Author: mesyel

Little Bird informed me that Karen Rodriguez, Haley Reinhart and Ashton Jones are in the botttom three.

Karen Rodriguez is Safe!

… and Haley Reinhart is Safe!

Ashton Jones sang to win the Judges in hope to get saved.

But no, the judges decided not to Save.

Bye Ashton…

Ok, first of all, the pic that u’re about to see was not my 1st choice.. BUT since this challenge has been put on hold for quite a while, I decided – since I already have this pic in my PC and if you’re an avid follower, u may notice that this pic was already up in this blog about a year before – that I should just use this pic and get this challenge over and done with.

so here’s the lucky-pick pic 😀

My family, my two friends Cindy Laila & Snowy and I hehehe…

Oya, I’m supposed to tell where this ‘somewhere’ is bah kan? Well, di belakang rumah saya la.. hehehehehe…

Ahhh… finally… Day 5 Mission – Accomplished!

6 contestants were chosen by the judges to perform for the wildcard round. Out of the 6, 3 made it to Top 13.

1. Ashton Jones (can laaaa…)

2. Stefano Langone (yeayyyy!!!! *Like*)

3. Naima Adedapo (double yeayyyy!!!! *Like* )

Spoiler Alert!! If you do not wish to know who made it to Top 10 just yet, you may leave  now.

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1. Scotty McCreery. (1 of my favs. Not a fan of his low voice tho but it’s interesting to see how he would progress in this competition.)

2. Lauren Alaina. (No surprise here.. And I don’t even like her performance yesterday.. )

3. Pia Toscano. (*Like*)

4. Karen Rodriguez. (Yeay!!! *Like*)

5. Jacob Lusk. (*LIKE*)

6. Casey Abrams. (*LIKE* ^ Infinity)

7. Thia Megia.

8. Paul MacDonald. (I have to click Like on Paul because he is so unique… just like Scotty, it would be interesting to find out how they would progress in the competition. *Like*)

9. Haley Reinhart. (The last girl who made it to top 5 girls. I prefer Naima or Lauren Turner to Haley tho… hope Naima will make it to top 12 via wild card round since Lauren didn’t even make it to wild cards.. bummer!)

10. James Durbin. (I might like him if he continues to give great performance like the one he did last Tuesday.)

There you go… Thanks Little Bird…

Looks like Jacee Badeaux didn’t make the cut after all. well, actually we don’t know the whole story yet. Probably he made it, but he withdrew, i don’t know for sure. The other 21 contestants from my previous entry did make it to Top 24 though.

3 other contestants who manage to place themselves on Top 24 are:-

1. Stefano Langone

I like this guy.. Clicking on invisible LIKE button. *Click*

2. Tatynisa Wilson
I’m having trouble uploading her photo. Based on her Beatles performance, I thought she won’t make it. Perhaps she blew the judges away on her final solo performance..

3. Thia Megia

Another talented young singer. would be interesting to watch.

Spoiler Alert!! If you do not wish to know who made it to Top 24 just yet, you may leave now.

I haven’t been paying any attention to my American Idol’s “little bird” last season.. but this year, with the new judges and all, i couldn’t help but to check in on the little bird that has been left tweeting alone for so long and guess what, little bird does tweet some good stuff!

Here’s what I found out:-

1. Ashthon Jones

Great! i love her group & solo performance! I’m clicking on my invisible LIKE button. *Click*

2. Brett Loewenstern

Based on his performance on the past few weeks, I don’t think he has a strong voice, tp boleh lah bah..

3. Casey Abrams

Oooohhh… I love this guy! Can’t wait to see what he’s up to next! Clicking on my invisible LIKE button. *Click*

4. Clint Jun Gamboa

He’s good, but he’s so full of himself! I hate what he did to Jacee!

5. Haley Reinhart

Urmm.. sorry, don’t remember you..

6. Jacee Badeaux

He’s soooo cute! but quoting my friend Azlina, “that kid jaysee is adorable but i think he’s gonna be gobbled alive even if he makes it the next round“. Totally agree with you, Sis… Clicking on my invisible LIKE button anyway.. *Click*

7. Jacob Lusk

I like this one too!! Clicking on my invisible LIKE button 10x! *Click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click*

8. James Durbin

Siobhan Magnus (AI9) + Adam Lambert (AI8) = James Durbin (AI10)

9. Jordan Dorsey

Clicking on my invisible DISLIKE button! *CLICK!!!*

10. Jovany Barreto

Ok ok laa…

11. Julie Zorilla

Hmm.. bah, baik la…

12. Pia Toscano

Sorry, but i don’t remember you too..

13. Karen Rodriguez

Nahh.. sorry, me no remember…

14. Kendra Chantelle

You too.. don’t remember any of you..

15. Lauren Alaina

Ahh.. certainly remember this one. The biggest aerosmith fan. My status update in FB a few days ago : I know it’s a tad too soon to predict but I’m pretty sure we’ll be seeing Lauren Alaina in the AI final. Not a fan of hers but no doubt she’s an incredibly talented young singer.

16. Lauren Turner

Sorry.. no idea who this is..

17. Naima Adedapo

I remember her, but not her singing, I’m afraid..

18. Paul McDonald

Absolutely no idea..

19. Rachel Zevita

Quite familiar, but I don’t remember her singing..

20. Robbie Rosen

bah.. ok la…

21. Scotty McCreery

This one should be interesting to watch. I only hope he won’t be singing his favourite song again.. Clicking on my invisible LIKE button. *Click*

22. Tim Halperin

Sorry, me no remember u too..

