Rabu, 22 Desember 2010

Wawancara dengan Simon Santoso


Begitu sampai di pusat PBSI di Cipayung , W langsung celingukan di nyari cowok berambut cepak ini.Ternyata Simon lagi diminta foto bareng wartawan dari China yang meliput kegiatan pebulutangkis Indonesia untuk Asian Games 2010.Sejak memenangkan medali perak di Southest Asian Games 2005 di Filipina, cowok kelahiran Tegal,Jawa tengah ini emang langsung jadi perhatian media dan pengamat olahraga bulutangkis sedunia.

Swiss,Jepang,China,Singapura,dan puluhan negara pernah dikuunjunginya untuk mengikuti berbagai kompetisi bulutangkis dunia.Tapi setelah lima tahun jadi atlet andalan Indonesia , Simon tetap terlihat kayak cowok kebanyakan.Dengan logat Jawa nya yang kental,cowok berumur 25tahun ini bercerita soal makanan kesukaan,tipe cewek,sampai kebiasaan buruknya...

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Halo Simon gimana kabarnya??

Baik Cuma masih kurang fit,karena cedera punggung pas di Perancis kemarin.Ini beneran mau wawancara aku?aku kan bukan artis.

Hahaha biar bukan artis, tapi kamu banyak penggemarnya,lho.Eh kok bisa cedera?

Aku sempet main di babak pertama di kejuaraan badminton di Paris, tapi mundur karena cidera.Waktu set kedua (melawan Prezemislaw Wacha dari Polandia) aku coba untuk terusin main karena set pertama udah menang.Akhirnya bisa menang, tapi sakit banget, buat jalan aja sakit.besoknya enggak kuat main.

Terus sekarang udah membaik belum?

Masih fisioterapi, sih.Aku sempat sebulan enggak boleh latihan berat – berat.Tapi, sekarang udah mendingan.Banyak berenang juga biar cepet sehat.Dulu sebelum main bulutangkis, awalnya aku hobby berenang.Karena bosan, aku ikut-ikutan kakak main bulutangkis.Akhirnya jadi seneng.Kata pelatih aku juga ada bakat.ya udah akhirnya aku terusin,kakak malah berhenti.

Emang dari umur berapa sih kamu suka main bulutangkis?

Umur 7 tahun aku udah ikut klub badminton di Tegal.pas umur 10 tahun aku pindah ke jakarta karena di tarik ke klub Tangkas Alfamart.Terus,pas umur 17 tahun aku di tarik ke PBSI.

Berarti dari kecil kamu udah tinggal jauh dari orang tua, dong.suka kangen enggak??

Kangen,lah.Tapi kan kadang orang tua aku suka dateng ke Jakarta.Kalau udah bosan,mereka balik lagi ke Tegal.Dulu waktu masih kecil ijin pulangnya seminggu,tapi aku sebulan di Tegal.yang lain udah pada latihan,aku belum mau balik.Soalnya dulu di asrama,enggak ada teman yang se umuran, besar – besar semua.Terus aku suka dikerjain lagi, hahaha.. ! walaupun aku jauh dari keluarga kita lumayan kompak.

Ada enggak pengalaman yang berkesan banget selama tanding?

Pas di Swiss Open tahun 2007 walaupun kalah di final, tapi aku ngerintis dari bawah.Dari kualifikasi sampai akhirnya masuk final.Pas thomas Cup kemarin aku jadi penentu.Itu juga berkesan, Cuma pas di final kalah sama (pemain) China.

Pasti deg – degan banget ya kalau jadi penentu?

Pasti tegang dan beban, ibaratnya kayak hidup dan mati.Cuma kan harus belajar juga dari pengalaman,mempelajari musuh.dari penampilan juga harus dipikirin,harus konsentrasi.

Apa sih kelebihan kamu dibanding pemain lainnya?

