The last 5 years...

it's been a while, I know... Let see if I could sum up the last 5 years of my life into a very short story.

I am still working in film festival. After the Europe on Screen (2007-2011), I involved in a project called DocNet Southeast Asia (2012-2014), where I co-organised workshops, seminars and film festivals of Southeast Asian docs "ChopShots". Both festivals held in Jakarta in 2002 & 2014, while the rest were held in different cities in the Southeast Asian countries. So many new friends and new experiences I found during this 2,5 years period. From witnessing the birth of documentaries to the birth of "DocNet Babies" (we use it for the babies who were born during this period of project).

After the project finished last year, I worked for the selection team of Apresiasi Film Indonesia/AFI (held by the Education Ministry) and organising their film festival workshop in 3 cities (Jakarta, Bandung and Medan) with COFFIE (Coordination on Film Festival in Indonesia), which established since 2012. Just like many activist, it's obvious that we breed organisations and communities, like the flowers bloom in Spring (only in 4 seasons countries , of course).

After AFI, I also worked for the other festival roadshow in 7 cities (Serang, Bandung, Malang, Purbalingga, Padang, Bengkulu. Jambi) as the pre-event of Festival Film Indonesia/FFI in Palembang. And then there was this promise of another festival in Bali, so I was also in Denpasar for the Forum Group Discussion of the local film community in Bali as the preparation of the festival. Well, it's still just a promise now...

I also lost my mother in law in 2011 and my father in 2013. My mother in law death was a shock since she lived in Sumedang, while we're in Jakarta. I was quiet close with her since I knew her in 2005. I think I was more similar with her then with my husband. As for my father, he was healthy for most of his life for 77 years  and even got really sick only 1 month before he passed away. I will share some of my poetries about them in here later.

2015 is about slowing down. I have no job for almost 4 months. So I start making and selling the clothes, especially for men and tomboy women. I put a hold on my beads jewellery making, since I'm really into fabric now. The fact that I could not sew, did not put down my passion in this cloth design. I was at one point in my life, long time ago, dreamt to be a fashion designer, before ended up become the film festival organiser.

Anyway, it's really nice to finally have a short break and writing something here. I may or may not continue writing in this blog. We shall see...

at home, 1st of June, 2015, 6.28 pm