The show was over, video and pictures will be posted later. Guess what song does get stuck in my head after the show finishes?
The Beatles - I Want to Hold Your Hand
The feeling that I get, and I'm sure everyone else does too, every time I listen to the song is surely happiness. All the cheering music and sweet lyrics will make you smile and bring you to the happy memories you feel when you fall in love. That's what you get until.... you listen to Glee Cast cover of the song:
Now all I want to do is cry along with Kurt :'( Yeah, that's glee. they cover and make the song sound different without changing the essence of the song. :)
I want to hold your hand 'cause when I touch you I feel happy inside.. :)
for the super awesome performance!!! The greatest show in this end of the year!
Tonight I feel like the happiest person in the world. Thanks for all the memories, skills, and togetherness we've been built while preparing the show. I've never seen a group this super multitalented. I'll be missing every single thing we've got through. Hopefully, this togetherness will never last. I have had the sweetest memories with you all, Britniners. I'll never forget this day till the end of my life. :)
I was searching and reading references for my final Semiotics essay when suddenly the song Easy by Rascal Flatts & Natasha Bediengfield starts to play in my playlist. The song just sounded so nice in my ear that I stopped from working and searched for the music video on Youtube. Oooooh, there it was!
-------Uploaded on July12, 2011?! I'm that late, aren't I? (⌣́_⌣̀) --------
This song is very recommended if you're desperately missing your ex but you need to look just fine. To make yourself look easy while it's actually not easy is never easy. I don't know what it's like with you, but with me, every time I'm feeling sad or heartbroken, there's always a desire to show the world that I'm not happy at the moment but in the end when I face the public I'll force myself to look fine. Being easy is not easy, we can do it though.
One more thing.
I accidentally found the music video of Ours by Taylor Swift while watching Rascal Flatts' Easy. Great! The mv finally came out. It was published on December 6, 2011. I was not too late then, but yes I was late again. Watch below:
Photographed by : Putri Dwi Annisa
Time & Place : Braga Street, on December 8th 2011
From left to right : Ismy F.A, Rima Putriani, Selvy S. Fitrian, Putri Permatasari, Iis Ismawati.
Nothing could be more opposite than Black and White. And nothing could be more beautiful than when they collide.
I've been loving this song since, probably, last month..
from its music and lyric.. This is just a kind of song that I would definitely like.. No music video (yet) though..
Sadly, tonight I feel like this song hurts so much..
The lyric doesn't change a thing.. Nothing changes from the first time I listened this song. I admitted that the lyric was not a happy story. And tonight, it just feels much sadder.
Artist: Evan Taubenfeld Best Years Of Our Lives (ft. Avril Lavigne) - Single
Oh oh oo Oh Oh oo... (3x)
We had the best years of our lives But you and I would never be the same
September took me by surprise And I was left to watch the seasons change
Oh oh oo Oh Oh oo... (3x)
It's been so quiet since you've gone
And everyday feels more like a year
Sometimes I wish I could move on The memories would all just disappear
So many things I should've Said when I had the chance
So many times we took it all for granted
I'd never thought this could ever end
I'd never thought I'd lose my bestfriend
Everything is different now
Can we stop the world from turning?
I'd never thought I'd have to let you go I'd never thought I'd ever feel this low I wish I could go back And we'd stop the world from turning
Oh oh oo Oh Oh oo... (2x)
Looking back on better days
When we were young, we thought we knew so much And now it seems so far away
I'm wondering If I was good enough
So many things I should've
Said when I had the chance
So many times we took it all for granted
I'd never thought we would ever end
I'd never thought I'd lose my bestfriend
Everything is different now
Can we stop the world from turning?
I'd never thought I'd have to let you go
I'd Never thought I'd ever feel this low
I Wish I could go back
And we'd stop the world from turning
Gone are all the days
When we swore we'd never break
And now I'm left here alone
Gone are all the days
When we swore we'd never change
And now I'm left here alone
Oh oh oo Oh Oh oo... (3x)
Oh oh ooo..
I'd never thought this would ever end
I'd never thought I'd lose my bestfriend
Everything is different now
Can we stop the world from turning?
