Dangerous Bike

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I want to write something a lil' different today (I want to make a variation so you won't be bored) since today was only one more ordinary day for me. I write about a dangerous bike.

Last Saturday, when I went with my friend, I almost hit a bike!! The riders were 2 little boys (they were about 7 years old I think). It was not my fault, it was theirs. They didn't ride the bike carefully and didn't (or couldn't) control the balance well. First, they went on the side of the road (near the pathway) but suddenly they lost their balance and they turned to the center of the road!! Unfortunately I was behind them on the center of the road. You know, car is always a lot faster than bike. I was surprised and suddenly pushed my break... . Lucky I could avoid the accident. If I couldn't avoid it, I think I would have been in a big trouble.

You know how they reacted then? They then went back to the edge of the road and they just laughed. God, they made me angrier by laughing, I didn't see a regret or shocked or guilty feelings on their faces!! Arrggghhh.... . It drove me mad, but I just forgot about it and continued driving...

Well, I just think that children should not be allowed to ride bike on the main road especially when it has already been dusk. They don't just endanger themselves, but also the other people who are also on that road..... . I think losing balance don't just happen to children, maybe some adult riders also meet this problem. Therefore, because it's dangerous probably we should have a special way for bike???

INDONESIAN

Aku pingin nulis sesuatu yang agak berbeda hari ini (aku pingin membuat semacam variasi jadi kamu nggak bosen gitu) soalnya hari ini juga cuma satu hari biasa lagi untuk aku. Aku nulis tentang sepeda yang berbahaya.

Sabtu kemarin, waktu aku lagi pergi sama temenku, aku nyaris aja nabrak sepeda!! Pengendaranya tuh 2 anak-anak (umurnya sekitar 7 tahun kayaknya). Bukan salahku tuh, tapi salahnya mereka. Mereka nggak mengendarai sepedanya dengan hati-hati dan nggak (atau nggak bisa) mengontrol keseimbanganya dengan baik. Pertamanya mereka jalan di pinggir jalan (deket trotoar) tapi tiba-tiba mereka kehilangan keseimbangannya dah tau-tau belok ke tengah jalan!!! Malangnya, aku ada di belakangnya mereka dan di tengah2 jalan. Tau lah, mobil kan pasti lebih cepat daripada sepeda. Aku kaget banget dan langsung aja nginjak rem.... . Untung tuh aku bisa menghindari kecelakaannya. Kalo aku nggak bisa, kayaknya aku bakalan dah ada dalam masalah yang besar.

Tau nggak gimana reaksinya mereka selanjutnya? Mereka trus balik ke pinggir jalan dan mereka cuma ketawa. Ya Tuhan, mereka cuma bikin aku tambah marah aja. Aku nggak melihat adanya penyesalan atau kekagetan atau perasaan bersalah di muka mereka!!Arrggghhh.... . Itu bikin aku jengkel, tapi aku trus ngelupain itu dan melanjutkan nyetir...

Trus aku mikir, menurutku sih anak-anak harusnya nggak diijinin dong naik sepeda di jalan utama malem-malem pula. Mereka nggak cuma membahayakan diri mereka sendiri tapi juga orang lain di jalan itu juga.... . Menurutku juga kehilangan keseimbangan nggak cuma dialami sama anak-anak, mungkin beberapa pengendara yang udah dewasa juga mengalami masalah yang sama kadang-kadang. Makanya, karena berbahaya, mungkin kita perlu sebuah jalan khusus untuk sepeda???

It's Saturday...

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Finally it's Saturday which I could have in Jogja after 2 weeks fighting for the exam. (Two weeks ago I was in Magelang and last week I was in Jakarta).

At school this morning I had a chemistry exam. It was all about memorizing and unfortunately I lost my book!!! Therefore I only studied a little yesterday and studied for the rest at school this morning. Because of that, I think my score was not maximum. Then, the lessons ended at 11.10 AM and I went back home. I was so sleepy this afternoon and I took a nap until 5 PM... . At first actually I had planned to go to the gym but I didn't go because I was too exhausted.... .

Then, at 7 PM I went with my friends to have dinner. First we ate at a restaurant, but it was not so convincing (and also slack). Because we had already entered it and looked at the menu book, then we only ordered few meals (only 2 salads and ice tea) >> actually, if we didn't feel shy, we would have left the restaurant without ordering anything... . Then, guess what made us become more desperate with this restaurant? They tried to cheat!! A Rp. 10,000.oo food was counted Rp. 17,000.oo, lucky my friend was careful. After that, we decided to eat at Silla Restaurant... . We had dinner there until 9.15 PM and then we went back home. At home I played computer and then surfed the net....


::: Our meal at Silla Restaurant

INDONESIAN

Akhirnya ini Hari Sabtu yang bisa aku habiskan di Jogja habis 2 minggu berjuang untuk ujian. (dua minggu lalu aku kan di Magelang trus minggu lalu aku di Jakarta).

Di sekolah pagi ini aku ulangan kimia. Semuanya tentang hafalan dan sialnya bukuku hilang!!! Makanya aku cuma belajar sedikit kemarin dan belajar sisanya di sekolah pagi tadi. Gara-gara itu, kayaknya sih nilaiku nggak maksimal. Trus, jam 11.10 pelajarannya selesai dan aku pulang ke rumah. Aku ngantuk banget siang ini jadinya aku istirahat siang sampe jam 5 sore... . Pertamanya sih sebenernya aku mau ke gym, tapi nggak jadi pergi soalnya aku capek banget sih.... .

