Neither Faking Nor Saying The Truth

So, random things just happened this morning. When I woke up then took a bath, suddenly I thought about this stuffs. Which one is better when you are on approach term (or PDKT, in Indonesian term): you just be the real yourself no matter how silly you are OR you create an image as an ideal woman to get him as your guy?

I remembered, I talked with few friend about this topic. One friend (woman) said that yes indeed you HAVE to act like who you are, no faking things, no creating image. But the other friend (guy) said that when you're approaching someone, you are in game mode, which means that you have to be strategic! Pull-and-push, no badmood period....because the approach term are crucial. The guy will value you in the early 2 weeks. That's why, in that 2 weeks, the woman has to create a good image so the guy will attracted.

I do admit both of them are true, if you seeing it from different perspectives (yeah, since men are from Mars and women are from Venus). But, I still haven't get the answer even after I heard those argument from them: which one is better? Which one do you choose?

But if you asking me, probably I would answer like this:
I want the guy who accept me for the way I am from the first time we know each other.
I want the guy who all okay even I'm Milanisti when he's Juventini
I want the guy who all okay even when I'm eating a bowl of soto and another fried chicken in one go
I want the guy who all okay when we're eating ice cream together, and I'm asking 'may I have your ice cream? I want more'
I want the guy who all okay when I'm not replying his message while I'm so excited to read a lot of comics
I want the guy who all okay when I'm singing ABG Tua in front of him, with dancing of course
I want the guy who all okay when I'm dominating the conversation while we're dating
I want the guy who all okay talking about politics, ideology, sports, gossips, and others
I want the guy who all okay when I call him and cry for some trouble I could've been made that day
I want the guy who all okay when I'm cranky since I'm on period

Am I asking too much?

Review: Captain Phillips

Starring: Tom Hanks
Directed by: Paul Greengrass


Actually the only reason why I want to watch this movie is the one and only Tom Hanks. When I saw the genre of this movie (action), I expected that Tom Hanks will play as man-with-the-gun roles. So yaah, I'm quite dissapointed with that sih. Just a little bit btw.
I always dreaming that I would like to be a war journalist, then being kidnapped, end up I'm saved by the government (HAHAHAHA!). Thus, I was excited when I saw this kidnapping scene. Honestly, I'm more captivated by the negosiator roles. They're so damn awesome when tricking the kidnapper, especially when the 3 kidnappers were shot in one shoot! I want to be saved like that somedaaay (another HAHAHA!)
Tom Hanks roles? Is it just me or maybe the other also think that the title shouldn't be 'Captain Phillips' but 'Saving Captain Phillips'?

Review: Insidious Chapter 2

Starring: Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Lin Shaye, Ty Simpkins, Barbara Hershey
Directed by: James Wan

So, for the third time, aku digeret lagi buat nonton film horor, this time was Insidious 2. As I said before, karena aku emang nggak suka film horor, jadinya aku nggak ngikutin Insidious yang pertama. Buat yang mau nonton sih, kalo gak nonton yang pertama, pasti agak bingung soalnya berkaitan banget, kayak contohnya pintu merah yang jadi pintu masuknya ke The Further, itu juga ada. Dan sungguh, nonton Insidious 2 ini beneran nggak baik buat kesehatan jantung. It's waaaayyy moooreeeee thrilling than The Conjuring even it got 7.2 at iMdb while The Conjuring got 7.7. Hantunya ngagetin dan nakutin semua hiks :'(

I can say that Insidious 2 ini adalah conclude dari film pertamanya. Buat yang nonton Insidious pertama (ini aku juga diceritain temenku sih), pasti masih inget scene dimana ada bride in black dress? Atau 3 perempuan di ruang tamu yang pake baju putih? Nah ntar bakal ketauan asal muasalnya kok. Termasuk hantu perempuan yang ada di Insidious pertama; dia siapa, kenapa kayak gitu, bakal kejawab. Nah, di ending Insidious pertama kita juga taunya Josh masih terperangkap di dunia mimpi kan. Trus, yang di tubuh Josh sekarang siapa? Itu ntar bakal ke-link back ama hantu perempuan di Insidious pertama. Yang so sweet, di Insidious pertama kan Josh nyelametin Dalton biar balik ke dunia nyata (dan Josh-nya ketinggalan disana). Di Insidious ini, Dalton-lah yang nyelametin ayahnya balik ke dunia nyata. Happy ending kok :)

Anyway, kalo lihat endingnya sih, kayaknya bakal ada Insidious 3, with Tucker, Specs, and Elise (her spirit) are on the cast. Masalahnya, aku berani nonton lagi atau nggak ya? -_-*

Review: Killing Season

Starring: Robert de Niro, John Travolta
Directed by: Mark Steven Johnson

Despite of putting the big names in action movie (Travolta and de Niro), I personally thought that this movie was unsuccessful. When saw the trailer, I was curious what will happen if Travolta and de Niro meet up in a movie. End up, I am quite dissapointed. Thumbs up for Travolta's Serbian accent, but for the others..it was boring. It might because the main point in this movie just two of them and no one else, not enough conflict (just because Ford shot at Kovac's back and Kovac wanted to take revenge *palm face*), and Kovac surrendered so easily. My expectation before was: Kovac will hunt all the army who killed his Scorpion team, and the end he will meet Ford and Ford win hahahaha. No doubt iMdb just give 5,3 out of 10. Yah, thank God it was John Travolta and Robert de Niro. They fought and acted well, at least.If it wasn't them, surely it would be more boring at all.

