IZ OIAM2 = singer + songwriter + performer + creative. New music coming out soon.

The Best Dressed Male @ Parti EH! Yang Anggun 2009 & Majlis Ulangtahun Majalah EH! ke-10

2009-10-25T17:01:00.014+08:00

(Wan Huzairil (Designer), Diana Danielle (in MadMud) & I)
Photo Courtesy of Shamsul Bahrine

I had a lot of fun last night at the 10th Anniversary Party for EH! Magazine at Centro Sooka Sentral where I was yet again awarded The Best Dressed Male for the night after winning The Best Dressed Male this year at Anugerah Bintang Popular Berita Harian last April. Didn’t expect my outfit would win because I really didn’t spend much time putting it together. Haha! Oh well, many thanks to the editor of EH!, Ms. Asiah Mion & Khairul for the invite. Also, Thank you to Mr. Tong of H5 for my NOOKA present… check it out! It’s in SILVER and it really complements the silver outfit I wore last night to the event. Now I have more NOOKA watch to add to my expanding collection… LOL! Im totally 'nooked'! LOL.

Happy Birthday EH! Check out my new NOOKA
- Photo Courtesy of Akmal

It was raining when I arrived home late last night. It’s really interesting when you’re alone and everyone is asleep with the rain pouring outside (nice to Zzzzzz), you somehow feel like you actually own the world and time got frozen just for you to ponder on things in your life. Well, I feel so grateful that even though my journey has been quite rocky, I felt that I have been blessed with so many good things that god has bestowed upon me. Alhamdulillah. I feel so happy. Thanks to you readers, supporters + new friends!

Best Dressed Female (Ainul Aishah) & Best Dressed Male @ Parti
EH! Yang Anggun 2009 & Majlis Ulangtahun Majalah EH! ke-10
- Photo Courtesy of Khairul Abidin

P/S: Below are some fan photos from the PAPADOM movie night I organised last Friday @ Pavilion. It was a good movie I reckon :-) Thanks 4 coming guys! Nanti kita tengok wayang lagi!

Esther from OIAM3 spotted!

Let's do this again!

New Music Video: BERSAMA TOGETHER Featuring Nora Danish, Anding & Tunku Tiara.

2009-10-23T16:02:00.003+08:00

FINALLY guys, the video for BERSAMA Together:

Facebook Fanpage

"Setelah lahirnya muzik video bagi single GONNA BE ALRIGHT/会好的 yang berkonsepkan 1MALAYSIA September lalu, IZ sekali lagi tampil di dalam muzik video yang lebih bersifat 'playful', remaja dan penuh warna bagi single BERSAMA Together Featuring Nora Danish, di mana ianya diserikan lagi dengan penampilan istimewa finalis Akademi Fantasia, Anding (Drama bersiri Ghost di 8TV) dan finalis rancangan realiti One In A Million 2, Tunku Tiara (Drama bersiri ASTRO, Gadis Cuci).

Single ke-2 berbahasa Melayu hasil garapan IZ ini adalah amat istimewa bagi IZ kerana ianya merupakan lagu Melayu pertama yang ditulis beliau. Single mid-tempo ini juga menampilkan suara manja Nora Danish, seorang pelakon wanita tempatan yang tidak perlu diperkenalkan lagi. Lagu ini pada asalnya telah ditulis liriknya di dalam Bahasa Inggeris tetapi IZ mendapat idea secara tiba-tiba untuk menulis lirik Melayu lagu ini sejurus selepas GONNA BE ALRIGHT/会好的 versi Mandarin dirakamkan.

Setinggi-tinggi penghargaan diberikan kepada Bambang Sutrisno dari Hairkunst (hairkunst.com.my) The Curve Damansara untuk tajaan lokasi & rambut. Juga kepada Roxy dari butik SEVENDAYS, Bangsar bagi tajaan pakaian. Berbanyak-banyak terima kasih sekali lagi kepada ZAAF Productions & krew yang menaja penggambaran keseluruhan muzik video ini".

I'm OFFICIALLY signed as TOSHIBA's Celebrity Friend For TOSHIBA PORTÉGÉ M900 | MOVIE wit me? Tengok Wayang WITH IZ (Friday, 9:50PM, 23rd October 09')

2009-10-21T14:50:00.015+08:00

AT LAST!
Got some free time I can put to use to get this blog updated today. Many apologies guys! I know it’s been Hella long! How long has it been since my last post??? (Yikes!) In case u did come visit my blog during my ‘hiatus’ hehe, Hope you did notice that I at least got my Twitter Troubles updated frequently…so there’s EFFORT OK??!?! And there’s my Facebook Fanpage (I am there all the time now!). GOSH! I have so many good news I wanna share with you, but I really do wanna 'try' keep this entry short & sweet. Oh! I also like to wish happy belated Hari Raya & Diwali (Deepavali) to everyone out there! Eventhough I know it’s kinda late. O well.

OK first up! Just recently I got signed with TOSHIBA to help them promote one of their many I.T. products, their new environmentally friendly notebook, TOSHIBA PORTÉGÉ M900. I’ve been using it ever since I got it! TOSHIBA gave me the option of choosing my favorite colour (They have 4 colour options available) and I chose RED!!! What do you think? I will soon be doing many photoshoots for TOSHIBA & I promise you’ll see me more out there spreading the word on their latest TOSHIBA PORTÉGÉ M900. Will write more on that in later posts yeah?

