Maid & Butler

Woh! I just got news about Kris’ song pick from the judges. Randy was the one who chose the song for him. It’s “Apologize” by One Republic. Hmm… I wonder if it’s a good choice? It does seem to suit him I guess. And Randy has been quite nice to Kris. I’m sure Kris will work something out!

On the other hand, Paula Abdul picked “Dance Little Sister” by Terence  Trent D’Arby for Gokey. There’s still no news about Adam’s song yet.

Source from MJSBIGBLOG.COM

Current Mood: Happy

Just let me pimp this video because I’m totally smitten by this lil’ puppy XDLook at his smile, his confidence, his charisma!! I need something to rub away his pissed off face in my memory during rock week >< I hope he’ll do something jazzy when he comes out. Not Jason Mraz please. I like some of his songs but I’m not a fan. I think Kris will score in these kinda songs.He’s just too cute! And I lurve, lurve the voice twisting thingie.

Current Mood: Cool

I was too busy (working) and too excited (for Kris) to write a proper post on the American Idol Rock Week results but here I am. Tell me why Allison, who sang so beautifully, has so much packaging, lost to a croaky, SCREEECHY Danny who wears absolutely no rock outfit? The answer is simple. Danny has the cougars for voters.

I absolutely love Allison’s performance last night! It was her best! And her outfit, her hair, omg, I love her hair, everything gels together to give her a push. But sadly, her fanbase is not big enough. I must admit that she has been inconsistent. I rephrase,  her VOTES has been inconsistent but for her to be kicked out at her triumphant week is a joke. You know what’s the bigger joke? Gone-key is still in the running! What is it that Americans don’t understand? People like him can’t be an idol -_-.

I got quite teary-eyed when Allison sang her outro song. I can feel her fury, “Why me and not Danny!?”. I’m sure Allison will do well out of American Idol. Maybe Daughtry performing just now was a sign.

And what the heck is wrong for being humble?! Everyone is like bullying Kris!!! Yesterday, he was so pissed and furious, I was quite taken aback to see him like that. But what can I say? Being pair with Gokey and being bullied by Simon could send him choking himself. But I’m really really happy that he make it. And being humble is a good thing! I don’t always agree with Simon’s opinion of changing oneself for American Idol. You can ask them to change their clothing style, music related stuff but to ask them to change their personality? Screw that, Kris, you’re worth more than that! You are there because of who you are, keep it real. I’m starting to think that Simon is losing his bet on Danny cuz Kris keeps getting better

Yup, this is the EPIC FAIL scream that I was talking about. Enjoy people.

Current Mood: Esctatic

Are

you

ready?!

Our Kris is save!!!!!!! Thank you fellow Americans for supporting him!! Whee~!!! I won’t tell who got eliminated until tonight though. Actually I was gritting my teeth not to spoil myself in whatever way until 6pm tonight. But my friend emailed and told us XXX got eliminated so I grinning like a happy seal XD I was trying so hard to supress my glee hahahhaa! YEY!!!Next to be eliminated: GOKEY!!! Go home, old man!

See Kris Allen’s “Come Together” and judge for yourself. He did quite ok right?

Current Mood: Sleepy

I’m on American Idol high these days after I was ‘jolted’ by Kris In actual fact, I was a Scott/Alexis/Adam supporter from their audition days but I sorta guessed he won’t last till the end. And although he’s good and I like quite a lot of his songs selection, he just don’t have that stage presence… Alexis is so rocker chic but in the end she’s not as rocker chic as I thought she would be which was quite a let down. But I was hoping she would top Anoop/Lil’ Round at least…

Anyway, I only started noticing Kris when he sang ‘Falling Slowly’. I was like, “DAMN! Why didn’t I notice him earlier!”. Frankly, I don’t follow American Idol every week. In fact, I only started chasing the series starting this season because I subscribed to Astro. After work, nothing to do, switch on TV. Eventually I began to take interest in the series and spotted a few favourites heh. Kris continued to impress me with ‘She Works Hard for The Money’ and there started my worshipping

So how did he score this week? One word: Mediocre.

