ENGLISHThis morning at 12.30 AM (wakakakaka... lol) I watched the rerun of The Apprentice season 5, the episode where Lenny got fired. Okay, because twas Lenny, from now on I know the order of elimination up till the end of the show... :( Well, that's fine though since I still can enjoy the show pretty much. Then, I tried to sleep at 2 AM, but I couldn't, arrrggghhhh... . I started to sleep at about 3.30 AM.At 7.30 AM I got up and had breakfast right after that. After taking a shower, at 8.45 AM I accompanied my mom and one senior chief of Kassaya to go to Solo to check our 3 branches there and also stock many fragrances and bags. Btw, on the way to Solo, near Adisutjipto Airport, a Garuda flight also took off on the same time as we passed the airport. It was beautiful, he3... :DAt 10.15 AM we arrived at Solo Square. Just following the pattern as I wrote before abt my trip to Solo, two SPGs were on duty, who were Ika and Dewi. Strangely, those two were trusted to be the 'heads' of all Solo's SPGs and they were on duty on the same time slot and place?? Hmmm, that ain't correct. So my mom told them not to make that kind of schedule anymore (they were also responsible for the schedule).After 1 hr 15 mins, we left Solo Square and headed for Solo Grand Mall. There we had lunch first and I had "Black Pepper Beef" as my meal (no pic today, he3... :D). For me, Qua-Li's "Black Pepper Beef" is still a lot better and more delicious!! :P Then we went down to our shop and met Tuti and Nika (and also Murti, new SPG who was still on training) were on duty today. Btw, looking at Indonesia's Unemployment Number today (wakakakaka... lol >> serious), I think the number is pretty big. Kassaya Solo opens job vacancy (I dunno, probably only for 2 more people, and 1 already hired) and when I was on Kassaya Solo Grand Mall, I found hell number of job appliances (look at the pic below)!! Huahahaha... lol. I dunno but I'm sure it's more than 100... :DAt 3 PM we went to ALFA Solo Baru and met Meli and Erna who were on duty (Meli for the morning shift and Erna for the evening shift). At 4.30 PM, we went back to Jogja.Back at Jogja, I had dinner at home. Then, at 7.30 PM I went to Malioboro Mall, just as usual. At 9 PM, we went back home. I'm so exhausted today!! Btw, now I'm waiting for the result show of Indonesian Idol, he3... :)
::: quick update ::: (Fri, 29th June 2007; 11.59 PM)
After watching the Result Show, I think the usual pattern was repeated. Two good singers were placed in the bottom two. They were Rini and Fandy!! WTF!!! They were my 2 favorites and I'd love to see them in the grand-finale!! Arrrggghhhh... . Okay, on this formation, I have to pick Rini to be safe because she is the gest amongst all contestants, and the vote-result (I don't write "Indonesia" here, he3... :D) was the same, Fandy was voted off. I think the bottom two should have been Wilson and Gaby. Sarah was pretty great (from the review).
Btw, because there are no big differences, so for Kassayas' pics I took the older pics, he3... :D
::: Kassaya Solo Square
::: Kassaya Solo Grand Mall
::: Kassaya Counter at ALFA Solo Baru
::: Job Appliances I found this afternoon!! So many!!
BAHASA INDONESIAPagi ini jam 12.30 dini hari (wakakakaka... lol) aku nonton siaran ulang dari The Apprentice musim 5, episode dimana Lenny dipecat. Oke, karena yg dipecat Lenny, mulai skarang aku udah tau deh urutan eliminasinya sampe akhir acara ntar... :( Hmm, nggak papa sih sebenere soale aku jg masih bisa menikmati koq. Trus aku mencoba tidu r jam 2 tapi gabisa, but I couldn't, arrrggghhhh... . Aku baru bisa tidur sekitar jam 3.30an lah. Jam 7.30 pagi aku bangun dan makan pagi habis itu. Habis mandi, jam 8.45 pagi aku nemeni mamaku sama satu pegawai senior Kassaya buat ke Solo untuk ngecek 3 cabang disana dan nyetok banyak parfum dan tas. Btw, dalam perjalanan ke Solo, deket Bandara Adisuthipto, pesawat Garuda pas lagi habis take-off pas aku lewat sana. Pemandangannya bagus loh, he3... :D Jam 10.15 pagi kita sampe di Solo Square. Mengikuti pola seperti yang aku tulis sebelumnya tentang perjalanan ke Solo, dua SPG lagi bertugas disana, mereka adalah Ika dan Dewi. Anehnya, mereka berdua yang dipercayai jadi 'kepala' dari semua SPGnya Solo dan tadi mereka bertugas di jam dan tempat yang sama?? Hmm, nggak bener nih. Makanya tadi dibilangi mulai besok kalo buat jadwal ga boleh kaya gitu lagi (mereka kan jg bertanggung-jawab atas jadwal). Habis 1 jam 15 menit, kita meninggalkan Solo Square dan pergi ke Solo Grand Mall. Disana kita makan siang dulu dan aku makan "sapi lada hitam" sebagai makanan saya (nggak ada gambar hari ini, he3... :D). Untuk aku, "sapi lada hitam"nya Qua-Li jauh lebih enak loh!! :P Trus kita turun ke toko dan ketemu Tuti dan Nika (dan juga Murti, pegawai baru yg lagi training) yang lagi bertugas disana tadi. Btw, ngeliat Jumlah Pengangguran di Indonesia (wakakakaka... lol >> sok serius), aku rasa angkanya besar banget loh. Kassaya Solo kan lagi buka lowongan kerja (gatau sih, mungkin cuma untuk 2 orang, dan 1 udah diterima) dan waktu di Kassaya Solo Grand Mall tadi, aku menemukan buanyak banget lamaran kerja (liat deh gambarnya di atas)!! Huahahaha... lol. Gatau sih, tapi aku rasa jumlahnya lebih tu dari 100... :D Jam 3 sore kita pergi ke ALFA Solo Baru dan bertemu Meli dan Erna yg lagi jaga (Meli untuk shift pagi dan Erna untuk shift sore). Jam 4.30 sore, kita balik deh ke Jogja. Balik di Jogja, aku makan di rumah. Trus jam 7.30 aku ke Malioboro Mall seperti biasa. Jam 9 malem balik deh ke rumah. Capek bgt hari ini!! Btw, skarang lagi nunggu Result Show-nya Indonesian Idol nih, he3... :)
::: apdet cepet ::: (Jmt, 29 Juni 2007; 11.59 malem)
Habis nonton Result Show-nya, aku rasa pola biasanya muncul lagi deh. Dua penyanyi bagus ada di dua terendah. Mereka adalah Rini dan Fandy!! WTF!!! Mereka adalah 2 favorit saya dan aku pengen loh liat mereka di 2 besar!! Arrrggghhhh... . Okay, di formasi ini, ya aku mesti milih Rini untuk aman soale dia paling bagus dari semua kontestan, dan hasil voting (aku ga nulis "Indonesia" disini, he3... :D) juga sama, Fandy yg tersisih. Aku rasa dua terbawahnya haruse Wilson dan Gaby deh. Sarah lumayan juga tadi (berdasarkan preview).
