What We Can Learn from Stargirl Disney Movie

From all Disney movies that I have watched, Stargirl left me puzzled about the ending. Disney movies in my mind, will always end with happily ever after or with contented feeling. Below, the storyline will be explained in nutshell but as a disclaimer, I did not intend to give the spoiler, but to show you how the ending raises questions and let us find our own answers.

Leo grew up without the shade of his Dad. Yet, it doesn't mean that Leo also buried his memories inside his Dad's grave. The porcupine-marked tie, his Dad's legacy, kept sparkling his remembrance about his Dad. How could he forget? when every time of his birthday, a gift of new tie with porcupine mark always knock his door. 

A girl called Stargirl, just like her name, was shining the mediocre junior high school. For years, no trophy existed in their shabby cupboard, and the losing in games was just normal. The students did participate but no fire to grab the victory. Until Stargirl, jumped to the middle of the field, started to play her ukulele and sang heartedly. Inspired everyone that they are also capable to win, just need to believe.  

The American Football game score was reversed, his school team started to beat the opposing's team. The first trophy finally existed in their school's cupboard after years only filled by spider web. Leo together with his marching band team, poured the field to celebrate their first proud winning.

Stargirl then joined school cheerleader, with her as the leader. Along with Leo's marching band team, they accompanied their school's American Football team and brought another trophies. 

This triumph also eased Leo to win Stargirl's heart, both became a lovebird. Leo had been in crush for long time to her, from the first sight he saw her from far when practicing with his marching band team in school field. 

Leo and Stargirl are just like yin and yang, the silent meets the loud. Leo spent most of his life without rebellion. Beaten by naughty kids or being bullied, he kept quiet. While Stargirl, followed the rule of action-reaction. When there is an action, she would mostly react what she thought is right. 

It seems that Stargirl also already had crush on him even before joining his school. She bravely approached his table in school canteen just to say hi. But, Leo was still shy and not sure if she likes him. He was afraid if what he felt was wrong about her so he kept his feeling for her for quiet long time. Until they made friends somehow and worked together for cheering their school team.

Everyone praised Stargirl for her brave and initiative. Like how Blu in Rio 2 spoke up to their herds not to keep silent but to fight out the logger. Her unique in style, thoughts, and  actions made her different with the rest of the students. However her difference was also what made her dig her own grave.

One of the players from the opposing team got injured. Without thinking, Stargirl approached him and accompanied him to get medicated. Everyone was speechless and could not digest well what they were watching. They turned out hated her for supporting the opposing team, for being a traitor. Leo most likely agree with everyone thinking, he wasn't in the same boat with her. Hence, he waited her all the night to get explanation from her. 

For the sake of humanity, she said. No one jumped to help and were only watching. So she felt terrible and came to help. Indeed, there was also medical team, but Stargirl ran faster than them. Having trust issue, every eyes then was always watching her movement. They now were asking whether her name of "Stargirl" is real or not. 

Then they found out was a fake. Susan is her real name. Leo requested her to be real, and started call her Susan. Moreover, he persuaded her to be normal as others. She rejected to be like Susan until the ice melted and she granted his request. Her look was changed as well, she became like how Susan should be, just an ordinary girl, with ordinary style as well. Susan is 180 degree different with Stargirl. 

She tried to explain to Leo that Susan is not her. She was not convenient for being Susan, while Stargirl made her alive. Without his approval, she returned back to her comfort zone, to be Stargirl. As everyone noticed her comeback, again she received rejection from the surroundings. But, she kept her confident. 

She appeared in their school ball when previously, she planned not to come. Again, with her unique style, she outshined everyone. Like a peacock in the middle of crowds of rats. 

Leo noticed her and she invited him to go to the stage. Stargirl supported him to sing when he never thought he could. Then finally, it was his first time breaking his fear. He did, amazed everyone with his nice voice.

No one knew, it was her last time with them. Leo tried to find every possible tracks she might visit, but no trace at all. Leo lost her. Somehow, the absence of her, the school also lost the spirit. Stargirl had touched everyone's heart by her fire and pure mind. As she never came back for a long time, her losing felt like a fairy tale. Nobody believed, she never existed, even the people began questioning whether she was real or just their illusion. 

