And the madness began...

Thursday started off in a very usual way...

Go to the office.... get things organised...

In the evening I went to the DKNY Spring Summer fashion show......

I didn't find this event all that exciting... firstly there was no MC so no one actually knew what was going on.... Suddenly loud music started playing which gave everyone a fright and the fashion show started..... after about 15 minutes, it ended... and everyone just looked at each other thinking "ok, what now?"....

MC's are important in a function... It gives the audience a sense of someone being in control and someone who knows what's going on...

Some of the clothes were nice but most of them I felt that if I walked around Sungai Wang long enough I would find stuff that looked exactly the same....

So I left and headed to KLCC for the Anya Hindmarch Spring Summer Collection launch. There was definitely stuff there I wanted to buy, but on my budget, I always have to wait for sales...

Then suddenly, in walks these two ladies...

Yes, Ning and Yanie....

We held lots of bags and Yanie and I dreamt of having more money to buy the things we liked... We'll get there one day Yanie!

I didn't realise this at the time but from this point on, this is when the madness began!

Ning, Yanie and I were all hungry so we went to Chinoz in KLCC to have some food... all healthy stuff..... salads and vegetables.... (he he he he)

We were then joined by Mr Manager and Gangstarz judge Vernon and the other Gangstarz judge Maple... My goodness we can make a lot of noise together!

You may not know this... Maple used to choreograph bak up dancing for Ning's shows and I was one of the back up dancers.. That's how we all know each other...

One show I really remember us doing was at Dataran Merdeka. One minute before we went out on stage, one of the lights exploded and glass was all over the stage. No one cleaned it up so we were forced to perform with broken glass. The stage wasn't really a stage either... The floor was all ugly pink and grey tiles which made it very slippery and almost impossible to dance on... I felt like I was dancing in a big open air bathroom and trying to avoid all the broken glass.... The things us live performers have to cope with on the spot.... Sigh!

Once we had all eaten, we went walking around the shopping centre.... I don't remember any of us buying anything which is a miracle.... We were like a mini circus or something because everyone in KLCC just kept looking at the 4 of us as we walked thorugh the place...

Then Maple asked me to join her at her restaurant Tamarind Springs were the current finalists of Gangstarz were to spend an evening over dinner with Ning....

Here are some things I learnt too while listening to Ning talk to the Gangstarz contestants

1 - You can never go wrong eating fruits, vegetables and salads

2 - Humming is really good for your voice

3 - The first note of a song is very important

4 - Listen to the keyboard

5 - Be open to comments

She is definitely an inspirational speaker......

Also, one of the buttons on my jacket came off before I arrived at Tamarind Springs... and Vernon didn't notice, because if he did, he definitely would have said something.... The advantage of having long hair to cover things up!

The food was really good too!!!! I'll leave Vernon to talk about the food... He does better food reviews....

Today, a meeting for an upcoming program I am doing.... I cannot reveal what yet, but it's on the way! I'm very excited.... I'll keep you informed...

Fiesta Media Idola and the privileges of a cat's life

On Tuesday, I participated in the Launch of the upcoming Fiesta Media Idola. It's a sports event where participants are various media companies.... including Media Prima, Karangkraf, Berita Harian, NSTP, Astro and RTM...

We started at Astro in the morning and we visited all of the buildings of the participating companies.....

I don't think I have ever been around the Klang Valley so much in one day...

Later at night was the big launch at Sri Pentas attended by guest of Honour Tengku Muda Pahang.
This year, the event will be held in Kuantan, Pahang.... I am to participate in the 5 x 80 metre relay athletics.... I did run in school, but that was a while ago so we have all been asked to go for some training again so as not to completely embarass ourselves on the race day!

On Wednesday, I did a lot of small tasks.... the usual editing, compiling and paper work....

After work, I rush home to shower and change to attend a fashion show by Nine West and Anne Klein...

When I get home, this is what I find....

