Pernikahan Yang Yaaah

So, I went to this book store a couple days ago with a friend. In this place, I found a book about photography,, well, it was more like a portfolio book. I forgot who was the author but this book was so cool. I love the photographs in this book. And what made this book more interesting is that every picture will be tagged with a short poem. 

This is one of my favorite poem in that book:

Pernikahan Yang Yaaah

Semua ingin pernikahannya istimewa

Banyak yang wah, juga yang yaah

Upacara dan kosmetika

Jadi lebih penting dari keindahan cinta

Cinta tak minta apa-apa

Karna ia sudah istimewa

This poem is so simple, so straightforward and not trying to be pretentious. I love this. I love the idea that this poem is trying to convey. For all my life, I've been dreaming for a simple wedding too that will be only attended by people I know rather than a bunch of strangers who only come by to get free meals and comment uselessly on my wed. Because that is what commonly happening in Indonesia. People in Indonesia hold a very big and generous wedding party mostly only to show off their pride, and so they don't give a damn to a fact that they don't know every person who come. So, if you are a perfect stranger and come to a wedding and tell people that you are a cousin of a cousin, people will believe you, right away!

It's so lame. Well, yeah, considering to that, pernikahan yang yaaah sounds perfectly suit me

GEDUNG SATE: 1 2 3, Poseee!!

I've been living in Bandung like more than seven or eight years, and this is the first time I took pictures in front of the very famous Gedung Sate. Well, I didn't feel anything at all though but blushing when people staring at my poses, lol..

What makes me amazed the most of living in Bandung is how people appreciate their heritage so much. People in Bandung, especially Sundanese people, have special way in preserving their cultural heritage. I'm not talking about physical preservation and stuff, but I'm talking about how Sundanese people living the heritage up in their soul. And I feel very lucky to be a part of that spirit now!

See you when I see you!

Saya baru ingat, beberapa hari yang lalu, teman saya mengadakan acara pesta perpisahan dengan makan-makan di PH. Ada satu hal tentang perpisahan ini yang menarik saya.. Well, sebelum saya melanjutkan, saya akan bercerita perpisahan macam apa ini.

Ini adalah perpisahan seorang teman yang akan pindah keluar kota. Dia dulunya adalah rekan kerja saya dan beberapa teman yang lain, mereka telah saling mengenal selama beberapa tahun, dan saya yang datang belakangan juga telah menjadikan dia salah satu teman terfavorit saya.

Jadi... setelah acara perpisahan yang gila itu, teman saya ini menulis sesuatu di wall group kami di Facebook.. saya sudah lupa persismya bagaimana, tapi.. intinya, kali ini dia tidak ingin mengucapkan "GOODBYE" karena yeah... goodbye memiliki makna yang menyakitkan dan oang2 jarang bisa berjumpa lagi setelah saling mengucapkan goodbyes, So.. long story short, teman saya ini lebih memilih mengatakan "SEE YOU WHEN I SEE YOU"

Nice!

Saya suka ide ini. Saya akan bertemu dengan kalian lagi pada saatnya nanti. Kalimat ini terdengar lebih optimis di telinga saya yang sinikal dan sardonic, :p Well, selamat jalan temanku, semoga kita bisa mendapat apa yang selama ini kita impikan.

Indonesian No. 1 food: BAKSO!!

Hati saya sedang SAKITTT!!

Ya, saya menulis post ini dalam Bahasa Indonesia karena saya tidak ingin ada seseorang yang mengerti soal ini. Hati saya sedang sangat sakit sehingga saya akan menulis soal Bakso. Yeah, bakso! Siapa yang tidak suka bakso??? Semua orang Indonesia suka, apparently!

"Bakso umumnya dibuat dari campuran daging sapi giling dan tepung tapioka, akan tetapi ada juga baso yang terbuat dari daging ayam, ikan, atau udang. Dalam penyajiannya, bakso umumnya disajikan panas-panas dengan kuah kaldu sapi bening, dicampur mi, bihun, taoge, tahu, terkadang telur, ditaburi bawang goreng dan seledri. Bakso sangat populer dan dapat ditemukan di seluruh Indonesia; dari gerobak pedagang kaki lima hingga restoran."(Disadur dengan penuh kesadaran dari Wikipedia / terlalu malas u berpikir :p)

BAKSO BELAKANG MONUMEN Dipati Ukur favorit saya!!!

Bagi saya, jatuh cinta itu seperti makan semangkuk bakso! Awalnya saja yang enak, setelah menghabiskan setengah mangkok, saya akan merasa mual dan jijik.. tapi, saya perlu makan bakso, karena dengan begitu saya masih merasa kalau saya hidup. Yeah, menginginkan sesuatu adalah ciri2 dari jiwa2 yang hidup kan???

