~Rindu AJL1998~

In conjunction with the RINDU theme around the blog, I present to you Noraniza Idris's performance for AJL 1998

:: Rindu, a nostalgic & romantic love song ::

This was the song which uphold the very essence of my destiny in meeting my precious idol singer :: Noraniza Idris ::

:: I miss you too, Noraniza Idris !! ::

~Missing You Already~

One day after another can never be the same if we spend them all alone whilst the sweet memory of a companionship keep lingering around our mind :: This is the loneliness I would always feel when somebody came to cheer up my life :: and the next day I woke up just to realize that my companion is no longer around for me to laugh my life with

:: I miss the laughters :: I miss the jokes ::
:: I miss them all :: & I miss you !! ::

The Malay literature has been quoted as saying:
"Patah Tumbuh Hilang Berganti"
Dan memandangkan Nizar sudah pun pergi
Kedatangan Jepa pulak yg kini ku nanti
Cepat lah cepat tandang ke mari
Serikan diri serikan hari
Serikan jiwaku yg sunyi dan sepi ... ... ...

A Need To Change; Yet Again

Dear Precious Readers/Visitors,

Again, it has come to my concern that I'm having quite a problem trying to organize my time around enjoying the marvellous hallucinating life of the virtual world whilst being adequately fair & square towards my actual life in reality

And for the sake of my own time allocation, again I'd have to appologize for the need to change my style of blog-hopping & updating frequency altogether

Hence, what I have decided to do is to update my blog MOSTLY during the weekends whilst using the rest of the days of the week to continuously blog-hop from one blog to another according to my own desire and time availability :: a BIG wink wink wink to all ::

I hope with this yet another change of blog-hopping habit twinned with a change in blog-updating style, you guys won't be annoyed but instead will still show your continuous support for A-N-I, the fan's blog :: my blog ::

After all... We are united under the name of GUBU rite?? Hehe
Cheers to all!! Best regards!

Yours Truly

Mohammad Ihab Ismail
Owner of A-N-I

Thank you all for your continuous support!!

~Ibn Battuta~

Layar Battuta is a song narrating about Ibn Battuta (()) :: A famous Muslim Scholar from the 14th century :: Well-known for his great passion & enthusiasm in travelling!!

Depiction from National Geographic Magazine, Dec 1991

No one knows how exactly did Ibn Battuta look like, but no one can deny his reputable experiences gained by travelling around the world throughout his life :: 29 years; 75,000 miles; 44 modern countries :: Making history whilst making baby!!

His Travel Track through Dar Al-Islam
Click here to enlarge

Started to travel in 1325 when he was 20, Ibn Battuta certainly had much to write in his very own book :: Rihla - My Travels :: And so to appreciate Ibn Battuta & to celebrate his passion, let us all go travelling around the world whenever we are given the opportunity by our Lord Almighty!!


Alhamdulillah :: Italy, here I come :: Countdown 2 weeks
Special thanx to the site Ibn Battuta -Rihla :: visit to 'travel' your knowledge around Ibn Battuta

~Layar Battuta~

First of all, a very warm welcome to Evian :: Latest visitor of A-N-I!!
:: !! Ahlan Wasahlan Wa Marhaban Bik !! ::

Evian had given us a visit 2 days ago & requested the song Layar Battuta by Noraniza Idris :: & so to celebrate her, we present to you...

~ LAYAR BATTUTA ~


Song: Adnan Abu Hassan
Lyrics: Hairul Anuar Harun
Singer: Noraniza Idris

Kau merentasi segala rintangan di gurun badai
Ku melewati cerita pandanganmu penuh damai

Sayap terkembang bumi luas terbentang
Akal catatan kota tanah pilihan
Kata indah direnungkan

Relakan kutemui nyawaku sendiri
Dan mencari di jiwa yang tersembunyi
Aaa... aaa... aaa...

Pinjamkan aku layarmu
Nakhoda tuju nan satu
Susuri jalan silammu
Aaa... aaa... aaa...

Utuskan aku petamu
Cahaya alam seribu
Moga tak hilang jejakku

Aaa... aaa... aaa...

