"a woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction" - Virginia Woolf
Friday, April 30, 2010
Trip to Temasek...
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
3idiots: the best Rp.50000 I've ever spent

3idiots is not just a movie, it's an answer. For a person who spent 4 years of her life studying to be an engineer who didn't do any good at it, graduate with average GPA, with no passion for specific career and have no idea what kind of dream she wants to reach after college, yep, a person like me. Watch the movie just makes me feels like being called 'idiot' by my master-of-all-master-teacher Prof. Jon Sapiie in front of the class but with different circumtances, he's laughing (which is impossible in real life, because if prof jon calls you 'idiot' during class, it means you've crossed the line and got special prize: his anger). The story is about the kind of problem I always encounter this past one year, future and passion. Oh, passion, my eternal mystery.
The punch line is typical: do what you want to do, work at something that you really passionate about, and don't let yourself died in regret. The special thing is the plot. It's still bollywood movie, with corny lyrics song and i-want-to-throw-up-just-because-i-watch-it kind of dance, but the dialogue is made simple, simple and superb hilarious. It makes 3 hours flies easily, at the end you just realize your throat hurt from too much laugh and your lips dry because you forget to take a sip of your pepsi (or worse: you just forget to buy any drink- like me).
The ending is a typical too-good-too-be-true with bollywood style of happy ending, I thought it's a little let down after 3/4 plot full of simple surprise. But over all this is a great movie, as I say in the beginning of this post: you're such an idiot if you still spent time reading this post but didn't watch the movie. Go watch it! If you find it difficult to get ticket, just buy the DVD at ambass or kota kembang or other similar market, or just download it somewhere in the net. It's a must-watch movie, but it's not your fault if the release is limited, so... just find yourself a way to watch it :)
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Monday, March 22, 2010
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Aku ingat satu pesan dari trainer sebuah pelatihan softskill yang kuikuti dulu...
"ingatlah baik-baik, hidup itu sulit!"
Dan ternyata, baru sekarang aku benar-benar merasakannya:
Hidup memang sulit.
dan sekali lagi aku diingatkan:
sulit bukan berarti mustahil.
yah... mungkin aku harus mengingat kembali pelajaran sejarah yang kusukai itu. Manusia-manusia itu tak akan tercatat namanya dalam sejarah jika mereka tidak berhasil melalui hidupnya dengan bermakna.
Mungkin aku hanya butuh usaha lebih keras... usaha lebih keras...
Monday, March 8, 2010
The winner....

Too bad James Cameron didn't win Best Director....
VIVA Hurt Locker :)
Best Picture
The Hurt Locker
Directing
Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker
Actor in a Leading Role
Jeff Bridges - Crazy Heart
Actress in a Leading Role
Sandra Bullock - The Blind Side
Actor in a Supporting Role
Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds
Actress in a Supporting Role
Mo’Nique - Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire
Animated Feature Film
Up - Pete Docter
Art Direction
Avatar - Art Direction: Rick Carter dan Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Kim Sinclair
Cinematography
Avatar - Mauro Fiore
Costume Design
Sandy Powell - The Young Victoria
Film Editing
The Hurt Locker - Bob Murawski and Chris Innis
Foreign Language Film
The Secret in Their Eyes (El Secreto de Sus Ojos)-Argentina
Makeup
Star Trek - Barney Burman, Mindy Hall dan Joel Harlow
Music (Original Score)
Up - Michael Giacchino
Music (Original Song)
The Weary Kind - Crazy Heart
Sound Editing
The Hurt Locker - Paul N.J. Ottosson
Sound Mixing
The Hurt Locker - Paul N.J. Ottosson dan Ray Beckett
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Almost Alice

