Bahasa dan Kebudayaan Korea UI

Anda siswa kelas XII atau 3 SMA yang masih belum bisa nentuin mau masuk jurusan apa kuliah nanti?
Bingung karena nggak ngerti apa kemampuan dan kelebihan diri, galau mau pilih jurusan impian karena takut gak dapet kerjaan nantinya...

Sudah.
Pilih saja Bahasa dan Kebudayaan Korea Universitas Indonesia.

Setidaknya lulus nanti Anda gak akan jadi pengangguran.

(Ulasan lengkap mengenai kenapa dan kenapanya ditulis dua minggu lagi setelah saya selesai ujian akhir)
(Untuk selingan, bisa baca ini dulu)

오직.. 최강창민

시간이 지나도 새로운 아이돌들 나와도 오직 최강창민! ~♥ #changmin #dbsk #TIMEtour

 Kemarin saya dan Vee menghabiskan siang sampai sore kami dengan menonton Tohoshinki ~TIME Tour 2013~ Tokyo Dome di mini KCC, Perpustakaan Pusat UI. Saya selalu lebih menyukai konser-konser Tohoshinki dibandingkan konser-konser Dong Bang Shin Ki karena efek panggung konser Tohoshinki somehow selalu jauh lebih spektakuler, lebih jaw dropping, pokoknya lebih wow lah. And TIME was not an exception. Keren banget nget nget. Ah, suatu hari nanti saya harus bisa nonton konser Tohoshinki di Tokyo Dome...

Sejujurnya saya tidak mengenal hampir setengah dari lagu-lagu yang dibawakan (saya tidak mendownload TIME--what a fail Cassie ㅠㅠ). Secara pribadi jelas saya jauh lebih suka The Secret Code Tour (iyalah secara masih berlima), tapi TIME juga sangat worthy untuk ditonton.

Menonton TIME, saya kembali diingatkan betapa kerennya Choikang Changmin [how Jinwoon, Kris, Myungsoo, or anyone can not top my bias list^^]. And how I can't turn to other idols even though I don't always listen to DBSK/THSK's songs anymore, even though Changmin doesn't really do well in dramas and reality shows.

오직.. 최강창민!

Dangerous 'Junmen' is Dangerous.

Because as Joonmyeon has a good-looking face, this 'Junmen' also posses the Prince-ly trait. And those Prince-ly attitude.

Dangerous 'Junmen' is dangerous, because just like Joonmyeon, 'Junmen' is very much a Prince, gentleman, and.... dangerous.

"그럼 한국에 나랑 같이 가자. 나도 내년 한국에 돌아가니까. 비행기 표 두 개 살까?"

Oh, dangerous 'Junmen' is dangerous, everybody. Because he manages to make me call him 'Junmen' (and make me think about Joonmyeon every time I see him) even though I dislike Joonmyeon very much.

Unforgettable weekend :')

Literally unforgettable for all the hardship (and some breath-taking moments ^^). I definitely wouldn't be able to forget it........

Pulau Harapan, Sept 21-22, UI Buddy Club's first outing.

Me, Dyna, Mahfud, Clarissa, Wiwid.

#kor10 in UIBC :)

With Clarissa at Pulau Bulat.

We didn't know that there is a house of Cendana in the center of the island.

We did spot the big, very well built house, but we only knew that

it is Cendana's house when we were on the bus -___-

At Pulau Kelapa Dua, visiting turtle conservatory.

with my buddy Chaeyeon Onni!

Because we didn't know what pose we should do.... yeah.

(because Suho is always awkward, be it the real one or the imitation one)

Handsome guy will always look handsome...

... even if he was sleeping in angkot.

Introducing you, Jongmin Park ^^

So this picture was taken when we were heading back to Depok after spending last Saturday by walking around at TMII. We literally did walk around TMII, mind you.

This semester I was assigned as buddy for two exchange students from Seoul Tech, Chaeyeon Lee and Sangwon Son. There are four exchange students from Seoul Tech to our university this semester, and since Clarissa and I practically helped them during their tiring registration process, we eventually got closer. So last Wednesday Chaeyeon asked if I could accompany them to TMII (Jongmin's idea, should have known that), I immediately said yes. Too bad Sangwon and Clarissa and Ipul (Youngjin's buddy) couldn't join us. But Chaeyeon, Jongmin, Youngjin, Mahfud, and I had a good day. It's still a nice trip to remember.