ENGLISHAs you can read here, 2 weeks ago I left my older glasses to be regenerated with new lenses. Finally yesterday evening, it had been done and I could take it. So, now I have 2 glasses ready to be worn, he3... :)This afternoon, my friends came to my house. After surfing the internet, we then went to Saphir Square to play bowling, he3... :) At Saphir Square, at first they wanted to play DDR (Dance-Dance Revolution) first. Okay, I let them play. I didn't play because I hate DDR and also I don't wanna humiliate myself, huahahahaha... lol. Then, at the bowling alley we played 3 games each (but one of my friends only play 1 game because he only owned free-ticket for 1 game). I didn't play really well today. I scored 78 on the first game, 86 on the second game, and 114 on the third game. There we met some old friends so we spent pretty much time there.Then, we went to Waroeng Steak to have dinner. Yea, it's cheap, but actually the meals were not really 'steak', it was more like "fried beef with flour" rather than real steak. I knew that but I still decided to have dinner there since it was a bit nostalgia, huahahaha.... lol. I haven't had meal there for about one year... :D After that we went back to my home.At 7.25 PM, I went to Malioboro Mall. Strangely, it was raining and twas pretty hard!! Hmmm.... . At 9.15 PM I went back home. Well, actually earlier before, my brother bought some bowls of bakso that I also ate this time. So, back at home I ate bakso first, he3... :) Btw, because at that time the pic wasn't really interesting, so I took another shot of it... :P
::: My older glasses with new lenses
::: "Steak" at Waroeng Steak
::: Bakso (the same bakso as I ate this time)BAHASA INDONESIASeperti yang bisa dibaca disini, dua minggu lalu aku meninggalkan kacamataku yang lebih lama untuk diregenerasi dengan lensa yang baru. Akhirnya kemarin sore udah selesai dan bisa aku ambil. Jadi, skarang aku punya 2 kacamata yang siap dipakai, he3... :) Siang ini, temen2ku dateng ke rumahku. Habis internetan, kita pergi ke Saphir Square untuk main bowling, he3... :) Di Saphir Square mereka mau main DDR (Dance-Dance Revolution) dulu. Ya udah, biarin aja mereka main. Aku nggak main soale aku ga suka DDR dan aku gamau memalukan diri sendiri, huahahahaha... lol. Trus, di tempat bowlingnya kita main 3 game masing2 (eh, tapi satu temenku cuma main 1 ding, soale dia cuma punya 1 voucher gratis sih). Aku nggak main dengan baik deh tadi. Aku bikin skor 78 di game pertama, 86 di game kedua, dan 114 di game ketiga. Disana ketemu beberapa temen lama makanya disana tadi ya lumayan lama juga. Trus kita pergi ke Waroeng Steak buat makan malem. Yupz, memang murah, tapi sebenere masakannya nggak bener-bener 'steak' deh, malah lebih kaya "daging goreng tepung" daripada steak yang asli. Aku tahu itu tapi masih milih makan disana soale mau dikit nostalgia sih, huahahaha.... lol. Kan aku dah lama ga makan disana, skitar setahun... :D Habis itu balik deh ke rumahku. Jam 7.25 malem aku pergi ke Malioboro Mall. Anehnya, tadi hujan dan lumayan deres juga!! Hmmm.... . Jam 9.15 malem aku balik ke rumah. Hmm, sebenere sore tadi adikku beli beberapa porsi bakso kaya yang aku makan pada waktu ini. Jadi, balik di rumah aku makan bakso dulu deh, he3... :) Btw, karena waktu itu gambarnya ga menarik, tadi aku foto lagi deh... :P
ENGLISHSunday morning, just as the other Sunday(s), I got up at 6.15 AM to go to the church to have a mass liturgy at 7 AM. The liturgy started at 7 am and ended at 8 AM. After that my family and I went to a "warung" soto at Kridosono to have breakfast there. Then we went back home and the whole Sunday was passed as another ordinary Sunday, of course, by sleeping. lol. Btw, the evening before I bought another fried noodle just like this time.This afternoon I accompanied my father to go to a plastic store to buy 60 pails. Then, we went to a plants exhibition at McDonald Soedirnam Parking Lot. Well, it was just like the other plants exhibitions, nothing was so special.
Btw, lately I like to play one game that I used to play before I moved to Bandung, Sim City 4, he3... :)
::: Fried Noodle
::: soto (with extra Soy-Sauce I added myself) I ate as breakfast yesterday morning
::: One spot at the plants exhibition
::: One other spot at plants exhibitionBAHASA INDONESIAMinggu pagi, seperti hari-hari Minggu lainnya, aku bangun jam 6.15 pagi untuk pergi ke gereja untuk ikut perayaan ekaristi jam 7 pagi. Ekaristi-nya mulai jam 7 pagi dan selesai jam 8. Habis itu aku sama keluargaku pergi ke sebuah warung soto di Kridosono untuk makan pagi disana. Trus, kita balik ke rumah dan keseluruhan hari Minggu berjalan seperti hari Minggu lainnya, tentu saja, dengan tidur. lol. Btw, malem sebelumnya aku beli mie goreng kaya waktu ini loh.Siang tadi aku nemenin papaku pergi ke toko plastik untuk beli 60 ember. Trus, kita pergi ke pameran tanaman di tempat parkir McDonald Soedirman. Hmm, cuma kaya pameran tanaman yang lain sih, nggak ada yang spesial.
