#167 - My Answer

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So many people have been curious about my post-highschool study, and now I give my answer (he3.... :D). I ended up not getting the opportunity to study in Singapore... ( :(( ), but that's okay, not really a problem. Actually one month ago I also applied Australia, and I actually have been accepted by the univ to study there. But, because the cost is VERY high plus the weak and pathetic economy condition which sorrounds us these months, we (my parents and I) decided not to take the opportunity. So, I won't study abroad for my under-graduate study, and will study at Parahyangan University, Bandung. I also like studying in Bandung since (beside the univ is also highly-qualified) many friends also study there (if I study abroad, I will have no friend "accompanying" me there, so I will start from almost Zero again... :D).

Well, because these days Oggix has been error (now they use: "Anti-Spam Code" >> and I've tried it and we (or at least I) have to enter the code again, again, and again), I decide to dump it and use another one which is more "traditional" (probably I'll be back to Oggix after they fix all the problems...)

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Banyak orang yang penasaran sama pendidikanku pasca-SMA, dan sekarang aku memberikan jawabanku (he3.... :D). Aku akhirnya nggak mendapatkan kesempatan untuk sekolah di Singapore.... ( :(( ), tapi nggak papa sih, nggak masalah koq. Sebenernya sekitar sebulan yang lalu aku mendaftar Australia, dan sebenernya aku juga udah diterima universitasnya untuk kuliah disana. TAPI, karena biaya yang SANGAT tinggi ditambah kondisi ekonomi yang lemah dan menyedihkan yang mengelilingi kita beberapa bulan belakangan ini, kita (orangtuaku sama aku) memutuskan untuk nggak ngambil kesempatan intu. Jadi, aku nggak akan kuliah di luar negri untuk pendidikan S1ku, dan akan kuliah di Universitas Parahyangan, Bandung. Aku juga suka koq kuliah di Bandung soalnya kan (di samping univ-nya yang memang berkualitas baik) banyak temenku yang juga melanjutkan kuliah disana (kalo misalnya aku jadi ke luar, aku kan nggak ada teman yang "menemani", dan harus memulai dari hampir Nol lagi.. :D).

Hmm, karena akhir-akhir ini Oggix tuh udah error (mereka sekarang memakai: "Anti-Spam Code" >> aku dah coba dan kita (atau paling enggak aku) harus memasukkan kode lagi, lagi, dan lagi), aku memutuskan untuk membuangnya dan memakai yang lain yang lebih "tradisional" (mungkin aku akan balik ke Oggix setelah mereka memperbaiki semua permasalahannya...)

#166 - Who stole my car???

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Yesterday morning I dropped off my parents at the airport (they went to Jakarta) and after that, because I was still so sleepy, I went back home and continued "watching" my dream. FYI, I arrived at home at about 7.30 AM.

At 10 AM in the morning I got up and went downstair to have breakfast. Downstair, my grandma was shocked because I was there!!! Why was she shocked? That morning, at about 8.30 AM, one employee arrived at our house and asked: "Where is the car??" My grandma answered: "It's outside", but then the employee said: "No, it's not outside". Well, then my grandma thought I used the car at that time (actually at that time I was still sleeping in my room upstair). Because of that, she was SO surprised seeing me coming down. I was also shocked hearing the news that my car was LOST. I checked through the window and yes, it was not there. Then, I looked for the key and felt so relieved when I couldn't find the key (I looked for it on the table where I put it that morning after coming back from airport). Why did I feel so relieved?? At that time, I thought: "If somebody stole my car, he had 2 alternatives:

1. he had already owned the key >> If he chose this alternative, so the key MUST have still been in my house (or at least still on the table) > SO it's not the way he stole my car
2. he looked for the key IN my house >> this was so risky because it was in the morning and there were some people in my house (my grandma, 2 servants, employee, and some workers (about 4 people)), and IF he entered the house, somebody MUST have seen him, and of course he would have to look for the key in the entire house which was obviously very difficult > SO it's also impossible."

Therefore, I concluded that the "bad guy" was insider. And at that time, the only person that was supposed to be in my house but was not, was only my little brother. And yes, he was the one who used my car that morning. Actually what he did was also very risky since he still hasn't owned the driving license and he didn't EVEN know where the car registration is saved..... :( Arrgghhh, he caused the panic in my house yesterday morning.

::: Adisutjipto Airport (Departure Terminal) >> after earthquake

::: Adisutjipto Airport (Arrival Terminal) >> after earthquake

(sorry for the reflection, I took these two from inside my car.... :D)

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Kemarin pagi aku nganter ortuku ke airport (mereka pergi ke Jakarta) dan habis itu, karena aku masih ngantuk banget, aku pulang ke rumah dan melanjutkan "nonton" mimpiku. FYI, aku sampe di rumah sekitar jam 7.30 pagi.

Jam 10 pagi aku bangun dan turun ke bawah untuk makan pagi. Di bawah, nenekku shock karena aku disana!!! Kenapa koq nenekku shock? Soalnya paginya, sekitar jam 8.30 pagi, satu karyawan datang di rumah dan tanya: "Loh, mobilnya mana??" Nenekku jawab: "Kan ada diluar.", tapi karyawanku menjawab: "Loh, nggak ada diluar koq". Trus, nenekku berpikir kalo aku lah yang memakai tuh mobil (sebenernya sih pas itu aku lagi enak-enaknya tidur di kamarku di atas). Karena itu, nenekku SANGAT kaget waktu aku turun. Aku juga shock mendengar berita kalo mobilku HILANG. Aku mengecek melalui jendela dan bener aja, mobilku nggak ada di luar. Trus, aku mencari kuncinya dan merasa lega ketika aku nggak bisa menemukannya (aku nyari kunci di meja dimana aku naruh tuh kunci paginya setelah balik dari airport). Loh, koq aku merasa lega?? Waktu itu aku berpikir:"Kalo bener seseorang mencuri mobilku, sebenernya dia punya 2 alternatif:

1. dia sudah punya kuncinya dari awal >> kalo dia mengambil langkah ini, jadi kuncinya PASTI masih ada di dalam rumah (ato paling nggak kan masih ada di meja) > JADI ini bukan cara yang dia tempuh untuk mencuri mobilku
2. dia mencari kuncinya di rumahku >> alternatif ini sangatlah beresiko karena pas itu kan pagi hari dan ada beberapa orang di rumahku (nenekku, 2 pembokat, karyawan, dan beberapa tukang (sekitar 4 orang)), dan KALO dia memasuki rumahku, seseorang PASTI sudah melihatnya, dan tentu aja dia harus mencari kunci di seluruh rumahku yang tentu aja sangat susah > JADI ini juga nggak mungkin."

Makanya, aku menyimpulkan kalo "orang jahat"nya adalah orang dalam. Dan waktu itu, satu-satunya orang yang seharusnya ada di rumah tapi enggak ternyata hanyalah adikku. Dan bener aja, dia adalah seseorang yang memakai mobilku kemarin pagi. Sebenernya sih dia tuh nekat juga soalnya dia kan masih belum punya SIM dan dia BAHKAN nggak tahu dimana STNK mobilku disimpan.... :( Arrgghhh, dia menyebabkan kepanikan di rumahku kemarin pagi.

#165 - So Pathetic

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This morning I read an article in newspaper, here it is (I quote it >> I also editted it a lil'):

MERPATI was slipped in Namlea

Merpati Nusantara Airlines Cassa 212 aircraft which flew route Ambon - Namlea at about 1 PM WIB was slipped at Namlea Airport . The aircraft was out from runway for about 40 meters. This aircraft carried 23 passengers and was slipped because of the wet and slippery runway. Merpati Ambon staff said that Cassa 212 aircraft has the capacity of 18 passengers and he hadn't got any information about this accident. This accident didn't cause any damage at the aircraft nor victim.

Well, I don't know why but I think Merpati often meets this kind of problem. Just several weeks ago, I also read that Merpati also got an accident (mainly because of the slippery runway, that's what they said). One thing that's really weird is the pax number. The aircraft capacity is JUST 18 passengers, and it carried 23 passengers! What!?!?!?!?!?! That's 27.78% more than the maximum number. I think this doesn't happen only at Merpati, but also at some other airlines. Garuda Indonesia operates Boeing 737-400 and the maximum capacity this airlines settles for this aircraft is 136 pax/flight, while Adam Air, which also operates Boeing 737-400, settles the maximum capacity for this aircraft is 170 pax/flight!!! I know that Adam Air settles this number because they have already counted it carefully and it's impossible to be potentially overload. Other airlines that also often meet problems are Lion Air - Wings Air (they operate mainly MD80s series). One of my parents' friend told us her experience flying with Lion Air several years ago. When it was flying, suddenly the oxygen masks came out and of course made the passengers panic (actually there was nothing bad happened, but there was technical error, so the masks came out....). What!?!?!?!? Hmm, what happen in Indonesia's aviation???

