Internet and its flaws

Couple of days back we were shocked by the Internet issue. I read a few articles and even bought the newspaper about the loopholes in the explorer, and the attack that they were facing then. Now I went thru a website, just to read bout more bad news. As for you guys who has the connection, be prepared for a slow connection till maybe end of the year. Daymmmn!!!

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/12/21/nation/20081221113626&sec=nation

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas everyone !!!

Aku celebrate christmas eve dekat studio je. Waktu tu aku tengah pack producing this one group for their second single. Memang sebenarnya tak perlu pun sambut perayaan ni, tapi memangdangkan kita ni orang Malaysia dan masyarakat terdiri drpd kaum yg majmuk, selalunya perayaan begini memang disambut dengan meriah tak kira bangsa dan agama. Semua kita bedal!!! Tapi entah macam mana beberapa hari kebelakangan ni dateline aku macam berlambak je, so terpaksalah keje lebih masa. Tak dptlah nak party :(

Kat office aku, semua orang beriya2 nak exchange gift. Aku pun turut serta walaupun sebenarnya macam tak berapa minat. I got myself a massager from my colleague. Now why on earth does anyone think that i need a massager? Tapi gift paling best aku dapat ialah a diary cum organizer for 2009 from my gf. Dia bagi aku yg kelas lagi vogue punya, kecik dan cantek, kalau dipadankan dengan tuan dia nie, memang orang nampak aku musician yang educated. hehe. Tapi the truth is, aku memang sgt perlukan organizer, dan memang aku akan gunakan diary tu setiap hari pada 2009 nanti. Aku pulak belikan dia buku. Aku tau dia memang suka membaca, jadi aku belikan dia 3 buku dalam satu pack, a special edition for Christmas lah nie..:)

On Christmas itself, I was with her the whole day......

Ada Masa -Call Back Tone (CBT)

Pembaca sekalian,
Saya dengan rendah diri ingin berkongsi yang mana lagu kami 'Ada Masa' boleh didapati sebagai ringing tone telefon mudah alih anda. Ini merupakan salah satu langkah utk mempromosikan lagu kami yang sedang hangat di carta sekarang. Anda boleh memainkan peranan dengan menyebarkan berita mengenai CBT ini, dan pada masa yang sama membeli dengan kadar yang sangat berpatutan RM 3. Daripada kita membeli lagu negara luar, baik kita sokong karya tempatan, dan pada masa yg sama ianya adalah salah satu kaedah promosi juga, di mana setiap orang yg menghubungi anda, pasti akan mendengar chorus hook kami tu:)

Mudah saja caranya saja :

Maxis: dial *131*116850# and hit CALL/SEND

Digi: SMS CT BUY 56543 JB and send to 2000

Celcom: SMS CMT 59220 and send to 22990

Andy INF
( Infinite dreams, lustful innate)

The shoe incident

Infinatez, Japan, Hannah Tan

Singing made me learn new things. One if it is the ability to travel all around the globe. I heard stories from my more experienced performing friends, that they have travelled and been to a whole loads of places, not including all the ‘dancers’ I use to work with. Some of them have been to more than 40 countries. As for me and my group, we just hope our music will spread and people know how sincere we are when it comes to music. Of course we would love to penetrate different market with different approach, such as Brunei, Indonesia, Singapore and the Phillipines, but me and Alvin has always seen Japan as our benchmark and we would love to go there one day. Even the singers in United States sees Japan as the land of opportunity. Japanese appreciate good arts and in this case it’s in the form of music. In fact, there are a few artiste who actually released their album in Japan first rather than US. I know Boyz II Men did the same too

Checkout the link below, and you’ll know the more reason why I wanna go to Japan

http://www.star-ecentral.com/news/story.asp?file=/2008/12/11/music/2776931&sec=music

Imran Ajmain, Infinatez, Atilia

DIA................

Aku tak pernah rasa nak menulis pasal ‘dia’ sampailah saat ini. Setiap kali aku berjauhan dengan ‘dia’ aku rasa rindu, kadang2 tu menjadi-jadi sampai aku rindukan dia walaupun dia dalam dakapan aku. Malah saat nie sedang aku menulis pun aku masih rindukan ‘dia

Sedar tak sedar aku dah berkawan dgn ‘dia’ hampir dua tahun, tapi dua tahun yang sangat banyak dugaan. Dugaan yang datang dari pelbagai pihak, dari dia, dari orang ketiga, dari orang sekeliling, yang paling teruk dari aku. Ditambah plak dengan situasi di mana aku dan ’dia’ memang bekerja sekali. Sejak dari Gangstarz, ke pementasan P Ramlee sehinggalah hari nie di mana setiap produksi aku mesti melibatkan dirinya.

