Resep Mujarab Awet Muda

 Pengarang: Aswi

Halaman: 113

Anda ingin awet muda? Tentu saja!! Siapa yang tidak ingin awet muda dan tetap terlihat cantik? Pertanyaan selanjutnya adalah apa yang Anda makan? Apa yang Anda pikirkan? Apa yang Anda lakukan? Bagaimana pola tidur Anda?

Wow, beberapa pertanyaan yang ternyata akan mempengaruhi usia Anda, sebab dalam buku ini akan dibahas apa yang membuat Anda cepat tua dan apa yang membuat Anda tetap awet muda. Maka pertanyaan di atas merupakan pertanyaan yang harus Anda jawab. Lalu apakah keinginan Anda serasi dengan pola hidup anda? Awet muda tidak selalu harus dengan operasi. Awet muda bisa berawal dari bagaimana gaya hidup Anda. Nah, rahasia awet muda terkuak dalam buku ini.

Rating: 3/5

Kueh Jepit

Komposisi: Telur, tapioka, gula pasir, terigu, mentega, santan, cocoa, vanilla, dan wijen. Cocoa, vanilla, dan wijen merupakan aroma pilihan tergantung kueh jepitnya mau rasa apa.

Kue yang bentuknya seperti wafel kering ini rasanya tidak terlalu manis. Bagi orang Jawa mungkin kurang cocok. Bagi saya rasanya ga begitu spektakuler, rada kurang manis si. Tapi saya rasa ni kue bakal jadi lebih lezat kalo dikasih toping es krim.. hmm nyami2 deh.

Dari ketiga rasa yang telah saya coba, kueh jepit vanilla yang paling enak. Berhubung saya kurang suka wijen, jadi ga mungkin suka yang rasa wijen . Sedangkan kueh jepit cocoa juga lumayan. Rasa cocoanya terasa kasar, tapi masih oke lah dilidah. Kalo Bondan Winarno nyobain, kayaknya ga kan bilang Mak Nyuuuus.

Rating: 2.5/5

Drunken Monster

Pengarang: Pidi Baiq

Halaman: 201

Catatan harian Pidi Baiq yang konyol or sengaja dikonyol2in??  Bahasanya aneh bin ajaib bin susah dimengerti. Bab2 akhir lumayan bisa bikin senyum2, tapi bab2 awal garing abis. Saya heran kok bisa tulisan seperti ini dijadiin buku.

Rating: 2/5

Lady Fan

Pemain: Jessica Hsuan, Joe Ma, Bill Chan

Episode: 20

Genre: Silat

Serial ini dikisahkan pada zaman Dinasti Tang yang sedang berperang melawan tetangganya, Sai Leung. Lei Fa adalah putri dari Jendral yang dihormati di Sai Leung. Guru Lei Fa mengatakan bahwa Lei Fa ditakdirkan menikah dengan seorang penduduk Tang dimana pernikahan itu akan membawa perdamaian bagi kedua kerajaan yang sedang perang.

Lei Fa diberi oleh gurunya cincin  yang akan terbelah menjadi 2 ketika Lei Fa bertemu dengan jodohnya. Di hutan, saat sedang terjadi peperangan, cincin Lei Fa menyala dan terbelah menjadi 2. Jodohnya ternyata adalah Sit Ting Shan, putra dari Jendral berbakat Tang, Sit Yan Kwai.

Pernikahan mereka awalnya alot, karena keluarga Sit tidak bisa menerima kehadiran menantu dari Sai Leung. Dengan berjalannya waktu, Lei Fa bisa mengambil hati keluarga Sit, bahkan Yang Mulia dari Tang pun kagum padanya.

Serial ini cerita lanjutan dari The Legendary Warrior. Ada sedikit ketidaksamaan dari cerita The Legedary Warrior yang terbaru. Di TLW, paman Yang Mulia telah meninggal (dibakar di lonceng) ketika Sit Ting Shan masih kecil, tetapi di Lady Fan pamannya masih hidup. Di TLW, istri dari Sit Yan Kwai ada 2, tapi di Lady Fan hanya diperlihatkan 1 istri saja.

Serial yang disiarkan oleh TVB beralur cepat, tidak bertele2. Sama seperti serial2 TVB yang selalu beralur cepat, dibandingkan dengan serial Mainland yang lambat dan jumlah episodenya yang banyak. Gambarnya cukup bagus, silatnya juga ga banyak pake efek.

