Gregorius : Talks About Life and Everything

Harder than fiction

2011-01-24T15:30:00.002+07:00

First post of the year. Have you guys seen movies such as the Notebook, or the most recent, The Dilemma. Both of the story reflects some sort of story that might exist in the real world. The difference is, it makes good yet entertaining or even touching movies.

Let's say the Notebook. (Spoiler Alert!) The mother of the female leads character have to live with the man who she didn't fully love. Touching eh? No people in the world would want that kind of live!

Then, the Dilemma. There are situation where you don't know wether you have to tell your best friend an ugly truth. In the movie, it might be entertaining for the audience, but believe me people, you don't wanna be in that position.

From that case situation you'll find that those kind of things are more than possible to happen in one's life and it would be very hard to deal with. You also might find your life in an author's book. Anyhow, as we always knows, life is stranger than fiction, and we can do nothing but live it and let it flow.

Can't Be Tamed

2010-12-20T16:12:00.002+07:00

Not a tiger, lion, elephant or any other beast. They can be tamed. You know what? Taming your own senses are much harder than taming those beast. All of your senses are rough and wild I might say. They can do anything without your conscious.

You eyes could see bad things and won't stop for it. For instance, seeing pornography, seeing those who in needs but we sometimes refuse to recognize it.

Your hand is, i think, the hardest to tame physically. When you failed to tame them, hands that support you do generous things could hurt those you love physically, most of the time. Same things for your feet.

Your ears, who can stand against gossip, rumor. Everybody, I have to say, love gossip! Those ears could reject the fact, could slip the truth when information come to an ear, and gone out from another.

Your mouth, could be the wildest, the hardest to tame. They could ultimately destroy one's mood. In extreme case, they could kill, not literally though, but they have capability to do so. They could do bad things out of nowhere, spontaneously. They are the most danger of all.

That's it for now. Christmas is coming! I can't believe it's almost Christmas again.

When Peoples Walk

2010-12-18T05:41:00.003+07:00

It's been a time since I last post something in here. Actually couple time I had something that crossed my mind, but I didn't pour it here and I soon forget about it. Now, I have something in my head, and I'm gonna write it now, here.

When people are walking, they various style of viewing their way. Some of them see it straight forward, some are looking all the way around ( I do this!), and some walk with their head down.

People who see the road straight forward, I think they are the people who see everything to the forward, they might not care or bother things. I do think that people who do this are people with determination and they might unaware with the danger that comes from below, back and around them.

People who walk with their head down, people might say that those who did this are people who felt inferior and they might say that people should not walk like this. I disagree. These people are people who are down to the earth, they don't forget the land where they step, they also might be aware of things that might makes them tripped.

People might say that people who see around when walking might don't have principle. Well, I think people who do see around when walking are people who are fully aware of his/her surrounding. They are aware for what might tripped them, what might hit them from right or left, what might stab them from the back, and most importantly they knows what ahead of them.

I think that's all. I don't think I write this well. People might disagree, but hey, it's merely my personal opinion. I have no mean of insulting people here.

When People Stress

2010-11-14T02:48:00.003+07:00

Stress is something that is inevitable in people's life. No matter how you do, it will look and come to you. In some case, stress is able to take one's life literally.

After several stress attack, I just know there are some way to counter it and people often use this methods as well.

1. Drink. People usually drink (alcohol) to forget their stress. It is proofed effective temporarily.

2. Extreme Case: usage of drugs. Yes, it's an extreme case, it is said able to distract people from their stress, and even from their regular life.

3. Hobby. Hobby? Yes, it's able to distract. It's harmless in most occasion, and able to fill in your world, also kick stress aside. It's one of the constructive way to kill stress. I develop my photography interest during my stress period sometimes ago.

4. Drink non-alcohol. The same as the 1st point, the difference is you don't drink any alcohol. Coffee, tea, juices are the common example.

5. Find a getaway. Find somewhere pleasant, calming. It's really helpful.

That's it. To clarify, I won't say that currently I am being attacked by stress nor I currently living a happy life, but I just want to share something that crossed my mind (again). Lol. Thanksgiving is coming! Yeay!

Saturated

2010-11-06T14:29:00.002+07:00

Ever feeling done anything and even though you seems happy, but you're not? Or feeling saturated?

Funny to know that happened. You're laughing, you're playing, you're hanging out, but inside you're not. You feels something is empty, and you wonder how to fill it. How sucks is that? The possible answer to do recover from that is to find some getaway.

The getaway could be anything. You could get some lone time to think or to enjoy yourself. For example, if I feeling that, I'll go to the city alone, and hunt some good photos. Or I could have a lone time in Starbucks and have a cup of coffee..

That's just a possibility. I know it sound somewhat gloomy, but it doesn't mean that I'm feeling that, but well, I just feel want to post it. A short one.

Architectural Life

2010-10-27T13:52:00.007+07:00

First of all, I have to send my condolences to the victims of recent natural disaster in Indonesia. May the one who left behind able to handle the loss.

Anyhow, I feel like to share my life and my opinion as the rookie in architectural studies. It might be exaggerating and not true (well, true to me.).

First of all, the time. We, architecture student have two day on one day. Confused? Let me explain it in points. Basically, night is divided into another time of day.

8-11 PM is our second morning.

11-2 AM is our second afternoon.

2-4 AM is our real night.

Second point, if someone asked who are our bestfriend, I would say that our bestfriends are ruler, scale, and pencil (yeah, we are all can be considered anti-sosial due to our time at the studio/lab)

Third point, you'll learn how to cherish time when you're studying architecture. Every time you spent is for drawing. Even if you have some spare time during weekdays, you'll use it for taking a nap (fyi, we don't sleep, just taking nap).

Last but not least, architect mostly work on their own. It's really hard to join venture, working on some design. I tried it, even though we're able to work well, clash between our opinion is inevitable.

Some extra: we all hate redoing things (revising our project). It's very time consuming.

Well, I think it's the end of my post. It's been delayed for a week since I wrote it. Happy November!

Homesick

2010-10-12T12:39:00.004+07:00

I guess it's been a while eh? No, currently I'm not having a homesick, I just wanna talk about it, for now.

It's been a couple month for me and my friends here in DVC (it's my 5th month, some entering their 3rd), and they started to miss their home for some reason. It could be because they live alone in here (literally no roommate), or the extreme case, being alienated and having only a few friends.

As far as I know, there are two friends of mine who having those symptom, one manage to overcome it, while the other is just begun feeling it. She feel alone simply because she has few to trust, really few, and I guess she miss her condition back in Indonesia.

Does anyone know how to help her?

Anyhow, in case you're questioning wether I had or have homesick yet or not, yeah. I had once, but not in high stadium. I manage to recover quickly.

I believe homesick have to be cured as soon as possible. If it don't it will ruin both of our daily and academic life. Try to cheer.

The Truth

2010-09-19T15:56:00.003+07:00

It's been a time since that wrongly-written post. Anyhow, I didn't post a blog not because of that post, nonetheless because I have no idea to post until now.

Gossip. People do love gossips, some even can be said wandering around looking for it. Often we found that the gossip are nothing but lie or false story (hoax) and those gossips are unknown by the gossiper, literally killing/hurting the subject of the gossip.

The truth. Those who goes with gossip, I believe they know nothing about the truth. Even the people are telling them the truth, they wouldn't listen for they would think, that the responds (which sometimes basically are the truth) merely the form of the subject's self-defense.

Remember this line(s). Don't be discourage just because of gossip. You (and maybe your best friends) know the truth. They can talk or think anything they like about you, but they won't by any chance, know the truth better than you (and again, maybe your best friends) do.

So, why you think about it so much? Sometimes you can say, fuck gossip! Yes, I know I can be considered as hypocrite for despising gossip (yes, I do like gossip), but I won't add more than I heard, and I'm not a story teller who tell story to everyone.

I will do my best not to 'sell' my BEST friend.

About the previous post.

2010-09-05T15:35:00.003+07:00

About the previous post, I think I sounded kinda selfish or self-centered, but anyway, I'm not like that. Well, that's merely my personal opinion, and well..

Anyway, that things happened for some times ago. Frankly I do hope whoever saw the previous post not to think of me as a bad one. And, that's natural ain't it?

And also, I would like to apologize to those who feel offended or else. Really sorry. I'm not that selfish, but that's human nature.

Thank you.

Trust A Few, Fear The Rest

2010-08-17T13:03:00.004+07:00

That quote, is taken from the poster of X-Men. It does mean about we have to trust some of the mutant, and fear the rest of it. Somehow, those quote applied here, in the real life.

As I left high school, I currently experience the college life. Several month after start it, I realize that I have to pay attention to the others. I do learn a lesson, still learning though, that I can't trust a lot of people. I have to pay attention to what I said to other, because I really don't know what they really are, whether they might spoil things to other people or nit. Most of them are nice, but all of them has some quite unacceptable but. By seeing (not viewing), we might be able to know who to trust, vice versa,

Life in college/university is different with high school. One of my housemate who come from Taiwan once said: "I prefer has a few friend. To many friends would cause drama(s). I'm tired of dramas."

I think she's quite right. I'm able to accept that.

To See, Not to View

2010-08-06T14:53:00.003+07:00

The title, what is the different?

One of my teacher once told me "to see, not to view". It once used by him to tell us the basic things to do in order to learn photography well. To view is to see something in flash, but to see itself is to identify everything you see to every detail.

3 month after he told me that, I realize that that quote has a deeper meaning. It doesn't always deal for photography, cinematography or other visual art form. It also has some meaning for life.

We often judge something only from one situation, sometimes ignoring the fact or even the other information about the same situation, meaning we ignore them. This kind of things is as the same as when we view something. We don't know anything about the detail. If we keep doing this, there are possibilities when we tell others about what we judge, and as a result will create a prejudice which often is a bad one.

For example, we would say a man who lease his apartment units is being dishonest for his price is more expensive than the other unit in the same apartment. People are telling us that he is. For they think way he run the business is tricky, but they don't understand for they are short-minded. Their short mind is the one that gives us a prejudice about that poor man, that actually is not that dishonest.

In the other hand, if we are able "to see", we would think about his business, about it is natural if he seek for profit, how acceptable his price actually is if we're able to understand it (and it is understandable). When we see things that happened, we have to think it deeply, is it what really what happened? Or what is the real background, or the purpose or the reason of a happening.

We always have to see, not to view.

Risk of Studying Oversea

2010-08-04T13:54:00.004+07:00

First of all, I don't mean to offend anyone by posting this post. No, I'm not mad at anyone. I just wanna share the things that bother my head recently.

It's been about 2 month since I arrive and study here in DVC and I have seen lots of Indonesian student beside me. In my class there are about 20 Indonesian who came this summer. 2 months, and I have made some conclusion.

We are consist of people with different background, yet personalities. There are quite a lot of good people here, and unfortunately, even though it is natural, they have a lot of but as well. Yes, we are all far from perfect.

Let's give an example, I have a friend which I respect the most when I first met him, for he is the one who looks mature. But as times goes by, he disappoint me in some sort of ways, by the way he done something.

Next, I have another friend who shows her selfish nature a lot. In a situation, we can see how she only care about is her own good, and rule out others. I know it, but unfortunately I still can't accept it.

Then, there are one who is far from stable, he is yet to show his maturity and he has an ability to make friend and enemies.

Put aside the bad side for a while. I also has some good friend who (I do hope) I can rely on. A good friend who has quite mature thinking and personality when it is needed.

Well, to think about that, we are all far from perfect. All we have to is live our live, as best as we can.

I Miss Them

2010-07-30T13:08:00.003+07:00

Sooner or later, I would definitely miss a lot of things. I just realize that I miss them. This morning, I had a dream that I goes home to Indonesia, only to spend a weekend (sounds crazy, but hey, it's only a dream), there I saw my father, my friends such as Hans, ManDik, Chris, Ivan, etc. I just realize that I miss them so much.

What I miss right now:

-My family.

-My choir

-My church

-My Lector Family

-The ambience when speaking in the church

-bunch of Indonesian food

-XXI/Blitz

and last but not least for now, my friends. I shouldn't name each of them should I?

No matter how good here in US, no matter how comfortable here, there's no place better than my home, surrounded by my family and friends.

Scary Things That Happened

2010-07-21T08:02:00.002+07:00

I know, I haven't post anything since....the time I can't remember. And, to be Frank, this isn't a good time to post for I have an essay to work on, but anyway, I should post it before that thing evaporate.

Some friend of mine came to Pleasant Hill on June 13th. One of them, named Kevin told me some scary shit. Soon after their arrival, our agent brought them to Holiday Inn in Concord. When he arrived there, he saw Edgar, who came with him along with other people, talk to a person. That person is described as wearing a maroon red shirt, wear a black jacket that has orange motive in it, has spiky hair, and the height about the same as I am. His lips is very similar to me, and so does the way he laugh. Practically, he was stating that he saw me talking to Edgar when they were in Holiday Inn. Then he said that that person vanished when our agent gave them their room key and he didn't see him when our agent took them to Denny's later.

He was sure that I was there. It happened on June 14th, around 12 a.m and I was in my apartment along with my other mate. So, basically, it's impossible for me to be in Holiday Inn at that time! Later, Edgar said that he didn't talk to nobody before he received his room key.

So, who is that person who really like me? Was it a ghost who is using my image? Or is it my alter ego? Well.....guess it.

Mellow Day

2010-06-24T14:07:00.002+07:00

My second post, since I arrived in United States of America. So far is so good for me. I've been through some boring session, and now I'm quite settled in here. Everything was fine and enjoyable, we're all happy until this moment.

Problem are arising. Most of my friends have to face problems of their own, their disagreement either with their family or girl/boyfriend. It just so natural. A boy or girl studies oversea, soon, they break up.

I have to appreciate friends of mine who stay together even though they are apart for almost a year, they are so great. I do hope that they stay together, as long as they can.

Anyway, I have things to concern beside that. Not that I have problem, but, I have goals to achieve.

Hello from Pleasant Hill, CA!

2010-06-17T07:30:00.002+07:00

Hello, it's been a time since I post a blog here. Well, it's almost a week, oh, it's more than a week actually! Let's straight to the point.

To tell the truth, I quite get bored when people asking: "hey how is SF?" or something like that. Here it is: sometimes it's cold, sometimes it freaking hot! And FYI, I'm in Pleasant Hill, a small town that located 1 hour from San Francisco.

I think this all I can say for now. The next post, I think I will post about my friends and my life in here. Aah, it would be so much fun! Oh, Almost forgot. I'm happy here, and I haven't been attacked by homesick, yet. And yes, I miss my family and friends in Indonesia.

Goodbye

2010-06-08T09:45:00.002+07:00

I should've post something, I would, but I always forgot to. Well, I haven't. Anyway, this is the day I'm going abroad. To study, alright.

Well, this song Leaving on a Jet Plane, I feel it's suit me quite well now.
Here it is:

All my bags are packed, I'm ready to go
I'm standin' here outside your door
I hate to wake you up to say goodbye

So hug me and smile for me
Tell me that you'll wait for me
Hold me like you'll never let me go

'Cause I'm leaving on a jet plane
I don't know when I'll be back again
Oh, hey, I hate to go....

That's all I can post. Blame twitter for this.

Wajahnya di Malam Hari

2010-05-11T23:42:00.004+07:00

Suatu hari, aku melintasi Jakarta, melintasi daerah barat dan pusat seperti jalan K.H.Hasyim Ashari, jalan Kyai Tapa, serta daerah Kebon Kelapa, aku melihat suatu pemandangan yang unik. Ternyata Jakarta telah memperlihatkan kepadaku satu dari sekian wajah yang dimilikinya, ia memperlihatkan wajahnya pada malam hari.

Sepanjang jalan, aku melihat di sepanjang jalan, orang-orang yang melawan waktu, terus membuka tenda makanan, dengan harapan ada orang yang singgah di tengah malam.

Sesekali aku melihat bajaj-bajaj yang diparkir di sisi jalan. Jika kau perhatikan, akan terlihat sang pengemudi tertidur di dalamnya. Bukan karena tidak mau, tapi sering kali mereka tidak mempunyai apa pun selain bajaj mereka.

Kemudian, jikalau engkau melihat di depan teralis gedung-gedung yang saling berhimpit di sana, engkau akan melihat seseorang yang tidur hanya dengan beralaskan kardus.

Lalu, aku melihat sebuah keluarga, mirip dengan kondisi orang tadi, mereka harus tidur di depan sebuah gedung, beralaskan kardus/kertas koran. Yang ada pada mereka hanya satu dengan yang lain, serta satu buah air mineral gelas dan sepotong roti untuk mereka semua.

Miris aku melihatnya. Kalian, yang masih mempunyai tempat tinggal, tercukupi kebutuhannya, serta masih bisa melihat tulisan ini, bersyukurlah!

Ingin rasanya kulakukan sesuatu, tapi apa daya. Aku masih belum mampu. Kuharap di saat aku mampu, aku masih memiliki rasa kasihan dan peduli yang sama dengan kumiliki sekarang. Pada saatnya nanti, maukah kau membantuku menolong mereka?

Degradation

2010-04-28T20:54:00.002+07:00

"Wow, I'm graduating from high school, but I do wanna play child's sand art"

"I'm about to attend college and right now I'm watching Toy Story 1 and 2 (again) and cried like a little child."

