september ceria

I've been meaning to write another drama review since a long time ago, but I didn't have enough time to put my train of thoughts in order. As you might have noticed, I (used to) like to watch Korean drama, especially when I was still doing my undergrad study - or to be precise, when I was lost in doing my thesis. LOL. However, I'm pretty selective in choosing what to watch or not. We're talking about drama here. Yes, Korean drama (not like Indonesian soap opera with very long episodes. oh they can be in years) tend to be short, but still they generally span around 12-20 episodes. I DON'T watch drama with 20 episodes. So, even with the drama being very popular (such as: Rooftop Prince - which I stopped watching after the sixth episode or so) or actor/actress I like (again the example is Park Yoochun in Rooftop Prince ), I resist not to watch it. Why you might ask - well, I get bored pretty easily and I tend to find filler episode annoying. So, I become impatient most...

okay, before I get to write my full detailed plan of my dissertation, I feel a huge urge to write a confession here. I think, now I become a full fledge Korean pop culture fan. So, this post will be the first of a series of confession of a (not-so) aca-fan  which will be updated (hopefully) regularly.  Full House Well, my first encounter with South Korean (hereafter Korean) pop culture was perhaps watching episodes of Full House  on one of Indonesian television broadcast station - if I remember correctly. I wasn't a fan of the actors and actresses at the first time I watched it, but later was drawn to watch more of Song Hye Gyo's work . What drew me first to Full House  was a desire to watch a fresh romantic comedy which saved me from boring Indonesian soap opera with many eyes-widening-kind-of-acting. Though its storyline was probably not the best when I come to think about it later (for instance: I cannot accept the fact that a best friend sold her friend...

okay, i'm so happy and that's why I'm writing this post. haha. finally, I finished all my essays, although once again, I think it was not my best effort, so many things happened during the past few weeks, which made me think time's really something you should really value. and so is friendship! you definitely should value it, or the moment's just going to pass you by, and you realize you don't keep your friends best at heart.  yep. so after my miserable weeks for doing essays and turning my biological time upside down once again, I finally went out to breathe some fresh air, and a yummy gelato and japanese rice noodle . haha.  but tonite, I wanna write a movie review!! I've just finished watching it half an hour ago, and I LOVE IT! I really DO! ( warning: might contain spoiler!!! ) it's a Korean movie released in 2011, titled SUNNY . it's a tale of sisterhood, mixed with story of coming of age. the movie opens with a graceful forty-som...

this week was so exhausting for me. I had two essays for my 1st term assignment. been reading since forever, but something held me up when it came to write. so, this was like the worst experience of doing essays. I didn't start writing until like 4 days before the deadline - except some outlines already. I must have been crazy. I need a writing tutorial NOW!! it was like a brain drain. and come to think of it, dissertation is a maximum 10.000 - I don't even know what I am going to write in that, and it is coming up on September. oh completely forgot, I need to propose some topic by the middle of this month. *WHAT??* but finally, tonite I felt so relieved. I've finished and submitted two of them -- although I felt like I mumbled in the whole pages. *sigh* so, after submitting online the last essay at 11:54 (the deadline is 11:59), I let myself to watch the super fun Family Outing. this is a Korean variety show, for those who doesn't know. it is super fun. when you ...

kemarin waktu jalan pulang dri kampus, ada mbak2 nyamperin tanya gini tiba2: "hi, do you live in zone 1 or 2?" *zone ini mengacu ke pembagian wilayahnya London, ya plg ngefek sama transportasi publik lah, lebih jauh, lebih mahal* saya agak bingung, dan takut, apalagi si mbak2 bawa kardus gede. wah bakal jadi korban kuesioner di tepi jalan nih, pikir saya. "nope, sorry." padune pengen mlipir "oh, i'm looking for someone who is familiar with this place. do you know if there is a Korean restaurant around here?" aha, mbaknya org Korea mau nraktir aku... "well i'm not too familiar with this place, but i know there is one around here, it's just opposite the British Museum" dan singkat cerita si mbak2 bukan nyari responden kuesioner, dia mahsiswa baru di London School of Economic yg baru pengen makan makanan Korea krn dia bosan sm makanan di dorm (padahal br 10 hari tinggal di situ). akhirnya dg berbaik hati saya mengantar si mbak2 ...