#anyeong

[terranhumannobles]

[0cta9on]

Anyeong Writer-nim,

"Anything that life throws at you, it means it is within your capabilities"😉

I would like to re-request for a short story, don't worry it won't be a full memo of a whole another novel😅. It goes like this.....

"Your childhood friend, Ryujin visits you on holiday at your apartment. Recently she started seeing you as a man, She got a lewd thought after seeing your used boxer laying in your bedroom. What would you do if you caught her sniffing your boxer? Would you let it slide or Help her 'release'"

Hope you saw this on your good mood✌️

Not my best work, but I wouldn't want you to wait any longer. I promise the next one will be better :^)

 “Hey Ryujin, have you seen my charge- Oh.”

The last thing you expect to see in your guest bedroom is your childhood friend with her hand down her shorts and your boxers pressed against her nostrils. 

A couple months ago, Ryujin texted you, teasing about flying across the world to visit you. You brushed it off, thinking it was nothing more than a little joke - Until last week, when you suddenly found her standing at your doorstep. You were so excited to finally be able to hang out with your best friend that you didn’t even notice losing certain articles of clothing until yesterday. Attributing it to the washing machine eating up your clothes, you are about to go shopping for new underwear when you suddenly walk in on this shocking display of unbridled lust.

“U-um…” Ryujin drops the boxers, completely mortified. “I-I, uhh, it’s not what it looks like…”

“Well don’t stop there, finish what you were doing,” you tease, smirking at her as you lean against the doorframe. She had been complaining for months about not getting any action due to the stress of college life. You wouldn’t want to be a bad friend and deny her that release, would you?

“W-what do you m-mean, I wasn’t… Um…” She gulps, nervously gauging your reaction. You can’t help but snicker to yourself as she stands there like a child caught doing something naughty.

“I guess I can help you out this once,” you say. You approach her, picking your boxers up off of the ground. Moving behind her, you shove the undergarments in her face while your free hand plunges into her shorts, tracing lazy circles around her clit. Her legs nearly give out on her as she leans against you for support.

“You’re already so wet down there, Ryujin,” you whisper roughly into her ear as you plunge two digits into her waiting heat. One of her hands reaches around to grasp onto your growing boner while she continues to inhale the lingering scent on your clothes.

“F-fuck yes, I love the smell of cock,” she groans.  As her friend, it’s only fair that you give her what she wants. You push her down onto her knees, her pretty face mere inches from your cock.

“You know what to do,” you say, smirking down at her. With the excitement of a gambler hitting a jackpot, she unzips your pants and frees your cock from its confinements, deeply inhaling the scent of your length.

“Fucking finally, it’s been so long since I’ve smelled a real cock,” she says before taking you down her throat. A moan escapes your lips as you watch her gag on your entire length with ease, saliva dribbling down the sides of her lips. Her hand shoots back down her shorts, eager to finish what she started before. Never in a million years did you expect Ryujin to be such a cock-hungry slut, but you’d be damned if you weren’t about to milk her for all she’s worth.

You grab her hair and thrust, forcing her nose against the base of your pelvis. The sound of her choking and the way her eyes roll back in pure ecstasy tips you over the edge, and you shoot gallons of cum down her throat. You don’t let her breath until she swallows every last drop. Eventually, Ryujin collapses to the floor, gasping for air. Her hand and her shorts are completely covered in her juices.

“That was… better than I could have ever imagined,” she says, smirking up at you. You kneel beside her, toying with the hem of her shorts.

“If you want, we could keep this going,” you suggest. Despite being winded, Ryujin excitedly nods, biting her lip with anticipation. You yank her soaked shorts off, revealing her glistening pussy. The mere sight of it alone is enough for your cock to spring back to life.

“Might as well get rid of this then,” Ryujin says before tossing her shirt, revealing her toned abs and perky tits. Lining up your cock with her slit, you lean down and catch her lips as you thrust inside of her. The two of you moan into each other’s mouths as the sensation transcends a whole new level of pleasure. With each thrust, a scratch appears on your back, a bite on your shoulder, a profanity from her lips, but the pain only drives you crazier with desire. Your hands trace every curve on her body, desperate and searching. As you reach your climax, Ryujin gazes up at you with a knowing look and an eager nod. You release inside of her womb before collapsing together on the carpeted floor. She places gentle kisses on your neck and shoulders, apologizing for all the bite marks.

