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Rabu, 04 November 2009

LATELY...

latest that I watched :

- PARANORMAL ACTIVITY : gue ga nyari SEREM ATAU NGGAKNYA, tapi pengen tau knp film ini bikin hype yg luar biasa di US... ternyata karena mirip-mirip THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT toh
- MY SISTER'S KEEPER : lagi, gue ga peduli sama perdebatan cliche ttg suatu film yang beda banget ama bukunya... ya iyalaaah...film ama buku harus beda kan?
- THE BOONDOCK SAINTS : before chasing the second movie, i gotta see the first one first
- THE DAMNED UNITED : the best soccer, ups, i mean football movie I've ever seen
- NEWCASTLE : yep, this is a movie about the city I used to live in... sayang, kotanya sendiri ga banyak disorot... malah film ini terasa seperti THE OC versi Australia

latest that I read :
- THE WEDNESDAY LETTERS : a perfect drama about family
- THE HUNT FOR ATLANTIS : err, can't comment yet...still reading it
- MORVERN CALLAR : ... ga ngerti ceritanya maupun gaya penceritaannya....uhuhuhuh
- WHY MEN MARRY BITCHES : I can' believe I read this...hahaha, lumayan lah dapet masukan ttg hubungan ideal dari kacamata cewe

latest that I've been listening to :
- THE PERISHERS, almost all songs from all albums

Selasa, 03 November 2009

Thanks to The Perishers for this Lovely Lyric

...

I've always been a dreamer
I've had my head among the clouds
Now that I'm coming down
Won't you be my solid ground?

...

Minggu, 18 Oktober 2009

Van Wilder Spirit


RE-POST dari tulisan saya beberapa tahun yang lalu :

wise men say :"masa muda hanya sekali…tidak akan kembali".. so,jika tidak dimanfaatkan,, bersiaplah untuk stres di masa tua dalam menunggu keajaiban suatu hari nanti akan ada yang menciptakan mesin waktu atau obat-kembali-muda

ehm,,mari mempersempit pembahasan..karena kita semua mahasiswa, bagaimana klo qta berpikiran kaya gini: "menjadi mahasiswa hanya sekali"…jatah waktu yg diberikan = maks. 7 tahun…it means, lulus kurang dari 7 tahun = R.U.G.I looh…!!!

if we talk about this in my opinion,, actually i ADORE these types of people:

1. sebelum jadi mahasiswa,,sudah merasakan 3x kesempatan spmb…(lulus atau tidak itu lain crita)…jadi mereka sudah merasakan pengalaman hidup yg paling getir apabila tidak diterima, figure out the way of getting up after the previous fall apabila tidak diterima pada kesempatan pertama namun diterima pada kesempatan selanjutnya,, believes that miracle really exists apabila diterima di pilihan yg tdk disangka2,, lalu apabila ketiganya tidak lulus artinya dia sudah sadar bahwa life ain’t pretty thereforedia mengambil jalan yg lebih menantang,,yaitu antara lain : straight to dunia kerja; menganggur (stairway to a destructed life); atau menjadi mahasiswa di universitas swasta (yg bayarannya lebih mahal)

2. melewati 7 tahun menjadi mahasiswa,,keluar dari kampus as a great gentleman…jadi selama dia kuliah kuliahnya terlantar akibat hal-hal seperti:being an exchange student ke luar negeri selama setahun atau 6 bulan,, kerja di sebuah perusahaan besar dengan gaji yg meskipun tdk dpt dikatakan besar namun cukup untuk tidak minta belas kasihan orang tua,,dapat banyak relasi perusahaan besar-universitas ternama untuk s2-partai politik,,aktif di berbagai organisasi-at least sudah merasakan jadi ketua di suatu organisasi kemahasiswaan,, jadi relawan untuk kegiatan kemanusiaan i.e ke Aceh atau ikut program PBB,,or the most tempting : jadi hi-profile public figure (main film atau jadi atlit)

3. pada tahun ketujuh akhirnya lulus dengan IPK >=3.00…menandakan bahwa dia tidak menomorduakan studi disamping segala kesibukannya

man,,i’ve met some people with such experiences,,and i envy them so damn much!!!
why?? soalnya hidup ini ga bisa diprediksi bakalan panjang atau pendek,,kita semua cuman tau klo kita harus berusaha semaksimal mungkin buat bikin this life colorful… tapi apakah kita akan dapat kesempatan ini lagi  di saat sudah berkutat dengan pekerjaan, berjuang menghadapi boss yg belum tentu nice dengan mood yg sewaktu2 berubah?? kapan lagi kita dapat kesempatan untuk membuka wawasan tentang dunia di luar masa2 sebagai pelajar/mahasiswa??

