Official Fanclub??

Double post!
Hehehehehe...

I am thinking about making a post about an official fan club since a long time ago, but because this is also a new thing to me, so i will try to explain this to you now. I actually just apply and become an official fanclub of some of my bias group recently, so yeah, i also new about this.

When i was still in Indonesia, i don't freaking care about this. I don't even know what Cafe Daum is. For you who still don't know what Cafe Daum is, go and google it! Just kidding. Basically, all entertainment company share the information about their idol in Cafe Daum. Or Daum Cafe? Oh what ever it is. This place is kinda blog, where company and fans can communicate and share an information. To make it simple, cafe daum is my life saver. But, its all in Korean. Except for JYP entertainment, i followed Got7 and 2PM cafe daum, and they have a very good bilingual information. But for VIXX and Infinite... em, don't even hope.

So, to be able to open your idol bias cafe daum you need to first of all create a Daum ID. Search for some tutorial in google, cause i am not gonna provide that. I am only gonna explain the official fan club.

If you following the idol cafe daum, its not automatically you become an official fanclub member (just like what i thought at the beginning). This official fanclub membership application period only will be open in some certain period so you need to be aware of it. The information about when you can apply will be posted in the cafe daum, or you can wait until fanbased master-nim provide an information about it.

What is the benefit then?
Well, if you are living in Korea, you have so many benefit, like a first priority to the music show, access to the all information in fancafe, sometimes, free showcase ticket. They also conduct some special events only for the official fanclub member. You also will have some priority to buy a concert ticket in Korea.

But if you live overseas, its only a great card with your name on it, also some merchandise, but, if you a real fans, you will feel proud to be the official one wherever you are, right?

How to buy it?

Some huge company like JYP entertainment, Cube entertainment, and Woollim Entertainment (this is what i know, but maybe the other do it to) use interpark. This is the easiest one, because we have a global interpark for international fans, or foreigner living in Korea who are not speaking any Korean. But for VIXX official fanclub, they are using Auction, which are a bit confusing and become a pain in the ass for some international fans.

How much is it cost?

Mostly around 18.000 to 25.000 KRW, never know any official fanclub which more expensive than 25.000 KRW.

So, thats it! I hope this post can help you understand what is the official fanclub really is. Because for me its also a bit confusing and complicated at first, why some people are official and some not. So if you have a question, just ask me. In English or Indonesian, either is fine for me.

Pyeong!!

Falling in Love with Autumn Ever Again

Hello,

Super freezing winter is finally come to Seoul and take away my super beautiful Autumn. Its kinda sad, but earth need to rotating and the season need to change. Time to let it go.

I am falling in love with Autumn at the first sight. My first Autumn last year was a blast. As an Indonesian, i never know that the trees can change its color and be this beautiful. I never know that the wind can be so cold but it makes me calm. I never know that the falling leaves can heal your soul. I never know.

BUT! Autumn in Korea is not just about the changing weather and trees color for me. Its about the time to explore.

I will list some reasons why i really freaking love Autumn in Korea.

Its the Time to Visit Nami Island

You don't know about Nami Island? Oh really? Go and search it! This island is not practically island. Its located in the middle of the lake in Chuncheon Province. Not even Seoul. Its about an hour or two from Seoul. This island is getting popular because of the Winter Sonata. The drama filming in this island, i didn't watched the drama tho, but they said, they said. 

If you want to see the Korean version of Autumn, go to Nami Island. This place have every trees color, have a beautiful scenery. You can rent a bicycle and cycling around the island. To tired? Bring your own mat and food, do picnic. Forgot to bring a food? Just buy it there or get lucky enough (like me) to have some random people sharing their food with you.

 

Red color trees~

 

Look at those beautiful falling leaves :)

  

Yellow~

 

I can't asked more, the yellow leaves just the gorgeous one!

 

Oh i also met this little fellows in Nami Island :D

Second, Its a Good Time for Walking

I love love love walking! But i can't walk a lot when i was in Indonesia, its too hot, and i will all sweaty after just 10mins walk, and the pollution is no joke either. Right? But in Autumn, you can walking alone with your ipod playing your fave music while enjoying the cool breeze and beautiful scenery around. Why not? 

I used to walk to school in Autumn, cause my school is the best during Autumn. Also try to walk in Children's Grand Park. BEST! 

And its the beginning of the new semester!

New semester, new friends, new activities. Actually in every beginning of semester Indonesian student organization here also have a meet up. Its always fun to meet my fellow Indonesian friends. Also we have MT and opening party and IR party hoaaaaah who can resist a free food?!

Festival, once again FESTIVAL! Comeback! Concert!

