Somewhere in Stockholm, winter 2019

3:09:00 AM

The Edge of Seventeen

8:44:00 PM

Today I am gonna review a movie that I did watch yesterday even I am not a good judge tho.

Directed by	Kelly Fremon Craig
Produced by	James L. Brooks Richard Sakai Julie Ansell Kelly Fremon Craig
Written by	Kelly Fremon Craig
Starring	Hailee Steinfeld Woody Harrelson Kyra Sedgwick Haley Lu Richardson Blake Jenner

The Edge of seventeen is an upcoming-age and comedy movie. basically this kind of movie trying to show us how the life of a teenager begin to a next level. which we can understand that those kids will face some problem, complication and confusion in the beginning of adulthood.(whoever reach 18 year old ı guess they know how was it)

The cast of this movie as shown above are Hailee Steinfeld(Pitch Perfect 2), Woody Harrelson(Hunger Game), Kara Sedgwick, Haley Lu Richardson and Blake Jenner(known for Glee). I really loves the Hailee Steinfeld performance in this movie. she was so badass and funny for Nadine character.

PLOT :

In the beginning of the movie, Nadine(Hailee) meet her teacher Mr. Bruner(Woody Harrelson) and saying that she is going to kill herself. later on the movie start to flashback what happen before. from that beginning we know that Nadine lives with her single mom, Mona and he older brother, Darian(Blake Jenner). the narrative(Nadine) reveal that Nadine have a social problem since she was young. She keep compare her brother perfect, cool and handsome brother to her miserable ugly life. in second grade she got no friend and get bullied until she met Krista and they became friend since then. Her family and her faced more difficulty father her father died when she was 13.

While her Mona away, Nadine and Krista got drunk in house. Krista ended up sleeping with Darian which lead Nadine mad at both of them as she was so disgusted with Darian's perfect life which she think he can steal anybody away from her including her bestfriend, Krista. Nadine forced Krista to choose her or Darian which she chose to keep seeing Darian. Both Krista and Darian invited Nadine to a party which she felt awkward and later on she called Erwin, a nice Korean boy whom she met at school. they both spent the night in an amusement park.

She had a crush on Nick who work at pet local store. In the school when she dont have any friend in the lunch time, Mr. Bruner has become Nadine's go-to person for support. (this part is super funny and extremely a fucktard btw). Later he gave her his phone number in case she need some help in the future. she went back home and called Erwin to share swimming in his place and figure out he is very rich but lonely living alone in a big house while his parent away to Korea for 3 month. It revealed that Erwin is a talented illustrator and then he invited her to student film festival on Saturday.

The next day, in order to avoid argument with Krista, Nadine join her mother at work which at the end they had a fight and steal the car drove to a park. Angrily Nadine wrote an sexually explicit text and accidentally sent to Nick who she secretly admire him. So the movie turn to the moment at the beginning Nadine run to Mr. Burner saying she want to kill herself. He keep calm her down. later she received a text from nick who want to meet her that night.

they met and stop in car. thing didnt go well after she get insulted by Nick when she refuse to have sex with him(that is good). he called Mr Burner to pick her up and stay in his house for a while before Darian take him. later they had a fight and Darian told him how he care about the family. Fianlly he asked Mr burner to his sister home. the conversation they had was super inspring. haha. lmao.

Back at their home, Nadine confesses to her brother that for the longest time, she has been dealing with self-hatred, intensified by her jealousy of him. Darian acknowledges her pain, and for the first time, the two hug and their feud comes to an end. the next day she woke up early and greet Krista and Darian. she went to the student film festival whom later she understand the animation short story that Erwin made was dedicated to her. Erwin joking said it was not related to her. Erwin is congratulated by his colleagues. When he introduces Nadine to them, she greets them with a smile, finally opening up to others.

REVIEW :

I rate this movie 3.4/5. somehow the storyline is predictable and a bit cliche. but all Hailee and Harrelson perfomances always make me smile and laugh inside. both of them really smartass. Well this movie have a lot of useful message for teenager. and I guess for me too😜 even tough I am already 21. things about life you should and should not do

stop comparing yourself to other
stop thinking people are stupid

The line that I like the most from Mona when she get mad. ( I got difficulty controlling my anger these year) and i hope it is working for me as my life right now kinda messed up.😞

“When I get mad I get really quiet and really still and I say to myself ‘Everyone in the world is as miserable as you are. They’re just better at pretending'”.

that's all for this time. see ya. te amo.

backpackers

Trip to İzmit

7:23:00 PM

Assalamualaikum w.b.t

Lama x update blog. This time rasa macam nak update trip aku pegi İzmit dulu. Untuk kawan-kawan Malaysia yang nak tahu İzmit ni satu bandar yang x jauh dari İstanbul pun. Pernah dulu sembang dengan seorang lecturer sejarah turkey tu, dia berasal dari situ. Dia kata İzmit ni bandar yang terjejas paling dasyat gempa bumi pada 17 Ogos 1999 dulu. Lebih kurang 17 ribu lebih kematian. Maybe disebabkan geografi dia yang memang menghadap laut marmara.

