Want, I want, I want purple people eater ...

It was Elementary school.

I went to a friend's house. Doni. He had a dog. A big One.
But it was not important.

Whats more important, ... his mother offered me gado gado.
And I don't like vegetables.

So I politely refuse the offer.

... "Ngga usah Tante, makasih ... "
... "Aaa ... Ngga suka sayur yaaaa ???"

--- Gosh! How in the world could she knew ??? A Mother instinct ? :p ---

In one of the visit to Doni's house, I remember watching a movie ...
Its a family movie about a monster ... a purple monster ...
I never actually finished watching it ... so don't remember the storyline

however, there was this song in the movie that keeps hanging and playing in my head ..
... "Want , I want, I want purple people eater ....

just recently (i googled it a few seconds ago) ... i realized that the lyrics was wrong ...
it should be : one-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater ... :p

Initially I want to relate the song with the website that i've just saw.


but since the lyrics was wrong, I will cut the crap and just share the points that I think will be useful to anyone who is currently confuse or don't know what you want in life ... or ...
simply to help you discover what your dream is....

Seven Steps To Find Out What Your Dream Is

All you need is a pen, a notebook and some time to yourself. Try to spend a lot of time thinking and brainstorming as many ideas as possible. The more time you spend thinking and writing, the more you’ll get out of it.

1. Cast your mind back to your childhood.
What did you enjoy doing? Think about your favourite toy, game, book and place.
What made you totally happy?
What were you best at at school and at home?
Jot the answers to these questions down.

2. Now look at your present life.
Really spend time noticing how things made you feel. For example, recently I realised the smell of oranges makes me feel happy so next time I’m feeling down all I need to do is peel an orange and I’ll feel much happier.
What makes you happy now? Think of as many things, places and activities as you can.
Write it all down.

3. Now imagine you’ve got a death sentence on your head. Only one year to live.
Sorry, but what would you do in that final year? Where do your priorities lie?

4. Now think back to your childhood again and think about any negative comments or reactions to you doing the thing or things that you enjoyed. Write them down and ask yourself if they’re still holding you back from achieving your dream.

5. Is there an excuse you use for not following your dream? Then think about what you’d do if
you weren’t so old/hard up/fearful etc. Just insert your excuses here. Write down the answers.

6. Now think about the things that you loved doing or that make you happy and seek them out. Treat yourself to a walk in the countryside, a visit to an art gallery, a day at home reading, wear your best clothes and enjoy your own company. Write a list of all the things that make you happy and all the things that you’d like to do more often and do them. Spend time by yourself and do some of these fun activities. Have fun.

7. Now take some time to reread your answers and think about what you’ve learnt. Is there any common thread or idea coming out of these?

If you want to see the whole article you can see it here and the of course the song .... The Purple People Eater



"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams"
-Eleanor Roosevelt-

Bold

Apa yg menurut kita keren pada masa remaja, ternyata akan tetap berpengaruh sampai kita tua nanti ( at least buat gw ) . Ada orang kantor gw yg umurnya sekarang sekitar 40an lah , dia adalah penggila Liverpool . Jadi sejarahnya adalah pada saat dia masih kecil … siaran tivi itu cuman ada TVRI dan pertandingan olahraga sepakbola yg sering disiarin adalah liverpool , jadilah dia fanatic liverpool sampey saat ini.

Untuk gw , yg paling keren buat gw adalah sebuah band, namanya … The Groove.

Dahulu, semua indah … dahulu terasa bergelora … dahulu , hanya ada aku … dahulu kau menjadi bunga cintaku … !

Itu sedikit cuplikan dari salah satu hits mereka . Dahulu .

Perkenalan gw sama band ini dimulai ketika gw lulus SMP . Gw lagi ngebuka2 year book SMP gw ( ArBes ;), trus ada bagian dimana alumni2 dari sekolah itu diwawancara. Ada seorang alumni yg diwawancara itu punya band, dan dia cerita kalau band-nya itu bawain lagu2 jamiroquai dan brand new heavies , pernah manggung di PL Fair dan juga Jak Jazz! Ga tau kenapa gw langsung merinding bacanya … asli . Gw suka banget sama lagu2 brand new heavies, dan jamiroquai , etc .. dan baca bahwa band bawain lagu2 kyk gitu … gw jadi penasaran .


