#185 - Monday, back to sport

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After not having exercise for months which is VERY NOT good for my health and reading some entries at Nao's Blog, this afternoon at 2.45 PM, my friend and I went to Depok Sport Center, it was my first time going there. This place is actually still pretty new (not that new actually, it has been open for months but I had never been there before this afternoon). There were several sports we could choose (swimming, playing pool, fitness, playing PS), but we had already decided from the very beginning to do swimming there (why did we choose swimming? Well, because some other friends said that the pools are clean, large, and some are indoor... :D). Okay, then we swam at the indoor pool. It was so exhausting, because I hadn't been exercising for so long

At 4.30 PM, we took a shower then left the sport center. After that we had dinner at Wong Solo Roasted Chicken (actually I don't really like the taste of food there, but because my friend hasn't ever had meal there, so we went there). Then, we went back home

::: Indoor pool

::: Outdoor pool

BAHASA INDONESIA

Setelah nggak berolahraga selama berbulan-bulan yang SANGAT TIDAK bagus untuk kesehatanku dan membaca beberapa postingan di blognya Nao, tadi siang jam 2.45 aku sama temenku pergi ke Depok Sport Center, tadi tuh pertama kalinya aku pergi kesana. Tempat ini sebenernya masih lumayan baru loh (nggak sebaru itu sih, dah beroperasi selama beberapa bulan juga, cuma sebelum siang tadi, aku blom pernah pergi kesana). Ada beberapa olahraga yang bisa kita pilih (berenang, main bilyard, fitness, dan main PS), tapi dah sejak awal banget kita memutuskan untuk mau berenang disana (kenapa koq milih renang?? Soalnya beberapa temen lain yang pernah kesana cerita kalo tempatnya bersih, besar, dan beberadpa indoor... :D). Oke, trus kita berenang di kolam indoor-nya. Tadi capek banget, dah lama ngak olahraga sih...

Jam 4.30 sore, kita mandi trus meninggalkan sport center itu. Kita trus makan di Ayam Bakar Wong Solo (sebenernya aku nggak terlalu suka sih sama makanannya disana, tapi karena temenku blom pernah makan disana sebelumnya, jadi kita kesanan deh). Trus kita pulang

#184 - A Friday (28/07) Story

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Well, the title this time sounds looks a lot similar with this entry's title, isn't it?? :)

Two days ago my mother asked me whether I wanted or not to accompany her and my grandma to go to Ambarrukmo Plaza, and I agreed. So, yesterday afternoon, at about 1 PM, after picking up my brother at his school, we three went to Plaza Ambarrukmo (actually we also wanted to ask my brother to join us, but he had already made another appointment with his friend to watch a movie (at Ambarrukmo Plaza too actually)).

After parking my car near the entrance door, we went to Carrefour, and we bought MANY things (you can imagine how MANY those were by seeing the pic below). We spent almost 1 hour inside Carrefour, and after leaving all the things inside my car, we walked around Ambarrukmo Plaza then had meal at Qua-Li. As Haze's request at this entry, I ordered some other menus at Qua-Li, and I also took the pics. After that, we went back home...

Talking about the top 4 Indonesian Idol season 3 last night, I was disappointed by the performances of the top 4 contestants. For me, Dirly and Gea were the best two last night, BUT I think Gea's performances (each contestant sang 2 songs) were still not her best performances during this whole season. And yes, Dirly and Gea were the top 2 last night which means Nobo and Ihsan were in the bottom two, and sadly, Nobo was voted off last night. Nobo was in his worst condition last night (his performances were probably his worst ever). I think, from this top 3, the top 2 will be Gea and Dirly (actually, to be honest, I used to think the top 3 would be Gea, Maria, and Nobo >> I actually never like Nobo's voice, but because so many people seem to love his voice, I thought he would be in the top 3; but Maria and Nobo have been voted off... :( ).

::: Things we bought at Carrefour

::: Petai Seasoning Fried Rice

::: Mayonaisse Lumpia and Black Pepper Beef + Rice

::: Bottom two this week

BAHASA INDONESIA

Hmm, judul kali ini kedengarannya kelihatannya sangat mirip dengan judul dari postingan ini. Iya kan?? :)

Dua hari yang lalu aku mamaku tanya ke aku mau nggak aku menemani dia dan nenekku pergi ke Plaza Ambarrukmo, dan aku setuju. Jadi, kemarin siang, sekitar jam 1 siang, habis menjemput adikku dari sekolah, kita bertiga pergi ke Plaza Ambarrukmo (sebenernya sih kita juga mau mengajak adikku ikut, tapi dia udah buat janji sama temennya buat nonton film (di Plaza Ambarrukmo juga sih sebenernya)).

Setelah memarkir mobilku di dekat pintu masuk, kita pergi ke Carrefour, dan kita beli BANYAK barang (bisa dibayangin deh seberapa BANYAK itu dengan melihat gambar di atas). Kita menghabiskan sekitar hampir 1 jam di Carrefour, dan setelah meninggalkan semua barang belanjaannya di dalam mobil, kita jalan-jalan di Plaza Ambarrukmo trus makan di Qua-Li. Sesuai dengan permintaan dari Haze di postingan ini, aku memesan beberapa menu lain di Qua-Li, dan juga ngambil gambarnya. Habis itu, pulang deh ke rumah...

Ngomong-ngomong tentang show 4 besar Indonesian Idol musim 3 semalam, aku sangat kecewa dengan penampilan konetstan 4 besarnya. Untuk aku, Dirly dan Gea adalah yang terbaik semalam, TETAPI aku masih merasa kalo penampilannya Gea (setiap kontestan menyanyikan 2 lagu) bukanlah penampilannya yang terbaik sepanjang musim ini. Dan bener aja, Dirly dan Gea adalah dua teratas semalam yang berarti Nobo dan Ihsan berada di dua terendah, dah sayangnya, Nobo tersisih semalam. Nobo berada dalam kondisi terburuknya semalam (penampilannya mungkin malah yang terburuk dari dia selama ini). Aku rasa, dari 3 besar kali ini, 2 teratasnya bakalan Dirly dan Gea (sebenernya, jujur aja nih, aku dulu berpikir kalo 3 besarnya bakalan Gea, Maria, dan Nobo >> aku sebenernya nggak suka sih sama suaranya Nobo, tapi kayaknya banyak yang suka, makanya aku kira dia bakalan di 3 besar; tapi Maria dan Nobo sudah tersisih... :( ).

