Kalo BT, jangan dipapasin ke orang laen.

Oke, gue janji bakalan cerita soal konsernya VAMPS, tapi itu ditunda dulu ya, belom sempet soalnya. Gue cuman mau curhat colongan, bentar kok, cepet.

Kalo orang lagi BT, itu wajar. Gue ngerti kok, gue juga sering BT sendiri. Tapi gue paling benci sama orang yang lagi BT, trus semua orang jadi di-BT-in sama dia. Jerk banget sih, BT-nya jadi nular tau nggak? Ada nih orang yang kalo udah BT, dia jadi rese abis. Semua orang dimusuhin sama dia hari itu, dicuekkin. Emangnya gue tiang? Tembok? Patung? Kambing congek? Gila ya lo... Gue juga punya rasa!

Hehe.. Gue brenti di situ dulu deh, gue ga mau nularin ke-BT-an gue yang disebabkan ke-BT-an orang ini ke elo-elo semua. Remember people, be nice to others :)

The most amazing 5 seconds in my life

I tend to do stupid things when I'm nervous.

There was a rumor that the VAMPS autograph session was only for the first 100 people, so I left four and a half hours early to get to the venue. I reached there exactly at 10 am (the session didn't start until 2 pm), and I was approximately the 50th person that got there.

When I looked around, everyone was in a Punk/Gothic attire. With only T-shirt and jeans, I seemed so out of place. They were all so full of VAMPS spirit: wearing VAMPS merchandise, purple and pink colored clothing, brass knuckles, etc. Some of them even colored their hair and nails hot pink and purple. I also saw people dressed up in Lolita style (full with the Rocking Horse shoes) and Kimono (complete with the wooden sandals). I really looked so plain compared to them! Hahahaha.... By the way, I saw two middle aged women wearing punk clothing too! Oh my gosh, I'm pretty sure they were around the same age as my mom ^^;;

With me looking so out of place, it was really hard to blend in with the crowds. I tried to start a conversation with two punk kids in front of me, but it didn't go that well. Finally I met this lady, Ms. JY, who was queuing up by herself, and she also dressed casually like I did. I started talking to her and we got along nicely =) Although she was pretty quiet and I was more chatty ^^;;

An hour before the session started, the line had gotten really long. And then something happened. There was this store that got blocked by the line. The owner got irritated or something, and she started to act like a staff member, telling us that we were lining up in the wrong place. She asked us to follow her, and we all stupidly believed her! Thinking back, I don't even know why we simply followed her lead (she didn't even wear a staff uniform, nor did she have any badge). Maybe we were hypnotized? Hehehe... Anyway. she left us confused in the middle, and the line got really messed up. Then we just realized that we were fooled! Dang it... Those people that were at the back became at the front of the line and vice versa. Guess what? I became the X hundredth person in line =( Of course all of us who came very early got really really mad, and things started to get out of hand. Then the Showbox staff came and sorted things out, and I regained my position as the fiftieth or so person in line xD

At long last it was two o'clock and we started moving inside. Oh my gosh, I got really really excited!!! I kept telling Ms. JY "Oh my gosh, I'm gonna meet HYDE, I'M GONNA MEET HYDE!!!" And you know what, my body started shaking out of the nervousness. Well, I had wanted to see him since nine years ago, and I finally got a chance to do so. Still lining up, I caught a glimpse of that familiar figure. I said to Ms. JY again, "Oh my gosh! It is HYDE! IT IS HYDE!!!!" The big security guard who stood close to me said, "Don't worry kid, I ain't going anywhere. Don't get too excited." I didn't really understand what he meant. Either he jokingly implied that I was going crazy for him (the security guy), or he thought I would get too excited to the point that I would kidnap HYDE. Hahahahaha...

In those few minutes, I rehearsed what I planned to do when I met HYDE: give him my VAMPS CD, watch him sign it, shake his hand while saying thank you, and then tell him "keep up the good work" with a big smile =)

And then my turn came. I gave the CD to the staff and he passed it in to KAZ. He signed my CD and slide it to HYDE, without even looking up =( He was gonna sign the next person's item, but I raised my hand right in front of his face (he was looking down, his head was really close to the table). Oops! Hehehe... I'm sorry for the rudeness, KAZ, but I really don't want to waste this opportunity =P I could tell he was a little surprised, but he still looked up to me and shook my hand while smiling. I said "thank you" and he said the same thing to me. KAZ was such a sweet person =)