Tapi Alhamdulillah, semenjak-dua menjak nie hubungan aku dengan si ’dia’ semakin baik. Mungkin kerana setahun kebelakangan ini kami telah lalui banyak sangat perbalahan, membuatkan kami lebih dewasa dalam menyelesaikan salah faham. Betullah orang cakap pertelingkahan kalau tak memudaratkan memang bagus, sekurang2nya kita mampu belajar dan mengenal hati budi pasangan kita

Toleransi itu penting. Selebihnya, biarlah cerita cinta aku dengan ’dia’ di simpan untuk aku…..dan DIA

Gangsters Paradise

All this while I’ve always thought that Ampang is not a safe place to live anymore. I grow up there in Ampang and I love the environment. It’s a nice place to live but looking at the crime rates I figured that its better to stay elsewhere eventhough I would say most of my friends came from Ampang…

Then I came across this article. When I read it I remember how I was robbed when I was playing Counter Strike at a cybercafé many years ago in Hartamas. So now I thought Ampang is not so bad after all.. :)

http://www.mmail.com.my/Gangster_heaven.aspx

Launching of SPA Q

SPA Q Announcement

Those Who Believe Records and Publishing (TWBR) made more progress when our song were selected as one of the theme song of SPA Q (season II). The songs are ‘Ada Masa’ by Infinatez and ‘Khabarkan’ (sad acoustic) ‘Bintang’ by Luscious. The main song would be by Dato’Siti Nurhaliza. I took the responsibility of arranging the scoring for the series with the help of my good buddy Alvin and RafikKonsept. You guys can checkout the series at TV3 till you vomit because its gonna get airplayed till April I suppose…

For more info of our performance, visit www.infinatez.com

Why is English so important?

Post aku kali nie bukanlah bertujuan untuk mengajar tapi lebih kepada memberi kesedaran serta pendedahan mengenai betapa pentingnya bahasa Inggeris. By saying that it doesn’t mean that Im not up for my own language. Bagi aku Bahasa Melayu masih lagi bahasa yang aku rasa sangat indah, lembut dan cantik. Yes sometimes I speak and talk in English tetapi aku masih lagi mengangkat bahasa melayu sebagai bahasa ibunda aku. Kadang2 aku menulis lagu dalam bahasa Inggeris. Kadang2 dalam bahasa melayu. Kedua2nya hanya bahasa yg mempunyai approach yg berbeza. Bahasa Inggeris lebih simple dan kita boleh menulis secara direct cuma penggunaan tatabahasa dia agak sukar manakala bahasa melayu lebih komplikasi namun jika diolah dengan betul, akan menjadi bahasa yg lebih tersirat. Apapun mesejnya tetap sama. Ianya hanya kaedah utk kita berhubung dan berkomunikasi sesama sendiri

Apa yg aku nak ceritakan hari ini ialah bagaimana perlunya seseorang belajar dan mendalami bahasa Inggeris. Pertama sekali bahasa Inggeris merupakan bahasa yang diterima pakai oleh setiap orang di hampir setiap negara. Its like as if its music where everybody knows and can relate to each other. Dan bila seseorang tu sudah mahir dan fasih berbahasa Inggeris, makanya senang untuk beliau melakukan pelbagai perkara sebagai contoh interview kerja, tulis surat, dealing with clients, apply loan dan macam2 lagi. Seseorang yg mahir bahasa Inggeris secara tidak langsung meletakkan dirinya ke satu tahap dan standard di mana orang akan lebih menghormatinya. In fact, kalau nak tulis surat cinta atau text kat awek pun lebih best kalau type in English ye tak?

Tapi aku agak kesal dengan situasi sekarang. Sepatutnya perkara sebegini perlu bermula dari rumah atas sokongan ibubapa. Barulah bahasa inggeris nie senang untuk ditutur bak kata mat salleh ’fingertips’ je. Bukannya susah pun nak belajar. Baca novel English. Kemudian kalau tengok berita kat TV pastikan tengok berita English. Ataupun dengar lagu English, kalau tak suka Britney Spears atleast pegilah dengar Che'nelle. Jangan sampai nanti dah tua kelak baru nak terkapai2 cakap bahasa Inggeris. Itu yang terjadi dekat beberapa hamba Allah yang saya pernah bekerjasama dulu.

Contoh 1:
Hamba ALLAH ’S’ (bukan nama sebenar) telah sms kepada saya untuk menyatakan yang dia sangat risau, terkilan bercampur blur yang amat sangat dengan hal peribadinya. Begini smsnya tuan2 dan puan2…

‘Why did he do that? I’m so blurring with him and his actions’

Contoh 2:
Saya telah ke bank C**B berdekatan rumah saya di Taman Melawati di mana saya telah di ‘approach’ oleh seorang pegawai bank untuk join satu program loan bank tersebut. Ayat terakhir pegawai tersebut membuatkan saya sedikit terpana

‘You have heard all the benefits of this programme. So Andy tell me, are you interesting?
Of course I’m interesting you moron….

