#895 - My Blog's Sixth Birthday

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Today is my blog's sixth birthday! Wow, time flies! Somehow now I have been blogging in this very blog for exactly six years! Eight hundred and ninety five entries of my life are recorded here.

Also today, I want to announce something very important. I have come to a decision that as of today:

THIS BLOG IS PERMANENTLY CLOSED

No no, don't worry. I won't stop blogging. I just decide to move to a new "home", and my new "home" is:

http://zilko.wordpress.com

I will not delete this blog as I do not want to erase my precious six year of life from my memory. It is just that from now on, I will write the story of my life somewhere else. So, if you have a link to my blog, please move it to my new blog.

I am so grateful with this Blogger blog that has been here for me for the last six years. It is just that I think it is already time for me to move on, to "leave" this old house and find a new one. Because it is such a defining moment, I choose this date, coinciding with this blog's birthday, to write one last entry in this blog.

So, again, thank you Blogger! :-) And see you guys in my new blog! :-)

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Hari ini adalah hari ulang tahun blogku yang keenam! Wow, waktu benar-benar berlalu dengan cepat ya! Entah bagaimana kini aku sudah ngeblog di blog ini selama tepat enam tahun lho! Delapan ratus sembilan puluh lima posting tentang kehidupanku telah terekam disini.

Juga hari ini, aku ingin mengumumkan sesuatu yang sangat penting. Aku sudah memutuskan bahwa mulai hari ini:

BLOG INI RESMI DITUTUP

Eh, tenang saja, jangan khawatir. Aku nggak akan berhenti nge-blog koq. Hanya saja aku memutuskan untuk pindah ke "rumah" baru, dan "rumah" baruku adalah:

http://zilko.wordpress.com

Aku nggak akan menghapus blog ini karena aku tidak ingin menghapus memori kehidupanku selama enam tahun yang berharga. Hanya saja, mulai hari ini, aku akan menulis kehidupanku di tempat yang lain. Jadi, kalau pada punya link ke blog-ku, tolong dipindahkan ke blog baruku yah.

Aku sangat bersyukur atas blog Blogger ini yang sudah menemaniku selama enam tahun. Hanya saja aku rasa sekarang ini adalah waktu yang tepat untuk pindah, "meninggalkan" rumah lama ini dan mencari rumah baru. Karena ini adalah hal yang spesial, sengaja aku memilih hari ini, bertepatan dengan hari ulang tahun blog ini, untuk menuliskan satu posting terakhirku di blog ini.

Jadi, sekali lagi, terima kasih banyak Blogger! :-) Dan sampai jumpa di blog yang baru yah! :-)

#845 - Going on Double Two

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Today is my birthday. Well, I guess:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

to me. hahaha

Anyway, this time, my birthday seems so different. The obvious one is that this is my first birthday abroad. It feels kinda strange, you know, and also the time difference, LOL. Plus, the atmosphere is really different even though I received tons of happy birthday greetings from friends and relatives (mostly via Facebook). I am in a new place now and I haven't met those many people, so, even though today is my birthday, I think overall it is just like another normal day (except the fact that I deliberately cooked noodle this morning, LOL). This is probably also because of mostly I only stayed at my office today (read: yeah, my office, I am getting to this in later entry). Well, not that I am complaining or what, but it just feels slightly different and I am actually okay with it. In some ways, maybe it is like when I first had my birthday in Bandung four years ago. So, we will see ... :D

Anyway, this is the sixth time I celebrate my birthday in this blog. Wow, look at how long I have been blogging!! :)



ps : birthday cake picture taken from here.

BAHASA INDONESIA

Hari ini adalah hari ulang tahunku. Jadi, aku rasa:

SELAMAT ULANG TAHUN

untuk diriku sendiri. hahaha

Ngomong2, kali ini, ulang tahunku terasa berbeda. Hal yang jelas adalah ini adalah ulang tahun pertamaku di luar negeri. Kerasa aneh aja, tau kan, dan juga dengan perbedaan waktunya, LOL. Ditambah lagi, atmosfernya terasa berbeda walau memang aku menerima berjibun ucapan selamat dari teman dan kerabat (kebanyakan via Facebook). Aku berada di tempat yang baru sekarang, jadi walaupun hari ini adalah hari ulang tahunku, rasanya sih seperti hari biasa saja (kecuali fakta bahwa aku masak mi dengan sengaja pagi ini, LOL).Ini juga mungkin karena aku seharian ini hanya di kantor saja sih (baca: ya, kantorku, aku akan menceritakan hal ini di posting2 selanjutnya). Ya, ini bukannya aku mengeluh sih, aku cuma merasa agak sedikit berbeda saja dan sebenarnya sih aku ga masalah dengan hal ini. Di beberapa sisi, mungkin ini seperti ketika aku pertama berulang-tahun di Bandung empat tahun yang lalu. Jadi, kita lihat deh ... :D

Ngomong2, ini adalah kali keenam aku merayakan ulang tahun di blog ini. Wow, sudah lama juga ya aku nge-blog!! :)

#812 - My Blog's Fifth Birthday

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Well, today my blog reaches its fifth birthday, which means that I have been blogging for five years now, in THIS VERY BLOG!!! Wow, time really flies!! FIVE YEARS!! Can you imagine that?? Five years ago I barely knew anything about blogging, a friend of mine introduced me to it and helped me creating this blog, and I have been blogging ever since. This blog has done a lot for me, from being a place for me to express anything in my mind to making new wonderful friends!

I know this last one year has kinda been a not so productive year for my blog, with "only" 109 entries this last one year. Even, 50 of them were posted between this very date last year until August 2009. This means there were lesser entries per month in average since then.

Well, even so, this blog has been there for me. It has recorded my life within the last five years, and it is irreplaceable. This blog has recored my life from the time I was in my sophomore year of high-school, until now that I have graduated from my under-graduate study. I think it's likely that it will record further more!!

