Novel Review: Keberangkatan by NH Dini (1977)

"karena kesendirian di tengah-tengah orang lain, inilah kesusahan yang paling sukar disandang."

- NH Dini -

so, this is gonna be my first book review. i honestly don't know how to make a review for a book in particular. just don't expect anything.

i bought 3 books about four days ago when i looked for a gift in Gramedia. i thought it's been a long time since the last book i read. moreover, Gramed has 50k discount, what an interesting offer, huh?

the first one that i unsealed is Keberangkatan by NH Dini. it's my first novel which contains a different kind of language. i guess it uses the old-Bahasa. well, it originally published in 1977, so no wonder, it's more like literature. a bit difficult for me to absorb since i don't get used to that type of novel. that's why i tried to challenge myself and surprisingly, i liked it.

here's the visual. i got the new cover one which is the 9th printing if i'm not mistaken?

Honesty

my country had just done the election for the next five years president. for more than 7 months, there are lot of wars coming from both parties, the supporters particularly. oh, even until now i guess, the day after the election. the winner hasn't been decided yet by the KPU. i think the citizen needs to wait until april 21 or 22? i don't know. i just don't really care.

oh, does it sound like i'm not an obedient citizen? no, that's not what i mean. i'll explain and you'll know why.

i actually didn't really pay attention to the election hype since i'm so not into politics. then when i watched the second round of presidential candidates debate, i found an enlightenment. they both are totally the same. yes, Indonesia had only two presidential candidates.

Be Thankful and Grateful

people in this world must acknowledge the term "we can't always get what we want", it's universal i guess, isn't it?

i know that term is make-sense so that we don't need to put expectations in everything. it teaches us how to be grateful and thankful and accept what we have now.

but, do you agree if i say that it would also make us live an ordinary life? since if we don't have expectations means we don't have dreams as well? let's think again.

our ambitious soul must get hurt to hear that term. like why should we stop? let us try at least. who knows the result? no one but God.

in my religion, we have to trust Him. always. He is the only one who decides everything that happens in life. as long as we try our best, He definitely will give us the best. that is what i believe until now.

so i think that term doesn't suit on me.

for me, i can always get what i want, but it's all about time. i may not get it now, but later. so in the process of achieving, i just need to show my best. but, if i still don't get what i want, it means He would give it to me in the different form.

i know, it sounds like "i still don't get what i want". but, try to look from other perspectives, undoubtedly, we would realise that what He gives, is really what we want but in the different form.

so in the end, it's still about how we need to be thankful and grateful. for everything.

Film Review #1: Welcome to Dongmakgol/웰컴 투 동막골 (2005)

this will be my first film review. don't expect too much since i'm not a pro and not really good at beautiful words. just read it and do not complain.

if people ask me, what's my fave films of all time? then "welcome to dongmakgol" will be one of them.

it is a korean movie released in 2005, but i watched it in 2018 or 2017. i found the film on viu unintentionally, i scrolled the app on its film section, then this film poster looked interesting, so i tried to watch it. it turned out really good, suprisingly!

the film background is korean war which took place in 1950 if i'm not mistaken. i'm sure you'll get surprised when you see it, because you won't find what you think about when you hear the word "war". i mean, this film is about peace and innocence, and what makes me happy is it's full of comedy. that's why i love it.

I'm Coming Back

i was kinda amazed when i visited my own blog. couldn't believe i started this since 8 years ago, like for real? i was a cool kid, huh?

i used to write anything like my daily life, romance... oh that shit, why did i write about that? shameful. i need to put them in draft right away.

now i've grown up, if i can say. i'm not the same as how i used to be. i'm becoming someone who's more into something make-sense, no longer a lovey-dovey. ew. i'm gonna stop it here.

well, when i saw my blog, i realized that it's something that growing up together with me. i kinda regret it now, like why i didn't just keep writing, even though there were so much unimportants. it'd be a history which i can re-read all the time in the end. such as diary. i don't write diary actually, just sort of. nevermind.

then today, i've decided to make a re-opening for this stuff. i want to start writing, whatever i want. but, i hope it'd be more useful, full of informative shits, who knows if i can influence people, huh? well not that big. i don't expect people to read it too. lol. i just need a medium to let my mind out. you know, i'm in an age where it's getting pretty difficult for me to talk about "me" to others, like directly. i can do that, but sometimes i think it'd make people bored. some people also won't really put their ears on, they don't really listen. so yeah. you know what i mean.

i hope, i can be as consistent as i can, like how i used to be.

see you next time.