Hardcore Romance Tour - Jakarta

I went to my very first Pamungkas' live show. Long story short, I've been noticing this man right after his song "To the Bone" was booming. My turn over was when I got a change of heart to finally looked up to his music.. It was because, well... not gonna lie that couple of his songs were on my Spotify repeat list. But I will make you clear that this the 5th album of his is slightly a get go why I am listening him in a serious manner. And due to that, I bought his tour ticket in Jakarta, like about two months ago.

His 5th album entitled "Hardcore Romance" from the title we must expect every songs of the album should be talking about love, right.  I expected the lyrics would kind of romanticism in Pamungkas way, it is true. What I did not expect was his music for me is a pure bless. Just listened in a one sit his album, unexpectedly advertised by Spotify, it got me hooked. 

Talk about his live show which was held in Produksi Film Negara (PFN Heritage), East Jakarta. I didn't know how many songs he played though. What I know that the band was played for about more or less two hours. I was there right 30 minutes before the gate open. The queue was started even before 6 pm I suppose. Lot people coming to the show, Pams said for Jakarta it was 800 tickets sold in total. Jakarta is the final venue of the Hardcore Romance Tour, there were 7 other cities. Opener for the show were Jyma and Romantic Echoes. 

All the people who came were singing to the songs. It was my first experience to feel the ambiance of Pamungkas live show. Fans cheered and sang the song, all of them.. such a happy feeling to see.. Pamungkas played all the songs from Hardcore Romance, and others song such as Bambina, Jealousy, (Beep), Wait a Minute, Riding the Wave, Live Forever. He also did a short cover which made me gasped a bit... was he played Queen of California by John Mayer... I must admit that Pamungkas is beloved by his listener, and it mainly mutual in every album he released. 

Apart from the show, he also did a banter.. most of it was to bridging to his next song played.. one moment still stuck on my mind was when he described the love he knew was differ as what he thought it was. He said that the 'love' he viewed was shifted, he was once a hopeless romantic, a provider. His meaning of loving someone right know is when someone gives support on everything. He said the it consists of "I got your back" feeling.

Lastly, I wanna give thanks to Pamungkas and the team, the show was really neat. I don't think I like the bubble though, it is all good hehehe... I bought stickers of him, I'll keep it as souvenirs, thinking of putting up one of the stickers on my motorcycle, but I'll think about it again... Thank you for stopping by, have a great day... 

Pamungkas seems to be cosplaying 'Dark' of Netflix Series 

Bad, Bad Love

Lot of ideas comes and left my mind 

Do believe in dreams yet truly love is blind 

Neither lose or win

Seems it makes you sailing away

Petrified with action comes ahead 

Petrified to be losing you 

My life seems miserable

I hope yours not

End Up Guessing

Flower and a vase 

Flower blooms in certain time 

Vase comes as its shelter

It provides water

You came on and off

As the weather in spring 

Could not stop to think of

Now end up guessing 

Tell Me What's Love Is

Lovers met by fate

The girl may says....

We met by coincidence

The girl has feelings...

Love can be unspoken 

Love may be portrays

Love can be one sided 

But, true love may stays

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"Ja byłem tylko jednym ze zdarzeń Twojego życia – i nigdy Ci nie biło serce z niepewności, czy mnie spotkasz. A mnie biło." (Wiersz Jarosława Iwaszkiewicza)

Know More

Tell me more I did know

Tell me more I didn't know 

Sometimes my mind go blanking

When I see you talking 

Long day and night 

Thinking back for awhile 

Please give me a sight

To know you more...

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"the moon keeps staring back at me, won't you see me too...?"

Farida, 20 Sep 2024

Wind and Water

Wind and water is a friend 

It pushes away to shore 

Maybe it's just an end 

When love is losing it's force 

Wind and water is a friend 

They form a wave 

Life is long, prayers are send 

Your name still recited

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"say it's adoration; say it's love"

"say it's addiction; say it's shame" 

"wondering all day, waiting..."

"won't you stop the time ticking..."

