14 days to "gebyar" [sat, aug 7]
we took some time off of "gebyar" for a moment, or so we thought we'd do. everybody has been stressing out about the programs, the small misunderstanding that leads to a bigger fight. good thing everything was done professionally. no hard feelings. so we thought this nice saturday afternoon would be a perfect getaway. the boys are in the soccer tournament at "sunken meadow park" in long island, so we plan to have a nice day in the sun and forget about "gebyar" and just have fun. soo not the case! owob, me, adin, num, yul, and mom took a ride and got to the park by 3 pm. the boys were having a break and had the bbq going. mom and me brought some fried snacks (gorengan) for them and they were gone within seconds. and then.. we realized how many indonesians there were.. and it was just a perfect day to do a little bit of PR for "gebyar". and so we did. walked around and found some who bought tickets and took our flyers. met some familiar faces, said hi, chit chat a bit and watched the volleyball games.
by end of the day, our flyers are gone. the boys lost the last game. we packed home and just stayed home for the rest of the night. well, at least we only did a little of "gebyar" today.
sunday means practice day. we have to get back to our "gebyar" mode. den & adin and a bunch of decoration/exhibition people had a meeting at the wallace hall at 9 AM. i was gonna go, but my mom stayed by herself at home so i let denny go cuz he needs to take care of the equipment and lighting and stuff. i stayed at home and helped mom a bit, then as denny arrived back from the meeting (which i heard unsuccessfully done), i roamed out to PTRI for dress rehearsal. met up with owob at the station, who's going to crab festival in dumbo. too bad i found out too late, i could've gone and spread more flyers at that festival. but i don't have extra flyers with me to give to owob anyways.. so it's kinda useless.
as i arrived at PTRI, people are already practicing the dances. touched up here and there, but we couldn't do the dress rehearsal, at least not on my part cuz my clothes are not here yet. from the rehearsal, we all went to KJRI for the fashion show rehearsal. a little mini rehearsal for the permias performers. but the models came in late and it gives tension to some coordinators. thank god everything was fine when we left. the fashion show really comes to a good shape. i just had to give a briefing to them and explain to them how important that they can come on time and stuff. well whaddaya expect, those models are mostly kids, teenagers. kinda hard to get them to be responsible, but they have to learn, don't they? i hope i can get through them through my brief talk with them. i had to leave early cuz my mom was home alone. my brother is in studio, practicing with his band members. as i got home, mom was kinda pissed cuz i was supposed to be there by 8, i didn't get home by 10. so i had to stay around her while my mind was on the stuff i had to do with this "gebyar" thingy. but at least, she cools down. damn, i haven't even done the press release yet. then yul called reporting about food & beverage part for the grand rehearsal. aahhh.. she asked for another $150 on the budget. dapet duit darimana? i asked the menu. there was only 1 kind of food. buset deh. my mind was tired but i know i have to tell her something, so i asked if she can consider finding other people to cook and give good price. she got the clues, i hope. i just couldn't think to give her any info. i'll just call her again tomorrow. before i went to bed, i saw she emails everyone about it. hopefully, someone will reply. by 1 AM .. i went to bed, tired!
12 days to "gebyar" [mon, aug 9]
as i got to work, people are already called me up about this and that. dari urusan mobil buat hanum ke DC. koordinator transportasi yang bailed out last minute. on top of that not just for "gebyar" issue, also for my work issues. my boss left due to something that happened in the office. and i was playing phone tags with loucee almost all day as we are taking care of the playbill. i think everything should be okay and ready to be printed. not to mention kemal keeps msg-ing me asking about the details on raffles. he and loucee are having a meeting today with garuda. apparently, garuda is sponsoring us by giving 2 free airline tickets. cool. we'll have a nice grand price for the raffles. had to steal some times to make the "practice schedule" for "gebyar" in between my work.
by 6, i'm on the bus, on my way to KJRI. lama2 gue tinggal juga nih di KJRI. ada latian fashion show hari ini. we'll see if the models came on time this time. turns out.. they pretty much on time. telat setengah jam.. tapi udah bagus lah pada nongol semua. i had a small talk with anne before i came to KJRI, told her that i want her to take charge of the fashion show program. soalnya emang dia koordinator nya.. hanya saja, dia ga kedengeran suara since hanum had to take over from the previous coordinator yang kerjaannya ga beres. but i think hanum had all the stress already so i kinda reminded anne about that. besides, pas acara hanum won't be able to help the models.. urusannya dia soalnya buat anak2 penari.. so anne have to get used to it. and it looks like she got my point, which is good. the practice went good. and i went home early. had to be home by 8. soalnya denny mesti ketemuan ama orang sound system and he needs the check for down payment. ya udah.. as soon as manda came and give me the check, i left. ampe di rumah, sempet ngobrol2 over tahu isi, trus denny cabut, dan owob dateng ngambil flyers. slept a bit early (as in around midnite) tapi kebangun pas denny dateng karena katanya ada ribut2 masalah hanum yang mesti ke DC besok pagi. ga ada mobil. didi backed out, icha's car is unavailable. sementara hanum mesti ke DC buat ngambil pakaian daerah buat fashion show. duh.. gue udah merem ginih.. terpaksa bangun, tapi ga konsen. siyal! udah tidur pun masih aja urusan "gebyar".
