Remember, Remember, The First of November :)

//November 01, 2010//

November Rain is just any other song. I personally, is welcoming November with joy and passion, also with hope and dreams. November is a month dedicated to words. So, after experiencing ‘FAILED’ two years in a row. Let’s say hello to NanoWrimo!

Thirty days and nights of literary abandon!

For those of you, who don’t know what the hell of NanoWrimo or those who wonders why it made trending topics today, here a quick brief explanation.

The goal of NanoWrimo is to write a novel containing 50.000 words in 30 days. It begins on November 1st , all participants try to spend their days and nights to achieve all the glory. It might sounds easy and all, but wait until you know what consistency really means. Wrimos also categorized all participants in regions all over the world and ranked them in a score board. As so we know, which country made progress and which one didn’t. After a certain days, Wrimos will feature some pep-talks to revitalize their participant. The pep-talk is encouraging, yet powerful. For the past year, the pep-talks already given the writers hope and help them finding their spirit again. The words come from various famous writers, including Neil Gaiman and Meg Cabot. The line-up for 2010 Pep Talk is including Holly Black and Lemony Snicket.

Like all family in the world NanoWrimo has relatives. On April, the event switched to write 100 pages of screenplay on ScriptFrezy. Last April, I also participated and just got trough 30 pages or so. I’ll tell you, this is a tough one to beat.

NanoWrimo is not a competition, but sometimes all you have to do is compete with yourself. Competing with all the laziness and the evil. So, November might be raining and might be hard but it is not worthless to wait and write.

PS: I wrote 2173 words last month on this blog alone, all you have to do is multiple it 23 times harder and you got the number of 50.000 :)

The Tribe Has Spoken

//October 29, 2010//

 

Watching Survivor is my ultimate satisfaction right now. I’ve been re-watching some season and watching the new season including the running season 21, Survivor Nicaragua. The challenges, the rewards and the chemistry around those castaways are so damn exciting! Jeff Probst would never get older, he’s just so charming and everything. My favorite season yet will be season 16 Micronesia, Fans vs. Favorites and season 20 Heroes vs. Villains. I’m pretty much interested watching people who are back again to play the game, because they already knew the rules and play the game more ruthless. My favorite survivor so far would be probably Ozzie from season 13 Cook Island. He’s so damn amazing! The dolphin guy surely sweeps every challenge and gets everything. Parvati also takes my heart away, I’d love to see her winning the second title rather than Sandra on season 20. Survivor China and Samoa also take my breath away. I really do want to write feature for this game that I love.

Pernyataan

//October 28, 2010//

28 Oktober 2010. Tertanda hari Sumpah Pemuda dan hari ini saya akan menulis dalam Bahasa Indonesia. Minggu ini minggu yang berat bagi bangsa Indonesia. Cuaca yang buruk, banjir, gempa, dan ancaman terburuk, adalah kehilangan kepercayaan. Para pemuda modern di luar sana menyuarakan #prayforindonesia. Bukan ide yang buruk, (tapi mungkin) hanya kurang realisasi. Doa itu disuarakan dengan Tuhan, menuliskannya sebagai hash tag bukan berarti benar-benar berdoa. Saya hanya berharap, semua orang benar-benar berdoa sebanyak mereka menyuarakan tweet-nya. Beberapa berteriak di kolom status dan menyalahkan Presiden, anggota DPR, dan para petinggi lainnya. Mungkin beberapa orang berharap kejadian Wasior terulang kembali, sehingga kita bisa mengolok-olok pemerintahan. Jalan termudah untuk semua masalah adalah menyalahkan orang lain, bukan?

Lucu sekali, ketika melihat banyak orang sok-sokan menulis politik dan kembali menyalahkan anggota DPR yang jalan-jalan ke luar negeri. Karena sengaja atau tidak sengaja, kita bertanggung jawab atas terpilihnya mereka menduduki tempatnya sekarang dan sekaligus memberikan kesempatan untuk penghamburan uang yang mereka lakukan. Memilih atau tidak memilih di Pemilu DPR sama saja, karena keduanya merupakan bukti pertanggung jawaban kita terhadap negara. Jangan merasa bangga dengan pernyataan sarkastik yang kalian keluarkan dan merasa benar karena punya seseorang untuk disalahkan dan dicaci maki. Karena jika kita melihat diri sendiri, hal apa yang sudah kita lakukan untuk membantu negeri ini?

Being Obvious

//October 28, 2010//

Being obvious is not my safety belt. Sometimes, I don’t want to be read by people. It is selfish because to the contrary, I always want to read people’s mind. So, it’s kind of uncomfortable when people know that I love yellow and red or the fact that I love rainbow and blackcurrant candy. People keep sending me gift containing those two colors. I’ve got myself a yellow notes, doll, and flowers this past week. I don’t mean I hate it, but sometimes it tickles my common sense why do I become too predictable. I guess, I’m just being selfish this time.