film ato game?

kemaren, pas isra mi'raj, gue pergi ke *lagi2* gading, mo nonton sama Ichsan.

pas nyampe.. woooooo.. stampede!!

banyak banget manusianya!!

ini semua gara2 libur!

mungkin karna gue terbiasa pergi ke gading di tengah2 minggu, jadi sepi2 aja..

ini banyak banget orang jadi pusinggg..

and clumsy me, gue jadi jalannya kesandung kesana-kemari dengan bodohnya sampe diketawain abis2an sama Ichsan.. huhuhuhuhu..

tadinya mo nonton The X-Files, tapi akhirnya ketunda karna Ichsan tertarik liat trailernya Red Cliff pas kita lagi antri beli tiket.

yasudaa.. *berhubung gue juga jadi tertarik* akhirnya nonton Red Cliff deh.

Red Cliff tu ceritanya perang2 Cina gitu..

dan audionya masih bahasa Cina, subtitlenya dobel gitu Indo-Inggris.

kadang tu pemerannya ngomongnya cepet banget jadi agak puyeng ngikutin subtitlenya yang cepet.. huhuhu.

awalnya kok nama tokoh2nya familiar ya..

ehhh Ichsan menjawab kebingungan gue dengan berkata:

"ohhh!!! ini tuh ceritanya sama kayak di Dynasty Warriors tau!!"

*Dynasty Warriors tu game PS yang sering dia mainin*

-_-'

dan ternyata emang bener..

tapi gapapa, itu ga bikin filmnya jadi ga seru kok.

kalo yang suka film2 yang berdarah-darah dengan strategi2 perang yang keren, macemnya 300 gitu, pasti suka ni film!

tapiiii akhirnya bikin ^&*!)*&@#^(%$^&

*takut spoiler*

overall, 3,8 stars out of 5!!

tadinya mo 4 bintang, tapi dikurangin 0,2 gara2 endingnya yang @!(#^!%$&!!

dooh..

ternyata oh ternyata..

bencana (gejala) flu menghadang..

apa ini karna beberapa hari ini gue terlalu lincah sampe kecapean sendiri?

who knows.

anyway, hari minggu kemaren, gue menemani sang sepupu yang sekaligus temen sekamar kalo di rumah, Chita, ke Indonesia-Japan 50th Friendship Festival di senayan.

festival memperingati 50 taun persahabatan Indonesia-Jepang gitu.

Chita yang mahasiswi sastra jepang dapet 2 tiket gratis gitu. trus dia ngajak gue deh.

yaa berhubung gue tertarik, gue mo aja deh ikut, meski kemungkinan gue jadi bangku cadangan karna cowonya Chita kagak mo pergi. pikir gue, sebodo deh, yang penting gratis. nyahahaha..

malang oh malang, hari sabtu malem gue bersin2 secara misterius..

idung gue gatel terus..

makan pun tak enak, tidurku pun tiada nyenyak..

*ga sih, gue tetep makan-tidur kayak babi ternak *kata Ichsan* nyahahaha*

ah pokoknya gue menunjukkan gejala pilek yang sangat tidak mengenakkan..

pas hari minggu-nya, mata gue berair terus dan agak ga enak badan..

yaa berhubung uda janji, gue tetep pergi deh..

sampe sana..

wow panas yak.

untung dikasi kipas pas masuk gerbangnya. hihihii.

ehhhh baru2 masuk, ada cewe yang clingak-clinguk ngeliatin gue sambil senyum2.

wajahnya tampak familiar..

cewe itu uda jalan mendekat sambil gue mencari serpihan memori di otak berpentium rendah ini..

ohhh!! ternyata dia Saras, temen dari SD. hehehe.

ngobrol bentar sama dia, trus keliling2 deh sama Chita..

ga terlalu banyak yang bisa diliat sih, tapi lumayan lah..

rather than spending a good sunday at home while suffering with the (possible) flu.

kita sempet makan yakisoba & takoyaki, yang sukses bikin kenyang selama kita disana..

mata gue terus berair dan gue srat-srut ga jelas..

tapi tetep aja itu ga mencegah gue buat makan es serut.. hehhee.. =D

gue juga beli dorayaki buat makan di jalan..

liat orang2 yang bikin mochi.. *tapi ga beli karna rame banget.. hiks*

liat orang2 gotong2 mikoshi..

liat tari saman pake taiko.. nice..

liat tari2an lain yang dibawain japan club dari beberapa kota..

semua itu bikin gue kangen sama liburan taun baru 2007 gue ke jepang..

mengunjungi kakak dan istrinya.. huhuhuhh. (T_T)

disana juga ketemu temen gonz, Maria, sama keluarganya..

setelah 2,5 jam-an pulang deh..

hari ini, harusnya gue ngambil KHS.. huhuuuu..

tapi berhubung pusing dan lemes, ga jadi ngambil hari ini deh.

ehhh tapi oh tapi diajak Mama pergi sama Chita dan Tante Ine buat makan dan mo ditraktir tante Ine..

hooh.

yasuda.. pergi deh ke senayan city.

makan di mandarin spices.. enak dan kenyangg.. hohoh. trimakasih tante Ine.. =)

abis itu muter2 doang ga beli apa2.

trus nganterin Mama ke bukafe, dan pulang deh.

i think my flu is better, though my brain still feels a bit fuzzy..

and i can't stop worrying about my grades!

