What's worthwhile......

Finally, got the mood to blog again. I don't know, I seem really bored to do anything. It really took me some courage and power to blog.

Nothing much happened. What could be noted is that I've received my IELTS results. Getting 7,5, this indeed exceeded my expectations. My target was 7 due to the requirement to enter Curtin, but 7,5 was really out of my imagination. What even made me hapier is that I got an 8 for my reading. This is quite a feat for me since during my prep, I only got 8 for reading only twice out of the many exercises. I guess it is a surprise for me.

Because of this, I really felt indebted to my friends, especially denok. Althought not being my girlfriend or sort, she did indeed give me some morale boost. Too bad I haven't repayed her till now. Being in Ramadhan now sure does limit the time to go out and treat our friends. Even for my other friends like adhi and nandar, I only managed to ask them out late at night around 11 pm. Nevertheless, I'm thankfull for all of them for the support till now.

Well....since I've cleared the IELTS, I guess that leaves me with almost nothing worthwhile to do. What I can do is just take the Nihongo lessons and do the daily house chores. But just those really have made me feel bored to death. With only approximately 3 months left in Indonesia, I've been thinking really hard on what to do. The pain from boredom is the feeling of loneliness. Honestly, I didn't know that such kinda things would happen, but it really did. Anyway...I can suppress this feeling and thought, but still I have to do something worthwhile to fill in my days.

The only thing I've thought is to do a new hobby. But I need to keep note that hobbies, any sorts of them, would surely take up my money and I really need to decide what can of hobby I would take in order to not burden my wallet and savings. Currently, my monthly allowance is to pay the internet subscription and fill in the fuels for the motorbke and cars. I wonder what hobby would suit me. Taking in again philately?Sounds good, but I really can't stand the amount of money I've got to save every month. Another choice is collecting Gundam Plastic Models. I've always been keen on having my own plamo, but the price sure is painfull. Till know, I've only bought HG types or SD types which aren't that expensive, but lack in joint articulation and pose.

Despite the many choices, I need to think about it carefully so that I don't get the feeling that I've wasted money for something unimportant. I do hope by November I'll be able to make up my mind o what's worthwhile to do. Speaking of November, it's been decided that my graduation ceremony will be on the 10th of November. so it's counting days till the 10th of November and it surely makes me anxious. The promised day that I'll receive my bachelor's degree is finally in front of me. It just gives me mixed feeling of hapiness, exitement but also sadness that I'll be departing with fellow friends that have been with me together for the past 4,5 years in campus.

I guess that's all. Hope I've made my mind the next time I blog. C ya.....

Review Drama : Nodame Cantabile

Selesai ngikuti komiknya jadi ketagihan pengen ngeliat drama. Ternyata....ngga rugi rek!!

Drama ini diangkat berdasarkan komiknya yang mengisahkan tentang 2 orang. Yang satu yakni cewek slengengan nan ngga jelas tapi jago piano secara ngga sadar. Satunya lagi yaitu cowok yang jenius dalam main piano dan biola tapi ingin jadi seorang konduktor. Kisahnya berputar 2 orang ini dalam upaya mereka memahami satu sama lain serta dalam lebih jago memainkan musik.

Ternyata, walopun berlatar belakang musik klasik, letak keunggulan drama ini adalah dalam mengemas musik klasik tersebut dalam nuansa yang menyenangkan dan lucu sehingga sangat enak dinikmati. Harus diakui, letak kekuatannya adalah pada adegan lucu dan kocak yang banyak terjadi sepanjang drama ini.

2 pemeran tokoh utama juga sangat cocok memerankan tokoh masing2. Terutama si Hiroshi Tamaki yang jadi Shinichi Chiaki. SUmpah....cocok poll. Apalagi kalo ngeliat mukanya yang jadi sangat lucu kalo kaget. Tuk aktor2 lain juga lumayan mendukung tuh. Pemeran Franz von Streeseman juga lumayan kocak mengingat gaya bicara yang keliatan banget dibuat dalam bahasa jepang aksen londo.

Untung aja nih drama masih bakal lanjut dalam 2 episode spesial tahun depan. Walopun cuma 2 episode spesial, tapi lumayan lah. Coz aku sendiri masih pengen liat lebih banyak adegan2 kocak yang bisa ditawarkan drama ini. Nilai plus lainnya, aku jadi tahu bahwa ternyata lagu klasik ngga sebosan yang dibayangkan. Cukup menghibur juga kok.

Failed Project....

Puasa telah berjalan beberapa hari. Sejauh ini, keadaan masih lancar-lancar saja bak bisa Patas melaju di jalan tol.

Namun demikian, mengisi hari selama berpuasa ternyata juga ada dilema tersendiri. Bukannya ngga bisa ngapain tapi lebih tepatnya harus pinter mengatur tenaga biar nngelakuin aktivitas ngga keburu K.O duluan karena kehabisan tenaga.

Bicara masalah ngisi waktu puasa, ya gw sih ngelakuin hal-hal biasai sejauh ini minus olahraga. Soalnya aku masih perlu membiasakan stamina tuk beberapa hari pertama. Insya Allah minggu depan dah bisa mulai kembali kegiatan joggingny. Tentunta waktunya harus disesuaikan pas sore hari biar ngga jauh2 amat dengan waktu buka.

Anyway, aku ngelakuin suatu kegiatan baru dan ngga lazim kemaren tuk ngisi waktu yakni masak. Yup....masak....lha kok bisa. Berawal dari mimpi indah si chandra yang tau2 nyeletuk tuk nyoba masak. Menunya dia pilih sendiri dari kumpulan daftar resep yang ada di kompie. DAh gw saranin biar masak yang simpel-simpel aja, ngga usah yang bombastis amat menunya, tapi dia bersikeras biar rasanya lebih "beda" dari biasanya.

