The Dark Knight Rises

Have you watch The Dark Knight Rises?

What do you think?

Some of you might say that it's great.

Some of you might say that it's good but not great.

Some of you might say that it's shitty.

To be honest, I'm with the second type of people.

Why?

Well, Robert Fure has kindly elaborate the 11 things that didn't work in the 'The Dark Knight Rises' in this website, so I will not retype it again here.

I have some similar thoughts with him, beside, mine is also including the cliche ending. 

Cliche? Doesn't Christopher Nolan has known of being a director who likes to keep the audiences lost in confusion because of his 'complicated' story ending? 

Yes, I know that, very well. But Nolan disappointed me with this one.

Spoiler alert: Don't read the rest of this post if you haven't watch the movie.

I'm not kidding.

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The ending of TKDR so much like The Avengers ending. You know, the hero sacrificed himself for the sake of the whole people in the city. I know that's what the superhero supposed to do in the first place, but after watching The Avengers, I kinda expect something different with Batman.

Oh, TKDR is pretty much similar with The Reichenbach Fall too. 

Dari pas si batman nerbangin pesawatnya sambil bawa bom itu, perasaan gue udah bilang kalo ini ujung-ujungnya pasti bakalan kaya si Iron Man di the Avengers digabung sama skenario kematian Sherlock di The Reichenbach Fall. Dan maaann..gue bener. Iya kalo adegan Batman pas di dalem pesawatnya lebih keliatan. Ini mah gak diliatin dari perspektif Batmannya pas detik-detik bomnya mau meledak. Makin curigalah gue kalo dia gak bakalan mati gara-gara bom. Apalagi pas ada adegan Alfred di depan batu nisan Bruce Wayne. Ohmaygad. Deja vu banget --> John Watson ngomong sendiri di depan nisan Sherlock Holmes di The Reichenbach Fall.

 

Ugh.

I didn't say I hate TKDR, but me and my bf just can not get the awe feeling after we watched it ;p

I'm melting pt. 2

Cina atau bukan?

Bagi sebagian besar orang, wajah gue sangat obvious menunjukkan ras gue: Cina.

Meskipun cuma setengah haha

Tapi, gue sempat merasa heran setengah mati saat salah satu teman lama gue kaget pas gue bilang sama dia kalo gue ini setengah Cina.

him: "Hah! Lo Cina Sen?"
me: "Lah, emang lo ga tau? Bokap gue doang sih."
him: *tetap keukeuh* "Tapi nyokap lo bukan kan?"
me: "Bukan lah haha."

Sebagai seorang cewek yang selalu dipanggil amoy dari semasa kecil, gue sempet kaget banget (sekaligus terharu) saat liat reaksi temen gue itu. Astaga, ini orang kemana aja deh -___- udah kenal bertahun-tahun tapi selama itu gak pernah "curiga" kalo gue Cina. Tapi, jauh di dalam hati, diam-diam gue seneng. Akhirnya ada juga orang yang gak nganggap gue Cina hahaha. Mungkin alesan dia kaget itu lebih karena dia udah ketemu sama nyokap gue yang obviously bukan Cina, sedangkan dia belum ngeliat tampang bokap gue kaya gimana hihi.

Post ini gak bermaksud rasis loh. Meskipun sempet sebel karena sering diledekin amoy dan nerima berbagai sentakan heran saat gue dianggap gak mirip sama nyokap oleh beberapa orang nyebelin, pada akhirnya toh gue bangga juga dengan keadaan gue ini <-- drama banget sih, kaya apa aja haha.

Sebagai orang setengah-setengah gue sama-sama bangga dengan kedua belah pihak ancestors gue: Cina dan Sunda. Cinda lah yaa hahaaha. Dengan menjalani kedua kultur tersebut, gue malah lebih bersyukur karena jadi punya 'pengalaman' kultural yang cukup berseberangan bagaikan langit dan bumi ;p

Bagi kalian yang juga dapet angpao di hari Imlek, merayakan lebaran, sekaligus nerima parsel dan kartu natal nyaris setiap tahun, kalian pasti tahu rasanya gimana... :|

Oh ya, bagi kalian yang ngaku sebagai penikmat entertainment Indonesia sejati, pasti tau dong seorang comic stand up comedy yang namanya Ernest Prakasa? Dia selalu menyelipkan topik tentang ke-Cina-annya di berbagai kesempatan daaaan jatohnya? Ya lucu, bukan rasis haha. 

So, if we can make fun of it, ngapain juga dianggap rasis dan rese? Cuma orang-orang dengan pikiran dangkal dan sempit doang deh yang kayak gitu.

Heloo...jaman gini rasis?

Big NO to the WAY.

Hayley Williams and her amazing hairstyles

I wish I was that brave to change my hair color and style..