11 days to "gebyar" [tue, aug 10]
gue bangun2 bingung.. kemaren itu ada yang ngomong apa ya urusan mobil & hanum & DC. ah sudahlah.. gue capek. gak ikutan ngurusin deh. tapi ampe kantor, end upnya pada telpon sana sini. nanya kemal urusan hasil rapat garuda kemaren. nanya adin ttg kepergian hanum ke dc. mana pagi2 di kantor ada meeting, bos gue marah2 for some reason. gue udah gemes pengen bilang ttg resignation gue. tapi ya udah gue tunggu aja ampe dia reda. end up nya gue jadi stress berat. mana pak gunadi ribet sendiri urusan percetakan. gue ama loucee jadi bolak balik telpon & email2an. tiba2 pak gunadi nanya urusan sponsor. mbok ya dari dulu gitu loh. trus gue ngejar2 icha urusan sponsor dari athan. belom lagi urusan VIP tickets. ah.. buset deh! ampe gue lupa makan!
cabut dari kantor, gue ketemuan ama nyokap & denny. rencananya mau ke sony store. mo beli laptop. tapi keburu tutup gara2 gue telat cabut dari kantornya. ah sial! ya udah sempet jalan2 dulu ama nyokap.. and by 8ish, baru deh gue ke .. well.. my second home, KJRI. anak2 udah rame. latian fashion show ama operet. mom was enjoying the scene. liat anak2 pada jalan in the runaway, trus anak2 operet dengan cerita yang bikin ngakak. we stayed for a while, ampe malem malah! pokoknya, balik ke rumah jam stengah 2! capek bener deh. at least it was a good day of practice. tomorrow will be another day.
10 days to "gebyar" [wed, aug 11]
pagi2 dapet email dari pak gunadi letting us know that he'll be sponsoring the event by deducting the invoice on the printing. bagus aja sih, as long as he doesn't jack up the price first. and make sure he'll get the playbill done the day before the event. kalo gak mampus aja deh tuh! sempet telpon2an ama icha yang mau ke PTRI nyari dana, tapi proposal nya ilang. kayaknya ketinggalan di jakarta, if not, it's misplaced. dengan keadaan rumah gue yang kayak kapal pecah gitu, bakalan susah nyarinya. trus denny juga nelpon confirmed kalo barang bakal diambil container hari selasa, which means gue mesti bilang bos. udah gitu seharian gue prepare myself buat ngasih tau bos gue ttg resignation gue. on top of that, si yuli ribet urusan konsumsi, nanya2 urusan kartu costco.
emailed the committee about some issues, last briefing, dress code, tickets countdown, etc. tapi kok ga ada yang reply ya? ah payah nih anak2. sore nya gue stay at work till 7. sempet bilang ke bos gue tapi dengan response yang oke2 aja. which is actually good soalnya gue males explain ini itu. jadi udah fixed, my last day at work will be sep 10.
dari kantor langsung ke KJRI (where else?). di luar rada2 ujan.. ketemu ama loucee & jamie yang lagi smoke break. di dalem anak2 lagi pada snacking, while adin, ririn & anna latian nari wira pertiwi. we practiced the dances today and it'll be our last dance practice cuz by friday, it'll be the gladi resik. latiannya rada kurang semangat, gue sih kecapekan emang, tapi tetep kompak. udah bagus, tinggal poles sana sini aja. sempet latian petik teh juga beberapa kali. anna said the dance is really cute. by 9.30 pm gue cabut bareng lusi. sempet rada2 bingung ama attitude seseorang, tapi ya sudahlah. sampe rumah.. gue sempet ngebantu packing2 dikit, tapi sumpah deh, badan gue capek banget. by midnite gue udah ga kuat pengen tidur, tapi eh.. tiba2 si adin & hanum nelpon. ya udah sempet ngerjain sesuatu dulu sambil ceting ama owob. he said.. "udah deh lo mendingan gak usah mikirin gebyar dulu.. bobo aja!" tapi ya gimana.. ada yang mesti dikerjain. in the meantime, dia juga sebenernya lagi ngerjain slideshow exhibition buat "gebyar"... heheh.. sama aja yah? oh well, trus abis ngebales some emails ke adin gue langsung tepar. asli tepar!! sampe2 gue ga denger nyokap masuk, padahal kan gue light sleeper banget. rada2 feel guilty juga ga ngebantuin packing, tapi asli, badan gue capek banget!! and man.. it's not even close to ever yet!
