A Lil' Shock and My Last Competition

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One of my most favorite TV show these weeks is American Idol 2006 (season 5). Well, you know I don't live in The US, but many TV Channel here show this program as one of theirs. (probably this is one kind of The US' imperialism). However, that's not what I want to write right now.

Well, this week, the Idols were down to the top 10 and they sang the 21st century songs. Some of them were good and the other were terrible. The judges (Randy Jackson, Paula Abdul, and Simon Cowell) were pretty hard to be pleased. For me, some of them did great (Katharine, Elliott, and Paris). Some were good (Mandisa, Lisa, Chris, and Taylor). And the rest were horrible. But, in the result show the bottom three (of votes) was shocking and unpredictable. Katharine, Ace, and Lisa were in the Bottom Three. I was pretty surprised to see Lisa and Katharine (especially Katharine) in the bottom three. Katharine is always great in her performances (well, this week wasn't her best, I admit). Lisa sang good, but she had been in the bottom three for 2 weeks in row. Ace, he is terrible for me, and I guess he won't stand long on that stage.... . And, the one who was voted off is XXX (well, I don't want to write his/her name because I don't want to ruin the excitement for those who haven't watched this episode yet).

Well, this morning I got an offering from my biology teacher to join a biology olympiad next April. I accept it and it means that my first and last competitions during my high-school time are both biology, lol.

To download those bottom three mp3s (American Idol), click on their name and songs here and just follow the guide):
Ace Young - Drops of Jupiter
Lisa Tucker - Because of You
Katharine McPhee - The Voice Within

::: Bottom three this week

INDONESIAN

Salah satu acara TV favoritku sekarang adalah American Idol 2006 (season 5). Yah, kamu tahu aku nggak tinggal di Amerika, tapi banyak stasiun TV disini yang nayangin acra ini sebagai salah satu program mereka. (mungkin ini salah satu contoh dari imperialisme Amerika). Tapi, bukan itu yang mau aku tulis sekarang.

Minggu ini, acara ini sampai ke babak 10 besar dan mereka menyanyikan lagi-lagi dari abad 21. Beberapa dari mereka tuh bagus, beberapa jelek. Jurinya (Randy Jackson, Paula Abdul, dan Simon Cowell) ternyata agak susah untuk dibuat seneng. Untuk aku, beberapa tuh bagus (Katharine, Elliott, dan Paris). Beberapa lumayan bagus (Mandisa, Lisa, Chris, danTaylor). Sementara sisanya jelek. Tapi, di result show kemarin, 3 terbawah (dari votingnya) mengagetkan, bikin shock, dan nggak terduga. Katharine, Ace, sama Lisa ada di 3 terbawah. Aku kaget ngeliat Lisa sama Katharine di 3 terbawah (terutama Katharine). Katharine tuh selalu bagus di tiap penampilannya (tapi yang kemarin bukan yang terbaik sih). Lisa nyanyinya lumayan, tapi dia dah di 3 terbawah selama 2 minggu berturut-turut. Ace, dia sih jelek banget, dan aku duga dia ga bakalan lama berdiri di panggung itu.... . Dan yang tereliminasi adalah XXX (aku nggak mau nulis namanya dulu soalnya aku nggak mau menghancurkan keasyikan mereka yang belom nonton episode ini).

Pagi ini aku dapet tawaran dari guru biologiku untuk ikut lomba biologi. Aku menerimanya dan artinya lomba pertama dan terakhirku di masa-masa SMA adalah kesemuanya Biologi, he3....

Untuk men-download mp3nya 3 terbawah American Idol, ada tuh di atas. Klik aja nama / judul lagunya trus ikuti petunjuknya.

It's Wednesday!!

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Well, this Wednesday is a little bit different with the usual Wednesdays because tomorrow is a holiday!!!

First of all, I want to say HAPPY NYEPI DAY to all Hindu-people, especially them in Bali. (Well, if you don't know what Nyepi is, Nyepi is the last day of Balinese Calendar, when no work is done)

This morning I just had an ordinary school-day. Well, we also had some classes in the lab to prepare our practical final examination in both Biology, Chemistry, and Physics. Those would be held in the end of April. Then, I went back home at 13.30 and I just took a nap (after checking email and doing some stuffs around the computer).

At 18.00, three of my friends came to my house to continue our discussion which we also had last Monday at Silla Restaurant. It's almost fixed but we still have to do some more things, so I won't tell what it is now... :D. Well, we chose today because tomorrow is holiday, so we could have the discussion freely. That's not the only reason actually. We decided to have the discussion here in my house because we also wanted to spend less money. If we had dinner somewhere, we would have to spend more money (just like what we did last Monday). Then, we also watched the American Idol Season 5 Top 10 show here.... :) Well, at 10.30 PM we finished and they went back home.

INDONESIAN

Hmm, hari Rabu ini sedikit banyak agak berbeda dari hari-hari Rabu yang biasanya soalnya besok kan libur!!!

Pertama-tama, aku pingin mengucapkan SELAMAT HARI RAYA NYEPI kepada semua orang yang beragama Hindu, terutama yang tinggal di Bali.

Pagi ini tuh di sekolah cuma hari yang biasa aja sih untuk aku. Kita juga ada beberapa kelas di lab untuk mempersiapkan ujian praktikum kita di semua pelajaran Biologi, Kimia, dan Fisika. Semua ujiannya bakalan diadain akhir April nanti. Trus, aku pulang ke rumah jam 13.30 trus istirahat siang (sesudah ngecek email dan melakukan beberapa hal seputar komputer donk tentunya).

