life is a winding road

Indonesian Influence on Dutch

2008-01-18T14:02:00.000Z

I think this is one of the practical example of how big Indonesian culture influence is on Dutch culture.

I found this guy his name is peter he lives in Enschede, and apparently he is crazy about Indonesian songs this is one of the example

salute for you peter!

More oh his mp3 songs can be downloaded here

Indonesia The Real ASIA

2007-12-28T20:34:00.000Z

For me this is how the truly Asia should be. Indonesia Truly Asia

The Ten Commandments

2007-06-19T15:23:00.000+01:00

I believe the drivers Ten Commandments which just been issued by the Vatican is very suitable for drivers in Rome, Paris, and of course my beloved city Jakarta.

Just like Cardinal Renato Martino associated press writer the effects of road rage can bring “primitive” behavior “impoliteness” and other unaccepted behavior, so next time you turn your car ignition key remember these Ten Commandments Probably this will improve the road safety.

The "Drivers' Ten Commandments," as listed by the document, are:

1. You shall not kill.

2. The road shall be for you a means of communion between people and not of mortal harm.

3. Courtesy, uprightness and prudence will help you deal with unforeseen events.

4. Be charitable and help your neighbor in need, especially victims of accidents.

5. Cars shall not be for you an expression of power and domination, and an occasion of sin.

6. Charitably convince the young and not so young not to drive when they are not in a fitting condition to do so.

7. Support the families of accident victims.

8. Bring guilty motorists and their victims together, at the appropriate time, so that they can undergo the liberating experience of forgiveness.

9. On the road, protect the more vulnerable party.

10. Feel responsible toward others.

Vatican Goes Green

2007-06-06T09:00:00.000+01:00

Pope Benedict XVI’s concern about conserving the earth resources, reflect on the intention of rebuilding the Roof of the Paul VI auditorium using photovoltaic that convert sunlight into electricity.

The 6.300-seat auditorium is mainly used for the pontiff’s general audiences during the winter and bad weather. The cells will produce enough electricity to illuminate, heat or cool the building.

Since the auditorium isn't used every day, the (excess) energy will feed into the network providing (the Vatican) with power, so other Vatican offices can use the energy," said a vatican engineer Pier Carlo Cuscianna.

Last summer, Benedict called on Christians to unite to take "care of creation without squandering its resources and sharing them in a convivial manner." He said lifestyle choices were damaging the environment and making "the lives of poor people on Earth especially unbearable."

The Hand Butler

2007-05-08T15:07:00.000+01:00

Can you pass me the nuts please? And immediately you will get response like this “do it yourself you retarded bastard!” okay that’s a little bit of exaggeration. But from now on what you have to do is just simply put your “hand butler” in the right direction and there you go, your nuts and pretzels arrive in front of you. The hand butler is operated with a battery so it won’t ask for day off and equipped with a sophisticated sensor so the drinks and snacks carried won’t be spilled. It also helps the hand butler to stop at the edge of a table.

This is a must own gadget for party goers. To get one you can order it here

POP5ICLE

2007-05-08T12:26:00.000+01:00

Salut saya untuk Rizki Agung kawan saya yang baru saja menerbitkan buku pertamanya “POP5ICLE” saya sendiri belum sempat membaca bukunya namun konon menurut gosip yang beredar di situs ini buku ini memiliki plot yang unik macam pulp fiction, jadi jika anda tertarik segera pergi ke toko buku kesayangan anda, dan jika memang anda berkenan anda bisa kirim 1 kopi untuk saya ke alamat rumah hehe

If the government stops NASA's funding

2007-05-04T09:25:00.000+01:00

Recently a congressman from California Ken Calvert proposed an idea for NASA to start selling advertising on its spacecraft and other gear. Well this is might what it looks like in the coming space launch if the proposal is approved…
With McDonalds being the biggest sponsor (Tasty Junk food while up in the space) haha….

[Image courtesy of Aha! Jokes]

When Disneyland just not enough

2007-04-19T07:42:00.000+01:00

Later on September this year there will be a new theme park open in London what interesting is there will be neither rides nor clown to entertain your visit there why? Because it’s a sex theme park!

Visitors to Amora – the academy of sex and relationship at the Trocadero in Piccadilly, will pass seven zones which include pleasure and orgasm. The exhibit is trying to educate people to separate between myth and fact about sex.

The replacement for the rides in the theme park includes life sized silicone made models which visitor can touch to discover the “g-spot” and people will be able to build their ideal partner through life sized mannequin.

Interested? You do have to be 18 and at least have 15 quid in your pocket for the admission ticket for more info hit here

I just don’t love you anymore…

2007-04-18T08:22:00.000+01:00

When we become slave of our own agenda we start to “outsource” some of unimportant list in the agenda in order to give us a room to breathe for ourselves. Breaking up a relationship is one of things that the Berliner starts to get rid from their agenda and outsource it to a third party.

For 50 euros Bernd Dressler the man will ease your fuss breaking up with your girlfriend. It takes only three minutes breaking the bad news He said “I have been handeling 400 breakups so far and most of them are totally surprised and shocked”.

So if you want to safe the fuss of breaking up, probably this is a good solution for you, or maybe not?

After a While

2007-03-22T09:29:00.000Z

"After a while you learn the subtle difference between holding a hand and chaining a soul. And you learn that love doesn't mean leaning and company isn't security. Kisses aren't contracts and presents aren't promises. After awhile you begin to accept your defeats with your head up and your eyes open,with the pride of a man, not the grief of a child. And you learn to build your roads on today because tomorrow's ground is too uncertain and the inevitable has a way of crumbling in mid-flight. After a while you learn that even sunshine burns if you stand too long in one place.So, you plant your own garden and decorate your own soul instead of waiting for someone else to bring you flowers. And you learn you really can endure, that you really do have worth. You learn that with every good-bye comes the dawn."
By : Unknown for certain

The modern slavery

2007-03-21T08:46:00.000Z

It has been 200 years since the UK parlement signed the act of abolish the slave trade, yet today, when people are having freedom to choose, to get basically anything they want as long it doesn’t conflict with law, slavery is transforming into another new form.