"I'm 17 going on 18, and I'm visiting theme park, excited like a little boy taken there by my pa and ma."

Those kind of quotes, were heard by me recently, and I thought some of it too. Why could those things slip to our mind lately? We're graduating from high school, and about to attend college but we often think like we're 5th or even 3rd grader!

One night, i finally come with an answer, rises in my mine. All of us, the senior high student are afraid. Deep down inside, we're afraid of growing up. Some of us, afraid of losing things we enjoyed, things we loved, things we have in this moment.

Deep down inside we're all wanna be forever young.

Menghitung Hari

2010-04-23T15:10:00.002+07:00

Ya menghitung hari. Itulah keadaan dari siswa-siswi kelas 3 atau 12 SMA. Mereka menunggu pengumuman kelulusan mereka. Sembari menunggu, mereka diberikan sebuah kebebasan terselubung, kebebasan yang benar-benar bebas atau kebebasan semu.

Benar-benar bebas, apabila mereka pasti lulus, semu, apabila hasil yang mereka ketahui mengecewakan.

Ada sebuah fenomena yang mencuri perhatian penulis beberapa tahun terakhir, siswa-siswi yang selesai ujian (sekolah) biasa merayakannya dengan cara mencoret-coret baju seragam mereka. Menurutku, hal tersebut cukup bodoh. Mengapa? Mereka melakukannya karena merasa sudah lulus, perjuangan sudah usai! Seharusnya mereka menunggu dengan sabar, sampai lonceng pengumuman dibunyikan. Setelah itu, terserah mereka mau merayakannya dengan cara apa.

Berdoalah, karena hari pengumuman sudah dekat. Harapkan yang terbaik.

Hal Khawatir

2010-04-16T19:14:00.004+07:00

Rasanya lama sekali tidak meng-update blog ini. Lama-lama bisa bernasib sama seperti account flixster nih. Oke, sekarang ada yang baru.

Ada sebuah perumpamaan, sesorang apabila bepergian, dia pasti membawa satu dari lima barang ini:

1.Handphone

2.Sisir

3.Permen/makanan ringan
4.Saputangan

5.Rosario/kalung salib

Jika anda harus memilih, manakah yang akan anda bawa?

Jika handphone yang anda pilih, anda khawatir tidak bisa berkomunikasi dengan orang lain.
Jika sisir, anda khawatir dan tidak percaya pada penampilan anda.
Jika permen/makanan ringan, anda khawatir akan kelaparan, ketidakcukupan dari kebutuhan perut anda.
Jika saputangan, anda khawatir akan pribadi anda yang sering grogi/tidak percaya diri.
Jika rosario/kalung salib/atribut agama yang dapat dibawa, anda khawatir bahwa Allah tidak menyertai anda!

Hai kalian, janganlah khawatir! Selalu ada Allah, sang Penguasa yang menyertai kita! Ia tidak akan meninggalkan kita meski teman-teman mau pun sanak saudara meninggalkan kita. Ia akan mencukupkan kita.

Percayalah saudaraku. ALLAH selalu sertamu.

5/4 Hari Untuk Selamanya

2010-03-27T18:40:00.003+07:00

Selama seminggu ini, murid kelas 3 SMA menghadapi UAN (yang tentunya telah mereka selesaikan). Berikutnya, giliran murid kelas 3 SMP yang menghadapinya. Nasib mereka benar-benar ditentukan dalam waktu 5 hari untuk SMA dan 4 hari untuk SMP.

Sungguh berat hal yang harus dilalui murid-murid ini, terutama para murid SMA, hasil kerja keras mereka selama 3 tahun harus ditentukan dalam hitungan hari, tidak bahkan dalam hitungan jam!

Perlu diketahui (dan sudah diserukan banyak pihak) bahwa hal ini amatlah tidak adil! Tapi mau bagaimana lagi.

Sangat disayangkan bahwa kecurangan adalah bagian yang tak terelakkan di UAN. Kecurangan itu biasa berbentuk kebocoran soal atau pun dijualnya kunci jawaban UAN. Yang lebih menyedihkan lagi para murid tidak menolak hal ini, bahkan mereka membeli atau berusaha mendapatkannya.

1 hal lain yang memprihatinkan adalah keberadaan pengawas yang biasanya tidak mengawas dengan baik dan asal-asalan dalam mengawas. Menyedihkan! Inilah potret pendidikan Indonesia. Jika hal ini terus berlanjut, bagaimana dengan masa depan Indonesia? Bagaimana kita mau mengalahkan MALAYSIA yang seringkali kita sebut sebagai saingan kita?

Hitungan hari untuk selamanya. Seharusnya para siswa berusaha untuk mengerjakan semaksimal mungkin, dan pihak lain juga mendukung agar proses regenerasi Indonesia berjalan dan menghasilkan orang-orang dengan mental jujur dan bersaing.

Complicated Creature

2010-03-08T18:15:00.003+07:00

Complicated creature, or complicated beings. That's what women, girls, and other daughters of Eve are. They're so complicated so that only they, the other women/girls and GOD knows what's on their head.

Of course they are, why? One of the reason is, they have an ability to say A while what they really mean is B, C, or even Z. Can't get it? Here's an example. A boy asked her girl what she want for her birthday, then the girl replied that it's enough for her as long as her boy remember her birthday so that he doesn't have to give her anything. The boy give her nothing. She's mad. Why? Because on her head she expect her boy to give her something (special I think).

Then, females has another special abilities (which I have found out). One of them, is the capability of changing mind or point of view in night (calmly!). This ability is amazing isn't it? They're capable of change the way they treat males, friends, or maybe even siblings! Sometimes I do hope this ability. :)

Last but not least, I have to restate that no one, but no one know what's on their head. One said that if you wanna know what's inside their head, you have to think like them. Never try to guess what's inside their head.

Right, as a conclusion of this silly post is: "Females are the most complicated puzzle mankind ever known". Don't you agree?

Dagelan Perwakilan Rakyat aka DPR

2010-03-06T19:04:00.004+07:00

Well, semua orang pasti sudah tahu kericuhan DPR saat memungut suara mengenai Kasus Century.

Mereka ricuh karena berpendapat kalau pendapat merekalah yang paling benar. Sungguh konyol. DPR yang demikian benar-benar dewan perwakilan rakyat dalam arti yang sebenarnya. Mereka dengan sukses mewakili citra sebagian besar masyarakat Indonesia yang egois dan cenderung memaksakan kehendaknya masing-masing, serta mengandalkan fisik dalam mengatasi masalah. Bayangkan, hal yang biasa kita lihat di kampung-kampung terekspos dengan jelas di gedung MPR-DPR, dan parahnya hal tersebut disaksikan jutaan orang di seluruh Indonesia!

Saya pernah membaca suatu artikel di kompasiana, dan saya menemukan suatu pendapat menarik. Ada pendapat yang mengatakan bahwa penunjukkan orang-orang pansus yang berasal dari kalangan non-ekonom sangatlah konyol. Bukankah sebaiknya anggota Pansus diambil dari kalangan yang kompeten (para ekonom)? Hal tersebut bagaikan berkonsultasi penyakit mata kepada dokter gigi.

Sungguh, hal ini hanya bisa terjadi di Indonesia. Negaraku yang kaya.

Koreksi Itu Penting!

2010-02-28T17:57:00.002+07:00

Setiap orang pasti pernah membuat kesalahan. Dari kesalahan yang kita buat, pasti ada yang merasa risih, sebal bahkan benci dengan kita (gara-gara perilaku kita yang salah itu).

Nah, disinilah ada 1 masalah yang dapat dimulai. Ada kemungkinan teman/rekan/saudara kita yang menghindari kita gara kita pernah buat salah ke mereka. Mereka menjauhi kita dan kita dibuat bingung dan bertanya-tanya; "kenapa begitu?"

Nah, yang perlu ditekankan dari ini, harusnya mereka-mereka itu langsung mengatakan kepada. To.The.Point. Kasihan mereka yang bingung karena merasa ditinggalkan. Kalau mereka tidak diberitahu apa kesalahan mereka, bagaimana mereka mau berubah?

Anyway, itulah pentingnya komunikasi.

My Strange Indonesia

2010-02-13T22:24:00.003+07:00

Indonesia, my country is a really strange country. You'll find lots of oddity.

Indonesia is the only place where you'll find things can be easily being forbid by a side. Yes, here I'm talking about MUI (Indonesian Moslem Council) who forbid lots of things! Lately they forbid hair smoothing, hair extension, and also curling. They said it attract lust, I mean woman's hair. Crazy isn't it? Those who said that women haircut attract lust is the one who attracted!

Indonesia is one of the country who (want to) restrict the freedom of expression in the Internet. As far as i know, it's intended to protect the government from bad impression. Simply remind me of the New Order (Orde Baru). Where in the world is Democracy? Pancasila?

Indonesia is the one of few country where justice isn't gray. You're the justice and the truth when you have money.

Indonesia, oh how I dream you to be a better country. Actually there are things, strange things in Indonesia that would make you exhales but, these are enough. These are as far as I remember when I post.
For those who celebrate The Lunar (Chinese) New Year and Valentine, I said happy new year or happy valentine!

Jocks Vs Nerds/geeks

2010-01-29T21:10:00.006+07:00

There are caste in high school, the popular one most of them called jocks are in the higher and highest level while the lower class, mostly nerds or good boy/girls.

Jocks is a classic North American stereotype of a male athlete. Usually they 'rule' the high school along with their popular girl, and not only in US, but also in my country, Indonesia. They usually do whatever they want for example bullying schoolmate they considered as nerds, loser and so on. They usually think they're strong, cool, and popular, plus they don't care about their academic stuff.

Nerd is a term often bearing a derogatory connotation or stereotype, that refers to a person who passionately pursues intellectual activities, esoteric knowledge, or other obscure interests that are age-inappropriate rather than engaging in more social or popular activities. They usually considered as uncool people and usually, the higher class won't even see their existence. Nerds could be those who study all the time, those who didn't join any sport clubs, or those who aren't popular.

There are one unique statement that crossed my mind recently. Jocks are one of those who 'rule' the school, but know what? The world are being ruled by nerds! Can't believe it? Should I say, Bill Gates? Mark Zuckeberg? James Walles (founder of Wikipedia)? And the genius Einstein?

Be ware Jocks! Be ware you popular kids. Your reign won't be long! Enjoy it while it last. You geeks and nerds, stay positive! You could rule the world. And you could rule the jocks too.

Well, I never say jocks can't be as successful as nerds or nerds and geeks will always success. To become someone in the world (meaning: success), you need more than lucks! You need to work hard and have faith to achieve it. Cheers!

Being Yourself

2010-01-21T21:52:00.002+07:00

We live in this world, and believe it or not, sometimes we're not being ourselves. We could be having job we don't enjoy, attending wrong class at college, or else.

The fact is, we have to be ourselves, but how?
The easiest thing we could have done first is, defining our original interest, for example, I love traveling and I love the beauty of nature and that makes me more comfortable in landscape photography instead of photograph that involve model and photographing event.

And the least thing you should do, in my opinion, is not to being other's want you to be. For example, your parent want you to be a doctor, but you love the law deep inside your heart. Pick law in college instead of doctor. But still you have to listen to others because your friend could criticize you and you can take the positive side.

Well? A short one today, i do hope you enjoy it.
~The hardest battle you'll ever fight is the battle to be yourself.~

Teman Jangka Panjang

2010-01-16T14:35:00.003+07:00

Pertemanan adalah sebuah topik yang sangat sangat lazim, dan tak jarang diangkat dalam karangan seseorang (bahkan blog ini pernah memuat postingan tentang hal ini). Sekarang, mungkin akan dibahas lagi ya..

Kalau dipikir-pikir, mempunyai teman adalah hal biasa (yang tentunya wajib disyukuri). Begitupula memiliki sahabat. Banyak orang yang menganggap bahwa mereka memiliki sahabat. Tapi apakah hal itu benar? Terkadang memang benar, tapi ada kalanya orang yang kita anggap sebagai sahabat itulah yang 'menghancurkan' kita.

Yang dibutuhkan seseorang bukanlah teman, rekan, ataupun sahabat (jangka pendek), yang sangat dibutuhkan adalah teman jangka panjang. Teman jangka panjang inilah yang bisa disebut sebagai sahabat sejati. Teman jangka panjang inilah yang mampu mengkritikmu secara positif. Mereka pula yang dapat menerimamu meski kau telah membuat mereka kecewa. Mereka juga adalah orang yang akan terus mensupport kau dalam berbagai hal.

Teman seperti ini sangatlah sulit didapat. Mereka adalah orang yang dapat kau percaya sepenuhnya dan mereka didapat tidak dengan segera, melainkan melalui hitungan tahun, bukan hanya 1 atau 2 tahun.

Mereka (sangat kecil kemungkinannya untuk) tidak akan menyakiti perasaanmu, dan saat mereka melakukan itu, pastilah disebabkan engkau melakukan kesalahan terlebih dahulu.

Jadi, carilah teman jangka panjang, karena selain pasangan hidupmu, merekalah yang akan mengisi hidupmu dan mensupportmu sampai hari-harimu berakhir.

Wish For Something

2010-01-05T20:09:00.002+07:00

Jolly. It's 2010. And i started this year with a sickness. How sick is that? But fortunately, i recovered, well, not fully though, but it's enough to handle school.

Well, new year can be used as a time to set a new goal, a new hope, or even a new beginning. This year's going to be a big year for me. Well, at least I hope it will be. And it should be.

Things I really wish to come true this year are:

1.watching Java Jazz
2.Attending college, in US.
3. well, before attending college, graduate with good mark of course.
4. see Lakers in action
5.travel with friend(s)
6. be a better man

and one optional things that i don't really wish to come true: is to have a girl, but that's optional. xD

Right, like i said, it's another new year, another new day, another new life, and I'm feeling good. Let's put our past behind, and learn from it. Walk it head straight up. New challenges are waiting for us.

Year End's Resolution

2009-12-31T17:54:00.002+07:00

Wow, in several hour, there are 2009 no more and there will be 2010. If it look backward, 2009 was very important to me, why? Because this year surely opened my eyes about lot of things, teach me a lot, and forged me a lot.

Well, what happened this year? These are some of things happened:

-Having fights with 2 friends. not only fight, but a cold war. (solved one of it though).
-Reclaim my sketching ability and my movie taste
-Learn photography
-Made this blog and twitter. Macro and Micro.

2009 also gives great impact to the world. I shouldn't and wouldn't wanna blab about it for it going to be too...

Anyway, anyhow, like Christmas, though it's been said many times many ways, Happy New Year!

This Christmas

2009-12-24T21:38:00.003+07:00

Oh, it's Christmas already. What do you think of Christmas? For me, it's not about the present, the Christmas Tree, Santa Claus, Shopping Discount, or else. It's about love.

Well, for those who think Christmas is about sharing, they're right. But the most beautiful thing to share in Christmas. Love, brings happiness, happiness brings laugh, laugh mean joy, joy lead to inner peace. Isn't it beautiful, when all the people share love to the others?

One (Mother Theresa if I'm not mistaken) said that "when you smile to the other, you bring Christmas to them", so if you share or bring love to the other all the time, you gives them Christmas!

So, what are you waiting for? Share love in Christmas!

Merry Christmas (to everyone who read this stupid blog!)

Perihal BackStabber

2009-12-19T19:07:00.003+07:00

Beberapa hari yang lalu, terlintas berbagai pikiran mengenai backstabber atau orang yang bisa-bisanya menikam teman bahkan sahabatnya sendiri dari belakang. Hal yang pertama kali terlintas di pikiran adalah betapa jahatnya backstabber itu, menurutku backstabber sama seperti seorang pengkhianat.

Setelah kupikir, kurenungkan, pantaskah kita benar-benar membenci seorang backstabber? Dilihat dari beberapa kasus mungkin, namun, sadarkah kita bahwa kita semua pernah secara sengaja atau tidak sengaja menusuk orang dari belakang? Hal yang serupa sama atau mirip dengan kasus ketika seseorang membicarakan kejelekan atau keburukan teman, sahabat, saudaranya di belakang. Pantas kah seseorang marah untuk itu?

Orang dapat berkata bahwa para backstabber dan orang yang ngomong di belakang adalah pengecut. Tapi, ketahuilah, jika pendapat mereka benar, maka semua orang di dunia ini adalah pengecut yang hanya ngomong di belakang.

What I learned today..

2009-12-11T23:18:00.002+07:00

Um, well, today (11/12/'09) is the day I learned a lot.

1. do NOT depend on peoples who depends on you a LOT, because they have big chance to disappoint you.

2. Jakarta's best view comes when sky is dark. It's just, so beautiful.

3. never ever think that it's going to be easy, plan everything well

4. ice lemon tea+movie with long duration+strong Air Con= urinate a lot during movie!

5. 2012 is a bad with fuckin long duration provided with magnificent effect but irritating plot. Certainly can't understand why people get in lines to watch this movie.

These things was posted in my twitter account, but i think it's not a bad idea to repost it in my blog. From micro to macro? So what?

Remembering John

2009-12-08T10:35:00.003+07:00

8-12-1980: One of the greatest songwriter on earth was killed.
He's John Lennon.

