Clean Bandit Live in Jakarta!

It's been a while since my last blog post. I'm getting busier than ever. I promised my self that the fifth semester would be an organization-free year. Meaning, I wouldn't join any clubs and organization because I need time for myself. Turns out, I joined 3 organizations this semester. And the worst part is, I'm part of the active team. It's not a bad thing, actually. I just feel like I had betrayed myself.

Back to this amazing post. Oh god it's really hard do start. *take deep breath*

This post is divided into 4 parts. Months before, Hours before, During event, and After event.

Last week, December 8, 2015 has been the happiest day of my life. I'm not exaggerating, but it is the happiest day. One of my favorite band, Clean Bandit held their first concert in Jakarta.

Months before the Concert

I did not bought the concert tickets right after they announced their concert on June. The promoter was still having their pre sale price that was $20 cheaper than the normal price. The reason why I did not get the tickets immediately is because I was still in dilemma between Clean Bandit or Adidas's Stan Smith sneakers.

Days, weeks, and months goes by as the thought of Clean Bandit keeps invading my mind. Before I go to sleep, on my way to collage, anywhere, anytime. And finally on September I decided to bought the tickets. 

However, getting their tickets was not easy. I didn't want to purchase them online, so I tried the offline way by getting them on local music stores. Unfortunately the store was closing, almost all music stores were closing! I can't believe it. I went to malls to malls just to find the music store that have them but it was rather impossible.

I failed for more than 6 times till I found out that a local radio was having a giveaway for the tickets. Being a believer of coincidence, faith, and destiny, I thought that it was a sign that the reason of why I could not purchase one for myself is because I'm going to get one, for free, and I'll buy the Adidas sneakers.

Unfortunately I lost. The next day I bought the tickets on the local music store that was far far away from home.

Surprisingly the radio held another giveaway - but this time it includes a meet and greet with Clean Bandit. Meet and greet. I swear to god I cried. Meeting Grace, Jack, Luke, and Neil live is on the highest rank of my priority list. Having a Twitter account where my friends are mostly living in UK (it's a fangirl account), in which they are not separated by seas and continents from their favorite artist *coughs* Clean Bandit *coughs* , and by the fact that their profile picture were cute selfies with Neil Milan gave me some kind of obsession to take pictures with Clean Bandit too! Therefore, I have to win this giveaway.

I lost. Again. Oh well not my luck

Hours before the Concert

I am happy to say that Tuesday, December 8 was the first time I was absent aka I skipped class. Yay to me! Turns out my sister Zay was not feeling well so she didn't came to her class either. We left home at 1 pm, and arrive at Gandaria City around 2.

Zay and I were being sneeky. We went up to Skenoo Hall, just in case the band are currently having sound checks. There were no one there except security guards and crews who was getting ready for the gig. The photobooth back drop was just being assembled.

We walked towards the elevator. The elevator slid open and Grace Chatto was standing there with James Higgins by her side.

I was speechless. I was shaking. My heart pounded.

Grace was standing there, right in front of me, less than a meter away.

With such a breathy voice (duh I forgot how to breathe, and I was literally shaking) I asked her to take pictures with us. James was so nice he take the picture for us. Tbh I really want James to be in the picture but no one was there and I assume they must be in a hurry.

James took some pics omG he's so nice and hot

 

 

It's hard to explain how happy we were to finally personally met a member of Clean Bandit and take pictures. *coughs* it was our main goal to take pictures with them! After that amazing encounter, Zay and I were not calm. We can't stop smiling and laughing and be like "oH MY GODD dil i Rreally cant beLIEVE WE MET GRACE".

I fangirled on twitter and upload the picture. It was such an amazing moment. My twitter friends are super nice I love them so much.

Zay and I went to the Musholla to take Ashar prayer, and met one of my friend who love Clean Bandit too. Her name is Nisa. After we prayed, we went to the food court to have an early dinner.

The clock striked on 5 and we went to get in line to queue. The line was long already. Luckily, Putri, a very nice girl that I met online to see the concert together already queued so she was at front. Putri convinced me that it is okay to be in the line with her, so one by one, Zay, Nisa, and I walked towards her.

There I met two wonderful people, Tasha and Elma. Obviously they are fans of Clean Bandit too, and what makes me super happy is that Tasha also loves Years & Years!  

Because the line was getting longer (and started to make people uncomfortable), we finally went to Skenoo Hall and queued right in front of the hall.

