Movie Review: Is Anybody There?

Another movie that I watched in the plane. Is Anybody There? is a story about a boy named Eddie (Bill Milner) who grows up in a house full of old people. This movie explores broken relationships and how it affects people's lives in a different way. The story might be a bit boring, however if you understand what the filmmaker trying to tell us, it becomes so interesting. Michael Caine is playing as Clarence, the retired magician who ends up living in Eddie's house.

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Movie Review: Super 8

I've actually watched several movies in the last few weeks - The Smurfs, Johnny English Reborn, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Super 8 and Is Anybody There? However, I'll just pick some of my favourites to be reviewed.

"Bad things happened... But you can still live, you can still live."

I watched Super 8 in the plane from Melbourne to Jakarta (yes, I'm in Jakarta now for a week!). This is a sci-fi movie for young adults. This movie is directed by J.J. Abrams and produced by Steven Spielberg. I love this kind of movie - there's adventure, fantasy and love between two teenagers. Such a great story, great actors & actresses, great visual effects and great message.

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Olivia "Chachi" Gonzales

You might and might not have heard about this young talented girl. Olivia Gonzales, or usually called Chachi, is a 15-year-old dancer. She became worldwide famous when she appeared in ABDC Season 6 with her crew, I.aM.mE.

As you know, I don't dance, but I adore many dancers. This girl has sooo much swag at the young age. I don't even understand. You might want to click here to see her videos, and be amazed.

Below is my drawing of her that I made recently :)

Movie Marathon: The Change-Up and Friends With Benefits

Girls' day out with my friend.

We went to see two movies and shopping :) So fun.

Both movies are comedy. They're actually my friend's choice. I was not so keen to watch them at first, but after she begged me to watch, I decided to go. But actually, I don't like to watch two new movies in a day. It's like, too much information to absorb.

Both movies are okay, eventhough I like Friends With Benefits better.

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What you think, what you become

My father always says that I have to be a positive-thinker. I have to think and ensure myself that I am able to do particular things. Never say that 'I cannot'. You are actually capable, but it is your own mind and feeling that prevent you from being able to do things.

I used to be that girl who's scared of meeting new people because of what would they think about me. I used to be that girl who did not have the guts to speak out because I'm afraid I'd make mistakes. I used to be that girl who did not want to step out from my comfort zone because I thought I cannot do things out of it. But guess what? It is all just my thoughts. These negative thoughts prevent me from having new experiences, prevent me from meeting amazing people and prevent me from having knowledge.

If you think you cannot do a particular thing, look around you. Other people can, how can you not? Learn from them. Learn how they do it and learn their mistakes. You might want to ask their advices, don't be shy. But in the end, you have to do it in your own way.

Don't always tell other person to do things for you - do it yourself. You might learn something from it. You will gain something then. You might make mistakes, but we all learn from mistakes. Without mistakes, we have no experience. Without experience, we know very little about life.

Don't be afraid to step out from your comfort zone, it makes you grow. As quoted in Muhammad Assad's Notes From Qatar, "There's no comfort in growth zone and there's no growth in comfort zone". Don't you want to learn and experience new things? It is actually amazing when you have a lot of experiences - it means you know a lot. It is even waaay better when you know things that are not in your circle of interests. Don't you like it when you are full of knowledge? :)

I, myself feel like I'm lack of experience and knowledge. I want to learn many things. I want to meet many people. Sometimes, the fear haunts me too - the fear of not being accepted or the fear of making mistakes. I always try to become a positive thinker, as my parents always told me too. But there's time that I am not. So it is still a challenge for me too.

But remember, be positive, but be realistic at the same time.

Royal Botanical Garden

I went to Royal Botanical Garden several days ago with my class. In case you don't know, it is in Melbourne :) I should have posted this earlier, but I was so busy with homework.

It is actually a part of my current project of Principles and Elements, the project is Mapping. So we are instructed to take pictures of the garden, to draw, to record what we see, what we hear, what we touch and what we feel in the garden. Then, we are told to create a map of our own experience in the garden. So it is not a guide map, but actually a map of our interpretation of the garden. I'll probably post the picture of my map when I'm done :)

with some of my classmates

These are just some of the pictures that I took. Alright, wait for the final mapping! I'll post it here! :)