God help me!!

back to nature

hari ini *ato kemaren karna ni gue ngetiknya tengah malem*, gue beramai-ramai pergi ke..
..taman safari.

gila, rame!
di mobil gue: gue, Ichsan, Ilham, plus pak Untung yang nyupirin.. hihi.
di mobil Dafy: Dafy, Buti, Dina, Fiba, Mumu, Audrey, Sano, Esha.
di mobil Fian: Gigon, Fian, Asta, Dora, Nana, Mea, Adyt, Doni.

ahhhh gila, rusuh!!
i love my friends, but boy are they rowdy. hahahaha.

untungnya sih berhubung gue cuman bertiga di mobil, jadi ga terlalu rame.
tapi tetep.. gue Ichsan Ilham sibuk ngomongin anime, komik, sama game. hahahahha.

KATANYA sih ngumpulnya di rumah Buti jam 7 pagi.
tapi kalo jam segitu berangkat dari depok ke buaran pasti macet bangettt.
akhirnya gue tunggu mpe jam stengah 8 baru berangkat ke cempaka putih jemput Ichsan sama Ilham.

pas kita uda bertiga, kita telpon rombongan di rumah Buti dan mereka bilang kita langsung ke taman safari aja.
yauda deh, langsung cabut kita.

sampe sana nunggu, nunggu, dan nungguuuuuuuu mpe lumutan.

bocah2 heboh itu masih entah kemana-mana ternyata.

nungguuuu mpe akhirnya waktunya sholat jumat.
gue jalan bertiga ke masjidnya gitu, naikkkk nanjak..
sambil ngomongin *apalagi kalo bukan* anime-komik-game..

Ichsan - Ilham sholat jumat, gue berkeliaran deh sendirian kayak anak ilang.
lewat2in villa2 orang..
lewat jalan yang sepiiii dan aneh..
tapi lama2 gue takut kejauhan, balik arah, trus nunggu di saung deket masjidnya sambil main game di hp, hehe.

kelar sholat jumat, rombongan bocah2 liar itu blom dateng juga!
kita makan dulu deh.. huhu.

akhirnyaa oh akhirnya, dateng juga rombongan super rame itu..
masuk deh ke taman safarinya.

di dalem mobil yang cuman bertiga, kita sibuk moto2in satwa2nya. hehee.
kayak orang udik.
kelar muterin yang jalan satwanya, parkir trus ketemuan sama bocah2 lain di kayak tempat rekreasinya gitu?

di sana isinya cuman ketawa2 sama foto2..
ckck.

dari taman safari, ke cimory ato cimori? beli susuuu.
abis itu makan sate..

abis itu pulang deh.. yaaahhh..
uda malem juga sih, dan CAPE.
gile, gue dari depok - cempaka putih - cisarua - cempaka putih - depok.
fiuuuhhh..
gimana pak Untung yang nyupir ya. hehehe.
dari pulang abis makan sate sampe deket cempaka putih aja gue sukses tidur NYENYAK.
kali ini Adyt ngikut di mobil gue karna mo pulang juga ke depok.

nganterin Ichsan - Ilham ke kontrakannya Ilham di cempaka putih, mampir dulu..
liatin Ilham main game sambil ngobrol2 berempat.
liat jam, wooo ternyata uda jam 9, huhuu pulang deh..

sepenggal kejadian2nya:

Fian: *menggerutu sambil ngutak-ngatik apa sih yang plastik yang nahan cipratan air kalo ujan di atas kaca samping mobil*
Mea: *ngebantuin Fian* sabar ya Fian..
gue: kenapa tu?
Fian: ini tadi copot disundul zebra. zebra sialan.


