This is the second part of my 'nda tantu-tantu' re-cap. Sorry i don't post any picture as there is too much picture that i can't even select which one is the best for this blog. Enjoy reading... wekekekeke

July – Nothing Interesting Noted

Nothing much. Only one thing good enough to talk is about the operation to flush illegal immigrant that has been residing here in Sabah for ages. It is a big scale operation, according to the statement released by the government. Banner about the operation is out and radio deejay is actively reminding people to always bring along their documents. Whoa!!!

But seriously is there any update on that? I always read the newspaper about it, but what really disappoints me is the story about the operation is only in small portions. Front page is filled with political matters. I want to be that, he should become this and I should be on that post. I don’t know whether the newspaper guys more interested to publish the political matter rather than update on what has been happening about the operations? I don’t know other places, but what I know is, I only seen one operation here in town. Don’t remember when, but there is…

The political matter maybe important (for some people lah mangkali), but what about the promises you (politician) made to the rakyat about flushing the illegal out of Sabah? Have you done it? Have you really Flush Em’ All? Oh you just interested to report about you gaining this postion in you respective party???

August – Bali Vacation

Funny to tell, but this is my first trip outside the country. This is a trip organized by our organization to our staff. We are divided into 5 groups and the first three groups have gone to Bandung and Medan, Indonesia earlier this year. We’ve made a unanimous decision to go to Bali. It’ good actually as I always want to go to Bali. Although there is a history of terrorist attack way back in 2002 (reffering to the Bali Bombing), the travel agent has assured us that the security in Bali is really tight nowadays. Proven to be very-very truth. Everywhere we goes, there is at least two securities personal on standby. There’s also CCTV everywhere. The security personal outnumbered the policeman/woman on duty in Bali. That does explain why I didn’t see many policeman/woman on duty there.

We went on to visit the silver manufacturing place, wood carving and a temple which is located on the beach. In fact, there is a lot of temple in Bali as the main religion of Balinese is Hinduism. I only found 1 mosque and a Christian cemetery so far at Bali. Our hotel is one of the grandest i ever stay. It is the Hard Rock Hotel, Bali. Just in front of it is the Kuta Beach, famous for surfing! Yeah!!!

Bali is truly a shop-tertainment heaven. The stuff to buy is cheap and if you are good at the skill of ‘tawar menawar’, you may get the best price ever.

September – …

One week after come back from Bali, my mum woke me up to tell my grandfather is unconscious. Went on to check on him, I presumed he was gone. That was the most shocking thing happened as the night before, he was very active, saying he want to go to town tomorrow. He was happy… Hmmm… I rather not write more about this, as its really break my heart… May his soul rest in Peace…

October – KE Star Studded Nite Party

KaDuS Entertainment™ yearly gathering has a new name, a new theme… No more to be called Annual gath, but from now on it will be called KE Party. Everybody is a star at that night. Having a problem actually to find a costume that match with that but, luckily on the very last minute, I found it. Hehe…

Oh, My Team finished 2^nd in the Man & Women Futsal Tournament organized by the Ministry Of Finance, Sabah. FYI, Sabah Credit is a statutory body under the state government and we are under the MOF. Our tem (Men’s Team) losing 3-1 in the Final against Warisan Harta where’s one of their player is a friend of mine and another blogger, Gidong.

November – My Favorite Month

Yes… November, I love this month… It is my favorite month. Dunno why, but must be because my birthday is in November and my favorite number happens to be 11.

This is the month I started to get people attention unintentionally. I was asked by the Sabah Computer Societies to give talks about blogging at one of their event. Not being the best blogger around and lack of experience (3 years only), I just give the audiences the basic things about blogging. Didn’t know there’s a reporter from local daily to cover the event, I continue on giving my talks. The reporter took some picture of me and went off. Few days later, my pic is out on the newspaper. Some office colleague congratulate me, some started blogging themselves. I’ve also received few phone call from clubs and societies to give talks about blogging. Hmm… I can see the importance of blogging as a lot of people wanted to know more. I guess it is because of the aftermath the March GE.

We (SCC Futsal Team) again participate in another Futsal Tournament. This time a tournaments for Statutory Bodies. Futsal is one of the sport event under the Sabah Statutory Bodies Sports. But sadly we didn’t past the quarter-final as we were defeated by SEDCO Team. Manage to score one goal, but that's it. We were out! But i enjoyed playing in that tournarments, especially when the player you are playing against is much more better and skillful. How about former state (Sabah) player???

December - Holiday Mood

Much more event organised this month. starting with the Anugerah PERTISA. Read my 'honest' comment about it HERE. This event meant to acknowledge the most popular artist in Sabah and their works...

Then there is the O2C's Red Is Glam Party (RiGP, finally get it right this time). A Charity event for KASIH, the KK Aids Support Services. Brilliant event.

Pastu i was involved in our Christmas Decoration judging where i act as one of the shepherds... in our case... jajal shepherds... Wekekekeke...