If it wasn’t for Adam’s super amazing performance and Allison’s great vocals, he should be quite safe. But fear not, he’s definitely not the worst. This week’s (and in many many weeks) worst performance is DEFINITELY Danny’s. Kris was just doing his own thing. I have to admit that I dislike Gokey. He has no star power and his vocals belong to the 80s. Aside from that, I JUST DON’T LIKE HIM. This week he just top it with his fail imitation of Adam’s trademark screams. OMG… I had more respect for him, tsk tsk. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, check out this page for reviews and this page for the ‘awesome’ video and prepare to laugh. Seriously, I laughed so hard, I was hitting my sofa when he was nearing the end of the song.

Here’s my ratings for each of the talents:

KRIS ALLEN
Vocal - 9/10 I’m in love with his voice! It’s very soothing and it’s clear. I really like it when he makes a sudden change in his voice. How do I put it? Like how Hyde (L’arc-en-Ciel) does frequently (If you don’t know who he is, it’s hay time you google him out)
Creativity - 10/10 He is a real artist like how the judges describe him. He knows how to make a song suits him. And he knows how to make the same song sounds different but good, if not better. His renditions are all very creative and orgasmic! This part reminds me of what David Cook did to Mariah Carey’s ‘Always Be My Baby’.
Stage Presence - 5/10 There’s a reason why I only started noticing him so late ya. He has very little stage presence although when he’s performing, he’s good but he’s not memorable. He should fix his hair to be spikier, wear more fashionable clothings, ’statement clothing’, maybe not so much as Adam but more stylish like Matt would do him good. And he looks timid when he’s not performing, like he’s afraid to take it from the judges or something.
Studio recording or stage performing? I would say a little bit of both. His studio recordings are amazing! But I like to see him performing with his instruments and the band.
Best song/performance so far  My favourite would be ‘The Way You Look Tonight’ because I’m a sucker for jazz! I also love ‘Falling Slowly’ and ‘She Works Hard for the Money’. In fact, there isn’t one song that I don’t like from him.
Why should he win? If Adam has the outter package, Kris definitely wins hands down with the creativity and vocals. Plus, he’s popular with the ladies *self note: he’s married >_<, gah!* with his boyish looks. I think he would probably get much more votes if he isn’t married.

DANNY GOKEY
Vocal - 7/10 I’m not a fan of husky voices. I’m not a fan of husky voices which sing pop songs -_-. But I must say he sounds good in recordings. Good pitch and stuff. I’m not sure if it’s talent or what but he has great control on his vocals.
Creativity - 7/10 I’m giving him high marks here because his song selection hit my notes >_< (does that make sense?!) I like the beginning of ‘Stand by Me’ and hoped it would be something like that for the rest of the song but I was disappointed.
Stage Presence - 3/10 Nope. He can’t dance, he can’t play instruments, he can’t entertain the audiences. I remember his face from his glasses only. I wonder if it’s a good thing (and he owns like what, 27 pairs of them?!).
Studio recording or stage performing? Studio. I can listen to him better without his presence.
Best song/performance so far - I like his rendition of ‘Stand by Me’ and his performance of ‘Endless Love’. Although for ‘Endless Love’ he didn’t do anything but he did take away his glasses and I actually feel the song from him.
Why should he win? His fanbase is huge? I’ve read in some websites about cougars and stuff. And the judges are pawing him like gold. WTH?

ALLISON IRAHETA
Vocal - 7/10 Powerful, powerful vocals but sadly not those that I fancy. I have to admit that I don’t like female singers. Sorry, my hormones just decide it that way. Rarely would I like a female singer… But to be fair, she is very good especially at her tender age.
Creativity - 3/10 Not creative at all. Alot of times I think she’s just singing for the sake of singing without doing anything on the piece to make it ‘her own’.
Stage Presence - 8/10 I love her rocker chic look. I like her red hair! She knows how to move and to entertain people. Studio recording or stage performing? I’ll go for stage for this one cuz I prefer to see her perform as I don’t enjoy listening to her songs anyway… Sorry Allison.
Best song/performance so far  I want to point out her worst song choice, ‘I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing’. When I first hear her sing, I went OMG cuz it’s either you’ll do REALLY REALLY good or REALLY REALLY bad, and she’s the latter one. Why? Because the song sets a very high benchmark in vocals! If you can’t surpass that, don’t freakin’ choose that song! I kept waiting for that screaming part that Steve Tyler does which is so iconic but she just mellowed it down…
Why should she win? She has great stage presence and she’s young. I believe if given time and more polishing, she will shine quite brightly. Although she might not create her own songs, but at least she wouldn’t be like wannabes such as Ashley Simpson or stuff like that, uweks.

