Happy Panda's Day!

Today is my boyfriend's 27th birthday and I made a surprise for him. Me, and our bestfriends : Tutut, Teh Pisi, Tyo, Dani, and Faisal came to Hilton in the middle of the night when he's still working. I asked his workmate, Rangga, to help us..

and yesss it's a wrap! :D

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY DEAR

MUHAMMAD ARDHIANSYAH HAQ

All my best wishes for you.. I love you so much!

♡

Lantera Cafe, January 5th 2013.. was the day when we officially become a couple.

Actually it was just the official announcement of our relationship status, we make it so clear now after we had to confess our feeling in a Truth or Dare Game which is arranged by Four Strings conspiracy at 1st January 2013, hihihi.. So, after discuss it, we decide to make 1st January 2013 as our official anniversary, it'll be a good date coz we'll celebrate it every new year eve ^^

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3rd January 2013, before this our first date..

Him : "Pick one, truth or dare?"

Me : "Ahaha, DARE!"

Him : "Give me an address, tell me where you want me to pick you up this saturday, we'll go out."

(LINE chats)

5th January 2013, when saturday afternoon finally came, I asked him to pick me up from my house at 4 o'clock. But then he came late, ahaha, I dunno maybe he's too nervous so it took a year for him to prepare :p hihih.. After one hour of waiting, finally he arrived to my house and tadaaa.. we accidentaly wore the same color clothes, grey. Oh well, it's only an ordinary coincidence, but I was happy..

First destination of our first date was Giant Hyperpoint Pasteur. Actually it's out of the plan, we still have no idea where to go and this is the closest place we found that time just because the rain suddenly falls. He ate satay, I drunk milo ice, we talked about random things, and it was the first time we walk together holding each other hands, I had no idea who we actually are but I was happy anyway hihi..

Second destination was Cihampelas Walk (Ciwalk). After the rain stopped, we decide to go here, without any purpose. We just walked around, came in and out from one shop to another shop. And then he asked me to take a photobox at Papyrus Photo. hihi.. what an oldschool style of dating but I like it.. After made some stupid pose in a box, we're continue walking around. We stopped for a while and discussed about what we'll do, which one we'll choose? we're confused between take dinner, play games, or karaoke. And that time my stomach told me I need to eat, so I asked him to take dinner, anywhere. And he unpredictably picked me out of ciwalk and brought me to the third destination..

We went to Dago Pakar and chose which place to come. First, we stopped at Congo Restaurant, but too bad the tables were full booked so we had to choose another place. We're continue looking around and then we found Lantera Cafe near there, we decided to take our dinner there, it's a nice outdoor place with beautiful view and live music. So here we are..

While we're waiting for our dinner, I took this chance to talk about 'us'. Something that seems unclear for me, about our relationship status, and he emphasized that we're already an official couple with a very long explanation. He told me about why'd it took a very long time for him to take a decision to have a relationship with me. For him, with me is quite different, there's no an hummingbird heartbeat or crush when the first time we met, I'm physically not even his type, just like he's physically not my type :p but as the time passed and we often spend quality time together with our bestfriends, he knows me better, then he falls for my personality and characteristic. And me who fell for his attractiveness from the very first time, just fall for him deeper. I remember, it took almost 1 year after we knew each other, 5 months after we met, and 2 months after we get closed to each other, it took a very looong time for us to finally start this relationship as an official love couple. I never had a long time PDKT progress before, it must be very special hehe.. That's why, me who have been single for more than 1 year (and actually decided not to have relationship except marriage) in the end..fall for him and willing to start a relationship, again.

Done with our dinner, we took some pictures, just like I used to..

And the mooost special part of that day was.. the end of our date. He sang to me in front of many people in that cafe a song made by himself, and this is the sweetest crazy thing that a guy ever did to me, ahahahaha he's just too good to be true, thank GOD I found him :)

Little White Cafe, January 1st 2013..

'Truth Or Dare', sebuah permainan yang sengaja dirancang oleh konspirasi Four Strings (Teh Pisi, Tutut, Tyo, Faza) buat bikin kita ngaku soal perasaan masing-masing.. and yes they're succeed! Dari setiap putaran korek bergambar unyu unyu yang dijadiin penentu siapa yang kena tantangan, mereka selalu berharap gw ato Jawa yang dapet. And after some turns, their wishes came true..