Since BEYONCE I "effing" AM Tour got postponed (The ticket I got is so dear!), I thought I wanna do something fun this week to replace my feeling of dissapointment. My management & I thought it’d be fantastic if we organise a movie night! WITH YOU! After a series of discussion on my Facebook Fanpage... we've decided to catch PAPADOM! So if u nak tengok PAPADOM with me, details are as below:Movie: PAPADOM
Mula/Start: 09:50 PM
Haribulan/ Date: Jumaat/ Friday, 23rd Oktober 2009
Jumpa/ Meet Up: 8PM, GSC PAVILION KL, KUALA LUMPUR (to get tickets)

Kalau Berminat/ If Interested:
Email izworkz@gmail.com SEKARANG with Nama/Name & Nombor Phone/Number. My PA will call you to confirm yeah?

In case you’ve been wondering what I’ve been up to during my blogging absence, do check the links I’ve provided below, so you know I have not been LAZY but BUSY!!!

UPDATEs & NEWs!

News Straits Times (TQ Mel):
click Inspired By 1MALAYSIA Campaign

Harian Metro (Terima kasih kepada Sakini):
click IZ Tidak Merajuk

Budiey.com (TQ Budiey!)
click IZ OIAM2 Duta Produk Toshiba & Jam Tangan Nooka H5

click Eksklusif: Perlantikan IZ OIAM2 IKON & Jurucakap Kempen Kesedaran Internet

click Kad Raya IZ OIAM Yang Klasik

Will update you on my other appearances later! But please do check out my Facebook Fanpage K??? See you at the movies this Friday October 23rd!!! More soon!

P/s: I am missing my camera and printer. Sent them for repair and will probably get it within one week hopefully!

I AM OFFICIALLY ‘NOOKED’ BY NOOKA from NYC

2009-09-17T18:17:00.007+08:00

I'm still nooooked!

I went to visit H5 after being invited by the owner, Mr. Tong (He rather have me call him Tong but whatever. I think Tong deserves a [Mr.] right b4 it LOL) yesterday. He sent me a text a couple of days earlier asking me what was my favorite colour so to cut the story short, I went to the H5 store in Bangsar & picked up a couple! Hehe... What’s more interesting was that minutes after I tweeted my latest acquisition, the creative director/ product designer/ brand person/ Founder of Nooka, Matthew Waldman tweeted me back! So yeah… Malaysians can now enjoy a piece of Pop Art kan kan kan? Yaye!

What do you think of this one?
In this picture, I was posing with one of Tong’s expensive
Art Toy Collectables. When told about its price,
I almost dropped it! Seriously... Pheww...

...Or This? You reckon it's drool worthy?

FINALLY I saw ‘The One’ .

My Nu Nooka watch is simple, subtle, so understated yet oh so futuristic... I’m totally Nooked! Nooka is a design object, it has it’s own unique way of telling the time… it’s actually more fun to show it to you guys then having to explain it here. If you’re interested, go visit H5, Bangsar Village 2 tomorrow & tell them IZ sent you K? Get yourselves 'Nooked'!!! H5 Facebook Page

Found this on the Internet:
Nooka is the ancient Amararunkthuh word meaning "Future Is Now". Me thinks wow.

UPDATE: COSMOPOLITAN September Issue (Your Boy IZ Is In There!)

2009-09-12T08:28:00.005+08:00

How's your weekend so far?
I am not doing anything today, just Buka Puasa with my old uni mates later in the day in Ampang.

Anyway... Just dropping by to let you guys know that I am in this month's COSMOPOLITAN Magazine. Get it yeah? More to come soon. I promise.

UPDATE : Checkout the September RAYA Issue of PEREMPUAN & MANGGA + JELITA (August RAYA Edition) | Photoshoot with The Idan

2009-09-11T14:23:00.013+08:00

Hello guys! How has your day been?

Mine is just OK. Been busy attending countless Buka Puasa events for the past 2 weeks & the Raya performances I had to do so I’ve decided to just stay indoors today. Gosh! I ate so much glorious food at those events. LOL. Korang bukak puasa mesti makan banyak kan? Ke sikit?

Malam semalam, I went to a Buka Puasa event by Utusan Karya, joined by kids from a nearby orphanage in Bangi. IZ jumpa Shila OIAM, Imran Ajmain, Nabil, Dafi (I can’t remember all of them)

[Shila OIAM2, IZ OIAM2, Nabil & Noryn Aziz]

For more photos last night, click HERE

Anyway, If you decide to go visit a newstand today make sure you get Majalah Perempuan (September Raya Edition) and JELITA (August Raya Edition) now! IZ pun ada masuk majalah MANGGA bulan ni… ada gambar IZ gan Ayu OIAM...korang beli OK? Ada latest story in there. Jgn tak beli hehe.
Check out the photos below!Art Director/ Concept/ Location: Che'az
Photographer: The Idan
Lighting: Fid Fathir
Wardrobe: Inspirasi Singgahsana (Zamri) 012-6512706 Props: Mrs. Lee

If you decide to view more photos, click HERE. Many thanks to The Idan for his amazing photography & Che'az, the stylist who managed to make me look at least half decent in this Baju Melayu+Songket+Songkok combo... I look so much different than I always do, wat do you think?

Tak lama lagi akan ada berita best nak cerita kat you guys. I am excited to tell you what it is but I will just have to wait :-( Take care!

Shila OIAM 2 & I wishing you Selamat Hari Raya. Or is it too sooon? LOL. Watch our Youtube Video here!

2009-09-07T11:04:00.007+08:00

I had a lot of fun performing with Shila OIAM at The Curve Damansara yesterday. Best jugak la. I sang A.L.O.N.E, Bersama Together plus a duet song with Shila, ‘Suasana Hari Raya’. To those of you who made it, thank you so much for your support! To those of you who didn't... well there will always be next time right? IZ jugak nak say Thank You banyak2 kepada fans yg send personal message ke IZ punye Myspace, Facebook & Friendster... TQ guys! Anyway, tengok la YouTube video kat bawah nih. Kalau ada gambar2 yg you guys amik... put up on my fanpage K?

