ENGLISHPhiuhh!! Finally it's Thursday!! Yeah!! No more quiz and assignment to submit this week!! Yeaahh!!! Anyway, this morning there was a Stochastic Process Quiz and I did really well, I got 100!! Yeehaa, haha... . Actually I didn't really prepare myself for that quiz, hmmmm.... . Anyway, tomorrow is a special day (29th February) where the date only comes once in 4 years, hahaha.... . So, people who were born on that day only celebrate their birthdays once in four years?? Wah!! LOLAnyway, I just watched the top 10 women on American Idol. My list from most favorite to least favorite:1. Brooke White (score: 8.25) >> She was the best of the night. Well, she picked a great song choice for her and that's a smart thing to do, hehe... :) Someone doesn't need to have a big voice to be a great singer, just like Brooke... ;)2. Asia'h Epperson (score: 7.5) >> She picked the hardest song amongst all 9 other contestants. She did pretty good actually eventho she lost her voice at one point and had a miking problem. She sang "All By Myself" and I think her version was better than Gina Glocksen's version last season.3. Ramiele Malubay (score : 7.5) >> Yea, not her best performance, but still, it's a good one I think. She sang "Don't Leave Me This Way" and Vonzell Solomon from season 4 did it better than her.4. Carly Smithson (score: 7.5) >> Wow, shemust love the song really much! Hmmm, she was panting after her performance and twas pretty good!! :D5. Kristy Lee Cook (score: 7) >> A lot better than last week and I think it's okay6. Syesha Mercado (score: 6.75) >> Yea, twas her worst performance. I know she's a great one, but again, a wrong song choice7. Alaina Whitaker (score : 6.5) >> her last week performance was better8. Amanda Overmyer (score : 6)9. Alexandrea Lushington (score: 6) >> A completely wrong choice of song, she's a good singer actually10. Kady Malloy (score : 5.5) >> Hmm, she gotta prove something. She has been given 2 chances but she blew them away.... :(Who do I think gonnabe eliminated this week? Hmmm, I gotta say Kady Malloy and Amanda Overmyer. Well, this week for me Alexandrea Lushington is in my bottom two, but I still think she deserves another chance. Last week she was good, this week she just picked a completely wrong choice of song. Both Amanda Overmyer and Kady Malloy haven't showed a good performance while they had been given 2 chances, hmmm.... .
::: IDOLS-03 Brooke White (this week she looks like Kandice from the Beauty Queens Teams (Dustin & Kandice) from TAR 10 and TAR All-Stars, hmmm...)
::: IDOLS-04 Ramiele Malubay
::: IDOLS-05 Kristy Lee Cook
::: IDOLS-10 Asia'h Epperson
BAHASA INDONESIAPhiuhh!! Akhirnya sekarang adalah Kamis!! Yeah!! Nggak ada lagi kuis dan tugas deh untuk minggu ini!! Asiiikkk!!! Ngomong2, pagi tadi ada Kuis Proses Stokastik nih dan aku bisa ngerjain loh, dapet 100!! Asiiik, haha... . Sebenernya aku kaga belajar apapun sih buat kuis tadi, hmmmmm.... . Ngomong2, besok adalah hari khusus (29 Februari) yang datang hanya sekali dalam 4 tahun, hahaha... . Jadi orang yang dilahirkan pada hari tersebut hanya merayakan ulang tahunnya sekali dalam 4 tahun gitu?? Wah!! LOLNgomong2, aku baru aja nonton top 10 perempuan dari American Idol. Daftar saya dari paling favorit sampe paling nggak favorit:1. Brooke White (nilai: 8.25) >> Dia lah yang terbaik deh. Hmm, dia milih lagu hebat yang bener2 cocok untuk dirinya dan itu kan pinter banget, hehe... :) Seseorang memang nggak harus bersuara melengking tinggi gitu untuk mejadi penyanyi yang hebat, liat aja tuh si Brooke... ;)2. Asia'h Epperson (nilai: 7.5) >> Dia memilih lagu yang paling sulit tuh daripada 9 kontestan lainnya walau dia hilang suaranya pada satu bagian dan ada masalah dikit deh sama miking menurutku. Dia nyanyi dengan lumayan tuh sebenernya. Dia nyanyi "All By Myself" dan aku rasa versinya lebih bagus daripada versinya Gina Glocksen season kemarin.3. Ramiele Malubay (nilai : 7.5) >> Yea, bukan penampilan terbaiknya, tapi masih lumayan koq. Dia nyanyi "Don't Leave Me This Way" dan Vonzell Solomon dari season 4 lebih bagus dari dia.4. Carly Smithson (nilai: 7.5) >> Wow, dia pasti suka banget yah sama tuh lagu! Hmmm, dia juga sampe menggos2 gitu setelah penampilannya dan lumayan juga!! :D5. Kristy Lee Cook (nilai: 7) >> Jauh lebih baik daripada minggu lalu, dan lumayan juga tuh 6. Syesha Mercado (nilai: 6.75) >> Yea, penampilan terburuknya dia. Aku tau dia penyanyi yang bagus, tapi sekali lagi, salah pilihan lagi deh 7. Alaina Whitaker (nilai : 6.5) >>penampilannya minggu lalu lebih bagus deh8. Amanda Overmyer (nilai : 6)9. Alexandrea Lushington (nilai: 6) >> Bener2 pilihan lagu yang salah, dia penyanyi yang bagus sebenernya10. Kady Malloy (nilai : 5.5) >> Hmm, dia harus membuktikan sesuatu nih. Dia kan uda dikasi 2 kesempatan dan sayang 2 kesempatan itu dilewatkan begitu saja.... :(Siapa yang menurutku akan tereliminasi minggu ini? Hmm, aku harus bilang Kady Malloy dan Amanda Overmyer deh. Hmm, minggu ini memang Alexandrea Lushington di daftar 2 terbawahku, tapi aku rasa dia berhak deh untuk bertahan. Minggu lalu dia kan lumayan, minggu ini cuma salah pilih lagu aja tuh. Sementara Amanda Overmyer dan Kady Malloy dua-duanya belum menunjukkan penampilan yang lumayan menurutku, padahal mereka uda mendapat 2 kesempatan, hmmm.... .
