The 38th Bon Odori 2014

CN curi-curi snap picture ni. Hehe..

Hi all! Hee...

Sihat tak? Bagusss. Sihat-sihat belaka semuanya. Hehe...

Untuk entri terbaru ni, CN nak share dengan you all tentang 1 culture festival masyarakat Jepun yang dinamakan sebagai Bon Odori atau juga dikenali sebagai Bon Dance. 

CN sepatutnya update entry ni few days after the event. Atas beberapa kekangan, plus CN sedang melaksanakan misi menyelamat gambar-gambar untuk entri-entri baru, makanya baru saat ini entri ini dapat CN publish to all :)

Apa itu Bon Odori? BON ODORI secara ringkasnya adalah...

Obon (お盆^?) or just Bon (盆^?) is a Japanese Buddhist custom to honor the spirits of one's ancestors. This Buddhist-Confucian custom has evolved into a family reunion holiday during which people return to ancestral family places and visit and clean their ancestors' graves, and when the spirits of ancestors are supposed to revisit the household altars. It has been celebrated in Japan for more than 500 years and traditionally includes a dance, known as Bon-Odori.

In Malaysia, Bon Odori Festivals are also celebrated every year in Esplanade (Padang Kota Lama) Penang, Matsushita Corp Stadium in Shah Alam, Selangor, and also Universiti Malaysia Sabah at Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. This celebration, which is a major attraction for the state of Selangor, is the brain child of the Japanese Expatriate & Immigrant's Society in Malaysia. In comparison to the celebrations in Japan, the festival is celebrated on a much smaller scale in Penang, Selangor and Sabah, and is less associated with Buddhism and more with Japanese culture. Held mainly to expose locals to a part of Japanese culture, the festival provides the experience of a variety of Japanese food and drinks, art and dance, with the vast number of Japanese companies in Malaysia taking part to promote their products.

Further information about Bon Odori -->> BON ODORI

10 Days Music Challenge: Wrap-up

Hi all!!!

Alhamdulillah, CN dah berjaya menamatkan 10 Days Music Challenge ni :)

Alhamdulillah, CN berjaya juga mencipta rekod terbaik 10 hari entri di publish tanpa henti. Hehe... Terbaikkk!!! Tahniah Cik Nurul! :)

Macam tajuk entri kali ni, ia adalah wrap-up untuk 10 hari music challenge yang CN join :)

You all boleh klik setiap link di bawah ni untuk ke 10 entri music challenge CN.

Day 1: A Song That Remind You of Yourself

Day 2: A Song They Should Play at Your Wedding

Day 3: A Song That Makes You Laugh

Day 4: A Song You Would Sing to Your Crush

Day 5: A Song That Makes You Want to Dance

Day 6: A Song You Listen To On Repeat

Day 7: A Song That You Hate

Day 8: A Song You Are Secretly Obsessed With

Day 9: A Song That Makes You Think of Your Family

Day 10: Your Favorite Song Ever

Will CN join other DC (Day Challenge)? In shaa Allah jika ada kesempatan. Tunggu next entri CN yer :)

Love,

Day 10: Your Favorite Song Ever

TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE STAR

Salam Rabu you all :)

Yeay!!! Hari ni dah hari ke-10 untuk Music Challenge ni :)

Yeay!!! CN happy. Hee... Sebabnya, CN berjaya juga laksanakan day challenge ni untuk 10 hari berturut-turut. Rekod terbaik CN sepanjang ber-blogging ni :D

Kenapa CN pilih lagu budak-budak ni as my favorite song ever? :)

Haa, nak tahu kenapa? Hee...

Lagu ni walaupun lagu budak-budak, tapi ada sejarah 'comel' disebalik lagu ni :D Sejarah 'comel'? Hmm... Haa, semakin tertanya-tanya yer apalah yang berlaku disebalik lagu ni. Hehe..

Mai CN nak story sikit dekat you all apalah yang istimewa sangat dengan lagu ni.

Begini ceritanya... 

Day 9: A Song That Makes You Think of Your Family

JOSH GROBAN - YOU RAISE ME UP

Hi all!

Sudah hari ke-9 hari ni :) Yeay!!!

So, untuk Day 9: A Song That Makes You Think of Your Family ni, CN pilih lagu nyanyian Josh Groban iaitu You Raise Me Up :)

CN pasti yang you all biasa dengar lagu ni, kan? Hehe...

You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains

You raise me up to walk on stormy seas

I am strong when I am on your shoulders

You raise me up to more than I can be

Inilah part of this song yang buatkan CN akan ingat pada family CN :)

Without them, CN is nothing.