I'd never thought this could ever end
I'd never thought I'd lose my bestfriend
Everything is different now
Can we stop the world from turning?
I'd never thought I'd have to let you go
I'd Never thought I'd ever feel this low
I Wish I could go back
And we'd stop the world from turning
Have you all
watched Breaking Dawn Part 1? I did yesterday with my girl friends.
Ok, in the beginning of the film, I was all "What the hell is
this?". In the middle: (I don't
really know, I was busy texting). In the end.. well, I felt better. With the
birth of Renesmee and her first contact with Jacob and the feud between Jacob
and his pack.. I could feel the emotion, really. The very end was special, I
think. They showed how truly something Bella's color of eyes is, like it
determined everything.. so dramatic, but I liked it. And they didn't show us
the whole face of Bella which made me curious about how beautiful Bella would
be with that color of eyes. Good! I can't wait for the 2nd part. But still,
from overall film, I dislike how they arrange the sequence of events. Just.. a bit rough, don't you think?
Since I finished reading all the four twilight books, I always feel
like the conflicts in there are added instead of arising naturally. But the idea of the story actually is very
interesting. Maybe that's why it
becomes the trendsetter. See? After twilight releases, other similar vampires
suddenly appear with different kind of stories.
But both film and
stories share one same thing. They herald the glory of perfection, both
physically and emotionally. The
perfection of the Cullens : beauty, wealth, vegetarian, etc. Fall in love with
one of them? Turn yourself into a vampire and everything is perfect. One more
perfect creature : Renesmee. The perfection of imprinting, when you've got
your more than true love.
Renesmee
So, if twilight was
that bad, why would the book be a best seller since it first came out,
riiiight? But, as I notice so far, whether it is good or bad could be
influenced by :
Are you a man or a woman?
Because men, unlike women, tend to the logic than feelings. That's why women like romantic stories
much more than men.
What do you consider? The
film or the story? Because a film might have a very good story, but a
story might not be filmed well.
What do you focus on? The bad
things or the good things? Because I'm quite certain that everything has
their own strengths and weaknesses, but some people only focus on one side
(only the bad or only the good), not both.
What kind of mood are you in?
:p
Are you a hater? :p
I'm not anyone's or
anything's hater. I love twilight... such a guilty pleasure, though :)
I and six others went to see a show in ITB (Bandung Technology Institute) called Pagelaran Bali Kui. The show tells about the world being affected by outbreaks of disease. Wisnu the God comes to the world as Barong to save the people from the disease which apparently is caused by Rangda, the demon queen. So the Barong fights Rangda and he wins. The story was performed in Balinese dances.
And I knew its setting would be awesome, so Baliiii! I already saw it before seeing the show on twitter posted by Tesla Manaf himself :
Aah yes, the guest star was Tesla Manaf Effendi. He is an artist of the capital. He, brought his band, played instrumental music collaborating with ITB's MGG. What an awesome traditional-modern collaboration, you should see the performance yourself! I envied too much with what this campus had created so far. Listen to the music :
Overall performance was extraordinary, I couldn't take my eyes off of the group of people playing gamelan. They're incredible, honestly. But (yes, there's always a but), I think the dancers danced not so compactly. It was unfortunate, but actually it didn't matter much with the setting, costumes, musics all out and majestic like that. I'm serious, it was all covered by other much gerater things. Good Job! :))
This wasn't all about last night in ITB. TransTV was having Job Vaganza Fiesta there. Take a look at the booths :
The booths include Trans Studio, Trans7, The Coffe Bean, Finance, Jika Aku Menjadi Casting, and many others. Sorry for the not-so-good quality of the videos and photos, it was night and I used my phone with 2MP camera to record and capture. :)
I'm doing something really stupid right now: telling you about my novel. No one knows about this novel, I mean except my high school friends. I've never really talked about it to anyone I met after finishing high school. I never wanted to talk about it, actually. But then when I was showering this morning, my mind travelled to my senior high school memories and to this novel and I was like, "I can't believe it, I never mentioned a word about my novel on my blog."