I thought I did a good job being their tour guide. Though it would be more memorable if we did rent motorcycles to explore TMII (so we didn't have to tire ourselves out), I could tell they enjoy it. We talked about things and I learned more about them (like how Jongmin is really frustrated with Youngjin's inability to take good pictures). The only thing I regretted is that I didn't take many pictures with my handphone camera. I should have taken more pictures of me, alone or with the others. Most importantly, I should have taken a picture with that Suho-aura guy, because as Clarissa said, "Dia oke banget buat dijadiin gandengan, buat dipamerin." And because he looked especially cool that day with sunglasses on.


Puhahaha and now why am I even willing to bring up Suho's name? *smirk*

Nice to meeting you

It was the caption he wrote along with this photo. Oh, Jaehong oppa~ Nice to meet you!^^

Itazura na Kiss ~Love in TOKYO~ on its ending

The probability of getting hit by a shooting star is a ten billionth.
Meeting you was more of a miracle than that.

There, there, Naoki-chan. Gombal aja tetep scientific yah ^^

Don’t ever say that you love any man besides me.

Willl not, Sir-darling~


Well of course episode 16 kissing scenes are the best ones, but this scene is undoubtedly the cutest, sweetest scene :3 The hair drying scene! oh~~ My Furuyuki & Hononon feels!

이승철(Lee Seung Chul) - My Love MV

My goodness, one of my favorite soloist...
Lee Seung Chul the rocker comes with such a sweet, sweet proposal-themed MV, oh, can my day get any better? ^^

First Monday went like this

오늘 아침 4시 반 알람 때문에 일어났다. 기도한 다음 다시 잤지. 그런데 5시 반쯤에 데샤가 우리 방에 왔고 밖에 놀아가자고 했다. 잠깐 걸어다가 외대 전문 앞에 도착했다. 경희대와 외대가 이렇게 가까우면 수진 언니랑 꼭 만나야지~ 방에 돌아서 학교 가기 준비하려고 했는데 넷북을 켜지게 되었다 ㅋㅋㅋ

세화원은 바로 경희대 남 중고등학교 옆에 있다. 그래서 아침에 많은 남학생들이 지나간 건 우리 방에서 보인다. 한국 학생이나 인도네시아 학생이나 할 것 없이 학생이라면 크고 무거운 가방을 메고 학교 다닌다. 그런데 한 지나간 남학생은 학교 짱인 것 같다. 교복을 제대로 안 입고 가방을 한 어깨에 메고 갔다. 웬지 고남순 기억 났다 ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

내가 남들에게 나 어디 어느 빌딩에서 공부하는 거 알려주고 싶어서 (자랑하고 싶어서? ㅋㅋㅋ) 아침에 청운관 7층에 도착하자마자 모바일 다타를 켰다. Foursquare에서 체크인하고 WhatsApp과 카톡을 확인했다. 몇 분 후 나 비용이 너무 비싼 거 기억나서 모바일 다타를 껐다. 맞구나. 그것 때문에 Rp11,800 잃었다 힝~


처음 만난 사람과 늘 이야기를 시작하지 못하던 나는 오늘도 변하지 않았구나. 나는 교실이 아직 어두울 때 도착했는데 다음에 온 친구들 눈에 못 만나서 그냥 혼자 앉아 있었다. 선생님 오실 때까지 아무 말도 안 했다. 그래도 오늘 자기소개는 참 재미있었다 히히

역시 한국 선생님은 어디나 마찬가지다. 숙제를 꼭 내야 마음이 편하실 수 있나봐. 그런데 후배들 비해 나는 나앗다.

아, 오늘 한 인도네시아 남학생을 만났다. KGSP 장학금을 받고 부산대에 공부할거래. 그래서 경희대에 한국어를 공부하게 되었다. 니아랑 같은 반 다닌대.


숙제를 다 하고 졸리는데 자고 싶지 않은 안니사

First day

오늘 나 한국에 도착했다. 기억하고 싶지 않은 밤을 지낸 후 경희대 세화원에 도착했다. 방 찾고 짐을 놓고 우리는 정쌤과 류 쌤하고 같이 점심을 먹었다. 계란찜, 순두부 찌개, 된장 찌개, 그리고 어떤 오징어와 반찬들이 있었다. 아주 맛있었는데 너무 뜨거워서 먹기가 힘들었다 ㅜㅜ

그래도 이것들은 4명에게도 너무 많았다 휴~

점심 먹자마자 우리는시험을 봤다. 시험은 토픽과 같았다. 배가 너무 부른 상태에 시원한 방에서 그런 문제들을 봤을 때 누구나 졸리게 되지~~ 시험 본 후 우리는 씼으러 세화원에 돌아왔다. 애들이 사진을 찍고 우산을 사러 밖에 나갔는데 너무 피곤한 나는 그냥 방에서 비디오를 다운받았다 ㅋㅋ

내일 일주일 동안 비가 많이 올거라고 힝 ㅠㅠ

앗 이런 시간에 방에 혼자 있어서 벌써 집 사람들이 그리워 히이잉 ㅠㅠ


내 방은 세화원의 1층 016B호이다.

