[ULASAN BUKU / BOOK REVIEW] Harry Potter And The Cursed Child, 9 Tahun Penantian Berujung Kekecewaan :(

Setelah menunggu 9 tahun akhirnya saya bisa baca lanjutan dari novel favorit saya "HARRY POTTER" saya masih inget ketika Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows rilis waktu itu saya masih kelas 2 SMP, pada 2015 sequel dari my beloved book pun dirilis dalam bentuk pertunjukkan teater di West End London, dan akhirnya di tahun 2016 ini naskah pertunjukan tersebut pun ditulis dalam bentuk buku!  Jadi bisa dibayangkan lah rasanya kaya apa? saya nunggu dari kelas 2 SMP sampai sekarang saya sudah menghitung hari menuju sidang skripsi.  Well biarpun secara teknis ini bukan murni karya JK Rowling, Rowling hanya terlibat “membimbing” pembuatan cerita dan naskah pertunjukkanya diserahkan penuh Jack Thorne, untuk penulis bukunya sendiri Jack Thorne bekerja sama dengan John Tiffany, biarpun bukan cerita "ori" dari Rowling tapi sudah menjadi kewajiban buat saya harus baca bukunya (karena saya gak mungkin pergi ke London buat nonton pertunjukkannya) anyhoo ini pendapat dan review saya 

[SPOILER ALERT!]

Jadi buku ini dibagi dalam 2 bagian dalam satu buku part 1 dan 2 (sama dengan pertujukan teaternya act 1 & act 2) Pas saya baca bukunya jujur otak saya terlalu banyak ngomong "bentar, bentar, bentar, huh?" kenapa? well karena di buku ini banyak banget ketidak konsistenan dari carita original yang pernah dibuat JK Rowling selain ketidak konsistenan buku ini juga banyak mengaharidkan twist yang terkesan aneh dan ala-ala fanfiction, saya jadi berpikir kok bisa ya JK Rowling membiarkan Jack Thorne (penulis naskah pertunjukan sekaligus bukunya) merusak masterpiece karyanya dan menyetujui cerita ini dijadikan buku?  dari beberapa hal tersebut beberapa hal ini yang menurut saya paling parah. 

1.    Pertama (& yang paling krusial) masalah time turner, oke kita semua tau di buku ketiga JK Rowling membuat "kecerobohan" dengan menghadirkan time turner, karena dengan time turner kita bisa balik ke masa lalu jadi kenapa time turner tersebut gak dipakai buat mencegah Tom Riddle sebelum semuanya terlambat dan menyadari hal tersebut JK Rowling pun memutuskan untuk  menhapus segala bentuk cerita yang berbau perjalanan waktu dan memutuskan bahwa alur waktu Harry Potter akan dibuat natural maju dengan menghancurkan time turner pada pertarungan di kementrian sihir (buku ke 5).  Saya gak tau apa yang ada di dalam otaknya  Jack Thorne sampai akhirnya mereka sepakat memutuskan "Let's bring back the bloody time turner!" jadi dalam buku ini time turner kembali "beraksi" bahkan menjadi pokok penting dalam cerita & you know what? yang nyimpen time turner itu ternyata Harry Potter! di tahun 2020 Amos Diggory menemui Harry Potter & meminta time turner untuk menyelamatkan anaknya (Cedric) dari Tiwizard Turnament tapi Harry menolak dan akhirnya time turner ini dipakai diam-diam oleh anaknya Albus Potter & teman dekatnya Scorpius Malfoy untuk kembali ke tahun di mana Cedric Diggory dibunuh Voldemort.  Albus melakukan hal ini karena dirinya ingin membuktikan kepada ayahnya kalau dia bisa keluar dari bayang2 ayahnya yang you know lah ya dia "the choosen one”, pada akhirnya time turner itu pun kembali di hancurkan but guess what? Ternyata bukan cuma satu tapi masih ada 5 prototype time turner yang lain (seriously WTF?).