Jam 18.00 sore, tiga temenku dateng ke rumahku untuk melanjutkan diskusi kita yang juga kita lakuin Senin kemarin di Restoran Silla. Sudah hampir jadi / pasti sih tapi kita masih harus melakukan beberapa hal lagi, jadi aku nggak bakalan nulis disini apa itu sekarang... :D Trus, kita memilih hari ini soalnya besok kan libur, jadi diskusinya ya lebih bebas gitu. Sebenernya sih itu bukan satu-satunya alasan. Kita memutuskan untuk diskusi di sini, di rumahku, soalnya kita juga pingin mengeluarkan uang lebih sedikit. Kalo misalnya kita makan malem dimana gitu, kan kita harus mbayar uang lagi kan (kayak Senen kmaren gitu)? Trus, kita juga nonton shownya American Idol season 5, 10 besarnya... :) Trus jam 10.30 akhirnya selesai juga dan mereka pulang ke rumah.

Monday + A Dark Night

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Today at 4 PM I went with my friends to talk about something important (well, I won't write the details right now, but I will tell it someday when everything is almost fixed... :D). It was raining very hard from 2.30 PM. At first we planned to go at 3 PM, but my friend asked me to postpone it until 4 PM. I thought it was okay because it was raining very hard at 2.30 PM and I wish it would not be very hard at 4 o'clock. But my wish didn't come true, it was still raining very hard at 4 PM.

Well, then we decided to have dinner at Silla Restaurant to talk about it. We arrived at Silla Restaurant at 5 PM and then ordered our meals. After that we discussed about it while we were eating. At 6.30 we finished having dinner then we went to the Karyoke. It was very expensive!! I thought it was Rp. 28.000,oo for two hours (my friend had asked that to the receptionist and she nodded >> it means an agreement right??). But it was not, Rp. 28.000,oo is for one hour!! OMG, it was very expensive. When I went there some weeks ago (it was weekend). It was not that expensive. It's weird because Monday is more expensive than weekend.... :(

Well, I arrived at home at 9 PM and PLN Sucks!!!!!!! The electricity went out AGAIN. Yea, two days ago it also went out for an hour and so did yesterday. And today it happened again!?!?!?! OMG. PLN works very poorly and I hate that. So, it was no electricity from 7.30 PM until 11.55PM!!!!! Crazy...... . Not only these last 3 days actually. Before, the electricity ALWAYS went out at least once in a two weeks... . That's annoying, isn't it?

INDONESIAN

Hari ini jam 4 sore aku pergi sama temenku untuk membicarakan sesuatu yang penting (aku nggak bakalan nulis detailnya skarang, tapi aku pasti nulis setelah semuanya hampir pasti... :D). Tadi hujan deres banget dari jam 2.30 siang. Pertamanya sih kita mo pergi jam 3. Tapi temeneku minta untuk nunda sampe jam 4. Aku rasa pas itu sih gapapa soalnya kan lagi ujan tuh dan aku berharap moga-moga dah nggak ujan lagi jam 4nya. Tapi ternyata harapanku nggak terkabul, ternyata masih ujan deres tuh pas jam 4.

Trus, kita mutusin untuk makan malem di Restoran Silla untuk membicarakan hal itu. Kita sampe di Restoran Silla jam 5 sore trus pesen makanan kita. Kita mendiskusikan tentang hal itu sambil makan. Jam 6.30 akhirnya kita selesai makan trus pergi ke karaoke. Mahal banget tadi!! Aku kira tuh Rp. 28.000,oo / dua jam (temenku dah tanya ke resepsionisnya tentang hal ini dan dia mengangguk >> artina persetujuan kan??). Tapi ternyata enggak, Rp. 28.000,oo tuh untuk satu jam!! OMG, mahal banget tuh. Waktu aku kesana beberapa minggu yang lalu (pas akhir mingu) nggak semahal itu koq. Ini aneh soalnya masak Senen bisa lebih mahal dari harga weekend... :(

Aku sampe di rumah jam 9 malem dan ternya apLN menyebalkan!!!! Listriknya mati LAGI. Ya, dua hari yang lalu mati juga selama satu jam, dan kemarin juga. Dan hari ini terjadi lagi!?!?!?!? OMG. PLN kerja dengan sangat buruk dan aku benci banget tuh. Jadi, tadi nggak ada listrik sejak jam 7.30 malem sampe jam 11.55!!! Gila.... . Nggak cuma 3 hari terakhir aja sebenernya. Sebelumnya, listrik SELALU mati paling nggak sekali dalam dua minggu.... . Menyebalkan banget kan?

A Few New Books

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Some days ago, I went to the bookstore looking for some new books. I hadn't gone to the bookstore for quite a long time (about 2 months I think) and because of that I missed some new books. I collect some comics and I missed some new volumes of them. My brother told me that new edition of some comics had already released and he asked me to buy them (well, actually I could refuse it and asked him to buy that comics instead of me but I thought it was okay if I bought the comics).

First, I went to Toga Mas. This bookstore is always in my top list because they sell books cheaper than another bookstores. They give discount around 10 - 20% and that's pretty much, isn't it? Unfortunately, I didn't get all books that I was looking for. I just got 2 of them. And then, I went to Gramedia to continue my book hunting. Finally, I got all of them there (Gramedia is actually the most complete bookstore, but unfortunately, they don't give us discount and because of that they sell books more expensive.). Well, actually I got more than I want. I was tempted to buy Harry Potter 6 (The Half-Blood Prince) and The Chronicles of Narnia (The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe).

This is the pic of the books which I bought
:: Some books which I bought

INDONESIAN

Beberapa hari yang lalu, aku pergi ke toko buku untuk nyari beberapa buku yang baru. Aku dah nggak pergi ke toko buku lumayan lama (sekitar 2 bulan deh kayaknya) dan karena itu aku kelewatan banyak buku baru. Akumengoleksi beberapa komik dan aku kelewatan beberapa edisi yang baru. Adikku bilang ke aku kalo edisi baru dari komik-komik itu dah terbit dan dia minta aku untuk beli tuh komik (sebenernya sih bisa aja aku menolak dan gantian nyuruh dia untuk beli tuh komik nggantiin aku, tapi aku piki-pikir nggak papa deh kalo aku yang beli komiknya).