an Indonesian legend, Soekarno once said "give me 10 college students then i can conquer the world"

err, i think what he meant was : 7 orang mahasiswa berjiwa sosial,,bertanggungjawab,,berpengalaman,, memiliki wawasan yg luas, dan bukan mahasiswa yg selama kuliah hanya mengejar IPKtinggi

again, 7 years is very very short…..

but better than 4years,,

or f*ckin cumlaude 3,5 years

<_don’t be offended by this blog,, gw juga ga mau ngabisin 7tahun kuliah-apa kata orangtua gue nanti??…tapi klo 7tahun itu worth buat dikenang seumurhidup,,why not??_>

Rabu, 07 Oktober 2009

Ex-Bestfriend?


STATE OF PLAY, directed by Kevin MacDonald... Ben Affleck plays a congressman trying to detect a military conspiracy, but facing a blackmail from the involved company... he seeks help from Russel Crowe, a bloodthirsty journalist who was his room-mate at the university...

It's interesting... bukan intrik politik di film ini yang menarik perhatian gue, but it's more to interpersonal connection between the two main characters...



ada sebuah pepatah lama yang berkata : "di dunia ini tidak ada teman yang abadi... yang abadi hanyalah kepentingan..."

well, that's what happens in the movie... Permintaan minta tolong Afflek terhadapnya, ternyata dianggap Crowe sebagai sebuah kesempatan emas untuk menggebrak dengan suatu hot news yang tidak bisa diungkapkan oleh jurnalis sembarangan, sehingga motivasi untuk mem-boost ketenaran pribadinya jauh lebih berpengaruh daripada keinginan untuk membantu koleganya itu...sedangkan di sisi lain, Affleck ternyata menyimpan rencana busuk, yaitu memanfaatkan Crowe agar fakta-fakta rumit yang ada akhirnya akan overlapped.. sehingga pada akhirnya Affleck memanfaatkan Crowe untuk meng-cover publikasi buruk terhadap dirinya yang seorang pejabat...(sorry spoiler)

now, it happens in real world too... I won't talk too much about it, karena rasanya kita semua punya pengalaman prbadi masing-masing tentang ini...atau at least pernah mendapatkan sebuah pikiran buruk yang menyangkut hal ini...

pertanyaan besar gue sekarang :

kalo pacar pun bisa menjadi 'mantan pacar', maka adakah 'mantan sahabat?'

are friends really forever?

hmm...

Selasa, 06 Oktober 2009

Please don't stop the rain...(!/?)

what a debatable quote by JM, but thanks anyway, I'll keep that in mind...




If it's gonna be a rainy day
There's nothing we can do to make it change
We can pray for sunny weather
But that won't stop the rain...

(JAMES MORRISON)


Jumat, 02 Oktober 2009

Meyers VS Ephron


which movie would u prefer to take your girlfriend on a date : A Romantic comedy (rom-com) or others? well, if u ask me, meskipun gw adalah horror-freak dan pemuja action, but it would be a very perfect date to have a rom-com with my loved one by my side...

sekarang, gw mau highlight dua masternya rom-com, whom in this writing, I prefer to make a 'showdown' based on their almost same age and pretty similar works... they are NANCY MEYERS and NORA EPHRON

these two talented and high-profile middle aged woman directors are masterminds of several most-tasty popcorn rom-com in the 90s... during the 2000s, they still kick ass... of course, for those who watch movies without caring whoever work behind the screen, u can skip reading this post...tapi buat mereka para moviegoer yang menghargai kerja keras para sutradara next to the character portrayals by the actors/actresses, pls kindly join me analyzing this :


Nancy Meyers terkenal setelah menyutradarai THE PARENT TRAP...film yang melambungkan nama Lindsay Lohan itu menuai hasil lumayan...tapi her major hit was WHAT WOMEN WANT (2000), a simple rom-com for middle-aged couple starring Mel Gibson and Helen Hunt, yang tanpa terduga mencetak lebih dari 200 juta US dolar di seluruh dunia...tiga tahun setelahnya, Meyers menggolkan Diane Keaton masuk nominasi Oscar lewat SOMETHING'S GOTTA GIVE, dan dia pun dinominasikan penulis naskah terbaik...



