Wicked to the Core

Fangirl Act in Wrestling Fandom.

2011-03-18T08:29:00.007+07:00

fangirl, n.

1. (derogatory) a female fan, obsessed with something (or someone) to a frightening or sickening degree. Often considered ditzy, annoying and shallow.
2. (playful, good-natured) less extreme, a female fan who can laugh at their own passion for their particular interest (or even obsession).

Ga bisa dipungkiri kalo di dunia ini kita akan bertemu fangirls/fanboys di banyak fandoms yang berbeda. Kenapa gue mau ngomongin soal fangirls di wrestling fandom? Karena di section ini lah yang banyak mengundang kontroversi dimana apakah si cewek ini nonton wrestling karena the whole wrestling package... or to watch a certain wrestler?

Yang seperti kalian tau, I'm a girl (in case ada yang meragukan), I'm now 18 years old and I watched my first wrestling show when I was 6. Dari umur 6 tahun sampe sekitar umur 13 tahun, gue nonton wrestling PURE buat the whole thing. Gue ga pernah menilai wrestlers dari wujud dan mukanya dia. Ga pernah sekalipun gue menilai dari ganteng enggaknya.

Then... I grew up, my hormones started to change and CM Punk appeared. Disitu gue mulai menilai kalo wrestlers-wrestlers di WWE (atau di promotions manapun) emang ada yang menarik selain skills mereka di ring. Tentu aja modal muka yang bisa bikin cewek-cewek jantungan.

Fangirl acts yang dilakukan biasanya constant bragging of the person, beli merchandise yang dipake atau dipromo ama orang tsb, baca habis semua info tentang dia, spamming di account-account yang dia punya, the list goes on and on and on and ampe ke tingkat akhir yaitu stalking.

Is it okay, though?

Kebetulan gue jadi member di Tumblr. Disinilah kemauan gue untuk ngebahas hal ini keluar. Di Tumblr, populasi wrestling fangirls itu bener-bener banyak. Fangirls-nya pun beragam, ada yang hyper sampe ngetik kayak alay, ada juga yang tenang tapi sebenernya udah mau gila. Gue kenal beberapa orang disana yang masuk ke 2 kategori diatas. Ada yang hyper tapi juga critical, ada juga yang hyper tapi, she doesn't care about what's happening in the storyline...dia cuman care about the wrestler.

Ternyata di Tumblr ini banyak juga yang keganggu sama fangirl act ini. Mereka merasa kalo mereka cuman nonton wrestling gara-gara, "OMG THIS GUY IZ HAWT," mendingan gausah nonton. Dan yang merasa keganggu ini bukan fans yang laki-laki, tapi yang perempuan. Gue pun menelusuri lagi, apakah fans perempuan yang mengkritik fangirl act ini adalah fangirls? Jawabannya adalah IYA, cuman kalo dilihat dari definisi yang gue taro diatas, mereka dikategorikan fangirl yang kedua. Mereka fangirls tenang dan mereka menertawakan act mereka sendiri.

Gue masuk yang mana?

I can in both categories. Gue rasa temen-temen gue yang suka wrestling udah pada kebal gara-gara gue heboh sendiri ama wrestlers yang gue suka. Gue jujur ga begitu terganggu dengan fangirl acts. I don't mind fangirls yang doyan berimajinasi ampe bikin fanfictions. Satu jenis fangirl yang gue gasuka adalah yang bikin sexual fantasies. Big no-no for me.

Back to the first question, is it okay?

Menurut gue sih sah-sah aja untuk nonton wrestling karena menurut lo ada yang ganteng and brag about it. Walopun bagi wrestling fans yang udah mengabdi sejak lama akan merasa terganggu, but for me, it's okay to fangirl. Lagipula advantagenya jadi lebih ke gue yang suka banget ama wrestling, makin banyak yang suka ama yang gue suka kan? More recognition for the entertainment.

Bad thing-nya paling, kadang lo akan bertemu pure fangirls yang ga ngerti sama sekali tentang wrestling. Disaat lo excited bertemu seorang wrestling fan (yang ternyata fangirl) dan lo mau diskusi tentang wrestling...dia gatau apa-apa. Daaaaan, fangirls tend to spam their favorite wrestlers' email/twitter/whatever. Kadang-kadang kita yang wrestling fans jadi kasian ama wrestlersnya.

Semua hal ini juga berpengaruh buat fanboys dan untuk di fandoms/entertainment/bidang manapun, ga cuman wrestling aja.

Gue sih masih menerima tindakan fangirls yang masih dibatas normal. Selama ga mengganggu wrestlersnya sih gapapa. Memang diusahakan jangan sampe mengganggu fans lain, cuman kita ga tau kan batasan mengganggu bagi orang lain itu gimana. Tanggapan mereka terhadap fangirls pun beda-beda.

Be healthy, guys. Being a fan is healthy, you actually laugh more than you should. :D

Tell me what you guys think, I'd love to hear your thoughts.

Love & Respect,
xx Arrum

WWE Divas Rant(?)

2011-02-13T20:19:00.005+07:00

Okay, biasanya gue jarang ngomongin soal wrestling di blog. Satu-satunya postingan tentang wrestling yang pernah gue bikin itu tentang how I got hooked into wrestling + reasons kenapa gue suka banget ama sports-entertainment ini.

Terus kenapa dong gue bikin post tentang judul yang telah disebutkan diatas?

So, as a wrestling fan, I try to keep up with the news & updates. Hari ini (beberapa menit yang lalu lebih tepatnya) gue ngebuka website yang rutin gue buka untuk tau berita-berita ttg wrestling. Gue ngebaca satu artikel yang berisikan sedikit bagian dari interview salah satu diva di WWE yang punya stage name Kelly Kelly. Bagi yang gak tau, diva itu sebutan bagi female performers di WWE.

Bagi segelintir orang yang tau, gue adalah seseorang yang bisa dibilang nyaris 'anti-Kelly'. Rerata ketidak-sukaan gue terhadap Kelly Kelly ini cenderung bias, soalnya gue akan selalu berkomentar, "Ngapain sih Kelly disini, nyampah aja." tanpa memerhatikan improvement dari wrestling skillsnya atau how nice dia di real life, dsb. Kenapa gue menjelaskan semua hal ini? Karena agak aneh bukan? gue yang sangat tidak suka ama Kelly Kelly malah baca artikel tentang dia. Istilahnya, provokasi diri sendiri.

Back to topic, gue akhirnya baca artikel itu & menemukan segelintir kata-kata yang dikatakan oleh Kelly yang sukses bikin gue 'ticked off' dan memutuskan untuk bikin post ini. Di artikel tersebut, Kelly mengatakan, “I think the match we just had is one of the first main events the girls have been a part of, probably within the last 10 years,” (Kelly baru aja tanding di match yang jadi main-event di SmackDown)

Jujur, gue ngerasa kesel banget. Kenapa? Entah mungkin memang karena background dia bukan wrestler sehingga dia buta pengetahuan tentang wrestling atau kenapa, ga ngerti. Kenapa gue marah? Gue merasa, dia ga menghargai (atau mungkin gatau?) divas sebelum dia. Terakhir kali divas jadi main-eventers itu pada RAW 2004, dimana Lita berhadapan dengan Trish Stratus untuk WWE Women's Championship. Mungkin malah tahun 2006, dimana Rated RKO & Lita vs John Cena, Carlito & Trish Stratus. Mau di tahun manapun, main-event dimana divas ikut terlibat, hingga sekarang, gap-nya tidak sampai 10 tahun.

Kenapa sih gue kayaknya kesel banget? Dengan hal ini, gue jadi merasa yakin kalau WWE Divas sekarang ini memang lagi terpuruk lebih dari yang gue kira. Ga hanya dalam masalah skills, charisma & storylines aja tapi juga knowledge dari talentsnya sendiri. Gue akuin, di WWE masih ada divas yang memang wrestlers, tapi ga bisa dipungkiri kalo mayoritas divas sekarang adalah model-turn-wrestler yang hasil kerja on TV-nya cuman bisa bikin kita harap-harap cemas.

Gue mau nostalgia sedikit. WWE (yang dulunya bernama WWF) biasanya menganggap female talents mereka sebagai eye-candy. Pajangan, wrestling skill ga penting. Yang penting seksi, enak dilihat dan menjual. Tapi gue menghargai mereka karena mereka punya knowledge tentang wrestling. Mulai berevolusi dengan female talents yang ga hanya jual penampilan aja tapi mulai ikut beraksi di ring. Di masa inilah gue benar-benar respek sama female wrestlers. Mereka ga hanya jual sex-appeal aja, tapi mereka juga rela sacrifice their bodies in the ring, dan terlihat banget kalo derajat mereka itu sama ama wrestlers yang pria.

Lalu mulailah tahun 2002 dimana WWE mulai merekrut female talents ga hanya dari wrestling tetapi juga dari modelling. Jujur, pas awal gue tau WWE mulai begini, gue kesel banget. I mean, masih banyak yang mau kerja di WWE, please jangan hire orang yang mau kerja cuman karena the fame & fortune. Dan tentu saja, WWE tidak mendengarkan gue dong (siapa gue hahaha), dan proses menghire female talents dari modelling (atau manapun yang tidak berhubungan dengan wrestling) pun berlanjut hingga sekarang.

Gue akuin, ada beberapa model-turn-wrestler yang bikin gue impressed seperti, Christy Hemme, Eve Torres, Naomi, & Maryse. Ada beberapa faktor yang bikin gue bisa impressed ama mereka. Pertama, mereka mau improve & terlihat improvementsnya. Kedua, mereka sepertinya punya heart untuk jadi wrestlers.

Gue sebenernya menyesali keputusan WWE untuk berbuat seperti itu karena jika mereka mencari kecantikan, jujur di dunia independent wrestling masih banyak female wrestlers yang fisik & wajah cantik + punya wrestling skills yang baik. Jika WWE mencari entertainment value, tentu female wrestlers yang mengerti wrestling pasti mengerti baik apa yang harus mereka jual pada saat mereka tampil di atas ring. Jika WWE mencari role-models (since WWE is PG now), wrestlers yang harus bersusah payah untuk masuk ke WWE akan punya jiwa role-model yang lebih baik daripada female talents yang 'so-called' wrestlers yang masuk ke WWE yang lancar lewat jalan belakang.

Jalan belakang? Really?

Mungkin ga semua, but, let me tell you something. Gue adalah pendengar setia Art of Wrestling podcast yang dipandu oleh Colt Cabana. Pada salah satu episode, tamu dari podcast tsb adalah Sara Del Rey, one of the best female wrestlers in the world yang sekarang kerja di Ring of Honor. Di episode tersebut, tercetus dari mulut Sara (gue juga agak lupa, dia sign mau kerja atau latihan) tentang seseorang bernama Roland Alexander (mungkin the guy from All Pro Wrestling) yang bilang ke Sara, "It's not about who you know, it's about who you blow," and I was like, "Wow, really?" Ini lah yang bikin gue curiga kenapa justru untalented female performers yang di WWE malah banyak yang punya air-time. Backstage politics don't act nice.

Di cerita lain di episode tersebut adalah dimana Colt Cabana, pada saat dia masih di developmental, dia pernah nonton sebuah diva match. Di diva match ini, si diva A tengkurep di mat dan si diva B mencoba nge-pin si diva A dengan posisi pin kebalik (posisi diva A tengkurep, kakinya diangkat ama diva B, kayak posisi usual pin) dan si diva B-nya ini didn't understand why the referee didn't count the pin. Colt pun yang ketawa ngakak sadar kalo these 'divas' were there for the fame and stuff dimana Sara yang has all the love for wrestling doesn't get the recognition that she deserves. (Psst, si diva B ini ternyata masih di employed ama WWE loh, and she's always on TV, start guessing)

Melihat untalented female 'wrestlers' di TV membuat gue berpikir, "Man, ini sih ga maksimal. Kesannya women's division cuman buat pajangan." Gue agak berpikir kalau female performers di WWE ga maksimal mungkin karena ratingnya yang PG. Bisa juga gue keliru. Tapi jika pun, memang karena PG, bukankah jadi mengarah sexist? Dimana female talents dianggap lebih lemah dan kurang mengkontribusi daripada male talents-nya?

Gue sebagai wrestling fan & cewek pengen ngelihat female wrestlers yang skillnya bisa diakui didunia yang male-dominated ini. Mereka bisa jauh lebih entertaining. Kita ga hanya merhatiin storylines, matches are being rated too.

Yah, mudah-mudahan divas division kembali ke masa jayanya. Last words to WWE: Smart, sexy & powerful? Think again.

Please comment. I'd love to hear your thoughts.

Love & Respect,
xx Arrum

Waka Woke Weka Wiki

2010-07-02T01:07:00.002+07:00

WORLD CUP SEASON IS HAPPENING!

Yes, walaupun FIFA World Cup 2010 udah berjalan selama beberapa hari, tapi gue baru ngepostnya sekarang hahaha. Personally, I'm not a huge fan of soccer (or football, I don't want the people from UK trying to correct me). Hell, gue bahkan ga ngerti pemain-pemainnya, tim-timnya, strateginya, pelatihnya, dkk dkk-nya. GUE BUTA SEPAK BOLA. Dan ini serius.

Tapi entah kenapa, setidak ngefansnya gue ama bola, tapi kalau piala dunia pasti gue semangat nonton. Dan untuk piala dunia tahun 2010 ini, gue bener-bener tergoda & niat buat nonton. Tahun-tahun kemaren mah boro-boro deh, ogah begadang demi pertandingan doang.

Gue sempet merasa bingung, apa sih yang bikin orang suka nonton sepak bola? Gue jujur aja gabisa dapet feel nonton sepak bola kayak feel gue nonton wrestling. Kalo gue nonton wrestling, I got excited, hyped up, & basically hysterical. Gue belum pernah merasakan hal itu disaat gue nonton sepak bola.

Dan akhirnya karena obsesi gue dengan K-Pop agak ga sehat, gue mencoba nonton sepak bola, dan negara yang main adalah Korea Selatan vs Yunani. Disitu gue baru ngerasa, "Oh, gini ya rasanya nonton bola? Gila, nyeseknya kayak nonton gulat.". Gue jadi ngerti excitement orang-orang yang kadang-kadang suka berlebihan hanya karena sepak bola. Gue ngerasain hal itu dan gue merasa, well, excited!

