Saturday, July 23, 2011

[INDONESIAN SHORT STORY] TIRAMISU

0 comments Posted by Aka Kobo at 11:21 PM


Adrianne Aziana a.k.a Anz, mungkin kamu belum pernah dengar nama ini. Tapi tidak bagi semua mahasiswa-mahasiswi juga civitas akademika Universitas Bina Bangsa. Anz bukanlah nama yang asing bagi mereka. Bagaimana tidak ? Anz adalah cewek paling mencolok dan populer di universitas tersebut. Cantik, seksi, kaya, pintar, dan ramah. Tapi sayang, Anz terkenal juga suka gonta ganti pasangan. Bukan karena dia adalah seorang playgirl atau pembosan, tapi entah kenapa setiap cowok yang dekat dengannya hanya ingin memanfaatkannya. Tidak ada yang selama ini dengan tulus mencintainya. Mereka hanya mengincar harta dan reputasi Anz sebagai cewek kaya dan populer.
Seperti hari ini, Anz baru saja bertengkar hebat dengan Adam, cowok yang baru dipacarinya selama 2 minggu. Adam adalah cowok populer di Universitas Bina Bangsa. Adam ketahuan mencium seorang cewek di diskotek dan itu dipergoki oleh Avi, sahabat Anz yang kebetulan sedang ke diskotek itu. Avi langsung merekam adegan  Adam yang sedang mencium seorang cewek dengan ponselnya.
“ Bisa aja kan si Avi itu buat – buat video itu biar kita berantem!” seru Adam ke Anz.
“ Oh ya ? Buat apa Avi merekayasa ? Dia sahabat gue dari kecil! Dia nggak mungkin ngebohongin gue. Udahlah, Adam. Lo juga sama kan kayak cowok-cowok lain ? Lo pacaran sama gue cuma buat manfaatin gue kan ?!” balas Anz.
“ Ya !! Gue juga sama kayak cowok-cowok yang pernah pacaran sama lo! Gue macarin lo itu juga buat main – main doank. Anz, lo memang cantik, kayak, pinter, seksi, tapi lo terlalu polos dan sama sekali nggak menarik. Buat apa pacaran sama cewek yang nggak mau diajak pergi ke diskotek, nggak mau diajaka ciuman, dll ? Basi! “ Adam membuka kedoknya sendiri.
            Ya. Memang Anz selalu menolak dengan gaya pacaran yang kelewat batas. Hampir semua cowok yang pernah pacaran sama Anz diputusin gara-gara gaya pacaran mereka.
            “ Fine! Now I already know what kind of guy you are. Thank you for dating me for two weeks!” kata Anz dan ia langsung berjalan meninggalkanAdam.
            “ Hey girl, before you go to another relationship, please study how to kiss your boyfriend! Hahaahahahaha! “ ejek Adam.
            Mendengar Adam berkata begitu, Anz langsung membalikkan badannya. Wajahnya memerah karena sangat marah, tangan kirinya mengepal keras, nafasnya memburu, dan tangan kanannya yang sedang memegang gelas kertas berisikan cappuccino yang tinggal seperempat siap beraksi. Anz mendekati Adam lagi.
            “ Say it once again! “ ujar Anz.
            “ Should I ? OK, I will. Before you go to another relationship, it’s better for you to learn how to kiss your boyfriend. Believe me, Anz. You won’t ever be cheated by your boyfriend anymore. “ kata Adam dengan nada nyeleneh.
            “ Hmmm … good advice. I will try to learn it then. Oh ya, ini salam perpisahan untuk kita. Thank you Adam! “ kata Anz dengan senyum manis memukau dan langsung menyiramkan cappuccino-nya yang ada di tangan kanannya ke wajah Adam.
            Adam sangat kaget. Ia langsung menyeka wajahnya. Anz tertawa puas. Adama mengibas-ngibaskan bajunya yang basah dan bernoda juga berbau kopi.
            “ Damn you, Anz ! “ Adam berteriak.
            “ You’re a thousand times jerk than me! Enjoy that! “ kata Anz  lega.
            Tapi selega-leganya Anz dengan menyiramkan cappuccino ke wajah Adam, ia tetap Anz yang rapuh hatinya. Satu kebiasaan Anz kalau sedang galau begini adalah pergi ke café favoritnya, Tiramisu Café. Ya, café ini hanya menyediakan berbagai macam tiramisu. Dan tiramisu adalah cake kesukaan Anz dari masa ke masa. Begitu sampai di Tiramisu Café, Anz segera mengambil tempat di pojok café yang memiliki view indah dan ia merasa lebih jelas mendengarkan setiap lagu yang dialunkan home band café itu. Saking seringnya Anz ke café itu, ia bahkan hafal beberapa nama pelayan disana.
            “ Selamat sore, Mbak Anz! Hari ini mau pesan apa ? “ sapa seorang waiter yang di dadanya ada name tag dengan nama “ RIO “.
            “ Eh Mas Rio. Aku mau pesen classic tiramisu aja hari ini. Oh ya, tetep sama …,”
            “ Lemon Tea Ice dengan extra lemon biar lebih asam kan ? “ kata Rio, si waiter itu, memotong kalimat Anz.
Anz yang ternganga buru – buru mengatupkan mulutnya dan menggantinya dengan senyum manis.
            “ OK, tunggu sebentar ya mbak! “ lalu Alvin berlalu dari hadapan Anz.
