An Abridgement of The Words

WARNING: I am really bad at writing movie synopsis, my choices of vocabulary is considered poor, i often focus too much on one character's charm and i am easily bewildered by cliffhangers, and i am even far from being an amateur writer, i'm just a girl trying to express her love for dramatic movies and hot guys in it that leads me to think far more deeper about life because wretched things do happen to beautiful people that seemed so untouched. So don't say i didn't warn ya by the time you've reached the end of this post and thought "Mehh, i've just wasted a fraction of my time reading this piece of crap."

But really, enjoy anyways :D

The Words tells a story about a celebrated writer, Clay Hammond (Dennis Quaid) reciting his book, The Words in his public reading event in front of the media. His book was based on a writer who had stolen a story from an old man that had occurred during the World War II. In the audience, a young fresh graduate that starves for more from Clay as she is very fascinated by the book. With her devious persuasion, Daniella (Olivia Wilde) managed to grab Clay's attention and even invited her to his apartment to tell more about his book.

The book tells of a aspiring writer Rory Jensen (Bradley Cooper) who works at a mail supervisor and in hopes of his book being published but luck has not been on his side. Together, Rory and his wife, Dora (Zoe Saldana) went to Paris for their honeymoon. They visited an old vintage shop that is filled with knickknacks and trinkets, whilst browsing the store, Rory discovered a vintage messenger bag, which Dora later on catches him gazing at the beautiful bag and decided to but it for him as a wedding gift. Later on, inside the bag, Rory discovers the was a hidden stack of papers inside it and it looked very old and was typed using a type writer, it was a story of a young man that fell in love with a french woman and how their romance started off as a beautiful fairytale and ended with a tragedy.

Rory paraphrased the story and Dora accidentally read it on his computer and thought it was Rory's. With the joyful look on Dora's face, Rory claimed that it was his and he soon handed it to publishers and they published it. With the mixture feeling of pleasure and guilt, either ways he was pleased by the amount success and recognition he had.

One day, he was going to a park and an old man followed his footsteps and sat at a bench next to his. At first, the old man gave complements for Rory's book and offered him a story that might tell on what happens after the man had split with his wife (in the book).

Ben Barnes plays a young man being sent to Paris during the World War II, he was a vacuous boy that knew less of what goes around the world he lived in. A dear friend of his offered him a book and it opened his eyes and gave him the opportunities to see far beyond life and it was the start of his love for writing. In Paris, he fell in love with a French waitress named, Celia (Nora Arnezeder). It was love at first sight, they spent every single day together and learn their differences, it was like seeing the perfect love story come to life. After the war had ended, the young man was forced to go back to his hometown, which meant he must leave Celia behind. But the love did not end there, after he got back, the young man felt empty and different with himself, he still longs to be together with his dear Celia. The young man decides he would go back to Paris and be with his significant other. After they reunited, the married after two weeks he had gone back to her and soon, they had a baby together.

Life was going smooth for them and the young man had started working as a journalist. Suddenly, their child was sick and both of them worried for their child's medical condition and unfortunately, they had lost their child as their child could not fight with the sickness she was suffering from. Devastated by the reality they had faced, something changed in Celia. She no longer puts a beautiful smile on her face, all that could be seen from her eyes were bitter memories, and it worries the young man.

They had a fight because the young man had done all that he could for bringing back happiness into Celia's life but all she feels is nothing. The young man went out for a late night walk and came back shortly afterwards, when he got back, all he could find was a piece of letter hand-written from Celia saying that she wants to stay in her hometown for a bit and be with her mother. The young man collapsed into the ground and starts to lose himself. In his range or anger, he accidentally smashed his typewriter to the ground. After he felt calmer, he approached the typewriter and picked it back up. He then took a paper and began writing. For several days and nights have flown by, the young man did not sleep nor eat. His eyes were fixed to each letter he wrote and began pouring himself to it.

Once finished, he came to Celia's hometown to visit her and to give her his story inside his usual messenger bag. In hopes of Celia joining him back to come back home, Celia rejected the offer but she kept the story. Celia read the story in a single night and cried when she finished. She then decided it was time to go back to the young man. Celia packed all of her stuffs and the young man's bag.

Reunited, the young man welcomed his wife back home with open arms. By the time they have reached home, the young man asks whether she has read the book or not, for some reason Celia lied, an expression of disappointment cast upon the young man's face. When he asked to see his story again, Celia could not find the bag in her suitcase. Frustrated, the young man searched all over her things and even scattered around the train station asking countless people on where is his bag.

