Wednesday, August 29, 2007

#398 - Internet

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Well, finishing the hate letter drama, this morning my friend showed me the answer from the suspect. She (yea, I revealed her gender, ha3... :D) said she got an sms (which was actually from her friend which I didn't support) and didn't know what that meant. She apologized but she said she didn't write the letter. What!?!?!? That sounds really desperate for me, ha3... :) Hmm, my friend said she wanted the case closed, and okay, if she said so.

Btw, after auditing my daily-expenses report for one year and analyzing it (tsah!!! :D), I considered to have an internet connection in my room. There is one provider near my campus. Well, some sources (my friends) said it is not very quick but it's okay for basic use (browsing, chatting). There are 3 packages and of course I'm interested on the "unlimited access", ha3... :) (32 hours a month is definitely not enough for me la... :D) The fee is actually almost the same with my monthly internet expense. But if I take it, I will be able to reduce expenses in other accounts (parking fee, fuel, extra/side-meal, etc). So overall I could say it's cheaper and more effective, huahahahahaha.... lol.

Well then, this afternoon I went to the branch-quarter (I guess) and we make an appointment to put all the stuffs next Monday afternoon. So, it's likely that starting next Monday my room is connected with internet!! Huahahahahaha....

BAHASA INDONESIA

Hmm, menyelesaikan drama surat benci, pagi tadi temenku nunjukin ke aku jawaban dari si tersangka. Dia (perempuan tuh, ha3... :D) ngomong kalo dia dapet sms (yang dikirim sama temennya sendiri yang gak aku dukung sebenernya) dan nggak tau maksudnya apa. Dia minta maaf tapi dia ngomong kalo bukan dia yang nulis suratnya. Apa!?!?!? Koq kedengerannya sangat putus asa yah untuk saya, ha3... :) Hmm, trus temenku ngomong kasusnya ditutup aja biar gak panjang, ya udahlah kalo dia bilang gitu.

Btw, habis mengaudit pengeluaran-harianku selama setahun dan menganalisanya (tsah!!! :D), aku mempertimbangkan untuk masang koneksi internet deh di kamarku. Ada tuh satu provider di deket kampus. Nah, beberapa sumber (temen2 saya tentunya) ngomong kalo nggak cepet2 amat sih koneksinya tapi oke lah untuk penggunaan dasar kaya browsing, chatting gitu. Ada 3 paket dan tentu saja saya tertarik pada paket "akses tak terbatas", ha3... :) (iyalah, paket 32 jam sebulan mana cukup buat saya... :D). Biayanya sih sebenernya hampir sama sih sama pengeluaranku di pos internet setiap bulan sih. Cuma kalo misalnya aku ambil nih, aku bakalan bisa mengurangi pengeluaran di pos-pos lain (biaya parkir, biaya bensin, makanan tambahan, dll). Jadi secara keseluruhan bisa dibilang lebih murah dan efektif, huahahahahaha.... lol.

Makanya, tadi siang aku pergi ke kantor cabangnya (kayake) dan kita bikin janji kalo besok Senin siang akan dipasang deh tetek-bengeknya. Jadi, kayaknya nih mulai Senin besok kamar saya akan terhubung dengan internet!! Huahahahahaha....

Monday, August 27, 2007

#397 - Sunday & Monday

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Yesterday was the final day of the OSPEK week. Because some agendas should be done yesterday, so we started it 15 minutes earlier. But the 'ospekee' came 11 minutes late from the stated time (7.30 AM) so as a result we also started a bit late.

After some hours, it was the time to collect "love-letters" and "hate-letters". Well, on one "hate letter", an ospekee wrote the 'f' word (yea, really the 'f' word in English) to one of my friends. Haha, even though it was a "hate letter" but the usage of the f word was a bit inappropriate we think. One senior (F, which I already wrote about here in the private blog) was so angry. Of course noone confessed writing the letter. Haha, but actually looking at the face and behaviour of them (haha, then one of them behaved a bit differently, which for me, looked so odd (we asked one of them to voluntarily lead the before-meal pray and one of them volunteered so quickly while last week, noone volunteered)), I could guess which one wrote the letter. Ha3... :) It was still a hypothesis though, no proof.

Then, just minutes before the closing stuff which actually had already been designed so dramatic and could make us cry (wuakakakakaka... lol), some of them were having asthma, arrrggghhhh..... . We didn't know that asthma was 'contagious' to another who also had asthma, that's why some of them collapsed just in several minutes. Because of that the fancy-and-most-waited closing was canceled. Arrrggghhhhh..... .

Btw, this morning I found out that 2007 also had a guess who wrote the hate-letter and the guess is the same with mine. But unfortunately, they acted without our (2006) notice that yesterday one of them sent an sms using our (OSPEK officials) name (which was a bit a terror in the choice of words) to the suspect. Oh God, OSPEK had finished and one of them acted like that?? That was a disaster I think, it's not gonna solve any problem. Therefore then I acted as the leader of 2006 talked to the new leader of 2007 to solve the problem. I want them to find the guy, we're not gonna interfere because the OSPEK atmosphere is probably still affecting, and asked the guy to apologize to my friend personally, face to face. I don't want the apology to be sent via sms or telephone.

Btw, today was supposed to be an OFF day for me, but it wasn't. I had 2 classes, arrrggghhhh.... . One was extra class and one was replacement class because last week the class was canceled... :(

BAHASA INDONESIA

Kemarin adalah hari terakhir dari minggu OSPEK. Karena beberapa agenda musti dilakukan kemarin, jadi kita mulai 15 menit lebih awal deh. Sayangnya, yang diospek datengnya telat 11 menitm dari waktu yang ditentukan (jam 7.30 pagi) dan makanya jadi agak telat.