“I think I went a little too crazy,” she giggles. You pull her in for another kiss, less hungry and more mutual appreciation.

“It’s fine, but next time, just ask instead of stealing my laundry,” you tease, holding onto her body for a little bit longer.

[hotasfahrenheit]

a red devil dahlia by any other name

hi hello anyeong it's me your favourite neighbourhood florist who watches BL!

i'm catching up on Meet You At The Blossom right now on my lunch breaks at work (on days i'm not watching whatever Important Currently Airing Show Came Out That Day) and the flower they're using for the Red Devil Dahlia caught my eye!

so what we actually have here is not any kind of dahlia, but is in fact a real flower- that's a South African flower called the King Protea! it's even the national flower of South Africa.

they look pretty wild and come in a few different colours (we had light pink ones with pink centers we were putting in valentine's day arrangements at the shop i work at) and according to wikipedia it "grows in a harsh environment with dry, hot summers and wet, cold winters", so it has been able to be adapted to other locations and it's grown outside of South Africa now in various places around the world.

from this florist website, Maui Floral, king proteas "have the largest flower heads in the genus Protea, ranging from 5 to 12 inches in diameter. the flower heads are actually composite flowers, with multiple smaller flowers arranged in the center surrounded by large, colorful bracts on the outside. they have thick stems which extend deep underground; a survival mechanism for wildfires, since these stems can sprout subterranean buds that will then grow into new plants after a fire".

looking up flower meaning on the internet can be a little dicey since there's plenty of different traditions for meanings of flowers and flower language, plus people will just make stuff up and post it online, but most things i'm seeing agree that proteas represent change and transformation.

also, if you haven't seen a dahlia before, here's some actual red dahlias for comparison-

they are pretty decently sized flowers, but are typically much smaller than the protea, and far more delicate, with a short season of availability, so for the practicality of filming purposes, using something that dries well in a way that makes it easy to keep around and have on set as a prop like a king protea and that looks magical and wild makes a lot of sense.

but yeah! proteas are cool!

from the florist side of things, king protea can be mildly tricky to work with because the heads are very dense, which makes them top heavy, but they have thick, sturdy stems which is a good balance. dahlias, in comparison, are a much more delicate flower, with stems that can break easily, and once they are past their prime freshness, they shatter and all the petals start to fall off, sometimes all at once. proteas are considered a tropical flower, and we store them in our mildly cool tropical cooler at work with orchids and other tropical flowers instead of in our colder coolers for regular flowers.

tune in whenever i make another flowers in BL post i guess? who knows when that will be! maybe these will just be grouped by the generalness of flowers in BL since i did a post on that flower basket in the first episode of 4Minutes a few weeks ago and now this.

anyway cheers! 🌸🌼🌺🌷🌹

[oppaspearl]

𝐏𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐚, 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐲𝐮, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬

Pairing: Idol!Mingyu x Non!IdolReader Words: 1,253 Notes:

Anyeong! this is my first shots of Mingyu, I wrote it last year when I'm feeling so tired. By reading this, I hope you can heal fast and find your warmness again! Warning that English is not my mother language, so bear with some mistaken grammar. Any constructivism critics will be helpful hehe! See you at the next shot! - with love, oppaspearl. ---

The steam was fulfilling your bathroom ceiling as you wipe the moisturizer on your cheek. It was a long day for you. Some meetings did require your attention and concentration, then some papers works also made you concentrate to read all the agreements before you sign them. Not to mention some brainstorming about upcoming events that required your creativity. Indeed, being a creative director in a creative agency had a lot to do.

So by that, when you arrived at your apartment, you straight off to your bathroom. Your muscles and brain are screaming for a hot and relaxing shower. After all, tomorrow is the weekend, and you don’t have any schedule besides being at home and taking a rest. Well, you do have a schedule that is enjoying your boyfriend's cuddles.

Speak of the devil, your boyfriend who was no other than Kim Mingyu, told you that he will be home late than usual when he called you previous that day. Dating an idol, make you realize that they spent almost their comeback preparation not only practicing, and recording, but also some meetings that take hours. It was the fourth time in a week, as you count, Mingyu told you that he will back later than usual which was usually already at home around six or seven in the evening when his schedule was not too tight.

