Star Wars: The Force Awakens Movie Comments [with spoilers]

Keywords: sci-fi, space opera, war

Audience: PG

Violent content: lots of fights (mild visualization)

Sexual content: none 

Star Wars is another old franchise with a long-awaited new movie released this year. In short, I think The Force Awakens (TFA) wouldn't disappoint the fandom, but it's not impressive either.

Before I proceed, I must tell you that I'm not a big fan of Star Wars (I like it, but I don't even remember much about the previous movies) and I'm not a Trekkie (I'm a Potterhead). If Rey didn't seem to be the next Jedi, I wouldn't have seen TFA this early.

You can call this post my comments of TFA instead of my review. It's just that random.

MODERATE SPOILERS AHEAD

So here's pretty much the conflict of TFA: Everyone needed to find Luke Skywalker--the legendary Jedi. The First Order wanted to rule the universe and used Starkiller (a much bigger Death Star) to destroy resisting planets. The Resistance fought their way to sabotage Starkiller. This is Star Wars, so family drama is strong in this movie.

Cara Memanfaatkan Kemasan Bekas 1: Papan Penampung Alat Tulis

Saya tidak tega membuang kemasan yang cukup kokoh, jadi banyak kemasan tertimbun di kamar saya. Kadang-kadang kemasan itu akhirnya terpakai untuk mengirim barang, tapi belakangan ini saya tidak mengirim banyak barang. Kemarin saya terpikir cara memanfaatkannya untuk membuat papan penampung alat tulis.

Bahan-bahan:
- 4 kotak kemasan kopi instan
- 2 kaleng kemasan Pringles
- 1 papan gabus
- 2 kertas warna (kertas kado, kertas timah, atau kertas lainnya)

Alat-alat:
- pensil
- cutter
- gunting
- penggaris
- sellotape
- double-tape
- lem tembak
- lem kertas (glue stick)

Catatan:
- Berapa banyak bahan yang diperlukan dapat disesuaikan dengan apa yang kita punya dan selera kita.
- Belum tentu semua alat di atas diperlukan. Pada dasarnya, ada 3 jenis alat yang diperlukan: alat mengukur, alat memotong, dan alat menempelkan.



Cara Membuat:
1. Gunting bagian atas kemasan kopi instan.
2. Gunting kertas warna sesuai ukuran kemasan.
3. Tempel kertas warna kepada kemasan.
4. Tempel kemasan kepada papan gabus sesuai desain yang diinginkan.
5. Tempel papan ke dinding atau tempat lain yang diinginkan.

Kegiatan ini cukup mudah untuk dilakukan bersama anak SD. Hanya saja, awasi anak saat menggunting atau menggunakan lem tembak apabila usianya di bawah 10 tahun.

Hasilnya dapat digunakan untuk menyimpan alat tulis seperti pulpen, pensil, penggaris, kertas pengingat, buku tulis saku, dan gunting.

My Ms. Marvel Cosplay

My Grateful List and Strength List

A few hours ago I wrote about making the grateful list and my strength list. The grateful list shouldn't be difficult, but I shall not write too much here to avoid showing off. However, I find it hard to make my strength list, especially after I suffered a loss of confidence for the last two years. Well, I should just try.

My Grateful List

• I am healthy.
• I have achieved some of my dreams.
• I am on my way to achieve some of my dreams.
• My family is healthy and getting better at some things.
• I am a PhD student with some experience in not one, but two industries.

My Strength List

• I am bright. 
• Indeed I am poor at some skills, but I am sure I can learn new things and be good at it.
• I know how to learn new things.
• I have learnt to cope with many challenges in life.
• I have a better understanding of how myself and people work (a.k.a. a wisdom, to some extent).
• I know how to network; I just need to cultivate my interpersonal skills.
• I am awesome.

Alhamdulillah.

New Effort, Last Effort

Years ago, in early 2007, I had a freelance work on a book about a girl fought her way out of depression. That was my first time confronting this issue. I learned about depression from her stories, and I remember thinking I can relate to her struggle to some extent. But back then I didn’t consider the possibility seriously, perhaps because I wasn’t losing myself, perhaps because I still can handle it.

Between 2008 to 2010, I had moments when I just wanted to disappear. Accepting the fact that I failed to study abroad costed me three days zombie-ing in my room. And my family’s undergoing turbulent challenges put me—all of us, indeed—in constant stress. All I wanted was to go to school again.

I started graduate school in 2010 and things declined steadily. Some of my friends were young women dreaming of a happy marriage—one of the reasons why I wanted to study abroad, avoiding this kind of talk. I started PhD classes in 2011, a nervous little girl among experienced lecturers and researchers. Soon I realized that a PhD thesis was beyond my league. And I had to work. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg.