Monday, December 21, 2020

how did i get into... (running man ed.)

Hello again!

Di post ini aku akan ngelanjutin cerita tentang gimana awal mulanya aku bisa suka sama korean entertainment (drama, musik, show), tapi kali ini lebih dikhususin kepada salah satu variety show korea favorit aku yaitu... running man!

Sebelumnya aku bakal jelasin secara singkat apa itu running man. Jadi buat yg belum tau atau belum pernah denger, running man itu variety show dari korea. Di acara ini ada 8 member tetap (awalnya 7, keluar 1 dan nambah 2 member baru) dan sering juga ngundang guest star, bisa itu aktor ataupun idol, bahkan atlet. Jadi setiap episodenya itu mereka selalu dikasih suatu misi gitu berbentuk game jadi mereka bakalan lawan antar member (bisa individu ataupun tim), pemenangnya biasanya dapet hadiah dan yg kalah bakalan dapet hukuman/penalty. Gamesnya seru-seru dan kreatif jadi banyak banget panitia-panitia acara makrab yg biasanya ambil ide dari running man ini. Kalo mau tau lebih jelasnya bisa tonton aja video cuplikan episode running man di youtube karena banyak banget.

Awal mula aku tau running man itu pas pertama kali masuk kuliah, temen sekelasku ada yg suka banget nonton running man dan suka cerita-cerita gitu. Karena aku ga nonton yaa aku juga ga begitu ngerti jadi cuma bisa ngebayangin aja setiap dia cerita tentang running man. Selain itu juga, temenku ini sempet termasuk tim yg ga suka ada member baru (buat yg nonton running man pasti tau maksud aku). Jadi dia juga suka nyeritain hal-hal yg dia anggap kurang adil gitu terutama ke salah satu membernya yaitu Song Jihyo. Karena disini aku masih belum nonton, jadi aku terpengaruh lah sama omongan dia. Temenku ini juga bilang bahwa dia jadi jarang nonton running man episode terbaru yg ada member baru karena masih belum sreg sama mereka berdua. Setelah sering diceritain, akhirnya aku penasaran dan memutuskan buat nyobain nonton running man.

Episode pertama yg aku tonton itu episode terakhirnya Gary. Iya, aku tau, pilihan yg aneh buat episode pertama. Temenku juga langsung komplain pas aku kasih tau itu hehehe. Aku juga ga inget kenapa ya aku pilih episode itu. Itu emang episode yg emosional, karena aku juga masih belum punya "keterikatan" sama running man, aku ngerasa flat aja, tapi agak sedih sih dikit karena aku emang sensitif sama yg sedih-sedih hahaha. Abis itu aku akhirnya coba episode yg lain, yaitu episode 42 tentang best of the best. Episode ini rame bangeeet! Gara-gara itu aku jadi lanjut cobain episode lain, kalo ga salah sih episode yg zombie itu deh episode 98. Itu juga rame bangeeet! Kedua episode yg aku tonton itu kan *SPOILER ALERT* Gary menang ya, dan karena itu dia jadi member favorit aku. Dari situ aku cari-cari terus aja episode yg dia menang (iya aku cari spoiler, kurang seru emang tapi karena aku pengennya nonton yg doi menang yaa mau gimana lagi huehehe). Pokoknya aku udah nontonin banyak episode tapi masih belum aku sentuh episode dimana ada 2 member baru (karena aku masih terhasut temen aku).

Setelah udah agak lama nontonin episode lama running man kan jadi bosen juga ya. Akhirnya aku coba buat nonton episode yg udah ada Somin dan Sechan. Aku lupa nonton episode berapa, cuma setelah nonton itu BENERAN NYESELLLLLL BANGETTTTT! Kenapa ga dari dulu aku tonton episode-episode yg udah ada mereka berdua?!?!?! SERU BANGET WOY:( semua hasutan-hasutan yg dulu bener-bener non-sense. Jadi lah dari sini member favorit aku berubah jadi Jeon Somin! Nah ini awal mulanya aku suka Somin makanya di post sebelumnya aku bilang bahwa aku punya aktor favorit baru kan dan drama terakhir yg aku tonton itu dramanya doi.

Sampe sekarang aku masih suka nonton running man, ga bisa berhenti beneran. Bahkan episode-episode yg udah aku tonton pun masih suka aku tonton ulang. Ini salah satu yg gabisa aku paksa untuk berhenti karena udah terlanjur ketagihan, beda kaya kdrama yg "sempet" berhasil buat berhenti dan ga ketagihan. Jadi kira-kira kaya gitu cerita kenapa aku bisa suka banget sama running man. Kayanya kalo aku ga punya temen yg suka ngomongin running man, belum tentu deh aku bakal nonton running man sekarang huehehehe. OHYA dan btw temenku sekarang udah bukan tim yg ga suka somin&sechan ko, dia udah menerima dan sekarang juga suka nontonin episode-episode terbarunya.