Yet, what is real was, the Stargirl effect. Unconsciously, everyone started to wear colorful t-shirt mimicking her, the gloomy school now turned into bright school. Stargirl indeed had done something incredible to the school. 

Leo still tried to find her, but until the end of the movie, he was only able to find her working space room, where she put everyone's detail information, including Leo's activities since he was kid. Surprisingly, he found out, it was Stargirl, who kept sending him porcupine-marked tie for his birthday. When everyone thought she might not be real, he surely believes that she is present as she never stop sending him his favorite birthday gift though she was away.

So, this is the ending, how the viewers are also invited questioning her presence. I believe as a happy ending pursuer, you wish Leo finally found her, don't you? However, the movie didn't run that way. Instead, we are made to agree that to be different is fine, do not blame others for being not the same, as well as do not force someone to follow what he/she feels is not him/her. 

Our role as the society is to  open for all the uniqueness. Being different is not a sin, but to show how the life is in balance. World should be free for everyone. 

And one more thing to be reminded, any kindness will be left in longevity. As long as you think, it is good, do it and be confident. Every kindness will result in eternity, then will be passed down from generation to generation. The kindness will be preserved. 

At first, probably there will be disagreement on what you think is right, but somehow, the time will show that what you think is right, indeed right. Just how the 'Stargirl's spirit' stays in their school. 

Sometimes, kindness also can not be felt by everyone. At the time when your kindness can not be accepted, just let them do as they wish to think. That's might be the reason why Stargirl left everyone in school, as she felt being rejected and no more useful for everyone, so she decided to exit. I admit, there is no more happiest feeling unless the environment accepts you for being who you are. 

That's all about Stargirl Disney Movie and my opinion about what we can learn from the movie, hope you can get the lesson to be learned. Indeed, you are free to interpret, and I am welcome you to give your own opinion, in my below comment box provided. Thank you for jumping to my blog. I apologize if there are some mistakes within my writing. Have a nice day!

Disclaimer: all the pictures were taken from google, not from my personal documentation.

Let God and Psychologist Help You Be Healed

A random guy in instagram, direct messaged me, how he was inspired by my writing and helped him clarify his mind. I was touched and never think how my writing was able to move him. I admitted, some of my writings were about my contemplation about life, how I experienced it, what I could learn from it, and found the wisdom behind it that it was firstly intended solely for the sake of my self in order for me to feel relieved, to keep insane, after all the nightmares and heavy rains. 

Anyway, let me tell you a story about my life, that I hope if you are in the same situation with me, you can heal faster than me. 

Almost 2 years ago, a beautiful garden with full of colorful butterflies I dreamt didn't come true. In reverse, I was in the middle of the mud then brought to the sea, and a giant wave stroke me. It hit me hard into pieces. I felt numb and hard to breath. 

Seriously, literally having difficulties to breath for almost a year not because of COVID19 but due to my mental health problem. I never been in that nightmare situation everyday. I have talked to my close friends frequently but still I could not find the exit. At the time when my mental and physical health worsen and I could not resist it anymore, I sought help from Psychologist, then it worked. She helped me find the way with her different perspective.

It happened as for twenties years I hung my happiness on someone else. At the time when the person betrayed me, I felt like losing my one leg, made me disabled to live by the imbalance resulted. As well as, losing the motivation to live and started questioning why I live. I didn't have the purpose to live any more. 

But life kept going, I lived for year with this mental disorder. Never felt calm, always insecure, and having trust issue on someone else. The Psychologist helped me found the way. She taught me to accept what just happened, thought it was like a hell, she acknowledged my insecurity and normalized my choice by not forcing me to forgive when everybody forced me to do so, as she was on the same boat with me that his sin was not something that could be easily forgiven, and was okay to take times as she understood how I was not ready yet. 

However, she believed, by the time, I will be healed, and will no longer hate him. That will be the time for me to forgive him. In addition, she also normalized if the relationship might not be the same. It always happen as a result of a conflict, she said. So it is okay, if I might not talk as much as usual. Because, the memories stayed, and it was so hurting. 

