#540 - Back to Bandung

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Well, now I'm back in Bandung. The reason I go back to Bandung is to go on a diklat tomorrow. Waaa, tomorrow morning we will depart from campus at 6 AM so I gotta get up at 4.45 AM!! Waaa!!! Probably I will write about it later next Monday, hehe... ;) Hopefully it's fun!! :)

Today I caught Argo Wilis Express which departed at 12.29 PM from Yogyakarta Railway Station. It arrived at 7.33 PM, about 19 minutes late from the schedule, but it's fine... ;) Well nothing too much to write down now, so I post some pics I took these days...

::: home-made Imported Wagyu Steak with Mushroom Sauce I ate 3 days ago. It was SO tasty!! :)

::: home-made Imported Striploin Steak with Barbeque Sauce I ate 3 days ago. Another tasty steak!! :)

::: Mie Jawa (Goreng)

::: Yogyakarta Tugu Railway Station

::: Argo Wilis Express entering platform 3 on Yogyakarta Tugu Railway Station

::: tall, coarse grass field

::: Hoka-Hoka Bento as my dinner today, hehehe... :)

BAHASA INDONESIA

Hmm, sekarang aku balik di Bandung nih. Alasan aku balik ke Bandung tuh untuk mengikuti diklat besok. Waaa, besok pagi berangkatnya dari kampus jam 6 pagi nih jadinya aku harus bangun jam 4.45 pagi!! Waaa!! Mungkin aku akan nulis tentang ini besok Senin deh, hehe... ;) Semoga menyenangkan!! :)

Tadi siang aku naik kereta api Argo Wilis Ekspres yang berangkat jam 12.29 siang dari Stasiun Kereta Tugu Yogyakarta. Tadi sampainya di Bandung jam 7.33 malam, telat sekitar 19 menit dari jadwal, tapi nggak papa sih... ;) Hmmm, nggak banyak hal yang bisa dituliskan sekarang, jadinya aku posting beberapa gambar yang aku ambil baru-baru ini saja yah...

#539 - Death in the Clouds

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Finally last night I finished reading Death In The Clouds, a novel by Agatha Christie.

Plot Summary:

Hercule Poirot was a passenger of an international flight from Le Bourget Airport, Paris to Croydon Airport, London. Weirdly, some times during the flight there was a bee. One passenger, Madame Giselle, was found dead some minutes before landing. At that time Poirot found a weird poisonous dart lying on the floor. On the check, a blowpipe was found on his seat! This, however, made 10 passengers on board and 2 stewards became suspects.

He, of course, started his investigation of this case. Some past secrets were dug, many things were analyzed, a likely 'intruder' came in but then eliminated. In the end he found who the murderer was.

Well, I wanna write one spoiler, huahahaha.... :D

=== spoiler starts ===

- the murderer was the one who had 2 identities

=== spoiler ends ===

Okay, my comment. I think this novel is a good one. I like the storyline since it's not confusing nor giving too many unnecessary details. One thing is that I like Poirot's Method of digging the suspects' past, analyzing them and deciding who was guilty and who were innocent. I like the way he focused on the weird fact(s) (the existence of a bee on board) >> Err, actually this thing is kinda usual for detective stories but I still like it, hahaha... :) That's why I really like Detective Conan. The simple twist is also one appeal of this novel.

Anyway, while I was still reading I also made a guess about who the murderer might be. Well, my guess was correct, wkwkwkw... lol. But actually it was only based on feeling, LOL.

So yeah, I agree that Agatha Christie is a great novelist!! hahaha...

::: Agatha Christie's "Death In The Clouds" front cover

::: Agatha Christie's "Death In The Clouds" back cover

BAHASA INDONESIA

Akhirnya semalam aku selesai membaca Death In The Clouds, novelnya Agatha Christie.

Ringkasan Cerita:

Hercule Poirot adalah seorang penumpang penerbangan internasional dari Bandara Le Bourget, Paris tujuan Bandara Croydon, London. Anehnya, pada waktu penerbangan ada seekor lebah. Satu penumpang, Madam Giselle, ditemukan meninggal beberapa menit sebelum mendarat. Waktu itu Poirot menemukan sebuah panah kecil beracun di lantai. Waktu pengecekan, sebuah sumpitan ditemukan di kursinya! Hal ini, akhirnya, membuat 10 penumpang dan 2 pramugara menjadi tersangka.

