When You Need to Know How Much I love You

Aku sudah masuk dalam bilangan usia yang menuntut banyak keputusan-keputusan yang sebagian besar akan menjadi keputusan permamen. Keputusan yang akan membawa pengaruh besar untuk masa depan, dan sepertinya, kamu menjadi satu keputusan terbesar pertamaku saat ini. Namun, di tengah keputusanku, aku sedang tersesat.

Aku sedang buta arah. Aku pikir aku tahu kemana aku berjalan, namun

A Brief Lovely Night Concert

Gue masih sangat menikmati lantunan demi lantunan lagu yang dinyanyikan band Danish-soft rock ini. Tapi dibandingkan dengan menikmati konser Michael Learns to Rock malam ini, gue masih lebih menikmati momen kebersamaan gue dengannya, laki-laki yang saat ini ada di samping gue. Gue masih selalu nggak percaya bagaimana dia bisa sangat meluangkan waktu, terbang dari kota yang tidak pernah tidur itu, kesini, ke Solo, hanya untuk menemani gue menonton konser MLTR. Gue tiba-tiba jadi teringat dengan siapa gue hampir datang ke konser ini.

Kado Tahun Baru

Suaranya masih sama, masih terdengar berat di seberang sana seperti sedang di tengah kebisingan. Aku suka dengar suaranya. Tapi, pipiku mulai menghangat, aku merasakan ada yang hampir jatuh di ujung mataku, aku hampir saja menangis.

kuminta jangan kau bagi

aku memaksamu

jangan pernah kau bagi perasaanmu pada yang lain

aku egois?

ya, aku egois

aku mau jadi satu-satunya yang hidup di hatimu

aku memaksamu

jangan pernah kau bagi perasaanmu pada yang lain

kalau tak bisa, tinggalkan aku

tingalkan aku, sekarang!!!

A 'broken' white gown

image taken from http://weheartit.com/entry/70786394

Aku masih sibuk dengan riasan mataku di depan meja rias kecil di ujung kamarku. Setelah gagal mendandani mataku dengan smokey eyes Stella McCartney, aku mencoba gaya smokey eyes Georgio Armani, riasan mata yang aku rasa masih cocok untuk gaun broken white tanpa lenganku ini. Aku sangat antusias menghadiri acara malam ini, prom night, sebuah pesta kejayaan anak-anak SMA setelah kelulusan where everybody will dress him/her up as perfect as he/she  can, sebuah acara yang akan didatangi anak-anak SMA ber-tuxedo dan bergaun anggun. Aku sendiri yakin kalau acara ini tidak akan sama persis dengan bagaimana seharusnya prom night diselenggarakan, yaaa tidak mungkin ada dansa di sekolahku. Yet, whatever  it is, tiga tahun penuh aku menyiapkan penuh gaun ini untuk kupakai diacara yang paling dipuja-puja semua orang di sekolah. Terdengar berlebihan mungkin, tapi itu yang terjadi.

Tiga tahun lalu, saat aku diterima di sekolah populer ini aku mulai menabung untuk membuat gaun ini, ya gaun selutut tanpa lengan berwarna broken white ini adalah karya agung tanganku sendiri. Modelnya sederhana, tidak terlalu banyak detail di bagian dada, hanya aksen lipatan-lipatan saja yang sengaja aku buat untuk menyembunyikan badanku yang sangat kurus. Tampilannya manis, apalagi kuserasikan dengan jepit rambut berbentuk kupu-kupu yang senada, ditambah dengan riasan wajah yang tak terlalu menor tapi cukup berani dengan garis mata smokey eyes Georgio Armani yang baru saja  sukses kulukis di kelopak mataku. I'm not as that beautiful, trust me, I just feel gorgeous, terdengar sangat berlebihan lagi memang, tapi entahlah, aku merasa sangat percaya diri dengan gaun broken white buatanku ini. I'm sure that this  so-so girl can be the queen tonight, who doesn't wanna be the queen of prom night anyway? pasti hanya the boys yang menolak, yep.. 'cause they deserve to be the King.

          “Nad, Nadia.... Nadia, kamu sudah siap nak? Ini Bara udah jemput kamu,” teriak ibu dari ruang tamu membuyarkan imajinasi tinggiku di depan meja rias kecil ini. Aku segera ke depan menyusul suara teriakan ibu dan menemui Bara.

