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DAY 6 - Single and Happy

Hilih.. ya single sih. dan happy sih.. 

Tetep aja kalau liat temen deket udah pada mau nikah, mulai khawatir. Nanyain, “apakah diriku pantas untuk dicinta, YA RABB??”

wkaakka, enggak deng.. 

Alhamdulillah sejauh ini (masih) baik-baik aja dan belom mikirin soal jodoh. Yang pasti adalah mulai khawatir kalau temen deket yang bener-bener se-cirlce udah persiapan ina-itu embel-embel nikah. Bukan khawatir dan nanyain aku kapan.. cuma takut aja gak ada temen main lagi,.. pasti udah beda rasanya waktu main. mungkin masih bisa diluangin buat main dan ketemu, tapi pasti beda kan rasanya? Udah mah gua temennya dikit, yak.. gimana atuh.. wakka

Gak mikirin soal jodoh bukan berarti gakmau ya. Tentru saja mau dong..

Cuma..., mengingat diriku punya traumatis yang membekas soal gagal dalam percintaan, jadi hati-hati banget.. Ini pun jadi kiat kenapa detik ini diriku bisa dengan bangga menobatkan diriku sebagai “Single and Happy” yaaa.., karena sudah pasti sejak detik pertama tidak menaruh harapan yang besar ke orang lain. Udah pada tahu lah ya, emang yang bikin kita sakit selalu ekspetasi kita sendiri.

Jadi, tenang aja.. Meskipun gak tenang-tenang banget, jadi single itu gapapa. Kalau belum nemu orangnya juga gapapa. Kalau masih belum bisa lupa sama mantan ya gapapa. Seenggaknya kalau single itu, masalah yang dipikirin cuma masalah diri kita sendiri aja kan? Nah, Itu baru namanya Happy. Belum ada kewajiban buat kita mikirin orang lain. Gak perlu ngerasa bersalah kalau kita abis ngelakuin hal yang kita suka terus lupa ngabarin, bisa main game seharian, bisa bermanja-ria sama diri sendiri, dan lainnya.

Eh, tapi kalau nemu pasangan yang bisa ngertiin gitu sih, enak. Harus dipertahanin😊 respecting someone’s boundaries is a must. Please, I hope someone who is reading this, never forget to put yourself first. it called: self-love. wakaka gitu gak sih?

Doh, payah banget tulisanku hari ini. Kemarin-kemarin juga sih, tapi yg satu ini kayak gatau mau nulis apa.. tapi harus tetap ikhtiar buat belajar nulis. Karena:

“It takes 21 days to develop a habit“ - Maxwell Maltz

*akan ku update secara berkala*

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The Forest

September 18th, 2005

11:47 pm

Hale Storm Park Woods

Mage was pretty sure that this place wasn't real. It was just a rumor, wasn't it? People go missing all the time when they enter almost any forest. If that were the case, then what were you doing here, at night?

It was a dare, of course. Go to the closest forest, follow a certain path, perform a ritual, and stay for the night. This supposedly let you enter a realm that was nothing but trees. Others have been able to survive this, although they always told the most terrifying stories. These stories made you wonder: why would compel them to describe how to get there?

If this doesn't work, would that mean that they were lying? Then again, mass hysteria was a thing. Only one way to find out. Mage started her trek through the trees. The noises of the night comforted her, but only a little. She walked forward for a while before looking back. No longer seeing the entrance of the forest, she got to work.

Mage removed her bag and pulled out 4 flags. 2 pink and 2 blue. She turned 90 degrees to her left and took 13 steps, placing a small neon pink flag as a marker at the last step. Then, she took 26 steps to her right and placed a neon blue marker. Mage turned around, 13 steps, this time, 2 markers side by side, one pink and one blue. She could see both of the other markers from where she stood.

Mage took a deep breath. She was halfway there.

With a steady hand, Mage took the blue flag and walked it to its matching companion. Once she got there, she turned to the right, 13 steps. She placed the marker down there and retraced her steps back to the flag in the middle. Mage did the same thing, just mirrored. From that flag, she took 13 steps towards the other side and turned to the first set of flags.