Dia, tentu saja, memulai investigasinya atas kasus ini. Beberapa rahasia masa lalu diungkap, banyak hal dianalisa, sebuah 'penyusup' kelihatannya masuk namun ternyata bisa dieliminasi. Akhirnya ketauan deh pembunuhnya suapa.

Iseng ah, mau ngask bocoran dikit neh, huahahaha.... :D

=== bocoran dimulai ===

- pembunuhnya adalah dia yang memiliki 2 identitas

=== bocoran selesai ===

Oke, komentar saya. Aku rasa novel ini ok juga loh. Aku suka jalan ceritanya soalnya nggak membingungkan atau berbelit-belit juga nggak memberikan terlalu banyak informasi-informasi nggak penting. Satu hal yang aku suka adalah Metoda-nya Poirot yang menggali masa lalu para tersangka, menganalisanya dan memutuskan siapa yang bersalah dan siapa saja yang nggak bersalah. Aku suka caranya dia fokus pada fakta-fakta tak biasa (misalnya keberadaan lebah di pesawat) >> Hmmm, sebenernya itu standar sih ya kalo untuk suatu novel dekektif tapi aku suka2 saja tuh, hahaha... :) Makanya juga kan kenapa aku suka banget sama Detektif Conan. Twist yang sederhana (menurutku) juga merupakan satu daya tarik novel ini.

Ngomong2, waktu masih membaca novel ini kan saya juga menebak-nebak siapa pelakunya. Nah, tebakan saya bener loh, wkwkwkwkw... lol. Tapi cuma berdasarkan feeling saja sih, LOL.

Jadi, yah, aku setuju kalo Agatha Christie adalah novelis yang hebat!! hahaha...

#538 - Monday & Tuesday

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Well, these last 2 days have been pretty ordinary, haha... :) Yesterday I hanged out with my friend. We went to Ambarrukmo Plaza then Galeria Mall. In the afternoon we had lunch at Kiko Restaurant. O yea, at Galeria I bought a novel by Agatha Christie, Death In The Clouds. I actually was looking for her next novel, The A.B.C. Murders but the stock was zero, damn. Well, I am interested in it since I read it at Detective Conan. O yea, yesterday I bought my favorite bakso, Bakso Kornelan, hahaha....

Anyway, because AirAsia and Malaysia Airlines now operate non-stop flight from Kuala Lumpur to Yogyakarta, there are so many Malaysian Tourists now in Yogyakarta, hahaha... .

O yea, starting today J.Co opens its new branch at Malioboro Mall Yogyakarta (the first J.Co in Yogyakarta). As usual for its first day, so many people bought J.Co today causing a really long line of people queuing for donuts!! hahaha... :) At 7.45 PM the donuts were sold out and people gotta wait for about 30 minutes before it's ready to be back on service. Lucky I could order so I didn't have to stand in line, LOL

::: my meal at Kiko

::: Bakso Kornelan

::: Agatha Christie's "Death In The Clouds"

::: Bakso Kornelan I ate this morning

::: es blewah

::: J.Co Donuts

BAHASA INDONESIA

Hmm, 2 hari belakangan ini menjadi hari yang biasa2 saja, haha... :) Kemarin aku jalan2 sama temen. Kita pergi ke Ambarrukmo Plaza trus Galeria Mall. Siangnya kita makan di Restoran Kiko. O iya, di Galeria Mall aku beli novel pembunuhan karangannya Agatha Christie, Death In The Clouds / Maut di Udara. Sebenarnya aku mencari novelnya yang selanjutnya, The A.B.C. Murders / Pembunuhan A.B.C tapi stok-nya kaga ada, siyal. Hmm, aku tertarik soalnya baca di komik Detektif Conan sih. O iya, kemarin aku beli bakso favorit saya loh, Bakso Kornelan, hahaha... .

