away from home

2009-10-27T01:35:00.005+08:00

Indonesia Arts And Cultural Scholarship 2009 (IACS09) have been such a wonderful experience for me. First and foremost, I wanna say thank you to Abg Fauzi for giving me the opportunity to be part of the scholarship where I’m sure that it has benefitted me for the future.

Next, to the wonderful people from Saung Angklung Udjo (SAU). Thank you for your hospitality and you guys have been there for me through thick and thin. Definitely definitely to Teh Cathy, Sabrina, Dinasti, Harry and Bayu who have been with me for almost every single day as Teh Cathy is my Project Co-ordinator and the rest of them are my LOs . Also to the teachers, Tari – Teh Astri and Kang Dadan, Angklung Sunda – Kang Sam, Angklung Arumba – Kang Tata and Kang Esa, Pencak Silat – Kang Gending and Kang Sandik, Karawitan – Kang Ega and Bahasa Classes – Thalita. You guys have taught me alot during my stay there and I will never forget what you have taught me. Of course, they aren’t the only ones whom I get to know to during my stay there.

Also to the Director of SAU - Kang Opik and the rest of the working people there like Kang Danur, Kang Satriya, Teh Febri, Teh Uni, Aga, Apui, Achiu, Asep, Taufik, Rijal, Insan, Gugun (Bujang), Ibu O’om and not forgetting the talented kids! Alysia, Icha, Riris, Fajar, Iya, Bunga, Tari, Adin, Samuel and a whole lot more. I just couldn’t recall their names right now. I swear they’re one of the most talented kids I’ve ever met.

And to the crazy guys who never fail to bring us out whenever me and the girls are bored, Adhene, Zarul, Aji, Best, Jojon, Daun and Dickie. Without you guys, I’m pretty sure that we wouldn’t get to see beautiful Bandung and also our weekends would be boring. Ahakz!

How can I forget my family?

Alex (Germany) – He’s not part of the IACS but he was around in SAU for as long as we were there too. So he pretty much became part of our family too. This guy finds me really adorable like a small little kid (even when we’re the same age) and said to me “I’m gonna adopt your baby when you have one already!”. Ahah! It’s nice having him around.

Lisa and Esther (Vanuatu) – they were really quiet when we first arrived in Bandung. I didn’t really talk to them only until about a week later. The ones who are good with advices and is always there to lend a listening ear.

Ola (Tuvalu) and Esala (Fiji) – These 2 boys always wear the same clothes all the time. Trying to look like as though they’re twins or something. Ola, the one with long puffy hair and Esala, the one with super curly hair! They’ve been such great brothers for me always adding laughters in the family.

Ghulam (India) – This guy, I swear I’ve never had a one on one conversation with him. Overall, he can be pretty funny with his Inidan Dance of Kuch Kuch Hota Hey and such. haha.

Tommy (Indonesia) – This guy is the most patient guy I’ve ever met. Seriously, he deals with everyone here and managed to end every single problem with a solution. A brother that I know I could depend on when I’m in need. For sure.

Ellen (PNG) – The one who looooves to play Hijacked at the porch area. Always hanging out together and playing card games till late night was one of the common things that we do together.

Josine (Netherlands) – The girl who shares stories with me. And when she became my roommate in Solo, we shared more things together. Got closer to her halfway through when we were in Bandung since she was sick at the first few weeks so didn’t feel really strong at first. But that’s beside the point. Glad to have met someone like her..

Khanim (Azerbaijan) – Two words, Glamorously Funny. This girl definitely has got the looks. She’s not pretty, she’s beautiful and she’s photogenic. At the same time, she’s not proud, she’s friendly and goes along well with everyone she meets. She’s got a crazy attitude and does things that I wouldn’t even dare to do because she just doesn’t care. And she’s funny too and we share a lot of things in common. One of those is, we love going out and hate staying home! NimNim, my little sister, I love you and I miss you.

Rose (Nauru) – The one who I share every single fucking thing with. She’s loud and wild and I love it. The one who I know I could turn to when I’ve got a problem or just needed to sit down and talk with. She listens, and at the same time, she shares her stories too. She’s my sister, me lesbian partner, my wife. Well, that’s what everyone labelled us as. Hehe. And with NimNim, we’re the RoZieNim sisters coz we’re always together and share secretsas well. Much much muuuuch love.