          “Ibu apaan sih teriak-teriak,” rengekku, “Nadia nggak berangkat sama Bara,” jelasku pada Ibu dengan merendahkan  suara. Ibu tak menjawab, hanya menaikkan alis yang aku juga tidak tahu artinya dan berlalu.

          “Kamu serius nggak mau bareng sama aku? Emang udah ada yang jemput kamu?”

        “Aaaah Bara bawel  deh, udah ya, aku udah ada yang jemput nanti, kamu berangkat aja duluan, lagian mending juga aku nggak berangkat ke prom night daripada harus berangkat sama kamu. Aku udah susah payah bikin gaun ini, aku nggak mau ini rusak cuma karena aku dibonceng kamu.”

          “Ya kita berangkat naik taksi Nad, aku udah panggil taksinya...”

          “No, thanks, buddy, bukannya arogan sih, tapi sayang juga kalo my whole-life piggy bank  yang udah aku sulap jadi gaun dan stiletto yang harganya berkali-kali lipat dari duit bulanan aku dipake ke prom night cuma dinaikin taksi yang ongkosnya empat puluh ribu doang dari sini ke sana.”

          “Emang siapa Nad? Orang yang jemput kamu?”

          “Bara udah deh ya jangan bawel, besok pagi pasti aku sms buat cerita semuanya,daaaaah.”

          Aku kembali lagi ke kamar, mengambil clutch berwarna kopi susu yang senada dengan stilettoku yang sengaja kutinggal di kamar saat aku tahu yang datang Bara, bukan Eros.

          Dua puluh menit lebih aku menunggu Eros. Acara sudah dimulai lima belas menit yang lalu menurut undangan. Baru saja kuputuskan mau menelfonnya, ponselku sudah berdering dengan nama Eros di layarnya.

          “Halo, gimana, Ros? Udah daritadi.Kamu dah sampe mana? Apa? Nggak jadi? Ha? Serius nggak sih? Halo? Halo? Ros? Eros!!!???!!!! Halooooooo??”

Tiga tahun aku menyiapkan gaun dengan menyisihkan uang jajan dan waktuku untuk menjahit dengan tanganku sendiri, dihancurkan Eros kurang dari lima menit dengan alasan rumah kami tidak sejalan, repot dan macet kalau harus menjemput aku. Damn!!! Sebelah mana sih jalan dari rumah Eros ke sekolah mampir rumahku yang nggak sejalan itu? Emang dia lewat Pakistan dulu???? Aku kecewa, hampir saja air mataku tumpah dan merusak riasan yang aku persiapkan tidak kurang dari dua jam.

          “Sini bapak anter, bapak mau ke arah Sudirman, nggak jauh dari sekolah kamu,” tawaran bapak seperti petir, bagaimana tidak, aku menolak Bara yang sudah menjemputku dengan taksi padahal rumahnya di dekat sekolah dan sekarang aku akan datang ke acara agung hanya dengan membonceng motor empat tak yang spionnya  sudah  pecah satu dan tidak diganti itu. Berat hati, kududukkan juga badanku di belakang badan bapak, membonceng dengan tertunduk selama perjalanan. Rasanya aku ingin membakar diriku sendiri dengan bensin premium yang ada di motor ini.

          “Udah pak. Nadia turun sini aja. Nadia bisa jalan kaki sampai sekolah.”

          “Loh nduk, ini masih dua kilo kalau kamu jalan, bisa mandi keringat kamu nanti.”

          “Nadia nggak pa-pa kok Pak. Udah ya, Nadia turun disini aja,” dengan memaksa akhirnya bapak menurunkan aku di tepi jalan, hampir dua kilometer menuju sekolahku. Mukaku mulai menitihkan peluh, kakiku juga sedikit lecet karena tersandung batu, yaaaa everyone will never want to dream it, jalan kaki-barefoot­ dengan  menenteng clutch dan stiletto kopi susu, memakai gaun yang sangat cantik lengkap dengan riasan wajah yang sempurna. Aku tahu pipiku menghangat saat aku tahu aku sampai di depan sekolah. Bara memelukku, mengusap air mata yang hampir melunturkan riasan make up murahan yang kupakai.

