LIFE

papers and exams

2008-10-26T21:50:00.003+01:00

here are list of topics of my papers, well at least I am planning to work on that..

should same-sex couples have equal rights like heterosexual couples? (my answer is yes!)
can Indonesia learn something from the Dutch to improve its witness protection programme? (I have not found the answer for this)
do we need to reinterpret the new type of conflicts?
how do you see the convergence between human rights and humanitarian law?
and how do you assess command responsibility doctrine and its development in international tribunals?

If I could manage to work on those topics properly by next week, I could congratulate myself... otherwise, I just have to go back to my cozy room and hibernate til spring comes... *sigh*

one month in Utrecht

2008-09-26T11:22:00.009+02:00

I have not been posting anything for the last one year (even more), just look at my archive..
but I think it is time to start posting something, just like what my buddy Mario said...

To begin with, I arrived in Schiphol on the 28th of August and spent my first three days in Rotterdam, pampered and taken care of by Bram and Michele... Couldn't thank them enuff..
I had to learn how to bike in the WRONG side of the road, well, at least that what I think as Indonesian.... used pedal brake (not recommended unless u are an advanced biker)... and many other important things which I did not think of before... (like shopping for groceries... hemm...)

So after three days, I moved to my nice little room in Utrecht... it is nice, cozy, in the attic, with lots of window... I love the room instantly!

And here comes Ramadhan after that... Fasting has always been something that I could deal with quite okay at home, but it is not that easy anymore, not when everyone but you are not fasting, not when you have to fast longer that you are used to (it's still summer by the way, the sun set at 8.30 PM, although now, it is around 7.44 or something), and especially not when you don't have your mom cooked excellent dinner for you... *sigh*

So how do I deal with it? I became a regular visitor at ifthar organised by Indonesian community in Utrecht! aha!! very nice indonesian families, delicious indonesian meals, sholat berjama'ah and indonesian language (with some Dutch translation)... feels like home....

I have three courses this period (while, most of the students are taking two, silly me!), human rights in international and european law, international human rights law and comparing criminal justice system. What does it mean? It means tons of reading assignment!! like tons of it!! no kidding.... I should say that I am coming from a laid-back-kind-of-education-system (I think it was during my time, things are improving now... I wish!), you don't have to read that much... not to mention that it was four years ago the last time I went to college... Gosh...

But Utrecht is a really beautiful small city, I love the canals, old buildings, the dom tower, the small shops here and there, the park.. I could even ride my bike now quite comfortably.... It is quite expensive in a way, but I think that is because I shopped mostly in Albert Heinz instead of going to the Turkish shops..

How's my Dutch doing... square one I guess... I can say goedemorgen, goede middag, goedeavont and daag! can I say something more? nope! but funny though I catch some words that are used in Indonesia and also used by my dad quite often, like Pindakas (for peanut better jam), persis, teken, les, schoonen (well this one is my dads), etc.. and the Dutch used some Indonesian word as well like kerupuk, nasi goreng, sate, and sambal.. I guess that is what happened when they colonialized you for hundreds of years..

Nevertheless, I have to admit, I miss people from home.... I miss my hubby, I miss my nephew (soooo much), I miss my mom, my sisters, brother in law, dayu, mario, adhe, wiendy, aciel, plo2, nad2, rhiena, and many more... I think I miss my dad too although he is not home often enough... but then he will have his holiday while I am still here and when I come back, he would have gone back to work again... so most probably, I can only meet him in 2010...

I don't want to get to melancholy... I am gonna leave it there for a while...

gas chamber in a traffic jam

2007-05-11T07:10:00.000+02:00

As a public transportation user in Jakarta, of course we are familiar with the minivan bus or Angkot (known as pete-pete in Makassar), they are cheap, abundant, can be irritating sometimes but still they are useful.

And what does it has to do with gas chamber?

well, although the title sounds scary enough but it was how I feel about a week ago.
It was a beautiful morning, I went to work and took an Angkot to go the train station. Little bit traffic jam here and there, a typical condition in Depok when you leave your house after 6.30 AM.

