Saturday, May 26, 2012

Idol's Irony

It's so irony, Jessica delivered the best-est performance of all seasons combined together but the winner is Phillip.

 I mean, I am not trying to judge Phillip's winning because they are both different artists with different genre, but it's like the AI team overused Jessica last night...so I thought the night belong to her as if its maybe subliminal message or something. Kejam you American Idol. But anyway, I already predicted Phillip is gonna win so I don't care..sebab based on the pre-coronation's performances I already knew he's going to win, and I am secretly rooting for him too awal-awal the season started. Tapi with the overusage of Jessica made me think twice, lebih-lebih lagi dayum this girl kicked ass so bad.

Whatever, this girl has serious talent nevertheless..and I still believe she is our new Whitney. And seriously this year's talents are so diverse and lain macam, they have strong current recording artists. Please make records you guys, I am will be waiting in high anticipation for it.

So to those who maybe didn't watch American Idol or missed the performance, prepare to see the awesomeness of this Jessica Sanchez. Plus she's freaking sixteen! And not to mention she's singing duet with the Jennifer Holliday, the original singer kot.

In the word of JLo, gives me goosies all the way each time I watch this. Enjoy!

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Plan Berjaya.

Like seriously, today's class was the most craziest class of all. It's been a while since the last time I speak up in front of public, so I was sedikit lupa how it should go. Tapi truthfully, its presentation depan class je pun, what the fuss?

Anyhoo, it was quite okay at first as somehow I managed to control my hyper-anxiety-ness, but toward the end I was shaking like cray-cray when I heard people clapping their hands and doing some cheerings and whatnots. I don't know whether they were cheering for me because of my presentation seemed impressive (ew sila baling tomato), or because of the fact that I was the last one to do presentation, which means class will be over soon lah after I am done....so, entah, I don't know. Either way, they were acting like crazy, and I hate when they do that, malulah.

Anyway, the most laughable part was when Malay words slipped out from my mouth accidentally, and just when I finished, I felt so embarassed sebab people tepuk-tepuk tangan and I began to get nervous and panicked as I don't know what to do. Like seriously, rasa macam blank gila sebab I was panicked. Yelah, should I bow down and say thank you, or should I go and shake hand with the lecturer or what? I couldn't remember what I did at that moment, tapi all I know is I was mumbling stupid words like malu and something like that and panicking like crazy. And the lecturer pulak senyum-senyum and gave me his sacred hug, which conclude that I did okay lah kan? (bangga).

But it's not that I am that nervous you know. Ceh dah nervous tu cakap je lah nervous, nak jugak bagi details kan. Tapi serius, I was not that nervous, my hands didn't shake like it always do...and my voice pun tak shaky-shaky sangat. Usually when I do something pelik je in front people I am always terketar-ketar and my voice pun bergegar-gegar, tapi senang cakap...I finally found my way of being a bit confidence than the usual me. Tak perlulah nak share kan, biarlah aku sendiri yang tahu buat masa ni...cuma yang pasti those who know me here mungkin nampak kot yang I am a bit different sejak kebelakangan ni..and yes, being me and being comfortable in my own skin without giving a single eff towards other memang betul-betul berguna, that's all I'm gonna say. Just be you and screw whatever people thinks, and don't forget to be positive too with lots of smiles.

So yeah, at least I accomplished something right? At least adalah jugak points orang nak cakap pasal aku, sekarang orang tahu yang aku takdelah perfect and naive sangat (woah kali ni nak baling tong sampah pun takpe, hahah).

And oh, malam ni we all, I repeat WE ALL will tahu who wins American Idol, and due to that I am so not going to open any laman sosial sebab takut tertahu who wins ohoho, so please please please no spoiler breaker pleaseee. And officially I hate that 1 hour performances untuk malam pre-coronation, too packed and too rushy for my liking. Sorilah, my demam AI tak subsided lagi..nanti lama-lama ok lah tu. And just fyi, the same happens to any singing reality tv comp that I watch, tak kisahlah mentor ke, AF ke apa, I just suka tengok program camtu nak wat camana.

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Final Two American Idol Season 11

And finally its final two.

Somehow i've been thinking to buat ala-ala summary on this season's Final Two sebab aku memang free sesangat kan? Tapi last-last malaslah, siapalah aku nak komen macam-macam. Lagipun orang lain tengah sibuk study nak exam aku pulak tengah sibuk tengok American Idol.

Like hello, bagusnya engkau. Atau kalau ikut trend masakini, its time to say "untunglaaaaaa" kuat-kuat dengan pitch dan nada yang terlebih annoying tu.

