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Get Soo Sored That Doing Boring Stuff Seems Fun

So this video was on my recommendation and I watched it because it gave more dopamine than the thing that I should do.

What is Dopamine?

Dopamine is what makes us desire things. That desire gives us motivation to get up and do stuff. Motivation come from how brain expecting how much amount of dopamine it will get after did certain things.

Easy Work and Hard Work

"Easy" work such as playing games, checking phone, internet release high amount of dopamine
"Hard" work such as working, reading, release less dopamine

How Dopamine Addiction Destroys You

On the experiment on a rat:

1. When exposed to high level amount of dopamine each time it pulled a lever, the rat did not want to do anything else rather than pulling the lever until it died of exhaustion
2. When the dopamine was blocked, the rat lost will to life and did not want to walk to get food (but still will eat if the food is in front of the rat)

Point 1

Brain does not care whether the activity is bad or good as long as it get dopamine

Point 2

Homeostasis

When brain is exposed to high amount of dopamine regularly, that amount become the new standard.

Lost motivation to do all things that do not give high amount of dopamine

Dopamine detox

1. For 1 whole day, have as little fun as possible

2. For a certain day in a week, do not do thing that give you most dopamine

3. Always do the thing that give the least amount of dopamine first, and treat high dopamine activities as a reward at the end of the day. Ratio 4:1 

4. Change the easy work that harms you, such as porn to something that less harmful

Application

Easy work

1. Youtube
2. Game
3. Twitter, FB, IG
4. Anime
5. Overeating 

Hard work

1. Sate
2. Working
3. Reading good books
4. Self reflection, writing
5. Do things from the to do list
6. Learning new language 

Detox

1. Every Sunday, do not do any easy works and do the hard works
2. Sate every morning, working, then do easy work as a reward for 3 hours

First Impression: Xenoblade Chronicles 2

I am currently playing Xenoblade Chronicles 2 (XC2), and I am falling in love with this game

Pro:

1. The where to go system is really nice, telling you the direction and distance from you to the target. I really hate lost while trying to clear a quest, so this feature is huge for me
2. The story and character are interesting. I usually skip all the story, but the XC2 cutscenes are quite good, like watching anime. The characters are adorable. Homura, Nia, Hana, and Hikari are all top tier girls
3. The combat system is somehow not boring. It's a mix between auto attack and manual, getting the excellent result are satisfying

Con:

1. Overly complex tutorial. Instead of showing you one by one, this game throw everything at you without giving you the chance to try it. On other aspects, this game decide to tell you nothing about it. Only after 15 hours of game play I managed to do a blade combo (after watching YT of course)
2. Some quest doesn't have a clear direction. As stated above, I really hate getting lost. Some quest just tell you to search [object] without any further explanation. I don't know if that [object] is a monster, flower, wood, gear, or what, and where to find them. I need to Google for that, and I always think you must be able to clear a game without any outside resource.

The con seems longer than the pro, but actually it's just my complaint because I need to depends on YT or Google to advance in a game. The actual gameplay and story is engaging, so I will keep playing this for now and enjoying every second of it.

Review Nintendo Switch Game: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Yes. I am reviewing the game that already out for almost three years. This is my personal review for a game that universally agreed as the best Nintendo Switch game ever.

And I have a different opinion about it.

0 - 60 Hours

The first 60 hours of playing Zelda was amazing. I couldn't play it without spoke to myself that this is the best game ever. It gave me the same feeling when I first played Portal game, in sense of how the game stands above other game decisively. 

The first thing that left me in awe was how big the game is. It felt really really big, like I can run, climb, fly, and warp without limit. I felt free. I can go anywhere while sensing a progression. The story is wrapped so nice so I didn't even realize that you can do the divine beast in any particular order. I always thought that story is linear. 

Playing the game felt so rewarding. Exploring the new places will unlock the shrine or tower that I can warp to anytime, so any journey is not fruitless. Once I found the shrine I don't ever need to do my long journey ever again. If I came to the place with no shrine, at least it almost always have korok seeds, a little compensation that still made me happy. 

