Paderewski’s Minuet in G, Op. 14, No.1

I’m in love with Paderewski’s Minuet in G, Op. 14, No 1 and I’m going to practice this *subtle* piece… At least, I don’t have to slam the piano like a shot! I mean like Chopin or Liszt. I’d go for more melancholic (kununlah) or something which is more relaxed… Gila eh! Jiwang karat sudah ni… Muahahahaha!

Sia Punya Kisah 2008 (Part 1)

Sia punya kisah 2008 inda banyak… Tapi kalau sia kasi hurai dalam perkataan, mimang banyak lah… Heheheheheh~

January 2008 – Dapat masuk UMS untuk ambil Master in Business Administration. Was hoping that sia terjumpa kawan-kawan lama sekali tinguk butul-butul sia terjumpa kawan-kawan lama. Everything seemed macam OK sajalah kunun. Azam sia kunun mo lupakan semua kisah silam yang melukakan dan menyedihkan. Maka, sia guna pakai balik azam sia tahun-tahun dulu – Happy Happy Joy Joy… Maksudnya, apa saja yang sakit atau pedih sia rasa (painfulness), sia simpan dalam hati saja dan kasi tapuk with senyuman. Apa macam sakit kana tabak pisau di hati atau sakit bila urang yang dipercayai turus kasi bucur rahsia sampai hampir semua urang tau pun, sia senyum saja. Sebab macam dulu sia pigang prinsip – Otak tiada controller, Mulut tiada Zip… We cannot control others’ mind and we surely cannot shut or even stop them from talking whatever they wished for. Sampai juga bah apa tu urang cakap pigi telinga sia tapi sia buat bodoh macam inda pernah masuk skulah saja sebab once sia bersuara mimang habis keluar laser, silap-silap turus tu urang inda mo tinguk sia lagi sampai-sampai… Atau paling teruk, sia pula yang diumpat di balakang kalau sia start bersuara laser.. In short, don’t simply judge me if you don’t know me PERSONALLY because I can reveal my true self when necessary or in dire situation… Anyway, sia punya azam 2008 was to remain single for a year! Sot kan?

February 2008 – No Valentine’s Day… I spent all my days working on my group assignments… Tu hal KE pun sia inda paduli sudah…

March 2008 – 1st camping with the church youth… Sebelum ini sia camping ikut sekolah… Well, ada sia dingar urang bilang sia ni TIDAK PERNAH camping. Thank you for reminding me about that but the person who was talking this sh** mimang inda kenal sia sebab I was an active camper back then cuma I wasn’t interested with ini Church punya camping sebab sia suka hang out with my school friends. Plus, sia ada lebih banyak responsibilities di sekolah back then… So, kalau bukan atas sebab Pr. Heary insisted me to bring the youths pigi tu camping, manalah sia paduli tu youths sebab sia masih anggap inda syok camping di Dantai. But, it turned out to be really enjoyable walaupun mimang hitam legam lah… Terbakar bah! Maksudnya, I love camping tapi dalam diam-diam… Bukan sia inda pernah pigi camping and janlah bilang sia ni indatau satu hal pun pasal camping.

April 2008 – April’s Fool… Sia inda kena ahh… Sia kasi kena urang saja… Muahahahahaha~ Time ini sia paling sibuk sebab sia ada banyak assignments. Lagipun, final exam kunun inda lama lagi. Time ini juga start sudah banyak halangan dan rintangan… Sia ingat tu semua sebab inilah time sia banyak kali menangis dan minta advice dari urang lain… Sia butul-butul stressed out sebab life is a bunch of thorns and thistles. Bukan sinang… Bukang sinang… Mo hidup dan jalani kehidupan yang kita harap mimang bukan sinang… Sia hampir-hampir jatuh tersungkur dan inda terasa yang God masih ada…

