AIM16 | One In A Million 3 Grand Finale - Tomok Won | Sarah Raisuddin & Bob AF made it to WCOPA! | Wanna win exclusive jewelry from RAFFLESIA?

I am so happy for my dear friend Sarah Raisuddin who is one of the four best vocalists chosen last night to represent Malaysia in Hollywood for WCOPA (World Championship of Performing Arts) & the other is Bob AF who showed off real vocal chops! Congrats to both! I hope to try out next year :-) I called Sarah during the live telecast on TV2 to check if I’ve missed her performance & she said that I missed her 1st but she’d be performing for the 2nd time. I wished her luck b4 her 2nd performance. Sarah, you inspire me my friend.

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I am aware that this is a very long entry but fret not. I got heaps of photos just for you guys from the recent OIAM3 & AIM16 events respectively. I truly enjoyed all three performers –Aweera, Esther & Tomok – during the One In A Million 3 Grand Finale night performance.

I reckon all three are already winners in their own right & all three of them will have a promising career in the Malaysian music industry once they carve out their own niche, which sometimes may take some time. Again I was inspired to see all of them perform & they were so good to enjoy live! In fact, I learnt a lot just by watching them that night & the feeling of inspiration I got that night was indescribable.

[Hatta, She & I. The top three finalists looked nervous, waiting for the final results. Tomok AKA Shah Indrawan won!]

[Shila & I - We didn't plan our outfits. What coincidence! LOL]

I was lucky enough to meet them personally, shook their hands & even congratulated them myself. Don’t believe me? Here is a photo of Aweera, Tomok & I during AIM16’s post party last Saturday taken by popular local publicist Bill Bora (Thanks Bill!)

[Aweera, Tomok AKA Shah Indrawan & I @ AIM16 Post Party]

[Suki, Dina, Najwa, Elvira, Abg Bard from SRC, Kenji Luthfee, Sam Kassim (Noryn's Manager-Thanks for the photo!) & I @ AIM16 Post Party]

It was my 1st time attending Anugerah Industri Muzik 16 (AIM16) last Saturday & boy was I impressed with the performers especially the way these performers with different genres of music are put together to form somewhat a spectacular show in my opinion. Popular bands, HUJAN & Meet Uncle Hussein gel so well together on stage! I enjoyed them the most! Another interesting anecdote: I’ve walked many red carpets & went to many black tie events before but that night I got to walk the Blue Carpet (The event was fully sponsored by CELCOM), which I thought, was interesting.

[Awal Ashaari, Kak Lina (Awal's Manager), Hot momma Nora Danish & I @ AIM16 After Party]

As usual all artistes dressed up to the nines but not all followed the dress code set by the organiser that night. I thought it says Black Tie on the invitation card? Macam ni I pun wanna wear anything I like lah next time! Ha-ha-ha! Traditionally for black tie events, the ladies are the ones who get to shine with their usually glamorous outfits NOT the guys. It wasn’t the case last night. One of my fans (Zana- Fashion Student) who also went to AIM16 told me via Facebook that she saw someone who wore head to toe in flaming red as if it's Chinese New Year & was later ‘crowned’ Worst Dressed this morning on NTV7’s The Breakfast Show (which I missed :-( by GLAM magazine’s fashion police (Alex Eu, GLAM Editor- Wirda Adnan, KAPAS owner- Kem Salleh, Mansor). Yikes! I takut ngan fashion police! Huhuhu (Anybody has a copy of The Breakfast Show May 4th 09? Just wanna know who they mentioned because you get to learn from mistakes made by others right?)Thank goodness I followed what the invitation card said, ‘BLACK TIE’. There's a reason why organisers of such events set a dress code for all to follow. Oh well. Dress Codes aside, check out the bow tie I wore to AIM16. It have got buckels on the sides. Cool eh?

It's an S&M inspired bowtie specially designed for me by Avis Sim from Avvisuar New Zealand. Avis hails from New Zealand & is currently lecturing at Raffles International College Kuala Lumpur. I specifically told the talented Avis I wanted to give a subtle BUT interesting twist to my Dior Homme suit which I paired with my black patent leather shoes from Hermes & my Patek Philippe.

[THE AFTER, AFTER PARTY! Hisham Al Bakri, Aishah Sinclair, Kenji Luthfee & I at ARISTO Zouk. I went there to hang out with Aishah & Sazzy afterwards to support DJ NasTy who spinned groovy music in the background]

Guys, please VOTE for us OK? Terima kasih daun keladi or keladeeee.
Hatta Dolmat wrote on his blog & I quote: “Rafflesia selaku penaja hadiah utama tahun ini memberikan anda hak untuk memiliki set barangan yang bernilai ribuan ringgit. Jadi? apa tunggu lagi?? UNDIlah!! rekaan SARAH RAISUDDIN dan IZ OIAM!”