==Sunday==

Yesterday I didn't do anything special, in the evening I went to the church (not in the main hall, because it was damaged because of the 27th May earthquake), then after that I dropped my mother at Galeria. At 8.30 PM I picked my mum, and also took a photograph of my shop (Kassaya Galeria)... :P (promotion, he3.... :D)


::: Merpati Nusantara Cassa 212 Aircraft

::: my shop @ Galeria (KASSAYA Galeria, 1st floor)

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Pagi ini aku membaca sebuah artikel di koran, ini dia (aku mengutipnya >> aku juga edit sedikit):

MERPATI tergelincir di Namlea

Pesawat Cassa 212 Merpati Nusantara Airlines yang menerbangi rute Ambon - Namlea sekitar pukul 13.00 WIB tergelincir di Lapangan Udara Namlea. Pesawat keluar dari landasan pacu sejauh sekitar 40 meter. Pesawat mengangkut 23 penumpang dan tergelincir karena landasan pacu yang basah dan licin. Staff Merpati Ambon mengatakan bahwa Cassa 212 adalah pesawat dengan kapasitas 18 penumpang dan dia belum mendapatkan informasi apa-apa mengenai kecelakaan ini. Kecelakaan ini tidak menyebabkan kerusakan pada pesawat maupun korban jiwa.

Hmm, aku nggak tahu kenapa tapi kayaknya sih Merpati sering juga menemui masalah seperti ini. Baru beberapa minggu yang lalu, aku juga membaca kalo Merpati juga kecelakaan (kebanyakan karena landasan pacu yang licin, itu kata mereka). Satu hal yang sangat aneh adalah jumlah penumpangnya. Kapasitas pesawatnya tuh CUMA 18 penumpang, dan tuh pesawat mengangkut 23 penumpang! Apa!?!?!?!?!?! Itu kan 27,78% melebihi kapasitas maksimum. Menurutku sih ini nggak cuma terjadi pada Merpati aja, tapi juga pada beberapa maskapai lain. Garuda Indonesia mengoperasikan Boeing 737-400 dan kapasitas maksimum yang ditetapkan oleh maskapai ini untuk jenis pesawat ini adalah 136 penumpang/penerbangan, sementara Adam Air, yang juga mengoperasikan Boeing 737-400, menetapkan jumlah maksimum penumpang untuk pesawat jenis ini adalah 170 penumpang/penerbangan!!! Tetapi aku tahu sih pasti angka ini sudah dihitung sedemikian rupa keamanannya, nggak mungkin juga akan berpotensi besar untuk overload. Beberapa maskapai lain yang juga lumayan sering menemui masalah adalah Lion Air - Wings Air (mereka mengoperasikan terutama seri MD80). Salah satu temen ortuku cerita pengalamannya terbang dengan Lion Air beberapa tahun yang lalu. Waktu lagi terbang, tiba-tiba aja masker oksigennya keluar dan tentu aja bikin penumpangnya panik (padahal sebenernya nggak ada apa-apa yang terjadi, cuma ada kesalahan teknis jadinya maskernya keluar....). Apa!?!?!?!? Hmm, apa yang terjadi di dunia penerbangan Indonesia???

==Minggu==

Kemarin aku sih nggak melakukan apapun yang istimewa koq, di sore hari aku pergi ke gereja (nggak di ruangan utamanya, soalnya kan rusak gara-gara gempa tanggal 27 Mei kemarin), trus aku nganterin mamaku ke Galeria. Jam 8.30 malem aku menjemput mamaku di Galeria lagi, dan ngambil foto tokoku (Kassaya Galeria)... :P (numpang promosi, he3.... :D)

#164 - Farewell High-School

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

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

::: One part of The Graduation Ceremony this evening

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

::: Memorial Book, trophy, and medal

::: Bottom three this week

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

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

#163 - My Exam Score

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

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

::: my score paper

::: My 2nd semester report page

note: click to enlarge

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

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

#162 - A Wednesday (21/06) story

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This morning I got up at 7 AM, and today, according to the schedule, I had to go to school to sign and stamp my UAN/UAS/practical exam score paper (since the formal STK paper one hasn't been published yet by the government, so my school decided to give us a formal letter containing our score and this letter can be used when we proceed to university). I didn't know what time I should be there, and because there was no announcement about it last Monday, and last Monday it started at 9.30 AM, so I planned to depart at 8 AM. BUT, at 7.45 AM (after finishing my breakfast), my friend sent me an sms and asked why at that time i haven't been there, and he was already in the hall!! I thought we would have a meeting or something important in the hall, so at that time I departed to school in a hurry.

At 8.05 AM I arrived at school then directly went to the hall. Well, apparently, there was nothing important (announcement). Some third grade students were just standing in line in front of 2 empty tables. I asked my friend what we were gonnado. And he said we just needed to sign and stamp our letter but we still had to wait because the officers was still preparing them. Arrggghhhhh.... . Well, after waiting for about 10 minutes, then the officers came and each student started to sign and stamp. After for about 20 minutes, finally my turn came. After signing, stamping (with ink so three of my fingers were purpled by ink), and collecting our student card, it's over. I was permitted to go home, but before that I chatted with my friends then paid the last school tuition (it is unfair, we don't have classes the whole June but we still have to pay until June... :( ).

Actually this afternoon I planned to hang out with my friends. Unfortunately, because all my cars were occupied, so I had to cancel our plan.... :( Probably we will go tomorrow (if there is no obstacle). Then, because I didn't know what to do and couldn't sleep, I was on computer again and after being absent for sooo long I played GO again online. I think because I haven't played it for too long, I have lost my sense and acuity. So, I have to train myself again from the beginning.... :(

::: my fingers after stamping

::: Go

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Pagi ini aku bangun jam 7 pagi, dan hari ini, berdasarkan jadwal, aku harus pergi ke sekolah lagi untuk menandatangani dan mengecap surat nilai UAN/UAS/ujian praktekku (gara-gara lembar STK resminya belum dikeluarkan oleh pemerintah, makanya sekolahku memutuskan untuk memberi surat keterangan resmi dulu tentang nilai-nilai kita dan surat ini bisa digunakan untuk proses di universitas). Aku nggak tahu jam berapa aku harus ke sekolah, dan karena nggak ada pengumuman tentang ini Senin kemarin, dan Senin kemarin tuh mulainya jam 9.30 pagi, jadinya ya aku berangkat dari rumah rencananya jam 8 pagi. TETAPI, jam 7.45 pagi (pas habis selesai sarapan), temenku sms aku dan tanya koq aku belum di sekolah pas itu, dan dia udah ada di aula!! Aku kira bakalan ada acara atau pengumuman penting gitu di aula, jadi ya waktu itu aku berangkat dengan terburu-buru.

Jam 8.05 pagi aku sampe di sekolah dan langsung pergi ke aula. Huh, ternyata nggak ada yang penting (pengumuman). Beberapa murid kelas tiga cuma lagi ngantri berdiri di depan 2 meja kosong. Aku tanya temenku kita disuruh ngapain dan dibilangi kalo disuruh tanda tangan sama mengecap surat tetapi kita mesti nunggu soalnya petugasnya masih mempersiapkannya. Arrggghhhhh.... . Sesudah menunggu selama sekitar 10 menit, akhirnya petugasnya datang dan tiap murid mulai menandatangani dan mengecap. Habis 20 menit menunggu, akhirnya giliranku tiba. habis menandatangani, mengecap (dengan tinta, jadinya tiga jariku jadi berwarna ungu gara-gara tintanya), dan mengumpulkan kartu pelajar, selesai sudah. Aku diijinkan untuk pulang, tapi sebelum itu aku ngobrol-ngobrol dulu sama temenku trus bayar uang sekolah yang terakhir (nggak adil juga, kita nggak sekolah sepanjang bulan Juni tapi uang sekolah kita harus bayar sampe Juni... :( ).

