Infinatez - Ada Masa (Live & Acoustic)

Before I continue blogging about my adventureous side of life (Kinabalu story), and before you guys forget that I also sing and perform for a living, let us watch this one of a kind video of Infinatez performing our original song ADA MASA live & acoustic. This was at Studio V @ One Utama Shopping Complex for Star Online & Suria. Rafique couldn't join us that time.

From left Daneal, Andy, Shah & Alvin

ps: To my dearest friends, if you "ada masa" and like this video I would really appreciate it if you can also post it in your respective blogs and websites. Thank you in advance for the love and support!!

BuliBaKalauKauMau!! - Mt.Kinabalu

Saya antara yg sampai awal di puncak dlm our "Sayang Kinabalu" team - langit masih gelap ^_^

BuliBaKalauKau!! Yearggh!!

For the 2nd time in my life, I've reached Lows Peak of Mount Kinabalu. My first time was 10 years ago, to be accurate 17 March 1999. Tu time tgh tunggu result SPM and I went there with my fellow MRSM Kuching friends. This time sy smpi puncak 14 Feb 2009 ^_^.

Dlm my previous post, ada all the links to my friends blogs to read more about our trip ni. Klu suka baca entry yg agak detail and panjang can read si Nokurogia and Wel punya blog. Klu mo tgk pics byk yg ada mcm Gidong, Lumis & Kuai. Ada juga video kami poco2 di puncak dlm blog si Mamaii hehe.

Well now sy mo ceritakan perbezaan pengalaman both my trips to Mount Kinabalu. Seriously byk benda yg sy x ingat suda about my first trip. I can't seem to remember path dia, I simply hv no memory of the scenery sepanjang pendakian ke Laban Rata. Not to mention yg sampai puncak punya. What I can remember ialah 1st time sy naik gunung dulu mcm x penat. I think it's because time tu I was only 18 years old and I was quite an athlete and also it was my first time so mo challenge myself untuk sampai dulu di Laban Rata and puncak mendahului yang lain.

I also remembered a moment 10 years ago, saya ada berbual2 dgn pasangan suami isteri di pondok layang-layang and saya rasa perjalanan sy dari Timpohon (gate masuk ke Laban Rata from Kinabalu Park) ke pondok tersebut tidak mengambil masa yang lama and I think saya tidak penat pun time tu. Tapi on my recent trip, time di layang-layang saya penat sudah ni. Hahaha!! Oh ya one thing lagi yg sy tau telah melambatkan perjalanan kami ialah sebab kami byk take pics along the way. Klu campur semua camera beratus2 pics jugalah otw tu. Klu 10 years ago before zaman digital camera, pakai filem punya so maybe buli la dpt 100pics keseluruhan if bawa 3 roll filem. Nowadays mo amik sampai 1000pics pun tiada masalah ^_^

Well ok la, although sy rasa penat sewaktu perjalanan dari Timpohon to Laban Rata but I was still okay. Two things yang sy rasa perlu utk dimantapkan before sy mo naik lagi lain kali ialah my stamina and also my legs. This is very important sebab klu kita byk habis tenaga by the time kita sampai Laban Rata, mcmn kita mau mengharungi kepenatan and kesejukan ke puncak 2am nanti?? Damn!!

Saya x cerita detail pula kan pasal perjalanan dari Timpohon ke Laban Rata? Tidak payah la kan? ^_^

Pagi tu sebelum memulakan pendakian dari Timpohon kami punya breakfast tidaklah boleh dikategorikan sebagai cara pemakanan utk pendakian haha. Sebab sy rasa x cukup zat ni. Ko la ni Wel x kasi bgn p breakfast d restoran. So sebab tu la bila kami sampai Laban Rata (if you read Nokurogia's blog I was in the moderate team), kami lapar tahap "akhli porenges". Time tu x kisahlah mee guring basah kuyup ka, mee guring kering kontang ka, mee sup yg penting sup laaaa ka kami akan tetap makan. Mmg lapar berabis la ni. Coklat2 and energy bar sepanjang perjalanan tidak cukup. Di Laban Rata ada restoran yg ada buffet and ala carte. Bercadang juga kami mkn buffet tp harga dia aduhai mahalnya so kami beralih ke makanan ala carte. Price dia still buli tahan mahal but buli consider sebab atas gunung baini!! Yg best dia kami order nasi goreng, nasi dia byk ni, so makanlah kami hingga kenyang. Ada juga kami bawa bekal maggi and sardin ^_^ - saja mo kasitau info tambahan if you guys ada rasa mo makan ABC di Laban Rata jgn tanya tu waiter or kaunter k, nanti kena ketawa.