May 2008 – Kaamatan! Sia kena bagi tugas ambil gambar di KDCA along with Mark@KaDus, Pirut, Gogds, etc. Tapi sia inda dapat datang sebab sia pigi Adventurer punya camping. Tulung-tulung tu aunties saja bah. Plus, ada kawan bawa sia mo pigi sana yang mana sia inda berapa interested mo pigi. Sia baru habis final exam kan… So, mimang ada panat-panat lah. Ada banyak hal yang terjadi tapi lebih bagus sia inda kasi mention di sini sebab bagi sia semua sudah berlalu. Moral of the story – Kada momoudut nung kiwaro nodi koupusan… Not good for health… Hahahahaha…

June 2008 – Sia cuti dan sia indatau apa sia buat… Dalam rumah saja… Plus, ada kelas driving kunun… Ada lah tu a few SMSes from the same guy yang jiwang karat tapi sia buat-buat inda layan… I’m a real DEVIL for sure. Target sia tatap dalam genggaman… Mana mo kasi lapas ooo… Single for 1 year… Lagipun banyak masalah melanda… Inda ada masa mo fikir benda-benda lain… Perasaan sendiri pun sia malas mo layan apatah lagi diri sendiri.

Kita sambung lagi selepas ini… Ko rasa panas? Ko terlupa pasang air-cond laitu… Kakkakakk~ Sia main-main saja ahh… Kada kotogod…

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2009

Will be on hiatus siiiiikijap…

John 3: 16

John 3:16 “For GOD so loved the world….”

1. Don’t go for looks, they can deceive. Don’t go for wealth even that fades away. Go for someone who makes you smile.

2. There are moments in life when you really miss someone that you want to pick them up from your dreams and hug them. Hope you dream of that someone.

3. Dream what you want to dream, go where you want to go, be what you want to be, because you have only one life and one chance to do all the things you want in life.

4. May you have…Enough happiness to make you sweet. Enough trials to make you strong. Enough sorrow to keep you human. Enough hope to make you happy. And enough money to keep you comfortable.

5. When one door of happiness closes, another opens. But we often took so long at the closed door, that we don’t see the one which has been opened for us.

6. The best kind of friend is the one you could sit on a porch, swing with, never saying a word and then walk away feeling like that was the best conversation you’ve had.

7. It’s true that we don’t know what we’ve got until we lose it, but it’s also true that we don’t know what we’ve been missing until it arrives.

8. Always put yourself in other’s shoes. If you feel that it hurts you, it probably does hurt the person too.

9. A careless word may kindle a strife; A cruel word may wreck a life; A timely word may level stress; A lovely word may heal and bless.

10. The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves and not to twist them with our own image, otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them.

11. The happiest people don’t necessarily have the best of everything, they just make the most of everything that comes along the way.

12. Maybe God wants us to meet a few wrong people before meeting the right one so that when we finally meet the right person, we should know how to be grateful for that gift.

13. It takes a minute to have a crush on someone, an hour to like someone and a day to love someone, but it takes a lifetime to forget someone.

14. Happiness lies for those who cry, those who hurt, those who have searched and those who have tried. For only they can appreciate the importance of people who have touched their lives.

15. Love is when you take away the feeling, the passion, the romance and find out you still care for that person.

16. A sad thing about life is that when you meet someone who means a lot to you only to find out in the end that it was never bound to be and you just have to let go.

17. Love starts with a smile, develops with a kiss and ends with a tear.

18. Love comes to those who still hope even though they’ve been disappointed, to those who still believe even though they’ve been betrayed, need to love those who still love, even though they’ve been hurt before.

19. It hurts to love someone, and not to be loved in return but what is most painful is to love someone and never finds the courage to let the person know how you feel.

20. The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past. You can’t go on well in life until you let go of your past failures and heartaches.

21. Never say goodbye when you still want to try; Never give up when you still feel you can take it; Never say you don’t love that person anymore when you can’t let go.