Imagine there's no racism
No black
No white
Only human, living together

Imagine no fanaticism
It isn't hard to do
No reason to fight for
And no anarchy too.
Imagine all the people
Living in peace.

You may say, you may think,
I'm a dreamer.
But I'm sure that I'm not the only one.
I hope someday you'll join us
and the world will be as one.

"John Lennon might only be a dreamer, but someday someway, people will understand and join his dream. He may be long gone, but his artwork will stay till the end of the world. "
- Tribute to John Lennon -

John Lennon 8-12-'80

Suicide Phenomenon

2009-12-04T20:26:00.003+07:00

Ugh, sebenarnya banyak yang melintas di kepala selama seminggu ini, dan akhir-akhir ini, berita di Kompas.com bercerita entah tentang kelanjutan kasus Prita dan "tren" bunuh diri di mall. Setelah dipikir-pikir, bahas tentang "tren bunuh diri" saja deh.

Seperti yang telah diberitakan di koran, inet, dll dsb dst, dan yang jadi pertanyaan, kira-kira, kenapa sih hal demikian bisa terjadi dan dilakukan?

Kalau di pikir-pikir, seberat apa beban yang ditanggung oleh pribadi yang melakukan bunuh diri tersebut? Apakah tiada jalan lain? Ataukah mereka tidak ingin mencoba untuk mencari jalan keluar?

Tanpa niat menyinggung perasaan keluarga yang ditinggalkan, saya katakan dengan keras bahwa perbuatan bunuh diri itu sungguh bodoh! Hanya orang yang tidak dewasa secara mental dan iman yang akan melakukannya. Jikalau mereka dewasa, mereka pasti akan melihat secercah harapan dalam setiap kondisi, meskipun kondisi itu sangat berat.

Untuk media-media yang ada, tidaklah pantas bagi mereka untuk mengekspos kasus bunuh diri tersebut secara berlebihan sampai memasang foto-foto, bahkan metode bunuh diri yang digunakan secara lengkap, karena dikhawatirkan hal ini akan memunculkan preokupasi (pikiran berulang) bunuh diri, dan tidak menutup kemungkinan akan memberi ilham metode pelaksanaan bunuh diri.

So? Haruskah bunuh diri? No way. Di setiap kesulitan, seberat apa pun pasti ada jalan. Tinggal pintar-pintar kita menjaga hati mental dan pikiran.

The Power of Kepepet

2009-11-30T21:27:00.002+07:00

Oke, sekarang lagi ujian semester/ulangan umum, dan saya masih sempat-sempatnya ngepost (dan ngetweet di twitter!).

Well, pengalaman saja ya, saya sudah menyicil ulangan umum dari hari Sabtu, jadi weekend kemarin benar-benar saya pergunakan untuk belajar. Tapi apa yang saya rasakan? Saya merasa tekanan itu ada, dan saya merasa tidak mengerti apa pun yang saya pelajari pada weekend kemarin, sekalipun bisa, merasa tidak mantap.

Namun menjelang hari "pertempuran", saya belajar kembali, dan merasa apa yang saya pelajari lebih mudah dimengerti. Mengapa?

Menurut teman saya, itulah kekuatan dari kepepet. Mental dan fisik dipaksa oleh syaraf untuk melakukan sesuatu lebih dari yang kita mampu, atau setidaknya mendorong kita hingga mencapai titik maksimal.

Well, percaya atau tidak percaya deh!
Oh, weekend kemarin saya menyicil dari bahan-bahan yang saya anggap sulit, hari ini relatif lebih mudah, apa karena itu ya?

Student's Problem

2009-11-25T20:44:00.003+07:00

Alkisah, Iblis sedang mencari cara untuk menarik manusia untuk jatuh ke pelukannya. Ia sudah berpikir berbagai cara, antara lain, memberitahukan manusia bahwa TUHAN itu tidak ada, serta ketidakberadaan surga dan neraka, namun itu gagal menurutnya. Maka, seorang utusannya menganjurkan untuk memberitahukan manusia bahwa TUHAN itu ada, begitu pula dengan surga dan neraka, namun ia berkata kepada iblis untuk memberitahukan kepada manusia bahwa mereka memiliki banyak waktu untuk bertobat.

Sebenarnya, kehidupan siswa-siswi di berbagai sekolah di Indonesia, terutama Jakarta adalah serupa atau boleh dibilang mirip cerita di atas. Sekolah/kuliah memberi mereka tugas, tugas yang amat banyak, dengan deadline yang amat panjang. Tapi mereka (atau bisa dibilang kami, dan saya) cenderung menunda-nunda akibat hati berbicara akan lamanya waktu yang tersedia, sampai akhirnya kami panik ketika deadlinenya tiba (biasa antara D-3 sampai D-1). Tidak sedikit dari mereka yang mendapatkan hasil yang tidak maksimal bahkan gagal dalam menyelesaikan tugas-tugasnya.

Kalau dipikirkan kembali, maka hal itu juga ditemui pada pekerja kantoran atau karyawan. Hal ini terkesan sepele dan mungkin meninggalkan senyum kecil saat membaca artikel ini, namun hal ini nyata dan berbahaya. Solusi? Mungkin dimulai dari diri sendiri, dan jangan biarkan kemalasan mengambil alih.

Saya juga masih berjuang menghadapi hal ini.

Does love hurt?

2009-11-21T20:54:00.002+07:00

Apakah cinta itu menghancurkan/menyakitkan? Pada masa muda, masa remaja, sering kali muda-mudi berkata "aku cinta kamu" dan sebagainya. Apakah "cinta" yang mereka katakan itu cinta sejati? Ataukah kata "cinta" tersebut keluar dari perasaan sementara semata?

Sering kali, saya melihat orang-orang yang hidupnya entah kehidupan sekolah atau pun kehidupan personal di luar sekolah rusak karena urusan cinta-cintaan. yang paling merusak mereka adalah perasaan putus cinta, atau patah hati entah akibat putus dengan pacarnya atau gagal mendapatkan gebetan.

Untuk gebetan, rata-rata dapat diselesaikan dengan segera. Putus dengan pacar? Ada kalanya amat sulit untuk diatasi. Beberapa kenalan penulis adalah orang-orang yang hidupnya sempat goyah (ada yang masih) akibat cinta mereka yang kandas. Yang pasti terlihat dari mereka adalah hilangnya semangat paska putus, kesehatan yang cenderung menurun, serta kesedihan yang mendalam, terutama bagi mereka yang bisa dibilang benar-benar "cinta mati"
Setelah saya pikir, saya renungkan, bisa jadi hal itu terjadi karena mereka masih berada di usia muda. Mereka belum bisa berpikir secara dewasa, berpikiran ke depan. Menurut saya, cinta demikian hanya "cinta" yang lewat, namun berguna untuk membentuk pribadi seseorang. Suatu hari nanti pasti ada cinta sejati yang tulus dan berlandaskan kasih untuk setiap orang. Itu pasti, tanpa seorang pun di dunia ini yang tahu kapan datangnya.

Oh iya, kesimpulannya? "Love" can hurt, even kill someone, but true love will never hurt (in the end).

By the way, gw bukan habis putus cinta atau pun sejenisnya! Cuma ingin menulis hal seperti ini. Maaf kalau terkesan sok tahu. xP

Fisika vs Mat in my opinion

2009-11-18T21:13:00.003+07:00

Ini adalah 2 dari 4 pelajaran mematikan di sekolah, terutama SMA. Menilik pengalaman yang saya alami di kelas 3 SMA IPEKA Puri ini, saya mendapat satukesimpulan:

Pada pelajaran fisika yang diajar oleh Mr.R, murid-murid serasa masuk ke dalam cronosphere dimana para murid merasa waktu melambat, ya memang, waktu pelajaran fisika saat diajar oleh Mr.R amaaat lama dan panjaaang.

Sedangkan pada pelajaran Matematika yang diajar oleh Mr.Y, saya merasa kami dibawa terbang dan diajar dengan kecepatan cahaya yang berdampak pada lamanya waktu yang dirasakan saat pelajaran meskipun materi yang dibawakan sudah sangat banyak!

Jadi, jika harus kupilih, takkan kupilih keduanya! Sorry, but no thanks!

2012 Phenomenon

2009-11-14T15:46:00.007+07:00

I do believe that everyone has read or hear or even talks about 2012 and it's doomsday prediction. Wait, no worry, because I'm not going to talk about that here, in my blog.

The phenomenon i'm gonna talk about is the phenomenon that is caused by Roland Emirich's latest film about that prediction: 2012. It really gives people curiosity because of the theme.

And this movie, even though i haven't watch it for some reason (later revealed in this post), i do believe that this movie is something for some people. It caused a long queue in Mall Puri Indah, the longest line for 3 years! Last time I saw queue this long is the queue of Spiderman 3 back in 2007. Even Transformer: Revenge of The Fallen wasn't this long!

Outside XXI. And the credit card line reached Shabu Tei!

The queue inside XXI

I'm gonna watch it in DVD. 2012, so crazy for it's not holiday season, or does this regular season like this make line as long as this?

Don't Judge a food by it's images!

2009-11-12T20:32:00.004+07:00

Well, talking about food here, no about photo! Surely you ever heard the quote: "photograph does trick". Well, really I have to admit that (for I'm a photographer, rookie, to be frank), because that is what photographer should do.

When I came into a restaurant and ordered food based on the menu's images, I often found that the food served was different compared with the menu's images. For example, Chicken Katsu in one Japanese Restaurant looks big in it's menu images, but in contrast, it is really small! These kind kind of problem can be found in some fast food restaurant, but not in Toni Jack's .

The (not so) brand new Toni Jack's

Toni Jack's used to be known as McDonald's which is owned some by Mr.Bambang R. In one Toni Jack's restaurant, I saw images of burgers which were very tempting, for it looks big and juicy. I ordered one. And I quite surprise after knowing that the burger is smaller than it looks, and the patty is thinner. Then I look at the images again and I realize, that they use the same size of the bun and the same thin patty as I eat in the images.

The actual size of the burgers. Wanna see the images menu? Visit the closest Tony's Jack!

What makes it big and tempting? The answer is, the photographer. The photographer succesfully shot them and makes it tempting because that's what they get paid for.

So, in conclusion, we can't always blame the restaurant for using unactual size for it's menu, sometimes, blame the photographer!

PS: Toni Jack's is almost the same as Indonesian McD. The difference comes on the name of the menu, and the prices which was cheaper. "Better than that one" is the motto. Provokative isn't it?

Back To The Reality

2009-11-09T20:43:00.002+07:00

After 2 weeks of heaven (holiday and study tour), now we (I'm) are back to the real life. Back to school, back to work, back to the reality. Fok.

2 weeks of happiness were swept in a second by my lovely physic teacher who gave us exam. 2 weeks of happiness were blown in a millisecond by hills of assignment. 2 weeks of cheers were destroyed by nightmares of exams!
Gosh! FOK!

Enough blabbing about that. Look forward. There're million and billion ways to cheer one up in extreme (stressful) condition. Those things could be their hobbies, movies, their idol, or their pet.

DO NOT let your work/school/assignment stressed you up. If you could, you're the one who have to make them stress(?). And don't forget to balance your life between job and rest, if you're not able to, maybe you're life will be shortened..

Well?

Andaikan..

2009-10-27T18:54:00.001+07:00

Hidup di kota besar, tempat jutaan orang menanam dan memupuk mimpi. Terlalu banyak pengandaian. Berbagai lika-liku mengenai Indonesia beserta penduduknya.

Andaikan saja orang-orang mau mengantri.

Andaikan para angkot tidak serampangan, pastilah lalu lintas menjadi lebih tertib.
Andaikan para polisi tidak mau kompromi, pastilah orang semakin hati-hati.
Andaikan saja para pejabat tidak korup, pastilah negara menjadi lebih baik.
Andaikan saja jalanan di pedalaman lebih rata, pastilah pengunjung dan perkembangan daerah lebih banyak dan baik.
Andaikan tidak ada urbanisasi, pastilah kota besar menjadi lebih lenggang.
Andaikan bajakan dilarang, pastilah para artis menjadi lebih makmur.
Andaikan orang tidak membuang sampah sembarangan, pastilah segalanya menjadi lebih bersih.
Andaikan orang tidak merokok, pastilah angka kehidupan semakin tua.

Andaikan...

Sedikit dari pengandaian di atas. Namun, pikirkanlah:

Andaikan bajakan dilarang, pastilah sebagian orang menjadi pengangguran.
Andaikan tidak ada urbanisasi, pastilah banyak orang yang dirugikan.
Andaikan tidak ada sekolah dengan tugasnya yang banyak, pastilah para siswa tidak siap menghadapi hidup.
Andaikan para angkot tidak serampangan, pasti, ada beberapa pihak yang terlambat.
Andaikan sampah tidak dibuang sembarangan, kemanakah para pemulung mencari sesuap nasi?
Andaikan orang tidak merokok, darimanakah pegawai perusahaan rokok mendapat penghidupan?

Andaikan, oh andaikan....

Sedikit banyak terinspirasi oleh Imagine - John Lennon

Talking About Organization

2009-10-23T21:13:00.005+07:00

Well, belakangan ini, saya terlibat dalam beberapa organisasi kepanitiaan. Dalam blog ini, saya akan bicara secara terbuka dan sebisa mungkin saya tidak menyinggung salah satu tim atau kepanitiaan tersebut secara berlebih.

Dalam beberapa kepanitiaan yang saya jalani, saya merasa bahwa beberapa kepanitiaan tersebut amatlah jauh dari kata baik. Terkadang saya merasa para panitia tersebut tidak terbuka, dan cenderung bekerja sendiri-sendiri, jadi ada banyak saat dimana hanya beberapa orang (dari suatu sie/seksi) dalam kepanitiaan tersebut yang mengetahui perkembangannya. Jadi intinya, ada kepanitiaan yang bersifat tidak transparan pada sesama anggotanya. Padahal, alangkah baiknya jika para anggota mengetahui perkembangan tersebut, sehingga mereka bisa menilai serta mengkritik (ke arah positif) hal yang ada, jadi yang mengetahui perkembangan yang ada hanya orang yang itu-itu saja. Well, kalau untuk urusan acara di lapangan sih, kalau hari H masih lama, amatlah wajar apa bila anggota yang lain tidak mengetahui apa-apa.

Lalu, ada kalanya saya merasa kurangnya komunikasi yang ada antar pihak dalam organisasi kepanitiaan. Hal ini sangatlah vital. Hal yang sangat mungkin terjadi bila kurangnya komunikasi antar anggota adalah adanya anggota yang merasa tidak diperhatikan. Apabila itu terjadi, besar kemungkinan mereka ngambek dan menjadi tidak maksimal dalam bekerja, dan membahayakan misi serta visi yang diusung oleh kepanitiaan tersebut.

Bagaimana bila hal-hal di atas terjadi? Sebagai anggota yang baik, sudah seharusnya kita tetap bersikap profesional, meskipun sampai sakit hati sekali pun. Setelah tujuan panitia tercapai, bolehlah kita bersifat ngambek atau menolak untuk ikut kepanitiaan yang mirip di kemudian hari.

Be Profesional, and Keep in touch!

Jadi, hal yang baik pada setiap kepanitiaan adalah seringnya komunikasi, biasa dalam bentuk rapat gabungan antar seksi. Dan bersikap pro dalam menjalani kepanitiaan tersebut untuk meraih hasil maksimal. Sejauh ini, kepanitiaan terbaik yang saya ikuti, dan masih berjalan adalah kepanitian CrEO. I love you all!

Recycling Facility vs Rubbish Bin

2009-10-16T22:09:00.005+07:00

Pertama-tama, saya tidak akan berkoar mengenai recylcing facility atau pun rubbish bin! Recycling Facility, atau biasa disebut tempat pengolahan sampah. Sedangkan rubbish bin adalah tempat sampah.

Kedua hal di atas dapat menjadi simbol atau kiasan saat menggambarkan orang. Orang yang disebut tempat sampah adalah orang yang mampu menjadi tempat curhat yang baik, dan pada "tempat sampah" tersebut, tersimpan berbagai keluhan dari orang lain. Biasanya setiap orang memerlukan "tempat sampah"-nya masing-masing karena para "tempat sampah" tersebut dapat membantu mereka.

Menjadi "tempat sampah" itu baik, tapi ada yang lebih baik lagi, yaitu menjadi tempat pengolahan sampah. Mengapa? Seorang "tempat pengolahan sampah" adalah seorang yang tidak hanya menampung keluhan atau curahan hati orang lain, namun belajar dari hal-hal yang diutarakan orang lain. Bila seseorang menjadi "tempat pengolahan sampah", besar kemungkinan dia menjadi lebih dewasa, dan mungkin orang lain yang biasa menjadikannya "tempat sampah" akan merasakan feedback yang lebih baik.

Jadi, alangkah baiknya bila seseorang tidak sekedar menjadi "tempat sampah". Jadilah "tempat pengolahan sampah" dan jadilah dewasa!

I SPIT on this blog!

2009-10-10T21:50:00.003+07:00

Kata orang, kalau mau ngeblog, tulislah perasaan paling kuat yang sedang kamu rasakan. Well, saya lagi...Kesal! Jika dikatakan kesal sekali, ya. Tapi sudah tidak begitu sih.