Sebenernya siang tadi, aku berencana pergi jalan-jalan sama temen-temenku. Sayangnya, karena semua mobil di rumah lagi dipake, aku harus membatalkan rencanaku.... :( Mungkin kita akan pergi besok (kalo nggak ada halangan sih). Trus karena aku nggak tau mesti ngapain dan nggak bisa tidur, aku main komputer lagi dan setelah absen lamaa banget akhirnya aku main GO online lagi. Kayaknya sih gara-gara dah nggak main untuk terlalu lama,a ku udah kehilangan feeling dan ketajamanku. Jadi, aku harus melatih diriku lagi dari awal.... :(

#161 - The Day of Truth

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This is message number 161, actually 161 is a "sacred" number for my schoolmates because my school building's number is also 161 and also is located at Laksda Adisutjipto Street, so sometimes we call it LA 161... :P

Okay, today is the day of truth, where we, the third grade students, would know our UAN, UAS, and practical examinations result and the decision whether we pass or fail from high-school. Well, actually this year the government decides the standarts that we have to complete are: there is NO score under 4.26 in all subjects, and our average score for all subjects is not less than 4.51 (the score ranges from 0 to 10).

At 6 AM this morning before I went to school, I read an article in Kompas and it said that around 9% of high-school students in DIY (my region) FAIL in the examinations, which means they have to study again in the third year of high-school 1 more year because there is no remedial test for them who fail. Then, I went to school and met my friends. We didn't know what to do, so we just waited for further announcement. And at 7 AM, the vice-headmaster announced that the third grade students should assemble in the hall at 9.30 AM. What!?!?!?!?!? 9.30 AM!?!? I was so sleepy this morning (because I slept at 2.30 AM) and had to wait by doing nothing?? Arrrggghhhh.... . Because of that I went to the internet cafe just across my school this morning while I was waiting. At 9.15 AM I went back to school and at 9.30 AM, we had to go to the school hall.

At that time, my friend told me that one of our friends also fails in the exams, they said usually, if somebody fails in this exam, the night before the announcement (so it means last Sunday night), school will call him and tell him that he fails, so he won't come at the day, and yes, that guy didn't come this morning. Some friends felt relieved after hearing that info, because we can conclude (from that info), if we come to school this day, it means we PASS. BUT, our meeting in the hall really ruined some of my friends hope and joy.

Our vice-headmaster said that last night, he and some other teachers tried to deliver some letters for them who fail the exam, however, because the adresses of those students were wrong (especially them who live at boarding house), and because of limited time, so some letters couldn't be delivered last night (and at that time he showed some envelopes in his hand). Most of my friends started dreading again and felt nervous again. During all the speech in the hall, my friends were all very quiet and really did listen to the speech (usually they don't and keep talking with others). Then, the moment of truth finally came, our headmaster would read the result (school average score, the highest and the lowest score for each UAN subject; and the percentage of failure). He started with social stream. "Bahasa Indonesia, school average: 8.99" >> whoooo, 8.99 is DAMN HIGH. "highest score: 9.8, lowest 8". "English, school average: 8.5" >> wow, it's also great!! "highest score: 9.7, lowest 6.xx". Then, the last and the hardest one: "Economy, school average: 7.xx; highest score: 9.8, lowest score: 5". And all social students cheer, they all 100% pass the exam (but many students from science stream are still quiet)!!! Then, he moved to science stream. "Bahasa Indonesia, school average: 8.90" >> whooo, some were surprised because social's average is higher than science's average, usually, science's score is higher... . "highest score: 10, lowest score: 7.xx" >> still quiet, Bahasa Indonesia is relatively easier.... . "English, school average: 8.67; highest score: 10, lowest score: 6.xx" >> still quiet,because math is the evil of death for many students, so being safe at Bahasa Indonesia and English don't really make them feel safe... . "Math" >> the situation became more quiet. "school average: 6.8x, highest score: 10, lowest score:" >> some were pale "3" >> noooo... , three is under the minimum standart, so it means somebody has/have to fail. And the percentage of failure is 0.74% (so, 99.26% of science students pass). At that time, I count how many students who fail, and I knew there are 136 science students, if we take 1%, so we get 1.36 students, 0.74% is under 1%, so it means only 1 student fails. So, how about the letters?? Then, we got the answers, my vice-headmaster then said that he actually ONLY BROUGHT ENVELOPES!! There was NOTHING inside them!! Arrrgggghhhh, so all students who came to to school this morning all PASS the exam!!! And we were permitted to read our score on the boards.

My score is pretty good. For UAN, I got 9.6 for Bahasa Indonesia; 9.4 for English; and 10 for math (so the total is 29.00; that's the second highest in my school, the highest one is 29.07). Then, for UAS and practical examination, I got the highest score at school, I don't remember my score, because there are so many subjects (I just remember some of them, BUT I will write it all here after I get my STK >> my score is written there). And because in the end we acumulate all score (UAN, UAS, and practical examination), I get the highest mark, he3... :D After that, all students (from the first to third grade) assembled in the hall and we all close our disaster centre, and after that we had lunch together....

BAHASA INDONESIA

Ini adalah message nomer 161, sebenernya 161 adalah angka "sakral" bagi temen-temen sekolahku soalnya gedung sekolahku juga bernomer 161 dan terletak di Jalan Laksda Adisutjipto, makanya kadang-kadang kita memanggilnya LA 161... :P

Okay, hari ini adalah hari kebenaran, dimana kami, murid-murid kelas tiga, akan mengetahui hasil UAN, UAS, dan ujian prakter dan keputusan apakah kita lulus atau gagal dari SMA. Sebenernya, tahun ini pemerintah menetapkan standar kelulusan adalah: TIDAK boleh ada nilai di bawah 4,26 di semua mata pelajaran, dan rerata dari semua mata pelajaran haris tidak boleh kurang dari 4,51 (nilainya berkisar antara 0 sampai 10).

Jam 6 pagi sebelum aku berangkat ke sekolah pagi ini, aku membaca sebuah artikel di Kompas dan dikatakan kalo sekitar 9% dari seluruh murid SMA di DIY (daerahku) GAGAL dalam ujian, yang artinya mereka harus belajar lagi di kelas tiga SMA selama setahun soalnya nggak ada tes perbaikan bagi mereka yang gagal. Trus, aku berangkat ke sekolah dan bertemu temen-temenku. Kita nggak tahu mesti ngapain, jadi ya nunggu pengumuman lebih lanjut.Dan pada saat jam 7 pagi, wakil kepala sekolahku bilang kalo murid-murid kelas tiga harus berkumpul di aula jam 9.30 pagi. Apa!?!?!?!?!?!? 9.30 pagi!?!? Aku tadi ngantuk banget di sekolah (soalnya aku mulai bobok jam 2.30 pagi) dan harus menunggu dengan nggak melakukan apa-apa?? Arrggghhhhh.... . Karena itu aku trus pergi ke warnet di seberang sekolahku pagi ini sambil nunggu. Trus jam 9.15 pagi aku balik ke sekolah dan jam 9.30 pagi kita pergi ke aula sekolah.

Pada waktu itu, temenku bilang kalo salah satu temen kita juga gagal dalam ujian. Biasanya, katanya kalo misalnya seseorang itu gagal dalam ujian, semalam sebelum hari pengumuman (jadi ya berarti hari Minggu malam kemarin), sekolah akan menghubungi dia dan bilang kalo dia gagal, jadi dia nggak akan datang hari itu, dan bener aja, temenku itu nggak datang. Beberapa temen merasa lega setelah mendengar info ini, soalnya kita bisa menyimpulkan (dari info tersebut), kalo kita datang ke sekolah hari ini, itu berarti kita LULUS. TETAPI, pertemuan di aula bener-bener menghancurkan harapan dan kesenangan temen-temenku itu.

