Universal Studios

Firza Riany's

I promised I would write something about Universal Studios. I want to let you guys know a bit of its history so that you're not only know how to spend the fun time there but also know how precious it is. Universal Studios is a film production house in United States which was built in 1912 by Laemmle. Hm actually I rarely watch movies that made by this production house, but it's kind of fun spending time in Universal Studios he he hehehehehe. In fact, this company is located in San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, California, AS and has been produced some box office movies.  Whew it's obvious actually, if the movies are not in box office rate then how can they made such a big theme park in many countries:3 speaking of the movies, here are some Universal all time box office~~~~ (source: http://www.boxofficemojo.com/studio/chart/?studio=universal.htm)
1. Despicable Me 2 (2013)
2. E.T: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) [wow quite old]
3. Jurassic Park (1993) [This movie is one of all time movies that stuck into my mind, I watched it when I was a 5 year child, and this movie still airing in Indonesia's tv station. The animation might be the best around these year]
4.  Meet The Fockers (2004)
5. How The Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
6. Jaws (1975) [Wow this one is old, no wonder the animation is...... quite bad. but anything's evolving riteeeee]
7. Despicable Me (2010) [Ow ow ow the birth of minions!!!!!]
8. Bruce Almighty (2003)
9. Fast&Furious 6 (2013) [Wow this one is incredible! I'm not lying, it's no joke!!!]
10. The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
I'm just giving you the top 10 according that site, it's actually more than a hundred..... but you don't expect me to write them all riiiiiiiteeeee??????
oke back to the topic... the history of Universal Studiossssss. Some of the movies in Universal Studios are directed by Steven Spielberg, you're familiar with this name right? his name is almost in every movies I watch, such a big man hmmmm. Aaaaan asisted by Melinda Gates. In March 1909 Universal Studios was built with name Independent Moving Pictures Company and in 8th June 1912, its name changed into Universal Film Manufacturing Company
15th March 1915, the discovery of Universal City (what is it? I don't know:[ sorry)
in 1925, the name changed into Universal Picture Company, Inc in Hollywood.
in 1926, built Deutsche Universal-Film AG in Germany
in 1927, began to distributes Disney's movies
in 1928, Laemmle Jr. became a president of Universal Pictures
in 1942, the trial of movie with color
in 1945, joined International Pictures as Universal-International
in 1950, Lew Wasserman from MCA made an agreement with James Stewart
in 1957, MCA bought studios as much as 11$ and changed their names into Revue Studios
in 1964, MCA and Universal was allied
in 1966, Revue Productions became Universal Television
in 1970, Universal Studios made corporation with Paramount Pictures, this one is quite famous isn't it...
in 1981, also cooperate with MGM, the one with lion's roar in the opening hahaha
in 1990, MCA opened MCA music video business or Universal Home Video Inc.
in 1991, Universal along with MCA is sold for Matsushita Electric and Universal Pictures Entertainment became Universal Studios Inc
in 1995, Matsushita sold an 80% of MCA and Universal to alcoholic beverages company, Seagram
in 1996, Universal officially announced that they will stop and clear the name of MCA; MCA company was officially become Universal Studios, Inc and MCA Music Entertainment Group becam Universal Music Group
in 1998, PolyGram was obtained from Philips and joined Universal Music Group and in the December at the same year, Edgar Bronfman Jr., the chairman of Seagram sold Universal Studios and all cable network USA to Barry Diller
in June 2000, Seagram was sold to Pernod Ricard and entertainment division of Seagram was sold to Vivendi and became Vivendi Universal
in 2001, Universal bought the distribution movies from StudioCanal
in 2002, cooperated with StudioCanal to produced Love Actually movie
in 2004, Vivendi Universal Entertainment (including Universal) sale of Vivendi Universal to General Electric, owner of NBC famous, as much as 80% so that combine to form NBC Universal. Universal Studios became a subsidiary
in 2005, DreamWorks was acquired from Universal by Paramount
in 2006, the cartoons of Oswald were returned to Disney

so many years........... so many names........ it confuses me but well you've got some knowledge here right:) what I want to tell you is  

The past is what make us now

A TRIP!

Yesterday I got my feet stepped on Singapore! This is my second time in Singapore, and this town has grown so much. Is the time just fly here........... I don't know. I spent my first night walked down the Orchard Road to find some sneakers. BECAUSE before I got here, I lost my sneakers! That was the new one! I even haven't wearing it since the first time I bought it. What a shame... I just got so sad because the color was just right, I really need to enter all sport stores in Jakarta to find the same color. huhuhuhuhuhuhu I'm not bragging up right now, but I swear that was the best color, I love it.... That was donker blue and shocking pink and I love it...... 