The modern slavery takes shape in a form of illegal sex worker in many country, one of them which been highlighted recently include Cambodia, Thailand, and the UK. Most of the victim come from a poorer region and promised a better future coming to the metropolitan city.

This is one of the victim testimonials as quoted from BBC

Dalyn 17 from Cambodia
I was living with my grandfather in Cambodia. As a normal, happy child I did not fear anything.
Then, at 12 years old, a woman asked me whether I would like to work at a garment factory.
I agreed and went with her. But she sold me to the owner of a brothel in Phnom Penh, the Cambodian capital.
I felt betrayed and cheated. I thought I was going to find work. I never thought I was going to be sold like that.
There were lots of other boys and girls at the brothel. I overheard two pimps bargaining and heard one of them say my price was $150 (£78).
My heart sank and I started asking myself where the hell had I ended up.

Jierra 19 from Lithuania
was helped by the Poppy Project, thought she was coming to London on holiday with friends, only to find they were people traffickers who sold her into prostitution.
She said: "When I was with clients I tried to pretend I was doing something else, but I couldn't. It made me so angry that I was often violent towards the clients.
"The man who owned me beat me and then sold me on. I was too much trouble.
"Even if my friends don't judge me for what happened, they will always know what I did. They will never forget, and neither can I."

What happened to Dalyn and Jierra might be beyond imagination for some of us, it just a reflection of how uneven the world development has been maybe it is time for us to pay attention to more details and find solutions for small details but essentials like this modern slavery.

today

2007-03-20T12:43:00.000Z

just a phrase for me and you
"Today is a gift, that's why it is called the present."
-Unknown

wonderful world

2007-03-17T09:43:00.000Z

Wonderful world
Bob Thiele and George David Weiss

I see trees of green, red roses too
I see them bloom for me and you
And I think to myself what a wonderful world.

I see skies of blue and clouds of white
The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night
And I think to myself what a wonderful world.

The colors of the rainbow so pretty in the sky
Are also on the faces of people going by
I see friends shaking hands saying how do you do
They're really saying I love you.

I hear babies crying, I watch them grow
They'll learn much more than I'll never know
And I think to myself what a wonderful world
Yes I think to myself what a wonderful world.

“As cliché as it gets but I just want to express my gratitude to all I have now, despite not all of them are pleasant but anyway I cherish everything and thank God for it”

forever friends

2007-03-12T21:41:00.000Z

Forever Friends
(sasha, resy)

For quite sime time now
I've been trying to explore more my interest in photography
this is one of the picture that I love
Please visit

http://aapratomo.aminus3.com/

for more shots
I always welcome constructive feedback from you
enjoy!

The game

2007-02-25T20:59:00.000Z

The last football match made me sat on the edge of my seat. The game is all about the glory, the pain, and the play by play. There are games that are solitary, games that each one of us plays by ourselves. The social game, the mind game, and the affairs we use them to pass the time, to make life more interesting, to make us stop and distract us to what’s really going on.

There are those of us who love to play the game but there are also those of us who love to play too little too much, there are those who used every mean to be the best, to be the number one and don’t accept to be number two. Because being number two is just mediocre and nobody likes a mediocre. A perfect example; would you like to have a surgey by the number two surgeon instead of the number one?

So in life we do looking for the best, we are looking to finish number one, but is it really important to be the number one? Maybe what we are really looking for is just finish the race, no matter what the results are.

Wise man said to me “life is not a spectator game” win, loose or draw, the game is in progress whether we want it to be or not. Take a break and sooth your wound. Probably is not about winning or loosing it’s about how we play the game right?

Why do we write this damn thing? And what if?

2007-02-20T14:49:00.000Z

Before the leap forward technology so called the web 2.0. We, human used to wrote our ideas, thought, emotion, frustration in one tiny thing called diary book. It’s so private, and personal. I still remember my sister used to put her diary key in a secret place until she lost the key and eventually throw away the book.

But now technology has change our behavior pattern (again), people start sharing their ideas, thought, and emotion in a limitless book shelves called blog. So why do people write something personal and then post it on a blog? Aren’t they used to have done this privately?

I believe the very fundamental reason for this behavior pattern is that we are created to be social living creatures. Hell!! Almost every living thing needs others. (If you find one that doesn’t let me know that should be interesting to discuss) we need to share something to others. We need it it’s the most fundamental thing.

The development of technology gave us practical tool to share and interact, no matter what you want to share and interact; either it’s a scandal in your office, how your miserable day starts and ends, or even as simply as your private silly small things. We need to communicate. It’s not about people wanting attention from others it’s about interaction between individual, and I accept as true that is the basic of everything

Now I just want to take you further outside the damn box. Imagine this. If God create us as a super breed human, we don’t need others in order to breed, we don’t need to communicate with others in order to express our feelings wouldn’t be the world be a quiet place. There will be no web, television, there isn’t going to be a word called communication, worst probably there will be no language isn’t it? And if you take this one step further probably there will be no invention that relates to human interaction which I believe everything that are invented are based on interaction. (Wow!! this is heavy stuff)

