BOOK ASTRONAUT

             When I arrived at the AVR-B during the day we watched it for our ethics class, I immediately recognized the film. Of course Remus Lupin is very easily distinguished for the big role he played in the production, especially baby Asa Butterfield who was the reason I watched that movie in the first place four years ago, while in MAPEH class, at the back of the classroom. I was in 9 th grade, then, and it was the era of another book adaptation entitled Ender’s Game . From that film, one cannot help but hype over Asa Butterfield so, naturally, a young girl like me would be very interested in watching other films of his. I enjoyed Hugo and Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang but after watching The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, I totally forgot about Asa Butterfield.             It was very easy to be caught by the film since the events focused on the period of Nazi Germany where it’s easy to ch...

            There were three events in my life that happened and existed with a violin. The first one is my first time learning it at elementary school during 4 th grade, the second being the last time I played it and put it in its box in 6 th grade, and the third being the reconciliation and meeting-again between me and my old woody friend as a 1 st year college student, last October 2018. For this reflection, I want to focus on the general event of me welcoming the 4-stringed instrument into my life.             My primary reflection begins with the question, “What is violin-playing?” In its most basic concept, violin-playing is the act of playing the violin. It happens when the instrument is rested on the shoulder of a person and supported by the left hand, while the bow is drawn across the strings thus producing sound. For me, and all other violinists, that’s what violin-playing is. But thi...