Melia's World

Be respectful!

2011-10-24T00:21:00.006+07:00

Before reading this post, please be alert that I, as the writer, have no intention to harm anyone's belief, religion, and feeling. I am Catholic ( I believe, this is still "Christian") and open-minded Indonesian, so please excuse for any grammatical error for I just write this down without checking it. I just want to state what my mind thinks asap while i still find this topic interesting.

If you feel like you are a kind of fanatics, who are unable to accept what other people think, especially when it comes to your personal belief, I suggest you not to read this post. OR read it on your own risk. If you feel this writing interesting enough to discuss, please dont hesitate to write it down in the comment column. I will gladly know what people think on this matter.

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Okay, this was just another night, spending my time browsing my facebook newsfeed. Suddenly my eyes caught a glimpse of my friend newly tagged photos. It was the photos about certain church activity who just held an event (months ago? i forgot), claiming Jakarta for Jesus. That was quite big event. They posted the campaign everywhere, even my house got one of the brochure at that time. Not a big deal for me, and actually this did not disturb me, at all. It didnt disturb my school friends (opps, i forgot to mention that I was from Christian school). It didn't disturb other ~~(Christian)~~ people.

Okay, now let's move on to another illustration. Lets say, our Muslim brothers and sisters, did the same thing. They held Jakarta for Prophet Mohammed. They distributed fliers to every single house. Using any publication media to promote the event. And hired a mall to celebrate the event. Will you (my Christian friends) find it not disturbing?

With the event was held successfuly, without any sabotage effort from the other religious group, how can the Christian claiming this country as "not a safe place for practicing religious belief"? Yes, i dont want to put aside numerous act against minority (okay, church burning, church bombing, priest being stabbed, unallowed to build the church, etc, and so onn...). However, you cant deny the fact that holding that kind of event, with that name, is quite offensive for other religious belief. Even we can put this kind of event as provocative, offensive act towards the other belief (not only for Muslim, but also Hindu, Budha, etc). How can this bring peace toward society? Well, if you are truly a Christian, you wont say something like "retaliate", or "it is fair for being provocative while they did the same thing".

Another thing, while i opened the church priest's page, i found a biography . The priest says briefly "..Since my younger age, I have brought more than 100.000 souls to Christ". Many questions start building and waking up my sleepy brain cells. "Are you finding human souls as a trophy?", "For converting that many souls, are those souls is the proof that you are one of the best priest ever ?", "Are you using that statement for marketing purpose? (okay, dont be stupid. we all know that we pay the priest for the sermon, or else how can he get the money?)", and soo onnn...Uber important: please note that I dont want to judge the priest for what he did and what he wrote. I am not that high for judging people, especially judging a spiritual leader. Who am I to judge? My statement was: I just found that bio part doesnt suit my taste, my personality, my brain, my belief, etc. This personality and belief was clearly stated in my prev post. That I have no "positive" belief when it comes to human being.

So, what's the point of my writing here? Quite complicated and i found my eyes were to heavy to elaborate more. That's why I will write in points below, hope it will be enough for you:

1. Always put in other people shoes. That's how we can build tolerance towards other.

2. Never find your religious belief as the most righteous. I am not saying that you should deny your belief. However, please be objective. You think your religion is the most righteous, and so other religious believers think about their religion.

3. Read the history book, you'll find out that the best way to describe religion is like Seneca said. "Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful."

4. As minority, you may say that you are being pressured. However, as minority, we should aware of possibility for being a pressure for others.

5.Tolerance is not enough. We should build respect. The difference? tolerance is limited. I can tolerate you to build one mosque here, but I cant tolerate you to build two mosques here. See? tolerance is limited. While respect is wider.

6. We should learn about other religion. Not only being an expert in ours. Learning other religion, will open up our mind for respecting the others belief. This kind of learning is not common in our society. This adds with the ethnopedagogy which is simply not working . Not many people aware of this danger and the fact that this can really torn apart our country.

Okay, i found that this is a wrap. Hope to see ur comment! :D

Jangan teriak stop korupsi, kalau kamu juga korupsi

2011-10-23T02:13:00.004+07:00

“Teriakan berantas kebodohan, menggelikan ketika keluar dari mulut mahasiswa bodoh!
Mahasiswa pemalas yang tidak bebas dari penyakit finansial, absurd ketika berteriak bebaskan rakyat dari kemiskinan!
Mahasiswa koruptor jam kuliah, tidak pantas berteriak anti-korupsi!

(Romi Satria Wahono)”

Saya adalah orang yang apatis terhadap pergerakan apapun. Bagi saya, ketika sebuah kondisi di mana ada manusia yang terlibat, tidak ada lagi deh itu namanya "kebenaran", "keadilan", "kebaikan", dan beragam segi "norma - norma dengan embel-embel positif" lainnya. Tidak ada pula "kejahatan", "ketidakadilan", dan hal lain yang berafiliasi dengan hal sejenis. Norma - norma tersebut dibentuk oleh para "pemenang". Ketika ada manusia - manusia, maka yang ada hanyalah "kepentingan". Kepentingan untuk pemuasan hasrat, kepentingan untuk pemuasan materi, kepentingan untuk pemuasan intelektualitas, kepentingan untuk kekuasaan, kepentingan untuk aktualisasi diri, dan segudang kepentingan lainnya.

Pemikiran seperti itulah yang membawa saya untuk senantiasa bersikap apatis, sinis, dan bersikap pragmatis terhadap upaya-upaya peneriakan slogan “keren” seperti aksi anti korupsi, anti kolonialisme, anti liberalisme, anti kapitalisme, dan segudang slogan anti "kejahatan" lainya. Ketika saya masuk FISIP, saya cukup kaget. Kaget dengan idealisme yang demikian menggebu-gebu dari para dosen, hingga teman mahasiswa saya yang aktif dalam pergerakan. Baik itu gerakan bersikap politis seperti #saveUI, gerakan moralitas seperti gerakan anti korupsi, dan banyak lagi.

Dari semua pergerakan seperti itu, saya paling tidak mampu memahami gerakan anti korupsi. Tunggu, tunggu..bukan berarti saya pro dengan per-korupsi-an, tapi jujur saja saya merasa definisi korupsi itu masih amat absurd, tidak jelas, dan terlalu luas. Oke, mungkin definisi "mengambil yang bukan miliknya" bisa cukup menjelaskan. Namun, ternyata definisi tersebut tidaklah cukup dan masih harus ditambahi embel-embel seperti "menerima yang bukan haknya". Lha? kenapa kita harus menolak ketika diberi sesuatu? Toh, memang adalah wajar dan amat manusiawi kok ketika kita memberikan sesuatu kepada orang lain dengan harapan orang lain memberikan sesuatu kembali kepada kita? Bahkan itu adalah insting dasar manusia, yang terwujud dalam "social exchange theory", di mana artinya sifat itu ILMIAH lhoo..Maksudnya, budaya "beri memberi" itu bukan saja berbentuk material seperti uang, tapi juga bahkan muncul dari sifat dasar kita. Dari kecil kita sudah tau persis bahwa untuk dibelikan mainan oleh orangtua, maka kita harus merajuk, membuat senang hati orang tua agar mereka tergerak hatinnya untuk membelikan kita mainan. Apa bedanya dengan logika korupsi dengan definisi yang diperluas itu?

Selain sifat naturalitas untuk "korupsi" (again, saya bukan pendukung para koruptor lho!) Menurut saya sih, karena memang itu insting dasar, maka untuk menghilangkan budaya korupsi ini adalah bagai pungguk merindukan bulan. Dan karena ini merupakan sifat yang natural, maka logikanya adalah tidak mungkin ada satu orang individu pun yang bebas dari masalah per korupsi-an ini. Maka kalimat pembuka yang saya tuliskan di awal post ini cukup menggambarkan. Tidak pantas maling teriak maling!

Tapi, bukan berarti saya mengajak para penggiat budaya non-korupsi untuk menerima jalan pikiran ini. Dan sekali lagi, saya bukan pecinta koruptor. Saya juga kesal dengan kerakusan mereka yang merugikan banyak pihak.

Akhir kata, saya senang kok dengan upaya kalian (teman-teman aktivis penggiat anti korupsi) untuk membuat hidup menjadi lebih baik :) dan saya pun akan senang jika Indonesia suatu hari nanti bisa menjadi negara yang bersih dari korupsi. Namun, tetap saja, saya sanksi dengan kepentingan para penggiat tersebut. Dan apakah mereka nantinya bisa menjaga diri dari sifat natural tersebut?

Hanya waktu yang bisa menjawabnya..

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2011-09-26T01:38:00.004+07:00

“We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart” - H. L. Mencken

Raping vs Woman

2011-09-17T01:43:00.005+07:00

Raping. Woman.

Those two words start disturbing me when Livia, a just-recently-graduated college student, was being raped and murdered in the angkot, a common public transportation service here in Jakarta. The killer, or killers to be exact, are the angkot driver and his friends. This tragedy was such an uproar not only for the university and the victim family, but also the society. It shows that the public transportation services are not safe enough and the security for people who are using angkot, especially for woman, is still at the alarming state. While this case has become public attention, it doesn't prevent the next raping incident to come. Weeks to come, another victim, a factory worker, become another angkot driver target.

Raping and woman are having strong connection. A raping mostly (or always? ) put woman as a victim. We rarely see man become the victim of raping, or at least, we have another term for describing the raping case where the man become the victim. In every raping case, the victim, or we can say the woman, is the loss side. She will lose her dignity (in the form of virginity) in the glimpse of eyes because of men lust. In the society, she will be casted out and she will experience a living hell. Not worthy for a man for she has lost her crown.

Raping is clearly a strong signal about the man superiority over the woman. Though in the modern world gender equality campaign has emerged into one of the hot, important topic, in the reality it is still hard to come. Man still see woman as subordinate, not an equal match. While the public officer is most men, then for them it is easier to judge the woman as the cause of the raping. The officer will blame the woman for "not wearing the non-u-can-see-outfit", "wearing a skirt instead of trousers","walking alone in the middle of the night", etc, etc... The public officer first comment on the tragedy is not about the lack of security in the public transportation, but a blame towards women while they are actually the victim!

Cant say any words to the officer for they comment. I just wonder if their friend(s) or relatives become the raping victim, will they react the same? Blaming their friend(s) or relatives for wearing an inappropriate clothes or walking alone in the middle of the night?

P.s: I believe there is no any sane woman who wants to be raped.

9/11 Stop Prejudice! -Can We?-

2011-09-12T22:47:00.006+07:00

"It is wonderful how much time good people spend fighting the devil. If they would only expend the same amount of energy loving their fellow men, the devil would die in his own tracks of ennui"-Helen Keller

Yesterday, we had just commemorating one of the biggest tragedy in human history. It's 9/11. After that day, the world was not the same world as before. Not only for the victims and their family, but also to the world society.

Eversince the tragedy, America with their marvelous and massive propaganda, successfully force the world to believe that Muslims, or Arab community as a living threat, vicious terrorist that should be banished and casted aside. Then as the impact, racial and religion discrimination begins, not only in US but also in the world, especially the "white race" world. The sorrow, paranoia, and painful memory soon changed into hatred towards the Muslims. But, is that the "right" thing to do?

You may read the article about the Arab-Muslim community struggling to live here or search keyword "Talat Hamdani" who is Pakistan-American mother whose son died in the tragedy. After losing her son, she had to accept the hard thing when her son was accused as "the terrorist" only because he is Muslim and Pakistani while in fact, he was died for saving people as first respondent.

Discrimination, prejudice, stereotyping will give the world a negative impact in every aspect of human life. Ironically, human brain is programmed to clasify things first based on physical condition. No wonder that prejudice and stereotyping that will lead to discrimination is hard to restrain. That will lead to the question: Can we, the foolish human, stop that?

2011-09-04T01:33:00.001+07:00

Kuliah Komunikasi, belajar apa sih?

2011-09-03T00:55:00.005+07:00

{gw memutuskan untuk menulis tentang hal ini setelah pertemuan gw dengan seorang maba mayor fisika yang terlihat ~~merendahkan~~ ketika gw menjawab pertanyaan klasiknya, yakni "jurusan apa kak?". well, do you think a physics students are lot cleverer than us? }

Ketika gw dulu memilih untuk masuk ke jurusan Ilmu Komunikasi, ada beberapa reaksi yang sering gw dapatkan.

[Zaman SMP - SMA]

Teman: Mau kuliah apa lu, mel?
Gw: (dengan polos) Komunikasi

Reaksi standard 1:
Teman: (terkejut) Hah, Komunikasi? Belajar apaan tuh?
Gw: (garuk-garuk kepala) ya belajar komunikasi lah
Teman: Oh, oke... (mengangguk sok paham)

Reaksi standard 2:
Teman: Hah? Komunikasi? Sayang banget! (dengan nada menggurui) harusnya lu ambil Akuntansi atau Hukum atau ..(blablabla) !
Gw: err... (diam ga tau mau ngomong apa)

Yah, hal seperti ini masih sering gw temui kalau bertemu dengan teman-teman ataupun kenalan baru. Kalau kenalan baru sih mayoritas menggunakan reaksi standard 1.

Sebenernya gw ga heran sih karena memang jurusan ini terbilang "baru", sehingga rada ga terlalu dikenal khalayak luas. Belum lagi sifat materinya yang rada "cair", dalam artian ilmu ini bukanlah ilmu yang berdiri sendiri, melainkan banyak meminjam dari teori Psikologi, Sosiologi, dan macam-macam ilmu sosial lainnya.

Ditambah lagi, bukan bermaksud untuk menyombongkan diri ataupun memandang sebelah mata terhadap ilmu ini, gw rasa memang ilmunya jika dibandingkan dengan ilmu sosial lain, sebutlah dengan Sosiologi ataupun Ilmu Politik yang jauh lebih "tua" usianya, atau dengan bidang Ekonomi, bobotnya sangat jauh berbeda. Indikator yang gw lihat sih dari perbandingan kehidupan teman-teman gw yang mengambil kuliah di universitas yang sama, dengan tingkat yang sama. Dibandingkan mereka, bisa dibilang kehidupan gw jauhhhhhhhhhh sekali lebih "nyantai" daripada hidup mereka. Padahal gw sudah mengambil peminatan yang konon paling "berat" di antara seluruh peminatan yang ditawarkan oleh Ilmu Komunikasi di tempat saya.

Memang judgement seperti di atas sedikit kurang patut, mengingat gw masih jauh untuk "menyelami" ilmu ini. Yah, memang ini cukup subjektif (dalam hal ini, subjektif terhadap diri gw), tapi gw rasa ini adalah penilaian yang gw rasa cukup banyak disetujui oleh mayoritas manusia (at least, mayoritas manusia yang gw temui dan gw kenal).

Nah, berangkat dari mayoritas penilaian itulah maka gw pun memutuskan untuk menulis tulisan ini. Bakalan agak sedikit panjang dibandingkan tulisan-tulisan agak "nyampah" gw sebelumnya. Tapi semoga ada yang berkenan untuk ngebaca ya hahaha

Ketika ditanya "Kenapa sih, harus belajar Komunikasi?" mayoritas orang akan menjawab "karena komunikasi itu penting". Memang jawaban yang klise, tapi memang benar kan? Coba bayangkan, manusia mana (bahkan hingga ke tahap makhluk hidup mana) yang tidak bisa hidup tanpa berkomunikasi? Bahkan ketika kita memilih untuk "diam" ataupun memilih untuk "tidak berkomunikasi", sebenernya kita sudah menyampaikan "pesan" yang bisa dipahami oleh orang lain, lho dan itu artinya kita memang sudah berkomunikasi. Contohnya, gw lagi cemberut parah dan disaat ada yang nyapa gw, malah gw cuekin. Itu artinya gw "diam" tapi makna yang gw sampein udah jelas, bahwa "gw ga mao diganggu". Ketika yang nyapa gw itu "ngeh" kalo gw ga mao diganggu, di situ pun udah terjadi komunikasi.

Sedemikian besarnya komunikasi mempengaruhi hidup kita. Nah, biasanya orang akan bilang :" komunikasi kan adalah suatu yang alamiah, buktinya kita udah bisa ngomong, masa harus dipelajarin sih?" it's like teaching infant how to breath! ....Oooppps! siapa bilang seperti itu? Coba hitung deh, berapa kali sih kamu "salah sambung" saat ngomong sama temen kamu alias miskom? Sering kah? Nah, liat deh, kalau memang itu lah yang terjadi, makanya ga heran bahwa ini harus dipelajari dong! Setidaknya untuk meminimalisir "miskom" yang mungkin terjadi, iya kan?

Ga cuma sekadar belajar "cara berkomunikasi" sebatas gak miskom, tapi lebih luas dari itu lho! Kenapa? karena komunikasi sekarang ini sudah bukan lagi sebatas komunikasi antar individu. Kalau miskom yang terjadi hanya taraf gw dengan orang tua gw, atau gw dengan guru gw sih masih "kecil". Tapi gimana kalau miskom ini terjadi di media massa, seperti TV? Ingat kasus TV One yang salah memberitakan tentang kematian Noordin M Top? Atau misalnya berita hoax kematian artis tertentu? Gw rasa itu bukan lagi perkara yang "kecil" kan?

Komunikasi saat ini sudah menjadi salah satu industri bisnis yang luar biasa, dengan perputaran uang yang juga luar biasa. Coba lihat saja industri baik buku, koran, majalah, radio, televisi, hingga yang terbaru seperti internet dengan beragam fiturnya seperti jejaring sosial, sebutlah si bukumuka (alias Facebook), si burung ngoceh (alias Twitter), dan kawan-kawannya.
Dan percaya tidak percaya, industri ini sangat disokong oleh beragam industri lainnya lho! Sebut saja industri periklanan, industri production house (kalo ga ada sinetron atau tv series atau reality show yang ciamik, tv mau diisi apa hayo?), dan lainnya. Itu lahan bisnis yang sangat luas dan menggiurkan! Ga heran lagi kalau sekarang ini disebut sebagai era "informasi dan komunikasi", saking pentingnya namanya "komunikasi". Hayo, ngaku aja deh! Siapa yang siap kembali ke era tanpa internet dan tanpa BBM atau Twitter?

Oke, sekarang gw rasa kalian udah mulai mengerti kenapa Komunikasi mesti dipelajarin. Ini seperti orang yang belajar teknik perminyakan supaya bisa kerja di perusahan minyak internasional, ataupun seorang yang mempelajari ilmu ekonomi untuk menjadi akuntan di perusahaan akuntansi, ataupun seorang yang mempelajari ilmu bisnis untuk menjadi pebisnis. Kita belajar Ilmu Komunikasi juga untuk bisa terjun ke bisnis media. Sama aja kan? -so, awas aja ada yang nanya "belajar komunikasi nanti kerja apa?"-

Jadi, apa sih yang dipelajarin Ilmu Komunikasi itu? Ilmu ngoceh? Ilmu Public Speaking? Tips dan trik cara menulis tulisan yang cantik nan indah? Yap, memang Ilmu Komunikasi mempelajari itu semua, tapi jangan salah, kita TIDAK HANYA mempelajari hal tersebut, lho. Kita juga belajar etika dan peraturan-peraturan yang melingkupi dunia komunikasi, belum lagi permasalahan-permasalahan media massa, dan masih banyak lagi lainnya seperti belajar tentang membuat iklan, membuat konten acara, menulis berita yang baik, marketing, dan lainnya.

Misalnya saja, tau gak kalian bahwa media massa kita bermasalah, lho?

(gw yakin ketika gw ngomong ini, yang kebayang di kepala kalian adalah pornografi maupun sinetron kekerasan. Bukan, bukan itu yang saya maksudkan, saudara-saudara)

Segelintir masalah yang akan gw angkat di sini dari sekian jibunnya masalah di media massa adalah media massa kita (terutama TV) sangat tidak adil bagi orang di luar Jakarta. Coba deh kamu liat, ketika kamu di Jakarta sekitar pukul 18.00 WIB, maka tv akan kompak menayangkan siaran adzan maghrib, betul? Nah, mari kita cek stasiun tv di Kalimantan ataupun Papua di mana adzan maghrib akan ditayangkan pada pukul 19.00 WITA dan pukul 20.00 WIT (karena mereka mengacu pada waktu Jakarta). Yah, waktu maghrib sudah lewat 1-2 jam yang lalu. Jadi apa gunanya, coba? Diskriminasi kan bagi orang Kalimantan dan Papua? Contoh lainnya pemilihan gubernur DKI Jakarta yang lomba debatnya disiarkan di stasiun, nah kamu yang tinggal di Aceh juga mendapatkan siaran tersebut bukan? Coba gw tanya, adakah kegunaan kamu sebagai orang Aceh untuk tahu mengenai gubernur Jakarta? Gw aja yang orang Jakarta merasa males dengerinnya, apalagi kalo gw bukan orang Jakarta.

Sadar ga sih dengan hal itu? Bahwa berarti egois banget dong, kalao semua acara harus "ngikut" maonya Jakarta. Gak heran Jakarta makin sesak dengan pendatang, karena orang di daerah di "anak tirikan". Memang, hal ini terlihat simple, sebatas hanya "ahhh cuma masalah acara TV" kok. Tinggal cari hiburan media informasi yang lain.....

tapi tunggu dulu!

Tahu tidak kalau media massa se-powerful itu? Mau tau, powerfulnya media massa? Liat aja, kenapa kamu bisa bilang kalo es krim Magnum (es krim yang notabene baru itu lho iklannya) itu "eksklusif, enak, mewah" ngalahin es krim Wall's? Ya karena "TV bilang begitu". Kenapa kamu bisa bilang bahwa SBY itu "lamban"? Ya, karena "TV, koran, internet, semua bilang begitu". Padahal apakah kamu kenal secara pribadi dengan SBY? Tahukah kamu dengan masalah-masalah dan pilihan-pilihan yang harus ditimbang SBY secara masak-masak? Kenapa dalam kasus KPK yang "cicak-buaya" kamu bisa bilang bahwa "Bibit-Chandra adalah 'baik', dan Polri (dalam hal ini Susno) adalah 'jahat'?" Ya karena "TV bilang begitu". Apakah kamu kenal pribadi dengan mereka semua? Belum tentu!

Nah, lihat kan? betapa media sangat mempengaruhi kita! dan kita tidak sadar bahwa "there's something wrong with our media". Ini kan seperti kita mengkonsumsi es krim tapi kita tidak tahu bahwa es krim tersebut mengandung bahan berbahaya, iya kan?

Maka dari itu, siapa bilang bahwa ilmu Komunikasi "belajarin apa?"
Memang terlihat "ga ngapa-ngapain", tapi percayalah, gw sebagai mahasiswi ilmu ini merasa (dan memang) mempelajari sesuatu kok :D haha just maybe in the more fun way than you do :p

I Love Monday, Literally!

2011-08-31T01:36:00.003+07:00

Because I am having a day off on Monday!

Oh, how I love 3rd semester!

Happy Eid Mubarak, People!

2011-08-31T00:56:00.005+07:00

"People are often unreasonable and self-centered. Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives. Be kind anyway.
If you are honest, people may cheat you. Be honest anyway.
If you find happiness, people may be jealous. Be happy anyway.
The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway.
Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough. Give your best anyway.
For you see, in the end, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway."

-Mother Teresa

Live Your Life with Passion!

2011-08-31T00:44:00.003+07:00

2011-08-29T23:40:00.004+07:00

I'm falling in love with this song.