Trus, jam 7 sore aku pergi sama temenku makan malem. Pertama kita makan di sebuah restoran, tapi restoran ini nggak meyakinkan (dan juga sepi). Tapi karena aku dah masuk dan ngeliat-liat menunya, jadi aku pesen sedikit menu deh (cuma 2 salad sama es teh) >> sebenernya kalo misalnya nggak ngerasa sungkan gitu, aku dah pergi tuh dari tuh restoran tanpa memesan apapun.... . Trus, tebak apa yang bikin aku tambah kecewa sama restoran ini? Mereka mau curang tuh!! Makanan yang harganya 10.000 rupiah dihitungnya 17.000, untung aja temenku teliti. Habis itu ya udah deh kami makan di Restoran Silla... . Makannya tadi sampe jam 9.15 malem trus pulang deh. Di rumah aku main komputer trus internetan...

Finally!!! A Rest

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After days and days, weeks and weeks, months and months, years and years (waa... . very hiperbolic, he3... . LOL) struggling, finally now I had a relaxing day. Tomorrow I have no exam and no assignment to finish!!! Finally!!!

Well, then what did I do today? Well, actually nothing special. It was also one more ordinary day for me. I just did what I do everyday like surfing the net, watching tv, reading book, etc but something that differs today from some other days is that I am not burdened with exam or assignment to finish. He3.... . (well, probably I only feel this feeling only 2 days since next Saturday, the fight will start again, but I still want to enjoy this day... ). Tonight I plan to watch American Idol 2006 season 5 on TV. Actually the tv shows this program twice a day, but I can only watch the latter (night) one because the former one is shown at 19.00 when I have my TOEFL Class. Oh yes, next week my TOEFL class will finish (and I have also taken the International TOEFL Score at Jakarta).

This afternoon I had a physic exam about Relativity. It was not very hard actually, but there was one question which didn't provide the correct answer on its options. I think my teacher intentionally made it wrong to confuse the students. Hmm... . What do you think??

Oh yes, one more thing. I've just added a new feature (Mini Poll) in my blog. Please vote, thanks... :)

INDONESIAN

Setelah hari demi hari, minggu demi minggu, bulan demi bulan, tahun demi tahun (waa... > hiperbola banget yach, he3... . LOL) kerja keras, akhirnya hari ini aku mendapatkan hari yang santai. Besok nggak ada ulangan dan tugas untuk diselesaikan!!! Akhirnya!!!

Trus, apa yang aku lakukan hari ini? Sebenernya sih nggak ada yang istimewa juga. Ini juga sebenarnya cuma satu lagi hari yang biasa untuk aku. Aku cuma ngelakuin yang biasa aku lakuin tiap hari kayak main internet, nonton tv, baca buku, dll tapi sesuatu yang membedakan hari ini dari hari lain adalah di hari ini aku nggak terbebani sama ulangan atau tugas untuk diselesaiin. He3.... . (mungkin aku cuma ngerasain perasaan ini 2 hari doank sih, soalnya mulai besok Sabtu pertarungannya dimulai lagi, tapi aku masih tetep mau menikmati hari ini....). Malem ini aku dah ngerencanain mau nonton American Idol 2006 musim kelima di TV. Sebenernya sih tvnya nampilin acara ini 2 kali sehari, tapi aku bisanya nonton yang belakangan (malem) soalnya tayangan pertamanya tuh jam 19.00 waktu aku lagi les TOEFL. Oh iya, minggu depan kelas TOEFLku selesai (dan aku kan juga udagh ngambil TOEFL Internasional di Jakarta).

Siang ini aku ulangan fisika tentang Relativitas. Nggak susah-susah banget sebenernya, tapi ada 1 soal yang nggak menyediakan jawaban yeng bener di pilihannya. Menurutku suh guruku sengaja membuat tuh soal kayak gitu untuk bikin muridnya bingung. Bagaimana menurutmu?

Oh iya, aku baru aja nambahin fasilitas baru di blogku (Mini Poll). Tolong ikutan ngevote yach, thanks... :)

Ordinary Tuesday + A Lil' About Open House

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This morning, as usual, I got up pretty early then I went to school. At school I had a biology exam and I think I could do it pretty well. Actually today our class had to hand in a chemistry task and we had one week to finish (well, I can hand mine in tomorrow because I went to Jakarta last weekend). Just like usual, my friends did this task at school this morning in hurry during the lessons and 3 breaks. I'm pretty confused about this. They know that postponing task is bad, but why do they still do it?? It's weird.

Then, after getting back home I made my chemistry paper. After 2 hours struggling with this, finally it was finished. It was 4 PM and I was so exhausted. Therefore I took a nap for 1 hour. After that I went to my English Class from 6 PM until 7.30 PM. Then, I went back home.

Yup, it was one more ordinary day.... :(

O yes, I wanna tell you a little about my school's open house. Actually I didn't attend it (you know, I was at Jakarta at that time) but my friends told me some things about it. Unpredictably, it was a great open house. There were about more than 2 thousands visitors and my class' stand was pretty crowded (actually my class' position was not very strategist). Then, the income is Rp. XXXXXX,oo (secret, LOL). Then, at Saturday night there were fireworks party (my friend said there were 102 fireworks). It's great... :) I was very surprised when I heard this news (because I didn't suppose that it would be a great one and there was fireworks).

INDONESIAN

Pagi ini, kayak biasanya, aku bangun lumayan pagi trus pergi ke sekolah. Di sekolah ada ulangan biologi dan rasanya aku bisa deh. Sebenarnya sih hari ini kelasku harus mengumpulkan tugas kimia dan kita punya waktu 1 minggu untuk nyelesein (kalo aku boleh ngumpulin besok soalnya aku kan ke Jakarta akhir minggu kemarin). Kayak biasanya, temen-temenku ngerjain ni tugas di sekolah pagi ini dengan terburu-buru selama pelajaran dan 3 istirahat. Aku rada bingung deh sama ini. Mereka tahu kalo menunda tugas itu jelek, tapi kenapa koq masuk dilakuin?? Aneh.

