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    Monday, October 26, 2009
    I'll remember this :) 2:09 PM

    Found myself today
    Oh I found myself and ran away
    Something pulled me back
    The voice of reason I forgot I had
    All I know is you're not here to say
    What you always used to say
    But it's written in the sky tonight

    So I won't give up
    No I won't break down
    Sooner than it seems life turns around
    And I will be strong
    Even if it all goes wrong
    When I'm standing in the dark
    I'll still believe
    Someone's watching over me

    Seen that ray of light
    And it's shining on my destiny
    Shining all the time
    And I wont be afraid
    To follow everywhere it's taking me
    All I know is yesterday is gone
    And right now I belong
    To this moment to my dreams

    It doesn't matter what people say
    And it doesn't matter how long it takes
    Believe in yourself and you'll fly high
    And it only matters how true you are
    Be true to yourself and follow your heart

    (From the song "Someone's Watching Over Me")

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    Sunday, February 22, 2009
    another shot 12:32 PM

    here are my latest deviations. i took some pictures when i was in bali last time during the sem break. oh my god i

    loveeeeeee bali
    , its definitely one of my honeymoon destinations!!! and

    i love people and there are lots of people in bali!! yeayyy bali rocks!!! :) :) :) :) :)







    i dunno why but the colors always turned out to be purple. i'm wondering whether i like purple that much, haha. i submitted some photos for shutterbug competition but likely i may not win. the rainbow pic is actually under the category 'PAPER' for this competition. so i drew a rainbow on a paper, colored it, and stick it to my window.

    anyways i join this club in DA called Amateur Photographers. Its for those who dont have any SLR cameras and i'm definitely one of them. i hope i can still improve even though i only use a very low-quality camera (sorry BenQ, but ur still my soulmate).

    Speaking of soulmate, i have changed my belove laptop toshi, he's already rest in peace. the new one is RECA, yeah u can guess the brand (it's ACER ladies and gentlemen). at first i wanted to name CERA, but CERA sounds like a girl's name. my laptop should be a male! so i guess RECA is fine.

    so should i name my camera "BEN" since its a BenQ??? maybe i should...

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    Thursday, January 29, 2009
    new place 10:30 PM

    utp grand piano has been moved back to block b. i tried it on wednesday. i guess i'm gonna go there once in a while before swimming.

    i'm still so much in love with piano. call me a freak, i don't care.

    without it i am not me
    .

    i would be so freaking lonely without it.

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    Tuesday, January 6, 2009
    <3 3:20 PM




    disclaimer: i do not own any of the above pictures. but yes, i adore them. :)

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    Saturday, December 20, 2008
    i heart acoustic! 9:50 PM

    k, before i start, i'm gonna inform you that there is a 30% discount in gramedia located in grand indonesia, so i went there with my mom yesterday. i bought some stuffs for painting and drawing: oil pastels, permanent marker, fabric paint. yeah, i've projects to do but i wont spoil it before i finish it.

    anyways, on with the purpose of me creating a new post. i heart acoustic. i LOVE acoustic.

    i checked out michelle branch's page again today (she's the reason why i was interested to play guitar) and found an acoustic video of the song 'all you wanted' but i still like the original version though. to tell u the truth, it is my all time fave song. for those of you who don't know what my all-time fave songs are, they are:
    1. I For You by Luna Sea ,
    too bad i can't find the acoustic version :(
    2. All You Wanted by Michelle Branch

    and the other ones i checked were boyce avenue's covers. man, i think i'm in love with alejandro manzano!! here are the videos:

    1. umbrella (acoustic guitar version)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5paQ9BwFAgI

    2. apologize (acoustic) ,
    this is how i got my 'apologize' version. i played this last time in talent search.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DOasai3_Vo

    i hope u like the videos as much as i do!

    PS: i finally finished my stories in fanfiction.net , I so thank God. but i'm not gonna let anybody know the link anyways, i'm to embarassed to share my fanfic hahaha.

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    Monday, December 15, 2008
    i'm loving it again 11:00 PM

    well, i can say that holiday is exactly the time to focus on hobbies. yeah! after months of studying in the middle of the desert and jungle aka utp, its really the right thing to do (sigh).

    guess what? i'm back to my hobby when i was still in elementary school. yes, it's drawing, ladies and gentlemen. i was gonna paint actually, but today i started with drawing some figures. just simple drawing by pencil. i thought i was not gonna able to draw again since i had left it for ages (seriously!). and now i'm so so so so happy that i can draw again after a long time. i never realized how much i missed drawing!!! :,)

    er.. i may put my drawings in DA too i guess.



    haha, i know, i'm not that good. i'm not an art student anyways! :( its still far away from naturalist. my father gave me some critics. i shouldnt have made all the lines at the same thickness, for sure. it turned out to be more like manga.

    yes, you can guess, that's edward cullen. when i sketched his face i was like, "man, he has a very strong, menacing face!". and the other one is none other than kristen stewart.

    i got my works done with the help from my soulmate toshi!!

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    Saturday, December 13, 2008
    i guess this is me 3:33 PM

    just thinkin of sharing these here first.

    facts about me:

    1. i have high dreams. i'm sort of an idealist; some people even my parents tell me to be realistic but whatever i believe that my goals are realistic enough. i have some areas i'm passionate about and that i want to improve myself in. yet i'm currently afraid to lose the passion.

    2. i think people ARE different. you have no reason to hate them if they dont do something wrong, but they DO have reasons to hate you if you mock them.

    3. sometimes i want to get around with people but other times i want to be alone.

