#205 - 11th September

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Yesterday was 11th September, 5 years ago, a terrifying tragedy shocked the world where 2 commercial aircrafts (Boeing 757 and 767 owned by United and American Airlines) struck the well-known twin tower in New York, The World Trade Center where about 3,000 people died. I do hope a terrorism tragedy like that is not gonna happen anymore.

Well, yesterday I had lectures at campus, and when I was having First Calculus lecture at the 6th level of Building 9, the high-plant fence near building 9 was on fire!! Please see the illustration below to help you understand what I'm writing right now, if it's not clear enough, enlarge by clicking it. At first, they only burnt rubbish UNDER the plant fence, and suddenly, large grey and white smoke went to the sky. It was stupid, this month, Indonesia is still in dry season and the air was so dry and fire is very potential to happen. And yes, the plant fence was getting fired so quickly, and luckily, they were able to extinguish the fire... :) But as the result, the plant fence was damaged, and now there is a big hole on the fence... .

Last night, my friends asked me to have dinner at a restaurant they recommended so much, and I was interested on it (it was a seafood restaurant). I ordered mayonaisse prawn >> its price was Rp. 10,000.oo (1.1 USD), but you know what?? IT WAS ANOTHER RIDDICULOUS THING WHICH HAPPENED YESTERDAY. A portion of mayonaisse prawn priced Rp 10,000.oo only consists of FIVE TINY PRAWNS!!!! Arrrrggghhhhh..... .

::: Illustration (click to enlarge)

BAHASA INDONESIA

Kemarin adalah 11 September, 5 tahun yang lalu, sebuah tragedi mengerikan mengejutkan dunia dimana dua pesawat komersial (Boeing 757 dan 767 milik United dan American Airlines) menabrak menara kembar terkenal di New York, The World Trade Center dimana sekitar 3.000 orang meninggal dunia. Semoga peristiwa terorisme seperti ini nggak terjadi lagi.

Hmm, kemarin aku kuliah di kampus, dan waktu aku lagi kulai Kalkulus Pertama di lantai 6 Gedung 9, pagar tanaman tinggi di deket Gedung 9 kebakaran!! Tolong liat ilustrasi di atas jadinya lebih jelas apa yang aku tulis saat ini, klo kurang jelas tolong diperbesar dengan mengeklik gambarnya. Pertamanya mereka cuma membakar sampah DI BAWAH pagar tanaman itu, dan tiba-tiba asap hitam dan abu-abu raksasa membubung tinggi ke langit. Itu kan bodoh sekali, bulan ini, Indonesia masih dalam Musim Kemarai, dimana udara sangat kering dan kebakaran sangat berpotensi untuk terjadi. Dan bener aja kan, pagar tanaman itu langsung terbakar dengan cepat, dan untungnya nih, mereka mampu untuk memadamkan tuh api... :) Tapi sebagai hasilnya saat ini, pagarnya rusak dan asekarang ada lubang besar deh di pagarnya... .

Tadi malam, temen-temenku ngajak makan malam di restoran yang mereka rekomendasikan dengan sangat, dan aku tertarik sih (itu tuh seafood restoran). Aku pesen udang mayonaisse >> seharga Rp. 10.000,oo (sekitar 1,1 dollar Amerika), tapi tahu nggak? ITU ADALAH HAL KONYOL LAINNYA YANG TERJADI KEMARIN. Sebuah porsi udang mayonaisse seharga Rp. 10.000,oo cuma terdiri dari LIMA EKOR UDANG YANG KECIL!!!! Arrrrggghhhhh..... .

#204 - Food Poisoned

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Hi all, last weekend was like a hell for me because I was sick. I'll write the chronology:

Saturday
Last Saturday, there was a math seminar at campus for the whole day, started at 8 AM and finished at 4 PM. So, I got up at 6.30 AM, had my breakfast (chinese food which I bought the night before), then went to campus. At 12 PM, there was a lunch break, and at 1 PM, the seminar started again. Then, at about 4 PM, when we were permitted went back home, I felt dizzy in my head, and I was SOO "weak". I had cold. Then, I took a rest for 2 hours. That night, I was still unhealthy, I went to an internet cafe, and just not like usual, I was quick, less than 30 minutes, I went back home. At home I consumed Decolgen (Dizzy Tablet) and Redoxon (Vitamin C). At that time I thought I was way too exhausted because in the last 3 days, I had been so busy.