And of course, to the rest of the IACS mates,

ChitChit, Jaja, Leyla, Arif, Ricky, Kerry, Vatey, Bhawika, Inna, Endang, Noi, Ann, Aom, Tevita, Tien, Christine, Vey, Josey, Mariko, Susi, Franciska, Lezette, Amanda, Rene, Stephanie, Tips, Jerome, Selwyn, Eugene, ZhaoZhao and a few others..

All shall be remembered.

Many thanks to the DEPLU as well for accepting me to be part of the scholarship as well, Mr Umar, Mr Riaz, Dheti, Yvonne, Monica, Elvis and the rest as well.

I hope I didn’t miss anyone out..

Thank you all so much and I will remember each and every one of you always.

I love you and I’ll miss you.

Muah muah..

Now, I shall leave this wonderful journey of mine untouched and shall not blog any more here. Everything written in here will be like as how it is in 10, 20 years to come.Anyone, everyone, is welcome to read my journey here..

PS – I’m already missing SAU daily shows. Missing the people, missing the kids, missing the music, missing the atmosphere..

Till we meet again..

Aziela Rahim

Singapore

2009-10-26T21:14:00.003+08:00

videos that happened days, weeks, months ago. all shall be remembered.
much looooove!

IACS 2009,
27th July - 22nd October

2009-10-22T23:08:00.000+08:00

First and foremost, I did not sleep throughout the whole night coz I literally spent the whole night trying to figure out how to pack my luggage coz when I checked the weight, total it was 50kg! Means I access of 30kg! matiiiiiiiii!

So anyway, at 5.30am was the first batch of group to leave but there weren’t that many of them. Since I didn’t sleep at all, I went to the lobby to say goodbye to Noi, Ann, Aom, Gulam, Rene and Eugene. Haiz.. seriously, I can’t believe that it’s time for us to go..

So when they left, I headed back to my room and resumed with my packing, trying as many ways as possible to make my luggage lighter by not throwing anything away coz I calculated that if I pay, then I might have to pay up to 2.5million rupiah! Matiiiii!

In the end, I ended up texting my sister and Fana asking about the price for access baggage. Then I’m still pretty much confused, I decided to call Garuda Airlines straight. Still, I’m pretty much stressed about it.

Moving on, 8.30am is the second batch to leave which is me and another 20people. So all of the Pacific people leave at this time and also people like Lezette, Tips, Mariko, Josine, Jerome and Ellen. The saddest part is that, Khanim isn’t leaving with us since she’s leaving tmr which sucks a lot coz me and Rose had to say goodbye to NimNim. So me and Rose just stood with here throughout till it’s really time for us to board on the bus. Gosh, I swear it’s hard to say goodbye to her. She just kept on crying and I couldn’t look at her for long coz I’d end up crying too which I really did coz when the bus drove, she actually tried to chase after the bus to say goodbye to us. NimNim, I love you and I miss you..

Journey to the airport was okay and we had to rush there since we’re running out of time. Thank God I’ve got such wonderful people with me coz they were kind enough to help me carry my luggage coz I couldn’t carry it all by myself. Hehe.

Journey from Solo to Jakarta was pretty short and when we arrived Jakarta, all the Pacific people had to head to Sofyan Hotel coz their next flight will only be on Sunday. So then again, I had to say goodbye to all the Pacific people, which includes Rose. Gosh.. Roro, I swear she’s been by me ever since we’ve been in Bandung together where she’s seen and knows the good and bad side of me clearly even when it was just 2 ½ months coz she’s the only person that I would pour out every single feelings or problems that I faced during my stay there. And she will be the person that I will miss the most. Said goodbye to her which is also the hardest thing to do coz she had been such a wonderful person to me. My girlfriend, my lesbian partner, my wife. Hehe. I’m sure the Bandung people know what I mean.

After the Pacific people left, Elvis and I headed straight to the check in baggage counter. I swear I was pretty scared at that point of time coz all I could think about was the 2.5million. So when the lady weighed my baggage, total it was 44kg. Access of 24kg. And in the end, the lady let me pay the weigh of a 10kg which is only………….400,000RP! Mak oi….if I know I buy more stuffs aye. Biar baggage access sampai 100kg or something. Hehe.

So I was the first to leave once I arrived Jakarta. And lastly, said goodbye to the rest like Ellen, Jerome, Mariko and Josine. And then, I’m officially alone, heading back to Singapore.

I swear my heart was beating fast and I had to hold my tears back from crying when I was all alone in the airplane. I can’t believe that the 3 months is already over and I’m missing all of them already. Gosh, it feels like a dream. Really. Sometimes I wished that it could be longer so I could spend a little more time with them.

And to prevent myself from crying, I had to distract myself and do something which could take my mind off them. But still, it keeps coming back every now and then coz I love and miss them so so much.

Well, arrived Singapore safely and saw my family waiting for me. I’m so glad to see all of them again and Sarah has grown up! Within 3 months, she pretty much have learned quite a lot of things already! Smart little baby.

Papa was there too along with Abg Wan, Abg Zan and also Indra. And when I met Papa, hugged him and I had tears rolling down my cheeks coz I just couldn’t hold it back any more longer. And I told him, “It’s just so hard to say goodbye, coz they’re the ones who have been with me throughout for the past 3 months”. Papa clearly understood what I meant coz he’s been through it also.

Well, the scholarship ended there. but I really hope that I’d get to see them again someday. Much love..

Headed back home where I took out every thing out from my luggages and distributed it to my mom, boy, kakak, hadi and sarah. Sarah pretty much got a lot of dresses from me coz most of it are batik dresses. Hehe. It’s really nice!

And my kakak and boy said “Ela nie mcm buat jualan gitu!banyak sangat bende!”.

Hehe..

Love my family.

Love everyone..

2009-10-21T23:27:00.000+08:00

Yes, today I woke up only at 3pm even when there were people like Dinasti, Ellen and Esala kept coming in and out of our room asking me so many questions and yet, I still continue to sleep after talking to them. Hehe.

So I woke up, showered, got ready and off to Kelewer Market with Dinasti and Esther! It’s really a nice place coz everywhere is batiiiik! Aduh…gwe udah jatuh cinta sama batik sih! gmana?!

Hehe. I ended up buying more batik materials coz it’s really cheap and nice and also some bags to bring back home. And then I STOP! Stopped myself from buying anything else more coz I’m already running out of space in my baggage. Hehe.

I’m pretty much satisfied with it but I wish I could buy more than what I have because back home, you can’t find anything as nice as those down here and the price here could differ a lot! At least here is cheap cheap good good. I like I like!

So anyway, since I woke up late, had lunch with Dinasti just across our hotel. Baso!!! I think today’s gonna be the last time I get the taste the delicious taste of baso.. yum yum.. kangen nanti!

And night time, dressed up, well, I didn’t dressed up though, and headed down to Ibis Hotel for our Farewell Party. It was really nice coz it was by the pool and we had the whole place to ourselves. Live band was good where they played really good music but I dun quite like the female singer’s voice coz it isn’t nice. And also had some touching moments with loved ones there.

I didn’t swim coz I didn’t wanna swim so I ended up dancing throughout the whole night. It was really nice since this is our final night together with everyone.

Haish.. I seriously am gonna miss my RoZieNim.. coz they’ve always been there right from the start and we always go out together, hang out together, eat together, joke together, everything together! I really am gonna miss my RoRo and NimNim. I really hope that one day we’ll meet again coz we’re staying really far from one another… *cries*

Still, we ended the day smiling even when tears were rolling down our cheeks.

All the smiles and laughter shall never be forgotten.

I love you all..

2009-10-20T22:49:00.000+08:00

Morning, we headed to Sukuh Temple. It was pretty boring actually where I ended up sitting at the corner rather than taking endless shots around the place coz I was still feeling pretty tired and restless.

Lunch over at Griyo Kulo Restaurant. The place was beautiful for sure. Yo could eat by the river but Rose and I ended up just drinking some water coz there were too many flies around the food. So yeah, we ended up taking beautiful shots around the area. Really a nice place.

Headed back to Indah Jaya Hotel where Rose, Dinasti, Lisa and I decided to head down to Solo Grand Mall since Lisa and I needed to get a big bag for ourselves to stuff in the leftover things that could not fit in to our old luggage. And I’m so happy that I managed to get a really big bag at such a really cheap price! Woohoo!

So anyway, night time, is dinner over at Loji Gandrung. I swear the place really reminds me or Lau Pa Sat! There was live music where the songs played are all those keroncong music. So yeah, ada sedikit ngantok. Still, sate has never tasted better than ever. Indonesia definitely have the bestest sate for sure, unlike those back home. Hehe.

