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#661 - Updates

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Well, now I'm already back in Bandung, haha... :) Anyway, my trip back to Bandung was kinda interesting, because apparently, the Turangga Express I caught operated its newest couches!! I think I'm pretty lucky, haha... . Well, Turangga departed 10 minutes late from Yogyakarta and of course it arrived 10 minutes behind schedule the next day on Bandung.

Anyway, these days have been a bit tiring for me. I didn't have a really good sleep on rail (as always), so on Wednesday I was really tired and kinda had no energy. This Thursday was a bit better, but I kinda had a small headache, hmm... . Anyway, I cleaned my room last night, haha... .

O yea, finally it's raining today in Bandung. Well, I have been expecting this rain to wash my car, LOL. I haven't had any time yet to wash my car (actually to have my car washed, LOL) tho, so this rain was a bit blessing, haha

::: inside new couch of Turangga (Executive 2)

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Yah, sekarang aku udah balik di Bandung lagi neh, haha... :) Ngomong2, perjalananku ke Bandung lumayan menarik juga, soalnya ternyata, Kereta Turangga yang aku naiki adalah Turangga yang mengoperasikan gerbong-gerbong yang baru banget!! Aku rasa aku beruntung juga, haha... . Hmm, Turangga berangkatnya telat 10 menitan dari Yogyakarta dan makanya tibanya juga telat 10 menit di Bandung besoknya.

Ngomong2, akhir2 ini cukup melelahkan untuk aku. Aku kan nggak bisa tidur nyenyak di kereta api (tentu saja), makanya Rabu kemarin beneran cape banget dan kaya kekurangan energi. Kamis ini agak mendingan tapi koq agak sakit kepala dikit yah, hmmm... . Ngomong2, semalam aku membersihkan kamar loh, haha... .

O iya, akhirnya hari ini hujan juga di Bandung. Hmm, aku sudah menunggu-nunggu nih hujan untuk mencuci mobilku neh, LOL. Yah, aku belum ada waktu untuk mencuci mobil (lebih tepatnya dicucikan sih, LOL) sih, makanya hujan ini dikit banyak merupakan berkah juga, haha

#660 - In Jogja

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So, I have been in Yogyakarta for four days now and tonight I'm going back to Bandung catching Turangga Express which will depart at 11.10 PM.

So, last Sunday my family, some friends' of fam, and I had supper at Melia Purosani Hotel. Of course we also prayed to my deceased grandparents. Monday was kinda ordinary. O yea, I also got my hair cut on Monday, wahahaha... . Tuesday was another ordinary day. I bought some gifts for some friends in Bandung this afternoon.

Anyway, watching Australian Open 2009, I'm amazed with a former World No. 4, Jelena Dokic (AUS). She had some issues on 2005 - 2006 so her ranking dropped really far and she slowly is going up. She beat Anna Chakvetadze, Caroline Wozniacki, and Alisa Kleybanova on her saga to the QF. However, she was upset by Dinara Safina on the QF by 4 - 6, 6 - 4, 4 - 6. Even so, she's really great and I am rooting for her!! Go Jelena Dokic!! hehe... :) Maybe this year is really her coming back year. We will see...

::: some meals at the supper

::: Dunkin Donuts I bought yesterday at Ambarrukmo Plaza

::: Jelena Dokic

::: Jelena Dokic

note: photos of Dokic are taken from the official site of 2009 Australian Open

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Jadi, aku udah di Yogyakarta selama empat hari sekarang dan malam ini aku akan balik ke Bandung naik Turangga yang akan berangkat jam 11.10 malam.

Nah, kemarin Minggu aku dan keluarga dan berapa kerabat makan malam di Hotel Melia Purosani.Tentu aja aku juga sembahyang, hehe... . Senin biasa saja deh. O iya, aku di hari Senin potong rambut, wahahaha... . Selasa juga biasa saja. Aku membeli beberapa oleh2 tuh siang tadi.