    4. i just learned that the very basic thing in life is about blocking the temptations. in anything. no pain, no gain. its about not doing what you shouldnt do and doing what you should do.

    5. i dont like pesimism. you're saying impossible when you just dont wanna try. i dont like unenthusiastic people giving up in the first place.

    6. i dont know why but i'm not really drawn into very talkative guys.

    7. i dont judge a song based on the vocal, lyrics, or melody.

    8. for me, a real city has many people, many lives. thats why i think jakarta is far more beautiful than KL. no offense.

    9. i would just love to play the piano and do some paintings. dancing is actually not really my thing.

    10. i always love adventure.

    11. i don't like being something just the same like every girls. thats why i didnt cut my bangs anymore. i may not have accomplished it but i try my best to be different.

    12. i love the rain and i hate the sun.

    13. i wouldnt live my life just to marry a rich man.

    14. i personally think that childhood is dead important. do not waste it. the younger people start building skills during childhood, the more promising it will be in the future.

    15. i feel like i am more opened up to my guy best friends.

    16. i love myself the way i am and i want to be a better person.

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    Thursday, December 4, 2008
    deja vu 10:46 PM

    i'm back! yes i'm at home now, currently in my brothers room. haha, to be honest, i spend more of my time in my bro's room.

    for the first few days i took public transportation to go to various places. i realized how i missed my hometown sooo much (i even queued up all the indonesians songs while i was packing!). i love the people in jakarta. life is extremely hard here but thats why this city is special. its just FULL OF LIFE. its amazing when you see people in different ways trying to live their life, doing different stuffs. some were on the way back from their work, some were some students hanging out with friends, musicians playing inside the bus, some selling things on the street, the traffics, the lights.. gosh! bandung is still in my top list but for me jakarta is 'wow' as well. some of you may think that its soo stressful to be in jakarta but if you see it in different ways it would be just beautiful.
    my lovely jakarta


    1. city lights
    2. rain
    3. either live rockin band or the sound of acoustic guitar
    4. people

    when there's a place i can see all of the above things, i would love to be there in a heart beat!

    but i always wanna go to place like venice as well. its my dream honeymoon destination i guess, LOL. it is such a wonderful, romantic place, where i can see some artists painting or musicians playing classical-romantic acoustic guitar tunes.

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    Friday, October 31, 2008
    :) 9:49 PM

    one of these days i've been listening to this song and it really brings out all the positive energy. I LOVE EVERY SENTENCE, EVERY WORD IN IT.

    song by nidji - laskar pelangi.

    mimpi adalah kunci

    untuk kita menaklukkan dunia


    berlarilah tanpa lelah

    sampai engkau meraihnya


    laskar pelangi


    takkan terikat waktu

    bebaskan mimpimu di angkasa

    warnai bintang di jiwa


    menarilah dan terus tertawa

    walau dunia tak seindah surga

    bersyukurlah pada yang kuasa

    cintai kita di dunia selamanya



    cinta kepada hidup

    memberikan senyuman abadi

    walau hidup kadang tak adil


    tapi cinta lengkapi kita


    laskar pelangi


    takkan terikat waktu

    jangan berhenti mewarnai

    jutaan mimpi di bumi

    so, dont be afraid to dream, love your life, smile everyday!!! people say that sometimes life is not fair. but i think people will get what they deserve based on how good they are in life. just dont give up. maybe you have to wait and you'll get the best.

    this song actually tells about those children who strive to get education. lintang in this movie is ONE OF MY FAVORITE PERSON IN THE WORLD. he is a genious but he cant continue his education because his father died. he's the only and eldest son in the family and no parents means that he has to work for his sisters. but he's still being so sincere. see? I TOTALLY ADORE HIM.

    i think every child in this world deserves to get education..

    sorry no translation for this song for those who dont understand bahasa.

    by the way, these are some photos of my performance in talent search. i'm so happy that i could play SEMPURNA arranged by kevin.


    thanks a bunch to rere, kena, desi, and intan for the makeover. I LOVE YOU ALL. :)



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    Wednesday, October 15, 2008
    do it your way 9:01 AM

    (sighing) i've finally finished another book cover for docmat. this one is completely different from the previous one, since its more like a modern type (its about business opearational issues anyways). i like designing things but the problem is that i really have to be in the mood of inspiration while starting the project. haha. he's gonna publish it before going to UK next month. by the way, i was really surprised when i knew that he's the judge for utp artfest. haha. and he has given me the idea that i might not win for this festival, cos i definitely need an SLR to take photographs. AAARGH i really want an SLR! (but its terribly expensive I KNOW). i'm scowling deviantart rite now for making me so into photography. its just so interesting.

    one thing i've learnt is that you have to be unique. yes, IN EVERYTHING. if you're trying to make it great by following others' ways than it would
    just suck. you wont be able to unleash your potentials. its your style and its great the way it is! even if you have a bad handwriting it would be just worse by imitating someone's!! hahaha.

    same goes for music. some composers can inspire you but u have to be unique. and my bro ruday is v
    ery good at this. i was trying to do some improvisations yesterday on my digital piano (yeah i know i'm still learning but i really did enjoy it). i've put my digital piano in a standing position by now.

    another news that can brighten my mood: i'm gonna play in front of Tun Mahathir Mohammad again tomorrow. whew, cant
    wait to touch my baby black grand piano again. but the question is: "WHERE IS MAS DHANY????" is he still in utp?? i cant do a sempurna duet without him and definitely there wont be any cello nor saxophone performance if he's not around. helloo mas dhany, r u still in this jungle??

    tirza came into my room yesterday. so as usual we were "ber-narsis ria" hoho

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    Thursday, October 2, 2008
    i LOVE horror and ice cream 8:00 PM

    first of all, idul fitri celebration was fun. i met with my cousins again. "met lebaran" to all of you guys. wish u all the best for this idul fitri. :) :)

    now on with the stories. based on the title above. which one do you want to hear first? horror or ice cream??