            Tak berapa lama, Rio membawa pesanan Anz. Rio meletakkan piring berisi satu slice classic tiramisu berhiaskan strawberry segar dan dikelilingi oleh saus coklat yg nikmat, juga lemon tea ice dengan extra lemon di depan Anz dengan hati-hati.
            “ Terima kasih, Mas Rio!” kata Anz begitu Rio selesai menaruh pesanan Anz di meja
            “ Sama-sama, Mbak! Kalau ada yang bisa saya bantu, silahkan panggil saya. Permisi. “ ujar Rio sopan.
            Hampir di semua kunjungan Anz ke Tiramisu Café, Rio selalu melayani Anz dengan senang hati. Rio, 25 tahun, lulusan D3 di sebuah universitas, tampan, dan ramah. Seharusnya Rio bisa mendapat pekerjaan lebih dari seorang waiter. Tapi entah kenapa ia tetap bertahan menjadi waiter. Pernah sekali Rio memergoki Anz menangis sesenggukan dengan air mata berderai-derai sambil memainkan sedotan lemon tea-nya. Ia terus memperhatikan Anz walaupun ia sendiri juga sibuk melayani pelanggan. Tapi hari itu, Anz bertahan di tempat duduk café itu hingga waktu café itu tutup. Kerjaannya hanya memandang ke arah luar café , memesan lemon tea ice hingga tujuh kali, dan sesekali mengusap air matanya yang mengalir. Karena café sudah hampir tutup, maka Rio menghampirinya.
            “ Maaf Mbak, kami akan tutup. “ kata Rio pelan.
            Namun alangkah terkejutnya Rio begitu Anz tiba-tiba langsung memeluk pinggangnya. Ia malah menangis keras sambil memeluk pinggang Rio. Rio buru-buru menenangkan Anz sembari tak mempedulikan tatapan aneh teman-temannya. Rio melepaskan pelukan Anz perlahan dan buru-buru mengambil tas kerjanya. Dibimbingnya Anz keluar café dan ia tetap menenangkan cewek yang sedang hancur hatinya. Itu terjadi di masa-masa Anz saat putus dengan Ronald, teman masa kecilnya yang akhirnya saat itu menjadi pacarnya selama 4 tahun, namun harus berakhir ketika Ronald memutuskan untuk menerima pernikahan dengan Laura, cewek yang dijodohkan orang tuanya, di usia 20 tahun. Jadi, Rio dan Anz sebenarnya cukup dekat, walau hanya sekedar sebagai waiter dan customer.
            “ Mas Rio!” panggil Anz.
            Rio yang sedang mengelap gelas dan piring meninggalkan pekerjaannya sejenak dan berjalan menemui Anz.
            “ Ya, Mbak Anz ? Ada yang bisa saya bantu ?” tanya Rio.
            “ Saya butuh bantuan dan tadi Mas Rio bilang, jika saya butuh bantuan, maka saya harus memanggil Mas Rio, ‘kan ? “kata Anz.
            “ Hmmm ya benar, saya tadi berkata begitu. Lalu, apa yang bisa saya bantu ? “ ujar Rio.
            “ Boleh temani saya mengobrol disini ? Sebentar saja …, “ pinta Anz.
            “ Hah ? “ Rio terperangah.
            “ Jangan khawatir, saya akan minta izin ke Mas Aldi. Saya hanya butuh 15 menit. “ tukas Anz dan lalu ia beranjak menemui Mas Aldi. Mas Aldi adalah manager Tiramisu Café. Rio tidak sempat menjawab.
            Rio melihat Anz berbicara dengan Aldi. Aldi mengabulkan permintaan Anz. Senyum manis Anz kembali disunggingkan. Ketika Anz berbalik kembali ke mejanya, Rio buru-buru mengalihkan pandangannya.
            “ Silahkan duduk, Mas Rio!” kata Anz sembari mempersilahkan Rio duduk.
            “ Mbak Anz mau bicara apa dengan saya ?” tanya Rio.
            “ Anz, please. No ‘mbak’ at the beginning. “ jawab Anz.
            “ Ah, OK … Anz. “ujar Rio kaku.
            Anz menghela nafas panjang. Nafasnya berat. Sebelum bicara, diraihnya gelas berisi lemon tea ice di depannya dan meminumnya hingga  tinggal setengah.
            “ Saya sedang galau. “ kata Anz memulai pembicaraan.
            “ Saya tahu. “ ujar Rio.
            “ Gimana Mas Rio tau ? “
            “ Rio, please …, “
            “ Oh, OK Rio .., “.
            “ Aku selalu perhatikan kamu, Anz. Kamu datang kesini selalu dengan muka yang kusut, datar, tak ada cahaya kebahagiaan di mata kamu, dan selalu cemberut. Walau kamu berusaha menyembunyikan kesedihanmu, aku tahu kamu sebenarnya sangat sedih. Itu terlihat sewaktu kamu memandang aku saat memesan makanan. “ ujar Rio.
            “ Termasuk hari ini ? “
            “ Totally true! Maaf, kalau aku boleh tahu, apakah kali ini masalahmu sama dengan yang lalu – lalu ? “ tanya Rio.
            “ Maksud kamu ? “ Anz bertanya balik.
            “ Putus cinta. Patah hati. Seperti kisahmu dengan …, ah maaf. “ Rio tak berani melanjutkan kata-katanya.
            “ Kamu benar, Rio. Kali ini tetap sama. Hal yang terjadi dengan Aku dan Ronald, sekarang terjadi lagi dengan aku dan Adam. Aku nggak pernah ngerti, sebenarnya aku kurang apa, Rio? Mereka bilang, aku ini sesosok cewek yang hampir sempurna secara fisik dan otak. Tapi, kalaupun begitu kenapa kisah cintaku nggak semulus dan seindah Brad Pitt dan Jennifer Aniston atau …,”
