these are the things that i would be on for at least 1 week. wonder what happened? take a guess, it's time for QUIZ! :P
bagi pemenang pertama akan disediakan sebuah piring cantik... tsahhh, kayak dagang sabun aje.. ya udah, gue mo tidur2an dulu sambil nongton rerun Meteor Garden... deeehh...

sounds familiar, jal? dew? it's barely 7 a.m and am boarding in 20 minutes from now. need to catch some rest and sleep as soon as i arrive.
all in all it was a good trip. the picnic was great, although last year's venue was much more better. managed to get foot reflxology, tarot reading *good one!*, sound therapy and DJ lesson along with lovely colleagues, excellent food and good drink. i kept my word of not buying books from Borders and abusing my card on shopping spree despite of The Great Singapore Sale temptation. on the other hand, my MakanSutra trip was amazingly satisfiying. it consist of no less than Mandarin's Chicken Rice, Laksa Katong, Chilli Crab from Newton Circus *amazing how 3 persons managed to clean 2 gigantic crabs and a humongous oyster-sauce squiddy... you like the sauce, ah?* and great amount of sugar cane juice. but fear not for i shed those pounds from a lot of walking-bus hopping-MRT trip. consider it as an exercise for a lazy-flesh like me.
thanks to all who gave me good times here, you guys are great friends and companions... adieu!

girl, you're every breath i take
your love rules every move i make
and i know that you can't read my mind
and baby maybe i

don't say it as often as i should
but i really want it to be heard
when i say i love you that's for good
you have my word
that day after day after all
i will always be true
that's a promise i make to you

you take this heart of mine
and make it better
i need you
to come and walk with me
through this life
forever
and i know these words are long over due
and baby, maybe i

don't say it as often as i should
but i really want it to be heard
when i say i love you that's for good
you have my word
that day after day after all
i will always be true
that's a promise i make to you

i may hold you
i may need you
i may want to

don't say it as often as i should
but i really want it to be heard
when i say i love you that's for good
you have my word
that day after day after all
i will always be true
that's a promise i make to you

A Promise I Make - Dakota Moon

***

it's a gloomy 5th anniversary for me this time... yes, that bloody penalty... yes, the same nightmare dejavu from 4 years ago... yes, i wanna chop this fucking-bloody-bastard-stupid-idiot sonnofa bitch to pieces *of course you can't blame el capitan as usual, god forbid!*... aaarrrrghhhh, they did this on purpose and why withdraw him for god's sake????

ahh, well... at least Manchester United shouldn't do a hard time thinking whether they should hire him as a goal keeper for next season... such a fucking scary cro-magnon...

anyway, this weekend should (or better) be fun... am having picnic with some colleagues here, i hope there will be a lot of exciting stuff just like we had last year here... no worries, i'll be back in no time... ;)

ps: Lae, kirim alamat kau lah, kalah aku kali ini... tapi kok jadi bertukar supenir begini sih?? *gubrak*

06/12/2004, 13:41:44
Pa rici saya titip kaos konser LP besok bisa tak? Tabisa ikut menongton soalan hiks.

06/12/2004, 14:16:12
Kalo ada ya. Sip sip.

06/12/2004, 14:27:10
Terimakasci sebelunia.

06/13/2004, 09:31:51
Gue ada tiket LP VIP lebih nih. Berminat?

06/13/2004, 09:34:32
Berapa

06/13/2004, 09:42:16
1 tiket. Harga 300, dijual 200.