Noona love?

I have never been fond of noona-dongsaeng relationship. No. I was never a supporter of it. Notice the past tense? Ugh.

Untuk yang belum tahu apa itu noona dan dongsaeng:
Noona adalah panggilan dari laki-laki yang lebih muda kepada perempuan yang lebih tua, artinya kakak
Dongsaeng artinya adik (tidak terkait jenis kelamin)

Selama ini saya selalu berpikir bahwa dalam sebuah hubungan, laki-lakinya harus lebih tua agar bisa mengimbangi perempuannya, at least jika saya terlibat dalam hubungan tersebut. Saya pernah baca (atau dengar) entah darimana kalau perkembangan emosi laki-laki cenderung lebih lambat dari perempuan, sehingga laki-laki banyak terlihat kurang dewasa dibanding perempuan seumurnya. Besides, older man tends to give off secure feelings--in my opinion, of course. Itu sebabnya, saya lebih menyukai laki-laki yang lebih tua, dan ini bahkan berpengaruh dalam pandangan saya ketika memilih member favorit dalam grup *dor*

Kalau dilihat-lihat, member favorit saya hampir semuanya umurnya lebih tua dari saya. Walaupun lebih muda, biasanya ia memiliki tahun lahir yang sama dengan saya. Let's say, DBSK Changmin, 2AM Jinwoon, Infinite L, EXO Kris, SHINee Key, Super Junior Siwon, FT Island Seunghyun, UKiss AJ, B1A4 Sandeul, ... and the list is endless. Tapi semua berubah ketika saya nonton Immortal Songs 2 episode JYP. Di episode itu ada 3 orang member Teen Top (Niel, Cap, Changjo) membawakan lagu Honey. Saya suka sekali dengan aransemennya, dan... jatuh hati pada Ahn Daniel yang lahir 16 Agustus 1994 *dor*

Sebenarnya Ahn Daniel pun tidak bisa menggerakkan saya untuk mendukung noona-dongsaeng relationship. Oh, bahkan pasangan Jinwoon-Joonhee di We Got Married pun tidak (padahal Jinwoon itu bias no.2 saya setelah Changmin).

But a certain 1989er guy named Lee Jongsuk can.

not a friend, not just any person, but....

친구가 아냐 남자이고 싶어 너에겐
어떤 사람이 아냐 오직 단 한 사람 널 지켜줄
친구가 아냐 이미 처음 널 본 그 순간부터

If you are one of those who have been watching over the boys who won #1 last three consecutive days, I bet you are familiar with those three lines. Yeah, EXO (K)'s My Lady, the reff. Truthfully I like the Chinese ver waaaay better since I like Jongdae's voice waaaay better than Baekhyun's (and Kyungsoo's). But since I don't understand Chinese, the Korean ver is the one stuck in my head.

I don't wanna be your friend, I wanna be your man
I don't wanna be just any person, I wanna be the one who protect you
I don't wanna be your friend, from the first time I saw you

Some people said this song has kinda perverted lyrics but hey I cannot find any suggesting lyrics at all, and my classmates as well. Whatever, for me this song has somehow romantic melody but the most important thing is, the reff lyrics. Bleh. I was choked the first time I heard it.

So. Where is the man who would say those lines for me? ^^

Bahasa Korea masuk SMA?

Berbahagialah, anak-anak SMA dan SMK, karena bahasa Korea akan masuk ke kurikulum kalian.

Beberapa bulan lalu, ketika sedang menjadi interpreter untuk pameran pendidikan, saya mendengar kabar kalau bahasa Korea akan masuk kurikulum SMA dan SMK. Dinas Pendidikan (saat itu) masih sibuk rapat dengan berbagai pihak sana-sini baik pihak Indonesia maupun pihak Korea (dan saya sempat lihat beberapa dosen saya juga). Saya pernah coba kroscek ke salah satu orang IKCS mengenai hal ini, bahkan ternyata beliau termasuk orang yang membuat silabusnya.

