The doors of Venus Ballroom opened at 1pm with hopes that this could be a great start for an event to start on time. The buffet spread located at the right side, and well sorted seats gave signals that this will. The host, ‘confused rock chick’, (that’s the exact word how the introduction was done) Aura Shai, from Ria 89.7FM appeared. She got the ball rolling by randomly selecting fans to sing some liners to some songs, namely ‘Nyanyian Sepasang Hati’ – that is Anuar & Ellina’s famous number during the childhood glory.

3.41pm for the whole show to began was definitely ridiculous! It was draggy and made most fans cranky. We do understand how events work. Not really a fan of the “sabo” segments to be picked to sing on stage though, sorry. Oops! Can’t help cringing. There were much more ardent fans at the event who would probably have traded places with some others to sing on stage, given the chance.

Nevertheless, Anuar with his charm, (we seriously don’t know how he do this all the time) and Ziana’s interactive humor made up for the long wait. Their endless conversations and internal jokes made us felt like as though we had known them for a long time as they share casual banters – ‘Kita kan jarang berjumpa, tapi bila jumpa, Nuar nyanyi lagu saya, saya nyanyi lagu Nuar’

Many were swept off their feet, especially the girls who were lucky enough to be serenaded face to face by Anuar. Save for some ladies who kissed and hugged Abang Nuar, we applaud the rest who enjoyed good clean fun. Sorry, makcik, we had to minus all your points for talking so loud during the entire performance. The time spent and whatever time we had left, with Anuar and Ziana were filled up with most to most 5 songs by each of them, which lasted till 5pm. You do the math. Definitely not enough for we hoped it would be an entire four hours showcase – especially since this is their first appearance together. The fantastic duo made us fall in love all over again, even with the heartbreaking numbers.

Other than the haunting ‘Lelaki Ini’, Anuar also performed ‘Ketulusan Hati’, ‘Kau Bunga Cintaku’, ‘Keabadian Cinta’ and ‘Perpisahan’. He generously croon to ‘Hanya Milikmu’ and a snippet of his new song as teasers, in his own special way of making the audiences anticipate for more and went almost crazy. Now, get this – Anuar’s new single is set to release in September.

Ziana, or her full name, Siti Roziana Zain (we cannot help noticing her similiarity with our jazzy songbird, Rozeanna) got us thinking how a mother of four could look that hot singing her first hit, ‘Madah Berhelah’, ‘Kalau Mencari Teman’ and the most recent, ‘Dingin’ to name a few.

The siblings did not miss the chance for an impromptu duet with Anuar being the first to sing ‘Menadah Gerimis’.

Overall, good attempt for Artista Entertainment Solutions for bringing the duo to Singapore. We hope there would be earlier publicity and more invitations handed out to all media friends in Singapore. Everyone says ‘Singapore’s entertainment industry is too small’ and with that, the better we can manage it!