Anggun's Concert - Con't from the previous entry...






It was a long time for continuing this entry since I was stucked with all the works... Now is the pay back time...

Thursday, December 25, 2008

Tak Perlu Menjadi INSAN TERSAYANG Untuk Berbakti

Why this title came across my mind to be the heading sedangkan banyak lagi title lain yang boleh dijadikan heading. Entahlah, may be my emotional made me feel that way…

Mama told me about my late grandfather’s house yang dah setahun lebih tak berbayar. Actually, that house has been used by my uncle + aunty for refinancing for a few times and now masing2 buat bodoh, tak bayar… what happened was… ayah’s house is in the compound of my late grandfather’s house and of course, secara tak langsung will be affected.

Ayah is a very good son-in-law. Tak pernah ambil hati sikitpun even dulu dia bukanlah menantu kesayangan. Aku ingat lagi, masa dulu Ayah taklah sesenang sekarang. Ayah worked hard to send us to school, to give a comfortable life for us. Ayah buat macam2 kerja just to make sure kami adik-beradik dapat apa yang sepatutnya kami dapat.

Aku tak pernah lupa yang my grandmother (I called her Mak Wan) and my aunty (of course yang dia nie anak kesayangan Mak Wan) pernah ejek Ayah… They were comparing Ayah with my aunty’s husband yang kerja kat bank (I believed yang he just officer biasa jerk at bank tinggal of course as a bank staff dia dapat a few facilities, loan, etc…)

Bila Arwah Atuk (my mum’s father) sakit kaki a few years before he passed away, Ayahlah orang yang bawak Arwah Atuk pergi hospital for check-up. Tak cukup dengan tu, Ayah bawak Arwah Atuk pergi berubat cara tradisional bila dia dah give-up dengan hospital. Ayah tak pernah mengeluh sikit pun sebab tu. And Ayah tak pernah kisah bila dia kena selalu ambil cuti.

Ayah bukanlah menantu kesayangan Mak Wan… Tapi Ayah tak pernah ambil hati sebab pada Ayah, as a son-in-law, tak salah menolong. Arwah Atuk cukup baik dengan Ayah. Bila Arwah Atuk mintak tolong Ayah bawakkan dia pergi berubat, Arwah Atuk akan datang rumah kami seorang sebab Mak Wan too busy dengan anak kesayangan dia…

Bila Arwah Atuk dah makin tak sihat, Arwah Atuk mintak Ayah & Mama jaga dia. Tapi, Arwah Atuk nak duduk dekat rumah dia sendiri. Atuk offered Ayah untuk buat rumah dekat kawasan rumah dia (it is a terrace house – corner lot with a very big compound). Ayah tak banyak cerita, kesiankan Atuk and Ayah buat renovation kat rumah Atuk & sambung terus jadi 2 rumah, all the cost on his hand. Sepatah pun Ayah tak pernah bersuara “sebab saya dah invest buat rumah kat sini, saya nak hak rumah nie.” NEVER!!! Itu bukan Ayah.

You guys nak tahu Ayah jenis orang yang macam mana? Sebatang pen kat office pun dia tak pernah bawak balik for his own good sepanjang dia kerja dekat MAS. And Ayah dah kerja dengan MAS lebih 40 tahun and now under contract basis. Dah dekat 5 kali dah MAS sambung contract Ayah lepas Ayah retired.

Masa Atuk sakit, my aunty + uncle mintak Atuk geran rumah for them to do refinancing. They got a lot of money that time. Belief me, the amount that the bank value the house was more than RM 300K masa tahun 1999 / 2000. You guys imagine sendiri how much money they got and how much they are supposed to pay the bank + the interest.

Now is the end of 2008. Atuk’s house + Ayah’s house dah jadi macam welfare house. One of my mum’s sister staying @ Ayah’s house and going to move to her own house soon. Mak Wan is staying @ Ayah’s house as well. Atuk’s house? My mum’s eldest brother staying there for FREE.