Kata orang orang sih aku pinter ngakal-ngakalin lawan .he he he ...kalau dari teknik mungkin stroke-nya(pukulan)kali,ya.Tapi permainan aku masih kurang stabil,apalagi pas awal tahun kemarin.belakangan ini sih udah lumayan stabil,udah ketemu ritmenya.

Ritme itu maksudnya apa?

Hmmm, jadi penampilan satu pertandingan ke pertandingan lainnya.Hari ini main bagus,besok kurang bagus.Dipikirin gimana ngejaga permainan biar bisa bagus terus.Caranya satu , jaga kondisi.Dua, harus konsentrasi,enggak usah banyak kegiatan,misalnya main di luar.

Ngomong ngomong kalau lagi nggak latihan biasanya kamu suka pergi kemana?

Aku suka cari makanan baru,aku hobi makan,sih.Kadang suka pergi sendiri, sampai pacarku bilang aku aneh.Apa anehnya,ya?kenapa musti nungguin teman, sendiri aja.aku udah biasa apa apa sendiri.mungkin karena dari kecil aku jauh dari orang tua.(simon ayo kita wisata kuliner bareng..hahaha...)

Oh,Kamu udah punya pacar ya?Nama nya siapa?

Hmmm...Ada deh.kita udah pacaran sekitar setahun.(simon lama banget nih pas jawab pertanyaan ini.Biar udah di paksa untuk nyebutin namanya . Simon tetep enggak mau jawab,,hihihi...)

Emang tipe cewek ideal kamu kayak apa?

Yang pasti jangan yang terlalu bawel.Kalem dan sopan, tapi tetep apa adanya.saya suka cewek rambut panjang,putih,bersihlah gitu.terus, tinggi juga, biar memperbaiki keturunan..hahaha..bercanda deng...(beneran juga nggak papa kok)

Sekarang kamu kan udah sukses, nih, jadi pemain bulutangkis.ada impian lain yang belum terwujud?

Aku pingin bisnis juga.Sekarang udah jalan usahanya, di bidang konstruksi gitu.Tapi karena aku enggak bisa pegang sendiri usaha itu jadi saudaraku yang ngurusin.sambil aku belajar bisnis juga.

Diam-diam kamu banyak penggemarnya juga lho!!

Ah,masa, sih. Enggak percaya aku. He he he..terimakasih yaa udah dukung aku.Dukung terus bulutangkis Indonesia.Doain aku makin sukses membawa bulutangkis Indoneesia ke ajang Internasional.

MAJU TERUS SIMON !! : )


Simon fun facts :

> Simon doyan banget makanan berkuah seperti sup,soto.dia anti banget sama junk food.

> Kalau lagi enggak pakai kostum olahraga , simon paling suka pakai kaos,celana jeans,atau celana ¾.

> Selain hobby olahraga, Simon juga suka dengan otomotif lho.

> Gara-gara hobi makannya,Simon pernah keracunan makanan, sampai tiga hari dirawat di rumah sakit karena terus terusan mual dan pusing. “ mendiingan cedera daripada keracunan.Abis kalau kerracunan mau ngapa ngapain jadi engggak enak” kata simon.

> Saking seringnya juara, simon sampai lupa kapan pertama kalinya dia memenangakan pertandingan.

> Walaupun sering menang, ada ada 4 pemain bulutangkis yang jadi lawan terberatnya Lin Dan dan Chen Jin dari China,Lee Chong Wei dari Malaysia, Peter Gade dari Denmark. “ semua udah pernah aku kalahin,sih,tapi aku lebih sering kalah kalau lawan mereka”bebernya.

> Umur 17 tahun Simon udah mulai pacaran.Tapi, lagi lagi dia enggak mau nyebutin nama ceweknya.

> Waktu masih SMA, Simon juga suka bandel,tapi dia mengaku cowok kalem yang enggak banyak omong.Makanya dia paling enggak suka sama cewek yang ngomongnya kasar.