    .... well lemme talk about my horror stuff first before the memory's wiped off due to my short memory lost.

    people, believe it or not. i didn't like horror movies when i was in elementary and junior high school. i watched BART SIMPSON. definitely. or other cartoon stuffs like sailormoon or doraemon or wedding peach with all their beautiful fantasies. suddenly, the ring and other nightmares came into the picture. and those beautiful fantasies changed. moreover my high school besties are like addicted to things that pump up our adrenalines. sooo, since then i was turned into someone who likes HORROR and those thrilling stuffs in theme park (like jet coasters and their friends). when i was 7 i was almost crying while sitting on "KORA KORA".but then i was laughing insanely while standing (whoops) on that thing when i was 17. now you can see how my high school friends could change me to a completely different person. HAHA.

    however i still dont like thriller movies. i saw one sadistic scene and heck it reminded me of my strength of material subject. and i prefer SAD three little pigs (with a wolf) to HAPPY tree friends.

    enough with the past. now, lemme introduce you to these fun stuffs. try these links cos they will definitely link you to heaven (if you're like my high school friends) or hell (if bart simpson scares you):

    The House
    Do You Have A Grudge? (based on Ju On/The Grudge)

    the house successfully took my heart away (yes, away from my chest cos my heart jumped everytime the ghost appeared) so its number 1 on my list! ;) BUT PEOPLE PLEASE TAKE NOTE. the best way to experience this is by following the rules:
    1. do it alone

    2. turn off the lamp.

    3. do it at night.

    4. close all the curtains.

    5. put on your earphone/headphone with max volum
    e.
    to tell u the truth, i didnt follow all the above rules. haha.

    anyways, my bro loves the piano backsound. its the kind o
    f horror piano sound that keeps repeating and repeating again (no wonder we almost felt like clubbing). it'd be cool if i play it in the middle of the night, lights off, wearing white dress, face hidden by messy long black hair..

    well, that explains how i love horror. now its ice cream time. my little cousins and i went to pim today. we ate ice creams.

    *hold on, you just said that you loved ice cream. can u tell me what food you hate?


    ........ er.. sorry, cant think of any.

    bian's quote: 'everything that goes into diby's mouth will taste good to her'. ok bian, at least i dont eat grass like you do.

    unfortunately, i forgot what kind of ice cream i ordered. but i dont forget how good the taste. ehaueheah.

    *flashback*

    waitress: "ok miss. what do you want to order?"
    me: (thinking)
    my auntie: "diby's the last person when it comes to deciding somet
    hing. it will take long, please be patient."
    me: (still thinking, flapping the pages of the menu)
    waitress: (smiling forcefully)
    me: (raising eyebrow, still thinking)
    waitress: (clearing her throat)

    ok, that time theres a war in my brain!!
    which one is more superb? 2 scoops with waffel or 3 scoops no waffel?

    which one tastes better? choco chips, cookies and cream, strawberry cheesecake, tiramisu? heck but i already ate choco chips two days ago (so what??)
    the point is that they all looked tempting to me!!
    then i ordered something. (i forgot what it was, but its the biggest picture on the page)
    (the waitress wrote it down and left)
    (later a waiter brought our mineral waters)
    tata: "wow are these our drinks?"

    eva: "no dear, you use them to water the plants here."

    end of story of ice cream. photos time now.




    rayhan is sooo cute. he's my little JT!


    this one's a pic when i was teaching tata piano. i'm definitely supporting you to play piano, ta!

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    Saturday, September 27, 2008
    *** 12:08 AM

    "***"

    now i can definitely say that i'm only looking for: FRIENDS.
    friends are forever.
    guys are whatever.
    i prefer guys as best friends to boyfriends. i have the best guys as best friends and trust me, they know me more than anyone else does (except for my family of course).

    so, these are just ones of those people I LOVE MORE:







    anyways, i have a correction about my hair plan. haha. i'm still gonna have it long. i may make it "curlier" and "blacker". haha. lets see!!

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    Tuesday, September 23, 2008
    i wanna cut my hair! 12:39 AM

    sudden attack! yes people, thats so diby. sudden decision, sudden movement, out of nowhere. i am now currently feeling the urge to cut my hair short! whew!!

    i'm the type of person who will easily get bored. and perhaps i'm already bored with long hair now. i want to do so since i was in bandung but i didnt accomplish it. the last time having a short hair was when i was in the 3rd year of high school. but i definitely one a DIFFERENT hairstyle. something MESSIER, unusual or unique. :P a japanese style one might be good.

    PS: my mother will be SOOOO SOOO HAPPYYY if i cut my hair. thats why when i looked at my pictures when i was small, my hair was never long!! hehe.

