When the grumpy man is having his birthday

I'm sorry because I'm not anywhere near him to say happy birthday directly, to hug, and to kiss him. So I change all my social medias' profile/cover picture with a picture of he and I, to tell him that I'm always by his side :D

I made an acrylic painting for him.

'A Minute Before Transformation' - Acrylic and Chinese Ink on 35 x 45 Canvas - Done in 4-5 hours

This painting is about a grumpy man who will turn into a wolf soon after he sees a full moon. I consider my SO as a werewolf, because he doesn't like vegetable and prefer meat instead.

I also cover a song by Herman Dune 'I Wish That I Could See You Soon'


Happy birthday, my dear lovely wolf! xoxo

'92 Girls #2

This will be a post with a lot of photos and videos :3

Happy New Year 2014!

Last months of 2013 was indeed hard, but here I am, making it to 2014! So many great things happened early in this beautiful new year :) Just like last year and years before, I received lots and lots of love from family and friends.

I finally tell my significant other about how I think and I feel about him, and I could say that he is the greatest gift this year (ahem! :">). He made a cute drawing of me (go follow his instagram, he has a rad collection of drawings!):

And I am so grateful to know Dita, Eki, Icha, and Kak Nikita, spent some time to made these wonderful birthday greetings for me :

A beatiful letter and prayer from Dita, unfortunately, she shared it privately.

This one is also from Dita (it's her usual nature to give me more than one present on my birthday, I just don't know how she can stick out as a friend of forgetful and uncaring human-being like me) :

Dita's and her beautiful friends in Hana Bank. You girls are so beautiful! *kiss one by one*

Maudy Ayunda versi tidak terawat

I miss you too, my shopping mate! :*

My eyebrows are funny because a make up artist trimmed them for a photo-shoot :|

I am even more grateful to know that my friends in Bangkok are caring me :

Joan, Me, and Rima on the day they gave me a really cool present.

I already wanted to buy a suitcase for my art supplies but I didn't have a time to find and buy one. They save me a very good amount of time and energy, thanks, i LOVE this!

My very kind roommate, Mba Zah, gave me a guitar... in a form of flashdisk, or as we say in Thailand, thumbdrive :D And Mba Dati gave me a really cute encouragement to finish my thesis. I will Mba, and I will do it really soon :)

Actually, there's another present but it's still in the laundry basket. It's a purple clothes from Brina, the cool girl on the block. Haha, thanks, Brin!

My family gave me a skype birthday party! Dang, why are they having a party when I'm not even there?

They already cut and ate the cake. Without me.

One of my favorite singer was forgetting my birthday, I was kinda sad. LOLJK. I know he was having a test for the sake of continuation of his life, I won't even mad if he completely forgot. Well maybe a little. (Disclaimer  :  for all of eco-lover out there, don't worry, this guy were reusing used paper and have the intention the reuse it again.)

And as I promised in my previous post, here I present the video that Cinan and her other-half, Houman, made for me, you will see why there's no way I could top their video :

For a very personal reason, this video defines pure happiness to me. Thank you very much, cutest and smartest couple I've ever met :)

I want to thank you all and I want to thank Allah as well, Alhamdulillah :)

'92 Girls

So, my lovely girl crush is having her birthday today! She made me a lovely video (that I will post here sooner or later :D) and I really couldn't make a better video than hers but I don't care :p I really miss our first moments together! And I kinda regret that we didn't spend enough time before I went to Thailand. Can't wait for next month!

So Nostalgic. Very Wet. Much Dreams.
And I am really proud to say that my very first collaboration with my SO, Nof, is dedicated to you!

What I did is only making the digital version of Cinan in a very long amount of time, meanwhile Nof, he basically did everything from sketching, making background, and finishing the artwork in no time :))

Happy birthday, talented girl! Hope you can ace your life, bon courage!

Tteokbokki, Ddeokbokki, Topokki or Dukbokki, you name it, I WANT IT.

But topokki are so expensive in Thailand :( So I uploaded this video of WEBG featuring Rendra practicing Dengarkan Curhatku by Vierra with korean lyrics translated by Dita instead (I know, there's no relation between that). Prepare for the glorious ending (by that I mean we failed :p ).

