Television, tukar pikiran

NEVER GIVE UP!!!!

Chic

Gara-gara heboh forward emails dari temen-temen gue and beberapa comment rada ngga enak di salah satu milist yang gue ikutin, gue jadi penasaran pengen nonton kayak apa sih sinetron “Buku Harian Nayla” yang dihujat sana sini itu. Ditambah pula kehebohan temen-temen serumah gue, pas waktu ngobrol di ruang makan, yang ngga berhenti saling mengingatkan kalo nanti itu adalah episode terakhir. Hwaaaaaaah… kayaknya gue satu-satu manusia di rumah itu yang ngga pernah nonton sinetron sampe ngga ngerti lagi ma judul-judulnya. Maka, jadilah semalem dari jam sembilan kurang gue udah mantengin televisi gue di stasiun yang bakal menayangkan tuch sinetron. Takut kelupaan!!!! Wakakakakakaka… =))

Begitu mulai, tadinya gue udah merasa bakal ngga ngerti jalan ceritanya… secara udah episode terakhir pula. Ternyata, di awal episode itu, agak sedikit flash back ke episode-episode yang kemaren.  Lumayan deh… karena ceritanya simple kok. Cerita seorang perempuan bernama Nayla yang menderita penyakit Ataxia?? (bener ngga sih gue nulisnya.. hehe.. secara baru denger juga gue… penyakit apaan lagi itu…). Suatu penyakit yang intinya menyerang syaraf penderitanya hingga ngga bisa merasakan gerakan anggota tubuh, dan belum bisa disembuhkan sampe sekarang. Tapi bukan gara-gara penyakit yang belum pernah gue denger itu gue jadi nulis posting ini, melainkan semangat juang si Nayla menghadapi penyakitnya sampai dia meninggal, dan bahwa apapun masalah yang kita hadapi jawabannya kita kembalikan lagi ma Tuhan. That was so damn cool!!!! Bikin gue sampe ikut mengharu biru semalem (hehehehe jadi maluuuuu…), and sempat terlintas rasa menyesal cuma bisa nonton satu episode.. hihihihihi… 😛

Anyway, terlepas dari semua komentar yang gue baca mengenai sinetron ini, satu pesan moral yang gue dapet dari sinetron itu adalah jangan pernah menyerah dalam menghadapi masalah yang kita dapat betapa pun berat nya, karena semua sudah di atur oleh Yang Kuasa. Toh dunia tetap berjalan dengan normalnya walaupun kita berasa pengen mati gara-gara ngadepin masalah berat. Jadi pilihannya tinggal, hal-hal berguna apa yang dapat kita perbuat untuk masa yang tinggal sebentar ini dan kalo bisa merubah keadaan seengga-engga jadi lebih baik buat kita dan orang-orang disekeliling kita atau menyerah pasrah merenungi nasib nunggu waktunya dan ngga berbuat apa-apa sama sekali… (eeeeh kok jadi inget cerita buku Tuesday With Morrie nya Mitch Albom??).

Dan pilihan pertama lah yang dipilih oleh Nayla (atau siapa pun nama aslinya di Jepang sana…). Dan masih akhir hidupnya pun masih dikelilingi sama orang-orang yang cinta dan sayang ma dia, yang kagum sama semangat hidupnya dia.

Jadi pengen malu ma diri sendiri nih, yang perasaan jadi orang paling sial sedunia padahal baru ketimpa masalah cetek doang… dan parahnya, suka menuntut orang lain, yang sebenernya ngga ada hubungannya, untuk SELALU ikut berempati dengan perasaan gue kayak yang masalah gue paling berat sedunia aja (karena gue lagi bersedih…), padahal ngga penting-penting banget juga buat merasa kalah. Dasar emang cengeng ajaaaah… hehehe…. Maafkan kalo diriku pernah begitu yaaaaaa… (hint hint)

Duuuh jadi penasaran pengen baca versi asli itu Diary. Udah diterjemahin belum ya kira-kira???

ngga jelas

DÉJÀ VU

Chic

(Salah satu tulisan yang pada akhirnya gue selesaikan juga….)

If you think it’s just a feeling, go back… and look again…

That’s closing words I’ve got from Déjà vu trailer movie (directed by Tony Scott… one of my favorite director.. fufu… :-P) I saw last month when my Apple send me an email about that movie.

and,

If you thought it was just a trick of the mind, prepare yourself for the truth..

That’s the tagline of that movie stated on the poster.

Are both of those sentences disturbing you?? Honestly, I am! That the reason why I saw that movie in the theater a week ago. Not because of Denzel Washington, not because of the trailer or the poster I saw (except of Tony Scott, that’s my guilty pleasure by the way.. hehehe *grin*)… but because of those two sentences!!!

