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Feeling Grateful

2011-10-22T01:31:00.009+07:00

helllooo blog. it's been two months that I haven't had anything to be posted in this blog. what kind of things should I post? when is the right time to post? I really have no idea. Really have no idea what things should I post here, cause, to be honest, my life has changed to be a super crazy life at office. my life turns to be sooooo busier than what I've done a year ago. This is really challenging. Thanks God for giving me a super crazy life, at least this makes me to be a well-organized and well-managed person.

Ok, now what? Is there any topics that could be told to you? Well, at this time, I really feel grateful for having a super crazy job, a newly super crazy life at office, and awesome office mates there. I totally have been having so much fun in everyday, though,it doesn't not always be fun, does it? at least, I can feel the joy!

Thanks God for giving me awesome things in every seconds I step in this great life! :)

Have a great weekend, fellas!

Undefined Feeling

2011-08-15T20:55:00.005+07:00

This is what I called with Undefined feeling, since I've never been able to define what I think and what I feel.

I heart this!

2011-07-23T23:19:00.002+07:00

I'm currently into songs from adhitia sofyan, listen to this video below.. once you listen, you heart this!

what a very nice melody!

I'm not that fuckin' perfect and yes, I'm a loser ;)

2011-05-17T12:06:00.003+07:00

By reading few parts of lyric from Pink in her song, I'm really being inspired :

"The whole world's scared so I swallow the fear.
The only thing I should be drinking is an ice cold beer.
So cool in line, and we try try try, but we try too hard and it's a waste of my time.

Done looking for the critics, cause they're everywhere.
They dont like my jeans; they don't get my hair.
Exchange ourselves, and we do it all the time.
Why do we do that? Why do I do that?

Why do I do that?

Yeah, oh, oh baby, pretty baby
Pretty, pretty please, don't you ever, ever feel
Like you're less than fuckin' perfect." (Fuckin' Perfect - Pink)

Or another part of lyric from Glee makes me stronger to smile in everyday :

"Yeah, you may think that I'm a zero
But hey, everyone you wanna be probably started off like me
You may say that I'm a freak show (I don't care)
But hey, give it just a little time, I betcha gonna change your mind

All of the dirt you've been throwin' my way
It ain't so hard to take (That's right)
'Cause I know one day you'll be screamin' my name
And I'll just look away (That's right)

Just go ahead and hate on me and run your mouth (So everyone can hear)
Hit me with the worst you got and knock me down (Baby, I don't care)
Keep it up and soon enough you'll figure out
You wanna be, you wanna be
A loser like me! A loser like me!

Push me up against the locker
And hey, all I'll do is shake it off, and getcha back when I'm your boss
I'm not thinkin' 'bout you haters
'Cause hey, I could be a superstar, I'll see you when you wash my car " (Loser Like Me - Glee)

So, have you guys had few songs to make you alive? Happy Vesak Day for bloggers who celebrate! :)

awesomeness on saturday night

2011-05-15T17:00:00.005+07:00

what can we say and feel more thankful than having a very wonderful time with old mates?

YES, I'M STRONG

2011-02-19T17:31:00.004+07:00

via i can read

:)

Perubahan Sosial melalui Media Baru (Tinjauan Ilmu Komunikasi)

2011-02-09T10:57:00.030+07:00

Apa sih Twitter? Twitter adalah situs mikroblogging. Well, saya gak akan menjelaskan bagaimana caranya menggunakan Twitter secara panjang lebar. Tapi, bagi kalian yang masih belum punya dan belum paham soal Twitter, silahkan kunjungi blog adik saya (klik di sini!). Sebelumnya, saya persilahkan Anda untuk berpikir, apakah anda merasa Twitter itu berguna bagi kehidupan anda atau tidak. Silahkan pilih.

Seperti kita ketahui bahwa Indonesia tercatat sebagai negara dengan pengguna Twitter terbanyak di dunia pada 2010, lebih tepatnya berjumlah 20,8 % dari pengguna internet di Tanah Air. Sementara, jumlah pengguna internet di Indonesia sudah mencapai 45 juta. Untuk lebih lengkapnya, silahkan kunjungi kompas online (klik di sini) dan detikcom (klik di sini). Melihat dari data jumlah pengguna internet di Indonesia, wajar saja apabila jumlah pengguna Twitter akan terus bertambah dan bertambah setiap harinya.

Ketika jumlah pengguna Twitter terus menerus bertambah, bisa dikatakan bahwa sebagian masyarakat Indonesia sudah melek terhadap kehadiran media baru, khususnya Twitter. Namun, masyarakat Indonesia yang baru melek akan adanya media baru seperti Twitter ini hanya terjadi pada kelompok masyarakat menengah ke atas. Mengapa hanya kelompok masyarakat menengah ke atas yang melek terhadap kehadiran media baru? Mudah menjawabnya, karena hanya mereka lah yang mampu memiliki akses terhadap internet. Tapi pertanyaannya, apakah mereka (baca : kelompok masyarakat menengah ke atas) sudah benar-benar paham akan fungsi dan peranan media baru, seperti Twitter? Dan, apa sebenarnya yang menjadi kekuatan dari media baru, seperti Twitter? Sebelum saya jawab, akan lebih baik jikalau saya menjelaskan dengan menggunakan beberapa contoh berikut ini.

Berawal dari Twitter

Kita, sebagai bagian warga dunia, sangat tahu mengenai situasi politik di Mesir. Situasi politik Mesir yang tidak stabil lantaran sang pemimpin negara, Hosni Mubarak, masih nyaman untuk menikmati kekuasaannya selama 30 tahun. Pada akhirnya, sama seperti Indonesia pada Mei 1998, masyarakat pun berbondong-bondong turun ke jalan untuk menyuarakan aspirasi mereka (baca: masyarakat kontra terhadap kekuasaan Mubarak) bahwa Mubarak sepantasnya harus turun. Mereka pun tidak lelah, meski sudah berjalan kurang lebih dua minggu terakhir. Jikalau kita ingin menelisik lebih lanjut, sebenarnya gerakan masyarakat ini berasal dari mana?

Gerakan masyarakat yang muak terhadap pemerintahan Mubarak itu berasal dari Twitter. Ya, awalnya mereka menyuarakan melalui Twitter dan Facebook. Apa saja yang mereka keluhkan melalui media baru tersebut? Mereka, apapun pekerjaannya, menyampaikan kegalauan hatinya mengenai periode kekuasaan yang diduduki Mubarak saat ini. Mereka juga mengeluh tentang minimnya kesempatan kerja yang disediakan oleh pemerintahan Mubarak. Bayangkan, hanya 2% lapangan pekerjaan yang tersedia. Ironis, padahal kita semua tahu bahwa Mesir adalah pusat peradaban agama Islam yang maju.(Untuk lebih lanjut, baca tempointeraktif dan majalah tempo, klik di sini)

Selanjutnya, apa yang mereka perbuat melalui Twitter dan Facebook hingga dapat menggerakkan demonstrasi secara besar-besaran? Berdasarkan informasi yang saya peroleh dari tempointeraktif (bisa klik di sini), selain bercuit-cuit melalui Twitter, mereka juga membuat akun "We are all Khaled Said" yang memiliki anggota lebih dari 370 ribu orang. Fyi, sebagaimana saya kutip dari tempointeraktif, Khaled Said adalah pedagang yang tewas akibat dianiaya polisi tahun lalu. Akun ini menyerukan aksi antipemerintah berkali-kali, termasuk mengundang aksi 25 Januari lalu. Maka, mereka berhasil menggerakkan demonstrasi terbesar sepanjang sejarah politik Mesir.

Lalu bagaimana dengan Indonesia? Apakah Twitter dan Facebook cukup berhasil dalam menggalang kekuatan rakyat atas nama keadilan hukum? Saya pernah membahas masalah ini pada postingan sebelumnya (bisa diklik di sini). Pada postingan saya sebelumnya, saya menyebutkan kasus-kasus apa saja yang diangkat ke publik oleh pers lantaran adanya desakan yang kuat dari masyarakat melalui media baru, seperti Twitter dan Facebook. Kasus-kasus tersebut ialah kasus Bibit-Chandra dan kasus Prita Mulyasari. Selain kasus-kasus hukum tersebut, ada juga rencana kebijakan Dana Aspirasi yang dibuat oleh DPR, tapi karena mendapatkan tanggapan dan reaksi keras dari masyarakat melalui media baru, maka rencana kebijakan Dana Aspirasi itu ditunda.

Atau kasus hukum yang masih hangat diperbincangkan di ranah Twitter, yakni kasus hukum yang menimpa ibunda dari @AlandaKariza. Awalnya, tidak ada yang tahu tentang apa yang tengah dialami oleh seorang @AlandaKariza, tapi setelah menulis melalui blog pribadinya (klik di sini), semua pengguna twitter di Indonesia sadar akan pentingnya kasus hukum ibunya Alanda. Tak perlu waktu lama, hampir semua pemilik akun twitter di Indonesia memberikan dukungan secara virtual terhadap Alanda melalui situs mikroblogging tersebut. Dampaknya, kasus hukum ibunya Alanda sukses menduduki peringkat kedua dari trending topics di Indonesia, melalui hashtag #helpAlanda. Terlebih lagi, beberapa media online (seperti @kompasdotcom, @detikcom, dan @tempointeraktif) langsung mengangkat kasus hukum ibunya Alanda sebagai salah satu berita. Wow, luar biasa dahsyatnya kekuatan media baru, khususnya Twitter.

the image source (click!)

Budaya Latah dalam Media Baru

Pertanyaannya adalah, mengapa kicauan tweeps (sebutan bagi para pengguna akun twitter) dapat menggoyahkan suatu negara atau pemerintahan? Menurut kacamata saya sebagai pemerhati ilmu komunikasi dan pemerhati isu sosial di dalam media baru, ada beberapa hal yang dapat disebut sebagai pemicu para tweeps untuk sekedar berkicau di ranah publik baru, yakni media baru. Pertama, adalah budaya latah dalam media baru. Kita sebagai tweeps, tidak hanya di Indonesia tetapi juga di setiap negara belahan dunia, cenderung memiliki budaya latah atau budaya mengikuti apa yang diperbincangkan oleh para tweeps lainnya di timeline. Sama seperti pop culture yang sedang berkembang kemudian menarik untuk diikuti, persoalan publik yang tengah hangat dibicarakan pun dapat diikuti oleh para tweeps baik yang berasal dari masyarakat. Tapi yang menarik adalah, partisipasi masyarakat apolitis yang ikut berargumen mengenai berbagai persoalan publik yang mencakup isu sosial politik tersebut.

