Fakery or Curiosity?

Last lecture I had about Contemporary Architecture left me a big impression.

Actually, there are a lot of things that I just paid attention to lately; of which I finally admit that even if I have known it all along, I have never considered them--and the lectures really help to ground my thoughts and make me pick the correct route of thinking(?).

But anyway!

The lecturer asked us what gave birth to Starchitects and basically every recent Post-Modern architecture, expressionism, and strange weird stuff typical of our life now, and the answer is : consumerism.

That humans, according to Prof. Nuffida, seeks something fake. Something they don't find in their daily life, a condition they don't get in daily life. Just as you would go into a mall just to escape from the heat of a tropical country, a place where you can stroll comfortably and safely, ignoring the reality waiting for you outside. Entertainment and movies to take you to different dimensions. Online identities contrast to who you are.

But... I was thinking...


If you look at it, isn't it just our way of being curious?
Humans naturally enjoys discovering something new. Even for those conservative people who enjoys the comfort of usualness, humans are naturally explorers, with minds that are always revolving, evoluting, testing ideas and ideals and revising them.

Naturally we are pleased and intrigued by things outside of our usual logic, a strange feeling, a different thing. Everyone would enjoy feeling of safety, and comfort, and fun, of something new.

One thing I agree with is, we crave entertainment.

And....yes, even if it's fake. Not everyone can afford to discover things on their own. Whether it's due to capability or will. Human brain loves being stimulated.

And maybe we are all just so incredibly bored.

And I guess, we are getting addicted.

But again, all this can be viewed from numerous point of view. Every coins has two sides.

So while I really am pleased with the thought that everyone is curious living things afterall; it's also time to raise awareness so we don't fall into the dark side of this precious coin.

For you, well, keep finding new things to get curious at!

jadi......

kota yang baik itu adalah kota yang teratur. seperti halnya dalam taman, manusia itu terbiasa menjadi 'penguasa'--'to be in charge'--seperti yang dijelaskan oleh dosenku. untuk itu kita butuh adanya sedikit keteraturan berupa pengulangan pola dan bentuk, dan ukuran. namun manusia juga makhluk yang mencintai keindahan maka variasi sangat diperlukan juga. bila tidak, maka keteraturan akan berubah menjadi kebosanan.

selain itu kota yang menarik haruslah memiliki identitas, suatu alasan yang dapat membuat orang bepikir 'ah, aku ingin mengunjunginya!', sesuatu yang hanya ada di sana. identitas lokal adalah hal yang sangat krusial--lagi-lagi ini telah dijelaskan sebelumnya, entah berapa kali, namun memang kadang otak menolak untuk benar-benar mempelajarinya. banyak cara untuk memperlihatkan identitas lokal, salah satunya dengan bentuk khas yang dipengaruhi budaya dan iklim/klimat, serta bahan-bahan lokal, dan juga hasil karya lokal. hasil karya lokal ini contohnya adalah kerajinan ukiran yang begitu populer di Indonesia, azulejos atau keramik yang dilukis tangan yang sangat umum di sini di Portugal, ataupun ukiran barok pada limestone yang kita jumpai di bangunan tua Eropa.

hidupkan juga tipologi bangunan sekitar, vendor-vendor jalanan semacam warung kaki lima dan toko kelontong yang mungkin terlihat tidak elit namun membawa suasana yang benar-benar Indonesia banget, misalnya. dekorasi dengan keindahan yang ada, maka perlahan ini akan mendapatkan daya tariknya sendiri.

lalu, yang juga tidak kalah penting adalah kepadatan kota. sebenarnya, kota yang padat itu nyaman dan praktis, dimana penduduknya tak perlu menyetir satu jam hanya untuk menemukan kafe, restauran, minimarket, ataupun fasilitas kesehatan terdekat. kurangi kebutuhan kendaraan pribadi tidak hanya dengan pedestrian namun juga pengembangan transportasi publik yang lebih baik dan dapat diandalkan.

manusia adalah makhluk sosial, maka satu hal lagi yang perlu dipertimbangkan adalah pengembangan public space di kota. kota yang padat kadang terasa menyesakkan, maka diperlukan adanya refuge, dimana orang-orang dapat bersantai dan berkegiatan dengan nyaman. berilah sentuhan alam dan sedikit atraksi, buat ia aman untuk anak-anak. maka akan dapat ditemukan public space yang hidup dan turis-able.

