Showing posts with label tell-a-tale. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tell-a-tale. Show all posts

Monday, March 26, 2012

pindahan

jadi ceritanya, saya memutuskan untuk mengakhiri pendongengan saya di blog ini. bukan kenapa, hanya membutuhkan lembaran yang baru dalam memulai pendongengan yang juga baru saja. lalu kemanakah saya berpindah?

Jreng jreeeengg…. (silakan klik gambar dibawah ini untuk mengunjungi blog saya yang baru ^___^ )

Judul masih sama, hanya provider blog-nya saja yang berubah.

nah, silakan berkunjung bila berkenan.
Semoga dongeng-dongeng baru di lembaran yang baru nanti, dapat memberikan warna tersendiri bagi hidup Anda…. *aih, berat amat pesannya =D*


Cheers!!!!



Monday, April 18, 2011

June 14 2010

Begitu tanggalan yang tertulis di dongeng terakhir dalam blog ini.
Aih maak, lama kali saya tidak mendongeng??

Apakah blog ini masih ada yang mengunjungi? Jadi bertanya-tanya sendiri akan ke-eksis-an blog ini di dunianya.

Well aniway, I’ll find ways to write here and there again. Mencoba kembali mengasah kelenturan jari-jari di keyboard, walau kelenturan otak tidak dijamin, *cengir*

See you on the next ‘dongeng’ ya, pretty soon ^____^

cheers.

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

OshKoshFootwear.com, the 1st footwear on-line store in Indonesia





Especially to you who live in any part of Indonesia, now it’s simply just a click away to find the perfect shoes for your lovely kids, because OSHKOSH FOOTWEAR ONLINE STORE is now stepping into the world wide.

Why purchase online?
Well, few benefits you’ll get are [1] Free shipping for delivery in all Indonesia, [2] Guarantee a perfect fit with online ToeZoneTM Click’ n Fit, and last but not least, [3] no need to move away from your desk.

Isn’t it the most enjoyable FUNtastic way of online shopping?
But above all, one thing I can absolutely guarantee is both your kid and you will definitely HA~~PPY

So, what are you waiting for?

Visit OshKoshFootwear.com
now and enjoy the benefits of being the online shopper of OshKosh B’Gosh Footwear.


Happy online shopping!
Enjoy it!


Cheers!!!!!
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I work here so it’s pretty fair if I’m posting a so-called ad in my blog to promote it right?
Anyway, Please do visit the site and have fun shopping *chus*

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

TUESDAY




I can hear this silence crawl around

Hello, you thinkers
Hello, you fakers
And I see the summer drown you dry
Hello, you lovers
Hello, you dreamers

When I feel so insecure
I will need you, turn around

There's no one left to decide who is right or wrong
Waiting's not enough for you
Wasting what I want the most
Tuesday's gone and I'm tasting it over
Let me reside with the same old view
Sharing's all I need from you
Taking what I want the most
Tuesday's near and I wish that you were here

I can feel this sadness drag you down
Hello, you talkers
Hello, you sleepers
And I see this madness close your eyes
Hello, mistreaters
Hello, you weepers

When I feel so insecure
Grace my day
Please, stay around

There's no one left to decide who is right or wrong
Waiting's not enough for you
Wasting what I want the most
Tuesday's gone and I'm tasting it over
Let me reside with the same old view
Sharing's all I need from you
Taking what I want the most
Tuesday's near and I wish that you were here

If this comfort holds you down
I would gladly pull you out
It's a heavy
(Keep, keep, keep me awake somehow)
(Keep, keep, keep me awake somehow)
Now


….by MONORAL….
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A <long> Side Note:

‘Visions in My Head’ was the first song I heard from MONORAL, but this song ‘Tuesday’ was the first song I love the most instead of ‘Kiri’ (like many other would choose). I think it’s because of the line: “let me reside with the same old view, sharing is all I need from you…” ^^
Well, sometimes, we just need friends/best friends to share, to accept, not to solve, or to break the problems down. and then when it feels too comfy that you choose to refuse to change, they’ll pull you out and force you to grow.
^_^
(well, probably this song is not as much complicated as I interpret, but what do you know? Me and my twisted world, twisted mind…. Ooh well, me is twisting anyway^^)

O! Yea! And to make it even complete, today is Tuesday, and it’s all started with a medium rain pouring down that lasted since the night before, but Thank God the rain had stopped falling as I left the house early this morning, although the heavy grey cloud still hanging up above. I was complaining along the morning to The Almighty Above of why He decided to paint the Tuesday’ sky all grey, but something hit me right away.
As I walked out the train station, and looked up the sky, WHOAAAA!!!! There it was, a slight sketch of rainbow on the sky, trying to deliver the message that no matter how grey the sky is, there’ll always be bundles of colors to paint the Tuesday.
So I smiled to the rainbow, and whispered, “Ohayou.”

Cheers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ooh!! Wait! Wait! Not finished yet here!
About MONORAL!! Uugh, how I deeply wish that there will be another Video Clip or Music Video coming out. As I noticed, there is no MV yet for the latest album VIA, and I asked the management once, he (the manager, J-san) said that they’re still not planning neither DVD nor MV *heavy sigh*
I actually thought that they would film the tour, those South America and Europe and Japan, and packed it into a… three or four minute’s documentary clips and slide in the song Via, BAM! It’ll be a good documentary/music video for the single 'VIA', right? *so typical actually*
But hey, at least the promotion would be a lot easier, right? Right? No?
Now I’m talking this way as if one of the management of MONORAL would read this post,
hell.. there’s NO WAY they’ll spend their precious times surfing here and there and deserted here, right? RIGHT?!?! Now this one is ROOOAAAAIIITTT.

Ooh well, it’s just me and my twisted mind again, as always…

NOW!!!

It’s: Cheers anyway…. ^^V

Saturday, May 09, 2009

Digging up the Forgotten


I’ve just realized that even thou I like this band a lot, I have never ever posted a single thread about them, here. And this came out after I dig up my trash bin to find a test file (a placement test, to be underlined here) that I mistakenly erased some times ago *silly me*

Instead of finding the file (yea, I still couldn’t find it, and I think I should make another one. Shiitt!), I found things that more precious, those were: few songs from the band LIFEHOUSE. And those were buried under. I was shocked, “What the heck?! What was I thinking, erasing these precious treasures?

