Singers of the Year ( 2009 )

1. John Mayer

Peraih 7 Grammy Award ini sukses menjadi pusat perhatianku tahun ini. Lewat karya- karyanya yang memikat, ia mencurahkan isi hatinya disitu. Lagu 'Daughters' adalah satu dari karya John yang benar- benar menyentuh. Liriknya yang yang penuha amanat benar- benar luar biasa bagi seorang remaja sepertiku. Bukan cuma lagu itu saja yang membuat aku suka sama John, tapi juga lagu lainnya, seperti, 'Your Body Is A Wonderland',' Waiting On The World To Change','Say','Dreaming With A Broken Heart','Lesson Learned','Gravity','Half Of My Heart', dan banyak lagi. So John, you're my favorite singer in this year! I very love your songs!!! So much!!!

2. Dido

2 lagu luar pertama yang jadi favoritku adalah 'White Flag' dan 'Thank You' . Penyanyi cewek pertama yang jadi idolaku adalah Dido. So, i'm very like her!!! Suara Dido yang khas , serta lagu- lagunya yang tidak bikin pengak telinga selalu jadi trademark dari seorang Dido, dan itu pula yang tidak bikin aku bosan samanya. Dido, you're always in my heart !!!

3. Taylor Swift

Diva muda satu ini mungkin penyanyi yang paling digandrungi saat ini. Albumnya laris, lagunya jadi hits, konsernya sukses, fans-nya jutaan, dan aku adalah fans-nya!!! Lagu Taylor , seperti, 'Fifteen', 'You Belong With Me', 'Love Story', 'Breathe', 'Come In With The Rain', dan 'Half of My Heart' adalah tipe lagu- lagu yang biasanya kusebut dengan julukan 'permen' , karena manis dan enak didengar. Genre Country- Pop yang diusungnya pun semakin segar dengan tema seputar kehidupan remaja. Dengan imej yang jauh dari gosip miring, aku yakin Taylor bakal terus melaju selama beberapa tahun ke depan.


4. Adele

Adele memang pantas disebut sebagai Best New Artist. Baru tahun 2009 kemarin ina menyabet Grammy lewat lagu 'Chasing Pavemnets' dan tahun 2010 ini dapat dipastikan lagi Adele bakal meraih penghargaan bergengsi itu lagi lewat lagu 'Hometown Glory'. Suara Adele yang luar biasa membuat lagu -lagu yang ia nyanyikan menjadi luar biasa pula. Jadi, Adele memang pantas banget ada diurutan ke-4!


5. Duffy

Penyanyi asal Welsh ini memang mempunyai suara yang tidak ada duanya! Lewat lagu 'Mercy', 'Rockferry', dan 'Warwick Avenue' ia membuktikan hal itu. Ikon produk kecantian Nivea itu langsung membuat aku tercengang ketika pertama kali mendengar lagu 'Mercy' yang fantastik, kemudian 'Rockferry' yang ciamik, serta 'Warwick Avenue' yang sendu. Sebagai pendatang baru , Duffy memang tidak bisa dipandang sebelah mata. Hidup Duffy!!!



6. Avril Lavigne

Penyanyi cool ini selalu menghiburku saat sedang mengerjakan tugas atau browsing di depan komputer lewat lagu- lagunya yang keren. 'I'm With You' adalah lagu yang paling aku suka dari Avril. Penyanyi tomboi asal Kanada itu memang tidak ada matinya, terlebih buatku.


7. Jason Mraz

Penyanyi 32 tahun ini menerobos tangga lagu dunia lewat lagu 'I'm Yours' dan 'Lucky' . Gaya bermusiknya simpel dan hal itulah yang membuat aku nge-fans sama Jason. Lagu 'I'm Yours' adalah lagu Jason yang paling aku suka dan cocok banget dijadikan pengisi waktu santai. Aku bahkan menyebut 'I'm Yours' sebagai Most Famous Songs In 2008- 2009!!! Selain 'I'm Yours' lagunya yang juga sama asiknya adalah 'Try Try Try', lagu dengan ekspresif -an pada liriknya. Bravo Jason Mraz!!!

8. Lady Gaga

Ini dia pendatang baru paling kontroversial selama satu dekade ini. Aku menyebutnya 'The Next Madonna'. Lady Gaga merupakan simbol kebebasan bermusik dan 3 lagu 'ajaib'nya ( 'Pokerface' , 'Paparazzi' , dan 'Just Dance' ) menjadi buktinya. Musik elektron yang berat menjadi lebih segar berkat keahlian Gaga dalam bermusik. Keep Working, Lady!


9. James Blunt

Kalau ada orang yang bertanya ; 'Siapa penyanyi cowok paling romantis sedunia?' , maka, aku akan menjawab ; 'JAMES BLUNT!!!' . Ya, aku suka banget sama James dikarenakan lagu- lagunya yang super romantis. 'You're Beautiful' , 'Good By, My Lover' , dan 'I Really Want You' mewakili hal itu. James juga terkesan apa adanya. So James, please, make romantic songs anymore!

10. Alicia Keys

Siapa, sih. yang tidak kenal diva R&B yang satu ini? Lewat karya- karyanya yang asik, semua penikmat musik pasti tahu Alicia. 'If I Ain't Got You' , 'No One' , 'Superwoman', 'Lesson Learned', dan 'Doesn't Mean Anything' adalah lagu- lagu Alicia yang akrab di telingaku. Selain asik, lagu Alicia juga bisa dibilang berkualitas dan itulah yang membuat aku suka sama karya- karyanya. And I think she's one of the best female singer on the world !!!