The orb system is amazing. I always wanted to do one more shrine before I stop playing, because the orbs reward can be used to increase my stamina or health, which will make me able to go to the places which I cannot reach before.

60 - 70 hours

Past the 60 hours mark, I started realizing that I don't have to kill all enemies that I met. It will be faster if I ran past them. The red moon will bring them back anyway. I only did the bokoblin camp that have chest reward, only to find the disappointing item inside.

Zelda do not have level system, so my stats will not grow. The only real permanent upgrade is a gear set. No matter how powerful a sword or a shield is, it will break anyway. Arrow is fun and it seems like I got a lot of it, but one big fight can cost me around 50 arrows, so I never feel safe with the amount of arrows that I have. My stamina wheel was maxed out long ago, the the heart doesn't matter after a certain point. Fights in Zelda is never about the battle of stamina. It either I kill the enemies without taking damage (unless a small amount of damage when I messed up, which a certain amount of health really helps) or the enemies killed me no matter how much health I have. I never have a situation when I trade hits with enemies and won because I have a lot of health. So in this point, almost all rewards are disappointing.

I then try to complete 100% of the shrines per area. I had to sit in front of my computer, having the maps open while playing the game. Often times even that doesn't help. I need to watch YouTube to find the exact location. I lost countless time at this point. I climbed the highest mountain for minutes only to find that my sight was blocked by another mountain in far away. The sheikah sensor is useless. It just keep beeping randomly, and one I found the exact location of the shrine (with YouTube help, of course), it was nowhere near the loudest beeping location shown by the sensor. Some of the side quest is nonsense. The quest does not have the "in game pattern" so sometimes the answer is just random. I like the clever one like the secret club in Gerudo Town, it has a clear clue and a clear logic, but the one like "find this person" just went without any hint. It was impossible for me to clear without having to Goggle it. It is not playing the game then, it's just cheating and not satisfying.

70 - 90 hours

I lost countless times, hard to find shrine or do quest without have to Google it, I have a really good sets of gear so there are no rewards that interest me anymore, I was 70+ hours into the game. I felt burnout. I am tired. I just want to finish it.

So I went to Hyrule castle to fight Ganon. I was really craving a sense of progression. I was thinking that maybe I will feel better after defeating Ganon, then I can complete the shrines and quest in peace.

Oh God.

It just end after Ganon was defeated. My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined. I always thought that you can continue playing after that. It just doesn't make sense for me, after a lot of grinding the story just end right there. And I got a little star on my save file. I want to enjoy the result of my hardwork. I want to explore Hyrule in peace. I want to see the joy of the people which I just saved. I want to have a long deep talk with Zelda. I don't care how that will fit in the story, but just make it work somehow.

90+ hours

I was at 90+ hours of gameplay and I just didn't want to play the game anymore. What is the point. I cannot go crazy in fight because the source is limited. I didn't want anymore grind. And I was sad. Really sad.

My suggestions for the game

Below are the things that I want to be implemented in Zelda. It is not possible in BOTW, but I hope somehow BOTW 2 will have something like these *finger crossed*.

1. Make the freaking sheikah sensor better!. I think it is best to have it as a reward for defeating Ganon. A real sensor with some obvious arrow or some shit. I will certainly find 100% of the shrines or korok seed or the side quest if I have that. I beat the game, right? I just do not want to lost anymore, I want a clear direction.
2. Make the resources infinite! Again, I think it also best to be a reward for defeting Ganon. My idea is you have an area full of enemies (just say they are the leftover of Ganon power or something like that) and in that area, your swords and shield does not break, and your arrow stocks does not deplete. I want to go all out, releasing the steam by overkilling those poor enemies. I want to swing my thunder sword infinitely. I want to bombard them with my meteor rod. I want to see the enemies stuck when I keep them frozen with my ice arrow. Doesn't it sound like a lot of fun? 