22. Giving someone all your love is never an assurance that they’ll love you back. Don’t expect love in return, just wait for it to grow in their hearts but if it doesn’t, be content it grew in yours.

23. There are things you love to hear but you would never hear it from the person whom you would like to hear it from, but don’t be deaf to hear it from the person who says it with his heart.

24. When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was smiling. Live your life to the fullest so that when you die, you’re smiling and everyone around you is crying.

Author Unknown

KE Next Top Entertainer

Sia kasi tinguk lu tu hadiah-hadiah untuk para pemenang pertandingan:

● Johan: RM1,500.00 + Piala + Sijil

● Naib Johan: RM1,000.00 + Piala + Sijil

● Ketiga: RM500.00 + Piala + Sijil

● Saguhati: 5 x RM100 + Sijil

● Penyanyi Popular: RM300.00

Korang inda rasa macam terlampau banyak kaitu? Let’s say lah kan.. Ko bayar around RM50 then campur-campur lah tu belanja untuk grooming… Maybe ko habis around RM300 (paling mahal punya anggaran saja). Take it from the positive side lah kan… Kalau manang… RM1500 – RM300 = RM1200… Kalau inda, rugi RM300… Gambling lah kan… Tapi if you’ve the talent, kenapa tidak saja try kan?

Now… Sia kasi masuk pula apa sebenarnya KE (Kadus Entertainment) Next Top Entertainer… Sia lupa sudah sepa yang comes up with this idea… Inda guna punya Admin sia ni, semua pun sia indatau… Datang miting pun inda ada… Bikin malu saja… Since the Founder mau sia buat kerja, so… Mau inda mau… Sia terpaksa sajalah buat walaupun dengan muka inda malu ni sebab inda datang pigi miting…

Ini sia copy turus dari tu website… Actually, ada kena kasi keluar dalam tu New Sabah Times juga… Siap muka passport si Mark@Kadus bah… Hahahahhhahha~ Credit sama si dbos-fm…

“Inilah peluang anda untuk menunjukkan bakat terpendam. Kami mencari seorang penyanyi yang mempunyai pakej sebagai entertainer dan marketable sebagai artis rakaman…” demikianlah ungkapan Mark mengulas mengenai pertandingan nyanyian yang bakal dilangsungkan oleh Kadus Entertainment pada tahun hadapan.

Pertandingan ini dijadualkan bermula pada bulan Februari 2009 sehingga April 2009 yang akan dijalankan di Pusakag Café, Donggongon, Penampang. Menurut Mark, objektif pertandingan ini adalah untuk mengembangkan minat dan mencungkil bakat-bakat baru dalam bidang seni suara yang berpotensi untuk diketengahkan ke pertandingan yang lebih berprestij serta mencari penyanyi berbakat yang mempunyai pakej sebagai entertainer dan marketable sebagai artis rakaman.

Pertandingan yang dikenali sebagai “KE NEXT TOP ENTERTAINER” ini bakal menghidangkan hadiah yang dikira agak lumayan. “Pihak penganjur berjaya mendapatkan tajaan tiket kapal terbang pergi balik ke Australia untuk tiga pemenang utama sebagai hadiah sampingan sumbangan Air Borneo, sebuah syarikat penerbangan yang masih baru lagi yang bakal melancarkan penerbangan mereka pada awal tahun hadapan. Selain daripada hadiah berupa wang tunai serta piala, pemenang juga bakal mendapat voucher pembelian daripada Body Shop. Saya rasa hadiah-hadiah ini sudah cukup lumayan…” ujar Mark selaku pengerusi penganjur pertandingan.

Bagi mereka yang berminat untuk menyertai pertandingan ini, beberapa garis panduan serta syarat kelayakan perlu dipatuhi terlebih dahulu. “Kami ingin mencari seorang penyanyi yang dikira fresh dan mempunyai pakej lengkap yang diharap mampu kami ketengahkan ke dalam industri muzik tempatan mahupun kebangsaan..” jelas Mark yang mengharapkan pemenang itu nanti mampu mewarnai industri muzik tempatan.