Without them, CN can't go as far as now. Hehe...

Family is my backbone, my soul. Walaupun CN agak degil, but still I need my family ^^

Stay tuned for tomorrow guys :)

P/s: Thank you for always be there with me 

Day 8: A Song You Are Secretly Obsessed With

FROZEN OST - LET IT GO

Day 8: A Song That You Are Secretly Obsessed With :)

You guys still remember tak untuk Day 6 CN ada mention pasal kekeliruan CN untuk memilih lagu yang paling sesuai dimasukkan dalam kategori 'Song that You Listen To on Repeat'? ^^ Hehe... Well, untuk Day 8 ni, CN pilih OST lagi. Hehe... Yer, OST dari movie Frozen lagi :)

Nampak tak situ yang CN ni memang minat dengan this movie? Hehe... Previously CN dah pun pilih 1 OST dari movie ni, kan? This time, once again CN memilih OST movie ini :)

Kalau sebelum ini Princess Anna dan Prince Hans berduet, kali ini kita bagi chance the Queen untuk nyanyi pula :)

So, inilah lagu yang CN secretly obsessed with -->> Let It Go

CN actually secretly obsessed with few part of the lyric in this song. Ada sedikit ala-ala lagu Brave yang CN share dengan you all untuk Day 1 sebelum ni :)

Macam beri semangat dan kekuatan untuk buat apa saja dan pergi lebih jauh walau apapun yang dah berlaku. Hehe...

Ni dia full lyric lagu ini. Agak-agak you all part mana yang CN secretly obsessed tu? Hehe...

The snow glows white on the mountain tonight,

not a footprint to be seen.

A kingdom of isolation and it looks like I'm the queen.

The wind is howling like this swirling storm inside.

Couldn't keep it in, Heaven knows I tried.

Don't let them in, don't let them see.

Be the good girl you always have to be.

Conceal, don't feel, don't let them know.

Well, now they know!

Let it go, let it go!

Can't hold it back any more.

Let it go, let it go!

Turn away and slam the door.

I don't care what they're going to say.

Let the storm rage on.

The cold never bothered me anyway.

It's funny how some distance,

makes everything seem small.

And the fears that once controlled me, can't get to me at all

It's time to see what I can do,

to test the limits and break through.

No right, no wrong, no rules for me.

I'm free!

Let it go, let it go.

I am one with the wind and sky.

Let it go, let it go.

You'll never see me cry.

Here I'll stand, and here I'll stay.

Let the storm rage on.

My power flurries through the air into the ground.

My soul is spiraling in frozen fractals all around

And one thought crystallizes like an icy blast

I'm never going back; the past is in the past!

Let it go, let it go.

And I'll rise like the break of dawn.

Let it go, let it go

That perfect girl is gone

Here I stand, in the light of day.

Let the storm rage on!

The cold never bothered me anyway...

Till we meet again tomorrow, stay tuned and keep on supporting CN :)

Day 7: A Song That You Hate

ROSSA - KU MENUNGGU

Hi all! 

CN sebenarnya teramat pening bila perlu pilih lagu untuk Day 7 ni. Huhu... Seriously pening you all. Hehe... Pening sebab CN perlu fikir lagu apa yang CN tak suka. I don't really want to say I hate the song. Hehe... Cuma CN kurang suka, tak berapa suka, tak berkenan di hati. Hehe...

Dan akhirnya... CN pilih lagu ini, Ku Menunggu nyanyian Rossa. Huhu... Kalau you all perasan, the melody is for lagu Ku Merindu nyanyian Ella & Shah :)

CN is not hating this song, but actually ada sedikit kisah yang hmm, tak best disebalik lagu ni. Not really related to the lyric, but somehow it all started because of CN tak suka lirik lagu ni. Huhu...

Hmm... 

Should I share with you guys what had happened? Hmm... No need, I think. Hehe... Since ia adalah kisah lalu yang dah pun berlalu lama, so it's better if we keep moving on, kan? :)

Apa yang CN boleh katakan di sini adalah, CN sebenarnya tak ada lagu yang CN betul-betul benci, cuma lagu yang CN kurang gemar ja adalah. Hehe...

