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Page 87: Hate in the Head

/ Friday, August 26, 2011 /
What’s the first thing in your mind if you see “God, what is Your religion?” printed on someone’s T-shirt? For me, it’s simply a question; questioning differentiation on people’s belief in this world that sometimes lead to debate or chaos. Chaos that makes the t-shirt owner tired and decided to ask directly to God about the truth, so people could live in peace because the answer finally revealed. It’s a question. Yet it’s a hope.

But for those haters in FPI, it was different, because maybe they have too much hate inside their head. Or they’re some kind of adrenaline junkies that think chaos could bring them excitement. And it forbids them to use their logic.


Read this, and if you can think straight and not an irrational believer, you probably will agree with me that there’s no such thing called “insulting religion” in this case. Well, not for the t-shirt maker and owner…

Page 86: The Ironical Homogeneity of Beauty

/ Wednesday, August 24, 2011 /
“Magazines telling women to starve them-self, and they obey! Or they`re like ‘out of fashion’, which is the worst crime you could ever commit! So they get executed for it, publicly!”



I was reading Homunculus vol.11 when I remember a story related to an issue my friend had told me months ago: body issue. In Homunculus 11, the main character Susumu, said that body was one of the reasons that prevent human from being free. Because we must admit that most of the people see the outlook first, and can easily judge or mock someone because of it. For some people, that kind of judging could affect their self confidence. In worse scenario, some people that couldn’t grow enough self respect for themselves choose to change their outside so they could fit in, or avoiding the society as a shield to protect them from getting hurt. Thus their body also had turn into their own jail.

Report of the 2010 Plastic Surgery Statistics from American Society of Plastic Surgeons showing these facts:
  • $10.1 billion spent on cosmetic procedures in the U.S, last year. 
  • Top 5 Cosmetic Surgical Procedures were breast augmentation, followed by nose reshaping, eyelid surgery, liposuction, and tummy tuck.
  • People age 13-19 had the least number of cosmetic procedures last year, only 2% of the total. Some of the most common procedures for teens were: nose reshaping, male breast reduction, ear surgery, laser hair removal, laser treatment of leg veins, and laser skin resurfacing.
  • Numbers of people age 20-29 who had plastic surgeon: 747,000 for total cosmetic procedures. 253,000 for surgical. 494,000 for minimally-invasive 
  • Numbers of people age 30-39 who had plastic surgeon: 2.4 million for total cosmetic procedures . 361,000 for surgical. 2 million for minimally-invasive 
  • While numbers of people age 40-54 are: Make up the majority of cosmetic procedures – 48% of the total. 6 million had total cosmetic procedures. 515,000 had surgical. 5.5 million had minimally-invasive
image courtesy: emte

Those facts above – although the research was conducted only in U.S – showing how people still struggling to build their confidence by changing their physical appearance.

Back to the story from a friend, she told me that in her office – a well-known girl teen magazine, female with big body has more pressure compare to those with average or lesser weight. The company asks them to lose some kilos because they’ve been told that their big body could affect company’s image and some kind of its dignity.

I couldn’t find any logical explanation about that “instruction” except discrimination and bully. Journalist’s responsibilities for a company are searching facts and representing it as news for readers in accordance with ethics in journalism. That’s how journalist keeps company’s dignity. Not to shape their bodies like Barbie’s.

If the company asks them to do diet concerning obesity that could lead onto several health problems, then it’s okay, because human resource has role to keep the company on track. Their sickness can impede deadline, regulation, etc. But for “image” and “dignity”? Pardon me; I think it’s silly.

It’s kind of more distressing because the problem occur in teen magazine; a segmented media that should cover and analyze a lot of psychological issues including how to build teen’s self confidence, not (only) by being pretty and skinny – but also brainy, healthy, and have a good personality. How could you teach your reader jargon like “be yourself” or “inner beauty rocks!” if you forbid your own employees for having extra weight? Isn’t it ironic?

It’s not that I disagree with woman (and man) that trying to look good. But when you push yourself way too hard and forgetting more important things such as health or self-fulfillment, it’s a bit disappointing .

Is this how the lesson about body issue being transferred through media that can affect women’s life? When they were teenagers, media told them to find their true-selves and inner beauty (because we all know, not everyone born with pretty face and mouth watering body shape) but after they’d turn into adults, media gave this standard of beauty to follow, this…homogeneity. And if you’re not obeying the so called rules, then you’re ugly and miserable?