I dunno why but the night ended pretty late. It’s not like as though everyone was dancing or anything like that. Most of us just sat and talk to burn our time..

Well, lazy night indeed. Hehe.

I wanna sleep and wake up late tmr.

2009-10-19T23:06:00.000+08:00

A new week begins. So today, I didn’t get out of bed only until 4pm since I slept at about 7am and I just feel so so tired after all the rehearsals and trainings and even the performance.

Once again, Indonesia Channel 2009 was a blast.

I can’t wait to watch it.

So, after shower, gathered at Khanim’s room where Teh Cathy, Teh Astri, Dinasti, Sabrina, Kang Sandik, Bayu and Harry were there. We had to say our goodbyes to them as they’ll be leaving for Bandung at 8pm and it’s really sad coz I dunno when I’ll get to see them again. But I hope that I would visit them again someday coz they have been such a wonderful people to me and I really would love to see them again. Teh Cathy gave us something to bring back home so we would remember the great times we did back at Saung. I love them and I’m definitely gonna miss them.

*cries*

And so I say to them, “When I get married, you all have to come okay?!”

And they go, “OKAY!!”

Haha.

Evening, headed to Mangkunegaran for a tour around the Palace and also had dinner there. The place is really nice where YoRoZieNim took endless shot. “Yo” is like our featuring gitu lah kan. Mcm Gong kite back home. Hehe.

Didn’t do anything much right after that. Transferred photos and watched the DVD that Teh Cathy gave us. Really nice.. *smiles*

Gosh.. I’m already missing them.

I dunno how I’m gonna say goodbye to my IACS family in 3 days time…

2009-10-18T22:07:00.000+08:00

The day is finally here!

Headed over to Teh Astri’s hotel to get ready. So we, Bandung, and also those from Jogja got ready there. So we wore the same thing to what we wore during our performance in Saung. Arrived Mangku Negara at 4pm where I find it really unnecessary coz I ended up sleeping when I’m there rather than doing something and the weather there is just too humid!

Performance began at 7pm and the first to start off among the 4 Art Centres was Bandung! So, it went pretty well. Arumba was awesome coz firstly we played Indonesia Pusaka which was slow and rather formal and when it comes to the second and third song, we all went crazy! All of us were jumping and dancing around like crazy people and just making a whole lot noise. Hehe. Good thing the audiences love it coz I’m sure, they enjoyed themselves too.

Right after our Arumba, Pak Umar eventually went backstage just to say that we did a wonderful performance. How amazing is that? And from there, our spirits got higher!

Secondly was Karawitan, and again, we had to go crazy which I’m pretty sure all of us did! Can’t deny that Karawitan is one of our most favourite items coz it’s fun and crazy and not serious and monotonous. Hehe.

Thirdly, Pencak Silat. Kang Sandik said we did our very best and he seems really impressed with it. So yeah, we were all really happy with it coz this is the most tiring items among the 4 that we have.

And lastly, Tari Rakyat. I’m pretty sad that our dance had to cut short but at the same time I’m happy that we all did a wonderful performance. So yeah, wverything went great and it went really smoothly this time round. And I’m sure the audiences loved it as well.

After the performance, never ending shots and everyone went craaaazy!

Best. Best. Best!

So night time, headed over to Hotel Atina Graha to say farewell to Kang Ega, Kang Tata and also Kang Esa.. *cries*

They’re all really nice people… *smiles*

2009-10-17T22:32:00.000+08:00

Morning, had a conference meeting interview with the Mayor along with Pak Umar and Pak Riaz. So I representated my Art Centre - Bandung and there was also Kerry – Solo, Iliesa – Bali and Tevita – Jogja. So it was okay. I think we might be out in the newspapers or something. So we had lunch there as well before we head over to our performance place which is at Mangku Negara. The place is huuuge for sure and it’s outdoor. So there is tentage everywhere.

As usual, we’re the first to do our run through where the time keeps on getting shorter and shorter. Everything was okay where we begin with our full run only after sun set and ended till about 10.30pm. It didn’t manage to run rather smoothly since there were quite a few technical problems but overall our performance was alright. I’m sure we could do better than what we did today and also the past few days.