Monday, July 20, 2020

how did i get into... (kdrama ed.)

Hello! Long time no see👋

Aku belum pernah cerita tentang korea di blog ini, jadi kali ini aku mau ceritain tentang gimana aku bisa "terjerumus" ke dalam dunia korea, dari drama, variety show, dan juga musiknya. 

Pengalaman pertama aku sebenernya udah lama banget, dimulai dari tahun 2005. Waktu itu kalo ga salah di indosiar deh, nayangin kdrama judulnya Jewel in the Palace. Drama ini emang hits banget di Indonesia pada jamannya dan banyak banget orang Indonesia yang tau drama ini walaupun ga ngikutin kdrama, minimal pasti tau nama pemeran utamanya, Dae Jang Geum. Aku nonton ini waktu masih SD kelas 2 gitu, jadi yaa emang ga terlalu inget sih sama ceritanya kaya gimana karena udah lama banget dan waktu itu masih kecil jadi ada beberapa hal yang ga aku pahamin. Seinget aku juga kayanya ada beberapa episode yg ga ketonton karena ketinggalan deh. Aku cuma inget salah satu episode dimana si Dae Jang Geum ini masak buat keluarga kerajaan, kalo ga salah dia lagi sakit jadi lidahnya gabisa ngerasain bumbu-bumbu gitu, terus makanannya jadi keasinan aja hahaha gatau juga kenapa yg diinget cuma bagian yg itu.

Aku nonton drama Dae Jang Geum ini biasanya bareng sama tante aku yg emang suka korea juga. Terus kebetulan om aku waktu itu lagi kerja di Korea dan kadang suka cerita-cerita gitu tentang Korea, jadi emang awal mula aku tau tentang Korea tuh pas tahun 2005 ini.

Habis itu skip banyak ke tahun 2009 pas jamannya drama Boys Over Flowers (sebenernya namanya tuh boys over flowers apa boys before flowers sih? atau sama aja?). Kalo ini sebenernya aku ga bisa dibilang bener-bener nonton sih, karena sejujurnya aku jarang banget nonton. Paling juga setiap aku main ke rumah temen, karena temen-temen aku pada suka banget sama drama ini, jadi ya ikut nonton. Aku ga begitu tau ceritanya, cuma tau female leadnya Geum Jan Di dan male leadnya Jun Pyo. Oiya sama ada Kim Bum juga, tapi gatau kenapa aku ga pernah inget nama perannya, cuma inget nama aslinya aja hahaha. Selain Boys Over Flowers, aku juga pernah nonton Playful Kiss tapi sepotong-potong gitu. Tapi yaa walaupun aku udah terekspos sama drama korea, aku masih belum begitu tertarik buat nyari tau lebih tentang hal-hal kekoreaan. 

Setelah itu pas masuk SMP, aku ga pernah nonton kdrama lagi atau hal korea lainnya, karena emang lingkungannya (temen-temen SMP, temen les, dll) jarang banget yg suka nonton kdrama ataupun dengerin kpop gitu. Sampe akhirnya di tahun 2015 pas aku SMA, kelas 11 lebih tepatnya, aku mulai kenal sama webtoon. Webtoon yg aku baca dan bakal nyambung sama post kali ini itu Orange Marmalade dan Cheese in the Trap (tapi ga sampe abis, keburu bosen duluan hehe).

Jadi kedua webtoon itu kebetulan emang dijadiin drama. Awalnya aku ragu, karena webtoonnya aja aku ga abis bacanya, apalagi dramanya bisa-bisa ga sampe abis juga nontonnya. Tapiiii akhirnya aku coba tonton karena emang penasaran dan udah lama banget aku ga nonton kdrama. Drama yg pertama aku tonton itu Orange Marmalade karena emang drama itu duluan yg keluar. Episode-episode awalnya lumayan seru, bikin aku penasaran buat nonton episode selanjutnya. Drama ini juga bikin aku ngalamin yg namanya second lead syndrome! Orange Marmalade ini drama pertama yg aku tonton dari awal sampe akhir (yaa walaupun episode flashback aku skip). Dramanya ringan, jadi yaa cukup enjoyable. 