So I restored them back to where they used to belong and from that moment, I kept playing the whole songs *grinning*

Listening to those songs again reminds me of my college year, how I put them as my original soundtrack during the finishing touch of my Bachelor-thesis. Well, that phase has never been the easiest phase in the college age, rite? And I found my consolation from them. I even put them in my thanks parade page.

How are they doing right now?!
Last time I checked, they just released the single First Time and an album “Who We Are” (am I correct here?)
But yesterday, as I logged in to the official website, which I hadn’t done for so very long, they actually already released the newest album last year called ‘Broken’ (isn’t it the single in a previous album? *shrugging*)

Ooh well, I guess I have to rush the record store A.S.A.P to get the copy. Let’s just wish that it IS released here also, so I don’t have to ship it. I still have to manage my saving to ship all those MONORAL albums, some times next June, so I really hope that the LIFEHOUSE latest album is already on every local record store.
And soon as I get the album, I’ll definitely write something about Jason Wade and the boys, here, in a long post.

Hey, I even just found out that there’s a new comer in the band for the guitarist.
DAMN!

I surely need to recharge my LIFEHOUSE-ism *grinning*


Sidenote:

This post is actually just a rant about how stupid I am in some parts, and I have no idea but I’m suddenly losing all my appetites in writing (not even an FB note). Should I start thinking about starting ‘the project’ like now and abandon this blog??
Hmmm, I’ll go figure and ask him first how he’d feel about starting ‘the project’ sooner as expected


Cheers anyway!
(ooh well, maybe I’ll just keep flooding this blog with songs… *wondering* now where’s my Slipknot’ album??)

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Listening to LIFEHOUSE – Stanley Climbfall (the song I adored a lot back in the day)

Quiet, a sound you know so well. You’re living just to make it through another day. Stand climb and fall. Carry the world. Can’t carry on your own

^_^

Still love the song no matter what.

Thursday, April 30, 2009

[Untitled]

Soon as I finished writing the two posts below, The Greatest He opened the door and he stood right there, staring at me.

What the hell?!

I was grinning.

Hmm, so you know the answer now?

I nodded cheerfully.

What took you so long to realize it? Why did you have to draw those signs too clearly?

I shrugged.

You know I was mad at you. I was upset. I was annoyed and unsecured. And… you were just being not you.” He stopped to cynically sigh, “And today, you change the pace too fast. That’s harsh.

I sighed, “in the beginning, I wrote: the more I am pushed, the more I am pulling away because I’m selfish and I’m unkind. Doesn’t it suppose to be a clue?

He sighed again, only a little bit heavier this time.
Some things are never changed. Well anyway, I’m taking nothing but you, as always.

I smiled. He smiled.

I guess there will be much more fun ‘insomnia days’ to spend with.
I’m super excited for this.

Hmm, should we start stacking bags of coffee, like from now?
Can’t wait!

Cheers!!!!
*muah*

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Silverchair – Insomnia


I’ll stay awake all day! I’ll stay awake all day…. *relieved, more than ever*

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Guards of Mice

If you ever need assistance
I will always be by your side
It only takes two to make it happen
Oh take these words in advance

There's always reasons and place to be
Please praise and face weather
Life isn't easy to race away
Please contain your actions
Light the sky with peace
And you'll find some answers
'Cause these are the words to make it happen
Make it happen
and face your ghosts

If you ever meet resistance
I will always be by your side
You'll always know how to make it happen
Oh take these words in advance

There's always reasons and place to be
Please praise and face weather
Life isn't easy to race away
Please contain your actions
Light the sky with peace
And you'll find some answers

'Cause these are the words to make it happen
Make it happen
and face your ghosts

Face your ghosts
Face your ghosts
Face your ghosts
Face your ghosts

Oh take these words in advance

….by MONORAL
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Despite of the ‘bright day’ today, somehow I’m not feeling okay by the end of it.
Maybe this is due to lack of sleeping the day before? I only had like less than 2 hours sleeping and I think that affects a little.

So I put this song on the player and let it played for quite some times, over and over. Wishing this song would remind me that I should face my own ghosts to conquer my own fears. That way, I can move on and leave the past behind. As in my story today, I shall be able to leave my ‘sickness’ behind and welcoming the evening sky.
Hmm, really hope for those twinkling stars will befriend me as I walking the pathway.

A bit about this song, first time I read the title, before I pushed the ‘play’ button, I had a thought, “Guards of mice? What is it? It’s kind of a soundtrack for the book ‘of mice and man’ by John Steinbeck?
So when it’s the song turn to play, I listened to it carefully and somehow, it does seem like that, haha… thou I bet it’s nothing like that.

Like the song.

[eerr, come again, which of MONORAL’ I don’t like?? hihi]

Cheers!!
[oo well, I think I'll rest my bones a little earlier tonight. but!! will this Brian do the same? *sigh*]


Sunday, April 19, 2009

Side note – Being Confused in Japanengrish


While writing the post below, I was also checking out the band MONORAL’ blog which had been already updated for 3 days in a row (which I bet it won’t be too long until they give up writing it DAILY, hahaha!!!).
It’s a good thing thou, so the fans know the latest thing about MONORAL and I think that make the fans feel connected to them.

Anyway, what I hate the most and sadly I’ve no idea where I should ask for it (again) is the fact that they wrote it in JAPANESE. God! I’m not good at it and hell, just learn it, so practically I have no idea what they are writing about. Thank goodness they put pictures on it, but thou pictures say with sights what we can’t say with words, sometimes pictures can also lead you to a wrong side.
And that google translation, OMG! that can only make my brain twisted in a Japanengrish words even more and I’ve no clue at all what to do with those words. They look pretty puzzled to me!

Well, of course the fact that MONORAL keep updating the blog daily has fascinated me and yes that is something I could not ask for more. So I think I’ll just happily let my brain twisted in puzzle-ness of Japanengrish. Thou that make my comment there sound stupid (I don’t know, but I feel my comment is so silly there)

*sighing*
Ooh well, I’m happy they’re updating it anyway and thankful for that ANYWAY
(thou it might be nicer if they would slip in some English like they used to do back then)

ooh boy, what the heck am I talking about here?!
Cheers!!!