Wujud Ruang Publik Baru

Bagaimana bisa masyarakat apolitis juga tertarik untuk mengamati dan memiliki perhatian terhadap isu sosial politik yang tengah berkembang? Jawabannya sederhana, Kedua, masyarakat apolitis memiliki akses untuk memanfaatkan media baru, khususnya twitter, sebagai bentuk ruang publik baru. Akses untuk mendapatkan informasi lewat media baru didapat sepenuhnya oleh masyarakat apolitis melalui kehadiran teknologi komunikasi dan teknologi informasi. Di sisi lain, beberapa ahli memasukkan internet sebagai sarana baru, selain media cetak dan media elektronik, di dalam paradigma komunikasi massa yang mutakhir. Dengan kata lain, twitter dan situs jejaring sosial lainnya, atau media baru, sangat berpeluang untuk dijadikan sebagai ruang publik yang baru.

Twitter beserta media baru lainnya merupakan angin segar dalam kehidupan masyarakat apolitis di Indonesia. Angin segar, karena sesuai dengan cita-cita Juergen Habermas bahwa perlunya ruang publik yang memungkinkan orang-orang untuk berdiskusi berbagai persoalan publik tanpa adanya intervensi dari pemerintah. Sehingga, dapat dikatakan bahwa berbagai media baru tersebut adalah ruang baru di mana masyarakat dapat menyampaikan pendapat dan kritik pada pemerintah tanpa harus khawatir adanya intervensi dari pemerintah. Terlebih lagi, Indonesia sekarang ini berada di dalam kehidupan demokrasi yang cukup stabil. Seperti kita ketahui, kehidupan demokrasi suatu negara tidak akan berjalan efektif jikalau tidak ada ruang publik yang bisa dimanfaatkan oleh masyarakatnya. Artinya, media baru bisa dipertimbangkan sebagai wujud ruang publik baru, tatkala media-media konvensional (seperti surat kabar, televisi, dan radio) justru telah dikuasai oleh para elite politik.

Keberadaan Opinion Leader dalam Media Baru
Ketiga, Opinion leader tidak hanya hadir secara nyata pada lingkungan masyarakat, tetapi juga berada di tengah-tengah masyarakat secara maya pada era konvergensi media. Memang tampaknya opinion leader pun mengalami pergeseran dan perluasan makna. Dahulu, kita mengenal tetua atau kepala adat atau kepala suku yang ada di dekat lingkungan tempat tinggal kita sebagai opinion leader. Namun, sekarang ini, sembari dipicu oleh kehadiran teknologi komunikasi dan teknologi informasi, kita dapat dengan mudahnya bertemu dengan para opinion leader secara tidak nyata. Di samping itu, opinion leader yang dulunya hanya ditemukan di lingkungan desa saja, saat ini opinion leader juga dapat kita temui di masyarakat kota dengan mengandalkan baik teknologi komunikasi maupun teknologi informasi. Maka, menurut hemat saya, opinion leader adalah seseorang yang berperan sebagai pemuka pendapat untuk mempengaruhi audiens di dalam proses komunikasi melalui berbagai media, apapun bentuknya. Dapat diartikan bahwa opinion leader tidak melulu hanya mempengaruhi audiens melalui media-media konvensional, bahkan melalui media baru pada era konvergensi media.

Media Baru Ditinjau dari Model Jarum Injeksi
Jikalau kita mengingat kembali tentang model jarum injeksi atau hypodermic needle model, bisa diambil latar belakang pemikiran model jarum injeksi ialah audiens bersikap pasif terhadap berbagai macam informasi yang disebarkan melalui media massa. Sehingga, media massa justru lebih aktif untuk mempengaruhi audiens. Hal inilah yang dikatakan oleh Nurudin di dalam bukunya yang berjudul Sistem Komunikasi Indonesia. Menurut Nurudin, model jarum injeksi ini sama seperti teori peluru, yang mana ia menganalogikan bahwa jika sebutir peluru dikeluarkan dari katupnya, ia akan selalu menemukan sasaran. Sasaran yang dimaksud ialah audiens yang pasif tersebut.

Apabila dikaitkan dengan beberapa persoalan publik yang kembali mengemuka melalui media baru, bisa dilihat bahwa para pengguna media baru, seperti Twitter adalah sasaran empuk bagi media baru. Sasaran empuk, sebab para tweeps ialah audiens yang pasif. Artinya, para tweeps hanya mampu menikmati derasnya arus informasi yang mengalir dalam Twitter. Tak heran bila Elihu Katz (berdasarkan buku Nurudin yang berjudul Sistem Komunikasi Indonesia) mengemukakan beberapa ciri dari suatu media sehubungan dengan model jarum injeksi. Salah satu ciri yang dimaksud, yaitu, media massa memiliki kekuatan luar biasa yang mampu menginjeksi secara mendalam berbagai macam informasi ke dalam benak-benak yang tidak berdaya.

Seperti saya jelaskan di atas bahwa internet merupakan sarana baru di dalam paradigma komunikasi massa baru, jadi Twitter dan media baru lainnya bisa diklasifikasikan ke dalam pembagian media massa. Maka dari itu, sesuai dengan apa yang dikatakan oleh Elihu Katz, Twitter beserta media baru lainnya juga memiliki kekuatan luar biasa untuk menembakkan segala macam informasi, khususnya persoalan publik, kepada audiens di dalamnya, yakni para tweeps. Ditambah lagi dengan keberadaan para opinion leader yang berperan untuk mempengaruhi para tweeps dalam arus penyebaran informasi. Apalagi jika para opinion leader tersebut mengeluarkan pendapatnya masing-masing secara sama dan serentak. Dengan demikian, peran media baru (seperti Twitter) dibantu dengan para opinion leader pada akhirnya mampu untuk menciptakan adanya sebuah perubahan yang menyangkut persoalan publik serta kepentingan masyarakat.

Semoga tulisan ini bermanfaat :)

A Meaningful Lyric

2011-01-29T15:34:00.012+07:00

To my mom and my dad,

Andai aku t'lah dewasa
Apa yang 'kan kukatakan
Untukmu idolaku tersayang
Ayah... Oh...

Andai usiaku berubah
Kubalas cintamu bunda
Pelitaku, penerang jiwaku
Dalam setiap waktu

Oh... Kutahu kau berharap dalam doamu
Kutahu kau berjaga dalam langkahku
Kutahu s'lalu cinta dalam senyummu
Oh Tuhan, Kau kupinta bahagiakan mereka sepertiku

Andai aku t'lah dewasa
Ingin aku persembahkan
Semurni cintamu, setulus kasih sayangmu
Kau s'lalu kucinta

Andai usiaku berubah
Kubalas cintamu bunda
Pelitaku, penerang jiwaku
Dalam setiap waktu

Oh... Kutahu kau berharap dalam doamu
Kutahu kau berjaga dalam langkahku
Kutahu s'lalu cinta dalam senyummu
Oh Tuhan, Kau kupinta bahagiakan mereka sepertiku

Andai aku t'lah dewasa
Ingin aku persembahkan
Semurni cintamu, setulus kasih sayangmu
Kau s'lalu kucinta

with lots of love,

kakak.

note : lirik ini diambil dari salah satu lagu yang pernah dinyanyikan oleh Sherina. You all might have listened to this song when you were kids. :)

Between God and The Reality among Us

2011-01-26T21:18:00.019+07:00

Hello readers! How was your life recently? I hope everything goes well. So, what I'm gonna write? I'll tell about what I've got from one of most watched TV series, How I Met Your Mother (HIMYM).

How I Met Your Mother Season 4 (The Leap Episode)

In one of the episodes from HIMYM, Ted seemed to be stressful when he was designing a restaurant. He was ordered by his client to design a restaurant, called by Rib Town, is designed like Cowboy Hat. Yaa, the shape of restaurant must be similiar to cowboy hat. Could you imagine how the building will be? Could you imagine how the difficulty of designing building like cowboy hat? On the day before his birthday, he tried to design all day in his apartment. Although, he will be having birthday on the next day. Although, his friends (Marshall, Lily, Robin, and Barney) already had prepared a suprise birthday party on the roof of their apartment. But, he was still kept working on his design until midnight. Well, I'm not gonna tell about the rest of its story.

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In the end, Ted was failed to persuade his client about his design, though he have had presentation before. Poor him. After losing the job from a company, he wasn't succeed to develop his architectural design firm. As Lily said, he might have to accept a job at the University. Ted was advised by Lily to accept job as lecturer in architecture classes. In this moment, Lily told him to stop chasing what he can't get and told him to let God show what the best for him. I still remember what Lily said to Ted :

may be you won't design building, but you will design your life

Well, what Lily said above is really true. As I told you in some older posts, I've ever dreamt to be a journalist someday. Journalist has been becoming my dream since I was in high school. I've never been thinking of other jobs, unless being journalist. But, what I'm supposed to say if God wants me to be (an assistant) lecturer, like Ted? What I've got from this episode is we might have to know between God and the reality among us.

Castle, my favourite tv series!

2011-01-21T14:54:00.000+07:00

It's been so long that I've never been updating this blog since last year, exactly on November. hmm.. three months ago and it's already first month on the year of 2011. I can't tell about many things since I have no time at all. Yup, for some months, I've been having lack of time to do writing because of my work at college. So, I'm here now, to update this blog.

Well, there is no important stories to be told to you. The only one that I wanna tell is I'm crazy about Castle. Anyone of you watch this tv series? Perhaps, some of you have starworld in your television channel, you guys may see Castle. You guys may say I'm late to see Castle, but this serial tv is worth to be seen by the fans of detective series.

the image source (click!)

Have a pleasant year in 2011, wish everything will turn out to be greater than the previous year!

