Tahun Baru... Buku Lama

Gimana tahun barunya, ceman-cemans? Tahun baru gue sih lumayan...

... lumayan ngenes. Dibandingkan temen-temen yang mungkin jalan-jalan keluar kota atau keluar negeri, gue cuma nginep di rumah Eyang. Apalagi waktu itu lagi demam, padahal lagi bakar-bakar udang sama ayam, guenya malah nggak enak makan... ngenes banget.

Yang paling nggak bisa ditoleransi dari liburan ini adalah, gue nggak jadi beli buku! sebenernya emang nggak ada rencana apa-apa sih -___- tapi tetep aja ngidam beberapa judul. Suddenly Supernatural 2 sama Gallagher Girls 1. Berharap dipinjemin The Hunger Games sama temen gue (tapi ngga dipinjemin), dan kalo kejatohan duit segepok waktu ngejemur kancut, pengen beli Perks of Being a Wallflower dan Heroes of Olympics. Mahaal bo. /shock

Tapi gue lumayan menemukan kesempatan dalam kesempitan haha. Setelah minjem kesana kemari dan ngorek-ngorek rak buku akhirnya dapet juga buku-buku ini. Nggak semuanya gue ngidamin sih, tapi lumayan buat ngisi liburan yang cuma, ulangi, CUMA, 2 minggu ini. gilaaaa tambahin dikit kek semingguu gitu?!

/floor /floor /floor

1. To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee

To Kill a Mockingbird edisi Indonesia (Gold edition) sumber

“Keberanian adalah saat kau tahu kau akan kalah sebelum memulai, tetapi kau tetap memulai dan kau merampungkannya, apapun yang terjadi.”

Gue pinjem dari temen gue seminggu sebelum liburan, jadinya buku itu nginep di rumah gue tiga minggu ._. maap yah qaqa. Buku klasik banget, yang ngarang aja udah tua banget, meninggal malahan. Itu ceritanya suasana kota Maycomb, Alabama, tahun 1930-an waktu masih ada budak dan perbedaan rasis warna kulit. Jem dan Scout Finch itu kakak beradik biasa, tapi hidup mereka berubah setelah bapaknya yang pengacara, membela seorang kulit hitam.

Pengen banget gue jadi anak-anak kayak Scout pas kecilnya gelantungan di pohon, main ke tante rumah sebelah, masa kecil bahagia banget huwehehe. Bandingin sama gue sekarang *mukangenes* dan Atticus itu sosok bapak yang sempurna dan heroik banget. Buku ini bikin gue tambah prihatin sama perbudakan dan budaya rasis jaman dulu, untung sekarang udah dihapuskan. Jempol buat Ms. Lee!

2. Manusia Setengah Salmon by Raditya Dika

Manusia Setengah Salmon... kenapa sampe mangap gitu ngeliat gue lewat ._.  sumber

“Hidup penuh dengan ketidakpastian, tapi perpindahan adalah suatu hal yang pasti.”

Haaaa buku ini awalnya pengen gue beli juga sih tapi waktu itu gue beli majalah Hai yang ada KK nya :p jadi minjem aja. Kayak buku-buku Radit yang dulu-dulu, buku ini banyak curhat tentang pengalaman pribadi. Kali ini tentang perpindahan—yang paling banyak itu pindah hati dan pindah rumah. Terus pindah sopir, dan pindah-pindah yang lain. Di antara bab-bab itu banyak jokes yang bikin sakit perut, bikin gue udah 32 kali bolak-balik ke UGD. Buku ini bikin galau: dikit-dikit sedih, dikit-dikit terharu. Diiringi dengan tatapan terharu dari ibu gue, menyaksikan gue ketawa-tawa sendirian.

Buku ini nggak selucu yang dulu-dulu. Karena tujuannya bukan cuma lawak doang, tapi sedikit... ehm... bijaksana. Ada sih bagian yang lucu, tapi selebihnya mengajari kita kalo hidup itu selalu berpindah-pindah, dan cara mengatasinya? Nikmatilah perpindahan itu. Tapi jujur ada beberapa bab yang menurut gue nggak ada embel-embel ‘pindah’nya. Tapi buku ini emang asli keren sih. Jempool!

