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Weekend Links
The weather isn’t too friendly this week. I’ve been having a fair amount of cold so I take it slow this week, and therefore I have quite a lot of time to peruse the internet & catch up with some of my favourite blogs. I guess this is what I really need; to take things slow & not push myself too hard. I still have several projects to tackle down, but hey! At least it’s Saturday. And on Saturdays we are allowed to forget our work for a little while and have some fun!

Links!
- The result of the US election is scary for most of us. Not just our American friends, but also the whole world. Kristin wrote an interesting point of view about this matter that I think we all should agree with.
- Tired of being told to find your blog niche by those generic ‘how to grow your blog’ posts? Well, I am! Rebecca wrote a post about figuring out where you fit in the blogging world when you don’t fit into any niche available out there.
- 11 Psychological Tricks That Will Help You Win at Life
- If this soft, chewy cookies recipe doesn’t make you drool, I don’t know what will.
- Old post, but still very relevant regarding the world’s situation right now. How Not To Mourn A Deadly Terrorist Attack On Social Media.
Don’t forget to have fun this weekend!

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12 November 2016
My November Goals

Is it too late to write my November goals? I’ve never done this before, writing monthly goals, but seing that my life is such a mess right now, I think it may help a bit to write down specific goals for this month. So even though it’s already the sixth of November, here are my goals for this month.

Keep working out regularly. My gym membership expired yesterday. I don’t know whether I’m gonna re-apply or not. Those sparks of energy to go to the gym disappeared about two weeks ago. Regular workouts have lifted me up mentally, so I know that I need them, but going to the gym & sticking to the classes’ schedule have been hard for me (the gym is like an hour away from home). My goal is to keep working out, at least go running once a week.

Finish off current projects and decline project offers that I don’t wanna do. I don’t know why exactly, but lately I’ve become a yes person. I need to start saying ‘no’ more. I’ve kept accepting projects and then become overwhelmed. (And whenever I feel overwhelmed, I tend to procrastinate; it’s in my DNA.)

Catch up with lotsa TV series. Elementary and Agents of SHIELD, mainly. Also, I need to start watching Stranger Things, Westworld, and Outlander. I heard they are good?

Catch up with lotsa comic series. Because srsly!

AND catch up with lotsa books. I rarely read anymore and it makes me sad 🙁

PLUS catch up with my favourite blogs. If I used to comment on every single post on your blog but then completely stopped doing that, chances are it’s not your fault; it’s mine.

My goals are pretty achievable, no? I hope I can reach them all. The year is almost over yet I feel like I haven’t really done anything.

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6 November 2016
Drowning.

Is it selfish to just stop doing what I no longer enjoy doing? To severe the ties with people I no longer enjoy seeing?

Lately I’ve been feeling like I’m drowning. Meeting people drains my energy. I want to live by the rules of “Do more of what makes you happy”, even if what makes me happy is being alone and isolating myself. Is that okay? Or is that selfish?

I want to run.

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3 November 2016
German Cinema 2016
For the past couple of years, German Cinema has been one of our most anticipated annual festivals. We first found out about the festival in 2013 when we ‘accidently’ stumbled across it when we were buying tickets for a movie in Blitzmegaplex Paris Van Java. We completely missed the festival in 2014, but last year we managed to see 6 out of the 9 movies they screened. This year, German Cinema 2016 brought 9 more movies for us to watch, free of charge. I watched 6 of them and Afief watched 7.

Just like last year, the festival was also held for 3 days in Ciwalk XXI. The ticket box was opened about an hour before each film started. It gets more and more crowded each year. I think it might be good if they found another venue for next year; with bigger theater and more seats, perhaps?

The six movies I watched were:
But among them, my favourites are Victoria and Lenalove.
Victoria (2015) tells a story about a young Spanish woman who has just come to Berlin three months ago. She works a low paying job and barely speaks German. She meets a bunch of guys outside a club. They seem nice and one of them flirts heavily with her and she decides to hang out with them before she has to work the following morning. What starts as a fun early morning ends with a gunfight and blood.
Lenalove is a story of broken friendship, bullying, social media, and how adults’ problem affects their children. Lena and Nicole are neighbours and used to be BFFs. Now Nicole hangs out with Stella, a typical teenaged bully, and Lena finds a new friend, Noah, through her social media. Lena confides in Noah about a lot of personal things, not realising who Noah really is.

This festival kind of makes me wish there were more countries willing to create this kind of festival. There are a few film festivals currently being held by CGV, namely the Koreans and Japanese ones, but they are merely festivals held by CGV and not directly supported by the countries’ government.

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18 October 2016
Indonesia Comic Con 2016

Last Saturday was the first day of Indonesia Comic Con 2016. It was the second Indonesia Comic Con after last year. It was affiliated to New York Comic Con and was held in Jakarta. I know I’ve always labeled myself as a geek girl, so I’m quite ashamed to say that this was my very first time going to a comic con *insert the monkey emoji here*. If I could give you a reason, I’d say because these cons (there is another annual comic con called Jakarta Comic Con) are always held in Jakarta and Jakarta is like three hours away from where I live. Would be nice if there’s a comic con held in Bandung someday. Fingers crossed, everybody!

So anyway… The crowd was so crazy! Everybody was excited. It took us about an hour just to get into the venue. The venue was Jakarta Convention Center, a big hall usually used for concerts and other conventions. It’s huge but it was still crowded, and got even more crowded as the event went on.

Brianna Hildebrand was the guest star that everybody was waiting to see. Before the special guests were announced, there was a rumour going around that Chris Evans and Tom Hiddleston were coming to ICC, but Brianna was the real kickass. People already know a lot about Chris and Tom, but Brianna brought a new, fresh face and it was very fun to get to know her. I didn’t know she could sing before seeing her singing on stage! I’m in love with her now and I really want to see her character again in the next Deadpool movie. (She confirmed that yes, there will be Deadpool 2, but no, she still doesn’t know whether she’ll be on it or not.)

And since the new Star Wars film is coming up later this year, there was a fair amount of promotion for Rogue One at ICC, like this propaganda from the Empire. Also there was a booth selling Star Wars medallion, another one showcasting the planes, and another one selling Sphero BB-8 (husband bought one for his office. I am SO jealous.) There were also like maybe a dozen Star Wars cosplayers, making me regret not going there sporting my Leia hijab style. Hahah

And of course I wouldn’t ever go home without purchasing anything! I’ve always been a huge fan of MachoMachi from Tumblr (did you know that they’re from my country? I didn’t until last Sunday lol!!) and finding that there was a booth selling some of their creations was pure heaven. I bought this Matt The Radar Technician stickers set as all the other sets were all sold out. Also, I bought my very first Funko Pop! I was so excited I found it hard to choose among Agent Peggy Carter, Daredevil, Lord Voldemort, and Dementor. Since I could only afford one Funko Pop (because expensive and also I was broke) and I’m all for girl power, I decided to take Little Aunt Peggy home. She’s so cute I can’t even!

I’m definitely going to next year’s Indonesia Comic Con. And next time, I’m going to wear my best Leia cosplay 😉

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4 October 2016