Actors / Actresses of the Year ( 2009 )

1. Penelope Cruz

Dia adalah aktris yang paling memukau diriku tahun ini, lewat akting- aktingnya di film 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona' , 'Volver' , 'Vanilla Sky' , dan 'Bandidas'.

2. Cate Blanchett

Cate memang seorang Elizabeth sejati di dunia perfilman. Akting doi selalu jadi referensiku dalam mempelajari akting.

3. Brad Pitt

'Se7en' adalah film luar biasa dan Brad Pitt bermain didalamnya. Aku sudah menontonnya dan hal itu membuat ku menjadi fans dari sang bintang ini sampai sekarang.

4. Rowan Atkinson

Siapa, sih, yang tidak kenal sang pelawak ini. Lewat lakonnya di serial Mr. Bean, aku bakal selalu setia menyaksikan kelucuannya di depan televisi.

5. Zhang Ziyi

Lewat akting memukaunya di film 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' dan 'Memoirs of a Geisha' aku jadi fans sang bintang Asia ini dan bakal selalu menunggu kiprah terbarunya di dunia perfilman.

6. Uma Thurman

Aksi balas dendam Uma dalam dwilogi Kill Bill bakal memikat siapapun, termasuk aku. Uma memang keren!!!

7. Daniel Radcliffe

Ikon seri Harry Potter ini bakal selalu jadi idola penggemar seri itu sendiri, termasuk aku.

8. Jim Carrey

Si muka karet ini sudah menunjukkan kemampuannya dalam melucu dan itu terbukti ketika gue menonton fil;m- film Jim yang notabene- nya komedi. Keep working Jim!!!

9. Q, Orianka Kilcher

Si gadis Indian ini menampilkan akting alaminya dalam film 'The New World' yang benar - benar memukau. Orianka bakal selalu menjadi Pocahontas di hati ku!!!

10. Kate Winslet

Si Rose daloam epik 'Titanic' ini memang mencuri perhatian dunia perfilman lewat aktingnya dalam 'The Reader' dan 'Revolutionary Road'. Meski belum menonton kedua film tersebut , tapi, paling tidak aku selalu menonton ulang 'Titanic' di televisi, sebagai wujud rasa suka ku sama Kate.

Song of the Week ( 21 - 27 December 2009 )

AMERICAN BOY
by: Estelle & Kanye West

Lagunya asik dan keren, cocok banget didenger pas lagi santai atau pada waktu - waktu sumpek. Duet Estelle dan Kanye West emang gak ada matinya. Suara Estelle yang lembut dipadu dengan bumbu rap ala Kanye bener- bener bikin gue angkat jempol buat nih lagu. Good job guys!!!


LIRIK:

[Kanye West:]
Just another one champion sound
Me and Estelle about to get down
Who the hottest in the world right now.
Just touched down in London town.
Bet they give me a pound.
Tell them put the money in my hand right now.
Tell the promoter we need more seats,
We just sold out all the floor seats

[Chorus (Estelle):]
Take me on a trip, I'd like to go some day.
Take me to New York, I'd love to see LA.
I really want to come kick it with you.
You'll be my American Boy.

He said "Hey Sister.
It's really really nice to meet you."
I just met this 5 foot 7 guy who's just my type.
I like the way he's speaking his confidence is peaking.
Don't like his baggy jeans but I'm a like what's underneath them.
And no I ain't been to MIA
I heard that Cali never rains and New York heart awaits.
First let's see the west end.
I'll show you to my brethren.
I'm liking this American Boy. American Boy

[Chorus:]
Take me on a trip, I'd like to go some day
Take me to New York, I'd love to see LA.
I really want to come kick it with you.
You'll be my American Boy

Can we get away this weekend?
Take me to Broadway.
Let's go shopping baby then we'll go to a café.
Let's go on the subway.
Take me to your hood.
I never been to Brooklyn and I'd like to see what's good.
Dress in all your fancy clothes.
Sneaker's looking Fresh to death, I'm loving those Shell Toes.
Walking that walk.
Talk that slick talk.
I'm liking this American Boy. American Boy.

[Chorus:]
Take me to Chicago, San Francisco Bay
Take me to New York, I'd love to see LA.
I really want to come kick it with you.
You'll be my American Boy

Let them know a gwan blud

[Kanye West:]
Who Killing em in the UK.
Everybody gonna to say you K, reluctantly, because most of this press don't f**k with me.
Estelle once said to me, "Cool down, down, don't act a fool now, now."
I always act a fool oww oww.
Ain't nothing new now now.
He crazy, I know what ya thinkin.
Ribena I know what you're drinking.
Rap singer. Chain Blinger.
Holla at the next chick soon as you're blinking.
What's you're persona.
About this Americana Brama.
Am I shallow cause all my clothes designer.
Dressed smart like a London Bloke.
Before he speak his suit bespoke.
And you thought he was cute before.
Look at this peacoat, tell me he's broke.
And I know you're not into all that.
I heard your lyrics I feel your spirit.
But I still talk that CASH.
Cause a lot wags want to hear it.
And I'm feeling like Mike at his Baddest.
The Pips at they Gladys.
And I know they love it.
So to hell with all that rubbish

[Estelle:]
Would you be my love, my love.
Could be mine would you be my love my love, could be mine
Could you be my love, my love.
Would you be my American Boy. American Boy

[Chorus:]
Take me on a trip, I'd like to go some day
Take me to Chicago, San Fransisco Bay.
I really want to come kick it with you.
You'll be my American Boy


Star of the Week ( 21- 27 December 2009 )

