Breeze of Mint

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Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:39:39 GMT

http://forum.citrapariwara.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=40

Terima kasih banyak buat semua pihak yang sudah memeberi bala bantuan kepada ALBERTUS PUTRI--Albertus Eko & Acynthia Putri--dan tak lupa kawan kami tersayang, JOKO LENTERO.

Sampai sejauh ini kami berhasil masuk 10 besar finalis BG Award Citra Pariwara 2009.

Tim kami akan berusaha supaya tidak mempermalukan Tanah Kubur dan Per-Halloween-an Jawa di Jakarta. Dapet piala atau nggak, pokoknya kami akan berusaha memberi yang terbaik dalam penugasan berikutnya di ibukota nanti. Sukur-sukur bisa menggondol Bronze lagi. ~~Silver atau Gold juga nggak nolak kok.~~ Tapi kalo pun cuma bisa bertahan sebagai finalis, NOTHING TO LOSE!

Di dalam kubur, dalam karung atau di mana pun, stay online!!!
Joko Lentero tetap ada di hati (hati gue doang sih kayaknya, hahaha).

MATUR TENGKYU!!!

~~For my Dear God, Papa, Mama, Sisters, Brothers, Friends... Akiya, Reno, Tora, Zero, Manabu, dst dst I love you!~~ *kabur*

\:D/

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:04:47 GMT

Kita-kita di sini mungkin banyak yang demen main Facebook, Twitter, Myspace, dll... naaa ceritanya, baru tau nih (biarin deh klo telat)... di Jepang yang populer adalah social network bernama Mixi (http://mixi.jp).

Situs jejaring sosial yang hanya bisa diikuti oleh mereka yang punya alamat dan nomor telepon Jepang ini cuma menggunakan bahasa Jepang (maksudnya gak ada English versionnya) dan sistemnya invitation-only alias hanya bisa diikuti oleh orang yang emang di-invite sama member Mixi. Waaoow... eksklusif sekali. :)

Yang lebih menarik, ternyata founder-nya adalah orang Indonesia bernama Batara Kesuma atau sekarang dikenal dengan nama Batara Eto. Keren yah? :)

Selengkapnya baca aja di Gogirl!. Kalo diliat-liat, tampang Batara Eto emang Jepang banget... gue rasa memang pas kok jadi orang Jepang. xD

ps. Kangen ama (blog) Reno... :P

Sora...

Sat, 18 Apr 2009 06:56:25 GMT

It was a lovely Saturday.

And right now, LJ already quit being annoying. I'm thankful.

O_O

Sun, 01 Mar 2009 07:22:03 GMT

WHAT???

NO!!! HINATA

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Terlambat satu hari.

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 15:35:13 GMT

Persis ketika orang udah siap-siap mo pulang dari kantor, ujan turun. Langsung "bres!!", deres.

[Catatan 16 Februari 2009]

Waktu ujan turun deres itu saya belum bener-bener mau pulang sih. Tepatnya saya lagi nyari moment tepat untuk pamitan pulang.

Konon, saya itu tipe plegmatis. Tipe orang yang ngga bisa bilang sesuatu secara gamblang. Bilang mau pulang duluan aja ngulur-ulur sampe akhirnya pulang terakhir, bukan pulang duluan. Ini ngga ada hubungannya sama rasa takut, wong orang-orang di kantor saya itu baik-baik semua dan saya ngga pernah takabur minta pulang sebelum jam 5. Jadi sebenernya ngga ada alasan utk ngga enak mo pamit pulang duluan. Toh hampir tiap hari saya memang tergolong pulang duluan--jam 17.30, misalnya, sementara yang lain masih ngendon sampe jam 18.00 atau bahkan sampe malem ntah jam brapa.
Tapi begitulah orang tipe plegmatis (klo personality tes yang saya ambil ga salah, haha...).

Akhirnya, karena ujan, saya malah jadi nulis ini instead of going home.
Hari ini saya ngantornya telat. Telat tapi izin dulu sama Creative Director saya dong. Pasalnya, saya musti bayar SPP dulu di kampus dan ternyata antriannya aduhai panjang nian. Sampe kantor, CD saya lagi pitching, jadi ga ada di tempat. Saya nganggur hari ini. Tapi thanks to Fuad, saya dipinjemin buku ketiganya Budiman Hakim yang emang udah saya masukin wish list sejak zaman kapan, tapi belom kebeli juga. Akhirnya malah tuntas saya baca di kantor hari ini. Duh, padahal udah sempet sesumbar sama Oom Bud lewat fesbuk kalo saya bakal beli bukunya yang berjudul "Sex After Dugem" itu. Kalo nanti ada budget, saya pasti beli kok... soalnya emang dari buku pertama saya udah beli, jadi lebih asik kalo punya komplit.

Buku Oom Bud yang ketiga ini nafasnya lebih segar, memang tepat kalo dibilang 'catatan seorang copywriter', jadi bukan semata-mata 'buku'. Isinya cenderung ke pengalaman hidup yang memunculkan beragam insight yang--jujur aja--sebagian besar bikin saya kaget. Cerita yang dibagikan Oom Bud dalam bukunya ini jadi membuka wawasan saya tentang lifestyle dan drama-drama kehidupan yang ngga pernah saya ketahui sebelumnya. Mulai dari tendensi orang ngesex habis dugem tanpa tau sebelumnya bahwa partner sex-nya adalah 'gendruwo yg nyamar jadi bidadari' (begitu istilah yang dipake Oom Bud); istilah "tanda tangan di atas perut" kalo SPG abis "dipake" sama calon client--sampe perangai aneh gay yang mendeskripsikan skill berbahasa Inggrisnya: "fluent in English; oral and anal".