I love the serenity which is offered by the tones, moreover the lyrics. it is very heartwarming and comforting especially for people who are now dealing with trouble. yeah, i believe that every aching in this life are merely blessings in disguise since everthing happens for a good reason. enjoy :)

Hugging chair?

2011-08-15T00:12:00.003+07:00

I know, men are very creative creature. Here, they invent a chair for couple to make them easier to interact!

picture are courtesy: www.yankodesign.com

Liburan yang kontra produktif, biarlah

2011-08-11T23:52:00.002+07:00

Sudah hampir sebulan lamanya, saya menganggur. Menganggur dalam artian tidak mengerjakan sesuatu yang spesifik. Tidak dengan kerjaan organisasi, tidak dengan hang-out bersama teman (yah, sekali-sekali, bukan rutinitas), apalagi dengan kerjaan kuliah.

Sudah hampir tiga bulan lamanya saya tidak ke kampus, tidak bergelayutan di bus Transjakarta, tidak berlarian mengejar kereta, ataupun bersentuhan dengan teriknya sinar matahari langsung. Selama satu bulan ini, praktis hidup saya habiskan untuk diri saya sendiri. Membaca novel, browsing hingga dini hari, menemani adik saya belajar, mengkepo orang melalui social media, dan pastinya family dan me time.

Saya menikmati saat-saat seperti itu. Sangat menikmatinya. Saya menyukai saat-saat di mana saya bisa duduk diam, tidak melakukan kegiatan yang menyibukan diri saya, yang membuat saya lelah. Bermalas-malasan,terlebih lagi bermalas-malasan di rumah, itulah hobi saya.

Namun tetap saja saya berpikir, bermalas-malasan itu tidaklah sepenuhnya baik. Malahan, hal ini sangat tidak baik. Tidak produktif, katanya. Padahal saya sedang pada usia-usia, yang katanya, justru penuh energinya. Di saat teman-teman saya sibuk dengan merintis bisnis, menulis novel, sibuk dengan kegiatan organisasi dan kepanitiaan, saya hanya duduk dan tidur di rumah. Saya pun berpikir, saya harus melakukan sesuatu. Tapi apa yang harus saya lakukan?

Merintis bisnis, ya, saya sedang berusaha. Tapi sayangnya, partner saya sedang super sibuk dengan kepanitiaan. Akibatnya masalah ini pun terlantar. Berkecimpung dalam kegiatan volunteer ataupun kepanitiaan, hmmm, sebenarnya tidak jelek, tapi saya agak malas juga kalau hidup nyaman saya diganggu. Apalagi diganggu tanpa dibayar pula! (maaf, saya agak materialis)

Sedangkan untuk bekerja part time, hmmm... saya agak benci kalau liburan saya harus dihabiskan dengan "pengabdian" yang biasa menjurus semi-perbudakan akibat kerja part time. Bersosialisasi dengan teman? Yah, ujung-ujung malah dompet saya kena penyakit kronis.

Akhirnya saya pun menyimpulkan, ya sudahlah, biar saja liburan tahun ini saya isi dengan kemalasan saja. Biar nanti, tahun depan baru dirancang dengan matang, biar produktif. Semoga..

Saya Ingin, maka Saya Hidup

2011-08-11T23:39:00.003+07:00

Manusia selalu merasa tidak pernah puas. Kalau dapat sepeda, nanti ingin naik level jadi motor. Belum punya rumah, pasti ingin punya rumah sendiri. Punya baju keluaran merek kelas dua, pasti ingin pula punya yang merek kelas satu. Selalu demikian. Ingin, ingin, dan ingin.

Ketika manusia mengingini sesuatu, kata orang-orang itu tidak baik. Tidak pernah ada puasnya, itu tidak baik. Tapi bukankah kodrat manusia adalah makhluk yang tidak pernah puas? Ketika kita justru tidak mengingini sesuatu, bukankah itu berarti kita sebenarnya "menentang" kodrat kita sebagai manusia?

Saya pribadi melihat bahwa rasa ingin, ingin, dan ingin adalah rasa yang membuat hidup manusia menjadi memiliki tujuan hidup. Saya ingin mempunyai mobil sendiri, makanya saya akan bekerja mati-matian agar dapat membayar uang muka dan cicilan bulanan mobil. Karena saya ingin menjadi juara pertama dalam lomba menulis, maka saya berulang kali menulis dan mengirimkan karya saya ke berbagai instansi. Saya ingin, maka saya... Itulah yang mendorong kehidupan manusia, terlepas bagaimana cara manusia tersebut untuk mencapai keinginannya.

Coba saja, bayangkan jika dunia ini semuanya diisi oleh manusia-manusia yang tidak mengingini apapun. Tidak ada usaha yang berarti. Setiap kegiatan hanya dilakukan sebagai rutinitas, tanpa passion maupun determinasi. Karenatingginya tingkat keinginan setiap orang itulah yang mampu menyebabkan manusia untuk bergerak. Tanpa keinginan, maka manusia akan mati. Mati secara tekad, mati secara passion.

Maka dari itu, marilah senantiasa mengingini sesuatu, dan paculah diri kita untuk menggapai sesuatu yang kita inginkan tersebut. Niscaya hidup kita akan menjadi lebih hidup.

Keluh Kesah Seorang Pelanggan Sitra Wimax

2011-08-10T20:10:00.003+07:00

Yak sedikit keluh kesah saya... Sebenarnya masalah ini sudah diselesaikan pada tanggal 9 Agustus 2011 yang lalu, dan saat ini pelayanan sudah kembali maksimal, seperti sedia kala, tanpa kurang suatu apapun. Tapi tidak apa-apa kan kalau saya share sedikit di sini? hehe

Yak, jadi sejak Februari (atau Januari? yah, sekitar bulan-bulan itu lah) saya sudah menggunakan internet Sitra Wimax, internet (yang katanya) canggih itu, lhoo!! Cepet dan ga repot haha (at least itu kata marketingnya, bukan kata saya!) Awalnya saya kurang tertarik untuk berlangganan internet "jenis" baru, karena sebelumnya sudah menggunakan modem Sp**dy, yang juga tidak bermasalah-bermasalah amat. Tapi akibat promosi yang menggiurkan, berupa gratis modem dan gratis pakai selama 1 bulan (dan bisa diperpanjang,pula? WOW!) , mau tidak mau, saya pun tergiur. Dan sejak itu, bermigrasi-lah saya ke Sitra Wimax, si 4G ini.

Selama ini, penggunaan Sitra di daerah saya, sangatlah memuaskan (secara koneksi internetnya). Yah, indikator saya sih, cuma kalau menonton youtube, saya tidak perlu melakukan ataupun mengalami buffering, at all! haha Memang ada beberapa kali, koneksi sedang down,tapi manajemen selalu dengan baik hati memberikan remider tentang tanggal down nya. Jadi saya rasa cukup profesional-lah.

Sampai suatu ketika, saya mengalami masalah. Tepatnya sekitar tanggal 26 (atau 27?) Juli 2011, sekitar pukul 10 pagi, modem saya tidak bisa digunakan. Karena sebelumnya saya masih bisa menggunakan internet hingga pukul 3 pagi, maka saya pikir yang terjadi adalah down system yang sifatnya hanya sementara, sehingga tidak terlalu ambil pusing. Ternyata sampai malam, modem tetap tidak bisa digunakan. Akhirnya saya pun memutuskan untuk menelpon Sitra keesokan harinya, dan diinformasikan bahwa koneksi sedang berjalan normal, tanpa gangguan.

Selama tanggal 28-29 Juli, orang Sitra cukup getol untuk menelpon saya, dan memandu saya troubleshooting modem. Tapi tetap saja, modem saya tetap tidak berfungsi. Hingga saya pun pada tanggal 1 Agustus, didiagnosis-lah bahwa modem saya rusak dan sebaiknya dibawa ke First Media Puri Indah, untuk ditukarkan dengan modem yang baru. Karena lokasi yang sangat dekat, saya pun langsung melesat ke kantor Puri Indah, dengan harapan saat itu juga saya bisa mendapat modem baru, dan internet bisa langsung berjalan. Karena jujur saja, internet, bagi saya (dan keluarga) merupakan kebutuhan primer. Tapi ternyata, kantor Puri Indah pun tidak mampu menyelesaikan masalah saya, dengan alasan modem sedang kosong, dan menunggu modem baru dari pusat paling lambat Kamis, 4 Agustus 2011. Karena dijanjikan seperti itu, saya pun pulang, dengan harapan, modem bisa saya dapatkan setidaknya hari Selasa ataupun Rabu, kalaupun sial, paling tanggal 4, hari Kamis.

Ternyata malang tak bisa ditolak, untung tak bisa diraih (lebayy..), pada tanggal 2 Agustus, saya ditelepon pihak Sitra dan menyatakan bahwa modem ternyata baru dikirim dari pusat, dengan estimasi waktu paling lambat Senin, 8 Agustus 2011. Oh my god! Saya terkejut sekali, karena saya rasa, hingga tanggal 8, itu merupakan waktu yang terlalu lama, untuk terputus dengan koneksi internet. Akhirnya pihak Sitra pun memberikan opsi, untuk mengambil sendiri modem baru di kantor pusat yang berlokasi di Gatot Subroto. Walaupun agak jauh, dan sebetulnya saya tidak punya kepentingan lain di lokasi tersebut, pada 3 Agustus, saya pun mendatangi kantor tersebut. Saya dilayani dengan baik, walaupun sudah menjelang jam makan siang (hehe), modem ditukarkan, dan dijanjikan pada pukul 3 sore, modem baru sudah bisa digunakan. Alasannya, karena teknisi yang bertugas untuk mengaktifkan modem, saat itu sedang makan siang. Yah, tidak masalah buat saya. Akhirnya saya pun pulang dengan hati senang plus gembira karena internet saya yang sudah satu minggu "hilang" akhirnya dapat ditemukan kembali :')

Namun, ternyata pil pahit harus kembali saya telan. Pukul 5 sore, saya mencoba untuk menggunakan modem baru. Namun ternyata sia-sia. Modem tidak mampu menghubungkan saya dengan dunia www. Kalap, saya pun menelpon customer service Sitra yang 24 jam (wow!), sekitar pukul 8 malam. Diterima oleh cs pria, yang cukup simpatik. Dia mendiagnosis bahwa saya diberikan modem yang juga rusak. Dia pun berkata bahwa besok pagi, pasti ada orang yang akan langsung menelpon saya, untuk mengatasi masalah ini.

Namun, kenyataanya pada tanggal 4 Agustus, tidak ada yang menelepon saya. Saya tunggu hingga pukul 5 sore (pertimbangan jam kantor), tapi nihil. Lalu saat saya hendak menelepon customer service, sekitar pukul 6 sore (atau setngah 7 malam?), ternyata saya menerima pemberitahuan dari Sitra, bahwa layanan customer service tidak bisa dihubungi, karena sedang ada masalah dari pihak Telkom. BAIKLAH! saya pun mengalah, dan berpikir untuk menelepon keesokan harinya.

Kebetulan, malam-nya, saya berbelanja ke Hypermarket Puri Indah. Di sana, saya menemukan, orang yang "jualan" Sitra. Saya pun mencoba "peruntungan" untuk mengadu di sana. Sukur-sukur, modem bisa langsung ditukar dengan yang baru, yang pastinya tidak rusak (sesuai diagnosa cs-malam sebelumnya). Seseuai dugaan, sales tersebut pun tidak mampu membantu, dan dengan santai menyuruh untuk mengembalikan modem ke Puri Indah/Gatot Subroto. Yang membuat saya agak kesal adalah responnya yang bilang "balikin aja, kan lagi gratis!" WTF! Emang sih dulu gw pasang Sitra gratisan, dan jujur aja gratisannya banyak wkwkw TAPI saya udah masuk pelanggan yang bayar tarif sitra, bahkan billing bulan Agustus (which is setau saya untuk pemakaian selama bulan Agustus) ini sudah dilunasi! --> Oke, part ini mungkin saya yang agak terlalu sensitif. Wong, namanya juga sales..haha

Tanggal 5 Agustus, saya menelepon Sitra kembali. Diterima customer service yang ramah dan segera mampu mengambil keputusan, dengan sigap, dia menyatakan bahwa masalah bukan di modem saya, melainkan karena nomor modem yang baru belum didaftarkan ke dalam sistem mereka. Saya pun heran, karena sebenarnya hal ini dijanjikan sudah terlaksana pada tanggal 3 Agustus, paling lambat pukul 3 sore. Customer service pun menjawab, policy kantor mereka untuk pengaktifan modem, bisa paling lambat 2x24 jam. BAIKLAH! saya kembali mengalah. Saya katakan, berarti, dalam kurun 2x24 jam PERSIS, saya harap modem saya sudah bisa digunakan. Itu berarti tanggal 5 Agustus, pukul 1 siang (karena saya mengambil modem baru tanggal 3 Agustus jam makan siang). Tapi customer service meminta keringanan hinggal pukul 5 sore. BAIKLAH! (Lagi-lagi) saya pun mengalah. Tentunya dengan mewanti-wanti customer care untuk BENAR-BENAR menghubungi saya (dan jaminan bahwa modem bisa bekerja). Bukan lagi janji palsu seperti tanggal 3 Agustus malam.

Sekitar pukul 4 sore, tanggal 5 Agustus, mbak customer care yang sama, menelpon saya dan memberitahu bahwa modem saya bisa digunakan. Saya pun dibimbing untuk mengaktifkan modem. Guess what? MODEM TETAP TIDAK BISA! Mbak customer care yang diseberang telepon pun kaget dan bilang bahwa, "nanti akan saya hubungi lagi". Oke, perkiraan saya, kata "nanti" masih berarti "dalam hari ini". Ternyata, saya tidak dihubungi lagi hari itu.

Tanggal 6 dan 7 Agustus, saya tidak menelpon Sitra, karena saya pikir hari ini adalah hari libur kantor, walaupun customer service tetap buka. Tapi apa guna customer service ketika kantor sedang tutup? paling-paling sebatas "keluhan Anda kami tampung". Wong, saya nelepon customer service pada hari kerja saja tidak menyelesaikan masalah juga, apalagi di hari libur?

Tanggal 8 Agustus, saya kembali menelepon Sitra, sekitar pukul 11. Saya sudah jengkel, dan lelah sekali karena masalah internet. Masa kerjaan saya setiap hari cuma menelepon dan "curhat" ke customer service? Dijanjikan bahwa saya akan ditelepon langsung oleh teknisi Sitra, pukul 1 paling lambat. Ternyata, sampai pukul 1, tidak ada yang menelepon saya. Tidak mau terima, saya pun menghubungi customer service pukul setengah 2, meminta pertanggungjawaban. Ternyata saya kembali dijanjikan untuk ditelepon kembali pukul 4. Saya pun (lagi-lagi) mewanti-wanti, untuk BENAR-BENAR menghubungi saya, BUKAN hanya sekadar janji. Tapi, yah..janji hanyalah janji..

Tanggal 9 Agustus, saya pun kembali menelepon customer service pukul 11. Jawaban standar, dan (bahkan customer service nya agak curhat? krn katanya bagian teknisi nya ga ngerjain laporan mereka?) dijanjikan akan dihubungi kembali pukul 1 (atau pukul 3?) Entahlah. Saya sudah lupa karena terlalu banyak janji. Kesal, saya pun men-tweet keluhan-keluhan saya, ke akun @SitraWIMAX. Sebenarnya, tanggal 8 Agustus saya sudah mengirimkan tweet, namun tidak dibalas, dan akhirnya saya teringat bahwa tweet saya ter-setting protect! Pantas saja, karena saya tidak mem-follow akun @SitraWIMAX dan akun tersebut tidak menfollow saya. Akhirnya saya tanggal 9 Agustus, "menumpahkan" amarah saya ke timeline twitter. Setiap tweet selalu me-mention akun @SitraWIMAX. Ahirnya ditanggapi, cukup cepat via twitter. Standar sih, seperti "akan kami investigasi :)" haha Selagi saya men-tweet, sekitar pukul 3, saya pun menelpon kembali customer service, dan diterima oleh seorang bapak-bapak. Entah bagaimana, saya tiba-tiba ditelepon orang Sitra, meminta maaf, dan menjamin bahwa dalam 1x24 jam internet pasti menyala. Dan VOILA! Pukul 5 kurang 15, internet saya pun kembali NYALA! ALHAMDULILAHHH! Saya sampe joget India saking senangnya~

Bayangkan saja, entah berapa kali saya men-follow up keluhan saya. Padahal di mana-mana, tugas company lah, yang menfollow up keluhan pelanggan. Saya sampai hapal di luar kepala nomor customer service Sitra, prosedur mereka untuk verifikasi data, bahkan sampe nama-nama cutomer servicenya! (karena keseringan nelpon dan yang ngangkat itu-itu aja).

Memang selama keluhan saya itu (baca: range tanggal 3-9 Agustus), ada 2x miscall di handphone saya, dan itu dari Sitra. Tapi itu hanya 2x miscall, di dua hari yang berbeda. Itu artinya hanya 1x miscall per hari yang sudah dijanjikan. Oke, memang kalau miscall, berarti saya yang tidak mengangkat (anggaplah salah saya), tapi bukankah itu juga menjadi tanda "ketidakseriusan" pihak Sitra untuk menfollow up saya? Kalau memang "care", harusnya beberapa saat kemudian, di miskal lagi dong? Belum lagi, waktu untuk "hanya" mengaktifkan nomor yang menurut saya, sangatlah konyol lamanya, karena untuk pelanggan baru saja, tinggal daftar dan langsung beres. Dan selama range tanggal 3-9 Agustus ini, saya lihat banyak sekali kok, sales sitra yang jualan untuk menggaet customer baru?

Setelah saya lihat, ternyata tulisan ini panjang juga ya. hahaha Sepanjang saya menanti untuk bisa mengakses internet dengan Sitra? hahaha yah, tapi intinya, sekarang ini masalah sudah selesai dengan baik. Saya mampu berinternet dengan kecepatan mengagumkan (lagi). Walaupun jelas satu hal yang hilang (atau menurun?), yakni kepuasan saya terhadap layanan Sitra. haha

Oiya, satu lagi morale of the story yang saya ambil:
daripada ngadu ke customer care, keknya lebih bermanfaat ngoceh via Twitter deh! haha buktinya setelah saya nge-tweet, kurang waktu kurang dari 3 jam, internet saya langsung nyala lho! BANZAI!

NB: Posting ini hanya sekadar curahan hati saya, sebagai pelanggan. Saya harap jangan disalahgunakan atau copy paste+edit, atau apalah itu. Apalagi sampe dituntut pake pasal karet yang menjerat Prita. Semoga posting ini bermanfaat :)

Cute Widget :)

2011-07-25T20:48:00.003+07:00

Now, I have a little cute animal on the bottom left of your screen :)

If you want one, please grab it here

It's free :D

Do you know that..?

2011-07-24T01:14:00.003+07:00

The words CHOICE COD read the same when held in front of a mirror upside-down. This also applies to the word DIOXIDE.

There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos.

In Tuscany, olive oil and bread are sacred gifts and it is a grave sin to waste either of them. The Tuscans say you add years to your time in purgatory with the crumbs left on your plate.

Chalk is made from tiny plankton fossils.

In Florida, women may be fined for falling asleep under a hair dryer, as can the salon owner.

The word "dreamt" is the only word in the English language that ends in the letters "mt."

Plain old vanilla is the favorite flavor of ice cream, accounting for 29 percent of all sales.

I simply hate this

2011-07-24T01:02:00.003+07:00

I hate insects and all its family. But from the most-hate-insect-list that i have, I always hate this thing.

I hate its colour. (Why should it be brown?)

I hate its legs. (Why should it has a disgusting "hair" there?)

I hate its antenna. (Why should it be that LONG?)

I hate its life durability.

Even the extra-ultra-hot-and-fierce-insect-killer is like a toy baby in front of them.
We have to do the multiple spray!

PLUS, Another "feature" that i hate the most from this thing is it can FLY!

Seriously! Why does on earth it CAN FLY?

and most important is why should we have this in every house, even the cleanest house here?

2011-07-19T21:00:00.003+07:00

"I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to find out there isn't, than live my life as if there isn't and die to find out there is."~Albert Camus

Religion

2011-07-19T20:33:00.007+07:00

R E L I G I O N

I always wonder why people become more sensitive when it comes to that word. I know that is our deepest belief. But should we kill each other in order to preserve our belief?

The most strange thing is when people say
"Now we have to kill xxx because we have to defend our god"

Are you stupid or what? You dare to say that you are WORTH enough to defend GOD?
god is an entity that you people believe as holy, the highest, the omnipotent, etc...

Can't he/she/whatever god's form find a way to defend thyself?

One thing for sure:

GOD HAS NO RELIGION

We, human, foolish mankind, are the one who created this.
Religion is no more than an organization, organized by human, top with a deep belief that GOD is delightful with the organization.

And the cleverer human use this as a tool, to gain their interest and motive.
that happens in your history books, and even NOW.

so, DO NOT BE FOOLED.

"Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich."~ Napoleon Bonaparte

Sigh. WELCOME HOLIDAY!

2011-07-19T19:54:00.002+07:00

Yeay, finally all the job is done already!

Jakarta Model United Nations 2011

and

Indonesia International Week 2011

have been finished successfully!

Congratulations for the ISAFIS, the committee, and especially the participants.

Now, here comes the "real" holiday without the organizational work.

What should i do, then? suggestion?

I am not majority, but i am proud of it :)

2011-06-14T16:24:00.005+07:00

Since I was born, I always be a minority.

As a woman in patriach world, yes, I am not the majority. Maybe majority in number, but no in social power. I am also a minority by ethnic. Born as Tiong Hoa in Indonesia, I am a minority in number and maybe as social structure. Being a Catholic in the largest Muslim populated country, still, I am a minority.

But, I am thankful for being a minority. It gives me a special privilege for grasping the view of minority, something that is rare for the majority. A special view that only can be sensed by few of people. Giving the majority a different 'voice' to be heard.

That's why,

I AM PROUD FOR BEING A MINORITY :)

better not to read this post. thanks

2011-06-14T15:43:00.005+07:00

Yeah, I love doing stupid and absurd thing. Sometimes I don't even know why I am doing certain action. But, that's me! haha

I always have a keen interest in horoscope, though i don't really believe in this. Just for fun and somehow, I found this web
http://interactive.0800-horoscope.com

This web provides quite detail about your birth chart. I don't understand the calculation system, anyway. Just give it a try and I keep the result here, in my blog. I'm sure people won't bother to read this result, especially when it comes to other people's, yet I still upload the result here. Sorry, reader but this is my blog, right? Won't push you to read this stupid and long post :p

The planets in the signs The position of the planets in the signs of the Zodiac has an influence on the character of the individual and these influences form a large part of the individual psyche.
Sun in Taurus
She is strong-willed and conceited. She has charm, and is tolerant and stoical. She likes pleasure and the good things of Life. Appreciates the Arts.

Weaknesses: obstinacy, laziness. She is too materialistic, and is a snob. She is greedy and proud.

Moon in Cancer
She is likeable and sociable. Very sensitive to environmental conditions and surroundings. She likes home, habits, comfort and her little world. Large families.

Weaknesses: subject to family circle, indolence, inertia. She is impressionable and too sensitive. Family problems.
Mercury in Aries
She argues, disputes, discusses, answers back. Lively mind which quickly understands a given situation. She is very resourceful and capable.