Pertama-tama, aku pergi ke Toga Mas. Toko buku ini selalu berada di baris teratas daftarku soalnya mereka njual bukunya lebih murah dari toko-toko lain. Mereka ngasi diskon sekitar 10 - 20%, lumayan kan? Sayangnya, aku nggak dapet semua buku yang aku cari disini. Aku cuma dapet 2 dari kesemuanya. Trus, aku pergi ke Gramedia untuk melanjutkan perburuan bukunya. Akhirnya, aku dapat semua buku yang aku cari deh (sebenernya Gramedia tuh toko buku yang paling lengkap, cuma sayangnya mereka nggak ngasih diskon dan karena itu mereka jual bukunya jadi lebih mahal). Sebenernya sih aku dapet bukunya lebih dari yang aku harapkan loh. Aku tergoda juga untuk beli buku Harry Potter 6 (Pangeran Berdarah Campuran) sama The Chronicles of Narnia (Singa, Penyihir, dan Lemari)

Gambar buku-buku yang aku beli ada di atas tuh... :)

It's not our fault, but.....

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I hope you are not bored with this topic, but I just want to write my opinion about TPHBS....

Until right now, I have already done 6 (of 9) subjects, they are: biology, Indonesian, Mathematics, PPKn, English, and Chemistry. And in every subject, there always appears some mistakes on the questions. The mistakes are usually there are more than one answers on the options, there is NO correct answer on the option, there is NO question but we have to choose one best answer for it (don't you think it's weird??), there is a question about a picture but there is NO picture to see, etc.

These are the examples.
1. In English section this morning there was a listening section. First, the quality of the tape was very very low. I thought there was a sound effect (of rain) on the recording, LOL >> they buzzed all the time. Then, the last part of it was listening to short passage. And in the last passage, the only sentence which talked about people just like this: "People in this area are unbelievable friendly". And we only had: busy, lazy, friendly, and beautiful as the options. Yea, probably I misheard, but it was because the low quality......
2. For question number 15 on math subject, we only had a black rectangle and we had to choose the answer... . Don't you think that's silly? (you can see the pic below).
3. In math exam last Tuesday, there were 7 wrong questions (there were 30 questions total and 7 of them are wrong!!)
4. etc.....

Fortunately, because this is still TPHBS, so my school decides to make all wrong questions as bonus (we had to fill 2 answer sheet, one for school and one for the government >> the government will check it). So, our school can check our answer and give us mark, and this mark is counted as our real score.... . But, if it's the real Final Examination (UAN), we can do nothing. We have to send our answer to Jakarta, and even if there are some wrong questions, the correct answer is the answer on their answer key and we can't protest anything about it. There is no bonus score.... .

:: Take a look at question number 15

INDONESIAN

Moga-moga nggak pada bosen deh sama topik ini, tapi aku cuma mau nulis pendapatku tentang TPBHS ini....

Sampe sekarang, aku udah ngerjain 6 (dari 9) mata pelajaran, yaitu Biologi, Bahasa Indonesia, Matematika, PPKn, Bahasa Inggris, sama Kimia. Dan di setiap mata pelajaran, selalu aja deh ada kesalahan di soalnya. Kesalahannya biasanya ada lebih dari 1 jawaban di pilihannya, nggak ada jawaban yang bener di pilihannya, nggak ada soalnya tapi kita suru milih jawabannya (nah, bingung nggak tuh...), trus ada soaln tentang gambar tapi nggak ada gambarnya, dll.

Ini dia contoh-contohnya.
1. di ulangan Bahasa Inggris tadi pagi ada bagian listengnya. Pertama, kualitas kasetnya jeleeeeekkk banget, kayak ada sound effect hujannya di rekamannya, LOL >> soalnya brrrzzzz trus sih. Trus, di bagian terakhir listening kan mendengarkan ke bacaan pendek. Di bacaan terakhirnya satu-satunya kalimat yang ngebicarain orang tuh gini:"People in this area are unbelievable friendly". Dan kita cuma punya: busy, lazy, friendly, and beautiful sebagai pilihan jawabannya. Mungkin sih aku salah denger, tapi kan itu juga gara-gara kualitas tapenya yang jelek....
2. Untuk soal nomer 15 di matapelajaran matematika kemarin, kita cuma ada kotak hitam trus kita suruh milih jawabannya... . Aneh banget kan? (bisa diliat tuh fotonya di atas)
3. Di ulangan matematika kemarin ada 7 soal yang salah. (Kemarin matematikanya ada 30 soaln dan 7 diantaranya salah!!)
4. dll

Untungnya, karena ini cuma TPHBS, jadi sekolahku masih bisa memutuskan untuk membonuskan semua soal yang salah (kita kan harus ngisi 2 lembar jawaban, satu untuk sekolah dan satu untuk dinas >> dinas bakalan ngecek jawabannya). Jadi, sekolahku bakalan ngecek jawaban dan ngasih nilai, nah nilai ini yang bakalan diitung sebagai nilai kita.... . Tapi kalo misalnya ini terjadi di Ujian Akhior Nasional (UAN) nanti, kita dah nggak bisa apa-apa lagi. Kita mesti ngirim jawaban ke Jakarta dan walaupun ada beberapa soal yang salah, jawaban yang bener adalah jawaban di kunci mereka dan kita nggak bisa protes. Juga nggak ada nilai bonus.... .

Boring Weekend + MonDay

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Last weekend was a boring weekend for me. I went nowhere and just stayed at home and studied because starting this morning I have a test we called TPHBS (Pre-Final Examination Test).

Talking about last Saturday, my orange fermentation was finished. At first we thought that my team's fermentation was not successfull because on Friday when we checked it, there was no bubble (there should be some bubbles). But, when we and our teacher checked it, she said that it was succesful (yaaay.... !!!) and we could drink it if we want. So, we boiled it first and then we brought it to class, and drank it when the breaktime. Well, it was bitter actually (because I didn't take the fiber away, and those fiber caused the bitterness on the drink). It smelt like a tape and I think it contained a pretty high alcohol (of course la, alcohol fermentation clearly created alcohol). But unfortunately, when my orange fermentation succeed, my tempe fermentation failed. Not only me, some other team also failed on this experiment. But the tape experiment succeed just like the orange alcohol.