Kok saya ngutip yang berbau porno semua ya?
Ralat. Banyak juga kok kisah-kisah menyentuh tapi tetep kocak. Misalnya tentang Oom Bud yang nunggu kelahiran putra pertamanya dan menamainya persis seperti tokoh pembunuh bayaran baik hati di film favoritnya; persahabatan Oom Bud dengan berbagai orang (mulai dari pecinta alam yang keren, si Betawi yang dijulukin Muka Anjing sampe alm. Taufik Savalas yang baik hati); bahkan proses Oom Bud ngelamar istrinya dulu juga bikin senyum-senyum antara geli, touched sambil pengen kentut (soalnya saya duduk deket AC, dingin.. hehe).

Ngebaca buku Oom Bud kali ini bikin saya makin heran, kok kehidupan Oom Bud berwarna-warni sekali sih? Mulai dari orang-orang di sekitar beliau sampe kejadian-kejadian yang kebetulan menimpa beliau pun banyak yang unik. Berapa banyak sih orang yang ke cafe sendirian untuk nonton live music tapi malah digodain bule resek yang ujung-ujungnya gay dan bersuami pula? Trus, berapa orang sih yang punya karyawan gay, lalu suatu hari ga sengaja mergokin karyawannya itu pas telanjang bulat di kamar mandi? Hahahaha... aneh-aneh memang peristiwa yang menimpa Oom Bud (dan kenapa ada aja yang berbau gay ya?).

Lebih dari itu semua, saya heran sama kejujuran dan kekuatan Oom Bud dalam menceritakan semua pengalamannya itu. Apa yang membuat hidup Oom Bud serasa begitu berwarna mungkin juga karena sikapnya terhadap hidup itu sendiri. Simpelnya, mo ngalamin kejadian segila apa pun, kalo orangnya lempeng aja (kaya saya), kejadian gila itu juga bakal jadi flat. Tapi karena pribadi Oom Bud yang sedikit banyak bisa dibilang unik, asik dan menggelitik--kehidupannya pun terasa demikian di mata saya.

Buku ini emang lebih ke entertaining daripada educating, menurut saya (bukan berarti ga bisa belajar apa pun dari buku ini lho). Tapi saya malah bersyukur ngga menemukan teori-teori copywriting dan periklanan di dalam buku "Sex After Dugem" ini. Saya menemukan dunia baru--yang bagi saya ga gitu penting itu fiktif atau fakta; yang jelas saya bisa ngeliat warna-warna baru dalam kehidupan yang sama sekali lain dari kehidupan saya. Saya bukan mendengarkan cerita seorang copywriter atau Creative Director MACS909, tapi saya menyimak seorang laki-laki yang sedang bertutur tentang hidup dengan sudut pandangnya. Saya tidak berpikir keras, saya hanya ingin tertawa lepas dan terharu sampai puas sambil menikmati imajinasi saya yang dengan ajaib ber-fusion-ria dengan tulisan-tulisan Budiman Hakim.

Saya makin yakin betapa fun-nya menulis; betapa asyik mengamati kejadian seremeh temeh apa pun dalam hidup kita. Jadi sadar bahwa dunia saya sekarang ini masih sangat sempit. Kegilaan-kegilaan dari buku ketiga Oom Bud ini membuat saya 'melek' akan banyak hal di luar sana (termasuk yang porno, haha). Bukan mustahil kelak saya mampu memperluas dunia saya sendiri dengan menjadi kreatif dalam hidup. Saya percaya kreativitas tidak terbatas di ruang lingkup seni atau iklan saja. Kreativitas dalam hidup justru bisa kita pakai di mana pun dan kapan pun. Seperti itulah saya ingin memperluas dunia saya.

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It's shocking anyway.

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 15:00:43 GMT

I actually have another entry to post tonight but suddenly I'm not in the mood after I heard the news about Miyavi graduating from PSC. Not a big deal, logically, because Miyavi is still Miyavi and he won't quit being a musician.

But I can't deny that I feel a little emotional about this sudden decision. Especially because all PSC artists have made a special memory together that is hard to forget even by the audience, like myself.

Hmm, well, I hope Miyavi will create better music after he's out from PSC too.

Good luck!

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Visual Kei Meme

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:09:09 GMT

Took this from kazu_kireta!
~~Yay we both love Akiya and Shou.~~ xD

♪visual you♪
1. Is your nickname/username related to visual kei? If so, how?
→ "Hayaku"? Nope. I got it from Hyde's first line in his first movie "Moon Child".

2. How old are you?
→ 21 ~~(Why age? Why? Why?)~~ xD

3. Where do you live?
→ Indonesia

4. How long have you been into visual kei?
→ Lemme count............ ah, around 6 years.

5. How did you first find out about visual kei?
→ Searching about Hyde → Found L'Arc~en~ciel → Found Dir en grey = Found Visual Kei!

