unsaid but hopefully well written

looking forward to read the vampire diaries series!

gue sedang baca buku ke delapan Alex Rider and I know I'll be finished by tonight. soalnya kemaren temen gue merekomendasikan buku lainnya :


Iya, yang ada serial TVnya ituu... check it out here

adoh, ini masih pagi udah ujan aja. bikin ngantuk. hahaha.

Happy reading, then! and HAPPY HOLIDAY!

Enjoy it while you can =D

setelah nyesek-nyesek pas baca bagian ini dan hampir lupa kalau Alex Rider dan Sabina Pleasure CUMA fictional character dan sampe benci benciiiii sama Anthony Horowitz, akhirnya selesai juga baca yang ke tujuh

Now Alex glanced at the table. He noticed that it was set for three. “Who’s coming for supper?” he asked.
“I forgot to tell you.” Jack smiled. “We have a surprise guest.”
“Who?”
“You’ll find out when they get here.” She had barely spoken the words when the front doorbell rang. “That’s good timing,” she went on. “Why don’t you answer it?”
Alex noticed something strange in her eyes. It wasn’t like Jack to have secrets from him. He was still holding the piece of tomato. He tossed it back into the salad, swung himself down, and went out to the hall.
He could just make out a figure shimmering behind the mottled glass of the front door. Whoever it was had activated the automatic light on the porch. Alex threw open the door and stopped in complete surprise.
A young, dark-haired, and very attractive girl was standing there. The car that had dropped her off was just moving away. Alex was so stunned that it took him a minute to recognize her. Even then, he didn’t believe who it was.
“Sabina!” he exclaimed. The last time he had seen Sabina Pleasure, the two of them had been on Richmond Bridge on the river Thames when she had told him she was leaving for America. He had been convinced that he would never see her again.
That had been only a few months ago, but she looked completely different. She must be almost sixteen now. Her hair had grown longer, and her shape had changed. She looked wonderful in tight-fitting DKNY jeans and a soft cashmere jersey.
“Hi, Alex.” She stood where she was as if she were a little wary of him.
“What are you doing here?”
“Aren’t you glad to see me?”
“Of course I am. But . . .” Alex’s voice trailed off.
Sabina smiled. “That was my dad in the car. We’re visiting for Christmas. He’s over here writing a story for the paper. Something about some sort of weird church or something. He got me out of school early, and we’re going to stay over here until the new year.”

...

“Are you two going to come in?” Jack called from the kitchen. “Or would you like me to serve dinner in the street?”
There was a moment of awkwardness. Alex realized that he hadn’t even invited Sabina into the house. Worse than that, he was actually blocking the way. He stepped to one side to let her pass. She smiled a little nervously and stepped inside. But the doorway was narrow, and as she came in, he felt her briefly against him. Her hair brushed his cheek, and he smelled the perfume she was wearing. At that moment, he realized how glad he was to see her. It was as if everything was beginning all over again.
Now she was in the hall and he was the one outside.
“Sabina . . . ,” he began.
“Alex,” she said, “I’m freezing. Why don’t you shut the door?”
Alex smiled and closed the door, and the two of them went in.

At last, Sabina Pleasure! =D


love you, anthony horowitz, you ROCKS!

bunda pernah bilang kira-kira begini waktu itu :

kamu mau ngelakuin yang bunda larang, waktu kamu kira nggak tau, banyak yang bakal ngasihtau bunda

lah hari ini gue pulang ngampus ya, tiba-tiba ketemu ade gue lah sama **** terus kami bertengkar sebentar di jalan (ngobrol maksudnya)

lalu pulanglah gue dengan riang gembira, nyampe rumah, cerita-cerita, mandi sholat asar, terus nonton tv. pas maghrib pulang deh ade gue itu. tapi bunda lagi beli nugget.

pas bunda pulang dia nanya sama ade gue kan, "kamu kemana aja? pulangnya sore banget," ade gue bilang, "maen di sekolah," terus bunda keukeuh nanya lagi, "maen apaan aja di sekolah?"
ade gue masih alesan tuh. lama-lama dia ngaku deh, dia jalan sama ****

see, bunda bisa tahu, padahal gue nggak ngasihtau loh. pas dia pulang, gue dijanjiin feast besoknya! (muraaaaaaah! pit, ckckckckckck. ARGH!) tadinya conello, tapi gue ga tega, khusus conello gue lebih suka beli sendiri =D

kamu mau ngelakuin yang bunda larang, waktu kamu kira nggak tau, banyak yang bakal ngasihtau bunda

ya. Allah yang ngasihtau, Dia masih sayang sama adek gue, mau bikin bunda segitu curiganya. Dia masih sayang, mau ngasihliat ke gue, seorang ibu bisa sangat khawatir sama masa depan anak-anaknya. Dia masih sayang sama kami semua. Gue bersyukur akan hal itu. Dia masih sayang, gue harap akan terus begitu =D

fitri aisyah, kenapa blog nya pink? Bukannya suka warna kuning?