Pas Teh Pisi dapet giliran buat muter korek apinya, koreknya ngarah ke Jawa.. So it's her turn to give him a challenge.. "Truth or Dare?" and he choose: TRUTH.

"Kalo di dunia ini cuma tinggal ada 3 cewe: Aku, Faza, dan Cintya. Kamu milih siapa buat jadi pasangan kamu? Anggep aja aku sama Faza ga punya pacar.", pertanyaan menjebak mulai dikeluarkan.

"Yaaa.. aku sih realistis aja.. pada kenyataannya yang jomblo ya Cintya, jadi aku pilih Cintya.", jawab Jawa dengan santainya.

Setelah beberapa putaran & tantangan bergilir, tiba giliran Faza yang muter koreknya, dan koreknya ngarah ke gue :| it's my turn and I choose: TRUTH.

"Siapa cowo yang lagi menarik perhatian kamu sekarang?"

tanya Faza yang sebenernya udah tau persis jawabannya apa, tapi yaaa, namanya juga konspirasi..

".....mmmmmm....."

jawab gue speechless sambil badan gerak gerak gelisah ga penting saking nervousnya.

(sekitar 5 menit kemudian)

".....mmmmm.....Muhammad Ardhiansyah Haq alias Jawa..."

jawab gue sambil nahan malu, dan mereka pun tertawa licik puas hahaha.

Siapa yang abis kena tantangan, dapet giliran buat muterin koreknya, and it's my turn to spin it.. dan sialnya, Jawa yang kena.. and he choose TRUTH. Setelah bingung mau nanya apa, akhirnya gue nekat buat nanya sesuatu yang emang jadi pertanyaan gue selama ini..

"Wa, jadi sebenernya perasaan kamu ke aku gimana?"

Ga pake lama kayak gue, Jawa langsung jawab pertanyaannya..

"Aku jawab pake prosentasi ya.. hmmm.. waktu pertama-tama ketemu sih aku suka 60%..

Sekarang, sukanya 30%....."

*dan semuanya pun hening*

".....sisanya sayang....."

lanjut Jawa.

Dan semuanya pun heboh, kecuali gue yang cuma bisa senyum senyum seneng nahan malu :">

hahahahahahahahahaha..

and that's the night, when we finally tell the truth..

A-Six Strings

They call it as a triple date, whatever.

There're only two couples here, Tutut - Teh Pisi, Tyo - Faza.. Me and Jawa? I have no idea. :p

Actually we planned to watch "Sky Fall" that night, but Tyo and Faza came too late, and Jawa had a night shift schedule so he had to leave really soon. Sooo, we decided to took our dinner at Cafe Asix, it's better than not going at all. hahaha..

The Java Sugar Crush ~

16 Agustus 2012, after the event of Halal Bihalal at my office, me and my work mates: Teh Pisi, Teh Inne, Mae and Teh Amel decided to spend the day together. We went to Strawberry Salon at Surya Sumantri street to get the creambath and hairspa. Done with beauty thingy, we decided to take our dinner at Suga Rush Cafe, Braga street. Teh Amel and Mae was separated from us because they had another thing to do. Me, Teh Pisi and Teh Inne went to Teh Pissy's house because Teh Pissy wanted to meet her boyfriend, Tutut. At Teh Pissy's house, we met Tutut and his friend, Jawa. We finaly asked them to join our dinner at Suga Rush, and the're agree :) at 5pm we left Teh Pissy's house and at 6pm we arrived at Suga Rush and met Mae who's already waiting us right there, hihi. So here we are..

