Category: Dara’s Thoughts on…

  • Did you miss me? Because I do

    Did you miss me? Because I do

    I miss having my whole life so well-documented, thanks to this little corner of mine in the world wide web.

    Aku bahkan tahu hari pertama ketemu dengan Apip (it was 11-06-2011) karena semuanya terekam dengan baik di blog ini.

    Walaupun sering oversharing di internet, sebenarnya aku ini orangnya cukup private. Aku merasa blogging, meskipun blognya diset public, lebih private dibanding media sosial lainnya.

    Blogging itu ibaratnya kita buka booth di pameran. Kalau minat dan tertarik, orang-orang bisa berkunjung dan lihat-lihat. Ada beberapa yang menyapa dan berinteraksi dengan kita. Setelah dirasa cukup, mereka akan pulang ke rumah dan kehidupannya masing-masing.

    Sedangkan media sosial, misalnya Instagram dan TikTok dengan algoritma dan fitur FYP/suggested posts-nya, rasanya seperti jualan keliling. Orang-orang di rumahnya masing-masing mungkin lagi santai dan istirahat, tiba-tiba kita lewat sambil teriak-teriak “LIKE POSTINGANKU DONG! POSTINGAN BARUNYA, BUNDA! DILIAT DONG INI SELFIE-KU, CANTIK NGGAK?”

    Jadi, mungkin karena itulah aku jadi jarang mengemukakan pendapat pribadi. Takut sampai di orang yang salah dan malah memicu keributan. I’m open to healthy discussion, tapi obrolan di internet ini seringnya malah jadi ribut-ribut nggak jelas, sulit untuk bisa agree to disagree. Ujung-ujungnya postingan lama kita digali sampai yang terdalam oleh para penyelam handal. Ngeri.

    Aku kangen diriku yang dulu sebagai blogger. Yang bisa ngeblog hampir tiap hari. Yang dengan pedenya posting foto diri sendiri seabreg-abreg. That’s why kalau kamu follow aku di Instagram, pasti ngeuh kalau akhir-akhir ini aku jadi sering upload selfie. Aku memang nggak cantik, tapi rasanya aku pun nggak jelek-jelek amat kok. Why did I stop posting selfies in the first place? Nggak tahu juga.

    Terus, apakah aku akan balik lagi rajin ngeblog? Nah itu juga aku nggak tahu. Kita lihat sajalah. Yang jelas, aku sudah memutuskan untuk ganti template jadi lebih clean, elegan, dan dewasa (tsaaahh…)

  • Dara’s Thoughts on “Star Wars: The Last Jedi”

    Dara’s Thoughts on “Star Wars: The Last Jedi”

    "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" Movie Review | Hola Darla

    It’s been a year since our hearts were collectively broken by Rogue One and then by the news of Carrie Fisher’s passing away. Has your heart been healed? I thought mine had, but then I watched The Last Jedi and saw that dedication and my gut got punched. Ouch!

    Some spoilers below, so beware!

    It wasn’t until I started writing this post did I realize that I didn’t really enjoy The Last Jedi. Like a lot of Star Wars fans, I went to see this movie with some expectations; I thought I would get some answers to the two biggest questions I had had since seeing The Force Awakens: who the hell is Snoke and who are Rey’s parents? So, did I get the answers from TLJ? Nope. I still have no idea who Snoke really is (was?) and Rey’s parents are nobodies, or so according to Kylo Ren.

    The other things that bothered me are the jokes. You see, the reason why I like MCU better than DCEU is the fact that MCU has actually funny moments cleverly inserted into even the darkest scenes in its movies. So I kinda found it nice that TLJ has jokes in it, BUT there were just too many. Maybe I’m remembering the character wrong, but there were moments when I saw Luke did something that wasn’t too Luke-y but more like Mark Hamill-y (get it?). Also, there were moments when I thought that Poe acted so darn rude to people who were supposed to be in higher ranks than him. Then there was also Finn and Rose’s journey to the casino which I think was such a useless distraction and didn’t contribute to the whole plot at all.

    They didn’t kill off Leia though, so I’m looking forward to how they will deal with the loss of Carrie Fisher.

    Also, Porgs aren’t cute. They’re annoying.

    There. I said all of it.

    Now, what do you think about The Last Jedi?

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