Wakil kepala sekolah bilang kalo semalam, dia beserta beberapa guru lain hendak mengantar surat-surat kepada mereka yang gagal dalam ujian, tetapi, karena ternyata alamat dari beberapa siswa itu salah (terutama mereka yang tinggal di kos) dan karena waktu yang terbatas, jadi beberapa surat nggak bisa diantarkan semalam (dan pada saat itu dia menunjukkan beberapa amplop di tangannya). Kebanyakan dari temenku mulai merasa takut dan deg-degan lagi. Sepanjang 'pidato' di aula, temenku semuanya diam dan mendengarkan pidatonya dengan baik-baik dan saksama (biasanya sih enggak dan malah ngobrol sendiri sama yang lain). Trus, saat kebenaran tiba, kepala sekolah kita akan membacakan hasilnya (nilai rata-rata sekolah, nilai tertinggi dan terendah pada setiap mata pelajaran di UAN, dan persentase kegagalan). Dia memulai dengan jurusan sosial. "Bahasa Indonesia, rata-rata sekolah: 8.99" >> whoooo, 8.99 itu TINGGI BANGET. "nilai tertinggi: 9.8, terendah 8". "Bahasa Inggris, rata-rata sekolah: 8.5" >> wow,ini juga bagus!! "nilai tertinggi: 9.7, terendah 6.xx".Trus akhirnya yang terakhir dan yang paling susah: "Ekonomi, nilai tertinggi: 9.8, nilai terendah: 5". Dan semua murid-murid sosial bersorak, mereka semua lulus ujian 100% (tapi beberapa anak dari jurusan IPA masih tetep terdiam)!!! Trus dilanjutkan dengan jurusan IPA. "Bahasa Indonesia, rata-rata sekolah: 8.90" >> whooo, beberapa terkejut juga soalnya rata-rata IPSnya lebih tinggi dari anak-anak IPA, biasanya IPA yang lebih tinggi... . "nilai tertinggi: 10, nilai terendah: 7.xx" >> masih tetap hening, Bahasa Indonesia itu relatif lebih mudah soalnya.... . "Bahasa Inggris, rata-rata sekolah: 8.67; nilai tertinggi: 10, nilai terendah: 6.xx" >> masih tetap hening juga, soalnya matematika adalah malaikat pencabut nyawa bagi kebanyakan murid, jadi aman di Bahasa Inggris dan Bahasa Indonesia nggak membuat mereka merasa aman... . "Matematika" >> situasi menjadi bertambah hening. "rata-rata sekolah: 6.8x, nilai tertinggi: 10, nilai terendah:" >> beberapa menjadi pucat "3" >> tidaaaaaaaaaaakkk... , tiga itu di bawah standart kelulusan, jadi itu berarti kalo ada yang harus gagal. Dan persentase kagagalan adalah 0,74% (jadi 99,26% murid jurusan IPA lulus). Trus waktu itu aku menghitung berapa anak yang gagal, aku tahu kalo ada 136 anak jurusan IPA, kalo kita ambil 1%nya, berarti kan kita dapat 1,36 orang, dan 0,74% tuh di bawah 1%, jadi yang gak lulus satu orang dong... . Jadi, bagaimana dengan surat-suratnya tadi?? Akhirnya jawabannya terungkap, wakil kepala sekolahku akhirnya menjawab kalo dia CUMA MEMBAWA AMPLOP DOANK!! Di dalam amplopnya TIDAK ADA APA-APA!! Arrrgggghhhh, jadi semua murid yang datang ke sekolah hari ini LULUS ujian, dan akhirnya kita diijinkan melihat nilai kita di papan.

Nilaiku lumayan bagus juga. Untuk UAN, aku dapat 9,6 untuk Bahasa Indonesia, 9,4 untuk Bahasa Inggris, dan 10 untuk matematika (jadi totalnya tuh 29,00, itu nilai tertinggi kedua di sekolahku, tertingginya 29,07). Untuk UAS dan ujian praktek, nilaiku yang tertinggi di sekolah, aku nggak inget angka-angkanya berapa soalnya ada banyak banget sih pelajarannya (aku cuma inget beberapa aja, TAPI aku bakalan menulis disini besok kalo aku dah dapet STKnya soalnya nilaiku semua ada di STK). Dan karena pada akhirnya kita tuh mengakumulasi semua nilai (UAN, UAS, dan Ujian Praktek), aku dapet nilai tertinggi, he3... :D Habis itu semua murid (dari kelas satu sampe kelas tiga) berkumpul di aula dan menutup posko bencana kami, habis itu kita makan siang bareng....

Disasters in Indonesia

ENGLISH

In the last 2 months, some disasters happened in Indonesia. The raising activity of the most active volcano in the world, Merapi, started it in the middle of May 2006 when the status of this volcano finally reached: "Awas!!" (Danger). Then, almost two weeks later, when most people paid attention to that volcano, unexpectedly, a 5.9 Richter Scale earthquake shook Jogjakarta and many casualties died, many buildings collapsed and broken, etc. Then, some other earthquakes also happened in some parts of Indonesia (Wamena, Lampung, etc). In Sidoarjo, East Java, outpouring of gast and hot mud happened and caused the hot mud flood tragedy around the area. The hot mud has already reached the Gempol - Surabaya freeway and this freeway had to be close some days ago. Last Wednesday, just one day after the status of the volcano Merapi was descended to: "Siaga!!" (Alert), a large hot ash (and also lava) from that volcano destroyed the recreation site near Kaliurang, Kali Adem and 2 volunteers died inside the safety bunker there (the bunker was not good enough and it was designed to protect people from hot ash but not from hot lava, that's what some people said).

When will we be free from disasters that keep coming like this??? It doesn't make us (or at least me) feel comfortable.... :(

Well, talking about the show Indonesian Idol last night, I think once again, Indonesia got it right by eliminating Tesa. IMO, if I have to score the performances last night, it will be: Nobo (6.5), Sisi (7.5), Dirly (7), Brinet (5.3), Ilham (7.3), Maria (8.3), Tesa (5), Christy (6.7), Ihsan (7), and Gea (8). And the bottom three last night based on the votes were:
8. Sisi
9. Christy
10. Tesa >> voted off
Yaay, finally Indonesia and I had the same opinion... :) >> because I watched this show, I didn't watch the match between Argentina vs Serbia - Montenegro where Serbia was trounced six to nothing.

::: The Volcano Merapi and its hot ash

::: Hot Mud flood

::: bottom three this week

BAHASA INDONESIA

Dalam 2 bulan terakhir ini, beberapa bencana terjadi di Indonesia. Meningkatnya aktivitas dari gunung berapi paling aktif di dunia, Merapi, memulainya pada pertengahan Mei 2006 ketika status dari gunung berapi ini naik menjadi: "Awas!!". Kemudian, sekitar 2 minggu sesudahnya, ketika orang-orang kebanyakan memperhatikan ke gunung api itu, gempa berkekuatan 5.9 Skala Richter mengguncang Yogyakarta dan sekitarnya dan banyak korban meninggal, gedung-gedung ambruk dan rusak, dsb. Trus beberapa gempa bumi lainnya juga terjadi di beberapa bagian dari Indonesia (Wamena, Lampung, dsb). Di Sidoarjo, Jawa Timur, semubran gas dan lumpur panas terjadi dan menyebabkan banjir lumpur panas di sekitar area itu. Lumpur panas bahkan sudah mencapai jalan tol Gempol - Surabaya dan jalan tol ini harus ditutup beberapa hari yang lalu. Hari Rabu kemarin, baru satu hari setelah status Gunung Merapi diturunkan menjadi: "Siaga", awan panas raksasa (dan juga lava) dari gunung berapi itu menghancurkan tempat wisata di dekat Kaliurang, Kali Adem dan 2 orang relawan meninggal dunia di dalam bunker pengaman (bunkernya nggak cukup bagus dan didesain untuk melindungi orang dari awan panas, bukan lava panas, itu kata beberapa orang).

Kapan kita akan terbebas dari bencana yang terus terjadi speerti sekarang ini??? Itu nggak membuat kita (paling enggak aku lah..) merasa nyaman.... :(

Hmm, Ngomongin tentang show Indonesian Idol semala, aku kira sekali lagi, Indonesia benar dengan mengeliminasi Tesa. Menurutku, kalau aku harus menilai penampilan semalam, menjadi: Nobo (6.5), Sisi (7.5), Dirly (7), Brinet (5.3), Ilham (7.3), Maria (8.3), Tesa (5), Christy (6.7), Ihsan (7), and Gea (8). Dan tiga terbawah berdasarkan hasil voting semalam adalah:
8. Sisi
9. Christy
10. Tesa >> tersisih
Yaay, akhirnya Indonesia sama aku punya pendapat yang sama... :) >> gara2 nonton show ini aku gak nonton pertandingannya Argentina vs Serbia - Montenegro dimana Serbia kalah telak enam nol.

Controversy: "Lion King"

ENGLISH

I guess most of you know the famous animation film made by Walt Disney in 1994: "Lion King". To read this cartoon synopsis, click here. And probably some of you also know that one part of this film has been a controversy due to the word "SEX" on it (I also read at one novel about this issue). And yesterday I just found the clip which caused this controversy, here it is...

What do you think??

::: the controversy clip

INDONESIAN

Aku menebak kebanyakan dari temen-temen pasti tahu tentang film animasi terkenal yang dibuat oleh Walt Disney pada tahun 1994: "Lion King". Untuk membaca sinopsis dari kartun ini, klik disini. Dan mungkin beberapa juga sudah pada tahu kalo satu bagian dari film ini sudah menjadi kontroversi karena kata: "SEX" dalam adegannya (aku juga membaca masalah ini pada sebuah novel). Dan kemarin, aku menemukan klipnya yang menyebabkan permasalahan ini, itu ada di atas...

Bagaimana pendapat temen2??