Setelah beberapa jam, tiba waktunya untuk "surat cinta" dan "surat benci". Hmm, di satu "surat benci", seorang yang diospek menulis kata 'f' loh (iya 'f' yang di Bahasa Inggris itu (maksudnya (sorry lho ya) fuck) ke salah satu temenku. Haha, walaupun itu "Surat Benci" tapi aku rasa penggunaan kata f itu agak keterlaluan deh. Salah satu senor (si F yang pernah aku tulis disini di blog private) marah banget. Tentu saja nggak ada yang ngaku nulis tuh surat. Haha, sebenernya neh ngeliat dari wajah-wajahnya dan kelakuan mereka (haha, salah satu dari mereka berlaku agak sedikit berbeda, yang untuk saya, malah kelihatan aneh (kita minta satu dari mereka untuk suka rela memimpin doa sebelum makan dan satu dari mereka dengan cepatnya suka rela mau mimpin (padahal seminggu sebelumnya ga ada yang mau)), aku bisa menebak yang mana pelakunya. Ha3... :) Masih berupa hipotesa memang, nggak ada bukti.

Trus beberapa menit sebelum acara penutup yang sebenernya sudah di-desain sedemikian dramatisnya dan bisa bikin nangis loh (wuakakakakaka... lol), malah beberapa anak asma-nya kumat, arrrggghhhh..... . Kita gatau kalo asma tuh 'menular' ke orang lain yang mengidap penyakit yang sama, makanya mereka sakit dalam waktu beberapa menit doank. Karena itu acara penutup yang keren-dan-sangat-ditunggu dibatalin deh. Arrrggghhhhh..... .

Btw, pagi ini aku baru tau kalo anak 2007 juga punya dugaan sapa yang nulis tuh surat benci dan tebakannya sama dengan tebakan saya. Tapi sayangnya, mereka bertindak tanpa sepengetahuan kami (2006) dan kemarin salah satu dari mereka mengirim sms menggunakan nama kami (panitia OSPEK) ke yang dicurigai (yang menurutku isinya agak teror tuh dari pilihan katanya). Ya Tuhan, OSPEK dah selesai dan mereka bertindak kaya gitu?? Salah neh menurutku, nggak akan menyelesaikan masalah. Makanya kemudian jadinya aku tadi bertindak sebagai ketua angkatan 2006 ngomong sama ket angkatan 2007 baru untuk menyelesaikan masalah ini. Aku mau mereka nemuin orangnya, dan kita nggak akan ikut campur soalnya mungkin suasana OSPEK masih kerasa, dan meminta tuh orang untuk meminta maaf ke temenku secara pribadi, empat mata. Aku gamau permintaan maafnya dikirim lewat sms atau telepon.

Btw, hari ini tuh harusnya aku libur neh, tapi tadi enggak. Aku malah ada 2 kelas, arrrggghhhh.... . Satu kelas ekstra dan satu kelas pengganti karena minggu lalu kan dibatalkan... :(

Friday, August 24, 2007

#396 - Quick Update and The Apprentice

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Huhu, even though on last entry I complained about the 29-credits-week, at least that week is not this week, ha3... :) For Physics, all classes are canceled this week. On Wednesday, because the lecturer misread the schedule, a Finance Mathematics Class was also canceled. Today, another class was canceled because the computer lab was under maintenance. And tomorrow, one class will be canceled, wakakaka... lol. Unfortunately, the extra class will be on Saturday, 7.30 AM!! Boooooooo.......

Btw, yesterday I watched the finale episode of The Apprentice 5. Well, I am still confused with Lee's Selection of team. He chose Lenny, Roxanne, and Pepi. Roxanne was a good choice but Lenny and Pepi were, for me, not really great and didn't bring anything to the table. Plus, Lenny didn't get along with many people. Okay, Lee was very close with Lenny and that's why he chose Lenny. In other hands, he gotta compromize with Lenny's difficulty in getting along with others.

Some good choices were (excluding Andrea, Tarek, and Tammy who had been picked first by Sean) Leslie (she was a yes-woman and did a good job as a follower), Dan (he was pretty strong I think), Theresa (she still had a lot more to prove), or Charmaine (she was great, but the little problem was that she had a little clash with Lee). Guess What?? Lenny convinced Lee not to pick any of them. C'Mon, it's Lee's team and not Lenny's. Why should Lee listen to him??

Lenny also suggested Lee to pick Pepi and Lee followed that suggestion. Lenny also said that Allie was fake and Roxanne wasn't strong enough. Well, I think Roxanne was stronger than Lenny. C'Mon. Lee's leadership was so poor just based on his selection of team. In other side, Sean was smart. Andrea and Tarek worked well together and even Andrea was, I think, one of the strongest in the original Synergy. Tammy was close to Sean and she didn't really hate Andrea just as Allie and Roxanne did. Sean picked a great team IMO. I think from the beginning Lee shouldn't have picked Lenny. If I were him my choice would be Dan, Roxanne, and Theresa/Leslie.

::: Final Team (from left to right: Andrea, Tarek, Tammy and Sean (Synergy) then Lee, Lenny, Roxanne, and Pepi (Gold Rush) )

::: Lee's Final Team (Gold Rush): Lee, Lenny, Roxanne, and Pepi

BAHASA INDONESIA

Huhu, walaupun pada posting sebelumnya aku komplain tentang minggu-29-sks, setidaknya minggu itu bukan minggu ini, ha3... :) Untuk Fisika, semua kelas minggu ini ditiadakan. Di hari Rabu, karena dosennya salah baca jadwal, Matematika Keuangan juga ditiadakan. Tadi, kelas lain jg ditiadakan gara2 lab komputernya masih dalam masa perawatan. Dan besok, satu kelas akan ditiadakan, wakakaka... lol. Sayangnya, kelas tambahannya jadi hari Sabtu jam 7.30 pagi nih!! Huuuuuuuu.......

Btw, kemarin aku nonton episode final dari The Apprentice 5. Hmm, aku masih bingung nih sama pilihan timnya Lee. Dia memilih Lenny, Roxanne, dan Pepi. Roxanne adalah pilihan yang oke tapi Lenny dan Pepi, menurutku, nggak bagus2 amat dan mereka nggak menunjukkan kemampuan apa2. Plus, Lenny nggak cocok sama banyak orang. Oke deh, Lee sangat deket sama Lenny dan itulah kenapa dia memilih Lenny. Di sisi lain, dia jadi harus berkompromi sama kesulitan Lenny dalam berhubungan dengan yang lain.