3. Harry Potter and the Orde of Phoenix by J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix terbitan Gramedia sumber

1200 halaman. HAHA gila gabakal selesai dua minggu juga kali. Buku ini gue punya udah lama banget dari kelas 3 atau 4, jilidannya udah banyak yang lepas gitu haha.

Dalam serial Harry Potter, ketegangan mulai naik dalam buku ini. Harry dkk udah nggak kecil lagi, udah harus menghadapi kenyataan bahwa tuan pesek telah kembali, dan orang-orang nggak mau percaya. Hidup nggak kayak dulu lagi. Tiba-tiba dia harus menghadiri sidang Kementerian Sihir (Fudge rese banget  sumpah), Dumbledore bersikap dingin sama dia, terus tinggal di markas besar Orde of Phoenix, organisasi lama yang sekarang bangkit kembali. Apakah dia cuma duduk-duduk diem memandang kancut kering di jemuran saja? Nggak dong, bahkan dia membangun gerakan pemberontakan sama anak-anak Hogwarts terhadap Kementerian yang semuanya menganggap dia sedeng.

Film-film Harry Potter emang udah selesai, tapi apakah itu berarti gue harus udahan baca bukunya? Nggak. Justru dengan membaca lagi bukunya gue jadi mengingat momen-momen yang terlupakan, dan bagian-bagian yang terlewatkan. Baca buku ini lagi bikin gue inget betapa kerennya Harry Potter (masih), masa-masa kejayaannya, dan bagian mana pas gue nangis dulu. we’ll always stay with you, Harry, until the end!

4. Dog’s Love by Iwok Abqary

Dog's Love by Iwok Abqary sumber

Ceritanya tentang orang yang bisa ngomong sama anjing. Kalo cuma sampe gitu doang kayaknya nggak ada yang bakal tertarik buat beli buku ini -___- jadi gara-gara jatoh dari tangga, Dido jadi bisa ngomong sama anjing di kosannya, Bleki. Tapi masalah jadi runyam! Selain dibawa ke psikolog sama bapaknya, persahabatannya sama Bayu terancam, begitu juga hubungannya dengan gebetannya, Wita!

Buku ini emang kocak banget. Deskripsinya, metaforanya, aduh sumpah bikin sakit perut banget. kedengerannya ceritanya biasa sih, cowok yang naksir sama cewek terus bisa ngomong sama anjing, dsb dsb. tapi karena tutur katanya yang super kancut (?) terus settingan tempatnya; sebuah kosan kumuh di Bandung dan sifat karakternya yang aneh-aneh, cerita ini jadi ngga biasa. Kocak gila!

5. KaWanku nomor 115

Taylor Swift di KaWanku no. 115 sumber

W gue baru beli kemaren. Sampulnya Taylor Swift dan ada artikel khusus Tayornya aheeee. Tapi tautau sampulnya lecek aja garagara kena air pas nonton GDD 2. Parah banget. jilidannya lepas terus lembab, bengkok-bengkok, dan sedikit robek. *ngikutin kata-katanya om Alit: it’s so kamfret, you know?* Faktanya gue punya banyak majalah. Dan banyak juga yang rusak kena aer. Tapi nggak ada yang kena aernya separah majalah gue ituuuu *nangis bombay *full curcol

/no /no /no

Hmm oke mungkin tahun baru gue nggak sesuram itu. Gue cuma butuh bersyukur aja.

Tapi teteeeuup. Senen depan gue udah masuk lagi (dengan jadwal pelajaran yang baru!!! Nggak bisa aja liat orang lain seneng dah). Waktu berlalu cepet banget kalo udah ketemu internet—baru bentar aja udah ngelanggar resolusi -___- tapi gue masih pengen libuuur mamiii. Bye.

Ini asramamu, apa asramamu?