Actualy it's our late 'break fasting', and an ordinary dinner time. We ordered some delicious foods and beverages, and we ate it. Nothing special, until Jawa secretly made a flower by tissue paper and then gave it to me, SURPRISE! :") I was so shy, and all my friends teased me. ahhh.. Jawaaaa!! you're so unpredictable!! but thank you anyway :)

What an enchanting night, and I was happily blushing all the way home :")

David Gan's Farewell Party

Today, at Rooftop Cafe we celebrated the farewell party for our friend David Gan. He will go to Beijing (China) soon for student exchange. It's kinda sad to let him go but we know this is a good step for him :)

Farewell bro, hope we could see you again 2 years later, good luck and take care ^^

Giggle Hijabox ;)

Ga bisa dipungkiri lagi, dan gatau kenapa, tiap Ramadhan dateng, undangan acara kumpul-kumpul pun ikutan dateng bejibun, dari acara buka bareng sama temen kantor, temen maen, temen komunitas, temen kuliah, temen SMA, temen SMP, klo perlu temen SD sama TK pun reunian deh hahaha.. Bukannya banyakin ibadah, malah banyakin acara, ye ga? *tepok jidat* hahaha.. Padatnya jadwal yang ga seimbang sama keterbatasan waktu luang bikin gw harus memilah-milah, mana yg mau gw datengin mana yang ngga.. maaf klo rada pilih kasih yaa :( hihi..

11 Agustus 2012, acara bukber temen sekelas pas SMP bentrok sama bukber sahabat se-genk pas SMA, Punk Of Pink :p sempet dilema berat sih, tapi setelah ditimang timang bibit bebet bobot nya *apasih* akhirnya gw memilih buat ikut bukber sama POP, soalnya Ramadhan taun lalu rencana bukber kita batal dan yaaa mungkin inilah saatnya hihihi.. Oh ya, bukber kali ini Punk Of Pink minus Galih, tapi plus Shinta mantannya Nanda (nah loh bingung kan) hehe.. Fyi, Shinta, Sisy, dan Gw (dengan berat hati mengakui) sama-sama mantannya Nanda. Nah, siapakan Nanda? ahh forget about him.

*Ki-Ka : Shinta, Diana, Sisy, Gw*

Bukber kali ini bertemakan Hijabers, Diana sama Shinta yang kesehariannya ga pake hijab, pengen pake hijab pas bukberan kali ini, biar sama kyk gw en Sisy. (and guess what? mereka cantik banget loh pake hijab.. semoga setelah ini mereka berdua dapet hidayah buat patenin hijabnya yaa.. aamiin).

Kita janjian di Ciwalk sih jam 4, taunya pada ngaret semua.. Shinta nyampe duluan. Gw sama Sisy yang rumahnya paling deket sama Ciwalk baru berangkat sekitar jam 5an dari rumah, kita berdua kejebak macet dan baru nyampe Ciwalk jam 6 lebih :| dan Diana, entah dimana keberadaan dia.. hahaha..

Yak, finally, setelah bingung mau bukber dimana, akhirnya kita mutusin buat bukber di Giggle Box Ciwalk. Meskipun waiting list banget, tapi kita (tepatnya gw) teteup keukeuh mau makan disini. Akhirnya kita mutusin buat sholat maghrib dulu sambil nunggu waiting list nya.. Dan sampe kita udah dapet meja nomor 6 di Giggle Box pun, si Diana masih juga belum dateng.. *krik*.. Berhubung kita ber-3 udah kelaperan, kitapun order makanan duluan :p

Dan akhirnya setelah pesenan gw ma Sisy dateng, dateng pula lah si lady Diana ini hahaha.. dan dia pun order Nasi Goreng + minumnya entah apa, gw pun lupa foto pesenan Diana *tepok jidat* :))

Setelah waktu yang cukup singkat buat ngabisin semua makanan yummy ini, kitapun mengabadikan moment yang jarang ini dengan foto-foto.. Foto di BB buat ganti DP bbm (eksis ya bho..) dan foto di camdig gue pake self timer biar semuanya kefoto hahaha..

Ga puas berfoto-foto ria by camdic di giggle box, kita ke papyrus buat lanjut photobox..  mhihihi and here we are in the papyrus photobox! 2 sessions :| NARSIS AKUT!!!

