~Divorced~

Ku Sangka Panas Sampai ke Petang
Rupanya Hujan di Tengah Hari
Apakan Daya Musibah Mendatang
Mencarik Bahagia Mengusir Seri



Shattered by the breaking news
Saddened by the bitter destiny
Heart are still but one!!

~ In full loyalty and support for Noraniza Idris ~




"...Tingkah Pawana Seri Suria
Mawar Ditaut Tepi Perahu
Hidup di Dunia Seribu Rahsia
Pasang dan Surut Tiada yang Tahu

Pucuk di Dahan Lindungan Awan
Pohon Setawar di Celah Batu
Kehendak Tuhan Tiada Terlawan
Berserah Jiwa Pada Yang Satu..."


:: Be strong in facing this difficult time ::
We are here, together and forever standing by you

Special thanx to Wan (Lille) for breaking the news;
Utusan Malaysia for the news access;
Ismat (UIA) & Wan Zul (London) for the thoughtful SMS;
Hata (Irbid) & Joey (Mesia) for the quick note on taggy;
Syafiq Nad Thariq Yasmin for the concerns expressed;
& all who visited A-N-I with prayers of happiness and love for Noraniza Idris...

~Lenggok~

And the anxiety is building up
For the promised month is just around the corner



Countdown for the release of Noraniza Idris's new album
:: Lenggok Noraniza Idris ::
Out May 2006

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Ala Dondangnya irama...
Masyhur di serata maya...
Seri Balasnya suara...
Bekaba dan bergema...

MengIktiraf! Berjuang!
Aura lagu didendang...
Kebanggaan... Bangsa nan berSawo Matang

Ayuhlah Perawan!
Terus Perjuangan!
Menobat Alunan!
Tinggalan Warisan...

Ayuhlah Perawan!!
Lagukan Dendangkan!!
Hatinya Tidak Tahan!!

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Will be featuring the long awaited duet song with Liza Hanim
:: Racau Sang Khalifah ::



~ Yok Kak Ani ~
!!Atiku Ora Tahan!!

My Love For You

Dear Beloved Most Precious Readers/Visitors,

It has been ages since we last met in A-N-I, and there's nothing additional to be told about why the blog has been abandoned for quite a significant amount of time :: wink wink :: These are all but a small test from Lord Almighty :: kifarah dosa huhuhuuu... astaghfirullah

Nonetheless, I am back :: safe and sound :: although not yet 100% cured :: what energy left with me must be used to try to reimburse your crucial time spent on visiting the long un-updated A-N-I

Your continuous support, loyalty and love towards A-N-I never failed to touch my heart :: and for these, I can never ever Thank You enough :: sob sob ::

But I surely hope these new updates will make all your waits worthwhile :: A glimpse of my short yet splendid vacay in Italia :: Thank God for everything - money, time & most importantly HEALTH :: Special thanx to Rizal!! The vacay mastermind & organizer ::

For those who have received a little something from Italia de moi, I can only appreciate you guys modestly so please accept the gift wholeheartedly hehe :: For those who have received nothing de moi - lain kali mintak ocay!! Hahaha... ::

That's all for now folks :: Won't share the whole lot of the pics, but these edited versions will hopefully tell a thousand stories :: The blog has been updated in such a way to make it easier for you to travel across time with the correct sequence of events :: jangan skipping2 yaa hehehe ::

Not a good camwhore, but hopefully these will do :: Enjoy!!

Yours Truly

Mohammad Ihab Ismail
Owner of A-N-I

Thank you all for visiting A-N-I even when I am not around!!

Introduction

The vacay team consists of 5 members :: (from left to right then below) :: Rizal (Warwick); Wan (London); Ihab (wink wink); Zul (Belfast); & Izwan (Liverpool)
Our little adventure started on the 7th of April :: right after my term ended :: Stansted Airport, London
All 4 headed for Turin except for myself :: headed direct to Milan ::

:: So girls, would you like to take your pick now, before we begin the journey?? hehe ::
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And so the journey beginsss... ... ...