Lebaran tinggal 2 hari lagiii :D Tapi masih ada perasaan galau. Galau banget nananananana. Bukan galau garagara cowok. Dan yang jelas bukan galau garagara Courtney dieliminasi (btw Courtney akhirnya dipanggil lagi kok masuk terus sampe top 5). Tapi garagara sebuah makhluk bernama Pottermore. Apa itu Pottermore bisa dibaca lebih jelas disini. 

Jadiii untuk bisa mengakses Pottermore itu dibutuhkan sebuah senjata rahasia bernama Welcome Email. Karena Pottermore itu baru website Beta, jadi nggak bisa menampung seluruh murid Hogwarts yang online bersamaan. Jadi mereka ngirim Welcome Emailnya sedikit-sedikit dulu. Masalahnya, penyihir-penyihir termasuk saya udah pada kebelet pengen ke Hogwarts. Jadi protes bermunculan dimana-mana, terutama Tumblr, tempat penampungan penyihir yang belum keterima. Kalau udah keterima, bisa dijamin khalayak Tumblr tumpah ke Pottermore semua.

Udah bilang belom tadi? Aku belum dapet WE. Sedihnyaaa :"( kayanya McGonagall ngirimnya via Errol jadi telat nyampe. Sementara HP accounts yang kufollow di Twitter sama Tumblr udah ngomongin enaknya Pottermore aja. Sumpah hidup ini gaadil bangettt #eaa. Serasa jadi squib taugak. Kalau aku gak pernah dapet emailnya gimana? Terpaksa masuk lewat jalur normal yang baru dibuka Oktober. Fyi, I hate normal.

Tapi buat yang udah disort masih aja ngomel. Soalnya kebanyakan ngerasa kalo asrama mereka nggak sesuai dengan kepribadian mereka, yang mereka rasain selama ini. Misalnya, dari dulu aku ngerasa aku ini Ravenclaw, tapi gimana kalo misalnya aku masuk Slytherin..........jadi aneh gimana gitu -__- temenku ada yang pengennya Hufflepuff tapi masuk Ravenclaw. Di Twitter ada yang ngetweet kalo gasalah "Pottermore: an online website that forces thousands to question their very identity and some to mourn that their entire life had been a lie." Uh, that’s quite true, actually.

Aku selama ini ngerasa masuk Ravenpuff, Ravenclaw-Hufflepuff. Katanya sih ada dua tipe Ravenclaw, Dreamer dan Cynic. Dreamer itu yang kreatif dan imajinatif kaya Luna, sementara Cynic itu... yang biasanya juara olimpiade dan disiplinnya tinggi. Survei membuktikan #AHEEE aku masuk Ravenclaw Dreamer, soalnya aku rada pinter *ahem*, kreatif, dan imajinasinya tinggi. Kadang aku memaksakan diriku berpikir pakai logika ... meskipun kadang gak berhasil. Biru juga warna kesukaanku sih. Yang pasti, beberapa kali nyobain Sorting Hat online, aku masuknya ke Ravenclaw. Meskipun tes kayak gitu nggak akurat banget sih, masih bisa pake jawaban tipuan.

Yang kedua, Hufflepuff, merupakan asrama paling kontroversial #AHEEE versi saya di Hogwarts. Karena Hapel merupakan asrama yang kurang dominan di Harry Potter, contohnya tokoh-tokoh penting dari Hufflepuff nggak banyak di Harry Potter. Yang paling menonjol itu Cerdric Diggory sama Nymphadora Tonks. Juga disebut-sebut sebagai asrama yang terlupakan. Banyak orang yang gamau masuk sini, malah lebih memilih Slytherin daripada Hapel. Sebenernya mengatakan bahwa diri sendiri masuk Hufflepuff itu rada setengah hati sih aku kan gasuka warna kuning. Tapi saya sadar kalau itu sifat saya sebenernya. Saya lumayan setiakawan (meskipun jarang disetiakawanin balik), (terlalu) jujur, dan nggak pernah pilih-pilih temen. Kadang terkesan ‘nerimo’ banget, pendiam, lebih banyak memendam perasaan, dan jarang mau nyakitin perasaan orang lain. Dan keliatan kalo disini saya paling gampang ditipu *eh.

