JKT48 First School Festival Report
Well, I decided to go to the their first ever School Festival event yesterday (November, 8th) and here’s my report to that event itself. Please bear in mind that I wasn’t in the correct mood to go out yesterday and my report might have its own bias due to that.
I arrived the festival venue, which is a private school in south of Jakarta, at around 11 AM. Grab the ticket from the Special DVD that I already pre-ordered a few months ago and exchange it for an event coupon with five empty “Attractions Slot”. Each attractions in the event have varied cost ranging from 1 attractions slot to 2 attractions slot.
The most hyped attraction was the cafes from each team (J, K, Trainee) in which they tirelessly promote through Twitter. Pitra told me to try out the trainee cafe and even though I queued, I was considered late and rejected from entry since they already closed the cafe. They will have another session at 2 PM but no thank you, I still have works to do. So yeah, decided to go to Team J cafe instead.
JLusi Cafe – Cost: 2 Attractions Slot
Hyped by many, I was welcomed by Vanka whom gave me her “Vanka” newspaper, the only one that have that kind of newspaper. I decided to sat in a small empty table located in the corner only to be told by the staff to find somewhere else to seat among those fans I don’t even know. They want to make the place as full as possible with all the fans queuing outside, it seems.
Sat somewhere among the fans and not even one members nor staff gave me the menu since they don’t know that I’m their new “customer” and not a part of that fans group there. Okay, I get it, this is a unique “Find Your Own Menu Sheet”-stye of cafe. So I decided to talk to those fans and asked for the menu list sheet they have instead.
From all the menu names of biblical proportions, I was interested in that “Hermes’ something” which description says it better than the title: Dim sum. Nabilah was there near where I sat so asked her to take my order in which she did. Since I can get one free food and one free drinks, I decided to order a glass of guava juice as well.
Legend says Veranda’s Mom made this cake.
While waiting for my order, I found a group that I know sitting on a table in front of me and decided to go there instead so I can have people I know to talk and eat with. I know it’s silly, but I found myself uncomfortable to share a seat with a group of people I don’t know while enjoying my food.
To be honest, my stay here really doesn’t give me a lasting impression. Just think of a restaurant where the members are your waitresses, that’s all. Bunny cafe in Ginza is a lot more better than this but that is perhaps just me since the fans around me seems like they enjoying their short stay here just looking at the members.
Happy Faces
Look at their happy faces! Can’t blame them. That’s why perhaps it is just me that doesn’t really enjoy my short stay at the cafe.
Done with my food, planning to go to K3 Cafe with the guys but since I already sat for too long there, I decided to go on ahead to K3 Cafe alone. Alas, the queue was long as well and since I don’t have enough time and thinking that it will be just another restaurant with the members as the waitresses aka boring, I decided to go to their smaller scale attractions.
KIII’s “Self-Portrait Drawing” – Cost: 2 Attractions Slot
As expected, long queue again with securities screaming at my face. You know what, for them, perhaps due to their lack of ethical and manner education, intimidation is the only way to solve the queue problem while apparently there are no railings on the queue line! How are we supposed to know where we should queue if there are no railings or at least signage?
Got in and Viny, Via, Uty were there. Okay, cool, Viny’s good at drawing and perhaps I could get my self-portrait drawn by her. With good air conditioning, the queue doesn’t really felt that long. Just a few rows left when a young guy in front of me asked me to choose other members than Viny since he would like his self-portrait be drawn by her. Okay, not a problem. The only problem is, I forgot Via’s nickname so I asked people around what’s her nickname is. It would be weird if I suddenly say her full name when I’m conversing with her.
Since it doesn’t really matter to me who gonna draw my portrait, I asked someone behind me and he said Uty. Okay then, Via it is.
We don’t talk that much, apparently she is a type that is hard to find something to converse with people she deemed a stranger. She even asked “What’s next?” after the short introduction part. That being said, we just exchanging banters after banters for four minutes or so. A lot more better than handshake I’d say. She was shocked though when I said I’m a thirty-something guy after she asked me which major I took currently. Hey, what would you know, for the first time ever someone said I look younger than my age.
My Face: Via’s Rendition (Minus the glasses)
Done and I left the venue since I got no time left. I still got one slot free on my coupon though.
Verdict: The hyped cafes (at least JLusi in my case) is far from a satisfying experience. On the other hand, the smaller attractions worth more than it looks. Just ask one of our Jadilah Nekad participant, Mr. Adik, who also agree that the smaller attractions, be it team KIII, J or Trainees, are better as immortalized by a friend of mine, Ryand.