With those feature, I am sure I will enjoy Zelda BOTW a lot more. Despite all of that, I still rate Zelda BOTW 8.5/10. It is a really good game. I just want it a little bit different and it will be 10/10. I definitely will play BOTW 2 once it come out, and I wish it will erase my frustration.

Review Perempuan Tanah Jahanam

Perempuan Tanah Jahanam is so close to become a masterpiece.

Perempuan Tanah Jahanam atau PTJ adalah film "horror" pertama saya setelah puasa selama beberapa tahun.

Sebenarnya PTJ mungkin lebih cocok disebut film thriller mistis dibandingkan horror murni. Fokus utama dalam film ini bukan kepada makhluk gaib, melainkan kepada kepercayaan masyarakat dan bagaimana pengaruhnya kepada para tokoh cerita.

Dari mulai film sampai pertengahan cerita, saya menganggap film ini jenius. Film ini tidak mengandalkan jump scare untuk mebuat penonton takut, melainkan mengandalkan horror psikologis. Banyak adegan yang sebenarnya biasa sehari-hari, namun dibuat menjadi seram. Bahkan tidak banyak sosok setan atau makhluk lainnya yang ditampilkan, membuat film ini sangat berbeda dari film horror kebanyakan. Suspense yang konstan sepanjang film, cinematography yang apik, serta akting yang mumpuni dari para pemerannya membuat film ini sangat mudah untuk dinikmati. Unik dan epic, kombinasi yang membuat film ini luar biasa.

Sayangnya, film ini tidak lepas dari beberapa kekurangan yang menurut saya fatal. Pertama, adegan monolog dan trance dari Rahayu merupakan sebuah lazy writing. Penonton diceritakan semua informasi-informasi yang diperlukan untuk membuat adegan-adegan sebelumnya masuk akal. Show, not tell. Prinsip ini yang masih tidak dilakukan oleh PTJ. Alih-alih membuka informasi kepada penonton tahap demi tahap melalui adegan, semuanya dijelalkan sekaligus melalui flashback yang usang. Ibarat kata, sebagian besar adegan film dieksekusi dengan telaten dan penuh usaha, namun sebagjan lainnya di lakukan dengan floppy dan rush. Hasilnya, adegan tersebut kurang bisa menyerap dan mengaduk-aduk emosi penonton, agak menyia-nyiakan potensial yang dipunya.

Kekurangan kedua, banyak adegan yang terasa mengganjal dan tidak masuk akal. Adegan Ki Sapta bunuh diri, disusul oleh ibunya yang bunuh diri, Rahayu yang melarikan diri, warga yang mematung kemudian tertawa bahagia mengelilingi bayi ketika ada dua mayat orang yang selama ini mereka hormati dan ikuti ajarannya menumpuk di pinggir. Adegan bunuh diri itu sungguh mengganggu kebahagian dan kelegaan yang seharusnya dialami warga setelah terlepas dari kutukan selama 20 tahun. Sungguh sebuah scene yang mengecewakan untuk sebuah klimaks. Lalu, bukankah Ki Sapta adalah orang baik yang menuntut balas atas dikorbankannya tiga anak kecil kampungnya? Mengapa dia justru membantai orang-orang sebelum membunuh sang dalang asli?

Ya, PTJ memang hampir luar biasa. Namun, perbedaan antara "luar biasa" dan "hampir luar biasa" sayangnya sangat jauh. Andai saja kekurangan-kekurangan tersebut di atas tidak ada, film ini hampir pasti menjadi salah satu film horror terbaik Indonesia. 

Pengalaman Perpanjangan STNK dengan SIM, Tanpa KTP

Hari Selasa, 18 Oktober 2016 saya pergi ke Samsat Ciledug untuk memperpanjang STNK motor yang pajaknya jatuh tempo pada 5 November 2016. Letaknya di Jalan Raden Fatah (belok kiri dari perempatan Ciledug), tidak jauh setelah melewati pom bensin.

