my friend, cik toe had always played the songs from mp3. she currently plays the songs from an indonesian band, ungu. i wonder why the reknown rock band pronouncing "allahu akbar...allah maha besar"..and those kinda islamic songs, including the songs regarding the malaikat maut is taking the human soul, and a piece of song which utters the selawat to the holy prophet. so, when i browsed through the internet i've found that ungu has making a mini album which stressed on religious concept entitled "surgamu".here, i paste the article:
UNGU: SURGAMU IBADAH DAN PENGABDIAN PADA TUHAN
KapanLagi.com - Bagi Ungu, musik religi adalah sebuah pengabdian yang total sebagai hamba Tuhan. Walau menghadapi tantangannya dalam penulisan, demi membuat lirik yang menyentuh rasa Ketuhanan banyak orang, akhirnya grup ini berhasil menelurkan sebuah album mini. Sejatinya musik religi Ungu ini merupakan bagian dari ibadah dan pengabdiannya pada Tuhan. Lirik-liriknya ditulis lebih jujur dan lebih natural. Dengan mengubah lirik cinta universal antar manusia menjadi syair cinta pada kebesaran Tuhan, Ungu mempersembahkan SURGAMU.
Dalam mini album religi ini, Ungu lebih menekankan interprestasi lagu pada kekuatan aransemen. Dan ini terlihat dalam SurgaMu yang teradapat unsur orkestra dengan koor anak-anak dan kalimat yang diulang-ulang: Allahu Akbar Allahu Akbar. Dengan string section gabungan dari orkestra akustik dan string keyboard. Enda memasukkan petikan gitar elektrik dan diiringi koor 8 anak dari Bina Vokalia Pranajaya, dan membuat kesan megah dalam lagunya.
Di lagu Doa yang ditulis Enda, nyaris terdengar layaknya musik pop Ungu, lengkap dengan petikkan gitar Enda dan Oncy yang berdistorsi tipis didalamnya. Bedanya terletak pada beberapa baris syair, satu diantaranya kata Ridho satu kosa kata yang biasa dipakai pada syair lagu Islami.
Di lagu Selamat Lebaran, ciptaan Pasha terbaca sangat universal walau terdengar agak pasaran tetapi merefleksikan kenikmatan lebaran pada suasana "hari kemenangan" di kampung halaman. Dan di lagu Andai Kutahu, Pasha mendapatkan ilham istimewa meski basic liriknya merupakan permainan logika manusia. Setiap manusia harus tahu bahwa Tuhan menciptakan isi dunia dengan penuh warna. Karena itulah, pada lagu ini bisa dijumpai bahasa musik universal.
Dan untuk melengkapi mini album religi ini, dipilih lagu no name Shalawat yang dimainkan dalam tempo lebih lambat, meski tetap mengandalkan peralatan musik lengkap, dari permai'an drum Rowman, 'duet gitar' elektrik Arlonsy Miraldi (Oncy) dan Enda, serta vocal Pasha. (wwn)
** the article is taken from here
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AN INSPIRATIONAL STORY OF GENTLEMAN MAPLEYs
(i've got my payback -- hahaha..padan muka aku!)
my friend rang me to take a lunch together. regardless hesitance, i agreed so i hoped in to my 'horse' and rode away to a nearby shopping mall. when i reached the 1st floor of the parking lot, there comes dizziness as i saw so many 'horses' were rushing to fit in the parking space. in the meantime i've received so many missed calls from my friend asking me to hurry up.
i spinned around to find the space available, but there was nothing vacant. i saw some 'horses' were parked outside the parking space itself but it rather didn't block any horses to move. i think it was a good idea..so i waited no longer and i parked it at a clear space near the pillar. M12 tagged at the pillar and i tend to write it down in my hp (i'm absent minded)..it will be easy for me to track it back.
after that i rushed to the food court finding my friend. we had a warm chat, then we took lunch and some pictures too. when we kissed good bye, i heard an annoucement which alarmed me on.
"Diminta pemilik kenderaan bernombor *** **** mengalihkan kenderaan anda kerana menghalang laluan troli,"
aiseh. i didn't care of anything. just rushed out to the parking lot where i put my horse. i tried to find the M12 pillar..there it was! i saw an indian man was pushing a trolley then i gave him a wee smile..a smile of comfort. i did it for showing even though i did the mistake by blocking the trolly route, and they got mad on me, but i was still be cool..ehehe..what the heck..
then after i saw M12, i rushed towards my horse.
