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1. Movie screening.
2. EarPods be gone.
3. From a pedestrian bridge.
4. Fangirling.
5. Hey, there.

What an exciting week! Minggu ini press screening dua kali untuk film 10 Cloverfield Lane dan The Huntsman: Winter's War. Dua-duanya saya suka sih, walaupun kecewa KStew nggak main lagi di Huntsman tapi karakternya disebut-sebut di filmnya. -_- Terus hari Selasa EarPods mati gara-garanya nyangkut di pintu bus waktu saya mau naik. Kayaknya kabel di bagian dalamnya itu langsung ketarik, yang di deket jack-nya langsung letoy gitu, dan mati dua-duanya. Terus akhirnya kemaren beli lagi tapi bukan yang merk Apple. Bhay. Cerita dikit, udah beberapa kali setiap punya earphone yang sebelah kiri tiba-tiba mati duluan. Sekalinya baik-baik aja, masih berfungsi dua-duanya, pasti ada-ada aja kejadian yang anehnya. Pernah sekali diambil orang, terus ya kayak gini nih.

Tapi selain tragedi EarPods yang tewas, saya seneng banget karena Tegan and Sara kembali! Tanggal 8 kemarin mereka rilis single Boyfriend dan U-turn dari album baru mereka. Tapi rupanya pertama kali diperdengarkan di acara radio Beats1 di hari Kamis. Mereka nge-tweet setegah jam sebelum on air dong. Untung saya lihat tweet-nya, jadi langsung dengerin radio. Dan yah masuk akal kalau album baru mereka ini ngikutin jejak Heartthrob dengan gaya popnya. Terus mereka diwawancara untuk artikel yang keren banget ini di BuzzFeed. Foto-fotonya juga nggak kalah keren. Tapi sedih nggak bisa pre-order albumnya. Oh well... Nggak apa-apa deh. Yang penting kalau mereka ke sini lagi semoga saya bisa nonton lagi. Huehehehe.

Sentimental Post

I can't stop thinking about that it's been a year since I saw my most favorite twins on planet Earth, Tegan and Sara performed. Some people would never understand how some other people like me would get obsessed over a band. Sometimes I don't understand either. But it's just so amazing to hear the songs you listen to every single day being played live at that very moment, sang by the very own writers and singers who seem to always brighten up your day with whatever it is they're creating. Okay, I'm totally obsessed, right? Don't remind me.
 

So I read Mockingjay. I didn't expect it to end like that but I like it. I also printed some photos (43) on Tuesday. I'm half happy and half disappointed about them. These photos have gone through an editing process by myself and the lady decided to give it another minor editing, without asking me. Pretty sure they add some kind of 'auto contrast' or 'auto leveling' whatever. I have to say, a few photos look better with that adjustment. But the others... not so much. Next time I have to remind her not to add anymore editing. It's just upsetting.

Still feeling a bit sentimental right now, but I got a plan for Friday. I'm pretty excited about it. Let's just hope the weather will be cooperative. :)

September Nineteeeeeeeeeen

If you know them, I bet you read the title the way you sing Nineteen. Which is good. 

Well. It's that time of the year again. My favorite twins on the planet is getting older today. I'm the worst when it's time for me to say anything about the people I adore, but let me just say that I'm grateful for them for being existed and being a constant inspiration for me. Happy 33rd birthday, Tegan Rain Quin and Sara Kiersten Quin. ❤❤❤

So now you need to see their latest video for Goodbye, Goodbye and also the dogs video version of Closer! 

May 15: Big Sound Festival!!!

Okay, I'll just keep this post short. So, my Mom changed her mind. And I wouldn't in a hundred years thought she'd change her mind that easily on such things. But that's my Mom, I guess. And I feel terrible for being a brat that I am. But she let me go to the concert and I was the happiest, I can't stop smiling! The struggle isn't over, though. I have to find a friend because obviously I wasn't allowed to go alone. And then I have to get the ticket on the D-day because it's not available anymore at some of the official ticket box I visited.
So shout out to my dear friend who accompanied me through hunting for the ticket, the concert, and not to mention all of my babbling, rambling, outspoken obsession of Tegan and Sara on daily basis. You know who you are. Thank you a million time, mate!!! ♡


I didn't bring my camera as DSLR is not allowed and it's the only decent photography gear I own, so I have no other option than my phone camera. I just hate how the phone can't do justice to the pictures but I just can't help it, I have to capture those moments. I'm sorry for the low quality photos.