Hehehe… What say you?[More photos from The Curve Raya Show HERE]

IZ OIAM2 & Shila OIAM2 Hari Raya Show, The Curve Damansara This SUNDAY.

2009-09-05T04:03:00.016+08:00

Hey guys! Shila & I will be performing a special Raya show at The Curve this Sunday. Do check us out if you happen to be at The Curve or around the Damansara area yeah? We will be singing our new songs plus we will also be doing a duet :-) More details below:

Host: THE CURVE (Centre Court), DAMANSARA
Date: Ahad/Sunday, September 6, 2009
Time: 8:00PM (Malam)
Price: Percuma/ Free of Charge

Come & support ya? C u guys there!
VISIT LINK & SHOW YOUR SUPPORT

MERDEKA! | Ahad, 6th SEPTEMBER 8PM - Show Raya di The Curve bersama Shila OIAM2 | Muzik Video terbaru IZ | Penglibatan IZ dlm projek runut bunyi

2009-08-31T23:35:00.019+08:00

MERDEKA, MERDEKA MERDEKA! MERDEKA!
Pertama sekali, IZ mahu mengucapkan selamat menyambut Hari Kemerdekaan kepada semua rakyat Malaysia di mana jua anda berada. IZ ingin mengambil kesempatan ini untuk mengucapkan Selamat Menyambut Bulan Ramadhan kepada mereka yang beragama Islam. IZ minta maaf kerana tidak dapat mengemaskinikan blog ini sekerap yang boleh. Terhasilnya muzik video bagi lagu Gonna Be Alright dan Hui Hao De (会好的 Versi Mandarin) adalah sempena sambutan Hari Kemerdekaan Malaysia yang ke-52 yang disambut hari ini. Ianya berkonsepkan Satu Malaysia (One Malaysia) dan diserikan dengan penampilan istimewa selebriti-selebriti tempatan pelbagai bangsa seperti Dynas Mokhtar, C. Loco, Ben Ibrahim, Amber Chia, Isma Yusoof, Suki, C. Loco, Soo Wincci & ramai lagi.

IZ berasa amat teruja & terharu dengan terhasilnya 2 muzik video ini terutamanya dengan selebriti-selebriti yang sudi meluangkan masa melibatkan diri. Tahniah kepada mereka. IZ juga ingin mengucapkan berbanyak terima kasih kepada ZAAF Productions yang sudi menaja pembikinan muzik video IZ dan juga kepada krew-krew belakang tabir yang terlibat. Thank you guys!

KLIK DI SINI untuk lebih byk lagi gambar2 eksklusif

[MELODI RAYA 09: Shila OIAM2, Syada, IZ OIAM2, Ben Ibrahim, Azyza, Chrissy Koh]
P/s: IZ akan mengadakan persembahan di Hari Raya Celebration Show, The Curve (Centre Court) Damansara pada Ahad, 8 Malam, 6 September ini bersama-sama Shila OIAM2. Jangan lupa jemput datang ye?

Sempena sambutan bulan Ramadhan ini juga, IZ berkesempatan memenuhi beberapa jemputan buka puasa sekitar KL di mana IZ berpeluang meluangkan masa bersama-sama mereka yang kurang bernasib baik. Melihatkan keadaan mereka, IZ berasa amat bertuah kerana keadaan hidup mereka jauh lebih mencabar jika dibandingkan dengan keadaan IZ sendiri.
Baru-baru ini, IZ telah dijemput ke majlis buka puasa anjuran Majalah EH! & Hotel Nikko di mana IZ mendendangkan lagu ‘SUASANA HARI RAYA’ secara duet dengan seorang pendatang baru berbakat, Azyza.

[MELODI RAYA 09: Nadia AF, IZ OIAM2 & Azyza. KLIK DI SINI untuk gambar2 eksklusif]

IZ juga berkesempatan menghadirkan diri ke proses rakaman Melodi Raya 2009 yang dihadiri ramai artis-artis tempatan baru & lama. Wah! Memang seronok. Majlis tersebut turut dimeriahkan lagi dengan kehadiran artis-artis dari Indonesia & Singapura. Keadaan terasa sungguh meriah pada malam rakaman yang telah diadakan di Sunway Lagoon Resort baru-baru ini. Seronok apabila dapat berjumpa rakan-rakan industri yang lain. Terima kasih Melodi!

RANCANGAN TERBARU
Seperti yang telah diketahui ramai, baru-baru ini IZ telah dilantik sebagai ikon Kempen Kesedaran Internet anjuran bersama CyberSecurity Malaysia dan Kementerian Sains Teknologi dan Inovasi Malaysia (MOSTI) di mana IZ terpaksa mewarnakan rambut dari hitam ke merah. IZ juga tidak lama lagi akan ke Mumbai, India selepas menyambut Syawal nanti untuk menjayakan majlis pelancaran runut bunyi sebuah filem di India yang bertajuk The Successor: Private & Confidential yang akan dipasarkan ke seluruh dunia. IZ amat bersyukur kerana lagu IZ, 'Gonna Be Alright Remix Feat. C.Loco' telah terpilih untuk dimuatkan di dalam runut bunyi sebuah filem antarabangsa. IZ mendapat undangan pihak Metro Brava/Films metrofilms.co.in untuk turut serta di dalam rangka promosi besar-besaran filem ini yang akan diadakan di bandar-bandar utama sekitar India. Rangka promosi ini juga melibatkan kumpulan pemuzik & artis-artis dari America, Australia, & India seperti 'Beautiful Small Machines' (USA), Koshowko; X & Hell (Australia) serta Junkyard Groove (Chennai, India) dan Mo Boucher (Hyderabad, India). Kemungkinan besar kami akan ke Cannes & juga seluruh Asia dalam memenuhi rangka promosi ini. Doakan kejayaan IZ ok?