> Kebiasaan buruknya yang belum bisa di ubah sampai sekarang adalah mengigau. “Dulu pernah sampai aku mukul kepala terman, sampai sakit tangan aku.pas temen aku kebangun aku pura pura tidur aja,padahal bangun.he he he..”

> Tiap ke luar negeri Simon rajin banget beli kaos Hard Rock Hotel dari berbagai negara. “tapi kalau tokonya jauh (dari hotel) suka enggak beli juga”.

> Simon mengaku kurang tertarik dengan social media.Dia sempat punya akun facebook, tapi tiba tiba ada orang yang bikin akun dengan namanya dan marah-marah sama dia, karena di tuduh memalsukan akun Simon Santoso ..ha ha ha......

BIODATA :

Nama : Simon Santoso

Panggilan : Simon,monk

TTL : Tegal,29 Juli 1985

Hobi : Berenang,makan,otomotif

Aktor fav : Nicholas Cage

Aktris fav : Angelina Jolie

Musik fav : Pop, Instrumental

Tempat fav : pegunungan

Selasa, 14 Desember 2010

Avril Lavigne's Bio


When singer, songwriter, and musician Avril Lavigne first burst upon the music scene at age 17, she was known as a young, pop-punk tomboy who refused to resort to skin-baring come-ons, preferring to entice the record-buying public with her powerhouse voice, high-spirited melodies, and straight-talking lyrics. Staying steadfastly true to herself and putting music before image paid off both critically and commercially for the Canadian-born artist. In 2002, Lavigne shot to global pop stardom with the 6x-platinum Let Go, followed by 2004’s 3x-platinum Under My Skin, and 2007’s platinum The Best Damn Thing. Over the course of her three albums, Lavigne scored a string of international hit singles: “Complicated,” “Sk8er Boi,” “I’m With You,” “Losing Grip,” “Don’t Tell Me,” “My Happy Ending,” “Nobody’s Home,” “Keep Holding On,” “Girlfriend,” “When You’re Gone,” “Hot,” and “The Best Damn Thing.” She earned eight Grammy Award nominations, won seven Canadian Juno Awards, and sold more than 30 million albums and nearly 20 million tracks worldwide over the past eight years.

Lavigne also launched a second career as an entrepreneur by creating a well-received fashion and lifestyle brand (Abbey Dawn), two fragrances (Black Star and Forbidden Rose), branched out into film work (Over the Hedge, Fast Food Nation), and further committed herself to the philanthropic activities she’s participated in over the years by establishing The Avril Lavigne Foundation, which works in partnership with leading charitable organizations to design and deliver programs, raise awareness, and mobilize support for children and youth living with serious illnesses or disabilities.

With her multiple creative endeavors and impressive musical success, it’s worth pointing out that Avril Lavigne is all of 26. She may be young by veteran performer standards, but she has evolved as a person and as an artist since releasing The Best Damn Thing. Lavigne brings the maturity and insight she’s gained from her experiences to her next labor of love, her fourth album, Goodbye Lullaby, which will be released by RCA Records in March 2011.

“I pushed myself and didn’t hold back,” Lavigne says of Goodbye Lullaby for which she wrote or co-wrote every song, and wrote and produced two“4 Real” and “Goodbye” entirely on her own. “I allowed myself to be vulnerable. I think it’s during the real moments that people can relate the most. Those who have heard the album have had very strong emotional reactions to the songs, so I realized that when something is so real, it will probably touch somebody. The beauty of music is that it’s open to interpretation.”

Written at various stages over the past few years, Goodbye Lullaby is filled with appealingly relatable, heartfelt songs that convey a variety of emotions and reflect a bittersweet mood not generally associated with Lavigne’s best-known tunes. Except for the anthemic first single, the irresistibly feisty “What The Hell” and “Smile,” which create a perfect bridge from her previous work, the remainder of Goodbye Lullaby finds Lavigne exploring what it means to push through the tough times and emerge stronger for it — a theme apparent on songs like “Everybody Hurts,” “Push,” “Remember When,” and “Wish You Were Here.”

