Vanitas Vanitatum!

Vanitas Vanitatum! http://ivanatm.multiply.com/ <a href="http://s96.photobucket.com/albums/l198/ivanatm/Blogrolls/?action=view&current=S3010796-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Resolute Friends" src="http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l198/ivanatm/Blogrolls/S3010796-1.jpg" border="0"></a>  <object height="80" width="300"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="never"><param name="movie" value="http://media.imeem.com/m/kaZmhekioY/aus=false/"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"> &nbsp <object width="300" height="80"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="never"><param name="movie" value="http://media.imeem.com/m/kaZmhekioY"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed allowscriptaccess="never" src="http://media.imeem.com/m/kaZmhekioY" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="300" height="110" wmode="transparent"><a href="http://www.imeem.com/groups/0o3Qc8rb/music/ExGXdnMV/cyntia_m_la_mer/">La Mer - Cyntia M.</a></object></object> Fri, 8 Aug 2008 15:29:30 -0000 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:45:28 -0000 Vanitas Vanitatum! http://images.ivanatm.multiply.com/logo http://ivanatm.multiply.com 100 100 Bistro Blue http://ivanatm.multiply.com/music/item/53/Bistro_Blue Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:45:28 -0000 Judging a Book by the Story, the Author, and, Yes, the Cover: A Literary Experience <a href="http://ivanatm.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SDPt6woKCr0AAEn@BLU1"></a><a href="http://ivanatm.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SDPt6woKCr0AAEn@BLU1"></a><a href="http://ivanatm.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SDPt6woKCr0AAEn@BLU1"></a><a href="http://ivanatm.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SDPt6woKCr0AAEn@BLU1"></a>  No one will ever mind to say that reading a 15,000 lines of Homer’s The Iliad epic poem is exhausting and for some degree of people, a real waste of time. The duration and the complexion The Iliad has, is probably the main reason young people hate classics. In the rapid modern world, we are expected to do everything as quick as possible and the less the time used, the more benefits will come. “Therefore, reading a long, complicated, often allegorical method of The Iliad is simply irrelevant for today’s people,” a confession from one of my friends, who actually loves reading literary works (and can also, this far, be my own confession). Story matters But it was not until I heard a book entitled An Iliad written by an Italian Alessandro Baricco, in a bookstore, did I take my words back. I would, as for any book I wished to put in my reading list, immediately look for the review and what people, who had owned the book said about it. Finding that some of their comments... http://ivanatm.multiply.com/journal/item/33/Judging_a_Book_by_the_Story_the_Author_and_Yes_the_Cover_A_Literary_Experience Wed, 21 May 2008 09:43:25 -0000 Berbagi Suami <A href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ivanatm/2437469901/" title="photo sharing"><IMG src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2145/2437469901_410ef47b5d_m.jpg" alt="" STYLE='border-top-color: #000000; border-left-color: #000000; border-right-color: #000000; border-bottom-color: #000000; border-top-width: 2px; border-left-width: 2px; border-right-width: 2px; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-top-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid'></A> <A href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ivanatm/2437469901/">Berbagi Suami</A> Originally uploaded by <A href="http://www.flickr.com/people/ivanatm/">ivanatm</A>It was a rainy day, which saw the end of my final examination session in English Department. Pioneering the contestant of compre, friends gathered around the corridor, waiting for the result. Thank God, I passed it through with an A+. Certainly the next thing that could happen was the guys dragged me into the car and forged a conspiracy to ask for a treat. Though it was already three o'clock in the afternoon, they said a lunch would not hurt. We went to the roasted fish-specific restaurant called Lubuk Idai. We had the special menu, of course, the fish and shared some stories. People asked me how the condition in