Male : John Mayer

Female : Goo Hye Sun

Me and Mading Contest

Lanjutan dari kisah di entri sebelumnya. Setelah gue dan temen- temen gue ngedaftar buat ikutan kontes Mading di sekolah. Hanny, Suci, dan Rafika rame- rame datang ke rumah gue buat ngerjain Mading dalam ukuran Gede dengan secercah harapan agar bisa menang nanti ( ceh ilahhh bahasanya booo) . Hari - hari berlalu dengan kerja keras buat menyelesaikan Mading, kayaknya ,kok gue ,ya yang paling kebanyakan kerja!!!!! Selama beberapa hari gue gak tidur dengan teratur dan paling cepat tidur jam setengah 3 pagi!!!! Namun, rasanya gue puas, deh, karena hasil kerja keras gue bareng temen- temen sempat dilirik banyak orang dan rasanya itu udah cukup dari menang sekalipun!!! Tema tahun baru yang diusung Mading gue sama teman- teman emang pas banget ( secara, mau taun baru gitu...) , meskipun sempat gugup dan ragu gak menang, tapi, gak apa- apa yang penting gue dan temen- temen gue yang lain udah ngasih yang terbaik buat kontes ini!Dari sini gue bisa ngambil pelajaran, kalo hidup ini bakal lebih berarti dan berasa bil diiringi dengan kerja keras.
Disini gue ketik memoir gue sambil ngedengerin lagu 'No One' nya Alicia Keys yang asik!!!

Me and TV Series

Beberapa minggu belakangan ini gue lagi kecanduan sama sesuatu yang kita sebut Serial TV! Gue rasa hal itu menyenangin, soalnya gue bisa mengisi waktu gue dengan penghiburan diri yang gak ngerusak. Serial TV pertama yang bikin gue kecanduan adalah 'Suami- Suami Takut Istri'. Sitkom ini emang gak ada matinya, apalagi Si Neng Lila lagi hamil, ya, jadi makin rame ceritanya!!!! Kedua, 'Angel's Diary'. Ceritanya emang menyatu banget sama kehidupan remaja sehari- hari, kisah perebutan hati Satria oleh Angel danPoppy, pencarian orang tua yang hilang,kejahatan Nadya dan Carol, serta usaha- usaha Ryan buat ngedapetin hati Angel , semua itu emang asik banget buat ditonton dan diikutin ceritanya! Sayangnya, serial satu ini cuma berdurasi 30 menit doank, jadi yah, kecewa campur seneng, deh! Harusnya serial ini di perpanjang durasinya jadi gue gak kecewa!!! Ketiga, 'Boys Before Flower' . Ceritanya yang komikal dan lucu bikin gue jatuh hati sama serial Asia yang satu ini ( hal ini ngingetin gue sama masa- masa ketika gue tergila- gila sama serial Asia, seperti, Endless Love, Meteor Garden, Stairway To Heaven, Memories of Bali, Full House, dll... waktu gue masih SD dulu) . Ceritanya yang khas tentang kisah Cinderella yang di modernisasikan ke zaman sekarang dan ditambah bumbu komedi- drama yang menghanyutkan membuat gue terhanyut dalam kisah Gem Jan Di dalam lingkungan elit f4 yang serba wah! Keempat, 'The Great Queen of Seon Deok'. Cerita tentang ratu pertama Korea, Seon Deok dalam jatuh bangun menghadapi berbagai rintangan, termasuk melawan musuh tangguh macam Mishil emang bikin siapapun yang nontonnya bakal pingin terus mengikuti kelanjutan kisahnya.
kayaknya gue bakal mengalami kecanduan ini dalam waktu yang cukup lama, deh, tapi, gak apa- apa juga ,sih, mumpung lagi suka , ya, lanjutin aja! Kwkwkwkwk!!!!!!
Disini gue ketik salah satu hal paling manis yang gue rasakan sekarang; JATUH CINTA SAMA SERIAL TV !!!! Selasa, 22 Desember 2009 (hari ibu nih!!!) sambil ngedengerin lagu ' Dreaming With A Broken Heart' nya John Mayer yang sendu tapi asik!

Breakthrough Artist of the Week (14- 20 December 2009)

Kim Sang Bum

Gue minggu-minggu ini lagi kecanduan nonton serial di TV dan salah satu serial yang bikin gue kecanduan adalah 'Boys Before Flower'. Kim Bum main di serial itu dan gue rasa, selain dia dan Goo Hye Sun gak ada lagi pemain lain yang punya prospek masa depan secerah mereka berdua di dunia entertaiment Asia. Pokoknya maju terus Kim Bum!!!!

Stars of the Week (14- 20 December 2009)

Male: John Mayer

Female : Goo Hye Sun

Song of the Week ( 14- 20 December 2009)

BEAUTIFUL
by: Christina Aguilera


Kalo udah baca komentar gue di lirik pilihan pasti lo udah ngerti kenapa gue menempatkan 'Beautiful' di Song of the Week minggu ini. Lagu ini emang bener- bener menginspirasi gue untuk tetap pede di hadapan semua orang dengan apapun yang mereka katakan. Hal itu membuat gue selalu oke ,apapun keadaan gue saat gue berhadapan dengan orang lain dan teman. So, thanks Christy to make a beautiful song!!!

Lomba Mading!!!!

Siang tadi, Hanny ngajakin gue buat ikutan lomba Mading. Gue awalnya sih agak males, tapi, rasanya kok gue jadi gak sabar lagi buat ikutan lomba itu. Temanya , sih, tahun baruan gitu. Gue juga baru aja ngebujuk Rafika buat gabung sama gue dan Hanny buat ikutan tuh lomba. Duh, gue gak sabar lagi nih!!!!!