Special Thanx to Ahmad Thariq Kharuddin for his every effort & help!!!
Thanx buddy hehe - now you know WHY

~ Dikir Puteri ~

Song: Suhaimi Mat Zain a.k.a. Pak Ngah
Lyric: Hairul Anuar Harun
Singer: Noraniza Idris

Bermohon sembah sembah berhajat
Hajat berasal kayangan puri
Hamba puteri imbas berempat
Turun bermalam serata negeri

* :
Bermohon sembah sembah berhajat
Hajat berasal kayangan puri
Tuan puteri imbas berempat
Turun bermalam serata negeri


Sungguh terdengar bukan igauan
Antan bertingkah sahut-sahutan
Si anak muda pandang-pandangan
Tua melarang dalam senyuman

Malam mengemping terang cahaya
Riuh sekampung asyik bersenda
Walaupun datang dalam bayangan
Diri memandang pinta berteman

( Repeat * )

Satu rumpun bersatulah kata
Dua hati berpadulah jiwa
Tiga temu setia memangku
Empat pula sudah bersimpul satu

Mari adik mari abang (2 x)
Kecil besar tua muda (2 x)
Mari sama kasih sayang (2 x)
Moga hidup kan bahagia

Walau jauh walau dekat (2 x)
Sama-sama muafakat (2 x)
Datang hanya sementara
Entah esok lusa
Kembali semula

Konsert Ekspresi Gemilang

Cited from UtusanOnline

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Oleh: WANDA IDRIS

Konsert Ekspresi Gemilang yang dijayakan oleh Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM) dan TVRI Indonesia pada malam Sabtu lalu boleh dikatakan menghiburkan walaupun tidak sehebat mana.

Sebanyak 14 artis Malaysia dan Indonesia dijemput. Malaysia menampilkan Misha Omar, Zamani, Azharina, Noraniza Idris, Nassier Wahab, Jaclyn Victor, kumpulan Mohram, Kumar dan Lim Soon Lay. Dari Indonesia, penyanyi Victor Hutabarat, Erie Susan, Lussy Kayla dan Dewi Marpaung mengambil bahagian.

Diiringi persembahan mantap Orkestra RTM di bawah pimpinan Jimmy Ali, setiap artis memberikan persembahan menghiburkan.

--> continue to read the whole articel from UtusanOnline

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Noraniza Idris sang Dikir Puteri

Dikir Puteri was the very song which won my heart back in 1998 :: Started to fall in love with Noraniza Idris for who she is after watching her performance during AJL 1998 :: The song which turned my life upside down, resulting in me paving the name Noraniza Idris within the bottom of my heart as the #1 Singer ever ::

It all started in 1998... ... ...
1998... ...
1998...

~ Remember this number ~ --> tahun PMR ocay ;) hehe

A Need To Change

Dear Precious Readers/Visitors,

It has come to my concern that I'm having so much trouble trying to organize my time to enjoy the different compartments of my life :: Medical life, University life, Student life, Musical life, Movies life, Time-Out-To-Central-London life, bla bla inc. my Internet life :: most importantly concerning my GUBU life!!

And for the sake of my own time organization, I'd have to change my style of blog hopping :: Certainly 2 hours are not enough but i couldn't afford to extend the time allocation per day!!

Hence, what I will do is to divide all the must-hop-to blogs into 2 groups :: One group of blogs to be visited on one day and the next day the other :: Wink wink wink

I hope with this sudden change of blog-hopping style, I could still show my deepest appreciation to my blog visitors whilst not abandoning my responsibility as a Kings College Student!!

Cheers to all!! Best regards!

Yours Truly

Mohammad Ihab Ismail
Owner of A-N-I

Thank you all for your continuous support!!

~18-3-2006~

March 18 is an international day of action against occupation of Iraq. This year, it will mark the 3rd 'anniversary' of the invasion of Iraq by the 'intruders' which seemingly have been causing series of cancerous troubles rather than bringing peace as they once promised. Protests have been planned accross the world, including one in Malaysia :: 19th March 2006 :: 10 a.m. --> sape2 dok KL saje tak pergi memang euwww !! ;) ::


As the world will be watching, we must get up on our feet & show friends and foes alike that we stand against the invasion of Iraq and we oppose the threats to world peace and freedom in any form at all! :: Iraqis are suffering :: the occupation has cost more than 100,000 lives with no end in sight!!


An assembly in Central London :: around Parliament Square :: Midday :: Stop the War Coalition :: gathered to voice out the need to bring the British troops back home :: Iraqis want them OUT!! :: for nearly 100 souls have been lost with hundreds more soldiers badly injured as caused by Blair's selfish meaningless war ::


British Muslims are under threat :: Stand together and protect the communities being targeted by Islamophobic racists!!


We were lied to about the attack on Iraq :: It is time Big BLIAR was held to account for his decisions which have undermined democracy!! :: Freedom is under threat because of the so-called War On Terror!!


Billions are being wasted on the invasions :: Iraq & Afghanistan :: The money would be of better use for pensions and public services!!


BLIAR's foreign policy is making Britain a terror target!! :: Criminal attacks of July 7 2005 proved this!!


Speak out now before it's too late!! :: US & Britain are plotting a new aggression :: Against Iran above all!! :: Don't let them spread the new strain of cancerous hazard which can bring the world to it's doomsday - A NUCLEAR WAR!!