As you step out of the bathroom wearing your bathrobe and towel on your wet hair, you glance at the digital clock hanging on the wall near the bed. It’s already half past nine, so you decide to cook an easy dinner for yourself and your boyfriend. Changing into one of your boyfriend's shirts and bike shorts, you then make your way to the kitchen.

Tonight you decided to cook spaghetti alle vongole, the clams pasta that you usually make when you are lazy to cook. Combining with Mingyu’s favorite wine, you believe that dish is the best to close both your and Mingyu long day. Putting the slow jazz music to the speakers on the storage below the television in the living room, you then begin to chop some garlic and peppers.

You were really into the music since you didn’t hear any sounds of the main door the time you cooked the pasta and the clams on your pan, you feel a pair of arms wrap securely around your waist. The smell of cooked clams was beaten by the strong cologne smell that you know so well. Smiling to yourself as you stir the pasta, you feel a familiar head on your shoulder blades.

“Hi, sweetcheeks.” you greet him. “You said you will be back late tonight, baby.”

Mingyu nods and sighs. “I told hyung-nim that my back hurt from dancing too much since yesterday, so we finished early.”

“Did you already shower, my love?” you ask softly to him as you notice that his hair was damp.

“I did, baby,” Mingyu tells you and he sniffles your bare shoulder blades that his shirt didn't cover up.

His action makes you start to wiggle since it was ticklish for you. Instead of stopping, Mingyu tightens his arms around you and lets out husky chuckles.

“Stop it will you? I tried to cook us dinner here, sweet boy,” you warn him but he keeps sniffling your smell.

Mingyu sighs in relief. “How can I stop when you smell too good to resist.”

“Well, it was your shirt, dummy.” You chuckle. “So, it makes me smell like you.”

“I know that,” he points out. “But your soap make me sleepy.”

“Oh, so I’m your pillow now?”

“I’m always your pillow, baby,” Mingyu tells.

“Fair point,”

Your hand turns off the stove, and you turn your body then give him a kiss on his lips. The softness of his lips was always your endgame whenever you are tired or even having a long day. It is similar with safe and warm whenever you feel it. You can’t lie that you are not addicted to his kisses and cuddle.

As the kiss grows intense, you pull away from him and make Mingyu pouts at you, “Don’t you want to kiss me, baby?

“I want to,” you admit. “But we need to eat, okay? How about you take your favorite wine?”

“Red or white, missy?”

“Up to you, love.”

Mingyu nods and leaves a peck on your lip, then says, “Okay then, sweetheart.”

Mingyu releases his hugs around you and does what you said. While he takes the wine, you begin to prepare the pasta on the plate before turning to the dining table that was not too far from you. You set both of your plate and glass above the marble dining table that was behind the couch. As you gonna sit, you realize that you didn’t take any utensils yet, so you go back to the counter to take them.

By the time you already got the utensil, you turn to the dining table, finding that Mingyu pull two of the seat together. It makes him sit not only in his chair but on the chair that is supposed to be yours. You grin ear to ear before looking at him with a smirk as Mingyu also smirks at you.

With smirking, Mingyu looks at you with a sneaky expression. Like it told you that there was no seat left except his lap. But then you don’t know if Mingyu was too tired or too clingy until he didn’t notice that there were also chairs in front of him. Smirking you pull your plate and your glass to that position until it makes you and him face each other.

Groaning and throwing his head back, Mingyu then whining, “Yah! Why don’t you sit on my lap?”

“You know if I sit on your lap, I cannot eat in peace, right?” smiling, you pour the wine that he got into both of your glasses. “You just gonna sniffling around my shoulder and it tickles.”

“Which means, I love your scents, baby.” Mingyu pouts. “You know it’s such a shame if you don't sit on my lap because I thought you you gonna feed me and enjoy my cuddle.”

Your jaw dropped at Mingyu’s words. After two years of dating, you are always surprised and shocked by the way Mingyu flirts with you and also his clinginess to you. Well everyone knows that Mingyu is the golden retriever of Seventeen but not everyone knows that Mingyu will be extra clingy and drop his cool boy image when it comes to you.

“Fine,” you sigh and walk to him. “You lucky that I love you, you know that?”

Mingyu grins ear to ear and wraps his arms around your waist as you sit on his lap. “I love you too--so much, baby.”

“Say Aaah.....”

You hold the spoon and move directly to his mouth, which Mingyu opens to welcome the food. You pull away the fork from his mouth as Mingyu took a bite of it. Mingyu then chew the food happily wiggling his head like a happy kid. Looking at it, you just chuckle and shake your head.

