just my 2 cents

Just a not-so ordinary 18 years-old girl who dream big. i'm really in love with musics,dogs, and of course, good novels. Honestly, made a blog just for school purpose. From Indonesia. And have a very busy life(??).

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Interstellar : Things that don't make any sense

There are some theories that are used to explain the movie, such as Einstein's general relativity equations. Relativity were use to depicts the wormholes and the black hole. In creating the wormhole and a super massive rotating black hole (which possesses an ergo sphere, as opposed to a non-rotating black hole), Theoretical physicist Kip Thorne collaborated with visual effects supervisor Paul Franklin and a team of 30 computer effects artists at Double Negative.  The on-screen result is an exotic object that twists its in falling disk of dust and gas into complex shapes, with the overall effect further complicated by gravitational lensing — a real astronomical phenomenon in which a massive foreground object (such as a black hole) warps the light emitted by stars and other bodies located much farther away. The collaboration between Thorne and the "Interstellar" visual-effects people was so successful that the people believe it was real and awesome.

But there is also a couple of points on the record here: The film  do strives for some scientific credibility. The filmmakers really make us to think this might really happen, because, in terms of relativity theory, it’s straight out of a textbook. Thorne, for example, has long said that time travel is possible but you can’t change the past, there’s only one version of space time. You can go into the past but only do what you already did, which doesn’t really make any sense. The movie also includes all this space-cowboy stuff, with McConaughey channeling Han Solo and Chuck Yeager, feeling the air as he flies into a completely alien planet, not to mention into wormholes and black holes and somehow never getting mushed out. At one point he steals a spaceship when no one’s looking. Really? Each plot twist seems too impossible and unlikely to happen.  

The second question is ‘Why would we even consider choosing a planet that close a black hole? Surely, robots do not fear death but they also don’t make decisions based on emotions. At one point Brand tells Cooper they aren’t looking for a new home, but a rock to cling to for a moment while humanity catches its breath. But much like time, “a moment” in human history is relative. Humans have to not only get to their new home but reestablish themselves and rebuild technology and then flee to a more hospitable planet…only this time without a convenient worm hole. So wherever we end up choosing, it needs to sustain us until we figure out faster than light travel. A planet orbiting a black hole is a ticking time bomb. Humans are stressed out enough about survival without doing science against the clock.

Nevertheless, while the movie might not deliver a perfect sci-fi space adventure movie, the filmmaker do succeeds in  producing a thought-provoking piece of science fiction. For fans who genuinely enjoy cerebral films that require some interpretation, Interstellar should offer a satisfying next installment in Nolan’s well-respected career. That said, for viewers who are simply looking to get lost in a thrilling adventure with memorable character, Interstellar may not provide enough traditional entertainment value to balance out its brainy scientific theorizing. On many levels, it’s a very good film, but Interstellar could leave certain moviegoers underwhelmed – and feeling as though they are three-dimensional beings grasping for straws in a five-dimensional movie experience.

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wikipedia

Wall, Mike. The Science of Interstellar: Black Holes, Wormholes and Space Travel.  November 10, 2014.www.space.com

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Do Not Let An Exam Result Decide Your Fate

Suli Breaks’ video of “I Will Not Let An Exam Result Decide My Fate” reflects our society’s thought of education. The message that he wanted to show is to keep calm and not taking exams so seriously as if your whole life depends on it, because exam results can’t be used as a measurement of someone’s future success. You can still be successful in your life even if you don’t get the results that reflect success. The idea of getting a good or bad grade in school and have that represent your education level is wrong. 

 I am drawn to this video because it i had experienced it once. Whether you enjoy school or not, you would ask yourself about a lot of things, why did you go to school? Why are we forced to take classes that we won’t ever use in life or don’t enjoy?  At school, peope with different genes, different competences are measured with the same standard, even though everyone has their own talents and skill. The line in particular about the child's worth being decided by an A or a D is a good example. We are  different humans and have different strengths, therefore, we should cultivate those strengths rather than trying to make everyone homogeneous, so well-rounded. Learning many skills in your life is good, but that doesn't mean you need to force yourself mastering  every subject. It is because that in the end, you will only need one skill that you do the best to survive in this world.

Many people who don’t even graduate from school become more successful than those who managed to become a top scholar in their university. Mark Zuckerberg, Steve Jobs, Oprah Winfrey, and even Albert Einstein, those who are successful people (measured by wealth and fame), none of whom “ever graduated from a university”. How can they  still be successful when they didn’t even finish their school, took the exam and got a outstanding results? It is because school and education are two different things. You do not have to go to school  for an education. We live in a world where if of one desires the knowledge, they can learn it easily, whether by internet or books.

On the other hand, Exam results might be useful to as it shows the person’s ability to overcome pressures in their life which can be useful for determining their competences.  Unfortunately, whether you agree with this video or not, exams still became societies way of telling you whether you are qualified for a certain job or not. The companies are not going to accept most people into positions of leadership or even level entry jobs unless they can demonstrate good exam results. To those recruiters it is evidence of commitment, application of knowledge and a work ethic.