          “Nadia, kamu harusnya bilang ke aku, aku bisa jemput kamu lagi kalau kamu mau,” tangisku tambah pecah mendengar yang dikatakan Bara, pundakku mulai berguncang mencoba menahan. Bara memelukku lebih erat lagi, menenangkan aku di tengah riuhnya pesta yang sedang menyoraki the King and the Queen of prom night of this year.

          Berselimut tuxedo Bara aku membonceng motornya. Stiletto super mahalku itu tergantung di dalam tas kresek sangat tidak anggun di bawah spion motornya. Aku bersandar di pundaknya mencari ketenangan.

          “Aku bego banget sih,  Bar. For many years, sacrificing myself to prepare this fucking prom night tapi akhirnya malah menghancurkan semuanya cuma gara-gara menolak tawaran kamu naik taksi. Aku ini, kacang lupa kulitnya,” aku masih merengek, masih menangis dengan menyandarkan kepalaku dari belakang. Aku merasakan punggung Bara berguncang, dia tertawa.

          “Mana ada kacang atom inget kulitnya, kan udah pake tepung, hahaha,” tawanya begitu renyah, mencoba menghiburku.

          “Bara apaan sih, aku lagi sedih bukannya ditenangin malah diketawain aja!!”

          “Hahahaaa, ini bukan ngetawain kamu Nadia, aku lagi hibur kamu biar nggak sedih.” Bara meneruskan tawanya yang renyah dengan bersenandung kecil, aku menikmatinya dengan sayup-sayup mulai mengantuk.

          “Anyway, you look so gorgeous tonight, sebenernya nggak cuma malam ini, tapi gaun kamu, riasan kamu and your extravagant stiletto and clutch bikin kamu tambah manis, Nad. Seharusnya setiap hari kamu dandan cantik begini, pasti nggak ada yang nggak noleh ke kamu. Aku suka kamu, Nad.”

Aku tidak mendengar jelas suara Bara karena rasa kantukku yang sudah menyerang ditambah beberapa anak muda norak membawa motornya yang sangat berisik dengan ngebut,tapi sepertinya Bara tadi bilang suka gaunku. Aku tersenyum, lega. “Thanks, Bara. Nggak sia-sia juga aku bikin gaun ini kalau ada yang muji, lain kali kalo kamu butuh dibuatin tuxedo bilang aja ya!” aku mengencangkan peganganku di pinggulnya, Bara tak menjawab lagi ucapanku, kami diam, entah mungkin kami sibuk dengan pikiran kami masing-masing, aku masih membayangkan aku yang mendapatkan mahkota sintesis warna silver itu dan mungkin Bara masih membayangkan memakain  tuxedo buatanku, pikirku.

syair malam itu

"ah, kamu . . 

Datang dan kemarilah sayang :), sekarang. Kalau tidak bisa, besok lusa. Kalau masih tidak bisa, besok lusa lagi, atau minggu depan. Tapi kalau bisa, sekarang. Ah kamu, selalu saja buat kangenku menjadi-jadi. Ah, kamu, selalu saja membuatku memerahkan pipiku. Ah kamu, cuma satu. Tidak pernah terganti, Hani. "

- rizky, 22 okt 2013

lalu aku datang
Aku akan datang, dengan membawakan sekeranjang rindu yang telah aku kumpulkan.
Aku akan datang, dengan membawa cinta persis sama yang kau berikan untukku, tidak kurang.
Aku akan datang, dengan tetap membawa harapan dan cinta yang utuh.
Dan kala waktunya aku datang, sambut aku dengan khas aromamu, dekap aku, dan jangan pernah lepaskan,
biarkan waktu berlalu dengan iri memandang kebersamaan kita.

-hani, 22 okt 20013

biarkan aku mengulanginya lagi untuk kesekian kalinya, kesekian kalinya jatuh cinta kepadamu
selalu, dan selalu jadikan aku pilihanmu untuk berkeluh, bersedih, dan berbagi senyum
suatu hari, jadikan aku alasanmu untuk selalu kembali ke peraduan, dan kau ulangi lagi di hari berikutnya, dan seterusnya
dan bila mungkin aku membuat salah, kau juga yang akan menuntunku untuk membenahi
di atas bumi ini, kemudian kita saling membagi, saling melengkapi, sampai bumi ini berhamburan menjadi kapas, dan bertemulah kita di tempat yang jauh lebih indah
jadi jangan pernah pergi, ceritaku belum habis untuk selalu kubagi denganmu

Kalau hidup itu seperti buku cerita, kita selalu butuh membuka halaman berikutnya untuk mengetahui kelanjutan sebuah cerita. Berhenti pada satu halaman saja tidak akan membuat kita berkembang apalagi mengerti akhir ceritanya.