P/s: Nantikan muzik video terbaru IZ bagi lagu 'Bersama Together Feat. Nora Danish' yang akan ditayangkan tidak lama lagi akhir bulan September 2009 di ASTRO Channel 180, serta RTM1 & RTM2. Jangan lupa untuk melawat Facebook Fanpage IZ!

GONNA BE ALRIGHT Remix Feat. C. Loco is on an International Movie Soundtrack Release! | Get JELITA AUGUST Issue - Raya Edition |

2009-08-06T16:17:00.006+08:00

You heard it! I am so excited right now.
My song Gonna Be Alright Remix Feat. C. Loco Buy Online from my GONNA BE ALRIGHT EP, is included in the soundtrack album of an Indian film described as "A concept which is the first of its kind in India and the world" titled THE SUCCESSOR – Private & Confidential produced by Metro Brava/Films India

From Metro Brava/Films India Press Release.
"...This film reveals the ‘true side’ of the most famous industry in India (and outsourcing)- the I.T. Industry. "The Successor" is a 90‐minute feature film that will be hitting your cinema screens soon. The film features music from a range of talented, established and fresh up-and-coming artists. In keeping with our vision of innovation and appealing to city audiences, the soundtrack has a mix of local Indian bands (Chennai based Junkyard Groove & Hyderabad's Mo Boucher) and international artists from varying genres, and influences from USA (Mike Burke, Air Bombay, Beautiful Small Machines), Australia (Koshowko; X & Hell), New Zealand (Trillion) & Malaysia (IZ)"

More updates soon! Check me out in this month's Majalah Jelita Edisi Raya dalam ruangan Jejaka. Majalah HAI bulan ini pun, ada gambar IZ di red carpet Anugerah Planet Muzik yang berlangsung di Jakarta baru-baru ini.

3 New Music Videos frm IZ | Ministry of Science, Technology & Information Internet Awareness Campaign - I'm a cartoon character! | Bang Bang Boom TV3

2009-08-04T21:17:00.013+08:00

Photo taken @ Grand Kemang Hotel, Jakarta

I’m back! It’s been almost a month since I last blogged. I have to admit. I’ve been a total slacker this time around. Hehe. I am aware of my recent blogging efforts, which I feel equals to Nil – Zilch – Zero – 0 Wuteva! I hope I didn’t disappoint any of you should you turn to this humble blog of mine every time to find ZERO new entries. I’m so sorry. So yeah…Blame it all on me. Again, it’s the same old same old reason. Honestly, I’ve been caught up with so many things that it’s hard to find the right time & moment to blog. On the other hand, I’ve been increasingly active on Twitter at the time being as I reckon it’s the best way for me to update you guys on what I am currently up to.

so Follow me on Twitter now yeah?

Anyway, if you’re not already on my Facebook Fanpage, you may wonder (As if people would wonder… Like really?? Ha-ha) what I’ve been up to in the past 4 weeks?

STILLS frm Gonna Be Alright/ Hui Hao De MV
featuring celebrities such as C. Loco, Dynas Mokhtar, Amber Chia, Suki & more...

I am so happy to announce that I’ve shot 3 MUSIC VIDEOS just recently for Gonna Be Alright, Hui Hao De & Bersama Together! I’m so excited as it also features popular local personalities who have been kind enough to volunteer their time to be part of my project. At the moment, I’m ONLY able to provide you guys with the STILLS from the videos NOT the actual finished Music Video. More to reveal soon! HEHE.

STILLS frm Bersama Together also

featuring Tunku Tiara & Anding in the music video

Other than that, just a couple of days ago I got Punk’d by the ever popular show from TV3 called Bang Bang Boom… I was lied to & manipulated by them, and really thought my Powerbook laptop was going to be confiscated by the ‘Fake’ officials who approached me @ Papa Rich Section 14. I remembered feeling nervous and scared because everything was so real! The acting… the drama Zomg… Can't wait to watch it on TV3.

In my last blog entry if you notice (Below)… there’s a photo of me with my hair all colored up in shades of red, purple & pink. You may be wondering if I’ve actually gone MAD? Ha-ha. No. Not yet. Lol. One misunderstood reader of mine (My fault really) wrote a message in my Cbox located on the right hand side of this blog complaining about how it is inappropriate for a Malaysian artiste like me to color my hair in the shade as pictured.

Me as NIC with PXL at the launch last month.

Allow me to come clean with this.

MOSTI (Ministry of Science, Technology & Information) had chosen me to represent & be the official icon for the launch of a cartoon character known as NIC, which is part of an animated duo where the other character’s name is PIXEL. These characters are currently being featured on MOSTI's latest Internet awareness campaign aimed at young people. I am so excited to be apart of this Government campaign PLUS the hair color was WASHABLE & I only had it for a day. There you go. It was fun!

Can you see the similarity between NIC & I? lol

Also went to 8TV’s first ever SHOUT Awards last month which I thought was really good… truly enjoyed Pop Shuvit’s, Nikki & Shila’s performances. Thought their performances were all heaps better compared to Sean Kingston’s. [SHOUT photos will be up soon]

My management & I flew to Indonesia the very next morning AFTER SHOUT Awards to attend Anugerah Planet Muzik 09’ despite the reported bombings in Jakarta. Met up with a lot of interesting people when I was in Jakarta during the 3 day trip. Songwriters, producers, talent scouts, you name it. APM09 photos below:

Yuna & I @ Anugerah Planet Muzik 2009, Jakarta

Reshmonu, friend & I @ Anugerah Planet Muzik 2009, JakartaAliff Aziz (Singaporean artiste) & I @ Anugerah Planet Muzik 2009 red carpet.