Beberapa pilihan bagus menurutku sebenernya (nggak termasuk Andrea, Tarek, dan Tammy yang udah dipilih duluan sama Sean) Leslie (dia itu penurut dan bagus kalo jadi pengikut), Dan (menurutku dia sih lumayan kuat), Theresa (dia masih punya banyak hal untuk dibuktikan), atau Charmaine (hebat sih, cuma masalahnya ada masalah kecil antara dia dengan Lee). Dan gimana?? Lenny meyakinkan Lee untuk nggak memilih satu pun dari mereka. Ayolah, ini kan timnya Lee, bukan Lenny. Kenapa jg Lee musti nurut sama Lenny??

Lenny juga menyarankan Lee untuk memilih Pepi dan Lee ikut sarannya. Lenny jg bilang kalo Allie itu bermuka dua dan Roxanne nggak cukup kuat. Hmm, menurutku Roxanne malah lebih kuat daripada Lenny. Ayolah. Kepemimpinannya Lee payah neh keliatan dari pemilihan timnya. Di sisi lain, Sean pinter bgt. Andrea dan Tarek bekerja sama dengan baik sekali bahkan menurutku Andrea adalah salah satu yg terkuat dari tim awal Synergy. Tammy deket sama Sean dan dia nggak benci Andrea kaya Allie dan Roxanne. Sean milih tim yang bagus menurut saya. Aku rasa dari awal haruse Lee udah nggak usah milih Lenny. Kalo aku jadi dia aku akan milih Dan, Roxanne, dan Theresa/Leslie.

Wednesday, August 22, 2007

#395 - 29 credits (sks)

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As you can read here, I am so happy with my schedule this semester. Unfortunately, the happiness won't last long, at least for the first quarter of this semester. Why??

Yesterday was my first college-day and I had 3 classes. One lecturer teach 2 classes (Probability Theory and Advanced Calculus). Because he is so smart, next month (19th September) he is going away (well, I guess he's going abroad) and as a result we will have the UTS (mid term) of those 2 classes earlier than the actual date. After UTS another lecturer will replace his position. As a result, for this one month period we have to find another available time-slot for extra classes to make up for the reduced time. Plus, for some reasons, because some of my friends and I take the 5th semester class (Linear Algebra) >> one reason, we will also have another 1 extra class (abt 1 hr). So, for this first quarter of the semester I will have a 24+4+1 = 29 credits per week. Arrrrgggghhhh..... . And I will have no OFF day (one extra class will be on Monday and the other one will possibly be on Saturday 7 AM, arrggghhhh.... (but we asked our lecturer to make it start at 8 AM, ha3... :D We hope it's gonnabe granted)).

But the good news is that after 19th September, I will have many OFF time-slots, huahahahaha... lol. And for UTS weeks I will have many OFF days, huahahahaha.... . Btw, this week, Physics Class is also canceled!! Yaaaaayyyy!!! Hahahahaha.... :D.

Btw, yesterday evening the electricity went out!! Arrrggghhhh.... . Therefore I "ran away" from my boarding house for 30 minutes, wakakaka... lol (inside my car it's cool, lol).

BAHASA INDONESIA

Seperti yang bisa dibaca disini, saya senang sekali dengan jadwal saya semester ini. Sayangnya, kebahagiaan itu tidak akan berlangsung lama, minimal seperempat pertama semester ini. Mengapa??

Kemarin adalah hari kuliah pertama saya dan aku ada 3 kelas. Salah satu dosenku mengajar 2 kelas (Teori Peluang dan Kalkulus Lanjut). Karena pintar skali, bulan depan (19 September) katanya beliau mau pergi (aku tebak sih kayake mau ke luar negri tuh) dan sebagai hasilnya kita akan mengikuti UTS dari 2 kelas itu lebih awal dari jadwal yang seharusnya. Habis UTS dosen lain akan menggantikan posisinya sih. Sebagai konsekwensinya berarti selama sebulan ini kita kan mesti mencari waktu yang tersedia untuk beberapa kelas tambahan untuk menutupi waktu yang dikurangi itu kan. Plus, karena beberapa alasan, karena aku sama beberapa temenku ngambil mata kuliah semester 5 (Aljabar Linear) >> satu alasan nih, kita akan ada kelas tambahan tiap minggu skitar 1 jam-an lah. Jadi semester pertama ini aku akan mengadapi 24+4+1 = 29 sks seminggu. Arrrrgggghhhh..... . Dan aku nggak akan mendapat hari LIBUR (salah satu kelas ekstra di hari Senin tuh dan yang lainnya kemungkinan hari Sabtu jam 7 pagi, arrggghhhh.... (tapi udah nawar sih buat dimulainya jam 8 pagi aja, ha3... :D Moga2 dikabulkan tuh)).

Tapi berita baiknya kan habis 19 September aku akan punya banyak waktu KOSONG, huahahahaha... lol. Dan selama minggu2 UTS kan aku jadi akan banyak hari kosong, huahahahaha.... . Btw, minggu ini kelas Fisika juga ditiadakan!! Yaaaaayyyy!!! Hahahahaha.... :D.

Btw, kemarin malem mati lampu!! Arrrggghhhh.... . Makanya kemarin aku "melarikan diri" dari kos selama setengah jam, wakakaka... lol (di dalam mobil kan dingin, lol).

Monday, August 20, 2007

#394 - Sunday (19)

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Last Sunday I was so busy to work on The First OSPEK (department introduction) week, ha3... :) I got up at 5.55 AM. After having breakfast and taking a shower I went to my campus to prepare the OSPEK. We asked the "ospekee" to meet us at 8 AM on a bus stop. At 7.40 AM we (the mentors (mentor = good guy who assist the ospekee)) walked to the bus stop.

