Raditya Dika

hi all,
recently my mind (and time, of course) was pretty occupied by a writer. It's Raditya Dika. may be because his books helped me go back to my teenage life, by the time i read Lupus by Hilman.
day 1

so, if by any chance you see these 3 books, do not hesitate to buy and spend your 3-"wonderful"days with them.
day 2

i don't guarantee that you'll like them ( i'll just wondering what's the matter with you for not able to enjoy some silly things that can actually entertain people . or else you can follow this simple test. try to read book for day 1, then if you still feel not entertained, you should go to the nearest mental hospital then...hehehe ( just kidding(*&(*#&Q) day 3

Yesterday was my birthday. i got lots of texts. below are some of them ( in order of frequency in my INBOX).
14x
Happy Birthday.
( Normal, thank you>)
9x
Happy birthday. GBU forever.
( Normal, and made me smile)
5x
(a pic of Birthday cake)
(heheheh...better the original cake, don't you think so?)
2x
Happy Birthday. I love you.
(I love you too...muacchhh...)
1x
i give thanks to the Lord cause i'm ....( isi sendiri) years old now.
(thanks, i'll do it by myself, if that's ok with you...heheheh)
1x
Be a CANDLE, a CAKE, a LIGHT, a SWEET, Happy Birthday!
(I'll be anything you want, honey...)
1x
30 minutes 2 end of 13 April. The secret of Friendship is CONCERN. The secret of happiness is GIVING and the secret of life is GOD. Happy Birthday, M. Lowissa!
(the longest wish i get this year, now i know parts of your secret than...)

see how creative people can be!
thank you all....

My Friends at SMPKK

Things change. i believe in this probably since the first time i got my period, you know. but, in a very near future, less than in 3 months i guess, i'll have to face a very BIG change. it's true. i'm moving to a brand new and maybe a bit strange territory...hehehh

today, i received my sk cpns in the city hall. it says that i will be assigned to dedicate my time fully in smp n 4 surakarta. wow...

i've been waiting for this almost for a year. strangely, by the time i got the paper, i felt a bit sad. i realized that i have to leave my friends at KK pretty soon. however, i have to cope with this feeling asap. so, i decided to post the newest photo of my friends at KK. this picture was taken right after the 2008 Easter Service and Celebration in GKKK. we were so happy at that time. you can see it through our faces. it's true, i promise.

p.s. i did enjoy my trip to Bali, though. it was fantastic!

Hello! from Bali...

hello!
I'm in Bali right now. It's a long week-end, by the way. Bali is so crowded by local tourists this weekend. This picture of me and my sister, maria, was taken right before the hard rain showered Sanur beach. oh yeah, today is supposed to be a full-moon day for Balinese. Unfortunately, the weather disturbed the pleasure for all tourists to enjoy it.
Ok, i'll get back to you soon. I'll be in Bali until Sunday night.


this is me with my lovely niece, Carolyn. we're at Soka Indah beach having our early breakfast.

10,000 BC

yesterday evening i watched 10,000 BC. at first i thought that this must be a great movie trying to capture and visualize the ancients and primitive lives altogether. but, after for about 7 minutes in the dark theater, i soon realized that it's actually a film full of funny scenes. it's true. then, of course, i switched my intention to just enjoy the funny scenes and laugh out loud.


But, i think it's worth-seeing, though. for Rp. 15.000 and a box of popcorn!!
here are some pictures for me to remember...hehehe






D'Leh (Steven Strait) and the gigantic "Macan"/a saber-toothed tiger








D'Leh (Steven Strait) and Evolet (Camilla Belle)

JUMPER the movie

hey friends,
last week i went to Yogya to watch Jumper, the movie.(Plaza Ambarukmo, theater 3). It was fantastic! i just can't forget it easily, you know. that's why i need to keep the reviews, of course, to keep everything in balance, here is a copy from MTV. enjoy!