1st impression datang sini memang tenang. Sebab sepanjang perjalan dalam 45 mimit tu, lalu tepi pandai. view dia subhanallah.....x tergambar. And this place far less crowded dari istanbul. Turun je tren aman je rasa. Pastu jalan2 tepi pantai terus.

paling x leh move on dengan gambar n taman ni

How to go there :

bagi penduduk İstanbul macam kitorang senang je la. Amik bus yang kearah bosphorus bridge. Lepas amik bus kearah Pendik. Dari Pendik kami ambil Hızlı Tren(keretapi laju). Harga pergi 14TL.
Bagi pelancong yang nak datang sendiri dari İstanbul, lagi senang naik subway metro ke Otogar. Otogar ni macam KL Central la. Dari situ beli tiket bus direct. Harga maybe 30 TL kut.

Where to stay :

jujur nya izmit ni x besar macam istanbul. kecik. Tarıkan Pelancong dia pun x banyak even compare to Istanbul. So, x perlu bermalam pun sebenarnya kalau dari istanbul tu bertolak awal.

Hotel option kat İzmit kat main attraction dia + tepi laut tu banyak. start from 2 bintang. not that expensive. rate 65TL above sekepala. Tu tanya masa spring.
Camping x leh kut.
Stay up maybe boleh. Tapi bandar nye mati la. Kecuali night clubs yang ada. hehe

Things to do :

Macam aku kata tadi, izmit x ada banyak tempat macam istanbul untuk dilawati. Tapi seronok nya sebab x crowded. Semua main attraction tu walking distance je. Most of the tourist akan pegi menara jam dia, rumah kolam air panas seorang bangsawan ni, muzium arkeoloji, muzium tentera laut night life kat street yang ala2 berlampu gitu, benda paling aku suka, lepak tepı pantai dia. perghhhh. best.

1. İzmit Clock Tower

tu clock tower dia. ada cafe atas tu. x mahal sangat kalau nak minum teh. dari situ dapat tengok permandangan İzmit Kocaeli ni. pegi malam pun best.

tugu Mustafa Kamal Ataturk sebelum naik ke clock tower tu

2. Selim Sirri Pasa Konagi

500m dari main central. Rumah salah seorang bangsawan masa zaman Usmaniyah dulu. Rumah ni baru lepas siap restoration kalau x salah dan dijadikan muzium. Ada guide yang akan ceritakan asal-usul rumah tu. Katanya pernah terbakar. Kedudukan tas bukit. Penat jugak nak daki. But worth it. sebab cantik. Dapat tengok full view izmit n tepi laut. fuhhh. Yang pelik nya. in turkish konak/konağı tu kolam, tapi kami x jumpa pun kolam tu.

photoshoot kawin masa kitorang datang

pemandangan dari taman rumah tu nampak semua izmit

isi dalam rumah. x banyak gamabr sebab susah orang suka interframe

taman depan rumah muzium

3. Museum of Archaeology & Ethnography

100m dari stesen keretapi laju tu. Cari kemain jauhnya. Rupanya sekentut je punya dekat. Tak sebesar archeology museum in İstanbul. Mostly about Greek Empire. Certain benda yang x de kat istanbul, ada kat sini. fee- 5TL student, 10TL tourist, free for student wıth museum card.

from entrence

the god of season. musim sejuk,luruh dan bunga

kawasan larangan area muzium tu. x tahu kenapa

4. Gayret Gemi Museum

300m dari stesen tu. Sepatutnya fee dia 20TL x silap. Tapi kami dapat masuk free sebab ada sambutan apa tah. ehehe. Navy base in İzmit. Kapal selam dari Rusia. Panjang gila history dia. But nice. Plus, pengalaman dapat masuk kapal selam. hihi. jakun.

5. Sea side

Senja2 pegi seronok sebab dalam tengok matahari terbenam. cantik. Ada cafe and restoran jual ikan. Nampak mahal. Kita pun dari petang duduk tepi laut makan kuaci je la yang mampu.

tepi2 tu banyak restoran

majestic view. rasa macam boleh nampak istanbul je kat seberang laut sana

6. İzmit Boulevard

Malam-malam, tempat ni la yang hidup pun. Lampu-lampu, cafe, restoran, bar. taman-taman dia masa malam pun cantik.

x amik gambar2 bar tu. hehe

7. Theme Park and Sapanca lake

200m dari muzium tentera laut tu. Couple2 n family bersiar-siar kat sini. Ambil udara sambil tengok tasik. Near that tasik ada fun fair. hahaha. Tak de kijo kami perabih duit kat situ.

view dari feris wheel

conclusion, kepada student istanbul yang tension bosan dengan crowded nye istanbul ni boleh je buat sweet escape ke sini. x jauh sangat dan x payah sangat nak datang sini. 1 hari je mencukupi. pernah je terfikir nak pindah uni kat sini.hehe.

bye.assalamualaikum

alpa

Nikmat

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