Kiss from Bjorgen van Essen

This is a very short post. For me, my blog is a tool as a reminder of various amazing things in my life.

I think I've moved on from Only Seven Left. I still like them, though, hoping they'll come back very soon. OSL boys were having a vacation in Bali with Sarah, they had so much fun! So I tweeted Sarah, and got a hilarious reply! 

Pardon me for being cheesy, but Bjorgen's funny face worth a share. HAHAHA

Hello there!

Hilarious Fellow Admins

Nicky - Sheyla - Tania - Dicky

Hi people! I'm sitting here at the office, tiba2 secara random inget moment di IndoBritAddict. I decided to write about the founders, sebagai arsip pribadi. #cieh They're crazy and hilarious, brace yourselves!
Kita semua admin fanbase. gue (@mcflyindonesia), Dicky (@PixieLott_ID), Nicky (@EdSheeranIndo) dan Tania (@onedirection_ID). Entah gimana gue nemu twitter fanbase mereka untuk pertama kalinya. Intinya, gue sering ngetwit ke fanbase Pixie karna emang Pixie Lott itu girl-crush gue banget! *no, I'm not a lesbian.
Karna gue orangnya suka banget kalo punya temen baru, gue usulin admin Pixie Lott untuk ngadain gathering kecil-kecilan, barengan sama fanbase Ed Sheeran. Kenapa Ed? karna Pixie temenan sama Ed, dan yang terpenting, gue juga suka Ed Sheeran! HAHAHA Akhirnya kita menentukan waktu ketemuan, dan dipilihlah tanggal yang pas untuk meresmikan hubungan kami *bukan itu #salahfokus. Ternyata fanbase 1D juga mau ikutan! gue seneng dong, secara waktu itu juga gue lagi tergila2 sama dedek Niall! Sejak itu.. hidupku berubah... menjadi lebih gila.... dan tak kesepian karna punya temen untuk share sesama admin tentang fanbase masing2. Ni deh gue kenalin satu-satu. Please kuatkan iman. dan jiwa. dan raga. dan mental. dan masa depan. dan apapun yang bisa diselamatkan....

Sheyla with Tania

1. Tania (@onedirection_ID)
ini dia admin dengan fanbase terbesar. ONE DIRECTIOOOON! *a la host XFactor. Kalo bukan karna dia menawarkan diri untuk join, mungkin kita gak bakal solid kayak sekarang.. dari namanya, gue udah tau pasti dia anaknya ribut. *cenayang*. Bukannya rasis, tapi dari namanya, gue kira dia Chinese atau apalah, eh ternyata pribumi tulen lho! hahaha pertama ketemu, dia bisa langsung akrab. dia yang paling antusias kalo diajak ngapa-ngapain. She's younger than me, but I learn much from her! Secara, fanbase dia besar banget, jadi dia paling ahli deh tuh masalah fanbase! Segala rasa dan perasaan tentang fanbase udah dia rasakan. She ended up becoming my junior! HAHAHA

Sheyla with Nicky

2. Nicky (@EdSheeranIndo)
She's half British. waktu tau nama dia, gue seneng. I'd always wanted to have "Nicky" as my name. Nicky from Westlife. HAHAHA dan ternyata bapaknya Nicky namanya Bryan. Gue curiga, mungkin nama emaknya itu Kian, dan nama kakaknya itu Mark *itu mah Westlife!* Menurut gue, Nicky ini paling unik. dia kalem. tapi jika saatnya gila, dia bisa menggila yang benar-benar gila yang gilanya tak tertahankan. *bingung ya? gue juga.*
Disaat gue berstatus admin yang cuma bisa mendengarkan dengan baik, Nicky ini yang paling jago main musik dan menciptakan lagu. Kalo ada acara, dia yang sering perform, gue merasa keciiiil! Biasanya kalo ada ide, Nicky ini yang paling cepat tanggap. Contohnya, 'draft' ide gue tentang fanbase kami ngadain acara bareng. Akhirnya, Nicky lah yang beneran menciptakan acara itu. Disaat kita heboh cari ide lain, Nicky lah yang tadinya kalem, tiba2 bisa datang dan ngasih ide keren. Bule dengan aksen Sumatera yang kental? Yep. Nicky.