Jujur aja, gue agak bersyukur karena gue ga tahu nama-nama pemain dan muka-muka pemain bola, karena gue takut kalo gue bakal nonton bola karena pemainnya bukan karena permainannya.

Errrr wrestling agak pengecualian ya...gue suka pertandingannya dulu terus liat pemainnya. Biasa, naluri wanita. (;

Untuk sekarang ini gue dukung Argentina buat menang piala dunia. Gatau kenapa, pas gue nonton Argentina lawan Meksiko, Argentina terlihat sangat keren (mungkin karena Argentina kejagoan, mungkin. Tapi waktu itu Meksiko terlihat tangguh kok).

Opini mungkin bakal beda, jadi share dong kalian mau negara mana yang menang World Cup dan kenapa.

2 hari rest days agak membuat TV jadi busuk ya hehe. Can't wait for the next match!

I'll see you on the next post.

Love & Respect,
xx Arrum

Don't Judge, Don't Complain

2010-05-18T23:25:00.003+07:00

Masih banyak orang yang kerjaannya ngenilai gue cuman dari luar. Masih banyak orang yang belum tau sifat-sifat asli gue. Maka dari itu, dalam blog ini gue berininsiatif untuk mengundang kalian supaya bisa kenal lebih dekat dengan gue, dengan sifat-sifat gue, dengan perilaku-perilaku gue, dengan lingkungan gue, dst. Lagipula, it seems like I haven't made a proper introduction.

So, let's start, shall we?

Nama gue Harum Nadhira. Lebih beken di dunia maya dengan nama Arrum Nadhira. Di real life, gue biasa dipanggil Harum atau Arrum, and yes, I STRONGLY DISLIKE Arum, use Arrum instead, please. Gue lahir di Jakarta pada tanggal 27 Februari 1993, and I'm damn proud of being a 1993'ers haha. Gue tinggal di Pondok Aren. Kawasan yang tidak strategis memang tapi cukup nyaman tinggal disini selama belasan tahun. Gue tinggal sama bokap gue (musisi), nyokap (ibu rumah tangga), adek cowok namanya Tsar (bulan Juni nanti 10 tahun, kelas 5 SD), 2 kucing kampung, 2 pembantu, dan beberapa orang kantor (karena di rumah gue juga ada kantor). Hidup gue alhamdulillah cukup, tapi gue orangnya tau diri kok, tenang aja. (;

Gue merasakan kehidupan sekolah. TK gue di TK Kasih Ananda, SD di SDN Percontohan 010, SMP di SMPN+ 177, SMA baru lulus dari SMAN 90. Sekarang lagi jadi pengacara sekaligus nyari-nyari kampus buat kuliah.

Interests gue banyak banget. Mulai dari musik, fotografi, graphic design, writing, dancing, internet, wrestling, etc. Pada intinya sebenernya gue agak-agak artsy walaupun gabisa gambar.

Itulah sedikit dari info gue. Let's move on to mental-related subjects.

Gue itu orangnya gimana? Hmm.
Gue bisa dibilang orangnya amat sangat pemalu dan pendiam kalo baru kenal (apalagi kalo ga diajak ngomong). Tapi kalo misal udah mulai ngobrol, sifat asli gue pun keluar. Gue orangnya rame & hyper. Kalo gue ngomongin sesuatu, I tend to overreact a lot, it has been mentally painful & amusing to others at the same time. Apalagi kalo di internet, gue bener-bener bisa full capslock kalo lagi hyper atau lagi rame, sampe kadang orang mikir gue lagi marah atau kenapa hahaha.

Gue itu orangny ga pandai mengekspresikan kasih sayang. Kalo marah, gue lebih bisa diem dan kadang langsung ceplas ceplos ngomong kasar. Tapi kalo urusan nunjukkin affection atau care, sebenernya itu hal yang susah buat gue. Kadang udah di hati gue mau ngasih liat kalo gue care ama seseorang tapi ujung-ujungnya gue udah kicep karena that's just not me and it's depressing to have that kind of personality.

Gue 4-dimensional. Ini maksudnya gue kayak punya dunia sendiri. I talk like it's funny when others think it's not, I imagine things differently when other people think logically. Gue suka ngomong sendiri & gue suka melakukan hal random yang orang bisa ngomentarin gue with a simple "WTF?". Walaupun gue aneh, tapi orang-orang bilang gue yang 4D ini sangat-sangat spesial, jadi ya yaudahlah bangga hehe.

Gue itu enggak ambisius. Gue orangnya bener-bener go with the flow aja. Kalo kesampean ya Alhamdullillah, kalo ga kesampean ya yaudah. Tapi emang ga bagus sih sifat ini, kesannya emang gue kayak gapunya goal in life gitu. Walaupun sebenernya gue punya target, tapi gue aja masih belum pasti kalo target itu emang cocok ama gue.

Gue itu arogan. Yes, I admit. You can call me the younger and less beautiful version of Park Gyuri. Bedanya kalo Gyuri kan narsis, kalo gue lebih ke arogan. Gue sangat suka membanggakan diri sendiri baik secara materials, physicals, & spirituals. Sebenernya mungkin ini alter-ego kali ya? Karena tiap abis gue ngebanggain diri, I'll go "What did I just say?", there goes my 4-dimensional side.

Gue orangnya down-to-earth. Banyak yang bilang gue orang kaya tapi cuman tau cara hidup orang kaya. Buat penjelasan....I spent about more than 6 years being a poor kid. Dan gue sangat bersyukur kalo gue pernah miskin. Gue jadi lebih menghargai orang, menghargai uang & menghargai apa yang Tuhan kasih ke gue. Alhamdulillah, Tuhan emang sayang sama keluarga gue sehingga Ia memberi rezeki yang lebih dari cukup ke orang tua gue jadi gue bisa hidup makmur kayak gini. Tapi, gue masih tau diri. Banyak orang yang bilang kalo gue cuman menang duit. Tolong ya, untuk minta hp, iPod, PS dll ke bonyok gue itu ga gampang! Mereka bener-bener bikin gue supaya nunjukkin ke mereka kalo gue emang pantes punya barang-barang itu.
Oh ya, bonyok gue juga mengajarkan gue pekerjaan-pekerjaan yang biasa dilakukan pembantu; ya masak, ya nyapu, ya nyuci piring & baju, dll. Semua itu diajarin ke gue supaya gue ga cuman bisa leha-leha. Gue pun merasa santai dengan rumah orang-orang yang sederhana karena emang toh dulunya gue hidup lebih parah dari itu.

Sisanya, gue itu orangnya friendly, optimistic, goofy, unpredictable, a bit crazy but overall nice! Disini gue ga ngebanggain diri loh, most of my friends said this (:

Ya inilah gue, Arrum. Arrum yang gak sempurna, yang kerjaannya ketawa-ketawa, yang suka ngejayus, yang random, yang silly, yang cuek ama orang yang gak dia suka, yang rada frontal, yang telah kalian terima sebagai teman.

Semoga kalian enjoy baca blog gue!

Love & Respect,
xx Arrum

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2010-05-14T21:40:00.002+07:00

Why does it have to be you

Why did I have to love you.

The Wind Is Singing

2010-05-14T10:42:00.005+07:00

Long holiday gives you nothing to do. Apparently.
Iya sih, jadi banyak waktu buat jalan. Ini mending kalo ada yang ngajak jalan, kalo ga ada gimana dong? Ya busuk dirumah.

Contoh: gue.

Harum Nadhira, anak baru lulus SMA berusia 17 tahun, penganggurang tidak banyak acara, kerjaannya dirumah cuman internetan ama nontonin variety shows Korea sambil menggemukkan diri (baca: ngemil, makan, ngemil, tidur).

Akhirnya untuk mencari variasi dari kegiatan liburan gue yang sangat tidak bermanfaat ini, gue harus melakukan sesuatu & beberapa hal untuk mengisi waktu. Akhirnya gue membuat list of things yang mungkin akan mewarnai liburan gue selama beberapa bulan kedepan:

1) Ngurusin prom,
2) Latian dance (err, yeah, now I'm learning by myself how to properly 'pop-n-lock'),
3) Ngelancarin nyetir,
4) Belanja ama nyokap.

Tentu saja belum semua kegiatan diatas sudah dilaksanakan hahaha. Emang kayaknya kedikitan juga ya cuman 4, tapi ya bagaimana lagi? Gue orang rumahan, males jalan (kecuali kalo lagi mood). Tapi, ayo dong ada kek gitu yang ngajak makan kek, nonton kek, ice skating kek, window-shopping pun gue jabanin huhu. Kalo gue dirumah mulu, hidup gue berasa ga produktif banget kerjaan cuman molor, makan, molor, main.

Rant banget ya isi blognya? It's because my own fault juga sih...

Btw, layout blog gue udah ganti haha sudah tidak hitam lagi. Ya gpp lah, biar suasana baru, terang dan semoga masa depan gue juga terang nantinya. AMIIIIIIIIN.

Foto yang diatas harus gue kasih credit. Itu sebenernya lukisan yg dibikin sama Mark Ryden. Bagi yang gatau, dia itu pelukis dari Amerika Serikat. Kalo pengen tau karyanya dia, lo google aja album covernya Michael Jackson yang Dangerous, itu si Mark Ryden ini yang buat. Gue sebenernya bukan orang yang ngerti lukisan atau hal-hal yang berhubungan dengan lukis-melukis tapi karya-karyanya Mark Ryden cukup 'WOW' di mata gue; menarik & eksentrik. Kalo gitu kenapa gue bisa tahu si pelukis ini? Sherri DuPree-Bemis of Eisley (aka one of my favorite artists/musicians) once put one of his paintings as her Twitter background (sekarang udah engga). Lukisannya agak sadis tapi gue sangat-sangat terpukau.

Okay agak off topic, tapi sekalian nambah info gpp, toh? (:

Gue belom mandi padahal temen-temen gue pada mau kesini, hmmmm. I should get going. Gonna watch Super Junior's Comeback Stage on Music Bank later on today! Stoked...even just watching it on TV. I should really take a shower now.

OH, and before I forget (lol isn't that a Slipknot song?), I have a formspring!!! So please, pretty please, ask anything! Deep appreciation if you follow my formspring account! So yeah, go ahead and go to here:

http://www.formspring.me/arrumnadhira

Love & Respect,
xx Arrum

Twitterverse, We Got A Problem

2010-04-19T18:55:00.005+07:00

Helloooooo. New post, throw a party, say hooray! Egh, no.
Oh well, like previous post, gue gabakal banyak basabasi but straight to the point. Yep, it's about one of the phenomenons on the internet world: Twitter.

Gue udah punya Twitter account sekitar setahun yang lalu. Tweets gue udah berpuluh ribuan karena memang gue orangnya suka mengumbar kehidupan gue haha. Dan gue akuin, Twitter sangat-sangat adiktif. I tweet everywhere; at home, school, basically everywhere. Biasanya gue ngtweet dari hal-hal yang sifatnya announcing something, contacting somebody, or just plain random fangirling. Gue pun lebih suka ama Twitter ketimbang Facebook karena (menurut gue) jauh lebih mudah untuk dapet info & tau keadaan sekitar (lingkungan & manusia).

Selama gue hidup di Twitter, I've encountered so many uncomfortable moments, even upsetting dari beberapa orang di Twitter (baik yang gue kenal ataupun engga sama sekali). Ini dia yang mau gue omongin. Rasanya kalo cuman cerita ke temen betapa btnya gue karena beberapa hal di Twitter, belum lega di hati. Dan walaupun ini semua opini gue, toh nyatanya mayoritas temen-temen gue merasakan hal ini. Jadi inilah beberapa hal yang bener-bener gue muakkin dari beberapa masyarakat Twitter:

1. "Hey, gue follow lo loh. Follow back dong, hehe."
Okay, I get this sooooooooooooooooooooooo many times. Gue sebenernya punya prinsip untuk hanya ngefollow; temen, keluarga, people who i'm a fan of, people who I do want to follow. Kadang kalo gue nerima message ini sekali, gue masih toleransi (tanpa ngefollow orang tersebut). Tapi kalo tuh orang ga kapok-kapok ngirim message itu ya gue (sebagai orang yang sangat-sangat emosian kalo dipaksa-paksa) bakal bikin announcement di Twitter dengan huruf capslock hahaha. Lagian gue mikirnya gini, "I don't know you, why do I have to follow you? Do I have to be friends with you? What advantages will you get by having me as one of your followers? What advantages will I get by following your account? GIVE ME A GOOD REASON TO FOLLOW YOUR TWITTER." Thank you, folks. Thank you.

2. "I unfollow you, because you don't follow me back."
Haha gue sangat-sangat bukan penganut hal ini. Gue punya list of people yang ga follow me back but I still follow them. Twitter gue kan, suka-suka mau follow siapa. But anyways, ini gue kesel karena gue merasa orang yang berprinsip hal ini adalah orang kampung yang menganggap Twitter sebagai ajang adu eksis. Bash me all you want and tell me it's not true but I know deep down inside your heart, there's a tiny bitsy space of it saying it's the truth. Followers banyak ga menjamin kalo lo eksis. Followers banyak could mean; you have lots of friends/family on Twitter, most of your followers think you're cool, most of your followers are SPAMS. I do have 400 followers, that's about 4 times my following list but no I don't need to brag about it, and I don't have any problems with people unfollowing me. I just don't like this reason when I'm being unfollowed.

3. "You talk too much thrash, my timeline is filled with your tweets."
I LOL'd at this. Kalo emang gasuka tweet gue, tinggal unfollow or block me. I don't even care. Lagipula, when you have a Twitter account, it's your right to tweet anything, anytime, anywhere. Biarpun itu untuk pamer, sekadar ganti status, ajang emo, nyindir, ya tetep aja itu account lo. Lo bebas untuk ngetweet banyak ataupun sedikit. Banyak orang yang gasuka kalo tweet kita bawel dan bisa tiap menit. Tapi itu adalah KONSEKUENSI yang memang harus ditolerir kalo lo emang mau jadi masyarakat Twitter. People talk a lot of shits all the time, deal with it.

Errrrr..... gue masalahnya cuman 3 itu sih hahahaha. Yang pasti, ini itu free country, kita bebas memfollow & mengunfollow & berbicara apapun (tentu dengan etiket). Kalo ada tambahan, silahkan comment aja ya!