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    Monday, September 22, 2008
    freedom to expresss, yes please 9:11 PM

    gosh, i'm extremely tired rite now. yes i am i really really am. and its due to all the lab reports + assignments + tests. it seems like neverending haha. but at least now i feel like i'm more diligent than before. but of course, the world need a BALANCE ladies and gentlemen. soo, as a consequence, i'm in the mood of expressing my emotions! yeahhh. the point is, I NEED REFRESHING I REALLY DO. its been a long time i havent hanged out with jessi, carmen, suhair, and the gank, having a great time somewhere in ipoh, wathing movies in the cinema. well, gossiping with my roommate is kinda helping i guess. and riding at the back of motorbike can really do brighten my mood. hehe. but seriously, i need vacation!!! (sigh)

    sooo, last nite, even though i was having a pile of assignments to submit, in a need of inspiration for projects, and last but not least.... in a BIG BIG depression + frustration becos i havent finished my laundry.... (trust me this is the most crucial factor!!! HAHA), i still suprisingly did some touch to my newest deviation in DA.. yeaaaah. cos like what i've said, i need to transfer my energy to the things i like (jusssttt for a moment please), to which i feel passionate about. so pleeeeease (bare with it, i'm gonna say a lot of please, since i'm in a mood swings) check out my DA. comments are highly appreciated!! XOXO.

    YES PLEASE !! help..



    here----> my photography

    dont be suprise if i'm gonna promote other deviations trough this blog. i just feel like doing so. the point is, i am extremely super duper tired. capek banget, tepar abisssssss... writing this post is one of the 'PELARIAN' hahaha. i really want to work on some paintings later, i do i really do. i want to paint, i want to paint!! x(

    cheeeeeeeeers...

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    Saturday, September 6, 2008
    sooo many things to do, sooo little time 9:44 AM

    i know i know, it's been like ages since i wrote the last post. and suddenly now i feel like writing again. its almost 10 in the morning, saturday morning precisely. i had my sahur with chester, summ, vinod, and amir last night, going out to some mamak in the middle of the night. gosh, we're going jamming soon later at 2 pm and i'm telling ya, i miss raptors like crazy! we're going to perform again for egyptian nite, so hey u utpians, feel free to come n watch us! ;)

    soo, quite a number of events have passed since i'm stuck here again in the desert. indonesian independence day celebration was a blast. i must say that my juniors really did a good job, double WOWs for y'all. HAHA, i was really proud that we won the 'tarik tambang' match. we really did show some GIRL POWER there.

    yay! i got presents for winning 'lomba mindahin tepung ke dalem botol'. hoho.


    oh, i forgot to mention about my symphony fest. its the biggest concert i've ever been participated in, especially when i had to perform a solo there. imagine the 1000+ audiences! as USUAL, jaya suprana's masterpieces were on the list, which were definitely fragmen and tembang alit, though i had to cut the tembang alit (SADLYYY). The other song was my truly battle-song-of-my-life. yes, its tatakau monotachi ladies and gentlemen. one complain here: the chair was too low (and don't you dare say that it's me who's too short!)

    then the following event was convo fair. BELIEVE IT OR NOT!! i was dancing again. muhaaha. i can't believe it myself. but hey i enjoyed dancing with my juniors, its been fun, to tell ya the truth. and what made it more unbelievable was the fact that we were performing in front of Tun Mahathir Mohamad. well i had 2 performances in front of him. another one was playing the piano again during his high tea time. and yeah, u can guess, same songs! perhaps u may think that i was lack of new pieces, but i did it on purpose. i want them to recognize the mesmerizing n captivating melody of sundanese and javanese songs! and

    NO ONE SHOULD STEAL INDONESIAN'S

    CULTURE ANYMORE! :(



    after performing :D



    mas dhany, Tun Mahathir, and i


    anyways, what's actually the tittle of this post supposed to mean?? its trying to say that, i still want to accomplish some of my missions, yet i have to remember to focus on my FIRST PRIORITY, which is: the reason why i came here: STUDYING. (oh my, i was just about to state that sleeping's my first priority). perfect, 3 tests are coming up for next week. i still haven't finished helping bang ginting checking his thesis and surprisingly, docmat wants me to design some other book covers. and i'd love to do that! my passion for art + design + photography is still on fire HAHA (evil laugh). its been a long time since i did some paintings (so so so sad, now it just popped up in my head at a sudden that i should do that during the holiday later), and my photography projects (hunting photos n photoshop-ing thingy bla bla bla) was completely not atttempted. one of these days i've been thinking that you don't need 99% talent, but

    99% effort + passion (duh, sounds like edison rite now, but hey he's a genious n he's absolutely right!). if its not so then the world would be just simply unfair. well i believe that there are some people being able to master some areas easily (and the top reason is that they had done so in CHILDHOOD times). some people have to try hard, some people dont. but everyone can do what they wanna do if they try. its just like: every girl can be beautiful. yeah, you are what u think u are. garbage in = garbage out. (i know i know, ste stuffs :P)


    authors note: pls be aware, i'm just simply letting out the things in my head rite now. since this is my blog i'm totally free to do so.

    so what are my hobbies and interests? those things like playing piano, joining orchestra, playing with my bands, photography, art art art and design, writing n imagining things (i'm gonna create some new chapters in fanfiction.net someday, i really REALLY HOPE so). i want to

    ARRANGE some songs (thinking of signing up for myspace). i've been playing kevin's ' sempurna' and his arrangement is EXTREMELY GOOD. my bro+teacher+business partner rudayyy keeps on making his own songs and trust me, he's the person who has the best style of music i've ever encountered! so at least i want to improve :) :). by the way i'm asking to myself at the moment: can i add EXERCISE-ing and STUDY-ing into hobbies and interests? pls pls :). i'm starting to like swimming and jogging, n i wanna continue playing basketball! (so please utp, u better finish the new court soon! :p) just

    do the best, have the faith, and leave the rest to HIM --> one of my fave quote by the supergirl/superwoman i respect the most, shana fatina.


    u just have a life once, so make the most of it.