If you have clues how we’re going to end up as a super breed human write me. That should be funny and interesting

some people (never) grow

2007-02-14T09:39:00.000Z

Ask me “what is the best pain killer in the world?” than my answer will be friends. Yes, simply a friends. I’ve been friends with him since elementary school, and every time I talk with him both of us just stop being a grown ups. For example this is our email correspondences to kill boredom at work; we’re pretending to talk as if we’re using a walkie talkie and become “manusia enam juta dollar” and “anak ubur-ubur”

Masuk manusia enam jt dollar,,Hahahha,, emang ie tuh codingnya kayak tai,, Cuma mau gimana lagi kalo bill gates udah bicara dia punya duit banyak bener jadi deh semua komputer makenya ie,, coba steve jobs duitnya sebanyak bill gates dulu,, pasti yang ngetrend safari haha tai lah,, di sini juga lagi sibuk gitu,, update content database sama musti ada yang diubah strukturnya mana minggu depan meeting lagi ogut si bos maui liat progressnya,, capek deh, seenaknya aja dikira gampang apa yak......, gimana manusia enam juta dollar jadi ke r'dam? Kemaren gw tanya indra dia mungkin jadi kalo jadi sekalian aja gitu kita b2 nginep di tpt situ,, lo juga dateng dong cuy..... yak ganti manusia enam juta dolar rojer,

-----Original Message-----
From:
Sent: dinsdag 13 februari 2007 9:59
To: Pratomo, AA (Andy)
Subject: Re: coi

iya anak ubur2 disini manusia enam juta dollar, proses website blom
dimulai gitu...kemaren udah mumet kepala gue, gila gue bisa dibilang
skrg level intermediate HTML dan CSS, canggih gak tuh...yg bikin pusing
tuh cross-browser, Internet Explorer tuh emang musti dibasmi tau gak,
menghancurkan semua impian gue...babi IE...bos gue pake semua
lg....pagi2 udah isi bulbo aja lu...disana keadaan gmn anak ubur2? ganti

Pratomo, AA (Andy) schreef:
Masuk manusia enam juta dolar,, gimana progress websitenya?? Bikin
pusing gitu?? Ganti rojer

-----Original Message-----
From:
Sent: maandag 12 februari 2007 16:12
To: Pratomo, AA (Andy)
Subject: Re: coi

ah gila nih kepala gue mo pecah...balik jam 6 palingan musti belanja dulu...lg ngapain lu skrg? tai nih website, kepala gue mo pecah
beneeran...

Pratomo, AA (Andy) schreef:

Masuk manusia enam juta dolar,, abis meeeting gw barusan,, tai kok makin banyak gini ya kerjaan gw,, pusying malehh,,, udah lo emang bias pindah jurusan aja jadi it,, tau nih ke r'dam apa kagak,, liat kocek nanti lah,, gimana pulang jam berapa nanti gitu?? Ganti

-----Original Message-----
From:
Sent: maandag 12 februari 2007 13:55
To: Pratomo, AA (Andy)
Subject: Re: coi

yak masuk anak ubur2, disini manusia enam juta dollar...gila gue jg
ngantuk nih, emang sindrom abis lunch tuh paling gawat...untung ada
kerjaan...lagi lanjut sama websitenya, gila nih lama2 gue bisa jadi
anak
IT ini...disana sedang apa gitu? eh jadi lu sabtu ke rotterdam? Ganti

Pratomo, AA (Andy) schreef:
Manusia enam juta dolar masuk,, bagaimana keadaan di situ,, mata
tinggal
5 wat nih,, ngantuk

Sorry, but you do have to understand Indonesian to see the joy, and if you interested more about our story please do contact me… lol =P.

count your blessing

2007-02-04T20:24:00.000Z

For the past three days our beloved city, Jakarta has been flooded with water. More than 5.000 people are affected. They are force to flee their house, and sleep in a temporary shelter. I just can’t imagine the sorrow and pain they are going through.

I am sure if you could read my post you are in a better condition than they are. Well at least you could still browse the net, stay in a warm place and probably enjoying a cup of joe.

Well for a moment would you like to join me counting the bless that god has given us, we could breathe, we could sit tight in this cozy chair, in fact there are so many things we should bless. For a moment let’s pray for those who suffered not just because of the flood but also for those who aren’t as lucky as we are, may god give them power and courage to go through the hardship.

There is a reason

2007-02-01T09:29:00.000Z

I read this story in a webpage that I accidentally found.

Once there was a young man who proclaimed to have the most beautiful, flawless heart. An old man challenged him. The crowd looked at the old man’s heart. It was beating strongly, but full of scars. Some pieces had been removed and others had been put in, but didn’t fit quite right. The old man looked at the young man, “I would never trade my heart for yours. Every scar represents a person I’ve given my love -- I tear out a piece and give it to them. Sometimes they give me a piece of their broken heart, which I fit along jagged edges. When the person doesn’t return my love, a painful gouge is left. Those gouges stay open, reminding me that I love these people too. Perhaps someday they will return and fill that space.”

The human power to heal is amazing; just like the wound you get when you rode your bike for the first time, the scar will stay there but you just don't remember the pain anymore.

Dewasa, ohh sulitnya…

2007-01-25T09:36:00.000Z

2 minggu yang lalu saya berulang tahun yang ke 21, menurut buku-buku psikologi, dan menurut saya itu adalah masa peralihan dari masa remaja menuju dewasa. Entah kenapa saya merasa khawatir beranjak dewasa; dewasa dalam bertindak, dewasa dalam berpikir dan mengambil keputusan, dan pada akhirnya semua kedewasaan ini tak akan lenkap tanpa dianggap dewasa oleh orang lain.

Dalam benak saya saat ini saya yakin bahwa saya tak ingin menjadi dewasa dengan segala kompleksitasnya. Saya ingin menjadi remaja kembali dimana saya bisa melihat dunia tanpa kerumitan-kerumitan yang manusia dewasa lihat. Oh sulitnya menjadi dewasa.