9 days to "gebyar" [thu, aug 12]
rencananya hari ini gue mau break dari "gebyar", well.. at least after work gue gak ke KJRI. tapi teteup aja.. pagi2 juga udah mikirin "gebyar". pertama, nelpon icha yang mau ke PTRI. proposal ga dapet, dan gue minta dia supaya jualin tiket aja sekalian mungkin nodong2 untuk charity aja, ga usah pake proposal. seperti hanum bilang semalem, malu juga ama PTRI yang udah ngasih duit, minjemin ini itu, trus masih ditodong juga. well.. sebenernya yang ditodong sih perorangan bukan PTRI nya. mana mereka tau PTRI ngasih duit berapa. tapi ya sudahlah.. abis itu sempet email2an ama budi, adin & kemal. pagi2 udah dapet email budi yang rada panas ama komennya si kemal. ada2 aja deh. sempet nelpon budi urusan VIP tickets. email adin making sure she follows up with peggy urusan certificate of insurance.
sorenya, ada latian fashion show & operet di KJRI, tapi gue ga bisa dateng karena mau nonton broadway show "42nd Street" ama nyokap & denny. yah sekali2.. bebas dari acara gebyar, walopun in actuality, tetep aja abis keluar dari show nya.. udah dapet msg dimana2 urusan "gebyar". dan tetep aja.. nyampe rumah ampe malem, dan gue tidur.. jam 2 lagiihh!!
8 days to "gebyar" [fri, aug 13]
gue mulai nerima email dari anak2 the numbers of tickets being sold. so far sih udah ke-distribute 300 tickets. and we target about 400 tickets maximal to be sold. dan dari hasil pemasukan countdown anak2 so far, udah kejual 150an, itu pun masih banyak yang belom reply # of tickets sold dari some of the officers. tapi yah.. mayan. budi juga sempet bolak balik email2an or sms2an ttg pemesanan tiket dari luar. mayan udah banyak juga. my dream would be having a sold-out show. that would be awesome!!
siang2 sempet chatting ama adin, nyariin hotel buat anak2 boston. duelah, mereka minta hotel deket wallace hall, which is on upper east side, tapi budget nya cuman $150. walah, susah layaw! one thing for sure, hotel prices here are so freaking expensive.. apalagi di daerah macem upper east side. belom lagi ruangannya tuh standar.. sesuai lah dengan lack of property di nyc. seperti halnya apt yang dengan harga selangit dan ukuran cuma segede kloset, demikian juga dengan hotel2nya. tapi gue give up, abisan ga nemu. yang paling murah nemunya skitar $180. ya udah, itu urusan si adin. kita ngobrol dari ngomongin hotel, jadi ngomongin ini itu.
malemnya, ada first mini gladi resik di KJRI. this will involve all the permias performers, which is all permias dancers (3 dances), fashion show & operet. it went a bit messy, but at least we kinda know where it's going. the next mini gladi resik would be on sunday where we'd have the balinese dancers & suaka performing live.
gue ga inget balik jam berapa, yang pasti ampe rumah, gue langsung tepar. sempet kesel ama denny yang pas gue balik kayak langsung marah2 for not being home earlier. menyebalkan. i have to be at two places at the same time, and if i'm not, both would look at me as an irresponsible person. kalo gue bisa ngebelah badan.. gue belah deh! as if i'm not tired for working all day then have to organize this event, and then go home with all the energy to do packing.. emangnya gue robot apah? saking keselnya, i decided just to go to sleep. padahal niat gue mau bantuin packing, tapi gara2 attitude adek gue yang marah2 gue balik malem.. ya udah, gue tinggalin aja tidur! padahal gue juga cabut dari KJRI sebelom acara beres.