Sunday
Then, on Monday morning, my dizzy head had gone, but there was still one problem, I was still so weak, had no passion of doing something and didn't even have appetite. Then, I found out that another problem had shown up, I got DIARRHEA!!! Then, I realized that probably way too exhausted was not the reason why I was sick, but got poisoned was. So, in Bandung, I have got a similar experience with what Mrs. Decante got some months ago... :) Yesterday, I slept all the day, and in the evening, my friend asked me to go to Pizza Hut, and not like usual, I only ate a little, and still didn't have appetite. Then, we went back home.

Today until 9.40 AM
I'm in a better condition right now, even still haven't been 100% fit, but about 70 - 80%.... :)

BAHASA INDONESIA

Hallo semua, weekend kemarin tuh kayak neraka untuk aku soalnya aku sakit. Ini dia kronologinya:

Sabtu
Sabtu kemarin, ada seminar mat di kampus sepanjang hari, dimulai jam 8 pagi dan berakhir jam 4 sore. Jadi, aku bangun jam 6.30 pagi, trus makan pagi (chinese food yang aku beli semalam sebelumnya), trus pergi ke kampus. Jam 12 siang ada istirahat siang dan makan siang deh, dan jam 1 seminarnya mulai lagi. Trus sekitar jam 4 sore ketika kita diijinkan pulang, aku ngerasa sakit kepala, dan aku tuh "lemaaah" sekali. Aku lagi demam. Trus, aku istirahat deh selama 2 jam. Malamnya aku masih nggak sehat, aku pergi ke warnet, dan nggak kayak biasanya, aku cepet, kurang dari 30 menit udah pulang. Di kos aku mengkonsumsi Decolgen (Tablet Sakit Kepala) dan Redoxon (Vitamin C). Pada waktu itu aku kira aku tuh kecapekan banget soalnya dalam 3 hari belakangan, aku tuh sibuk banget.

Minggu
Trus, Minggu paginya, rasa sakit kepalaku udah pergi, tapi masih ada 1 masalah, aku masih lemah banget, nggak ada semangat melakukan sesuatu, bahkan nggak punya nafsu makan. Trus aku menyadari kalo masalah lain sudah muncul lagi, aku DIARE!!! Trus, aku sadar bahwa penyebabnya mungkin bukan karena terlalu capek, tetapi karena aku keracunan makanan. Jadi, di Bandung, aku sudah mendapatkan sebuah pengalaman yang mirip sama yang udah dialami oleh Mrs. Decante beberapa bulan yang lalu... :) Kemarin, aku tidur sepanjang hari, dan sore harinya, temenku ngajak aku ke Pizza Hut, dan nggak kayak biasanya, aku cuma makan sedikit, dan nggak punya nafsu makan deh. Trus, kita pulang deh.

Hari ini sampe jam 9.40 pagi
Aku dalam kondisi yang lebih baik saat ini, walaupun belum fit 100%, tapi udah sekitar 70 - 80%... :)

#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... :)

#201 - A Monday (4/9) Story

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Hi all, as you can read at my last entry, two days ago I finished the OSPEK program, and I was am SO exhausted. BUT, yesterday I just had no chance to take a rest. I had a lecture from the early morning (at 7 AM, the first class) until 3 PM in the afternoon (but we had a break from 9 AM to 10.30 AM, so I went the this internet cafe and posted my 200th entry).

And Monday means Nomat (Nonton Hemat ==> we get special price if we watch movie on Monday (and also Tuesday here in Bandung)) and just to refresh myself, my friend and I went to Ciwalk. We actually planned to watch Snakes on A Plane (FYI, Ciwalk has 3 studios and yesterday the films were: Snakes on A Plane, Failure to Launch, and Monster House). I read on its web, Snakes on A Plane started at 5.30 PM, so at 4.30 PM we left my boarding house(we caught an angkot to go there). BUT, that time was rush hour where most angkots were full (or even overload) of passengers, and as you can read at this entry, I am a bit traumatic catching a full angkot. Therefore, we were LATE. Because of that, we had no other option beside watching Failure to Launch. Actually I wasn't really passionate watching that movie since it was a drama-comedy movie, for me, most of them are boring, but we had no other option, so okay, I agreed watching that movie. And because we still had around 30 minutes, so we had dinner first at a Japanese Restaurant there (unfortunately it was not free just like I wrote at this entry). At 6 PM, the movie started. I tried to enjoy it, and it was interesting at some parts, but just to be honest, me personally hardly classified that movie as a good movie. (well, now I'm waiting for a new movie titled WTC (World Trade Center), I assume it's gonnabe interesting to watch... :D). Then, at about 7.30 PM it ended and after eating ice cream,wewent back home... .

