27 January 2008

My mom slept over here last night and today we went to a wedding in Bandar Tun Razak, Cheras. As usual there was food and karaoke at the function. The food was not bad but honestly, people of Flat Sri Kota has absolutely no talent in singing. They're the worst karaoke singer I've ever heard period! I think we should ban these karaoke singers from wedding in the future, anybody with me raise yer hands (I'm raising both my hands and feet).
Later we went to IKEA (again). Actually my mom wanted to buy some things and we tagged along to keep her company. It's little surprise that the place is packed with crowd today. End of the month, weekend, we had to park the car outside next to the main entrance. Did you know that when all the parking bays are full in IKEA you can actually park anywhere you like? Trust me, I know. It's the company policy.
We returned just in time to catch Anugerah Juara Lagu 22 on TV3. I don't really follow Muzik-Muzik but I definitely won't miss AJL especially after so much hype around it. The show just ended a while ago and here's my 2 cents worth:

Singers / bands that sucks or I never liked: Aishah, Ramlah Ram, Bob, Fiq, Fazli Zainal, Jinbara, Sofaz, Misha Omar & Andy and Mawi.

Jaclyn Victor sang really well tonight, so good that she totally eclipsed her partner Lah. No wonder they won best vocal tonight. Izinkan ku pergi is a terrific song but I much prefer the original singer Kaer than his replacement Sahri.Nonetheless Sahri did won the ballad category tonight so credits to him. I think all the songs in the etnik kreatif category totally sucks but Nora's song Samudera sucks the least so I think she deserved to win that category. I thought Siti Nurhaliza had a fair chance to win something tonight after her energetic performance but again she left empty handed just like last year. I'm starting to think those juries in AJL had something going on against her. And for the umpteenth time Mawi won the best performance category because he's got his legion of loyal fans sms-ing for him. He just can't sing, never has and never will, full stop.

I love that song Itu kamu by local alternative band Estranged, even featured their video clips here once. Nonetheless, I thought they wouldn't have a chance after seeing the juries line up tonight. Last year for example I rooted for Pretty Ugly and they performed magnificently but they won nothing. I thought rock bands will always have a slim chance of winning anything on AJL but I was proved wrong tonight. I was hugely surprised when Estranged won the pop/rock category and was totally bewildered when they went on to win Anugerah Juara Lagu tonight. I think the juries made the right decision tonight and for once the artiste that I supports actually win! So congratulations to Estranged, you guys rocks tonight! To the others, so long losers ha ha!

So for the complete list of winners for AJL 22:

Best Vocal: Ceritera Cinta by Jaclyn Victor & Lah

Best Performance: Angan dan sedar by Mawi

Etnik Kreatif Category: Samudera by Nora

Pop Rock Category: Itu kamu by Estranged

Ballad Category: Izinkan ku pergi by Sahri

Juara Lagu: Itu kamu by Estranged


p.s: I think the biggest loser tonight should be Faizal Tahir. His replacement totally sucks and I bet he'd win something tonight if only he wasn't so obsessed with Tom Welling :D