7 days to "gebyar" [sat, aug 14]
happy birthday, dad! happy birthday, saras! hari ini denny pagi2 ketemuan ama adin and some people at wallace hall. tapi denger2 sih pas dia nyampe udah telat, jadi cuma ketemuan ama mereka di luar deket subway station. gue di rumah ama nyokap sempet packing2 bentar, sempet curhat bentar gara2 semalem. abis lunch, gue sempet contact2an ama budi, working out the numbers on the budget and tickets sale. trus mandi, dan pergi ke sony store. i'm getting a new laptop and my desktop is going to be packed in the box soon. jadi gue mesti buru2 nyari laptop, kalo gak gue bisa mati ga make internet. gila, komp yang di sony keren banget. tapi kok standar dan mahal abis. rada males juga spend 2K buat laptop. i had my moment of buying such an expensive notebook, tapi kayaknya males deh.. with the technology moving so fast.. mendingan beli yang ga terlalu mahal but with great specs.
sempet mikir beli g4 aja, tapi gue rada2 males soalnya it'll be hard to find the tech support di jakarta ntar. padahal gue dari dulu pengen banyak punya mac. ah, ribet! trus sempet jalan di soho nemenin nyokap. balik2 mampir ke home depot, denny beli barang2 buat "gebyar". extension cords, tapes, and stuff. anak2 sebenernya lagi pada ngurusin dekorasi di rumah devi, but today is the only free time i can do packing and looking for the computer before my comp is being packed in the box. so, like it or not, they have to understand it. it's not that i don't want to help, but we're kinda on a tight schedule. barang2 udah mau di pick-up hari selasa.. dan minggu bakal ada rehearsal seharian, senen denny ngurusin 17 agustusan gladi resik di KJRI. so no more time.
ampe rumah, sempet ngelanjutin packing2. mayan, gue plastikin the rest of the boxes ampe sakit pinggang. malemnya, ada acara ultahnya saras & farewellnya kemal di "trust". i wasn't gonna go sebenernya, tapi sirik juga ngeliat anak2 pada janjian. abisan i need a break too, and dancing a night away with a bunch of drunken friends would be fun. mana lusi dari pagi udah yang ngerayu2 gue buat pergi. tapi kasian nyokap sendirian di rumah. tapi akhirnya gue ga kuat juga. i asked mom, and she said i can go, tapi jangan malem2 baliknya, soalnya dia takut di rumah sendirian. ya udah, gue cabut, got to the lounge by 12. rada2 bete juga sebenernya.. tau gitu gue ga ikutan. but at the end, i'm glad i came.. something happened at the end, sayang sepertinya keburu2 karena gue mesti pulang. i got home by 2, left early with jefri & icha. anak2 sih katanya baru balik jam 5-an gitu.
6 days to "gebyar" [sun, aug 15]
pagi2 bangun ngelanjutin packing2 lagi. finishing to cover the box with plastic and tapes. abis itu anak2 pada dateng. team perlengkapan yang mau rapat di rumah gue. ada budi, taufik, jefri, dan iqbal. mereka sempet makan dulu, mom made rendang and other delicacies. ada tahu isi segala ama perkedel jagung. trus saras & dimas came later. gue buru2 makan soalnya udah telat janjian ketemuan ama anak2 penari di PTRI. mau ada dress rehearsal soalnya. asli pas ampe PTRI gue udah ngos2an lari soalnya gue telat abis. mana train nya ga ada yang local dari woodhaven, jadi gue mesti balik ke continental ave dulu. untung dress rehearsal petik teh belom mulai. langsung ganti baju, gak cukup! jadinya gue bakal pake baju yang paling beda dari yang laen, tapi ga terlalu ketara sih. damn, masak gue segede itu sih ampe ga cukup pake baju dengan ukuran yang ada. sial!
abis dress rehearsal dan nari dengan costume 2x, gue langsung ganti baju dan terburu2 cabut soalnya mau nemenin mariati ke KJRI. tar sore mau ada gladi resik. sampe di KJRI jam stengah 5-an, belom banyak yang dateng, kecuali dona. sebenernya gladi resik nya jam 6, tapi mau latian fashion show dulu.. and as usual, the models are late. ya ada sih yang dateng early, tapi yang telat juga banyak! to make the story short, gladi resik akhirnya baru mulai jam 7-an. mar & adin sempet ngasih briefing dulu. and the gladi resik starts. it comes out good, at least udah ngikutin rundown nya, walopun masih rough banget. at least people get the idea how it works. suaka & balinese dancers juga sempet perform dikit. suaka keren juga dengan akustik style nya. ditambah dengan saras dengan nge-bor inulnya. hihih... top deh! left around 9.30 PM, ngedrop-in lusi trus nge drop-in denny di "kampo" studio, trus balik. sempet telpon2an ama bowo bentar, nyari hotel buat ke vegas, trus ngantuk.. bobo deh! tomorrow's another day.