And so, siangnya kita meluncur tuk belanja di Hypermart MATOS. Berhubung hari sabtu, pastilah rame. Dan karena puasa...tambah rame pula. Entah kenapa aku punya feeling kalo puasa acara belanja kok jauh lebih nikmat ya???kembali ke cerita, ya sampai disana aku ma chandra segera nyari bahan2 yang dibutuhkan. Sayangnya ngga semua bisa terbeli. Terutama keju mozzarella yang harga duuuhh...90.oooan!gila...ternyata nih barang masih mahal aja. Akhirnya diputuskan tuk digantikan dengan keju cheddar yang lebih murah. Semua terkumpul dan tinggal ngantrilah di kasir sepanjang 1 kilo eh 4 meter saking ramenya tuh hypermart.

Sorenya...acara dimulai. Dngan bekal laptop yang nampilin resepnya dilayar, chandra mulai masak dengan merebus brokolinya. Aku baru bisa nyusul beberapa menit setelah gara2 harus nyiram kembang di taman. Selesai nyiram, gw segera bantu chnadra ngerebus bakso ma nggoreng bawang bombay yang dah jadi. Nah dari sini...sepertinya tragedi bermula...

Bakso dipake karena ngga ada daging. Namun di resep tertulis pake ditaburi tepung segala. Pikiran gw sih nih tepung buat daging. TApi entah kenapa ngga ada daging tapi tepungnya tetap aja dimasukin. Dah gitu, pas susunya ikut ditambahin kok jadinya seperti adonan kenyal yang uanehh bentuknya. Kayanya gara2 apinya kepanasan n bahan2 lainnya ngga langsung dicampur seketika tapi satu2.Berikutnya....nyampur bahan2 dengan brokoli di wajan yang tersedia. Ini sih gampang, yang susah tuh pas nyalain oven. Gara2 ngga berpengalaman jadinya pada bingung bareng...nh oven dah nyala belum. Baru beberapa menit kemudian dipastikan telah nyala gara2 panasnya yang menyengat.

Beberapa menit kemudian selesai. Dan selesainya pun juga bertepatan dengan azan maghrib. Setelah berbuka....si chandra dapat kehormatan tuk mencicipinya. HAsilnya...katanya sih enak. Sip deh pikirku. Namun setelah beberapa sendok rupanya raut wajahnya menunjukkan suatu keanehan. Ternyata dia bilang kejunya bikin cepat "blenger". Ah masa pikir gw. Gw langsung aja nyoba makan ma nasi yang tersedia....hasilnya...Yummy di awal.....wuekkkssss di akhir....Ternyata kesimpulan gw sama....kebanyakan kejuuu!!!!

Selesai makan, kami melakukan dikit introspeksi dan kajian mendalam. Harusnya memang kejunya di bagian atas ngga perlu ditambahi. JUga tepungnya ngga perlu coz adonannya jadinya uaaaneeehhh bentuk ngga karu-karuan. Kalopun ada yang bikin enak adalah adanya brokoli. Tapi itupun menurut gw kurang banyak. Andaikata agak banyak dikit aja.....pasti paling bisa nutupi rasa kejunya yang wowwww banyaknya.

Aaahhhh...proyek pertama gagal. Moga2 aja berikutnya ngga gagal lagi. Kali lain mau nyoba yang lebih simpel dan beradab menunya. Ngga menu yang aneh2 plus mahal harganya. Ngomong2 masalah resep yang kubuat, namanya sih brokoli saus putih, tapi jadinya malah brokoli with tooooooo much of a cheeessseeee.....Sumpah...rasanya baru kali ini aku merasa kaya keracunan keju. Padahal aku termasuk penggemar keju. Anyway, here's some tips biar ngga gagal..

1. Improvisasi bahan diperbolehkan....tapi kenali juga ciri2 dari masing2 bahan biar ngga uaneh rasanya.
2. Mulailah dari menu yang simpel dan lebih beradab bagi kebudayaan kita.
3. Start with a menu that is more friendly towards your wallet.

Ah cukupan ah....bahkan ampe sekarang....sisa brokoli semalam masih menghantui perutku ini.....

Here Come Ramadhan....

At last Ramadhan. One of Islam most sacred month and of course I'm looking forward to this month.

Well, sepaking of the coming of Ramadhan, I thought I woudn't make it. 3 days before it I was still ill due to the fatigue I had suffered from my trip to Surabaya a couple of days ago. Not to mention that I had my meals late so it added to my illness. Eventhough it may not be that serious, it did made me loose my appetite and making me feel wanting to vomit any second.

But yeah...luckily things are cleared and I'm now back to business. Oh yeah....mentioning business, I do have to finish off one important thing which is to repair the the damages to my car. Well....about how it happened....it did occur in the bizzarest way as usuall. I was on my way 2 denok's house. Had to be a bit in of ahurry coz girls don't wanna wait. On the last turn to her house, their was car parking in my blind spot and since I had no options....I scratched my car succesfully ala F1 style as if Lewis Hamilton was turing to the chequered flag.

And the scratch did look serious. What made me more lucky was that the car I bumped into wasn't the car of any residents around so I didn't have to pay double. But just having to repair the scratches on my car alone has made a hole in my savings account. The night after the incident, I tried my best to at least rub away the paint marks on my car with car wax.

I wanted to have it repaired ASAP, but the next day I was ill. And it was not until yesterday that I finally forced myself to have it repaired. It turned out to cost around half a million, which means all my hard savings again lost for something really stupid. But it can't be helped. I do have to be responsibilble. And bout my parents...?surely I'll tell them, but after i get things finished. It's a good thing their all in JKT and not in SBY. If they were in SBY, they wold have know by the end of the week.

