dikir barat...
speaking of dikir barat, i followed zuraida and liza to watch a dikir barat competition at U/M last night. we didnt stay till the end tho. we left at almost 10pm just rite after the group that both of them wanted to watch performed. was suppose to start at 8.30, but it was only at 8.45 that they did the balloting for which group to perform first. all i can say, it was everything was so messy, and disorganised. or was there an organising committee in the first place? hhmmm.. i doubt so, especially from how everything went on last night, i dont think there's any committee at all. if there is, they dont know a single thing abt organising. hehehe.... i aint saying that i do great in any events that i organised but surely there are a systematic ways to do things.
the first group was alrite, their costumes were nice. i like it being red as it really really captured the lights well. the juara's voice i think was good, but when it came to the tok karut, he sang it really really in kelantanese slang. i mean, ya, dikir barat is from kelantan, but u are in KL, for goodness sake, and u dont have to follow their style. i dont really understand what he sang tho. hehe...
the second group, was perform by a group of girls. one of the awok2, was sooo cute. she sat in the middle of the first row. can see that she is very enthusiastic with the whole thing. and boy, can she flirt. she was actually flirting with her eyes. and when the tok karut was singing, that awok2 girl's tanjak actually slipped and covered her eyes. and that brought laughter to everyone. but she covered it well, and with a fast move, she just adjusted the tanjak back. this group, however, again the tok karut sang with kelantanese slang as well, but not as thick as the first group.
the third group was perform by yet another group of girls, from a/p/m. the group that the hsemates wanted to watch. i believed it was led by a sporean student who is kinda prominent in spore. the lyrics was good, i can say. and the tok karut didnt sound like she was from kelantan. she sang in malay. i think she did great. the juara, didnt really do a good job. it was either she was nervous, or she WAS nervous. hehhe... her voice was shaky and cant really be heard. i cldnt make out what she was singing. and the biggest set back abt this group, (at least, this is what i think lah!!) was their costume. i mean, they are gerls, and both the juara and tok karut had to put on very heavy and very oversized baju kurung lelaki in songket. and it made them look bigger than ever and shorter. and truly they look weird, especially with the tanjak.
we made our way back straight after that. dont think we can actually last till the end of the performance.
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it had been a very very long time since i last watched a dikir barat competition. during secondary school, dikir barat was such a big thing. i remembered watching dikir barat competition, year after year, organised by n/a/n/y/a/n/g jc.
i remembered the last year i watched it very well. i was with the ex that time. he didnt follow me to the competition with my cousins as he had a new toy to play with. and with the new toy, he broke his first promise and he lied to me, and got himself into big big trouble after that. i remembered waited for him from 4pm to abt 9pm at amk mrt taxi stand. and to make things worse, he didnt bring his pager that day. i finally decided to go home at almost 10pm without any news from him.
he called me at ard midnite and apologised profusely and told me the truth that he went trailing at some place in spore (was it at seletar?? hhmm..) and he lied to me saying that he got a fren's reception to go. all because he just got that scrambler. when he first bought it, made him promise that he wont go trailing or anything of the sort. and he did just that. was sooo disappointed with him that time. but i reckon, those who bought a scrambler surely wanna have a taste of trailing for at least once. but, his story didnt end there. on the way out to fetch me, he accidentally knocked down a cyclist. a middle aged malay man who was the sole breadwinner of his family. and that man, got his leg broken from the accident. and he was suing the ex for all those things. the case prolonged for a few months, and after some time, he didnt hear anything from the man's lawyer. guess he got lucky. he was crying the whole of that nite while on the phone with me. i was very angry at him, yet i felt sorry too at that time. after that incident, he didnt ride the bike for a good whole month. hehhe...
and after that day, i never watched another dikir barat competition as he dont really like it. and last nite, the whole thing just came back to me yet again.....
the story of a trolley bully....
there was once two frens out for a meal....
and while one was enjoying her desert...
the other decided to attack from the back....
but she managed to retaliate and dump her in a trolley.....
and she pushed the trolley down the waterfall...
she then drove off in her stolen car...
and then... she continue the nite to have coffee with the rest of the gang....
the end...
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nie kes takder kerja bila takleh tido.... kish.. specially for u... heehe..
katakanlah dengarkanlah percayalah
spent the afternoon at bencoolen st with mak and baby to catch this....
and he signed me a card....
and he made mak a happy lady.....