Di sini kayanya Hufflepuff sama Ravenclaw itu sedikit bertentangan, ya. Hufflepuff merasa dirinya benar, dibantah sama Ravenclaw, tapi Hufflepuff gak hobi berantem jadi dibiarin aja. Iya, emang sering mendebatkan hal nggak penting di dalam kepala -___- dan punya dua sisi asrama itu kadang berguna, lho. Misalnya kadang Hufflepuff terlalu baik sama orang lain, tapi sisi Ravenclaw memaksanya berpikir logis. Sementara kadang Ravenclaw sotoy, tapi gajadi sotoy karena dicegah Hufflepuff. And so on, lah.

Nemu di Tumblr, lagi. Gatau kenapa sih tapi kayanya rincian house masing-masing disini itu lebih mendetail dan yang paling mendekati akurat. Yep, keliatan banget aku Ravenpuff-nya disini. Silakan tentukan sendiri Anda mau masuk asrama mana :) ini asramaku, apa asramamu?

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Hogwarts House Psychoanalysis

Gryffindor

True Gryffindors have a very strong sense of what is right and what is wrong, and this is a part of what gives them such strong opinions. Depending on the person, this may be taken to a Borderline degree, and they may see people as either good or evil, not in between and no chance of redemption for those on the darker sides of things. Alternately, Gryffindors may see all people as being initially good, and only making the wrong choices take the down the wrong road. Both of these behaviours are why Gryffindors and Slytherins can easily clash. Gryffindors are usually incredibly intelligent, but they tend to be slackers, more focused on getting a taste of something new than sticking to responsibility. This can be their downfall from success, or quite the opposite, bringing them a rise up into something they love. Once they find their true place in the world, Gryffindors will often use their accomplishments to the benefit of others in some form or fashion. Actors, singers and athletes can often be classified as Gryffindors. Despite their good intentions, they can also quite often be ill-tempered and overly emotional, which is their Achilles’ Heel in most instances. A darker Gryffindor may become out of control because of this, hurting those they love or holding a grudge for many years.

Hufflepuff

Essentially, Hufflepuffs see the world and their people as ultimately good, and only the darkness of the inevitable turning them away from what they think is right. Because of this, they tend to treat everyone fairly and with sympathy, trying to put themselves in the other person’s shoes before judging them, if they judge them at all. Hufflepuffs are almost always maternal or paternal types, ready to take care of anyone who may come to them. They are dedicated to what they do, and are very focused on making sure everything is done properly, leaving no room for error. Mostly, Hufflepuffs think what they do is right, and Ravenclaws who doubt them may annoy them, but Hufflepuffs hate conflict, so they tend to ignore their irritation. Hufflepuffs are very passive aggressive, doing little things subconsciously when someone makes them angry. This is usually the farthest they will go so far as revenge, as they rarely want to participate in any form of violence. Hufflepuffs are healers in nature, wishing to care to the needs of others. Many nurses, cooks, teachers or counselors are Hufflepuffs.

Ravenclaw

Intelligent and insightful, Ravenclaws are not ones to classify people under any certain category. Instead they often ponder on humanity, what is good, what is evil and why we should classify people as one or the other. Ravenclaws are very philosophical, and often you may see them simply staring off into space, but this is not in some brainless manner, in fact they are exploring the gears of their mind and trying to figure out how the world works. Ravenclaws are focused on their work, but they often don’t need effort. They tend to pick up on every detail and remember it without even trying, something that others may be skeptical of or be jealous of. This can give some a sense of superiority and the idea they should tell everyone the right way to do something, which can easily make others, especially nervous Hufflepuffs or emotional Gryffindors, very irritated. Ravenclaws are very analytic, and this can be very good or very bad. For the kind-hearted this will be a way to help others, for the dark they can use this to twist and manipulate. Ravenclaws are not every emotional, instead they tend to put up a wall and not let anyone in except for perhaps their closest friends or family. Instead they pick at the minds of others, trying to figure out how they work and to see if they themselves are different, or just the same as everyone else. Psychologists, professors and investigators are often Ravenclaws. 