the examination room was, how I did manage to answer the questions, and then the tips and tricks to linger alive. Any occasion would not be as cheerful as when the camera was there. Unfortunately, I had the camera phone with me. Though the result was not so good, compared to the digital camera, some precious pictures and moments had b... http://ivanatm.multiply.com/journal/item/31/Berbagi_Suami Fri, 25 Apr 2008 18:27:00 -0000 A Piece of Bread Things have been just fine this far. Graduated, got a job (don’t have to think very hard for the sake of the future), granted a very nice working atmosphere, and a bunch of amusing partners; I could hardly expect for more. Thus, the fact that I am working without payment for several months could somehow be forgotten for a while. If the ultimate goal of my working here was for money, I would severely be punished by the reality a civ<IMG class=alignleft style="WIDTH: 264px; HEIGHT: 353px" height=542 src="http://store.perspicuity.com/sections/Products/Job.sized.jpg" width=320 border=0>il servant must face. I lived under the roof of a rent room I paid monthly. Not the best place in the world, but still it could please me with the facilities, environment, or the other dwellers, who also live-and-pay in there. Alone as I am in this great, crowded, polluted city (but promises many dreams to reach), I could never deny the moments when I missed home. Well, it is hard to get a good friend here; life is just too short to living with a wrong choice.  Not really in to it, but.. The first time they explained my job description, I was not really i... http://ivanatm.multiply.com/journal/item/30/A_Piece_of_Bread Thu, 24 Apr 2008 04:38:16 -0000 Minister Apologizes for YouTube Blockade Indonesia ended its blockade of websites carrying a controversial anti-Islam film and apologized to the public on Friday after a string of angry complaints and accusation of censorship.   <IMG class=alignmiddleb src="http://www.i-marco.nl/weblog/images/wilders.jpg" border=0> Access was restored to YouTube, MySpace and other prominent sites by the country's main Internet service providers, who barred them this week at the government's request. "Access to YouTube and several other sites has been re-opened after Internet providers received overwhelming protests from users," Heru Nugroho, of the Indonesian Internet providers' association, told AFP. "We discussed the complaints with the ministry and they agree with us."   Indonesia's Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Muhammad Nuh, apologized for the blockade targeting the 17-minute Fitna, which splices images of terrorist attacks with quotes from the Koran and has provoked protests in several Muslim countries. "I openly ask the public's forgiveness for the inconvenience caused over the past few ... http://ivanatm.multiply.com/journal/item/29/Minister_Apologizes_for_YouTube_Blockade Sat, 12 Apr 2008 10:19:56 -0000 RUU ITE: Yes/No? <img style="width: 88px; height: 104px;" class="alignleft" src="http://www.bellua.com/bcs/asia07.images/logo_depkominfo.jpg" border="0"> Rancangan Undang-Undang tentang Informasi dan Transaksi Elektronik (RUU ITE) disahkan Selasa, 25 Maret 2008. Naskah RUU ITE diterima secara aklamasi oleh seluruh fraksi DPR RI lewat Rapat Paripurna. Setelah menanti sekitar lima tahun, Indonesia akan segera memiliki payung hukum di bidang pemanfaatan teknologi informasi dan komunikasi (TIK). Silahkan klik di <a href="http://www.aptel.depkominfo.go.id/download/RUU%20ITE%20Final%20-%20copy.pdf">sini</a>. Namun, tentu ada pro dan kontra. So, have your say.. *Direktorat Jenderal Aplikasi Telematika Departemen Komunikasi dan Informatika Republik Indonesia. http://ivanatm.multiply.com/journal/item/28/RUU_ITE_YesNo Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:33:07 -0000 An Iliad Alessandro Baricco tiba-tiba dapat ide yang menurutnya brilian. Dia punya cara baru membaca epik ‘The Iliad’ karya Homer. ‘The Iliad’ memang terlalu sulit dibaca oleh orang awam karena ditulis dengan bahasa 'njelimet.' Struktur dan durasinya mungkin merupakan alasan utama orang tidak suka membaca klasik lagi. Baricco lalu punya solusi bagi pembaca modern. Ia memotong bagian-bagian tertentu dalam ‘The Iliad,’ deskripsi panjang nan melelahkan, menjadi cerita yang relatif gampang dikonsumsi. Tidak sampai di sana: ia pun melakukan sesuatu yang tergolong berani untuk editan karya penulis besar sekaliber Homer. Baricco menceritakan kisah perang Troya dari perspektif banyak karakter, baik utama maupun minor. Perang tersebut berakhir setelah sepuluh tahun ketika Odysseus menemukan cara untuk menyusup ke dalam gerbang Troya dengan memanfaatkan kepercayaan bangsa tersebut terhadap Apollo. 