Quote of the week #8

About couple minutes ago, one of my idol Trinity tweeted great words. She tweeted 'If you don’t take your own dreams seriously, who will?' What an inspiring words right ? Anyway more details about Trinity you can find from her blog at Naked-Traveler. She's a writer and a traveler. 

Tripple A

Tripple A ? What's that mean ? A here are means : First, Agnes. Second, Anye. Third, AMI.

More details :
First A. Agnes Monica is the main character in this time. Like I've said before on my post , Agnes Monica is Indonesian great actress yet singer. In her twenty-something , she's already made people claimed her as Diva in Indonesia. Not only collected the fame word in her own country, slow but sure she already receive the fame in others country like Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore and even Korea. Think she's enough for those all those fame ? No. She's still on her way to reach more and more international recognition. All I have to do (well maybe all her fans got to do) is just wait and see, it's all about the time who will tell everything we need to know from her.

Second A. ANYE. I've posted about this one too, but it will be more words pictures now. I assumed all of you already know what ANYE is. It's Agnes Monica's clothing line which soon will be launch, you can keep update about when it will be launch by visiting the official web of ANYE. Here I'm about to say that there are more of the products you can pre-order, since I've post the clutch thing now I want to post about ANYE's new skirt pre-order. These skirts from batik and available in some different colors. Here are some sample :

this how you can pre-order those pants skirts, just email to anye.by.agnesmonica@gmail.com or for more details click here or here. 

Third A is for AMI 2010 (Anugerah Musik Indonesia), its an award for Indonesian Mucician which aired on RCTI about couple hours a go. Agnes was nominated for seven nominees and guess what, she won three awards on that night for Best of the best album, Best Pop Album, and Best Pop Female Singer. There were words she quoted from Bible while receiving the Best of the best album category 'Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity'


What a great 'A' right ? What do you think guys ?

Recap From Garut to ANYE

Didn't I tell you that last week was a long weekend in my country ? As usual, I went holiday, and this time Garut, West Java was my chose - well not me who chose the location actually it was my friend, Nuky who have the idea. I went to Garut on Saturday, while my friend Nuky left a fay earlier on Friday. So, my destination is Nuky's friend's house (his friend name was Taufik, but often to called by his nickname Opick) on Pesawahan, Garut Kota. The view was fucking awesome, the area surrounded by seven volcanoes, and it seemed Garut was the only one are in Indonesia which surrounded by seven volcanoes, isn't that awesome ? If you sayin' no, maybe the natural hot water pool could tease your travel-desires. Not only volanoes and hot-water pool can indulge our body and soul, but there are ten beacc for those who claimed theirselves as beaches-lover, or if you looking for another sensation you can be an impromptu farmer on rice fields there and so many other things we can enjoy in Garut. The location is about an hour from Bandung City or 4 hours from Jakarta. 

 
What a bad was I didn't bring my Lumix with me. The camera still on my friend's CeCe, so this holiday less of pictures to show, wait-wait, oh yeah there are some photos from my corby, the only camera I have that time. Due I used my mobile as camera, it didn't accomodate many pictures caused of the memory limit, but then, like people always says it still better than nothing at all. 

Thats it for my unplanned-holiday recap, now I'm gonna tell you something about my Idol, Agnes Monica. I've just got news from a very realiable source saying that Agnes Monica will soon launch her clothing line called ANYE . Hearing a word ANYE, you might rolling your eyes and curious yet feel weird of this word and say 'what the hell is the word mean ?' and according to Agnes Monica's twitter account, ANYE is how French say Agnes. For me, eventhough the name is too weird - specially for Indonesian ears well but the word is actually seems like hypnotize us to asking questions and forces us to find out about the word, isn't mean catchy-enough for a new brand right ?

The clothing line planned to be a something big, not an ordinary boutique like other Indonesian artist who only have one store and the stuffs came from buy and sell (you know, they buy dress or something from abroad then bring it to the country to sell on their boutique) but ANYE for sure (well, at least what Agnes Monica's management think) will be big as big as what P.Diddy has. (p.s: image source from anyeofficial.com)

A little bit explanation about the 'man behind the gun' of this clothing line, Agnes Monica. She's a superstar from Indonesia, her main career are as singer and actress. You can click here to see her performance and here. She started her career at the age 5 years old as a singer and keep maintained her career untill now, a very huge career in entertainment indutry is on her hand. Feel like not enough for the popularity-success in singing and acting's world, she is now on her way to launch her own clothing line, ANYE. Her pre-product has launched on her twitter account, and you all can pre-order to her e-mail anye.by.agnesmonica@gmail.com directly. Here is one of her products you can pre-order :

(image sourced from agnezone.com)

Earth Hour, an hour to save energy

March 27, 2010. From 8.30pm until 9.30pm. Just an hour, the campaign called Earth Hour will only take you time. This campaign is entering its third year now. First idea came from Australia and quickly spread around the world. What we can do to support this social campaign ? where we can do this campaign ? etc, think you need all information related to this Earth Hour, just click on to Earth Hour , choose where is your location, and the site will show you all about how and what.