Yeah, he is something else.

“You big baby,”

“I am your baby, tho,” Mingyu says in between chewing. But when Mingyu notice that you narrow your eyes at him, he stops chewing and looks at you with his puppy eyes. “Right?”

“Right, right.”

You nod and offer him another bite which he accepts happily.

It is indeed how your long days should end; in Mingyu warmness.

[atomimperatrix]

Hey atom :)

Wanted to know if you’ve read the new fence by now and if you have I’d like your thoughts.

it’s fine if you haven’t and I hope you can read it soon then

-NTK :)

Anyeong NTK,

Unfortunately I haven't read the new Fence yet. I was very busy because of IB and uni spplications. Also school as well, but rn I am thinking of a new headcannon I like to present to the fence dom. Pretty soon because I am almost finish. But I wil let you know if I read it. And who knows I might make new observations y'all never seen.

[asrisgratitudejournal]

Rusak

Anyeong haseyo yorobun. Ku sekarang sedang di library earth sciences gatau juga mau kerja apa padahal banyak sih yang harusnya dikerjain. Tapi kepala tuh lagi ruwet gitu. Berujung dari jam 11-an chat-an aja sama Abi dan Iqbal terkait banyak hal (tapi senang banget sih). Kenapa ruwet intinya terkait progress research lah ya. Terus paling aneh dalam seminggu terakhir: headphone JBL-ku rusak yang sudah tidak terselamatkan lagi,  kabelnya sampai keluar-keluar gitu. Akhirnya ku beli lah headphone baru yang noise-cancelling kali ini, mereknya Soundcore. Ku sudah punya portable speaker Soundcore juga yang selama ini kupake buat nonton konser online dan dengerin music kenceng-kenceng aja di rumah, dan itu mayan bagus. Jadi ku sudah lumayan percaya-lah dengan Soundcore by Anker ini… So far ok sih headphone ini: noise-cancelling-nya worked fine, buat call juga barusan OK, kata Abi lebih keredam gitu suara orang-orang di sekitar w.

Terus belum selesai sampai di situ saja teman-teman kemalanganku: si laptop Acer Swift 3 yang sudah kubeli dari May 2019 itu tiba-tiba di hari apa ya kemarin… Selasa, pagi-pagi pas kubuka laptop PATAH ENGSELNYA (emoji menangis). Masih bisa dipake sih overall aman banget, tapi gabisa ditutup dan jadinya kubawa pulang ngablak gitu aja kaya Lenovo yoga kalau gak ditutup…. Pas di jalan akhirnya ku langsung buru-buru beli laptop baru… Paling aneh dari semua peristiwa ini adalah: aku kalem banget?? Kaya yaudah iklas aja gitu dalam hati “yah patah. Yah yaudahdeh beli baru aja” Aneh banget???

Selasa sorenya dari minggu lalu udah diajakin Oliv buat piknik di Uni Park sama Puspa juga. Semua orang pada bawa makanan: inari, wakame, brownies, terus cuma diriku aja yang bawa badan doang HUHU. Karena masih syok juga sih dengan laptop…

Yaudahsih mau update itu aja kayanya…

Btw thanks to writing this, ku jadi keinget mau ngemail eage, kemarin ku diminta submit list students ui buat dibayarin konferens ke kuala lumpur. Baru sadar, udah gak kenal mahasiswa siapa-siapapun lagi(?) terakhir ngajar adalah angkatan 2018 dan terakhir habis ada cirip viral yang dia ngerjain endapan sungai antroposen… gils udah pada lulus aja mahasiswa-ku HUHU.

Sekarang gatau mau ngapain lagi kayanya mau pulang aja ah capek (literally ga ngapa-ngapain hari ini tapi emang males banget lagi gapengen kerja). Udah jam 16.16 juga…

EarthSci dept library

05/07/2024 16:16

[namralee]

ANYEONG !! Welcome here on my account pls follwme !! Kasamnidaa!!

[nothingtoknow222]

Anyeong Angie!

So...when did you start reading Fence and what type of music do you like to listen to? Also what is your fav food?

Have a good day 🫰

Atom :3

P.S I really like your style of drawing. 😊

Hi atom!

I started reading fence in the middle of 2022. I was at my local library and I found a book that had beautiful artwork and it was related to fencing and at that time one of my favorite sports to watch.