Em, well, this might be a good reason for all KPOP fans out there to love Autumn in Korea. Festival my friends, what i mean here is the FREE festival. Oh yeah! Autumn is the right time for some free university festival, free regional festival, even free even festival with idols everywhere~

How about the comeback? Well, major huge idol made their comeback at the end of Summer to Autumn, they are freaking everywhere! There is a time when i was walking from cityhall and about to go to Cheonggyecheon river to read some books, and at that time i saw 4 stages. Not even one, and not two, its four! And it ends up i watched BTS, BTOB, T-Ara, IU, and more at that day.

 

JYJ at Gangnam Festival

 

JYJ for free sis!

Concert, hmmm... 

I miss almost every concert this Autumn tho, due to my packed schedule and crazy school. But still, Summer to Autumn, heaven of concert!

Rather of all those things above, there are still a lot of good reasons to fall in love with Autumn in Korea. For me, its mostly because of the very friendly temperature (about 10-18c) that makes your mood very good and your body very light.

Whats your opinion about Autumn in Korea?

Me?

LOVE IT!

[super late post] One Great Step Returns Seoul

I know..

Its been a really long time since One Great Step Return. I was watched the last day concert with my friends, i think its early March. March 1 if i am not mistaken. What i want to share here is the system and everything. Because this is the first time ever for me to watch a concert in standing area in Korea, so the system is a little bit different with what i experienced before in VIXX Milky Way Showcase.

So, lets the story begin.

A day before the concert, my friends and i visit the venue to 'hunt' a fans merchandise from the fanbased. The venue located in Olympic Park, and from the subway station exit, i can already seen the crowd. At first i was confused because the venue building is still quite far from the subway station, but why so many people there. It turns out that people are waiting for fanbased merchandise. The line was no joke. More than hundred people waiting in one line for one fanbased and there are more than 10 fanbased, so yeah you can imagine. 

 

Fanbased merchandise line!

 

 So, i got this! Thanks to all fanbased master-nim :)

  

At the concert day, i come just in time. Not early. Because from what i saw in our ticket, they already give us the line number. But actually i am still a little bit confused about this system. I was curious about how the system works. Because in Indonesia, we don't use this system. We use first come first serve basis which cause people to wait from early in the morning or even spending night in the line.

 

My gate

I check the gate and there still no people there. My friends and i got confused until we asked the staff with our broken and limited korean. The staff was really nice, she told me that i should get my bracelet in the counter first and then waiting until the time when the staff there will raise the line number. So okay. First step, show your ticket to the counter and asked for bracelet. Done. After that we are waiting for the staff until at the certain time they raise the board with the line number (you can see from the photo below). 

 

I hope you can see the board with line number there~

Basically, what we have to do is waiting in the line, in front of our board number line. You need to asked people which number they have to know where you should stand. My friends and i are not in the same place, so we got separated, but we still in the same section. 

I wait in the line for about 15 minutes (yes that fast) and the they let us in, we get in still in the line. And i am really adore how staff manage the audience even until we get into our place inside the venue. Its daebak! I don't know how to explain this, but they set up the line from the rope and make people fill the front side first and then they will move the line slowly to the back so that people can fill the space. How cool is that? Well, Indonesian concert management, you'd better learn from them.

 

I am this close to the main stage (its not zoom mode)

 

 

And this close to the walkway stage (only one person in front of me)

Actually i can't take a pic in the venue, but they let me go this time cause the show was not start yet haha. So, i am this close to the stage. And the stage is quite low compare to more-than-2m-stage in Indonesia. So yeaaah, when hoya sit on the stage in front of me, i can see his face clearly hahaha.

How about the show?

Infinite is always something on the stage! Their fan service, their singing ability (oh all the sing was live tho, they don't use AR and MR, they use live band and it was DOPE!), and of course their dancing. D A E B A K!

I can't complain anything about the show. It was dope dope dope. The lighting, the costume, the stage, anything, it was great. But, if i have to complain, it will be about the crowd. The crowd was CRAZY!! I swear with my friends that we will never ever watch Infinite concert in standing area ever again. My body was sore after the concert. My friends directly fall to the ground because of she have no energy left. 

People are extremely pushing around and it really hurts me. They are pushing me to the front until i push the cage, i don't know how i end up in the really front row, i don't even know where the hell is the girl who was in front of me before. They hit people, the crowd, some girl use my shoulder to support their body and its freaking hurt. After the concert i found that some part of my hands and shoulder turn blue. Shit.

But still, i enjoy the concert from the beginning till the end. D O P E!

Soooooo, thats it my OGS Return experience. I will update my blog again in the near time soon about the Dream Concert, VIXX MNet Open Studio, Got7 showcase, and Infinite MBC pre-recording and mini fan meeting. Wait for it, arachi?

Love from Seoul,

falenoo

Because Summer Break is Finally Here

Maybe i will flood my blog with lots of post since i have nothing to do for 2 or 3 weeks until i back home. So prepare hahahahaha~

Video Tour of My New One Room Studio

Hello guys, 

Finally Summer break is coming and i am really exited yeaaaay!!