Trus, habis pulang ke rumah aku ngerjain tugas kimiaku. Habis 2 jam kerja keras dengan ini, akhirnya selesai juga. Udah jam 4 tuh dan aku capek banget. Makanya aku trus istirahat selama 1 jam. Habis itu aku pergi ke kursus Inggrisku dari jam 6 sore sampe jam 7.30 malem. Trus, aku pulang.

Yup, ini cuma satu lagi hariku yang biasa-biasa aja.... :(

O iya, aku mau cerita dikit tentang open house sekolahku. Sebenernya sih aku nggak dateng (ya tau lah, aku kan ke Jakarta waktu itu) tapi temen-temenku cerita beberapa hal tentang open housenya. Ternyata nggak terduga, kemarin acaranya hebat. Ternyata ada lebih dari dua ribu orang yang dateng dan ternyata kelasku lumayan rame juga (sebenernya sih posisi kelasku nggak strategis banget). Trus, pendapatannya adalah Rp. XXXXXX,oo (rahasia, LOL). Trus, malem Sabtunya ada semacam pesta kembang api gitu (temenku ngitung ada 102 kembang api). Hebat banget tuh... :) Aku lumayan kaget waktu denger berita ini (soalnya aku nggak menduga akan menjadi pesta yang hebat dan ada kembang apinya).

My Weekend at Jakarta

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I spent my weekend in Jakarta last week, and here the story is:

Friday

I got up at 5.45 AM in the morning, and at 6.30 I departed to the airport. After checking in, I waited for my plane at Garuda's Lounge. Then, at 7.30 all passengers went on board to the Garuda's Boeing 737-400 aircraft. At 7.45 AM, the aircraft took off and at 8.35 AM, my plane landed smoothly at Soekarno-Hatta Airport.

After taking my luggage, I cought a taxi and went directly to Imperium Tower in Kuningan to take my TOEFL test. It was still 9 AM in the morning. Unpredictably, the traffic was okay. There was no traffic jam, therefore at 9.30 AM I arrived at Imperium Tower. Well, actually my appointment was at 1 PM and at that time I thought that I had to wait for 3 hours there!! Fortunately, I could have my test earlier since I felt confident enough to take the test. Then at 10.30 AM I took my test. At 1.15 PM, the test was over and my final score will be sent in 2 or 3 weeks... . (I hope it's good...).

Then, I went to my hotel (Dusit Mangga Dua) and checked in. At 6.30 I went to look for dinner and I decided to eat at Hoka-Hoka Bento Restaurant. At 7.30 I went back to my hotel then studied for the test.

Saturday

My alarm woke me up at 6 AM, then I took a bath and had breakfast at the hotel's restaurant. At 7 AM, I departed to Four Seasons Hotel to take my test. Actually it only took around 30 minutes to go there (at first I thought it would be 1 hour or more, therefore I departed a lil' earlier). At 7.30 AM I arrived at Four Seasons Hotel and at 9 AM the first test (English Language) began. Then, at 11.30 AM we had break and I had lunch at Seasons Cafe. It was expensive (well, you know hotels are always expensive)!!! Then, at 2 PM the second subject (math) began. At 4 PM it was all over and I went back to my hotel. English was okay I think but math was difficult. It was totally different with the sample papers. The sample was a lot easier and the real test was a lot harder... . It really broke some strategies....

I decided to just stay at the hotel that night and had dinner at the hotel to prepare for the physics subject the next day.

Sunday

My alarm woke me up at 6.30 AM (yea, I decided to get up a lil' late since at Saturday I had to wait for 1.5 hours at the Four Seasons Hotel). Then, at 7.30 I departed to Four Seasons Hotel. At 8 AM I arrived and at 9 AM the physics exam started. It was easy (actually I only needed 1 hour to finish all questions but I thought it was a lot wiser not to be in a hurry, just stayed calm, and rechecked my answers --> I really made use the whole time). At 11.00 AM the test finished and I went back to my hotel.

At noon I checked out and then had lunch at Hoka-hoka Bento Restaurant again. At 1 PM I went to Taman Anggrek Mall until 3.45 PM. After that I went to the airport. Unfortunately, the flight was delayed. I mean there was 'joining flight' between GA 214 (that should have departed at 5 PM) and GA 204 (my flight which should depart at 6 PM). Because of that we were late for almost 40 minutes!! I just sat on my seat for more than 1 hour inside a plane which was not moving!! :( :( :( Finally at 6.50 PM it took off and landed at Adisutjipto Airport, Yogyakarta at 7.40 PM safely.

::: Garuda's Lounge at Adisutjipto Airport, Yogyakarta

::: Garuda Indonesia Boeing 737-400 GA 203 which brought me to Jakarta

::: Inside Imperium Tower

::: Dusit Mangga Dua where I stayed at

::: Sirloin Steak for my dinner last Saturday

::: Taman Anggrek Mall and Condominiums

::: Garuda Indonesia Boeing 737-400 GA 204 which brought me back to Yogyakarta


INDONESIAN

Aku menghabiskan waktu akhir mingguku di Jakarta dan ini dia ceritanya:

Jumat

Aku bangun jam 5.45 pagi, trus jam 6.30 aku berangkat ke airport. Habis check-in, aku nunggu pesawatku di loungenya Garuda. Trus, jam 7.30 semua penumpang naik ke pesawat Boeing 737-400nya Garuda. Jam 7.45 pesawatnya tinggal landas. Jam 8.35 pagi, pesawatku mendarat dengan mulus di Bandara Soekarno-Hatta.

