The Point is: ADORABLE ISSI!

Iskandar Widjaja, “What is charm in Indonesian?” Zakia Kannada, “Kamu..”

Yeah, that’s what I said when Issi asked the audience what charm in Indonesian was. And yes, he is just like a prince charming to me, or maybe even to every girl in his Master Class. I like oh.. NO NO… I ADORE Issi from the first sight I saw hin on TV. He is just the GREATEST VIOLINIST EVER!!!! The way he plays violin, the way he looks to the audience, the ways he smiles, the way he moves, everything about him is AMUSING! MIND-BLOWING! CHARMING! EVERYTHING!!!

Issi played in Yogyakarta last weekend. He played at TeMBI House of Culture, Bantul. That was the AWESOMEST LIVE SHOW I’ve ever attended. Not because of the show itself, but because of my GIANT EFFORT to catch the show.

I’ve known about the show since about 1.5 or two months ago from facebook. I joined his fan-page and check the wall every time. I texted my friend immediately after I read a status about the show. My friend and I planned to go to the show then.

But it wasn’t easy to get on the show. There were many obstacles that made me ALMOST miss it.

First, a week before the show I got a schedule to attend an inauguration night on SATURDAY-SUNDAY, 12^th-13^th NOVEMBER 2011. I WAS SOOOOO UPSET! Those were the dates of the show. ISKANDAR WIDJAJA’s SHOW and I had to choose which one was more important to me! OMG I pretty confused!!! I thought about it every time and then I made my most STUPID choice. I decided not to come to the show. It was pretty hard to choose.

I registered myself to attend the iNight just 2 days before the show. OMG IT WAS WRONG. My friends and I kept talking about my most STUPID decision. Was I sure not coming to the show? HEY, THIS IS MY DREAM!!! I DON’T WANT TO MISS IT!!! Then I changed my mind, I decided not to attend the iNight! YES YOU’RE RIGHT ZAKIA! DON”T MISS THE SHOW! YOU’D REGRET IT!!!

I went to the office, I said “I QUIT! I’M NOT ATTENDING THE INAUGURATION NIGHT!” The committees were UPSET! They got a little bit angry. I deserved it. I deserved to get their anger, but I also had a right to choose which one was important to me. And ATTENDING ISKANDAR WIDJAJA’S SHOW IS THE MOST IMPORTANT! I got back my registration fee, and the first obstacle was fixed. YEIY!

IT WAS SATURDAY!!! Time to go to the show! The show was at 8 p.m. I prepared myself since morning. I COULDN’T WAIT. I WAS VERYYYY VERYYYY PASSIONED! My friend and I planned to go to the show at 7 p.m.  and here were the problem. My friend picked me up at 7.30 and the greatest news is: WE DIDN’T KNOW where is TeMBI House of Culture located. O MY LORD. I texted my other friend asking for direction and about 30 minutes we got on the show. ON TIME! But the other problem was, there was no more seat left inside and we had to enjoy the show outside the room, WHAT???!!! But that was ok, because I still could see Issi through 2 huge windows. THANK GOD!

After the show, Isii came out and all of the audience chased him to get his signature and photos. I just stay on my seat and didn’t know what was happening. SILLY ME! I came immediately after I knew that. But the problem was, Isii was too tired and then escaped from the audience. L

Second day, I had to come earlier. The show begun at 2 and I went there at 12. Very early, eh? Hahahahah I arrived there and heard someone was playing violin. HE MUST BE ISSI! I stayed there and listened to the voice. Some minutes passed, someone came out from the room, “where is Issi? Where is he? AAAHH there he is!” HE WAS JUST CHARMING! He walked and looked at me! Iskandar Widjaja = SMILED ELEGANTLY : ), Zakia Kannada = MELTED SCREWY :0! And stupid me I didn’t stop him to ask for his signature and photo. I really regretted it. He was gone, HE WAS HIDDEN! OMG, LET ME SEE MY TO BE HUSBAND!

I waited for him, long long long time. “Where is he? Where is he?” Finally he came! Some people asked for photos and I joined them. We took photos, and he signed my t-shirt. Perfect! NO NO NOT YET! I want an exclusive photo, just he and I, only two! Not much! But he had gone. L

The show begun, I sat in the middle of the first line. Issi stood directly in front of me. HURRAY! He was adorable! HE IS JUST ADORABLE! He blew out my mind while teaching some junior violinist. Oh my God… Oh my God… I couldn’t say anything. My eyes stuck on his face, his move, his play, him.

Idk what to say about the things happened while the show is running. It’s kinda privacy, BAHAHAHA.

The show was over, and again, the fans chased Issi, and then Issi said everyone would get a photo, but we had to queue up. LOL, it was ridiculous. But I did it. Hahahah

PERFECT! NO NO, NOT YET. The epic came at the end. You know what? The photos suddenly gone! WHAAAAAAAAAATTTT!!! I ALMOST DIED to hear that. How could it be? We were soooo….idk. CONFUSED? Yes. UPSET? Yes. DISAPPOINTED? Yes. SAD? Exactly. ANGRY? for sure. Wdk what to do, then we remembered that someone from our university has taken our photo too. So, we looked for her hardly. I texted a music-student-friend of mine, my friend who-went-to-the-show-with-me searched her on facebook. The result? NOTHING.

Then, my friend tried to look for something in internet about the problem, and he found software for retrieving lost-pictures in camera. THAT’S WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT! We went to internet shop and borrowed a card-reader, worked with the software. Result? NOTHING. Omg, we started to be frustrated. We almost gave up. But, hey! There was a mistake! We were scanning drive :H, we should scan drive :G! Change it to drive :G then, and oh la la… WE GOT THE PHOTOOOOOOS!!! THANK GOD SOOO MUCH!

Already PERFECT! NO NO, NOT PERFECT… Issi said, “You don’t need to play PERFECT to be GOOD!”

And that was it all. Freaky weekend, but the point is: ADORABLE ISSI! Adore him madly.