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    Sunday, July 13, 2008
    I LOVE U ALL 2:59 PM

    back again in the jungle. utp is still quite deserted for sure, most of my friends are still spending their time in their hometown. but i did not regret coming back early though, i had the best time in ste program. ste was my first camp and it was the best ever. it was totally motivating and meaningful. i must say that all the facilitators deserve two thumbs up plus double wows!

    too much stories and feelings to list down here,, it was so touching that all of us really cherished all of those precious moments. reading what you guys treasure in those 5 days makes me even miss u all more!

    hope our friendship last forever.

    I LOVE YOU ALL.

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    Saturday, June 14, 2008
    citos and then pim 11:10 PM

    mission accomplished! anggi and i finally had our swimming time in cilandak yesterday. never been better (moreover with my auntie's gold membership card which led to free of charge access)! yeah, i'm giving more attention to doing exercises these days. i dunno. it's necessary. and i think real guys should do at least some sports.

    we hanged out to citos afterwards and grabbed some foods. of course, chit-chatting was in our list. again, i went inside the photo box. we were almost lack of poses though. HAHA.


    surprisingly
    , kungfu panda's already out. i quickly told my mom cos she had been dying to watch it (it's not peculiar for her to watch a movie, i'm telling you). so the rest of the day was spent together in the cinema. it's a very amusing and funny movie (one of the movies i should recommend you to watch!)


    today? i met my bro rudayyy and his girlfriend jovia in pim. we ordered some ice creams in death by chocolate. oh i always looooove the chocolate wafel there! after that we dropped by to yamaha music store. hold on we were not just dropping by, we even had a little concert there! haha. i really enjoyed it. the sounds of two pianos are always more mesmerizing! hey what can i say, they just happily provided the chair, watching us rushing our fingers on the keys! after 1 hour we left for chatting and doing some silly games at the food court, followed by exploring the bookstore.

    what a nice weekend. i still have some plans with dita tomorrow yet i've got no more energy, better take rest now.

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    Sunday, June 8, 2008
    reunion 12:53 AM

    hello again.

    it's been 14 days since I arrived in my beloved hometown. i haven't managed to go to bandung. i spent most of my time these past few days with my family. yeah, without a single doubt, i play with my husband everyday! (attention! it's my piano i'm talking about) i haven't got any new pop or jazz songs in my list though, cos i've been enjoying nobuo uematsu's and the most brilliant composer on the planet frederic chopin's pieces as usual!

    speaking of chopin, his etude op.10 no.4 is totally driving me mad. gosh, i've been practising this song for God knows how long. it IS a CRAZY masterpiece, but once you've nailed it, it feels good. i need extra patience regarding this.

    sadly, my violin is not here with me now. i will join Petronas Soaring the Eagle programme at the end of june though, which means that i won't be here long so that i can save it for later when i've come back to the jungle.

    fyi, i miss DC++! which means, free movies. it rocks. speaking of sumthing more tempting than cheap dvds.

    good news, i hang out with my high school friends last saturday. it was wonderful! we went to kelapa gading. we talked bout our lives, shared many things, updated some gossips and so on. and i always go crazy when i'm around them. it's like we have our own world. definitely BFF u guys :).

    1 hour having a karaoke time was enough to make me lose my voice, i guess. haha. i had the best time nonetheless. oh, had we go to someplace else, we wouldn't have had to pay the most expensive sweet ice tea ever. HAHA.

    we took some pictures inside the photo box. yay! >_<

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    Monday, June 2, 2008
    see ya later 10:35 PM


    I guess I'll be waiting for you there.

    and I really thank God. :)

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    Sunday, May 18, 2008
    love, life 12:25 PM

    i LOVE my life.



    i love its up and down, the people in it, and the dreams i would want to unleash. i love my family. i love my brothers and sisters here. and i love my new friends. thanks guys.
    nice quote here.

    I don't want to get the end of my

    life

    and find that I have just lived

    the

    length of it. I want to have lived

    the width of it as well.


    life improves when you take chances.

    currently in my playing list: secret, eternity, aerith's theme. just can't stop my fingers start the songs.

    some of the things i'm really looking forward to in indonesia:
    -attending faiz and tantri's wedding day.
    -playing more musics. and perhaps, going to some concerts. i really miss it.
    - doing some photo huntings.
    -hanging out, having a great time with my family and friends.
    -being a nice tourguide for my lecturer (he's coming to bandung by the end of june!)

    yes, intan and i have been desperately supporting and wishing the best of luck for each other! hopefully we won't screw our final exams.

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    Thursday, April 24, 2008
    photography and a brand new GRAND piano 10:46 AM

    Thank God ICN has passed. The flow went well, which made me so relieved. I have more time now to concentrate on my tests. This sem succesfully makes me freak out. I still got some things coming up, including my basic dance performance in co cu night (I gasped when I heard this news for the first time) and my solo piano performance in ISC Academic Award 2008.

    well, to tell you the truth, i'm sorta addicted to photoshop right now. i'm so into taking and editing pictures. i notice a number of talented photographers out there and i'm positively sure that i'm nothing compared to them. i just created a new account in deviantart.com though, just published a few of my LAME deviations. haha. however i didn't regret going all the way to the old V5 just to do some photo huntings, i'll try my best to improve.