ENGLISHWah, this week is the last week before UTS (midterm) next week (the midterm will start on Thursday next week). Just as usual, one week before UTS is a busy week, damn!! I have so many assignments to do and also some quiz. Plus, some other responsibilities on my shoulders, sigh... . Arrrggghhh, I gotta keep on fire!!Anyway, I just watched the 2nd week of American Idol where the top 10 boys performed. This is the list of my favorite from my most fave to least fave:1. David Archuleta (score: 9.5) >> Wah, he sang "Imagine" and twas superb!! So great!! Eventho I agree with Dian, the improvisation was a bit 'over', but still, it was SO great, the best of this season so far!! I even had 'goosebump', hmmm... . During the last 4 season, at this point of the competition, he's my first very favorite male contestant! I never liked a male contestant at this intensity before, usually some girls contestants outsang the male contestants but not this season. Simon's feedback: "... there are 19 very miserable contestants after that"2. David Hernandez (score: 8.25)3. Chikezie Eze (score: 8). He has a great voice. I actually thought he would go last week, but then I'm relieved he's still there, he's great and I like his song, he changed the lyrics a bit and it's fun! hehe4. David Cook (score: 7.5)5. Michael Johns (score: 7)6. Robbie Carrico (score: 6.5)7. Luke Menard (score: 6.5) >> I think he was not that bad, hmmm....8. Danny Noriega (score: 6.5)
9. Jason Castro (score: 6) >> I just dun really like him10.Jason Yeager (score: 5.5) >> wrong choice of song, he actually has a good voice. However, looking at what happened to Joanne Borgella this week, he is the most vulnerable guy this weekWho do I think will be eliminated? Hmmm, I think Jason Yeager and Danny Noriega, or Luke Menard (replacing Danny).Anyway, I also don't like the way some contestants spontaneously reacted to the criticisms from Simon. Yes, Simon is mean, but he was criticizing and challenging them to be better and there's no need to counter attack him, that's silly. For me, those contestants don't deserve to win. This week, that contestant is David Cook.
::: IDOLS-01 Michael Johns
::: IDOLS-06 David Hernandez
::: IDOLS-10 David Archuleta (the best of the night)BAHASA INDONESIAWah, minggu ini adalah minggu terakhir sebelum UTS (Ujian Tengah Semester) minggu depan (UTS-nya baru mulai Kamis minggu depan sih). Kaya biasanya, satu minggu sebelum UTS adalah minggu sibuk, sialan!! Aku ada banyak tugas yang harus dikerjain dan juga banyak kuis. Ditambah lagi beberapa tanggungjawab lain neh, hhhh... . Arrrggghhh, aku harus semangat!!Ngomong2, aku baru aja nih nonton minggu kedua dari American Idol dimana 10 besar laki2-nya tampil. Daftar favorit saya dari yg paling favorit sampe paling nggak favorit:1. David Archuleta (nilai: 9.5) >> Wah, dia nyanyi lagu "Imagine" dan bener2 keren sekali!! Bagus banget!! Aku setuju sih sama Dian tentang improvisasinya yang agak kebanyakan, tapi tetep aja, KEREN banget, paling bagus deh sejauh ini di season ini!! Aku bahkan sampe merinding loh, hmmm... . Malah dari 4 season terakhir dari AI nih, pada tahap ini dari kontes, dia adalah kontestan laki2 pertama yang bener2 jadi favorit saya! Aku sih dulu ga pernah suka banget sama satu kontestan laki2 kaya saat ini soale biasanya banyak kontestan perempuan yg jauh lebih bagus sih, tapi nggak di season ini. Komentarnya Simon: "... sekarang ada 19 kontestan yang menyedihkan setelah pertunjukanmu itu (there are 19 very miserable contestants after that)"2. David Hernandez (nilai: 8.25)3. Chikezie Eze (nilai: 8). Ternyata suaranya bagus yah. Aku jujur nih minggu lalu ngira dia bakal out, tp sekarang rada lega dia aman, soale dia bagus ternyata. Aku juga suka lagunya tuh, dia ngganti liriknya dikit dan lucu juga! hehe4. David Cook (nilai: 7.5)5. Michael Johns (nilai: 7)6. Robbie Carrico (nilai: 6.5)7. Luke Menard (nilai: 6.5) >> ga sejelek itu ah menurutku, hmmm....8. Danny Noriega (nilai: 6.5)
9. Jason Castro (nilai: 6) >> gatau kenapa aku ga gitu suka aja sama dia10.Jason Yeager (nilai: 5.5) >> pilihan lagu yang salah, suaranya sebenernya bagus sih. Tapi melihat apa yang terjadi sama Joanne Borgella minggu lalu, aku rasa dia lah yang paling rawan eliminasi minggu iniSiapa yang menurutku akan tereliminasi? Hmmm, kayanya sih Jason Yeager sama Danny Norieda deh, kalo ga ya Luke Menard tuh nggantiin Danny Noriega.Ngomong2, aku juga ga suka sama bagaimana beberapa kontestan secara spontan bereaksi terhadap kritik pedas dari Simon. Ya, Simon itu memang 'kejam', tapi dia kan mengkritik dan menantang mereka untuk jadi lebih baik, dan nggak ada gunanya lah malah menyerang Simon balik. Menurutku, mereka yang kaya gitu gak berhak menang. Minggu ini, kontestan itu adalah David Cook.