So I was talking to Riaz and he said that the expected audience is about 5000 people. And since it’s an outdoor performance, then it could prolly be more than that. So one thing that I pray is that I pray that it won’t rain tmr coz if it does, then it’ll shoo the audience away.. and instead of 5000 then it’ll become 500 audience due to the rain. Bleargh. Hehe.

I dunno how I’m gonna survive tmr coz today, I’ve been sweating a lot and I feel really sticky even when I’m just wearing my ¾ training pants and a really big shirt. I think tmr’s gonna be worse, but tmr I will try to limit myself from practicing too much. Instead I’ll just recall it mcm ala ala gitu jek.. Yang penting, jgn lupa.

Can’t wait for tmr!

2009-10-16T22:27:00.000+08:00

Rehearsal again! And finally, the cape’ness (tiredness) is here. Rehearsal today where 5.30pm feels like 10pm. I’m serious! I was half dead at 5.30pm! hahaha. Well, yesterday’s rehearsal was from 9am till 9pm. And today, started at 9am and ended at 10pm. Cape deh!!

So firstly, we were the first to do our run through but this time round it’s only 40mins. So we only ended up doing Arumba twice due to some reasons which I couldn’t be bothered to elaborate and a round of Tari and that’s it. So after dinner, which is at 7pm, we had a run through right from the top and I’m thankful that today everything went well for us. And I know that we can do better. I hope the performance day could be a blast! We’re definitely different from others so I hope we could really attract the audience attention.

Well, yeah, we also practiced together which I’m really glad that everyone was there to practice so yeah, maybe that’s why today we did pretty well for our performance.

Alhamdulillah.

At the same time, I texted papa too because looking at the others performance, I wanna dance as much as they’re dancing too coz apparently we dun learn as much dance as them. Boohoo. And I told papa to find me a traditional dance skool so that I could just keep on learning their dance coz it’s really different from those back home. And I’m serious about it, if there really is, I’m just gonna go for it. So yeah, I cant deny that…gwe cemburu bangat! And Aom from Thailand is a really good Balinese dancer. She gets the fame, and she deserves it, for sure.

I shall end my day today feeling happy coz I know we did a good job and I hope that tmr would be better.

Amin.

2009-10-15T22:19:00.000+08:00

First day of rehearsal. Apparently the place where we rehearse today isn’t gonna be the actual venue for the performance. I heard that it’s gonna be an outdoor or something like that. daaaaah mcm Melaka Fest. Hehe.

So yeah, we were the first to have our run through followed by Jogja, Bali and lastly Solo. After that we had like quite a number of collaborations where we need to learn new steps and also make some changes with our items. It was okay only that we were tired of waiting and also dealing with the last minute changes. But it’s alright. It’s normal when it comes to this kind of performance thingy.

And some people just couldn’t accept the fact that when they do something wrong over and over again and finally gets some advise from me and there they go, thinking that I’m scolding them and also have the guts to complain to someone else and telling them that she’s angry because I scolded her. PFFFT! I’m sorry to say this, but the problem lies with you. I’m not the only one who thinks and feels that way. Apparently everyone else within the family does. Only that we don’t say it coz if we do, she’d be grumpy through out the whole day. And if we’re lucky, she’ll be grumpy till the following day as well. Hehe.

So yeah, today’s rehearsal wasn’t that good. But hopefully tmr it’ll get better.

So malam, managed to reach home at 9.30pm and at 10pm, we were on TV!!! For the tv show, Bukan Empat Mata. Weee! Dapat juga kluar kat radio, kluar kat tv, kluar kat newspaper. Best best. Gwe suka! Hehehe.

So yeah, hope for a better day tmr!

Till then!

2009-10-14T22:15:00.000+08:00

I’m in Solo! Finally, I’m here, in Solo. Sheesh.. Time is passing flying really fast for sure. And I’ve got a feeling that I might head home a day earlier than what is written in the ticket due to my visa’s expiry date. Well, will let you all know soon enough the exact date that I’ll be coming back.

So arrived Solo at 6am. Indah Jaya Hotel. And when we arrived, waited for our luggages since our luggages aren’t at our hotel. It’s at another hotel since the awardees and also our escorts are situated at 2 different hotels. And the first place we went when we arrived was to… Alfa Mart! Alfa mart jugaaaa. Haha. Had to go there coz apparently I forgot to bring all of my toiletries with me. Forgetful me. Nasib baik lupa toiletries, bukan laptop atau camera! Phew!

Well, today is free day. We’ll start getting busy tmr with rehearsals and all I think.