6. Can you explain why you were first drawn to visual kei and why you're still into it now?
→ Too unique to be ignored.

7. Who was your first visual band? (Bonus points if it's not Dir en grey or Malice Mizer!)
→ Sorry, it's Dir en grey because 6 years ago it's one of the most obvious VK bands. :P

8. Do you dress in a "visual" style?
→ No.

9. Do you cosplay, or would you like to cosplay? If so, what band/member?
→ No.

10. Do you consider yourself an elitist?
→ What? No.

♪visual favourites♪
1. Favourite band?
→ A LOT, BABY!! Kagrra,, alicenine., D'espairsRay, Mix Speaker's, Inc.,... ETC ETC

2. Favourite overall musician?
→ Akiya (Kagrra,)

3. Favourite vocalist?
→ Hizumi (D'espairsRay)

4. Favourite guitarist?
→ Akiya (Kagrra,) and Tora (alicenine.)

5. Favourite bassist?
→ Zero (D'espairsRay)

6. Favourite drummer?
→ Shinya (Dir en grey) and Tsukasa (D'espairsRay)

7. Favourite songwriter/lyricist?
→ Shou (alicenine.) and Miki (Mix Speaker's, Inc.)

8. Favourite song?
→ Are you kidding me? There'll be a flood of song titles here!
But recently, [KIND] and [Underworld.B'W] by SCISSOR always make me happy.

9. Favourite PV (promo vid)?
→ [Kotodama] by Kagrra, ; [Rainbows] by alicenine.

10. Favourite visual style (kote-kei, nagoya-kei, oshare-kei, etc)?
→ None in particular. Whatever looks cool.

11. Favourite genre (metal, rock, punk, pop rock, etc)?
→ Anything but mostly rock, pop, alternative metal.

12. Favourite visual label?
→ From marketing point of view, PSC.

13. Favourite "eye candy" band member?
→ Tora (alice nine.)

14. Indies or Major?
→ Doesn't matter.

♪visual knowledge♪
1. Do you like Dir en grey back when they were visual?
→ Not a huge fan of their VK look, but since they're my 1st VK band, I listened to their music a lot during high school.

2. Do you like Malice Mizer (and which vocalist?)
→ I only liked some of their music. Hmm... both Gackt and Klaha have a nice voice and I don't think it's necessary to choose. xD

3. Do you like Mana?
→ Nope.

4. Do you like Kisaki?
→ Nope.

5. Do you know who Kenzi is?
→ Who?

7. Do you like hide? Do you think he deserves all the hype he gets even now?
→ Not a fan, but of course he deserves all the love!

8. Do you think X Japan started the visual kei movement?
→ Hm? I think so.

9. Do you like Kuroyume, Luna Sea, or L'arc~en~ciel?
→ I like L'Arc. There's one Kuroyume song which I liked. And yep--starting in 2007 I like Luna Sea because of noirsama.

10. Do you consider yourself knowledgable regarding visual kei?
→ I guess so.

♪visual in-depth♪
1. Who do you think are the most notable visual bands in the last five years?
→ the GazettE, alicenine. and Sid.

2. Are you into older visual kei (90s to late 90s/early 2000) more so than the newer bands?
→ As long as they're good, even if they come from early 3000, I'll stick to them. *bashed*

3. What do you think of the current trends in visual kei?
→ The old VK: More casual.
The new VK: More accessories, blog and camwhoring.

4. What disbanded band do you miss the most?
→ None, so far. DON'T.

5. What do you think about the massive amount of online popularity that visual kei has been gaining overseas in the last 5 or so years?
→ INTERNET = THE NEW GATE OF THE WORLD.
I approve, if that's the matter. Bcoz that's how I became a fan too.

6. How do you feel about visual kei CDs and magazines being offered in Hot Topic?
→ It has no effect to me since I never buy CDs and magz from them.

7. What do you think about females finally being able to make a break in the visual scene?
→ I still haven't noticed them, so I can't say much. But IMHO, in this scene, they (females) have to work hard to fight the hegemony of "men rule VK world".

8. What do you think about overseas fans vs Japanese fans?
→ There's no "VS". All fans of VK should be buddies!

9. Would you go to Japan just to see visual bands live?
→ If I have the money and opportunity.

10. What do you really dislike about visual kei?
→ Yaoish fan service. But I have no problem with those who like it.

♪wrap up♪
1. What did you think of this meme, especially in comparison to other vk memes?
→ It's long. *bashed* And pretty detail too.

2. Will you pass this around to your friends? :D
→ I'll just post this and everyone may take it if they want, okay?

3. No question -- ?
→ Definitely no since I have no idea who will answer. o_O

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Woohoo!

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 06:27:39 GMT

I "escaped" for a while from office during lunch time... hehehe... *evil*

Don't get me wrong though, internship is fun.
Let's go back to the office then.

A lot of updates here in LJ, for now I still can't follow...

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:)

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 04:50:18 GMT

Happy Chinese New Year

..for everyone who celebrates it this day... ^___^

HAVE A NICE DAY YOU ALL!! ♥

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Fiuh~

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 15:38:15 GMT

Somehow I'm not really sure anymore about the topic I found earlier for my mini-thesis .

Also, one day I thought I already found another topic for backup; but now I can't remember what it was.

Was I only dreaming or what? o_O

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Getting Vandalized

Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:27:28 GMT

Just received it today.

Album: VANDALIZE
Artist: alice nine.
Release date: January 14th, 2009

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I listen to it using earphone, so that's why it's pretty detail and tiring. xD;
But anyways, I love writing reviews.
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1. the beautiful name: The instrument composition gives you a romantic-nice feeling, even a bit dreamy. And with the orchestra, this song sounds more sophisticated and mature. The title has said it all, it's beautiful. It makes me imagine that this song is meant to be sang for the most beautiful girl in the world. xD This feeling gets stronger when I watch the PV; there're a lot of beautiful views of blue sky, white clouds, million stars on the velvet sky... bottom line; it's a lovely, mature lead song.