Sekilas saya kutip kolom dari blog kawan saya cirri-ciri menjadi orang yang dewasa

1. Rasional
Sikap rasional dan penuh pertimbangan bagi kebaikan berbagai pihak. Tidak emosional. Mereka mencintai orang lain, namun tidak lagi dengan cinta emosional tetapi lebih rasional. Maka, orang lain adalah seperti keluarga sendiri, cinta berubah menjadi kasih sayang dan persaudaraan.

2. Mandiri
Berani mengambil keputusan secara mandiri dengan perhitungan yang matang, dan berani menerima resiko dari perbuatannya. Jika sengaja atau tidak sengaja berbuat kesalahan, maka mereka akan berani mengatakan bahwa dirinya salah dan meminta maaf.

3. Bertanggung-jawab
Bertanggungjawab untuk memenuhi kebutuhan keamanan dan keselamatan keluarga dan lingkungan.

4. Asertif
Berani mengemukakan pendapat sesuai kebenaran, namun dengan cara yang sebaik-baiknya. Mereka berusaha untuk menyatakan sesuatu dengan tidak agresif, menyerang atau menyakitkan orang lain, tetapi juga tidak pasif, mendiamkan saja sesuatu yang buruk terjadi.

5. Bersosialisasi dan bermasyarakat
Ciri lainnya adalah dapat bergaul dan bermasyarakat dengan baik. Mereka dapat mengikuti aturan sesuai kesepakatan yang ada di masyarakat lingkungannya, lepas dari merasa senang atau tidak dengan kondisi yang ada, tetapi dalam suatu semangat untuk kebaikan bagi semua pihak.

6. Filter
Mereka mempunyai filter atau saringan terhadap hal-hal yang buruk, yang akan merusak atau mengganggu diri, keluarga dan masyarakat. Filter itu adalah dengan menggunakan akal atau memikirkan, yang diserasikan dengan bisikan nurani atau nilai-nilai iman dan taqwa.

Jadi benarkah 6 ciri manusia dewasa ini? Jawabannya saya tidak tahu, saat ini saya baru memijakan sebelah kaki saya ke dalam sebuah langkah awal yang baru, mungkin ke depan saya akan mempunyai definisi sendiri tentang apa itu kedewasaan, saya tidak tahu apa yang akan terjadi di depan; Saya cuma tahu “some people come, many people go.. there is no such thing called eternity.. happiness, sadness, loves, hates, lies, honesty, smiles, tears, prosperity, anguish, worship, jealousy, friendship, hostility, they do colors this life...” namun menurut saya itulah indahnya hidup, penuh warna.

Thx to
- alsya atas kutipan tentang cirri manusia dewasa
- vira buat subline blog-nya yang penuh makna

island in the sun

2007-01-18T12:25:00.000Z

with this global warming weather condition i just want to stay in an island in the sun just like weezer said :

When you’re on a holiday
You can’t find the words to say
All the things that come to you
And I wanna feel it too

On an island in the sun
We’ll be playing and having fun
And it makes me feel so fine
I can’t control my brain

When you’re on a golden sea
You don’t need no memory
Just a place to call your own
As we drift into the zone

On an island in the sun
We’ll be playing and having fun
And it makes me feel so fine
I can’t control my brain

We’ll run away together
We’ll spend some time forever
We’ll never feel bad anymore

On an island in the sun
We’ll be playing and having fun
And it makes me feel so fine
I can’t control my brain

We’ll run away together
We’ll spend some time forever
We’ll never feel bad any more

We’ll never feel bad anymore
No no
We’ll never feel bad anymore
In a island in the sun

a cigarette box in The Netherlands said "smoking is deathly"

2007-01-16T11:20:00.000Z

Well if you ask me either smoking is deathly I’m not going to lie and said it is healthy, name every disease that you could mention from cancer, COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), TB, and okay if I continue the list it’s just going to be a list of disease while I want to write further than just the disease, I want to write about why we know it’s dangerous and yet still many people love to do it.

Beside the addictive substance of nicotine which research indicate it does make us become addictive and sometime abusive, there are far more complicated reason I conclude this at least based on my own personal experience and to what I asked to other, if you disagree with me you could argue with me and I’d love to do that with you, you might have a better idea than me.

If only nicotine that makes you comeback to inhale those fumes then simple nicotine candy design to reduce your addiction to cigarette would have to help you perfectly. In fact only few of those who use it come to a complete stop from smoking. So I think we could eliminate the nicotine because even if your brain got nicotine supply from those fancy candy still many people comeback to the good old tobacco.

I believe that smoking is a convoluted action; you are not only just enjoying the nicotine, the high feeling, the smell but also the feeling of instantly better. So ask to yourself why you start to smoke in the first time. I believe it is easy to give up smoke but it is harder, even beyond imagination giving up, and knowing what makes you smoke in the first time.

There are loads of reasons why people start to smoke; because of style (okay this might valid for teen), stress, friend, life, and whatever you name it. I reckon that if you could dropped the reason why you start smoking in the fist hand you could stop completely, and just for another suggestion make it concrete, not just “I quit smoking because I love my daughter” because one day your daughter might smoke and she might not love you anymore. So make it as real as possible. A reason such as “I want to live a healthier live” would not work either because even when you’re smoking now you are still feeling healthy. So I say make it as solid as possible and make it from any reason that available today neither from yesterday nor tomorrow.

