Huhu..Alhamdulillah, sudah selamat keluar TV pada hari Sabtu (16/08/08) tempohari..walaupun saya rasa saya agak tension sebab muka saya rupanya kontrol hensem melampau (tapi gagal melampau!), tapi nak buat cemana, nervous dowh..

Ini sedutan segmen kami “Mat-mat kreatif” (aduuuhh)..diorang edit out sikit jawapan saya tentang bagaimana saya mula berjinak-jinak dengan komik (selepas bercakap tentang zine DIY, saya cakap saya tak buat zine, tapi masuk competition IPCC Comic Pitch 2006) maka, tak nampak la muka saya sengih kejap mention saya menang duit time tu dulu..Hahahha..panjang sangat kot saya jawab..tapi diorang yang suruh jawab panjang-panjang..hampeh.

Untuk menonton keseluruhan episod Remaja ni, sila KLIK SINI.
Untuk gambar-gambar “behind the scenes” sila KLIK SINI.

Long story short, late last week, Gecko (Ammar) invited me and Adijin to be panels on the local magazine/entertainment show for *gulp* teens; Tv3’s Remaja.

We were to talk about comics. From three distinct point-of-views: The professional international artist (Adijin), the up-and-coming local artist (Me) and the die-hard ‘peminat tegar’ fans (Gecko). It was a closed recording, and it happened last Sunday (20 July 2008).

As Ntv7 is a sister company of Tv3 as part of the Media Prima family, i guess that’s why the recording was done at their studio in Glenmarie Shah Alam. Sampai sesat-sesat cari tempat dia. (Pictures courtesy of Adijin.)

Once we arrived, we were to be..”remaja-rized”. Heh. Make-up. And I thought my wedding was the last time I’d be wearing make-up.

And then we were to hang around until it came time for our segment.

It was pretty impressive to see how the hosts and crew did their jobs take by take.

But we were also busy taking our own pictures.

..Very..very..busy.

..Unfortunately, we didn’t take any pictures during the recording itself. It was kinda fun, two rounds of questions. Our comics were made into props, scattered on the table on the set. From DIY zines, to rare collectors items, to local gems..we had it all. Some examples: Saga Preview Book, Komikoo, Silent Hill, Din Teksi, Zine Alifstyle Orang Kuat, Sin City, Urban Comics, Civil War TPB, Ultimates 2 HC, Abe, Calvin & Hobbes, Dragonball, etc..

“Remaja” nyaaaa..hahahaha.

They even let us in here to see the other side of the recording process.

And then we went back for cendol and rojak at Subang 15. Hopefully the Remaja episode will show sometime around August (16th maybe). Will update with that til then.

My better half and I celebrated our 6 months anniversary two weeks back..We had a few things planned, but in the end some tayarsome things happened that afternoon, and we made an on the spot Plan B of a celebration instead.

Plan A was to have dinner at the Lookout Point Restaurant in Ampang. We’ve heard about the place and its breathtaking view of KL a few times but I guess takde rezeki to go there this time.

So instead Plan B had us going here:

Located in the middle of nowhere (in Kg. Sg. Penchala, belakang MOFAZ), it’s a Bali-themed restaurant. Kinda romantic, and that was what we were going for.

The place was impressive, with a live band, nice lighting and landscaping, tapi ramai gila orang..so we ended up getting seats a wee bit away from the nice lights and music. And after some trouble between the waiter, the lighter and the candle, ta-da! We got us a candlelight dinner!

The menu is bit tricky though. We ordered the ‘oriental french dippers’ for starters. And it turned out to be just french fries. With tartar sauce. D’oh! Shoulda seen that coming.

(Man, I suck at restaurant reviews) Anyway, we both were feeling like having western food, so i ended up having the sirloin steak, and my wife had the lamb. Drinks were some kinda fruity mixture with sprite/7-up and lemon. Mine: Strawberry, hers: (not-so) Blueberry.

The food was OK la.. the steak was thick, though not as juicy as i would’ve liked ‘em.. As my wife says, if the place don’t ask you how you want your steak done, then it wont be that good in the first place. But for its price range (under RM30 a plate), it was OK. I can’t remember how much the drinks cost though..definitely under RM10..between RM5 - RM8.

Nice presentation though, eh?

Damn, we look tired.

And still we went bowling afterwards at Summit.

And that big grinned lady wife of mine beat me at it. Curses!

All in all, it was a good day..despite the afternoon’s incident. So yay!