Retro Entry: Berbaju Jala di Istana Budaya

A few weeks ago (hence the retro entry), Knitwit got to be all hoity toity and present herself at her best at the thee-ay-tah dah-link. It was a weekday, so as per usual, I am harrassed, stressed, perspire-y. But Nicks got to get off work on time, and got to pick me up in time. For dinner first of course, heh. Well, everyone knows if Knitwit goes hungry, everyone suffers.

So must go makan-makan first la eh?

We went to this place in Desa Pandan, Kuan’s ice cream or something or other (let’s not quibble about names ok?).

 

I had the huge green tea (My air must always be big big glass ok?)

And the cantonese kuey teow, I think.

(Notice how a trip to the thee-ay-tah still must have food included?)

Once we were watered and fed, off we go! To Istana Budaya in my Baju Jala!

The roads were jam packed, so were the parking lots, so we parked somewhere outside and made our way in to meet our friends.

I really didn’t know much about the second generation production of P. Ramlee - The Musical. I mean the first time, there was a lot of hype since Dato CT herself was involved in it, and Sean Ghazi played the Man.

This time around it was Musly Ramlee.

Who?

But never mind, let’s just go see.

We boughtthe lower priced tickets this time, and got horribly lost finding our way in, because, as a friend puts it “Aku tak pandai kalau tiket murah ni”.

Ah-ha! Murah punya murah, sekali tu dapat duduk depan!!!!

I was extremely pleased! We got to see Roslan Aziz’s head many times! The cellotapes on the actors’ mikes even! I laaaikkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk!

As usual, no cameras allowed during the show, so Knitphotos were only taken before, or in between everything.

Full house, that night (Eh, sapa punya baju jala enter frem ni???)

As said before, I didn’t know much about thisproduction, thus I really did not know what to expect.

So it became that I was pleasantly, pleasantly surprised when it turned out to be a very good production. Entertaining, serious, hilariously funny and awesome songs.

Musly Ramlee was excellent as P.Ramlee. He did sound a little nasal when he tried to sing as P.Ramlee, but when he didn’t try so hard, he was an excellent singer. And a very good actor.

Emelda Rosmila took over Dato’ CT’s role as Azizah. Ok Ok la makcik tu. I guess she wasn’t in there long enough to develop her character. But she was sweet, and I’ve always liked her acting ( I liked her best in Astana Idaman, as well as Dakkolin & Dakkosi - saba je la kan certia-cerita yang akak tengok)

Liza Hanim was also very good as Sally- I mean Saloma, her voice was superb, her costumes were dazzling. Reminds me of Beyonce in the movie Dreamgirls, where she came out mostly at the end but held her own.

Melissa Saila. What can I say? Fantastic, fantastic, fantastic. Superb acting, and her singing voice ain’t so bad either. Far better from way back when she had an album…

But for me, the greatest triumph was Atilia. Admittedly, when i first found out she was in it, I was going like… o… ok…. basically not much interest lah, you know?

But whoah. She was something in that production. Passionate acting, beautiful voice, everything was just right. Her portrayal of the character was alive, captivating, enchanting.

Esh, in conclusion, the whole cast was an excellent one. I went home with the song “Rela” playing in my head (the one Atillia sang in the musical, not the Stacy AF one ye?). I actually liked this one better than PGL. Sure, the PGL set was fantastic. But this musical had a lot more feeling.

Oh ya.

I did get some pictures towards the end when everyone was applauding, HA HA!

 

Anuar Zain in Kuching

And in August, 23rd August, 2008 to be exact, Anuar Zain will be at the Crowne Plaza Riverside, Kuching for a dinner show! This show is different from the KK one, where there will be dinner served and a Minus One performance.

soooo..what ARE you waiting for? See you at BOTH venues!

 

Anuar Zain in Kota Kinabalu

Anuar Zain will be performing at Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu on the 26th of July, 2008. This performance will be non-dining and he will be performing with a Live Band.

Since the Hall can accommodate about 3,000-5,000 pepople at one time, this show is soooo going to be like a mini-concert!

Get your tickets, NOW!

 

Anuar Zain Goes East!

We interrupt our normal rubbish to bring you some exciting news!

Yes, Anuar Zain is going East!

East Malaysia that is.

 

The Press Conference was held on the 18th of June at Crowne Plaza Hotel, Kuala Lumpur.

I was there, menyibukking as usual….

