My Favourite today and tomorrow

Hello there!,

Actually, i just wanna write about my favourite singer (band) today. I don't know either you already knew Owl City or not. But that's the band that i like the most. The first time i knew Owl City from my friend. it was 1.5 years ago. 

My friend said "Star, do you know fireflies?" 

Me: "noo.. what is it?" then my friend asked me to search it on Youtube. 

So, on the next day, i used my laptop then connect it to the Internet, then went to Youtube website, typed "Fireflies" and taarraaa .. there's Fireflies-Owlcity. I listened to this song, and i muttered "what kind of the song is this?, it's weird!". After that, i posted it on my facebook page and tagged my friend there. I said to her " is this the song that you meant? it's weiiirrrd huh!." My friend answered " what, weird?? it's cool you know!. You have to listen it again." but i still said to her " i heard it twice and it's enough. it's still weird!." then i turned my laptop off and went to sleep.

In the morning i woke up and got ready to go to school,then guess what?!. when i was on my way to school, nothing was in my mind. But suddenly, my heart and my mind sang the chorus of Firelfies!!!. then it stuck in my mind... oh well...

after i got back home, i listen to that song again and search for the other owl city's songs. And yeah, i hate to say that i finally addicted to Owl City's songs. why do i like it so much now? firstly, i feel like what he wrote on his songs is so me. i mean, it's all like what i felt at that time and it can made me feel more relax and stronger. what i thought was oh God, even Adam Young ever felt like i feel now. and Secondly, Owlcity's songs are "colourful" and imaginative. It can creates a theatre of mind, can makes you smile, and can makes you wanna dance and jump!. when you listen to owlcity's music, it's just like the music give a command to your brain to imagine about a beautiful place where you are happy and laugh and shout, a place where you can feel relax, no worries, no burden. Just like live the life happily. Well, all of that are my humble opinion about owlcity.

Above are the reasons why i like Owlcity's songs. and this is the reason why i like Adam Young. The first time i fell in 'love' with adam young, because i read his blog (owlcity's blog). what i read on his blog, represents that he is a religious guy. i like it. well, he is really religious, that's why i like him, as a person (not as a musician or owlcity). that's my first impression about Adam and i'm impressed. i think, not so many artists who are still care about their believe. But this Adam Young is different. He still cares with his believe. and the other point come after that.

I googled about adam young, include about does he smoke? and i found the answer that he doesn't smoke! wow, that makes me more like him. religious and doesn't smoke. Seems like he is a good guy, isn't he? :p well, my friends think that i'm hoping to be his gf, but actually, i never hope to be his girlfriend. Nope, i don't hope that, only friend. For me, what i feel about Adam Young is only between fans and an idol, oh yeah, more than that, i consider him as my friend (giggled). I know, sometimes i care with him and give my attention to him. by what? by replying all his tweets! LOL. i dont know, my friends said that i always reply his tweets and i am soooooo care with him!. hahahha.. for me, it's.. i don't know, i like to pay attention to my friends, i care with them.

hhmmm.. what else?.. haamm heemm huuummm .... ooh, Owlcity just released his new album named All the Things Bright and Beautiful. Already available everywhere. You can buy it online or at the music stores. I suggest you to buy this album, and you will not regret it. :)

btw, i listened some of the songs in this album. I like Alligator Sky, Galaxies, Deer in The Headlights, Angels, now i'm officially like Dreams Dont turn to Dust.

