The Incredibles 2

Hey, Maders! Have you watched The Incredibles 2? I like the first movie, so I decided to watch the sequel. There were four of us; Rifqi, Ruli, Shafa, and me. We watched it at Transmart because it’s the cheapest price in town.

Shafa and I went to Rifqi Ruli’s house by motorcycle. We ate breakfast together and talked at the dining room. After Ruli took a bath, we went to Transmart. I planned to choose the shortest way but Shafa showed us the wrong direction. She apologized and finally we continued our journey.

We arrived at Transmart and walked to XXI. The tickets for watching the movie at 12pm were sold out, so we got the 2.30pm tickets.

Spending much time, we fooled around at Trans Studio mini on the third floor. We bought a playing card. The card cost us 200k, each of us paid 50k for it. The first game we tried was Roller Coaster.

Oh, I felt dizzy, scared, and happy at the same time. Next, Shafa and I danced with Korean songs while Rifqi and Ruli were playing Casino to get more game tickets. In the end, those tickets were changed with stickers and dolphin doll.

Alright, back to the topic. In my opinion, The Incredibles 2 is really good. It has moral values; family is the most important, multitasking is not easy, betrayal in trust cannot be avoided. Here, Jack Jack (the baby of Incredible family) shows his magnificent powers. He’s a really cute baby boy. This movie belongs to action, adventures, and comedy genre.

FYI, there is another movie about bakpao before The Incredibles 2 was being played on screen. We wondered what it was. The intro movie told about a magical bakpao made by a Chinese woman. The bakpao turned into a living bakpao boy. She took care of him with love. When the bakpao boy grew up, he became naughty and abandoned his mom.

Everyone thought they were wrong in buying the tickets of The Incredibles 2 because of this bakpao movie. We didn’t expect any of this. But I have to say that the bakpao movie was touching and wonderful. I mocked Rifqi that his hair looks exactly like the bakpao boy’s. His hair is just like Jack Jack but Rifqi is not bald anyway. Hahaha.

As long as watching The Incredibles 2, I’m sure you’ll laugh. Its funny moments really entertain us. It’s a family movie, so anyone can watch it. Try to guess the villain in the beginning if you can. It’s always interesting to discuss the movie after watching it. I strongly suggest this movie to you all. Currently I’m waiting for Hotel Transylvania 3. Well, that’s it. Happy watching, Maders!

Islamic Fest 2018 Idul Fitri

Hi, Maders! If you’re Muslim, how’s your Islamic Fest? I believe other religions can enjoy this moment too. We’re having long holiday and it’s time to gather with the whole family. My school gave me food parcel and some money. Thanks, Aska!

After fasting for a month, finally we met Idul Fitri in this year. I was absent for five days from fasting because of my period. It’s my destiny as a woman, so that’s fine. Actually my dad was absent for two days because he got diarrhea. My mom was full, not absent at all.

Born as a Muslim, I take Islam as my religion. Islam teaches me to be a better person. I realize I’m not perfect because I do unintentionally bad things everyday. Islam is peaceful and the best faith I’ve ever known.

In making friends, I don’t put religion as the main consideration. I can be friends with anyone, any religion. Faith is something personal and we can’t force someone to have the same perspective like us. Apart from religion, we’re just the same, we’re human waiting for death. As long as we live, we must do good things to other people, including other creatures.

My house has small garden around it. There are palm trees, aloevera, orchids, etc. I water my plants almost everyday because I know someday I’ll be buried in the ground. If I’m being nice with those plants, perhaps I won’t get any grave torture. Amin!

Every single thing about how to live well has been explained in the holy Al-Quran. Muslims read Quran with Arabian language in order to obtain clues of life and rewards from Allah, my God. Those rewards will be really useful for the After Life.

There are several lives we need to be in, such as our mother’s womb, earth, grave, judgment day, and heaven/hell. Now we’re living on earth, waiting death to be in the grave. Someday there will be judgment day and we must go to heaven or hell depending our behaviors as long as we live on earth.

In Islam, it is clear that this world is transitory. We need to wait for the After Life to be immortal, heaven/hell. In the end, we will meet God, our creator. Thus, the purpose of life is obvious. I’m no longer confused of why humans live in this world.