Btw, akhir-akhir ini aku seneng main game yang dulu aku suka mainin sebelum pindah ke Bandung nih, Sim City 4, he3... :)
ENGLISHActually on Friday I originally had a plan to watch Pirates of Caribbean at Plaza Ambarrukmo, since on Friday if we use BCA Credit-Card, we will get a buy one get one promotion tickets, he3... :) Unfortunately, when I surveyed the net, starting earlier this week, that movie was no longer played there. Huh, I think that's my destiny not to watch the last sequel of Pirates... :(So, I didn't go to PA. Just as the other ordinary days, yesterday evening I went to Malioboro Mall. Before that, I had dinner first at Tojoyo Restaurant, he3... :) I had fried chicken as my dinner. On Malioboro Mall, I heard one band singing but I wondered why that band always sang Cokelat's songs. Because of that curiosity, I wanted to check who was on stage. And guess what?? The band was actually Cokelat!! Wakakakaka... lol. (I thought they would perform on Saturday)Then, back at home I watched the Result Show of Indonesian Idol. I didn't watch the Spectacular Show, but according to the preview, I thought Rini hit the mark. She took a very very big risk by singing "Conga" by Gloria Estefan and yet she did well on that even though I still prefer LaKisha's version on American Idol season 6 top 8. That song was for the first time ever sung on Indonesian Idol. I thought the song was pretty challenging and hard to be sung on Indonesian Idol since it's an English Song with pretty hard lyrics (many words going around). The bottom two were Sarah and Dimas, and after 5 weeks consecutively being placed in bottom three or two, Dimas got voted off. So far the elimination order went pretty well for me, as can be read here about who I want to get voted off next... :)
::: My dinner for yesterday, fried chicken at TojoyoBAHASA INDONESIASebenere Jumat kemarin awalnya aku berencana mo nonton Pirates of Caribbean di Plaza Ambarrukmo, soale kalo hari Jumat kan kalo kita pake BCA Card kita akan dapet tiket promosi beli 1 gratis 1, he3... :) malangnya, waktu aku survey di internet, mulai awal minggu ini filmnya ga dimainin lagi disana. Huh, kayake udah nasib saya untuk gak nonton sekuel trakhir dari Pirates deh... :( Jadi, aku ga pergi ke PA. Seperti hari-hari biasa lainnya, kemarin malem aku pergi ke Malioboro Mall. Sebelumnya aku makan malem dulu di Tojoyo, he3... :) Aku kmaren makan ayam goreng. Di Malioboro Mall aku denger ada sebuah band tapi aku heran koq band itu nyanyiin lagunya Cokelat doank yah. Karena rasa penasaran aku mau ngecek sapa sih yang nyanyi. Dan gimana?? Ternyata ya memang Cokelat yang nyanyi!! Wakakakaka... lol. (aku kira mereka akan manggungnya hari Sabtu tuh)Trus balik di rumah aku nonton Result Show-nya Indonesian Idol deh. Ga nonton Spektakuler Show-nya, tapi berdasarkan preview-nya, aku rasa sih Rini yang paling bagus. Dia ngambil resiko super besar dengan nyanyiin lagi "Conga" oleh Gloria Estefan dan dia lumayan bagus juga kayake walaupun aku masih lebih suka versinya LaKisha Jones di American Idol Musim 6 di 8 besar. Lagu itu pertama kali loh dinyanyiin di Indonesian Idol. Aku rasa lagu itu lumayan menantang dan susah dinyanyiin di Indonesian Idol soale kan itu adalah lagu berbahasa inggris dengan lirik yang susah (banyak kata2nya). Dua terbawahnya adalah Sarah dan Dimas, dan setelah 5 kali berturut-turut berada di posisi tiga atau dua terendah, Dimas tereliminasi. Sejauh ini urutan eliminasinya baik2 saja untuk saya, seperti yang bisa dibaca disini tentang siapa yang aku pingin dieliminasi berikutnya... :)
ENGLISHThis morning actually I had a plan to go to a fitness center my friend recommend. Well, actually he already warned me that I would be disappointed, ha3... :) When this morning we went there, it was not as bad as I expected, but still he was right, I was a bit disappointed. Which one is better?? "Cheap but the place is not large, not all tools available (even some tools don't work 100% properly)" OR "Expensive but the place is large, all the tools are complete, getting free-pass for swimming"?? The price: expensive = cheap X 4. Hmmm...So, after that we went to Saphir Square to play bowling on the new bowling alley there. There was an interesting promotion. On happy-hour (Monday to Friday, before 6 PM), per-game it cost Rp 10,000.oo (the normal rate is Rp 17,500.oo per game) but it's still not including renting shoes (Rp. 3,000.oo). Plus, if we show a student-ID card, we will get an extra 20% discount, so per game it cost Rp 8,000.oo. He3... :) That's pretty cheap. Actually my friend got a 2 free-pass vouchers (2 games) including for shoes. Okay, so since I wanted to play 2 games each, so he used all his coupons (I paid) but I got the shoes for free, he3... :) I played pretty well (for a person who haven't played for over almost 1 year). I scored 110 and 87. (huh!! The second game I wasn't serious, wakakakakaka... lol). Then, we went to Galeria and had lunch at Bee's there. I expected a yummy lunch, but it was just standart... :( I met some friends from high-school (but didn't have the chance and time to talk, just said hi). Btw, 2 days ago I had dinner at a Warung Bakso just like what I ate at this time, he3... :) It's yummy (there's a pic below) >> on the pic it doesn't look like that yummy because of the lighting, but actually it is yummy... :PBtw, as you can read at this entries, last week there was a second redecoration of my shop at Malioboro Mall. As you can also read here, I made a "Kassaya" name to be placed inside, and now it's placed... :D The pics are below. 