            “ Brad Pitt dan Jennifer Aniston akhirnya bercerai, Anz.” Rio memotong kalimat Anz.
            “ Ah, iya! Nah intinya, kenapa kisah cintaku nggak semulus dan seindah Cinderella atau kayak  Belle dan The Beast ?? “ Anz mengambil inti pembicaraannya dan menyuapkan potongan tiramisu ke dalam mulutnya.
            Rio mengambil nafas dan  menghembuskannya . Lalu, Rio memandangi Anz.
            “ Gimana rasa tiramisunya, Anz ?” tanya Rio.
            “ Seperti biasa, enak dan manis. “ jawab Anz sambil memasukkan potongan tiramisu lagi ke mulutnya.
            “ Tapi kalau kebanyakan makan tiramisu, ntar juga jadi pahit dan eneg loh. “ ujar Rio.
            “ Aku nggak pernah bosen makan tiramisu. Tapi …. iya sih … kalau aku makan 2-3 slices lagi, mungkin aku juga bakal eneg. “ Anz menyetujui statement Rio.
            “ Sama halnya dengan cinta, Anz. Menurut pemikiran aku, kalau kita jatuh cinta dengan seseorang, jangan berikan semua cintamu. Kalau sekarang kamu punya 10 cinta, jangan habiskan sepuluh-sepuluhnya untuk cowok itu. Yang ada lama-lama kamu juga bakal ngerasa pahit sendiri. Kamunya sangat cinta, tapi ternyata tidak dengan cowok itu.” ujar Rio.
            Anz terdiam mendengar kata-kata Rio.
            “ Selain itu, karena kamu terlalu cinta, maka si cowok juga sering memanfaatkan kamu, Mereka berpikir kalau kamu sangat cinta ke dia dan kamu nggak mungkin bisa meninggalkan dia. Akhirnya yang ada, dia berbuat seenak jidatnya. Kayak selingkuh di belakang kamu seenaknya. Itu salah satu akibat terlalu cinta kepada manusia, Anz.” Lanjut Rio.
            “ Jadi itu kekurangan aku ? Terlalu cinta kepada manusia ? “ tanya Anz.
            “ Kamu udah denger pendapat aku. Kamu bisa nyimpulin sendiri kan ? “ kata Rio sambil tersenyum manis. Senyum Rio membuat hati Anz bergetar.
            “ Selain itu, tiramisu itu juga melambangkan arti hidup loh. Tiramisu kan terdiri dari beberapa lembar cake. Ada lapisan egg yolk , ada lapisan mascarpone cheese, ada lapisan kopi dan coklat, dan juga biskuit ladyfinger ditengah-tengahnya. Hidup itu terkadang lembut kayak lapisan egg yolk dan mascarpone cheese, tapi bisa jadi pahit dan berkerikil kayak waktu kamu menggigit lapisan kopi-coklat dan menggigit biskuit ladyfinger. Jadi Anz, hidup ini tidak selamanya indah dan yang paling penting hidup ini cuma sekali. Tugas kamu sekarang adalah buat hidup yang kamu bilang itu kurang indah menjadi lebih indah. Aku nggak tau caranya. Cuma diri kamu dan Tuhan yang tau gimana membuat hidup kamu lebih indah walaupun kamu sedang dalam masa pahit atau menginjak batu-batu kerikil. “ jelas Rio panjang lebar.
            Anz tersenyum lebar mendengarkan celotehan panjang Rio. Rio merasa nggak enak hati melihat senyum Anz itu. Tidak kalah manis dengan senyumnya.
            “ Kenapa, Anz ? Koq cuma senyum aja ? Aku kebanyakan ngomong ya ? Maaf ya kalau aku kesannya mengajari kamu. “ kata Rio nggak enak hati.
            “ Nggak, nggak Rio. Apa yang kamu bilang itu benar. Aku setuju. Aku seneng kamu banyak omong hari ini. Mungkin malam ini aku akan tidur nyenyak. Nggak mikirin lagi saat-saat aku putus dengan Adam hari ini. “ kata Anz senang.
            “ Berlebihan.” Kata Rio singkat dan sambil menahan tawanya.
            “ Menurut aku nggak. “ tangkis Anz.
            Tiba-tiba, Aldi, manager Tiramisu Café menghampiri Anz dan Rio. Dengan sopan ia berkata,
            “ Maaf mengganggu, Mbak Anz. Bukannya saya kurang sopan, namun sekarang Rio harus kembali bekerja. Saya mohon maaf kalau saya memotong pembicaraan Mbak dengan Rio. “.
Aldi membungkuk hormat kepada Anz dan lalu berbalik kembali ke tempatnya. Anz membalas Aldi dengan anggukan.
“ Maaf Anz, aku harus kerja lagi. Semoga kamu udah merasa lebih baik daripada tadi. Be a strong woman, Anz. You can do it! “ kata Rio sambil berdiri tempat duduknya dan membenarkan posisi tempat duduk itu.
“ Sebentar, Rio! “ Anz buru-buru menggenggam tangan Rio. Rio terkejut, lagi.
“ Kenapa, Anz ? “ tanya Rio.
“ Besok …….. aku dateng lagi. Kamu ……. mau nggak bikinin aku tiramisu termanis ? Spesial untuk aku. Nggak pake rasa pahit!” pinta Anz.
“ Kalau nggak ada pahitnya, namanya bukan tiramisu, Anz, Itu namanya Cheese cake. “ kata Rio.
“ Whatever the name is, I will ask for the sweetest tiramisu tomorrow. It has to be made by you! I’ll see you! “ ujar Anz tak peduli. Ia buru-buru mengambil tas dan menuju kasir.
Tinggal Rio yang hanya tersenyum melihat Anz keluar dari café itu.