Anyway, please don't see this campaign cynically. Don't tell that how can an hour save whole world energy, don't ever think this campaign is useless, or another sarcastic opinion. I know, well I can tell you that we all know it will take more than an hour to save world's energy and to reduce global warming. But hey, this is campaign, its a symbolization of saving world's energy. You can do more than an hour, we'all can do it everyday in fact you can back into primitive age when use no electric stuff at all. Answering to those sarcastic opinion telling this is useless campaign, I'm gonna ask them, are they update to news around the world, are they know how to googling or something, if the answer yes, then they must read about what success did Earth Hour has brought from previous year. Its a big result indeed. So, please dont underestimate an hour campaign.


p.s :: you can put an earth hour badge to your blog as your support or put hastag #earthhour on your tweet

And always do what's right because it's right

is a quote from movie Letters from Iwo Jima.

I just watched this movie yesterday (you can call me outdated, but hell yeah I dont care) on national channel here. I have to say the movie was well directed by Clint Eastwood yet with great acted by Japanese actor Ken Watanabe, and I can say this movie was GREAT movie. But I wont talk about the synopsis, how many awards earned, what movie-critics said. Here I want show how the words spelled by Baron Nishi (when he read the letter from the mother of Sam '..and always do what's right because it's right' amazed me from the time I heard it 'till now I post this. But then, I kept thinking and questioning myself, what's the right thing to do in life ? if do thing what most-people think right is the essential of 'right' word ? or it just go thru what you think right is the right thing ? If I may add couple words between, I'll change the quote become '..and always do what's right for you because it's right (at least to your self)'. 'Coz for me, theres none know what's right for us better than ourself.

Indonesian in Hollywood

Shocked. Thats first impression when I saw her in the movie 'Bob Funk'. She has less than a minute role in there and the best part is she speaks some Bahasa (Indonesian language) there. Its an honor for me (specially for entire Indonesia, maybe) having such a wonderful 'little' (little mean she has tiny body) girl in a BIG hollywood. Yes it is. I admit that she still can't be compare to another Asian actresses/actors who had big name in hollywood like Zhang Ziyi, Rain, or even Jackie Chan, but I'm preety sure she'll get this big on her name in hollywood. Her name is Tania Gunadi. You can googling it, and you'll find more about her and her acting-resumes.

In case you kindalike lazy to type her name on google. Here are I give you the link, so you can just click.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1040208 , http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRUliNvV-bo

One thing I wonder about this girl is, why here in Indonesia, she's such less of camera'hit or news about her or something like publicity. Don't we as Indonesian should supporting her career or what. It made me no wonder why there such no Indonesian getting big in international career. But hey, here I am, supporting her (on my way, blogging about her I guess). Bravo for her.

It Doesnt Matter ...

whether they gonna underestimate my plan or not !!

Well, actually I've been in this situation before, where people underestimated about my travel-destination-plan. You know, the story about me and my friends went to Bali, such a lot people around us rolling their eyes when we talked that we're going to Bali to have some fun as a backpacker. Well, not only rolling their eyes, but they even laugh their fcukin mouth on us. Its like as I remembered, there are one-or-two told 'Hey dude, watched out, dont let yourselves became a totally begger in Bali by bringin less money for your trip'. Then, me and my friends are just got laught hearing that advice. Yea,yea, let they say what they want to say. Let just stick into our plan, then proove them with a pictures. Finally we made it. Seems people who underestimated us like 'Wow, you guys made into Bali ? I can't believe it'.

And now, its like dejavu for us. Again, we (actually now, its only me and mybestfriend Eaz who got those what we called 'backpacker-spirit) had planned this trip like morethan 8 months, exactly right after we home from Bali. Trying to ask more people to come with us, we told our friends about this since the year still named as 2009, on June. But people kept underestimated and said 'yea, keep planning these-those things, its look like going to be happen, dont get too excited first', 'are you guys serious only bring on a million IDR (its around 103 bucks) to go to Belitung,?', and another disparage words on us. But hey, we made to Bali, why Belitung sounds like impossible. I can doit, we can doit again. Just about the time when we definitely will shut their fcuk up.