So anyhoo, basically it's between Jessica Sanchez and Phillip Phillips, which memang I so not bajet these two will be competing against each other in the freaking Finale. I thought in finale it will be between Joshua Ledet and Phillip, sebab Jessica did soo poorly during semifinal...and sungguh tak disangka instead Joshua, Jessica yang made it through. Tapi don't get me wrong here Idol's fans, dalam hati memang berharap sebenarnya untuk Jessica vs. Joshua for final, sebab they are both superb, cuma in Semi Final Jessica macam entah, kalau in Idol's word its called Syesha-ed, tapi nak bagi senang cakap, ada something wring with her performances malam tu yang nampak kurang berbanding the other two. Tapi tak kisahlah, Phillip pun ok jugak, he's such a strong and unique contender jugak...so far I am enjoying what he did on Idol. In fact, all his studio versions semuanya catchy dan current kot.

But seriously, the main reason aku taknak dia to be in this final sebab taknak lah WGWG yang ke-5 menang American Idol, nak orang lain pulak yang menang, dah 5 kali berturut-turut kot laki menang. Dah la nak kata femes pun takdelah femes sangat kecuali beberapa kerat je macam David Cook and Kris Allen, yang lain senyap hilang begitu saja.

Anyway berbalik kepada topik asal, in honour of those two yang akan battling live this week, this is my list of Top 3 favourite's performances of these two, starting with the powerhouse Jessica Sanchez. Sukacita dimaklumkan ini cuma pendapat peribadi, your pendapat sila jangan malu untuk conteng-conteng ruangan komen di bawah.

So untuk Jessica Sanchez, my Top 3 Favourite's Performances are;

3. Dance With My Father - Luther Vandross



This rendition is sooo beautiful! It's heartfelt, the way Jessica conveyed emotion through this song memang tersangatlah bagus and me sebenarnya tak pernah suka pun lagu ni walaupun lagu ni dah di-cover banyak kali dalam American Idol. Tapi sebab lagu ni keeps playing in my playlist which I don't know why, dah boleh hafal dah lirik lagu ni subconsciously..dan dari situ tahu yang lagu ni bagus sebenarnya. Oke point tu tak berkait, tapi because this song somehow I knew lyrics dia dan when she sang this, buat tersentuh jiwa ni tau (ew ew seket lol)

2. Sweet Dreams (Beautiful Nightmare) - Beyonce Knowles



Walaupun versi ni taklah original sangat sebab Beyonce pernah buat ala-ala gini, alah like seriously Youtubers banyak kot akustik-kan lagu orang in youtube, tapi her vocal tone and impeccable singing technique perfected this song like perfect's perfect. And seriously secara kebetulan a day before she sang this on American Idol, I was humming this song tanpa disedari (okay itu sedikit biased opinion here), so agak teruja bila tengok-tengok dia nyanyi lagu ni besoknya.

1. Stuttering - Jazzmine Sullivan



Like come on, after Beyonce, she's covering Jazzmine Sullivan? The fact that she stays true to who she is, who is a for me kinda soul R&B type of singer made me like her even more. This song is so susah nak dibawak, and the way Jessica delivered this song with such emotions and stellar technique, apart from her naturally beautiful voice, memang senang dapat goosie-lah. For some mungkin tak dapat rasa, but for a massive R&B fan like me, this one is soo powerful performance lah.

So done with Jessica, for Phillip Phillips...I think my Top 3 would be;

3. Movin' On (Anthony's Song) - Billy Joel



This is so underrated performance of Phillip. The judges tak suka sangat taim tu sebab dia asyik bawak genre yang sama, which you can hear la kan that the style is almost sama je each weeks, me also tak suka jugak week tu bila dia nyanyi sebab hello, dah boleh expected dah dia nyanyi cenggitu, tapi bila dengar balik, omaigosh, that guitar, that rendition..stellar delivery. Ini memang betul-betul talent kat situ.

2. Beggin' - Madcon



One word; sexy overload. Okay itu dah dua words, tapi whatever.

1. Volcano - Damien Rice



When I think of which performance I love the most, this one should be it. Mungkin persembahan tu nampak simple dan agak lay-back, tapi this would be my favourite performance of him..what a pure artistry! And I love how the stage manager buat this staging, menarik!

So agak-agak siapa yang akan menang AI nanti ya untuk this season? For me I am personally rooting for Jessica Sanchez, tapi kalau Phillip yang menang pun tak apa jugak sebab I think both of them are marketable, kita tengoklah nanti apa yang akan jadi.

Yang pasti, once the winner is crowned this week, it means that my final exam dah makin dekat lah tu. Ish hilang my sumber penghilang stress nanti... T_T