::: Failure to Launch

BAHASA INDONESIA

Hallo semua, seperti yang bisa dibaca di postingan terakhirku, dua hari yang lalu aku menyelesaikan program OSPEK, dan aku kemarin sekarang masih capek. TETAPI, kemarin aku nggak punya kesempatan untuk beristirahat. Aku ada kuliah dari pagi banget (jam 7 pagi, kelas pertama) sampe jam 3 di siang hari (tapi ada istirahat sih dari jam 9 sampe jam 10.30, jadi aku pergi ke warnet ini dan mengepos postingan ke-200ku).

Dan Senin berarti Nomat (Nonton Hemat ==> kita dapet harga khusus kalo nonton film di hari Senin (dan juga Selasa di Bandung ini)) dan untuk refreshing, aku sama temenku pergi ke Ciwalk. Kita sebenernya berencana mau nonton Snakes on A Plane (untuk info, Ciwalk punya 3 studio dan kemarin film-filmnya tuh: Snakes on A Plane, Failure to Launch, dan Monster House). Aku baca di webnya, Snakes on A Plane mulai jam 5.30 sore, makanya jam 4.30 sore kita meninggalkan tempat kosku (kita mau naik angkot kesana). TAPI, jam-jam itu adalah jam sibuk dimana kebanyakan angkot tuh penuh (atau beban berlebihan malah) dengan penumpang, dan seperti yang bisa dibaca pada postingan ini, aku agak trauma deh naik angkot yang penuh. Makanya, kita TERLAMBAT. Dan karena itu, kita nggak ada pilihan lain selain nonton Failure to Launch. Sebenernya aku nggak bener-bener pingin nonton nih film soalnya ini adalah film drama-komedi, dan untuk aku, kebanyakan membosankan, tapi nggak ada pilihan lain sih, jadinya ya oke deh, aku setuju nonton film ini. Dan karena masih ada sekitar 30 menit, kita makan malam dulu di seuah Restoran Jepang (sayang, nggak gratis kayak di postingan ini). Jam 6 sore, filmnya mulai. Aku mencoba untuk menikmatinya, dan menarik sih di beberapa bagian, tapi jujur aja deh, aku sendiri susah untuk mengatakan bahwa film ini bagus. (hmm, aku sekarang sih lagi nunggu film berjudul WTC (World Trade Center) ttg tragedi 911, dan aku mengasumsikan bakalan menarik deh untuk ditonton... :D). Trus jam 7.30 sore filmnya selesai, dan habis makan es krim, pulang deh...

#200 - OSPEK and 200!!

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FINALLY, yesterday my faculty OSPEK finished, which means I can be much more relieved right now. Actually, last week I was elected to be the "class-leader" of my class (2006), and because of that, yesterday I got a "special" (not really special actually) treatment. Some seniors blamed me because we (and for sure I was included) made some mistakes (for not bringing some items >> actually one reason why we made that mistake was because the order was bias, so we could interpret it to some different ways and that really confused us), and I was not a good-leader because of that (okay, that was my responsibility, but I think they should also see from our point of view, where the task was given last Friday, so we had only 2 days for making it, beside we also had lectures and some assignments, but that IS OSPEK, where seniors = correct; newbies = wrong, idiot, etc), and some other things. BUT IN THE END (well, I have to emphasize this), it ended happily, where they greeted us as new members of math by throwing some many water baloons to us, and apologized for what they had done to us... :) And now, I do really realize and feel what some friends have told me about OSPEK (OSPEK is one great experience and gave us many unique memories in our life.... :D I can say this because I have passed through all the program, but when I was passing through that, I DID hope that program to be over VERY SOON... . :D).

Well, this entry is my 200th entry. That's one great accomplishment for me, where my 100th entry was posted last February 2006, which means in the duration of 6.5 months, I have posted 100 entries (15.38 entries per-month). Thanks You for all who always like to visit my blog and also leave your comments here.... :) I do appreciate that, and keep coming to my blog... :D