And to MONORAL, keep blogging!
[Hell! I’m saying that as if they’d actually read my blog.
Silly! Keep dreaming, Ken!!!
]

ps:
like to visit MONORAL' blog? then click here but make sure that if you don't know anything about Japanese, tool yourself with a good translation site or software (if you're not too lazy to install it), or don't bother if you just want to enjoy the pics *big grin*


related posts about MONORAL:

MONORAL: who?!

Reviewing MONORAL

Session 9: when romantic doesn't have to be poetic

Listening MONORAL: enjoy riding rollercoaster of emotions

Videos of MONORAL on YouTube


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Yea, still listening to Placebo and now it’s Twenty Years (one of my all times favorite)

some will hold the rope some hold the rose” *grinning*

Friday, April 17, 2009

Art of traveling: LOST


And by saying LOST, I mean in both way: in translation and in direction


Those two are what you’ll get when you’re roaming a new place from corner to corner and before you start wandering, you’d told your brain to take a fully vacation and let your feet do the thinking. Just let your feet decide what to do and where to go. And to add here, the map, as your second life, is completely set inside the bag and you insist your brain not to tell your hands to pick it up. So practically, you’re just wandering around, aimlessly. Or should I say the only aim you have is to really experience the new life by letting yourself lost.


But that’s the fun of it (traveling I mean). And I love experiencing that kind of art. That’s why often time I choose to walk rather than taking bus or MTR/MRT or any other transportation. That way, I can see many, hear a lot and taste numerous kinds of tastes. You’ll find lots and lots of things that you’ve never expected before; local habits, local dos and don’ts, even stepping on a different contour land.


Those things fascinate me a lot.

This may take hours and in the end, you’ll find yourself completely lost (in direction) and need an assistance, but what will you get when you’re traveling to the country where English becomes the third… or fourth… or even fifth language? Exactly! Lost in translation.

Sometimes, they even freaking out waving their hands avoid answering and shouting “no English, no English!” and leave you completely confused by their responses or probably wondering whether your appearance resembles bad guy/girl. I once even made a young girl desperately crying for she couldn’t help me pointing the way back to my hostel, thou I didn’t push her to show me the direction. I tried to chill her out, but she felt so guilty, so between her crying, she led me to the nearest hotel, asked the receptionist to guide me back. Poor her.

It is fun thou, having yourself lost in both terms and take times just to wander around, anonymously, aimlessly; capturing every single new kind of thing. I always call it a privilege to a traveler and I would LOVE to experience it again one day, hopefully soon.

So once you have the chance to travel around, be sure to experience the art of traveling: LOST. And enjoy every single step you take for it may only come once.

Cheers!

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Side note:

Some times ago, I posted this in my MySpace’ Blog.
I came to a decision to post this as I was re-reading the whole traveler’s journal editions I had written here. Pretty much missing every single step I leave behind. And oops, I still have few parts left to write and publish here soon. Well, maybe this weekend I’ll finish it.

Anyway, I probably not a true adventurer, but it is true that once you get a chance to experience new place, it’s better to let yourself LOST, because somehow you’ll find many interesting things. Probably things that won’t ever happen (again) to you if you hadn’t been lost at the fist place.

Enjoy the art of traveling and may you find yourself.
Hmm… just like tag line in the film Australia does:
sometimes you have to get lost just to find yourself
(nice…..!!)


Cheers again!!!

Sunday, April 12, 2009

3:00 AM


For some people, insomnia can be the meanest killer. Thus they try so bad to avoid it or eliminate it by prescribing insomniac killer. Sometimes they even go to a psychiatric or psychologist to get a special treatment, because somehow unfinished business can be the trigger. That’s why they need help to dig their unconscious layer to find it and solve it.

While to me?
I tend to make myself insomnia, especially when it comes to weekend or holiday.
I force myself to take a nap for an hour or two, overflowing myself caffeine, or listening to rock music, just to keep myself awake.

Yea I know. Weird isn’t it?
Why do I have to force myself to stay awake till the morning comes?
Well, the answer is when night falls and the world is sleeping, that’s the moment when your brain actually comes alive.
Uhm, or at least… my brain does.

At night till dawn, that’s the time when I can actually feel free; free roaming my own self, surfing every corner of my brain. So that, many things I can write about, even nonsense.

Would that make me a writer?
Hell no!
I write things I want to, and when I want to.
I think I can’t be a journalist or any other kind of good writer out there, because I rarely write things people want to read. I write what interests me the most. And I hate being pushed to write something I don’t like.

Hmm… not a typical writer should be right?

Well, it’s not 3:00AM yet, but lately, that’s the exact time I actually rest my brain when it comes to weekend.
I’m not the kind of person who likes to mix professional and personal matters at once so that I choose weekend to be fully infected by ‘insomnia viruses’.
Hmm, now I do sound like a snob.
Damn!


Cheers anyway!
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Tuesday, March 24, 2009

...dreamy and distracted...

SO!!
Between my posting of traveller’s journal, I took a spare time to do a quiz that my friend tagged me on her facebook note. It’s a “what’s your name’s hidden meaning quiz”.
So I typed my name “niken putri” and voila!!! This is the result.

...You Are Dreamy and Distracted...

You are very intuitive and wise. You understand the world better than most people.You also have a very active imagination. You often get carried away with your thoughts.You are prone to a little paranoia and jealousy. You sometimes go overboard in interpreting signals.


You tend to be pretty tightly wound. It's easy to get you excited... which can be a good or bad thing.You have a lot of enthusiasm, but it fades rather quickly. You don't stick with any one thing for very long.You have the drive to accomplish a lot in a short amount of time. Your biggest problem is making sure you finish the projects you start.

You are a seeker of knowledge, and you have learned many things in your life.You are also a keeper of knowledge - meaning you don't spill secrets or spread gossip.People sometimes think you're snobby or aloof, but you're just too deep in thought to pay attention to them.

You are friendly, charming, and warm. You get along with almost everyone.You work hard not to rock the boat. Your easy going attitude brings people together.At times, you can be a little flaky and irresponsible. But for the important things, you pull it together.

You are influential and persuasive. You tend to have a lot of power over people.Generally, you use your powers for good. You excel at solving other people's problems.Occasionally, you do get a little selfish and persuade people to do things that are only in your interest.

You are a very lucky person. Things just always seem to go your way.And because you're so lucky, you don't really have a lot of worries. You just hope for the best in life.You're sometimes a little guilty of being greedy. Spread your luck around a little to people who need it.