Love & Respect,
xx Arrum

Omona~!

2010-03-28T18:05:00.016+07:00

Hey, long time no post ya? Ga ada topik sih. Cuman sekarang gue udah punya topik, straight to the point aja: KPOP.

Orang-orang semua pada kelabakan begitu tau gue sekarang jadi bener-bener kerajingan musik Korea Selatan sana. Fyi, the treatments that I've gotten since I admitted to be a kpop fan were mostly bad. I got bullied online, I got mocked by friends, I cried a lot because of the treatments, I got bashed by known/unknown people, etc. Jadinya gue berininsiatif untuk bikin blog dengan topik ini. Kalo bisa dipromosikan, gue minta tolong ya hihi (lirik: Wanda & Iga (;)

1. Sejak kapan suka ama Korean stuff?
Mungkin gue ga begitu suka the whole Korean stuff, mostly their music & idols & fashion styles. Tapi gue kira-kira udah suka KPop dari bulan puasa tahun 2009. You do the math.

2. Kok bisa suka sih?
Ini dia pertanyaan besar orang-orang. Kenapa gue bisa suka? Hmm, sejarahnya (cie) gini. Gue dulu sama sekali buta dengan Korea. Cara pandang gue terhadap musik Korea ampir sama dengan cara pandang orang kebanyakan ke musik Cina: sipit, susah bedain orang, bencong, garbage. Gue inget dulu pas bulan puasa beberapa tahun yang lalu, entah kenapa channel musik asia lagi kena Hallyu-wave (maaf kalo salah spelling, tapi intinya ini istilah orang-orang nyebut Korean-wave). Gue jadi agak tau Super Junior dan lagunya yang beken waktu itu "Don't Don". Kebetulan emang gue lagi kerajingannya ama musik screamo, rock, dan musik-musik berisik lainnya. Dan emang kebetulan "Don't Don" ada vibe rocknya, gue tertarik untuk download dan dengerin lagunya mereka. But that was it.

Kemudian, pas kenaikan kelas 12, gue ternyata sekelas ama temen gue yang namanya Syarrah. Gue udah kenal dia sejak kelas 1 tapi gue baru tau kalo dia suka Korea itu pas di kelas 12. Mulai lah gue bincang-bincang ama dia dan gue mengakui kalo gue cuman tau Super Junior & Girls' Generation (tapi jujur, ga pernah merhatiin muka atau musiknya. Bener-bener buta). Suatu hari si Syarrah bawa netbook ke sekolah, dicekokinnya lah gue dengan barang-barang musik Korea. Gue pun makin tertarik karena gue salut banget ama music idols Korea (alasan menyusul di bawah ya (:). Dan mulai dari situ lah gue jadi cannot stop listening to Kpop music, watching Kpop shows/variety shows, and browsing Kpop news.

3. Suka Kpop siapa aja?
Untuk sekarang ini gue ngefans parah sama Super Junior, Girls' Generation, SHINee, 2PM, U-KISS, dan mulai agak suka BEAST. Sisanya yang ngefansnya gue biasa aja tapi suka termasuk DBSK, 2AM, KARA, After School, dll (karena lupa -_-).

4. Apa yang bikin lo suka Kpop?
Musiknya, dancenya, orang-orangnya bener-bener bikin ketagihan. Pernah ga sih lo dengerin musik dan lo bisa ngerepeat musik itu berkali-kali sampe mungkin....1 jam lebih? That happened to me dan lagu yang gue dengerin adalah lagu Korea. Entah kenapa lagu barat walaupun enak, addicting valuenya kadang kurang kuat. Kalo lagu Kpop, ada addicting factor yang bener-bener parah. The songs slowly brainwash you (in a good way).

Dancenya bener-bener adiktif, karena kita tau sendiri tiap MV dari Kpop idols itu pasti selalu ada trademark dancenya (contoh: Girls' Generation's "Gee", or Super Junior's "Sorry, Sorry", or KARA's "Mister"). Dan kebetulan, gue baru realized kalo dancing is my passion next to music. Ngeliat dance-dance yang dilakukan ama Kpop idols itu bener-bener bikin gue terangsang buat latihan dancenya (lagipula juga itung-itung olahraga hehe).

Orang-orangnya jangan ditanya hehe. Semua orang tau lah kalo gue orangnya hyper. Kalo waktu ngefans artis barat, gue hyper tapi gak terlalu bias. Sekarang, gue bener-bener kalo liat Kpop idols perform di tv, gue bener-bener hyper & ke-hyper-an gue itu tersalurkan melalu bias gue yang tiada henti. Memang sih jadi kedengerannya gue ngefans cuman gara-gara muka, tapi gue sendiri akan menilai kok, mana yang bener-bener 'not-just-a-pretty-face' dan mana yang engga. Trust me, most Kpop idols that I like are actually more than pretty faces.

5. Argumentasi yang mau lo kasih buat orang-orang yang ngebash Kpop ke elo?
There are PLENTY:
->1. Kpop boys are gay
Haha ini yang gue sering denger. Kebanyakan bilang kayak bencong karena mukanya cantik, nari-nari, dan lagunya menye-menye. Kadang gue suka mau ngomong: "Oh kalo lo bilang kpop boys are gay, what's that makes you then, homophobe? God?". Mukanya cantik? Itu sih karunia tuhan, lagipula gue lebih suka cowok cantik kok daripada cowok ganteng hihi. Nari-nari? Haha gue suka cowok yang bisa nari kok, karena gue sendiri pengen banget bisa nari. Jujur, mau cowok dance salsa aja gue pasti bakal naksir. Lagunya menye-menye? Selera orang untuk suka, kalo dipikir-pikir mungkin aja itu yang ngejual di Korea sana, sama kayak halnya Indonesia, begitu 1 band melayu muncul, ngejual (or not?), muncul ribuan lainnya.

->2. Mukanya ga bisa dibedain
Gue juga dulu merasa gitu kok. Jujur karena Kpop, gue jadi concern ama masalah rasisme. Kalo mau bawa nama tuhan sih, ya muka kan karunia tuhan ya, jadi gue kayak agak merasa ragu dan gak logis untuk ngebash Kpop gara-gara gabisa bedain mukanya. Coba misal ada kembar 10 terus bikin band di Indonesia, apa lo bakal bilang hal yang sama?

->3. Oplas
Emang sih gue juga males ama hal ini, cuman pas gue cari tahu kenapa idols pada melakukan ini, ternyata memang prinsip "not-just-a-pretty-face" ini yang dipegang. Mereka mau kalo ga cuman menang tampang aja tapi mereka juga memang punya talenta. Walaupun banyak orang yang masih menilai kalo mereka menang tampang doang.

->4. Lagu-lagunya bahasa Korea (baca: ga ngerti)
Music is universal. Dimana-mana orang dengerin musik bukan dengerin lirik. Gue yang pendengar musik akut, pegang bener hal ini. Balik ke hal musik Kpop itu adiktif, karena gue dengerin musiknya. Gue jujur dengerin musik segala bahasa karena gue ga mau diskriminasi musik. Di iPod gue ada lagu bahasa macem-macem: Inggris, Indonesia, Korea, Cina, India, Perancis, Spanyol, Jerman, dll. Even bokap gue yang bahasa Inggrisnya ga jago-jago banget, gue kasih Korea dia fine-fine aja dan malah bilang kalo musik Korea itu bagus. See? Bahasa isn't really a barrier in music.

dan beberapa hal lain yang mungkin gue lupa/belum terpikirkan. Tapi mayoritas itu.

6. Kalo liat yang diatas, apa yang bikin lo salut ama Kpop idols?
Managementnya walaupun agak gila tapi mereka bener-bener cari orang yang emang punya bakat yang ga cuman asal bisa eksis doang. Contoh KARA. Memang mereka cantik-cantik dan masih belia, tapi coba kalo lo liat live performancenya mereka, walaupun jingkrak-jingkrak nari tapi suara mereka masih bisa stabil, ini mayoritas Kpop idols kalau perform.

Dan, mental mereka baja-baja. Fans-fans dari Korea sana lebih ekstrim dan lebih psikopat kalo diabandingin dengan fans mana-mana. Ever heard of antis? Antis disana lebih gila (to the point where they would kill the idols that they hate, remember DBSK's Yunho super-glue incident?). Dengan guestbook yang bisa diakses jutaan orang, Kpop idols harus siap dipuji-puji atau dicaci maki oleh orang-orang yang benci ama mereka dengan kata-kata yang mungkin ga bisa ditolerir. Sedangkan most of Kpop idols live in their dorm, away from the family yang bakal ngasih support terbesar memerangi hal-hal yang bisa bikin mereka depresi. Ini yang gue bikin salut ama mereka.

Oh ya, dan mereka ga kenal capek! Gue pernah browsing schedule beberapa Kpop idols, dan bener deh, ngebacanya aja udah capek. Most of them only have 2-3 hours to sleep, then they have to wake up to do their schedule yang udah disusun secara apik. Dan guess what, walaupun schedule udah selesai, mereka harus tetep latian sampe pagi dan back to sleep. Tapi mereka selalu mencoba untuk terlihat ceria dan fully-rested.

And, they respect & love their families. Kpop idols aren't exactly the richest people in their own country tapi mereka tetep bisa stay down-to-earth dan masih bisa menyisihkan uang gaji mereka yang terbilang ga banyak untuk keluarga mereka. Siapa sih yang ga suka orang-orang cantik/ganteng, terkenal, bisa nari & nyanyi, lalu cinta keluarga? Gue sih suka gila.

7. Last words?
Gue ga memaksa kalian untuk suka Kpop (walaupun gue hobi nyekokin orang hal-hal yang gue suka), gue hanya pengen membuka hati kalian kalo Kpop itu ga sehina yang kalian kira. Kalian boleh ga suka, tapi setidaknya jangan bikin rasa ga suka itu untuk mencetus keributan diantara kita semua. Katanya musik pemersatu manusia, kok ribut. Ga lucu kan? Moga-moga dengan blog ini, kita semua (kpop fans or not) bisa lebih dekat & bisa mewujudkan world peace (haha jadi patriotik gini ya?).

Love & Respect,
xx Arrum

Apalah

2009-10-16T22:27:00.002+07:00

yang tadinya mau ngepost tentang Vicky-T yg udah lama ketahan2 jadinya malah beginian.
halo, nama saya Arrum Nadhira dan saya sedang patah hati.

Kasian ya, gue jadi mellow, jadi dengerin lagu cinta mulu...

I'm Dying In The Summer Heat

2009-07-09T07:28:00.002+07:00

LONG TIME NO POST! Gosh, i miss this blog. How are ya people?!

Oh well, arms raising, question being asked, confusion worn on your faces: "Where the hell have you been?"

That's a pretty good question, where the hell have i been? hmmm.

There were pretty much a lot of things going on with my life since my brother's birthday. Me going to Singapore, doing LOTS of photography jobs, going to friends' birthdays, doing some driving lessons, working on my TOEFL, playing Legends of Wrestlemania, and keeping myself busy. See right there? I'm in the balance mode of being social & anti-social.

Not only things going on in my life, but also outside my life. Jacko's death, 2 members left Panic At The Disco, The Indonesia President Election, holiday time's runnin' out...

Did i just type holiday time's runnin' out? Ugh.

But, i'm pretty excited to be in the 12th grade. Hello senior year, goodbye sophomore.

I'm so tired. Last night 8 friends came over and it was fun, since we rarely meet. I think i'm gonna go back to sleep, besides, i'm uploading tons of photos and if i do too much on the net, it'll fail and i'll go riot.

Have a nice on the rest of the holiday. (:

xx Arrum

Mensalathiif Kautsar

2009-06-17T11:22:00.003+07:00

Not in the mood for blogging, but, i love my brother (yes, i do) and it's his birthday today sooooo:

HAPPY 10TH BIRTHDAY, TSAR!

Moga2 jadi anak saleh, tambah pinter, ga annoying, makin patuh, panjang umur, dan sehat selalu juga selalu diberi kemudahan dalam kehidupan. Amiiiiiin.

xx Arrum

Music Guilty Pleasures

2009-06-12T12:10:00.009+07:00

I love music. I love music so much, it's ridiculous. I spend too much money buying CDs or music magazines or concert DVDs. Gw suka semua jenis musik (kecuali dangdut, sorry). Gw suka nyari cool bands dari beberapa sumber. Dan temen2 gw ada yang malah bilang kalo gw itu walking-music-encyclopedia, karena mereka selalu minta rekomendasi musik dari gw. Gw ga batas2in genre favorit. Tiap org nanya, "What's in your iPod?" gw cuman bisa reply, "What's not in my iPod? I have everything."

And i mean, EVERYTHING. From pop to rock, from dance to metal, from house to Indonesian songs, from musicals to movie soundtracks, from jazz to classic, you name it, i probably have it.

Orang2 sempat menemukan musik2 aneh yang ada di iPod gw. Gw ga menganggap aneh, gw anggap guilty pleasures. Orang2 yang either liat nama band/penyanyi trs langsung bilang "WTF, lo dengerin beginian?!" atau orang yang melihat nama aneh band/penyanyi lalu dengerin lagunya lalu ngomong hal yg sama ke gw. Mungkin buat gw bukan guilty pleasures juga sih, lebih ke guilty pleasures gw bagi mereka. I'll put it on here so, enjoy reading.

