Jumat, 04 Maret 2016

[Book Review] So, I Married the Anti-fan by Kim Eun Jeong





Judul            : So, I Married the Anti-fan
Penulis         : Kim Eun Jeong
Edisi            : Bahasa Indonesia
Penerjemah : Putu Pramania Adnyana
Penerbit       : Haru
Tebal           : 525 halaman
Terbit           : Cetakan kedua, November 2015
ISBN            : 978-602-7742-61-1

Blurb  
Aku tinggal dengan idola paling terkenal se-Korea.
Tapi… Aku adalah antifan-nya.
H, salah satu bintang pemicu hallyu wave akan
tinggal dengan antifan-nya dalam sebuah variety show.
Mr. H: Tentu saja aku bisa menangani
antifan-ku. Aku ini pria yang penuh dengan
kejutan.
Ms. L: Sebagai antifan-nya, aku akan membuka semua
rahasia busuknya. Lihat saja nanti.
Begitu berita itu keluar, para fans Mr. H segera membentuk
pertahanan untuk melindungi idolanya.
Dan jika Ms. L melukai Mr. H barang sedikit pun maka
mereka tidak segan-segan untuk bertindak.

REVIEW
Kehidupan Lee Geun Yong berubah total ketika ia—dengan tidak sengaja—memuntahkan isi perutnya dan mengenai sepatu putih bersih milik seorang selibriti ternama, Hu Joon. Awalnya, Geun Yong yang terlalu banyak menenggak alkohol dan merasa pusing karena perutnya yang sama sekali belum terisi makanan berniat pergi ke toilet, tapi kemudian dia mengurungkan niatnya karena ada kejadian yang seharusnya tidak ia lihat ketika Hu Joon berbuat kasar kepada seorang gadis cantik bergaun merah. Geun Yong tidak menyangka bahwa selebriti yang terkenal ramah itu bisa berbuat sekejam itu sampai membuat seorang gadis menangis. Karena ingin memberikan privasi kepada mereka Geun Yong memutuskan untuk kembali meski jiwa wartawannya memberontak ingin menyaksikan kejadian itu sampai selesai kemudian mempublikasikannya. Tapi malangnya, asam lambung dan alkohol yang kian mendesak ingin dikeluarkan malah membuat Geun Yong sial.

Esok harinya Geun Yong dipecat dari tempat kerjanya. Merasa tidak terima diperlakukan seperti itu Geun Yong menyusun rencana untuk membalaskan dendamnya kepada Hu Joon.

“Memang, di mana - mana
tiada asap tanpa api.
Tapi yang bisa meredam
asap itu kan kantor ini juga.”
hlm.69

Perseteruan antara Geun Yong dan Hu Joon menarik perhatian seorang PD Han Myung Soo yang terkenal akan tangan midasnya dalam program variety show. Geun Yong sama sekali tidak bisa membayangkan kalau sampai ia syuting dengan orang yang membuatnya kehilangan pekerjaan, apa lagi selama 4 bulan. Mana Mungkin! Tapi berpikir bahwa dia bisa mempunyai tempat tinggal, membayar tagihan listriknya, dan bayaran yang super menakjubkan membuat kupu-kupu dalam perutnya beterbangan. 

Kau tahu, kalau bukan
gara-gara kau,
aku tidak akan seperti ini!
Semua ini gara-gara kau.
Kau bahkan tidak minta maaf padaku.”
hlm.102

Kehidupan Geun Yong menjadi manager seorang artis yang sangat dibencinya membuatnya tersiksa. Hu Joon seolah memanfaatkan kegiatan syuting untuk mempermalukan dan menyiksanya. Untung ada Ji Hyang yang selalu tersenyum dan memberinya semangat ketika tatapan tajam Hu Joon menusuk hatinya.