... and the rest was fucking history! jadi ceritanya, beberapa anak muda penggemar berat Linkin Park (LP) sudah memesan tiket dari jauh jauh hari untuk pergi menongton bersama. sayangnya ada yang sakit mendadak, jadi tiketnya dijual murah. tanpa bermaksud untuk menari diatas penderitaan orang macam waktu saya menongton Coldplay ketika seorang bujang ganteng sakit tipus, saya mendadak punya kesempatan menonton LP at discounted price. bisa dibayangkan betapa rumitnya merayu suami untuk memberi izin isterinya yang berjiwa binal berjingkrak bersama separuh populasi anak SMP seJakarta di Ancol yang medannya 3 kali lebih cadas dari Istora Senayan *bukan medan ding, masih jakarta aja juga!*. that was quite tough considering gue didrill abis sama pertanyaan macam FBI, which mainly was : kamu nggak pergi sama cowok2 doang kan? di sana bakal ada cewek2 juga kan? *ya iyya lah, masalahnya gue kenal apa nggak begitu loch*

akhirnya dengan melewati proses negosiasi yang alot, suami saya bersedia mengantarkan saya ke Ancol setelah kita pergi ke kawinan mewakili ayah saya. konser baru mulai jam 3, tapi ticket gate udah dibuka dari jam 11. gue sendiri nyampe baru jam stengah satu dan namanya Ancol penuhnya udah kayak 3 propinsi badut Dufan parade mendadak. berhasil menemui kawan2 di atas dan dua cewek lain yang akhirnya terperangkap bersama saya. sempet kaget karena ada dua orang sengaja ngecet rambut jadi merah berharap bisa jadi backupnya Chester (Cheetah atau Beddingfield?). hari itu gue bener2 dress light abis, kagak bawa apa2 kecuali henpon, dompet, rokok & lighter *makanya kagak ada poto2 manis kali ini -kecuali beberapa poto yg diambil pake hpnya Jerry- maap ya huhuhuhu*.



setelah jalan satu puteran lingkar luar Monas akhirnya kita ngantre di depan gate masuk terakhir. oiya, baru sekarang gue masuk konser yang gatenya lapis 4 dan jarak antar gate itu 10 menit gajah lari. asli penyelenggaranya pengen make sure ini konser nggak rawan rusuh kek Korn. masuk ke venue jam 2an, dan kita para cecewe kepisah sama cecowo dan berhasil maju sampe kurang 3 meter dari bibir panggung. udara udah pengap banget dan asli keringet 10 jenis ternak satu kecamatan masih kalah bau sama campuran ketiak 15,000 orang yang ngumpul saat itu. kendati udah disiram2 air blanwir biar nggak kering dehidrasi, tetep aja satu persatu penonton mulai pingsan atau mundur ke belakang karena nggak kuat. melihat kondisi yang bisa dipastikan bakal rusuh, gue memutuskan untuk menitipkan dompet dan handphone gue ke Inna yang waktu itu bawa ransel. sampe saat ini gue nggak tau apakah ide ini cemerlang atau nggak, silahkan elo yang decide di akhir cerita.

jam 3 konsernya masih belom dimulai, tapi ada a so-called opening act, semacem dj yang ngescratch remix2 hard core gitu. biarpun crowds banyak yg nyuruh dia turun, gue justru suka banget ama spinningnya. buat yang tau tu orang siapa, kasih tau gue dong! akhirnya jam 4 lewat dikit konser LP resmi dibuka. pertama gue masi cengo dongo bin tolol aja gitu ngeliat Chester sama Shinoda di depan mata gue berasa close up. tapi seperseribu sekon kemudian adalah art of survivor dari seorang ibu ibu yang terperangkap dalam mosh pit dan terpisah dari 2 teman perempuannya. gyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!! bayangin namanya hype hype loncat loncat sambil takut keinjek ama ABG cowok yang gedenya 2 kali yeti, tenaganya 4 kali mammoth. and there were thousands around me! satu lagu kuat, dua lagu mulai panik karena sepatu gue udah mau copot gara2 keinjek gerombolan babi liar itu, by the time lagu ketiga : that's it. i'm not going to risk my fucking life in the middle of this lethal-crowds! plis deh, mereka lulus SMA aja belom kali nah kalo gue dong pulang udah ada kewajiban nanak nasi buat laki!! nggak nyambung ya?? yah kira2 gitu deh, ngerti maksud gue kan?? nggak juga ya?? ah well...