Supposedly, Mage had opened a door between her realm and this other realm. The only way to know if it worked is if she walk through and no longer saw the flags. Running a hand through her short brown hair, she started walking through.

Just before she took the last step, Mage heard movement in front of her. Sure, the forest wasn't quiet, but as far as she knew, Mage was by herself. She stopped, now hesitant. She's heard the stories, but Mage didn't know what kind of things could be in this place. She looked forward and called out, "Hello?" No response.

Suddenly, something moved in front of her, causing her to step back. A branch snapped behind her. Mage turned around as the face of a terrifying creature jumped out at her. Mage fell backwards, screaming at the thing. She grabbed her flashlight and shined it in its shiney, plastic-like face.

She heard a sound of annoyance, followed by laughter. Confused, Mage got a better look at the creature. In fact, it wasn't a creature. The person pulled off their mask to reveal:

"Adrian!! What the hell?" The black haired boy in front of her laughed loudly. This was followed by giggles coming from behind her. She turned and saw a dirty-blonde guy and a set of twin girls, hair parted opposite ways and colored different. One had blue hair parting right, the other red parting left.

Mage knew who they were.

"Jarrod, why am I not surprised." He put a hand over his mouth and said between giggles, "You should've seen your face! Ha HA!" He turned to the twins and asked, "Did you two get that?"

The red haired girl held up a video camera and said, "On tape and still rolling." Mage ran her fingers through her magenta hair and asked, "Is that why you came, Star?" The girl in question shrugged and said, "I've gotta do something with my lessons from cinematography. I could use the degree."

Mage looked at the blue haired twin and asked, "What about you, Sketch?" She rolled her eyes and said, "Costume design." She strolled over to Adrien and said, "I have to make sure that this gets back to the theatre department before morning." Mage chuckled, shook her head, and said, "Alright, I get it. If this was all a prank, then I might as well clean up the flags. That was actually a good one."

She looked to where she had placed the flags to find them gone. She walked around. It was like they disappeared. Or maybe...

"Okay, what did you guys do with them?" Mage watched the other students look around the same area with confusion. Jarrod turned to her and said, "I'm not sure. We watched you put them down and none of us have touched them." Mage rolled her eyes. She turned to Star and said, "You said you're still recording, right? Maybe we can rewind the tape, see what happened to them."

Star shrugged and said, "Alright, but this camera does not leave my hands." Mage stood next to her as she rewinded back to when they were hiding.

The video showed Mage placing the flags down and performing the ritual. When Adrian scared her and she fell back, the two of them noticed that flags seemed to just... Stop existing. Star paused the footage and that's when the five of them noticed that the forest was silent.

"Guys," Star began, "I don't think we're in Kansas anymore." Adrian squinted at the two girls and hesitantly asked, "W-What do you mean by that?" Star shook her head and said, "That ritual we found. In the footage, when Mage fell between the flags, they disappeared. That must have been a real ritual, and that fall must have activated it."

Jarrod stared at where the flags were and said, "I thought it only affects the person that went through the 'opening'." Mage gave a thoughtful look. "In occult studies, we learned that some rituals can affect an area of space instead of the assigned spot. Maybe this is one of those."

Jarrod's eyes widened as he said, "Well, haha, okay then. Great. How do we get back then?" Adrian shrugged and asked, "If 'walking I'm can take us here, could 'walking out' bring us back?" Sketch removed her backpack and said, "Let me check the instructions."

She opened her bag and shuffled around in it. After a minute, she made a confused sound. Sketch took Mage's flashlight and searched again. When she stopped, she looked at Star and asked, "Did we put them in your bag?"

Star took her own bag off and searched through with the flashlight duct-taped to the camera. Panic started to emanate around the group when she found nothing. Mage laughed hesitantly before she said, "Well, I think I had my copy in my bag, let me go grab it." She walked over to where she had left it, only to find it gone as well.