I love pop,heavy metal and rock music. I specifically love Olivia Rodrigo.

With foods, I don’t really know but I do love bagels and Starbucks drinks.

Thank you liking my drawing style! I’m still trying to figure out eyes,hands,shading and more things😅

Thx so much!

-NTK

[kengkastanyas]

anyeong chingu! luluwas ka pa bukas gaga 🤣

[boxnoirsblog]

Anyeong!

[0cta9on]

Common Troupes

Anyeong✌️ welcome back

What are your thoughts on these troupes? Maybe you got a spontaneous ideas on top of your head of idol that's suitable with the troupe

Enemies to lover

age gap

slow burn

second chance

love triangle

fake dating

friends to lover

grumpy & sunshine

From what I can observe, you maybe like those grumpy & sunshine (UD mention😏) or even friends to lover, hehehhehehee just my opinion

Have puffed cheek Minji, Peace sign Minji and Minji Fangs, I really love pointing out Minji small gesture, Her cute fangs are so cute 😭 no wonder her toothy smile are so captivating

Hello mikeylo! I'm glad new jeans get to go on more variety shows, gives us more Minji content :3

Enemies to Lovers: I haven't read a lot of enemies to lovers stories, so I don't have any strong feelings about this trope. Could be cute, I'd have to think about it more.

Age Gap: 1-3 years imo is prime age gap, as cringe as some may find it, I actually kinda like the whole "Oppa/Noona' thing, it's very cute :] Especially when the noona looks younger/cuter (like the Gaeul ask you sent :>), UGH so cute.

Slow Burn: YES!!!! AHHHH!!!! Pining, crushes, inner turmoil, I LOVE IT ALL!! I think it's a great way to establish both characters outside of their (eventual) relationship, keeps readers (aka me) hooked, and the payoff (if done correctly) is so much more satisfying than a quick and to the point climax.

Second Chance: Hmm, it depends. If it's something heavy like cheating, I'm not really into it. BUT!!! If the relationship is broken up over a misunderstanding, maybe caused by someone else, and then they finally put the pieces together and realize they can't live without the other!? Hell yeah.

Love Triangle: I'm not super crazy about love triangles, I don't read them a whole lot, but whoever ends up getting chosen is usually pretty obvious and there's a lot of cliches that end up making it pretty stale quickly.

Fake Dating: Hit or miss for me, again, haven't read too much of these, but there's not a whole lot of things you can do with fake dating that hasn't been done before. I liked @primalsharkman's "Petty? Pretty" story where he mixed it with academic enemies to lovers, it's way more interesting than the "I need a fake date so my parents don't think I'm a loser" stories that I often see fake dating used in.

Friends to Lovers: Arguably the best ___ to lovers trope. One of them gets jealous that the other is going on a date, but they don't know why? The same inside jokes they've had for years suddenly have a different meaning? They start noticing small details about the other, like the way their hair frames their face or the way their eyes close when they smile? I LIVE for this shit.

Grumpy & Sunshine: AUGHHHH love it. I think this works great for all different non-romantic relationships, like best friends, found family, etc, but when it IS romantic??? LOVE. This might be a deep psychological thing, but the idea of someone liking you and still clinging to you despite your flaws makes me giddy.

[qurotul]

Anyeong 👋

[applesandbannas747]

Hi, Bonjour, Anyeong (hi in korean), Sawasdee ka (hi in Thai),

I have always love your fanfics about Fence comic, but I also have a question for you. What are you looking forward to in Fence Redemption (single issue series)?

Anyways have a great day :3

Hi friend!

aaa! thank you--I'm so glad you enjoy my fics <3

I'm honestly most excited to see more of the other teams haha I totally wasn't expecting to care about them at all, but Jo brought them to life in RISE so amazingly that I really fell in love with a lot of the different dynamics and characters and just really can't wait to see more of them!!

[fencefanno1]

Anyeong,

So I heard that you like kpop as well, and you are an ARMY and a Blink right? I was wondering what is ur fav kpop song because I really like Kpop as much as you do. Also other than BTS and Blackpink which group do you also stan?

A pleasure to meet you as my kpop and fence comic friend

Saranghae(사랑해요)

XOXO

Hiiii!! I have WAY to many favorite songs, but I can give a few! I do listen to other groups as well, just not as intensely lol. But I listen to a ✨variety✨ of groups!