It was a long time ago, circa October 2012

<sub>Black Giraffe


White Elephant


Om Rendra</sub>

Thailand International Ukulele Festival 3 2013

I was trying to be a contributor for Indonesia Ukulele Community in Thailand International Ukulele Festival 3 which was held in Parc Paragon, Siam Paragon, Bangkok, Thailand. It was a really great and amazing experience to be there because I got to interview some ukulele players that you might know. (Actually I interviewed Alan Soo from Ukulele Movement (Singapore) as well, but since I forgot to charge my battery, my camera just died when I started interviewing him :( )

Sorry for the overexposed, shaky and blurry video, i just couldn't contain my happiness being in an ukulele festival ;)

Enjoy!

October 19&20, 2013, Bangkok, Thailand.
Gears: Canon EOS 500D + Canon EF-S 18-55mm with Broken AF

WEBG - Caffe Latte 커피를 마시고 (Urban Zakapa Cover)

by Faris Naufal

White Elephant and Black Giraffe (WEBG) is a comedy music duo consisting of Dita Oktamaya (The Singing Elephant) and Damar Rakhmayastri (The Instrument-hitter Giraffe). The video above is when WEBG had fun in Korean Days UGM 2012. We played Urban Zakapa's Caffe Latte 커피를 마시고 (lit.kopireul masigo/drinking coffee). Enjoy!

Feel free to follow our twitter: @_WEBG

cuteness ♥ from introducing me

ukulele version

Action. Reaction.

Cerf-volant, volant au vent, ne t'arrête pas
Vers la mer, haut dans les airs, un enfant te voit
Et dans la tourmente, tes ailes triomphantes
N'oublie pas de revenir, vers moi"

-speed watercolor on paper-

another everybody's changing

first thing first, i am breaking my promise, i did not buy scanner soon, i did not scan my drawings soon, i did not upload them soon. why is that? on 5-9 february 2010 there will be an IT exhibition in my town, maybe i could get best bargain there :D

second thing second, i could not explain to you why i love this song. i heard this song when i was at junior high school and like WOW, i adore this song. then when my department held an event (Allez Francais 2010, a story telling and quiz competition for high school students), me and Duta performed this song. HOW I MISS MY LONG HAIR!

Ochen + FL = ?

Do you like Owl City? Or maybe you adore 8bit music? Meet my friend, Ochen. He made a cover for Fireflies. I think that this cover are delectable :D It kinda like chinese song in some part (i don't know, forgive my hearing). I give 3,75 stars from 5 stars to this cover. How about you? Go check this song and give your feedback!

Fireflies cover (ft. sanditio) by chips4breakfast

A little info about Ochen:

He likes chiptune since he was in highschool, his first cover is Dragostea Din Tei - O-zone (it's funny song, i think :P) then right after covering that song, he made his own song! Check them here! Oh, and one thing, he also good at art, see his gallery :)

P.S. He's single now ;)

taken from Ochen's Album

mandi ngga mandi yang penting record

This song dedicated to all my friend hope we can be friends ( i won't ask us to be friends forever or best friend forever, coz you know, it's a hard thing to do and i don't think i could manage kinda thing, i admit, i am a semi-anti-social [hahaha what the heck is that]). Especially for Jeep, Conrad, Simone (as well for Simone-Simeon), Mas Gin (a design-mad), and Mas Wantek (a giraffe-lover) HAHA! I often hang out with them lately. J'AIME GIRAFE AUSSI!

KEMON LETS SING ELONG!
Anyone Else But You - The Moldy Peaches
with a lyrics change and reduction :D

You're a part time lover and a full time friend
The giraffe on you're back is the latest trend
I don't see what anyone can see, in anyone else
But you

Here is the church and here is the steeple
We sure are cute for two ugly people
I don't see what anyone can see, in anyone else
But you

The pebbles forgive me, the trees forgive me
So why can't, you forgive me?
I don't see what anyone can see, in anyone else
But you

Du du du du du du dudu
Du du du du du du dudu
Du du du du du du dudu du

I will find my nitch in your car
With my mp3 DVD rumple-packed guitar
I don't see what anyone can see, in anyone else
But you

Up up down down left right left right B A start
Just because we use cheats doesn't mean we're not smart
I don't see what anyone can see, in anyone else