When HaHa Burst Out

*knowledgeable quiz on Running Man episode 141*

Yoo Jaesuk: With a meaning of working hard, what are the 4-words-chinese-character that means 'making a needle from sharpening an axe?
HaHa: If I give you an axe and you couldn't make it to a needle, then it doesn't count!!

*ngakak*

"There Is No Indonesia in Africa"

Americans: Where are you from?
Indonesian Navy: Indonesia!
Americans: Oh, Indochina?
Indonesian Navy: No, Mam. Indochina is Vietnam!
(dari buku Dewa Ruci, Pelayaran Pertama Menaklukkan Tujuh Samudra)

Chilean: Where are you from?
Trinity: Indonesia
Chilean: Can you do kungfu?
(dari Twitter-nya Trinity @TrinityTraveler, traveler yang lagi trip #RoundTheWorld ke AmSel)

Landlady: Where are you from?
Azhar: Indonesia
Landlady: Hmmm, I think there's no Indonesia in Africa
(dari ceritanya Azhar pas lagi internship di Jerman)


Inget nggak sih pelajaran IPS jaman SD kita dulu? Di pelajaran IPS, kita diajarin bahwa 'Indonesia adalah negara dengan penduduk terpadat keempat di dunia setelah Cina, Amerika Serikat, dan India.', 'Indonesia adalah negara terbesar ketiga di dunia setelah Cina dan Amerika Serikat.', 'Presiden Amerika Serikat Bill Clinton, Presiden Afrika Selatan Nelson Mandela.', atau pelajaran peta buta yang nebak dimana Kuba, dimana Namibia, dimana Laos, dimana Swiss, dimana Laut Cina Selatan, dan sebagainya, dan sebagainya.

Nah, kenyataannya? Indonesia sama sekali nggak terkenal tuh, kalo berdasarkan tiga sumber yang aku dapat diatas (atau memang sebenernya terkenal, tapi di orang-orang tertentu aja?) Padahal dari SD aja kita bahkan tau ada negara namanya Suriname di pojokan Amerika Selatan sono, bahkan nama UN Secretary General macam Boutros-Boutros Ghali. Apa di negara maju (eh, tapi Chile masih masuk developing country kan?) emang kurikulumnya nggak diajari sejarah? Atau karena mereka emang ngerasa nggak penting tau tentang adanya negara-negara di belahan dunia yang lain?

Review: The Conjuring

Actually I'm not a fan of horror movies. Aku sebenernya nggak niat mau nonton sih soalnya aku anaknya penakut :p Terakhir nonton horor, itu nonton film Mama ama Aziz. Sepanjang film juga cuma bisa teriak-teriak sambil nyubitin tangannya Aziz. Intinya, aku nggak bakat nonton film horror.
Tapi kemarin, aku diajak nonton The Conjuring ama Indah dan Rheno. Lihat di Twitter, banyak banget yang ngetwit kalo filmnya serem banget. Lihat di iMdb, ratingnya 8/10 which means kalo ini emang serem. Tapi yasutralah, surprise me. Yang jelas udah siap bawa tas gede buat nutupin muka.

Directed by: James Wan
Starring: Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Lili Taylor, Ron Livingston


I still don't get it what made it di-rating 8/10, since IMO, The Conjuring ini sama seremnya kayak Mama kemarin, dan Mama cuma di-rating 6,3/10. Apakah karena ini based on true story, entahlah. Beberapa scene hampir sama kok ama Mama, mereka pindah ke old haunted house, trus anak yang paling kecil bisa ngomong ama hantunya, hantunya invisible dan nyeret-nyeret mereka kemana-mana, ngikut kemanapun mereka pergi walaupun mereka gak di rumah itu, something like that. Tapi, The Conjuring ini hantunya ada banyak. I also thought that Carolyn would die in the end karena biasanya kan orang kalo possessed dan gak kuat mereka bakal mati, tapi ternyata........ (watch it yourself, ntar spoiler :p)

Overall, it was spooky kok. Sound-nya ngagetin, hantunya mendadak munculnya, wajahnya serem pula. 25k and 2 hours was worth for watching this movie.