iya soalnya matching-in sama bannernya. bikinnya warna pink sih

why diaries?

gatauu. dari kelas satu SMA sih, bikin ketagihan

all time low, yellowcard, dashboard confessional, simple plan, hit the lights

ROCKS!

ice cream, novel and hot chocolate milk?
perfect companions for a rainy-holiday

why do you like your own name?

Fitri means purity, or as it used to be, aisyah means life. it was also a name of a wife of the Prophet Muhammad, the clever one. my name is a prayer from my parent, they pray for me to be someone who live her life as she used to be, as a human used to be. every time i think about my name, I know that I won't let those who give me the life and the name down.

was that wonderful? simple two words, the name from my parents filled with so much hope and prayer.

selain anak-anak ITB yang mungkin galau galau soal jurusan kemarin (lihat post ini) ade gue yang baru naik kelas 11 kemaren juga sepertinya agak galau. Karena dia udah harus mikir sejak mau semester dua malah.

hmm IPA atau IPS?

iye sih telat bener kalo mau milih lagi kan udah mau masuk ajaran baru. tapi yang mau gue bahas bukan soal lo milih yang mana.

karena dari pengalaman, banyak orang yang masing menganggap kalo masuk IPA itu oke, masuk IPS, hmm... ntar dulu deh.

Bukan maksud apa-apa sama anak-anak yang masuk IPS sekarang karena toh gue nggak mikir seperti itu, setelah duduk di bangku SMA selama tiga tahun dan belajar di kelas IPA selama 21/2 tahun (karena mulai dijurusin kelas 10 semester 2), gue tau kenapa ada kelas IPA dan kenapa ada kelas IPS.

Ada kelas IPA dan IPS itu bukan karena ada anak-anak yang pinteeeeer banget dan ada anak yang gak bisa ngikutin pelajaran dengan baik. kelas IPA dan IPS itu ada untuk mengerucutkan minat anak-anak SMA yang udah mau kuliah. Masa lo tertarik jadi dokter tapi nggak pernah suka belajar biologi? Atau masa lo mau jadi akuntan tapi nggak punya kemampuan akuntansi? Itu kan agak-agak aneh yaaaa...

Mindset yang menurut gue berkembang sekarang adalah anak-anak pinter akan pergi ke kelas IPA lalu jadi dokter, kuliah di elektro atau malah bisa pindah juga kuliah di akuntansi dan ekonomi, sedangkan sisanya ya silakan ke kelas IPS lalu nanti berbagi tempat di kampus dengan anak-anak IPA yang mendadak pindah ke jurusan IPS.

Padahal bukan seperti itu. Gue yakin banget kalo semua orang pikirannya kayak gitu ntar anak-anak kelas IPS bisa jadi nggak dihargain sama sekali, padahal bener-bener nggak seperti itu seharusnya. Pengalaman gue di SMA mengajarkan bahwa anak-anak IPA adalah anak-anak yang nggak tahan kalo harus ngapalin istilah akuntansi atau sosiologi, sedangkan anak-anak IPS adalah anak-anak yang justru berbakat di bidang itu tapi mungkin nggak minat sama kimia atau fisika.

Semua orang punya kelebihan mereka masing-masing, bukan berarti kalau di IPS mereka nggak punya kelebihan. Gue sayang banget sama temen-temen gue di kelas IPS yang jumlahnya cuman 9 orang dan sangat sangat sangat berprestasi sampe dua tahun berturut-turut menang lomba akuntansi se jawa barat. Malah ada yang lolos sampe tingkat apa tuh olimpiade ekonominya. Dan gue yakin contoh di sekolah gue ini cuma contoh kecil, banyak banget anak-anak IPS lain di sekolah lain, yang jurusannya suka dianggap sebelah mata tapi prestasinya selangit.

