seCondhand serenade......


John Vesely, who it is said has the vocal range of an 80s hair band, and looks to rival Elvis, wandered through life, from band to band, finding that he could never settle with just one. Then in the summer of 2004, John decided to do it his own way and go solo.

To distinguish himself from the typical singer/songwriter, John adopts the name Secondhand Serenade - a name with far fewer limits than "John". The name Secondhand Serenade allows him to be free to do whatever he feels like, from a solo performance to ten musicians on stage at once.

Secondhand Serenade took off like John couldn't believe - the crowd at live shows and an ever increasing online presence (not least his MySpace page, with a massive 140,000+ friends) prompted him to release his debut album, Awake.

Perfectionist that he is, the studio was top of the range, and John produced the entire ten tracks himself. John not only organised the recording, but everything down to the performances and packaging. And all of this without any label backing.

All of this care and attention paid off, with album sales rocketing and single releases, such as Maybe, doing well on popular radio stations.

A recording contract is now a possibility, but until that day, Secondhand Serenade will continue to independently prosper.
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My first Debate......

good day ladies and gentlemen.....

wejan..... kenapa q jadi ikut2 openingnya speech ya?????

oh ya, hari nie q ma temen2 (anggun, tara, mas Fanny, mas Luqman, mbak nana) da lomba debate. terus ditambah lafi ma lomba ENR, yang ikut shintaIsmi ma lutfi.... acana di unisbank. Acaranya sih g gede banget (scara ruangnya cma 1). Sayangnya bu yulia (pembimbing paling manis n cantik..... *scara cewek*) g bisa ikut…. Dia ngajar klas xii yang dah sering ditinggal2… kami berangkat sama p.khasan, p.teguh doank!

Di perjalanan berangkat sih lmayan asik…. Biasa suLuqman lagi asik godain shinta dengan “ShintaI….” Kasihan sinta… tpi tu jadi hal yang biasa …. Kitabrangkat pake mobilnya p,teguh. Dan sikonnya sesek buanget….!!! Jok depan diisi ma P. teguh n P.khasan. jok tengah diisi ma suLuqman, suFani, suAnggun, ma siShinta. Jok blakang diisi ma suLutfi, suTar, q, ma suNana… bisa itungkan berapa penghuni mobil APV tu?????

Akhirnya kita nyampe di Unisbank, kita harus naek ke lantai 6, untung da lift (klo g, bisa gempor deh kita...) setelah cek2, kita mulai debate nya….. yang pertama maju groupnya suLuqman, spti biasa, they good! Setelah menunggu 1 team beradu, akhirnya team q maju juga…..

Tara perform duluan…. Awal2nya sih bagus, dia g klihatan nerveous…. Tpi di satu kata, dia harus berfikir lama untuk cari arti 1 kata tu….. at least, she spent 5 minuts and 2 second! Lama kan???? Pdahal waktu yang disediain cma 4 menit….. Q perform ke dua. Sumpah nerveous bu’…. Tangan q bergetar semua! Untung tu podium g ikut getar! Menurutku sih slama speech lancar2 ae…. Cma “getar” tadi doank….. anggun perform ke 3, dia bagus, g getar, g lama, g pake mikir2 waktu didepan. Tpi sbelum majunya tu yang bermasalah, dia g bisa buat rebutle sendiri….. (makannya belajar nggun….). setelah tu, kita kembali ke tmpat du2k semula. Berkumpul ma ka2k klas. Merek bilang, kita dah ckup bagus (HORE…..)

Jeng…jeng….jeng… pengumumanpun tiba! 2 team kami g da yang masuk 2 besar!!!! Subhanallah….. yang masuk 2 besar tu mb’2, yang wajahnya kyak ibu2, yang waktu maju g niat…. Kebanyakan “ehm…ehm…” . gmana g gondhuk tu kita??????? Langsung pak khasan bertanya ma mas2 yang jadi presenternya…. G begitu jlas sih… pkoknya intinya Tanya soal regulasi debate….

Wktu nnton final debate, g da yang semangat! Bahkan g da yang tepuk tangan…. Kasihan….. tapi akhirnya, kekecewaan p.khasan sedikit terbayar atas kemenangan mas luqman dkk get the 3th place, and shinta get the2nd place for ENR. Hore…..