Putri went to have Ashar prayer while Nisa went downstairs to sell her additional concert ticket. It was still one and a half hour till the concert, so Zay, Tasha, Elma, and I went to the photobooth backdrop to take some pics. No one was there, the booth was all for us haHAHH we posed wildy like there is no tomorrow.

Below are the photos of the most normal pictures.

So like I mentioned before, no one was taking pictures here except us. People are staying in the line. Our craziness caught the attention of a local media (TELEVISION OH MY GODD) so bAMMM we were interviewed.

During the Concert

Okay, this is more like during we were inside Skenoo Hall. *screams* we managed to be on the front row! Right behind the barricade, right in front of Grace.

More pictures, less texts.

Tasha - Zay - Nisa - Elma - Dil

The concert started on 8 pm sharp, the band played their opening song, Real Love.

We were so close to the stage (and also the speakers). I tried my best to stay still and record Clean Bandit while playing but unfortunately my smartphone wasn't smart enough to pick up the audio. Here's the best audio that my cellphone managed to pic up.

PS: All of my videos has excellent view but the audio is just terrible.

A video posted by Nadilla Marsha (@maojja) on Dec 15, 2015 at 7:16pm PST

Zay, on the other hand, her recording is a mess. She literally danced while she records, but the audio was nice. Unfair right?

Anyway, these are the best pictures that Zay and I managed to took. Poor quality, blurry and unedited.

The concert was short and intense. Clean Bandit only played songs from the New Eyes (not all, unfortunately) plus Stronger from the Deluxe edition of the album. Anyway, it was unfortunate that we didn't met Putri inside the concert hall.

After the concert ended Tash, Elma, Zay, Nisa, and I screamed to have their set list. No one in the crowd wanted them, but our excitement seems to attract other people and they ended up screaming as well. Luckily for me (oh yes lucky me HAHHAA), Toby was collecting the set lists when he gave it to the security guard, and instructed the guard to give the set list to me. Well I don't know actually HAHAHAH but I really feel that he was pointing at me and then the security guard gave one to me, and one for Nisa.

I cried.

Zay - Elma - Dil - Tash - Nisa

Thank you Toby, thank you. Your kindness will never be forgotten.

After the Concert
We were still together, Zay and I were still waiting for our Dad to pick us while Tash and Elma wanted to chill at Sheraton Hotel. Fyi, we were so sure that Clean Bandit must have stayed there, so then we all ended up chilling at the hotel together. We went to the bar and had nice drinks. I had a caramel tea, and it was the best tea ever.

No need to tell the further details, but by then we saw Elisabeth, Luke and Jack. Tina arrived about 15 minutes later.

*cries again*

All the things that I really want to say to them were lost in my mind, I ended up being speechless, almost like an idiot. ISTG I didn't know what to say, my brain was unable to arrange words! Yes, I was getting a little dramatic.

Grace arrived shortly after Tina. Some fans were still waiting to see her at the hotel's lobby. As soon as Grace arrived fans ran towards her to take pictures. I was still seated at the bar because I already had a picture with her earlier before the concert.

Bamm!



This is a picture of Zay, holding our set list, autographed by Tina and Grace.
I completely forgot about the set list when Jack, Luke, and Elisabeth was there! But that's okay, tho it would be better if Jack, Luke, and Elisabeth signed it too.

This is the end of this post.

December 8th was such  a perfect day. Going to Clean Bandit's concert, meeting such amazing people - Putri, Tasha, and Elma; finally took pictures with members of Clean Bandit (exclude Neil *cries*), having their set list, and getting Tina and Grace's autograph.

Update
Clean Bandit uploaded the pictures that Zay (@ttanzanite) and I (@eyesshutt) took on their official Facebook page!

Inflated Happiness

The Creative Industry test gone well. I was satisfied with my group's presentations, tho it was not as sophisticated compared with other groups. One thing that I love about exams here is we have to do it for real. If we're presenting about a media gathering, then we have to be the news source and provide press kits for the whole class, who acts as the media. And for this test, we became an external public relations officer and create a culinary event, therefore, we provided exclusive dishes for the lecturer and also for the class.

My friend's group presentation uses balloons and after the presentation was over she insisted on getting rid of these majestic balloons for a reason that these balloons reminded them of the all shitty exams and shitty subjects, therefore I ended up bringing them home.