Waktu itu yang terlintas di benak saya adalah, "Mengapa bahasa Korea bisa sampai masuk kurikulum? Siapa yang memutuskan? Atas dasar apa? Ada cerita apa di balik keputusan tersebut?" Alasan yang pasti akan pertama kali dikemukakan adalah "Karena Korea sedang booming di Indonesia, baik KPop maupun perusahaan-perusahaan Korea, dan sedang berlangsung banyak sekali kerja sama antara Indonesia dan Korea." Saya setuju dengan alasan tersebut, karena itu juga motivasi utama saya memilih jurusan Bahasa dan Kebudayaan Korea tiga tahun lalu. Akan tetapi, saya yakin pasti masih ada banyak sekali cerita yang seru di balik munculnya keputusan ini, segala macam tarik ulur kepentingan--tapi sudahlah, mari kita tidak berspekulasi mengenai hal tersebut.

First time..? S4!^^

There's always first time for everything.

First time I went to a concert is two years ago, to Blackberry Live n Rockin' concert in which 2PM performed.

First time I went to a KPOP gathering.... that would be last Sunday, May 19.

Jadi ceritanya TopKpop ngadain gathering di DMall dalam rangka ulang tahun. Gatheringnya sekalian ada mini concert S4 juga. Nah, lepas KCD kemarin entah kenapa lagu-lagu S4 (yang cuma ada dua tapi masing-masing dengan dua bahasa) nyantol terus di kepala saya. Eh terus di channel Youtube official mereka, muncul MV (kumpulan foto yang dikasih lagu) Mungkin, remake dari 너도 나처럼-nya 2AM. Oooh betapa saya jatuh cinta sama liriknya puitis banget ;~~~;

Beberapa hari sebelum gathering tersebut, saya dengar junior saya yang kemarin jadi LO S4 dapat tiket gratis dari manajernya S4. Uwaaah ada apa nih si Neng dengan si Mbak? Seakrab apa mereka sampe si Mbak rela banget ngasih gratisan tiket? Saya pengen minta sama si Neng, tapi dengar-dengar lagi gratisannya udah abis (udah dibooking sama teman-teman yang lain).

Tapi yang namanya jodoh emang gak ke mana.

Ceritanya weekend kemarin itu entah kenapa kehidupan #kor10 tenang banget dari gangguan sukje. Meskipun saya curiga bahwa itu hanyalah 'ketenangan sebelum datangnya badai' (dan langsung terbukti keesokan harinya), hari itu saya memutuskan untuk tidak mempedulikan apapun dan hanya menikmati hari Minggu yang tenang. Sekitar jam 11 saya memutuskan untuk pergi ke salon. Tapi setelah mandi saya jadi agak malas berangkat karena mataharinya sudah terikㅠㅠ

Nah, untunglah 고민 saya cukup lama. Tiba-tiba sekitar jam setengah 12 muncul WA dari Amey dan Ami yang dua-duanya menyatakan, "Tiket esfor sisa satu nih mau ga? Ke DMall buruan." Buru-buru saya ganti baju dan pamit dan whush~ jam 12 saya meluncur naik angkot. Apa daya di sekitar DMall justru macet ㅠㅠ

Saya kan waktu KCD sudah lihat performance S4 secara langsung, kenapa sekarang mau lihat lagi?

Iya waktu itu emang lihat dari jarak super dekat, kami bahkan berdiri di atas panggung yang sama hahaha. Tapi masalahnya kaan waktu itu yang ada di pikiran saya adalah "Bagaimana performance S4 bisa berjalan dengan lancar tanpa ada satu gangguan pun" dan saya sibuk memperhatikan pergerakan empat mas-mas esfor dan seorang manajernya, kali-kali ada kurang apa gitu. Jadi saya nggak bisa menikmati sama sekali pertunjukan mereka yang (kayaknya) lebih oke banget dibanding pertunjukan di DMall kemarin ;~~;

아무튼 penampilan mereka tetap bisa dibilang oke, despite of ukuran panggungnya yang kecil banget (sampai-sampai dikeluhkan sama Mas Pur). Dan mereka bawain Mungkin, oh ya ampun~~~ Itu kan alasan utama kenapa saya kepengen banget dateng ke gathering itu. Sayangnya, karena para S4US dan Kpopers lain tidak bisa menahan excitement mereka, pertunjukannya jadi sama sekali tidak menyenangkan -______- Suaranya nggak kedengeran ketutupan jeritan-jeritan histeris makhluk-makhluk XX yang kebanyakan berusia di bawah 30 tahun. Trus yang paling menyebalkan adalah orang-orang yang hobi banget ngangkat-ngangkat poster/banner/fanboard/iPad/apapun lah itu sebutannya.