The group looked around in a sort of paranoid fashion. "W-what do we do now? We're trapped! We're never gonna get out of here!" Jarrod exclaimed, his pitch getting higher. Mage turned to him and said, "We'll get out the same way the others did."

Jarrod looked at her and said, "Those people were missing for between weeks to years! I'd rather not be lost for that long. We need to get back now!"

There was a sound that made them go quiet. It sounded like wood creaking and breaking. The five of them looked around at the trees with their flashlights. Star had her camera recording again with night vision on. They saw some tall, gaunt figures move between the trunks.

Jarrod yelled, causing the rest to turn to him. There was a bony hand with long fingers that held him in a firm grip. Before they could do anything, Jarrod got pulled away with a scream. Without another word, they started running.

The creaking seemed to follow them as the four of them dashed through the trees. Their surroundings blurred. Their hearts were pounding. Fear and adrenaline was fueling them. Star tripped, dropping her camera. Sketch stopped to help her. Mage noticed and spoke: "Sketch, wait-"

It was too late as the red-head was dragged out of sight. Sketch cried out and collapsed onto her knees. Mage and Adrian went back to her. Adrian picked her up and continued running as Mage grabbed the camera and did the same.

The creaking started to decrease when they spotted a cabin. Encouraged, they went for it. Their heartbeats filled their eardrums as they stopped on the porch. Mage opened the door, letting Adrian carry Sketch in. She followed, but not before looking back. The tall creatures stayed back at least 20 feet, but Mage was now able to see them better.

They were 10, maybe 15 feet tall. Their limbs were long and gangly, hanging by their sides.

It seemed like their was barely any hair on their heads. Their starving bodys appeared to be either harshly bruised, smudged with dirt, or there were wooden bones pushing against their skin. Their faces, however, were the most terrifying.

Their lips were pulled back in snarls, sharp canines poking out from between them. The skin on their noses seemed to be flushed against the vomer bone of the skull. Their eyes... they didn't have any. There wasn't even a shape for the sockets. Just a flat area of skin in their place. Unnerved, Mage went in the cabin, slamming the door shut.

She looked around, surprised to see that the lights were on. That meant there was electricity. She saw Adrian and Sketch sitting against a wall. The blue-haired girl had tears running down her face as the boy comforted her. He looked as traumatized as Mage felt.

She sat down with them, placing a hand on Sketch's shoulder. The girl wrapped her arms around Mage. She was shaking with sobs. Mage looked up at Adrian as he asked, "What should we do? Those things are still out there."

Mage shrugged and said, "It seems like they don't like the building, and it provides electricity. We are probably safe in here." She looked down at the camera in her hand and said, "This is gonna sound stupid, but maybe we can document what happens. I-It's the only thing we can do while we figure out how to leave."

Adrian and Mage looked at Sketch, who had started to calm down. She looked between the two and said, "I-If... If that's the only thing we can do... Then let's do it." She sat up and said, "I won't let Star die in vain." Mage nodded. She took a deep breath and turned on the camera. She hit record and turned it towards herself.

"My name is Mage Castle. I'm here with Sketch Tentrue and Adrian Killian. With two others, we performed the Forest ritual and are trapped in another realm..."

·~°~·

September 21st, 2005

11:35 am

Hale Storm Park Woods

The police were contacted by Hale Storm Park University after 5 students didn't turn up for class and their dorms were found empty on the 19th. An investigation was set in motion. The families and college students were notified and questioned. One of the theater kids said something about the missing students going to the woods to do a ritual as a dare. They were not expecting this ritual again.

Two cars belonging to a couple of the missing students were found nearby the perimeter with no signs of the owners. In the forest, an area was surrounded in police tape. Small flags sat planted in the ground with an open backpack nearby. In the backpack was some schoolwork. The names on the papers were that of one of the missing students.

Seeing what had happened, the police notified the college and the families of the missing. A curfew was set, and no one was to enter the Hale Storm Park Woods again.