2. Hyakka Ryouran: Despite of the uncomfortably 'sudden' intro, this song is full of spirit. There's a bit techno touch in it, sounds pretty cool. Personally, I love the duet guitar works (instrumental part). Combined with Shou's beautiful flowing voice--they stole my attention. So far this song doesn't give me a big impression, but it's still a good song with an interesting feeling.

3. Rainbows: I just love this song, from the very first time I heard it. It gives me both 'cool' and 'fun' feeling. This track is, I think, one of alicenine.'s "new discoveries" because the style, composition and also the whole arrangement are very fresh; different from most of their previous works. Rainbows is always my all-time favorite, I cannot not pay attention to the solo guitar works of both Tora and Hiroto--and of course Saga's bass line sounds really thick and catchy too; a very important element to this song, I may say.

4. Kiss twice, kiss me deadly: Another new discovery. Very catchy, sexy--unforgettable. Interesting composition (especially the instrumentals) and very fun to listen to. The guitar works from both guitarists are combined very nicely; sexy thick bass line as well--perfectly support the image of the song. Of course with the help of sexy woman back vocals too. ;] I get both modern and oldies feelings from this song. Yep, overall very fun.

5. Cross game: For me this is not very easy listening, but at the same time it's actually catchy. I gotta say the guitar works are MAGICAL--first I only liked this song for the guitar works and didn't get the whole composition. But, slowly, I can catch up to this song and now I love it so much. I love the arrangement (yes, the instrumental arrangement is in fact very cool). Now this song is one of my favorites.

6. Subaru: A typical "alicenine. ballad". This song reminds me of Eraser or Kousai. Actually I kinda like this kind of feeling in a song. I think this song sounds a bit boring in the beginning, but it gets more interesting and moving when it comes to the bridge (before the first solo guitar). The duet guitar (instrumental) part sounds pretty moving and nice, the beat is also perfect for a ballad.

7. www.: The intro is very catchy; with very cool guitar harmony. The composition sounds a bit similar with Rainbows (you can tell from the verse), unless Rainbows has more 'disco' feeling, somehow. The thick and bold bass line gives a little more 'heavy feeling', along with the rocking guitar sound of course. The dark feeling of this song is very enjoyable. The guitar harmony before instrumental session sounds cool, as well as the solo/duet guitar part; it gives the feeling of 'climbing'. Cool song. Love it!

8. Drella: Man, this song is awesome! It's a metal. Cool beat, Nao, I'm impressed! I love the way Tora and Hiroto's guitar sounds are chasing after one and another; they're pretty intense. Despite the insanely cool dark image of the song, the instrumental composition (guitars, especially) is brilliant. We can here cool solo guitar again after the first one; it's pretty short but cool. I can't help but thinking that Tora was really into metal sound when he's working on this album, like he said in his blog. The ending is also cool. Love this track. The theme is kinda interesting too--Dracula and Cinderella? Hmm...

9. Mirror Ball (Vandalize version): I recognize the intro as one of classical song (dunno the name but I've heard it from The Sims I guess xDD). This is the recorded version of Mirror Ball LIVE (piano) version, I believe? It's pretty--really beautiful piano composition. Perfectly vandalized. ;]

10. Innocence: Introduced with a fast, full-of-spirit dancing cymbals from Nao, this song has quick tempo and light feeling; almost sweet in 'fun' way (or should I say this song really has an 'innocent' feeling in it). The duet guitar works give me a sort of 'floating' feeling, quite nice. It's an easy listening track and fun to sing along too. ^^

11. Waterfall: I like the part where Shou sings in low tones. Very nice. The composition is pretty, as well as the arrangement. The instruments are so well-combined; and there's actually a very interesting guitar effect here during verse, along with the nice flowing beat. The guitar solo/duet part sounds simple and neat. There's this short guitar melody, inserted between the last chorus, sound really beautiful. I think it's very creative. And during outro I can hear Saga's 'sweet' bass line. Nice closing track. ^^

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::I'd say there're more tracks that I like in Vandalize than the previous album, Alpha. The heavy tracks from Vandalize sound more sophisticated too. But, I must say that Alpha also has some fresh and unforgettable tracks such as 9th Revolver and Eraser. Both album have shown very mature progress from the band, but IMHO Vandalize offers some more new colors and complex creativity.
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NOTE:
*The guitar part is my favorite part of any song, so sometimes I'm a bit focused in it.
*Just wanna say that I LOVE [Tsubasa] LIVE which is included in the DVD bonus. The improvisation is good. Perhaps my 2nd favorite after [High Collar Naru Rondo] of the whole Discotheque TOUR FINAL.

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Flowing words...

Sat, 10 Jan 2009 18:53:12 GMT

So, even though my life somehow feels like currently "paused" ; words from my head keep on flowing, escaping like poisoned butterflies that can't survive between damaged flowers they used to live in.

My "healthy life" program were also paused since Christmas holidays and it's time to start all over again. Although, I must be honest, I still can't maintain a "healthy thinking" yet. It's more difficult than doing sports or eating only apples for dinner. Well, only eating apples for dinner sounds brutal too, actually. Definitely not gonna love that idea so much, but my sister recommended it. *snorts*

Anyways, some time ago my father and I went to the family meeting and I kinda enjoyed my time there. Usually I'm not in the mood in every family meeting but last time was pretty lively. I talked much with my cousins--enjoyed cute moments of my young cousins and nephew... also, I took one chance during that time to tell my father that I didn't get the IELSP scholarship. Haha... he's cool with it. Both parents are. I told them that IIEF only picked 88 people from all around Indonesia for this scholarship program (it's true). Only 5 or 6 people from Yogyakarta (city where I live in) who have been selected, while I know there're A LOT of us (from Yogyakarta) who came for interview. This failure didn't make me that sad or disappointed though, because clearly I have a much bigger issue about my internship right now. It's more important.