After all, i like almost all of owlcity's songs. You know, Adam didn't only write about love songs, but also about life and human relationship with God. i told ya he's religious :p and all his songs have a message and it's like a mood-booster for me. Now, i can't wait to meet him on October 28th, 2011, here in Indonesia! :D

Here, the lyrics of Dreams Don't turn to Dust by Owlcity

Splash down in the silver screen
Into a deep dramatic scene
I swim through the theater
Or maybe I'm just a dreamer
Like a kite in the bright midday
Wonder stole my breath away
Shy sonata for Mercury
The stars always sing so pretty

This picnic will soon depart
Real life, I'm sad to see you go
I'll miss you with all my heart
But I'd rather be alone
'Cause I couldn't live without
Sunsets that dazzle in the dusk
So I'll drag the anchor up
And rest assured, 'cause dreams don't turn to dust

Dreams don't turn to dust

I made for the countryside
And my eyes never grew so wide
Apple raspberry river blue
I don't wanna leave without you
In the sound I gladly drowned
Into the emerald underground
I rub my eyes 'cause it's hard to see
Surrounded by all this beauty

This picnic will soon depart
Real life, I'm sad to see you go
I'll miss you with all my heart
But I'd rather be alone
'Cause I couldn't live without
Sunsets that dazzle in the dusk
So I'll drag the anchor up
And rest assured, 'cause dreams don't turn to dust

(I'm sad to see you go)
(But I'd rather be alone)

When tiger eyes begin making you blush
And when diamonds boast that they can't be crushed
Let 'em go, 'cause dreams don't turn to dust

This picnic will soon depart
Real life, I'm sad to see you go
I'll miss you with all my heart
But I'd rather be alone
'Cause I couldn't live without
Sunsets that dazzle in the dusk
So I'll drag the anchor up
And rest assured, 'cause dreams don't turn to dust

Dreams don't turn to dust
Dreams don't turn to dust
I'll rest assured 'cause dreams don't turn to dust

*photos sources : owlcitymusic.com/extras and http://owlcitygalaxy.pushexp.com/us/media/

Have a Nice Tour!

Tonight, i just got home from saturday-night meeting, but i haven't feel sleepy yet. So, suddenly i remember my final exam when i was in Broadcasting for Diploma degree. I must making a video with the duration about 10-17 minutes. It could be about any thing.

we, the students, prepared about it, from the team, ideas, gathering the information that we had, survey the place, etc. Thanks God, i have my team, they are my close friends. 5 persons each team, 1 person for 1 job desc. My friends are Indah, Tyas, Affan and Adjie. I pointed to be the director, Indah as Producer, Tyas as Editor, Affan as Camera Person, and Adjie as Scriptwriter.

We did all the things happily, oh yes, even sometimes we have a bad mood and different opinion. Well, different opinion is normal and it's good as long as it can make the concept,plots, and designs better. We appreciate all the views that given by lecturer and the other teams.

You know what? when my team (we named it "Crackers") made this video, we did more fun than serious. When break shooting we went to Mangga Dua for shopping, when break after editing ( and it wasn't finish yet) we went to Grand Indonesia and watched movie at Blitz!, or when we were hungry we went to Kemang for eating even it was already 1am. All we did it with fun!. We help each other BUT we still did our job desc. Well, i think that's the key for team work!. You do your job, but always kindly to give the other people in your team, your help!. A team,have one goal, one mission, one vision,so we work together to reach the goal. You have a responsible with your own job desc, but you have a responsible to help the other people in your team if they have difficulties. That's what i learnt from My Diploma, Broadcast.

Oh ya, we have some problems too when we made this video. but with God's help and our efforts, Thanks God we can handle it well. oh ya, in a team, we need a solid team. seriously. Solid and open are everything. Without solidity and openness in a team, never hope that you gonna reach your goal well, there's must be something bad happen. Be a kind person, wash your heart, stay positive and keep your mind away from your own victory, remember you work in a team. Bad or good is because of you in it. you can't say, it's his fault, or her fault and done!. No, it better to be like, okay, there's something wrong because of this, this, and that, so what should WE do? Believe me, it would be much easier to solve the problems.

huuuff, okay back to my video, shorty, The video had examined by lecturers and we got an A mark for this video. We felt happy!. And of course, it wouldn't happened if there were no help, critics, and supports from other people and our friends. The Video's title is Have a Nice Tour! .