Sheyla with Dicky

3. Dicky (@PixieLott_ID)

 He's the only boy in the group! Tapi dia juga bisa jadi cewek sih, tinggal request aja...... dia ini tim hore. Awal ketemu, dia kalem banget. menipu. Padahal dia paling gila. Anda merasa sedih atau bosan? Silakan contact Dicky, niscaya dia akan mengajak anda menggila dan melupakan segala masalah! itulah yang selalu gue lakukan.  Bisa nih gue eksploitasi Dicky buat lahan bisnis bidang curhat online.. gue cerita seneng, dia ngakak. gue cerita sedih, dia ngakak. gue cerita serius, dia juga ngakak. Gue jadi wondering apa yang salah dengan dia. Dia juga stalker sejati! Dia bisa aja nemu fb personil McFly, keluarganya, bahkan sampe 7 turunan! Kadang kasian, karna kita cewek semua, Dicky jadi kehilangan arah kalo mau ngomongin tentang 'cewek'. Syukurlah dia punya gege Welly sebagai tempat cerita hal 'cewek' secara cowok. Bingung? PING me. Nasib dia dan idola juga paling beruntung! Saat cita2 gue baru pengen di twit sama Tom, dia nih udah sampe dikenal sama Pixie dan emaknya!

 4. Sheyla (@mcflyindonesia)
Never ask. I'm just awesome and legend..... wait for it if you're lactose intolerant .... dairy! legendairy! LEGENDARY!

 

They're beyond awesome!

IndoBritAddict

Me and Tania watched Jason Mraz together. There's gege Welly!

Me and Dicky. The Wanted concert

Kesamaan kita: twitter isinya kegiatan fangirling, dan jangan masuk ke toko CD berempat, karna kami bakal gila bareng napsu pengen borong CD.

How I Met Only Seven Left (pt. 3)

Kids, the story of how I met your father(S) is way too long! Hope I don't bore you cause this is the last part, I promise! But my journey is still so damn long...

Glad to have them! Gaya dulu sebelum brutal...

It's show time...

gue sengaja ambil posisi pas depan Bjorgen dengan harapan gue bisa grepe2 dia meskipun dikit. #bejat. Dan yes, selama konser, gue ngiler udah 2 ember. Bjorgen tepat depan mata gue! (dan dia mirip banget sama Ryan Follese). Eh ada satu yang gue perhatikan. Lucas... berdirinya rapet...

Gue gak hafal lagu-lagunya, jadi gue cuma nyanyi kayak orang gagu aja. "bkjsdfslk LOVE WILL LIGHTEN THE DAAAARK!" Oh iya, pas mereka bawain lagu ini, gue berasa di neraka. Di stage penuh cewek2 seksi dan joget-joget gitu. Padahal gue maunya nontonin Bjorgen, eh gue malah nonton... paha cewek... yang geter2.... pfffttt.. eh tapi cewek yang main perkusi (atau apalah itu namanya) keren abis! Oh iya, gue udah cerita kan kalo sebelumnya gue request Year 3000? yep, Bjorgen mengabulkan request gue dengan tampil akustik solo. Cuma ada beberapa orang yang ikut nyanyi, dan gue yakin itu Galaxy Defenders tercinta! *kasih salam tempel

Di konser ini, gue tau arti sedih yang sesungguhnya. Sedih adalah... saat lo mau memulai teriakan crowd "OSL! OSL! OSL!!!" tapi gak ada yang ngikutin... *nyindir umi dan intan* hahaha

Gue juga jadi tau arti seksi yang sesungguhnya. seksi itu... saat Bjorgen nge-gangnam. Gue bosen banget sama gangnam style. Tapi pas Bjorgen yang melakukan itu, gue... lemah...