1. Van She.
2. Heart-shaped smoke? Loving the purple.
3. Stage preparation for Tegan and Sara. This is when I'm losing my breath.
4. Tegan and Sara!!!
5. This was probably during Now I'm All Messed Up.
6. The Temper Trap.
7. Dougy Mandagi. He interacted with the audience in Bahasa the whole time. :)

My battery went low when Blur is on. But I managed to shoot one more video of them when I tried my camera again. And besides, the crowd went crazy and I'm stuck and sandwich-ed between the gate and this girl behind me. I left when Blur is still melting the faces of their fans because Mama already warned me not to get home too late. Besides, I was all messed up. Physically and emotionally.

Back In Your Head / The Con / Walking With A Ghost / Hop A Plane 

Goodbye, Goodbye / Drove Me Wild / Arrow / Alligator

Feel It In My Bones / Now I'm All Messed Up / Closer

I don't know how I managed to write down their setlist among all of the feelings. I was in between emotional breakdown and over excitement, I feel like I'm a bipolar. So yeah... there were tears involved and I'm not gonna explain it further unless you're as obsessed with them as I am. Haha. It was too fast. I mean, really fast. Later on, Tegan posted the photo of the setlist with the caption, "It was fast. It was furious. It was Jakarta." It still make me laugh. Ironically, I'm also furious because the big screen were off and then just playing the same graphic on the background of the stage, instead of a close up of them during their set. Even more ironic, it only happened during their set. So unfair. It was a really entertaining set, but something is clearly missing as they didn't even play Call It Off and Nineteen. I was also hoping for The Cure and The Ocean (T-Teamer right here hehe), but judging from their setlist for previous shows, I know they're probably not gonna play it.


My friend Eky being really kind and picked us from the venue. After they left the stage and until this afternoon I was feeling aaaaaall blue. I guess it's the post-concert syndrome? I really hope they'd come back for a full show. It was a great night and I had so much fun, but I just want more of them, you know? Oh well...


Got home, looking at the ticket, and can't really believe it all just happened. Wish to see them live again in the near future. :))

Febuary 15 ❤

On February 15 Tegan and Sara announced that they're coming to Indonesia on May 15. Am I excited? Hell no. I'm going freaking insane. I've just got to go, no matter what. Gah, this it too exciting!!!! Wish me luck!! xxx

Salander-ish

Yo, semuanya. Seperti yang gue sebutkan di postingan sebelumnya, kali ini gue mau curhat soal rambut. Hehe... namanya juga wanita. Gue jarang banget ganti gaya rambut, tapi kalau udah suka sama gaya rambut seseorang, gue nggak akan ragu untuk langsung pergi ke salon demi mendapatkan gaya itu secepatnya. Sebenarnya pengen juga manjangin rambut lagi. Terakhir rambut gue panjang itu tahun lalu, terus pas akhir tahun spontan potong rambut sebahu sama sohib gue, kemudian gue jatuh cinta sama potongan rambutnya Tegan seperti yang di atas waktu dia tampil di Newport (kalo nggak salah) dan selama recording album terbarunya serta bikin webseries Carpool Confessional.




Jadi suatu hari gue langsung aja ngacir ke salon untuk potong rambut. Hasilnya seperti yang diatas. Gue nggak terlalu suka karena menurut gue bisa lebih bagus daripada itu. Maksudnya sih supaya bagian yang depannya itu agak panjang dan beda jauh sama yang dibelakang... gitu deh, susah jelasinnya. Waktu udah agak panjang lumayan bagus sih, tapi lama-lama jadi kayak bob biasa aja. Udah gitu nggak lama setelah gue potong rambut si Tegan juga ikutan potong....... -__-




Gue suka banget potongan rambutnya yang sebelumnya, jadi waktu dia potong rambut pendek kayaknya kok sayang banget. Tapi lama-lama bagus juga. Ah selama dia nggak plontos, kayaknya rambutnya mau diapain juga tetep bagus deh... Lalu gue sempat tergoda untuk potong pendek (lagi), tapi nggak jadi soalnya rambut gue lama banget panjangnya. Kemudian suatu hari gue berinisiatif untuk potong rambut sendiri. Gue yakin bakal susah banget jadi gue pikir oke, yang gue potong cukup poninya aja. Gue sempat ragu karena kalau gagal wah gawat banget. Ini urusan rambut, men! Dan... beneran gagal. Gue memotong poni gue sendiri dan hasilnya kependekan serta berantakan. Begitu menyadari kegagalan itu gue langsung melongo di depan cermin tapi sedetik kemudian gue langsung ketawa ngakak, menertawakan kebodohan gue sendiri dan muka gue yang langsung berubah dengan poni yang baru. Singkat cerita, gue langsung ke salon terdekat untuk minta dirapihkan poninya dan sekalian potong rambut, tapi yah tidak banyak yang bisa dilakukan.... *dramatis


Tentunya gue diketawain sama teman-teman begitu gue cerita ke mereka. Besoknya waktu kuliah gue jepit aja poninya. Lily menghibur dengan bilang, 'Nggak apa-apa kan biar kayak Roomi rambutnya.' Jadi Roomi yang dia maksud itu adalah Rooney Mara (di The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo sebagai Lisbeth Salander, tentunya). Roomi terdengar seperti perpaduan Rooney Mara dan Noomi Rapace. Begitu gue koreksi, si Oma malah bilang, 'Oh udah ganti namanya?' Susahnya ngomong sama oma-oma...