You are a seeker. You often find yourself restless - and you have a lot of questions about life.You tend to travel often, to fairly random locations. You're most comfortable when you're far away from home.

You are quite passionate and easily tempted. Your impulses sometimes get you into trouble.

You are wild, crazy, and a huge rebel. You're always up to something.You have a ton of energy, and most people can't handle you. You're very intense.
You definitely are a handful, and you're likely to get in trouble. But your kind of trouble is a lot of fun.

http://www.blogthings.com/whatsyournameshiddenmeaningquiz/results/?result=Nikenputri

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I was completely stunned with the result and wondering who made this quiz; either s/he is a real fortune teller or someone who actually knows me too well... or maybe.. s/he is a spy, spying me the whole lifetime *sigh*

Well...
Those above pretty much describe me. Not as a whole, but some here and there makes me blushing in red and trying hard to refuse nodding my head but just fail… >,<

DAMN!!

Hmm... so now, I think I should start looking for a much more fun trouble… *hmm….*
I’m speechless now…

Signing out!!!

(and it’s time to get my Brian ready to spill the words… Nitetime’s writing is always a blissful but that means I have to take gallons of caffeine to keep me awake *sigh*)

Monday, March 02, 2009

Anxiety Gets My Nerve

After a while neglecting the traveling plan, I finally collect myself to work on it again. Few things need to be done within this week and I have to do it really fast. I can’t believe it’s just few more days before the due date. 9 March 2009 exactly and I’ll be off to traveling Asia again and still with the same destinations as 2 years ago.
What will happen next? I’ve no idea, just let it come and let it be. Probably I’ll just improvise on the spot where I should head to.

This is actually not me. I mean back in 2 years ago, I was way packed and set to go 2 weeks before and it was a lot easier. Maybe this is due to the global crisis happening in this planet and causing dollar’s rate climbing higher and faster so I tend to procrastinate? Well, I think so. This whole stupid crisis makes low budget hostels increasing their rates and that gives a major impact on my allowance. I have to limit some and decrease few and eliminate many *sighing* that hurts.
Well this is exactly what you must deal with when you’re dying for an adventure, got too many things you wish to see, but in contrast none in the wallet *heavy sighing* shiiittt!!!!

I guess that is the main reason why I’ve been neglecting the plan for so very long time.
Practically I’ll just rely on what I could recall from my previous traveling and that means I’m going to experience another lost and found, haa! That will be hilarious I bet.

Ooh, yea, a bit update, I’ve finished reviewing Session 9, but unfortunately I left the file at home and God knows when I’ll get a chance to connect my home PC to the net, so I think to show it here will take time, but I can assure that it will be before my leaving, so that I can leave you with the suffocating song by those two lovely and adorable people (hell yea I’m exaggerating it)

So… I have to continue what I actually not yet started and finish it by day after tomorrow then continue packing, and then enclose them all with a long and full pray to dear God, asking Him to be very good and nice to me the whole trip so that I can enjoy it and SURVIVE (yea, I typed this last one in caps lock, referring to my wallet and my life *big grin*) and in the end I can come home alive, save and sound, Amen ^^V


get set.. and ready to go...

Cheers everyone!

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Making out to my ears: MONORAL – I don’t mind
To be closer, everyone must try, I don’t mind.

Yes, indeed to be closer to your deepest dreams, you just must try to make it. And I don’t mind whether I have to experience bruises or starving along the trip, as long as I get the chance to make my dreams come true. You should too! G’luck.

Cheers again.

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Treasuring Laruku’ Treasures


Beberapa waktu lalu, gw iseng ngeberesin file-file di komputer rumah. Satu per satu dibukain dan diklasifikasikan pada suatu folder, yang gak dibutuhin dibuang dan seterusnya. Sampe gw mendapatkan satu file yang isinya adalah.... deretan link YouTube yang menyambungkan pada dunia Laruku. Aih mo mateee...

Dan deretan link itu gak bisa dibilang sedikit karena pada kenyataannya adalah berlembar-lembar halaman WORD.
Khee?? *garuk-garuk*
Bahkan gw membagi2nya menjadi: vidioklip, talkshow/interview, live, gossip, sampe CM ato iklan yang ada Larukunya. *face palms*
ajigile... kerja paan sih gw? apakah gw baru aja direkrut sama Yutup buat jadi archivernya?? Ckckckck *geleng-geleng lemah*

Tapi eh tetapi, link2 itu gw kumpulkan dari taon 2006 (!!) yang ternyata setelah gw cek baby cek, banyak yang linknya udah broken alias ilang alias dibanned alias... gak bisa lagi diliatlaaah (T.T)
Kan males yak nyari-nyarinya lagi... *keluh*

Tapi, biar bagaimanapun, gw lagi kembali mengkoleksinya, hehehe ^^V
Jadi instead of berkumpul di ruang makan/meeting tiap istirahat, gw memilih untuk mantengin Yutup dan cari-cari koleksi Laruku itu. Ada beberapa yang baru yang belom gw liat, ada beberapa juga yang udah lamaaaa gak gw liat dan pas liat lagi, mode ngakak guling-guling gw langsung SUPER ON, hehe. Ini band emang super konyol in a clever way. Susah ngebedain mana jawaban interview mereka yang serius sama yang konyol, secara muka mereka tuh plain tiap bikin joke. Heran... *geleng-geleng lemah*

Tapi dari sekian koleksi yang gw miliki, gw paling suka pidio yang ini, pidio tentang Hyde ama Ken jalan-jalan ke rumah hantu. Kagak bosen-bosen gw nontonnya. Ekspresi kagetnya si Hyde itu lutju beeng ^^





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Note: percaya ato enggak, ada lagi file yang gw temukan yang isinya Yutup full Mew dan Incubus *face palms* GILLLAAAAKKK!!!! Beginilah. Kegiatan Yutupan ini sebenernya sempet terhenti tatkala sambungan setengah napas selama beberapa bulan, ehh, tapi ternyata kegilaan Yutup gw tuh emang udah rooting dari jaman si Yutup itu di-develop yaa?
Jadi... sekilas info juga “THANK YOU TO WHOEVER CREATES THIS YOUTUBE COZ IT ROCKS MY WORLD SO HARD!!”