Jochem-Hinne sempet duet ngecover lagunya Silverstein yang Replace You. untuk pertama kalinya, gue sadar kalo Hinne itu lumayan bikin hati berdebar...

Oh iya! Kalo deket Bjorgen, gue selalu salting. Pertama dia julurin tangannya buat di grepe2, gue malah diem aja. Terlalu salting. Padahal itu tepat depan gue, jadi gue yakin dia minta gue untuk ngegrepe dia *apasih wanita ini* Pas udah mau selesai, Bjorgen minta di grepe gue lagi (anggap aja gitu). dan saat ini gue puas2in dong! Selesailah konser, dan gue sedih. Tapi ternyata bakal ada MnG! Oh iya, gue dapet setlist mereka!

Diluar... Pas MnG, antrian rame banget. Gue ngerasa gue gak sanggup survive. Jadi gue memutuskan cuma untuk minta tanda tangan di setlist gue, gak mau minta foto. Bram yang pertama tanda tangan, dan itu Jeni yang mintain. *belum ada percikan cinta nih sama Bram!

Kedua Lucas, ketiga Hinne, dan pas gue nyamperin Jochem, ternyata dia masih inget gue. (gue jadi yakin lagi kalo dia naksir gue. HAHAHA) "hey you! dari Creative Disc. Gue baca beberapa artikel lo. Gue gak ngerti, tapi gue jamin bagus-bagus" :') Pas nyamperin Bjorgen untuk minta tanda tangan, dia inget gue juga! Gue diusir2 satpam, karna ternyata gue salah posisi antri. Tapi Bjorgen tetep ambil kertas dan pulpen gue, di tanda tanganin. gue bilang "eh makasih ya!" dia bilang "oh iya, lagu lo! sip!" sambil ngacungin jempol dan kedip genit. Dapet tanda tangan mereka semua, gue mojok sama anak-anak cowok GDs yang emang (sok) gak napsu minta foto bareng. Tapi anehnya, begitu gue bilang Bram gay, mereka langsung heboh mau ngetes -_____-

Jadi deh gue dan Fajar eksperimen untuk foto bertiga sama Bram. Dan bener. Fajar di perhatiin Bram, dan gue... dicuekin... macam pajangan aja.

ada foto lain sih yang membuktikan gue dicuekin, tapi janganlah, hanya untuk koleksi prbadi.

Gue ketemu umi, gue bilang kalo gue masih mau foto dan peluk Bjorgen. Gue cuma rela brutal antri demi Bjorgen. Akhirnya umi dengan setia nemenin gue antri, dan pas giliran gue, gue salting. Fotolah gue bareng dia. Pas selesai, umi ingetin gue untuk peluk Bjorgen. Otak gue beku. salting. gue mau bilang "can I hug you?" dan tau apa yang malah keluar dari mulut gue? "please hug me!!!" sumpah gue kayak ngemis pelukan aje! Pas pelukan, si umi malah bengong, bukannya fotoin. Beberapa jam kemudian *lebay* baru dia sadar untuk foto. Terima kasih, Muthia. Pelukan gue dan Bjorgen jadi terasa seabad :')

Oh iya, ketemu juga sama mommy Sarah Deshita yang lagi jemput mereka untuk ajojing~ 

Kalo Sarah mommy nya OSL... Berarti gue... sodaranya OSL.....

Bjorgen, aku gak mau jadi saudaramu. Jadikan aku tulang rusukmu.. *gergaji tulang

Senyuman gue... 80% grogi, 20% beneran senyum.

akhirnya pasangan ini bersatu. muka gue kayak babi.

