Thursday, September 3, 2009
Generation Next (Generation, Yeah)
Kemaren entah kenapa gw pengen denger lagu2 bule lama, dan gw inget bahwa gw masih nyimpen CD2 Spice Girls (hasil ngorek2 gudang 1-2 tahun lalu).
Ternyata yang ada cuma Spice Girls The Greatest Hits, padahal gw lebih kepengen dengerin lagu2 yang bukan single! Kalopun ada yang Spiceworld, malah cuma tinggal kotaknya... Gw inget, nggak berapa lama setelah nemuin CD itu dari gudang, kakak gw malah minjemin ke sepupu gw. Dan nggak dibalik2in lagi.
Karena kangen, gw hari ini seharian berburu free MP3 Spiceworld. Susah banget karena gw nggak tau teknologi search di 4shared.com tapi untung akhirnya dapet semua, Never Give Up On The Good Times, Do It, Denying, The Lady Is A Vamp....
Cuma kurang satu: SATURDAY NIGHT DIVAS! Gw inget lagunya, dan kayaknya gw nggak suka2 banget, biasa aja. Tapi kan tanggung, orang lagi pengen nostalgia begini! Kesel.
So please oh pleaaasee, anyone, if there's any of you by any chance (secara itu album sekitar 11 tahun lalu) have the song. buzz me!!! :(
Talking about Spice Girls, I think they're the coolest female group ever. Gw suka karena kakak gw dan geng sepupu2nya yang seumuran juga suka, sehingga gw teracuni. Biar mereka udah bubar, jaman udah maju, udah ada Girls Aloud lah, Danity Kane lah, Pussycat Dolls lah, apalah, tapi tetep nggak ada yang sebooming dan sefenomenal Spice Girls.
Gw berusaha merinci kenapa sosok mereka begitu terkenang dan terus2an tercap keren di kepala gw:
1. They travelled around Europe with their big Union Jack-patterned double decker-look alike private bus (setidaknya begitulah yang terpampang di film Spiceworld: The Movie yang juga gw temukan di gudang meskipun VCD-nya bajakan dan udah baret2)
2. They created the "Girl Power" slogan
3. They rebranded Britain's image into "Cool Britannia" along with Geri's famous Union Jack dress and platforms
4. They wore platforms and Buffalo sneakers! (except Vic and Mel C) Love it!
5. They were the icon of the 90's - they made the decade rocks!
6. They were the one and only group given nicknames by the media: Scary, Ginger, Posh, Baby, Sporty
7. They're made into wax statues for Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum
8. They made their own movie! And it was funny and entertaining, not to mention The Beatles' dull A Hard Day's Night...
9. They met Prince Charles and Geri kissed him!
10. They're the only female group who I think has different characters for each members. Kalo kayak Pussycat Dolls gitu kan seragaman, trus kesannya sama rata semua (baca: bitchy2 gitchuw deh)
11. Their music is still good to hear until now! Backstreet Boys yang gw juga suka aja, gw kadang2 masih ngerasa aransemennya rada norak dan membatin "Dasar musik 90-an".
12. I still remember every video clips of them!
13. And I still remember how they starred in Pepsi commercial video with Move Over song!
14. The fact that now I have a big interest on platform shoes (especially Buffalo sneakers), Union Jack patterns, admire red hair and long straight blonde hair... I believe is also because of their influences. (kakak gw pernah bilang "Aku dulu suka Posh, kamu mah sukanya Baby Spice!" dan itu terbukti... gw paling suka ngeliat Emma dan Geri)
15. There is no and will never be other female groups who can do greater than 14 things I mentioned above, and able to make influences -in an era, in their own country, in music industry, in the world, and on me- bigger and better than Spice Girls!
That's all in the past, legends built to last
But she's got something new
She's a power girl in the 90's world
-The Lady Is A Vamp
HAIL GENERATION NEXT!
(well I'm a part Generation Z but somehow I grew up on Generation Y era, right? :p)
5:56 PM
again, a dream has been drawn by ulpyon
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Potter Plotter
Akhir2 ini gw suka main ngobrol2an ala British sama Hamid yang duduk sebangku sama gw. Awalnya dia cuma iseng2 pas pelajaran bahasa Inggris. Trus lama2 kita sangkut pautin sama Harry Potter, kayak "Eh kalo di Harry Potter kan ngomongnya Wing-ga'ar-dium levi-youw-sah!", dst.
Eh terus jadi berlanjut ke adegan2 dan dialog2 lain yang kita (ajaibnya, setelah hampir 10 tahun sejak film pertama) masih inget. Dan itu bikin kita ngakak sendiri, sampe2 bisa ketawa setengah hari penuh cuma mengulang2 2-3 dialog yang sama.
Maka terbersitlah ide di pikiran gw:
BIKIN VIDEO PARODI HARRY POTTER!!
Kayak Nigahiga gitu yang suka bikin Movie in Minutes, tau kan? Tapi dia kan kadang2 bikin cerita dan dialog sendiri (kayak Saw 12), kadang2 bikin trailer (New Moon), macem2.