Well, I have a lot of plans in mind actually, but most of them depend on other people's decision. So, no matter how I try to make things work, as long as I'm not the decision maker, failure is always a possibility. I guess in my case, "luck" is the key... while I'm probably lack of it. ^^;

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Article... (Indonesian)

Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:50:45 GMT

Pulang.

JET LAG!!

Gayanya.

Train-lag kali! Tapi yang penting selamat sampe di Jogja lagi setelah kedinginan di dalem kereta Jakarta-Jogja. Sebenernya banyak banget yg pengen saya tulis.
Well... ini dulu deh... ini foto pas makan yogurt di Sour Sally di FX sama kakak saya; hari ke-3 saya di Jakarta.

Apa yang beda dari "kunjungan saya" ke Jakarta kali ini?
Hmm, malem terakhir saya kemaren (tgl 7), itu pertama kalinya saya naik taksi sendiri dari rumah kakak di Bintaro ke kantornya di Pondok Pinang. Ceritanya dia suruh saya jemput dia karena abis itu kita mo nonton Madagascar 2 di PIM 2.

Nah. Setelah taksi yg udah saya pesen dateng; saya buru-buru keluar rumah, kunci pintu, lalu....... aaah...... ini nih. Gerbang rumah kakak saya kan rewel. Susah banget dikunci dari luar. Alhasil mo masang gembok aja saya ampe ngebikin si supir taksi masygul nungguin. Akhirnya, saya mengerahkan segala kecerdasan saya untuk keluar dari situasi tidak nyaman itu dan.......... saya masukin gembok ama kunci ke dalem tas, masuk taksi lalu KABUR.

...terus apa gunanya coba ada gembok kalo cuma mo dibawa main ke mall?
(ternyata cuma segitu kecerdasannya)
Nyata benar saya sudah menodai esensi fungsional dari seorang gembok.

Sampe di taksi, entah karena khawatir kalo nyasar; entah ngerasa berdosa udah mengkhianati kepercayaan kakak & kakak ipar dengan membiarkan gerbang rumah mereka ga digembok--saya mual-mual. Tapi emang kalo di Jakarta saya punya kecenderungan mabok darat di dalem taksi sih. Untuk ngurangin perasaan berdosa, saya SMS kakak saya, ngasi tau klo gerbang rumah dia bitching around jadi ga bisa digembok dan gemboknya saya bawa. *anak yg jujur*

Sebenernya cuma 1 motivasi yg ngebikin saya berani "jemput orang" sendirian di Jakarta: MEMAKSAKAN DIRI. Jelas. Di kandang sendiri aja (Jogja) saya masih suka nyasar ke mana-mana, lha ini naik taksi sendirian di kota segede itu. Untungnya, dengan kombinasi keberuntungan dan sisa-sisa kecerdasan, saya berhasil sukses menemukan kantornya (baru pertama kali ke sono nih ceritanya).

Emang sih, sempet rada panik waktu nyari nomor kantornya karena di jalan situ nomor bangunannya acak. Saya udah sempet parno klo tau-tau si supir taksi ngamuk karena kantornya ga ketemu-ketemu (berlebihan). Tapi ya dengan sisa-sisa kecerdasan itu tadi akhirnya kantornya ketemu... hahaha... eits, tapi saya masih dalam mode panik karena kakak saya malah gak bisa ditelepon.
Setelah nyoba berkali-kali dan akhirnya nyambung, terjadilah pembicaraan yg tidak perlu:

Saya: "Eh, ini udah sampe."
Kakak: "Sampe mana? Perempatan?"
Saya: "Di depan!"
Kakak: "Depan mana?"
Saya: "Kantormu!"
Kakak: "Hah? Kok tau kalo kantorku?"
Saya: "Nomor 12a, kan??" *SAMBIL MELOTOTIN NOMER '12a' GEDE-GEDE DI DINDING KANTORNYA*
Kakak: "Iya bener. Wah, cerdas juga kamu ya."
Saya: "[*!@!(*&#!*&@^&#%^!!!!" (terjemahan bebas: "Save your compliment for later and get your butt in here right now before the taxi driver chop my head off!!")

Tapi ternyata si supir taksi dengan ramah komentar, "Baru pertama kali ke sini ya Mbak?"
Akhirnya saya berani cengengesan sambil jawab, "He... iya..."
Kadang ketakutan saya memang tidak beralasan.

Begitu kakak saya keluar dan masuk taksi, ternyata temen sekantornya, namanya Mbak Anis, ikutan. Dan di tengah jalan, sempet-sempetnya dia godain saya, "Gemboknya mana?"--dan tertawalah mereka berdua sementara saya senyum-senyum malu sambil dengan polos jawab, "...di dalem tas..."

Aaah, kakak saya ini... suka ngebagi-bagiin cerita ketololan adek-adeknya emang...

