#1 Hawking - Movie Review

Just watched a TV drama by BBC about the life of Stephen Hawking in his early 20's. I have never knew how difficult it was dealing with such illness in his youth and meanwhile having that much of problem, he could manage to stand up to what he believes.

It has been years since I studied physics - especially in astronomy, honestly, I don't remember a thing about the theories they've mentioned in the TV movie. But that's not the point anyway, so it was in the 1963 where science are developing in a very high rate with new theories and believes. What Stephen believes in is that there was a beginning of time that started with a bang - now we call it The Big Bang, which on theother hand there was the professor Fred Hoyle who clearly never accepted that the universe has a beginning. "Nothing changes. Wherever you are in the universe it looks the same, because it stays the same." said Hoyle which of course the idea was denied by Hawking.

Apart from the physics theory of the beginning of time, the life of Stephen Hawking itself in the movie is inspiring. Imagine how devastating it would be to have such an illness that stops the whole function of the body except for the brain, yet Hawking has the urge to finish what he has to say about what he believes. And as for Jane, a strong woman who support the believes of her lover accepted the way Stephen is. It's just wonderful and inspiring.

The main actor, Benedict Cumberbatch, has been my favorite one since I saw him in the TV series from BBC "Sherlock" which of course, he has made a great dramatization of Hawking. At first I thought that Benedict doesn't look like Hawking at all, but he did a great job on acting this character. I'm so in love with him :)

We are very very small, but we are profoundly capable of very very big things - Hawking

Brandung

Last week on the 7th till the 11th of December, in one of the most popular malls in Bandung, was held an exhibition about branding the city of Bandung or as they called it "Brandung". This exhibition was held by FDGI (Forum Desain Grafis Indonesia) and was participated by Visual Communication Design students and professors in Bandung. My friends who represented our University, choose the theme in sign system and way finding in the city of Bandung as their city branding.
They proposed the idea that Bandung as a city where local and international tourist visits on their holidays somehow have difficulty in reading the way findings on arriving in the airport or entering the city via highway. So they've redesigned the sign system on spots that needed more attention for the right sign system. The main change was the welcome sign from the highway which they made it more attractive and eye-catching with fancy designs. They've also made a tourist map showing the way to hot places in Bandung with cute icons. This whole idea was inspired by the existing Bandung logo (.Bdg) as a creative city. Below are the pictures of their works. Salute, my friends!!

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Addicted to Big Bang Theory

Allright.. I am addicted to this scientific comical series. The more I watch it, the more character Sheldon appears unforgettable and yet so intriguing, thus makes me a big fan of Sheldon. As you can see I'm making this random things about the series, take images from the internet and edited, just because I have nothing to do. hmm.. yeah nothing to do *smirks.

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Epic Sheldon is EPIC

Soft Kitty Song

Been watching The Big Bang Theory lately... and this kitty song is sooo adorable and too cute to be true.. especially when Sheldon sings it awwww :3

Learn the Shortcut for photoshop

Admit it, photoshop can be much easier and faster with shorcuts from the keyboard. You don't have to search and try to find it with the mouse when you're in the middle of creating something in photoshop. Hope this would help you. I found this article via Bluefaqs.

Pic-tography

Ben Heine, a Belgian illustrator, painter, portraitis, cartunist and photographer got this incredible idea on how he managed to mix illustration and photography on one scene. He got this idea while reading a letter and he could see the television on the background of the letter. Turns out that it inspires him making this artwork. To see more of his artworks see Ben Heine's photostream.

Awesome Typhography-based poster

We may see around us the different types of posters with cool images and typography to give some certain message. It's not an easy task to make a poster that uses only typography and yet send the right message all at once, but when a good designer could accomplish that, his artwork becomes AWESOME ... see more posters here.

Why I love travelling part 3 - Time Travelling

National Museum of Indonesia (Museum Gajah)

At some point travelling to an old place or historical place makes you think that life has changed a lot. Imagining how civilization were at that time or the places that might have been uncrowded for a while. For me it's important that I visit those old and historical places, it's just another evidence that people before us lived with rules, ethics and philosophy that still is a part of our lives in the present. It helps us remember that we are damaging what has been build for hundreds of years. Those places are the landmark of the city, a "time machine" it is. :D

The Borobudur Temple

Hell of a tourist I am hahaha

The sidewalk of Braga Street, Bandung

I would love visit more places in Indonesia... it feels like I travel less inside my own country, I should be proud of the landmarks they posses. Still I feel Indonesia (government) is corrupted, I just hope that they wont destroy the "time machines" they have.

Why I love travelling part 2 - Miraflores

Sometimes in life, when you want to find who you really are, you try new stuff, go to new places, watch movies for references, listen to different kinds of music, dress-up, or just lie in the bed thinking about yourself. Well, I kinda do those stuffs LOL. But I really prefer going out to a new place and making it into my favorite is what I like doing. In Peru, I have one place that is still stuck in my mind, Miraflores. It's a district on the city of Lima, near the ocean. In Spanish "Mira" means "look" and "flores" means "flowers", so it's kinda like "look at the flowers", that city concept doesn't lie. They provided parks with colorful flowers and sometimes they decorate

it so that if you look from above, it will be like the lines of Nazca, cool.

As I am a tree person, I like hanging out in the parks. Normally about 4p.m I take my brother to the skatepark meanwhile I run some laps in the park. It was nice, and after that I would buy some snacks or coffee and go home. Too bad, in Bandung I couldn't find a nice park to relax and hang out ... (thus it makes me fat xD)

It's a falcon and yeas I'm scared of it. It took me a while to get that close to the bird. Before the sun sets, people come to this place and the falcon guy just put up a show :D

Parque Kennedy, in the heart of Miraflores where they put up shows of live music, sometimes exhibits work of art, sells churros, coffees, butifarra (yum ;p) and much more. This is a touristic spot where everything shows up for the people such as good expensive restaurants, dark cozy cafes, bars, starbucks, a departement store, merchandise and sourvenirs store and of course a meeting point. and not to mention the antique building of shops and cafes they have. Kinda of a nice but buzy park right there.. a lot of stuff going on.

Larcomar,

A mall by the sea it is.. how cool is that??! I love it here, and it's the place I hang out most with my friends, we usually hang out here to watch the surfers.. hot surfers passing by the surf shop hahaha... girls right xD. The have all those normal malls would have not so big, but enjoyable.. it's a semi-outdoor mall plus they have bowling in here :D

So, as many places as you've been, there will be a particular place where you have left your mind and heart in it. So good to have nostalgia... and I'm glad I've been there. Now, it's your turn...