Hari itu saya belajar banyak tentang dunia per-Kpop-an dan per-cover-annya. Wah, backstory itu memang bisa bikin bergidik yah ;~~~~~;

Hasil jepretan saya via kamera hp.

Ampun penuh perjuangan supaya bisa nonton mereka perform She's My Girl .___.

random: look at...

"나만 바라봐줘요~"

"Please only look at me~"

Nah loh. O.O

[ah, tidak. Ini hanya sepenggal lirik dari lagu Dreamer-nya History kok.]

[tapi diam-diam 남경이 그날부터 지금까지 아무 문자도 안 보내서 좀... 섭섭했더라...]

[아 뭐야 이게 정신 똑바로 차려 좀!!]

"네 꿈을 꾼다~"

 

http://prettybicoat.blogspot.com/

My Korean Bussiness final project, which makes me stayed up late for days T.T

and this is just the beginning of my final tasks serial attack weeks.....
oh my, why can't we skip to the third week of June already.

Doki Doki dan Namkyung

Jadi beberapa bulan terakhir saya sering main aplikasi yang namanya Doki Doki Postbox. Di sana kebanyakan yang main orang Korea dan Jepang. Karena saya memang niatnya mau cari teman orang Korea untuk melancarkan speaking (tapi tertulis -,-') saya, maka tidak ada masalah bagi saya.

Saya main Doki Doki tadinya karena ikut teman. Ternyata banyak sekali teman-teman di jurusan saya, baik teman seangkatan maupun junior, yang main aplikasi ini. Doki Doki ini pada dasarnya seperti messenger biasa, tapi bedanya, ia benar-benar anonim. Sekali kirim, kita tidak akan bisa menge-track message tersebut kecuali orang yang menerima message tersebut membalasnya ke kita. Kebanyakan, berawal dari Doki Doki lalu pindah ke Kakao Talk (karena orang Korea hampir semua punya Kakao Talk--versi Koreanya WhatsApp lah).

Kebanyakan yang main Doki Doki ini laki-laki di atas 25 tahun. Beberapa kali saya bertemu dengan anak SMA umur 17 tahun, pekerja laki-laki umur 30 tahun lewat (bahkan ada yang putri pertamanya baru lahir), tetapi paling banyak berkisar di umur 23-25 tahun. Kalau perempuan, rata-rata yang main anak SMA. Saya sudah bertemu banyak orang lewat Doki Doki ini, tetapi tidak semuanya bertahan. Kebanyakan akhirnya saling tidak menjawab (baik karena sibuk maupun bosan). Beberapa teman yang masih berhubungan baik dengan saya diantaranya 재홍 오빠,부민 오빠 (lewat Kakao Talk), 정선 삼촌, dan beberapa 오빠 lagi via Doki Doki.

Nah, biasanya pertemanan saya dengan anak SMA via Doki Doki (ataupun pindah ke Kakao Talk) tidak bertahan lama, baik itu laki-laki maupun perempuan. Faktor utamanya mungkin karena perbedaan waktu online. Saya rata-rata online setelah jam 9 malam sambil ngerjain pr, sedangkan saat itu di Korea sudah jam 11, sebentar lagi mereka harus tidur (sebenarnya 재홍 오빠 juga kalau bukan sedang 야근, jarang membalas pesan saya kalau malam hahaha). Beberapa hari yang lalu, saya bertemu anak SMA lagi. Laki-laki, namanya 이남경.

#어느진운날

So today is May 2nd. What's up with May 2nd?

Jeong Jinwoon's 22nd birthday~! ^^

After I (successfully) forgot the eldest hyung (Changmin, May 1st), I woke up to find hashtag #어느진운날 trending. Hohoho. So the first thing (in my timeline) in the morning I, of course, tweeted to him.

Then I found it's not only Jinwoon who celebrates his birthday, but also Tao of EXO-M and Seungjae of BTOB. And the three of them are maknaes of their respective group. Whoa, what a cute coincidence^^

Anyway since today was not so good for me... let's end this day with Jinwoon's photo spam :D

 He looks like Joon of 아빠 어디가 here lol

Jinwoon always looks good with musical instrument :3

the one he posted on his Twitter some time ago

I don't know why but I like this photo of him the best :)

Jinwoon and his pretty 'wife' in their first meeting~

and this gif... I just can't....