 In the end, exams should never decide who you are. Sure, the results will affect where you go to school and may limit your options, but it is true hard work and determination that will make or break us in life. The message in the Suli Breaks’ video is to educate yourself with the subjects that excite you, not with things that will make you feel ‘secured’ in the future. It may seem crazy and impractical, but think about this: there is no such thing as security in a world that is ever changing. What makes man crazy is the idea to think that security is achievable. Educate yourself, understand your goals, and overall, go for the things that are important to you and inspire you.

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How to Fix Your Bad Habits

First, identify the trigger to why you are doing the habit, whether it is caused by boredom or stress. If you pay attention, you will notice that all of the reasons are tied to certain situations or routines in your life. An example of this is smoking when you feel stressed out or drinking more alcohol when you are around certain people. Knowing what triggers certain behavior can help you to come up with the right strategies for changing these unhealthy patterns.

Secondly, find other alternative habits to replace your old ones. Bad habits address certain needs in your life and for that reason, you will have to replace them with habits that satisfy that same need. In addition, it is far more effective to find a subtitute habit rather than to simply cut out the old habit, because by simply cutting out bad habits without replacing them, you will have certain needs that will be unmet and it's going to be hard to stick to a routine for very long.

The next way to fix your bad habits is to make some changes to your daily routine or enviroment. Being in a new environment, will make you become more conscious of your behavior and choices, which makes it easier to welcome new habits. Surround yourself with people who live the way you want to live, and before you know it, you will have the same habit as the people around you.

The last but not least, is to give some rewards for yourself when you accomplish your target in breaking bad habits. By setting up a target, you can get rid of your bad habits faster, especially if you are an ambitious person. It will also show you how much effort that you have done.  The reward can be your motivation to remind you that there will be something good waiting if you manage to get rid of your bad habit.

Those are some steps that can be done to start removing your bad habit. It might not be easy at the beginning and it will take some time to get rid of your bad habit, but if you have some willpower and do it routinely, then you will surely be succeed.

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The Chosen One

In many movies, when there is a wicked evil villain threatening the world, only one person who has been chosen by destiny can defeat it. That person is the Chosen One. The definition of ‘The chosen one’  is the sole person chosen by destiny for a special task to save the world from evil and disaster that threatens all life. They usually started as a weak, powerless person at the start and then suddenly they earn a special talent or power to do whatever they want to and ended up being so strong and unbeatable at the end of the story .Nowadays, the definition of the chosen one is slowly changing to the person who is not exactly being chosen because of it is his/her destiny but because they choose and struggle to be the chosen one who gain power and victory through hard work. As the typical Chosen One storyline almost always conclude that their characters did not ask for this power, but eventually gained it, like Peter Parker from Spiderman or Harry Potter . While Tris (divergent), and Katnis Everdeen from the hunger game movie was described as the modern type of the chosen one because she was chosen to participate in the  Hunger Games, due to her own  choices. She is flawed, so she struggled to find her way in a difficult world where situations are complex, and most choices she made came at a cost.

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My Favorite Villain

My most favorite villain is Camerlengo Carlo Ventresca played by Patrick McKeena in the movie, he is the primary antagonist of the Angels & Demons. The camerlengo is a fascinating character. He is both good and evil, wise and ignorant. He is a hero, but also a villain. He is cunningly brilliant, but yet ignorant of his ways.

In the earlier part of the movie, he was the last person you would have thought to be the main villain, since he was described as a good person, strong and pensive in the chaos, religious, and chivalrous.  Then find out that he was actually the one behind all of the murders that happened in the movie was a great shocker. You would be amazed by his cunningly and devilish plans to reach his goal. He killed the pope who was revealed to be his own father, he planned the assassination of the cardinals, and acted like a hero who saved the world from a bomb that he put himself. His plan was almost perfect, if it was not because of the protagonist who managed to make it fail.

Having a camerlengo,who was the pope’s most trusted ad visor, committed such an act. It is not common that the evil embodies in a figure of a religions leader who was portrayed as a kind hearted character and noble at the beginning. The movie shows that even the holiest of people can fall to the sin of greed. His character is very powerful. Although in the end, he turned out to be an insane man who got confused and traumatized when he discovered his real origins and the real Pope’s will and love for him. It shows that he would rather die with honor, when he chose death by doing suicide over being arrested.

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My Dream Job

This is what Ilena, my lovely friend describe about my dream job.. How sweet of her ;)

My friend, Evita, wants to become a programmer in the near future. She told me that she was inspired by video games. They were creative and fun, but most of the time, she wasn’t satisfied by the game’s rules or ways of playing, which elicited an idea to make her own game. She wants to study programming and coding so she will be able to create her own games.

            In order to achieve that dream, she has arranged a set of plans. First, she will finish the first year of college at Institut Teknologi Bandung’s School of Electrical Engineering and Informatics in time. Then, she will choose the Informatics/Computer Science Program as her major. After she has been officially enrolled as an Informatics student, she will study hard to earn more knowledge on how to create games. The next step is to apply for a job in a company that works specifically in software-making, so that she can gain even more experience.

            I think Evita has a great dream; she will definitely become a good programmer if she studies well. There will be many obstacles ahead, be it academic pressures like piles of assignments or hard subjects, or perhaps personal challenges such as lack of motivation that could hinder her studies. The road to dreams is never easy. However, with hard work, strong will, and conviction, those dreams can surely be reached. I strongly believe that Evita will be able to make her dreams come true, as long as she believes in herself, too.