Yah sebenarnya nggak berniat untuk potong kembaran seperti ini, tapi apa mau dikata Rooney, kita berjodoh. You're my hair twins now. Hahaha..... ini foto pada malam setelah kejadian. Sekarang poninya udah sedikit lebih panjang sih, tapi gue belom foto-foto narsis lagi jadi yah beginilah.



Sepertinya seru ya bikin review 2012 di postingan selanjutnya.... hmmm. Kita lihat saja nanti...

Lights

Warning: post ini memuat cukup banyak self-portrait.

Yep, gue lagi suka Ellie Goulding. Sebenarnya udah lama dengar namanya tapi baru-baru ini aja mulai dengerin lagu-lagunya. Tentunya gue suka hits single-nya yang Lights. Gue juga suka yang judulnya Your Song yang jadi bonus track di album Bright Lights nya. Selain suaranya, gayanya juga oke, men.







Anyway, bulan Desember memang sudah masuk musim penghujan. Biarpun nggak hujan, biasanya jam 4 sore udah gelap. Tapi suatu hari Rabu, cuaca cerah banget dan kebetulan gue pulang lebih cepat dari biasanya. Gue nggak menyia-nyiakan kesempatan. Gue langsung mandi, biar wajah yang kucel akibat polusi dan kuliah agak fresh gitu haha, terus ambil kamera dan foto-foto, memanfaatkan golden hour sore itu. Pokoknya bereksperimen, jepret sana-sini... gue perlu lebih banyak bereksperimen dengan mode manual nih. Sekali gue coba, hasilnya nggak seperti yang gue inginkan, jadi gue pindah ke mode lainnya. Sore itu bagus banget deh cahayanya. Gue foto-foto sampai hampir satu jam. Setelah jam lima lewat, cahayanya udah nggak memungkinkan lagi (dan lagi gue nggak begitu suka pakai flash), tapi masih lumayan terang juga dibanding hari biasanya. Kapan-kapan pengen banget foto-foto di alam terbuka pas golden hour. Siapa yang mau gue foto? Ngantri ya... hahaha






Oh iya, ngomong-ngomong musik gue lagi seneng banget karena beberapa band favorit gue masuk nominasi Grammy. Acaranya sendiri baru digelar 10 Februari mendatang, tapi daftar nominasinya udah diumumkan minggu lalu. Bisa nggak kalian membayangkan perasaan gue; gue lagi menggandrungi banget band-band ini terus tau-tau mereka dapat nominasi Grammy gitu. Beuh seneng banget deh, padahal nggak ada ngaruhnya juga gitu kan buat hidup gue... anyway... Band-band tersebut adalah Mumford and Sons, Coldplay, fun., The Black Keys, dan... TEGAN AND SARA!!! Ya, kalau kalian mengenal gue dengan baik (bah), pasti kalian tahu kalau gue belakangan ini sedang sangat terobsesi dengan Tegan and Sara. Sekarang bayangin lagi deh... mereka bakal rilis album baru di akhir Januari nanti, sudah mulai wara-wiri manggung bareng The Killers dan beberapa musisi lain sebelum nanti tur keliling dunia buat promo album, baru aja rilis video klip dimana Tegan-nya cakep sekali di video itu dan... dapet nominasi Grammy. Gue rasa gue dapat semacam serangan jantung ringan waktu denger kabarnya. Gue lagi asik browsing Tumblr terus ada berita bahwa mereka dapat nominasi Grammy.


Mereka dapat nominasi untuk kategori Best Long Form Music Video untuk Get Along. Apalah itu. Gue agak nggak ngerti sama kategori-kategori di Grammy. Nah, Get Along sendiri adalah dokumenter waktu mereka ke India dan tur album... di satu bagian mereka memang tampil akustik membawakan 15 track, mulai dari album terbaru sampai beberapa album terdahulu. Masalahnya adalah... MUMFORD AND SONS JUGA ADA DI KATEGORI YANG SAMA. Ahem, maaf, terbawa suasana. Gue agak berharap bahwa Mumford and Sons menang di kategori yang lain, tapi tidak untuk kategori yang ini, tapi gue bisa apa... Jadi, kita lihat saja bagaimana hasilnya. Mereka dapat nominasi aja gue udah seneng banget. :')