So, i made a small video tour of my oneroom studio, because i really want to show you guys how one room studio in Korea looks a like.

Actually this is not the only type of one room studio. Mine is medium size, with kitchen and bathroom on it. I have to pay for electricity and gas separately but the monthly rent include the internet, water, and maintenance bill. So i don't have to pay it by my self. This room come with small amount of deposit money cause i really don't want to put lots of money there.

This room is located just in front of my school and yeah, a bit expensive because of the location and also this place is just in front of the bus stop and 5mins walk to subway station, so yeah you know why this room is quite pricey.

Enjoy the video guys. Oh i am really sorry its kinda blurry cause i film it just now in the night and it lack of light i guess. 

  

I hope this video can help to bring a little bit of picture about what one room in Korea look a like. If you have any questions or confused of something, don't hesitate to put your questions and comments down below and i will be very happy to help you.

Love from Seoul,
Falenoo.

My Spring KPOP Playlist

Spring is finally, FINALLY coming here to Seoul. After all the suffering from minus degree, Spring is here everyone!!

Well, Spring is always the time for sweet and romantic song, everywhere, even in KPOP industries. So, here is my playlist to accompany me through the cold and warm spring day. Some of it are not a new song, but still, it give a Spring vibe on it (well at least for me).

BTS (Bangtan Boys) - Just One Day (Haruman)

This song........ You guys can check the translation of this song at google, and its damn sweet. Never be a fans of BTS before this song, but now... i don't know, maybe, who knows hahaha.

Royal Pirates - Drawing The Line (English Version)

Besides CNBlue and FTIsland, there is a new band not an idol group in KPOP industry, here they are, The Royal Pirates yuhuuuuuuu~

This song comes out early this year, still in winter, but i really really love this song. You should check the english version of this song, its perfects. Three of them can speak in English fluently sooooo, yeah their English lyrics 100% make sense.

Akdong Musician (AKMU) - 200%

You should SHOULD listen to this song, the melody, the rap part, the vocal, the lyrics, everything is perfects! And the fact that they produce their album by themselves and they are really young just makes me proud. Go go AKMU :)

Eric Nam (ft. Hoya of Infinite) - Ooh Ooh

No, its not because there is Hoya on it, no. But this song... perfect for walking. Its something new for Eric Nam i think, he suppose to be sing a ballad song in the past right??

2NE1 - Happy

You can see from the title hahahaha, its happy! The song is not really 2NE1 for me, but still its sweet and good to hear such a sweet song in Spring time.

Toheart - Delicious

Besides two of them are my favorite from two of my favorite group, the song it self is very fresh and really easy listening. And you should check out the funny yet adorable MV of this song. Love it!

Soyou and Jung Gigo - Some

This song is really something in Korea. This song is literally everywhere, in every store, every cafe, every restaurant, and even in my school radio. The sweet sweet tunes of Spring indeed.

There is some other songs in my playlist actually such as VIXX Love Letter, and Thank You for Being Born, and GOT7 I Like You, but yeaaaaaah if i continue this, the list will going on and on hehehe.

Soooooo, i hope you enjoy your Spring with the lovely song. Chaoooooo~

Ps: All of the video are not mine, credits to youtube and their company.

Arirang TV dan Simply KPOP

Ini juga salah satu postingan yang tersangkut di draft selama lebih dari satu bulan. Mianhaeyo.

Untuk para foreigner yang tinggal di Seoul atau sekedar mengunjungi Seoul, gak ada salahnya untuk coba-coba daftar untuk nonton artis kesayangan di Simply KPOP. Menurut gue, ini yang paling mudah dan paling ramah dengan foreigner, secara Arirang bukan TV nasional tapi lebih ke semacam TV international dimana channelnya ditayangkan di TV seluruh dunia bahkan di Indonesia kan?

Caranya mudah, cukup daftar bikin member di website Arirang lalu pantengin bagian Simply KPOP. Simply KPOP gak recording setiap minggu, mungkin 2 minggu atau 3 minggu sekali. Sistemnya pre-recording dan sekali pre-record biasanya nyetok untuk 2-3 minggu. Jadi jangan sampai kelewatan jadwal pre-recording artis favoritmu. Pre recordingnya sendiri berlangsung di hari senin, dari pagi sampe sore dengan sesi yang berbeda-beda. Kita boleh kok daftar 4 sesi sekaligus, dan itu ternyata possible untuk dilakukan.

