On 28/3, I prepared myself to go to long-waited concert, Soundsation 2010 in Ritz Carlton Pacific Place Ballroom. I already bought the ticket since 28/1 and it's sold out in days! Thank God I bought it in the first day of sale hehehe. My friends Riri and Rino asked me to bought the ticket for them. So that Sunday, I watched the concert with my two friends hehehe. Special notes about Riri and Rino, they just met that day. Riri is my college friend (not to mention we share passion in gossips) while Rino is my friend in high school. Yet, we looked like a bunch of close friends hehehe. Lots of laugh that day while we queued with lots of ABG. Love those moments hehehe.

We entered Ballroom around 6 PM. After security check, we were gave sample CD from White Shoes & The Couples Company, free. Then we looked around. We were shocked!!! The line was so long. Since the organizer would open the gate at 6.30 so we decided to take a pee first. 5 minutes later, we started to line up. After waited about 45 minutes, finally we were in the Ballroom. Luckily, we have the middle spot. Not too close to the stage, but not too far either. Well, nice spot for me.

At 7.15 PM, there goes the first act, Hollywood Nobody. Band from Bandung that will release their album in 17/4 really warm up the crowd. Love their songs!!! They even covered "Love Song" from The Cure and played it on stage. Definitely will buy their album hehehe.

Second act, White Shoes and The Couples Company. They played songs from their upcoming album. Nice performance, especially with the moves from Sari the vocalist. She danced here and there with funny moves. Considering to buy their new album that will be released in April, too.

After about 30 minutes, Jens Lekman is on stage. This is the first time I ever heard Jens Lekman. First time heard it, I instantly fell in love. His songs,,, is like storytelling. Especially when he sang "Postcard From Nina". He literally talk to the audience through his song. Poor me, just know about him that night hehehe. Well, his songs soon will be in my playlist hehehe.

After Jens Lekman, it took nearly 45 minutes for Kings Of Convenience to perform. When the lights go out, the audience went crazy!! Including me hehehe. But wait, announcement from organizer that Eirik Glambek Boe was sick and possibly can't perform with Erlend Oye. Audience started to expressing our dissappointment. Then the announcement continued that Eirik will do his best to perform. When the duo came out, we started to scream like a bunch of teenagers meet favourite boyband HAHAHA. Eirik said that he spent the whole day in bed because of the fever. Erlend then said that he can't perform without Eirik. Then the duo started to play the guitars and... "24-25" was their first song!!!

Every songs they played, audience sing along too. Rino kept recorded their performance. It's been a long time since I acted crazy in a concert!!! I went wild when they played "Misread", my favourite song. Or, when they played "Mrs. Cold" and "Boat Behind". The duo asked Ricky and John from White Shoes to join them onstage. At first call, Ricky couldn't join them. So, John took the opportunity to take a picture with Erlend. We screamed so loud when Erlend posed in front of stage with audiences behind him, while Eirik take his picture. At second call, Ricky and John joined them. I was wondering when they will play "I'd Rather Dance With You" and.. they answered my pray!!! With the help of John and Ricky, they played that song and made me, and audience, dance like crazy!!!

Then they said goodbye and went backstage. The crowd start to screamed "WE WANT MORE!!!" all over again. 5 minutes later, Erlend came out, took his guitar, and sang "Bersandar" from White Shoes!!! He sang with a good Bahasa accent hehehe. Once again, we screamed so loud. Eirik came and the duo performed "Homesick". We sang once again. Erlend said thank you because Eirik gets better because of the crowd. They also said we are the loudest crowd they ever performed. Then finally the concert is over.

When we came out from the venue, suddenly Erlend came out from backstage and gave an autograph to lucky audiences who waited outside. Damn!!! I was late hehehe. He only came out not more than 10 minutes. Then he went to the backstage again.

My impression of this concert,,, WORTH IT!!! With IDR 350,000 I've got 4 performances and satisfied!!! For KOC, they sound like their albums!!! Everytime I closed my eyes while their singing, felt like I'm listening to their CD's. Thank you, Soundsation!!! It's a perfect way to end my hectic week. Thanks to Riri and Rino. We have a wonderful night hehehe. Hopefully we can have a great nighout together someday!!!