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[ndarnila]

#ReviewSeries: Emily in Paris

Weekendku kali ini diawali dengan menonton series terbaru keluaran Netfilx, yakni Emily in Paris. Waktu pertama kali liat trailer-nya tentu diriku sebagai seorang francophile atau seseorang yang menyenangi apapun yang berkaitan dengan Prancis baru tentru series ini langsung aku masukan list tanpa ragu. 

Dari kurang dari 3 menit ‘sinopsis’ dari series ini aku juga udah tertarik banget karena tidak lain tidak bukan yang main adalah Lily Collins.Gilak. Udah lama banget aku gak liat dia, tahu-tahu muncul lagi. Rasanya kayak, “yes, akhirnya aku punya alasan untuk menikmati hidup” wkekek enggak deng. 

Balik ke series ini, mentemen, series yang menceritakan seorang ahli marketer atau kalau di LinkendIn mah “Digital Marketing Strategist” yang ambisius, ceria, well-organized dan gak abis-abis energinya bernama Emily yang harus kerja sekaligus tinggal di Paris karena ngegantiin seniornya yang hamil. 

Sungguh awal cerita yang sangat mungkin gak related atau gak melulu punya jalan mimpi yang semulus in sih, tapi.. secara umum tiap episode dan ceritanya bener-bener bikin kita menikmati tiap menit atau duh satu episode lagi abis itu udah deh, duh satu lagi deh abis itu tidur eh tau-tau “lah udah episode sepuluh ae nih” gitu.

Jalan ceritanya nyaris gampang ketebak, tentu. Namanya juga romantic-comedy. Tapi yang paling menyenangkan adalah ketika kita sebagai penonton disajiin penampilan Kota Paris yang cantik, romantis, dan meningkatkan keinginan, aku setidaknya untuk bisa ngerasain langsung ke Paris. Gak cuma itu, kita juga diajarin sedikit-sedikit tentang pasar digital marketing yang lagi trend saat ini atau banyak digunain sama pasar Amerika. Yah, tetep ya, Amerika lagi yang jadi patokan. Tapi, ya gak ada salahnya sih.

Plus, sebagai  francophile yang punya, ehm, masih bermimpi bisa hidup atau sekadar berkuliah di sana, jadi balik lagi nih buka buku-buku semasa kuliah terus ngetes, kira-kira masih layak gak nih mulut kita masuk dan diterima di tengah-tengah masyarakat Prancis. Wakak, ya, intinya sih aku nikmatin banget nonton series ini karena kita diajarin  budaya-budaya Prancis sedikit demi sedikit mulai dari sebagai besar Parisien di series ini digambarin mulai kerja pukul 10:30, terus orang Prancis rata-rata ngomong gak pernah menggebu-gebu atau  terlalu bersemangat, gak ngomongin soal kerjaan waktu diundang ke Pesta atau di lagi kumpul di meja makan, dan orang Prancis gak suka pakai pakaian mencolok/norak. Hmm, menarik ya? padahal Paris dibilang kiblat nya fashun dunia.

Memang betul, Emily in Paris ini khas banget sama Rom-Com Amerika yg mesti berakhir happy. Belum lagi kalau menurut pengamat film atau orang yang udah biasa tinggal/ pulang-pergi ke Eropa khususnya Paris, pasti bilang series ini mah nampilin sisi2 cantiknya Paris doang, liatin tempat2 wisata yang terkenal di Paris doang. Ya.. ngerti sih kalian ngomong gitu, ya kan mungkin aja ini targetnya orang2 yang belum pernah ke Eropa dan Paris. Orang-orang yang punya mimpi ke Paris. Yah, masa first impression nya harus yg jelek2. Meskipun sebenernya di series ini pun ditampilin dikit2 gimana gak suka nya para Parisien ini sama turis Amerika, ini Amerika lho. Belum Asia, lah gimana gua yg orang indonesia ya? Mungkin mereka juga belom tentu tau kali ada negara yg namanya Indonesia. Wkaka.

Tapi, balik lagi... series ini kan hiburan. Secara umum seru dan dapat dinikmatin kok. Jalan ceritanya. Aktor-aktor dan dialog nya juga lucu. Plus.. kita jadi bisa belajar bahasa Prancis dikit2.