Selanjutnya aku nonton Cheese in the Trap. Ini satu-satunya drama yg pernah aku tonton yg bikin aku benci male leadnya. Se-menyebalkan itu. Aku juga kadang kesel sama si female leadnya, ko doi mau-maunya pacaran sama si cowo itu, padahal sifatnya manipulatif banget. Disini aku ngerasain second lead syndrome lagi huhu, tapi syndromenya separah itu bahkan pas Baek In Ho confess ke Seol terus ditolak dan mereka jadi ngejauh, aku langsung udahan dong nontonnya:))) keburu sakit hati... lol. Fav aku di drama ini yaitu Eun Taek, Bo Ra, Baek In Ho, dan Baek In Ha! Walaupun si In Ha ini nyebelin dan annoying parah, gatau kenapa aku bisa tetep suka. Aku sampe searching artis yg meraninnya (Lee Sung Kyung) dan ngegali-gali info gitu tentang dia. Terus nemu info deh kalo ternyata Sung Kyung bakalan main drama baru sama salah satu aktor yg main di Cheese in the Trap juga, namanya Nam Joo Hyuk (pemeran Eun Taek). Mereka bakal jadi main lead di drama Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo.

Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo! Bisa dibilang drama ini yg memulai segalanya buat aku. Maksudnya, dari drama inilah yg bikin aku tertarik sama korea sampe akhirnya terjerumus ke dunia korea lol. Dari drama ini, pertama kalinya ngerasain nonton drama on-going. Pertama kalinya ngerasain ship sailing (but sunk pretty quickly huhu). Juga pertama kalinya ngeidolain artis korea. Drama ini juga ringan, ga banyak masalah, ga bikin stress, sangat sangat enjoyable, makanya bisa suka banget sama drama ini. Lingkungan aku juga sangat mendukung karena banyak banget yg nonton drama ini, jadi banyak temen ngobrol huehehehe. Sebenernya gara-gara aku suka banget sama drama ini, aku jadi nyadar bakalan ketagihan kdrama terus kalo ga berhenti sekarang. Jadi aku sempet berhenti ga nonton kdrama. Tapi susah banget dan pada akhirnya nonton lagi:( yaa lumayan lah libur setahun karena mulai nonton lagi di tahun 2018 (Weightlifting tahun 2016 akhir). Disini karena aku suka banget sama Lee Sung Kyung, jadi aku coba tonton proyek dia yg lain yaitu Love+Sling dan Romantic Dr. Teacher Kim 2 (Dr. Romantic 2).

Dr. Romantic 2, salah satu kdrama favorite bareng sama weightlifting fairy. Aku ga nonton season 1 sebenernya... tapi untungnya ga begitu ngaruh sih. Drama ini agak berat menurut aku, karena konfliknya beneran deh ga reda-reda! Satu konflik beres, langsung muncul konflik lain. Belum sempet napas lega gitu huehehe. Cape nontonnya:( tapi jadi seru banget karena hal itu. Beneran deh recommended bgt!

Nah... sebenernya aku pernah kaya bikin janji sama diri sendiri sehabis nonton Dr. Romantic 2, kalo aku gaboleh nonton kdrama lagi. Udah cukup sampe Dr. Romantic 2 aja, karena aku bener-bener gamau ketagihan dan menyesal karena membuang-buang waktu nonton drama. Awalnya sih kaya yg bakalan berhasil gitu, karena biasanya aku cuma tertarik nonton drama yg ada aktor favorite aku doang. Kebetulan juga Lee Sung Kyung (satu-satunya aktor korea yg aku suka...pas waktu itu) sampe saat ini belum ada proyek drama baru lagi, jadi yaa aku pikir aku bisa beneran stop nonton. Tapi.... tiba-tiba ada sesuatu yg buat aku malah nonton drama lagi:( 

Jadi drama terakhir yg aku tonton itu Top Star Yoo-Baek dan Something About 1%. Ini bukan drama baru sebenernya, Top Star Yoo-Baek tayang tahun 2019, sedangkan Something About 1% malah lebih lama lagi.. yaitu tahun 2016. Aku nonton drama ini karena aku punya artis favorite baru, yaitu So Min! Aku bakalan ceritain lebih lanjut lagi tentang So Min di post selanjutnya, tapi intinya adalah aku beneran jadi gabisa lepas sama korea (entah itu kpop ataupun kdrama, juga variety show) semenjak mulai nyobain nonton. Udah coba buat stop tapi tetep aja malah balik lagi huehehe, mana sekarang lagi jaman-jamannya kpop, kdrama, gitu-gitu kan. Jadi.... sekarang aku kayanya gaakan berusaha buat menahan diri lagi hahaha:))

Tuesday, May 26, 2020

just a little chit chat

Hello!

I know I should've posted on April and I didn't. It's just... idk, I wasn't in the mood and also I didn't have something to post. I'm sorry!

