my world

Today

2008-11-07T01:24:00.000-08:00

1. Waktu pergi makan siang di McD, kita liat ibu muda (mungkin kurang dari 30 tahun). Dia menunggu jemputan mobil dia. N eng ing eng.. Alphard lewat dan ternyata mobil dia. Terus gw tanya ke temen gw: "Gmana caranya masih muda dan punya Alphard?". Temen:" ooo dia keponakan BAk***". Dalam hati gw, yah wajarlah yah.. Tapi terus temen gw satu lagi bilang lagi: " yah jadi Agnes Monica kalo mau punya Alphard waktu masih muda..". Dan pertanyaan timbul lagi: " Gimana dong jadi Agnes? Apa yang mesti gw latih biar bisa jadi seperti Agnes?".

2. Ternyata sangat kecewa mendengar orang yang sangat kita inginkan supportnya malah justru tidak mensupport. Padahal gw yakin apa yang dilakukan adalah sangat baik buat gw, buat orang lain, dan buat masa depan.

Back Again

2008-10-28T20:53:00.000-07:00

Miss me?

Here we go....

Updating myself:

1. Just started my work yesterday at Medco. First month is the orientation and next will go to MedcoEnergi until dunno.

2. The second nephew was born, Muhammad Fatih Ibrahim. Hope someday being cool, a bit naughty, clever or genius, handsome. He's on the way of that.

3. Luggage has been claimed and waiting for confirmation from the airline. Fight for the best price!!

4. My brother's avanza will be out of the garage today.. Hmm, my savings..... please come back to me soon...

If I fell, by Beatles

2008-04-23T07:50:00.000-07:00

If I fell in love with you
Would you promise to be true
And help me understand
'cause I've been in love before
And I found that love was more
Than just holding hands

If I give my heart to you
I must be sure
From the very start
That you would love me more than her

If I trust in you, oh please
Don't run and hide
If I love you too, oh please
Don't hurt my pride like her
'cause I couldn't stand the pain
And I would be sad if our new love was in vain

So I hope you see that I
Would love to love you
And that she will cry
When she learns we are two
cause I couldn't stand the pain
and I would be sad if our new love was in vain

so I hope you see that I
would love to love you
and that she will cry when she learns we are two.

If I fell in love with you

KA Bintaro - Jakarta

2008-03-24T04:44:00.000-07:00

Hooorrreeee !!!!
Finally, gw akhirnya naek kereta dari rumah gw di Bintaro sektor 9 ke Jakarta. AC, Express (only 30 minutes), sepi, dan murah.. Hanya 8 rebu rupiah Bintaro Jakarta... Berangkat setiap 30 menit kalo pagi hari.

Rute Perjalanan : Bintaro Stasiun Sudimara -- > Bintaro Stasiun Pondok Ranji --> Tanah Abang --> Karet --> Sudirman --> Manggarai.

Dan setiap weekend, ada KA Bintaro - Ancol, 30 rebu bolak balik. Keren abiz... So, kucing, masih mau gak kita ke ancol? Hahaha.

kapan kita enjoy lagih?

2008-03-01T09:42:00.000-08:00

keep wondering why we're still fighting somewhat really unimportant. Hope we will get better when you come next week :)

Hate that I love you by Rihanna-Ne Yo

2008-02-23T09:36:00.000-08:00

Video : http://youtube.com/watch?v=FIUv3dOBbCk

That's how much I love you (yeah),
That's how much I need you (yeah, yeah, yeah),
And I can't stand you,
Must everything you do make me wanna smile,
And then I like you for a while.

[Both]
No!

[Ne-Yo]
But you won't let me,
You upset me girl and then you kiss my lips,
All of a sudden I forget that I was upset,
Can't remember what you did.

[Both]
But I hate it!

[Rihanna]
You know exactly what to do,
So that I can't stay mad at you for too long,
That's wrong.

[Both]
But I hate it!

[Ne-Yo]
You know exactly how to touch,
So that I don't wanna fuss and fight no more,
Said I despise that I adore you.

[Rihanna]
And I hate how much I love you boy (yeah),
I can't stand how much I need you (I need you),
And I hate how much (yeah) I love you boy (ohh),
But I just can't let you go,
And I hate that I love you so.

[Ne-Yo]
Ooh,
And you completely know the power that you have (the power that you have),

The only one that makes me laugh.