Just let them or someone who is francophile kayak aku ini nikmatin series satu ini sebagai bahan bakarnya atau semangat buat wujudin mimpinya terpacu kembali. Hehe.

[ndarnila]

DAY 10 - My Best Friend

Kutipan yang cocok untuk mengawali tulisan kali ini adalah “Yang fana adalah waktu, Kita abadi” - SDD 

Yang abadi itu selain cinta kasih orang tua ya cinta dari sahabat. Ih, gak kebayang deh kalau kita harus marahan atau berantem sama sahabat sendiri. Kayaknya lebih sakit dari berantem sama pacar. Kehilangan sahabat juga lebih pedih rasanya kayak luka yang gak sengaja kena sabun mandi atau sunlight.

Wah, kalau ngomongin soal sahabat mah.. gak akan pernah habisnya, yang aku tahu sahabat itu orang yang gak bakal nuntut kamu jadi apa-apa. Dia terima kamu apa adanya. Tapi, di satu sisi yang lain dia paling gak bisa lihat kamu sedih atau nyakitin diri kamu sendiri. 

Sejak kepergian orang tuaku, kayaknya peran sahabat yang paling mempengaruhi tindak-tunduk perilaku ku sebagai manusia saat ini. Emang pada awalnya aku juga punya hubungan sama keluarga yang lempeng-lempeng aja.., sahabat emang yang kerasa lebih peduli sih sama aku, atau enggak juga ya? heheh

Tapi,.. aku berterima kasih bangett sama sahabat-sahabatku yang kurang dari sepuluh orang ini, karena sudah selalu ada di saat paling terpuruk. Seenggaknya mereka ini sih yang bikin aku bertahan sampai saat ini. 

Kita mungkin gak komunikasi setiap waktu, tapi kalau tiba saat yang tepat pasti kita langsung connected gitu.

Banyak hal-hal magic yang gak sengaja kejadian sama sahabat. Seringnya sih kayak waktu kamu mau hubungi dia duluan dia udah ngehubungin duluan. Atau misal kamu mau ajak dia makan baso, tapi belum diomongin eh pas kamu bilang, dia juga bilang “ih, baru aja mau ajakin makan baso” Saking udah terhubungnya kali ya? hehehe

Kejadian lucu kemarin malam, sejak PSBB gini dan kita di rumah aja, tentru aku dan teman-temanku jarang banget atau bahkan gak pernah kumpul-kumpul tatap muka langsung. Apalagi sobi-sobiku ini nakes. Sebelumnya salah satu sobiku udah bilang, “kayaknya kita gak bisa main dulu.. teman sekantorku ada yang dicurigai COVID” aku cuma bilang, “OK” padahal mah sedih banget.. dia doang yang sering aku ajak main. 

Cuma ya gak boleh egois dong? Emang mau apa covid gak selesai-selesai? aku sih enggak. WFH-nya aja yang dilanjutin, soalnya hemat ongkos hehe. 

Eh.. tiba-tiba nih si sobi ku ngajak video call, padahal sebelumnya gak ngomong gak apa. Ternyata dia lagi gak enak badan. Yaudah kita ngobrol, bercanda lah lewat video call. Terus dia bilang dia ngerasa mendingan setelah ngobrol. WAH? apakah mengobrol denganku adalah obat yang mujarab? tentu tidak. Emang dianya aja yg udah mendingan setelah minum obat dan dipijitin kakaknya, wakak. 

Ternyata hal sesederhana ditelpon sama sahabatmu aja jadi berarti banget kalau dilakuin sama sahabat yang tepat.

Apalagi ya.. Sahabat tuh bener-bener orang ngertiin kita banget. Gak pernah judging. Bisa diandalin, dan punya orang dibenci yang sama. Wakakak, enggak deng.