 

Monday, June 13, 2011

How to Connect With Boys Over Flowers Casts ? Join those Fan Clubs !

0 comments Posted by Aka Kobo at 12:33 PM


Do you know those casts ? Do you know what kind of drama that they played ? Yeah They are Boys Over Flowers casts. From left to right, they are Kim Jun ( Song Woo Bin ), Kim Beom ( So Yi Jeong ), Lee Min Ho ( Goo Joon Pyo ), Goo Hye Sun ( Geum Jan Di ), and Kim Hyun Joong ( Yoon Ji Hoo ).

This Korean drama are really spectacular and phenomenal. They have a lot of fans. And they are connecting by many fanbases of Boys Over Flowers. So do you want to meet another fans of Boys Over Flowers ? Let's  meet them on these international fanbases of Boys Over Flowers :

1. Boys Over Flowers Fan Page ( BOF FAN PAGE )
BOF FAN PAGE was held on March, 3rd 2010. It was found by Ellaine Delantar, a registered nurse from Philippines. Now, BOF FAN PAGE has reached 9.172 Followers on Twitter and 1.006 Fans on Facebook. The latest project that they made for celebrating BOF FAN PAGE 1st ANNIVERSARY is FANIFIED. They collected letters and fan arts from BOF Fans and send to BOF casts. Also they made a petition for ' We Want Boys Over Flowers Season 2 ' and they have reached 15.575 likes on Facebook.

Join BOF FAN PAGE now on :

Twitter : @BOFFanPage ( Click here to join BOFFanPage )

Facebook : 
1. Bofans Page
2. BOF FAN PAGE
3. We Want Boys Over Flowers Season 2


2. BOF_SS501_TMAX
BOF_SS501_TMAX is a fan base for BOF lovers and also Triple S ( SS501 Fans ) and Mighty Max ( T-Max Fans ).
Their head admin is Nikky ( @nieq_32 - on twitter ). They provide all of news and infos about BOF, SS501, and TMAX. They also loves to held a games and some fun activities for their followers. 
Until now, they have reached 5.907 Followers and 442 likes on Facebook.