1. Ipso Facto
This 3-piece (used to be 4 piece before keyboard player, Cherish Kaya left) psychedelic/garage rock band. Gw jujur ketemu band ini gara2 pas baca Alternative Press, Faris Badwan of the Horrors told the readers that Ipso Facto is a band that we need to know. So, gw langsung ke myspace mereka dan pas lagu Smoke & Mirrors mulai, i fell in love with the band. The whole mellower and gothicer version of the Horrors is just great! Mungkin beberapa orang akan merasa, "WTF, lo dengerin lagu kuburan yang super dramatik." But i think this band definitely have the talent to break into the mainstream music industry because of their quirky taste in music. And not to mention, band yang consisting of Rosalie Cunningham (vocals & guitars), Victoria Smith (drums) & Samantha Valentine (bass) ini punya sense of style yang cukup unik yang bakal jadi inspirasi bagi fashion lovers. Their quirkyness indeed is their strength.
MySpace: www.myspace.com/ipsofactomyspace
Listen to: "Smoke & Mirrors", Harmonise", "Balderdash"

2. The Horrors
Haha mungkin temen2 gw ampe capek kali ya gw ngebacot soal The Horrors. Gw pertama kali tau mereka dari majalah musik, dan hal yang sangat mencolok adalah tagline buat promosi album pertama mereka (Strange House), "Psychotic Sounds For Freaks & Weirdos"
Wow! Sangat menarik bukan? Se-psycho apakah musik mereka hingga menarik perhatian (not to mention, each of the members hair is definitely unique and catches people's attentions). Akhirnya gw mencoba untuk melihat video klip mereka yang berjudul "Count In Fives" and i thought, "Holyshit, they're so weird it's fucking amazing!" so i went to multiply; pas jaman2nya masih bisa download disana, then download the whole album! And i just thought this band has the cool garage and punk vibe you know. Setiap gw dengerin lagu2 band yang beranggotakan Faris Badwan (vocals); Joshua Third (guitars); Spider Webb (keyboards in "Strange House", bass in "Primary Colours"); Tom Furse (vice versa of Spider Webb); & Coffin Joe (drums), gw selalu imagine those cool underground punk-ish new wave kind of gigs. Mungkin orang akan wtf mendengar Faris Badwan's singing or growling atau how creepy Spider Webb's keybord sounds or how noisy/garage Joshua Third's guitar (fyi, he made his own guitar effect pedals distortion). Tapi justru keunikan2 tersebut yang membuat musiknya jadi one of a kind! Di album kedua The Horrors (Primary Colors) agak beda musiknya karen menurut gw mereka agak lebih dancy kind of garage rock. Tapi it's still a cool record to listen, walaupun gw sebenernya agak berharap i can watch their shows in their "Strange House" days haha.
MySpace: www.myspace.com/thehorrors
Listen to: "She Is The New Thing", "Death At The Chapel", "Jack The Ripper"

3. Bond
Orang2 pada ngetawain gw. Katanya gw terlalu metal buat dengerin musik classic crossover kyk Bond. This 4-piece string quartet consisting of Haylie Ecker (people said that she's been replaced by Elspeth Hanson but idk; first violin), Eos Chater (second violin), Tania Davis (viola), & Gay-Yee Westerhoff (cello) has been my favorite since i was in the 3rd grade i guess. I used to play violin that's why i love this band so much! Mereka2 ini talented banget dan tiap liat video mereka lagi perform, gw sangat2 amazed with their skills. Dengan skills yang hebat, mereka sanggup mengaransemen beberapa lagu sehingga lagu tsb jadi wah banget. Walaupun sekarang lg masa2 hiatus, i really hope they would make a new record with some awesome material. And this proves that i'm not only a loud music listener! LOL
MySpace: www.myspace.com/bondofficial
Listen to: "Shine", "Korobushka", "Oceanic"

4. HORSE the Band
I LOVE THIS BAND! Haha seriously, any kind of nintendo music, love em. Tp this band is what we call: nintendocore. Gw pertama kali tau band ini gara2 ke myspacenya Maura, trs lagu di profilenya waktu itu adalah lagunya band ini. It's so ridiculous, it's amazing. Gw langsung download2 lagu2 band yang beranggotakan Nathan Winneke (vocals), David Isen (guitars), Erik Engstrom (synths/LSDJ), & Daniel Puoliot (drums) ini. Dan memuaskan, gw bilang musiknya inovatif, amazing, dan savage! Musik yang didengar kalo lo mau killing somebody (pumps out your energy i mean haha) atau hanya sekedar buat gila2an. Bahkan mereka ada lagu yang agak ngedance kyk "Sex Raptor" satu lagi yang bikin gw suka ama band ini walaupun dengan aliran yg aneh adalah, their live shows. Fucking intense.
MySpace: www.myspace.com/horsetheband
Listen to: "Face Of Bear", "Murder"

5. Movie Soundtracks/Musicals
Yeah, i got a lot of laughs because of this. I'm cooler than you because i listen to The Sound Of Music theme songs hahaha. The truth is, gw sangat suka film scores, film sountracks, dan musical films. Dan gw selalu berfikir kalo musicals music is beautiful. Banget.
Sama halnya dengan movie soundtracks. Gw sangat suka dengan musik2 Toy Story atau film2 Disney karena ya itu, beautifully arranged and made. Dan juga kadang lo bisa replay filmnya di kepala lo saat lo dengerin musik dr scene atau dr film tsb.
Listen to: Soundtracks of "Sweeney Todd", "The Sound Of Music", "Mulan"

6. M2M
Go ahead, laugh. I love them really, although they're defunct now zzz. Gw tau mereka pas gw kls 1 sd... or kapan ya? Pokoknya SD lah. Lucu aja gt ya liat mreka nyanyi2 trs ada pokemon ("Don't Say You Love Me", anyone?). Belum lagi album covernya dominan warna pink ama ungu... COME ON, for little kids that kinds of album was kinda hard to resist. Akhirnya gw beli kasetnya dan sukses ngeplay lagunya terus ampe seminggu lebih hahaha shit. Tapi ya, karena sekarang udah bubar, ya gitu aja, gw males juga dengerin album solonya Marion atau Merit. M2M masih suka gw play, reminds me how girly i was when i was little haha.
Listen to: "Mirror, Mirror", "Everything", "The Day You Went Away"

Yah kyknya segitu aja deh haha. Pas gw ubek2 iPod, keknya udah abis yang guilty pleasuresnya. Hate/Like this? Comment or email me. (: Btw, the last post's commenter, Yudho, asked me to do more writing about wrestling. I WILL! Just let me figure out what i'm gonna write haha.

xx Arrum

Wrasslin'

2009-06-09T12:47:00.004+07:00

Haha yes i know it's actually wrestling. Temen2 terdekat gw pasti tau kalo gw suka banget ama olahraga yang satu ini. Kok bisa sih rum? Well, blame RCTI haha. Jadi ceritanya, dulu kls 1 SD gw malem2 jam stengah 11 kurang nyariin nyokap. Then, bokap bilang kalo nyokap ada di rumah tetangga sebelah. Trs pas gw akhirnya ke rumah tetangga itu eh pas udh masuk tiba2 anaknya tetangga gw liat jam trs kek yg "Wih, udah jam setengah 11, nonton SmackDown woi." gw kek yg "perasaan itu game deh?" akhirnya karena gw penasaran gw ikut anak2 tetangga gw itu ke ruang TVnya mereka, dan dari situ lah gw sangat terkesima ama perpaduan (cie bahasanya) olahraga, storyline, characters/gimmick, juga berpikir betapa hebatnya orang yang punya organisasi wrestling ini untuk mengorganize dan memimpin this multi-million dollar business.

Mungkin orang2 bilang, "It's fucking fake and you're watching people pretending to hurt each other." you know what? So what if it's fake? It's entertaining and it's just as same as soap operas; with more muscular guys and sexier (even claimed the sexiest) women on television. Tapi gw sangat respect dengan wrestler2nya (and even the crew). They work 300+ days on the road, away from their families, putting their lifes and lives on the line just to entertain the people around the world. But they love this business so much, they don't even care if they even break their own hand. You gotta give them props for that.

Favorite gw tetep aja WWE no matter what sih hahaha ya abis udh bertaun2 gw ntn WWE. Yes, i do watch TNA or ROH or any wrestling promotion, tp ga sehardcore gw ntn WWE. Yes, i did watch WCW in the old days and no i didn't watch the ol' ECW days, i only watch them on YouTube lol.

Satu hal yang gw suka dengan wrestling adalah storylinenya. Walopun storyline wrestling jaman sekarang sampah, tapi tetep menarik. Like i said before, this is like soap opera, only better haha. Juga bermacam2 karakter unik yang menarik maupun menyebalkan memenuhi dunia wrestling. Jarang2 kan lo ketemu orang yang narsisnya kelebihan banget kayak Maryse atau John Morrison? Atau orang yang psychonya tai2an kek Randy Orton? Atau orang idiot kek Festus? Yeah you can find it on wrestling shows.

Yes, emang Indonesia pernah gunjang ganjing soal orang tua yang nuntut WWE shows buat dibanned krn mereka nuduh kalo anak2 mereka meninggal gara2 meniru gerakan2 wrestling. Untuk disini, gw sangat pro wrestling (hahaha it's so weird to type that 'cause pro-wrestling and pro wrestling have a different meaning). Why? Because, one, it's Lativi's (channel yang nayangin WWE) fault for changing WWE's time slots from 11pm to 10pm. Anak2 bakal lebih mudah ntn jika jamnya jam 10, dan saat Lativi merubah jamnya kembali ke jam 11 malam, anak2 malah nungguin acaranya. Stuuuupidddddd. Two, it's the children's parents' fault. Harusnya mereka menjaga anak2nya saat nonton TV dan memberitahukan mereka kalo gerakan2 wrestling ga patut dicontoh karena, well, they're not wrestlers, duh. Oke, gw pernah ngomong soal ini ke temen gw dan temen gw bilang kalo "They're kids! They don't understand what their parents say to them." OH HELLO! Kalo lo berani bilang gitu, berarti anak2 yang lo sebut adalah fucking alay yang never listened to their parents and couldn't see the different between being a good kid or a bad kid. Udah jelas2 WWE taro "Don't try this at home" okay well do it at the park.... no, i'm joking haha serius deh kalo ada perhatian gt kenapa mesti dicoba2 juga sih? Pro-wrestlers aja masih bisa cedera, apalagi kita2 yang ga punya pengalaman olahraga ini? Mati di tempat, bitch.

Yayaya, gw tau ini emang kasus lama, tapi ga salah kan kalo gw ngomongin soal ini haha lagi moodnya.

Kabar terbaru, WWE memang menurunkan ratingnya agar menjadi family-friendly menjadi PG dari TV-14 (or 15?). That means no blood, no sexual references, or over the top violence. Good news for WWE karena sangat membawa duit ke kantong perusahaan, bad news for some fans. Tapi ya i feel good aja sih, walaupun agak kesel karena Cena jadi SuperCena ampe mampus, tapi yang penting wrestling still exists.

I'm probably going to still watch wrestling until the end of my life, i guess.

Comments & Criticism are allowed. OR if you want me to post about my favorite male/female wrestlers, just ask, i'll post it here. (:

xx Arrum

Stand Out

2009-05-30T10:46:00.004+07:00

Okay jadi Senin besok gw ulangan semester 2, jadi expect nothing within a week karena gw sangat mengejar2 nilai 8 atau 9. Iya, gw tau keknya gw obsessed. Kenapa? Karena gw sangat mengincar untuk kuliah di univ negeri hahaha tau sendiri kan negeri minta nilainya ampe berapa ck. Jadi strategi gw adalah untuk mempertahankan nilai Matematik, Sosiologi, & Seni Musik (midsmester 90an), naikin nilai pelajaran yang sisanya (midsmester 80an) dan SUPER NAIKIN NILAI BAHASA JEPANG (midsmester 79). Tugas berat emang, cuman ya gatau kenapa gw jadi sadar sendiri bahwa gw harus belajar huhu doain ya supaya gw bisa ngerjain UASnya dan dapat nilai memuaskan. Amiiiiiin.

Enough about me. Jadi kemarin2 gue banyak jalan2 lah istilahnya, dan one thing that i realize, orang2 banyak yang ngeliatin gw dari atas ke bawah. Apakah karena gw pake kerudung? Atau there was something on my face? Ataukan karena gw famous (jijik)?

Gw ngeliat diri gw sendiri. Nothing was wrong with me. I had appropriate clothes on and i didn't behave inappropriately. So what was the matter? Gw saat itu pake celana jeans. Not skinny enough to be called skinny jeans dan not baggy enough to be called baggy jeans. Plaid dark blue jeans dengan kaos long sleeve hitam dan kerudung hitam. Make up gw cuman pake eyeliner dan gw cuman pake sepatu Converse putih butut, tas selempang biru kipling gw dan kacamata baca gw.

Nothing weird.

Apparently bagi orang lain itu weird, sampe2 gw diliatin. Uh, hello, didn't your parents teach you or even tell you to not intently stare at people because it's rude? Gw sih ga peduli ya diliatin apa gimana karena gw sendiri kan ga punya masalah ama gw sendiri.

Tapi saat gw melihat2 keadaan sekitar ya gw sadar. Orang2 yang gw lihat parade pake baju trendy majalah2 jaman sekarang. Baju2 yang bener2 dianggap lagi IN sekarang ini yang kesannya akan ketinggalan jaman kalo ga dipake. Dan gw, terlalu ignorant untuk mengikuti trend.

Okay, well, gue memang suka ubek2 site fashion dan liat2 majalah tentang fashion terbaru. Cuman gw merasa amat sangat uncomfortable untuk memakai baju2 trend jaman sekarang itu. Cuman ya disitu masalahnya. People don't care if it's unconfortable or not, if it goes with the current trend, like it or not, wear it. Gw jujur agak sebel dan bosan liat orang2 pada pake baju trend jaman sekarang karena in my opinion, they're not wearing their own style, they're wearing somebody's style and damn proud of it. Kenapa gw bilang gt? Karena gaya mereka ini udah dikopi-kopi banyak orang. Seriously, berapa ratus orang yang pernah lo liat di satu tempat make baju tie-dye dimasukin ke celana skinny jeans mereka dan pake sepatu flat atau sendal gladiator pendek dan bawa tas jadul.... I've seen too much.

Mungkin bagi mereka yang berpikiran kalo itu keren, mereka dalam hati sambil jalan bakal yang, "Hey, i'm a cool kid, 'cause i wear this and this is what the cool kids wear." but for me? uh, copycat, i'm sick of your style, fuck off.

Gw ga ngerti sih kenapa orang2 lebih memilih untuk mengikuti trend daripada MEMBUAT trend. Kalo menurut gw (dan gw kutip Theodore Roosevelt) being an original is BETTER than being an imitation, even the imitation is better the original. Apa salahnya kan mendobrak tren yang udah dipake jutaan orang? Oh, i know, you're afraid of being 'different'.

Gw inget cerita temen gw, sebut aja namanya L. Dia cerita ke gw kyk gini,

"I kinda hate people wearing tie-dye shirts gt sekarang. Jadi banyak bgt yang make. Gw inget waktu itu gw ke pim dan gw ama temen gue doang yang pake kaos tie-dye ama aksesoris boho gt and people thought we were weird, and look at the world now! We started it then jadi bosenin kyk gini."