さて、僕は昨日（11月8日）JKT48初の学園祭に行くことにした。これはそのイベントのレポートなんだけど、この日僕はあまり乗り気でなかったし、ちょっとばかり私見が入ってると思って欲しい。
南ジャカルタの私立学校を使った会場に着いたのは午前11時ころ。数ヶ月前に特別版DVDを注文し、それに入っていたチケットを手にして。これは5枚の｢アトラクション券｣からなるイベントクーポンと交換できる。アトラクションを楽しむにはそれぞれ1枚あるいは2枚の券と引き換えになるんだ。
一番盛り上がってたアトラクションは、メンバーも一生懸命ツイッターで宣伝していた各チーム（J, K, Trainee）のカフェだ。ピトラが僕にトレーニーカフェを勧めたのでそれに並んだけど、もうカフェが閉まるので間に合わないとみられた僕は入場を断られた。2時にもう一回トレーニーカフェが開くんだけど、もういいや。まだ他にやることがあったし。なのでかわりにチームJカフェに行くことにした。
J Lusi Café ： 券2枚
たくさんのメンバーが盛り上げ、僕はファンカにお出迎えされた。｢ファンカ新聞｣をもらったけど、こんな新聞があったのは彼女だけ。僕は空いている角の小さなテーブルに座ることにしたが、スタッフに他のテーブルを探すよう言われた。見知らぬファンがいるテーブルだよ。どうもスタッフは外に並んでいるファンをできるだけ詰め込みたいようだ。
ファンたちと一緒に座ったけど、メンバーもスタッフも僕が今来た客だってことも一人客だということにも気付かず、誰もメニューを持ってきてくれなかった。オッケーわかったよ。これは｢自分でメニューを探せ！｣スタイルの珍しいカフェってことだな。なので代わりにファンに話しかけてメニューを取ってもらった。
聖書に出てくる人名が並ぶメニューの中から｢ヘルメスなんちゃら｣に僕は興味を持った。｢点心風｣ってただし書きよりも説明文はもっとおいしそうに書いてある。僕が座っていた席の近くに注文を取る係りのナビラがいて、僕はナビラに注文した。飲み物1杯と食べ物1つが無料、僕はグアヴァジュースも頼んだ。
注文したものを待っていると目の前のテーブルに知っているグループがいたので、知ってる人たちとしゃべったり食ったりできるからそっちに移ることにした。どうでもいいことだったけど、知らないグループの人と一緒に座って食べるのは居心地悪かったしね。
正直なところ、このカフェでは忘れられないほどの印象は無かったなぁ。あーメンバーがウエィトレスやってんだぁ・・・そう思っただけ。銀座のバニーカフェの方が僕にはずっといい、でもそう思ったのはたぶん僕だけだな。僕の周りのファンは短い時間でもメンバーを見て楽しめてたみたいだし。
彼らのうれしそうな顔を見てくれ！彼らは責められない。だからこそ僕だけがカフェでの短い時間を楽しめなかったんだろうってことだ。
食べ終わってみんなと一緒にK3カフェに行こうということになったが、ずっと長く座りっぱなしだったので僕は先に一人でK3カフェに行くことにした。あいにくやっぱり行列は長く、あまり時間がなかった僕は、メンバーがウェイトレスやってるもう一軒別の退屈なレストランなんだろうと自分に言い聞かせ、もっと小さなアトラクションに行くことにした。
K3の｢似顔絵描き｣ ： 券2枚
思ったとおりにここも長い列、セキュリティスタッフが僕の顔の方に向かって叫んでいた。彼らは道徳やマナーの教育が不足しているため、脅しこそが列の乱れを解決する方法なんだ。列には何の仕切り線も無いんだよ。仕切り線も最低限の表示も無いのに、どこに並ぶんかどうやって知ればいいんだろうね？
中に入ったらフィニ、フィア、ウティがいた。オッケー、いいね。フィニは絵を描くのが得意だし、どうも（列の順番から言って）僕の似顔絵はフィニに描いてもらえそうだ。エアコンも効いていて、待ちはまったく長いと感じなかった。あと何人かになったところで、僕の前の若いファンがフィニに似顔絵を描いてもらいたいからフィニ以外のメンバーを選んでくれないか？と僕に頼んできた。オッケー、問題ないさ。ただ問題は僕がフィアのニックネームを忘れちゃってたことで、周りの人に彼女のニックネームを聞いちゃった。だって彼女と話すことになって、突然彼女をフルネームで呼んだらヘンだからね。
誰が僕の似顔絵を書くかは僕には大した問題じゃなかった。後ろの人に聞いたら彼はウティに描いてもらいたいんだと。ということで僕はフィアに描いてもらうことになった。
僕とフィアはそんなに話さなかった。彼女は知らない人と会話のネタを見つけるのが明らかに得意じゃないタイプだ。短い自己紹介の後彼女は｢それから？｣とまで聞いてきた。そうはいっても僕たちは4分かそこら冗談を言い合っていた。握手会よりもずっといいね。今何を専攻してるの？と聞かれ、僕は30代だと言ったら彼女はショックを受けてたけど。おいおい、僕が歳よりも若く見えるって言われるのは前代未聞だ。意味わかる？
終了、そして時間が無かったので僕は会場を後にした。まだ券は1枚残ってた。
感想： にぎやかなカフェ（少なくとも僕の場合J Lusi）は満足にはほど遠いものだった。一方小さなアトラクションは見た以上に価値があった。我々のJadilah Nekadツアーの参加者であるMr. Adikに聞いたところ、小さいアトラクションの方がチームK3であれJであれトレーニーであれ面白いってことに同意してた。僕の友人Ryandがそれを記念に録画するほどにね。
Japanese Translation by Japarta
well my visit to the pensi is a bad experience for me too bro .. . got 2 ticket with 10 coupon total .. . but used only 1 stamp for stage performance . .. cause i see the que for each class attraction is like crazy long lines of people. . . .so i decided to go the stage instead. . . .where suddenly the secuirity and the official JOT photografer said that there could be no picture or filming during the stage act whatsoever .. .but i secretly took photos anyway. when one of the official JOT photograher saw that i was taking picture with my camera he went bananas screaming and spewing out rude words and take my camera and formated its content. . . .that makes my day there pretty much down hill and couldnt enjoy the performance.till the end .. . im questioning the sudden change in filming and taking picture policy where in the HS Gingham check doent apply but in pensi the security and staff are really going at it and not to mention rude sighhh
I thought it was all done to prevent any salkus photo, I think this is a good policy even if it means sacrificing a “good” photographer
can you imagine, how the girls feel, when salkus photographer taking pictures of them when they perform Utsukushii Inazuma in previous handshake festivals
they even send that photos to “miss n” twitter, and since then she looks sad and angry, as a woman I’m sure they feel harassed
and how about if the picture spread to their parents, to the haters, to general public
once again, can you imagine reaction of their parents or the public assumptions about jkt
I know there is more “good” photographer than salkus photographer but as a good fans i think we all agree that we do not want to see any salkus photo
sorry for my bad english
well i wouldnt be complaining if it werent for the rude action of the staff and security. . .come on do you need to be so rude as to shout like a mad man and talking Sh*t to people thats a little overboard .. .
