Breaking My Habit, Day 15: The Puzzle

Ah, what a tiring day!

This morning I solved my friend's wood puzzle. I tried to take step-by-step pictures of it, but this is what happened.. Well, at least the puzzle's solved (my friend hadn't solved it since she received it 5 years ago).

After work, I went to the gym for some exercises. I managed to run / walk for 30 minutes on the treadmill, reaching 2.8 km. I hope I could reach 5 km so I can join this event.

Finally, after gym I went to Kedai Sari for dinner and open mic! Yep, it's my second open mic. If you're interested on how it went, the response was nowhere near good, but I'm glad that I could forced myself to it and performed today.

Okay, see you tomorrow, people!

Breaking My Habit, Day 14: Got the Ticket!

I just bought a 2 day-pass to Indonesia Stand Up Festival, the first Indonesian festival for stand up comedy!

Tips for reserving a ticket: Raja Karcis provides payment via Klik BCA, Mandiri KlikPay, and credit card, but they'll charge you an extra IDR 7,500. If you have problems paying extra small cash for nothing (like me), book your tickets through Ibu Dibyo. They don't provide integrated online banking payment but will accept online transfer (either to Mandiri / BCA). 

You can read the poster below or go to StandUpIndo Blog for more info. If any of you would like to go there, too, drop an email or let me know via comment section so we can meet up :) Allrighty then, see you at the show. Viva La Komtung!

Breaking My Habit, Day 12: Provocative Proactive Stand Up Night 2!

An interesting political talk show would be the one that is served raw: no censor, no political bullshit, spiced up with name calling or even trash talking. So far, it's quite hard to find such event that can accomodate all that.

Today I went to Soehanna Hall, SCBD, to watch Provocative Proactive Stand Up Night 2: Apa Adanya. The tagline perfectly captures what today show is about:  'Apa Adanya' or 'As it is'. FYI, Provocative Proactive is the title of Pandji Pragiwaksono's first album as well as radio and TV show that talk about politics in Indonesia.

It mimics Indonesian Proclamation Day  

The stand up show central theme revolves around political and religious issues in our country, such as blatant corruption that still happens to this day, celebrity who went on to became political figure, religious fanaticism, or even the upcoming candidate for presidency which come from 'shady' military background (crazy, huh? :p).

The show features 6 comics. In their order of appearance: Andi Wijaya, Kukuh Adi, Insan Nur Akbar, Pangeran Siahaan, Adriano Qalbi, and Sam D. Putra. Pandji Pragiwaksono acts as their MC, bridging after each of the performers (he did more than that, actually).

For those of you who did not watch the show, you're missing a lot. Here's some pointers about today's performances:

• Andi: He mostly talks about his hometown Bekasi and FPI. His opener really melts the ice in the crowd. Not so heavy material, but seriously funny from the start till the end.

• Kukuh: He points out our ignorance towards corruption in Indonesia, and that this kind of attitude make corruption thrives til now. A funny but bitter truth.

• Akbar: Still with his style, Akbar talks about the problem with our president and his policies. 

• Pangeran: Hard to swallow bits, but thankfully still funny. Talks about analogy of Indonesia as a rainbow cake, psycho analysis of Twilight, Prabowo, and even necrophilia.

• Adriano: Opens with bits about relationship and moves toward more serious problems. His performance is amazingly good. He use notes in his performance (and openly said about it) but managed to make it flow smoothly.

• Sammy: A very powerful orator, Sammy delivers like a tiger. From the start till the end, his bits was very heavy with political satire. 'Government Logic' and 'Everything has a price' were his catchphrases for the night. 

In all, the show delivers what delivers what it promised: 'Apa Adanya'. I got a lot of new knowledge as well as spirit boost after this show. Like Adriano said, our political system might be broken, but the people is broken, too. We cannot expect the system to change as long as we could not fix ourselves first.

I'm glad I could watch today's show, and I kinda regret I missed the first one last year. Thanks to all the organizers and sponsors of the show, see you next time Provocative Proactive Stand Up Night!

Aaaa..

P.S:
Before the show started, a short documentary movie about anti corruption was shown. The film talks about Dermawan Bakri, a high school student that led his friends to unmask the corruption in SMUN 3 Solo. You can watch the movie here.

Breaking My Habit, Day 9: New Smartphone

Short post for today!

Remember my previous post on #HangoutSUCI3?

In there I mentioned something about chance of getting a cell phone for the funniest one liner.. Well, something like this..

Tada!

Yes, turns out my entry got picked for the prize! Woohoo!
The package was just delivered this morning, so my mood was glowing for the rest of the day, haha. 

Thanks a lot +Kompas TV & +Kompastv inspirasi!
I really appreciate the gesture.. as well as the cell phone and T-shirt of course :p

Okay, cause I'm too busy playing with my new toy, let's wrap it up and see you tomorrow!