There, one ospekee was so outspoken and made one of my friend pissed. She (the ospekee) said they had been there since 7 AM and the mentors still hadn't showed up yet. My friend was pissed and said: "What time we asked you to meet us here?". She answered: "8 AM". My friend added: "And you came at?". She answered: "7 AM". My friend added: "Then who asked you to come at 7??". Wakakakaka.... lol. Then we walked to the campus.

There we had a quick inspection of all stuffs they gotta bring and attributes they gotta wear, and none of them brought every single stuff correctly, ha3... :) Then we had some games, interview sessions, etc. Btw, on one games, other officials also got us, the mentors!! Arrrgggghhhh!!! Well, I will do a revenge on them, I won't lend them any of my homework again!! Wakakakaka... lol. At 4 PM we went back home.

I was sooo tired....

::: quick update ::: (Mon, 20th Aug 2007; 6:46 PM)

Answering Yulia's question, well, some fellas got us by asking us to accompany our teams to present their jingle!! Arrrgggghhhhhhhh..... .Yea, few hours earlier we asked each team to create a jingle and present to the others. Then, after lunch some alumna and seniors came and they asked them to present the jingles. Guess what?? Our fellas asked each teams' mentors to also present the jingle!! Arrrggghhhh... . Yea, we (mentors) assisted them creating it but we didn't memorize it. Huh!! So embarassing... lol. They also got that opportunity (mentors didn't know the jingle) get us. Each teams gotta present twice and mentors gotta stand in front of the team (so we couldn't cheat). Arrrrgggghhhhh... .Shit...

BAHASA INDONESIA

Hari Minggu kemarin aku sibuk bgt neh ngrusuin OSPEK (pengenalan jurusan) minggu pertama, ha3... :) Aku bangun jam 5.55 pagi. Trus habis makan pagi dan mandi, aku pergi deh ke kampus untuk nyiapin acara OSPEK-nya. Kita nyuruh yg diospek untuk ketemu kita jam 8 pagi di sebuah halte bus. Jam 7.40 pagi, kami (mentornya (mentor = orang baik yang mendampingi yang diospek)) jalan deh ke halte.

Disana, salah satu yg diospek nyolot banget tuh dan bikin salah satu temen saya marah. Dia (yang diospek) ngomong mereka udah sampe jam 7 pagi dan mentornya pada blom dateng. Heh, temenku marah dan ngomong: "Emang kita nyuruh kalian kumpul disini jam brapa?". Dijawab: "Jam 8".Trus temenku nambahin: "Trus kalian dateng jam brapa?". Dijawab: "Jam 7". Nah, temenku trus ngomong: "Trus sapa suruh kalian dateng jam 7?" Wakakakaka.... lol. Trus jalan deh kita ke kampus.

Disana ada inspeksi cepet tentang barang2 dan atribut yang harus mereka bawa dan pakai. Dan tak ada seorang pun yang bawa setiap barang dengan benar, ha3... :) Trus ada beberapa game, sesi wawancara, dll. Btw, di satu games, panitia lain ngerjain kita juga nih, para mentor!! Arrrgggghhhh!!! Hmm liat deh, akan saya balas dendamin neh, aku ga akan minjemin PR saya lagi ah!! Wakakakaka... lol. Jam 4 sore balik deh ke kos.

Capek bgt ternyataaa....

::: apdet cepet ::: (Senin, 20 Agst 2007; 6:46 malam)

Menjawab pertanyaannya Yulia, hmm, beberapa temen ngerjain kami dengan cara menyuruh kami ikutan menemani kelompok untuk nampilin yel kelompok!! Arrrgggghhhhhhhh..... .Iya, beberapa jam sebelumnya memang kita suruh mereka bikin yel kelompok dan nunjukin ke tim yang lain. Trus habis makan siang kan dateng tuh alumni dan senior, nah anak2 baru disuru nunjukin yel mereka. Nah gimana?? Temen kita juga nyuruh mentor dari tiap2 kelompok untuk ikutan menunjukkan yel kelompok!! Arrrggghhhh... . Iya, kami (mentor) memang mendampingi mereka bikin tapi kan gak ngafalin!! Huh!! Memalukan sekali.... lol. Mereka juga make kesempatan itu (mentor gak inget yel-nya) untuk ngerjain lagi. Tiap tim harus nunjukin 2 kali dan mentornya harus berdiri di depan anggota kelompoknya (jadi kita kan gabisa nyontek). Arrrrgggghhhhh... .Sialan...

Friday, August 17, 2007

#393 - Thursday Story

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Yesterday, 16th August 2007 was my bro's 16th birthday. Well, if I didn't have to help my friends preparing for the OSPEK next Sunday, I think I would still have been in Yogyakarta right now, ha3... :)

Yesterday, as my friend asked us to do, I went to my campus at 9 AM. I now think that it was actually a bit way too early (booo, I still deserved my good sleep at that time actually...). We started working at 11 AM. Then, at 12 PM the new mathematics students came to our department and we brought them to room 9120. After introduction session and giving out the new almametre jacket, we had lunch. At 1 PM, there was an introcution from the head of our department. It was supposed to end at 3 PM but since it was quick, at 2 PM the introduction had finished. Then, we gotta fill the 1 hour extra (up until 3 PM). Okay, so we taught them how to read schedule, ha3... :)

At 3 PM we gave them back to Osgab's Authority and we had quick meeting for the Osjur next Sunday (time to "revenge", wakakakakakaka... lol. Kidding). Huhuhu, preparing Osjur apopeared to be so tiring.

Btw, last night I watched the fourteenth week of The Apprentice. Synergy losed and Trump fired both Allie and Roxanne. Allie and Roxanne were best-friends and in the boardroom where Donald Trump would fire at least one of them, they started defending themselves. The reason Trump said on firing both of them was because they came in the boardroom as good friends but yet, in the end they attacked each other. Hmmm.... . Somehow I feel a bit strange about it.

Last season, also on the top four where Felisha and Alla losed (Alla and Felisha were also good friends), Felisha didn't attack Alla cruelly yet Alla attacked Felisha cruelly. Trump said that Felisha wasn't strong enough for NY and stated Alla was so tough to lead. He also fired both Alla and Felisha.

