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Thoughts

Have you ever had one of those moments when you hate someone so badly----wait no, not hate, more like, horribly annoyed, to the point that you get extremely vexed with them?

And it made me wonder how many times we forgive just because we don't want to lose someone, even if they don't deserve our forgiveness. It also seems to me that people are now awfully good at ‘forgive and forget’.

But when there's nothing to forgive, they just tend to forget.

I just tend to forget.

Random Conversations #2

*Lagi jalan di kampus*
Temen #1: Wah gue nemu tempat rokok Indo nih di Chinatown, sip abis!
Temen #2: Serius? Bagi dong! Gw terakhir ngerokok rokok Indo langsung homesick gitu!
Temen #1: Ngerokok apa lo terakhir?
Temen #2: Itu loh, rokok Sempurna!
Gw: Sampurna kali...


*Lagi di kelas, iseng mau belajar Bahasa Cina*
Gw: How to say "fighting!" in Chinese? (referring to 'hwaiting' / good luck)
Temen Yang Emang Dateng Dari Cina: Jia You!
Temen Indo Sok Tau: Kung-fu!
Gw dan Temen Yang Emang Dateng Dari Cina: ...........


*Lagi ngomongin konser sama temen-temen*
Gw: Wah udah empat bulan nih gue gak nonton konser. Kangen deh.
Temen Yang Sering Nonton Konser: Gue baru aja sebelom pindah ke sini nonton Simple Plan dulu.
Temen Yang Gakpernah Nonton Konser Sama Sekali: Gue udah 16 tahun ga nonton konser!


*Lagi jalan di city barengan sama temen dan pacarnya*
Gw: Wah, ini sih gue udah buka third-wheel lagi namanya jalan sama lo dan cowok lo.
Temen: Lah terus lo apaan dong?
Gw: Cart-wheel!


*Lagi ngobrol sama temen di BBM*
Temen: Ning lo kenapa ga masuk psikolog aja?
Gw: Ah ga ah, nanti kalo di Indo gw kalah sama ustad-ustad.
Temen: Hah ustad itu apaan?
Gw: Itu loh, Aa Gym.
Temen: Aa Gym itu apaan?
Gw: *Gubrak*

(The Post) Hunger Games Post

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Disclaimer: Ini post udah ditahan-tahan dua bulan dan akhirnya gue post juga, lupa mulu. Ini bukti kalo gue udah nulis ini sejak dua bulan yang lalu, tepatnya sehari (atau malemnya ya?) setelah gue nonton The Hunger Games

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I am actually writing a movie review.

I watched The Hunger Games yesterday, and didn't expect the movie to be.. very surprising.

I am one of those people who didn't know The Hunger Games' existence till I watched the trailer, which was like a few weeks prior the movie release. I may sound like a hater but to be extremely honest, the plot sounds extremely dumb and absurd to me. The characters' names are like every other bad fanfictions out there kind of bad names, it is beyond tacky and ridiculous. The background story is terrible and the world in the story is set up weirdly. When I first read the summary, I don't understand how teens have to compete against each other and by competing; killing each other. It is not necessarily like a 'punishment' for them, but more like to remind the people from the various districts that they are powerless and vulnerable against The Capitol. Still, I don't understand the motive behind the story. It seems like the author purposely choose such insane scenes in order to push the action sequences in the book or in the movie. The author clearly had the film in mind when writing this down. To wrap it up, I didn't get the hype of the movie and I am fairly surprised that people are starting to expect this to be better than the already oh so famous and legendary series, Harry Potter.

Anyways enough with me ranting about the book. I decided not to read the series before I watch the movie and I am more than grateful that I decided to do that. For a two hours and twenty minutes long movie, I am proud to say that I didn't get bored or sick of any parts at all.

It is rare that a film based on a young adult novel is able to juggle so many powerful issues so profoundly. It is very enjoyable, intriguing, entertaining and enthralling from beginning to end. 8.5/10 from me!