::: half-eaten Bakso I ate 2 days ago. It doesn't look that yummy, but it is yummy
::: inside Kassaya Malioboro Mall (new)
::: inside Kassaya Malioboro Mall (new) - 1
::: new bowling alley at Saphir Square
::: my lunch for todayBAHASA INDONESIAPagi ini sebenere aku punya rencana untuk pergi ke tempat fitnes yang direkomendasiin temenku. Hmm, sebenere dia udah bilang ke aku kalo aku bakalan kecewa sih, ha3... :) Waktu pagi tadi nyampe sana, nggak seburuk yang aku kira, tapi tetep aja temenku bener, aku rada kecewa. Mana nih yang lebih baik?? "Murah tapi tempatnya nggak luas, nggak semua alat tersedia (bahkan beberapa alat nggak bekerja 100%)" ATAU "Mahal tapi tempatnya luas, semua alatnya komplit, dapet tiket gratis buat renang"?? Harganya: mahal = murah X 4. Hmmm...Jadi, habis dari sana kita ke Saphir Square deh buat main bowling di tempat bowling yang baru disana. Ada promosi yang menarik sih. Di happy-hour (Senin sampe Kamis, sebelum jam 6 sore), per-game tuh biayanya Rp 10.000,oo (klo di jam biasa Rp 17.500,oo) tapi masih nggak termasuk minjem sepatu loh (Rp 3.000,oo). Plus, kalo nunjukin Kartu Pelajar, dikasi diskon lagi 20%, jadinya per-game-nya Rp 8.000,oo tuh. He3... :) Lumayan murah kan. Sebenere temenku sih punya 2 voucher untuk main gratis (2 game) termasuk sepatu. Oke, berhubung saya pinginnya main 2 game satu orang, ya dah deh dia pake kuponnya (aku bayar) tapi aku jadi dapet jatah sepatu gratis, he3... :) Aku lumayan juga tadi (untuk orang yang dah ga main lebih dari hampir 1 tahun). Nilainya 110 sama 87 (huh!! Yang kedua gak serius sih, wakakakakaka... lol). Trus kita ke Galeria buat makan siang di Bee's. Aku sih mengharapkan makan siang yang enak, tapi ternyata biasa-biasa saja... :( Aku ketemu beberapa temen SMA sih (tapi ga ada kesempatan dan waktu buat ngobrol sih, ya udah say hi aja). Btw, 2 hari yang lalu aku makan malem di sebuah Warung Bakso loh seperti yang aku makan pada waktu ini, he3... :) Enak loh (ada sih fotonya di atas) >> Di fotonya ga gitu keliatan enak soale pencahayaannya sih, tapi sebenere enak loh... :P Btw, seperti yang bisa dibaca di posting ini, minggu lalu ada redekorasi kedua di toko saya di Malioboro Mall. Seperti yang bisa dibaca disini, aku membuat tulisan "Kassaya" buat di dalem, dan skarang udah dipasang loh, ada gambarnya di atas.
ENGLISHWell, I haven't written anything about Indonesian Idol this season yet, even this week is the top 6 week of it. The main reason why I haven't written anything is that I don't have any interest on this season, because I think this season is the worst season ever. Which one is the best? Of course the first season. I didn't even watch the (only) 2 episodes of audition plus 1 episode of elimination round. At first I didn't know that the 3 stages workshop round was held only in 2 weeks and it was aired almost everyday at 10 PM. That's too late. But the most affecting reason is that I don't think the contestants overall are as good as some previous' seasons. Only a few of them I think are pretty well, they are Rini, Fandy, and Gaby (in mellow songs). Many people say Wilson is good, but I just don't like him. I dunno why but probably that's because the stereotype the judges put on him during the workshop round, that he's cocky. Sarah used to be pretty good but here on, she was overrated. Some judges praised Dimas a lot but I think he's not that good. On one performance, I think he did okay (let's score 6), but the feedbacks he got was just as if he got the score of 9.5 out of 10. What!?!?!?However, there is still at least one positive thing this season. Steve and Risma got eliminated. They couldn't sing but they are good-looking, and they got voted-off. That's the best thing!! Not like last year where so many talented people in the top 12, but all of them got voted-off (Depe, Sisi, Christy, Maria, Nobo, Gea) because many people loved to vote for Dirly (who couldn't sing but good-looking) and Ihsan (who sang standart but his background was 'salable'). Actually season 3 was better than season 2 in the talent and composition of the top 12, but the order of elimination on season 3 was such a mess.For now, I hope the final order will be: 1. Rini (winner); 2. Fandy (runner-up); 3. Gaby; 4. Wilson; 5. Sarah; 6. Dimas.Anyway, here on, Indonesian Idol became more and more similar with AFI. On season 1, they didn't care about the coreography. The most important was their singing talent, and the talents the judges found were stunning. On season 2, still the main focus wasn't on the coreography, but there was more coreography than the first season. On the third season, the coreographer was Ari Tulang who used to work with AFI, and of course, the coreography became clearly one important factor on the show. On season 4, the coreography is as much as season 3, and now most of the contestants are young (teenagers) and become more aware of their appearance (hair-coloring, etc). That's good, but I dunno why but all of them for me made the classy impression of Indonesian Idol which I found on season 1 diseappeared. Hmmmm....