5 days to "gebyar" [mon, aug 16]
as always, nyampe kantor udah mayan dapet phone call sana sini. tapi ga terlalu banyak karena hari ini kita rada2 "rest" for 2 days since KJRI bakal di pake buat upacara 17 agustusan. received the certificate of insurance. yang penting urusan insurance dah beres and it only costs us $383 instead of the budgeted $600 which is great. on top of that, KJRI agreed to pay half of that, so that means extra $400 for us. cool, eh?
pulang kantor, ketemuan ama owob yang lagi ngutak ngatik slideshow presentation buat exhibition di bryant park. trus langsung balik bareng. nyampe rumah gue masih continue beres2 packing ampe jam 3 pagi!! ajegile. niatnya sih besok gue mau dateng telat soalnya barang2 bakal diambil. dan denny mesti ke KJRI buat jadi sound operator upacara.
4 days to "gebyar" [tue, aug 17]
hari ini mayan "sepi" juga nih. gue akhirnya ga ngantor gara2 stay di rumah nungguin barang2 diambil. janjinya sih jam 8-12. tapi ampe jam 3 masih belom dateng. and guess when they finally came to pick up the boxes??? 7 fucking o'clock at night!! sialan! tau gitu kan mendingan gue ngantor. kurang aja tu orang lelet bener. box2 nya defits aja jadi ga keambil karena mereka dateng jam 5 and the building doesn't allow the tenants to use the elevator for moving after 4. kasian banget. untung building gue gapapa. yang penting2 barang udah keangkut deh.
malemnya pergi ke acme underground ama nyokap. denny manggung ama suaka. seru juga.. sayang yang dateng ga banyak. gue sempet bawa poster & flyer buat disebar2an.. and some tickets. sempet ngambil jatah tiketnya si owob. tapi ternyata dia butuh juga.. terpaksa nyari tiket lagi. telpon2an ama budi, nanya ttg sisa tiket. tapi budi masih retreat di westchester.. si taufik bilang sih tiket sisa 50 di tangan. so i thought it was 350 tickets out. ya udah masih nyantai2 aja.
ino sempet cedera keplitek kakinya gara2 si taufik yang tiba2 moshing sendirian trus narik2 ino ampe jatoh pas suaka manggung. kasian banget. ampe pincang.. taufiiikk.. tauufiikkk.. preman banget deh tu anak! heuahaha..
3 days to "gebyar" [wed, aug 18]
gara2 telpon2an ama budi semalem, kita jadi sempet ribet. sisa tiket di tangan ada 50. i thought it means we've distributed 350 tickets since we only want to sell 400 tickets max. ternyata, tiket yang di nomerin dan dipegang budi itu ada 500, so with 50 tickets still on hand, we have distributed 450 tickets!! buset, udah over tuh kapasitas tempat. langsung sempet rada panik, jadi gue minta panitia buat countdown lagi. dan kalo mereka punya RSVP, make sure they have the tickets for it, soalnya .. kita udah ga punya tiket lagi!! dan RSVP dari public itu close to 50, jadi the leftover tetep mesti dikeluarkan walopun sebenernya kita ga bisa ngejual 500 tiket, tapi mau gak mau mesti begitu buat nge-cover RSVP.
by noon, gue akhirnya mesti ngirim email ke milis panitia supaya tidak menjual share tiket mereka lagi. apapun yang tersisa diminta untuk dikembalikan ke kita. supaya bisa nge-cover RSVP dan kemungkinan orang2 yang bakal beli tiket di pintu. buset.. dalam sekejap, kita sold out? damn! could this be true?
gue langsung email orang2 yang emang bilang mau dateng buat confirm RSVP nya soalnya tiket jadi scarce. everybody wants tickets, but i told people that we cannot sell them anymore. at least not until the final committee briefing tomorrow nite, just to confirm if we do have a sold-out show or not.
sore nya ada mini gladi resik di KJRI. mayan rame. anak2 fashion show mulai latian pake kostum. sempet ribut urusan acara lagi. again with the program, man! ya rada susah kalo mau gladi resik sesuai dengan apa yang kita mau, karena tempat yang tidak memungkinkan dan orang yang banyak banget. gue sih sibuk nyariin tiket. semua orang minta tiket, tapi kita udah ga punya tiket lagi. lagian sih, bukannya RSVP dari dulu2. paling gak confirm ke kita, jadi kita tau sapa yang minta tiket. doh!