[Rihanna]
Sad and it's not fair,
How you take advantage of the fact that I (I),
Love you beyond a reason why (whyyy),
And it just ain't right.

[Ne-Yo]
And I hate how much I love you girl,
I can't stand how much I need you (heyy yeah),
And I hate how much I love you girl,
But I just can't let you go,
And I hate that I love you so.

[Both]
One of these days maybe your magic won't affect me,
And your kiss will make me weak,
But no one in this world,
Knows me the way you know me,
So you'll probably always have a spell on me-eee.

[Ne-Yo]
Yeahhhhh,
Ohhhh ohhh,
Oh, yeah.

[Rihanna]
It's how much I love you (much I need you),
It's how nuch I need you (oooh),
It's how much I love you (ohh),
It's how much I need you.

[Both]
And I hate that I love you,
Sooooo!

[Rihanna]
And I hate how much I love you boy,
I can't (heeey!) stand how much I (can't stand how much I need you) need you,
And I hate how much I love you boy (yeeah ohh),
But I just can't let you go (but I just can't let you, no),
And I hate that I love you so.

[Both]
And I hate that I love you so, so-ooo.

Resolusi 2008

2008-02-12T08:28:00.000-08:00

Setelah berpikir-pikir, ternyata gw tahun ini belum bikin resolusi. Hmm OK, kita list yah.

1. Profesional Gawe

Kerja praktek lancar dan tahu mendetail tentang carbon trading. Ternyata ini bisnis gak nyata ini duitnya banyak kalo diitung-itung. Hehehe. Tantri akan banyak membantu gw tentunya.

Langsung bisa konsentrasi ke kerjaan di Medco tepat setelah sekolah selesai. Mudah-mudahan oktober sudah bisa mulai.

2. Sosial

Yayasan M99 akan segera menyalurkan beasiswa pertamanya tahun ini. Harus tahun ini! Gw pimpin yayasan ini biar gak banyak bla bla...

3. Fun

Mau ambil Surat Ijin Menyelam, ke Lombok untuk liburan dan Bunaken (atau tempat laen) untuk menyelam. Salzburg ok kayanya. Yunani? Hmm, kita liat yah ama sapa gw perginya..

4. Percintaan

Sudah gak usah lirik kanan kiri deh yah. Fokus dan gw yakin semuanya akan berjalan lancar. Amien...

5. KeTuhanan

Umroh.

Center of New Year's Eve

2008-01-23T01:52:00.000-08:00

cont.

Berlin

OK, you knew that I joined with Michael to get here from Prague, with only 15 Euros.

I had been told by a friend, that the best new year eve party is Berlin. You should and must be there for new year party, at least once. So, I planned and being enthusiastic go there and see what they have. I arrived on 30th December at 1900. And Andys, new friend with sophisticated internship experience in New York, waiting for me and let me stayed in his room for 2 nights. Thanks Andys, how nice you are, treated me like your old friend.

So, on 31th of December, I tried to take some walk. I just remembered what Ibu Devi told me about Berlin as the Hitler History. So, here I went directly to a big street which you can see the changing from old area to new area. You knew this city, had been bombed and smashed by England and US. Here, you can see many modern buildings, seemed like Jakarta. Mall and Supermarket are everywhere.

I wont tell you much about this city, since I just had one motivation being here, new year's eve. Here are some pictures as souvenirs.

Cathedral and the TV station

Parliament Building, the modern dome were built after destroyed by bombs.

We can see how the parliament members do their jobs here.

Berlin Wall, still remained in some sites

OK, how special the new year's eve was here? What actually they had? You know what, if you imagine like they had a concert and fireworks, you can find those everywhere, even in Jakarta. But here, everyone, in New Year Eve, went to one spot, Brandenburger Tor. This is the symbol of Berlin. A meeting point for every single important activity, party, etc. So, I thought it was around 1 million people were there and drunk. Dont be scare if you found German walks bringing a bottle of beer. They love to do it. It's like a coca cola for them. You have to try being around those people just for one night. Amazing experience.

More less the party was looked like this.

So, with Michael, Adit, and some new friends, we were there. Drank our beers, yelled, toke some snaps for sure, laughed, talked, etc. No serious chat at all. Just being naughty without normal brain. Hahahaha. Yeah, at least, I can be like this once a year. When the time pointed 00:00, the fireworks shows were started, amazingly beautiful, around 15 minutes. After that music played the role. Dancing crazily. I was not there for long. At 01:00, I moved to take my luggage and went to central station waiting my early train at 08:00. I was afraid that I wont be able to wake up in the morning. So I just stayed and waited in central station until the time.