The story of the old man ends there and Rory felt uncomfortable, he looked like in any moment he was ready to escape from that moment as he come to realise that he had stolen this man's life story. Rory was tempted to tell the truth to the public for he cannot bare the old man's agony for the loss of his child and from the separation of his wife. Rory confessed to his wife that the story was not his and he also told the publisher that the story was not his creation. Rory was now standing before a podium and about t uncover the truth, he began his words slowly but at the end, he lied. He claimed the book was based on his creativity. Several days afterwards, the old man died and Rory came to his cemetery and buried the original papers alongside the dead body of the old man. Clay pauses his story there but Daniella demanded more. Clay suddenly became suspicious of Daniella's interest in the story and began asking question why is she so keen to hear more.

Daniella refused to believe the truth that the story ended unfair. Clay asked how would the story end if it was hers to finished it, she told that Rory would have been fucked up, Rory would have lost everything, his wife, his job, his everything. Clay did not know what to talk back as his mouth was left the hanging, Daniella on the other hand, came upon the idea that, maybe this is based on a real story, either Rory was Clay's stage name or maybe it is a fictional after all.

There is one quote that came out of Clay's mouth that caught my attention,

"At some point, you have to choose between life and fiction. The two are very close, but they never actually touch."

That quote also inspired me to write this next post after this one on how this movie has touched me on so many different degree of angles on how i see life, and i would also like to thank Ben Barnes's charming facial feature that led me to his imdb profile to see what movie he had played in, which led me to watching The Words until 2 AM and it was a school night! but nonetheless no regrets here! The movie was very good and despite some movie critics proclaims that the ending slipped the chance of making this movie as one of the best movie of 2012, i still think it is a well written movie with brilliant actors that portrayed each character very memorable.

xoxo,

Gia

My Everyday Make-up Essentials

For today's post i'm gonna give you guys a in-depth look at what products i use on a daily faces! ranging from face products to lip products and many more! My daily make-up routine always change every now and then but this is the set of make-up that i find curling my hands on to every morning and i hope you guys will enjoy this post! Also leave comments if you would like to share your fave make-up in the comment section!

For the Skin

For my skin, i use the Precious Mineral BB Cream by Etude House to even out my skin and i also find this product as a good light concealer to cover redness and imperfections. I also tend to use a night eye cream from The Body Shop that i use both at day and night because i have terrible panda eyes! and then i pat my face with a powder from Bjouris to set my make-up and i also use concealer afterwards, the one on the pic is also from Bjouris and it is The Healthy Mix Concealer, but the concealer i often use is the one from Coverderm that i forgot to include this in the pic, deepest apology!

For the Eyes

As for the eyes, because most of the days of the week i'm at campus, i don't wanna wear heave eye make-up but there are days where i feel i want to add a little bit of colour to my eyes, especially highlighting the inner corner of my eyes to make them seem much more awake and brighter, i use my gorgeous eye palette from Boots and most of the colours in it are sparkly light colours so it is very wearable on a casual day and can also be used for dressier occasions and if i'm feeling extra lazy on that day i'll just apply a warm brown eyeshadow from Tonymoly that is perfect to cover your veins, but before i apply my eyeshadow, i make sure i apply my eye primer that i absolutely love from Etude House, which i'm also obsessed with the shape of the bottle, and then if i'm in the mood of wearing a mascara, i use the Covergirl mascara in the shade brown, which i often find myself using black mascara all the time but when i first tried this out it looked amazing!

For the Brows

To me, brows is one of the main key points of your face, which can either make or break your whole look, i mean, the way we shape our brows can transform our face! I'm a bog fan of straight brows as it really softens your look and i like wearing brow liner in a dark brown shade or a light brown as well when i feel like i want to complement my bold make-up on my face. I first use a brow liner from Etude House to shape my brows on how i want them to be, and then i start filling them with a brow palette from Etude House and it has two options, a light brown or a dark brown and i also like to highlight my brow bone with a highlighter that also comes along in this palette to highlight my brows, and then comb them with a spooley brush to even out the colour of the product with the original colours with my brow, and if i want to have a much more bolder look, i like to make the tip of my brows into a square shape at the ones that are in between my eyes and using either a brow pencil or from the eyeshadow palette with a pointed brush.

For the Lips

As for the lips, i love combining either a lip cream with a pencil liner or i also spice things up using a bold lipstick colour and soften the edges with a nude pencil liner, the one that i'm currently using is the Revlon's lip butter in the shade Plum which is this gorgeous rich warm purple colour that actually looks so good when you wear it and a nude lip liner from Etude House that i absolutely love and it is one of my must-have products whenever i step outside of my house.

So there you have it guys! Hope you enjoyed it! :)

xoxo,

Gia

Flame of Effort

Blogging is not as simple as it look. You have to keep feeding your brain with inspirations, do photo shoots if you wanna include pics in your post, construct your writing, checking your grammar, editing posts here and there and other process that goes along the way.

