To Wait and Watch

[A bilingual post]

Kelihatannya mungkin saya emang sengaja nyuekin blog ini, saya nyadar kok. Tapi soal itu bisa diomongin nanti, mungkin di postingan berbeda. Saya mau nunjukin dulu beberapa klip ini. / It may seem like I’ve been neglecting this blog for some reason, I’m aware of that. But let’s talk about it later, maybe on another post. First, I want to show these clips.

Coldplay + Game of Thrones for Red Nose Day

Coba klik aja dan lihat sendiri, kalau belum! Saya lihat foto waktu mereka rekaman di akun Google+ Coldplay. Saya pikir, oke, menarik. Nggak nyangka bakalan semenarik dan selucu itu. Saya merasa bersalah karena ketawa waktu mereka nyanyi tentang Red Wedding… Tapi Kit Snow bikin saya merasa lebih baik. ;)
Click and check it out, if you haven’t already! I saw a photo from their recording day on Coldplay’s Google+ account. I thought okay, interesting. I didn't know it’d be this interesting and funny. I mean, I feel bad laughing on the part where they sing about the Red Wedding... But Kit Snow makes me feel better. ;)

Seperti yang mungkin udah diketahui (dari postingan sebelumnya atau dari Twitter saya), belakangan ini saya terobsesi sama GoT. Saya seneng banget bisa nebak beberapa bagian dari episode 9. Tapi nggak, saya belum dan nggak berencana untuk baca bukunya. Maksudnya, saya tahu bukunya adalah karya literatur yang bagus, tapi saya pengen nikmatin aja serial TV-nya tanpa berharap terlalu banyak. Terutama karena sekarang serialnya udah overlapped (mendahului?) bukunya. Dan OMG finalenya minggu depan. Berdasarkan teori dan, ahem, spoiler dari bukunya, saya punya beberapa spekulasi mengenai apa yang akan terjadi. Dan spoilernya ada di mana-mana udah kayak lapangan penuh ranjau setiap kali lagi Googling apa aja tentang Game of Thrones. Walaupun saya masih berharap yang terburuk nggak akan terjadi. Plis lah, jangan bikin ceritanya ngegantung. Kalau ngerti maksud saya. *evil grin* 
As you may have learned (from my previous post or from my tweets), lately I’m really obsessed with GoT. I love that I was able to guess some part from episode 9. But no, I haven’t and not planning to read the books. I mean, I know it’s a great piece of literature and all, but I prefer to just enjoy the TV show without expecting too much, you know? Especially now that the show has overlapped the books. And OMG the finale is next week. Based from the theories and ahem, some book spoilers that I read, I now have some speculations about what's gonna happen. And the spoilers are everywhere it’s like a field of booby trap of spoilers whenever I Googling something Game of Thrones. Although I’m still hoping that the worst won't happen. Like, please, don’t leave us hanging on the story cliff. If you know what I mean. *evil grin*
Jurrasic World 
Udah main di seluruh dunia dan saya nggak sabar untuk nonton akhir pekan ini. Saya nggak mau berharap banyak, tapi final trailer-nya keliatan bagus dan menjanjikan. Jadi, lihat aja nanti. / It’s playing worldwide now and I can’t wait to see it this weekend. I don’t want to expect too much, but the final trailer looks good and promising. So we’ll see.
Terminator: Genisys 
Jujur saya belum pernah nonton ‘Terminator Salvation’. Tapi saya suka tiga film sebelumnya. Lagipula Arnold bilang filmnya payah, jadi kayaknya bisa saya skip aja? Haha. Tapi yang satu ini... Para pemainnya tentunya jadi hal pertama yang menarik perhatian saya. Ada Khaleesi, eh maksudnya, Emilia Clarke sebagai Sarah Connor. Terus ada Jason Clarke. Dan Jai Courtney! Pria tampan dan tangguh itu. Semuanya jadi tambah menarik karena trailernya memberi kesan kalau ada alternative timeline dari cerita ini. Tapi yah, saya mah tau apa? Film sebelumnya aja belum nonton. Mungkin saya harus tonton sebelum ‘Genisys’ rilis awal July nanti. 
To be honest still haven’t watch ‘Terminator Salvation’. But I love the previous three films. And Arnold say it was suck anyway, so I think I can skip it? Haha. But this one... hmmm. The cast was obviously the first thing that attract me. Khaleesi, I mean, Emilia Clarke is Sarah Connor. And Jason Clarke. And Jai Courtney! That tough and good looking lad. It’s getting more interesting that the trailer suggests there’s an alternative timeline to the story we all know. But what do I know? I skip the previous film. I might have too see it before ‘Genisys’ released on the first of July.
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Oke, Amerika versus Soviet. Spy. Klasik. Dan mungkin juga klise. Tapi HENRY CAVILL, meeeen! Saya harus nonton. / Okay, America versus Soviet. Spy. Clasic. And maybe a bit cliche. But HENRY CAVILL, maaan! I just have to see this one.
The Martian
Trailernya keluar beberapa hari yang lalu dan saya spontan langsung ngebandinginnya dengan Interstellar. Udah gitu ada Jessica Chastain dan Matt Damon pula di film ini. Film lain yang saya pikirkan setelah lihat trailer ini adalah ‘Cast Away’. Saya yakin kita bakal melihat penampilan yang keren banget dari Matt Damon yang kali ini terdampar di Mars. Menarik. Kalau masih butuh alasan untuk nungguin film ini, ada Ridley Scott di bangku sutradara. Tapi baru bakal rilis bulan November. Ngincar Oscar nih kayaknya. 
The trailer came out a few days ago and I can’t help but compare it to Interstellar. Especially that Jessica Chastain and Matt Damon are also starring on this movie. Another movie I think about after I saw the trailer was ‘Cast Away’. I’m sure we’re going to see a superb performance from Matt Damon who is stranded on Mars. Interesting. Also, if you need more reason to look forward for this movie, Ridley Scott directed this movie. It will be released on November. Maybe they’re eyeing for some Oscars. 

