K'naan (pronounced /ˈkeɪnɑːn/), born Keinan Abdi Warsame (Somali: Keynaan Cabdi Warsame, Arabic: كنعان عبدي ورسمه) in 1978, is a Somali-Canadian poet, rapper, singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist.
Born in Somalia, K'naan spent his childhood in Mogadishu and lived there during the Somali Civil War, which began in 1991. His aunt, Magool, was one of Somalia's most famous singers. K'naan's grandfather, Haji Mohammad, was a poet. He is Muslim, and his name, Keinan, means "traveler" in the Somali language. He spent the early years of his life listening to the hip-hop records sent to him from America by his father, who had left Somalia earlier. When he was 13, K'naan, his mother, and his three siblings, older brother, Liban, and younger sisters Naciimo, Sagal were able to leave their homeland and join relatives in New York City, where they stayed briefly before moving to Canada, to the Toronto neighbourhood of Rexdale, where there was a large Somali community and his family still resides. There, K'naan began learning English, partly by listening to hip hop albums by artists like Nas and Rakim. Despite the fact that he could not yet speak the language, the young K'naan taught himself hip hop and rap diction, copying the lyrics and style phonetically. He then also began rapping.
He is married to Deqa, a pharmacist. They have two sons, born in 2005 and 2007
K'naan is now based in Canada and won the 2010 Juno Awards for Artist of the Year and Songwriter of the Year.
p/s : This is the answer to my very own question... "Who Is Knaan?"
Friday, June 25, 2010
Waving The Flag inThe Arab Desert..
You Are My KNIGHT In Summer DAY?
Saya kira ramai yang ke panggung hanya untuk memonton Tom Cruise !!! Mungkin juga ada yang tertarik dengan gabungan Cruise-Diaz yang pertama kali dulu pernah muncul dengan Vanilla Sky.
Sebuah filem komedi aksi musim panas yang sedikit tidak tiba di puncak. Seperti ada yang tidak kena dan menghalang terutama dari segi suntingan, kesinambungan dan plot secara keseluruhan.
"Lots of Fun, buuuuuuuuuuuuuut leave your brain at home" Sungguh banyak yang tak mampu di terima akal yang rasional ini.
A little more time developing why these strangers come to care for each other might have helped, and ultimately, it’s a failure of script/screenplay more than performances.
It is actually BAAAAAAD than Katherine Heigl and Ashton Kutcher in Killers !!! Hahaha... Seriously !!!
p/s : Saya menonton Knight and Day di GSC Berjaya Times Square bagi tayangan 'Sneak Preview' lewat Rabu lalu...
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Jika Haiwan Ada FB...:)
Nyamuk : Baru habis ronda rumah Ajoi… kenyang burp, Alhamdulillah...
Nyamuk Aedes : Baru jer selamat bagi injekan maut, yeah!!!
Ayam : Tidaaaaaaaaaaaak, Besok majikan gua mau buat kenduri kesyukuran, gua mau di sembeliiiiihhh!...
Cicak : Isteriku tersepit pintu
Kucing Betina : “Anak i yang ke-5 baru tanya siapa bapaknya. I bingung nak jawab apa. I sendiri lupa bapaknya siapa.”
Ayam : Kawan2…kalu esok guwe tak update…bererti guwe udah di goreng….I luv u all… jangan luper wat kenduri arwah untuk I yaa...
Nyamuk : Siot, sekali drug addict gua hantam daaaa. Gua positif HIV AIDS... uwaaaaaaa
Cicak : Mau ke ke bilik air anak tuan rumah jap … baru beli videocam baru …
Kucing: Baru je add awek sebelah umah... keturunan PARSI beb!!!
Tikus : Operasi malam ni... selongkar kitchen kabinet... sape nak ikot?
Katak : Malam ni nk wat konsert la..da lama x ujan ni..hangat oii..
Ular : Rasa mcm nk makan lauk telo la malam ni..mana nk cari ek..
Anjing : Aku tension bila ada mat rempit berkumpul tepi rumah aku tiap malam. Nak tido pun x senang hanjeng punya org.
Kuda: Patah kaki; Rider aku bangang salah timing bila nak lompat pagar,sekarang rehat kat kandang.