ENGLISHAs you can read on my previous entry, last weekend I went on a TA (Temu Akrab). The villa was the first villa we surveyed last November (near Lembang). My friend and I departed first, at 2.15 PM and arrived there at almost 3 PM. There, we prepared some things then waited for the other friends to come. At 5.30 PM, all of them had come. First of all we played a game on the 2nd floor. After that at 7.30 PM we had dinner (nasi tumpeng). Then, we gotta prepare for our class presentation. At first I wasn't really clicked with my class' theme (a parody of a 'Truk Cinta' show). I have never watched the show nor like it, haha... . But then after getting a pretty fit role for me (MC >> better than being the main character as my friends asked me to be the main character first)I'm okay with that, hahaha... . Okay, so the presentation time which was supposed to be at 9.30 PM was delayed to 10.30 PM, LOL (because we needed time to prepare more apparently). Then, the presentation time came. The first performer was the youngest, class of 2007, haha... . They showed a pretty 'weird' fashion show, lol. Then, it's us (a scene went a bit off track but twas fine). Then class of 2005 (parody of 3 classes at campus), then finally 2004 (show, quiz, etc). After that just as usual, we had a barbeque time (corn). Then, it's free time. I chose to go to bed but I struggled to sleep, LOL. At 3 AM finally I could sleepOn the 2nd day, I woke up at 6.10 AM but then I got up at 7 AM, wkwkwkw... . We had breakfast after that. Then, we were all divided into 6 groups (I was on group 6) and played some games. The first game was playing cards (cap sa). There were 3 rounds with 3 games each. I played on 1 round and won all the 3 games, wkwkwkwkw.... . But since on the other games my teammates were lost, overall we didn't win, dang. The 2nd game was a 'relay' game where there were 4 games and we had our own turn to do the game, hehe... :) My team lost because one friend screwed on the 2nd leg of the game. Then, at 11.30 AM all games were done and we had lunch. Then, at 1 PM it's officially ended and many people went back to Bandung. But then my friends and I gotta wait until 2.15 PM where all people had left the villa before we went back to Bandung, heheThat's how my weekend was... :D
::: the villa
::: the view towards Bandung from the villa
::: Bandung night view
::: a next to hill
BAHASA INDONESIASeperti yang bisa dibaca di postingku sebelumnya, wiken kemarin aku pergi mengikuti acara TA (Temu Akrab). Villa-nya ya villa pertama yang kita survey bulan November kemarin (deket Lembang). Temenku sama aku berangkat duluan, sekitar jam 2.15an gitu dan sampe disana hampir jam 3 sore. Disana, kita menyiapkan beberapa hal trus nunggu temen2 lain untuk datang. Jam 5.30 sore semua akhirnya uda dateng. Pertama2 ya kita main game dulu di lantai 2. Trus jam 7.30 gitu akhirnya makan malam (nasi tumpeng). Trus, kita mesti menyiapkan acara angkatan. Pertamanya sih aku kaga gitu cocok sama tema dari angkatanku (parodi dari acara 'Truk Cinta'). Aku ga pernah nonton acaranya dan aku ga gitu suka aja, haha... . Tapi ya trus udahlah setelah aku mendapat peran yang cocok deh (pembawa acara >> mendingan daripada jadi pemeran utama, soale pertamanya aku disuru jadi pemeran utama tuh) aku oke deh kemudian, hahaha.... . Oke, kemudian waktu presentasi yang harusnya jam 9.30 malem ditunda jadi jam 10.30 malem, LOL (ternyata butuh waktu cukup lama untuk persiapan deh). Trus waktu presentasi tiba juga. Pertama2 adalah angkatan 2007 dulu deh, haha... . Mereka mempresentasikan sebuah fashion show yang rada 'aneh;, lol. Trus kita deh (ada adegan yang rada keluar alur dikit tp gapapa sih). Trus angkatan 2005 (parodi 3 kelas di kampus), trus akhirnya 2004 (show, kuis, dll). Habis itu kaya biasa deh, ada acara barbeque (jagung) gitu. Trus waktu bebas. Aku milih tidur tp akhirnya gabisa tidur, LOL, dan baru bisa tidur jam 3 pagi Di hari kedua, aku membuka mata jam 6.10 pagi dan baru bangunnya jam 7, wkwkwkw... . Kita makan pagi habis itu. Trus kita dibagi ke 6 grup (aku di grup 6) trus main beberapa game deh. Game pertama tu main kartu (cap sa). Ada 3 babak dengan 3 games masing2. Aku main di 1 babak dan memenangkan semua game-nya, wkwkwkwkw.... . Tapi karena beberapa temen lain kalah di game lain jadinya ya kaga menang deh. Game kedua adalah game estafet dimana ada 4 game dan kita memiliki giliran masing2 gitu. Tim-ku kalah soale ada yang bener2 sial banget di salah satu game dah. Trus jam 11.30 siang semua games selesai dan kita makan siang. Jam 1 siang acaranya resmi selesai dan sebagian besar orang pada balik ke Bandung deh. Tapi aku sama temen2ku sih mesti nunggu sampe jam 2.15 siang dimana semua orang udah balik dari villa sebelum kita bisa balik ke Bandung, hehe Itulah dia bagaimana wiken saya kemarin... :D