Yah pokoknya.. Kalau kamu mau tau dia sahabat kamu apa bukan.. Coba aja kamu perhatiin dirimu sendiri kalau si temen kamu ini udah mulai persiapin nikah, tunangan, dan akhirnya nikah terus bikin kamu takut banget bakal ditinggal nikah, yaudah fix itu dia sahabatmu. wakak 

DUH, sahabat, kalau aja aku boleh egois.. bisa gak ya kita menua bareng aja terus. Tapi enggak deh. Aku juga mau punya anak. Cuma gatau kapan.. hehe. Makin lama makin tua gak sih kita ini? tuhkan, udah mending gausah aja kali ya? eh jangan deh.. 

[ndarnila]

DAY 9 - Writes about Happiness

Happiness = Kebahagiaan. 

Memang betul kata Christopher McCandless alias Alexander Supertramp yang bilang gini:

“Happiness only real when shared”

Tapi, sering banget bikin lupa kalau diri kita sendiri yang harus bahagia duluan. Kenapa? Jelas karena itu bentuk dari self-love. Rumitnya ngejalanin hidup di tengah tuntutan hidup bersosial di zaman sekarang. Hal ini keliatan dari gimana banyaknya orang yang berusaha untuk keliatan bahagia atau sekadar baik-baik saja di sosial media. 

Kadang kita dituntut untuk memaklumi “Ah, gitu doang.. masih banyak yang lebih susah/gak bahagia dibanding lu“

Bisa gak ya kira-kira kita ngehargain atau cukup memaklumi orang yang mungkin lagi sedih saat itu. Ah, mungkin aku tanpa sadar kayak gitu. Tapi.. hal pertama yang kutahu dan bisa mengantarkan ke kebahagiaan itu adalah.. menjadi jujur. 

Gak cuma jujur lewat perkataan dan perilaku, tapi juga jujur dalam merasakan sesuatu. Mungkin sedih gak banyak mengubah keadaan, tapi dengan mengakui kondisi tersebut bisa sedikit mengubah cara pandang kita pada satu hal. 

make sense gak sih? wakakak. 

Kedua, bisa jadi diri sendiri. Masih berkaitan sama jujur.. aku pun masih perlu banyak belajar soal jadi diri sendiri. Terlalu banyak hal yang sebenarnya ingin aku tunjukkin.. Tapi, lebih banyak juga perlu dipertimbangin, hehe. Bisa jadi diri sendiri pasti menyenangkan. Selalu iri sama seseorang yang punya keberanian untuk tampil apa adanya di depan banyak orang.. Kerasa tanpa beban aja hidupnya, nah, kalau udah gak ada beban gini udah pasti bahagia dong? hehe

Syit.. tiba-tiba kerasa sedih. Tapi gatau kenapa. oh no. 

Ketiga, bisa “hadir” secara penuh di hari ini. Ah, ini juga masih perlu banyak belajar. Bisa hadir maksudnya adalah yaudah ajah gitu kita jalanin dan nikmatin hari ini semaksimal mungkin. Jangan sampe ngerasa khawatir sama yang ada di depan atau belakang. Bisa hidup tanpa bayang-bayang tentu membahagiakan.

Keempat, punya semangat hidup. Hiyah, ngomongin soal kebahagiaan tapi tone-nya jadi sedih gini. Ih, tapi pasti bisa seneng kan kalau kita tiap hari punya semangat buat jalanin hari. Kalau kita udah semangat, pasti mood yang keluar atau kerasa itu adalah yang bahagia kan?

Kelima, ya punya uang banyak dong.. apalagi? Uang boleh aja bukan jadi tolak ukur sebagian kecil orang.. Tapi, uang buat kita bisa dapet kebebasan. Kalau kita punya banyak uang, mau jadi apa juga hayuk. Mau dapet apa juga hayuk, kan? Tentru ujung-ujungnya jadi bahagia. hehe

Duh.. ini nih yang kusebut nulis? huhu ngerasa gada apa-apanya. Berani banget aku punya mimpi jadi penulis..