Unfortunately, at one T crossing, we had to stop next to a bus with its exhaust pipe facing the doorway of our Angkot (uhm, an angkot has two doors for driver and front seaters and a doorway without door for the back seaters). In a second, we were enveloped with fumes coming from this bus, all of us in this angkot could barely breath, asphixiated, we were gasping for fresh air.. some of us tried to open the windows but it did not help much.
Ironically, it took some times for the angkot driver to realise this. He tried to steer his angkot away from the bus but he failed.
It was a horrible horrible three minutes, I could even tasted the fumes in my mouth hours after that.

Traffic jam - bus and - high leaded fossil fuels is a bad combination! I hate to think that lots of people in Jakarta should live with it. Pollution level in Jakarta is at the threshold of becoming inhumane and unbearable.

We have to stop this.

We really should.

first post after... dunno.. a millenia?

2007-03-27T12:35:00.000+02:00

it's been ages since my last post,
for sure, I have problem in expressing my ideas and thoughts in writing
I have to envy my dearest friend like adhe, mario, and wicak who could actually pour whatever they have in their mind in this blog, and mind you, theirs are fun to read

I am at a stage where my friends are starting their new path of life, getting married, moving abroad, moving to another city, get a new job, continuing their study, get a new boyfriend (hoho) and others.. while at the same time, here I am, stuck in the same daily routines (which still have some travelling, thank Godness) without any clear view of what's going to happen in my life or what will become of me..

Woops, I'm late for my brother's birthday, to be continued

humanitarian law and Israel

2006-07-27T13:04:00.000+02:00

Call me a beginner in International Humanitarian Law (IHL), I'm still in the process of learning (I am just fortunate enough to be in the right place to learn this)
I remember clearly these two notions:
1. do not attack civilian
2. do not attack highly dangerous item, such as nuclear power plant and dam

and I just found this small statistics from BBC.com this very evening, that:
1. Israeli attacks in the past two weeks has damaged 5000 houses (and if they are smart enough to read this, houses mean civilian not military barracs)
2. They have hit three dams

Perhaps, people have been evacuated first before the attacks, or perhaps those dams are no longer functioning.. (honestly speaking, I don't know this yet, since stories of war are just too depressing)
Yet, it can never justify the attacks, even worst, the war..

ps:
It turns out that around 10'000 migrant workers from Indonesia are most likely still in that war zone.. how can we help them??

Peace...

mentalitas atau....

2006-06-23T02:47:00.000+02:00

think again.. just think again...
pernah ga kita melihat atau bahkan melakukannya sendiri

berada di satu angkot terus ada yang jatuh dari angkot itu krn supir-nya nge-rem mendadak tapi terus penumpang lain diem aja
berada di bis atau kereta terus liat ada ibu2 atau bapak2 yang gendong anaknya trus penumpangnya langsung sibuk baca koran, tidur, main sms, denger musik, atau simply bengong...
berada di bis atau angkot terus ada penumpang yang lagi makan kacang rebus terus dengan santainya membuang bungkus kacang rebus dan kulit kacang di dalam bis
masuk ke mal dan ada pengunjung lain yang menahan pintu buat kita dan kita malah pasang that 'ArroganT LooK' instead of saying thank you?
Ngantri dari sebelah kanan atau kiri padahal jelas2 line antrian-nya udah ada, terus pas ditegor malah marah

kalo mau diterusin sebenernya list-nya akan panjang.... masalahnya adalah those were based on real situations... di Jakarta...

Jadi apa benar kita ini bangsa yang ramah??

Personally, I doubt it..

I'm counting my days in this office

2006-05-19T03:19:00.000+02:00

wow, it's been a while since my last posting....
I'm counting my days in this office, it's actually 4 more days left (Viernes, Lunes, Martes, y Miercoles).... hmmppff.... melancholy feeling hit me bad these days..

So now, let's see what had been happening for the last couple of weeks...

I had my farewell dinner with my project in a beautiful La Luciolla Restaurant at Seminyak, got a I-shuffle for my farewell gift.. (thx a lot santi and herbie!!!)

Taste the yummiest steak at Chilli's with Ati

Trapped in the worst traffic jam last friday on my way to Little Baghdad with teuku and yuki.. (Gosh, we really really need to do something about this city!)