Novel bergenre roman komedi ini mungkin sering dijumpai dalam drama-drama Korea. Tapi ketika cerita tersebut dibungkus dalam bentuk tulisan, sensasinya akan berbeda. Kita bisa membayangkan bagaimana ekspresi Geun Yong yang digambarkan oleh si penulis dan bagaimana berdebarnya dia ketika menatap mata Hu Joon.
Dan lagi, novel ini menambah keingintahuan kita tentang kehidupan artis Korea yang ternyata tidak semudah yang kita kira. Cerita tentang bagaimana Hu Joon menjalani dunia ke-artisannya dengan bahagia sangat berbanding terbalik dengan apa yang sebenarnya dia rasakan.

So, I Married the Anti-Fan adalah novel terjemahan Korea  yang pertama kali aku baca, jadi tentu saja ini juga karya Kim Eun Jeong pertama yang aku baca. Jujur saja, judul novel ini adalah alasan utamaku mulai tertarik untuk membacanya. Belum lagi dengan cover barunya yang menampilkan gambar cowok ganteng yang makin membuatku ingin memiliki novelnya. 

Ketika membaca novel ini, jujur saja, di awal bab aku sempat merasa bosan dengan jalan ceritanya (maklum saja karena aku penggemar cerita romantis, jadi aku menunggu-nunggu kapan kisah romantis Geun Yong dan Hu Joon dimulai xD) tapi ketika kau mulai membuka lembar demi lembar selanjutnya, kau akan merasakan keengganan untuk beranjak. Aku bahkan tidak sadar sudah berapa lama aku terhipnotis sampai Mama masuk ke dalam kamar menyuruhku tidur karena memang sudah lewat tengah malam xDD. Penerjemahannya pun mulus, sehingga sangat mudah dipahami. Ada catatan kecil untuk mengartikan istilah asing yang membuat ilmu kita bertambah.

Meski ada pengulangan kalimat yang aku temui di bab awal, yaitu kalimat “Setelah semalam suntuk ‘berpesta’ dengan para zombie itu, kini” yang ditulis kembali di lembar berikutnya. Tapi secara keseluruhan, novel satu ini sangat recommended sekali untuk dibaca. Apalagi bagi kalian pencinta kisah romantis harus siap-siap untuk terbawa suasana dengan kisah Geun Yong dan Hu Joon ini. Dan bagi penggemar K-Pop, jangan lewatkan kisah yang membuatmu akan berharap menjadi perempuan yang dipeluk erat oleh Hu Joon. xDD

- hÖshino -

Sabtu, 27 Februari 2016

[English Drama] Annual Drama Performance 2016



 KEONG MAS
"The Legend Return"

 
Poster for Drama

Well, it’s been so long since I open my blog. But, don’t worry I’m gonna make a lot of story from now on. (I hope I can keep my promise ^.~)
And now, I’m gonna tell you about my best moment in the beginning month of the year~ xD
Actually, idk where should I begin? xD Okay, okay. I just begin with… whatever I want ^^ so here it is…
On Wednesday, January 20th, 2016 my English Department of Teaching and Educational Sciences Faculty of Unswagati University Cirebon held an event called Annual Drama Performance or you can call it ADP. This event was a final exam from my Drama subject in our 5th semester and for this year the theme is about Indonesian Legend. So, all class must prepare it well to make their final exam amazing. Oh, btw I’m from 3KL class~

My class decided to make a drama Keong Mas. Actually, we had two options in the end of choosing the theme, there were Keong Mas and Timun Mas (idk why we love “Mas” so much xD). It was hard to choose one of them, ‘cuz we had different interest. :3 but, yeah finally we chose Keong Mas in the end. (I did choose this theme too ^^)
In the beginning of semester 5 we just did some little practices, wrote the script, arranged the property that fit the theme and so on. 

Month by month passed and we practiced more than we did yesterday, after the class ended we practiced in the class ‘till afternoon or even ‘till evening. Sometimes, when there were no empty class we went to Rara Santang and practiced there. We also practiced in our friend’s house, made some properties there, ‘cuz others properties we rented from someone else.
We also did a fitting costume. Well, this was really confusing for us, because there were so many costumes that needed for this drama, we went there, went that way, to find the costume that fit for the character, even though we also got some costume for our friends xD.