pokoknya gue memutuskan keluar dari crowds sinting itu dengan diangkat 2 sekuriti *iya, gue seberat itu, mind you!* dan sekali lagi gue terperangah karena bener bener bisa ngeliat Chester, Shinoda dan Hahn LEBIH CLOSE UP LAGI sampe ke bibir panggung. segitu melongonya sampe nggak jadi pengen pengsan dan diusir suruh jalan ama sekuriti. sumpe muka gue waktu itu pasti dongo banget, mana banyak wartawan ngambil foto baik LP maupun orang2 yang pada bergelimpangan itu. bangsattt, sayang banget gak bawa digicam!!!! *nyesel nangis nabi* akhirnya sebelum gue nyampe di pos palang merah, gue loncat lagi masuk ke VIP B. duduk cengo bentar di situ, minta2 aer putih sampe utang nyawa ama polisi karena dikasih seperapat botol aqua bekas, narik napas, ngerokok, abis itu luncat2 lagi pas mereka maenin 'Breaking The Habits'.

all in all, LP bener2 tau gimana cara bikin seneng penongton. ritme konsernya kejaga rapi dari awal sampe akhir, jadi nggak ada tuh namanya tengah2 kita drop gak selera keilangan momentum. mereka juga interaktif sama penonton, ngingetin untuk nggak brutal by saying 'we all come here to have fun together, and i don't want to see any people hurt or being pulled out of the crowd again'. mereka juga ngajak penongton nyanyiin bareng2 lagu baru mereka dengan sesi kejar paket A dan mengulang bridge In The End karena instead of Chester yang nyanyi, penonton lebih heboh dan dia nggak mau magabut alias wanprestasi. gue surprise juga ngeliat ada penonton ditarik sepanggung berluncat2 sama mereka, that one lucky bastard yang sepanjang konser mereka perhatiin sing along tanpa jeda, di situ gue ngeliat mereka bener2 ngehargain fansnya. mereka juga lumayan sering lempar souvenir yang nggak cuma pick doang ke crowds, nunjukin bahwa mereka nggak pelit. pokoknya lima orang itu tampil prima tanpa cacat kecuali suaranya Chester yang menurut gue kurang keluar. harusnya bisa lebih cadas lagi jeritannya itu aduh. tapi yang jelas mata saya suda mau mencelat saban melihat Mr. Hahn mengelus elus piring aduh beruntunglah kelian wahai piring mau dong jadi piring juga nggak usah jadi bola uhuhuhuhuhu...

playlist konser ini nggak kurang dari 15 lagu, antara lain (not in particular order)Don't Stay, Breaking The Habit, Crawling, Numb, One Step Closer, Points of Authority dan From The Inside. i have to admit i don't know all of their lyrics and songs, esp from Meteora album. ya maap, berangkat gak pakek persiapan dengan wangsit menongton MTV Non Stop Hits khusus Linkin Park semalem sebelumnya gitu loh. tapi yang jelas, gue bener2 spanneng pas Somewhere I Belong, Faint sama In The End dimainin berturut2. anjrit itu berasa neken 1.5 ditandem JD, adrenalin langsung naik nggak bisa turun lagi langsung pengsan pecah kepala. that's the ultimate hit. better than sex. faint. totally. udah gitu mereka bawain Wish nya NIN, aduh gue nggak tau berapa gelintir band yang berani maenin NIN di konsernya mereka. untung (atau sayang) yang dibawain bukan Perfect Drug, kalo nggak gue beneran bisa mati berdiri di tempat, adudududududu.