Milano

Arrived in Bergamo Airport early in the morning :: Headed straight for Milan City - hopefully to be re-united with the other 4 :: Reach Stazione Central and had 5 hours full of boredom! :: What else would you do when you are all alone?? Camwhore is the only answer!!

Joyfully re-united :: checked in Bristol Hotel - 4 star :: Head straight to Metro - connection Centrale FS -> Duomo :: Snap snap around Piazza del Duomo and enter Galleria Vittorio Emanuele ::

Bloody 'cekik darah' those shops in the Galleria :: Run out of the arena :: Head for Piazza della Scala :: Snap snap with Leonardo statue - familiar??

Head for the streets now :: Looking for anything attractive - seemingly none available :: Scusi, scusi!! Direction pleaseeee :: Asking for directions are just as fun as licking the gelato - ice cream!!

Nitey nite all :: The other 4 were tired, and so I hit the city on my own :: Alone and bored, I got back to the hotel around 9pm and slept straight away after a jakuzi and a shower :: Seriously, got bored with Milan already after a day or so :: The next day - breakfast in McD and snappy snappy around 'anyaman telur' :: U can just imagine how bored we were!!

Milan?? Not as impressive, but worth a visit :: Too bad - the city is just sooo not my thing :: Shopping shopping kejadah?? Not me laa NOT ME!! Cannot la live in this city :: Quick quick!! I wanna berambosss :: Headed back for Bergamo Airport to leave Milan for Roma!!

Roma :: Intermission I

The road to Roma was but the very beginning of a marvellous time spent in Italia :: Not everything was disasterous back in Milano - we did enjoy our time :: but the trip to Italia will never be paved with excitements if Roma never existed ::

For me, Roma IS Italia!!

Roma

Arrived in Roma in the middle of the night :: Check into the Youth Hostel and spent the nite chit-chatting :: then Zzzz Zzzzz Krohhh krohhh Zzzzz ::

Don't know where to start :: Every moment is memorable in Roma :: Even the alienest thing like St Mary Maggiore Church is of significance :: the youth hostel is 5 minutes walk from the church :: we took most of the pic from the back of the church instead of the front haha :: the TourBus start-point was from this church :: hence our mini adventure oficially started from here too...

Even the 1st stop had already caught my heart :: Piazza Venezia :: spent the 1st 3 hours just around this Piazza :: had breakfast and walked to Colloseum :: Pure amazement!! :: Marvelled by the grandiose attraction, we'll definitely come again tonite!! ::

Weather was not as great :: Rainy day rainy all the way - so we caught the TourBus and complete the tour non-stop till the 6th CheckPoint :: Walked through Via del Corso - Gelato gelati!! :: Walked and walked till we reached Piazza Venezia again ::

Rain went away - clear sky :: Caught the next TourBus - Headed for Vatican City :: The sunny day in St Peter Square, Vatican - couldn't be any better :: Hoped to meet the Pope, but the Pope met not our hope :: But who cares, the whole evening was spent in Vatican & it's totally worthed it!!

Nite came but Roma shone with glittering lights :: Sight-seeing around the Colloseum during the night was simply astonishing :: Yet again, marvelled by the marvellously marvellous marvel... Waaaahhhhhhhhh ::

Yet another day :: Visited the historical sites :: Behind the remains of the Roman Empire, there are thousands of untold mysteries :: Spoookyyy

And our journey in Roma ended with a peaceful view around Fontana di Trevi :: Baling duit nak?? Wishy wish wishy wish - tahyooolll tahyoollll... Hehe

Roma :: Intermission II

2 days spent in Roma - a day more than those spent in Milan & Venice :: and still the heart will to stay put and enjoy the city over and over again :: 2 days were not enough to satisfy my love for Roma :: I left Roma for Venezia with a heavy heart - bounded to love Roma as much as I could and should :: I love you Roma... I love you!!!

Roma certainly IS Italia!!
And to leave Roma IS like leaving Italia behind into the darkness of memories .. .. .. sob sob ... ...