I dunno but I feel those two firing weeks were a bit contradictionary. If Allie and Roxanne didn't defend themselves, I think Trump would state that they didn't know how cruel the business world is and asked for their passion to win The Apprentice. Hmmm... . I guess from the beginning it was planned to do a double-firing (losing team, all members would be fired). My theory was strengthened by the fact that it was the 13th week of all 15 weeks job-interview. Final would take 2 weeks, yet 4 candidates were left... :)

If I gotta fire one of them, I would have fired Allie. Allie was The PM, she directed too much on the designer who was more expert than she was, and she applied a wrong strategy on the task, that's why Synergy only got 25% of all votes. Looking on the history, Allie also did terrible job on week 9 where Andrea got fired. Yet, Roxanne did really good when she was the PM.

Btw, today is Indonesia's 62nd Birthday!! Happy Independence Day!! (no particular hopes since ever year, our hopes still remain the same, ha3... :D)


::: "Roxanne ... Allie, you are both, fired"

BAHASA INDONESIA

Kemarin, tanggal 16 Agustus 2007 adalah hari ulang tahun ke 16 adik saya. Hmm, kalo misale aku gak harus bantu mempersiapkan OSPEK besok Minggu, yah, aku sih sekarang masih di Yogyakarta sebenernya, ha3... :)

Kemarin, seperti yang temenku minta kami lakukan, aku pergi ke kampus jam 9 pagi. Skarang aku rasa kemarin terlalu apgi deh (huuu, kan aku sebenere masih bisa menikmati tidur saya tuh...). Kita mulai kerja jam 11 pagi. Trus, jam 12 anak2 baru matematika datang ke jurusan dan kita bawa deh ke ruangan 9120. Habis sesi perkenalan dan membagikan jaket almameter, kita makan siang. Jam 1, ada sesi introduksi dari kepala jurusan. Seharusnya acaranya sih sampe jam 3 tapi karena cepet, makanya jam 2 gitu perkenalannya udah selesai. Trus kita musti ngisi 1 jam ekstra (sampe jam 3 itu). Oke, jadinya kita ngajarin mereka gimana baca jadwal, ha3... :)

Jam 3 sore kita balikin mereka ke bawah pengawasan Osgab dan kita ada rapat cepet tentang Osjur besok Minggu (waktu "balas dendam", wakakakakakaka... lol. Becanda). Huhuhu, nyiapin Osjur ternyata bikin capek yah.

Btw, semalem aku nonton episode keempatbelas dari The Apprentice. Synergy kalah dan Trump memecat Allie danRoxanne. Allie dan Roxanne adalah temen baik dan di boardroom dimana Donald Trump akan memecat minimal 1 dari mereka, mereka mulai melindungi diri mereka. Alasan yang Trump kemukakan dengan memecat mereka semua adalah mereka masuk sebagai teman baik dan akhirnya mereka menyerang satu sama lain. Hmmm.... . Koq rasanya agak aneh yah.

Musim sebelumnya, juga di 4 besar dimana Felisha dan Alla kalah (Alla dan Felisha adalah teman baik). Felisha nggak menyerang Alla dengan sadis, sementara Alla malah nyerang Felisha dengan sadis sekali. Trump merasa Felisha kurang kuat untuk NY dan Alla terlalu susah untuk dipimpin. Dia juga memecat kesemua Alla dan Felisha.

Gatau deh, tapi rasanya 2 minggu pemecatan di atas koq rada kontradiktif yah. Kalo Allie dan Roxanne nggak melindungi diri mereka, aku rasa Trump akan menyatakan kalo mereka gatau seberapa kejam dunia bisnis itu dan mempertanyakan hasrat mereka untuk memenangkan The Apprentice. Hmmm... . Aku rasa sih dari awal memang episode ini sudah direncanakan untuk pemecatan ganda (tim yg kalah, semua anggotanya dipecat). Teori saya diperkuat dengan fakta bahwa kemarin adalah minggu ke 13 dari total 15 minggu wawancara-kerja. Final butuh 2 minggu, sementara masih 4 kandidat yang tersisa... :)

Kalo aku musti memecat satu di antaranya, aku akan memecat Allie. Allie adalah PM-nya, dia malah mengarahkan desainer yang lebih ahli dari dia, dan dia menerapkan startegi yang salah dalam tugas, makanya Synergy cuma dapet 25% suara yang masuk. Melihat sejarah, Allie juga kerja dengan payah di minggu 9 dimana Andrea dipecat. Sementara, Roxanne bagus banget semasa dia jadi PM.

Btw, hari ini adalah Ulang Tahun Indonesia ke 62!! DIRGAHAYU Republik Indonesia!! (ga ada harapan khusus, habis tiap tahun harapannya sama terus sih, ha3... :D)

Wednesday, August 15, 2007

#392 - Tuesday Wednesday

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On Tuesday morning my friend accompanied me to go to Merpati's office to register myself on "Easy-Flyer" Program )similar with Garuda's GFF) because since Merpati re-operate Bandung - Jogjakarta route, I think I will fly with Merpati pretty much more frequent (I never used to, ha3... :D). There, surprisingly, the officer still remembered me!! Wow!! Probably because I was pissed at this time to her because of the tariff, ha3... :) Then we went to Toga Mas Bookstore (again, not buying anything) and had lunch at AW Ambarrukmo Plaza. Btw, Mozza Burger at AW was so tasty!! Try it!! Ha3... :) Then we went back home and he gave me some mini-games, he3... :)

This morning the electricity went out in Jogja for 4.5 hrs until 10 AM!! Then at 11 AM I went to Superindo and Bakpia 75 to buy some gifts, he3... :) At 2.25 PM my brother brought me to Adisutjipto Airport. At 3.30 PM, Merpati's Boeing 737-217/adv arrived from Bandung. At 3.55 PM we were allowed to board the plane. At 4 PM we took off through runway 27 at Adisutjipto Airport heading to Bandung. Again, my strategy by choosing seat 8F worked, ha3... :) The scenery was perfect, but a bit unluckily the window wasn't so clear... :( At 4.40 PM my plane landed pretty smoothly at Husein Sastranegara Bandung through runway 29. The airport was wet, so I guess it was raining... . Weirdly, in Central Bandung it wasn't even wet!! hmm....