Spent the last couple of months going out of town back and forth... (it's an absolute necessity to remain sane in this life ;p)

hemmm, what else??? lemme think about it for a while...
ciao...

temanku menikah

2006-02-10T05:16:00.000+01:00

Selamat ya adhe and arga..... :)
semoga menjadi keluarga yang sakinah mawadah wa rohmah (menurut pelajaran agama zaman SMA hehehehehe)

angkor wat (terlambat 2 bulan) - again

2006-02-06T05:40:00.000+01:00

One of the carving in the river of thousand linggas..

This one is from Bayon temple.. amazing!

Banteay Srey (a small but very beautiful temple.. reminds me of Prambanan temple)

Last but not least, Ta Phrom.....

wisata kuliner

2006-02-06T02:08:00.000+01:00

wisata kuliner is a must! hehehehe
benda menakutkan di sebelah kiri ini adalah jangkrik!! ya sodara2, beneran jangkrik yg dijual seperti kacang rebus dengan takaran kaleng susu!! rasanya gimana? ehmmmm.... enak.... kadang2 kalo lagi sial dapet yg belum mateng dan it tastes... horrible..hehehe

Ini adalah teman perjalanan saya, Ati, yang lagi mencoba martabak sarden... and it's quite ok for breakfast ;)

Nasi lemak dan teh tarik ladies n gent????

Di bawah ini adalah khmer food.. we had it in a restaurant name "Khmer Kitchen", yummie... the one that looks like curry is called Amok and the other one adalah khmer's version of cah kangkung udang!, the next picture shown khmer dumpling...

last but not least.... salah satu menu junkfood favorit kami yang entah kenapa ga dijual di indo..Apple Pie!!

that's all folks!!

angkor wat (terlambat 2 bulan)

2006-02-06T01:49:00.000+01:00

Ini adalah sisa foto dari perjalanan di akhir thn 2005..
a trip that I have dreamt of for 2 years (dan ternyata tabungan saya malah kepake untuk hal2 lain yg sering kali tidak bermanfaat...pfff....)
foto di sebelah kiri adalah foto Angkor Wat pada saat sunrise.. sayangnya keindahan temple ini sedikit terganggu dengan begitu banyaknya rombongan turis yang datang hanya untuk foto2 and then left...

foto di kiri bawah ini adalah salah satu carving yang ada di hidden walls in the terrace of the lepper king.. seperti melihat galeri
di tengah adalah salah satu bangunan yang ada di preah khan temple, somehow it reminds me of greek building
terima kasih Tuhan atas adanya manusia2 di masa lalu yang mau merestorasi candi2 indah ini

1/3 perjalanan

2005-12-26T12:56:00.000+01:00

hari ini adalah hari kedua perjalanan saya yg terasa sudah sangat lama sekali
padahal baru kemarin saya meninggalkan Jakarta
ini rencana hidup sejak tanggal 25 kemarin:
25 dec (morning) departure from Jakarta to Batam
dengan modal gembolan satu tas, roti buatan mama (secara ngga sempet breakfast), saya dan ati pun meninggalkan Jakarta..
25 dec (afternoon) leaving from Batam Center to Singapore
Batam center is so crowded...tp itu semua terbayarkan dengan melihat laut, satu2nya hal yg menyebalkan adalah pemerintah Indonesia belum juga menghilangkan duit fiskal!!
25 dec (evening) leaving Singapore to KL
setelah meninggalkan tas di McKinzie guesthouse kami pun mencari apple pie McD (yg sudah tidak ada lagi di McD jakarta). oh iya, diduga 80% manusia di orchard itu orang Indonesia! terkesan berlebihan??? well, memang sih...
tp rasanya emang banyak banget kok!!
malamnya kami pun menuju Malaysia railroad station yg klasik tp terkesan kumuh (jika dibandingkan dengan wil Singapore lainnya, tapi jangan bandingkan dengan sta kota!)
setelah menunggu lumayan lama krn keretanya telat,
kami mendapatkan tempat tidur yg
berharga 80RM itu and we love it!!!
kenapa ya ga ada kereta sejenis ini di Indonesia...hix

(ini keretanya, untuk naik ke atas rada2 sulit juga, jadi berasa kaya tarzan hehehehe)

26 dec (morning) arrive in KL central
langsung menuju Eight Guesthouse tempat menginap kami yg lucu dan imut

26 dec (morning) mencari bus for dec 31st
26 dec (afternoon) meet beatrix
beatrix adalah a friend of a friend yg menjadi penyelamat ketika kami mengalami krisis akomodasi di KL a few days ago
26 dec (afternoon) menara petronas, kinokuniya (sirik...sirik...), and get bored already...
apalagi ya?? itu dulu aja, bersambung sesegera mungkin

liburan sudah dimulai

2005-12-18T07:28:00.000+01:00

horeeee libur!!!!!!!!!!!
selamat tinggal pekerjaan, sampai jumpa di januari 2006!!
hehehehehe

Yo estoy feliz

2005-12-14T02:45:00.000+01:00

yoga really lights up my day(s)....
never imagine this could happen..
:)

siapa yang berhak?