((sayangnya public space di Indonesia biasanya tidaklah praktis--bukankah aneh kita harus naik motor jauh untuk sekedar hang out di taman?))

then again... semua juga tergantung dengan budaya sekitar. pelajarilah tempat dimana engkau berada, kenallah orang-orangnya dan sejarah mereka, dan buatlah perubahan dengan effort minimum dan effect maksimum.




heheheh, random banget ya?

orfeo

Today I met a cool person >w< an Iraqi-Brazillian man named Orfeu, he's a proffessor in UPorto's Physics Engineering~

His name sounds weirdly familiar, I think he's someone fairly important..but I don't remember. As usual.

Anyway, I will send him an email and a text message , since I asked his contacts. But tomorrow morning, perhaps ><

Oh and I managed to borrow blender at my friend's house, now I can make the Manado fish soup of my mum that I love so much~ hope it goes well!

Homeworks and Messengers.

'Hey! What's up?'
'Nothing, I just woke up.'
'You went somewhere last night?'
'Yep, until 5. How about you, what did you do today?'
'(thinks) Homework.'
'And then?'
'Homework.'
'And? What else?'
'Homework.'
'How about tomorrow?'
'Homework.'

Me and my roomie, this afternoon while cooking lunch.
Ha. Goodbye, my weekend. These homeworks are almost as possesive as Jumin Han.

Come to think about it... about Mystic Messenger. I tried it and been wasting more than a week of my time, looking at the days counts. And I'm in progress of my second route right now. To conclude everything... I think that save for Jaehee, all the characters here are mentally unstable. Period.

I also don't get how is it that the characters make more sense when you play a route that is not theirs. When you go into one character's route, they seem to lose their common sense. Hmmnn.

Imma play more and maybe write a proper review.

Malu-maluin

The title basically means...being embarrassing,

Wherever and whatever I do... I keep on embarrassing myself, I suppose. =w=
Why on earth do I have to be so clumsy?
Lol lemme retell the tales for you.

Hmm. So, ever since I got here, I go to some dinners/lunches organized by Indonesians who live here. Never did I expect to find so many chances to taste Indonesian food with their spices and plain rice.
 It's truly a blessing to still be able to eat Indonesian food...which I never ate before.

Lolololol yeah, it's Indonesian food, but oft times they are not the foods I am familiar with. Maybe because we're all from different regions of Indonesia--but nevertheless I am thankful, and they always succeed to bring my appetite up all the same! Bless spices! Bless micin!! Bless sugar in food!!! Yahoo!

(Must I tell you that among 9 people who live in my house, I am the only one who has sugar? These Europeans...how can they live without sugar...)

And it's a very good opportunity because I meet many great people, who, due to the rarity of Indonesians, get along so close. I get the feeling that they'd barely notice me had we not meet here lol.

If only I could stop embarrassing myself in public.

First of all, I wish I could stop spilling things. I kinda look like a moron when I try to pour 5l water into a glass and poured twice the amount required instead. I'm sure the people who watched me got embarrassed as well, while I panic even more and try to clean it.

Mmm hmm. 

There's another one. One time, friends from home wanted to make vidcall just in the same schedule as an important meeting (and feast) to choose the new PPI (Perkumpulan Pelajar Indonesia) Portugal. And in the middle of the meeting my phone rang and I accidentally picked it up, panicking to answer and having the cat get my tongue while ruckuses can be heard from the speaker. T--T gosh....they laughed at me...

And there's one that is even worse.

So...one time, I was invited with the others to attend lunch with the Honorable General Comisary (Konjen Kehormatan) Portugal - Indonesia for Trades and Business. He was a very fun and intelligent man with quick wit and keen memory. We all talk about a lot of things, and I really do hope he remembered my name.

The thing is...in one of the conversation my offline geographical sense was revealed by me totally forgetting where Magelang is. Now, if you ever know the temple of Borobudur which was one of the world's seven wonders and is the biggest Buddha temple in the world--yep, it's in Magelang, Middle Java, Indonesia. Yet.....I....

''Umm....Magelang, wait, where is Magelang again... near Bromo Mountain?''

//dude, that's Malang.

I have no idea...is my pun sense so strong that I pun into oblivion...I must not give in and be controlled by puns....

A-anyway. I was panicking when everyone kinda, ''No, girl did u learn geography at all srsly'' and admitted that I am bad at remembering streets and roads as well, AS IF it was necessary to embarrass myself any further....

There's actually even more stories of me embarrassing myself, but...ung 

.....when will I ever have that cool image I always want in the mind of great colleagues... I wanted to perform networking.... I need it.... sobs sobs

W-well, anyway. But some nice things happened, too. I meet many people and I make so many friends I was quite surprised with myself. As usual I have a bad time managing it, haha, but, I think it's all well X3
And I became the Secretary and Treasurer of PPI! Tho I don't do much here. Oh well. It'd be good to have in my CV.  /slapped
>w</ hope I will continue to do better!!

See you in my next misadventures!

~Ela

Hi!