Well, till we meet again tomorrow. Enjoy the song guys :)

P/s: CN dah lama maafkan makhluk-NYA itu ^^

Salam Maal Hijrah 1436

Credit to Google Image 

Salam 1 Muharram 1436H :)

Dah masuk tahun baru hijrah hari ini. CN harap bermulanya tahun baru hijrah ini, makanya ia menjadi titik tolak untuk kita sama-sama memperbaik diri dan menambah baik mana-mana kekurangan yang ada.  CN pasti ditahun baru ini, semua mengharapkan yang terbaik, kan? Hehe... CN doakan apa yang you all hajati akan dimakbulkan oleh-NYA, In shaa Allah :)

Salam Maal Hijrah ^^

Keep on supporting CN dan TCN yer :)

Lot of love,

Day 6: A Song You Listen To On Repeat

JASON MRAZ - I WON'T GIVE UP

Yeay!!! We are now reaching the 6th day of this challenge :)

Interesting right to finally, at least reaching up to this day ^^

Day 6: A Song You Listen To On Repeat

Hmm... CN sebenarnya keliru, should I say this song is the one I'm secretly obsessed with or listening to repeatedly? Hehe... Sebabnya CN kind of interested with this song (not really obsess with it, kot. hee...), tapi CN ada juga repeatedly listening to this song. Hehe...

But since CN already chose other song for the song that I'm secretly obsessed with (Day 8), so CN decided to choose this I Won't Give Up by Jason Mraz as the song that I listen to on repeat. Hehe...

Lagu apa untuk Day 8, yang tu you guys have to wait for the next 2 days. Hee...

Wonder why CN chose this song? Hee...

Well, CN sebenarnya suka the phrase 'I won't give up' dalam lagu ni. Hehe... No, I won't give up :)

No matter how hard my life is, no, I won't give up!!! Hee... As long as you still alive, keep on moving, look forward and never turn back. Hehe... Tiba-tiba macam ada sesi motivasi pula di sini yer. Hehe... Maaf yer...

Walaupun lagu ni sebenarnya lebih sesuai untuk menggambarkan usaha mendapatkan atau dekat pada seseorang, tapi bagi CN ia juga sesuai untuk pelbagai usaha atau apa-apa yang kita lakukan. Yang baik-baik saja yer. Hee...

So, CN pun tak nak you all give up upon anything that you guys plan atau apa-apa yang you guys nak. Usaha, tawakal and put your trust in Allah.

NO, I WON'T GIVE UP!!! :)


Till we meet again tomorrow, In shaa Allah ^^

Day 5: A Song That Makes You Want to Dance

SUPER JUNIOR - MR. SIMPLE

Sudah hari ke-5 hari ni. Hee... Yeay!!!

Day 5: A Song That Makes You Want to Dance ^^

Starting from Day 1 till yesterday, CN pilih lagu-lagu Inggeris dan Melayu (Indonesia). Untuk Day 5 ni, CN decided untuk 'lari' ke Korea kejap. Hehe... Ke Korea ke kita. Hee...

CN memilih Super Junior dengan lagu mereka Mr. Simple as the song that makes me want to dance :)

Hehe... CN ni sebenarnya fans Super Junior tau. Tapi bukanlah die-hard fans mereka. Fans biasa-biasa ja. Hee... Dan tidaklah semua tentang SJ ni CN tahu.  Fans apa la CN ni kan. Hehe... Kata fans SJ, tapi tak tahu banyak tentang mereka :D

Kenapa dalam banyak-banyak lagu SJ ni, CN pilih lagu ni? 

Sebabnya... Bila CN dengar lagu ni, kaki tangan CN ni macam terasa pantas ja nak menari bersama mereka. Tangan especially. Hehe... Kalau you all baca lirik lagu ni, somehow you all mungkin terasa nak menari juga, kot. Hehe... 

Ni haa, CN provide the lyric of this song in English saja. In Korean language, you guys tanya Encik Google yer. Hehe...

"You don't get mad that the world doesn't go your way..." :)

Day 4: A Song You Would Sing to Your Crush

SHANIA TWAIN - FROM THIS MOMENT ON

We meet again today. It's already day 4 today. Hehe... Wahhh, CN dah berjaya laksanakan 3 hari cabaran muzik ni. Good job CN! Hee... Aishhh, puji diri sendiri pula CN ni. Hehe...

Day 4: A Song You Would Sing to Your Crush :)

This time, CN tak pening sangat nak fikir apa lagu yang CN teringin (konon-kononnya la. hee...) nak nyanyikan pada crush CN. Hehe... Sebabnya CN memang suka dengan lagu ni. Hehe...