Kalau kamu terpilih, hari Minggu malam biasanya kita akan di email tentang jam berapa harus kumpul dan bagaimana cara ke gedung arirang. Saran gue, berangkat lebih awal, soalnya Subway ke arah gedung arirang ini selalu penuh bahkan mau bergerak aja ga bisa di pagi hari. Beberapa orang bilang akhirnya dia turun 2 atau 3 station setelahnya terus naik ke arah sebaliknya demi bisa turun di station itu.

Gue sendiri udah 2 kali nonton per-recording Simply Kpop untuk 4 artis yang berbeda. VIXX untuk jaman Thank You For Being Born, lalu BTOB Beep Beep dan BAP Angel (diwaktu yang bersamaan), terus setelahnya masih di hari yang sama dengan nonton BTOB dan BAP yaitu CNBlue Can't Stop. Di postingan ini gue akan meceritakan pengalaman gue, dari yang spesifik sampe yang general.

Jadi kronologisnya gini..

Datanglah lebih awal dari waktu yang ditentukan dan tunggu di depan pintu Arirang yang tepatnya disebelah KEB Bank. Kita dilarang masuk ke Lobby. Karena? Karena idol suka lewat-lewat di Lobby hehehe~

Gue pernah melakukan kesalahan konyol waktu pertama kali nonton Simply KPOP, yaitu gue nunggu di Lobby dan karena kesalahpahaman gue dan satpam, si satpam nyuruh gue masuk ke ruang ganti artis. MEN. Dan saat gue pegang handle, gue diteriakin sama staff Simply Kpop hahahaha~ coba udah sempet buka pintu yah, langsung buru-buru masuk dan ga mau keluar lagi.

Nanti kalo di depan pintu ada barisan, jangan ikutan. Kecuali kamu menang dari fanbase. Kalau kamu menang dari website, kalau bisa ngumpul aja sama foreigner2 disana, tanya aja mereka menang dari web juga apa ngga. Sampe pada akhirnya bakalan ada staff yang keluar bawa daftar nama kita. Kita cukup laporan, nanti staff itu bakalan nyuruh semua yang menang dari web untuk buat barisan sendiri.

Nah disini yang paling menyenangkan dan selalu bikin orang pada gondok dan iri. Kita yang menang dari website pasti dibolehin masuk lebih dulu. Jadi kita bakalan ditarok di depan barisan yang dari fanbase. Dan ini berarti kita pasti banget duduk di paling depan dan paling bawah.

Yaudah setelah dari sini tinggal ikutin perintah (bahasa tubuh) dari staff Arirang aja.

Untuk diingat!!
Segala bentuk rekaman (suara maupun video) dan mengambil foto di dalam studio itu dilarang keras. Walaupun di Arirang masih agak santai, kita pake HP untuk sms atau telpon masih dimaafin. Tapi kalau sampe ketauan ada yang ambil gambar atau ngerekam, efeknya bisa kena ke semua orang dan ke artisnya dan ke kondisi rekaman kedepannya. Harap dipatuhi ya :)

Tapi kalau kamu apply untuk dua atau tiga pre-recording... Its a hard job to do. Karena kamu bakalan diusir keluar dulu dan antri lagi. Paling bahaya kalo pre-recording sebelomnya ngaret dan pas kita keluar yang pre-recording berikutnya udah antri dan udah di cek namanya. Gue pernah ngeliat ada yg diusir karena usaha masuk. Jadi berhati-hatilah dan ikutin peraturan yang ada. Kalau staff bilang ngga bisa, coba nego sedikit, tapi kalo tetep ga bisa, yaudah let it go.

Pernah ada kejadian, ada 2 cewek yang namanya ga ada di daftar maksa masuk dan berdebat sama staff. Sampe akhirnya staff manggil satpam dan 2 cewek ini diusir satpam. Soooooo... you'd better follow the rules. Karena sebenernya asli staff Arirang ini yang paling baik, friendly, dan ramah ke fans. Bahkan kadang suka becandaan (karena si staff udah cukup sering ngeliat gue dan beberapa orang).

How to Apply for the Ticket?
Gue follow akun twitter simply kpop (@_Simplykpop) supaya dapet update-update tentang kapan dan siapa aja artis yang akan pre-recording di simply kpop, jadi begitu ada notice biasanya gue langsung daftar. Dulu setiap daftar kita bisa request mau berapa tiket, tapi sekarang satu nama cuma bisa satu tiket. Nah abis daftar gue akan menunggu datangnya email konfirmasi di Minggu siang. Lagi-lagi bisa liat di twitter, biasanya dia kasih tau kalau udah email orang-orang yang dapet tiket. Kalau ga dapet email, berarti kita belum terpilih. Sebenernya selain daftar di website arirang, biasanya fanbase juga dapet jatah. Banyaknya jatah itu tergantung berapa artis yang pre-recording. Contohnya waktu VIXX dan CNBlue, mereka jadwal pre-recordingnya sendirian, jadi fanbase dapet 100 kursi plus 20 kursi untuk yang daftar di arirang. Beda cerita sama pas BTOB dan BAP, karena mereka sharing pre-recording, jadi jatahnya 50 untuk Baby dan 50 untuk melody plus 20 orang yang daftar melalui arirang.