From here, I went to Delft Netherlands. The cost was only 29 Euros, I got special prize.

be cont.

We are so behind...

2008-01-21T03:35:00.000-08:00

Kemaren malam baru liat stasiun DW-TV (saluran tivi favorit saya), ada program Tomorrow Today. Salah satu informasi yang mereka kasih bahwa sekarang Jerman sudah lama memulai membuat makan untuk para astronot (space food). Karena kondisi di luar angkasa dan di bumi berbeda jauh, mereka tentu harus memperhitungkan tentang proses biologis dalam tubuh.

Dan sudah hampir dua minggu, masalah kedelai di Indonesia 'menghiasi' berita.

Yap, untuk produksi diri sendiri saja kita masih sangat bergantung import. Sedangkan orang lain sudah membuat makanan untuk rekreasi luar angkasa masa depan. Ngapain ajah sih kita???

Lust.. lust.. lust...

2008-01-13T12:28:00.000-08:00

cont.

Prague.

Hmm.. No comment... Very No.... (baca: ga banget...). Man, it is an unbelievable damned so perfect beautiful city... You got what I mean? Yes, this is so perfect. In Indonesian, we can say, imut lucu menggemaskan dan lembut. I still missed this city. Although it's small, I don't think you will feel enough to explore it.

Ok, a 3 days ticket was about 220 Korunas (around 9 Euros). So, in Prague, everything was cheap. Compare: In France, one 1,5 L Coca Cola is about 2-3 Euros. In Prague, only 1 Euro (surprise!!!). The city was very small. We can go travel around the city by walking. The must-visited places (4 places) were located in city center. I will explain those places after. Because its beauty, I thought this city was filled by tourists mostly. You can check it, everyone speaks foreign languages. The city is like a spider web. See this picture.

Prague's Map

Ok, first place that you have to visit is the great Charles Bridge. Ha ha ha, I spent around 2 hours just to find this bridge. But it was true that the map was not so informative. It was complicated and not easy-understood. You won't have an english map, so it was in Ceczh. Charles Bridge = Karlu Most. Find this direction on your map. Ok let's describe what it is look like. I don't know about the history of this bridge since I really do not like history. But, I will give a picture about this bridge. This bridge is around 400 meter length, crossing the Vltava River. Some street-artists showed their works, from jazz musician, painters, magicians, handicrafts artists, and fore-taler (artists? not sure :D). In its both side, it had statues, most christian statues describing hopes, prays, hard works, etc.

street jazzers entertain people while enjoying the view

This is the best view from this bridge

Next place, Old Town Square. Ok as I told you before, this town was very compact. Old town is the central town. It is like the main meeting point (rendez-vous). It has stores and restaurant, but the main buildings here are the church (with astronomic clock), the other church (Tyn Church) and a big plain which is used to be used for special activities. Like here what I had, X-mas and New year Market. Not just market, they also had performance especially for the kids.

X-mas market

Astronomic clock with Tyn Church

Funny story, I asked somebody how to get Old Town Square. He said it's very easy. Just follow everyone here, they're going to there. Voila, he was right. Everyone is going to there and continuing to the Karlu Most.

After old town, I went to National Museum. Since I do not like museum, I just want to have some snap shoots. Reo told me, it's not like a museum telling about the Prague History, but more less 'bout world, etc. It was in New Town and many famous cloth-brands surrounded. Nothing special, not even inside the building.

View from National Museum

Last part, here it is, the Castle. Placed in top of a hill. You can see it from Karlu Most. The castle is used for the government offices. It has a big church. This is the only one building that we can get into. Like other churchs, for me they are all the same. Yeah, you know 'bout the catholic church. Go inside and for sure that it will make you scared of the God. That's the reason why they made their churchs like 'megah na azubillah' buildings. Besides churchs, it has also some museums (private museum and opened for publics), shops, cafes, etc.

Prague's Castle

Anyway, thank you so much Reo and Andreas for the place. I also met some indonesian delegations for ASEAN. Last but not least, Mr. Soejono thanks for the dinner. I will come again someday.