2005-12-09T04:18:00.000+01:00

bbrp hari yg lalu saya baru melihat sebuah blog yg isinya adalah caci maki terhadap artis indonesia yg salah kostum..
well, seeing their picture, it's totally understandable mengapa ada orang yang segitu muaknya sampai harus membuat at least 100 words of comment for each and every unfortunate "celebrities"
namun ada sesuatu yg mengganggu saya sebagai penikmat blog kreatif itu... komentar2 mereka yg pedas dan menyakitkan itu kok terlihat annoying ya... kurang lebih sama annoying-nya dengan celebrities yg penampilannya mereka caci maki itu...
did I miss something here?? Is there any moral message (thou shall not dress that ugly)? or any justification that makes the writers have more right to insult others?

long weekend

2005-11-23T03:42:00.000+01:00

apa enaknya kerja di bawah bendera negara lain?? or in this case, kantor saya sendiri??
well, mungkin kita mulai dari ga enaknya dulu ya, ga dapet THR, ga dapet bonus, ga ikut cuti bersama, and so on...

sisi enaknya?? let's start with more and more holidays...kalo disana tanggal merah, kita pun libur, klo disini tgl merah dan kita pun libur... huahahahahaha
jd dapet libur isra mi'raj, maulid nabi, christmas, lebaran, veteran's day, 17 agustus, 4th of july, etc, etc...

waah senang..... even this week, we have long weekend..thanx to Thanksgiving Day (sekarang saya ngerti kenapa disebut thankgiving hehehehehe)..

Harry Potter

2005-11-21T06:11:00.000+01:00

baru 6 hari harry potter and the goblet of fire main disini and I have already watched it twice!! hehe
kenapa ya kita bisa so crazy about harry potter? because it's a fiction yet sounds so real? or simply anything about magic is fascinating for us??
ga tau deh jawabannya yang mana, yang pasti sih, seandainya pemahaman saya tentang materi kuliah sedalam pemahaman saya tentang harry potter, I might had straight As selama kuliah!!!

saya bisa tau kapan ada hint bahwa potter naksir ginny (di buku ke-6) sementara yg lain ga tau..padahal ga penting banget kan.. and last night, saya mendapat pencerahan kira2 kapan tokoh potter ini lahir (jawab: tahun 1979) setelah nonton goblet of fire and read the book (the first chapter only) pas pulang... OMG, I think I'm obsessed.. but I believe it's not just me but also millions of other people in this world..dengan tidak melihat batasan usia, jender, ataupun suku bangsa...

Banyak banget pembaca potter yg sedih waktu sirius black meninggal, ngamuk2 waktu belum selesai baca potter ke-4 trus temennya ngerusak kejutan dengan bilang cedric diggory dibunuh, terharu pas tau sirius black itu godfather-nya harry, dan sedih mampus waktu dumbledore meninggal...

amazing huh....

cara menggunakan tempat sampah

2005-11-09T07:36:00.000+01:00

cara menggunakan tempat sampah yang benar tentunya adalah dengan memasukkan sampah ke dalamnya, but that's not the case in jabotabek train..

kereta ekspres yang masih baru dan gres dari jepang (umurnya ternyata baru 30 tahunan) dilengkapi dengan tempat sampah di setiap gerbongnya. Ga canggih2 amat kok, cuma tempat sampah plastik biasa yang ditaro di deket pintu, dengan harapan penumpang kereta ekspres yang katanya lebih"berkelas" itu rela melangkah 2-3 meter untuk buang sampah. daripada dibuang di lantai, dilempar keluar jendela, or ditinggal begitu aja (pura-pura lupa)

beberapa hari sebelum lebaran, saya menemukan bahwa tempat sampah ternyata punya fungsi lain. Entah karena puasa atau simply ga mau bersusah payah berdiri selama setengah jam, ternyata ada bapak2 yang membalik tempat sampah itu lalu duduk di atasnya.