Kesal karena teman-teman yang berubah, meskipun harus saya akui bahwa perubahan itu ada dan tidak dapat dielakkan. Betapa naifnya seseorang jika berharap segala sesuatu "stay on the spot" selamanya. Dan sedihnya, sayalah orang yang naif tersebut.

Kesal pula pada diri sendiri yang masih belum memperbaiki kesalahan-kesalahan serta memperbaiki sifat-sifat buruk saya. Saya masih ingat dengan cukup jelas, bagaimana seorang perempuan menasihatiku, dan sampai sekarang aku masih belum juga berkembang ke arah yang lebih baik!

Kesal pada sebuah kesalahan fatal yang pernah kubuat di masa lalu. Andaikan hal itu tidak kulakukan.

Damn!

A friend of mine once told me, "have fun with your own world!".
now, i'm gonna say the very same thing to HIM, while i'm going to have fun with my own worlds.

Crap, I think I'm a little bit mad. Calm down, can I?

Something To Unite Us

2009-10-05T19:08:00.004+07:00

There are things to unite people. No matter how good or how bad it is, that uniting things, are exist. I'm gonna speak, reflecting on what I saw today at school.

Topics, are one of the best things to unite people! You might not know who in the world he/she was, but soon after you realize that you have or you like something in common, you might be friend with him/her.

It doesn't happen always, but usually it is! For example, a friend of mine who likely to speak to others classmate (she only talks to her close friends only in class) now is starting to blend with them. Because of what? K-Pop! Can't you imagine that?

For boys, usually things to unite them are topics around football (soccer) or basketball.

Things to unite them may be funny or unrealistic, but it really unite them!
So? United We Stand!

2 Oktober, Hari Batik Nasional

2009-10-01T19:38:00.004+07:00

Well, sudah sekian minggu sejak post terakhir. Lupa mengucapkan selamat Idul Fitri pula. Ya sudah, off to main topic.

Batik Indonesia

Besok (2 Oktober 2009), adalah hari dimana UNESCO menetapkan Batik sebagai warisan budaya Indonesia. Rencananya, UNESCO akan menyampaikan secara resmi batik sebagai warisan dari budaya Indonesia esok, di Abu Dhabi.

Sebenarnya, apakah itu batik? Menurut wikipedia.com, kata batik meruju pada teknik pebuatan corak, bisa menggunakan canting atau pun cap, yang kemudian dicelupkan kepada pewarna setelah sebelumnya diberikan Wax untuk menahan masuknya bahan pewarna pada bagian yang diinginkan.

Canting serta proses membatik

Saat ini batik telah ditemukan di berbagai negara di Asia. Namun, tetap, batik layak dikatakan sebagai warisan budaya kita karena konon, batik berkembang di Indonesia, dan berkat imigran asal Indonesialah, batik terdapat dimana-mana. Juga kita harus berterima kasih kepada pemimpin Orde Baru, Soeharto, yang memperkenalkan batik kepada dunia.

Kita merasa bangga bila kita memakai produk mahal seperti Dior, Armani, atau pun yang lainnya. Tapi terkadang kita malu untuk memakai batik. Hal itu amatlah disayangkan. Sudah seharusnya kita bangga mengenakan batik dalam kegiatan-kegiatan kita.

Diresmikannya batik sebagai warisan budaya seharusnya menjadi suatu bekal negara kita untuk terus mempertahankan serta melestarikan warisan budaya, entah dari perkembangan jaman, mau pun dari klaim negara lain.

Mari kita kenakan batik! Setidaknya tanggal 2 besok, sebagai wujud apresiasi kita terhadap budaya negeri kita tercinta. Kenali warisan budayamu, cintai warisan budayamu!

Noordin M. (S)Top(ped)

2009-09-18T19:50:00.002+07:00

Congratulation to Kepolisan RI for their achievement of killing Indonesia's Most Wanted Terrorist. I do hope that this achievement is the beginning of the end of terrorism in Indonesia. Noordin had been killed yesterday during Polri's Operation yesterday at Solo.

For further info about this, just google it. I hate to blab much here.

This post should have been posted yesterday, but, well, anyway..

Tips Menghadapi Libur Lebaran

2009-09-18T19:41:00.004+07:00

Libur (singkat) telah tiba! Hore, Hore! Dalam kehidupan sekolah, lebaran merupakan rentetan libur paling singkat, dengan durasi sekitar 10-14 hari (di sekolah swasta).

Apa saja yang sebaiknya dilakukan sepanjang liburan ini?

1. Pergi jalan-jalan ke luar negeri.
Ini adalah hal yang sebaiknya dilakukan, karena perjalanan dalam negeri tidak direkomendasikan karena padatnya arus mudik masyarakat. Meski demikian, liburan ke luar negeri akan jadi melelahkan karena pendeknya durasi liburan, dan sangat tidak dianjurkan mengunjungi negara yang jauh seperti negara-negara di Eropa atau Amerika.

2. Keliling kota.
Anda tinggal di Jakarta? Inilah saatnya untuk menikmati seluk beluk kota Jakarta, karena selama lebaran, Jakarta akan menjadi sepi dan sangat nyaman. Pergilah ke Menteng, nikmati Kota Tua, kelilingilah!

3. Mencicil pekerjaan sekolah/kantor.
Ini tidak begitu disarankan, namun sepanjang liburan dapat diisi dengan mencicil pekerjaan yang ada. Hitung-hitung mengurangi stress saat waktu kerja/sekolah tiba.

4. Lakukan Hobi anda.
Stress selama bekerja? Liburan singkat seperti ini akan menjadi menyenangkan serta menyegarkan jika diisi dengan hobi anda.

5. Istirahat TOTAL
Anda letih karena pekerjaan anda? Stress? Pastinya. Istirahatlah di rumah, habiskan waktu dengan keluarga anda. Istirahat dapat dilakukan dengan cara bermalas-malasan, tidur, nonton tv dll dsb dst.

Nah, jangan bingung mau ngapain selama liburan. Syukurilah liburan ini!
PS: Tips ini hanya berlaku bagi mereka yang tidak mudik.

Pesimis vs Optimis

2009-09-14T18:08:00.007+07:00

Optimis dan pesimis. Saya rasa itu adalah hal yang umum dimiliki semua orang, dan keduanya memiliki sifat yang berlawanan.

Sering kali orang beranggapan bahwa sifat optimis itu baik karena dengan bersikap optimis, kita dapat berjuang dengan sepenuhnya tanpa gentar, sedangkan, berkebalikan dengan sikap optimis, pesimis, sering pula orang beranggapan bahwa seseorang yang bersifat pesimis adalah seorang yang kalah sebelum bertanding, karena ia hanya memikirkan segala sesuatu dengan negatif.

Pandangan ini memang ada benarnya, namun, tidak selamanya pandangan tersebut benar. Sifat pesimis itu ada baiknya dikembangkan!

Ada kalanya optimisme bersifat menghancurkan. Contohnya, seseorang sudah begitu yakin akan mendapat nilai bagus di ulangan/ujiannya, ia merasa bisa dan yakin akan hasil pekerjaannya, namun jika didapatinya nilai nya mengecewakan, ada kemungkinan ia akan jatuh, dan sulit untuk bangkit, sedangkan orang yang pesimis dengan catatan ia tetap berjuang semaksimal mungkin, tidak akan mudah hancur.

Dari kasus tersebut terlihat, jika seorang yang optimis, bila ia berhasil ia akan senang, namun, orang yang pesimis, apabila ia berhasil, ia akan sangat senang, karena ia takkan menyangka akan mendapat keberhasilan itu. Sedangkan di kala gagal, optimis dapat menghancurkan, sedangkan orang pesimis ketika mendapati kegagalan tidak akan jatuh sebanyak orang optimis.

Jadi, dapat disimpulkan, pesimis itu baik, asalkan kita tetap berusaha semaksimal mungkin. Karena ada orang bijak berkata:

"Mengapa harus menyerah kalau masih boleh dan bisa pasrah?"
-Joger-

Notes: Pasrah itu juga salah satu ciri pesimisme yang baik untuk diterapkan. xD

Customers ARE the King

2009-09-13T20:23:00.004+07:00

There are aphorism said that the customer is the king, but I have to say that the customers are the king.Meaning? All of the customers are the king, so the store/restaurant have to serve all the customers, not one.

Yesterday, after one of my friend's 17th party, me and my fellow schoolmate went to the PX Pavilion, to enjoy some evening at J.Co. It was 10.25 pm. In front of me, there are groups of people, who are busy to buy J.Co's yogurts. It took them, what, about 5 to 10 minutes to make up their mind. That time, only 1 cashier available out of 2. Soon after, they finally made up their choice, they pay it. When I thought it was my time, one of them interrupted the payment, in order to order another Americano Coffee. A moment we were ready to order, I heard there were machines being shut. We ordered some beverages, but the cashier told us, the machines had been turned off, and we can't order beverages anymore!

Because of this Yogurt, I can't have my Tea!

Disappointed, we left, without buying anything. In my opinion, they should wait, at least till we, the last customer in line, because all of the customers are the king. If they did that, they would earn some more, and we could enjoy the evening better.

For the others, yes, you are the king, but pay respect to the other customers as well. Don't make them disappointed. Be kind!

Citra oh citra.

2009-09-11T19:05:00.004+07:00

Pertama-tama, saya tidak sedang berbicara tentang kompleks perumahan Citra! Kedua, saya juga tidak berbicara apa pun yang berhubungan dengan label Citra milik Ciputra. Yang saya bicarakan adalah citra yang memiliki hubungan dengan integritas.

Meskipun sudah sering melihat, mendengar berita mengenai buruknya birokrasi di Indonesia, baru pada hari ini, saya melihat dengan mata kepala saya sendiri, bahwa birokrasi di negeri tercinta ini lebih dari buruk, sudah sangat bobrok kalau boleh dibilang.

Betapa buruknya hal tersebut dapat dilihat dengan jelas apabila anda membuat SIM (surat izin mengemudi) di Samsat. Hampir semua orang yang datang untuk membuat SIM dengan menggunakan perantara (baca: calo). Biasanya dibutuhkan sekitar Rp.500,000.00 untuk membuat SIM dengan bantuan perantara. Pada awalnya saya berpikir bahwa uang dengan jumlah demikian digunakan sepenuhnya untuk para perantara, namun dengan mendatangi sendiri samsat, saya mengerti, bahwa jumlah yang telah disebutkan digunakan untuk melicinkan proses (baca: menyogok) pembuatan SIM. Bayangkan saja, normalnya untuk membuat SIM membutuhkan waktu sekitar 2-4 jam, sedangkan saya bersama dengan beberapa teman saya hanya membutuhkan waktu kurang dari 1 jam, dan kami melewati semua prosedur yang melelahkan.

Samsat Dan Mogot

Saat berada di Samsat, saya memperhatikan perantara kami yang bergerak ke sana kemari. Segeralah saya mengerti maksud dari gerakannya. Si perantara ternyata mengurus segala proses, dengan memberikan pelicin pada setiap orang yang bertugas di bagian-bagian yang terlibat.

Hal inilah yang membuat saya heran. Padahal setibanya di Samsat, terpampang dengan jelas poster yang melarang kita membuat SIM dengan perantara, namun masih saja masyarakat (termasuk saya sendiri) menggunakan jasa perantara. Hal ini menunjukkan identitas sebagian besar dari masyarakat negeri ini yang bukan hanya tidak ingin repot, namun juga tidak mengindahkan peraturan yang ada.

Poster yang hanya diam tanpa ada yang mengindahkan isinya.

Hal ini juga cukup bisa untuk dimaklumi, melihat para petugas yang mau-maunya menerima pelicin, serta sulitnya membuat SIM dengan proses normal (konon, untuk berhasil, datang sekali tidaklah cukup, kira-kira 4 kali datanglah, masing-masing biaya yang dikeluarkan @ 125k) cukuplah menunjukkan citra dari bangsa ini yang cukup dikenal dengan budaya KKN. Ternyata terbukti bahwa Korupsi terjadi di setiap tingkatan pemerintahan.

Sedih melihat hal ini menjadi sangat umum di masyarakat. Sebagian masyarakat hanya bisa mengkritik (seperti saya sendiri), sering kali tidak membuat tindakan yang nyata. Mari, kita ubah citra bangsa kita yang terkenal akan budaya korupsinya, dengan sebisa mungkin menjauhi (harus, bukan sebisa mungkin!) budaya ini. Citra tersebut bisa diubah apabila kita mengubah integritas kita terlebih dahulu dan hal ini bisa dimulai sejak dini oleh para generasi muda. Kalau bukan kita,para generasi muda, siapa lagi?

Facing The Test

2009-09-08T13:31:00.003+07:00

Ugh, kalau dilihat-lihat, artikel ini akan terasa sangat sekolah, karena akan ketahuan bahwa penulis masih sekolah. Tapi percayalah, ini bukan sekedar blog/diary anak sekolah!

Berhubung sekolah-sekolah sedang mengadakan UTS, saya dengan senang hati membagikan beberapa tips untuk menghadapi ujian semacam ini.

1. Tidur siang! Jikalau pada hari itu anda menghadapi ujian-ujian yang membuat kepala panas contohnya Matematika, Ekonomi, Fisika, dan sejenisnya, pastikan anda tidur sepulang sekolah. Sangat berguna untuk menyegarkan otak anda!

2. Pelajari subjek yang lebih mudah! Anda dihadapkan 2 mata ujian contohnya, Matematika dengan Agama? Pelajari agama dulu, baru matematika. Kalau terbalik, niscaya pelajaran agama akan terbengkalai.

3. Ingin begadang? Perlengkapi diri anda dengan makanan kecil beserta kopi/teh. Takut gendut? Berkorbanlah sedikit, ujian selesai kan bisa diet lagi. Toh, bekal seperti ini sangat membantu anda untuk mengalahkan rasa kantuk.

4. Belajar kelompok. Jikalau anda menghadapi ilmu pasti/hitungan, kelompok belajar akan sangat berguna, dengan catatan, anda meng-inang pada inang yang tepat (baca: mengerti subjek yang dipelajari). Kalau hafalan? Kelompok 2-3 orang sudah cukup.

5. Dengarkanlah musik, terutama saat menghadapi ujian hitungan dan sejenisnya. Bisa membantu beberapa orang untuk berpikir.

Yang terakhir: sangatlah jelas! Kalau sedang kepepet, jangan buka internet! Apalagi sempet-sempetnya baca artikel kayak begini!

Met juang. Semoga artikel ini membantu.

Sampai Bertemu/Selamat Tinggal

2009-09-03T20:48:00.003+07:00

Finally, ada kesempatan membuat postingan. Nampaknya semua sudah tahu, bahwa kemarin (2/9/'09) ada gempa, untuk para korban gempa, turut berduka cita, semoga para korban diterima di sisi-Nya, Amin.

Seperti yang sudah tertulis di postingan sebelumnya, sudah diketahui bahwa seorang teman saya pergi melanjutkan studi ke luar negeri. Kami mengantar dia dengan tangis (terutama teman cewek). Pada hari itu, saya berpikir akan 2 hal (yang saya anggap) penting:

Pertama: saat kami mengantar seseorang pergi, entah ke luar negeri untuk berbagai urusan dan diiringi dengan tangis, itu berarti orang tersebut berarti di mata teman-temannya. Detik itupun aku berpikir, apa bila aku berada di posisi tersebut, akankah aku mendapat tangis demikian?

Kedua: jikalau seseorang sudah mendapat respon demikian pada saat ia pergi ke tempat jauh, seperti apakah respon teman-temannya saat ia "pergi"? Mungkin pula, responnya lebih dari itu. Dampaknya kemungkinan besar luar biasa. Pertanda orang tersebut berarti dan meninggalkan sesuatu yang dapat dikenang. Pertanyaan yang sama terlintas di benakku, apakah teman-temanku akan memberi respon demikian saat aku "pergi", suatu hari nanti?

Pikirkanlah kedua pikiran di atas. Tanyakan itu kepada diri anda sendiri.

Aduh, postingan kali ini sifatnya "mellow" sekali ya. Tapi, yasudahlah. Lain kali pasti akan lebih ceria.

Pesan Terakhir?

2009-08-28T19:34:00.003+07:00

Akhirnya, ada waktu juga buat ngeblog. Hari ini bahasanya agak santai deh. Okeh, hari ini, Jumat 28 Agustus 2009, agaknya saya kehilangan seorang lagi teman, gara-gara dia melanjutkan studi ke luar negeri.

Untungnya pada hari ini saya bersama dengan teman-teman saya berhasil mengantar kepergiannya.

Diperkirakan pukul 11 malam saudara Yansen Yosefin telah meninggalkan bumi Indonesia, setidaknya untuk 2 tahun ke depan.

Selain itu, ada beberapa hal unik yang saya lihat di malam menjelang kepergian saudara Yansen. PM (Personal Message) di MSN Messenger dari teman-teman bernada mirip! Contohnya:

Mayyyyyyy-cha: Yansennn!!! kalo bs jgn bsk kek brangkatnyaa! huhuuu...
res: selamat menempuh hidup baru (btw, udah kek orang habis nikah ni pesannya)
Vania Josephine: Sedih dan kehilangan. T.T Baik-baik di sana! Jangan sok dugem, sok gaul, sok bule! Huhuhuhu.
Sasha Clarissa: losing IPEKA's JiHoo look-a-like and i haven't take any picture with him
*bgca rnaldo: goodbye and good luck my friend

Tadi jujur saja, saya terbawa suasana, dan hampir menangis, andaikata saya seorang cewek, pastilah air mata mengalir deras!