I was overjoyed when my friends gave me the balloons. A gleeful smile was plastered on my face as I walked my way to the train station, eyes watching me will an amusing smile. When I reached an intersection a little girl studied me from the other side of the road. After I crossed the road she fled towards me as she timidly asked, "excuse me miss, may I have a balloon please?"

It was a moment where I wanted to share a little of my happiness to this little girl. All of the balloons were tied up hence I offered her all the balloons I have. However, she refused and giggled, "it's okay"

On the station, a man asked for a balloon, saying that it was for his daughter at home. I told him that I don't have any scissors or sharp objects to cut the balloon ribbon, hopefully he had scissors and took the balloon he wanted.

I encountered other events where the balloon somehow gave some happiness towards people who just saw the balloons. I was on the train and there was this baby crying. I walked and stood next to him will all those balloons in my hand, and the baby stopped crying and began to laugh.

Happiness is contagious. The balloons made me happy in the first place, and I was pleased that these balloons were able to make other people happy too.

Desktop Publishing Final Exam

In the past phew months my life had been about shits-exams-shits-shits-exams. After the end of Environment Month last March, I had mid term examination and during my exam week I auditioned for a pageant and got in, then my life got hectic and suddenly I'm having another exams.

Since last week I had my finals, and my most anticipated exam goes to Desktop Publishing. For the exam a group of 3-4 students create an internal magazine of a company. As beauty junkies and hardcore victims of the Korean culture; Astri, Franzeska, and I, created an internal magazine for Etude House Indonesia.

Last semester I also had an exam that had us to produce a magazine and a newsletter. I'm not really into the subject nor the magazine itself, so another member of the group designed the magazine. However, this magazine from Desktop Publishing excited me so I happily volunteered to design all contents of the magazine.

Credits / Disclaimer

Etude House Indonesia

Etude House Global

Stylenanda

Creator of Bebas, Bebas Neue, The onl and Artik 2

Owner of photographs, backgrounds, and other images

Our magazine is called BeautEtude, Beaut from beauty and Etude from Etude House. It consists of 20 pages including the front and back covers. See for yourself

Yes, I am way to lazy to write down the specific details.

One Day at the Library

Calm and peaceful. Two words that perfectly describes the library. I love the library, it is obviously the best place to read books. High bookshelves lies across the room and hides every desks, hence no one will discover a person sitting on the desk.

Yesterday was the first time I entered the library, I was there because the Graphic Design team needs to finish some designs for our upcoming event. My friend told me that she's usually here to finish her homework. Here at the library you can concentrate without getting bothered at all because, nobody enters the library. Well of course the students that entered the library are those students that have educational issues, whether doing assignments or finishing their thesis.

Right now I am currently waiting for my uploads to complete. So, see you around

Does it Matter?

I'm not the kind of person who mourns of being single. I have a lot of things that I want to pursue, not exactly a goal, but more like mentally giving myself an adventure of my curiosity.

I want to be in charge of a big-time project, I want to be an online celebrity, I want  to be a writer, I want to feel what it's like to work under pressure, I want to be an inspiration. Being a good intelligent student is not on my list because it is not an option. Duh, having good grades is something important since the society praises 'quantity' instead of quality.

Does my love life really matter? I'm not interested in looking for Mr. Right. I believe in faith that will give Mr. Right to me, someday. There's nothing wrong of being single and I don't need to rush on finding my partner. I do feel lonely, sometimes. But the loneliness that I feel is not an emotion that I must be concerned of. As soon as I meet my friends and enjoying my hobbies I will easily forget the things-that-bothers-me.

A friend of mine says that I am a thriller, it refers to the people who find their love ones through various encounters that leads to friendship and ends with a deeper relation that ties two people physically and emotionally. Like maybe falling for a complete stranger, best friend, a colleague, or a partner in crime.

Hence, meet-ups and blind dates won't work for me. (Maybe it could work out, but let's not talk about that possibility). It would be weird if you just meet a guy and already have a "he shall be my boyfriend, work on that!" label plastered on his forehead. I got irritated by guys that think that I am in some kinda bond or commitment with them just because the society knows that he and I are about to be together. Seriously, who do you think you are. 

Those kinda guys tends to invade your personal space, unintentionally. I mean, yeah of course they want to know your activities but sometimes they ended up being a nosey asshole, and the worst part is, they won't understand that your are busy woman that have many priorities and responsibilities. And they misjudge you.

Oh I need to cool off a little..