Well, if that’s the case, then it doesn’t surprising why a lot of people stuff their body parts with silicon, or sincerely starving themselves to fit in small-sized clothes. And it doesn’t surprising why fat journalist has impact to their company’s dignity.

No, it’s not surprising. It’s just sad.

Page 85: Twitter and Lies

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It was Saturday (August 13, 2011), early morning, when that accident happened. Two persons died. It should be Sahur on the road, but Bowo, the driver drove the car on 200 km/hour.

Few hours later, people were tweeting about it. Some even mentioning bowo’s account - @bowcik with rude tweet attached on it as if he didn’t mourn nor have heart for causing death of his friends. I read it first on my friend’s tweet. I was pissed at that time. I checked the account and found that the account was locked. Instead of thinking that it could be (ruthless) hoax and logically assume that he’s seriously injured because he’s in the same car that crashed, I did what most of the people did: blaming and cursing him.



That was my tweet before I knew it was a calumny. Guilty as charged. I am.

Guess nobody knows whose fingers typed and send those lies first. But it proved that spreading hoax is a piece of cake on twitter – not only public opinion. That boy was doing mistakes, but to gather hatred towards him by counterfeited tweet wasn’t a right way to punish him. It’s only creating online modern drama that attracts tweeps to be part in it.


Page 84: A Picture Tell Advices

/ Tuesday, August 16, 2011 /

life is short: absolutely agree
life is simple: wait. wait. hmmm... not really ahahaha

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accidentally found this interesting picture here



Page 83: Alright? Alright!

/ Monday, August 8, 2011 /
image courtesy: here

"So worry not
All things are well
We'll be alright
We have our looks and perfume"*

---
yes, we will be... 
we will!
:)

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*from the national - apartment story

Page 82: petitefootnote

/ Friday, August 5, 2011 /











i give up


Page 81: Ouch...

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Jay:
You know what they say. It's better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.

Kay:
Try it

***

Me:
ouch...
:p

Page 80: Just A Repost (part 2)

/ Thursday, August 4, 2011 /
 by shint



“oh, now there’s only one kind of love that lasts. that’s unrequited love. it stays with you forever.”
- woody allen -

they said only change that was permanent and feeling, it could expire but i guess few things remain, like you.. you still provide enough reasons for tears to fall down and smiles to spread across my face.. for an unexplainable weigh on my chest and sudden giggle of relieve after.. for the growing bubble of affection and excitement.. but never had they run in balance with each other..


***

well, i guess, yeah... there's still a lot of things that reminds me of you, my dear nothing... 
including those beautiful words above... shite... :)

Page 79: Current Obsession (part 2)

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Indrajit 

Always have sympathy to Indrajit, maybe because when my Grandma still alive, she always told me that Indrajit was a good giant. Despite his father, Rahwana, is evil, Indrajit disapproved of Rahwana’s greed for power and lust for women. Even so, Indrajit still put respect for Rahwana and obey him like a son usually does.
According to one version popular on Java, Rahwana’s wife Dewi Tari gave birth to a daughter. The baby so clearly resembled Wisnu’s wife, Dewi Sri, that Rahwana’s brother, Wibisana, realized she was an incarnation of the Goddess. Knowing of Rahwana’s obsession to posses Dewi Sri in all her incarnations, Wibisana was naturally afraid that the girl would eventually tempt Rahwana to incest. He therefore abducted the infant at birth, substituting a boy-child he had magically conjured out of a cloud. Wibisana placed Rahwana’s real child in a basket and set it afloat on the river. The child was discovered by King Janaka of Mantili, who named her Shinta and raised her as his own daughter.
When Indrajit died, his body dissolved and turned into a cloud that drifted off into the Heavens. Indrajit had returned to his origins.
And reading “Leather Gods & Wooden Heroes; Java’s Classical Wayang” recently make me put more interest on this character. And oh, I miss Mbah Bu, by the way :’)

Origami





I really want to learn how to make those things above. :D

Well it’s actually an obsession I kept since I was a kid. Big foot, loch ness, moth man, alien, weird animal and stories, bring it on! Hehe. Thanks to my dad who has a huge interest on alien, and all of that weird stuff, haha. Lucky me, my friend Adit also has interest on cryptozoology and alien, so it’s easy for me to get movies and new information related to it. :p





Page 78: Current Addiction (part 4)

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The National – Boxer

Especially;
"Fake Empire"


"Guest Room"
 

"Mistaken For Strangers"
 

The National – High Violet

Especially;
 "Anyone's Ghost"
 

"Sorrow"
 







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