This morning, just like what I have said above, I had the first day of my TPHBS. I had Indonesian and Biology this morning. They were not very hard but also not very easy. For biology, I had to memorize a very very large ammount of things and it was unpleasant. But that's okay.... :) Tomorrow I have math and PPKn test....

::: My Orange Fermentation

Two tested subjects (Biology and Indonesian)

INDONESIAN

Akhir minggu kemarin adalah akhir minggu yang membosankan untuk aku. Aku nggak kemana-mana dan cuma diem aja di rumah sambil belajar soalnya mulai pagi ini kan aku ada tes yang disebut sebagai TPHBS (Tes Penjajakan Hasil Belajar Siswa / Pra - Ebta).

Ngomong-ngomong tentang Sabtu kemarin, fermentasi jeruknya akhirnya selesai. Pertamanya aku kira fermentasi kelompokku gagal soalnya pas hari Jumat dicek, dah nggak ada gelembungnya (padahal seharusnya kan ada gelembung-gelembungnya tuh). Tapi waktu kami sama guruku ngecek, ternyata berhasil (yaaayy.... !!!) dan kita bisa meminumnya kalo kita mau. Jadi, kita pertama-tama merebusnya dulu, trus habis itu dibawa ke kelas, trus diminum pas istirahat. Ternyata rasanya agak pahit (soalnya aku nggak ngambil serabut-serabutnya, dan sayangnya serabut-serabutnya itu yang bikin pahit). Baunya kayak bau tape gitu dan kayanya ih mengandung banyak alkohol (jelas lah, namanya aja fermentasi alkohol ya pasti ada alkoholnya donk...). Tapi sayangnya, ketika fermentasi jerukku berhasil, fermentasi tempeku gagal. Nggak cuma kami, tapi kelompok-kelompok lain juga gagal fermentasinya. Tapi fermentasi tapenya berhasil koq kayak fermentasi jeruknya.

Pagi ini, kayak yang udah aku bilang i awal tadi, adalah hari pertama dari tes TPHBS. Tadi tuh ulangan Bahasa Indonesia sama Biologi. Nggak susah-susah amat sih, tapi juga nggak gampang-gampang amat. Untuk biologi, aku mesti ngapalin banyaaaaaaaaak banget dan nggak menyenangkan tuh. Tapi nggak papa koq... :) Besok aku ulangan matematika dan PPKn...

Another Friday

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At school this morning I had an Indonesian Practice Test. Unfortunately, I didn't remember that it was gonnabe held this morning, and I knew it just 15 minutes before the test started!! Then, I just let it flows. It was not very hard, but there were so many reading questions which made us take more time in doing them.

Afterschool, I went back home and then I took a nap for 2 hours until 2.45 PM. At 3 PM I went with my friends to watch and attend the overseas education exhibition. It was below our expectation. We thought it would be a great and big exhibition and we would meet a lot foreigners, etc. But it wasn't. After that, we left it at 4 PM and we went to Plaza Ambarrukmo (actually we didn't plan to go to PA, but because we spent less time in the exhibition, we had more time to spend, and PA is pretty close to that exhibition place, therefore we went there). We spent about 1 hour in PA and then had dinner at Waroeng Steak Restaurant. Then, we went back home. At home I played computer and surfed the net.

INDONESIAN

Di sekolah pagi ini aku ada latihan ulangan Bahasa Indonesia. Malangnya, aku nggak inget kalo tesnya bakalan diadain tadi pagi, dan aku baru inget 15 menit sebelum tesnya dimulai!! Ya udah, aku cuma membiarkannya mengalir aja. Nggak susah-susah amat, cuma ada banyak bacaannya jadi kita kan ngerjainnya jadi lebih lama juga.

Habis sekolah, aku balik ke rumah dan istirahat siang selama 2 jam sampe jam 2.45 siang. Jam 3 sore aku pergi sama temenku untuk nonton dan menghadiri pameran pendidikan di luar negeri. Ternyata pamerannya dibawah harapan. Aku kira tuh pamerannya bakalan gede dan hebat gitu dan kita bakalan ketemu banyak orang asing disana. Tapi tadi nggak kayak gitu. Habis itu, kita meninggalkan pameran jam 4 sore trus kita ke Plaza Ambarrukmo (sebenernya sih kita nggak ngerencanain mau ke PA, tapi karena kita menghabiskan lebih sedikit waktu di pamerannya, kita jadi ada waktu untuk dihabisin, dan PA lumayan deket sama tempat pamerannya, makanya kita pergi kesana). Kita di PA tadi sekitar 1 jam trus makan malem di Waroeng Steak/ Habis itu kita pulang. Di rumah aku main komputer sama main internet.

Wednesday the fifteenth

ENGLISH

This morning at school we finally fermentized the oranges. Yesterday I squeezed those oranges to make 1 liter orange liquid (it was almost the same with orange juice I think...). We put 100 mL of it, pour yeast and put it in a tube and closed the tube's mouth by a piece of plastic. After the tube was full of the liquid we put it back to the remain 900mL and closed it. We then did some several things to make it more perfect (I won't write the detail here because (trust me) it is boring).... :) Apparently, beside fermentizing fruits, we also had to do the same thing to the soy bean to make what we call tempe in Indonesian and also fermentiza sweet potato to make tape (in Indonesian). At school today I also had a physics exam again about Movement. It was all multiple choice questions (there were 20 questions). The beginning until the middle part of the exam were easy, but the last part was a little tougher... :)

Well, this morning finally I got my Garuda Frequent Flyer Card. My level is still Blue right now (the lowest level). I made this card because if one of my hopes comes true (studying in Singapore), then I will often fly to Singapore (or Jakarta) by Garuda... :) or probably when I have a vacation it will be useful too..... :)