Ngomong2, nonton Australian Open 2009, aku kagum loh sama mantan petenis nomer 4 dunia, Jelena Dokic (AUS). Dia sempat mengalami masalah berat tahun 2005 - 2006an sehingga rangkingnya turun banyak banget dan sekarang ia perlahan2 naik lagi. Dia ngalahin Anna Chakvetadze, Caroline Wozniacki, dan Alisa Kleybanova dalam perjalanannya ke QF. Namun, ia kalah dari Dinara Safina di QF dengan skor 4 - 6, 6 - 4, 4 - 6. Walau begitu, dia masih saja hebat banget dan aku dukung dia neh!! Go Jelena Dokic!! hehe... :) Mungkin memang tahun ini adalah tahun kembalinya dia. Kita akan lihat...

#659 - Happy Chinese New Year 2560

Kiong hie, kiong hie...

Gong Xi Fa Cai - Wan Shi Ru Yi - Shen Ti Jian Kang

(Be successful and healthy all the time)

Note : My latest entry can be read here

#658 - Back to Jogja

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So, now I'm back to Yogyakarta. Last Friday evening I caught Turangga Express to go back to Yogyakarta. Well, just following my plan, I didn't sleep during the trip, instead I read a novel and finished it! wahahaha... . I read Agatha Christie's The Mystery of the Blue Train, LOL. Yea, I was riding a train and I read a novel about a murder on a train, LOL.

About the novel, I think it was pretty good. I mean, there was more drama than two other Agatha Christie's novels I have read (Death in The Clouds and The Big Four). In the middle of the story, I made a guess about who might be the murderer and my guess was right!! wahahaha... . Overall, I think it's a good novel.

Anyway, my Saturday was okay. Because I didn't sleep on the train so I started sleeping at 3.45 AM (Turangga arrived at 3.15 AM at Yogyakarta Station) and at 9.30 AM I got up. Yea, it wasn't really a good sleep. Then I had brunch with my dad at a warung sate which sate's is really tasty. haha... . In the afternoon I went to a laptop service to service my laptop.

::: inside Turangga Express

::: complimentary meal

::: sate kambing (goat sate)

::: Soto Kridosono I had this morning

::: "The Mystery of the Blue Train"

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Nah, sekarang aku sudah ada di Yogyakarta neh. Jumat malam kemarin aku naik Turangga untuk balik ke Yogyakarta. Hmm, mengikuti rencanaku, aku nggak tidur sepanjang perjalanan, malah aku baca novel dan menyelesaikannya! wahaha... . Aku membaca novelnya Agatha Christie yang The Mystery of the Blue Train (Misteri Kereta Api Biru), LOL. Yea, aku lagi naik kereta dan aku membaca novel tentang pembunuhan di atas kereta, LOL.

Tentang novelnya, aku rasa lumayan loh. Maksudku, ada lebih banyak drama dari dua novel Agatha Christie lainnya yang telah aku baca (Death in The Clouds atau Maut di Udara and The Big Four atau Empat Besar). Di tengah2 ceritanya kan aku nebak pelakunya siapa dan tebakanku bener loh!! wahahaha... . Secara keseluruhan, aku rasa ini adalah novel yang baik.

Ngomong2, Sabtuku biasa saja. Karena aku nggak tidur di kereta makanya aku baru tidur jam 3.45 pagi (Turangga tiba jam 3.15 pagi di Stasiun Yogyakarta) dan jam 9.30 pagi udah bangun. Ya, nggak nyenyak2 amat sih tidurnya. Trus makan pagi bareng papaku di sebuah warung sate yang satenya enak. haha... . Siangnya aku ke tempat servis laptop untuk servis laptopku.

#657 - Updates

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So, this evening I'm going back to Yogyakarta catching Turangga Express, hahaha... . Well, these two days have been kinda ordinary for me tho, just the other ordinary college days. Yesterday, my friends and I went to Cibadak to buy paper for certificates, then we went to some places to hang out. I had some agendas to do which were to buy gifts now, haha... . Because of the many agendas I had to split it to two days.