Next destination, BERLIN!!! Hey Michael, thanks to invite me to join you. You know guys? From Prague to Berlin, I just spent 15 Euros (connected trains). You go to Zittau from Prague (209 Korunas) and take a weekend ticket for 5 people (just 35 Euros, 7 Euros each) travelling around Germany. Voila, I saved 40 Euros (direct train Prague-Berlin=56 Euros).

be con't

Andai

2008-01-11T07:54:00.000-08:00

Oleh Gigi

Memang benar ku salah
Tak menghargai perasaanmu
Dan menghancurkan rasa cintamu

Saat kuingat dirimu
Harummu yang memeluk nafasku
Yang memberikan ku kehangatan

Terangnya seribu bintang
Tak dapat menyamai cahaya
Keindahanmu dari wujudmu

Dan aku tak mengijinkan
Cahayamu redup karena ku
Dan atas kesombonganku

Andai
Ku tak membuang dirimu
Menjadikan yang kedua
Atas cintaku

Janganlah
Keterpurukanku ini
Membuat kau membenciku
Selamanya dan membunuhku

Get Lost In Lust of Europe

2008-01-09T01:48:00.000-08:00

Being 3 weeks, as a backpacker traveling around Europe, unforgettable memory. Nobody beside, met somebody new, unexpected problems, surprises, shocks, happiness, and sadness are some excellent experience that you will find. Oh G, I do not know how to start this story. I will try to make it more informative so you can get the idea (perhaps as a reference for you while traveling) not just as a diary.

Tips, you should do these while being a traveller in Europe, go to information center (usually in central station or airport), ask must-visited places, take train plan, and contact your new friends there.

Guys, I started my long journey from Munich, then to Vienna, Prague, Berlin, Netherlands (Delft, Rotterdam, Den Haag, and Amsterdam), finally to Stuttgart. With only 600 Euros, traveled around these cities was a really good deal. Oops, I forgot to tell you that money did not include the hotel reservations. I did not reserve the hotels, I used my networking and asked my friends. Like community webs (friendster, facebook, etc), I made some new friends from my old friends. Very interesting. And you know what? Indonesians here are very nice. They will welcome you nicely, eventhough you never met them before. Trust me!

Before we start, I should provide you some interesting pictures from my beloved camera. Unfortunately, I lost it. So, I would like to take some pictures from some websites. Regards for the sources.

1st point, MUNICH.

A daily ticket = 5 Euros

As an industrial city, Munich looked so busy and fast. Everyone seemed will lose his last train. But I liked this atmosphere. It pumped my spirit for being more efficient in time and work. First place that I visited was BMW Welt (BMW's World). This sophisticated architectural building combined the showroom, park, technology exhibition room, store, and also restaurant. I spent about 4 hours for exploring this place and I was so excited since it was a bit hard finding this kind of museum in France. Here, you can find the new series of BMW from class 3, 5, until your private-coated BMW. Also you can find some information how the sophisticated BMW combined the luxury, sport, and technology. But, I missed something here, the history how the BMW went into this recent way. But, don't worry, it was free of charge.

BMW Welt

As the most expensive city in Germany, Munich also offered you a nice down town - full of the modern stores-, old buildings, nice germans speaking english well, bretzel (the bread). This original bread came from Stuttgart (Parik told me) and the taste is salty, for me too salty. It will be better with butter. Good for breakfast and for your coffee will be perfect.

This bretzel is big enough for breakfast, isn't it?

Fortunately, at that time, they still had annual market for christmas here. Everyone was out of their homes and got along with friends in this market. They provided christmas merchandises, foods, hot drinks, and sometimes music concerts. They seemed very lovely. If we want to compare with Indonesian culture, we can call it Pasar Malam.

Thank you so much Allen. Seperti kata Parik, ati-ati yah dirumah itu. Hihihi.

Next destination, Vienna. I took fast train from Munich, and it costed 78 Euros, spending 5 hours 21 minutes. If you're lucky, you can find special prize (promo) with only 29 Euros. Find out in www.db.de.

2nd point, Vienna Austria

A weekly ticket= 14 Euros.

Not like Munich, Vienna is a small city. With only 1 millions people, this city looked more enjoyable. I do not say there's no rush, but it was just more relax. Everyone can speak english. The prizes of stuffs looked same as in France. After arriving, we went to the famous pizzaria here, Pizza Bizi in center of town. It provided about 4 kinds of pizzas. I took fish pizza for only 2,70 Euros each. It was big enough for dinner. At that time, they still had Christmas Market and I thought it was similar like what I had in Munich. This market was placed in front of the City Hall (Rathaus). This old and famous building had 25 covered paintings. These paintings were opened each day until 25th December, the christmas day. I liked this building. Looked beautiful, combining the east culture and west culture.

