JKT48 2nd Anniv Concert – From the Eye of a Mother
by Angga · December 23, 2013
Long story short, my mum tag along
The long story is, my mum suddenly said she wanted to watch JKT48 concert. And I thought this will be a great opportunity to gave her something for the Mother’s Day! I mean, I was completely confused about what kind of a gift I should give her for the special day. So yeah, I took her to the concert with me although honestly, I kinda worried about her feet if she has to queue for too long. Fortunately, a friend of mine convinced me that the queue won’t take too long since I got the VIP tickets.
D-day and I was there a few hours before the 2nd show with my mum. She kinda hungry so I decided to grab a plate or two at a local small restaurant. Met Bas and also Ryand and introduce them to my mum in an effort to let her blend well to the community once the concert start. Paid for her meal and we decided to wait around the venue until around 5:30 PM.
Met Pipu there and I introduce him to my mum to clear the misunderstanding that I was meeting and dating a girl named Pipu for more than one occurrences . Too bad I can’t meet with Pitra to clear the misunderstanding too. I understand she kinda worried her big baby is still doesn’t want to get married yet and prefer to spend his time working overtime in his office small cramped room. I’ll try to find a wife someday for you mum
5:30 PM and we decided to enter the venue, my mum and I kinda get separated from the group. And alas, we have to wait until they open the gate to the stage. The problem is, there’s no chair available! People were sitting on the floor waiting for the gate to be opened. I was a-okay with that, but I’m not really sure with my mum. Well, she forced herself to sat on the floor although I know it must be painful for her poor old back.
Something out of expectation happened, my mum blended too well with the fans!
She was sharing a picture together with a fan-girl coming with her boyfriend and chin-wagging with her the whole time. I mean like, hey, I was worried for nothing She even asked me to took her picture together with the fans and send it over to my little bro who is currently living overseas. Of course, with him laughing with no end knowing that I just leisurely brought our mum to the concert.
I didn’t took much participation in the girls talk though, still trying to find a way to live report the concert on stuff while my phone signal was unbelievably bad.
Six past something we enter the gate to the stage. Trying to find a place to seat since all the middle column was already taken. Thankfully, Febry spotted us and call me and my mum. We seated on the back row but hell yeah, we got the middle column. Which means, we will get the best audio acoustic experiences as possible. As for visual, not really bad. Back row in VIP is still pretty close to the stage. Not to mention that there were two big screen hanging there too.
Met Mario and his wife, Ines, Rendy, and Masova there and I introduce my mum to them too. I tried to explain their NusantaRanger project to my mum, but it seems that she doesn’t get it, yet . Long story short, my mum blended well with the fans, again.
Show start! From this point on my mission is to write a live report for Stuff as well as looking at mum reaction.
Suffice to say that she was enjoying the show. The splendid performances shown by the girls as well as incredibly arranged lighting and perfect audio acoustic made everything a very pleasuring experience to my mum. She also went a little bit teary watching Stella’s solo performance, especially after I explained to her that she will graduating soon and this is her last concert.
She played with her lightstick given to her by the officials and Mario. She even more active in playing her lightstick than me
She’s getting hysterical in River and started to sing along with the girls. Not knowing much of the songs doesn’t really hinder her from enjoying the show as she seems to be really interested in the girls’ theater songs. At MC sessions, she’s affixed to Haruka and Kinal, perhaps both of them could be used as a weapon to attract older general audiences
She also laughed at the commentaries made by my friends, especially at the MC session where the girls did their “Cute Face” expression whereas all the fans went literally slumped in their seat and screaming like a little girl watching Justin Bieber’s concert with mouth covered in bubbles. Yes mum, we all puking rainbows that night
And anyway, she did the KFC dance which then noticed by my friends
The climax of the concert for me was the performance of New Ship. Saw my mum smiled and clap her hands several time. It’s not easy to impressed her with mere dance and singing performance since she already has a lot of experiences attending various Broadway’s event and also classic opera shows such as THAT Phantom of The Opera performed in Her Majesty’s Theater, London.
But then again, seeing her enjoying the concert and even smiled and clap her hands several time in New Ship performance is really extraordinary for me. I can’t really tell if she downgraded her taste just for this show or really honestly enjoying the show, but the smile she shown is more than enough proof for me that she also love these girls as much as I do.
The concert was over and we said our good bye to my friends with Ines trying to convinced my mum to watch JKT48 theater performance. On the way outside, I notice she covered her nose and I kinda understand why , the experience of watching the show splendidly ruined by the smell of…….teenagers’ sweat…
But then again, mission success! She enjoyed the show, she talk a lot about the show especially Kinal and Haruka on our way home.
Happy Mother’s Day, Mum!