So at about 3pm or so, the Jogja and Bali people checked in the hotel. Finally! I get to meet all of them again! Miss them very very much and it’s nice to see all of them. Especially Chit Chit! So yeah, we all were supposed to have dinner with the Prince of Solo or something like that but somehow it was cancelled. So yeah, we had dinner at the hotel instead and right after dinner, training!

Headed down to Teh Astri’s hotel where all the Bandung people are staying and we had Karawitan (Rampak Kendang), Tari and also another dance for the opening, Es Lilin. So yeah, training today went pretty well. I can’t wait for rehearsals!

Well, that’s about it for today!

2009-10-13T22:08:00.000+08:00

Woke up in the early morning and had a short training before we depart for Jakarta.

Yes, Jakarta first because Bandung’s been selected to be on a TV show, Bukan Empat Mata by the DEPLU. So we had to do a short performance on TV. Weee!

So had our final goodbyes with all the Saung people. The kitchen people, the office people… everyone. And then of to Jakarta.

Journey was alright coz I slept throughout. Hehe.

And finally, we arrived at the destination, Trans7. Got ready and had a run through before the actual show begins. I swear I was nervous as hell because the angklung that I play doesn’t have numbers and they have a wider range of tone scale. Matiii gwe!

Thankfully Teh Cathy bought a white marker so Kang Esa wrote down the numbers for me. Yes, I usually rely on the numbers rather than the alphabets or the do re mi fa so la ti do. Nyehehe..

So yeah, performance for Arumba went pretty well. Thank God that I didn’t have major faults with the angklung if not… Paiseh!! Dah lah main angklung sorang sorang. So if got mistake, then they know that it’s me. Hehe. Good thing that didn’t happen!

Well, after the TV show, straight to the train station and off to Solo. It’s sad that we had to say goodbye again coz we won’t be meeting any of them anymore. And especially Alex! It’s good that he went to Jakarta with us..

Train leaves at 8pm and so… it’s a 10 hours journey. Thankfully, I managed to sleep comfortably even when I wake up every now and then coz the seat is really spacious and there’s space for my legs to change position. Wee!

Well, will update more when I’m at Solo!

2009-10-12T20:00:00.000+08:00

The final day is here.

So yeah, packed my luggages at 9.30am where I need to hand in all of it by 11am. Well, it’s a last minute that they informed us so it’s not my fault for packing it late. I was planning to pack it tonight but can’t coz they want our luggages by 11am instead.

So I got a whole lot of things to bring back to Singapore. Confirm chop chop excess luggage. But I dunno how expensive it’ll be. And I hope the DEPLU will pay for it. Weee! Hehe.

Watched their daily performance for the very last time coz I know I wouldn’t be seeing it anymore. Or perhaps, won’t be seeing it anytime soon. So yeah, it’s really sad when it’s time to say goodbye to the kids. Smart, pretty, handsome, charming, wonderful kids. Geulis dan kasep. Aduuuh.. kangen sama mereka sih!

Dinner time is not at the usual Tepas Rincik. Had friends coming over to say our goodbyes to them and all. It’s was okay at first until it’s time to really really say goodbye and when everyone is holding hands and all. Sedih bangat!

Well, I’m glad that I had my journey here and also meeting new people from Indonesia and also around the world. These 3 months have indeed been a wonderful experience for me. Without a doubt.

I love them all.

Even when some of them are such a pain in the ass.

I still love them. *hugs*

2009-10-11T22:48:00.000+08:00

It’s a Sundaay! And today’s a wonderful day.

Why?

Because today I get to meet Miss Universe! Believe it or not, Yamaha is having some event going on here in SAU and so, they invited Ms Universe to join in as well. So yep, there’s Ms Universe, Ms Indonesia 09 and also Ms Indonesia 08.

And it’s a good thing that we got to have a shot with her coz it’s really tight and we managed to slip in somewhere in between. Wee! Lucky us.

After that, didn’t do anything much for today.

And I had my Surabi here for the last time. Surabi Coklat Keju Susu..yum yum!

Night time, just hung out and watched movies.

Simple day indeed..

2009-10-10T22:10:00.000+08:00

It’s a Saturday!

So our first performance was Angklung Arumba and I’m happy that the audience are from Indonesia coz the music we play are all songs from Indonesia, so they could sing along with us. Well, one of the songs is from MJ though. Hehe. Angklung Arumba was alright but I still believe that we could do better than what we did today. For sure. May we give the bomb in Solo!

