okie, to be honest tak la gempak sangat konsert derang ne. its not that i cakap tak best langsung. ada beberapa lagu yang i suke dengar.walaupon i bukan budak koir tapi the arrangement kurang menyengat. ada satu lagu la suke dengar when they ol did combine these three songs into medley (terlalu istimewa,gemilang and.........) soo sori i terlupe pulak lagu yang satu lagi. suka when they sang gemilang. it sounds a bit catchy when they ol tarik suara naik tu. sori la...i tak tau apa2 pasal koir ne k. i just taw ada tenor, alto, soprano...haha wek!thats it but kudos to all fellas. u guys da buat yang terbaik k.keep it up


* theres once i went to barcelona tahun ni gak. jalan2 sesaje kat town die wif andi.saje nak lepas borink. ngah berjalan2 tu tetibe terdengar satu bunyik yang sangat menarik ati untuk didengar. tym tu memang ramai tourist lalu lalang kat citu. then! walla...one large group of peeps ngah menyanyi.yang best derang cam combine seni teater, koir, ngan tarian dalam versi pelik dan menarik. i memang join teater kat u.tapi yang ni len sangat2.derang btol2 feel ngan apa yang derang wat.tak silap derawell sayangnya rakaman video ada pada andi. tak tau mane die boh dah...try carik la.insyallah jumpe nanti i past kat cni.

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seramai 8 orang terdiri dari ahli kerabat Astena menghadiri konsert tersebut yang diadakan di auditorium yang boleh dikatakan 'very intimate' untuk memperdengarkan suara-suara vokal koir secara lebih dekat dan jelas lagi berbanding dewan besar.

Konsert yang telahpun bermula di negeri-negeri lain akhirnya tiba jua ke Selangor sebagai destinasi berikutnya.

Boleh dikatakan persembahan koir yang diberikan memang hebat, memukau dan tidak membosankan dari awal sehingga akhir.

Persembahan lagu dikategorikan mengikut slot lagu-lagu rakyat serata negeri di Malaysia seperti Wau-wau Pepeh, Puteri Santubong, Endang; klasikal muzik dari Eropah seperti Dansa De La Fee -Dragee (dari The Nutcracker); dan lagu moden pop kontemporari seperti Inspirational Medley (Alhamdulilah, Terlalu Istimewa & Gemilang), I Say A Little Prayer, dan banyak lagi dimana kesemuanya digubah bersesuaian untuk versi koir. memang mengkagumkan!

persembahan tidak hanya diberi dengan kemantapan vokal sahaja tetapi kesemua ahli koir kebangsaan juga menyanyikan dengan lenggok menari dan juga seperti sketsa muzikal yang memang menarik sekali.

Pengarah pada konsert malam itu ialah YM Tunku Marina Tunku Dato' Zubir bersama Pengarah vokal Syafinaz Selamat *tidak hadir* dan tetamu khas bekas Ketua Pengarah Istana Budaya.

Konsert Jelajah Koir Kebangsaan edisi 08 ini dibawah program Muzik Untuk Semua! oleh JKKN.

Malam itu juga, Shazlan coach vokal koir kami turut datang melihat rakan-rakan beliau di pentas.
Astena-mates ke konsert: Bob Hadi, Amir, Presiden Faris, Hazman, Zul, Mas Ilmi, Donat, Mumtazila

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Glitches here and there happened during the concert. Early in the concert, we had a miscommunication with our conductor. Our next song was Adai Adai, where we would have to sit. The next song after that would be another song with movements. So when our conductor cued us, half of us, started to sit, the other half turned and made the movement for the other song. I swear, it was embarrassing and almost hilarious, but at that point, we were scared to bits to even laugh. So, yada yada yada, the show’s over. It was generally good, not the best, but good. Then we went for supper. I thought we were going to have this Kelantan specialty, I don’t know how you spell it, but it’s really good. The specialty dish I mean. I had it in Iman’s place during Raya, and man, it was good! So my friend told me it was the specialty served, but I wasn’t so sure. Probably just an imitation of the dish. Apparently, it’s difficult and expensive to make. I’ll probably dedicate an entire post one day, about the dish. That’s if I find anything to post. Anyway, right after supper, we went to this night market. It was really late by then, almost 1 plus AM and some shops were closing already. We walked around, ‘window-shopped’ a little, and I bought myself a pair of slippers! I had wanted this pair - when you put them together, side by side, the pattern forms a lady bug! - but it doesn’t have my size. (I never really knew slippers come in sizes! *gasps*) Anyway, after getting tired of walking, we went to some mamak, and then back to the bus. It had been a really long day. And night.