I wish you luck for applying and have a very great experience with Arirang Simply Kpop. I hope this post is helpful for you. If you have any questions, just drop in the comment bellow.

Chaoooo~

I Move Out YEAH!!

H E L L O !!

First, i am changing my blog style yuhuuuu~ I need something fresh for my blog. And this is it, i'll let you explore my new home. My own home. Well, i am rent it hehe.

Jadi seperti yang sudah gue katakan dipostingan sebelumnya, bahwa sekarang gue udah gak tinggal di dorm (oh yeah) dan ini gue rasa adalah keputusan yang paling tepat buat gue. Katanya sih setelah move out, 3 minggu kuliah ini muka gue segeran, karena cukup tidur. Yeheee~

Proses pindah ini cukup sulit dan bikin frustasi. Karena jujur aja, pas balik ke Seoul, gue homeless. Bener-bener gak punya tempat tinggal. Barang semua kesebar sana-sini. Sebagian di gudang dorm, sebagian di tempat Felis, sebagian di tempat Loise, sebagian di kamarnya Weiyao. Gue? Tinggal di Guest House. Akhirnya gue cari sana-sini, ngehubungin dari craiglist, sampe akhirnya karena udah putus asa, gue pake agen. Dan alhamdulillah dapetlah kamar ini.

Kamarnya luas, alhamdulillah, ada dapurnya, alhamdulillah, ada mesin cuci ac heater kulkas, alhamdulillah hehe. Dan yang paling penting lokasinya. Dari jendela kamar aja grebang kampus keliatan booooo~ ga ada alasan lagi untuk malas kuliah.

So, here is the sneak peak of my new room..

Ini pintu masuk sama rak sepatu. Ini foto diambil pas hari ke-2 pindahan, masih belim ketata barang-barangnya. Kalo sekarang diatas lemari ini ada buku-buku kuliah (tapi rapih loh), CD, sama frame foto dari temen-temen.

Kira-kira kalo dari pintu masuk, langsung kayak gini yang keliatan, luas yah. Aku terharu :')

Lemari, dan kulkas super extra gede banget yang sekarang isinya aer sama susu doang. Hahaha. Ngga deng, ada telor ada sayur ada tahu ada ttok ada keju, pokoknya semua bisa dimasukin kesini secara dia gede banget.

Lihatlah meja belajar masih kayak kapal pecah. Kalo sekarang syudah rapih soalnya udah beli segala laci sama box-box dan pembatas buku. Ini sekarang bener-bener jadi comfort zone dimana kalo udah diem laptopan disini rasanya ga mau pindahin pantat.

Ini dia faktor pendukung segala bentuk kenaikan berat badan hahahaha. My tiny little comfy kitchen. Biar dikata tidur ngadep dapur, tapi aku cinta. Pintu yg sebelah kiri itu kamar mandi, sementara yang kanan mesin cuci sama tempat jemur. Tapi mohon maaf ga bisa dikasih liat karena penuh sama jemuran ehem pakean ehem dalem ehem ehem.

Ini toilet kecil imut ala korea haha. Dimana-mana pasti kamar mandinya imut-imut begini. Tapi cukuplah, wong cuma untuk nongkrong sama mandi. Tapi musim begini kebanyakan cuma dipake buat cuci muka (heyaaa ketauan joroknya).

That's it. Inilah kamar simple yang bakalan gue tempatin sampe lulus. Udah bayar kontrak untuk 1,5 tahun kedepan sampe September 2015. Alhamdulillah udah betah udah PW banget, ga mau kalo disuruh pindah.

Lebih betah lagi karena strategis tempatnya. Pas di depan gang Officetell ini ada halte bus, dikirinya Caffe Bene sama 7eleven, lalu dikanannya resto ayam Chimek Chimek everyone haha sama resto india, dan disebelahnya ada Ediya Coffee. Di seberang jalan ada CoffeeBreak dan CU minimarket. Kurang bahagia apa hidup gue?? Di belakang Caffe Bene alias pas di seberang Officetel ada Sogang Language Program buat anak TK unyu~

Yup mungkin ini aja yang bisa gue sampaikan tentang kamar baru gue. Kalo datang ke Seoul jangan lupa kunjungi gue yah :)

Updating My Life in Seoul

Hello..

I am really sorry for not updating so much. I am still in the middle of adapting my self to Seoul life for once again. Because i have so much different things (from the first semester) to do.

So, this post will a little bit update you about my life now in Seoul.