We both have shiny happy fits of rage
You want more fans, I want more stage
I don't see what anyone can see, in anyone else
But you

Du du du du du du dudu
Du du du du du du dudu
Du du du du du du dudu du
But you

i miss my dad

Papah, adek kangen Papah :)
Papah sehat kan?
Papah maaf ya IP adek turun
Papah maaf ya adek bukan orang yang CV-minded
Adek gak tau harus nulis apa di CV adek besok-besok
Adek pernah liat CV temen adek, ih dia hebat deh Pah, penuh banget prestasinya
Prestasi adek apa ya Pah?
Oh, murid teladan TK, dapet radio haha
Adek suka bingung, adek mau kerja apa yah
Padahal Papah udah sering ceritain mimpi-mimpi Papah
Adek kerja kantoran, adek jadi duta besar, adek jadi presiden
Papah adek ngga tau bakal sanggup apa ngga
karena adek belum coba
Kan Papah bilang, 'Gapapa, pokoknya coba dulu'
Iya, suatu saat adek pasti coba
Bukan jadi presiden atau duta besar ngga papa kan pah?
Adek mau jadi seniman
Adek pengen jadi musisi
Adek ingin jadi fotografer
Adek hendak jadi ilustrator
Tapi yang terpenting
Adek pengen ngebahagiain Papah sama Mamah
Adek pengen berbakti sama Papah sama Mamah
Papah, adek sayang Papah, muah :*

lubang hidung saya besar

jadi saya mudah bernafas

my nose's holes are big
so i can easily breath



NEVERMIND!

NEW COVER VIDEO! YEAH!



Lykke Li - Dance Dance Dance (Cover By Damar R)
again i made so many mistakes and my voice ISNT getting better HAHA
oh and i think my ukulele a lil bit pitchy or out of tune (im not sure)
i cant tune it (haha pemain macam apa itu, nyetem ukulelenya sendiri aja gabisa)
my pronounciation is wobbly :D :D

humiliating myself

Lemme introduce my newest family member : JEEP, the ukulele
and and i cut my hair :D :D :D


my voice is unenjoyable HAHA -_-
but i dont care
LET'S SING ALONG!

YOU AND I - INGRID MICHAELSON
don't you worry, there my honey
we might not have any money
but we've got our love to pay the bills
maybe I think you're cute and funny,
maybe I wanna do what bunnies do with you,
if you know what I mean

Oh, let's get rich and buy our parents homes in the South of France
let's get rich and give everybody nice sweaters and teach them how to dance
let's get rich and build our house on a mountain making everybody look like ants
from way up there, you and I, you and I

well you might be a bit confused
and you might be a little bit bruised
but baby how we spoon like no one else
so I will help you read those books
if you will soothe my worried looks
and we will put the lonesome on the shelf

***

i really love this song! dedicated to all people i love *kiss* *hug*

Frau - Starlit Carousel

not much i can say

it's just simply lovely

honestly, i never buy cd

but now i think i should have it 'physically'

i'll surely treasure this

Le fabuleux destin d'Amelie Poulain (Movie Review)

Title : Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (in french, english subtitles)
Director : Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Release Date : 2001, April 25th
Genre : Comedy, Romance
Cast : Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz

Summary : Amélie is a story about a girl named Amélie whose childhood was suppressed by her Father's mistaken concerns of a heart defect. With these concerns Amélie gets hardly any real life contact with other people. This leads Amélie to resort to her own fantastical world and dreams of love and beauty. She later on becomes a young woman and moves to the central part of Paris as a waitress. After finding a lost treasure belonging to the former occupant of her apartment, she decides to return it to him. After seeing his reaction and his new found perspective - she decides to devote her life to the people around her. Such as, her father who is obsessed with his garden-gnome, a failed writer, a hypochondriac, a man who stalks his ex girlfriends, the "ghost", a suppressed young soul, the love of her life and a man whose bones are as brittle as glass. But after consuming herself with these escapades - she finds out that she is disregarding her own life and damaging her quest for love. Amélie then discovers she must become more aggressive and take a hold of her life and capture the beauty of love she has always dreamed of.