Tapi Madagascar-nya lucu en menghibur. Setelah film rampung, kita semua berduyun-duyun ke toilet (haha... ritual klo abis dari dalem ruangan yg AC-nya sedingin kulkas). Abis itu, kita hinggap di ZARA karena Mbak Anis mo beli celana (saya sama kakak saya cuma hinggap doang). Ajaibnya, baru beberapa langkah muterin Zara, saya pengen ke toilet lagi. Hahaha... efek laten karena ngeliat sepatu teplek seharga 800.000 mungkin? *ditoyor*

Akhirnya saya sama kakak saya pisah sama Mbak Anis karena kita musti beli makan malam (ga sempet masak) sementara Mbak Anis mau ke Gramedia. Setelah beli makanan, saya & kakak pulang ke Bintaro naek taksi lagi. Naaa... mabok darat lagi. Gatau, tapi hari itu jadi "Beser Day" dan "Mabok Darat Day" buat kita berdua. ^^; Pas ngelewatin jalan yg menurun/merosot (Jawa: NDRONJONG pake "N")--kita berdua saling berpandangan sambil meringis-meringis tersiksa karena efek luncuran mobil di jalan kaya gitu bikin perut makin tewas.

Pas mo nyampe, kakak nanya, "Kuncinya kamu bawa kan?"
Saya jawab, "Gemboknya juga."
Hahahaha...... jadi keinget ama ketololan diri sendiri lagi deh.

Ga cukup tragedi "nonton bioskop bareng gembok"--ada satu lagi kebodohan yg terkuak pas saya iseng-iseng nyeletuk:
"Wah, padahal tadi baru ngejemur CD (daleman-red) di teras. Kalo gerbangnya ga digembok, gampang diambil sama maling jemuran nih... hahahahaha..."

Kakak: "......kamu jemur di mana?"
Saya: "Teras."
Kakak: "Emang aku blom bilang ya? Klo mo jemur celana pake hanger aja di dalem deket pintu belakang." *sambil mengerjap beberapa kali*
Saya: "........" *muka gondok* "Alaah ya biarin. Emang ada org yg mo nyolong daleman di rumah yg deket ama pos satpam?"
Kakak: "Ya tapi klo jemur barang kecil di luar, suka kebawa angin sampe ke jalan..."

Wakakakakaka........... tapi itu sekali lagi cuma pembicaraan tidak begitu perlu karena toh pas nyampe rumah, semua "jimat" yg saya jemur di teras masih tetep begitu adanya, persis kaya pas saya tinggalin tadi.

Well, kira-kira itulah. Hari-hari lain ya cukup standar. Kalo pas ngga pergi ke mana-mana, saya cuma bantuin masak, bantuin makan (halah), nonton American Idol Season 6 Marathon di Star World bertiga (saya & kakak & kakak ipar) sambil ngakak-ngakak geje sampe akhirnya ketiduran semua (hahaha), baca Tintin, baca novel Virgin Suicide yg terhenti di halaman 245 gara-gara saya musti balik ke Jogja... de el el.

Oya, karena mumpung bisa buka YouTube pake internet rumah kakak (abis di rumah sini somehow YT ke-banned), saya juga nontonin video-video bego di You Tube; baik yg ada kaitannya ama J-Rock maupun engga. Salah satu yg bikin ngakak adalah cuplikan Hey!Hey!Hey! pas tamunya Nightmare (w/ sub), the GazettE (w/ sub), Miyavi (w/o sub sadly) dan a9 (w/ sub) meski udah pernah nonton tp tetep kawaii. ^^ Puncaknya, nonton Jealkb di Men Guo (Taiwan) lagi!!
Hahahaha...........

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ps. Once again I'm sorry because my last entry wasn't nice.
Even though it didn't refer to you, but I'm still sorry if some of you have read it. m(_ _)m
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sigh

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:06:01 GMT

Well, it's really tiring when you find out that there're a lot of ppl who can't give enough respect even though you already tried to do the best to show that you care about them.
I can't believe they made it hard for me to try to be a nice person.

Someone in my f-list, who added me first, deleted me from her f-list. As I remember, I always tried to care about her life by commenting and such; but perhaps I'm not good enough to be her online friend? She barely gave comments to my entries, so she's too important to care abt someone like me? *sigh* I dunno... sorry if I sound too emo, but I've met not only 1 person like this. There're some ppl who added me but then never bother to give comments and care about my life. I understand if they're busy, but they write a lot of entries and reply if I give them comments. ^^;
After I got kicked out like this, I didn't restrain myself anymore from deleting ppl who added me just to ignore me. I ignore ppl if they ignore me first. Sorry for being a jerk; I learned from the other jerks who happened to be some ex-LJ friends of mine. :P

Well y'know what... I'll be ok with all of these. I am now complaining, but I'm still aware that I'm not a perfect friend. So sorry if some of my true friends here feel that way. And if ppl don't want to talk to me anymore, I'll just let them delete me, then I'll delete them back. They've made it easy anyway. Although--they should know that there's no point adding me into their f-list just to delete me few months after that. They should've done something smarter than that.

Sorry if this entry sounds not nice... sorry, I'm just tired.

2009

Wed, 31 Dec 2008 17:46:41 GMT

Taun baru lagi deh. Seperti biasa, taun baru aku lewatin di rumah aja (mungkin itu sebabnya aku jd nge-soul bgt ama ini rumah). Bersyukur di Celestial Movie tadi ada L CHANGE THE WORLD! ^_____^
Jadi bisa nunggu taun baru sambil nonton tu film utk pertama kalinya... hahaha... hatur nuhun atuh JMN... cintaku untuk L bersemi kembali nih. IT'S MY 2008 BEST MOVIE! Wkwkwkwkk... ♥

Abis L-nya tamat trus diajakin nyokap keluar rumah utk wishing upon the sky. Sebenernya aku ga kepikiran buat ngelakuin hal itu, tapi menurut nyokap, itu ritual yg sering dilakuin nyokap zaman dulu. So, apa salahnya mewarisi ritual nyokap sendiri? Toh romantis juga kalo dipikir-pikir... haha... sapa tau tadi aku mandang langitnya barengan ama Akiya ato Tora ato Shou ato Zero ato si "biiip" itu (halah, banyak)...