#183 - A Thursday (27/07) Story

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This morning, I got up at 9.45 AM, then I just did my routinities. After that, at about 10.15 AM, my friend came to my house, and at 11.10 AM, we watched episode 11 of The Apprentice Season 4 where Donald Trump fired both Alla and Felisha. For me, this was a good episode, where sometimes in business, a friend of ours is not our friend that we have known anymore. I learn a lot from this episode... :)

Then, at 12.30, we actually planned to go to a barbershop, but when I was about to get in my car, my mother asked me to pick up my little brother first from school. Okay, then we went to his school (or my ex-school, he3.... :D) and picked up my brother. Then, because my car was running out of fuel, so we went to the gas station first, and after refilling the tank, we dropped my brother home. Then, we really went to a barbershop, I wanted to get my hair cut, since it had been pretty long (please use men's standart here, because the definition of "long hair" between men and women is different... :D). Then, after getting my hair cut, we went to a bookstore to buy some comics. We didn't spent much time in the bookstore, but we did spend waste much time on road (we were not knowing where we were gonna go), then we decided to have lunch at Popeye's Restaurant at Mangkubumi Street (it was my second time having meal there, the first one was at this time). Then, we went back home (it was showering when we left Popeye's, weird weather).

Last night, I also watched the elimination of Rockstar Supernova where Phil, Zayra, and Patrice were in the bottom three and Phil was eliminated. Well, IMO, if you have watched the show The Apprentice season 3, I think one contestant of Rockstar, Zayra, does look like one candidate of The Apprentice 3, who is Erin. What do you think?? :)

::: Felisha and Alla inside the cab after both hearing the words: "You are fired" from Donald Trump

::: My meal at Popeye's, fried chicken, fried calamari, french fries, salad, rice, and orange juice >> I was starving!!

BAHASA INDONESIA

Pagi ini, aku bangun jam 9.45 pagi, trus melakukan rutinitasku. Habis itu, sekitar jam 10.15 pagi, temenku datang ke rumah, dan jam 11.10 pagi, kami menonton episode 11 dari The Apprentice Musim 4 dimana Donald Trump memecat baik Alla maupun Felisha. Untuk aku, ini adalah episode yang bagus, dimana kadang-kadang dalam bisnis, temen dari kita itu bukanlah teman yang kita kenal lagi. Aku banyak belajar dari episode ini... :)

Trus, jam 12.30, kita sebenernya berencana pergi ke salon, tapi waktu aku hendak masuk ke dalam mobil, mamaku nyuruh aku untuk menjemput adikku dulu dari sekolah. Oke, trus kita pergi ke sekolahnya (atau mantan-sekolahku, he3... :D) dan menjemput dia. Trus, karena mobilku lagi kehabisan bensin, makanya kita pergi ke pom-bensin sebentar, trus habis mengisi penuh, kita menurunkan adikku di rumah. Trus akhirnya beneran deh kita pergi ke salon. Aku lagi pingin potong rambut, soalnya udah panjang sih (hmm, tolong gunakan standart laki-laki disini, soalnya definisi dari "rambut panjang" antara laki-laki dan perempuan kan berbeda... :D). Trus, habis potong rambut, kita pergi ke toko buku untuk beli komik. Kita nggak menghabiskan banyak waktu di toko bukunya, tapi malah menghabiskan membuang banyak waktu di jalan (kita tuh kayak nggak tau mau kemana), trus akhirnya kita memutuskan untuk makan siang di Restoran Popeye's di Jalan Mangkubumi (kemarin adalah kedua kalinya aku makan disana, sebelumnya tuh pada saat ini). Trus, kita pulang ke rumah (tadi gerimis tuh waktu kite lewat Popeye, cuaca yg aneh).

Tadi malam, aku juga menonton babak eliminasi dari of Rockstar Supernova dimana Phil, Zayra, dan Patrice ada di tiga terbawah dan Phil dieliminasi. Menurutku nih, kalo misalnya pada nonton show The Apprentice musim 3, aku rasa koq salah satu kontestan Rockstar, Zayra, bener-bener mirip sama salah satu kandidat The Apprentice 3 deh, yang namanya Erin. Bagaimana menurut kalian?? :)

#182 - I (was) am angry

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As you can read at this entry, last Monday I went to Solo with my friends, and originally 5 people would have gone with us, but because of some reasons, only 3 of us went to Solo.

Now I wanna write about some reasons which really make me angry. There were 2 people (friends) who cancelled to go with us. One, because of some reasonable and unavoidable reasons, and I was okay with that (because he had to take his STK and STTB and also prepared many things for his university). Those were reasonable and I was not angry with those reasons, he even also said that to me about one week before Monday. Two, which really make (I am still angry actually right now) me angry, he couldn't even manage his time.

About last month ago and before, if my friends and I asked him to hang out with us, he always (not always actually, but about 85%) said he couldn't go because he had already set appointments with his other friends. Then, two weeks ago, I asked him whether he wanted or not to go with us to Solo at 24th July. He said okay, but he also said that he would probably not go with us if there were some unavoidable things, such as: he had to go to Singapore for medical journey, he had to attend a funeral ceremony, etc. Okay, I accepted that.

Last Saturday (22 Jul), I sent him (just said X) an sms just to remind him about our trip last Monday, but X didn't even reply it. So, I misscalled X several times, and still no response. So, Sunday night, I called X and reminded him about the next day's trip. X said: "Sorry, I have to go with my friends". WHAT!?!?!?! I was so shocked hearing that, but I tried to calm down and find out the reasons (probably the reason was one of those unavoidable things). X said, that Monday he had to go with his other friends to look for a present for a friend who celebrated his birthday. Then I asked: "When did you and your friends set that appointment?". X said last Saturday (22 Jul). Oh My Gosh, X didn't even remember his promise about the trip that Monday. I asked him: "Why don't you go on Tuesday?" X replied he couldn't since that person (who would get the present) would leave Jogja on Tuesday. I then asked again: "Why didn't you go today(Sunday)?". X first answered:"We were so lazy today and always postponed doing that, and the only remaining time is tomorrow". Silent for a while (I was speechless and didn't know what to say, that was 100% silly), then X added: "My friend couldn't because they were all doing their assignments the whole day" >> which for me is such a very lame reason, X answered this way (the addition) after he was thinking for about 20 seconds. Then I asked again: "Will you and your friends buy the present together, I mean, one present from some people?". X answered: NOPE. So, I suggested X to look for that present in Solo, but X said he couldn't since he wanted a suggestion from his friend about the present he bought. Well, I said: "You own a cellphone, and if you wanna get a suggestion, that's easy, send him an sms, and ask him. Then, all done". X then said he couldn't since his friend was running out of pulse. I asked: "How many people will go with you? It seems to be more than 1 person", X said: "Originally 4 including me, but the other 2 cancel, so only two of us will go". I then asked: "If he wanna buy a present, why don't he also buys pulse for his own cellphone?" X answered: "Nope, he doesn't wanna refill his pulse since this is still not the time, and he won't pay for the present first, I will pay for all, then they will pay to me". At this point I was so tired ans also pissed. X even doesn't wanna admit thing he had done which I think was very unfair. Well, X did apologize but X said he didn't do anything unfair.