Weaknesses: she is impetuous, hot-headed, petulant. Impatient and hasty, which causes problems due to lack of foresight before acting.

Venus in Taurus
Amiability and fidelity. Likes to please and dress up. Earns a good living. She is generous but not extravagant. Affectionate, sensual and loving in nature, she likes the good things of Life, sensitive to beauty, melodious sounds, perfumes. Love arrives slowly, without passion but with force. Love is lasting.

Weaknesses: indolence, laziness, immoderate taste for pleasures of Life, gambling, entertainment and luxury.
Mars in Aries
She is aggressive, offensive, impulsive, provoking. She is bold and adventurous.

Weaknesses: aggressiveness, boldness that can lead to violence, or to an accident, but certainly leads to problems.
Jupiter in Virgo
She is methodical and practical. She likes order, organization and harmony. She can easily link everything together.

Weaknesses: she has a tendency to distrust her circle, does not trust people.

Saturn in Aquarius
Long-term studies and, if family circumstances do not allow this, she will teach herself. She is serious and methodical in work. Likes to visit the elderly and intellectuals, who both enrich her mind.

Weaknesses: bad luck, adversity, problems and disappointed hopes.

Uranus in Capricorn
A great battler. She has so much power, that one thinks nothing can defeat her. Her mission in society, in the world means everything to her.
Neptune in Capricorn
She is discerning, wise and sensible.

Pluto in Scorpio
Great sexual activity.

Sign and ascendant

Taurus ascendant Scorpio

The planets in the houses

The planetary positions in the houses express the facts relative to destiny.

Sun in VII
Marriage or living together with someone of superior intelligence.

Moon in VIII
She has a tendency to bad dreams. Possibly has romantic phantasies. Is interested in the occult.

Mercury in VI
Medical profession. Serviceable and generous nature. Meets their soul brother at work, or (if not) through family contacts.

Venus in VI
She is devoted to sick or poor people. Certainly works in a medical or social setting, where she meets their partner, who is a great help professionally.
Mars in V
Spontaneous nature. She likes games, sometimes even violent sports. She takes professional risks. A great worker, she likes everything that can be done quickly, and detests things that hang around for a long time. It is the same for her emotional life: no candy-floss or fine speeches, she gets directly to the point.

Jupiter in XI
She is cooperative, organizes everyone. She climbs the social ladder thanks to help from friends and acquaintances who are chosen, not for their qualities, but for the advantages they can bring. She achieves her objectives.
Saturn in IV
She needs to be dominated. She has a sense of organization and accepts her responsibilities. She achieves her objectives in spite of slow progress, with many hurdles to overcome. She is persevering and patient.
Uranus in III
She is curious and inventive. If she does not study for a long time, she will be self-taught. She is intelligent, with a strong personality. She does not like routine and will regularly go on mission for work purposes.

Neptune in III
She has a lot of imagination, high ideals. She is nostalgic. Likes studying.

The houses in the signs

Ascendant in Scorpio
Emotional life certainly very changeable. Lovers will come and go, and then come back again. Sexuality is very important for her, for her stability.

House II in Sagittarius
Social success in one of the professions or in an import/export company dealing regularly with foreign countries.

House III in Capricorn
Nothing is left to chance, everything is calculated, dissected slowly and methodically, twice rather than once, in peace and quiet by herself. She is introverted, and doesn't speak about her plans until they are underway.
House IV in Aquarius
She will leave the family home reasonably young. Likes liberty, wants a life that is out-of-the-ordinary, and certainly one that does not correspond with mum and dad's.

House V in Pisces
With lofty feelings, she is full of tenderness, sentimentality. Things do not always go her way. A meeting with a person who is either not free, too young or from a different family or social background means that living together will be done in the utmost secrecy while waiting for the chance to legalize the situation quietly, without any trouble. This state of affairs will make her melancholy. A lovely little family will result from this union.

House VI in Aries
Ability to command, knows how to take up her responsibilities at work. Weak point: headaches, fevers.
House VII in Taurus
Marries for love but also well financially. A peaceful union even if exchange of ideas isn't always smooth.

House VIII in Gemini If she is a writer, a painter or involved in another of the Arts, and if fame doesn't come when living, then it will come posthumously. Small inheritance from near relations. Take care of the lungs - if a smoker, then it is advisable to stop.

House IX in Cancer
Fertile imagination. She is easily influenced. Likes travel, especially cruises.

House X in Leo
All the leadership qualities are there: authority, sense of organization, initiative, intelligence, but also thanks to outside help. She is a fighter.
House XI in Virgo
Friends must resemble her, anyone having different ideas or ways of doing things cannot be friends. Discussing ideas is not her cup of tea. Her knowledge is the result of study but also of the down-to-earth nature that characterizes her.
House XII in Libra Marriage doesn't bring luck, honors come as she imagined they might.

Interplanetary aspects
The interplanetary aspects have a strong influence on the character and disposition of the individual and, consequently, on her destiny.

The conjunction aspect is variable and depends above all on the nature of the conjoint planets.

309 Sextile Moon - Venus
She is gracious, sweet and gay. She likes pleasure and entertainment, but also the Arts. She needs tenderness, loves and wants children. She appreciates home life in a comfortable atmosphere.

215 Sextile Moon - Jupiter
She is frank, honest, optimistic and generous. She likes good cooking, her comforts. Her friendships are sincere. She is a worker and knows how to surround herself with the right people: she is appreciated at work.
181 Conjunction Uranus - Neptune -158 Square Moon - Mars
She is very emotional and is driven to do things by her emotions. She does not think things over or through in a given situation. She is irascible and sometimes violent. Marital disputes.

-142 Square Sun - Saturn
This implies slow intellectual development.
-124 Opposition Sun - Pluto
This aspect means fights and setbacks. She is presumptuous.
-123 Opposition Venus - Ascendant
She goes to excess in her pleasures, frequents doubtful company. She lacks good taste. She is very spendthrift, but spreads her money around her circle. Her friends are more self-interested than sincere.
107 Trine Venus - Jupiter
She is good-hearted, generous and has a good character. She likes well-being, comfort, a life without problems. She has good relations with her circle. She is easy to approach. All the same, she falls in love easily. She has a successful married and professional life.
101 Trine Sun - Uranus
She is above all independent and original. She likes change, reforms, she is allergic to everything routine. She has a strong personality, and has many friends.

79 Trine Sun - Neptune She has a fertile imagination, is full of inspiration, and very emotional - all qualities that she uses on the professional level. She likes the Arts, beauty.

-60 Square Venus - Midheaven
She is vain and jealous. Both married life and professional life are difficult with such a character.

58 Trine Mars - Midheaven
She has a good sense of organization. She knows how to take the necessary decisions rapidly, is independent and uses all her energy to succeed socially.
-55 Opposition Sun - Ascendant
She has a lot of ambition, but is pretentious, vain and does not realize when her schemes are too ambitious, and therefore unattainable.

-44 Square Saturn - Pluto
She is not open to others' ideas, especially if they are free-thinking. She is an egoist and has a narrow mind.

-39 Square Mercury - Neptune
She makes errors of judgement, and lacks sincerity. She lets things happen, and is happy in her dreamworld. Confronted by reality, she is hesitant, incapable of being tested and falls back into her imaginary world. She might become a drug-taker.
34 Trine Moon - Ascendant
She has a good influence on the family, which loves and helps the person. She likes travelling, movement, change. She likes contact and is open to other people.

26 Sextile Neptune - Pluto
-25 Square Mercury - Uranus
She likes polemic, to criticize and, above all, to contradict. She lacks diplomacy and tends to dissipate her energy. She cannot stay in the same place, likes change even if it means a backward step in her professional career.

5 Sextile Uranus - Pluto
She fights to improve her daily life, she is persevering.

Dealkeren.com, etc...

2011-06-13T13:38:00.004+07:00

Lately, I've found out that many people do googling about Deal Keren.com topic and arrive here in my blog. that's why i will provide more of the link for the web like Deal Keren.

Here some that you can try:

Aku Plus Kamu
www.akupluskamu.com

This web is another company provided by the famous adadiskon.com. Here you can find discount item, usually a quite good restaurant.

Disdus
http://disdus.com/

This web provides various treats from various merchants. The restaurants they offered ranging from newly established restaurants until the famous tasty restaurants.

Maiplay
http://www.maiplay.com

This web provides mostly food treats for an extra 50% off. The restaurants they offered usually a A+ restaurant. From the famous club house or a fine dining restaurants.

evoucher.co.id
http://www.evoucher.co.id/

Providing various deals but usually the deals rarely appealing for me. Thus, I rarely buy from this web.

Hemat.com
www.hemat.com

Various deals are offered here. But i don't find the deals are amusing enough to click the "buy" botton.

Sidcoupons.com
www.sidcoupons.com

This web provides a wide range deals. But for me, the layout seems to be quite messy.

Those are some "another dealkeren.com" list from me. Hope it helps :)

Holiday Activity

2011-06-13T01:20:00.003+07:00

I have experienced the air of freedom since 31th May. It has been two weeks of the freedom, yet about another 16 weeks until the holiday is over. What have I done for this wonderful two weeks? and what kind of life that i have been through?
Let's do some report:

1. Sleeping early in the morning and waking up late in the afternoon, literally.

2.The increasing rate of sleeping hours. 10-12 hours a day! surely I'm such a big baby girl. but I'm paying off my lack of sleep while I was in a college, aren't I?

3.Eating disorder. While I have a breakfast at 1 pm, lunch at 8 pm, and dinner at 1 am.

4.Catching up with the anime in my HD and re-watching my old anime collection. This really brings back old memory.

5.Taking a bath once a day.

6.Staying in front of the computer more than 12 hours a day, i guess.

7.Reading manga scan while i have a spare time (spare time, i mean when i have nothing to do)

8.Hanging out and spending all the money in my purse, and wallet, and my secret purse, and my ... oh, just forget it.

9.Talking like there is no tomorrow.

10.I can't even remember what i did yesterday.

Well, so there will be no surprise if i get a little fat here and there or having a total lazy attitude or lacking of exercise plus the lacking of brain nutrition.

Nurarihyon no Mago

2011-06-09T23:47:00.003+07:00

Thanks to holiday and now I can go back to my old-plus-long-forgotten-hobby. I've downloaded this anime a long time ago but unfortunately I had no time to watch, my bad. And then during this holiday, now I manage to finish this off.

The story is about Nura Rikuo who is a quarter (yes, it is a quarter, not half) youkai (demon). He hates the fact that he is a youkai and that he should lead the youkai clan. As a quarter demon, he prefers to live fully as a human being, though he still makes friends with all youkai who live in his house, since the fact that Rikuo grandpa is a demon who is respected as a commander of all demon. With many things happened, as we can guess altogether, finally Rikuo chose to be the youkai leader of the clan, inherit the position from his late father who is a half youkai.

The story then flows to the obstacles that Rikuo has to face in order to achieve the greatest youkai clan since the clan has weakened as Rikuo's dad died. In the clan itself, Rikuo has to obtain many trust from the youkai once his father and grandpa led. Not to mention, an external obstacle since many youkai clans want to crush Rikuo's clan. Here, Rikuo struggles to make a youkai clan to live alongside with the human, which is a rare view from a youkai. The first external obstacle comes from Shikoku clan who wants to bring under the Nura clan.

As usual, studio Deen never fails me when it comes to the hot, cool, and pretty guy. Seems like the animator has a "god hand" to make every character in their production beautiful as ever. Thanks to that i manage to finish watching this anime though i think the pace is too slow for a shonen genre. The anime has a great opening and closing song. I love the "Sunshine" by Monkey Majik as the second opening theme. It also provides a not stupid 3d animation in some parts of the anime. Studio Deen has announced the coming of the 2nd season, which I believe will tell us the story of Haguromo Kitsune since the first season only state a Shikoku clan as the main story.

Created by Shiibashi Hiroshi, the manga is more complete and complex story since the Shikoku clan is the only begining. The plot is nicely build. Though i think the pace is little bit too fast. The fighting scene is lack of character emotional feeling so the "i-have-to-win" is not really felt. But who cares about that when you have a great storyline, many good looking characters, and good sense of humor?

Nurarihyon no Mago is a story you can read if you have enough with a used-to-be-good-manga in the begining like bleach, naruto, or d gray man who has disappointed me with a really total lame story line.

Welcoming, HOLIDAY!

2011-06-08T19:02:00.005+07:00

It has been a while since I my last posting since..Easter, huh?
I even miss posting on my birthday! *crying*
Blame the college stuffs and part time, not to mention the final exam.

But hell what?

NOW (since May 31 actually..)

it is officially a HOLIDAY till September! wooohhhoooo

Congratulation for myself! Enjoying my holiday!

Happy Easter :)

2011-04-24T22:14:00.002+07:00

"If Easter says anything to us today, it says this:
You can put truth in a grave, but it won't stay there.
You can nail it to a cross, wrap it in winding sheets and shut it up in a tomb, but it will rise!" -Clarence W. Hall

HAPPY EASTER!

Blood Char :)

2011-04-11T00:10:00.005+07:00

I found this randomly, while doing my English assignment and found out this was quite true, at least comparing with myself :D Fyi, I'm B! how about you?

JMUN and IIW will be coming soon! Don't miss it!

2011-04-02T23:48:00.003+07:00

Before I getting so busy until I have no time even to check out what happen here, I want to tell you guys, that we (ISAFIS) HAVE many interesting upcoming events!

First, we have JMUN (Jakarta Model United Nation) which will be held on 26th-30th June 2011. MUN is quite new here in Indonesia, but actually it IS already known and usually held in many other countries. MUN itself, to put it simple, is simulation for a REAL United Nation conference. So in MUN, you will have the chance to practice your debating skill, negotiating skill, decision making skill, and of course English speaking skill since all the conference thingy will be conducted in English. The most important thing, you will have a picture about how the diplomats with their diplomacy skill work in the real life (conference, I mean). Moreover, you will meet a lot of new people from diverse universities and backgrounds, even country and nationality since JMUN is also open for foreigners :) More info, please visit www.jakartamun.org or follow our twitter @jakartamun. FYI, we hold special quiz with special price on twitter! so Follow us! :D

Second, we have Indonesia International Week. To put it short, it is like a short summer course program (12 days long) in Indonesia by visiting three cities (Jakarta, Jogja, and of course BALI). We will introduce to the participants our culture and our lives here. So, foreigners who have big desire to go to Bali, come and join us! :D more info please visit www.indonesiaiw.org

Menurut saya, @tifsembiring itu..

2011-03-29T19:23:00.005+07:00

Coba baca link ini :

http://melaniesubono.blogdetik.com/2011/03/29/surat-untuk-yth-bpk-tifatul-sembiring/

Sudah lama sebenarnya saya ingin menulis tentang beliau. Setidaknya, menulis pendapat saya tentang beliau. Yah, memang sedikit menyedihkan mempunyai seorang MENKOMINFO (MENTERI Komunikasi dan Informasi) seperti seorang Tifatul Sembiring. Bukan hanya sekali ini saja, beliau memuat tweet" yang cukup kontroversial. Masih ingatkah kasus Blackberry dulu? ataupun kasus kontroversialnya bersalaman dengan ibu negara adidaya?

Saya tidak ingin menyudutkan ataupun mempersalahkan siapapun. Mengutip salah satu komentar di halaman blog mbak Melani, yang kurang lebih berkata "tidak semua orang sempurna dan lepas dari kesalahan". Iya, saya akui hal itu. Tidak ada satupun yang sempurna, bahkan seorang menteri sekalipun.

Namun yang menjadi masalah adalah ketika informasi yang diberikan (baca: tweet ) dilancarkan oleh seorang yang notabene seorang MENTERI, terlebih menteri yang bertugas untuk MENGAWASI INFORMASI. Seharusnya beliau paham betul akan VITALNYA BERKOMUNIKASI terlebih lagi berkomunikasi via jagat maya (twitter) yang notabene adalah viral marketing. Dan menjadi lebih masalah lagi JIKA tweet "kontroversial" seperti itu terjadi tidak hanya sekali, tapi beberapa kali.

Sekali lagi, saya tidak menyalahkan siapapun. Menurut saya, wajar saja, dan tidaklah salah jika seorang Tifatul Sembiring, ingin sekali-kali memuaskan hobi alaynya dengan kapasitasnya sebagai seorang manusia, ayah, pemimpin pesantren, ataupun pejabat partai yang tidak dikenal publik. Namun, apakah PANTAS tweet alay seperti itu diluncurkan dari mulut (baca: tweet) seorang dengan kapasitas MENTERI? Apalagi dengan kapasitas followernya yang mencapai 210.260 followers saat saya menulis tulisan ini.

Silahkan Anda jawab sendiri :)

Kesimpulan:

Tidak heran rakyat Indonesia masih banyak yang seperti tulisan saya (lihat ini), wong
Bapak Menteri yang terhormatnya dan (konon) berpendidikan saja seperti itu...

Please, be more rational!

2011-03-28T21:05:00.004+07:00

Menyedihkannya orang Indonesia:

Ketika Jepang dilanda tsunami dahsyat

Tanggapan 1: dari seseorang yang berpendidikan, menengah ke atas
" Gila, Jepang kasian banget ya.. Tapi saya takjub dengan rakyatnya yang beradab. Untung ini tidak terjadi di Indonesia. Yah, pelajaran dari musibah ini..Jepang rakyatnya banyak yang jahat dan aneh2 sih. Jadi kena hukuman dari Tuhan.."

Tanggapan 2: dari seseorang yang kurang berpendidikan, kelas ekonomi lemah
" Yah, non.. Jepang banyak orang jahatnya sih..Kalau di Indonesia, orang jahatnya kan lebih sedikit.."

Saya tidak bermaksud "menyalahkan" opini mereka berdua. Tapi bisakah kita lebih realistis dalam menilai sesuatu masalah?

Apa sih definisi "jahat" dan "baik"? Bukankah definisi ini selalu senantiasa berkembang sesuai dengan zaman?

Kenapa setiap kali ada bencana, harus selalu dikaitkan dengan hal-hal yang "supranatural" dan tidak "logis"?

Again, agama sudah sedemikian merasuknya dalam pikiran masyarakat kita.

Bukan berarti saya orang yang anti-agama. Bukan itu! Dan itu bukan sama sekali maksud saya.

Saya hanya ingin mengatakan, cobalah untuk senantiasa melihat kejadian di sekeliling dengan akal sehat dan tentunya dengan EMPATI.

Menurut saya, tindakan "menghakimi" ini sungguh tidak pantas di saat ada orang yang kesusahan.

Setujukah Anda?

Welcoming, Ding Dong Shop!

2011-03-28T20:56:00.002+07:00

Actually, I don't really want to post this since yeah, I'm a bit introvert.

Plus, sometimes my introvert-nes reaches absurd level with high insecure level that really freaking me out (sometimes).

But, after re-thinking so many times, I think I have to say this in my blog. Not only for an advertisement purpose but also as a reminder for myself that on the 20 February 2011, I've finally had my first online store :D

It's at facebook (yeah, I'm a beginner) and sells fashion items with a very reasonable prices (at least that's what I think).

Welcoming, Ding Dong Shop ! (absurd name, right?) --> add us ding_dong_shop@ymail.com

Thank youu :D

A Worth-watching video (at least, for me)

2011-03-28T20:37:00.004+07:00

I think this is a worth-watching video :)

Thanks to @Widianibudiarti for sharing with us (via fb news feed)

nasib "tuhan dan lain-lain" ...

2011-03-27T21:39:00.004+07:00

"Pancasila../ Satu/ Ketuhanan Yang Maha Esa../"

Demikian penggalan pertama kalimat Pancasila yang (seingat dan setahu saya) pasti selalu dibacakan serta kembali diucapkan oleh para peserta upacara bendera.

Ya, sebuah ideologi negara, Negara Kesatuan Republik Indonesia. Sebuah negara yang amatlah plural dan (katanya) penuh dengan toleransi (dan katanya lagi) saling menghormati perbedaan yang hidup di dalam masyarakat.

Sebuah negara, yang konon, dengan bangga menyatakan bahwa :

"We are the largest populated Moslem country, yet we are NOT a Muslim country"

Indonesia adalah negara dengan penduduk Muslim terbesar, namun BUKAN berarti bahwa Indonesia negara Islam. Dengan pengakuan "agama" lain selain Islam di negara ini, menjadi "bukti" bagi statement tersebut.

Ya, Indonesia adalah sebuah negara sekuler. Maksudnya, negara yang tidak menjadikan agama sebagai landasan pemerintahannya. Namun, ini bukan berarti bahwa Indonesia sebuah negara yang tidak menjunjung TUHAN (baca: Tuhan BUKAN berarti agama). Lihatlah sila pertama Pancasila! Dalam sila tersebut TIDAK dinyatakan tuhan siapakah yang dimaksud. Sila pertama hanya mengatakan TUHAN YANG ESA. Yakni Tuhan yang satu.

Sila tersebut hanya mengatakan bahwa tuhan apapun BOLEH dijadikan acuan SELAMA dia itu satu. Jelas bahwa Indonesia hanya menolak paham polyteisme (kepercayaan akan banyak tuhan).

Tapi, lihat bagaimana sila ini diterapkan. "Tuhan yang esa" disempitkan maknanya menjadi "agama". HANYA lima (sekarang enam) "agama" yang diakui sebagai "tuhan yang maha esa".

Perlu diluruskan bahwa TUHAN bukan berarti AGAMA. Setahu saya, "tuhan" manapun yang ada di dunia, tidak pernah membuat "agama". Agama hanyalah sebuah institusi, tidak lebih sebuah wadah bentukan manusia, untuk mempermudah "penggolongan" bahwa "kami bertuhan sama". Oleh karena itu, bagi saya adalah sebuah tindakan bodoh ketika kita berkata "kita harus membela agama kita", karena untuk apa mati-matian membela sebuah bentukan manusia? Tetapi lebih bodoh lagi ketika kita berkata "kita harus membela tuhan", karena jika kita meyakini bahwa tuhan kita adalah suatu entitas, keberadaan yang tertinggi, untuk apakah kita yang fana ini membelanya? Kalau dia sebegitu superpower nya, maka tidaklah diperlukan "pembelaan" dari kita, si manusia bodoh dan lemah ini.

Sekarang, melihat penerapan sila pertama di Indonesia ini, terpikirkah Anda

bagaimana nasib penganut"tuhan yang esa" lain di luar yang diakui oleh Negara Indonesia ?

Reminder: Earth Hour!

2011-03-25T22:08:00.002+07:00

Let's join this worldwide event

Remember to SWITCH OFF your lights on

March, 26th 2011
20.30-21.30 (according to your local time)

Together we can do something for mother earth :)

An hour for lifestyle change!

2011-03-25T22:01:00.003+07:00

Finally,

MID TERM TEST IS OFFICIALLY OVER

See you next semester :D

Achtung!

2011-03-13T22:48:00.005+07:00

sorry for hiatus :(

blame the college stuffs and campus events

the good news?

I will start blogging as soon as possible

Happy Chinese New Year!

2011-02-02T23:58:00.002+07:00

Happy Chinese New Year!
Wishing you a wonderful and prosperous year :)

Eli Cohen? Hanya waktu(?) yang mampu menjawab..