1. I am Moving Out from the Deadly Dorm

Ini maaf agak berlebihan hahaha. Gak deadly sih cuma, yah... you know. Akhirnya setelah penderitaan selama 4 bulan, gak bisa tidur, gondok-gondokan gegara kamar kotor, floor meeting tengah malem, masak cuma bisa pake microwave, nyuci bayar, makanan babi melulu, dan lain sebagainya, gue dengan saran dari papa mama memutuskan untuk pindah. 

And now... i am free as a bird yeaaah! Living alone is not that bad. Since i am used to it (3 years living alone in Bandung yeaaa~). I have my own personal space and i can do anything. I have my own fridge, little kitchen, washing machine, and of course toilet. Now, if one of my friends or family come to Seoul, they can stay in my room, yeeeeey!! 

So, i am not updating this blog so much because i am very busy moving and filling my new room for the past 3 weeks. I'll do one separated post about my new room in the future. Please looking forward!

2. I Took 4 Classes this Semester

Yes i am. Semester kemaren gue ngambil 3 kelas dan sangat berasa emmmm.. gabut. Akhirnya semester ini ngambil 4 kelas, dan gue baru sadar sampe abis gue harus selalu ambil 4 kelas setiap semesternya (haaah). Emang belom terlalu berasa sibuknya sih, secara baru 2 minggu emang kuliahnya, tapi in the future, gue yakin bakalan sibuk banget kayak anak S2 pada umumnya. 

Semester kemaren gue kosong hari Kamis dan Jumat yang bikin gue gabut keterlaluan. Semester ini gue kosong di hari senin (nyamain jadwal Simply Kpop hahaha ngga deng, kebetulan aja) yang artinya gue tetep punya weekend yang lebih panjang. Jadi insyaallah bisa bertahan hidup lah semester ini. 

Selain itu dari 4 kelas, 2 kelas ga ada UTS dan UAS, terus hanya 2 kelas yang harus bikin Summary, jadi insyaallah semua lancar dan beasiswa bertambah ga kena potong hehe.

3. I am Volunteering

Not really volunteering sih, tapi gue menjadi bagian dari pengurus Universitas Terbuka Korea Selatan dan sedang mencoba untuk bener-bener kontribusi. Selama ini gue merasa gabut dan suka ignorance terhadap email yang masuk dan kerjaan-kerjaannya, sekarang gue mau belajar bertanggung jawab.

4. I am Trying to be Close with Other Indonesian

Lagi getol ikutan acara-acaranya Perpika, kata salah satu temen di Perpika, kalau bisa jalin relasi sebanyak mungkin. Paling ngga bikin orang-orang disini tau kalo kita itu ada, soalnya kalo ada apa-apa pasti orang pertama yang kita cari ya orang dari negara kita sendiri. Iya gak?

5. I am Trying to Enjoying Everything Here

Dengan kata lain gue lagi hobi main. Sama temen kuliah lah, sama Debby lah, sama Felis lah, sama siapapun. Gue mau berusaha nikmatin Seoul, Seoul bukan hanya tempat gue tidur setelah capek kuliah dan nugas tapi mau bikin Seoul juga jadi tempat gue healing dan ngecharge energi. 

Kira-kira ini hal-hal yang sedang terjadi dan sedang gue lakukan akhir-akhir ini. 3 minggu setelah kembali lagi ke negeri perantauan yang kadang dicinta kadang dibenci hehe. Semoga kedepan gue bisa sering update di blog yah. 

Oh anyway gue sempet bilang ga mau post masalah KPOP lagi disini, but....

Since i am living in Korea, KPOP selalu bersinggungan dengan hidup gue disini. Mau ga mau. Suka ga suka. Jadi mohon maaf gue akan mengaktifkan kembali ngepost tentang KPOP di blog ini hehehe.

That's all about my life in the past 3 weeks. I hope everyone doing fine where ever you are right now. Sooooo.........

See you in the next post

End Year Special Music Show [Third Part] - LATE POST

I am soooooo damn lame hahahaha, i am really really sorry for this super uber duper late post. Its February already hehehehehe. Its because i am back to Indonesia from January until yesterday and internet in Indonesia is as slow as a snail. So here i am again.

The third part is about my one of the kind luckiness in the end of 2013. Thank you my Lord for such a fortune. 

Once again, i am not getting a damn ticket for MBC Gayo Daejon, which you can get the ticket by lottery as well as the others. You apply it through the website, but one thing that make it complicated was if your not Korean then you are doomed. Its really difficult, even if you have an alien card. Don't ask me why and how cause i didn't know. I don't have an account for MBC.

But God is good and really kind. God give me two opportunity to watch the show. VIXX and BTOB both have a pre recording and the capacity was very huge. Its about 700 people for BTOB and about 900 people for VIXX. So, its worth to try, right? In VIXX case, i have to sign in through the fancafe and get the queue number. Well, i am lucky enough. Even though i am not an official starlight and in third priority but i can get in yeaaaaay!!

