Not So Last Year At All!

This is Mira, yea the weird one, back blogging, tired of writing in 140 characters.

So, last holiday, that feel like centuries ago, I went to watch two (blockbuster) movies; Avatar and Sang Pemimpi/The Dreamer, which both amazed me in a sort of different way. Since people have been so excited about Avatar and good reviews are practically everywhere on the planet, let me just write–not review, I don’t really know how to write one–free write, about the latter.

Sang Pemimpi or in English The Dreamer, is a sequel movie of Laskar Pelangi which is based on the Tetralogy Laskar Pelangi/Rainbow Troops, bestseller novel series (in Indonesia).
The first movie, Laskar Pelangi was a big success, The highest selling Indonesia Movie of all time, funny yet touchy, slap us right on the face with the fact that there is still loads of kids who wants and are very eager to get educated with all the problems they may have. The message is that you shouldn’t stop going to school even if your school has only one almost-crash-down-building and your house is like 40 Km far from school.

Sang Pemimpi is the continuation of Ikal’s story in belitong remote areas, now with his Courageous cousin, Arai who is the ’simpai keramat’, the last living descendant of a family.
Arai is left by his Mother and father since young and has had to live with Ikal’s family ever since. He wanted to be the lone ranger, Ikal wanted to be the indian, and their other friend, Jimbron, wanted to be the horse. Jimbron is, too, an orphan. He was taken care by reverend Geovany, a close relative of his family. Although Reverend geovany is a christian, He still raised Jimbron as a Muslim. This is a very soft way of the movie, as well as of the book, to tell you to be tolerant to others.
The three study at the first highschool in Manggar, a less remote area in belitong than their hometown. They show great spirit with Pak Balia, a spiritful young teacher, tells them to explore Europe, adventure Africa and to set their feet and study at Sorbonne University. They work whilst studying and never stop dreaming about adventuring Europe and Africa and getting a taste of life itself!

This movie awes me period
NEVER STOP DREAMING, BOI.

HNY–sorry for being so late saying this!
LOVE
FKUI2010

I stop keeping count of how many times I said this in mind, Time to write it down.

I don’t know, I just think I’m stupid.

I’m stupid and lazy and procrastinating the whole time and simply too idiot to get the fact. Yet, now I know it. I know I’m stupid and lazy and procrastinating the whole time and simply too idiot to get the fact, just now. just months before everything’s late (or Has it been late?). Luck and Improvement, aren’t they? I’m improving, I promise.

I’ve been wanting to run, so I run.
but, everyone else runs faster. sucks.

I’m stupid and silly. I dream huge and high. I dream too high. I arrange my dreams higher than the sky (well that’s how it’s supposed to, isn’t it?) higher than the so-called heaven, farther than the farthest side of the universe, plain bigger than my body. it’s just that unreachable and I’m STUPID. Yet I think I can. Didn’t I just promise I’m improving?

So I run faster. but everyone else’s still faster
I want to run faster, faster than anyone else in the whole world. please?

I just want it so bad. those feet of the great runners, the olympic-gold-medal winners’. I want to think big and bright and cleverer, I just want it darn bad. Brain of Einstein.

OR JUST GIMME A STRONG WILL, ONE THAT FILL ALL THESE SPOTS I’M LACKING OF. PLEASE MR. ALMIGHTY
I JUST PROMISE YOU, I’M IMPROVING.

بِسْمِ اللّهِ الرَّحْمـَنِ الرَّحِيم
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Ever Merciful

On A Tightrope; A Review

picture source

Last Sunday I watched the movie at Jiffest(Jakarta International Film Fest) though actually I went there to watch A Road to Mecca, which had been sold out hours before the screening.

so, On A Tightrope is a documentary film about 4 specific children, Sarigul, Aijamal, girls, and Jumakhun, Abliz boys, who all are living in an orphanage in Xinjiang province of China and happen to be Uyghurs, the largest Muslim Minority there. They aren’t all orphans, Aijamal and Jumakhun still have mother, Sarigul and Abliz are. They four did tightrope walking as it is Uyghur’s Tradition, and the stories of them revolve around it.

Sarigul was a tightrope walker but she started to ignore her school, therefore her teachers were very worried that she would leave school earlier than she is supposed to. Her Teachers were really concerned since Sarigul is actually that kind of bright-talented-girl.

Jumakhun was that small kid who got beaten and hit and mocked for he was small. but He’s cute and his attitude like the whole world is against him just make him look cuter, aw. He is a good tightrope walker indeed, He wants to be like Adili, world’s best tightrope Walker (who is an Uyghur), but his trainer, Mehmet Tursun never gave him a chance. He told Jumakhun to quit tightrope walking, once again, thanks to Jumakhun body size. as he said in one occasion, It’s no good being a small kid.