More Photos HERE

I WISH I COULD UPLOAD MORE PHOTOS HERE ON MY BLOG BUT YOU JUST HAVE TO JOIN MY FACEBOOK FANPAGE IF YOU WANNA VIEW MORE OK? Cheers & take care guys!

As promised...Photos From Rafflesia+ABP 08/09 Award Ceremony | SEVENDAYS

2009-07-10T10:17:00.009+08:00

Hi! Again, I am so sorry I could not find the time to update my blog more often these days. So many things to blog about BUT so little time to blog as well! Haha. Now you must be wondering if this is my new hair colour? Well it is not. I only had it for a day. Then why the hair colour you may ask? Hehe. Stay tuned. There is a really cool story behind it. Hehe. I'll blog & "story story" about that in a later post K?

Here with a friend of mine, Rozana of SEVENDAYS who sponsors some of the clothes you see me wearing in magazines. They're in Telawi 3, Bangsar & offers very affordable womenswear + menswear.

Be sure to check out SEVENDAYS!
Below are the photos I promised you guys.

Thank you Rafflesia & Anugerah Bintang Popular 08/09!!!

The Most Glamorous Male Award prize worth 10K from Rafflesia... not bad eh? Pearl ni akan menjadi hantaran gwe.

I like this photo.

With Winnie, the owner of Rafflesia

...were talking about my current projects...

I was the first prize winner to go on stage... so malu masa ni
With Alyah, my current crush... Hahaha :-p
All prize winners on stage.
Me, Rosyam Nor, Maya Karin, Nabil, Kak Cham, Dynas, Winnie, Stacy, Norkhiriah & a band member from Meet Uncle Hussein.

For more photos with Ayu, Jaclyn Victor, Maya Karin etc. CLICK HERE Lagi Gambar DI SINI

Thank you Rafflesia & ABP.

2009-07-01T12:08:00.002+08:00

Just a quick update guys!
I won the Most Glamorous Male Award last night with a prize worth 10K from Rafflesia. I am so excited. LOL. Like a 3 year old kiddo. Like to thank Kak Cham & all the 'warga kerja' from Berita Harian! Photos from the event last night will be up soon. Cheers!

TQ Sponsors! I’m Going To Shoot Not One, but Two Music Videos. Need Ideas!

2009-06-29T11:56:00.002+08:00

Happy Monday everyone!
I will be shooting two music videos soon. I welcome ideas especially for BERSAMA TOGETHER Ft. Nora Danish. You could email me your ideas to Izworkz@gmail.com by the end of this week or you could just leave any ideas here on my blog. If you have any ideas for GONNA BE ALRIGHT (Hui Hao De) that would be cool too. I will reveal the sponsors soon. So quick, keep the ideas coming yea!? TQ

IZ MOHON MAAF (IZ says sorry) | IMRAN AJMAINs Music Video Shoot: Behind-The-Scenes

2009-06-28T06:38:00.005+08:00

How is everybody doing? Hope this long overdue post finds you well.
If any of you missed my GUA article entitled IZ MOHON MAAF (IZ says sorry) last week, click HERE for the full story. Many thanks to Khairie from Singapore for the heads up! If you guys have any questions, just ask me here & I will try answer it to the best of my ability K?

CLICK HERE FOR FULL ARTICLE

Let me share with you guys an interesting anecdote from last week. I was invited to make a cameo appearance in a 50s inspired music video by the very talented & popular Malay singer-songwriter from Singapore, Imran Ajmain (I love your song bro!). I had to spend 12 hours (from 8PM till around 6AM) on the video shoot, which took place at Carcosa Seri Negara, KL. The photos below pretty much explain the whole 50s look.
Thanks to Bambang Soteto from Hairkunst (Hairkunst.com.my) for my 50’s hairdo! & Reen for arranging everything. Az, TQ for your time tooo!
What do YOU think of the 50s hair?? Be honest! Does it suit me?

Announcing ma Twitter's Nu Look! Thoughts? | Behind-The Scenes: Melbourne photoshoot on Flickr

2009-06-18T02:46:00.009+08:00

C-Ch-Check-check it out! Gave my Twitter page a nu look since I am spending more time now on Twitter. Any thoughts?
CLICK HERE to "follow" me on Twitter now :-p

P/S: Also,
Take a look at the Behind-The-Scenes shots of the photoshoot I did in Melbourne with Tashkah from Tashkah Studios last March HERE on Flickr. Big thanks to Tashkah for sponsoring the photoshoot also the makeup artist! Got the link on my Facebook Fanpage last night from the assisstant photographer. TQ again guys! Lets do another one!

There Is No Better Time To Get Organised Other Than Now!

2009-06-17T04:55:00.007+08:00

Hey guys!
As you can see my blog is going through some minor changes at the moment. If you look at the right hand side of this blog, you'll discover some of my Cover Stories. I am also going to reveal my Media Page filled with photos, articles, interviews pretty soon. I have prepared a separate link for purchasing my music online via Gua Muzik OR by ordering it directly from me. Send your email to Izworkz@gmail.com to purchase my EP NOW.

Worst come to worst, you will find that I will still be updating my Twitter status embedded in this blog. I am currently looking for someone who is able to collate all my online articles & its URLs into one place. Are you that person? If so, email Izworkz@gmail.com

P.S.
CLICK HERE to "follow" IZ on Twitter
CLICK HERE to "follow" IZ on Facebook

Thank U 4 the Birthday gifts guys! | Word of the day: NORMAL

2009-06-14T16:03:00.007+08:00

Today, I was thinking to myself... How can the word

‘NORMAL’

exist in the same universe, in the same world as

‘INDIVIDUALITY’?