As she expected, the time healed me. I felt no hurts any more and I could face him with no hate. But still, something had changed between us, I started to talk again, but could not be the same as in the past when I talked about everything. Now, I talk to him necessarily. I gained peace. I have my own life so does he. 

Anyway, during my journey to be healed. God also involved. In some ways, I was reminded about the concept of life. The purpose of life is simply to do worship to God, not to be rich or not to be acknowledged by the people. Moreover, before the creation of human, every soul has promised to God, and acknowledged Allah is the only one Almighty God. So when the soul was infiltrated in human body during the birth, basically the soul was just being deposited to other souls that we call parent. Even though we have the same blood, but in the end of the day, we are soul that bears our own deed, roughly, we do not have relation each other.

Thus, let everyone does what they wish. If in an occasion someone does harm to us, let them do, and as the one who was hurt, just keep in mind that life is only about you, not about others, so don't feel broken, it is okay to sad but don't too deep and just leave it to God, let Him do His role to remind His human. Our role as the soul in human body is to just focus in doing worship and to do good deeds until we meet God after the end of the day. 

If I have that mind earlier, I might not need to spend a year to be healed. Yet, I understand, that what I experienced are some of the scenes of my life that I will never forget and hope to be a lesson learned to be shared. 

When you feel your mental health disturbed, quickly seek for help from Psychologist and also involve God in every decision. By doing that, I hope you be healed faster and have a good life. 

Dari Inovasi Menjadi Klaim (Bagian 3)

Orang yang berkontribusi dalam suatu invensi disebut inventor. Lebih lanjut, inventor didefinisikan sebagai pencipta dari invensi, atau kontributor materi terhadap konsep invensi, atau orang yang memiliki hasil dari kreasi dalam invensi.  Semua inventor dari invensi tersebut memiliki hak untuk dimasukkan namanya dalam paten. Apabila di kemudian hari ditemukan bahwa terdapat inventor yang tidak dimasukkan namanya atau terdapat nama inventor palsu yang tidak ada kontribusinya sama sekali, paten dapat dicabut. 

Meskipun memungkinkan untuk mengoreksi daftar inventor setelah diajukannya permohonan, tetap lebih mudah mengoreksi sejak awal sebelum diajukannya permohonan, karena prosedurnya lebih menyulitkan  daripada sebelum diajukannya permohonan.

Lalu siapa saja orang-orang yang dapat dimasukkan sebagai inventor? Yaitu, orang yang meninjau klaim-klaim yang mendefinisikan invensi pada akhir permohonan paten, berpartisipasi dalam pembentukan konsep invensi atau dengan kata lain siapa pun yang menyarankan langkah dari fitur yang disusun pada klaim. Dengan demikian, sebaliknya, orang yang tidak membantu dalam menyusun invensi tidak bisa disebut sebagai inventor, misalnya orang yang hanya mengidentifikasi maslaah, tetapi tidak terlibat dalam penyusunan solusinya. Selain itu, orang yang menurunkan invensi ke dalam praktik, juga tidak bisa dianggap sebagai inventor. Misalnya sudah ada yang menuliskan konsep invensinya misalnya kaitannya dengan software, orang yang mengembangkan spesifikasi desain khususnya adalah inventor, tetapi yang hanya menurunkan spesifikasi desainnya ke dalam praktik, bukanlah inventor. Contoh lain misalnya, kaitannya dengan eksperimen life science, orang yang menentukan spesifikasi parameter untuk eksperimen adalah inventornya, tetapi karyawan laboratorium misalnya yang mengerjakan eksperimen sesuai dengan parameter yang ditentukan, bukanlah inventor.

Terkait hal ini, ada kemungkinan adanya ego yang terluka, yaitu dari orang-orang yang tidak bisa masuk ke dalam kategori inventor seperti yang dijelaskan di atas (yang hanya terlibat dalam penemuan masalah tetapi tidak menyusun solusinya dan yang hanya menurunkan ke dalam praktik saja). Tentu, kita tidak bisa mengelak bagaimana orang-orang tersebut telah menghabiskan waktunya untuk menurunkannya ke dalam praktik, namun tetap, hukum terkait paten tidak bisa menyamakan tingkat kesulitan dari inventor dan yang tidak termasuk ke dalam kategori inventor tersebut. 