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Fangirling a la Jepun


Biarpun udah lama jadi fans sebuah band asal Jepun itu (yaa... yang gw maksud memang LARUKU), gw sama sekali belom pernah bergabung dalam fanclub, ato komunitas pecinta grup band itu, dan lebih seneng single fighter nyari-nyari berita ato gosip seputaran band itu dari “tuan besar Google
Baru sekitar setaonan ini, gw jadi tamu langganan 2-3 situs yang mengklaim diri mereka sebagai kumpulan komunitas pecinta grup band itu (baik situs lokal maupun situs int’l), dan saat gw membaca thread demi thread yang diposting dalam forum maupun situs itu, gw terpekur cenderung amazed dengan isinya.

Mereka fasih sekali ya?
Bahkan mereka tau detil tiap anggota band itu sendiri. Dan yang gw maksud detil disini adalah BENAR-BENAR kedetilan hidup pribadi anggota band itu.
Ckcckk... gw jadi berasa baruuuu banget belajar tentang band ini, padahal mungkin gw jauh lebih dulu dari mereka para fans yang ada di forum maupun situs itu yang denger keberadaan band ini. Iyalaah, saat mereka para fans itu baru umur 6 taon kali gw udah nyanyi-nyanyi “the fourth avenue café” yang jadi sontrek anime ‘Samurai X’ itu sepanjang perjalanan ke kampus. Tapi lihat betapa fasihnya mereka dengan kehidupan pribadi anggota-anggota bandnya, mungkin jauh melampaui si anggota band itu sendiri ya? Hahaha!

In my case, kenyataan bahwa mereka ngeluarin single lagi awal-awal taon kemaren aja, udah bikin gw girang bukan kepalang, mengingat nunggu mereka konser di Indonesia, mungkin hanya akan mimpi sebelum taon 2011 karena mereka memutuskan untuk hiatus dari panggung dan gak ngadain konser apapun jenisnya itu dimanapun juga, lalu menyibukkan diri dengan proyek solo masing-masing.

Tapi apa yang gw baca baik itu di forum, maupun situs blog fan mereka (yang lebih banyak beredar di
http://livejournal.com), membuat gw amazed.
Apalagi kegilaan para fans dalam kegiatan gila pairing yang tertuang dalam aneka jenis fan fiction, yang mungkin akan bikin beberapa orang awam yang bacanya geli cenderung mau muntah, haha. Gimana gak mo muntah kalo pairing yang dimaksud itu adalah seni memasangkan artis sesama jenis? Halaah.... dan jalan cerita fiksi yang mereka tuangkan dalam fan fictionnya, terkadang sungguh lebai dan norak. Tapi bagi gw yang ngeh ginian, lucu-lucu aja sih bacanya. Malah jadi penghibur dikala bete.

Mungkin ini yang disebut sebagai fenomena fangirling (ato fanboi-ing juga lah, tapi mostly emang yang lebih maniak itu fangirl), dimana seorang fans (cewek khususnya, namanya aja ‘fangirling’) begitu tergila-gilanya sama seorang idola, sampe bias dan jadi lebih peduli sama pesona si idola, dibandingkan karya seni yang dihasilkannya. Lebih tergila-gila sama wajahnya, tergila-gila sama kelakuan binalnya, bahkan menggilai kelakuan si idola yang kadang.... gak bisa lagi dibilang binal saking gila dan liarnya, hahaha! Bahkan kadang, biarpun karya seninya setengah napas, akan dibilang spektakuler. Hmm... lucu juga...

Lucunya lagi, kegiatan fans yang seperti ini, sepertinya hanya berputar di daerah Asia Timur. Entahlah, tapi gw belum nemuin sih fangirl yang nekat pairing Brandon Boyd sama... Serj Tankian mungkin? HAHAHAHA!!!

Eniwei, gak aneh sih kalo pada akhirnya di Jepun sana pun terkenal dengan apa yang disebut sebagai fanservice (fansabisu), dimana para artis disana pun menyuguhkan apapun yang diinginkan oleh fans, termasuk perihal pairing-pairingan itu (karena fan service memang berfungsi memuaskan napsu seksual fans sih sebenernya, jadi banyak hal yang keluar dari konteks karya seninya). Ciuman antar sesama jenis di atas panggung, udah jadi menu wajib setiap artis. Dandanan gothic cantik (visual kei) sampe pake outfit transgender pun jadi seragam baru disana. Berkelakuan binal di atas panggung yang cenderung mengarah pada “tripleX rated” pun jadi trademark.
Dan itulah yang lebih diminati dan dinikmati oleh para fans, terbukti dengan suara jejeritan gemas yang membahana tiap kali aksi beginian disuguhkan.

Mungkin itu memang suatu trik jualan ala Jepun (dan negara-negara tetangga sekitarnya), yang hanya bisa dilakukan oleh mereka. Kenapa? Karena mungkin di negara (negara-negara) itu lumrah soal hentai, jadi perihal begini gak dipermasalahkan oleh pemerintahnya. Bahkan mungkin gak peduli. Dan lagi, banyaknya laki-laki dalam kategori bishonen memungkinkan kegiatan shonen-ai bisa dinikmati tanpa merasa geli sendiri.
Coba bayangkan kalau ini terjadi di Indonesia. Adakah yang bisa membayangkan pairing Ariel Peterpan sama... Pasha Ungu gitu? Ngebayanginnya aja gw males!! Bandingkan dengan pairing GacktxHyde yang fenomenal itu (disebut-sebut sebagai ‘couple made in heaven’ pulaak!! Gilaaaak!). Gak ngerasa geli kaaan??? *ini, gw udah ketularan fangirling Jepun yaa?~,~”*

Begitulah.
Itu yang umum dilakukan oleh fangirling (fanboi-ing juuugaa) ala Jepun yang bikin beberapa orang awam mengerutkan kening dan heran, lalu berkomentar, “gilak! Dia straight gak sih?”(Klo soal orientasi seksual sih, itu urusan pribadilah yaa... ^^V)

Eniwei, biarpun begitu, gw pribadi sih, lebih memilih menikmati memperhatikan kegilaan fangirling orang laen, sekaligus nambah-nambah ‘ilmu’ soal band asal Jepun itu, kebanding disuruh menjadi partisipannya, bingung juga soalnya, gak ada ide karna gak sefasih itu.
Mungkin, gw lebih fasih klo disuruh interpretasi lagu?hehehe....