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i wouldnt say that i am a big fan of hazami or even afdlin. i have always like and enjoy the arts scene. just too bad that i dont have the talent in either singing or acting. i sing off key and i have always envy ppl who can sing well. the only stint that i had singing in public was a dikir barat performance for a hari raya concert during secondary sch and till now i am still wondering what the hell was i thinking back then seh. and i cant understand why cikgu hamzah actually agreed to me becoming the tok karut. besar nye mengarut seh. heaheha.... oh well.. that was a good 12years ago. (mak datuk, lama nye!!!!)
anyways, whenever there's performances by any artiste, if i can afford the time, i would surely try to go and enjoy the show. just like just now. frankly, i can say that the songs that i know hazami sings are the beautiful sonata musim salju (i think he sings that song beautifully), and of course, kata (the song that got him 2 awards during the recent anugerah juara lagu). but at the end of the high-tea session just now, after hearing him singing live, he truly has a beautiful, beautiful voice. and now with his album, i can hear his songs often. in fact, i am listening to the cd now.
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wah.... this past 2 weeks, i have been star struck lah... with the pgl, then actorlympics, and just now, santai bersama hazami... i wonder whats next for me... ehhehe... jumpa anuar zain, maybe.. hehhe...
kata-kata
semalam petang aku telepon mak
mak kata jangan makan ayam
aku kata nak makan apa
mak kata lagi jangan makan telur
aku kata lagi nak makan apa
mak kata makan benda2 frozen
aku kata benda2 frozen??
mak kata makan sausage ker
aku kata mana naz makan sausage?
mak kata ohhh sori sori, makana nuggets
aku kata mana boleh survive
mak kata jangan makan telur
aku kata aku rasa cam nak makan telur ngan kicap ngan nasi.
mak kata jgn nak merepek, balik spore boleh makan
aku kata kat spore mana aku makan
mak kata nanti balik makan ajer lah
aku kata ok lah mak, besok naz balik
mak kata bye.
malam along sms aku
along kata budak2 nak yahoo id
aku kata nak buat apa?
along kata dorang nak chat ngan makcik dorang (aku lah tu!!)
aku kata tengok lah besok naz buatkan
along kata ok lah, be a good girl
aku kata i have always been a good girl
along kata, u know i know lah.
hati aku kata, what do i know? i dunno....
sekarang kat office
perut aku kata... *gedebush gedebush* (sfx: bunyi perut ngah cramps)
aku kata jangan lah sakit sangat. aku ada banyak kerja nak buat
perut aku kata...*gedebush gedebush*
aku kata kalau nak datang tu.... datang jer lah tak yah sakit2
perut aku kata... *gedebush gedebush*
aku kata aduh mak sakit..... aduh mak sakit
baru jer dapat email dari alan
alan kata "naz please prepare the email for the upcoming course"
aku kata ok!!
aku sekarang kata aku nak baring!!!
sebab perut aku, kaki aku, tangan aku
semua lenguh!!
tapi kalau aku baring
mesti yg lain kata aku nie buang tebiat
and aku gerenti kata aku sakit perut lah..
sekarang kepala otak aku kata
"oit gi buat kerja lah, janga asyik nak blog!!!"
so aku kata ok lor!!! (*sambil menguap*)
actors + olympics = actorlympics = one hell of a time
actorlympics was brilliant and funny and hillarious. really enjoyed myself that nite. i bet liza too. just too funny, lah. the actors were just spontaneous with their lines. sometimes, i wish i can be just like them coming up with hillarious lines instantly. how i envy them.
they opened the show with a 'remake' of asmaradana video. hehhe... ida nerina impersonation of gusti putri was just cute. hehe... and the rest of the guys, hehehe.... cute and funny and macam-macam lagi lah.
just before the end of the show, they had this segment, karaoke clip where normally the video clip and the song dont go along well together. and yours truly actually volunteered herself up the stage. hahaha... thinking that she'll be the one who will direct the actors. BUT... damn she was wrong... instead, she had to be directed by the big man, himself, to perform a dance on the stage. hahhahaha.... well... it was all for the name of fun. heahehahea.... i had fun... *smiles*
kudos to all the actorlympians... - Afdlin Shauki, Edwin Sumun, Ida Nerina, Reza Zainal Abidin, Rashid Salleh, Na'a Murad, and Douglas Lim.
swimming under the stars....
