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The XXI Cinema Has No Concept of Queuing

So a few days ago I went to watch a movie with my lads. I watched in the XXI Cinema (read: Twenty One Cinema) in a nearby mall. So I went there early to get the tickets (I don't usually do that). I knew that by the time I got there the cinema (let alone ticket counters) aren't even open yet and I plan to queue in front of the cinema entrance with the FEW early queuers. I got there at around 10.30 and I was mistaken. The few early queuers aren't few at all. There are LOADS of them. But anyway I decided to join the queue anyway because I needed to get the tickets whatsoever. Besides, I wouldn't expect to experience such a long delay. http://www.21cineplex.com/data/gallery/pictures/141836677474355_1000x667.jpg I expected the cinema to open at 11. But it opened somewhere on 11.15 which is already a let down. But the biggest let down that day was when the cinema actually opened. So here's the situation. The cinema entrance and the ticket counters are a few metr

What I Think About Zedd's New Album

So I actually got the True Colors album quite a while ago. And I have listened to it several times. It simply is awesome. I'm not like a really really super committed EDM fanboy. But the kind of music that Anton Zaslavski makes is simply different. I know that EDM is a actually a large music genre and there are a lot of sub-genres in it but that's about what I know. My knowledge isn't really that deep when it comes to EDM and I don't know what EDM sub-genre that Zedd specialises in. But I can definitely tell that it's different. When I say "different", I'm not only talking about the tunes and the beats and the drops or whatever. I'm also talking about the lyrics. Every song that Zedd makes always tells a story and I find that awesome. It's not like AronChupa's Albatraos that tells about a mouse named Lorry and suddenly it had something to do with the word "albatraos" which I thought was a name of a bird but in the end turned out

Trust Issues

What comes to your mind when you hear someone say "trust issues"? "Oh, it's that disorder thingy that people in relationships and marriages have." Well, true. Sort of. But I like to think that not only people that are in relationships can experience this. Absolutely everyone can. I have. Or, still. When somebody you trust a lot lies to you, that could spark trust issues. And once you have it, it is incredibly uncomfortable. You always have this haunting trauma feeling whenever you interact with people. Whenever they assure you of something or simply give a statement that they will do something or promise you they'll keep your secret, it feels heavy to trust. A lot heavier than normal. It's torturing in some ways if i have to say so myself. Because not  everyone has intentions to do bad things to you and not being able to trust those genuinely good people is just not right. I haven't found a solution myself to this problem. Sometimes it simply fades

In Indonesia, It's Hard to Win an Argument with Older People Even Though You're right.

So Indonesia is country full of cultural and moral values. And one of the cultural values that we have and need to respect no matter what is that we have to show ultimate respect to people who are older than us. So then it's a bit hard to actually win an argument with somebody older than you even though you're right. Especially if that somebody is a really old somebody who came from the 70s or 80s. I mean the cultural value itself isn't necessarily bad. If anything, it's actually good and it makes a lot of sense. But on the actual field, the elders tend to think they're always right just because they've lived longer and experienced a lot more in life. Well some elders aren't like that I have to admit. Some of them are really open-minded and for that very reason I feel incredibly grateful. But those who think that the road they venture are the best, they suck. A lot. And to change this tradition would take a great deal of time. And by a great deal

Finals Story

So around this week, every single junior high school in Indonesia are having their finals. Although not at the exact same time, but yeah. In my school, the finals will be held from last Friday to next Thursday with an exception of Sunday because it's obviously a holiday (Saturday's not a holiday in Indonesia. Sad. I know). Anyway because there's only going to be one exam subject for tomorrow when every other day except for tomorrow's got two and tomorrow's subject happens to be English, I thought that instead of properly studying I'd write a blogpost tonight. So I guess I'll tell you what has been happening since the first day of finals. So at the first day, the subjects were Bahasa Indonesia and Islamic Studies. Bahasa Indonesia has been always relatively easy to complete. I'm sure the majority of students completed it in around 30-45 minutes when the rules say you basically have to pass at least 1 hour and 50 minutes to be able to submit your work an

I Have a New Favourite Channel on YouTube!

So 2 days ago, my Science teacher ordered me to make a film. It was some sort of documentary about our studying process in the classroom or something like that. I was appointed as co-director/cameraman/screen writer (or something like that). I actually had no camera but my brother has this quite decent late model DSLR Camera which I could borrow. The thing is, I almost have no idea about setting up a DSLR camera. So of course, one of my most trustworthy solutions was YouTube. After I few videos, I eventually stumbled upon the DigitalRev channel. It was a really entertaining-informative photography channel. It was presented by this guy called Kai Wong.  Now I don't wanna be racist or whatever but the only way I could describe him is that he looks Chinese but he speaks really really good English with a quite distinctive British accent. So in terms of communication, accent, fluency or whatever, absolutely no problem with this channel. http://cdn-static.digitalrev.com/1.9.16.6/