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When it comes to music, I have my own taste of music. I love different kind of music genres, bands, singers, or musicians. One of them is Lady GaGa. Honestly, I fell in love with her music since the first time I heard "Poker Face". I admitted it, I like music that can makes me move my body eventhough I'm not good at dancing hehehe. At least I can shake my hips, right...

Since "Poker Face", I listened to all her music. More I heard GaGa's songs, the more I deeply in love with her music. That's why I decided to buy her CD and play it all over again in my CD player in living room. I'm sure my neighbours can hear me singing out and loud hehehe. I also ran to YouTube to watched all her videos and her live performance all around the world. I can say that every show is a BLAST!!! Wish I can see one of her performance someday :D

I have all her songs in my iPOD. It's mandatory songs, after Spice Girls of course hehehe. I also put her songs in my playlist in computer in the office. Part of my music therapy to avoid stress hehe. Love all her songs, but my favourite is "Paparazzi", "Just Dance", "Bad Romance" and her newest singel "Telephone" featured Beyonce in this song. Her songs is so addictive. I can't stand to press "previous" button in my CD player or computer.

Many people dislike how the way she dress, in and out stage. For me, it's doesn't matter. Hey I listen to her musics!!! If how she dress is part of her music (and image, I think) then I don't give a damn. At least she has her own style, no matter how weird it is hehehe. It's her selling point. To be honest, I think lots of people out there curious, what kind of dress she'll wearing next. For me, as long as she can create a good music, I dont care how she dress. Still love her works and dedications to give 100% effort to entertain people who buy her albums or come to her concert.

Please Lady GaGa!!! Come to Indonesia!!! Or at least Singapore hehehe

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Last night, I logged in to my Facebook account. After confirmed my high school friends, I visited my profile. I don't know what was I thinking that moment, because instantly I changed my relationship status from 'Singel' to 'In A Relationship'. Saved it, played some games, and then logged out. Not thinking the reaction I will received from my Facebook friends.

This morning, I accessed Facebook from my mobile phone. I was a bit surprise lots of notifications came. When I read it, they commented on my relationship status!!! Read it all, laughed and replied some comments. The I'm thinking, wrong timing to change it HAHAHA.

Now, my friends desperately want to know who is Mr. Frog anyway. Hmmm should I told them??? For now, maybe not yet hehehe. We'll find a good timing for it, okay? ;p

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Thank God tomorrow it's Friday!!!

For the whole week, I prayed for Friday. When Friday is only a day ahead, I decided to celebrate earlier hehehe. Thank God everything I worried for the whole week is solved. What are those worries??? Big one!!! But I'm not gonna spill it here. Confidential.

Anyway, today everything was solved so I want to relax myself a bit. My boss is on meeting, my teammates had another meeting. As usual, I'm team's gatekeeper when no one around hehehe. Little bit contemplating right now about my 4th weeks in this office.

Start to love my job, although lots of stress around here. I remember when Program Director interviewed me back then. This team I will join, is so dynamic, he said. Lots of changes within hours sometimes. He asked me, can I adapt with that. I said, I will give it a try. I realized I've been in my comfort zone for a long time. So maybe this job is my chance to challenge myself.

When I finally joined, I was shocked. WOW!!! The 'dynamic' situation really happen within hours!!! Everything we planned, suddenly change. We have to struggle with policies, both in my office and partners. I don't like bureaucracy but now I have to deal with it. New policies come, we were forced to adapt with it. Lots of things happen in just 4 weeks since I arrived in this office.

I'm so grateful to have a reat teammates, who always support me in my learning process. They always give me input, what can I do to improve my performance and make my works easier to handle. Our team is so small, only 7 people but with big projects!!! We have to deal with many things but time is not in our side. But somehow it made us more solid as a team and a bunch of friends. We always cheer up each other whenever we're down, especially me. Hey I'm newbie here hehehe.

Last week, the Director ask me how is my days in the team. I answered, "Very ENTERTAINING, both the works and staffs!" We laughed so hard in director's office. Very 'entertaining' indeed, because I won't use the word 'challenging' hehehe.

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Listen to my iPOD, and this song, suddenly, reminds me of Mr. Frog. Okay, kinda obsessed with him but really,,, This song fits my experience with him hehehe. Especially the specific part I bold it hehehe

I was mixed up when you came to me
Too broke to fix
Said 'daddy get you gone, I'm missing my baby'
Still missing my baby...