For me I am still enjoying the dangerous substance and the high feeling. It’s not that I would like to do it forever but it’s just I still couldn’t find a reason to quit for now, in other hand I still want to enjoy it, if you think you have any idea for me please write it to me, and for those who are out there trying to quit sterkte! I know you can!

inside the box

2007-01-15T10:42:00.000Z

Lately I’ve been having too many problems, from settling back in arnhem, school, romance, and finding myself. At some point I think all of them is just too much to handle. Most of my problems involved future which make me worried my mind start to jump everywhere. The easy word to describe it is I’m shutting down.

The more I think about my problems the worst it get, the more I can’t see what I had and what I will have, every light surrounds me just started to fade and I feel like I’m walking in a darkness without knowing which way to go.

Just like Nelly Furtado said “the more I grow the less I know” I realize for now all I could do is just put all of the problems inside a box and try to live based on information that I have from today after all that’s the only information that I have, probably if I open and see what inside the box someday it was not a problem at all, I’ll never know. So I have decided that the best thing to do is doing what best for today and not keep looking back to yesterday. I’m not trying to foreseen the future either because I don’t have psychic power to do so.

So by now you might think that I am a man without a goal just live for today and see where it would lead me, but as a matter of fact I’m not. So here is my goals which I hope, and not expect will become a reality;

- By the end of may my internship will end, I will start fixing my grade and finish unfinished business at school,
- Since summer is a long and boring day I want to start looking for an internship either in Africa or Asia because I’ve never been to neither of those continent which I believe it might be a good experience for me; a complete blend of culture experience that I would have between east and west between developed country and developing country.
- Here we go again back to my life as a student for another year
- Hopefully by summer 2008 I’d be graduated
- In the end what I want to achieve is just to be a successful and happy person.

So there you go all my goals for now, I know the last one is a little bit sketchy but that’s all I could think of for now. I know a long the way there might be some detour, and probably I would stuck in some place for a while, but that’s why I believe that for now all I could do is just do the best for today, and don’t ask me if I could make those goals into reality I’m not a psychic, all I could do is just do the best for today and working towards my goal.

Live from the main control room of myhead!

2007-01-10T18:04:00.000Z

Hi! it’s been a while since I post my last one, I know not many missed them, but anyway I’m going to give it a go again anyway.

After what happened last night my mind doesn’t really bond with each other correctly, okay it’s a shameful sin and mention every bad words in the dictionary you could call it that, and believe me I don’t want you or anybody else to feel what I felt last night.

I don’t know how am I feeling right now or what should I feel. All I know I just could describe what I am thinking right now. It has been too bloody long since I could laugh and enjoy myself, I always think that I am okay but for that I have to pay a very expensive price, from my girlfriend to even a bigger price tag, myself. I’m loosing me. I lost the me that I liked before.

My wish with would not even a hard one for e a superficial looser to guess. So, yes, I still love her hell,, I love her very much,, but I’m not that selfish not to feel happiness that she has with her current boyfriend, I believe for now it’s best to left things between me and her stood as it stood now. I’ve cause to much damage to us trying to change to what we had now into what we had before and trying to do it again would just damage it even more. , I do hope that she is really the one, that one day we might start things all over again but if she’s not I know there are plenty of them out there that would be glad to be a permanent feature of my life.

Last I wish that I could find me again, me that everybody love, me that like the crowd and enjoy the time of being independent.

Oh by the way I’m not standing still or melted into an ocean of tears, I’m trying to find me and just wait a little bit more I have a new hobby that I would like to share it with you guys. Till we meet again!!

time of your life

2006-11-21T03:30:00.000Z

Aloha!! I have never had a post that talked about my personal experience or thoughts in my blog so far, however recently I have wanted to do that, especially about my experience here abroad in UW-Whitewater Wisconsin.

For a start here are a couple of words that I quote from Chancellor Martha Saunders blog’s apparently this is a letter from marketing professor Lois Smith sharing her point of view about student doing abroad time

“For about ten years now, I have been the coordinator of a student exchange between UW-Whitewater and Arnhem Business School in the Netherlands. My students change dramatically during their experience. They even “look” different when they return. At first they are tentative and worried, and by the time they leave, they are truly citizens of the world…Working as a coordinator is one of the most rewarding things I do as a professor.
This example drives home the fact that in Wisconsin, and also across the United States, students who choose to engage in international education and exchange opportunities are truly changed forever”

Spending the time abroad really did change me in many aspects. it change the way I take a look at the world outside, at the beginning I think it would not be a big deal for me doing time abroad since I am already abroad from my home country Indonesia, as a student in Arnhem business school in the Netherlands, but in fact it has been a challenge for me adjusting to the new surroundings, new people, new culture, and even how you would do things.

Despite the ups and the downs I have here it has been a very rewarding experience for me it changed me forever and for that I am very grateful.

For those who still thinking about it I’d say do it! Be the citizens of the world.

line rider

2006-11-10T06:03:00.000Z

Here is another way to waste your valuable time in the web, try playing the line rider. It’s a game ahh,, probably I put the wrong word it’s a toy because you actually don’t have specific goals or score, just draw a line and a little man with sled will try to sled through the line you’ve made. It is so interesting for me and it made me spent 2 hours looking for the best track combination yesterday. so have it try here or here especially if you are a drawing maniac,

and to give you a glimpse about what others have done so far, I will show you this clip from you tube. Amazing!!

suicidal humor

2006-11-10T05:40:00.000Z

Recently I’ve been reading the long way down by Nick Hornby it talk about suicidal people,, and it attract me about their thoughts and feeling of being suicidal. So I google the word of suicidal and this is the result that come on top of the list, it’s a joke people should’ve considered just before considering to kill themselves so let me know if it’s useful for you. haha……

Here are some signs and notices written in English -- more or less -- that were discovered throughout the world.