'An Iliad' karya Baricco memang hanya fiksi. Dan setiap pengarang bisa melakukan apa saja terhadapnya.... http://ivanatm.multiply.com/reviews/item/12 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:21:04 -0000 Move Out Spending the last four days with the lads was just yet one of the ways I recounted to ensure myself that I had some good friends to leave behind. Playing the songs that had goodbye lyrics was pretty helpful. It might sound exaggerated, but separation is always uneasy for me. Even I paid double to my barber and told him that it could have been the last time I got my hair cut in his small shop. The time has eventually come to move out. It was neither the moment I have been enthusiastically waiting for, nor the occasion I disdain to come off. Today, I took my leave, surely looking forward to living a tougher life in a new place, people, and surrounding. Another phase of life has just been passed. http://ivanatm.multiply.com/journal/item/27/Move_Out Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:39:49 -0000 Seminar on Literature Seminar on Literature bimbingan Pak Ferdinal Januari 2007, di Universitas Andalas. Sukses, walaupun persiapannya mepet huhu http://ivanatm.multiply.com/photos/album/19/Seminar_on_Literature Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:42:34 -0000 The Philosopher's Cafe This is the place where the philosophers 'on the making' share thoughts, jokes, and experiences. I have collected some of the moments there: discussing, holding a class meeting, writing letters, debating a hot topic. The cafe has been so memorial, the second 'home'. Surely, should you need to find the lads, just pick some steps to the Philosopher's cafe, that's what we called it. http://ivanatm.multiply.com/photos/album/18/The_Philosophers_Cafe Wed, 19 Mar 2008 08:23:22 -0000 Ujian Kompre "I read the news today oh About a lucky man who made the grade And though the news was rather sad Well, i just had to laugh, I saw the photograph" The Beatles, 'A Day in the Life' http://ivanatm.multiply.com/photos/album/15/Ujian_Kompre Mon, 17 Mar 2008 02:52:55 -0000 The Hikings A trilogy doesn’t only belong to Lord of the Rings, but also to our hiking agenda in Batu Busuk (please don’t translate it as rotten-stone, indeed). I had been involved in the down-the-river rally, ad hoc, crossing the threshold of the wilderness and the unknown. A hero pattern had http://ivanatm.multiply.com/photos/album/14/The_Hikings Mon, 17 Mar 2008 02:51:42 -0000 James Blunt Did I disappoint you or let you down? Should I be feeling guilty or let the judges frown? 'Cause I saw the end before we'd begun, Yes I saw you were blinded and I knew I had won. So I took what's mine by eternal right. Took your soul out into the night. It may be over but it won't stop there, I am here for you if you'd only care. You touched my heart you touched my soul. You changed my life and all my goals. And love is blind and that I knew when, My heart was blinded by you. I've kissed your lips and held your hand. Shared your dreams and shared your bed. I know you well, I know your smell. I've been addicted to you. Goodbye my lover. Goodbye my friend. You have been the one. You have been the one for me. I am a dreamer and when i wake, You can't break my spirit - it's my dreams you take. And as you move on, remember me, Remember us and all we used to be I've seen you cry, I've seen you smile. I've watched you sleeping for a while. I'd be the father of yo... http://ivanatm.multiply.com/music/item/51/James_Blunt Sun, 16 Mar 2008 04:40:49 -0000 How to Talk to Anyone, Anytime, Anywhere Dimulai dengan pernyataan besar: orang yang sukses adalah pembicara yang sukses. Larry King membeberkan segala pengalaman, tips dan trik, dan seni berbicara yang membuatnya menjadi terkenal seperti sekarang. “Berbicara itu seperti bermain golf, mengendarai mobil, atau mengelola toko—semakin sering melakukannya, semakin mahir Anda jadinya, dan semakin senang Anda melakukannya,” kata pembawa acara Larry King