it would help if they put up a warning of no photography and filming on the announcement and on the pensi area before hand…. also there are secuirity check on the front they should have stop people who bring camera on the the event area if this were the case
well what’s done is done, just so many complaining bout the behaviour of the staff and lot of people got their camera memory card taken and formated not to mention handphones .. . just wish they would give out announcement bout this (wheter or not we’re allowed to take picture/filming) in the next event JOT held though
I am sorry if you have a bad day, can we meet I’ll buy you a cup of coffee bro
I think the situation a little heated because placard incident
and i think the secuirity and the official JOT photografer have said before that there could be no picture or filming during the stage act but you secretly took photos, hayo siapa yang bandel
and we are indonesian, we always yelling each other
deng♪ deng♩ deng♫ deng♪ deng♫ aaaaarrgghhh..!! kopi doraemong ♩ ♪ ♫ ♬
oh btw I’m serious about buy you a cup of coffee
what placard incident?
well i’ll admit i a wrong for secretly taking pictur (though im not the only one)
yelling i can understand but “ngomong kotor” is it appropriate?
well i’ll take you aup on that cofee ofer in the next HS Kopla event bro cheer
@Benimaru
i think there are 3 fan who put up a sign with some writing that still joke on Jeje when Jeje is performing on the team J performance on stage
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B17S0zuCUAEuGa_.jpg
here is the picture
Agree with Mr. Angga’s opinion about J-Lusi. The only attraction point is to see the members in angel-like costume acted like a waitress. The cafe even ran out of food when I came at 12:30. What a shame. On the other side, I was pretty impressed with the Trainee’s Maid Cafe. They did a very good job there! =D
The staffs and security need to be taught manner and stuffs. my friends also got his memorycard formatted.
The staffs and security need to be taught manner and stuffs. my friends also got his memorycard formatted.
It would be too long if I share the whole experience here. Aside of the not-taking-photograph-without-warning-before-the-event thing, my only critic was the bad queuing line. It felt like HS in episentrum all over again.
The event’s concept was actually really good. It was held in school, with help from local students. I think JOT would like it since it was low in production cost. All members participated in activity that they themselves design. They feel that they are really belong to the event. This is their own event, and they feel they must do their best for it.
The members learn new experience. They become stronger and more bonded with each other. You don’t have to go to a motivational boot camp to experience such things. Just give them works that could help them cooperate with one another. And that was Pensi meant for them.
do you know, there is a new rules in the next HS Festival, cameras were not allowed into the handshake area
yea . .. the new rules sucks. . . no photo or filming during the handshake event T_T
whoa, really? why is that?
so there will not be any media coverage then?
media coverage is ok . . .but the fans cant take any photo or video during the HS event though .. . man i miss the HS GC event .. . where the fans are still free T_T
Why? Cuz of this
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B2iUVWKCUAAjPM2.jpg
Non Official photo selling..
nope i dont sell non official photo etc .. . all my photo are private collection .. . though i cant say the same for all the other fans. . . .
can I interpret it like this?
-cameras were not allowed into the handshake area
-but cameras still allowed in stage area
no photograph in handshake area, I think its from years ago.
ermm,,, btw, handshake festival/event and handshake area is different,right?
handshake festival/event consist: hs area, stage area, sponsor booth area. am I wrong?
(except river HS event)
i think you are right,
handshake event = only handshake
handshake festival = handshake ++