Haa, CN telah memilih lagu From This Moment On nyanyian Shania Twain ni untuk dinyanyikan kepada crush CN or maybe calon crush CN. Hee... Aikkk, ada pula calon crush yer. Hehe... Sabar jelah you all :D

I do swear that I'll always be there

I'd give anything and everything and I will always care

Through weakness and strength, happiness and sorrow
For better for worse, I will love you with
every beat of my heart

From this moment life has begun
From this moment you are the one
Right beside you is where I belong
From this moment on

From this moment I have been blessed
I live only for your happiness
And for your love I'd give my last breath
From this moment on

I give my hand to you with all my heart
Can't wait to live my life with you, can't wait to start
You and I will never be apart
My dreams came true because of you

From this moment as long as I live
I will love you, I promise you this
There is nothing I wouldn't give
From this moment on

You're the reason I believe in love
And you're the answer to my prayers from up above
All we need is just the two of us
My dreams came true because of you

From this moment as long as I live
I will love you, I promise you this
There is nothing I wouldn't give
From this moment on
I will love you as long as I live
From this moment on

Rasanya CN tak perlu really explain why CN choose this song, kan? Hehe... From the lyric you guys dah boleh agak kenapa CN pilih lagu ni. Hee... Terjiwang karat pula CN dekat sini. Hehe...

So, kita tunggu esok apa agaknya lagu pilihan CN yer :)


Stay tuned guys ^^

Day 3: A Song That Makes You Laugh

FROZEN OST - LOVE IS AN OPEN DOOR

Tiba pula hari ketiga Music Challenge ni. Hehe...

Day 3: A Song That Makes You Laugh :)

CN sebenarnya agak pening juga memikirkan lagu apa agaknya yang membuatkan CN senyum dan tertawa apabila mendengarnya. Hehe... Baru third day CN dah pening fikir. Hee...

Dalam sibuk-sibuk fikir, CN teringat filem animasi Frozen yang CN tengok banyakkk kali. Hehe... Filem animasi yang sangat comel. Princess Elsa (Queen Elsa) dan adiknya Princess Anna. Hehe... CN nak jadi princess mana satu ni? CN yer? Hmm, CN nak jadi Princess Elsa a.k.a Queen Elsa. Kenapa Elsa? Sebab... Elsa tegas, very protective, loving and caring. Hehe...

Dah puas fikir, akhirnya lagu ni, Love Is An Open Door menjadi pilihan CN. Cinta adalah pintu yang terbuka. Hee... A very direct translation, kan. Hehe :)

Dan, kenapa CN pilih lagu ni bukan OST lain dalam animasi ni? Hee...

Everytime CN dengar lagu ni, seriously memang CN akan senyum-senyum. Rasa macam comelll ja. Hehe... Rasa macam berbunga-bunga cinta gitu. Rasa macam nak dancing together with them pun ada juga. Hee... Tak ada specific reason kenapa CN pilih lagu ni sebenarnya. Mungkin disebabkan kecomelan dua-dua karakter Princess Anna dan Prince Hans kot, yang membuatkan CN tertarik lebih kepada lagu ni berbanding OST Frozen yang lain. Hehe...

Tomorrow is the fourth day of this challenge. Lagu apa agaknya untuk esok yer. Hehe...

Stay tuned and keep on supporting CN ^^

Day 2: A Song They Should Play at Your Wedding

ARI LASSO FT. BUNGA CITRA LESTARI - AKU DAN DIRIMU

Lets continue with Day 2: A Song They Should Play at Your Wedding :)

Puas juga CN fikir-fikir lagu apa agaknya CN nak sangatttt dimainkan sewaktu wedding CN nanti. Nanti tu bila CN? Hehe... Bila yer? Hmm, CN masih fikir-fikir lagi bila agaknya. Belum pasti tarikhnya lagi. Calon pun masih disenarai pendek lagi ni. Hehe...

As per video above, CN memilih lagu nyanyian Ari Lasso dan BCL iaitu Aku dan Dirimu untuk dimainkan sewaktu wedding CN nanti. Hehe...

Kenapa CN pilih lagu ni? Hee...

Kenapa yer? Hmm... CN sebenarnya teringin nak berduet dengan encik hubby CN sewaktu wedding we all nanti. Tidaklah secara specific lagu ini, cumanya bila difikir-fikirkan, lagu ni yang menduduki carta nombor 1 dalam list lagu-lagu yang CN fikirkan. Hee... Walaupun CN ni sangatlahhh shy bila perlu menyanyi depan public. Yelah, suara kita ni bukan semerdu suara Siti Nurhaliza. Hehe... 

CN rasa lagu ni sesuai  untuk menggambarkan rasa hati CN yang terpendam sekian lama terhadap prince charming CN tu selepas si dia halal untuk CN dan begitu juga sebaliknya. Siapakah beliau? Hee... You all doakan yang terbaik untuk CN yer :)

Sweet tak CN ni? Hehe...

