Stop (Though We Can't)

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No I'm not color blind
I know the world is black and white
Try to keep an open mind but...
I just can't sleep on this tonight
Stop this train I want to get off and go home again

I can't take the speed it's moving in
I know I can't
But honestly won't someone stop this train

Don't know how else to say it, don't want to see my parents go
One generation's length away
From fighting life out on my own

Stop this train
I want to get off and go home again
I can't take the speed it's moving in
I know I can't but honestly won't someone stop this train

So scared of getting older
I'm only good at being young
So I play the numbers game to find away to say that life has just begun
Had a talk with my old man
Said help me understand
He said turn 68, you'll renegotiate
Don't stop this train
Don't for a minute change the place you're in
Don't think I couldn't ever understand
I tried my hand
John, honestly we'll never stop this train

See once in a while when it's good
It'll feel like it should
And they're all still around
And you're still safe and sound
And you don't miss a thing
'til you cry when you're driving away in the dark.

Singing stop this train I want to get off and go home again
I can't take this speed it's moving in
I know I can't
Cause now I see I'll never stop this train

As we're on the edge of 2010, some memories appear on my mind, force me to reconsider the some plans for upcoming year. What disturbs me is to acknowledge that time flies, so fast. Ten years ago, the early part of millennium year, then years of my secondary school, moments of my high school, and now the college life. Yes it's life whose time can't be played back, no matter how hard you try, no matter how hard you avoid the fact that you're going to leave your adolescence real soon. Close your eyes and suddenly it's 2011. However, see you in another life chapter.

Cause now I see I'll never stop this train.

A Beautiful Mind

 "Perhaps it is good to have a beautiful mind, but an even greater gift is to discover a beautiful heart. " 

John Nash (Russell Crowe), deleted scene.

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Film ini udah lama menjadi bahan pembicaraan dan disebut-sebut dalam buku Pengantar Ekonomi tulisan Pak Parkin khususnya di bagian Nash's equilibrium. Setelah kelas PE di suatu Senin, gue jadi semakin ingin mengalami sendiri emosi dalam setiap scenes di film ini, apalagi dengan titel film pemenang Oscar, jadi makin penasaraaan. Untunglah UAS telah berakhir dan yah walaupun telat baru nonton film ini 9 tahun setelah diputar di bioskop, gue bela-belain juga nonton sampai pagi. Ternyata ga rugi begadang buat nonton karena after taste nonton film ini : what an incredible story, what a great movie, Ron Howard is extraordinary!

Oke, mulai dari casts-nya. Russell Crowe did his great performance. Well, gue bukan a big fan of him tapi totalitas doi dalam memerankan John Forbes Nash, Jr. patut diacungi jempol. Tidak mudah memerankan orang dengan schizophrenia. Apalagi dari awal film, digambarkan kalo tindak tanduk Nash agak berbeda dengan orang kebanyakan. Ed Harris yang berperan sebagai Parcher, tokoh ilusi ciptaan Nash sendiri, juga tidak kalah oke. Emosinya cenderung stabil bahkan ketika menyetir dan menembak musuh ala Hollywood. Sedangkan tokoh yang paling mencuri perhatian gue justru Alicia Nash (well, I'm straight by the way) yang diperankan oleh Jennifer Connelly. Karakter kuat. Mimik firm. Attitude terhormat. Classy! No wonder Jennifer memenangkan Best Actress in a Supporting Role pada Oscar 2002 atas perannya di film ini.

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Lalu, jalan cerita.Though gue ga baca bukunya, plot maju yang diusung dengan baik berhasil menggambarkan bagian-bagian penting kehidupan John Nash. Sekali lagi, I adore Alicia Nash. She should be idolized for her perseverance, patience, and love. Di sini beliau benar-benar digambarkan sebagai wanita kuat yang pantang menyerah. Di samping itu, meskipun bergenre drama, film ini sama sekali  tidak membuat gue bosan di tengah-tengah tapi justru penasaran dengan tentang scenes selanjutnya.

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Selanjutnya,hal yang paling gue suka dari film ini adalah the scenario. Dialognya dinamis dan kalimatnya berkualitas dan berbobot bahkan saat John Nash merayu wanita di bar. Praise Akiva Goldsman, the man behind every word in this movie, for the brilliant scenario. 

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"Nothing's ever for sure, John. That's the only sure thing I do know." 

Charles (Paul Bettany)

Anyway, I'm not about to write how the story goes, you should watch the movie. Experience it. Feel the pathetic part, the tremendous Nobel winner has mental disease. Eventually, take a good lesson from it. Nothing has ever achieved without hard work, perseverance, and love. That one's from me. Have yours :)

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"I need to believe, that something extraordinary is possible." 

Alicia Nash (Jennifer Connelly)

Hell-O

It's been a while without any posts. I'd got so many things to write down. Some of them had already been typed but hitting up the "publish" button was a little bit confusing on me lately. I didn't feel like I wrote something good and worth your time reading. Quite frankly, I do care of what I post and (even I know sounds excessive) the effect of each post to readers. Besides, my mind had been obstructed and everything went blank each time I surf the cyber world. Fyuh, well, since it's holiday and today, I have no specific schedule, I planned to write some posts about things, nice and bad occurrences, beautiful and ugly moments, all before we face the new year. 

Addicted to

Ini udah mau UAS tapi main beginian asik abis. Y u musti coba deh.



Try it on memegenerator.net ;p

December

Hello there. A mosquito was about to suck my blood when I started typing (okay, it's not important). So I've been so busy these recent weeks. Had some chances to write but yeah I traded those chances for sleeping or relaxing hehe.

Well, talking about November, I couldn't find an appropriate word to describe the previous month. It's just like...umm (sigh).  A lot of things happened during the month. Some led me to feel so contented. Some complied my to-do lists. Some hurt me that much so I couldn't keep my tears from falling. Some gave me precious experiences. Some forced me to think a lot deeper about future. Some.. well some just came and suddenly went away as easy as it came. 

I can't say that November was easy, but it was ah-ma-zing, literally. I praise God for every moment, for everything. I do ask for a nice, sweet December but inside, I know I can not resist adventurous journey. So, I'm now asking for some other wishes; strength to overcome things, a mighty heart, and lots of joy.

Guten Abend!

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And I Hope Nothing Turns Blue

I'm extremely busy nowadays. It's now common to get home at night and then directly hit the bed. And it got me think, what is the aim of all these? I just...hope for the best and pray that these efforts turn

good.

Morning Breeze

I'm currently waiting for my introduction-to-economics class to start.
I'm entirely alone here. Got here too soon in the morning. So, I
opened my schedule and realized that the two following weeks would be
hectic. Fyi, I'm working on some projects right now, and one of them
is yeah relatively big. Hopefully, my luvly team will nail it and get
the opportunity to take the rest of responsibility. Oooh November,
pleasee be über nice hehe. Have a good day, folks. (: