rehat!

assalamualaikum...

in some part of our life, a decision needs to be made, as to focus what seems to be important for future. not to worry much, the time will come for us to be normal again.

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broga revisit 1

assalamualaikum and good day!...

on previous post about broga, i have not put lots of picture in it, but rather asked you to see it on fb. this time around, i went with my colleagues at the office, climbing the broga by 545am, reaching the tops by 615am and straight away perform solah, atas bukit beb, feelings is there.

again, broga never disappoint me with her scenery but not so much picture this time around, battery flat after a while (and few others can be seen again, at fb). lalala~ and hope to be there again, with this time around, having tea or coffee at the high grounds with wind blowing through, it should be great and complete condition of having tea or coffee. it blends well, having a comfort of nature and coffee.

while waiting for the sun to wake up

and yes, this supposed to be aired up well before puasa, but yeah. well, u know me.
hahaha.

p/s: kali ni try guna different kind of editing skit. cam quite inspired with other people punya tone.

lesson 20 - the weight

assalamualaikum...

in certain part or time, all the things that you knew, you felt, you understood, has been piled up, taken up the storage loading, filled up most of your time, and at that point of time, you might have think, that's time for you to tidy up, clean up or archive it.

for the things to be cleared, for new things and all kind of new, to be given a space in certain part or time. but, would it be appropriate, to clean up and archive it? would the clean up give you the things that you really need, or it just, maybe, provide you the surface of what you really need? would it be, by cleaning up, the weight can be less on your shoulder to carry, but at the end, after a while, you miss the weight that you have been carrying all these time?

the storage, along with the time and things it had, may or may not grew, proportionate to the allocation that it had been allocated, but it is possible, where managed properly. and all kind of new subject, can fit into the exisiting storage.

again, its merely an option.

and not an excuse. nah, its not.

cause i would rather be filling, carrying and managing it now, before later. cleaning is possible, but not archiving nor cutting loose end. that weight, the weight is what and somehow taught and teach you sooner or later.

probably and currently the best generation

assalamualaikum and good day..

out of respect for my seniors, you are still the best and i sincerely would like to thank you for the contribution, passion, knowledge, guidance and space for the current gamelan utp now are at. because without you, the current team may not be as they are now.

thank you and thank you.

nevertheless, i have seen so many gamelan players coming in and out from the team, although undeniably there are possibility of previous players who might have higher passion, skills and creativity, however, i would personally say that this is probably and currently the best generation i have seen so far. and close to my ideal case of gamelan utp, which i had in mind few years back.

reason being?

i have never seen such a huge number of dedicated seniors at one time. their highly contribution, attitude in voicing out, discussing out their feelings, opinion shows that how deep is their concern and love towards the team. each of the section (if i may call), have their own section 'head' in which take care of their juniors. these number of people at one time, i should say thank you to nazmi, for taking up these number of people at the first place, though causing me problem after that to turn, cut, trench them up.

the seniors who come up to training earlier from the juniors, eventhough literally they can not to come to training, as they know their training earlier on are suffice.

the seniors who discuss, brainstorm and argue on the way forward.

the seniors who take care of the juniors.

the seniors whom i can say, cut to bear the title of dewa.

the seniors who strike an instrument without a doubt, yet no mistake was done.

and its a no longer one man show.

its a good investment, yeah it was. and thank you Allah, for simply showing a bit of your nikmat for us to see how great our investment are.

though it seems that all of you might have take quite a time to come at this level, however taking example from the log tree, the longer time the log take before cutting down, the higher the value can be. it has been justified.

thank you org2 tua sekarang, for being a great tree, as such the juniors can easily fit and rest underneath you. dun rest yet, that would be my main advise. you may want to slow down, but totally rest. eventhough some of you might have grad afterwards, it is indeed important to remain contacts with the current team.

as i was saying the important of seniors, the same goes for alumni. indeed the seniors can handle the team, but there are reasons why older people live and needed to guide the young ones. we might not be directly involve, but staying besides the line will help and ease off when the emergency button were pressed. or in order words, it can also help us to gather again, and do some little jamming, though our level might be shaken off by the rust, but yeah, we are still x-gamelan utp. our level should be more than gamelan 2 people right?

so what next?

the main challenge that i can see as of now, whether the kanak2 riang, kanak2 and orang2 muda can step up and fill up the spot left by orang2 tua. it is indeed a challenge, as proven by the previous and current orang2 tua before. however i do wish that the current progress doesnt give the negative slope by year end but, at least provide a m=0 slope where y=mx+c.

as a conclusion to that, the pressure is all left to the juniors (kanak2 riang, kanak2 and orang2 muda) to succeed as the gamelan utp. to perform as par or exceed it, to maintain the level, the legacy, the credibility. what at stake is huge. it not something to be played with.

hence the next simple question is, what should the juniors do?

for long explanation, you may want to browse through previous post. but to make the loading free and etc, lets us talk here and then.

1. you should, above all, utilize these seniors (by either pleading, crawling to transfer their knowledge)
2. self discipline and attitude, is not a new topic, and these are the thing that you yourself should know and master, eventhough there is no written laws and guide on that. and trust me, with only these two thing, excluding talent, will make you go far.
3. self-training eventhough there were no seniors to help and guide
4. mix around with the team, you are now siblings of many, not only 3-4 people
5. as much as possible, be a dewa :)

lastly, what should avoided?

the reason why i opted for democracies (proxy of four, five etc) rather than monarchy (kukubesi, which is my era) is that you can not consume everything within a man. it gave them lots of burden. i know, done that. how i can do it? its another topic.

the function of democracies or 'management' is to handle the players. the well being of players. players is our main assets. the numbers of hours, numbers of countless effort to develop, trench, cut them, is huge and intolerable. and i had caused me a great pain, when a player wanted to quite, even after few weeks joining the team, and you can imagine what doest it felt if one senior were to left the team. (this doesnt include graduation of course). hence, please take care of the players.

this however, doesnt make a players a king. be a modest and keep the right attitude. we may accept a polyps, but not a cancer. :)

secondly, avoid internal struggle, dats why we created a proxy. we may opt for separate management like others group, but i do like the idea that non-art people doesnt know how art people operate. hahaha. it a selfish mind, but yeah, it does call for a strike. everything, should be discuss, as we are a half adult, and forever a kid.

my regret?

do i have one? last nite i did. last nite i was thinking to myself, why i have been in a wrong generation (sorry seniors and friends), not be able to perform in big occasion outside utp (yeah, been able to play at convocation, is a huge honour, and 4 times performing at convocation, for 4 years in the team is a huge achievement ok). but i consulted myself in saying, there is a reason behind it, maybe and maybe because you were few years earlier on, the team is current at this level.

i can go now. EiG should be next. yeah, lets do some crazy stuff with EiG.
thanks kids.
like i was smiling all the time while you are performing, thank you.

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