Habis ngambil bagasiku, aku naik taksi trus langsung pergi ke Menara Imperium di Kuningan buat ngambil tes TOEFLku. Pas itu masu=ih jam 9 pagi. Tidak terduga, ternyata trafficnya lancar. Nggak ada kemacetan, jadi jam 9.30 pagi aku dah sampe di Menara Imperium. Sebenarnya sih perjanjiannya tuh jam 1 siang dah waktu itu aku mikir kalo aku bakalan mesti nunggu 3 jam di sana!! Untungnya, aku bisa ngambil tesnya agak pagian soalnya aku lumayan siap untuk segera ngambil tesnya. Trus jam 10.30 aku mulai tes. Jam 1.15 tesnya selesai dan nilai akhir bakalan dikirim dalam 2 atau 3 minggu ke depan... . (Moga-moga hasilnya bagus....)..

Trus aku pulang ke hotelku (Dusit Mangga Dua) trus check in. Jam 6.30 aku nyari makan trus akhirnya makan di Restoran Hoka-Hoka Bento. Jam 7.30 aku balik ke hotel trus belajar untuk tesnya.

Sabtu

Alarmku mbangunin aku jam 6 pagi, trus aku mandi dan makan pagi di restorannya hotel. Jam 7 pagi aku berangkat ke Hotel Four Seasons untuk ikut tes. Sebenarnya cuma butuh setengah jam sih untuk sampe ke sana (pertamanya aku ngira bakalan sekitar 1 jam atau lebih, jadi aku berangkat agak pagian). Jam 7.30 pagi aku sampe di Hotel Four Seasons trus jam 9 pagi tes pertama (Bahasa Inggris) dimulai. Jam 11.30 soang ada istirahat trus aku makan di Cafe Seasons. Mahal banget (ya semua tau lah kalo hotel tu mesti mahal)!!! Trus jam 2 siang tes kedua (matematika) dimulai. Jam 4 sore semua dah selesai trus aku balik ke hotel. Bahasa Inggris rasanya oke tapi matematikanya susah. Beda banget antara contoh soal sama kenyataannya... . Contoh soalnya lebih gampang dah kenyataannya jauh lebih susah... . Bener-bener merusak beberapa strategi deh...

Trus aku mutusin untuk tinggal di hotel aja malem itu dan makan malemnya ya di hotel untuk siap-siap buat tes fisika besoknya.

Minggu

Alarmku bunyi jam 6.30 pagi (yup, aku mutusin untuk bangun agak siangan dikit soalnya Sabtu sebelumnya aku mesti nunggu 1,5 jam di Hotel Four Seasons). Trus jam 7.30 pagi aku berangkat ke Hotel Four Seasons. Jam 8 pagi aku sampe trus jam 9 pagi tes fisikanya dimulai. Tadi gampang sih (sebenernya sih aku cuma butuh 1 jam buat nyelesein semuanya, tapi menurutku lebih bijak kalo aku nggak keburu-buru, tetep tenang, dan ngecek ulang jawabankyu --> aku bener-bener memanfaatkan semua waktu yang ada). Jam 11 tesnya selesai trus aku pulang ke hotel.

Trus aku keluar dari hotel trus makan siang di Restoran Hoka-Hoka Bento lagi. Jam 1 siang aku pergi ke Mall Taman Anggrek sampe jam 3.45 siang. Habis itu aku langsung ke airport. Sayangnya, ternyata penerbangannya terlambat. Maksudku tadi ada semacam 'penerbangan gabungan' antara GA 214 (yang harusnya berangkat jam 5 sore) dengan GA 204 (pesawatku, yang harusnya berangkat jam 6 sore). Karena itu kita terlambat sekitar 40 menit!! Aku cuma duduk di kursiku selama 1 jam di dalam pesawat yang nggak bergreak!! :( :( :( Akhirnya jam 6.50 sore pesawatku lepas landas dan mendarat di Bandara Adisutjipto, Yogyakarta jam 7.40 malam dengan selamat.

An Ordinary Day, Open House, Going to Jakarta, and the 100th!!

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Today I got one more ordinary day. I think I just don't need to tell about it because you will be bored. Lol.

Well, actually next Saturday and Sunday, my school will have an open house where outsiders are invited to come and visit my school. Therefore, each class has to make one stand and every students has to be there. But because tomorrow I'm going to Jakarta until Sunday evening, I can't attend it. But it doesn't mean that I don't get involved in it. My class decides to make a drink and toast stall and 3 stalls of games. I don't know why, my friends asked me to manage the money, but because tomorrow I'm leaving, one friend helped me doing this. Well, I also helped my class creates a small marketing strategy. Lol....

Well, tomorrow morning I'm leaving to Jakarta to take my TOEFL test and NUS Entrance Examination. I'll write about it here probably next Sunday... :)

Then, finally it reaches 100!!! This is my 100th message.... :) Thanks for your attention so far and keep on reading my blog... :) Thanks very much... :)

INDONESIAN

Hari ini adalah satu hari yang biasa lagi untuk aku. Menurutku sih aku nggak perlu nulis tentang ini soalnya kamu akan bosan... . Lol.

Sebenernya, besok Sabtu dan Minggu di sekolahku bakalan ngadain open house dimana orang luar diundang untuk datang dan mengunjungi sekolahku. Makanya, tiap kelas harus membuat semacam stand dan tiap murid harus hadir. Tapi, karena besok aku ke Jakarta sampe Minggu malem, aku nggak bisa dateng. Tapi itu bukan berarti aku nggak terlibat lho ya.... . Kelasku memutuskan untuk membuat sebuah stand minuman dan roti dan juga 3 stand permainan. Nggak tau kenapa temenku minta bantuanku untuk ngurus keuangannya, tapi karena besok aku pergi, jadi satu orang temen mbantu aku tentang ini. Aku juga membantu kelasku membuat semacam strategi pemasaran kecil-kecilan. Lol.....

