Saat yang Tepat

Jauh berjalan, terbenam bersamai cemas 

Malam yang jauh, siang yang panjang

Perahu usang, lamban melaju lemas

Menanti musim yang akan datang 

Sungguh rasa buaian ini

Bersorak menuruti semu 

Pada saat itu nanti

Tepat di kehadiran hangatmu

Bertanya dalam diam 

Menunggu akan jawaban

Suatu cita yang dalam

Terdengar jelas dalam dekapan

Impatient / Friend

You are patient; I am impatient. 

You are convenient; I am the inconvenience. 

Love is full of mystery, as you are the secret of my heart.

The ambush within lungs exploits all that I have.

Passing through months and years.

No matter what end.

Neglecting the voices over the ears. 

Can I be your endless friend?

Perfect / Weird

You are too perfect, 

So it seems very far for me to grab you. 

From the start, it was only me who had the feelings. 

Weird and impossible, yet you always keep portraying on my mind.

Uncertainty / Hope

Wavering thoughts in and out of my mind, unheard and unspoken. 

Will I be able to express these uncertain feelings, or should I keep it a secret. 

May I save this hope for a little while? 

Foremost Melody / One and Only

If you are okay 

I will be there night and day 

Constant thinking 

Get me deep inside feeling 

Look inside your soul 

I won't have any further goal 

Stopping aside, the gem is you 

Yes the gem what I've been looking for

Fanart - Honey Slides

Colin Croom (guitarist/keyboardist/vocalist/producer from the band Twin Peaks) released his debut instrumental album called Volume One, under the name of Honey Slides. I made a fanart of him, on the picture below. I was looking at his photo which taken by Alec Basse. 

Check out his latest music on your favorite music stream app, or follow his Bandcamp, just type Honey Slides. He released his album on 5th March 2021. On the album, Colin also worked with several different musicians, such as Dustin Laurenzi, Macie Stewart, Keith Rankin, and Tom Taylor. For the album artwork, it was designed by Andrew McGranahan, the single artwork on the first single "Skipping Stones into the Asteroid Belt" the designer was Cadien Lake James. From this album, Colin already released three singles: Skipping Stones into the Asteroid Belt, Arriverderci, Motherfucker!, and Mr. Persuassive (music video uploaded in Honey Slides' Instagram, directed by Clay Frankel). The album contained 9 track songs. You would not gonna miss to try hearing them. 

-Honey Slides-

By The River / Question - Answer

"By The River"

I saw you walking beside the river

Quite restless about something

Sandwich for lunch

The duck came near to where you sit 

Nothing but smile you gave

 
Stood and left the place 

Unconsciously seeing you went

"Question-Answer"

- Am I living in a safety net? 

    As the fish waiting for its judgment day?

- No wonder how people can be in love and then out of love,

     As a soul, it can be live or dead in a moment

Poznań, 03 April 2021

Hello / Goodbye

Some say an attraction happened because of the habit. Time that we’ve consumed together. The more someone contribute activity together, the more attractions would be coming for.

It was in warm and dry summer. Every morning, I saw this one guy who was taking the same bus with me. Nothing special. Acting cool, far from awkwardness that’s what I could have done.

People were ready to start their day, sitting, standing on the bus. Waiting for the bus to reach their near target location. It also happened on him; he would get off just two stops before me.

Without a name, without even known his aimed to be doing after he got off from the bus. I keep asking on and on inside of my heart. Insecure feeling, and took a little glimpse just before he got into the bus.

Properly 10 minutes, the exact time we would be in the same bus. Strange on how this silly attraction got me off thinking. In the end, life is always be bitter as usual. There are no hello nor goodbye.

>>> Attractions could be happened in everywhere, whenever, and spontaneously. Cherish every moment in your life.

- a story from a 24th year old girl

Three Hours / Strangers

-- Seeing the first snow of the season. Walk on the street together with you. Some says heaven is exist on earth.

-- I reassure myself, it was only a glimpse of a friendly attraction. We both are strangers.