Dan kalau hidup ibarat kertas putih kosong, ya isi saja dengan tulisan-tulisan atau gambar yang baik.

Bagaimana kalau salah? Ya dihapus, mungkin hasilnya tidak terlalu putih, tidak terlalu bersih, banyak bekas hapusan karet penghapus atau malah tipe-ex, yang penting kita mencoba untuk membersihkan, dan mencoba lagi, tidak berhenti pada satu kesalahan saja.

Papa

http://creativewritingpbi.weebly.com/poetry.html

Curriculum of Education

It's just another article of my assignment from Critical Reading and Writing class. In this assignment we're discussing about a curriculum of Indonesian education. This task is started by sharing about our experience in high school about curriculum, well then I discussed it with a friend of mine who was sitting next to me, Tiara. Then the result of the sharing is made into a writing, yeah, it was like free writing. Finishing writing about what I've shared to Tiara, my lecturer asked us to make an argumentative article based on the thing that we've shared, then adding our knowledge about education curriculum. Here, I'm gonna show you my free writing about curriculum that I've discussed with Tiara, tadaaaaa :

P.S sorry for my bad hand-writing :p

then, having done with the sharing moment project, every student had to make an argumentative article like what I've said before, and this is my writing, feel free to give comment anyway . . . 

ENGLISH CANNOT BE OMITTED

FROM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

 by Haniah Hamidah Sahid

“... memajukan kesejahteraan umum, mencerdaskan kehidupan bangsa, dan ikut melaksanakan ketertiban dunia ... .”

                Looking at The Preamble of 1945 Constitution of Indonesia, we can see that education is one of Indonesian’s visions, but has that vision been achieved? The answer is probably not yet, that is why we need a curriculum to arrange the education system. The curriculum itself is often changed following the time in order to get the best result of education system development, so hopefully Indonesia will be able to have good quality for every single person in Indonesia who has been educated. Indonesia has experienced many curricula  before 1945, Indonesia used to use many curriculum from Netherlands, the colonizer of Indonesia. It was just after 1945 Indonesia used the curriculum which were made by Indonesia originally, those were Curriculum 1947, Curriculum 1952, Rentjana Pelajaran Terurai 1952, Curriclum 1964, Rentjana Pendidikan 1964, Curriculum 1964, Curriculum 1984, Curriculum 1994 and Suplemen Kurikulum 1999, Curriculum 2004, KBK (Kurikulum Berbasis Kompetensi), Curriculum 2006 and the latest is KTSP (Kurikulum Tingkat Satuan Pendidikan). English is automatically included as a subject which uses those curriculum, or in other word the curriculum of English always follow the curriculum which is applied. The question is whether it does work or not. Let see the fact of English development in students.

                Some students learn a lot of English from school which is designed in curriculum because they did not learn or practice English outside of class. Yet, actually when they were in High School they did not understand exactly what the function of curriculum is, the matter is they understand the lesson which is transferred by the teachers to them. The problem is maybe because the teachers did never give the syllabus to the students, or if the teachers did but they did not tell the students why they must have the syllabus. Is the curriculum that important? Yes, it is.

                Curriculum must be an important thing for teacher to make a lesson plan for students so that the materials will be well-organized, and it is important for the teacher to give and explain the curriculum or syllabus to the students, moreover the implementation of KTSP is how the teacher deliver the message of the curriculum to the students to shape their competence that are compatible with their characters and abilities. So, here the teachers should facilitate the learning process to the students in order to make them be able to interact with their environment so that they will have better behavior. Just imagine if learning process which is started without knowing the syllabus happens continually  it will be a big problem for education system. Moreover for teaching English subject in this globalization era, the teacher cannot teach the student like transferring data to the student. English is no longer as ‘strange’ subject, but now it seems like a must for student to be able to use English actively in reading, listening, writing and speaking. Student needs to practice English as often as possible, not only receiving the theory from one source, the teacher. Student needs and has to explore their knowledge by looking for other sources and practice a lot, because learning English only in a class is not enough. So, once again, teacher needs to give the syllabus or curriculum to student that students will understand what they should achieve after one semester learning in the class.