Live CNN ini. Setiap orang bisa bicara, tapi tidak semuanya bisa berbicara dengan baik. Larry mengatakan bahwa untuk menjadi pembicara yang baik, mesti menjadi pendengar yang baik. Semua orang ingin berbicara mengenai dirinya, dan alangkah indahnya jika semua orang ingin pula mendengarkan orang lain bicara. Ini sebenarnya prinsip mutualisme dasar yang diterapkan Larry: jika ingin dihormati, hormati orang lain. Dalam buku ini ia memberi banyak resep yang akan membantu kita menguasai seni berbicara, baik itu dengan teman sejawat, kelompok tugas, lawan jenis, atasan, orang tua, bahka... http://ivanatm.multiply.com/reviews/item/11 Sun, 16 Mar 2008 03:07:38 -0000 Blogger Blog synchronization http://ivanatm.multiply.com/links/item/5/Blogger Sat, 15 Mar 2008 03:59:49 -0000 Wordpress Blog synchronization http://ivanatm.multiply.com/links/item/4/Wordpress Sat, 15 Mar 2008 03:56:27 -0000 Childhood to Remember <a href="http://ivanatm.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/R9f5LQoKCr0AADvxGqQ1"></a><a href="http://ivanatm.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/R9f5LQoKCr0AADvxGqQ1"></a><a href="http://ivanatm.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/R9f5LQoKCr0AADvxGqQ1"><img class="alignright" style="width: 200px; height: 289px;" src="http://images.ivanatm.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/R9f5LQoKCr0AADvxGqQ1/Toddler.jpg?et=IhgweF1hlTX7wMYUhmxp4g&nmid=" border="0" height="278" width="191"></a><a href="http://ivanatm.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/R9f5LQoKCr0AADvxGqQ1"></a> <img class="alignleft" style="width: 248px; height: 170px;" src="http://images.ivanatm.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/R9f5EgoKCr0AADwMLpk1/Baby.jpg?et=I0MlBViFny9PU%2B6PYvx4Og&nmid=" border="0" height="179" width="262"><a href="http://ivanatm.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/R9f5LQoKCr0AADvxGqQ1"></a> <a href="http://ivanatm.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/R9f5LQoKCr0AADvxGqQ1"></a>  <a href="http://ivanatm.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/R9f5LQoKCr0AADvxGqQ1"></a>  <a href="http://ivanatm.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/R9f5LQoKCr0AADvxGqQ1"></a>  Born twenty-three years ago in a small  country hospital. They said I heighed only 45 cms, and weighed no more than a watermelon fruit. It was 1984.<a href="http://ivanatm.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/R9f5LQoKCr0AADvxGqQ1"></a> <a href="http://ivanatm.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/R9f5gAoKCr0AAD36R5w1"><img class="alignleft" style="width: 242px; height: 164px;" src="http://images.ivanatm.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/R9f5gAoKCr0AAD36R5w1/WithArief2.jpg?et=BW3%2BwzSd%2BRRPE6MEnsvh3w&nmid=" border="0" height="188" width="268"></a><a href="http://ivanatm.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/R9f5LQoKCr0AADvxGqQ1"></a><a href="http://ivanatm.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/R9f5LQoKCr0AADvxGqQ1"></a><a href="http://ivanatm.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/R9f5LQoKCr0AADvxGqQ1"></a> Celebrating my first birthday with a cake, trumpets, and songs. Exactly I had no idea what was happening there, nor did I remember anything about it but the fact that I had already been able to run and kick a ball. It was 1985. <a href="http://ivanatm.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/R9f5LQoKCr0AADvxGqQ1"></a><a href="http://ivanatm.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/R9f5LQoKCr0AADvxGqQ1"></a><a href="http://ivanatm.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/R9f5LQoKCr0AADvxGqQ1"></a><a href="http://ivanatm.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/R9f5LQoKCr0AADvxGqQ1"></a><a href="http://ivanatm.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/R9f5ogoKCr0AAEwkS5A1"><img class="alignright" style="width: 180px; height: 270px;" src="http://images.ivanatm.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/R9f5ogoKCr0AAEwkS5A1/Toddler2.jpg?et=9HqyHIGX1J5mRAvuLDWUhw&nmid=" border="0" height="271" width="193"></a><a href="http://ivanatm.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/R9f5LQoKCr0AADvxGqQ1"></a><a href="http://ivanatm.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/R9f5LQoKCr0AADvxGqQ1"></a><a href="http://ivanatm.