#32 There is no shame in not knowing
The shame lies in not finding out — Russian proverb
Hello! Warm welcome to our readers, finally we’re smelling the weekend breeze again. Hoping you get to rest and spend some time with your loved ones safely. It’s so overwhelming that Jakarta will conduct large-scale social restriction or PSBB again starting on Monday! Let’s practice this once again, all hands on Dalgona Coffee-making equipments, please!
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Meiska
Recently, I just finished watching Haikyuu!! on Netflix. At first, I don’t think I would watch it because it’s a volleyball-themed series —any non-football sports usually did not catch my attention haha. But I was pretty familiar with volleyball in college years, though. It was one of the most popular sports in my university student olympics because the games were as intense as basketball and futsal.
Haikyuu!! suddenly caught a lot of attention because the author (Haruichi Furudate) decided to end the manga last month. And turned out my boyfriend read the manga and approved Haikyuu!! has exciting story. So I guess I broke my own promise that I’d watch English-speaking series? But whatever because I love Haikyuu!! and cannot wait for the part two of season four which scheduled to release next October! Beside the famous story, this series is also supported with catchy opening and closing songs consistently, from season to season!
Haikyuu!! main focus is the bounce-back of Karasuno High School Volleyball team. Karasuno High used to be famous and have strong team, but slowly losing them because the players graduated and no longer led by one of the best coaches in Miyagi perfecture. A few years later, while entering new school year, Shoyo Hinata (the orange-haired in the middle) and Tobio Kageyama (the famous young setter next to Hinata on the right) who met before in Junior High championship promised to beat each other in high school championship accidentally came to the same school and instead, became Karasuno High ace players and qualified to national championship!
I’m not familiar with a lot of sports-themed anime but I can say that Haikyuu!! can reach everyone easily because it’s so relevant! It is either you feel “I can relate!” or “been there, done that!” since its coming-of-age element is surprisingly strong. In season four, the character shown to grow and become more stable in terms of emotional-handling because they have experienced enough to play in matches. The teamwork also felt stronger as they spent a lot of time together hence they gain sense of belongings.
It also portrayed the accurate situation of real student championship! The singing supporters, team warm-ups in every corner of the gym, eating banana after or before the game, as well as the fake bad-boy and show-off teenager behavior! Hahaha, I bet there’s so much you can relate and feel nostalgic to! As you can see the gif above, the visual is so mind-blowing as it shows advanced athletic motion. Sometimes from the eyes of players who retrieve, serve, and spike the ball! Whenever you feel like missing those staying-late days at gymnasium supporting your team, go watch Haikyuu!!
Elsa
We always complain about many things. Like I do now, I complain about why humans complain.
For example, Indonesian people complain about the poor government management for the pandemic, this week it has reached 200,000 cases. All that comes in the media is how bad and fail and miserable Indonesia has been through. Indonesian people do complain.
In contrast, what I heard about Indonesia for three semesters studying in EU was different. The students should prepare for the global economic power shift from Western Europe and USA dominance, into E7 countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, Mexico, Indonesia, Turkey). The EU has put the mitigation plan in the curriculum of education.
Another example, USA also complain a lot about their pandemic condition that surpassed 200,000 deaths (so what does the Indonesian 200,000 cases compared to this number?)
But what I see is the flatten curve of the States (even 30.8%!!), so the States is getting better actually!
Even the very funny complain: my friend complains about how hard studying remotely before laptop and has been longing to have a normal offline class in Sweden. On the other hand, my other friend in France has been frown that she needs to go to the class offline and has been admiring to have classes online. It is just a ridiculous state of being human.
Complaining is somehow important for growth. If we complain, that means that we do notice something that has been really annoying for us. But the clear cut whether it brings good than harm is what to do after complaining. Are we going to improve it, or is it just gonna be up in the air and gone by the wind?
This is one of my favorite Ted Talks I got in my class that I want to share. It is about how ‘complaining’ can drive to creativity. I won’t trap into toxic positivity, complain is a part of learning as well!
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Good friends, good movies, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life!
@ELSA what about you complaining about ur group peeps being high school kids :P