'saingan'-nya, Nora Ephron, telah mendunia jauh hari sebelumnya lewat SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE, dan berjasa besar memperkenalkan America's Sweethearts kepada dunia, yakni Tom Hanks dan Meg Ryan... lima tahun kemudian, yaitu tahun 1998, America's Sweethearts dipertemukan kembali lewat YOU'VE GOT MAIL, yang sukses merajai box-office...selain itu, dia juga menyutradarai MICHAEL yang dibintangi John Travolta...

menariknya, the two women sama-sama merasakan pahitnya flop beberapa tahun yang lalu...Meyers gagal dengan THE HOLIDAY-nya, dan Ephron sial dengan BEWITCHED yang dicerca para kritikus... namun di tahun 2009 ini, mereka siap menghibur para pasangan tua maupun muda lewat produk rom-com andalan masingmasing... Ephron showed up in Summer through JULIE AND JULIA, starring two Oscar Calibres, Meryl Streep and Amy Adams... while Meyers shall wait for the end of this year to shine again with IT'S COMPLICATED, starring (also) Meryl Streep and Alec Baldwin...

jadi, selepas persaingan film action robot-robotan dan kebut-kebutan mobil sepanjang tahun 2009, kini saatnya para ratu rom-com berjaya, don't u think?

who'll win the competition? let's leave up to the audience to decide...


Kamis, 01 Oktober 2009

Movies Report, so far...


months come and go...I finally saw some quality moviesss!!!

- I LOVE YOU, MAN! (2008) 3 stars
- HOW TO LOSE FRIENDS AND ALIENATE PEOPLE (2008) 3 stars
- RIGHTEOUS KILL (2008) 1 star (please just burn this movie down!)
- THE READER (2008) 3.5 stars
- IL ORFANATO (Spanish)  (2007) 4 stars
- THE VISITOR (2007) 3.5 stars
- ENTRES LES MURS (France) (2008) 3 stars
- FAST AND FURIOUS (2009) 3.5 stars
- KNOWING (2009) 3.5 stars


 SUMMER MOVIES 2009 :

- DISTRICT 9 (2009) 4.5 stars (Very Recommended!!!)
- UP (2009) 4 stars (Recommended!!! Don't ever miss the first 10 minutes...!)
- ANGELS AND DEMONS (2009) 4 stars
- TERMINATOR : SALVATION (2009) 4 stars
- X-MEN ORIGINS : WOLVERINE (2009) 2.5 stars
- HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE (2009) 1.5 stars (forgive me, fans! but it sucks..)
- DRAG ME TO HELL (2009) 4 stars (Recommended! for classic horror-freak only!)
- STAR TREK (2009) 4.5 stars
- G.I GOE : RISE OF THE COBRA (2009) 4 stars 
- TRANSFORMERS 2 : REVENGE OF THE FALLEN (2009) 2.5 stars 
- THE HANGOVER (2009) 4.5 stars (Recommended for deadly laughs!!!)

"Life is like a movie, only you can't pick your own genre..." - Billy Loomis, SCREAM


...MILKSHAKE


Forgive me because through this post, I wanna be cheesy...or kinda over-analyze hal-hal yang ga penting, whatever u wanna say...

salah satu film Indonesia yg gw kagumi adalah BROWNIES arahan Hanung Bramantyo...yeah, yang sudah nonton pasti tau persis ceritanya...but I'm not gonna waste times talking bout how Marcella Zalianty fell in love with Bucek Depp bla bla bla... but what I wanna underline is the 'Brownies' philosophy...

di film itu ada sebuah ide tentang filosofi brownies...katanya '...brownies, kalo ga dibuat dengan hati, rasanya gakkan enak..."... nah mulai dari situ berangkatlah sebuah konsep filosofis yang dihubung-hubungkan dengan kondisi si karakter utama Marcella Zalianty...alkisah, Marcella baru saja patah hati therefore she can't make good brownies, cuz she's losing the main ingredient, which is 'love'...

now after Marcella, here's my turn... guess what I make, lately? well, I learned how to make...MILKSHAKES!!! or smoothie, whatever u wanna call the sweet beverages with vanilla or chocolate flavor...(but sometimes I make Oreo shakes cuz I don't like vanilla, hehehe...)




here's the thing : my best friend, who used to work at a cafe in Jogja, told me everything about making milkshakes... nah ilmunya udah gw serap full, but what happened? I never succeed to make a PERFECT milkshake!!! pasti ada aja ga sempurnanya : entah terlalu manis, kurang gula, kurang susu, kebanyakan es laah, takarannya kurang lah, inilah, itulah...heuhhh

well, now the question then remains.....

apa gue kekurangan 'Milkshake philosophy?'

am I losing the main ingredient?


FEAST OF LOVE


Well, It's been so long since the last time I wrote about movies...now I wanna talk about the last movie which successfully have me touched...

FEAST OF LOVE is actually an underrated movie...It was released in 2007 without no big publications... too bad, when actually as a life-lesson drama, it has everything : simple but touching plot, memorable quotes and dialogues, a  less-lecturing but contemplating experience : portrayed by great performance by Greg Kinnear, Radha Mitchell, Morgan Freeman, etc...