The pre recording was AWESOME!! This is not the first pre recording i ever seen, but still, its VIXX. DAMN VIXX!! Its short, only one song ( VOODOO Doll) and they have to repeat it for like 4-6times. But i am still very very happy. Its VIXX. VIXX.

This is the first time i saw it from my own eyes, i saw the interaction before the recording, they are talking to fans, sit down at the stage, making fun of each other and so on and so on. You can check the full fan account at my tumblr here: addiction91.tumblr.com but maybe the post was buried by lots if VIXX pic hahaha.

So this is the last post about Year End Special Music Show which i might not attend it again next year if i didn't get the ticket or win the ticket from the fanbase. Cause it was so damn tiring! HA!

Soooooo, if you have a questions about this Gayo Daejon things or any other  KPOP related things, you can asked me by the comment bellow. I will answer it if i know it.

Annyeong~

End Year Special Music Show [Second Part]

So, this is the second part.

This time, the second broadcasting station which held the Gayo Daejun is SBS. The venue was very far away from where i live, ilsan. Its about 1 hour and 30 minutes by subway. The place called Ilsan KINTEX, this place is kinda convention center. Kalau dikasih perumpamaan dimana letak Ilsan dari Seoul, mungkin Jabodetabek atau lebih jauh lagi semacam dari Jakarta ke Bandung.

Lagi-lagi kali ini gue dan teman-teman gak punya tiket, cuma salah satu temen gue bilang bahwa ada kemungkinan penonton tanpa tiket bisa masuk kalau setelah mulai venue masih dirasa kosong. Gue sama temen-temen akhirnya berangkat kesana sekitar jam 3 sore. Sampai disana, gak terlalu rame, mengarah ke kosong. Kita sempet tanya-tanya sama calo berapa harga tiketnya dan gak jauh beda sama KBS.

Bedanya, SBS ini anak dibawah 15 tahun ga boleh masuk. Sempet ada kejadian dimana ada ibu dan anaknya yang akhirnya ga bisa masuk dan berniat untuk ngejual tiketnya dengan harga 30.000won aja ke gue dan temen gue. Tapi sayang setelah itu tiketnya direbut sama calo. Iya direbut.

Calo-calo di Korea ini lebih kasar dan kejam kalo menurut gue. Jujur aja gue takut sama calo-calo ini. Tapi eonni gue cukup berani ngajak ribut calonya sementara gue melipir ke pojokan hehe. Intinya terjadi perdebatan sampe agak teriak-teriak antara calo sama ibu-ibu itu dan berakhir ibu-ibu ini nyerah karena calonya kasar banget. FYI calonya bapak-bapak diatas 50 tahunan. Akhirnya ibu ini minta maaf sama gue dan eonni gue. Gapapa bu, makasih udah memperjuangin kita :)

Capek nungguin calo-calo, si eonni gue ini penasaran sama dimana tempat artis-artis keluar masuk dan tempat dimana para fansite nungguin artisnya. Akhirnya gue kelilingin tu KINTEX sampe akhirnya ketemu parkiran mobil. Disitu eonni gue positif banget kalo ini tempat yang dia cari, bahkan dia tau yang mana mobil Infinite dan kekeuh mau nunggu disitu (anyway eonni gue emang agak kearah sasaeng, mohon maaf).

Back gate tempat idol pada masuk, tempat dimana fanbased nongkrong

Gue sejujurnya ga begitu suka ngintilin idol sampe nunggu di pintu belakang kayak gini, kesian dong idolnya ga punya pivacy sama sekali. Dari tempat ini gue sempet liat beberapa idol cewek mondar-mandir mobil ke backstage. Cuma berhubung ga bawa kacamata biar kata udah deket bener tetep aja gue ga tau itu siapa. Maafkan. 

Setelah gue nagging cukup lama, beku, dan temen gue kebelet pipis, akhirnya kita memutuskan untuk balik ke main gate. Gue yang kelaparan mulai makan roti sambil jalan di parkiran dan ngomel ke temen-temen gue (kita ber3) kalau roti gue jadi beku keras ga enak sampe akhirnya gue di stop sama temen gue dengan satu kata. 