Ayah tak pernah bersungut. My aunty yang duduk kat rumah Ayah pun, Ayah tak pernah mintak duit sewa. Tinggal baru nie lepas diaorang dapat duit EPF, they paid some amount to my dad as THANK YOU. Ayah really appreciated that. They planned to buy Ayah’s house at the first place tapi lepas tu tak jadi bila dapat tahu yang duit bank tak berbayar lebih setahun.

Don’t tell me both my mum’s adik2 tu tak tahu yang they have to pay the bank loan. They knew of course tapi pada diaorang, kisah apa… bukan rumah depa. Rumah tu rumah Atuk and Atuk dah tak ada. Mak Wan tak kisah sebab diaorang anak kesayangan. Rumah Ayah?

I would like to drag your attention to a tragedy happened to me back on 2002 – 2001. I just started to build my career and one of my uncle (Mak Wan’s beloved son of course) dah mula menyusahkan hidup aku and itulah yang membuatkan sampai hari nie, aku tak bertegur sapa langsung dengan dia even masa hari raya.

My mum’s youngest brother came to me for help. Mintak tolong jadi ‘gerentor’ sebab dia nak beli kereta, it was a second hand car. Ayah pesan pada aku, tak salah tolong dia. I helped them and what a surprised, rupanya he bought a car using his friend’s name. His name was blacklisted.

2 months after that, I planned to buy a car and guess what? Nama aku tak lepas. Why? He never pay even a single cent for the car. Starting from that, aku start masam muka. Ayah yang pujuk dia supaya bayar duit tu. I thought semuanya dah ok sampailah satu hari, masa tu dalam a few months before my wedding… I got a call from a bank mengatakan yang kereta my uncle dah banyak bulan tak bayar.

Aku hilang sabar, I decided to find where was my uncle that time and I never got a help from Mak Wan. Mak Wan told me “siapa suruh bodoh pergi sign”… I was very upset when a grandmother mentioned that to me… Aku nekad, aku jadi private investigation to know where was my uncle’s latest house masa tu… Finally, I gave the address to the bank and paid them RM 600 for them to tarik kereta.

Aku dapat berbakul-bakul sumpah seranah dari my uncle’s wife masa tu… Kisah apa aku, nasib baik aku tak upah orang puluk diaorg sekali. I thought the incident dah selesai, rupanya tak. Lepas kereta tu dilelong, the balance yang my uncle janji nak bayar, tak dibayar pun. My uncle’s friend banyak kali mintak aku tolong dia sebab dia nak beli rumah tak dapat…

One day, I received a lawyer’s letter regarding the car. Aku mulalah mengamuk balik. After negotiating, I paid to the bank for the balance of the amount, every month RM 400 sampailah semuanya selesai… Ayah helped me a lot selain tolong selesaikan half of the amount.

Aku hanya mula buat bank loan lepas semua hutang my uncle tu selesai. I believed, I have a good reason for ignoring him and his family until now. They were not in any of my invitation list for any event, even my wedding.

Orang2 macam nie lah yang sebenarnya buat hidup orang lain merna… percayalah, kerana darah daging sendirilah rasa sakit itu lebih terasa.

Orang-orang di atas bukanlah pertama kali buat perangai macam nie. I told my mum, bukan aku tak mahu tolong untuk bayarkan rumah Ayah & Arwah Atuk tu, tapi kalau aku bayar, apa yang aku dapat. Aku dah cukup serik bayarkan hutang orang...

Kesian Mama, kesian Ayah. Puas aku fikir apa yang aku boleh buat untuk tolong diaorg. Apalagi, Ayah built the house bukan masa Ayah senang macam sekarang. At the end I told my mum apa yang aku akan buat untuk diaorg… I went to the bank, asking when the house to be LELONG. I made and verbal agreement with the officer in-charge, asked them to let me know when the house going to be LELONG. I will buy the house and I don’t want any of them (Mak Wan, aunties & uncles) to know who is the owner. I will return back the house to Ayah because Ayah has the right to the house.