ENGLISHOkay, the result of American Idol 2008 has been announced, and the first four contestants to leave the show are Garrett Haley, Amy Davis, Joanne Borgella, and Colton Berry. Anyway, as you can read here, my prediction was 25% correct. Actually twas 50% since I wanted to predict Garrett Haley but then because I was a bit confused with some contestants so I wrote Robbie Carrico, hahaha... . Anyway, I have no problem with all four contestants leaving the show. However, I'm a bit disappointed seeing Joanne leaving since I think she's a good singer (based on clips of her Hollywood Week and audition). She just picked the wrong song choice, hmmm....Yeah, it's weekend!! Some burdens can be left for a while, all tasks are done!! Yeaahh!!! Anyway, this weekend I'm going to a TA ("Temu Akrab"), just like last year. This year, my class is the official. So I won't surf the net starting this afternoon until tomorrow afternoon, hehehe.... :)
::: first four contestants to be eliminated, Joanne Borgella, Amy Davis, Garrett Haley, and Colton Berry (Ryan Seacrest, the host, was standing in front of them hosting the show)
::: As Yulia's request, I posted Kristy Lee Cook's pic on the top 24 round, hehe... :) BAHASA INDONESIAOke, hasil dari American Idol 2008 udah diumumin deh, dan empat peserta pertama yang tereliminasi adalah Garrett Haley, Amy Davis, Joanne Borgella, dan Colton Berry. Seperti yang bisa dibaca disini, tebakan saya 25% tepat deh. Sebenernya sih 50% soalnya aku mau memprediksi Garrett Haley tuh maksudnya, tapi berhubung aku rada bingung dan masih kebalik-balik antara beberapa kontestan, makanya yang ketulis malah Robbie Carrico, hahaha... . Ngomong2, aku ga ada masalah sih dengan semua 4 peserta yang tereliminasi. Hanya saja ya agak kecewa aja tuh melihat Joanne pergi soalnya aku rasa dia sebenernya sih bagus (berdasarkan klip minggu Hollywood dan audisinya). Cuma sayang, salah pilih lagu aja dia, hmmm.... Yeah, sekarang adalah weekend!! Beberapa beban bisa ditinggalkan sejenak, semua tugas sudah selesai!! Yeaahh!!! Ngomong2, wiken ini aku akan pergi ikutan TA ("Temu Akrab"), ya kaya tahun lalu gitu. Tahun ini angkatanku dah panitianya. Jadi, aku ga akan internetan deh kayanya mulai siang ini sampe siang besok, hehehe.... :)
ENGLISHFinally this week American Idol 7 starts with the top 24 performances, hehe... :) Overall, well, noone was very outstanding for me, hmmm... . Honestly, noone was just as great as LaKisha Jones when she was on the top 24 last season singing "And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going". At that time she was great (twas even her best performance).However, this season some contestants are actually really great but they just didn't really bring it on, probably because of the theme (60s, hmmm). Overall, I think the boys and the girls are somewhat even (not like last year where the gals were far better than the guys). The gals this season so far are still better than the boys tho, but not that 'far', hehe... ;)Top 12 BoysThe two best performances were David Archuleta's and Michael Johns' (for me). Some other contestants were overrated I think, named Danny Noriega and Jason Castro. Hmmmm.... .Who I think will be going home? I guess the two contestants who are gonnabe eliminated this week are Robbie Carrico and Luke Mennard, hmmm... .Top 12 GalsI think the best two performances were Ramiele Malubay's and Syesha Mercado's. Some other were also good, named Carly Smithson (Simon was rite, she had a lil' trouble with her miking, I dunno why Randy didn't agree with Simon on that. Once during her performance she pulled it too far...), Brooke White, and Alaina Whitaker. About Asia'h Epperson's performance, I dunno why but I think twas a bit overrated, hmmm, she's good tho.I think the bottom two gals will be Amy Davis and Kristy Lee Cook (wah, Kristy is actually pretty, haha... :D)
::: David Archuleta
::: Michael Johns
::: Ramiele Malubay
::: Syesha MercadoBAHASA INDONESIAAkhirnya minggu ini American Idol 7 mulai juga dengan penampilan dari 24 besar, hehe... :) Secara keseluruhan sih nggak ada yang bener2 memukai deh, hmmm... . Jujur nih, nggak ada yang sememukau LaKisha Jones waktu dia di top 24 musim lalu nyanyiin "And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going". Pada waktu itu dia bener2 oke banget deh (malah penampilan terbaiknya tuh).Namun, musim ini sebenernya beberapa kontestan bagus sih, cuma nggak maksimal aja deh nyanyinya, mungkin karena temanya kali yah (lagi tahun 60an, hmmmm). Secara keseluruhan sih menurutku yang laki2 sama perempuan agak seimbang deh (ga kaya tahun lalu dimana yang perempuan jauh lebih baik dari yang laki2). Yang perempuan musim ini sejauh ini lebih bagus sih dari yang cowo, tp ga 'sejauh' itu, hehe... ;)Top 12 Laki2Dua penampilan terbaik menurutku penampilannya David Archuleta sama Michael Johns deh (untuk saya). Beberapa kontestan lain sih dinilai terlalu bagus tuh, mislnya Danny Noriega dan Jason Castro. Hmmmmm.... .Siapa menurutku yang akan tereliminasi? Aku kalo nebak sih kayanya ya Robbie Carrico sama Luke Mennard deh, hmmmm... .Top 12 PerempuanAku rasa dua penampilan terbaik adalah Ramiele Malubay dan Syesha Mercado tuh. Beberapa yang lain bagus juga, misalnya Carly Smithson (Simon bener deh, ada dikit masalah sama teknik miking-nya dia, gatau kenapa koq Randy ga setuju sama Simon. Sekali di penampilannya mike-nya ditarik agak kejauhan tuh, akibatnya suaranya 'hilang'...), Brooke White, dan Alaina Whitaker. Tentang penampilan Asia'h Epperson, gatau napa tapi kayanya agak terlalu berlebihan deh komentarnya, hmmm, tapi sebenernya lumayan juga sih dia.Aku rasa dua terbawahnya adalah Amy Davis dan Kristy Lee Cook (ah, tapi Kristy cantik sih, hehe... :D)
ENGLISHHaha, I dun have anything to write actually since my last days have been just ordinary. O yea, anyway, I have finished 3 out of 4 assignments for this week, yee haa, haha... :) Anyway, lately Bandung is still so chilly, brrr...Btw, as you can read here, I noticed a phenomenon on my blog after the finale of TARA 2, haha... . Okay, I have done a simple research using my Google Analytics database. Guess what?? Here are the results:Friday, 15th February 2008 is the day with most unique visitors for my blog (since 18th February 2007 until 18th February 2008)! haha... . And it was 1 day after the finale of TARA 2. And Thursday, 14 February 2008 is day with the second to most uniques visitors! wow!! To strengthen this hypotheses (TARA 2 finale raised the visitor of my blog), I also look at the keywords data (from the search engine) for the last 1 week (11th February 2008 until 18th February 2008). Apparently the top 12 (why top 12? Because the top 12 keywords were used more than once) keywords are all related to TARA 2, hahaha... :) Well, 'apparently', out of the last 1 year, Friday 15th February 2008 was also the day with the most keywords-visitors (from the search engine) and it really peaked. Plus, the top 4 keywords of the least 1 year are all related to TARA 2, hahaha... :) All datas can be seen on the 4 graphics below.Hahaha... . Anyway, GA rocks!! It's SO cool!! hehehe...Anyway, yeah, this week American Idol starts!! Great!! 
::: unique visitors data of the last 1 year
::: top 12 keywords of this last 1 week
::: Keyword-visitors data of the last 1 year
::: top 10 keywords of this last 1 yearBAHASA INDONESIAHaha, gatau ni mau nulis apa soale hari2 terakhirku ya biasa2 saja. O iya, ngomong2 aku sudah menyelesaikan 3 dari 4 tugas untuk minggu ini loh, yee haa, haha... :) Ngomong2, akhir2 ini Bandung masih dingin banget ni, brrr... Btw, seperti yang bisa dibaca disini, aku merasa ada fenomena di blog saya pasca final dari TARA 2, haha... . Oke, setelah melakukan research sangat sederhana dengan menggunakan database dari Google Analytics saya. Hmm, Ini dia hasilnya:Jumat, 15 Februari 2008 adalah hari dengan unique visitors terbanyak untuk blog saya (sejak 18 Februari 2007 sampe 18 Februari 2008 tuh penghitungannya)! haha... . Dan itu hanyalah sehari setelah final dari TARA 2. Dan Kamis, 14 Februari 2008 adalah hari kedua terbanyak loh unique visitors-nya! wow!! Untuk menguatkan hipotesa saya (Final TARA 2 meningkatkan jumlah pengunjung blog saya), aku juga melihat data keywords (dari search engine) yang masuk ke blog sejak seminggu terakhir ini (11 Februari 2008 sampe 18 Februari 2008). Ternyata 12 besarnya (kenapa 12 besar? Soalnya 12 besar keywords ternyata dipake lebih dari sekali) semua berhubungan dengan TARA 2, hahaha... :) Hmm, ternyata nih, sejak setahun terakhir ini, Jumat 15 Februari 2008 juga merupakan hari terbanyak loh dimana pengunjung masuk dengan keywords dari search engine, dan datanya bener-bener meroket bgt. Plus, ternyata 4 besar keywords selama setahun ini tu semua berkaitan dengan TARA 2, hahaha... :) Semua data bisa dilihat di 4 grafik di atas. Hahaha... . Ngomong2, GA kerenzz!! Bener-bener cool!! hehehe...Ngomong2, yeah, minggu ini American Idol mulai!! Hebat!!