Vienna's Rathaus

The most interesting place here was the Hill. Oh God, I forgot the name. Ok, let's call My Hill. You can go there by train and take a bus after. I think it was only 30 minutes from town. Here, in My Hill, you can see the Vienna. It was so wonderful. Some of visitors came here just for walking, sightseeing, but also for sport running. With snow, I realized how wonderful it is. But, for sure, in the summer or autumn, it will be more wonderful. Colored by the blue sky, green leaves, and sun, you can not imagine that. Bring your lunch, coffee, coke and getting along friends will be a perfect moment while you're in My Hill.

Hey, Rangga (Material 98, gak tahu kan kalo nih lagi ngambil PhD di Wina?), thanks man for the place. Ga nyangka bisa ketemu LFM lagi LFM lagi.

After Vienna, next destination is Prague, the City of God. From Vienna, I took train, with 56 Euros spending around 4 hours. I bought it in the Central Station directly.

be con't.

November 2007

2007-12-08T15:39:00.000-08:00

Bulan paling sibuk diantara satu tahun.

1. Ultah dong.. 7 november. Scorpio, dengan titik rangsangan seks ada dimana-mana (itu kata pak nopin).

2. Empat ujian, Teknik keduitan (finance), Teknik Bakar Membakar (combustion), Teknik Panas Memanas (thermo), Teknik Ramalan (statistics).

3. Dua pameran: Journee Internationale dan Pameran foto di UNESCO. Akhirnya kaul gw bisa gw lakuin juga.. Makasih Cindy, Dita, Nana, dan David. yu ar de bes.

4. Wawancara. Hiks, Shell nolak gw. Ternyata gw pikir bisa gw lewati dengan gampang, gugup gila.... Nice experience. Thanks Estelle.

5. Bamus. Bener-bener deh.. Ini yang gw tunggu-tunggu. Dah lama ga rapat organisasi. Lumayan eksis lah gw.. hahaha.

forever

2007-11-18T06:37:00.000-08:00

missing you, Ayah-Ibu...

Take care.

Minggu Hitam Inggris

2007-10-21T13:54:00.000-07:00

Yah, minggu ini sepertinya kelam bagi Inggris. Dimulai dengan kekalahan Inggris di ajang penyisihan Euro 2008, 2-1 dibantai oleh Rusia. Lalu kemarin malam, di ajang Piala Dunia Rugby di Paris, mereka juga kalah telak dari Afrika Selatan. Padahal di final ini, dari sabtu pagi hari sebelum acara (malam hari), supporter Inggris banyak menghiasa televisi. Lebih dari 60.000 orang Inggris datang ke Paris demi menjadi pompom boys buat tim nasionalnya.
Dan terakhir, di Brasil, jagoan termudanya, Louis Hamilton, mengalami kesialan setelah gagal menjadi juara dunia F1. Prediksinya gelar fantastis sebagai pembalap hitam pertama dan juara dunia termuda hampir sebentar lagi. Sayang sekali..
Jadi, kapan lagu 'God saves the Queen" akan berkumandang lagi?

Kerja Praktek

2007-10-20T02:38:00.000-07:00

Cari KP sekarang ini adalah hal yang terus mompa diri gw. Dan semakin lama semakin deg deg kan. Semakin bikin pusing tapi semakin bikin penasaran. Masa gw gak bisa dapet KP di perusahaan keren sih di Perancis atau Eropa? Polpot harus bisa dapet KP di Eropa. Malu-maluin orang Palembang ajah.... Mohon doa dan restunya teman-teman..

