Another Point of View of Mine

Benefits of Being Critical of Watching Movies

by Saiko Rudi Kasenda

Watching movies has been one of the most enjoyable entertainment in our lives. The thing that makes people want to go seeing movies in cinemas or go renting VCDs is to be entertained. But most people only sit and watch without thinking any further after watching it. Most people are now less critical about story, acting performances, materials, and messages of the movies they watch. It’s time for us to be critical. One of many advantages of being critical of watching movies is we can learn positive things and ignore any negative sides of the movie we watch. Most great films have messages which can affect people's point of view in their lives. Another advantage of being critical of watching movies is, it can enlarge our creativity and productivity. Many movies offer new vision that most people could not imagine. Being critical in this matter also means appreciation to others’ work. Appreciation is a thing that makes people motivated and encouraged to do better things in the future. This is something that we should do. When we are critical of watching movies, we could be easily critical of many aspects in our lives. Those are the benefits we can get of being critical of watching movies.

My Point of View

Current Issues Faced by Our Country

Created by Saiko Rudi Kasenda

Our country is one of the most populated countries in the world. With more than 250 million people, Indonesia has established itself as the fourth most populated country in the world. Indonesia also faces many issues that has affected the people for many years, such as: corruption, poverty, economy, etc. These are several problems that haven’t been finished for so long by our government. In this country, corruption is one of the biggest issues that has gotten attention from our people. The people almost do not trust the politicians, leaders, and birocrats anymore due to their poor work and zero results. In this case, we need a figure who can be trusted and to count on. Poverty is also a great deal to this country. It is very difficult to overcome. Poverty itself is the number one reason the crime spreads in the whole country. Poverty is the effect of corruption which is caused by unresponsible people. This country is also dealing with daily need crisis, such as: rice, cooking oil, sugar, and many others. The prices of these things is more and more expensive. The unpredictable weather is the main cause of this crisis. The government has tried many ways to overcome this problem, but they haven’t gotten best results. The most important thing is our government has to be smarter and they have to work hard for the people of Indonesia. The fate of 250 million people lies in our government’s hands.

A Love Letter of a Great Men by Beethoven

Beethoven to His Immortal Beloved 

July 6, in the morning

My angel, my all, my very self -

     Only a few words today and at that with pencil (with yours) - Not till tomorrow will my lodgings be definitely determined upon - what a useless waste of time -
     Why this deep sorrow when necessity speaks - can our love endure except through sacrifices, through not demanding everything from one another; can you change the fact that you are not wholly mine, I not wholly thine -
     Oh God, look out into the beauties of nature and comfort your heart with that which must be -
     Love demands everything and that very justly - thus it is to me with you, and to you with me.
     But you forget so easily that I must live for me and for you; if we were wholly united you would feel the pain of it as little as I -
     My journey was a fearful one; I did not reach here until 4 o'clock yesterday morning. Lacking horses the post-coach chose another route, but what an awful one; at the stage before the last I was warned not to travel at night; I was made fearful of a forest, but that only made me the more eager - and I was wrong.
     The coach must needs break down on the wretched road, a bottomless mud road.
     Without such postilions as I had with me I should have remained stuck in the road.
     Esterhazy, traveling the usual road here, had the same fate with eight horses that I had with four - Yet I got some pleasure out of it, as I always do when I successfully overcome difficulties -
     Now a quick change to things internal from things external.
     We shall surely see each other soon; moreover, today I cannot share with you the thoughts I have had during these last few days touching my own life -
     If our hearts were always close together, I would have none of these.
     My heart is full of so many things to say to you - ah - there are moments when I feel that speech amounts to nothing at all -
     Cheer up - remain my true, my only treasure, my all as I am yours.
     The gods must send us the rest, what for us must and shall be -

Your faithful LUDWIG

A Love Letter of a Great Men

Lord Byron (1788 - 1824) was one of England's most notorious womanizers. A world-famous poet by the age of 24, he had a brief but extremely passionate affair with Lady Caroline Lamb. Pressured by Caroline's mother (who herself may have harbored affections for Byron), he used the opportunity to put an end to the relationship. In this letter, he explains his reasoning.


August 1812

My dearest Caroline,

If tears, which you saw & know I am not apt to shed, if the agitation in which I parted from you, agitation which you must have perceived through the whole of this most nervous nervous affair, did not commence till the moment of leaving you approached, if all that I have said & done, & am still but too ready to say & do, have not sufficiently proved what my real feelings are & must be ever towards you, my love, I have no other proof to offer.

God knows I wish you happy, & when I quit you, or rather when you from a sense of duty to your husband & mother quit me, you shall acknowledge the truth of what I again promise & vow, that no other in word or deed shall ever hold the place in my affection which is & shall be most sacred to you, till I am nothing.

I never knew till that moment, the madness of -- my dearest & most beloved friend -- I cannot express myself -- this is no time for words -- but I shall have a pride, a melancholy pleasure, in suffering what you yourself can hardly conceive -- for you don not know me. -- I am now about to go out with a heavy heart, because -- my appearing this Evening will stop any absurd story which the events of today might give rise to -- do you think now that I am cold & stern, & artful -- will even others think so, will your mother even -- that mother to whom we must indeed sacrifice much, more much more on my part, than she shall ever know or can imagine.

"Promises not to love you" ah Caroline it is past promising -- but shall attribute all concessions to the proper motive -- & never cease to feel all that you have already witnessed -- & more than can ever be known but to my own heart -- perhaps to yours -- May God protect forgive & bless you -- ever & even more than ever.

yr. most attached
BYRON

P.S. -- These taunts which have driven you to this -- my dearest Caroline -- were it not for your mother & the kindness of all your connections, is there anything on earth or heaven would have made me so happy as to have made you mine long ago? & not less now than then, but more than ever at this time -- you know I would with pleasure give up all here & all beyond the grave for you -- & in refraining from this -- must my motives be misunderstood --? I care not who knows this -- what use is made of it -- it is you & to you only that they owe yourself, I was and am yours, freely & most entirely, to obey, to honour, love --& fly with you when, where, & how you yourself might & may determine.

A Friendship Poem

Between the Miles

by Heather Stoop

Because existence can become severe
in one day,
just sense me and I’ll be there.
In the minds eye,
I’m not so far away.
If you hold out your hand,
in the whispers,
I’ll become the zephyr.
and besiege you.
If your eye’s upon the stars,
in the crystalline darkness,
I’ll become the moon.
And the light shall guide you.
If you rest upon the ground,
in the warmth,
I’ll become the grass.
And embrace you.
If you turn outside,
in the wetness,
I’ll become the rain.
An upon your forehead, kiss you.
If you free the air,
in the light of day,
I’ll become the sun.
And smile for you.

Between the miles-
if you need me.
If you need a friend.
Let me be the friend, I want to be.

A Great Poem by William Shakespeare

All the World's a Stage 

by William Shakespeare