P/s: Thank you to Marcus & June for the birthday gifts! Received the parcel last Friday. Marcus, lovin' BURBERRY The Beat (You saw my performance on Youtube? Yep had to take it down) & June, I can't wait for you to send me the new CK Free Men once its out. Promise yeah? I still keep my CK One at my Melbourne apartment. Thanks to Micky who bought me Jessica Mauboy on iTunes... It's my current jam! Gloup, thanks for the Open Heart CD!

Get my EP for MYR15.50! | Daily Musings | Majalah MANGGA aka MANGO | Chic Pop: Samsung Ultra Touch! | In love with Jessica Mauboy

2009-06-12T17:00:00.012+08:00

I've been enjoying my time relaxing at home more than going to events these days. I mean, you see the same faces everytime & there isn't much to talk about anymore really. I am trying to take better care of myself now. Exercise-sleep-exercise-eat. Popping heaps of junk food sometimes HeHe... well sometimes you gotta cheat! Put together a new plan/strategy for my career after much reflection on what I’ve done in the past 11 months in the local scene. I've been writing a lot... crap or not time will tell hehe. Met up with Najwa who was featured on Malique’s Ku Yang Punya for a possible collabo last week... so I'm looking forward to that one. I've been reading a lot too. Been thinking a lot on how I could better myself as a performer.
Been listening to heaps of new music. Currently I’m loving Boom Boom Pow by BEP, Been Waiting + Burn + Running Ft Florida by Jessica Mauboy (She is half Indonesian half Aborigin Aussie) & the new Brandy album. Really enjoyed Xmen: Wolverine, Night At The Museum 2, Yasmin Ahmad’s Talentime, Mist, 17 Again although Star Trek didn’t do much for me… yawned all the way through. It’s also mandatory for me to order a large salted popcorn whenever I go to the movies Nyummm! coz I’m quite the pig :-p

[More photos of me at Reneetay.com]

Went to Chic Pop: Samsung Ultra Touch! Event at The Apartment, KLCC last night. Saw many familiar faces. Well KL isn’t that big anyways. The theme was Black with a touch of Red.
So I wore this top that I bought when I was 13 years old & it still fits! It's a kiddie brand called FREEGO I got from Metrojaya. I'm not sure if the brand still exists. I saw PRADA did this tie dye thingy from their clothes to their bags to their shoes not too long ago :-p
Ayu OIAM2 & I will appear on MANGGA but I don’t know which issue it’ll be. Many have said that it is Malaysia’s no. 1 entertainment magazine even kat Singapore pun Majalah Mangga ni popular tau? Ha, jangan main2. So jangan lupa carik Majalah Mangga sebab IZ & Ayu ada bergambar bersama. IZ pernah masuk majalah ni 2 kali sebelum ni… krew2 Mangga mmg cool gile. Nak tau apa projek terbaru IZ, haaa… kene la baca kat dalam Mangga. IZ tak tulis semua info kat blog ni :-)
Last but not least, I like to thank you all for your birthday wishes... Really appreciate it! :-) I am officially one. Ha-ha
Looking forward to my writing session with AJ Pop Shuvit this coming Sunday. I’m very excited, as I’ve completed the lyrics today. I will also be doing CUCI The Musical workshop next week. I’m expecting to see the directors, bookwriter & musical director there… looking forward to that one too. Enjoy your weekend! OH! Purchase details of my EP is on the right side of this page. TQ!

I WAS BORN TODAY

2009-06-08T09:42:00.002+08:00

Yep! 8th of June is my Birthday. I consider the number 8 as my lucky number. Why? I'll tell why later......

Can't wait to sail on SIDIQI | Miss Malaysia Universe Auction Party Performance @ Metropol Club | An Intimate Soiree by KAPAS Couture

2009-06-04T08:16:00.013+08:00

Wow. Lama gile I x update kan?
I haven’t vanished from the surface of the earth yet OK? Still here! It’s just that currently I’m facing many life issues, been working on new tracks + doing a couple of other things which really limits my time to update this blog. If any of you noticed, I would always get my Twitter status updated no matter how busy. FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER . Have you ever been so busy or too caught up with work that you unknowingly starting to alienate your own family/friends? Well, that’s what happened to me. I’ve been trying to make up for ‘lost time’ with people whom actually matters to me plus catch up with friends I haven’t seen for awhile. Only recently, I’ve realised that dealing with incompetent people, skeptics & opportunists could take so much out of you… phew… it is not even funny people. I rather save my energy & time for something else, like planning a vacation for example. I am trying to find time to learn how to sail. Yep… IZ here wants to try out at being a sailor boy! Hehe.
Isn’t she beautiful? I am looking forward to sail on SIDIQI. It means ‘Friendship’ in Arabic. I can’t wait to be away from all the technology around me, and escape to the middle of the ocean where I could spend my nights looking at the stars and counting them to sleep. The first time in my life I really get to see a sky full of blinking stars was way back in 2004 on The Great Ocean Road. The last time I saw a blanket of stars was in ‘Tassie’ or Tasmania where I had the opportunity to even catch the Milky Way. It really was a magical sight. The stars looked as if I could pluck them off the skies myself. Truly a sight to behold. Sigh.
Last week, I was invited to perform at Miss Malaysia Universe 2008/09 auction party held at Metropol Club in KL. It was organised by Ms. Levy Li, the beautiful Miss Malaysia Universe 2008 the night before the pageant council announced their new 2009 queen. A dear friend of mine by the name of Cassandra Patrick is the 1st runner up for this year’s pageant & I’m so happy for her. Don’t give up yeah? This is just the beginning for you Cassie.