Summer tunes

Even though Indonesia only have two seasons, I still get the excitement feeling when people at the North 'celebrating' summer time. Summer means holiday, beach, cute bathing suit, laying all day long without even feeling guilty, ice cream, and also...water melons! In the summer also, everything would look so fun and colorful.

So, have you got your bathing suit and popsicle? Okay, there's only one thing left for you to enjoy summer time: Good music!

Well, I know music will always accompany you whether it's summer or winter. But there's always something about blasting your ipod/any music player if you don't have ipod like me while enjoying your 'me time' by the beach.

Here are my choice of summer music (taken from my tumblr):

1. Superfast Jellyfish by Gorillaz 

This is the cutest song. I don’t know what makes it cute, since the lyrics probably contain deeper meaning than it was on the surface. Maybe it’s the jellyfish.. they dancing and bumping around in the music video even though they know they’ll be eaten in the next 3 microwave minutes… wait, are they the meal or just the toy came inside the breakfast box? Idk, I told you before, I’m bad at making song/video interpretation ;p

2. Piknik 72 by Naif 

This song has a strong 70s/retro/summer/vespa vibe! Always sing along when I hear this song and lately, my bro was blasting it in the car while we were driving home from my dad’s work place. We ended up sing this song so loud, assuming that the car was a karaoke booth.

3. London’s Burning by The Temper Trap

Finally I made it to listen all the songs from Temper Trap’s self titled album. All I can say about the new album is: It’s different. I thought there will be more songs like Rabbit Hole, but turns out, it’s not like that. London’s Burning for example, this song has a somewhat familiar and catchy tune that makes me love the song at the first hearing.

4. Wide Awake by Katy Perry

Personally, I think this song is better than Part of Me. A perfect closure for Teenage Dream album era.

5. One Eighty by Summer by Taking Back Sunday

An old one I got here, but still one of my all-time favorite songs.

6. He’s Not a Boy by The Like 

The first The Like song I ever heard, came from the album Release Me. The song is beautiful, sugary, rollicking, and stylish at the same time! Oh, and the mod theme really suit them well.

7. Supercollider by Radiohead

I will always put Radiohead’s song in my playlist. Always. This song is one of the two tracks that were released as Radiohead’s 2011 single on the Record Store Day on 16 April 2011. Supercollider was recorded during the making of The King of Limbs album and finished off after the album came out. I don’t know why this song didn’t included in The King of Limbs. Cause it’s too different with the rest of the songs in the album? Ironically, I like this song better than those in TKOL album (beside Lotus Flower of course).

8. Call Me Maybe by Carly Rae Jepsen

The song is so popular nowadays (138 million views on youtube), and there are so many people play around with the chorus lines: “Hey I just met you. And this is crazy. So here’s my number. So call me maybe?” They change the lyrics as they wish to be..from a vulgar one to the childish one. However, the song is catchy and really summery (at least the video is).

For all of you who unfortunately can't afford to go out of town for a summer vacation, don't worry, make your own playlist and enjoy it during the summer time. Or, if you still want to do something different so you can feel the oh-so-summer vibe, you can do what rookiemag suggest to do here. Click, click.

That's all from me. Enjoy your summer peeps! <-- this is clearly not for you who lives in Australia

Post ga penting tentang rainbow cake dan seorang cewe yang ketinggalan tren

Akhirnya makan rainbow cake juga. Meskipun yang gue beli ini 'cuma' rainbow cake in a jar yang harganya 10 ribu. 

Dan pendapat gue setelah akhirnya mencicipi cake yang lagi ngetren ini adalah: Well, so so. Enak sih, tapi lama-lama eneg. Padahal ukurannya kecil banget dan udah dibagi-bagi sama seisi rumah -___-

Yaah inilah jadinya kalo seorang cewek yang biasanya makan ali agrem, ulen, awug, martabak, bolu ketan, dan makanan-makanan tradisional lainnya, nyobain rainbow cake untuk pertama kali...hahaha

Well, maybe I just haven't found the best rainbow cake in town yet.. I should try 'Disini Bakery' then, some people said they have delicious rainbow cake.

Let's see....

Euro 2012 pt. 2

Continuing my latest post... yeah I know, Germany team has lost :(
Dammit!
What's wrong guys? What's wrong? <-- sok kenal abis.
 *inhale* *exhale*
Okay, anyway, tonight's the final. I can't wait!! It's only hours away though..
A bit confusing, my enthusiast, huh? Since there will be no Germany at the grand final. But still, I'd love to see who's gonna be a champion this year.

ps: I also can't wait to see David Silva's playing, he's my favorite player since he was in Valencia.
But actually, I'm kinda hoping that Italy will win the match and become a new European champion. I know, I'm that weird haha.