ENGLISHArrgghhh, this weekend I can't really enjoy it because I have a lot of assignments to deal with, dang it. I have 2 assignments to submit next Tuesday and another 2 at Thursday, grr.... . SO far I have done the 2 assignments for Tuesday, haha... :) I still need to revise them a bit tho. Btw, lately Bandung is extremely chilly, especially last Friday. Brrr, it was so chilly even at 11 AM!! Wah!!Btw, last Thursday TARA 2 ended (but still there will be 1 more episode to go, TARA 2: Memories which is gonnabe aired next Thursday). There was a phenomenon on my blog, haha... :) I'll write it later after exercising more advance research (lol). Anyway, finally now I activate my Facebook account, haha... . At first I don't have the "push" to join Facebook because not so many friends and people in Indonesia use it (just like Myspace). However, after reading all comments inside TARA Forum, I finally have the "push" to join since many racers and friends from other countries use their Facebook Accounts more frequently than Friendster, haha.... :) Okay, so I am now a newbie in Facebook.My posting about the finale of TARA 2 can be read hereBAHASA INDONESIAArrgghhh, weekend ini kaga bisa bener2 saya nikmati nih soale ada banyak banget tugas yang mesti dikerjakan, sialan. Aku ada 2 tugas yang harus dikumpulkan Selasa besok dan 2 lagi besok Kamis tuh, grr... . Sejauh ini aku udah menyelesaikan 2 tugas (papers) untuk hari Selasa, haha... :) Masih perlu beberapa revisi sih, tapi lumayan lah. Btw, akhir-akhir ini Bandung dingin banget loh, terutama Jumat kemarin. Brrr, dingin banget tuh bahkan ketika sudah jam 11 siang!! Wah!!Btw, Kamis kemarin kan TARA 2 selesai tuh (tapi masih ada 1 episode lagi sih, TARA 2: Memoirs yang akan ditayangkan besok Kamis). Ada fenomena loh di blog saya, haha... :) Akan aku tulis kemudian deh setelah melakukan penelitian yang lebih jauh (halah, lol). Anyway, sekarang akhirnya saya mengaktifkan akun Facebook-ku loh, haha... . Pertamanya nggak ada "dorongan" dalam diri untuk gabung ke Facebook soalnya banyak temen dan orang di Indonesia kan nggak banyak2 amat yang pake (kaya Myspace gitu). Namun, setelah membaca semua komen di dalam forum TARA, akhirnya aku mendapat "dorongan" itu soalnya banyak racers dan temen dari negara lain yang pake akun Facebook mereka lebih sering daripada Friendster, haha.... :) Okay, akhirnya sekarang saya adalah orang baru deh di Facebook.Postingku tentang final dari TARA 2 bisa dibaca disini
ENGLISHOn the last leg of The Amazing Race Asia 2, all teams left the pitstart 12 hours after they reached the pitstop. Marc & Rovilson (MR) were first and they gotta go back to Cape Town. They gotta go to District Six Museum and enter the original name of the District Six as a password on a laptop to retrieve the next clue. A Detour was up next, they gotta choose between SEARCH or ASSEMBLE. In Search they gotta find 3 specific gemstones out of thousands of gemstones. In Assemble they gotta assemble a traditional South African wire-frame radio. At first MR chose Search but then changed Detour to Assemble. Adrian & Collin (AC) chose Search and Pamela & Vanessa (PV) chose Assemble. After the Detour, they gotta go to Green Point Common and score 3 goals. Then, they went to Atlantis Dunes. They gotta drive a quad-bikes and and find a hidden clue. There were 18 possible places, 17 of them were traps and there were an hourglass in each of the trap. If they found it, they gotta flipped the hourglass and waited until all the sand went down. MR found first but then tried to trick AC by pretending to get 'yielded' by the hourglass. After that, they went to Cape Point to get the next clue. MR made a mistake on Cape Point, they went down instead of went up. There, they found out that they gotta go to the final destination country: Singapore.As predicted before, the flight from Cape Town to Singapore became an equalizer, haha... . In Singapore, MR managed to pass AC. AC were left behind (eventho Singapore was their homecountry) because they didn't ask their taxi to wait for them. MR arrived first at the Roadblock. In this roadblock that team member must pick flags of countries they had visited and put them in order of their visit. Rovilson did the roadblock (its his turn). Then, PV came. Vanessa did the roadblock. AC then came and Adrian did it. Rovilson and Vanessa had hard time in setting the flags while it was so easy for Adrian. Easily, he managed to pass Rovilson and Vanessa. Shortly after, Vanessa finished the task. After that they gotta dash to the finish line, the Chinese Garden. On the finish line, all eliminated teams (Edwin & Monica, Brett & Kinaryosih, Sophie & Aurelia, Daichi & Sawaka, Henry & Terri, Paula & Natasha, and Ann & Diane) had been waiting and cheering. And the winner of TARA 2 is: Adrian & Collin from Singapore!! Clearly, Pamela & Vanessa were 2nd and Marc & Rovilson were third.Haha, this was the worst leg for Marc & Rovilson. Third (#3) was their WORST placement on the whole season of TARA 2 and it happened on the last leg! What an irony (usually they were #1 on #2, even they were first EIGHT times, and SEVEN of them were consecutive!!). I think it's destined for them to be #3. I mean, it was all determined by a single roadblock. MR always did the roadblock with a PATTERN : Marc - Rovilson - Marc - Rovilson - and so on. If Rovilson had done the first roadblock, Marc would have been the one who did the last roadblock. Marc is smart on geography and if he had done the roadblock, MR would have won! The only way to change the pattern is by winning the FF. Guess what? Adrian & Collin took the only FF!! Wah!!FYI : starting TAR 6, a person can only complete 6 roadblocks at maximumAnyway, the final roadblock was VERY SIMILAR with the final roadblock of TAR 9. Coincidentally, alpha-males teams in both season (Eric & Jeremy, Marc & Rovilson) fell behind because of that roadblock! Whatta irony!! (Eric & Jeremy also got passed by BJ & Tyler on that roadblock, actually Eric & Jeremy were first on the roadblock!!). Hmmm....Who do I wish to have won TARA 2? Hmm, I dunno if I gotta pick from these top 3, I'm happy if any of them won. But if I can choose from all contestants, I gotta say Paula & Natasha!! hehehe.... :D
::: Marc & Rovilson at the Assemble Detour
::: Pamela & Vanessa at the Sand Dune Task
::: struggling Rovilson at the final roadblock which eventually cost USD 100,000
::: Adrian @ The Roadblock
::: Adrian & Collin won TARA 2
::: all teams of TARA 2 at the final pitstopBAHASA INDONESIADi babak terakhir dari The Amazing Race Asia 2, semua tim meninggalkan pitstart 12 jam setelah mereka tiba di pitstop. Marc & Rovilson (MR) adalah tim pertama yg berangkat dan mereka harus balik ke Cape Town. Mereka mesti pergi ke Museum Distrik Enam dan masukin nama asli dari Distrik Enam sebagai password di laptop supaya dapet petunjuk selanjutnya. Sebuah Detour muncul, mereka harus memilih di antara SEARCH atau ASSEMBLE. Di Search mereka harus menemukan 3 batu spesifik dari ribuan batu yang ada. Di Assemble mereka harus merakit sebuag radio wire-frame tradisional Afrika Selatan. Pertamanya MR milih Search tapi trus ganti Detour ke Assemble. Adrian & Collin (AC) memilih Search sementara PV memilih Assemble. Setelah Detour mereka mesti pergi ke Green Point Common dan mencetak 3 gol. Trus mereka pergi ke Atlantic Dunes. Mereka harus mengendarai sebuah quad-bikes dan menemukan petunjuk yg tersebunyi. Ada 18 alternatif tempat, 17 di antaranya adalah jebakan dan terdapat jam pasir di masing2 jebakan. Kalo mereka dapet jam pasir mereka harus berhenti dan membalik tuh jam dan menunggu sampe semua pasirnya turun. MR menemukan clue pertama tapi mereka mencoba mengecoh AC dengan cara2 berpura2 kena 'yield' dari jam pasir itu. Habis itu mereka mesti ke Cape Point untuk petunjuk selanjutnya. Disana MR membuat kesalahan dengan pergi ke bawah padahal harusnya ke atas. Disana mereka mengetahui bahwa mereka harus pergi ke tujuan akhir: Singapore. Seperti yang telah diprediksi sebelumnya, penerbangan dari Cape Town ke Singapore menjadi sebuah equalizer, haha... . Di Singapore, MR berhasil nyalip AC. Malah AC ketinggalan bgt tu (padahal Singapore kan negara asal mereka) gara2 mereka nggak nyuruh taksi mereka nunggu. MR sampe pertama di MR Roadblock. Di roadblock ini mereka harus mengambil bendera dari negara2 yg telah mereka kunjungi sebelumnya dan menyusunnya sesuai urutan yang mereka kunjungi. Rovilson melakukan roadblock (gilirannya). Kemudian PV datang dan Vanessa melakukan roadblock. Kemudian AC datang dan Adrian yg melakukan roadblock. Rovilson & Vanessa menemui kesulitan dalam melakukan roadblock sementara roadblock-nya gampang bgt buat Adrian. Dengan mudah dia nyalip Rovilson & Vanessa. Beberapa menit kemudian Vanessa selesai. Habis itu mereka harus pergi ke garis finish, di Chinese Garden. Di garis finish, semua tim yg telat tereliminasi (Edwin & Monica, Brett & Kinaryosih, Sophie & Aurelia, Daichi & Sawaka, Henry & Terri, Paula & Natasha, dan Ann & Diane) sudah menunggu dan menyemangati mereka. Dan pemenang TARA 2 adalah: Adrian & Collin dari Singapore!! Jelas, Pamela & Vanessa nomer 2 dan Marc & Rovilson nomer 3. Haha, ini adalah babak terjelek bagi Marc & Rovilson. Posisi 3 adalah posisi terjelek mereka sepanjang 1 musim TARA 2 dan itu kejadiannya di babak terakhir! Ironis banget yah (biasanya mereka nomer 1 ato nomer 2, malah mereka nomer 1 DELAPAN kali dan TUJUH di antaranya berturutan!!!). Aku rasa mereka emang sih ditakdirkan jadi nomer 3, soale kan MR selalu menggunakan pola : Marc - Rovilson - Marc - Rovilson - dst dalam melakukan roadblock. Kalo saja Rovilson yg melakukan roadblock pertama, Marc-lah yg harus melakukan roadblock terakhir. Marc kan pinter dalam geografi tuh dan