DNA (BTS)

Go Go (BTS)

Filter (Jimin)

BOOMBAYAH (Blackpink)

Ddu-du Ddu du (Blackpink)

Kill this Love (Blackpink)

Fever (ENHYPHEN)

Next Level (Aespa)

BLACK MAMBA (Aespa)

Pop! (Nayeon)

Feel Special (TWICE)

Queencard (G-idle)

Tomboy (G-idle)

My extensive list (just a few of my favorites 😅)

A pleasure for me as well!! Glad I have someone to talk to about it because none of my friends listen to Kpop 😭

[asrisgratitudejournal]

Baca/

Anyeong hashimika, hari ini tuh sebetulnya lagi gak mood kerja banget entah kenapa… tapi ku berhasil menggeret diriku ke lab untuk ngecek sampel di Rock-Eval dan kemudian ini sedang berada di library exeter going through commentsnya postdoc aku! YEAY ME?! Sebetulnya lebih karena I am supposed to send my co-authors a finished version of this manuscript draft by Friday juga sih. Doakan aku yah!

Terus kepikiran ku mau sharing belakangan ini lagi suka banget BACA BUKU LAGI???! (Tau sih ini adalah my brain conspiring trying to distract myself dari menulis). Terakhir posting kan aku cerita habis beli “what you’re looking for is in the library” yah di Waterstones, terus baca ini langsung habis di hari Rabu gitu(?) padahal ku baru beli hari Minggu-nya. Terus habis baca itu jadi FELT REALLY GOOD weirdly(?). Lebih ke… wah aku ternyata bisa menyelesaikan suatu task ya, i.e., in this case, nyelesein buku. Dari situ ku jadi ambisius(?) buat baca lagi???

Karena lagi kerja dari library pas department shooting kemarin, ku melihat di pojokan shelf di Exeter library lantai bawah ada Bernadine Evaristo yang ���Girl, Woman, Other”. Buku ini tuh aku sudah lihat dari jaman tinggal sama Kalina pas di Headington, ada di shelf living room kami, kalo gak salah hadiah ulang tahun dari temannya Kalina buat dia gitu(?), dan aku selalu intrigued buat baca tapi belum sempat-sempat selama 3 tahun itu… Kalina feminist banget jadi koleksi shelf di rumah tu menarik banget deh, banyak banget buku-buku feminist. Nah, yaudah kan, tapi ternyata ku mengalami masalah pas baca buku ini. Aku yang terlalu jumawa bisa nyelesein buku berupa slice-of-life feel-good super light terjemahan Jepang selesai dalam 3 hari, terkaget-kaget baca buku yang almost is a literature fiction written by native English. Si Bernardine ini kalau kalian googling, titlenya adalah “British author and academic”. Jadi langsung jomplang banget-lah itu, aku langsung menemukan difficult words in English yang ku gaktau itu artinya apa, struktur kalimat yang sangat tidak common, but VERY BEAUTIFUL. Tapi selesai juga kok! Kayanya butuh seminggu atau 10hari kemarin. Dan si novel ini tuh bukan fiction biasa tapi lebih ke hybrid antara prose dan poetry, jadi INDAH BENER, betul-betul membuatku appreciate languages and words in another level. Substansi ceritanya juga BAGUS BANGET, I can’t recommend enough. Betulan jadi belajar banyak dan emang agak mikir sih dikit-dikit, tapi nggak banyak kok. Ku juga jadi terinspirasi buat nulis fiksi habis selesai baca ni buku (beneran ada di note handphone list characternya, tapi belum sampai main plot dan apa yang mau di-address sih, tapi niatnya mau ngaddress women issue juga seperti si buku Bernardine ini).

Terus yaudah deh habis itu weekend 2 minggu lalu beres badminton jadinya mampir Waterstones buat beli si “Dallergut Dream Department Store” yang ku agak lambat bacanya karena ini fiksinya yang beneran fiksi banget ada world-buildingnya dulu, jadi aku agak perlu konsentrasi lebih.

Kemarin juga akhirnya googling best fiction 2023 gitu kan: https://time.com/6341840/best-fiction-books-2023/, dan nemu “The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store, James McBride” di librarynya Oxfordshire tapi hard-cover banget jadi males bawanya karena berat. Sempat pengen baca “The ministry for the future”-nya Kim Stanley Robinson juga (banyak banget yang recommend) terus tapi karena alasan yang sama –hard cover bukunya di library—jadi ga minjem-minjem.