Untitled / Feelings

If this feeling has a name, can I unnamed it. 

Because I don’t think I could state my feeling. 

This euphoria, this sweet little emotion grew even more. 

Please tell me, do you feel the same as me. 

If you don’t, then I’ll not force you to like me back. 

Written by Farida on 30th December 2019

Late to a Show, What do we Need to Know?

Hello friends, back with me again with compiled of ideas about going on a music show.  Today’s topic is about getting late on a show. Whether you do it on proposed or not.  No one is perfect, sometimes you could experience this kind of stuff. No one would love to come late to a show, especially you are one of the music lovers and that day you are going to attend your favourite music show! I could not imagine, how devastated the condition would be. But life must goes on, right? In the end of the day you should be happy of what’s life gives you anyway. I wrote some tips on how to handle it.    

First thing what I am going to talk is, make sure you know you will be late. Don’t hope too much you could be in the front row. Important things to note, you have to know the schedule of the show before its starts. What time do it starts, where is the venue (the address, the name of the place), do the show has been move into new venue or not, how can you get to the venue (by walking or buses or taxi), how much money do we need to go there. Small things like that are sometimes important for newbie show goers.

The time depends on us, you are the controller of your time. Make sure you are not too late to the show, for me you can be arriving 10 or 15 minutes before the main band starting to play, and that’s the maximum. Usually there will be 2 bands who plays, talk to yourself is it okay if you miss the opening band play or not. Still you could feel the win, because you are not missed the main band. You can do whatever you want, but don’t regret too much.

Think about what you can do after you arrived in the venue. Probably what you can do is, chill out near the merch stand, looking around what they offer. Buy drinks if you are thirsty after catching bus or quick walk before you there. Or you can simply search for a position because the show will soon be started. Apparently, you will not have a good position, believe me you will probably in the back or if you are lucky enough you could be in the middle. Take it easy, you can still enjoy the show.

Back to the tips number one, how can you get to the venue. There is something I need to add on this term. If you have some spare money, you can book taxi or simply take uber. But one thing to note. Does the road is crowded or not? If you take taxi and there is a big traffic jam, there you go. You will be stuck on the road. Think twice, please kindly check some apps. How many minutes to go to the venue and compare using taxi with other public transportation. Choose wisely! Don’t get me wrong, I was once on that situation.

Having no plans on that day. I recommend you to not having any other plans before the show started, especially when you didn’t know how long does the plan will go. Because it can interrupt your next plan, which is the show. So, having no plans on that day is better! You can secure yourself of not being late, the chance of not being late is increase.

Don’t loose focus, even if you are in the middle of a rush. Don’t loose your concentration. Bring your printed ticket with you, that’s necessary. Always keep in mind what you should bring. The pressure would be so intense, otherwise you have to waste another time again. Keep calm and be 100% confident. Don’t let anyone know you are sad or insecure about being late. Keep your head up, enjoy every moment in the show. Having longer time to hang out after the show. You may not feel too tired because you might just be arrived 1 hour 30 minutes before it ends. You can meet interesting people, or have a little chit-chat with the bands. You could try this, then off to your hostel or house.

That’s all the tips what I would like to share with you guys. I hope you found it interesting and gives you some information after reading this article. Thank you in advance. See you in another post.

Short of Tips on Going to a Music Show

Hi all, as some of you might knew. I love going to a music show. I just want to share my stories and give you some short of tips on going to a show. I hope it will help you wider your thoughts of going to a show. Everyone deserve a good time, so are you.

1.   Know What You Want to See

The first music event I attended was Java Rockin’ Land in 2010, there I saw Stereophonics. I barely knew the band on that time, I bought their newest album one month after the festival. And I even didn’t know what it’s like attending a music festival, and what should I do if I were seeing a band play on stage. So, I was thinking over and over again, I must be able to have a good time. I came on a conclusion that to enjoy a music show, we have to know their songs. I tried on that time, started with using the internet to listen their other songs. Thank to internet for it. I was not fully listened to their new album. I saw them played, knew one to five songs, and the rest I didn’t know. Did I like the show? Of course, I was. I just enjoyed the time seeing them play. It’s good to know all their song, but remember the key is to enjoy the music! Make sure you know their music quite well, it’ll get you even more happier. Sing a long in some songs, you didn’t want to be the one who just standing and see them play like a stone, don’t you? Chill and have fun, you will get the vibe.