Thank you all for your support. Please keep supporting me in this blog! ;-)

BAHASA INDONESIA

Yah, hari ini blog-ku menginjak umur lima tahun, yang berarti aku sudah blogging selama lima tahun loh sekarang, di BLOG INI!!! Wow, waktu benar2 cepat sekali!! LIMA TAHUN!! Bayangkan deh tuh!! Lima tahun lalu aku nggak tahu apa-apa tentang blogging, seorang teman yang mengenalkanku padanya dan membantuku membuat blog ini, dan aku terus blogging semenjak itu. Blog ini sudah melakukan banyak hal untuk aku, mulai dari tempat untuk menuang segala hal dalam pikiranku sampai bertemu banyak teman baru yang asik2!

Aku tahu setahun terakhir ini adalah tahun yang tidak terlalu produktif untuk blog-ku, dengan "hanya" 109 posting dalam setahun terakhir. Bahkan, 50 di antaranya di-posting di antara tanggal ini tahun lalu hingga bulan Agustus 2009. Artinya, semenjak itu rata-rata banyaknya posting dalam sebulan menurun drastis.

Yah, bagaimanapun juga blog ini sudah ada untuk aku. Ia sudah merekam kehidupanku selama lima tahun belakangan ini, dan itu tak tergantikan. Blog ini sudah menjadi album rekaman kehidupanku sejak aku masih seorang siswa kelas 2 SMA, sampai sekarang ini dimana aku sudah lulus menjadi sarjana. Aku rasa, blog ini akan merekam lebih jauh lagi!!

Terima kasih ya atas dukungannya. Dan terus dukung saya untuk terus nge-blog! ;-)

#803 - Great News

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Well, these last few days turned to be "big days" for me. One of them was planned, and the other one was kinda a surprise :-)

Last Saturday, I finally graduated officially from my undergraduate study. Of course my parents came to Bandung for that occasion. O yea, talking about coming to Bandung, my parents caught the new flight operated by Wings Air to get to Bandung. Well, about my concern a couple of week ago, they said I shouldn't worry about that as the flight and the aircraft were so comfortable even though they operated propeller aircraft, an ATR 72-500. There is nothing to worry about and they told me to catch flight to go back to Yogyakarta, not train anymore, hahaha :-) Well, back to topic, last Saturday was kinda tiring. I had to wake up early. Well, I was kinda lucky tho to be a boy so that I still could get up at around 5.30 AM while all girls should have got up by 3 AM to have some make over for the graduation, LOL.

I was notified to be ready at campus at 7.30 AM. Well, unexpectedly, the traffic in Bandung that morning wasn't really brutal. I already allocated 50 minutes to go picking my parents up and go north to Unpar, but in the end we could arrive at Unpar at around 7.10 AM, some 20 minutes ahead our schedule. Then, when I arrived at my faculty's desk, it was still empty. My friends and I had to wait. Anyway, at 8.25 AM we were lined up to enter GSG to start the graduation ceremony. O yea, my parents got VIP seats (as apparently I was picked as (one of) the best graduate :D) and their seats were just 2 meter from me. The ceremony then started at around 9 AM. It was just like any graduation ceremony (I guess), where each graduate was called forward to be appointed to be a graduate by our rector. I had to take a picture first before going up the stage, hehe. Anyway, the ceremony took so long until around 12 PM (no wonder, there were 619 graduates that day!). After the ceremony, we were invited to a "syukuran" feast held by my faculty in Building 09. I met my friends, and after the lunch, we left Unpar :-)

Well, the second great news came surprisingly last night. It turned out that I GOT the master scholarship I applied several months ago in The Netherlands!! YEAH!! The scholarship is really precious as it covers all tuition fee plus 800 euros living cost per month, for two years. I am so happy that I get this scholarship!! I hope everything will work all right, and no problem appears, amen :-)

note : graduation photos will be uploaded soon because all of them were split in several cams :-)

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Yah, beberapa hari belakangan ini ternyata menjadi "hari besar" buat aku. Satu memang sudah terencana dan satunya lagi bisa dibilang seperti sebuah kejutan :-)

Sabtu kemarin, akhirnya aku secara resmi lulus dari pendidikan sarjanaku. Tentu saja dong ortuku datang ke Bandung untuk acara ini. O iya, ngomong2 tentang datang ke Bandung, ortuku naik penerbangan baru Jogja - Bandung yang dioperasikan Wings Air tuh. Hmm, tentang pertimbanganku beberapa minggu yang lalu, katanya aku tidak perlu khawatir karena ternyata penerbangan dan pesawatnya nyaman banget walau pesawat yang dioperasikan adalah pesawat baling-baling baru, ATR 72-500. Nggak ada yang perlu dikhawatirkan dan katanya aku mending naik pesawat aja kalo pulang ke Yogyakarta, nggak perlu naik kereta, hahaha :-) Yah, kembali ke topik, Sabtu kemarin lumayan melelahkan sih. Aku harus bangun pagi. Hmm, bisa dibilang aku beruntung karena aku laki-laki, jadi bisa bangun jam 5.30 pagi lah soalnya kalau perempuan harus sudah bangun jam 3 pagi tuh untuk make over untuk wisuda, LOL.

Aku diberi-tahu untuk sudah siap di kampus jam 7.30 pagi. Secara tak terduga, ternyata lalu lintas Bandung pagi itu nggak rame2 amat. Aku sudah mengalokasikan 50 menit untuk menjemput ortu dan perjalanan ke Unpar di utara, tapi akhirnya malah bisa sampe di Unpar sekitar jam 7.10 pagi, sekitar 20 menit sebelum jadwal. Trus, ketika aku sampai di meja fakultasku, ternyata masih nggak ada orang. Yah, harus nunggu deh. Akhirnya, jam 8.25 pagi kami dibariskan untuk masuk ke GSG dan memulai upacara wisuda. O iya, ortuku dapet tempat duduk VIP (karena ternyata aku terpilih sebagai (salah satu) lulusan terbaik :D) dan tempat duduk mereka hanya sekitar 2 meter dari tempat dudukku. Upacaranya dimulai jam 9 pagi. Yah, upacaranya ya kaya upacara wisuda gitu (rasanya sih), dimana tiap lulusan dipanggil maju untuk disahkan menjadi sarjana oleh rektor. Aku harus difoto dulu sih sebelum naik ke panggung, hehe. Ngomong2, upacaranya lama juga tuh sampe jam 12an siang (nggak heran juga sih lha ada sekitar 619 orang yang diwisuda hari itu!). Setelah upacara, kami diundang ke acara syukuran yang diadakan fakultas di Gedung 09. Aku bertemu teman2, dan setelah makan siang, kami pulang :-)