Gue kembali ke kumpulan GDs, dan kita nyamperin Hinne buat foto bareng. Kita bilang kalo kita fans McFly. "Oh iya, gue juga suka McFly! Gue suka 'Lies'" kata Hinne. saat itu pula, kita berasa deket sama Hinne. Dan gue jadi mikir, gue jodoh sama Hinne karna kami banyak kesamaan. Sama2 pemalu. sama2 suka Is It Me. sama2 suka Lies.
Seneng juga sama GDs yang tadinya "musik mereka kayak gimana sih?" "emang bagus ya Shey?" eh pas selesai konser... "Keren Shey lagunya!" kata Rendy. Kalo yang cewek-cewek... Mabuk kepayang... sampe sekarang.

with our fellow GD, Hinne Winterwerp

My setlist ft. Jeni's guitar pick

abis konser, masih dekil, langsung nampang

My GD boys. Artisnya yang mana ya?

Kids... That's the story of how I met your father(s). The journey continues....

How I Met Only Seven Left (pt. 2)

Hi kids! Mummy wants to continue her story.... This is even longer than part. 1! I decided to use my language cause it’s just too damn embrassing! Me as a fangirl....

Before the Show

Konser sebenarnya dimulai jam 19.30, tapi jam 2 siang gue, echie dan umi udah mangkal aja tuh di Erasmus! Sengaja banget mau ketemu mereka lagi. Kita duduk di tempat interview kemarin (gue duduk di bangku bekas Hinne, jadi gw menghayati pantat gw nempel di kursi bekas pantat Hinne. HAHAHA) OSL selesai makan, mereka langsung masuk ke gedung Erasmus. Hinne sempet nengok ke gue dan nyapa. DIA INGET GUE! Yang lain udah masuk ke gedung, Bram dan Hinne masih duduk2 di taman. Gue gatel banget pengen nyamperin mereka.. Akhirnya gue paksa Echie untuk nyamperin Hinne pas Hinne lagi duduk sendirian. Umi was like “please jangan ci! Jangan!” sambil gebrak-gebrak meja. Echie nyamperin Hinne, dan ternyata Hinne lagi video calling sama pacarnya! gue nyamperin Echie dan Hinne, bantu fotoin mereka. Gw bilang, “masih nyala gak tuh hape?” dan Hinne langsung kasih liat hapenya, dan gue dengan pedenya dadah dadah ke ceweknya Hinne! Bjorgen sempet lewat dan nyapa gue. Gue salting parah. Dan sekarang gue nyesel kenapa gak sekalian minta foto lagi. Pas Echie selesai foto, gue bilang ke Hinne “tuh cewek disana (nunjuk umi karna umi gak berani mendekat), dia yang kasih lo coklat kemarin.” Ternyata Hinne gak denger, jadi dia mendekatkan telinganya ke gue (kenapa telinga? Kenapa gak bibir aja, biar bisa langsung gue cipok?!) dan gue bisik ke dia (mungkin teriak). Hinne bilang “chocolate? Uhm... YEAH CHOCOLATE! Tapi dia pemalu banget ya? Bilangin makasih ya!” Ternyata Bram, Robin dan Bjorgen lagi bikin video diary di halaman EH. Karna kepanasan, kita akhirnya masuk ke dalam gedung. Di depan pintu, ada Bjorgen yang ternyata mau keluar EH naik motor. Awwwh pacarku!

Lagi nunggu, kita kenalan sama Nana dan adeknya. Nana ini fangirl OSL. Dia gambar muka2 personil OSL, keren parah! Sayang banget dia gak dateng beberapa menit sebelumnya.. Tiba-tiba, ada Lucas keluar buat ngerokok. Nana heboh! Gue semangatin dia untuk datengin Lucas, karna gue tau rasanya jadi dia. Akhirnya Nana berani, tapi di depan Lucas, dia Cuma ketawa2 nervous. Again, gue tau rasanya. Jadi gue samperin mereka, dan gue bilang “Lucas, foto dong ekspresi lo kayak di gambar itu” dan Lucas langsung bergaya dengan tu foto. Nana balik ke tempat duduk, dan kita semua teriak2 heboh, seneng untuk Nana, bagai abis menang piala dunia! Hahaha.. Gak lama, anak2 OSL keluar, dan Nana makin heboh (gue juga sih, nyariin Bjorgen, tapi dia gak ada). Hinne keluar terakhir. Gue kembali menyemangati Nana untuk deketin Hinne. Hinne loved her drawing!! Terakhir, waktu Jeni dan Jati udah dateng, ada Lucas lagi. Tu wanita-wanita ngebet mau foto. Sebelum Lucas masuk lagi, gw teriak panggil dia, tapi kayaknya dia gak denger.. BUZZ! PING!!! Tiba2 kepala Lucas nongol lagi di pintu, dan kita semua foto2 sama dia!