Besok pagi aku pergi ke Jakarta untuk ngambil tes TOEFL sama mengikuti tes masuk NUS. Aku bakalan nulis tentang ini mungkin besok Minggu... :)

Trus, akhirnya mencapai angka 100!! Ini adalah messageku yang ke 100... :) Makasih atas perhatiannya selama ini dan terus membaca blogku yach... :) Makasih bgt... :)

Tuesday + Bad Mood

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First of all, I wanna say: HAPPY VALENTINES DAY to all of you.... :)

This morning I went to school. Just like usual, we had lessons and it started at 7 AM. I had an Indonesian exam this morning. It was not very hard but also not very easy.... . Then, I went back home at 13.45 PM.

At home, I surfed the net for a while and then I took a nap. At 6 PM I went to my conversation class until 7.45 PM. Then, I went back home. Arrrggghhh... . It was a very ordinary day.... :(

I don't know why but I was in bad mood today. Because tomorrow I'm having biology and maths exams, I didn't go to anywhere, just studying and surfing the net at home. This dropped my mood to a worser level. I hope my mood comes back tomorrow... . I hate being in this mood.... :( >> because of that too, this message is also very short...

INDONESIAN

Pertama-tama, aku mau ngucapin SELAMAT VALENTINE untuk kalian semua..... :)

Pagi ini aku pergi ke sekolah. Kayak biasanya, kita ada pelajaran dan dimulai jam 7 pagi. Trus tadi ada ulangan bahasa indonesia. Nggak susah-susah amat, tapi juga nggak gampang-gampang amat sih.... . Trus, aku pulang jam 13.45 siang.

Di rumah, aku main internet bentar, trus aku istirahat siang. Jam 6 sore aku pergi ke kelas conversationku sampe jam 7.45. Habis itu aku pulang. Arrgggggghhh....... . Benar-benar hari yang biasa banget.... :(

Nggak tau kenapa aku lagi nggak mood hari ini. Gara-gara besok ulangan biologi sama matematika, aku nggak pergi kemana-mana, cuma belajar sama main internet di rumah. Ini malah bikin moodku turun ke level yang lebih buruk deh. Moga-moga moodku dah balik deh besok... . Sebel juga nih moodnya lagi kaya gini.... :( >> gara-gara itu juga, message ini juga pendek banget...

The Test

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Yesterday and today I had my NTU Entrance Examination test in Magelang.

I departed from Jogja yesterday morning at 9.30 AM. Then, we arrived at Magelang at 11.00 AM. At first I checked the place and my seat number. I got number 022. Then, because I still had 2 more hours to the first subject, I had luch first until 12.15 PM.

At 12.45 PM, the examinees were told to enter the hall (the examination room). I looked for seat number 022 and I found it on the first row!!! The first subject was math. We were given 5 questions and we 'only' had to do 4 of them. However, it was very difficult. I think I could do question number 1 nearly perfect, and only could do some parts of other questions. Then, after the time was over, I asked some of my friends and apparently they met the same problems with me. Well, I felt a bit relieved then (I used to think that probably I was the only one who couldn't do the question) >> they are also my competitors... . Lol.... . Then, at 4.30 PM, the second test, English test, got started. It was not a difficult test actually (compared with math). We had to make a writing, read a passage and answered the questions, and also guessed some words. I think I could do it pretty well.

Then, the first day finished. On the way to the hotel, I had dinner. At 7.30 I arrived at the hotel then took a bath. After that, I studied physics to prepare myself for the 2 facing subjects (physics and chemistry). I then fell asleep at 10 PM.

At 6 AM in the morning, my alarm woke me up. I took a bath then and had breakfast at the hotel's restaurant. At 6.45 I finished having breakfast and then I went to the test centre.

At 8 AM, the physics test was started. I think I could do it pretty well, but I am not very sure. So, my answer if you ask about my physics test will be hopefully fine. Then, at 11.30 AM the chemistry exam was started. It was harder than the physics one I think (even some of my friends said that chemistry was easier) >> I prefer physics to chemistry. However, I think I made a small mistake because of carelessness... . Arggghhh.... . Both physics and chemistry had multiple choices part, and this part was the easiest part both in chemistry and physics for me.

Then, at 1.30 PM all the tests finished, and I went back to Jogja. Sorry no pic was taken since I didn't have any time to take them

INDONESIAN

Kemarin sama hari ini aku mengikuti ujian masuk NTU di Magelang.

Aku berangkat dari Jogja kemarin pagi jam 9.30. Trus, kita sampe di Magelang jam 11 siang. Pertamanya aku ngecek tempatnya sama nomer urut tempat dudukku. Aku dapet nomer 022. Trus, karena aku masih punya waktu 2 jam ke ulangan pertama, aku makan siang dulu sampe jam 12.15.