Even there were no many obstacles in our progress, but sometimes, the tiredness stirred us up to act so emotional. But we all knew, hungry, sleepy, all we felt while practicing was just like ingredients to make our drama success. We shouted to each other just to make it sure everything went well, (‘cuz we always so noisy while practicing xD).
We still practiced and made the properties ‘till the day before the performance. How cool we are!
Oh yea, And for everyone who came late for practicing they need to pay! It’s not that much, but….(ssttt… I’ll tell you a secret, we got much money from this XDD) *whispering*

            Two days before the performance we gathered the properties in our basecamp in campus 3. The KL Basecamp just like our second home (said they who stayed overnight there xD) but really, I felt comfortable there.

And the day before the performance we practiced on the stage to be more accustomed to. Without script, without costumes, without properties (um.. maybe just property that easy to bring) all of us practiced  in high spirit. All of us did what our job was. 

Finally, the Big Day came!
January 20th, 2016 was just like a thesis session. I was so nervous! Well, all of us were in the high nervous!!! My class, 3 KL, got the second performance at 12.30 p.m. even though we still came at 7 a.m. to do some preparation-- make up, costumes, properties and many more. But, thanks to our great team for made it finished just in time. 

I’m as narrator showed up first on the stage, you know what I felt? Oh, you don’t want to know? .__. Don’t worry I’m gonna tell you anyway xD I felt so nervous! Even my hands and legs were shaking! :3 (oh, don’t you dare to laugh –‘) but I tried to do my best. I spoke like a real story teller-I think xD. But, seems the luck just asked for an excuse for few minutes, that’s why I need to repeated it once again ‘cuz the judges haven’t come! >.< (this is why I don’t like to perform after lunch time ._.) But, it’s okay. 

Our performance was going smoothly ‘till the end, I knew there were some mistakes, but who cares? We did a great job till the end of performance anyway. Yeayyyy ^^/
Finally, our hard work had ended like expected! It felt like a big load on our shoulders disappeared in a second! Fiuhhh~

Oh, I almost forget to tell you a BIG NEWS :3 Guess what???
The day after our performance was the day of the result. Who will get The Best Drama of The Year?!
And yeah, you guessed it right guys!
WE WON! Alhamdulillah~ *smiles beautifully*
WE WON THE BEST DRAMA OF THE YEAR! What a beautiful day! *play We Are The Champion by Queen*

Actually, we won 4 categories; The Best Drama of The Year, The Best Director, The Best Favorite Actress, and The Best Narrator (I know, I’m  nothing without you guys ^^ love you).
Congratulations for my best own class, 3KL! Keep Loving ^^

I also want to thank God for everything we got in ADP. To our parents for always supporting us. To our lecturer for guiding us. To our Director and co-director for leading us. To our great team; make up, costume, property, intermezzo, consumption, lighting, music, for your hard work to make our performance success! To our cast for amazing acting you did till the end. To everyone who gave us a big help in this performance. You did a great job guys! Love you, really :*

KL big family~ I hope we can work in another project together xD and guys, I feel like I’m really in a family! ^^ Don’t forget to learn from everything we did, make these moments a best memory in your college life.

Here is some photos from this event, not that much ‘cuz I lost some photos :3 ~


Make up team on works~


Get ready to make some properties at friend's house. xD
Grufie before our performance xD
 
Scene 11. The last scene, and it was really beautiful ^^
 
KEONG MAS "The Legend Return" Squad~ xDD
 
After performance ^.~
 
The winners with the Judges taking a pict on the stage ^^
 
Our "unbelievable" trophies ^^

 
Basecamp! The moment after the announcement of the result ^^


Actually I also want you guys to watch our drama, but unfortunately I got some problems with the video, maybe next time I’ll upload it on YouTube. ^^ Just wait, okay?

*** I know my English is not that good, but I tried :)
I just want to make these moments written in my blog xDD and yeah, I did.
Thanks for reading ^^
Keep Loving KL ~~~~~~~ 

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