Movies I watched recently

1. Peaceful Warrior

2. 500 Days of Summer

3. 50 First Dates

4. An Inconvenient Truth

5. A Walk to Remember

6. Confessions of a Shopaholic

7. She's the Man

8. Princess Protection Program

9.  The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

10. The Devil Wears Prada

11. Seducing Mr Perfect

12. Wedding Daze

13. Definitely, Maybe

Quotes in the 5cm The Movie and the English translation (by me)

1. Cuma kaki yang akan berjalan lebih jauh dari biasanya, tangan yang akan berbuat lebih banyak dari biasanya, mata yang akan menatap lebih lama dari biasanya, leher yang akan lebih sering melihat ke atas, lapisan tekad yang seribu kali lebih keras dari baja, hati yang akan bekerja lebih keras dari biasanya, serta mulut yang akan selalu berdoa.

"Only feet that will walk further than usual, hands that will do more than usual, eyes that will stare longer than usual, necks that will look beyond more often, a layer of determination that are thousand times harder than steel, hearts that will work harder than usual, as well as mouths that will always pray."

2. Dan kamu akan selalu dikenang sebagai seorang yang masih punya mimpi dan keyakinan, bukan cuma seonggok daging yang hanya punya nama. Kamu akan dikenang sebagai seorang yang percaya pada kekuatan mimpi dan mengejarnya, bukan seorang pemimpin saja, bukan orang biasa-biasa saja tanpa tujuan, mengikuti arus dan kalah oleh keadaan. Tapi seorang yang selalu percaya akan keajaiban mimpi, keajaiban cita-cita, dan keajaiban keyakinan manusia yang tak terkalkulasi dengan angka berapa pun... Dan kamu nggak perlu bukti apakah mimpi-mimpi itu akan terwujud nantinya karena kamu hanya harus mempercayainya.

"And you will always be remembered as someone who still has dreams and faith, not only heaps of flesh with only name. You will be remembered as someone who believes in the power of dreams and pursues them, not only a leader, not an ordinary person with no destination, who only goes with the flow and is defeated by circumstances. But someone who always believes in the miracle of dreams, the miracle of ambitions, and the miracle of people's faith which cannot be calculated with any numbers. And you do not need any evidence whether those dreams will come true because you only need to believe them."

3. Kita berlima percaya pada satu hal. Sederhana tapi luar biasa. Ada di setiap diri manusia bila ia menyadarinya. Sebuah impian. Setiap kamu punya mimpi, keinginan atau cita-cita, kamu taruh di sini, di depan kening kamu. Jangan menempel, biarkan dia menggantung, mengambang 5 centimeter di depan kening kamu. Jadi dia nggak akan pernah lepas dari mata kamu. Dan kamu bawa mimpi dan keyakinan kamu itu setiap hari, kamu lihat setiap hari, dan percaya bahwa kamu bisa - bahwa kamu akan berdiri lagi setiap kamu jatuh, bahwa kamu akan mengejarnya sampai dapat, apa pun itu, segala keinginan, mimpi, cita-cita, keyakinan diri. Apapun hambatannya, bilang sama diri kamu sendiri kalo kamu percaya sama keinginan itu dan kamu nggak bisa menyerah.

"The five of us believe in one thing. Simple but extraordinary. It's inside every human if he is aware. A dream.  Each time you have a dream, a wish or an ambition, you place it here, in front of your forehead. Don't stick it, let it hang, float 5 cm in front of your forehead. So it will never be detached from your eyes. And you bring those dreams and faith with you everyday, you see them everyday, and believe that you can - that you will stand again when you fall, that you will pursue them until you obtain them, whatever those are, all wishes, dreams, ambitions, and self-confidence. Whatever the obstacles are, tell yourself that you will believe in those wishes and you cannot give up."

4. Jangan percaya sama hoki. Apa yang kamu raih bukan karena kamu hoki, tapi kerja keras kamu selama ini yang telah kamu tanam dengan terus tekun dan pantang menyerah dalam menjalankannya.

"Don't believe in luck. What you achieve is not because you are lucky, but it's due to your hard work that you have sowed with diligence and tenacity."