ADAM LAMBERT
Vocal - 8/10 He can hit both high and low notes and I respect his screamings without sounding forced or pretentious. He has developed a style in his singing.
Creativity - 6/10 Fair. He can sing but his renditions of the songs are so-so.
Stage Presence - 10/10 I totally enjoy each and every one of his performances! They are energetic and entertaining! That makes his performances so fun to watch! Being in the theatrical pays off big time huh?
Studio recording or stage performing? Definitely stage. I absolutely LOVE his ‘Born to be Wild’ performance but the studio recording was ‘meh’.
Best song/performance so far I really love ‘If I Can’t Have You’. It’s different from his usual ones and it’s beautiful. ‘Born to be Wild’ for stage.
Why should he win? He has the whole package. He’s cute. He has STYLE, this is very important as an idol no? And he has mad vocals. He is a great entertainer. He’s quite flawless now that I think about it.

I’m a Kris Allen fan through and through but let’s face it, Adam has more star quality than Kris. I’ll be very happy for Kris even if he’s a runner up! *blocks all rotten cabbages and tomatoes*. So the bottom 2 would be Kris and Gokey. I LOVE YOU KRIS! Please hang on till the end!!!

Pictures courtesy of Newsday.com

Current Mood: Esctatic

I just wanna revive this to spread the word:
SUPPORT KRIS ALLEN!!!

Frankly, I haven’t been following the prev. seasons of American Idol but this season is quite intriguing and since I already installed Astro at home, might as well la At first I was supporting Alexis and Scott since when they were auditioning, and Adam too. I didn’t really noticed Kris until Years They Were Born week where Scott was singing “Just the Way You Are”. And when Kris sang “Falling Slowly”, I was totally hooked and keep wondering why didn’t I noticed him earlier @_@. Now I’m a huge fan!

Anyway, this week is rock n roll week which isn’t his biggest asset but he can turn things around, I just knew it!! I’m gonna cabut sharp2 at 5.30pm today!
P.S: Yo Dogbone!  Howdy?!

Current Mood: Sleepy

Ahhhh~~~~ This baby is finally gonna be launched!

Do catch the launch at Sg Wang Atrium from 2pm - 4pm on Wednesday 26 of November for performances, activities and you could win prizes too!

Some ongoing promotions are gonna happen too! This will be until the end of the week. Buy RM80 and above worth of MJ products and get a MJ Diary and buy RM120 and above for a MJ Umbrella + Makeover + Hairstyling + Photoshoot!! All of you go get all of them and make yourself pwetty pwetty!

Simultaneously, the NEW Chapter “I am Gorgeous” is available too! This chapter is super GORGEOUS (really!). Follow Minami’s makeup and make your way to a gorgeous Christmas~! Have fun!

Current Mood: Cool

I reached at 9.50am and miraculously found a parking at the lorong beside the building. When I went up to the 2nd floor, it was already super crowded! Luckily we don’t have to wait long before the staff open the door for us. The throng of ppl dashed in and scurry through the goods.

I was there yesterday but after looking at the cashier counter queue, my colleagues and I decided to go back to the office. The queue was hellish and the crowd was horrendous. Today is better. The cashiers are amazingly fast and I don’t have to wait much although the queue was long.

I must say I found a lot of my size of clothings, this is pretty rare! I’m a size UK12-UK14 and some of their M fits me (must be some kind of lable defect so it ended up in the sale :P)! But don’t go for XDYE brand of clothes cuz their L is like an M -_-. Bought 2 and with the color I adore too! Basically the cutting is a bit smaller, it still fits but it was very tight at the sleeves *sniff. I’m posting them up for sale if anyone is interested. Brand new and with tag! I also recommend Massimo Dutti’s clothes as they feel and look more durable although not as fashionable and could be more expensive. They have loads of Zara and TRF bins and they are at reasonable prices. You should really go for the RM39.90 and above ones as the lower price ones tend to have more defects. But if you don’t mind, the RM9.90 bins have quite a few treasures too, alot of tanks though. There’s a section for jeans too and belts and shoes but I didn’t check those out. Jeans starts from RM79.90.