Get drunk here and there... tapi nda lah sampai nakalapik nda ingat dunia... wowowowowow

KaDuS Bilang:
Whoa! Done!!! Started New Year 2008 with happy, end it with happy Also! I like it... Throughout 2008, i've wore Warrior costume, Chinese shirts, baju selangor, cowboy costume, baju tradisi Suluk, Shepherds and of course the Kadazan traditional costume. Wekekekeke... I am happy in 2008. That what make me sad. Now, it's been three days since i left 2008 behind, i still feel like... macam baru kemarin sia pakai baju cowboy and menari tarian Suluk. Wekekekeke.

"I go foward leaving all the memories behind. Some i would cherish forever, some better left behind. Truly wonderful years, happiness come and goes with sadness, good comes with bad... Can I ask for more? Thank You God for all the great things You give upon me"

Uish... sia merapu sudah (webber pinjam ayat ko ah). Wakakaka.. Okay.... Take Care Everybody!!!

I actually don’t want to write about this but I feel that I am free to give my comments on what’s happening in and around Sabah. So please (whoever you are) don’t say I am harshly criticizing you as me myself want to see our local music industry is on the very highest of quality! Yah, I’m referring to the PERTISA Award, held on 6th December 2008 at the KDCA Hall.

First, a big hand of applause for coming up with this event. I think the time has come for our entertainment industry to have this kind of award show. We have gone far from that old ukulele sound to the more sophisticated kind of music equipments. Emmm… I still love that ukulele sound though! Well, this is the second time that PERTISA organized the award show. I didn’t attend the first one (which also held at KDCA way back in 2004) for a reason that I already forgot. Hehehehe. So can’t make a benchmark on the improvement or decline in quality of organizing this event. This is the first time I attend the Award show where I was appointed as an official photographer. Hmmm… Asal event KDCA, kalau involves misti photographer… Wakakaka… Well I like it… at least I will know what to do, instead of sitting there doing foolish things… Wakakakaka

The event held was ‘buli lah’ in my point of view. Maybe I was used to take photograph in a larger scale of event and in a very sophisticated (twice uda used this word) environment. Better more, I’ve once involved in organizing a Mega Concert which proved to be very-very though. So maybe juga my expectation is too high for this event. Tapi nda lah sia expect yang sampai macam American Grammy Award (AMA) or Anugerah Industri Muzik (AIM) gitu. But at least doing it to be just like those awards show (AMA, AIM) pun okay sudah lah.

I’ve notice few things lah. Maybe people will disagree with me, but this is my view only. First, is the audio quality and the lighting. Really not up to what I’ve been expecting for an event of this scale. Come on lah... Others maybe okay, but my mood of taking picture really ruined by both the audio and the lighting. I’m confused with the lighting. Maybe because I am not so ‘pro’ in taking picture, I might don’t know the right setting for the camera. I admit most of my photo quality is not good. Not even good to publish it here. So that is my fault lah… maybe… But what about the audio? I know it’s hard to get a good audio quality inside a hall, except if you record it directly from the mixer it self… Maybe lah… Tapi for me, the audio was… adeh… apa macam mo cakap ah? Senang cakap, bikin sakit telinga sia mo dengar. Make me feels dizzy! Much dizzier than reading books… wakakakaka…

As I said earlier, my expectation for the awards show might be a bit high than what I’ve seen that night. I was actually hoping that there will be a place at the backstage where the winner of any given award will pose with their winning trophy. Sadly there were no such things. I went to the backstage to find the artist as it would be great if I could take their picture with their trophy. What I found was a group of dancers getting ready for their next performance. Where were the artists?

They (the organizer) did charge an entrance fee for those who didn’t want to be in the dinner table. I was told that the entrance fee was RM3 per person. It was announced on a Radio station too. So I told a few friends to come and witness this event. Suddenly they sms me and said that I am a liar. I was shocked… I asked them why do they say that to me… They answered that the ticket price for the gallery seating was not RM3 but RM10! Whoa!!! How come the ticket price could increase so sudden? Just like the harga minyak… Tiba-tiba naik… tapi pandai turun pula… not like the ticketlah… where some people has to fork out extra RM7 just to give support to this event… Duit juga bah tu… pikir senang kah mo cari RM7?

I don’t want to talk about the results lah. Since the awards recipients is decided by voting, so it is the voters right to vote who they think is the most popular. They will choose from a list of candidate, and pick their choice. Just like the elections lah.

But sadly, in one week, I’ve been listening to talks from people in and around KK saying that the result is somehow funny. They thinks, It (the result) didn’t give the ‘right’ picture on who is the most popular in the state. But again, it is the voter’s rights. They can choose whoever they like to win this or that’s awards. I definitely don’t blame the winner or the organizer. Hence, no one should be in the firing line for this. If the organizer decides that they want to use this method of voting, it’s their rights!

"Is Era FM to be blamed? Rich and Estranged won an Award of which the result was decided by online voting."

