Stephanie Aurelrica Tassya Yoe

hectic month!

2010-12-12T00:10:00.000-08:00

Hello all,

I apologize for not updating this blog, I will soon though! I am in the middle of an exam week right now and it has been terribly busy!

Yes, its me versus FIVE EXAMS.

Wish me luck!

best,

stephanie aurelrica tassya yoe

salut, its been ages :)

2009-08-31T21:51:00.001-07:00

Hello everyone,

It has been ages ever since I tried writing. It’s just that, I have not been getting enough motivation to write. Nothing seemed interesting in my head at all. I couldn't find anything bizarre or an interesting subject to write about. To be perfectly honest, during my summer, I was a machine that doesn't have a power off button to it. I just kept on working and working and working, except for the fact that “working” in this sentence is in the "keeping myself busy" term.
I'm not sure why but something inside me wants to write. The urge of writing just inspired me to sit in front my laptop and give directions to my fingers onto which letters should I press. Right now, I don't even have a topic in mind but I just want to write, so everyone please, BARE WITH ME lol ♥

Ah! I've just got the best subject to write about. Since I was too busy during the summer, I think it's fair for you guys to know what I did during my whole 5 months holiday. A lot of things went on starting from Bali, an internship at Indovision, Sanggar Yoe and Gunawan, This Is Where It All Begins Album, John Robert Powers ending in Babson College, Massachusetts.

My summer vacation all started when I forced my parents to buy me a ticket to Jakarta because I have bought a ticket from Jakarta to Bali on March. Since I kept on persisting and pushing them, they finally agreed. Therefore I flew over from Seattle to Jakarta a day before my classes were finally over. First destination – BALI, the paradise of summer living.

Spring Break Bali 2009

What can I say about Bali Spring Break? There is only ONE word to describe it. TREMENDOUS AWESOMENESS, oh shoot that's two words. Sorry, my bad. Thus, there are only TWO words then. I want to say thank you to all my friends who made that just one week an enjoyable week! It was certainly extraordinaire and thrilling! There, new objects were introduced to me. I experienced new things that I've never experienced before and it was all exhilarating! Let me ask you guys this one question. What is Bali famous for? You are correct if you've answered THE BEACH in your heart, or maybe whispered it just at the tip of your mouth. Irony Irony and then Irony. I went to Bali but I didn't even step a foot on a beach at all. HAHA. FAIL! My friends and I slept in until the late afternoon and ate dinner after our baths and swimming routine. Night time became the best part of the day. Everyone waited for the sun to set down and the stars to show up. That is basically what we did for most of the days. That trip was...........Priceless :)

This Is Where It All Begins

Keeping my time unwasted, I’ve decided to get something for my fellow friends because they are graduating this year. They’ve been generous to me so I figured that its my time to give them something back. After hours and days of thinking, I finally realized and found the perfect gift that they couldn’t find anywhere else. Even if they’ve looked all over the world for it! I made them a CD of me singing, a cover of a bunch of old songs. It took me a long month to take in the vocals part and to do some mixing and stuff however, it was all worth the time. I was satisfied with myself and the best part is that, my parents were proud of me.

FAIL MOMENT: I’ve counted the people that I wanted to give out to and the number went down to a maximum of 250 copies. When i went to the CD copying factory, they told me that the minimum order for copying is a thousand copy. No other choice was available for me to consider because once they press the copy button, a thousand CD’s would be released out all with the same songs. I couldn’t do much to change their policy and regulations so I agreed. On Sunday afternoon, I heard a knock on my house door. There I saw at least seven huge boxes waiting to be picked up and be put in inside my house. ONE THOUSAND COPIES. What am I supposed to do with all these CD’s? Thank God, people were very interested in them so I lost 350 copies in no time ♥. It’s all good .

After a month of recording and doing audio engineering, my passion for music became more visible. It was obvious that I had a strong interest in this subject, no doubt about it. My dream of becoming a musician had grew more into the business aspect of it. I now want to have a career within the music business, including owning a production house that finds new music talents and manage them, and also a record label of my own. This is a for sure vision that I have right now.