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/R9f5LQoKCr0AADvxGqQ1"></a><a href="http://ivanatm.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/R9f5LQoKCr0AADvxGqQ1"></a><a href="http://ivanatm.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/R9f5LQoKCr0AADvxGqQ1"></a><a href="http://ivanatm.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/R9f5LQoKCr0AADvxGqQ1"></a> <a href="http://ivanatm.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/R9f5LQoKCr0AADvxGqQ1"></a><a href="http://ivanatm.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/R9f5LQoKCr0AADvxGqQ1"></a><a href="http://ivanatm.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/R9f5LQoKCr0AADvxGqQ1"></a><a href="http://ivanatm.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/R9f5LQoKCr0AADvxGqQ1"></a><a href="http://ivanatm.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/R9f5LQoKCr0AADvxGqQ1"></a><a href="http://ivanatm.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/R9f5LQoKCr0AADvxGqQ1"></a><a href="http://ivanatm.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/R9f5LQoKCr0AADvxGqQ1"></a><a href="http://ivanatm.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/R9f5LQoKCr0AADvxGqQ1"></a><a href="http://ivanatm.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/R9f5LQoKCr0AADvxGqQ1"></a>  I had only owned two years of being the only child in the family: my <a href="http://ivanatm.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/R9f5LQoKCr0AADvxGqQ1"></a><a href="http://ivanatm.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/R9f5LQoKCr0AADvxGqQ1"></a>b<a href="http://ivanatm.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/R9f5LQoKCr0AADvxGqQ1"></a><a href="http://ivanatm.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/R9f5LQoKCr0AADvxGqQ1"></a>rother was born.  And all affection, spoilage, should be shared. The picture showed <a href="http://ivanatm.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/R9f5LQoKCr0AADvxGqQ1"></a><a href="http://ivanatm.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/R9f5LQoKCr0AADvxGqQ1"></a>my first ‘sulky’ face I had ever recognized. Lol. It was around May, 1<a href="http://ivanatm.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/R9f5LQoKCr0AADvxGqQ1"></a><a href="http://ivanatm.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/R9f5LQoKCr0AADvxGqQ1"></a>988. <a href="http://ivanatm.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/R9f5LQoKCr0AADvxGqQ1"></a><a href="http://ivanatm.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/R9f5LQoKCr0AADvxGqQ1"></a> <a href="http://ivanatm.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/R9f5LQoKCr0AADvxGqQ1"></a><a href="http://ivanatm.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/R9f52QoKCr0AAEUib9I1"><img class="alignleft" style="width: 189px; height: 287px;" src="http://images.ivanatm.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/R9f52QoKCr0AAEUib9I1/Toddler3.jpg?et=EC4%2BSrwaH9iqF5OZlMHBFA&nmid=" border="0" height="294" width="197"></a><a href="http://ivanatm.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/R9f5LQoKCr0AADvxGqQ1"></a>     It was ab<a href="http://ivanatm.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/R9f5LQoKCr0AADvxGqQ1"></a><a href="http://ivanatm.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/R9f5LQoKCr0AADvxGqQ1"></a>out April 1987, where the shot, Pantai Padang, was still ‘original.’ And the shoreline was still far ahead to the sea. The fridge was even much taller than I. The glasses just covered up my whole face hyahah..  It was around 1989.  NB:  The fridge is now still standing elegantly in my kitchen in Pad... http://ivanatm.multiply.com/journal/item/26/Childhood_to_Remember Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:00:32 -0000 Out of Place Edward Said memaparkan catatan pribadinya dalam pengalaman atas sebuah dunia yang hilang: Sebuah dunia bernama kanak-kanak, yang 'terlupakan.' Merasa selalu terbuang, terasingkan, dan tidak 'pas' di mana saja ia berada, Edward Said berjuang keras untuk menyingkap sosok pribadinya yang lain, bukan 'Edward' ciptaan ayahnya, dengan segala aturan hidup yang dipaksakan kepadanya. Bukan pula 'Said' ciptaan Amerika ketika ia tengah menjalani masa-masa kuliah di sana. Dia ingin menjadi dirinya sendiri, pribadi yang