In a Tokyo Hotel: Is forbidden to steal hotel towels please. If you are not a person to do such a thing is please not to read notis.

In a Bucharest hotel lobby: The lift is being fixed for the next day. During that time we regret that you will be unbearable.

In a Leipzig elevator: Do not enter lift backwards, and only when lit up.

In a Belgrade hotel elevator: To move the cabin, push button for wishing floor. If the cabin should enter more persons, each one should press a number of wishing floor. Driving is then going alphabetically by national order.

In a Paris hotel elevator: Please leave your values at the front desk.

In a hotel in Athens: Visitors are expected to complain at the office between the hours of 9 and 11 A.M. daily.

In a Yugoslavian hotel: The flattening of underwear with pleasure is the job of the chambermaid.

In a Japanese hotel: You are invited to take advantage of the chambermaid.

In the lobby of a Moscow hotel across from Russian Orthodox monastery: You are welcome to visit the cemetery where famous Russian and Soviet composers, artists, and writers are buried daily except Thursday.

In an Austrian hotel catering to skiers: Not to perambulate the corriders during the hours of repose in the boots of ascension.

On the menu of a Swiss restaurant: Our wines leave you nothing to hope for.

On the menu of a Polish hotel: Salad a firm’s own make; limpid red beet soup with cheesy dumplings in the form of a finger; roasted duck let loose; beef rashers beaten up in the country people’s fashion.

Outside a Hong Kong tailor shop: Ladies may have a fit upstairs.

In a Bangkok dry cleaners: Drop your trousers here for best results.

Outside a Paris dress shop: Dresses for street walking.

In a Rhodes tailor shop: Order your summers suit. Because is big rush we will execute customers in strict rotation.

From the Soviet Weekly: There will be a Moscow Exhibition of Arts by 150,000 Soviet Republic painters and sculptors. These were executed over the past two years.

A sign posted in Germany’s Black Forest: It is strictly forbidden on our black forest camping site that people of different sex, for instance, men and women, live together in one tent unless they are married with each other for that purpose.

In a Zurich hotel: Because of the impropriety of entertaining guests of the opposite sex in the bedroom, it is suggested that the lobby be used for this purpose.

In an advertisement by a Hong Kong dentist: Teeth extracted by the latest Methodists.

In a Rome laundry: Ladies, leave your clothes here and spend the afternoon having a good time.

In a Czechoslovakian tourist agency: Take one of our horse-driven city tours - we guarantee no miscarriages.

Advertisement for donkey rides in Thailand: Would you like to ride on your own ass?

In a Swiss mountain inn: Special today -- no ice cream.

In a Bangkok temple: It is forbidden to enter a woman even a foreigner if dressed as a man.

In a Tokyo bar: Special cocktails for the ladies with nuts.

In a Copenhagen airline ticket office: We take your bags and send them in all directions.

On the door of a Moscow hotel room: If this is your first visit to the USSR, you are welcome to it.

In a Norwegian cocktail lounge: Ladies are requested not to have children in the bar.

In a Budapest zoo: Please do not feed the animals. If you have any suitable food, give it to the guard on duty.

In the office of a Roman doctor: Specialist in women and other diseases.

In an Acapulco hotel: The manager has personally passed all the water served here.

In a Tokyo shop: Our nylons cost more than common, but you’ll find they are best in the long run.

From a Japanese information booklet about using a hotel air conditioner: Cooles and Heates: If you want just condition of warm in your room, please control yourself.

From a brochure of a car rental firm in Tokyo: When passenger of foot heave in sight, tootle the horn. Trumpet him melodiously at first, but if he still obstacles your passage then tootle him with vigor.

Two signs from a Majorcan shop entrance: English well speaking / Here speeching American.

if its not enough relief for you please visit here you might want to change your mind before you do it.

Happy Birthday My Magic Blackbox!!

2006-10-31T19:17:00.000Z

Celebrating the fifth birthday of iPod I would like to write something about its huge commercial success, five generation, five marvelous design and user interface I give my full respect to the most influential electronic device in the past five years.

Contradict to common believes iPod was not the first mp3 player. In 1998 three year before the iPod legacy was born Eiger Labs MP3Man, released in 1998, three years before apple introduce iPod. There is also another more significant player called the Diamond Rio the first mp3 player that really attracted customer; however the company is doomed due to lawsuit in copyright infringement.

The first iPod edition has a capacity of 5GB it seems very small compare to the latest 80 GB iPod generations capable of video playback and photo slide show. Its click wheel also have transformed beautifully. It is hard to imagine that the first and second generation iPod have buttons. The dimension is also become smaller not bulky as it used to be bottom lines it has transform into slimmer player than ever.

So what is the next step? Apple famously plays its cards close to the vest, which causes rampant speculation from far too many gossip and rumor sites. But two major innovations are widely expected as "just a matter of time" for the company. TrustedReviews has them both mocked up: A touch screen iPod with a screen that spans the entire width of the device and has no physical controls at all, and the long-fabled iPhone mashup of cell phone handset and MP3 player. Ah,, I will not buy that cheap gossip because then again what is the point of having a touch screen if you will leave all your finger prints there, I personally believe that Apple will choose more intelligent , beautiful,, and yet practical design. So let see what is Apple secret weapon to mute the sound of the new Microsoft zune.

Caffeine Shots

2006-10-19T18:52:00.000+01:00

The morning you wake from your hang over you needed the most, to stay up in the class. Yes it’s the famous caffeine accidentally invented by the Chinese about 3.000 BC. Some people misbelieved that only coffee contains caffeine in fact most of soda beverage contain caffeine. It is a global culture. Caffeine consumption is about 120,000 tons annually just to make us keep turning for longer hours.