::: my boarding pass and ticket

::: Adisutjipto Airport's Departure Lounge

::: Batavia's Boeing 737-2T5/adv PK-YTF was ready to go to Balikpapan, and Mandala's Boeing 737-400 PK-RIT was ready to go to Banjarmasin. Both were at Adisutjipto Airport.

::: Merpati's Boeing 737-217/adv PK-MBQ at Adisutjipto Airport which brought me back to Bandung.

::: Welcome onboard on Merpati's Boeing 737-217/adv PK-MBQ flight number MZ-325 heading for Bandung.

BAHASA INDONESIA

Selasa pagi temenku menemani aku pergi ke kantornya Merpati untuk mendaftarkan diri saya di Program "Easy-Flyer"-nya Merpati (mirip lah sama GFF-nya Garuda) soale kan sejak Merpati mengoperasikan kembali rute Bandung - Jogjakarta, aku rasa aku akan naik Merpati jauh lebih sering deh (biasanya kan gak pernah, ha3... :D). Disana, mengagetkan jg, ternyata petugasnya masih ingat saya!! Wow!! Mungkin karena aku marah sama dia pada waktu ini gara-gara tarif, ha3... :) Trus kita kergi ke Toko Buku Toga Mas (dan lagi, ga beli apa2) dan makan siang di AW Ambarrukmo Plaza. Btw, Mozza Burger-nya AW enak loh!! Coba deh!! Ha3... :) Trus kita balik deh, dan teman saya ngasih beberapa mini game, he3... :)

Pagi ini mati lampu di Jogja selama 4,5 jam sampe jam 10 tuh!! Trus jam 11 aku pergi ke Superindo dan Bakpia 75 buat beli oleh2, he3... :) Jam 2.25 sore adikku nganterin aku ke Bandara Adisutjipto. Jam 3.30 sore, pesawat Merpati Boeing 737-217/adv mendarat dari Bandung. Jam 3.55 sore kita boleh naik ke pesawat. Nah, jam 4 gitu kita take-off deh melalui runway 27 menuju Bandung. Skali lagi, strategi saya milih kursi 8F berhasil, ha3... :) Pemandangannya bagus, tapi sayangnya jendelanya rada burem deh... :( Jam 4.40 sore kita mendarat dengan lumayan mulus di Bandara Husein Sastranegara Bandung melalui runway 29. Bandaranya basah, kayanya sih baru aja hujan tuh... . Anehnya di Bandung tengah gak basah sama skali loh!! hmm....

Tuesday, August 14, 2007

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Sunday, August 12, 2007

#390 - Harry Potter 7

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Finally last week I finished reading Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows, ha3... :) This novel is the last sequel of all 7 series of Harry Potter.

As the last novel, we expected it to be the most exciting, thrilling, interesting, and of course, best, amongst all series. And how was it?? Yea, J.K Rowling is a great author, and Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows was, for me, really the best!! It was superb!! I scored it 10/10, hahaha... :) For fans, this novel also could be a "true-fans test" since so many minor characters from the previous novels appeared with pretty much influence(s) on the story. Named them Griphook, Grindelwald, Gregorovitch, etc.

Well, in general, this novel told us about Harry Potter's, Hermione Granger's and Ron Weasley's "quest" for Horcruxes and destroyed them. During their quest, they also found a fact (from a tale) about the existence of the "Deathly Hallows". Harry was a bit unsure whether they should keep going on Horcruxes or also looking for the Deathly Hallows. In the end, of course their quest met them with the main villain of the story, Lord Voldemort.

There were some surprises (and one of the biggest surprise apparently wasn't a surprise for her, ha3... :D) and because I also want to be an evil (wakakakaka... lol). I'll write some of them: (be careful if you wanna protest, many Death Eaters and Dementors are patrolling, lol)

== spoiler starts ==

1. Hedwig died in the beginning of the story because of a miss curse. Poor her... lol
2. Dobby died because of saving Harry cs's lives.
3. Severus Snape became the headmaster of Hogwarts. (this wasn't the biggest surprise about Severus Snape though, hahaha... lol)

== spoiler ends ==

If on most of the previous sequels the thrilling parts of the novel were placed in about the end of each of them, this time the thrilling parts were almost everywhere, and the climax of the whole-seven-sequels was put in the last 3 chapters. However, I still expect that the final battle between Lord Voldemort and Harry Potter could have been a lot more intense and exciting, not just done in one attack (Avada Kedavra vs Expelliarmus). But the complexity of the story and characters were really what made this sequel best of the others.

This novel fulfills all requirements to be a great ending. We gotta admit that JK Rowling is a great story-teller... :) She was a genius in creating the characters, haha... . None was too perfect, including Albus Dumbledore.

::: Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows front cover (Bloomsbury's Adult Cover)

::: Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows back cover (Bloombury's Adult Cover)

::: Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Bloomsbury's Kids Cover

::: Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Scholastic's Cover

BAHASA INDONESIA

Akhirnya minggu lalu aku selesai juga deh baca Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows, ha3... :) Novel ini adalah sekuel terakhir dari 7 seri Harry Potter.

Sebagai novel terakhir, tentu kita mengharapkan novel ini menjadi yang paling seru, paling tegang, paling menarik, dan tentu saja dong, terbaik, dari kesemua serinya. Dan bagaimanakah novel ini?? Yea, J.K Rowling adalah penulis yang hebat, dan Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows was, untuk aku, bener2 yang terbaik deh!! Keren banget!! Aku nilai 10 deh dari 10, hahaha... :) Untuk fans, novel ini juga bisa menjadi "tes fans" loh soale banyak karakter minor dari novel-novel sebelumnya muncul dengan lumayan banyak pengaruh dalam cerita kali ini. Misalnya aja Griphook, Grindelwald, Gregorovitch, dll.