All About Six

Note: because this message is very long, so I just write it in English.... :) sorry for the inconvenience

I got a homework from Aunty Miniez to write "All About Six" (6 things which really made me both feel happy and sad). Ok, and here they are:

FIRST PART (HAPPY)

1. Being one of the best student: Thanks be to God because He always bless me especially at school (not only ay school actually but in this case I wanna emphasize it... :D). I didn't always get the highest mark at school (especially when I was in Elementary School and Junior High School), but my mark was included in the top 10 or top 5 in school, or top 3 in class. In Senior High School it went better and better... :)

2. Going abroad on holiday. In the end of 2003 until the beginning of 2004, my family and some other families went abroad on holiday. We went to Singapore, Thailand, Hong Kong, and China (only acrossed the river from Hong Kong to the city "Shen Zhen"). We were in Singapore only one night (so we just walked around Orchard Road and Sentosa Island the next morning, because in the afternoon, our flight to Bangkok, Thailand departed). We spent 4 nights in Thailand (3 night in Bangkok and 1 night in Pattaya). We went to some temples and looked at the Emerald Buddha, Sleeping Buddha, and Golden Buddha statues. We also went to Crocodile Park (I was so excited watching the crocodile show, the model put his head into the crocodile's mouth!!!). At Pattaya, we also watched Alcatraz Show (transsexual show), they were not like queers actually (we would not have found out that they were transsexual if we hadn't been told by the guide or if we didn't look at them so carefully). Then, we went to Shen Zhen (our flight was to Hong Kong, so we went to Hong Kong first, then by bus we went to Shen Zhen). We went to "Window of The World", a miniature park of the world, and "Window of China", a miniature park about China. We also wacthed some shows which were fantastic there. After spending 2 nights there, we moved to Hong Kong. We went to Maddame Tussaud's Wax Museum and also went on walk around the city Hong Kong. After that, we went back to Indonesia. It was my first experience to go abroad.... :)

3. When my driving license was granted. Because of that, now I can go everywhere by car without worrying the police. It doesn't mean I can drive carelessly or break the rules; but at least if the worst thing happens (ex: I get caught by the police, or etc), I have the driving license... :)

4. When I got my new first cellular phone. Actually, for my peer, I was pretty "late" when I got my first cellular phone. My parents bought my first cellphone to me (N 3650) 3 years ago, after my final examination of Junior High School. Most of my friends had already owned cellular phones at that time (even when we were in the first grade of JHS). But that's okay, I was still happy at that time... :D

5. Going to Malaysia (going abroad on holiday part II). In the end of 2004 until the beginning of 2005 my family and one other family went to Malaysia to spend our Christmas - New Year Holiday time... . At first we stayed at Sunway Lagoon and played at the theme park. Then, we moved to Genting Highlands and stayed 2 days long. We went to the mall and theme park too... . Well, I couldn't enter the casino because I was still too young at that time (well, even right now I still can't enter it, lol he3... :D). Then, because of the tsunami disaster, we cancelled our plan to Penang Island and prolonged our stay at Kuala Lumpur >> in Malaysia, we still can speak Bahasa Indonesia to the people there... :) After that, we went back to Indonesia

6. When my little brother was born. I was still 3 years old at that time but I still remember that I was so happy at that time... :D

SECOND PART (SAD)

1. When disasters kept coming on Jogjakarta. Almost three weeks ago (when I was in Bali), a massive earthquake shook my city, after that, the activity of the volcano Merapi raised... . Those disasters made me feel sad.... :(

2. When my dad was sick and had to be treated at the hospital. About 4.5 years ago, my dad got a heart attack and had to be treated at Panti Rapih Hospital for about 10 days. After that, he was permitted to go back home, but he didn't get over really well and his face was so pale. Then, my aunt from Surabaya recommended to go to Jakarta and checked my father's heart there. Wow, so lucky my father went to Jakarta, there we found out that the artery (Arteria coronaria) was still clogged by 95% even after he consumed some drug, then he had a surgery and put a stent on it, and after that his condition got better and better.

3. When my grandfathers passed away. Twelve and nine years ago, my grandfathers (one from my father and the other of course from my mother) passed away. Everybody feels sad when one of their relative pass' away, and so do I....

4. Feeling so lonely. Sometimes in the past I also felt so lonely, that was obviously not fun... :(

5. Being separated from my friends. I always don't like the moment when I got separated from my friends, for example when we enter different school (if still in one city, not really a problem; but if in two different cities, that's the problem.... :( ) or different colleges (like what happens now...).

6. When people lie at me. I really hate people who lie at me, because they have already broken my trust on them (that's the first thing) or because they don't trust on me (because they don't trust on me, so they lie to me, that sometimes happened when I was a kid).

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I throw this homework to:
1. Dian Decante
2. Yulia
3. Nao
4. Meli Bong
5. Wina
6. Hendri Bun

Unnecesarry Debate

ENGLISH

As you know, two weeks ago when I came back from Bali, my flight landed at Adisumarmo Airport and of course my friends and I had to spend extra money to pay taxi fee from Solo to Jogja. If you have no idea what the hell I am talking right now, click here. If you have read that message carefully, you would have found out that the fee was not Garuda's responsibility, and this issue caused a small unnecesarry debate in the cab between me and one of my friend (just said A). Here is the conversation (not the exact words because my memory is not that great, but more or less, this is the conversation):

note: words in italic are our conversation, and words in brackets are my comment(s) right now

A : Arrgghh, we had to spend more money because of this, Garuda s****, a****** (well, the curse words were all in Indonesian actually... :D)
Z : Yea, we have already talked about it several times, come on. Why don't you just calm down?
A : But Garuda is the one who is supposed to pay the taxi fee from Solo to Jogja, our ticket is Bali - Jogja, and now we land at Solo!! or Garuda should have already provided bus or something for us (and also other passengers) to go to Jogja...
Z : I guess you know why Garuda didn't land at Jogja. That's because of the disaster and Adisutjipto Airport is still closed, isn't it?
A : Yes
Z : So, is that Garuda's fault if our flight landed at Solo?
A : It's not but Garuda should pay the fee, our destination in our ticket is to Jogja, not Solo....
Z : But this is because of the disaster, that ticket was printed before the disaster, who knew this disaster would happen?
A : IMO, Garuda is still the one who is responsible with our transport to Jogja
Z : I understand what you mean and also agree with you, but this is also not Garuda's fault. If this was Garuda's fault, I believe Garuda would provide bus or something for us to Jogja.
A : Are you happy with this? That we have to spend more money?
Z : I'm obviously not happy with this, who the hell on earth is happy with this?? But at least let's see from Garuda's side
A : Why should we see from Garuda's side?? That's worthless
Z : Worthless?? I don't think so, at least we understand how Garuda's management think and work about this.
A : Hah?? Does that help you? Nope
Z : It does help. At least I don't keep moaning. One thing that I don't like is somebody who keeps on moaning which is actually useless... (wow, after that I realized that it was probably pretty offensive... :D)
A : Moaning?? I'm not moaning
Z : Yes, you are moaning and also complaining
A : No, I'm not moaning, but probably yes, I'm complaining
Z : and what do or will you get?? Will Garuda pay this taxi fee after you do moan all the time in this cab to us? That's useless, come on, just accept it, I'm so tired right now. Then, one more thing, at first, people moaned, then because of that they complained. So, moan causes complaint
A : That doesn't make any sense, so weird

then I didn't reply and chose to end this unnecesarry debate, he3.....

-- THE END --

That's unnercesarry, isn't it? :) >> actually at that time I was too tired and had no spirit to go on the debate, but I thought if I always kept silent people would "underestimate" me (most the time I am too lazy to do mouth to mouth debate and prefer to avoid it or give in (even if actually I still can speak about it >> avoid further "hot situation" which is, I think, uncomfortable)) and second, I would have to hear the same complaint over and over.