Venezia

Flew away from Roma :: sob sob ::
And so we arrived in Venezia, To enjoy the 1st nite to the max!!
But then to realize the next day that Venezia suits best with the word "Indah Khabar Dari Rupa"

True, it's a beautiful city, but so to describe it in such a way is actually quite over-rated :: Other than the canal and the unique walk-only streets, Venezia didn't impress me as much :: Aku rasa kampung aku nun lagi best ... ... :P ... ... What say you??

The central was quite lively and 'happening' - but that's THAT i guess?? What else can I speak about Venezia other than it was a good excercise to walk across the city-of-maze from one corner to another ::

And so we entered a restaurant in Venezia...

The Pizza?? Well, ok... We give them credits for that :: Yum yum tapi tak kenyang...
Then we ordered the main meals :: Waited quite shortly and the service was great!! But the meals?? Urghhh... I'd rather stuff up my stomach with Sainsbury's products instead!! You know what I mintak?? Spaghetti hitam dakwat sotong - coz the waiter said that it's the original Venezian foods :: Now I'm truthfully thankful to be born as anak Melayu ... ... :P ... ... kusss semangat dakwat hitam dia... tapi bleh tahan la... not bad sebenarnya... but stil!!

And let's not talk about the charge for the foods :: 5 cuts of Pizzas, 5 plates of noodles, 2 juices and 2 glasses of plain water + service + tax :: Guess the grand total ??

Hmmm... Let it be la... Once in a lifetime kot...
Then we walked and walked the boring walks... to reach a canal full of Gondolas...

And the famous Gondola?? No discussion whatsoever on this matter Puhlizzz... :: Walk away walk away!! :: 80Euro per ride - I'd rather go to Thorpe Park again and again and again :: Even visiting Syazwan in France wouldn't cost me as much!! kan Wan kan?? Hehe

And so our journey in Venezia ended with a bus to catch for the Treviso Airport to Stansted, London

The End

Overall comments
:: I enjoyed Italia ::

Comparing this vacay with the one I had with Syazwan in my 1st year :: City wise :: I'd actually rather go back to Colmar than to re-visit Milano, or even to a certain extent Venezia :: Don't ask me why - just my sincere feelings hehe

But Roma is another story :: Roma certainly stands above them all - the BEST city I've ever visited so far (since I started my course in the UK, of course) :: For Roma, I'd do anything to get back to the city ;) Loved love loooooooving it...

All in all, we ended our exciting journey across Italia in 5 days and 6 nites :: 7th - 12th of April :: We had our ups and downs, but overall I rated my holiday as 4 out of 5 stars :: That's quite high isn't it?? :: Well well, reason for the high rates are not because of the cities I visited (exclude Roma please :: wink wink) but rather because of the folks I decided to go with to spend the splendid 5 days vacay across Italia!!

And so for that :: Thank you so much Rizal, Wan, Zul & Izwan for the great time we spent together!! Missing you guys like crazy, especially Izwan, bleh?? haha !!

And to all of you who have read the entry from beginning till the end :: THANK YOU FOR ENJOYING THE ENTRY !! AND CERTAINLY THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS VISITING A-N-I !!

God Bless and Adiosss

Arla Food Allowed!!

Another happy news for today, folks :: at least it is for me!!

Since the issue regarding Denmark's notorious cartoon drawings upraored the world, we know that we, as MUSLIMS, are obliged to boycott Denmark products as a consequence of their government's firm stand wanting not to punish the Jylland-Postens newspaper for their immoral disrespectful behaviour towards our religion as a whole and to be precise, towards our most beloved prophet Muhammad PBUH

And so, A-N-I urges those who have not yet joined the campaign to think again & again & again to question why do we need to boycott them :: come to your sense and start campaigning with us ;)

Though, having said that, I am happy to announce that it has been assured by the Saudi Government that Arla Food should now be able to be re-consumed!!

Read more about it from UtusanOnline:
Arab Saudi Jual Semula Produk Tenusu Denmark


This surely is an exciting news for me !! For I will no longer crave to eat the glamourous Puck product by Arla Food ::

YEAY!!!
Come all... Say Alhamdulillah!!!

~Alhamdulillah~

Alhamdulillah... ... ...
Alhamdulillah... ...
Alhamdulillah...