Addition:
Btw, exactly one year ago, I officially passed high-school, he3... :) The entry I wrote at that time was number 161, now this entry is number 361, so in one year time, I have written 200 entries, hmmm... :D 
::: All top 12 contestants on the first season 4's spectacular showBAHASA INDONESIAHmmm, aku blom nulis apa-pun nih tentang Indonesian Idol musim ini, walaupun sebenere minggu ini adalah minggu 6 besar-nya loh. Alasan utama kenapa aku blon nulis apa-apa ya karena aku nggak tertarik sama musim ini, soale menurutku musim ini adalah musim terjelek yang pernah ada. Yang mana yang terbaik? Ya jelas musim pertama dong. Aku bahkan nggak nonton (yang cuma) 2 episode babak audisi dan 1 episode babak eliminasi loh .Pertamanya juga aku nggak tau kalo workshop 3 babak-nya diadain cuma dalam waktu 2 minggu dan ditayanginnya jam 10 malem. Kemaleman tuh. Tapi yang paling berpengaruh adalah aku nggak merasa secara keseluruhan kontestan sebagis musim2 sebelumnya deh. Cuma beberapa aja yang menurutku lumayan, mereka adalah Rini, Fandy, dan Gaby (di lagu-lagu mellow). Banyak orang bilang Wilson bagus, tapi aku nggak suka tu. Gatau kenapa tapi mungkin karena stereotip yang diberikan juri kepadanya di babak workshop bahwa dia itu congkak. Sarah dulu lumayan juga tapi makin kesini nggak deh. Beberapa juri memuji Dimas banget tapi aku rasa dia ga sebagus itu. Di satu penampilan, dia oke-lah (kasi nilai 6), eh jurinya muji dia banget kaya kalo dia dapet nilai 9,5 dari 10. Apa!?!?!? Bagaimanapun, paling nggak masih ada 1 hal positif dari musim ini. Steve dan Risma tereliminasi. Mereka nggak bisa nyanyi tapi mereka cakep, dan mereka tereliminasi. Itulah yang bagus!! Nggak kaya taun lalu dimana ada banyak orang yang bagus di 12 besar tapi semuanya tereliminasi (Depe, Sisi, Christy, Maria, Nobo, Gea) soale banyak orang lebih suka untuk voting buat Dirly (gabisa nyanyi tapi cakep) sama Ihsan (yang nyanyinya standar tapi latar belakangnya 'menjual'). Sebenere musim ketiga lebih bagus dari musim kedua dalam hal kebagusan dan komposisi 12 besar-nya, tapi urutan eliminasi musim ke-3 parah banget. Untuk skarang aku harap sih urutannya bakalan menjadi: 1. Rini (pemenang); 2. Fandy (runner-up); 3. Gaby; 4. Wilson; 5. Sarah; 6. Dimas.Btw, makin kesini, Indonesian Idol koq jadi mirip sama AFI yah. Di musim 1, mereka nggak begitu ngurus koreografi. Yang paling penting ya bernyanyinya, dan bakat yang ditemukan juri bener-bener memukau. Di musim 2, fokus utamanya masih bukan di koreografi, tapi koreografinya lebih banyak dari musim satu. Di musim tiga, koreografernya adalah Ari Tulang yang dulu kerja buat AFI, dan tentu saja, koreografi jadi salah satu faktor penting dari pertunjukan. Di musim keempat, koreografinya udah se-intense musim 3, ditambah lagi kebanyakan kontestan masih muda (remaja) dan lebih diperhatikan pada penampilan (ngecet rambut, dll). Bagus sih, tapi gatau kenapa koq semua itu membuat aku merasa kalo Indonesian Idol kehilangan kelas-nya, ga kaya impresi berkelas yang aku dapet di musim 1 yah. Hmmmm....
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Btw, tepat setahun yg lalu, aku secara resmi lulus SMA loh, he3... :) Posting yang aku tulis waktu itu nomer 161, dan posting yang ini nomer 361, berarti dalam waktu setahun, aku udah nulis 200 posting tuh, hmmm... :D
ENGLISHWell, since I just realized that now my Shout Box is also equipped with Anti-Spam Code, so starting few hours ago all blocked words or phrases (which could be read here) are no longer prohibited. Hahaha, so Mrs. Bauer now can use the word 'jack' freely without any worry of being blocked, wakakakaka... lolBtw, yesterday evening when I went to Malioboro Mall, I took my new glasses, he3... :) Well, I bought that not as replacement of the older one, but more as a substitute. Right now I chose not to pick the common transparent lenses and picked colored lenses. For the color, I picked dark blue gradation. The price?? It was a bit more expensive than the older one. Unlike when I bought that glasses, this time I didn't get any coupon, ha3... :) What happened to that older glasses?? Since the guy there said the quality of the lenses had declined (at that time I chose the anti-radiation, UV, etc etc lenses), so I used the guarantee card before next July when it's expired, to get new lenses for free, he3... :) And yesterday when I picked this glasses, I left my older glasses to be 'regenerated', ha3... :)Btw, I don't have anything else to write, so I now post the pic of my dinner yesterday, wakakakaka... lol (hot spicy scrambled egg, chicken, fried tempe, fried-chili chicken liver and fried-chili tempe)
::: narcist time with new glasses
::: my new glasses
::: my dinner for yesterdayBAHASA INDONESIAHmmm, karena aku baru aja menyadari kalo skarang di Shout Box-ku juga sudah dilengkapi dengan Kode Anti-Spam, jadi mulai beberapa jam yang lalu semua kata-kata atau frasa-frasa yang sudah aku blok (yang bisa dibaca disini) bggak lagi terlarang. Hahaha, jadi Mrs. Bauer sekarang bisa menggunakan kata 'jack' lagi tanpa kekhawatiran akan di block, wakakakaka... lolBtw, kemarin malem waktu aku pergi ke Malioboro Mall, aku mengambil kacamata baru saya, he3... :) Hmm, aku beli bukan untuk menggantikan kacamataku yg lebih lama sih, tapi lebih sebagai barang substitusi (untuk ganti2 gitu). Skarang aku memilih untuk nggak make lensa transparan yang biasa dan milih yang diwarna. Untuk warnanya aku milih gradasi biru tua. Harganya?? Hmm, sedikit lebih mahal dari yang lama sih. Nggak seperti waktu aku beli yang lebih lama itu, kali ini aku ga dapet kupon undian, ha3... :) Apa yang terjadi dengan kacamata lama saya?? Karena orangnya disana ngomong kalo kualitas lensanya udah menurun (dulu aku milih lensa yang ada anti-radiasinya, anti-UV, dll dll deh), jadi aku menggunakan kartu garansi sebelum habis masa berlakunya Juli nanti untuk dapet lensa baru gratis, he3... :) Dan kemarin waktu aku ngambil kacamata ini, aku meninggalkan kacamata lama saya buat di-'regenerasi', ha3... :)Btw, aku ga ada yang lain neh buat ditulis, jadi skarang posting foto makan malam saya kemarin yah, wakakakaka... lol (telor dadar pedes, ayam, tempe goreng, sambel-goreng hati ayam sama sambel-goreng tempe) >> ga penting
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tambahan dikit:Btw, skarang pas aku buka halaman Blogger-ku (yang ada Dashboard, untuk ngurus entries, ngedit setting dan lay-out, dsb) koq jadi tulisan Mandarin AKA cingcong jelangkung (pake istilahnya Meli, wuakakakakaka... lol) yah?? He3... :) Aneh bgt. Apa karena koneksinya terbaca dari Hong Kong ya?? Hmmmm....Btw, khusus LINK kali ini karena ada tambahannya, comment-box aku aktif-kan, he3... :)
ENGLISHOn Monday, a bad thing happened to me. My computer broke down!! Arrrggghhhh.... . I couldn't boot it. It worked normally up until the "Window XP" part but when it was about to move to the main page (where I usually click on the username), it became frozen!! :( :( Lucky I have this beloved laptop, he3... :) So, I still could surf the net via this laptop by connecting the modem to her... :) Btw, that night I could also take a pic of Kassaya Malioboro Mall after redecorating or "make up" part one. Tuesday Evening, my friend and I went to Plaza Ambarrukmo to watch Ocean Thirteen (even though I still haven't watched Pirates of Caribbean yet... :( ). Well, I rate it 3 out of 5 or around 6.17 out of 10. It was funny and entertaining, but there were some weaknesses that I saw and felt, he3... :) You could read my whole review here. We arrived at PA and bought the tickets at 6 PM. My original plan was having dinner at Qua-Li right after that since the movie started at 7.15 PM (I already did a research on the internet about the schedule). BUT unfortunately, at 6.10 PM, just before I walked in to Qua-Li, my dad called me to go back home (arrrggghhhh....) since his ping pong bats were left in the car and he asked me to give them back to him!! Arrrrgggghhhhh.... . So, I didn't have any time to have dinner... :( :( I was actually starving since I hadn't had meal since this morning. Then, after the show, we went to a Padang Restaurant and had meal there, ha3... :) Then we went back home.