*di dalem mobil sambil ngeliatin satwa2*
Ichsan: yang itu kayak kambing cuman gede..
gue: yang itu kayak kebo.. tapi belang2..
Ichsan: kayak kebo-zebra gitu ya..
gue: yang itu kayak kuda-kambing..
Ilham: kayak di one piece ga sih, yang pulau yang binatangnya campur2 gitu?
*tetep aja ujung2nya komik.. -_-' *

*masih di dalem mobil, lagi ngeliatin linsang, ato apa ya namanya? oh well*
gue-Ichsan-Ilham: wahhh lucu ya lucu..
Ichsan: *moto2in*
gue: ehh yang disitu lagi gulat2an gitu!
Ichsan: *ngeliatin* um.. itu lagi main ato kawin ya?
Ilham: gue rasa lagi kawin deh.


*di cimory ato cimori? abis foto2 dan mau pulang..*
Mea: yod, mukena gue mana?
gue: astagfirullah! *lari balik ke musholla*
Mea: UNTUNG gue nanyanya sekarang!
gue: hihihihii maap maap.. Mea emang pintarrr..
Mea: gue yang pinter apa lo yang odong yak?
gue: hihihihihiii.. *cengar cengir dengan tampang bloon*


*di cimory ato cimori?*
Asta: yod, jungkat-jungkitnya kosong tuu!
*ada jungkat-jungkit ato apasih tu namanya seesaw? bentuknya sapi lucuu*
gue: oh! ok ok!
*gue dan Asta lari, trus naikin seesaw-nya deh*
Asta: *sambil naik turun* wiiii.. fotoin dong fotoin!!
*foto2*
*gue nyangkut di atas*
gue: Taa.. turunin dong Taa..
Asta: sialan ya lo yod, mentang2 gue lebih berat..
Ichsan: *neriakin* sadar umur wooiiii sadar umurr..
*di seesaw satunya ada 2 bapak2 yang lagi main juga dan mereka yang nengok! hahahhahaa*


rameee..
tapi sumpah, SENENG.
you guys are great and i love you all!!
=) =)

grand champion

hari ini Ichsan ke rumah..
senang riang hari yang kunantikan.. huehehehe.

we didn't actually plan on going somewhere specific, yahh emang bocahnya very mood-oriented.. *kayak lo ga aja yod* haha.

so anyway, ngobrol2 sama orang2 rumah bentar, trus memutuskan liat di internet ada film yang bagus ga yaa..
ehhhh tiba2, film yang uda gue nanti2kan sepanjang tahun, The Dark Knight uda tayang!!
gue langsung semangat ngajakin Ichsan.
and he said, "ok ok, we'll go.."

yauda, pergi deh ke tempat nonton biasa, gading. hehee.
ternyata sepii.. apa karna hari senin dan uda ga libur sekolah lagi ya?
*tau deh yang uda ga sekolah.. hihihi*

so then we watched it..
dan..
i'm speechless.

GOKILLLL!!
it's a very kudu wajib harus must see movie!!
ahhh.. *pingsan*
5 stars out of 5!!!!
ladies and gentlemen, please meet your grand champion of ayod's reviews!


Heath Ledger, rest in peace, but you rock, mate!!
genius!!
the best portrayed Joker everrrr!!
eeeeee!!! *menggila*

another thing i can't give up..

yeah, sure, i'm a medical student now, and people expect me to read good, educational books.
but come on. who am i kidding? those books that i'm supposed to read? BORING.

instead, i fill my brain up with books like the baby-sitters club, which is much more adequate for my intellectual level. hehehhee.
another reading material that i can never give up is..

manga.
or otherwise known as japanese comics.

yeah, my friends think i'm a geek for obsessing over comics and all, but honestly, i don't care.
kalo dirata-rata mungkin seminggu gue bisa beli satu komik.

karna skarang komik jepang buanyak banget jenisnya, i focus on series that i already know are good.
ato yang direkomendasiin temen.

now, since i got a boyfriend yang ternyata sama freaknya tentang komik, gue tambah ga peduli deh mo dibilang apa tentang komik2 gue. huehehehehe. =D
skarang karna koneksi internet di rumah uda oke, buat menghemat dan mumpung libur juga, gue baca banyak komik online. hehehe. =)

serial2 yang skarang lagi gue ikutin antara lain *bukan urutan prioritas*:
bleach
nodame chantabile
detective conan
perfect girl evolution
kunimitsu

kalo buat yang uda tamat tapi terjemahan indonesianya masi jalan dan gue beli:
death note
prince of tennis

kalo yang uda tamat tapi baguss:
kareshi kanojo
penguin brothers

masi banyak sih yang lain, tapi itu dulu deh. hehehe.
ada juga serial2 bagus tapi blom sempet gue baca, kayak ouran high school host club ato apa gitu judulnya?
ada juga yang mencoba mempengaruhi gue buat baca naruto dan 20th century boys, but not yet.
pengen juga baca vagabond, tapi blom sempet.
oh well.
this is what vacation is for!! =)

kebetean online

ada apa dengan internet malem ini?

lemot!!!