lebaran, kuliah, dan kesenangan

2007-10-20T02:23:00.000-07:00

Sudah seminggu lalu lebaran, tapi emang puasa meaningless bagi gw tahun ini. Tidak ada orang yang rajin sholat di sekitar, ga ada ramai-ramai seperti di pasar simpang, tidak ada cendol, tidak ada tajil, tidak ada undangan buka puasa bareng, dan tidak ada taraweh di mesjid. Memang ramadhan kali ini lebih sekedar hanya melewatkan ramadhan. Mahdi, satu-satunya teman yang muslim banget (Iranian), bilang kebiasaan menamatkan al Quran ga bisa dilakukan. Entah alasan spesifiknya apa, tapi gw kira karena suasana yang membuat motivasi utk berlomba-lomba baca al Quran tidak ada disini. Alhamdulilah, saya berhasil setelah dimotivasi Ibu tercinta. Terima kasih Ibu... Dan lebaran minggu kemaren, ternyata cukup mengobati kangen saya dengan suasana Islami. Di mesjid Maroc, ada sekitar 300 an orang beramai-ramai sholat ied. Dan luar biasa rasanya beradar disekitar orang muslim walau seperti Itonk, minoritas diantara minoritas. Hehehe.
Kuliah sudah dua minggu ini seperti robot. Setiap hari dari jam 8 sampai jam 5. Ada yang menarik, ada juga gak. Dan ini baru berakhir minggu depan. Hmm, kalau sudah begini padat, 24 jam kayanya tidak cukup. Apalagi sudah dipotong dengan tidur dan masak. Rasanya butuh polpot kedua yang satu ngerjain PR yang satu cari KaPe. Tapi, kalau memilih antara sibuk atau tidak ada kerjaan, sibuk memang pilihan terbaik.
Nah, weekend ini, weekend terakhir buat temen kita Joshua disini. Senin dia akan kembali ke Indonesia. Dia akan mulai dengan satu step baru yaitu bekerja di Indonesia. Ini momen yang saat ini gw pengen banget. Kerja... Belajar seperti terlalu absurd karena terlalu berteori. Buat Joshua, sukses terus man.... Gw tahu elo orang yang hebat dengan prinsip elo bahwa elo tidak kalah dengan orang barat, gw salut dan terus bersorak sorai untuk elo. Sukses terus man....
Sudah lama tidak motret, hunting foto. Hobi ini seakan sudah terlupakan. Kamera gw kayanya cuma dipakai hanya untuk motret orang yang kalo lagi ada acara. Hehehe. We'll see this weekend what we will have in Nantes.

Anggota DPR atau Pemerintah?

2007-07-07T01:20:00.000-07:00

Kalau disuruh milih mendingan jadi anggota DPR atau Pemerintah, gw akan langsung bilang gw akan pilih pemerintah. Ada beberapa alasan yang menurut gw posisi pemerintah jauh lebih menarik.

1. Aktif
Pemerintah punya kekuasaan yang lebih aktif. Maksudnya semua kebijakan-kebijakan yang diambil bisa langsung menyentuh masyarakat. Bisa buat keputusan langsung. Kongkret kerjanya.

2. Pertanggungjawaban
Kayanya ga ada deh pertanggungjawaban anggota DPR atau MPR. Kalau pun ada, siapa yang akan terima pertanggungjawaban mereka? Rakyat? Segini besar? Wah-wah gak masuk diotak. Kalau pemerintah jelas, pertanggungjawabannya langsung ke atasan. Jadi otomatis jauh lebih jelas dan kongkret.

3. Challenge
Kalau jadi anggota DPR pintar, kok kayanya mubazir yah? Dan kalau pun pintar, belum tentu cakap dalam merealisasikan. Sedangkan kalau jadi pemerintah, kalau kita pintar, dituntut untuk bisa merealisasikan. Jadi organisasinya lebih jelas.

Ayah, kebetulan aparat pemerintah, sering mengeluh dengan DPR yang tiba-tiba mengundang rapat dan kalau sampai tidak hadir mereka akan marah berat. Dan lucunya, terkadang rapat yang diadakan itu gak penting. Malah gak efektif karena menurut ayah, DPR hanya bisa cari kesalahan dengan hanya sedikit sekali appreciate terhadap usaha yang udah dibuat.

Baru liat berita ternyata ada acara anggota DPRD Jatim yang ke Belanda hanya untuk mencari tahu kapan hari lahir kota Surabaya. 10 orang berangkat secara sembunyi-sembunyi. Hihihi, lucu banget padahal tetangga mereka lagi susah banget dengan lumpur yang gak jelas kapan diganti dan kapan berenti.

Musik atau Film?