Anyway, nothing much to write now tho. It's just that now I'm watching 2009 Australian Open. It's pretty cool, haha... :)

::: Cheese, Chocolate, and Milk Surabi (I prefer the ordinary surabi tho, haha)

::: ourseafood meal at D'Cost

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Jadi, nanti malam aku akan balik ke Yogyakarta naik Kereta Turangga neh, hahaha... . Yah, dua hari ini sih biasa saja sih untuk aku, cuma hari kuliah biasa lainnya. Kemarin aku dan temen2 pergi ke Cibadak untuk beli kertas untuk sertifikat, trus jalan2 deh. Ada beberapa agenda yang harus dilakukan dalam rangka beli oleh2. Karena banyaknya agenda itu sampe harus dibagi ke dua hari.

Ngomong2, nggak banyak yang bisa ditulis sekarang neh. Cuma sekarang aku lagi nonton 2009 Australian Open. Keren loh, haha... :)

#656 - A Good Day

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Well, today has been pretty good for me overall. Some problems are solved today.

The first solved problem is my internet connection. It is back today, wahahahaha... . I'm so happy about that. Well, hopefully there will be no further problem anymore.

The second solved problem is that suddenly, somehow, the problem I had with my cellphone as I wrote here is solved. I dunno why or how, but somehow I just can view all the datas in the memory card using my phone again! haha... . Well, I suspected that the problem was because of virus(es) tho since I often connect my cellphone to computers and there might be virus(es) copied on the memory card. Then, because I installed anti-virus last week on my laptop, maybe the virus(es) were removed, and that made my cellphone works normally again. Well, it's just my guess tho, no proof yet, just a hypothese, haha... . The most important thing is that the problem is solved! wahahaha....

Well, today I also had my first class on Seminar. Seminar is the compulsory class we have to take before working on our thesis. Well, now I'm one step closer to reach my goal tho. Hmm, it seems that maybe Seminar will be pretty tough, we have to do a presentation each week until the end of semester, hmmm... . Wish Me Luck! :)

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Yah, hari ini merupakan hari baik deh secara keseluruhan. Beberapa masalah terpecahkan hari ini.

Permasalahn pertama yang terselesaikan adalah koneksi internetku. Akhirnya koneksinya balik hari ini, wahahahaha... . Seneng banget neh dengannya. Yah, semoga ga akan ada masalah lebih lanjut lagi deh.

Permasalahan kedua adalah secara tiba-tiba, karena suatu hal, permasalahan kecil dengan hape-ku seperti yang aku tulis disini terpecahkan. Wah, beneran nggak tahu kenapa atau bagaimana, tapi tiba2 aku bisa mengakses semua data di memory card dengan hapeku lagi! haha... . Kalau aku duga sih error-nya itu karena virus karena aku lumayan sering menghubungkan hapeku dengan komputer. Nah, kemudian karena minggu lalu aku menginstal anti-virus di laptopku, makanya mungkin tuh virus dihapus, dan ini membuat hapeku bekerja normal lagi. Yah, ini cuma tebakan sih, belum ada bukti, cuma hipotesa saja, haha... . Yang penting kan sekarang masalahnya uda beres! wahahaha....

Hmm, hari ini aku juga mengikuti kelas pertamaku di Seminar. Seminar adalah kelas wajib yang harus diambil sebelum mengerjakan skripsi. Nah, sekarang aku sudah satu langkah lebih dekat ke tujuanku. Hmm, nampaknya Seminar akan menjadi cukup keras neh, soalnya kita harus presentasi setiap minggu sampe akhir semester, hmmm... . Doakan yah! :)

#655 - First Day of Sixth Semester

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Well, so yesterday I went back to Bandung because today is officially the first day of my sixth semester. Argo Wilis went on time yesterday, which was good.