Also went to a very intimate & private soiree organised by Mr Kem Salleh of KAPAS Couture at his house where I met & hung out with Noryn Aziz, Syafinaz, Natasya Hudson plus others. Check out the food! LOL

It was good fun and the food was nyummo! I was asked to sing a song & I chose to sing Lullaby Birdland, which is a really fun simple song to sing. The party got really hilarious when Syafinaz chose to sing Time To Say Goodbye when the party was just getting started! LOL. Her singing as always was superb. Check the photos below.[Photos courtesy of Sam Kassim]

Opening Performance for HairKunst hairshow @ The Curve Fashion Week 2009 | Bambang Soteto | Siti Sarah Raisuddin & Bob AF | Hairdreams

2009-05-19T05:58:00.010+08:00

Checkout the YouTube video of my performance below

I like to thank those who saw my opening performance last Sunday @ The Curve Fashion Week 2009 closing party. Thanks guys! To those who can’t make it no worries! I got all your messages on my Myspace, Facebook, Friendster & ChannelV Amp. I had heaps of fun performing with Sarah Raisuddin & Bob. They were fantastic as usual. I felt so happy when I got invited to open & perform for my hair sponsor, HairKunst who helped me maintain this ‘Durian-tajam2-it-can-hurt-ya!’ hairstyle that I got now in KL for the past year. I also had this really expensive blue hair extensions from Europe called Hairdreams, attached to the back of my head for the show. No-No! I am not having it on as my new permanent hairstyle LOL! The very well known Bambang Soteto, owner of HairKunst (also Bachelor #4 on this year’s Cleo's 50 Most Eligible Bachelors) is the guy responsible for cutting, trimming and cleaning my hair whenever I need it. I have not met any hairdresser in KL who could exactly give what I want or how I want it, unlike Bambang. Bambang have heaps of experience as a hairdresser whilst living and working in Europe for so many years. I forgot what HairKunst actually means but I was told that it is German. Oh! He did all the AF kids hair too!

[Backstage b4 the show]

Bambang told me in the past that many have asked him for my hairstyle & it actually made me feel a tad bit embarrassed when I got to know about it. I thought it was hilarious to imagine people would actually bring my photo to their hairdresser to get a hairdo like mine LOL. I mean, why would anyone in his or her right mind thought my hairstyle is attractive? Har har har! Check out HairKunst. An interesting anecdote: My minus one skipped towards the end of the song when I had to do a long note, which forced me to elongate that long note with not much breath left! Luckily nobody really noticed it :-p Phew! Only my manager & my songwriting partner, AJ Pop Shuvit and now YOU GUYS!

Last but not least, do not forget to VOTE! The closing date is nearing its end! Voting details below:
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Next Performance: The Curve Fashion Week 2009 (Tomorrow - Sunday, May 17th)

2009-05-16T12:36:00.003+08:00

Just a quick update.
If any of you guys happen to be at The Curve Damansara tomorrow (Sunday, May 17th ), don’t forget to catch my public performance of my new song called A.L.O.N.E for The Curve Fashion Week 2009. There will also be performances by Bob AF & Sarah Raisuddin. Hope to see some of you guys there Performance details as below.

Details
The Curve
Sunday May 17th 6PM sharp/ Ahad 17 Mei 6 petang

Gareth Pugh + Matthew Stone UK | UTUSAN’s Pencarian Kacak Bergaya | Next Public Performance: The Curve Fashion Week 2009, Sunday May 17th

2009-05-14T20:47:00.012+08:00

Well!

It was only last weekend that I went to the Malay version of CLEO Bachelor, UTUSAN’s Pencarian Kacak Bergaya Finals (No no, I am not one of the contestants LOL, Not Kacak & Bergaya enough) held at Saloma Bistro on Pancaindera’s invitation (Thank U Pancaindera!). Had the chance to meet up with HUZZ (a writer I really admire), Sarah Raisuddin, Bob, Shila, Raja Azmi, Dior (I’m not joking his name really is Dior!), Azmira plus many others. Don’t ask me who was the winner. I have no idea… hehehe. My mind was elsewhere.

[Shila & IZ]

[Siti Sarah Raisuddin, Azmira, Dior, Kenji & IZ]

But my weekend highlight was none other than witnessing Gareth Pugh + his bud, Matthew Stone's appearance as guest DJs @ Zouk last Saturday. The two literally walked in front of me on their way to the turntable decks with their posse! I am not a clubber, as you all well know. First, I don’t even smoke (Smoking is so very uncool these days, kids, if you’re thinking of trying DON’t start. Show me a healthy looking smoker if you know one Pleasezz?) & I always try to avoid being around people who smokes or even go to smoky places such as Zouk… hahaha… (I know. I’m anal) But when I learnt that Gareth Pugh was going to be at Zouk, I couldn’t just give that opportunity a miss… Thanks to (Molly) Zouk for including me on their supertight guest list.There’s a reason why I love Gareth Pugh so much. I completely adore the clothes he designs. They are very very unique works of art & has that futuristic, edgy feel to it. It might not be your cup of tea… & it is really out there. I also find his steadfast rise to be absolutely positive & inspirational. How he struggled to get to where he is now. Only until recently, he was still a poor young man. Many adores his designs but many also doubt about its commercial appeal. Nevertheless, many artistes have started to wear his designs such as Beyonce & Kylie Minogue (He designed Kylie's stage outfits for her last tour). That my friend is what you call, PERSEVERANCE. There are rumors going around that LVMH (Louis Vuitton Moet Hennesy - a luxury goods conglomerate) will be replacing Kris Van Ashe with Gareth Pugh to design for Dior Homme! I hope this will come true. I'm a hardcore Dior Homme fan. I never really liked Dior Homme during Kris Van Ashe reign as their designer (Which is why I stopped purchasing it). I don’t think he is doing a good job after he took over from Hedi Slimane, whose designs I absolutely love! ZOMG I am so excited. Enough about this fashion talk… Check out Gareth Pugh’s clothes to find out what I am talking about. :-) (His friend Matthew Stone always DJs for his shows FYI) Oh! He closed the DJ set with my fav Xmas song, All I Want For Christmas Is You by Mariah Carey... ROFL :-)

