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Singing Out Loud

English College young and energetic Form 1 student, Ahmad Faiz Bin Najib Omar has won the silver medal in ‘Superstar Me! JB’ held by ‘The Great Eastern’ associated with the ‘Asia’s Got Talent’ just right behind an 8-year-old girl named Grace Lee.

   Let’s see what he has got to share with us!

E- The Editors
F- Ahmad Faiz Bin Najib Omar


E: Who was the one who inspired you to sing?
F: Well, it was my Dad, because he could sing. I started singing at the age of 3.
My Dad and my Mum thought that I was gifted in this talent, so they registered me in this competition for my first kind of exposure.

E: Did you feel nervous or shy on stage because of your young age?
F: Yes! Number one is that I am young and number two, there were a lot of
    people over there in the audience. We were at at City Square, Johor Bahru
and people were watching me, I was so afraid. But I thought to myself that it’s
the time for me to show my own talents. I just conquered my fear.

E: How do you feel after winning a place in the competition?
F:  I felt great, I felt super great, yeah.

E: What would you like to say about losing the championship to a younger girl?
F:  Em, well, I feel ordinary about it, it’s a natural thing. That girl is awesome, I’d
 seen her performing at SIGS and also for the MBC. She’s a very talented girl
 and she loves to dance too, yeah.

E: Would you ever consider to take on the singing industry after secondary school?
F:  I started singing as a natural hobby. I was not thinking about being a singer, I
 want to be an architect instead. Thus, I’ll just take singing as a hobby as well as
 an entertainment for everyone. So I guess it’s a ‘NO’ .

E: Do you like any other activity apart from singing?
F: Well, I love cooking and drawing. I help my Dad when he cooks at home. He’s
a chef. I started doing so when I was 5 years old.

E: If you have been given a chance to collaborate with any international or local
artiste, who would you choose?
F: I will pick Sam Smith, Shila Amzah and Yuna. I love their songs so much that I
have memorised all the lyrics. They are indeed amazing on stage. Shila Amzah    
can sing  Chinese songs, and I love Chinese songs actually, but not a lot. And  
Yuna, she’s now so famous in America, it’s so awesome that a Malaysian can
actually take the whole stage to the United States. I like Sam Smith’s vocals, it’s
some kind of a free style that he’s using. ‘Lay Me Down’ is such amusing and   
inspiring.


By,Euan Thum,Collaborated with Jackson Ong,Editors of The Literary, Drama & Debating Society,English College Johor Bahru.
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