"BEAST"

Gue sama eonni gue bengong. Mana beast (emang dasar ga bawa kacamata)?? Lalu gue usaha memfokuskan mata sampe gue liat sosok 6 orang berpakaian rapih (pake jas) berdiri kedinginan ngadep ke kita diseberang jalan. Gue bengong masukin roti ke dalem tas rogoh-rogoh saku nyari handphone. Saat itu di parkiran bener-bener cuma ada gue, dua temen gue, beast, dan satpam. Satpamnya cuma ngomong supaya kita ga nyebrang jalan dan nyamperin Beast, tapi dia ga bisa ngelarang lebih jauh karena jalan menuju main gate ya cuma lewat situ. Gue yang bukan fans Beast sama sekali tetep aja menbong pas papasan tatap-tatapan kayak gini. Gue yakin dengan sepenuh hati saat itu kita ngeliatin mereka dan mereka ngeliatin kita karena ga ada orang lain lagi disitu. Gak lama mobilnya Beast dateng, dan pas kita lewat mereka lagi masuk ke mobil sampe gue bertatapan sama muka Yoseop yang lagi nungging masuk ke mobil. 

Yoseop: (Nungging dalem mobil) Hello :)

Gue dan teman-teman: WHAAAA ANNYEOOONG~

Lalu pintu mobil ditutup oleh ga tau siapa hahaha. Abis itu kita pada diketawain sama satpam yang ada disitu karena kita menbong hahahaha.

Pada intinya, gue tetep ga bisa masuk ke SBS gayo, dan gue kecewa banget. Gue juga ga bisa masuk KBS, tapi gue ga kecewa karena Staffnya KBS baik dan sopan, sementara SBS? Wah kasar banget. Mereka ngomong sama kita pake banmal dan beberapa kali temen gue kena sumpah serapah (ya walaupun kalo menurut gue dia salah juga) cuma menurut gue harusnya ga gitu.

Ada kejadian dimana banyak orang nunggu di depan Gate 2 karena dari awal staff bilang bahwa kita yang ga punya tiket ada kemungkinan bakalan dikasih masuk, dan karena Gate 2 ini tempat tiket standing dan tribun, sedangkan Gate 3 tempat VIP dan VVIP, udah sewajarnya kan orang-orang ngarep bakalan dikasih masuk dari pintu ini?

Gate 3 for VIP and VVIP

Tiba-tiba staff yang di gate 2 ngasih tau kita bahwa sekarang gate 3 udah mulai mempersilakan penonton tanpa tiket untuk masuk ke venue. Kebayang dong apa yang terjadi? Semua orang lari-lari ke gate 3 sementara gate 2 ini kan letaknya diluar gedung, dan hari itu bersalju jadi jalanan super licin dan ada beberapa orang yang jatuh. Temen gue pada porak poranda kemana-mana, gue smell something fishy, gue jalan santai karena dasarnya gue gampang jatoh jadi dari pada jelek banget terjelembap di KINTEX mendingan gue jalan sahaja. 

Taunya sampe di depan gate 3 kita semua malah diusirin, ngusirnya super kasar dan pake bahasa korea. Menurut gue, aduh, gue ga paham sih sama staff-staff ini, 95% orang disana foreigner, bok ya tarok satu aja orang yg bisa inggris gitu. Lo teriak sampe botak juga ini mayoritas orang disini ga ngerti lo ngomong apa. Karena emang pada ga ngerti (gue melipir kepinggir karena serem) akhirnya ga ada yang terjadi selain desak-desakan dan saling dorong sampe tiba-tiba ada teriak-teriakan dari sekelompok orang yang ternyata adalah SECURITY. Jadi si satpam ini nyari backingan dengan cara manggil 2 lusin security cowok yang dengan kasar ngedorong orang-orang. Gue sama temen-temen gue yaudah we minggir dan karena udah tau kalau kita dibohongin akhirnya kita pergi dari situ.

Satu temen gue masih ngotot mau ke back gate, gue dan temen gue satunya lagi beserta seorang yang kita baru kenalan disana akhirnya nunggu di lobby depan Gate 3 karena di luar dingin banget. Sekitar jam 10 kita putusin udahlah pulang aja ga ada gunanya disini, gue nelpon temen gue yg di back gate dan akhirnya kita pulang setelah dengan gondok temen gue cerita kalo dia papasan sama Hoya. FREAKING INFINITE HOYA MY BIAS! Dang, i should come with her :'(

Ini akhir dari kisah gue di SBS gayo daejon. Tapi ada beberapa hal yang gue sadari saat mondar-mandir disana. Banyak banget artis yang nunggu di mobil, banyak van idol yang gue lewatin mesinnya nyala dan ada orang di mobilnya. Beast pun ternyata nunggu di mobil. Sedih. 

How to get the ticket:

Sama kayak KBS, tiket SBS Gayo Daejon ini juga pake sistem undian. Tapi gak lewat websitenya, lewat aplikasi namanya Soty. Jadi kita semacam vote terus isi nama sama nomor telpon, nanti diundi deh sama dia.

See you in the next post! 

Oh iya gue ga ke MBC Gayo Daejon, tapi gue masuk ke Pre Recordingnya VIXX untuk MBC Gayo Daejon, jadi tetep ada cerita yang bisa gue bagi hihi.

See see see you next time :)