So here is the story. A few years ago when I was a 2nd grader of senior high school, our Bahasa Indonesia teacher gave everyone of us an assignment to write a novel, print it, and then collect it at the end of the year. Our novels should not be less than 100 pages and in the end they would be put in the library so our juniors could read them.
Most of us wrote about love, about teenage life, which, as I read them, was mostly inspired by their own life story. There were also plenty of who wrote a sort of mystery, though, something that drained your brain a little. But there I was, a Potter geek, wrote about wizards and mutants. Haha.. what a freak.
Inspired by Harry Potter, X-Men, Fantastic 4, and Meg Cabot's All American Girl, I named the novel The End of Magic. It tells about, yeah you know, parallel worlds between our world and the magical world. Humans have become very powerful in the very modern era and the wizards always live hidden in the ancient, magical world which is about to end. And Luna, a newbie witch, finds a secret that leads her the the challenge of saving her magical world from the mutants. Yeah, mainly, it’s about the feud between wizards and mutants.
This is the draft in microsoft words. 221 pages. And I've no idea why I couldn't find any picture of the printed one. Thinking maybe I could go sneaking into the library and steal my own novel.
I thought very hard to find a place which can be good to represent modernity and also can be good for conservatism. So I put the setting in London, UK. And anyway, I always love UK and always want to go there.
Yeah, while everybody tried to write something as realistic as they can, I tried to write something that I've never experienced at all in the setting that I've never been at all. Can you imagine how frustrated I was, I googled a lot. And these awful questions like "would this be rational? Would this be okay with the readers? Why does the story run that way?" kept popping up into my head while I was writing. But then I always had the answer. You know why? Because I was the author, I was the creator, it was my creation, I built the story myself. When you're a creator, you have this freedom of changing things, arranging things, you can always make something up so it can be what you want it to be. Wonderful, isn't it?
But still… I was about 15 or 16 when I wrote this novel and my writing was that bad. It was a mess, very awful. That's why I never told anybody about that. I'll keep it until maybe someday, if I have the time, I rebuild it and print it for myself, for a memory. I'm that pathetic, I know.
Today is August 24th 2011, so that means it's Rupert Grint's 23rd bhirtday!! Yes!!
Happy Bhirtday, Rupert, the ginger king!! I LOVE YOU!! Love till the very end!! :D
And I found this wicked post by a fan that contains pics, quotes by and about rupert. A MUST READ. There are also videos by fans regarding to his bhirtday, watch them here and here.
Be good, rupes. Your fans love you... just the way you are. I know it's true, and you must know it too.
And you must know too that I'll support you, whatever happens. So.. just be good. :)
Again. Happy Bhirtday, dear love, Rupert Grint. Wish all the best for you and your future. :))
It's always nice to meet our old friends again, isn't it? And talk about memories.. so precious :)
Well, pictures below are me and my junior high school girls (the girl with red t-shirt is me). More than four years no seeing each other, finally we met again, today. We were fast-breaking together (It's ramadhan! Two weeks to go to Eid). It was supposed to be six, including me, but two others couldn't make it, so there were only four of us.
From left to right : Elsya, Vevy, Fitri, and I.
And guess what I got as ta'jil? Es bul bul with cherries (read: kersen), I picked the cherries myself from the trees nearby :D
I'm so glad to have seen them again. See you soon, girls :)
I always wanted to make this t-shirt, I had gotten my desired pictures which are supposed to be printed on the t-shirt but I just didn't know how to design the t-shirt. I've never been being lucky enough to get corel or photoshop application everytime I reinstalled my windows. But I do have some free photo editors (though they're all lame, but I'm grateful enough to have them), and then this idea came to my mind. I googled female t-shirt template and I found a good one, then I put my pictures on the template using the photo editor I have. And here is the result :
So, actually, I posted this to ask for your comments. To me, this is enough but if any of you thinks there's something wrong with this t-shirt design, please comment. I need your opinion, so please help me? :)
Also I think I'm going to make it a long sleeve t-shirt.