So I was walking down the Orchard Road... Talking about Orchard Road I have some good story about it. The history of Orchard Road, not a brief history, just a little bit. Orchard rd. got its name from orchard plantations, because that road was formerly led to plantations area. It was made at 1830s, although it's not placed in 1836 Singapore maps that was created by George Coleman. In that period of time, Orchard rd was just plantations for some fruits. Until 1846, only a few of people who started build houses near Orchard rd. At thath time, the gardens of Dr. Jun was the origin of Orchard rd's naming. This guy has some gardens and plantations at the corner of Orchard rd which is known now as Scotts rd and Orchard rd. At the year of 1840s, Orchard rd was used as graveyards by some Tionghoas, the Sumatrans, and the Jews (hey, the Sumatrans are from my country, Indonesia). And after 1860, Orchard rd has many buldings that built on its land. Some luxurious building are built here, and that's what made Orchard rd so amazing today. What I want to say about this is, No one is good at the first place, you need to go a long way to be beautiful and that way won't be as easy as you thought. What's hard is what makes you beautiful.

And after chillin at the Orchard, I moved my feet to....... Scotts rd, yea not too far. I'm amazed how people can walk for a very long way here, I can't even stand walking from my house to the college.. And yap the same thing happens in Scotts, I didn't find what I want.. Then I moved to Bugis, and having a window shopping there cause I didn't need anything other than sneakers, even if my dad flirts me with some good watches with good colors and rare models.... I just want my sneakers baaaack. what my dad says when I'm on my annoying mode about this is "What's gone is gone, you can't do anything about it unless you have a thing like time machine" then I just walked to hotel and BAM having a really good sleep because my feet cannot stand on the ground anymore. I'm amazed people who always walking to their places or using public transportation or don't complaining when queue, you're amazing guys, you're amazing.

This morning I was really looking forward for my trip in Universal Studios, I was so excited and so trying to remember how I can get there by train and everything. But I woke up late...... and I lost my one hour just to making my way to Sentosa and taking photos in Sentosa. AND when I got in, Universal Studios is no kidding! It's cooooool, super cool. It's like the place where all the guys from movies having their rest time here and then everyone knows where to find these guys when they're not on movies and they can't do anything but making some shows to make these everyone happy, and they're like "nah, how can I get the rest with these people" so they make fun rides in their place and making everyone's lining up to get the rides and these guys from the movies can own their schedule to make some shows while these everyone's lining up for rides..... yeaaaaaa it's probably happen. In some corner of my head where the fantasy lives. At first, I want to write some histories about this Universal Studios, but I get tired and all, I need some sleep because my eyes can't stand the light of my laptop, so I will make it tomorrow.. or the day after tomorrow. And the photo above is taken by me at Universal Studios when Cookies Monster finishes his work in dancing and singing and telling everyone why he likes cookies.....

The Wise and The Liars

I love grabbing pens in my hands. I love let my ideas flowing thru the pens. I have a dream to be an illustrator, a great illustrator, a legend who can inspire others thru drawings, a person who doesn't need to speak but able to moving people. A person with drawing power. And if anyone asked me what kind of power I want if someday someone gifted me a superpower. I would say "creativity power to enlighten the world". No, I'm not a very kind person, I'm not that kind of person who will make everyone happy, I'm not that kind of person who will fake a smile to a person I don't like, I'm not a person who would spread beautiful lies just to make people happy. But I love to moving people's heart, but not by words, I want them to know what I say thru my drawing. Because, you know, liars are the one who always spitting out words but don't have time to objectify their words, in the contrary, the wise are the one who always objectivy their words into a thing and don't need to spit any meaningless words.
Now I think of arts. Artists are the most honest people in the world. You can say what they feel thru their artworks. I'm not talking abour painter, I'm talking about all people related to art. Artists expressed their feeling thru their artwork. That's why many artists are being objected because of their artworks. They speak what they really think. But some are hiding their message and only a few of people can understand. Some are making complicated works and only a few can see what the makers try to tell. Artists are honest, artists are the one who makes world wonderful, without them the world would be boring, artists beautify things, artists are smile-maker and also a conflict-drawer, artists are complicated, artists are unique, they have their own theory and their own way to express it, artists are unpredictable. And that's all what I love about artists and why I want to be one of them.

Rise

Well, it's been ages since the last time i wrote a dramatic story. So, these days i'm waiting for Taeyang's new album. And! Finally! After........ how long is it? three years since the first album? well, I don't know much about Taeyang. And nowwwwww i'm listening to it!!! waaaaa his voice is sooo adorable... and it melts me awwwww i wish i can have him to sing for me all night long. Taeyang and I..... together at the night........ letting him singing........ HOAA. everything was great, I was screaming around, melting away when listen to his music... before I read the lyrics..... in english. you know, Taeyang is one of Korean's artist, so his song is all written in Korean, and I don;t know what it means. Then I read the lyrics in english... and it's all touching. and it makes my eyes teary. nope, actually not teary. I'm crying as fuck. Makes me remember the old days........... a year ago..........

these songs make me cry.............. the lyrics are so touching...