Nevertheless, it's not all bad news prior to Ramadhan. There are some good ones. At last, the internet connection has been restored. Alhamdulillah. 10 days surely seems to be long. It really turend out that the modem was broken. Luckily they gave me a more bonafide looking modem as the replacement. At least it didn't look that crapy compared to the old one.

As for Ramadhan, I'm planning to do some self improvements and introspection. I'll do it slow but surely. It's just I don't wanna loose the momentum and do things all just because it's Ramadhan. U know what I mean right??

Anyway.....I do hope to enjoy the next couple of days. Till next time...

PV Review : MY HEART DRAWS A DREAM

Finaly got time after my hectic schedule to write down a review.

By just hearing the song, I was expecting that it would be a better PV than SEVENTH HEAVEN. And it certainly did. While SEVENTH HEAVEN was very colorfull, MHDAD was all monochrom. But what I like bout it is the meaning conveyed through the entire PV and the natural feelings in it.

The band members also really look natural, I mean without any makeup that they usually wear. This does make them really old looking, but its a welcome change. I think laruku are already realising how old they are now. But the main attention is on the use of many animal scenes throughout the PV. Too bad it wasn't in a real landscape, but the use of animal scene makes the whole song more and more natural and fresh. Not to mention the kids that appeared on the last thirds of the PV. Another new inovation from laruku. It just adds more innocence in to it.

Overall, the PV itself really does stands out to laruku's other PV's. Due to the many new things used, I guess they managed to pull out the potential of the song itself to make it more universal to others. Can't wait for DAYBREAK"S BELL to come out.

Back In Line....

Finally got back after being stranded nearly a day in SBY. Eventhough, there seem to be some side effects. Yup, its seems i've caught a mild cold here. Luckily it ain't serious, or in other words not yet serious. Well, I hope it doesn't.

Anyway, I'm quite relieved that I can now enjoy my days a bit loosely and just wait for the test results a fortnight later. Ever since taking the IELTS prep, my days have been quite monoton and goodness its all over. I can continue to prepare myself for ramadhan and do other stuffs that have been postponed due to myself preparing for IELTS.

What still makes me sick is bout the speedy connection. F***ing s***!!I've paid many and all of a sudden I can't use it. Despite all the complaints i've sent the last couple of days, no one from telkom has bothered to help me out. I'll guess I'm gonna have to stop the subscribing. It's a shame but can't help it. I don't wanna pay for something I don't get u know.

As for Ramadhan, certainly I'm making some personal plans to achieve in that month. At least it must be better than the last Ramadhan. I can't wait for it. Especially since I've done many bad things lately. May Allah forgive me..amiiin....Oh yes, Its the first time for me spending Ramadhan in this house, so I think it's gonna give me some new experiences.

Nothing notable except that I'm lately reading comics related to classical music like Forest Piano and Nodame Cantabile. It certainly gives me a expanded view of things especially classical music. I'm even thinking on trying to hear such music. On another note is about me enjoying BoA's newest song which is LOVE LETTER and Beatiful Flowers. One ballad an the other upbeat. Don't forget laruku with their newest single MY HEART DRAWS A DREAM. I'll write down the revies for the PV in my other blog.

I guess thats all. Hope I feel much better tomorrow. I certainly don't wanna start Ramadhan with a sick body. C ya...

IELTS...IELTS...IELTS...

It's been a while. At last, my days are numbered before IELTS test. I've just finished my IELTS prep, which took my around 40-60 days approximately.

It really...lets say...tiring. Having lessons up to 4 times a week really is boring when your not in the mood. Its somehow different form regular lectures because your facing the same materials all over again. I did start of badly, around 5-6. But things turned out good, although the maximum average score I got was just 7 for reading and writing most of them.

I have done some recon for the test palace. Luckily its about half a kilo from gubeng station, which means i can walk for a while then. What I'm more concerned is about the fatigue I'll have to suffer from the journey coz I'm departing from Malang at about 5 am. Can'thelp it coz the train is the only means of transport that can guarrantee that I'll arrive there 
on time and near the test site

Anxious now...of course i'am, And it will be till I've finished my test. I do hope that i'll straightly pass it coz I dreally don't wanna do it again or take ELICOS which means going to Australia in November. AMIIIINNN dech pokoknya...

Long time no see.....

I guess it's been 2 weeks. Many things have happened, some to be noted and some not.

what makes things to be noted is because many things happened last week, mainly coz of my birthday and the independence day last week. Despite having my birthday, nothing much happened besides receiving messages of congratulations from my closest friends, just 3 of them. I intended to keep it quiet because I cannot afford if all of them wanted me to treat them.

But other thing had to be finished due to my birthday which was my ID card and driving license. Too bad for me, they expired the same day as my birthday, so I had to make some time to make new ones for them. For my ID, just mad it to the office due to my uncle chaving to change the familiy card. As for my driving license, luckily I managed to finish it off last week. Took 2 days to get a new one because I had to go to the police station another day to take the theory test and photographs.

Another thing to note is that my mom and dad won't be living in SBy anymore coz they have to move to JKt by the end of month. What's making a bit stuck is due to the fact that I have to go to SBY on the 1st and 8th of sepetember, which means, I have no place to go. For the moment, I've called adhi to let me have a stay for the night but what still bothers me is run aorund in sby wothout a vehicle. Eventhough I can manage to borrow one, I still don't know the way around and things could get worst because I heard that the police in SBy are very strict on traffic violators. Due to this matter too, I need to rearrange my plans in order to get myself used to SBY as soon as possible. I do hope things can get more easier he next few days.

Besides attending IELTS and nihongo lessons, it's just me reading manga, watching movies and drama and doing housechores. Sill the boring stuffs. Aaaaa....speaking about IELTS, I got 7 for the simulation test. I feel lucky because there were some parts that I thought would get lower than expected but it turned out the other way around. Just jope that the real test result would not be lower than the simulation, AMIIIINNNNN.

