Thursday, July 4, 2013

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A [Indonesian] Fanfiction Review: "Just Breathe"

Harry dan Hermione, OTP non-canon (apa benar itu istilahnya? ._.) yang selalu menjadi pilihan utama ku dalam pairings di seri Harry Potter. Kapan-kapan, aku bakal mencurahkan (?) perasaan dan pendapatku soal mereka dan Hinny (EWWW. Sorry, I have to say it ._.). Dua orang ini membuatku terkadang berandai2: seandainya ada mesin waktu dan aku punya pintu kemana saja, aku bakal kembali ke masa lalu untuk membombardir J.K. Rowling dengan jutaan alasan kenapa mereka musti jadian.

Siriusly, man. Kupikir hanya karena Rowling (kayaknya) kepengen: 1. Tidak mengikuti stereotip kalo tokoh utama cowok bakal jadian dengan tokoh utama cewek atau 2. Membuat Harry dekat dengan keluarga Weasley, bukan berarti bakalan berhasil/bisa ditangani dengan baik. IMHO, kalau ada salah satu kekurangan yang menonjol dari Rowling adalah romance. Mengenai kemungkinan yang no. 2, apakah kalo Harry nggak menikah dengan Ginny, apa itu artinya dia bakal menjauh dari keluarga Weasley? Nope.

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Sunday, June 30, 2013

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The Misuse of "Literally"

First of all, I would like to say that I'm terribly sorry if there is any grammatical mistakes in this post ._. I'm still learning and improving my English skill, so... yeah :| It doesn't mean that I will post everything in English though :3

Alright. "Literally", huh?
It always pisses me off whenever someone misuses the word "literally", and honestly I don't even know why. Maybe it's because I know that the word shouldn't be used that way. Sometimes I wonder why the non-native English native speakers like me are the ones who are bothered by this kind of issue or know that it's a misuse, but the native ones are not. I think sites like tumblr or Twitter are the ones where the misuse of "literally" is spread and happened in the first place. Honestly though, I guess I can't say that because I don't have a tumblr account ._.

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