It was absolutely not an unavoidable thing, it was all about managing time, if X could manage his time, this thing would not have happened. And if X said to his friends that he had already set an appointment to us, I think his friends would accept that and they would have found another way which was a win-win solution. For me, that's impossible to work on assignments the whole days, if X told them, they would probably have started doing those assignments the day before, and that Sunday, they could look for the present (even if they still started working on the assignments on Sunday, I think they still could spend 1 or maximum 2 hours to look for the present). >> Note: I also talked to X about all things I wrote in this paragraph, and X still doesn't seem to understand and still doesn't admit his fault.

It was NOT the first time X really pissed me off with the same reasons (breaking promises (appointments) with very lame and stupid reasons which are actually his own faults combined with his non-existing poor time-management "ability"). My other friend actually warned me about this X's bad habit one year ago... . But I think, this case was one of the worst ever.



BAHASA INDONESIA

Seperti yang bisa dibaca pada postingan ini, Senin kemarin aku pergi ke Solo sama temen-temenku, dan awalnya 5 orang akan pergi sama kita, tapi karena beberapa alasan, hanya 3 orang yang pergi.

Sekarang aku mau nulis tentang beberapa alasan yang bener-bener membuatku marah. Ada 2 orang (teman) yang batal ikut untuk pergi bareng kita. Satu, karena alasan yang bener-bener masuk akal dan nggak terhindarkan, dan aku maklum banget dengannya (soalnya dia harus mengambil STK dan STTBnya serta mengurus banyak hal untuk universitasnya). Alasan itu masuk akal banget dan aku nggak marah. Dia juga ngomong ke aku sekitar seminggu sebelum hari Senin. Dua, yang bener-bener membuatku marah (bahkan sekarang aku masih marah loh), dia nggak bisa mengatur waktunya.

Sekitar sebulan yang lalu dan sebelumnya, kalo aku dan temen-temenku mengajaknya untuk pergi jalan-jalan, dia pasti (gak selalu sih, tapi sekitar 85%) ngomong klo dia udah ada janji sama temen-temennya yang lain. Trus, 2 minggu yang lalu, aku ngajak dia mau nggak ikut pergi ke Solo tanggal 24 Juli. Dia bilang oke, tapi dia juga bilang klo dia mungkin nggak bisa pergi kalau ada hal-hal tak terhindarkan misalnya: dia harus pergi ke Singapore untuk perjalanan kesehatan, dia harus menghadiri upacara pemakaman, dsb. Oke, aku setuju.

Hari Sabtu kemarin (22 Jul), aku ngirim ke dia (sebut aja X) sms untuk mengingatkan dia tentang perjalanan hari Senin, tapi X nggak membalasnya. Jadi, aku misscall dia beberapa kali, tapi tetep saja nggak ada respon. Jadi, Minggu malam, aku nelpon X dan mengingatkanya tentang perjalanan besoknya. X ngomong: "Sorry, aku harus pergi sama temenku". APA!?!?!?!? Aku shock banget mendengarnya tapi aku mencoba untuk mendinginkan kepala dan mencari tahu alasannya (mungkin alasannya tuh salah satu dari hal-hal yang tak terhindarkan). X ngomong, hari Senin dia harus pergi sama temen-temennya yang lain untuk mencari hadiah buat temennya yang berulang-tahun. Trus aku tanya: "Kapan kamu sama temenmu merencanakan pencarian hadiah itu?" X jawab, Sabtu kemarin (22 Jul). Ya Tuhan, X bahkan nggak inget kalo hari Seninnya dia akan pergi sama kita. Aku tanya: "Koq nggak nyari hari Selasa aja?" X bilang nggak bisa soalnya orang yang ulangtahun itu pergi dari Jogja hari Selasa. Aku tanya lagi: "Kenapa nggak pergi hari ini (Minggu)?" X pertama menjawab: "Soalnya kami hari ini males-malesan nyari dan menunda terus, akhirnya ya tinggal besok". Hening sesaat (aku nggak tahu mau ngomong apa, menurutku ini bener-bener 100% konyol), trus dia menambahkan:"Sebenernya temen-temenku nggak bisa soalnya mereka seharian mengerjakan tugas dari sekolah" >> yang menurutku adalah alasan yang sangat lemah, X menjawabnya juga pake mikir sekitar 20 detik dulu. Trus aku tanya lagi: "Apa kamu sama temen-temenmu bakalan beli hadiahnya sama-sama, maksudku, satu hadiah dari beberapa orang?" X menjawab: ENGGAK. Jadi, aku mengusulkan dia untuk mencari hadiahnya di Solo, tapi X jawab nggak bisa soalnya dia mau meminta pendapat temennya mengenai hadiah yang dia beli. Aku ngomong: "Kamu punya hape, dan kalo kamu mau dapet saran, gampang kan, kirim aja sms, tanya ke dia. Trus, semua beres". X trus jawab nggak bisa soalnya temennya kehabisan pulsa. Aku tanya: "Loh, berapa orang sih yang mau pergi sama kamu? Kayaknya lebih dari 1 orang deh". X ngomong: "Awalnya 4 orang termasuk aku, tapi 2 yang lain membatalkannya, jadi cuma 2 orang yang pergi". Aku trus tanya: "Kalo dia mau beli hadiah, kenapa dia nggak mau beli pulsa buat dirinya sendiri?" X menjawab: "Nggak, dia nggak mau beli pulsa soalnya masih belum waktunya, selain itu dia nggak akan bayar hadiahnya dulu koq, aku akan membayar untuk semua, trus mereka mengganti aku". Pada titik ini, aku capek banget dan marah. X bahkan nggak mengakui kalo dia sudah melakukan hal yang menurutku gak adil. Memang X minta maaf, tapi dia nggak merasa melakukan hal yang salah dan nggak adil.