Islam doesn’t teach people to kill others. Terrorists? No! They do it by the name of Islam, wrong! Muslims ARE NOT ALLOWED to kill anyone. It’s okay to live together with people having various religions. I will not kill any of them. It’s very silly to be a terrorist. Thanks for reading, Maders!

Drum Set

Hey, Maders! Can you play drum? I’m crazy about drum right now. I’ve learned to play piano and violin and I think it’s not enough. I wanna try other instruments. Well, I can’t master all of them but at least I can play them a little bit.

The very first time I hit drum, I felt so clumsy. I had no idea about the rhythm and how to play it. A week ago, I played drum better with my friends, Dandy and his girlfriend. We were like having music band. I chose the nearest studio downtown. He agreed and we met up there.

The songs we played were Linkin Park – New Divide and The Chainsmokers – Closer. I uploaded the first song to my Instagram account because it seemed better than the second song. Dandy became the bassist, me as drummer, and his girlfriend recorded the video. Actually she’s a vocalist as well.

I don’t have drum set yet at home, but I can enjoy playing drum at school. The key is not to be shy to walk through the music room and had a permission. Yeah, I’m a confident person. Don’t take too much negative comments from people because this is your life, not theirs!

Compared with other music instruments, I haven’t found music sheet for playing drum. Once I asked my music teacher about this, she said the drum used rhythm to play. If it is piano, there are a lot of music sheets online. For violin, it’s almost the same with piano but you only play the melody.

Anyway, I’m writing this blog in the middle of my fasting. Three days more and I will meet Idul Fitri. Silaturahim! The best thing about it is the food. Hahaha. I can eat as much as I want. Well, Maders, that’s all for today. Thanks for reading! Bye!

Fastbreaking at Semesta School 2018

Heyho, Maders! Last night I was invited to fastbreaking at Semesta, a favorite school in Indonesia. I went there at 4.30 PM although Hilal said I could come at 5 PM. I had no idea if it was a formal occasion, so stupidly I wore sandals. Even I met my bachelor lecturers there. Sorry! My English lecturer asked me, “how’s your study?” It meant he was asking about the progress of my master degree. I said it went well and I wanted to look for a job vacancy at Unnes as lecturer. He said there would be. Woohooo!

I have several Turkish friends at Semesta. When we took a picture, I looked very short, the shortest actually. My sandals made me worse. I should have worn shoes.

I spent my time waiting for the fastbreaking by reading a book, The Young Elites written by Marie Lu. I met new people and talked a little bit. We were given a magazine and a welcoming charter. Super awesome!

A husband of my lecturer asked me impolitely to take his wife’s picture when she gave a speech. He said, “fotokke!” without the words “excuse me” or “thanks”. I don’t really know his wife because she didn’t teach me at my bachelor degree. Why didn’t the husband take pictures by himself? Why didn’t even say thanks after I got those pictures?

Now let’s talk about the food. I ate Turkish Kebab, satay, baso, soup, and other Turkish food that I forgot their difficult names. My Turkish friend explained the name but I could not memorize them. In short, the food tasted delicious. Heaven!

After that, I prayed at girls dormitory. Another stupidity was I faced the ‘not really correct’ kiblat. Silly! I should have asked first, not too confident. Hahaha. The praying room was wide and clean. Unfortunately they didn’t turn on the air conditioner. Just that!

Oh yes, I needed to wait for mom coming to Semesta because she had fastbreaking at d’cost with her friends. I drove the car and it was parked at Semesta. Firstly I was alone at the guest room of girls dorm before a few Turkish’s arrival. They brought their children. Handsome and beautiful OMG!

There were five kids, 2 boys and 3 girls. One of the boys was ten years old I guess and he had Clark Kent’s face. Superman is my favorite hero FYI. The girls had blonde hair and I called them ‘alive dolls’.

Hmm, anyway, will I get invited again next year? Hilal is about to graduate this year and I have another Turkish as close as her. Let it be a mystery. I would be really excited if they invite me.

Okay, Maders, see you!