Mini Review : Ziarah (2016) - Spoiler Alert

Hi, back to a short movie review. I watched this movie on my flight about a week ago. I will not gonna spill lot of facts on it, though... Due to the broken monitor on my seat, I barely hear the dialog, but there was a subtitle on the screen. So today, I'll try to summarized the messages hidden on this movie (under my point of view, obviously). The movie succeeded to describe related scene to our life in general... I can't complained much, but I really like the director's (B.W. Purba Negara) story-line. I found this movie is a bit heart breaking for the people who watch. For the first time, I thought this movie was a little bit like easy-to-watch, truthfully... it is not... hehe uniquely the movie chose to use Javanese language for all the scripts. 

Ziarah means to visit someone who passed away before us... the main character was a young man who currently going to wed his girlfriend... This man has a grandmother (his parents already passed away long time ago). In early time of the movie, it begun with a portrait scene of main character with his girlfriend talking about the design of their future home (which is very romantic, in a way), and continued to the story about the grandma walking alone went for her solo trip to search the grave of her beloved husband. The main character wants to ask for grandma's permission for the wedding, that's why the man was trying as well to find his grandma who often went away.  Long story short, the man found his grandma sitting beside the lake (which was told that it was a graveyard by someone she met on her journey). I feel desperate when, the grandma said "everyone keeps telling there and there, I don't know who I should believed anymore." Which gave me goosebumps until now....

The end of the movie finally the grandma found his beloved husband graveyard alongside with a unknown woman grave who tragically was his latest spouse. During the journey grandma meeting lot of people bad and good, same as in our life... life is a journey. I think a phrase like "you reaps what you sow" is not happening in terms of love, since love I guess a very sensitive and un-logical. I kept remembers the terms of: "you can falling in and out of love with anyone." Love as the 'rights' in social environment. But we could not prevent someone to not falling out from love, as it also their rights on doing that. Grandma on this movie have a very big-big heart. I can't stand my tears when she started to clean her husband's graves, what a role-model. My friend, Evy was told me, terms of love... if you still wanting any returned from him then it is not a love. Love is sincere. That's what's love means. 

No wonder this movie wins three awards and had a big rating (8,2/10 IMDb). Very serious and relate to the life of the audience. I recommend to watch it, if you like a ballad, historical, and quiet mysterious movie. Thank you for reading...

The moment when the grandma swept away his husband's grave 

Right Time

Finding peace in a silent 

While waiting restlessly 

A solid sound of heart

Kept beating aimlessly

Nowhere to hold

Put out other thoughts 

Stay quiet for good

Until the right time comes 

Farida, 21 Aug 2024

A Pitiful Decision

Morning sunbeams

Auburn in colors 

I won't walk away 

Not until you say 

I'll do any

Sounds pity

It won't change your mind either 

So why should I bother?

The signs seems real 

Been neglected many times 

Do I have to seal...

Those eerie feelings?

Far Adore : Finale

Hi guys, welcome back. It will be the last part of Far Adore. You know, it's funny we often feel sad if our hopes not turned to be real. Upon all that, as human being is normal. But want to give some emotional affirmations that everything happened because of destiny, and all of the things happened had it's reason. Keep faithful and understand that we should have been thankful. God knows the best for us. 

Last week my Father had his bday. Also, at this chapter, he was the one who comforts me. Well, in lot of moments he is still there and kept me company. Thank you Bapak. Will always be in my memories. What I want to do is having more moments with my Dad.  

I presented you the last chapter of Far Adore. Thank you for coming and have a good weekend!

Force and Effort

Forcing something 

Seems a bit butter 

The effort that I'm giving 

Seems make you shiver

Time will surely come 

Promises not granted 

Neither the heart 

Yet, the feeling comes by every time 

"Be kind to yourself, be off and set free"

"All I can do was pray..." 

"Take care of yourself..."

Hanged to Meet

If falling for you could be this hard 

Don't let this heart to wait 

Burdened and drained

Blaming myself seems not enough 

"...and if we do destined, I believe God will meet us up."

"I wish God had us to meet..."

Farida, 06 Jul 2024

Yourself / Alright

Remind yourself a bit 

A big road ahead 

Kind to yourself more 

Like an endless mother's love... 

Dreamy feelings

Return back the time 

Where the minds

Keep telling things were alright

"I could wait and be patience, when matters in time, but can I trust my gut more?"

"Or is it destiny that lured us to be abstained?"