Pray For Indonesia

2010-11-03T12:59:00.000+07:00

Sorry for being late to post some important news to be delivered by me through this blog. So sorry. Since I'm late, I won't give the complete news, I just posted a few photos that I collected from any online media. And... I just realized that natural disasters happened on October. For those who read this post, please keep praying for our country, Indonesia, to be always good! Amin.

the image source

first, the flood in Wasior, West Papua, happened in the beginning of October, exactly Monday on October 4th, 2010.

the image source

After that flood, we were suprised by the news of earthquake and tsunami that occured in the Mentawai Islands. Both the earthquake and the tsunami happened in Monday on October 25th, 2010.

the image source

Meanwhile we were still shocked by the earthquake and tsunami, another natural disaster occured. It was coming from one of the active volcano mountains in Central Java, Merapi. Merapi has been erupted since Tuesday on October 26th, 2010.

Let's pray for our lovely country, Indonesia! :)

COMING SOON!

2010-11-02T22:48:00.000+07:00

There are a few must-see movies to be seen by me and (of course) the readers. Here they are..

1. Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows : Part One

I'm sure that I'm not the only one who already awaits this movie. But also, everyone in the world, of course, eagerly wants to see how the work of David Yates to make an incredible movie to be shown. Unfortunately, there's an issue that the 3D version of this movie can't be watched.. Well, I don't know whether this issue right or wrong. Let's see and wait on this November!

2. The Social Network

Based on its title, we already know what the movie is about. Yup, this movie tells the story of the most famous social networking site in the world, facebook. Specifically, The Social Network movie is focused on the story of the founder of facebook, Mark Zuckerberg. I'm curious how David Fincher make this movie since he has been directing some great movies, for example, Fight Club, Panic Room, and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Anyway, I love its tagline, You don't get to 500 million friends without making a few enemies. So real, huh?

3. The Chronicles of Narnia : The Voyage of The Dawn Treader

Who doesn't love the fantasy story of Narnia written by C.S Lewis? I think everyone loves this movie a lot. I'd love to see how Edmund and Lucy also two other siblings will not be tempted and will not to be distracted each other by the White Witch. This movie will be good to be watched in 3D version, let's wait and enjoy the journey in Narnia! :)

Selamat Hari Sumpah Pemuda

2010-10-28T16:29:00.000+07:00

Kepada seluruh pemuda/i di Tanah Air, alangkah baiknya jika kalian akan menggelar demonstrasi, seyogyanya kalian dapat berpikir kritis sesuai dengan situasinya secara bijak. Artinya, berpikir kritislah kalian jika sesuai dengan tempatnya. Lihat secara seksama dahulu kondisinya seperti apa. Amati dahulu masalah yang akan kalian kritisi apa. Barulah kalian berpikir kritis. Barulah kalian berdemonstrasi. Saya terkadang miris melihat para pemuda/i yang dulunya aktivis lalu sekarang menjadi bagian dari sistem politik yang berkuasa. Ya, pada kenyataannya memang tidak sedikit pemuda/i yang tergiur dengan kekuasaan. Tapi, tidak sedikit pula para pemuda/i yang masih konsisten untuk berjuang di jalan melalui demonstrasi.

Kepada seluruh pemuda/i di Tanah Air, alangkah baiknya jika saat ini kita bertindak dan berpartisipasi dalam mencapai cita-cita bangsa. Tidak hanya diucapkan melalui ikrar sumpah pemuda, tetapi juga dimulai dengan tindakan kecil untuk kemajuan bangsa ini. Contohnya seperti apa? Contohnya, saat sedang ujian, alangkah baiknya jika kalian tidak mencontek dan lebih percaya dengan jawaban kalian sendiri. Dengan tidak mencontek, kalian pun sudah melakukan tindakan positif demi kemajuan pendidikan bangsa. Mudah kan? Yuk, kita mulai bertindak untuk meraih cita-cita bangsa ! Tetap optimis ! :)

The Ghost Writer : Read Between The Lies

2010-10-25T17:10:00.000+07:00

The Ghost Writer, tunggu dulu, ini bukan film horor yang akan membuat kita berteriak dan menutup mata. Film ini sama sekali tidak ada penampakan hantu atau pembunuhan berdarah dingin. Film ini memiliki genre thriller, drama, and mystery. Ya, cukup menegangkan karena pikiran kita dipaksa untuk memutar mencari jawaban mengapa Mike McAra meninggal? Apakah dia meninggal karena kecelakaan? Atau justru dibunuh oleh seseorang? Sekali lagi, kita tidak akan disodorkan situasi malam - di mana biasanya para pembunuh beraksi - tetapi justru kita digiring ke sebuah drama (yang pada akhirnya mengarah ke) politik dengan menegangkan.

Antara Politikus dan Penulisnya

Politikus merangkap sekaligus sebagai pejabat publik selalu membutuhkan penulis atau juru bicara yang membantu dalam membuat sebuah press release. Artinya, mereka (yang menjadi penulis atau juru bicara) adalah tangan kanan sang politikus tersebut. Sehingga membutuhkan suatu bentuk hubungan yang full of chemistry and very close each other di antara penulis dan politikus. Khusus untuk penulis biografi tokoh terkemuka, biasanya dikenal dengan sebutan Ghost Writer. Ghost writer merupakan sebutan yang identik dengan penulis biografi tokoh terkemuka tanpa menyebutkan nama atau identitas mereka. Itulah yang digambarkan oleh Roman Polaski melalui film dari adaptasi novel The Ghost (yang ditulis Robert Harris).

Awalnya, kita dibawa kepada sosok Ewan McGregor yang menjadi penulis bayangan - sebutannya adalah Ghost Writer - dan menggantikan penulis pendahulunya, yakni Mike McAra. Mike McAra meninggal secara misterius. Misterius, karena tidak diketahui secara pasti apakah dia kecelakaan, bunuh diri, atau dibunuh. Sehingga, perusahaan penerbitan tempat Mike McAra bernaung, Rhinehart Inc, mencari sosok penggantinya, yaitu Ghost Writer (Ewan McGregor) untuk melanjutkan penulisan biografi Adam Lang.

Siapakah Adam Lang? Adam Lang - yang diperankan oleh Pierce Brosnan - adalah mantan Perdana Menteri Inggris. Setelah dia berhenti bekerja memimpin Inggris, dia dan istrinya, Ruth Lang - diperankan oleh Olivia Williams - menetap di kantor pribadi sekaligus tempat tinggal pribadinya yang letaknya di sebuah pulau terpencil dan terisolasi dari hiruk pikuk keramaian United States of America (USA). Mereka tinggal bersama staf pribadi serta para pengawal pribadi mereka. Termasuk Ghost Writer yang pada akhirnya tinggal bersama di villa pribadi Adam Lang. Sejak tinggal di villa pribadi Adam inilah, ghost writer melihat beberapa hal aneh yang perlu ditelusuri dan dicari jawabannya hingga saling berkaitan satu sama lain.

Adam Lang dan Paul Emmett

Ghost writer memulai penulisannya dari mengapa Adam tertarik untuk terjun ke dunia politik, padahal semua orang tahu bahwa hidupnya bukan untuk bidang politik. Sesuai dengan apa yang dilontarkan Adam selama wawancara berlangsung, semula ghost writer mengira bahwa ketertarikannya pada dunia politik dikarenakan sosok Ruth yang cerdas. Ternyata, selidik punya selidik, sosok Ruth bukan merupakan satu-satunya alasan mengapa ia terjun ke dunia politik. Hal ini didasarkan atas beberapa temuan ghost writer di dalam kamar pendahulunya, McAra.

Ghost writer menemukan sebuah amplop coklat yang berisi hasil penyelidikan McAra yang disimpan di bawah laci lemari pakaiannya. Di dalam amplop tersebut terdapat kartu keanggotaan Adam sebagai anggota partai Buruh dan artikel yang menyebutkan kapan sang politikus bergabung di dalam partai Buruh. Berdasarkan kartu keanggotaan dan artikel, dapat dilihat adanya perbedaan mencolok tentang tahun bergabungnya Adam ke dalam partai Buruh. Perbedaan tahun ini mengisyaratkan keanehan mengenai alasannya terjun ke dunia politik.

Selain kartu keanggotaan dan artikel tentang keikutsertaannya di dalam partai Buruh, ghost writer juga menemukan foto-foto Adam bersama rekan-rekan kuliahnya sewaktu di Universitas Cambrige. Terekam di dalam salah satu foto tersebut, di antaranya ialah sosok Paul Emmet. Lalu, ghost writer pun menyelidiki ada hubungan apa di antara Paul Emmet dan Adam Lang. Meski awal mulanya tidak ada faktor kesengajaan. Ya, niat awal ghost writer ialah balik ke hotel dengan menggunakan mobil yang bisa dipakai McAra. Namun, sepanjang perjalanan sistem GPS (Global Positioning System) pada mobil malah membawa ghost writer menuju ke arah kediaman salah satu professor Universitas Harvard, yaitu Paul Emmet (yang diperankan oleh Tom Wilkinson). Penyelidikan sang ghost writer pun dimulai. Ya, mau tidak mau, ghost writer pun harus melakukan investigasi meski hanya untuk menulis sebuah biografi saja.

Ketika ghost writer menanyakan kedekatan yang terjalin di antara Paul Emmet dan Adam Lang, Paul Emmet terlihat sangat tertutup dan terlalu banyak kebohongan. Sayangnya, usai pertemuan ghost writer dan Paul Emmet, ghost writer dibuntuti dan dikejar oleh orang-orang suruhan Paul Emmett. Upaya pengejaran itu tidak berhasil, lantaran ghost writer mencoba untuk mengelabui dan menghilangkan jejaknya dari orang-orang suruhan Paul Emmett. Meskipun orang-orang itu mengejar ghost writer hingga ke pelabuhan, tetapi ia tidak kehilangan akal untuk menyelamatkan diri. Saat itu juga, ghost writer sadar bahwa McAra kemungkinan besar dibunuh oleh Paul Emmett setelah McAra mendatangi rumah Paul Emmet.

Saat ghost writer mulai merasa aman untuk berlindung, ia mencoba untuk menghubungi nomor telepon yang tertera di balik foto Paul Emmet dan Adam. Nomor telepon yang ditulis oleh McAra tersebut membawa ghost writer untuk menghubungi dan bertemu Richard Rycart (yang diperankan oleh Robert Pugh). Fyi, Richard Rycart adalah salah satu staf yang dipecat oleh Adam Lang dan juga membantu McAra pada waktu menyusun biografi.