I've been abandoning this blog for sooo long :'3 and I seem to only come back when I feel down.
Which is not nice considering that I made this blog with the goal of having a collection of silly misadventures to laugh at when I am bored.

A lot happened!! So many things happened, and I just realized that I haven't even wrote my current study exchange in Portugal :'3
Yeah...somehow I got accepted into an Erasmus program to Univ. of Porto, and I've been here for almost two months. Is it fun? Well yeah it is! Time flies so fast >w< and I am enjoying everyday~

Obviously I have a lot of stories to tell, most of them I won't remember to recall XD but I'll try to collect some memories that can make me or other random people who pass by this blog smile when they read it.
 
((It is truly a blessing for me to know that the chance someone i know IRL to still read this is almost zero))

Up and down exist of course, and while I don't get much culture shock, I still hate the fact that most of my subjects are taught in Portuguese...of which I understand almost to zero level. Some teacher will later explain to me in English (albeit much shorter ofc and without the inspirative phrases or experiences or neat tricks most teachers would utter out while they ramble on and on) but, it still sucks to be clueless.

I hope this experience will teach me a lot of things~

So...wish me luck?

See you! XD

Crispy Puns

Holy
(comic gonna be released soon)

When a story is incomplete, it has a holy plot.

Mayday, Mayday, our sergeant had been shot and now he's a holy man.

 /patroling an old building/
Soldier A : Don't go into that room! That is a holy space.
Soldier B : Huh? What are you talking abo--AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHH!!

/screams sound in the background/
Soldier C : (looking into binoculars) Holy Shit!
Soldier D : huh? What's wrong!
Soldier C : See this. (hands over binocular)
Soldier D : ...ah. Who shot through the horse droppings?

Soldier X : Aaaagh, captain!
Cap'n       : What happened to you, soldiers?
Soldier Y :W-we met a holy person!
Cap'n       : Who-- /sees sundel bolong/ AAAAAAHH!!

Weird Puns

There's a weirdo who befriends weirdoes and does weird things.
But weirdoes he goes if he's a weirdo?
He goes to the weirdrobes and meet Aslan, a relative of weirwoods.

Real Life Puns

A group of gorillas are called a band; thus the band name 'Gorillaz'
And a group of baboons are called a congress.

Cat

''Y'know when a cat is hurt it either says mi-aw or me-ow.''
''That's furry stupid''

As of late me and my friend had been sharing crispy puns. We cannot stop. XD

These are the most recent ones that I remember.

Kemaren

Jadi kemaren pengkaderan jurusanku akhirnya dimulai (singkat cerita). Belum seram, cuma berbaris dan curhat-curhat aja bersama angkatan Semut(nama angkatan seniornya).

Nah ada sedikit insiden ketika sesi sharing itu. Jadi singkat cerita(lagi), kami diminta ide satu-persatu tentang nama angkatan kami kelak, berupa nama binatang dalam bahasa Jawa. Nah aku disuruh ngomong duluan tiba-tiba waktu masih mikir.

Dan yang terlintas di pikiranku kebetulan adalah trenggiling.

"Trenggiling?"

"Iya trenggiling mbak."

"Trenggiling bukannya yang makan semut itu ya?"

....

AKU BARU SADAR YA AMPUN

"E-eh--"

"Wah dek kamu diam-diam..."

"Enggak mbak maksudku bukan--aa--"

yah begitulah intinya. Lalu aku merutuki kebodohanku sendiri sepanjang hari.

Ohya sorenya aku makan soto. Nah waktu mau bayar, aku obrak abrik tas buat cari dompet...

..dan malah ketemu lubang gede yang mlete.

Daan lalu aku jurit malam mengelilingi kampus, dan tentu saja dompetnya gak ketemu. Aku bahkan nggak tau kira2 jatuh dimana, dompet itu nggak aku buka sejak pagi.

Kirim ke puluhan grup line info embarassing, dsb dsb...

Untungnya ternyata ada di ruang kelas, dibawa salah satu temenku. Fyuuh.


Nah, dompetku ketemu, alhamdulillah.

Sekarang, suaraku yang hilang. =w=

((Eh tapi kemaren waktu aku nyanyi sendiri pada proses penghilangan suara, suaraku jadi kawak Valshe =7=~~~ yaudah sih.))

Sekian kekonyolan hari ini. Lama nggak konyol ya? Nggak juga kok, hahaha.

BTW BTW BTW AKU COLLAB UNTUK PERTAMA KALINYA LOOH LIAT DEH

INDAH BUKAAN


....kok postingan ini berasa postinganku pas jaman SD ya. GJ pol. Biarin deh.

Ciao!