 And then there’s Minions and Inside Out. I love animated movie! Are there any other movies you’d like to see?

EDITED:
So while I was writing this post I knew that I forgot one movie but I just can’t remember it but now I do. It’s American Ultra starring my baby Kristen Stewart and Jesse Eisenberg! They play a couple again and I can’t help thinking that this could be the sequel to ‘Adventureland’. I love that movie!

Random Post

Lagi pengen ngeblog tapi nggak punya stok foto dan nggak tau juga lagi pengen ngomongin apa. Nggak jelas banget, kan? Tapi pengen! Dan mood-nya sayang banget kalau nggak dimanfaatin. Oke, ngomongin ini aja deh ya... Biar berasa kayak orang sibuk gitu, sok-sok ngasih update terbaru dari hidup. Hahahaha

Last book I read: "Just After Sunset" by Stephen King. Dikasih Lily sebagai hadiah ulang tahun untuk tahun ini. Kumpulan cerpen gitu. Dan yah, namanya juga Stephen King, tulisannya bikin tegang gitu. Agak males juga sih baca cerita yang terakhir. Soalnya karakternya dikunciin di toilet portabel gitu.

Last movie I watched: Baru aja nonton The Avengers: Age of Ultron. Kalau dipikir-pikir ceritanya rada kurang greget dikit sih ya. Mungkin kalau dijelasin dikit lagi bisa bikin lebih semangat ngikutin misi para Avengers. Tapi tetep suka! Berantemnya seru. Saya nonton udah kayak anak kecil, asik ber-"Oooooh!" ria waktu jotos-jotosan.

Currently reading: "Twenties Girl" by Sophie Kinsella. Saya nggak pernah baca series Shopaholic (yang akhirnya diadaptasi ke film Confessions of A Shopaholic), tapi saya baca dan suka bukunya yang Remember Me?. Terus lagi pengen aja baca yang ringan-ringan gitu. Sejauh ini kocak banget sih bukunya.

Current personal project: Nyelesain Goodreads' 2015 Reading Challenge. Tahun lalu nargetin baca 15 buku, tapi minus 3 buku kalau nggak salah. Tahun ini maunya sih baca 20 buku, kalau bisa lebih. Dan um... bangun lebih pagi? Hehehehe.

TV Show: Game of Thrones Season 5. Setelah denger dari Tumblr dan liat segala macam gifs di Tumblr, saya akhirnya nyerah dan mulai nonton Game of Thrones. Tadinya males soalnya saya pikir udah ketinggalan banyak secara udah mau S5. Tapi rasa penasaran mengalahkan segalanya. Tsah... Saya baru mulai nonton Januari lalu, bertekad nyelesain 4 season sebelum season 5 mulai pertengahan April kemaren. Dan berhasil. Sekarang setiap Senin nonton episode barunya dulu sebelum berangkat kerja. Bukan karyawan teladan. Biarin. Valar morghulis!

Cerita dikit. Hari Jumat waktu lagi nunggu bus, saya akhirnya ngobrol sama seorang cewek. Kebetulan kita nunggu bus yang sama. Lumayan lama nunggu, busnya datang tapi udah penuh banget. Saya lebih milih nunggu bus yang selanjutnya, walaupun emang hampir setengah sembilan malam. Dia ragu dan akhirnya ikutan nunggu, mumpung ada temennya, katanya. Jadilah kita nunggu lebih lama lagi. Sepanjang nunggu, sampai akhirnya busnya datang, dan kita duduk manis di bus, dia ngomong nggak henti-henti. Extrovert banget. At one point, dia nyeritain temennya yang introvert dan bilang kalau introvert itu kaku dan statis. Saya sempet agak sebel gitu sih dengernya. Kalau dia ngeluarin satu lagi deskripsi, mungkin saya mau bilang, "Ahem, saya introvert loh." Untungnya enggak.