Sembari menunggu pertemuannya dengan Richard Rycart, ghost writer mencoba untuk meneliti melalui internet tentang sosok Paul Emmet. Ternyata hasil penemuannya, Paul Emmet merupakan bagian dari CIA di saat tahun pertama kali Adam Lang memutuskan untuk menjadi politikus. Artinya, Adam Lang terjun ke dunia politik karena diajak oleh Paul Emmett yang juga bernaung di badan intelijen Amerika Serikat, apalagi kalau bukan CIA. Mulai terlihat kan bagaimana politikus Inggris tersebut juga dipengaruhi oleh Amerika?

Tak lama setelah menemukan fakta-fakta mengenai Paul Emmett di CIA melalui internet, ghost writer dijemput Richard Rycart. Richard Rycart sempat memberitahukan pada ghost write tentang jawaban misteri yang ditemukan oleh McAra. Katanya, "not all of it, just the beginning. There's something very important about it". Artinya, semua tertulis pada permulaan dan ada sesuatu yang sangat penting di sana. Itulah yang dikatakan oleh McAra kepada Richard Rycart dan diberitahukan kembali kepada ghost writer.

Ruth dan Paul Emmett

Sejak ditemukannya fakta mengenai Paul Emmet dan Adam Lang, pikiran kita akan selalu fokus pada dua sosok tersebut dan melupakan sosok lainnya, seperti Ruth. Ya, hingga pertengahan film berlangsung, Ruth tampaknya semakin terlupakan oleh pikiran kita bahwa sebenarnya ia memiliki peran penting dalam karier politik Adam Lang. Hingga akhirnya sampai di tengah-tengah film, Adam Lang ditembak oleh salah seorang demostran saat baru saja turun dari pesawat bersama para staf termasuk ghost writer. Adam Lang meninggal begitu saja di lokasi penembakan.

Sepeninggalnya mantan perdana menteri Inggris tersebut, buku biografi Adam Lang pun diterbitkan. Saat berlangsungnya peluncuran buku biografi Adam Lang, Ghost writer datang secara diam-diam bersama asisten pribadi Adam Lang, yaitu Amelia Bly (yang diperankan oleh Kim Cattrall dengan sangat berbeda). Ya, ghost writer datang secara diam-diam, mengingat ia adalah penulis bayangan yang sebenarnya tidak perlu untuk diketahui keberadaannya. Sebab, jika seorang penulis bayangan datang ke acara peluncuran buku yang ditulisnya, maka hal ini memalukan bagi ghost writer.

Selama acara berlangsung, ghost writer melihat Ruth sedang berbincang akrab dengan Paul Emmet. Setelah bertanya dengan Amelia Bly tentang mengapa Ruth dan Paul Emmet dekat, ternyata Paul Emmet adalah salah satu dosen pembimbing Ruth sewaktu kuliah S2 di Universitas Harvard. Lagi-lagi, ghost writer teringat kembali tentang jawaban misteri yang ditemukan McAra dalam buku biografi Adam Lang. Melalui ucapan Amelia Bly bahwa semuanya tertera ada di dalam bagian permulaan. Misteri pun terpecahkan. Kita pun tahu mengapa McAra dibunuh, siapa yang membunuh McAra, mengapa Adam Lang tertarik untuk terjun ke dunia politik, dan siapa yang mengajak Adam Lang untuk menjadi politikus. Semuanya terjawab melalui susunan kata berikut, "Langs wife, Ruth, was recruited by Paul Emmett, as a major in CIA".

Satu hal yang saya pikirkan adalah kematian Adam Lang yang sia-sia karena ia tidak tahu apa yang hendak disampaikan oleh kedua penulis bayangannya melalui buku biografi dirinya. Tetapi, secara menyeluruh, film ini dikemas dengan baik hingga bagian akhir film yang tak terbayangkan sebelumnya. Akting para pemain dan skenario cerita yang digambarkan sangat rapi dan sangat baik. A highly recommended movie for those who loves watching political thriller movie.

The Cutest Mom-Daughter Couple!

2010-10-24T12:36:00.000+07:00

I found an article about Katie Holmes and his daughter two days ago. I found this article and photo from popsugar.com. Suri Cruise, the daughter of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, was spotted in L.A. When Katie was working for her new movie, Suri came to that spot to see what her mother did there. Look at two photos below.. and you'll agree with me that they are the cutest mom-daughter couple!

Katie wore a red checkered shirt, a black legging, and mary jane flat shoes. While Suri wore a simple white blue dress plus added with gray sneakers. How casual they were. Based on two photos above, the look of Katie-Suri seemed so casual, but they were stunning! :)

I LOVE ANIMALS SO MUCH

2010-10-20T21:58:00.000+07:00

" Kita harus menyayangi hewan, apapun hewan itu, karena hewan juga ciptaan Tuhan dan mereka punya hak hidup "- my dad.

Those words above were said by my father to me and my sister. Since I was kid, maybe 3 years or 4 years old, me and my sister have been taught about animal by our father. His words are always be our reminder to do not something bad with the animals around us. He always teaches us how to care with animals from the tiniest one to the biggest one.

You know what the effect from his words for me? When I was kid, I often used to follow and to observe the habit of ANT! Yep, ANT! Oh, please, I hope you, my readers, will not to laugh at me while reading this. I love ant. I used to be curious about what ant will do next. I used to like following ant. I used to like observing the activities of ant every day! Is it a nerd and a weird routinity? My father said NO. He said my unusual routinity was good at that time. My grandpa added that my daily routinity could be good for my knowledge. Additionally, my grandfather, who taken care of me, supported me to do observing the activities of ant.

In the backyard, I used to observe in every hole where ants must be there. After school, I used to go to the backyard to see what they do. After having lunch or dinner, I even used to share a bit of food to those ants! Sooooo funny, hah? The most thing I love from ants is they live communally. In other words, they always work together for their groups, especially gathering the food. Unfortunately, my father didn't capture any photos of me together with ants. By photos, I need a real evidence to support me that I ever was the biggest fan of ants. hehehe.

Well, that's a bit unknown fact from me. None of my friends knows this fact. Only my family do know this. I can say that ant is unique animal yet so cute! Besides ant, I found other odd animals but they are too cute not to be loved. I found them on National Geographic. Thank you dad, you always remind us not to miss all their programs about animal life. Here they are..

Aardvarks, Orycteropus afer, only can be found in Southern Africa

As you see that animal above, it seems like kangaroo and pig, doesn't it? Aardvarks seems like a kangaroo because of its tail. And it seems like a pig because of its longer nose than the real pig. Oh, one more thing, it seems like rabbit, look at its ears! so cute!

Black-Footed Ferrets, mustela nigripes

Unfortunately, the population of black-footed ferrets is getting more declined now. I read from National Geographic that the protection status is endangered.. :(

They look like strange but so cuteee, don't they? Keep preserving our animals for a better habitat! :)

Anyway, all photos are taken from National Geographic.

Coffee and Chocolate

2010-10-19T12:33:00.000+07:00

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I renewed and edited my bio on twitter yesterday. I said there, " I used to love drinking coffee, but now, seriously, I don't love drinking coffee ". Anymore. I'd rather choose a cup of hot chocolate than a cup of coffee. Why does this change happen to me? And since when did I start not to consume caffeine in coffee?

When I was in senior high school, I was influenced by the habit of my father, exactly by consuming caffeine in coffee. My father is the most active smoker and coffee drinker in his whole life. Coffee and cigarette look like his best friend forever. When he needs an idea to come, he starts smoking and drinking a coffee. When he starts writing, he takes cigarette and coffee. Like, nothing else, except them.

Okay, back to the main person of this writing, me. I saw coffee as good as chocolate. As I take a sip of coffee, it gives me an relaxing feeling, so does chocolate. Since I was in senior high school, I started to love drinking a cup of coffee. I'd rather made a strongly instant coffee to drink most of the time. So that, I felt enjoy and enjoyed the moment while I was having a cup of either originally black coffee or mix coffee. Most of the time, I used to prefer enjoying many variety of coffee, such as cappucino, espresso, hazelnut coffee, coffee latte, and even instant coffee. I used to drink a cup of coffee in every morning, every noon, and every night. It means I used to drink at least three times a day. At that time, I haven't felt any bad effects from coffee. I only felt positive effect, a relaxing moment, after sipping a cup of coffee.

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Nevertheless, as the time goes by, I became addicted to any coffee! Unlike others, who haven't been influenced by bad effect from drinking coffee, I had been feeling that my heart always beats so fast. Unluckily me, I'm not the one who fits with coffee, due to my heart's condition. Or perhaps, this relates to my low blood pressure. I always feel scared when the beat of my heart is getting faster, after drinking a cup of original black coffee or mix coffee. This makes me worry about bad effect to my health. I felt worry about its health effect. After asking advise to other people, like doctor and my parents, I decided to stop drinking coffee no matter what condition I got. The conclusion is I'm not suitable to consume coffee. I'd prefer drinking a hot chocolate rather than a cup of coffee. And, I feel better after drinking a cup of hot chocolate.

Anyhow, drinking a cup of hot chocolate is more relaxing, more healthy, and more enjoyable than drinking a cup of coffee! :)

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Writing

2010-10-07T11:41:00.001+07:00

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writing is not only pouring the ideas into the words, but also it needs a well-established outline to be a good writing ( by me )

Flintstone and childhood

2010-09-30T10:35:00.000+07:00

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This is what I found when I tried to search some references through google. I found FLINTSTONE as the main image of google. I love Flintstone. I love the story of Flintstone. I love watching Flintstone when I was a kid! And, I'm missing Flintstone and my childhood now..

"Yabba dabba doo!"

Selamat Hari Raya Idul Fitri 1431 H

2010-09-14T12:58:00.000+07:00

When you look at your life, the greatest happinesses are family happinesses.
~Joyce Brothers

Selamat Hari Raya Idul Fitri 1431 H

Mohon Maaf Lahir dan Batin

Semoga kita semua bisa bertemu di bulan Ramadhan tahun selanjutnya, Amin.