Di sisi lain, bahkan seseorang yang hanya berkontribusi relatif kecil misalnya hanya berkontribusi apda satu fitur dari salah satu dari klaim permohonan patennya, dapat dianggap sebagai inventor. Karena meski kontribusinya kecil, dampaknya besar. Oleh karena itu, penting untuk meninjau kembali daftar orang-orang yang dimasukkan ke dalam inventor pada keseluruhan permohonan paten. Apabila terdapat amandemen paten, penting juga untuk meninjau ulang inventor yang berkontribusi. 

Berbicara tentang pengajuan paten, selain daftar inventor, terdapat beberapa hal lainnya yang perlu diperhatikan, yaitu alasan mengapa perlu untuk mengajukan paten dan dimana baiknya mengajukan paten tersebut. Paten diajukan karena dianggap sesuatu hal yang baru. Bagaimana cara menilai bahwa invensi yang dimiliki adalah baru? Caranya adalah dengan melakukan penelusuran dokumen pembanding. Selain membantu untuk menilai patentabilitas, dokumen pembanding juga dapat membantumu untuk mengetahui apa yang kompetitor sedang lakukan, serta membantumu mencari solusi atau alternatif terhadap suatu masalah.

Menentukan apakah invensi yang dimiliki adalah baru atau tidak, tidak hanya dengan melakukan penelusuran dokumen pembanding, tetapi juga perlu untuk memastikan bahwa invensi yang dimiliki belum dipublikasikan sebelum pengajuan paten. Karena apabila sudah diungkapkan, maka akan gugur kebaruan tersebut. Jadi pada dasarnya, yurisdiksi memiliki persyaratan kebaruan yang absolut, yang artinya tidak boleh sama sekali ada pengungkapan sebelum pengajuan. Meskipun demikian, ada beberapa negara yang memberikan keringanan terbatas dalam bentuk "permohonan provisional". Negara-negara yang membolehkan permohonan provisional antara lain Singapura dan Amerika Serikat. Permohonan provisional adalah permohonan yang diajukan agar memperoleh tanggal pengajuan sedini mungkin, meskipun klaim belum selesai disusun. Di Amerika Serikat, jangka waktunya adalah 12 bulan, yang artinya dalam 12 bulan Pemohon harus segera melengkapi permohonannya. 

Mengajukan paten juga janganlah hanya karena ego, tetapi juga harus diperhitungkan apakah invensi yang dibuat memiliki dampak bisnis terhadap jaminan perlindungan paten. Mengajukan paten artinya ada biaya tahunan yang perlu dibayar, di samping itu tentu harus ada sesuatu yang kita peroleh dari paten tersebut, tentunya harus berupa suatu nilai bisnis. Untuk apa memberi perlindungan paten jika tidak menghasilkan apa-apa, tidak ada nilai bisnisnya. 

Bagaimana caranya menentukan ada atau tidaknya dampak bisnis dari suatu invensi? Terdapat beberapa kriteria ada atau tidaknya dampak bisnis, yaitu:

- memiliki kekuatan teknis

- dapat digunakan oleh sendiri atau orang lain

- sulit untuk didesain

- dapat dideteksi

Memiliki kekuatan teknis artinya pada dasarnya invensi tersebut adalah suatu peningkatan dari teknologi yang sudah ada. Invensi harus dapat digunakan oleh kita sendiri, yang mana penting untuk menghasilkan uang dari lisensi, melindungi saham pasar, dan melindungi margin profit. Selain itu, juga penting untuk dapat digunakan oleh orang lain agar orang lain dapat menggunakan invensi tersebut dengan mau tidak mau harus membayar lisensi sebagaimana pemilik paten memiliki hak  atas patennya untuk mencegah orang lain membuat, menggunakan, menjual atau mengimport produk dari paten tersebut kecuali pihak tersebut membayar lisensi. 