Rating: 4.5/5

My Girl and I

Pemain: Cha Tae-Hyun, Song Hye-Gyo

Song Hye Kyo’s debut movie “My Girl and I” is a heartwarming story about true love and happiness. The film starts in modern day Korea where we see Kim Su Ho (Cha Tae-hyun) return to his hometown after ten years to attend a reunion with his highschool friends. He sadly strolls as he hears a female voice in his head calling out his name.

The next scene shows us Su Ho’s three friends celebrating and talking about Su Ho. They doubt that he’ll attend their reunion because he apparently hasn’t gotten over some girl. It is said that on that day of their reunion, it is the death anniversary of a girl named Su-eun. To everyone’s surprise, Su Ho enters and warmly greets his friends.

After celebrating, the four friends go to a lighthouse where Su Ho’s friend shouts, “Bae Su-eun, my friend’s brain is small but is filled with endless thoughts of you. Please let my friend go.” Su Ho becomes emotional and starts to cry.

The next scene is a flashback wherein a younger Su Ho is rescued from drowning by a pretty girl. Her beeper got lost in the process of rescuing him but she just walked away. Su Ho then wakes up and thinks that his friends had saved him from drowning.

The next scene leads us to a music class. Su Ho and his classmates were asked to sing in chorus. He sang normally just like the other students but was distracted when his classmate, Bae Su-eun started staring at him. Su Ho suddenly became conscious and curious at the same time. After all, Su-eun is the prettiest girl in their high school, so why should she show interest in the ordinary-looking Su Ho? Su-eun notices the expression on Su Ho’s face and quickly looks away. Su Ho’s classmate and friend sits in front of him, sighs and says “What will I do? I have to concentrate on my studies.” He told Su Ho that Su-eun always stares at him in class. Su Ho just shrugged for he thought that Su-eun may actually be interested in him but was not.

After class, Su Ho and Su-eun passed by each other in the hallway. They were about to walk past each other when they got into each other’s way. They repeatedly tried several methods so that they could easily pass but it often resulted in Su Ho blocking Su-eun’s way and vice versa. Finally, Su Ho held Su-eun’s shoulders and passed by the small space to Su-eun’s right. Su Ho was about to walk away when Su-eun called him. She asked him to buy her a croquette (bread stuffed with vegetables or meat) which naturally surprised Su Ho. He knew that if he and Su-eun ate together, other people might think that they’re going out and it would be hard for both of them but especially for him because Su-eun had many suitors from all over the school. But in the end, Su Ho still bought two croquettes and when the other students noticed, they immediately assumed that the two were dating.

Word spread fast and soon the captain of the Judo club who had his eyes set on Su-eun sought Su Ho. He threatened to beat Su Ho but Su Ho immediately said that he wasn’t seeing Su-eun. By chance, Su-eun passed by and when the captain asked if she was seeing Su Ho, she quickly replied that they are indeed going out. The captain got really mad and threw Su Ho down the floor. Su Ho’s friends arrived to rescue him and immediately they escaped.

Su Ho and Su-eun stayed by the boardwalk where a lighthouse stood. The two spoke for a while wherein Su-eun hinted to Su Ho that she saved him but he was really really slow minded and he couldn’t comprehend what she was trying to say. Su-eun asked him to get her a beeper for she lost hers because of him. Su Ho didn’t understand and she got irritated and called him a dummy. Later, they watched the sun set together.

Su Ho then walked Su-eun home and she wrote her beeper number on a piece of fruit for she was afraid that her parents and especailly her strict and “scary” father would find out. Although her beeper was lost, she could still receive and leave messages on its system. That night, Su-eun and Su Ho confessed their feelings for each other.

The next day, Su Ho was called out of class because his grandfather supposedly collapsed. He quickly went to his grandfather’s home and found him alive and looked normal. Turns out, he just faked a stroke so that he could share the story of his first love to Su Ho. Again, by chance, Su-eun arrived bringing Su Ho’s bag. Although reluctant at first, Su Ho’s grandfather shared his story to a complete stranger.

When he was young, Su Ho’s grandfather joined the army and was assigned to a different region in Korea. He was separated from his first love, Soon-Im. He left her a necklace to remember him by.