Kura-kura: Aku sakit hati bila bini aku berjalan. Lembab mcm siput babi
Siput babi : Aku sakit hati bila bini aku bergerak. Lembab mcm kura2
Gagak:
Tadi jumpa ayam KFC. Jangan jeles Burung Kakak T
ua: Penat betul nk ubah stigma masyarakat. Walaupun aku Burung Kakak Tua, tapi aku burung Jantan!!!Babi Hutan: Susah betul nak cari makanan halal sekarang ni.
Kera : semalam GF aku bagi bunga. Sedap jugak kunyah
Tikus : Aku makan mee goreng mamak kat Al Naz maju@precint 9. Meh la join sekali.
Lalat : Asyik hurung bangkai je. Alhamdulillah hari ni jumpa nasi bungkus.
Sotong : Aku bengang bila tapak sulaiman ejek aku si lembut
Kucing : update petang karang tepat jam 5.00pm slow ngendap ala2 pink panther nyurik ikan bawal kepunyaan kaklelamajnun...
Lipas : merasmikan pengunaan kepak baru sekali bila dikembangkn...gerun tengok mmber aku kene tarik dgn jeli2 panjang kepunyaan cik cicak..eee seram nyeee....
Itik Serati : hahahhaa lawak2 ayam serama tu ade hati jalan tersengguk2....nk tiru aku le tu.. lol....
Ikan Laga: Boring sey, duduk sorang2 dalam tanki ni.
Ikan Parang : Kurang asam punya manusia, letak gambar aku kat depan bekas keropok
Ikan Jerung : Kenapa x de sorang pun nak add/approve aku. :-(
Ikan Sepat : Terkenang jiran sebelah yang dah dijadikan ikan pekasam. Al Fatihah
Ikan Bilis : Wah ramainya kawan kita. Tahniah remy, ko kawan aku yang ke 5000.
Ikan Arowana:
Cantik tak sisik I? Cantik kan ?Ikan Mas Koki :
macam mana nak kurus nie?Nota Jase : Disebabkan banyak sangat orang forward 'lawak antarabangsa' ini ke e-mel saya maka saya pun ambil kesempatanlah untuk 'copy' dan 'paste' di blog saya. Ini kira ubat untuk gelak-gelak ketika berduka... Lelucon, kelakar dan lucu !!!
KAU PERGI JUA (VERSI NASYID)
VERSE:
WAJAHMU...
SEINDAH SERINYA PELANGI NAN INDAH
SEHARUM MAWAR PUTIH SEGAR BERKEMBANG
WAJAHMU...
MASIH TERBAYANG JERNIHNYA DI MATAKU
SEHINGGA TERKENANG DI DALAM MIMPIKU
SAHABATKU...
TAHUKAH KAU DI DALAM HATIKU INI
TERHIMPUNNYA SERIBU DOA NAN SUCI
SESUNGGUHNYA...
WALAU HILANG MU JAUH DARI MATAKU
TETAP KU ABADIKAN DALAM JIWAKU
CHORUS:
SEPINYA
HARAPAN YANG SELAMA INI KU BAWA
JATUH BERKECAI MUSNAH JUA AKHIRNYA
SEMUANYA BAGAIKAN SEBUAH MIMPI
KAU PERGI JUA
KETIKA PERJUANGANMU MEMBARA
BELUM PUASKU MEMANDANG WAJAHMU
KAU PERGI TAK KEMBALI
VERSE:
SAHABATKU...
TAHUKAH KAU DI DALAM HATIKU INI
TERHIMPUNNYA SERIBU DOA YANG SUCI
SESUNGGUHNYA...