Tulisan berikut akan menjadi tulisan untuk dia.

Yah, tidak disangka kita sudah saling kenal sekitar 7 tahun, sekelas selama 5 tahun berturut-turut. Perubahan sifat memang terlihat dari anda, bisa anda lihat di comment scrapbook saya, tapi ada 1 hal dari anda yang tidak berubah, yaitu kebaikan anda. Semoga kebaikan anda tidak ditelan oleh budaya asing yang ada di sekeliling anda. Saya tidak ingin bicara muluk-muluk, tapi saya hanya berharap yang terbaik untuk anda. Sering-sering online dan jangan sombong!

Sekian dari saya.

Sepatah dua patah terakhir yang bukan dari saya:

"We'll meet again, don't know where, don't know when,
But I know we'll meet again, some sunny day."
-Vera Lynn-

Take care buddy!

Pengaruh Buruk Makan Mi Instan

2009-08-21T22:25:00.003+07:00

Mi Instan, siapakah orang Indonesia yang tidak mengenal makanan ini? Makanan praktis yang biasa disantap jutaan warga Indonesia setiap hari, mulai dari balita, sampai manula, dari Sabang sampai Merauke. Percaya atau tidak, mi instan juga dapat menentukan status seseorang.

Mi instan di pulau Jawa adalah makanan murah yang dapat dinikmati hampir seluruh golongan. Kontras dengan penduduk di Papua. Bagi mereka, mi instan tergolong makanan mewah!

Baiklah, kita menuju topik utama. Mi instan yang praktis itu memiliki dampak buruk bila dimakan secara terus menerus. Sebagai bukti, saya mengambil kejadian dari seorang balita di daerah Garut. Sang balita yang secara rutin menyantap mi instan 2x sehari (gila memang) mendapati ususnya rusak dan membusuk akibat kurangnya gizi dan tidak sehatnya makanan yang sehari-hari.ia santap.

Akibatnya si balita harus merelakan ususnya dipotong dan digantikan oleh usus sintetis, dan belum selesai sampai di situ, ada bagian lain dari ususnya yang bocor, sehingga ia harus dioperasi lagi. Hal ini sangatlah memberatkan orang tuanya yang hidup serba pas-pasan.

Dari cerita di atas, dapat dibuktikan bahwa mi instan tidaklah baik bagi kesehatan. Mi instan juga memiliki kandungan lilin yang membuat mi tetap kering sebelum dimasak, dan lilin itu membutuhkan sekitar 3 hari sampai tubuh mampu membuangnya. Bayangkan apa bila lilin tersebut menumpuk dalam tubuh anda!

Disarankan anda menyantap mi instan paling sering 3 hari 1 x, dan banyak-banyaklah menyantap makanan sehat seperti sayur, buah, dsb. Selain itu, bila anda menyantap mi kuah (instan), pastikan anda membuang air hasil rebusan mi tersebut, karena air rebusan tersebut tidaklah sehat.

Sayangilah usus anda!

source: kompas.com

Dimanakah nasionalisme?

2009-08-13T21:51:00.007+07:00

Nasionalisme, sebenarnya, apakah yang dimaksud dengan nasionalisme? Nasionalisme bisa disebut sebagai satu paham yang menciptakan dan mempertahankan kedaulatan sebuah negara dengan mewujudkan satu konsep identitas bersama untuk sekelompok manusia. Tampakkah nasionalisme di pribadi setiap warga negara Indonesia?

Masyarakat Indonesia memang sudah merdeka secara status, dan sekali lagi, ya, mereka memang merdeka secara fisik,namun mental belum secara mental! Seiring dengan berjalannya waktu, rasa nasionalisme itu semakin menghilang! Apalagi dalam diri para pemuda-pemudi Indonesia, mereka cenderung tidak menghargai bangsanya sendiri! Nilai nasionalisme yang (diharapkan) tertanam pada saat sumpah pemuda sekitar 80 tahun yang lalu nyaris terlihat. Ada 2 poin penting mengapa saya dapat berkata demikian: tidak adanya rasa rasa cinta akan tanah air serta cinta akan produk dalam negeri.

Banyak pemuda(di) yang tidak memiliki rasa cinta akan tanah airnya, salah satunya adalah teman saya, sangat tidak menghargai kenyataan bahwa dia lahir, besar, hidup, di dan sebagai orang Indonesia, yang tentu saja tinggal di Indonesia! Dia bahkan secara terang-terangan berkata bahwa dia sama sekali tidak berharap lahir sebagai orang Indonesia! Teman saya adalah salah satu contoh pemuda yang kehilangan rasa nasionalismenya.

Kedua,banyak pemuda yang tidak menghargai karya anak bangsa, bahkan meremehkan karya-karya tersebut. Sebagai contoh, karena saya banyak berkutat dalam dunia film, saya akan mengambil film sebagai contohnya. Para pemuda sering kali lebih memilih film-film impor dibandingkan film-film lokal. Alasannya, mereka beranggapan bahwa film-film impor lebih bagus dibandigkan dengan film-film lokal, padahal tidak semua anggapan itu benar! Banyak film-film Indonesia yang secara kualitas lebih baik dibandingkan dengan film-film impor. Kalau ada film lokal yang bagus, untuk apa menonton film impor yang tidak meyakinkan?

Untuk menutup postingan kali ini, saya hanya dapat berkata, bahwa sangatlah disayangkan bahwa seorang warga negara, apalagi seorang pemuda tidak memiliki rasa nasionalismenya, itu dapat diartikan bahwa orang tersebut tidak menghargai keadaan dirinya. Untuk itulah, seharusnya rasa nasionalisme mulai ditanamkan dalam diri setiap jiwa muda Indonesia. Tanamkan spirit: Proud To Be Indonesian. Proud To Be Indonesian!

Changes

2009-08-07T22:30:00.002+07:00

A friend of mine once told me: "No one changes! In fact they don't like what's bad in you!" It happened about 4-5 months ago where I had my worse period of my life (see my facebook notes: This Is The Worse). I thought that everyone has changed.

First after a friend of mine told me that, I thought that she was right. But now, I thought that she was wrong.

Changes is a natural things that occurred in every living organism, especially human. But now, I'll talk not about physical changes, but more in character. I think it's bullshit when someone state, "No one changes!" like my friend does, because, changes is necessary. One changes in someone's character has ability to changes others!

"Strange, isn't it? Each man's life touches so many other lives. When he isn't around he leaves an awful hole, doesn't he?"
- It's a Wonderful Life -

For closing, changes of live makes an ordinary people having an extraordinary life.

Things I Want For Birthday

2009-08-05T22:00:00.000+07:00

Well, birthday is coming, and birthday means present, older, and should be, more mature. But like every normal kids or teenagers in the world, there are things I (desperately) wants for my birthday. Wanna know? Like it or not, i'll tell.

Sorted by passion of having: least - most

5. Girlfriend (!)
Well-well, sometimes I miss the way of having crush and wondered what it would be having a girlfriend. Poor me eh? But, this is thing I want. Anyone interested?

4. Tripod
Tripod, oh yes, tripod fgs. My old one is old and bad, and I need the balanced one.

3. Car, All New Jazz?
Yeah, this is the most expensive things I want. At least it's 200 million rupiah. Anyone kind enough, buy me this will you? Haha.

2. Lens
Not just a lens. But a SLR lens. Recently I want a EFS-55-250mm IS for my Canon, and desperately want 17-85mm IS. Gosh, these are quite affordable. Maybe I'll have one.

1. Peacefulness
What I really need now or I really want, is not a matter. But more like a condition. What I really want is peacefulness in life, where I could enjoy every hours, minutes, seconds of my life, and found my self having a great and extraordinary life by the end of it.

That's all. Anyone? Give me one of those please?

School-holm Syndrome

2009-07-28T16:51:00.003+07:00

Ever heard of Stockholm Syndrome? No, it's not Muse' song but it is really a syndrome. Let's see some explanation:

Stockholm syndrome : a psychological response sometimes seen in abducted hostages, in which the hostage shows signs of loyalty to the hostage-taker, regardless of the danger or risk in which they have been placed.

Right now, I'm not talking about that Stockholm Syndrome. It's also a syndrome, but it occurred in my real life! This syndrome is seen in 12th Grade Science class in my school, but I believe that it happened in other school as well.

I name it: "School-holm Syndrome".

School-holm syndrome: a physiological response, usually seen in senior year student of the Indonesian high school (grade 12/ 3 SMA), in which someone show something they probably never did before.

Sign and Sypmptomps:
1. The student will act crazily, example, they immidiately formed a formation of table soon after the physics teacher tell them to do some (home)works.

2. Student studying either math or physic or chemistry or some other subject(s) even though there are no exam at all that day, during recess.

3. Student's stares are blank, understand less or nothing at all during lectures.

4. They're starting to see things that they learned in science or social in daily life, to things are not important. For example, when a student see a rat, he/she imagine the anatomy of the rats, the digestive system or even it's nerve system!

Complication:

May cause fever, cough, influenza and several other disease if reached the worse level. And sometimes, could lead to mental breakdown (okay, I'm kidding!).

Those are the symptoms shown based on today's (July 28th) observation during school. My classmates really did symptom number during the first recess, and it happened to me too! So, what do you think? Are those statements true? Or if you found more symptomps, please tell me, so I am able too add more. Thanks! Cheers!

Long Live SCHOOL, hoek!

Taman Nasional Komodo

2009-07-24T22:42:00.003+07:00

Remember my post about Komodo National Park, nominated as one of the world's 7natural wonder? If don't click here.

Right, the latest news I have is, Komodo National Park made it through the next phase or the 3rd phase among with other 27 nominees. Komodo National Park beat around 440 other nominees from 220 different country. Oh, by the way, this phase, is the final phase, and the next elimination will be held next year (2010).

Keep support Komodo National Park as one of the next world's 7natural wonder. If you have voted before, we should wait till next year (we're allowed to vote once a year), but if you haven't, what are you waiting for?

Click new7wonder.com, follow the step, and submitt. We're going to have it again!
Proud to be Indonesian!

Talking About What?

2009-07-22T16:05:00.004+07:00

Recently, I read a really good article about blogging. It says lots of things about blogging and lots of tips. One of it that really caught me was the point, about blog, that have to be specified and also unique.

I think over it recently, think about this blog, which was a little bit screwed up inside (meaning the content). Anyone realize that my blog blab too much about everything? Starting about photography, movie, national things and so on. I just felt that's inconvenient.

Then I think again, that everyone has their own style, whether on their writing style, or their content type. For example:

-marfology blab about almost everything from music to Marv's fashion.
-nickishak punya cerita talk about Nick Ishak's personal life
-radityadika telling story about Raditya Dika's life in personal and his life as a writer
both of nick and raditya use daily language as it's main language.
-miss.chelle who talk mostly about fashion
-and Dewi Lestari has her own style in writing, professional style and she talk mostly about life issue and others.

From now on, I proudly declared that this blog, gregoriusrnaldo.blogspot.com as a blog that talk about life, it could be about life school, personal life or anything that is included in life.

Other site, be kind to visit:
gregoriusmovie.blogspot.com (Movie)
gregoriusphoto.blogspot.com (Photo - haven't been made yet)
gregoriustravel.blogspot.com (Travell and Dining - no post yet)

I'll let everyone know if those site widely opened.
Cheers!

Looking Back the Holiday

2009-07-20T17:29:00.004+07:00

Well, the long 'wait' is about to end, tomorrow, every student of SMAK IPEKA will be back to their 'lovely dearest' schools.

Tomorrow, schools will start with another flag ceremony, and others. The good thing is, there are some possibilities of school won't start to teach immediately, well, like meet and greet with new teachers and so on.

Before stepping into the hell of school, let's see what usually happened back in every holiday.

1. Insomnia
It happened to almost, every student or people who have long holiday (minimum 3 weeks). This usually happened because they sleep late everyday, and they have nothing to do especially in the afternoon, so they take naps, which lead their eyes wide open at night. To prevent this, make sure you have things to do during day, and sleep less at daytime and sleep early during night.

2. Bored at Home
For those who is unable to manage their time , or even make a plan well, this certainly will happened. People (especially students) are used to do lots of homework, are having jet lag, because usually they have less to do during holiday. To prevent this, make sure you have lots of holiday plan with family or friends, and maximize your friend to do activity!

3. Checkmate Overseas
What does it mean? It similar with the 2nd point, but it happened in other country, meaning you experience it when you're traveling. Is that possible? Of course, especially if you end up 2-3 weeks in small country such as Singapore.

4. Food Viesta!
You eat lots of food, when having breakfast, lunch, dinner, or even when you're doing things such as watching movie (with pop-corns), or reading novel (with chocolate or crackers). That simply able increase one's weight, drastically. To prevent this? I don't think there are any, but to prevent weight from increasing, simply by doing exercise, swimming, playing sports with your friends (it also help you solve problem no.2).

5. Wallet Exploded
This usually happened to a lower mid-class society who make friends with higher mid-class society. The higher mid-class (make it shorter: HMC) society usually spend more money than their friend, the lower mid-class society (LMC), and when they are hanging out, the HMC simply hangs the LMC's budget. For example a LMC hanging out with other LMC, they prefer cheaper lunch (rate: Rp.10k-20k), but a HMC, usually spend about Rp 30-40k (minimum!). So, the LMC's wallet, is potentially explode!

And that's all folks for holiday. And we're facing a brand new begining, another year, another class, another homeworks, another torturement, another hell. Oh man..

By the way, this is the day, when Manchester United used to attend, and having a friendly match with ISL Allstar. And now it's just a dream yet to be true. Thanks to the fucking terrorist. My perfect way to end this holiday simply vanished, along with Friday's Black Smoke.

Potret Buruk Keadaan Indonesia

2009-07-17T10:16:00.004+07:00

Bom! Lagi-lagi bom! Puaskah kalian melihat apa yang ditimbulkan? Melihat jeritan kesakitan, tangis, dan juga trauma para korban? Apa yang ada di benak sang pelaku?

Ya, ledakan bom terjadi kembali, pagi ini, pada pagi yang cerah ini! Terjadi di 2 tempat yaitu: hotel JW Marriot dan Ritz Carlton Jakarta. Kedua bom meledak di area restauran masing-masing hotel, dimana di tempat tersebutlah puncak keramaian tamu hotel terdapat pada pagi hari dimana mereka sedang menikmati makan pagi di pagi hari yang cerah ini.

Ledakan pertama terjadi di Ritz-Carlton dan berselang 5 menit, terjadi ledakan kedua di JW Marriot. Tercatat sampai saat ini terdapat sedikitnya 9 korban jiwa dan sekitar 38 korban luka-luka (tercatat sampai pukul 10.30 pagi).

Inilah potret buruk yang selalu menghantui Indonesia. Bom Bali (2 kali), Bom di JW Marriot 6 tahun silam, ternyata belum membuat puas para pihak pengebom. Sekali lagi, apa keuntungan yang mereka dapatkan?

Apakah keamanan patut dipersalahkan atas hal ini? Mungkin saja! Sebab, dari apa yang terlihat beberapa tahun ini, petugas keamanan yang mengecek setiap kendaraan yang masuk ke dalam bangunan hanyalah sebatas formalitas, seringkali mereka mengecek secara asal. Tapi tidak berarti mereka sepatutnya dipersalahkan.

Setidaknya ada beberapa dampak buruk yang secara sukses ditimbulkan dari hasil pengeboman ini:

1. Rupiah akan kembali anjlok, tercatat, paska ledakan pagi hari ini, rupiah telah melemah terhadap US$ sebanyak 75 poin!

2. Pengaruh negatif juga dirasakan oleh bursa efek. Tercatat IHSG langsung turun 1.24%!

Sedangkan kemungkinan yang sangat mungkin terjadi adalah:

1. Rupiah terus melemah yang berdampak amat sangat buruk.
2. Pihak negara lain menerapkan kembali travel warning yang berarti, penurunan kembali pendapatan negara dari sektor pariwisata.
3. Citra Indonesia menjadi semakin jelek di mata dunia

dan kemungkinan yang terburuk....

MANCHESTER UNITED BATAL BERTANDANG KE INDONESIA! So, bagi para pemegang tiket, siap-siap refund, ok?

Damn you bomber. Let's hope that this tragedy, make the government, security, and us, more aware in the future, so that this tragedy won't happen again, AMEN.

PS: info yang ada masih cenderung simpang siur, berhubung masih fresh from oven, jadi ikuti terus perkembangannya dan maaf kalau ada kesalahan dalam informasi.

Source: http://www.kompas.com/

Summer Phenomenon

2009-07-15T19:38:00.004+07:00

Every summer, there're movie phenomenon, because summer means: blockbuster movie time! No matter how bad a movie was, if it has strong fan base, queue line will always be full. Usually it happens in sequel movies.

Before this year's phenomenon, I found similar things back on 2002, when the first Spiderman released. The cinema or the theater filled with the fans, and that movie last in the cinema for a month (usually a movie last about one or two weeks, if they're lucky, three).