bikin bete aja!

mo buka apa2 jadi lemot.

argggghhhh..

berkeluh-kesah saja ni..

padahal sebenernya hari ini lumayan menyenangkan.

tadi ke Gonz bareng Leidy dan Wita, hari mos terakhir katanya pada mo ngumpul.

sampe di Gonz, wahhh rameee..

banyak temen seangkatan, plus alumni angkatan lain yang dateng.

seru seruuu..

sayang, ga bisa lama2 karna uda janji mo jadi cheerleader buat Ichsan yang besok her blok imun.. hihihii.. =)

ayo dong temen2 Gonz, kita jalan lagi mumpung libur.. =)

kemaren juga menyenangkan.

jalan2 sama Mama, Ichsan *yang ga mungkin nolak karna nyokap yang ngajak, hahaha*, 2 temennya nyokap, dan anak temen nyokap - cewe, namanya Ayodya juga lho! tapi panggilannya Ayu.

tadinya perginya cuman bertiga -- gue, nyokap, Ichsan -- ke grand indonesia. tapi abis makan, nyokap janjian sama temennya, akhirnya gue sama Ichsan nonton deh di blitz.

nonton Wanted..

hmm.. boleh2.. walau adegan2 actionnya kadang kayaknya too-good-to-be-true..

terlalu keren buat jadi kenyataan..

yah, maklum aja, ceritanya based on a comic series..

overall, kayaknya yang bikin ni film oke si Angelina Jolie-nya aja deh.

gue dan Ichsan setuju, aktris yang cocok action tembak2an kayak gini emang dia.

ga tau kenapa, cocok aja. apa karna tampangnya yang bisa keliatan sadis sekaligus cantik? dunno.

yang jelas, berkat Angelina Jolie, gue kasih 4 bintang dari 5!

gue juga suka kata2 terakhir di film ini..

"this is about me, taking control of my life..

what the f*** have you done lately?"

nice2!

a pleasant ordinary saturday

waw. tampaknya blakangan ini jadi kerajinan ngisi blog ya. hehehe. hope you don't mind. =)

anyway, kemaren ujian agama.

yaa.. so-so lah. hehe.

abis ujian agama, rame2 ke pizza hut, gading, karna ditraktir Haris dan Buti yang kemaren ultah.

rameee.. ada Ichsan, Asta, Mea, Dora, Wisnu, Juan, Winda, Fiba, Dina, Audrey, Sano, Bli, Davy, Ilham, Fairi, trus siapa lagi ya? rame!

di gading lagi ada banyak stand2 spongebob dan kartun2 lain, tapi ada satu yang menarik perhatian..

stand es krim spongebob!!!

dulu, waktu masi temenan *hehehe*, Ichsan pernah ngejanjiin gue 5 stik es krim spongebob sebagai gantinya ngeliat foto gue pake dress. hehehehhee.

akhirnya berhubung es krim spongebob di depan mata, dia ngelunasin satu deh!

makasih Isan sayangg.. =)

entah kenapa kok es krim spongebob tu susah skali dicari yaa..

padahal enak.. hiks.

oh well. 4 more to go, 'San.. =) =)

setelah melahap spongebob *yang meskipun ga mirip tapi enakk* dan pizza, kita mencar2.

ada yang mo nonton.. *Asta, Dora, Buti, Davy, Audrey, Sano, Mea*

ada yang mo tidur.. *gue dan Ichsan*

ada yang mo balik.. *Fairi dan Haris*

ada yang mo ngedownload komik bleach.. *Ilham*

berhubung gue ngantuk berat akibat ga tidur semaleman karna insomnia, *dan bingung harus ngapain lagi akhirnya bikin facebook! silahkan di-add yaa! =)*

dan Ichsan emang nyaris selalu ngantuk ato laper,

akhirnya kita berdua plus Ilham balik ke cempaka putih.

mampir kontrakannya Ilham dulu, ngambil dvd, trus ke kosan Ichsan deh.

niatnya sih nonton dvd bareng2..

ujung2nya..

gue dan Ilham tewas di kasur, tertidur pulasss..

Ichsan main game.

hahhhhh.. what a day.

bangun2 uda magrib aja loh!

trus minggat ke kamarnya Juan, ada Winda tapi dia tidurrr..

Juan lagi nonton dvd, judulnya "Dan In Real Life".

yang main Steve Carell, so i thought it seemed compelling..

akhirnya keasikan nonton itu karna ternyata bagus lho!

