The days of reading "Tic Toc Tic Toc": Part 3

"Spanish proverb says: experience is not always the kindest teacher... but it is surely the best." (p. 197) 

"Yes, it is!" timpalku. Mantab. Begitu aku baca tulisan itu. Sekilas tentang kalimat itu... Kalimat itu adalah kalimat yang dibilang Adam yang jadi sosok spesial buat Ilyaa, salah satu tokoh utama, bilang itu ke Ilyaa waktu Ilyaa diopname karena kecelakaan. Adam digambarkan adalah sosok blasteran Manado-Spanyol, jadi dia paham gitu dengan kalimat-kalimat bijak a la Spanyol.

The days of reading "Tic Toc Tic Toc": Part 2

Ahhhh.... Ternyata hari-hari membaca Tic Toc Tic Toc: Quarter Life's Tale berakhir di hari kedua aku megang buku itu setelah kubeli. Hehehe... Cepatzzz...


Setelah tulisan singkat di p. 9 membuatku terdiam, sekarang giliran tulisan di p. 159! Kalimat itu adalah petikan ucapan Kak Shindu --kakaknya Shiva, salah satu tokoh utama di novel ini-- ke Shiva yang ragu berat soal hubungannya sama pacaranya, Rasya. Gini ini nih tulisannya:

"Only three word to describe a guy... man is simple... Lo marah ya tonjok, selesai. Satu-satunya cara ya kamu harus jujur sama diri kamu dan Rasya, Shiva."

The days of reading "Tic Toc Tic Toc": Part 1

Tadi sore, gak ada angin gak ada hujan tiba-tiba aja aku pengen ke salah satu toko buku yang ada di kotaku. Pengen beli beberapa buku yang sebenernya udah aku incer lewat hunting di online book store. "Sapa tau di toko ntar ada bukunya.. Jadi gak usah pake nunggu beberapa hari sampe akhirnya buku-buku nyampe di tanganku dan siap dibawa," aku bilang ke diri sendiri. Dan setelah aksi membujuki ibu untuk nemenin aku ke toko buku, pergilah aku dan ibuku ke toko buku tersebut.

Memang namanya belom jodo ya belom nemu juga. Hadeh... Ternyata ketiga buku yang aku cari itu gak ada semua (yup! Semua!) di toko.. Alamat akhirnya aku akan beli lewat online store deh kalo gini... Tapi, Tiara teteplah Tiara. Mana tahan udah nyampe toko buku gak beli buku satupun. Dan mulailah per-hunting-an itu. Akhir cerita, Tiara pulang dengan tiga buku.. Sesuai target awal, cuman judulnya yang beda semua sama yang ada di daftar beli. Hehehe...

The Russian Dolls a.k.a Les Poupées Russes

I've just finished watching The Russian Dolls a.k.a Les Poupées Russes for the ... hmm... I forget how many times I've seen it. Five times, ten times, maybe more... 

It's better to write some words about this movie first since it isn't famous enough in Indonesia. The Russian Dolls a.k.a Les Poupées Russes is a French movie. This movie was mostly taken in England, Paris, and St. Petersburg (Russia). It's the sequel of The Spanish Apartment a.k.a L'Auberge Espagnole. Though it's a sequel, in my opinion you can watch this movie without watching the first movie because it has different plot from the first one. While The Spanish Apartment is interesting because of its multicultural atmosphere (only --in my opinion), The Russian Dolls combines multicultural atmosphere, love story, and life lessons.

ché: an idea of perfection

Wendy: I know you're not always perfect. I know you have tons of problems, defects, imperfections... but who doesn't? It's just that I prefer your problems. I'm in love with your imperfections. Your imperfections are just great!

[... ]

Wendy: I know most girls they get weak on their knees for what's beautiful, you know, that's all they see, that's all they want. But I'm not like that. I don't just see what's beautiful. I fall for the other stuff. I love what's not perfect. It's just how I am. 

I spontaneously hit pause button when I heard sentences above --which Wendy said to Xavier in the Russian Dolls. I was stuck for a moment.. Playing a memory in my head...

tiga salam

Kira-kira dalam seminggu terakhir mb’Ganis --salah satu temen yang pergi bareng ma aku dan 2 temen lain ke Melb tahun kemaren-- mengupload lagi foto2 kami selama di Melb ke facebook. Karena sudah basi –karena udah lama cerita itu--, diuploadnya foto-foto itu bikin aku keingetan lagi sama Melbourne.

Melbourne City, Southbank, and Yarra River from Swan Bridge

Someday

Deep and blue.


Those two words describe perfectly the song Someday by John Legend. Check out its lyric!