Let's join them now on :

Twitter : @BOF_ss501_Tmax  (Click here to visit @BOF_ss501_Tmax)

Facebook : @BOF_ss501

Ready for Boys Over Flowers now ???

 

Monday, June 6, 2011

Thank You for All of Blog Walkers and Blog Visitors!

0 comments Posted by Aka Kobo at 10:15 PM

Guys, I have just found this data in my blog :


And I'm so surprised with so many blog visitors or blog walkers that come to my blog. Here I will sort the list :
1. United States : 1002 visitors ( wow!! )
2. Indonesia : 694 visitors
3. Philippines : 641 visitors
4. Malaysia : 189 visitors
5. Canada : 127 visitors
6. Singapore : 113 visitors
7. Great Britain : 96 visitors
8. Australia : 88 visitors
9. South Korea : 76 visitors 
10 India : 63 visitors

THANK YOU FOR VISITING MY BLOG. HOPE YOU LIKE TO READ MY STORY AND ANY ARTICLE THAT I'M SHARING WITH YOU.

HAVE A NICE DAY :D

 

Oh Hi, I am Back !

0 comments Posted by Aka Kobo at 9:55 PM

Oh Hi guys!

I am back after fighting with my thesis proposal and my feature program dummy.I really miss this blog and I miss to write something here.

So the story is from the beginning of this semester 6. I am a final student of University of Indonesia ( UI ). I am taking Diploma degree of Broadcasting there. And semester 6 is our dateline to graduate from UI. So we have to make a thesis proposal and make a program. We can choose whether it's a TV program or Radio program. If we choose TV Program, we have to make a feature or documentary program by a group which is filled maximally 5 peoples. And if you choose to make a radio program, then you're a single fighter that will make your program by yourself ONLY.

Because I'm not feeling comfortable with making TV program, so I chose my own way to decide to make a radio program. I chose to make a culinary feature program. So for it, I have to search what kind of radio station in Indonesia that is suitable with my target audience of my feature program. And there you go, I got KIS FM Radio ( on Frequency 95.1 FM ). KIS FM Radio is a bilingual radio. They use 40 % Indonesian and 60 % English. And I got a challenge to make my own radio feature program in English.

Wow, that's a great challenge. I was a bit worried because I'm not too good in grammar so I'm afraid that I will make a mistake on script writing for the program. But I just believe in myself that I can do it since I can use English as well.

So finally I made my own feature program named FROST. It's an acronym of FOOD RECOMMENDATION ON THE STREET. So here I talked about a unique and an exclusive restaurant or culinary in Jakarta. I took that point because it's suitable with KIS FM Radio's target audience.

And Thank God, all of the process to make this feature was like made to be easy by God. You know what, I tried to call one newbie restaurant in Grand Indonesia Shopping Town in Jakarta. It's a really newbie one. So then the PR called me and refused my proposal to make a feature about their restaurant. Then I remembered that my friend, Monika, is an employee of one big company that handle many exclusive and unique restaurant in Jakarta. I asked for her help and voila, she wants to help me.

Monika searched the permission to Kitchenette ( restaurant that I made a feature about ) Public Relation and also to Operational Chef of Kitchenette. Thank God, we had a great interview then and I'm satisfied with their answers. So helpful. And they also paid for my food. Omo, it's really a great service. So thank you, Monika onnie, Ms. Fina, and Chef Victor! :D

Although I felt so worry because I have to go home so late, but it was paid with my happiness. Then the next step, I had to make a script for my announcing. And another easy way came to me when Ben, my another friend, offered me to use his campus' radio laboratory to record my voice. Yeah, radio laboratory in my campus was still under renovation. So I agreed to his offer. Then he asked for the permission for me and that is FREE. And Ben also wanted to use his voice for my program promo. Really, God helped me A LOT.

Then we were in the Post Production. Surely, I can't do editing! Actually I love to edit voice, but I don't know why every I edit it, I always find the error stuffs and it just made me being stress.  So I don't wanna take a risk and ask my friend, Tika, who is pro in this stuff, to edit my announcing. And as always, she did it so well! I'm proud with her work. But although Tika did the beginning, the final touch was made by me. And I'm proud I can do it without any error ( because of Tika's guidance too hahahahhaa ).

The dateline to collect the proposal and the dummy is on June, 6th 2011. But I decided to collect it on June, 4th 2011. Because I knew if I collect it on the D-Day, it will be so crowded. And everything was going well although I became stress because of collecting the paper. I have to print them out then photocopy them into 4 sets.

But now I'm so relieved. Right now I just wait for my justice. Hope I can graduate from UI soon.

Ciao!


