Thursday, September 30, 2021

Review: The Wind Rises (Anime)

 Review The Wind Rises

Sebuah anime besutan Studio Ghibli


Studio Ghibli kali ini mengadaptasi sebuah buku mengenai designer pesawat tempur Jepang era PD II, Jiro. Baru kali ini setelah nonton >10 film Ghibli, ada scene yang banyak banget orang dalam 1 frame. Satu frame crowded banget sama orang yg lari kesana-kemari karena gempa bumi. 

Setelah nonton ini, jadi pengen tahu bukunya, ternyata buku yg mendasari film ini adalah biografi, jadi based on true event. Meski Hayao Miyazaki, sang sutradara, mengubah beberapa detail seperti istri tokoh utama yang TBC. Scene mimpi Jiro bertemu pesawat Itali, bikin penonton mengkhayal khas film-film Ghibli.

Film drama ini saya beri rating ***

Sunday, July 11, 2021

Bhagwan Hai Kahan Re Tu (O Lord, where are you?)

Lyrics & Translation

Movie: PK
Music: Shantanu Moitra
Lyrics: Swanand Kirkire
Singer: Sonu Nigam
Music Label: T-Series

Lagu dari salah satu 5 film terfavourite sepanjang masa yg pernah kutonton, mengisahkan seorang (alien lebih tepatnya) yang mencari Tuhan, melakukan yang terbaik yang 
ia bisa dalam hidupnya, tetapi tetap tidak mendapatkan apa yang ia inginkan, yang membuatnya sangat putus asa bertanya pada Tuhan dimana Dia berada.

Menurutku ini lagu terbaik dan yang paling intense dalam film PK. Must listen, highly recommended, like the movie.


Hai suna ye poori dharti tu chalata hai
Meri bhi sun le araj, mujhe ghar bulaata hai
Bhagwan hai kahan re tu, aye khuda hai kahan re tu

I've heard that you run the whole world,
Listen to my prayer too, my home calls me,
O Lord, where are you? O God, where are you?

Hai suna tu bhatke mann ko raah dikhata hai
Main bhi khoya hoon mujhe ghar bulata hai
Bhagwaan hai kahan re tu, aye khuda hai kahan re tu

I have heard that you show the path to the lost hearts,
I am lost too, my home calls me back..
O Lord, where are you? O God, where are you?

Main pooja karoon, ya namaazein padhoon
Ardaas karoon din rain
Na tu mandir mile, na tu girje mile
Tujhe dhoondhein thake mere nain
Tujhe dhoondhein thake mere nain
Tujhe dhoondhein thake mere nain


Should I worship you (like Hindus do), or should I offer you a namaaz (like Muslims do)
Should I offer an ardaas
(like Sikhs do, all of these religions are not mentioned explicitly, and the meaning here is not specific to these religions, but the point made is about that a man simply doesn't know what he can do to find you.)
You are neither found in the temple, nor in the Church,
My tired eyes look for you
My tired eyes look for you
My tired eyes look for you

Jo bhi rasmein hai wo saari, main nibhaata hoon
In karoDon ki tarah main sir jhukata hoon
Bhagwan hai kahan re tu, aye khuda hai kahan re tu

All the customs that are there (to find you), I follow them all,
I bow my head to you, like these crores, [crore = 10 million]
O Lord, where are you? O God, where are you?

Tere naam kayi, tere chehre kayi
Tujhe paane ki raah hain kai..
Har raah chala, par tu na mila
Tu kya chaahe main samjha nahi

You have many names, you have many faces,
there are many ways to find you..
I walked on all those paths, but couldn't find you..
I didn't understand what is it that you want..

Soche bin samjhe jatan karta hi jaata hoon
Teri zid sar-aankhon par rakh ke nibhaata hoon
Bhagwan hai kahan re tu, aye khuda hai kahaan re tu

I keep on trying, without thinking or understanding,
I follow your insistence with all due respect..
O Lord, where are you? O God, where are you?

[Though not explicitly said, the first line of the above paragraph can be interpreted as following the Bhagwadgita, which asks you to keep on doing your duty, without worrying or thinking about the results. Here the protagonist too says that he keeps on trying, following the customs and ways to find God, though here he seems to have lost his patience as he desperately asks God where He is.]

Hai suna, ye poori dharti tu chalata hai
Meri bhi sun le araj, mujhe ghar bulata hai
Bhagwan hai kahan re tu, aye khuda hai kahan re tu
Bhagwan hai kahan re tu, aye khuda hai kahan re tu..

I have heard that you show the path to the lost hearts,
I am lost too, my home calls me back
O Lord, where are you? O God, where are you?
O Lord, where are you? O God, where are you?..


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Tuesday, May 4, 2021

Review Hotel Bumi Makmur Indah - Lembang

 2 -3 Mei 2021
Deluxe Room: 118


  1. Lokasi di seberang bakso Mandeep, depan pertigaan Pertapaan Karmel, sebelah Polsek.  Pinggir jalan raya persis jadi mudah ditemukan, terlebih ada plang-nya.
  2. Kamar yang di-booked teman saya adalah Deluxe, isi 4 single bed.  Pas diantar oleh satpam, setelah dari receptionist tentunya, kamarnya double bed dengan 2 single bed yang bisa dikeluarkan dari bawahnya.  Setelah di cross check ke reception, baru dapat kamar yang 4 single bed, 3 di atas, 1 di bawah.  Padahal sore itu tamu di hotel itu hanya 2, saya agak bingung bagaimana bisa terjadi kesalahan.  Ha ha ha....
  3. Dengan harga under IDR 200K/kamar bisa untuk 4 orang, sudah cukup baik dan bersih untuk fasilitas dan service-nya.  Tapi perlu saya notice adalah di kamar mandi tidak ada hanger baju dan cermin di atas wastafel.  Dua hal itu, krusial dalam kamar mandi hotel, IMHO (In My Humble Opinion). 
  4. Ada teko listrik seperti biasanya fasilitas hotel dan hanger in-room, dengan gantungan hanya 1.  Untuk 4 bed, agak lucu mereka hanya menyediakan 1 hanger.  Meskipun saya yakin betul kalau diminta, pasti diberikan.
  5. Pintu kamar mandi mesti sudah dikunci dari dalam, tapi masih ada celah yang bisa terlihat dari luar.
  6. Di dalam komplek hotel yang parkirannya luas ini, ada Indomaret tepat di samping pintu gerbang.  Ini salah satu fasilitas yang wow untuk sebuah hotel.

Service ***
Facility ***
Cleanliness ***
Price per value ***

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