I guess that's all I can write down. Actually, there are a lot of things I wanna write, but, it's still jumbled up in my brain. Maybe I can sort it out as soon as possible. Jya na...matta ato de..

Movie Review : Die Hard 4.0

Akhirnya kesampaian buat reviewnya. Aslinya sih dah sekitar 3 minggu yang lalu aku ngeliat film ini ma temen2 di MATOS. Sayangnya ada sedikit gangguan yang menyebabkan aku telat ngeliat filmnya sekitar 10 menit. Anyway, Aku masih bisa menikmati filmnya secara utuh.

Film yang sepertinya bakal menjadi sekuel terakhir dari seri Die Hard kali ini bermusuhkan seorang Hacker yang ingin melumpuhkan infrastruktur jaringan Amrik dan memanfaatkan kesempatan ini tuk ambisinya. Sayangnya seperti biasa, John McClane masih aja berada di tempat dan waktu yang salah. Jadinya penjahatnya ngga bisa ngejalanin plan secara lancar. Apes pula bagi McClane, musuhnya bukan lagi model konvensional yang mengandalkan otot dan pistol belaka tapi merupakan penjahat yang menggunakan teknologi informatika tuk menghancurkan musuhnya. Untung aja dia punya seorang "kacung" bernama Ferrell yang ahli ngatasi halo ini. Aslinya si Ferrell ini merupakan incaran si penjahat utama yang ingin membunuhnya karena telah mengetahui rahasia plannya, tapi keburu dilindungi ma si McClane. Sepanjang cerita, mereka berdua jadi semacam dynamic duo, yang satu ngurusi otot dan pistol, satunya ngurusi otak dan komputer. Good Match.

Gw buat singkat aja. Ceritanya sendiri sih ngga orisinil banget. Kalo ngga salah alur cerita dan temanya bahkan mirip banget ma film Undersiege II. Bedanya adegan aksi dan visual efeknya lebih tergarap di sini. Paling juga 2 hal ini yang jadi keunggulan utama filmnya. Tuk urusan logika di film...jangan tanya deh.....ketahuan banget banyak hal dari film semacam ini adalah khayal. Contoh utama adalah perusakan terhadap seluruh infrastruktur jaringan AS. Kalo emang di film semudah itu, jamin deehhh......Amrik dah lama banget keserang ma teroris. Walo emang aku bilang secara teori memungkinkan banget, tapi prakteknya pasti ngga segampang itu.JUga adegan F-35 yang bisa melakukan manuver hovering kaya begitu. Walo emang F-35 bisa melakukan VTOL flight, tapi kok rasanya manuver pesawatnya masih khayal banget tuh.

Aktingnya sendiri sih cukupan, ngga kurang ngga lebih. Bruce Wilis kayanya emang dah jadi tokoh yang paling pas tuk memerankan McClane. Cocok dan menghayati. Apalagi dengan kata2 trade marknya yakni Yippe Yee Kay Yi Mother F*****. Yang menarik perhatianku adalah hadirnya si Maggie Q. Sayangnya dia kebagian peran penjahat, ngga sebagai pihak yang baik seperti di film MI:3. Aktor2 lain bagiku dah cukup mendukung jalannya film.

Overall, kalo mo nyari film penuh aksi, kayanya film ini pas. Storyline sendiri sih walo ngga bisa dibilang bagus amat n orisinil tapi paling ngga dah cukup kuat tuk menyangga jalannya film ini. Bagiku, ini merupakan sekuel Die Hard terbaik yang ada sejak film pertamanya pada akhir dekade 80an.

Movie Review : Evan Almighty

Melanjutan rangkaian movie spree-ku, kali ini bisa ngeliat sebuah sekuel komedi yang lumayan lucu. Yup....Evan Almighty.

Temanya sih hampir hampir sama dengan prekuelnya. Tapi kali ini nih ceritanya Tuhan tidak lagi memberi tugasnya pada seorang manusia tetapi menunjuk seorang manusia tuk jadi seorang nabi. Dan manusia yang apes tersebut tidak lain adalah Evan Baxter. Kalo lupa orang ini adalah rival si Bruce Nolan pada film terdahulu.

Ceritanya sih si Bruce kepilih jadi anggota Kongres amrik. Jadinya harus pindah ke ibukota ma keluarganya. Berhubung dia pengen banget ngelakuin sesuatu yang "besar", maka dia berdoa agar dikabulkan. Dan ternyata.....dikabulkan euy...Ngga tanggung-tanggung....dia diminta ma Tuhan tuk membuat sebuah kapal besar layaknya cerita nabi NUh.

Awalnya sih ngga ditanggapi. Tapi tiap hari semakin banyak perubahan yang akhirnya memaksa dia tuk menjalaninya, mulai dari banyaknya hewan2 berpasangan yang mengikutinya kemanapun, banyaknya kayu2 yang ditaruh di sekitar rumahnya sampai adanya perubahan fisik pada dirinya yaitu tumbuhnya jenggot yang lebat sampai tak bisa dipotong bagaimanapun. Walhasil, karena menuruti hal ini, dia diskors sebagai anggota Kongres.

Layaknya seorang Nabi, tentunya dia dicemooh sama masyarakat dan keluarganya. Hanya keluargaya lah yang akhirnya mau rujuk dan kembali membantunya. Tiba saatnya, hewan2 dah pada masuk, hanya orang2 yag menontonya yang ngga mau masuk serta kedalamnya. Ternyata, alasan pembangunannya adalah karena ada gejala keretakan dis ebuah bendungan di dekat lokasi rumah si Evan. Dan lokasi perumahan si Evan sendiri juga bermasalah karena ditengarai sebagai hasil transaksi terlarang oleh seorang anggota KOngres.

