Sunday, April 09, 2006

Good to be back

Captain's log Stardate 090406.10

Got back from Pahang early on Saturday morning. The driver drives the van like a Merc. While it makes the travelling time shorter, it is still a van, not a Merc! I only slept intermittently, and sometimes eyeing the speedometer. Oh well, at least using the Genting Highlands route saved 2 hours. Body aches...well what do you expect, sleeping in a sitting position, in a vibrating vehicle for close to 7 hours? And listening to Mawi?

Talk about Mawi....well as he and people say 'dah rezeki'. Indeed. But I remember seeing him as a shy guy, considering his background. Well a few weeks into AF, he makes a turn around. OK, I need to type in Malay for this section. Dia kira mat surau....tapi bila masuk AF sakan bermesra dengan aweks2 dalam akademi...camne tu? Aku ni bukan le alim sangat....tapi aku sedih le tengok orang yang kira OK jadi camtu...dan disokong dan disorak orang ramai. Dan kat web2 tertentu...ada dia mengaku ada la tinggal-tinggal semayang. Jadi lagi teruk? Dan sekarang dia dah jadi artis....wang berjuta. Ramai yang dok memuji dan mempertahankan idola mereka terutama kalau dibanding dengan Jaclyn Victor. Dan ramai VIP sakan minat dengan dia. Tu yang pelik tu.....

Kalau tengok, vokal dia biasa aje....mungkin sesuai sedikit untuk lagu berentak Arab atau nasyid. Tapi 'suara jantan' yang peminat sanjung tu kengkadang aku dengar macam suara aku...maknanya tak sedap le! Kat paper itu hari kata dah pandai melawak...tapi aku rasa tu lawak kategori Three Stooges la tu...yang selalu aku main2kan wife dengan adik aku.

Entah la...aku malas nak cakap-cakap....tapi teringat laporan paper tu lagi...masa persembahan tu Mawi ada nyanyi qasidah dari album akan datang. Lagu memuji Nabi gitu le....tapi ada gambar dia menyanyi dengan aweks2 penari yang bergelek2 sebelum2 tu...camne le.... dan pasal qasidah ni...dia kata dia nak buat album qasidah tu pasal bebudak sekarang dah lupakan....dan dia cadangkan kat Astro dan Astro setuju...sure wilbur, apa yang Mawi jual buat masa ni semua laku...hatta kalau dia nak jual spender yang dah seminggu tak basuh! Cuba Zahid cakap nak buat album qasidah...mesti Astro kata 'buang tebiat ke apa budak ni?'. Huh, semua nak tunggu Mawi, padahal album qasidah dan berzanji tu kira dah berlambak kat kedai2 jual kitab!

Anyway, back to my favorite topic...modeling. Didn't do anything last night because I wasn't in the mood...still tired from the travelling and.....nah, no need to tell! Still, a question lingers...should I buy something in KL this coming weekend? I was thinking of getting a 1/72 F-15 conversion set to turn the inaccurate 1/72 Hasegawa F-15E into the Israeli F-15I. Well, an F-15I is basically the same with the baseline F-15E so I could live with that. Mr Low of HHQ told me that he has one in his stocks. But thinking that a resin conversion set can cost between RM70 to RMxxx, I might have to wait, probably after my brother's wedding reception at Batu Pahat. Or maybe I should take a deep breath and try to finish my current stash before getting any new models. And that is contrary to what a regular modeller should do!

There's also going to be a gathering for us forumners from the Military Board of Cari.com. Should be interesting to meet those previously faceless guys and gals!

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