I always want to see this movie after i read the synopsis in an Indonesian girl magazine (KawanKu if i not mistaken) and it's almost 9 years ago! Well, i finally have the time to watch it :D I know i will love this movie since the beginning. I love random things and this movie is so random. They put unrelated but good scene in the movie. They expose even tiny little thing that no one would ever care or notice, like when Amelie try to amuse herself and asking about how many people have orgasm in same time to herself. It makes this movie so unique (and perfect for me). Not much that i can say because this movie is so beautiful. Maybe some people think that this is a weird movie, but for me, this is a treasure. I really recommend you to watch this movie. Let your imagination go wild and dive into this wonderful story.

If you want to search the soundtrack of Amelie, try Yann Tiersen, he is the one who composed the soundtrack. The songs also lovely.

Favorite Song(s) : La Valse d'Amélie
Favorite Quotation(s) : - On September 3rd 1973, at 6:28pm and 32 seconds, a bluebottle fly capable of 14,670 wing beats a minute landed on Rue St Vincent, Montmartre. At the same moment, on a restaurant terrace nearby, the wind magically made two glasses dance unseen on a tablecloth. Meanwhile, in a 5th-floor flat, 28 Avenue Trudaine, Paris 9, returning from his best friend's funeral, Eugène Colère erased his name from his address book. At the same moment, a sperm with one X chromosome, belonging to Raphaël Poulain, made a dash for an egg in his wife Amandine. Nine months later, Amélie Poulain was born.
- Les temps sont durs pour les rêveurs. (Times are hard for dreamers.)
Rate : stars out of 5 stars from me

RENT (Movie Review)

Title : RENT
Director : Chris Colombus
Release Date : 2005, November 23rd
Genre : Drama, Musical, Romance
Cast : Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal, Rosario Dawson, Idina Menzel

Summary : This rock opera tells the story of one year in the life of a group of bohemians struggling in modern day East Village New York. The story centers around Mark and Roger, two roommates. While a former tragedy has made Roger numb to life, Mark tries to capture it through his attempts to make a film. In the year that follows, the group deals with love, loss, AIDS, and modern day life in one truly powerful story.
Based on Puccini's 'La Boheme', 'Rent' tells the story of one year in the life of friends living the Bohemian life in modern day East Village, New York City, 1989-1990. Among the group are our narrator, nerdy love-struck filmmaker Mark Cohen; the object of Mark's affection, his former girlfriend, Maureen Johnson; Maureen's Harvard-educated public interest lawyer and lesbian lover Joanne Jefferson; Mark's roommate, HIV-positive musician and former junkie, Roger Davis; Roger's new girlfriend, the HIV-positive drug addicted S&M dancer, Mimi Marquez; their former roommate, HIV-positive computer genius Tom Collins; Collins' HIV-positive drag queen street musician/lover Angel; and Benjamin Coffin III, a former member of the group who married for money and has since become their landlord and the opposite of everything they stand for. Shows how much changes or doesn't change in the 525,600 minutes that make up a year.

taken from : imdb.com

About few weeks ago i watched this movie. If i not mistaken, this movie is made from broadway play. My first impressions about the intro of the movie is : 'WOW, this is gonna be a great night watching this movie'. I really love the songs they (main casts) sang, Season of Love. But then i was just like : 'sigh, this film is overrated, they sing everything -___-'. Then i realized, that this is a musical movie so no wonder they stuffed so many songs in the movie. I got excited by the scene when Angel appear as a Santa in Mark and Roger's apartment. I got more excited in the scene where all of Mark's friends and himself in a restaurant after Maureen had her protest. They all singing a song about freedom and living as a bohemian. This song really open my mind. I know there are some people who live their life as a homosexual, bisexual, trisexual, and so on, but I never think how could I live with them. After watching this movie, it is OK if i have a friend who have a different sex orientation, different point of view or another differences. We have to appreciate it.

Songs in this movie are really good. Search for Jonathan Larson to seek the songs. And, oh, so many beautiful moments in this movie. I nearly cried when finally one of the eight friends died :'(

To all who like freedom and liberty and songs too, maybe they'll like this movie. I love this movie, like, really into it! Go watch this movie!

Favorite song(s) : Seasons of Love, No Day But Today
Favorite quotation(s) : 525600 minutes, how do you measure a year in the life?
Rate : stars out of 5 stars from me