Jadi, bukan masalah masuk di jurusan apa lo sekarang hai anak-anak SMA, entah itu IPA atau IPS, yang jadi masalah adalah gimana caranya lo ngembangin diri lo dengan baik di kelas itu. Mulai sekarang jadikan pilihan lo IPA ATAU IPS. dua duanya sama meeen tempat lo ngembangin diri lo untuk masuk kuliah nantinya =D

Karena gue mengalami, gue melihat anak-anak yang interest untuk masuk IPS kadang suka ditentang sama keluarganya karena ada mindset seperti itu.

Untuk yang naik kelas 11, yang naik kelas 12, yang mau siap-siap pilih jurusan kuliah, berpikirlah seperti ini : dimanapun lo berada, itulah tempat paling baik yang bisa bikin lo lebih berkembang lagi.

HAPPY HOLIDAY!

gue rasanya gak pengen lanjutin baca Alex Rider lagi

means either I was just emotionally involved or Anthony Horowitz was just great.

Reading Maximum Ride and Harry Potter and even Percy Jackson have never made me so desperate. aduh gataulah. rasanya ga pengen lanjutin, I know that he was not going to die or that he would soon realize that he was doing the wrong thing to join this Scorpia. but still.

okay, enough about this Scorpia thing. Gue lagi baca buku kelima dan GEREGETAN BANGET! edan lah pengarangnya bikin gue geregetan. dan dia bikin hidupnya Alex Rider sooo miserable. KOK BISA? heran gue.

ada satu part yang bikin gue hampir pengen keluar dari kamar and go download the next book (soalnya bacanya pas udah mau tidur). Pas gue baca buku yang keempat, bagian akhirnya kayak gini :

"When do you go?" Alex asked.
"Tuesday." Sabina brushed something out of her eye and Alex wondered if it might have been a tear. But when she looked at him again, she was smiling. "Of course, we'll keep in touch," she said. "We can email. And you know you can always come out if you want a holiday."
"As long as it's not like the last one," Alex said.
"It'll be weird going to an American school..." Sabina broke off. "You were fantastic on the plane, Alex," she said suddenly. "I couldn't believe how brave you were. When Cray was telling you all those crazy things, you didn't even seem scared of him." She stopped. "Will you work for MI6 again?" she asked.
"No."
"Do you think they'll leave you alone?"
"I don't know, Sabina. It was my uncle's fault, really. He started all this years ago and now I'm stuck with it."
"I still feel ashamed about not believing you." Sabina sighed. "And I understand now what you must have been going through. They made me sign the Official Secrets Act. I'm not allowed to tell anyone about you." A pause. "I'll never forget you," she said. "I'll miss you, Sabina."
"But we'll see each other again. You can come toCalifornia. And I'll let you know if I'm ever in London ..."
"That's good."
She was lying. Somehow Alex knew that this was more than goodbye, that the two ofthem would never see each other again. There was no reason for it. That was just the way it was going to be.
She put her arms around him and kissed him.
"Goodbye, Alex," she said.
He watched her walk out of his life. Then he turned and followed the river, past theswans and off into the countryside. He didn't stop. Nor did he look back.

gila lah pas baca ini gue langsung A A A A A A I HATE ANTHONY HOROWITZ! dan sekarang he made him join this criminal organization.

I had it enough, tapi gue penasaran...

dasar pengarang,


hal yang paling menyebalkannya adalah, it seems like nobody read this series. ARGH! gue kayak marah-marah sendiri, kayak pas kemaren nonton Jerman Argentina (iya akhirnya gue nonton piala dunia) tiga temen gue dukung Argentina eh yang menang Jerman. nyehehehe. tapi kan Jerman kemaren menang woy, jadi paling nggak gue seneng gitu kan nah ini Alex Rider di ambang kematian dan nggak ada aja gitu yang mengertiii (temen-temen gue kalo ngeliat gue mulai cerita kayak : Stop, Fit. Stop!)

Hhhh...


I guess I am emotionally involved. And I have to remind myself that Alex Rider is a fictional character. OH MY, i got emotionally involved with such a fictional character.

iseng iseng buka rottentomatoes.com tiba-tiba nyasar ke time.com dan nemu all time 100 novels.