Hari kedua -->> BERJAYA!!! :)

So, let us wait for tomorrow. Lagu apa agaknya yer esok. Hehe...

Stay tuned,

Day 1: A Song That Remind You of Yourself

SARA BAREILLES - BRAVE

Day 1 started. Hehe...

So, for Day 1: A Song That Remind You of Yourself, lagu nyanyian Sara Bareilles bertajuk BRAVE ni, menjadi pilihan CN :)

Kenapa? Hmm, kenapa yer. Hee...

Lagu ni, bagi CN sangat bermakna. Seorang sahabat lama CN yang menujukan lagu ini untuk CN. Kata beliau, lagu ni untuk beri CN semangat dalam usaha CN melaksanakan misi diet dan keep fit. Hehe... Thank you so much dear Mai for your endless support. Aku sayang kau ketat-ketat. Hehe... 

Lagu ni banyak beri CN semangat untuk menjayakan misi CN. Alhamdulillah, CN berjaya, walaupun sebenarnya belum betul-betul berjaya. Hehe... Misi diet dan keep fit CN terus berjalan walaupun ada masanya CN 'main tipu' dengan diri sendiri. Hehe... Sabar jelah :)

Mungkin juga lagu ini sesuai untuk you guys yang merasa kurang yakin atau kurang semangat untuk lakukan sesuatu. CN harap you all will gain some courage to do whatever you guys wanted to do after listening to this song ^^

I'm done with Day 1 challenge. Lets wait for the next day challenge.

Stay tuned :)

10 Days Music Challenge

Ada yang dah mula rindu cerita kembara CN yang tak seberapa ni ke? Hehe... Apa dia? Tak ada. Aishh, sedih CN macam ni. Hehe... Kalau ada yang terbaca update entry terbaru CN pasal MISI MENYELAMAT: MAYDAY! MAYDAY!, mesti anda akan tahu kenapa tiada update terbaru daripada CN, kan? Huhu... 

Memandangkan CN masih lagi dalam proses melaksanakan 'misi menyelamat' ni, makanya CN sedikit rajin untuk ber-blogwalking ke blog rakan-rakan blogger tersayang. Hehe... Dan... CN tertarik hati dengan 10 Days Music Challenge yang disertai oleh adik CT (SITI.YANG.MENAIP) iaitu Cabaran Muzik 10 Hari yang dibuat oleh Budak (Hikayat Seorang Budak). Kalau you all berminat nak tahu lebih lanjut berkaitan 10 days music challenge, you all boleh klik ja link berwarna biru, purple dan merah dalam paragraph ni yer :)

Adik CT pun ada buat 10 days challenge juga tau. Hehe... Bila CN baca 10 days challenge adik CT, CN pun rasa nak try. Hehe... Dan CN rasa challenge yang adik CT buat, fuhhh agak mencabar dan lebih mencabar. Hehe... Once CN done with 10 days music challenge, CN akan cuba untuk melaksanakan challenge yang adik CT buat tu, In shaa Allah :)

If you all interested to join 10 Days Music Challenge, boleh ke link berikut -->> 10 Days Music Challenge by Budak

If you guys interested to join October 10 Days Challenge by Siti Yang Menaip, klik link berikut yer -->> October 10 Days Challenge by CT

Macam panjang sangat pula intro CN ni. Hehe... Okay, okay. Hee... To make it short, In shaa Allah CN cuba laksanakan 10 Days Music Challenge ni yer :)

Fighting CN!!! :)

Nak tahu apakah hasilnya dari 10 Days Music Challenge yang CN join ni, you all have to wait till tomorrow :)

Stay tuned and keep on supporting CN ^^

Salam kembara,

Misi Menyelamat: Mayday! Mayday!

Help!!!!

Mayday!

Mayday!

Mayday!

CN ada misi penting sekarang. CN tahu, mesti you all wonder kenapa tiba-tiba entry pembuka Oktober CN ni adalah MISI MENYELAMAT, kan??? Hee...

Misi menyelamat yang dimaksudkan adalah -->> MISI MENYELAMATKAN GAMBAR-GAMBAR untuk entri baru CN.

Out of sudden, laptop yang menyimpan gambar-gambar untuk TCN ni 'sakit'. Menyedihkan betul. Huhu... Semua gambar untuk TCN hanya disimpan di dalam laptop itu. CN belum sempat nak backup lagi semua gambar yang ada tu. Huhu... Sungguhhhh menyedihkan, merisaukan...

You all doakan CN berjaya yer dalam misi ini :)

Salam kembara,