Nah, konsep HAMID POTTER ini beda. Kita akan bikin 1 adegan per video. Dan adegan2 itu bisa diambil dari Harpot film keberapa aja, terserah kita. Misalnya "Hamid Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone - Ho
gwarts Express" dimana Harry pertama kali kenalan sama Ron, atau "Hamid Potter and The Chamber of Secrets - Club Duel" adegan Harry latihan duel sama Malfoy dan dikeluarin uler. Pokoknya adegan2 terkenal!
Kita akan bikin sesuai dialog aslinya (bahkan kita udah cari kumpulan dialog2nya di imdb.com!!), dan akan memperbodohnya dengan efek yang pas2an. Kayak Nigahiga lah, yang settingnya cuma di rumah melulu, atau pake wig-nya itu2 terus.
Tapi kalo memungkinkan, kita modif2 juga. Salah satu ide modif yang sudah kita latih sekitar 5x hari ini adalah "Hamid Potter and The Goblet of Fire - Harry Asks Cho Chang to The Yule Ball".
Untuk sementara, susunan pemain adalah sebagai berikut:
- Harry Potter: Hamid
- Ron Weasley: gw
- Hermione Granger: Gea
- Draco Malfoy: gw (karena gw fans Malfoy)
- Cedric Diggory: Hamid (karena dia fans Cedric)
- Moaning Myrtle: Abeth
- Cho Chang: Hamid, atau mungkin Wenda
- Parvati Patil: Ucul
Dan masih merekrut orang2 lain untuk peran2 lainnya. Bagian ngerekam video dan ngedit2nya, berhubung cuma JS yang ikut ekskul sinematografi, jadi dengan sangat terpaksa pilih dia. Besok JS dan gw akan mencoba shooting adegan nembus tembok Platform 9 3/4.
Masalah make-up dan wig (untuk rambut pirang Malfoy dan rambut merah Ron)... belum dipikirkan lebih lanjut. Mungkin makin minimalis-maksa jadi makin lucu?
This is going to be bloody hell-arious, for Merlin's beard, so pleaseee wish us luck!
8:42 PM
again, a dream has been drawn by ulpyon
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Eight Days A Week
Gw baru inget, topik wajib postingannya tuh kehidupan sehari2!
Hmmm di weekdays, karena sekolah mulai jam 06:30... Gw bangun pagi, mandi, ganti baju trus sikat gigi dan pergi sekolah. Idealnya jam 05:45 tapi sekarang bisa 05:50, 55, atau malah jam 6 teng. Sarapan dimakan di mobil. Di jalanan raya ibukota yang kejam, perbedaan 5 menit saja sangat berarti, kawan!! Tidak bisa disepelekan!
Trus jam 13:15 neraka sekolah selesai, tapi ditotal dengan jalan yang lelet plus ngobrol2 dulu, gw baru keluar jam 13:30 lebih. Kalo dijemput, makan siang udah dibawain di dalem mobil. Setelah makan, gw bengong ngeliatin pemandangan trus tidur.
Biasanya begitu nyampe rumah, sebelom ngantuk gw ilang, gw cepet2 lari ke kamar dan mendaratkan diri di kasur yang empuk. Dan biasanya gw baru bangun jam 6 atau 7-an. Trus mandi, makan, online. Belajar atau bikin PR ya kalo emang perlu aja. Jam 11 atau 12-an, gw tidur lagi.
Tapi nggak setiap hari bisa begitu mulus. Kadang2 kalo gw nggak tidur di jalan (disebabkan karena gw baru beli komik baru dan asyik baca, atau dijemput nyokap jadi ada temen ngobrol, trus mampir2 dulu jalan2), gw juga nggak tidur siang. Dan gw akan menghabiskan secuprit waktu siang masa remaja gw dengan online.
Kadang2, gw tidur, tapi keganggu. Misalnya anjing gw masuk2 kamar dan gigit2 guling gw, trus jadi rebutan. Gw jadi marah2 dan nggak bisa tidur lagi! Dan berakhir di komputer, online.
Akhir2 ini, koneksi internet gw busuk di malam hari. Jadi gw kadang2 prefer online siang2. Begitu udah jam 6 menuju 7 malem, lampu modem akan berkedut2 mati-nyala dan itu menandakan gw harus menyerah.
Di weekends, gw pergi les komik di Sabtu siang dan Minggu sore di Machiko Manga School, Kemang. Sabtu itu Manga Class dan Minggu Coloring Class. Berhubung gw udah naik2 tingkat (walopun ada 2 tingkat yang sertifikatnya masih ditahan sampe sekarang karena gw nggak ngumpul2in tugas akhir), sekarang yang hari Sabtu berubah jadi Professional Manga Class! Jadi gw cuma dateng ke tempat les kalo gw mau konsultasiin draft2 komik original gw. Repotnya....
3:33 PM
again, a dream has been drawn by ulpyon
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Under Stars
My latest ad
diction happens to be Harry Potter's blonde enemy: Tom Felton!