WALAU HILANG MU JAUH DARI MATAKU
TETAP KU ABADIKAN DALAM JIWAKU
END/lyric modified by SLEN
Nota Jase : Lagu Kau Pergi Jua ini adalah nyanyian asal Adam Ahmad yang amat popular di tahun 80 an. Lagu ini pernah dirakam semula oleh Irwanshah (menjadi artis solo setelah keluar dari Kumpulan Nasyid Sons of Adam dan Brothers - entah kemana beliau menghilangkan diri kini) dan Dayang Nurfaizah dengan menggunakan lirik asal. Secara peribadi, saya merasakan lirik asal lagu ini tidak sesuai dinyanyikan oleh penyanyi wanita. Bagi versi naysid ini, liriknya telah digubah semula oleh Slen. Lagu dengan lirik baru ini sebenarnya ditujukan khas untu Allahyarham Ustaz Asri (penyanyi utama Kumpulan Rabbani) yang telah kembali ke rahmatullah tempoh hari. Kau Pergi jua Versi Nasyid ini kali pertama telah dipersembahkan secara eksklusif semasa Anugerah Bintang Popular Berita Harian 2009 di Arena All Stars awal April tahun ini oleh 4 vokalis utama kumpulan nasyid antaranya Hijjaz, Rabbani & Raihan.
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Happy Belated Birthday ZAKUMI !!!
Zakumi's birthdate coincides with a day known and celebrated as Youth Day in South Africa and their second group match. The first non-racial nationwide elections in South Africa were in 1994. Zakumi will turn 16 in 2010. Andries Odendaal, from Cape Town, created the original character design.
Zakumi's official motto is: "Zakumi's game is Fair Play." The motto was seen in the digital advertisement boards during the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup, and it will also appear at the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
A contract for the manufacture of Zakumi figurines was awarded to a company owned Dr. Shiaan-Bin Huang,who is an ANC representative member in the South African parliament.The manufacture of the figurines was outsourced to Shanghai Fashion Plastic Products in the PRC.The value of the contract was in excess of USD 112 million[citation needed]. Due to concerns over the loss of jobs in the South African manufacturing sector, the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) has suggested that more 2010 merchandise be sourced locally. Allegation of sweatshop conditions at the Shanghai Fashion Plastic Products factory led to an audit by Global Brands Group (master licensee of the Fifa World Cup 2010 brand), which revealed a number of non-compliance issues with GBC policies.The manufacturer denied the allegations of sweatshop conditions and claimed that the working conditions at the Shanghai Fashion Plastic Products factory were "very good".
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
The Open Road "Justin is Brilliant !!!"
Jeff Bridges and Justin Timberlake memegang watak ayah dan anak lelaki yang mempunyai hubungan yang agak sukar, bermasalah dan mengelirukan. Namun begitu kedua-duanya adalah pemain bola lisut (seorang legenda dan seorang lagi sedang mengejar puncak). Sebuah 'dramedi' yang merangkak agak perlahan untuk tiba ke kemuncak, itulah 'The Open Road'. Epilog yang agak mungkin tidak di gemari ramai. Lakonan yang amat mantap oleh Justin Timerlake. Sesungguhnya beliau memang mempunyai bakat lakonan yang cemerlang dan mampu menggondol Anugerah Academy jika kena pada watak yang diberikan kepadanya di masa hadapan. (Saya terpaksa menonton DVD ini untuk melepas lelah 'stress' bekerja hari ini... Huhuhu).
Sinopsis :
The movie centers on Carlton Garrett (Justin Timberlake), the adult son of baseball legend Kyle Garrett (Jeff Bridges) and a minor-league baseball player with the Corpus Christi, Texas Hooks. One night, after another game in which he continues to slump at the plate, Carlton gets a phone call from his grandfather Amon (Harry Dean Stanton), who tells him that Carlton's mother, Katherine (Mary Steenburgen) has fallen ill and is at the hospital. Katherine requires a surgery that the doctors recommend; however she refuses to sign the waiver until Kyle comes to visit her. After Carlton agrees to find his estranged father, together with his ex-girlfriend Lucy (Kate Mara), the two of them fly to Columbus, Ohio to break the news to Kyle, who is there for an autograph signing and doesn't have a cell phone.
After a tense meeting, in which it's revealed that Carlton and Kyle haven't seen or spoken to each other in five years, Kyle agrees to fly to Texas to see Katherine with his son and Lucy. The next morning, while preparing to get through airport security, Kyle realizes that he's lost his wallet and hence his identification, therefore he's not allowed to board the flight. Lucy suggests that the three of them rent a car and drive. While at a gas station one evening, Kyle asks Lucy to bring him his bag which contain painkillers for his various aches. Lucy notices Kyle's wallet in the bag, revealing that Kyle intentionally misplaced his wallet in hopes of not having to get on the plane and thus not make the trip; Lucy keeps this discovery a secret from Carlton.