BAHASA INDONESIA

AKHIRNYA, kemarin OSPEK jurusanku selesai juga, yang berarti aku bisa menjadi jauh lebih lega sekarang. Sebenernya, minggu lalu kan aku dipilih jadi ketua angkatanku (2006), dan karena itu, kemarin aku dapet perlakuan "khusus" (nggak khusus sih sebenernya). Beberapa senior menyalahkan saya karena kami (tentu juga termasuk saya) membuat beberapa kesalahan (nggak membawa beberapa barang >> sebenernya satu alasan kenapa kita melakukan kesalahan itu tuh karena perintahnya tuh ambigu, jadi bisa kita interpretasikan ke beberapa hal, yang membingungkan kita), dan aku nggak menjadi ketua yang baik karena kesalahan-kesalahan itu (oke deh, itu tanggung-jawabku, tapi ya maksudku mereka juga perlu melihat dari sudut pandang kita dong, dimana tugasnya dikasi hari Jumat, jadi kita cuma punya 2 hari buat ngerjain tuh tugas, di samping kita juga ada kuliah dan tugas untuk diselesaikan, tapi ituLAH OSPEK, dimana senior = benar, anak baru = salah, idiot, dll), dan beberapa hal lain. TETAPI PADA AKHIRNYA (hmm, aku harus menekankan ini nih), mereka menyambut kita sebagai anggota baru matematika dengan melemparkan beberapa banyak balon air ke kita dan minta maf atas apa yg sudah mereka lakukan pada kita... :) Dan sekarang, aku benar-benar menyadari apa yang beberapa temen cerita ke aku tentang OSPEK (OSPEK adalah sebuah pengalaman dan memberi kita banyak kenangan unik dalam hidup kita.... :D Aku bisa ngomong gini soalnya aku dah melewati programnya, tapi pas aku lagi ngejalanin tuh proses, aku bener-bener berharap tuh program CEPET-CEPET selesai.... :D)

Hmm, ini adalah postinganku yang ke-200. Itu adalah satu pencapaian yang baik untuk aku, dimana postingan ke-100ku di-posting Februari 2006 kemarin, yang berarti dalam jangka waktu 6,5 bulan, aku sudah mengepos 100 entri (15,38 postingan per-bulan). Terima Kasih untuk semua yang sudah mengunjungi blog saya dan juga meninggalkan komen disini... :) Aku bener-bener menghargai itu, dan terus berkunjung ke blog saya yah.... :D

#199 - Exhausting Week

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Because of OSPEK, now I feel that I'm not in my 100% condition. I am not sick, but I just feel I'm so exhausted. Beside OSPEK assignment which is very very hard and almost impossible to do and also embarassing when we have to wear the attributes, we also have to do some homeworks from some lecturers.... :( I have finished and submitted first Calculus 1 Homework last Monday, but we do still have 2 more homeworks which are supposed to be finished this week (and another 2 but don't have to be finished this week) those are second Calculus 1 Homework (we have to draw "weird" graphics from some equations, or at least I, myself, have never seen those before) and Elementary Linear Algebra. Next Sunday we also have to join the second week of OSPEK program the whole day.... :( Arrrggghhh....

Btw, last night there was a barbeque party at my boarding house for the newbies so they (including me for sure) can know others better.

Btw, this week, I, again, don't have the chance to watch week 9 of Rockstar Supernova, but I read at a mailing list, now Ryan Star is free to pursue his dream as a solo singer, sorry for Haze....

::: Ryan Star

BAHASA INDONESIA

Gara-gara OSPEK, sekarang aku ngerasa kalo aku nggak berada dalam kondisi 100%ku. Aku nggak sakit sih, tapi aku ngerasa capek banget. Di samping tugas-tugas OSPEK yang sangat-sangat sulit dan hampir mustahil untuk dikerjaan dan juga memalukan ketika harus mengenakan atribut-atributnya, kita masih harus mengerjakan beberapa PR dari dosen.... :( Aku udah menyelesaikan dan ngumpulin PR Kalkulus 1 yang pertama sih kemarin Senin, tapi kita masih punya 2 PR lain untuk diselesaikan minggu ini (dan 2 yang lainnya lagi tapi nggak harus minggu ini) yaitu PR Kalkulus 1 yang kedua (kita harus menggambar grafik "aneh" dari beberapa persamaan, yang aku blom pernah melihat sebelumnya) dan Aljabar Linear Elementer. Besok Minggu masih harus ikutan hari kedua dari program OSPEK lagi seharian.... :( Arrrggghhh....

Btw, kemarin malam di kosku juga ada acara barbeque-an tuh, jadi anak-anak baru (termasuk saya tentunya) bisa tahu yang lain lebih baik.

Btw, minggu ini, lagi-lagi aku nggak punya kesempatan untuk nonton show minggu kesembilan dari Rockstar Supernova, tapi aku baca di sebuah milis, katanya sekarang Ryan Star bebas untuk mengejar impiannya bersolo karier, turut berdukacita yah Haze....