Happy Valentine’s Day (3)

March 1, 2012

You know that I always save the best part for last. I kept the best part of the story for the closing. No particular intention, just an irritating habits :D

Anyway, where should I start?

Ah… I think it’s time to actually tell you the story how I met your father Noel Gallagher, isn’t it?

Just like the day before, excitement made me a little bit crazy. Because I remember how crazy it was when we watched Coldplay for my birthday, I didn’t want the same thing happened again. And because I want to stand as close as possible to my god, so I came earlier.

A little bit too early I guess.

Yes, three hours before the door opened.

Come on, you can’t blame me for being too eager. It’s not just anyone. This is Noel Gallagher, the God himself.

But, bugger! It was too cold outside and smoking didn’t really help because I skipped lunch and didn’t have anything hot to drink. Standing there outdoor was killing me. So I left for a while to grab a cup of coffee. Imagine that. No eat. Drink coffee. I was trying to kill myself, don’t you think?

When I was back to the place I left before, there are some people are queuing. I asked one of them if they’re queuing for the door. The girl there said they were waiting on the backdoor for Noel Gallagher to come. Excited to that notion, I just queued along with them. And yes, we weren’t waiting in vain, because about an hour later he actually came.

Don’t ask me what I did. I was totally starstruck. I took some pictures. Bad ones. And didn’t even think of asking him signing my bra! I didn’t even ask him for a kiss. Stupid stupid stupid.

Should go to another concert so I can get what i want. :(

While I was waiting I actually talk to three persons. One mother with her son. Lucky lad! If my mother brought me to the rock concert for the Valentine’s Day, it would be the lifetime experience you could tell to all your friends. And a platinum blonde pretty girl who smoked more than I did.

The door opened. The concert begun. Yes, I got the perfect place to see him and took pictures of him. Of course some of you already saw them on my facebook or my profile pictures. No worries, I will put one here too. But, you can choose which video you want to see :D

Do you want those from his new solo album? Or you want the old Oasis classics? I can give you some options:

a. stranded in the wrong beach

b. broken arrow

c. don’t look back in anger

d. supersonic

 

Remember. Your choice will decide which video which would be posted here :D

Happy Valentine’s Day (2)

February 29, 2012

To the north.

It’s getting colder and colder while we’re getting closer to the North. After spending one night with a really good sleep in Newcastle I found my cool again. Feel relaxed, and happy. However, it wasn’t last long, because once the train reached Edinburgh, I started to feel the anxiety and excitement.

I took a look at every faces there, and tried to remember each one. Trying to make sure they’re also coming to the concert I am going to. Really. I took my ‘Noel Gallagher limited edition music magazine’ out just to see their reaction. Nobody reacted.

Of course.

How can I get that magazine?

Well…

Apparently waiting for 3 hours in Norwich railway station made me bored to hell. So I went to a bookstore there, planning on window shopping just to kill time. And since I was never a magazine reader, I thought there were no harm on looking on the magazine section. Lucky me, I saw that magazine, and it was only few exemplars left. I can imagine in ten or twenty years it would be hunted by collectors. And by that time, I already own one.

Ha ha!

Anyway… where was I?

Oh.

The Aberdeen railway station is integrated with the Union. I don’t know what’s the Union is. I think it’s some kind of plaza, because I can see lots of cafes and shops there. And there were lots of people. Scottish. And they’re cute. However, it’s not because of their cuteness, but the crowd made me lost.

Tried google mapping and it was said that the guest house I am going to spend the night at located not so far from the railway station. But, when I decided to walk there, suddenly it becomes too far and to be honest I lost my direction every time I stopped at the crossroad. So, I went back to the railway station and took a taxi.

Costly.

But I didn’t want to waste time. I had to get prepared to watch the concert, didn’t I? So I met the very friendly taxi driver. He told me that it wasn’t snowing there at Aberdeen while it was snowing all over the country. Impressive isn’t it?

The guest house I stayed in was Jay’s Guest House. It is a medium size house with a very beautiful decoration inside it. My room was very warm and comfortable. The bedding was a little bit girly, but I love it (of course, it’s pink!). They don’t have bath tub, but the bathroom was so clean and pretty. Everything there was pretty. And it was like coming from other part of the world. I almost instantly decide that I love Scotland and would love to stay there forever. Too bad it was only a short visit.

The gust house is owned by The Jennings. They were really nice. Of course at the first day I only met Alice Jennings, she was the one who greeted me and showed me the room. But, I had made some correspondence with George before because he was the one who answered my email when I booked the room. Love them so much, maybe I would just go there again if I had time.

Okay, apart from the hugeness of the railway station, Aberdeen is apparently a small town. Didn’t see so many people around. But think about it again, maybe it’s because of the location where I live which made it feels that way. Why? Well, because I just knew that my guesthouse was located just opposite the cemetery.

 

Happy Valentine’s Day (1)

February 28, 2012

It’s late but who cares?

Shut up if you do.

So yeah.