gue dan Lucas, yang kata Bjorgen "he's cute, huh? you like him? go for it!"

Di antrian, kita heboh. Robin bolak balik syut kita (gue curiga Robin naksir sama gue!) disini, kenalan juga sama Andin, admin @FaktaBelanda. Kenalan juga sama si kembar Tia-Mia. Makin hebohlah kita, terutama pas anak2 OSL balik lagi mau masuk gedung. Bram dan Hinne sempet berhenti dan ngobrol sama kita. Hinne yang menurut gue gak begitu cakep... Ternyata banyak fansnya....

To be continued.....

How I Met Only Seven Left (pt. 1)

Hello kids! This is a very long story of how I met your father. *in Ted Mosby-girl-version’s voice. I don’t know why, I always have the temptation to write my blog in English, I wanted to write in my mother language cause it will be too damn embarassing if Bjorgen or any of Only Seven Left members find out about this post.... But it’s just weird of me writing in Indonesian. *My english sucks, though... But I will use Indonesian in some parts that I don’t want OSL boys to know.

Ps: The story will be so damn long. Brace yourselves!

I asked Muthia to accompany me for the interview, helping me taking pictures. We arrived at Erasmus Huis 1 hour before the interview. When we enter the library, there was a caucasian, and I whispered to Muthia, “ganteng woy!”, not knowing that he’s a member of the band. Jochem. Muthia and I sat at the lobby, waiting for them, when several white boys came out, and I didn’t know that it was them! I followed them and they were taking pictures in front of a massive poster of them, then I know it was them. *Okay, it’s starting to be boring. Gotta skip some parts.

They were having lunch, Muthia and I were waiting outside the restaurant. Then Bram came out. Muthia forced me to talk with Bram about the interview. I came to Bram, and talked to him. Damn! He’s so damn tall! (not his fault, YOU’re so damn short, Sheyla!). I felt like talking to his male-breasts -_- Then Jochem came, I introduced my self and he knew that I was from Creative Disc by seeing the emblem on my shirt. He then called the other members, introduced our selves each other. Bjorgen was the next to come, so I had a chance to talk to him personally. Just the two of us. Talking about him being an Indonesian, about me not getting Dutch gene.

Me and Bjorgen. Lagi pacaran. mwihihi :")

The interview went very fun! Hinne was sooo quiet! There are some memorable moments. Think I should make a list:
- When I asked them whether they’re single, they stared at each other and laughed. They’re all taken, but Jochem said that because they’re in Indonesia, just tell people that they’re single. I was like “NOOO! I won’t!” and he was like “yes! Just tell the girls!” haha -______-

*edited: Bjorgen said that I didn't have to worry cause Lucas, their additional guitarist is still single. Lagi diomongin gitu, tiba2 Lucas lewat, pemirsaaaah! The boys were shouting, calling him. Lucas stopped and waved at us. I whispered to Bjorgen "he's cute!" and Bjorgen said "he's cute, huh?! you like him? go for it!" me: "I WILL! TRUST ME, I WILL!" hahaha I love Bjorgen's laughter :')