Hmm, secara umum, novel ini menceritakan tentang "pengejarannya" Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, dan Ron Weasley akan Horcrux dan menghancurkannya. Sepanjang pengejaran ini, mereka menemukan fakta (dari dongeng) tentang keberadaan dari "Deathly Hallows". Harry jadi agak gak yakin mereka sebaiknya tetap mencari Horcrux atau mencari Deathly Hallows. Pada akhirnya, pengejaran mereka membawa juga pada tokoh penjahat utama dari cerita ini, Lord Voldemort.

Ada beberapa kejutan loh (dan salah satu kejutan terbesar kelihatannya bukan merupakan kejutan bagi dia, ha3... :D) dan karena saya ingin menjadi orang jahat (wakakakaka... lol). Akan saya tulis deh beberapa: (eh, hati2 loh kalau mau protes, kan ada banyak Pelahap Maut dan Dementor berpatroli, lol)

== bocoran dimulai ==

1. Hedwig mati di awal cerita gara2 kena kutukan nyasar. Kasian yah... lol
2. Dobby mati karena menyelamatkan nyawa Harry dkk
3. Severus Snape menjadi kepala sekolah Hogwarts (bukan kejutan terbesar sih tentang Severus Snape, hahaha... lol)

== bocoran selesai ==

Kalo dari kebanyakan edisi2 sebelumnya bagian menegangkannya diletakkan di akhir novel, kali ini bagian yang bikin tegang hampir ada dimana2, dan klimaks dari keseluruhan-tujuh-seri terletak pada 3 bab terakhir. Namun, aku sih mengharapkan kalo pertarungan terakhir antara Lord Voldemort sama Harry Potter bisa lebih tegang dan seru yah, nggak cuma selesai dalam satu serangan saja (Avada Kedavra vs Expelliarmus). Tapi kompleksitas dari ceritanya dan karakternya sih yang membuat cerita ini bagus banget.

Novel ini memenuhi segala persyaratan untuk jadi ending yang bagus. Harus diakui memang kalo JK Rowling adalah pencerita yang hebat... :) Jenius deh dia dalam menciptakan karakter, haha... . Nggak ada yang sempurna banget, termasuk Albus Dumbledore.... :)

Saturday, August 11, 2007

#389 - Friday (10)

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On Thursday night I watched the thirteenth episode of The Apprentice 5. The task was to create a promotional site about XBOX inside Walmart. Each team met their own obstacles. Sean got a great idea but it crashed because the person who he trusted to finish the roof and floor, Adrien, did a poor job by not being able to finish and deliver the roof on time (he even delivered it after the presentation). While Tammy got another difficulty by not being respect by her two teammates, Allie and Roxanne.

IMO, if I gotta choose the design, I think actually Synergy's basic design was better than Gold Rush's (probably Gold Rush's original concept was great, but due to their failure in making it came true, it became a bit crappy). Unfortunately, the execs were right, in terms of selling and product-imaging, Gold Rush's exceled Synergy's on almost every aspects. I guess that was the main reason why Gold Rush won.

About Tammy getting fired, well, I guess the main reason was similar with Trump firing Adam instead of Felisha on Season 4. He fired Adam because he thought Alla - Felisha would be a stronger team than Alla - Adam. Same here, since Allie - Roxanne seemed to have a stronger bond than Allie - Tammy or Tammy - Roxanne, it was not hard to fire Tammy beside she was also The PM and the whole concept was hers.

Btw, this afternoon I tried to make a side-salad just like the side-salad I ate at KIKO 2 days ago, and it worked!! ha3... :)

Btw, as you could read here (haha, so many links today), beside my cellphone, my watch was also stolen. Therefore I have been looking for a new watch, he3... :) After surveying and comparing the price, yesterday I bought a new watch (original from Swiss, as a result, not that cheap though even after 30% off), a GUESS Collection.

Btw, finally I found a way to create a new banner for Kassaya on internet, especially in getting the font of the characters, ha3... :) I used to find it almost impossible to get it... :)

::: Gold Rush's "crappy" design but exceled Synergy's on product-imaging and sales-purpose

::: "Tammy, You Are Fired"

::: my own-made side-salad

::: my dinner for yesterday

::: my new watch (I actually also want to attach the pic of my watch and its box but I don't, not to make this blog more heavy to load, he3... :D)

::: Kassaya's new banner for internet

BAHASA INDONESIA

Di hari Kamis malem aku nonton episode ke-tiga belas dari The Apprentice 5. Tugasnya adalah untuk meeancang lokasi promosi untuk XBOX di dalam Walmart. Tiap tim menemui kesulitan masing-masing. Sean punya ide cemerlang tapi gagal karena orang yang dia percaya untuk menyelesaikan atap dan lantai, Adrien, melakukan tugas dengan payah dengan nggak mampu menyelesaikan dan mengantarkan atapnya tepat waktu (bahkan baru datang setelah presentasi selesai). Sementara Tammy menemui kesulitan lain dengan nggak dihormati oleh dua anggota tim-nya, Allie dan Roxanne.

IMO, kalo aku mesti milih desain-nya, sebenernya aku rasa desainnya Synergy lebih bagus loh daripada Gold Rush (ide asli-nya Gold Rush mungkin cemerlang, tapi karena kegagalan mereka dalam merealisasikannya, malah jadi parah banget tuh). Sayangnya, eksekutifnya bener juga, dalam hal penjualan dan product-imaging, punyanya Gold Rush mengalahkan punyanya Synergy hampir di segala aspek. Aku rasa itulah alasan mengapa Gold Rush menang.

Tentang Tammy dipecat, aku rasa alasan utamanya mirip banget sama waktu Trump memecat Adam dan bukan Felisha di Season 4. Dia memecat Adam soale menurutnya Alla - Felisha akan menjadi tim yang lebih kuat daripada Alla - Adam. Sama disini, karena Allie - Roxanne kayanya punya ikatan lebih kuat daripada Allie - Tammy atau Tammy - Roxanne, makanya nggak susah untuk memecat Tammy disamping memang dialah PM-nya dan konsepnya adalah punya dia.