2 nites in a row of swimming can really really take out all your energy. that's wat i feel, at least. well, give it some time, i reckon. been too long since i went out and did any form of exercise. for a start, swimming is good, especially for my breathing. only recently that i remembered that during secondary school, mr. asthma seldom come and pay a visit. but since the past 5 years or so, he comes and goes just as and when he likes. till i have to bring along my inhaler almost everywhere. aarrrgghhh..... back then, in secondary school, swimming was one of my weekly activity alongside with other sports.
for now, all i need is to build back the stamina that i used to have, to tone up all those flabs on me. i have delayed this whole thing for sooo long now. and now, with the housemates, we intend to do brisk walking more often and go for a swim at least twice a week or even more maybe.
after saying that, however, i'm taking a break from swimming tonite as, i have some other thing to do tonite.... hehehe....
going to catch this tonite with liza at the actor's studio. the cip kodok will be among the line up for tonite.
yet another wedding cum reunion......
when i first started chatting at alamak.com, i knew this whole group of guys from singapore poly. they are a nice bunch of people to hang out with. i remembered the first meeting we had at marina square. zana had asked me and nana to follow her to meet up with these guys. i had to sneak out then, not from my parents tho, but from the ex. heahhea... giler ker nak bilang dia that i am meeting a group of guys. heahea... from the meeting onwards, we had been very close to each other. i even sent them off at yishun camp(was it?) during national service tau. see how close we were back then.
then, we i left for brisbane, things started to drift away slowly. well, not the rest tho, but just me and the whole lot of them. the guys had other priorities (i.e. :girlfriends and working lifes), and it didnt help when i'm not in spore then. the first ones to get hitch was nana, followed by faizal and zana, then fadzly and aliah, then mohadi and suhana, and yesterday, another couple got hitch, reza and his sweet bride, siti aisyah.
it was a reunion for me with the rest of the guys whom i last met during fadzly and aliah's dinner reception in dec 2003. 
i came in with them, ridz and nana and family. 
with the whole lot of them, with a few missing ones.
l-r: syed omar, ridzal, amin(he is getting married in dec insya-allah), hadi, naz, herwin, faizal and zana and kids, fadzly and aliah and daughter, hardy, suhana, mohadi, riduan and girlfriend. 
the mak-mak and bapak-bapak budaks.... hehhehe... the one with kids....
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normally, at weddings, we will realise that the world is sooo small that some of our friends also know either the bride or the groom. and it happened yesterday, when i met with kasumawati at the wedding. been trying to contact her since last year during hasfizal's wedding, but was to no avail. and it happened that her husband knows the groom. small world. 
the hip mama, kasumawati - a mother of a cute lil girl.....
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have a great week ahead all.......
*i just realised that the past few entries, it has always been loaded with photos. hhehehehe...*
magnificient, extravaganza, marvellous, bravo!!!
those are the words to describe last night's show. or those words are just too little to describe such a magical performance by all the cast last night. the songs are still lingering in my mind, the powerful yet soulful voices by the cast really really captivate me. the energy showed by the cast were endless, everything about it was just sooo..... oohh.... i cant describe it anymore. u dont have to believe a word that i say, coz, u really gotta see to know how i am feeling.
a newspaper article was commenting abt Hang Tuah being pelat and the singing wasnt merdu and what nots. i wonder who did the review. hehe.... so, i was particularly trying to hear the pelat-ness of Hang Tuah. but there wasnt any at all. he spoke well, and his singing, goodness me, really really broadway style. reminds me of moulin rouge tho. hehe...
for the whole 3hrs (2030hrs - 2330hrs) with just abt 20mins break in between, i just sat in the theater. well, it is a world class theater, or at least look like one to me. the stage amazes me actually. heahhea... it does really live up to its name - Istana Budaya, Teater Antarabangsa. i think after this, i would be a frequent face in istana budaya. hehe... but then again, they will be staging Lantai T Pinkie in april. dont think i can catch the show as it'll be running only for 3 days and those 3 days, i got a wedding to run... maybe the next show. 
my tix at 50% off, RM35 and the program book that cost RM2o. (i dunno that we have to pay for the program book... normally i thought it has always been free... hhhmmm..... oh well..)
the magnificient, energetic, marvellous cast.