Ha lupa sy mo kasitau yg antara kami 15 org yg naik ni sy paling berat beg woo. Berat beg yg sy angkat dari Timpohon ke Laban Rata ialah 9kg. Ditambah pula badan sy yg tidaklah terlalu besar ni kira 9kg tu buli tahan jugala kan? Mmg sy sengaja mo angkat tu beg walaupun sebenarnya buli kasi porter angkat but sy mo uji la kunun ketahanan sy ni ^_^. Mula2 tu bangga and kagum jugalah dgn diri sendiri (tapi tidak obses ah), sekali bila sy nampak tu porter angkat 3 beg, sy rasa mcm my 9kg tu tiada apa-apa. Sepanjang perjalanan turun naik gunung tu kita akan nampak porter2 yg angkat barang2 makanan and keperluan ke Laban Rata dan mungkin ke tempat2 lain di atas gunung. Yang buli bikin takajut is bila nampak dorg angkat tong gas yang mcm kita bikin masak d rumah. TONG GAS baitu!!! Sy mo angkat tong gas tu pun separuh mati dari kereta masuk rumah, ni dorg angkat naik ke Laban Rata sejauh 6km, bukan jalan rata ah, dgn tong gas yg sy percaya dlm 30kg, WOW!! Sy mmg salute berabis la sama dorg ni. Klu mo tau bukan lelaki jak yg jadi porter ni, perempuan pun ada owh. Tp dlm perjalanan tu sy tiada nampak perempuan yg angkat tong gas la, but still apa yg dorg angkat still berat juga.

Taken from Kuai's blog

Ok sy skip dulu cerita pasal perjalanan dari Laban Rata ke puncak k. I still want to amaze you guys dgn memalukan diri sendiri dan rakan2. Ketika sy dan beberapa rakan dlm perjalanan turun dari Laban Rata ke Timpohon (ni cerita keesokan harinya la), kami berselisih dgn dua org porter perempuan/wanita (dgn angkutan yg buli kira berat di belakang) yang dlm perjalanan naik ke Laban Rata, I can't really remember the exact time tp kira kami belum berapa jauh from Laban Rata. Kamurg buli agak my story ka ni? Ok anyway, dlm perjalanan kami yg memenatkan dan menyakitkan kaki utk turun ke Timpohon, sy rasa maybe ada dlm 1.5km lebih lagi utk sampai ke Timpohon, tiba2 dua org porter wanita yg kami nampak di atas tadi dgn selamba sambil bergossip memintas kami dengan raut wajah yg langsung tidak rasa bersalah. Pada ketika sy menaip ni sy rasa menyesal kerana tidak bagi dorg baca "Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus", sy harap dorg akan lebih memahami isi hati lelaki iaitu jgn tunjuk kuat depan lelaki. Kuai was with us that time, dia maybe tidak rasa apa2 sebab dia pun girl juga. Time ni ada sy, Gidong, Gurangak, Danjoe and Kuai. Di depan kami yg turun lebih awal ialah Mamaii, Wel and TomKurus. Di belakang kami ada Sumpitz, Nokurogia, Bopp, Lumis, Zi and Pini with our guides. Kupi time ni ada cerita lain ^_^

Ok nanti sy akan cerita lagi pasal perjalanan kami dari Laban Rata to puncak. Time ni la sy dpt rasa kepenatan yg sy belum pernah rasa. Which I need. PASALL??!!

Bersambung...

Mountain Kinabalu ^_^

13 February 2009

Standing from left: Suhari(guide), Gasi(guide), John(park ranger), Kuai Love, Martin(park ranger), Danjoe Heart, Mamaii Heart, Sumpitz Heart, Nokurogia Heart, Bop Love, Pini Love, Zi Love, Gidong Heart, Tomkurus Heart, Kupi Love.

Sitting from left: Gurangak Heart, Defoo Heart, Lumis Love, Wel Heart.

I'll post more about our Kinabalu trip with more pics too ^_^. You can also click the names above utk cerita2 and gambar2 menarik sepanjang our Kinabalu trip as all of us are bloggers. Maybe I'm the earliest yg update ni sebab rumah sy di Ranau so dekat jak mo balik. Yang lain tgh on the way ke destinasi masing-masing as I'm typing now.