Jam 12.45 siang, para peserta ujian disuruh masuk ke ruangan ujiannya. Aku nyari kursi nomer 022 dan ternyata tuh tempat aku temuin di barisan pertama!!! Trus, pelajaran pertama adalah matematika. Kita dikasi 5 soal dan 'cuma' disuruh ngerjain 4. Trus, soalnya susah-susah. Kayaknya sih aku bisa ngerjain soal nomer 1 mendekati sempurna, dan cuma bisa ngerjain beberapa bagian dari soal-soal lain. Trus, habis waktunya habis, aku tanya ke temen-temenku dan ternyata mereka menemui masalah yang sama. Trus, aku merasa lumayan lega (aku sempet ngira jangan-jangan cuma aku sendiri yang gabisa ngerjain tuh soal) >> mereka kan sainganku juga... . Lol.... . Trus, jam 4.30, ujian kedua, Bahasa Inggris dimulai. Nggak susah-susah amat koq (jika dibandingkan sama matematika). Kita disuruh membuat karangan, membaca bacaan dan menjawab beberapa pertanyaan, dan juga menebak beberapa kata. Rasanya sih aku bisa ngerjain lumayan lah...

Trus, hari pertama selesai. Di perjalanan menuju hotel, aku makan malem dulu. Trus jam 7.30 malem aku sampe di hotel trus mandi. Habis itu aku belajar fisika untuk siap-siap menghadapi 2 tes (fisika dan kimia). Trus aku tidur jam 10 malem.

Jam 6 pagi harinya, alarmku membangunkan aku. Aku trus mandi trus sarapan di restoran hotelnya. Jam 6.45 aku seelsai sarapan trus aku berangkat ke tempat tesnya.

Jam 8 pagi, ujian fisikanya dimulai. Kayaknya sih aku bisa ngerjain lumayan, cuma nggak yakin-yakin amat. Jadi jawabanku kalo kamu tanya tentang tes fisikaku ya moga-moga ok-ok aja. Trus jam 11.30 tes kimia dimulai. Menurutku sih kimia ini lebih susah daripada fisikanya (walau beberapa temenku ngomong kalo kimianya lebih gampang) >> aku lebih suka fisika deh daripada kimia. Trus aku tadi kayaknya membuat kesalahan kecil karena ketidaktelitian... . Arggghhh.... . Kedua soal kimia sama fisika punya bagian pilihan ganda, dan bagian ini adalah bagian yang paling gampang baik di fisika atau di kimia untuk aku.

Trus, jam 1.30 siang semua tesnya selesai, trus aku balik ke Jogja. Sorry nggak ada gambarnya soalnya aku nggak ada waktu buat ngambil gambar.

It's Friday the tenth!!!!!

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This Friday was just one more ordinary day for me. I had lessons at school and had to get up early and did my routinities. I got back from school then I surfed the net and continued with having a nap. At 6 PM I had my TOEFL class until 7.30 PM. After that I went back home, studied, and surfed the net again.

I think this week is my computer week. Last Tuesday I bought a new printer (as you can read here), and last Wednesday I faced a new problem. When I surfed the net, the monitor was error. It was like when a bulb lamp is gonna die. After this situation happened for some minutes, finally my monitor showed nothing, all was black. Then, because I really needed to use the computer, I bought a new monitor (well, actually my old monitor was very old. I bought it at 1998) yesterday. It cost Rp. XXXXXXX,oo (it's secret, LOL). This new monitor is a lot better and more modern. You can see the pic below.

The title above don't show an excitement actually. It shows nervousness. Tomorrow (until Sunday), I'm having my NTU Entrance Examination at Magelang. Wish me luck... (I will write about it next Sunday). I'm not going to school tomorrow, in other hand tomorrow my class have biology and PPKn exam (since the Entrance Test is a lot more important than the 2 exams >>( it relates to my future.... ) so I'm not going to school tomorrow >> it's better than dividing my concentration on another thing beside the Entrance Test....).

::: my new monitor

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Jumat ini adalah satu hari yang biasa lagi untuk aku. Aku ada pelajaran kayak biasa di sekolah dan harus bangun pagi dan melakukan rutinitasku. Aku pulang dari sekolah trus langsung main komputer, habis itu melanjutkan dengan istirahat siang. Jam 6 sore aku pergi ke kelas TOEFLku sampe jam 7.30. Habis itu aku pulang, belajar, dan main komputer lagi.

Kayaknya sih minggu ini adalah minggu komputerku. Habis Selasa kemarin aku beli printer baru (kamu bisa baca di sini), kemarin Rabu aku menghadapi masalah baru. Waktu aku lagi main internet, monitorku error. Kemarin tuh kayak waktu sebuah lampu bohlam mau mati gitu. Habis situasi ini terjadi beberapa menit, akhirnya monitornya mati, warnanya cuma item doank tuh layarnya. Trus, karena aku butuh komputer segera, aku beli monitor baru (sebenernya sih monitorku yang lama tuh dah tua, aku beli tahun 1998) kemarin. Harganya tuh Rp. XXXXXXX,oo (ini rahasia, LOL). Monitorku yang baru ini lebih baik dan lebih modern. Kamu bisa ngeliat gambarnya di atas.

Judul di atas sebenarnya nggak nunjukin kesenangan loh. Malah nunjukin kekhawatiran (deg-degan). Besok (sampe Minggu), aku bakalan ikut tes masuk NTU di Magelang. Moga-moga aku bisa.... (aku ntar nulis tentang ini besok Minggu). Besok aku nggak masuk sekolah, tp di sisi lain besok tuh padahal ulangan biologi sama PPKn (tapi karena tes masuk jauh lebih penting daripada 2 ulangan >> (kan menentukan masa depanku) jadi aku nggak masuk besok >> lebih baik daripada membagi konsetrasiku ke hal lain selain tes masuknya....)

An Ordinary Day

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Today was just an ordinary day for me. At school actually we had planned to have a physic examination, however, some (or many) of my friends didn’t (or don’t) understand the subject and they wanted to postpone the exam. So, this morning my friend begged the physic exam to postpone the exam (yesterday, the other class also postponed the exam, but they had stronger reason, they had 3 exams yesterday). Do you know what my classmates reason was? They said that the night before, they supported my school’s basketball team in the semi-final round of the basketball competition. Then, because my teacher was ‘kind’, he granted it. Then, everything was just fine.