Once everyone was there, the press conference begun… as usual, Anuar was relaxed and answered questions with no trouble.

Deja Moss will be the guest artist for both showcases, so she was there, as well as the represetative from the organisers.

After the Q & A session, there was a short photography session…

Then Deja had interviews,

Anuar had interviews,

Then Deja sat with the journalists,

And then it was Anuar’s turn.

And then it’s time for the bored readers of this blog  (if any) to wake up from reading this utterly boring entry ( only the pictures saved this entry from going to the rubbish bin i tell you) and to go to the next one, where I have all the info you need to be in KK and Kuching for his shows!

 

 

Baju Jala Glamer

In allll that excitement of posting about the dinner show, I totally forgot that i actually had a knitting project in tow for that night, which should be the main topic of my blog! (because as usual akak lari konsep ye?).

I really had nothing to wear for the night, which was why I shuddered and shivered when they said the theme was ‘Glamourous’. I remember discussing with the lil pwincess what we were going to ‘glamourize’…. as if we weren’t glamourous beings to begin with (ehem).

So I decided to knit myself a Glamour Wrap, forever known as the Baju Jala. The first one I made was in pink. Aiyah no need to rack your brains, here is the picture again, and justt in case you even wanted to make one, here is the original recipe.

But this time I made the very same thing in black with a smattering of silver thread knitted with the black.

I actually started out to knit the whole wrap in silver and black, but some honest (mind you, very honest) friends said maybe it was a leeeeeeeetle too much glamour.

Hmph. 

Soooooooo, the first few rows were all silver, and after that it was silver every few rows or so…

Voila! My Baju Jala Glamer!

I actually procrastinated on this one, which meant that I ended up knitting and sewing and whatnots into the wee hours, hours before the dinner. I simply had to finish it, or else I’ll be wearing my “Hari Keluarga Pasaraya Kenanga 2000” t-shirt and that’s it you know? Glamour? NOTTT.

Of course in the end, on that night I was at the back, working, and not actually up on stage or anything, but hey, akak rasa glamer malam tu ok?

Aaaanddd I actually had a model for this on that night!

Presentingggggggg the fabulous Lady B, with my fabulous creation!

Absolutely faaaaaaaaaaaaabulously glamourous, darlings!

 

Knit Knotes - Pandora’s Box

Oh.

My.

God.

I have been discovered.

Why in the world i put up Anuar Zain’s name, I didn’t know.

But now people have found me.

Paisehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

Now people will know what rubbish i knit.

*sigh*

Oh well, the price of fame *akak gila glamerrrrrr*

Anyhooooo…some shoutouts:

DivaSweet: haaaa nanti nantiiii kita pegi japaneseeeeee (ajak Sati sekali ya? right babe? ehehe)

Eyta: cemaner lah boleh terjumpa blog lapuk ku ini?? eheh Puas la i carik link blog you…sila bagi link bagi link! Thank you for visitinggggggg! lain kali bagi komen lagi yewww!

Sati: yoohooooo!

lilprincessdee: yeehaaaaa! (no reason for this, i just wanted to put your name in this post ahahHAHAHA *mak gila glamerrrr!*)

Everyone else: don’t forget to come back!

Hokay. That’s about enough drama eh?

 CHOPPPPP! Not to forget SURAYA! Yoohoooo!!!! Welcome my new friend Suraya…See how The Man brings people together!

 

Konsert Fenomena Raya Recording

This was a recording done by RTM, to be shown during Hari Raya. I was in the throes of things, since I was the one distributing the free tickets for the recording.Oh, just about anyone can collect the tickets at RTM, but we wanted to make sure that some of the fans get to go as well. The theme was..well, Hari Raya, of course!

We were there early (as usual) and I got to sit in on some last minute rehearsal. Despite the canggih camera, I still took some awful pictures, not fit for publication (I used to blame the not so ok cameraphone you know? But now, even with the up-to-date cameraphone the pictures still suck?? *sigh*)

Formidable combination in action….

I liked the seat they made for selected fans to sit up close with the artists. Looks nice, but perhaps a bit uncomfy to sit on for hours?

Later in the evening I waited outside to give out more tickets. I was early, but the fans were earlier! Gone were the hopes of elegantly handing out the tickets in front of the Guard House. There I was, squatting by the car park because it was still way too hot to sit by the Guard House. So undignified. But nevertheless, the tickets were handed out. Anuar Zain fans came all dressed up just  like it was Raya! Cayalah AZ fans!!!!