However we have to pay a high price for our addiction to caffeine recently there are study that showed many of American student used caffeine just trying to keep up in class. The draw back of caffeine? Maybe, but I’m not gonna bother those thing. I try downed a few caffeine drinks top up in the market according to yahoo.

Coca Cola
Pepsi
Coffee
Red Bull
Dr. Pepper
Mountain Dew
Monster Energy Drink
Espresso
Cappuccino
Black Tea
Rockstar Energy Drink
Chai Tea
Frappucino
Latte
Mocha
Full Throttle
Macchiato
Bawls
Tab Energy Drink
Cafe au Lait

Indonesian Beauty

2006-10-11T23:30:00.001+01:00

I’ve just read an article from my friends blogs about Indonesian music on giant digital music distributor, iTunes all of this is made possible thanks to Equinox DMD

I say it is amazing. It opens the Indonesian music to even broader audience probably this is a small but bold step introducing the Indonesian culture to the world, Indonesian music is a rich mixtures among different culture in different region, and equinox DMD is also have a podcast in iTunes and the listener seems to like it

So make sure you have it check on iTunes under “World Music”, check out the artist on the website’s directory and download the podcasts, and listen as we proudly introduce you to our rich Indonesian music.

Equinox DMD

What I've Learned: Homer Simpson

2006-10-10T05:04:00.000+01:00

Somebody post this in my dorm toilet and it's hilarious, enjoy...

When someone tells you your butt is on fire, you should take them at their word.

There is no such thing as a bad doughnut.

Kids are like monkeys, only louder.

If you want results, press the red button. The rest are useless.

There are many different religions in this world, but if you look at them carefully, you'll see that they all have one thing in common: They were invented by a giant, superintelligent slug named Dennis.

You should just name your third kid Baby. Trust me -- it'll save you a lot of hassle.

You can have many different jobs and still be lazy.

I enjoy the great taste of Duff. Yes, Duff is the only beer for me. Smooth, creamy Duff . . . zzzzzzzzzzzzz.

You can get free stuff if you mention a product in a magazine interview. Like Chips Ahoy! cookies.

You may think it's easier to de-ice your windshield with a flamethrower, but there are repercussions. Serious repercussions.

There are some things that just aren't meant to be eaten.

The intelligent man wins his battles with pointed words. I'm sorry -- I meant sticks. Pointed sticks.

There are way too many numbers. The world would be a better place if we lost half of them -- starting with 8. I've always hated 8.

If I had a dollar for every time I heard "My God! He's covered in some sort of goo," I'd be a rich man.

Be generous in the bedroom -- share your sandwich.

I've climbed the highest mountains . . . fallen down the deepest valleys . . . I've been to Japan and Africa . . . and I've even gone into space. But I'd trade it all for a piece of candy right now.

Every creature on God's earth has a right to exist. Except for that damn ruby-throated South American warbler.

I don't need a surgeon telling me how to operate on myself.

Sometimes I think there's no reason to get out of bed . . . then I feel wet, and I realize there is.

Let me just say, Winnie the Pooh getting his head caught in a honey pot? It's not funny. It can really happen.

Even though it is awesome and powerful, I don't take no guff from the ocean.

I never ate an animal I didn't like.

A fool and his money are soon parted. I would pay anyone a lot of money to explain that to me.

Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he'll get a hook caught on his eyelid or something.

I made a deal with myself ten years ago . . . and got ripped off.

Never leave your car keys in a reactor core.

Always trust your first instinct -- unless it tells you to use your life savings to develop a Destructo Ray.

When you borrow something from your neighbor, always do it under the cover of darkness.

If a spaceship landed and aliens took me back to their planet and made me their leader, and I got to spend the rest of my life eating doughnuts and watching alien dancing girls and ruling with a swift and merciless hand? That would be sweet.

I may not be the richest man on earth. Or the smartest. Or the handsomest.

Never throw a butcher knife in anger.

The office is no place for off-color remarks or offensive jokes. That's why I never go there.

My favorite color is chocolate.

Always feel with your heart, although it's better with your hands.

The hardest thing I've had to face as a father was burying my own child. He climbed back out, but it still hurts.

If doctors are so right, why am I still alive?

I'm not afraid to say the word racism, or the words doormat and bee stinger.

Always have plenty of clean white shirts and blue pants.

When that guy turned water into wine, he obviously wasn't thinking of us Duff drinkers.

I love natural disasters because we're allowed to get out of work.

When I'm dead, I'm going to sleep. Oh, man, am I going to sleep.

What kind of fool would leave a pie on a windowsill, anyway?

Trans –Atlantic tunnel

2006-10-06T23:02:00.000+01:00

How would you like to travel between London and New York in just 54 minutes? I believe for some business people they do want such trip would be available, who want to queue for ages at the check-in counter desk?? Delay because of the bad weather, and stressful security check.

The answer to this entire problem is the new concept of trans-Atlantic tunnel. The scientist are now try to make a design concept of the project that would enable a floating tunnel to be constructed on the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. As for the vehicle that run pass through they would construct a magnetic levitation train that runs at 5.000mph. I know by now you will think that the idea of this project is crazy and impossible to be implemented.

In my opinion this idea is brilliant with the increasing air traffic; major airport will experience lots of delay and difficulties handling the air traffic. It is simply the best idea that those engineers ever proposed, probably we will not see the concept take shape for another 50 years but probably our grand-grand children would be able to travel the distance in just under an hour

If you want to now more just go Here

Giant of the Sky

2006-10-05T20:47:00.000+01:00

For those who don’t know yet about the new Airbus A380 you are seriously need to read more National Geographic magazine or watch more Discovery channel. It has been 6 years since the supervisory board of airbus launch this multi million Euro project. This plane is designed to bring an end of Boeing dominancy in super-jumbo commuter passenger plane.