cerdas dan berbakat, bukan makhluk bentukan yang malu-malu dan penakut. Edward Said adalah profesor Bahasa Inggris dan Sastra Perbandingan di Columbia University. Ia banyak berkontribusi dalam wacana pasca-kolonialisme dalam karya-karyanya, seperti Orientalism, Culture and Imperialism, atau Covering Islam. Out of Place (terjemahan: Terasing) merupakan rekaman sebuah dunia yang esensinya terhapus dan terlupakan. Memoir ini berisi catatan-catatan mengenai kondisi perpolitikan, e... http://ivanatm.multiply.com/reviews/item/10 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 08:41:35 -0000 Boulevard de Clichy Boulevard de Clichy adalah nama sebuah jalan di sudut kota Paris. Banyak pelukis ternama mengabadikan tempat ini dan kehidupan yang berlangsung di sana dalam lukisan, seperti Van Gogh, Bonnard, Cezanne, Picasso, Renoir, atau Severini. Nah, Remy Sylado mengabadikannya dalam fiksi berjudul sama, Boulevard de Clichy. Di sini, hiduplah seorang perempuan Indonesia bernama Anugrahati yang mencari jati diri dan melangsungkan hidup untuk 'survive' di kota Paris. Ia bekerja sebagai penari telanjang dengan julukan Meteore de Java. "Dia terbuang, namun tak menyerah, terlaknati namun terberkati." Cinta dan tanggung jawab membuatnya tegar. Remy, yang dijuluki penulis 'mbeling', gila, seperti biasanya menulis dengan gaya 'urakan', dengan kosakata yang tanpa malumalu, bahkan cenderung vulgar. Novel ini bercerita mengenai konflik-konflik hidup manusia, terutama setelah tumbangnya Orde Baru, ketika setiap orang jadi 'kebablasan.' Adonannya adalah seputar cinta remaja, politik, gap miskin dan kaya... http://ivanatm.multiply.com/reviews/item/9 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 08:41:12 -0000 The Hoax Clifford Irving, seorang penulis amatir, ingin untuk mengubah nasibnya dengan menipu sebuah penerbit terkenal. Ia memerlukan sebuah kesuksesan instan terdorong keadaan finansial dan reputasinya yang terus jatuh sebagai penulis. Irving lantas berniat untuk memalsukan karya. Ia menulis dan memublikasikan otobiografi Howard Hughes, legenda hidup dunia penerbangan Amerika Serikat yang sedang dalam pengasingan, tanpa satu kali pun pernah mewawancarainya. Penelitian besar ia lakukan demi kesempurnaan buku yang konon akan dianggap best-seller tersebut, termasuk mencuri data di Pentagon! Ia berhasil, dan penerbit mencetak bukunya. Saking detail otobiografinya, dan konten buku yang meyakinkan, ia menerima honor sebesar satu juta Dollar dari penipuan besar tersebut. Apakah ia akan ketahuan? Bagaimana reaksi Howard Hughes asli terhadap buku tersebut? Film tentang kehidupan penulis yang diperankan oleh Richard Gere (one of my favorite actors) ini berangkat dari kisah nyata. Richard yang tamp... http://ivanatm.multiply.com/reviews/item/8 Tue, 11 Mar 2008 01:17:28 -0000 Batu Busuk Trilogy: Our Hero Pattern A trilogy doesn’t only belong to Lord of the Rings, but also to our hiking agenda in Batu Busuk (please don’t translate it as rotten-stone, indeed). I had been involved in the down-the-river rally, ad hoc, crossing the threshold of the wilderness and the unknown. A hero pattern had begun. <img class="alignmiddleb" src="http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l198/ivanatm/Blogrolls/Hiking2.jpg" border="0">It was neither the quest for rescuing kidnapped princesses, nor the fight for slaying the dragons. It was simply crossing the river streams, conquering a new ‘land’ and establishing a small lot to get some lunch. If Harry Potter was motivated by the need of killing the Dark Lord, we were about to satisfy our own ids and kill the boredom. Joseph Campbell, who was celebrated for his book The Hero with a Thousand Faces (1956), introduced us the hero pattern into three treads: The Departure, The Initiation, and The Return. The Departure ensued when the lads were gathering from all directions in Pasar Baru. I should have always stirred up early in the morning to get the place, unless witnessing the crowd ... http://ivanatm.multiply.com/journal/item/25/Batu_Busuk_Trilogy_Our_Hero_Pattern Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:26:01 -0000 The Cranberries There was a game we used to play We would hit the town on friday night And stay in bed until sunday We used to be so free We were living for the love we had And living not for reality It was just my imagination It was.. That