May you be happy with your pretty wife and always be the cutest couple ever.
May your solo album will come out soon :)
May you always have your bright eye smile on your face forever!

Korean Culture Day 2013 D-2.

and all the things and changes that make me want to roll like a buffalo.

Tired...

very very very very tired.

(and somehow thinking there will be a pair of soft, warm hands embracing me)

Staying up for 2 days just because...

School 2013.

Yep, a not-so-cool answer. Kalau misalnya saya begadang karena ngerjain tugas Prof Shin, belajar buat UTS, atau anything homework-related itu oke lah ya. But I've been doing that along this semester and midterm has just ended, so... I decided to give myself a break (though I still have tons of things to do). I ended up went to sleep at 5 am last Wednesday, and I didn't even go to sleep on Thursday. LOL.

I have been wanting to watch School 2013 ever since the news Lee Jongsuk going to star it along with Kim Woobin went online. Mind you, I was crazy about Kim Woobin after his bad-ass, cool appearance in A Gentleman's Dignity and his sudden mischievous, romantic appearance in To The Beautiful You. And cutie pie Lee Jongsuk just fueled up my desire. I did buy the DVD a few days after its final episode was broadcasted. However, due to my endless to-do-list and the fact that the first episode was quite boring and Woobin didn't appear in it yet, I stopped watching the first episode half way.

A few weeks before midterm, Lee Jongsuk and Kim Woobin appeared as guests in Running Man episode 138 and their appearance literally caused chaos among my friends. The episode was funny, indeed, but the most important thing is Woobin and Jongsuk's interaction was too cute to the point you craved for it. Many of my friends downloaded all the episodes and watched in marathon. I was tempted to do so as well, but I braced myself since midterm was right in front of our eyes and there were too many things to do while there were no time left. So I think it's understandable if I decided to jump into the world of fangirling right after the last exam ended :D

In short, this drama is about Go Namsoon (played by Lee Jongsuk), who was once a top fighter and school gang leader, living his life as a student of class 2-2 in Seungri High School. He was picked to be president of the class and things were complicated for him ever since. There's his homeroom teacher, Jung Jaein (Jang Nara) who always get into trouble because of her students she loves so much; Kang Sechan (Choi Daniel), a popular private lessons tutor in Gangnam who had to be class 2-2 homeroom teacher together with Jung Jaein; Song Hakyung (Park Seyoung), his very smart vice president who studies very hard in order to go to S University; and the most important one, Park Heungsoo (Kim Woobin). Heungsoo was Namsoon's bestest friend back then, but Namsoon ran away after he accidentally made Heungsoo lost his ability to play soccer in a fight to let Heungsoo go from their gang, so Heungsoo loathed him ever since, while Namsoon could never forgive himself. There's also Oh Jongho and his two underlings who created many problems for the four main characters (Jung Jaein, Kang Sechan, Go Namsoon, Park Heungsoo).

This drama is very good to watch especially if you want to know more about the condition of high schools in South Korea. Things happened in the drama happened in real life as well. And you don't have to worry about being sick of lovey dovey scenes in most of Korean dramas--this drama has no love line (and I hate this fact the most). However, this drama contains many cussing, swearing, and fighting scenes. I had to remind myself to stop repeating 'aish' and 'saekki'--which were said in almost all scenes.

The point of this post is not about the drama, but about why I sacrificed my beautiful sleeping time to watch this not-so-happy drama. So, why?

Well, because of this.

These two guys, especially the one holding the ramyeon bowl, is just irresitible.

Jooyoung left Realcollabo

I was enjoying myself, browsing through Twitter and all when suddenly Jooyoung tweeted this.

trans: Next direction together with album, I am thinking about it very quickly. Firstly, I will appear on @sickboimusic's song as featuring, produce by @jacey714

Automatically, I replied to it with quote and add "완전 기대 (heart)" since I didn't know what 방향성 means at first. But I realize something was wrong as I scrolled down my timeline. That tweet turned out to be part of his serial tweets.

Actually, he has indicated from his first tweet (of the serial tweets) that there'll be some not-so-good news.

trans: Everyone, I have something to say.

And then this one.

trans: Are you all listening? Ehem.