Yah, berita hebat kedua datang secara mengejutkan semalam. Ternyata aku mendapatkan beasiswa master nih yang aku ajukan beberapa bulan lalu di Belanda!! YEAH!! Beasiswanya lumayan banget karena meng-cover biaya kuliah ditambah dengan biaya hidup sebesar 800 euro sebulan, selama dua tahun. Yah, senang sekali nih karena dapat beasiswa ini!! Mudah2an semuanya akan lancar2 saja dan tidak ada halangan, amin :-)

note: foto2 wisuda akan diunggah kemudian karena terbagi di beberapa kamera :-)

#760 - Turning 21

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Well, today, 7 September 2009, I officially turn 21. Yeah, today is my birthday, so:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to ME!!!

hahaha....

A lot of thing happened today and I'm gonna keep them for my next entry since I'm really tired now. This time, it might be one of the bestest birthday I have ever had, haha... :)

Anyway, this is my FIFTH time I celebrate my birthday in this blog. The first one was this time, the second time was this time, the third one was this time, and the forth one was this time. Wew, it has been pretty long then since I blogged, hehe :)



BAHASA INDONESIA

Yah, hari ini, 7 September 2009, secara resmi aku berumur 21 tahun. Jadi, hari ini adalah ulang tahun saya, jadi:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to ME!!!

hahaha....

Banyak hal nih yang terjadi hari ini dan kayanya aku tulis buat nanti saja deh ya karena sekarang capek banget nih. Kali ini, mungkin adalah ulangtahun terbaik yang pernah aku dapatkan lho, haha... :)

Ngomong2, kali ini adalah kali KELIMA lho aku merayakan ulang tahun di blog ini. Pertama kali adalah waktu ini, yang kedua waktu ini, yang ketiga waktu ini, dan yang keempat waktu ini. Wew, udah lama juga ya aku ngeblog, hehe :)

#703 - My Blog's 4th Anniversary

Finally, today my blog reaches its FOURTH birthday....




703 entries have been posted on its first three years, or 186 entries during the last one year

Many feedbacks have already been acquired

Many people have come and visited

Thanks everyone for your supports.... . I will keep on writing in this blog... :)

note:
- Yesterday I went to the service center and I already put my laptop on the service's waiting list. I opted to put it on the waiting list since these two weeks I still need to work using my laptop, hmmm... . haha

- I just watched the second week of Top 7 of American Idol. My favorite: Kris Allen. He changed 'She Works Hard for the Money' and it was so cool. I agree with Paula, I can hear "Santana" in him, hmmm. I think Lil Rounds and Anoop Desai should get voted off this week. We will see.

#586 - Turning 20

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Well, time really flies. Today is 7th September 2008 and today is my 20th birthday!! :)

So, HAPPY BIRTHDAY to me!! hahaha... :)

This is my fourth time celebrating my birthday on this blog, hahaha... ;) The first one was this time, then the second time was this time, and the third time was this time.

Anyway, I'm feeling old now, LOLz, the head of my age is now no longer 1 but 2, LOLz. j/k. Welcome to the world! I gotta be better and more compassionate again!! :)



BAHASA INDONESIA

Hmmm, waktu benar2 cepat yah. Hari ini adalah 7 September 2008 yang berarti hari ini adalah ulang tahun ke-20 saya!! :)

Jadi, SELAMAT ULANG TAHUN untuk saya sendiri!! hahaha... :)

Ini adalah ke empat kalinya aku ulang tahun di blog ini loh, hahaha... ;) Yang pertama adalah waktu ini, kemudian yang kedua adalah waktu ini, dan yang ketiga waktu ini.

Ngomong, aku koq merasa tua yah, LOLz, kepala dari umurku udah bukan 1 lagi tapi udah jadi 2, LOLz. j/k. Selamat Datang ke dunia! Aku harus menjadi makin baik dan semangat lagi!! :)

#517 - My Blog Third Anniversary

Finally, today my blog reaches its THIRD birthday....




517 entries have been posted on its first three years, or 189 entries during the last one year

Many feedbacks have already been acquired

Many people have come and visited

Thanks everyone for your supports.... . I will keep on writing in this blog... :)

Note : My latest regular entry can be read here

Quick Update:

- last Tuesday (yesterday) I brought my laptop to hp service center. They said maximum next Monday it will have been fixed and they guarantee everything's gonnabe alright (yea, if I really have to spend Rp 2,000,000.- and it's not alright, well, grrrrr.... )

- next Thursday (tomorrow) I'm going to Jakarta all day long (for a 'Company Visit', hopefully everything's gonnabe alright... :D) so I think I won't be online tomorrow, haha... :) I will be back online on Friday, hmmm...

#491 - OMG, Waaa, Yeah, Woooh....

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This is the story about my last Saturday. Yes, I warn you guys, you can envy me, wakakaka....

Honestly, when I got up Saturday morning, I didn't think this would happen to me later that evening, hahaha... . This is the story:

At 2.30 PM I realized I got some mc and also some sms from some friends on TARA 2 Forum. Yes, we already knew Adrian & Collin (the winner of TARA 2)'s plan to go to Bandung last weekend. Friday evening they had a small gathering with some forumers from Jakarta (and I envied them A LOT), hehe... . They posted the photos on Saturday afternoon. However, since I know that it was too sudden and Bandung Forumers are not just as active as Jakarta Forumers, I didn't expect anything. Then, the text came. One friend said we could meet them but not really long later that evening. Waaa!!! Then, one other forumer from Bandung text me asking if I wanted to go meeting them. My schedule was free (actually my original schedule for last Saturday evening was finishing some homeworks, LOL) so I said 'yes' (wah, I didn't know how could I say 'yes' easily, hahaha....). There was no plan at all!! Hmmm....