Berikut adalah kondisi saya:

1. STNK alamat blok TZ
2. Motor kredit sehingga tidak ada BPKB, alamat blok TZ
3. KTP sudah berganti alamat baru, blok TK
4. SIM alamat blok TZ

Dengan kondisi di atas, pilihannya adalah menggunakan SIM sebagai identitas diri dengan alamat yang sama seperti STNK, atau alternatifnya adalah mengganti alamat pada BPKB terlebih dahulu kemudian mengganti alamat pada STNK, di mana cukup sulit karena BPKB tidak dapat di ambil dan harus menggunakan biro jasa. Menurut informasi dari CS Wom finance, biayanya dapat mencapai lebih dari satu juta.

Berikut adalah dokumen yang saya siapkan:

1. SIM dan fotokopinya
2. Surat keterangan dari WOM finance bahwa saya benar melakukan transaksi kredit dan dapat melakukan perpanjangan STNK di samsat. Surat ini dapat langsung ditunggu di WOM finance dan dikenakan biaya administrasi sebesar Rp. 10.000,-. Surat ini berperan sebagai pengganti BPKB dan tetap diminta oleh petugas samsat walaupun fotokopi BPKB telah dilampirkan
3. Fotokopi BPKB asli, dapat diambil kira-kira tiga hari setelah melakukan permintaan di WOM, biaya sudah termasuk dalam biaya administrasi surat keterangan. Pengalaman setahun lalu (2015), tanpa fotokopi BPKB samsat akan mengenakan biaya tambahan sebesar Rp 35.000,- tanpa alasan yang jelas dan tanpa nota. Dari loket 1 akan diminta ke ruang pojok lantai 1 dan dilakukan pemungutan biaya di sana.
4. STNK dan fotokopinya

Saya sampai di Samsat sekitar pukul  10.30. Setelah parkir motor, saya menuju tempat fotokopi di dalam samsat yang sudah terbiasa menyiapkan dokumen. Cukup bilang keperluan perpanjang STNK, lalu serahkan SIM (atau KTP, salah satu saja), STNK, surat keterangan, dan fotokopi BPKB. Dia akan mengcopy dan menyusun sedemikian rupa dalam map yang siap kita serahkan pada petugas samsat. Map kuning untuk motor, map merah untuk mobil. Di depan map akan dia tuliskan nomor polisi kendaraan kita. Total biaya beserta map adalah Rp. 4000,-, cukup oke mengingat tempat fotokopi di dalam samsat sering banyak menaikan harga. SIM dan STNK asli kita ikut terlampir di dalam map.

Setelah itu, masuk melalui pintu depan, sebutkan keperluan pada polisi di meja. Dia akan memeriksa kelengkapan dokumen (meminta saya tetap melampirkan surat keterangan walaupun sudah ada fotokopi BPKB), setelah itu meminta saya menuju lantai 2. Saya menyerahkan map pada loket pendaftaran di lantai 2 dan diminta menunggu.

Tidak sampai lima menit, nama saya dipanggil di loket perpanjangan, menanyakan BPKB asli. Setelah menjawab belum ada karena masih kredit, saya diminta menunggu dan akan dipanggil oleh kasir (tidak diminta ke lantai 1 seperti tahun lalu).

Kasir cukup lama memanggil nama saya, saya menunggu sekitar 30 menit. Setelah dipanggil saya membayar sejumlah pajak yang tertera pada STNK, sekitar Rp. 225.000,-.

Setelah itu saya diminta menunggu STNK baru di loket pengambilan STNK. Saya menerima STNK baru beserta SIM sekitar pukul 11.30, jadi total waktu perpanjangan SIM adalah sekitar satu jam. Masih di bawah standar pelayanan mereka yang dipampang di ruangan, yaitu 35 menit untuk perpanjangan STNK, namun sudah cukup lumayan. Perpanjangan STNK menggunakan SIM, tanpa KTP, lancar tanpa masalah. Parkir motor pun tidak dipungut biaya.