Years passed and soon he became an undertaker. Once, he was asked to prepare a funeral and as it turned out, the dead man was Soon-Im’s husband. They couldn’t even say a word to each other and soon he married another woman, Su Ho’s grandmother.

Su Ho then realizes that he loves Su-eun and he wishes for her to be his destiny so that they wouldn’t suffer the same fate as his grandfather. Using a payphone, Su Ho left a message on Su-eun’s beeper. In it he said that he wished she could be his destiny, completely unaware that she was behind him until she replied, “Me too.”

From that day on, Su Ho and Su-eun officially became a couple.

Su Ho’s friends proposed an outing–an overnight stay in Fog Island. As Su Ho and Su-eun arrived together at the pier, he finds out that his friends tricked him so that he and Su-eun would have some time alone. He made up lies to cover up but she was smart and knew that it was only the two of them alone. At first, Su-eun seemed mad but then she herself bought two tickets to Fog Island.

At the island their love deepened even more. One night, they had their first kiss.

Things were going so well until one day, Su-eun fainted and her body started to weaken. Su Ho rushed her to the hospital and tried to live his life normally.

He visited her everyday. What he thought was just simple anemia turned out to be leukemia. Su Eun was going to die even if the doctors try to operate on her. Her one last wish was to go back to Fog Island, where their love bloomed.

Another woman also had a last wish before she died–Soon-Im. She wished to be reunited with her first love, Su Ho’s grandfather. He even prepared her funeral and was reunited with his first love, the woman he had loved for 50 years.

One day, when Su Ho visited the hospital, Su-eun expressed her last wish and before she could say anything else, he brought out two ferry tickets for Fog Island. On the day of their departure, a typhoon struck and all trips were cancelled. Su Ho desperately tried to convince the authorities to let them travel but to no avail.

As he was arguing with the management, Su-eun felt even weaker and she knew it was already her time. She said her last words and wished for Su Ho in her mind. As he was apologizing to her about the storm, she collapsed into Su Ho and died.

Ten years later, Su Ho returned to Fog Island and found Su-eun’s bag in the lost and found section. Inside the bag was her diary which she updated everyday. There was one entry that was written during their trip to Fog Island. It seems Su-Eun had planted seeds in the hill during their visit and promised herself that when those seeds became flowers, she’ll come back with Su Ho to that island, year after year, after year. The hill covered with flowers will be her gift to him.

Su Ho quickly went to the hill and was overjoyed to see it covered with purple flowers. He felt Bae Su-eun’s presence around him as memories of his first and true love filled his heart.

Sumber: wikipedia

Komen saya: Seperti tipikal film korea, film ini dibuat flashback dulu. Sebelum masuk ke inti film, kita sudah tau kalo Su-Eun meninggal. Hal ini yang membuat kita kurang penasaran dengan akhir ceritanya. Meski demikian, My Girl and I ceritanya sangat menyentuh, membuat air mata saya hampir menetes. Ga jadi netes karena ntnnya ramean, maluuuu . Yang cengeng, siapin tisu kalo ntn ni pelm . Kenapa ya Song Hye-Gyo kalo maen pelm pasti ada kena sakit leukimia, dah jadi aktris spesialis leukimia toh?? hehehe.

Rating: 4/5

Bila Hatimu Terluka

Pengarang: Mira W

Halaman: 368

“Mengapa tiba-tiba melamarku?”
“Karena aku tertarik padamu. Ada jawaban lain yang kamu harapkan?”
“Kamu selalu se-PD ini di depan seorang wanita?”
“Itu satu-satunya modalku.”
Tidak, pikir Ruri. Kamu punya banyak kelebihan. Tapi alasanku menerima lamaranmu cuma satu. Kamu kakak ipar Mauris Herdadi. Dengan menikahimu, aku dapat selalu berada di dekat mantan pacarku.

Tentu saja Ruri tidak tahu, Edo juga punya satu alasan utama menikahinya. Dia ingin melindungi adiknya. Edo mengira kalau dia mengawini Ruri, perempuan itu tidak akan mengganggu suami Rafela lagi!

Mauris juga punya alasan menikahi Rafela. Karena dia menginginkan kekayaannya. Sebaliknya Rafela menuntut perceraian untuk melindungi kakaknya, meskipun sebenarnya dia sangat mencintai suaminya.