2011-02-01T23:06:00.005+07:00

Isu mengenai adanya dugaan skandal pengaturan skor yang dilakukan oleh petinggi PSSI tentunya menimbulkan sensasi yang luar biasa. Bagaimana tidak? Isu yang diungkapkan oleh seseorang dengan nama samaran Eli Cohen ini benar-benar sensitif serta sensasional. Sensitif, karena benar-benar menyinggung harga diri kita sebagai bangsa terutama penyebutan dua petinggi PSSI walaupun hanya berupa inisial. Sensasional, karena memang kita semua sudah tau bahwa ada sesuatu yang salah dengan PSSI dan dengan adanya isu ini semua dugaan masyarakat seolah "terjawab".

Saya tidak ingin mengomentari isu Eli Cohen ini. Terlepas daripada benar ataupun tidaknya isu yang dihembuskan oleh media ini, saya tergelitik dengan ucapan Sekjen PSSI, Nugraha Besoes yang ketika diwawancarai oleh MNC News tentunya membantah isu ini dan berkata "Ini dilakukan untuk menjelekan nama PSSI". Bukan bermaksud untuk "mengadili", Pak. Tapi bukannya memang imej PSSI sudah buruk di mata masyarakat? Saya yakin bahwa pandangan bahwa PSSI sudah bobrok bukanlah merupakan opini sepihak saya melainkan sudah menjadi opini masyarakat pada umumnya. Kalau bukan opini masyarakat, apakah mungkin stadion Gelora Bung Karno yang begitu padat ketika Piala AFF bergulir hingga masyarakat dunia maya meneriakan satu slogan yang sama? Apakah slogan "Nurdin Mundur!" hanyalah sebuah tindakan oknum semata?

Saya tidak tahu apa yang ada di kepala para petinggi PSSI dan "permainan" apa yang terjadi di "atas" sana. Tapi apapun itu, memang suatu keanehan ketika mereka mengabaikan suara masyarakat mengenai "pimpinan" mereka. Jangan-jangan telinga mereka memang bermasalah karena terlalu banyak mendengarkan vuvuzela. Ataukah jangan-jangan memang telinga mereka sudah disumbat oleh materi yang kita kenal dengan nama "uang"?

Pertanyaan apakah mungkin isu Eli Cohen ini benar? Hanya waktu (atau) uang yang dapat menjawabnya.

Kapan orang Indonesia dewasa?

2011-01-27T23:48:00.004+07:00

Kertetarikan terhadap suatu isu memberikan gambaran karakter manusia.
Terlebih lagi cara mengkritisi suatu isu. Kritik seseorang terhadap masalah tertentu benar-benar dapat menggambarkan tingkat pendidikan, usia, pola pikir, hingga latar belakang pendidikannya.

Lantas, bagaimana dengan orang Indonesia?

Coba perhatikan berita yang ada di yahoo news. Berita-berita gosip yang menjurus ke arah seks selalu ramai dengan komentar serta jumlah "jempol" rekomendasi yang tidak sedikit. Berita dengan judul "Wow, Ada Foto Jupe Tidur Kelihatan Punggungnya" mendapatkan 509 komentar dan 122 "jempol" rekomendasi ketika saya mengakses berita tersebut. Demikian pula berita-berita sejenis yang (pasti) selalu ramai dengan komentar-komentar tidak jelas ataupun tidak senonoh dari netter Indonesia. Coba dibandingkan dengan isu-isu "berat" yang sedang hangat seperti kasus internasional seperti berakhirnya rezim Ben Ali di Tunisia ataupun berita dengan core hardnews bisa dipastikan (hampir) selalu sepi komentar.

Lain lagi dengan jejaring sosial lainnya sebutlah Twitter. Masih segar dalam ingatan bahwa Trending Topics dari Indonesia kebanyakan tidaklah berbobot. Entah itu "Ariel Peterporn", "4l4y", "Keong Racun", hingga entah apa lagi Trending Topic tidak berbobot dari netter negeri ini.

Berkaca dari kedua kasus di media online yang ada dan mencermati tingkah laku para netter Indonesia, saya menarik kesimpulan bahwa netter di Indonesia tidaklah terdidik. Saya yakin tindakan ini bukanlah tingkah laku satu-dua orang. Satu-dua orang atau sering kali disebut-sebut sebagai "oknum" tidak mungkin membuat "Trending Topic" di jagat Twitter. Yang lebih menyedihkan, tidak jarang tweet ataupun komentar-komentar miring ini melibatkan (mohon maaf bila tersindir) orang-orang yang sudah cukup dianggap "mengerti" dan "paham ilmu" alias "intelektual" yang tentunya (seharusnya) pasti mengerti sekali dampak dari suatu media online.

Melihat kenyataan seperti ini, nurani saya pun tergelitik.
Kapan orang Indonesia dewasa?

A little flash back

2011-01-11T22:49:00.003+07:00

These are some of the most unforgettable moment in my life which was happened in 2010:

January
Bullied my cute friend Santiasih for almost every day! *sorry, friend*
Even I called her Mrs. Kovara! lol
Can't really stop laughing whenever I remember your reaction, darling ;D
See the post here.

February
Got a chocolate valentine from "secret admirer". It really made an uproar between my curious friends especially Kovara the Kepo Man :) But in the end, I can guess who the sender was. Thanks anyway~!

March
Accepted as Secretary at Sisco. Wow! this experience is superb! I can't believe I could meet my boss expectation although I had just finished my high school time! Meeting a lot new people as a "partner" and learning many new skills, details, etc :) Thanks for giving me this chance, boss :D

April
Encountered a heart warming (I'm not really sure what's the name of this feeling?) event. Met a taxi driver which had really awaken me. Read this for the event.

Experienced one of the biggest disappointment in my life and learned a life lesson that not everything you want, even the so damn badly dream and wishes will really come true.
It was like the punch on my face. I failed.

May
My class went to Anyer! We really had a lot of fun!

June
Prom Night! It was awesome! :D
Great ballroom, great photos!

July
On 31st July, I officially left Sisco. Maybe I will visit them in my spare time :)

August
Started my life as a college student in University of Indonesia
My best friend went abroad to continue her study. well, we'll meet again in February 2011!

September
Became an active Jakarta-Depok commuter train and busway user.
Now, I am the master for train schedule!
Got to know my new family #comm10!

October
Experienced the mid term test as a college student for the first time! Wow, it was so different with the high school!

November
Interviewing seniors for commit as a compulsory.
Enjoying the time out for pra-sar! :D

December
Accepted in ISAFIS! :D
Got a new part time work as english teacher for elementary students! I loved this job, I guess :D

A late greeting

2011-01-11T22:43:00.006+07:00

Terribly sorry for the hiatus :(

Well, this is kinda late, but before we start i really want to say

"happy new year!"

Hope 2011 will be more wonderful year!

Life purpose?

2010-12-27T00:48:00.004+07:00

"What is your life purpose?"

One of the biggest question in every human life.

For this reason,
Some people chase the fortune
For this reason,
Some people chase the knowledge
For this reason,
Some people chase the popularity

Life purpose is needed in order to live our life to the fullest.
Without the purpose, we won't able to decide which route to go.

According to the religion,
our life purpose is to glorify God

According to the materialistic world,
our life purpose is to catch as many fortune as we can

According to the intellectual,
our life purpose is to be the closest to the truth

According to the nationalist,
our life purpose is to glorify our country

According to the "usual people",
our life purpose is to become successful

Then what is MY purpose?

Saya pun resmi menjadi anak KOMED!

2010-12-26T19:23:00.002+07:00

Pengumuman:
Akhirnya saya memutuskan untuk mengambil komunikasi media sebagai prodi saya.
*plok-plok-plok panjang*

Setelah sempat galau dan nyasar sana-sini serta berputar-putar dari humas, iklan, jurnal, iklan lagi, entah bagaimana caranya tiba-tiba saya mendarat di planet komed (komunikasi media). Semua teman sejurusan yang ketemu saya dan bertanya tentang prodi saya pun kontan terbingung-bingung. Bahkan salah satu teman sampai berkata "Kayaknya tiap kali gw tanya elu jawaban lu selalu ganti deh" Yah, maklum lah. Dasar saya ababil.

Sejak mengetahui bahwa peminatan jurusan di UI ada 5, saya langsung mencoret IKP dan Komed di daftar saya. Tinggalah saya berkutat dengan Humas, Jurnal, dan Iklan. Dulunya, saya niat masuk komunikasi untuk menjadi seorang humas atau bahasa kerennya public relation. Di pikiran saya, inilah salah satu kuliah yang ter-mudah, ter-tidak lama lulus, ter-hepi, dsb. Tapi seiring dengan waktu ternyata minat saya mengalami ganjalan. Kedua orangtua tiba-tiba tidak mendukung saya mengambil humas walaupun mengizinkan saya mengambil jurusan komunikasi. Di benak mereka, mending sekolah jadi wartawan sekalian deh! Setidaknya ada skill yang benar-benar harus dikuasai *no offense buat anak humas ya!*

Oke, setelah tidak bisa memilih Humas, tinggalah Jurnal dan Iklan yang menjadi pilihan sisa. Jujur saja, saya tidak ada yang benar-benar sreg dengan kedua prodi tersebut. Saya malas menjadi wartawan dan saya tidak yakin dengan skill saya di Iklan. Saya pun sempat mengalami kegalauan "Kayaknya gue salah masuk jurusan, deh".

Yah, untungnya saja, setelah berkutat panjang, tiba-tiba entah bagaimana, tiba-tiba terbersit rasa untuk memilih komed. Dan entah kenapa, pada saat itu, saya merasa bahwa "Ting! Inilah pilihan yang tepat!" Absurd bukan? dan sejak saat itu saya pun teguh memilih komed sebagai prodi saya. Entah apakah "rasa" tersebut adalah jawaban dan tuntunan Tuhan? Entahlah.
Yang pasti, saya hanya berharap semoga komed adalah jalan yang benar bagi saya.

Merry Christmas!

2010-12-25T23:40:00.004+07:00

Christmas is not about holiday
Christmas is not about Santa
Christmas is not about presents
but
Christmas is about Jesus who is born once again in our heart

Have a wonderful Christmas, readers! :D

Untitled

2010-12-11T22:24:00.004+07:00

Crazy-Simple Plan

Tell me what's wrong with society
When everywhere I look, I see
Young girls dying to be on TV
They won't stop till they've reached their dreams

Diet pills, surgery
Photoshopped pictures in magazines
Telling them how they should be
It doesn't make sense to me

Is everybody going crazy?
Is anybody gonna save me?
Can anybody tell me what's going on?
Tell me what's going on?
If you open your eyes
You'll see that something is wrong

I guess things are not how they used to be
There's no more normal families
Parents act like enemies
Making kids feel like it's World War III

No one cares, no one's there
I guess we're all just too damn busy
And money's our first priority
It doesn't make sense to me

Is everybody going crazy?
Is anybody gonna save me?
Can anybody tell me what's going on?
Tell me what's going on?
If you open your eyes
You'll see that something is wrong

Is everybody going crazy?
Is everybody going crazy?

Tell me what's wrong with society
When everywhere I look I see
Rich guys driving big SUVs
While kids are starving in the streets

No one cares
No one likes to share
I guess life's unfair

Is everybody going crazy?
Is anybody gonna save me?
Can anybody tell me what's going on?
Tell me what's going on?
If you open your eyes
You'll see that something, something is wrong

Is everybody going crazy?
Can anybody tell me what's going on?
Tell me what's going on?
If you open your eyes
You'll see that something is wrong

Menjadi kupu-kupu, salahkah?

2010-12-11T20:15:00.003+07:00

Menempuh kehidupan perkuliahan di kota yang nun jauh di sana, memang memerlukan konsekuensi. Jarak tempuh yang sekitar 40 kilometer adalah jarak yang tidak bisa dibilang jauh sekali ataupun dekat sekali. Yah, memang ketika saya memutuskan untuk berkuliah di sini, saya menyadari akan adanya konsekuensi yakni pilihan antar kos atau tidak. Bagi sebagian besar orang, pilihan ini sangatlah mudah. Rumah yang lumayan jauh, yah, daripada capek di jalan mending nge-kos. Namun, dasar saya si kucing rumah, pilihan nge-kos saya buang jauh-jauh. Alasannya?Memang terdengar manja, tapi saya tidak betah di kos-an.Titik.

Pergi sejauh 40 kilometer masih sangat mungkin untuk dijangkau. Memang saya akui, itu melelahkan. Pagi-pagi harus bangun pukul 05.30 untuk menuju Juanda, mengejar kereta pk 06.15 atau pk 07.10 akibat jalanan di kota Jakarta yang tidak menentu kondisinya.

Ketika pulang kuliah, waktu tempuh yang cukup lama yakni sekitar 2 jam ketika Jakarta sudah mencapai rush hour nya atau paling cepat sekitar 1 jam 20 menit ketika pulang tengah hari bolong atau setelah malam tiba. Capekah saya? Saya akui, saya capek. Ketika pulang kuliah sekitar pukul 4 sore, fakta bahwa saya harus bergelantungan di busway, bukanlah fakta yang menyenangkan.

Oleh karena alasa itu, saya pun berubah menjadi si KuPu-KuPu. Mahasiswa yang gemar sekali langsung cabut pulang ke rumah setelah kuliah. Yah, saya memang bukanlah si KuNang-KuNang (kuliah-nangkring) atapun si KuRa-KuRa (kuliah -rapat). Saya tidak gemar nangkring (nongkrong) buang-buang waktu ataupun berorganisasi secara padat. Berorganisasi boleh, cuma saya ogah kalau terlalu padat. Kenapa? Selain melelahkan dan cenderung membuat kuliah saya terlantar, saya juga ogah pulang terlalu malam dari Depok. Bayangan untuk rapat yang biasanya dimulai jam 4 sore ataupun mengerjakan perlengkapan acara di hari Sabtu di Depok? Memikirkannya saja saya sudah malas duluan.

Nah, sialnya, anak-anak di jurusan saya, kebanyakan adalah tipe si kura-kura dan kunang-kunang. Antara yang aktif sekali ataupun yang "eksis". Ini membuat saya, si kupu-kupu, sesuatu yang menyimpang secara sosial. Jarang. Lontaran kalimat keheranan ketika melihat saya menunggu kereta tujuan Jakarta sekitar jam 11 pagi setiap kali bertemu dengan entah teman sebaya hingga senior adalah wajar. "Langsung balik lu?", begitu kata mereka.

Tapi, saya sebenarnya juga merasa bahwa hidup kupu-kupu tidaklah menyenangkan. Tidak produktif. Oleh karenanya, saya pun segera mencari kegiatan lain, yang sesuai dengan prinsip saya untuk tidak di luar Jakarta (baca: dekat rumah). Karena kata teman saya, "Lenteng Agung juga Jakarta kali". Iya, tapi JAUH dari rumah saya. Kegiatan saya pun menjadi padat sehingga benar-benar setiap kali kuliah, saya harus bergegas naik kereta agar tidak terlambat. Stigma saya sebagai si Kupu-kupu pun makin melekat. Saya tidak bisa meninggalkan tanggung jawab saya dengan kegiatan yang sudah saya pilih dengan sadar dan sesuai dengan keinginan saya, tapi ini menimbulkan masalah berupa kurangnya waktu saya untuk bersosialisasi dengan teman-teman di kampus ataupun sekadar kumpul angkatan hingga membantu angkatan saya mengerjakan tugas-tugas angkatan seperti art performances (maklum, masih mahasiswa baru).

Salahkah saya jika saya lebih memilih beraktifitas, berkegiatan ataupun berorganisasi di Jakarta?

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2010-11-28T15:43:00.003+07:00

I hate the worrywart
for they merely mind the atrocious

I hate the optimist
for they merely mind the marvelous

I am grateful for being the realistic
for I merely mind the probable

Bingung dan Bingung..

2010-11-25T22:56:00.005+07:00

Hello, readers! *pede banget ada yang baca* hahaha

Setelah saya memasang aplikasi live-traffic feed di pojok kanan, setidaknya saya tahu kalau sejeleknya-jeleknya, masih ada yang nge-klik blog saya. *sambil tersenyum lebar dan nunjuk-nunjuk dengan bangga* Lupakan kemungkinan "pembaca nyasar" ataupun "asal ngeklik". Anggap lah semuanya membaca konten di sini. *berlagak bodoh*

Dan sekarang saya pun berdiri di penghujung semester pertama. Yes! Kurang dari 4 minggu, saya pun (akan) segera mengakhiri perkuliahan perdana saya. Senang? jelas! Setidaknya saya bisa beristirahat dari rutinitas bangun pagi, ke stasiun, dan naik kereta ke depok. Namun, ketika semester akan segera berakhir, hal lain pun mulai mengantri untuk dipikirkan. Entah itu UAS, liburan, ospek, hingga masalah yang secara lebay, "yang menentukan hidup dan matinya kehidupan saya di perkuliahan".

Nah, nah, nah..Jadi, masalah apa sih yang "segitu urgent tentang perkuliahan"?
Pengen tau? *minta digampar yang baca* hahaha
Benar-benar masalah yang super duper gawat. Jadi, sebenarnya ada pemilihan jurusan (lagi) untuk program Komunikasi yang menjadi jurusan saya saat ini. Ada 5 penjurusanya dan saya diwajibkan untuk memilih salah satu. *siapa juga yang mau dua?*haha
Masalahnya, saya benar-benar bingung mau yang mana karena ada beberapa pertimbangan. Yah, namanya juga pilihan, pastinya ada bagus dan jeleknya di tiap pilihan. Itulah yang membuat saya menjadi bimbang.

Mari kita analisa satu per satu

1.Humas

Humas yah humas *asli ga jelas*. Belajar jadi humas. Jujur aja sih, dulu niat ngambil komunikasi emang maunya mengambil humas. TAPI setelah dipikir-pikir, ternyata ada pertimbangan lain.

Segi positif:
Tanpa berniat mendiskreditkan ataupun memandang rendah profesi dan penjurusan ini, (harusnya) sih materinya tidak terlalu berat. Yang artinya, semakin banyak waktu buat saya untuk bersantai ataupun kesempatan untuk fokus di bidang selain perkuliahan. Saya juga menyenangi dunia public speaking dan kata teman saya, anak HI, suara saya "resepsionis" banget. hahaha. Modal yang cukup untuk humas.

Segi negatif:
Ada beberapa mata kuliah yang wajib untuk mengenakan pakaian formal dan rapih plus tidak ketinggalan make up dan heels. Sesuatu yang menyebalkan untuk dilakukan karena saya naik kereta dan pulang dengan busway. Selain itu, mata kuliah yang (saya asumsikan mudah) membuat saya berpikir "guna gak sih kuliah ini 4 tahun?" Plus, ternyata orangtua saya tidak setuju mengambil penjurusan ini.

2.Jurnal
Jurnal yah kerjaanya mencari berita serta menuliskannya. Jadi wartawan, begitulah intinya. Bisa juga jadi announcer di radio ataupun news anchor di televisi. Kurang lebih seperti itu.

Segi positif:
Saya ada minat dengan pekerjaan news anchor di televisi. Lapangan kerja besar karena pertumbuhan media saat ini ditambah skill khusus yang dikuasai. Menulis dan mencari berita kan ada skill nya. *nada sotoy*

Segi negatif:
Saya bukan orang lapangan. Istilahnya, saya tidak suka capek. Kebayang gimana kalau saya diwajibkan meliput berita tsunami, gempa bumi, atau perang? wow. Jelas saya tidak mau. Apalagi kalau harus mewawancarai narasumber yang menyebalkan. Beneran gak kebayang.

3. Iklan
Belajarnya? Membuat konsep iklan dan tentu saja berkaitan dengan dunia marketing.

Segi positif:
Saya senang dengan dunia marketing, karena saya cinta sama duit! *parah*

Segi negatif:
Desain mendesain? nampaknya bukan saya dehh.. -__- tapi mungkinkah bisa dilatih?

4.Komed
Nah, kalo ini kerjanya menganalisa segala konten media. Apapun itu. Mau bagus atau jelek, semuanya kudu di analisa. Nantinya jadi dosen atau anggota KPI (komisi penyiaran indonesia)

Segi positif:
Kata orang, saya kritis dan analitis. Cocok untuk bidang ini (?)

Segi negatif:
Pacaran sama buku tebal melulu! Mungkinkah saya bertahan?

5.IKP
Ini buat orang-orang yang jelas menyukai kegiatan "nyeni" dan hal berbau teknis. Kerjaannya buat film dan pacaran sama alat" kek kamera tv, dkk. Jelas ini bukan saya. Dan saya tidak akan berlama-lama menjelaskan ini. haha

Nah, nah, nah..
setelah mempertimbangkan positif negatifnya, nampaknya saya malah tidak mampu memutuskan.. -__-

Errr...This is just not that important

2010-11-21T14:35:00.005+07:00

WHAT WAS YOUR:

1. last beverage = mineral water

2.last phone call = Job

3. last text message = Ulfah

4. last song you listened to = i don't really remember.. I always shuffle songs and don't really pay attention..

5. last time you cried = Uhmm, maybe last month? in mentoring session..*sounds stupid*

HAVE YOU EVER:

6. dated someone twice = nope

7. been cheated on = nope

8. kissed someone & regretted it= nope

9. lost someone special = fortunately, i Haven't

10. been depressed = yes

11. been drunk and threw up = nope. and never.

LIST THREE FAVORITE COLORS:

12. green

13. white

14. black

THIS YEAR HAVE YOU: (2010)

15. Made a new friend = a lot!

16. Fallen out of love = yes

17. Laughed until you cried = yes

18. Met someone who changed you = uhmm, yes i guess?

19. Found out who your true friends were = yes

20. Found out someone was talking about you = no. as i can remember.

21. Kissed anyone on your facebook friend's list = no

GENERAL:

22. How many people on your fb friends list do you know in real life = i think i know all my fb friends..so they should know me too! haha

24. Do you have any pets = I used to..

(where's number 23 and 25?)

26. What did you do for your last birthday = having a sleep-over :)

27. What time did you wake up today = 11 AM?

28. What were you doing at midnight last night = sleeping for better health!

29. something you CANNOT wait for = eating time! such fat belly!

30. Last time you saw your Mother = just now.

31. What is one thing you wish you could change about your life = nothing, i guess. but physically, i want a taller body.

32. What are you listening to right now = nothing

33. Have you ever talked to a person named Tom = yes

34. What's getting on your nerves right now = assignmentsss!

35. Most visited web page = twitter and yahoomail

(where's number 36?)

37. Nicknames = Mel, Melia, and now MEHA! i dont really like the last..

38. Relationship Status = single

39. Zodiac Sign = Taurus

40. He or She? = She

41. Elementary? = SDK 11 BPK PENABUR Jakarta

42. Middle School = SMPK 7 BPK PENABUR Jakarta

43. High school/College = SMAk 1 BPK PENABUR Jakarta

44. Hair color = black

45. Long or short = not too long but not too short

46. Height = 1.53 m

47. Do you have a crush on someone? = right now? nope

48: What do you like about yourself? = easy going personality?

49. Piercings = yes

50. Tattoos = no. but someday maybe yes :)

51. Righty or lefty = righty

52. First surgery = nope. hopefully never.

53. First piercing = ears

54. First best friend = my kindergarten friends?

55. First sport you joined = swimming

56. First vacation = Puncak

(where's number 57?)