Grand Final SUCI3

I started writing this as soon as I finished watching the grand final for Stand Up Comedy Indonesia season 3 (SUCI3). Yes, due to certain circumstances, I got myself 2 tickets to the live show at Balai Kartini.

Overall, the show was really nice. I won't tell who's the winner, but there are several highlisghts worth mentioning here:

*Spoiler Alert*

• Cool performances from the 3rd winners of SUCI 1, 2, and 3: Ernest Prakasa, Kemal Pahlevi, and Ari Kriting. Ge Pamungkas called them the almosts: almost grand finalists and almost got the prize money! The trio proved that they are worthy of their title, and are actually on the same level as the grand finalists.

• The voice of female comics: Jessica SUCI2, Allison SUCI3, and Chandra SUCI3. It started with an 'eerie' performance from Jessica. It felt really awkward, I really got cold sweat from watching her performance. I still laugh, but it was an awkward laugh, not 'lol' but more like 'ha..ha..ha..why am I the only one laughing?' The biggest bomb of the night.Performing after her was Allison, and her topic was a bit frustrating. She talks about the difference between Indonesian and English girls. I can understand how it should've been funny, but I think her style made us felt like she was just mocking us. It could've been delivered better.Thankfully, Chandra closes the set with her excellent performance. Easy to relate material, finally the hall can be filled with laughter again.

• Project Pop performances! They performed 'Metal vs Dugem' and 'Gara-gara Kahitna'. For those of you who doesn't know, Kahitna is a big band in Indonesia (they've been around for more than 25 years! Even older than me). This is my first time hearing the song, but I think it's really nice of Project Pop to make a tribute for one of the biggest name in Indonesian love-songs specialist.

• The chemistry between Pandji Pragiwaksono and Ge Pamungkas, the MCs! during the whole show, Ge made a number of mistakes in his speeches ('Ngomongnya belibet'). Pandji really took advantage of this fact and he consistently mocks Ge until the end of the show. It's really nice seeing the duo.For me, the funniest part is when they both compete in ad-libbing Cincau Cap Panda to get endorsement from the brand. Even Tora Sudiro, one of the judges, participate in their silly competition! Too bad most of their acts were performed during the breaks between shots, so I guess you guys won't see it on TV :)

• Powerful and stable performances from the winner. Throughout the show he performed flawlessly. Definitely a must-see!

For all of you unfortunate enough to watch the show live, you can watch it on Sunday, 5th of May, 8PM on Kompas TV. It would be a special 3-hour show, the longest standup comedy show in Indonesian telly! Bravo +Kompas TV ! 

#HangoutSUCI3

KompasTV was having a small quiz. 8 people who can come up with a good one-liner about "juara" (champion / winner) will get invited to their #HangoutSUCI3 event. FYI, SUCI3 stands for Stand Up Comedy Indonesia season 3, a Kompas TV show featuring an Idol-esque show for comics in Indonesia. 

Just for fun, I posted these 3 entries:

Audi Tri HarsonoApr 28, 2013
Juara itu kaya Kapten Tsubasa, lagi mau nendang bola di udara aja bisa pake diselingin ngobrol plus iklan +Kompas TV  #HangoutSUCI3  

Audi Tri HarsonoApr 28, 2013
Juara itu kaya Krilin. Hidup mati hidup mati hidup mati udah entah berapa kali. +Kompas TV  #HangoutSUCI3  

Audi Tri HarsonoApr 28, 2013
Juara itu kaya Donal Bebek, sehari-hari ga pake celana tapi kalo mandi handuknya dipake nutupin pinggang ke bawah +Kompas TV #HangoutSUCI3  

I got lucky, my entry was picked by +Kompas TV team (I'm not sure which one, but probably not the one about Krilin). They contacted  me, gave me the details, and long story short, I participated in yesterday's Hangout session.

The Hangout session was so much fun! It's really nice seeing the friendly atmosphere over there. They mostly mocked and heckled each other throughout the session, lol. I even managed to make fun of Lionky Tan, one of the finalist who got eliminated quite early in the competition :D

Speaking with several people through video chat tend to get messy, but our MC managed to control the flow of the show quite nicely (considering she had to "contain" the wackiness of all 17 finalists). My internet was also a bit slow, but thankfully it didn't gave too much of a problem. 

If you see the video closely, there was a point where my face is facing outside the webcam, talking to someone else. That was my boss, calling me from across the room! 
Imagine what would've happened if he were to show up suddenly behind my back! Phew, lucky me.

I really appreciate Kompas TV's initiative to use this kind of technology to promote their show. As far as I know, this is the first time a TV show in Indonesia use Google Hangout for such promotional event. I hope other show could copy this kind of move, as it gives more ways for us viewers to interact with the show.

Ah, almost forgot. Turns out each participant in the Hangout session would get 2 tickets to watch grand final of SUCI3! There's also a chance to win a handphone for 1 person with the funniest one-liner. Yaay! Check out my next post for the update :)