03 1AM
Composer: Teddy, Choice37, Boys Noize
Lyrics: Teddy
Arrangement: Teddy, Choice37, Boys Noize

I’m forgetting you one by one, burying memories of you
As if it was just a typical dream, it’s all right
So I try to awkwardly smile once again
When your thick scent passes by me, I die, kills me inside

Stop thinking about her, stop missing her
How can I erase you for today?
So I jump in my car go for a ride
Scream as if I’m crazy, hands in the air

My friends say it’s over, that it’ll be okay
As they comfort me with a smile
But I just want you by my side right now

I mindlessly chat with them
Get drunk in the music
Holding on to the end of the night as I dance
And when I think of you, it’s 1AM

As if I forgot you, I just start laughing
Spending nights with strange faces
Holding on to the end of the night as I dance
And when I think of you, it’s 1AM

I remember your pretty eyes that let me go
So coldly, as if it was nothing
But now I’m indifferent
If you can peacefully be happy, I’m okay with that, it’s okay

That’s a lie, that’s the truth
I get confused thousands of times a day
Should I start seeing someone new?
I start to look, wandering here and there as if I’m crazy

It’s over now, it’s okay
As if it’s nothing, I talk about you
But I just want you by my side right now

I mindlessly chat with them
Get drunk in the music
Holding on to the end of the night as I dance
And when I think of you, it’s 1AM

As if I forgot you, I just start laughing
Spending nights with strange faces
Holding on to the end of the night as I dance
And when I think of you, it’s 1AM

I think of you, my heart aches, I can’t stop thinking about you, can’t stop
I think of you, my heart aches, I can’t stop thinking about you, can’t stop

I mindlessly chat with them
Get drunk in the music
Holding on to the end of the night as I dance
And when I think of you, it’s 1AM

As if I forgot you, I just start laughing
Spending nights with strange faces
Holding on to the end of the night as I dance
And when I think of you, it’s 1AM

1AM song describes my everyday's feeling:" because of heartbreak (causes of that one asshole living in the corner of Java) I distanced myself from anyone else. No, I'm not friendless. I have friends, but I don't have faith in them. I didn't tell anyone what I'm feeling, because I know, even though I tell them, the one who understands myself is me, just me. I helped people because I don;t want them feeling helpless and empty and lonely.. like I did. I told suck things, I told people I don't like that I don't like them, because I was once living in lies and don't want anybody feels the way I was. I was once have friends, make laugh, tell stories, chat over, sleep over, singing like crazy, telling them I love them.. but at the point of time, I kept running, I left them, I distance myself from them, stop calling them, stop having a chit chat and I'm being all alone again. It's not like I don't like them. I like them. But, I'm afraid, they'll forget me someday. It'll be hurt. I'm afraid of giving much love then don't get love as much as i give. I'm afraid of being left by someone someday. They're having their own convos, they make surprises for their friend's birthday, they go eat together. But, I'm not there. I'm feeling left out. So I decided to keep myself at the distance with them. I'm afraid of being hurt and giving love. 

Everytime I lost myself.... I tried to find another personality. One time I can be a happiest person in the world, I laugh, talking without any pause. But at any time, I can be a sarcastic person, throwing sarcasm to everyone, mumbling to someone I don't like, don't care what people say. Sometime I can be someone-that-you-need-to-avoid. And at any time, I enjoy myself alone, don't let anyone get into my area. But sometime, I feel like I lost my true self. I'm finding. I'm trying to figure out, how I should act to make people love me. At time like that, I just throw myself to music. Dancing like crazy, dancing till the end of the night trying to get a thing to be hold. I'm helpless.

