October 26th 2013 was the day that I’ve been waiting for
in that entire year. That’s the day when my favorite band came to Jakarta. It
was Guiness Arthur’s Day’s event. I was so thrilled when Sound Rhytm as the
promotor brought Mew, my favorite Danish band to Jakarta. For almost a monht
before the event I’ve asked my boyfriend if he wanted to come with me. I got yes
for the answer. I couldn’t be happier!
I borrowed my cousin’s car and I left my house around 11
AM. I wore my Mew’s shirt that I made through my friend. I was so excited that
my palms were sweating along the trip. I practiced by singing all of Mew’s song.
It was the 3rd times they come to Indonesia. First in 2009 on Java Rockin’ Land
event, second in 2011 on Soundburst Festival in Surabaya and the third in 2013
on Guiness Arthur’s Day at JIExpo Hall.
I arrived around 2 PM. I got out off the car and saw
there were still few people there so I went back to the car. I ate my lunch
while I was waiting the gate to open. The clock’s ticking and it was already
noon. I grabbed my bag and went to the line. There were so many frengers
(that’s what they called people who love Mew) wearing Mew’s shirt. The more I
saw the people passing by with the shirt the more excited I was.
Around 6.30 the gate was finally opened. I was getting
close to the gate as one by one handed out the ticket to the guide. It’s my
turn and I could feel my heart was beating so fast. The ticket was trade with a
can of beer but I didn’t drink it. When I passed the gate I rushed to the
building and I did scream a lil bit just to released the excitement. The room
was very cold and there were already many people who made a line. It was not
just Mew who would perform that night but there’s also One Republic and Club 8.
The door was opened near 8PM. I grabbed Dimas’ hand and
ran as fast as I could so I could stand right in front of the stage. We made
it. Club 8 performed first. I actually don’t know much about their song, so I
sat on the carpet. The second was One Republic. I still sat on the carpet while
everyone was jumping around. Dimas’ cellphone battery was running out and he
asked for a permission to go to the car to get the powerbank. I said yes but I
told him to hurry because I didn’t want to miss my favorite band’s performance
without him.
When One Republic was done performing it was my turn to
stood up and waited for Mew while most of the people there resting by sitting
on the carpet. I received a text message from Dimas told that he couldn’t make
it to the outside because it was so crowded which means he haven’t took the
powerbank. I was panic because he also told me that there’s no way he could
make it to the front stage.
I was so angry that I almost cried. I told him I would
come to him after I finished with 2-3 songs. After waited for almost 30 minutes
the curtain was lifted. The first song they played was Special. I would have
been passed out if I did lose control. I screamed as loud as I can because
that’s my all time favorite song. I sang as loud as I could and I jumped as
high as I could. I could see Jonas (the lead singer) right in front of my face.
I could see his hair, his lips and also his eyes. Nothing could replace that
feeling. 3 songs had already performed and as I promised before, I went to see
Dimas. He sat near the sound control. Then we could guess what happened next. I
spent the rest of the night standing far away from the stage.
I apologized for not accompanied him for almost an hour
because he only stood in the back probably couldn’t see the stage as clear as I
did. The performance was really really great. I had goosebumps many times. I
almost cried again because I really dont know what’s with the Mew whole thing.
It’s just melt my heart away.
The last song was Comforting Sounds. That is what they
always do everytime they do a performance, play Comforting Sounds as their
closing song. As the song was being played, the confetti was slowly falling
down covered up every corner of the place. This time I really did cry. I did. I can't expect nothing but hoping they will come back again to Indonesia.
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