Then, at 6 PM I picked my friend then we went to Hyatt (where they stayed) and waited for them there. At 7.30 PM, they arrived at Hyatt, along with Brett and his mom (Kinaryosih couldn't make it since she was busy with her schedule. But on Sunday she went to Bandung since this Monday is her birthday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! :D). Waaa, I MET THEM!! I couldn't (and still can't) believe I MET THEM personally!! They then took us to the 13th floor and went to the lounge there. But then Brett and his mom went upstairs and took shower first.

Adrian & Collin are SUPER NICE!! They and Brett recognized me from my avatar at forum, haha... ;) I was pretty speechless at that time. I was afraid it was gonnabe awkward, but it was NOT. They are super warm and nice so we really had good chat there!! They also know I'm a big fan of Paula & Natasha. Guess what?? Collin CALLED Natasha (currently she lives in Singapore apparently, and last weekend she was in KL)!!!! WAAAA!!! I was super shocked!!! I didn't expect it at all!!! I was so nervous and afraid what I was gonna say to her, haha... . Unfortunately she didn't answer (she was busy probably). Err, probably it's a bless since maybe if she had answered it I would have been unable to sleep for 2 days then, LOL. We had some chats, about the race itself, application for season 3, and some of personal lifes, hahaha... .

Then, Brett and his mom came. Collin went upstairs to take a shower. We had a chat. Brett is also a nice person but he's a bit cool, hehe... ;) Then, after some minutes Collin went back from his room bringing gifts for us!! Waaa!!! He is SO nice!! He gave us a t-shirt of TARA 2 from Caltex. Wow, it's COOL!!! It was compressed so at first I didn't think twas a t-shirt and it would expand to its real size after we soaked it on a pail of water, haha.... . Wah, they are all really really nice.

We also talked about some behind the scenes things that was pretty surprising, hehe... ;) I only will write here one of them, hehe... . The clip where all the eliminated racers clapping on the bridge on the season finale was taken at 6 AM way before the top 3 racers arrived. So they were clapping and the cameramen ran and shoot it and no top 3 racers were running. At that time they thought the winner would be Marc & Rovilson. So, they weren't really pumped during that shot. But then, at about 9 AM when Adrian & Collin ran thru that bridge, they were all pumped (since twas not MR), hahaha... . That's it.

At 9 PM they gotta go so that's it the small gathering. Anyway, Collin paid the lounge, waa, he's SO nice. Yeah, Adrian & Collin are super nice and no wonder they win!! Everyone likes them. Brett even told us that before the race started, they gotta spend 4 days in Singapore for commercial, strategies, interview, etc. At that time, the only team who were nice and interacted with them was only Adrian & Collin. The others were pretty cool and the impression he got was that they thought all other teams were their 'enemies' on the race, hehe... ;)

Waa, they are so nice. I still can't believe I just met them!! Waaahh!!! (anyway, yesterday evening they went back to Singapore)

::: me having a conversation with Adrian & Collin

::: Collin & Adrian (and you can see my hands, LOL. I was looking at the gift)

::: Adrian & Brett

::: Brett, Me, Collin, and Adrian

::: the compressed t-shirt (gift from AnC)

::: the t-shirt after it expanded

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Ini adalah cerita Sabtu saya kemarin. Ya, saya memperingatkan Anda kalo Anda boleh koq iri sama saya, wakakaka....

Jujur nih, waktu aku bangun Sabtu pagi, aku sama sekali nggak berpikir kalo kejadian ini akan terjadi sama saya sore harinya, hahaha... . Ini dia ceritanya:

Jam 2.30 siang aku menyadari kalo aku dapet beberapa mc dan sms dari beberapa temen di forum TARA 2. Ya, memang kita uda tau koq rencananya Adrian & Collin (pemenang TARA 2) untuk berkunjung ke Bandung wiken kemarin. Jumat sore mereka ada pertemuan mini gitu sama beberapa forumers dari Jakarta (dan saya iri BANGET sama mereka), hehe... . Mereka mengepos fotonya Sabtu siang. Namun karena aku tau itu cukup mendadak dan forumers Bandung kan kaga seaktif yang Jakarta tuh, makanya aku nggak mengharapkan apa-apa. Trus, sms itu datang. Satu temen bilang kalo kita bisa ketemu mereka tapi kaga lama-lama amat malam harinya. Waaa!!! Trus, satu forumer lain dari Bandung sms ke aku nanya mau kaga ikutan ketemuan mereka malamnya. Karena jadwal saya kosong (sebenernya sih harusnya ngerjain PR tuh, LOL) jadi aku bilang aja 'iya' (wah, aku masih cukup heran gimana bisa aku ngomong iya cukup cepat, hahaha...). Nggak ada rencana sama sekali!! Hmmm....

Trus jam 6 sore aku jemput temenku dan kita pergi deh ke Hyatt (dimana mereka nginep) dan nunggu mereka. Jam 7.30 malam mereka sampai di Hyatt, bersama dengan Brett dan mamanya (Kinaryosih kaga bisa datang soale sibuk sama jadwalnya sih. Tapi Minggu kemarin dia ke Bandung soalnya Senin ini kan dia ulang tahun. MET ULANG TAHUN!! :D). Waaa, AKU KETEMU SAMA MEREKA!! Aku masih nggak bisa percaya loh kalo aku tu kemarin ketemu sama mereka secara personal!! Mereka ngajak kita ke lantai 13 dan pergi ke lounge disitu. Tapi pertamanya Brett sama mamanya naik duluan soale mau mandi dulu.