Then I stepped in front of HYDE. It was dark so I couldn't really tell what he was wearing (or maybe I was just too nervous to pay attention). His hair was curly and he was as cute as ever. He signed my CD and shook my hand. I said "thank you" and then he said "thank you so much" while looking right into my eyes. May I repeat one more time, HE LOOKED AT ME RIGHT INTO MY EYES!!! OH MY GOD!!! The moment we had an eye contact, everything just went blur. HE IS EXTREMELY GORGEOUS!!! I don't really remember what happened after that, I think his gaze successfully numbed my entire brain. Hahaha... All I know is that I left without telling him to keep up the good work. And I stupidly touched the part of the CD with his signature on it when it wasn't dry yet, so his signature now had my fingerprint on it -__-;;

Speaking of which, I didn't really prepare anything to be given to HYDE or KAZ. I just thought they would get lots of letters that they wouldn't have the time to read mine. As for presents, they would probably be given to the staff members instead. I didn't even try to make any impression on him, he met a lot of people everyday so he wouldn't even remember me anyway. I think there were only two ways for a fan to be remembered: either by being extremely weird, or extremely pretty/attractive. One of the girls who lined up in front of me excitedly showed HYDE a "HYDE" word tattoo on her back. I heard him saying "oh cool", but after she left, he made a weird eye contact with a western-looking staff in front of him (maybe it was J?), the sort of eye contact that you made to your friend when someone did something weird in front of you both. I certainly didn't want to be remembered as a weird person, but no matter what I did, I knew there would still be people prettier or more attractive than me, so whatever. HYDE might not have a memory of me, but I will have a memory of him =) I don't know, maybe I'm getting old. For some reason I start to get more realistic than ever.

Alright, this is getting too long. I'll stop now and continue with the live story later. Stay tuned.

P.S. Sorry, no pics. The staff threatened that they would take our ticket and ban us from the concert if they saw us taking pictures.

Di kala matamu menipu

Pernah nggak suatu ketika mata lo menipu? Dulu gue pernah ada kejadian begini.

Gue punya temen cowok yang udah gue kenal agak lama, sampe gue tau sifat-sifatnya. Menurut gue dia orangnya baek, tapi sering juga dia agak rese. Mungkin buat orang laen gpp, tapi ke-rese-annya itu salah satu sifat yang nggak bisa gue tolerir. Trus dia juga bukan tipe gue banget, bukan tipe idaman, dan bukan juga tipe yang secara nggak sadar bisa gue suka (tau kan, kadang-kadang lo bilang idaman lo kayak gini, eh ternyata lo sukanya sama tipe yang jauh beda). Nah, karena itu buat gue dia hanya seorang temen.

Tapi pernah suatu hari gue ketemu dia dan entah kenapa mata gue lagi menipu. Hari itu kok dia keliatan atraktif banget ya? Wth? Padahal hari itu penampilan dia juga seperti biasa, pake kaos dan jeans doang. Hari itu pun gue jadi kalang kabut. Gue berusaha hindarin dia, takut gue jadi makin suka. Gue mikir, gue nggak mau suka sama dia!!! Kenapa? Karena dia bukan tipe gue. Hahahaha... Meski gue berusaha ngehindar, tapi mata gue selalu nangkep di manapun dia berada. Sial...

Hari itu pun berlalu, besoknya gue kebetulan ketemu dia lagi. Gue coba liatin dia. Huh, biasa aja tuh. Gue coba liatin dia lagi lebih lama. Huh, gue udah nggak deg-degan lagi. Gue coba mikirin dia. Hmmmm... Jelas banget bukan tipe gue. Ohhhh... Ternyata hari ini gue udah balik normal lagi. Di mata gue dia udah nggak atraktif lagi. Hore!!! (Lho? Gue juga nggak ngerti kenapa gue bisa segembira itu)

Intinya, hari itu mata gue lagi menipu. Hmmm... Mungkin gue lagi sakit mata kali ya waktu itu. Hehehehe...

HYDE, here I come!