This would be just a little chit chat... I finally finished Horizon Zero Dawn! It took me too long (roughly 2-3 weeks?) to finish it. It was really one of the best game I've ever played. I was such a coward when I played the game, because every time I have to beat some machines (esp. big machines like Deathbringer or Thunderjaw) I need to have a good hiding place lol. Like when I had a fight with Thunderjaw in a desert, I went to go to a hill so I could hit it from above and I didn't lose any health because the Thunderjaw can't go up to the hill.

Also because Ramadhan was over, I want to say happy Eid al Fitr! I know I'm 2 days late, but better late than never. This year Eid is a bit different because of the pandemic, so I didn't visit my family who lived outside Bandung to celebrate Eid. However, we celebrated it from a video call. It's the least we can do right now in this current situation. Hopefully we can get back to normal soon! I really missed going out.

Oh and one of my cat died:( It was really sad and depressing. I don't know what happened to my cat, but he suddenly didn't want to eat or drink. I tried to force him to eat and drink, it works several times, but mostly he just didn't gulp the food/water down. He was really close to me. He used to climb to my shoulder and just sit there unbothered. He always wanted to get in to the bathroom whenever I went to the bathroom. If I didn't let him in, he would just sit right in front of the door and waited til I open the door. Oh I missed him so much:( But I'm also glad he died because he often get sick because he's tiny and had a low immunity, and at the last moment before he died, he really looked like in so much pain (because he often trembling and having some seizures) so now he won't feel pain anymore..

I think that's all I got for now.. idk when i'm gonna post next, maybe next month or next year? See you later!

Friday, March 27, 2020

i'm bored.

Yes, I know this is an early post because last time I said that I'll post on next month. The situation  has changed, I'm beyond bored and I don't know what to do.. so I decided to write this post.

The world is currently experiencing the COVID-19 pandemic. The virus is really easy to spread from one to another, and because of that we have to stay at home to minimize the spreading. I've been staying at home for about a week now and I'm beyond bored. I know that a lot of you may have been stayed at home longer than I did, but honestly, you must feel bored too, right? This whole staying at home thing is really boring, but it's the best thing to do right now.

In the last post I told you that I'm preparing for my final project proposal presentation, right? The good news is I already did the presentation before my Uni is closed due to the pandemic, but the bad news is now the Uni is closed until June! I can't work on my skripsi (final project? undergraduate thesis? idk the correct word in english lol) because I need to do the research in the laboratory. This really affect my college life because my graduation will be postponed:( I already made a target that I have to graduate in August this year, but if I can only started working the research in July or probably August, I don't even know if I can graduate this year:( Well, I have to try, at least. I hope I can graduate this year...

Well, another thing that I want to tell you is about games (like a video games). In this kind of situation, one of the thing you can do is play some games. Because of the quarantine, people started to play video games again and the one game that become popular right now is animal crossing. Sadly, I don't have a nintendo switch so I can't play the game (well I searched about it and it turns out to be available on nintendo DS as well, I do have a nintendo DS, but I don't have the game so I still can't play haha). I really wanted to play though:( but idk the game is expensive and it's not something that I need to have. I still can play other games that I have. I currently playing Infamous Second Son (again). I started from the beginning again because my playstation has just been repaired and the data can't be backed up so... yeah. And also because I don't have anything to do, I finished Uncharted 4 in only 2 days! It really shows how unproductive I am hahaha. The next target I really wanted to do related to gaming is I wanted to finish Horizon Zero Dawn during the quarantine. I actually had this target in early last year, but I ended up not playing the game because I forgot haha.

So, that's the situation I currently experiencing! What about you? What are you doing during quarantine? I really hope this pandemic is over very soon so I can started working on my research and going out again... I really do miss it. Oh and I also hope that all the people who are infected by the virus can be treated fast and become healthy again! 
Take care of your health & hygiene, and please stay at home if you can:)

Friday, March 6, 2020

catching up with me -- welcome 2020!

First of all, hello! Hi! How are you? It's been so long since my last post... freaking 2 years ago?! Wow. I didn't even realize that I skipped through 2019... oh well.

Sooo what have I been doing all this time, you might ask? 
I'm not doing much tbh. Mainly just trying to not fail the semester, lol. And fortunately I passed! Also my grades went up, yeay!
But also, last year I'm trying so hard to not procrastinate, which I failed horribly and it affects my college life. My procrastination habit became very bad recently:( the more I procrastinate, the more stressed I became. But that was all in 2019.

Right now, in 2020, thankfully I can control my procrastination habit. I managed to finished my assignment long before the due time so I can have time to relax a bit. I became more focused, which is great! It really helps me to finish on every task that I had. And my life become less stressful, I felt happier! Oh and btw, I'm trying to have my presentation of final project proposal in this month, wish me luck!

So that's all I wanted to share for now. I'll see you next month, I hope? hehe. Byeee