Rasanya cukup lama dari awal gw liat tulisan di Yearbook itu sampe gw bisa bener2 kesampean buat liat ini band ... selama masa penantian ini ( lebay ) gw sering liat review band ini di Koran atau di radio. Pada saat itu mereka belum ngeluarin album , cuman di panggung udah cukup dikenal , karena bawain lagu2 acid jazz dengan bagus. Anehnya, walau belum pernah liat dan belum pernah denger mereka maen , tapi gw ga tau ya …rasanya koq udah klop aja gitu (ini band atau mau pacaran! )


Irama musik acid jazz atau apa pun lah namanya ( karena acid jazz di UK adalah nama label bukan jenis music , walaupun kebanyakan musisinya bawain lagu acid jazz juga … :p ) yg upbeat kayak dream come true-nya the brand new heavies, atau everyday- nya incognito … pada saat itu, setau gw jarang ada yg bawain, kalaupun ada, gw gatau, … atau emang ga ada hahahah . Sampai pada suatu saat ada rumor kalau band ini akan jadi opening act dari acara ulang taun Kahitna. Gw lupa gimana caranya , cuman pada akhirnya gw bisa ada di acara kahitna itu , dan nonton lah gw untuk pertama kali band ini .


Mantapppppp …. ! Asli bener2 mantap …. , ini band koq bisa bawain lagu2 yg gw suka dan keren banget … , cuman karena pada saat itu jadi band pembuka , …. namanya juga pembuka ya … , bawain lagunya secukupnya saja :p


Alhasil sejak itu gw bener2 fanatik sama band ini, … permainan brass section lewat keyboard-nya Tanto itu bikin semua lagu2 nya live abis, … lo tau sendiri mau bawain lagu2 model tower of power misalnya, kalo maen brass sectionnya ga asik, … lagunya ga akan ngangkat :p . Trus ada Ali Akbar pemaen pianonya yg pada saat itu masih memulai maen jazz ( ga kayak sekarang, dia maen berkali kali java jazz dalam satu hari , mungkin karena makin jago maennya dan konon katanya baru selesai S2 musik ) Pada vokal, Rieka Roeslan udah ga usah diragukan lagi … keren … nah si kaki oblak reza , vokalnya mungkin ga terlalu istimewa tapi dia kasih warna buat band ini .Di Drum ada Deta … yg membuka mata gw kalo maen drum temponya bisa patah2. Temen sebangku gw pas SMA si wowo, males banget saban hari gw niruin bunyi drumnya deta padahal ga bisa maen drum hahhahah. Trus ada Rejoz … salah satu pemaen perkusi yg paling funky, bisa ngerap, dan bersuara bagus … dan di Indonesia dia makin diakui jadi seorang pemain percussion yg handal. Maliq n d’essential aja pake dia kalo live show.


Dan tentunya Yuke pada bass. Buat gw , permainan Yuke itu adalah pendidikan bass ke gw . Dia menunjukkan kalo maen bass bisa sampe kayak gimana. Apalagi kalau lagi sahut2an sama Deta dan Rejoz di sela2 lagu use the force-nya jamiroquai. Udah lah ... pokonya … udahhhhhh .


Hampir tiap selasa malam kalau ada the groove di fame station, gw nonton … masuk dari awal, nunggu depan panggung kedua paling depan … ( malu malu ) kalau udah session dua baru paling depan hehehhe dan joget ampe cape … rasa fulfilling banget , dance di lagu yg bener2 bikin lo pengen dance. Playlist mereka cocok secocok2nya sama lagu2 yg gw suka . even yg bukan acid jazz . contohnya east 17 - Each time , Gettin Jiggy With It - Will Smith dll. Gw ama sobat gw si Bimo kita ingetin playlist mereka trus Bimo bikin kaset kompilasinya … pokonya niat abis. Trus liriknya tau lah semua … sampe sekarang gw masih bisa ngerap Getting Jiggy With It – Will Smith (ga penting) .

