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Selamat tinggal(, April)!

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Aku terbangun pagi ini dengan rasa yang kosong. Suwung. Seperti berada di kehidupan yang lain. "Aku" yang lain. Tak apa. Kita pasti baik-baik saja.[]

I miss you, ma gals!

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I fell blessed surrounded by amazing girls. The most amazing days started when I was in college. It was fun, thrilled, whatever you named about it and memorable. To look back on today, really, I truly missed them much. It is not because we chose to apart. And by apart, yes, we have separated miles away but no, it is not about we pulled ourself away. Well, I hope so. This post aims to praise them as my cool, beautiful, smart, witty and that-is-the-way-they-are friends because, hell, I am fucking missed you, girls! When you are read this and you feel that it is YOU I am writing about, yeah, you know that it is you! Do you remember when we spent a cold night until the dawn breaking somewhere in Kaliurang? Or when we spent our spare times during class in the library, canteen or sat under the tree and sometimes compared ourself with the French buddies? Do you remember when we spent the whole night during Ramadhan finishing our paper since breakfasting time until almost morn

Ave Maryam: kelindan cinta (ato nafsu?) antar manusia di tengah agama

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Souce: here Hari Minggu kemarin, gue berkesempatan nonton Ave Maryam. Ave Maryam ini konon film yang udah keliling di beberapa festival film internasional sejak 2018 , baru kemudian membuka layar melalui bioskop ke penonton nusantara. Rasa-rasanya dalam beberapa tahun ini, film-film berkualitas memilih untuk ikut festival film internasional dulu baru kemudian ngasih kesempatan penonton tanah air lewat bisokop. Ini bisa jadi adalah strategi pembuat film yang karyanya memang tidak ditujukan untuk industri film arus utama. Jadi alih-alih "cek ombak" di negeri sendiri, mereka justru langsung jemput bola ke berbagai festival film internasional. Soalnya mungkin sering "cek ombak" tapi yang ada malah dapet kontroversi. Padahal ketika ketemu festival film internasional, karya-karya itu masuk nominasi atau malah jadi pemenang. Karena bukan jenis film arus utama yang bisa mengakomodasi banyak kategori penonton, maka Ave Maryam ini bakal gak lama dapet jatah layar