 It's about Ojek Sepeda Wisata di Kota Tua. we made this video in 2008. See that video by click on the title of the video. oh ya, i am sorry if the quality of the video is pretty bad. It's not the original size. I have to make the size smaller to be can uploaded easily on Youtube. Hope you like it, people! Thank you. :)

Vacation 3 (last) : Tawangmangu

June 3th, 2011. 5.30. was hardly to open my eyes cause still sleepy.But, i realised that i'm on Vacation and today will go to Tawangmangu, so hhmm i must wake up.

at 8am, i had my breakfast. It was a great breakfast. so many foods there, such as fried rice, Gudeg, porridge, Soto, some bread, Tempe Mendoan and Tape Goreng, Watermelon Juice, and also Fruits. So, i had Porridge and Gudeg for a main course and some fruits for dessert. lol. i know i ate too much, but believe me, i just ate it in a small portion. After had breakfast, i went back to the room and ready for check-out. it was about 9.15am. i started our trip that day. the destination were Kota Gede and Tawangmangu.

But, before i went to Kota Gede, we bought some Bakpia. I like Bakpia cheese flavoured, anyway. Actually, i went to Kota Gede because i wanna go to Tom's Silver. My sister's said she bought a bracelet here, maybe 10 years ago, and it's still look good until now. So, yes my sister, my aunt, and i went to Tom's Silver and we bought some jewelries. The Price of jewelry at Tom's Silver is about IDR 300.000 and above.

so then we started to go to Tawangmangu, Karanganyar. it's about 2 hours from Yogya.Tawangmangu lies on the slopes of Mt., Lawu. It is an recreational resort. it offers fresh weather; scenic views, swimming pools,and the waterfall, Grojogan Sewu. Ohya, in front of the gate to Grojogan Sewu, horses for rent are available to ride around Tawangmangu.

We have to go down stairs to reach the waterfall,1250 stairs from the gate to the exit gate. a bit tired, but it's great. to be honest, i didn't feel tired at all. :D

Grojogan sewu is a about 100M high waterfall and the water is fresh and a bit cold. it's beautiful scenic. oh ya, tame monkeys ready to welcome you at the gate of grojogan sewu. fyi, i don't like monkey because i'm scared!. well, i think, i am totally right to be scared of the monkeys, because a monkey took my aunt's drink when she was sitting for a rest. a monkey jumped to my aunt and then it took the drink then jumped again!. see??? see??? that's what i'm scared of. :P

Here are some photos that i took.

(me, in front of Grojogan Sewu)

(Grojogan Sewu Waterfall, So Divine)

(God's creation, so breathtaking)

(the way to exit gate)

(all you can see is just the trees)

(going up stairs to exit gate)

The Green Scenic and the waterfall are so Divine.

We have to went home because already 4pm, remember? it needs to went home before dark :p . No, actually, i have to looked for the hotel in Solo. I just know the name and the street's name. It's not a big hotel, but it's very recommended for you who want to spend the vacation around the city. So you go out of the hotel in the morning and back at night then sleep. The hotel is clean, comfortable, good big room, good service, and only 15 minutes to airport. the name of the hotel is Hotel Indah Jaya. The service just like 4 stars hotel, but i think it's cheaper. I reserved a Family room only for IDR 500.000.

So, to be honest, i prefer to go for vacation like this . I mean, like having a new adventure, go to the place that i've never been before. For me, it's more interesting than only to go for shopping. The feeling is different. you'll be more feel free,happier and fresher.

-The End-

Thank you

Vacation day 2 (2 end) : Mount Merapi and The Beaches

after from Borobudur then we continued our trip to Mount Merapi. It isn't too far from Borobudur. The driver knew the short way to reach Mount Merapi. it was 12.10pm, we started to move from Borobudur.