Itu adalah benar-benar BUKAN hal tak terhindarkan, itu semua hanyalah masalah mengatur waktu, kalo X bisa mengatur waktunya, kejadian ini nggak bakalan terjadi. Dan kalo X ngomong ke temennya kalo dia dah buat janji sama kita, aku rasa temennya akan maklum dan mereka akan mencari jalan lain yang merupakan win-win solution. Untuk aku, nggak masuk akal deh ngerjain tugas seharian penuh. Kalo X bilang ke mereka, mungkin mereka udah mulai ngerjain tugas sehari sebelumnya, dan Minggu itu mereka bisa mencari hadiah (kalaupun mereka tetep mulai kerja hari Minggu, aku rasa mereka masih bisa meluangkan waktu 1 atau maksimal 2 jam untuk mencari hadiahnya). >> Note: aku juga ngomongin semua hal yang ada di paragraf ini ke X loh, dan X masih aja kayaknya nggak mengerti dan nggak mengakui kesalahannya.

Ini BUKANLAH pertama kalinya X bener-bener membuatku marah dengan alasan yang sama (mengingkari janji dengan alasan yang lemah dan bodoh yang sebenernya kesalahannya sendiri dikombinasikan dengan "kemampuan" pengaturan waktunya yang nggak ada payah). Temenku yang lain sebenernya memperingatkanku tentang sifatnya si X ini setahun yg lalu sih, tapi kayaknya kejadian ini adalah salah satu yg terburuk deh.

#181 - A Monday Story & Miss Universe

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Today, as my friends and I had planned before, we went to Solo to hang out (because keep staying in Jogja is definitely not fun and boring). Originally, 5 people (including me) would go to Solo, but because of some reasons (and some really pissed me off (I will write here next time in few days)), so only three of us went to Solo. Well, as you can read at this entry, this morning (in Indonesia) the show Miss Universe 2006 pageant was on air, and one TV channel in my house showed it live. At first, we planned to go at about 10.30 AM, after the show finished, but after thinking about it and counting the time, I decided to depart a bit earlier at 9 AM, still, I could watch that show tonight at 8 PM or 9 PM.

>> fast forward

We arrived at Solo at about 10.45 AM, and at first we dropped at Solo Square Mall. After dropping off some stocks for my shop there, we walked around Solo Square. I think, Solo Square is an exclusive mall, not so big, but exclusive and classy. One big weakness for today (and probably some months later) is, many some stalls or tenants haven’t operated yet, even the anchor tenant, Matahari, has operated, I think the mall is still pretty dry. On the second story, only one tenant which has already operated, how pathetic is that?? Then, one problem appeared. One of my shop’s display showcase (there is a tenant exhibition in Solo Square) fell down (because the mall’s office boys weren’t careful moving that showcase), and as a result, the glass of one side of it broke into many pieces. And after managing and reporting to the main office in Jogja, this problem was solved.

Then, we left Solo Square and headed to Solo Grand Mall. At 12.10 PM we arrived there, and again, after dropping off some stocks for my shop, we walked around SGM. At first we planned to watch movie, but finally we cancelled it because none of the movies today there was interesting and really forced us to watch. Those movies are: Superman Returns, Pirates of The Caribbean II, The Brokeback Mountain, and Gotcha. So, we only had lunch there and walked around the mall, then we left SGM. It was still 1.30 PM in the afternoon, so we wasted our time by going to the airport (my friend was so curious about Solo's airport), then we went back to Jogja. At 3.30 PM we arrived at Jogja, and before we went back home, we went to Toga Mas Bookstore first, then had dinner at a small restaurant just next to it. Then, we really went back home.

Watching the show Miss Universe 2006, just like what I predicted before, Nadine doesn't win, she wasn't even in the top 20, and didn't win any other rewards (Miss Photogenic >> Miss Phillipines, Miss Congeniality >> Miss Ghana, and Best National Costume >> Miss Japan > I really like the costume, not a kimono, but a samurai armor along with the sword which is so inovative and cool... :D, Nadine's costume was also interesting actually... :D). Finally, congratulation to Miss Puerto Rico, Zuleyka Rivera Mendoza, for being the next Miss Universe replacing Natalie Glebova... :)

::: Kassaya Solo Square

::: Kassaya Solo Grand Mall

::: Miss Puerto Rico after being crowned as Miss Universe 2006

::: Nadine Chandrawinata (Putri Indonesia) and Kurara Chibana (Miss Japan)

::: Nadine's National Costume (Dewi Kencanawungu)

BAHASA INDONESIA

Hari ini, seperti yang sudah direncanakan sama aku dan temen-temenku, kita pergi ke Solo untuk jalan-jalan (soalnya tetep berdiam di Jogja juga sangatlah nggak menyenangkan dan juga membosankan). Awalnya, ada 5 orang (termasuk aku) yang akan pergi ke Solo, tapi karena beberapa alasan (dan beberapa bener-bener membuatku marah (akan aku tulis disini beberapa hari ke depan ini)), jadi cuma bertiga deh ke Solonya. Seperti yang bisa dibaca pada postingan ini, pagi ini (di Indonesia), show Miss Universe 2006 ditayangkan di tv, dan salah satu stasiun tv di rumahku menayangkannya langsung. Jadi awalnya, kita berencana berangkat jam 10.30 pagi, setelah shownya selesai, tapi habis memikirkannya dan berhitung waktu, aku memutuskan untuk berangkat agak pagian, jadm 9, soalnya kan aku tetep bisa menonton malam ini, jam 8 atau jam 9.

>> dicepatkan

Kita sampai di Solo sekitar jam 10.45 pagi, dan pertama kita berhenti di Mall Solo Square. Setelah mengantar beberapa barang ke tokoku disana, kita jalan-jalan di Solo Square. Menurutku, Solo Square adalah mall yang ekslusif, nggak terlalu besar tetapi eksklusif dan berkelas. Satu kelemahan besar hari ini (dan mungkin beberapa bulan ke depan) adalah, banyak beberapa toko atau penyewa belum beroperasi, walaupun penyewa utamanya, Matahari sudah beroperasi, menurutku mallnya masih "kering". Di lantai dua, malah baru 1 penyewa yang sudah beroperasi, menyedihkan kan?? Trus, satu masalah muncul. Satu dari lemari display tokoku (lagi ada pameran penyewa di Solo Square) jatuh (karena office boys-nya mall kurang berhati-hati membawa lemari itu), dan sebagai hasilnya, kaca dari salah satu sisinya pecah berkeping-keping. Dan habis mengurus dan laporan ke kantor di Jogja, masalahnya beres.