2007-07-07T00:48:00.000-07:00

Musik atau Film? Radio atau Tivi? Perjalanan ke Ghuerand, kota kecil dan cantik di barat Nantes, bareng dengan orang tua yang baik banget, Yvon. Di perjalanan kita naek mobil dan Yvon setel radio. Gila musiknya gw banget, 80an enteng dan long lasting lah.. Gw akan komentar tentang musik long lasting ini nanti.

Back to radio, ternyata gw nyaman banget di mobil. Menikmati banget dengerin radio ini, RFM 90,1 FM. Dah lama banget gak denger radio. Lewat internet gak bisa karena di hadang firewall dan gw juga ga punya radio. Di jalan gw bengong, wah gila dulu waktu di cisitu baru 62, gw seneng banget denger radio (bukan radio anak muda gw lho). Dan gw juga mikir, kok gw kayanya lebih enjoy radio yah daripada tivi? Kenapa yah radio?

Jawaban yang bener menurut gw adalah karena di radio gw bisa tune-in di radio yang musik-musik gw banget, dan yang paling penting ternyata adalah aspek kejutannya. Di radio kita gak tahu musik apa yang mau diputer, kalo di ipod atau di mp3 player, kita yang bikin list. Gw seneng banget tiba-tiba tahu ada lagu yang udah lama gak didenger, walau gak hapal dan ga tahu yang nyanyi. Mungkin saatnya pas di indo gw beli radio dan bawa kesini kali yah.

Ok, sekarang masalah musik yang long lasting. Temen gw bilang, pot elo merasa gak kok musik-musik jaman emak -babe kita dulu itu bisa kita nikmatin sekarang? Kita kan beda jauh generasinya. Terus gw mikir iya yah?? Kok musik-musik itu masuk ke otak gw yah? Atau gw bukan generasi mtv justru generasi emak-babe yang akta kelahirannya masuk kategori generasi mtv?

Menurut gw rada bener kalo musik jaman dulu lebih long lasting. Siapa sih yang ga tahu beatles, bee-gees, gun n roses, bimbo, etc? Dan gw sekarang dah rada lupa yang namanya justin timberlake, britney, dan kawan-kawan.

Hahaha, dan akan lebih lucu lagi kalau ternyata lahir orang kaya gw di tahun 2050 yang bilang kok gak ada musikawan kaya justin timberlake yah sekarang ini??? Hahahahahaha.

Maen musik emang seru juga..... Walau hanya jadi pendengar..

28 Juni 2007, Unforgettable day..

2007-06-29T04:24:00.000-07:00

Kemaren, sumpah, ini bakal jadi hari yang gak akan terlupakan. Dari hanya sekedar ide dadakan, gw dan mita melakukan hal-hal gila. Sebenarnya kita akan ke kota karena ada yang mesti di beli. Gw punya keperluan untuk hadiah dan mita punya kebutuhan untuk diri sendiri, maklum lagi sale time. Mita bilang, "Pot, kita dandan yang aneh yuk hari ini... Metal-metal gitu deh...". Gw langsung tertarik banget..." Boleh.....". Pikir gw kapan lagi gw gila di bukan negara gw dan who cares gitulohhhh.. Dan satu lagi, kayanya udah lama banget gak maen dresscode.

Mau liat tampilan kita? Ini dia...

Idenya sederhana. Kita maunya tampil rada ngepunk, tapi sayangnya karena keterbatasan properti, akhirnya ala kadarnya. Ampe baju batikpun kayanya ok juga dipake.. hihihi. Mita looks more chick. Hihihi.

Tapi eng ing eng... Lagi sibuk pose-pose foto gini, Pak Jougla, penanggung jawab apartemen, dateng dan melihat kita menginjak rumput. Dan dengan seenaknya dia memarahi kita dengan suara gede dia dan aksen bahasa perancisnya yang aneh banget.... Even si mita pun cengok (doi jauh lebih expert kalo masalah bahasa perancis). Dan ada satu momen yang lebih gak mengenakkan lagi, doi sempet mendorong mita karena kita berdebat terus ama dia. Dan ini bikin suasana malah gak enak banget buat gw secara mita adalah tamu gw. Tapi akhirnya kita caw dan gak peduli ama kejadian itu, walau sempet sekitar 30 menit masih teringiang-ngiang di otak gw.