Abliz was afraid. He wasn’t into tightrope walk at all. He dreams of being a famous singer one day. His singing brought me to tears. He said if his parents were still alive He would put them on his shoulder and brought them all the way to Mecca. He’s my favourite.

Aijamal was Outstanding in tightrope walking. She outshone all her friends. She thought her trainer, Mehmet Tursun was a good man who’s going to make sure everything’s okay. She thought Mr. Tursun can replace her father’s place. She doesn’t think so after he abandoned her and sent her back to the orphanage.
Mehmet Tursun was the best in tightrope walking, but He was too big-headed that Adili, who was very young, soon exceeded him.

picture source
Abliz, Petr Lom, Jumakhun

The film also tells how the children are not allowed to have religion, something that is opposing the fundamental human rights. The China government seems like covering it as Petr Lom shows a video where a Chinese officer said that He wasn’t allowed to translate any of his video in Xinjiang to english.

In the Q&A session He said that there’s a distinct difference whether his movie break the ethical code of media by translating the whole conversation of the movie.Well, He also said that one of his friends was arrested for sending the tapes out of the country by FedEx. So, China seems very sensitive about this issue.

The movie is surprisingly good. I thought It was going to be only about being a tightrope walker and blah blah, but It actually has a strong message inside. No wonder it’s nominated in Grand Jury Prize World Cinema – Documentary in Sundance film Festival 2007.
I get curious on his newest documentary film “Letters to The President” that involves Ahmadinejad. I missed the screenings at Jiffest.

Happy Holiday, hope you’re all well.

PEACE.

Dear Friends,

Love, a word that if you haven’t fallen in one, you just never live life to the fullest, It hurts yet alleviates things you’d never guess you can bear, put a smile on your face, and bring those tears you’d have to wipe and say it’s time to move on. No, it’s beautiful, really, but It’s just too beautiful that it hurts so bad when it leaves, and the whole world will start to darken a bit, and All just aggravate every single thing.

That’s when you lose a very Marvelous thing that had brightened all your past days. but, know what? it never leaves, it stays there for the rest of the time, You just have to look inside a little and there you have it, ready to be given again. so, maybe the sky never looks that blue again, yet, it’s going to be painted in a really different colour, your favourite colour–or if your favourite colour is blue, then it’s the most perfect blue you love–because when it’s time to love again, then it’s time.

taken from there

He may have gone with a way more gorgeous girl, and you’re home with a broken heart and crying him a river, well that’s okay, as long as you just cry him a river, not two.
Well, I’ve ever heard, God Is A Director, He might have a bigger plan for you, a better man must be just waiting by the block

Most Important of All, I, your friend, will always be near to make some noise, so heck yeah.

Let’s Move on, We have National Exams, Universities’ Entrance Test, and Final Exams and blahblahs ahead!
(one of my bestfriend just broke up with her bf, I hope this would cheer her up a bit)

Loads of Warm Love DD
HAPPY HOLIDAY, YAY, YAY, YAY.

LATELY

I am pretty thankful these days, just so you know, this week until next monday I’m having final exams.
and you know what (I’m not going to show off!) my math and biology marks are FANTASTIC and chemistry do fine and English, Deutsch, and Citizenship marks are good as always (HAHA), oh and I failed on Indonesian (I speak Indonesian for god’s sake, ckck), C&IT, and Perspective Drawing, Which are okay.

just a quick update!

SEE YOU
LOVE <3

A Quick Change of Thought

hello there.
We celebrated Teacher’s day on wednesday flag ceremonially and that was pretty fun. YES, I said fun. no kidding, but why? well, because the ceremony (mmm what do you call petugas in english oh yes)officers are all teachers. from the pemimpin upacara to the master of ceremony, from the reader of pembukaan UUD 1945 to the choir. bahahaha that was FUN.
when the MC, my super-killer math teacher, misread something, she said ‘eh salah’ which was very funny. then the choir sang Indonesia Raya, and it was good. but when they sang berkibarlah benderaku, it didn’t sound pretty clear. so the whole school sang along and that was the very first time I was in such ceremony where everyone was quite relaxed.

everyone smiled wide and when the ceremony was almost over, some guys in the backest line sang ‘pahlawan tanpa tanda jasa’ and unintentionally, All students sang too. that was completely touching realizing the fact that it was some really rebellious students who started to sing.

idk why but it seems like everyone still loves their teachers no matter how hard they swear they hate physic, math, and english.
in the end the teachers were given a mug each and a bouquet of red roses from the students.
SWEET.