See? She was being different and didn't care about it. Being different is being unique and it stands out. Whether people think you're odd but that oddness is your strength. I don't follow the current trend and i feel good about it. Gak normal untuk memandang orang aneh atau uncool hanya karena dia ga follows the trend that you follow, because that means you are fucking stupid. Even if you're being a weirdo, there's gonna be something about you that strikes people's eyes! Trust me, even gaya nenek2 kalo lo bisa jadiin keren, dude, you're gonna be so cool.

Ya menurut gw sih cuman ga usah lah memaksakan untuk mengikuti tren agar 'dianggap'. I am weird, i am different, i don't follow anybody's style and i'm proud of it. Itu yang harus lo banggakan. (:

Comments & emails akan dihargai. Thanks.

xx Arrum

Feel offended by this?

2009-05-21T07:20:00.008+07:00

Okay, jadi dalam waktu beberapa jam lalu, gw sempet surfing tentang music & hatersnya. This is what i want to talk about.

Orang terdekat gw tau kalo gw suka segala macam musik (kecuali dangdut, gw udah bisa accept country sih setelah bertahun2 haha). Daaaaan mereka juga tau kalo gw sangat sangat jarang ngebash musik atau band atau penyanyi (kecuali Amy Winehouse, i'll bash her anytime i want lol). Alasannya sih, i don't even want my favorite bands to be bashed by other people, so why should i bash other people's favorites kan?

Tapi ya di dunia ini kan ada yang orang toleran dan juga ada yang tidak. Like i said before, well in this case typed, gw udah browsing tentang hal ini. Rerata, kebanyakan orang ngebash bands/singers/music karena beberapa alasan. Yang gw dapet sih, kadang seperti alasan "They're sellouts." atau "They don't have musical talent." atau "They produce uneducational lyrics." atau "Who the hell likes them anyway?".

Untuk alasan pertama, gw udah pernah jelasin di post yang udah lama lah, tapi untuk jelasnya:
gw ga suka dengan term sellout. Seriously, i hate the word. Wait, correction, i despise the word. It sounded like i'm bashing the word, aye? Haha but really. Gw gatau kenapa band seperti Fall Out Boy, Paramore, Good Charlotte dibilang sellouts. Okay well, gw mungkin ngedefense Fall Out Boy ama Paramore karena mereka 2 of my fav bands, but i'm not a Good Charlotte fan. Ada beberapa ex-fans dari mereka yang mulai ngebash mereka hanya karena mereka tambah terkenal dengan musik yang cukup berbeda dan bisa masuk ke chart2 musik mainstream di Amerika sana. Kalo menurut gw malah, it's great! They have worked so hard, and to know that they have the recognition by more people adalah hadiah yang bener2 terbaik untuk mereka because it IS what they want. & juga jika mereka change their direction for the better, is it ther fault to do so? or would you rather want them to be in the bad direction? Fall Out Boy sudah kebal dengan hate-words yang dilontarkan karena mereka udah jadi 'big', begitu juga yang lainnya. Gw rasa juga percuma kan mau maki-maki ngebash mereka ampe berbusa kalo mereka sekarang aja punya fans ampe berjuta-juta orang? They won't stop making music and releasing another album for the next 10 years, or even for EVER!

Untuk alasan kedua, oh well. Gw juga kadang suka komen ke diri gw sendiri, kenapa band ini bisa terkenal? Kenapa band itu bisa terkenal? THEY DON'T HAVE THE MUSICAL FACTOR! Tapi setelah gw teliti lagi, setiap orang punya kerelatifan terhadap sesuatu itu berbeda-beda. Bisa aja bagi gw Metallica udah berskill banget tapi belum tentu bagi musisi yang udah jago banget bilang Metallica udah mencapai skill 'Jago'. Jadi ya, tingkatan bakat orang kan beda-beda. Lagipula, it's all about the music, man! Maupun ga ada gitar solo full distorsi atau vokal yang super keren atau drumnya dengan beat cepat, selama lo enjoy dengan musicnya, is that so wrong? There's nothing to be hate about. Banyak orang yang suka D' Massive yang musiknya sudah jelas rumornya ngecopy band luar. Namun, they do can play instruments. So, untuk gw sih, selama mereka bisa main musik, as time goes, they can practice and improve their musical talent. Jadi ya, no use juga kan misal lo hate band2 yg lo anggep ga punya musical talent tapi probably maybe 1 year from now or so, they'll be fucking talented on your level and rocking your ears out. Give them time. Words don't really get them to stop, they whip those bands to work harder to blow your minds off.

Alasan ketiga mungkin memang benar, beberapa musisi bikin lirik asal-asalan yang mungkin amat salah jika didengar oleh music listeners. Kalo gw sebagai pendengar musik, hal yang gw dengar pertama adalah: 1. Iramanya, 2. Lirik, 3. Alat musiknya. Jadi ya, kalo gw sih, kalo gw suka musiknya, gw ga bakal peduli tentang lirik lagunya. Wether it's about sex, drugs, race, religion, love, hate, protest, you name it. Kalopun liriknya gw ngerasa ke offended gt, ya gw anggap sebagai joke. I can like the music without liking the artist, aye? Mungkin memang, musik adalah salah satu media untuk menyampaikan opini atau perasaan hati, tapi kalo misal lo ngerasa offended hanya karena lyrics, ya pikirkan aja lagi. Mungkin ada beratus2 orang yang akan kerasa tersinggung, namun ada beratus2 orang lagi yang suka ama lirik uneducational itu. Lo akan ngabisin waktu buat hating the bands with those lyrics atau berantem sama fans dari those bands. Semua orang punya kebatasan tersinggung masing2, kalo lo udah ngerasa itu uneducational bgt, ya anggep aja joke. Most of musicians wrote things straight from their minds, mostly about their lives. You can hate it for your own enjoyment, but to stop them from playing music, gotta say, it's a tough job. Whether the lyrics are bad or not, give a little credit for their creativity.

Dan untuk alasan terakhir, menurut gw adalah alasan paling bodoh. "Who the hell likes them?" Well, idiots, apparently even your most hated bands actually have fans too. I'm not a fan of Jonas Brothers but i do know some people that love them to death and i have no problem with it. Mungkin memang banyak orang yang benci sama Jonas Brothers karena musiknya terlalu cewek dan juga yang suka mayoritas ya, cewek2 (in this case, underage haha sorry). Tapi jangan karena itu jadinya ngehina fansnya. Gw banyak nemuin metalheads yang komen di video2 youtube bands like Drowning Pool, Disturbed, Sevendust, Godsmack, Slipknot, etc gt, dan isinya yang kek "Copy & Paste this if you like real music, not like Jonas Brothers, Miley Cyrus blablabla." or "...% people listen to Disney stars music, copy and paste this if you're the rest of ...% who listen to blablablabla." which i think it's stupid. It makes you not cool when you're intending to be cool pasting that. People have different tastes in music. Gw sekeluarga punya music taste yang beda satu sama lain, tapi they respect me blaring My Chemical Romance in the car dan gw juga respect bokap gw blaring those groovy jazz. Jadi, agak aneh untuk ngehate bands karena fansnya (atau mungkin ini sebenernya mereka hate bandsnya lalu menghina fansnya, but still, wrong).

Tapi in the end, percuma kalo kita mau hate bands atau ramblings about them di internet atau bikin petition to stop them, karena itu malah jadi cambuk untuk mereka buat stay in the music business & mereka akan work twice harder so they can prove you wrong (well, hate/bash bikin bands jadi positif juga ya haha). Mungkin mereka akan sangan berterimakasih jika kalian lebih ngasih constructive critiscms, they care a lot to those. Mereka udah kebal dengan hates and/or bashes. No use kan?

Any thoughts about this? Comment this post, fill my cbox or email me: harumnadhira@gmail.com
I accept the kind words or even hatemails, i'll be glad to reply.

xx Arrum

Silhouettes In Sunsets

2009-05-19T19:11:00.002+07:00

That is Tom Felton.
Somehow I got bored and ended up listening to his songs on YouTube. They're really amazing.
Probably I should've been getting a life. Probably.
http://www.youtube.com/user/feltbeats

xx Arrum

SMA Itu Enak. Hanya Saat Kelas 11.

2009-05-16T17:01:00.007+07:00

Liburan bener2 bikin mati gaya ha. Aneh kan. Giliran sekolah maunya libur mulu, giliran libur maunya cepet2 masuk sekolah....

Maunya apa deh, hidup segan mati tak mau.

Tapi ya, gimana ya. Temen2 kelas gw yang taun ini emg asik parah (ga kek waktu kelas 10, agak kepaksa gw masuk sekolahnya zzz), jadinya ngangenin. Beda dengan waktu kelas 10. Untuk ngebedainnya sih contohnya:

1. Kelas 10, gw lebih diforsir belajarnya dan itu pelajaran kan banyak banget gitu ya, ga asik abis. Udah stress banyak tugas belom ulangan numpuk. Sedangkan kelas 11, udah penjurusan kan, pelajaran mengurang dan santai abis, karena ga terbebani UAN dan juga banyak libur.

2. Jujur, temen2nya lebih asik kelas 11. Di kls 10, gw bener2 ga bisa bersosialisasi sama sekali. Okay kenapa emangnya, Rum? Gw ga mau ngomong kasar apa gimana, but, orang2 yang deket ama gw tau banget, gw itu belajar bawa santai aja. I know when i should study and be serious about school and i know when my 'gaul' time is. Sedangkan di kelas 10 tempat gw itu sangat2 school-minded. Gw agak tertekan dimana gw yang merasa bodoh karena gw fought buat masuk IPS, sedangkan anak2 mayoritas di kelas gw fought buat IPA (yang tentunya karena mereka dan orang tua mereka berpendapat IPA > IPS, although the fact, there's no difference between both of the majors). Dan juga, mereka bener2 diisi waktu buat belajar. Gw ada kejadian salah satu orang di kelas gw waktu di kelas 10, kisarannya kayak gini, sebut aja namanya dia 'D'. Dia ini amat sangat rajin belajar dan pelit saat ulangan. Pernah gw ama dia lagi ngobrol soal jalan2 then she somehow said that she didn't even want to socialize with people outside school although her mother asked her to, even her mother said that she actually studied too much. Well, bagus sih dia belajar, cuman dengan otak gw yang main dan belajar harus seimbang, err we didn't get along that well. Omongan apapun juga ga klop, jadi ya, you get the point lah.
Sedangkan kelas 11 ini, wow gw bener2 homie bgt atmospherenya. Sekelas pada berbaur and i found my new best friends di kelas ini (Nia, Nisa, Prita, Helin. I love you! Hahaha). Kyknya gw baru ngerasain gitu di kelas bener2 ga ada kesenjangan sosial sama sekali. Dan you know what, gue di kelas ini believe it or not malah bikin musuh, tapi this doesn't make the vibe worse, it's actually much more fun (mungkin karena si enemy ini sebenernya ga disukain ama satu kelas. and no, i don't hasut menghasut). Di kelas ini juga ketara main ama belajarnya, malah keknya kebanyakan otak mainnya haha dan ga ketinggalan, kompak! Beda abis ama kls 10.

(Foto 1: Gw, Prita, Helin, Nia. Foto 2: Nisa, Nia, Gw)

3. Kelas 10 pelajarannya gue bilang lebih susah. Ditambah pressure dari guru2 yang otaknya rata2 'Go To IPA, jackass' semua. Gw sering disindir dikit lah ama guru Bio ama Kimia gw gitu, tapi ya apadeh, kan gw maunya masuk IPS. Imbas ke nilai gw, pelajaran IPA nilai tuntas doang (which is 73, it's still 73 until now) sedangkan nilai pelajaran IPS dkk, skyrocketted to the roof.

Kelas 11 ini (mungkin karena gw masuk jurusan dambaan kali ya) gurunya jadi kerasa enak gt (kecuali Geo, ngantuk banget). Jadinya vibe belajarnya jadi asik, imbasnya pun ke nilai gw. Ya alhamdulillah rapot bayangan semester 2 gw paling rendah nilai Bhs Jepang dengan nilai 79 (doain makin bagus untuk kedepannya ya!).

Mungkin masih ada beberapa perbedaan yang mau gw bagi-bagi, but i forgot about it and it'll be annoying for you to read (i guess?). Intinya GW MAU CEPET2 MASUK BIAR CEPETAN UAS BIAR LANGSUNG GW BEBAS ABIS ITU. GOD.
Thanks for reading. (:

(Foto sekelas. XI IPS 5 ceria hahaha)

xx Arrum
PS: Kerjaan gw nontonin video Guitar Hero, ga punya idup banget kan? Btw, link Flickr udah ada tuh, gw males ama DeviantArt. (:

SIGH

2009-05-15T07:06:00.002+07:00

YAAAA, blog gue udah bersih dr layout hahaha. Alasannya sih gue bosen, cuman gue males ngutak ngatik layout jadinya gue apus aja semua. (:

Udah lama ya ga ngepost. It has been 2 months, hope you don't miss me too much (dih pede). Anyways, gue lagi libur 2 minggu, dan skrg udah hari ke 5 dari libur 14 hari ini. FYI, liburan gw diisi dengan....

1. Main komputer
2. Nonton tv
3. Rapat teater
4. Ngerjain tugas (tapi setengah jiwa gt ngerjainnya)
5. Kegiatan sehari2 lainnya.

Err, yeah gue ga banyak jalan. Agak aneh ya, karena orang2 terdekat gue kenal bgt ama gue yang orangnya suka banget ketemu orang2 baru makanya gue selalu mengusahakan untuk jalan kemana2, tapi ya.... Pada dasarnya gue terlalu anak rumahan hahahaha jadi untuk beberapa orang yang bilang gue gaul, ITU KIBUL. Gue sebenernya emg lebih demen dirumah sih, main komputer, menyendiri, anti-sosial. Padahal sebenernya gue pengen jalan gt daripada karatan di rumah. Btw, ini curcol ya.

