The Fantastic Pentatonix: On My Way Home Tour in Jakarta; Special Report!

Guess what? GUESS WHAT?!!!

Hee hee. Pardon my overwhelming opening sentences but I really really super excited because yeah, I watched them performed back on June 3 in Balai Kartini, Jakarta. OMG I was super duper excited because let me tell you something, I've been their huge fan since I first saw their Video Clip covering Radioactive by Imagine Dragons, featuring the violinist Lindsey Stirling on Youtube (circa 2012)! I've been falling in love with them ever since. I've saved all of their MV on Youtube and listened to them like everyday. They have this fun element on their arrangement. I mean, I love a capella (but not the main stream a capella, this one has beat box in it!) and I love Disney. I think Pentatonix has both my favorite elements in it. No wonder I love them SO MUCH OMG.

Pentatonix squad. Left to right: Avi, Scott, Mitch, Kirstin, Kevin. Artwork by me.

So yeah, I first saw the announcement on their Facebook around April and I was excited so I posted it everywhere on my social media accounts. I want to watch it so much but has no idea who'll join me. I didn't want to come alone (as if!). Besides, it'll be my first time ever attending event like this. I mean, I know some people who might like their music by the "like" they gave every time I posted their music stream on my social media page. But perhaps they don't like it too much to watch Pentatonix live on stage. But I do. So I asked around and at first nobody wanted to join T_T. Until I remembered one of my college friend (a close one) who has hobby to watch concert (she is a K-pop-ers - I don't know how I call them - and has watched several K-pop concert) and after some of negotiation, she finally accepted my invitation. Yay!

Baca Baca Baca

Tidak banyak pembaca blog saya yang tau kalau selain blog ini, saya juga menulis satu blog lain yang tidak kalah sarkas-nya (hehe) namun belum pernah saya perkenalkan sebelumnya karena saya jaraaaaaaaang sekali bikin postingan di situ. Nama blognya: Ikra Difa. Yup. Sesuai namanya, "ikra" merupakan pelesetan dari Iqra dalam bahasa Arab (mungkin artinya jadi berbeda ya tapi ya..tau apa saya dengan bahasa Arab? hehe) yang artinya "bacalah". Walaupun sedikit maksa, ikra pun punya arti lain yang saya susun sendiri yaitu: Intisari, Komentar, Resensi dan Artikel. Sementara "Difa", well, Difa adalah singkatan dari nama asli saya. Sengaja ditambahkan huruf "a" di belakang biar agak berima dengan ikra. Iya. Kalau disambungkan arti Ikra Difa menjadi:

Intisari, Komentar, Resensi dan Artikel (tentang buku) by Dewi Isnaini FAdhilah.

Find me on http://ikradifa.blogspot.com.

Saya suka banget dengan nama ini karena kesannya sedikit Arab-ish namun rasa Indonesia-nya gak hilang. Mungkin kalau suatu saat saya punya penerbitan buku atau perusahaan apa gitu, saya bakal namain Ikradifa deh hihi. Semoga saja saat itu nama ini belum ada yang nyatut.

Oke sekarang mungkin beberapa dari anda akhirnya kepo membuka blog saya yang itu. Tapi mohon maaf. Mungkin anda akan kecewa karena postingan terakhir saya di situ bertanggal di 12 Januari 2014! Haha. Iya. Sejak ditolak keanggotaan dari grup BBI (Blogger Buku Indonesia) - tears - saya jadi maleeees banget mau bikin resensi. Ada beberapa faktor kenapa saya membiarkan blog yang itu dan malah tambah rajin ngepost di sini. Salah satunya tentu saja: karena saya sekarang jarang sekali membaca. Hmm.. kalau ditelusuri lagi, kenapa ya jadi jarang baca? Padahal waktu kecil saya termasuk binge reader. Semua saya baca. Dari manga sampai Goosebumps, dari Bobo sampe buku-buku IPA tentang eksperimen sains gitu, dari Enid Blyton sampe Annida..- kecuali koran, sampe sekarang saya gak suka baca koran.

Saya akan sedikit introspeksi di sini.

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Kerja

Taken from Beauty and The Briefcase.

Faktor utama jarangnya seseorang menekuni hobby biasanya adalah kesibukan bekerja. Seorang karyawati seperti saya biasanya melalui 5 hari dalam seminggu, menghabiskan waktu di kantor kemudian langsung pulang, capek, lalu ketidur. Sabtu-Minggu? Sebagai seorang perantauan, Sabtu-Minggu adalah harinya sosialisasi dan jalan-jalan. Baca buku? Duh kapan ya.

The Middle East

When I say middle east, I don't mean to say the real Middle East. Pardon me for this misfit term, but what I do mean here is Java Island. Since I've been living in Sumatera from 2012 till now, Java is like the Middle East to me, even if I was originally came from there. In 2015 I've been granted two business trip to the two beautiful cities in the middle east: Jogjakarta and Semarang. Jogjakarta was really nice and beautiful but I was only given the chance to visit the Prambanan (I know, I've never been to Prambanan before lol). Semarang was also nice and I've got the chance to visit many places (and took a lot of photos!) so here I'll just bring up my story mostly about Semarang.

Sebagai orang yang lahir dan besar di Pulau Jawa kadang-kadang saya merasa keki aja gitu karena perbendaharaan tempat (wisata) di Jawa yang pernah saya kunjungi itu sangat sedikit!! Maklum, sejak kecil keluarga kami tidak dibiasakan untuk travelling. Bapak kerjanya shift-shift-an sedangkan ibu super sibuk walaupun kerja di rumah. Susah banget nemu waktu libur bareng-bareng. Udah gitu kami kan keluarga hemat (if you know what I mean). Tempat terjauh yang kami jangkau waktu liburan keluarga itu mungkin Dufan - Jakarta (itu pun waktu SMP). Makanya, sejak kerja dan merantau ini, saya jadi lumayan suka travelling dengan catatan: no pantai, no laut (except kepaksa hehe).

Tahun 2015 ini dibuka dengan dua dinas ke Jawa Tengah: Jogja dan Semarang. Hehe. Believe it or not saya tuh mungkin salah satu orang cupu yang bahkan belum pernah menginjakkan kaki di Candi Borobudur dan Prambanan. Nah makanya biar kecupuan ini 'gak terus berlanjut, waktu bulan Januari kemarin saya sempet ke Prambanan (sayang 'gak sempet ke Borobudur sih) dimana di situ saya sekalian menghadiri rapat kerja yang memang diadain di Jogja.

Bad Blood

Small fact about me, I love Taylor Swift. I put a lot of her songs in my playlist and often sing along with it for her songs have not much too high or too low note. I have some favorite songs from her albums and currently I'm in love with everything in 1989 Album. Especially Bad Blood.

My attempt of drawing Taylor Swift. Pen and oil pastel on a plain paper.

bad blood

noun

1. ill feeling.

   "there has always been bad blood between these families"

Here I'm not gonna tell you about her, tho. Yet I'm not going to write another random opinion about the song but this post is a lot related with the powerful meaning of the lyrics. Well, I found the song is interesting since it has a girl to girl relationship. We girls hate each other, they said. We stare at each other to validate something, judging each other and at some point when we don't like what we see, we'll be like, "Ew! I'm still better" (sort of that). That's not entirely true. We girls compete with each other - that's true. That's why we wear make up and wear brands, right?