Adrian & Collin bener-bener SANGAT BAIK sekali deh!! Mereka dan Brett mengenali saya dari avatar di forum, haha... ;) Aku bener2 kehabisan kata2 deh waktu itu. Aku takut suasananya akan jadi aneh, tapi ternyata ENGGAK. Mereka bener-bener ramah dan baik jadinya kita ngobrol dengan enak gitu disana!! Mereka juga tahu aku adalah fans-nya Paula & Natasha. Dan gimana?? Collin MENELEPON Natasha (Natasha sekarang ternyata tinggal di Singapore tuh, tp wiken kemarin lagi di KL)!!! WAAAA!!! Aku bener2 shock banget dah!!! Sama sekali kaga mengira itu akan terjadi!!! Aku deg2an banget dan gatau apa yang musti diomongin, haha... . Sayangnya dia kaga ngangkat (kayanya lagi sibuk gitu). Eh, mungkin itu berkah juga sih soale kalo beneran diangkat bisa2 aku ga akan bisa tidur selama 2 hari deh, LOL. Kita ngobrol2 gitu, tentang race, aplikasi buat season 3, dan beberapa tentang kehidupan deh, hahaha... .

Trus, Brett dan mamanya datang. Collin naik ke atas buat mandi. Kita ngobrol2 deh. Brett juga baik tu orangnya tapi rada cool tuh, hehe... ;) Trus habis beberapa lama gitu Collin turun membawa hadiah buat kita!! Waaa!!! Dia BAIK banget!! Dia ngasi kita kaus TARA 2 dari Caltex. Wow, KEREN loh!! Jadi kausnya itu dikecilin banget dah sampe ga akan kepikiran kalo itu adalah kaus dan baru akan berubah ke ukuran sebenernya setelah direndem di seember air, haha.... . Wah, mereka beneran baik banget yah.

Kita juga ngomongin tentang beberapa cerita di balik layar gitu yang lumayan mengagetkan juga loh, hehe... ;) Aku tulis satu aja deh disini, hehe... . Klip dimana semua racers yang uda tereliminasi keplok2 di jembatan pas final itu ternyata diambil jam 6 pagi dan beberapa jam sebelum kontestan 3 besar sampe disana loh. Jadi mereka keplok2 gitu dan kameramennya lari2 gitu di jembatan nge-syut gambarnya dan sebenernya kaga ada kontestan 3 besar yang lari. Pada waktu itu sih pada mikirnya yang akan menang ya Marc & Rovilson. Jadi ya ekspresi mereka biasa2 aja gitu di klip itu. Tapi kemudian sekitar jam 9 ketika Adrian & Collin lari pertama di jembatan itu baru dah mereka bersemangat sekali (soalnya ternyata bukan MR), hahaha.... . Itu dia.

Jam 9 malem mereka musti cabut dan itu dia akhir dari pertemuannya. Ngomong2, Collin yang ngebayarin lounge-ya, waa, baik banget dah. Ya, Adrian & Collin memang bener2 baik dan berhak deh menang!! Semuanya suka mereka sih. Brett juga cerita ke kita kalo sebelum race-nya dimulai mereka kan di Singapore selama 4 hari dulu tuh buat syuting iklan, strategi, profil, wawancara, dll. Pada waktu itu, satu2nya tim yang baik dan berinteraksi dengan mereka ya cuma Adrian & Collin. Katanya yang lain itu kesannya rada cool dan impresi yang ada seakan2 tim-tim yang lain bagi mereka adalah saingan dalam race, hehe... ;)

Waa, mereka baik banget deh. Masih kaga bisa percaya kalo saya baru ketemu sama mereka!! Waaahh!!! (ngomong2, kemarin malem mereka balik ke Singapore)

#402 - Going On 19

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Well, today is 7th September 2007 which also is my 19th birthday!!

So, HAPPY BIRTHDAY to me!! Ha3... :)

Anyway, this is my third time celebrating my birthday via this blog (the first one was this one and last year was this time).

Anything that will happen today will be posted soon, ha3... :)

::: Happy Birthday To Me!! :)

BAHASA INDONESIA

Hmm, hari ini adalah 7 September 2007 yang juga merupakan ulang tahun ke-19 saya!!

SELAMAT ULANG TAHUN untuk saya sendiri!! Ha3... :)

Ngomong2, ini adalah kali ketiga loh saya merayakan ulang tahun di blog ini (yang pertama kali tuh adalah waktu ini dan tahun lalu pada waktu ini).

Segala hal yang akan terjadi hari ini akan diposting kemudian, ha3... :)

#328 - My Blog Second Anniversary

Finally, today my blog reaches its SECOND birthday....

328 entries have been posted on its first two years, or 196 entries during the last one year

Many feedbacks have already been acquired

Many people have come and visited

Thanks everyone for your supports.... . I will keep on writing in this blog... :)

Note: My WeekEnd Story will be posted soon.... :)

#259 - Last Entry Before "End-of-The-Year" Mudik and 30,000!!

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Well, first of all, finally yesterday evening the number of visitors of my blog reached the number 30,000. That's pretty quick since the number reached 20,000 at this time, which means in the period of 4.5 months, there had been 10,000 hits (so, there were 2222.222 hits every month). It also means, in the duration of 9 months 2 weeks, there had been 20,000 hits!! He3... :) That's probably not a big number for a website, but for my web-blog, that number is just superb. Thank's All for supporting and visiting my blog... :) --> I'm gonna write a similar entry after it reaches 40,000.

Btw, I think this is gonnabe the last entry before "end-of-the-year" mudik, I'm going home next Thursday morning catching Argo-Wilis Express, departing from Bandung Railway Station at 7 AM.

Now I only have 1 subject left for the exam, English. Tomorrow morning I'm gonna have it examed, I hope I can do that well. This morning I got my fifth (of six) subject to be examed, Elementary Linear Algebra. I think I did pretty well, but unfortunately, I was careless on the fourth number, arrrgghhh... . But overall, I think I did pretty well, he3... :D

Hmm, finally after 3 days, OGGIX is back!! Yaay!!! So now I re-switch my SB to Oggix

-- quick update --

This morning finally I finished all my UAS!!! yaaayyy... :) The English Test was damn easy, I finished it in only 15 minutes (there were 40 questions actually), wakakakaka.... :)

::: 30,000!!!