The New Society in New Media in The Era of Democracy

2010-09-05T13:58:00.000+07:00

In the era of Democracy, we (as public) are able to smell something fresh in our beloved country, Indonesia. What things that able to make us feel fresh in the newest system like democracy? Those things are, freedom of giving opinion through any mass media and freedom of the press. As we know, we have been indoctrinated by the goverment during the era of New Order (in Indonesia : Orde Baru). We have been indoctrinated that the policies of government were always right. In addition, we have never been given a chance to give criticism about the government and the policies. Ironically, the government also controlled the flow of information from mass media. The controlling of information (through mass media) was managed by the Mr. Soeharto and Departemen Penerangan. At that time, the content of the news from mass media was controlled by Departemen Penerangan. Yep, most of the news that we widely accepted is about the triumph of their policies. We were scarcely given about the negative things of government and policies. After controlling this country for 32 years, public were united to resist by holding a huge of demonstrations in all over Indonesia. Many demonstrations were held by college students, activists, and politicians at every level of society. I still remember that many chaos happened in every demonstration. And finally, Soeharto took off his duty as the president of Indonesia and then he was substituted by Mr. BJ. Habibie. We continously entered the door of new era, called by Era Reformasi, from 1998 until now. In Era Reformasi, we are able to feel the fresh smell of Democracy. This is indicated from freedom of the press and freedom of giving opinion.

Freedom of the press and giving opinion

Literally, press is the fourth pillar in democracy. This fact can be proven from many mass media grow up gradually in the end of 1998-1999. Entering the new period of 2000, mass media started to give something critical and skeptical about the government and the policies. There are almost no revocation and domination of the press by the government. If there were a little bit of revocation or domination of the press, the news would still be appeared critically. I guarantee for this.

Why do the press grow up freely and critically? Because of the system in Democracy. Democracy has been pushing the society, the press, and the government, to think, to speak, and to act critically. This means freedom of giving opinion. Speaking of this, the rule of giving opinion has been written in pasal 28 Undang-Undang Dasar 1945 and Undang-Undang Pers Nomor 40 Tahun 1999. That is why most of us are being more critical than most of us are in New Order. That is why many mass media are being more critical than mass media are in New Order. Moreover, we are able to show off our critical thinking through mass media. As Juergen Habermas said that mass media always will be the public sphere for public either in a democracy country or a non-democracy country. Yup, mass media always will be the watchdog of government and the public sphere for the society. Yet, mass media (newspaper, magazine, television, and radio) shall face and follow the flow of globalization, this includes how mass media could adapt with the improvement of technology in order to provide a lot of empty spheres for the society, due to the role of mass media as a public sphere.

The exist of social media networking sites

As a matter of fact, we all were faced by the improvement of technology during the 21st century. We aren't able to avoid any improvements of technology, especially for technology communication, e.g. internet, blackberry, Ipad, and many more. The improvement of technology communication brings the society all over the world to get closer with informations. The improvement of technology communication brings the society all over the world to keep updated and to keep connected with informations. And one thing for sure, the improvement of technology communication brings the society all over the world to react and to criticize either any kinds of policy or any kinds of government.

One easiest way that how we use the technology communication for giving critisism is by using the internet. By using the internet, we are able to talk, discuss, and share about what we thought. Moreover, currently, we find many free facilities (through the internet) to post our critical thinking. Those free facilities are called by social media networking sites. How many social media networking sites that have been provided for us? Social media networking sites are getting many more and more, such as facebook, twitter, multiply, and any sorts of. Can you imagine that how many people in the world use all those social media networking sites in every day? I think, almost all humans in the world use social media networking sites to support their life needs, especially in terms of our right to get information as many as possible.

The civilization of human has already changed. Human needs the improvement of technology communication to support their life. Human needs the internet to make their life more efficiency and more practical. Human needs social media networking sites to describe about what they thought into the words. One thing, for sure, Human believes that social media networking sites have fully strength to change the world. In social media networking sites, human are united to be – what we called by – mass society or public. Therefore, public comes recently as the new society in the new media.

According to the passage above, the new society has emerged which accompanied by social media networking sites as the new media. The new media has unexpected characteristics and unexpected functions in every aspect of life. One of unexpected characteristics is critical public. The more critical our society, the more loudly we speak, through social media sites. The more loudly we speak, the more changes we get. Besides an unexpected characteristic, the new media also produced unexpected functions. An unexpected function will always be appearing in the changes of mass media, including the exist of social media networking sites. Like two concepts that given by Robert K. Merton (one of sociologist), these two concepts are manifest function and latent function. Manifest function is an expected function that arise from the change. Whereas, latent function is an unexpected function that arise from the change.

One of unexpected functions is many policies had been canceled because of our voices and our opinions in the new media. This means, sometimes we need talking too much on every social media networking sites, because mass media will help to highlight our voices to the government. And many policies had been canceled because of our voices on social media networking sites. Guys, do you still remember about Bibit-Chandra’s Case? Prita Mulyasari’s Case? Dana Aspirasi’s Case? these facts show that our voices (on social media networking sites) will be giving much influences to the making process of any policies. The example cases (such as Bibit-Chandra’s Case, Prita Mulyasari’s Case, and Dana Aspirasi’s Case) describe how the new society can change and refuse either the government or the policies through social media networking sites. By giving voices on social media networking sites, we don't judge the government negatively, we only express voice of the voiceless.

People who always be called with FRIENDS

2010-08-20T20:37:00.000+07:00

From : thoughtquestions.com

I only have few friends who can be trusted and trust with me :)

Si Fotografer yang Perlu Diasah

2010-08-05T18:17:00.000+07:00

Saya sudah berniat untuk mengasah kemampuan fotografi saya saat berlibur ke dua pulau, yakni pulau Bali dan pulau Sumbawa. Sayangnya, foto-foto yang sukses hanya bisa dihitung dengan jari. Sementara, kebanyakan foto yang di-upload ke facebook adalah sebagian besar hasil jepretan adik yang lebih mahir ketimbang saya. Saya memang butuh ketekunan dan kesabaran yang lebih banyak untuk belajar fotografi. Beginilah hasilnya..

Saya ingin menghasilkan foto siluet, tapi kali ini gagal.

Niatnya, saya ingin mempraktekkan teknik freezing, tapi apa daya, kurang fokus dan kurang pakai perasaan atau hati saat memotret.

Ini satu-satunya yang berhasil

Mari belajar fotografi!

Namanya, Bima

2010-08-05T16:45:00.000+07:00

Pernah dengar Bima? Hmm.. Mungkin kalian terlalu sering mendengar Bali, Lombok, Papua, Makassar, ya kan? Kalaupun ada sering mendengar, pastilah kalian tau pasti bahwa Bima merupakan salah satu kota yang terletak di Pulau Sumbawa pada Provinsi Nusa Tenggara Barat (NTB). Jauh? Hmm.. Cukup jauh, karena kalau kita terbang pakai pesawat, tentu harus transit di Bali, kemudian melanjutkan perjalanan selama satu jam untuk sampai di bandara Sultan Muhammad Salahuddin, kota Bima. Mari saya ajak kalian untuk mengenal sedikit lebih dalam mengenai kota Bima, bukan kabupaten Bima.

Letak Geografis Bima

Kota Bima terletak di bagian timur Pulau Sumbawa pada posisi 118°41'00"-118°48'00" Bujur Timur dan 8°20'00"-8°30'00" Lintang Selatan. Keterangan ini saya ambil dari wikipedia, lantaran saya tidak tahu persis letak geografis kampung halaman ayah ini. Ya, dikarenakan posisi kota Bima berada di bagian timur, alhasil batas-batas wilayah kota Bima adalah sebagai berikut:

1. Bagian utara, kota Bima berbatasan dengan Kecamatan Ambalawi dan Kabupaten Bima;

2. Bagian selatan, kota Bima berbatasan dengan Kecamatan Palibelo dan Kabupaten Bima;

3. Bagian barat, kota Bima berbatasan langsung dengan teluk Bima;

4. Bagian timur, kota Bima berbatasan dengan Kecamatan Wawo dan Kabupaten Bima.

Dilihat dari wilayah-wilayah yang membatasinya, kota Bima juga memiliki keuntungan lainnya, yakni posisinya berbatasan langsung dengan teluk Bima. Akibatnya, ia dikelilingi oleh laut dan pantai.

Penggunaan Bahasa Bima

"Bahasa Bima itu tidak bisa ditulis dan hanya bisa diungkapkan", begitulah penuturan ayah saya mengenai bahasa Bima. Kalaupun bahasa Bima ditulis, akan menghasilkan makna yang berbeda, atau biasa kita sebut dengan kesalahpahaman. Mengapa bisa terjadi seperti ini? Seperti saya pernah jelaskan pada blog saya (perihal materi-materi kuliah) bahwa bahasa merupakan hasil dari kesepakatan-kesepakatan manusia dalam bersosialiasi.

"Dilihat dari fungsinya, bahasa merupakan alat yang dimiliki bersama untuk mengungkapkan gagasan (socially shared), karena bahasa hanya dapat dipahami apabila ada kesepakatan di antara anggota-anggota kelompok sosial untuk menggunakannya. Bahasa diungkapkan dengan kata-kata dan kata-kata tersebut sering diberi arti arbiter (semaunya)", kutipan ini diambil dari bukunya Deddy Mulyana yang berjudul Komunikasi AntarBudaya.

Artinya, wajar saja apabila bahasa Bima dituliskan, maka tak jarang menimbulkan kesalahpahaman makna, lantaran kebanyakan masyarakat Bima menggunakannya secara lisan. Misalnya saja, penulisan nama salah satu penganan khas Bima yang tepat, yakni Pangaha Punga, terkadang ada orang-orang yang menuliskannya menjadi Pangaha Bunga, sehingga maknanya pun akan berbeda. Oleh sebab itu, bahasa Bima lebih baik dan lebih sering diucapkan ketimbang dituliskan.

Uniknya, di dalam bahasa Bima, ada sebuah kosakata yang memiliki beraneka macam makna dan bisa digunakan pengucapannya dalam situasi yang berbeda-beda pula. Contohnya, Kalembo Ade, satu-satunya kosakata yang seringkali diucapkan oleh masyarakat Bima untuk berbagai macam makna. Salah dua makna dari Kalembo Ade ialah "sabar ya" dan "maaf saya tidak bisa membantu".

Penganan Khas Bima

Meskipun kota kecil, tetapi cita rasa kue-kue khas Bima tidak kalah lezatnya. Jikalau kalian mampir ke kota Bima, janganlah lupa untuk mencicipi penganan khas Bima, seperti Bingka Dolu (rasa gula merah dan pandan), Kahangga, Pangaha Punga, Buras, dan sebagainya.

