trio lestari's concert

they came to medan! yahoo! it's truly an honor to have them in medan. we (yenty and i) were cracking our heads to get the tickets. the challenge was to get the official phone number and to get the tickets from the radio station. i honestly confess that i thought of letting it go. not watching their concert would be fine, many of medanese didn't. but thanks God for yenty's perseverance (rather annoying though) pushed me to the end. and in the end, yes, i'd be very dumb to miss it! we went straight to selecta to grab if any ticket left. apparently there were! plantinum tickets only! and we got one for each! :D

the welcoming gate

the platinum 325 thousand rupiah ticket!

the pass to get a seat - stamp on the neck

the door was opened late. we waited outside for almost one and a half hour. then finally the crowds couldn't wait anymore and started a 'strike'. they yelled and pushed the security guards. the guards gave up and let us in. inside the building we have to wait another one and a half hour! the concert finally started at 9pm! it was officially opened by a local acapella group. they performed two songs and the crowds started yelling asking for trio lestari to come out. it was quite disrespectful for the group though.

tompi came out first singing his hits. initially i was not really into him. i found his music rather noisy and annoying. however, he performed great. now i appreciate his talent and music. and he is surely a joker :)

tompi performed fashionably

glenn came second singing with his gorgeous voice! it was amazing to see him and listen to his music live. i was melting while listening to him. love you so much glenn!

glenn ready to take over the stagethe sweet glenn fredlythe sexy voice in action

sandhy came last. dressed in black, he surely looked like a killer, ready to kill everybody with his voice. he was rather rock in this concert. i was totally deceived by his cool appearance. i watched some interviews done with him and his response was rather arrogant and cool, but he is actually very shy and funny person with a funny loud laugh.

sandhy and glenn

sandhy and his guitar ready to kill his fans

the second session of the concert was like a talk show hosted by three of them. they brought up some political issues, music issue, celebrity issues, humanity issues, and religious issues. they also asked the crowds to donate some money for their foundation, for tsunami mentawai victims. it just confirmed me that they have not only big talent but also huge heart.

trio lestari show

the hosts

while all of them were wearing white head to toe, tompi forgot to change his black shoesappreciating the true talent from medan

the concert was closed by singing sm*sh's i heart you song. to the end, they also showed some appreciation to newcomers and their music.

last performance

with one of the saxophonists

yenty and i (with satisfied feeling!)

applause for them for making the night jazzed up and surely romantic

a surprise gift

i got this picture accidentally. when i just finished taking some pictures with danbo, i heard a sound of buzzing fly (does a fly buzz?). then i thought i was just taking some pictures of a fly. i was quite excited because it's been quite a long time i didn't take insect pictures since the bee pictures. when i zoomed in the result to see how clear the fly looked, i saw the mantis too. it was camouflaged as a leaf. it was eating the fly! and the buzz sound i heard was actually a cry of help from the fly.

my 'break' reflection

my break will be over soon. i got a new job in a bank and will start next monday. i am enjoying the very last bit moment of my break. reluctantly letting it go, but i must. looking back at my break, i know i didn't really fully used it. there were times when i just bluntly wasted my time for doing nothing. it doesn't mean i did nothing though.

so, i made this 'my break achievements':
1. finished reading a couple of books (should check previous post for the short review)
2. took some pictures (very satisfied!)
3. made some flannel stuffs (very satisfied too!)
4. updated my blog (this month has the most posts compared with other months! :D)
5. took a short trip to bandung :)
6. updated my knowledge on korean drama, movie and reality shows :p (definitely love goguma couple so much!)

conclusion: happy! looking forward to the next break. but for now, hwaiting for the new job! :)

from danbo with love

i got another chance playing with danbo and camera. the results are just fine. i should look for other fresh ideas! hwaiting! :D

bandung trip

i find several similarities between bandung and medan. they both don't have many places to go in town. if you want to enjoy serene place, you should go out town. both of them are culiner city. they are famous for the food. both of their road are also filled with cars, which leads to traffic jam. my mom and i went to visit my bro in bandung. though it was short trip, i found it quite refreshing personally.