I have to praise Jennifer Lawrence's acting (been rooting for her since her last X-Men movie tbh!) and George Hutcherson, the guy who played Peeta was pretty good too. However, everyone's favorite flower boy aka Liam Hemsworth only had a five-minutes screentime during the whole movie. Not sure about the other roles because some of them are pretty irrelevant.

I truly understand how the movie received several amount of criticism on their camera work. I was complaining about this as well. It was so shaky (most of the times the cameras are handheld) and they keep switching the scenes so frequently it made my eyes hurt and my head spinning during the first half of the movie. The visuals/animation (especially) the fire on Katniss and Peeta's outfit during the tribute parade and Katniss' dress during the talk show was incredibly awful. The dogs (it looks like a hybrid of a wild bear and dog to me) were so ludicrous and the Cerberus from Harry Potter's first movie which was released eons ago actually looks better than the one in The Hunger Games.

In conclusion, The Hunger Games was pretty amazing. It was breathtaking, full with action-packed scenes mixed with a fair amount of dramatic friendship and romantic clips.. Viewers would enjoy the film regardless of whether they had read the book. Oh and if you're wondering whether this movie is better than Twilight or not. YES. IT IS. MUCH BETTER THAN TWILIGHT. MUCH MUCH BETTER DON'T YOU EVEN DARE TO COMPARE THIS MOVIE WITH TWILIGHT. DONT. YOU. EVEN. DARE. But still not as epic as Harry Potter (duh!).

Ok last but not least, I didn't expect the movie to be this intense though. Blood splashing everywhere, teenagers being smashed by bricks and stabbed by swords and shot by arrows, isn't that too violent for a PG-13 movie? It was mindblowing for me and my friends, but how about for teens who just turned 13 and watching this with their parents? Dunn dunn dunn.

Just because I'm here for you all the time doesn't mean you can take me for granted.

Autumn

“Why are you so bright? It’s as if you’re happy to have this…”

“When all this started, I thought about withdrawing from the world, like most people do, but that is cowardice. So I decided I’m going to live -or at least try to live- the way I want, with dignity, with courage, with humor, with composure.”

“That must have been hard,”

“There are some times when I cry and cry and mourn for myself. Sometimes, I’m so angry and bitter. But it doesn't last too long. Then I get up and say, ‘I want to live’. ”

“Is it working?”

“So far, I've been able to do it. Will I be able to continue? I don't know. But I'm betting on myself that I will.”

Le Magic Wand

Went to Harry Potter's exhibition today and decided to buy Prof Snape's wand just because it looks so sleek and *~mysterious~*.

Anyway, I went home and did some crazy random stuff with it!

Le open the interwebz

Le alohomora the door when I forgot my key

Le hang my towel

Le use it as a chopstick to eat jellybeans

Le accio Girls' Generation

Le avada kedavra this Pikachu

Le poke my chubby cheek

Lastly, is to le act like a professional drummer with a wand

Dunn dunn dunn! *insert Harry Potter theme song/tune here*

Random Conversations #1

*Lagi di tempat nyuci baju di kos-kosan*

Orang: Wah orang Indonesia juga ya?

Gw: Iya, lo temennya si ini ya?

Orang: Iya.

Gw: Oh nama lo Miguel bukan? Keren banget!

Orang: Hah? Itu mah si orang Portugal, gue mah Rendy!

*Lagi jalan-jalan di City*

Gw: Wah ini toko kece banget!

Temen: Kece apaan sih?

Gw: Jadi selama ini lo gaktau?

Temen: Enggak.

Gw: Kece tuh kayak keren atau bagus gitu.

Temen: What? I thought it was the exact opposite!

Gw: *Gubrak*

*Lagi di kelas ngomongin Bogor dan Kemang*

Temen Sekelas Dari Negara Lain: What's Bogor? What's Kemang?

Temen dari Jakarta: It's an area in Indonesia. From Bogor to Kemang is like from Sydney's airport to Canberra.