Schizo lounging on the wall...

Joberg asleep on top of the cupboard and Tippex just watching the world go by....

When I've had really busy and hectic days, seeing them live their lives in such a simple way makes me want to just be a furry four leg cat!!! No deadlines, no phone calls.... just food, sleep and chasing a few small creatures when you feel like it....

Traffic was not that great getting into town... the usual jams....

I saw several shoes I liked and most of clothes were black.... Didin't buy anything because as I said before, I've banned myself from buying anymore black clothes!!!

two more events later today.... will post later...

GLAM April issue 2007

Remember I wrote a few weeks ago that I had a photo shoot with GLAM magazine, well now you can see the photos from that photo shoot!

The April anniversary issue of GLAM is out now...

Can you tell which one is me in the photo I took of the cover?

I have to say that I am very proud to be a part of this magazine...

But also, I don't look like that when I wake up in the morning!

Special thank you to Kak Wirda, editor of GLAM for choosing me and the talented GLAM team for producing yet another GLAMourous cover!

Get your copy now!!!

A beautiful romantic event

On Saturday night, I attended a family friends 55th wedding anniversary celebration for their parents...

I chose to wear a real vintage fully sequinned baju kurung given to me by a dear friend. She gave it to me cause she said she would never wear it again because it's too heavy. She wasn't joking! Because of all the beading, it weighs almost 3 kilos! I know cause I weighed it....

The Shangri-La ballroom was decorated so beautifully!

I purposely chose to sit at a table with the huge centrepieces because I just thought they were so beautiful..

Datuk Siti Nurhaliza also attended the event and sang 3 songs as a gift to the couple of honour...

Of course I took the opportunityto take a photo with this Malaysian icon....

Thy actually had good desserts too... and because I went to the gym earlier in the day, I ate them without feeling guilty at all!!! food was served until 1 am! Yay!

Half way through the night though I realised it's not exactly easy to walk around in such a heavily beaded baju.... But honestly, I enjoyed wearing it....

Will I wear it again? Of course! But only to a function where I don't have to walk around!

Linda Onn on Apa-Apa Aje

Every Thursday on Apa-Apa Aje, we have a celebrity guest to participate in the shows debates and hysterical conversations.

Last Thursday, I was the floor manager, as I am every Thursday, and the guest was Linda Onn.

To my Malaysian readers, if you don't know who Linda Onn is, that means you haven't been reading the newspapers in recent weeks....

The show as always was funny and I as floor manager have to control my laughter every time so that I'm not heard on air....

Below is a shot of Sheila, Shamsul and the cameramen preparing to go live on air...

And this is me with the main producer of the show, Che Rozaini in the control room....

Something is coming....

Yes... something is coming...

I'm going to doing something very exciting soon... I'm really looking forward to it....

All cannot be revealed yet, but I will as soon as I can.....

I have some ambitious dreams I want to fulfil this year...

Keep coming back here and you will find out what, where and even how you could get involved!

My love to you all......

Jom Heboh 2007 - Kuantan

The hugely successful TV3 Karnival called 'Jom Heboh' is back in 2007!

Regular followers to come to this once a month event held in a different state every month are of course very glad to hear this...

I left with crew, staff and other TV3 personalities last Friday for the first location of 2007, Kuantan Pahang.

As soon as we arrived, we didn't have long to check into the hotel before we had to leave again to visit a children's orphanage to spend some time with them.... Some of the TV3 staff helped load the goodie bags for the children into the bus....

At the children's orphanage, all of the TV3 personalities were completely swamped by the children who wanted autographs and photographs.... Of course, we were more than happy to oblige and signed all the little notebooks that were given to us to sign....

The next day, all the action began..... My call time was 6.30 am (never easy for anyone!)... I was one of the first batch of people to arrive at Padang MPK2 because in the live morning show from the location called "Pagi @ Jom Heboh", fellow TV3 personality Tabah Shazwan (who hosts Scoreboard) and myself had to perform the flying fox for live tv! The two hosts on Saturday were Ally Iskandar and Zetty.... This is them preparing for their live telecast...