I was stitched up by the hands of fate
Said how you gonna make it on your own
If luck is a lady?
Maybe luck is a lady

I was going down for the third time
My heart was broken, I was not open to your suggestions
I had so many questions
That you just kissed away

Tell me, I guess that cupid was in disguise
The day you walked in and changed my life
I think it's amazing,
The way that love can set you free

So now I walk in the midday sun
I never thought that my saviour would come
I think it's amazing
I think it's amazing

I think you're amazing

You tried to save me from myself
Said 'Darling ,kiss as many as you want!
My love's still available
And I know you're insatiable'

We're like victims of the same disease
Look at your Big Bad Daddy, and your mom
And your mom ....was always acting crazy

I was going down for the third time
My heart was broken, I thought that loving you
was out of the question
Then I saw my reflection
Saying please don't let this go

Tell me, I guess that cupid was in disguise
The day you walked in and changed my life
I think it's amazing,
The way that love can set you free
So now I walk in the midday sun
I never thought that my saviour would come
I think it's amazing
I think you're amazing

Celebrate the love of the one you're with

Celebrate, this life with you baby
I think you should celebrate yeah
Don't put your love in chains baby
No no, walk in the midday sun
I thought I was dreaming
I think it's amazing
I think you're amazing

I said celebrate the love of the one you're with

As this life gets colder
And the devil inside
Tells you to give up...

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So hectic weeks. It's just 3 weeks and I already planned my vacation for the next 3 months!!! It's crazy because I never did that before hehehe. Well, like Uncle Ben told Peter, "With great power comes great responsibility". For me, the terms "power" here means higher position than in my previous office hehehe. So I'm having differrent and greater responsibilities.

What I'm doing in office to survive??? My iPOD! Music is my therapy to keep me sane from this craziness of job LOL. I forgot to bring my iPOD yesterday, and I'm totally crazy because I can't listen to my favourite music when I need it the most. I can deal with any kind of difficulties as long as music plays in my ears hehehe. I won't forget my iPOD anymore. It's so frustrating without music :)

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Everytime I hear this song, I always remember Mr. Frog. I'm very grateful for having him beside me. Thank you, Mr. Frog :)

Lyrics:
Remember those walls I built
Well, baby they're tumbling down
And they didn't even put up a fight
They didn't even make up a sound

I found a way to let you in
But I never really had a doubt
Standing in the light of your halo
I got my angel now

It's like I've been awakened
Every rule I had you breakin'
It's the risk that I'm takin'
I ain't never gonna shut you out

Everywhere I'm looking now
I'm surrounded by your embrace
Baby I can see your halo
You know you're my saving grace

You're everything I need and more
It's written all over your face
Baby I can feel your halo
Pray it won't fade away

I can feel your halo halo halo
I can see your halo halo halo
I can feel your halo halo halo
I can see your halo halo halo

Hit me like a ray of sun
Burning through my darkest night
You're the only one that I want
Think I'm addicted to your light

I swore I'd never fall again
But this don't even feel like falling
Gravity can't forget
To pull me back to the ground again

Feels like I've been awakened
Every rule I had you breakin'
The risk that I'm takin'
I'm never gonna shut you out

Everywhere I'm looking now
I'm surrounded by your embrace
Baby I can see your halo
You know you're my saving grace

You're everything I need and more
It's written all over your face
Baby I can feel your halo
Pray it won't fade away

I can feel your halo halo halo
I can see your halo halo halo
I can feel your halo halo halo
I can see your halo halo halo

I can feel your halo halo halo
I can see your halo halo halo
I can feel your halo halo halo
I can see your halo halo halo
Halo, halo

Everywhere I'm looking now
I'm surrounded by your embrace
Baby I can see your halo
You know you're my saving grace

You're everything I need and more
It's written all over your face
Baby I can feel your halo
Pray it won't fade away

I can feel your halo halo halo
I can see your halo halo halo
I can feel your halo halo halo
I can see your halo halo halo

I can feel your halo halo halo
I can see your halo halo halo
I can feel your halo halo halo
I can see your halo halo halo

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I have a wound in my heart that never fully healed for years. Saturday
20/3 I must faced that wound.

