Hello Goodbye!

Actually, this post has been in my draft for years. I was having an idea about how life surprises me since I started to earn my living. However, it was never finished because either I kept postponing on writing it or kept changing what to write. Ha! Well, you might want to know why I am making this kind of post (or not! whatever). Because I know nothing about life although I try to plan ahead. I am a kind of person who'd like to have the life goes as planned. However, in fact, life sometimes drifts away from the planning. Yeah, it sometimes throws us lemons in the bizarre way.  As a person who lack experiences, I am yet exposed to the world. A real one. All I have done in my life was following the rules, being a good kid, getting good score, and caring others (?). So, once life is not going according to my schedule, my plan, my wish, I.....................am surprised (not brave enough to say that I am shock!). And do you want to know how I handle surprises? I am not going to say...

At the end of 2017, I got a chance (or an invitation?) to explore East Java from one of my colleague. I've known her since 2015 when I joined the new unit at school. She is from Pasuruan. She tries her luck in the capital city since years ago. But, when she has holidays, she decides to go home in Pasuruan. Pasuruan is one of the city in East Java that is usually called City of Mountain (if I'm not mistaken) because (yeah you can guess the reason why) it's surrounded by mountains. So, when she told me that she's coming home, I came along with her. :) She's so nice to let me sleep in her house and take me to see around Pasuruan, Surabaya, and Malang in just a few days. It's kind of a new experience for me because I did not remember going to Surabaya when I was a child. Once, I have been to Kediri, another small city in East Java. But, that's it. I've been to Malang as well, as a real tourist, and I thought I need more exposure of the other beautiful cities...

Also at the beginning of May, I had another chance to join Contemporary Workshop held by !nspyro Moves in Bandung. I had joined this workshop before and been attending ever since. I personally think that I need to gain more experience and knowledge by taking workshop from another dance creators, choreographers, and gurus to broaden my knowledge and let myself grow, as a dancer. In this workshop, I took 3 beginner classes of Ryan Man (O School Singapore), Arudhra Krisnaswamy (The Royal Dance of Singapore), and Jessica Christina (Bandung). Besides taking the classes, I also watched 'MOVES', a dance performance by Ryan Man, Clarice Ng, Arudhra Krisnaswamy, Olivia Wiguna, and Hari Gulur. I was in awe seeing them on stage dancing their own piece with their own style. Some dance colleagues I knew was asking why I took beginner classes instead of intermediate ones. It was because I felt the needs to learn from the basic because I was lack of basic ballet techniques. Hence, taking ...

At the beginning of this month, another collaboration was on with none other than the owner of Cutting Project itself, Woro Utami. She designed this chic Laces Blue Dress to be worn out for a casual tea party or  a formal event. Matches the dress with a brown chunky heels and up hair-do, and voila! You get that sweet look in an instant. Dress: Cutting Project MUA: Woro Utami Photographer: Vicky Deindra Electra

Cutting Project collaboration work is back! Now we're bringing Thressia to take an afternoon tea with us. Thressia is a musician who often spends her time doing rehearsal. But once she has free time, she likes to hang out and tries new food. She not only wears Semi-Formal Black Top from Cutting Project to complete her look while having casual chit-chat with us, but she also enjoys herself draped in Flowery Jumpsuit from Cutting Project. And here are the crew Director: Woro Utami Talent: Thressia MUA: Thressia Photographer: Vicky Deindra Electra

The collaboration is still on (fire). And now, I'm working with Cutting Project little dancer, Sisi. She is wearing Pleated Dress from Cutting Project which is soooo comfortable to wear on a daily basis. She looks cute dancing with the sun on top of a green grass under the blue sky. You can mix this Pleated Dress either with your wedge-sneakers to get an active look, or with your cute flat shoes to get a feminine look. Either way, you are ready to rock summer!

Remember my collaboration work with Cutting Project at the end of the year? Well, the good news is, it's still going on. I'm helping my friend to shoot another dress while we're having a contemporary workshop in Bandung at the end of January. Not to forget having a culinary and heart-talks session while we're at it. So, it was like super productive weekend we have spent in 2016 so far. The contemporary workshop has become my regular activity every time I have a chance to fly out of Jakarta to fresh my mind. I feel this urge to attend contemporary workshop because I feel like I should learn from many contemporary dancer as much as I can. That way I can feed my soul happily. I like how Ryan Tan and Jessica Christina inspire us young dancer to explore more, to learn more, and to feel more. We are encouraged to find which muscle to use in order to show best movements despite the choreography. I'm blessed to have them in class even for just 4 hours non-stop. :) ...