BAHASA INDONESIA

Hmm, pertama-tama, akhirnya kemarin sore jumlah pengunjung di blogku mencapai angka 30.000. Itu lumayan cepet loh soalnya kan nomernya mencapai 20.000 pada waktu ini, yang berarti dalam periode 4,5 bulan, sudah ada 10.000 hits (jadi, dalam sebulan ada 2222,222 hit). Ini juga berarti, dalam jangka waktu 9 bulan 2 minggu, sudah ada 20.000 hits!! He3... :) Mungkin angka ini bukanlah angka yang besar sih untuk sebuah website, tapi untuk blogku, angka ini adalah angka yang besar. Makasih Ya untuk semua yang udah mendukung dan mengunjungi blog saya... :) --> aku akan menulis entry yang mirip besok kalo nomernya dah sampe 40.000.

Btw, kayanya ini bakalan jadi entry terakhir deh sebelum mudik "akhir-tahun", aku kan bakal balik besok Kamis pagi naik Kereta Argo Wilis, yang berangkat dari Stasiun Kereta Api Bandung jam 7 pagi.

Sekarang aku tinggal ounya 1 mata kuliah untuk ujian, Bahasa Inggris. Besok aku akan menghadapinya diujiankan, moga-moga aku bisa mengerjakannya deh. Pagi ini aku ujian mata kuliah yang kelima (dari enam), yaitu Aljabar Linear Elementer. Kayanya aku lumayan bisa sih, tapi sayangnya aku nggak hati-hati di nomer keempat, arrrgghhh... . Tapi secara keseluruhan, kayanya aku mengerjakannya dengan lumayan baik deh, he3... :D

Hmm, akhirnya setelah 3 hari, akhirnya OGGIX kembali!! Yaay!!! Jadi sekarang SB-ku balik ke Oqqix lagi deh

-- apdet cepet --

Pagi ini akhirnya aku menyelesaikan kesemua UAS!! yaaayy... :) Ujian Bahasa Inggrisnya tadi gampang bangetttt, aku nyeleseinnya cuma dalam waktu 15 menit (ada 40 soal loh sebenernya), wakakakaka... :)

#203 - Eighteen (Delapan Belas) - part 2

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As you can read at my last entry, yesterday was my birthday, I want to give my big thanks to everybody who have already said: "Happy Birthday" to me directly or via blog, e-mail, sms, phonecall, Friendster, etc. I do appreciate that.... :) Luckily college is different with high-school, where at my high-school, birthday = GET WET.

Inspired by how Haze started her birthday-day, I did a similar thing by having fried-noodle as my breakfast, he3.... :)

Btw, my friends and I wanted to play a board-game called Monopoly, but we didn't have the board and all its stuffs, therefore yesterday my friend and I went to IP to look for it. At 1.40 PM we finally arrived at IP, and went to some shops, but guess what?? The only monopoly game we could find was priced Rp. 200,000.oo!!! That's insane!!! So, yesterday we didn't buy any... :( Well, actually at 3 PM we had a lecture, FYI my lecture was Religion Education, and it was 2.40 PM when we left IP!!! I was SO afraid we would be late (I don't want to be absent at this lecture... :D). I don't know why but I just felt God blessed us by turning all traffic-lights from IP to Ciumbuleuit to GREEN when we passed them. So, we arrived on-time at 2.55 PM... . Thanks GOD.

PS: another Birthday-related story will be posted soon... :)

BAHASA INDONESIA

Seperti yang bisa dibaca pada postingan terakhirku, kemarin adalah hari ulang-tahun saya, aku mau mengucapkan terima kasih yang sebesar-besarnya kepada semuanya yang sudah mengucapkan: "Selamat Ulang-tahun" ke aku secara langsung maupun melalui blog, e-mail, sms, telepon,Friendster, dll. Aku benar-benar menghargai itu.... :) Untungnya perkuliahan itu beda dengan SMA, kalo di SMA-ku dulu, ulangtahun = BASAH.

Terinspirasi oleh bagaimana Haze memulai hari ulangtahunnya, kemarin aku melakukan hal yang mirip dengan makan mie goreng sebagai menu sarapan saya, he3... :)

Btw, temen-temenku dan aku pengen main game Monopoli, tapi kitta nggak punya papan dan semua peralatannya, oleh karena itu kemarin aku sama temenku pergi ke IP nyari tuh game. Jam 1.40 siang kita sampe di IP, dan pergi ke beberapa toko, dan tebak bagaimana?? Game Monopoli satu-satunya yang bisa aku temukan dihargai Rp. 200.000,oo!! Gila banget tuh!!! Jadi, kemarin kita nggak membeli apa-apa... :( Sebenernya nig, jam 3 sore kita ada kuliah, sbg info, kuliahku kemarin adalah Pendidikan Agama, dan sudah jam 2.40 sore waktu kita meninggalkan IP!!! Aku dah takut BANGET kita bakalan telat (aku nggak mau mbolos kuliah ini nih... :S). Aku nggak tahu kenapa tapi aku ngerasa Tuhan memberkati aku dengan mengubah semua lampu merah dari IP ke Ciumbuleuit menjadi HIJAU ketika kita melintasinya. Jadi, kita sampainya tepat waktu jam 2.55 sore... . Terima Kasih TUHAN.

PS: cerita lain yg terkait dengan Ulang-Tahun akau diposting kemudian... :)

#202 - Eighteen (Delapan Belas) - part 1

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Hi all, today is 7th September 2006, which actually is my birthday. Today I'm turning from 17 to 18. So, it means that since this blog was built, I have already celebrated my birthday twice, last year at this entry. There is one big difference between my birthday this year and all previous birthdays, this year I celebrate my birthday in Bandung, far away from Yogyakarta and my family, but that's okay, I just feel a lil' bit strange / different.