The trip was awesome!! More stories later, now mo rest dulu di rumah ^_^

HINONGGO & Mount Kinabalu

I'm at Kundasang, Ranau, Sabah rite now. At my cousin's place. My rombongan naik gunung (tommorow!!) is now at Kinabalu Park. Tp saya jumpa my cousin jap utk pinjam baju tebal dia, x cukup tebal mine. Fuh..stamina...

OK actually I want to update about our new single HINONGGO. I went to meet DJ Selina Light tadi petang and gave her a few of our CDs. So...

Sabah fm is going to air the song straight away, exact time I'm not sure but I guess tonite. Sabah V fm will play it anytime soon and DJ Selina will update me on that. But do tune in to Selina's english segment tommorow at Sabah V fm from 11pm till 2am. She said she's gonna play HINONGGO.

You can listen to Sabah V fm online - http://www.sabahvfm.com/ and Sabah fm - http://rtmsabah.gov.my/

Ya!! Our HINONGGO CD is out!!! Will post pics of it after sy turun dari Mount Kinabalu ^_^

Watch out for more updates!!

Alvin ---------> ???

For about 10 seconds sy kaku tadi. My eyes was staring at the monitor and my hands paused. As I was in my non-moving moments, I was thinking "Ok, write about this 10 seconds" (It was actually only 6-7secs). So there you go, an exaggerated story. But really, dlm 3-4 hari ni i'm a bit disturbed. With work and some other things. I haven't been reading much so far this year and those words from all the books I read last year keep coming to me, but most of the time I ignore them. Not purposely, but still I ignored them.

Now I guess it wasn't a bad idea at all to climb Mt.Kinabalu (this Friday!!). It is actually a good idea utk buat something different. To be exhausted, to be with friends, to be with family, to be free, to be young and to be on top -----> of the world.

I must not limit myself. I just have to do it. I can feel that I'm limiting myself, but that maybe a good thing. I mean to realize that I'm limiting myself so I will do something about it. Owh sanity please come back to me, I need you.

It's funny that as I'm typing now, I came to realize (again), that I need guidance. I need a mentor. And I'm now reminded of a song I wrote titled "Solace Of Mind". Yes what I need is solace, peace and yeah I need to be organized. I need to be organized now!! To clean up those untidyness, finish up the small-small undone works, to know what I need to do and complete next. Damn am I really that messed up??

Thank God I'll be taking a short break di Ranau this weekend. There are so many things/ideas in my mind right now, ideas for BBKK, for Infinatez and many many other things. Now I will need to put aside dulu those many many other things coz I think that may also be the reason yg sy x focus.

Organize yourself. Is that the keyword? Tadi I thought that I will feel more relieved, tiba2 ada tersumbat pula ni otak. Ok I think I know why, no no...it's not just that, ada byk lagi sebab. Tarik nafas, hembus...tarik lagi then hembus.

I need to break that wall in front of me. I want to break it!! I've tried breaking it, now I just have to do it differently.

I'm not done yet, I will be back.

INFINATEZ proudly presents HINONGGO (Feb 2009)

I am very2 excited to announce that we (Infinatez) will be releasing our new single this very month!! Our new song is a special Sabah release and Sabah V fm will be the first to play it on air. The title of this new song is "Hinonggo" which is the KadazanDusun word for "Where" or "Di Mana". When exactly will it be premiered on Sabah radio you ask? Don't worry, we'll update you very2 soon. Keep visiting this site ^_^

Infinatez's acapella rendition of "Sayang Kinabalu" was our first step to show our appreciation to our family, friends and fans in Sabah. This time we go deeper by singing a new song that is entirely in KadazanDusun language. Now what about that? ^_^ Hinonggo is a ballad soul song. Originally written by our talented friend Reuben Raymond aka Fingerstylo. Music arranged by the brilliant Rafik of Rafikoncept which is the same person who arranged "Ada Masa".

I'm not gonna write a lot about the song itself, but all I can say is we've put a lot of effort in it. Maybe it is safe to say that you never heard a KadazanDusun song like this. Many of you may not understand the lyrics, but we hope you can enjoy it as much as you enjoy listening to Japanese, Filipino, Spanish and Korean songs etc. It may have some Boyz 2 Men sound(quoting Illegal and G from Platinum Studios), and at some point you might think that you're listening to a Japanese or a Filipino song, but at the end of the day, that is Infinatez you're listening to ^_^. The vocals and the harmonies, we hope you'll enjoy it.

Well, ckp banyak pun no use ^_^ Just listen to it this month!! Now Sabah, are you ready??