Anyway, today is my first day of this sixth semester, of course I went to my campus to have 2 lectures (one was canceled because my lecturer was sick). Apparently, I think I must let one lecture go to have another one for my thesis, hmmm... . After arranging one two stuffs I think I have decided which one should I let go. Anyway, today I also got a book for my thesis, huaaaa!!! Things are getting more serious, hmmm...

One thing is pissing me off again now. My internet connection in my boarding house is now OFF again!! Can you imagine that!?!? It has been one month full of error connection!! Hmmm!! I am now considering to cut this connection and subscribe the other provider tho, hmmm... . I always pay on time (well, not always actually, LOL, but when I was late, I always paid the charge for that!)

::: my new Hugo Boss XY

::: complimentary lunch at Argo Wilis

::: inside my couch, Executive 3

::: one spot near Gombong

::: the Southern Java Main Street

::: soto I had this morning

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Yah, jadi kemarin aku balik ke Bandung karena hari ini adalah secara resmi hari pertama di semester keenamku. Argo Wilis berangkat tepat waktu kemarin, yang bagus tuh.

Ngomong2, hari ini adalah hari pertama dari semester keenamku, tentu saja dong aku harus ke kampus untuk menghadiri 2 kuliah (yang 1 dibatalkan karena dosennya sakit). Ternyatam kayanya seh, aku harus melepas satu mata kuliah dan ngambil mata kuliah yang lain untuk skripsiku, hmmm... . Habis mengurus satu dua hal akhirnya aku sudah memutuskan mata kuliah mana yang harus dilepas. Ngomong2, hari ini aku juga dapat buku untuk bahan skripsi, huaaaa!!! Sudah menjadi makin serius neh, hmmm....

Satu hal juga membuatku emosi neh sekarang. Masa koneksi internet di kosku MATI lagi!! Bayangkan saja, berarti sudah sebulan penuh neh koneksinya error-error mulu!! Bayangkan tuh!?!? Sekarang aku jadi mempertimbangkan untuk memutus koneksinya sekalian neh dan pindah ke provider lain yang gak sering error, hmmm... . Padahal aku selalu bayar tepat waktu (hmm, gak juga ding, LOL, tapi kalo aku telat aku kan juga bayar denda!)

#654 - End of Year-End Holiday

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Well, today is the last day of my year-end holiday this time, hmmm... . Time really flies, it just feels that the beginning of this holiday was just yesterday, haha... . This afternoon I'm going back to Bandung catching Argo Wilis Express.

Anyway, next week I'm going back to Yogyakarta again tho, for Chinese New Year Holiday, wahahahaha....

Btw, the accident of US Airways which had an emergency landing was kinda "cool". Well, here "cool" means the pilot was VERY smart and genius in landing the Airbus A 320 safely on water. Btw, this is similar (emergency landing on water (the term is ditching)) with the Garuda Indonesia GA 421 incident from Lombok to Yogyakarta (yea, it was Garuda Indonesia, NOT Lion Air) where the aircraft with reg code PK-GWA had an emergency landing at Bengawan Solo River on 16th January 2002) almost exactly seven years before the US Airways Accident).

While the Lion Air's incident Lion Air JT 538 which overrunning the runway of Adisumarmo Airport with aircraft type of MD-82 reg code PK-LMN on 30th November 2004. So, it was not a ditching incident.

::: my breakfast this Saturday, ayam kleco

::: my weirdly-mixed lunch, a fried rice, black-pepper steak, kangkung balacan, LOL

::: Kassaya Galeria

::: Sirloin Teppannyaki and vegies

::: tasty bakso

::: US Airways' Airbus A-320 reg code N106US which had an emergency landing on Hudson River, New York (picture taken from Wikipedia)

::: US Airways' N106US Airbus A 320, this was the aircraft which ditched at Hudson River this week (in this photo, it was landing at McCarran Int'l Airport, Las Vegas, on 9th November 2006). Photo is taken from www.airliners.net

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Yah, hari ini adalah hari terakhir dari liburan akhir tahunku kali ini, hmmm... . Waktu bener2 cepet yah, kerasanya tuh awal liburan kali ini kaya kemarin saja loh, haha... . Siang nanti aku akan balik ke Bandung naik Kereta Ekspres Argo Wilis neh.