Trus, kita meninggalkan Solo Square dan menuju Solo Grand Mall. Jam 12.10 siang kita sampai disana, dan lagi, setelah mengantar beberapa barang untuk tokoku, kita jalan-jalan di SGM. Pertamanya kita berencana mau nonton film, tapi akhirnya nggak jadi soalnya nggak ada satu film pun hari ini yang menarik dan bener-bener memaksa kita untuk nonton. Film-filmnya: Superman Returns, Pirates of The Caribbean II, The Brokeback Mountain, dan Gotcha. Jadi, kita cuma makan siang dan jalan-jalan di dalam mall, kemudian meninggalkan SGM. Masih jam 1.30 siang, jadinya kita membuang waktu dengan jalan-jalan ke airport Solo (temenku penasaran banget sama bandara di Solo), trus balik ke Jogja. Jam 3.30 sore kita sampai di Jogja, dan sebelum pulang ke rumah, kita pergi ke Toko buku Toga Mas dulu, trus makan sore di restoran kecil di sebelahnya. Trus beneran pulang ke rumah.

Nonton show Mis Universe 2006, seperti yang sudah aku prediksikan sebelumnya, Nadine nggak menang, bahkan dia nggak masuk ke dalam 20 besar, dan nggak memenangkan rewards lainnya (Miss Photogenic >> Miss Phillipines, Miss Congeniality >> Miss Ghana, and Best National Costume >> Miss Japan > aku bener-bener suka kostumnya, bukan kimono, tapi baju zirah samurai lengkap dengan pedangnya yang sangat inovatif dan keren... :D, kostumnya Nadine menarik juga sih sebenernya... :D). Akhirnya, selamat kepada Miss Puerto Rico, Zuleyka Rivera Mendoza, untuk menjadi Miss Universe selanjutnya menggantikan Natalie Glebova... :)

#180 - Flu

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Just like what I wrote at this entry, these days (since about 9 days ago), the weather in Yogyakarta has been pretty weird. This month (July) the season is supposed to be dry season, but since last week (after the strange horizontal cloud appeared in the sky), the weather began to act differently, and the temperature has declined pretty significantly (not that much actually, but we can feel the temperature difference, it became cooler). However, now the weather has started to be back to the normal condition, BUT because of the weird weather days before, now I get a flu and that sucks especially when I want to sleep, very uncomfortable, and that really makes me be harder and harder to go to the "dream land". Beside flu, sometimes I also cough (dry cough) which is also very disturbing. When and after I cough, I feel there is something "tickling" in my throat and that's very annoying and I feel that I need to drink.... :(

Well, talking about the top five show Indonesian Idol last night, I think that's not very interesting since the theme was rock, this theme doesn't suit them. For me, the best one was Gea, and the worst one was Dirly (and Ihsan). But, the bottom two was Ihsan and Maria; and unfortunately, Maria got voted off... :( That's sad, since Maria performed pretty good last night.... .

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::: Bottom two this week

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Seperti yang sudah aku tulis dalam postingan ini, akhir-akhir ini (sejak sekitar 9 hari yang lalu), cuaca di Yogyakarta menjadi agak aneh. Bulan ini (Juli), musimnya kan seharusnya sudah musim kemarau, tapi sejak minggu lalu (setelah awan horizontal yang aneh muncul di langit), cuacanya mulai berlaku lain, dan suhunya sudah turun lumayan signifikan (nggak sebanyak itu sih sebenernya, cuma kita bisa merasakan perbedaan suhunya, menjadi lebih dingin). Bagaimanapun juga, sekarang cuacanya sudah mulai kembali ke keadaan normal, TETAPI karena cuaca yang aneh beberapa hari yang lalu, sekarang aku malah flu dan itu sangatlah menyebalkan terutama waktu mau tidur, sangat nggak nyaman, dan tentu saja membuat aku menjadi jauh lebih sulit untuk pergi ke "dunia mimpi". Di samping flu, aku juga kadang-kadang batuk (batuk kering) yang juga sangat mengganggu. Waktu dan setelah batuk, aku ngerasa ada yang "menggelitik" tenggorokanku dan itu sangat mengganggu dan aku ngerasa kalo aku butuh minum... :(

Hmm, ngomong-ngomong tentang show Indonesian Idol 5 besar semalam, aku rasa nggak terlalu menarik soalnya temanya adalah rock, nggak cocok buat mereka. Untuk aku, yg paling bagus adalah Gea, dan yang terjelek adalah Dirly (dan Ihsan). Tetapi dua terendahnya adalah Ihsan dan Maria; dan sayangnya, Maria tersisih... :( Menyedihkan, soalnya Maria tampil dengan lumayan bagus semalam.... .

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#179 - Miss Universe 2006

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I guess most people know this beauty pageant contest, Miss Universe, which this year is gonnabe held in Los Angeles, CA, next Sunday night (or Monday morning here).

Indonesia's ambassador, the winner of Putri Indonesia 2005, Nadine Chandrawinata also takes part in that prestigious competition. Based on the votes at this site, Nadine gets the highest number of votes with 20,258 votes which is equal with 16% of the total votes that has been casted. Me, personally, have no problem if Nadine wins that competition, because I think that can make Indonesia proud, after months and months wrestling with disasters... . BUT, I don't think Nadine is gonnabe crowned that title easily. Why?? Because, beside her competitors are also great, I think Nadine is not fairly "smart" to win the competition, I think, she wins the title Putri Indonesia 2005 is not pretty fair enough. If I'm not mistaken, in the show Putri Indonesia pageant 2005 last year, in the top 6, she didn't give a correct and good answer, but she was not eliminated in that stage (there were some other contestants who answered a lot better than her, but got eliminated). However, I admit that in the finale, she answered greatly. In the interview session for Miss Universe this year, she also didn't speak English fairly well, this problem probably can be overcome because they must have translators, but as a Miss Universe, I think each contestant should master English as an international language.... . Probably (and hopefully) she was nervous at that time and hopefully she can give great answer next Sunday. Well, I dunno what to write anymore, let's watch the show next Sunday/Monday.... :)

::: Nadine Chandrawinata

BAHASA INDONESIA

Menurutku setiap orang pasti tahu kontes kecantikan ini, Miss Universe, yang tahun ini akan diadakan di Los Angeles, CA, besok Minggu malam (atau Senin pagi disini).