Tom Felton and Rupert Grint seem to hang out a lot in LA these recent days. I'm jealous of you, Tom, but you're so sweet that you tweeted a lot about them and even posted pictures that we couldn't get from media. Love you, Tom! You know how to make your fans get excited :D
Tom tweeted firstly about rups and his t-shirt you know the t-shirts that makes me love rup beyond, and then about rup ordered pizza with truffle, about them playing golf, and the latest tweet (posted today after TCA) is this :
I didn't know when did rupe do that hands Tom was talking about in LA (looks like dan's and emma's were molded too), but then I remembered these pics :
The time I saw those pics, I wondered what they were doing.. but now, it's clear.. :)))
So, Rupert was having a walk to remember with Tom's company.. Aww, rupes.. I promise when I have the chance to go to California someday, I'll visit Hollywood just to see your original molded hands, molded wand, and your name on the ground.. :)
So! It's a total relief, right, knowing that HPDH 2 was finally released in Indonesia, even though it's quite late. And untill now, I've watched it three times. Once in 3D and twice in 2D. Well, many people say this movie is epic. I thought, yes this is the last one, this must be epic, but when I first watched it, in 3D, I was like, "honestly, this is not what I expected from the last movie of the harry potter franchise ever." I don't mean this is a bad movie. No, this is good, it made many people cry and also you cannot say bad when everybody says epic because you'll lose :p What I mean here is that this movie has the goods and the bads, just like everything else. So I'm gonna make some points.
I don't know, after I finished watching this movie, I felt like I just watched a film full of montage. Every scenes seems to be so short to me. Not surprising, actually, because HPDH2 is the shortest harry potter film with only two hours and ten minutes. It looks like they're trying to put as much scenes as they can and ends up everytime a scene finishes I was like, "wait, that's all?". Well, book loyalty isn't a matter at all now for me. No harry potter film would've satisfied me if I judged them only from their loyalty to the books. I understand that films and books are quite different.
Snape's memory... is waaaay too short. I didn't cry in this scene, you know. Alan Rickman's acting is soooooo good though (O my goodness.. HIM.. for all the awards) . Just.. the story isn't enough. They could just delete some of the battle and add more scenes to snape's memory. I think the battle is too much, nagini lives too long, Neville could've just finished it right in the field where harry wakes up from dead-pretending.
Helena Bonham Carter is awesome. She does well as hermione. When she is hermione, you don't see bellatrix at all even though the appearance is completely bella's.
The effects win. Probably this is a harry potter film with the best film effects. I don't know, though, I have to watch the previous films first to make sure. But in this movie, the magic looks awesome and more vivid, like real. I haven't seen those kind of magic in the previous films. They look beautiful. I was so WOW, I felt almost crying by amazement.
The 3D isn't that good. Let me remind you that this movie isn't made to be 3D, it's just a 3D convertion. But there are some parts of the scenes which are looking good in 3D, like the smokes, the dementors, the warner bros logo, and the scene when voldemort's body shatters. Others? look the same in 2D.
The soundtrack is wonderful. Love love love love since the beginning when the warner bros logo appears until the end of the movie. :)
Rupert Grint's acting is adorable when Fred dies. Ron is not so comical this time. The trio look sirius serious along the film and that's ok actually, that makes sense. Hermione and Ron don't have much lines, the movie is centered to Harry... and Voldemort. And I'm so disappointed that Ron doesn't talk at all in the epilogue, he's just silent, that's sooooo NOT ron weasley. Rupert said that the epilogue was actually longer than what appears in the cinema. Yeah, they better put that longer epilogue in the DVD or I'll kill them.
19 years later :')
Mr. and Mrs. Weasley with their two children :')
This one is more touching than any harry potter films. I cried in the first time watching it --honestly, I never thought I would cry at all-- and it was not in the snape's scene, it's when harry meets the ghosts of his parents and sirius and lupin. Harry never sees his mother for his whole life and the time he really sees her (and it's when he's in a crack), he cannot even touch her. That's so heartbreaking OMG I think I'm gonna cry again!! And Ron and Hermione's faces when harry says he's going to the forest and also Ginny's face when she thought she saw harry's dead body, nooo I felt like it's waterfall on my face. I, myself, can't see my bestfriend dead. :(
Best part : when harry wakes up from his dead-pretending, then that cheers from Hogwarts warriors, and that shock reaction from the death eaters. Definitely the best part! :)
The Malfoy Family. I like it when narcissa would do anything to keep her son safe, even if she has to betray voldemort. And when she, lucius, and draco run away from the battle, I love it, it's my second best part. I'm in love with the malfoy family :)
So this is the end. This is sad. This iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiis sad. And to me, this is a good movie, I appreciate that the crew have done their best to finish this movie and they did well, I have too many favorite scenes here.. I rated it 3 out of 5 stars
3 is good, right? ok? :) But it's just... I want more, Yates. I don't want to end it here, like this, with 3.. as a fan, I want it to be a five. I think Part 1 is still better than Part 2. And don't forget, I think Alan Rickman deserves an oscar, and Rupert Grint deserves more than an oscar, please..