HAPPY IEDUL ADHA!

THE CITY AND ITS GONE-MAD PEOPLE

I’ve been living in the outskirts of Jakarta for 16 years and I find it mad here. I spent about half of my day every weekdays in the city and I find it even madder. so what’s so happening? why’s everyone losing their mind? just wondering. the main thing why I get to write this whole whimsical stuffs happening in the capital city is because I experience a freaking meeting with a freak that totally scare the heck out of me.

so here’s the elusive full story

Yesterday I and Dwi, a nonsensical best friend, were starving. so after school we went to pasar jumat and bought a bowl of one of the most savoureux chicken porridge. oh so mouth-watering. so after the happy meal and all the stupid talks dwi finally said “Mir, tapi lo jangan langsung nengok ya, Itu apaan sih mir di selangkangan bapak-bapak itu?”
I glanced “Tau, tapi kok kaya itu ya? hahaha”
“Iya kaya ituan tapi gw ga keliatan”
“wi JANGAN-JANGAN ITU EKSIBISIONIS. gw yakin itu eksibisionis. anjrit.”
“parah, Mir udah kita balik aja”
“Iya serem banget ih”
so I got in a kebayoran lama-ciputat car and seated. there were 2 junior high students sat face to face on my right and a group of in high school students on my left. they talked and laughed a lot. I wasn’t paying any attention til they jeered or something. That made me look around. DANG the exhibitionist man was there too, sitting beside the girl in front of me. the high school students were probably scoffing at the man. I tried to look as though I don’t care. then, I tried to look as though I was sleeping. not so long some passengers got off and it left me with the junior high student in front of me, the in high school student beside me, the exhibitionist, and a good looking girl I recognized as my primary school classmate, and the driver behind the steering wheel.

It was frightening, all the survivors in the car looked pale. no one laughed anymore. as the girl beside me got off I moved to the seat by the door as quickly as possible. no time for the slightest doubt. I considered to get off but we were already in pasar ciputat, so I decided to accompany the girl I thought was my old classmate. if she gets off I will get off too. but no one got off until we reached the U turn in pasar ciputat. I got off and decided to take an ojek there. the girl got off too, so do the exhibitionist. while I was turning around to get on my ojek I saw the exhibitionist smiled wide and looked completely bemused. GOD, THAT WAS SO DISGUSTING. I looked back all the time on the way home on my ojEk.

Counselling teacher ever explained stuffs like exhibitionism at school. Now it sounds real to me. My physic teacher also ever told the whole class about guys who are fond of spreading their sperms on buses. A MAD WORLD INDEED!

Perhaps loads of you will say it is not that weird, it’s happening around the globe but, to me it is an utterly disturbing fact. I mean why in the world will you show your damn penis to people gladly and get satisfied after doing so? I mean if you’re THAT crazy you are supposed to not wearing anything whilst dancing hilariously on streets and stuffs. YOU SHOULD REALLY GET A LIFE, DUDE.

I really hope that eventually those people can realize that they are so mad that they can get a proper handling or else, go to hell.

LOADS OF FRICKIN LOVE XD

UNRAVELING MYSTERIES

Tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, and the days after the days after tomorrow are mysteries. they are destined to be well hid, kept as secret human will have to worry about.

This week some psychic, the well known one, said there would be one major earthquake in the capital city, Jakarta. That is a silly hoax for nothing happened in the past few days. and I was like ‘told you so!’ no one can predict future.

Yet, some people got tense and worried the whole week. I did worried a little when I first heard the quake stuffs, but logically, who can predict earthquake? seriously. So, I take my stand to say ‘that is funny, you fools’ to my sister and brothers who obviously believed the scenario. And guess what, the media that spread the whole story is an infotainment tv programme, the one as venomous as heck, worst my siblings believe all those nonsensical stuffs.

Well, what makes it more whimsical is that the psychic herself believes stuffs most people believe; no one can predict future. she said it on tv. hilariously well-said.

So why would people eat that up, things they said on tv?

Is it because life is more appealing on tv? how a little disastrous wind far away can make you cry, how a girl gets her first kiss can make you smile, how politicians mark up national budget can get you utterly tense.
does it make our life more interesting with a predicted earthquake?
NO it doesn’t!

Don’t believe about some stuffs they say on tv. try to sort the believeables.
and about tomorrow’s events, just get back to our own, what our faith says, is best for us to rely on.
2012? hahaha. I try to convince myself I’m going to live until I’m at least twenty something.

I’m no mayans, though.
WARM HUGS <3.