As the trip progresses, Carlton and Kyle attempt to piece-together their fragile relationship. Also, Lucy tells Carlton that she's engaged to a new man; this creates a tension between the two, as their love towards each other remains. Many delays occur, as Kyle becomes increasingly anxious about seeing Katherine and becomes more and more unreliable. He seems to make up for this, however, when he tells Carlton and Lucy that he knows someone who works at the Memphis airport who can get him through security without I.D. While waiting for their flight, Kyle tells Carlton that the employee he knows doesn't exist and it was a cover-up story. Carlton realizes that Kyle has had his wallet the entire time and has purposely been delaying the trip. He angrily storms off to talk to Lucy, leaving Kyle unattended. After an argument with Lucy, whom he finds out knew about the wallet the whole time, he returns to where Kyle was sitting to find him missing. Carlton and Lucy get on the flight anyway and Carlton exits the flight to look for his father but not before telling Lucy that if he doesn't come back before takeoff, to get off the plane. Mad at Carlton and their argument, Lucy decides to stay on the plane anyway and she flys home; Carlton is also unsuccessful in finding Kyle. Carlton calls Katherine and she tells him that if his father is anywhere in Memphis, he'd be at The Peabody Hotel downtown.
When Carlton arrives at the hotel he finds out from the front desk that no one by the name of Kyle Garrett has checked-in. Tired at this point, Carlton takes a room for the night. Later that evening, during a conversation with the Peabody Hotel bartender (Lyle Lovett), the bartender tells him that Kyle Garrett is indeed staying in the hotel but under an alias. Furious, Carlton confronts Kyle in Kyle's room. After forcing himself in, Carlton and Kyle wrestle each other to the ground, where Kyle tells Carlton that he loves Katherine but loves himself even more. Soon Kyle agrees to continue with the trip. The next day Carlton gets a phone call: Katherine has gotten an infection and the doctors have been forced to operate earlier than expected.
Carlton, Kyle, Amon and Carlton's grandmother Virge (Lenore Banks) wait anxiously in the hospital waiting room. Soon Lucy shows up and her and Carlton reconcile. The doctor comes out and tells the family that the operation was a success. The next morning, while still at the hospital, Carlton tells Lucy that he's quitting baseball to focus on becoming a writer and Lucy tells Carlton that she's not a 'fiancee' anymore. At this point it's assumed that the two have gotten back together. Carlton drives Kyle to the airport, where Kyle agrees to come visit on New Year's and Carlton agrees to visit Kyle for Christmas. The ending scene shows Carlton clearing out his baseball locker and walking to his jeep, where Lucy is waiting for him. The two drive off together.
Monday, June 14, 2010
Kurbaan Cinta Berdarah Khalid
Sinopsis
Avantika Ahuja (Kareena Kapoor) who lives in the US returns to Delhi after her father has a cardiac arrest. While in Delhi she meets Ehsaan Khan (Saif Ali Khan), a University professor from Mumbai. Being in the same career field at the same place, love blossoms between the two. Meanwhile Avantika gets a return call from New York asking her to rejoin her job. She breaks this news to Ehsaan and expresses her desire to work in the US, Ehsaan agrees and joins her but before that Avantika's father has some reservations about his daughter marrying a Muslim.However he gives in as the couple has decided to get married. Eventually they get married and move to the USA. Avantika helps Ehsaan in getting a job at the same university where she teaches and Ehsaan is appointed as a professor to teach Islam and the Modern World. Avantika's life changes when her neighbor Salma (Nauheed Cyrusi) informs her about her house arrest and requests Avantika to help her by contacting her friend Rihana (Dia Mirza), a TV reporter. Avantika meets Rihana and tells her about Salma's problem and meanwhile she meets Riyaz (Vivek Oberoi), Rihana's boyfriend and colleague who takes Salma's problem as a case of domestic violence. Unfortunately, Rihana has to fly out of the city before meeting Salma and she gets her flight information when Avantika is still at her office. Avantika becomes pregnant and waits at her house to share this with Ehsaan but when she hears voices coming from their neighbor's house, she investigates and finds out that her neighbors Bhaijaan (Om Puri) and the others are planning to send Tahir and blast the flight in which Rihana is traveling, and have also killed Salma as she wanted to expose them. Her neighbors see her and chase her to her house where she meets Ehsaan who consoles her but soon reveals that he is also a part of the terrorist group. Bhaijaan ask Ehsaan to kill her in order to make their operation successful, however Ehsaan denies after learning that Avantika is pregnant. Ehsaan keeps Avantika in house arrest and threatens to kill her father in India if she tries to inform anyone. Avantika realizes that she is a pawn in Ehsaan’s game. It turns out he married her to legitimately obtain Social Security Cards and a new identity in the USA. Avantika calls Rihana and leaves a voice message on her office number to stop her from boarding the flight. Unfortunately, the plane explodes killing Rihana.