All this romance related stuff pissed the shit out of me. Those obtuse singles that doesn't know how to keep themselves happy (and useful) and would prevent themselves doing anything productive with the single excuse.

BEING SINGLE IS NOT A TRAGEDY, YOU KNOBHEAD MOTHERFUCKER 

Common phrases mindless singles often said:

"why are you even dressing up that good, you don't have anyone to impress"

"nobody will support me to do the show, I'm single. So yeeah, I'm not going to perform"

"single? oh you poor thing no one will bring you flowers on your graduation"

"I think it's pathetic to be hanging around at the mall, alone. Then at a restaurant sitting at a table of four but eats alone. Gosh how could you live in such an awful... life"

If they think that being a single is a tragedy then they just have to bite the bullet.

Anyway, I'm not a woman that does not need a man. Of course I need a man, I mean, who will get rid of the rats from our attic? Who will drive me home when I came home late? Who will be there for me when I am afraid? 

Pastel Boulevard's New Year Extravaganza Giveaway

2015 is getting better and better. Guess what, a massive, EXTRAVAGANZA giveaway is here to make your 2015 a glittering charming year. Brought to you by Pastel Boulevard, everyone can have the chance to get all these wonderful cosmetics featuring famous Korean brands, such as Innisfree, Laneige, Etude House, and many more!

Would you look at that. Mask sheets, nail polish, face powder, falsies, makeup remover, lipstick, eye shadow, face pack, and all other alluring items that would make any girl felt like a princess! From makeups to skincare, everything you need to pamper your skin.

These are all the products exclude the samples. It is a definitely a healthy mix of makeup and skincare items. 

Dum dum dum let's take a closer look.

MAKEUP

• Innisfree No Sebum Mineral Pact
• The Face Shop Lovely Me:ex Pastel Cushion Blusher - 01 Rose
• Laneige Water Drop Tint - Raspberry Pink
• The Face Shop Fake Eyelashes - Natural 
• IOPE Water Fit Lipstick - #44 Forever Pink
• 3 Concept Eyes x Dot Eyeshadow Palette - #Saddle
• Innisfree Skinny Waterproof Mascara
• Etude House Bunny Nail - #4 Red Carrot Bunny
• Etude House Play 101 Pencil - #6 & #57
• Etude House Dear My Wish Lips Talk - PK003

SKINCARE

• 2 Nature Republic Snail Solution Masksheets
• Innisfree It's Real Squeeze Mask - Aloe
• Skinfood Black Sugar Wash-Off Mask
• Etude House Lip & Eye Makeup Remover
• Innisfree Green Tea Balancing Special Kit
• Innisfree Fresh Topping Pack - Creamy Base & Soybean, Volcanic Toppings
• Innisfree Olive Real Cleansing Care Kit - Comes with cleansing tissue, cleansing foam, and cleansing oil

And here is a bunch of samples from Etude House, Skinfood, Nature Republic, Innisfree and more

HOW TO ENTER

1. One entry per person only
2. This giveaway is open internationally
3. The giveaway will run for 1 month and end on February 20, 2015
4. There will be 1 winner randomly selected by Rafflecopter
5. Winner will be contacted via email and will be announced on the blog
6. Winner is required to reply the email within 7 days, or else a new winner will be selected
7. Enter the giveaway through Rafflecopter. There are 4 mandatory tasks. The rest are optimal but can increase your chance of winning
8. Please use a valid email to register with Rafflecopter as that will be use to contact the winner
9. Please do not follow just for the sake of this giveaway and unfollow later. This giveaway is only for the readers and supporters of Pastel Boulevard.
10. Entry that does not complete the mandatory requirements will be considered invalid

For the Rafflecopter, go visit the official post on the blog!

So.. what are you waiting for? Don't miss the chance of entering this giveaway!

Weekend Thoughts

Weekend. Apart from the pleasant feeling of loosing up the tight schedule of weekdays, the deadlines of the Communication division still haunts me like a thousand nightmares. It followed me, giving me a terrorized feeling of what terrible things might happen on February 6. Obviously terrible things only happens if I failed to meet up the targets given to my team. Well, the terror kept me in my room – in front of my computer, prevent me from doing any activity to fulfill my emotional needs. 

There is a long list of things that the team needs to accomplish before February 6th. All of them require real team work, real commitment and real faith. Faith is something challenging for me.