Btw, now my computer is still not working. I couldn't (and didn't want to) ask one of my employee to take it since on Tuesday most of them were busy plus I still have laptop for temporary use. So, I suppose the checking and reparation are gonnabe tomorrow.
::: quick update ::: (Wed, 13th June 2007; 9.33 PM)
This afternoon, just as my order request, one of my employee came to my house and checked my computer. The plan was if the problem was so serious that he couldn't handle, he would bring the CPU to the service center, just as usual. But then, after checking it, the problam appeared as a minor error. One of the screw wasn't tight enough!! WHAT!?!?!? Just that simple?? After thickening it up, my computer worked again normally, ha3... :)
::: Kassaya Malioboro Mall (new)
::: Matt Damon (as Niles), George Clooney (as Danny) and Brad Pitt (as Rusty) at Ocean Thirteen
::: @ Padang RestaurantBAHASA INDONESIADi hari Senin hal yang buruk terjadi pada saya. Komputerku rusak!! Arrrggghhhh.... . Aku gabisa nyalain. Kerjanya normal sih sampe bagian "Window XP"nya tapi habis itu waktu mau masuk ke halaman utama (dimana biasane aku nge-klik username), jadi nge-hang!! :( :( Untunglah aku punya laptop tercinta ini, he3... :) Jadi aku kan masih bisa internetan via laptop dengan menghubungkan modem sama laptop... :) Btw, malem itu aku juga ngambil gambarnya Kassaya Malioboro Mall habis dekor ulang atau "make up" tahap pertama. Selasa sore, aku sama temenku pergi ke Plaza Ambarrukmo untuk nonton Ocean Thirteen (walaupun aku masih blom sempet nonton Pirates of Caribbean neh... :( ). Hmm, aku menilainya 3 dari 5 atau sekitar 6,17 dari 10. Ceritanya lucu dan menghibur, tapi ada beberapa kelemahan yang aku lihat dan rasakan, he3... :) Bisa dibaca deh review lengkapku disini. Kita sampai di PA dan beli tiket jam 6 sore. Rencana awalnya sih habis itu mau makan malem dulu di Qua-Li soale kan filmnya baru mulai jam 7.15 malem (aku udah research dulu tuh di internet tentang jadwalnya). TAPI malangnya, jam 6.10 sore, tepat sebelum aku melangkahkan kaki memasuki Qua-Li, papaku telpon dan nyuruh aku balik ke rumah (arrrggghhhh....) soale bat ping pong-nya ketinggalan di mobil dan dia nyuruh aku ngembaliin ke dia!! Arrrrgggghhhhh.... . Jadi, aku jadi nggak ada waktu untuk makan malem deh... :( :( Padahal aku sebenere lagi kelaparan tu soale blom makan dari pagi sih. Trus, habis filmnya selese, kita ke Restoran Padang dan makan disana, ha3... :) Trus kita balik deh
Btw, skarang komputerku masih blom bener nih. Aku nggak bisa (dan memang nggak mau) nyuruh salah satu karyawan ngambil hari Selasa soale kebanyakan kan lagi sibuk tuh, lagian kan sementara masih ada laptop. Jadi, aku duga sih baru besok deh ngecek dan reparasinya.
