What Called Jazz and Jazzy Love Song

On this beautiful afternoon, my buddy, Candra (I'd like to call him Cancan or Tokecan), visited my home. I invited him to have a lunch with me before copied all of his pictures when he performed on stage on Kharisma Jazz Festival which held on my campus, UB, some times ago. We enjoyed spending the time sharing many things, like what has happened to me the day and day before. Then we dicussed about what jazz music is. We both love jazz, but no really know about jazz so much, especially pure jazz. Hhhmm, but we agree that 'what called jazz', eer 'pure jazz' is sometimes rather difficult to listen. So we do like to listen 'we called jazz' which more easy listening, even it is not trully/pure jazz, for example some songs are sung by Tompi, Maliq n d'essentials, Ecoutez, and Andien.

Hm, I think that 'what called jazz' is about taste when we listen it, isn't it?! I do like to call it jazz, when there's piano, saxofone and contra bass ('bass betot' in Indonesia), like a song from Esperanza Spalding, 'I know you know', there's contra bass playing. Wow, it's nice!

And after Cancan copied all of the performance picture, I copied jazz song that he has. Some of songs I've ever known, but I was really sure it is sung by another singer that I've ever known, such as 'Nature Boy' which I know was sung by Celine Dion. Surprisingly, while I listened all songs I've copied to, I found a song which the title is not so strange for me, 'At Last'. Ow my gosh! I know it is sung by Celine Dion too, yet I know this is sung by Etta James. To remind me about the song, I searched the lyrics on Google, and I found this http://www.romantic-lyrics.com/atlast.shtml

At Last Lyrics by Etta James

At last, my love has come along
My lonely days are over
And life is like a song
Oh, yeah, at last
The skies above are blue
My heart was wrapped up in clovers
The night I looked at you
I found a dream that I could speak to
A dream that I can call my own
I found a thrill to rest my cheek to
A thrill that I have never known
Oh, yeah when you smile, you smile
Oh, and then the spell was cast
And here we are in heaven
For you are mine
At last


I so much enjoy listening this song.. And I think it is not so bad compared with Celine Dion version. The difference I feel more jazzy with Etta James version. Agree?!
This song is so sweet, and my imagination immediately sailing wherever it goes. I dream how sweet it is when I listen this song with a man I really love with all of my heart. Uuuuwhh, so lovely, so romantic, so sweet!! ^^

And the 2nd song actually I not really know the meaning, but from the rhythm is so fun to listen. This song is sung by Robbie Williams, 'Beyond The Sea'. Of course I searched the lyric to get more feeling about the song. http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/robbiewilliams/beyondthesea.html


"Beyond The Sea"

Somewhere beyond the sea,
Somewhere waiting for me,
My lover stands on golden sands
And watches the ships that go sailing.

Somewhere beyond the sea
She's there watching for me.
If I could fly like birds on high
Then straight to her arms I'd go sailing

It's far beyond the star,
It's near beyond the moon.
I know beyond a doubt
My heart will lead me there soon

We'll meet beyond the shore
We'll kiss just as before
And happy we'll be beyond the sea
And never again I'll go sailing

I know beyond a doubt
My heart will lead me there soon
We'll meet, I know, we'll meet beyond the shore
We'll kiss just as before
And happy we will be beyond the sea
And never again I'll go sailing

No more sailing
So long, sailing, sailing, no more sailing

Good-bye, farewell my friend, no more sailing

So long sailing, no more sailing

No more, farewell...

No more sailing

So much fun spending the night listening to what called jazz music. :D
Hey, do the same, listen these guys!! :D

The Unforgetable: KKN Mapres

KKN stands for Kuliah Kerja Nyata, yet I'd like to say it community service. And Mapres means Mahasiswa Berprestasi (outstanding?? hmm). Ooh, we (in team) agreed that we were not! ;) So, this activity I joined in this early year 2012 on January-February at Ngantru Village, a very beautiful village I knew. There, we submitted and shared knowledges that we have to help and motivate people for the prosperous and even wishing for the welfare of the society.

I went there and lived there about 16 days with my fabulous team. They are Kurniawan (as coordinator of team), Yoga, Bayu, Irwin, Irma, Ardhita, mas Eko, Yani, Adam, and Anni. Some of them I've never known before. But finally we knew each other personally coz we were living in the same house there, one house, one roof, hehehe. We knew each habit, some of them like to have coffee everyday, listen to "galau" music, sweep the floor every morning, cook for all member in the house, do the exercise every morning, play the game in notebook, and many more. We spent all the time together for having breakfast, lunch, and dinner, even supper, watching sad movies and crying together, playing with kids around, singing "galau" songs together, and all of the things we did together that I can't mention one by one. Beside that knowing what they like, we knew what they dislike too, and also what they scared of. Ooh, all of the things of them colored my day there! Funny, sweet, so kind, yet sometimes lil' bit suck :p And 16 days are completely made us agree that "WE ARE FAMILY". :)

Spending the time with them is so unforgetable :)

these both below are edited by Irwin

My Thesis

Ooh God, I really do not know what should I do, between being grateful or being cursed by this topic. :|
I got Imperata cylindrica, or as known as cogongrass or alang-alang in Indonesia, to be my topic because of it contains antioxidants which I don't really understand the kind is, phenol, or flavonoid, or elses. WHAT IS THAT??? sounds something strange. Sometimes I got stuck with if I couldn't find a journal which is related, like I wanna scream outloud!! Aaarrggh! So suck! TT^TT

Yeah I know, I know, exactly, that complaining and grumbling aren't allowed, that are bad, but I feel tired. You know, TIRED!! Really human, isn't it?! But I would not let myself going down or giving up of this that sometimes I feel it's not a very difficult instead of my friends, coz I have big God who will help me. *feeling lil' bit grateful and optimist* I'd not stop trying and wishing to God give me ease to pass all about this preliminary study and research of making bread with cogongrass itself.

YES, WE CAN!!
KEEP SPIRIT!!! :)

Molten Cake

Guuuuuuuuuuuuuyyyyyyyyyyyssssss!!! I'm back!! It's been a long long time I've no posting..
I miss typing so bad!! :(
I had so many activities to do since the last time I've posted on this blog. Oo yeah, I have a good news! I've been starting to do preliminary study for my thesis. yeeaay! In the sidelines of my activities in doing preliminary study and hanging out with buddies, I tried a recipe from KOKI tabloid which I bought a long time ago.

Made from dark chocolate, butter, flour, egg, and sugar, so here is my Molten Cake. :)

It's so yummy!
*better if you made it half-baked, so we get it slushy or melt (if you put a piece of dark chocolate) on the center of cake. ouugh! you can't stand to wait to taste and bite this... go! make it! :9