[ndarnila]

DAY 7- Favorite Movie

Ngomongin soal film, sebagian besar dari kita tentru punya film kesukaan yang kalau ditonton berulang-ulang gak akan pernah bosen. Malah ada juga yang di momen tersedih di film itu tetep aja berhasil bikin kita nangis, iya, meskipun udah ditonton berkali-kali. Atau ini cuma aku aja ya? heheh 

Kalau aja nih tulisan masuk On the Spot, pasti judulnya gini “5 Film Favorit versi Ninis” 

1. Into the Wild (2007)

Duh, film ini.. Waktu nonton ini rasanya campur aduk banget. Pada dasarnya, aku selalu gampang inget sama film-film yang ngangkat cerita tentang perjalanan. Seru aja, jadi diajak jalan-jalan dan tau tempat-tempat baru. 

Secara sederhana, film ini bercerita tentang seseorang yang punya mimpi sederhana.. bisa wujudin mimpinya tinggal di Alaska, tanpa diketahui nama asli, asal-usulnya, gelar, dan status sosialnya. Dari film ini menurutku kita ngerasa diajarin dengan sopannya tentang idealisme *yailah, maaf ya kurang edgy karena belajar idelaisnya dari film drama gini, wakak* jadi diri sendiri, dan nilai-nilai kebahagiaan yang sedikit berbeda dari banyak orang. 

Scene ini jadi scene yang gak bisa dilupa dan selalu bikin mrembes mili sampai hari ini:

2. Grave of the Fireflies / Hotaru no Haka (1988)

Wah, ini sih paling juara bikin nangisnya. Film animasi jepang yang pertama kali berhasil bikin aku sama kakakku berdua nangis, hehe.

Bercerita tentang hidup kakak-beradik Seita dan Setsuko di masa Perang Dunia II di Jepang, film ini bener-bener jadi film yang cukup traumatis dan sedih banget woeeyy.. Bayangin aja, jadi anak kecil harus jalanin hidup berdua tanpa orang tua di tengah-tengah masa perang lagi. Not trying to give a lot of spoilers, tapi film ini worth it banget ditonton sama kakak/adik. 

Scene terpedih di film ini:

terus Setsuko bilang gini “Seita. This is for you. It's steamed rice. Here's some cooked soy pulp. Please eat. You're not having any?” --bye, nangis--

3. Paper Towns (2015)

Wah.. ini sih seru ya. Gak ada sedih-sedihnya kok. 

Secara sederhana, film ini cuma nyeritain cinta khas anak-anak SMA orang barat yang nge-trip bareng ke sebuah kota yang punya nama lain “Paper Towns”. Tapi, yang bikin kita betah nonton film ini karena kita juga bisa ngerasain gimana serunya menebak misteri lewat perjalanan bareng sahabat-sahabat sebelum pisah karena kuliah atau ngejar mimpinya masing-masing, mengejar cinta pertama, dan hal-hal pertama lainnya yang mungkin sebagian besar dialami pas masih SMA, hehe. 

Layaknya kapas merek bunga mawar, film ini ringan banget plus diisi sama jokes yang relateable dan berhasil bikin kangen masa-masa SMA. Scene favorit:

Dan tentru saja scene berikut:

5. All the Bright Places (2020)

Film baru dengan isu baru yang mulai ramai diomongin, mental illness. 

Duh.. meskipun film ini kerasa cheesy buat banyak orang, tapi entah kenapa abis pertama kali nonton langsung keingetan terus. Masih bercerita tentang kisah cinta anak SMA khas anak barat, Violet Markey dan Theodore Finch . 

Bedanya, Theodore diam-diam kemungkinan memiliki bipolar dan depresi, bahkan hampir setiap hari dia harus lari pagi buat bikin dirinya “Stay Awake” dan gak mikir buat bunuh diri. Di tengah perjuangannya, Theodore ketemu sama Violet yang baru aja ngalamin kehilangan saudaranya yang pastinya traumatis dan lekat dengan rasa kehilangan yang mendalam. Lewat perjalanan mereka berdua ke tempat-tempat nyaris tertinggal di Indiana, Theodore berhasil bikin Violet ceria lagi dan.. kembali jadi dirinya yang gak ngerasa sedih, mungkin ini kali ya maksudnya kenapa judul filmnya “All the bright places”. 