Sesampai di kota, kita belanja sana sini, tapi sayangnya gw gak dapet apa yang gw mau. Dan pas lagi belanja, lagi sibuk ngomong, ada orang yang lewat dan nanya " Dari mana? Indonesia atau Malaysia?". Ibu-ibu yang perancis banget dan ternyata doi dulu 20 tahunan yang lalu pernah hidup di Indonesia dan masih lancar bahasa Indonesia. Kita bertiga ketawa dan kita ngobrol dan akhirnya tuker-tuker nomor telp. Gw kepikiran akan menjadikan beliau orang tua angkat gw disini. Ini ide keluar sejak gw liat Doddy py keluarga angkat disini yang baek banget. Dan pastinya ini bagus banget untuk bahasa perancis gw.

Kejadian keempat yang lucu lagi adalah, pas kita lagi makan malam di kebab terbaik di nantes, tiba-tiba ada orang mabuk datang dan nimbrung ajah. Karena dia liat mita lagi buka peta Jerman, dan dia mulai cerita-cerita tentang Jerman yang kita sendiri gak tahu dia ngomong apa. Maklum mabuk... tapi yang bikin sebel sih ludahnya kemana-mana... Hiii jijik....

Hahahaha. Kita ampe rumah masih ketawa-tawa dengan hari ini yang kayanya lucu banget.. Hihihi.

n.p. Terima kasih buat imam atas kesediannya jadi fotografer....

Earth-ing, Wind-y, and Fire-ing

2007-06-26T00:44:00.000-07:00

Hahahay, yes, last saturday night was so great. Finally one of my favs, came to here, our petite ville, Nantes. Not just their concert, but this ville also organized some other shows like opera, one man show, exposition, etc. I like it so much. I think it's hardly to find in Indonesia nowadays. More like Pasar Rakyat kampung-kampung. May be almost one thousand people came. But, our target was the only one, "Earth, Wind and Fire".

Earthing. Their music, I think, more likely jazz, but sometimes you can find some disco involved. But it doesn't matter, still great, still fun, and enjoy it. I like their songs very much. Pretty fun and makes easy to dance. Man, a concert without dancing is a mash... Don't you ever think about it? Hmm, I am sorry, but for me that's the way how we enjoy the concert, not just hearing, but also dancing.. Ups, i just forgot another part, and I think everyone is so happy for this one. This concert was free, so what you want more??? I like the way they treated the audiences especially when they came to us, after the show, to sign the album (15 Euros, I got it!, Merci bien Joseph), paper, towel (Joshua got Al McKay's), hand, everything. I like the audience, they were so nice, but might not be so free to dance. Might be they're still loading who the artists are at the moment... Hahahaha. Yeah, French really like their own music.

Windy. It was a bit windy. I think it's quiet interesting. My friend, Mita, came from Bordeaux. She said, in Nice, coast side of France, it was so sunny. And here, in Nantes, it is really weird. In one day, you can have sun, wind, and rain. It changes so fast and you can not imagine going out without jacket. Ok, back to the concert, yes, it was a bit windy. At first, we put on our jacket, but after 30 minutes, we're sweating. Yes, it's time for put off the jacket, and dance more wildy.. hahaha.

Fireing. We enjoy it so muchhhh... Every second was so great. They fired our energy. They fired our bad time and changed with fun, happiness. You won't care about what just happened before. They will take care of you and make some fun with their music.

They said they dont know when they will come back to France. McKay, the guitarist-the producer, said their singer is sick, parkinson.. I hope he will get well soon, although almost impossible. Thanks Earth, Wind and Fire, I like you so much... See you around, guys!.

in illy cafe, before the concert

First time

2007-06-23T00:33:00.001-07:00

Dulu, pernah punya satu blog. Tapi sayang, saya lupa alamatnya dan ternyata setelah di cek, dibuat dengan email yang gak jelas dan saya pun lupa email yang mana pula itu. Ok, let's say this is my first time in blog's world.
Ok, today is June 23, 2007. Tonight, I hope the weather will be great, or at least the forecaster are wrong. Yup, open concert will be held in town and one of my favs, Earth Wind and Fire, will make some happy sounds there. Can't wait...
Some weeks just passed. And many interesting things from class always push me to make a blog. Sharing is the best idea when we have our great time. It's funny, one of my teacher, Mr. Scheneider, fake German, living in Paris since 25 years ago, said that the key of life is sharing. That's his motto and I think it's quite difficult to be accepted by most people. But, I agree with him.
Ok, next will be more interesting. Share about science, lifetime, friends, future, everything. I hope we enjoy our time by this blog.