This one is his announcement.

trans: I left Realcollabo, which is like hometown for me. I was going to talk about this when my next album is out, but I end up telling you earlier like this. I developed so much in this group named Realcollabo. This is a decision for my next leap. I don't have anything to say anymore..

Ack. This news shocked me so much, really. I admit I'm not a fan of other Realcollabo's artists and I'm not Jooyoung's die hard fan either. I admit I had once thought that something is wrong with Realcollabo and Jooyoung (because he didn't release anything after 그대와 같아 at late 2010 for a long time, before finally he released From Me to You last year. But he still hasn't made an 'official debut' like, let's say, Baek Seunghoon). However, I thought that everything goes well since Jooyoung had a concert with Siaena few months ago at Hongdae V Hall.

His next tweet is the one that I saw first (which I stupidly replied too enthusiastically -____-). This tweet is his last tweet for tonight.

trans: And I am sorry.

I don't know what to feel. I mean, I was fangirling over Jung Dongha's performances in Immortal Songs 2 (to the point that I forgot I have speech exam tomorrow and the fact that K.Will released his Love Blossom MV today) and suddenly... Joo brought this kind of news. Oh, Joo. You know I've been waiting for so long for your albums (and live performance on music programs, oh). However, I am suspicious he had appeared on KBS1 these days on some program, but I can't say anything since I really have no idea about the truth. But I found these in his recent twitpic.

The first picture was from his 그대와 같아 photo shoot, I think, since his outfit is the same. The second and the third were posted in his Instagram before. Yeah, I don't like his current hairstyle >,<

Oh, Joo... I don't know what to say to you. If anything, I just want you to live your life happily and to be able to do the music you love. You don't have to have a flashy career, which may earn you loss of privacy and all. It will be enough if you are able to share the music you love with the people who love you and your music.

Well, I know he may never read this but I just can't help to say those words.^^
And if anything, may I remind you that Joo did reply to my tweet twice (before he deleted his first reply)? LOL.

Live happily, Jooyoung!

Take out with full credits.
source: Jooyoung's twitter (@soulgab)
trans: nizzarrahman.blogspot.com

Korean Culture Day 2013 audition polling

So, Korean Culture Day 2013 (in which I happen to be the Event Coordinator) will have S4 as our guest star :D People were like crazy in Twitter and Facebook the moment we announced the information a few days ago. And even S4's international fan base Twitter account retweeted that hahahaha.

Just want to inform you that the audition polling has been opened since March 17 and will be closed at March 31. You can vote below. Special note: I designed this poll personally on Saturday midnight and it took my bestest (?) patience, you know. Some people just don't (or can't?) understand that they need to send their video's link on youtube, not their video -.-"

This one is for COVER DANCE AUDITION POLLING.

               

And this one is for COVER SINGING AUDITION POLLING.

               


The one with the highest vote will be automatically the Favorite winner and they'll have the chance to perform on March 20. If the team with the highest vote is one of the two teams picked by the judges, then the Favorite winner will go to the team with the second highest vote.

Happy voting, everyone!

나를 얼마나 사랑하는지

(난 너무나 궁금한데...)

How much you love me
(I'm really curious)



a part of TVXQ's debut song: Hug.
I can't never get tired of it :)

and they say DBSK's Catch Me Tour will make a stop at Jakarta.

uh-oh!

(지나간) March 9

For three consecutive years, I have never forgotten to blog about March 9. For me, March 9 is very special--it's as special as March 3 :)

But this year I was sooo busy that I had no time to go online from my laptop T.T
Nah, maybe not that busy. But still it didn't change the fact I didn't blog on March 9 :/

So what happened on March 9 of 2013?

Jooyoung's and Yoohwan's 22nd birthday (international age), of course. And Taeyeon's 24th birthday.

Then?

Music Bank World Tour in Jakarta. LOL.

Sweet 21st

Today I (together with Dika) am officially 21.

Teenagers no more.
Two more semesters to graduate from undergraduate program.
어른이 된다.

and suddenly I remember the book 나는 아직, 어른이 되려면 멀었다.
and all my dreams and the song 풍선 and 지금이 아니면.

can I live the rest of my life well?
can I accomplish all my want-to-do list?

I can.
I believe I can.

because as long as I hold onto Him, He will be my power.
He will lead me to His way. The way.


(and 내 안 가득히 and 네게 난 playing simultaneously in the background)

Yonsei!

Ever seen the picture? Or heard about Yonsei University?

Yonsei University is the oldest university in Korea. It's the best private university and overall ranked second after Seoul National University.

