2009 11 05: Magnificat does Vivaldi

Saya habis dari gereja.

Jangan salah sangka dulu, saya masih muslim walau sering rada murtad.

Malam ini ke gereja untuk menonton seorang sahabat yang sedang konser bersama Magnificat Choir Studio, Bandung. Dan saya sangat menikmati acara malam ini. The music was wonderful. Magnificat membawakan lagu-lagu pujian karya Vivaldi, plus beberapa lagu lain.

Nah, yang paling keren adalah justru lagu original buatan sang konduktor. Saat dibawakan, anggota paduan suara dibagi menjadi 4 bagian. Dua berdiri di sisi kanan dan kiri panggung di depan penonton, sementara dua bagian lagi naik ke atas balkon, di belakang penonton. Jadilah kami menikmati suasana stereo. Belum lagi, lagunya unik. Penuh dengan efek-efek kecil yang membuat lagu itu terdengar rumit dan epic.

Nggak nyesel nontonnya. Semoga kapan-kapan, kalau Ben ada konser lagi, kami bisa menikmati sajian serupa.

2009 11 04: When it rains, it floods

That's how ironic life is, at least for me. There was not much to do last month, but some work commissioned by a good friend. And then, November came.

First, there was the Nanowrimo. I had had a story idea that I wanted to write for sometime now, and decided that I will write that for this annual challenge. But the first two days were not going completely well. It was my personal mistake, trying to logically put the story in an orderly chronological flow. When, as I remember waking up yesterday morning, it was not meant to be. I finally remembered that the story was mean to be started with a leap, taking the reader straight into the plot. And thus, I decided to do the story all over again, wasting away the work of the first two day on the effort.

By the way, Dear God, if you read this, thank you for reminding me of the plot after I said I don't know what to do.

And then, just as I was so psyched about writing, my friends told me that Yukime was in town. I love her too much to miss the chance of meeting her, so I spent half of my day away from my work, and visited her house. It was fun. There were eight of us who went there, carrying along snacks and drinks. The company and the talk was so much fun, even a simple 'Teh Kotak' drink can make us laugh for hours.

So I made a promise to myself, that I would spend today catching up on my writing. That was before I woke up with a headache. Plus, there's a local comic convention coming up in two weeks. I am going to sell some hand-crafted items with my friends there, and I haven't made any new stock of dolls. And the fact that someone persuaded me to spend some time visiting my old campus as soon as possible.

OTL
...feels like crying...

How the hell am I supposed to manage my time here? I'm no superwoman. I still have tons of other things to do beside that, such as taking care of my pet turtle, doing the laundry, cleaning my room.

T_T Oh God, help me...

2009 11 02: Cursing herself before sleep

I am ashamed of myself right now. Here I am, I was supposed to start writing my 50 000 words novel yesterday. And yet, even after the 2600-something words I've written so far, I can't seem to enjoy the story I was working on. It won't come fluently to me, the plots and all.

I love the idea of the story, I had a good picture of some of the main scenes. Yet it feels so hard getting there, I'm starting to hate myself.

Dear God, what am I to do.

2009 11 01: walking down memory lane

Had such a wonderful and fun Saturday. Started by practicing archery once more, after the oh-so-many years of neglect. Shot some arrows, mostly missing the target by miles. Gee, I need to practice harder.

And then, went to a reunion with my old friends and teachers from the department of Astronomy. Had to hike about 1km from the public road to the observatory, just like I used to when I was still studying there. But the reward was satisfactory. The chance to catch up with old friends, meeting old faces and new ones, and the extraordinary delicacies. Yumm...

Also was able to witness the opening of a new telescope, the sun telescope. Ends up remembering the long forgotten passion, once more wishing to chase that dream of making Astronomy a household discussion subject. Should I? Should I not? I wonder.

And it's officially November, now that it's past midnight here. Nanowrimo starts now. And this girl here still has not decide what she would write. T_T

God help me.

2009 10 30: Tonight we go trick-a-treating

I wish. ^_____^

When is Halloween exactly, on the 30th or 31st of October? I never could remember it correctly. I really wish I could go trick-a-treating, put on a neat costume, and ramble the night as witches descend to mingle with us mortal. Maybe I could coax them to grant me a wish or two.

On the lighter side of life, even without witches brew nor granted wishes, I finished the contest entry. Sent the illustration I made this morning to the committee. Now, as always, comes the wait, the part that I always don't like.

The internet connection from our place has be so slow since yesterday. I hope I can still publish this entry without much trouble.

Out for now, must take care of my laundry.

2009 10 28: Heck-tick

It's been a busy day, on the verge of hectic that I almost forgot how to spell the word correctly.

It's all my own fault, actually. There's this contest that I wanted to participate in. But I put off doing my illustration entry for weeks. And the deadline is the day after tomorrow. So, yeah, quite busy am I for the next couple of days.

And the work doesn't end there. After that, I need to prepare some print out of my portfolio, to apply for work in one of the well-known publisher here in Indonesia. Also need to edit some of the texts in the portfolio, and in my topsy-turvy CV.

And there's Nanowrimo approaching. Haven't quite decide what to write this year.

Oh God, I'm going slightly mad indeed...

2009 10 27: There's always light

Even after the cloudiest of all storms, even after the darkest despair. They even often said there's a light on the end of the tunnel, the one you will go through after your soul departed. That is, of course, if the devil doesn't come and drag you away to his fiery home.

I myself believe it true, that there will be light after dark. There might come darkness again, but hey, that means the light coming after that might be brighter than the one I have today. ...do forgive me if I'm not making any sense at all.

Anyway, as long as there's hope and you're willing to strife, you'll find a way out of any kind of trouble. Don't forget to ask help from the only one being beside yourself who could help you in time of dire need, God.

Don't give up.