I've wanted to make a post for quite sometime, but my computer is broken and so I didn't really have a chance to do so. I'm using someone else's computer at the moment so I can't write that long. I promise I'll tell you about the computer pretty soon, as I'm getting a new computer in a few days =)

With that being said, for now I'm just going to give a quick update. In a few hours I'm going to Seattle! I'm going to attend a VAMPS concert as planned. This is going to be my first time attending my favorite artist's concert, and it's HYDE no less. Add the autograph session opportunity, of course I'm super duper excited! There are a lot of uncertainties at the moment, I'm a little worried but hopefully everything will be fine. I'll let you know how it goes. Wish me luck! =D

Tipe-tipe orang komputer (menurut pengamatan gue)

Sebelom baca, gue cuman mau ngingetin. Hasil pengamatan gue ini nggak 100% bener, soalnya obyeknya cuman orang-orang di sekitar sini doang. Kalo dibandingin sama orang-orang di seluruh dunia, tentu aja mereka cuman sepersekian persen dari populasi semua orang di bumi ini.

Beberapa waktu lalu, gue pergi ke seminar perkomputeran. Setelah gue perhatiin (dari seminar yang itu dan seminar-seminar laen yang dulu gue datengin), ada empat macem tipe orang-orang yang dateng ke sini: tipe geek (15%), tipe plain (44%), tipe berantakan (25%), dan tipe metal (15%).

Tipe geek tentu aja seperti geek-geek yang lo liat di film-film. Mereka pake kacamata super tebel, celana tinggi banget ala jojon, dan rambutnya rapi klimis. Biasanya, orang-orang yang ahli di bidang perkomputeran stereotipikalnya orang-orang macem ini. Aslinya, nggak banyak kok orang-orang komputer model begini.

Tipe plain itu model-model yang pake baju kasual tiap hari (jeans + kaos). Yang cewek biasanya nggak dandan. Tipe plain ini adalah yang paling banyak gue liat. Gue sendiri juga termasuk dalem kategori ini. Tiap hari pake celana dan kaos (kemeja kalo di kantor). Ummm... oke kadang-kadang gue dandan, tapi cuman kalo lagi niat doang, bisa diitung kira-kira cuman empat kali dalem sebulan.

Tipe berantakan biasanya pake baju kasual juga, tapi ukuran bajunya yang gombrong-gombrong (gede banget, lebih gede dari badannya). Trus rambutnya gondrong tapi kayak nggak pernah disisir dan berantakan ke mana-mana. Mereka biasanya nggak cukur kumis sama jenggot, jadinya lebaaaaaaat banget kayak sinterklas.

Kalo yang tipe metal, mereka biasanya keliatan sangar. Pake anting banyak banget, pake rante di celananya, rambutnya gondrong atau cepak yang ada jambulnya. Kalo dipikir-pikir lagi mungkin mereka cenderung ke arah gothic, soalnya warna baju dan dandanan mereka biasanya item-item.

Jarang banget gue liat ada orang ahli komputer yang trendi / metroseksual dan ngikutin trend busana terbaru. Paling cuman tiga-empat biji dari sekian ratus orang. Makanya gue cuman kasih 1% untuk orang-orang macem ini.

Heran gue, hasil pengamatan ini cuma berlaku di daerah sini doang atau di tempat-tempat laen juga ya? Menurut pengamatan lo, apa pendapat lo soal penampilan orang-orang yang sehari-harinya kerja/sekolah/hobi di bidang komputer?

NB: Meski penampilan mereka beda-beda, kemampuan dan otak mereka sama intinya: CEMERLANG sekali boooo!!! :)

Obento!

I haven't posted any recipes for quite a while, and that's because I am too lazy to cook nowadays. Whenever I'm out of food, I just order a take out. Of course, it doubles my food spending -__-;;

That's why I was kinda shocked when I had the desire to cook this evening. For some reason, I felt like making a bento. Yes, BENTO, a boxed lunch in which there are multiple kinds of food, complete with the vegetables no less (I usually just cooked rice and one type of meat).

Here is the result of the sudden-cooking-soul-appearance (it's not pretty but it's a good start) ^^


Rice, Tamagoyaki, Chicken Katsu, and Stir-Fried Vegetables

And here is how to make them (I don't really have the exact measurement since I usually just estimate the ingredients and the spices until it tastes good).

Rice:

1. Cook the rice as usual.


2. Put some furikake on top.

Tamagoyaki (Sweet and Plain):

1. Beat an egg with a little salt and some sugar.


2. Fry it.


3. Fold it into a roll.


4. Cut the roll.

** You can make different kinds of tamagoyaki by mixing the egg with dashi or some other toppings. Maybe I'll try this some other time.