Ampe akhirnya mereka bikin album perdana, gw pada awalnya biasa2 aja , karena gw lebih suka the groove bawain lagu orang. Album pertama mereka judulnya funkier than ever … .. Trus gw denger lagu andalan mereka satu mimpiku …. Alah … kecewa gw ... pop abis gini . Mungkin perlu kayak gitu dulu biar agak diterima pasar dulu kali ya . Tapi dengerin lagu2 yg lain .. cukup suka, dan makin kesini makin kerasa karakternya … dengerin deh di lagu pangeran dan putri udah mulai kerasa ini soul dan groove dari the groove :)


Nonton The Groove ga cuman di Bandung, gw bela2in ke jakarta n nginep di rumah si bimo asal bisa nonton mereka di NYC ( udah tutup sekarang kyknya ) . Besok mau ujian nih … malemnya nonton the groove ampe jam 3, karena ada issue bakal terakhir manggung di fame, Ternyata masih manggung aja hahah . Sampe terdengar mereka bubar … sedih gw … dimulai dari Yuke keluar karena gabung ama dewa .., trus rieka bikin album solo … udah deh , bubar band idola gw.


Terakhir2 …. gw denger mereka reunion, …. The Groove maen di java jazz 2009 jadi band reuni … trus gw datang JGTC mereka bilang bakal reuni lagi … Daaan Terakhir gw nonton the groove adalah 2 malam lalu, di java jazz, rieka bilang kalo mereka ga akan bubar lagi … horeeeeeee. Gw punya band idola lagii … Gw sangat enjoy show mereka kemaren , nyanyi bareng , goyang bareng . Dan seperti pas gw masih SMA , tetep gw terkesima sama permainan mereka … tetep ngerasa nge-groove sama beat lagu2nya …. Tetep ngerasa bahwa kalo ini band paling keren di dunia…


Yep, … band paling keren di dunia ( buat gw ;)








PS : This is dedicated to my very good friend Aria Bima Pertama Putra,
Thank you for sharing the same passion in this kind of music, for countless guest list at fame and begadang night :p , for all the cassette compilation and record supply, rute ciumbuleuit – raden patah – Menara lippo jeung panther badag eta! , but above all thank you for the friendship, may it last until our grandchild, as it has last for our grandfathers :)

Ayok

One day ..

There is this duck , .. stroll along the highway ...
why is he in the highway ? coz it seems that there is no more place for him in the river .

River Plate ... one of the best football club in argentina, like boca juniors, independiente. Some of their good player went to europe. Italy, england or spain ...

Spain ... a hit from Al Jerreau, a unique song and needs to have a good phasing and phrasing if you want to sing it , and needs to practice quite a lot if you want to play it in piano ..

Piano ... mari main piano .... Piano ... mari main piano ... sebuah lagu yg sangat terkenal dari Rhoma Irama dimana video klipnya itu Bang Rhoma nyamar jadi pengajar piano trus pake kumis gitu ... aaa ... dan liriknya juga nakal nakal gimanaaa gitu .. tapi diluar semua itu lagu ini menurut gw keren abis !

Abis gelap terbitlah terang, sebuah kumpulan surat dari Raden Ajeng Kartini yg dianggap sebagai pelopor emansipasi wanita di Indonesia ... Hmmm sampai saat ini Hari kartini masih kita rayakan sih ya .. untuk mengingat jasa dan semangat dari Ibu Kartini ... Cuman apakah perayaannya masih kayak dulu ? pokonya semua pake kebaya hari itu ... dan yg cowo juga pake kebaya juga .... heheh
Padahal mungkin kita bisa merayakan dengan yg lebih bermakna gitu ya mungkin ?

Mungkin bila ... ku tak cepat , lekas emosi .... pasti masih bersama mu malam iniii ...
Kalo yg baca ini langsung inget ini lagu apa dan siapa yg nyanyi berarti anda cukup tua ...
yep ini adalah lagu dengan judul selalu dari Tito Sumarsono .. seorang penyanyi dan pencipta lagu yg cukup terkenal pada jamannya .. ya sekitar taun 80an lah ... atau 90an awal , those day adalah dimana jaman nonton album minggu dimana hampir semua lagunya video klipnya itu kalo yg nyanyi cewe pasti nangis ... dan kalo ada lagu anak2 .. penciptanya pasti Papa T Bob