tempat sampah malang itu pun terpaksa penyok2 krn ketiban beban sebesar 65 kiloan, along the way, saya melihat tempat sampah itu semakin pendek..trus semakin pendek...dan lama2 tinggal berapa senti tingginya.... (tentunya si bapak remained oblivious with this fact)

sepertinya sekarang si tempat sampah sudah berubah menjadi sampah, tanpa bisa meneruskan karmanya.. nasib...ya nasib.....

Rio

2005-11-07T05:01:00.000+01:00

rio keponakanku..
lahir tanggal 28 september 2003
lucunya....
sekarang dia lagi mem-beo, bawelnyaaaaa!

semoga dia menjadi manusia yang baik.. yang membawa kebahagiaan bagi orang-orang di sekitarnya seperti yang ia lakukan saat ini... amin...

Menang

2005-11-01T02:52:00.000+01:00

ramadhan sudah hampir berakhir, begitu banyak kebaikan-kebaikan yang baru dapat kita rasakan setahun lagi
ketenangan hati, dikabulkannya doa, kebersamaan, ibadah, dan begitu banyak hal-hal baik lainnya..
apakah kita akan berada di pihak yang menang pada idul fitri kali ini? well, I surely hope so
menurut pak ustadz Ikhsan Tanjung -yang artikelnya saya baca di koran tempo- orang yang menang berarti orang yang menjadi lebih baik setelah menjalankan ibadah puasa.

Apa ukuran baik itu?

pertama adalah ilmu
kedua adalah taqwa
ketiga adalah iman

Minal Aidin Wal Faidzin.... mohon maaf lahir dan batin....

discrimination

2005-10-28T04:26:00.000+02:00

a friend of mine is working in an automotive company
his permanent status is suppose to be determined last month
but it is put on hold...
Because they found out about his sexual orientation!

Aaaarrggghhhh... how can people be so discriminating?

what is so wrong with being gay? it won't affect your job performance, you could still fulfill your company's target, you are as good as other people who work there

There is nothing wrong with him, except for being honest about himself.

:((

hari ini jakarta mulai lengang

2005-10-27T02:25:00.000+02:00

semua dimulai dari saya berangkat kerja, kok udara terasa lebih segar ya? ternyata bukan lebih segar, tapi memang less crowded aja, jalanan agak sepi, angkot2 mulai kosong, wahh...pertanda lebaran sebentar lagi! :)

di kereta hal yang sama terjadi lagi, kereta ekspress yang sudah tidak ekspres itu -karena semakin penuh dan sering lambat- ternyata kok mulai kosong ya?? padahal sejak BBM naik it's quite difficult just to get 10cm space around you, tapi hari ini? kalau saya merentangkan tangan pun ga akan ada orang yang terganggu.. aaaahhhh senangnya...... bahkan saya sempat melihat seorang komuter pengguna kereta api yang sudah libur dan hanya mengantarkan istrinya ke stasiun. cukup pakai kaos oblong dan celana pendek, santai dan relax!! (that is what I call luxury!)

bahkan atmosfir kantor sudah dipengaruhi hawa-hawa lebaran...

ramadhan memang indah...dan semakin indah ketika hari kemenangan sudah dekat.... semoga kita semua menjadi bagian dari orang-orang yang menang, amin amin ya rabbal alamin...

:)

2005-10-26T03:28:00.000+02:00

hari ini saya bahagia
ternyata bahagia tidak butuh alasan yang jelas
intinya mood lagi baik sekali hari ini...

dijual: Perempuan Indonesia

2005-10-25T09:10:00.000+02:00

Ibu guru bercerita:

alkisah ada sebuah NegarA yang sangat miskin, saking miskinnya mereka pun harus menjual segalanya
aset NegarA dijual, hutan dijual, kekayaan alam dijual, tenaga kerja dijual, laut dijual, pulau dijual, harga diri dijual, moral dijual, apapun yang bisa membuat mereka tidak miskin lagi akan dijual.