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The movie are about Doug Carlin (Denzel Washington) is an ATF agent who is called in to recover evidence in the investigation of a New Orleans ferry bombing. After finding evidence that shows it was terrorism, Doug finds the body of Claire Kuchever (Paula Patton), staged to look as if she too died in the bombing. Investigating the possible lead, Doug heads to her house to gather evidence. While there, he discovers bloody gauze and towels, a message on her refrigerator saying "U CAN SAVE HER," and that, for whatever reason, she called his office shortly before the bombing. Confused, he helps the FBI with the ferry investigation and finds out his partner was also killed in the bombing. FBI Agent Pryzwarra (Val Kilmer) recruits him to participate in a special task force, in the process revealing a futuristic device that allows one to observe anywhere four days and six hours in the past. According to the investigative team’s explanation, the device (which is supposedly a composite of satellite images and other surveillance) cannot be fast-forwarded or rewound due to the immense volumes of data being streamed. In other words, the team has a single opportunity to look into the past before the data is lost. Pryzwarra’s team asks Doug to show them where to look in order to catch the culprit responsible for the ferry bombing. As they wait for the four days to happen so they can see the ferry bombing, Doug has them watch Claire and discovers how she came to be involved; the bomber wanted to buy her car to use for the bombing. Doug grows suspicious of the device when the observed Claire begins to exhibit paranoia and notes that she feels as if "someone is watching" her. Suspecting that the device is more than a surveillance tool, he shines a laser pointer into the screen. Claire notices the beam just before the entire device crashes and is forced to reboot. Doug confronts the team, and demands an explanation for the machine, which he has realized is far more than a computer composite. The team admits that the machine is actually a tool capable of bending or folding time and space. In essence, they direct the flow of time back upon itself, enabling them to view past events through a wormhole. Doug immediately begins to question the possibility of them affecting the past either through a direct transportation, or through the communication of some sort of note or message. The team is initially skeptical but it quickly becomes apparent that there is no concrete theory on how they might influence the past or what they are capable of achieving. Doug persuades them to send a note through the device to the past version of himself, hoping that the ‘anonymous tip’ will lead his previous self to prevent the bombing. Unfortunately, the note reaches his partner in the past (who had been thought killed in the ferry bombing). The team proceeds to watch the chilling scene of the partner attempting to apprehend the suspect, but instead being killed in the process. An argument erupts over whether tampering with the past has just killed a federal agent, but cooler heads argue that he was already pre-destined to die on the ferry. Nonetheless, the evidence the team gathers eventually allows them to identify and catch the bomber. Doug questions the bomber in order to get a taped confession, engaging in lengthy dialog that delves into the bomber’s philosophy and mindset.

Naaaaahh… I won’t tell you the ending… U better watch that yourself fellas, coz I recommended it. Kind of my favorite movie since I can’t guess the ending till the movie’s finish, and successfully make me comment “aaaaah.. that’s the answer…"

Thanks to Della who company me to watch this movie…


Oke, lets talk about déjà vu… in recent years, déjà vu has been subjected to serious psychological and neurophysiological research. The most likely explanation of déjà vu is that it is not an act of "precognition" or "prophecy", but rather an anomaly of memory; it is the impression, that an experience is "being recalled", this is false. This explanation is substantiated by the fact that the sense of "recollection" at the time is strong in most cases, but that the circumstances of the "previous" experience (when, where and how the earlier experience occurred) are quite uncertain. Likewise, as time passes, subjects can exhibit a strong recollection of having the "unsettling" experience of déjà vu itself, but little to no recollection of the specifics of the event(s) or circumstance(s) they were "remembering" when they had the déjà vu experience. In particular, this may result from an overlap between the neurological systems responsible for short-term memory (events which are perceived as being in the present) and those responsible for long-term memory (events which are perceived as being in the past). Many theorists believe that the memory anomaly occurs when one’s conscious mind has a slight delay in receiving perceptive input. In other words, the unconscious mind perceives current surroundings before the conscious mind does. This causes one’s conscious self to perceive something that is already in one’s memory, even though it was in one’s memory only a split second before it was perceived.

So, do u believe in déjà vu guys…?? Or do you ever believe in déjà vu??
I think it’s quite nice to let an unanswered question still left unanswered, then let our heart and our voice within guide our way to seek the truth…

My favorite line in this movie :
:: “What if you had to tell someone the most important thing in the world, but you knew they’d never believe you?”
:: “I’d try.”

My favorite scene :
When Doug Carlin trying to catch Carroll Oerstadt with the Hummer H1. That was so cooooool….!!