Bob Geldof ... ini orang yg katanya adalah musisi ..cuman gw belum pernah denger namanya sebelum dia bikin acara live8 ... sebuah acara yg dibikin sama dia untuk memberikan message "make poverty history" ke pemimpin G8 yg sedang meeting dimana gw lupa ... tapi keren aja sambutannya ... artis2 yg participate ... gw juga participate .. bukan sebagai artis tentunya .. tapi gw mendaftarkan nama gw di mereka punya web ... kayaknya hip aja waktu itu

Itu kan tong sampah ... siapa mau berguru datang padaku .. sebut nama ku 3 kali bento bento bento ....Asikkkkk !!! ... yang tau lagu ini juga cukup tua lah ... :p
Ini lagu sangat fenomenal dinyanyikan group band bernama SWAMI ... yg dimotori oleh Iwan Fals, Sawung Jabo dan Setiawan Jody . Lagunya si mengkritik2 gitu ... khas Iwan Fals jaman dulu . Gw dulu punya kasetnya ... setiap keluar kota bareng bokap selalu dipasang . trus kata2nya gw apal ...
kalo udah gede dikit mungkin gw akan dateng tuh konsernya .. Kantata Takwa ...

Takwa itu mengerjakan perintah-Nya dan menjauhi larangan-Nya , ini gw inget karena mau ulangan agama dulu dan perlu definisi takwa . definisi yg berupa hafalan daripada apa yg kita mengerti tentang sesuatu ... jadi hafal tapi ngga ngerti

Ngga Ngerti .... sebuah lagu dari kahitna , kesukaan temen gw si karyo ... yok, kalo udah ke jakarta maen2 ya ... jangan sombong.

...

Pssssttt .... Listen!

"... and you are listening to oz one ow three ef em ..." - a radio announcer in bandung
"i don't know where you going and i don't know why ... Listen to your heart ... " - song by roxette

Above are example of sentence using a word listen in a daily life.

What it listen ? Listen according to wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
- hear with intention; "Listen to the sound of this cello"
- listen and pay attention; "Listen to your father"; "We must hear the expert before we make a decision"
- heed: pay close attention to; give heed to; "Heed the advice of the old men"

from all of the explanation above , we can see that listen is not the same as hear , but more. It requires :
... paying attention
... pay close attention,
... with intention
see, it is not just giving your ear ...

from time to time i've been reminded by situations, friends, family, wife ... that this is one of the important skills that need to learn, ... i mean really really need to learn.

I don't know why, but I tend to have a framework of everything in my head when hearing people speak, it can be argument, it can be thinking what is he/she thinking while saying it, or even a blank framework ( Ngalamun mun ceuk urang sunda mah) .
So as a result, the conclusion is not coming from what is the person saying but .. a conclusion from my own head and bits from what actually the person saying.
To most people, this kind of behaviour is really annoying , the rest of the people ,... this is even more annoying since this make others feel that i'm not listening to them

For you, listening might be easy. Believe me! i feel the same way too
I think have understand , I think i have listen , but when I think i have listen enough, ...eventually it is not.

So in a spirit of continous improvement, today I will (again) refresh my brain, get set and listen!

PS :
For those who would also like to learn how to be a good listener can check this out!

Yuk ...

For the road you've chosen to travel with me.

I know its not easy.

I Thank you

For facing all the confusion, and yet you're still here

I Thank you

For all of the understanding

I Thank you

For believing in me

I Thank you

For Not giving up on me

I Thank you

For all the effort you have made.

I know you've tried so hard

I Thank you

For God's gift to my heart

I love you.

WORK-LIFE BALANCE : A VERY SHORT & MOST EFFECTIVE SPEECH...

30 second Speech by Bryan Dyson,CEO of Coca-Cola

"Imagine life as a game in which you are juggling some five balls inthe air. You name them - Work, Family, Health, Friends and Spirit and you're keeping all of these in the Air.

You will soon understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it,it will bounce back.

But the other four Balls - Family, Health, Friends and Spirit - aremade of glass. If you drop one of these; they will be irrevocably scuffed, marked, nicked, damaged or even shattered.

They will never be the same. You must understand that and strive for it."

I can exclude you!