Bendungan pun retak dan orang2 pun terpaksa masuk kedalam kapal itu. Air bah yangtiba pun menghancutkna seluruh perumahan itu dan menghanyutkan semua yang ada. Akhirnya kapalnya behenti di depan Capitol Hill dan semua pun terungkap. Yaaa.....Happy ending lah pokoke.

Sebetulnya sih film ini jelas2 banget "ngenyek" agama samawi karena tema yang dipake. Tetapi terlepas kontroversi tersebut, film ini mampu tuk menghadirkna sebuah komedi dengan gaya yang berbeda dengan prekuelnya tetapi sama2 lucu. Memang hal ini banyak dipengaruhi gaya si Steve Carell (pemeran Evan) yang berbeda ma Jim Carey (pemeran Bruce Nolan). Tapi gpp-lah.

Hal lain yang menjadi perhatian di film ini adalah diangkatnya isu lingkungan. Asli...aku ngga bakal nyangka hal ini sebagai tema utama film ini sampai akhir ceritanya. Selain itu, film ini juga mengajarkan betapa pentingnya keluarga dalam menghadapi godaan dan cemohan tetangga dalam menjalankan tugas "suci" dari langit. Intinya jangan lupakan peran keluarga sesukses apapun anda.

Aku ngga tau apa bakal dibuat lanjutannya. Kalopun iya....tebakan gw kalo ngga dari kisah nabi Musa ya Nabi Ibrahim. Aku sih menikmatinya sebagai film aja, ngga perlu terlalu serius memikirkan kontroversi yang ada.

Drama Review : Nobuta wo Produce

Aaa....another drama finished. Like the others, I finally had the chance to watch this drama. It also helped me a lot in variating my boring days lately.

The drama is about the the friendly realtionships between three students, two boys and a girl. It didn't start out that easily though. Things all started when the girl, whos was really timid and shy moved to a school where Shuuji and Akira, the two boys attended. with her timid nature, she sure was easily picked up by others. Because of this, Shuuji decided to remake her into a different person so that she can be more confident and attractive to others. Akira joined in to produce the girl who is named Kotani Nobuko into Nobuta.

Everything started progressing slowly. She was still teased and picked up, but both Shuuji and Akira found ingineous ideas to make it more entertaining. Some of them even managed to make a quick trend in the whole school like painting their school jackets and the Nobuta key chain.

As usuall, there's always the bad side. It seemed that a certain person didn't like Nobuta to be more famous. This person then repeatedly tried to damage and foul some of Shuuji and Akira's effort towards her like ruining the Haunted House, making fake copies of the Nobuta key chain etc. It turned out to be Aoi, the girl whos was all along acting friendsly towards Nobuko.

Despite the trouble in producing her, the three also had their problems between them to deal with. As expected, there was some kind of triangle romance between them. Akira directly said that he wouldn't again get involved in producing Nobuta because he loved her and wanted her by her side always. But, it certainly is that Nobuta has a feeling for Shuuji, proven by her hug to him in the park. Luckily thery managed to clear things up an become normal friends again.

If there's a start for everything, there's also and end. Shuuji had to move outside town because his father had to moved. This somehow causes some worries for Nobuta wether she would be able to survive without him. The time came and they had to bid farewell to each other. In his new town, to his surprise, Shuuji found out that Akira also moved to the same school as him. That meant that Nobuta was all alone again. But Akira assured him that she would be okay without them. And it was true, Nobuta did managed to became a more confident and popular girl school.

The drama is excellant really. The theme about producing is surely something unique. But don't forget there are other important moral things that we can take from this drama, like friendship, envy, jelousy, relationships etc. every episode can really convey a good message to the viewers. About the acting, I thing they all made a good job. Especially for Horikita Maki who played Nobuta, it really fitted her. Overall, I really would recommend this drama. It does have much message for us to digest.

When people loot our backyard....

Ever wondered how it feels people playing cowboy at your garden, or throwing rubbish on to your cultivated soil??Well, Indonesia is soon gonna have a feel when the Defence Corporation Agreement will be efectively implemented.

The hassle on this DCA first started when Indonesia and Singapore agreed singing an agreement to extradise corruptors that are suspected to have taken shelter there. Things turned out good when it was discovered that the agreement was also in tie with a DCA also to Singapore.

Parliament went wild after knowing that various points in the DCA turned out to give much advantage towards Singapore when they conduct a military exercise. As a reminder, the whole DCA is about letting Singaporean Military force to do training on certain Indonesian soil and water. For exchange, Indonesia get to try and train with their military equipment which of course is far advanced than ours. Knowing the details, many people showed their dissagreement against the DCA. One of the main points is that by doing so, we are letting other nation to play around in our backyard. To make things worst, in some conditions, Singapore are allowed to invite another nation to loot Indonesian seas.

Well, the logic is, why let other people loot our backyard just for the sake of grabbing those corruptors or having a try at their advanced military equipment. It sure is an irony having to know that even though Indonesia has a vast area, but we don't have what it needs to defend it. Coz of this, Indonesia has always been played around by other nations in terms of their inability to guard their own teritorry.

So...would we mind another nation doing so. While they fire missiles, torpedoes and live amunition, the risk of poluting the environment is high? Not to mention that fishers cannot go fish while they have their exercise because they get the risk to get killed. But, what matters most is the breach of our sovereignity and our submission towards another country pressure. Is the price of getting back corruptors so low that we are able to sell our pride as a big nation???I'm pretty sure that the majority of the Indonesian people wouldn't do such things unless they are the ones who are able to sell their souls to the devil.

Kecipak-Kecipuk.....

Finally got time to write down this blog. I guess it's been around 2 weeks since the last time. Luckily I did manage to write down some pieces of my mind during the interval. I really didn't have much to write sown since my daily activities are fairly dull these days.