Its because theres a sentence I knew and I love very much (its taken from Indonesian singer here called Saykoji) which tell 'Whatever they say, My determination will not disappear' .

Anyway, in case you asking what kind of Island I'm going to go on february, I'll show you some pictures from google, here they are :

its on the right, island that I'm going to visit.

(click the image to enlarge)

Janji SANG PEMIMPI

Sudah hampir 2 bulan lebih tidak posting dengan bahasa utama gue, bahasa Indonesia, akhirnya sekarang memutuskan untuk menulis lagi dalam bahasa Indonesia. Belakangan lebih sering menggunakan bahasa Inggris dalam penulisan di blog ini, bukan semata untuk unjuk kebolehan berbahasa Inggris gue yang bisa dibilang masih buruk, tapi semata-mata hanya sebagian dari proses pemupukkan percaya diri dan juga proses pembelajaran dalam menggunakan bahasa Inggris. Dalam postingan kali ini boleh dibilang spesial, spesial karena gue menggunakan bahasa Indonesia, spesial karena akan sedikit mengulas (atau paling tidak memberikan link trailer pilem SANG PEMIMPI) juga spesial karena gue akan menulis sebuah janji yang sudah gue buat dari beberapa tahun lalu, sampai sekarang masih gue pegang teguh juga sampai sekarang saya masih berjuang keras untuk mewujudkan mimpi gue tersebut.

Kita mulai sekarang ? Satu, dua dan ... mulai.

Tanggal 18 Desembert 2009, tepatnya jatuh di hari jumat kemarin (sekita jam 2-an). Gue dan teman-teman bolang mengadakan temu-kangen yang cukup singkat (menurut gue). Kronologisnya kurang lebih seperti ini :

Jam 13.55 : Gue sampai di TKP

Jam 14.10 : Nuky sampai di TKP

Jam 14,30 : Eaz sampai di TKP

Jam 14.45 : Putri sampai di TKP

Jam 14.55 : Nuky menelepon Jazz 'n sukro untuk datang menyusul

Jam 16.10 : Gue, Nuky, Eaz dan Putri ke dalam blok-m Plasa

Jam 16.10 - 17.05 : Ber-4 muter-muter gak jelas didalam blok-m plasa yang pada akhirnya terbawa ke lokasi karaoke-box di lantai 5.

Jam 17.20 : Jazz dan Sukro tiba di lokasi karaoke-box

Jam 17.40 : Mulai bernyanyi hingga + 40 menit selanjutnya

Jam 18.40 : Kami ber-6 Lanjut ke Blok-M square untuk membeli tiket bioskop SANG PEMIMPI

Jam 19.20 : Tiba di Blok-M Square bukannya menuju bioskop untuk beli tiket tapi langsung menuju ke parkiran lantai atas untuk merokok (yang merokok cuma gue dan nuky)

Jam 19.35 : Cacing a.k.a Dede Suherman tiba di Blok-M square dan mengajak (ups, maksud gue beliau bukan sekedar mengajak melainkan juga mentraaktir) kami makan di D'cost

Jam 20.20 : Ber-7 keluar dari D'cost dengan perut membesar dan kembali lagi menuju ke parkiran untuk merokok (sekali lagi, yang merokok cuma gue 'n nuky)

Jam 20.30 : Jazz 'n Sukro ijin ke barito karena tidak ikut nonton

Jam 20.37 : gue, nuky, eaz, putri 'n icing masuk ke dalam bisokop membeli tiket SANG PEMIMPI (yang mulainya jam 21.25)

Jam 21.25 : masuk ke dalam theater 1 dan mulai menonton SANG PEMIMPI

Jam 23.55 : Keluar bioskop

Oke, sampai disitu aja review kegiatan gue waktu tanggal 18 Desember 2009 bersama para bolang ^^

Sekarang fokus ke cerita di balik SANG PEMIMPI dan janji gue SANG PEMIMPI. Sang pemimpi adalah sekuel dari pilem pertama yang berjudul LASKAR PELANGI, pilem yang kedua ini lebih menceritakan kisah Ikal (sang karakter utama) semasa SMA bersama sepupunya Arai dan kawan barunya Jimbron. Ketiga tokoh utama dengan tiga sifat yang sangat berbeda. Ikal dengan karakter seorang yang pintar tapi sedikit apatis/pesimis, Arai yang selalu semangat, tersenyum dan tidak takut untuk mengambil resiko dan Jimbron yang mungkin paling bodoh diantara dua karakter utamanya, namun mempunyai mimpi yang sangat besar dan memiliki rasa persahabatan yang tinggi.