 

Saturday, March 26, 2011

THIS IS MY STORY : A FABULOUS AND WELL-KNOWN BROADCASTER, SCRIPTWRITER, AND TEACHER

0 comments Posted by Aka Kobo at 12:13 AM



2030. What do you think about what are you gonna be in 2030 ?  If for me, it seems not so complicated to arrange what will I be. In 2030, Insya Allah I will be 39 years old. That age is so mature. Of course, 39 years old is the time that we can get what we have done before in our young era. Right now, I am still 20 years old and still enrolling as a final year student of Broadcasting Major in University of Indonesia. I have a great passion in Broadcasting. Especially, I really want to be a fabulous scriptwriter. I want to make a great soap-opera or great radio program with a script that I make. Writing is my soul and my biggest passion. I hope, with everything I write, I can make a big change to this world. And in 2030, you will see my name in the famous film's credit title. FARADYZKA AURORA as SCRIPTWRITER.


Beside going to be a scriptwriter, I also want to be a great Teacher. Actually, this is my childhood ideal. If every child is asked what kind of ideal do you want to be in the future, usually they will answer, most of them want to be a doctor. But I am not. I was inspired by my teacher. Being a teacher is not easy. You have to be patient to teach your student. Even we can feel disappointed when your student can't catch what you have taught. But if you can make your students are success in their education, you will be so proud. That's why I love to teach someone.  I hope in 2030, I can be a great teacher and my students love me so much. Then, I hope I can spread a knowledge that I have to make this world get a big improvement. 

I had studied at English First for 5 years and the result is amazing. Because of knowledges that I got when I studied at EF English First, I can do my work easily.  English First isn't just teaching you English, but they will ask you to learn about your environment and about life too. Their kind teachers, great teaching method, and great friends make you never want to leave English First. I had felt that. English First is the best place to study English. Contact EF English First now by open their website : www.englishfirst.co.id . Trust me, you won't be regret !

For judges, thank you for giving me a chance to join this competition. Why should I win this competition ? Because I have a great passion and willingness to reach my dreams. In 2030, with God's allowance, I will prove to you that what I dream about now will happen. Every people can have their own dream, but not all people make their dream come true. And I'm not one of that people. I WILL MAKE MY DREAM COMES TRUE. So judges, let me win this competition to make other young people stand up and reach their dreams after reading my post. Go, English First ! ^^

PS : This is my video about This is My Story : www.this-is-my-story.com/v/7M8245AV63AL

 

Friday, March 11, 2011

Another Bad News for This World

0 comments Posted by Aka Kobo at 8:56 PM

Guys, another natural disaster hit this world again. Right now, Japan got its turn. An 8,9 Richter scale earthquake  had destroyed Japan then after that there was a tsunami re-hit Japan. This is the biggest number of earthquake scale for Japan. Before this big earthquake, another small earthquake has happened since Wednesday, March, 9th 2011.The earthquake central is at Sendai, which is at northwest of Japan. Sendai and Tokyo is 303 km far.
Look at this map :


Look at this video to show you how was Japan earthquake this afternoon. It's taken from BBC News.



and this is from NHK World :



The tsunami wave was reaching 10 m and swept all over Japan. Because of the tsunami at Japan, some countries get a tsunami alert. By Google, Tsunami alert is pointed to New Zealand, Philippines, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Hawaii, and others. Until now, tsunami alert in Indonesia has already stopped. 32 peoples of Japan has died because of this disaster, International airport is closed, and communication crippled.

Hope everything will be okay in Japan and no tsunami will come again. Be patient, Japan. 必ず患者、日本. 



 

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

(ANNOUNCEMENT) LEE MIN HO FAN CLUB AT KOREA.COM HELD STAFF OPEN RECRUITING

0 comments Posted by Aka Kobo at 9:54 PM


Hello !
I am Aka, the newest Manager of Lee Min Ho fan club at Korea,com. I think I have to make a correction on my previous post. Because manager position is already filled by me, so Korea.com doesn’t open any manager recruitment again. But now, we are opening Staffs recruitment. What kind of staffs that we need for ?
Here is the list :
1. Graphic Design staff
We are looking for a graphic design staff. We need this position urgently to design our fan club. If you are eligible to fill this position, please send your application to us.
2. News Redaction
In the news redaction, there are 2 positions, News Reporter and News Translator. So every news that reporter get must be translated by News Translator ( if it’s from Korea to English ) then the translated news must pass to Manager for editing stuff and updating the news by making a new post on fan club page. If the news is already English, Reporter will just pass  the news to Manager for editing and no need to pass it to Translator.
If you are eligible to be News Reporter and News Translator ( Korea – English, English – Korea ), hurry send us your application.
3. Video Uploader
This position is for uploading any newest video from Lee Min Ho. You just need to search it on Youtube or another video upload site, then post it in our fan club page. Interested ? Send your application now.
So I need 4 peoples to fill all of this position. Staffs position is almost same like manager. So you have same rights like me. I have one applicant to be review. All of application can be sent to engc@korea.com with subject APPLYING FOR LEE MIN HO FAN CLUB STAFFS. Send your data ( the format is like Korea.com made ) and show how serious you want to be Lee Min Ho fan club staff. I hope I can get all of your application before Sunday, March, 6th 2011 at 9 pm KST then I will make a screening test on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, March, 7th, 9th, and 10th. I will decide your screening test schedule after I receive all of application on Sunday SOON. It’s not a difficult test, just non-formal talk with me. But still prepare for this to show me your seriousness.
Got confused or need more info ? To get a direct response, reach me on :
1. Twitter : @chan_akakobo
2. Facebook : Akaa Kobo Chan
3. Web Blog : kobochangirl-aka.blogspot.com
So what are you waiting for ? Don’t miss this chance to be Korea.com’s staffs and show your true love to Lee Min Ho now. MINOZ, HWAITING ! ^^
Love,
Aka