Life is all about balance, how you keep track on doing things you want and the things you must and juggle it until the end of the day and by the time tomorrow comes, you do it all over again.

Being a freshman at uni is both fun and exhausting at the same time. You are so excited to be put in a different scenario and surrounded by new people that it's a really good feeling to have inside that an adventure awaits, but it can be quite exhausting as you gotta study more harder than you were back in high school, balance your time between studying, hanging out with friends and do what you love (and for me, it's blogging).

There was a point were I was disappointed in myself because i let all of that overwhelm me and i would only write occasionally and most likely on the weekends. Today didn't go so well, i pretty much flunked at my Statistics midterms and i drew a flower on the test sheets and only God knows what will my lecturer think.

But something gleamed in me earlier today in class, if this is something i really want, i am not going to let these externalities get in my way of success, the only thing that makes it seem hard is the way i see it, therefore, i started to eliminate all of the bad thoughts in me and i focus.

There's quite a lot of things i gotta juggle today, i gotta write a new post about make-up, gotta study Microeconomics for tomorrow's test, gotta stay healthy by eating fruits and drink my vitamins, gotta keep my mom updated on what i'm doing, gotta pray, clean my vanity, self-pamper is always a must and other things that i'll remember along the way!

It may sound simple but once you do it, it can be another different story, but i am blessed. I am blessed for all of the activities that God has permitted me to do and i am blessed for the exhaustion and the satisfaction feeling because it keeps me alive, and also God's grace :)

xoxo,

Gia

Jakarta Fashion Market 2013

Last year, me and my two friends went to the Jakarta Fashion Market 2013 that was was held at f(x) and the event pretty much dominated the main floor, it was an interesting experience as i saw all of these hipsters coming out of their birdhouses and there were a lot of them! Never really have seen these interesting people wondered in one place in this homogenous society and i was so happy that i got to see it with my own eyes.

The event showcased independent young indonesian brands and each and every one of them had their own concept, i say a stand with lots of leather pieces and even splashes of colours in every thread imaginable being yanked into a gourmet (well not really, but i hope you get my point!) and it was such an interesting experience as we got to talk one-on-one with the designers themselves and there was this huge stage at the middle of the floor and it was for the OOTD Indonesia community and they had a fashion show, q&a session, interview section, and etc. 

It was my first time ever attending those kinds of events and i admit, i was really shy and i didn't really have the guts to approach the fashion gurus as i feel i have not achieved much in the fashion essence of my blog so i kept staying under the radar but overall it was a great experience and i was glad to be attending it with two of my good friends! Here's miscellaneous pics from the stash, hope you guys enjoy! and please so bare with my poor resolution photos that were not taken at a decent angle 'cause i'm still trying to figure out how to function a dslr camera XD

xoxo,

Gia

God's Grace

lately things has been quite hard for me, for no specific reason i've been very restless and thinking too much and i think it has got to the point where it over-consumed me, it's like, at one point i can be happy and at another point it's like i suddenly forget and i kinda lose myself, on top of that, i cannot remember when was the last time i prayed to God.

My mom advised me to surrender myself to God and ask for forgiveness and help. I did what i was advised and i confessed to God, life confuses me, the uncertainty, the universe; does it repels itself from karma? why do the things we thought are not the same as we have a taste of it on our own? there were clearly too many questions wandering around my head and it was paralysing. 

By the time i finished praying, a weight has been lifted from my shoulders, the muscles in between my eyebrows softens, and i could feel my heartbeat beating at a constant pace. I smiled.

It was at noon where i walked back to my place after a day at campus, i felt something different in me, what i hate most about walking by my own is the uncertainty, who knows who you might bump into and i just hate, honestly despise it when a group of people looks at me from afar thinking that i do not realise their pair of eyes observing my every move, i also dislike the sound of engines; they're too loud and noisy. But in that moment, i feel different, i was calm and enjoying every step that i took, i felt like there was a invisible force-field that was surrounding me, like i am inside a bubble, the sounds of the cars passing by did not irritate me as much as it used to and in my surprise, the presence of others did not infuriate me.

I looked up to the skies and say, thank you God. It was a precious moment where i felt God's grace was protecting me from the things that made me uncomfortable and made me realise that beauty lies in every corner that we look only if we pretend the destruction that overflows it is invisible; we have to mind it in order for that beauty makes it way into our senses.

I want to feel God's grace every single day of my life until i die, some say it's a struggle; to stay consistent, but i think it is worth the effort. Sometimes all you gotta do is ask and God will permit ti :)

xoxo,

Gia