Ada satu kutipan yang gue sangat gue suka dari pilem ini, yaitu pada saat karakter Pak Balia berkata :

Yang penting dari mimpi, bukanlah seberapa besar mimpi itu, tapi sebesar apa kita untuk mimpi itu - Pak Balia

Sedikit bocoran, pada saat adegan dimana Ayahnya Ikal datang kesekolah dengan baju safari kebanggaannya untuk mengambil rapor Ikal, dan rapor Ikal hasilnya termaksud yang terbelakang. Sang ayah tidak marah, melainkan tetap tersenyum dan terus tersenyum disaat mengayuh sepedanya untuk kembali pulang kerumah. Gue menangis, menangis terharu. Itu yang terjadi kepada mata gue pada saat melihat adegan tersebut. Seketika itu juga gue teringat akan bapa gue. Bapa yang sudah 3 tahun lebih meninggalkan gue dan keluarga gue. Bapa yang semasa hidupnya sangat berjuang keras, sangat keras, untuk bisa menafkahi keluarga, seorang bapa yang sudah menjadi contoh yang sangat baik (setidaknya buat gue), Permin F. Tampubolon, dialah sang bapa terbaik yang pernah gue miliki selain Tuhan Yesus.

Masih terngiang dikepala, sebuah janji yang sudah lama gue janjikan kepada beliau. Janji yang masih gue ingat dan akan terus gue ingat, hingga pada akhirnya janji tersebut tercapai. Pertama kali gue lontarkan janji itu pada saat duduk di bangku SMP, gue bilang ke bapa gue 'Pak, tau gak ? suatu hari nanti gue pasti bisa pergi ke Amerika dan menjadi orang sukses'. Bapa gue bilang 'Bah, hebat kali angan-anganmu nak, amin, Bapa doain kamu bisa'. Janji itu terus dan terus gue ucapin sewaktu bapa gue masih hidup. Dan saat ini, saat gue duduk dibangku putih tepat didepan laptop gue mengetik, janji itu belum juga gue tepati. Entah kapan janji itu akan gue wujudkan, tapi yang pasti gue tahu kalau Gue adalah Sang Pemimpi yang tidak hanya bermimpi tapi juga berusaha mewujudkan mimpi gue itu semua. Perjalanan gue belum berakhir, mimpi gue belum berakhir, semua akan terus berlangsung dan gue akan terus bermimpi juga terus berusaha mewujudkannya pada dalam waktu yang bersamaan. Karena gue percaya akan mimpi gue, dan gue percaya kalau gue bisa mewujudkan itu semua.

Agnes Monica Tribute to MJ (from Trans 8isa)

Couple hours ago Agnes Monica* did a great performance on Trans Corp anniversary. Total, she did 3 performances, but her medley tribute to MJ is I like the most. Here's the video recorded from television : (thanks to blastoop for uploaded the videos)

*for information Agnes Monica is one of the hottest, greatest yet the most talented diva in Indonesia (or even on South East Asia), and yes she's my inspiration

Bucked-up Songs

First I'll tell you why I post this. Inspired by my friend's blog Herding Cats who posted about her sickies! and songs that make her day up from the a dumpster-dragged day. I start thinking on my head about my weakness situation, I'm thinking, do I have songs on my awful day ?. Soon, I'm start looking on my playlist, searching wheter if there is/are song(s) could be my spirit-generator song(s) when I stand on cracky days. The answer, hei-hei-hei, yea, I have song that could be my spirit-generator or picking me up from dumpster-dragged day, not only a song, but 2 songs.

What are they, the songs I chose as my inspiring songs ?. Well here are the list :

1. I Believe by Agnes Monica, taken from her latest album (gold edition) 'Sacredly Agnezious'

2. Harapan (Hope) by Jflow

Being stucked in your life and stand on your impasse, sometimes could stressed you and make you like a crazy stupid person, most if there are no body near you to guide you, to help you. Song, could be your anwer, or even it didn't gave you a shoot, at least with hearing your favourite song could relaxing your soul, body and mind. So, what about you guys ? do you have your own bucked-up songs ? please let me know it.