We show our greatest appreciation towards our Lord Almighty for the 'nikmah' and love He has given Noraniza Idris today :: 4th of April 2006 :: We know how Noraniza has been longing for this day to come :: A day for her to be joyful and rest assured that her marriage is not yet over ::
Let us all pray so that God will bestow her with a continuous blessings and happiness throughout her life :: may this dark history not repeat itself :: may they live happily ever after ::

Read more about it on UtusanOnline for the update on Noraniza's current issue:
Talak Suami Noraniza Tidak Sah
Noraniza Bersyukur Masih Sah Isteri Fareez


Special thanx to Ahmad Syazwan for keeping me up-to-date with the breaking news!!

The Goblet of Fire

The way I appreciate Noraniza Idris is never different from the way I express my appreciation towards every other things :: This is my personality :: I value the very essence of creativity, & this is why I'd like to express my love towards Harry Potter - The Goblet of Fire :: fallen in love back in November 2005

I've been following the Harry Potter series since the 1st episode :: I dont read the books - puhlizzzzz - soooo not my thing!!! hehe :: I just watch the movies and that's THAT!! :: And to be frank, none of the preceeding episodes have ever caught my attention :: I thought they were all very childish & immature - what a waste of time to have watched them :: until the 4th episode was published world-wide :: The Goblet of Fire ::

The Goblet of Fire certainly is a fiery HOTTY episode which have changed my whole perception towards this overall 'kiddy' fairy thingy of Harry Potter :: I never thought the series could be of so much fun!! :: The magical world with wizards and stuff - exageration of the fantasy world and now only have I realised that they are really really interesting!! :: But to a certain extent - I believe Harry Potter itself didn't won my heart, but instead the way the 4th episode were directed and presented is the actual aspect that caught my eyes

If you have personally watched the episodes, you should agree with me :: Goblet of Fire is totally different in comparison to the other 3 episodes ::
1:: Magically heroic!! - love all the 3 stages Triwizard competition!!
2:: Intense!! - adrenaline rush 75% throughout the movie!
3:: Matured and have definitely grown up - no more childy cuty annoying characters!!
4:: More villains and fightings!! - Yeargh!! EVIL!! I love MAGICAL FIGHTS!!
5:: bla bla bla --> banyak sangat la... malas nak cakap

My point is, The Goblet of Fire has taken a more daring perspective to attract viewers from every single generation... be it the kiddies, teenagers, adolescent :: like me :: or event the adults and elderlies :: The moral of the story - if all movie producers are as creatively involved in their movie production :: with this kind of attitude and dare to make a difference :: They wont have to worry about PIRACY!! :: Cause a high quality product will be highly appreciated in a proper way by the community ::

Having said all these rubbish words, we now come to the reason behind this entry :: Why Goblet of FIRE in A-N-I?? :: What HARRY POTTER has got to do with NORANIZA IDRIS?? ::

Well... You see... I am VERY WELL-KNOWN for my stingy personality :: & please folks, dont misunderstand the point - I AM VERY VERY PROUD OF IT haha :: But when it comes to appreciating the art of creativity; be it within MUSICS or MOVIES or whatever :: Appreciation will overcome my STINGINESS ::

And so, believe it or not... Because I LOVED HARRY POTTER & THE GOBLET OF FIRE so much, I found it irresistable not to get a hand on the ORIGINAL COPY of the DVD :: And yesterday I did the unthinkable - bought the brand new Harry Potter DVD!!

Regreted?? NO WAY!! HP GoF is a MASTERPIECE and to own it is a must!!
Although it seems expensive, it's TOTALLY WORTH IT!!

This is why I'd never buy pirated Noraniza Idris's products... Because I appreciate her so much that I dare not BUYing a cheap pirated version of the same product...

Stand against piracy :: though for me, this is only applicable for products with genuinely creative value hehe :: ta for now!!

41 Frobisher

Yerp! It's the house which I've been living in for nearly 2 years now!!

41 Frobisher Road
N8 0QT London
United Kingdom

:: Proud to be one of the occupants!! ::

And this picture... It's totally COOOOLLL isn't it?? Muehehe...
Credits to Haniz!!

Visit his webby :: HanizManiz ::