Habis dari unisbank, q ma temen2 minta ma p.teguh buat mmpir ke Gramed…. Kita mau habisin uank saku dri skul… (ceileh….). puas di gramed kita langsung mlancong ke rumah masing2, di perjalanan, q deeply, totally, mangkel ma suLuqman! Bayangin, dia nyamaain q ma kambing n ayam!!!!!!!!!! G da yang lbih baik ya????!!!!!! Terus, suFanny juga,,,, walaupun pake bhsa yang halus, teteup sindirannya ngena!! SubhanAllah… ampunilah semua dosa2ku, kalo perlu, berikan dosa2ku pada mereka… hahaha

That’s my 1st debate experience, bye……

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prend....

hola, comment ta les vous????

sbenarnya q dah punya rencana wat ceritain tentang plend2 q yg lumayan buanyak dari dulu, tpi q g bkal critain tentang mereka smua kan???? *bisa2 tangan q kriting kayak rambut q....*
ukeh! langsung saja dari genk DesTadeDrago.... *jeng...jeng....*

genk???(cie.... genk...) sbenernya sih q g suka nyebut genk, coz kita g punyai struktur organisasinya. kita tu terdiri dari 4 makhluk tuhan yang aneh2, g jelas, lucu, mangkelke de.el.el.
here we are.....;
1. Nisa Gantengda Adni (nisul, nisakurap, bisul, chacha, nisa, etc)
nie anak ajaib banget! umurnya ja dah kayak ne2k,(g dink!) tpi sifatnya, SUBHANALLAH..... kayak anak yang baru masuk SD.... she is my best friend ever! q dah lwatin banyak hal sma nie manusia aneh.... nisul tu cantik *ehm...*, pinter *ehm...ehm...*,baik hati *ehm...3x* suka bantu temen n seorang penghibur yang baik..... *ehm 100x*. walaupun ada jga yg g q sukai dari dia.... such as, dia tu manja, cengeng, keras kepala, suka maksa (wlaupun bkan ma q). dah ya about her, q bisa2 diputus! jdi shabatnya..... *sory yank....*
2. Tara Damayanto (tara, sutdjreng, tora, mb' prita, nok, sutd )
nie anak jga antik! moody buanget....!!!!!!!!! kdang2 baiknya setengah mati, tpi tiba2, dia jdi anak yg mangkelke buanget....!!!!!! klo dri sipat2 nie anak, agak g ajuh beda dari yang diatas no.... tpi krena eh karena nie anak paling muda (bontot) dri anggota destadedrago, ni anak paling dimanja, disayang, di apikki, dll. i do the same thing with her, that is don't tell much about her, because she is my followers..... hehehe
3. Welutama Tungga Dewi (cuwild, welut, ndut,)
nie anak paling pendiem n jarang eksist! yah.... karena nie anak kyaknya malu2, padahal, malu2in!!!!!!!!! cma orang yg deket (kyak kita2) yg bisa tahu gmana antiknya nie orang..... dia tu cantik (secara penggemarnya bejibun chuy.....), pinter, sregep!, lucu, gendut, aneh, HeRi (heboh sendiri) de.el.el (lupa chuy....! ) dia tu kadang2 heri kalo lgi da fans2nya yg nekat! contohnya : si a (maklum lpa namanya....) mau dateng ke rumah q wat nemuin welut, scara lgi kmpul2 di rumahq. eh..... si welut nie Heri! bingung sendiri lah, takut lah, malu lah, etc. gila g???? mana da orang kyak gitu ???? berilah q kesabaran untuk menghadapinya....... amien....
4. finally me Lintang Setyowati (mba'tang, sul, sulintang, untung, kentang, batang, de.el.el (q lpa, klo da yang inget, tambahin ja g pa2!!!!!)
q tu orangnya yg paling dewasa (ceileh....), tomboy, gendut, gede, kuat, galak, etc. sebenarnya, di dalam tbuh q nie jga da sisi kelembutannya lho...., hanya orang yg very2 clossed to me taht know about it. so poor who dont know me well..... ehm.... terus satu lagi yang aneh dari diri q ini, q tu selalu diajak temend2 q curhat masalah dunia percinataan mereka, so, sebagai temend yang baik, q beri nasehat donk....*masak beri nasi kucing*, and some of them can recieve it. but actually, q tu g pernah ngrasain yang namanya jatuh cinta(bener2 jatuh cinta) kalo cma kagum and simpati doank sih pernah, tpi kalo jatuh cinta mpe jadian tu NEVER! yah.... karena dah di wanti2 ma bapake wat jgan pacaran dulu, ma sifat q yg susah diterima co kali ya.... (ju2r euy....) tpi anehnya, dari mana q dapet ilham buat nasehatin mereka yg lgi punya masalah ma dunia percintaan mereka????? itu yg masih q tanya2in..... karena g enak klo ngomongin diri sendiri, so, q minta ma smua yg baca post ni, kasih tahu pendapat kaliyan ttg q.... please......