Main komputer pun ini bosenan, makanya gue lg bosen ngisi blog. Biasanya gue main komputer kerjaannya Facebook, Twitter, terus nyari gambar ato pernak pernik photoshop trs sisanya browsing FanFiction.net (serius, di site ini gue bisa autis berjam2). Males banget online MSN soalnya kyknya komputer gue yang udah berjebot2 ini ga akram ama WLM yang baru, jdnya bermasalah deh, males makenya. Ada sih pas liburan di bugging ama anak2 minta update Fanfictions yang gue bikin, tapi guenya males, writer's block. Maaf yaaaaaa.

Nonton pun, gue jd pemilih bgt ntn tv. Kadang acara yang gue suka pun, maleeeeees banget ditonton. Jadinya nge booked acara yang bener2 asik aja, kek film ato apalah. Yaaaa, dapet2nya yang berhubungan ama X-Men ato Pirate's Of The Carribean haha. Btw, have you watched Wolverine? For me, it was fucking awesome. Especially Gambit, he was delicious hahaha.

Rapat dan tugas sebenernya agak susah dijelasin sih, soalnya gw ampir sering ga dateng rapat gara2 kesehatan. Gue lagi flu dan pusing ngelanda terus. Kyknya sih gara2, pas liburan ini gw jadi telat makan. Gue + telat makan = PUYENG. Turunan nyokap gt. Tugas juga, yang gue inget cuman 3 tugas, sisanya waulohualam. Berasa ga libur sih ini.

Oh ya curcol ah, entah kenapa nyokap jd sering sensi gt gatau knp padahal minggu kemaren baik2 aja. Mungkin it's that time of the month, ato mungkin dia lg bete ama pembantu gue yang kerjanya pacaran mulu ato dia malah bt ama gue? Maklum deh, sesama Pisces selalu memendam amarah ya, gatau kalo dia sensinya kenapa ck, doain cepet baik ya. (:

Hm, keknya segitu aja deh. Bagus kan sekalinya update gue panjang nulisnya hahaha. Makasih yang udah baca. You're the best.

xx Arrum

2009-03-27T07:27:00.001+07:00

Hah, long time no post. Sorry, i was so busy with everything and basically nothing bizarre has been going on with my life lately.

FYI, i'll probably post something if i'm in the mood, this bloggy thing is getting out of hand somehow.

btw, i'm on Twitter. Follow me here. I'm also on Facebook & MSN, BlackBerry Messenger, might as well contact me there.

Until then, au revoir.

xx Arrum

I Hope Like Hell You're Waiting

2008-12-18T19:05:00.002+07:00

HALO SEMUA SAYA KEMBALI NGEPOST LOH! (:
Maaf sekali gue jarang ngepost, 'cause i was on my 4-day school trip ke Yogyakarta yeah. Jadi di post ini (yg gue ketik secara amat sangat kejam skali krn gue capek dan males nunda2 ngetiknya) gue crita2 aja ya school tripnya hihi (walopun cuman hal2 menariknya aja, krn gue capek nulisnya haha).

1) Prita: "Selama gue makan di perjalanan enak kok, nasinya pulen2."
2) GUE NGIGO LOH. Katanya Prita, Helin, Chuluq, ama Dara pertama2 gue tiba2 ngigo kek yg "Beli yang ini hahaha." eh buset, trs mreka kaget akhirnya mreka tidur, belom lama mencoba tidur gue ngigo lagi, kali ini bawa2 Helin, "Helin, Helin, makan telor."
3) Bu Emi = bu, jangan nyuruh makan cepet, stress bu. Masa jam 7 dibilang jam 8, yang bener aja.
4) Helin mesra loh ama Ompong cie cie cie
5) Pocari Sweat gue yang gue beli dengan harga 7ribu rupiah, yang gue baru minum stengah botol, DIAMBIL AMA MONYET! MONYET BENERAN.
6) Tawang Mangu adalah tempat paling brengsek, capek nyet.
7) Pablo kacian deh tadi dikerjain yaw pake balsem ama odol huahuahauhaua
8) Lebay Community udah dong
9) Pablo kalo tidur semena2, mana berat nyender2 ke gue berat tots.
10) Gue makin jago nawar harga kalo belanja hiaaaat
11) Kamar hotel gue ukuran kamar kontrakan 3x4. Oke ga sih? -__-''
12) Uda, pantek lah kau uda nyalahkan hamba keun gara2 kukumu patah lah uda, nyeh.
13) Gue capek parah

Udah ya, atleast gue update hahaha. Love you all. (:

xx Arrum

I Must Be Dreaming

2008-12-10T16:40:00.006+07:00

Heaven and God know that i'm way too stressed out with everything. Mulai sekarang jadi bilingual karena gue udah frustasi kyk org bego sial lah wek.

Btw, gue kmaren2 belom crita kalo gue ntn 4BIA. Telat bgt ya?

Stress bgt ntnnya. Gue parno sendiri. Jujur, ga bakal gue kasih spoiler apa2 krn gue sndiri takut kebayang2 HAHAHA dongo. Ada 4 crita, tp gue bilang paling serem nomer 4, gue rasa gue udah trauma naik pesawat malem2. ;0

Anyways, i just finished remedial loh. Alhamdulillah remed cuman dikit. Gue remed, ekonomi, sejarah, agama, kewirausahaan. Itu dikit apa banyak sih? Tapi ya moga2 kebantu ama nilai tugas & ulangan harian gue, doain tuntas ya. (:

Trs trs my parents are finally home from USA yay! Yea, mreka bawain gue oleh2 banyak amet gue juga ga abis pikir mreka bilang barang dsana mahal2 eh gue dibeliin macem2, hebat ya.

Dan fyi, oleh-oleh yg gue dapet yaitu BlackBerry Curve 8310 (yang menurut gue agak2 oleh2 MT karena bokap gue belinya BB Bold buat dia sendiri padahal gue pengen yg Bold), stick drum baru motif kulit macan dr HardRock Cafe (yang menurut gue gaul banget tempatnya, bayangin pas dkasih liat videonya, musik yg dimainin di tempatnya 'The Bird And The Worm'-nya The Used ama 'Hey Mister DJ' [males judul lengkapnya]-nya Cobra Starship), terus dpt 2 kaos dr HardRock Cafe lagi, trs gantungan kunci Las Vegas gt ama dapet speaker iPod HardRock Cafe buat berdua ama adek gue hahaha. Tapi sumpah, katanya adek gue oleh2nya sebenernya paling gede. Pas gue nanya knapa ga dibeliin katanya, "It's gonna be too heavy and we're gonna have to pay $500 bucks for the luggage overweight, kayaknya sih 500dollar." buset.

DAN LO TAU ADEK GUE TDNYA MAU DIBELIIN APAAN?

Setres gak sih gue mupeng banget gila mau main rock band. Kata bokap gue dsana murah abis EH GA BELI GARA2 TAKUT OVERWEIGHT. Mati lah gue. I really want that thing, really.

Anyways, i had a quite nice day today, i'll be free until next week Sunday i guess, gotta go pack for school trip that day haha. But, hope you have a great day! (: Sayonara....

xx Arrum

PS: For those of you who are wondering, oleh2 bonyok gue dr Hot Topic kok ga ada, they'll come next month, i guess or so they say. *Sigh*

There Is Something I See In You, It Might Kill Me, I Want It To Be True

2008-12-07T23:42:00.003+07:00

Dun! HA! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY DAD! Although his birthday was on December 6th, but i just wanna let you know haha, and by the way, i already texted him, so i can't be told that i forgot his birthday ha.

ANYWAYS. I just came home, yea it's late i know, from the mall with friends. We hung out and watched a movie. So, i'm gonna say this in Indonesian, since i'm gonna get overhyper shit. (:

JADI, gue berangkat dari rumah jam stengah 12an gitu kan mau pergi ke PIM ama Femmy, Yudho, Febry, ama Dade. Nah, berhubung partner gue yg biasanya pergi ama gue malah pergi ke sananya ama tetangganya, jadilah gue naik Trans Bintaro. Udah tuh kan beli tiket masuk bus, gue nyari tempat duduk, oke dapet. Pas duduk, BETIS GUE KENA BESI KURSI gila nahan sakit gila, dan dengan sukses ampe skrg tuh betis rada bengkak. ;0
Pas sakitnya udah ilang yaudah deh fine, gue nyalain iPod sepanjang perjalanan gue dengerin lagu.

Pas udah mau nyampe si Yudho (apa Febry pake hp yudho, suaranya gitu sih) nanya kado buat Femmy mending apaan (ultahnya tgl 16, telat abis) yaudah sepakat aja tuh ya ketemuan di Multi Toys, trs yaudah dapetlah intinya kadonya. Makan siang sgala macem trs KETEMU SISTER NINCIIIIII trs akhirnya mau pesen tiket. Tebak mau nonton apa? Ini dong:

GUE SETERES BANGET YA MAU NONTON TU FILM. Please, gue baca bukunya penasaran bgt nontonnya dan ehm, Robert Pattinson (yang jadi Edward Cullen) ganteng banget gila. Tp knp gue gasuka ya Kristen Stewart jadi Isabella Swan. Yaudahlah ya tetep aja gue penasaran.
Nah dsinilah malapetakanya, jam2 sore sudah penuh kawan jadi gue & teman2 mesti beli yang jam 5. Buset filmnya jam 5, sdgkan itu masih jam stgh 3an kali ya. Ngapain dong? Oke maen, tadinya gue maksa2 main Tekken 6, tapi adanya di 21 PIM 1, sedangkan kita di XXI PIM 2, males jalan yaudah deh. EH TERNYATA JALANNYA KE PIM 1 JUGA nyet. Akhirnya gue makan dulu di A&W sambil bersenda gurau ama Yudho ama Femmy. Akhirnya kekumpul semua anak jadilah pas jam udah stengah 5an kita rame2 ke XXI. Nah kita pisah deh ama Ninci krn dia mesti pulang apa gimana ya pokoknya misah gt nah udah kan tuh akhirnya nonton fast forward ampe abis lah.

INTINYA SECARA RESULT GUE NTN TWILIGHT:
1) Kok gue jadi ngefans ama Jacob Black ya? Bukan si Taylor Lautnernya.

2) && Baseball scenenya sangat keren ya, keluarga vampir main baseball dengan kekuatannya yang segala macamnya itu + background musicnya Supermassive Black Hole by Muse. Andddd, Alice napsu banget lempar bolanya hahaha anddddd Jasper Hale's wicked hotttttttt. (:

3) Bagus sih filmnya walau tidak terlalu memuaskan, moga2 New Moon yang sedang proses screenwriting apalah itu, lebih bagus. ;D

There ya go. And by the way, i got the movie poster hahaha gatau deh mau ditaro dimana.
YAYAYAYAYAYAYAY MY PARENTS ARE GONNA BE HOMEEEEEE :D

Gotta go, gotta tag some pictures on Facebook anddddd gotta go to sleep. (:

Bye coolios!

xx Arrum

I've Been Patiently Waiting

2008-12-06T21:33:00.002+07:00

HOOOOOOOOOORAAH!

Hello word and hello to whoever is reading this.
Long time no post, eh? I mean like in a long time. Hey, it's been 2 month haha.
Just wanna give you an info, i'm still alive and hopefully gonna post some new stuffs. (:
Drop comments, i love comments. Oh, and by the way, yes i did deleted 2 posts, coz they're lame and not useful. Andddd i need some layouts. The last one i put? Fucked up. SOOOO anywho, please. Help me with some layouts, i'll love you forever and give you tons of Snickers HA. Lie. But, i'll love you, really lol.

Anyways, until then....

xx Arrum

If We Go To Sleep, We Can Wake Up Home Again

2008-09-20T13:11:00.002+07:00

Hey. It's 1:14 AM here and i haven't take a shower since about 22 hours ago. I'm sooo tired. Yesterday i hung out with my best friends and we had dinner at Pizza Hut and took lots of pics and it was hella fun. (:
Anyways....

I'm kinda confused though.
I always think i'm kinda different from everybody.
I like music that people don't listen to.
I like the subjects at school that kids in my class don't take it serious.
I always have strong optimistic feeling while others prefer to stick with the pessimistic reality.
I'm sarcastic and blunt while the people i know are more soft and less blunt than i am.
Most people choose to hang out with the famous while i can be friends with them without even trying too hard.
Am i slightly being a bit selfish now? Like i talk like i know it all? Because if i look like that, i prolly never notice.
I think about myself too much. About my actions, what i wear, what i do, what's the effect of what i do to other people, what if everybody hates me, what if they're just taking advantage of me.

People will think i have to trust the people that i love. But, really. Trust is a strong word. Once you lost it, you barely can have earn it back, easily or not.
Just wondering much though. Imagining what'll happen if i actually gone for better or worse. Will you ever miss me? I hope you'll do like you (hopefully) always do. Mean your words. I have time to listen. As the different thing, if being different is wrong, then i don't wanna be right.

As for you, if being different is wrong for you, thank god i don't know you. I don't want to know you either. Who cares anyway?

xx Arrum

There's Nothing I Love But A Good Old-Fashion... Revenge

2008-09-19T05:42:00.003+07:00

Oh Hai!
Just wanna tell you all my newest addiction (beside music, photography, and Jack Barakat).
I've been doing this thing for a while now and it's pretty much interesting for me 'cause i actually used to hate the show but now... i end up watching it non-stop.

Yes, i'm addicted to Gossip Girl. I'm done with 6 episodes now and gonna watch more after school until the fast breaking time hahahaha. (:

And what i like about this show beside the story? Chuck Bass a.k.a Ed Westwick is one fineeeeeeee dudeeeee. Awww awwwww.

Oh my gosh, i think i might have like a mild heart attack. LOL at me, please.

And i'm also playing UNO a lot lately with my brother. I fail at it at life, so i lost a lot. You got game?

I'm writing this while preparing for school so i have to type it quickly. Gah gah gah, hope you enjoy my weird post. I'm such a lurker to Mr. Westwick. Haha.

Go check out my Friendster & MySpace profile. I'm on there a-lotty (i've been singing that Green Girl Lovin' song a lot, so yeah. A-lotty. Nerdddd).

You know you love me.

xx Arrum

Oh, How It's Been So Long

2008-09-16T08:15:00.001+07:00

Hello world. (:
Long time no post, eh?
So i'm typing this from my cellphone and it sucks. I'm gonna have my thumbs hurt. Oooh.