Kue Buras (foto ini diambil oleh saya sendiri)

Kahangga (foto ini diambil oleh adik saya)

Pangaha Punga (foto ini diambil oleh adik saya)

Bingka Dolu rasa pandan (foto ini diambil oleh adik saya)

Selain kue-kue kering dan basah, Bima juga terkenal akan madu asli dan bandeng presto khas Bima. Madunya tidak terlalu manis. Bandeng presto khas Bima juga tidak menggunakan sambal terasi. Karena, ada beberapa sambal khas Bima yang biasa dinikmati oleh masyarakat kota Bima, di antaranya adalah Sambal Doco Tomat dan Sambal Dungga. Rasa kedua sambal itu asam. Terlebih lagi, Sambal Doco Tomat yang terkadang menggunakan mangga muda di dalamnya. Hmm.. bisa dibayangkan betapa asamnya, bukan?

Bandeng presto khas Bima (foto ini diambil oleh saya sendiri)

Sambal Doco Tomat tanpa mangga (foto ini diambil oleh saya sendiri)

Tempat Wisata di Bima

Bima juga tidak kalah menariknya dengan Bali atau Lombok. Karena, Bima dikelilingi oleh laut dan memiliki banyak pantai yang masih perawan. Mengapa saya simpulkan pantai yang masih perawan? Sebab, beberapa pantai tersebut masih asli dengan air yang jenih dan pasir yang putih bersih serta belum adanya investor baik lokal maupun asing yang menyentuh pantai-pantai tersebut. Beberapa pantai yang masih perawan di Bima adalah pantai Kalaki, pantai Wera, pantai Sape, dan masih banyak lagi yang belum saya kunjungi.

Pasir Kalaki (foto ini diambil oleh adik saya)

Laut Kalaki (foto ini diambil oleh adik saya)

Pantai Sape (foto ini diambil sepupu saya, Tya, sewaktu ia berkunjung ke sana)

Buah Tangan dan Transportasi khas Bima

Jikalau kalian ingin membeli cinderamata khas Bima, kalian bisa membeli songket Bima yang bermotifkan bunga, geometri, dan didukung dengan sentuhan berbagai macam warna yang cantik. Walaupun songket Bima memiliki ragam motif yang sedikit, namun apabila kalian penggemar songket-songket dari berbagai daerah di Indonesia, tidak ada salahnya songket Bima dijadikan sebagai salah satu koleksi kalian.

Selain songket, terdapat pula mutiara sebagai salah satu budidaya yang diunggulkan dari Bima. Bima memang salah satu daerah penghasil mutiara terbaik di Indonesia. Namun, ketika kita hendak membeli mutiara dan songket Bima, ada baiknya kita ditemani warga asli Bima agar dapat mengetahui dan memilih kualitas yang baik dengan harga yang terjangkau.

Berbicara mengenai transportasi, Bima masih mengandalkan transportasi tradisionalnya, terutama benhur dan bemo. Pertama, bemo itu mirip angkot di Jakarta, tarifnya juga kurang lebih sama, dan hanya saja para supir bemo selalu mendendangkan musik dangdut keras-keras, jadi bersabarlah bagi kalian yang tidak biasa. Kedua, benhur merupakan transportasi sejenis andong, seperti di Jakarta. Ya, Benhur adalah kendaraan umum dengan menggunakan tenaga kuda dan masih digunakan oleh kebanyakan masyarakat Bima. Di Jakarta ada andong, di Jogja ada dokar, di Lombok ada cidomo, di Bima ada benhur, dan Indonesia memang kaya akan bahasa.

Akan tetapi, satu hal yang membuat hati saya sedih adalah semakin merajalelanya ojek sebagai salah satu transportasi masyarakat Bima. Di samping kelebihannya sebagai akomodasi yang tercepat dan murah, ojek dapat menjangkau jauh atau tidaknya baik kota Bima maupun kabupaten Bima. Jadi, wajar saja tingkat polusi udara di Bima semakin meningkat, oleh karena debu-debu yang tak terhindarkan.

Satu hal lagi yang perlu dicatat, janganlah kalian mencari Mall atau any other modern retail minimarkets, karena Bima masih sangat mengandalkan sisi tradisional mereka. Dan jangan mencari fast food restaurant, meskipun sayangnya, Bima kecolongan satu produk fast food yang mendirikan cabangnya di salah satu sudut kota Bima. Mudah-mudahan tidak akan ada lagi. Amin.

Jadi, tunggu apalagi? Silahkan berkunjung ke Bima dan ditunggu kedatangan kalian! :)

Dyane, Si Serba Salah

2010-08-03T14:32:00.000+07:00

Dia seorang pengajar tidak tetap di sebuah universitas. Dia seorang berjenis kelamin perempuan yang akan bertambah umurnya di bulan Agustus ini. Perempuan yang hobinya membaca buku itu, entah apapun itu jenis bukunya, tidak cantik dan tidak pintar. Lebih tepatnya, menurut penuturan teman-temannya, dia biasa-biasa saja. Ya, biasanya orang memberikan level biasa-biasa saja dikarenakan tidak adanya sesuatu yang unik atau spesial pada sesuatu atau seseorang. So plain and flat, huh?

Namun, hidupnya tidak sedatar yang dibayangkan. Fluktuatif. Ibarat Indeks Harga Saham Gabungan (IHSG) yang tidak selalu stabil, melainkan naik turun atau fluktuatif. Perempuan ini senang sekali menggambarkan bahwa my life is flat, fluctuate yet. Sebut saja nama perempuan ini, Putri Dyane Rajnamitha. Dia lebih senang dipanggil Dyane, ketimbang Putri, alasannya nama panggilan Putri sudah terlalu jamak dan terlalu pasaran.

Seperti yang telah diceritakan sepenggal di atas tadi, hidup Dyane fluktuatif. Hidupnya fluktuatif sejak dia tahu bahwa dirinya bukan anak sembarang orang biasa. Dia sadar bahwa dia berasal dan dilahirkan dari orang bukan biasa, tetapi orang yang terlalu spesial. Dia sadar bahwa dirinya adalah putri seorang politikus senior di negeri yang tengah berkembang ini. Lucunya, hal ini baru ia sadari ketika dirinya menginjakkan kakinya di bangku Sekolah Menengah Atas (SMA). Artinya, dia betul-betul sadar seberapa penting peranan ayahnya di negeri ini dan seberapa besar cobaan yang akan ia hadapi selama ia masih hidup.

Sebenarnya Dyane sendiri tidak terlalu suka bahwa ia seorang putri politikus. Oke, bukan bermaksud tidak bersyukur, akan tetapi kenyataan ini terkadang menambah beban yang ada di punggung Dyane. Mau tidak mau, Dyane harus menerima kenyataan pahit ini. Mengapa Dyane mengatakan bahwa hal tersebut adalah kenyataan pahit? Hal ini lantaran ia harus siap menjadi contoh yang baik dan membawa nama baik ayah ibunya di lingkungan masyarakat.

Dyane feels her life look like the waves in the sea

Sebagai putri tertua di keluarganya dan putri politikus, ia sadar betul bahwa ia harus memberikan contoh yang baik kepada adiknya khususnya, dan kepada lingkungan masyarakat umumnya. Tak jarang, selama hidupnya, ia melakukan kesalahan sebagaimana yang dilakukan oleh para remaja lainnya. Tak jarang pula, Dyane dihadapkan pada berbagai terpaan masalah, dan masalah-masalah tersebut tentunya berkaitan dengan posisinya sebagai putri sang politikus.

Terpaan masalah-masalah yang datang beraneka macam bentuk dan sifatnya. Misalnya saja, masalah beberapa teman yang secara gamblang iri dengan kehidupan Dyane. Ya, Alhamdulillah, kehidupan Dyane lebih dari cukup baik secara materiil maupun nonmateriil. Secara nonmateriil, Dyane sangat bersyukur, sebab ia berasal dari dua kultur yang berbeda, yakni Sunda dan Bima. Ditambah lagi bahwa masing-masing kakek dari ayah dan ibunya juga merupakan tokoh masyarakat pada eranya dan pada bidangnya tersendiri. Dyane hanya bisa mengucapkan syukur Alhamdulillah atas nikmat-Nya lantaran dilahirkan dari dua keluarga besar terpandang di daerahnya masing-masing .

Akibatnya, Dyane terkadang merasa serba salah, jikalau ia mengundang teman-temannya untuk berkunjung ke rumahnya atau bahkan menginap di kampung halamannya. Dyane terkadang bingung, mengapa ada beberapa temannya yang iri kepadanya. Padahal, perempuan polos ini tidak punya apa-apa, selain keluarga. Berbicara tentang keluarga, Dyane tidak pernah lupa atas pesan moral yang ia dapatkan dari sebuah sinetron, Keluarga Cemara, yang selalu berprinsip bahwa keluarga adalah harta yang paling terindah melebihi emas atau berlian sekalipun.

Jeleknya Dyane, ia teramat polos. Saking polosnya, terkadang ia tidak bisa membedakan mana teman yang benar-benar tulus dan mana teman yang hanya memanfaatkan dirinya untuk kepentingan tertentu. Sehingga, dalam hal kisah asmara, Dyane selalu gagal menemukan lelaki yang baik dan tulus kepada dirinya. Maka dari itu, Dyane pun berjanji untuk tidak gegabah mencari atau dicarikan lelaki, karena menurutnya hal itu menjadi prioritas paling terakhir di dalam hidupnya.

Terkadang Dyane juga bertanya dalam hati, 'apa yang dicemburui oleh beberapa temanku dari diriku? toh, aku tidak punya apa-apa, sementara kehidupan beberapa temanku itu jauh lebih baik dibandingkan diriku'.

Dyane juga selalu berbicara pada dirinya, 'mengapa orang-orang itu harus iri? bukankah Tuhan sudah menciptakan garis hidup pada masing-masing manusia secara adil? Ah, tidak adil rasanya memiliki musuh, karena aku tidak suka'.