Berarti ini taun baru ke-22 yg aku lewatin di rumah ini (そうかな). Tiap taun ga ada yg spesial, seriously. Cuma ya... spesial ato nggak itu kan trgantung orangnya. Mo ngelempar petasan 600 biji sekaligus ke dalem garasi tetangga tepat jam 00.00 pun, kalo orangnya lempeng ya tetep aja gak spesial (itu mah kriminal Hay...). Sebaliknya... meskipun taun baru ini pun kerjaanku cuma nongkrong di rumah seperti taun2 sebelumnya, tapi sebetulnya di dalem hati sini *tunjuk dada* dan di dalem sini *tunjuk kepala*, semuanya adalah Hayaku yang baru.
Yaa... dibilang 'baru' juga... sebenernya itu semua justru 'onderdil' lama sih. Hati, jiwa dan pikiran yang udah nyarang selama 21 taun lebih 5 bulan. Tapi bagusnya 'onderdil lama' di dalem badan manusia adalah sama halnya seperti wine. Makin lama makin bagus, mateng. Yaa kalo perumpamaan wine terlalu muluk, ganti tape atau peuyeum deh... sok elegan amet ye pake wine, minum aja blom pernah (pernah juga Mix Max...). ~~Wah, iklan.~~

Ya wislah... meskipun kalo diliatin pake mata telanjang, taun baru itu NOTHING (apa coba? cuma perkara jarum jam yg ngelewatin angka 12 aja kok... buktinya tangan gw masih bentol pink juga nih, sama kayak 2008 kemaren)--banyak orang di luar sana yg nampaknya paham betul apa makna taun baru, so mereka bisa ngerayain dengan hingar bingar. Bagi saya taun baru mah biasa aja atuh, cuma kebetulan karena 2008 kemaren nasib saya bak Lebay Malang, jadi awal taun 2009 ini berasa kayak PASOKON yg di-install ulang setelah kena virus Trojan... ya semoga aja ya.

Buat orang-orang yang mungkin ngga bahagia di taun baru ini... doa saya 100x lipat bagimu (ntar yg menggandakan langsung Tuhan ya, klo bibir saya mana sanggup? *disundut obor*). Tenang, kalo taun baru ini ngga bikin bahagia, pasti bakal ditebus di masa mendatang. Besok pasti langit masih biru kok (karena air laut belom asat)... artinya, Tuhan selalu ada buat semua umat-Nya.
Nah, sebelum jari saya ngetik hal-hal yg makin bodoh, lebih baik saya cacaw skarang.

Good luck everyone.

☆ 8-1-25-1-11-21 ☆

Lipstick.

Tue, 30 Dec 2008 11:09:53 GMT

The "Akiya-iro" *Lipstick.

☆ 8-1-25-1-11-21 ☆

*my mom said these flowers are called 'lipstick'.

Yesterday...

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 10:29:37 GMT

After walking for about 1 hour, I ate these. ☆

For such a distance, normally it won't take 1 hour to reach, but I'm so so bad with directions so I got lost. That's why I had to give my feet extra works, to be able to find the correct way to the place I was about to visit.

After that my feet hurt but that's good.
I need that kind of exercise, it's good for my body so I won't be easily ill again.

Ah, also, it was raining at that time. Fortunately I was wise enough to bring an umbrella with me. ☆

bloody wishes.

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:58:49 GMT

Good morning/afternoon/evening!
Christmas is coming, this year is about to end...
Isn't it a bit scary that time flows really fast??
However, deep inside I do want this year to end soon.

I hope new year will be the new beginning of a new life!

Anyway. I'm in the middle of working (but I'm sneaking into LJ while collecting data from e-mail, hehe). It's a non-profit project from a friend. I won't be paid for this, but it will be a pretty good portfolio so it's good enough to me.

It's a bit weird that I'm busy doing this work during Christmas holidays...
...but well, I am. ('_')

===========================

Ah, this is unrelated. x)
Just curious about my blood type so I searched about it long time ago and got these.

http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art22988.asp
Type A:
While outwardly calm, they have such high standards (perfectionists) that they tend to be balls of nerves on the inside. Type A's are the most artistic of the blood groups. They can be shy, are conscientious, trustworthy, and sensitive.

http://www.unsolvedmysteries.com/usm422758.html
Type-A people are farmers. They are shy, introverted perfectionists. They are considerate to others and cannot tell a lie easily. They are loyal to friends and coworkers. They can be secretive, though, and don't often share their feelings. They don't hold their liquor well.

☆ 8-1-25-1-11-21 ☆

:)

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 19:02:31 GMT

...love the lyrics. Well, I'll just forget my problems and fix some mistakes. :)

Afterlife - Avenged Sevenfold

Like walking into a dream, so unlike what you've seen
So unsure but it seems, ’cause we’ve been waiting for you
Fallen into this place, just giving you a small taste
Of your afterlife here so stay, you'll be back here soon anyway

I see a distant light, but girl this can't be right
Such a surreal place to see so how did this come to be
Arrived too early

And when I think of all the places I just don't belong
I've come to grips with life and realize this is going too far

I don't belong here, we gotta move on dear
Escape from this afterlife
’Cause this time I'm right to move on and on
Far away from here

A place of hope and no pain, perfect skies with no rain
Can leave this place but refrain, ’cause we've been waiting for you
Fallen into this place, just giving you a small taste
Of your afterlife here so stay, you'll be back here soon anyway