PS : This is the format of email for your application :


1.     Which fanclub are you applying for? ACTOR - LEE MIN HO - ( NEWS REDACTION / VIDEO UPLOADER / GRAPHIC DESIGN STAFF )

2.     Name:

3.     Age: 

4.     Nationality: 

5.     Active Period: ( Morning / Afternoon / Night / A whole day )

6.     Email: 

7.     Twitter Link: 

8.     Facebook Link:

9.     Your blog address(if any): 

10.   Korea.com ID :

11.   Proof (how well you can manage it):

and send it to engc@korea.com before Sunday, March, 6th 2011 at 9 pm KST. Thank you.
 

 

Monday, February 28, 2011

See What Happen in 83th Academy Award 2011 !

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Hey guys, are you a film lovers ? You must wait for this prestigious award event every year right ? Yeah, 83th Academy Award 2011 was held on February, 27th 2011 at the Kodak Theatre at the Hollywood and Highland.

See who's on the red carpet :


                                                    





and many more celebrities and film makers came to this event. Everybody who attended this event came for one purpose that is bringing Oscar trophy to their own home as an appreciation for the film which they made. Academy Award this year had an unique one because of their hosts. This year, Anne Hathaway and James Franco became a host.

Academy Awards seems so fresh with exchanging hosts and it's great. Then also a great performers performed in Oscar stage, such as Gwyneth Paltrow who sang " Coming Home", a soundtrack from her movie " Country Strong ", A.R. Rahman performed " If I Rise " from ' 127 Hours ' with Florence and The Machine, then Mandy Moore and Zachary Levi performed " I See The Light " from animated movie " Tangled ", and of course Randy Newman who performed " We Belong Together " from " Toy Story 3 ". That's just a small number of performers, there are so many of course ^^


Do you wanna see who's the nominees and the winners ? Check this out !



Actor in a Leading Role

  • Javier Bardem in “Biutiful”
  • Jeff Bridges in “True Grit”
  • Jesse Eisenberg in “The Social Network”
  • Colin Firth in “The King's Speech”
  • James Franco in “127 Hours”

  • Actor in a Supporting Role

    • Christian Bale in “The Fighter”
    • John Hawkes in “Winter's Bone”
    • Jeremy Renner in “The Town”
    • Mark Ruffalo in “The Kids Are All Right”
    • Geoffrey Rush in “The King's Speech”

    Actress in a Leading Role

    • Annette Bening in “The Kids Are All Right”
    • Nicole Kidman in “Rabbit Hole”
    • Jennifer Lawrence in “Winter's Bone”
    • Natalie Portman in “Black Swan”
    • Michelle Williams in “Blue Valentine”

    Actress in a Supporting Role

    • Amy Adams in “The Fighter”
    • Helena Bonham Carter in “The King's Speech”
    • Melissa Leo in “The Fighter”
    • Hailee Steinfeld in “True Grit”
    • Jacki Weaver in “Animal Kingdom”

    Animated Feature Film

    • “How to Train Your Dragon” Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois
    • “The Illusionist” Sylvain Chomet
    • “Toy Story 3” Lee Unkrich

    Art Direction

    • “Alice in Wonderland”
      Production Design: Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Karen O'Hara
    • “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1”
      Production Design: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
    • “Inception” 
      Production Design: Guy Hendrix Dyas; Set Decoration: Larry Dias and Doug Mowat
    • “The King's Speech” 
      Production Design: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Judy Farr
    • “True Grit” 
      Production Design: Jess Gonchor; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh

    Cinematography

    • “Black Swan” Matthew Libatique
    • “Inception” Wally Pfister
    • “The King's Speech” Danny Cohen
    • “The Social Network” Jeff Cronenweth
    • “True Grit” Roger Deakins

    Costume Design

    • “Alice in Wonderland” Colleen Atwood
    • “I Am Love” Antonella Cannarozzi
    • “The King's Speech” Jenny Beavan
    • “The Tempest” Sandy Powell
    • “True Grit” Mary Zophres