Invensi juga penting untuk sulit didesain, karena apabila mudah untuk mendesainnya, akan menjadikan celah pihak lain untuk meniru paten tersebut atau mencari cara menghindari lisensi dengan memodifikasi atau melakukan kecurangan lainnya. Apabila invensi sulit didesain, maka mau tidak mau, pihak yang ingin memproduksi produk dari invensi tersebut, harus meminta lisensi dan membayarnya kepada pemegang paten. 

Produk dari invensi juga harus dapat dideteksi, agar apabila terjadi kecurangan dari suatu pihak, kita bisa mendeteksi apakah pihak tersebut menggunakan paten kita atau tidak, jika sulit untuk mendeteksinya maka sulit pula untuk menuntut pihak yang membuat kecurangan tersebut. 

Terakhir, yang perlu diperhatikan dalam mengajukan paten adalah menentukan di negara mana paten diajukan. Mengenai hal ini perlu untuk melakukan analisis cost benefit. Sebagaimana paten dilindungi di suatu negara, agar pemegang paten dapat melarang suatu pihak untuk menggunakan, membuat, atau menjual produk dari paten tersebut kecuali pihak tersebut mengajukan lisensi. Dengan demikian ada keuntungan bisnis di situ. Dengan demikian, mudahnya, paten penting untuk diajukan, di negara di mana paten tersebut digunakan atau produknya diperjualbelikan atau diproduksi. Namun, biaya pengajuan paten di tiap negara berbeda-beda. Apabila ada banyak negara yang ingin diajukan patennya, maka baiknya melalui PCT (Patent Cooperation Treaty). PCT adalah perjanjian hukum paten Internasional yang menyediakan prosedur untuk pengajuan permohonan paten di masing-masing negara yang menandatangani PCT sehingga pengajuan patennya disebut permohonan internasional atau permohonan PCT.

Pengajuan PCT tidak dapat menyebabkan suatu paten diberi paten. Pengajuan PCT hanya mempermudah Pemohon yang ingin mengajukan ke banyak negara. Melalui PCT, permohonan dapat diperiksa lebih dahulu, kemudian diberi opini terkait patentabilitasnya, yang feedback-nya dapat dijadikan acuan untuk perbaikan, sehingga ketika masuk ke fase nasional, ibaratnya permohonan paten sudah beres dan siap untuk diberi paten di negara-negara yang dituju. Meskipun demikian, kembali lagi pada masing-masing negara, karena masing-masing negara berhak memiliki peraturannya sendiri terkait patentabilitas. Ada negara yang mengikuti persis pemeriksaan dari PCT dan ada pula yang memiliki versinya sendiri. Dengan demikian, apabila ingin memperoleh perlindungan dari banyak negara, melalui PCT adalah suatu hal yang sangat direkomendasikan, selain lebih praktis, dari segi ongkos juga lebih hemat. 

Tetapi, jika hanya ingin mengajukan perlindungan paten pada satu negara saja, mengajukan melalui paten akan terlihat berlebihan. Jadi, baiknya, langsung saja di negara yang dimaksud, tanpa harus melalui PCT.

Selain tiap negara memiliki versi peraturannya sendiri terkait paten, biaya pengajuan paten di negara yang dimaksud juga berbeda-beda, ada yang mahal dan ada juga yang relatif murah. Mengajukan paten di Eropa dan Jepang adalah yang paling mahal, Amerika Serikat mahal, tetapi tidak semahal Eropa dan Jepang. Sementara negara seperti Singapura, tidak terlalu mahal dibanding Amerika Serikat, dan Thailand adalah negara yang relatif murah. 

Dengan demikian bisa disimpulkan di mana kita perlu untuk mengajukan paten, selain berdasarkan pada berapa banyak negara yang ingin kita minta perlindungan patennya, juga biaya pengajuannya penting untuk diperhitungkan sebelum memutuskan untuk melakukan pengajuan paten tersebut. 

Dengan selesainya pembahasan materi yang terakhir ini, dari inovasi menjadi klaim, maka mohon izin untuk menutup postingan ini. Mohon maaf juga apabila ada salah penjelasan atau kata, apabila ada yang ingin dikoreksi atau ada tambahan, penulis sangat mengapresiasi, silakan tambahkan pada kolom komentar. Terima kasih sudah berkunjung :)