Wednesday, August 03, 2011
Nonbar Milis IHP HP7 Part 2
Three days ago (July 31st), for the second time and for the last time, I attended Nonbar Milis IHP HP7 Part 2. I went to Jakarta with @haney07 —as always— and this time our journey was rough, it wasn't like last year at all. But it's not the point, I was grateful enough to be there. Things that make me grateful to have been there:
1. We watched the movie in a big auditorium with a very big screen and with more than 500 Potterheads. What could be more awesome than that? It's always different when you watch HP with other potterheads, moreover there are hundreds of them. We clapped together, we laughed together, we cried together, and we screamed together. It's like we have the same feeling for every scenes shown. I remember a woman cried harder than everyone there when Snape is dead, she sobbed like seeing her family dead. She got my shympathy. And when Ron and Hermione kissing, everybody was like "Eaaaaaa", "Aw aw aw" hahaha I just laughed. It was all so exciting.
2. Cosplay!!! This is the best part. People wear costumes. Last year I saw Snape, Luna, Voldemort, and many hogwarts students with their robes on. And this year I saw Dementor, Bellatrix, young Narcissa, Harry Potter, Astoria, and others. Nice costume, Bella!! :)
look, we found dementor! Rima, you should've been scared rather than smiling.
it's @_ubibakar and @vnovbiebs with #HarryPotternyaIHP. Pictures are theirs, not mine :)
3. Friends. It's always nice to meet potterhead friends. I remember after photographing this pic :
@_ubibakar said, "Dementor, Dementor…" while pointing somewhere behind us and the three of us did look around.. Lol.. She got us!
And this is one of the coolest things I got, I always wanted this since I saw the similar one on Tumblr : FIGHT FOR HOGWARTS!
Thanks for the comittee.. This was a very nice event.. :)
It's so sad that this is the last film. Yes it all ends there, needless to resist. Even though with pottermore around, still, harry potter story has ended. JK Rowling herself said that she won't ever write the 8th story. It's the fandom that will never last.. not the story. Nothing else to wait for about Harry Potter, neither the books nor the films. Rowling might write HP again, but not another new chapter, it's probably something like the reboot (if it's films). So.. the story has ended, let's just admit it. (I'm crying inside though)
And! Since I avoid spoiling those who haven't watched the film -it hasn't been a week since it's released in Indonesia anyway- , my review about Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 will be posted tomorrow or another tomorrow. :)
Rumors said that HPDH2 had passed the sensor so it's going to come to Indonesian cinemas soon. Subtitle is proceeded before the sensor which means that the film should've been ready to screen, it could be this week or next week.
You know what?!! I CAN'T WAIT!!!
I've been waiting for so long. Spoilers have been bothering me over this week. It's just a relief knowing that finally I'm gonna see it. Here. In Indonesia. :)
I'm just too happy today. Yay!
Sunday, July 17, 2011
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
To Snow White. I've tasted it, no poison :)
Sweet. Gorgeous. Touching. That's all I can say for this movie. Shone is so much a coward that he couldn't tell a girl that he's in love with her but all that he has done for her without anyone's notices is so sweet. I couldn't even hold my tears.
My tears firstly cracked in Nam's confession to Shone,
and when seeing Shone's notebook which is full of Nam's photographs, I cried even more. O my God, this guy is a sweet coward. And look at him! he's so cute. I can't watch him in pain. Oh, Mario Maurer, you did it very well.