After some years, I finally went swimming a couple of days ago. I think it was in junior high that I last went swimming. I thought my body was able to remind some swimming technique, but then it turned out the opposite with me not able to synchronise my movements correctly. In other words....I was barely able to swim properly.

Why did I all of a sudden went swimming. It's simple. I've been feeling quite lazy to do jogging the last couple of days. Its just that I need a change of pace or things in order to refreshen myself. I thought swimming would be a good start. Indeed, I did feel fresh after days having to jog. It ended up really good despite myself struggling to swim.

I do intend to do some swimming regularly. For the moment, fortnightly would do. The current hindrance is that swimming does cost some money. As for this time, it turned out quite expensive, for 30.000 rupiahs. That's twice the amount in other places. Well, it certainly is a good place and it isn't that crowded (maybe due to the price). Turning away the price, swimming does deliver a different sensation because unlike jogging; in swimming, you almost move all your muscles, so it's somewhat more tiring but fun than jogging.

That should be enough for swimming. Overall, I just feel bored with my jogging. I'm trying in someway to find an equal substitute to jogging but that could also cause some sweat. At least swimming would help. Currently, I'm wondering on changing my course track. The current one sure is full of ups and downs. Other ideas...he..he..currently out of.

Still things are quite boring. Just doing IELTS lessons, now more frequently since it's 4 times a day. Too bad the test for the 25th is fully booked so I plan to take it on the 4th of september. That means I gotta register myself ASAP.

That's for now I'm afraid. Still gotta squeeze some more ideas on finding a substitute to jogging. Hope I succeed in the next couple of days. Till then.....

Anomali....

What anomali??Well, it about my internet connection actually. Ever since I've had it installed, it seems that the download speedy is decreasing. It did start off amazingly with an approximate speed of around 20-30 kb/s with a steady browsing speed. But then, things went bad and it ended up with a speed of barely around 7-8.

The anomali itself started by the beginning of the week. The download rate finally increased, but the browing speed suddenly went down all of a sudden. It's a good thing that I can now again download stuffs quickly, but how I'm gonna start any downloads unless I can start to browse something. Except if I donwload from a ftp site, but I usually start mine through a direct download method.

This weirdness hasn't stopped till now. Luckily till now, I've managed somehow to map what time usually the connection is good to go, or in other words good to download. Usually its on the afternoon or past 9pm. But then, still with the anomali going through. Eventhough, I guess I still should be gratefull that I've now got an Internet connection.Since the raid IC's the few months ago, I heard that IC's are now getting more and more boring lately.

As you know, IC's in Indonesia don't just offer Internet connection, but a whole kind of things, from free mp3, video clips, software masters, anime, software crack...and even XXX stuffs. And all these vanished coz of one raid. I was expecting taht they would put up those stuffs again after a while, but It then didn't turn out that way. Either the IC's are too obidient or afraid I wouldn't know for sure. BUt I do know that going to an IC nowadays ain't a fun any more except you're purely browsing and surfing without additional entertainment.

The previous condition meant that I should make use of my Internet connection from now on. If it's just anime, western music and their PV's, I guess it would be a piece of cake. But for Indonesian mp3??now that's kinda hard. Till now, I have heard of a site that offers free Indonesian mp3 either through direct download or bittorent. But it's the internet, and coz of that I'm sure that I'll find it sooner or later.

Other critics..?Honestly...still lots of. One of them involve the inability of my browser to open a ceratin site or two. I'm sure it's coz of a plug-in that hasn;t been installed, but then which plug-in???For the time being, I guess I'm gonna have to open that site with another browser.

I guess that concludes thing for the moment. Do hope that things turn bake the way it used to be in the beginning. On my daily life?it's just the ordinary stuff while waiting for my graduation ceremony. Anyway...till then...^^

Tipe of movies U like....

If your wondering what are the likes of me when watching movies, here's a hint. Remember that it's not in order.

1. Action

Watching an action movie sure does pumpup your adrenalin. If though you're not in it, it just makes you feel that you're a part of it. Can't just let your eyes of the screen coz you'll suddenly miss some exciting event. But remember, the movie gotta have a good storyline so that the actions don't go in vain.

2. Love Comedy

It's always fun to see a couple having to go all those tiny bits about their relationship. Usually these movies have a perfect mix of romance and comedy which does lighten up the story.

3. Drama

Honestly, I seldom look at drama films. Its not that I hate them, It's just that I've gotta be sure that it at least has a decent storyline and plot. Or else, I might end up sleeping due to the dense stiry that a drama usually has.

4. Historical

It doesn have to be based on pure historical events, but it could have a certain historical background. The enjoyment have atching at this kind of movie is that the historical background makes me eager to learn new things after I finish the film.

CSR....do we really need this???