On our way from Borobudur to Mount Merapi, we through Kali Putih. There was a jam for a while, because the bridge which connecting Magelang-Yogyakarta is broken caused by cold lava flood from Mount Merapi after its erupted in October 2010. One of its side still under repair, so all the cars have to queue to pass the bridge. After passed the bridge, i saw something that is interesting. many car stopped at that place,the people got out of the car. Obviously, there's some huge stones that brought by cold lava from Mount Merapi, and so many sands which a "product" from Mount Merapi as well. Fyi, That sand is super quality!. i took some photos at that place.

Only in a short time at Kali Putih, so we continue the trip to Mount Merapi.

The way to Mount Merapi is a bit complicated. I think, if you are not Yogya people, it will be a bit hard for you to reach Mount Merapi. So, thanks God, we got driver who originally comes from Yogya. it took 30 minutes from Kali Putih to Mount Merapi. When we entered the Mount Merapi area, there's written " Wisata Bencana Merapi",wait, whaat? Mount Merapi Disaster Tourism? ooh okay, the devastation caused by the eruption has became "tourist attraction", mmhh good .. i admit, that's a good idea :). At mount merapi, there's didn't much that i can do, just walked aroung and took some pics. It was 1.15pm, too bad i already can't see the mount merapi clearly, it was gloomy and the top of the mountain was covered by fog. here's some photos at Mount Merapi.

After Mount Merapi, next destination was Baron Beach. it was my first time to know that in Yogya, there's not only Parangtritis Beach, but also Baron, Krakal and the other beaches. The distance from Mount Merapi to Baron beach is so faaaaarrrrrrr. it took about 2 hours 15 minutes without traffic jam. Baron beach is in Desa Kemadang, about 23km at southern side of Wonosari. Baron Beach is the first beach that you'll meet before the other beaches in this area. the beaches that you can visit are Baron beach, Kukup Beach, Sepanjang Beach, Drini, Krakal and Sundak Beach.

Well, i arrived at Baron Beach at 3.40pm. My first impression about Baron Beach was Crowded with local people. only 2-3 foreigners. Maybe it just because most of foreigners haven't know yet about those beach. Yeah, might because it's far too from Yogya - City Center. But believe me, it's a good beach thou. Baron Beach is like Muara Angke in jakarta. You can eat seafood with affordable price and the taste of the food is better than the food in Muara Angke (sorry). But the seller serve the food in a loooong time. i was hungry, didn't you know? :p. i ate squid and fishes.

btw, in my opinion, Baron beach is a good place as if the cleanliness of this beach can be kept. i didn't say it was dirty, but i don't know, it's just a bit messy. at least it looks messy. there was many fisherman's boats, the sand was light brown, and a lot of people swam while it's not suggested to swim on the beach. Hehehhe

it's different with Krakal Beach, Krakal beach looked cleaner. we went to Krakal beach, after we grabbed the foods fast. we need about 10 minutes to reach Krakal Beach from Baron beach. Krakal Beach was a bit like Tanah Lot in Bali. After all, Baron and Krakal are beautiful beaches. Too bad, i arrived at Krakal beach almost at 5.15pm, as you know, here already like 6pm, dark!.

(Krakal Beach)

(my aunty and i, at Krakal Beach)

( Fisherman's boats at Baron Beach)

(These are the foods that i talked about at Baron beach)

( the other side of Baron Beach)

In my humble opinion, the local government should be more pay attention to make those beaches (Kukup Beach, Sepanjang Beach, Drini, Krakal and Sundak Beach) famous and look more interesting for the tourists (local and foreigners). The local government can work together with tourism department to make those beaches cleaner and more comfortable and make an event there and put the beaches in to the tourism attraction list and spread it on website, travel agencies,brochure,etc. Anything which can make those beach famous and look interesting for the tourists. So when people go to Yogya, they not only know about Parangtritis Beach but also Krakal Beach, Baron beach,and etc.