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before the show, the kodoks (as what 'we' are known!! hahaha) gathered at the said location and the cip kodok, the big man himself, afdlin was distributing the tickets to us. 
afdlin and me and his cute little daughter, mia zara. so cute tau, geram aku. and very friendly too. she actually grabbed my arms and started swinging herself. tak cute tu?? nasib baik dia tak pegang the prohibited area. she held the upper arms... heahea... and she can just peluk2 like as if dah kenal lama. terharu aku dibuatnye, beb. (see his hands on my shoulder and touching my hair... hehehe.... nak elak... tapi apakan daya... tak kesampaian... endure jer lah.. hehehe.. nasib baik kejap jer... hehehhe....)
okies liza, this is for u... hehhe... actually, i asked before u text me for it. so, technically its mine lah. but we can share, okies. hehhee... dengan rajin cip kodok draw that character (or watever u call that thing on the left. hehe) should see his face when he was doing it. hehhe..
well, the show ended abt 2340hrs, and two nice samaritans kodoks, dila and eton, offered to send me home. i took a cab there and literally shld be taking a cab back home but i aint too sure if it was easy to get a cab there. but really.. i tak buat muka kesian that they offered me to send me back home. kan dila kan kan kan?? betul, tak bedek. i am truly truly greatful to both of them that they actually offered to drive a total stranger whom they just met a few minutes, home. and this stranger might be a total psycho for what they know. but, dila being a nice kodok, she offered to drive me home. thank you dila and eton. i just cant thank you enough. *smiles*
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there, i told you i was going to have a great night last nite. and it was INDEED a marvellous nite. going back to spore this evening. hope i'll have a great rest in the bus later. hehehe...
have a great friday!!
musical....
am going to Istana Budaya tonight to catch a musical. heard from liza that the place is magnificient and i couldnt believe it that i am actually going there tonight for the first time, and i am going to that place alone.
suppose to go with the liza and zuraida and the gerls to watch the musical, but tickets for next week have been sold out. and both liza and i decided to give the musical a miss and just proceed to catch the show at The Actors Studio next wednesday.
but, yesterday afternoon, just before i knock off from work, my mobile rang and....
me: hello..
phone: hello, boleh cakap dgn cik nazriah?
me: ya, saya.
phone: saya (i cldnt remember her name!! hehe) dari afdlin ... (something that i cldnt make out). cik nazriah ada email abt nak tengok PGL the musical kan?
me: yups... i did... (just remembered at that point of time actually.... hehe)
phone: okies, we got some tickets for tomorrow, the 16th, 18th and the 25th. and we got the RM70 tickets for 50% off. are u still interested to go?
me: (without thinking much) alrite, i think i go for the tomorrow's show.
phone: you nak berapa tiket?
me: just one jer. and that will be RM35 kan? (just to double confirm) and how am i suppose to collect the ticket?
phone: yups. satu jer eh? u pergi jer kat the box office saying that u are from afdlin fan club.
me: (me??? afdlin fan club??? since when?? heahheahheae.... ) oohhh... okies... if that's the case, i just see u tomorrow then. thanks a lot.
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and as i am typing this. my mobile rang......
me: hello
phone: hello, boleh cakap dgn cik nazriah mohd khamin? (mak datuk!!! full name dia sebut!!! )
me: ya, saya.
phone: saya shamin(the same gerl who called yesterday!!!) dari visionworks. nie nak confirm, malam nie you jadi pergi tak?
me: (giler ker aku tak pergi??) yeah... yups... jadi pergi..
phone: satu jer kan your tiket?
me: a ah. satu.
phone: okies. u tak yah ambik tiket kat box office. tiket semua abg afdlin (abg afdlin??) pegang. all u need to do is u pergi kat the theater nye entrance kat pintu belah kiri (batu belah batu betangkup ke dik??hehe). semua kodoks (kodoks??? ) berkumpul kat situ.
me: oh... afdlin will be there too? and he has all the tickets? hhmm... ok lah like that... i just see u later over there. (me smiling already at this stage!!! hehehe)
phone: okies. bye
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best nye.... and i am officially a kodok... heaeaheha.. still find it hard to believe seh. if u wanna know more abt kodoks, just go to afdlin's blog. and the big man himself gonna be there. thank god i tak lupa my camera.. heaheha....
well, folks.... i am watching this tonight with the rest of the kodoks....
have a great evening. coz i know i will...
home alone....
back in kl just now at abt 2am. this week, i'll be all alone at home. no one to have dinner with, no one to go swimming with, no one to chat with, practically no one to do anything with. the housemates are having their one week semestral break.
anyone wanna join me at home for this week??? *winks* hehhe.....