Lirik Pilihan

BEAUTIFUL
by: Christina Aguilera

Don't look at me

(mmhm hmmm)
(ohh yeah)
(mmaa ahhh)

Everyday is so wonderful, then suddenly,its hard to breath
Now and then I get insecure, from all the pain
I'm so ashamed

I am beautiful no matter what they say
Words can't bring me down
I am beautiful in every single way
Yes words can't bring me down (ohhh nooo)
So don't you bring me down today

(mmmhmm mmm)

To all your friends you're delirious
So consumed in all your doom.... (oohh mmm)
Trying hard to fill that emptiness,
The pieces gone,left the puzzle undone,
Aint that the way it is?

You are beautiful no matter what they say
Words can't bring you down (ohhh noo)
you are beautiful in every single way
Yes words can't bring you down (ohhh noo)
So don't you bring me down today

No matter what we do (No matter what we do)
No matter what we say (No matter what we say)
We're the song inside the tune (yeah yeah oh yeaaahhh)
Full of beautiful mistakes
And everywhere we go (And everywhere we go)
the sun will always shine (the sun will always always shine....)
And tomorrow we might awake
on the other side

'Cause we are beautiful no matter what they say
Yes words won't bring us down (ohhh noo)
we are beautiful in every single way
Yes words can't bring us down (ohhh noo)
So don't you bring me down today

Yeaah eeeeeeee yeaahh eah Dont you bring me down mmmm, today

Lagunya bakal menginspirasi siapa saja untuk tetap kuat berdiri diatas dunia yang seakan sinis terhadap kita. Suara Christina Aguilera memang luar biasa. Video klip dari lagu ini juga bener- bener menginspirasi siapa saja untuk tetap tersenyum dan berbahagia atas segala yang kita miliki dan alami selama kita masih hidup. I LOVE THIS SONG , SO MUCH!!!

Lirik Pilihan

YOUR BODY IS A WONDERLAND
by: John Mayer

We got the afternoon
You got this room for two
One thing I've left to do
Discover me
Discovering you

One mile to every inch of
Your skin like porcelain
One pair of candy lips and
Your bubblegum tongue

And if you want love
We'll make it
Swim in a deep sea
Of blankets
Take all your big plans
And break 'em
This is bound to be awhile

Your body is a wonderland
Your body is a wonder (I'll use my hands)
Your body is a wonderland

Something 'bout the way the hair falls in your face
I love the shape you take when crawling towards the pillowcase
You tell me where to go and
Though I might leave to find it
I'll never let your head hit the bed
Without my hand behind it

You want love?
We'll make it
Swim in a deep sea
Of blankets
Take all your big plans
And break 'em
This is bound to be awhile

Your body is a wonderland
Your body is a wonder (I'll use my hands)
Your body is a wonderland

Damn baby
You frustrate me
I know you're mine all mine all mine
But you look so good it hurts sometimes

Your body is a wonderland
Your body is a wonder(I'll use my hands)
Your body is a wonderland
Your body is a wonderland


Da da dup ba da da da
Ba ba dup ba la la la
Ba ba dup ba ba da da
Ba ba dup ba da da da
Ba ba dup ba ba da da
Ba ba dup ba da da da
Ba ba dup ba ba da da
Ba ba dup ba da da da


One of my favorite song of all time!!! Lagunya bener- bener hear catchy sama telinga gue, lantunan lagu ringan dengan lirik yang romantis dan genit bikin gue makin suka sama nih lagu!!! Thanks John Mayer!!!

Relax Weeks Are Starting

Rabu ini, gue seneng banget, rasanya semua masalah dan kesumpekan gue baru aja berakhir. Remedial dan tugas yang tersisa dari masa- masa di Hard Week udah selesai semua dan it's time for holiday!!! Remedial hari ini gue jalanin dengan senang hati dan yang malah bikin gue makin seneng ketika gue tahu gue gak dapat tugas remedial lagi selain Bahasa Inggris dan Bahasa Indonesia!!! Malam ini gue gak sabar lagi buat nonton acara Festival Film Indonesia di stasiun tv RCTI!!!
Huh, god, thanks for all!!!
Rabu, 16 Desember 2009...
Sambil ngedengerin Hometown Glory nya Adele yang menghanyutkan...

Lirik Pilihan

VIVA LA VIDA
by: Coldplay


I used to rule the world
Seas would rise when I gave the word
Now in the morning I sleep alone
Sweep the streets I used to own

I used to roll the dice
Feel the fear in my enemy's eyes
Listen as the crowd would sing
"Now the old king is dead! Long live the king!"

One minute I held the key
Next the walls were closed on me
And I discovered that my castles stand
Upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand

I hear Jerusalem bells a ringing
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing
Be my mirror, my sword and shield
My missionaries in a foreign field

For some reason I can't explain
Once you go there was never
Never an honest word
And that was when I ruled the world

It was the wicked and wild wind
Blew down the doors to let me in
Shattered windows and the sound of drums
People couldn't believe what I'd become

Revolutionaries wait
For my head on a silver plate
Just a puppet on a lonely string
Oh who would ever want to be king?

I hear Jerusalem bells a ringing
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing
Be my mirror, my sword and shield
My missionaries in a foreign field

For some reason I can't explain
I know Saint Peter won't call my name
Never an honest word
But that was when I ruled the world

I hear Jerusalem bells a ringing
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing
Be my mirror, my sword and shield
My missionaries in a foreign field

For some reason I can't explain
I know Saint Peter won't call my name
Never an honest word
But that was when I ruled the world


Lagunya sempat bikin gue tergila- gila sama band Coldplay ini. Tema lagunya yang religius dan terkesan 'sakral' emang pantes banget menangin Grammy Award 2009 buat kategori Song of the Year. Salut buat Coldplay!!!