Airbus A380 is capable of carrying 555 passengers in a three class configuration to 853 passengers in a single class configuration (god it’s huge), capable of flying 15.000 kilometers non-stop or roughly the distance from Chicago to Sidney. There are many other high tech features that airbus offer but I am not going to bored you with that.

I would like to see more into the development of the project now. Airbus is facing some major delay of 2 years announced earlier this week, emirates one of its biggest customer is threatening to cancel some of their option order. It seems that it is a very long and rough road ahead for airbus. The company revenue is dropping sharply because of this problem.

I am a big fan of Airbus plane so I just want to say that Airbus just have to try to make their production more efficient in the future, and they also have to remember that Boeing its main competitor is almost went bankrupt when they introduce the Boeing 747 to the market. It turned up that the project is a major success for them.

But we’ll see how Airbus will wrap the problem. Maybe this project will be a major success and Airbus concept paid off or another financial disaster for the company. Only time will answer.

What clear now is that airbus must haul ass, because in the near future Boeing will introduce the new Boeing 747NG.

BMW Mini

2006-10-04T03:18:00.000+01:00

Moris mini or should i say BMW mini is the reborn of the legendary moris minni. it was introduced by BMW in 2001. Up until now the sales figure were not very impressive if we compare it to its older brother the moris mini. From what i heard from old mini fans, the new moris mini is soulless compare to the old one. It comes with a staggering price tag

but i tend to beleive that the new minni is going to be a legend in its own time. it come with 4 engine variant 1.4 l Tritec, 1.6 l Tritec, 1.6 l Tritec Turbo charged, and for those who concern about fuel economy and love a unique noise from a diesel engine there is the 1.4l diesel variant manufactured by Toyota.

Let se if people in the future will remember The (new) Italian Job.

Did You Know??

2006-08-08T00:30:00.000+01:00

As i qouted from a buletine at friendster

1. Cocacola dulu berwarna hijau
2. Dalam bahasa Inggris, semua nama
benua diawali dan diakhiri dengan
huruf vokal yang sama
3. Otot terkuat yang ada di badan kita adalah
lidah
4. Setiap orang di USA punya 2 kartu kredit!
5. TYPEWRITER adalah kata terpanjang
yang dapat diketik dalam satu baris
tuts keyboard anda
6. Perempuan ngedip dua kali lebih banyak
dari pada laki-laki
7. Menahan nafas tidak akan membuatmu
mati
8. Setiap manusia tidak dapat menjilat siku
tangannya sendiri
9. Kalau ada orang bilang 'bless you' setiap
kali ada yang bersin karena
memang setiap kali kau bersin jantungmu
berhenti satu milisecond
10. Secara fisik, setiap babi tidak bisa
melihat ke langit
11. Ucapkan "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's
sick" beberapa kali. Nanti anda akan mahir
berbahasa Inggris!
12. Bersin terlalu keras dapat mematahkan
tulang iga, memutuskan pembuluh darah di
kepala
atau leher dan mengakibatkan kematian
13. Setiap raja dalam kartu remi melambangkan
raja-raja besar jaman dahulu kala:
raja sekop - raja daud
raja kriting - alexander agung
raja hati - raja charlemagne
raja wajik - julius caesar
14. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 =12,345,678,987,654,321
15. Kalau ada patung orang naik kuda dan
dua kaki depan kuda itu naik di udara, itu
tandanya orang itu mati dalam perang
16. Kalau kaki kudanya cuma satu yang
diangkat berarti orang itu cuma terluka dalam
perang
17. Kalau semua kaki kudanya menjejak
tanah, berarti orang itu meninggal
karena sakit
18. Apa persamaan rompi anti peluru, printer
laser, tangga darurat dan wiper mobil?
Jawabannya: Semua ditemukan oleh perempuan!
ha!
19. Satu-satunya makanan yang tidak bisa
busuk? Jawaban : madu
20. Buaya nggak bisa melet lidah
21. Siput bisa tidur selama 3 tahun
22. Semua beruang kutub KIDAL!
23. American Airlines menghemat $40,000
tahun 1987 dengan cara mengurangi 1
buah olive dari setiap piring salad yang
mereka sajikan untuk penumpang
kelas 1
24. Indera perasa kupu-kupu ada di kaki
25. Gajah adalah satu-satunya hewan yang
tidak bisa lompat
26. Selama 4000 tahun belakangan ini, jenis
hewan yang dipelihara di rumah cuma itu-itu
saja
27. Rata-rata manusia lebih takut pada laba-
laba daripada kematian
28. Shakespeare menemukan
kata: "assassination" dan "bump"
29. Dengan menggunakan cara mengetik 10
jari, STEWARDESSES adalah kata terpanjang
yang bisa diketik hanya dengan jari-jari tangan
kiri.
30. Semut selalu jatuh ke kanan setiap kali
disemprot cairan anti hama
31. Kursi listrik ditemukan oleh seorang
dokter gigi
32. Jantung manusia dapat menyemprotkan
darah sejauh 30 kaki
33. Dalam 18 bulan, 2 ekor tikus bisa punya
lebih dari sejuta anak tikus!
34. Memakai headphone selama satu jam
dapat menstimulasi perkembangan
bakteri dalam telinga sebanyak 700 kali lipat!
35. Pemantik ditemukan sebelum korek api
36. Setiap lipstik mengandung sisik ikan
37. Seperti sidik jari, lidah manusia pun
mempunyai kontur yang berbeda-beda
38. Dan akhirnya, 90% orang yang baca
tulisan ini pasti mencoba menjilat siku
tangannya.