Selain yang udah gue sebutkan di atas, ada juga beberapa musisi/band yang gue suka yang juga dapat nominasi kayak Florence + the Machine, Foster the People, Muse, Katy Perry..... banyak deh. Kemudian, setelah gue rasa gue sudah cukup overdosis dengan segala macam kesukacitaan, ada satu kabar lagi dari band favorit gue yang lain yaitu Paramore. Mereka merlis kabar di situs mereka yang langsung menyebar di Internet, bahwa album keempat mereka bakalan self-titled dan dirilis pada 9 April 2013. What?! Itu kan ultahnya Kristen Stewart!! Kalau excitement gue dianalogikan dengan Oreo, maka akan jadi Oreo peanut butter and chocolate cream yang double double stuf. Hahaha... sayang nggak ada varian yang kayak gitu :p


Be back soon! :)

Book Fair & Affairs

Currently listening to: Muse - Madness

Oh hey, I'm back. Alright. I've got some photos left, they're also from about two weeks ago. I went to the book fair with the girls, it's been like our regular schedule for every few months whenever the book fair was held at a venue nearby our campus. This time I wasn't sure sure what books I want to get (novels, usually) and I was also trying to save up. So as predicted, I end up with two copies of old National Geographic magazine to bring home.

Photobombs!

I simply just pick up some with issues that interest me and pay, though there are indeed a lot of options. Back at home, I look closer and found out that one of them is older than myself! On February 1989 my parent were not even married yet.

I think unless you're looking for the latest information about these things, these old magazines are still useful because the knowledge is still there and you just have to read on. Plus, what I like most about this magazine is the b-e-a-utiful photos! I'm thinking about making a collage from these photos after I'm done reading them. Hmm...

Beautiful disaster.

This oldie has a raggy brown envelope with a map of Yellowstone National Park inside of it. It was such a treasure for me. It might not be useful because I won't be there anytime soon and not to mention I'm gonna need a newer version of the map. But still... a map! Of world's first national park! Hopefully I'll be there someday.

My camera's predecessors? Haha

And after reading the other one, I have more respect for the emperor penguins. Not just cute, but they're also really really tough. Now take a closer look at the bottom right corner here...





I've been watching movies on DVDs and somehow I'm avoiding 'heavy' movies. I'm usually also into that kind of movie. But lately I really just want to watch silly romantic comedies and animations. Animations always have special place in my heart. It just makes my heart... warm. You know? Watching those animated characters trying to get their dreams and prove themselves to those doubting them. Maybe I see myself in those characters. They lift up my mood and make me feel more optimistic. Which is good. Which is why I need more of good animation movies in my life. Ahem, Pixar, Dreamworks, and basically any other animation movie studios... you heard me?


Sometimes I get inspired after watching a movie and so I doodle about it with my low drawing capability. I finally watched ParaNorman. A blogger I follow on Tumblr makes me really curious about it since she started to collect all things ParaNorman after she watched it. And I have to say that I love this movie, too! It's funny, sad at some part, and sweet. I tried to doodle Aggie because I really like that quote of her. Well, she's a lot cooler in the movie so you have to see it yourself. Haha. As you probably know already, I have such fondness on some things some people may find creepy like skulls and graves. But they even get cuter that they're animated so this movie is kind of like... my thing.

Then I watched Brave. I've been anticipating this movie. I mean, it's from Pixar! The animation is really wonderful and the characters are fascinating. And not to mention the animated landscape of Scotland which is equally breath-taking. So you may want to kiss your mother after you see this movie..... I paint using acrylics on paper for the first time here. I usually just leave my doodle black and white. I think I should paint more, it's nice to see and play with a lot of colors. 

And last Monday I watched Rise of the Guardians. I love it! The characters... the animations... the cast... it's just so good. So as usual, I like the villain as much as I like the heroes. Pitch reminds me to Loki so much. And I like how he sometimes act so dramatic. And I watched it in 3D so it was just so good! There I said it again. I saw the movie alone, something I usually do but haven't done again in a while, get some donuts because I'm craving it, and then back to reality, finishing an essay and another assignment.

Last night I had a really long silly conversations on Skype with the girls. I think we agree that me and one of my friends have a sick obsession to our favorite musician, but no, they're not the same person. Isn't it crazy how you can love some actor or musician so much? I mean, it's just so devastating for me to have this huge admiration for her, my idol, but she probably doesn't even know that I'm exist in this world. So, Tegan if you read this....

In other news, today's been balance. Met some annoying people on the way to and back from campus. But it's been pretty fun at the campus today. Especially because we only watched a movie in the morning class, the following class was dismissed, and so I sneak to an earlier class rather than wait for my regular schedule for that class at 2.30 PM. But I ended up discussing Breaking Dawn: Part Two with my seat's neighbor. What even....... Alright, it's late here so I guess I'll see you later, mate! Have a nice midweek! Whatever!