Archive for January, 2007

Singing with Anita S’wak….yeahhh babehh..it was ME!!

Sunday, January 21st, 2007

What a wonderful lady she is…Anita S’wak is a big name..i guess everyone knew her. Though I was not a very fanatic fan of her but I‘ve fond of her ever since I watched her performance alive at the Gala Dinner 2007, an evening to remember at Mahkota Ballroom, Istana Hotel, KL. A very GRAND dinner last Saturday organized by Golden Hope. Very thankful to be apart of Golden Hope Family…

I have never seen an entertainer performed just like her though I’ve met Siti, Ziana and some local artist. Seeing her alive in front of me make me feel excited. She is so energetic despite her age, looked so young, beautiful and full of power and confidence. She makes use of 1hour and 15 minutes to entertain guests inside the ballroom with a fantastic, havoc and wonderful evening for me to remember for the rest of my life. (I guess Nash’s performance previously was totally extinguished by the presence of her that night.)

Maybe some of u will think this is not a big deal but for me it does. It is not easy to be an entertainer or singer. You can’t just sing a few songs and leave your audience. That’s not an entertainer.  I guess good communication between entertainer and guests really give an impact to an excellent performance. People may under estimate singers in Malaysia especially Malay singer (yess..i admit that I did it too sometimes..) but I think I found my diva. She soooo deserve to be called a DIVA. Though last time I am not really care of singerssss but now I do…she is the one who make my eyes open. I don’t have any specific favourite singers (esp Malaysian). I just like singing their songs, but don’t really bother to know whose songs that I used to sing…

I did remember Anita saying about her mother, Siput S’wak asked her to learn many languages in order to touch the heart of her audiences. That may require skill and effort to learn all those languages. She sang Malay’s, English’s Chinese’s, Japanese’s songs and a few more. She is really a wonderful person. She gave her all out and I think it was worth for Golden Hope to pay her RM40K. (That’s what I heard from the committee…goshh that worth my annual salary!!).

What do you feel when a famous DIVA Extraordinaire approaching you??? It was unbelievable laaa rite? I’m not going to brag or anything…just to express what I felt when Anita approached me to sing with her even though it was just part of the chorus song but the best thing is… that was my favourite song, “Can’t Take My Eyes of You”. I was like ‘freezing’ for a moment when she was standing in front of me. Can’t even utter a word! But that was a very memorable experience which I am not expecting her to do so and I think it will remain in my heart forever. She lingered to every table inside the ballroom and makes an effort to reach everyone. Teasing and talking, singing and laughing.

But I guess, she is one of the best examples so far to be followed by the “Malaysian artist/celebrities”. Energetic, knowledgeable, hvg effort to improve her own self, confidence and ready to learn everything include foreign languages and their cultures. That is why she was called a DIVA. Big applause to her!!!

here my favourite song;

written by Gaudio/Crewe
recorded by Frankie Valli And The Four Seasons
recorded as a medley with "Goin’ Out of My Head" by the Lettermen

You’re just too good to be true.
Can’t take my eyes off you.
You’d be like heaven to touch.
I wanna hold you so much.
At long last love has arrived.
And I thank God I’m alive.
You’re just too good to be true.
Can’t take my eyes off you.

Pardon the way that I stare.
There’s nothing else to compare.
The sight of you leaves me weak.
There are no words left to speak.
But if you feel like I feel.
Please let me know that it’s real.
You’re just too good to be true.
Can’t take my eyes off you.

I love you baby, and if it’s quite all right,
I need you baby to warm the lonely night.
I love you baby.
Trust in me when I say:
Oh pretty baby, don’t bring me down, I pray.
Oh pretty baby, now that I found you. Stay.

And let me love you, baby. Let me love you …

I love you baby, and if it’s quite allright,
I need you baby to warm the lonely night.
I love you baby.
Trust in me when I say:
Oh pretty baby, don’t bring me down, I pray.
Oh pretty baby, now that I found you. Stay.

Oh pretty baby. Trust in me when I say: Oh pretty baby …

My Taekwondo Comeback!!

Saturday, January 13th, 2007

it has been nearly 7 years since my last training. i was completely forgotten everything that i’ve learned since 1996 until 2000. then i’ve left it until now. though i’ve gotten my black belt on 1998 and continue until 2000 during my matrix years, but i feel it is a waste just to let everything gone from my mind. skill might be there but it’s nothing without the continuous practice rite?

i’m longing for this moment quit a long time since i was in my university’s years but that ‘great’ uni hasn’t even manage to make a single taekwondo class until i’ve graduated even though i already paid for the registration fees! what a shamed, i’m wondering whether they have it now or not..hopefully they did!

so, the interesting part was my first training today. havent been training for nearly 7 years really made me suffered. surrounded by young primary & secondary school students around me just like a ring bell that make me admit the facts that i am not YOUNG anymore! i was not like 10 years back when i was 14/15 yrs old, active and energetic and full of stamina. all these make me realized that my body was not really elastic and flexible anymore like the ‘elastic girl’ like 10 years ago.duuuhhh!

time fly so fast  and not giving me a chance to realize all this. but i am not regreting anything, day by day make every new things become old. i still feel thankful that this oppurtunity still come and i’m not going to waste any of this chance anymore. though my coach said that i shouldnt stress myself on the training, afraid that i will encounter the muscle injuries but i still hv the spirit for it. yeahh i did felt the pain when i did the strecthing and while kicking & punching. but maybe my passion and my revenge of missing this moment overcome all those pains. though i hv to admit that my stamina was not like my ‘gud old days’…(should i remind myself.. it was 10 yrs back again??)

when i’m looking back, it was all the way long…i dont hv to compare 10 years ago with my current condition. today was my first training, a lot more training can make me better. this is some of my-this-2007-year mission to be accomplish. look as if i started one of it already…but  actually this training is for me to recall back all my lesson and sharpen my skill for one main purpose, my japan’s training which was schedule that i’ll be going ALONE. just an in-case-of-emergency preparation for me to defend myself.

after all, i felt so happy that i finally made my comeback and found the ‘master’ nearby my place.

just a little advice maybe, if i may do so. from my view, women out there should have a least a lil knowledge on how to defend themselves because it may help a lot during emergency and trouble! we might not know anything will occur in the future but at least we could do something to save our own life.

just a sincere advice from me..

* i’m sleeping with muscle pain and backache but i’m happy…;p