::: apdet cepet ::: (Rbu, 13 Juni 2007; 9.33 malem)
Siang ini, seperti perintah permintaan saya, salah satu pegawai dateng ke rumahku dan ngecek komputer. Rencananya tuh klo masalahnya serius banget dan gabisa ditangani dia, dia akan bawa CPUnya ke pusat servis, seperti biasa. Tapi kemudian, habis ngecek, ternyata problemnya cuma kesalahan kecil. Salah satu skrupnya kurang kenceng masangnya!! APA!?!?!? Cuma sesimpel itu?? Habis ngencengin tuh skrup, komputer saya jalan lagi dengan normalnya, ha3... :)
ENGLISHThe Apprentice season 5As I promised before and as Sheilla's request (wakakakaka... lol) I'm gonna write something about The Apprentice Season 5 , here we go.... :)Last week I watched the fourth episode of it, the episode where Brent got fired. I'm not gonna write anything about how the episode goes (I put a link above and it can be read clearly through that link). Well, as a viewer, I also think that Brent was such a liability for his team and he was annoying. He rated himself so high and looked down at his teammates. Well, that might be fine just if he could prove something by showing something great, outside of the box, and also attitude. But he didn't!! He gave some not so bright ideas, he spoke rudely during his (personal) interview session (saying many curses and not-so-good words while his teammates could express their dislike of him in a more polite and rudeless way, at least on their choice of words and intonation), and yea, he did something on the second task, but that was embarassing!! Then, on one task, he was caught eating during the task. Well, eating is fine, but he did that while his other team-mates were working on their job. He even walked off the room (during a brainstorming session or something) and took some more food!! He was also late for 20 minutes while his other teammates had been ready to go on task (he still hadn't taken a shower, suited up, etc). What!?!?Well, he might play a good tactic however. His teammates didn't like him and thought him as a liability, so they didn't give him any important job during the task. But, when the team lost, they couldn't blame him for anything since what he did was something outside of the inner-circle of their work. And as appear, it didn't work for long. He got it. Even though he wasn't in the inner-circle and didn't really cause the loss of his team, he finally got fired, ha3... :)Anyway, since this season is an 'old' season of The Apprentice and many reviews and episode recaps are out there, I still find it interesting to watch. I tried not to read any spoiler even though I still remember the final placing from #1 (the winner) till #8, the rest of it I forget, he3... :)24 season 2One thing in my agenda during this very-very-long-holiday is to watch all seasons of 24 (I have got the complete season 6, he3... :D). So now I watch the second season of it and currently I have watched 10 episodes. Wow, this season for me is a lot greater and more thrilling than the first one!! More complex situation and characters, hmm... . It's true we shouldn't skip watching any of the season, he3... :) Btw, Dian Bauer (wakakakaka... lol) is right, Nina is a slut... lol. I didn't think at all Marie was involved (but I started to be suspicous on her during the middle of the tenth episode, after she came by on her father's office to apologize to Reza).Hoho, 24 rocks... :D
::: The Apprentice season 5 cast
::: 24 season 2BAHASA INDONESIAThe Apprentice musim 5Seperti yang aku janjiin sebelumnya dan menuruti request-nya Sheilla (wakakakaka... lol) aku akan menulis sesuatu tentang The Apprentice Musim 5 , ini dia.... :)Minggu lalu aku nonton episode keempat darinya, episode dimana Brent dipecat. Aku gak akan menulis bagaimana episode ini berjalan (kan udah aku kasi link di atas dan bisa dibaca dengan jelas koq melalui link tsb). Hmm, sebagai penonton, aku juga berpikir kalo Brent adalah pasiva untuk team dan dia menjengkelkan. Dia menilai dirinya tinggi sekali dan merendahkan anggota tim yang lain. Hmm, mungkin nggak papa sih kalo dia bisa membuktikan sesuatu yang hebat, diluar kotak, dan juga bersikap. Tapi dia enggak!! Dia memberikan beberapa ide yang nggak begitu bagus, dia berbicara dengan kasar selama wawancara (personal) nya (misuh beberapa kali dan kata-kata yang nggak-begitu-baik sementara anggota tim lainnya bisa mengekspresikan ketidaksukaan mereka akan dia dalam cara yang lebih sopan dan halus, paling nggak dalam pemilihan kata dan intonasi), dan ya, dia melakukan sesuati memang di tugas kedua, tapi itu juga memalukan!! Trus, di satu tugas, dia makan selama tugas. Makan nggak papa sih, tapi dia melakukannya ketika anggota tim lain lagi kerja dalam pekerjaan mereka. Dia bahkan jalan keluar ruangan (waktu sesi berpikir ato apa gitu) untuk nambah makanan!! Dia juga telat 20 menit padahal semua temennya udah siap untuk pergi ke tempat tugas (dia blom mandi, siap2, dll). Apa!?!?Hmm, dia mungkin memainkan taktik yang bagus sih. Temen-temen sekelompoknya ga suka sama dia dan berpikir dia adalah pasiva, jadi mereka ga ngasi dia kerjaan yg penting selama tugas. Tapi, waktu tim kalah, mereka gabisa nyalahin dia atas sesuatu soale yang dia lakukan kan memang di luar inti utama dari tugas mereka. Dan ternyata, taktiknya ga jalan lama. Dia kena sendiri. Walau dia di luar inti utama dan nggak bener2 menyebabkan kekahalan tim, dia akhirnya dipecat, ha3... :)Walau musim ini adalah musim 'lama' dari The Apprentice dan banyak review dan rekap episode di luar sana, aku tetep tertarik nonton tuh. Aku mencoba nggak baca bocoran walau aku masih inget urutan akhir dari #1 (juaranya) sampe #8, sisanya aku lupa, he3... :)24 musim 2Satu hal dalam agendaku selama liburan yang sangat-sangat-panjang ini adalah nonton semua seson dari 24 (aku dah dapet season 6 yang komplit loh, he3... :D). Jadi sekarang aku nonton season 2 deh dan skarang udah nonton 10 episode. Wow, season ini menurutku malah lebih keren dan menegangkan dari season 1 deh!! Situasinya lebih kompleks dan karakternya, hmm... . Bener juga tuh mendingan jangan ngelompatin satu season waktu nonton, he3... :) Btw, Dian Bauer (wakakakaka... lol) bener juga, Nina is a slut... lol. Aku nggak mikir loh kalo Marie ternyata terlibat (tapi aku memang mulai curiga sih sama dia di tengah episode 10, habis dia mampir di kantor papanya untuk minta maaf sama Reza).Hoho, 24 keren... :D
ENGLISHFriday morning, I got up at 6.15 AM to take my mom to Adisutjipto Airport and my lil' bro to school. At 7.05 AM, I arrived at home and continued my sleep, he3... :) I was so sleepy since that night I slept at 1.45 AM (after watching the 4th episode of The Apprentice season 5). O yea, I haven't written anything about The Apprentice, I promise I will... :DAt 8.30 AM, I got up and had breakfast, then took a shower. At 9.15 AM, I went to BCA (bank) to check some accounts. The night before, my mum transfered some ammount of money from my dad's account to hers to do a transaction. Weirdly, my dad's account had been reduced but that ammount of money still hadn't been added to my mom's account. Then, we tried another transaction (my mom transfered small ammount to my account) and it ended up the same thing. Therefore we were a bit relieved (the results were the same, if mine had been added, that was a problem... :D) since that means there are still possibilities the system was down or the transactions would be done the next morning. So, Friday morning since my mom was away to Jakarta, I went to the bank and checked those 2 transactions. Luckily, those were fine and according to the datas, those transactions were partly done the night before (the reduction) and the additions were yesterday morning... . Phiuhhh... :)Later that day, I had home-made steak for dinner, he3... :) For me, home-made steak is the best steak ever, since the portion is large and also a lot cheaper... :P Later that evening, my grandma called a noddle-man who always passes my home every evening and asked my brother and I whether we wanted to eat noodle or not. Of course we do, wakakakakaka... lol. So, we ordered fried noodle and "Mie Kuah". At 8 PM, I watched the fifth spectacular show of Indonesian Idol.The electricity here went off this whole morning up until 12.45 PM!! Huh!! So, for 2 weeks I have been in Jogja, the electricity has gone off 3 times!! :( :( This evening at 7 PM, I went to Adisutjipto Airport to pick my mom up from Jakarta (the flight she took was the same with I took two weeks ago, Garuda Indonesia GA 214). The flight was also delayed, but not as long as mine, "only" 35 minutes.
