Moonrise Kingdom

Moonrise Kingdom
Director: Wes anderson
Writers: Wes Anderson Roman Coppola
Stars: Jared Gilman, Kara Hayward, Bruce Willis, Bill Muray, Edward Norton

"A pair of young lovers flee their New England town, which causes a local search party to fan out and find them."

Moonrise Kingdom is a movie directed by Wes Anderson. Sets in 1965, in a remote coastal city, this movie tells a story about two 12 years old chilren. Sam, a talented khaki scout who has a very distinguished personality than the others. Suzy, a troubled child who is not happy with her own family. They meet accidentaly in a chruch and they have been writting letters to each other since then. Dissatisfied with life they're living, and looking for adventures, they begin a journey through the wilderness together. Their missing put everyone in chaos, and so the hunting begins.

This movie is really beautiful, it's just briliant. The story is simple, and is told very straightfully.

The main characters are potrayed as two naive children who are looking for something bigger that what they know. Their love story is also really interesting, although these two may don't seem to match each other and there seems to be lack of interaction at the beginning, you can't help but be drawn to their relationship.
It's just really sweet.

The movie captures the naivity, the magical and adventurous side of children and it also shows the awkwardness of being a pre-teenager. But they're not the only stars in the story, the other supporting characters also build a considerable amount of the main story.

I won't say it's a funny movie, but there surely some great scenes that will make you laugh and smile throughout the movie.

It has great casts, beautiful cinematic shots, arousing soundtrack, and magical atmosphere.
It's a briliant movie indeed :)

4/5 stars

Second Term!

Hello! It's me again, as always

So, Term II has started hooray!
I'm not really excited about 'studying' again, but I am actually looking forward to see what this new semester has for me. Well, I got some new lecturers (some of which I wish I don't) and new classmates and also new things to learn. Maybe it will be stressful again, maybe it will be hard but let's just strive for the best and enjoy it as much as I can!

here is my new schedule:

 It may seems that I have a lot of free time but I know soon it will all be full with 'responsi' and 'praktikum' therefore in the first week I pledge to enjoy these free time!

 
And these were my stuffs that I brought to Depok, my family literally laughed at me for bringing so much, but you know my motto, you can't never pack too much!

 

Let's start this semester with happy smiles and positive feeling! 

One Week Left!

Hello!
I really wish that I could tell you fun stories about my holiday but well I had been a fool and literally spent the holiday sleeping, watching kdramas, and --I don't even remember. The point is, I have wasted my holiday doing nothing and now I'm practically complaining that holiday is not long enough for me to do all of my holiday resolutions. Boo! I'm so uber uncool.
My motto has always been "The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted" and it still is, but I feel like I may haven't really enjoyed those times I wasted.  All I did was "waking up in the afternoon- *blur**blur* -suddenly it was night -spending time with my laptop till dawn" I belive that it's the main point of having holiday, to act stupid and enjoy life as if you have all the time in your hand, but maybe, maybe I had been overdoing it.

Well! On the bright side, I realized my stupidity before the whole holiday is over and now I still have a week to be enjoying holiday, not wasting it.
I'm already planning on what to do for the rest of the week. can't wait.

I'll keep you updated!


and by the way, I, at least, got to hang out with Indan this holiday!

Scribbling Books!

Do you see the short description of my blog? "Nadya's Virtual Scribbling Book" that term is inspired by my old scribbling books from when I was in High School. Those books were the place where I could write and mostly draw anything. Those books were basically my playground, they were the one I ran to whenever I felt bored or whenever the teacher got too boring.

Meet the awesome trio!

The one in the center is my first scribbling book I used it in 10th grade, the left on for 11th grade and the right one in 12th grade.

 take a peek!

High School, those times when I could just run to my scribbling book and pretend that the teacher wasn't there, I miss you. 

Norwegian Wood

Norwegian Wood 

(ノルウェイの森 Noruwei no Mori)

Haruki Murakami, Japan, 1987

I had been looking for this particular book for so long until I accidentally stumbled upon it in 'Books&Beyond' near my home. It took me pretty long to read it, not because the amount of pages but because how busy college had been making me. To tell you the truth I was interested in this book only because its title. "Norwegian Wood". its title is taken from one of my favorite The Beatles song.

Norwegian Wood is set in Tokyo, 1960. The protagonist and narrator of the story is Toru Watanabe. This story starts when a mid-aged Toru accidentally hears 'Norwegian Wood' and it leads him to reminiscing his youth in 1960s. Toru is a just a regular high school student when his best friend, Kizuki, commits suicide. The death of Kizuki changes his life forever. It draws him closer with Naoko. Naoko is Kizuki's girlfriend, preferably soulmate. She is a beautiful girl, yet she is emotionally unstable and fragile. As the time goes by, they try to move on with their life. However, the loss of Kizuki becomes too much for Naoko to handle and so she moves away, to a place where she could try to find peace within her self. Meanwhile in college, Toru meets a woman, Midori. She's free-spirited, carefree, and passionate. She's the opposite of Naoko. But no matter how much he's attracted to her, Naoko still owns him.

This story tells about loss, grief, passion, patience, and most of all Loneliness. I would say 'love' but I'm not really sure. The plot is very simple yet memorable. It sounds light but it's not. It deals with deep, mature matters. It's definitely not a classic triangle love story. 

The characters are very complex and realistic. All the characters have their own part to play in the story. none of them is a filler character. None of them got to waste.

This book can be depressing, but at the same time it can also be evoking hopes. Between those gloomy and sad pages, there are some pages which make you think "it will be alright".

The first time I started reading this book I became uninterested, I didn't understand the characters and I felt it was kind of boring. But, as I continued on reading, I couldn't help but wanting to read more of it. I eventually understood Toru's point of view and the other characters' complexity. I couldn't relate to the story at all, but somehow all the characters and conditions feels so realistic.

Maybe some of you are wondering what it has to do with The Beatles' Norwegian Wood. Well, for instance I'd like to point out that this song is played a lot in the story.

“That song can make me feel so sad,” said Naoko. “I don't know, I guess I imagine myself wandering in a deep wood. I'm all alone and it's cold and dark, and nobody comes to save me. That's why Reiko never plays it unless I request it.”
- Naoko about Norwegian Wood

However, after you read the book I'm pretty sure you'll see how this song really represents the whole story. In my opinion the melodies and the lyrics of this song fit the book perfectly. 

by the way, one of my favorite thing about this book is how often it quotes The Beatles' song. It feels like a slight of sunshine between the all storms.



This book is definitely worth reading, one of the best book I've read.

3.75/5


if you're interested in reading it, I recommend you to also listen to the song :)
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For your warning this books is filled with many sexual contents & suicidal people. It's absolutely not recommended for anyone under 18. Even I honestly felt a little uncomfortable reading it. 

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“And what can life be worth if the first rehearsal for life is life itself?”

Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being

"Kenapa lu namain?"

Okay, it's just some random conversation which happened in one of those endless nights when my friends chose to stay at my place. And yes, they stay in my place a lot.

It was getting late, and we were preparing to sleep
Lintang : Eh liat boneka Smile ga?
Gua      : Hah Smile?... Elmo?
Lintang : Iya yang itu..
Gua      : oh disitu, .......Kok lo namain boneka gua sih? gua aja ga pernah..!

*krik*......