Hard Week part.5

Ternyata dugaan gue bener, akhir dari ulangan semester bukanlah akhir dari segala kesumpekan minggu ini, tapi, merupakan awal dari kesumpekan yang malah makin sumpek!!! Kota pusat ngirimin paket soal buat dikerjaindalam bentuk tes selama minggu ini dan bahan soalnya adalah soal dari kelas 8 !!!! Gue tadi kebagian ngerjain Ekonomi dan Fisika. Gue ngejawab semua soalnya juga asal- asalan (kan katanya nilai dari hasil tes gak bakal dimasukin kedalam nilai rapor) dan sebisa gue aja, yang penting selesai!!! Gila, otak gue jadi makin sumpek nih jadinya, padahal gue pikir setelah masa ulangan semester lewat gue bisa santai dikelas dan dirumah, ternyata!!! Huh, tadi siang juga kayaknya ada mau cari gara- gara sama gue, deh, huh awas aja kalo berani macem- macen sama gue, BAKAL GUE HABISI!!!!
Yah, itulah cerita gue hari ini, selasa, 15 Desember 2009, oh iya, gue ngetik nih kenangan juga sambil ngedengerin Fifteen nya Taylor Swift yang menghangatkan hati gue...

Hard Week part.4

Kayaknya minggu-minggu penuh penderitaan bakal terus berlanjut deh. Soalnya selesai ulangan formal bakal ada Remedial dan segala macam tes yang bakal nguras waktu santai gue lagi. Ulangan IPS gue hari ini kayaknya gak bakal ngasih gue lebih dari 7,5 atau bahkan, tapi, seenggaknya 80% soal gue jawab sendiri dan gue bangga akan hal itu. Kembali ke masalah tes dan Remedial kayaknya gue mesti jujur deh kali ini (tanpa nyontek dan karte'an). Gue bakal berusaha mati- matian dan untuk tes masuk SMASA (SMA Satu) gue bakal berjuang sampai titik darah penghabisan! Gue baca di buku IPS bahwa orang- orang di negara maju bermodalkan etos kerja yang sangat baik untuk mencapai semua tujuan yang dicita-citakannya. Gue bakal berusaha menerapkan etos belajar yang baik untuk kali ini. Gue janji...
Disini gue nulis sumpah dan suka-suka-suka duka gue sambil ngedenger 'Rockferry' yang keren. Hari senin tanggal 14 Desember 2009...

Song of the Week (07 - 13 December 2009)

THE HEART OF LIFE
by: John Mayer

Gue bingung sebenarnya, mau milih Adele dengan Hometown Glory nya atau John Mayer dengan The Heart of Life nya, tapi, akhirnya gue milih The Heart of Life nya John Mayer. Lagunya sih emang biasa, tapi, bisa gue tenang dan bersemangat lagi dengan keadaan yang serba gak menentu kayak gini bila gue ngedengerin lagu ini. Maknanya dalam banget bagi gue . Nada- nada yang gak berat emang lagi pas dengan suasana hati gue yang lagi sumpek. So, I Love This Song!!!

Stars of the Week ( 07- 13 December 2009)

Male : John Mayer

Female : Adele Adkins


Hard Week part.3

Sabtu, dimana ulangan IPA diadakan. Malam hari sebelum ulangan gue cuma belajar beberapa jam aja. Ya ampun, gue nnyesel banget, besok harinya gue keteter dan cengengesan sendiri pas liat soal ulangannya. Susah bangettttt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Gue cuma betul 21 soal dari total 40 soal yang ada!!!! Jadi ya cuma dapat 5,25!!!! Capek deh!!!!!!!!!!! Hari ini gue berjanji bakal belajar mati- matian buat ulangan IPS dan remedial nanti!!!!!!!!!
Disini gue tulis memoir gue hari sabtu tanggal 12 Desember 2009 (hari ultah Aa Denny nih!) sambil ngedenger Hometown Glory nya Adele (lagu paling indah di hari mendung kayak gini) !!!

Rockferry's Official Video



One of my favorite video klip !!!

Lirik Pilihan


CHASING PAVEMENTS
by: Adele

I've made up my mind,
No need to think it over,
If i'm wrong I am right,
No need to look no further,
This ain't lust,
This is love but,

If i tell the world,
I'll never say enough,
Cause it was not said to you,
And thats exactly what i need to do,
If i'm in love with you,

Should i give up,
Or should i just keep chasing pavements?
Even if it leads nowhere,
Or would it be a waste?
Even If i knew my place should i leave it there?
Should i give up,
Or should i just keep chasing pavements?
Even if it leads nowhere

I'd build myself up,
And fly around in circles,
Wait then as my heart drops,
and my back begins to tingle
finally could this be it

Should i give up,
Or should i just keep chasing pavements?
Even if it leads nowhere,
Or would it be a waste?
Even If i knew my place should i leave it there?
Should i give up,
Or should i just keep chasing pavements?
Even if it leads nowhere

Should i give up,
Or should i just keep chasing pavements?
Even if it leads nowhere,
Or would it be a waste?
Even If i knew my place should i leave it there?
Should i give up,
Or should i just keep chasing pavements?
Even if it leads nowhere

Lagunya bagus dan Adele kayaknya mengerah keahlian vokalnya dalam kapasitas paling baik (meskipun masih dibawah Hometown Glory) . Ini adalah salah satu lagu terbaik yang pernah gue denger. Two Thumbs for Adele!!!

