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Love Your Parents... Before They Surprise You with Sudden Sick

Love your parents. We are so busy growing up, we often forget they are also growing old. --unknown *Inhale. Exhale.* It's been a tough week... I always see my parents as invincible adults. My dad has always been a big, strong man who works hard despite of his wrinkles around his face. He protects us and just takes care of things. We often forget his appearance just because our Mom's figure is more visible, right? He then chooses to stay behind the screen and wait for us to ask him some helps, financial ones, mostly.

The Danish Girl Book Review

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It's been eon since the last time I posted about book review, although not small number of books I read during the absence. It all goes to my goodreads' account . Check them out! So I've been using this paid app, where I can read a lot of books! Yeay! It's never a lonely life on commuter line with this app. And I just finished reading the eBook version of The Danish Girl, which currently set up as the object of upcoming literature project with a good friend of mine. But then I thought of having the book... So I bought this. This book is adapted to a movie, with the same title, played by Eddie Redmayne and Alicia Vikander I watched the movie first, and of course it was good. Eddie Redmayne never fails to impress. At some points I can find his hidden identity through his acting, which is pretty much cool! Long story short, here is the book review of The Danish Girl... Before we get into this book, I'd like to ask you to pause in order to make su

When someone yells at you... TO HELL WITH IT. YELL BACK.

Kehidupan selalu punya cara tersendiri untuk menunjukkan banyak hal yang pastinya nggak akan pernah kita duga. Mungkin masih ingat di pikiran, ketika di bangku kuliah, lo ngerasa muak dengan pertemanan palsu, kegiatan yang cuma ngabisin waktu sampai percintaan yang dipenuhi bumbu. Sampai lo sering banget berkata,"Buruan lulus ke', muak banget kuliah bareng anak-anak yang ngga ada dewasa-dewasanya gini..." atau mengeluhkan persoalan ekonomi yang tiba-tiba bikin lo mendadak jadi orang paling dewasa sedunia, "Gue pengen buru-buru lulus biar bisa cari duit sendiri, nggak harus minta mulu ke orang tua..." atau keluhan tentang dosen-dosen cabul dan mahasiswanya yang penjilat, "Anjir itu dosen kenapa ngga dipecat aja, senengannya ngajak bobo bareng mahasiswanya..." Huft. Kalau aja waktu bisa diputar kembali... Mungkin lo akan lebih menghargai setiap detik yang lo lalui waktu itu. Bukannya mengumpati. Eh, tapi hal itu juga yang akan terngiang-ngian