::: My GFF card and some flyers of it

INDONESIAN

Pagi ini di sekolah akhirnya kita memfermentasikan jeruk. Kemarin aku meres tuh jeruk untuk membuat 1 liter cairan jeruk (kayaknya sih hampir sama sama jus jeruk deh....). Kita trus ngambil 100 mL, trus nuangin ragi ke dalamnya, masukin ke tabung dan menutup mulut tabungnya dengan selembar plastik. Habis tabungnya penuh cairan, kita ngembaliin ke sisanya yang 900mL dan menutupnya. Trus kita melakukan beberapa hal untuk membuatnya lebih sempurna (aku nggak nulis detailnya disini soalnya bakal membosankan). ... :) Ternyata, selain memfermentasikan buah, kita juga harus memfermentasikan kacang kedelai untuk buat tempe sama memfermentasikan ubi untuk buat tape. Di sekolah hari ini aku juga ada ulangan fisika lagi tentang gerak. Tadi tuh soalnya semuanya pilihan ganda (ada 20 soal). Di bagian awalnya sampe pertengahan gampang-gampang, tapi bagian terakhirnya agak susah juga tuh... :).

Pagi ini, akhirnya aku mendapatkan kartu Garuda Frequent Flyer-ku. Aku masih ada di tingkatan Blue sekarang (level paling rendah). Aku membuat kartu ini soalnya kalo salah satu harapanku terkabul (kuliah di Singapore), kan aku bakalan sering terbang ke Singapore kan (atau Jakarta) ... :) atau mungkin kalo lagi liburan kan kartu ini bisa lumayan berguna juga.. :)

A Long Monday

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This monday was a long and exhausting day for me. I got up at 5.45 AM and then did my routinity and then went to school. At school today I had a preparation of math. In the next two months, high school students will have a final examination, and to prepare us, our teacher decided to give us several tests. It was not very hard actually but I was careless doing it and because of that I made some silly mistakes... (that's okay, but in the real exam I will not do that!!!). Our school ended at 13.35 PM and then I went back home.

Next Wednesday we will have the last lab work in biology. We will do a fruit fermentation (we can choose which kind fruit we want to fermentize (we won't fermentize the fruit actually but the fruit's liquid, so we have to squeeze the fruit and boil it before starting the work)). This is a group work. Our first problem is: which kind of fruit we will choose. We don't have time anymore, and because of that this afternoon we went to Carrefour at Plaza Ambarrukmo again (this is becoming my favorite place I think, LOL) to look for fruits.

First, my friend suggested to choose grape (so we will make wine). I said okay and we went to the fruits sector. We found the grape and it cost Rp 23.000,oo / half a kilo. We have to make 1 liter and because of that at least we need 2 kg of fruits. So, if we chose wine, we had to pay Rp. 92.000,oo just to buy the fruits. Then, we just threw out grape from our list. Then, finally we chose oranges. It cost Rp 37.250,oo / 2.2 kg.

After getting the fruits, we just walked around the mall. Then I bought some new PC Games' CDs. At 5 PM we had dinner at Pizza Hut until 6.15 PM. After that we went back home. At home I played the game and surfed the net.

::: Our oranges

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Hari Senin ini adalah hari yan panjang dan bikin capek buat aku. Aku bangun jam 5.45 pagi trus melakukan rutinitasku trus berangkat ke sekolah. Di sekolah hari ini ada persiapan matematika. Dalam 2 bulan ke depan, murid-murid SMA bakalan mengikuti ujian akhir nasional, dan untuk mempersiapkan kami, guruku memutuskan untuk ngasih beberapa tes ke kita. Nggak susah-susah banget sih sebenernya, cuma masalahnya aku nggak teliti waktu ngerjain dan ngebuat beberapa kesalahan konyol.... (nggak papa sih, yang penting kan pas ujian yang beneran aku nggak ngelakuin itu). Sekolah selesai jam 13.35 sore trus aku pulang..

Hari Rabu besok kita bakalan ada kerjaan lab untuk biologi yang terakhir. Kita akan ngelakuin fermentasi buah (kita bebas mau milih buah apaan buat difermentasi (kita nggak akan memfermentasi buahnya sebenernya, tapi cairannya, jadi kita harus memeras sama merebus sebelum memulai kerjaannya)). Ini adalah kerjaan kelompok. Masalah pertama kelompokku adalah: buah apa yang bakalan kita pakai. Kita dah nggak ada waktu lagi, jadi karena itu siang tadi kami pergi ke Carrefour di Plaza Ambarrukmo (kayaknya sih tempat ini menjadi tempat favoritku deh, LOL) untuk nyari buah.

Pertamanya temenku nyaranin untuk memilih anggur (jadi kita akan membuat minuman anggur). Aku bilang oke dan kita pergi ke sektor buah-buahan. Kita akhirnya menemukan anggurnya dan harganya Rp. 23.000,oo / setengah kilo. Kita harus buat 1 liter dan karena itu paling nggak kan kita butuh 2 kilo buah. Jadi, kalo kita milih anggur, kita mesti bayar Rp. 92.000,oo hanya untuk beli buahnya. Trus, makanya kita membuah anggur dari daftar. Akhirnya kita milih jeruk. Harganya Rp. 37.250,oo / 2,2 kilo.

Habis mendapatkan buah, kita jalan-jalan di mall. Aku beli beberapa game komputer yang baru. Jam 5 kita makan di Pizza Hut sampe jam 6.15 sore. Habis itu pulang deh. Trus di rumah aku mainin tuh game sama main internet.

Friday the tenth!!

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Today my little toe is still swollen. I think it's worse than I thought.... . Hmmm... . I hope it gets over soon because it's very uncomfortable walking with this swollen toe... :(

This afternoon at 3.30 PM I went to Plaza Ambarrukmo with my friends. I thought it was not as crowded as last Monday (because the street's traffic in front of the mall was okay), but when I entered Carrefour inside, it was VERY crowded. The mall is cool and I think it's the greatest mall that Jogja (and Central Java probably) has ever had. The mall actually hasn't 100% finished yet, only some tenants have started to operate and the other tenants will open soon (probably next June all tenants will have already operated).