I'm currently into reading. There are three fascinating books that I must read, books that would bring me to different universe where world's are not in it's best. The complication of fighting a deadly virus or falling in love with a mermaid are obviously, perplexed the reality that I must face in the next six days. I must work hard, I must be able to work under pressure and not get flustered. Environment Month is coming in less than thirty days and everything must be well prepared.

Still about the books, in fact there are more than three books that I must read. However, the three books there are the books that I am most anxious about. James Dashner's The Kill Order and Eye of Minds, and Lies Beneath by Anne Greenwood Brown.

Other than books, I am urged to give my room a total makeover! Being on Pinterest for too long made me realize how simple, affordable, and easy room decors are. I wanted to paint my wardrobe light grey, with 20cm square paintings of monochrome wild animals with mint blue and magenta background. For my wall, I need to frame my huge black and white Damask pin board with mate yellow classic frame. I wanted to add some pattern on my desk, whether it's Chevron or Houndstooth. As for my bed, hmm I guess I'll cover the headboard of my bed with dark turquoise artificial leather. Moreover, for the rest of my room, I'll ask dad to repaint the wall white and just giveaway some old books and items that I don't want anymore.

Anyway, I don't know what am I going to do with my future. In a couple of months I'll be on my third year of collage, which means graduation and facing the real reality of the world is getting close. Can I just be a blogger and get paid for writing posts? lol

Last week I watched Fashion Bloggers on E! and I was stunned by how sophisticated fashion bloggers are. I just love all taking pictures with professional cameras, writing thoughts, organizing a good post, edit pictures and all of those things.

I do realize that I am not as professional as them, and my blog is not really famous. Blogger gave the the stats of the amount of page views I receive on a day but that's it. I don't have much people who gave me feedbacks or even support me. I'm not even sure whether I have loyal readers or not.

I'm currently having a lack of sleep due my tight sched. For once in a while I might have an idle day where I can boost my total amount of sleep by sleeping earlier, aka my normal bedtime (9 PM). However, my inner goddess thought refuses and kept convincing me not to sleep early like a fourth grader. Sleep is a very crucial element of my health and beauty. My problem is that I can't sleep when the sun rises above the horizon.  I can't sleep during the day, no matter how sleepy I am or how many days I had been awake.

Nevertheless, this unhealthy routine cannot fight it's will against sleeping pills. I mean, any kind of drugs that has sleeping effects. For instance, a phew days ago I had a terrible cold. I followed Mama's advice to take some pills. A phew hours later I had this irresistible urge to sleep, and I literally slept anywhere and everywhere; like on the floor just in front of my room door or even 'above' the sofa.

That's all I wanted to say, so have a nice weekend

SHOOT

I am so stressed out I feel like I wanna shoot myself in the head. Assignments and tasks are overwhelming and the dumbest shit about me is that I procrastinate. Well, I'm not a procrastinator but there are other things that caught my attention and they are urgent matter so I need to finish them first like read all the books of the trilogy of The Maze Runner. Tho it's stupid.  There are too many things that I must do and it's so goddamn hard to start.

Nevermind about assignments, there are something else that I'm worrying about.

A phew months ago I auditioned for MTV VJ Hunt in Jakarta. Being an MTV VJ has been one of my dream since I first know MTV. So hopefully I made it to the Top 100 however.... my video is unavailable on the Candidate Profile page at the MTV microsite.

I receive this email yesterday, about how do I campaign myself to be voted.

But the problem is, I don't have my profile on the MTV microsite! How on earth can I ask people to vote for me? /sobs/

I have mentioned their twitter and email them but I receive no response. I convinced myself that maybe because it's on the weekend and people are having holidays. However, their twitter account is active and there are some other people that have the same problem as I do amd they receive response. 

Then,

I realize what's wrong.

A phew weeks ago an email was sent from MTV that requested for the candidate's social media accounts, which I didn't response due to the errors and crash that I face on accessing my email...

The videos on the Candidate Profile page have icons of the candidate's social medias..

Oops.

That might be a reason.

GYAAAAHH yeah it's my fault for not checking my emails! /CRIES BLOOD/

There was someone that I know, who doesn't have ther video too. She asked people to tweet "I vote for xxxxx". I don't know whether it might works since we have to ask people to vote for us on the microsite.

So I did nothing.

Nothing.

Well I did made drafts of the campaign, but that's it, I can't post them yet.

Anyway my assignments are silent killers.

Have a nice weekend, Happy New Year