Pas taun baru kemaren gw ama Audi pergi ke Filipin untuk hadir di kawinan temen baik kita Monica Alcid dan Andrew Varona. Mereka orang Filipin. Congrats to you both

Belajar dari Melaka Trip. Sekarang semua paspor n tiket, gw yg pegang hehehehe

Dari pertama berangkat, kita udah expect kalo Negara ini kurang lebih kayak Indonesia, sama sama pengekspor pembantu rumah tangga, tampang Melayu dan saling susul susulan dalam peringkat Negara yg paling banyak koruptornya di dunia. Berita terakhir sih nyebutin , kita yg menang .Juara .

Eniwei, gw mau cerita tentang imigrasi . Imigrasi di airport itu, kalau di restoran mungkin seorang greeter kali ya … kalo di hotel mungkin receptionist lah.
Mereka adalah orang yg paling pertama kita temuin, sebelum kita masuk ke sebuah Negara. Kalo migrasinya bagus ya bisa lo harap negaranya bagus, sebaliknya kalo imigrasinya sucks, u better be careful. Jadi Imigrasi itu cerminan negaranya.

Ya kyk singapur misalnya.. masuk imigrasi di Changi . Ketat tapi efisien , ga banyak pemeriksaan aneh, asal paperworks lo beres ya mereka ga rese. Nah begitu lo masuk negaranya juga gitu .. mereka banyak aturan . tapi negaranya efisien.
Coba lo ke Delhi atau Mumbai .. lo dicek 6 sampe 7 kali oleh petugas2 yg berbeda beda dengan checking yg sama. Tiket, passport , baju dkk .. dan begitu lo masuk negaranya ya, lo tau sendiri … padat karya..

Eniwei . Kita ke Manila naek Cebupacific , jadi masuk ke terminal yg baru .. keren lah lumayan,

Pas ngantri imigrasi , kita ngeliat ada petugas imigrasinya badannya gede abis men , lebih mirip bouncer daripada petugas imigrasi. Klo lo dulu suka liat WWF , ini orang mirip yg namanya Rikishi.

Ada nih ya, orang yg bingung karena ada document yg ga jelas .. di imigrasinya malah diomelin nih sama si Riki .. bilang lo ga communicate lah , ga jawab pertanyaannya. Sambil nadanya tinggi gitu . padahal ya menurut gw ga perlu kyk gitu, dia cuman bingung.

Yang paling maksimal ada di antrian paling pojok kiri :

Ada seorang bule lagi ngantri, kyknya sih surfer … cuman badannya ga gede2 banget, ada tato naga di punggungnya, trus dia pake kaos kutung . rambut panjang kriting diiket … idung mancung, kyknya sih orang itali atau sepanyol gt karena bahasa inggrisnya aga ga jelas …

Pas giliran dia ketemu ama petugas imigrasinya , si Petugas Imigrasinya nanya :
“Is it your first time here ..?”
Si bule ga jawab, dia ngeliat ke si petugas imigrasinya aja .. kayaknya si agak bingung, ga tau ga kedengeran kali
Si petugas Imigrasinya nanya lagi ..
“Are you often traveling ..?”
Si Bule coba ngedengerin dan kali ini dia jawab ..
“Hmm… yes”


Trus terjadilah sebuah keadaan yg pertama kali gw liat di sebuah immigration border :

Petugas imigrasi tadi tiba2 berdiri … pasang tampang siap berantem dan nunjuk muka si Bule !

“Hey ..! Why are u starring at me like that ..!!!!!!!!!”
“I’m an immigration officer! I can exclude you!”
…
Si Bule bengong kaget ga tau apa yg terjadi ..
Si Petugas Imigrasi sekali lagi ngebentak ..”
“I’m an immigration officer! I can exclude you!!!!!”
“You’re being disrespectful!!!!!!
“We have a special room here .. we can have a fight!!!!!”
(Parah ni, petugas imigrasi aja ngajak berantem . gimana di jalan2 yak ..?)

Trus si Rikishi nambahin lagi
“ Send Him Back ….!!! He Needs to learn”
( Needs to learn apa coba, ini bule cuman ga kedengeran aja si petugas imigrasi ngomong apa .. cuman si petugas jadi napsu gitu .. parah)

Audi sih bilang ini gara2 jam 5 pagi jadinya semua emosi , mungkin juga sih.

Trus bener ga kalo imigrasi itu cermin negaranya ..? hmmmm … lo dateng aja sendiri deh kesana .. . btw ati2 juga taxi dari bandaranya suka nipu hehehhe.