My point at this debate: I didn't disagree with my friend's argument, I did agree and had the same thought, BUT the problem was: He moaned all the time and did that again and again which I thought was useless

INDONESIAN

Seperti yang sudah diketahui, dua minggu yang lalu ketika aku pulang dari Bali, pesawatku mendarat di Bandara Adisumarmo dan tentu saja aku sama temen-temenku harus membayar biaya ekstra untuk taksi dari Solo menuju Jogja. Kalo kamu nggak punya bayangan lagi ngomongin apa sih aku sekarang ini, klik disini. Kalo tuh message udah dibaca dengan teliti, pasti pada tahu dong kalo biaya taksinya bukan tanggung jawabnya Garuda, dan masalah ini ternyata menyebabkan terjadinya sebuah perdebatan kecil yang nggak penting di dalam taksi antara aku sama temenku (sebut saja A). Ini dia percakapannya (bukan dalam kata-kata yang persis seperti waktu itu soalnya ingatanku juga nggak sehebat itu, tapi kurang lebih sih kayak gini percakapannya):

note: kata-kata yang ditulis miring adalah percakapannya sementara yang di dalam tanda kurung adalah pendapatku sekarang ini

A : Arrgghh, kita harus mengeluarkan uang lebih gara-gara ini, Garuda s*****, a*****
Z : Iya, tapi kita sudah membicarakan hal ini beberapa kali, ayolah. Kenapa kamu nggak tenang aja?
A : Tapi Garuda adalah pihak yang seharusnya membayar ongkos taksi dari Solo ke Jogja, tiket kita kan Bali - Jogja dan sekarang kita malah mendarat di Solo!! atau Garuda seharusnya menyediakan bus atau apa gitu untuk kita (dan juga penumpang lain) untuk pergi ke Jogja...
Z : Kamu tahu kan kenapa Garuda nggak mendarat di Jogja. Itu kan karena bencana dan Bandara Adisutjipto masih ditutup, ya kan?
A : Iya
Z : Jadi, apakah ini kesalahannya Garuda sehingga pesawat kita mendarat di Solo?
A : Bukan kesalahannya, tapi Garuda seharusnya membayar biayanya, tujuan yang tertulis di tiket kita ke Jogja, bukan ke Solo....
Z : Tapi ini kan karena bencana, tiketnya dicetak sebelum bencana, siapa yang tahu kalo bencana ini bakalan terjadi?
A : Menurutku, Garuda adalah pihak yang bertanggung-jawab terhadap transpor kita ke Jogja.
Z : Aku ngerti koq maksudmu dan juga setuju, tapi ini juga bukan kesalahannya Garuda. Kalo ini kesalahannya Garuda, aku percaya koq kalo Garuda akan menyediakan bus atau apa untuk kita ke Jogja
A : Apa kamu senang sama ini? Kalo kita harus keluar uang lebih banyak?
Z : Aku jelas aja lah nggak seneng sama ini, siapa sih di dunia ini yang senang sama hal ini?? Tapi paling nggak kita juga lihat dari sudut pandangnya Garuda dong
A : Untuk apa kita melihat dari sudut pandangnya Garuda?? Nggak ada gunanya
Z : Nggak berguna?? Aku nggak setuju deh, paling nggak kan kita paham bagaimana manajemennya Garuda berpikir dan bertindak mengenai hal ini
A : Hah?? Apa itu menolong? Nggak
Z : Bener-bener menolong. Minimal aku nggak selalu mengeluh. Satu hal yang aku nggak suka tuh seseorang yang terus-terusan mengeluh padahal itu nggak berguna banget... (wow, habis itu aku sadar kalo ini mungkin agak tajam juga... :D)
A : Mengeluh?? Aku nggak mengeluh
Z : Iya, kamu mengeluh dan juga komplain
A : Nggak, aku nggak mengeluh, tapi mungkin iya, aku komplain ,
Z : dan apa yang kamu dapat atau akan dapat?? Apa Garuda akan mengganti ongkos taksinya setelah kamu mengeluh sepanjang waktu di dalam taksi ke kita? Nggak berguna banget kan, ayolah, menerima aja, aku juga capek banget sekarang. Trus, satu hal lagi, pertama, orang mengeluh dan karena itu mereka komplain. Jadi, mengeluh menyebabkan komplain.
A : Nggak masuk akal sama sekali, aneh banget

trus aku gak jawab, memilih mengakhiri debat nggak penting ini, he3.....

-- SELESAI --

Nah, nggak penting kan? :) >> sebenernya sih waktu itu aku dah capek banget dan nggak ada semangat untuk berdebat, tapi aku mikir kalo aku diem aja, orang akan "meremehkan" aku (biasanya aku tuh males banget untuk melakukan debat mulut ke mulut dan lebih memilih untuk menghindarinya atau mengalah (walaupun sebenernya aku masih bisa berpendapat soal itu >> untuk menghindari situasi panas yang lebih lanjut yang menurutku nggak nyaman banget)) dan kedua, aku akan mendengar komplain yang sama lagi dan lagi.

Maksudku dalam debat ini: Aku bukannya nggak setuju sama pendapatnya temenku, aku setuju banget dan punya pikiran yang sama, TETAPI masalahnya adalah: dia tuh mengeluh terus dan melakukannya lagi dan lagi yang menurutku tuh sebenernya nggak berguna

Money Money Money

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I think all of us agree that money is one important thing in our life. Without money, we can't live (probably except some traditional tribes who still live their own ways and pretty secluded from the civilization). Here, I don't want to write about that big thing, but about small thing that happens around me.

I used to be kind and generous. For example when my friends and I had meal somewhere, usually I paid all first then my friends paid to me. I also let my friends copied many mp3s or videos from my computer, then used my blank CD, and made new CD for them, and I didn't take any charge. I also took them with my car, so I had to take them from their home, then went somewhere, sometimes went to my house, then I took them home back. At first actually I was okay and no problem with that. But as time flew, I don't think that's okay or no problem... . Why?? Because sometimes recently I also felt that they exploited me. Here's some examples. One day we had dinner at one restaurant, and as usual I paid first. Then, my friend should pay me Rp. 70,000.oo but he only paid Rp. 50,000.oo and said he would paid the rest later. But the fact is: he NEVER pays the rest. Or sometimes, he didn't even PAY the Rp. 70,000.oo that he was supposed to pay. And if I ask him about his loan to me (because I need the money and I don't take any profit from that (if he loaned Rp 100,000.oo I would ask Rp 100,000.oo, NOT Rp 120,000.oo)), he says: "NO, I don't loan anything to you!!" That's also my fault actually because I didn't bring the bills, but I think even if I had brought the bill, it would not have changed a lot (probably he would say that he had already paid Rp. 70,000.oo). Then, one day he said to me he wanted to go to my house and I said okay, but then he said that I had to take him home, what!?!?!? That's pretty weird, I knew what he was gonna do in my house, he wanted to copy many mp3s or videos again, and of course used my blank CD again. I was also tired that day and said that probably I couldn't take him home, and I would call a taxi for him when he wanted to go home. But he refused, he didn't want to go to my house if I didn't take him home... . Umm, that's weird.... . Then, one day, because I was fed up with that, I said everybody should pay themselves (I didn't want to pay for all first again), and he said I was very stingy, but I didn't care. And of course, I didn't lose any money that I actually deserved. I think there are many people out there who are also like that, when I told this problem to one of my friend, I knew that some of my friend's friends are also like that.... . Well, not all of my friends are like that, many of them (or most of them) are honest and fair. So???

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Talking about the show Indonesian Idol last night, we finally eliminated Lee. That was a correct decision I think, since IMO, some of the worst performers last night were Lee, Dirly, Ihsan, and Tesa.

::: Rupiah

::: Bottom three this week

INDONESIAN

Menurutku semua dari kita setuju kalau uang adalah satu hal penting dalam hidup kita. Tanpa uang kita nggak bisa hidup (mungkin kecuali beberapa suku tradisional yang masih hidup dengan cara mereka dan agak terpencil dari peradaban). Disini, aku nggak mau nulis tentang hal besar itu, tapi cuma hal kecil yang terjadi di sekitar aku.

Aku tuh dulu baik banget loh. Misalnya aja ketika aku sama temen-temenku lagi makan dimana gitu, biasanya aku yang membayar semuanya duluan, trus temenku membayar ke aku. Aku juga membiarkan temenku untuk meminta banyak mp3 dan video dari komputerku, trus memakai CD kosongku, dan membuatkan mereka CD baru, dan aku nggak minta bayaran. Aku juga mengantar mereka naik mobilku, jadi aku harus menjemput mereka dari rumah, pergi kemana gitu, trus kadang-kadang ke rumahku, trus nganter mereka pulang. Pertamanya sebenernya aku oke-oke aja sama itu dan nggak masalah. Tapi seiring dengan mengalirnya waktu, aku nggak merasa itu oke-oke aja atau nggak masalah... . Kenapa?? Soalnya kadang-kadang akhir-akhir ini aku merasa kalo mereka memanfaatkan aku. Ini beberapa contohnya. Suatu hari kami makan di sebuah restoran, kemudian kayak biasanya, aku yang bayar dulu. Trus, temenku seharusnya membayar Rp. 70.000,oo tapi dia cuma membayar Rp. 50.000,oo dan ngomong kalo sisanya akan dibayar kemudian. Tapi kenyataannya: dia TIDAK PERNAH membayar sisanya. Atau malah kadang-kadang, dia TIDAK membayar yang Rp. 70.000,oo itu yang seharusnya dia bayar. Dan ketika aku meminta utangnya (soalnya aku lagi butuh uang dan aku nggak ngambil untung dari utangnya itu (kalo utangnya Rp. 100.000,oo ya aku mintanya Rp. 100.000,oo bukan Rp. 120.000,oo)), dia bilang: "ENGGAK, aku kan nggak utang sama kamu!!" Sebenernya itu kesalahanku juga sih soalnya aku nggak bawa notanya, tapi menurutku walaupun aku bawa notanya, kayaknya juga nggak terlalu berubah deh (mungkin dia bakal omong kalo dia sudah membayar Rp. 70.000,oo). Trus suatu hari, dia bilang kalo dia mau dateng ke rumahku dan aku bilang iya, tapi trus tahu-tahu dia bilang kalo aku mesti nganterin dia pulang, apa!?!?!? Itu agak aneh, aku tahu dia mau apa di rumahku, pasti mau minta lagu mp3 atau video lagi, dan tentu aja pake CD kosongku lagi. Aku juga lagi capek sih waktu itu dan bilang kalo mungkin aku nggak bisa nganter pulang, dan aku akan nelpon taksi untuk nganter dia pulang. Tapi dia menolak, dia nggak mau ke rumahku kalo aku nggak mau nganter dia pulang.... . Umm, itu kan aneh.... . Trus, suatu hari, karena aku sudah muak dengan semua itu, aku bilang tiap orang langsung bayar sendiri-sendiri (aku nggak mau membayar untuk semua lagi), dan aku dibilang sangat pelit, tapi ya aku biarin aja. Dan tentu aja, aku nggak kehilangan uang yang aku berhak. Aku kira ada lumayan banyak orang seperti itu di luar sana, waktu aku cerita masalah ini ke temenku, aku jadi tahu kalo temennya temenku beberapa juga kayak gitu... . Hmm, nggak semua temenku seperti itu sih, banyak dari mereka (kebanyakan malah) tuh adil dan jujur. Jadi???

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Ngomong-ngomong tentang show Indonesian Idol semalam, akhirnya Lee tereliminasi. Itu adalah keputusan yang tepat menurutku soalnya, menurutku beberapa yang terjelak adalah Lee, Dirly, Ihsan dan Tesa.

World Cup starts TODAY!!!

ENGLISH

All soccer mania all over the world must be very happy and excited today since the worldwide event which is held only once in four years, THE WORLD CUP, starts today....

I am not a soccer mania actually, and also seldom (or never) watching football match, but for World Cup, I don't know why but I am pretty interested in it. Even probably I don't watch the match, but I also feel pretty curious to know the result... :) Four years ago when this event was held in Korea-Japan (I was in the second year of Junior High-School) I also felt the same....



::: The World Cup

INDONESIAN

Semua penggila sepakbola di seluruh dunia pasti sangat senang hari ini soalnya even dunia yang diadakan sekali dalam empat tahun, PIALA DUNIA, dimulai hari ini ....

Aku bukanlah penggila bola sebenernya, dan juga jarang banget (atau malah nggak pernah) nonton pertandingan bola, tapi untuk Piala Dunia, aku nggak tahu kenapa tapi aku lumayan tertarik loh. Biarpun mungkin aku nggak nonton pertandingannya, tapi aku ngerasa lumayan penasaran untuk tahu hasilnya.... :) Empat tahun yang lalu ketika even ini diadakan di Korea-Jepang (aku lagi kelas 2 SMP waktu itu) aku juga merasakan hal yang sama....

My Bali Vacation PART THREE (Day 6 and 7)

ENGLISH

previous part................

Day 6

Because we were so sleepy, we got up pretty late at 10.30 AM in the morning, and because of that, unfortunately, we automatically wasted our breakfast vouchers (only available until 10 AM) that day. Then, after everybody was ready, we walked to the airport to go to Garuda Indonesia office again to ask again about our flight back to Jogjakarta the next day. The answer was still the same, the flight would not land at Adisutjipto Airport, but at Adisumarmo Airport Solo, and the transport from Solo to Jogjakarta was not Garuda's responsibility. Ok, after that we had lunch at a chinese food restaurant (I don't remember the name, but it was somewhere near the airport, not very close actually, about 5 minutes by taxi). Then, we went back to our hotel (we dropped in a laundry first, my friend wanted to take his clothes).

That evening, we planned to go to Jimbaran Bay to have dinner there. Well, the driver (who we hired to bring us to Bedugul and Lovina the previous days) offered to bring us to Jimbaran Bay with special rates, Rp. 100,000.oo and he would bring us to one cheap restaurant that he knew. He said that if we went there by taxi, we would have to pay more expensive, around Rp. 120,000.oo or even more. Because we had already been suspicious and disappointed to the driver, we just said okey and if we wanted to hire him again, we would call him (and of course we didn't call him. Okay, probably the taxi fee would be more expensive Rp. 20,000.oo but cheap restaurant that he knew?? After having experience with him bringing us to a buffet restaurant, we didn't think that's cheap. We were pretty sure that he would bring us to restaurant which would give him tips, and of course it was not gonnabe cheap....). Then, we caught a taxi and guess what?? The taxi rate was only Rp. 23,000.oo which means around Rp. 46,000.oo vv. Fiuuhhh.... . Lucky we didn't step into alligator’s mouth. Then, because there were so many restaurants, we chose the closest one and had dinner there. We chose our table first, then after ordering drinks, we ordered our meal. There were only some choices of seafood: fish, mussels, calamari, crabs, and prawns. And after ordered mine, I went back to my seat and enjoyed the evening view of Jimbaran Bay and Ngurah Rai International Airport Bali (the location was pretty close to the airport so we could watch many planes took off or landed). Then, finally our meals came and we started to eat. The food was not very tasty (at least for us, I don't know for other people) actually >> one of my friend complained to us (which is actually totally useless) because the food was not tasty (and the price was so high), but he ate 4 plates of rice... . Hmmmm... . But when we come to Jimbaran, we shouldn't expect tasty food, because of some reasons. First, Jimbaran is in Bali, and probably our tongue doesn't suit with Bali's food. Second, when we go to Jimbaran we are mainly looking for the atmosphere (the bay, etc), so food is number two. After that, we went back home by taxi, and yes, it was only Rp. 24,000.oo.

Day 7

We got up at 9 AM in the morning, and this day we didn't waste our breakfast vouchers. We had breakfast there in the hotel. Then, after packing our luggages, we still had about 8 hours before our flight took off (it took off at 6.50 PM according to the schedule), and what were we gonna do in that 8 hours?? We were confused at first, and finally we decided to go to Bali Galeria Mall in Simpang Siur.

Hmm, the mall was apparently not very crowded at that time (or probably because we came there too early). So, we went and also wasted our time in Gramedia to buy some books. After that, we had lunch at the food court. Then, because it was still 1.45 PM, we decided to watch a movie at Cinema21. There were only 2 rooms and 2 movies there, X-Men III The Last Stand in room 1, and The DaVinci Code in room 2. Because I had already watched DVC (only me who had already watched that movie actually), so we watched X-Men III. The movie started at 2.15 PM and unfortunately, because we were pretty late buying the tickets, we got the front seats (the nearest to the screen which was not very comfortable). Okay, then I tried to enjoy the film (actually I don't really like the story X-Men), and I could enjoy it. It was pretty good with high-imagination, but I still prefer DVC to X-Men III... :) The movie ended at about 4 PM, and then we left the mall, took our luggages from our hotel, then went to the airport directly.

Unfortunately, we were too early about 20 minutes (the check-in table for GA 255 had not been open yet, so we had to wait). Luckily I bought some comics at Gramedia that afternoon, and I could read it while we were waiting for it. Then, after 20 minutes, we checked-in, and we still had about 2 hours before our flight. So, we went to KFC first and had dinner there. After that, we went to the waiting area and waited for our flight at Gate 16. Then, there was an announcement that GA 255 would be delayed until 7 PM (that's not really a problem, only 10 minutes late). At 7 PM, we boarded to our plane and took off from Bali at about 7.10 PM. Bye bye Bali..... :)

On board, there was a stupid, selfish, idiot, sux man. Before the plane took off, the air stewardess reminded him to turn off his cellphone, and he said okay. But guess what?? When we were flying, he sent some sms' and also received some.... :( Arrrggghhhh.... . The weather at that time was not very nice, and he held his cellphone, kept it active, and sent sms?? Arrggghhhh..... . Lucky our flight was okay. Then, after 1 hour flying, we finally landed at Adisumarmo Airport, Solo. That was my first time to Adisumarmo Airport, the runway was okay (better than Jogjakarta Airport's runway). But, the terminal building was terrible, Jogjakarta's was a lot better.... :) Then, we caught a taxi and went back to Yogyakarta, and after 1 more hour journey, I arrived at my house.

