So.
Last night while driving home from a KungFu Panda 2 session at the cinema, iTunes gave me Chris Brown - With You. I never noticed the lyric until last night.
Well, what can you do when driving alone late at night but singing your heart's out.
That's what I did.
Then on chorus, I just realized that this song is just one of men's bullshit.
It says like this..
Together baby,
There is nothing we won't do
'cause if I got you,
I don't need money,
I don't need cars,
Girl, you're my all
Please highlight on..
"I don't need money,
I don't need cars"
Well, what you think the ladies need?
We don't need only you. But those you said you don't need, well, we do.
I don't understand them kind - the opposite sex.
Chris Brown - With You
Lebaran is near
Ramadhan has gone by so fast!
Suddenly, lebaran only a week away. A meet-up i've been dreading to go is approaching. I speak none of it wishing he would forget.
Why do i dig my own grave? To think its Ramadhan's blessing is such a naive thought.
I wish time would slow down as my beating heart run faster. *sigh
Madre by Dee
"saya meninggalkan Melbourne. Menetap di kota yang saya hindari.
Rumah adalah tempat dimana saya dibutuhkan"
Sepenggal paragraf dari Madre karya Dee lestari. Sedikit saya ubah Bali dengan Melbourne. Hanya karena di kota itu saya menjadi "freelancer", seorang yang bebas layaknya seorang Tansen.
Tiket Melbourne sayapun sudah ditangan.
Bertubi-tubi pertanyaan yang sama dilontarkan oleh teman-teman baik.
"Apa yang menahanmu di Melbourne?" sekali lagi kutipan Madre yang saya ubah object yang dipertanyakan.
Tansen tidak bisa menjawab pertanyaan itu dengan pasti.
Saya pun...
Seperti tertohok ketika membaca kalimat terakhir dari kutipan diatas.
Saya tau saya dibutuhkan disini, lebih untuk menenangkan hati.
"rumah adalah tempat dimana saya dibutuhkan"
Apakah di kota ini? Yang saya selalu enggan untuk menempati.
Madre membuat saya berpikir kembali tujuan saya untuk menoleh ke masa lalu.
On being single
A tweet tickles me to blog this.
@TrinityTraveler RT-ed her follower that says this: 'temen saya fave T&T krn penulisnya single tp kok bisa ya enjoy life without being lonely'.
Trinity's respond was a simple, Ha?
I would too if I were her (Trinity).
I won't judge this person for saying so. I don't know her, she doesn't know me. But based on her tweet it got me self-reflect. I wasn't this content before, I'm still not fully content with life as a matter of fact. I'm getting there.
I'm also single.
For women, it's believed at certain age there will be a bridget jones syndrome. Single equals loneliness. It may be lonely sometimes, but I'm sure there are many things in life that can get us going and eventually dilutes the loneliness.
I'm sure in this person's concept, being lonely means no boyfriend. I think, by now Alhamdulillah I've succeed to get rid of that thought.
Companions are everywhere as long as we noticed them. Who knows, when time is on our side, some of them could become our bestest companions. Enjoy the companions around, those who can make you laugh and ignore Lonely.
Don't get me wrong, we need partner (boy/girlfriend). But why sook about it when that person does not come at the time we want them to come? Shouldn't we just noticed those who sat next to us, and enjoy their companions? Eventhough they may not be our love interest.
Isn't love, at the end of the day, means enjoy each other companions?
Maybe this is naïve have its say.
But, this comes from a twenty-something chick who knew Lonely just a tad too much, then ditched it by embracing every trivial happiness.
Too cliche?
Well, sometimes being cliche works.
Best,
Andini
SMS
Sms itu ga perlu ditungguin. Salah sendiri nomernya pake diilangin. Mau Sms juga ga bisa.
Nah, skrg gregetan salahin siapa hayo?
Curiosity killed the cat.
This cat says, meow.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2: The Final Closure
It finally arrives.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 the movie.
Personally, I wasn't to anxious to see the movie. All Harry Potter movies were never live up to readers' expectation. Script wise.
