A Game of Thrones

Di tengah kesibukan gue ngerjain tesis, gue masih meluangkan waktu gue buat baca novel, yah walopun bacanya cuman pas lagi di kreta sih. Novel yang lagi gue baca sekarang judulnya A Game of Thrones karangan George RR Martin.

Diawali dari rekomendasi salah seorang teman gue yaitu si Angga. Dia excited banget sama novel ini. Dia juga yang merekomendasikan gue untuk baca Discworld Seriesnya Terry Pratchett. Karena rekomendasi dia yang dulu-dulu itu sejauh ini gue suka, pas dia merekomendasikan A Game of Thrones ke gue, gue berasumsi gue akan suka. Ditambah lagi reviewnya yang bagus di Goodreads dan lagi ada offer best seller di Big W (dari yang tadinya 17 dolar jadi cuman 11 dolar). Akhirnya gue membeli buku yang tebelnya kira-kira sama kayak high heels gue ini :D

Cerita di novel ini sebenernya agak ribet karena tokohnya buanyak banget. Temanya tentang perebutan kekuasaan oleh beberapa keluarga kerajaan gitu. Tapi bukan yang melodramatis macem Angling Dharma atau Tutur Tinular gitu sih, cerita disini lebih menekankan ke pengaruh sebuah keluarga di kerajaan, status sosial mereka, dan lain sebagainya.

Sebenernya ada seriesnya sih di HBO. Pengen banget download, cuman gue udah tobat gak mau ngambil-ngambilin illegal content yang seharusnya didapatkan dengan gak gratis. Kasian George RR Martinnya, nanti uang pensiunnya kurang :p Nunggu DVDnya keluar kira-kira brapa lama ya? Harganya juga pasti mahal huhuhu. Yasudahlah, mari kita kelarin bukunya dulu. Gue baru baca 100 halaman dari kira2 800 halaman sih. Udah mulai sedikit seru. Ada benci-bencian, iri-irian, dan lain sebagainya.

Nama-nama tokoh di novel ini juga bagus-bagus banget, kayak Catelyn Tully, Daenerys Targaryen, Cersei Lannister, dan lain sebagainya. Gak tau lagi deh gue isi kepalanya George RR Martin udah kayak apa. He's an extremely genius writer. Jeniusnya epic collosal gitu, gak macem fantasi lucu-lucu kayak Terry Pratchett. Tapi gue bener-bener gak bisa ngebayangin gimana sih awalnya mereka berdua bisa dapet ide buat buku seperti buku-buku itu.

Sekarang hari Sabtu. Harusnya gue ngoding tesis sih, tapi beberapa hari ini gue udah ngoding nonstop dari pagi sampe sore. Baca dulu ah, ngodingnya nanti sorean aja :p

Happy weekend!

welcome 20!

I used to be somehing-teen. Today i finally turn 20. I'm still the same old Tieta. I love both studying and procrastinating, both festivity and solitude, both romantic and horror movies, and both geometry and algebra. I still watch many children movies, read children books, and buy a lot of toys. I still love to draw cute things, eat a very huge amount of ice cream, and still have a constant battle with my diet plan. I still often fall down the stairs, laugh without reason, and do my best in everything. I'm not perfect, I'm just a regular girl who loves to put a smile in everyone's face.

Dear God, I used to be scared of being old, but soon I realize there's nothing to be scared of because I have You. Thank you for Your love :)

talking about infinity

Nonmathematical people sometimes ask me,

"You know math, huh? Tell me something I've always wondered, What is infinity divided by infinity?"

I can only reply,

"The words you just uttered do not make sense. That was not a mathematical sentence. You spoke of 'infinity' as if it were a number. It's not. You may as well ask, 'What is truth divided by beauty?' I have no clue. I only know how to divide numbers. 'Infinity', ' truth', 'beauty'--those are not numbers."

-- John Derbyshire (Prime Obsession)

one summer evening in carlton garden

I was losing myself yesterday at the most beautiful park in Melbourne: reading all my papers, re-reading One Day, and daydreaming while listening to this song (thanks to Hilda who recommended this to me!):

God I miss home...

new year's fairy

I suddenly want to learn how to draw a fairy:

First attempt

Second attempt

I think i got better and better. I can't wait to draw my third fairy!