Silaturahmi Rumah Kayu Fotografi

4 Agustus 2012, komunitas pencinta fotografi Rumah Kayu Fotografi ngadain gathering, workshop, hunting foto, sekaligus buka puasa bersama. Acara ini diadain di markas besar RKF, rumah milik keluarga Pak Fendi dan Bunda Vivera (pendiri RKF) yang bertepatan di Jl. Sarikaso No.31 Bandung.
Dari rumah unik inilah RKF dibentuk, dan kebetulan Sarikaso itu ga jauh dari rumah gw hihihi :)

Acara ini dimulai dari jam 3 sore sampe selesai. Gw sendiri berangkat kesini sehabis pulang kantor, bareng sama Teh Pisi. Janjian sama Tutut & Sandy di rumah gw, biar bisa kesana bareng-bareng. Sesampai disana, sebagian besar anggota RKF (yang sebelumnya confirmasi untuk hadir) udah ada di sana. Gw sama Teh Pisi yang masih anak baru *dan jarang ngepost foto di page RKF apalagi ikut hunting bareng* ngerasa krik krik banget hahaha.. Soalnya ini pertama kalinya kita ketemu mereka.. Kebanyakan dari mereka umurnya udah di atas 30 tahun, bahkan 40-50 tahun pun banyak.. Mereka udah pada berkeluarga, cuma sebagian kecil yang masih muda hihihi (termasuk gw). Dan yang gw kenal saat itu cuma temen temen keseharian gw aja (si Fiersa, David, Sandy, Tutut, Teh Pisi), sisanya cuma tau di dunia maya, bahkan ga begitu kenal, parahnya lagi banyak yang gw gatau sama sekali itu siapa hahaha.. Yah, selama ini gw cuma menikmati hasil karya fotografi mereka, tanpa begitu peduli mereka itu siapa, kenal pun cuma sebatas komen dan like foto di facebook, wajar pas ketemu jadi blah bloh sendiri :p

Acara yang cukup singkat tapi seru dan bermanfaat ini dimulai dengan pengenalan semua anggota RKF yang hadir, yap, satu per satu dari kami disuruh memperkenalkan diri.. ternyata banyak dari mereka yang dateng dari luar kota, ngebela-belain kesini cuma buat ikut gathering hihihi awesome! Perkenalan ini dilanjutin sama workshop dari pendiri RKF yaitu Pak Fendi. Dilanjutkan dengan pemutaran video video keren yang membahas seputar fotografi.

Berhubung hari semakin sore dan kita mau memanfaatkan cahaya matahari yang masih tersisa, workshop pun diistirahatkan dan kita semua mulai hunting foto sambil ngabuburit. Hunting fotonya ga jauh-jauh kok, cuma di halaman rumah kayu ini. Dan objeknya pun udah ditentuin dan disediakan sama panitia, yaitu "Penari". hihi yupp hunting kali ini dikhususkan untuk memotret tarian dan menyajikannya ke dalam sebuah gambar. Cukup sulit memang mendapatkan gambar yang baik, apalagi gw cuma pake digicam :| hahaha.. Ujung-ujungnya gw cuma motoin orang-orang yang lagi motoin orang :))

Dan akhirnyaaa.. azan maghrib pun berkumandang, semua kembali masuk ke rumah dan menyantap tajil dan yang udah disediain.. Sebagian besar anggota yang beragama islam melanjutkan dengan sholat magrib di lantai atas secara bergantian.. Dan sebagian lagi langsung melahap makanan besarnya :p Ada bakso, sushi, ayam goreng, dll.. Setelah selesai menyantap makanan, workshop dan pemutaran video video pun dilanjutkan lagi.. Kali ini plus debat mengenai fotografi.. (gw ga begitu menyimak karna sibuk dengan sushi) hahaha.. Dan akhirnya sekitar jam 8an gw, Fiersa, Sandy, Tutut, dan Teh Pisi mutusin buat cabut duluan, dikarenakan kita mau lanjut rapat 3Lines hihihi :)

Senang sekali bisa berkumpul dan berbuka puasa dengan orang-orang jenius dan kreatif seperti mereka, semoga gw bisa ikut berpartisipasi di hunting dan gathering selanjutnya yaaa ^^

From up here the city lights burn ♥

That night (still) at Ramadhan, 29th July 2012, we hung out at one of stargazing and citylights place in Bandung, it's called Moko, Cartil. Actually this place is more suitable for a romance date but eventho we go here with our friends it's still cool anyway :p

Started by Fiersa who was in his bad mood that day, and he asked his date, Tyas, and also Tutut, Teh Pisi, David, and Sandy to do 'stars photo hunting' at Moko. Teh Pisi asked me to join and ofcourse I was so invited. I thought it would be just us but I was wrong. Tutut asked his bestfriends in GPK, Tyo, Jawa, Gaang, and Dani to join. and Tyas asked her bestfriend too, Kobe, to join. So here we are :)

*Left to Right : Kobe, Gaang, Dani, Jawa, Sandy
Tutut, David, Tyo, Fiersa, Tyas, Me, Teh Pisi*

Our meeting point was at Teh Pisi's house at Buah Batu. We went to Moko at 9pm by riding Kobe's car, some of us riding their own motorcycle. Except Sandy who's going straight to Moko alone by his own car. It took an hard road to reach Moko, the hill is too steep and in the middle of the journey we need to get out from car and walk to the top. We're too heavy for Kobe's car to climb :| hahaha.. Well, our exhaustion was replaced by the beauty view we've got in Moko, it's kinda fun to be here with the view of stars and Bandung citylights, cold atmosphere, and some good friends.

We ordered some warm foods and hot beverages here, most of us bought noodles and hot coffee. It didn't take a long time to eat because we're so hungry and cold hahaha..

After fulfilled our hunger, some of us took pictures, Sandy and David were busy in hunting the stars. Me and Teh Pisi asked Tutut to take picture of us, and Jawa helped us to draw the lights hihihi.. Fiersa borrowed a guitar and sang with Tyas, they seemed enjoy that night, untill we all came to them and join the music, sang and dance together with 'em :p and then we're all sang together around the bonfire :)

We sang Cinta by Chrisye, Inikah Cinta by ME, Lucky by Jason Mraz, etc. And now everytime I hear those songs I remember about this moment. hihihi.. We sang along until the fire turned off, and at 2am we decided to back home.

What a night! Kinda miss this moment hihihi ♥

Revolvere Project - Tentang Kita

Meskipun udah vakum dari kegiatan band (karena semua bandnya udah pada bubar) alhamdulillah gue masih dikasih kesempatan buat berpartisipasi, meskipun sedikit, dalam pembuatan sebuah karya yang ada hubungannya dengan musik :) Kali ini gue diajakin sama temen gue, Fiersa, yang dulunya seband di Penny Lane, buat ngebantuin isi suara di proyek dia dan temen-temennya, namanya Revolvere Project.

Sekilas Tentang Revolvere Project:

Revolvere Project adalah sebuah project hibrida sastra-musik-visual menjadi sebuah bentuk kreatif yang baru. Project ini mengajak pembacanya berinteraksi dan menikmati sebuah karya melalui rasa, mata, dan telinga sekaligus. Project ini dibentuk oleh 3 orang hebat, cerdas, dan kreatif yaitu Fahd Djibran (penulis), Fiersa Besari (musisi), dan Futih Aljihadi (seniman visual) pada pertengahan bulan Agustus 2011. Revolvere Project selalu mengangkat tema-tema sederhana di keseharian namun mereka selalu berusaha menampilkan sudut pandang yang berbeda; untuk meninjau ulang maknanya.

Nah, kali ini gue dikasih kesempatan untuk ikut berkolaborasi di karya ke-3 mereka, "Tentang Kita". Melihat karya pertama mereka "Kau yang mengutuhkan Aku" dan karya kedua  "Apologia Untuk Sebuah Nama" yang mengagumkan itu, gue ga nolak dong diajakin ngisi suara di karya ke-3 mereka, suatu kebanggaan tersediri buat gue bisa sedikit berpartisipasi pada project kreatif mereka :)

28 Mei 2012, gue take suara buat ngisi bagian nyanyi + senandungnya di studio Fiersa (Tracking Away Studio). Bareng sama 1 cewe lagi yang ikut ngebantuin buat baca narasi singkatnya, namanya Muthiara.

Kata Fiersa, tema kali ini "gue banget"... gue jadi penasaran sama hasil akhir karya mereka kali ini. Sampai akhirnya sebulan kemudian karya merekapun jadi secara keseluruhan dan diupload di Youtube agar bisa dinikmati oleh orang-orang. dan setelah melihat hasilnya.. WOW! yes you were right fier.. :))

Buat kalian yang pengen tau karya mereka yang ke-3 ini, langsung aja check this video!

 Selamat menikmati :)