Wakil Indonesia, pemenang Putri Indonesia 2005, Nadine Chandrawinata juga ambil bagian dalam acara yang bergengsi ini. Berdasarkan voting di website ini, Nadine mendapatkan suara terbanyak dengan 20.258 suara yang setara dengan 16% dari total / keseluruhan suara yang sudah terhitung. Aku, secara personal, nggak ada masalah koq kalau Nadine memenangkan kompetisi ini, soalnya menurutku itu dapat membuat Indonesia bangga, setelah bulan demi bulan bergulat dengan bencana.... .TETAPI, aku kira Nadine susah untuk dimahkotai titel itu. Kenapa?? Soalnya, di samping saingan yang tentu aja berat, menurutku Nadine nggak "sepandai" itu untuk memenangkan kompetisi, menurutku, dia memenangkan Putri Indonesia 2005pun juga nggak terlalu adil deh. Kalau aku nggak salah, di pertunjukan Putri Indonesia 2005 setahun yang lalu, di 6 besar, dia nggak memberikan jawaban yang benar dan baik, tapi dia nggak tersisih dari panggung (ada beberapa kontestan lain yang menjawab lebih baik dari dia tetapi tereliminasi). Memang di final dia menjawab dengan baik sih. Dalam sesi wawancara untuk acara Miss Universe tahun ini pun, dia juga nggak ngomong Bahasa Inggris bagus, masalah ini mungkin memang bisa diatasi dengan bantuan penerjemah, tapi sebagai Miss Universe, menurutku sebaiknya setiap kontestan kan menguasai Bahasa Inggris sebagai bahasa internasional... . Mungkin (dan semoga) dia kemarin grogi sih, semoga aja besok dia akan memberikan jawaban yang hebat besok Minggu... . Hmm, nggak tau nih mau nulis apa lagi, mendingan besok hari Minggu/Senin nonton acaranya aja deh.... :)

#178 - Cruising @ Hotspot

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Yesterday, my friends and I went to a hotspot cafe near my house to try and learn how to use wireless connection at my new gadget (laptop). Apparently, it was so much more simple than I had thought before, and also a lot cheaper (we just need to "pay" our drinks/foods, but we get "all you can use" internet connection, drinks or foods (that we order), and also a lot more comfortable place than just an ordinary internet cafe). About the speed, yesterday it was not disappointing, about the same with my internet connection at my home (or probably they use the same opeartor as me... :D). After cruising for about 2 hours, we dropped in my house to leave my laptop there (I'm not that brave and comfortable to bring my laptop everywhere and leave it inside my car). After that, we went to Toga Mas Bookstore, then we had dinner at Mc Donald's Soedirman. Then, we went back home

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::: Cruising @ Hotspot

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Kemarin, temen-temenku dan aku pergi ke cafe hotspot di deket rumahku untuk mencoba dan belajar bagaimana mengoperasikan koneksi nirkabel di peralatan elektronikku yang baru (laptop). Ternyata, jauh lebih sederhana dari yang aku pikirkan sebelumnya, dan juga jauh lebih murah (kita cuma perlu "membayar" minuman/makanan, tapi kita mendapatkan "all you can use" koneksi internet, minuman atau makanan (yang kita pesan), dan juga tempat yang jauh lebih nyaman dari sekedar warnet biasa). Mengenai masalah kecepatan, kemarin nggak mengecewakan koq, hampir sama lah kayak koneksi internetku di rumah (atau mungkin mereka menggunakan jasa operator yang sama kayak aku ya... :D). Habis menjelajah selama 2 jam, kita mampir ke rumahku bentar untuk meninggalkan laptopku disini (aku nggak seberani dan senyaman itu untuk membawa laptop kemana-mana dan meninggalkannya di dalam mobil). Habis itu, kita pergi ke Toko Buku Togamas, trus kita makan malam di Mc Donald's Soedriman. Trus, kita balik ke rumah.

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#177 - A Monday Story

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This morning I got up at 10 AM, then I just did my routinities which are very boring.... :( At 1 PM, I went to Plaza Ambarrukmo with my friends, planning to watch the movie: Pirates of The Caribbean II, The Dead Man's Chest. At 2 PM, we arrived there, and the closest hour the movie would start was at 4 PM. Therefore, we had to waste spend 2 hours in the mall. First, we went to Gramedia, not to buy any books, just looked at some books and read them, he3... :) After that, because my friends were all starving hungry, so we had lunch at Qua Li (Haze, now I got the pics, he3... :D). We finished having lunch at 3.10 PM, it was still 50 minutes before the movie started, so we went downstairs to Carrefour to buy drinks, snack, etc.

At 4 PM, we went to Cinema 21, then we entered the room (studio 1). The movie was good, and also funny. It was pretty entertaining, even at some serious scenes such as when the kraken was about to eat Capt. Jack Sparrow, when Capt. Jack was almost to be burnt then eaten by the barbarian tribe, etc... . At 6.20 PM, the movie finished, then we left PA and dropped in Gramedia Soedirman. I bought nothing there, then we went back home.

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Well, another shocking news shocked us today. At 3.10 PM, there was another massive earthquake (6.8 RS) shook Pangandaran Beach (West Java) and that village was "sunk" by the tusnami caused by the earthquake.... :( Well, There was a rumor said that that earthquake was also "felt" at Surabaya, but we here, at Jogja which is closer geographically to Pangandaran than Surabaya, didn't feel that earthquake.... .

::: Mayonaisse Lumpia and Beef Fried Kwe Tiauw @ Qua Li > special 4 Haze, he3... :)

::: My tickets

::: Johnny Depp @ PoTC II

::: Orlando Bloom and Kiera Knightley @ PoTC II

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Pagi ini aku bangun jam 10 pagi, trus aku melakukan rutinitasku yang sangatlah membosankan... :( Jam 1 siang, aku pergi ke Plaza Ambarrukmo sama temenku, berencana untuk nonton: Pirates of The Caribbean II, The Dead Man's Chest. Jam 2 siang, kita sampai disana, dan jam terdekat filmnya bakalan mulai adalah jam 4 sore. Makanya, kita harus membuang menggunakan waktu 2 jam di dalam mall. Pertama, kita pergi ke Gramedia, nggak untuk beli buku apapun, cuma lihat beberapa buku, dan membacanya, he3... :) Habis itu, karena temenku tuh lagi kelaparan laper, jadi kita makan siang di Qua Li (Haze, kali ini aku nggak lupa ngambil gambarnya, he3... :D). Kita selesai makan jam 3.10 sore, masih 50 menit sebelum filmnya mulai, jadi kita pergi ke Carrefour di bawah untuk beli minuman, snack, dll.