I'm in my geography class nnw and i'm so bored. I didn't get much sleep last night and this morning after eating before fastingi didn't sleep at all and i'm so tired now. ):

Anyways, i've been a brutal eater these past 2 weeks. I eat like, massive. LOL.
The house is pretty quiet now, 'cause my brother's away for a few days for some of his school's religion learning. He's only 9 and it's his first time being away from home without family. I visited him yesterday with our parents and he pretty much cried 'cause he missed home and us. And i'm (being a surprisingly sensitive person) very proud of my brother. Seeing him growing up is awesome, makes me a proud big sister. And i couldn't help but letting some tears escaped from my eyes, 'cause i absolutely know how my brother felt yesterday. So, i'm gonna say, i love my brother. He's amazing and pwnd all of your bros. ROFLMAO.

Ah shit, the teacher's coming in. Gotta go!

xx Arrum

I Don't Eat

2008-09-02T12:30:00.003+07:00

Heyyyy, fasting month (:
So, fasting has been great and i do miss the smell of sunny-side-up egg being fried in the morning and the smell of meat being cooked in the afternoon. LOL.

I'm being random (again) like i always am, duh. I want to type this so bad haha.

Us kids just wanna have fun.
But, our fun gets on everybody's nerves.

Us kids just wanna stay young.
But, we're just getting older and older.

Us kids just wanna be noticed.
But, everybody will tell you that you're desperate for it.

Now ask ourselves.
With the facts had been drawn, we know we don't realize.
Are us kids arrogant?
Yes, we are.

Simply random.

PS: GO TO KYLE BURNS' BLOG! He's awesome and he's the drummer of my favorite band (Eff-Tee-Es-Kay. Duh.)! http://shinedrums.blogspot.com, i lurk at there a lot LOLZ.

xx Arrum

'Cause We Are Together, Made For Each Other

2008-08-30T21:41:00.004+07:00

(Currently Listening: No One Can Touch Us by Sing It Loud)

Yo! (:
Notice the title of this post? I took it from the lyrics of the song that i'm listening to. I know, most of my post titles (probably all of 'em) aren't really relating to the blog. But, maaaaan, blame my love for literature & music. I quoted toooooo much words from lyrics, like toooo much, like i'm obsessed with it, like... yea you get the point.

Sooooo in this post i just wanna put some lyrics from some bands that i found cool/amazing/hysterical/awesome/etc. (:

1) (I can't pick my favorite line because basically, the whole song lyrics = AWESOME)
She's A Lady by Forever The Sickest Kids
Reason: Well, it's just plain genius. FTSK are geniuses. You have to read the whole lyrics then you'll understand.

2) "I'll write you just to let you know, that I'm alright, can't say I'm sad to see you go, 'cause I'm not (well I'm not), well I'm not."
Here We Go Again by Paramore
Reason: I listened to this after i broke up with my ex. And the funny thing was i didn't cry or feel sad at all 'cause i know he's no worth at all and this lyric said the whole feeling of mine that time.

3) "With every breath i wish your body would be broken again, again."
Chicago Is So Two Years Ago by Fall Out Boy
Reason: I'm sorry to all the haters, i actually sing this part like over and over again and never gets old. (:

4) "Run baby run, don't ever look back, they'll tear us apart , if you give them the chance, don't sell your heart, don't say we're not meant to be. Run baby run, forever will be, you and me."
Check Yes Juliet by We The Kings
Reason: Okay, don't laugh. I have a shitty story about this song and the lyrics. So, it just happened like a few hours ago. I was going to my primary school's reunion. And, it was raining hard and i was actually listening to this song. And by the way, i went there with a public transportation (baca: ANGKOT), so i had to stop first then walk to the location of my reunion and i had to run 'cause it was raining and the song just went 'Run baby run' and i was laughing while running like an idiot. Yay?

5) "Fake faces everywhere I see, fake people looking back at me, sit down, don't tell me, don't tell me where I don't belong."
The Latest Plague by From First To Last
Reason: THIS LYRIC GOES TO YOU, FUCKING FRIENDSTER POSERS! Much love, me. (:

6) "Hearts need a mind, like a clock needs the time, like white needs black, if you leave I hope you need to come back."
So Much Love by The Rocket Summer
Reason: Bryce Avary writes amazing lyrics, duh. And what i like is, these lyrics actually cheered me up and yea i always listen to this song when i'm in love, 'cause it's oh so fun fun fun.

7) "T-tell your boyfriend if he says he's got beef, that I'm a vegetarian and I ain't fucking scared of him."
Don't Trust Me by 3OH!3
Reason: Umm, wow? It's da bomb.

Oh maaaan i actually know too much lyrics but when i want to get it out, they stuck in my mind and i end up forgetting it for a while. ):
If i actually remember some, i'll post it up. Hope you enjoy this post as much as i really like writing this (Yep, i enjoyed it much). Baii (:

xx Arrum

You've Got My Head Spinning, Heart Beating Out Of My Chest

2008-08-29T07:20:00.004+07:00

Hello, hello! (:
So, actually i'm in an internet cafe (bahasa gaul: WARNET), skipping school with my classmate, Nisa. I'm not in the mood for school 'cause i'm having a flu and i feel like everytime i swallow my saliva, i'm gonna puke. HA-HA.

Anyways, my computer was fucked up and it had to be all fixed and all of my data in system disk are now gone, gone, gone, awesome. (Sarcastic mode: ON) So basically, that's why i'm not gonna be online on MSN or any social networking sites for a while until i install all of my beloved softwares back to my computer. (:

Can't tell much about life 'cause nothing's really going on lately. I did do something different: I WRITE FANFICTIONS! LOL i suck at romance. Seriously, i SUCK. BIG TIME.

I think i might suffer hearing damage, i listened to FTSK the whole day yesterday, and it's hysterical! Like i was dancing and singing and now my throat hurts. I'm stuuuupiddddd.

I LOVE THESE GUYS. I LOVE THEM I LOVE THEM I LOVE THEM. (: Peace out, you is awesome. (:

xx Arrum

I Will Fight

2008-08-27T21:01:00.002+07:00

(Currently Listening: Point Me Toward The Morning by The Matches)

I'm sick. I'm having a flu and my throat is fucking sore and i'm fucking sure that i'm gonna cough a lot. Darn it.

By the way, i've been listening to The Matches and From First To Last a lot. Geez.

By the way again, i sent a message to Austin Bello of Forever The Sickest Kids and got a reply.

By the way again, i sent a message to Jack Barakat of All Time Low, and i don't know if he'll reply it or not.

Thanks for reading although it's pretty useless. Wish me to get well soon, please. You is love. (:

xx Arrum

How I Crave The Wind The World Gives Spinning, Though I Dream Instead

2008-08-24T21:02:00.003+07:00

Sooo, just wanna do a little update here. Not much but at least i update haha.

I'm not feeling like telling about meeting The Used and/or Panic At The Disco's gig. But the truth is, they're awesome, awesome, oh so fun fun fun. (:

And that makes me want to make a list of bands/singers that i have to see live or meet. I'll scratch the ones if the mission is accomplished.

So here ya go, the list of bands/singers that i have to see live before i die:

- Forever The Sickest Kids (THIS IS A MUST.)
- All Time Low (MUST NUMBER 2)
- Paramore
- Family Force 5 (MUST NUMBER 3)
- Cobra Starship
- Chiodos
- 3OH!3 (I'll definitely buy tons of glowsticks or glowing bracelets fersure)
- Farewell
- Four Year Strong
- The Horrors
- Sonny Moore
- Motion City Soundtrack
- Weezer (Yes, i'm a fan -__-'')
- The Rocket Summer
- The Academy Is...
- Katy Perry
- Lily Allen
- Cute Is What We Aim For (well, because of Jeff & Shaant & Practice Makes Perfect, so still dunno if i'm gonna watch 'em if they play here)
- Anthony Green (Either with Circa Survive or not, but i dig his solo project though)
- Anberlin
- From First To Last
- etc...

When i'm obsessed with another bands/singers, i'll put 'em here, i guess. Thanks for reading! Oh, and btw, if you wanna see the pics of me and The Used, check out my Friendster account. Baii (:

xx Arrum

Goddamnit

2008-08-13T18:57:00.003+07:00

Hey.
I'm so upset now that i can't even write the blog about me meeting The Used because i'm so mad and i need to get it out now.

People stab you in the back. Deeper and deeper then you'll realize that they do that because either of they sick of you or jealous of you.

People talk behind your back. There's no deniable on that. I know lots of people actually talk shit about me while acting like the nicest people i know.

People talk shit in front of you. And they don't even recognize, they don't even know you. They haven't meet you, yet. And they will always find a mistake from me just to make you feel bad.

People never mind to hurt feelings. People never mind to break minds. People never mind to break someone else apart.

Life is worth living. But do you feel it's worth to be lived by assholes? I hope you'll say no.

Sometimes, i do have the reason why i hate people. I'd even rather to talk to my cats. And then i realized, sometimes my cats are better then my own friends.

I did a mistake and i'm not proud of it, now. I'm so upset that you can say i'm a bitch to whine like this.

People make/made mistakes. And some of them are proud of it.

xx Arrum

Tell Me That You're Alright, Everything Is Alright

2008-08-08T16:15:00.003+07:00

ARRUM IS STILL LIVING THE WORTHY LIFE. Yes, she's still aliveeeeeee.

Okay that was kinda random haha. I'm feeling like writing something that is so random now. So here it goes:

Take back what i said
I don't wanna be alone
To be left in somewhere i'm not belong
To be hated for singing a song.

Leafs would fall on my head
Wind blows through my hair
Still, i can't break my own wall
I can't melt the cold ice.

I'll fly like i know i'm gonna be smashed to the ground
I'll walk like i know i'm gonna be pushed until i fall down.

Dance in the silent night
Stars would laugh their tears off
I will still stand under them
As the sun outshines them, brightly like my spirits will now always go.

I told you. RANDOM. It doesn't make any sense, and it's not a song, and it's not a poem, it's just a random thing. I'm not being emo too, duh. I'm just crazy and having a dull moment LOL.

I'm in love with any music that has synths in it. Motion City Soundtrack, Farewell, Forever The Sickest Kids, Karate High School, name it. Love it. Electronic is an awesome music too. One thing that i like about electronic music is, although it's a demo song, it sounds like it's the final draft of the song. LOL.

Anyways, just want to do some update here tralalalalalala. Hope you're alright. Byess!

MAKE ME THIS AND I'LL GIVE YOU A HUG! LMAO.

xx Arrum

Tonight We Save The World, Today We Save Ourselves

2008-08-02T07:44:00.013+07:00

'Sup peeps? I'm still alive. LOL.

Okay, in this post, i'm gonna use both Indonesian and English. I'm gonna be pretty much sound like a dork, pretty much.

Sip, jadi kan gw ama spupu gw, Anisa, pergi tuh ke FX ama Senayan City. Trs setelah beberapa jam disana, gw ama dia decided buat ke hotel Mulia mau hunting lineup Jakarta Jam. Nah, akhirnya kita naik taksi kan tuh kesana. Trs pas gw udah nyampe, udah masuk ke hotelnya gw kek super kaget gt karena GA ADA CREW JAVA ATO PUN CREW BAND SAMA SEKALI. Yang ada malah orang2 korea acara kawinan gt. Akhirnya gw ama Anisa kek bolak balik ke toilet nelpon2in orang2, mana di toilet tuh sinyalnya tai banget. Akhirnya gw nelpon Zena, temen gw yg nungguin di bandara. Trs singkatnya convosnya tuh:

Arrum: "Zen, gmn bandara?"
Zena: "Rameeee rrum, ada kru Java gt pake baju item2, gila tp Simpe Plan dr Bangkok kan?"
Arrum: "Ho oh, emg knp?"
Zena: "Itu, masa yg dari Bangkok datengnya jam 23:45!"
Arrum: "HAH?"
Zena: "Iyaaaaa, tapi masa pake Air Asia deh ih."
Arrum: "Buset, mungkin emg dapetnya mreka Air Asia kali."
Zena: "Tapi ya tetep aja, Air Asia kan butut."
Arrum: "He eh, yaudah ntar kalo ada kabar kasih tau gw ya, Zen."
Zena: "Sip rrum, ntar kabar2in juga ya."

Nah, dengan convos sperti itu, gue udah siap2 mau pulang aja, trs si Anisa kek udah nelpon supirnya gt. TERNYATA OH TERNYATA, Zena nelpon gue lagi:

Zena: "ARRUM, ITU TERNYATA KRUNYA ALICIA KEYS RUUUM!"
Arrum: "HEEEEH trs kru Javanya gimana dooong?"
Zena: "Ituu kata temen gue SP ama NFG tuh udah dateeeeng tapi di hotel Sultaaaan."

trs gw kek cengo gt. Akhirnya stelah thanks2 ama Zena, gue ama Anisa nekat naik taksi ke hotel Sultan. Trs akhirnya pas nyampe, kita masuk lobby yang ada pameran lukisan gt. Nah, pas udah masuk2, gue dengan begonya kek yg "Nis, TAKUT GUE DISINI CREEPY ABIS." Akhirnya kita balik lagi ke lobby itu. Trs dengan gayanya kita kek ngobrol2 ama satpam nanya2in itu artis hahaahahhaha. Trs pas kita sadar, TERNYATA ARTIS2NYA LEWAT LOBBY YANG JALANNYA KITA LEWATIN TADI. Bego bego bego.

Akhirnya kita kek orang gila lari2 gt trs pas nyampe, depan lift sudah ada Jordan Pundik ama Chad Gilbert. Dunia begitu indah hahaha. Akhirnya pas lari ktemu ama temen gw si Michelle, Kellyn, ama Anya. Trs gw kek say hi cepet2 trs gw minta foto ama Chad. TAPI HAPE GW BATRENYA ABIS, akhirnya pake hpnya Anisa, dan ternyata gue baru tau kalo Anisa ktemu rockstars gt, starstrucknya kumaaaat, jd gabisa ngomong apa2 akhirnya gw yg ngomong hahaha. Trs pas giliran gw yg foto ama Chad, gw liat kaos Set Your Goalsnya gt trs gw kek yg "Set Your Goals!!, nice camera!" trs dia kek ktawa trs bilang "Thanks!" hahahaha gila. Trs akhirnya kita bilang tengkyu2 gt dan mreka masuk hotel.