kalo dia yg melakukan roadblock, MR pasti udah menang deh. Satu2nya cara untuk mengubah pola adalah dengan memenangkan FF tp gimana? Adrian & Collin mengambil FF!! Wah!! FYI : mulai TAR 6, 1 orang hanya boleh melakukan maksimal 6 roadblock dalam 1 musim.Ngomong2, roadblock terakhirnya SANGAT MIRIP SEKALI dengan roadblock terakhir dari TAR 9 loh. Kebetulan juga, tim alpha-males dari kedua musim (Eric & Jeremy, Marc & Rovilson) juga jatuh pada roadblock ini! Ironis banget!! (Eric & Jeremy disalip BJ & Tyler kan juga gara2 tuh roadblock padahal Eric & Jeremy yg sampe duluan di roadblock!!). Hmmm....Siapa yg aku harap memenangkan TARA 2?? Hmm, gatau deh kalo dari top 3 ini, aku sih seneng2 aja kalo siapapun yg menang. Tapi kalo dari semua kontestan, jelas Paula & Natasha!! hehehe.... :D
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ENGLISHHaha, now I'm back in Bandung again.Anyway, finally last Saturday I ate Bakso Cornelan, hehe.... :) I really like it. Actually on Sunday (20/01) evening I went there but it had been sold out! Grrr.... . It is really really delicious, hehe... . The last time I ate it was at this time. Actually on Saturday my friends also asked me to go to Salatiga, but I didn't go. A story about it will be written later, on the private blog... ;)Sunday was an exhausting day. I got up at 6.15 AM and went to the church for the 7 AM mass liturgy with my mom and my bwo. After that, we had breakfast at Soto Kridosono (Pak Parmo). Then, we went back home, I continued my sleep for 2 hours but unfortunately I had bad dreams, grrr.... . At 12 PM my friend came, then at 1.20 PM we went to Soto Sawah. The last time I ate at Soto Sawah was at this time. Then, we went to Togamas Bookstore (I bought 2 comics and until now I haven't finished reading it, dang, haha). After that we went to Galeria Mall and at 5 PM we went back home. At 7 PM, the electricity went off again! Arrrggghhhh, dang it. PLN Yogyakarta really sucks. I decided to go to Malioboro Mall rather than staying at the dark house, haha... . At 9.30 PM I went back home and at 10.30 PM my parents brought me to Jogjakarta Tugu Railway Station. At 11 PM Turangga Express arrived at the #3 platform. At 11.10 PM, the train departed (it was on time, nice...). This morning it arrived in Bandung at 6.28 AM, only 9 minutes late from the schedule. Well, I think The Train Company has worked so hard on this, 9 minutes late can be considered as good for trains in Indonesia, rite? hehe... ;) However, I still couldn't sleep well on the train... :(
::: Bakso Cornelan, so tasty.. ;)
::: Soto Kridosono as my breakfast yesterday
::: One view from Soto Sawah, Godean (you can see rails there, about 9 hours later, my train passed that rail, hehe... :D)
::: Soto Sawah
::: Inside Turangga ExpressBAHASA INDONESIAHaha, sekarang udah balik di Bandung lagi nih. Ngomong2, akhirnya Sabtu kemarin aku makan Bakso Cornelan deh, hehe.... :) Aku bener2 suka tuh, enak banget loh. Sebenernya Minggu (20/01) malem aku udah kesana tapi udah habis! Grrr.... . Uenak banget deh pokoknya, hehe... . Terakhir kali aku makan disana tuh adalah pada waktu ini. Sebenernya Sabtu kemarin temenku ngajak pergi ke Salatiga, tapi aku gak pergi. Cerita tentang ini akan ditulis kemudian, di blog private deh.... ;) Minggu kemarin tu melelahkan deh. Aku bangun jam 6.15 pagi dan pergi ke gereja buat ikutan misa yang jam 7 pagi tuh bareng sama mamaku dan adikku. Trus habis misa kita makan pagi di Soto Kridosono (Pak Parmo). Trus balik deh dan aku melanjutkan tidur saya selama 2 jam yang sayangnya malah mendapatkan mimpi buruk, grrr.... . Jam 12 siang temenku dateng, dan jam 1.20 siang kita pergi makan deh di Soto Sawah. Aku terakhir kali makan Soto Sawah ya pada waktu ini. Trus kita pergi ke Toko Buku Togamas (aku beli 2 buah komik yang malah sampe sekarang aja blom sempet nyelesein baca, sial, haha). Habis itu kita ke Galeria Mall dan jam 5 sore balik deh. Jam 7 malem, listriknya mati lagi! Arrrggghhhh, sialan tuh. PLN Yogyakarta bener2 menyebalkan. Aku memutuskan untuk pergi ke Malioboro Mall lah daripada tinggal di rumah yg lagi ga ada listrik, haha... . Jam 9.30 malem aku balik ke rumah dan jam 10.30 gitu papa sama mamaku nganterin aku ke Stasiun Kereta Api Tugu Jogjakarta deh. Jam 11 malem Kereta Ekspres Turangga tiba di jalur 3. Jam 11.10 malem keretanya berangkat (on time tuh, bagus...). Pagi ini keretanya sampe di Bandung jam 6.28 pagi, cuma 9 menit telat dari jadwal. Hmm, menurutku PT Kereta Api udah bekerja keras deh, telat 9 menit ya tergolong bagus lah untuk kereta di Indonesia, kan? hehe... ;) Tapi ya semalem gabisa tidur dengan nyaman ey di kereta... :(
::: IDOLS-03 Brooke White (this week she looks like Kandice from the Beauty Queens Teams (Dustin & Kandice) from TAR 10 and TAR All-Stars, hmmm...)
::: IDOLS-04 Ramiele Malubay
::: IDOLS-05 Kristy Lee Cook
::: IDOLS-10 Asia'h Epperson