After that, we went to Hartz Chicken. Probably some of you know that I don't really like Hartz Chichken, but why did we go there?? The answer is easy: my friend paid that for me... . Ha3... . If it's like that, it's a different story then.... . Then, after having dinner at HC, we went to my house and watched the result show of American Idol. The result apparently really surprised me... . Ayla is out!! What!?!?! I think she deserves to make it to the top 12.... :( However, it's all about voting and if the result says that, what can I do?? At least I still have Katharine and Mandisa in the top 12, he3... :)

Then, my friends copied some mp3s from my computer and at 10.15 they went back home....

::: Plaza Ambarrukmo

INDONESIAN

Hari ini jari kakiku masih bengkak. Kayaknya sih ternyata lukanya lebih buruk daripada yang aku kira deh... . Hmmm... . Moga-moga lukanya cepet sembuh soalnya nggak enak banget nih jalan dengan jari kaki yang bengkak.... :(

Siang ini jam 3.30 sore aku pergi ke Plaza Ambarrukmo sama temenku. Aku kira nggak serame Senen kemarin soalnya kan jalan di depannya tuh nggak macet, tapi ternyata waktu aku masuk ke Carrefour di dalamnya, ternyata SANGAT ramai. Mallnya keren dan menurutku ini adalah Mall paling bagus yang pernah dimiliki oleh Jogja (dan Jawa Tengah mungkin). Mallnya sebenernya belum 100% selesai, baru beberapa penyewa aja yang sudah mulai beroperasi dan tenants yang lain bakalan beroperasi segera (mungkin besok Juni semuanya sudah beroperasi).

Habis itu, kita pergi ke Hartz Chicken. Mungkin beberapa dari kalian ada yang dah tau kalo aku tuh nggak gitu suka makan di Hartz Chicken, tapi kenapa kita kesana?? Jawabannya tuh gampang banget: temenku mau nraktir... . Ha3... . Kalo begini sih, ceritanya jadi lain donk.... . Trus, habis makan di HC, kita pergi ke rumahku trus nonton Reslut Shownya American Idol. Ternyata hasilnya bener-bener mengagetkan aku.... . Ayla keluar!! Apa!?!?!? Menurutku sih dia berhak loh lanjut ke 12 besar.... :( Tapi bagaimanapun juga ini kan semua tentang voting dan kalo hasilnya berkata begini ya mau gimana lagi?? Paling gak kan masih ada Katharine sama Mandisa di 12 besar, he3... :)

Trus, temenku mengopi beberapa mp3 dari komputerku trus jam 10.15 mereka pulang...

Good and Bad Things came on the same Day

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Today, two things from different side came to me and they were just separated a few hours... . Here they are... (I will write the bad thing first because it came to me before the good one)

This morning I got up at 5.50 AM. I was so sleepy just like usual. I walked to the stairs to go downstair and took a bath and unfortunately, when I openned my room's door I didn't notice that I was careless. I didn't walk on the right path and because of that my right little toe hit the wall!!! It was hurt.... :( Ok, because I had to go to school I just restrained that hurt but for the consequence, I walked lamely and slowly (everytime I stepped my right foot, it was hurt). Unfortunately, at school today I had to walk from the other room to another room which are separated pretty far, and I could felt that my toe was swollen. When, I arrived at home and checked it, it's right, it was swollen.... (you can see the pic below).

Then, let's move to the good thing. This morning finally I got my TOEFL test result. It was good fortunately (Thanks God) and my score is 243 (it's a computer based test) and equal to 593 (if it was a paper based test). It's more than enough to fulfil one of the requirement to study in Singapore (the minimum score that I must have is 213 or 550)... :) I hope I also did well on the Entrance Test... . Amen....

::: My Swollen Toe

::: My TOEFL score


INDONESIAN

Hari ini dua hal yang datang dari dua sisi yang sangat berbeda datang ke aku dan mereka cuma terpisah selama beberapa jam.... . Dan inilah mereka... (aku bakalan nulis yang jelek duluan soalnya yang jelek datengnya juga duluan sih daripada yang bagus)

Pagi ini aku bangun jam 5.50 pagi. Aku ngantuk banget kayak biasanya. Aku lagi jalan ke tangga mau turun untuk mandi dan sayangnya, waktu aku lagi membuka pintu kamarku aku nggak sadar kalo aku nggak hati-hati. Aku nggak berjalan di tempat yang bener dan karena itu jari kelingking kaki kananku nabrak dinding!!! Sakit tuh... :( Ok, karena aku harus pergi ke sekolah, aku menahan rasa sakitnya dan sebagai gantinya, aku jalan dengan pincang dan pelan (setiap kali aku melangkahkan kaki kananku rasanya sakit gitu). Sayangnya, di sekolah hari ini aku harus berjalan dari ruangan yang satu ke ruangan yang lain yang terpisah lumayan jauh juga, dan aku bisa ngerasain kalo jari kakiku bengkak. Trus, waktu aku sampe di rumah dan memeriksanya, ternyata bener, beneran bengkak (bisa dilihat koq gambarnya di atas).

Trus, ngomongin yang bagus ah... . Pagi ini akhirnya aku menerima nilai tes TOEFLku. Untungnya nilainya bagus (Terima Kasih Tuhan...) dan nilaiku 243 (itu tuh tes yang computer based) dan setara dengan 593 (kalo misalnya disetarain sama yang tes paper - based). Itu udah lebih dari cukup untuk memenuhi salah satu persyaratan untuk sekolah di Sungapore (minimalnya tuh 213 atau 550)... :) Moga-moga hasil untuk tes masuknya juga bagus.... . Amin....

It's Monday!!

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I won't talk about school today, he3... (since some of you are bored with this topic... :D).