tapi ironisnya, semakin banyak mereka menjual semakin miskin lah mereka.
dalam kepanikan karena tidak sanggup hidup miskin karena konon dulunya mereka adalah bangsa yang kaya dan hebat, NegarA tiba-tiba melihat secercah harapan

ternyata NegarA punya aset yang belum sempat dikelola, namanya perempuan (dikelola disini tidak sama dengan dieksploitasi jadi jangan salah mengartikan, dikelola berarti NegarA berniat baik untuk mengatur segalanya)

akhirnya NegarA pun memanfaatkan kesempatan ini, perempuan pun diobral, caranya? tidak susah, setiap warga non NegarA yang ingin menikahi perempuan NegarA cukup membayar 50,000 saja (dengan mata uang bangsa tetangga yang jauh lebih kuat tentunya) atau dengan nilai mata uang NegarA itu berarti cukup 500,000,000 saja

tiba2 seorang murid mengacungkan jari:
ibu guru, jadi apa bedanya NegarA sama MucikarI??

(catatan: ini sekolah untuk anak-anak yang well informed, jadi kecil2 mereka sudah tahu apa itu mucikari)

seorang teman

2005-10-13T02:44:00.000+02:00

seorang teman menulis dalam blog-nya bahwa dia merindukan teman-teman debat..karena mereka tidak pernah menilai orang lain buruk, saling menghargai, walaupun mereka berkomunikasi dengan cara yang "tidak biasa" bagi beberapa pihak (atau lebih tepatnya banyak pihak)
I don't know what makes him wrote that, tp tampaknya dia berhadapan dengan satu kondisi lazim.. itulah masyarakat kita...

bosan

2005-10-07T09:49:00.000+02:00

sepertinya bosan adalah bagian dari ujian ramadhan...
I'm ready (in a way) to lose my job, just because I am so bored...
I need to handle this, but I don't know how..
hmmmpppfff..........

ramadhan ya ramadhan

2005-10-06T06:45:00.000+02:00

Thank you God for still giving me another Ramadhan
I know it was a complete failure last year, so help me God.. to make this ramadhan better.. amin amin amin...

Langit

2005-10-03T08:24:00.000+02:00

Saya suka sekali dengan langit, mau cerah, berawan, ada bintang, tidak ada bintang...
it's just beautiful...

Seorang teman bertanya, kalau harus mengurutkan matahari, bintang, langit, dan bulan, urutannya bagaimana?
and my answer is: langit nomor 1, bintang nomor 2, matahari nomor 3, dan bulan nomor 4
alasan? apa ya?? I don't know, I just love it, in that order..

ps: Langit is also the name of my bestfriend's nephew :)

Bali bombing

2005-10-03T08:14:00.000+02:00

my deepest condolences for all the victims....

Petuah-Petuah

2005-09-30T04:09:00.000+02:00

from a friend....

Believe in Yourself
Be Brave But remember... It's okay to be afraid sometimes
Give lots of kisses
Don't be overly concerned about your weight..... It's only a number
Always try to see the glass half-full
Meet new people even if they look different to you
Remain calm, even when it seems rather hopeless.
Take a nap if you need one
Have a good sense of humor and laugh often
Love your friends no matter who they are
Don't Waste Food
Take an occasional risk
Relax, even on those stressful days
Try to have a little fun each day

and it's important, no matter what...........

to work together as a team!
Share a joke with your friends and neighbors,
and
Fall in love with someone special
Say, "I love you," often
Express yourself creatively
Always be up for surprises!
Share with a friend
Remember the saying: Good things happen to good people!
There is always someone who loves you more than you know.
Exercise a little each day
Live up to your name
Hold on to good friends; they are far and few between!

Berkabut...berkabut....