手短に言うと、お袋がついてきちゃったって話
ちゃんと説明すると、突然お袋がJK48のコンサートを観たいと言い出した。で、僕はこれは母の日のプレゼントに打ってつけで渡りに船だ思ったわけだ。というのも、いつも何を贈ろうかと悩んでしまうからね。まあともかくも、僕は謹んでお袋をコンサートに連れて行くことにしたのだ。でも、長い行列に並ぶことになるので、お袋の足が大丈夫かちょっと心配だったけれど、VIPチケットだからそんな行列にはならないよと、友人の一人が安心させてくれた。
そしてDデーが来た。僕は2回目の公演の数時間前に、お袋と会場に着いた。お袋がお腹が空いたようなので、近くの小さな食堂で何かつまむことにした。そこでバスとリャンドに会ったので、コンサート会場で僕の友達とうまく馴染んでもらうべく、お袋を彼らに紹介した。お袋に食事を済ませてもらって、僕らは5時半くらいまで会場周辺で待つことにした。
そこでピプに会って、彼もお袋に紹介した。僕がいつも会ってるピプというのは、お袋がそう思ってる女の子なんかじゃない、とはっきりさせるためでもあった :lol: 残念なことに、ピトラには会えなかったので同じ濡れ衣を晴らすことは出来なかったけれど。どうやら、お袋が、結婚もせずに狭苦しい仕事場で仕事漬けの大きな赤ちゃん(僕のこと)を心配してるらしいことは分かっていた。大丈夫だよ、そのうち奥さんを見つけるさ
5時半になったので、僕らは入場することにした。僕とお袋はちょっとグループと離れてしまった。まずいことに、開門までしばらく待たなきゃいけなかったけど、周りには全然椅子がなかったんだ! みんな地べたに座り込んで開門を待っていた。僕はそれでもよかったけれど、お袋にはちょっとね。でも、お袋は床に座らざるを得なかった。もう歳だし背骨にきたんじゃないかと思う。
このあたりから、予想以上のことが起こるんだ。僕のお袋が周りのファンとすごく馴染み始めたのだ
カップルで来ていたファンの女の子と写真を撮って、その後もずっとおしゃべりしていたのを見て、僕は安心した :lol: そうこうしていると今度は、海外にいる僕の弟に送るので、ファンたちと一緒の写真を撮れとい言いだす始末。僕がお袋を気晴らしにコンサートへ連れ出したなどとは全く知らないから、あいつ抱腹絶倒するだろうな。
僕はと言えば、ガールズ・トークもさることながら、JKT48Stuff に現場中継を送るべく四苦八苦していた。携帯のシグナルがどういうわけか全然立たないのだ。
6時ちょっと過ぎにゲートを通って会場に入った。席を確保しようとしたが、真ん中あたりはすでに埋まっていた。ありがたいことに、フェブリーが僕とお袋を見つけてこっちへ来いと呼んでくれた。後ろのほうではあったけれど、真ん中の席に座ることが出来た。ここは音響的にも一番いい場所だしステージへの見通しもそう悪くない。 VIP席の後方だったけれど、それでも十分ステージに近い。そうそう、ステージの脇には大きなスクリーンが二つぶら下がっていた。
そこでマリオと奥さんのイネス、それからレンディとマソヤに会ってお袋を紹介した。僕はお袋に、彼らの“NusantaRangerプロジェクト”を説明したが、よく分かってなかったみたいだな :lol: 言いたいのは、ここでもお袋は周囲とすっかり馴染んでいたということだ。
ショーが始まった!これからのぼくの使命は、現場中継を送ることと、お袋のリアクションを観察することだ。
お袋はショーを楽しんでいたと言えば十分だろう。メンバーの素晴らしいパフォーマンスと、目もくらむばかりの照明の演出、完璧なサウンドのすべてがお袋をとても喜ばせた。
お袋は、公演グッズのおまけとマリオからもらったのと、ライトスティックを二本持っていて僕よりも激しく振っていた
RIVERが始まるともう絶好調、歌詞もよく分からないのに一緒に歌うのだ。本当に公演に興味を惹かれて心底楽しんでいるのがありありと分かる。MCセッションでは、はるかとキナルに注目していた。きっとあの二人には、ジジババ・キラーの素質があるんだろう
お袋はまた、僕の友人たちの反応も笑いながら聞いていた。特にMCでメンバーたちが“ぶりっ子顔”をするたび、観客がジャスティン・ビーバーのファンのごとく、口から泡を吹いて悶絶する姿に大笑いしていた。そうなんだ、母さん。僕らはありったけ発散してるんだ
さらに友達が教えてくれたんだけれど、お袋は“恋チュン”を踊っていたらしい
僕にとってのこの夜のクライマックスはNEW SHIPだった。お袋も笑顔で手拍子をしていた。お袋は、ブロードウエイで結構な数のショーを観ているし、ロンドンの劇場でオペラ座の怪人なんかも観たことがあるので、ありきたりの歌やダンスでは驚かない。
でも、このコンサートで、NEW SHIPに笑顔で手拍子を打つお袋の姿は、僕にとって特別のものだった。自分の嗜好のハードルをちょっとばかり下げたのか、心のそこからショーに魅了されているのかは定かでなかったが、お袋の笑顔は僕と同じくらいメンバーたちを気に入っている何よりの証拠だと思った。
ショーは終わり、僕らはサヨナラを言い合った。イネスはお袋にJKT48劇場の公演をぜひとも観るようにと力説していた。外に出ようとした時、僕はお袋が鼻を押さえているのに気がついて訝ったが、すぐに思い当たった :lol: 会場に充満したティーンエイジャーの匂いに圧倒されたのだ。
でも、まあ使命は成功した!お袋はショーを堪能し、帰途もそのことばかり話していた。特にキナルとはるかのことを。
楽しい“母の日”だったね!母さん。
Side Story | The next morning, found a note : “Dear Son, Make sure to make Kinal your wifey” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
<追記> | 翌朝起きたらお袋のこんなメモを見つけた。「お前、絶対キナルをお嫁さんにしなさい」・・・・・・
Japanese Translation by Tokyo Pop
like this quote:
“Dear Son, Make sure to make Kinal your wife”
If there is one thing that I can’t promise my mum, that would be the number one on my list
…. and then, Haruka for me, and it will be a happy ending story nyahaha *kabur*
Anyway, that was a nice present for our mom, thanks Big Bro ! I wish I could do something
Just send your hard-earned Yen back to home, lah
What a wonderful report!