Hard Week part.2

Kamis adalah hari paling mengerikan dalam sejarah ulangan gue!!! Gue udah belajar Bahasa Inggris dari jam 10 sampai jam 1 malam tapi kayaknya hasilnya nihil deh! Gimana enggak coba, soal ulangannya gak ada yang nyambung dengan yang gue pelajarin mana gue ngerjainnya sambil ngantuk, pusing, dan kegerahan. Tapi, untung temen-temen gue mau diajakin cs-an jadi ya gue Have Fun aja! Hari kamis gak juga melulu bikin gue bosen dan kesel tapi juga bikin gue seneng soalnya gue bisa memakai jaket baru yang dibeliin mama di Jakarta. Bahannya bagus dan gayanya terkesan elegan jadi enka dipakai kemana aja. Malamnya gue gak bisa konsentrasi belajar Agama sampai akhirnya pas acara Bukan Empat Mata kelar gue baru bisa belajar meskipun sambil nonton Begadang dan MTV Insomnia. Lumayan masuk sih apa yang gue pelajarin meskipun gue tidur-nya jam 4 subuh. Gue bangun jam setengah 10 pagi dan keteter sambil takut datang telat. Emang bener gue datang telat keruang ulangan, tapi, cuma telat beberapa menit doang kok! Soalnya lumayan (gak mau gue bilang enak soalnya takut termakan omongan sendiri) dan gue bisa menjawab semua soal dengan tenang meskipun ada sebagian yang kayaknya salah. Kelar ulangan bapak Ashadi (guru Bahasa Inggris dan wali kelas 9 H) datang membawa berita tak sedap, gue dan temen-temen , kecuali Ardela, Elvira, Neva , dan Shommad, pada di remedial semua buat mata pelajaran Bahasa Inggris! Gue jadi kecewa, udah belajar capek- capek hasilnya malah diremedial. Tapi, gue bakal berusaha buat ulangan dan remedial di hari- hari berikutnya!
Disini gue catat kenangan manis pahit gue pas ulangan pada hari jum'at tanggal 11 Desember 2009 sambil ngedengerin The Heart of Life nya John Mayer yang memberi gue semangat baru!

Hard Week!!!

Awal minggu ini gue jalani dengan berat hati. Kenapa, ya iyalah, musim ulangan kan udah mampir lagi, jadi ya bete ... Persiapan ulangan belum ada tau-tau udah muncul aja tuh hari 'H' nya. Ulangan Bahasa Indonesia di hari senin , sih, bisa gue jabanin dengan baik,tapi, kata wali kelas gue kebanyakan nilai Bahasa Indonesia gak ada yang diatas 9, paling enggak 8 juga belum keliatan! Capek deh!!! Besoknya, selasa, ulangan paling serem dalam hidup gue menghampiri gue; Matematika!!! Persiapannya cuma sedikit banget, tapi, untungnya temen-temen pada baek dan siap cs-an sama gue, jadi, 80% jawaban gue nyontek deh 8!!!! ;p ... Rabu, ceh ilahhh, Pkn booo! Malamnya belajar cuma 2 bab itupun pakai ngantuk . Besoknya gue belajar rembukan sama temen-temen ( Priskila, Priti, Eka, Ishlah, Eno, Neva, Hanny, dkk....) di bawah pohon bulan (katanya sih namanya pohon bulan tau deh nama latinnya apa!) dan diatas meja bulat lingkar ,beton juga tuh mejanya! Beberapa lama kami belajar Bu Isniah ( guru paling dicinta di kelas 9 H) datang dan ngebantuin kami belajar, meski sebentar tapi itu membantu banget (Thanks ya Bu...) !!! Berselang beberapa menit kemudian Hanny datang membawa berita bahagia , dia dapat kunci jawaban dari semua soal Pkn. Semuanya jadi pada ribut dan minta dikasih, ya dikasih deh. Saat bel tanda dimulainya ulangan berbunyi semua pada gugup (termasuk gue tuh) , jawaban yang dikasih Hanny salah semua, pengawasnya Bapak Cinta Laura ( dikatain gitu karena suka ngomong bahasa Inggris mkayak Cinta Laura, nama aslinya tau deh siapa) , mesti lengah tapi matanyta bisa mendelik tibna-tiba loh!!! Selama menjawab soal gak ada gangguan yang berarti gue menjawab soal dengan tenang meskipun ada beberapa kesulitan. Ditengah kesulitan tersebut Dewi Penolong a.ka Hanny nge-sms gue dan ngirimin jawabannya ke gue, duh, thanks berat yeee... Selesai menjawab semua soal gue jadi orang ketiga yang paling cepat keluar dari ruang ulangan...

Duh, gue khawatir nih sama ulangan besok-besok, susah udah pasti, tapi kitanya aja lagi yang mesti berusaha buat ngeraih nilai tertinggi. Disini gue catat ingatan gue hari rabu tanggal 9 Desember 2009 sambil ngedengerin lagu The Heart of Life nya John Mayer ( lagu paling menenangkan kalau disaat jenuh seperti ini...) .

Lirik Pilihan

HOMETOWN GLORY

by: Adele

I've been walking in the same way as I did
Missing out the cracks in the pavement
And tutting my heel and strutting my feet
"Is there anything I can do for you dear? Is there anyone I could call?"
"No and thank you, please Madam. I ain't lost, just wandering"

Round my hometown
Memories are fresh
Round my hometown
Ooh the people I've met
Are the wonders of my world
Are the wonders of my world
Are the wonders of this world
Are the wonders of my world

I like it in the city when the air is so thick and opaque
I love to see everybody in short skirts, shorts and shades
I like it in the city when two worlds collide
You get the people and the government
Everybody taking different sides

Shows that we ain't gonna stand shit
Shows that we are united
Shows that we ain't gonna take it
Shows that we ain't gonna stand shit
Shows that we are united

Round my hometown
Memories are fresh
Round my hometown
Ooh the people I've met

Are the wonders of my world
Are the wonders of my world
Are the wonders of this world
Are the wonders of my world

Gue lebih ngejagoin lagu ini buat memenangin Grammy Award 2010 lewat kategori Best Female Pop Vocal Performance daripada Taylor Swift lewat 'You Belong With Me' dan Beyonce lewat 'Halo' , soalnya lagu ini seakan memiliki sesuatu yang 'lebih' dibanding dua lagu diatas. So, lho pasti menang Adele!!!