1st November 2008

Oh, did you know that the resort we are staying at is just right next to the beach? Well, the beach ain’t pretty. But it’s been almost forever since I’ve been to the beach, so I was only thankful to be able to look out at the horizon over the sea. It was a great calming effect. Before we took off to our volunteer programme, we all cam-whored! In every tour trip, it is sort of…mandatory for us choir-ians to do some volunteer work. Not that we mind. I certainly don’t mind. He he. So, our volunteer today was to go visit a hospital. UKM in Kelantan. We were brought to the children’s ward, to the cancer patients. Most of them are really small. L There was one who’s about 20 years old, but he looked like he’s 14. The saddest one of all was a baby (I can’t remember if it’s a she or he), placed in a special room, with all sorts of needles poking into her. She/he has lung problems and currently I think she’s hooked up on some machine to help him/her breathe. He/she’s so tiny!! After we were done, we were off to lunch. At Four Seasons Restaurant! Cool! So it was…Chinese cuisine! The kerabu was great! YummY! After lunch, we went back to the resort, packed in like…15 minutes and then off we go! To sightseeing. We went to another market, a famous one, it seems, near The Grand Palace. It was HUGE! There are SO many things! From there I bought 4 caftans! Pretty too! And some dodol, for my mom. I think I got like…1 kg?? Or was it ½ kg? Can’t remember now, it was only RM4! So much, and it was good too. I also got a fan, cause it was so hot! Yada yada yada, shop shop shop, it was time to head off to the bus. You think the journey ends here? HAH! You are WRONG! The journey was just about to begin! WE were not going to head back home. WE were going to go to PERLIS!

And so, the journey continued. At first the bus ride was pretty smooth. However, nearing dusk…I felt…strange. It felt like…car-sick! It was weird, because I’ve never had any problems with cars, or reading in cars or anything like that. I started feeling sick to my stomach, and nauseous. And the headache…gosh, it was the weirdest feeling ever! I thought I was the only one. But when I look across to my right, I saw the same expression on Chee Kan’s face! Hahaha! He was having the symptoms too! He looked just as sick. The road was getting windy, and everyone in the bus was getting sick too. The bus then stopped, and a few of us rushed down the bus and most of them threw up. I didn’t get to, though. I felt like it, but I couldn’t. We had to endure a little more of the crazy bus ride, and finally stopped for dinner. We reached the hotel in Perlis at about 2AM. Thank goodness, the room wasn’t so bad. It was pretty ok. I mean, it’s a hotel! It was definitely much better than Kelantan.



2nd November 2008

Concert day! Unfortunately, tonight’s concert wasn’t that great. We lacked energy, and the power. We were pretty disappointed too. Sigh. Nothing we could do but to look forward to the next concert. However, we got a seafood supper treat from the VIP who attended the concert. He brought us to some dodgy looking mamak stall or some sort, which serves seafood, and we just ate. Well, I didn’t eat a lot, but, there were some interesting “delicacies” that I’ve tried. Look at the pictures below, there’s one with Cik Syafinaz holding the interesting - looking clam or some sort.



3rd November 2008

Again, as usual, volunteer work. We went to this special local school in Perlis, which caters for normal students and special students. They allocated kids who have problems, such as autism, Down syndrome’s, and such. We had fun, the students even performed something for us! Will show you the video, in a bit. :D! Haha, most of us became famous too! Kids were lining up asking for autographs! So cute! Then, it was HOME! But before that, we stopped at Gua Kelam! Beautiful err…what’s gua in English??)…AH! CAVE! Beautiful cave! :D! I’ll show you the pictures, you’ll be the judge. I mean, it’s been quite a while since I went into a cave. The last time was…when I was in…Tekam? Ah, sweet memories. Alright, let’s not get distracted now. So after that, it was really home. Another long journey to endure. We reached KL at about midnight or so.

Oh and by the way, I published this post at work, so there are more pictures to come, I don’t have it with me, and I can only post the pictures up at home tonight. Pray you stay patient. J I’m sorry, I know this post is extremely long and without pictures, it can be boring. So, do forgive me this once, and let me upload the pictures tonight. :D

Cheers.

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