                Looking back again to the vision of Indonesia on the Preamble of 1945 Constitution of Indonesia, develop the nation’s intellectual life, so to make it come true,Indonesian government always tries to look for the most applicable education system for Indonesia by changing the curriculum, and the newest plan is changing the KTSP with Curriculum 2013, that means the curriculum of English also changes, moreover the fact is English subject will be omitted from Elementary School, so student will learn English on high school. Is it a good decision? The answer is big no. It will be too late for the students if they have to start learning English at young or adult age. They should learn a language in a very beginning age.

                According to one of Krashen’s language acquisition theory, English has natural order which means the acquisition of grammatical structures proceeds in a predictable order. So, we can deduce that English as the second language for Indonesian also has natural order that means students will have their own level to learn English. It is false if English subject in elementary school burdens the students and make them forget the mother tongue or Bahasa Indonesia and their original culture. It has been right if English is taught since early age. In the early age they learn the vocabulary because children don’t have yet the ability to understand the grammar. At the next level, or when they grow up they will be ready to receive any explanation of grammar because according to Piaget,they have been already at concrete operational stage, so they will understand about grammar. Just imagine that the students just know English at the young age, they will get problems because at their age they should understand the grammar or the rule of language but they don’t know the vocabulary at all. The result will be the English language will not develop naturally, there will be many enforcement of understanding English. So, a decision to omit English from elementary school in Curriculum 2013 is a big mistake. Forever, we cannot omit English from elementary school, so the students will not get problem or big difficulty in learning English in Junior and Senior High School.

                If English is still seen as the reason students forget their original culture, include Bahasa Indonesia, we need to take a look at the paradigm of Ki Hajar Dewantara, the figure of Indonesian education, that is education should emphasize nation, independence and self-autonomy. So, if the education should  focus on those three things, is it always about teaching ‘what will you do if your friend is in the trouble’, ‘what should you do if your friend has different religion from you and he/she is going to do his/her ritual’, ‘what does provision 28 of 1945 Constitution tell about?’  or ‘Ini bapak Budi’ and ‘Ini ibu budi’? No, it is not. To achieve those three things we do not only teach Civic Education (Pendidikan Kewarganegaraan) and Bahasa Indonesia too much. We also need to explore our country by doing cooperation with other countries all over the world such as introducing our culture to other countries, doing export Indonesian output to get income, contributing to the implementation of a world order based on freedom, lasting peace and social justice, etc. So, how do we do that? Teaching English to student of course. Whether we like or not, English is now a need of every single person to survive in this globalization era, because English is a global language which is able to connect one another. So, we can conclude that omitting English from Elementary School is kind of a mistake, because however learning second language is just the same as learning first language. We will have the natural order to teach that. It will be difficult to students if they have just known English in the high school whereas everything nowadays is connected to English practice such as gadget, public service instructions, etc.

                Thus, it is better for Indonesia to keep English as the main subject in education system, but in order to maintain the nation, independence and self-autonomy values, we can take Indonesian values on the topic of English lesson, so that student will be able to develop their skill as the local and global society.

REFERENCES

                Aji, Gregorius Punto. Approaches, Methods, and Techniques. Sanata Dharma University.

Asmani, Jamal Ma’mur. 2012. Tips Menjadi Guru Inspiratif, Kreatif, dan Inovatif. Yogyakarta : DIVA Press.

                Purwanto, Edi and others. 2011. Wajah Kusam Pendidikan Kita. Malang : Program Sekolah Demokrasi in collaboration with Averroes Press.

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Diversity, Education, Globalization

Several weeks ago, I got assignments to make a mind map based on some articles and a review of an article (Critical Reading and Writing class). If a cup of mocca coffee is combination of milk, chocolate and coffee, my assignment is combination of diversity, education and globalization.

Well, firstly my lecturer gave an article Diversity in Education in an Era of Globalization (Anita Dighe). Then she asked the students to make a mind map of that article, including our position when we're reading that article, and to develop our knowledge, she asked us to look for other sources with same issue so that we can have better understanding in making a mind map, the mistake was. . . I only read ONE article, Opinion : Diversity in the Curriculum is the Next Step for Leadership in a Globally Interconnected World (Alison Akant and Sandra B. Durant), beside first article from my lecturer, but yeeaaahh that's okay, finally I finished my assignment, and here it is my mind map . . . not really good, but . . . . I was trying my best to make it ;)

P.S. sorry for my bad hand-writing, heheheee . . .

and the second assignment is making a review of the first article, well, I'm not really good in critical thinking, but yeaah I'm trying and trying, because my lecturer said that a habit of thinking, reading and writing critically is able to be build . . . and this is my review . . .

