BOLT

Directed by Chris Williams

Staring (dubbing) John Travolta, Miley Cyrus

Film animasi yang satu ini boleh dibilang memiliki tema berbeda dibanding film-film sejenis yang seringnya menceritakan kehidupan di dunia hewan berikut kekonyolannya. Bolt menceritakan tentang persahabatan Bolt, seekor anjing German Sherperd, dan majikannya, Penny. Bolt merupakan anjing yang terlibat dalam pembuatan film serial di mana ia menjadi anjing super yang selalu melindungi tuannya, yaitu Penny. Penny mengadopsi Bolt dari sebuah pet shop dan dia menemaninya sepanjang hari. Sampai suatu ketika, dalam film diceritakan Penny diculik penjahat dan Bolt mengira Penny benar-benar diculik. Bolt tidak bisa membedakan dunia nyata dan dunia film karena seumur hidupnya ia berada dalam lingkungan film. Dan dimulailah petualangan Bolt dalam menyelamatkan Penny, sahabatnya.

Dari segi grafis, animasi film Bolt tidak kalah bagus dari film animasi lainnya. Penggambaran karakter Bolt sangat lucu terutama waktu Bolt masih kecil :D

Selain karena dubber terdiri dari Miley Cyrus (Penny) and Chris Evans (Bolt) of course ;], menurut saya film ini menceritakan hubungan yang essential antara manusia dengan hewan peliharaannya. Maybe I'm a bit subjective but it's true. Especially for dogs, it gets worse when you lose a dog. Because dog is a loyal pet, they will love you when you love them too. So does Bolt.

I watched this movie with my lil brother and we both love Bolt. I wanna have a Bolt! :D And I'm wondering if there's a real story about a dog like Bolt, loyal to his person and it's just great. I even cried when Bolt was replaced by another dog at the movie because he's gone 'looking for' Penny outside the studio. He saw Penny 'looks' love her new dog that looks like Bolt, it was a movie scene actually but Bolt was behind the shadow to realize that.

Film ini memberikan banyak pelajaran mengenai bagaimana seharusnya kita memperlakukan hewan peliharaan kita (atau hewan manapun). Because sometimes animal can be hurt. It teaches you that animal can be so nice to you, if you treat them right. Just like human. So, if you own a pet (any kind of pet), treat it well. And trust me, they even can protect you more than a human can do.

Holiday Report: Plan #1 accomplished

Well, in this holy vacation, like I said (via Twitter) that my #1 plan is rent some DVDs. I rented Bolt, Bride Wars, Sisterhood of Traveling Pants 2 and Sex and The City the movie. And I just realized that 3 of those movies I rented have a same theme, Bolt is not included anyway.

Wondering what theme? It's girl's friendship. And I even got another same theme, which refers to marriage. Kinda girls daily stuffs, huh? Yeah, I know. But the funny thing is I didn't realize that I rented the movies with similar theme :D

I'm not gonna review all those movies because it's kinda too old to be reviewed, however I'm gonna review Bolt :] I love that movie!

But still, I will talk about them, sort of lil comment about it ;]

First I watched Bolt, but you can read the rest at REVIEW.
So, skip to the second, Sisterhood of Traveling Pants 2. It's a good movie anyway, it's been so long I didn't watch this kinda movie (chick-flick.red). It teaches you lots of morale lesson in a fun way. The characters in this movie is in my age, it's like I just learn how to face the world by them. Because sometimes, the movie I watched has the younger or older character than I am. So, it's pretty fun to watch movie with character in your age.

Anyway, I watched Sisterhood of Traveling Pants 2 right before Michael Jackson in Memorial and I was too tired and sleepy so I fell asleep while Mariah Carey's singing.