Protest :: Make it clear that you are against War
March to voice out loud :: Action speaks louder than words

Pull out the troops from IRAQ
& Don't EVEN think of ATTACKING IRAN!!

United We Stand
Together Till The End

Special thanks to:
The StopTheWarCoalition
:: the blog rephrased most of the information as provided by the flyers distributed by the coalition in promotion for demonstration on March 18

~Happy Anniversary~

God blesses me with a happy family
And today is my parent's marriage anniversary
I dont know for how many years has it been, exactly
But I sure do hope that the happiness is there for eternity

:: Long live the family of Ismail Hj Mahmoud Al-Kenali !!! ::


Bcoz my parents are more of Arab than Malay,
I want to put an Arabic Wedding song to celebrate this happy day
As Noraniza has no Arabic Wedding song whatsoever for me to play
I present to you Pascale Machaalani with Thalab Eaday

:: Long live the family of Nasriah Hj Ibarhim - YEAY!! ::

~Make Doa~

I got a msg this morning from my sister, Ilham bt Ismail, who's currently studying in Kolej MARA Banting, hoping to further her study in Medicine :: Insya Allah :: in the UK. She's currently :: restlessly :: waiting for an offer :: for a placement :: hopefully reserved by Queen's Mary, University of London.

I hereby would like to ask a great great GREAT favour from everybody :: if you could kindly make a prayer, even for as little as a sentence of doa, so that her application will be accepted and she would get a chance to study overseas.

If you could please please and PLEASE make doa for her, it would be much much MUCH appreciated...

:: Jazakummulah akthar wa ahsan wa ajmal khair fid-dunya wal-akhirah ::

~Rindu~

Rindu means ~to miss sbd/sth~

One of Noraniza's songs from her 1st Contemporary Traditional Malay Music Album :: Ala Dondang :: is named after this emotionally-bounded word
This is amongst her best & apparently one of my favourite nostalgic songs...
... Each & every time I listen to it, it would remind me of all my loved ones :: Mom & Dad, Brother & Sisters, Family, Friends & even Noraniza Idris herself!!

Though I have my own special way to express how much I love & miss them, I can never tell how would they, in return, express their Rindu for me...

... but for Hidayah :: A junior close to me & Ismat back in SMAPK :: her way of expressing the value of Rindu in our friendship is simply outstanding if not bizarre!! I simply couldnt keep it for myself that I would wanna share it together with u guys in this blog...

... I present to you, a book published by herself, dedicated to me!! Bcoz she missed me so much!! Muahahahaha :: THANX DAYAH!! Aku Rindu Padamu Jua!! :: wink wink :: PLEASE BE WARIED - NO TOHMAHAN ALLOWED!! ::

This is Hidayah Azhar... ... ...

... & a subsequent CepuEmas Question for Nadrah:

Hah!!
Boleh Ke Lawan TUDUNG Dayah??!!!
Hahaha

~Motive~

UIA (Malay) = IIU (English)

In year 2004, I have been invited to perform in IIU for many times :: in conjunction with the publication of the song Come What May :: IIU Convest 2004 Theme Song...

... Each and every time I went to IIU, I would always give Ismat :: one of my bestest friends who's still studying in IIU :: a visit, be it for a couple of minutes or even for several hours, wasting time over Last Blade 2 :: in which he has always been struggling to win over my great combo move! Haha...

... And so to say that we have been great friends since 1997 :: WERE, ARE and Insya Allah forever WILL be ;)...

... But seemingly within the tag-board, he shouted:
e-smart: ihab, whose pic did you put on my link O_o?...

... Here's my answer:

... and a subsequent QUESTION:

MOTIF???!!!!

~CWM Lyrics~

Lead Singer :: Saiful
Featuring :: Mohammad Ihab



Choir Vocal Arrangement :: Ahmad Nader
Song (English & Malay) :: Ahmad Mubaraq
Song (Arabic) :: Mohammad Ihab

Lyrics (English & Malay) :: Ahmad Mubaraq
Lyrics (Arabic) :: Ismail Hj Mahmoud

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Featuring :: Ala Qadamaya Choir Group, UIA Convest 2004

~Come What May~

The other day, Hata demanded a song called Come What May to be played on this blog. Now that I can manage to put a link between the theme of the blog and the demand, I present to you :: Come What May ::

Me & Syazwan in 2Tone Studio after the special recording session for Noraniza's KLCC Merdeka Show 2005 performance

When I brought Wan to the 2Tone Studio on 22 July 2005 for my special recording session with Noraniza Idris (though apparently he can arguably be said to have appreciated that :: bcoz he didn't even know that my voice has been featured in Noraniza's latest song, Racau Sang Khalifah :: !!penulis masih rasa sedih!! :P ), little did he know that it was not my first time to have attended the 2Tone Studio in Wangsa Maju, KL

Me & my beloved brother :: Ahmad Nader Ismail ::

Back in the year 2004, on the 16th of August :: my brother's birthday :: I've actually been to 2Tone Studio to record this song together with my brother and his choir group

The choir group :: Ala Qadamaya :: UIA students

I considered it to be the best gift I had ever given to my brother on his birthday :: I sponsored the whole payment for using the studio :: the night cost me around £40-50, but it was totally worth it!!

