Claiming to be the first time an orchestra show held with a festival class, the effort to get simphonic music closer to the new generation is clearly working. Beforehand, spare me the details of score titles and game characters, I only played the VII and watched Advent Children of the whole series of the game featured last night.

So, started out about half an hour late thus creating a bit of commotion in the queing line outside the entrance, the opening number featuring Twilite Chorus was simply divine. After some themes from the game, Arina from Mocca sung 2 numbers, one of them was Eyes on Me, the most well known soundtrack of the FF. I thought Sherina was going to sing it, but Arina was surprisingly powerful.

Chocobo's Theme with its cute and cheerful tempo was brought by a group of trumpeteers that lived up to the score. Their performance was quite refreshing for the melancholic atmosphere of the evening. Jessica, one of the solo pianist that night, played Tifa's Theme very well, but none compared to the magical fingers of Kevin! Wearing the unusualy casual combo of T-Shirt, Jeans, Sneakers and Long haired wig (in tribute to Valentine, I suppose), his performance was electrifying! I'm a fan!

• my weekend is ruined
• I have to wait indefinetely
• I'm broke
• my head hurts
• people don't return things they borrowed from me
• electricity's a bitch
• my cellular provider has troubles and they don't apologize nor fix it fast
• I lost something
• people don't follow rules
• people corrupt
  
• ... [add your own reasons here]
  

Like everything else, it used to be simple. So simple that simple things are enough to define it. Superman or Pangeran Diponegoro, for example. However, a reconsideration will come up with things like: How can Superman be couragous when virtually nothing could hurt him, and Diponegoro just had absolutely no choice to act otherwise.
 
Blast it, knowing more indeed let you know how little you actually know. Thus the line seperating courage and stupidity becomes a blur.

Risks. Fear. Options.
Courage is not only acting in spite of fear, it also acting in spite of choices. Nothing is simple anymore. Worrying could be a very smart or very idiotic thing to do, depends on how things turn out. Unfortunately, there is no future to be foretold before any action is taken. Pretty anoying paradox, but it keeps the stock market alive.

The point is, Bachelor graduation brings about uncertainty, challenges, and options. Uncertainty is a form of risks. Challenges could bring motivation or fear while options will stand between the two. So I guess that leaves one thing to do next: finding out what i like to do. Everything else would fall from there...

Bruce Willis has been accustomed to star in great movies with lack of promotion lately. Hostage is one example. The recent one, smacked in the middle of the boisterous summer movies gets much less credits than it deserved despite its well known supporting stars.

Lucky Number Slevin is another Willis' flick of the same kind. It has everything a good movie must have. Twisted storyline, genious editting, cheeky dialogues, fabulous cast. The plot will keep you guessing until the end credits. Tho' think I need several reruns to catch some flashing moments...

Asian Festival of Speed 2006 consisting race Asian Touring Car Championship, Formula V6, Formula BMW Asia and Porsche Carrera Cup Asia series 5 & 6 will be held in Sentul on 22 - 23 July after completing series 1 - 4 in Sepang. Indonesia's champions, Ananda and Moreno, would be competing in the FV6.

Tickets are sold at Rp 50.000,-
More info here.

Indonesian Dance Festival 2006 comprising shows, discussions and workshop will be held from 19 to 22 July in Jakarta (another workshop is on 1 - 16 July in Surabaya).

More info here.