Empat orang dengan empat alasan yang berbeda. Saling mencinta. Saling melindungi. Saling menipu. Saling memanipulasi.

Di mana cinta semacam itu akan berujung? Perceraian atau… pembunuhan?

Rating: 4/5

Tentara Langit di Karbala

Pengarang: Khalid Muhammad Khalid

Halaman: 227

Tujuh puluh dua pasukan Husain dikepung 4000 tentara Ibn Ziyad di bawah komando Syimr ibn Dzil Jausyan. Setiap satu sahabat Husain harus menghadapi 50-60 tentara musuh sekaligus. sebelum peperangan dimulai, tentara musuh menghalangi rombongan Husain. Geriba (tempat air) yang sebelumnya telah dipenuhi dengan air oleh saudara seayahnya, Al-Abbas ibn Ali, sebelum blokade menjadi ketat, telah kering.

Dalam pertempuran yang tak seimbang itu, cucu Rasulullah itu tersungkur terkena sabetan pedang, dan mencoba bangkit kembali dengan tubuh penuh luka dan darah. Dia tak pernah gentar melawan musuh-musuhnya yang membabi buta. Imam Husain terus membela pasukannya dengan mengorbankan dirinya, maju sendiri di medan laga. Akhirnya, setelah melewati masa pertumpahan darah yang sangat panjang, dia pun jatuh dan terbunuh di tangan Syimr ibn Dzil Jausyan, seorang panglima durjana yang sangat berambisi untuk membunuhnya.

Rating: 5/5

Ayat Ayat Cinta

Pengarang: Habiburrahman El Shirazy

Halaman:  418

Novel ini berisikan cerita tentang seorang pemuda Indonesia bernama Fahri bin Abdullah Shiddiq yang telah tujuh tahun menempuh pendidikan di Universitas Al Ahzar di Kairo, Mesir. Dalam kehidupannya sebagai seorang mahasiswa dia menemui banyak tantangan dalam hidup dari masalah keuangan, kesehatan, sampai urusan cinta.

Pada suatu saat Fahri bertemu dengan seorang gadis Amerika yang tertarik dengan agama Islam bernama Alicia dan seorang gadis Jerman Palestina Turki bernama Aisha yang menaruh hati pada Fahri. Dalam novel ini, tokoh Fahri dikisahkan sebagai seseorang yang sempurna, hampir tanpa cacat sedikitpun. Pintar, rajin dan beruntung mendapatkan istri yang kaya serta banyak disukai oleh orang-orang, termasuk kaum hawa.

Rating: 5/5

Maryam Si Gadis Pilihan

Pengarang: Ni’mat Nashir bin asy Sya’rani

Halaman: 223

Adalah Maryam binti Imran a.s, Allah telah memilihnya dari sekian banyak wanita lain di dunia. Namanya diabadikan sebagai nama salah satu surat dalam Al-Qur’an, dan Allah SWT telah menyebut namanya dnegan jelas lebih dari 10x, dan tidak ada nama wanita lain yang disebut sebanyak itu. Si gadis Maryam telah menerima berita gembira melalui Malaikat Jibril, bahwa dia akan mengandung seorang Nabi bagi kaumnya. Manakala dia mendengar kabar gembira itu, dia pasrah terhadap keputusan Allah SWT.

Rating: 4/5

Fathimah, The True Story of Muhammad and Khadijah’s Beloved Daughter

Pengarang: Muhammad Amin

Halaman: 218

Fathimah binti Muhammad tentu bukanlah wanita biasa. Pada malam penciptaannya, Allah SWT mengutus Malaikat Jibril khusus untuk membawa makanan dari surga bagi Nabi Muhammad SAW dan Khadijah. Oleh karenanya, Nabi SAW menyebutkan bahwa jika beliau rindu akan wangi surga, maka ia mencium anak perempuannya ini. Fathimah lahir di masa tersulit, dimana tidak seorang wanita pun ketika itu bersedia membantu kelahirannya. Di saat kritis itu, Allah SWT mengutus para bidadari berwujud manusia untuk membantu persalinan Khadijah.

Sejak usia balita, ia sudah terbiasa membantu dakwah ayahnya. Tangan kecil Fathimah-lah yang membersihkan kotoran yang dilemparkan kaum kafir Quraisy ke kepala ayahnya. Ibadah Fathimah pun sangat luar biasa.

Rating: 5/5