Don't cry :(
But you know what I think? For a movie, this is a very great story. For a real life, it's so absurd. I don't believe there's such story happens in a real life. Come on. What I've been learning from this life so far is that cute boys wouldn't fall in love with an awkward face girl for no reason unless he has been a close friend with the girl for a long time. Most boys will, at first, look for girls with a good face. Trust me. Miracle might happen, though.
Inspite of all that, I do think that all girls in this world look beautiful. Just put a little make up and dress a little bit, and voila! You're a beautiful girl. This is so true, believe me. :)
a bug face Nam :)
Nam has turned beautiful
Shone's notebook :
This book is funny but it makes me know how much that you have tried. I want to tell you that you had succeeded since you began to do.
Answered Pin that she looked the same. She looked the same, cute as always.
Touched her hand for the first time. But I had to release it cause others would curious.
Gave her an apple but I bit it.
You've been better. Fight, Nam!
Love can win everything especially fear.
The first day it was very difficult to grow. One worm. Today I gave the rose to Nam. I said it was from my friend. It's because I'm tight-lipped.
Today I saw Top confessed. You know I'm hurt. Why our time never match?
Jarang - jarang nih gue nonton film horor, film horor terahir yg gue tonton The Grudge sama Dream Home. The Grudge tuh masih oke - oke aja, tapi Dream Home? Gak mau mau lagi, once is more than enough. Awalnya ragu - ragu juga mau nonton film Insidious soalnya emang gak suka horor, apalagi kl horor nya yg psycho gitu.. No way! Tapi ada rasa kangen juga nonton horor, jadinya nonton deh.. *apa sih :p *
Dan ternyata filmnya gak seserem yang gue bayangin. Kata orang sih serem bgt, tp gak tau knp gue pikir lebih sereman The Grudge. Menurut gue sih yang bikin film ini oke bgt tuh ya jalan ceritanya. Ceritanya tuh dipikirin. Bukan yang hantunya tiba - tiba dateng, nakut-nakutin, orangnya mati ketakutan atau cerita tentang orang - orang kurang kerjaan yang nyari - nyari hantu dsb.. Tapi di Insidious hantunya lumayan bikin kaget sih, dan ditambah dengan efek suara nya itu.. berhasil bikin kaget.
Apalagi yang paling menarik itu adalah tentang astral projection nya itu. Keren banget. Dan saat itu juga ngerasa bahwa yang jadi inti ceritanya tuh ternyata bukan hantunya. Hantunya itu datang cuma karena ketidaksengajaan si Dalton bisa astral projection kan. Gue aja baru kepikiran bahwa bisa aja astral projection itu mengundang para hantu, karena emang tubuh kita itu lagi kosong.. Dan gue baru kepikiran saat itu banget. Dari yang gue baca dulu ttg proyeksi astral, gue gak baca yg tentang bisa ngundang para hantu, dan menurut gue itu idenya bagus bgt.
Gue sendiri sih percaya kalo seseorang bisa ngelakuin proyeksi astral. Dulu, percaya atau nggak, gue sempet googling tentang cara supaya bisa melakukan astral projection, tapi gue nya gak berani nyoba juga :p
"You once told me that love and fame can't leave in the same place ..... So choose love." ~ Kelly Canter
"Don't be afraid to fall in love. It's the only thing that matters in life." ~ Kelly Canter
What's wrong with being afraid of falling in love? Many people get hurt by loving. And falling in love is so easy yet I don't want to get hurt so often. So some people might be afraid of falling in love. or maybe this is just a pessimist talking. Well, whatever it is, the truth is they are not convinced enough to feel like they need to fall in love.
Enough with the philosophy. Country Strong is wonderful afterall. and for your information, I love country songs :) . The movie contains the hell lots of them, the good ones. Yeah! Let's get the soundtrack album :D
No. Seriously, this is a very beautiful movie. I never thought it'd get so emotional yet romantic. Cute. And tragic, yea. I don't entirely like the ending. There's this one which happens to be an unhappy-ending. But actually that sad ending is what makes the movie worth watching. I admit it. But I just don't like the movie poster.
( Also Thanks to Dhyn Hanarun who gave me the movie for free :) Thanks, dear. )