2 days to "gebyar" [thu, aug 19]
yang minta tiket makin banyak, this time we're receiving emails and calls from public. sementara gue pagi2 ribet urusan tiket, gue ribet juga urusan credits title buat ending acara. nama2 RSVP juga mesti dimasukkin dan gue minta anak2 panitia yang punya RSVP buat minta mereka dateng by no later than 6.30 supaya tiketnya ga dijual for public. kita antisipasi bakal banyak yang dateng mau beli tiket di pintu. soalnya dari kemaren pas kita promo, banyak yang bilang mau beli tiket di pintu aja, regardless we had the tickets then. sekarang kita udah ga punya tiket.. ga tau deh gimana nolak mereka itu ntar.
sore nya kita ada rapat terakhir panitia di KJRI. briefing terakhir buat minta jadwal kegiatan panitia on the D-day, khususnya anak2 dekorasi, eksibisi, perlengkapan, transportasi & of course, acara! lusi bagi2 ID card. keren euy, i got 2 IDs. the red one for panitia, and the yellow one for cast. bolak balik jadinya. budi ama gue ngurusin tiket at the end. trying to complete the RSVP. anak2 pada bayar jatah tiket. mayan juga gue bawa duit 2K at the end. and to close the briefing, we confirm that we have a SOLD OUT show!
1 day to "gebyar" [fri, aug 20]
gilak!! beneran gilak! hari ini gue di kantor, ga ada semenit pun juga gue kerja. baru mau ngerjain sesuatu, ada telpon masuk. both di cell or on my work phone. belom lagi email2 yang minta tiket. akhirnya gue bikin pengumuman ke semua tempat yang gue kirimin promo.. SOLD OUT! mana otak gue juga udah mulai error. si budi pake ngerjain gue belom pick up playbill. sialan tu anak kecil!! hueahahha *peace bud!* anak2 perlengkapan & transportasi hari ini udah mulai jalan dengan schedule mereka. ngangkut2 barang dari semua tempat buat dikumpulin di KJRI.
malemnya kita ada grand rehearsal (gladi resik) di wallace hall. i left early from work, sempet2 nya nunggu di kantor pos lama bener buat beli money order bayar container yang ngangkut barang2 gue ke jakarta. tapi tetep nyampe di wallace hall mayan early. brief sana sini, baru beneran mulai jam stengah lapan. gila telat abis! itu pun masih rada kacau, tapi kita ga bisa ngulang. mesti diselesein. si taufik yang bakal jadi sound operator mayan kebingungan gara2 dia ga bisa liat what's going on at the stage, walopun besok dia bakal duduk deket stage. speaker ga kedengeran, walopun itu juga speaker temporary. banyak yang kuatir ngeliat hasil gladi resik seperti nya kacau banget. mana pas finale, anak2 yapong ga mau dipanggil gara2 mereka concern space nari mereka jadi kecil banget di floor. ah ribet! gue udah males ikut campur urusan acara, tapi end-up nya gue juga ikut tereak2.
pulang2, gue mesti ngitung duit, ngurusin tiket lagi. dan deg2an juga buat acara besok. mudah2an everything goes well. denny gak pulang karena masih ngurusin acara ama mar & taufik. pas gladi resik banyak yang complain kalo gladi resik nya masih kacau banget, pada concern acara bakal kacau. sementara menurut gue, acara itu udah oke cuma pas gladi resik kita ga bener2an aja, since the sound system make yang temporary jadi ga terlalu kedengeran, si taufik make sound punya wallace hall yang ada di ruangan dalam dan bikin dia ga ngeliat what's going on at the stage, end upnya lagu dimatiin di tengah2 tarian *doh!*. tapi all and all, i think everything was fine. we'll see tomorrow deh. i'm crossing my fingers.
"D-DAY!" [sat, aug 21]
jam 8 gue udah bangun. denny baru balik. dateng2 langsung minta duit jatah duit perlengkapan. trus dia mandi dan nunggu budi ngejemput. abis itu gue sempet ngobrol & sarapan ama nyokap di dapur. by 11, gue on the way ke radisson hotel di lexington ama nyokap by subway. we had to reserve a hotel room today cuz it's no way we can pick up mom before the event starts, and she doesn't want to come with us during the prep at wallace hall or prep at KJRI. and i have to go back and forth between the two place and denny had to stay for sound check at the wallace hall until the event starts. by 12, kita udah dapet room, trus turun ke bawah. sempet lunch di au bon pain, trus owob nelpon ngajak bareng ke wallace hall. jadinya gue nungguin dia dulu yang baru nongol ama kemal jam setengah 2 di citicorp building. nyampe di wallace hall jam 2-an, gue langsung ikutan bantu2 dekorasi. ga banyak sih yang bisa gue bantu. but the place has transformed nicely. good job well done buat anak2 dekorasi. keren banget! exhibition area juga udah mulai keliatan. screen is up, chairs has been set up. gue sempet ngebantuin masang payung di belakang drum set on the stage, bedua ama dede. trus anak2 pada break buat lunch. tapi gue dah lunch tadi, jadinya gue nerusin masang2 payung. sempet update bentar ama budi dan briefing rizky & daisy yang jadi ushers buat ngurusin VIP. jam 3 kurang, gue langsung cabut buat jemput nyokap di hotel, trus ke KJRI. nyampe hotel udah hampir jam setengah empat dan gue mesti ke KJRI lagi buat di make-up. masalahnya gue jadi penerima tamu so i have to be at the wallace hall early. no time to take the subway, we took the cab instead.