Then, timbul pula the most interesting talks about individual who win it by bulk voting. What I mean is, say I was one of the candidates and I buy a lot of voting sheet to vote for myself. Seriously, is there any wrong in that? The title is The Most Popular… POPULAR! Hello! I want to be popular, so I have to do anything and everything in my power to get myself noticed by the public or in other word: POPULAR! Even if I have to sacrifice a lot of money to do that, I will do it. So I guess there is no problem is this individual win this or that award via own bulk voting. The voting form did not state that only one vote from any person… It is an anonymous vote.

One of the most sensitive things that have been ringing through people mind was the result. It is pure, honest, and transparent results? Whoahahahaha… I am not in a good position to comment on this. So I won’t comment any of this. What I can see is the working committee has been working hard to count all the votes that comes, took them days to complete the voting. I was actually asked by one of the committee member to help on the votes counting process, but due to my position in KaDuS Entertainment™ and other commitments, I have to decline it.
So if there is any inquiry about this, don’t ask me! Ask the main organizer. Hehehehe…

Overall, I’m quite satisfied lah… As I said before… Buli Lah… It can be improved in the future. To all the PERTISA members, keep up the good works… I and KaDuS Entertainment™ will supports you people, as what we’ve been doing for the past few months. Critics do come. So view it in a positive and constructive ways. Don’t take all critics as negative, it won’t help you. It will ruin you in a long run. I’ve read and love the comments made by Mr. Ambrose Mudi at his blog, http://yangkalamai.blogspot.com. He even comes up with ideas and ways to improve PERTISA. Also a blog from a friend of mine, who happen to be a local Artist and also PERTISA members, Guadik Ansiw. He can be found on his blogsite at, http://adex-gamusic.blogspot.com. See, there’s a lot of thinker in and around our local music industry. Even in PERTISA itself.

KaDuS Bilang:
Bah, If anybody feels hurts by what I wrotes here, I’m sorry, but for me I am just expressing views from my head. As I said earlier, seeing our local entertainment industries grows in my main priority. That’s why I started KaDuS Entertainment™ way back in 2005. So don’t think we are a threat. Sama-sama lah bah kan… Again… Sorry, Siou, Tui Pu Chi and apa-apa bahasalah kalau ada yang tersinggung dengan post nie… To all the winners and award recipients, congratulations. Enjoy…

I'm really busy this past few days. That's explain why there is no update here... will update you soon. But here's some brief update on what has been happening last week.

MON - FRI
Works as usual. Nothing special recorded. Only some news making the headlines. One is the 'tanah runtuh' in West Malaysia. hmmm... My prayers and thoughts goes for the family victims. Next quite bizarre news. It is about a man killed at a karaoke in Sandakan. Reasons: Mic! (Mikrofon bah). The victim is so reluctant to hand over the mic after he sing his songs. (Normally they rotate table by table bah). But this fella' thinks that, maybe i should runs the show tonite and be a star. Prove to be wrong!!! He was stabbed by those who (maybe) feels irate. Well, if i am in that situation, i will be annoyed too. Tapi nda lah sampai mo menikam. So i do agree when a plain cloth policeman goes to any pubs or karaoke to do a spotcheck. To ensure no trouble will arise lah...
(This is For Bobby: Ini Adalah Pemeriksaan Rutin... Sila Keluarkan Kad Pengenalan Anda dan berikan Kerjasama Sepenuhnya!!! Hehehehehe)

Anugerah PERTISA 2008
This event held at the KDCA building and organised by PERTISA (Persatuan Artis Tempatan Negeri Sabah). Great event though. I was assigned as the official photographer for the night with gogds, pirut, gonit and bambangan. Luckily we used to cover this kind of event, so not much problem lah. Two things bothering my concertration was the audio quality (which not really up to my ears standards) and the lighting (really confusing when i want to take picture nie.) But overall the event was good! Hope to see more event like this in the future... Hey our Local Sabahan music industry is going into the right direction... SUPPORT US!!! We may not be able to become the best music industry in Asia, we can truly be the Best In Malaysia!!!

O2C's RED Is GLAM Charity Party!
I confirmed my attendance on the very last minute as i was undecided wether to go or not. But after talks with gogds and some friends, i've decided to go. Dan lagi, i've received some SMS mengerikan dari someone that i dont know (at first) then finally ikew who was it. Sebab SMS dia makin lama makin mengerikan...
The event was BRILLIANT and Big kudos to O2C! There were talks, magic show but what i really like is Live Band Show by JIAJA. Finally i've listened the Kura-Kura song live! The song is sooo funny lah... it's about two turtle... Eh nantilah cakap pasal ni lagu... Then i finally meet up with fellow blogger such as Greg Chai (TK), si kuai, girllyen (with her baby, D90) and zi (nda tertegur dia nie... siou). Ada lai, but sia nda brapa ingat. And sia nda nampak si Adora Madpie semalam... mana dia pigi??? But it was a memorable event lah... And on top of that i'm having fun taking picture last night.

So Next update (hopefully) will be with the picturelah... Need to compile dulu all the picture as soon as i got it from tuan gogds!

KaDuS Bilang:
Nantilah...