Honey Is Yummy

Honey Is Yummy

Honey is yummy
Yummy yum yum
Mei Ling is yummy
Yummy yum yum
Cooking is yummy
Yummy yum yum
Our friendship is honey
Honey = yummy = our friendship!

My Sand

My sand

Friends come by
Friends leave away
O, such a wonderful life!
If I could, I would keep my friends in a display box
Yet when they try to break the glasses, my heart shatters
O, such a wonderful life!
My friend, you're my sand
I put you in my hands and let you wander
To come back to me whenever you want
Life is wonderful indeed...

Remember Melbourne, Ju Li!

Biarkan Bintang Menari: A Review

Biarkan Bintang Menari: A Review

This film has a clear storyline, which is quite unusual to the musical genre. "Cats", "Phantom of the Opera", and other Andrew Lloyd Webber's musicals can be considered metaphorical, as they use literary works as their framework. "Biarkan Bintang Menari" (BBM)'s storyline touches the very core of human relationships, especially that of Indonesian people. Despite the fact the film was based on a "supposedly" fairytale, it's actually a fantasy of the 'child' in Indonesian adults. The dance sequences are not perfect, yet the songs represent how Indonesians express themselves. I reckon the choreographer should explore Indonesian way of dancing, by not dismaying the fact that Indonesia's dance development tends to be more westernized. The dance sequences seem awkward in some ways and not synchronized with the songs and/or music. Yet, I still love this movie and regard it as a new wave of Indonesian film genre which I hope to improve in the future.

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Machine.

Machine.
Photo by Di
from Echuca Steam Engine Race

Rough creature
Your helper
Your enemy

Life

Life

Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards.
*Anonymous

Oh how true it is!
When the morning dew touches the leaves of the earth...
When we lose the meaning of life
Just come back to the place where we belong
Understand the life backwards
and live it forwards.
and PAY IT FORWARD.

Criticism

Criticism

TO ESCAPE CRITICISM ~ DO NOTHING, SAY NOTHING, BE NOTHING
*Anonymous

Biarkan Bintang Menari

Biarkan Bintang Menari

I just watched this movie again! I really like the story... although I'm not a big fan of the dancing sequences. Well done, Ronny! Such an associate producer and first assistant director you were, you even took part in singing the soundtrack... really proud of you. Love the songs. I'd like to meet Monty Tiwa as well!

Today's Prayer

Today's Prayer

O Father, give us the humility which realizes its ignorance, admits its mistakes, recognizes its need, welcomes advice, accepts rebuke. Help us always to praise rather than to criticize, to sympathize rather than to discourage, to build rather than to destroy, and to think of people at their best rather than at their worst. This we ask for thy name's sake.
(Prayer of William Barclay, 20th century)

Growing Pains

Growing Pains
(OST from the TV-Series 1985-1992)

Show me that smile again
Don't waste another minute on your crying
We know that in the end
The best is going to begin

As long as we've got each other
We've got the world spinning right in our hands, baby
You and me
We've got to be
the luckiest dreamer who never can't dream!

As long as we've got each other
We've got the world spinning right in our hands, baby
You and me
We've got to be
... (contact me if you know the end line)

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Boys and Women

Boys and Women

The title says it all... and being a woman, I need to emphasize this:
boys use their logic more than women do. Women put their emotional brain one step forward. Sad to say, but it applies to me. Insya Allah, I will use my logic first when it comes to talking with boys. Amen.

Dewey, congratto!

Dewey, congratto!

Congratto! Selamatto! Yiiiiihaaaaaa! (Cipika cipiki hihih).
Wanna know more? Read a line about Dwi's story in this article!

Senja di Gili

Memory

Memory
from Andrew Llyod Webber's CATS the musical

At last, the time has come for Old Deuteronomy to make
the Jellicle Choice and decide which one cat will be reborn
into a new Jellicle life. At that moment, Grizabella reappears.
Again she recalls her "Memory" of how things used to be. She
pleads to her brothers and sisters, yearning to come back to
them. This time, through a greater appreciation of tolerance,
the cats accept her back into the tribe.

GRIZABELLA:
Daylight, see the dew on the sunflower
And a rose that is fading
Roses wither away
Like the sunflower I yearn to turn my face to the dawn
I am waiting for the day

SOLO:
Now Old Deuteronomy, just before dawn
Through a silence you feel you could cut with a knife
Announces the cat who can now be reborn
And come back to a different jellicle life

GRIZABELLA:
Memory, turn your face to the moonlight
Let your memory lead you
Open up, enter in
If you find there the meaning of what happiness is
Then a new life will begin

Memory, all alone in the moonlight
I can smile at the old days
I was beautiful then
I remember the time I knew what happiness was
Let the memory live again

Burnt out ends of smokey days
The stale cold smell of morning
The streetlamp dies, another night is over
Another day is dawning

Daylight, I must wait for the sunrise
I must think of a new life

References:
http://www.lyriczz.com/lyriczz.php?songid=6087

My beloved students...

My beloved students...

Nothing compares to hearing news from you, my beloved students at Petra. Some of you have worked in such nice places, and some are still very active in the student organizations. Very proud, I am. Very proud. May we meet again in the future...

Empat Sekawan

Empat sekawan di Altar Bapa...

Alouisia

My beloved Alouisia...

Lajeungan...

Lajeungan...

Life's funny...

"Puzzled Cloud" By Hyun-Mi Yoo. Photo by Di.

Life's funny. In light of Star Wars III, you actually define your own destiny. Just one flick and you belong to the dark side. You want to safe the one you love, therefore you try so hard saving him/her, yet you'll actually destroy him/her. Your belief to be pure is bent by the dark side. Your initial goal is scattered. What is the truth? Pilate said.

IO

IO

Heya morning glory!
As glorious our past was
As glorious the memories will be
Yes, don't look back in anger.

Pertanyaan & Jawaban

Pertanyaan & Jawaban

Kadang sebuah pertanyaan tidak butuh jawaban.
Tidak butuh sumber pengetahuan untuk mengidentifikasi langkah selanjutnya.
Tinggalkan dan lupakan.
Suatu saat jika dia muncul kembali, hadapilah!
Cepat atau lambat jika pertanyaan itu muncul...
ambil langkah, dan maju atau mundur.

Kasih Ibu

Kasih Ibu
(Indonesian folk song)

Kasih Ibu
kepada beta
Tak terkira sepanjang masa
Hanya memberi, tak harap kembali
Bagai sang surya menyinari dunia.

*Ayah juga sayang beta... =)

From this day onwards...

From this day onwards...

One

One

In the beginning, I was one...
And then...
We are one.

Sang Pembalik Arah

Sang Pembalik Arah

Engkau sang pangeran
Dari mula dan akhiran
Rasa mulia dan kasihan
Setiap kenangan bergema

Engkau sang pengemis
Kembali, kembali, lalu berbalik
Mengapa kau ada?
Sang pembalik arah?

Mungkin akulah pembalik arah baginya.
Mungkin.