It merely tells about several characters who interconnects and finds either hard or failed love stories to get through... then we, as audiences, are left with the big questions about the existence of love and whether we should embrace it with open arms or see it as a test for our happiness...it really really leaves a very haunting question after all : 'Do you think love is a trick or do you think that it's the only meaning there is to this crazy dream...?"



then it added up to the bitterness by throwing a very depressing argument :  That we should be sorry for young couple, whoever they are, who are in love...There's so much they don't know. ..Heartbreak they can't even imagine...

gladly, after all the tragedies that the story brings, we are left with a very simple conclusion but heart-warming ending...then I found it is very wise for the screenwriter to leave it for Morgan Freeman, as the wisest character (as usual) to have a conversation with Greg Kinnear and concludes : "God doesn't hate us. If he did, he wouldn't have made our hearts so brave..."

Yeah, I guess God didn't create our heart just to feel the bitter side of love... He wants us to embrace it, and in the end, no matter how bitter and crazy it feels, we can feast on the manifestations of it... Whatever they are...cuz love is just...love!

Sabtu, 29 Agustus 2009

MY 24th BIRTHDAY

Unlike my previous birthdays, I post this bday news kinda late… well, I admit I wasn’t too much into blogging lately…it has been several months since I didn’t insert any meaningful posts…the skripsi thing consumed my time, next to the wrecked computer and laptop (could u imagine how did I survive without them both? I am amazed, myself, hahaha…)

Anyways, this year I didn’t have any feastful celebrations like two previous years… it is because the day was also the first day of Ramadhan, the sacred month of the Moslems… I don’t think having any celebrations will suit the atmosphere of it… that was why I only had my brother, Ade, and my sister, Dian in a very peaceful evening at Pizza Hut, having our very first Buka Puasa and talked about current life…
But even so, I have several things to be happy with… well, on the beginning of last year, I made some year resolutions, and gladly I have experienced and established some of them before my birthday this year.

1. My graduation
One of the best days for everyone who believes that education is Coeur de la vie, must be flying to heaven on their graduation day… I guess it happened to me as well. I successfully finished my undergraduate degree on July 27th, and the graduation day ceremony was held on August 19th. Well, for some people it is just an ordinary event that any person could have, but for me it can mean millions… At least I can see it as a way that made my parents proud… well, at least after my total screwed up first education five years ago, now I have something reliable to pursue for job and better future : my Bachelor of Economics title…



2. More Language Studies

Nowadays, if you can only speak English as foreign language, then it wont count for a big thing… Everyone seems to be able to speak English anyway…I also always dream of myself speaking 4 languages of the world…now I am in the middle of my journey in achieving it… just finished my conversation class of French and currently doing the course for Italian and German at once… well, hopefully in two years I can speak more than just ‘Bonjour’, ‘Grazie’, or ‘Enschuldigung…’

3. Spectacular Barca scored the treble

One of the things that I loved the most, perhaps I have told you for a thousand times, is the football club FC Barcelona… I have loved the club since 1997, and I have stick with it through its thick and thin every season… this time, for the season 2008/2009, spectacularly, my dearest football club won 3 major title, which are European Champions League, Spanish La Liga, and Spanish Copa del Rey… it was the best moment for me, being a Barca fan so far… hopefully they will do the same for the following years… and hopefully, I can achieve my dream : Watching them live at Estadio Camp Nou in Barcelona…

4. Finished my Story

I never state to myself that I can be a professional writer one day, but I love to read since I was a kid, therefore, just like every heavy reader would dream about, I always dream of publishing my story, which is genuinely came out of my brain and consists of various characters which are the reflections or personifications of my traits/behaviors. Well, right now, although it hasn’t been published yet, but I already have my story in hand… I finished it at the end of last year, and I called it D.I.A.N.A… Some close friends have read it and so far they commented that it is a good story… now, I have established myself as a writer… will I go professional some day? Time will reveal…

Besides all the happiness, well, I have gone through some sadness, although so far I can deal with it… I am still in a relationship with the girl that I’m in love with, although the heavy wind and sometimes storm struck us… after almost a year, the pressure gets high and more frequent, therefore leaves me wonder whether the relationship is the best for both of us… but I have made a promise to myself, that when some day I meet someone that I think will be the love of my life, then I shouldn’t think much further… I have to hang on to her no matter what, then time will answer whether she is the one who has been in the other end of the subtle thread God made for us… right now, I still call her, dream of her, and sometimes write poems to her… hopefully this situations will go on no matter how heavy the pressure is…

MP