After returning back home, I had to help my father printing some pages of pictures and drawing scheme which will be used in the meeting. Well, my old printer was running out of ink, therefore my father bought a new one. So, I have 2 printers right now. The new one is faster but more noisy. Then, I took a nap.

Well, I almost overslept this evening (because I was very exhausted). At 6.00 PM I had my conversation class, and I got up at 5.30!! So, I rushed and fortunately I arrived on time. The class finished at 7.30 PM and I returned back home... .

::: My New Printer

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Hari ini cuma hari yang biasa aja untuk aku. Di sekolah kita udah ngerencanain untuk ulangan fisika, tetapi, beberapa (atau banyak) temenku yang tadi pagi enggak (atau emang nggak tau juga sampe sekarang) yang nggak ngerti materinya dan mereka pengen menunda ulangannya. Jadi, tadi pagi temenku memohon sama guruku buat menunda ulangannya (kemarin, kelas lain juga menunda ulangan ini sih, tapi mereka punya alasan yang lebih kuat, kemarin mereka ada 3 ulangan). Tau apa alasan dari temen sekelasku? Mereka ngomong kalo malam sebelumnya, mereka mendukung tim basket sekolahku di babak semi-final kompetisi basket. Trus, karena guruku tuh ‘baik hati’, dia mengabulkannya. Trus, semuanya ok2 aja.

Habis sampe di rumah, aku harus mbantu papaku nge-print beberapa halaman tentang gambar-gambar sama skema gambar yang bakalan dipake untuk meeting. Tapi, karena printerku yang lama kehabisan tinta, jadi papaku belu printer yang baru. Jadi, aku punya 2 printer sekarang. Yang baru lebih cepet tapi juga lebih ribut. Habis itu aku istirahat siang.

Trus, tadi aku nyaris bangun telat tuh (soalnya aku capek banget). Jam 6 sore aku ada kelas untuk conversationku, dan aku bangunnya jam 5.30 sore!! Jadi, aku buru-buru dan untungnya aku sampenya tepat waktu. Kelasnya selesai jam 7.30 malem trus aku balik ke rumah... .

Saturday 4th

Note: There was an error in my blog. Actually I have already posted this message before, however, I don't know why, some minutes ago I openned my blog and it vanished!! When I checked in the control area of my blog, it also vanished!! Oh My God, I don't believe this!! I have to rewrite the message again.... :(

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This morning at school we had no lessons because today, 4th February, is a special day. Fourth February is the St. John de Britto Day, my school's saint. So, what did we do at school this morning?

At 8 AM, we had a mass liturgy for about 1,5 hours. After that, we had some announcements. Then, the new student comitee members were inaugurated. The Voting process was held last Thursday, and yesterday, the old student comitee members counted the voting result. We picked the top three (of four) from the second year candidates and the top five (of ten) from the first year candidates. Therefore we got 8 new members. I chose 3 candidates last Thursday and 2 of them were on the top three of the voting final result. After the inauguration finished, we had a book launching. This book apparently was created by the first year students (and some helps from a teacher). After that, we had lunch together at school.

Then, at 4 PM I went to the gym after being absent for about 2 weeks. Well, I feel that now I always don't have enough time to go to the gym. I am absent most of the time :( Then, at 6.30 I hanged out with my friends. At first we went to the bowling center (I played pretty good this evening...) until 8.20 PM. After that, we had dinner at a chinese restaurant. Unfortunately, the restaurant was expensive!! Actually it served big portions and also yummy foods, however, I still prefer the cheaper one.... :(. Then, at 9.30 PM we went back home.

Last Thursday I watched the film, Memoirs of A Geisha. It was good I think even probably at some parts it was dull. I think the producer cut the story at some parts (for example at the beginning of the film), but I know that he had to do that. The novel was around 470 pages and the film was only 2,5 hours. Nobody could make a full-story film (without any shortening) in that condition for sure. Then, my other comment: the film was spoken in English and the stars were (mostly) Asians. Therefore, the accent of the English they spoke was Asian, not American or British English. It was easy for me to listen at some parts (the subtitle didn't work well) because they spoke slowly (not very fast).

::: Nanking Chicken and Hot Plate

::: Nitta Sayuri / Chiyo Sakamoto (Zhang Zi Yi) and Mameha (Michelle Yeoh) at The Memoirs of A Geisha

::: Hatsumomo (Gong Li) at The Memoirs of A Geisha

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Pagi ini di sekolah nggak ada pelajaran soalnya hari ini, tanggal 4 Februari, adalah hari spesial. Empat Februari adalah Hari Santo Johanes de Britto, pelindung sekolahku. Jadi, apa yang kita lakukan di sekolah pagi ini?

Jam 8 pagi, kita mesti mengikuti perayaan ekaristi selama sekitar 1,5 jam. Habis itu ada beberapa pengumuman. Trus, anggota baru dari pengurus OSIS (presidium) dilantik. Votingnya dilakuin hari Kamis kemarin, dan kemarin Jumat pengurus presidium yang lama menghitung perolehan suaranya. Kita mengambil 3 teratas (dari 4) dari kandidat kelas dua dan lima teratas (dari sepuluh) dari kandidat kelas satu. Makanya kita memperoleh 8 anggota presidium yang baru. Aku memilih 3 kandidat Kamis kemarin dan ternyata 2 dari mereka masuk ke posisi 3 besar pada hasil akhir votingnya. Habis pelantikan selesai, tadi ada launching buku. Buku ini ternyata dikarang oleh anak kelas satu (dengan beberapa bantuan dari guru). Habis itu, kita makan siang bareng di sekolah.