Slytherin

Slytherins have a more cynical view on the world, and believe that there is darkness in the hearts of all, some are just unwilling to accept it. They think anyone who doesn’t realize this is naive or perhaps even stupid, and because of this they can easily clash with Gryffindors or laugh at Hufflepuffs. This said, Slytherins are absolutely in no way evil, some are actually very good. They simply have a drive that carries their life, and if you get in their way you better watch out. Slytherins have an almost bloodthirsty craving for success, and if they don’t think they can achieve this then they can easily fall into a darker place of  self-loathing and take this out on others. Love and accomplishment are the two things that mean the most to them, and they do not understand that the need for the latter can drive away the former, and when the feeling of pride fades or they fail at something, their possible lack of something dear and close to them can hit, and when it hits it hits hard. Slytherins are very emotional, however unlike Gryffindors they very rarely show it. Instead they bottle it up, using it in other ways, some of which may be artistic. Slytherins can very easily connect to art or music. Slytherins usually pick one subject they feel for and stick with it, rather than focusing on them all. This can be an issue academically, and some Slytherins may even drop out of school, but despite this their ambition will drive them to doing something they love, or they will have a downward spiral into depression. Lawyers, doctors and artists are often Slytherins. [x]

What Harry Potter Taught Me

Lagi nyelem di Tumblr, dan ada tulisan yang abis di-reblog orang lain nemplok di dashboard. Dibaca. Dihayati. Mulai nangis. #lebbeh yaudah pokoknya baca aja ya :) [x]

1997 - 2011

Harry Potter taught me that some things are worth dying for.

Ron Weasley taught me that believing in yourself is a hundred times more powerful than luck.

Hermione Granger taught me that an education is a girl’s best asset, even if it doesn’t make you many friends.

Severus Snape taught me to never, ever, ever judge someone.

Rubeus Hagrid taught me that anything can be cute with the right perspective.

Ginny Weasley taught me that bold is beautiful.

Lily Potter taught me that a mother’s love is the strongest force on earth.

Remus Lupin taught me that fear is the only thing I should be afraid of.

Dolores Umbridge taught me that education with a political agenda is a terrible, terrible thing.

Sirius Black taught me that the ones we love never truly leave us.

Albus Dumbledore taught me that good people are not always good.

Draco Malfoy taught me that bad people are not always bad.

Neville Longbottom taught me that courage is standing up for what’s right, even when you’re scared out of your mind.

Luna Lovegood taught me that weird is wonderful.

Dobby taught me that freedom is a gift.

Lucius Malfoy taught me that no amount of money, pomp, or circumstance will buy you true friends.

Fred & George Weasley taught me that sometimes all you need is a good laugh.

The Dursleys taught me that a world without imagination is a dull and dreary place.

Arthur Weasley taught me that an good sense of curiosity and a bit of obsession can be healthy.

Fleur Delacour taught me that true love is not based on appearance.

Molly Weasley taught me that a happy family is not measured in gold.

Bellatrix Lestrange taught me that hatred and prejudice rot your mind and can turn even the most beautiful person into a monster.

Kreacher taught me that if you want to get to know a man, look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.

Cho Chang taught me that rebound relationships almost never work.

Nymphadora Tonks taught me to love myself, no matter what I look like.

Percy Weasley taught me that, in the end, no career is worth sacrificing your family.

Sybill Trelawney taught me that you cannot change the past, only the future.

Lavender Brown taught me that physical relationships only last for so long.

Peter Pettigrew taught me that rats do not make good friends.

Nicholas Flamel taught me that to the well-prepared mind, death is but the next great adventure.

Minerva McGonagall taught me that a good cause is worth fighting for at any age.

Hedwig taught me that the love we have for our pets is very real.

Lord Voldemort taught me that a life without love is barely living.

J. K. Rowling taught me that the stories we love will always be with us.

Until the very end.

Because all was well. All is well. All will always be well.

Eh. Jadi inget 3 idiots.

Sources: Tumblr.