Ngomong2, karena AirAsia dan Malaysia Airlines sekarang mengoperasikan penerbangan langsung dari Kuala Lumpur ke Yogyakarta, sekarang ada banyak turis Malaysia loh di Yogyakarta sini, hahaha... .

O iya, mulai hari ini kan J.Co membuka cabangnya yg baru tu disini di Malioboro Mall Yogyakarta (J.Co pertama di Yogyakarta). Seperti biasa kan di hari pertama tuh ramee banget ada banyak yang mau beli donat sampe menyebabkan antrian yang sangat panjang sekali!! hahaha... :) Jam 7.45 sore semua donatnya uda habis dan orang harus nunggu setengah jam sampe siap lagi. Untungnya aku bisa pesen jadi kan kaga harus ngantri, LOL

#537 - Sunday The 1st

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Today is Sunday. This morning, I went to the church. Something I always often do when I'm at Jogja, hehehe... :) After the liturgy ended at 8 AM, my family and I had breakfast at Soto Pak Parman Kridosono.

Actually my parents had a plan to go to Magelang to attend their friend's 'syukuran' party for her new tire shop there. However, this weekend my dad joined a table-tennis competition and yesterday he won making him proceeding to the next round which was today. Okay, he didn't feel good to be 'WO'ed and asked me to accompany my mom to Magelang, hahaha... :) Okay, so I did. We also asked my grandma whether she wanted to go to Magelang or not to visit our relatives. She said okay.

Then, at 10 AM we went to Magelang. At 11 AM we arrived there and dropped my grandma at our relatives' house and my mom and I proceeded to the party. At 11.30 AM the party started. Well then of course we had lunch, haha... :) There were Timlo Solo, Nasi Liwet Solo, Sate Ayam, and tengkleng. I ate 3 of them (not tengkleng). At 2 PM we went back to Jogja.

Then the rest of the day was just ordinary. I went to Malioboro Mall (arrgghh, damn BBM, the fuel price rise really made people's buying power drop).

::: swikee I ate yesterday

::: 'sate ayam'

::: 'Nasi Liwet Solo'

BAHASA INDONESIA

Hari ini adalah Minggu. Pagi tadi aku ke gereja. Sesuatu yang selalu sering aku lakukan kalo di Jogja, hehehe... :) Habis misa selesai jam 8 tadi aku sekeluarga makan pagi di Soto Pak Parman Kridosono.

Sebenernya kan ortuku lagi ada rencana mau ke Magelang untuk dateng ke acara syukuran temennya yang baru aja buka toko ban baru disana tuh. Nah tapinya wiken ini kan papaku ikutan kompetisi ping pong dan ternyata kemarin dia menang makanya hari ini kan lanjut ke babak selanjutnya. Oke, dia nggak ngerasa enak kalo kalah karena WO. Makanya dia nyuruh aku nemeni mamaku nggantiin dia ke Magelang, hahaha... . Ya udah gapapa deh. Trus kita juga nanya nenekku (mak-ku) mau kaga dia ikutan ke Magelang sekalian berkunjung ke rumah saudara. Katanya sih mau.

Trus jam 10 gitu kita berangkat ke Magelang. Jam 11 kita sampe disana dan nurunin mak-ku di rumah saudara trus aku sama mamaku pergi ke tempat syukurannya. Jam 11.30 acaranya mulai. Tentu saja kemudian kita makan siang dong, haha... :) Menunya tadi ada Timlo Solo, Nasi Liwet Solo, Sate Ayam, dan tengkleng. Aku makan 3 diantaranya (nggak mau tengkleng). Jam 2 siang kita balik deh ke Jogja.

Trus hariku biasa saja. Aku pergi ke Malioboro Mall sore ini (arrrgghh, sialan ni harga BBM naik kan jadinya daya beli masyarakatnya jadi turun, grr...).

#536 - Friday, Back To Jogja

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Today finally I went back to Yogyakarta. This morning I caught Argo Wilis Express departing at 7 AM from Bandung Railway Station. Anyway, last night I got an insomnia, arrrggghhh, I started to sleep at about 1.30 AM and at 4.50 AM I gotta get up. Haha, so I was pretty sleepy on the rail this morning.