All in all, I recommend this warehouse sale! I’ll rate it 8/10 for the range of clothes, the distance from my house and effectiveness of cashier counters!

Current Mood: Surprised

I was reading a blog post about Alice in Wonderland movie by Tim Burton when it strike a chord to go visit Apple Trailers. I’m so anticipating Alice in Wonderland BTW, and it’s Tim Burton! ANYWAY, so I went to check out Apple Trailers and guess what I saw? A big banner of a movie trailer call ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button‘. It took so so long to load the damn trailers *sniff. But it was worthwhile.

The trailers practically tells the whole story in a nutshell, which is about a man whose life starts from age 70, I mean physically. Mentally, he is a child but according to wiki, he was able to speak moments after his birth! So when other ppl began to age, he became younger! It’s a curious case indeed! At the end of the trailer we see a baby @_@ But according to the novel, his life ends as he became a baby and then POOF! He’s disappeared from the face of the earth. Quite sad actually, there’re no remains of you, only memories… As he became younger, he gradually lose interest in his wife (Blanchett) too because she’s aging. Hrm… I wonder if he HAS INTEREST when he was an old man and she was a girl? That would look very bad >_<

The movie stars Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett woohoo! They are back again since Babel. I think they are both very talented actors but maybe because both of them has already their own stereotypical characters imprinted into my head (Tyler vs Queen Elizabeth?), they seem to be quite odd as couples. Well, Cate Blanchett is very elegant IMO and Brad Pitt gives a very bad boy vibe. Aiyo, it’s because whenever I think of Brad Pitt’s best character, I’ll think of Tyler Durden & David Mills (Se7en). And Cate Blanchett is associated with Galadriel in LOTR and Elizabeth. They don’t really blend. But we shall see how this movie goes.

It’s scheduled to release in Christmas in US so we hope that it’ll be released at the same time or soon after!

Current Mood: Sad

Last week, I was happily driving to work because there was only 2 working days before the raya hols. As I approach the housing area towards Tmn Paramount, I saw something lying on the ground. I was wearing my glasses and not my contacts so I couldn’t really see clearly what was it. I was very interested to know cuz I was half expecting it to be a road kill but it looks too pure and white to be one. Until I was about 5 meters in front of it, I went ‘OMG!’ and avoided it. It really was a dead animal, a white kitten and with its head stuff crushed into smithereens T_T. It was my first sight of a dead cat T_T and I felt a part of my heart got eaten. I was thinking of Crayon at that time, what if he was hit?! Sigh….

And another sign came up.

I was watching Animal Planet’s ‘Big Cats Diary’ when a very noisy commercial popped up. I was doing some work on my laptop so most of the time I was looking at my computer screen, only listening and taking a few glimpse when something interesting comes up like Half-tail, the leopard chasing food or cubs playing with each other. The commercial was pretty simple. It went meowing non-stop and as it went by, one by one of these ‘meow’ texts fill up the screen. At the end of the commercial, there’s a message which says something like ‘Be a responsible pet owner, sterilize your cat’.

That was yesterday.

THIS MORNING, I saw another white dead cat on the road to work. I was like, what the helllllll. Why are all these signs keep showing up?! CRAYON IS CASTRATED SINCE HE’S 6 MONTHS OLD!!! He has no offsprings! Stop giving me these gruesome sights! Pif.

When I saw the word sterilize, the first thing I thought was to clean my cat. But it doesn’t gel in with the message so I would guess that it has the same meaning as castrate/neuter. Sorry for my poor English, hmph. Ok la, I shall clean u more often Crayon, so don’t die on me T_T. *Sniff.

And here are some pics of Crayon when he was castrated. Poor Crayon was so sedated when we brought him home from the vet. He looked tired and bleh.