Gw udah sadar sih sejak dulu dia cakep. Tapiiii sejak nonton Potty 6, mata gw baru bener2 TERBUKA! Apalagi gw nonton pertama kali di Toho Cinemas Roppongi, Tokyo, yang layarnya sekitar 3x layar bioskop di Indonesia (dia jadi terlihat 3x lebih ganteng).
Gw juga tau dia bisa nyanyi dan di Youtube ada accountnya, Feltbeats, tapi baru kemaren gw tonton dan aku jatuh cintaaaaaaa!
I love every song he sang there, but I only found one of them to download. It's the third song named "Under Stars". The lyrics is soooo sweet and romantic:
You, you think you know me / I guarantee there's a lot more to see
/ And you, you don't believe it's true
/ That if I'm dreaming I'm dreaming of you
/ And I wish that I could hold your hand / Feet beneath the sand
/ And I wish that I could drive you in my car / To kiss you under stars
He's young, handsome, talented, and he's got a sexy British accent, a perfect torso, a good sense of fashion, a cute smile, beautiful eyes to stare at.... isn't that perfect? <3
2:02 PM
again, a dream has been drawn by ulpyon
Thursday, August 20, 2009
O Captain, My Captain
Okay maybe you'll wonder why I write so many unimportant posts in a time. Ini gara2 pelajaran TIK dimulai 3 minggu yang lalu, dan saat itu gw nggak masuk. Minggu depannya, tugas menumpuk untuk gw, yaitu nulis 3 atau 5 postingan gitu lah, gw juga lupa berapa. Itu belom beres. Minggu depannya libur, dan minggu ini (pelajarannya BESOK) gw harus ngebutttt nyelesain semua postingan!
Ayo mengoceh lagi. (masalahnya gw lupa topik wajibnya apa!)
Errrrr hari ini di pelajaran bahasa Inggris, gw nonton Dead Poet's Society.
At first I thought it was a bummer. About a strict boys-only school where come along an unique English teacher who teach them poets lalalalla, aduh wopooo, gw puisi bahasa Indonesia aja nggak ngerti!
But nooooo I was totally wrong, the movie was GREAT!!! Apalagi setting latarnya di sekolah homogen yang super-disiplin, senengnya maksa2 murid, maunya cuma mau murid2 pinter dan rajin belajar (tipe2 orangtuanya juga gitu), trus nggak pernah mau ngaku salah, apa2 selalu nyalahin murid! That's sooo just like me. I understand their feelings, I really do. *sob*
"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to
front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had
to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived …
I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear; nor did I wish to practice resignation, unless it was quite necessary. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life,
to live so sturdily and Spartan-like as to put to rout
all that was not life, to cut a broad swath and shave close, to drive life into
a corner, and reduce it to its lowest terms..."
(Walden, 1854)
6:51 PM
again, a dream has been drawn by ulpyon
Feels Just Like It Should
Okay I tried to set little things up on my layout settings (like for the "Joy of the Week" part, it has been the same video since 2 years ago) but it drove me CRAZYYYY! And I still didn't get why the POST TITLE never appeared! So I have to write it once again on my posts.
Tema kali ini adalah hobi (disuruh gurunya begitu!). Top 3 hobbies of mine:
1. Tidur siang. Selalu setiap pulang sekolah.
2. Online. Soalnya komputer gw nggak punya game apapun, jadi emang satu2nya hiburan cuma online.
3. Menyangcut!
Adalah kegiatan menonton konser live The Changcuters selama mereka manggung di Jakarta. Well I know them but it's not like I come for screaming and nose-bleeding over them, I just like to take their photos. Sounds freak, as if I'm some kind of a hard-die fan who shrieks and runs for them "Boleh foto bareng nggak?!" (believe me, I used to be that 1,5 year ago) But no, I love taking live concert photos. I love to capture great moments of the musicians' movements and expressions!
6:34 PM
again, a dream has been drawn by ulpyon
Travelling Without Moving
Triska 'Ulpyon' Sarwono, 17 tahun, musim panas.
Murid suatu SMA terkemuka di Jakarta yang mengedepankan disiplin dan kekejaman.
Blog ini gw bikin di pertengahan 2007. Trus nggak gw urus lagi karena gw pusing ngeliat layout tulisannya yang kalo kecil kekecilan, gede malah empet2an.
Lalu 2 tahun kemudian, masa kini. Materi pelajaran TIK sekarang bikin blog, dan gw udah sempet bikin blog baru. Tapi berhubung males ngurusin layoutnya lagi, ya udah... I moved here. I deleted the old posts, dan akan memulai lembaran hidup baru dengan postingan2 baru!
I prefer writing on Facebook Notes actually, where you can easily tag your friends and notice them, 'Hey I've wrote something new, read it and comment please!' so you'll gain lots and lots of comments. Nggak kayak di blog begini, ngebacot panjang2 tapi sepi2 aja.
Okay then, I'll keep writing here and travelling - to my friends' blogs (because we've got the same assignments), to every webpages - without making a single move from my desk.
5:52 PM
again, a dream has been drawn by ulpyon