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Visit the Exhibition then You Will Find the Title Meaning After the last visit artist Bambang Ekolojo Butet Kartaredjasa's first solo exhibition entitled Goro-Goro: Bhineka Keramik in 2017, this year Butet held another solo exhibition entitled Melik Nggendong Lali at the National Gallery of Indonesia from April 26th to May 25th 2024. In this exhibition, there will be a lot of use of the term wirid, what does it mean? Wirid Visual means accurately depicting the combination of the two things it intends. Melik Nggendong Lali is Javanese which means "If we already like or love something, we like to forget that something is not ours, we just take it." Meanwhile, according to Asmidjo J. Irianto's curatorial text, the brief meaning of Melik Nggendong Lali is to force and justify all means to achieve one's desires. Melik Nggendong Lali's work reflects material and worldly prosperity. The message is that forced material and worldly obsession is an action tha

Finally, in December 2023, the Warner Bros studio film Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom can be watched after several broadcast delays. Like superhero films in general, this film features a storyline and ending that is a little be cliche but still worth to be appreciating. Tells the story of Arthur who has to live two lives as a husband and father on the land and of course as king of Atlantis at the sea. However, this peaceful life did not last long, far away on earth in the snowy land, Black Manta still has a deep grudge against Aquaman for killing his father. To take the revenge, he and his team continue to try to find weapons to destroy Aquaman and Atlantis. Black Manta unexpectedly finds a powerful trident which makes him very strong. Controlled by the trident, Black Manta came to Atlantis to approach Aquaman. At that moment Aquaman realized that the current Black Manta was much stronger than before. Unable to face Black Manta alone, Aquaman knows exactly who can help him. Until he free

Each person's experience of grief can make a different emotions and is very difficult to describe in words. Mahito, the main character in this film, is depicted as experiencing deep sorrow after losing his mother. Starting a new life with his father and moving into the house of his stepmother who will soon give him a younger sibling quite the opposite makes him experience various strange moments. The talking heron, the appearance of many frogs and the illustration of the “baby to be” are expressed in a unique way. Mahito's journey to "another world" is also given various neat animations like other Studio Ghibli films. Compared to several Studio Ghibli films that I have watched; Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro, Howl's Moving Castle, and Kiki's Delivery Service, this Studio Ghibli film gives a different impression. Whether you have watched a Studio Ghibli film or not, I highly recommend watching The Boy and the Heron especially because of its unquestionable an

  Quiet City Full of Peace After two days in Osaka, we continued our journey to Kyoto. There weren't too many places we could explore in Kyoto because we only stayed here for one night. In Kyoto we only had time to visit a few places including: Fushimi Inari, Sannenzaka and Ninenzaka area. Previously we planned to visit Kiyomizudera Temple but when we got there unfortunately it was closed. My personal favorite place is Fushimi Inari, unfortunately we haven't thoroughly toured Fushimi Inari. If we have another opportunities to go to Kyoto again, we will definitely visit this place again and definitely stay in Kyoto longer. If you want to visit Fushimi Inari, it's best to do it in the morning because you can see the sunrise and the air is very cool. Apart from that, you can reach the top of Fushimi Inari. Then, if you want to try wearing a kimono set and take a walk around Ninenzaka and Sannenzaka, it's best to do it in the morning, because it turns out this pla

  Sparkling City Surrounded by Light Our sixth day —> visiting Osaka! Osaka is famous as the kitchen of Japan, is it true that food in Osaka represents and has the best taste image in all of Japan? Let's find out together! After arriving in Osaka in the afternoon, our day was quite busy with visiting Osaka Castle, Shinsekai, and the Dotonbori area. After leaving our suitcases in the coin locker, we went straight to Osaka Castle. The road to the castle is quite far, like mostly historical places. On the way we saw a large heron on the riverbank which at the first sight we thought was a statue. After Osaka Castle we tried the 10 yen cake which doesn't cost 10 yen. We still continued the day by visiting Shinsekai. All the restaurants in this area have a very beautiful decorations. We tried takoyaki and okonomiyaki then also saw Tsutenkaku. After that we continued our journey towards the Dotonbori area, it turned out that this area was very close to the hotel we were

Fernweh September 2023, morning with JAL to Tokyo, arriving at Narita International Airport in the afternoon not much time left on the first day in Tokyo. After checked in at the Kinshichou area, we headed to Yodobashi Akiba, special thanks to Hitoshi Arakawa san and Keiko Arakawa san who took the long journey to come to us at Yodobashi Akiba just to make sure we arrived safely. The Muscat grapes are also very sweet! Thank You. ♥ The second day we started our adventure to Harajuku, an area that must be visited by tourists, Omotesando with shops and interesting areas, and Shibuya of course to see the Hachiko statue. If I had to choose a favorite place I would choose Omotesando! The third day we visited one of the places that is said to be a must visit; Tsukiji Outer Market, in our opinion, is too busy and the taste of the food is so so maybe just visiting this place once is enough. Next we visited Ginza Six, one of the iconic malls in Ginza, the decoration was quite unique al