I’ve been planning for my perfect Valentine’s Day this year, since this year might be the end of the universe, so I think I should just make the most of it, shouldn’t I? I managed to buy one ticket for Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Bird concert in Aberdeen (keep in mind that it would take more than 8 hours from Norwich to reach Aberdeen). And, also buy a dress, cute one from ZARA to be worn on that occasion. Yes I am a fan, sue me!

I went there Monday afternoon. I was too excited so I came to the railway station three hours earlier. Waiting there was kind of boring, but I managed to amuse myself by memorising the songs I would love to hear on the concert. Surprisingly I met Luisa there. She was with her partner and her baby girl Bianca. It means now I have met all of her family members, because I met the older girl when she came here to visit few weeks ago.

Okay, that was my second time using the train to travel. The first time doing it alone. The last time I used the train was when my flatmates and I went to Cambridge, and it was four of us. Travelling solo for the first time (using train) gave me both excitement, and anxiety. Every time the train was moving, I always wanted to scream, “Aaaargh! You know what? I am travelling solo just to see my lovely Noel Gallagher! In Aberdeen! Aberdeen, can you believe it?”

But, no I didn’t do it, of course. It would be too outrageous.

From Norwich you had to change the trains three times to Aberdeen. First one the train from Norwich to Peterborough, and then from Peterborough to Newcastle, and then from Newcastle to Aberdeen. It was a fun ride though.

I stopped at Newcastle in the middle of the night, and should continue the journey the day after. It was crazy because I thought there would be a place to sleep in the station but there wasn’t, so I walked a little and found out that not so far, there is a hotel to stay. Of course, more expense, but hey I was in the Valentine’s Day mood, so the hell with it (I just need to cut the clothing budget, lunch budget, alcohol budget, and stop buying doritos for the next three months, don’t you think?)

Anyway, the hotel was nice. Surprisingly nice. It was clean, with a large bed (which I missed so much) and also the bath tub (which I also miss a lot). I took the opportunity to soak in the hot tub and release my fatigue. I paid for it, I should enjoy it!

The journey continued.

 

 

Bravo Bybyq: It’s Two!

January 25, 2012

Yes.

If you came last night you might find something weird again about my blog. And it was definitely what you think it was. My blog got defaced again. Two times in a month, now I believe this web hosting sucks beyond repair. I really really really want to move this blog, however I still have no idea where. I think it is going to be a little bit a waste if I bought the unlimited service from some web hosting here, if I only use no more than few MB in a month. Even McXoem has questioned my decision using 5GB before :p

The fact that my blog defaced twice a month gave me impression that either the security of this hosting service is very lousy, or my blog is very popular. I will go for the first one though, although I am so tempted to believe the second one, out of narcissism.

Yes, and Two Heroes as well :D This time, the heroes are McXoem (again, because he’s the only one I know that I can trust to access my cpanel and has proven himself as a very experienced blogger which can do anything about blog), and his friend @aurel_666 (I don’t know what he wants himself to be referred to, but since I knew him on twitter, I’d rather mention him with his twitter name :) ). When I woke up this morning, McXoem just left a message on my BB messenger and also a mention on twitter, which also mentioned his dear friend.

Both of them saved my ass blog. McXoem said he hasn’t checked my cpanel, something I don’t really understand what for, but yes he still has my password so…

I believe in humanity now.

Well… I always believe in humanity.

The back to back hacking on my blog made me doubt it a little bit though :p, even I just knew from McXoem himself that the one that saved my blog was a repented hacker *confused*.

Anyway, I wondered what I should have done to make my blog safe? Is it hard to transfer blog somewhere safer? And which hosting would be safer? I have told myself over and over again that I wouldn’t continue using this service, and have a couple of months or weeks to decide where to go…

Where?

The Blog Goes On

January 17, 2012

Yes, now I can update my blog.

Although I put the “Keep Calm” poster, no I wasn’t calm at all. I was so freaked out when I knew SuperByq was hacked. Questions arose in my mind. Did I offend anyone from entries that I posted before? Did I install some nasty widgets or plugins in my blog which was a way for these hacker to get in? Or, was it because I just simply popular? (narcissism dies hard)

I tried to contact people close to me to help. Of course in that panic situation, links of FAQ and how-to tutorial that Momo sent me wasn’t quite helpful because I was too panic to read anything. The others who said they care didn’t try to offer any help (so now I know who really cares). The one who wanted to help know nothing about blog (but I seriously appreciate their good intention). And I remembered someone that might know about this stuff, I asked McXoem if he could help (because he has self hosted blog, just like me, I assume he’s aware of this kind of stuff).

This blogger ngalam was AWESOME. Of course I gave him my password because that’s the way he fixed my entire blog, he’s a blogger not a hacker remember? It only took one day, or a little bit more, for him to turn my defaced un-backed-up blog to normal. Well, not normal at first but renovation was one of my 2012 resolution anyway, so I hope you like this new Superbyq look. I tried a cleaner look this time, however narcissism struck when I did it.

I want to thank you for the readers that mailed, BBM-ed, tweeted and left comments about the whole situation. Especially, Soe, Divardha, Thi, AKMomo, and Fajar. It meant so much for me.

I know that it took me so long to come back and it was a torture for me. At least from this incident I know how important this blog for me. It’s nice to be back :)