first day in bandung was about my bro. my mom kinda fed all of his id. she brought him to duck king to feed his hunger id. she cleaned his room to feed his hygiene id. she brought him some clothes to feed his image id. she pampered him through and through. when i smelled the odor of envy, i flashed back to my college time and she did the same to me. so, shame on me!

hang out@rumah mode

second day we used a car rental service. we went out town. first we headed to kampung gajah (lit. elephant's village). on the way there, in my mind i'd prepared myself to touch and feed some elephants and when we arrived, i was totally stunned! there was no elephant! not even a baby elephant! there was only a statue! apparently it is an amusement park! fool me! i should have researched on it first. in the end, we just walked around and took few pics.

the one and only elephant at elephant's village

next, we aimed vipassana temple. it was serene, green, and holy. in this temple, they have a unique way to foresee our future. they filled plastic glasses with coins, which must weigh the same as others, but not necessarily have the same amount of coins in it. i guess they weigh a kg. around the main temple's wall, there are monk bowls (i didn't count how many they are). what we need to do is to fill each bowl with each coin from our glass. the remaining of the coins in our glass predicts our future.

the main templethe bowlthe glass filled with coinsmy future - i need a translator, the words are too deepmy mom and imy bro and i ( i was tiptoeing so i didn't look so short in the pic :p

then we took a detour to kampung daun (lit. leaf's village) to have our lunch. nice view, nice shopping items, standard food.

the cool artificial waterfall

fulled with food in our stomach, we headed tangkuban perahu. we went down to kawah domas (domas crater). it was an-hour-quite-tiring walk. i recommend sandals as the best partners to go down there. it is also recommended that after going down to the crater, dipping feet in the hot spring is best thing to do to avoid foot cramp or muscle tightness!

when my mom was trying some hats, i was busying taking pics with these cool cowboy hats! the guidei found this heart-shaped stone. sweet :)the craterenjoying the hot springoh, n0! my foot is boiling!

the day was ended by shopping at dago. but we were too tired to shop. after going in to two-three shops, we decided to eat dinner and to sleep.

third day is amusement park day! we went to the most anticipating amusement park in indonesia, trans studio bandung! the price is quite expensive because there were few games to play with. shockingly the most entertaining thing in the studio was the theatre. they gave an epic performance. the title was so cliche 'legenda putra mahkota (the legend of a prince)', but the performance was dramatic! i was so proud that indonesia can perform that great! (though there were foreigners performed too - with dangerous acts, of course). overall, two thumbs up! the roller coaster was a blast too, must try!

the epic performanceit has very interesting interior designs too!

fourth day was the last day. we went to istana plaza (lit. plaza kingdom) to have our breakfast and to kill some time before flying back to medan.

overall, it was a nice trip. we didn't have chance to go to green canyon and to try some food in bandung's unique cafes. hopefully there'll be time for that. till then take care :)

the power of words

my friend, liang sien, told me this words and it struck me while i was in the midst of looking for a job. i wonder whether the job i'm taking can be a real career or just a job.

btw, thanks liang sien for the inspirational words! :)

a hour with scrabble

an hour experimenting with my scrabble. satisfied enough with the results :)

photograph of the month: june 2011

it was our last day of school and we allowed students to play with ball. and everybody enjoyed it so much, hmmm... perhaps not everybody :p

ps: dear ms. may, if by any chance you see this photo, then i'd like to ask permission to upload it in my blog :)

outbound@kampoengladang (7th july 2011)

it was our closing event for the end of academic year 2010/2011, where the teachers could gather and showed their 'true color'. we chose something different by getting closer to the nature, normally we would end up in karaoke box :p

the gang! (most of them couldn't make it because of personal affair or health problem)the owner showed off a vintage bicycle and "electronic bicycle?" in the evening,
then out came our narcisstic naturei played this trampolin and hurt my arm :(

the outbound itself offers few options to play, they have atv, trampolin, high rope, boats, wall climbing, big balloon (not sure what its real name) and flying fox. but it is a nice place to go. it is so evergreen, a great place to gather with family and to take pictures. many couples actually take their pre-wed pictures here.

see ya in next outbound