Diversity in Education in an Era of Globalization

Anita Dighe

Reviewed by Hani Sahid

Sanata Dharma University

            Dighe’s article entitled Diversity in Education in an Era of Globaization  is an article with an idea about education system which can be applied in the era of globalization. This article would be a reference to educator to develop a better education system.

            The way she introduces her claim is good, by explaining about globalization, but it is so narrow, it is better to give a brief explanation of globalization in general then she can start to claim globalization in a specific way. Then she brings India as the example of a country that gets bad impact of globalization. It is better to add more examples in the article and it is also better if she also gives an example of the education system condition of advance country, so her claims will be more supported, because in fact, globalization does not only give bad impact to develop country but also to advance country.

            The main idea of Dighe’s claim is based on Rogers (1999) that there are three main development discourses those are deficit, disadvantage and diversity. Deficit itself means people are not able and education is transformed, while disadvantage discourse means all structure in the society is caused by the privileged. The last is diversity discourse, it is valued as the best education system which is flexible, adaptable and able to be used by all people who are different from one another. Another references that she takes to support her claim is Torres’ (2000) which said that the ultimate goal of education is learning and learning has to meet the needs and interests of learner, diversity is the norm, so then there will be no single pattern for everybody but does not mean creating discrimination. Dighe’s claim about diversity discourse is great because by applying diversity discourse, it means the educator lead the learner to be an active learner, it is the same as Driyarkara’s philosophy – education is defined as an attempt to humanize a young man or a young man lifting the human level (1950, 74) or it can be simply said humanizing the human being. The claim is agreeable that in education, educator  does not only give knowledge to other but also gives the experience to the learner.

            Beside the content of the article which is good, actually the way Dighe writes this article is also good because she gives a real example and gives theories of two experts to support her claim, but this article will be difficult to understand by people that do not really good in language because she uses uncommon words, though that is what makes this article is interesting and challenging. Overall, Dighe’s claim – the best education system that may be applied is diversity discourse – is really agreeable and acceptable.

"...terharu itu sama pentingnya dengan tertawa..."

— Rusdianto dalam 4 Tips Menulis Cerpen Dari Penulis Legendaris

Sherlock Holmes : A Study in Pink

Are you a reader of Sherlock Holmes novel ? WOW GREAT, this part must be something interesting for you (hopefully). Well, like what I do before, I have to do an analysis of a movie, and the movie is Sherlock Holmes : A Study in Pink. This is a serial movie, I've just watched it in my Movie Interpretation class and like I said before here , I don't master in doing analysis but I will try to show you my analysis, finally comment or criticism are welcome and here it is the analysis . . .

Narrative Elements Part 2 Analysis :

SHERLOCK HOLMES : A STUDY IN PINK

by Haniah Hamidah Sahid

INTRODUCTION

Sherlock Holmes : A Study in Pink is the first episode of Sherlock television series. It was broadcasted first time on 25 July 2010 on BBC. The story of A Study in Pink is based on the first Sherlock Holmes novel, that is A Study in Scarlet.

This movie has restricted narration where we, as the audience, do not know at all what happen next. Our understanding is only depending on the character’s understanding, so we look at the movie by using character’s point of view. The main characters whom I am  going to analyze are Sherlock Holmes (Benedict Cumberbatch), Dr. John H. Watson (Martin Freeman) and Jeff / the cabbie man (Philip Davis).

CHARACTER AND CHARACTERIZATION

Characterization is sum of all obervable qualities of a human being, everything knowable through careful scrunity. (Robert Mckee), while

Character is revealed in the choices a human being makes under pressure – the greater the pressure, the deeper the revelation, the truer the choice to the character’s essential nature. (Robert Mckee)

So, I conclude that the existance of characterization is coming first and then the character, and also they are contrast to each other, and character may change depends on the situation which is faced by the character (figure). Here these are the characterization and the character of Sherlock Holmes, John Watson and Jeff the cabbie man.

