Bubugiri - Acoustic Band

I usually write reviews about cloths, accessories or food. But this time, I wanna try something new, I wanna review music, well, a band to be exact. So, after gathering the courage for a while, I decided to write a review for a new band that I came across recently.

I was very fortunate to have seen Bubugiri’s performance, to have the chance to chat with them, and to write this review before they become famous which I’m sure gonna happen anytime soon now.

Bubugiri is an acoustic band from Bandung, It only has 2 personnel, Bubu the singer and Giri the guitarist. I only need 2 minutes to realize how very talented they are. Bubu has a very strong voice character, kinda blues-y and jazz-y type of voice, very powerful, very beautiful. While Giri is the most amazing guitarist that I ever saw in whole life.

I stand front and center on the night they performed at Pizza e Birra, Plaza Indonesia and I was hypnotize instantly (and I wasn’t even blinking until a friend reminded me). I was hooked by Bubu’s voice and Giri’s guitar performance. They ended the show with a medley of Michael Jackson’s songs: One Day in Your Life, Heal the World, Billie Jean and Black or White. And it rocks!!! Everyone cheers at the end. Simply outstanding.

I talked with their band manager after the show, I wanna know them. It turns out that they were auditioning at Pizza e Birra at the time and they just started to perform and in search of regular schedules at cafes or restos in Jakarta. Let me tell you something people, this band is a new rising star! Trust me on this one…He (band manager) told me that both Bubu and Giri already have a lot of experience in music industry. Bubu was in Indonesian Idol season 1 and Giri has performed everywhere even abroad like few countries in Asia and even Europe.

Like it was written and meant to be, the most amazing thing happen by the end of that night. They were ask to perform in one of a TV Show (I won’t mention the program or TV Station thou, I want you to find out on your own). It was a simple audition but it has opened many doors and opportunity for them. Well, I always believe that good things will happen on its own time. I wish you all the success Bubugiri.

Follow them on twitter to get new updates on show schedule and others:
@bubugiri


Happy rising to the top BUBUGIRI

Cheers,
MissCandyBar
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A New Phase

Wow, It’s been a while since my last entry. I’ve been very busy at work and I’ve been trying so hard to control my shopping spree. Well, it’s June already which means that my bet period is over and I’m proud to say “I won the bet”.

I realized that my bet period was a very effective therapy for me as a shopaholic. Therefore, I wanna share my experience with you and maybe it could help you too.

I learned a few things from this simple bet with my friends. I AM a shopaholic, that’s the most obvious one. However, despite all those urgency and temptation to shop, I realized that I can control my self and say NO when any temptation occurs. After all, we are the master of our own mind right? It’s only the matter of being in control. It was very hard for me, obviously, but I could still go to malls, to bazaar, or anywhere and I could survive it. I come and go without buying anything.

It’s like dealing with your problems in life, you shouldn’t run away from it but you need to face it and find a way to overcome the problem. Am I right? So, in this case, it’s actually similar, never avoid the places where could give you the temptation to shop, you should just come to those places as usual and face the temptation, then you would find a way to handle those urgency to shop. In my case, I usually set a target or goal in mind. For example; “I will not shop because I wanna win the bet” or “I will not shop because I wanna safe my money and have a huge saving account”. I simply remember my target/goal/vision every time those temptations occurs and it works.

Even though the bet period is over, I still wanna suppress my urgency to shop, so I set a shopping budget and made a promise “I will only gonna shop once a month and the cost has to be within my budget” and hopefully I will not be a shopaholic anymore, wish me luck people!


Happy saving shopaholic….

Cheers,
MissCandyBar
=)