5. Jangan pernah menganggap kritik itu suatu proses kemunduran atau serangan. Kalo lo dikritik, buat cetak biru di pikiran lo, kalo kritik itu adalah pengorbanan dari seseorang yang mungkin telah mengorbankan rasa ga enaknya sama kita, ntah sebagai seorang teman atau rekan kerja, semata-mata untuk apa? hanya untuk membuat diri kita lebih baik. Itu aja.

"Don't ever assume that criticism is a process of deterioration or attack. If you're criticised, leave a note in your head that criticism is a sacrifice made by someone who probably has sacrifice his unpleasantness to us, whether as a friend or as a colleague, only for what? only to make us better. That's all."

6. Manusia mendapatkan sesuatu dari manusia lain. Manusia melepaskan sesuatu dari manusia lain. Manusia menjadi manusia karena manusia lain, atau mungkin ada juga manusia yang menjadi manusia kembali karna manusia lain.

"Human receives something from another human. Human let go something from another human. Human becomes human because of another human or maybe there's also human who becomes human again because of another human"

7. Sebuah kehormatan bagi saya. Saya, Genta, telah mendaki Mahameru bersama sahabat tercinta, di tanah air tercinta ini. Kehormatan ini tidak akan saya lupakan seumur hidup saya.

"It's an honour for me. I, Genta, have climbed the Mahameru together with my beloved bestfriends, in this beloved father land. An honour that I will never forget all my life."

8. Suatu kehormatan juga bagi saya. Dan kehormatan itu bagi kita para sahabat. Saya, Arial, orang yang sangat mencintai tanah ini.

"It's also an honour for me. And that honour is for us, bestfriends. I, Arial, a person who loves this land     very much."

9. Dan juga bagi saya, Arinda. Indonesia-ku saya mencintaimu sepenuhnya.

"And it's also for me, Arinda. My Indonesia, I love you entirely."

10. Semua berawal dari sini. Impian, persahabatan, cinta, dan sebuah keajaiban tekad telah menjadikan kita bukan hanya seonggok daging yang hanya punya nama. Saya, Zafran, saya mencintai kalian semua, dan saya mencintai negeri indah ini dengan gugusan ribuan pulaunya, sampai saya menyatu dengan tanah tercinta ini lagi.

"All begins from here. Dreams, friendship, love, and miraculous determination that have made us not only heaps of flesh with only names. I, Zafran, I love you all, and I love this beautiful country and its thousand clusters of islands, until I become one with this beloved land again."

11. Dan selama ribuan langkah kaki kita melangkah, selama hati yang berani ini bertekad, hingga semuanya bisa terwujud sampai disini, jangan pernah sekalipun kita menyerah mengejar mimpi-mimpi kita, berjuang, berusaha, dan bercita-cita untuk kehidupan yang lebih baik bagi tanah tempat kita berpijak ini, sahabat. Saya, Riani, saya mencintai tanah ini dengan seluruh hati saya.

"And as we walk thousand steps, as this courageous heart is determined, until everything comes true here, don't ever, even once, we give up in pursuing our dreams, fight, endeavour, and be ambitious for a better life to the land where we are standing on, bestfriends. I, Riani, I love this land with my whole heart."

12. Saya, Ian, bangga bisa berada di sini bersama kalian semua, sahabat saya yang tercinta. Saya akan mencintai tanah air ini seumur hidup saya. Saya akan menjaganya dengan apapun yang saya punya. Saya akan menjaganya seperti saya menjaga kehormatan saya sendiri. Seperti saya terus menjaga mimpi-mimpi saya terus hidup bersama tanah air tercinta ini.

"I, Ian, am proud to be here with you all, my beloved bestfriends. I will love this father land all my life. I will protect it with all I have. I will protect it like I protect my dignity. Like I will always protect my dreams to always live with this beloved father land."

13. Hari itu, kita berdiri di atas bumi. Tapi dekat sekali dengan langit, dekat dengan Sang Pencipta. Sebuah persahabatan, impian, cita-cita, dan cinta. Tidak ada siapapun yang bisa membuktikan seberapa besar itu semua. Tapi seperti sebuah mimpi, kita hanya terus mempercayainya.

"That day, we stand on Earth. But very near to the sky, near to God. A friendship, dream, ambition, and love. No one can prove how big that is. But like a dream, we only continue to believe it."