Trs akhirnya gw ngobrol ama temen2 gw dan mreka bilang SIMPLE PLAN LAGI MAKAN. Dan pintunya deket banget gt. Sayangnya gabisa ditrobos nyet. Trs pas nunggu2 gt tb2 Michelle langsung lari gt trs kita ngikut trs dia lgsg yg "Siaga Simple Plan" hahahahha kocak trs pas kita liat ada Cyrus Bolooki gt trs kita langsung lari2 ke dia hahaha ternyata dia ama additional membernya NFG yang nenteng2 plastik isinya Coke Cola gt sayangnya gw lupa namanya. Sumpah si Anisa bener2 gatau mo ngomong apa2 lagi akhirnya abis Anisa foto langsung gw, dan hpnya Anisa langsung macet2 ga jelas. Busettt ada kali tuh 2 menit awkward moment ama Cyrus trs gw kek yg "I'm sorry her camera phone's not working." trs si Cyrus kek yg, "Noo, it's okay." BAHAHAHA dan akhirnya kameranya Anisa bekerja juga wiiiiii.

Trs pas udah mreka kan bye2 gt trs pas jalan ke lift gw treak, "Good luck for tomorrow's show!" trs gw ditoyor ama spupu gw trs si Cyrus kek nengok kebelakang, liat gw trs bilang "Thank You!" hahhaha. Terus kita udah ditelponin ama supirnya Anisa gt, akhirnya kita lari2 ke lobby yg ada pameran lukisannya, pas dsana mobilnya Anisa ga ada. Akhirnya kita balik lagi ke lobby yg deket sebelumnya pas diliat ADA JORDAN PUNDIK YES! Trs kita lari2 eh pas di depan Jordan gw kek ampir kpleset gt hahaha trs pas minta foto gw rasa dia kek udah stres gt kali ya cuman ngomong "Sure sure." sambil ngangguk2 haha trs gw tengkyu2 gt akhirnya kita pulang dehh haha.

Jadi konklusinya adalah, gue pendek, Cyrus tinggi banget, dan mreka jauh lebih ganteng kalo liat aslinya wiiii hahaha. Dan, mreka sangat2 baikkkkk bangeeeeeeeeet. I would love to meet them again someday (and see them live!).

Yep, that are the pics. Click to view full size. Hope you enjoy my blog. (:
Btw, have you known Max Bemis' Song Shop? I want to email him my story but i realize, i have no life to tell. Shit.

xx Arrum

Faces For Every Picture, Smiles For Your Scrap-Books

2008-07-29T15:37:00.005+07:00

Hello, the one and only Arrum here. How are you?

Okay, so i'm going to talk about something serious. I know it's funny 'cause i'm not the kind of person who'd rather talk about something serious-seriously. So, what i really wanna talk about some things about the music shit. This is definitely the topic that i like to talk about and want to give some of the things that i'm dying to tell.

One thing that across my mind talking about this is definitely the term of "Sell Outs". In my opinion, that word is supposed to be vanished from the music business. I mean, i don't get it, why, take Fall Out Boy for an example, are being called sell outs just because they are signed to Island DefJam Records and changed their music on Infinity On High, or because Pete's also an entrepreneur (dunno how to spell that, sorry) and he's married to Ashlee Simpson, or FOB started to play in bigger venues like Madison Square Garden instead of still being underground and playing in small venues. They did all of this, because they like it and i know it's good for them. Bands aren't doing this for money, but for more fans. They do their job and what they like to do the most. I don't freaking understand like some people (even former fans) even call Paramore sell outs 'cause they're on Grammy's and MTV. Fucking ridiculous. I've read, watch, and listen to interviews about this, and one of the things that i read is the article of Steven Smith's monthly article, and he said,

"Mainstream media is toast. This very publication is a testament to that. The title is Alternative Press. Alternative means something different, something a bit askew from the mainstream-but everyone I know reads it, so how alternative can it be? This is a good thing but a moral conundrum for anyone who loves to throw out the phase of 'sell out'. I hate that phrase. You want your favourite bands to be successful, but you still want them to be your private little joy that sets you apart from everyone else. It doesn't work that way. You can't be 'alternative' and 'mainstream' at the same time."

In my opinion, i think he's right. Let's say your favorite band is an in-independent-label-and-pretty-much-not-known-all-over-the-world. Then one day, they got signed to a major label and all over your cable TV. And now, they feel like for a change to add some new variation to their music. And then you know your favorite band has changed (for good), you don't like them anymore and call them sell out and ashame that you used to be their fan. Fucking stupid.

Seriously, if you call yourself a real fan, you know that bands love AND need new fans. What makes a fan happy when they favorite bands are happy? DANG. Again, most of the musicians i like don't do music for money and they're in indie labels. But if something (that you call a sell-out-activity, which actually a rare chance to make a much bigger fanbase, which is a good thing) that can make them rich, it's just something that they never expect. Just imagine if you're in their shoes.

I'm saying this because lots of bands that i like are going mainstream and they're called sell outs. Just wanna get this off my chest. Hope you're not offended or anything. I would love to know your respond to this. Comment on my CBox. Thanks. (:

xx Arrum.

Some Fun Trivia About Me

2008-07-27T20:17:00.003+07:00

Hey all, well' i'm bored so i decided to do this. Enjoy. (:

1. My birthname is actually Harum Nadhira. But my actual full name is VERY LONG.
2. I was born in Jakarta, on February 27th 1993. So yes, i'm 15 now.
3. I skipped a year in kindergarden, so that's why i'm in grade 11 now.
4. My dad is a musician and a golfer. My mom is a former bank employee and now she's a housewife and a golfer.
5. If anybody ask me what my religion is, i'll say i'm a muslim. But, actually i'm pretty much of an agnostic. I believe in god and my religion, but there's still part of me that believes that god's not exist. And to be completely honest, i don't believe in my religion's religious text. I'm not saying this like i'm proud of it, i actually ashame of this, but that's just my opinion. But, i do respect all of the religions in this world.
6. I really love my best friends. Who doesn't? LOL
7. I have a phobia towards any amphibic creatures.
8. I have a mild insomnia and take medication because of it.
9. I have 3 cats: Mango, Nanny, & Sapi.
10. I'm a very moody person but tend to be nice to everybody.
11. I live with my parents and a little brother.
12. My parents almost got divorced a few times, but always getting back together again. Those moment actually took a big part of my life, as i became a much more stronger person.
13. I'm an Indonesian, Turkish, Arabian, and Chinese descent.
14. I've been in a few relationships. But as my life goes on, i do think that it's not really important.
15. I hate hypocrites.
16. I can play piano & violin and a bit of guitar.
17. I'm allergic to escalators' handrails.
18. Don't like being labeled. It's ridiculous.
19. I don't like porn. Well, i did watched a few times, but still, i don't like it.
20. People said my eyes are amazing.
21. I'm bored & get obsessed with something easily.
22. Used to be a vegetarian.
23. I listen to any kinds of music but country.
24. I can shape my tongue like a flower and make a wave with it LOL.
25. Almost forgot, i wear a burqha (or hijab, whatever you call it), it's some sort of kind of rule for muslim girls to cover your entire body except your face and your hands. Like it or not, you decide.

That's it i guess. I'll add more if i want. Haha.

xx Arrum

Because I'm Giving It Up, I Will Be Just Fine

2008-07-25T15:49:00.007+07:00

(Currently Playing: Eighty-Eights by Farewell)

Hello, everyone. I had an awesome day at school today, pretty rad. And i'm recovered from my iPod trauma (sarcasm mode). Now, i'm typing this while waiting for my cousin, Anisa, to come. She's in her school holiday and i miss her so bad. She goes to school in Malaysia, so i have to meet her now, she'll be going back to school on August, i guess. Lucky.

Everybody has been asking me what's up with my iPod now. Well, people, i lost over 1.000 songs, that include Panic At The Disco's, Fall Out Boy's, All Time Low's, Family Force 5, and Four Year Strong's. I didn't lose my Forever The Sickest Kids' songs 'coz i just got them recently tee-hee. But, losing All Time Low, Family Force 5 & Four Year Strong songs definitely SUCKS. Seriously, i listen to them all the time now and now, all of their songs are gone. Well, except a few songs, but STILL! It's heartbreaking. And i tried to download the whole albums a few minutes ago, but my internet connection acted all gay up and then my downloads went sooooooo fucking slow. And i canceled them. The weird thing is, if the connection sucked dick, YouTube was going awesome. It is too, now. I mean, there's no buffering shits, so the question is WHAT IS UP WITH MY INTERNET? It fails at life. Dammit.

I hope Anisa will be here soon. I'm dying with all of these. Bye for now.

Btw, go watch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7BA2GGtsEI
Four Year Strong are awesome in album, live, even acoustic. Watch and learn. (:

*Credit video goes to: oliviamabrey. If you see this and you want me to take the link down, tell me. Thanks, you and your video are awesome!*

xx Arrum

This Is Sickening As Hell

2008-07-24T11:20:00.002+07:00

I fucking hate my iPod and my iTunes. They need to be fucked by horses and need to know how is it like to fucking lose over 1.000 songs. I fucking cried over those songs. I don't care you'll call me lame or shits like that, because music is something i will never stop listen to, play, think, and live based for. And having those of my favourite songs are gone, it hurts me. So, AGAIN, FUCK MY iPOD & MY iTUNES. Btw, i don't need fake caring expressions/impressions and some shitty mocking stuff to me, i'm already fucking miserable, those shits are useless. Hypocrites never fucking learn. :|

xx Arrum

Dear Studio Audiences, I've An Announcement To Make

2008-07-22T17:38:00.004+07:00

(Currently Playing: Saved By Strangers by Die Mannequin)

Hello. I fell and bruised my knees on my first day of grade 11 P.E. Awesome.

Also, happy 16th birthday, Ganen! Wish you all the best, bro. (: 9 days until Fiera's 16th birthday! YAY! Cheers.

xx Arrum

Coffee Break

2008-07-21T12:31:00.001+07:00

Good morning, good afternoon, good evening (so it suits your time. Thank you Spider Webb) i'm Arrum, writing another post and making a complete idiot of myself. Tee-hee.

This is my 2nd attempt writing this. My cellphone is shitty. I'm typing this with my cellphone, on recess, while eating lunch & listening to All Time Low. Pretty ironic.

So, i had Japanesse class and i pretty much didn't care about it. Basically, school's not doing good or bad. Average. And i'm started to get sick of it.

And i'm so sleepy now. I went to PIM yesterday to buy AP and went home and slept late. Not because of coming home late, but i was watching TNA and my mom came to my room then told me to go to bed LMAO. But btw, have you read the latest edition of AP? It's pretty amazing. I read the Cute Is What We Aim For article, and i have to be honest: it's one of the most intense things i've ever read in any magazine. I don't even know why that article is so good. I mean, i'm not even a fan of CIWWAF and honestly, i hate Shaant, no offense to the fans. But, really, it's an awesome one. And i read the Warped 365 article and it's far from bad. I was smiling after i closed the magazine. And went happy throughout the day.

It's so awesome that i can be happy! Yaaaaay.

I hope i don't whine too much like i always do. It annoys you, i know. Shit, still 3 hours 'till school's done.

Awesome, i whined again. Bye.

xx Arrum

Are You Ready For More?

2008-07-20T09:37:00.007+07:00

Yes, it's amazing. This layout is fucking amazing. So, thanks to Kynzgerl for making this and thanks to Sarrah for telling me about blogskins.com (: I'm gonna use this layout until i have install my Photoshop software and make a layout LOL but i'm a lazy bum so we'll see.

Anyways, i just woke up like 2 hours ago, and i felt like i had the worst wake up ever. I opened my eyes this morning only to meet a SHINY, SUPER BRIGHT, YELLOW SUNSHINE SHONE ITS LIGHT STRAIGHT TO MY EYES (for your information, no, i don't have any curtains yet). And i was like, "FUCKKKKKK.". I covered my self up and wrapped myself inside my blanket but i'm pretty much of a lame person, i couldn't get myself to sleep again so i woke up with no intention to be happy at all. Yes, please entertain me, please do.

Having fried rice for breakfast wasn't so bad, but Desperate Housewives marathon kinda made me think to kill myself. The thing is my mom LOVES the show. Too bad. :|

I feel like i'm the worst girl in the history. I have no life at all LOL.

Still confused with this blog thing. I'm gonna learn 'bout this i guess until the end of the day, gosh.

Btw, check out Sonny (yes, that Sonny Moore ex-FFTL). Check out his music (http://www.myspace.com/sonny)! He's awesome and fit so yea. Have a good sunday. (:

Did i mention that i pretty much like this guy? Hahaha. Jack Barakat ftw. :}

xx Arrum.

First Post (:

2008-07-19T22:33:00.001+07:00

Hello, world. :P

I have to be honest with you and i agree with what Rachel Lux of Alternative Press magazine said in her blog (well, i guess everybody said it), the first blog is always the hardest since i have to keep the readers interested. But, i know i'm no superstar or whatever so yea i know you don't give a fuck what will i say in this blog anyway LOL.

So basically, i'm living today like i always do on the weekends/holidays: Internet, eat, internet, shower, internet, eat, internet until now. Yes, i do realize that i have no life and i have to get one. Well, i supposed to go to the mall today but quite frankly i was unfortunate to use the car 'cause my dad used it. Okay, and basically i was not in the mood to go by taxi or any public transportation in any description. So, i stay home until now, lurking on websites and people's LiveStreams on Stickam. -______________-''
And that's not all, my iTunes acted retarded and i had to restart my computer which something that i hate to do.

I whined to much, did i? o_0

Aaaaaaaand now i'm being an idiot on MSN since almost nobody say "Hi!" to me. And i got myself in a pretty frustrating situation because i'm bored. Believe me, when i'm bored, i lurk and it's pretty much of a bad habit, i feel like i'm a stalker LOL.

I don't know what to sayyyyyyyyyyyyy. I need to cut my hair and dye it. 'Cause i'm bored.

Even listening to 3OH!3 didn't help much. You guys need to tell me about some cool bands and/or music. I'm in dying need for that, my iPod's still lonely (yes, i do call 1769-songs-in-my-iPod isn't a lot) and again i'm bored. So please, HELP!

Get me to Warped Tour 08 too if you can. Dammit, curse me for living in Indonesia.

Hope you have a free-from-boredom life. I need to find a layout for this, shit. Take care. (:

xx ARRUM.