This is the Almost Alice album, not the original soundtrack, but almost the original soundtrack :p
The full list of the album is bellow... just listen it... it's amazing!!!
1. | "Alice" | Avril Lavigne | 3:35 |
2. | "The Poison" | The All-American Rejects | 3:53 |
3. | "The Technicolor Phase" | Owl City | 4:27 |
4. | "Her Name Is Alice" | Shinedown | 3:38 |
5. | "Painting Flowers" | All Time Low | 3:25 |
6. | "Where's My Angel" | Metro Station | 3:39 |
7. | "Strange" | Tokio Hotel and Kerli | 3:51 |
8. | "Follow Me Down" | 3OH!3 and Neon Hitch | 3:23 |
9. | "Very Good Advice" | Robert Smith | 2:58 |
10. | "In Transit" | Mark Hoppus and Pete Wentz | 4:02 |
11. | "Welcome to Mystery" | Plain White T's | 4:28 |
12. | "Tea Party" | Kerli | 3:29 |
13. | "The Lobster Quadrille" | Franz Ferdinand | 2:08 |
14. | "Always Running Out of Time" | Motion City Soundtrack | 3:00 |
15. | "Fell Down a Hole" | Wolfmother | 5:04 |
16. | "White Rabbit" | Grace Potter and the Nocturnals | 3:21 |
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Monolog
"haaahhh... apa gw resign aja ya???"
Pertanyaan retoris itu kembali terlontar dari mulutnya. Aku tak menjawab, karena memang aku tak perlu menjawab, kita berdua sama-sama tahu bahwa dia tak akan pernah resign. Lima tahun mengenalnya aku jadi menganggap pekerjaan akuntan publik hanya cocok untuk orang tukang ngeluh, karena mereka akan mengeluh ingin resign setiap 3 jam sekali, setiap hari, setiap minggu selama peak season, setiap tahunnya. Tapi lima tahun pula aku mengenalnya untuk tahu bahwa dia terlalu mencintai pekerjaan itu untuk bisa resign. Karena itu aku tak perlu menjawabnya, aku hanya butuh tersenyum.
"gila, bisa sinting gw kalo kerja kayak gini terus, nyokap gw udah ribut aja ngeliat jadwal gw balik ke rumah. ya mau gimana lagi, gini kerjaan gw..."
Dia kembali memulai monolog panjangnya, hal yang akan terus diulang olehnya, ini adalah ritual sabtu pagiku selama 5 tahun terakhir dan monolog itu akan berakhir dengan...
"...hah... gw capek"
Aku kembali tersenyum. Memperhatikan dia mengacak rambutnya sendiri, rambut yang jika tidak kuingatkan mungkin akan lupa dia potong. Kenapa rambut laki-laki harus selalu cepat tumbuh? menjengkelkan sekali melihatnya gondrong. Aku mendorong cangkir berisi teh hijau panas ke arahnya.
"minum dulu" kataku.
Dia melirik cangkir teh itu dan tersenyum kecil. Perasaan itu kembali muncul.
Setiap kali aku melihatnya tersenyum, walau di sela kesal yang teramat sangat, senyum itu selalu muncul. Aku sangat menyukai senyumnya itu, membuatku ingin mengacak rambutnya, tertawa dan memeluknya erat. Aku tak perduli dengan segala keluh kesahnya asalkan senyum itu selalu muncul pada akhirnya.
"lu kok tahan dengerin keluhan gw?" tanyanya sambil mengangkat cangkir itu.
"dah kebiasa" balasku.
"hmmm... seandainya Ira gitu ya... hah, kemarin gw ketemu dia..." dan monolognya kembali dimulai. Masih monolog yang pernah kudengar, hanya dengan topic yang tak pernah bisa kunikmati.
Ceritakanlah padaku semua kesalmu, tentang pekerjaanmu, keluargamu, teman-temanmu, tapi kumohon jangan tentang dia. Lima tahun aku mengenalmu, dan tidak sampai setahun kau mengenalnya. Aku lebih banyak mengenalnya lewat keluh kesahmu dan bukan cerita bahagiamu, lalu mengapa harus dia?
Monolognya tetap sepanjang biasanya, dengan setiap kata yang seperti menyayat langsung ke tubuhku. Oh Tuhan, ini sakit sekali, aku butuh anesthesia.
"... tu cewek tuh bikin gw kesel setengah mati, udah tau kerjaan gw ribet, tambah diribetin urusan dia... ngomongnya cerewet lagi... haahhh... dasar cewek!" monolognya selesai.
Aku memperhatikannya erat-erat, menunggu tusukan terakhir yang aku tahu akan datang... dia tersenyum. Dia tersenyum seperti halnya senyum saat dia mengakhiri monolognya yang lain. Betapa senyum yang sama memberikan efek yang berlawanan padaku, membuatku bahagia dan menyiksaku juga. Aku diam, menutup mata, menekan rasa sakit itu sekuatnya.
Selalu aku ingin bertanya, aku yang mengenalmu lebih lama, aku yang mengenalmu lebih baik, aku yang bisa mendengar semua keluhmu tanpa protes dan aku yang selalu melewati ritual sabtu pagi ini selamat lima tahun terakhir, hanya aku dan kamu, lalu mengapa ada dia? mengapa aku selalu melihat senyummu untuk dia?
... aku tak pernah mengerti.
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Wake up call...
That's my wake up call.
Lately, I'm kind of looking down at myself, being confused of what I'm best at and my actual value. It affects me badly, I lost my spirit at work and think about how small the benefit I give to my surrounding, I reach my lowest point of self esteem. But I got my wake up call this morning. That sentence enough for me. I remember the time when I was in Lustrum VII committee, someone told me this...
"kamu tuh leutik-leutik tapi euweuh kacape, tau kelinci energizer? tah kamu banget itu teh"
Maybe I'm not looking at myself clearly. There's un-optimized values lying in me, waiting to be awaken. It's time to wake up and seize every moment I have and maximize every strong point in me. FIGHTING!!!