    I named this one "soulmate" :)

    check it out! http://kanyakirana.deviantart.com


    And next i'm gonna tell you a VERY good news. yes, it has been powerfully brightening up my days here. the GRAND piano has arrived, and it's a brand new one ladies and gentlemen. now what do you expect?

    actually, i don't have to do anything cos this piano belongs to my orchestra! but still, SADLY, i can't play it unless they've put it in the orchestra room at block b, and they will do so on the 5th of may! which means that i have to wait until then. :( it is placed in undercroft (chancellor complex) now and the doors are all locked.

    HOWEVER, unless you hasn't known me SO well, you probably think that i won't give up. Bingo, that's correct. i can now proudly announce that i've found a secret passage to get inside the room. haha. passing through a few emergency doors here and there, i found the label "STAGE". and once you step on the stage, you can see the beautiful black baby grand piano standing just in front of your eyes!

    do i sound cool or crazy? crazy, i guess. well, since "being a good student" is one of my goal, i don't do this anymore. #*&$)#&$)*#&^%)*&^% (cencored). MISSION ABORTED.

    this incident just reminds me more of SBM grand piano, as in ITB bandung. I really miss that place.

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    Saturday, April 5, 2008
    raptors 1:36 PM


    Now ladies and gentlemen, please welcome.. the RAPTORS. Yes it's my band, with a new formation this year:

    chester (egypt) = lead vocal
    helmi (malaysia) = lead guitar
    vinod (malaysia) = 2nd guitar + backing vocal
    summ (thailand) = bass
    graham (malaysia) = violin
    assad (indonesia) = drums
    me = keyboard
    And of course we have the best manager ever, yahya! (egypt)

    Thanks a bunch to all of you who's been supporting us. And for those who came to Euphonious08, voting for the only international band here in UTP. Yesterday we just had a day off in Ipoh, celebrating our 2nd runner up position in the Euphonious competition in which 23 bands participated. We spent all the money we got from the committee there. HAHA.

    Since I'm the only girl in this group, I had to catch up with all the guys. It doesn't mean that I'd allow them to grab all the pizzas we ordered. Oh my, I can't even remember how many pizzas we ordered!

    No good movies showing in the cinema, and the bowling place was so packed, we stormed to the go-kart place. I was starting to think that I'd throw up and have a stomachache (this reminds me of those memorable times in dufan go-karts) but now I must say that I had the wrong idea. It was so much FUN. 1st time I was getting used to it and 2nd time I was flying. Anyways, safety was the most important thing. Helmets please, I don't mind speeding off as long as it doesn't chop my head off. I was wondering how to buckle up though, cos there was no seatbelt!

    We were devided into 2 groups, since there were only 4 cars available. 8 laps, all ours. Oh I'm scowling at Graham right now, he stole my 1st place at the last second! YES, at the last SECOND! Guys, we should do it again sometime.

    I could hardly touch the pedals! They had to put another cushion behind my back.

    Ok, I'm announcing y'all one thing. Raptors are going to be on stage again, performing in ICN. Please be there, International Celebration Night 08, Friday night, April 11th in Chancellor Hall.

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    Sunday, March 30, 2008
    and it's about the past 3:42 PM

    finally, i've reached the end of it. time to move on girl. it's been almost two years. yes, i'm enjoying this. i'm enjoying my freedom.

    :)

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    Monday, March 24, 2008
    photo hunting 11:35 PM

    Yup, I've been doing some photo huntings these days. I'm really not a good photographer though, but I love looking at amazing pictures -- breathtaking shots.
    And so I explored a little bit of my university area, capturing some images. It's been fun, most definitely. Well basically it was my curiousity that started it all. haha. Another one was photofest of course. Thanks to my beloved camera. It's cheap, yet it's not bad.

    Below are the original images...


    And since my mind has never been satisfied in playing with imaginary colors...

    Guess what, I had to play hide and seek with every cat I encountered! (sigh)

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    Monday, March 17, 2008
    Yik Foong 11:55 AM

    Ah, hello there. I'm sitting here now inside this freezing cold library, waiting for Strength Of Materials tutorial session which won't have started until 1 pm. I wonder why the wi-fi connection at my V5-H is always down, which forced me to come here to download youtube videos for my dead important Euphonious band. Fortunately I've managed to get the piano version of Hinder-Lips Of An Angel and House Of the Rising Sun before my laptop had barely reached its critical battery.

    Speaking of luck, I might say that my life for these past few weeks has been awfully dramatic. HAHAHA. I'm telling you now as you can see the full lists below:

    1. As was mentioned before in my last post: Scowl my calculator setting for ruining my first Numerical Method Quiz!It should have been in radian mode, not degree. Great, I had all the methods correct while all the values were wrong.

    2. An error occured in the first question of Strength Of Materials Test 1. Sadly, I didn't hear the correction.

    3. Numerical Method Test was postponed. Tragically, the lights just went off while I was doing the questions. I was struggling to write the answers (WHICH WERE ALL NUMBERS IN DECIMAL) in dark, with a little help from my cellphone light (I felt sorry for those who didn't bring any, or whose background are dark), when the lecturer stopped what we're doing.

    4. Ok, my umbrella was broken. So i bought a new one in V5 shop, kinda expensive it is.

    5. Again, my umbrella was broken. Ok, I decided to buy it in Yik Foong the following day.

    6. Have I introduced you to my beloved laptop "toshi"? His adapter's damaged when I plugged it at V3 cafe. Later in my room, fire emerged from the cable. That made me buy a new adapter in Yik Foong.

    7. Again, the new adapter was damaged. And this one was due to the socket in my room. I should get a compensation from UTP regarding this! Again, Yik Foong. Imagine how I really LOVE Yik Foong. HAHA.