04 Stay With Me (feat. G-Dragon)
Composer: G-Dragon, The Fliptones, JHart
Lyrics: G-Dragon
Arrangement: The Fliptones

You have the same sad face as me
Won’t you stay with me

A-yo what’s up baby girl
You’re especially more beautiful today
How’ve you been? It’s awkward between us right now
I just wondered, everthing feels so strange
I pretend to be cool and start talking to you so you won’t be uncomfortable
The atmosphere gets better at our cute jokes
Even when I get serious sometimes, you just take it lightly
It’s funny, at some point, the wine and tea are empty
But it feels really full, there’s something
Was so lonely, you know how I feel
I’ve waited all day
You pretend to be strong on purpose to push me out
But you’re softer than anyone else, my darling darling
You have the same sad face as me
Won’t you stay with me, come to me
Your lips don’t agree but your eyes tell me you want me
Won’t you stay with me, come to me
We’re walking on the night streets just like we did before
Close enough for anyone to think we’re lovers
Dancing up on each other at a crowded club
Hey did you maybe flirt with me a little bit
You’re drunk with alcohol, I’m drunk with your eyes, nose, lips, body
Your breath that whispers in my ear paralyzes me
Now baby I will take you home
I’ll hug you tight for one last time
It was on that balcony, early in the morning
Do you remember? We waved with our hands
We were so perfect on that day
But I turn around by myself once again falling falling
You have the same sad face as me
Won’t you stay with me, come to me
Your lips don’t agree but your eyes tell me you want me
Won’t you stay with me, come to me
Let yourself stay in this moment without a word
When tonight passes, a new day will start
I only have you, you’re my only love
He don’t hesitate and just as you are, stay with me
For worse or for better
Just stay with me forever
For worse or for better
Just stay with me forever
You have the same sad face as me
Won’t you stay with me, come to me
Your lips don’t agree but your eyes tell me you want me
Won’t you stay with me, come to me

Stay With Me describes how I feel. I was in a relationship with the asshole living in the corner of Java that maybe now is so happy about himself don't mind what kind of mistake he did to someone in here! HERE WRITING SUCH A SAD THING ABOUT HERSELF IN BLOG LIKE SHE DOESN'T HAVE A FRIEND OR A MAN OR ANYTHING TO TALK TO. I hope he's happy, knowing I lost myself because of him, when he reads this (i hope he's not) he must be saying this to himself "oh, is that how important I am to you?" well in case you read this, NO! you're not. 

But, come to think of it. he must be someone i love too much (too much till I don't know is it a loyalty or a stupidity that I stayed with him and believe in all his 'sayings'). The lyrics really knock me out. You have the same sad face as me.. like well I know I cover my face with smile, but.. yes I'm sad. It's awkward when we met, I don't talk as much as I used to be in old days when we were together. But no, no, I'm not getting much beautiful haha it's stated at the lyrics. Yes, when we met, you started talking to me like nothing happens, melt my cold heart, tear down my defense wall. You build a comfortable atmosphere, letting me make jokes, i know it didn't funny at all. I was so lonely, meeting you after we break up was the biggest mistake in my life, and I keep saying lies to myself like "I won't give him a chance anymore" or "I won't meet him again in my life, even if he begs" no, even if he doesn't beg, I know I can't reject the invitation. Yes, I'm trying to be strong so that nobody can hurt me. I'm trying to be strong so that you won't look down on me. I'm trying to be strong so I can find out my personality, I don't want to live in your shadow anymore, I don't want to remember the past. I want to get back my pride, build my defense, and live a peaceful life. No one can live in the sorrow forever. No one can be truly strong at the first place. No one wants their weakness to be seen. After all, no one wants to repeat the same mistakes twice, we're not a donkey. It's all starting from a try. This song reminds me of our last affair. You know, watched movies, had a chit chat, walked down the city in the night, exchanging phone number, and you left without saying any goodbyes. 

I wanna ask, which one is better, leave without saying goodbye or saying goodbye a hundred times with a hope to come back?

Sketches

Photograph

BigBang Alive Galaxy Tour 2012

Yak! In MEIS, I talked to many people, we talked many things, from the awkward people to Big Bang stuffs. But, i didn't even know their name, we just talked, accidentally:| we didn't know each other's name but we talked like we were bestfriend who accidentally met after a long time. When BigBang songs played in the park, all the people there was singing! oooh i'd never be that happy before:') all the people there sang the song! and it felt like we were practicing together before the concert wahahahaha but there were awkward people who wear weird things like what BigBand wear, and they even had their hair colored. yaks weirrrrddddd.
at 7 o'clock in the afternoon, i got into venue. when I sat down, BigBang music videos were played in the big screen and all the people there was "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH" and we sang the song together!!! it was an hour before BigBang got into the stage. at 8 o'clock in the afternoon, bigbang came to the stage and the Alive intro was played and I couldn't control myself seeing BigBang in the capsule on stage. AAAAAAAAAAAAAA i can't describe how I felt that day. It was just.... undescribable. all the happy feelings came as one. amazed, speechless, all I could do was screammmmm! screamed their name, TOP GD TaeYang SeungRi and DaeSung!!! they're more handsome and charming in real person... goshhhh. I sang, I jumped, got crazy, I danced, I got hyped since the first song till the encore. all I can say is.. BigBang really knows how to play in stage, they know how to satisy their fans, they really own the stage, they know how to take the fans' heart, they know how to let go their fans, and they know how to end the performance. It was a-m-a-z-i-n-g. i can't forget that moment. i shouldn't have.

it was the happiest moment for me everrr. ever. EVERRRRR