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1st of all, i would like to take this opportunity to thank Adrian Wong aka Adrian RojakPot for having me as a guest at his BBQ party in Kelana Mahkota (opposite Kelana Centrepoint) on Saturday nite by the poolside. He is a well-known figure among IT people. His greatest achievement to me, is the ‘BIOS Optimisation Guide’ which is very much a hit all over the world. I had an opportunity to meet him personally, n i must say what a humble person he is. Even though me, the ‘don’ n ‘acedriver’ were feeling a little bit awkward attending a social gathering, where we r the only 2 Malays; but we all share 1 thing in common. The love of techs, gadgets n games n not forgetting football. I must say that I indeed enjoy myself. What with the free food n nice n peaceful atmosphere n being circled by enthusiast in the IT field.

Fast forward to 12 midnight at Karaoke KTV, Plaza Ampang in Jalan Ampang. We all had booked a 3-hour karaoke session, Medium-Room 118. There were 11 of us. Even though it was quite a hassle getting to the place, what with the climbing of i think 4 flights of stairs. So when I entered the room, I had to composed myself n catch my breath before started singing. We were also recording the event on Dedee’s camcorder. Cant wait to watch the footage, n hope that it would be uploaded to Youtube for the whole world to see how stupid n crazy we were.

At first, there were rounds of applause for each other, to encourage us to sing like theres no tomorrow. When my turn came, I sang the song "Suratan atau Kebetulan" by Kenny, Remy n Martin. This song is rather old, but I was hooked to the newer version sang by Premelodic. Since it was quite sumtime ago, my last karaoke-ing session with my cousins in JB, n Rafidah’s birthday party in Bangsar, U can say I was having butterflies in my stomach. Signs of nervousness n "peluh jantan" creeping in were evident. But I sang quite OK, even though I know I was quite monotonous. The theme of the night were mostly oldies Malay songs, with quite a number of Indonesian n also a few nasyid songs, which made us ‘insaf’ for awhile. I think the funniest moment was the "Bangau oh Bangau" song. What a load of crap by the Senario fellas. Memang Aku Memang. WTF… U have to be there to understand the joke. We were laughing our asses off. With the funny lyrics n even funnier video clips to match the already funny guys from Senario.

Actually I only requested 2 songs. Another song was by Aris Ariwatan, "Cinta Tak Kenal Siapa". If I recall correctly, this song was famous when I was in Form Four, during those glory days of ‘cinta monyet’ n honeymooning from school. It was a song, telling how hard it is to confess ur love for that sum1 special. Lucky these days, we have the Internet, YM n SMS to express our love. No more old-school confessing face-to-face for me I guess. I was never an expert in that n never will. My last 2 or 3 love flings have all been confessed thru SMS & YM. How un-romantic n robotic I have become.

Other songs that i sing along, was "Aku Takkan Melupakanmu" by Radja n "Isabella ‘98" by the quartet of Amy, Jamal, Zamani n Saleem. The English songs were "Uptown Girl", "Flying Without Wings" n finally "Creep". Well for me, I have no problem singing (or rather screaming) from the top of my lungs, but the pitching is so very out. It must have been from those times watching football at the stadium n the advantage of becoming a goalie in futsal; where I like to shout at others. As I write this blog, Im still recuperating from a sore throat. Guess I have to wait a couple of days before regaining my original voice.

Overall, we had a thoroughly enjoyable time. One of the best of All-Time i guess. It was so action-packed, that even a trip to Genting or PD pales in comparison. Before this, the activity that we had done together with this huge number of crowd was playing futsal or going for a ghost trip. But this was so different. I strongly believe that this could be turned into a weekly or at least a monthly affair, budget-permitting. It was all thanks to Faris, for doing the booking n even for the idea that he presented to us during 1 of our lepaking session.

So to all those who made the event a success last night; namely Faris, Lokman, Ekhwan, Dedee, Ed, M3me, Fader, Iqbar, Usop n Tuah, lets cherish the moment for the rest of our lives. HOpefully, when we grow old, n still lepaking together-gether like the "Geng Gagak", we can look back to this night n laugh ourselves to death.

-Menyanyi kerana gembira, menyanyi kerana sedih, menyanyi kerana rindu, aduh siapa dapat membaca hatiku saat ini-

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