14. Belum pernah ada bukti-bukti nyata dalam angka yang bisa dipecahkan oleh ilmu pengetahuan. Tentang bagaimana keajaiban sebuah impian, persahabatan, cinta dan keyakinan bisa membuat begitu banyak perbedaan, bisa mengubah kehidupan manusia. Belum pernah ada. Hanya mimpi dan keyakinan yang bisa membuat manusia berbeda dengan makhluk lainnya.

"There has never been any real evidence in numbers that can be solved with knowledge. About how the miracle of dream, friendship, love and faith can make such a big difference, can change people's lives. There has never been any. Only dreams and faith that can make humans different from other creatures."

15. Hanya mimpi dan keyakinan yang bisa membuat manusia bisa menjadi istimewa di mata Sang Pencipta. Dan yang bisa dilakukan seorang makhluk bernama manusia terhadap mimpi-mimpi dan keyakinannya adalah mereka hanya tinggal mempercayainya, percaya pada 5 centimeter di depan kening kamu.

"Only dreams and faith that can make humans to become special in the eyes of God. And what a creature called humans can do to their dreams and faith is that they only need to believe them, and believe in the 5 centimeter in front of your forehead."

16. Malam itu di Arcopodo, kita sadar. Mungkin kita bisa tulis seindah mungkin dan berbicara setinggi langit tentang arti persahabatan. Tapi malam itu, Mahameru memberikan arti sebenar-benarnya dari sebuah persahabatan. Dan atas nama persahabatan di tanah air tercinta ini, di tanggal 17 Agustus, dimana sebuah impian menjadi layak diperjuangkan.

"That night in Arcopodo, we realised. Maybe we can write as beautiful as possible and talk as high as the sky about the meaning of friendship. But that night, Mahameru gave us the real meaning of friendship. And in the name friendship in this beloved father land, on 17th  August, where a dream became reasonable to be fought for."

Miss Secret Letter

Movie 5cm Review

Hi peeps.
Today, I'm going to do some review of the movie I recently watched, 5cm.
I watched it twice.

First of all, overall comment.
The movie is completely inspiring.
It truly captures the value of friendship, dreams, persistence, determination, love and faith.

Secondly, introduction.
The introduction is quite direct.
It starts with the intro of the main characters.
The narrator is my favourite actor, Zafran (real name : Herjunot Ali).
It also describes the unique personality of each character in a humorous way.
The lesson learnt is that every person is unique in his/her own way.
Whether it's a good or "not so good" personality, we should acknowledge it instead of to taunt or to insult it.
Everybody is special okay.
I'm gonna share about my life a little bit here.
I like studying.
I don't know why studying is always correlated with geek, nerd, thick glasses.
Studying is not useless.
We gain knowledge, information, things that we haven't heard of.
But understanding all those things does not guarantee you a high mark in examination.
That's why you need to memorise.
Some people really abhor rote memorisation.
But you need to get good marks to enter good university.
All the co-curricular activities and community service probably are the second things the university is looking at.
The primary thing is still the academics.
Yet, I am always called mugger by my fellows.
They always say things like don't stress yourself, but in fact I don't.
I'm just doing my duty as a student.
And I just have to work the extra mile to get marks like theirs.
That's what I was told when I got a scholarship to country X, that I need to work harder than others.
In my hometown, I was never called like that even once.
It's because everyone's is doing the same thing as me.
Not everyone, I mean my classmates.
I was considered to be in one of the smartest classes in my previous school in my hometown.
And most of my classmates strive to get the first position.
This mindset has been ingrained in me since I was young.
Well, I think there is nothing wrong with that.
There is a feeling of gratification when you accomplish or achieve something.
And that's the feeling I'm always chasing at.
I never think that I am better than others if I am ranked first.
We are all equal and that's my belief.
I never look down or underestimate others.
That would be a manifestation of prejudice, wouldn't it?
Well, this is not exactly what we want as it may lead to massacre or even war.
I hate being called mugger and being pitied upon a false hypothesis.

Let's continue with the review.
Thirdly, the climax.
I think the climax is when the rocks are rolling down the slope and a friend called Ian is thought to be dead.
The moment he was confirmed to be dead by his friends, I was really shocked.
Can being hit by a rock cause a death? I asked myself.
I think the whole idea of trekking is crazy because it's extremely risky.
It's about your life.
How if he really died?
How are they going to explain to his parents?
Can they possibly be responsible for it?
Will they end up feeling remorseful instead of gratified?
I personally would never go on such trip unless there is someone who can ensure my safety.
However,  I have to admit that this journey really examines how true the aforementioned values are.
And I really admire those who manage to complete this adventure successfully.

