Wednesday 22 June 2011

balada anak sd

suatu pagi saya nggak sengaja nguping anak sd yang lagi asyik main sama temen-temennya.

anak a: hantu, hantu apa yang jago matematika?

temen-temennya berisik, 'apa? apa? apa?!'
saya pun ikut muter otak.

anak a akhirnya menjawab. katanya,

HAN

TU

TRI

FOR

FAIV

SIKS

...

Monday 20 June 2011

little gifts from yesterday





traditional woven at adiwastra nusantara 2011, indonesia fabric exhibition






rainbow choux from over the rainbow, kids event at aksara kemang




magic colors from pantry magic, kitchen set store at kemang

Saturday 18 June 2011

'And it is also said,' answered Frodo: 'Go not to the elves for counsel, for they will say both no and yes.'

'Is it indeed?' laughed Gildor. 'Elves seldom give unguarded advice, for advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill...'

The Fellowship of The Ring
The Lord of The Rings Part 1
J.R.R. Tolkien

The Fall 'Little Blessing in Disguise'

I may be too late since the movie was launched on 2006 and I just watch it several days ago. It is 'The Fall,' directed by Tarsem Singh. The main story-line is actually very simple. It tells about a stuntman who used a girl in order to help him suicide, but the extraordinary lays far beyond the main plot. It is so amazing how Tarsem wrapped the story with great imagination and turned the reality of 1920s into a kid's fantasy.

Roy Walker, played by Lee Pace, was a stuntman who got an accident and had to have his leg amputate. Unwilling to bear the fact, he lured Alexandria, a little girl who was also a patient in the same asylum as he was, to help him commit suicide. He tricked her by telling an imagery fiction, and together they put more extras to the story and made it richer and richer.

Tarsem said, there was no special effects used in filming 'The Fall.' All locations are real, they did the shooting in 18 different countries. I proudly tell, one of many is Indonesia. As I live in Indonesia, I immediately noticed the Kecak Dance from Bali in a scene.

I can find no foul in this movie; the plot, the characters, the background, the music, and of course the cinematography. I really love the many colors in the movie. Else, I should praise the young Romanian actress, Catinca Untaru. She was ten years old when she portrayed Alexandria in 'The Fall.' It is very interesting to see how she was being so honest as Alexandria, I mean she was Alexandria, as if she didn't do any acting. She was just seen as kid, cute and annoying in the same time. The other actors played very good as well. All the main characters in the adventure, Black Bandit, the Indian, Luigi the Bomber, Charles Darwin the Naturalist, and my favorite Otta Benga.

Tarsem did a very great job using metaphor in wrapping the story. Like on one scene when he exchanged Alexandria with a doll in a brain surgery. Of course it would be too scary to show a chopped head, so he just showed a doll, cut its head and voila! The surgery was done. You must see it by yourself and you'll say, i tell no lie.

Wednesday 15 June 2011

how can you draw something looks so real,
yet it is unreal
it is called imagination
and that's what a dream is