Ah, here I meet again with this topic. Personally, it isn’t a weird phrase or word to me since I used this theme to work on my thesis. Eventhough it has only been about 2 month since I’ve finally finished my thesis, remebering it sure brings back the memories of me going through al those books, journals and reading materials all about CSR.
Anyway, I’m sure some of you don’t have a clue on what’s CSR. CSR stands for corporate social responsibility. It’s a kind of responsibility that a corporation must carry out as an act of responsibility towards their environment and social surroundings. It may sound like something noble. Well, virtualy it is. But still, for decades, it has been one of the major dispute on wether corporations should incorporate it through its operations.
The major destruction that have been plaging the planet for the last 5 decades, especially for corporations that work in excavating fields like mining, foresting and sorts of have been causing heaving wreckage to the earth environment. Eventhough the destruction is evident, still, little action is done to repair it. Not only the environment that suffers the most, but also the social life including the people around the area of operation suffer directly from them.
Due to those kinds of circumstance, CSR has received many attention and support for its implementation. And it is starting to be the pivotal point in many major corporations to applu good corporate governance, in which CSR is also a part of it. Some countries have also managed to make CSR as an obligation to corporations, with a sanction for not doing so.
Despite the growing support and visible action, there are still some points that still bother me personally in how CSR is conducted. Eventhough it is obliged for corporations to implement it, the fact is that it is still only a voluntary act. In other words, there ain’t any laws or rule that tie them to do CSR. Other facts are that eventhough corporations claimed that CSR has been implemented, many people residing near the corporations main facility claim that they haven’t received any sort of attention what so ever from the compnay despite them exploiting the environment.
That’s the big picture on CSR for the moment. In Indonesia, the news has recently bought up topics abaout CSR in the process of being included in an act which makes compaies obliged to conducted CSR, especially for resource exploiting companies. And as expected, the number of critizism has risen. Most of them reject the act which requires firms to have to implement CSR as an obligation and not as a voluntary act. Well, it seems firms do have one thing in common around the world if it goes to this part.
To me, companies of course need to pay attention to their current surroundings, and imlementing CSR is one part of it. But still, CSR should be done in a proper manner such like carefully planned with other groups and communty. Companies can’t just live and do nothing about their falling surroundings when they gain money day by day from using up their environment. Also, CSR is not to be limited to resource exploting companies, but all firms should conduct CSR as well. The method may differ between different industries, but still, as long as as companies start to give more attention and compassion towards their surrounding, then corporations and the social environment can live in harmony together without any disputes.

School....Mahal La Yau....

Sori...aku lagi agak terenyuh....;maybe...ini bakal jadi sebuah postingan yang serius...sesuatu yang agak lama sudah ngga kulakukan lagi.

Jumat pagi, aku sedang menunggu omd hi. Tiba2 yang datang malah tukang koran. Well...aku sih dah firasat bakal ada penagihan di muka seperti bulan sebelumnya. Hanya saja...kali ini bukan karena ada anggota keluarganya yang sakit...melainkan untuk biaya masuk sekolah anaknya. Kaget juga gw pas denger tuk masuk SD aja harus bayar 1,5 juta...wuiiihhhh...

Belum selesai rasa trenyuh gw eeeehhhh...pas baca koran headlinenya kurang lebih menggambarkan para guru2 demo menuntut anggaran pendidikan 20% dipenuhi pemerintah. Yang murid ngga sanggup bayar eh yang guru pada demo...so....mana letak masalahnya...

Kalo gw bilang sih masalah awalnya adalah dipertanyakannya niat pemerintah untuk mencerdaskan kehidupan bangsa ini. Seperti yang tercantum di UUD, gw yakin tiap orang punya hak untuk mendapatkan pendidikan terlepas status sosialnya. But reality really bites hard. Nyatanya hanya orang-orang terpilih dari jutaan orang di republik ini yang sanggup mengenyam pendidikan. Orang terpilih dalam hal ini adalah orang yang sanggup mengeluarkan uang untuk mendapatkan tempat di sekolah yang diinginkan.

Faktanya jelas sekali sekarang ini bahwa bagus tidaknya mutu pendidikan seringkali harus berbanding lurus dengan banyak tidak uang yang dimiliki seseoarng. Aku jadi teringat ketika mendengar SMA menarik uang sebesar 5jt tuk biaya masuknya. Emang sih...sekolah internasional gitu lho. Tapi kok mahal banget rekkkkk!!!

Jadinya, memang negara atawa pemerintah sebagai pengelola bangsa ini, patut dipertanyakan niatannya dalam mencerdaskan rakyatnya. Jangan salah.....gw yakin kenapa kehidupan negara ini senantiasa kacau balau tak pernah terib dan makmur sebagian besar adalah karena tidak terdidiknya rakyatnya. Entah karena mereka ngga mampu bayar ato jangan-jangan emang dasarnya ngga mau belajar.

Berhubung gw ini mahasiswa (yang baru lulus), gw kasih contoh yang deket yakni mulainya beberapa PTN berusaha meraih status BHPN. In other words, dengan status ini, PTN tersebut kurang lebih dilepas oleh pemerintah untuk mencari dana sendiri secara mandiri. Dengan demikian, pemerintah dah ngga ngasi subsidi lagi. As the result is logically, biaya pendidikan tentunya juga jadi naik laaahhh. Dalihnya sih walo naik tapi kenaikan tersebut akan disubsidi silang. IMO...gombal bangeeeettttt.....Dan walopun beberapa belum mendapatkan status itu, tapi seperti mereka dah mulai membuat ancang-ancang. Salah satu buktiny adalah dengan dikuranginya jatah kursi lewat SPMB dan dialihkan ke jalur SPMK/PMDK yang notabene harus bayar lebih mahal daripada SPMB. Terbukti lagi kan kalo yang akhirnya bisa mendapatkan pendidikan adalah yag lagi-lagi yang punya doku banyak. Bisa-bisa kalo gini yang jadi ekstensi adalah yang berasal dari SPMB karena jumlahnya dikit dibandingkan dengan mereka yang dari SPMK....

Ngga cuma para calon siswa ato mahasiswa yang sengsara. To make things worst...para guru pun juga merasakan derita yang kurang lebih sama kalo tidak dikatakan lebih mederita. Ditengah peranmereka tuk menghasilkan tingkat output pendidikan yang memadai dan layak, mereka sendiri didera himpitan ekonomi yang seringkali memaksa mereka tuk mengabaikan peran mereka sebagai guru dan nyambi bekerja di tempat lain demi memenuhi kebutuhan nafkah mereka. Masih untung kalo dosen, coz biasanya kalo dosen kenal deket ma pihak2 lain biasanya dapat proyek ato apalah gitu, tapi kalo guru..??paling2 ngojek ato ngajar les ditempat lain.