Now, this summer those thing, happened again! Transformer: Revenge of the Fallen successfully attract audience. In one cinema, T:RotF shown in three screens every day and there were no single vacant seat in each screens! And you know what? It last for about 10 days! Usually it last for 3 days or in the opening week.

If you think that's crazy enough, you and I haven't seen something crazier. The sixth installment of Harry Potter, definitely crazier than any movie! The cinema allow us to buy advance ticket, and I went to cinema, and ask if there're any seat available (in regular screen), and for the opening day, no seat available for groups. For the following day, maybe it is as full as the opening day already, and so do the next 3 days. For XXI's Premiere Screen, it almost fully booked till Sunday's last screening.

Crazy? I bet it is for it haven't released yet. Truly, one need a great attempt to watch this movie.
PS: Oh, if anyone wanna know if I have any ticket, yes I did, for 5 person in Premiere Screen.

Peace!

Quick Movie Update

2009-07-14T11:03:00.002+07:00

Yeah, just a quick movie update, well, one of the most anticipated movie of the year: Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince!

Currently it hold 96% Fresh Rating in Rotten Tomatoes, with 100% rating int top critics!
Check out Roger Ebert's quotation:

"I admired this Harry Potter. It opens and closes well, and has wondrous art design and cinematography as always, only more so."

But the average rating only 7.5/10 (Roger Ebert gave 3/4).
We'll see what it will be, this week. Catch it in the closest cinema!

There are possibilities it will be as crowd or even more crowd than Transformer: Revenge of the Fallen. So, those who want to watch it, better buy advance ticket (if available).

New Class

2009-07-13T20:48:00.003+07:00

New class now. Still number 2 though. Well, I just feel strange about it, I'm not pleased nor upset.
Well, still, I hope it's going to be fun.

To bad is, I'm not with Mar v again, well, if he's with me, he would do something crazy yet funny.

After all, I still in the same class with (some of people that can be considered as) my friends.
The list? Write their initial only.

STW, HY, DH, VJ, SL, LB, and some other futsal fellow.
Fun, I bet it is. Joyful? Hope so.

Football Fashion - England/Barclay Premiere League

2009-07-13T19:08:00.009+07:00

It's a new season, there're bunch of new players, and new shirts as well. New shirts means new income!

Well, football shirt or jersey some say, can be considered as fashion too because it changes as the season changes (usually).

Now, we're going to start in England, home of football. How's the field fashion there? Here's some snapshot of the latest (09/10 season) shirt from some club.

First, shirt of last season's champion. They make a great difference with V mark on the chest. Look like Rugby shirt eh?

Left-Right: Away - Home

Next, is United's hometown rival, Manchester City. With new sponsor, they seems not make any difference at all! Just A simple one, with bright blue color. Take a look at their white shirt. Look like River Plate's a lot!

Sorry for poor quality shot! I'm not the one who shot it!

Then, we'll move to London, to see what Arsenal, Chelsea and West Ham and also Tottenham Hotspurs new shirt look like.

See? How strange is it? But..Well,prefer the previous one a lot!

Here's Arsenal's new 3rd kit. They might use the old 08/09 shirt as their home kit. Frankly, I really love Arsenal's 08/09 home kit. Unfortunately, I'm not an Arsenal Fans.

As simple as usual, Arsenal's 3rd kit.

Chelsea. As blue as always, but with a brand new style of shirt, produced by Adidas. Prefer 07/08's home shirt though. Take a look at it.

Then, about other Londoners. West Ham United shirt's so 90s! Remind me a lot of United's shirt back in 1990. And Spurs did not make lot of difference on their shirt, but, the yellow strip over the white home kit simply needless, but it matched with the 3rd kit. There's some change in their sponsor, WHU changed their shirt sponsor while Spurs add some more writing on their sponsor logo.

WHU - There're diamond shape on the shirt. Quite oldies

Left-Right: away - home - 3rd

Away we visit home of the Beatles, Merseyside, Liverpool. Curious about 5 times Champions League new outfit? Well, it seems that they won't change their home kit, instead they introduce an classy black away kit.

Classy?

How about their hometown fierce rival? They introduce something better than they have before. A brand new home shirt, which is a nice one, though the white-V-shape on the neck quite not good.

Better Than Before?

Last but not least, last season's 5th place, Aston Villa. As simple as usual. Remember, it's Nike's. But still, it's better than last season's. And, they replace the sponsor with the new one.

Simple as usual, Nike.

Alright, finally, I really want to pick out the best jersey from England, and it purely my opinion, feel free to criticize. It is not the big four it's.......(play some music here..xD)

DERBY COUNTY's!

Surprised? Well, they're from the Championship Division though.
Still, I love their shirt!

Peace, Cheers, and Smile!

Glory-glory Man.United!

Movie's Released date in Indonesia

2009-07-12T20:59:00.005+07:00

Expecting? Not baby okay? Well, how about latest installment of Harry Potter? Up? Or Bale and Depp's latest movie, Public Enemies? I tell you, it is going to be released this month in Indonesia.

Here's the release date:

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Directed by: David Yates
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Helena Bonham-Carter, Alan Rickman
Indonesian Release Date: July 16

Public Enemies
Directed by: Michael Mann
Starring: Johnny Depp, Christian Bale, Marion Cotillard
Indonesian Release Date: July 22

Up
Directed by: Pete Docter, Bob Peterson
Starring Voices Of: Edward Asner, Christopper Plumer
Indonesian Release Date: July 29

Oh, I finally saw Merah Putih's trailer for the first time. Thanks to Debby who told me.
Here is the link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86TL8wDsV6g&feature=related

Sorry can't upload the video from youtube, I don't know why.

And it's slated for 13th of August or 17th of August. Based on the trailer, it's really promising! Both the effect and the cinematography. It's too early to judge, but it's okay to give 'Merah Putih' high expectation. "MERDEKA!"

Those release date still tentative, distributors are the one who set the date.

Source: www.blitzmegaplex.com

Wage Crisis in Indonesian Football

2009-07-11T17:31:00.003+07:00

Look at the Barclay Premier League in England, considered as the richest of all league. Look at Liga BBVA at Spain, three best player of the world including £80million Cristiano Ronaldo. And look at V-League club, Xi Măng Hải Phòng FC who is able to sign Denilson, former most expensive football player. What about ISL? Indonesian League?

Quite pathetic as I said. Most of Indonesian league club has financial and structural problem. For example in structural, most of the club in Indonesia have to travel by bus instead of using plane. It cost them stamina and performance in field.

Then, what recently happened in Indonesian Football is the player's wage status.

What's wrong with it? It seems that the clubs have problem paying player's wage to them. It's not sure whether it's the effect of global economic crisis or simply mis-management from the management. By the way, this crisis is everywhere, meaning, not only minor club suffer from this problem but also the big one. Persija Jakarta, one of the richest football club who has high quality prize also suffered from wage problem.Player's haven't got their 3months wage (as far as I know) untill now. The result of that, players played just because they have schedulle to play, they played for passion no more by the end of competition.

That's just one example. Most of the player who haven't got their wage have to stay in their club camp which usually in poor condition. Most of Indonesian player live in poverty nowadays because the club haven't paid them. Some even doesn't have money to buy their daily needs and they require help from other fellow players.

Why this problem even exist? As I said before, Global Economic Crisis might take parts of it. Another guess, corruption? Who knows. But, lack of managerial could be the main problem. This problem should be solved.

We can see minor foreign club still able to pay their player even in this dark economic time. What the club should do nowadays, probably they have to go public. Let public companies run them, because they might have more fund to spend for clubs. Unlike this time, when local government run the club. So, when fund from local government stucked, they merely have solution to resolve it.

Well, hope Indonesian football able to solve this problem. We need to, in order to create a competitive competition.

Plus, we have to: PROUD TO BE INDONESIAN.

Indonesia: (One of the) Home Of Piracy

2009-07-09T21:58:00.002+07:00

Indonesia! My lovely yet prettyfull country, but filled with plagiarism, pirated things, and corruption. In this post, let's talk about pirated things, that sometimes irritated me.

Well-well, Indonesia, for some international tourist, is heaven for they're able to buy pirated DVD with small price (compare it: 5k to minimum 79k). Or they're able to buy some fake bag (fake LV and so on).

One of the most famous pirated or fake things in Indonesia, beside of those pirated CD/DVD is fake Jersey. What is jersey? In this case, jersey is a shirt that's used for playing sport for example football, basketball and so on.

And, today, I found something funny. In Mangga Dua, one of Jakarta's Shopping 'Heaven', I saw something that tickled me. I saw a fake, and cheap Manchester United's jersey. Feeling usual? I tell you, it's the unreleased United's 09/10's home shirt! Godemit! Crazy isn't it? The official jersey is yet to be released! It's will be released on 16th of July. Oh, if one desperately want to have this new jersey, he/she can pre-order it from Red Shop.

Yet to be released, United's 09/10 Home Shirt

I said: Wow! Indonesia surely fast enough! They even have post any back in Manchester, yet.

Another thing. This one talking about pirated DVD. Anyone know about a movie titled 2012? If don't please visit imdb.com for more info. Anyway, several days ago, I went to Glodok, this place is another 'heaven' for those who seek movies and softwares or games in cheap price, and I saw in one of the pirated DVD store, there's a movie titled 2012! I wonder what it would be. For your info, 2012 will be released on the 4th of November. Cool is it not? The question is, which 2102 movie is it?

The Real 2012 movie

So, to kick piracy out of Indonesia (I know this is hard, but we should try), please buy the official Jersey, or buy fake but real jersey (maybe you can find it in Kaskus). If you can't afford the official DVD/CD, simply rent it or borrow the real one from friends of yours!

Indonesia? Cheers! Peace! Smile!

National Election

2009-07-09T18:36:00.009+07:00

Well, this post should be posted yesterday, but, because of a thing or two, I could not do it. But, here I am, doing this late post. Right, everybody know the result? Currently Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in the pole position based on the quick count.

Pictures that is pointed is the current Election's No.1
And yeah, that's SBY!

Anyway, wanna know how the election run yesterday? Here's some pictures based on my TPS.

Voters List Name on the board

Vote Paper

The way the voters marked

Youngster, looks enthusiastic isn't he?

Local Staff

Well, so far, the election is good, without any riot, yet, hopefully there won't be any! So, everyone, almost everyone had used their right well, although some did not. But whoever win this election, let's hope they're the one who'll lead this country to the edge of prosperity not to the edge of 'annihilation'. God Bless Indonesia!

Sorry, this time full of pictures.

Tomorrow: National Election

2009-07-07T22:38:00.002+07:00

Alright, it's been 3 months since the legislative election, and tomorrow will be presidential election. This is going to be a short post about the upcoming national election.

For those who are able to vote, please use it well. Your vote will determine the path of this country. For those who are illegible, like me, please support the election. Well, I'll take some pictures from tomorrow's election and I'll post something about tomorrow's election.

Wish all the President Nominee good luck and the best for them. Hope for a fair and save election for tomorrow.

Love, Luck, and Like!

Film Merah Putih: Kebangkitan Film Nasional?

2009-07-07T19:28:00.008+07:00

Selama ini, film-film produksi Indonesia tidak jauh dari kisah percintaan kawula muda (AADC, dll dsb, dst), horor (lengkap dengan pocong+kuntilanaknya yang tiada berakhir), serta komedi seks. Hal ini cukup disayangkan, padahal Indonesia punya berbagai hal yang dapat difilmkan, terlepas dari tiga genre yang disebutkan di atas. Memang ada film yang bercerita tentang pendidikan dan budaya contohnya Denias dan Laskar Pelangi, namun film bertema nasionalisme sudah tidak pernah terdengar gaungnya.

Coba tengok industri film Hollywood yang mencakup berbagai jenis film, mereka tidak lupa menyertakan sejarah ke dalam film mereka! Mau contoh? Film yang bercerita atau berlatar sejarah dan perjuangan Amerika di masa lampau tidak terhitung! Nama-nama terkenal antara lain adalah Thin Red Line, Saving Private Ryan, Deer Hunter, bahkan yang baru-baru ini The Hurt Locker yang menceritakan tentang perang Irak.

Memang, sekitar dua dekade yang lalu film-film yang bertemakan perjuangan masih marak, namun, dewasa ini, kemanakah film bertema Nasional? Apakah rasa nasionalisme itu sudah hilang ditelan perkembangan jaman?

Mungkin hal nasionalisme itulah yang coba diangkat oleh salah satu penata gambar terbaik Indonesia, Yadi Sugandi serta produser Hasyim Djojohadikusumo lewat trilogi film kemerdekaan. Film pertama dari trilogi ini berjudul Merah Putih dan rencananya akan dirilis tepat pada tanggal 17 Agustus 2009.

Berikut adalah ditel dari film Merah Putih.

Maaf,Posternya Kecil, dari Imdb.com tidak bisa ambil yang besar sih

Judul: Merah Putih
Rilis: 17 Agustus 2009
Budget: 6 Juta US$ (Rp 60 Milliar)
Produser: Hasyim Djojohadikusumo
Sutradara: Yadi Sugandi (Penata Gambar Laskar Pelangi, Under The Tree, Tiga Hari Untuk Selamanya, dan The Photograph)
Asisten Sutradara: Mark Knight (December Boys, Beautiful)
Pemeran: Darius Sinarthya (Love,dll), Teuku Rifnu Wikana, Lukman Sardi (Laskar Pelangi, 9Naga, Gie), Doni Alamsyah, Zumi Zola, Atiqah Hasiholan, Saraswati.
Skenario: Connor dan Rob Allyn
Koordinator efek khusus: Adam Howarth (Saving Private Ryan, Blackhawk Down)
Koordinator pemeran pengganti (stunt): Rocky McDonald (Mission Impossible II, The Quiet American)
Make-up dan visual effects: Rob Trenton (The Dark Knight)
Konsultan ahli persenjataan: John Bowring (Crocodile Dundee II, The Matrix, The Thin Red Line, Australia, X-Men Origins:Wolverine)

Para pemeran film "Merah Putih"

Menurut kabar yang beredar, pembuatan film ini memakan waktu selama 3 bulan dan berlokasi di Jawa Tengah. Bahkan ada sumber yang mengatakan bahwa aktor yang bermain dalam film ini mendapat bimbingan langsung dari pihak militer!

1-1nya adegan yang didapat dari browsing.
Poster dan Trailer menyusul

Melihat jajaran staff dan aktor aktris yang bermain dalam film ini, seharusnya hasil yang baik didapatkan. Sudah seharusnya para ahli visual effect itu menampilkan hasil terbaik dan tidak menampilkan efek ala sinetron dan FTV yang memalukan itu baik dari ledakan, setting, maupun make up diharapkan tidak mengecewakan. Sekarang kita hanya bisa berharap nama besar Hollywood itu bukan hanya sekadar nama, namun mampu mengembangkan industri film dalam negeri dari kemonotonan. Jangan sampai biaya 60 Miliar yang dikeluarkan tersebut tidak terbuang percuma dan saya berharap penuh bahwa film itu merupakan salah satu sinyal nasionalisme dalam dunia perfilman dalam negeri.

Majulah Indonesia!

Camping OMK Area 1 & 2

2009-07-05T20:18:00.004+07:00

Untuk kesekian kalinya, dalam bahasa Indonesia.

Well, ini bukan pertama kalinya gw mengikuti acara mudika atau OMK (Orang Muda Katolik), tapi yang kali ini punya kesan tersendiri.

Why? karena acara ini, yang baru gw ikuti dalam 3 hari terakhir sangatlah mengasyikan dan macam-macam!

What? Acaranya apa? Acaranya adalah "Summer Camp" yang diadakan di Batu Tapak Camping Ground di Cidahu, Sukabumi. Benar-benar dekat dengan alam!

What's inside? Ngapain saja? Melakukan banyak hal! Antara lain hiking, basah-basahan,misa alam, dll, dsb, dst.

The Story?

Here's the story.
Day One - Yang pertama, kita berangkat sekitar pukul 5.00 pagi dari halaman gereja St.Matias Rasul Kosambi (kepagian?), dan hebatnya kita tidak naik bus, melainkan truk TNI (hell yeah, Truk TNI!). Mau tahu rasanya naik truk TNI? Jangan sekali-kali duduk di bagian paling depan dari containernya! Dinginnya luar biasa! Beberapa jam kemudian sampai, dan sudah diajak mendaki gunung, ke tempat perkemahan, dan toiletnya? Kira-kira 100-300 meter dari tempat perkemahan, menurun dan jalan yang melewati berbagai cobaan (maaf, lebay). Acaranya sih, seru ya, ada game per kelompok dll dsb. Kenal dengan sebagian besar dari peserta lelaki dari acara ini, mereka gila juga! oh, malam-malam? Dinginnnya luar biasa.

Day Two - Bangun pagi-pagi buta, SKJ geblek dilaksanakan, dilanjutkan dengan sarapan. Lalu, hiking! Melihat air terjun di daerah ini, dan, ok, kita semua basah. Siangnya Rm.Didit, romo paroki kami datang, dan betapa terkejutnya aku, dia membawa ransel besar yang isinya kamera Canon EOS D50, lengkap dengan lensa 17-85mm dan 70-200mmnya (2-2nya sudah ada IS!). Harga barang bawaannya tersebut? Kira-kira Rp 35,000,000.00! Dan dia sudah lihai memotret dalam mode M (manual). Malamnya, berbagai acara, terutama game malam hari. Ini baru seru. Dilanjutkan dengan api unggun yang cukup menghangatkan.