John Mayer's Lyric Song from Continuum Album


WAITING ON THE WORLD TO CHANGE

Me and all my friends
We're all misunderstood
They say we stand for nothing and
There's no way we ever could

Now we see everything that's going wrong
With the world and those who lead it
We just feel like we don't have the means
To rise above and beat it

So we keep waiting
Waiting on the world to change
We keep on waiting
Waiting on the world to change

It's hard to beat the system
When we're standing at a distance
So we keep waiting
Waiting on the world to change

Now if we had the power
To bring our neighbors home from war
They would have never missed a Christmas
No more ribbons on their door
And when you trust your television
What you get is what you got
Cause when they own the information, oh
They can bend it all they want

That's why we're waiting
Waiting on the world to change
We keep on waiting
Waiting on the world to change

It's not that we don't care,
We just know that the fight ain't fair
So we keep on waiting
Waiting on the world to change

And we're still waiting
Waiting on the world to change
We keep on waiting waiting on the world to change
One day our generation
Is gonna rule the population
So we keep on waiting
Waiting on the world to change

We keep on waiting
Waiting on the world to change

I DON'T TRUST MYSELF ( WITH LOVING YOU)

No I'm not the man I used to be lately
See you met me at an interesting time
If my past is any sign of your future
You should be warned before I let you inside

Hold on to whatever you find baby
Hold on to whatever will get you through
Hold on to whatever you find baby
I don't trust myself with loving you

I will beg my way into your garden
I will break my way out when it rains
Just to get back to the place where I started
So I can want you back all over again

Hold on to whatever you find baby
Hold on to whatever will get you through
Hold on to whatever you find baby
I don't trust myself with loving you

Who do you love?
Girl I see through, through your love
Who do you love me or the thought of me? me or the thought of me?

Hold on to whatever you find baby
Hold on to whatever will get you through
Hold on to whatever you find baby
I don't trust myself with loving you

Hold on to whatever you find baby
Hold on to whatever gets you through through
Hold on to whatever you find baby
I don't trust myself with loving you
I don't trust myself with loving you
I don't trust myself with loving you
I don't trust myself with loving you

BELIEF

Is there anyone who
Ever remembers changing there mind from
The paint on a sign?
Is there anyone who really recalls
Ever breaking rank at all
For something someone yelled real loud one time

Everyone believes
In how they think it ought to be
Everyone believes
And they're not going easily

Belief is a beautiful armor
But makes for the heaviest sword
Like punching under water
You never can hit who you're trying for

Some need the exhibition
And some have to know they tried
It's the chemical weapon
For the war that's raging on inside

Everyone believes
From emptiness to everything
Everyone believes
And no ones going quietly

We're never gonna win the world
We're never gonna stop the war
We're never gonna beat this
If belief is what we're fighting for

What puts a hundred thousand children in the sand
Belief can
Belief can
What puts the folded flag inside his mother's hand
Belief can
Belief can

GRAVITY

Gravity is working against me
And gravity wants to bring me down

Oh I'll never know what makes this man
With all the love that his heart can stand
Dream of ways to throw it all away

Oh Gravity is working against me
And gravity wants to bring me down

Oh twice as much ain't twice as good
And can't sustain like a one half could
It's wanting more
That's gonna send me to my knees
[repeat]

Oh gravity, stay the hell away from me
And gravity has taken better men than me (now how can that be?)

Just keep me where the light is
Just keep me where the light is
Just keep me where the light is
C'mon keep me where the light is
C'mon keep me where the light is
Oh... where the light is! [repeat]

THE HEART OF LIFE

I hate to see you cry
Lying there in that position
There's things you need to hear
So turn off your tears and listen

Pain throws your heart to the ground
Love turns the whole thing around
No, it won't all go the way it should
But I know the heart of life is good

You know it's nothing new
Bad news never had good timing
Then the circle of your friends
Will defend the silver lining

Pain throws your heart to the ground
Love turns the whole thing around
No, it won't all go the way it should
But I know the heart of life is good

(Whistle Interlude)

Pain throws your heart to the ground
Love turns the whole thing around
Fear is a friend who's misunderstood
But I know the heart of life is good

I know it's good

VULTURES

Some of us, We're hardly ever here
The rest of us, we're born to disappear
How do I stop myself from
Being just a number
How will I hold my head
To keep from going under

Down to the wire
I wanted water but
But I'll walk through the fire
If this is what it takes
To take me even higher
Then I'll come through
Like I do
When the world keeps
Testing me, testing me,testing me

How did they find me here
What do they want from me
All of these vultures hiding
Right outside my door
I hear them whisperin
They're tryin to ride it out
Cause they've never gone this long
Without a kill before

Down to the wire
I wanted water but
I'll walk through the fire
If this is what it takes
To take me even higher
Then I'll come through
Like I do
When the world keeps
Testing me, testing me, testing me

Wheels up
I got to leave this evening
Can't seem to shake these vultures
Off of my trail
Power is made, by power being taken
So I keep on running
To protect my situation

Down to the wire
I wanted water but
I'll walk through the fire
If this is what it takes
To take me even higher
Then I'll come through
Like I do
When the world keeps
Testing me, testing me