    8. Unfortunately, I forgot what other unfortunate events I've experienced!!

    So what is wrong with all the electronic things around me?? I feel like everything I touch turns into disaster!! heuaheuaeh.

    However, in spite of my mood swings, I had quite a good time exploring the small cowboy-westside-like Ipoh city while going to Yik Fung yesterday. Believe it or not, I bought a new digital camera (hopefully this one won't disappoint me) and took some pictures. Yup, letting go the gloomy atmosphere. I played with the colors though.



    The point is that this camera has brought Intan good news.




    As always, posing together.

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    Friday, March 14, 2008
    Singapore 4:49 PM

    Back again in the middle of jungle now. It was quite satisfying that I could encounter wonderful places and meeting my friends in Singapore, and it's such a relief that all the living costs didn't exceed my budget (which was only 172 SG$ or about 400RM). Haha. I know it's crazy, and RISKY, but we survived. We had to share the room with other guests in the backpackers hotel, yet, it was okay. Our list included Esplanade (seeing another breathtaking grand piano), Sentosa Island (The cable car along the way there made me freak out!), Orchard Rd (Sadly, limited budget = no shopping), NTU (what a great university, totally impressed while visiting Art & Design Media), and Clarke Quay (the best place ever!) but unfortunately all the pictures were still stored inside Assad's camera. Oh now I'm thinking to buy a new camera.
    It was always raining in Singapore everytime we stepped out onto the street. Three of us are still striving to get better due to the flu.
    Thanks to Bian, who had successfully made this journey fantastic. HAHAHA. Really amusing, it is. Except for the fact that you saved all the snacks for yourself! And thanks a bunch for all NTU students and Aji who had been our tourguides. Hope we can meet again sometime (for my bestie Maryati, you still owe me a complete story).


    Me & Intan inside the cable car

    More pictures of this journey will come up as soon as I've got the data from Assad. Right now he's still in KL with Afra. Yup, pictures.. That's the most important (sheepish laugh)

    -Loving the city lights-

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    Sunday, March 9, 2008
    mid-sem break 7:42 PM

    Ok, finally a new post, now that I can breathe. haha. Things had been extremely hectic. I've finally finished some of the tests, which were heat transfer and strength of materials. To be honest, I was supposed to do three tests before this wonderful midsem, but sadly numerical method test has been postponed, and it was due to the unexpected black out in the Lecture Hall! Yes ladies and gentlemen, the lights suddenly turned off while we're happily solving the questions (I'm currently not in the mood to talk bout this, and I'm quite positive that most of my friends are) What made it worse is that I completely flunked the 1st quiz only because of my calculator setting!

    Oh, haven't I told you about my timetable this sem? All of my classes start at 8. On wednesday it's a non stop til 2pm (I feel like going back to elementary school :P) I know, I still have that basic dance thingy too, since modern music class is always full. I also have 2 labs this sem, Separation Process I and Heat Transfer. The reports are, still, torturing. So are all the quizes and assignments. And I have other things to concern about, which is ICN and Euphonious.

    The theme for ICN has been decided. It's International Celebration Night 08, Colors of Unity. You guys better COME to this event! This year will be different since there will be a collaboration performance in which all the countries send their representatives. I'm giving you one warning now, don't you dare not to come to this ICN. haha.

    The Raptors, without a single doubt, will participate again in this upcoming Euphonious. Yes, it's my lovely band. Perhaps some of you havent's known that we have a different format this year. We have two new guitarists here who are Helmi and Vinot, while Graham will play the violin. The rests are just the same, Chester as the vocalist, Sum playing the bass, Assad on the drums, and me as the keyboardist. Please come and support us x)

    One more thing, I might be playing at the final too with Doc Mat, joining with Taufik and Amir. Hopefully this one will go well too.

    Despite all of these upcoming projects, I still want to enjoy my midsem break. I'm so excited about going to Singapore. My bags are packed, we've got the tickets, and all we have to do now is just waiting for the cabs to pick us up at 3 in the morning, which is 7 hours from this moment I'm writing. I wish my juniors passports had been settled, so that it wouldn't have been only me, intan, bian, cakson, assad, and afra on the journey.

    So it seems that I won't be back before thursday, March 13th. New chapters will definitely be about this vacation in Singapore. Hope I'll be able to meet my friends in NTU there
    . :)

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    Saturday, February 9, 2008
    Crazy Trip to Langkawi (With my insane friends) 10:40 PM


    Ladies and gentleman, on the 8th of February 2008, me and my lovely friends (Rere, Intan, & Embut) went for a trip to Langkawi Island. We had all been dreaming of the most relaxing, wonderful, unforgetable, FANTASTIC holiday ever.

    Let's start with the prologue. *flashback*

    One day, we (the girls) decided to go to the beach. We told the guys about this enthusiastically, but they all said,"No way. I'm not going to that place. Haven't I told you about Pangkor Bloody Tragedy!? (Here, I mean to say 'Tragedi Berdarah Pangkor'). The corals hurt out feets and legs!!" And I was starting to imagine the sea covered by men's blood.

    and Bian said, "Nah, you should have prepared all the acommodations. By the time we've arrived there, there will be no doubt that all the hotels and motels will have been fully booked."

    Ok, that's fine guys. We're gonna show you the true girl power! We can survive, HAHA. However..

    "Excuse me, do you have any empty room for us on the 8th of February?" Rere called each of the motels. The answers were:

    "OHh fully booked!"
    "We're full, sorry!"
    "No room for you!"
    "Full!!"
    "*&#^$&*(^* #(&$)_!()*#($(*&# #(&$!(@#&*^#" (sort of Chinese, I can't translate it for you)
    and
    "Wrong number, ma'am."