[Gareth Pugh designs on the runaway- KOOL right?]You guys dah UNDI hari ni? hehehe. Have you voted today? The closing date is at the end of this month. VOTE now and you will stand a chance of winning gorgeous jewelry pieces courtesy of Rafflesia for yourself, your mum or your girlfriend. Voting details as below. TQ!

HOW TO VOTE?/UNDI? (closing date: May 31st)
1st) Register with RAKAN BH. Type BH [space] DAFTAR [space] Nama [space] Nombor IC send to 32728
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VOTE AS MANY AS U CAN OK? Thank you so much.

NEXT PUBLIC PERFORMANCE:
If you missed my opening performance for Fashion On 1 @ OU last month, fret not. Checkout my next performance @ The Curve Fashion Week this coming Sunday, May 17TH [I'll confirm the time soon!!!]

PoA (People Of Asia) | Calvin Klein Launch @ KLCC | IDAN The fashion Photographer | Meeting Yasmin Ahmad 6 years ago | Have You Voted?

2009-05-08T16:40:00.011+08:00

The kind people at PoA invited me to checkout their store last week but I only had the time to visit the store yesterday afternoon at PAVILLION with my manager. It’s been awhile since I went there. People of Asia or PoA is a Singaporean clothing company offering male/female clothing lines designed by Singaporean & Korean designers. All the designs are slim cut (which means it’ll fit me) & they offer an amazing range of looks available in basic colours (+ bow ties, shoes, belts). Price? Super affordable. Noice Proice!

[Vest + Hooded Top from PoA]

The look & feel of the store is very Japonaise I thought. So yeah, I made my pick & wore it to a Calvin Klein fashion event @ KLCC last night. I wore this grey vest over a hooded white top (all from PoA) paired with my Claude Maus harem pants & my white Calvin Klein sneakers (Gotta show support to the organisers man :-p) to give the whole look a more casual feel. Many thanks to PoA for sponsoring my outfit yesterday :-)
A bit on Idan: IDAN is a young & talented upcoming Malaysian photographer who hasn’t even finished college yet but has been lucky enough to have worked with Malaysia’s top fashion models such as Tengku Azura. It is clear from his portfolio that fashion photography is his main passion but I reckon he photographs other objects equally well too. Check out his works HERE. He was kind enough to photograph me & post me these shots at the Calvin Klein event last night. Thanks man!
I was also lucky enough to finally meet Yasmin Ahmad (Malaysia’s top filmmaker) again last night. I haven’t met her for like (counting fingers) 6 years since I interned (and even acted LOL pak pacak je) on one of her Petronas TV commercials called 'Param Tricycle' with my pals, Emily Ismail, Zehan, Kamalia Musa & actor Baizura Kahar (Who won Best Female Actress for a Film in Anugerah Skrin last year in Khabir Bhatia’s SEPI. Baizura told me that she has since quit from being an actor. At least she ended her acting career with a BANG! by winning an award. So proud of her.)

[From left: A student from China, Baizura Kahar, Yasmin Ahmad, IZ (me!!!), Emily Ismail]

Anyway back to the story, Yasmin has just finished her first film called RABUN (Falling eyesight) when she agreed to let my team & I do our internship with her on a Petronas TV ad. I remembered Yasmin’s PA explaining to us that Yasmin is a very busy person & that she could only spend 30minutes max for our initial meeting. We were young & anxious but Yasmin was so kind & accommodating that she ended up spending 2 hours with us instead (probably she enjoy spending time with us smart talented kids so much! LoL). Yasmin were kind enough to share RABUN with us at her Leo Burnett office. I remembered how we felt lucky to be the first few to see the movie before it was released to the masses. I even remembered sharing a duet of ‘The Prayer’ LOL with Yasmin underneath a kampung house in Sekinchan during production break of the Petronas TV commercial. It was heaps of fun. Now Yasmin Ahmad got like more than 3 movies under her belt with the latest being TALENTIME which I thought is a brilliant movie even when many of my friends locally & abroad didn’t think so…. But again art is subjective… different people have different takes on different things & for me it is all very exciting to hear them. Oh well.

I was quite undecided as to whether I want to put old photos of myself or not but what the hell… here you go! Go on! Laugh! Hahahahahahhahahahha

[Clockwise: Yasmin's Leo Burnett Office/ Preproduction meeting with the director, Kamal/ Emily Ismail & I/ Baizura Kahar, Emily Ismail & I. I got a part as someone injured. LOL. I even had fake bruises painted on me! So cool]

[Miller, one of the actors in the TVC. Miller had a small part in SEPET where he had a fight with Amani in one scene when she angrily kicked a ball towards him. Miller is now a well-known actor in Indonesia. I found out about this when I met up with his previous Indonesian manager during my Jakarta trip last February 2009]

[You can see Yasmin Ahmad busy texting... BUT if you look carefully in the center you can see me, the boy who's filming the whole preproduction meeting 6 years ago... hehehe!]

Have You Voted/UNDI Me Today?
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