This evening, my friends invited me to come to their birthday party (they are twin, so I say 'they'... :D). Actually it's not a party, it's just like a little celebration. We had dinner at Paparon'z Pizza. I departed at 4.30 PM and unfortunately they were late!! Arrrggghhh.... . They said that it would be at 5.00 PM but in fact we started to eat at 5.45 PM!! However, I was very full today after eating 6 pieces of pizza (it was 'All You can Eat' program). Does it sound so much? Probably yes, but my friend ate 15 pieces!! I think his stomach is made from rubber.... :)

At first we planned to go to Ambarrukmo Plaza today. Yesterday was the soft openning of it and Carrefour started to operate. But, because today is the second day, it was still very very crowded. We cancelled going there and decided to go to Saphir Square. We plane to go there probably next Saturday... . It was my first time going to Saphir. We arrived at Saphir Square at 7.45 PM. Saphir Square still hasn't been finished, the parking lot is still not finished yet (I mean, they haven't painted the wall and tidied it yet) and some stalls are still close (the first floor is still not operated yet), so when we go there right now, we can only go to the ground and basement floor. There we went to Diamond Supermarket and Oh La La cafe. We left Saphir at 8.50 PM, then we went back home.

::: Saphir Square

INDONESIAN

IAku nggak akan bicara tentang sekolah hari ini, he3.... (soalnya kan beberapa dari kalian bosen sama topik ini... :D).

Sore ini, temenku mengundang aku ke ulang tahunnya mereka (mereka tuh kembar, jadi aku bilangnya 'mereka'... :D). Sebenernya bukan pesta sih, lebih ke perayaan biasa. Kita makan di Paparon'z Pizza. Aku berangkat jam 4.30 sore dan sayangnya mereka telat!! Arrrggghhh.... . Mereka ngomong kalo bakalan jam 5 sore, tapi kenyataannya baru makan jam 5.45 sore!! Aku kenyang banget hari ini habis makan 6 potong pizza (tadi tuh program yang 'All You can Eat'). Kedengaran banyak kah? Mungkin, tapi ada seorang temenku yang makan 15 potong tadi!! Kayaknya perutnya dari karet tuh... :)

Trus pertamanya kita ngerencanain mau ke Plaza Ambarrukmo hari ini. Kemarin kan soft openningnya dan Carrefour mulai beroperasi. Tapi, karena ini baru hari kedua, tadi tuh rameee banget. Jadinya batal deh pergi kesana dan akhirnya malah ke Saphir Square. Kita ngerencanain kesana mungkin besok Sabtu... . Ini pertama kalinya aku ke Saphir. Kita sampe di Saphir Square jam 7.45 malem. Saphir masih belum diselesaiin, misalnya tempat parkirnya masih belum selesai (mereka masih belum ngecet atau ngerapiin) dan beberapa toko masuk tutup (bahkan lantai satu masih belum beroperasi), jadi kalo kita kesana sekarang, kita cuma bisa pergi ke lantai dasar atau ke basement. Disana kita pergi ke Supermarket Diamond dan Kafe Oh La La. Kita ninggalin Saphir jam 8.50 malem, trus pulang.

My Dreams

Actually I get a homework from Wina a.k.a Mamanyazaki to write about 5 of my dreams here... . Ok, and here they are (note: probably I like to say them as wishes better than dreams, he3... :D)

1. Having satisfying tests result and studying at the university where I really want to study at

Just like what I have already written here, some weeks ago I had Entrance Tests and also a TOEFL test. Until today, I still haven't received the result yet (actually I will receive the results on the late March or early April, for my TOEFL score probably next week...) and hopefully I make it.... :)

Well, this probably can be categorized as a short term dream, LOL.... :) :) :)

2. Doing My Dreamjob

My dreamjob right now is being a succesful businessman. I don't know why but I think I love this kind of job (working in business). I hope someday I will make it comes true... .

Talking about my dreamjob, I feel pretty lucky about this. Why? Because I found this (what I really wannabe) about 2 or 3 years ago. Then, when most of my friends felt confused about this (because we have already been in high school and we have to continue to university, so we have to make a choice about our dreamjob), I didn't feel that because I had already found that... :)

3. Having a happy life

This is probably a standart dream. Of course everybody wants a happy life, and as a normal human, I also want to have it. I hope in the future I will have a happy family, great job, enjoyable life, and everything that's nice... . :) LOL.... :)

4. Graduate from High School as soon as possible

I don't know why but now I just feel that I am really bored with high-school. I really wanna graduate quickly (I know this can't be happened because I must follow the stream....). Probably because it will only be about 3 or 4 months more to study in high-school. Right now at school we always have exercises to prepare ourselves having the final examination (UAN) next May. It's boring and also exhausting because everyday we only have exercise, exercise, and excercise.... :(

I know that one day I will miss my time in high-school (some people say that) because most people say that high-school time is the most beautiful time during our lifes.... . But this is what I really feel right now...

5. Travelling around the world

I love travelling... . I mean, if I have enough money, I think I will spend it to go on travelling, he3... :). I hope someday I can make this comes true... :)


Well, finally my homework is finished!!! Yaaayyy.... :) :) :). Now, I have to pass this homework to some other people, and those lucky people are: Mr. Hendri Bun, Angel a.k.a Nathania, Mr. Danny, Mrs. Yulia, and Christy. Good luck with your homework, LOL... :) :) :)

I was just trying to be kind, but.....

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Last week my class had a chemistry assignment. We worked in the lab and we had to make the analysis about it. I handed mine in on Tuesday last week and last Wednesday (2 days ago) my teacher had already checked and marked them and then she gave them back to us. I was surprised that my score was reduced.... . Why?? Here the story is....

On Thursday last week, my friend borrowed my assingment's file (I had already handed mine in on Tuesday, so he was late). He said that he wanted to use mine as one of his reference. As a good friend, I trusted on him and lend my file. But I had said to him not to just copy mine because it would not be good and he agreed that.

But in fact, he copied some parts of my assignment (he copied some pics that I created on the computer, because he couldn't make them by himself, then he just copied mine). Unfortunately, my teacher found mine and him were the same and then she wrote a note:"Why is it similar to him?" on my assignment, then I realized that my score had been reduced... . Arrrggghhhh... . Then, I explained to my teacher and she just said, "Oh, so it's not your fault...". But she didn't do anything beside that (I mean she didn't change my score after she know the fact).