“Overall, the album is about how we all go through difficult experiences, whether it’s ending a relationship, losing a job, or just missing someone,” Lavigne says. “We get through it and we grow.” Nowhere is this feeling better expressed than on “Goodbye,” a delicate piano-and-string ballad that closes out the album. “’Goodbye’ is the most raw and vulnerable track I’ve ever written and recorded in my career,” Lavigne says. “It’s a very special song because I wrote and produced it myself. It’s so real and truthful. You can’t fake that.”

Goodbye Lullaby’s intensity is balanced out by its instrumentation: bright, rich textures of acoustic guitar and piano, as well as an orchestra on “Darlin’,” “Remember When,” and “Goodbye.” Through it all, from the upbeat pop tracks to the mellower ballads, Lavigne’s voice is front and center, summoning up and soaring easily through the emotion that her lyrics require.

“This album is all about me being a singer, a songwriter, and a musician,” Lavigne says. “Typically the lead vocal gets buried in the track and you can’t always hear the quality, character, or emotion after a certain point. I wanted my voice to be the main instrument. It forced me to really throw myself out there. I still love rocking out, but I wanted this record to show a different side. That’s why I produced some of the songs myself, which I never thought I’d do.”

For the rest of the album’s tracks, Lavigne turned to her longtime friends and collaborators Evan Taubenfeld and Butch Walker, as well as Max Martin. Another important influence was Sum 41 frontman Deryck Whibley, who lends his production skills to several tracks, including “Darlin’,” — a song Lavigne wrote at the age of 14. “Whenever I hear ‘Darlin,’ I think of the family room I wrote it in and playing it for my mom,” she says. “So it’s really special for me to have it on the album.”

A small-town girl from Napanee, Ontario, Lavigne had already been writing, singing, and performing for a few years before releasing her breakthrough album, Let Go, which featured the smash singles “Complicated” and “Sk8r Boi” and sold more than 16 million units worldwide. Her second album, 2004’s Under My Skin, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Top 200, and sold more than eight million copies worldwide fueled by the hit singles “Don’t Tell Me” and “My Happy Ending.” Four years later came The Best Damn Thing, which featured the No. 1 single “Girlfriend.” Lavigne’s biggest record to date, “Girlfriend” was the top digital track of 2007, selling more than 7.3 million downloads in eight languages. The Best Damn Thing included the epic ballad “Keep Holding On,” which Lavigne wrote at the request of 20th Century Fox for the studio’s fantasy/adventure film Eragon. Lavigne’s songs have also graced the soundtracks of such feature films as Sweet Home Alabama, Bruce Almighty, Legally Blonde 2, The Princess Diaries 2, and The House Bunny.

In 2010, Lavigne wrote “Alice” for Tim Burton’s film fantasy Alice in Wonderland, which was included on the compilation album Almost Alice, released in March. The video for “Alice,” directed by David Meyers, depicts Lavigne’s own adventure down the rabbit hole. She also brought her fashion brand into the mix, designing “Alice in Wonderland” pieces for Abbey Dawn that were sold in stores in connection with the film’s release.

It’s been a whirlwind journey for Lavigne, who says the thing she’s looking forward to most about releasing Goodbye Lullaby is getting the opportunity to hit the road and perform for her fans around the world. “My fans are hardcore,” Lavigne says. “They are very dedicated and really supportive — the kind of fans who stick around. It’s been an amazing experience meeting them after shows and reading their letters, because the things they’ll say to me are very special. People have come up and started crying, saying, ‘You have no idea what your music has done for me.’” That’s all I need to hear. If I can give even one person strength through my music, that’s pretty frickin’ special.”

http://www.avrillavigne.com/us/bio