Printemps Français 2010

Printemps Français is a French Art & Cultural Festival in Jakarta, Indonesia. This year, Printemps Français has been held for 6 times annually. This Festival consists of various kinds of Arts and Cultural events such as Exhibition, Culinary Installation, Textile exhibition, Gastronomic event, Concert, and of course, Fashion Show. This Festival has been started on April 27th and will be ended on July 25th. For more information click CCF Jakarta.

Bromo

If u've seen my last post about my vacation to Batu, after that trip I continue going to Bromo mount, which famous for its incredible view when sunrise. just like any other people I took a bromo tour which contains a trip of watching the sunrise and go to the bromo crater. unfortunately because my lack of time, I gotta go back to hotel. Photos :)

mom

moon

Orange Trip

I'm having a vacation to Batu, a town which is famous for its apple and the cold weather. I went there by plane from Jakarta to Malang then by cab to the hotel. The hotel itself has its own apple trip. or that's what people usually called, but in fact they don't just have apples but also oranges, strawberries, etc. When I went there the apple wasn't in the time to be fruitful so the guide told us to have an orange trip instead of apple. It was great since we didn't have to pay again for the trip because the cost for the trip is included in our hotel tariff. Lovely weather there. I missed so much as I begged to stay there. When the wind blows, it feels like the air comes from an enormous air conditioner with fresher air. Too bad I have to go back to this hot, humid, populous, noisy city of Jakarta. Here are some photos I took during my apple trip.

RIP mama Lauren

for u guys who lived in Indonesia, mama Lauren is one of the most famous fortune-teller and the one who was showed on TV as much as the celebrity themselves. She's predicted many artists' future and every new year, she always be showed on some TV channels to predict the nation's future in the new year. She's become famous not because she makes an extraordinary prediction, but because her prediction is (almost) always true.
Mama Lauren died on Monday (5/17) night because of sick. She'll always be remembered by many people here in Indonesia and I hope, too, in the world.

Robin Hood 2010

Director: Ridley Scott

Cast: Russell Crowe
Cate Blanchett
Max von Sydow
William Hurt
Mark Strong
Oscar Isaac

The movie is quiet entertaining. So so but something that makes it different is that it told us about the-story-before-the-famous-story-of-Robin-Hood we all know. It's smoky and full of battle. Cate Blanchett played nicely as Lady Marion Loxley. I don't write this review long because I don't wanna judge your mindset about this movie. When I say that this is worth to watch, a friend of mine told me that it's boring and contains too much dialogue. At last it depends on what point-of-view did you see.

Pancious

Pancious is a specialized-pancake restaurant, although it also serves kinda steaks and stuffs but mostly (about 80%) of the food are pancake, pancake, and pancake. It provides many kinds of pancakes, from pancake with maple syrup to blueberry, from chocolate to caramel, from pancake with ice cream to beef and veggies.
It was much crowded and some people are on the waiting list. Fortunately not us :). The place itself located in Plaza Indonesia Extension 5th floor, and Pacific Place Mall (dunno where the exact place is since I went to PI's Pancious). Here are some photos that (maybe) will make u craving for the pancakes. Go try it guys!

Date Night

I feel kinda bored after watching Men Who Stare at Goats so I decided to watch another one. I choose Date Night since I really need a mood-booster and it's usually come out with comedy and laugh. I mean the real laugh not that kinda laugh just like in MWSAG.

Date Night is about a married couple who felt bored with their lives and suddenly a disaster came on a Date Night when they took someone's table. The disaster itself finally made them as a more-solid-than-ever couple.

The movie is so so but comedy is always be my favorite so I like this movie. The dialogue is flowing and the scenes are funny enough. Maybe some people will consider this one as a boring and unworthy movie but for me it really helps finding my way back to happiness

Bien sûr

Maybe u're wondering why do I change my blog title or u wanna know what's the meaning of bien sûr, etc. Bien sûr is a french expression, -of course- in english. Of course represents a new mindset of me. Accept everything that came after me and chasing every goals in such positive ways and by using positive thinking. Of course is not an expression to deny something. That's why I changed my blog title. Why did it have to be french? I consider french as the 2nd lingua franca in modern world. Many people from almost all parts of the world use and talk french. And so with Mandarin, of course. But most of the speakers are Chinese and it won't make any difference in this new modern world. C'est quoi j'ai choisi français :)

The Men Who Stare at Goats

The Men Who Stare at Goats is about a journalist named Bob Wilton (Ewan McGregor) who had a love life problem and decided to go to Iraq via Kuwait and met a former 'psychic' military, Lyn Cassady (George Clooney). The troops was called Jedi Warriors and founded by Bill Django (Jeff Bridges). The story goes on until Bob realized his destiny to become a Jedi Warriors. The movie is quiet boring and the laugh itself is kinda hard to understand therefore can't make me burst into a blast laugh. The movie is kinda similar with another motivating-full of quotes and wisdom movies. I don't recommend it but if you want to find some quotes or life motivation, watch it. It's definitely not being made for someone who finds watching movies as a relaxing treatment

Iron Man 2

Actually I've watched it last wednesday but my time is so limited to post even just 1 to make sure that my Blog is still alive. So here's the story's outline:

Ivan Vanko (Mickey Rourke) had a revenge on Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.)

And my review is this And my review is this Iron Man sequel has nothing more than the 1st one. Only the technology has increased. The story itself goes beyond the outline and they didn't even try to make something that will make it awesome. Besides the technology, only the exposed casts that increased. For me Iron Man 2 is not better than the 1st but still worth to watch in your spare time

Rising from the dead

about 2 months didn't post anything because of my assignments from school which has ruining my life combined with my laziness.
Well I feel that this week is really great. Watching some movies since my last movie, When In Rome, and having some suspended assignments done. My 11th grade is about to end and I need to prepare well for my last class at High School. So a bunch of homeworks, tests, and projects need to be done. Life goes on, man.