Kalau ditanya ke mana Mak Wan akan tinggal lepas nie, I have asked Mama untuk ajak Mak Wan tinggal dengan Mama & Ayah. Kalau ditanya ke mana orang2 lain akan tinggal (since that house so called welfare house), aku tak tahu… Masing-masing dah besar, sendiri mau ingat la…

That where the long title came across my mind for the heading for today’s entry…

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

What Happen To My AZAM 2008?

It has been sometimes for me not to write anything here… Really busy and I feel I cant cope with the schedule most of the time… December almost coming to the end and January is waving… New spirit? Of course!!! I want to be a better person, a better Herleena and also a better Eleen…

Selalunya bila end of the year, kita akan siapkan a list of AZAM on what we want to achieve next year. But, berapa ramai antara kita yang make a comparison list, have we achieved the earlier AZAM? Lets do it now…

Azam 2008 (you can refer to 2008 January write-up)

1. To stabilize Archiforce Invent & Gaia Arts & Gifts.
2. To make a come back for Anggun Maya.
3. To resign from _ _ _ _ (tak lama lagi, insyaallah)
4. To convert Archiforce Invent as a Sdn Bhd company.
5. To spend time with my family @ vacation.
6. To make sure our honeymoon jadi kenyataan (inilah yang tiap2 tahun, tiap2 bulan dicakapkan, tapi tak pernahnya jadi!!!)
7. To get back my old figure & body (nak kurus lah… )
8. To save more and more money…
9. To open an account in Tabung Haji.
10. Lagi satu… Nak menambahkan harta (insyaallah)


I’m planning to bring the kids to experience the snow during the winter time end of 2008. Insyaallah, kalau ada rezeki… Selama nie, kalau pergi (baik Azimin, baik aku) semuanya sebab kerja… Tapi, kalau dapat pergi London masa Summer Sale pun, best gak!!!

My AZAM 2009 is more on improvement version of my AZAM 2008. Lets do some analyzing of my previous azam.

1. To stabilize Archiforce Invent & Gaia Arts & Gifts. = Its improving and currently we produced more design of t-shirts. After the Langkawi Geopark version, the latest versions are Obama (KL & Langkawi version), Breath, Malay House and Malaysia Map. We are expanding the business into X-Site, an art stationery shop + café @ UKM, nearby the Tun Sri Lanang Library.

2. To make a come back for Anggun Maya. = Its need a lot of time to improve. My mum & me are working on it and we are trying to create new business; such as women accessories…

3. To resign from _ _ _ _ (tak lama lagi, insyaallah) = DONE

4. To convert Archiforce Invent as a Sdn Bhd company. = Insyaallah, we are in process of ‘spin of company’ with UKM. It’s a long process, hopefully its going on smoothly.

5. To spend time with my family @ vacation. = Its were not a long vacation, just a break. Tak ada masa… But, I’m still planning for a long vacation.

6. To make sure our honeymoon jadi kenyataan (inilah yang tiap2 tahun, tiap2 bulan dicakapkan, tapi tak pernahnya jadi!!!) = For 2008, DONE. We spent a weekend at Hilton Sentral, and some trip to Kedah, etc…

7. To get back my old figure & body (nak kurus lah… ) = OK la… Better than earlier but I still need to work hard on it. To maintain yang susah… pantang tengok nasi lemak espy yg my mum buat…

8. To save more and more money… = Still saving…

9. To open an account in Tabung Haji. = Will do it by 2009, promise

10. Lagi satu… Nak menambahkan harta (insyaallah) = Insyaallah, dengan izinNya

I’m planning to bring the kids to experience the snow during the winter time end of 2008. Insyaallah, kalau ada rezeki… Selama nie, kalau pergi (baik Azimin, baik aku) semuanya sebab kerja… Tapi, kalau dapat pergi London masa Summer Sale pun, best gak!!! = Not achievable for 2008. Budget lari….

Hopefully, for 2009, it will be better...