#205 - 11th September

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Yesterday was 11th September, 5 years ago, a terrifying tragedy shocked the world where 2 commercial aircrafts (Boeing 757 and 767 owned by United and American Airlines) struck the well-known twin tower in New York, The World Trade Center where about 3,000 people died. I do hope a terrorism tragedy like that is not gonna happen anymore.

Well, yesterday I had lectures at campus, and when I was having First Calculus lecture at the 6th level of Building 9, the high-plant fence near building 9 was on fire!! Please see the illustration below to help you understand what I'm writing right now, if it's not clear enough, enlarge by clicking it. At first, they only burnt rubbish UNDER the plant fence, and suddenly, large grey and white smoke went to the sky. It was stupid, this month, Indonesia is still in dry season and the air was so dry and fire is very potential to happen. And yes, the plant fence was getting fired so quickly, and luckily, they were able to extinguish the fire... :) But as the result, the plant fence was damaged, and now there is a big hole on the fence... .

Last night, my friends asked me to have dinner at a restaurant they recommended so much, and I was interested on it (it was a seafood restaurant). I ordered mayonaisse prawn >> its price was Rp. 10,000.oo (1.1 USD), but you know what?? IT WAS ANOTHER RIDDICULOUS THING WHICH HAPPENED YESTERDAY. A portion of mayonaisse prawn priced Rp 10,000.oo only consists of FIVE TINY PRAWNS!!!! Arrrrggghhhhh..... .

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BAHASA INDONESIA

Kemarin adalah 11 September, 5 tahun yang lalu, sebuah tragedi mengerikan mengejutkan dunia dimana dua pesawat komersial (Boeing 757 dan 767 milik United dan American Airlines) menabrak menara kembar terkenal di New York, The World Trade Center dimana sekitar 3.000 orang meninggal dunia. Semoga peristiwa terorisme seperti ini nggak terjadi lagi.

Hmm, kemarin aku kuliah di kampus, dan waktu aku lagi kulai Kalkulus Pertama di lantai 6 Gedung 9, pagar tanaman tinggi di deket Gedung 9 kebakaran!! Tolong liat ilustrasi di atas jadinya lebih jelas apa yang aku tulis saat ini, klo kurang jelas tolong diperbesar dengan mengeklik gambarnya. Pertamanya mereka cuma membakar sampah DI BAWAH pagar tanaman itu, dan tiba-tiba asap hitam dan abu-abu raksasa membubung tinggi ke langit. Itu kan bodoh sekali, bulan ini, Indonesia masih dalam Musim Kemarai, dimana udara sangat kering dan kebakaran sangat berpotensi untuk terjadi. Dan bener aja kan, pagar tanaman itu langsung terbakar dengan cepat, dan untungnya nih, mereka mampu untuk memadamkan tuh api... :) Tapi sebagai hasilnya saat ini, pagarnya rusak dan asekarang ada lubang besar deh di pagarnya... .

Tadi malam, temen-temenku ngajak makan malam di restoran yang mereka rekomendasikan dengan sangat, dan aku tertarik sih (itu tuh seafood restoran). Aku pesen udang mayonaisse >> seharga Rp. 10.000,oo (sekitar 1,1 dollar Amerika), tapi tahu nggak? ITU ADALAH HAL KONYOL LAINNYA YANG TERJADI KEMARIN. Sebuah porsi udang mayonaisse seharga Rp. 10.000,oo cuma terdiri dari LIMA EKOR UDANG YANG KECIL!!!! Arrrrggghhhhh..... .