There are two spots left and I really really really hope it won’t be taken by Ashley Sullivan. So, there you go.. I don’t  know for sure if this info is reliable, but my AI Little Bird has never failed me before..

Any of your favs in?

In the Day 5 challenge, I’m supposed to post a picture of a place that I’ve been to but I’m officially postponing this challenge until further notice. Amboi2… pandai2 pulak mo postpone 😛

I’m not procrastinating again, people… This particular challenge is HARD ok! not that I’ve been to so many places but I’m trying to select a picture that speaks a thousand words – that describes ME. It says, A PICTURE – that means, 1 only and I have quite a few shortlisted now.

So let me take my sweet time selecting / sorting out the pictures ya.. who knows, I might end up posting all of them 😀

Til Then.. tata..

Day 5 Mission – Failed!

Procrastinating.

This is my worst habit. It’s the root of all the other evil and bad habits that I have. I know, it’s always a choice, but i guess I’m just lazy – always holding things up until the very last minute.

I wish I didn’t have this habit 🙁

Hiya!

Day 3 challenge today… i thought this one is going to be easy. to my surprise, this challenge turned out to be one of the toughest coz i have so many pictures with different sets of friends and i was actually having a hard time to choose! After spending 1 1/2 days to select a photo, i finally decided on this one..

L-R : Felicia (Licia), Samantha (Tantha), Yours Truly (Mimi), Bannecy (Bibie), Judith (Udit)

We’re not required to describe this photo k but, i want to 😀

these set of friends are my dearest and oldest childhood friends… we’ve known each other since kindy, except for Tantha. Tantha and I have known each other a lot longer, i think since we’re 3 yrs old 🙂 our dads are good friends so, it’s only natural that we got to know each other at such a young age.

ok, now you might wonder, why the ‘funky’ outfits hehehe… FUNKY lah mangkali… these are our working attire hehe.. this photo was taken in 1997 if i’m not mistaken. we have just taken our SPM exam and while waiting for our result, we were employed by the company where our dads work for a job at a Flower Nursery. The nursery was located at a copper mine at the foot of Mount Kinabalu.

It was very very cold there, the mine was in a near-constant cover of clouds every day (curi ayat dari Twilight novel :-P), the sun only comes out like 1-2 hours in the afternoon. I love it there… although we have to work like gardeners, it was just a wonderful experience and I’m really glad I got to be a part of it. there was also a green house where they plant tomatoes & strawberries organically. the green house was a restricted area, but we always curi2 masuk and “stole” the strawberries hehehe… berebut-rebut lagi tu.. hisyyy.. kurang senonoh perangai… 😀 there was also a baby bear called Lucky. I heard they caught Lucky around that area and they decided to keep it. I wonder where is Lucky now..

We became a very famous group of girls at the mine because we’re the only teenage girls amongst almost all male employers. We were loud, silly, funny and we always sing! One can only imagine the chaos and the noise we made back then. Those were one of the best time of my life.. we got paid RM10 per day and being a seventeen yrs old at that time, I don’t have any worry in the world except for my dad finding out that the guy I fancy was secretly giving me driving lessons with a 4×4 hilux at the mine and also on our almost 10 miles way home. That was fun…

Where are they now?

Licia is working as an officer in LHDN Sarawak.

Tantha is a secretary in one of the IT companies in KK, married with 2 kids, a girl and a boy, staying in Putatan.

Bibie is a teacher, teaching at a remote school somewhere in Keningau, married also with 2 kids, a boy and a girl.

Udit is also a teacher, teaching also at some remote area in Telupid, married with 2 kids and soon to have another one..

Sigh… sedih pula reminiscing at the old times :-)..

for my childhood friends, for this special Day 3 Challenge, i’m dedicating this poem to you la.. sya curi from a hallmark card.. 😛

OLD FRIENDSHIP ARE THE DEAREST

Though many of life’s pleasure,
may change from year to year,
Old friendships never change at all
except to grow more dear,
and just like cherished memories,
they have a place apart…
a place reserved forever,
in a corner of the heart.

Nah… habis crita utk entry niari…

Day 3 Mission Accomplished!

This day 2 challenge is supposed to be done yesterday, but I was busy working (was trying not to blog during office hr) and when i got home, i have to be a mother/wife and do house chores. by the time I’m done, it’s already 9:30 pm. the kids were supposed to be in bed at 9:00pm but since I’m not asleep yet, they continue to watch Astro Boy! quickly put the kids to bed, felt so tired, forgot to mandi and fell fast asleep myself.. i only mandi this morning!

so, enough about that, let’s get down to business!

The meaning behind my Blogger name. Now I’m a bit confused here, am I supposed to tell stories about my Blogger name or my Blog name? My Blogger name is Mimi Matimbun, which is my name – but I’m guessing that this entry is actually about my ‘BLOG’ name. Bah, baik la..

The Voice Within. Why? because…. when I started blogging back in 2003, most of the bloggers blog anonymously. don’t ask me why but the trend back then was that way, myself included. Since I love Christina Aguilera and since I’m blogging anonymously, I thought The Voice Within was perfect. The voice inside of me, the stories that I feel more comfortable writing rather than talking, and if you go back to my entries in those years, I curse a lot… that was one of the voices within me 😀

of course when i decided not to be anonymous anymore, some of my entries had to be re-edited, hidden and when i found out that people from my workplace and my boss read my blog, i started to filter my entries. to tell you the truth, that actually spoils the fun for me. I don’t get to write to my heart’s content anymore.. semua bertapis… now have to write about good stuff only. no fun!

so i guess that’s all about my blog name. nothing special, as usual..

Day 2 Mission Accomplished!!