Badminton 2 minggu lalu seru banget! Karena ada orang-orang baru tapi mereka udah mau balik dari Oxford unfortunately. Habis badminton, makan panpan: Kimchi Mee Goreng-nya ENAK BANGET PLIS. Di hari yang sama sebetulnya diundang Bu Yani buat makan-makan di rumah dia tapi udah kepalang booking badminton dan emang sekarang lebih senang berolahraga sih. Sabtunya ngapain ya 2 minggu lalu tuh lupa.

Kalau weekend kemarin: Sabtu literally youtube-an doang, terus Minggu ke Cowley Road Carnival yang sudah tidak pernah dilakukan selama 5 tahun terakhir, DAN SERU BANGET! Ku jajan risol sama es teler doang karena udah kenyang udah makan dari rumah, tapi dikasih ayam bakar gratisan sama Bu Yani (Alhamdulillah rejeki anak solehah).

Sebelum ke Cowley ini sempat ngabisin series judulnya We Are Lady Parts (BAGUS BANGET pls aku recommend, aku gaktau tapi nontonnya di mana di Indo, tapi kalau dari UK bisa di Channel 4 GRATIS!!!). Kayanya ku suka banget karena musically sangat rich dan nostalgic (mereka nge-cover Oops I did it again-nya Britney tapi versi punk?!) Sama ada juga Toxic instrumental di salah satu credit roll episode mereka. TERUS di episode terakhir mereka cover The Reason-nya Hoobastank YAALLAH KANGEN BGT GAKSI SAMA LAGU INIII. Terus ya relatable aja karena characternya ceritanya muslim women gitu (dengan segala kekompleksan individualnya—ada yang researcher lagi PhD, lesbian, sampai mom juga) tapi mereka suka music dan akhirnya ngeband punk gitu. Ada rom-com-nya juga, family issues, pokoknya rich banget deh dimensinya sangat banyak yang dibahas. Paling lucu yang rekomen series ini ke aku adalah teman batakku Deva. Makasih Deva rekomendasinya.

Terus seberes nonton bukannya langsung mandi buat siap-siap ke Cowley malah MELUKIS (awalnya mau ke Cowley nyampe sana jam 1-an gitu biar sekalian lunch, eh malah baru mulai MAU MELUKIS jam 1…). Udah lama banget gak nyentuh brush jadinya revisiting lagi Gouache himi aku yang sudah berkerak kering. Ku menggambar kilat foto yang kuambil di hari Rabu minggu lalu of Walton Bridge(?) (gaktau nama tempatnya apa). Yang jelas pas lagi jalan pulang menuju Castle Mill ngerasa ih sunsetnya bagus bener, jadi aku snap dengan hp, dan akhirnya ku recreate kemarin di kertas dengan gouache-ku. Sempat mengalami sedikit accident berdarah cukup banyak netesnya karena aku terlalu bersemangat ngelap painting knife kecil yang kupake buat ngaduk, ternyata gak kena tissue si painting knifenya malah langsung kena kulit jari manisku hadeh. Gapapa perih dikit aja terus tapi lanjut menggambar lagi. Seneng banget beres gambar, lagi-lagi feeling “ku berhasil accomplish something!”-nya terpenuhi soalnya. Dan ya mungkin ini perasaan yang dirasain oleh para artists setelah mereka create something. Gak harus bagus dan perfect, but as long as they have outlet to express themselves, I guess? Jujur ngomong apa Non.

Anyway berhubungan dengan artistry, belakangan ini lagi senang banget dengerin Panic! dan MCR!!! Random mayan. Sama Fall Out Boy juga occasionally (ini terpengaruh dari We Are Lady Parts juga sepertinya). Hhhh I wish I can play music biar bisa create art yang form-nya music juga (sebetulnya masih bisa belajar banget sih Non, you literally are only 30 wtf).

Terus kapan hari gitu random nonton Netflix judulnya Mother of The Bride, sambil nemenin makan malem terus BAGUS BANGET YA PHUKET. Semua pemain actors & actresses-nya di situ juga HOT BANGET semua lagi. Ceritanya sih meh banget, acting mereka juga biasa aja. Tapi yang bikin ku mesmerized lebih ke RESORTnya cakeup bener bikin pengen liburan segera dan orang-orang cakep-cakep bener.

