i love no school days. there is no fixed timetable, though i still need to study for my upcoming midterms, the three of them. my parents are here, i fetched them at the airport yesterday. i promised myself not to neglect them while they are here, but it seems that they’d prefer me doing what i am supposed to do, and they are good just the two of them. and i just found out yesterday that i am not their main purpose of coming here. i’m not sad don’t worry. my parents and my two sisters are having buffet dinner tonight, while i have to go for a meeting.
the movie screening went well. it was really good actually. a swiss who speaks bahasa indonesia better than many indonesians i know, ‘bottled tea’ without bottles, real good real indonesian food too spicy for some, two indonesian movies which portray indonesia in perspectives that are different from the way the world, including myself, views it as.
the first movie is somewhat political and artistic, it’s the kind of movie that either brings you to sleep, or touches you real deep, it’s the kind of thinking, meaningful movie. the second one is funny and blunt, with some mature scenes. this is more enjoyable to watch, with less thinking needs to be done. the first movie takes place in papua, the second, jakarta. i’m not doing movie reviews here, go and watch them yourself. both movies are worth watching!
overall, it was a success i would say. and the diversity of lifestyles, cultures, and people shown in the two movies justifies a line quoted from the birdman tale: Indonesia, a world on its own.
a lot of other things have come and gone. there was a $15 failed interview, a 30% of the total marks presentation unprepared, two charity sports day that i only managed to show face, my first exxon mobil event, a comforting ktb meeting, a lot of confusions, and a continuous struggle of learning and growing in faith, with support from my favorite people in the fellowship ;P
ok, it’s either meeting my parents, or studying now.
I know Whom I have believed, and am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him for that day. 2 Timothy 1:12