It's hard at the first time. I'm totally afraid to confront it. But I
managed to deal some of it, not directly, though.

For this wound, there is never an easy way to close it. Am I a type of
person that holding a grudge?

For this particular case, apparently I am :( God help me, please...

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My favourite character from Harry Potter series. Fell in love with him since I read the first book. Love him more when Alan Rickman portrays him perfectly. I'm Defender Of Snape!!!

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This is not a poem. In fact, I'm sucks with rhymes LOL. But I don't know how to express it other than tell it here.

I just realized, March 18th is exactly one month I saw Mr. Frog (sorry guys I only use nickname hehehe) in my old office. He walked through my office door, greeted by security and then,,, I think I held my breath that moment. My reaction that moment was, "Damn! He's a good looking guy!". Then I lowered myself so he can't see my expression, with monitor blocked my face. Okay, sounds like a teenager myself HAHAHA.

He came to my office for a few hours, and he sat in the lounge, which is very close with my place as a receptionist. During that time, I didn't have a guts to looked at him. Even a peek. So I made myself busy with the computer. well, you know, Facebooking, Twittering, and every other thing hehehe. But after awhile, I sensed that someone is watching me. I really have a good feeling about this and kinda scary hehehe. So I knew that someone is watching me. I looked around me, and... our eyes met!!! I blushed instantly and back to monitor again. But then that feeling come again few times and I always caught him looking at me. Okay, what will go next.

Finally, when he finished his business in my office, he came to my place and gave me his cell number!!! I was shocked and can't say anything except "Thank you". He didn't ask my number, just left. I looked at his number and decided to sent him an SMS from my cell, immediately.

Since that day, we always contact each other and... well it's another story to tell hehehe.

I contacted Mr. Frog yesterday and asked, "Do you remember the first day we met?" He said, "Yes, I do. It's exactly one month ago!" Then we laughed of how awkward that moment between us. It's memorable, indeed. At least for me :))

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Some of my favourite moments in college, in Broadcast UI. Actually I have a lots of photos about college time. But what I have right now is only this 3 hehehe. Miss those moments,,, Miss you Broadcast '03!!!

See and download the full gallery on posterous

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What can I say about this day,,, It's totally hectic!!! Well I can't tell you what it is hehehe. All I can say is,,, I WASN"T BORN TO DO THIS!!! My whole life, I tried not to deal with any payment agreement. It's not my domain. Until now.

Since I worked in this office, they plotted me as Project Admin. Well my real position is Program Admission Staff. But until we open the registration for new school, they put me as Project Admin hehehe. I always said to myself, one day you will face the thing you don't like. I'm facing it now!!!

It's not that I don't like it. NO!! I love my job. Finally, I was pushed out from my comfort zone. It's hard for the first time. But I realized that this new experience will enriched my knowledge. I can have new skills that will add my expertise. I'm very grateful that I have team members that support me and guide me. Hey, what can I say. It's a new world for me. Everyday is a new learning process hehehe.

But there's a little bit change. Everyday I wake up, I always hope that this is Friday HAHAHA. Don't blame me to think that. Now, everytime my Simpati number ring in the weekend, I always afraid that it was from my boss HAHAHA. I already dreamed about my work,,, TWICE!!! So it's a change from my regular, normal life hehehe.

If you asked, "Are you happy with that?"

Then I will answer, "Strangely, I feel happy!" :)

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Dear Friends,

Lama juga gw gak mengapdet kabar di blog. Rasa malas menyerang karena sudah ada Twitter hehehe. Maafkan saya, Blog, karena telah berselingkuh dengan Twitter hehehe.

Oke masalah kabar terakhir. Sekarang gw udah gak kerja di British Council Indonesia lagi. Sejak tanggal 1 Maret kemaren, gw udah pindah ke Sampoerna Foundation, di bagian Program Development Team untuk Sampoerna School Of Business. Sebenernya gw di bagian Admission Student. Tapi sampe Juni, gw kebagian jadi Project Admin. Not my expertise, tapi gw harus belajar keras (tepatnya: dipaksa belajar). Mayan lah bikin gw deg2an tiap hari masuk kantor hehehe.

Oke segitu dulu. Banyak yang harus gw follow up hari ini. Wish me luck!!!

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