58. First pair of trainers = hah? forget.

RIGHT NOW:

59. Eating = nothing. but i'm craving for pizzas or hamburgers..

60. Drinking = nothing

61. I'm about to = sleeping. but still have lot of college tasks! geezz..

62. Listening to = nothing

63. Waiting for = inspiration to continue the assignments

64. Want kids? = yes. twins would be nice!

65. Get Married? = yes.

66. Career? = of course!

WHICH IS BETTER :

67. Lips or eyes? = eyes

68. Hugs or kisses = hugs

69. Shorter or taller = taller

70. Older or Younger = older

71. Romantic or spontaneous = spontaneous

72. Nice stomach or nice arms = nice arms

73. Sensitive or loud = i'm both of them

74. Relationships or Friendships = friendships

75. Trouble maker or hesitant = hesitant

HAVE YOU EVER :

76. Kissed a stranger = nope.

77. Drank hard liquor = yes

78. Lost glasses/contacts = yes, but soon i'll find those!

79. Sex on first date = nope. and never.

80. Broken someone's heart = yes

81. Had your own heart broken = in a romantic way? nope

82. Been arrested = nope. and never will. i don't do any crime!

83. Turned someone down = yes

84. Cried when someone died = nope. fortunately, i've never experienced close people death.

85. Fallen for a friend = yes

86. Yourself = moody, easy going, love talking, fat belly, love slacking-off and love reading

87. Miracles = yes :) thanks God!

88. Love at first sight = yes

89. Heaven = i believe in heaven, but haven't gone there :) maybe later..haha

90. Santa Claus = met Santa? yes!

91. Kiss on the first date = no

92. Angels = ...yes, i guess?

ANSWER TRUTHFULLY:

93. Had more than one bf/gf? = no

(the quiz maker can't count. he missed too many numbers. including 94)

95. Did you sing today?= yes

96. Ever cheated on somebody? = no

97. If you could go back in time, how far would you go, and why? = when i was kid. nothing to think about except playing and slacking off

98. If you could pick a day from last year and relive it, what would it be? = christmas holiday? i love long holiday!

99. Are you afraid of falling in love? = nope

100. Posting this as 100 truths? = nope. I'll change the title :)

Deal Keren.com

2010-11-18T21:03:00.000+07:00

Ceritanya berawal ketika saya melihat iklan di facebook. Bunyinya cukup menarik yakni
"Ingin makan es krim Hagen sepuasnya?"

Yah, saya kan doyan es krim, jadilah saya iseng-iseng nge-klik iklan tersebut. Toh tidak ada salahnya. Lalu halaman pun berubah menjadi halaman website www.dealkeren.com

Setelah saya baca, singkatnya ini adalah website Indonesia yang bergerak di jualan kupon atau voucher. Misalnya toko X mengeluarkan voucher senilai 100 ribu rupiah, namun di website ini voucher tersebut hanya dijual setengah harga yakni 50 ribu rupiah.

Awalnya saya juga merasa curiga, apakah memang ini benar-benar "asli" atau hanya sekadar penipuan berkedok di internet. Tapi saya cek, ternyata vendor-vendor yang bekerja sama dengan website ini cukup bonafit sebutlah Dufan, Four Seasons Hotel, Outboundholic, dan sebagainya.

Tapi tentu saja, rasa tidak aman dan curiga tetap membayangi lantaran penipuan lewat internet cukuplah marak. Setelah menjadi member, saya pun mendapatkan pemberitahuan tentang Voucher yang dikeluarkan oleh New Zealand Natural Ice Cream. Voucher seharga 50 ribu rupiah hanya dibandrol seharga 25 ribu rupiah! Rasa penasaran saya pun terusik. Saya pun memutuskan untuk mentransfer pembayaran sebesar 25 ribu rupiah ke rekening PT Graha Lestari. Dalam benak saya waktu itu, yah kalau memang tipu-menipu, setidaknya hanya hilang 25 ribu rupiah.

Ternyata hanya kurun waktu beberapa jam setelah pentransferan uang, status saya di akun pun berubah dan saya dikirimi e-voucher. Saya pikir, seperti layaknya tiket pesawat terbang murah yang harus nge-print sendiri. Oke, saya lakukan hal itu dan segera saya bawa hasil print out e-voucher tersebut ke New Zealand Mal Puri Indah yang kebetulan lokasinya terdekat.

KEtika memberikan voucher tersebut, rasa dag-dig-dug was-was akibat ketidakyakinan terhadap voucher itu terus membayangi. Dan benar saja, voucher saya ditolak setelah pihak penjaga stand melakukan konfirmasi dengan manajer mereka. KOntan saya kecewa. Oke, benar-benar ditipu ternyata.

Niat hati ingin memprotes, saya pun menghubungi via telepon kantor dealkeren.com dan di sana di jelaskan bahwa saya sudah dikirimi email pemberitahuan bahwa ada kesalahan pada sistem mereka dan akan dikirimkan voucher yang "resmi". Saya cek email, ternyata benar. Memang saya belum sempat mengecek email dan segera saya penuhi data alamat rumah saya yang diminta mereka untuk menjadi alamat pengiriman voucher.

Yak! dan ternyata, hari ini voucher nya resmi sampai di rumah saya dengan selamat! Layaknya voucher resmi kalau kita memang membeli voucher! Yups, saya pasti akan segera menggunakan voucher tersebut sambil sedikit menyesali ,mengapa saya hanya membeli 1 buah voucher.

Lain kali, saya pasti akan nge-borong semua vouchernya! hahaha

Buat teman-teman yang berminat merasakan "kebahagian" mencoba voucher murah meriah, bisa klik link di bawah ini:

https://www.dealkeren.com/jakarta/invitation/?s=071d9adc3ed03a16d2e18cfb63e9c0e1

Oiya,sekarang lagi ada promo padicure lhoo..hanya 45 ribu rupiah untuk perawatan pedicure di Hotel Intercontinental senilai 150 ribu rupiah! Wow! ayoo kita pedicure barengg! :)

Attending or .. ?

2010-11-09T18:11:00.007+07:00

People here, especially UI student are having Obama-fever right now. Obama, the president of United States of America is going to give public lecture here, in UI. Whoaa, that's huge! The public lecture, which is scheduled on Wednesday, 10 November seriously caught civitas academica attention. Lot of people are trying to find out on how to attend the public lecture by USA no. 1 person. Yeah, no wonder.

Is the hype also affect me?

Well, attending the public lecture which have Obama as the key note speaker would sounds great since the invitation is very limited and only certain people who can get the invitation. Haha.. Though I'm wondering what is public about this public lecture since it is so for limited guest. Some of my friends have been desperate enough to get or even beg for this invitation. I'm not exaggerating, but yeah, there are even people who come to FISIP UI in the middle of night only to ask the staff there how to get the invitation. Sounds weird. But that's really happen.

Just for getting the invitation is really that complicated. Even the spoke person from the BEM can't give us any clue about the invitation except telling us to go to the US embassy. What the hell! My lecturer who had the invitation even say that they are restricted not to bring any bag even the clutch to attend the public lecture. Oh, man..Why is it so complicated only to hear a mere human being delivering a speech (I can't say this is a lecture since I guess there won't be any material or module there..) ?

It's so crystal clear for a lazy person like me, I don't even try to find the way to get the so-precious invitation. For me, it's clearly a big no to attend the public lecture. Besides of the complicated invitation, not to mention, the traffic and how to reach UI on Wednesday...is something that I cant truly imagine. But despite of all the complicated steps to attend the public lecture, I think I won't decline a free invitation. haha..I really sounds like idiot now.

Seems now, I will spend my Wednesday in Jakarta. There's nothing I can get from Obama visit to Indonesia except a free 2 days-off and a delay for Law re-mid term test. I can't hide my hope for Obama having a nights for a week or two so I can get a rest from Depok. Maybe trying to camp next to Danau UI? Yeah, I'm truly an idiot.

Finally, I want to say "Have fun,Obama. "
Hope you enjoy Jakarta and it's food plus UI tropical forest!

Nampaknya saya (masih) harus terus belajar..

2010-11-09T14:10:00.000+07:00

Saya memang orang yang menganggap serta merasakan manfaat dari menulis sebuah jurnal harian. Dengan buku harian, saya terbantu dan terbiasa untuk senang mengenang masa lalu. Terkadang rasa "wah, dulu gua konyol banget bisa marah gara-gara hal itu" atau "gila! kok dulu gua bisa gitu sih?Gua gak inget!" sangatlah manis.

Ketika dulu masih zaman internet belum menjamur seperti sekarang, saya memang menulis sebuah (atau beberapa karena sering hilang) buku harian. Namun dengan alasan "malas dan capai menulis dengan pena", "buku yang hilang entah dimana" (hal yang wajar buat seorang Melia), dan "bocornya rahasia pribadi" (karena rumah saya isinya orang yang rasa ingin tahunya di atas rata-rata semua), dan berbagai alasan lain pun kegiatan menulis buku harian terabaikan. Untungnya setelah saya melek internet ditambah rasa "iseng-iseng pengen punya" saya pun memberanikan diri menulis di blog, diari modern dengan berbagai fitur yang cukup menakjubkan. Sebuah diari yang tidak pernah habis halamannya, tidak akan expired, dan yang lebih penting lagi, saya bisa menyaring siapa pembacanya. Ada tulisan privat di dalam draft yang tidak perlu diexpose dan ketika isinya cukup untuk publik dan berisi kebingungan atau masalah publik pula, saya bisa menanyakan respon pembaca. Sungguh amat praktis!

Namun apakah kepraktisan itu sudah saya manfaatkan dengan sebaik-baiknya? Yang ada hanyalah rasa malas untuk curhat dan menulis jurnal harian. Entah kenapa. Padahal sebenarnya saya sudah cukup banyak mengumpulkan banyak bahan di dalam kepala saya untuk ditulis dalam blog ini. Maksud hati ingin menambahkan banyak hal-hal yang saya alami sehari-hari , atau hal saya ingat secara tiba-tiba, hingga hal-hal yang menggelitik hati saya "sekarang", maupun hal yang cukup personal seperti perasaan saya tentang suatu hal dengan maksud untuk "mengingat saat ini" karena sebenarnya itulah tujuan awal saya membuat blog.

Namun entah mengapa rasanya untuk menuliskan hal-hal di kepala saya itu ternyata tidak semudah yang saya bayangkan. Setelah saya jabarkan di dalam kepala hal-hal yang "perlu saya tekankan dalam tulisan" pun kontan lenyap tak berbekas ketika jari-jari ini menyentuh tuts keyboard. Oke. Memang saya aneh. Susah-susah dipikir malah dibiarkan menguap begitu saja. Apalagi ketika saya ingin menuliskan hal-hal yang cukup personal tentang "perasaan mendalam" terhadap sesuatu. Baru menuliskan kalimat pertama saja saya sudah undur diri. Kalah sebelum berperang.

Yang jadi masalah dan pertanyaan saya adalah mengapa begitu? Apakah saya malu dengan isi tulisan saya? Jika iya, padahal dengan fitur "Save to Draft" orang-orang pun tidak ada yang bisa membacanya bukan? Apakah memang sebenarnya saya memang tipe orang yang tidak nyaman ketika tulisan saya dibaca orang?Tidak juga. Saya tidak pernah merasa tidak nyaman ketika orang membaca tulisan saya.

Ketika sudah sampai tahap ini, biasanya yang muncul berikutnya adalah rasa iri. Saya terkadang iri membaca tulisan orang" yang bisa dengan mudah nya curhat dalam bentuk tulisan. Atau setidaknya menuliskan apa yang mereka pikirkan tentang sesuatu dengan mudahnya. Hmm, nampaknya saya (masih) harus terus belajar..

Do I live right?

2010-11-08T22:48:00.004+07:00

Do I live right?

I can't say that I'm satisfied with my life. It's not like I regret it either. It's just, well..maybe I'll rather call it as standard. My life is nothing more than a flat book. Flat scenes. Flat storyline. No climax or ups or downs. Flat line.

I know, myself is not an adventurous person. Instead of trying something new, I prefer to not coming out from my comfort zone. Maybe scared for becoming a loser when I can't prevail or just in other words, I love slacking off so much.

Do I live right?

This uneasy feeling sometimes comes within me. Surrounding by great persons with great achievements makes it impossible to escape from jealousy or just simply being inferior. It's not like I don't have achievement in my own life nor I'm not proud of it. It's just I feel like my achievement is not as great as theirs.

I'm not the chosen one to become national or international delegates conference.
I speak English not too fluent. Maybe you can call it sucks comparing to them.
I'm not member of NGOs or other organizations.
I'm not the social butterfly, easily interacts with others.
I'm not the ambitious one.
I'm not the target-oriented one.
I'm not the ...

and the list continue to grow....
Adding more guilty and thought into my small and inproductive brain.

This really makes me think, do I live right?
Do I really use all the chances in my life well?
Do I really try to explore all my talents? Or just I let them wither?

I miss the ups and downs.
I miss the dynamics side of life.
I miss the proud feeling for any achievement.
I miss the sour, teary moments for any failure.

Sounds weird and absurd.
But that's how I feel right now.

2010-10-15T01:20:00.003+07:00

If you don't like something change it;
if you can't change it,

change the way you think about it.

Mary Engelbreit

Wanna see social reality?

2010-10-15T00:45:00.006+07:00

"Life is simple,
it's just not easy"

Almost spend 17 years of my life in -well you can say- "elite school" sometimes push me to think that poverty and misfortunes is thing in very far away land. But yeah, living my life now as the user of public transportation and sometimes "a great pedestrian" really wakes me up. Those are REAL and HAPPEN in life. Seeing the reality by my own very eyes has really punched me on the face.

As I'm using the commuter train as main daily transportation to reach my campus, I have seen so many social reality that I can't imagine before. Despite of the insecurity, inconvenience, and so "inhuman" issues toward the economy class commuter train, having an experience to ride on from Jakarta-Depok or vice versa, is a good way to learn and see the social truth, live.

Wanna see social reality?

just try this out!

Jaga Kebersihan, Please!

2010-09-20T22:48:00.005+07:00

Pernah denger statement kalo orang Indonesia itu jorok?
Pernah?
Dan ternyataaaa faktanyaa saudara-saudaraaa..
Mereka memang benar-benar JOROK!

Indikator kejorokan manusia bisa dilihat ya tentu saja di WC. Selalu bersekolah di sekolah yang (untungnya) ber-WC bersih dan selama SD sampe SMA kerjanya cuma muter-muter mal Jakarta yang notabene kinclong dan mengkilat membuat sedikit shock juga sih melihat "kenyataan" di sekitar saya sekarang ini. Hal ini disebabkan karena WC di depok, baik di stasiun, maupun di kampus, hingga di detos semuanya sama yakni JOROK! Semua toilet dipastikan becek, basah kuyup hingga ke wastafel-wastafelnya gara-gara toilet dijadikan tempat berwudhu. Seringkali mbak-mbak atau ibu-ibu berwudhu dengan cara menyemprotkan jet washer ke lantai toilet atau dengan lebih ekstrimnya langsung tancap, dannnn...angkat kaki ke atas wastafel! Saya juga heran mereka bisa mengangkat kaki sampai ke atas wastafel dengan suksesnya..Alhasil toilet tidak pernah tidak becek. Bener-bener bikin males buat ke toilet. Beneran deh, gw kangen banget toilet smuki yang selalu tersedia mbak-mbak cs yang setia nge-pel kamar mandi sampe gak pernah becek!

Salah satu kejadian yang lumayan bikin shock yang saya lihat dengan mata kepala sendiri, di busway pas mau pulang ke rumah yang nun jauh di sana *lebay*. Seorang bapak-bapak yang udah lumayan berumur, berkacamata, mengenakan peci dan baju batik (silahkan dibayangkan..) duduk tepat di sebelah saya dalam busway. Kondisi waktu itu memang busway lumayan sepi dengan hanya beberapa orang yang tidak duduk alias bergelantungan. Nah, tebak saudara-saudara apa yang terjadi?? Si bapak itu batuk dan dengan sengaja mengeluarkan kumpulan salivanya (atau lendir ya? oh, apapun itu..) ke atas lantai busway! Kontan saya dan seorang wanita yang bergelantungan di depannya saling berpandangan dan menyiratkan tatapan jijik. Ya ampuunnn...hari gini masih meludah di bus? *speechless*

Farewell, My Friend!

2010-08-31T00:15:00.005+07:00

We first met 12 years ago
We both were still adolescent kids
You with your chubby cheek
and I with my ponytail hair
It has been 12 years of togetherness
12 years of friendship

...Now
12 years have gone by
Both of us are no longer kids
Grown up, becoming a teenager
And we have to become realistic
That there is always farewell in every meeting

"I hate to say good-bye
Yet we have to say farewell
For we shall meet again
That I can foretell"

"Farewell, my friend, adieu
This day would come, we knew
Our dreams we shall pursue
For now, my friends, adieu"

This post is dedicated to my dearest friend, Devina Kusnadi
Have a safe flight and pursue your dreams out there :)

God bless!

UI, UI, UI!

2010-08-30T23:05:00.006+07:00

Hallo..! It has been a veryyy long since I wrote on this blog. Well, blame the tight schedule in my campus. Believe it or not, I have lived in Depok as my second city for nearly a month! *clapping hand sounds* Living in a remote city (compare to Jakarta) surrounded by huge rain forest which is home for many living insects (?) that I can't even tell it's name, surely a big mess for me.. Ahh, i hate insects so muchhh! I really do! And some of the insects had bitten me in various places! It was very itchy and even hurts (I should blame commit for this! Giving us Autan for the next meeting was a very WISE decision.). Thanks god no creature bit my neck..or yet?

Okay, forget about the nasty insects. Just moving on to other topics. Yes, I have made a lot of friends here! OBM friends, Commit friends, PO friends, Kuksa friends, and guess what? They are very great friends, indeed. Although we are coming from diverse background and culture but yes, it makes us a great team with many valuable experiences and thoughts which enrich us. Whoaaa.. I really love Indonesia!

here are some photos :)

With OBM mates :)

Proud to be group 7! Communication, Solid! XD

Finally!! We are Officially Yellow Jacket! XD

Untitled

2010-08-17T17:51:00.002+07:00

Which Jesus do you follow?
Which Jesus do you serve?
If Ephesians says to imitate Christ
Then why do you look so much like the world?

Cause my Jesus bled and died
He spent His time with thieves and liars
He loved the poor and accosted the arrogant
So which one do you want to be?

Blessed are the poor in spirit
Or do we pray to be blessed with the wealth of this land
Blessed are they that hunger and thirst for righteousness
Or do we ache for another taste of this world of shifting sand

Cause my Jesus bled and died for my sins
He spent His time with thieves and sluts and liars
He loved the poor and accosted the rich
So which one do you want to be?

Who is this that you follow
This picture of the American dream
If Jesus was here would you walk right by on the other side or fall down and worship at His holy feet

Pretty blue eyes and curly brown hair and a clear complexion
Is how you see Him as He dies for Your sins
But the Word says He was battered and scarred
Or did you miss that part
Sometimes I doubt we'd recognize Him

Cause my Jesus bled and died
He spent His time with thieves and the least of these
He loved the poor and accosted the comfortable
So which one do you want to be?

Cause my Jesus would never be accepted in my church
The blood and dirt on His feet would stain the carpet
But He reaches for the hurting and despised the proud
I think He'd prefer Beale Street to the stained glass crowd
And I know that He can hear me if I cry out loud

I want to be like my Jesus!
I want to be like my Jesus!

Not a posterchild for American prosperity, but like my Jesus
You see I'm tired of living for success and popularity
I want to be like my Jesus but I'm not sure what that means to be like You Jesus
Cause You said to live like You, love like You but then You died for me
Can I be like You Jesus?
I want to be like my Jesus

-My Jesus by Todd Agnew

Happy Bday, Indonesia!

2010-08-17T17:31:00.003+07:00

DIRGAHAYU INDONESIA !

Di usia ke 65 tahun,
Semoga makin menjadi negara yang sejahtera dan disegani :)

My Life in UI

2010-08-08T15:47:00.002+07:00

It has been a week since I attend the university. As a maba (mahasiswa baru) a.k.a freshman o.r new kids in town, an orientation of course is a must. It started on 1 august and will end on the end of the month, if I'm not mistaken. A full MONTH of orientation! Still long way to go. We spend our first week for learning songs for Independence Day and graduation ceremony, then of course, assignments. It is a bunch of assignments since we have 3 kind of orientations. University orientation, faculty orientation, and academy field orientation. Usually each orientation demands a lot of essays on various topics, too creative name tag, and in-group task. So, yes, it was and will be a hectic day for me.

Good bye, Sisco!

2010-08-02T00:01:00.002+07:00

Finally, it was 31st July.
Last day to go to the office.
Last day to write my boss' schedule on my cozy desk.
Last day to answer some telephone calls with operator style.
Last day to make weekly and monthly cash journal.
Last day to be called "Bu Melia" instead of "Dek Melia"
Last day to work in Sisco!
I just can't believe that 3 months have passed away!
I will surely miss this time.
Good bye, Sisco!

Untitled

2010-07-11T23:53:00.003+07:00

I can't believe I will definitely become a university student in less than 3 weeks! OMG!
It feels like yesterday when I had high school student orientation and now I have to face another orientation in no time. Time sure flies!

I just can't really imagine how my university life would be. New building, new environment, new lecturers, and of course new friends. Oh, gosh. This time I really have to face a good bye to my besties. Different faculty, different major. different university, different city, different country, even different continent. Well, every one is in their own life track.

Nothing much to say. This is how life suppose to be, right?
Wishing a huge luck to all of us for facing new chapter of journey of life :)

Shigottoooooooo~ (exp)

2010-05-04T23:04:00.004+07:00

It has been 10 days since I started working. Well, in my current state, I tell you that working is much easier than doing the school stuffs. Working means You are doing something which is not using too many part of your gray cells, so it won't be as tiring as school work. But the best part is, unlike school, you get PAID for what you did.

I am enjoying my working activity right now. Thanks to this, I feel no "holiday-boredom-attack" that already have invaded some of my friends lately :) I work daily from Monday to Friday from 9 till 5 and Saturday from 9 to 2 PM with an hour break time. More than enough time for escaping to the mall and enjoying the mall atmosphere. That's the benefit for having an office across the mall! :)

The best part of being a secretary is unlike the marketing dept, I don't need to work under pressure. No target from the company and never face angry-evil-stingy-customers. Although I have to remember many details like the deadline and appointment, but that's not the big deal since I can write them down in the notes or calendar. Oh, one more thing, unlike in the house, in the office I feel very grateful for having a table calendar on my own desk :)

So far, I've gained so many experience in this office. Showing hospitality to the guests and others, knowing many people (hidden) personality, knowing what kind of the working atmosphere like, and so on. It also teaches and reminds me so many (small) responsibilities that the adults have, for example paying the bill and company taxes, something that I won't care about IF I AM NOT IN THE OFFICE. Whoaa! Mom and Dad! You sure have so many (small) things that have to be remembered!~

One of the most valuable experience is when a customer came to my office and asked me for doing her the payment using the EDC BCA machine (credit card machine). For facing her, I had to read all the manual 2 or 3 times in the morning to prevent any fatalities in the process. When the customer came, I hadn't prepared even the machine on my desk! The terrible thing was like what you often heard. "the theory is always different than the practice". The manual showed me the different steps with the machine and it made me so desperate at that time. I was afraid ruining the transaction and the customer's card. But what an experience! :)

Shigottoooooooo~

2010-05-04T21:53:00.002+07:00

It has been a long time since I wrote my posts in English, so I'll start writing in English now. Hope I'm not losing my English brain :)

Recently, I've got sooo many questions about my current activity: working. Well, in this post, I'll explain to you all :) (although I wonder who will read this stuff, anyway?)