2.   Plan Your Music Trip Well

Interesting topic to be discuss on. It’s necessary for us to plan for our trip, importantly if the show is in another country or even city. I attended three events abroad. The first one was a really big concert, as they were very famous and huge band also. The second one was my fav band shows. I watched Coldplay in Singapore, A Head Full of Dreams World Tour 2017. It was the biggest concert I have ever attended. It’s good to have a company when you decided to watch the concert, like I and my siblings did 2 years ago. We made itinerary, we travelled not only for music but also for sight seeing the city. If you travel in group, don’t hesitate to make a first move to discuss about on where will you guys stay, what else could you guys do a side of watching the concert, and what cool things that you guys could experience there. It’s not very different when you decided to be a solo traveller, go discuss with yourself, research the information about the venue, how you will get there from your hostel, what restaurant near the venue and the hostel also. Searching the information is enrich your knowledge, and it can stay you away from the small problems, plus it can save up your time. Those technical theory will guide you on a success practical occasion.

It’s a complete success for me when I was a solo traveller to watch Kakkmaddafakka show, last April.  Search the convenience hostel near the venue. What I mean convenience is hostel which is good in location, price, environment, and the last thing facility. Choose hostel with at least a good reputation (good rating), because we only trust the rating and the picture of their offer. Location, I prefer to search a hostel which really not far from the venue. Cause it will make us easier when we come back to the hostel after the show (which probably will be late at night), you will not going to be afraid to be bumped on a street with a stranger or maybe a drunk man outside of the venue. You can take a small run or quick walk, and shortly you are in the hostel, safe. One more good thing by having a hostel near the venue is you may not worry about transportation, we can use our foot, in addition it’s not cost a money by walking. I recommend, choosing a hostel which have range around 5-15 minutes by walking to the venues.

3.   Get to Know What Will You Wearing

What is it like when we are in the middle of a music show? Full of people with an excitement, people who want to enjoy the music play, the room temperature will raised (it gets even hotter), you will be jump up and down, and it’s very possible if you will touch another person when you do your jump. What I’m going to talk about is… your clothes or apparels influence your feelings when you attend the show. I might not be a good fashion idea giver, but for this time I will give you some weird uncool facts from what I’ve been experienced in my two last show which I’ve attended.

See the weather forecast, if that day will be rain or not, and how is the wind speed, detailed. Prepare your umbrella or if you attend a bigger music show (for example like a music festival or stadium concert) I prefer to bring a raincoat. You wont regret taking them with you, it can be 10 times higher than the normal price if you buys it near the venue, market economic perception plays along in here. Be comfortable in the pit, wearing loose shirt and jeans is the most comfortable for me. Bring a light jacket if the weather is cold or rainy just to prevent you to catch a cold after the show. Make sure your jacket can be put in your bag or there’s a room to put your jacket before or when you already in the pit. For girls out there, if you have a long hair, considering that the pit will be hot, make sure you ponytailed your hair, BUT please don’t tie the hair just freely, tied your hair up and shorter it.  Or you can try another type of ponytail like tie your hair in the very low position. It will make you and other people much more comfortable, you don’t have to worry while you jumping up and down, people who stand behind you will be safe from it when you moves. Wear your less favorite shoes, you can thank me for this later. The pit is like a playground, you will never know when the other people be bumped at you and not purposely stand their shoes on yours. If it’s your best shoes, you will get a bit annoy because of it, so it might be ruined your good feeling in watching the music show. Avoid wearing your beloved shoes, safe them before you regret it!