Contoh 3:
Apabila badan kerajaan sendiri tak menitikberatkan penggunaan bahasa Inggeris yang betul, makanya terhasillah website yg hasilnya macam budak sekolah rendah belajar nursery rhyme. Check out the link and tell me you understand what they are trying to say

http://www.jpn.gov.my/BI/4_1_web.php

Karaoke devil

I’ve never liked going for karaoke. Not that I don’t enjoy myself, but I think it’s a lil but wasting my time since I’m always performing and my life revolves around the microphone. But this incident makes my reason stronger to not wanting to go Karaoke

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/12/5/nation/2730806&sec=nation

Zouk, Bijou Bazaar, SPA Q

Last week on the 28th of November I went to velvet, Zouk where they all had their re-launch of the place since it was been renovated for quite sometimes. And that night apart from partying with my good buddies I was also out to see my fave female Rn’B trio performing there for Joanne’s Kam event. I was kinda exhausted, was recording the whole day and then malam party plak sambil layan ‘Luscious’ perform. Luckily they all performed well. For the first time I saw them like ‘Destiny’s Child’ or Dreamgirls if you know what I mean. Good vocals, energetic performance, and kewl dress….lucky me… :)

The next day Infinatez, Luscious and Imran Ajmain gather for another performance in Hartamas. The feel was more loose and it was more like a meeting up with friends kinda thing where everybody knows each other and got together for the love of music. And some of us got to buy some cool stuff over there. I think the event was cool. Macam Layar Tanchap jugaklah…..

Im now currently packed with studio session, music arrangement and recording. In fact I had to postponed a few Infinatez’s project due to some dateline. Anyway before I forget last Friday 5th December, Infinatez peformed alongside Luscious and Dato’ Siti Nurhaliza for a lauching of SPA Q Tv3 that was held in Palace Of The Golden Horses Hotel. For those who don’t know, my songs that was produced and published under my company ThoseWhoBelievePublishing made it to become the soundtrack of the series.

Alhamdulillah. Things are going great !!!

Interview with Paparazzi

They say : 'Paparazzi' is a good song. But why is it in English. If it was in malay more people would have listened to it
I say : Music is not about language. Music itself is already a language. When hindi movie was made popular, everybody loves 'tompase aiye'. Remember? C'mon, if Reshomonu and VE can do it, we can too

They say : It doesnt receive good rotation at the english radio station, perhaps they claimed it as being too matured
I say : I just dont understand. The more matured the song is, the more it should get played. Full stop

They say : What are you guys trying to prove here?
I say : We are what we are. The competition doesnt turn us into pop culture. We are RnB singers and we would like people to know that we can sing in English too

They say : So do you receive any good feedbacks from the mass radio station
I say : Not really. The malay station says its too 'english' thus it can't be played. The english station says its too matured. Moron....

They say : Then who's playing your song?
I say : The radiostations that think our music is good. Trust me, the big shots is not much of a help. But radio all over the country still play our song. In fact. there's dj in Perlis and Malacca that confirmed that its in a high rotation at their station.

They say : So do you think its a good song
I say : If its not then people from Kedah wouldnt have sing along when we performed there previously. There's always a place for music. If the big fishes wont play our song, its their loss

They say : How and where do i get the song?
I say : Apart from buying the single, you guys could check out 'Possibly the best compilation ever' compilation. Atleast they appreciate good music.

Selamat Hari Raya

Dalam kurang dari seminggu kita telah dikejutkan dengan 3 kejadian tanah runtuh. Satu berlaku di Ulu Yam di mana pasangan adik beradik telah meninggal dunia apabila rumah banglo satu tingkat yg didiami telah ranap. Kemudian berlaku satu lagi tanah runtuh dekat Jalan Semantan. Peristiwa itu tidak melibatkan sebarang kecederaan tapi aku pasti korang tau mengenai kes tanah runtuh yg berlaku di Taman Mewah baru-baru nie...

Ianya berlaku berdekatan dengan Bukit Antarabangsa. In case korang terlupa, ianya 1.5 km dengan kejadiaan yg menimpa 'Highland Towers' berbelas tahun yang lalu. And untuk beberapa tahun kebelangan nie, sudah 4 kejadian tanah runtuh yg berlaku di sekitar Lembah Klang. Waktu kes highland towers tumbang, I was still a kid but i remember how many lives were dead. Then a few years back i remember rumah seorang General dekat Bukit Antarabangsa pun hancur akibat benda yg sama. Dan 3 hari lepas it happened near my house.....

