Hello!

Hello world!

Uh oh, I have never posted anything since the year turned into 2016...

I met one of my favorite authors Sinta Yudisia few weeks ago in Seoul. We talked about many things starting from my thesis to the importance of writing. She gave me a lot of meaningful advice, and one of it was to blog again. So here I am, trying to revive MAX Power! ^^

I plan to categorize my upcoming posts to these:
[memory] - anything related to daily life or anything happened in the past
[travel] - places I went to or want to go to
[entertainment] - spazzing about Kpop or anything that come into my mind
[learning from TV] - something I learned or things I note down when I watch reality show
[living as Muslim] - information, tips or my stories related to living as a Muslim in Korea
[인도네시아 소개] - this is my ambition; I want to write Indonesia-related things in Korean
[Korean literary] - my other ambition; I want to challenge my ability to understand Korean literature by introducing Korean stories/poets/novels I learned in classes
[Korean study] - this will include topics such as Bahasa Korea dan Kebudayaan UI, KGSP, and my study now

Initially I plan to force myself to write a post every day but it sounds like too much... I think three to four posts a week is acceptable.

I don't know if anyone is still reading this blog, but if you are - please watch over my transformation! :) I want to revamp the design too but since I am still as clueless as ever about coding and design, I guess I have to be satisfied with revamping contents first.


Till next post!

Closing 2015

Hello world!

Whoa so I haven't written anything here since last January? This is.... too severe.... hahahaha

Many things happened last eleven months, I'm having 종합시험 next March noooo and I have to start my thesis immediately--like really, really immediately if I want to do it comfortably.

Too many things to write about that I don't know where to begin with... Seoul has been pretty good to me for the last year, although Daejeon is still very dear to me. Another niece (or nephew?) is coming on his/her way, yeay, but it's sad to see Karin and Belva leaving on February. Some of my friends (here in Korea and there in Indonesia) have knotted in marriage, enticing jealousy here and there xD  Out of all, I'm happy with 2015. Even the fact that I was hospitalized and had surgery back then on July, I am thankful for that. 2015 is good.

Maybe the only thing I'm not happy with 2015 is because Jooyoung enlisted so suddenly and without any words. I know every Korean men who is qualified has to serve. I have no problem with that. I am very chill with Jaejoong, Yunho, Yoochun, and Changmin enlisting (even though it means I am not able to see them at all before I go back to Indonesia). I accepted (with heavy heart) the news Kim Feel enlisting this year though it's very unfortunate that he has just begun to get recognition. However, I cannot be not upset upon Jooyoung's enlistment. He led us to think he would drop something before the year ends (and yes, he dropped another collaboration digital single, which performed better on charts compared to Erase or other tracks he ever released). However, right on the release day of Love Line, Starship decided to drop the bomb through Pikicast article about Hyolyn covering Adele's Hello. Freaking Pikicast. Not their own channel or official social media accounts. And it's not in an article solely talking about Jooyoung; the enlistment talk was just mentioned for a few moments.

Starship stripped my dream to attend Jooyoung's stage on music shows. Ah.

The most upsetting part is Jooyoung will be in army until (at least) October 2017..... while I will (hopefully) graduate on February 2017ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ I will not be able to see him released from army, worse is I may not be able to see him ever againㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ Ah.... now I'm regretting why last year I didn't have the heart to skip classes and attended Erase stages on music shows.


Reading this post you may think all I did this year was just fangirling over Jooyoung hahaha
Truth is not like that... Soulful Jooyoung is one of the joy keeps me sane during these semesters :) But it didn't take up most of my time. Of course not. The classes and the tasks are hard ㅠㅠ

Lastly please pray for me so I can visit Apple Tree again before this year ends :D  but I don't know what I should say when I meet Jooyoung's mommy, ah...

Greetings from Daejeon!

Hello everyone!