*pikir dipikir* sepertinya, sebenernya gw mulai terkena imbas fangirling nih...hahaha! sebenernya benih itu udah ada dari dulu, tapi kurang dipupuk dan disiram aja sih, jadi gak tumbuh-tumbuh^^
Dan temen gw pun mendengus, “inget umur ‘napa?!

Hehe, sedikit malu juga sih pas liat profil para partisipan dalam komunitas itu. Kok jauh yaa?

(ps: yang gw bahas disini emang terbatas pada fangirling J-artists ya, khususnya lagi LARUKU ^^V)

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Bestfriending with the ears: LARUKU Blurry Eyes (jaman dimana kecantikan Hyde bisa menandingi Allysa Milano, hahaha! vidio klip ituuuhh!!! Ckckck....)

Monday, January 12, 2009

LATEST NEWS


Di jalan tol, iseng buka livejournal seseorang dan berita didalamnya mendadak membuat gw tersentak.

VAMPS will be covering the 90’s hit single TROUBLE by SHAMPOO

And I went from this *O_o* MODE to *laughing my head off* MODE.

Kinda remember that dope song, and I can’t even imagine Hyde do the Wiggling Trademark throughout the song. It’s gonna be nothing but HILLARIOUS. I must say this guy is “brainy”.

I’ll be anxiously waiting for the VAMPS version for this song and i bet that’ll be another dope song.... with the look of Hyde and the wiggling thingy??
And wondering what will KAZ look like then??

Tapi lucunya, euphoria berita ini hanya bertahan sampai perjalanan tol itu berakhir. Once i stepped on the seventh hell, then all the good mood is disappear.... it’s hell anyway, what do you expect?

Just one word: SHIT!!!

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Just for today, i skip all the cheery songs and go with all the System of A Down I have. Hmm....
This describes how “SHIT” today is.....

Don’t want to imagine what will happen next.

I’m too tired, but none is willing to give a little help. just a tiny little thingy called help, but they're just 'too busy' (cynicall mode: ON)... hell.
NICE....

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

2008: judulnya adalah Incubus


Taon 2008 bagi gw adalah taon yang punya judul: INCUBUS.
Kenapa? Karena di taon 2008 gw mengawali, menengahi (kok menengahi sih?) dan mengakhirinya dengan berita seputar Incubus.

Bukan berita lebih tepatnya, tapi benar-benar mengalami Incubus.

Sebagaimana diketahui, awal 2008 ini Brandon Boyd dan teman-temannya membulatkan tekad untuk akhirnya mewujudkan mimpi gw, “manggung di Indonesia”. Well, ini sebenernya udah dari taon 2007 beritanya muncul, tapi memang baru terealisasi di bulan Maret 2008.

Yah... memang pada akhirnya 3 bulan pertama di taon 2008, isi kepala dan hati gw hanya dipenuhi oleh Brandon Boyd cs. I was so preoccupied by these lovely men.
Baik itu sibuk cari tambahan dana buat beli tiket nonton, cari temen nonton, sampe merencanakan strategi buat dapet posisi nonton yang nyaman.

5 maret 2008.... mimpi gw menyaksikan Incubus live di depan mata gw sendiri, terealisasikan dengan baik dan disempurnakan dengan indah oleh satu keping pick gitar warna hijau milik Mike Einziger di telapak tangan gw (dan disenyumin oleh laki-laki imut itu *KYAAAA!!!!!!^^v*) ....baca
http://dongengduniakecilku.blogspot.com/2008/03/dream-comes-true-in-trully-adventure.html dan http://dongengduniakecilku.blogspot.com/2008/03/galeri-konser-incubus.html untuk lebih lengkapnya....

Seakan gak ada akhirnya demam Incubus itu, mendadak sekian bulan setelahnya di siang hari, ponsel gw berdering dan menampilkan nomor asing. Lebih tepatnya lagi, nomer int’l. Saat gw jawab, seseorang diseberang sana menyambut tanpa basa-basi:

Incubus yang lo mau tuh yang mana ya? Alive at Red Rocks udah ada? Gw lagi di toko CD nih

*gubraaaakkk!!!!*
Dan dia menghabiskan sekian dollar Aussie hanya untuk mengkonfirmasikan dvd Incubus mana aja yang belum gw miliki. Ckckck...

Bulan Juli, sebuah kiriman muncul di kantor gw: sebuah benda bersampul biru muda (!!)
Jantung gw udah mau copot pas liat tulisan tangan nan rapi yang udah gw kenal itu. Dan gw pun menitikkan air mata (lebai amat sih gw) saat memegang dengan kedua tangan gw sendiri, dua benda berharga itu: DVD INCUBUS ALIVE AT RED ROCKS dan DVD INCUBUS LOOK ALIVE.

Dua benda itu jadi “the most playing DVDs” di rumah gw, kamar gw tepatnya lagi, untungnya, karena asli, itu kepingnya masih mulus tak berkerut biarpun sering diputer.

Seakan belum berakhir disitu, beberapa waktu lalu di pertengahan desember ini, gw kembali menemuinya (temen gw itu) di dunia maya, gw pun mengkonfirmasikan berapa dollar yang musti gw transfer ke rekeningnya (gak enak juga kali). Dan sebuah jawaban membuat gw makin terharu:

ala... gak usahlah Ken. Itung-itung kenang-kenangan dari gw, dari Aussie.

Haaaaaa......!!!!! *menangis bahagia, terharubiru*

Mendadak aja hidup gw begitu indah dan langit terlihat begitu biru walau ditengah mendung sekalipun, (ckckck... gw emang ratu lebai)

Jadi jelas dong, kenapa taon 2008 ini bagi gw adalah berjudul INCUBUS, karena secara gak langsung those five-ism telah menghidupi mimpi gw dan membuat hari-hari gw di taon 2008 ini begitu berwarna layaknya pelangi.
Akkkh... Incubus betapa gw begitu merindu kalian untuk kembali membius gw dengan seluruh karisma kalian, ckckck....

Lalu, kira-kira taon 2009 judulnya apaan ya?
Hmm... sepertinya 2009 akan dimulai dengan sebuah petualangan, yang lucunya, sampai detik ini, gw belum tertantang untuk menelusuri negara-negara tujuan. Semoga saja dalam petualangan kali ini, gw kembali belajar banyak hal (seperti bagaimana caranya mandi dengan satu kaki menahan pintu kamar mandi? Hehehe....)