    Directing

    • “Black Swan” Darren Aronofsky
    • “The Fighter” David O. Russell
    • “The King's Speech” Tom Hooper
    • “The Social Network” David Fincher
    • “True Grit” Joel Coen and Ethan Coen

    Documentary (Feature)

    • “Exit through the Gift Shop” Banksy and Jaimie D'Cruz
    • “Gasland” Josh Fox and Trish Adlesic
    • “Inside Job” Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
    • “Restrepo” Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger
    • “Waste Land” Lucy Walker and Angus Aynsley

    Documentary (Short Subject)

    • “Killing in the Name” Jed Rothstein
    • “Poster Girl” Sara Nesson and Mitchell W. Block
    • “Strangers No More” Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon
    • “Sun Come Up” Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger
    • “The Warriors of Qiugang” Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon

    Film Editing

    • “Black Swan” Andrew Weisblum
    • “The Fighter” Pamela Martin
    • “The King's Speech” Tariq Anwar
    • “127 Hours” Jon Harris
    • “The Social Network” Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter

    Foreign Language Film

    • “Biutiful” Mexico
    • “Dogtooth” Greece
    • “In a Better World” Denmark
    • “Incendies” Canada
    • “Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi)” Algeria

    Makeup

    • “Barney's Version” Adrien Morot
    • “The Way Back” Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng
    • “The Wolfman” Rick Baker and Dave Elsey

    Music (Original Score)

    • “How to Train Your Dragon” John Powell
    • “Inception” Hans Zimmer
    • “The King's Speech” Alexandre Desplat
    • “127 Hours” A.R. Rahman
    • “The Social Network” Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

    Music (Original Song)

    • “Coming Home” from “Country Strong” Music and Lyric by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey
    • “I See the Light” from “Tangled” Music by Alan Menken Lyric by Glenn Slater
    • “If I Rise” from “127 Hours” Music by A.R. Rahman Lyric by Dido and Rollo Armstrong
    • “We Belong Together” from “Toy Story 3" Music and Lyric by Randy Newman

    Best Picture

    • “Black Swan” Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver and Scott Franklin, Producers
    • “The Fighter” David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman and Mark Wahlberg, Producers
    • “Inception” Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan, Producers
    • “The Kids Are All Right” Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte and Celine Rattray, Producers
    • “The King's Speech” Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, Producers
    • “127 Hours” Christian Colson, Danny Boyle and John Smithson, Producers
    • “The Social Network” Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca and Ceán Chaffin, Producers
    • “Toy Story 3” Darla K. Anderson, Producer
    • “True Grit” Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers
    • “Winter's Bone" Anne Rosellini and Alix Madigan-Yorkin, Producers

    Short Film (Animated)

    • “Day & Night” Teddy Newton
    • “The Gruffalo” Jakob Schuh and Max Lang
    • “Let's Pollute” Geefwee Boedoe
    • “The Lost Thing” Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann
    • “Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary)” Bastien Dubois

    Short Film (Live Action)

    • “The Confession” Tanel Toom
    • “The Crush” Michael Creagh
    • “God of Love” Luke Matheny
    • “Na Wewe” Ivan Goldschmidt
    • “Wish 143” Ian Barnes and Samantha Waite

    Sound Editing

    • “Inception” Richard King
    • “Toy Story 3” Tom Myers and Michael Silvers
    • “Tron: Legacy” Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague
    • “True Grit” Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey
    • “Unstoppable” Mark P. Stoeckinger

    Sound Mixing

    • “Inception” Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick
    • “The King's Speech” Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen and John Midgley
    • “Salt” Jeffrey J. Haboush, Greg P. Russell, Scott Millan and William Sarokin
    • “The Social Network” Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick and Mark Weingarten
    • “True Grit” Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland

    Visual Effects

    • “Alice in Wonderland” Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips
    • “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1” Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz and Nicolas Aithadi
    • “Hereafter” Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojansky and Joe Farrell
    • “Inception” Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb
    • “Iron Man 2” Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright and Daniel Sudick

    Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

    • “127 Hours” Screenplay by Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy
    • “The Social Network” Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin
    • “Toy Story 3” Screenplay by Michael Arndt; Story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich
    • “True Grit” Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
    • “Winter's Bone” Adapted for the screen by Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini

    Writing (Original Screenplay)

    • “Another Year” Written by Mike Leigh
    • “The Fighter” Screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson;
      Story by Keith Dorrington & Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson
    • “Inception” Written by Christopher Nolan
    • “The Kids Are All Right” Written by Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg
    • “The King's Speech” Screenplay by David Seidler
So are your nominees winning Oscar ? Hopefully who won in Oscar this year are the best and can contribute their film better and better. Congratulation for the winners ! Go, film world !

photo and winners announcement credit by www.oscars.org

 

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