sampe di KJRI, anak2 penari & fashion show models masih banyak yang belom beres. tapi gue mesti motong antrean make-up karena gue mesti balik ke wallace hall. untung gue gak pake baju yang ribet2 amat. cuma make sanggul cepol ama make up, trus pake kaen dan kebaya encim pinjeman dari icha. pas acara gue bakal ganti baju pake kebaya merah buat nari. untungnya semuanya yang gampang dipake jadi gue ga perlu ribet2 lagi. by 5pm gue udah on the way ke wallace hall ama some of the models & dancers yang banyak belom beres urusan make-up nya. terpaksa mesti diangkut karena mereka musti di wallace hall by 5. tapi panitia yang ikutan cast juga kayak hanum, mariati, & adin masih di KJRI nyelesein make-up & hair.
sampe di wallace hall, gue langsung ngurusin ngasih sign kursi2 buat VIP. ga berapa lama, gue denger2 kabar kalo orang2 udah pada ngumpul di luar. what the heck?? it's not even 6 yet. padahal kita janji bukain pintu jam 6. sementara para penari masih banyak yang briefing di stage. by 15 to 6, gue ngumpulin panitia untuk masuk around stage area dan mimpin do'a bersama. mudah2an acara kita lancar.. wish us luck!
gue keluar ke daerah ticketing, gue liat orang2 udah pada ngumpul. kemal ngasih tau kalo bu konjen juga udah diluar, terpaksa kita minta tunggu dan bikin pengumuman kalo pintu akan di buka jam 6. in the meantime gue kelabakan nyari playbill. si budi udah ribet sendiri urusan tiket sementara playbill ilang. dia yakin playbill udah diturunin tapi entah dimana. katanya iqbal yang nurunin, sementara iqbal bilang ino yang tau. dan ino entah dimana. sementara security ga ada yang nongol satu pun juga buat jaga pintu. si jefri yang kordinator security ga keliatan batang idungnya, jangankan batang idung, topi nya aja ga keliatan (apa sih?). udah gitu gue masih belom dapet HT, akhirnya gue mesti lari2 buat nyari2in playbill. at the end gue dapet HT, gue tanya ke kemal.. gimana playbill? and he was like.. "udah shin, udah dapet dari tadi!".. eh sialan! gue udah capek muter2 nyari playbill, udah dapet bukannya bilang2. ya udah gue balik lagi ke depan, gue nge brief rizky & daisy sekali lagi kalo mereka mesti ngejagain kursi2 VIP soalnya itu khusus buat VIP doang.
by 6, pintu dibuka, tapi kita minta those who hasn't gotten tickets but have their names on the RSVP list can come in and pick up their tickets. asli udah kayak antrean masuk ke club deh. by 6.15, kita baru ngasih masuk orang2 yang udah punya ticket. show's on! i greeted them and told them that the exhibition area is now open, please enjoy it first. tapi orang2 langsung mau duduk aja. padahal ini kan standing party! so the seats are first come first served, kecuali VIP area yang emang ditujukan buat sponsor acara. akhirnya kukun & ino yang bukan bertugas jadi security walopun pake baju satpam karena mereka part of the cast, mesti ngejaga border antara exhibition dan pintu masuk. soalnya kita emang minta mereka buat enjoy exhibition dulu. dan pada dasarnya kita baru ngasih mereka masuk by 6.30. so i inform them, 6.30 baru kasih mereka masuk. dan beneran, 6.30 teng.. orang2 masuk. langsung pada nyari kursi. by 6.45, acara dimulai. gilak.. baru kali ini orang indo ngadain acara.. bener2an on time.. on the dot, man!
