Metallica Concert - Abu Dhabi 2013

Metallica? Yes.. did you hear read that? It is Metallica, the ultimate American heavy metal band. They were in Du Arena Yas Island, Abu Dhabi last Friday, 19 April. Believe it or not.. I was there! Yes.. was there to watch their concert.

I’ve known this band when I was 24 years old. I fell in love with their hit song – Enter Sandman. I then started to listen to all of the songs from the “Black Album” which was released in 1991.

Talking about concerts… Thru out my entire life, I have only been to four concerts. The first one was when I was 8 years old. It was a “Sudirman Konsert” that was held in my hometown, Kedah. Sudirman who was the famous singer at that time and luckily, I got to watched him.  I even got called up to the stage to sing with him! Ahah..  I even got to hold his hand too yeah! Hahahaa..

The second one was Michael Jackson concert. He came to Malaysia in 1996. Even though I just managed to get the cheapest ticket, I still enjoyed his magnificent show. The third concert was the KRU concert. Hey.. I was a big fan of this group. It was in my early 20s at that time and I felt so old, being among the teenagers who were dancing, rapping enjoying the concert but hey… age does not count in this! Hahahha

My fourth one was when I was pregnant for Nabila and it was the Akademi Fantasia I. Gosh.. AF was a phenomenon at that time. Everybody at all level of age was going crazy with these AF singers. Again.. I was among the oldest there but still… age is not a matter in here! 

And here again.. I got to watch the Metallica live concert. Compared to the previous concerts that I have been to, one word I could say for this concert – AWESOME!

We arrived at around 6pm at the Du Arena and saw quite a big crowd waiting in front of the entrance. The gate opened punctually at 7pm and excitedly everybody went in. People started running to the front closer to the stage. Since the show hadn’t started yet, we wondered around to get drinks and t-shirts.

   

At 8.00pm the invited local band “The Eye” started performing their show. They were quite good and played famous heavy metal band’s songs and theirs too. When the band stopped playing at 9.00pm, the crowds sarted screaming for Metallica.

I too who was just relaxing sitting on the grass, started walking finding good spots closer to the stage. Finally at 9.20pm the waiting ended as the first song by Metallica – “Hit the lights” hit the air. Goshh.. I could feel my heart thumping beat-by-beat following the bass rhythm. I could even see each of them very clearly. 

They played 18 songs non-stop for two hours. I didn’t really know all the songs they played and couldn’t sing along but it still didn’t disappoint me. They were so good. Superb! I wonder where they get all the stamina and energy. All the songs were played and sang well. Not to count the tremendous sound systems they had. Awesome and awesome..

As for the crowd, the majority were among my age. Metallica is an evergreen group that founded in 1981 and they are still popular till now. Some of the members of the band were older than me but they were all amazing.

I really enjoyed my night. It was a new experience for me. Frankly I didn’t really know what to expect from this concert. I have never ever been to any famous international artist concert beside Michael Jackson. Shockingly, this was held in one of the Middle East countries.

Whatever it is.. it was an awesome night! Until now I can still feel my heart thumping and rhyming to the songs played in the concert.

Well.. I might not be too old to do anything but not to young to do everything.

Rock Yaww!!

Vitamin Freak

I am 44 years old and Alhamdullilah as for now I am free from any critical illness. I go to gym at least 3x a week and consume so called healthy diet. My diet – I take herbalife shake for my daily breakfast and lunch like rice or noodles. I hardly take heavy dinner. My dinner would normally be a cup of coffee with biscuits or bread. I seldom munch in between meals. If I were to be hungry I would just drink water, coffee or eat light snack like biscuits.

A few months back, I always feel tired. I go out and in daily sending my kids to school and attending my activities. Towards the evening I sometimes started feeling drained. I also sometimes having foot cramped or aching whenever I walk too long. I was a champion in marching from one mall to another. I could just walk and walk hourly window-shopping happily.

But now.. I am no more a champion! I guess probably because of my age factor or maybe I am lacking of some vitamins in my body. I even tried changing shoes from the cheapest to the most comfortable expensive shoes but still felt the aching.

I realize that I have to do something. I know that I am getting older but it is never too late to start on something. Therefore I started buying vitamins. A variety of supplements and vitamins that my body needs. After getting advises from the pharmacist, I am now consuming daily vitamins and supplements plus regular exercise and eating healthy foods.

Alhamdullilah.. after a week I could feel the difference in me. I am no longer tired and the amaze thing is my feet don’t hurt anymore. I also feel that my skins are softer and no more freckles on my hand!

I don’t care if people say that I am a vitamin freak! I would rather be obsess with something that will make me feel good and healthy rather than feeling sad and worried over the illness that I have.

My mother, aunties and uncles all passed away because of cancer. Need more for me to explain? Or need not I to be worry about my health?

Maid-less Again...

I received this sms from my maid a couple of weeks ago when I was in Malaysia.

My reaction to this – to believe or not to believe? When I was away, hubby always called me complaining about the maid. Hubby did not satisfied with the way she ironed his clothes. Keremot sana sini.. Well.. this is not new to me as from the beginning she always made a mistake in ironing clothes.

I’ve showed and trained her the correct way on how to do it but still she did it on her own way. Dah penat nak cakap! This maid name Nuroh, hmmm… what and how can I say about her..

She is a nice lady in person – polite and honest. She is older than me though she claimed she is very young. Work wise, not as superb as her personality. From the beginning of her ‘career’ she always made mistakes in her work. Thousands of times I explained, corrected and showed her but still she preferred to do it on her own way.

I sometimes got gave up with her. Angry? Tensed? Stressed? Don’t have to mention it as my life always like a roller coaster whenever she made mistakes in her work. Not to mention my vase, pipe bidet and other things that got broken by her.

Probably you wonder why do I still keep her. Many times I wanted to terminate her but when thinking of getting another new maid – I would prefer to keep her. I just don’t want to go through all over again with another maid. I have to start to build a trust, gain trust and most important thing is I want to feel safe to leave the maid at home when I am not around.

Due to my experience of having the previous maid that stole my personal things, I got terrified and paranoid to face all of these. And because of that Nuroh is still with me till the day the police had caught her.

I called her twice from Malaysia regarding hubby's complained on his ironed clothes. I warned and talked about this matter seriously with her. I thought the sms that I received was made up by her in order for her to quit from the job but I was wrong.

The latest news I got to know about her that she is now in a prison. She was caught for having a fight with a Tunisian girl. She hit and punched the girl. I guess they were fighting over a boyfriend.

THIS was totally a shocked to me. It surprised me, Nuroh who I could say the lurus bendul dan bodoh2 blur person could acted up to this extend. Another personality of Nuroh that probably I didn’t know. Nevertheless I thank Allah that when she was with us, she was a nice person and harmless to my family.

As for now, I am maid-less. Amazingly I am not worried at all for not having a maid now. I took this matter calmly. I planned my house chores daily. Alhamdullilah I manage it all well. I am not planning to take another maid. I don’t want to go through all of these again. Enough with all this mess!