~ THE END ~


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::: South View of Jimbaran Bay

::: North View of Jimbaran Bay

::: My meal at Jimbaran (fried calamaris, oyster sauces mussels, and fried fish; plus tumis kangkung)

::: X-Men III, The Last Stand

::: My ticket and boarding pass

::: Boeing 737-400 Garuda Indonesia GA 255 which brought me to Adisumarmo Airport, Solo

::: Welcome on board

::: Taking off from Ngurah Rai Bali Int'l Airport, Bye-bye Bali.....

Note: click pics to enlarge them

INDONESIAN

bagian sebelumnya..............

Hari 6

Karena kita ngantuk banget, kita bangunnya agak terlambat deh sekitar jam 10.30 di pagi hari, dan karena itu, sayangnya, kita otomatis menyia-nyiakan kupan sarapan (cuma berlaku sampe jam 10 pagi doank) hari itu. Trus, setelah semuanya siap, kita jalan kaki ke airport untuk pergi ke kantor Garuda Indonesia lagi untuk menanyakan penerbangan ke Yogyakarta keeseokan harinya. Jawabannya masih sama, penerbangan nggak akan mendarat di Bandara Adisutjipto tetapi dialihkan ke Bandara Adisumarmo Solo, dan transpor dari Solo ke Jogja bukanlah tanggung-jawab Garuda. Ok, habis itu kita makan siang di sebuah restoran chinese food (aku nggak inget namanya, cuma terletak di suatu tempat deketnya airport, nggak deket-deket banget sih, sekitar 5 menit naik taksi). Trus kita balik ke hotel (kita mampir dulu di tempat laundry, temenku mau ngambil bajunya).

Sore harinya, kita berencana untuk pergi ke Pantai Jimbaran untuk makan malam disana. Sopirnya (yang kita sewa untuk mengantar kita ke Bedugul dan Lovina hari-hari sebelumnya) menawarkan untuk mengantar kita ke Pantai Jimbaran dengan harga spesial, Rp. 100.000,oo dan dia akan membawa kita ke restoran murah yang dia tahu. Katanya, kalo misalnya kita naik taksi, kita bakalan harus bayar lebih mahal, sekitar Rp. 120.000,oo an bahkan lebih. Tapi karena kita sudah curiga dan kecewa sama nih sopir, kita cuma omong oke dan kalo kita mau pakai dia lagi, kita akan menghubungi dia (jelas aja kita nggak menghubungi dia. Oke deh, mungkin ongkos taksi lebih mahal Rp. 20.000,oo tapi restoran murah yang dia tahu?? Setelah pengalaman dengan dia membawa kita restoran prasmanan, kita nggak berpikir kalo itu murah. Kita lumayan yakin kalo dia bakal bawa kita ke restoran yang ngasih dia tips, dan tentu aja itu nggak murah.... ). Trus, akhirnya kita naik taksi dan tebak apa?? Ongkosnya cuma Rp. 23.000,oo sekali jalan yang berarti sekitar Rp 46.000,oo pp. Fiuuhhh.... . Untung kita nggak melangkah masuk ke mulut buaya. Trus, karena ada banyak banget restorannya, kita memilih yang paling deket dan makan disana. Kita memilih meja dulu, kemudian memesan minuman, trus baru mesen makanan. Ternyata ada beberapa macam makanan: ikan, kerang besar, cumi-cumi, kepiting, sama udang. Dan setelah memesan punyaku, aku balik duduk dan menikmati pemandangan sore Pantai Jimbaran dan Bandara Internasional Ngurah Rai Bali (lokasinya lumayan deket sama bandara jadi kita bisa menonton pesawat mendarat dan tinggal landas). Trus akhirnya makanan kita dateng dan kita mulai makan. Makanannya nggak terlalu enak sebenernya (paling nggak sih untuk kami, tapi nggak tahu untuk orang lain) sebenernya >> salah satu temenku komplain ke kita (yang sebenernya bener-bener nggak berguna kan?) soalnya makanannya nggak enak (tetapi harganya mahal), tapi dia makan 4 piring nasi... . Hmmmm... . Tapi ketika kita dateng ke Jimbaran, kita seharusnya nggak terlalu mengharapkan makanan enak karena beberapa alasan. Pertama, Jimbaran itu ada di Bali dan mungkin aja lidah kita nggak cocok sama makanan Bali. Kedua, orang dateng ke Jimbaran kan biasanya nyari suasana (pantainya, dll), jadi makanan nomer dua deh. Habis itu, kita balik ke hotel naik taksi, dan bener, ongkosnya cuma Rp. 24.000,oo.

Hari 7

Kita bangun jam 9 pagi harinya dan hari ini kita tidak menyia-nyiakan kupon sarapan kita. Kita makan pagi di hotel. Trus, habis mengepak barang-barang kita, kita masih punya waktu sekitar 8 jam sebelum pesawat berangkat (jam 6.50 malem berdasarkan jadwal), dan apakah yang kita lakukan selama 8 jam itu?? Kita pertamanya bingung juga, akhirnya memutuskan untuk pergi ke Mall Bali Galeria di Simpang Siur.

Hmm, mallnya ternyata nggak terlalu ramai jam itu (atau mungkin kita datengnya kesana yang terlalu awal). Jadi, kita pergi dan menghabiskan waktu di Gramedia untuk membeli beberapa buku. Habis itu kita makan siang di food courtnya sana. Trus, karena masih jam 1.45 siang, kita memutuskan untuk nonton film di Cinema21. Disana cuma ada 2 ruangan dan 2 film, X-Men III The Last Stand di ruangan 1 dan The DaVinci Code di ruangan 2. Karena aku udah pernah nonton DVC (sebenernya cuma aku yang udah pernah nonton film ini) , jadi kita nonton X-Men III. Filmnya dimulai jam 2.15 siang dan sayangnya, mungkin karena kita agak telat beli tiketnya, kita dapet kursi di depan (yang paling deket sama layar yang tentu aja nggak nyaman nontonnya). Okay, trus aku mencoba untuk menikmati filmnya (sebenernya aku nggak terlalu suka sama cerita X-Men), dan aku bisa. Filmnya lumayan bagus juga dengan imajinasi yang tinggi, tapi aku masih lebih suka DVC daripada X-Men III.... :) Filmnya selesai sekitar jam 4 sore, dan setelahnya kita meninggalkan mall, mengambil koper di hotel, dan langsung pergi ke airport.

Sayangnya, kita dateng ke airportnya agak terlalu cepat 20 menit (meja check-in-nya untuk GA 255 belum dibuka, jadi kita harus menunggu). Untungnya aku siangnya membeli beberapa komik di Gramedia, dan aku bisa membacanya sambil menunggu. Trus, setelah 20 menit kita check-in dan kita masih ada waktu sekitar 2 jam sebelum pesawat berangkat. Jadi, kita pergi ke KFC dulu dan makan disana. Habis itu kita pergi ke ruang tunggu dan menunggu pesawat di pintu 16. Trus, ada pengumuman kalo katanya GA 255 bakalan ditunda sampe jam 7 malem (nggak masalah sih, cuma 10 menit telat koq). Jam 7 malem, kita naik pesawat dan tinggal landas dari Bali sekitar jam 7.10 malam. Bye bye Bali..... :)

Di dalam pesawat, ada orang yang tolol, egois, idiot, menyebalkan. Sebelum pesawat tinggal landas, pramugarinya udah mengingatkan dia untuk mematikan hp-nya, dan dia bilang oke. Tapi tebak apa?? Ketika lagi terbang, dia mengirim beberapa sms dan juga menerima beberapa.... :( Arrrggghhhh.... . Cuaca saat itu nggak terlalu bagus dan dia memegang hpnya, tetap membiarkannya aktif, dan mengirim sms?? Arrggghhhh..... . Untung pesawatnya nggak papa tuh. Trus, setelah 1 jam terbang, kita akhirnya mendarat di Bandara Adisumarmo, Solo. Itu adalah kali pertama aku ke Bandara Adisumarmo. Landasan pacunya oke (lebih bagus daripada Bandara Adisutjipto Yogyakarta). Tapi gedung terminalnya parah, Airport Jogja jauh lebih baik.... :) Trus, kita naik taksi dan balik ke Yogyakarta, dan setelah satu jam lagi perjalanan, aku sampe di rumah.

~ SELESAI ~

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