So, at 5.40 AM this morning my taxi (I had ordered a taxi the day before) had arrived (wah, cool Gemah Ripah, not like Blue Bird which pissed me off at this time). At 5.45 AM I went to the station. Ten minutes later I arrived (Bandung in the morning is so cool, there was no traffic, hahaha...).

Well, I was starving this morning and at 5.55 AM Hoka-Hoka Bento Station was still closed. Damnit. I still had 1 hour and I decided to wait for about 20 minutes (who knows Hokben would open soon?) rather than waiting inside the train and starving. Apparently at 6.05 AM it opened!! Yeeaaahhh!!!

At 7 AM my train departed. The trip was okay, just as usual. But the thing is that I was a bit nervous during the trip since there were some peculiar sounds coming from the cart (I suspect there was something wrong with the cart). At Kroya Station and Kutoarjo Station, some mechanics seemed to check my cart a bit more intense than the other carts, hmmm... . Anyway, there was nothing bad happened. Thanks God!! :) My train arrived at 1.45 PM (15 minutes earlier than the schedule, it's cool!! :) )

Anyway, yesterday I had my TOEFL test. I think I did well. Hmm, probably because I haven't taken any English Class recently so I think out of all sections, I am confident the most on my Listening Section, LOL. However, the test sucked a bit since we gotta blacken a circle to answer and it is my weakness (you can read here). I always blacken slowly (since I'm always afraid it's not gonnabe perfectly good and it's not read by the computer). hahaha...

Anyway, yeah, now I'm at Jogja!!! :)

::: my Hoka-Hoka Bento Breakfast

::: Inside Argo Wilis Express Cart Executive 4

::: rice field

::: Crossing Serayu River in high speed

BAHASA INDONESIA

Hari ini akhirnya aku balik ke Yogyakarta juga. Pagi atdi aku naik Kereta Ekspres Argo Wilis yang bernagkat jam 7 pagi dari Stasiun Kereta Api Bandung. Ngomong2, semalem kaga bisa tidur neh, siyal, arrrggghhh, baru bisanya tidur sekitar jam 1.30an gitu sementara aku harus uda bangun jam 4.50 pagi. Haha, makanya tadi ngantuk selama perjalanan.

Trus jam 5.40 pagi taksiku (aku uda pesen taksi sehari sebelumnya) udah datang (wah, Gemah Ripah memang keren, kaga kaya Blue Bird yang bikin saia kecewa pada waktu ini). Jam 5.45 pagi aku pergi ke stasiun. Sepuluh menit kemudian aku udah nyampe di stasiun (Bandung di pagi hari menyenangkan deh, nggak macet, hahaha...).

Hmm, aku kelaparan tadi pagi dan jam 5.55 pagi kan Hoka-Hoka Bento stasiun nya masih tutup. Siyal. Aku masih ada waktu sejam dan ya uda aku mendingan nungguin aja deh 20 menitan gitu (kan sapa tau Hokben nya dalam waktu dekat akan buka?) daripada nunggu di dalam kereta dan kelaparan kan. Eh ternyata jam 6.05 buka tuh!! Yeeaaahhh!!!

Jam 7 pagi keretaku bernagkat. Perjalannya biasa aja sih. Tapi ada satu hal yang bikin aku agak-agak deg-degan juga tuh. Jadinya tuh ada suara-suara yang mencurigakan gitu pada perjalanan yang datangnya dari gerbongnya (aku menduga ada masalah dah sama gerbongnya). Di Stasiun Kroya dan Stasiun Kutoarjo aja tadi teknisinya mesti ngeck gerbongku lebih saksama daripada ngecek ke gerbong lainnya, hmmm... . Yah yang penting nggak ada hal buruk yang terjadi deh. Terima Kasih Tuhan!! :) Keretaku tiba jam 1.45 siang (15 menit lebih cepat daripada jadwal, keren!! :) )

Ngomong2, kemarin aku ikutan tes TOEFL. Aku rasa aku bisa ngerjain dengan baik sih. Hmm, mungkin karena aku uda kaga ikutan les Inggris kali ya jadinya malah bagian yang aku paling percaya diri adalah Listening, LOL. Namun tesnya nyebelin bgt tu soale kan dalam menjawab kita mesti menghitamkan lembar jawaban tuh dan itu kan kelemahan saya (bisa dibaca lengkap disini. Aku selalu menghitamkan dengan lambat (soale aku selalu takut kalo nggak dibulatkan dengan sempurna nggak akan kebaca komputer). hahaha...