Ya biar begitu, minggu depan aku balik lagi de ke Yogyakarta dalam rangka Liburan Tahun Baru Imlek, wahahahaha....

Btw, kejadian mendarat darurat-nya US Airways penerbangan 1549 bener2 "wah" ya. "Wah" dalam arti pilotnya hebat bisa mendaratkan tuh pesawat Airbus A 320 dengan baik. Btw, ini mirip (mendarat darurat di air (istilahnya ditching)) dengan kejadian Garuda Indonesia GA 421 dari Lombok ke Yogyakarta (ya, Garuda Indonesia saudara2, BUKAN Lion Air) dimana pesawat dengan registrasi PK-GWA mendarat di Sungai Bengawan Solo tanggal 16 Januari 2002 (hampir tepat tujuh tahun sebelum kejadiannya US Airways tuh).

Kalau kejadian Lion Air adalah Lion Air JT 538 yang overrunning runway saat mendarat di Bandara Adisumarmo Solo dengan pesawat MD-82 kode registrasi PK-LMN tanggal 30 November 2004. Jadi kejadiannya bukan ditching.

#653 - Friday (16/01)

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Well, now I'm very tired. Today I went to Solo, hehe... :) We departed at 9 AM from Yogyakarta. Well, the route this time was a bit different since we went to Solo Baru first, then Solo Grand Mall, and finally Solo Square. Well, usually we went the other way around. Anyway, the last time I went to Solo was this time, about half a year ago. Time really flies (although many things have happened on this last 6 months tho, LOL).

Anyway, we were in Solo a bit longer than usual. In Solo Square we also had coffee for a while at Kopi Luwak, haha... . We left Solo at about 5.45 PM and went to Ayam Kleco first to buy some chicken for dinner.

O yea, I just realized today that apparently, eventho D'Cost also had a branch at Solo Square, it's operational hours is still the same with the one in Bandung. In the afternoon, it's closed! Hmmm... . It's kinda weird tho for a restaurant in a mall, hehe

::: Mie Jamur Pangsit as my lunch today at Solo Grand Mall

::: Kassaya Solo Grand Mall

::: Kassaya Solo Grand Mall

::: one spot at Solo Square

::: Kassaya Solo Square

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Hah, capek banget neh sekarang. Hari ini seharian aku pergi ke Solo, hehe... :) Kita berangkat jam 9 pagi dari Yogyakarta. Hmm, rutenya agak diubah kali ini, yaitu pergi ke Solo Baru dulu, trus Solo Grand Mall, baru Solo Square. Hmm, biasanya kan rutenya adalah kebalikannya. Ngomong2, terakhir aku ke Solo adalah waktu ini, sekitar setengah tahun yang lalu. Waktu benar2 cepat yah (walau banyak yang terjadi selama 6 bulan terakhir sih, LOL).

Ngomong2, kita ke Solo agak lebih lama dari biasanya tadi. Lha di Solo Square tadi juga ngopi bentar di Kopu Luwak, haha... . Kita meninggalkan Solo jam 5.45 malam dan mampir di Ayam Kleco dulu untuk membeli ayam untuk makan malam.

O iya, baru nyadar hari ini neh kalo ternyata, walaupun D'Cost buka cabang di Solo Square, jam operasinya masih sama kaya yang di Bandung tuh. Jadi di siang hari, restorannya tutup! Hmmm... . Aneh juga ya mengingat kan ini bukanya di mall gitu, hehe

#652 - Another Free Week

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Of course in the middle (closer to the end tho) of holiday like this, I am very free and I enjoy myself. Well, of course that's the essence of holiday, forgetting (for a while) all the works and take time for ourselves, haha... .