These are some general conversations that (usually) being asked~

Q : Meliiaaaa! Why don't you attend the graduation rehearsall??!
A : I'm sorry, but I've got to work..

Q : Uh?? Working?? Where do you work this time?
A : PT Sisco Pratama Mandiri. It's (still) a (small) company.

Q : Wow! what position?!
A : (Director) secretary *grinned*

Q : What?!!! How come??! How did you get the job?!
A : Make a CV and apply the job from the paper :) a very traditional one! I apply to this company although the min qualification is D3..*lol*

Q : Really?! I've also applied some other jobs, but I only manage to get SPG position..
A : Well, to tell you the truth, getting this job is a coincidence..maybe it's that what we call as fate?

Q : Well then, do you not intend to go to the univ?
A : For me, univ is a top priority :) so, I will stop working when my uni life starts

Q : Ughh, sorry for asking this, but how much is your salary?
A : Above 1 million :) but I will not tell you the exact amount..hehe

Q : What is your job?
A : Not much. The main activity is writing the (final) monthly sales report, cash monthly report, cash daily report, answering the phone, making the receipts, and travel permit. Sometimes I also do some correspondence activity with the USA :)

Q : Seems very hard to me. Do you use Accounting?
A : It's not that hard, believe me! Doing Mr Agung integral is much more difficult than doing those stuff! Nope, I am not using any Accounting principal :) that's a big relieve for me.

That's a bit FAQ :)
I'll post my experience in the next post!

Sepatu, Sepatu, Sepatu (?)

2010-04-19T01:12:00.007+07:00

Bukan berarti saya sekarang menjadi pemerhati dan pecinta sepatu seperti Astrid, namun melihat gambar sepatu(?) aneh bin ajaib yang sampe saya sendiri heran apa ada yang mau pake tuh sepatu membuat saya terdorong untuk mengupload beberapa.

Mau liat sepatu aneh lainnya? buka aja http://ifshoescouldkill.com/

Melia dan Seorang Tukang Taksi

2010-04-17T16:52:00.004+07:00

Pada hari Jumat kemarin, setelah ujian praktik bahasa Jerman dan leha-leha ngegosip hal-hal yang gak jelas, sekitar pukul 3 sore saya pun pulang ke rumah. Karena ada satu dan lain hal, hari itu saya tidak dijemput mama sehingga saya pun harus pulang sendiri dengan taksi. Yah, itulah salah satu keuntungan bersekolah di smuki, gampang cari kendaraan untuk pulang. Tapi pas tengok kiri-kanan, sayang sekali tidak ada taksi yang "mejeng" sehingga saya pun memutuskan untuk mencegat taksi Gamya dari Apartemen Mediterania. Sewaktu saya menyebrang jalan, tanpa disangka munculah taksi Dian yang kosong. Baguslah, pikir saya. Tidak perlu repot-repot memanggil Gamya taksi dari Mediterania.

Ketika naik taksi ini, awalnya saya pikir ini akan menjadi 30 menit perjalanan taksi yang biasa, dengan percakapan biasa antara penumpang taksi dan sopirnya. Tapi ternyata saya salah.

Diawali kebisuan yang cukup lama, sopir taksi itu pun memulai pembicaraan.

"Sekolah di Ukrida tadi, non?"
"Iya, Pak." jawab saya pendek, malas memperpanjang pembicaraan.
"Sekolah di situ pasti mahal ya, non. Berapa sih bayarannya per bulan?"

Saya pun terkesiap. Kok ni sopir taksi bawel amat, ya? Mempertanyakan uang sekolahdi awal pertemuan, kayaknya agak err..

Saya pun terdiam cukup lama, menimbang-nimbang apakah seharusnya saya menjawab pertanyaan itu.

"1 setengah, Pak" jawab saya.
"seratus lima puluh ribu, non?"
"juta, Pak"

Sopir taksi itu tersentak kaget.

"1.5 juta sebulan?!! Gak salah tuh,non?"
Saya pun mengiyakan.

"Uang pangkalnya pasti mahal ya, non. Lima juta ada?"
Terlanjur basah, saya pun terpaksa menjawab, " Tahun lalu sih setau saya 21 juta."
"21 juta?!!"

Setelah mengatasi keterkejutannya, dia pun melanjutkan.
"tapi kalo begitu, semua anaknya pasti naik kelas, ya? bayarannya kan sudah mahal."

Dalam hati saya tersenyum kecil, anggapan bahwa sekolah mahal pasti lulus? andai smuki bisa begitu..

"Ehmm, waktu angkatan saya kayaknya 15 orang gak naik deh, Pak"

Suara terkejut pun mengudara.

"Padahal bayarannya mahal ya, non. Pake bisa gak naik kelas segala", disambung tawa miris.
"Ya ampun, non..Mahal amat yah sekolahnya. Pantesan yang sekolah di sana kulit putih semua. Pasti yang kulit hitam jarang ya."

Lagi-lagi persepsi salah bahwa orang keturunan pasti berduit.

"Enggak juga kok, Pak. Yang dari papua juga ada.", pungkas saya.
"Yah tapi pasti yang bisa sekolah di situ cuma anak menengah-atas"

Saya pun terdiam. Tidak bisa membantah. Teringat bahwa di smuki MEMANG hampir semua adalah anak-anak berduit. Di mana pergi jalan-jalan ke Singapura bagaikan pergi ke halaman belakang rumah, pesta ratusan juta semalam untuk merayakan hari ulang tahun adalah lumrah, dan menggunakan handphone keluaran terbaru adalah biasa.

"Saya ya, non buat sekolahin anak 75 ribu perbulan aja udah ngos-ngosan."
Kalimat itu dikatakannya dengan nada miris, seolah-olah mempertanyakan keadilan.

Dari kaca depan, saya melihat ia menitikan air mata. Saya pun memalingkan muka.
Sulit rasanya membayangkan dua mangkuk red mango ukuran medium sama artinya dengan uang sekolah seorang anak.

Saya tahu bahwa ada banyak orang yang tidak beruntung di luar sana.
Saya tahu ada orang yang untuk makan saja kesulitan.
Saya tahu ada orang yang tidak bisa sekolah.
Namun, bersekolah di-penabur sejak kecil membuat saya menganggap bahwa itu semua adalah hal yang jauh.

Percakapan kami pun terputus karena taksi sudah sampai di depan rumah saya.
Segera saya membayar taksi dan berkata, "Pak, sekolah mahal-mahal pun tidak menjamin orang pasti sukses, kok. Yang penting kualitas diri dan doa."

Pertemuan saya dengan tukang taksi itu pun berakhir.
Pertemuan yang singkat, namun memiliki kesan mendalam bagi saya.

07 Ghost

2010-04-15T23:14:00.006+07:00

Kegilaan saya terhadap komik 07 ghost baru-baru ini, banyak membuat orang bertanya-tanya tentang cerita manga yang satu ini. Karena itu, walaupun ceritanya sedikit complicated, saya akan mencoba menuliskannya di blog ini saja sekalian menghabiskan waktu luang ^^.

Cerita berpusat pada seorang tokoh utama bernama Teito Klein. Oke, weird sense of name seperti yang saya bilang di posting sebelumnya karena arti namanya yang secara harafiah adalah Teito kecil. Yah, terlepas dari postur tubuhnya yang kecil dan terkadang sering disindir sebagai anak SD, Teito sebenarnya sudah berumur 14-15 tahun. Cerita diawali dengan keseharian Teito di dalam kemiliteran Barsburgg, di mana Teito adalah salah seorang murid kelas terpilih di akademi kemiliteran tersebut. Di kelas terpilih yang terdiri dari orang-orang yang semuanya mempunyai kemampuan mengendalikan jurus yang disebut Zaiphon itu, Teito merupakan salah satu murid terbaik di kelasnya. Walaupun dia memiliki kemampuan yang tinggi, namun di sekolahnya dia selalu dihina oleh teman-temannya karena dia adalah seorang mantan budak pertarung yang dibeli oleh petinggi militer sekolah itu. Di sekolah itu, tidak ada yang mau berteman dengan Teito kecuali seorang anak yang juga di kelas khusus bernama Mikage. Yah, pendek kata, setelah tiga tahun bersahabat, mereka berdua pun menjadi best friend dan saling membuat janji bahwa nanti setelah mereka lulus dari akademi militer, mereka tidak akan meninggalkan satu sama lain di medan perang.

Setelah Teito dan Mikage lulus ujian, Teito tidak sengaja mendengar pembicaraan seorang supervisor ujiannya, yakni Ayanami, yang merupakan ketua dari "Black Hawk". Teito yang tidak memiliki ingatan sebelum ia menjadi budak pun tiba-tiba mendapatkan flashback memori masa kecilnya, di mana ia melihat bahwa orang yang disebutnya "Ayah" dibunuh oleh Ayanami. Hilang kendali, Teito pun menyerang Ayanami dengan Zaiphon yang tentunya digagalkan oleh bawahan Ayanami. Dianggap berlaku kriminal dengan menyerang pejabat militer tinggi, Teito pun dimasukan ke penjara. Mikage yang mengetahui bahwa Teito dipenjara segera berusaha membobol penjara untuk membebaskan Teito. Namun Teito menolak untuk membawa Mikage pergi menjadi "kriminal" bersamanya. Akhirnya Teito bisa meloloskan diri dari militer dengan menggunakan Mikage sebagai "sandera". Dengan menaiki hawkzile (bayangkan jetski yang bisa terbang), Teito pun berhasil kabur walaupun terkena serangan yang cukup parah dari Ayanami. Karena terluka dan kelelahan, Teito pun pingsan dan tak mampu lagi untuk mengendalikan hawkzile nya dan terjatuh tepat di atas 3 bishop yang sedang terbang dengan hawkzile mereka. Ketiga bishop itu bernama Frau, Castor, dan Labrador (weird name again!). Yah, sebagaimana tugas dan kewajiban bishop, mereka pun menolong Teito dan membawanya ke gereja.

Di gereja, Teito diceritakan mengenai 7 ghost, yakni ketujuh malaikat pelindung gereja. Alkisah, dahulu kala, Tuhan menciptakan malaikat sempurna yang bernama Veloren. Namun karena kesempurnaanya itu, maka Verloren memberontak pada Tuhan dan dibuang ke dunia manusia. Di dunia manusia, Verloren menebarkan bibit kejahatan di dunia manusia dan oleh karenanya, Tuhan menciptakan 7 malaikat untuk menandingi Verloren. Ketujuh malaikat itulah yang dianggap sebagai pelindung gereja tersebut. Di sini, Teito juga diceritakan mengenai Kor, yakni sejenis pelayan Verloren yang tugasnya mempengaruhi manusia untuk meraih mimpinya secara instan. Kor akan mengabulkan 3 permintaan manusia dengan imbalan jiwa mereka. Nah, tugas gereja di sini adalah melindungi manusia dari Kor. Selama di gereja ini, Teito mulai mengalami flashback memorinya sedikit demi sedikit dan ia pun menyadari bahwa dirinya adalah pangeran dari negeri Raggs, yakni negeri tetangga Barsburgg yang telah hancur akibat perang. Menurut sejarah resmi, dulu negeri Raggs dan Barsburgg adalah negeri yang memiliki kekuatan sama besar. Negeri Raggs memiliki batu berkekuatan luar biasa yang bernama "Eye of Mikhael", sedangkan Negeri Barsburgg memiliki batu yang bernama "Eye of Raphael". Namun, negeri Raggs tiba-tiba menyatakan perang untuk merebut "Eye of Raphael" dan akibatnya Barsburgg pun menghancurkan negeri Raggs.

Keberadaan Teito di gereja sebenarnya sudah tercium oleh Ayanami. Namun akibat status istimewa gereja, yakni bahwa gereja terlepas dari negara (karena alasan inipula banyak penjahat melarikan diri ke gereja untuk mencari suaka) menyebabkan militer tidak mampu mengambil paksa Teito dari gereja . Ayanami pun mengirim Mikage untuk membawa Teito pulang. Jika menolak, maka keluarga Mikage pun akan dibunuh. Teito yang kembali bertemu dengan Mikage merasa amat senang dan menceritakan ingatannya yang hilang pada Mikage. Mikage pun berpesan pada Teito untuk "tidak menjadi musuh militer", "tidak membalas dendam", dan untuk "segera membunuhnya". Teito pun terkejut dengan permintaan Mikage dan berusaha untuk mendapatkan penjelasan dari pesan terakhirnya itu. Namun terlambat, kesadaran Mikage sudah hilang dan Ayanami mengambil alih tubuh Mikage. Ketika Ayanami (dengan tubuh Mikage) berusaha untuk mengaktifkan kalung budak ke leher Teito, sisi lain dari Teito, yakni "Mikhael" pun bangkit. Dengan pertolongan Frau (yang ternyata adalah Zehel, salah satu dari 7 ghost), Teito berhasil diselamatkan walaupun Mikage akhirnya harus tewas.

Teito pun terbakar rasa balas dendam terhadap Ayanami dan berusaha untuk keluar dari gereja. Namun, Castor yang mengetahui bahwa akan sangat berbahaya jika Teito tertangkap militer karena Teito-lah yang memiliki "Eye of Michael" ,pun mendorong Teito untuk mengambil ujian menjadi bishop dengan iming-iming keuntungan yang akan didapat dari menjadi bishop akan sangat berguna untuk tujuan membalas dendamnya. Teito pun termakan bujukan itu dan mengambil ujian bishop. Selanjutnya? baca sendiri aja ya :P

Manga hasil kolaborasi dari Yuki Amemiya dan Yukino Ichihara ini masih ongoing dan baru mencapai 57 chapter. Ceritanya sendiri masih jauh dari tamat karena perjalanan Teito masih akan sangat panjang. Sedangkan animenya sendiri sudah tamat dengan ending yang cukup menggantung. Dengar-dengar akan ada season 2 yang akan segera tayang. Kalau saya sarankan, lebih baik baca dulu manganya baru menonton animenya sebagai pelengkap saja karena alur anime lebih lambat dan lama sekali untuk masuk inti cerita, walaupun animenya sendiri memiliki artwork yang sangat baik.Bayangkan kematian Mikage baru terjadi di episode 9! Padahal di manganya sendiri, kematian Mikage sudah terjadi di chapter 7. Cerita anime baru terasa "hidup" setelah memasuki episode 13 dimana sudah tidak ada filler dan fighting scene mulai muncul karena sudah mulai masuk ke konflik.

Satu hal yang saya suka dalam cerita ini, selain ceritanya beralur cepat, karakter tokohnya juga cukup menarik. Di dalam cerita ini, karakternya tidak ada yang 100% baik maupun sepenuhnya jahat. Bahkan nampaknya akan ada sisi baik bahkan dari seorang Verloren. Sayang banget komiknya belum terbit di sini ;(

07 ghost menghancurkan jadwal saya!!

2010-04-09T23:03:00.003+07:00

Memulai hobi saya yang lama lagi dan sialnya saya memilih waktu yang amat salah untuk memulainya. Yup, membaca komik hot di saat banyak ujian yakni ujian masuk universitas dan ujian sekolah adalah pilihan waktu yang amat buruk. Tidak niat belajar, tidak niat pegang buku, tidak niat pegang pensil. Rasanya jadwal belajar saya yang (harusnya) padat pun terlupakan. Yang ada duduk di depan komputer dan onemanga all the time. Padahal dulu saya paling anti baca komik manga scan dengan alasan kesehatan mata. Namun sekarang di saat harga komik yang menggila serta terbatasnya manga keren yang diterbitkan di Indonesia (what a pity..) saya jadi sangat jatuh cinta dengan website ini!

Setelah menghabiskan waktu yang ada dengan re-watch KKM season 3 yang sangat menyegarkan mata dan OVA nya yang "cukup" menyita waktu, serta melahap habis koleksi lama komik-komik saya yang ada di lemari mulailah saya berburu komik lain untuk dibaca. Setelah mencari banyak saran dari teman-teman yang belum putus dengan dunia manga, saya pun memutuskan untuk membaca 07 ghost. Maklum, kehidupan keras smuki sudah membuat saya putus dengan dunia manga dan anime selama tiga tahun lamanya.

07 ghost ternyata memiliki cerita yang cukup rumit. Walaupun ada sedikit kesamaan dengan d.gray-man yakni memiliki hubungan erat dengan gereja serta mengangkat tema memberantas "musuh-musuh Tuhan', namun (untungnya) ceritanya tidak terkesan gelap. Dengan artwork yang mirip-mirip dengan Bisco Hatori-sensei plus style yang mirip Yukiru Sugisaki-sensei yang "hobi" membuat pose keren untuk tokoh-tokohnya, manga ini jadi patut untuk dibaca atau setidaknya "dilihat", walaupun saya agak sebal dengan "sense of name" pengarangnya, but I still love Frau soo mucchhh~ :oke, gejala otaku mulai keluar..:

Yah, saya sih cukup berharap dengan manga ini. Semoga ceritanya tidak seperti d.gray-man yang semakin kebelakang semakin mengecewakan saya.. Oke, segini dulu postingnya karena sekarang saya mau lanjut baca lagi.. Dan doakan semoga saya bisa belajar buat simak setidaknya besok..

Sedikit tulisan~

2010-03-09T15:51:00.003+07:00

Setelah sekian lama tidak menulis apapun bahkan mengunjungi blog ini, saya pun kembali untuk update walaupun sebenarnya tidak ada hal yang penting untuk ditulis juga sih. Keseharian saya kembali membosankan, hanya dipenuhi rangkaian kesibukan yang itu-itu saja. Try out persiapan ujian nasional di mana-mana plus latihan ujian praktek menjadi makanan sehari-hari saya. Dan, tidak disangka-sangka, UN pun sudah di depan mata! Kurang dari 2 minggu lagi dan hari itu pun tiba. Sedikit berdebar-debar rasanya. Momen-momen berakhirnya bersekolah di sma pun sudah di depan mata. Antara senang dan tak rela rasanya. Momen-momen indah di sma akan segera dilepaskan dan menyongsong masa depan di universitas yang (katanya) tidak semenyenangkan sekolah.Tapi semua memang ada waktunya bukan? Dan inilah saatnya saya menyongsong waktu (menjelang) kelulusan saya dan waktu itu akan saya nikmati dengan sebaik-baiknya. :)

Valentine :)

2010-02-15T20:11:00.007+07:00

Val's and sincia celebration was going well today and I had a lot of fun.
Not to mention, the reducing time for the study period (30 min only for each subject!) and of course a sweet (love) chocolate from friends :))
But the greatest surprise was when I got chocolate from my secret admire (??) in the middle of celebration using the school's fund raising program! *lol*

Whoever the sender was, I just wanna say thanks so much for your love, beb :) *smoocchhh*
You knew really well that I was sooo hunngggrryyy at that time :)) and the choco was like a hero for my stomach :))) C u on next year val! Hope you will send me more chocolates in the future! ^^

NB:
Psssst! I know who the secret admire is.. :))

Colour?

2010-02-14T21:42:00.002+07:00

Do you love to take psychology quiz?
Well. just check out this link :)

http://www.colorquiz.com

Judging from my test result, maybe the test is quiet accurate..*not very sure myself*

Just try this out and tell me whether the test is accurate or not :)

Untitled

2010-02-14T21:28:00.002+07:00

“I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something. And because I cannot do everything I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.”
– Hellen Keller

Try Out!

2010-02-10T23:36:00.003+07:00

Monday to Wednesday is Try Out day!!
I think I should prepare myself for the tests, but well,
rather than do some good preparation, I wasted my time reading and sleeping all the time :(

In three wonderful days, I finished reading several "abandoned" comics and finish some light novels like "The Legend of King Arthur" in two different books, "Officially Dead" (this is another weird novel, don't read it except you have nothing else to read ) Two books of Percy Jackson's series ( I wanna watch the movie!! Tomorrow may be great time!!) and waiting for the third one (until Chubby has finished read it ) =p and also the Shopaholic and the Baby! Although it's kinda old series..
Right now, I want to borrow The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown in Bahasa version..
Anybody has?? Please lend me!!

*Okay, I am the Miss-borrow-book-please~*

Get back to the try out..
Actually, the try out is quite well in ALMOST every subject.
Maybe not the excellent or very good score, but I think I can pass the minimum score.
But the Geography today is terrible! I'm not even sure to pass the minimum requirement.
Is it my punishment for not even touch the geography and prefer reading the King Arthur Legend the night before?? :(

Whoaaa...I think it was a nightmare for having red marks for final exam :(
Hope I got some right guessing answers, then..

The UEE :(

2010-02-10T21:53:00.003+07:00

Wew, last Saturday and Sunday sure is a hectic day!
Humanities test on Saturday, English and Math on Sunday.
That's a bunch to study.
Okay, this is a story from my UEE experience.
On Saturday, still went to school's BTA. A tedious activity, indeed. :(
Since I arrived too early at Sari Pan Pacific Hotel, I spent my time for napping..lol *That's so Melia!*
Around 2.30 PM, I went to the 4th floor and surprisingly met some old friends from junior high school there :) Really miss the old times..

The humanities consist of 3 section Economy, Geography, and History. Each section contains 5 questions (15 questions in total) but we could choose five question from any section. At first, I tried to do the economy, since it has "more exact measurement" but unfortunately, I don't understand any question from this section. So I choosed the geography and History. These are the five questions that I choose:

1. Explain why local adaptation is critical for climate exchange issues?
2. What are the biggest river pollution, explain how to reduce it!
3. "It is because the Asian squabbling not the European superiority that cause the western colonialism during 19th century", explain your opinion and give the evidence each in Southeast Asia and South Asia!
4. Post World War II, the nationalist leader choose to create the new country or reviving the old one? Stated your opinion!
5. "China fight the colonialism in order to gain the freedom and India fight alongside the colonialism in order to achieve the freedom" Is both a fair comparison?

Each answer equals 1 paper long! It means, I wrote 5 pages long.. ! No wonder the test duration is 3 hours..Very tiring. But I think, I could pass this test well (At least, "well" in my opinion..)

The second day, the tests are English and Math. The English test contains the multiple choice, short essay, long essay, and fill in the blank. Not too different with our daily test in smuki. So, again, in my opinion maybe I could pass this test quite well. But the worst yet to come!!
Because the math was AWFUL!
Well, I could do the multiple choice (quite) well..
But I did the essay awfully and terribly~
I managed to do 2 essays only from 5!! T.T

Concluding from my overall,
I think I only have slight hope here, then.. *sob*

UEE, I'm Comingg!!

2010-02-05T23:28:00.003+07:00

Karena kesibukan sekolah yang gila-gilaan, akhirnya gw baru bisa update blog sekarang..
Sebenernya sih sibuknya selain buat sekolah juga sibuk buat persiapan UEE..
Setelah melalui berbagai macam tes, kejadian, event, dan berbagai macam hal lainya besok (atau hari ini?) pun sudah tanggal 6 Feb!