~Demo pertama RSK~

Semalam Syazwan call penulis dari Lille bertanya khabar. Penulis gembira seketika, tapi kemudiannya perasaan bercampur baur. Sedih penulis mengenangkan Syazwan yg tersohor dan terbilang di dunia blogging ini tidak tahu bahawasanya suara penulis di'feature'kan dalam lagu terbaru Kak Ani :: Racau Sang Khalifah

Walhal masa Summer 2005 dulu, Syazwan lah kawan pertama yg penulis bawa berjumpa & bersua muka dengan Kak Ani

Syazwan KEJAM!!!
Maka penulis menangissss ... ... ...

~ Racau Sang Khalifah ~
Noraniza Idris & Liza Hanim feat. Beego

Sila perdengarkan versi Demo Racau Sang Khalifah sebelum lagu di-record di studio. Kemudian perdengarkan semula hasil akhir Racau Sang Khalifah yg telah siap di-record di studio. Selamat mengkaji dan membanding beza, dan sila lah mengomel apa2 yg patut ;)

p/s to Syazwan: YES!! I'VE MET BEEGO IN PERSON!! Hahahah

~Doakan A-&-I~

Setelah jerih perit dilalui
Akhirnya exam telah berjaya dihadapi
Namun hati gundah tiada henti
Racau jiwa mengenangkan nasib diri
Apakah result bakal menenang sanubari
Ataukah akan membuatkan racauku makin menjadi jadi

Kita tunggu sajalah nanti
Buat masa kini
Alhamdulillah ku sematkan di hati
Tawakkal Alallah - Rabbukum Wa Rabbi
Wa-kullukum : Ud3u-li!!!

*Ud3u-li : Doakan diriku ini ;)

Doakan Noraniza

Penulis memohon jasa baik para pengunjung agar mendoakan kesejahteraan rumah tangga Noraniza Idris
Sesunggunya jodoh pertemuan itu di tangan Tuhan, dan kita pohon agar jodoh Noraniza dan Fareez terus dipanjangkan yg Maha Kuasa - Insya Allah!
~Amin Ya Rabbal Alamin~

~Study Leave~

Akhir Kalam, penulis nak mintak perkenan GUBU utk cuti exam
Sila perkenankan!!

Maka dengan ini bercutilah aku buat sementara waktu...
Korang SILA DATANG LAGI KE BLOG INI!!
Jgn berenti ok!! Muehehehe

~Dunia Keamanan~

Dulu, salah seorg pengunjung setia A-N-I, iaitulah Faiz a.k.a HATA, pernah minta penulis gemakan satu lagu lama yg bertajuk ~Dunia Keamanan~ kat blog ni
Sebagai tanda penghargaan buat kunjungan, latahan, ngomelan, ngarutan dan juga budi baik beliau membenarkan penulis cilok 'blog-link' daripada blognya, maka penulis persembahkan lagu tersebut buat santapan auditory cortex para pengunjung yg tersayang sekalian!

TERIMA KASIH HATA!!

Lagu ~Dunia Keamanan~ ini penulis rasakan agak bersesuaian dengan tema blog memandangkan ia adalah lagu PERTAMA yg julung2 kalinya dipublish oleh AReC
Inilah lagu yang membuka tirai XPDC penulis mengexplore Sonic Foundry Sound Forge sampai ke hari ini, yg membawa kepada pertemuan antara penulis dan penyanyi terchenta Noraniza Idris

Malahan pada hemat penulis, biarpon lagu ini actually semata2 suatu 'test product' buat AReC, lagu ini belum boleh dicabar oleh mana2 lagu terkemudian yg direlease oleh AReC sendiri (mungkin sbb hati Manager AReC si Amoun tu makin lama makin hitam melegam :: Insaf seketika --> NAD & YASMIN sila berTELEKUNG!!)

Penghasilan melodi nyanyian dan bait liriknya menyimpan seribu satu kenangan manis buat penulis kerana inilah satu2nya lagu yg rata2 digemari oleh semua kawan2 penulis yg pernah mendengarnya!
Namun utk menjaga copyright, ketahuilah bahawasanya music latar itu tidak dibuat sendiri oleh penulis!!
:: Dicilok daripada Anime Oh! My Goddess ::
--> tak mampu ok nak buat sendiri!!

I hereby present to you;

~DUNIA KEAMANAN~




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