Sepertinya

Aku ikut terlalu banyak kegiatan dan proyek. Antara tugas arsi yang menggila, PKM, Inochi, Klub Keilmiahan dan tetek bengek lainnya...

I am trying to breath.

Tak ngglundung ae piye

le kekonyolan sehari hari yang terlewatkan

skenario #1

Jadi saya punya teman, sebut saja bunga. Mawar. Mawar Putih. Jadi nama panjangnya Bunga Mawar Putih (samaran).
Si Mawar ini suatu hari pergi bersama saya ke pasar jumat (pasar yang cuma ada hari jumat) dan dengan polos dan jujur membeli sebungkus es cincau 2rb karena ketipisan dompet yang mengkhawatirkan.
Kami juga beli beberapa telur ubet-ubet dan duduk bersama makan. Nah tiba tiba waktu es cincaunya udah mau abis....

...ternyata di dalamnya ada ulat bulu.

Dan saya sempet nyoba 1 sruput.

.......fffffffffffff-----

skenario #2

X : ELAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA jepit mana jepit satu cepetaan
Me : Hah?? Dimana ada jepit?
X : Seingetku tadi aku mbawa banyak, ada dimana ini? Jangan jangan dibuat mainan, oh dasa-- eh, ternyata nyantol di bajuku ini. Hehe.
Me : .....

skenario #3

Suatu sore yang damai entah karena apa, mungkin karena iseng atau 1001 alasan lain, mamaku menelpon salah satu kontak hpnya di sebelahku dan tiba2 panik.
Ia mengaku lawan bicaranya ngomong bahasa arab, dan aku : 'hah? gak salah sambung?'
Konon ia sengaja menelepon kontak bernama 'Arabia', mengira itu nomer bapakku yang satunya.
Ternyata ia beneran nelpon ke Arab, entah siapa itu.
Si Arab bergumam sesuatu yang seperti pengusiran roh jahat dengan ayat kursy.
Dan pulsa yang baru diisi pun ludes ditelan api neraka.

skenario #4

*me and bapak lagi goncengan*
Me : *mikir*
Bpk : ....
Me : *inget excal dan suara godzilla nya*
Me : *senyum sendiri*
Me : ....
Me : Eeeeee----kk  (le tiba2 ngeluarin suara godzilla)
Bpk : *reflexs noleh mencari asal suara alien dengan bingung*
Me : *le sadar diri dan berpura2 sedang mencoba berdeham*

skenario #5

Me : *le telat kelas bahasa inggris* *bergumam maaf lalu bapaknya nunduk lalu duduk di deket temen*
Tmn : Darimana aja el?
Me : Macet td. Eh udah lama ta bapaknya?
Tmn :.... El kamu udh telat 1 jam lebih.
Me : HAH?!? Sekta, lak yo baru jam 11 lewat 10 se--
Tmn : Kan kita masuknya jam 10--
Me : A-apuah?? Bukannya kita masuknya jam sebelas??
Tmn : .... *stare unimpressed*
Me : Masya allah bero, tes listeninge piye bero? Matek aku bero, bero piye iki aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa---

(Si bro bilang listeningnya udah selesai, dan si Me panik.
Ternyata si Bro bohong dan cuma pengen nggudo karena kekuplakan Me. Me beringsut ke bangkunya dan menjadi satu dengan kursi kayu yang begitu elegan.
Untunglah si Bapak orangnya toleran.)

skenario #6

(dicatat berdasar ingatan samar samar tak terpercaya author mengenai ruang chat xentury)
Kojin : He reeek aku galau.
Kojin : Aku cocoke jurusan opo seh reek?
Ela~ #034 : Jurusan ilmu gaib jin.
Meme : Jurusan ilmu gaib jin.
Someone else : Jurusan ilmu gaib jin.
Kojin : -_-


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kayaknya ada lagi, tapi lupa.

Yah, begitulah kenangan awal masa-masa kuliah

btw saya lagi gila sama nih satu anak. mungkin akan membuat review anime nanti.

Menabur Luka di Garam

Menanyakan 'Kapan ITS libur?'

itu seperti menabur luka di garam

seperti bertanya pada orang desa, 'Pernah makan steak nggak?'

seperti nanya orang yang belum move on, 'Kapan terakhir ketemu mantan?'

seperti nanya orang yang lagi homesick, 'Kapan pulang?'

seperti nanya ke orang gurun, 'Kira-kira hujannya kapan yak?'

seperti Pipit nanya Ayam, 'Kenapa kamu nggak bisa terbang?'

/gaseparahitusihtapiiii


(it's been a while, this page had lost some of it's originally intended funi-ness. 
Kalimat pertama sengaja kebalik karena waktu pertama kali ngomong itu aku kebalik sangking emosinya (dan diketawain, daily failure, ugh.))