4,5 stars out of 5!

meski gue nontonnya uda tengah2, tetep baguss!

ceritanya tentang Dan, duda 3 anak yang naksir cewe..

yang ternyata pacar adenya!

dan cewe ini diajak adenya Dan liburan bareng keluarganya.

akhirnya dia harus tahan ngeliat adenya mesra2an bareng cewe yang ditaksir..

bagus bagus!

all in all, i had a very nice saturday.. =)

thanks to the very mood-unpredictable but always great Ichsan and my merry band of great great friends..

love you all! =)

a too long nap can cost you

ah gile, kok kayaknya gue jadi kerajinan ngisi blog gini ya. hahaha.
apakah ini sebenernya cuman pelarian gue dari belajar buat her? =D

besok hari terakhir her infeksi dan penyakit tropik, ujiannya jam 1 ajah makanya gue masi melek. hehe.
lagian tadi gue ditelantarin di kosannya Ichsan mpe jam 8an gitu baru dijemput. huhu.
karna ga dijemput-jemput makanya gue jadi tidur siang-sore dengan berlebihan. hahahaha.

mpe Juan dan Gigon bilang, "yaampun ayod tiap kesini kerjaannya tidurrrr doang.."
hahaha. maap yaa.

anyway, not much is going on now..

tapi yang menyenangkan tadi uda pengumuman her blok imun, dan gue lulus!
yipiiiee! =)

ah, well, i think i'm off for the night.
coba tidur ahh. hehe.

oh life

cerita2 seputar kehidupan sehari-hari saja..

setelah kemaren terjadi insiden nightmare ketinggalan ujian her skill lab, akhirnya hari ini berhasil susulan..

jadwal susulan jam 8 pagi, maka nyampe lah gue di depan ruang skill lab jam 7.45..

ehhh tiba2 dateng kabar kalo dr. Dini *koordinator skill labnya* ntar baru dateng jam 10..

yahhh.. nganggur deh.

akhirnya keluar bentar, beli makan, trus bengong2..

jam 10, dateng deh dr. Dini cuma buat bilang, "aduhhh saya ngawas ujian dulu yaa.. 50 menit aja ya.."

ampunn. yaa sudah lah. apa mo dikata.

akhirnya gue rebahan deh di lantai depan ruangan2 skill lab itu. tidur.

sukses tidur sampe Andina nyenggol2 gue, "yod, yod, udah yod.."

gue bangun deh dengan dr. Dini bilang, "yaampun kasian.."

*memang kasian dok*

ya udah. masuk deh ujian.

dan setelah nunggu 3 jam, ujian pun lewat ga nyampe 5 menit.

kali ini gue dapet suntikan sub kutan.

oh well.

yang penting urusan skill lab beres.

thank GOD. =)

kemarennya, gue dianter bokap buat ngadep dr. Dini perkara skill lab itu.

selesai ngomong, gue pun ditinggal, berhubung janjian belajar IPT sama Ichsan yang sama2 her. hahahaa.

pas gue uda ditinggal bokap, Ichsan-nya malah blom brangkat dari rumah. rumahnya di bekasi pula. haahh. nasib.

gue ke ATM ngambil duit, trus jalan kaki mo cari makan.

berjalan berjalan berjalan, gue pikir, ah makan di tenda aja, akhirnya gue ngambil jalan potong yang jalan kosannya Audrey.

ehhhh tiba2 ada yang manggil gue, "AYOD!"

wah, ternyata ada Juan dan Winda.

ngobrol2 sama mereka, dateng Gigon dan Mulan.

woahh.. terselamatkan dari bahaya bencana kesepian.

mana pas banget gue lagi laper, kepanasan, ga ada pulsa, ehhh ada aja deh keberuntungan yang menyapa.

oh Tuhan, inikah berkah-Mu? =D

akhirnya kita berlima pergi makan mie ayam deh..

wah makasih banget deh gue boleh ngikut dan ngerepotin. hehehe.

setelah skian lama *hiperbol* akhirnya Ichsan dateng juga. huf huf.

ujung2nya blajarnya cuman 5 menit, sisanya TIDUR..

hahahaha.

rencananya mo nonton, malah males2an tidur2an sampe jam 5 baru pergi.. ckck.

akhirnya pergi nonton juga sih, Hancock!

filmnya oke oke.. boleh boleh.. walau gue dan Ichsan nahan ngantuk karna uda malem.. haha.

overall, 3,5 bintang dari 5! hehe.

film selesai jam 11! padahal besok paginya gue masi her skill lab, hehehe..

gila, gading uda gelap banget. keluar lewat pintu biasa juga uda ditutup. akhirnya keluar lewat pintu lain, trus duduk2 di deket trotoar depan mkg 3, nunggu dijemput.

overall, karna itu hari pertama ketemu setelah seminggu, whatever happened felt GREAT anyway! =)

dexter!

i always thought Dexter was a neat name.

some time back, pas kakak gue lagi pulang dari jepang, dia nyeritain ada serial tv baru, judulnya Dexter. ceritanya tentang serial killer gitu.

dari cerita kakak gue, tampaknya bagus..

tapi berhubung waktu itu koneksi internet di rumah masih ble'e, blom ada akses buat nontonnya deh.

skarang, dengan speedy wireless *lagi2 promosi, hehehe* akhirnya aku bisa nonton dexter!

dan emang kerennn..

ternyata ceritanya di ambil dari novel, dan gue sempet baca 1 chapter di websitenya..