Btw, siang tadi aku nyoba bikin salad sampingan kaya salad sampingan yang aku makan di KIKO 2 hari lalu, dan berhasil loh!! ha3... :)

Btw, seperti yang bisa dibaca disini (haha, banyak sekali links hari ini), disamping hape saya, jam tangan saya juga dicuri. Makanya aku udah nyari2 jam baru nih, he3... :) habis men-survey dan membandingkan harga, kemarin aku beli jam baru tuh (aseli dari Swiss, dan sebagai hasilnya, gak murah sih walau sudah didiskon 30% juga), jam GUESS Collection.

Btw, akhirnya aku menemukan cara untuk membuat banner baru di internet buat Kassaya, terutama dalam mendapatkan font karakter nya, ha3... :) Sebelumnya hampir nggak mungkin tuh untuk mendapatkannya... :)

Thursday, August 09, 2007

#388 - Back to Jogja

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Yesterday afternoon I arrived at Husein Sastranegara Airport at about 12.35 PM. I came early to surf the net using the wi-fi, he3... :) The airport was pathetic (small check-in area, small departure lounge, it was not even ready when I arrived there).

At 2.30 PM we got onboard (Merpati) and at 2.35 PM we took off from runway 29 (I actually hoped runway 11 so we could see the city of Bandung, ha3... :) ). The aircraft was Boeing 737-228/adv reg code PK-MBZ. Before landing at Adisutjipto Airport, we made several turns and it surprised me when I saw the ocean through my window (my seat was 8 A) which means we were heading west (Bandung is to the west of Yogyakarta). So, there were 2 possibilites:

1. we would land at runway 27 (from the east) which I hated since that meant we wouldn't see Yogyakarta from above

2. We just made some turns while descending to make the height appropriate or letting some other planes took off from Adisutjipto first

I then count the distance between the sea and the ground beneath us and it was about only 15 km. Since Jogja is 30 km from the sea, so possibility number 1 was eliminated... :) My guess was right, in few minutes we made another U-turns and we passed Yogyakarta before we landed through runway 09, ha3... :)

Btw, last midnight there were 2 earthquakes in Yogyakarta!! I was enjoying my good and precious sleep when the ground shoke. They were 7.5 SR earthquake but they were not as catastrophic as 27th May earthquake since the epicentre was far from Yogyakarta (it was to the north-west of Indramay, West Java). On the first earthquake, I got up quickly and woke my bro up then we ran downstairs. Once we were downstairs, the earthquake stopped. But few seconds later another earthquakes occured and we (along with my parents, grandma, and maids) ran outside the house

Btw, today my friend and I went to Toga Mas Bookstore and bought nothing. Then we had lunch at Kiko Restaurant, he3... :)

::: TATA Ribs I bought at Bandung

::: my ticket and boarding pass

::: Husein Sastranegara's Check-In Area

::: Husein Sastranegara's Departure Area

::: One spot at Husein Sastranegara Airport (you can see 2 Merpati's CN-235s, 1 Adam Air's Boeing 737-200,1 untitled Boeing 737-200, and 2 Bouraq's Boeing 737-200s)

::: Merpati's Boeing 737-228/adv reg code PK-MBZ flight number MZ 324 which brought me back to Yogyakarta

::: Inside Merpati's Boeing 737-228/adv PK-MBZ flight number MZ 324

::: my meal at KIKO

BAHASA INDONESIA

Kemarin siang aku nyampe di Bandara Husein Sastranegara Bandung jam 12.35an. Aku dateng awal buat internetan sih pake wi-fi-nya, he3.... :) Airportnya menyedihkan banget (area check-in kecil, area keberangkatan mini, bahkan waktu aku nyampe bandaranya belom siap loh)

Jam 2.30 siang kita naik ke pesawat (Merpati) dan jam 2.35 kita take-off melalui runway 29 (sebenere aku berharap dari runway 11 jadi kan bisa keliatan Bandung, ha3... :) ). Pesawatnya adalah Boeing 737-228/adv kode registrasi PK-MBZ. Sebelum mendarat di Bandara Adisutjipto kita muter-muter dulu dan aku kaget waktu liat laut melalui jendela saya (kursiku 8 A tuh) yang artinya kita menghadap ke barat (Bandung kan ada di baratnya Yogyakarta). Jadi, ada 2 kemungkinan:

1. kita akan mendarat di runway 27 (dari timur) yang saya benci soale kan jadi gabisa liat Yogyakarta dari atas

2. kita cuma muter aja sewaktu menurun untuk mendapatkan ketinggian yang tepat atau untuk membiarkan pesawat lain take-off dulu dari Adisutjipto.

Trus iseng aku itung aja jarak dari laut ke tanah di bawah kita dan hasilnya sih kira2 sekitar 15 km. Karena Jogja terletak 30 km dari laut, jadi kemungkinan nomer 1 tereliminasi... :) Tebakan saya benar, dalam beberapa menit kita puter balik dan melewati Yogyakarta sebelum mendarat melalui runway 09, ha3... :)

Btw, tengah malam tadi ada 2 gempa mengguncang Yogyakarta!! Aku lagi menikmati tidur saya yang nyenyak dan berharga tuh. Gempanya berkekuatan 7 SR tapi nggak semerusak gempa 27 Mei soale episentrum-nya jauh dari Yogyakarta (pusatnya di barat laut Indramayu, Jawa Barat tuh). Di gempa pertama aku bangun dengan cepat trus aku bangunin adikku dan kita lari ke bawah. Begitu nyampe bawah gempanya selesai. Tapi beberapa detik kemudian gempa lain mengguncang dan kita (bersama ortuku, nenekku, dan pembokat) lari keluar rumah

Btw, hari ini temenku sama aku pergi ke Toko Buku Toga Mas dan nggak beli apa2. Trus makan deh di Restoran Kiko, he3.... :)