Udahlah, yeah, sekarang uda di Jogja!!! :)

#535 - Wednesday (28/05)

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Okay, today is Wednesday. This morning I had a meeting to talk about this year's OSPEK which will take place next August. We still haven't had a deal yet with the university's councils and we are still working on it. Because of that, I think tomorrow is gonnabe a looong day.

Anyway, finally I come to a decision. Next Friday (30 th May) I'm going back to Yogyakarta catching Argo Wilis Express (Damn Merpati, they still haven't reactivated to Bandung - Yogyakarta vv flight yet). However, this morning I found out that apparently, next 8-10th June 2008 I must be in Bandung to attend a 'Rapat Kerja' for all programs within one year. Not like this time where I conducted an internal 'Rapat Kerja'. This time, The Rapat Kerja will not be an internal one, it's gonnabe more formal and wider (between all departments). Therefore, next week I gotta go back to Bandung again at 7th June. Then at 10 or 11 June I think I will go back to Yogyakarta. Well then, on 16th June I must also be in Bandung for the new student councils inauguration. Sigh, I really have to go back and forth between Yogyakarta and Bandung this time. LOL...

Tomorrow is gonnabe a loong day. Tomorrow morning I gotta take a TOEFL Test at my campus as a mandatory requirement to complete this semester. Wish me Luck!! hehehe... :) Then later in the afternoon I gotta attend an internal OSPEK meeting (as a result of this afternoon's meeting). Wah!! Tiring!! hahaha

Anyway, this evening I went to IP. I had dinner (at Hokben) there and I bought a pizza (because of the picture I took last week which I posted here. That picture made me really want a pizza, shoot, waa...)

::: J-Co donuts I bought yesterday

::: my dinner at Hoka-Hoka Bento this evening

::: My Argo Wilis tickets

BAHASA INDONESIA

Oke, hari ini adalah hari Rabu. Pagi tadi ada rapat ngomongin tentang masalah OSPEK tahun ini yang akan berlangsung Agustus nanti. Kami masih belum ada kesepakatan dengan pihak universitas sih dan masih diusahakan. Karenanya, besok akan menjadi hari yang panjang.

Ngomong2 akhirnya aku bisa memutuskan nih. Besok Jumat (30 Mei) aku akan balik ke Yogyakarta naik Kereta Api Ekspres Argo Wilis (Merpati sialan, mereka masih belum mengaktifkan kembali penerbangan Bandung - Yogyakarta pp nih). Namun, pagi tadi aku dikasi tau bahwa besok tanggal 8-10 Juni 2008 aku harus ada di Bandung untuk menghadiri 'Rapat Kerja' untuk semua program selama setahun mendatang. Tidak seperti yang satu ini dimana aku mengadakan 'Rapat Kerja' internal, yang kali ini akan lebih formal dan lebih luas (bersama2 jurusan lain). Makanya minggu depan ni tanggal 7 Juni aku mesti balik ke Bandung lagi. Trus tanggal 10 ato 11 Juni aku rasa aku akan balik ke Yogyakarta lagi. Namun kemudian, tanggal 16 Juni aku harus ada di Bandung lagi untuk pelantikan pengurus lembaga kemahasiswaan yang baru. Hhh, beneran harus bolak-balik Bandung - Yogyakarta terus nih di liburan kali ini. LOL...

Besok akan menjadi hari yang panjang. Besok pagi aku akan mengikuti tes TOEFL di kampus sebagai persyaratan wajib yang harus dipenuhi semester ini. Doakan saya yah!! hehehe... :) Trus siangnya aku harus menghadiri rapat OSPEK internal (sebagai kelanjutan dari rapat tadi siang). Wah!! Melelahkan tu!! hahaha

Ngomong2 sore tadi saya pergi ke IP. Aku makan disana (di Hokben) dan beli pizza (gara2 gambar yang aku ambil minggu lalu yang aku posting disini nih. Gambarnya membuat saya pingin pizza lagi, sial, waa...)