Yeah i live in Bukit Antarabangsa

Malam kejadian aku takde di rumah. Aku tidur di Ampang di rumah temanku yg lain. Bangun2 tido je aku dapat loads of missed call checking out on me. In fact bapak 'dia' pun call tanya how am i doing? Aku agak blur so i contacted my friend and housemate, that was when i knew what happened exactly. So petang tu aku terus jumpa Farid dan Khairul, nak tau lebih lanjut pasal kejadian, and at the same time discuss about our condo which is quite near to the place. Diorang citerlah ader diantara mangsa2 yang sempat melarikan diri, and they quote it like 'tsunami' cuma ianya tanah runtuh. Guys imagine tanah runtuh sebesar tsunami. MasyaALLAH.

Aku sangat sedih bila aku tengok gambar dekat suratkhabar. I dont really buy newspaper but for some reason i bought two newspapers nak tengok macam mana proses menyelamat mangsa2 yang lain. Tuhan saja yg tau betapa sedihnya bila aku tengok gambar tempat kejadian yg telah ditangkap dari helikopter. Ader diantara rumah diorang memang dah tertimbus hanya nampak bumbung je. And ader plak yg aku nampak kereta atas bumbung, maybe terpelanting due to the strong impact. And bila aku baca artikel so far yg aku tau dah 4 orang terkorban akibat peristiwa tersebut. Seorang student, dua orang parents berbangsa India dan Cina dan seorang Indonesian maid. From what i read, 2 orang tersebut mati akibat cuba menyelamatkan anak mereka. Sedih lagi pilu bila aku baca benda2 nie. Sedih dan sayu setiap kali aku lalu MRR2 highway aku nampak ambulans, RELA, polis dan pasukan penyelamat. Lagi sayu bila aku terkenang yang kes nie berlaku bila dekat2 nak raya...

Dengan ini juga saya ingin mengambil kesempatan untuk mengucapkan selamat menyambut Hari Raya Haji pada tahun ini. Dalam kita bergembira bersama keluarga, jgn kita lupa ader saudara2 kita yg menyambut raya ala-kadar, ada yg menyambut raya tanpa rumah, tanpa baju yg cantik, tanpa makanan yg enak, dan ada yg menyambut raya dengan kehilangan. Kepada mereka yg tinggal berdekatan kawasan tersebut, salam takziah dari saya Andy Infinatez...

Seperti kata 'dia'....masa ini elok menjadi titik-tolak untuk kita berhijrah. Fikirkan !!!

Kesihatan dan kebersihan

Kemana2 aku pergi memang tak terlepas dengan cerita demam sana demam sini. Almost each of my friends semuanya tak terlepas drpd kena demam. Baik dari kawan lepak aku, kawan taman aku, kawan opis aku, kawan music aku hingga ke kawan aku punya kawan semuanya cakap diorang tak sihat. I think most probably due to the weather. Sekejap panas sekejap sejuk, sekejap hujan sekejap panas terik, lepas tu masuk office air-cond plak tak ingat dunia.....

Aku pun tak terlepas dengan gejala demam, tapi aku janji aku bukan demam sbb ikut trend ataupun market..hehe..It started of 3 weeks back, there were a few days in a row aku tak tido sebab I was too tight with work. I think that was the reason why aku demam, maybe sebab aku punya antibody lemah. Then starlah batuk, sorethroat, running nose, high fever dan segala macam penyakit yg bersangkut paut. Dan lepas satu baik, satu lagi plak datang, sampailah last week aku tak boleh tahan. I couldnt breathe properly. Kalau aku nafas je keluar bunyi yg sgt scary. Well i went to clinic, diorang kata suspect bronkitis la...pastu pegi clinic lain diorang kata kahak. Kemudian suspect aku athma plak siap bagi aku inhaler. Tapi okaylah not bad atleast aku boleh tido malam. Ada satu malam tu it was quite terrible i had to sleep sitting down. So kesihatan aku agak tak berapa stable, forcing me and my group to postponed our recording sessions a few times..

Ooh ye, aku telah dengan ikhlas memberi penyakit aku kepada the rest of Infinatez. Sharing is caringlah katakan.........

2 minggu lepas aku pergi Platinum Studio nak uruskan beberapa hal mengenai lagu terbaru aku. Kat situ aku sempat berjumpa dengan Lah VE dan Nabil Mentor. Diorang plak waktu tu baru selesai recording so sempatlah berborak kosong for awhile, then we started talking bout this issue. Lah citer one of her family member just passed away, due to some unknown disease. Dia kata she was fine all along, tiba2 je demam terus jatuh sakit, lepas tu terus admited kat wad. Lah pun terkejut, selang beberapa hari kemudian dia menghembuskan nafas terakhir. Takut jugak aku dengar citer2 macam nie. Kadang2 tu banyak sebab kenapa kita jatuh sakit. Keadaan sekeliling kita. Makanan yg kita makan. Semuanya kena pastikan bersih...hmmm

Apa2 pun jagalah diri korang ye. Im going to the pantry for a while to take my medicine. Chiow !!!