Tuesday, 1 September 2015
[Collection] Isn't She Lovely
Monday, 31 August 2015
[One Shot] Bound and Beyond
Don't worry, little girl,
Every pain is also another description of pleasure,
You and I here,
We are destined to be together,
To share both pleasure and pain,
Here...
Aku masih mengingat jelas apa yang Ravi bisikkan kepadaku, bagaimana dia mampu menenangkan diriku saat terjebak ke dalam sebuah lubang hitam tanpa ketakutan. Aku memperhatikan bukti-bukti yang masih berserakan dan bahkan menempel seolah hatiku sudah bebas dan tidak lagi menjerit.
I'm free.
Ravi membuka mataku. Disaat aku berada diatas, lubang hitam ini nampak begitu kelam dan mencekam. Sesaat setelah dia mendorongku dan jatuh ke dalamnya, lubang itu terasa lebih bercahaya dibandingkan diatas sana. Hanya kata terima kasih tidak akan pernah cukup menunjukkan apa yang kurasakan sekarang.
"Morning, cupcakes," sapanya. "You look very energetic," dia memperhatikanku dari atas hingga bawah.
Dia mengejekku. Siapapun yang baru saja terjatuh akan merasa sangat lemah, setidaknya sakitnya masih membekas.
Hari pertama setelah aku terjatuh, dan rasanya hidupku sudah tepat seperti yin-yang. Otakku memiliki dua sisi, dan keduanya bekerja penuh tidak seperti sebelumnya. Melamun adalah sesuatu yang tidak pernah kulakukan dan kini hampir di siang hari kuhabiskan dengan membayangkan cara-cara terjatuh lagi.
Ini adalah masa dimana adrenalinku bekerja tanpa henti. Expectation turns to either enthusiasm or fear. Semua hal yang dibayangkan seolah butuh direalisasikan segera.
Aku tidak tahu sejak kapan ketertarikan ini berawal, apakah tepat disaat aku terjatuh atau tanpa kusadari aku memang selalu menginginkannya. Setiap kali matahari bergantung di langit, aku menunggu dia tertidur pulas. Setiap mata yang memandangiku di siang hari, aku berharap ketika tidak akan ada mata yang berusaha menghakimi lagi.
Malam selalu menjadi waktu dimana keinginan diwujudkan. Suara deruman mobil yang menanti untuk terparkir di garasi, suara gelas-gelas yang bertabrakan di bar dan terbiasa mendengar curhatan suka maupun duka, dan, suara decitan selimut yang terentang diatas kasur.
Tetapi malam bagiku adalah waktu yang tepat untuk terjatuh, lebih dalam, lagi.
Ravi tersenyum saat melihatku, seakan tahu bahwa aku akan kembali. Aku ingin berteriak memberitahunya bahwa kini aku bebas, dan dia adalah yang membebaskanku. Baik hari ini hingga hari berikutnya, temani aku dalam kebebasan itu. Ah, bicara apa aku.
Mulai saat ini permainan baru dimulai. Aku adalah pemain baru dengan tingkat budak yang mencoba berguru dengan sang penguasa. Banyak hal yang masih tidak kuketahui, namun dengan senang hati akan kupelajari.
Safe doesn't exist, nor exit.
Aku mengangguk kepada Ravi. Disaat aku sudah memutuskan untuk kembali terjun kedalam lubang yang lebih dalam lagi, tidak akan pernah ada tangga yang mengantarku kembali. "Georgina..." dia memberikan aba-aba.
Caranya menuntunku seperti Adolf Hitler dengan penuturan Dalai Lama. Wawasannya seperti Albert Einstein dengan sikap Mahatma Gandhi.
Sampai kau tidak bisa menjelaskan apa yang kau rasakan, aku tidak akan membiarkanmu pergi, katanya.
Georgina, sejak awal kau tahu kau tidak hanya sekedar akuntan biasa.
You are beyond that.
You are not bounded by anything.
You deserved life to be adventurous.
Get out of your boring life and get rid of your principle.
Your day can be filled with your forever ambition, but your night is the time to reveal who you really are.
A cutesy rabbit, a pampered cat, a majestic peacock, or even a sly snake.
-end-
Saturday, 29 August 2015
[One Shot] A Cup of Iced Latte
Friday, 28 August 2015
[One Shot] The Match Made in Heaven (2 of 2)
[One Shot] The Match Made in Heaven (1 of 2)
Thursday, 27 August 2015
[Recommendation] Heroine Shikkaku, When You're No Longer a Heroine of Your Love Life
While working on a short story, I've just finished reading a shoujo manga, which i rarely read. Summer time is perfect for horror story, but why did i read a romance instead of a spooky one? It's because I'm short of ideas. A big part of my brain right now is full of murder, murder, and murder. Watching a lot of crime series made me like a zombie, seriously. That's why i need a fresh love story to keep me alive.
Actually there were 3 choices of manga that i madly wanted to recommend here, they are Kimi ni Todoke, Ao Haru Ride, and Heroine Shikkaku. But after knowing that Heroine Shikkaku is going to release the live action movie, i chose it.
So, let's straight to the review (not really). Here is the cover of the manga:
And this is the synopsis of Heroine Shikkaku based on MangaFox, the almighty websites for a manga lover like me:
But that's not how the world works! This is a hilarious comedy that honestly paints a painful unrequited love story of this young girl!"
This manga contained only 10 volumes, that's why i really enjoyed reading it. Shortly, this is a worthy manga for every girl that craves a light romanticism. Hatori is like any common girl in real world, and Rita is not as perfect as it should be in manga. In my country, Rita is a girl name and i'm still not used to it. I should say that the plot of every chapter is unusual, not too mainstream, and hard to guess. BUT (i'm adding an exception here), the ending is really weird. I thought the author is not properly preparing the ending really well and sooo mainstream.
Oh, yes, my post about the third man is refer to this manga, Hiromitsu-kun. Ugh, i really loved him than Rita, and maybe that's why i'm not satisfied with the ending. The author showed how much he/she loved Hiromitsu character than the actual lead, it is shown from the appearance between Hiromitsu and Rita. It's really perfect when Hatori dated Hiromitsu, how much they loved each other, how Hiromitsu was drawn as a good boyfriend and such a match to Hatori. Suddenly, the author reminded us who the actual lead is, and it's really...
How could i say it?
Big no no. Rita is no better than Hiromitsu, IN EVERY WAY.
Okay. Stop with the unsatisfying thing. I'm really bad at recommending, right?
The amusing part of this manga is how the author created Hatori as hillarious as a girl could. Not a dumb one, but totally funny. She is also drawn in a funny face whenever she did a comical thing. And the other point is, anyone would easily agreed with her. It is like her mind is similar to us, and you will nod to her way of thinking. And i'm satisfied with the drawing. Sooo... hillarious.
I will give this manga 4.3 out of 5. The remained 0.7 points is for the unsatisfying ending, and besides that, it's perfect!
One more. I had told how much i side on Hiromitsu-kun, right? I just watched the trailer of the movie and disappointed on how they choose that cutesy actor rather than a cool and lively look. I didn't give a high hope for the movie after seeing a lot of live action movies (Attack on Titan is the worst of all), but i will watch it after all.
So... Before the movie is released, why don't you try reading it? You've been thinking of being a heroine for your own love life, right? Has it already came true? If not, maybe you should see this story that may be related with your own problem^^
GBye!!!