Gw dan Orang Indo Sebelah Gue: Aslahwrwalrhatakehawrbeawra.

*Lagi di kelas ngomong pake Bahasa Indonesia sama temen-temen dari Jakarta*

Temen Sekelas Dari Negara Lain: Hey! Ayam goreng ayam goreng!

*Lagi BBMan sama temen di Jakarta*

Gw: Aduh males deh nanti mesti nyuci baju.

Temen: Tapi di sana ada mesinnya kan?

Gw: ........

I (Kind Of) Hate Meeting New People

....because they'll eventually judge me,

in the end.

It Motivates You

“People don’t like change.”

“No, we don’t.”

“We don’t like anything new, when we love the old.”

“And what do you think about that?”

“I’m afraid I might not make any sense.”

“That doesn’t matter with me.”

“I think if we stick to the middle... the road we know... we don’t grow. When we’re too afraid to step a little to the left or to the right, we’re not able to see and expand. We’re just stuck – I’m not making sense –“

“Go on.”

“I liked walking on one road. I didn’t want to walk onto a new one, because I couldn’t bear leaving behind the one I loved. But when I did take a new one... I was able to look at the old road differently, and see things that were once invisible. I was able to see that it was meant only for me, but that it was also ending.”

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First Day Of Foundation Program

...was hella awkward.

My first class was IIP, International-something-perspective-thing and the teacher told us to go around and ask our classmates about their names and nationalities.

My classmates and I were like a group of socially awkward penguins.

I feel like I was Jessica, being surrounded by a bunch of Kim Taeyeon(s).

Oh well.

A Brief Look of Sydney

Nothing much. Just gonna post the photos that I took when I toured around the city.

Nomad

Not sure how to start this but hey, I am now living my University life here in Sydney, Australia!

First question first, my O's results was actually isn't that bad. I failed Maths (okay, it is bad) but I did well on the rest of the subjects. Two distinctions, two Bs and two Cs. Ain't that bad right? Unfortunately my results will not grant me any entry to Singapore's top notch junior colleges or polytechnics therefore, I made my choice to move to the land of kangaroos, koalas and wombats.

How's life here? So-so.

I live in a dorm-like apartment, in which I need to cook my own food, wash my dishes, do all the laundry and clean my bedroom and all. It's a bit unappealing at first but as time goes by I realised that I /HAVE/ to cook if I want to save money. I am now living in a place where nasi goreng costs me around $10 a plate. A very quick way to burn my wallet, I know.

Fortunately, I live very near from my campus. 10-15 minutes walk if I'm not too lazy or 20 minutes walk if I decided to be a Jessica Jung. I can even take the bus if I want to. There's a bus stop right in front of my dorm but the buses here are damn expensive as well. They have this card; My Bus 1, My Bus 2, and My Bus 3 and they're all different in terms of usage. My Bus 1 is for short distance ride, My Bus 2 is for not so short but no so far either distance ride and My Bus 3 is of course, for a very long distance ride. What's the most annoying part of these cards? The prices.

My Bus 1 Travel Ten card will cost you around AUSD $17 each and that's like freaking SGD $25 for a 10 short distance ride with a bus! I used to take the bus when I still live in Singapore last year although I can walk to school for 15-20 minutes but hey, the government was nice enough to give me a concession card. Here in Sydney, I can't chiong all the way to school with a bus since it's really expensive and I can save that money to buy food to prevent myself from starving to death. In conclusion, life gets a bit complicated here.

My cooking skill has improved tremendously and I'm proud of it. I'm starting to cook my own lunch and dinner and luckily my flatmate is nice (and patient) enough to teach me how to cook simple things. By next week I'm pretty sure she'll teach me more complicated and odd dishes.

So anyway that's it. I'll post some pictures for my next post that will probably be up in an hour or so. I have a very limited internet connection here (18GB/month) so yeah I won't be around that much.

Sad life, no more HD video files for me :(