Monthly Archives: June 2010

Elizabethtown

Posted by paramitopia on June 30, 2010 7 comments

I stumbled upon this movie title a couple of days ago, while I was ‘hopping’ from one blog to another. The review said something about this movie that made me want to watch it myself. Was released by the end of year 2005, almost 5 years ago ^^; Elizabethtown, starring: Orlando Bloom *as Drew Baylor* and Kirsten Dunst *as Claire Colburn*.

I don’t wanna talk about the movie plot, you can read it here, or even better, watch the movie. Well, it contains a casual drama-comedy-romance, and I’d already have my own fave movie within this genre. But I fell in love with one part of this movie… the scrapbook!!

As a travel guide map from Kentucky *where Elizabethtown is located* to Oregon *Drew’s home* by car, Claire made a scrapbook for Drew. According to her guide map, the travel will take approximately 2 days. The interesting part is, Claire didn’t only give a guide which road to take, but also give Drew a chance to stop by at interesting places. She wrote a personal commentary, quotes, or sometimes a funny instruction for what Drew had to do. She also gave the road trip a soundtrack. Each page was provided with CD’s, which was compiled personally by her to create the appropriate mood.

Here are some lines of instruction which can be found in her guide map…

“Some music *needs* air. Roll down your window.”

“Sadness is easier because its surrender. I say make time to dance alone with one hand waving free.”

The point is, she personally made the guide map for Drew, so that he can enjoy the road trip, and forget his sadness. “I want you to get into the deep beautiful melancholy of everything that’s happened”, that’s what she said when she gave the scrapbook. Sweet ^^ Oh, and what a cool scrapbook. Made me want to make one just like that ;)

Lastly, my favourite quote…

“So you failed. Alright you really failed. You failed. You failed. You failed. You failed. You failed. You failed. You failed. You failed. You failed. You failed. You failed. You failed. You think I care about that? I do understand. You wanna be really great? Then have the courage to fail big and stick around. Make them wonder why you’re still smiling.” ~ Claire Colburn

Home Sweet Home :)

Posted by paramitopia on June 28, 2010 No comment

Ehem… Here’s the thing, I’ve got sooo many leisure time lately. Either at the office, or even after I get home. So I decided to ‘build’ a ‘home’, a sweet one. Just like what I imagine what my future house will be ^^. Here here, take a peek…

Just go to http://www.paramitopia.com, or click the house image with ‘paramitopia’s home’ written on it *see the right sidebar, on top… yep, there you go ;p*, then you will arrive at my new ‘home’, safe and sound. And just like what was said,

“Try click on anything then you may get to know something ;)”

For example, click the ‘open book’, and you will arrive at this blog. I have a plan to make all the objects in that ‘room’ lead you to something, that will tell you more about me. But, well, that plan still needs some more works to do ^^;

*psssst, I’ll give you a clue, try the ‘air balloon’ or the ‘photos on the wall’*

Can’t Let The Music Stop

Posted by paramitopia on June 24, 2010 No comment

Can’t let ‘this particular one song’ stop in exact…

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Bring me back to two moments of old memories…

“Bergelung di balik selimut, di tempat tidur Ibu kos. Sambil memeluk toples berisi biskuit marie. Menonton American Idol season 7. Mengomentari betapa lucu dan menggemaskannya David Archuleta. Dan betapa kami nge-fans berat sama suaranya.”

I miss her. When can I get to visit her in Bandung? I really want to meet her, before… @_@

“Pesta kelulusan SMP. Satu band tampil di panggung. Membawakan lagu Pas Band feat. Tere – Kesepian Kita dan Vitamin C – Graduation. There he was, playing keyboard. Mengira bahwa dia akan masuk SMA yang berbeda.”

Dan ternyata, SMA yang sama tuh ^^; Dasar gosip, rugi deh udah mellow mellow. Duh, semoga ga ada temen SMP yang mampir ke blog ini, hahah. Akh, gara-gara buka diari lama untuk sumber posting ini sih…

Can’t let the music stop,
Can’t let this feeling end,
Cause if I do it’ll all be over,
I’ll never see you again…

Passionate, Introspective, and Aesthetic

Posted by paramitopia on June 23, 2010 No comment

Yup, according to signalpatterns.com, that’s my top 3 traits ^^

Here’s the detail explanation of each trait… show

Hahah… ‘Passionate’ is on top of the list. You never see that side of me? Then I guess you don’t know me that well ;)

You are in touch with your emotions, and sometimes you react before you think. The good news: you don’t tamp down your feelings. The bad news: you sometimes say or do things that you later wish you could take back.

Ouch, bull’s-eye ^^; Really, it could be a very troublesome trait sometimes. Be cool, be cool ;p

Air Mata

Posted by paramitopia on June 20, 2010 11 comments

*Walaupun judulnya depressing, tapi isi posting di bawah ini jauh dari itu kok ^^ Fase itu baru saja berlalu, hahah*

Beberapa hari ini, air mata saya terkuras habis. Dan dengan ini saya menyatakan bahwa kejadian tersebut murni sepenuhnya adalah kesalahan: sistem hormonal ^^; Ah, terlalu sombong memang tidak baik. Dulu, ketika mendengar atau membaca betapa PMS bisa sangat menyusahkan hidup, saya dengan sombong berkata “Masa sih? Gw ga pernah ah sampe segitunya”. Dan kali ini, saya merasakan sendiri dampak terparah dari sindrom paling menyebalkan itu.

Satu-satunya cara mengatasinya memang cuma: menyalahkan pihak lain *maaf ya pihak lain, membuat dirimu jadi korban, semoga dirimu bisa mengerti >_<*, menangis sampai puas, lalu tertawa sampai puas *dengan nonton The A-Team misalnya ;p*. Hummmh, memang terdengar seperti orang gila. Tapi apa boleh buat, belum menemukan formula lain yang ampuh untuk ‘memantul kembali’. Dan biasanya setelah itu yang tersisa adalah rasa malu dan rasa bersalah *pada pihak lain* = =a Akh…

Anyway, gara-gara ekskresi air mata besar-besaran ini, jadi teringat pada insiden beberapa tahun yang lalu…

Alkisah, sejak di SMP saya sudah mendengar kisah-kisah nyentrik dari guru kesenian SMA *saya sekolah di SMP dan SMA swasta satu kompleks*. Bahwa dia terkenal hobi ngasih hukuman: mengukur keliling lapangan dengan penggaris 30 cm, diawasi. Dan begitu saya ketemu langsung, beuh… memang nyentrik pol. Kayak Ian Kasela, kemana-mana selalu pakai kacamata hitam. Padahal udah tua, tapi gayanya kayak playboy cap jago umur 20-an.

Satu saja doa saya waktu baru masuk SMA ketika itu: jangan sampai deh, kena hukumannya si Peno *nama julukannya*. Saya bertekad bakal ngerjain semua tugas-tugas yang dia kasih, membawa alat lukis apapun yang dia suruh. Dan ternyata… doa saya, ga nyampe T___T

Sebentar, sudah agak lupa cerita detilnya, nyontek diari jadul dulu *maafkan kalau bahasanya masih bahasa ABG banget ;p*…

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