Chicken Katsu:

1. Beat an egg in a bowl.


2. Dip the chicken into the bowl of egg.


3. Bread the chicken with some panko crumbs (Japanese bread crumbs).


4. Deep fry the chicken until golden in color.


5. Cut it into long narrow pieces.


6. Add some Tonkatsu sauce on top of it.

** I don't really like deep frying stuff because it's a waste of oil. I managed to cook it by pan-frying the chicken =P
** I don't have Tonkatsu sauce so I just use Unagi sauce. Some other people use Japanese Mayo instead. You don't really have to put any sauce if you don't want to.

Stir-Fried Vegetables:

1. Cut some carrots, zucchini squashes, mushrooms, and onions.


2. Stir fry the onion first until it smells good, then add the other ingredients.


3. Add some water, oyster sauce, sweet soy sauce, soy sauce, garlic powder, salt, and white pepper.


4. Cook until the vegetables are soft enough.

Death Note Marathon

For me, a good fiction is something that will leave a deep impression upon me even after I finished watching or reading it. The last time it happened, it was around the end of last year after I read several chapters of NANA manga. I couldn't stop thinking about it to the point that I made a post to analyze the storyline. This past weekend though, my boyfriend and I had a Death Note movies marathon. I guess it happened again, I was too impressed by the movies and now I can't take my mind out of it xD

The first and the second movies, Death Note and Death Note II: the Last name, were based on the Death Note manga. I haven't finished reading the manga, but I can tell that there were some differences between the manga and the movie. I guess the movie was made different in order to tell the storyline more effectively and to dramatize it even more. To rate the storyline, I will give an A+ since it was so puzzling and captivating. You can't guess what's gonna happen next and it makes you wanting to know more and more.

UPDATE: The movies were unpredictable and kept me in suspense because I had never read the manga or watched the anime before. If you have done either one or both of them, it might not be that exciting for you anymore since you would have known the outcome of the story.

I had never read the manga before I watched the movies, so I wasn't sure if it was going to be good. I only knew what my friend roughly told me, it was about a book to kill people. It sounded like a horror story to me, so I was never interested in watching it. The library close to where my boyfriend lived just happened to have the movies, I decided to give it a try. I asked my boyfriend to watch it with me just in case it was really a horror movie (not that it would really make any differences whether I was watching it alone or with him, oh well... xD) Anyway, even for both of us who didn't know anything about it, I think the director did a good job in introducing the characters and telling the story.

About the main character, most of the times I thought of Kira as this crazy psycho guy, but there were other times I was amazed by his intelligence. I often thought, "This guy is smart! What will he do next?" or even "What?! What is he thinking? I don't understand him at all" It was kinda sad though when Kira was captured. Not because I was a supporter of him, but because I could empathize with the people around him. These people trusted him so much, but they were left disappointed when everything was revealed. The last scene in the second movie really drew out the sadness ;_;

About the other characters, L gave me the impression of a creepy guy. Hahaha... The way he sat, the way he picked up a phone, the way he stood, the way he ate sweets, they were all so creepy. My boyfriend and I kept laughing at his eccentric behaviors. Hahaha... Of course I also often thought "Man, this guy is also smart! What will he do next?" and something like "Who's gonna win? Is it him, or Kira?" In any case, my favorite character is not either Kira or L. It's Ryuk! His appearance was scary, but a devil that screamed "Eeeeeeeee????", now that was funny! There were his other antics that were so funny and refreshing, by the end of the first movie, I was already fond of his character. Hahaha...

The third movie, L change the WorLd, was not based on the manga (at least that's what I think), but it was using several pieces out of the manga, such as Naomi's case and the name Near. My boyfriend did not like this movie as much as the first and the second ones because this one is more predictable, but I really like it a lot! It showed L's emotions that were more humane: feeling anxious waiting for 'the time' to come, confused over what to do when he suddenly had to babysit a boy, and the feelings of care that he developed for the little kids, etc. I must say that Matsuyama Kenichi portrayed the character really well. Oh, before I forget, I should point out that there were more humor in this movie! No matter what, I definitely recommend this movie as well. It's not necessary to watch the first two Death Note movies before watching this, but it will be more interesting if you do.

After watching L change the WorLd, I became a fan of L too. Hahaha... I guess after watching those unknown sides of him, it was more easy to empathize with him (and to erase those creepy feelings that I sensed out of him). Now that I think about it, I think it was this movie that left a deep impression on me, particularly the last scene. I kept thinking about the Death Note storyline and characters, and now I have started reading the manga as well. So then, was it L that made me intrigued to read the manga? Oh dear... xD