::: Home-made Steak with BBQ Saucing
::: half-eaten "Mie Kuah"BAHASA INDONESIAJumat pagi, aku bangun jam 6.15 untuk nganter mamaku ke Bandara Adisutjipto dan adikku ke sekolah. Jam 7.05 pagi, aku sampe di rumah dan melanjutkan tidur saya, he3... :) Aku ngantuk banget soale aku baru tidur jam 1.45 pagi (habis nonton episode ke-4 dari The Apprentice musim 5). O iya, aku blon nulis apa pun tentang The Apprentice yah, aku janji aku bakal nulis deh... :DJam 8.30 pagi, aku bangun, trus makan pagi, trus mandi. Jam 9.15 aku pergi ke BCA (bank) untuk ngecek beberapa rekening. Malam sebelumnya, mamaku kan transfer sejumlah uang dari rekeningnya papaku ke rekeningnya untuk melakukan transaksi. Anehnya, rekeningnya papaku jumlah uangnya udah berkurang tapi sejumlah uang itu blom ditambahin ke rekeningnya mamaku. Trus, kita nyoba transaksi lainnya (mamaku transfer sejumlah kecil uang ke rekeningku) dan berakhir dengan hal yang sama. Makanya jadi sedikit lega (soale sama2 gitu hasilnya, klo tau2 tempatku langsung masuk kan malah gawat... :D) berarti ada kemungkinan sistemnya lagi error ato memang baru dijalanin pagi berikutnya kan. Jadi, Jumat pagi gara2 mamaku ke Jakarta, aku ke bank dan ngecek 2 transaksi itu. Untungnya, mereka baik-baik saja dan berdasarkan data, transaksi2 itu separuh dikerjakan malam sebelumnya (pengurangan) dan penambahannya memang baru paginya... . Phiuhhh... :)Kemudian di hari itu, aku makan malam steak buatan rumah loh, he3... :) Untuk aku, steak buatan rumah tuh yg paling oke, soale porsinya kan gede dan juga jauh lebih murah... :P Malemnya, nenekku manggil tukang mie yang lewat di depan rumah tiap malem, trus nanya aku sama adikku mau nggak makan mie. Jelas mau dong, wakakakakaka... lol. Jadi, kita mesen mie goreng dan mie rebus. Jam 8 malem, nonton spektakuler kelima dari Indonesian Idol.Listriknya mati nih sepanjang pagi ini sampe jam 12.45 siang!! Huh!! Jadi selama 2 minggu aku udah di Jogja, listrik udah mati 3 kali!! :( :( Sore tadi jam 7 malem, aku pergi ke Bandara Adisutjipto untuk njemput mamaku dari Jakarta (penerbangannya sama kaya yang aku ambil dua minggu lalu, Garuda Indonesia GA 214). Penerbangannya terlambat lagi, tapi kalo kali ini "cuma" 35 menit, ga selama kaya penerbanganku dulu.
ENGLISHLast weekend I actually came up with an idea of putting one more name of "Kassaya" inside Kassaya Malioboro Mall because there is a connecting door to Ibis Hotel inside my store. So,when people walk from Ibis, they still have no idea what store (the name) is next to them. I then told my dad my idea and he agreed, he3... :) Therefore, 2 days ago, my dad and I made that word from stereoform. I couldn't do the cutting work (I'm so bad in handmaking... :D) and did the coloring (and lining the pattern on the stereoform), he3... :) The result?? Look at the pic. Probably it will be assembled at the same time of the second "make-up" (redecorating) of my store... :) (the first "make-up" was last weekend and I forgot to take the pic... :D). Btw, this evening I went to a barbershop and got my hair cut... :) Finally I could take a pic where my hair color is clear, he3... :) I got the pic below, and also my new hair, he3... :) Btw, I just got my hair cut, my last time coloring hair was last April at this time, he3... :)Arrggghhh, I'm now waiting for the rerun of The Apprentice on Star World.
::: "Kassaya" from stereforom
::: narcist timeBAHASA INDONESIAAkhir minggu lalu aku sebenernya dapet ide untuk naruh satu lagi nama "Kassaya" di dalem toko Kassaya Malioboro Mall soale kan ada pintu yang nyambung ke Hotel Ibis di dalem tokoku. Makanya, kalo orang jalan dari Ibis, kan mereka gatau sebenernya mereka lagi di dalam toko apa (namanya). Trus aku ngomong ide itu ke papaku dan disetujui, he3... :) Makanya, 2 hari yg lalu, papaku sama aku bikin tulisan itu dari stereoform (gabus). Aku gabisa kerjaan motong-memotong (aku tolol dalam pekerjaan tangan... :D) dan mengerjakan pewarnaan (dan juga bikin garis pola di gabusnya sih), he3... :) Hasilnya?? Liat aja deh di gambarnya. Mungkin tulisan itu bakal dipasang besok pada saat yang sama dengan "make up" (dekor ulang) yang kedua... :) ("make-up" pertama dilakukan akhir minggu lalu dan aku lupa ambil fotonya... :D). Btw, sore tadi aku ke salon dan potong rambut... :) Akhirnya aku bisa ngambil gambar dimana warna rambut saya keliatan jelas, he3... :) Aku ada gambarnya tuh di atas, dan juga potongan rambut yg baru, he3... :) Btw, aku cuma potong rambut loh, terakhir aku ngecet rambut sih bulan April kemarin pada waktu ini, he3... :)Arrggghhh, lagi nunggu rerunnya The Apprentice di Star World nih.
::: Kassaya Solo Square
::: Kassaya Solo Grand Mall
::: Kassaya Counter at ALFA Solo Baru
::: Job Appliances I found this afternoon!! So many!!