Btw, for all who want to give me birthday presents, please contact me at my email address, he3, ... :) (kidding, but if you do really want, I'm ready to receive your presents, he3... :D)

Well, actually 7th September this year means 2 things for me:
1. my birthday
2. today, I have been in Bandung for 1 month....

PS: about what will happen at my birthday-day and after it, I will post it soon after this one, this entry is a "special" entry for me ... :)

BAHASA INDONESIA

Hallo semua, hari ini adalah 7 September 2006, dimana sebenernya adalah ulang-tahun saya. Hari ini umur saya beranjak dari 17 ke 18. Jadi, itu berarti bahwa sejak blog ini dibuat, sudah dua kali saya merayakan ulang tahun, tahun lalu aku tulis di postingan ini. Ada satu perbedaan besar diantara ulang-tahunku tahun ini dan ulangtahun-ulangtahun yang sebelumnya, tahun ini aku merayakannya di Bandung, jauh dari Yogyakarta dan keluargaku, nggak papa sih, cuma rasanya ya sedikit banyak aneh / berbeda gitu.

Btw, untuk semua yang mau ngasih aku hadiah ulang-tahun, tolong hubungi saya di alamat emailku, he3... :) (becanda, tapi kalo emang beneran mau ngasih, aku sih siap menerimanya loh, he3... :D)

Hmm, sebenernya 7 September tahun ini berarti 2 hal untuk aku:
1. ulang-tahun saya
2. hari ini, aku sudah di Bandung genap 1 bulan....

PS: tentang semua yang akan terjadi di hari ulangtahun saya dan setelah itu, aku akan mengeposnya habis yang ini segera, postingan ini tuh "khusus" untuk aku... :)

#189 - CU Yogyakarta and 20,000!!

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Finally today, 7th August 2006, I am leaving Yogyakarta and moving to Bandung to continue my study at Parahyangan University Bandung. I'm gonna depart as morning as possible, so hopefully we (my parents and I) can arrive at Bandung in the afternoon at around 1 or 2 PM. We will go there by car (our considerations are: first, going by car is a lot cheaper than if we go to Bandung by train or even airplane >> flight from Jogjakarta to Bandung is "frightening" since the only operator of this route, Merpati Airlines, operates CN-235 aircraft for this route and my friend said that flying with this aircraft was so "frightening", for example, when it was flying and wind blew from left to right, the aircraft was also "dragged" to the right!!; second: we can also bring all big stuffs that I am gonna need, such as television, pillow, etc which are impossible to bring if I cought a train to go there). In Bandung, I'm gonna live at a boarding house near my campus.

As a result, probably I won't be able to surf the net (online) just as often as I usually did, or in other words; my online frequency will probably drop. BUT, I will never leave this internet world. I promise I will spend my time to go to the internet cafe or hotspot cafe to surf the net and do blogwalking and blog-managing as often as I can (I hope my boarding house serves us internet-connection, if so, I will surf the net everyday!! He3... :D).

Btw, finally yesterday afternoon the number of visitors of my blog reached 20,000!! After in 1st March this year (as you can read here) it reached the number 10,000; so it means in about 5 months plus 5 days, there were 10,000 hits to my blog; not really a big number for 5 months, but I think that's pretty good for my blog... :) And thanks to all who always support and visit my blog... :D And keep on visiting!! :) (I will write a similar entry when it reaches 30,000 (hmm, when will it come true??)).

::: 20,000!!!

BAHASA INDONESIA

Akhirnya hari ini, 7 Agustus 2006, aku akan meninggalkan Yogyakarta dan berpindah ke Bandung untuk melajutkan studiku di Universitas Parahyangan Bandung. Aku akan berangkat sepagi mungkin, jadi harapannya kami (orang tuaku sama aku) bisa sampai di Bandung di siang hari sekitar jam 1 atau jam 2 siang. Kita akan pergi kesana naik mobil (pertimbangan kami adalah: pertama, pergi kesana naik mobil jauh lebih murah dibandingkan pergi ke Bandung naik kereta apalagi pesawat >> penerbangan dari Jogjakarta menuju Bandung tuh "menakutkan" soalnya satu-satunya maskapai yang melayani rute ini, Merpati Airlines, mengoperasikan pesawat CN-235 untuk rute ini dan temenku bilang ke aku kalo terbang dengan pesawat ini tuh "menakutkan", misalnya aja, pas lagi terbang, ada angin yang bertiup dari kiri ke kanan, nah pesawat ini malah ikut "keseret" ke kanan!!; kedua: kita juga bisa membawa barang-barang besar yang akan aku butuhkan, misalnya televisi, bantal, dll yang adalah mustahil untuk kita bawa kali aku naik kereta untuk pergi kesana). Di Bandung, aku akan tinggal di tempat kos di deket kampus

Sebagai hasilnya, mungkin aku nggak akan bisa untuk main internet (online) sesering yang biasanya aku lakukan; atau dengan kata lain; frekuensi online-ku bakalan jatuh. TETAPI, aku nggak akan pernah meninggalkan dunia internet ini. Aku janji aku akan meluangkan waktu untuk pergi ke warnet atai kafe hotspot untuk main internet dan melakukan blog-walking dan mengurus sesering yang aku bisa (aku harap sih semoga kos-ku menyediakan koneksi internet, kalo iya, aku akan internetan tiap hari!! He3... :D).

Ngomong-ngomong, akhirnya kemarin siang jumlah pengunjung blogku mencapai angka 20.000!! Setelah pada tanggal 1 Maret tahun ini (seperti yang bisa dibaca disini) mencapai angka 10.000; yang berarti dalam waktu 5 bulan plus 5 hari ada 10.000 hits di blogku; nggak merupakan angka yang besar sih untuk 5 bulan, tapi menurutku sih itu bagus juga deh untuk blogku... :) Dan terima kasih kepada semuanya yang sudah mendukung dan mengunjungi blogku... :D Dan teruslah berkunjung ya!! :) (aku akan menulis entry yang sama waktu nomernya mencapai angka 30.000 (hmm, kapan ya terjadinya??)).