"lerrr...akak ke rupanya?!!! (a young security guard flashed me that he was eventually knew the owner of this horse. he thought the 'horse' is owned by a man'..whatever)
"sorry..dik," the only things i could swear, in this situation, my heart thumped rapidly, i sweated and i didn't know what reason am i gonna give him.
"kak...nie tempat troli nak lalu. akak dah hadang laluan orang. diorang hampir2 nak pecahkan cermin tingkap ni tau tak?"
"maaf dik, akak tak biasa kat sini,"
"saya tak kisah..dorang kat belakang akak tue..hampir2 nak mengamuk tadi,"
(he said while pointing his finger to some mapleys behind me. i can see their eyes were red and they breathed so fast seemed they were trying to control the wrath within.)
owh, thank god..they didn't hurt me afterall. i was really2 scared. without further ado, i got into my horse's belly and drove away from there to bring along the silly moment i've created. i'm clueless that the place was reserved for the trolley route and storage. i didn't mean to be selfish and let the rest suffer. i just being careless. blame on myself! deep inside, i pay grateful to the god to keep my horse and i save. i was lucky that those mapleys didn't hurt or create chaos as i had troubled them. they just trying to be gentleman. (i know most mapleya were rude when somebody were trying to provoke them)..i can see they were angry. but before a woman like me, they try to be gentleman, smile and just let me go.
i awed them for their good treat on me. if i were a man, i don't know what did they do to both of us (my horse and i)..or because if i were a man, maybe i could lose my control and spent the moment for a little row to stand on my stance for blocking their way. i know, it was my mistake not to consider the others' right..i learn something that i will never do the same in the future. but on the other hand, (even though they were mapleys who do general works) i still pay them respect for being nice to woman..
hehe...when i got home, i tried to see a sheet of paper which has been slit between my wiper and windscreen. i saw a pictures of furniture, so i thought it was just a pamphlete promoting new furnitures. but when i see the paper which was facing me when i drive, i was stunned to find this writing.
"INCONSIDERATE DRIVER"
wakakaka...it was shameful. luckily it was was facing me, if it laid supine, the peoples could easily read it, and presumed the driver was inconsiderate and selfish. waaaa... i don't want to be seen as inconsiderate. the thing is i didn't know the place i parked my horse is reserved for the trolleys. but everthing is over.
when i came out from my horse, i checked its whole body and i didn't surprise to find there was a single scratch on its 'coat'.. another light scratch was found on another side..i knew i got to be scolded for that because i created the problem..poor my loving horse!
and when i brought the paper back i accidently had put in on the dining table and i went to the room without concerning on the paper anymore (i was very tired).. abah later found that paper and he asked me what was happened..as expected, my emak started mumbling around ler...potpetpotpet at me..eheheh..
owh..what a pity day
ALA bucuck2..kesian dia kena calar...
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SUDAH HABIS LA KiCi
last sunday we chilled out at tmn tasik titiwangsa in the conjuction with visit malaysia year 2007 -- celebrating 50 years of nationhood... we had great great time..i don't wanna elaborate how we enjoy the exitement.
WITH no presence of the eye on malaysia. this lake garden seems just a plain recreational park
i want to tell you the fascinating thing happened when we try looking for the mingguan malaysia newspaper.(as we never missed to buy this newspaper every sunday).many kiosks we met mentioned to us the newspaper has already sold out. it drove us sick..
"aney, mingguan ade tak?"
"itu wutusan habis la kici.."
but in the meantime i smiled with pride seeing this longtime,evergreen piece being the eminent choice of the public. it goes ahead of berita minggu, metro/kosmo ahad and its rivals..although its daily undergoes the sliding down of readers, but mingguan still be the main thing to be caught in sunday..ehehe
eventually we dropped by at a petrol station. and there we found a copy of mingguan still available..so we grab it.
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SOME PICTURES
the pictures i have saved didn't appear laaa..how could this happen? i tried to download it through pix8.net and normally it works..ke my pc has a problem? isk..
(yeah, it's done.but sorry, i cannot write longer..i'will provide the pictures with some comments later since now is the office hour. brb)
THE landlord (in my arms) and i..kiutnya adik saya ketika ini. i always wish he could turn to his young age, so i can cuddle and hug him like this...
SPAGHETTI carbonara i ate at shakey's
ROTI bom...aderhh..sedapnya..
EMAK and i give a special pose
POOR lighting..maybe i should've to learn more how to capture the right angle...btw..this is abe's pic.