That was the lines I said hundred times last week. I was working as interpreter at World Education Expo Indonesia, Feb 14-16 2012 in Balai Kartini. I work for Yonsei University's booth. There's a funny thing. My friend who worked for Korea University's booth also said the second sentence over and over to every visitors hahaha (Korea University and Yonsei University are rivals. Together with Seoul National University, the three are belong to SKY, the best universities in South Korea).

I don't know why but this photo makes me smile everytime I look at it.

This was taken by Clarissa's Galaxy Note when we went to Museum Wayang on our trip to Jakarta with PAS Korean Advanced class mentors. See the wall behind me? See the name Jan Pieterzoon Coen? Yeah, it is the Jan Pieterzoon Coen we Indonesian can find on our history books. That place was originally his tomb before it is moved to Museum Prasasti.

Was it because of the memories that day?

No, no. That day was unforgettable, of course, but not that super extraordinary unforgettable one.

Then why?

Just... just because.

.. SIAK NG

Ini problem yang selalu terjadi setiap masa pengisian Isian Rencana Studi secara online di Sistem Akademik milik Universitas Indonesia yang katanya sudah Next Generation ini. Pasti servernya ngedown.

Padahal katanya UI itu world class university.

Tapi server SIAKnya nggak pernah dibenerin. Digedein kek servernya. Zzz.

Hasilnya, setiap masa-masa pengisian IRS ini pasti kata-kata 'IRS', 'SIAK', 'SIAK NG' masuk ke trending topic Twitter --at least di Indonesia. Trus nanti temen-temen yang dari ITB, UGM, dan lain-lain berbondong-bondong ngetwit "Selamat berjuang ya teman-teman UI". Zzzz.

Bete ah pokoknya kalau ngomongin SIAK.

Padahal mulai semester kemarin, masa pengisian matakuliah wajib dan pilihan sudah dipisahkan. Hari ini baru masa pengisian matakuliah wajib. Tapi login ke SIAKnya udah susah banget. Gimana nanti pas pengisian matakuliah pilihan errrr.

Semoga suatu saat nanti pejabat tinggi UI ada yang terketuk hatinya untuk membenahi sistem SIAK ini, biar nggak tiap masa pengisian IRS topik-topik yang SIAK NG-related jadi trending topic di Twitter. Walaupun itu bisa dibilang 'prestasi', tapi kayaknya itu nggak membanggakan deh. Zzz.

Pasific Asia Society 2013 - team leader

Introducing you--

Lee Kwangmin

3 November 1989

Konkuk University

Indonesian class first day --with Aram and Soohyun too

When Kwangmin got doodled because his mentees always came late -- with Irna and Niken too

Today, Korean class last day -- finally, only Kwangmin and me! ;)

Truthfully I really wanted to pick him as my mentor on the first day, but... I was afraid many would pick him as well so the chance of me being his mentee was very slim. So I ended up picking another person. But it turned out that almost all of my friends thought the same way as I did so there were only two persons picked him, while there were so many (too many) persons picked another person (not the one whom I picked). Oh. You couldn't imagine how I regretted it so much. I still regret it up until now :'/

However, it's very nice to spend these two weeks with you, Kwangmin! :) 



P.S. I don't use honorific form to address him in this post because... just because ^^ But you readers shouldn't drop honorific form when you're talking to elders in Korean, okay!

Still, Jooyoung :)

Okay jadi beberapa hari yang lalu saya menulis betapa senangnya saya karena Jooyoung membalas tweet saya, dan betapa saya berpikir saya sangat beruntung karena Joo pasti tidak mungkin membaca semua mention ke dia, jadi kejadian tweet saya dibalas itu pasti sangat langka.

Tetapi ternyata saya salah.

Setelah saya ngepoin Twitter Jooyoung semalam, ternyata Joo waktu itu (malam hari sebelum konser Jooyoung bersama Siaena di Hongdae V-Hall pada 18 Januari kemarin)

Jakarta's flood and KPop artist(s)

Jadi ceritanya kemarin Jakarta kebanjiran hebat yang sampai membuat Ayah nggak bisa ngantor dan saya batal ngampus. Twitter heboh dong soal banjir. Tapi tahukah Anda kalau ada sesuatu yang menghangatkan timeline Twitter saya di tengah dinginnya hujan yang tak putus?

Pagi-pagi, Kak Ron tiba-tiba ngetweet soal banjir Jakarta ke Siwon dan ayahnya Siwon.