OOHHHH bagus sekaliii..

MAUUUU!!!

skarang novelnya uda 3 seri, AND I WANT THEM ALLLLL!!

kenapa gue ga kepikiran buat nyari ini waktu di Spore ya?

bodoh..

kalo ada yang mo beliin tiga2nya, jangan lupa beliin juga Baby-Sitters Club Friends Forever: Graduation Day yah!! *ngarep*

jadi kepikiran kalo punya anak cowo jadi pengen namain Dexter!

of course not in the hopes that he'll ever be a serial killer, but after Dexter in Dexter's Laboratory - the cartoon. hehehehehehe.. =D

*ga nyambung*

more serious fiction

tulis tulis lagi ah..

We Need To Talk About Kevin - by Lionel Shriver

sekitar dua taun lalu, gue dan Vitra, kakak ipar gue, beliin ni buku buat kakak gue.

sebelum dikasi, gue baca dulu dongg.. hehehe. abisnya keliatannya menarik.

dan emang iya!

isi bukunya narasi gitu tentang seorang ibu yang punya anak cowok namanya Kevin. suatu hari Kevin ini ngebantai beberapa temen dan guru di sekolahnya. dia juga ngebunuh bapak sama ade cewenya di rumah.

sepanjang bukunya itu cerita ibunya menggali diri sendiri, sebenernya dia salah asuh apa sampe Kevin ngelakuin semua itu.

trus gimana proses dia berusaha memahami Kevin, memaafkan perbuatannya, dst.

bagus bagus! tapi sediiihhh..

Perfume: The Story of A Murderer - by Patrick Suskind

pada dasarnya gue suka cerita2 misteri yang agak2 sadis.

and this falls right into the category. =)

novel ini uda dijadiin film, meski gue blom pernah nonton.

if you don't like gruesome murders, this book is not for you. liat aja judulnya -- the story of a murderer!

overall, buku ini emang kerennn..

Every Fear - by Rick Mofina

aslinya gue beli buku ini buat hadiah ultahnya Kansha.. tapi ujung2nya gue pinjem. hihihihii..

karna Kansha juga suka misteri2 begitu, makanya gue pilihin ni buku..

ceritanya tentang bayi yang tiba2 diculik di depan mata ibunya. trus usaha mati2an deh nyari bayinya dan siapa penculiknya.

kedengeran standar ya, tapi alur ceritanya bikin deg2an banget lho!

anyways, i doubt my reviews are actually helpful. abisnya ntar ga seru kalo gue bablas cerita sinopsisnya. hehehe.

i'm just posting books i think are worth reading.

kalo ada buku lain yang bagus, never hesitate to share! =)

please?

would anybody please give me this book:




Graduation Day - the last book of my beloved baby-sitters club series?

please please pretty pretty please with a cherry on top?

pengen banget baca!!! huhuhuhuhu..

more and more

ok. so it's 3 a.m. and i don't think i'm even near sleeping. so i'll post some more.

i've already posted about serious fiction. now i'll talk about books that are usually in the 'young adult' section of a bookstore that i've read. still fiction of course, since i tend to get delusional and imaginative.

here goes.

Bloomability - by Sharon Creech

this should have won another Newbery Award for Sharon Creech. gosh. i love it so much. too bad i lost my copy of it due to my lack of memory of where i put things.

it's a story about an american girl who gets sent off to an international boarding school at Switzerland *envy* and meets all these interesting new friends and adventures.

nice nice nice.

Walk Two Moons - by Sharon Creech

this one is also by Sharon Creech, and it won the Newbery medal.

it's just a touching story on how a girl copes with her mother walking out of her family but then finds out that... oh, i'm not going to spoil about it.

it's just GOOD.

=)

The Curious Incident of The Dog In The Night-Time - by Mark Haddon

it's about a boy with autism or some kind of other condition, i forgot, and he writes about things.

it's just interesting. trust me.

oh. wait. i forgot what else.

oh well. i can always post more later. =D

serious fiction i've read that i might actually like

Winnetou - by Karl May.

i actually kinda like this story about the journey and friendship kind of thing.

i was quite alarmed when my dad told me that Karl May suffered from some kind of personality disorder that made him imprisoned, and that he wrote this book in jail while sort of pretending he really did experience what he described in his book, although in reality, he's a German who's never been to America, let alone all those places he described so intricately. shocking.