Whoaaa! Akhirnya besok tes NUS tibaaa!!!
stress mode on ku kumat versi gak wajar..
berusaha untuk santai, tapi kalau lagi bengong suka kepikiran sendiri kayak orang gila..lalalala
*kalo kenal Melia, pasti tau deh ciri-ciri dan fasenya..*
ngomong sendiri, menghela napas sendiri, mengeluh sendiri, dan parahnya hal itu bisa dilakukan berulang-ulang..~untuk yang ini, spesial tengs buat mrs. kovara dan evelyn yang (pastinya) dah bete dengerin gw~

Demi tes ini, berbagai macam usaha persiapan udah gw jalanin. Latihan bikin esay yang "lebih bagus dan terstruktur", sampe-sampe gw menawarkan diri dijadikan joki esay Next Stop London nya anak sos 4, plus latihan mat kayak anak ipa yang freak! -buat anak ipa, no offense ya! :) - Bayangin aja, pas pelajaran mr.wawan, gw buat mat! OMG! -kayak versi Melia yang kesambet setan- yahh, walaupun berbuah manis di TO mat dan sukses membuat pak Agung kaget..hehehehe (ya iyalah! orang biasa mat nge-pas tau-tau jadi bagus..hehehe)

Nah, nah, nah..
setelah saya berkutat dengan berbagai materi mat yang kudu bina ajaib dan susah buat otak logika matematika saya yang pas-pas-an dan gak bisa dibilang kelebihan sel otak, barulah saya menyadari kalau besok tes NUS adalah humanities! jeng jeng!
Triple combination dari Sejarah, Geografi, Ekonomi yang esay semua..
Sebenernya ada sih silabus nya..tapi karena judulnya humanities, jadilah saya skip karena saya pikir bisa ngecap-ngecap ala ulangan sosiologi. Namun, berhubung besok tesnya adalah humanities, terpaksalah saya harus membuka silabus dan contoh soalnya.
Liat-liat silabus, saya pikir agak mirip-mirip dong dengan pelajaran ips sma..tapi ternyattaaaaaa..serupa tapi tak sama.

Beberapa yang membedakan adalah:
Soal nya cuma lima esay, tapi waktu ngerjainnya 3 jam!! gileee..matilah..
Setelah saya browsing di internet, ternyata cara menjawab esay humanities orang sing itu beda sama kita. Mereka nulis panjang kali lebar hampir kayak buat esay. Oke, matilah. Mau ngecap apa panjang begitu??

Masalah kedua, saya gak ngerti istilah inggris nya. Bahasa Indonesia aja udah lupa-lupa sama istilah geje ekonomi. Ada soal yang "How would a nation's central bank's reduction of the reserve ratio requirement affect money creation?" Begitu baca tuh soal, terjemahan yang saya buat kira-kira begini "Bagaimana pengurangan reserve ration bank sentral berdampak pada pembuatan uang ?"
Setelah browsing di om-gugel, ternyata reserve ration artinya cadangan kas. Masalahnya, bagaimana saya tahu kalau reserve ratio itu artinya cadangan kas?? dan ternyata money creation itu artinya peredaran uang! okay, matilah saya untuk kedua kalinya.

Masalah ketiga, saya gak ngerti bahannya..Itulah yang tergawat! ada yang namanya Keynesian analysis yang entah apaan. Namanya juga gw baru denger kayaknya..Udah browsing di gugel sihh..tapi hasilnya gak jelas apaan. Gua bahkan gak yakin kalo itu yang gw cari. Setelah mabok liat-liat web buat humanities besok dan dilanda oleh kepasrahan, saya pun memutuskan untuk curhat di blog. Weleh, welehhh..

Que sera-sera ~
And I just surrender all to HIM :)

Okey, sudah saatnya untuk tidur..
Persiapkan mental buat besok
plus persiapan fisik untuk BTA yang pasti bakal ngeboseninn
*hoaammm..ngebayangin aja dah ngantuk duluann

2010-01-20T21:50:00.002+07:00

While I am writing this post, actually I am not in a good mood. I keep questioning a lot of why since I don't know why (again, another why..) everything seems went wrong. Neither as I had predicted nor expected. A lot of not right things popped up together in a day, almost in same time. Reading the poem (is it a poem? I'm not sure) below really refresh my mind and clear all the clouds in my head. So I copy it and post it, hoping it will help others who need some inspiration like me :)

Enjoy!

Be thankful that you don’t already have everything you desire
If you did, what would there be
to look forward to?

Be thankful when you don’t know something,
for it gives you the opportunity to learn

Be thankful for the difficult times
During those times you grow

Be thankful for your limitations,
Because they give you opportunities for
improvement

Be thankful for each new challenge,
Because it will build your strength and character

Be thankful for your mistakes,
they will teach you valuable lessons

Be thankful when you’re tired and weary,
because it means you’ve made an effort

It’s easy to be thankful for the good things
A life of rich fulfilment comes to those
who are also thankful for the setbacks

Gratitude can turn a negative into a positive

Find a way to be thankful for your troubles,
and they will become your blessings.

-taken from net

Etc..

2010-01-20T20:59:00.003+07:00

School day is crazy like hell! Tests are every day, every where, and every time..Not to mention a lot of paper, homework, school and national exam preparation, and so on. Oh, God..Help me not to fall asleep in the middle of class.

Being a year twelve student is a good thing. It means, it is the last chance for our freedom being tied down with some weird rules like "tie your hair","cut your nails", "tidy your uniform", and so on. It also our last time for studying some weird things like Geography, Accounting, and Math. Well, I don't really like (or hate?) those subject..But really, I can't stand the hectic for our graduation. Finding the good university, facing the final exam, preparing for the daily test, and other must-do-things. Can't wait for this things end.

Kuliah yang (senantiasa) memusingkan saya..

2010-01-16T20:58:00.004+07:00

Oke, setelah beberapa posting intermeso yang ngaco, gak jelas juntrungannya, dan nampaknya mulai menyulut emosi beberapa orang tertentu yang justru semakin menambah kobaran rasa jahil saya, saya rasa sudah saatnya untuk memulai posting yang lebih wajar dan waras.

Karena saya mem-post beberapa posting tentang kegalauan saya tentang perkuliahan, nampaknya sudah sewajarnya dan seharusnya saya menuliskan kelanjutan cerita.

Yup, hari ini (16 Januari 2010) adalah hari pengumuman PMDK UI. Setelah terbirit-birit dan panik mencari password yang terhilang dan menelpon serta meng-sms pak Thomas dengan intensitas yang cukup "melelahkan" akhirnya dapatlah si password yang hilang. Memang harapan untuk lolos PMDK kecil sekali, apalagi setelah membaca status twitter seorang teman yang juga mengikuti PMDK di sekolah lain sekitar pk. 00.10 tanggal 16 Januari 2010 yang ternyata gagal. :(

Sebenarnya setelah membaca pengumuman di twitter, saya pun bergegas membuka website UI. Namun sayangnya, karena tidak adanya password, saya tidak bisa masuk dan melihat web tersebut. Ketika masuk sekolah untuk BTA dan menceritakannya kepada teman-teman, mereka justru "jadi stress" dan "memaksa" saya untuk membuka web tersebut, bahkan menelepon pak Thomas saat itu juga (sekitar pk. 07.00). What a nice friend! Beruntung sekali saya punya teman-teman yang kayak gitu..Trims untuk doa, waktu, dan support nya! luv youuu all..

Pendek kata, saya pun membuka website nya dan menemukan hasil seleksi yang sudah bisa diduga, yaitu "Maaf, blablablabla.." Lupa ngomong apa, yah intinya gak dapet aja..Mau buka lagi, passwordnya ilang lagi >.< kayaknya sms nya ke-delete tanpa sengaja deh.

Untung saja, sehari sebelumnya memang sudah keluar pengumuman dari NUS. Puji Tuhan, saya lolos seleksi berkas. Tapi tetap saya harus berjuang untuk tes nya T.T

Langkah selanjutnya berarti daftar SIMAK UI, berjuang untuk tes NUS, dan menunggu pengumuman NTU!

Ayo semangat!!

Santiasih, Oh Santiasih..

2010-01-16T20:38:00.002+07:00

wkakakaka..
sejak gw deket sama si Santiasih Tanoko, hidup gw langsung berubah total. (okay, mungkin gw lebay) Di luar tampangnya adem, kalem, alim,yah..pokoknya tipe" yang istilahnya "air tenang".
Namun, ternyata saya salah menilainya!

Semua diawali oleh omongan para cewek tentang masa depan. Biasa lah ya,..diawali dengan omongan kuliah bakalan di mana, bakal ngapain liburan setelah UN nanti, sampe ujung-ujungnya tebak-tebakan pasangan hidup. Entah ngalor ngidul ke mana, tiba-tiba si Evelyn mengeluarkan buah pikirannya yang ternyata cukup sensasional, kontroversial, namun setelah dipikir-pikir masuk akal pula. Memang, wacana ini sudah muncul ke permukaan sewaktu kami semua jalan bareng ke PV., walaupun tidak diketahui yang bersangkutan tentunya..=p

Nah, yang jadi masalah di sini adalah reaksi seorang Santiasih yang sebenarnya cukup normal, tapi entah kenapa selalu membuat saya merasa dia itu lucu sekali. Reaksinya yang agak gak wajar ataupun wajar selalu dibumbui oleh rasa seorang Santiasih yang tidak terduga. Seorang KovaraW pun mulai mendeteksi "rasa" itu dan mulai "bekerja sama" dengan saya untuk "senantiasa menggoda" baik secara baik-baik, sindiran halus, hinaan terang-terangan, maupun pukulan-pukulan dan gerakan kungfu dramatis yang dipertontokan oleh Kovara dan Santiasih. ew, serasa mendapatkan hiburan gratis ditengah-tengah padatnya dan membosankannya pelajaran sos yang berlangsung. Apalagi insiden Avatar yang benar-benar mengocok perut, ataupun insiden TVSQ. (bener gak sih nulisnya?)

Wew, senantiasa menunggu kejutan lainnya dari seorang Santiasih!

CAYS is In The Air!

2010-01-15T23:34:00.009+07:00

Keterangan gambar:
The boy in the old sweater: Yediva Kovara
The girl in the black dress : Santiasih Tanoko
Location : Emporium Pluit

Okayy...Skandal yang sebenernya udah lama, cuman baru sempet (dan niat) di post.
Sebenernya niatan nge-post skandal ini udah lama dan sempet jadi wacana. Cuma awalnya, saya males juga "masuk ke dalam ranah pribadi" milik orang lain sampai hari ini, terjadi insiden "Avatar" yang dipicu sindiran mesra dari Mr. Kovara dan kemarin terjadi insiden "Who is the best couple?" created by Melia dan Evelyn, akhirnya tombol kepo saya pun ON! Belum lagi status fb nya si Santi yang bikin saya makin "gatel" rasanya..
*evil mode on..*

Sekilas info yang tidak sekelas dengan mereka:
Pukulan-pukulan mesra di kelas untuk memperebutkan tempat duduk pun hampir selalu terjadi. Belum lagi sindiran manis yang dilemparkan satu sama lain menambah bumbu kemesraan mereka.

How do you think? Mr. and Mrs Kovara look good together, right??
Waiting for your reply!
And try guessing what is CAYS?

Foto-foto di Hanamasa yang ternyata bukan di Empo melainkan di PV..Okay, Melia memang agak (atau super) minim pengetahuan tentang lokasi-lokasi.

-Isi dan dampak dari post ini di luar tanggung jawab pihak penulis dan blogger. Post ini juga sekaligus memenuhi keinginan Mr. Kovara yang pengen nampang di blog saya. Post ini tidak untuk melukai, merugikan, menyesatkan siapapun. Foto ini tidak di rekayasa dan bukan fiktif. -Kejadian yang dipaparkan juga berdasarkan fakta yang ada.-

Belajar (menghafal), yuk!

2010-01-15T22:53:00.005+07:00

Woaa..sekian lama gak nulis, kangen juga jadinya..wkwkw

Agak sedih (atau super sedih?) juga niy, menyadari kalau kebebasan di hari sabtu, mulai besok akan direnggut oleh BTA. Yah, emang sih, kayaknya (dan harusnya) BTA ini bakalan guna buat UN. Secara namanya UN kan berarti ngapalin tipe" soal dan menyiasatinya..Betul gak?

Sambil nulis post ini, di twitter udah ada beberapa tweet yang mirip kayak gini :
"Percaya tidak percaya, saya sedang belajar bahasa Indonesia. Call me freak, tapi saya ingin lulus taun ini"

Oke, nampaknya hampir semua anak SMA pada umumnya pasti pengen lulus lha ya..Kecuali yang memiliki jalan pikiran yang agak beda, mungkin masih ingin menikmati kebersamaan lebih lama lagi di SMA. Saya sih udah rasanya pengen cepet-cepet kabur dari namanya jenjang sekolah yang rasanya udah lama banget saya geluti. Tiga tahun di TK, enam tahun di SD,tiga tahun di SMP, tiga tahun di SMA.Total dua belas tahun, otak saya dijejali beragam materi yang tidak hanya luas tapi juga dalam yang terkadang saya sendiri memikirkan fungsinya bagi kehidupan saya nanti. Ugh! Kalo mikirin begitu rasanya pengen deh memaki para pembuat kurikulum atas segala "berkat" materi yang aneh-aneh bin ajaib, yang melatih siswa sebagai mesin fotokopi. Hafalkan, hafalkan, hafalkan.

Saya masih ingat dengan jelas, sewaktu SD saya diharuskan menghafalkan arti nama para tokoh Alkitab (padahal nama saya sendiri, saya tak tahu artinya), menghafalkan arti sikap tenggang rasa dan dasar sila beserta butir-butirnya yang angka semua dan beda-beda tiap sikap, dan sederet hal yang harus di simpan di otak saya. Pokoknya ketika ulangan tiba, yah, tinggal tuangkan segala hal yang sudah kita hafalkan ke atas kertas, dan.. voila! nilai pun muncul! Di sini akan terlihat mana anak yang mendapat nilai tinggi dan rendah. Yang tinggi akan dikenal sebagai "si Pintar" yang notabene sebenarnya "si Pintar menghafal". Yah, walaupun memang tidak selalu sih kalau anak yang pintar itu hanya pintar menghafal. Tapi memang sistem pendidikan kita yang memprogam anak untuk menjadi mesin fotokopi, akhirnya memproduksi insan-insan yang juga fotokopian. Coba lihat saja, di Indonesia, semuanya menjadi mesin fotokopi. Dari sinetron, film, komik, novel, dan masih banyak lagi yang hasil jiplakan.

Sistem menghafal juga lemah untuk aplikasi ilmu. Saya menghafalkan arti dan pentingnya tenggang rasa, saling menghargai, kejujuran, dan hal baik lainya, tapi nyatanya sulit sekali atau boleh lah dikatakan minim aplikasi. Saya menghafalkan perbedaan tumbuhan monokotil dan dikotil, tapi saya rasa kalau saya dikasih tanaman saya juga tidak tahu itu monokotil atau dikotil. Saya menghafalkan jenis-jenis terminal dan bagian CPU di pelajaran pak Wawan, kalau dikasih barang asli nya saya juga tidak tahu yang mana yang namanya terminal atau RAM. Saya menghafal jenis-jenis batuan dan bentuknya, melihat batu saya juga tidak bisa membedakan batu obsidian sama batu hitam biasa.

UN pun saya rasa juga akan berbuntut sama. Hafalkan, hafalkan, hafalkan. Selain materi, hafalkan juga tipe soal. Dijamin pasti lulus deh! Tidak tahu jawaban soalnya? tinggal pilih A, B, C, D, atau E..Gitu aja kok, repot!

Posting ngalor-ngidul yang gak jelas maunya apa..
yah, biasalahh..Melia banyak maunya!

Happy New Year!

2010-01-01T00:35:00.004+07:00

No regret about the past…
No fear about the future…
New hopes & dreams in 2010…

Welcome 2010!

" We will open the book. Its pages are blank.
We are going to put words on them ourselves.
The book is called 'Opportunity' and its first chapter is New Year's Day "

- Edith Lovejoy Pierce

My Otaku Side Has Just Returned!!

2009-12-30T20:33:00.002+07:00

Yeah, maybe friends who just know me in high school don't know the other side of me. hehehe
In junior high school, I loved to reading manga and watching anime. Maybe a bit obsessed. *lol*
I buy comics up till now, but never buy the anime since I have another source in watching them. (Oh! I really love internet!!) Although I love manga and anime, I have never wanted to become mangaka (comic maker) since I know that I have no talent in drawing. And I'm not and will not do the cosplay, I think.

After I was accepted and became a smukiers, yeah, I've lost my time for watching the series. And so, this hobby was forgotten once. Until this holiday, I spent my time for watching the series again, and find myself became addicted once more. *lol*

I re-watched Ayashi No Ceres as my opening in holiday. Well, I love Watase Yuu's ;) and Touya still awesome. And now, I am watching the 3rd season of Kyou Kara Maou. A bit late, I supposed. But I still enjoy the series. The third one doesn't dissapoint me at all. In fact, I think this may be the best season, although I haven't done watching the third yet. But the begining is very good, indeed. And again, I love him once more! Yuhuuu!! I missed him!

Oke, yang gak ngerti komik Jepang pasti bengong baca posting ini..
Sorry for confusing you, guys :)

Another-not-important-story

2009-12-30T02:35:00.000+07:00

Akhirnya backgroundnya balik ke yang lama..
Tapi ternyata, trik menyimpan background ini tidak berlaku untuk link "blog yang saya ikuti"..yah, terpaksa saya data ulang deh :(
Sedikit menyebalkan memang, dan apa boleh buat, akan saya isi besok. Karena ternyata sudah jam 2.42 AM !! Tidur dulu ya :)

Entah sejak kapan, saya merasa aktivitas tulis menulis/ membukukan kegiatan maupun pikiran saya di blog menjadi amat menyenangkan. Untung saya bikin blog dulu karena penasaran..hahaha

TOEFL

2009-12-30T00:10:00.000+07:00

Still dunno what university will I take.. Yes, I've applied to certain universities.
But still waiting for the acceptance in January. I've told you in earlier post that I was and still kinda trapped in confusing situation. I took the PMDK UI with some consequences. If I am accepted, I must go there without any question. Although, yes, I prefer to go to NUS, myself.

After going through hard times (well, i think it's bit over.. lol), having some chit-chat with friends, counseling teachers, and parents, I just leave my way to Him. Like Santi said, "Pasrah aja, Mel".

For studying overseas, yes, there are a lot of preparations and criteria. And I hate (also lack of) preparation. I need TOEFL score. But I feel terribly lazy for joining Preparation Class since year 11 and that laziness was still in me until year 12 came. And I've just realized that the closing date of the admission is near at the corner, right in front of my eyes, and it was getting closer each day. Suddenly I realized, I NEED TO DO THE TOEFL TEST, ASAP!

I opened the web in early Nov. I registered for the test, I gave my mom's visa number, put a number $165, arranged the date on 12 Dec 2009. I don't even realize that we will have our final test on 4 Dec until 11 Dec. I downloaded the free TOEFL sample test, did the reading and listening, and saw a glimpse of the writing and speaking section. It would be easy, I thought arrogantly. I just need to practice my speaking and writing MORE. But in fact, I spent my days in studying for daily tests, took a long nap, played sorority life in fb, thought nothing about the test. Until around 4 Dec the final test was began. I phoned the place where I would take the test, and asked some faq (frequently asked questions) to him. He said, " Yes, the sample test is A LOT MORE EASIER than the real test". Feeling very shock, I borrowed the Barron's IBT book right away, unfortunately without the CD. I asked my lovely and cute wife to lend me her CD.

As I thought, I had no time for preparation. I was too busy studying (and playing) for final test. And worse, Evelyn and Bolot invited me to EMPORIUM on 11 Dec! I felt very sad to decline their invitation, so I said yes with some exception from my mom. On 4 PM, I was insist to come home. I arrived home around 7 PM. I read the Barron's prologue and test tips, skipped the reading part, went to listening part, skipped it again to speaking part. I was really shock at that time. Realized that the speaking would be (and still up to now) very hard for me. I went to the writing part and found the same difficulties, although not as bad as the speaking, since I've practiced it (thanks to this blog and YOU the reader..haha). I did some short course with my wife, asked her for any tips, and received some encouraging words from her. I slept early that day, around 11 PM and did a lot of praying.

I woke up the next morning, this was the test day. I arrived early at the test centre, did the re-registration, and surprisingly met some friends there. Meeting them, I must admit, not helping me at all. In fact, it burdened me. Furthermore, seeing those confident eyes in every test takers, really made me losing my self-confidence. I waited for the test time uncomfortably. And that time came. My name was called and I entered the computer room.

The test was started by the reading section first. When I saw the reading passage, I was very shock. That was a LONG PASSAGE! I don't know whether it was just my feeling, but I felt it was LONGER than the sample test. I read it and experienced another shock. It WAS an ACADEMIC PASSAGE! It was neither a daily life story, nor light passage like reading Twilight SAGA, which excites you and easy to understand. For me, the length was not the biggest problem, but the strange word structure like reading a legal announcement was my biggest problem. And fortunately, all the topics in that test was NOT my interest and I was unfamiliar with them. The most boring and undelightful passage was about the city in old Egypt comparing to the Mesopotamia. It was almost like reading Bu YB lecture about Macapat Sistempatan in year 10. I had to read two or three times to get the real meaning about the passage. And this was very tiring. Although, yes, I had new knowledge after reading those passages.

The second part of the test was the listening. The pronunciation was very clear like the Barron and sample test. But I have some minor difficulties in listening part about astronomy. I was unfamiliar with that topic. At first, I heard the speaker said like "minorei" or something like that many times at the beginning of the story. I was so fortunate that I could figure it out, that the speaker was saying "cosmic ray". OMG! How did I know that in outer space, there WAS a COSMIC RAY!

The third part was the speaking test. Yes, without any doubt, I have a LOT difficulties. Not to mention, a LOT of MISTAKES. I gave up this part. I tried my best to speak not to overtime and also not out of topic. The test was like, the speaker asked you something, like for example "what is your dreaming job", you had 15-20 sec to think (for me, I didn't think, in fact I COULDN'T think any with such limited time. It was like I only watched the timer countdown), 45-60 sec to elaborate your opinion, answer, or story. And when I did my speaking test, another test taker who sat 2 chairs next to me, gave me a strange look! In my eyes at that moment, she, who was highly intelligent, thinking something like "What a terrible speaking test!" or "Did she pass her school's speaking test?!" or another similar things. Really, my self-confidence reached zero at that time. I didn't even have any bravery to see her eyes!

The last test was the writing section. It was like the speaking, but yes, I think it much better. In writing I had plenty of time to THINK before I WRITE. Yeah, I was sure I made a lot of grammatical error and choose a wrong word. But I think it was a bit better than the speaking part.

I finished my day after 4 hours long, tiring test t which worth for $165 (can not say it was a CHEAP price for a test). I felt very tired. My wife texted me asking about the test and I replied "Gak tau deh. Gua merasa kayak ul Kimia pas kelas 10. Dibilang bisa juga kagak, dibilang kagak bisa juga kagak. Biasanya gua kalo kayak gini pasti dapet 62. Alias gak tuntas.huhuhu." And she asked me just to forget it and go to sleep.

According to the test center, the result will be out 7-14 days later. I checked my score (almost) everyday. Hoping to get the "right" score. Usually, the text written on the screen is "Your score is not available". Until today. The text changed into "Your score is available". I felt my heart almost stop working. I didn't want to know my score, yet I really want to know my score. My little sister forced me to open it. Okay, I said to myself, you only need one click! If you failed, it just $165. (Note: I said that not because I am a very rich girl or what, but yes, it helps me a lot to calm myself) I saw the score, and I screamed happily for my score! That score was not what I expected, but this was not BAD either.

Well, that's why I have so many thanks today.. ^^

The first thanks, of course, and always like :
Thanks God!! You heard my prayer!