- They asked us about our fav OSL song. I told Bjorgen that I liked ‘Is It Me’. Hinne didn’t hear me and asked me again, then he said “mine too” with a definitely cool style. Muthia started singing “around, around... turn your head around~” and the boys were watching her and gave her big hands. Robin even recorded her singing! HAHAHA
- I asked about their best pick up line. Bjorgen did it, like he was giving a pick up line to me. “hey does it hurt?” me inside: “BUUUUURN! MARRY ME! NOW!” and started another pick up line. “hello what’s your name?” me inside: “MY NAME IS ASHARI BUT IT’LL CHANGE TO MRS VAN ESSEN IF YOU WANT!”
- I told them that I was the one who had tweeted them, requesting to play Year 3000 by Busted. Bjorgen was like "wow! so that was you?! yeah, I think I'll play it"
- When I asked them whether they know some Indonesian musician, Bram and Bjorgen said that on the plane, there was a music video of an Indonesian band. Bjorgen showed me his phone, and it was Setia Band! Geez. I was "well... DO YOU LIKE IT?!" Bram was "why? you don't like them?" Bjorgen was "Well, their music is good and I like their voice" uhm... o-okay
- At the end of interview, I tried to speak Dutch like what my cousin had taught me. I tried hard. When I finished, their  faces were confused, so I showed them my notes, and they were “awwwwh” then Bram stroke my arm gently.
- I taught Bjorgen to say “kami” and “cinta”. He understood those words! “cinta means love, right?” me inside: “yeah, and love is you” HAHAHA
- The whole interview. They also gave me a CD. :’)

Thanks for the CD! They shorten themselves! haha

C for Creative Disc

I also joined the press meeting, and luckily they still remembered me! I asked them to sign my CD. Jochem took my CD without me asking, the he signed it and gave it to Hinne. Got them all signed my CD! When they asked us to introduce our selves, I didn’t need to re-introduce myself cause Jochem said “I know you’re from Creative Disc, right?” awh! <3 nbsp="">

press meeting. masih sempet nampang!

At the end of the interview, Muthia gave a chocolate for Hinne via Gert-Jan. Dini told me that Hinne loved it! He ate it like it was the greatest chocolate in the whole universe. “Dini, do you want some chocolate? But it’s just one, it’s not enough, so you just have to watch me eat.” Hahaha! when Jochem asked him whether the chocolate is THAT great, Hinne said that the chocolate was even tastier cause it was a Valentine’s gift. Cieeee umiiii!

hey! it's me again! hahaha

Kids, that’s the story of how I met your father(S). The story continues....

Internship!

Hi beautiful people! yep, that's my office now. No, not Gedung Pancasila, but the building next to it. hehe
I'm currently being an internee at Directorate for North and Central America, Ministry of Foreign Affairs RI. I was not sure to have my internship here, cuz I was scared. Afraid. felt I was not smart enough. I hated IR. you name it. but here I am! enjoying my internship.
The first day was scary, though, cause I'm a very shy person, and I hardly adjust myself in new environment. Thank God I have very nice people here at my office! The first week was boring, honestly, cause I didn't have much work to do. It's my 4th week, and I'm one hell of a busy bee! sort of....
My supervisor is very good to me. He cares about my progress. He regularly comes to me, asking me what things that I have learnt by working here. Much, sir. very much! I mean.. I'm not that straight A student of IR, I'm not that good at speaking, but well, it's fun to know things that people haven't known yet! In high school, I was dreaming to work at Kemlu and becoming an ambassador. Then I got into university and forgot my dream. I wasn't into IR, although I was studying IR. Here, I fall in love with IR once again. IR is not that scary!
Anyway! My internship mentor is so cool! Her name is Isyana Arslan, I've read her blog, and she's bloody awesome! She still has this young spirit. When I met her, I can confirm that she's the coolest lecturer, EVER!! Found out that she's a friend of my friend. haha! It's a small world after all..
Been dying to tell everything I'm going through here in Kemlu, but I know I will bore you. Have 2 months left to be an internee at Kemlu, then I'm going to move to Kemenparekraf, another new adventure. It sucks to know that I'm gonna face a new environment soon. And ooooh! thesis is waiting!