Angga san, let’s take your mum to next HS event, she should meet both Kinal and Shan, right?
Hehehe
Ananda san!
Next week end, let’s have “our concert” again in Tokyo.
We must try more than 70song, tidak mau kalah sama JKT ah!
Anyway, happy mother’s day in indonesia!
Nooooo, HS event is out of the question
Shan or KInal…
To be or not to be,that is the question,Angga!
This is hard…
@japarta: 了解Japartaさん!連絡してくださいね。。XD
Jawabannya ya iya lah~~~
Wkkkk
Actually, I’ve always wondered, why is she called “Kinal”?
Her official name is
Devi Kinal Putri (http://jkt48.com/member/detail/id/8?lang=id), but she has always held herself as “Kinal”. The only time I’ve ever seen her tagged as “Devi” was her appearance in AKB Shukan. (Which is hardly the beacon of accuracy)
Is “Devi” a patronymic? Or her surname?
Actually, all of her siblings have “Kinal” somewhere around their name. She’s the only one going with “Kinal” as a nickname though. The reason is, she simply doesn’t like how Sundanese sometimes spelled her first name by replacing V with an P. So yeah, she likes “Devi”, but she finds it hard to chew if people called her “Depi”, hence, she chose the safest way by going with “Kinal”
If I’m not mistaken, Japanese pronounce “Kinal” with “Kinaru”, isn’t it? Japanese are familiar with the name “Kinaru” instead of “Devi”. There’s online shop with the name “Kinaru” such as:
http://www.kinaru.com/
and
http://www.rakuten.ne.jp/gold/kinaru/
Man, that must be confusing at family dinners. But I have noticed that Orang Sunda seem to well represented in the JKT48 family.
What’s your mom’s opinion about the hip-shaker 30 (Hey3x)?
“SHE’S FIFTEEN?? Son, you should really get your priorities set right.”
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA I can’t stop laughing reading this remark!!!!!
Colin McRae “if in doubt flat out”
Females can get married at 16 in Indonesia. (Ref: UU No. 1 Tahun 1974 tentang Perkawinan)
Just saying……
……. HALP!
LOL! Angga-san, you should really listen to your mom
Wota family! Impressive! I wish I had.
My mom’s reaction when we were accidentally watching JKT48 on TV:
Mom: Jesus Christ, son! Look at those very young girls! They got very short skirt, they got their belly showed, they got heavy make up, dancing and singing like adults.
Me: Uhm, mom, i think……
Mom: Look at that one! (I believed she was pointing at Nabilah). She is dancing as if a demon has possessed her.
Me: But mom, i don’t think…..
Mom: In my times, when I was at their age, we used to blah…blah…blah…Girls nowadays are blah…blah…Their parents should have blah…blah..blah…etc,etc…
Me:??????
Mom: By the way son, they called themselves JKT48. Do you know them, son?
Me:Well…..uhmm……Nope! Never heard.
Conclusion: I’ll think twice before asking my mother for watching the concert.
Wahahahaha!
In my brain, I can imagine you and your mother’s scene perfectly.
I’m sorry Herman san, but it’s so funny story!
But, “YOU CAN DO IT!”.
Ayo lah! Ayo lah! Ayo lah!
日本人読者の皆様へ
脚注をつけ忘れました。Anggaさんが親孝行した週末、インドネシアの「母の日」はまさに12月22日なんです。
my mum just doesn’t like the girls
basically because the enormous member
she got a hard time to focus on which member that she need to pay attention to