Angels and Demons - by Dan Brown

this is my favorite book by Dan Brown, considering that i have also read the Da Vinci Code and Deception Point.

i've noticed that all three of the Dan Brown books i've read are highly pack with action and twist and turns that are really interesting, but i've got to say that Angels and Demons win hands down.

although the story SOUNDED unrealistic at the beginning, when i read on i realized it's playing on the thin line between being imaginary and wait-a-moment-this-may-happen-heck-who-knows. which, to a person who's imagination sometimes runs to wild like me, is very intriguing. *hey, did i spell that right?*

anyway, this one has good good action.

The Stand - Stephen King

well, everybody says that Stephen King is a genius, so no more to say.

but it took me weeks to persuade myself to even read this. its thickness is monsterous. it just looked scary.

nevertheless, i just read it to rub myself off of studying. hehehehhee.. =D

Lord of The Rings - by JRR Tolkien

great great great.

although, if you're an easily bored person like me, i recommend just watching the movies. much better.

i watched on discovery channel or something that Tolkien wrote it based on his own life and his involvement in the World War. whatever. it's a great story anyway.

The Five People You Meet In Heaven - by Mitch Albom

wow. it's just very interesting.

makes you think about who will be the five people YOU meet in heaven.

if you're lucky enough to be in heaven anyway. haha.

i haven't read any Mitch Albom books besides this, though. i heard Tuesdays With Morrie is good, but i think it's non-fiction.

anyway, that's it for now.

i'll post more serious fiction and not-so-serious fiction later on that i've read.

any suggestions on good books i should read on an probably-below-average intellectual degree, let me know.

cherio! =)

confession

yes, i, like many other people in this world, have a guilty pleasure.

i know a lot of my friends know that i like to read. and i do read.

aside from my endless collection of baby-sitters club books, i also read the princess diaries series, and a lot of japanese manga.

yeah sure, i read a lot of classics since my dad and-i-don't-know-who-else-who-thinks-it's-a-good-idea-to-give-me-books give me those thick, supposedly full of knowledge books.

i mean, i've read things like Winnetou, The Stand by Stephen King, some Dan Brown books - where i found that the Da Vinci Code is actually my least favorite of all his books -- i like Angels and Demons better.. i've read stuff like Little Women, and yada yada yada.

truth is, now matter how many classic or serious fiction and/or non-fiction my dad encourages me to read, i still read them only when i'm really bored and have nothing else to do.

which, i assure you, happens only on certain moments every month or so.

and the real truth is, i just feel more compelled to reading things like baby-sitters club (BSC) or princess diaries series, which both i collect.

other collections i never want to throw out, and would choose over any serious fiction i have:

boxcar children - although it's been a long time since i read any.

girl talk - although i only have the translated Indonesian version which -no offense to the translators- just sound really weird. but still.

the saddle club - although i've only read, like, only 2 books in the series, sad to say. i read on the internet that it's been made into a tv series.

silver blade - i've also only read maybe 2 books of the series.

and this night, i just finished reading the ninth installment in the princess diaries series - Princess Mia

and i like the twist in the plot.

i can't wait for the 10th one. i read on Meg Cabot's website that it'll be the last. *sigh*

a letter to Ann M. Martin

hi. i'm ayodya and i'm 18 years old. i'm currently a medical student at a university in Indonesia.

i am a huge fan -or overly obsessive, according to my brother- of the Baby-Sitters Club series, which you wrote.

i remember the first BSC book i ever read was "Dawn on the coast" when i was 7 years old, and i never stopped reading the series ever since.

i'm originally from Indonesia, but i spent some years of my childhood in America, which is how english became my first fluent language.
i moved back to Indonesia when i was 7 years old. and when i moved back, a daughter of my dad's friend -who was turning 14 years old- gave me a whole box of her book collection, most of it was BSC books.

eventhough we have bookstores that sell imported books here, BSC books are still hard to find. so whenever i got the chance to go to Singapore, i buy every title i haven't read yet.

up until now, i still don't have a complete collection of BSC books, but i'm pretty happy with what i have.

growing up reading BSC really helped me preserve my english all the while i was in Indonesia. i'm STILL in Indonesia, but i can proudly say my english is still pretty fluent. and a lot of that has to do with my obsessive -according to my brother- reading of BSC books.

thanks to the internet, i know the BSC series has ended. although sadly, i haven't been able to get the last book - Graduation Day. i'm still trying to find out if i can find it online, but online shopping here in Indonesia isn't easy.