Harus diakui, memang harga sebuah ilmu itu mahal. Harus ada pengorbanan baik jiwa dan materi tuk mendapatkan dan menguasainya. Namun, mengingat ilmu adalah hak tiap insan yang hidup, harusnya bisa diusahakan lewat sebuah political will tuk mengusahakannya bagaimaapun agar pendidikan bisa dinikmati berbagai kalangan. Jangan salah, pendidikan tidak hanya perlu tuk membangun sebuah negeri, tapi penting untuk mengasah pola pikir dan intelegensia seseorang dalam memikirkan sesuatu. Ini juga agar rakyat sini tidak mudah di-"plokotho" negara lain yang ingin menjajah negeri ini kembali. Ato jangan2, emang sengaja diatur supaya orag sini mudah di-plokotho biar ngga mikir macam2 dan mudah disuruh sana sini???wallahualam....

PS : Intinya, jika ada kemauan, pasti pendidikan murah ato gratis itu bukan hal yang mustahil. Yang penting ada kesadaran dan langkah nyata untuk mencapai hal ini!!!

PV Review : SEVENTH HEAVEN

Finally I got the chance to make a review of this MV. Well, coincidencely, I've just finished downloading the MV through the internet. eventhough it took quite some time (coz of the bittorent), I guess it was worth it. What made me more glad is because of the high quality that I've just downloaded. I did get this MV before, but it was really in poor quality (.flv).

Anyway, for the fans, it's sure a while after laruku released their last single. After Link (their last single), the fans have been kept wondering when will laruku produce their new material. This was mainly because of the members doing their solo works. And for around a year, laruku didn't make any news as a group.

Back to the PV. Since it's the first single for a while, I do agree that fans were expecting something. Indeed, the song itself has raised curiosity before even it was officially released. It was because the song ahs been aired around 40 days before it's initial release.

since the song has a strong tone of techno, I personally wondered that the PV would look more rockier. But then, it turned out far than my expectations. It didn't turn out poor, but I was left amazed by the merry and colourfull look the PV had in it. Don't forget hyde's body dance through out the song. Certainly, laruku knows how to surprise their fans.

The setting of the PV was taken in a box, something like Killing Me PV. Instead of flying people like in that PV, we get dancers dancing on the floor in front of the band members. And the dancers on both sides of the box. It sure had many dancers. They used the CG to make sure the dancers turned out on time during the PV.

As for the members, nothig notable I guess besides hyde's gesture. I think they got to much shoots on hyde and tetsu. As for tetsu, his hair style was simillar to the style he used at the 15th L'Anniversary concert a few month earlier. About Ken, he's in his usuall black outfit. Don't forget Yukihiro, well, he looks more thin as before. But for his stance during the whole MV, I think it's kinda odd not to see him play the drums while crossing his arms.

Overall, I think the PV still stands out to L'Arc's other ones. Especially for the color it has in it. But still, I'm very sure L'Arc can make PV much better than this one. The one thing that I don't like in the PV is the excessive amount of dancers in thse weird outfits. I hope their next PV would fare more better than this.

Nothing to Do....

Fuuuuuuuhhhhh.....damn....what should I do? After I've finished of my bits of administration at my campus, it seems that there's nothing much I can do besides doing my activities at home.

I've been filling my days just studying Japanese. There's gonnna be a final test nex week, so I better prepare myself. I hope that I get a mark above 7.5. I guess that should be enough. Also, I'm currently trying to study more Kanji. I did make a target that by the end of this month, I'm able to master at least 60 Kanji characters.

About my physical activities, it's been two days since I've started running again. Eventhough I haven't fully recovered from my flu, It seems their hasn't been any problems so far. The sensation of sweating so much after jogging sure makes me fresh. But do remember that I need to do this continuously. After around 3 month, I'm hoping to harvest the results of my exercise.

Japanese and Jogging....what next...?It'd probably be cleaning up the house and watering the plats and grass. For this I have to do it daily in the afternoon or morning. The exception are for the orchids which I only have to water it every 2-3 days only. It may sound easy but I wonder why I feel very lazy to do this kinda stuff?

On top of that...I've just finished my application to enter Monash University. I do hope I get a satisfactory reply. To keep my chances, I did also ended up entering for Curtin too. Nevermind, just consider it as a backup. Where ever I end up, I'ld still be at Australia, not at Indonesia or at Korea (???).

Ahhhh....I do hope I can do something more inspiring in the few days. It sure is killing me slowly If I have nothing to do. May Allah SWT grant my wish. anything would do as long it'll be someting new and or inspiring. AMIIINNNN.....

Bloody Cold...

Brrr.....it's sure damn cold nowadays....

Well, it it is entering July so I shouldn't be surprised about such things, besides, I've already been in Malang for around 6 years, so I should've
preapred myself.

But then, it seems that i got another flu again in the wrong time. And the cold sure does makes things worst for my body coz almost every night my body gets the chills.

And to complet things, due to my cold, I sure need a rest from my daily physical activities. Surely I do miss such things. It's just I've recently felt very great having to sweat myself again after a while not doing so. I even lost 1,5 kilo's!But too bad I have to take care of this illness first.

About other things, luckily I've managed to finish of my administration at my campus after my thesis exams. It sure wasn't a simple thing though. It's just really a bother having to go from desk to desk just to get an approval of something. I'm sure things should be more efficiently done if they somehow slimed down the beaucrasy (birokrasi maksud gw!!).

And bout my net...well...things are getting quite normal. The hype has far lessend compared to last week. But what's bothering me is the limit has been breached!!And it's now exceeding about 17 hours and counting. I hope someone wouldn't get mad for this....

I guess that's for now. Hope to be able to Jogg again soon. I do need some sweat since I feel I've gained another kilo due to my illness