2.     Say Hello to Scorpibus (?) the Drarry 2.0.  Okay kebanyakan dari Harry Potter fans pasti tau nickname “Drarry” dong? yup! Nickname yang diberikan oleh para Potterhead untuk Draco & Harry mungkin ada jutaan fan fiction yang menceritakan Drarry bertebaran di internet, tapi sayangnya dalam cerita Harry Potter yang dibuat JK Rowling hal itu mustahil terjadi karena, pertama, Harry dan Draco merupakan rival dalam buku 1-7 kedua, baik Draco maupun Harry keduanya bukan lah seorang gay so the Drarry thing just exist in fan fiction world.  Dan lagi… saya gagal paham apa yang ada di pikiran Jack Thorne pada saat itu, mungkin ini yang mereka pikirkan saat menulis naskah The Cursed Child: “Okay we all agreed that Draco and Harry will make a hell’a power couple but they can’t be together so how about we make their sons date each other but not exactly dating we're gonna just teasing the readers”.  Secara teknis Scorpius Malfoy & Albus Potter bukan (belum menjadi) sepasang kekasih, tapi kedekatan kedua bocah tersebut mengindikasikan kalau ada yang spesial di antara mereka (because there's no bromancr like that seriously) ya mirip-mirip Hermione & Ron di awal-awal lah, pada saat Albus menggunakan time turner untuk kembali ke tahun di mana Cedric dibunuh Scorpius berjanji kalau dia akan selalu berada di sisi Albus di manapun dan kapanpun.  Homosexualitas bukan lah hal baru di dalam dunia sihir JK Rowling seperti yang kita ketahui kalau Prof. Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore, O.M., X.J.(Sorc.) S. Mag.Q. merupakan seorang gay, yang menjadi masalah saya di sini adalah hal ini membuat ceritanya mirip dengan cerita fan fiction ala-ala Drarry, seolah-olah karena para Potterhead “gagal menjodohkan” Harry & Draco membuat kedua penulis tersebut “mengabulkan” harapan para Potterhead yang memuja hal tersebut dan mewariskannya pada anak mereka.  Selain kedekatan mereka berdua masalah lainnya juga muncul ketika shorting hat menyeleksi Albus ke Slytherin tanpa adanya "kompromi" padahal dalam cerita yang dibuat oleh JK Rowling semua anak dapat memilih asrama pilihannya dan sorting hat akan mempertimbangkannya seperti apa yang dijelaskan Harry pada Albus pada epilog buku ke 7

3.     Delphini (Riddle-Lestrange) Diggory.  Okay kalau menurut kalian kedua hal di atas terkesan aneh tunggu sampai kalian baca ini.  Bellatrix Lestrange & Lord Voldemort punya anak! Yup! Yup! Yup! Helo!!! Kejutaaann!!! Jadi sebelum perang sihir tahun 1998 di Hogwarts Bella melahirkan seorang anak perempuan secara diam-diam di rumah Malfoy (Malfoy Manor) dari hasil perselingkuhannya dengan bosnya sendiri Tom Riddle a.k.a Lord Voldemort oh poor Rodolphus his wife cheated on him with his own boss :(. Dalam Harry Potter And The Cursed Child Delphi merupakan tokoh antagonis utama dan ketika identitanya terbuka barulah kita tahu kalau yang dimaksud dalam judul buku ini adalah dirinya (Delphini) Delhpi tinggal bersama Amos Diggory (dibawah mantera Confundus) menyamar sebagi keponakannya.  Seperti kedua hal yang sudah saya jelaskan sebelumnya lagi-lagi Thorne & Tiffany selalu punya cara buat menghancurkan cerita yang dengan susah payah dibuat oleh JK Rowling, bukan hanya kehadirannya dalam cerita saja yang “aneh” tapi alur waktu saat Bella mengandung dan melahirkannya pun akan terkesan aneh, tidak dijelaskan kapan tepatnya Delphi lahir tapi dari kemungkinan yang ada pada saat trio Harry mendatangi rumah Malfoy sebelum perang sihir untuk menyelamatkan Luna & Olivander tidak ada tanda-tanda kalau Bella sedang hamil (ya tentu karena pada saat itu Rowling tidak membuat ceritanya demikian) jadi bisa diasumsikan kalau Bella sudah melahirkan anaknya pada saat itu itu artinya kehamilan Bella diperkirakan berlangsung pada pertengahan sampai akhir tahun 90’an (sebelum 1998).  And again cerita ini sangat dipaksakan oleh kedua penulisnya tersebut, kita tahu bahwa sumber kejahatan utama dalam dunia Harry Potter berasal dari Salazar Slytherin tapi sejak kematian Tom Riddle / Lord Voldemort yang merupakan keturunan dari Salazar pada tahun 1998 membuat warisan keturunan itu pun terputus dan hal itu yang mungkin membuat kedua penulis tersebut menghadirkan sosok Delphina sebagai tokoh antagonis utama dalam karyanya, tapi seperti yang sudah saya katakana hal ini terlalu dipaksakan.