Indovision

Just as I was busy going in and out from the studio, I had an internship working at Indovision. This was not just a regular internship. There were the six of us who received the opportunity to attend this. I know that we are considered very lucky to have this kind of experience because not everyone has the connections and network into having it. So thank you tano ! hehe. Well back to the internship stories. During the internship, I’ve learned so much things that textbooks wouldn’t even write on. I’ve learned the business hands-on, practically attended every meeting and am allowed to ask as many questions as I want, arranged my own meeting with anyone I want well, it was just perfect. I seriously want to thank tanos family and Ibu Dhini for organizing everything.

In addition to the story, the advertising department heard that I am somekind of a musician and that will someday venture out in the Indonesian’s Music Industry. So they’ve arranged a meeting for me with a record label. At first I didn’t know about it until a friend of mine told me. I was so thrilled about it, even though I didn’t know which label they’re taking me to, but I didn’t really care as long as it’s still a label I can still learn something from them. After a long 3 hours meeting and just hanging out with the people there, I’ve come up with a goal for my production house later on. This is still planned and I’m still hoping everythings would work well. My plan: search for the new artists that sounds different from all the rest. I will be looking for quality, pure quality. I look for musicians who know their materials and the music itself. People who is ready to take the indonesian’s ears up to the next level and to represent indonesia’s music industry within other countries. And I will be the one next to them, guiding, encouraging and managing them. That is still just hope... I’m sure with God guiding me by my side, i will achieve this.

John Robert Powers and SYNG

Don’t laugh now, i did it. I took this intensive course for two weeks because I thought I would be bored during the month and at the time i had nothing else better to do. But I was wrong, at the same time I had to practice vocally for 3 hours daily. I had a teacher that came to my house to teach my cousins and I daily. No, we are not crazy now, no. We had this intensive practice because we were chasing a show that we had to perform. At the same time now, I was giving ideas for the new project that I was working on.

Well now more into the JRP session itself. It was a two weeks intensive course and it was certainly exhausting. I learned the proper way to sit, eat, walk, stand, drink basically everything. Hairstyling, make up, and body control was also a part of it. They’ve taught me all the vital skills to becoming the next miss indonesia type of thing. I seriously did not regret taking those classes. The most important thing to remember is that (girls listen to this). Perfect girls are made out of
30% Looks/physical features
30% Money/ class/ hierarchy of the public and social scales
40% Attitude
Thats what I learned there. I learned more things about myself and it was all a great experience for me. I made lots of awesome new friends from there! so its all good.

SYNG – Sanggar Yoe and Gunawan

SYNG is a join venture between my family and the Gunawan family. It bothers me to see the Indonesian’s music industry lacks on the skills of music itself. Currently, the music bands that sells in Indonesia has no notation nor music quality. They outnumbered the amount of qualified, true musicianship. That, seriously bothers me. It got me thinking of what kind of music sells and why is that. Then, I asked my aunty to help me organize something that might have influenced the industry a bit. Since I didn’t have a lot of time in Jakarta left, I had to do everything in an instant. It was a load of exhaustion. We had stage promotion performances every single week. It was chaotic.

Just one afternoon, a phone rang. My mother picked it up and quickly changed her facial expression. She was overjoyed to receive a news saying that I was invited to sing in a luxurious opening event by Summarecon in Kelapa Gading. Without further hesitations, I responded to the idea and agreed to sing for them without any payment. Since I had placed my mind onto promoting SYNG, I came up with the idea that I should involve more people. I asked the teacher if I could’ve just sing in a duet instead of a solo. Stella Tanesha became my partner in the song “When You Believe”. It was awesome everything went well. Some Idol contestants and some Indonesian Artist participated during the event as well. Come to think of it, just being there on stage, performing for the audience is a tremendous honor for me because I know deep inside my heart that I didn’t deserve the opportunity. I still am not good enough. Since God is generous, he gives me chances per chances everytime for me to improve.

Still, there were more offers to sing at various types of events. There were even producers who kept on insisting to make a new album and this time actually is for public and to be sold around the CD stores in Indonesia. However, I turned all the offer down though because I prioritize my studies first just up until I have received my bachelors.

USC OR BABSON?