Atau pada situasi lain, ketika neneknya memberikan buah tangan berupa penganan khas daerah asal ibunya, dan parahnya sang nenek, entah lupa atau kehabisan stok, tidak membagikan penganan tersebut kepada sepupu-sepupunya Dyane. Dengan kata lain, hanya ia dan adik perempuan satu-satunya, Canista, yang mendapat penganan khas tersebut. Lebih parahnya lagi, ketika para sepupu dan uwaknya mengetahui keberadaan oleh-oleh spesial untuk Dyane serta Canista, mereka pun (para sepupu dan uwaknya) langsung merujuk, membujuk, dan tentu saja protes pada sang nenek. Dyane pun menjadi serba salah dalam keadaan seperti itu, apalagi ketika para sepupunya dan uwaknya iri dengan perlakuan khusus sang nenek terhadap dirinya. Malang benar nasib kau, Dyane, selalu dicemburui oleh orang-orang.

Tidak hanya dicemburui oleh beberapa temannya dan beberapa sanak saudaranya, tetapi juga dengan beberapa orang di luar sana yang tidak suka dengan keharmonisan rumah tangga ayah ibunya, atau bahkan saingan sang ayah di dunia politikus. Tidak jarang keluarga Dyane mendapat hibah yang tidak menyenangkan, yakni teror. Siapa yang suka teror? Pasti, tidak ada satu pun yang suka teror di dunia ini. Sang ayah seringkali kecolongan teror, mulai dari pesan singkat melalui telepon genggam sampai dengan kebocoran ban mobil yang dilakukan secara sengaja oleh seseorang. Atau misalnya saja, ada orang yang ingin menjatuhkan karir ayahandanya dengan menyebarkan sisi-sisi negatifnya kepada masyarakat. Kalau sudah begini, Dyane tak jarang berpikir, 'aku lebih baik jadi masyarakat biasa dan bukan siapa-siapa, maaf Tuhan kalau aku tidak bersyukur'.

Begitulah kisah hidup Dyane yang teramat simple, tetapi fluktuatif dan selalu serba salah. Jadi, apa yang perlu dicemburui dari kehidupan Dyane?

a complaining post

2010-03-21T22:25:00.000+07:00

I realize that everybody has their problems. I realize that everybody has difficulty level on their problems. I know that I have to be strong, tough, and mature to face all shit things in my life. I know that I shouldn't have to complain for every problem that comes to my life. I know that I have to be thankful for everything from Allah. For million times, there's only one thing that I want to do, I want to share all my thoughts, I want to complain all my shit things, I want to ask all my questions, and I want to be listened by someone either with my best friends or my another family member. All I need is someone or anyone who wants to listen my sad songs. All I need is sharing with someone or anyone who wants to listen my trashy sad stories. I'm not a drama queen. I never hope that I would find a happiness like in a romantic tale story. I never hope that my life would be wonderful like every princess in the world. I never hope that my life would be a happy ending story like cinderella. Dear Allah, I want to live with simple living, even though there would be many problems, at least I want to be listened by anyone who wants to listen my trashy sad stories.

Hello life! Hello problems!

2010-03-17T20:24:00.000+07:00

Life, I have bravery to struggle with all problems

Life, I have a big confidence to solve all problems

Life, I have a big heart to deal with all problems

Life, I have a strong body to face all problems

Life, I have a masculinity inside of my femininity to meet with all problems

This photo is taken from my dad's folder, he was seeing sunset in Kaimana, Papua

Life, I have a powerful soul to stand and give a sincere smile to all problems

Life, I have a cheerful smile to say "hello" to all problems

Life, I have a great laugh to laugh to all problems

Life, I have great friends to accompany me and to be my shoulder to find out the solution from all problems

Life, I have Allah SWT to help me out from all problems

This post is dedicated for everyone who has problem and never feel tired to face all problems.. :)

A letter to my sister

2010-03-16T21:23:00.000+07:00

To my beloved sister,

Since we were kid, I've believed that we would build a good friendship like all people do with their sister or brother.
Since we were kid, I've promised with myself to protect you from crimes and dangers in my whole life.
Since we were kid, I've told to myself that I would be a good sister and a role model for you.

I'm sure, no matter how big the storm hit either you or our family, you would stand up with your own feet.
I'm sure, no matter how big the rock hit either you or our family, you would say : "I'm still strong".
I'm sure, no matter how big the storm hit either you or our family, you would prove that you are fine as much as you can.
I'm sure, no matter how big the rock hit either you or our family, you would keep smiling, laughing, and also doing something fun yet useful.

This afternoon, I saw you that you couldn't stop laughing with me and our parents..
This afternoon, I saw you that you couldn't stop smiling to anyone around you..
This afternoon, I saw you that you couldn't stop eating something delicious..
This afternoon, I saw you that you couldn't stop acting very spoiled to us..
This afternoon, I saw you that you couldn't stop playing Scrabble with me..
This afternoon, I saw you that you didn't want to miss any seconds or any minutes with us.. This afternoon, I saw you that you didn't let me to be the winner at Scrabble.. (hehehe)

Well, this is not a poem, this is only what's on my mind, and this is my thought at this time.. Anyway, selamat merayakan hari Nyepi bagi para bloggers yang merayakannya! Always be peaceful with love!

Hidup = abstrak, rumit, dan indah

2010-03-12T12:56:00.000+07:00

Hidup itu memang abstrak.
Abstrak karena kita selalu berhadapan dengan berbagai pertanyaan.
Abstrak karena kita terkadang belum mendapatkan jawaban atas berbagai pertanyaan yang ada.
Abstrak karena semuanya masih abu-abu.
Abstrak karena kita belum mendapatkan kejelasan dan kepastian tentang apa sih hidup itu dan apa tujuannya?.

foto ini dibuat oleh fanny

Hidup itu memang rumit.
Rumit karena kita selalu menghadapi masalah.
Rumit karena masalah yang datang tidak hanya satu, tetapi dua atau bahkan lebih dari dua.
Rumit karena kita selalu berhadapan dengan pilihan.
Rumit karena ketika kita sudah memutuskan sebuah pilihan, maka kita harus menerima segala konsekuensinya, baik dan buruk.

Hidup itu pada akhirnya akan indah.
Indah karena kita telah mengetahui jawaban atas semua pertanyaan.
Indah karena kita telah menerima jawaban tersebut dengan lapang dada dan ikhlas.
Indah karena kita bisa lulus melewati segala macam masalah dengan tenang dan pikiran dingin.
Indah karena kita bisa memutuskan sesuatu hal dengan segala konsekuensinya.
Indah karena kita selalu tegar dan sabar dalam menjalankan hidup.
Indah karena kita selalu memberi kepada orang lain.
Indah karena kita selalu meminta perlindungan kepada Allah SWT.

foto ini diambil oleh fanny

He's Just Not That Into You

2010-03-05T16:37:00.000+07:00

"Girls are taught a lot of stuff growing up. If a guy punches you he likes you. Never try to trim your own bangs and someday you will meet a wonderful guy and get your very own happy ending. Every movie we see, Every story we're told implores us to wait for it, the third act twist, the unexpected declaration of love, the exception to the rule. But sometimes we're so focused on finding our happy ending we don't learn how to read the signs. How to tell from the ones who want us and the ones who don't, the ones who will stay and the ones who will leave. And maybe a happy ending doesn't include a guy, maybe... it's you, on your own, picking up the pieces and starting over, freeing yourself up for something better in the future. Maybe the happy ending is... just... moving on. Or maybe the happy ending is this, knowing after all the unreturned phone calls, broken-hearts, through the blunders and misread signals, through all the pain and embarrassment you never gave up hope.." --- by Gigi

The passage above is a quote which is taken from He's Just Not That Into You. This quote is given by Gigi after she won the game of love with Alex, and she became his exception. I never feel bored to see every scene in that movie for million times. He's Just Not That Into You is a good with movie with suprising plot, stories, and ideas about love. We're all taught not only about the definition of love, but also how to play the game of love, including who will be the role and who will be the exception of its game. This movie knows what men want and what women want. I'm sure you guys have watched this movie, haven't you? I don't mean to recommend, but it's another side of myself to show off how great the movie is.

a great short conversation

2010-02-21T16:26:00.000+07:00

I had a great short conversation last night with someone. Here is..

Me : I never imagine when I will be married by someone, because I don't want marry with
someone early. I have to consider all things, not only love to share with someone, but also
our thought, vision, mission, money, and many others. I'm not ready at all for a marriage.

Him: Me too, i've to finish my study, insya Allah next year. And then, I've to look for a job, I
should have much money to propose someone. I don't want to marry someone if I still
still don't have any money. We have to live logically and realistic, not in a dream. In the
past, I used to play in every day, now I didn't want to play anymore. Because I'm getting
older and i want to be the leader in my family.

Actually, there are many topics that we talked about last night. And what I wrote above is the best part conversation that I love. Anyway, nice to meet you, nice to talk with you! :)

a bit touch editing

2010-02-13T17:59:00.000+07:00

1) Karin, Didiet, and me sat in front of gold bullion at Museum Bank Indonesia

2) Dodi and Didiet photographed themselves

3) Hanum had a bowl of frozen yoghurt yesterday

4) Froyo as our snack in yesterday evening

5) My parents were photographed by my sister

Recently, I'm interested in editing photos by using adobe photoshop. I don't know why I love editing photos by now. I'm not an expert of photography like my little sister. Fanny, my little sister, is very good at taking pictures and editing photos. I'm proud of her. I do love being a photographer, even though all my photos are not good as hers. I also love being an object who will be captured by the camera. Well, talking about my new interest, i want to show all the photos which has been edited by myself. Leave your comment, please!

I hate being left by my best friends

2010-02-03T15:49:00.000+07:00

Saya paling benci kehilangan seseorang. Saya paling benci ditinggal oleh seseorang, apalagi jika saya ditinggal keluarga dan sahabat. Dulu, saya pernah ditinggal sahabat saya, Mega. Dia pergi ninggalin saya bukan karena dia jahat sama saya. Tetapi dia menuntut ilmu di kota kelahirannya para filsuf dunia, seperti Immanuel Kant dan Karl Marx. Ya, tepat sekali. Mega beralih ingin menginjakkan kakinya di Jerman. Saya lupa persisnya tahun berapa dia meninggalkan tanah air. Kalau tidak salah 2006 atau 2007. Tapi, saya sedih sekali pada malam hari menjelang kepergiannya.

this is me and mega

Saat ini saya sedang sedih karena Dian, salah satu sahabat saya, akan meninggalkan kota Bekasi untuk bekerja di Cirebon. Dia diterima di salah satu hotel berbintang di kota Cirebon dan akan bekerja sebagai management trainee, yang sesuai dengan latar belakang jurusannya, yaitu psikologi.

this is me and dian

I hate being left by my bestfriends. Because it's not easy for me to call my friend as best friend. Because it's not easy to find some people who can be trusted as best friend. Because it's not easy to tell our problem to other people than to our best friend. Because other people are not honest as our best friend. Who doesn't hate the situation like this? I'm the one who does. But, this is how life is supposed to be. In our whole life, we'll meet with many people with their different personalities. However, we never forget our bestfriend indeed . And i think, perhaps it's the best choice for them to be a success woman. I'll be proud of my bestfriends who could be success in the future. One day, we'll meet again by bringing our goals and achievements. Amin.