was the time I used to pray I have always kept my faith in love It’s the greatest thing from the man above The game I used to play I’ve always put my cards upon the table Never be said that I’d be unstable It was just my imagination It was.. There is a game I like to play I like to hit the town on friday night And stay in bed until sunday We’ll always be this free We will be living for the love we have And living not for reality It’s not my imagination Not mine http://ivanatm.multiply.com/music/item/43/The_Cranberries Sun, 9 Mar 2008 04:45:45 -0000 Seminar on Scholarship The Scholarship seminar in Andalas, involving Aminef and neighboring senior high schools. Some pictures from the committes. Bring back the http://ivanatm.multiply.com/photos/album/13/Seminar_on_Scholarship Sat, 1 Mar 2008 04:24:57 -0000 Paris Je T'aime Satu lagi dari Perancis. Paris Je T'aime (Paris, Aku Mencintaimu) bercerita tentang kehidupan-kehidupan cinta masyarakat kota Paris. Semuanya terpisah dalam ruang dan waktu, namun memberikan kesamaan, yaitu cinta datang tak terduga. Film ini menggugah, menemukan, membongkar, menyadap, menyelidiki, dan mengaduk-ngaduk kota Paris dan menggarapnya menjadi cerita-cerita yang unik tentang cinta. Film ini seolah mengukuhkan citra Paris sebagai kota cinta. Kejutan di akhir cerita adalah ketika tokoh-tokoh yang diceritakan terpisah, ternyata bertemu dan bahkan telah saling mengenal. Paris Je T'aime tidak memperlihatkan sisi-sisi kota Paris yang mungkin akan kita lihat pada gambar-gambar kartu pos, atau buku panduan travelling. Ia menyajikan pelosok-pelosok Paris yang jarang diekspos dan diceritakan. Setiap kisah berdurasi 7-8 menit dan diakhiri dengan narasi seorang perempuan Amerika yang sedang berlibur di Paris, yang seolah menyimpulkan seluruh cerita, tentang masakan, cuaca, budaya, masy... http://ivanatm.multiply.com/reviews/item/7 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 05:55:04 -0000 Ratatouille Seorang tikus (bukan seekor, karena dia bisa bicara hehe) bernama Remy bermimpi untuk menjadi seorang koki terkenal di Perancis. Meski keberadaannya, yaitu wujud tikus, ditambah kecendrungan masyarakat tikus pada umumnya (jorok, bau, dan hidup dari sampah), Remy tetap percaya suatu saat ia akan mewujudkan karir sebagai juru masak andal. Nasib membawanya untuk hidup di sebuah restoran yang baru saja ditinggalkan pelanggan karena kematian chef terkenalnya, Monsieur Gusteau. Dengan naluri dan bakatnya yang melimpah dalam memasak, Remy mengubah hidup seorang pemuda untuk ‘membangkitkan’ lagi restoran tersebut. Petualangan Remy dalam mengarungi dunia manusia, pergolakan “batin tikus-nya,” idealisme memasaknya, dan kasih sayangnya terhadap sesama (manusia dan tikus) memutar balikkan fakta dunia masak kota Paris dalam aksi-aksi menegangkan, lucu, dan emosional. Tidak terlalu mengherankan kalau Ratatouille kemudian terpilih sebagai Film Animasi terbaik dalam Academy Award tahun ini. Sela... http://ivanatm.multiply.com/reviews/item/6 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 05:12:03 -0000 Perempuan-perempuan yang Ber - Silat Lidah Tidak bisa disangkal lagi bahwa televisi merupakan media yang paling banyak diakses oleh masyarakat, jauh di atas media-media lain seperti koran, radio, apalagi buku. Radio yang jauh lebih tua dan pernah berjaya pada zamannya telah tergeser menjadi media tradisional yang bersifat personal dan spesifik. Televisi hadir di tengah-tengah masyarakat dengan menu utuh: Selain menyajikan suara (audio), ia juga menawarkan gambar bergerak (motion picture) yang tidak dipunyai radio dan media lainnya untuk memenuhi kepuasan pandangan. <img class="alignmiddleb" src="http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l198/ivanatm/Blogrolls/IMG_0619e.jpg" border="0">Perempuan dalam televisi, terus terang, memberikan kepuasan ganda. Perempuan tampaknya terlanjur dianggap lebih menarik pandangan mata daripada laki-laki. Namun dalam anggapan itu, sebenarnya perempuan diposisikan sebagai yang lebih menarik dan lebih pantas untuk ‘dijajakan’ ketimbang dilihat sebagai substansi manusia dan kemanusiaannya. Program televisi, khususnya swasta, yang memang sepenuhnya hidup dari iklan, mau tak mau menjadi ‘pedagang’ yang menjajakan im... http://ivanatm.multiply.com/journal/item/24/Perempuan-perempuan_yang_Ber_-_Silat_Lidah Sat, 23 Feb 2008 04:23:38 -0000