sayang konsernya kurang lama, jam 6an udah abis. padahal gue yakin masih banyak yang belum turun nginjek bumi lagi ituh. eh iya, seperti yang gue bilang, gue akhirnya kepisah ama temen2 gue di VIP A *sumpah deh VIP B crowdsnya lebih aman, gue bisa maju lumayan deket dan di tengah tapi rusuhnya nggak seanjing anjing VIP A* dan di kantong gue cuma ada : rokok & lighter. yak mampus, gimana gue pulangnya inih???? untung di tengah kegalauan itu ada yang minta api yang ternyata adalah sahabat saya semasa SMP sampai kuliah. gue yang ada langsung nempel dia aja untuk mengantarkan gue ke gerbang kemerdekaan, uhh, Duren Tiga Raya? ya gitu deh, akhirnya gue pulang bareng dia yang ternyata nebeng sama temen gue yang ternyata nontonnya juga melalui ijin alot dari bininya karena : bininya lebi ngefans sama LP tapi lagi hamil 5 bulan. gubrakkks!!! huhuhu ini judulnya oknum 01-095 sama 02-003 bertemu secara tidak sengaja di tempat kejadian perkara. selain mereka, gue sempet ketemu 02-013 *iye Jal, anak Dorji*, 2 orang temen SMA gue *Elis ama Wien, mak* dan ternyata ada Banto juga, Nda...

berhubung dompet & handphone gue masih di Inna, gue nyoba untuk nelpon diri sendiri pake handphone temen gue itu untuk nyari mereka. tapi berhubung kita udah jalan ampe pintu keluar dan handphonenya baru diangkat setelah gue masuk mobil, gue memutuskan untuk pulang nggak bareng Richoz dkk. handphone dan dompet baru gue ambil keesokan harinya berhubung rumah kita deketan. gue bisa nebeng temen gue yang bawa mobil itu karena dia tinggal di Pejaten, turun di prapatan Duren Tiga dan langsung ngojek sama pembokat gue yang udah standby di pengkolan untuk jadi feeder. makasih banget buat mereka yang udah ngurusin gue, termasuk pinjem pulsa dan pinjem duit buat beli teh botol juga. emang keren hidup gue hari itu. chaotic. surreal. with the end product of badan yang sangat bau dan rokok dari se pak penuh sisa 3 batang doang. yak, saya selamat sampai di rumah dengan suami yang geleng geleng kepala macam pak guru membawa mistar sambil bergumam 'anak nakal sana mandi junup bau prengus kamuh!' uhuhuhuhuhu. oiya, saya sempet menelpun dia juga untuk mengabari bahwa saya pulang sendiri saja dan peristiwa handphone yang tabisa dihubungi.

demikian laporan konser kali ini yang sangat tidak komprehensif karena sudah liwat 5 hari tapi linunya belum hilang. berarti memang saya suda jompo bin menopause, kecemplung moshpit tasampe stenga jam saja sudah keblebekan...

ps: gue kena kutukan kaos konser lagi deh kayaknya. kali ini selaen gue nggak nemu orang yg jual kaos yg ada concert listingnya, gue juga gak berdompet. jadi lagi2 gue nggak dapat kaos kenangan. buat yang bakalan nonton mereka di Singapore atau Hongkong, coba ya berbaik hati untuk membelikan satu ukuran S. nanti saya ganti. JANJI PRAMUKA! ^^;v

May 24 is hub's day
June 1 is dad-in-law's day
June 4 is mum-in-law's day
June 5 is my day
and last (but not least), today is my dad's day!
*am starting to think of having a Gem-baby for my own*




Happy Birthday, Daddy!!!

too bad we can't celebrate it since you and mum had to go out of town. but then again, you can ACTUALLY celebrate it just with mum, huh? notty old-peeps...! we promise we won't make out on your bed during your leave. scout's honor!

anyway, this is the soppy moments to a dedication post on my dad, rite? too bad i'm too fucken' tired to type anything now because i just came back from (the unplanned) Linkin Park's Concert. you have no fucken' idea how surreal this day have been to me! will update you on this later. but really dad, i LOVE you soooo much. just that your lil angel need a long-big-nap after this....



ps: makasih buat Ninit ama Adhit yang tadi tilpun ke rumah pagi pagi buat kasi selamat belated b'day... aduh terharu saya habis ngga ada yg pernah tilpun jauh2 dari Afrika... ^^;v

we've had our share of hard times
but that's the price we paid
and through it all
we kept the promise that we made
i swear you'll never be lonely

remember yesterday
walking hand in hand.
love letters in the sand
i remember you

through the sleepless nights
and every endless day
i'd wanna hear you say
i remember you