And this is Tabah and I all geared up in safety equipment for the flying fox....

Tabah - Eh! Takut juga kan nak buat benda ni... Sasha, macam mana nak buat ni??!!

Me - Terbang aje! Tak sempat nak panic mesti dah habis!

He survived.... and at the end of it said to me "Cepatnya habis!".... yes, exactly what I told you!

Sorry but no picture of us actually doing the stunt...

During Jom Heboh, I also did my first live crossover. I was SO NERVOUS! My task was to interview the manager of the Paintball activity so viewers knew what activities are available at Jom Heboh.... I sent an sms to my family to watch the live crossover and they said they didn't think I was nervous.... So I think it's pretty safe to say I did ok....

Over the duration of the weekend I participated in lots of activities at the various booths and took posed and smiled for lots and lots of pictures... I remember the very first time I attended Jom Heboh my show Explorace - Season 3 wasn't on yet... So no one ever asked to take a picture with me... Now... things are very different for me at Jom Heboh...

The biggest highlight of Jom Heboh is definitely the concert featuring various Malaysian singers on Sunday night.... The crowd is unbelievable! Just take a look at the picture below.... this is only 25% percent of the crowd!

They were so excited about the show... when I went forward on the stage to take the photo above, they started clapping and cheering... it's not very clear in the picture but many of them started waving the big red hand shaped card board thing they received while at Jom Heboh!

And of course all of us personalities on the stage posing for my camera.... even after two long days of endless photo taking with the crowd of Jom Heboh, I had no problem getting them to gether to pose for more.... I suppose if we didn't love being in front of the camera we shouldn't be doing this job!!!!

There was also a huge hot air balloon during the concert which completely fascinated the crowd!

After the launch of the concert, all of us were released from our duties and allowed to go back to the hotel.... all we wanted to do was have a good dcrub in the shower to remove all of the grime and sweat from the heat of the day....

Monday afternoon we all arrived back at the office and as soon as I got back in, I had preparations to do to direct my segment "Che AAA' for Apa-Apa Aje.... I really just wanted to go home and play with my cats, but work needs to be done first...

Yesterday I successfully directed a shoot covering 3 episodes of 'Che AAA' and now I need to prepare for a shoot next week for "Luahan Hati' and find more locations for 'Che AAA'...

What a week ahead!

Don't apologise!

I have received some comments on my blog that are written in Malay.... only for the writer to then apologise at the end for not writing in English...

Saya ingin ambil peluang di sini untuk berkata bahawa anda tidak perlu minta maaf kepada saya kerana meninggalkan komen dalam bahasa tanahair kita.... Saya sebenarnya selalu bercakap dalam Bahasa Melayu.... Bila di pejabat bersama rakan sekerja saya, kita selalu bertutur dalam Bahasa Melayu... Tolong jangan jadikan ini sebagai halangan untuk berkomunikasi dengan saya melalui blog ini...

Kita anak Malaysia.....

Terima kasih.

Thank you.

Apa-Apa Aje Bowling Tournament

On Friday, 2nd of March, the annual Apa-Apa Aje Bowling Tournament was held at One Utama's bowling Alley, U-Bowl.

12 teams took part in the competition and each team was named after a praticular TV3 show. Of course there was the Apa-Apa Aje team... other teams included the Explorace team, Sensasi, My Tv3 and Mentor.....

with Sheila and Shamsul, the hosts of Apa-Apa Aje

Can you guess which team I played for? Explorace of course!

Now I'm not exactly a good bowler....

My ball kena longkang banyak kali ok!

I also broke a nail... but I did manage to score one strike! That was some kind of miracle....

And I also managed to win one hamper in the lucky draw!

Some of the people I saw there included Yanie who was playing with the Mentor team...