Next up is Pencak Silat! Waduh!! The most tiring item out of the four items that we perform. I’m glad that it went through smoothly and that was the first time that we perform with live music! So yeah, Alhamdulillah it went alright..

And finally! We have performed all of the 4 items here! And next shall be in Solo! I’m really looking forward to Solo because I’ll get to meet all of my dearest friends from the other 3 Art Centres but I’m really sad that most of the people in Saung won’t be following us to Solo so right now, I’m only left with 3 days in Bandung before I say goodbye to all of them.

Sad isn’t it?

The saddest part is that I’m only left with 15 days with Rose, Khanim and my family of IACS, Bandung.

And night time, TO THE CLUB!! Brought my camera along only to find out that I forgot to put in the memory card in it. So yeah, I ended up taking no shots in the club. It’s a nice place though. And Khanim really reminds me of Cameron Diaz in Charlie’s Angels! The way she dances especially. Hahahah! She’s glamorously funny!

Oh! And did I tell you that I also have my PotFarLa (this is local one). It’s called RoZieNim (this is the international one). Hehe.. Rose, Ziela, Khanim.

Argh RoZieNim, I’ll miss saying that when I go back home..

2009-10-09T22:16:00.000+08:00

Morning we had our rehearsal. And it’s a good thing that we’ve completed our Karawitan yesterday and since it’s completed, we get to perform our Karawitan today!

So after rehearsal, had lunch and then it’s time for us to get ready. So we had help from Dinasti, Sabrina, Teh Astri and also Teh Cathy.

So yep, first up we had Tari right after the kids play their music (I forgot what they call it). Everything went pretty well. And it’s nice coz I finally get to perform again! After so many months of not performing, I miss putting on thick make up and also dressing up!

So after Tari, we had a short break, changed our bottom and then Karawitan! Karawitan was fun too but I believe that we could do it even better when we’re in Solo. And lastly, we had to dance along with the rest of the people so yeah, I’m supposed to get one audience to dance with me but I guess I was a little too late to find any audience coz all of them were taken so one of the performers, the cutest and the smartest little boy came up to me and held his hands. How adorabbbbllee!

Well, it was really nice indeed. By then it was already time for dinner so quickly changed and off for dinner! I swear everyone was already starving to death! Well, headed back up to our guesthouse and watched the video that we performed and I believe that we did a pretty good job. And you know, if you leave the stage feeling satisfied, means you did really good job. Well, that’s how I felt after performing. And I looove it!

Night time, all of us was so shagged after a long day so we tucked in early.

Another long day tomorrow!

2009-10-08T22:11:00.000+08:00

Morning we had Karawitan just amongst ourselves. So yeah, just polished up on our parts and hopefully night time we’ll do much much better.

And today, we celebrated Ellen’s birthday! So yeah, I was busy watching Upin dan Ipin when Khanim went in my room and told me to come down since they’re already cutting the cake. Nyehehe. Yup, cake was yummylicous. My mom would love it coz it’s a Black Forest cake!

Afternoon, we didn’t have any lessons so Rose and I ended up watching “Feel The Noise” till about 3.30pm. And right after watching the DVD, we headed down to Paseban to watch their daily performances. Yeah, it was nice and fun. And I ended up dancing with the little kids at the end of it coz someone told me to do so. Haha..

Had dinner and after dinner, another round of movie session. Watched Step Up 2 where I forgot how the movie goes until I begin to watch it and kept on laughing even before the funny part begins. Hehe. So yeah, Rose Josine and I ended up dancing along while watching the DVD. Weee!

Night time we had Karawitan with Kang Ega. And finally!!! Karawitan is complete! I think it’s really simple I must say but still, it’s fun and nice.

And tomorrow we’ll be performing here!

Yay~!!

2009-10-07T22:20:00.000+08:00

Today’s been a pretty long day.

So first up, had Arumba in the morning. Training was okay but I believe yesterday’s was much much better than today. For sure. I dunno why but we still have hiccups in certain areas. So yeah, practice makes perfect!

After lunch, had Karawitan. As usual, Kang Ega wasn’t around to guide us so we have to practice on our own. Practice was okay but I dislike the fact that we have people who is literally affecting our mood when it comes to practice because some of them just don’t want to listen or either they just don’t wanna work along as a team. Well, it’s a pity aye? But it’s okay.. I just hope it’ll get better soon.