4.   What to Do After Show

Short tips for this section! I would say you can share your post feeling by visiting the merch table, see other people, make new friends, even meet and talk to the member of the bands. Get to know them, even more closer. Ask them to sign your merch, ask them to take a photo! If you get really tired from the show, you can order and buy a drink (if the venue facilitate it), take a rest, search some free area to put yourself on rest. You have to have some self-esteem if you trying to meet or talk with people, act cool and put a little smile if you can. Be friendly, be happy, maybe you will meet with cool fascinating person. I must said, be who you are, take it as a simply conversation. Leave them with a nice impression. What its important in post festival or concert show? The mass of people trying to get out from the venue. If you bring your car/your own transportation, good planning to get out from the parking lot. I must say it can be boring waiting and get a long queue to be out from the venue. Be the first one, so you didn’t need to queue for so long, even if it’s hard to be the first. For you who take a public transportation, be careful to get out from the venue, check the last train or bus which can be used to get home from the venue. Know your things well, don’t forget your things, it’s important. For you who walk from the hostel, you can prepare yourself to quick run, just to avoid some trouble in the street. It’s not common to have this kind of situation but it’s better to be prepared.

  

5.    Get a Chance to Meet New Friends

Like what I’ve said earlier you can trying to meet with someone new in the show. If you want, then you have to open up yourself more. Say hello to the person beside you when you are waiting for the band to start playing. Make an easy simply conversation, and let your inner social come out. If you hesitate, then just wait till someone start to talk to you. It can be possible too.

>>> I think that’s all for today’s topic. More or less.. hope you can get some info from this post. I think it’s a bit short, some of the part still can be develop into one topic discussion. Let see if I have a time to compile the information for you and show them in better way. Thank you for reading this post. Have a nice day you all!

When Stranger Meets

Started in some morning, my scheduled plan morning flight has waiting. Got my boarding pass ready, and all set things in one bag. I went to the Airport Shuttle to catch the boarding time. Time has gone so fast, I already queued up among all the strangers in the checking room.  I use all my energy to not letting a single time wasted, after the luggage inspection. Straight to where my boarding gate was. The gate finally opened. I boarded myself to the plane and find my seat.

After I put my bag on the top of the plane cabin, I place my sit in 19C. Plane seat near with the aisle. Moment later, there is a young woman, who’s seat in the same row, but near the window. I made a little move just to let her to get in. Unconscious feeling in my mind, guessing who will get in to sit in the middle of us. Someone coming from the front seat area, and I immediately stood up to let the guy to get in. It turned out he is not sitting in the middle. So, I sat back to my seat. And he started to talk with the young woman, with different language which I could not understand. Then, the guy come back to his seat at the front seat.

Shortly, after all the passengers went board in. I saw a man, bring his white suitcase, and his black backpack. He wore all black from top to toe. I still can describe how tall he was. Spectacle man, with hanging headphone in his neck. I could tell that he was in a rush when he boarded to the plane, by seeing his suitcase which was still not properly closed. He threw away his headphone and phone to the middle seat. I said in my mind, “Oh this is the person who will sit in the middle.” I keep calming myself up, by the sudden throw from the aisle. I let him to get in to the middle seat.

Not a long time after it, the take-off information from flight attendant were airing. The young woman, which was sit near the window, asked to get out. Leaving me alone with the man. I commented to him, “I think she prefer to sit there, at the front.” With no later time, he said “I don’t know, she could maybe come back, so do you want to take her seat?” And I reply him with “No, I’ll keep sit in here.” And our conversation was stop. The man still sat in the middle, and a moment later, he already moved and sit near the window.

The plane did the take off. He pulled out his headphone and book form his backpack. Read, then closed it. Asking to go out from the row, I never mind where did he went. Then, after a while, he was back with his friend, a girl who’s next sit in the window seat. Later, I was asleep until the plane landed. Then, it was me, who’s switch to leave him, with her.

>>> If a single glimpse and several minutes making someone feel different way, did the man notice it? Or she could just let the it flow away.

“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud (words from Alice Baxley).”