Also Mr Manager aka Vernon Kedit and currently judge on TV3's Gangstarz.....

Vernon and I have a strange friendship... and I mean that in the most positive way... Everytime I see him, I just start laughing.. don't know why I just do! Then we carry on talking from our last conversation, whenever that was.... could have been months before but we just carry on talking...

Almost everyone went home with a prize... whether it was through the lucky draw or team prizes...

The team winners were

1st place - Mentor

2nd place - Apa-Apa Aje

3rd place - Senario

What I enjoyed most about the night is that everyone was there to just have a good time.... No one cared how well or how badly you played.. we just wanted to have some fun together...

And really... we need some fun in our lives.... not everything should be taken so seriously.....

6 months

It has been 6 months since i've started blogging....

It's definitely been fun and now when i go back to some of my old posts, i realise that there are little details of things that happen which i forget about.... it's been interesting to read them again...

Blogging has also taught me that everything in anyone's life can be exciting and everyone has a story worth telling...

I'm playing around with a new look.... I believe in re-invention..... Nothing can or should stay the same...

Please leave comments on what you would like to hear about through this blog.... I'm interested to hear constructive and postitive views....

There is much more to come!

bad hair day, shoot, edit, gym and CSI!

When I woke up in the morning, within a few seconds of brushing my hair I knew I had a dreaded bad hair day... only way I know how to solve it quickly is to just wear a hat....

Arrive at the office and check final preparations for a shoot I'm directing for Apa-Apa Aje... I always check and re check that I have blank tapes and script for the shoot... I have heard of horror stories from my colleagues who have forgotten tapes when they have gone on shoots... nightmare!!

As I'm waiting for the crew to load the TV3 van with the camera and equipment, my shoes starts to feel strange...

When I look down, this is what I discover....

It has a hole in it! Malunya kasut dah berlubang!!! Aduh!

With no spare shoes available, I carry on... just ignore it....

We arrive at the location and begin to set up for the opening shot...

On the segment I'm shooting today our character Che AAA played by Intan Suraya is highlighting a salt scrub treatment meant to reduce cellulite.. so we have to shoot the process...

The shoot goes well with no dramas.... It's amazing how well thing work when everyone just works together to get things done..... no arguments, no complaining... just do it! and we did....

All done, I arrive back at the office and begin editing straight away.....

This is what one of the editing rooms look like... It's always cold in there! Note the hat hiding the bad hair day...

I also edited the other segment I produce, direct and and act in called 'Luahan Hati" ..that figure you see on the tv screens is actually me...

It was past 6 when I finished editing... I submitted my tape to the editor of Apa-Apa Aje and reminded myself that I said I would go to the gym today...

So I did... and I worked out til I felt like falling asleep at the gym....

10 kms on the bicycle and a full body weights work out.... 5 sets of every exercise... after almost 2 and a half hours at the gym, I was over it! But my trainer still asked me as I was 'crawling' out the door..."what time are you coming tomorrow?"..... "It depends how much pain I'm in tomorrow!!!" I answer....

As I'm starting my car, handphone rings... It's my editor for Apa-Apa Aje

Anis - Sha.... Segmen luahan hati you gelap.. macam tak de lampu.. tak boleh guna on air..

kena re edit.....

Aduh!!! Apa jadi pulak?!!!

I promise her to re edit it first thing in the morning and re submit.... I curse the editing machine!

As I'm driving home my sister calls...

Sis - Where are you?

Me - On my way home.... why?

Sis - CSI is on at 10pm!!!

Me - Coming!!!!

I LOVE CSI!!!! I wish I could be on that show... I would love to act as one of the guys in the lab... not the morgue please... even more pathetic is if I appear as a dead body!!!

I have a really hot shower when I get home, fix myself a salad to eat for supper and make myself comfortable to watch 2 episodes of CSI....