dari daftar itu yang gue tau masa cuman the lord of the rings, sama to kill a mocking bird. beberapa judul rasanya udah diubah jadi film seperti gone with the wind sama watchmen (eh, iya kan?) dan ada juga yang kok kayak judul lagunya greenday? (the boulevard of broken dreams)

after all saya maklum kalau nggak kenal judulnya, soalnya semuanya novel bahasa inggris yang terbitnya dari tahun 1920-an sampe terakhir kalo ga salah 2005. hmm waktu tahun 2005 gue baru 14 tahun dan novel bahasa inggris yang gue baca baru the princess diaries sama harry potter 5 (itu belinya tahun 2003 dan kayanya baru selesai gue baca pas SMA -_-)

so i decided to make my own list =D since I'm really into reading

I will start the list by Harry Potter series

soalnya siapa yang nggak tau harry potter hahahahaahah gue baca harry potter dari SD sampe SMA ngulang lagi, nonton lagi filmnya, ngulang lagi, baca versi inggrisnya, dll. this series are quite phenomenal, even now. menurut gue, untuk mengisi liburan novel ini enak dibacanya, soalnya seru dan panjang. petualangannya mengejutkan dan beda dengan novel-novel lainnya. I personally love the series and I guess the last book was cool. Gue sedang mengira-ngira bagaimana rasanya baca buku ini langsung tujuh-tujuhnya. I was thinking about sitting on my bed with a pile of the series on my left and a cup of hot chocolate milk.

and then it goes to Twilight Saga

I love twilight, bukunya tapi bukan filmnya. walaupun sedikit nggak suka pas dilanjutin di new moon eclipse dan breaking dawn. tapi emang seru sih ceritanya. apalagi twilight dan breaking dawn. ya, breaking dawn juga seri terakhir yang cool menurut gue, jadi yaudahlah ya, just leave the movie alone and enjoy the books!

Hmm, setelah itu mungkin Lima Sekawan juga asik.

Lima Sekawan itu karangannya Enid Blyton dan adalah buku bacaan gue waktu SD semuanya ada 21 seri dan udah dicetak ulang dengan cover yang lebih oke =D. Basically ceritanya tentang petualangan tiga bersaudara Julian, Dick, dan Anne dan sepupu mereka George plus si anjing Timmy. Walaupun bacaan waktu SD, tapi beberapa waktu yang lalu gue baca ulang itu Lima Sekawan punya sepupu gue dan masih bagus loh =D

Lalu mari kita membaca To Kill A Mocking Bird

Novel ini cuman gue baca sekali, pas SMA, minjem pula -_- padahal udah niat beli. It happened to be a great story. Dan satu-satunya novel yang sudah gue baca dan ada di listnya time.com. Tapi di luar itu ceritanya emang oke kok.

Then, it's Percy Jackson and The Olympians.

No more explanation. I've been so crazy about this piece of work by Rick Riordan all this holiday. bisa dilihat di sini, di sini, di sini, dan di sini.

And after Percy we'll go to Alex Rider Series.

I'm currently reading it dan kayaknya baru ini novel yang bikin gue benci sama pengarangnya. So, Anthony Horowitz had decided to make Alex's life so miserable after the fourth book and I don't know what will happen next (I'm just reading some chapters from the fifth). Nah, gue menyimpulkan karena gue kesel sama pengarangnya, so it means either I was emotionally involved and the author was GREAT.

We'll go to Inheritance Trilogy then

tapi menurut kabar yang saya dengar ini bukan trilogi kayanya. Gue baca buku pertamanya, Eragon pas masih kelas 1 SMA kalo nggak salah dan sejak saat itu gue membuka diri pada novel-novel bergenre fantasi lainnya di luar Harry Potter tentu saja (karena Harry Potter itu all-time favorite!) belom baca buku kedua dan ketiganya sih, tapi udah lupa sama cerita buku pertama jadi sepertinya gue akan baca ulang lagi

Setelah itu ada Michaels Scott's book of Nicholas Flamel

baca buku pertamanya, the alchemyst, pas masih SMA dan sampe sekarang belom menemukan orang yang punya semua bukunya lengkap (buat dipinjem soalnya nggak tega beli buku mahal setelah kenal yang namanya sketch book dan drawing pen). Tapi ini seru bangets bangets bangets! not a real page turner, malahan ceritanya lelet gitu tapi okeeeee

And the last goes to Maximum Ride!

Pas SMA gue dan temen-temen sekelas baca ini. Seriously, kayanya cuman buku ini yang kita semua hampir sekelas tau ceritanya gimana karena bahkan sebelum bukunya dibeli sama yang punya pun kita udah ngantri minjem saking ramenya =D sayangnya, menurut gue buku keempatnya aneh dan sampe sekarang gue belom selesai baca buku kelimanya.

I'll add some more, later. and if you want to recommend your books, just put it on my cbox or comment box I'll happy to see them later

Hope you enjoy your holidaaaaaay! and happy reading =D