Ghibli's H&M

Hayao Miyazaki.

Studio Ghibli.

Those two names make a magical effect, very imaginative yet such touching animation. Hayao Miyazaki (b.1941) is a film director, animator, manga artist, producer, and screenwriter with career that already spanned over five decade. With his recent claimed to retire from the business, I suddenly want to rewatch all his and/or studio ghibli movies again but poor me, I only had chances to watch these four from them all: Spirited Away - Howl Moving Castle - My Neighbor Totoro - Princess Mononoke.

I am a pretty scaredy cat person who didnt really enjoy any presence of spirit/devil/ghost in a movie (yet I still manage myself to watch the exorcist), yet all movies above has this point where the main character somehow clash their daily life into world full of spirit, either good and devilish one. In Spirited Away, Chiaki which seen so little and fragile find herself in a place where regularly visited by a bunch of spirits. This No-Face spirit especially freaked me out only with his appearance and his eh-eh-eh voice. Howl is one of those good looking wizard in Howl Moving Castle which attract many of creatures (including this Witch of The Waste and me, too). My Neighbor Totoro was a very simple movie if you only ever read crappy synopsis (like the one I always write) about how children named Satsuki and Mei overcome their daily life and be-friend with this magical creature of the forest-next-door, Totoro. He (ok I am not sure, but I can just address Totoro as he) is a very fluffy creature who fond of sleep and I just want him no matter what, uhm. The most recent one I watched was Princess Mononoke where I feel dragged also onto heart of the forest with those charming tiny forest spirits called kodama.

I am sure to always remember you, No-Face

Sophie and Howl, after all the ruckuss

How can I ignore to sleep in his belly eh?

Kodama attaaaaaaaaack

Rumor said Miyazaki will no longer produce movies like he used to be but Studio Ghibli will still stand there, artworking great animation like before, or even better. I love how they actually slaps the viewer with the critics and life education derive from its movie plot without losing any grace. Hopefully can catch The Wind Rises this year :)

Always with love,

Icha

A Journey of Healing

Hei there!

Weekend is finally here, you lot of workers *wait it is too harsh isnt it, worker? employee is better term* employee must be very happy to embrace it. Yesterday I, as temporary unemployed, was originally expecting myself to stay at home all day long but turned out I was not. Friday was started smoothly with a quite relieved heart, I was doing those translating assignment at my room when Ressa called me and asking about how cozy Bread Unit is. Recalling memories when I once or twice hanging around at that place, somehow we manage to meet there after she finished her bussiness. 2-hrs later we already inside Bread Unit bakery with Ressa sobbing herself to someone beyond her phone. Our plan to have great times at Bread Unit with well cooked bread, cup of coffee, and stable wifi connection kinda ruined bcs she is having a serious bad mood regarding her research. Initially I want to stay still and finished my tasks but she need to be rescued consoled. Then, we spent the next 10-hrs to do the sacred journey of mental healing process.

our third destination: bogor junction food court, average food yet coziest place

Why should I called yesterday journey as a mental healing?

Because it seems myself actually a bit mentally ill lately.

After finished my final assignment for bachelor degree, ofcourse gratitude is what to feel at first. Seeing 6-months back as in struggling moment with a lot of tears (of joy and sadness), a bunch of thanks just not sufficient enough for those who help around at that hardest time. The thing is, the one which came after a brief moment of happiness. Now I barely see anything for my future, even for tomorrow. Maybe not just me but some of fresh undergradute will think the same, preferably if they dont have any life goal/life road map (yes like me). How can at this age, someone still confusing about what should he/she do. Pursuing dreams? To be honest, the image of my long-lasting dream is fading away till it only a vague pieces now. I used to plan to take magister study after this one, maybe at technic/environmental major but recently my interest change into search for working experience. Where? It will be a sacred questions too, myself still being idealist (or easily stated, picky) to choose a type of work. Well, definitely doesnt help. Doing nothing will be a very waste of time. So.. Are you starting to feel angered, because I am. May be its not anger but dont you hate it when you losing your grip? Been feeling that way for a week and hopefully it didnt stay longer. Yesterday was like my first time of the week where I feel ultimately free and enjoying the time so yeah, it was a healing journey.

Thanks Ressa, for somehow managing yourself to make me relieved. You said yesterday was a bad day but a great night. You need to be free from all the burden, but I am feel lighter instead. We should do that more often or I will be mentally desperate.

XOXO
Icha

I am Taken.. by TV-Series

Morning!

I am soaking my laundry now, so it seems I have to wait like another hour before continuing my activities. Meanwhile, last night I (finally) tried to watch Dexter TV series. Yes it is old, I watched 4 episodes from the first season (2006) but indeed maybe years ago I can barely watched it. To be honest after feed up my eyes with The Walking Dead for a last month, my limit to see/watch some kind disturbing pictures had changed. It is okay for me now to watch blood splattering from blunt objects against any parts of human bodies but ugh it still gross and I am sure cant manage watching it live.

Anyhow the purpose of this post actually is.. telling you how my life recently changed in this past half year. As I manage to see myself I am quite a movie-goer (with broad sense of genres) and I had this habbit to write a review (or at least a list) of movie which I watched in a year since 2010. Some of them can be read on this blog or on my tumblr here and for some reasons I also started to watch tv series. My first encounter of tv series maybe happened few years back when F.R.I.E.N.D.S was broadcasted on the local channel but I was at an age which didnt understand any of it. High school era was superb when I never missed any episodes of Supernatural or Smallville there. At some point, I cant call myself tv series junkie but I do know some of them. These last 6 months was the jackpot, I watched like 3-4 tv series which I requested to my friend (so he can downloaded it from indowebster, yeah I know 'the power of net-world'). Now I drowned on it. Those some tv series up here consuming my time much more than my thesis. Chita introduced me to Doctor Who few months ago and now I basically adore the series much.

        

        

Broadchurch*The Walking Dead*Nodame Cantabile*Game of Thrones*Lie To Me*Doctor Who*Skins*Sherlock

Watching tv series from outside country always end with me contemplating why Indonesian tv series (or what ppl here call it sinetron) never can be that good. Nevertheless, I cant judge, because everything so different. Almost all sinetron which now broadcasted on local channel focusing on social life, I hardly find any other than drama genre. The story itself, actually just so simple (I recalling that Tukang Bubur Naik Haji was a short movie before they know made to be one of the current longest sinetron) but that simple plot seems to be dragged away and lost its focus. Cant blame the production team though because the rating actually good, my mom and granma still watch it and maybe million of people out there too. If only production people start to manage how to produce sinetron like they produce a movie, it will be like a piece of art. If some of us remember Bunda with Dinna Olivia and Meriam Belina as the cast was pretty good (and short, if compared to others so called successful sinetron episodes). Indonesian movies were good lately with broader various of genres so maybe later.. our tv series can be more worth to watch too.

Well, it seems an hour had passed and I need to do my laundry now. Catch ya later.

Bye,

Icha