Next, the remaining 2 movies are the movie I told you has older characters than I am but still worth to watch (surely!). I watched Bride Wars in the third round, staring by Kate Hudson and Anne Hathaway, this movie is soooo stunning and touching! Reminds me to a moment when I got (silly) fight with my besties. The lesson from this movie is "besties know you better than your mom" :] (except your mom is your bestfriend as well)

The last movie, yanno... Sex and The City the movie. It's good though a bit gross in some part and I love the wardrobe. It's like you're attending a fashion show when you watch this movie :D Carrie Bradshaw's clothes are just amazing! The others are good too but I like Carrie's more ;]



And I love Carrie's outfit when she stepped out the store (she was with Miranda) and carried a VOGUE. Love it. All black and a lil red touch (VOGUE cover), just stunning and sophisticated!

Beside the rest 2 movies I tell you about staring by older actress than the other 2, it's basically talking about the same thing: marriage. I didn't expect that from Sex and the City (actually I didn't know what movie it was about), but still it's interesting and worth learning for my future :]

I said this via Twitter that Bride Wars and Sex and The City got the same supporting actress (or whatever the call it). I didn't googling her because I'm too lazy but just look at the picture you'll see what I mean.

LEFT: in Bride Wars, RIGHT: in Sex and the City

In Bride Wars, she's a famous wedding planner in Manhattan named Marion St.Claire and in Sex and the City, she's an editor of a well-known fashion magazine, VOGUE. Both work behind the table and she's really good I think.

Well, I guess that's my holiday report so far. I'm gonna tell you more whether I do my #2 plan or not or just skip to #3, I dunno. We'll see ;]

Surprisingly YAY!!!

Another surprising event I've got couple days a go!

Well, nobody would guess we went home with a full tummy :D

It was mbak Anty's birthday and she intended to celebrate it together with Dinda because their birthday is in the same month (June.red). Celebrate here means that she wanted to held a treating party collaborating with Dinda's. And of course they wanted to celebrate it with their besties (BLM girls.red) :D

BLM all crew

Then, after a pretty long thinking about where they're gonna held the party, they decided to held it on Long's resto in WTC, Surabaya. Mas Ridzki said they got a pretty cozy place outdoor and it's on the second floor! What a nice place.

girls with tummy :D

And the rest is history. We each ordered different menu from about 40's menus they got, it's all look yummy! And I got a chicken mushroom my self and a glass of Lemon tea. Well, if you look at the photos, I'm the one who ordered food with many vegetables. Green, baby green... Trust me it's healthy :]

no, it's not trash

I've wanted to ordered a black-pepper beef but there's no enough vegetables so I changed to the green one hoho.

The place it self is pretty cool, with the red lampions and the interior is set in red and black. It's just amuse me because they got my fave color ;]

From the second floor, you can see through the roads below or the viaduct. But something need to be fixed so that the view would look good is the tree. There's a huge tree near the building which the branches distort the view, a little cut down till it looks tidy and nice then it could be nothing but perfect.

Oh and I just realized that the sky in the center of Surabaya has no pretty color at dusk. I mean, there's no color changing from light blue, orange, purple, magenta, and the last is dark blue or black. And I didn't find any clouds being the pattern of the sky field. It's weird I guess. The only color changing is from light blue to orange and then end up with black, the sky view from that place wasn't a pleasure so I did take no pictures.

However, I took a few shots and mostly the pictures I took were my fellas :D


I'd like to say thanks to mbak Anty and Dinda for the party. Well, maybe we can do this again next month, huh? ;]




P.S.: more photos on Deviantart

FASHION BLOG LAUNCHING

After all the promise I said to you couple weeks a go, then now I think it's time to prove my words. I proudly present my own...

{ FASHION BLOG }

It contains some fashion works I love, such as street look photography, fashion illustration (of course by me), lookbook wanna be :] and maybe I'll write some fashion review later. Just stay tune!

This blog is my biggest obsession since I've been regularly visiting some adorable fashion blogs and lately being a fans of the writer ;] It's just addicting and I can't wait to start my own. I love street style because it represents the fashion taste of the city and considering I hardly find this kinda blog which talks about fashion street in Indonesia (I only got one) then I think I'm gonna prove it to the world that Indonesian have a good taste as well in fashion street.

About the fashion illustration, since I love drawing so I wanna try to be a fashion illustrator by creating a fashion icon. Unfortunately, I can't post my works for now but I will when everything's ready. I promise :]

Okayyy, I'm not gonna talking more about this. I let you check it out and tell me what do you think ;]

The Graduation that I've been waiting for

Jumat malam yang lalu saya menemani nyokap menghadiri acara perpisahan adik saya yang paling kecil. Ya, seperti yang saya pernah ceritakan setahun yang lalu, saya berniat mengabadikan momen perpisahan adik saya seperti yang pernah saya alami bertahun-tahun yang lalu (kok kesannya udah tua banget ya saya).

Dateng telat, akhirnya saya dan nyokap nggak dapet tempat sestrategis tahun lalu. Kalau dianalogikan dengan kursi bioskop, kita dapet posisi yang bikin leher tengeng. Duduknya di sudut kiri dan nggak kelihatan panggung sepenuhnya karena terhalang kepala-kepala -,-'

Berusaha untuk enjoy di kursi yang saya duduki, saya buka kotak kue yang dibagiin waktu masuk pintu tadi. Snack-nya unik banget: 1 hotdog, 1 muffin, dan 1 lemper! Semua mengenyangkan dan membuat saya tertawa ketika melihat nyokap membuka kotak kue itu. Eastern food vs Western food. Anyway, terbukti di sini kalau dominasi barat masih kelihatan. Jumlah makanan bulenya lebih banyak daripada makanan Indonesia sendiri. Kenapa nggak 1 muffin, 1 lemper dan 1 tahu isi? :D

Lupakan tentang kuenya, saya akan cerita tentang penampilan panggung yang saya tonton. Masih sama seperti tahun kemarin dan kemarin-kemarinnya lagi sih, tapi yang ini saya tonton sampai acaranya selesai. Dari kesemuanya, saya masukkan sejumlah acara yang ditampilkan ke dalam beberapa kategori:

Paling gokil: teater Jaka Tarub
Paling favorit: permainan angklung
Paling W.O.W: tari gembira
Paling nggak jelas: pidato 4 bahasa

Begini penjelasannya satu-satu...

Teater Jaka Tarub
Yah, udah pada tau kan gimana ceritanya Jaka Tarub, si cowok tukang ngintip bidadari yang lagi mandi di sungai itu. Seingat saya, bidadari dalam cerita Jaka Tarub berjumlah 7--disesuaikan dengan warna pelangi yang ada 7 warna. Tapi kemarin itu bidadarinya ada 8 orang, weird huh? Di mana gokilnya? Dari kedelapan bidadari tersebut, hanya 2 orang yang diperankan oleh perempuan tulen, sisanya cowok semua! ahaha Trus, cowok-cowoknya itu tampil all out dengan menggantungkan dua karton emas yang dibentuk kerucut, pretend they're bra! Kegiatan mandi di kali yang seharusnya diiringi suara gemercik air atau suara ketawa-ketiwi bidadarinya, anehnya diganti dengan backsound lagu India (OST Kabhi Kushi Kabhi Gham yang populer itu, bener nggak tulisannya nih?) dan para bidadari itu joget India bersama!! What's interesting? Sumpah saya ngakak ngelihat cowok-cowok itu joget India, apalagi ada cowok yang gendut banget and I think he's the star that night haha. Waktu lagu hampir selesai, which means the shower is over as well, para bidadari satu persatu kembali terbang ke kayangan. Dan si cowok gendut itu, karena ribet masang baju kebaya dan kain batiknya kembali dia memutuskan untuk menyampirkan kebaya dan kainnya di bahu dan lari keluar panggung mengikuti 'saudari-saudarinya' LOL. FYI, dibalik kebaya dan kain, mereka semua pake kaos polos putih dan celana pendek selutut yang ditutupi rumbai-rumbai dari tali rafia warna-warni. So, don't you ever think it's a porn show or what! Penampilan teater yang diletakkan mendekati akhir acara itu sedikit menyembuhkan migrain yang mendadak saya alami :D BRAVO!!!