I can not much see what 2009 will be like, tapi sepertinya, selama gw menikmati ‘perjalanan hidup’ ini, gw rasa gak ada yang gak menarik bukan?
Semoga juga di taon 2009 nanti blog ini semakin dongeng dari dongeng-dongeng sebelumnya (?), apakah virus-virus itu sudah berhasil ditidurkan? Ato apakah virus itu justru makin menggerogoti? Kita lihat saja di taon depan, okeeeehhh?!?!?!


So... let’s make 2009 another great adventure to dig in.
Sampe ketemu di taon yang baruuuu!!!

akh ya, sepertinya ini akan jadi postingan terakhir di taon 2008, karena mungkin selama cuti, gw akan lebih disibukkan dengan kegiatan rombak/mengisi ‘rumah-rumah’ gw yang laen, hehe.
Walau masih 1 mingguan lagi taon barunya, gak masalah dong klo diucapinnya sekarang aja?
well then...

happy new year 2009
may 2009 brings you nothing but JOYS


viva la vida
cheers to life!!!!


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Note utk "anonymous" :

Terimakasih sekali atas dua benda berharga itu.
Percayalah tentu gw akan mendoakan dirimu kembali ke negeri kanguru itu, walau terselip niatan buruk biar gw punya tempat berteduh bila iseng ngabisin duit ke Aussie,heheh...
Pertanyaan gw: gak minat ya nyari beasiswa ke Jepang?hahaha!!! tetep usaha gw!! (eh, jangan deng itu sih, biar gw aja... biar gw bisa lama tinggal di Jepangnya, hahaha!!! *ngareeepppp!!!!!*)

Eniwei, tengkyu buanget buat mas Brandonnya.
You’ve no idea how much those two mean to me
^^

Dan suara Brandon Boyd entah mengapa terdengar makin seksi di telinga gw....
Damn! he’s such the best vocalist ever sent to this world.

Monday, December 15, 2008

hiburan


Apa yang dibutuhkan bila dirasa kepala mulai pusing karena brianstorming (brainstorming, red.) berlebihan? Tentunya hiburan.

Hari ini dapet 2 hiburan mengesankan yang temanya sama: update-an blog. Walau topiknya beda.

Apdetan pertama.... bikin gw klenger karena poto yang dipajang Si mAnis bikin gw termehe-mehe (how sweet he is really...ckckck... he in glasses still looks cute. Very cute. Memang mAnis... saia suka potongan yang sekarang, jangan dipanjangin lagi yaa... ^^)

Apdetan kedua bikin gw shock, karena ini bertutur tentang interviu dengan hyde yang menanyakan soal poto anonoh yang dipasang di majalah “monthly VAMPS 4” yang mana dimana menampilkan dirinya lagi mandi (showering) dari ujung kepala ampe batas “iiittuuuu”. Semua orang berpikir ini si hyde pastinya menutupi bagian “iiitttuuuu” dengan handuk dong? Tapi apa jawabannya saat ditanya perihal ini?
I was taking a shower, of course NOT” (maksudnya GAK pake handuk) *kyuuunggg~~pingsan* (aiiih... yang ngambil potonya beruntung banget!)

Hahaha...

Aakkkh....
Ini dia, poto hyde-sama lagi mandi (ngambil dari forum tanpa ijin, hihi. Maap ya yang punya poto klo saya curi^^)


Kepala gw jadi makin pusing.... *mimisan abis*






Kalo yang ini, poto si mAnis lagi konser di...meksiko (tadinya mo majang poto yang dia pake kemben pink, tapi itu buat konsumsi gw aja akkh^^) – potonya diambil tanpa ijin dari myspace official MONORAL, tapi dimaklumi kok sama Anis klo gw ngambil ini poto^^ (btw, kok myspace MONORAL street team Indonesia kga ada ya? gak ada yang minat bikin gituh?)

Nothing special.
Ngisi blog cuman buat iseng aja kok.
Masih merayu sang “BRIAN” menggali ingatan akan draft-draft yang hilang ~,~”
Sambil nunggu hasil rayuan, mengisi blog ini dengan hal2 gak penting, hihi^^

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Thursday, November 06, 2008

Wandering at the SEASHORE

UMIBE
by L’Arc~en~Ciel

Yawaraka na sono hoho e to furete

Yasashii jikan ni hitasarete itai
Mou ichido ano umibe ni modori
Tada nanigoto mo nakatta ka no you ni


Kimi no koe ni kizuki mo sezu kisetsu wa sugisari
Kataku omoi maku wa orita yo
Sayonara mo nakute


Yoki senu hodo ni kage wo otoshita
Irozuku mae ni tsumitorareta kajitsu
Fui ni kokoro wo some agete yuku
Maru de jikan ga modotta ka no you ni


Kimi wa ureshisou ni hashagi umibe ni tokeai
Mabushisugita hizashi no naka wo oyoide itta
Ikura saigetsu ga sugitemo kioku wa kizamare
Kesshite kiezu ni boku wo nayamasu


Yurusareru no nara hohoemi kakete yo
Yurusareru no nara
Ano natsu made aruite namiutsu sunahama e to kaerou


Kimi wa ureshisou ni hashagi umibe ni tokeai
Mabushisugita hizashi no naka wo oyoide itta
Kono michi wo tooru tabi ni kimi ga tsukisasaru yo
Maru de mune kara nagareru you ni afure dasu


Translation (secara harfiaah):
SEASHORE
L’Arc~en~Ciel

I reach towards your soft cheek

Wanting to be soaked in that gentle time
To return to that beach once more
As if nothing had happened


The season passes without hearing your voice
A solid, heavy curtain has been lowered
Without even a goodbye


I was unable to anticipate the shadows that fell
A fruit plucked before it ripened
Suddenly my heart is filled with it
As if I've gone back in time


You seemed so happy as you frolicked, melting into the beach
You swam away in the too-bright sunshine
No matter how many years pass, it's etched into my memories
It torments me, never to disappear

If you can, smile at me
If you can
Let's walk along the shore back to that summer

You seemed so happy as you frolicked, melting into the beach
You swam away in the too-bright sunshine
You pierce me every time I go down this road
Spilling out as if you're flowing from my heart

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Cerita Tentang Lagu Ini:

Enga enga, gak akan cerita bagaimana seorang hideto takarai mendapatkan inspirasi untuk menulis lagu ini, gak juga mau ngebahas Laruku kok (“Yooloh!!! Keajaibaaann!!!!” *sembah sujudlah sesegera mungkin^^*)

Eniwei, mendadak teringat lagu ini, lalu menyuntikkannya kedalam kalbu lewat kedua telinga ini dalam dosis melebihi takaran normal, setelah gw kembali menelusuri untuk menghapus inbox SMS yang mulai melewati limitnya, lalu terpaku pada sebuah SMS yang dikirim oleh seorang teman dari masa lalu.