Jam 4 sore, kita pergi ke Cinema 21, trus masuk ke ruangannya (studio 1). Filmnya bagus juga, dan juga lucu. Lumayan menghibur loh, bahkan dalam beberapa adegan yang serius, misalnya waktu Kapten Jack Sparrow akan dimakan sama monster krakennya, waktu Kapten Jack nyaris dibakar trus dimakan sama suku bar-bar, dll... . Jam 6.20 sore, filmnya selesai, kita meninggalkan PA dan mampir di Gramedia Soedirman sebentar. Aku nggak beli apa-apa sih disana, trus kita balik ke rumah.

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Hmm, berita mengejutkan lainnya mengejutkan kita hari ini. Jam 3.19 sore, ada gempa besar lainnya (6,8 SR) yang mengguncang Pantai Pangandaran (Jawa Barat) dan desanya "tenggelam" karena tsunami yang diakibatkan gempa tsb... :( Ada isu yang mengatakan kalo gempa itu juga terasa di Surabaya, tapi disini, di Jogja yang secara geografis lebih dekat ke Pangandaran daripada Surabaya, nggak merasakan gempa itu.... .

#176 - Initiation (part ONE)

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Today my brother started his days at high-school, and as usual, as a new student, he has to go on initiation (or MOS, or Ospek in university) first for one week.

Three years ago, me as a new high-school student, also had to go on initiation for one week. We had to attend our school on Saturday morning and prepared many things for the initiation. That day, we had to write many things, learnt 2 songs and their coreographies, and also looked for some stuffs like pencil, pen, eraser, etc (they determined the type and brand of those stuffs that we had to find, for example: 17.1 cm long Cung Hwa pencil, etc...). We also had to make two attributes, and we also had to "copy" (actually we had to rewrite those multi-pages guideline.... :( ) the guideline which was still unclear yet since all the "numbers" (the width, the height, the number of triangles, etc) were still "hidden". For example: you have to make n triangles where n is the number of lamps inside the hall. Well, because of that we had to walk around my school just to find out those numbers.... :(

That's all about my first initiation day, I'll write about the next days next time..... :) Well, talking about the show Indonesian Idol last night, I think it was great, all contestants were good. If I have to score: Nobo - Sedih Tak Berujung (8.5), Dirly - Flying Without Wings (7.5), Ilham - Kupu-kupu Malam (7), Maria - Stand Up For Love (9.3), Ihsan - Bento (8.3), Gea - Di Dadaku ada Kamu (9). The bottom three was: Maria (what!?!?!? I can't believe that.... :( ), Dirly, and Ilham. Then, Ilham got voted off (yep, he was the worst from the best last night.... :D).

::: Bottom three this week

BAHASA INDONESIA

Hari ini adikku memulai hari-harinya di SMA, dan kayak biasanya, sebagai murid baru dia harus menjalani inisiasi (atau MOS, atau Ospek di kuliahan) dahulu selama seminggu.

Tiga tahun yang lalu, aku sebagai murid SMA yang baru, juga harus mengikuti inisiasi selama seminggu. Kita harus datang di sekolah hari Sabtu pagi dan mempersiapkan banyak hal untuk inisiasi. Hari itu, kita harus mencatat banyak hal, belajar 2 lagi dan koreografinya, dan juga mulai mencari beberapa barang seperti pensil, bolpen, penghapus, dll (mereka yang menentukan tipe dan merk dari barang-barang itu yang harus kita tentukan, misalnya: pensil Cung Hwa dengan panjang 17,1 cm, dll... ). Kita juga harus membuat dua atribut, dan kita harus "mengkopi" (sebenernya sih kita menulis ulang tuh petunjuk yang berlembar-lembar... :( ) petunjuknya yang juga masih belum jelas soalnya semua "angka"nya (lebar, tinggi, jumlah segitiga, dll) masih "tersembunyi". Misalnya aja: anda harus membuat segitiga sebanyak n buah dimana n adalah jumlah lampu di dalam aula. Karena itu, kita harus berjalan-jalan di dalam sekolah untuk menemukan angka-angka itu... :(

Itulah cerita hari pertama inisiasi saya, aku akan menulis hari-hari selanjutnya lain kali.... :) Hmm, ngomong-ngomong tentang show Indonesian Idol semalam, menurutku bagus banget, semuanya tampil dengan baik. Kalo harus aku nilai: Nobo - Sedih Tak Berujung (8.5), Dirly - Flying Without Wings (7.5), Ilham - Kupu-kupu Malam (7), Maria - Stand Up For Love (9.3), Ihsan - Bento (8.3), Gea - Di Dadaku ada Kamu (9). Tiga terbawahnya ternyata: Maria (apa!?!?! Nggak bisa saya percaya.... :( ), Dirly, adan Ilham. Trus, Ilham yang tersisih (yup, dia memang yang terjelek diantara yang terbaik semalam... :D).

#175 - New Gadgets and Weirdo Days

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As you can read at this and this entries, last week I looked for a new laptop for myself because when I'm in Bandung next month, I think I'm gonna need this gadget... :) Finally, last Wednesday, my laptop arrived at my house, and my parents bought me the hp one (if you have no idea what you are listening reading right now, please read this entry). Today, I also installed a new gadget for my computer here, this gadget is a USB Camera.. :). You can see the pics below

Btw, in the last 2 days (last Wednesday and Thursday), some lil' weird things happened at Yogyakarta. On Wednesday evening, there was a strange reddish white ray / cloud in the sky. It stretched along the sky from the north-east to the south-west direction (actually the location of that strange light / cloud was to the east of Yogyakarta, so it looked low at the north side and pretty high at the south side) >> I don't have the pic, so try to imagine in your mind, he3... :D And then, today the weather here in Yogyakarta was also strange. Since several weeks ago, the dry season has already come, and of course, the temperature is supposed to be pretty high and hot. But today, a strange thing happened. This morning, it was raining here in Yogyakarta, the weather was cloudy all the day, and the temperature was pretty cool... . Hmm....