uke! destadedrago dah selesai..... lanjut ke temen2 yag laen......
1. Novita chandra dewi maut markonah.....
nie cew cantik, imout, manis, tpi sayang kdang agak dodol! g konek gitu deh..... (ex : masak dia g tahu pa2 ttg pramuka????) pie, maapkan q..... nie anak pacaran ma temen q jga, he is Rizky Agung Setyabudi Markonah...... ni co sma kayak cew nya.... g jelas! sumpah! cma orang yg memberrikan perhatian yg khusus ma dia waktu bicara yg ngerti apa yang dia omongin.... ngenes bandet kan?????? udah wat mereka berdua yg lagi kasmaran.....
2. Inayatul Inayah
sbenernya dia dah jdi temen q dari smp, cma lbih deket ja waktu esema, secara dia temen sebangku q..... bisa dibilank, gaya temenan q ma dia tu ANARKIS! gmana g, q ma diya suka melakukan kekerasan satu sama lain (jiwit2an lah, balank2an lah, omongan kasar2 lah dll.) ga tau knapa gya pertemanan kita kyak gitu, pa gara2 kita terkenal galak tpi dalemnya g, jadi kita bisa memahami 1 sama lain. nia anak g bisa ditebak! kadang a, kadang b. tpi yang q suka dari Ina yaitu, tulisannya rapi banget chuy..... dia bisa jadi juru tulis q di kelas, heheh.... selain tu, ni anak jga aktif banget! bayangin ja, dia dah ikut 5 diklat(MOS, pra LDK, LDK, persami, baratongs(BARATA)! padahal q cma ikut2, subhanallah..... kyaknya nie anak punya 2 suku cadang sekaligus...... *plok...plok...*
dah ya... dah male, kalo da temen2 q yang aneh lagi, pasti q bakal critain, bye....
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diary work 3......

last weekend, i went to pensaga at sma 3 semarang, i go there after i had a long discusion with my mom....

then, i go there with meylinda, ida, tyas and boncu..... we went to semarang at 1 pm. we went to CL first. we got shopping, window shopping, eating, and others.... i bought a shirt there, it was so cheaped, it was only 20000 ,-......

and after we felt enough for shopping, we continued our activities in gramedia. i wanted to buy a novel, actually, but it fell down after i saw the price... it was expensive....!!!!!!!! and i didnt buy the ticket for pensaga..... finally i choosed to buy mathematics book, i know that i was not good in math, so i must practiced it.....

after bought some books, meylinda and the other sent me to nisa's house. i got dinner there. and then my other friends come to got their tickets. after they got it, i asked them to bought a ticket for me. actually my mother let me went with some rules, they were :

1st : i went there with friends
2nd : i must sleep in my aunt house
3th : i could not stand in a crowded place
4th : i must go home at 8 pm......!!!!
can you imagine it???? 8 pm????? if u know, the party will start at 7 pm......
how long i there?????

fortunatelly, my aunt went to my house, and when she back to semarang she will picked me up. so, it was give me a little much time to be there. the party was started, it openned by vocal group. theire voice were so beautifull. and then, there were some band from other city performed. my friends (nisa, vonny, maya, sindhu ) and i, got drinks. we set under the tree....... uhuy! fortunately, there were no leaves that fellin our drinks....

suddenly my aunt called me, she said that she there in front of sma3, it was mean that my time was over. (oh no......!!!! ). and i after that, i got some pictures with my friends. sindhu took our pictures. and then, i went to meet my aunt, and went home. the party was different with samansade annyversary party, pensaga was a best party i ever saw!!!!

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