Riyaz, heartbroken and revengeful finds Avantika's voice message for Rihana and begins a mission to uncover the real culprits behind the flight bombings. Riyaz also joins Ehsaan's lectures and soon befriends him. Ehsaan finds him to be a perfect replacement for one of his group member Aqeel (Salma's husband) who was killed by Ehsaan while they were taking out Salma's body to bury it. Ehsaan introduces Riyaz to Bhaijaan who becomes suspicious of Riyaz's thoughts to fight against the Americans. Ehsaan makes Riyaz a part of their next mission to bomb several subway stations in New York.
Riyaz tries to spoil the plan with the help of Avantika. Time starts running out for Riyaz & Avantika and they become helpless when Bhaijaan advances the mission by 3 days. While carrying bombs in the subway Riyaz's colleague bumps into him and tells Ehsaan & Bhaijaan about his real identity. Riyaz tries to escape and in the chaos, shoots Bhaijaan. While taking his last breath, Bhaijaan informs Ehsaan that there are 3 more bombs placed in the bags of 2 wives of the terrorists involved and one of it placed in Avantika's bag which is being escorted by Aapa (Kirron Kher). He has a change of heart to save his love and child and doesn't kill Riyaz when he corners him and instead they both make a plan to stop all the other terrorists. Riyaz tries to save the people at the train stations but 2 bombs explode killing Hamid and another terrorist. Ehsaan kills Aapa while saving Avantika. Ultimately he sacrifices himself at the end to save the innocent Avantika. Ehsaan dies by committing suicide and Riyaz arrives to see Avantika.
Cast
Saif Ali Khan as Ehsaan Khan/Khalid
Kareena Kapoor as Avantika
Vivek Oberoi Riyaz Masood
Om Puri as Bhaijaan
Kirron Kher as Nasreen/Aapa
Dia Mirza as Rihana (Special appearance)
Nauheed Cyrusi as Salma (Special appearance)
Kulbhushan Kharbanda as Riyaz's father
Rupinder Nagra as Hamid
Nota Jase :
Saya memang peminat filem hindi. Cuma kebelaknagan ini agak sukar untuk menonton filem hindi memandangkan 'tiada kaki'. Lewat bulan lalu saya terjumpa akan VCD Original "Kurbaan" lakonan Saif Ali Khan & Kareena Kapoor. Filem ini mendapat liputan yang agak meluas kerana ia lari daripada tema cinta seperti kebanyakan Filem-filem Hindi. Dari segi lakonan ketiga-tiga pelakon utama Siaf, Kareena dan Viviek telah melaksanakannya dengan cemerlang. Dari segi runut bunyi, ia juga cemerlang dengan latar yang bersesuaian dengan keadaan. Penceritaan pula, meskipun ia masih berpaksikan kepada norma-norma biasa filem hindi yang adakala mengambil mudah soal kelangsungan antara plot, babak dan watak. Ia masih boleh dibanggakan. Mungkin perlu ada kajian yang lebih mendalam jika ingin mewarnakan watak-watak yang kononnya 'terrorist' di kacamata Uncle Sam !!! (Satu ketika dahulu, poster filem ini juga pernah mencetus kontroversi). (Saya sesungguhnya terpaksa menonton 2 malam berturut-turut untuk menghabiskan 3 keping VCD !!!)