This question kept me to wander in my own world for weeks. I got accepted to all the universities I’ve applied to except for the one and only uni that my heart belonged to. I got rejected from Berklee College of Music due to my lack of music theory knowledge. HAHA but... whatever. HAHA I understand their reason and completely accepted it with a sad heart. From little, I’ve never learned music theory from the basic therefore I couldn’t read music as fast as others could. That was my mistake though, I shouldve known better before I even applied. But, both USC and Babson accepted me and it took me a very long while to finalize my decision. I’ve decided to move to Babson, and i’ve made the right choice.

this is what i do.

2009-03-07T01:30:00.000-08:00

-days-

Today, yesterday, everyday,
What should I do and what should I say?
Bitter, dismal, forlorn, and lonely,
Ran and placed the light that shone Oh so brightly.

Blessed, delighted yet stale;
Why do I feel blue yet so pale?
Oh pleasure, where are you?
I've never felt you for a day or two.

Depressed, poignant hence sad,
Everything good just all feel bad.
Come oh brightness,
I need you. Earnest.

By: Stephanie Yoe

bonjour world

2009-03-07T00:29:00.000-08:00

"Free writing helps your brain to develop faster and it's healthy" that's what my ex-English teacher once said to me during class. It doesn't even matter what the subject is, as long as you just write. Write whatever you have that's occupying your mind. Just write, don't hesitate nor stop, just write and keep on writing.

I feel like writing right now, but can't seem to find a subject to write on. What would be a great subject? Yes, I am still thinking. Thinking.. still thinking. Okay, can't think of anything. HAHA. I want to write something deep, that sounds intellectually sophisticated hahaha! Like something about life itself.

Why do we hate other people? It has been taught to us that no one is perfect and we should treat other people the way we want to be treated, but still, why do we dislike some human beings?

Life is bizarre in ways. No one is perfect, hence why can't we just accept people for who they are? We are all different and unique in our own ways. Our unique characteristics are what differentiate us all. We should be joyful that we have a trait that others' don't. Everyone has a weakness and strength but some people take others' weaknesses and start to mock. Some even are bothered with others' presence. Nevertheless, a little mistake can turn relationships around. One mistake, that's all it takes, can ruin friendships.

However, as I've mentioned, no one is perfect. Every single day, human beings are expected to sin. We all have sinned, yet God still loves us in every way. He forgives us for the sinful things that we have done in the past, yet why is it so hard for us to forgive others? Why is it so hard for us to forgive and forget? It's not unusual for people to say "I'm not ready to forgive you". Trust me, I've said that before too. But, God forgives everyone and embraces us for who we are. All we think about is others' mistakes that had hurt us. Instead of thinking about the good deeds that that particular person had done for us, we are always remembered by the one mistake he/she did.

Everything takes time. Forgive and forget. Forgive the person that had sinned against you, and forget everything that had happened. Friends are hard to make, but enemies can come within minutes. We always judge people based on our views and dislike them according to our "values". But who are we to judge when we, ourselves, are not even perfect? We have never looked and introspect ourselves at first. Maybe... the problem might lie in... ourselves?

Don't plan.

2009-03-05T09:50:00.000-08:00

What am I doing in this world? Why am I here? What should I fill my days with? What do I want to be when I grow up? Why do these things happen? When am I going to graduate? Who should I trust? Where should I go? How do I achieve my goals?

All these thoughts came rendering, loitering around, and filling up the space in the "thoughts" part of my brain. There are just TOO many questions to think about. But, why should I even think about the things I think about? Life is a puzzle. Today, it's noticeable that I have an unfinished puzzle artwork. Pieces of my puzzle, in which contains my faith, happiness, and strength have currently gone astray. However, I have hope that they will emerge filling up their spaces simultaneously, and naturally when the accurate time has arrived. There is still a fresh, new life waiting for me in the years to arrive. I've realized things occur for a reason, still using the puzzle metaphor; the pieces have its cause as to why they're placed in their spot. They even have their own distinctive shapes that differentiate them from any other pieces!

To sum up my point here, things don't always arise according to your plan; they might even be upsetting at times. The things that we arranged in our mind might sound and feel as if it's the best plan for us; however, it might not be in God's. We are in the condition, spot, place we are in right now for a reason.