So, it means that sometimes we have to be kind, but in other situations we can't do that because it doesn't work.... :( :(

INDONESIAN

Minggu lalu kelasku dapet tugas kimia. Kita kerja di lab dan harus bikin analisa tentang kerjaan itu. Aku ngumpulin punyaku Selasa minggu lalu dan Rabu kemarin (2 hari yang lalu) guruka sudah selesai mengecek dan ngasih nilai dan dia membaginya ke anak-anak. Aku kaget bahwa nilaiku udah dikurangi... . Kenapa?? Beginilah ceritanya....

Hari Kamis minggu lalu temenku pinjem file tugasku (aku udah ngumpulin Selasanya, jadi dia terlambat gitu). Dia ngomong kalo katanya dia mau pake punyaku sebagai referensinya. Sebagai temen yang baik aku kan percaya sama dia dan minjemin aja fileku. Tapi aku dah bilang ke dia untuk nggak cuma mengkopi punyaku soalnya itu nggak bakalan bagus dan dia udah setuju sama hal itu.

Tetapi kenyataannya, dia mengkopi beberapa bagian dari tugasku (dia mengkopi beberapa gambar yang aku buat di komputer, karena dia nggak bisa bikin sendiri, jadinya dia cuma mengkopi aja punyaku). Trus sayangnya guruku menemukan kalo punyaku sama punyanya dia trus guruku nulis catetang:"Koq sama sih sama punyanya dia?" di tugasku, trus aku menyadari kalo nilaiku udah dikurangi. Arrrggghhhh... . Trus, aku menjelaskan ke guruku dan dia bilang,"Oh, bukan kesalahanmu donk...". Tapi dia nggak melakukan apa-apa lagi selain itu (maksudku dia nggak ngganti nilaiku habis tau kenyataannya).

Jadi, ini berarti bahwa kadang-kadang kita harus bersikap baik, tapi di situasi lain nggak bisa soalnya baik nggak kerja... :( :(

Wednesday and 10,000!!!

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This Wednesday was a quite exhausting day for me. At school today I got a physics exam about Particle Wave Dualism. It was all essay exam. However, I think there was a mistake on the question number 2 so we couldn't find the numerical answer of it. When I asked my teacher about it, she said it was correct!! Hmm... . I was confused then.... .

Today is also the first day of Lent (The Ash Wednesday >> I don't really know the English for it... :D). We had a liturgy at school this morning for 1 hour and I got ash put on my forehead.

Afterschool this afternoon, I went to EF to do an interview to a teacher there. Actually we get an assignment from our English teacher to interview foreigners in Yogyakarta and one of the most the easiest place to find them is at EF... :). I was in a hurry because (I think) my teammates couldn't decide which thing is more important for them. Here is the story: At 13.40 PM this afternoon, my school's basketball supporters went to Solo to support my school's team which had a (national) match there by bus. I know they probably really wanted to watch and support my school team, but I think they should also count the time. Lessons ended at 12.50 and they had to go at 13.40. We only had 50 minutes. In fact, we also spent our time on the way to EF (2 ways) so the time remains was only around 20 minutes... . So, we were in a hurry this afternoon. Luckily, it was okay and there was no problem...

At 4 PM, I finally went to the gym again after being absent for week and week. Then, I got back home at 6 PM and then I had dinner and watched tv. Afetr that I studied for biology and physics exams tomorrow. Tonight I wanna watch American Idol 2006... :)

O yes, finally today the visitor number of my blog reaches 10,000!!! Thanks to all of you who always support and visit my blog... :) And keep on visiting, ok? :)

INDONESIAN

Hari Rabu ini adalah hari yang lumayan bikin capek buat aku. Di sekolah hari ini aku ulangan fisika tentang Dualisme Gelombang Partikel. Tadi tuh ulangannya essay smua soalnya. Tapi, menurutku ada soal yang salah pada soal nomer 2 jadinya kita nggak bisa menemukan jawaban yg berupa angka dari soal itu. Trus waktu aku tanya ke gurunya tentang itu, katanya soalnya bener!! Hmm... . Aku bingung deh..... .

Hari ini juga adalah hari pertama masa Pra - Paskah (Rabu Abu). Jadi kita ada misa di sekolah siang ini selama 1 jam dan aku mendapatkan abu ditempelin di dahiku.

Habis sekolah siang ini, aku pergi ke EF untuk wawancara seorang guru disana. Sebenernya tuh kita dapet tugas dari guru Bahasa Inggris untuk mewawancarai orang asing yang ada di Yogyakarta dan salah satu tempat termudah untuk menemukan mereka kan di EF... :). Aku tadi juga keburur-buru soalnya (menurutku) temen sekelompokku nggak bisa memutuskan mana yang lebih penting buat mereka. Begini ceritanyaL Jam 13.40 siang tadi tuh team suporter basket sekolahku mau berangkat ke Solo untuk mendukung team basket sekolahku yang akan menghadapi pertandingan (nasional) disana naik bis. Aku tahu mungkin mereka bener-bener pingin untuk nonton dan mendukung team sekolahku, tetapi kan harusnya mereka bisa lebih menghitung waktu gitu. Pelajaran selesai jam 12.50. Jadi, waktu yang tersedia cuma 50 menit. Pada kenyataannya, kita kan juga menghabiskan waktu di jalan kan? Jadinya yang tersisa ya cuma 20 menit... . Jadinya, kita keburu-buru siang ini. Untungnya semua ok2 aja dan nggak ada masalah...

Jam 4 sore ini akhirnya aku pergi ke gym lagi setelah absen selama berminggu-minggu. Trus, aku pulang jam 6 sore trus makan malem sama nonton tv, habis itu aku belajar buat ulangan fisika sama biologi besok. Nanti malem aku pingin nonton American Idol 2006.... :)

Oh iya, akhirnya jumlah pengunjung blogku mencapai 10.000!!! Makasih untuk semua yang sudah selalu mendukung dan mengunjungi blogku... :) Dah terus berkunjung yach... :)