Yah, sebagai introvert (tapi nggak tau kadar/levelnya) saya kagum sekaligus ngeri gimana orang lain bisa ngomong segitu banyaknya. Kagum karena saya nggak bisa kayak gitu. Kalau ngobrol, saya berusaha ramah dan mikir topik apa yang bisa jadi sambungan obrolan. Tapi nggak pernah bisa ngomong sebanyak itu, kecuali sama teman-teman dekat. Ngeri karena nggak habis pikir gimana ini orang bisa cerita segitu banyak sama saya yang baru aja dia kenal. Intinya saya seneng-seneng aja sih jadi introvert. :)

Photo Mess

Omg I prepared so many photos I don't even know where to start. Okay... So I can finally use VSCO Cam because I got a new phone. Then I keep hearing about Afterlight and decided to buy the app and now I mainly use it. So. Many. Filters. Although I usually just use the 'Russ' (created by none other than Kevin Russ, whose photographs are such a good thing for the eyes and soul~). Some are from the early days I use these apps so the effect is a bit excessive. Pardon me.

I'm not sure why I only posted some of these photos to my social media account. But that's what this photo mess posts are for, rrrrright? I'm really happy that Flickr has finally work normally for me. For the last few posts I had to use the old uploader. I wonder if the new Camera Roll beta feature has something to do with it. So anyway, here are tons of photos that I edited with VSCO Cam or Afterlight, some of them where intended to be posted to Instagram or Path, some of them where edited because I was just passing time, and I just don't have the heart to delete them. I'm such a picture hoarder.
   
Here are some from works. Our office pet and mascot, Burhan the owl, died after suffering from a mysterious sickness. One afternoon he just couldn't stand on his own feet anymore. The keeper brought him to the vet, got some pills, and then shortly he was already gone. It was sad. He is now replaced by a smaller owl and most of us refused to call it by any other name, so she's another Burhan. I'd like to think that her full name is 'Burhan II'. Sometimes we (me and the other three girls) made some dinner at the office. Just some simple dishes, usually on Friday. It's ridiculous how making something simple were never that simple with them. But it's always fun. Last Valentine we exchanged gifts. We may look like a bunch of pathetic singles, but the fact is the ones who weren't single seems like the most excited.
  Still from work. Sometimes we have lunch at this restaurant nearby our office. But most of the time we had lunch together at the open area at the back of the office. We had pizza for special occasions, usually when it's someone's birthday. So yeah, a lot of pizzas. I don't mind at all. I don't think I can ever get over how much I like pizza. On the other hand, some of my friends kind of sick of it and requested the next birthday dude to order something else than pizza. But then when the time comes and the pizzas were served, no one says no... Hahaha. The first time I watched a movie on IMAX was Interstellar and it was awesome. And then one day I found the key of Erebor...
 
Some flowers from my cousin's wedding. I remember how we were all exhausted and still hungry after that wedding that afternoon. So my aunt made some noodles for us. It was a bit windy. Just sitting there at the small living room of our late grandparent's house, watching TV, enjoying those good ol' and hot noodles felt so good.
   
And even more foods. I didn't realize I took these many photos of my foods. I bought triple chocolate cake for my mother's birthday. It was good but not as good as I expected. And some other from hangouts with friends. When I was with my BFFs, I often able to stay until a little later than usual, talking about just about anything over some meals. Those bottles are just cold tea and soda, by the way.

Wow, it's been a really messy post. I just need to put these photos out here so I don't lose it if something ever happened to my electronic devices. I may also been typing these words with my mind being in some other place. Hahaha. I haven't decide if I want to finish a book or to finish this TV series I've been watching in my free time this weekend. Anyway, have a great weekend, folks!

Pop Up Market 2015: A Little Taste of Paris

Pop Up Market 2015 is an annual bazaar event held by students from Prasetya Mulia Business School. Their mission is to give place for young entrepreneurs and local brands. Every year, a famous shopping place around the world would be chosen as the theme. This year's theme was Champs Élysées, Paris, and held at Lotte Shopping Avenue, Jakarta. I've never been to the previous Pop Up Market so I was pretty excited. I could already imagine the cuteness considering the theme.

I went with some office mates. It was for work so I had to attend the press conference and write an article about the event. After the press conference, only those with invitations can enter, before it was finally open for public later in the afternoon. All the guests look sooo chic. I don't know any of them but pretty sure they are some fashion/lifestyle bloggers. The public opening was later than scheduled because the electricity went off at some corners, thus making some booths not being able to operate properly. The venue wasn't really huge but I think everything was well-decorated.
 
Here are some foods. Only used some of these photos for the article so here are the rest. Thanks to broken AF, times like this really challenged my eyes to focus on what I'm trying to shoot. At one point I was about to shoot a booth and the staff was happily made a cute pose before I can adjust the focus. It came out blurry. So there goes the impulsively cute pose of the nice stranger. And here are some other stuffs.
  I'm going to show this to my best friend who's obsessed with Paris. She'd probably wish she could take a picture in the front of this replica of Arc de Triomphe. Or maybe not. Hahaha.