What I didn’t expect was the huuuuge turnout! The last one we did at RTM, oh, a few years back, the crowd was..comfortable. Everyone got a seat, including me.

But this time…whoah….massive crowd, and dressed to kill! There was hardly any room for me to move around the auditorium, and on top of that, cameras were not allowed. I did manage to sneak a few pictures before the recording started though.

All ready for the recording…

Check out the crowd! And more came later!! 

There were people inside, siting on the stairs, standing in the back…. in the end I just say outside, coming in and out periodically. I got to see Liza Aziz though…she was AWESOME!!!!!

Watch out for the program on RTM during Raya!

 

Section 14 Revisited

It’s been awhile since I was in SS14. Oh back in the days, when my housing area only had two bus services, one to KL and one to PJ, ss14 was the place to be. When going to Jaya was the thing to do eh?

Sooooo, there I was, back in SS14, on a Sunday afternoon. We were going to check out the new (well, new to me) Digital Mall, at the building where Metrojaya used to be?

Yeah. Things have changed in ss14.

Anywaysssss…. we went for lunch at this quiet little place, somewhere near the mosque (we all know it is useless to ask for directions from the Knitwit ya? Useless).

My first thought was, seems all the eateries want to be called kopitiam now. It used to be Cafe this and cafe that, now it’s Selayang Timur Laut Station Kopitiam, or Lengging Original Kopitiam or some such.

But anyhooo, the kopitiam is a quiet place, nondescript really. Suits me fine, as long as there’s a smoking section, I’m happy.

It was then a welcome surprise that the food was quite good, befitting the presentation!

I had the beehoon/kueyteow kungfu, with erm..some sort of coffee lah, I can’t really remember (tu lah! Buat lagi lambat-lambat kan?).

And they were good. I actually asked for just the beehoon, u know? Coz I like the crunchy crunchy bits. But apparently it comes in a combination of noodles, but i still got the crunchy crunchy bits with the kuey teow, so that’s all right. The coffee was good too, although I seriously cannot remember what i ordered now. Some cold coffee concoction lah.

Nicks went with the boring looking fried kuey teow, but hey, bila dah rasa, sedap la pulak! The fishball soup was also sedap, so I had more than a few cedoks of Nicks’s soup heh (You so small la woman, sure cannot finish one). Now, the one thing Knitwit tak puas hati is, how come her Lime Jelly drink was bigger than my Iced Coffee? why?

Very salah ok? But then again, I ended up finishing the drink anyways, so tak kesah lah.

See how useful I am during meals? I keep leftovers at a minimum.

Oh Digital Mall? Very like Low Yatt Plaza, really, just closer to home… ehehehe.

 

Retro Entry - A Nite With Anuar Zain

So there we were on the big day.

Everyone was excited and nervous. We were at the hotel really early, where the hotel staff gave us a warm welcome. And then off to the venue, Dewan Perdana FELDA (Official webpage not working so I won’t bother linking ya).

Table setting for the night…

The ballroom…..only empty during the day ok?

Alamak. Sound engineer disappeared. We waited and waited…but no sound engineer.

But the show must go on eh?

Rehearsals went on and on, nerves at fever pitch.

But in the end, despite the glitches, it was a superb show.

Full house for the show, everyone was soo excited and all dressed up!

The stage from where I was standing….

of course I only got pictures during rehearsals and just before the show began, (my excuse was i wanted to try out the NEW phone ok? NEW phone, heh) as during the show itself I was busy. Busy videotaping, busy dancing, busy enjoying, heh.

Ahh…

(ayo, I am a total failure la at writing blogs, what would I do without pictures? *sigh*)

 

Retro Entry - A Nite with Anuar Zain PC

In lieu of his upcoming shows (eleh, dah lambat tu ngaku saja lah) let us go back to the last show he had, eh? A reminder of sorts. And since I was there, and pushed and shoved a’la kunun reporter/photographer, might as well share some pics eh?

The Press Conference was held at La Bodega, Pavilion Kuala Lumpur, that swanky new place along Bintang Walk.

Ah-ha, and below we see the man in action.

And after that, there was a photo session outside, where the Knitwit witlessly took photos as if her life depended on it. (Soklan panas..ni staff ke peminat ni???)

And then he went inside to conduct more interviews…..

Sekiaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnnn

(Note how short my entries are when it’s about work, and how wordy and long winded it is when it’s about food)