Jumper
Director: Doug Liman
Our rating: 6/10 User rating: 8.2/10 44 votes
Starring: Hayden Christensen, Samuel L. Jackson, Jamie Bell, Diane Lane, Max Thieriot
Official website: http://www.jumperthemovie.com
The advantages of teleportation are easily imagined. Gifted with the ability to vanish in one place and instantly appear in another, you could watch the sun rise over the Sahara, knock back a morning croissant in Paris, catch a few waves in Sydney and still be in Tokyo in time for lunch. Clearly, this sort of cosmopolitan time-crunching could be the basis for a fun movie. Unfortunately, Jumper is not that film.
The picture is based on a 1992 sci-fi novel by Steven Gould, the plot of which has been considerably pumped up by director Doug Liman (The Bourne Identity) and writer David S. Goyer (Batman Begins). In outline, it still sounds like fun. A young man named David Rice (Hayden Christensen), deserted by his mother at age 5 and ever since oppressed by his ill-tempered father (Michael Rooker), discovers he can "jump" from one place to another, anywhere in the world. In a fit of liberation, he jumps to New York and teleports himself into a bank vault, out of which he then teleports many bags of cash. Cool.

David starts using his newfound peripatetic powers to pay lightning visits to London, Egypt, the South Pacific. Along the way, he's spotted by another such frequent flier, a flinty English kid called Griffin (Jamie Bell). Griffin comes bearing backstory. He explains that the two of them are members of a tribe of Jumpers who've been hopping around the world throughout history, pursued relentlessly by an evil brotherhood of Paladins bent on their destruction. Why, you ask? Don't ask. The head Paladin here is Roland, played by Samuel L. Jackson in a hairstyle of surpassing silliness. (It looks like a swatch of Astroturf after a light snowfall.) Roland's beef with Jumpers is a little vague ("Only God should have this power"), but he's a doer, not a thinker, and he carries a 1,000-volt shock prod with which to disable these freaks' unholy abilities. (How? How?)

David also has a girlfriend named Millie (Rachel Bilson), whose function, apart from being pretty, is mainly to be imperiled. And putting in occasional appearances is his mom (Diane Lane), who has an unexpected explanation for her long absence from his life. Fine.

None of this ever quite rises to the level of interesting, however. The picture is transparently intended to be the first installment of a franchise, much like, say, The Bourne Identity. Gould has already written a sequel called Reflex and an origin story devoted to Griffin, and I'd not be surprised if he were beavering away on another tome at this very moment. Liman no doubt intends to clarify some of the film's hazy plot elements (the Jumpers' purpose, for example) in the sequel. Right now, though, they're just hazy, and thus annoying. The movie has plenty of action, but much of it is graceless and incoherent. (A long sequence set in the Rome Colosseum is especially labored.) And while a lot of money has clearly been spent on digital effects (most notably when the Jumpers start teleporting buses and buildings), they're oddly lacking in imaginative resonance — they barrel past us without sweeping us up.

The movie's sputtering inconsequence is especially surprising considering the caliber of the performers involved. But Jackson is once again simply the Badass Sam with whom we're so familiar, and Lane is once more pitifully underutilized. (She'd surely play a better-defined part in any sequel, but that's no help to her here.) And Christensen, who's been so impressive in films like Shattered Glass and Factory Girl, just seems miscast — he's too inward and slyly ironic to be an action-badass himself. He's in the wrong movie. And, as quickly becomes apparent, so are we.
-- Kurt Loder (MTV.com)

Telkom Speedy

hi all,
actually i want to be on the line as long as i'm available in front of my pc. but. it turns out very difficult for me to do that simple thing. this week, i decided to have Telkom Speedy connected with my pc. before i do so, can anyone please give me a short review about this program? i would really welcome any better suggestion, though. thanks

Darwis Triadi

I like photography (you know that already, I believe). I realize that I love photography when I joined a workshop with a master in photography, the one and only “Darwis Triadi”. At that time, I decided that photography is the second best thing human inventions after…. ice cream! hehehehe

I remember very well when Darwis said “ You can be a great photographer only with your pocket camera” (the digital one, of course). He said that photography is about having the sense of capturing life into pictures. I was very enthusiastic during the workshop, knowing that I didn’t need great ( and usually expensive) cameras.