Anyway, this evening I hanged out with my friend for a while. We went to Nokia Center to ask about minor problem on my new cellphone. They suggested I should reinstall the phone resulting in loss of all memories both on Phone and Card Memories. WTF!! Hmmm... . I have some important datas there and I can't afford losing them. For now, I prefer to cope with that minor problem. Anyway, the minor problem is that somehow my Memory Card isn't readable on the phone. Well, the phone still could save some datas (images, videos, voices) on the memory card but I just can't access it on the phone. I mean, I can't view those datas on my phone, somehow. I know it's stored there as I can access them if I connect my phone to computer.

Anyway, we also managed to eat Tip-Top Ice Cream today, wahahaha... . Well, since last year (no kidding, seriously), I have targeted to eat there but there were always obstacles ahead, either we couldn't find it (firstly) or it's closed, LOL.

Tonight, I also witnessed (LOL) the firing of one employee on my store. Well, I really understand the reason behind the firing, even my friend came up with one evidence. Actually she had already been given SOME chances to apologize and a chance to escape the firing but I dunno why those words didn't come out from her mouth. Even there was no defend. It's just like that she asked to be fired. Well, so it's obvious that she was fired today, hmmm... . I learn that we have to be tough, haha...

::: Mie Nusantara as my dinner yesterday

::: Gudeg as my breakfast today

::: Tutty-Frutty and Koko Crunch Ice Cream

::: Sate Padang

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Yah, tentu saja di tengah-tengah (udah mendekati akhir sih) liburan kaya sekarang ini, aku kan bebas dan bisa menikmati diri sendiri. Ya, karena memang itulah esensi dari liburan, melupakan (sementara) semua urusan dan menggunakan waktu untuk diri sendiri, haha... .

Ngomong2, sore tadi aku jalan2 sama temenku sebentar. Kita pergi ke Nokia Center untuk nanya sebuah masalah kecil di hape baruku. Mereka sih mengusulkan untuk install ulang jape yang berakibat hilangnya semua memory baik di memory hape maupun di memory card. WTF!! Hmmm... . Aku ada beberapa data penting disana dan nggak bisa kehilangannya dong. Untuk sekarang kayanya mendingan hapeku bermasalah kecil aja de. Yah, masalah kecilnya adalah karena suatu hal memory card-nya nggak bisa kebaca hape. Hmm, hapenya masih bisa nyimpen data-data di memory card sih (kaya gambar, video, suara) tapi aku nggak bisa mengaksesnya dari hape. Maksudnya, aku ga bisa lihat tuh data di hape, karena suatu alasan. Aku tahu tuh data memang ada tersimpan disana soalnya kalau aku buka pake komputer tu data terbaca.

Ngomong2, akhirnya tadi makan Es Krim Tip Top juga, wahahaha... . Hmm, karena sejak tahun lalu (beneran neh), aku udah pengen makan disana tapi ada aja deh halangan, misalnya nggak bisa nemuin tempatnya (awalnya), atau lagi tutup, LOL.

Malam ini, aku juga jadi saksi (LOL) pemecatan salah seorang pegawai di tokoku. Hmm, aku sangat memahami alasan pemecatan itu, bahkan temenku yang ngasi satu alasan cukup krusial. Sebenernya dia sudah diberikan BEBERAPA kesempatan untuk minta maaf dan tentu saja itu sebuah kesempatan untuk terhidar dari pemecatan tetapi entah kenapa tuh kata2 koq nggak keluar dari dia. Bahkan, nggak ada pembelaan diri. Lha malah jadi mengesankan dia kaya minta dipecat gitu. Ya udah, jelas kan akhirnya dikeluarkan, hmmm... . Aku belajar bahwa kita harus kuat dan tegas, haha...