    Those words were like knives on our hearts (Ok, I'm hyperbolizing now)

    Fired up, we discussed about our backpacking plan:

    "So are we just going to sleep on the street??"
    "Er... unless the officers sue us, suspecting us as illegal immigrants!??"
    "Ok guys, can we sleep inside the mosque?"
    "Wait, what about the hospital? Emergency room?? But someone has to get hurt!" (laughing insanely)

    But as you can see (if you're a normal person), none of the mission is possible to accomplish!

    In conclusion, hoping for a room was like hoping for the rain to end the drought in the desert. Sadly, the four of us decided to just have a whole day in Langkawi. Thanks to Intan and Embut, we managed to get the bus tickets from Medan Gopeng.

    Speaking of bus ticket, you might already know about 'calo' ( In Indonesian, we call this a person who offers you tickets in the bus station). One day in Puduraya (KL central bus station), he asked me where I was going.

    "Oh, me?? I'm going to the toilet," I grinned sheepishly. And I could have swore that his jaws dropped, no expression on his face. The next second I realized that he was offering me bus tickets. Ok, do you need a bus ticket to go to the toilet??
    Just wanna tell you guys so you won't do the same mistake as I did (who will??)

    Well, I'll continue with the story. You can see our full route below:

    UTP -- Medan Gopeng -- Allor Star -- Kuala Kedah --(by ferry)-- Langkawi

    In Kuala Kedah, we had to wait for about 2 hours. We explored the little town and had our breakfast here.


    Stepping into Langkawi Island with undescribable joy and excitement, we stormed to our first destination: Cenang Beach. We went there by taking a taxi for about 20 minutes from the ferry docks. Once we had seen the white sand, we ran as fast as our legs could bring us, towards the ocean, the blue sea, with a clear blue sky above.
    It was really a paradise.





    So what's the next thing you expect? Without a single doubt, taking pictures is number one on our list. With our bare feet thrusted by the waves, we posed and posed again, having the best time ever. Rere and intan then went sitting under the trees, sheltered. They were enjoying the sea view from there while me and Embut were still playing on the sea side. All was marvelous until that incident happened..

    Embut's digital camera slipped off from her grip. To our horror, it fell off, toward the sand and the waves! It was totally wet and it meant the end of the world!! She's going to lose her camera, and all the photos we had been taken would be all gone too!

    Horrified, we ran to the place where Rere and Intan were sitting. They gawked at us, looking at our two figures running just like we're in an Indian movie, and they took these pictures with amusing smiles! Once they knew the incident, their smiles faded instantly. And the first suggestion that came out was:

    "We need a hairdryer to save this precious camera's life!!"
    A hairdryer?? At the beach??

    Luckily, we still could save all the datas inside the card (sigh).

    At about 2 pm, the 4 of us left the beach and of course, strived to get the most delicious seafoods in the area, plus a (er... what do you call es campur???) "mixed ice??" HAHA.

    Shopping, we bought plenty of chocolates (duty free) and accesories. Rere, Embut, and I bought new watches (It's so tempting, only 10 RM each).


    Time flew (not 'went') by and it had indicated 5 pm when we finally decided to go back to the ferry docks. Now our route for going back was different, as explained below:

    Langkawi --(by ferry)-- Kuala Perlis -- Medan Gopeng -- UTP



    In Kuala Perlis, we encountered a super tempting restaurant having a board that was read 'Laksa special Kuala Perlis'. For your information, eating laksa was another mission that had to be accomplised, and so was it.

    The rest of the journey went well til the end, exept for the fact that it was freezing cold inside the bus!

    In the end, I'd say that this journey to Langkawi was definitely fun, and you might want to go there sometime! :)

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    Thursday, February 7, 2008
    New Blog. Welcome! ;) 4:37 PM

    Ok, welcome to my new blog!
    Last time I managed my blog in friendster, and it's now permanently moved. And to the promoter "mr Bas",apparently you were right =P. Hopefully here's much better than before. And by now I've decided to write in English.

    Well, basically the things posted here can be anything that I feel like writing. So please bare with some silly stories happening to me in this secluded jungle, desert, somewhere in Ipoh. For those who don't know where Ipoh is, it's in Tronoh, Malaysia. This blog is more like my letter to my family and friends in Indonesia, cause I can't call them everytime and I can't always write a wonderfully long email to each of them.

    I'm currently in 2nd year 1st sem here in UTP. This sem would be different cause there will be a lot of events, activities, and so on (which means that there are more things to share). I just joined this ISC (International Student Committee) as a member of Culture Department, and surprisingly I will have to give a lot of contirubution for ICN (International Colorful Night). There is also Euphonious coming up at the end of March, and also other PPI projects. My course timetable's going WILD, i have to join this basic dance thingy again (more like.. er.. forced, coz i have no other choices left), and the most important of all I miss my husband!!(which is my lovely black piano 'yamahawan' at home).

    FORTUNATELY, i've managed to move from V5GL5.2.6 to V5H2.4.1 so that I won't have to climb those horrible stairs up to the fifth floor. Another good thing is that me and my lovely room mate have duplicated the room keys. We have five keys now believe it or not (2 original keys, 1 spare key for each of us, and the last one we put somewhere in the kitchen--I can't tell you where). So I'm praying that there will be no such case as 'no keys-->not being able to go into the room' (even though a few weeks ago we just had all the 5 keys locked inside!)

    Anyways, on with the stories. I'm gonna post some chapters about going to Langkawi soon!

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