Cinta itu seperti bakso, kita tidak akan tahu apa yang ada di dalam bakso itu (yeah, ini versi lain dari kata2 ibu Forest Gump! kalau saja di US ada bakso, pasti dia akan bilang begini alih2 mengandaikan kehidupan dg sekotak coklat :p). Apapun yang kita temukan dalam bakso itu, mau urat kek, mau daging cincang kek, tetap saja kita akan terkejut, hanya saja, masalahnya, apakah kita akan menyukai kejutan itu. Ugh!! Saya TIDAK SUKA isi bakso saya sekarang ini!!!!

Perasaan diacuhkan bercampur dengan keinginan untuk lepas dari seseorang yang datang bersamaan membuat saya ingin meledak sekarang ini. Saya sangat menyukai pria ini, tapiiii.. ada sesuatu dari kami yang membuat hal ini tidak mungkin terjadi. Yeah,, sudahlah, mari kita makan bakso rasa masochist saja kalau begini caranya. Dan dari semua hal yang bisa saya pikirkan, saya hanya bisa mengatakan "saya merindukanmu, tapi tidak juga!!"  :'(

The Upstairs, Adhitia Sofyan. Beautiful intruders!!

Hi all..

So, recently, me and my friend went to a gig. It was actually a private gig for a certain faculty in an X university, but since we really yearned to witness Adhitia Sofyan's performance, we set aside our sanity and logic. So, we attended the show. Yeah, of course, people straightly noticed that we were not belong to them. We're intruders, but who cares?? We really enjoyed the performance, moreover, there was also a good surprise for us; THE UPSTAIRS!!!

That is the first time we see the upstairs' show live!! And it was superb. Well, even if they performed with only 3 original band members and two additional band members, it did not lessen their musical quality. The best part of the show of this band is the way of the lead vocal to have a fun and hilarious conversation with the audience between the performance. Yes, Jimi Multhazam is ssooo goood in doing this!!

To tell the truth, I felt a little bit disappointed with Adhitia Sofyan's performance. It's wayyyy far from my expectation. Yeah, yeah, I know, I supposed not to expect much from singers with musical taste like Mr. Sofyan, but, I thought he could do better than that. I don't know, maybe it's the way he sang, but I just not really into the mellow songs when it is performed live :P

Baby Eat Crackers. Hmm.. I understand so well why this band take this name :P they're so soft like baby.. with bosanova tunes, I almost can't help myself to doze off.

Yeah, this is the crowd I'm talking about. They were like having this SNEAKCOSKOPE telling them that we were outsiders :(

Gitarku saja tak cukup menjadi andalan... Well, to me it is, Mr!

Adhitia Sofyan told the audiance that his keyboardist is still single, YAYYYY!!

Mr. Love Guitar :P

Pandu Fathoni, The Upstair's additional bassist.

Krishna Sukarya, additional keyboardist and synth!! I love this dude.

Jimi Oh Jimi... you're such a Darling!!

I wonder where he did he get that glasses???

Jimi once told the audience that he really loved the religious audience that nite. He likes to see the crowd looked sincere and nice. That's why he wanted to sing their Religious song. But that song is never come out of his mouth because they actually don't have it :P

Andre Idris, he's as cool as an ice..

Look at the flame above Jimi's head! It explains everything I want to say :P

Living in Bandung Today..

It is a fact about Bandung: Bandung is super crowded. People are everywhere and so does with the houses. Yeah, I know, this kind of situation just happens to almost every big city in every corner of the world. Big cities have allures that people can't deny and it is therefore people from everywhere are coming and make full the cities. Me and my family also the new comer in Bandung, that's why I know so well about this opinion :P But pleassseee, can people just stop coming and coming? 

The worst part about this kind of urbanization is that the native or local people that don't have strong economical background will be marginalized in terms of the area to live. Based on my own experience and facts that I witness, many people who are originally reside in Bandung have to move to other secluded area in order to be able to continue living. They will sell their houses and lands and buy another that is cheaper. Yes, most people do that in Bandung. And that is very sadden.

Bandung is already overloaded. If you need anymore proof, just check these picts out:

Look at this crowded and hectic houses, it will be very difficult to do the evacuation if something bad happens such as fire.

Houses are not supposed to be built near river banks like this due to the safety and environmental preservation reasons, but in Bandung, things like this is COMMON!

My lovely but sad Bandung..

I really wish the government will do something about this. All they need is only to CARE!! Once they care about others, next they will have the empathy and try to make everything better. That's why, in my opinion, people who are in charge is supposed to be elected from the minority sides that is well aware with the difficulties of living life, SIGHHHH... well, I'm just a chatterbox. I don't know what I'm talking about. But there's one thing that I am SURE I KNOW is that I CARE!! I Love Bandung. That's why I want people to notice about this issue.

My Muse