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thanks to everybody for the comforting words the past few days. still trying to accept the fact that he is no longer here. the next time, i'll be back in spore, and knowing that he's not lying at his sofa, it wont be the same. seeing the empty sofa in the living room, its just different. the essence of the house is gone. well, it'll take time, surely. just like when nyai passed away in 1998. it took all of us a while to really really accept that she's really gone. everyone miss her smile, her manja-ness, her everything. hari raya without nyai was already different, and now, i wonder how the next raya will gonna be. all i know now is that, yai is no longer in pain. like what idah said, his back doesnt hurt anymore now. 
yai and nyai, both of u may be gone, but never in our hearts.
sad sad day.....
was lying on the bed while reading a novel when the phone rang. ever since i'm working in kl, and whenever the phone rang and the screen shows "mak" i will surely panic for news that i wldnt wanna hear. and my fear came when last nite just after isyak, the mobile screen showed mak calling. her voice was totally different and i knew the moment she said, "gerl, yai..... " , i could complete her sentence.
my yai, Haji Shariff bin Ahmad, passed away at about 2025hrs on the 7th february 2006. and he just celebrated his 90th birthday last August.
went back with kak yati who drove all the way back to spore. reached spore closed to 4am. shld be here till i dunno when. shld be all the way till monday, i reckon. shall call alan tomorrow to confirm.
for now friends and relatives, can u please share your al-fateha for him? 
this was taken sometime in august after his birthday celebration and just before he went bedridden.
idah and dila, i love u both. it was different without u both. i knew how badly u wanna be here. i wld be in the same position too shld i am still in brisbane. u guys know how was his condition, and it was time for him to go and meet his creator and his love of his life. *hugs*
semoga Allah mencucuri rohnya, insya-allah.
rindu.....
been missing my kids for a bit now even tho just saw them last week. but, i find it time with them are normally limited. wish i cld have more time with them. last week... for the first time, when i reached along's chalet, when khalid saw me... he called out..."cikkkk nazzz..... cikkk nazzz..." so cute... and so cheeky budak tu... geram aku especially bila dia senyum.
and lately, everytime after i see aniq, i'll miss him terribly. not that i dont miss the rest of the kids. but this little one, aiyoh.. lagi geram. 
see how fast he grows. he looks sooo much like arfa. just like how khalid looks like khair when he was little. how come i dont look like abg ir?? eeeuuuwww.... thank god for that... hehaha.. sorry abg.... *winks* hehhee...
miss u my darlings... cik naz see u guys again when i'm back... okies... muacks...
38.9, 39.6, 40, 37.3, 38.6, 38.3....
those were my body temperatures upon reaching kl last friday with the last one being my temperature last nite before i went to bed.
it was scorching hot in kl on friday noon. was abt 33degrees. and i was practically shivering. i had to go to masjid india to get the invites ready and do some other stuffs. was suppose to go to mid valley to do some groceries after that. but my body was just too weak to continue after masjid india. went back home straight after that and took a nap. and that's when the temperature started to rise. was in bed the whole day on saturday. waking up only to go to the clinic. lucky me that liza's around. thanks babe!!!
walizah came after teaching on saturday and she cooked food for me. hehe... she stayed till sunday afternoon after lunch with us.
it's back to work after a long break. and i'm still weak.... arrgghhhh....
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and... oh... i am just soo happy that jacklyn victor's gemilang won the juara lagu last nite. it was really worth the early trip back to KL!!!.... hehhee...
westlakians nite out...
had a dinner gathering with my westlake primary schoolmates over at secret recipe at junction 8 on tuesday nite. we are still searching for more of our schoolmates so that we can have a bigger gathering the next time round. faizal, seniyati and hamdan couldnt join us due to personal stuffs. 
the guys, - nasir and ismann and myself..
the gerls - sabrina, nurhasrina and her lil active daughter, nurin.
all of us before we call it a nite and promise to meet again some time soon...
i had a great time, and dinner, together with a totaly great company. hope to see u guys again soon... insya-allah...
*oh, btw, i think i saw the halal cert at secret recipe, didnt i??*