Borang Penyertaan KE Next Top Entertainer

Menurut Mark, jika anda berumur antara 17 dan 35 tahun pada 1 Januari 2009, andalah orang yang mereka cari. Walau bagaimanapun, mereka yang pernah memenangi pertandingan di peringkat Negeri atau lebih tinggi tidak layak menyertai pertandingan ini. Pertandingan ini juga terbuka kepada mereka yang belum pernah merakamkan album serta belum pernah mendapat airtime di mana-mana stesen radio. Dan yang paling penting, ujar Mark lagi, mereka mestilah tidak terikat dengan apa-apa perjanjian dengan mana-mana syarikat rakaman, sama ada secara lisan atau bertulis. Itu antara syarat-syarat sekiranya anda ingin mengikuti pertandingan ini.

Seperti kebanyakan pertandingan nyanyian yang lain, menurut Mark, pertandingan ini adalah secara solo sahaja. Para peserta dikehendaki menyanyi dua (2) buah lagu iaitu lagu pertama mestilah dalam bahasa Kadazandusun, manakala lagu kedua pula mestilah dalam bahasa Melayu atau Inggeris sahaja. Acara saringan akan dijalankan sebanyak 2 kali sebulan, iaitu dalam bulan Februari dan Mac 2009. Penganjur akan menampilkan lapan (8) orang finalis di Grand Final pada bulan April 2009 nanti.

“Pihak penganjur telah menetapkan 30hb Januari 2009 sebagai tarikh akhir penerimaan borang penyertaan. Namun para peserta yang berminat untuk mengikuti pertandingan ini dinasihatkan untuk menghantar borang penyertaan mereka seawal yang boleh kerana penyertaan adalah dihadkan kepada 50 orang sahaja. Jika pihak penganjur menerima lebih borang penyertaan sebelum 30hb Januari 2009, maka kami akan mengambil peserta berdasarkan First Come First Serve basis. Maka nasihat saya kepada semua, hantarlah borang penyertaan anda secepat yang mungkin….” jelas Mark yang menjangkakan sambutan yang amat menggalakkan dalam pertandingan ini nanti.

“Pertandingan ini mungkin menjadi titik permulaan bagi mereka yang ingin mencipta nama sebagai penyanyi. Siapalah tahu suatu hari nanti, mereka akan lebih dikenali ramai. Jadi nasihat saya kepada yang berminat, rebutlah peluang ini untuk mengetengahkan bakat anda kepada masyarakat di luar sana. Hanya dengan yuran penyertaan sebanyak RM50.00 sahaja, ia mungkin mampu mengubah nasib anda…” jelas Mark, seorang yang bertanggungjawab dalam mewujudkan laman portal Kadus Entertainment lebih daripada 3 tahun yang lalu.

Sebagai rekod, objektif laman web Kadus Entertainment ataupun lebih dikenali sebagai KE ini adalah untuk menjadi platform kepada para peminat, penyokong industri muzik Kadazandusun, penggiat muzik Kadazandusun termasuk artis dan pemuzik, bertukar-tukar pendapat mengenai industri hiburan di Sabah ini melalui internet. KE berharap agar segala pandangan dan kritikan bernas yang diutarakan oleh ahli-ahlinya melalui laman web Kadus Entertainment dapat memberi idea kepada para penggiat seni di Sabah, khususnya yang berkaitan dengan industri muzik Kadazandusun untuk meningkatkan lagi kualiti produk mereka.

Oleh itu, mereka yang berminat dan ingin mengetahui lebih lanjut mengenai dengan “KE Next Top Entertainer”, bolehlah menghubungi terus Jasonjay (0168461914), Gogds (0195305512), Tomm (0198807851) ataupun Mark (0168021500) untuk mendapatkan borang penyertaan. Borang penyertaan juga boleh dimuat turun dari http://www.kadusmusic.com/portal ataupun terus daripada Pusakag Café.