#164 - Farewell High-School

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This evening, formally, our journey and struggle in high-school finally end. 203 third-year students and their parents came to school to attend the graduation ceremony which started at 6 PM in the hall (actually it started a lil' late since some friends didn't come on time). First, the students walked from their classes to the hall bringing candles in their hands (the choir group sang: "Lilin-lilin Kecil" (Little Candles) while we were walking into the hall). After we were all ready there, the graduation ceremony started by singing the national anthem, Indonesia Raya, then continued by praying. After that we listened to some speeches from the head of my school's foundation, headmaster, head of JB's alumna society, student representative, parents representative, and Romo Pamong. Then, school also gave rewards to some students (including me, he3... :D). After that, the graduation procession started. Each student walked to their class' homeroom teacher and got a trophy and graduation medal (I don't know the exact word, but you can see the pic below). Then, the ceremony ended, and we left the hall and shook hands to our teachers. After that I got the Memorial Book and went back home (after planning our class' farewell party next week... :D).

Talking about the show Indonesian Idol 3 last night, I think one more time, Indonesia got it right (even IMO Ilham and Sisi didn't deserve to be in the bottom three, but Brinet, who was voted off last night was also one of the weakest contestants last night... :D). IMO, the best last night was Maria (she sang: "When You Tell Me That You Love Me") and for me, Nobo was overated last night, he was good, but not that great to get that very high praises.

::: One part of The Graduation Ceremony this evening

::: My prize (I don't know what's inside, can anyone guess?? :) )

::: Memorial Book, trophy, and medal

::: Bottom three this week

BAHASA INDONESIA

Sore tadi, perjalanan dan perjuangan kami di SMA akhirnya selesai sudah secara formal. 203 siswa kelas tiga bersama orangtuanya datang ke sekolah untuk menghadiri acara Pelepasan dan Penyerahan Kembali siswa kelas 3 yang dimulai jam 6 sore di aula sekolah (sebenernya mulainya agak sedikit terlambat sih, gara-gara beberapa murid datangnya telat). Pertama, murid-murid berjalan dari kelas masing-masing menuju aula sambil membawa lilin di tangannya (koor menyanyikan lagi: "Lilin-lilin Kecil" sementara murid-murid memasuki aula). Setelah semuanya siap, acara pelepasan dimulai dengan menyanyikan lagu kebangsaan, Indonesia Raya, trus dilanjutkan dengan berdoa. Setelah itu kita mendengarkan beberapa pidato dari kepala yayasan sekolahku, kepala sekolah, kepala ikatan alumni JB, wakil murid, wakil orangtua, dan Romo Pamong. Trus, sekolah juga memberika penghargaan kepada beberapa murid (termasuk aku, he3... :D). Habis itu, prosesi wisudanya dimulai. Setiap muris berjalan maju menuju wali kelas masing-masing dan mendapatkan piala dan medali kelulusan (aku nggak tau nih istilahnya apa, tapi ada di atas koq gambarnya). Trus, acara pelepasannya selesai, dan kita meninggalkan aula dan berjabat-tangan sama guru-guru kami. Setelah itu aku mendapatkan Buku Kenangan trus balik ke rumah (setelah merencanakan acara perpisahan kelasku minggu depan... :D).

Ngomong-ngomong tentang show Indonesian Idol 3 semalam, menurutku sekali lagi, Indonesia memutuskan dengan benar (walaupun menurutku sih Ilham sama Sisi nggak berhak berada di tiga terbawah, tapi Brinet, yang tersisih semalam juga merupakan salah satu kandidat terlemah semalam... :D). Menurutku, yang paling bagus tadi malam adalah Maria (dia nyanyi lagu:"When You Tell Me That You Love Me") dan untuk aku, Nobo dinilai terlalu tinggi semalam, dia bagus sih, tapi nggak sehebat itu untuk mendapatkan pujian setinggi semalam.

#163 - My Exam Score

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Yesterday morning I went to school again to get my report book and final examination score paper. I was soo lucky... . I arrived at 8.50 AM (and many friends had already come before me), and I just sat in the hall. I saw 3 tables and a bench, so I concluded that we would get our stuffs there in the hall. My friend said it was gonnabe in the office, but I decided to still wait in the hall. And yes, 10 minutes later, the officers came to the hall, and I was pretty quick to stand in front of the lines (so I didn't have to queue for soo long (there were about 170 students queued, and I was the third person from the front, he3..)). Finally, after waiting for about just 5 minutes, I got my report book and score paper (pics below).

Before going back home, I bought some comics just across my school. Two of them were VERY cheap (Rp. 2,500.oo / comic) >> because they were old edition.... . That afternoon, I cancelled my plan to hang out with my friends.... :(

::: my score paper

::: My 2nd semester report page

note: click to enlarge

BAHASA INDONESIA

Kemarin pagi aku pergi ke sekolah lagi untuk mengambil buku raportku dan kertas nilai ujian akhirku. Aku beruntung banget.... . Aku datengnya jam 8.50 pagi (dan banyak temenku dah dateng lebih dulu daripada aku), dan aku langsung duduk di aula. Aku melihat ada 3 meja dan 1 kursi panjang, jadi aku menyimpulkan kalo kita akan mendapatkan surat-surat kita disana di aula. Temenku bilang kalo bakalan dibagi di kantor sekolah, tapi aku tetep duduk di aula. Dan bener aja, 10 menit kemudian, petugasnya datang ke aula, dan aku cukup cepat untuk beerdiri di baguan depan antrian (jadi kan aku nggak harus ngantri untuk lamaaaa banget (kemarin ada sekitar 170 murid yang mengantri, dan aku adalah orang ketiga dari depan, he3...)). Akhirnya, setelah menunggu sekitar 5 menit, aku mendapatkan buku raportku dan surat nilaiku (gambar di atas).

Sebelum balik ke rumah, aku beli beberapa komik di depan sekolah. Dua diantaranya murah BANGET (cuma Rp. 2.500,oo / komik) >> soalnya edisi lama sih.... . Siangnya, aku membatalkan rencana untuk pergi jalan-jalan sama temenku... :(