Oooooooooooo
Oooooooooooo
Oooooooooooo
Oooooooooooo
Whatcha gonna do about it
Whatcha gonna do about it

STOP THIS TRAIN



No I'm not color blind
I know the world is black and white
Try to keep an open mind but...
I just can't sleep on this tonight
Stop this train I want to get off and go home again
I can't take the speed it's moving in
I know I can't
But honestly won't someone stop this train

Don't know how else to say it, don't want to see my parents go
One generation's length away
From fighting life out on my own

Stop this train
I want to get off and go home again
I can't take the speed it's moving in
I know I can't but honestly won't someone stop this train

So scared of getting older
I'm only good at being young
So I play the numbers game to find away to say that life has just begun
Had a talk with my old man
Said help me understand
He said turn 68, you'll renegotiate
Don't stop this train
Don't for a minute change the place you're in
Don't think I couldn't ever understand
I tried my hand
John, honestly we'll never stop this train

See once in a while when it's good
It'll feel like it should
And they're all still around
And you're still safe and sound
And you don't miss a thing
'til you cry when you're driving away in the dark.

Singing stop this train I want to get off and go home again
I can't take this speed it's moving in
I know I can't
Cause now I see I'll never stop this train

(think I got 'em now)

SLOW DANCING IN A BURNING ROOM


It's not a silly little moment,
It's not the storm before the calm.
This is the deep and dying breath of
This love that we've been working on.

Can't seem to hold you like I want to
So I can feel you in my arms.
Nobody's gonna come and save you,
We pulled too many false alarms.

We're going down,
And you can see it too.
We're going down,
And you know that we're doomed.
My dear,
We're slow dancing in a burning room.

I was the one you always dreamed of,
You were the one I tried to draw.
How dare you say it's nothing to me?
Baby, you're the only light I ever saw.

I'll make the most of all the sadness,
You'll be a bitch because you can.
You try to hit me just to hurt me
So you leave me feeling dirty
Because you can't understand.

We're going down,
And you can see it too.
We're going down,
And you know that we're doomed.
My dear,
We're slow dancing in a burning room.

Go cry about it - why don't you?
Go cry about it - why don't you?
Go cry about it - why don't you?

My dear, we're slow dancing in a burning room,
Burning room,
Burning room,
Burning room,
Burning room.

Don't you think we oughta know by now?
Don't you think we shoulda learned somehow?
Don't you think we oughta know by now?
Don't you think we shoulda learned somehow?
Don't you think we oughta know by now?
Don't you think we shoulda learned somehow?
Don't you think we shoulda learned somehow?
Don't you think we shoulda learned somehow?
Don't you think we shoulda learned somehow?
Don't you think we shoulda learned somehow?

BOLD AS LOVE

Anger he smiles towering in shiny metallic purple armor
Queen Jealousy, envy waits behind him
Her fiery green gown sneers at the grassy ground
Blue are the life-giving waters taken for granted
They quietly understand
The once happy turquoise armies lay opposite ready
But wonder why the fight is on

But they're all bold as love
Yeah, they're all bold as love
They're all bold as love
Just ask the axis

My red is so confident that he flashes
Trophies of war and ribbons of euphoria
Orange is young, full of daring
But very unsteady for the first go around
My yellow in this case is not so mellow
In fact I'm trying to say it's frightened like me
And all these emotions of mine keep holding me from
Giving my life to a rainbow like you

I'm bold, bold as love
Yeah I'm bold, bold as love
I'm bold, bold as love
Just ask the axis
Yeah he knows, he knows everything
I'm bold, bold as love

IN REPAIR

Too many shadows in my room
Too many hours in this midnight
Too many corners in my mind
So much to do to set my heart right
Oh it's taking so long i could be wrong, i could be ready
Oh but if i take my heart's advice
I should assume it's still unsteady
I am in repair, i am in repair

Stood on the corner for a while
To wait for the wind to blow down on me
Hoping it takes with it my old ways
And brings some brand new look upon me
Oh it's taking so long i could be wrong, i could be ready
Oh but if i take my heart's advice
I should assume it's still unsteady
I am in repair, i am in repair

And now i'm walking in a park
All of the birds they dance below me
Maybe when things turn green again
It will be good to say you know me

Oh it's taking so long i could be wrong, i could be ready
Oh but if i take my heart's advice
I should assume it's still unready
Oh i'm never really ready, i'm never really ready
I'm in repair, i'm not together but i'm getting there
I'm in repair, i'm not together but i'm getting there

I'M GONNA FIND ANOTHER YOU

It's really over, you made your stand
You got me crying, as was your plan
But when my loneliness is through, I'm gonna find another you

You take your sweaters
You take your time
You might have your reasons but you will never have my rhymes
I'm gonna sing my way away from blue
I'm gonna find another you

When I was your lover
No one else would do
If I'm forced to find another, I hope she looks like you
Yeah and she's nicer too

So go on baby
Make your little get away
My pride will keep me company
And you just gave yours all away
Now I'm gonna dress myself for two
Once for me and once for someone new
I'm gonna do somethings you wouldn't let me do
Oh I'm gonna find another you


Ini adalah 11 lirik lagu dari album Continuum yang dirilis John Mayer tahun 2006 lalu,dimana, pada tahun berikutnya album ini memenangkan Grammy Award untuk kategori Best Pop Vocal Album dan Best Male Pop Vocal Performance , untuk lagu 'Waiting On The World To Change', serta mendapat nominasi pula untuk kategori Album of the Year. Lagu 'Dreaming With A Broken Heart' enggak gue masukin dalam kumpulan lirik ini, karena udah gue masukin sebelumnya dalam lirik pilihan. So, enjoy it!