The day already dark, then we must went to the Hotel, oh yeah, we chose Inna Garuda Hotel in Yogya for stay. This Hotel is old building, 4 stars hotel, good service, and on in front of the hotel is Malioboro, the famous place for shopping in Yogya. I went to Malioboro at night, only checked things there, if there's a good or cute thing, i'll buy it for souvenir for my friends. it was a long day but awesomely Fun!. :)

Next post : Tawangmangu.

Vacation day 2 (1): Borobudur Temple

on the previous post, i said i’ll write about my vacation. Well, actually my vacation was on June 1st (went to Solo) until June 3th, on June 4th i went back to Jakarta.

Delanggu ( June1st,2011 – 6.30pm)

Okay, i arrived in Solo at 5pm, compared to Jakarta, 5pm in Solo is just like 6pm in Jakarta and 6pm is just like 7pm. Yep, it’s dark faster than Jakarta and Solo is not crowded like Jakarta though.

I arrived, then went to my aunt-in-law ‘s home. She lives in Solo in Delanggu area. Delanggu is about 45 minutes by cab from Solo Balapan (Train Station in Solo-city centre). Delanggu is a village in Klaten, no malls, no entertainment. There are only 2 Banks, Drugstore, and some small restaurants. The house. The house is an old big house, grey tiles, white walls, a very light yelow doors, surrounding with big trees, and thanks God it’s full of lights, so not too creepy then. Hehehhe. ooh Delanggu is very calm, anyway. My aunty here is about 65 years old and lives alone. Her parents died, so she lives at her parents home until now.

Okay back to me, after arrived at home, my sist, my two aunty and i went to Padang restaurant for dinner. Yes, Padang restaurant, because it was all i can see which near to the house, and we were hungry!. So, we ate Padang food. The funny thing when you ate Padang Food here, the “sambal” is not “hot” at all! Yes, i can see lots of big chillies on the “sambal” but for me who like to eat “sambal”, it taste not too hot, more like sweet.

So, after dinner we went back to home, took shower and then slept because tomorrow morning, we will go to Yogya. Delanggu to Yogya is about 1 hour 15 minutes. Btw, it was a bit hard to sleep at 9pm, because i usually sleep at 11 or 12am.

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In the morning, woke up at 5am, took shower and had breakfast. Well, because of i was in Solo, so the breakfast was special for me, it was Nasi Liwet, a traditional food from Solo. It is rice that served with chicken curry, an egg, and vegetable. The rice cooked with santan, so the taste is tasty. It was a good start to start that day.

At 7.15am, the cab already came, and ready to took us to Yogya at my other aunty again. Hahhaa yes, i have so many aunty, so do not confuse. My aunty here who lives in Yogya, i came to her house and wait for the car which i booked the day before. The car was a Baleno, i have to pay IDR 450.000/day include driver and gas. The driver is my sister in law’s friend,named Phito. My sister in law is from Yogya, she lived in Yogya but now lives in Jakarta. Pitho lives in Yogya and he knows all the things about Yogya,especially the way to reach tourist attractions in Yogya. He has travel transportation company,anyway.

Our plans for the 2nd day on vacation was Borobudur temple, Mount Merapi, and Baron and Krakal beach.

Borobudur Temple

It was about 9.30am, our first destination was Borobudur temple. It took an hour from Sriti (yogya-my aunt home) to Borobudur (in magelang). Well, actually i’ve ever came here when i was 17 with my high school friends, but my sister haven’t been there, so yeah we went there for my sister!. Sounds i don’t too like Borobudur temple yes?, well that’s quite right. I just don’t like about the heat on the top of Borobudur. Really it beats me!. Yeah, even it wasn’t a problem for me cause i used sun screen.

Well, actually there’s a new rule at Borobudur Temple ( at least i just know it), you must wore sarong before you come in to the temple. It wasn’t like it (6 years ago), when i went with my high school friends 6 years ago, i didn’t have to wear sarong. But now, i must wear it. It reminds me of Uluwatu,Bali. When i went to Uluwatu, Bali. I had to wear sarong because i wore short, but if you wear trouser you don’t need to wear sarong, only the tie.