Trus jam 4 sore aku pergi ke gym lagi setelah 2 minggu nggak latihan. Hmm, aku ngerasa koq sekarang aku jadi nggak punya cukup waktu untuk ke gym ya? Aku kebanyakan absen nih :( Trus, jam 6.30 aku pergi sama temenku. Pertama, kita pergi ke tempat bowling (aku ternyata main lumayan tadi) sampe jam 8.20 malem. Trus kita makan di restoran chinese food. Sayangnya, restorannya mahal!! Sebenernya mereka tuh porsinya besar dan enak juga, tetapi, aku lebih milih restoran yang lebih murah deh... . Trus, jam 9.30 kita pulang.

Kamis kemarin aku nonton film Memoirs of A Geisha. Filmnya menurutku bagus juga walau mungkin pada beberapa bagian agak membosankan. Kayaknya sih produsernya memotong ceritanya pada beberapa bagian (misalnya pas awal filmnya tuh), tapi aku tahu kalo dia harus melakukannya. Novelnya sekitar 470 halaman dan filmnya cuma berdurasi 2,5 jam. Nggak ada kan yang bisa membuat film penuh (tanpa pemotongan cerita) pada keadaan itu. Trus, komentarku yg lain: film ini berbahasa Inggris dan pemainnya (kebanyakan) orang Asia. Jadi, aksen Inggrisnya tuh aksen Asia, bukan aksen Amerika atau Inggris. Untuk aku ternyata gampang untuk mendengarkan langsung pada beberapa bagian (teksnya nggak jalan) soalnya mereka ngomongnya pelan (tidak terlalu cepat)

Exhausting First Day

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Finally today I started my schoolday again after having a 'break' for 8 days (4 days retreat and 4 days Chinese New Year Holiday + Lunar New Year Holiday + Sunday). Well, just like what I had expected before, this day was a tough and exhausting day.

This morning I had to get up at 5.45 AM again, and did my morning routinity. At school, we had a biology work at the laboratory about the photosynthetic process. Well, actually we didn't have full time schoolday this morning since we are gonna elect new student comitee members for the year 2006 - 2007 tomorrow. This morning, the 14 candidates campaigned themselves and declared their vision and mission. We will eliminate 6 people from this 14 to get the 8 members of the new student comitee. Actually there were about 100 candidates, but the process has eliminated most of them so far, so now we are down to the top 14.

Actually, now I haven't decided who will get my votes (we will choose 3 candidates, 1 from the second year candidates and 2 from the first year candidates) yet. But I know that I won't vote for some candidates since they are not fit (in my view) to be the student comitee. They exaggerated their mission, unfortunately they didn't sound good (like what they hoped to be) but they were high sounding.

Well, the school ended at 13.35 PM this afternoon. After that I decided to take a nap. I don't know why, this afternoon I didn't have a well rest. I didn't feel good and fresh after having a nap, however I felt tired and stiff. Then, at 18.00 PM I had my TOEFL Preparation until 19.30 PM.

After reaching home, the electricity went out!! Arrrggghhh..... . I had to pass the one hour time by doing nothing.... . :(

O yes, I have also finished reading the novel Memoirs of a Geisha. It's a good novel, and I like the story..... :)



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Akhirnya hari ini aku memulai lagi hari-hari sekolahku lagi setelah 'istirahat' selama 8 hari (4 hari retret plus 4 hari liburan Imlek + liburan tahun baru Muharam + hari Minggu). Kayak yang udah aku kira sebelumnya, hari ini tuh berat dan hari yang bikin capek.

Pagi ini aku mesti bangun jam 5.45 pagi lagi, dan melakukan rutinitas pagiku. Di sekolah, tadi ada praktikum biologi tentang proses fotosintesis. Sebenarnya sih hari ini kita nggak penuh pelajaran soalnya kita bakalan milih anggota presidium (OSIS) yang baru untuk tahun 2006 - 2007 besok. Pagi ini, 14 kandidat berkampanye dan menyebutkan visi dan misi mereka. Kita akan mengeliminasi 6 orang dari 14 sehingga didapat 8 anggota presidium yang baru. Sebenarnya ada lebih dari 100 kandidat, tapi proses sudah mengeliminasi kebanyakan dari mereka sejauh ini, dan sekarang menyisakan 14 orang kandidat.

Sebenarnya, aku belum nentuin ke siapa 3 suaraku (kita besok disuruh memilih 3 kandidat, 1 orang dari kandidat kelas 2 dan 2 orang dari kandidat kelas 1) akan aku kasih. Tapi, aku tahu aku nggak bakalan memilih beberapa dari mereka soalnya mereka nggak cocok (menurut pandanganku) untuk jadi anggota presidium. Mereka melebih-lebihkan misi mereka, dan sayangnya nggak terdengar bagus (seperti yg tentunya mereka harapkan) tapi malah terdengar muluk.

Hari ini sekolah selesai jam 13.35 siang. Habis itu aku pingin istirahat siang. Aku nggak tau kenapa, siang ini aku nggak bisa istirahat dengan enak. Aku nggak ngerasa enak dan seger habis istirahat, malah ngerasa capek dan kaku. Trus, jam 6 sore sampe jam 7.30 malem aku pergi ke kelas persiapan TOEFLku.

Habis sampe rumah, ternyata listriknya mati!! Arrrggghhh..... . Aku harus melewatkan 1 jam dengan tidak melakukan apa-apa.... :(

Oh iya, aku juga udah selesai baca Novel Memoar Seorang Geisha. Novelnya bagus juga, dan aku lumayan suka ceritanya.... :)