Bottom line: It was a big dissappointment for me karena cerita yang dihadirkan tidak berbeda dengan fan fiction yang banyak ditulis sama anak remaja dengan twist yang "aneh" dan dibumbui cerita romance ala-ala standar fanfic remaja bedanya cuma dengan penulisan yang lebih bagus jadi bisa saya katakan kalau Harry Potter And The Cursed Child is basically Well-Crafted Fan Fiction. But don't get me wrong i still love the magical world that JK Rowling has created for all of Harry Potter fans (including me) dan ulasan ini cuma pendapat dari saya yang subjektif dan spesifik pada buku bukan pada pertunjukan teater, saya belum pernah menyaksikan pertunjukkan teaternya dan mungkin pertunjukan teaternya tidak seburuk bukunya (mungkin loh ya).

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Is Masturbation Normal? (Masturbation Myths)

For the love of God masturbation is a normal, natural, and healthy physical activity but unfortunately some of us still put a religion and social stigma associated with it, and this stigma drive us to some myths about masturbation.  So I think I'd like to talk about it now and reviled some facts about masturbation.  I know this is probably the most different topic that I've wrote on this blog, I never post any blog post about sex and I think I should start it now because why not? Just because some of you still think that masturbation is taboo to be discussed it doesn't mean you don't do it right? (*wink wink*).

Most of my friends won't talk about masturbation because they think it isn't a normal topic to be brought up and also it has something to do with the stigma that makes masturbation is a shame like "God hates masturbation" or "if you masturbate it means you're desperately single and you need a GF/BF but you don't have one so you use your hand instead" and bla bla bla and also some of you are maybe seriously stressed out because your fear of the physical damage that might caused by self personal pleasure.  What if I told you that masturbation is been around from the beginning of time like ever since the earth still a pangaea or when the first cave man walking around the earth they were pleasuring themselves, and now the problem is (if you consider it as a problem) the society and religion put some stigmas associated with shame of mastirbation, but the truth is masturbation is a normal, natural thing that you don't have to be ashamed of.  And here are the common myths about self pleasure a.k.a masturbation :

Myth #1 Masturbation caused blindness / losing your eye sight.  This is probably the most common myth about masturbation and this is a total bullshit! Because if it's true I must be blind long time ago and yes my eye sight is not that good but it has nothing to do with it, like no scientists has ever published a research about it, i mean come on why the hell spend their money and time to do a research about total bullshit and FYI this myth started back in the day when sex is just meant for procreation there wasn't any funny business because sex felt great they need to have sex just in order to reproduction and anything else outside of that was viewed bad and they needed to find a way to scare people so they don't do any sexual activity outside of that, and blindness is pretty scary so there you go the myth about masturbation caused blindness just started.

Myth #2 masturbation can causes erectile dysfunction, you can't have a boner.  Some people still believe that if you masturbate a lot you'll ended up with erectile dysfunction yet they still do it ;) and i can say that is 100% just another huge horseshit! Again guys there are no scientific research says that masturbation cause erectile dysfunction.

Myth #3 of you're in a relationship you don't need to masturbate, while the truth is many people are still masturbating regardless of their relationship status, the deal is some people think that if you're in a relationship and you do masturbate it means you're cheating on your partner, like if you have her/him why the hell do you need to do that and the truth is people has different and varying degrees of sexual drive and pleasure and if you need a time to get some self pleasure is okay it's normal don't sweat it and if you find your significant other masturbating don't get jealous because sometimes you need to take care of yourself.