In Harmonia Progressio

It gets more often hearing me say it in my head. I’m so obsessed.

by the by here’s the chart of the institute’s entrance tests,

you can right click it and save it right to your own computer there’s no copy right attached.
or you may check the FULL DETAILS AT THE ITB’S OFFICIAL SITE.

STUDY HARD.

PRAMBANAN

from me last holiday (PAKAI KAMERA HP) HAHAHA

Say a word or two to brighten my day.

HEY IT’S FROM LEFT TO RIGHT RICHARD HUGHES, TIM RICE-OXLEY, AND TOM CHAPLIN. IT’S KEANE.

I remember being twelve-or so- years old, watching MTV and the video of everybody’s changing played on. It was a wonder. well, I did wondered how do they switch people from the drummer to an eskimo, the pianist to a geisha, and the vocalist to a banci. I didn’t even notice the song! I really liked it. so I tuned in to MTV, everyday, pretty much because I love watching the vidclip and I just started to sing along everytime I heard it on TV. particularly in love but I didn’t realize that. I didn’t know the lyrics though. I was just humming or singing the wrong lyrics while shaking my head to the beat. that’s it.

When I was in the 9th grade, I got an Art project about which I was so excited. the project was simple; all students were required to make a music group and pick a song to be presented, then present it in front of the class. the best group would have to play on our graduation stage. I didn’t want to win the graduation stage, anyway. I just want to pick the keane’s song to present and I was almost, almost-and it was this close- got all my pals agreed on the song choice before someone suggested to sing Rossa’s terlanjur cinta. I just couldn’t believe it.

fine. rossa’s okay though.

And it was on a saturday night where a local channel (no more MTV haha) re-play one Keane’s gig in europe and I was stunned. I usually don’t like live or recorded concert on tv, screw the quality, the lipsynch, and the performers’ goofy action stage. but I was pretty in awe, I really like them performing Hamburg Song. just epic.

I googled them and really fall in love ever since. They are the best british band ever. Arctic Monkeys, OASIS, The Kooks, The Verve, Franz Ferdinand, Muse, The Coral, and even Coldplay never beat them here, in my heart (though I LOVE THEM ALL). I love Hopes and Fears and Under The Iron Sea and Perfect Symmetry so much. frankly, I don’t know which one I like best.

well yeah I must admit that I was very surprised the first time I heard ’spiralling’ (that’s the first single for perfect symmetry) on youtube. I was like ‘what the heck?’ when I heard the loud delighted OOOH which was quite shocking, and all the tunes just sounded so new, really. there’s some energy which differs to hopes and fears which is classic and the dark under the iron sea yet totally addictive. it’s like what drummer Richard Hughes has it, “songs that are not that happy but that sound happy.” Pop music that’s anything but throwaway.

my chosen one!
hope you like it

An Epic: The Road

I really want to write about this book of Cormac McCarthy, as soon as I re-read the epic story. I’ve read it over and over again and realize I’ve got to write something about this!

So The whole story begins in a no-name father’s and his no-name son’s journey across the burnt landscape, in which some disastrous stirring calamity happened years before causing all the chaotic events with only few surviving. the boy’s mother has committed suicide before the story begins.

the father soon realizes that both of them will not survive the winter in their present location, thus he and his son start roaming the country, going for the sea, vaguely hoping for someone who’s not going to make them as dinner. In the journey, they find cannibalistic groups who seek out people to eat (they even eat babies!), and encounter a meeting with them.
they wander with only a trolley of blankets and canned foods, a pistol with only two bullets inside (either to protect themselves or suicide) , and they are “each the other’s world entire”, literally.

the boy somehow still strongly believes that there are still the good guys out there. while his father is struggling with his blood-coughing and the fact that he is dying. He dies eventually, leaving his Son alone. well, it was really sad and I don’t know why I Always cry over the page. I was pretty anxious of the son’s life, HE’S JUST SO YOUNG AND KIND. HE CAN’T EVEN TELL WHO’S THE CANNIBALISTIC ONE. He’s just so unaware.

the ending, I reckon is happy but there’s something that’ll make you still want to cry. maybe because it’s overwhelmingly happy.

I guess it’s something that makes you know eventhough it’s a sad destiny you have, it’s still reminding you to smile. Really, the story makes you can’t put the book until you find out what happens after one and another events. And Mr McCarthy’s way of writing direct-speech-without-quotation-mark is new to me but I love it.

the AWESOME Author

the book won pulitzer prize for fiction and some other awards, yes it’s a great book. And the film adaptation starring Viggo Mortensen (yes if you loooove him watch it) , Guy Pearce, Charlize theron and Kodi Smit-McPhee, due for release on November 25. yeaah here’s the movie’s official website siniiih

see ya around.