Fourthly, the ending.
It is a happy ending indeed.
I think there is some propaganda in it though.
The message I received is that all Indonesians should stay in Indonesia and be grateful of everything that the country has given to you.
Well, we can observe that there are prolific Indonesian immigrants in countries like Singapore, Australia and USA.
As the nation gets richer, people's incomes increase. They have more real disposable income and they are able to afford air travel, even to continents as far as Europe.
That's what I learned in my economics lesson. Haha.
The movie also ends with the marriage between Zafran and Riani (I love this part), Arial and the girl he met in his gym,  Ian and Happy Salma (this is especially amusing!) as well as the start of the relationship between Genta and Dinda.
Riani (real name : Ralene) is from my hometown.
When I watched the movie, she was there too.
She's gorgeous.

Fifthly, comment on each of the main characters.
Zafran : cool, handsome, determined, expressive, leader-like.
Riani : beautiful, nice smile, friendly.
Arial : buff, timid.
Ian : funny, persistent.
Genta : leader-like, smart.
Dinda : innocent, expressionless.

That's all.
Coming next is the quotes in the movie, which are very inspiring indeed!
The novel was written by Donny Dhirgantoro.
Here's his official website : http://5cm-legacy.com
Please leave a comment. :)
Thanks.

Miss Secret Letter

Lyric Rahasia Hati by Nidji (OST 5cm) with english translation

Hey! Gonna share with you the lyric of a meaningful Indonesian song.

Title : Rahasia Hati (The secret of my heart) by Nidji

Berdoa dan beranikan diri (Pray and be courageous)
Sebelum semua ini terlambat tuk jadi (Before everything is too late to happen)

Andai matamu melihat aku (If only your eyes saw me)
Terungkap semua isi hatiku (All the contents of my heart would be revealed)

Alam sadarku alam mimpiku (My conscious world, my dream world)
Semua milikku andai kau tau (If only you knew all my things)
Andai kau tau (If only you knew)
Rahasia Cintaku (The secret of my heart)

I wanna love you like the hurricane
I wanna love you like a mountain rain
So wild so pure
So strong and crazy for you

Then it repeats itself.  (Btw, I translate it myself)
It's one of the soundtracks of a new Indonesian movie called 5cm.
I strongly recommend this movie. It's extremely nice and meaningful.
It's about friendship, dream, persistence, determination, love and faith.
I was greatly inspired by the movie.
Well, don't underestimate Indonesian movie.
I personally admire one of the actors named Zafran (real name : Herjunot Ali)
His expression is amazing. All the feelings were truly conveyed.

You may be wondering why I chose this song.
This is not exactly the theme song. I'll post the song another day.
Well, if you're trying to download this song or find it in youtube, you'll probably face difficulty like I did.
The original is not out yet. The music video has yet to be published as well.
I chose this song because it's exactly what's happening to me.
There are tonnes of secrets in my heart which cannot/have not/will not be revealed.
Hope I can share them here without disclosing my identity.
(I guess it's alright as long as I don't divulge my name and some important details)

Well guys, do you share the same feeling as me?
There's just a lot of secrets which you wish that special person find out by himself/herself without you having to tell him/her directly?

Whether you do or you don't, please kindly leave a comment below so that I have a wider perspective :)
Next post (coming soon), I'm gonna do a review on the movie itself.
Thanks.

Miss Secret Letter

Brief Introduction...

Hi virtual friends. (those who view my blog, if any)

My nickname is Miss Secret Letter.

Sorry, but I'm not going to reveal any of my personal identity. (it's dangerous!)

Maybe there'll be some clues along the way if you are smart enough to find them out.

In this blog, I'm gonna blurt out whatever I wanna say, which I can't possibly say in the real world.

No, not that I'm lonely. It's just that there are some things that will hurt people if I say them.

So, I choose not to do so.

Instead, write down all those feelings and thoughts in this blog.

Honestly, I like to contemplate and criticise.

No, not so bad. At least I don't curse people like some of my friends do.

One last thing, please pardon my English. I'm not from an English-speaking nation.

So, please feel free to correct it.

Drop a comment if you wish to.

I'd love to respond for sure.

Thanks :)

Miss Secret Letter