That Friday night, just after work, a friend and I gave a shot getting the tix. Since its' premiere, the tix were almost impossible to get on-spot. Fortunately, we got the right timing, good seats.
8.15 PM. Movie began.
It started off with Voldemort acquiring Elder wand, and go crazy toying with it.
Dobby's final closure was also shown at the beginning movie. Continuing where we left of since Deathly Hallows part 1.
The beginning movie has shown that evil has risen and deaths will be inevitable.
I was like... this is it. The final closure. The ending of Harry Potter, once and for all.
When the book 7 was released, the story end there. Harry Potter, does not end there yet.
The movie is still anxiously waited by millions of aficionados.
I wouldn't tell the story here, just because I've been mucked around by emotional roller coaster years ago here.
Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger are Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson.
We all watched them grew. Just as we felt Harry, Ron and Hermione grew.
We saw them as these 11 years old kids, who were innocent, cheeky, full of adventure. Now, we see them as 20-something adult, maturing in their own ways.
Back to fiction..
JK Rowling has written a very elaborate, very detail story towards each character within each scene. The movie script, failed to deliver just that. I understood that it is impossible to include every character written in the book into the movie. The movie is about Harry Potter, so it stick to him. Focuses on Harry's journey to find horcruxes and eventually kill Voldemort.
The epic climax of the book should be on Battle of Hogwarts.
The movie, failed enormously to deliver. I couldn't feel the suspense, the bravery, the devastating battle. It failed to muck my emotion much further. This should be the epic battle. The most emotional draining scene on this installment. It failed to deliver, just that.
It failed to show Fred.
It does however show Snape. The most heartbreaking scene.
Snape's fatherly love towards Harry, just because he loves Lily too much.
I couldn't imagine this scene when reading the book. On movie, it successfully brought tears to my eyes (seriously). My heart jumped when this scene took place.
This scene is, by far, outshines every other scenes he's made. Alan Rickman, you're gold!
This last installment of Harry Potter movie, is by far has the best execution. In terms of cinematography. Script wise, it succeeds to focus on Harry Potter. It should stands on a center point, that is Harry. This how we connect to the character and no other character can steal his thunder, not even Fred.
I wouldn't say the movie rates a 10, but 8 is good enough for a final closure.
This is the end.
Harry, Ron and Hermione have found peace in their world.
Daniel, Rupert and Emma move on to their new characters beyond Harry, Ron, and Hermione.
The end of every ending.
Bye Harry, Ron, Hermione.
tentang menulis
I was to translate title into English - on Writing.
That doesn't sound too good, so instead I use my native language Bahasa Indonesia. It sounds better, to my ears anyway.
I have that itch again, the itch to blog. To write.
I came across a tweet or a blog not long ago, mentioned about writing, specifically on 'How to begin to write'. Recently, writing becomes sexy for Indonesians. Everyone writes, or want to write.
For the latter audience, it only comes on the desire not on implementation (to actually do it).
I really need to find that post again, damn i forgot where I read it.
It basically said, to write, one need not be in front of computer/notebook. Jaman udah canggih, kawan! Those smartphones on your palm, make use of them.
And damn those words are very spot-on!
Back when my mobiles weren't smart, I make use of its' notepad to write. Then when I got Internet access, I retype them on blogs or other personal medium. I don't overthink what I wrote, because personally, my words are my memory lane. Exploring words on my personal journey. Now, years passed, re-read them is overwhelming.
Pictures may worth thousand words.
But words magnifies emotion. I choose words over visual at any given day.
I do believe that to write can be as simple as exploring your inner-self, contemplating self, releasing emotion, and further than that, study writing structure, expanding vocabulary, and knowing your audience.
For me, I chose the first over the latter. It's my vocabulary playground. My space to be dickinsonized. I'm most loyal to Blogspot, it gives me the full anonymity so I can be whomever I wish to be.
So those who WANT to write, Write. As easy as 1, 2, 3.
It doesn't have to be meaningful or word-y. Hey, mine is shit too.
But it's liberating.