2005-09-30T02:15:00.000+02:00

Good morning everyone,
Pagi ini daerah saya berkabut... senangnya.... udah lama tidak melihat tempat itu berkabut
I thought it was my eyes at first, but after quite a while, nope, it was not my eyes, my place was indeed foggy...

hottest thing

2005-09-23T08:27:00.000+02:00

Malaysian Airlines promo is the hottest issue in the office today
everybody is busy thinking where they wanna go and when they have to schedule their trip
it's so contagious, I saw the newspaper ad in the coffee shop (I know who took it there), in the office rooms, in my friend's desks, everywhere!
I hear these places mentioned several times only today! Siam Reap, Delhi, Bangalore, Hilderabad, New York, China, Europe, Egypt, Paris, Tibet, Bangkok, u name it!
it is indeed the hottest thing in the office!
hemm.... if I have to think of places I want to visit... then... India should come first
and Siam Reap will be the 2nd in the list (and trust me, it's a very looooong list)
and I think I should put Seoul in the list too, so I could visit my friend, adhe, there
(daydreaming is always fun! haha)

Anyhow, lets see how this fad turns out to be..

funny signs

2005-09-21T03:16:00.000+02:00

When we are in such a bad mood, receiving funny emails can be one of the antidotes..

My friend, Lalan, email-ed me these signs..
and I think these are so hillarious...

everybody needs a break

2005-09-21T03:08:00.000+02:00

sometimes, we think we could handle everything as long as we think positive, take a deep breath, and smile..
wrong!
there are times when it does not work, and when that times come, all we need to do is take a break otherwise... you will end up being grumpy..especially to your boss (or at least it crosses your mind to do so)
just like today..
bad bad wednesday

haha

2005-09-20T02:59:00.000+02:00

hahaha I never wrote anything for the last couple of months and I completely forgot my password!

language

2005-06-02T11:30:00.000+02:00

hari ini saya belajar suatu hal baru, probably not that new, yaitu hati2 menggunakan bahasa yang bukan ur mother language..
setiap budaya memiliki its own culture and its own sense.. dan terkadang kita melupakannya..

honor killing

2005-05-20T04:13:00.000+02:00

Our manager was in islamabad for a while, he said to us how happy he is to be here..
he said they treat their women bad there..
ada kasus dimana seorang perempuan melapor ke polisi karena menjadi korban sexual abuse, n her family -literally- barged in to the room and burn her to death...
itu menurut mereka is an honor killing daripada nama keluarga hancur akibat laporan si korban..
at this moment, I feel very grateful, karena apa yg gw rasakan disini is equal to luxury for them.. although we still have lots of obstacles..

Tuesdays with Morrie

2005-05-19T02:44:00.000+02:00

The story is about a little wave, bobbing along in the ocean, having a grand old time. He's enjoying the wind and the fresh air-until he notices the other waves in front of him, crushing against the shore.
"'My God, this is terrible, ' the wave says. 'Look what 's going to happen to me!'
"Then along comes another wave. It sees the first wave looking grim, and it says to him, 'Why do you look so sad?'
"The first wave says, 'You don't understand! We're all going to crash! All of us waves are going to be nothing! Isn't it terrible?'
"The second wave says, 'No, you don't understand. You're not a wave, you're part of the ocean.'"

Tuesdays with Morrie
Mitch Albom

Just read Tuesdays with Morrie, almost cry myself (if I was not in the morning train full of people)
lesson learned: terkadang kita lupa menghargai hal-hal kecil, terkadang kita lupa that we're part of a bigger system.. :)
(OMG, gw lagi filosofis sekali!!!)

3rd comment

2005-05-17T02:55:00.000+02:00

So many un-special things happened for the last couple of days..haha what a life! although I still have better life compared to millions of other.. so, be grateful rully!! :)

This Odd World

2005-05-13T16:52:00.000+02:00

This is what I read this morning:

Prajurit Sabrina Harman, prajurit Amerika yang melakukan penganiayaan di penjara Abu Ghuraib, kemarin dinyatakan tidak bersalah oleh pengadilan militer. Sabrina mengaku berfoto di depan tawanan yang ditelanjangi teman-temannya. Menurut pembela Sabrina, berpose di depan tawanan yang tersiksa bukan suatu kesalahan sebagaimana diatur dalam Undang-Undang.
(Tempo Newspaper, Friday, May 13, 2005)

What an Irony... sebuah tindakan pelecehan, tindakan yang jelas-jelas undermining humanity of the prisoners dianggap bukanlah suatu kesalahan...

What a news...
:(

1st timer

2005-05-12T17:35:00.000+02:00

Ini adalah my 1st posting..
minggu ini adalah hari2 melankolis, hari selasa depan adalah 3 tahun my friend -Theo- passed away, if he's still alive, he will be 23 next monday..
I've been thinking about him for the last couple of days.. kok bisa ya?? sesudah 3 tahun..