Myth #4 women don't maaturbate.  FALSE!!! The truth ia 62% of women regardless of their relationship status are masturbating

Myth #5 there's no health benefits of masturbation, and again guys the answer is absolutely false.  There are plenty of benefits you'll get associated with masturbation like relaxation, less stress, it helps you get a better sleep and I've read a article says that masturbation can helps you get a healthier prostate (if you don't use it you're lose it right?) So yeaahhh go for it guys your prostate will thank you!

And the last one, it is actually more like a question than a myth. "Am i masrurbating too much? How much is too much? Can you masturbating too much?" this is probably the most asked question about masrurbation and the answer is it depends on you, i mean there's no too much for you to masturbate unless there's very small percentage group of people that does actually masturbate too much, so how do you know if it's too much? Well first of all you might be  notice if it's too much like when you feel like you're hurting yourself, your penis is too sore then let  him get some rest don't hurt yourself.  You can masturbate all day long like three or five times a day if it's okay to you then go for it but once that masturbation is actually interferes with you performing social and daily activities, like going to work, going to school, hang out with friends then yes indeed it can turns into too much but if it's not caused the problem then sure you can masturbate whenever you want just make sure while you taking care of your business you do it in your personal area.

Alright guys the reason i made this post is because there are people that concern about this issue and i know there are still some stigmas about masturbation and stuff, I just wanted to let you know that masturbation is 100% natural thing that you shouldn't be ashamed of and avoid to talk about it, spoiler alert almost all of the people are masturbating your Dad, your Grandpa, your brother, your roommate and others like everybody does it! Even (sorry) your Mom! 

I hope this post can straighten your views on masturbation, see ya!

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Nuhan's Guide To Life #1 - How To Survive First College Year

a typical college freshman guy :p

Hey Y’all I’m back here with some of my piece of advice about how to survive Freshman year of university life this some of advices are for you guys who are incoming college freshman.  College is a beautiful time of your life (trust me!) you might think that high school were the happiest time of your life but uh-uh no! but college is! Why? Because college (especially freshman year) is the place where your parents and the society thinks that you’re a “semi passable adult who have a full responsibility about yourself” but the fact that you’re just some kinda “advanced version of foolish teenagers who can legally drink alcohol and have sex while your parents are paying for your life and college tuition”, how beautiful is that?! I’m I right? :D (nah I’m just kidding).  But freshman year of college is also can be a huge disaster for you if you don’t know how to survive it but don’t worry guys I’m here to give you some of my advices.

Tip #1 it’s just like high school

The first thing that pops up from your head when you hear the word “high school” is probably friendship, and yes it goes the same way in college, make sure to make friends while you’re at campus, I know it may sounds silly and ridiculous, and I know that you’re thinking to yourself like “of course I’m gonna make a friend, duh!”  but I mean please make sure that you’re actually going out there and meeting new people go out there and get involved in a student activities meet people at your classes, you’re being thrown into this world where you don’t know any body around you and it’s going to be super fucking uncomfortable for a lot of you to make friends out there, so please just make sure that you’re meeting people talking to them and make sure that they know that you are a relatively normal person.

Tip #2 make sure that you feel at home

Another tip for you is that I find a lot of people don’t really take advantage of when they’re at college is redecorating your room, I’m not just talking about Pinterest DIY tutorial bullshit I’m talking about just making your room and your living space your own whether you’re living in a dorm or boarding house or apartment just make sure that you’re feel at home, you don’t have to make your room look like super 5 star hotel looking environment but make sure your room is an extension of your personality because you’re gonna live there until next year (9 months) or maybe more than that so you wanted to chill out homie and as welcoming to both yourself and your roommate and your potential new friend.

Tip #3 EAT!

Don’t forget to have snacks in your room it’s essential because the food court is not always going to be open when you’re hungry at midnight and there’s going to be some times when you’re up late night studying and you need some food to fuel your energy and you don’t want to walk to buy some food so just make sure you always have something in your system, make sure you’re constantly eating, I know that stress can get to a lot, and you forget the basic simple task like eating or even breathe and shower, but please for the sake of God don’t forget to eat.

