UFF

She's my favourite singer ever..! I knew her since like more than a year ago.
Who is she? Uh-Fee..!!
Anna-Catherine Hartley as known as Uffie. Born in Florida but she moved to Hong Kong when she was four due to her father's work. Uffie's name comes from the French words Un Oeuf, means an egg. His father gave this name because she was so rowdy. By fifteen her mother sent her to Paris and she kinda liked French lifestyle. She studied fashion and attended the International School of Paris but when a music offer came along, she dropped outta school because it was "a once in a lifetime opportunity" and signed with Ed Banger Records in early 2006.

She came here to Jakarta about two months ago and i missed her concert. Not much people know about her and i seriously enjoy it because i would easily dislike if it turns to be sucha mainstream.

Ciao!

Black Swan

Wondering since i was child i oftenly heard about Black Swan and until now there's a movie called Black Swan (Natalie Portman & Mila Kunis). Dan juga sampe siang tadi my office mate nanyain apa sih sebenernya arti Black Swan itu. Innocently i answered, "Angsa Hitam!".. Krik krik krik... *Iya kalo diartiin pake Bahasa Indonesia dia juga tau. Bodohnya gue.*

Gue bilang ke dia iya juga ya, pasti mengandung arti, nah pada kesempatan ini gue lagi coba cari apa arti Black Swan selain Angsa Hitam.. 

Briefly, here we go...

Pertama dari jenis binatangnya, Angsa Hitam (Cygnus Atratus) itu adalah salah satu angsa yang terdapat di dalam marga Cygnus. Burung dewasa berukuran besar dengan panjang mencapai 130 cm. Bulunya berwarna hitam kecuali bulu yang ada di sayap, warnanya putih. Paruhnya merah, ada garis putih diujungnya. Kakinya berwarna abu-abu. Lehernya panjang dan membentuk huruf "S".  

Angsa Hitam ini juga lambang resmi dari provinsi Australia Barat (Perth) karena emang fauna ini asli sana.

Symbol of Perth

Kedua dari idiom. Black Swan, yaitu sebuah kejadian atau peristiwa yang menyimpang di luar apa yang biasanya diharapkan dari sebuah situasi. Nah biasanya tipikal Black Swan ini tuh random and unexpected. Teori tentang Black Swan ini dideskripsikan oleh A Lebanese, Nassim Nicholas Taleb. Dia itu seorang philosophical essayist and practitioner of mathematical finance. Ya gampangnya peneliti gitu lah. 

Jadi imho kalo dari film Black Swan yang diperankan oleh Natalie Portman itu, ya ga ada hubungannya sama idiom Black Swan. Murni karena emang sebuah fiksi bergenre psychological thriller.

Ps: In my whole life, i haven't seen any of Black Swans lho. And now i'm curious what it looks like. Do i have to travel to Perth first?

Ciao!