tari yapong keluar. nari di tengah2 penonton, on the floor. gue bolak balik karena mesti manggil kukun yang nunggu penari di tempat yang salah. belom lagi terus dipanggil ama budi & kemal di depan. jadi gue bolak balik ke depan dan ke stage. by 7.15 gue tanya budi.. gimana tiket? masih banyak yang belom ngambil RSVP taunya. tapi yang mau beli juga pada nunggu, akhirnya gue ke backstage, nyari lusi minta extra 50 tickets yang udah kita siapin. sebenernya ini extra 50 tickets yang emang di print kelebihan. kita ga boleh jual tiket ini sebenernya, tapi gue, budi & lusi agreed to keep it a secret. kalo misalnya we feel the area is not yet crowded, we can have it out to sell at the door. jadi ini bener2 top secret banget. i decided we're going to sell it when i know that many rsvp are not coming yet. gue rada takut juga jual tiket itu, takut pada telat ga ada tiket lagi walopun gue udah janji kalo ga dateng by 6.30, we'll sell the unclaimed tickets. tapi yaa.. susah juga, soalnya banyak orang2 penting yang ada di RSVP, kayak orang2 dari KJRI & dari state laen yang gue pikir pasti dateng telat. at the same time, adin minta kita ngeluarin 100 kursi lagi. jadi gue minta bernie (security wallace hall) ngasih kita kursi buat penonton. the 50 tickets, gue kasih ke budi. within 5 minutes, udah kejual almost half of it. gilak!
gue terus mondar mandir di floor sampe fashion show mulai, gue inform budi & kemal kalo gue bakal ke backstage karena gue bakal perform soon. so i'm gonna be missing until before the dangdut starts. fashion show mulai. people seem to enjoy it cuz it goes from the stage to all the way in the middle of the floor among the crowds. plus the clothes are awesome! keren banget. gue nunggu di tangga, by the time all the models out on the floor, gue sneaked in ke backstage, ganti baju dan nunggu ampe suaka band & cendrawasih selse perform. lalu petik teh dancers keluar. sialan, gue sempet salah sekali pas muter, untung katanya pada ga ngeliat. thank God! all of the dancers yang berlima ini adalah panitia inti kecuali loucee yang anak publication dan gak punya tugas on D-day. sementara hanum ngurusin dancers/models, adin & mariati jadi backstage manager. all of us are tired, but we had to smile and deliver the performance. at the end, many said they enjoyed the dance. i guess it's due to the nice song that accompany the dance and maybe the props, like the farmers' hat, the basket, etc.
selse nari gue langsung ke backstage dan ga pake ganti baju, gue balik lagi on the floor, nanya2 ke budi urusan tiket yang mestinya udah di tutup. acara udah mau abis. eksibisi section juga udah mulai di rapi2in. sementara di floor stage, pernari "dangdut fusion" dari boston udah mulai melenggak lenggok diiringi irama.. dangdut tentunya! mayan bikin suasana panas, as everyone shouts and clap their hands watching them dancing in the middle of the audience. dan it was a good opening for the next performance, which was suaka with saras, playing dangdut songs. first, kopi dangdut! gue di bawah ama kemal udah ribut aja.. someone should start dancing in the middle, tapi akhirnya kita biarin aja saras menikmati spot light nya. abis itu pengumuman raffles kemudian dilanjuti dengan lagu "goyang inul" lengkap dengan gesture ngebor nya yang diperagain oleh saras. pas lagu ini mulai, all the fashion show models on the backstage, pada keluar di stage dan ikutan dangdutan, while penari petik teh (the girls in red.. heheh) keluar ke floor stage dan narikin penonton untuk ikutan dangdutan. seru banget! i even went to the VIP section and got some important people come to dance with us. that was an awesome time. we can see people are having fun around us. saras & suaka plus dimas were just awesome.
setelah dangdutan selse, barulah rizal & saras menyanyikan finale lagu "kebyar-kebyar" diikuti dengan keluarnya masing2 performers. we just couldn't help it, we are so relieved everything was finally done. and we're so glad people enjoyed their time.. and everything was on the dot! bener2 on time! setelah peluk2an dengan sesama panitia yang udah kerja keras buat acara ini, some came up and congratulate us too.. gue langsung balik ke backstage, ngelepas baju kebaya, dan ganti dengan jeans & tank top. trus gue langsung turun ke floor, ngerapiin2 ruangan, ngangkat2in sampah, cuz we had to get out of that freakin' place by 11. and guess what, we did it! as much as i'm glad it's over, it was definitely an experience of a lifetime.
ps: foto2 nyusul ya.. masih dipilih2in ama si owob yang jadi dokumentasi acara. soalnya motonya pake digital camera, jadi banyak bo! :)
:: sLesTa
>> posted on 8/27/2004 09:40:00 PM | [ 