EOS 50D, oh ya, lengkap dengan 2 lensa, monopod,blitz external, dan hand grips!

Gara-gara ini, jadi sering pegang-pegang dan coba-coba. Sampai-sampai seorang teman berkata, "Do, lw udah kayak ketemu emas!"

Oh, air terjunnya bagus loh! Benar-benar spot yang bagus, entah buat hiking, outbond, camping, maupun hunting foto. Pacaran juga boleh....di tengah hutan sih..

Day 3 - Nah, aktivitas dimulai pukul 12.00 pagi, intinya gw setengah bergadang, begitupula panitia acara. Alhasil? Banyak di antara mereka yang tepar. Gw juga tidur hanya sebentar. Acara hari ini biasa saja, hanya evaluasi, dan Misa alam, oh well, gw harus jadi lektor (pembaca kitab suci di depan umat) dadakan. Lanjut dengan foto-foto narsis bin girang. Dan, hampir sebagian besar peserta sudah cukup gw kenal. Pulang naik truk lagi.

By the way, di sini gw ketemu 1 ekor cewek, yang bisa dibilang masih bocah (masih SMP sih). Dan dia, ganas luar biasa! Sampai-sampai dalam hati berkata, "wow,dia mah tinggal dikasih tanduk dan ekor, jadi iblis deh!", hehe. Yang jelas, dari acara ini, gw jadi mengenal mudika wilayah sendiri yang tadi nya I-care-not banget. Nampaknya, mulai sekarang, kalau ada acara-acara mudika, ikutan ah.

Peace, Cheers, and Smile! xD
Foto bisa menyusul.

SK again, the "Hot Spot"

2009-07-01T19:24:00.007+07:00

Alright, back to SK. Well, now about the hot spot of South Korea. Well, the next will be in Indonesian.

Dari sekian tempat yang ada di bawah ini, sebagian besar telah kukunjungi, dan beberapa yang lain berasal dari sumber yang cukup, meyakinkan.

Ok, inilah list 5 hot spot yang OK di South Korea. Disusun secara descending.

5. Everland.

Everland adalah sebuah taman bermain, yang cukup besar dan cukup bagus. Secara overall, permainannya cukup bagus, dan beberapa atraksi yang harus didatangi adalah Zoo-Topia. Di Zoo-Topia tersebut terdapat Liger yang hanya ada beberapa jumlahnya di dunia, serta hewan-hewan buas nan lucu. Lalu ada atraksi 4D yang bagus untuk anak-anak, serta beberapa tempat foto-foto yang bagus seperti Rose Garden dan Insect Garden. Oh, yang harus dinaiki: JET COASTERnya! Itu mantap!

T-Express, Jet Coaster terbesar se-Asia, dan lintasannya terbuat dari kayu!

Salah satu beruang yang buas, lucu nan pintar.

Everland, rasanya seperti Disneyland wannabe

4. Deongseon, Daegu

Daegu itu naman provinsinya. Deongseon itu, istilahnya kalau di Jakarta itu sama dengan Pasar Barunya, bedanya Deongseon jauh lebih branded, bersih, rapi dan mahal. Barang-barangnya sih tidak 100% fresh new karena sumber dari barang-barangnya dari Seoul. Ok, isinya butik-butik, dari Adidas, Nike, Giordano, dll. Banyak orang muda yang datang ke sini, entah sepulang kerja atau sepulang sekolah dan itu membuat Deongseon sebagai tempat yang tepat untuk "cuci mata", bukan untuk belanja. So, it can be considered as the hot spot!

Situasi di Deongseon menjelang senja

3. Cheongsam-dong

Ini, bisa dibilang fashion dan art streetnya Korea Selatan, dan tempat ini terletak di Seoul. Isinya? Berbagai macam galeri dan butik dari merk-merk ternama dunia (Chanel, Louis Vutton, Gucci, dll, dsb, dst) dan berbagai macam restoran fusion. Konon harga barang-barang yang ada di sini sangat mahal, sekitar 3-4 X lipat harga pasaran biasa. Kenapa ini Hot-spot? Karena, di sinilah tempat dengan kemungkinan terbesar untuk bertemu artis Korea.

Tertarik datang?

2. Myeongdong.

Hampir sama dengan Deongseon, bedanya, ini terletak di Seoul dan gengsinya lebih besar. Isinya hampir sama terdapat berbagai toko bertaraf internasional seperti Adidas, Nike, Giordano, The Face Shop, dan sebagainya. Terdapat pula 4 Department Store besar yang salah satu diantaranya berisikan produk-produk kelas atas (ok, Gucci, LV, Prada, etc.). Oh, di bawah daerah ini, di penyeberangan bawah tanahnya terdapat berbagai macam toko. Bagi yang berminat dalam hal filateli (kolektor perangko) dan numismatist atau kolektor koin dapat mengunjungi toko di bawah ini. Di beberapa toko menjual souvenir koin atau perangko dari berbagai even yang dihelat di Korea, contohnya World Cup 2002. Selain itu, banyak "pemandangan" yang menyegarkan mata di sini dan membuat tempat ini menjadi tempat hot-spot yang amat sangat baik (bagi mata, tidak bagi dompet).

Hampir sama dengan Deongseon? Ya, pastinya lebih baik!

1. Nami Island.

Nami Island terkenal setelah menjadi lokasi syuting dari film drama korea, Winter Sonata. Perlu diakui tempat ini amat sangatlah bagus untuk berbagai hal , antara lain: pacaran, berolahraga, rekreasi keluarga, dan juga hunting foto. Nami Island juga merupakan tempat dimana UNICEF mengadakan berbagai kegiatan yang berhubungan dengan kegiatannya. Ini adalah hot spot terbaik dalam berbagai hal seperti fotografi karena banyaknya objek yang bagus di sini, maupun cewek-cewek yang cakep nan menyegarkan.

Foto paling umum dari Nami Island, di musim apapun tetap bagus!

Sudut lain dari Nami Island

Well, itulah tempat-tempat yang cukup menarik, yang imbang, baik untuk kaum wanita dan kaum lelaki. Sebagai catatan, untuk para wanita, barang-barang bermerk seperti Channel, dll, dsb, dst dapat didapati dengan harga yang lebih murah di Seoul dibandingkan dengan tempat-tempat lain di dunia, sedangkan untuk para pria, wanita muda Korea, sangat menyegarkan mata...xp

Cheers!

Break Time from SK

2009-07-01T11:26:00.003+07:00

Alright, it's been a time since I write things about South Korea. Well, I guess this time is the break time. 3 issue will be spoiled here, 2 comes from sport, my very first sport issue, and 1, is very unimportant.

Ah, for today, it's in Indonesian again. Cheers!

Oke, berita pertama dari olahraga ya. Well, akhirnya Manchester United merekrut pemain! Antonio Valencia dari Wigan Athletic. Yah, dia memang tidak sehebat CR7 yang sombong itu, tapi mudah-mudahan dia sukses dan membawa Setan Merah ke level yang lebih daripada saat CR7 yang sok itu ada d klub.

Sama, 1 hal lagi, Kobe Bryant bakalan ada di LA Lakers lagi, seenggaknya untuk 1 tahun kedepan. Relieved? Sangat. Mudah-mudahan Brown, Ariza, sama Odom statusnya bakal "diamankan". Amin.

Yang terakhir, yang super tidak penting. Hari ini, tadi pagi, gw mimpi, mimpi yang super duper aneh. Beginilah ceritanya.

Gw mimpi seolah-olah gw baru dalam perjalanan pulang ke arah Airport dari negara yang di mimpi gw sangat gw percayai adalah Korea Selatan (ok, Korea lagi!). Di tengah perjalanan, gw mulai mengeluarkan kamera DSLR kesayangan gw dari tasnya dan mulai memfoto jalan dari dalam bus yang gw tumpangi ke arah Airport. Saat itulah gw merasa ada yang aneh. Kameranya terasa lebih enteng, lebih kecil, dan lebih rumit dari yang sebelumnya. Setelah gw lihat-lihat, kok namanya bukan 400D, tapi kok 5D. Weleh. Selidik punya selidik, di mimpi itu, bokap gw dengan hebat menukar nambah kamera DSLR gw! Ajaibnya, gw menentang dengan keras penukaran-tambah tersebut, dan bersikeras ingin terus memakai 400D yang agak butut itu dengan alasan masih sangat cupu dalam hal foto-foto. Buat pengetahuan 400D itu model 2007 yang sekarang sudah entah berapa harganya sedangkan 5D Mark II model 2009 dengan harga sekitar Rp.27,000,000.00!

Dari EOS 400D ---> Jadi EOS 5D Mark II.
Untung bukan EOS 1Ds Mark III (Rp 90,000,000.00an!)

Kerennya, bokap gw mengiyakan untuk menukar kamera, menukarnya dengan kamera SLR jaman berhala, kira-kira dari tahun 70an ya, lengkap dengan blitznya yang besar. Berteriaklah aku dalam mimpi. Kelanjutannya, tidak perlu diceritakan, karena sudah tidak nyambung!

Jadi ini kurang lebih, lengkap dengan blitz lebaynya.

Kalau di dunia nyata, gw tidak akan menolak! Pasti kan kupakai, kujaga, kunina-bobo-kan, ku rawat, kumandikan (ngaco). Yah, intinya bakalan dipakai deh!

Oke,sekian yang penting dan tidak penting. South Korea, later,ok?

13 Fun Fact About South Korea

2009-06-29T21:15:00.008+07:00

First of all, I prefer to write these in Indonesian, to avoid something or anything inconvenience.
Pernah dengar film Stop-motion? Ada yang bagus loh. Judulnya Coraline. Directornya sama dengan director Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas. Bagi yang tertarik atau suka sama animasi, ini wajib nonton, dan reviewnya sudah ada di account Flixster-ku.

Oke, ini main topicnya.

13 Fakta unik yang kudapat mengenai Korea Selatan:

1. Restoran Korea cenderung murah hati. Mau bukti? Cobalah mampir ke salah satu restoran, minta tambah nasi? Gratis! Air Minum? Gratis! Udong?
bayar lhaa..

2. Setelah dilihat-lihat, mobil pabrikan Jepang sangat jarang! Hyundai, Kia dimana-mana.
3. Toilet-toiletnya? Luar biasa bersih!

Bersih?

4. Kalau datang ke restoran, sangat jarang ditemukan makanan yang berminyak dan bermicin.
5. Ok, di post sebelumnya, sudah disinggung bagaimana cintanya mereka pada bahasa budaya dan lain-lain yang berasal dari Korea. Hasilnya? Lihat poin nomor 2.

6. Sekitar 30% manusia yang ada di sana bernama depan (marga) Kim. Jadi kalau bertemu dengan orang Korea, mulailah dengan menanyakan apakah dia Mr./Ms.Kim. kalau bukan, cobalah dengan nama lain (Lee, dll, dsb,dst, sksd nih!).

7. Ginseng ada dimana-mana! Ada di krim, masker, pil, obat, makanan, minuman (bir ama susu), di hasil defekasi(!). Nanti sekalian ada ada dimana lagi ya?

8. Oke, ini sudah sangat umum. Kimchi ada dimana-mana dan merupakan menu wajib!

Macam-macam Kimchi

9. Punya bau khusus yang sangat "Korea". Baunya seperti bau-bauan amis khas Nori (rumput laut). Contohnya Green Tea Korea, rasanya yah...Sangat Korea!

10. Seperti yang dituangkan dalam postingan sebelumnya, sekitar 60-70% dari cewek Korea yang berusia di bawah 24 berwajah cantik/cakep!

Rata-rata tidak secakep ini sih, tapi buat pembanding boleh lha.

11. Seperti ada seseorang yang bilang: banyak cowok Korea terkesan sangat feminin! Mau bukti?

Pegang tas dan ala wanita

12. Konon, dengan adanya teknologi 3G, para pria Korea akan semakin sulit kelayapan pada malam hari, karena para Istri dapat memonitor mereka dengan mudah, baik dengan Video Call maupun mengetahui lokasi mereka dengan GPS!

Oke, di Korea tidak ada Vodafone! Cuma lambang buat 3G doang!

13. Ada kasus dimana seorang nenek usia 78 (kalau tidak salah) yang menggugat cerai suaminya setelah anaknya dewasa dan menikah. Alasannya? Dia tidak tahan dengan suaminya! (Korea
masih sangat kuno pemikirannya!)

More about South Korea is still waiting. Next I think it will be Food and Beverages. Cheers! xD

Holiday Review: South Korea

2009-06-28T20:34:00.008+07:00

This is the review of my holiday in SK, it reflect many important aspect, and ...well, just read it.

Ambiance: Peaceful and Quite Fabulous
Food: Not juicy, but tasty!
Transportation: Good
Airport: Currently on the top list (No.1 in the world)
Sanitary: At decent level
Love of their culture? So Much!
English Availability: Beyond Average
The Girls: Prettiful! (Okay, pretty, most of them are)
The Boys: Bweh!

The Review:

Well, South Korea provide peace for those who seek it, and it is available in it's country side; for those who love crowd, they'll love the ambiance of Seoul. The transportation there is considered advance (compared to other Asian), and the Airport, Incheon, currently, is the best in the world. About the sanitary, it's beyond expectation, it's not as dirty as I thought, I thought that it was similar to China, but it's lot lot better than China. Oh, Korean really proud of their country, culture, etc. and as a result, not much of them can speak English. About the girls, they're so refreshing! The girls is female who is under 24. The boys? Bweh.

7 Must in South Korea

1. Must Visit: Myong (Myung?) Dae Mon, Jeju Island, Nami Island

Le-Ri: Nami Island, Jeju Island
For Myong Dae Mon, image is unavailable, sorry!

2. Must See: Korean Girls, Everland's Liger, Jeju Island

Le-Ri: Girls, Liger, Jeju Island

3. Must Try: Jeong Seon Rail Bike

Don't try this on winter!

4. Must Buy: Korean Ginseng

Look like a man is it?

5. Must Eat: Korean Udong, Duck BBQ

Le-Ri: Udong; Duck BBQ

7. Must Drink: Korean Ginseng's Milk, Korean Ginseng's Wine, Apple Wine

Sorry, Image is unavailable

8. Must Wear: Traditional Clothing

Note: Korean loves their culture, language, etc, so much, and we, as Indonesian have to love Indonesia as well, almost in every part of it, so for next post, I will use Indonesian a lot. Thanks. English version is also available.

Cheers! Kansamnida !

Back Home

2009-06-27T19:52:00.011+07:00

Wew, finally, I made it home.

About one week in South Korea simply cut lots of information to my world (such as music, internet, movies, etc.), but at least I did know that Michael Jackson passed away 2 days ago, and also, Farrah Fawcett yesterday.

For Michael Jackson, I'm not his fans, but I love one of his song "Heal The World". That song clearly has ability to heal the world, but unfortunately it's not enough to heal himself, and make the world a better place.

May they rest in peace.

Well, I have lots to tell. Lots to share, but how? And to who? This question is all over my head for several days.

From now on (for a week I guess), I'll post something about South Korea.

Kansamnida, Daehan-Mingu!

Here's some pictures from my holiday (I'm not in these photo though xp).

Mount Sorak
Korea's Traditional Market Situation
Kids are eating Ice Cream in Everland
Dong Dae Mon - One of Korea's Hotspot
Morning Seoul!

More post about Korea will be posted A.S.A.P.
Cheers! xD

Korea..<3

2009-06-20T15:40:00.003+07:00

Well, a quick post.
Almost everybody know where I'm going to.
yeah! I'm going to Korea, well, in a 'few' hour, well, not few actually, because I'll arrive there tomorrow morning, darn it!

Map of Korea, I'll be there for a week!

Anyway, thank God I have passed this year, I mean it, Thank YOU GOD!

Well, guys, smell ya later!
You need anything? Just text me (for those who know my number)!

Fresh News about Jiffest 2009!

2009-06-19T15:49:00.003+07:00

Do you know Jiffest? Well, for those who have no idea what Jiffest is, I'll tell you. Jiffest stands for Jakarta International Film Festival, which was held once a year, usually took place by the end of the year (December). Jiffest also hailed as one of the most exciting (in Asia) and the biggest film festival in South East Asia!

Jiffest's Logo

Well, this year's Jiffest will be held on December 4th to 12th. And there is a fresh news from Jiffest, stated that they have selected their opening movie, "Sang Pemimpi" ("The Dreamer"). "Sang Pemimpi" is the sequel of Laskar Pelangi (The Rainbow Troops), Indonesia biggest box-office of all time. And this is the first time when Jiffest select an Indonesian Movie as the opening (2008's opening is Burn After Reading).

The book cover of "Sang Pemimpi"

Jiffest, still long way to go though, but I really miss the ambiance! This year, I must watch as much as I can!

And I hope there will be more movie available than last year's.

For more info please visit Jiffest's Official Site.

Farewell Science 2 (again) and Kwo Tie!

2009-06-18T21:56:00.004+07:00

XI IPA 2's new friend by Ivan

Right, first of all, talking about the farewell of my class, XI-Science 2 which happened yesterday, it's crazy, feel that everything is facing it's end now. Happy, sad, curious, satisfied, disappoint, all those feeling are mixed into some unexplainable feeling in my head. Strange isn't it? I was once hate this class, because of one person, but now I think I'm going to miss this class.