Thanks for my family! I know you keep supporting me, although no one of you speak that frankly :) But I know, and always know, that you guys, are there for me.

Thank you for all my friends!!
Especially for my wife for her Barrons CD, tutorial, short tips, encouraging words, and her willingness for accepting my emergency phone call at 9.30 PM until night for the tutorial. Love you!

Fani, Santi, and Evelyn for their prayer and encouraging words.

and all the reader :)
Thanks for letting me practice my writing here.

I copy this sentences from my writing result:

"You expressed ideas with reasons, examples, and details, but your response indicated weaknesses such as your ideas may be difficult to follow because of how you organize your essay or because of the language you use to connect your ideas; and/or grammatical mistakes or vague/incorrect uses of words may make the writing difficult to understand."

Thanks for not stop reading, although my writing is difficult to understand. *lol*

Thank a lot :)

HUGE HUG from Melia!!

Leap of Faith

2009-12-27T00:00:00.000+07:00

After read the title, what comes up in your mind?
No, no..I'm not writing about faith or some reflection related to faith.
I'm going to write a review about Leap of Faith, one of Danielle Steel's novel.

Danielle Steel has never disappointed me. (Okay, I sound like Astrid right now.. Just change the subject with Givenchy or Chanel). Her strength in connecting the character feeling to the readers, not surprising, makes all the readers love her story. To be honest, I don't really like her describing style. Too many repetition, and it spends too many pages. For example, in one of her book, she describes the woman character feeling towards the man she loved in 40 pages! And usually it has a slow flow and makes me tired after reading it. But this book is different. It has no too many repetition and the flow is normal speed.

The story is about a young woman,again, who has discovered that her parents left her 10 million dollar sum as inheritance. In her wealthiness, Marie-Ange traveled to her hometown in Paris and met her charming prince, highborn person, named Comte Bernard de Beauchamp. He was a widower and soon, Marie-Ange fell into his enchantment. His good attitude, understanding, and love words, drag Marie-Ange into marriage although they had great distance in age.

But in no time, the truth was revealed to Marie-Ange. Her husband was very lavish spending. He bought many antiques, extravagant houses, jewels, with Marie-Ange's inheritance money. But blinded by love, Marie-Ange gave him the money without hesitation. They lived happily, and they had two children, and Bernard continued living in his improvident lifestyle.

Until one day, Marie-Ange found out something astonishing. She met Bernard's ex-wife by accident and his ex told him about the dark, evil side of Bernard. Bernard, according to her, had tried to kill her in order to have money.

This is what he did :
1.Find the rich, single woman
2.Attract the woman and marry her
3.Make a family (children, I mean)
4.Use all her money until she stopped giving him or she made a testament that stated all the inheritance will go to him
5.Starting a fire, while your child in second stair, as a mother, she will try to save the children,
6.He will follow and lock them up in the room.

Yes, he did this to his ex-wife and he managed to kill her child in that fire. Marie-Ange felt very surprise but trying to not believe the story. Until she experienced it by herself.

For the love of money is a root of all evils~ 1 Timothy 6:10

Christmas~

2009-12-26T20:41:00.000+07:00

Wew, sorry for my late posting..
Time goes fast and yesterday was Christmas :)

Christmas greetings for all the readers! :)

Well, this is a Christmas poem (taken from internet of course!)..Xp
Enjoy!

Who would have thought...?
that Mary's precious baby
wrapped in swaddling clothes
and laid in a manger...
would one day grow and
be revealed to be
the Redeemer...
a life changer?

Who would have thought...?
that the youngster who chose
to stay behind and 'do His father's work'...
was indeed the Prince of Peace...
the Comforter
who would root out darkness
wherever it might lurk?

Who would have thought...?
that He who sought
to be baptized by John...
was the Sacrifical Lamb...
Gilead's Healing Balm?

That the blood shed that day
on Calvary
would stand throughout centuries
and was for you and for you
...and for me?

Who?
Who would have thought...?

authorsden.com

Ribut-ribut NTU (lagi)..

2009-12-15T22:22:00.000+07:00

Masih ingat kasus David? Sebagai warga negara Indonesia umumnya dan warga Smuki pada khususnya, tentu saja sulit lupa dengan kasus ini. Saya masih ingat dengan jelas kali pertama kasus ini booming, gerakan anti NTU langsung menjadi buah bibir di smak 1.

Tahap demi tahap dilalui oleh pihak keluarga untuk mencari keadilan untuk David. Para ahli dimintai pendapat terhadap kasus ini sehingga akhrinya terungkaplah fakta-fakta yang menunjukan bahwa David dibunuh, yang tentu saja dibantah keras oleh pemerintah Singapura dan NTU.

Saya rasa fakta bahwa David dibunuh (bukannya membunuh, seperti di awal-awal pemberitaan) sudah diterima sebagai fakta oleh masyarakat. Terbukti dengan revisi dan ralat di media massa terkemuka, seperti Kompas. Tuntutan untuk mencari keadilan pun semakin deras dari dalam negeri.

Beberapa hari yang lalu, saya membaca Kompas seperti keseharian saya biasa. Entah tanggal berapa (saya rasa bisa dicari infonya di google), saya melihat iklan NTU. Melihat iklan NTU, saya pun tidak terkejut karena memang sudah cukup sering muncul di Kompas. Memang saat ini sudah memasuki tahap penerimaan mahasiswa baru sehingga tidak heran jika pihak NTU gencar memasang iklan di koran-koran Ibu Kota. Namun, yang cukup membuat saya kaget, di salah satu edisi iklan tersebut, ada seorang mahasiswa dari Indonesia, bersama dengan orang tuanya memberikan testimonial di iklan tersebut. Bukan sebuah testimonial kecil dengan tanda kutip kecil di ujung bawah iklan. Melainkan justru testimonial dan tulisan "mahasiswa dari Indonesia" lah yang menjadi sentral iklan tersebut.

Awalnya tentu saja saya kaget. Bukankah kasus David belum selesai? Bukankah kasus David pernah dan masih ditutupi sepihak oleh pemerintah Singapura? Kok mahasiswa ini berani sekali, ya? Bahkan sampai foto orangtuanya ikut dipajang! Tidak heran, gerakan kecam mengecam anak ini, yang saya ketahui kemudian sebagai anak smuki, pun mengalir, bahkan sampai ada grup yang khusus mengecam aksi anak ini di FB.

Kesan pertama saya tentu saja heran dan mempertanyakan aksi tersebut. Secara logika, tentu saja iklan ini merupakan propaganda efektif dari NTU untuk menyatakan bahwa di balik kasus David masih ada mahasiswa Indonesia (bahkan anak SMUKI) yang "bahagia" kuliah di sana . Tentunya ini sangat menguntungkan pihak NTU serta menjatuhkan opini umum di publik Indonesia, yang katanya "kecam NTU". Tetapi saya pun berusaha berpikir positif. Mungkin saja anak tersebut mempunyai alasanya sendiri yang entah apa tetapi saya yakin cukup kuat untuk mendorongnya melakukan hal tersebut. Lagipula, terlepas dari kasus David, namanya juga IKLAN, yang tentu saja sah-sah saja memajang gambar ataupun isi apapun selama tidak melanggar hukum.

Salah satu link kecam-mengecam ada di :

http://edukasi.kompasiana.com/2009/12/11/iklan-tanpa-empati-model-teman-sekelas-david-di-smu/

Awal membaca, saya pun cukup setuju dengan penulis. Tetapi semakin saya membaca komentar-komentar yang ada di bawahnya, rasa itu pun lenyap. Digantikan dengan rasa kesal terhadap si penulis yang memang memaksakan kehendaknya sebagai kebenaran yang wajib diikuti semua warga negara Indonesia. Bagi saya, mengecam boleh. Mengajak orang mengecam juga boleh. Tetapi memaksakan kehendak itu tidak boleh. Argumen-argumen yang dilontarkan oleh pihak-pihak di sana yang kontra dengan sang penulis pun masuk akal, perlu, dan patut dipertimbangkan.

Dari tulisan penulis, terlihat bahwa beliau merupakan lulusan ITB. Di dalam komentar-komentar yang ada, dengan jelas beliau membanggakan kualitas ITB yang diklaim sepihak oleh beliau "lebih bagus" daripada NTU. Saya tidak mau menyinggung masalah "mana yang lebih bagus". Tetapi dari segi kesopanan, nalar, dan kemampuan untuk bertoleransi, justru tulisan beliau menunjukan di level mana beliau berada. Bukan bermaksud untuk menggenelarisir, secara logika, sekaligus menunjukan di level mana ITB berada.

Saya yakin para pembaca sekarang ini sudah cukup pintar dan terdidik untuk menilai hal tersebut.

PS:
Perlu diingat bahwa tulisan saya ini bukan untuk menjelekan pihak manapun, baik itu penulis artikel, universitas tertentu, maupun pihak tertentu lainnya. Tulisan ini adalah hasil pemikiran, opini, dan tanggapan seorang Melia atas kejadian yang dilihatnya.

Another-not-important-story

2009-12-12T23:42:00.000+07:00

Yeay! Exam is finally over! Although I'm sure that the results will be very disappointing, though.
While I was studying, one question popped up in my head.

"Why do I need to study?"

May be this was not the first time this thing came up. Well, I can not and will not deny that human being must learn in order to achieve better understanding, either in academic study or daily life. Then I asked another question to myself.

"Why do I need to study those economy, sociology, accounting, history, and others?"

"Aiming for avoiding the remedy, good score, better mark, rank."

"What's for?"

"It guarantees you the brighter future. Good university, good position in your career and in society."

"And then, what?"

"Good salary, fulfill my own need.Success"

Okay..
Continue writing the "what" will not come to an end, since we are an avaricious existence.
I bet the "what" will end when we reach the finish line someday..

It looks like that every body is on the same boat. Don't we?

Ada yang kehilangan hape??

2009-12-02T23:05:00.000+07:00

Hari senen kemaren, rasanya gw melakukan hal bodoh ketika gw mendapatkan rejeki.

Jadi ceritanya, pas hari senen kemaren (30/11/09) gw pergi ke sekolah dengan terkantuk-kantuk. Di dalem mobil aja, masih pake acara tidur segala. Nah ceritanya, dimulai pas gw mao turun di Ukrida. Emang biasanya gw selalu turun di Ukrida. Pas gua turun, mata gw yang baru melek ini ngeliat sesuatu di jalan. Pas di sebelah dalem garis yang ada di pinggiran jalan itu, pokoknya tempat kaki lu turun pertama kali menginjak jalan raya di ukrida, gw ngeliat sesuatu warnanya merah" gitu. Sekilah sih, kayak casing hape. Gua kirain itu casing hape, tapi bagian belakangnya doang, jadi gak ada hapenya gitu. Sambil ragu", akhirnya gw ngambil juga tuh barang dari jalanan. Pas gua balik, ngeliat layarnya, gw mpe bengong. Nokia E63!! Masih baru! Mengkilap, kinclong, bahkan masih ada penutup layarnya! Gile bener.. Gua langsung kaku. Maklum lahh,ya..Pagi-pagi buta, masih setengah sadar, dapet barang ter-mahal yang pernah gw temui di pinggir jalan.

Langsung deh gw mikir.
Mending ambil dulu tuh hape ato langsung gw geletakin di jalan?
Harganya sekarang berapa ya?
Punya anak Ukrida apa anak Smuki ya?
...

Eh, sialnya, mungkin karena pose kaku gw yang goblok banget, ato emang aura shock gw kentara banget, gw jadi ditegor sama satpam yang lagi jaga di Ukrida sana..

"Kenapa kamu, dek?"
"Hah?*masih shock n gak sadar* ada hape, Pak"

Nah.. Tiba-tiba gw inget omongan guru-guru waktu tk dulu..
"inget ya,kalo ketemu barang berharga, kasih ke polisi.."

Nah, dalem kondisi linglung di pagi hari,
gw menganggep satpam = polisi = bisa dipercaya = pasti bakalan nyari orang yang punya..
ckckck, beginilah orang yang terlalu polos ( ato gebleg? )

nah, si satpam nanya lagi..

"Punya kamu?"
*gw diem..*
"Punya kamu bukan?"
akhirnya gw begonya jawab "bukan.."

Langsung dia bilang:
"Kalo bukan punya kamu, sini-in!"

Langsung deh gw melihat "keserekahan" (atau tepatnya nafsu?) di mata dia.
Tangannya langsung terulur, gerakan yang orang bego juga tau maksudnya tuh minta tuh hape.

Langsung saat itu juga, gw merasa nyesel ngomong begitu..
Gua langsung merasa bersalah sama yang benernya punya hape itu.
Well, dia kan juga pasti gak mao hapenya jatoh begitu, kan?

yah, namanya udah disodorin tangan, dan dengan kesadaran itu barang juga bukan punya gw, akhirnya gw kasih juga tuh hape ke satpam.

Nyampe di kelas,
ngobrol" ma orang",
gw baru nyadar betapa gobloknya tindakan gua itu..

Kenapa gak gw ambil aja tuh hape, kasih ke guru smukie?
Ato ambil tuh hape, bukain contact nya, telpon no yang ada di contact nya?

Aduhh..bener" parah gw..

Parahnya lagi, gw bahkan gak inget untuk ngeliat nama tuh satpam yang jelas" ketulis di dadanya!!

Bodohnya gw..
Sekarang gw merasa kesian sama yang punya hape..

Kalo ada yang merasa punya hape E63 baru ilang, bilang ke gua ya..
Biar gw bisa bantuin bersaksi nyari satpam yang piket di Ukrida tanggal 30 Nov..
Sapa tau tuh hape masih selamat..belom dijual ato dipake ma tuh satpam.

Study Tour day 3

2009-11-30T20:14:00.000+07:00

I was overslept! Oh my God! It was 6.30AM and we would left the hostel on 8AM! In hurry, I took a shower, did the packing, and rushed to the dining hall. Well, it was not as full as I had imagined. It appeared that many friends of mine who were also overslept. ^^

We planned to depart from hostel on 8AM. But because there were some friends who woke up late, so we had to wait for them and we departed on 8.30 AM. The first destination today was Istana Cipanas. This was my first time seeing this place. It was very beautiful. The crystal lamps, paintings, carpets, chairs, and even the tables were very amusing. No wonder this place was called Istana, after all. We took many photos here, especially with the deer. Really want to have one.. ;)

We left from Istana Cipanas and went to Amen Restaurant. The food was very delicious. Especially Sapi Lada Hitam and Gurame Asam Manis. I loved the beef very much! It had nice, soft, and chewy texture. That was awesome.

Another journey to Istana Bogor. We arrived late. It was so fortunate that the guide still let us in, although I had no interest to see AGAIN this place. Nothing to say, anyway.

We left Istana Bogor, then. Another interesting fact was occured. The bus engine was failed. The engine stopped and didn't want to start. Well, it was very fortunate to have engine failure in the middle of the highway. At least, we could call "derek". Almost an hour, the driver tried to fixed the engine and guess what! The engine was failed because we ran out of fuel! What a silly reason! Due the lateness, we arrived In Jakarta around 8 PM. There were some minor inconvenients but after all, this was the greatest study tour that I have ever experienced.

Foto-foto narsis selama karyawisata :)

2009-11-28T23:18:00.000+07:00

Ini foto di Istana Bogor..
di tengah" jalannya ada gerombolan rusa yang lagi lewat.
Keliatan gak?

Background komples pabrik adalah gunung..
Aneh.

Study Tour day 2

2009-11-28T22:18:00.000+07:00

I didn't remember how long I had slept. Less than 3 hours, I guess. I woke up around 6AM and didn't take any bath. We had breakfast and soon went to visit other factories. Around 8 AM, we arrived at Indoeskrim factory. It has beautiful, clean, tidy, and green environment. It has many strange machine but less human. After did some seeing activity, we were asked to go to auditorium and watched company profile. There was a doorprice too..But, of course, nothing to win T.T
We also given a snack box and milk. Before we left, we were given a chance to buy some ice cream product and I decided to buy Legian ice cream. It was so unfortunate for buying the ice cream. Because in the bus, we were also given a free Monas ice cream! It was like my stomach could not handle it. It was too many food in the morning!

Around 10 AM, we went to Indomilk factory. It was looked like Indoeskrim factory. After finished seeing milk production, yes, we had other chance to buy some of their products. We went back to the bus, then and guess what? Our KFC lunch is arrived already! Couldn't saying that I was eager to eat.

Around 1 PM, we went to Yakult factory. After seeing production machine, we were given two bottles free Yakults and one BIG Yakult bottle as our merchandise. That was a nice merchandise. Afterwards, according to the schedule, we went to Tajur. But due the traffic jam, this schedule was canceled and we went back to hostel and did our preparation for our talent show.

We had our dinner time. But there was something else in our dining room. It was Laron attack!
The Laron flew at every direction to find lights and of course this anoyed us. I had one Laron in my Calamari! It really made me feeling sick. A Laron on top of my Calamari! I guess that was what we called as topping.

There was also Laron attack in our hall to perform a talent show. It still made tonight talent show as an AWESOME show! All the social classes were performed their best and all out! This was the greatest talent show that I have ever experienced. 12 SOS 3 (my class) performed our Saman dance and Ekspresi first. Thanks God, the Saman was very well played. After that, 12 SOS 1 performed the parodi. It was very funny, especially when Mire acted as Ibu AU. She was very talented using Javanese accents! This show was ended by singing "Himne Guru" in order to comemorate Teacher's Day. 12 SOS 4 was to perform next. They performed drama with Tiwil as main character. The next show was performed by 12 SOS 2 who performed Take Me Out in their own version. I didn't know why, but all of the classes were performed something like it-was our-last-time-to-get-together. That was very touching, considering the fact that THIS STUDY TOUR was THE LAST event that we could do while we were in smuki except the PROM and GRADUATION.

After the talent show was over, we ate Pop Mie together and went to sleep afterwards because of the tiredness. There was no chatting tonight.

-to be continued

Foto-foto narsis selama karyawisata :)

2009-11-28T21:42:00.000+07:00

Foto di tempat penjualan Tomkins.
Bener-bener gak ada apa-apanya kan?

Jumping pose in front of T-Rex fossil.
Entah kenapa, tiba-tiba gerakan jumping pose jadi sering dilakukan selama karyawisata.
Gak di museum, di lahan parkir pabrik, bahkan masih dibawa juga sampe ke istana.

Ini masih di Museum Geologi.
Pas foto ini diambil, di luar lagi ujan.
Gak penting banget..hahaha

Study Tour day 1

2009-11-27T23:46:00.000+07:00

I had study tour on 24-26 November 2009. We went to Bandung, Puncak, Sukabumi, and Bogor for 3 days 2 nights. Since it was long journey, I'll post this tour on 3 entries. On 24th November all SMAK 1 12 social class students, had been arrived to our beloved school before 6 AM. Thanks to Bu KM's magic word so all of the students didn't come late. But it was pity that we left school at 7 AM, not at 6 AM, as she had promised ;(

We went to Bandung on the first day. Luckily, we went there using BIG BIRD Bus. Not using Symphony, Safari, or other worse bus. Before the journey started, like casuality of Christian school, we prayed first. And then, foods were distributed. Nasi campur from canteen 7 at 7 AM! Well, that's really too much for a breakfast!

The journey to Bandung took more than 2 hours long. That's why, we arrived late to Tomkins factory. Around 10 AM, an hour late than the schedule. It made our "seeing" time become shorter than the schedule. Tomkins factory is not really amusing. It has many workers (most of them are women) than machines. I think, it is called as "padat karya". Inside the factory was really hot and it had unpleasant smell of rubber and glue. But I was quite happy to see how our shoes are made. We could even see how the latex become our shoe!

After Tomkins factory, we went to Museum Geologi. It was the most beautiful museum tin Indonesia that I've ever seen! Museum Gajah and Museum Fatahilah are nothing compared to this museum. It has auditorium room, T-rex fossil, and many more. My friends and I were trying to catch our jumping pose in front of the T-rex fossil. We saw many beautiful stones like Amethyst, staglatit and staglagmit, and some others that I forgot the names. We did many poses here. ;)

Afterwards, we went to Saung Angklung Mang Udjo. This is such a wonderful place. The building itself is like Saung. Even the Toilet also in Sundanese style. It also has beautiful souvenirs. Most of them are made from bamboo. It also has good traditional show. No wonder many foreign from overseas are coming to see this place. We saw Wayang Golek, Helaran, Tari Topeng, and nice Angklung perfomances.

Jalan Riau was our next destination. We had our free time there. There has many factory outlets. So, it was our shopping time. We were given 20.000 Rp to spend for food. I at eBatagor and Sate Madura there. It was delicious! I love "abang-abang" taste! * lol*

The agenda was over around 8 PM. We went to our hostel in Cipanas. Because it was very far away, we arrived to the hostel around 12 AM. It was really teriffying to ride on the Puncak street at that time. The street was dark and as you know, it has deep meander. Thanks god, we could arrive safely. When we arrived, the sky was very dark. And it was drizzling. As soon as I went to my (our) room, I went shower and shampoo. After that, we went gossiping and chatting all night long!

-to be continued

Confusing..

2009-11-20T23:20:00.000+07:00

Future is something mysterious yet scary because of its uncertainty. It is made from your choices in your life. That's why we have famous quote "Your future is in your hand". Choosing university is one of the choices that we have to make in life in order to have the better future. That's why, it's become very confusing for many people. Right now, I'm in the same boat with those confuse people. Well, after a long consideration and deep thought, I've chosen Communication as my major. But I still can't decide which university that I will take.

After doing researches on many universities, I finally come up with the short lists of universities. There are NUS, NTU, Waseda, and UI. I love to and really have an interest to study overseas, but I also don't mind to study in Indonesia either. FYI, NUS and NTU have their deadline close in the middle and late of December. Waseda will OPEN the enquiry on 7 January 2010.

Well, the main problem starts today. UI has just opened PMDK and it was informed yesterday. I just gave back the letter of confirmation today to Mr. Thomas and guess what? I'm one of the three chosen (lucky?) students to take the PMDK form!

Am I happy? Of course.
Am I proud? I can't deny.
Am I more confuse? Yes, I am.

Well, as one of the most (or the most, i guess) favourite university in Indonesia, UI has a limited PMDK form for each school. The number of form was calculated based on IP of school alumnis who are studying at UI and number of serious applicants who are applying and really going to UI through this PMDK. And until now, I still don't sure whether to take the PMDK form or just give it back to mr. Thomas so other student can use it instead of me.

Honestly, I prefer to study overseas IF I can get through the test and interview, get the grant and scholarship. I know it is very competitive! Just count the SMAK 1 students, plus all over brainy teens all over the world, perhaps? (but I have to try, haven't I?) And there is NO guarantee that I can pass all the long way through.

Okay, so the choices that I have left:

1. Take the PMDK form, fill it, hope to get accepted and also apply to overseas universities and also hoping to get accepted. Later on, I'll just throw away UI and make my school get less PMDK form next year plus don't forget the critics (the teachers and friends)!

2.Forget about PMDK, apply for overseas univ. If I am not accepted, I will just go through SIMAK.
Fyi, chance of get accepted from SIMAK is 5000:150000!

The worst possible possibility is I throw away my PMDK (or my PMDK form is not accepted by UI because my mark is lower from other PMDK applicants), and I am not accepted by overseas univ, and I have to go through SIMAK. And I hope to not fall in THAT such condition.

Well, that are two possible actions that I can take.
Please help me to decide!!