At 3.30pm, off to the radio station! Live interview by the 99ers… it was nice and fun and the dj’s are hilarious for sure. Hehe.. so I was the first to be interviwed followed by the others and Sabrina said that I’ve got a nice voice on the radio. Ehem ehem… hehehheh.

So yeah, back home, we had dinner and after dinner, we had our first rehearsal. But before our rehearsal, we had about an hour of Karawitan with Kang Ega and gang. Finally! So the drums almost completed. Can’t wait can’t wait!

So yeah, tiring day indeed. And tmr’s gonna be another tiring day for sure..

K I want to sleep. Goodnight!

2009-10-06T22:06:00.000+08:00

First up, we had Pencak Silat. My body’s aching everywhere. Training was okay. Pretty tiring indeed. As always.

After lunch, I went up to my room and sleep. I swear the days here been pretty tiring and I’ve always have that lack of sleep. So yeah, woke up again for Karawitan only to find out that Kang Ega wasn’t around. Pfft. So practiced only for a short while and then we proceeded for Angklung Arumba which I believe that it keeps on getting better day by day. Weeee!

After Arumba, met up with Teh Astri where we continued with the dance where we last stopped. So I hope I could complete the dance by this week. Or at least, before we leave for Solo. Pls pls pls…

So everyday’s a rainy day.

Malamnyer, warnet! Nyehehehe.

2009-10-05T20:57:00.000+08:00

Morning we Arumba lesson with Kang Tata and Kang Esa. So everything’s alright and hopefully we’ll be able to perform like that or even better during our performance.

After lesson, we had our lunch where I was really starving! Lapar dok!

Had Tari right after that where we only had a short practice with it since we know the movements already. Just needed to brush up on it and such.

Also had the Cultural Exchange presentation. So today is Rose, Lisa and Esther, Ellen and Esala. And all of us sang our national anthem! It was pretty touching indeed. And it alllllll started with Rose who sang her national anthem first. Love love love..

Right after that was supposed to be Tari along with the musicians but Kang Ega didn’t turn up at that moment and it was raining cats and dogs. So...all of us ended up playing in the rain! So yeah, we played catching where we kept of falling all the time simce it was really slippery. Still, it was fun. This what happens when we’ve got friends who loves to play with the rain. She’ll end up pulling everyone in to the rain to play with her. Kang Gending and Teh Cathy joined in as well! Ola and Esala joined in later on where Ola came running to us while shampooing his hair! Hahahhaha! Hilarious i tell you..!

Kang Ega came later on where we dragged him into the rain as well and all he could say was “My handphone! My handphone!” hahahah!

So we showered, had dinner and finally, Tari with the musicians. So it was okay.

Today’s such a tiring day. Maybe it’s because I had too much fun under the rain. Hehe..

Well, till then.

2009-10-04T20:50:00.001+08:00

This week has come to an end.

I woke up pretty late today because my body’s feeling pretty warm and I’m having flu. Been having it since yesterday night. Maybe it’s because of the weather and also my lack of sleep. I need Vitamin C’s!

So Khanim went to my room to wake me up and she was saying to me.. “I dunno what I’m gonna do when I wake up one day only to know that ZieZie (that’s me) and RoRo (Rose) wouldn’t be around anymore…”

Haiz, it’s getting difficult right now and I dun wanna think about it. I told her that we still have one more month to go so we should enjoy it to the fullest and not think about it coz if we do, it’ll just saddens us more..

And I dislike today’s weather coz it has been raining non stop! It rains heavily and then drizzling continuously. Bleargh.. I dun like it.

But a friend of mine loves it. Her name is Rose. When she saw that it’s raining, she said “I wanna go out and play with the rain!”. She changed her clothes and there she goes, out the WINDOW and sat on the rooftop. Enjoying the rain. That’s girl’s crazy for sure. Haha!

So anyway, today Rose, Khanim and I went to Cibaduyut. There is known for shoes but I didn’t buy any of the shoes there. I ended up buying sweater and shirts and many more. Anything BUT shoes. Haha.

And lastly, we had dinner at Pizza Hut. Yummy yum yum. Haven’t eaten since I woke up. So my only meal that I had was at 10pm. Bleargh…

Well, today’s been a cold day for sure..