Soon I realized that when I wanted to put theory into practice, there is one missing element called “skill” (which is needed to be acquired), in order to get good results. To put a theory into practice is a never ending process for any body, not just me.

Back to the workshop. I got a special doorprize at that time. It was an instant-printed photo by Darwis Triadi (with his autograph, of course). The photo was taken early during the workshop with a life-model wearing an extravaganza Kebaya. Darwis took several extraordinary pictures in seconds. He spelled less than three sentences to direct the model. And there you go…the magic happened. That’s what made the photo so special to me. I was there during the process, observing.

With this experience, I concluded that, yes, every one can be a photographer. But to be a master in photography, we need practice, opportunity, talent and blessings…lotsa blessings!

DREAM...BAD DREAM...

About a couple of days ago I had a very bad dream. It’s about my old friend. In the dream, this person had a tragic moment. I felt very uncomfortable afterward. It’s been a long time since the last time I met this friend (that’s why I tend to refer this person as “old friend”…hehehe). It’s a bit strange to me that out of nothing I pictured this person clearly in my terrible dream.

Every time I had a bad dream, bad things happened in the real world. For example, once I dreamt about my student in KK and you know what, not so long after that he had an accident. Fortunately, it wasn’t a serious one. So, after giving it hours of thought, I decided to contact this friend of mine. Lucky me I still have the contact number in my SIM card ( last month I had my cellphone flashed, and I lost all my contacts in it). I just wanted to make sure that this person was all right. And thanks God, this person was ok. Nothing special happened.

It seems to me I worried too much. Maybe because recently I had too much free time ( or “nganggur” in Bahasa…hehehhe). As a result, I decided to forget the bad dream and move on. I should get myself some useful activities, such as browsing the internet, doing something with my blog or playing computer games ( I prefer the last, you know *_^).

Eventually, I find myself searching for some great computer games. This leads me to …. Diner Dash! This game is truly interesting. I’ll get back to you soon, with the result of me conquering the game, ok?!
I wonder if there is a reward for someone who plays computer game the most. I think I deserve one. Don’t you think so?..Peace and GBU.

Sally's Salon

Long time no posts. It’s because I’ve been very busy…playing games….hehehe…
Do you know a game called Sally’s Salon? This game has driven me crazy (wekz..). for your information only, I have reached the Star Studios-Day 5..!!!!! but, I just can’t pass through it. (hiks..hiks..)

Yesterday, I played this game for almost 6 hours ( I skip lunch), trying to pass all the levels completely. And you know what, today my right arm hurts. It’s killing me. Fuiihh…

Right now, I can’t type, write, eat, or take a bath comfortably. One thing I learn from this is ….you have to win all games as fast as you can!!!heheheh…

Or, should I find someone to blame for my pain? Then, it’s got to be my student in KK, who lend me the CD for Sally’s Salon….hehehhe. No, don’t worry. To tell you the truth, I enjoy the game as much as I enjoy the pain *_^

today is a historical day for Indonesia. its 2nd former president, HM. Soeharto, passed away. million and millions of Indonesians stunned, i believe. i, myself, tried not to be so sentimental about it...but failed. may be because i grew up knowing that " he is the leader of my country" feeling stays. good bye, Pak Harto. you're the greatest leader i've ever known.

a new novel

this afternoon, my sister and i went to Solo Square. as soon as we arrived there, we run to Gramedia bookstore with one hidden agenda, that is to see her newly published novel entitled 4 FRIENDS. do not hesitate to search for this novel in the nearest bookstore. it's Rp. 32.000 only....hehehe

help me to solve this puzzle

Two painters can paint two rooms in two hours. If 12 rooms have to be painted in six hours, how many painters do you need?

Clue: Make it simpler.