SMS yang sungguh singkat, padat namun meninggalkan satu tanda tanya besar.
Sangat besar sejujurnya.
had I done something wrong? Had I said something bad?

Tapi pertanyaan itu tidak gw sampaikan pada dirinya, karena bila itu yang terjadi, maka dengan serta merta dia akan membalas, “kga napa2!” ato “lo sensi amat sih?!”, intinya adalah tidak akan mengakui apapun, walau tetap dengan berlaku dingin.

Atau mungkin memang tidak ada apapun? Memang hanya gw yang berhalusinasi dan menciptakan ilusi? Tapi mengapa begitu terasa tarikan garis itu? Atau memang seharusnya memang begitu?

Akhirnya, gw pun memutuskan untuk memainkan permainan yang dia mulai. Membantunya menarik garis lebih tebal, lebih dalam dan lebih panjang diantara kami berdua.
SMS itu, seperti akan menjadi SMS terakhir yang gw layangkan pada dirinya.

Sedih memang bila harus melepaskan sesuatu.
Rasanya aneh aja.
Bukan merindu, hanya kehilangan.

Tapi lalu merenung sendiri, “ne! somehow, I get used to it!”^^
Kehilangan.
Gak pengen terbiasa. Karena bila terbiasa kehilangan, hati jadi sulit merasa dan lama-kelamaan, bikin kita sediri jadi gak care sama orang lain dan berpikir, “well, anyway toh dia akan pergi juga.
That is something I don’t wanna feel.

Lewat postingan ini, gw cuman bisa bilang pada dirinya, “Sumimasen”.
Maaf.
Entah mungkin gw tidak menyadarinya. Mungkin juga gw tidak mau berusaha untuk memahami dia dan situasinya? Mungkin sudah menyusahkan?
Entahlah.
Walau dia tidak mungkin membaca blog gw, tapi at least, gw sudah melimpahkan isi hati gw yang selalu berkecamuk bila membaca namanya di daftar kontak ponsel, lalu diliputi keraguan, telpon...engga...telpon...

Ja...
Seperti satu bait kutipan dari lagu UMIBE....

"Kimi no koe ni kizuki mo sezu kisetsu wa sugisari. Kataku omoi maku wa orita yo Sayonara mo nakute"
...The season passes without hearing your voice. A solid, heavy curtain has been lowered Without even a goodbye...

That’s how I feel. That’s what happens between us.

Sayonara, ne....
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ps: gak niatan sebenernya mo mellow jellow gini, tapi tiap denger lagu ini, sedikit susah untuk gak jadi mellow dan kasuat-suat, terlebih.... penghayatan seorang hyde yang bikin gw pengen nangis bareng dia di pantai sambil menikmati matahari terbit diiringi lagu ini. Setelah itu, kita berdua sama-sama pergi menuju arah yang berbeda... aiiikkkkkhhh....... *tetep musti cuci otaaak!!!*

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

My ‘Another Frenemies’: Headphones



Beberapa waktu lalu, baca berita ini di salah satu majalah wanita kosmopolitan (yaah, ketauan deh) terbitan bulan lalu sepertinya. Berita itu bunyinya kurang lebih begini....
headphones yang sering kalian pake untuk mendengarkan MP3 player ato player laennya, percaya ato enggak, mengandung 700kali (ato juta?) bakteri jahat...


Eekkss!!! ‘@,@’ [*klontaaaanggg*]

Sedetik setelah baca itu, gw pun menatap headphones HP gw yang masih menggantung-gantung di leher, dengan satu alis terangkat dan tatapan sedih. Maklumlah, dia adalah benda paling berjasa dalam memompa adrenalin gw tiap pagi dengan mengalirkan beat-beat tinggi ke kedua telinga gw. Daan, itu terjadi setiap hari. 365days. Kalo gak gitu, bisa dipastikan mood gw akan terombang-ambing layaknya sampan mungil ditengah lautan lepas. And I bet you wouldn’t want to mess-around with me ^_^V

Lalu gw teringat lagi akan headphones super-ear-sealed (layaknya headphones buat rekaman di studio gituuh) yang dengan setia menempel di kedua telinga selama 8 jam gw mengabdi di depan komputer (gawe maksudnyaaaahhh) dan mengalirkan percikan-percikan energi ke tubuh gw.

Kalo diitung-itung, jadinya udah berapa banyak bakteri yang berkembang biak dalam tubuh gw yaa??

Aaaakkkhh!!! Tidaaakk!!!!!
Haruskah gw menanggalkan mereka semua demi terbebas dari bakteri?!! >,<

Sekian detik berlalu setelah gw memikirkan hal itu (menanggalkan headphones selamanya), dan gw pun kembali menyumpal kedua telinga gw dengan bantalan hitam yang mengalirkan percikan energi itu.

Maaf!!
Berhubung saya SUDAH sakit (mentally illness lebih tepatnya ^_~ V), maka dengan ini diputuskan bahwa saya TIDAK akan peduli dengan 700juta ato 700 trilliun bakteri yang nempel di headphones dan kemungkinan besar mereka bertransmigrasi ke tubuh gw lewat kedua telinga ini.

KISS my F#@#$ A^^ (eeh, EARS yaa??) dear bacteries!!!
Kyahaha!!

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Kickin’ the ears: masih Laruku (kali ini gabung sama koleksi anime^^) - - - ini adalah usaha gw buat terbiasa dengan bahasa Jepun, sebelum gw memasuki sebuah rumah dan digodok habis-habisan disana dengan huruf kanji, KYAHAHAHA!!!! [ketawa devil mode: SUPER ON]
Oohh, Jangan galak2 ngajarnya yaaa.... *inget HYDE, Ken. Inget HYDE. 2011 ketemu HYDE. Pasti kamu BISA!*