I Remember You - Skid Row

sudah tau kan kalok mulai posting macam begini tandanya saya mati akal mengisi blog... uhu uhu uhu *gubrak*

Events :

1783 - The Montgolfier brothers demonstrate publicly their montgolfière (hot air balloon)
1849 - Denmark becomes a constitutional monarchy by the signing of a new constitution.
1864 - American Civil War: Battle of Piedmont - Union forces under General David Hunter defeat a Confederate army at Piedmont, Virginia, taking nearly 1,000 prisoners.
1900 - Boer War: British soldiers take Pretoria, South Africa
1917 - World War I: Conscription begins in the United States as "Army registration day."
1924 - Ernst Alexanderson sends the first facsimile across the Atlantic Ocean (to his father in Sweden).
1944 - World War II: More than 1000 British bombers drop 5000 tons of bombs on German gun batteries on the Normandy coast in preparation for D-Day.
1947 - Marshall Plan: At a speech at Harvard University, United States Secretary of State George Marshall calls for economic aid to war-torn Europe.
1956 - Elvis Presley introduces his new single, Hound Dog, on The Milton Berle Show, scandalizing the audience with his suggestive hip movements.
1959 - The first government of the State of Singapore is sworn in.
1963 - British Secretary of State for War John Profumo resigns in a sex scandal.
1967 - Six-Day War begins: The Israeli air force launches simultaneous attacks on the air forces of Egypt, Jordan, and Syria.
1968 - U.S. presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy is shot at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California by Sirhan Sirhan (He died on June 6).
1975 - The Suez Canal opens for the first time since the Six-Day War.
1977 - The Apple II, the first practical personal computer, goes on sale.
1977 - A(nother) nonchalant lunatic bitch is born.
1981 - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that five homosexual men in Los Angeles, California are have a rare form of pneumonia seen only in patients with weakened immune systems (these were the first recognized cases of AIDS).
1984 - Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi orders an attack on the Golden Temple, the Sikh holy spot.
1994 - At least 264 Indonesian villagers in East Java were killed by an earthquake.
1995 - Bose-Einstein condensate is first created.
2002 - Mozilla 1.0, the first 'official' version, is released.

Births:

1341 - Edmund of Langley, a younger son of King Edward III of England (d. 1402)
1723 - Adam Smith, economist (d. 1790)
1771 - King Ernest I of Hanover (d. 1851)
1781 - Christian August Lobeck, classical scholar (d. 1860)
1819 - John Couch Adams, co-discoverer of Neptune
1883 - John Maynard Keynes, economist (d. 1946)
1887 - Pancho Villa, revolutionary (d. 1923)
1894 - Roy Thomson, Lord Thomson of Fleet, publisher(d. 1976)
1938 - Karin Balzer, East German hurdler
1939 - Joe Clark, sixteenth Prime Minister of Canada
1949 - Ken Follett, author
1954 - Nicko McBrain, musician (Iron Maiden)
1962 - Princess Astrid of Belgium
1971 - Mark Wahlberg ("Marky Mark"), singer, actor

Deaths:

535 - Epiphanius of Constantinople, patriarch of Constantinople
1316 - King Louis X of France
1900 - Stephen Crane, author
1930 - Pascin, the "Prince of Montparnasse"
1941 - Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany
1998 - Sam Yorty, former mayor of Los Angeles, California
2002 - Dee Dee Ramone, musician ("The Ramones")
2003 - Jurgen Mollemann, German politician

Holidays:

National holiday of Denmark (Constitution Day)
Feast of Saint Boniface
Baha'i Faith - Feast of Nur (Light) - First day of the fifth month of the Baha'i Calen

source: Wikipedia

15 there's still time for you
22 I feel her too
33 you're on your way
every day's a new day

15 there's still time for you
time to buy and time to choose
hey 15
there's never a wish better than this
when you only got 100 years to live

100 Years - Five for Fighting