Terus ku tapi juga mayan sedih jadi kemarin aku abis ngepost di feed kumpulan selfie-sefie aku di banyak tempat yang pernah kukunjungi recently. EH TERUS ada yang komen “kakak kayak Jerome Polin” GAKTAU ITU SIAPA HUHU SEBAL.

Lalu ada update juga anak didikku yang ku-ajar di SMA Negeri di Jakarta nggak dapet medali OSN… tapi gapapa banget karena udah keren banget anak ini. Terus belakangan baru diceritain sama Bu Guru-nya kalau bapaknya anak ini adalah sekuriti… HUHU MAU NANGIS BANGET GAKSI. Terus ya jadi kepikiran banyak hal aja sih (aku tweet kemarin), di antaranya: apa sebetulnya tujuan OSN: buat mencari timnas instan kah atau suatu usaha memeratakan pendidikan dengan ngasih exposure ke siswa-siswa yang kurang OK sekolahnya/fasilitas untuk bisa ketemu dengan siswa-siswa yang berprivilese. Kalau diteliti dengan baik, siapa-siapa aja pemenang medali OSN ini, sebetulnya bahkan udah bisa jadi 1 PhD sendiri kali dengan database OSN yang udah dilakukan berpuluh-puluh tahun ini.. Dari 2003 kayanya ya OSN? Gak tahu juga saya. Bisa dibuat research questionnya: “what makes OSN medal winner?”, ditelusuri sejarahnya berapa orang SMAN8Jakarta yang ke OSN tiap tahun, berapa medali yang didapatkan, apakah ada hubungannya antara sekolah yang pernah dapet medali ke tahun-tahun berikutnya, strategi tiap sekolah gimana, apakah ada perbedaan antara sekolah yang memang fokus melatih anak-anaknya OSN dan tidak (pasti ada, tapi seberapa besar signifikansi-nya). JUJUR banyak banget yang bisa dikulik di sini, data-nya cukup banget, cuma ya pertanyaannya siapa yang mau ngerjain (data scientist-nya Kemdikbud sih, tapi EMANGNYA MEREKA PUNYA DATA SCIENTISTS), sekarang aja Puspresnas dah gak punya uwang buat bikin pelatnas (aneh banget jujur).

Anyway, yaudah, itu biarkan saja jadi kegelisahan saya sendiri dan jadi PR catetan buat diriku nanti kalau ternyata dikasih amanat untuk bisa berperan lebih di pendidikan NKRI (sebetulnya tapi semoga nggak sih).

On the other hand, barusan tadi pagi dapet dm instagram ada anak ITB yang pernah reach out (either di dm insta/di linkedin lupa) berhasil dapet jardine! Keren. Anak-anak kaya gini mah, berlawanan dengan anak didik OSN-ku yang kurang beruntung tadi, tinggal di-support dikit udah bisa jalan sendiri. Nggak perlu didorong beneran, cuma perlu disorak-sorakin aja dari sideline. Masalahnya ada berapa % modelan students kaya gini di Indo…?

Aku-pun personally udah ketat banget FILTER-ku: betulan cuma akan reply orang yang emang udah jelas questionnya apa, udah jelas apa yang mereka telah dan akan kerjain, step-nya di mana. Most of the time orang nanya “kak gimana caranya masuk Oxford?”, buset mulai dari mana saya ngejelasinnya. Orang-orang kaya gini langsung aku delete biasanya messagenya (sorry banget huhu). Yang aku reply biasanya berangkat dari “kak aku nonton video kakak di xxx /baca tumblr post kakak yang xxxx, aku sekarang lagi di tahap ini, mau minta bantuan kakak untuk xxxx boleh?” biasanya bakal ku jawab “aku sibuk banget sorry yah” juga sih, tapi kalau memang ada yang bisa kulakukan aku pasti bakal kirim form aku misalnya, atau note interview aku. “Aku sibuk banget jadi gabisa baca motlet kamu dan kasih feedback tapi ini aku kirim aja ya punyaku untuk reference”, that’s the least I can do I guess.

BUSET NGOMONG APA kenapa jadi banyak bener sampe 5 halaman A4. Udah deh pulang habis ini, laper.

Sekian dulu membacotnya. Stay hydrated everyone!

Exeter library, 18:56 2 Sept 2024