Still, for me this class is perfect for me to grow, even though it wasn't as enjoyable as X-1, but I can't grow as good as when I was this class member.

Thank you everyone.
Oh, by the way, Marvin of Marfology also post something about this farewell. Feel free to see! (Hey Marv, I'm promoting your blog!)

All right, to next issue.
I just experience one of Chinese's traditional food, called Kuo Tie. Kuo Tie is something more like dumpling, but it's kinda roasted instead of boiled till tender. It has some kind of things that is made by mixing things like soya sauce, garlic, vegetables oil. Mix it well.

Kuo Tie itself consist of meat, pork or chicken,some vegetables.

I taste Kuo Tie near Glodok, central of Jakarta, and it's taste good! The price, actually is not cheap I think, but affordable. It cost about Rp.2,000.00 ($0.25) each.

Kuo Tie

It's so yummy! Damn, I really want to have more. I ate about 13 piece today and still, it hadn't satisfied me!

Well, I'm outta here. Korea, here I come!

(Not So) American Breakfast

2009-06-16T20:22:00.005+07:00

Well-well, if you come and stay in some international hotel, or let's say, star rated hotels, usually there are two kinds of breakfast (three in Indonesia): Continental or American Breakfast.

Usually continental breakfast consist of bread, bread, and bread. Of course those breads are accompanied by jam, butter, honey, and tea. That's quite sucks for some, although I enjoy it.

Now, how about American Breakfast? This one, is yummy. Usually, it filled with eggs, scrambled eggs, sometimes omelet, then bacon, sausages, hash brown, mixed vegetables, and pancakes or waffles, also toasts.

Well, we don't need to be American, or stay in some international hotels to taste those delicious breakfast. We can make it ourselves! The ingredients are scattered all around the market!
So, gather all ingredient, cook all combination you want (bacon, hash brown, eggs, etc.) and bon voila! It is good looking, smells good, and delicious (plus it's quite deadly!).

Here's my (not so) American Breakfast:

Yummy is it not?

It is not as expensive as you thought! And here's the price list for my (not so) American Breakfast:

1. Smoked Beef - Rp.22,000.00 per pack, so each slice will be around Rp.6k.
2. Hash Brown Potato - Around Rp.5,000.00 each.
3. Egg, what? Around Rp.500-Rp.1,000 each!
4. Mixed Vegetables - Rp. 13,000 per 500 gr.

Quite cheap isn't it?
If you want, you can add sausages, pancakes, toast, or waffles, maybe change the eggs, or have tea or coffee for the beverages, it's all up to you!

Well, try these at home!

PS: American Breakfast contain lots of calories which isn't good for your health if you eat it often.

First Dining Review

2009-06-14T21:27:00.008+07:00

Well, this is my first review about lunch and dining. The first restaurant (or cafe) that is lucky enough to be reviewed is, Segarra, located in Ancol Bay City.

Here's the detail:

Name: Segarra
Location: Ancol Bay City, Jalan Pantai Carnaval
Type of Food: Various (European, Asian,etc.)
Range of Price: Medium

Rating:

Ambiance: 8/10
Food: 5.5/10
Serve: 6/10

Well, Segarra, it can be considered as cafe instead of a restaurant. As I said in my details, the it has various menu, so, it can give people different kind of menu as they wish. The ambiance is very nice, located exactly seaside, making it perfect to see sunset and having a dinner soon after.

It has one main building, it has two levels, the first floor, to be honest is not cozy enough, and neither the second floor, but, for some people, the second floor might be cozy enough.

Main Building

Second Floor

This restaurant also has outdoor location which is romantic and nice. It also has an area that might be able to use for having garden party or something similar. The outdoor location which is seaside is perfect for sunset viewing.

Outdoor - Remind Me of Candidasa Resort @ Bali

That's for the location, now about the food and the service. First the service. Probably, because it's just opened, the waiter is not fast enough in serving the guest, but when the guest has served, the food and beverages served in blink. Now, the food. The food, for me aren't good enough, and from what I saw, the menus (probably) are not suit for Indonesian tongue, but suit well for the foreigner.

Well, I think that's all for Segarra, if you have native Indonesian tongue, this restaurant might disappoint you, and there might be a second for you to wish to move to another restaurant, McDonald's perhaps?

Overall Rating: 6.5/10
Category: Decent Restaurant/Cafe

Farewell Science 2 and Freedom!

2009-06-11T22:18:00.004+07:00

Song of freedom is on my lips, today, today yeah!
Today IS the last day of my final exams, and it started with hell, and finished with i-care-not subject such as Indonesian and Chinese Language! Well, I guess it is the end of everything.

From today, I think, my class, XI-Science 2 is officially ended, well it end de facto.
It's sad to face that truth, for I remember that I used to hate this class. But as time goes by, I enjoy, yet love it. For XI-Science 2, thanks for everything.

Now, speaking of freedom, it means HOLIDAY!
Let's see my summer plan:

June 12: Star Trek + Audrey's Celebration
June 13: Beti's 17th Party
June 15: Play futsal with Science 2
June 17: Having barbecue party with class, Science 2 ended de jure this day.
June 20: Report! 한국, 내가 간다!
June 28: I'm going home~ To Jakarta, enjoy Jakarta!

Yeah-yeah..I think that's all. Again Science 2. We're all crazy yet amazing. Thank You.

Vote for Komodo National Park!

2009-06-06T22:30:00.006+07:00

Previously, Indonesia has one of their national site as one of the world's seven wonders. But unfortunately it has been removed from the 7 wonders. I can't understand, why Borobudur, one of the biggest temple in Indonesia was removed! It is one of the world's wonder site!

Anyway
now Indonesia has a chance to put one of it's site once more in the 7wonder list, but in 7Wonder of Nature.

Here's the nominee:

1. Komodo National Park, NTT

2.Coral Triangle -Indonesia has the most part of it

Well, please vote before 7 of July 2009!
Now they're looking for top 77 on their list, and so far, Komodo National Park IS NOT in top 77!

So please vote for it!

Next year, they're eliminating most of it, and leaving the number of nominee to 21. And finally on 2011, they're going to announce the New7Wonder of Nature.

So, what are you waiting for?
Click New7Wonder.com to vote!

The pride of Indonesia's Nature and future of of Indonesia's tourism depend on your vote.

PS: if you have more than 2 e-mail, be kind to vote with all of your e-mail. I have voted twice and I think I'm going to vote it again, using my Yahoo! mail.

TGIF and Break Time!

2009-06-05T19:47:00.001+07:00

Finally, after the boxing day, which happened in last 3 days, finally I can take a break!
Break from
-Studying
-Going To School
-Wake up early
and so on..

But, to be frank, last 2 days was very painful. Having those "wonderful combo" of exam, which make me start to having a cold.

And here's the review of last 3 days' exam:
Day 1: Christian+Computer: Well, so-so...
Day 2: Math= Please, somebody, hang the one who made the question!
History= Well...
Day 3: Physic= Worship the one who made the question!
Civic Study= You're forgiven, Ms!

That's all about it. I'm able to survive it! Thanks to my Friday Plan!
My Friday Plan: Watching Drag Me TO Hell, do private stuff, and take a good night sleep.

Talking about Drag Me to Hell, seriously, this movie was ..................simple made me speechless.

Drag Me To Hell's Movie Poster

Seriously! If someone loves horror, this movie is highly recommended! Oh, by the way, the review is available on my flixster account. It's a little bit shame for me, for I scream when I watched it (and there were girls who sat beside me! And as far as I remember, they didn't scream! Gosh, it successfully damaged my credibility as a young man. xp)

Well2...That's all for today..Wish me luck for the rest of the exam.

Week(s) of hell!

2009-06-02T20:11:00.000+07:00

Yeah, this following weeks are hell for every SKIPI's student!

Guess what? Other schools are finished or finishing their final exam, and when this post is made, we barely even started!

Gosh! The first week, there're 2 killer subject.
1.Math
2.Physic

If they're alone, I believe that I still can handle it, but they're not alone.
Here's the schedule:

Day 1: Christian Subject + Technology and Information = Light appetizer.
Day 2: Math + History, an "I-care-not-subject" = Direct Hit
Day 3: Physic + Civic Study: An early genocide.

Gosh, please, support us to survive these tortures!

Well, there's lot of things that I wanna do after those 3 days of slaughter.
By the end of the week, I really love to do:

1. Watch Drag Me To Hell, with friends (hey Marv!).
2. Doing some photo shoot with Marv.
3. Make a family-wannabe photo as a souvenir for Audrey.

Hell yeah, bring it on!

Free View at XXI

2009-05-29T21:07:00.001+07:00

Free viewing at the cinema?
It is definitely not buy one get one promo from either BCA, or other banks.

It is about watching movie with No Cost at all.

One of my teacher, my Biology teacher (Mr.Boni) told me once that he had try to watch free, in cinema. How did he do it?

1. Come to cinema.
2. Choose which movie do you want to see.
3. Look at the time table, then set the time.
4. Leave the cinema, or if you want to, you can sit and wait there.
5. About 15-20 minutes after the movie started, look at the entreance, make sure that no one's there.
6. Enter the cinema.
7. Pick an empty space, enjoy the movie.

To be frank, I don't think that this advice is good enough, because you'll miss quite a time of the movie. And you can only do this to watch 2nd class movie, or let's say, non-blockbuster movie.

For me, I have coincidentally experience some better way to watch movie with no cost. It happened on 29th of May 2009, I planned to watch Terminator 4 with one of my friends, after school. I was a little bit late, and he's inside the cinema already when I arrived. He text me his seat already, and I rushed to the cinema, and I arrived in front of Studio 1,XXI,Puri Indah Mall. Then I told the ticket checker (anyone know what it should be called?) that my friend was inside already, told her that he showed 2 tickets, and I told her the seat of him. Then she allowed me to get inside the cinema, and of course I enjoy the movie.

Later, I asked my friend if he had my ticket, and he didn't say no. And when I was about to pay him for my ticket, he was a little bit confused, wondering why I gave him that money. Then in our way home, he told me that he didn't buy any ticket for me! So, it mean that, I watch that movie for free!

So, from my experience, we can conclude a better way to watch a movie for free! Here is the step of it:
1. Come to cinema.
2. Choose which movie do you want to see.
3. Look at the time table, then set the time.
4. When the movie started for about a minute to five, rush to the entreance of the cinema (studio), told the ticket checker(s) that your friend or friends is inside, then told them a seat number, pick it randomly.
5. They will let you in!
6. Pretend that you're looking for your seat, and in this moment, all you have to do is find an unoccupied seat.
7. Enjoy the movie!

How's that? Sounds good is it not? Well, probably you might be able to apply on those tips only in the weekend or on public holiday, when the cinema is full. And the failure possibility? Not sure about it.
But, try it if you want to! I take no responsibilities at all if one of you who apply those tips and get caught on the process of doing it.

Reminder: this tips can only be used on XXI or 21

Peace! x)

Nafsu dan menggendut..

2009-05-12T19:41:00.000+07:00

Bweh,gimana-gimana?

Well, sekolah gak mungkin libur ama sangat tidak mungkin pulang cepet,bener2 bkin stress..!
Untung, minggu ini gak banyak tugas n ulangan (sedikit,sangat sedikit), jadi bisa ongkang2 kaki deh..hehe..

Tp,blakangan, serem juga rasanya, blakangan gw ngerasa perut gw (yg uda lumayan gede) makin tambun! OH NO! Gawat2..knapa ya? Diet gw ud gx mempan? ato napsu (birahi! ya gak lah,makan!) gw bertambah?

Dampaknya fatal! Kekna kapasitas perut gw bertambah nih..huuh..
Hari ini contohnya, gw merasa lapeeeer mulu,gx kenyang2..
Ini Kronologisnya:

6.00: Sarapan, nasi+dumpling (3)+ Siomay (2)+Sop Bayem = Lumayan..
9.45: Istirahat 1, Nasi+Nugget (5)= Lumayan--->2 jam kmudian rasanya laper lagi tapi..
12.45:Istirahat 2, Crepes Choco Peanut = ngeganjel doang..
15.25: Pulang skolah: Kue (1 rol kecil)+Bihun (3sendok)+brownis= gak ngefek apa2
akhirnya...
19.30: Nasi (lumayan banyak)+Bistik ayam+sop daging+telor dadar=kenyang banget!

Gila,uda lmayan malem lg,tambah tambun nih..
Harus OR,tapi males..weleh2..berenang ah..

Surprise Temen, Jumat dan Lain-lain

2009-05-09T20:57:00.001+07:00

Selamat hari raya Waisak bagi semua yang merayakannya.
Semoga semua makhluk berbahagia, amin..

Ok,
pertama, hari kamis kmaren, ada beberapa rencana surprise buat temen.
Yang pertama, gw bnr2 gx ikutan dan emang batal gara2 banyak cacatny, bayangin aja, masa ampe berencana nyulik tu orang?

Yang ke2? Lumayan sukses..dengan kue yang rada meleleh, keringet, tapi kita sukses nangkep "si korban" trus kta iket..hehe..

~Gambar saat "si korban" ama cewe-nya diiket~

Oke, gw blakangan suka bikin rencana, entah surprise ato apa gt..Kalo di Repiw, dari 2 rencana surprise-an orang gw sukses 2x...ada yang berminat gw bkinin rencana? *promosi* x)
Kita lihat siapa korban berikutnya..Muahahahaha..

Well, 1 lagi, hari Jumat kemaren, kpala gw kna hajar wktu maen futsal. Damn! Sakitnya mpe skarang masih berasa. Dampaknya keren jg loh, gw jadi dermawan gitu. Buktinya gw bisa ngejajanin temen gw akua botol (biasanya jajanin permen aja ogah,emang dasarnya pelit) dengan senang, trus nraktirin supir makan 5000...Jadi, kalo mw gw traktirin, gampang pukul aja kepala gw, sering-sering juga boleh, niscaya gw bakal cepet tewas...hehe...

Urusan skolah, kenapa gx libur2 ya?

Lagi Rajin dan HD baru...

2009-05-06T20:36:00.000+07:00

Rajin? Yup, lagi sedikit,rajin bkin entri..bukan blajar..hahahaha..mokata masih lom ada yang liad.

Well, 1 things that made me happy..
gw dapet HD baru! yway,yeay! wooohoooo...

My internal HD is running out and made my lovely PC slow.

320 Gb, though I expect to get 500Gb. But it's better than nothing..

What I am gonna do with this HD:

1.Sleep with it.
2. Eat with it.
3.ML (Make Laugh) with it.

Of Course NOT!
well,
1.Store my music
2.My Movies
3.My Pictures
4.My PORN (kidding, i have nothing like these in my pc xp)

Well, that's it! First, i think i need to part it first.

Stress (sedikit dan lagi2)...

2009-05-05T21:09:00.001+07:00

Gilaaaaa...bener2 gila skolah itu...
bner2 gx abis pikir, harusnya skolah (trutama) SMA adalah masa terbaik dalam hidup, tapi kenyataanya (sekarang) SMA itu adalah masa yang (mungkin) sama stressnya ama dunia j\kerja ato kuliah..

Gini nih, secara giliran gw lagi stress (baca: punya masalah pribadi), eh, skolah lagi tenang2nya..Giliran lgi hepi kayak skarang ini, skolah malah ngasih tugas ulangan dll yang bejibun...

Ya ampyun, fisik orang ada batesnya x..Ini uda d ambang batas kekna..blakangan uda gx enak body..Tinggal tunggu pnyakit keras datang and gw "liburan" di Sick House (RS)...x(

1 lagi yng bener2 bkin GONDOK, SKIPI, skolah gw, kaga ada lbur sama skali...
Demit! Yang resenya skolah lain macam Sang Barat, eh Sang Timur, ama IPTO malah bisa enak2nya libur!

Hyaaa,....gw butuh istirahat!
Why does school become this f*cking sit!?

btw, bentar lagi musimnya Box Office nih,Terminator+Angels and Demon, wait por meeeee!!!
x)

Postingan pertama..

2009-05-03T20:07:00.000+07:00

Berhubungan ini postingan pertama gw...
gw cma mw bilang, gw lg gx enak bodi!
matilah..

tiap kali abis seharian pegang kamera gw pasti tepar..
2 yang trakir dengan sukses bikin gw masuk angin..

OMG...!

Rasanya pengen bolos,tp remed mat!
kalo bole susulan ya takapa de..
kalo kaga boleh?

Minggu depan=minggu remed
gila...
untung gx berat2 amat..

yah skian..

Hello

2009-05-03T19:16:00.000+07:00

Well2..
kekna gw kena virus blogging jg nih (yeah, finally)..

Yah, ini sih awalnya bukan ikut2an orang ato apapun,
yang jelas, awalnya gara2 gw suka ngepost note d FB..

Gw mule mikir, apa skalian bkin blog aja y?
Sampai akhirnya gw bkin blog ini!

Mudah2an blog ini gx terbengkalai (kek flixster gw atopun FS x] )hehe...

Ok, it's a start of something new..

klo mw kritik, kritik aja...
kalo mw ktawa, ktawa aja..
klo mw bakar yg punya blog, JANGAN!

x)