Permainan Angklung
Seperti tahun lalu di mana adik saya juga berada dalam permainan yang sama, permainan angklung tahun ini lebih menarik somehow. Entah kenapa, tapi saya melihat dari sisi wardrobe (busana adat daerah Indonesia) lebih bervariasi and I even have a favorite costume. It's like kebaya, but modified overall it's beautiful! I told my mom if it's good :] Permainan angklungnya sendiri sih, lebih rapi dari tahun lalu (sorry bro!) and it was nice! :D

Tari Gembira
One thing I notice from this dance is the costume. Kenapa 'Paling W.O.W'? Wait a sec, saya deskripsikan dulu bagaimana kostum yang dipakai penarinya. Warna-warni, jelas. Rame, pastinya. Norak? tunggu dulu. Kostumnya, menurut saya udah cocok banget dipakai buat clubbing. Apalagi berdasarkan review di blognya Glam Girls, baju clubbing yang lagi hip adalah warna-warna neon. Nah, kostum tari gembira ini udah pas banget. Dari segi warna, hijau neon, merah menyala = check! Bling-bling, anything you want deh = check! Aksesoris, hiasan leher warna neon (oranye + merah + bling-bling) = check! Jadi kesimpulannya, kalau saja malam itu lampu ruangan dimatikan dan digantikan dengan lampu disko dan lighting warna-warni, just ask the DJ to play the music and let's DANCE! :D

Pidato 4 Bahasa
Waktu MC membacakan acara yang akan ditampilkan berikutnya and it was "Four Languages Speech" alias pidato empat bahasa, saya langsung excited dan penasaran kira-kira bahasa apa yang bakal ditampilin. Prediksi saya sih Indonesia dan Inggris sudah pasti, tapi apa ya kira-kira sisanya? Perancis dan Rusia? Jerman dan Mandarin? Well, I got it ALL wrong! Dua sisanya adalah bahasa Jawa dan Arab. Okay, it's interesting because they still try to keep our culture inside. And you know what, waktu giliran bahasa Jawa, saya berasa di planet lain. Well, maybe I'm pretty good at English, but NOT in Javanese. Bahasa Jawa yang saya dengar saat itu seperti bahasa Inggris di kuping nyokap saya. And maybe you're wondering which part that looks 'nggak jelas' in this performance, okay, I'll explain it to you. Saya kurang sreg sama maksud dari pidato ini (baca: nggak jelas), apa maksudnya mengekor pembacaan berita 3 bahasa yang ada di Metro TV atau gimana. Inti pidatonya sih tentang ucapan selamat jalan dari junior pada seniornya yang udah lulus and blablabla. But still, I don't get it. Belum lagi pembaca pidato yang pake bahasa Inggris, I wish I was her make up artist and the wardrobe. And I was thinking, "What century her parents live in???". Anak sekecil itu (sekitar kelas 3 atau 4 gitu) didandanin...sumpah norak abis! As anchor wanna be, gadis kecil itu didandanin dengan rok span hitam selutut, kemeja kegedean merah menyala, blazer hitam yang kepanjangan, dasi merah polkadot putih yang menjuntai panjang dan kebesaran, dan ia mengenakan bando oranye polkadot di kepalanya. Oh God! Have you ever heard department store, parents?! Coba dia didandanin dengan rok mini putih, kemeja yang sweet warna pale yellow, pink jacket, pale yellow legging dan sepatu maryjane putih pasti lucu!! Rambutnya, pake aja bando simple warna putih yang ada pitanya kecil. She's gonna be sweet, I'm sure.

the first boy: my lil bro

Overall, I enjoy that night and I'm soooo proud could attend my lil brother's graduation and took his picture of course ;] And here's some pictures I took when he performed with all the seniors playing songs: Laskar Pelangi by Nidji and Saat Terakhir by ST 12 (no comment why the teacher choosed the 2nd song) with their little piano called pianica.
Well, next year maybe I'll come to my lil brother's (the bigger one) graduation, he's in 9th grade now ;]



P.S.: sorry I didn't take photos that much, my migrain was such a damn.