Duh.. film ini luar biasa menguras emosi, menurutku. Belum lagi didukung sama playlist soundtrack yang ciamik dan cocok banget dipake kalau lagi ngerasa sedih. hehe.

Scene favorit:

Ini juga:

Kelima film ini jadi film yang gak akan pernah bosen kutonton, apalagi emosi yang dirasa setelah nonton ini berkali-kali tetep sama. 

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DAY 4 - Places I want to visit...

Kalau ngomongin soal tempat yang mau dikunjungi, banyak! Tapi sebagian besar tentu maunya bisa ke luar negeri, hehe belum pernah soalnya. Bahkan ke singapura juga belum. Please, normalized it! Hehe

Pertama, tentru saja Prancis! Ya Paris kek yang terkenal kota paling romantis, pengen banget bisa duduk di cafè minum kopi susu sambil makan croissant pinggir jalan liat para Parisien ini living as Parisien, yang mungkin lagi gak berjalan mulus, tapi ya tetep aja gak sih lu tinggak di Prancia woiii, hehe. Terus pengen juga tau Nantes tempat asalnya Madeon, siapa tau pas lagi ke marchè terus papasan sama dia, La Rochelle bagian ujung barat daya Prancis, ku dengar ini daerah Prancis yang masih alami, terkenal sama wisata lautnya, kebun anggur, yah yang hijau-kebiru-an deh! Ada juga Lyon, yg terkenal sama arsitektur tua khas abad pertengahan. Plusss... di Lyon ada Fête des Lumières atau Festival of Lights tiap 8 Desember. Di festival ini, kita bisa liat instalasi-instalasi cahaya di gedung-gedungnya. Duh! Waktu kuliah bahas ini terus detik itu juga langsung mutusin buat punya rencana ke sini, hehe. Yah di manapun deh yang penting Prancis, hehe. Buat apa aku kuliah Bahasa Prancis tapi gak bisa ke sana... duh, pengen banget bisa nginjakkin kaki di bagian manapun Eropa. Eropa itu.. bener-bener yah punya pesona tersendiri gitu.

Terus pengen juga bisa ke Swiss dan ngerasain minum coklat panas dan Ice skating langsung di sana. Ke Geneva juga mau karena pernah nonton The Princess Diary, ugh.. i love you Anne Hathaway. Bisa ya ada orang cakep kayak dia! Pusing

Pengen juga bisa ke Negara Baltik dan Nordik. Biar keren aja, hehe. Lagian pasti seru kan bisa dateng ke daerah yang bahasanya belum tentu kita tau. Tapi pasti pusing sih klo udah nyasar ya ampun. Takud. Sumpah pengen banget bisa ngerasain minum air putihnya Iceland dan pastinya, liat aurora borealis lah. At least once in a lifetime, Amin. Hehe

Berkat Coldplay meskipun dibilang kotor, aku penasaran juga sama India. Khususnya mau ngerasain festival Holi-nya.

Masih karena Coldplay, mau juga bisa ke Jordania, Timur Tengah. Pengen liat langsung masyarakat muslim dan non-muslim hidup berdampingan. Lebih tepatnya pengen bisa denger Azan di sana si. Hehe

Halah, Nis.. Nis, Indonesia aja belum kepijak semua. Ya sama. Eropa-eropa itu pun. Yaaa... sama karena belum ada uangnya juga sih. Hehe harus jadi istrinya firaun dulu kali ya biar bisa jalan ke sana kemari duitnya gak abis.

Ngomong soal indonesia, pengen banget euy bisa ke Labuan Bajo, main di pantai, berenang, tiduran di pasir, dan minum es kelapa.

Pengen juga bisa ke Toraja dan liat upacara Ma'nene secara langsung.

Tapi.. semua itu baru ada di mimpi sih. Hehe kira-kira yg mana dulu ya yang bakal kewujud? *pede aja dulu, masalah duit mah ya susah. Wkakak