Tip #4 Be honest

Another piece of advice it’s gonna be very important for those are going to college for the first time is please be honest to those around you, don’t make up stories about self don’t embellish the truth about things that you have done in the past, just be who you are.  If people are going to like you and be friend with you, they’re wanna be going with person that you genuinely are, not the person that you want to be. 

Tip #5 Call ya Mommy and Daddy

Also for a lot of you who are leaving home for the very first time and actually living on your own, don’t be afraid to call your mommy and daddy at home.  College is one big transition from awkward dumb teenage years into semi passable adult (just like I said in the beginning) so these 4 years are the time of your life when you can really own up to the fact that you have no idea what the fuck you’re doing (sorry to say that but it’s kinda true) if you need advice, if you need a guidance just call them, call your mommy and daddy, they want to see you succeed just as much as you want to see yourself succeed so please don’t be afraid to be upfront with them, give them call every now and then and remind them that you love them.  Also for a lot of you your parents are gonna be the reason that you’re going to college at the first place, possibly paying part or all of your tuition and life, so be sure to THANK THEM!

Tip #6 Go to class

Don’t forget the college is about your education and you’re parents are paying for absurd amount of money for the tuition, don’t skip classes, don’t skimp on the studying and please give your all.  I would imagine that the reason that you’re away at college right now is to learn, so please make sure you’re doing that, don’t think you’re too cool for school, these aren’t high school anymore! People here actually want to learn and if you aren’t giving it your all when it comes to your classes, why are you paying for those absurd amount of money to go away to college?!?!

The last tip Be yourself

And finally the most important thing is be yourself, I know it’s sounds cliché or some of you might find it hard to do it because some of you might don’t know who you are yet, but it’s time to find out who you are, find out what you like, find out what classes you’re interested in, just explore it this is the time where you find out who you truly are.

Okay that’s it from me guys I hope it helps you and don’t forget to share it with your friends it might helps them too, bye ;)

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[Masak] Resep Pesmol Ikan Patin

Blogosphere tau ikan pesmol kan? Pesmol itu makanan khas Sunda, biasanya sih terbuat dari ikan mas tapi kali ini saya mau membuat kreasi Pesmol dari ikan patin, yuk simak.

Waktu

• Persiapan 15 menit masak 35 menit =  50 Menit

Tingkat kesulitan

• 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10

Bahan

• 1/2 kg Ikan patin, bersihkan dan bagi dua
• 1 buah Jeruk nipis
• 12 Buah cabe rawit
• 1 Batang daun bawang, potong tipis-tipis
• 3 cm Jahe geprek
• 3 cm Lengkoas geprek
• 2 lembar Daun salam
• 2 buah Tomat, potong masing-masing empat bagian
• 2 sdm Cuka masak (atau sesuai selera)
• Daun kemangi (secukupnya untuk garnish)
• Daun cilantro (secukupnya untuk garnish)
• 300 ml air
• 3 sdm minyak goreng untuk menumis
• Garam, Gula, & Kaldu bubuk secukupnya

Bumbu halus

• 5 siung Bawang putih
• 3 siung Bawang merah
• 5 butir Kemiri sangrai
• 2 cm Kunyit
• 1 sdt Merica putih

Bumbu marinasi ikan

• 2 cm Jahe
• 2 cm Kunyit
• Garam secukupnya

Mari masak!

1. Haluskan bumbu marinasi.
2. Ikan yang telah dibersihkan lumuri ikan dengan jeruk nipis diamkan sebentar lalu cuci bersih kembali.
3. Lumuri dengan bumbu marinasi yang sudah dihaluskan, istirahatkan.
4. Selagi menunggu marinasi meresap haluskan semua bumbu halus.
5. Goreng ikan yang telah dimarinasi hingga matang (berwarna cokelat keemasan) kemudian tiriskan.
6. Tumis bumbu halus, jahe, lengkoas, dan daun salam sampai tercium harum.
7. Tambahkan air, tunggu sampai mendidih kemudian masukkan cabe rawit, daun bawang dan tomat.
8. Tambahkan garam, gula, kaldu bubuk dan cuka, aduk sebentar, angkat.
9. Siramkan di atas ikan goreng yang sudah ditata di piring.
10. Sajikan.

Selamat mencoba ^_^

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