#534 - Over The Weekend

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Well, if you read my previous entry, by now I should have been in Pangandaran. However, because of one or two reasons, our trip to Pangandaran was canceled. Hmmm... . Maybe I'll write something about it later. Anyway, because of that my friends and I planned to go to a cellular operator office to do a negotiation for our 'Kompetisi Matematika 2008' next November this afternoon, haha... :)

Well, my weekend has been okay. Yeaahh, finally UAS this semester = history!! Hahahaha.... . I think I did 'Stochastic Process' final exam really well.

O yea, last Saturday I read an article at Kompas Bandung saying that there are some Bakmi Jawa restaurants in Bandung. Wah, I become a bit curious and suddenly that article made me to want Bakmi Jawa, haha... :) So yesterday I went to one of them and well, it was apparently okay. The noodle was small. Its "Mie Kuah" is better than its "Mie Goreng", beside, it's pretty espensive, arrrggghhh.... . I still prefer the real Bakmi Jawa at Jogja.

Anyway, yesterday I cleaned my room. It was EXHAUSTING!! It took me 1.5 hours to finish it (yea, because I gotta do everything, tidying up all books and papers, cleaning the table, etc). Waaa, moral of the day:

"Never Be Lazy to Clean Our Place or one day we will regret about it and gotta do everything at one time"

LOL

Here are some pictures of my meal over last week (yea, week, NOT weekend, I'm not that crazy-eater, hahaha...):

::: pizza and lasagna I bout last week (for 2 days)

::: Suniaraja Fried Chicken

::: Bakso Malang Enggal

::: Mie Kuah and Mie Goreng I ate last night. They were just okay for me.

BAHASA INDONESIA

Hmm, jika dibaca pada posting sebelumnya, harusnya sekarang ini aku kan udah ada di Pangandaran. Namun, karena satu dua alasan, perjalanan ke Pangandaran dibatalkan. Hmmm... . Mungkin aku akan nulis tentang ini kapan2 sih. Ngomong2, karenanya aku sama temen2ku jadi ngerencanain untuk pergi ke kantornya sebuah operator hape deh hari ini untuk negosiasi masalah acara 'Kompetisi Matematika 2008' besok November siang nanti, haha... :)

Hmm, wiken saya biasa-biasa saja. Yeeaaahh, akhirnya UAS semester ini = sejarah!! Hahahaha.... . Aku rasa aku mengerjakan UAS 'Proses Stokastik' dengan lumayan baik dah.

O iya, kemarin Sabtu kan saya baca artikel di Kompas Bandung katanya ada beberapa restoran Bakmi Jawa di Bandung. Nah tu artikel bikin saya jadi pengen makan Bakmi jawa deh, haha... :) Jadi kemarin aku pergi ke salah satunya dan ternyata rasanya biasa saja. Bakminya kecil-kecil. "Mie Kuah"-nya lebih mending daripada "Mie Goreng" nya, di samping itu, mahal juga harganya, arrrggghhh.... . Lebih enak Bakmi Jawa yang di Jogja deh

Ngomong2, kemarin saya membersihkan ruangan saya loh. Dan ternyata itu MELELAHKAN SEKALI!! Membutuhkan waktu 1,5 jam tuh sampai saya menyelesaikan semuanya (iya, soale kan aku harus melakukan semuanya, membereskan buku-buku dan kertas-kertas berkas, membersihkan meja, nyapu, ngepel, dll). Pesan moral untuk sehari kemarin:

"Jangan pernah malas untuk membersikan ruangan kita atau kita akan menyesalinya kemudian karena harus melakukan semuanya sekaligus"

LOL

Btw, di atas adalah foto2 makanan yang saya konsumsi seminggu kemarin (seminggu lho, bukan se-wiken, saya kan makannya kaga sekalap itu, LOL).