overall, i just want to say thank you for writing the wonderful BSC series.
and despite my brother says i've outgrown them, i will continue on my obsession on owning every single title, thus finding a way to obtain that last one.

and when i grow up more and get busy being a doctor and marry someone and have kids, i will definitely pass on my BSC books to them. or maybe only to my daughter, because my brother will probably be mortified if a nephew of his also reads BSC books.

warm regards,
ayodya

thankful or suicidal?

alkisah, tanggal 27 juni 2008 hari terakhir ujian blok mekanisme pertahanan tubuh..

tanggal 30 juni 2008, bertepatan dengan ulang tahun kakanda mas Ditto dan istri Vitra *iya, mereka ultahnya barengan*, gue berangkat ke Singapore dengan rombongan bersepuluh orang2 kantornya nyokap dan bokap..

seperti biasa, when something good happens in my life, something absolutely horrendous will follow right behind it.

dan itu terjadi lagi.

tepat di hari keberangkatan, yang seharusnya jadi awal sebuah liburan 4 hari yang membahagiakan, terusik oleh kabar dari seorang teman bahwa:

GUE HER SKILL LAB.

dan hari her-nya belom jelas kapan.

oh great.

yaa berhubung hotel dan tiket pp uda kebayar semua, ga mungkin gue tiba2 ga jadi pergi.
*pembenaran diri*
seriously, ga mungkin aja gitu.
sooo gue meredam panik, dan berharap ini semua mimpi buruk yang akan berakhir begitu gue sampe negeri orang.
but still, buat jaga2 gue bilang ke nyokap.
dannn seperti biasa, berhubung sifat santai itu genetis, nyokap pun menanggapinya dengan santai..
mungkin pikirannya, "anak gue, remed? hal biasaaa.."

maka, setelah sempet ym-an sebentar sama sang kakak di lab kampusnya dan istrinya yang katanya lagi ujian di lab kampusnya *tapi sempet2nya ym-an? hmm* untuk mengucapkan selamat ulang tahun untuk mereka berdua, berangkatlah gue ke Singapore..

nyampe sana uda malem, jadi ga kemana-mana.
nginepnya di link hotel, tiong bahru road.
makan malem steamboat deket hotel, trus ngopi2 *strawberry smoothie for me* di kafe deket hotel juga.

besoknya, ke sentosa island.
i wasn't that excited to go to sentosa, cause all i really wanted to do at Singapore was buy books i can't find in Indonesia. haha.
tapi yaa ngikut juga.
naik MRT abis itu naik cable car ke sentosa-nya.
kayaknya gara2 2 minggu di Jepang yang jalur keretanya ribetnya minta ampun, kemaren langsung fasih naik MRT yang simpel jalur2nya. hehe.

anyway, di sentosa pergi ke underwater world, which i have been to, so no surprise there.
abis underwater world, cineblast.
and it was actually a blast.. quite fun! =)

abis cineblast, nonton 4D..
not bad.. but i liked cineblast better.. =D

dari sentosa ke chinatown..
karna dapet tiket gratis chinatown heritage center, mampir situ..

dari chinatown ke orchard.
dan akhirnya ketemu sama Ijah! yey! =D

next day..
menerima kabar kalo her skill lab-nya hari kamis, tanggal 3 juli.
padahal gue baru balik hari jumat, tanggal 4!
oh this is just great..
but, got a lot of great books anyway..

next day..
menerima kabar kalo gue ga ikut her hari ini, gue harus ikut yang taun depan..
oh GREAT.

next day..
bokap ultah!
we went home.
dan di pesawat gue dilanda sakit perut yang teramat sangat karena masalah wanita..
gile, jarang2 sesakit itu loh!
bete banget!

overall,
1. i got almost, and actually more than, got what i expected to get at Singapore..
2. ..which is a bunch of books i'm totally crazy about
3. the trip put my parents in a great mood and you can never be too depressed when your parents are happy.
4. i got souvenirs for my friends, which i hope they'll like.
5. i got to meet one my greatest friends ever, Ijah while i was there.

AND

bokap gue bilang doi yang bakal ngomong ke dosen gue perkara her skill lab itu.
and i suspect, kalo tetep ga boleh, my dad will be hopping mad about it.

just when i THOUGHT i was nearly suicidal due to the fact that i almost flunked myself out of college cause i missed a measley remedial, which i was stupid enough to have in the first place, my dad comes to save the day *or coming, cause we came back on the weekend, jadi baru bisa ngomong sama dosennya minggu depan* and i really did get more than i expected.

sooo..
despite the fact that i may be in deep academic trouble, i guess i really should be thankful.

"karena, sesungguhnya bersama kesulitan itu ada kemudahan.
sungguh, bersama kesulitan itu ada kemudahan."
God is so true.
=D