Download itu borang di sini

A Message For Adventist Youths

Dear Adventist Youths,

I happened to turned on the radio and heard how Facebook was used to get in-touch with criminals about their court date. The judges and the authorities stated that people respond better on Facebook than calling them through their phones.

Like books, radio, television, internet and Facebook, Friendster too is a tool in spreading a message. Why can it be a message about Jesus? Jesus stated that if you deny the Father before men, He will deny you before His father.

What upsets me the most is what many of the Adventist youths are doing with their own Friendster page? Yes, Friendster is for you personally. However, isn’t it true that Friendster is used to share to others a little more of you that others may have not seen? There are millions of Friendster users that have not known about Christ yet. Are you going to keep silent of the word of God? Are you going to sit still in front of your computer and alert people of how you dislike this person, and that idea, and the fun you’ve spent with friends and disregard, perhaps, one of your friend who has no knowledge of Christ ending up knowing how your malicious, or frivolity, or even your levity egoistic idea that are revealed through Friendster? Do not be influenced by others. Use this chance to proclaim your God, testify about His love, share a testimony of what He has done to you through the notes application, and maybe share a text that can inspire others.

I read an advertisement that said something like this: “If you’re reading this, than there’s a great chance that others are also reading this. Please call ###-#### to post your Ad” I strongly feel that Friendster is something like that, it’s like an advertisement of your own life. You can definitely advertise your personal life on Friendster, and also interchangeably share Christ so that others may see what Christ have done to you. Isn’t it possible? I believe so.

Hasten God’s second coming my friends. Let anyone that spent hours on Friendster, instead of the Bible, to read your testimony and be blessed. Also remember this; if they are criticizing you’re way of testifying God, know that they are certainly criticizing God.

Imagine this, you have the chance to bring hundreds of souls to Christ through the people that you’ve added from Friendster, yet, you choose to keep silent. What can a bright flashlight be if it’s hidden behind the thread of your pocket? How can your pizza taste like pizza when you restricted the amount of cheese that it should have? Shout the message on top of the mountain if you need to, but wouldn’t it be pointless if you’re screaming it to rocks and trees? My friend, God is giving you ways to share His message to others. Are you going to just sit there and talk more about yourself? Or is it time to make Friendster as a tool to introduce Christ?

Sincerely,

- A. F. L.

A youth for Christ. :)

PS: Friendster has over 54 million registered users globally and 27 million monthly unique visitors as of September 2007.(http://www.friendster.com/info…) . What are you waiting for? Are you going to let pastors and missionaries do all the spreading of God’s news? It’s about time that every Adventist youths, young and old, to share His good news to every corner of the world, including the World Wide Web. So pass this message on to your Adventist friend and share His message and see the life that will be touched.

Estrella – Stay

Sound straight from the twilight
Has me up all night
I can’t fall asleep ’cause I keep thinking of you
And I saw a shadow outside my window and it’s you.

[Chorus]
All my sorrows flew away
Hush, keep quiet, hear me say
I don’t ever want you to go
Please stay
With the moonlight dancing free
And there’s no one but you and me
There’s no reason to go astray
Please stay.

Making up a story
It’s the way you’re looking at me
If you think that this is funny, it’s just you.

Try and think about it,

If you’re heart is closed don’t lock it,
Keep your keys back in your pocket,
Think this through.

[Chorus]

Please stay with me
Just stay with me
and I will take you to Foreverland
Just stay

p.s. Love this song so much! Daphne, Annette & Sasha bilang Liyana looks like me… Barangkali lah… Maybe sebab tu rambut depan kali bah… Kekekekekekek~ Tapi, sia nampak macam Madona Nandu pula dari jauh… Anyway, enjoy the song…