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…ini loooh adegan yang keren banget itu…


And still disturbing me : can we really change our past???? (hehehehehehehehe…)

Seputar Kedodolan, tukar pikiran

More Than One………………….

Chic

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How many is too many? I think I’m gregarious by nature. I have my alone time, sometimes its toxic…but most of the time its much needed. But lately, lately I feel like an overly social…gregarious creature that craves the energy of more than one. I feed off the excitement of a group and love to hear the opinions of many.

Question: Why is it in nature polygamy is not only accepted, but considered a mode of survival and in human society it is frowned upon? If a woman were to have 3 or 4 men entertaining her, dinning her, all considered her mates…why is this such a bad thing? I think men do it more often and get away with it. Woman are forced to be more secretive.

Mind you, that’s just my opinion.

PS: cuma gatel pengen ngeluarin isi kepala udah tumpang tindih di otak gue dari kemaren-kemaren, tapi ngga sempet-sempet karena menumpuknya pekerjaan di atas meja gue… hehehehe… jadi ikut ngebahas soal poligami yang sekarang lagi marak dan ramai di infotainment, milist-milist dan forward email dari teman-teman. Cuma dua kata untuk itu… : Capek deeeeeeh…

Curhat Colongan, Seputar Kedodolan

12 Step Program

Chic

Okay, so I know several people who have addictions. Something as small as caffeine or chocolate…. to the larger players such as narcotics and alcohol. I have been trying to walk through my own 12 step program. My addiction, if I had to narrow one down today would be that I put too much faith in the people around me. Sure, this sounds okay…but as of latest (maybe the last 7 months) this has not worked in my favor. Being nice and trusting is not a good characteristic when the world is full of people who love to prey on people like me. Yes, I’m getting a thicker skin. I’m starting my own ’12 steps to growing out of being a pushover program’. My list looks a little like this:

1) When I greet people, stop saying… "hi.. how are you". Instead, I’m going to say things like, "Good morning" or "Hi there" and leave my salutations at that.
2) Talk to less strangers (unless I’m somewhere where I need to network, then its my job)
3) Stop trying to solve the world problems by putting my neck out for people.
4) Be more selfish.
5) Stop assuming people are going to do something that is ultimately unrealistic.
6) Don’t take it personal when people disappoint.
7) Stop expecting, just ask.
8) Hug less, but smile the same amount.
9) Listen but don’t put myself on the line to solve the problem. That’s not my job.
10) Do more on my own and provide people with the tools to help themselves, but don’t do tasks for them.
11) Listen to my stomach more.
12) Stay away from boys who are looking for a i) motivator, ii) cheerleader, iii) caregiver and look for men who are i) self sustaining, ii) educated with actual goals and mechanisms for achieving them, iii) are respectful and can be complimentary and thoughtful.

I don’t think this is a tough list. But even number one I’ve been struggling with. Its tougher than you think.

Maybe I should add… ‘make less lists’ to my list. What are you addicted to?

Music

Music, Makes Me Travel in Time

Chic

This last two days I was attending Jakarta International Jazz Festival at Istora Senayan with some friend. As I really love jazz anyway, come and see what happens there is a must… *grin* Funny how music makes a throw back to a time and place… that day, the big one: The Best of Me (from David Foster).
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I was in the main stage area to see Phill Perry performance and “the best of me” came on… (I Love U Phill…..) I heard the initial notes and immediately pushed my finger to record button on my camera. This song puts me back in first year, on initial gathering at my new highschool. It was first week into the first month of school and I was a new student (again). I had a few friends and was already on the cheerl
eading team… so i had my clan. I was staring at this tall boy, curly dark hair, and claimed him. Told my friends I had a crush on this boy… but couldn’t talk to him. Yeah you know teenager… hahaha… Our seniors held some “welcoming games” (and not to forget the punishment…). There’s some kids got the punishment, I was on my way out of the room to go to the toilet, when suddenly (I even didn’t realize that) mr. tall boy got his punishment… and before I can’t thinking what’s going on, he grabbed my hand and asked me to sing a song while he playing his flute. The Best of Me was playing. For the next month that’s all I wanted to listen to. It was such a fun and experimental time in my life that everytime i hear that song I smile and feel young. The actual relationship lasted 3 years…but that song, that song will live a lifetime.

Funny how music has a way of doing that. What songs make you travel back in time? Any songs make you think of me????? I’m sure I have a few that make me think of you. In A Rush, I Don’t Love You No More (I’m Sorry), Coffee & TV, Don’t Look Back In Anger, Your Song, Just Once, … who ever you are… there’s a song that makes me think of you.