A purpose lies ahead of us. Thus, we have no control of our lives, fate, and destiny. Stuff that we want to happen doesn’t always happen. There's nothing we can do about it, except to have faith, be strong and move on. Keep in mind, there's always a good thing concealed, waiting to appear, in the end of bad times. It might even be better than what we had intentionally wanted. There is always a light in the dark. God doesn't make mistakes. He knows us better than ourselves. Therefore, accept and let things happen as the time goes by. Don't mourn and sadden ourselves with what we did not get, enjoy life as it is instead. The years we have left in this world are still left unknown. It's certainly not impossible that today might be the last day of our lives.

Have faith and be strong.

* Although…………………. can we? That's the ultimate question right there.

As Emily once said “Everything ends in a happy ending, if you’re not happy yet, it’s not the end”

why?

2009-03-05T08:43:00.000-08:00

I should be grateful that my parents sent me all the way, far from home, to study. I should be thankful to God that it's an advantage that not everyone is getting. I should be helpful to other people in many ways. I should be happy that Auburn has a bit of sunlight this morning. I should finish all my application essays and my homework. I should be in bed at 10pm each night and at least sleep 8 hours a night. I should not focus on the future and live the current life. I should make a song about how depressing my life is right now. I should start my career as soon as possible. I should worry about things that are worth worrying about. I should pray to God every minute asking him for help and protection throughout the day. I should call my siblings and ask how they are. I should be keeping notes about my days. I should make a self-reflection diary. I should pack my things before going on a vacation in two weeks. I should manage my time wisely. I should spend my time doing some "me" time. I should practice my scales and inversions on my guitar and keyboard. I should take a bath anytime soon. I should go to class every single day. I should thank my parents for their sacrifices for me. I should buy my Indo ticket very soon. I should think more of these.

but.. Where should I start?

Calories yuhuu~

2009-02-14T10:48:00.000-08:00

These are a few images from the show :)

Calories! Calories! Calories! Calories!

Valentines Day!

2009-02-14T02:55:00.001-08:00

Hello everyone!

Today seems like a good day to write. Happy Valentines Day! There's nothing special going on around surrounding me except for the fact that it's Mario's birthday today! woohoo. Okay, let's talk about the hottest thing right now. HAHA. I've just ventured to a music band named CALORIES.

We are all fresh, talented, young, good-looking Indonesians just basically playing music. We've just made our first ever performance in school today for a valentine event that the school held in their auditorium. We sang a song called "Fall For You", originally sung by the Secondhand Serenade band. They're awesome no kidding. We took amazing pictures, again, *sigh* no kidding. hahaha check out our facebook profiles for proof! haha However, thank you God for all the opportunities You have given me, it is certainly pure generousity :).

Calories - Fall For you, Please enjoy, comments are greatly appreciated!

Jakarta Countdown!

2009-02-01T03:31:00.000-08:00

Hello to whoever is reading this! HAHA.

Yeah! I can't wait to go back home to Jakarta! Currently, it's 39 days, 19 hours, 32 minutes and 52 seconds! yes, I know I sound like a freak by mentioning all those numbers, but, whatever. For all those Indonesian musicians out there, please don't hesitate to write me and email or post your comment here! I am looking forward to reading it :)

Fyi, I currently am living in Auburn, Washington. Life is a bit...........depressing at times. But, there are always things at certain timings that you don't like but have to go through toughly, that's just life!

PS: I will now put up the song that is stuck in my head and won't leave me alone.

I did my best to notice, when the call came down the line
Up to the platform of surrender, I was brought but I was kind
And sometimes I get nervous when I see an open door
Close your eyes, clear your heart... and cut the cord

Are we human, or are we dancer
My sign is vital, my hands are cold
And I'm on my knees looking for the answer
Are we human, or are we denser

....... insomnia.

it's February! it's a pretty random month to start a blog eh?

2009-02-01T02:54:00.000-08:00

Hello,

First thing is first, I am not an expert in this blogging thing. I planned to make my own website at first, however my knowledge at graphic and website designing is almost to nothing! Therefore, I am starting my own blog now, and working my way through! Huhu!

OH, I have a Demo of me singing Somewhere Over the Rainbow. Please enjoy and leave comments! There are differences between constructive critics and plain nasty words :)

Stephanie Yoe - Somewhere Over the Rainbow by stephanie_yoe