Oh ya, there was a funny story at Borobudur. It’s about my sister. She was very excited to “climb” Borobudur temple. She followed me to "climb". The sight from the top of Borobudur temple was so fantastic, i love it so much!. We took some pictures there and saw around the temple. So, when we already felt satisfied at the Borobudur temple, we intend to go back to the car and continue the trip. To go back to parking lot, means we have to go down stairs which the ladders are high. My sister was so afraid to went down because she's afraid of heights. she almost did not want to go down because of her fear. However, I am forced her to went down by herself, because at that time, there were so many people who went down stairs as well (it was impossible to go against the flow *hahahha good reason isn't it? :p *). My sister's face was so pale caused by her fear of heights. I said to her "hold the handle, there's a handle on your left side. You'll be okay!." I actually thought to go back upstairs to help her if within 2 minutes she has not gone down yet. But, finally she went down by holding the handle. Fiiuuhh ... Yeay! Good for you, sist!.

To be Continued ...

next posts => Mount Merapi and Baron beach

Vacation : First time to go by Train (yes, poor me and i'm sorry :D)

“Teengteng,teng teng,teng teng”, that alarm woke me up! I checked, it was 4.30am. oh well, yeah, i have to woke up early on that day, because... i was going to Solo for vacation of course. Yeay! Then i woke up exicitedly, took shower, made a hot chocolate, and had a breakfast then went to Gambir Train Station. Wait, what??! Train Station?! Yes! Train station!. To be honest, it was my first time to go by Train. Usually i prefer to take a plane, but this time i have to take a train. It was just because i didn’t get any ticket with normal price for flight to Solo or Yogya anymore, it sold out! Because it was a peak season, very long weekend. Well, i think it’s better to spend your money in Yogya or Solo for vacation than only to buy a flight ticket,right?. The ticket for the train to solo was only IDR 225.000, and the ticket for a plane was about IDR 700.000 and above. So i chose, went by train to Solo and back to Jakarta from Solo by plane.

I’ve arrived at Gambir Station at 7.30am, 30 minutes earlier before departure. I wasn’t have any idea about the train. How its interior, hows the seat, what i can do on the train, etc. Well, Argo Dwipangga finally came at 8.10am, 10 minutes late from the schedule. I came in to the train. The first thing that across my mind was “wow” it’s similar to plane. The cabin (day-coach), the television, the air conditioner, the seat, oh wait, the seat on the train is bigger than on the plane. WOW! That’s great!. So i went to the seat number 13A, and put my luggages on the cabin above me. 10 minutes later, the train started to move. Okay,it needed 8 hours to be can arrived in Yogya, and 9 hours in Solo. I think it was because the train came late and it moved slowly,so should can be faster.

(The daycoach on train (Argo Dwipangga))

(me, watched tv on the train)

On the train, the television was on, the most programs that aired were music program (indonesian music and international), an action movie, and variety show (comedy/prank). Well, it was pretty good, but 9 hours on the train, only seated, watched tv and ate, i think it’s a bit boring. So thanks God, for technology, there’s twitter,blackberry,ipod/mp3 and wait, a book! Yes, so it wasn’t boring anymore, just maybe you feel tired on your back and your b**t :p.

However, go by train is not so that horrible because it’s quite comfortable, you can order hot tea or coffee or other some food, watch tv, and go to restroom. Yeah, i told you, it’s like plane, the different only the toilet and the duration of the travel. Ooh yes, the restroom, hhmmm i don’t know, i was just shock when i saw the restroom, it’s good but it’s just out of my mind, i mean i DO NOT like the smell!. So, do not too much drink water on the train. lol.

alright, on the next posts, i'll write about my vacation around Yogya and Solo with my aunt and sist. So, keep update! thank you :)