Wow. I can't believe it's been six months since my last post! I didn't even update about my graduation, my move to Korea, and many other events :O I promise I'll update about those sometime later ^^

So anyway! It's winter now in Daejeon. It was zero degree this morning. I am proud to say I can tolerate zero degree quite well now! I think my body has adjusted with the coldness of Korea's winter. Below zero is very tough to bear, but I can manage thanks to my thick duck down jacket, scarf, long boots, UNIQLO's heat tech innerwear, layers of clothes, and of course, tons of hot packs.

First snow for this winter in Daejeon fell on December 1st. I managed to recorded a short video of the first snow and posted it on Instagram. That day everyone in my Instagram timeline, ordinary people or celebrities, posted photos and videos of first snow from all over Korea.

Catching up with life

Hi!

Today I was caught up in the whole Jooyoung-joins-STARSHIP X 'fiasco' (and relatives visiting our house because of Eid, of course). I decided to put up posts about Jooyoung since there are quite a number of Jooyoung's 'newly-found' fans but there isn't much information about him.

So, what about my life?

First of all, I'm S.Hum a.k.a B.A already :) These four long years finally ended beautifully, thank God.
Second, I'm flying to Korea next August for my Master program. Yes everybody, I got the KGSP scholarship :) at least for two and a half year starting next month (which is only like, two days to go), I have to work even harder than the last for years ^^;; Not that I mind, because it's the way that I chose.

I'm not gonna write details in this post since I have to wake up early tomorrow and it's past 11 already--but the thing is, once again I want to thank God for His blessings for me :)

At last, Eid Mubarak for all of you!

Soulful R&B singer-songwriter Jooyoung's profile

Picture taken from Jooyoung's Facebook Page

Stage name: Jooyoung (previously Joo Yeong until December 2012)
Real name: 김주영 [Kim Jooyoung]
Date of Birth: March 9, 1991
Debut: 2010
Facts:
- famous for his cover of Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You (video)
- best friend of B1A4's CNU (CNU called Jooyoung in Super Junior Kiss The Radio/Sukira 2014.7.29)
- Jooyoung and B1A4's CNU were J&D for 2009 Chinchin Youth Song Festival (video)
- featured in Supreme Team's performance of 'Then Then Then' in Mnet Countdown 2010.10.14 (video)
SNS:
Personal Twitter: http://twitter.com/soulgab/
Personal Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/j00o2/
Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/soulgab/
Instagram: http://instagram.com/soulgab

Discography:
2014
July 14: co-composing with CNU and Cheeze in B1A4's 5th mini album 'SOLO DAY' (song 'Drive')
January 13: co-composing with CNU and Go Hyungsuk in B1A4's 2nd full album 'Who Am I' (song '음악에 취해' 'Drunk with Music')
2013
September 30: Single '팝스타' 'Popstar' (MV here)
August 29: featuring in Lyn's album '8th Part 2' (song 'High Heel') 
2012
December 11: First EP 'From Me To You' (네게 난 MV here)
Unknown date: featuring in Eluphant's EP 'Apollo 2/3' (song '물병자리' 'Aquarius') 
2011
Unknown date: featuring in Kim Jinpyo's digital single (song '가지말걸 그랬어' 'Shouldn't Have Gone') 
2010
December 7: Digital single '그대와 같아' 'Same as You'

Awards:
2013 Cuvism Magazine 'Heaven Voice Award'

Jooyoung joins Starship X Entertainment?

This morning I was shocked by Jooyoung RTing Starship Entertainment's tweet about 'Starship X Troopers Concert' on August 31, 2014 in Olympic Hall.

It's been a while since the release of his single 'Popstar' on September 2013. He did a few featuring performances in Kim Feel's concert earlier this year, but still~ Seeing him listed in a concert held by a major label is totally.... wow. I am really speechless when I saw this at the first time. Jooyoung will share the same stage with Junggigo, MadClown, and SISTAR's Soyou and Hyolyn! :")

But does it mean he belongs to Starship X now?

Yes, it bugs me a lot. He left RealCollabo on April 2013 and has been under Belikewater Records ever since, as stated in his Facebook page. However, I highly suspect that Belikewater Records is his self-owned label, since it only has him under it (check their website here).

I tried searching for any news stating Jooyoung joins Starship X Entertainment only to find none. When I tried searching in Twitter, the first tweet stating Jooyoung is Starship X artist was made by @STARSHIPindo on 7:32 AM (GMT+7), followed by a tweet by @STARSHIPeffect on 8:09 AM (GMT+7).

@STARSHIPindo: OFFICIAL TWITTER JOOYOUNG (@soulgab) STARSHIP X Artist!!

@STARSHIPeffect: [INFO] Singer and song writer Jooyoung joins STARSHIP X!

 
I cannot believe it 100% since both of them are fanbase accounts which based in Indonesia. So I opened STARSHIPXent official twitter and found Jooyoung on the top of their following list.

STARSHIPX following list

I move to Jooyoung's personal twitter, opened his following list, and found he recently followed all Starship and Starship X Entertainment's artists.

Jooyoung's following list - 1 (newest)

Jooyoung's following list - 2

Jooyoung's following list - 3

Then I checked his profile on Naver, it also stated that he is now under Starship X. It also said that the profile has been changed today.

Jooyoung's profile on Naver

Seeing these, I think it's 99% safe to say that Jooyoung is under Starship X now. I am still bothered by the fact neither Jooyoung nor Starship X has announced him joining Starship X, so I leave that 1% there until there's an official announcement ^^. I mean, hey, Jooyoung took his time to announce his leave from RealCollabo~ And Starship X did announcements when Junggigo and MadClown joined them.

Thanks to that tweet by Starship Entertainment, today Jooyoung gained attention and new fans --especially from Indonesia ^^

Now that he's a part of Starship X, I hope I can see his 'official major debut' soon! (and maybe collaborations with K.Will? *wink wink*)

EDIT 140730
Eluphant's Kebee posted a photo of Jooyoung and Eluphant on July 29, 2014 in his Instagram and said Jooyoung is in Starship in the caption.

#주영 이랑 간만에 #이루펀트 작업실에서. 앞으로 주영이 스타쉽에서 흥해라!!

After a long time, with #Jooyoung at #Eluphant ‘s studio. Wish Jooyoung in Starship will be more successful!!

Menghitung Hari 2

Kali ini saya juga tidak bermaksud berkisah tentang lagu Menghitung Hari jilid 2 itu, tidak. Seperti post saya sebelumnya, saya masih menghitung hari menuju deadline skripsi.

Senin, 16 Juni 2014 saya harus mengumpulkan skripsi ke Prodi (lagi), tapi kali ini yang siap uji. Jadwal sidang masih belum keluar, tapi Pak Ketua Prodi bilang antara tanggal 1-4 Juli. Daftar penguji sudah keluar Jumat kemarin, dan sayalah yang disuruh ke samusil untuk melihat daftarnya mewakili teman-teman.

Tommy Christomy, Ph.D.
Shin Young Duk, Ph.D.

Saya cuma bisa tertawa getir membaca kedua nama itu di sebelah kolom judul skripsi saya. Kalau diuji Pak Shin, saya sudah ada firasat karena tidak mungkin hanya Lolli saja yang "dikorbankan" untuk diuji oleh beliau. Saya juga tidak terlalu merasa "dikorbankan" karena ternyata Pak Shin menguji tiga mahasiswa lain selain saya, dan anak Linguistik hampir semuanya diuji oleh Pak Kim Taegeun hohoho~

Walau begitu, tetap saja duo Pak Tommy dan Pak Shin itu.... 쓴웃음 밖에 안 나오네...

Sudahlah. Toh saya sekarang sedang melupakan revisi final dan tugas UAS Penulisan Populer yang keduanya sama-sama harus dikumpulkan Senin jam 11. Saya malah internetan, download Immortal Songs (yang akhirnya diupload lagi oleh KBSW setelah satu bulan lebih jeda) dan menelusuri blog teman-teman saya... hanya untuk menemukan satu kalimat yang menusuk. Ouch.

Kira-kira kalimatnya kalau diterjemahkan ke bahasa para oppa jadi seperti ini:

"대체 내가 왜 무브온에 대한 얘기 하는 거냐? 나에게도 얼마나 어려운 일인데.."



Waduh.