Name of characters	Characterization	Character
Sherlock Holmes	·           Sherlock has blue eyes, fair complexion, sharp nose and dark brown, wavy hair. ·          He is tall, muscular and well-built. ·          He speaks fast and direct. ·          He’s extremelly brilliant and smart. ·          He likes observing everything, then deducing it, and the way he thinking is so detail. ·          He is a professional consulting detective. ·          He enjoys his job like he enjoys something fun. ·          He is little bit anti social because he does not have any friend indeed.	In the beginning of story, Sherlock has very few friends, he thinks he only has enemies. Sally Donovan, a sergeant, calls him as a freak man. Yet, in the end of story he shows an attitude or a manner that actually everybody needs a friend. It is shown when he is telling to Detective Inspector Lestrade about the shooter of Jeff and  he is aware that the man is John, he is pretending shock and asking Lestrade to forget what he said, it is done by him to cover for John. Whether he is aware or not, he is doing something which means everybody needs a friend to help each other, John has helped him then he helps John back by covering for John.
Dr. John H.Watson	John has green eyes, tanned skin (according to Sherlock), round face and blonde hair. His hair is in army hair style. He has medium high (tall enough for an army but shorter if he’s compared to Sherlock) and he’s well-built. He’s not confident and depressed man. He is an ex-medical doctor recently returned from Afghanistan. He is a loyal person and smart. The way he walks is bad because his foot was shot.	In the beginning of story, John is described as a weak, depressed and not confident but after he met Sherlock and joined him in detecting of serial murder. He joined the latest crime in a woman who wears pink clothes, pink nail polish etc. Because of that, under his awarenes he has against his weakness, he can run without his TONGKAT. So, in the end of story he become stronger and brave, he brave to shoot Jeff who is going to kill Sherlock.
Jeff the the cabbie man	Jeff has greyish blue eyes, fair complexion, oval face, and fat body. He is short, mysterious, old, simple, cruel  but he loves his children so much. He is a cabbie man (taxi driver) and also an assassin.	Jeff keeps his sponsor (a person who gives him money for each person killed) secret, he really keeps it secret, but when he is under pressure (after he was shot) finally he tells the name of his sponsor ‘Moriarty’. It shows that he is loyal to his sponsor, but he changes when he is under pressure.

ATMOSPHERE

The atmosphere of Sherlock Holmes: A Study in Pink is thrilling and mysterious. It builds anxiety, concious, tense and scared senses to the audience. The audience is forced to think hard about the story. Guessing many times of what happen next to the story. Guessing how the characters are actually.

THEME

The theme of Sherlock Holmes: A Study in Pink is mysterious serial murder, because the story is about some crimes which have same ways in killing the victims : the victims eat pill, and this story is really unpredictable, we as the audience can guessing for many times who is the real assassin, we can guess the assassin is the brother of Sherlock, then we can twist our thought that the assassin is actually Sherlock, then we’ll be shocked when we know that the assassin is a cabbie, we will not suspect that the assassin is a cabbie. That’s why I think this movie is really mysterious.

REFLECTION

This movie is a movie which hard to understand because we really need to think. It has strong characters and characterizations. However it really has an uncommon story. I get some lessons from this movie that we need to think something deep and logically, then how perfect we are, we will need a friend, then how our condition is, we have to fight for that, we have to against our weakness and even though we are in a hard condition (e.g really  need money) we should not take bad way to get the money, although the reason is good (support the family) we should earn money by doing something right. This third project forces me to see the story deeper, how the characterizations are and how the characters are, the result is like on the second project, I understand the lesson material, that is narration part 2, those are about character and characterization, atmosphere and theme.

The Macchiato

The Macchiato is a tittle of my short story, yeaaaahhhh after for a long time I write and I write many short stories, this is the first short story that was published. Actually I am (still) not confident enough to publish it, but . . . because it's a class demand, so I sent it to my lecturer to be posted in the class website, finally . . . the result was .... no too bad, although I need more practice(S!).

Anyway, I called my short story as a collaboration, why? because the illustration wasn't made by me, yeep, because I'm not good in drawing, so I asked my friend, Rizky Cahya Putra , to draw it for me :) 

you may visit the link that I've given to you to read other writings of my friends and if you're interested to paintings or handmade stuffs you can visit Rizky's blog that I've given ... so enjoy blog walking guys :)