I notice they are trying new ways of directing it which is interesting.. waiting to see how they expand on their ideas....

My 3 cats were creating havoc the whole time I was trying watch the show.... Every few minutes my sister would be shouting... "Joberg! No! Get Down! Tippex! Stop it! Skitso!!! Why Skitso!!!"

Sigh.... They have good days and naughty days....

After two episodes of CSI, I'm sleepy and tomorrow I have to arrive at the office extra early to re edit 'Luahan Hati' and prepare to be Floor Manager for the live airing of Apa-Apa Aje....

So time for bed.... zzzzzzzzzzzzzz.........

Great main course... disappointing desserts

Last night I attended a very lavish Embassy dinner at the J.W. Marriot in Kuala Lumpur... For events like this, I always feel it's appropriate to wear something traditional, so I chose one of my favourite kebaya's, my red lace one and teamed it with a batik sarong, vintage earrings and of course.... red shoes!

I walked into the ballroom and immediately started eyeing all of the huge tables of food..... I wasn't going to worry about a salad based diet tonight.... I was determined to try everything....

My eyes especially nearly fell out of my head when I saw the dessert table! There were at least 20 different cakes and half of them were chocolate.... yum!!!

I did the responsible thing and had healthy food first... fish, salads, kebabs.....

Then I headed straight for the desserts... with a very big plate in my hand!

I took a small piece of every cake which looked delicious.... about 10....

Because desserts are well known to cause dresses to get tighter... what I always do is taste something first, if it tastes really good on that first taste, then I get a bigger piece and enjoy it guilt free!!! If it's not worth the calories and fat content... I stop....

So I taste all of the cakes.... ad keep tasting.... and NOTHING made me want to go back and get a bigger piece! I couldn't believe it! They were all dry and nothing exciting... what a disappointment! All that good looking stuff and nothing worth risking putting on weight for... sigh...

So I went back and had more fish and kebabs.... since they were the best dishes...

I have to go to the gym today for a good workout... to work off those unexciting little chocolate nibbles I had last night... I just know the whole time I'm at the gym later doing weights or whatever I'm going to be thinking to myself... "what a waste of calories on those cakes!!!"

Nevermind.. better luck next time...

Today.... I'm directing a shoot for my Che AAA for next week's episode of Apa-Apa Aje....

Pics from that later....

Off to eat fruits now....

TV3 Jom Heboh Commercial Shoot

4.45 am my phone alarm starts ringing... sigh.... I have to be at the office by 6 am.....

Not exactly a morning person..... But somehow I coped with Explorace having call times as early as 4.30 am... I tell myself I'll survive....

I arrive at the office and with my colleagues go to a studio in Shah Alam to shoot the new TV3 Jom Heboh commercial....

Hair and make up for the first batch of 4 took 2 hours..... Nobody looks good at 6am! Hair and make up is a necessity!



All done then begins the long hours in front of the camera and under really hot lights....

I HAVE TO drink lots of water on shoots like this if not I end up with a really bad migraine at the end of the day... Thankfully there was a lot of water in supply!

The television commercial is to promote the TV3 carnival Jom Heboh which is on every month for one weekend in a different state in Malaysia....

The photo above is of me on standby to shoot my solo segment for the commercial. The foreground is the screen the director will preview the shots on and you can vaguely see me in the background..

A closer shot of what it will look like on tv...


Tv3 personalities Aidit and Ally occupying themselves by giving hilarious comments on what they were seeing on the preview screen... they are only acting serious for the photo....

It is a very lively and fun commercial... all of the 12 hosts really enjoyed doing it cause we got to dance around a lot and have fun... but it was still VERY tiring!!! The back of all our clothes were wet from all the sweat!!!

Again safety pins came to my rescue to hold my belt in place so it wouldn't move all over the place from all the dancing.... hair spray was used too... but no hair pins this time! Yahoo!

The commercial will be on air on TV3 in a few weeks so keep an eye out for it!