This peace on earth's not right (with my back against the wall)
No pain or sign of time (I’m much too young to fall)
So out of place don't wanna stay, I feel wrong and that's my sign
I've made up my mind

Give me your hand but realize I just wanna say goodbye
Please understand I have to leave and carry on my own life

I don't belong here, I gotta move on dear
escape from this afterlife
’Cause this time I'm right to move on and on,
far away from here

Got nothing against you and surely I'll miss you
This place full of peace and light, and I’d hope you might
Take me back inside when the time is right

Loved ones back home all crying ’cause they're already missing me
I pray by the grace of God that there's somebody listening
Give me a chance to be that person I wanna be
(I am unbroken; I’m choking on this ecstasy)
Oh Lord I'll try so hard but you gotta let go of me
(Unbreak me, unchain me, I need another chance to live)

I don't belong here, I gotta move on dear
escape from this afterlife
’Cause this time I'm right to move on and on,
far away from here

Got nothing against you and surely I'll miss you
This place full of peace and light, and I’d hope you might
Take me back inside when the time is right

It's the day!

Sat, 01 Nov 2008 13:03:57 GMT

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!

Dear ♥Jesus♥,
Happy birthday. xD

*off to another town*

☆ 8-1-25-1-11-21 ☆

Days...

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 07:20:06 GMT

Next week, the Idul Fitri holidays will be over, I think.
For me, it's the beginning of new activities.

This week I have bad Internet connection and phone signal.
Yesterday the connection was completely dead. (~_~)

It was great to have my sister and her boyfriend at home since Tuesday. They already went back to Jakarta yesterday, though.
My sister's new hobby is cooking, so she made me cook as well. :)

Well, I guess... I have some important things to do on Monday so I hope I'll be well-prepared before that.
It's never easy for me when it comes to my future...

---
ps. Buat yg mudik... ati-ati arus balik mudik. xD
Sabtu-Minggu ntar bakal padat merayap tuh jalan-jalan... xD
Oiye... pada nonton Warkop kagak selama Lebaran? xDD Saya nunggu2 Dongkrak Antik kok kagak ada ye... apa udah kelewatan ya? ^^; Tp untung kebagian nonton Setan Kredit... hahahaha~

Idul Fitri

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 04:24:08 GMT

Mengucapkan:

Selamat Hari Raya Idul Fitri 1429H
Kepada Seluruh Umat yang Merayakan

Semoga semua berbahagia di hari besar ini. \(^^)/

...more importantly...

Mohon maaf lahir dan batin ya semuanyaaa... ^___^
"Mulai dari nol lagi ya..."
*pinjem copy-nya Pertamina deh* xD

^_^

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:13:50 GMT

Hello, just a quick update for now...
First,
It's already September 29th here, so...

Happy Birthday to coldnamida !
♥ ♥ ♥
Have a nice day! =D

And have a nice day to all of you too. ^^

Since few weeks ago my eldest sister and her husband already told us that they wouldn't come home this holiday, but...
suddenly my 2nd sister and her boyfriend this morning canceled their plan to come home too ... =(

Well. Gotta go now,

will be back & read friends page later~

sigh

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 07:27:37 GMT

Ah. Finally we didn't win the ad competition.
This time it makes me really sad and disappointed. I think I was hoping too much from the beginning.

It's because of the prize (money), LOL.

I wanted to present the money for my grandparents if I won, but I failed. xD;

Not to mention I feel like I'm not talented now... perhaps advertising is just not my thing? *bitter laughs* ~~trus ngapain lo kuliah iklan hay~~
Well, but I talked to my mom about this so right now I kinda feel better and not really disappointed anymore. I won't give up. Not yet!

'Losing' always gives me various bad effects, so... yeah...
This evening I should go shopping with my mom.
I mean, we need to buy eggs and vegetables. xD;

Because of this crappy mood I'm too lazy to check my grammar. (_ _')>

Lastly... t.h.a.n.k. y.o.u ! ! ! ♥
For everything. Anything. Something.
'Thank you' is important. :)

-----
EDIT: We changed the plan and we're going to go shopping tomorrow. ^^;
A-n-d mochisshi visited me today, we finally trade our [Uzu] picks. xD I got Isshi's so I gave it to her and now I have Shin's pick. ^^
Well someday, if I'm lucky, maybe I could trade with someone who got Akiya's... but for now, I want to keep Shin's chameleon pick because it's indeed cute! <3

the day.

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 04:11:27 GMT

I got Isshi pick from my limited edition [UZU]~
So in the end I didn't get Akiya's... (~.~) Mah, that's okay though.

I love the PV so much, it's really beautiful and elegant (I always love Shin playing koto). ^^
[Uzu] itself is a very magnificent song, my favorite track of this single. :)
[Hoozuki] is also beautiful but I need to get used of the jumping octave. xD
[Himawari] is loveable, totally. Especially Akiya's solo guitar and Shin's koto~~ ♥
Lastly, we all knew [Shigatsu Tsuitachi]! :D Ah I'm trying to watch "Cat Street" now.

Breeze of Mint

*__*

\:D/

Sora...

O_O

Terlambat satu hari.

It's shocking anyway.

Visual Kei Meme

Woohoo!

:)

Fiuh~

Getting Vandalized

Flowing words...

Article... (Indonesian)

*sigh*

2009

Lipstick.

Yesterday...

bloody wishes.

:)

It's the day!

Days...

Idul Fitri

^_^

*sigh*

the day.

__

sigh

sigh