::: my new laptop

::: my new laptop

::: my new USB Camera

::: A Weird Cloudy Day in Yogyakarta

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Seperti yang bisa dibaca pada postingan ini dan ini, minggu lalu aku mencari sebuah laptop yang baru untuk aku sendiri soalnya waktu aku di Bandung bulan depan, kayaknya sih aku bakalan membutuhkan peralatan elektronik ini.... :) Akhirnya, kemarin Rabu, laptopku sampai di rumahku, dan orangtuaku membelikan aku yang hp (kalo kamu nggak ada ide apa yang kamu dengarkan baca sekarang, tolong baca postingan ini). Hari ini, aku juga menginstal peralatan baru untuk komputerku disini, peralatan itu adalah sebuah Kamera USB... :) Ada gambarnya di atas koq

Ngomong-ngomong, dua hari terakhir ini (kemarin Rabu dan Kamis), beberapa hal kecil yang aneh terjadi di Yogyakarta. Pada hari Rabu sore, ada sebuah cahaya / awan putih kemerahan yang aneh di langit. Cahaya / awan itu memanjang di langit dari arah timur laut ke arah barat daya (sebenernya letaknya sih di sebelah timurnya Kota Yogyakarta, makanya dari sini kelihatan rendah di bagian utara dan tinggi di bagian selatan) >> aku nggak punya gambarnya, jadi tolong dibayangkan sendiri, he3... :D Trus, cuaca hari ini di Yogyakarta juga aneh banget. Sejak beberapa minggu yang lalu, musim kemarau sudah datang, dan tentu saja, suhu udaranya seharusnya lumayan tinggi dan panas. Hari ini, hal yang aneh terjadi. Pagi ini, di Yogyakarta ternyata hujan, cuacanya berawan sepanjang hari, dan suhu udaranya lumayan dingin... . Hmm....

#174 - DIGITAL FORTRESS

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As I wrote at this message, I bought a new novel by Dan Brown to read, DIGITAL FORTRESS. Why did I purchase this book?? Well, the answer is simple, because I have already read the two other Dan Brown's novels (The DaVinci Code and Angels and Demon) and I like both of them, beside, they (the bookstore) also put the books on "Popular Books" table... :)

Digital Fortress, just like its name, has something to do with the computer (and also internet). Digital Fortress is the name of a very complicated allogaritm / code which can't be extracted even by the most sophisticated translator machine in the world (they called: TRANSLTR in the novel). The creator of this code, Ensei Tankado, was a pacifist and wanted NSA (National Security Agency), which owned TRANSLTR, to announce to the world that they owned it, he wanted privacy of each person in the world was kept (with TRANSLTR, NSA could open every e-mails, or messages, or anything even if the messages were written in code). Of course he knew how to extract Digital Fortress (because he was the creator). Unfortunately, Ensei Tankado, the creator of that allogaritm, DIED!!!

To read the complete story, just read the novel... :) I think it's pretty interesting, thrilling and very different with DaVinci Code and Angels and Demon. It's not mainly about religion and Church anymore, the main characters are also different, not about Robert Langdon (and Sophie Neveu or Vittoria) again. Dan Brown also put more drama in this novel, a lot more than he put in DVC and AnD. However, there were some things in this novel which are also similar with the previous novels. There was a murderer which was hired by the bad guy in this novel (similar with Silas at DVC and Hassasin at AnD), and all part of the story happened only at one night... :) There was also code to break, etc. Btw, in the middle of the story, I guessed who the bad guy was, and my guess was right!! Yaaay!!! And about the code (Prime Difference between elements responsible for Hiroshima and Nagasaki), I could also break it, he3... :D Btw, I'm waiting to read Dan Brown's next novel (The Deception Point) >> I saw the English version of it when I was in Bali actually... :D

::: Digital Fortress

BAHASA INDONESIA

Seperti yang sudah aku tulis di postingan ini, aku membeli sebuah novel baru karangan Dan Brown untuk dibac yang judulnya, DIGITAL FORTRESS (Benteng Digital). Kenapa aku membeli buku ini?? Hmm, jawabannya sih sederhana aja, soalnya aku sudah membaca 2 buku karangan Dan Brown yang lainnya (The DaVinci Code dan Angels and Demon) dan aku suka keduanya, di samping, mereka (toko bukunya) juga menaruh buku-bukunya di meja "Buku Laris"... :)

Benteng Digital, sama seperti namanya, berhubungan banget dengan komputer (dan juga internet). Benteng Digital adalah nama dari sebuah alogaritma/kode yang sangat rumit yang bahkan tidak bisa dipecahkan bahkan oleh mesin penerjemah tercanggih di dunia (disebut TRANSLTR dalam novel). Pembuat dari kode ini, Ensei Tankado, adalah seorang pecinta damai dan menginginkan NSA (National Security Agency / Agen Keamanan Nasional), yang memiliki TRANSLTR untuk mengumumkan ke dunia kalo mereka memilikinya, dia menginginkan privasi dari setiap orang dijaga (karena dengan TRANSLTR, NSA bisa membaca setiap e-mail, atau pesan, atau apapun bahkan juga pesannya ditulis dalam bentuk kode). Tentu saja dia tahu bagaimana untuk menggugurkan Benteng Digital (soalnya dia kan pembuatnya). Malangnya, Ensei Tankado, pembuat alogaritma itu, MENINGGAL!!!

Untuk membaca cerita selengkapnya, baca aja deh novelnya... :) Menurutku sih lumayan menarik, menegangkan, dan sangat berbeda dari DaVinci Code dan Angels and Demon. Ini nggak sepenuhnya tentang agama dan Gereja lagi, karakter-karakter utamanya juga berbeda, bukan tentang Robert Langdon (dan Sophie Neveu atau Vittoria) lagi. Dan Brown juga menambah lebih banyak drama di dalam novel ini, jauh lebih banyak dari yang dia masukkan dalam DVC dan AnD. Bagaimanapun juga, ada beberapa bagian di novel ini yang mirip dengan novel-novel sebelumnya. Ada seorang pembunuh yang disewa oleh penjahatnya (mirip sama Silas di DVC dan Hassasin di AnD), dan semua bagian dari cerita ini terjadi hanya pada satu malam... :) Ada juga kode untuk dipecahkan, dsb. Ngomong-ngomong, di bagian tengah ceritanya, aku menebak siapa penjahatnya, dan tebakanku bener!! Yeeess!!! Dan tentang kodenya (Prime Difference between elements responsible for Hiroshima and Nagasaki) > Aku nggak tulis dlm Bahasa karena memang harus dalam Bahasa Inggris >> aku juga bisa memecahkan kodenya, he3... :D Btw, aku menunggu novel Dan Brown yang selanjutnya (The Deception Point) >> aku sudah melihat yang edisi Bahasa Inggrisnya sih waktu aku lagi di Bali... :D