Meryl Streep

2010-01-24T20:13:00.000+07:00

Meryl Streep is one of my favorite actress. I adore her since Meryl Streep starred in The Devil Wears Prada by 2006. The Devil Wears Prada is a drama romance yet a bit of comedy movie. In The Devil Wears Prada, I was amazed by her as the executive editor in Runway fashion magazine. She looks so sophisticated.

In 2008, I was amazed by her in Mamma Mia! Even if Mamma Mia! is a musical movie and this movie is dedicated for those who are big fans of ABBA, but i don't mind, i always love to see Meryl Streep! In Mamma Mia!, Meryl Streep plays as a mother of Sophie who is about to be married by a young Greek man (huh, i forget his name!). Without telling her mother, Sophie invites three men who could be her father, they are Harry, Bill, and Sam. One point i love to see from this movie is the scenery of Greek Island, sooo pretty, also beautiful!

Recently, i watched Meryl Streep in Julie and Julia. Julie and Julia is a biography drama comedy movie. This movie is based on true stories which is from two books, the books are My Life in France (Julia Child's autobiography) and Julie & Julia (a memoir which is written by Julie Powell). She plays as Julia Child, a real-life character. This movie tells about Julia's and Julie's life. In 1949, Julia as the wife of a diplomat, wonders how to spend her days. Julia decides to have a cooking course in Cordon Bleu. She starts cooking until she is a master of cooking then published her book with her friends. This book is "Mastering The Art of Cooking". In 2002, Julie Powell, a young housewife who doesn't have a passion with her job, tries to cook all the recipes from "Mastering The Art of Cooking" in a year then publish it in a blog "The Julie/Julia Project" (do you want to see julie's blog?click here). In short, the similarity among Julia and Julie is a good housewife with a great ability to cook, because every woman must be good at cooking to be loved by their husbands.

Guys, from three movies above, there is a similiarity about Meryl Streep. The similiarity is Meryl Streep is always paired with the new young actresses. In The Devil Wears Prada, Anne Hathaway is paired with Meryl Streep, Anne plays as the asisstant of Meryl. Then, In Mamma Mia!, Amanda Seyfried is paired with Meryl Streep as her daughter. Same as the previous movies, Meryl Streep is paired with Amy Adams, although they are never in one frame. So, who will be the next actress to be paired with Meryl Streep? We'll wait and we'll see another Meryl Streep movie! :)

The Ramen Girl and Brittany Murphy

2010-01-22T11:39:00.000+07:00

Few days ago, like our routine in the weekend, my sister and i always spend the holiday or weekend by watching some movies at home. A movie that we have chosen to rent was The Ramen Girl. The Ramen Girl tells about Abby (Brittany Murphy), an aimless child of privilege, comes to Tokyo to be with her boyfriend, who promptly leaves for Osaka. I can't believe how dare her boyfriend leaves Abby alone in Tokyo.

Abby wants to stay in Tokyo in hoping her boyfriend will come back to her, but she's miserable in Tokyo. Abby can't speak Japanese properly and she always speaks by using English, not Japanese! Abby has a boring job as a law-firm gopher. One night, she came in to the ramen shop which is very close to her flat. When she was arriving at there, she cried and told to the owner of the ramen shop. And you know what, she cried and told by using English! not Japanese! Of course, the owner didn't know what to do because both of them didn't understand any English words. Sounds soo silly, isn't it?

The owner of the ramen shop is a couple. They are the aging master chef Maezumi and his wife Reiko. His soup cheers Abby up, so she decides to apprentice herself to him. He's not interested with Abby at all, but Abby is still insistent, so he shouts at her and gives her all the cleaning work to do. Weeks go by. She's persistent. She is trying to do her best to prove that she can make a bowl of ramen. Abby is still trying to prove in order to chef Maezumi will teach how to make a delicious ramen for the customer. Is she able to prove that she deserve to be the next generation of chef Maezumi?

Well, i can't say how the ending part of this movie. I won't say on my post, so you all have curiousity to watch The Ramen Girl. I'll continue to tell about another part of this movie. The Ramen Girl teaches us about how to survive and do the best for our work, so we can get the money and we can live happily because we love our job. The Ramen Girl is released on October 2008, one year before the main cast died on December 2009. Ya, i'm talking about Brittany Murphy. For your info, in this movie, Brittany Murphy is the only one actress from Hollywood among the Japanese actor also actress. So, this movie is unique and funny. Unique, because Brittany (as Hollywood actress) plays as the servant of Japanese to help their ramen shop. Abby must learn about their Japan language and their culture to be suit around them. Funny, because of Brittany's act in this movie. Unfortunately, we can't see her act again. Besides The Ramen Girl, she has starred in many movies, for example: Happy Feet, Just Married, Uptown Girls, Tinker Bell, and many more. A young and talented actress has died on December 2009. May God always keep her in a rest peace. amin.

Bye, brittany, we love you!

all quotes are so mine

2010-01-22T10:45:00.000+07:00

Quote is something to state our life by using a sentence, in my definition. Quote is something important for me to express what i think about life. I can stand up by using all quote. I can see all problems from different view by using all quote. Here are all quotes that very suitable in my life.

"don't judge a book by its cover"-anonymous

"I don't want to be the best, but, I'm only be able to help people around me"-this one is made by myself

"Some people dream of success, others make it happen, let me be the people who makes it happen!"-anonymous

"A room without books is like a body without a soul."
— Marcus Tullius Cicero

"Lebih baik diasingkan daripada menyerah pada kemunafikan"-Gie

"Say what you mean, mean what you say"-George Smith Patton, Jr.

"Say what you mean, mean what you say, don't say it mean"-this quote is taken from Second Chance by Jane Green

"Real friends can be defined as friends who aren't rivals, aren't pretending to be friendly to find work, aren't judging you for how famous you are"-this quote is taken from Second Chance by Jane Green

"If you judge about me too much, don't claim yourself as my real friend"-This is one is made by myself"-this one is made by myself too!

"The most successful people are those who are good at plan B"-James Yorke (i saw this quote in one of articles on Kompas)

"Life is a book. Everyday has a new page with adventure to tell, lessons to learn, and tales to remember"-this one is made by myself

Some of my quotes tell about friendship, life, and success.

Soulmate

2010-01-21T15:16:00.000+07:00

Before i start telling what i'll write in my blog at this moment, i'm thinking for a while: "should i tell you all about soulmate?". I'm a bit ashamed to talk about someone will be called by myself as soulmate. Ok, where do i start?

Couple days ago, i met with one of my college friends, she is Nova. She told me that she is being proposed by someone. Wow, i was sooo happy and glad to listen her story about being proposed by a great man. When she told about the man (who proposes her to be his wife), i was wondering the man must be lucky to propose nova, so did Nova. I saw her excitement from her face. I saw her happiness from a slow tempo that she uses to tell. I also was excited to listen every part of her story about being proposed. Because, i have never felt how exactly my feeling for being proposed by someone. But, I think, If I were being proposed by the right man, I would be very blissful, full of happiness, and i couldn't describe my feeling by using any words.

On that day, i spent some hours with Nova by sharing lot of stories. It was such a great day to share lot of stories. But, there was a question (from Nova) which is i hate enough to answer. Soory to say, nov. She asked me, "when will you have a boyfriend?or partner?". At that time, i had realized one thing that all my besties already have their right men to be their boyfriend first, not partner in life. And one thing that i realize is all my besties are very affectionate to take care of me, including Nova. All my besties are never bored to ask me about my future partner or who my boyfriend is at right now. Perhaps, i'm getting bored to be asked by everyone.

I don't know when i will have the right man to be my boyfriend firstly. Because of my past, i'm a bit careful to choose which one is the best man to be with me, or which one is the most suitable man to spend some hours, some days, and some weeks with me, my family, and his family too. Actually, I don't want to fall into the same hole again like what i did in my previous relationship. It made me hurt. Well, i'm not trying to dramatize my story in past. Not hurt. But, at least I could feel a bit of happiness in a beautiful relationship. Ok, not beautiful. I know that every relationship has their own way, has their story, has their sadness, not always happiness in their relationship. Ok, i'll stop to debate about definitions of relationship with my own mind.

Back to the main topic. Soulmate. Some people say that being twenty or twenties is something hard. I do feel the same like everybody. Because, there are many questions which is always buzz in our ears, for example : "when will you get your master degree?", "when will you get married?", "when will you get the best job with good salary?", and also "what criteria to be your husband?do you try to get the best man?". Oh, my god, see? it's quiet hard to answer, not like exam or thesis defension at college. But, a question that i always find is "is there any criteria to be your husband or soulmate?". I'll answer: "Yes, I do have few criteria for someone who wants to be my soulmate".

I always wonder some criteria to be my future partner. He must be a good muslim to guide me as a good muslim too. He must be affectionate to his family, me, and my family. He must be smarter than me in every aspects. Or sometimes, I wonder that he could play the words in scrabble together with me and my future son or daughter. Sometimes, I wonder that he could take exercise together in every evening and every saturday-sunday morning. Sometimes, I wonder that he could spend our spare time by reading book or watching movie or cooking at home. Sounds wonderful, isn't it?

Oh, my.. what post i did write above, ok, for anyone who reads my blog, especially my this silly post. I beg you not to laugh while you're reading this silly post. Thank you!

Le Grand Voyage

2009-11-29T09:46:00.000+07:00

Idul Adha adalah hari raya untuk berkurban.

Tidak hanya berkurban dengan kambing atau sapi saja, tetapi juga mengorbankan segala hal untuk kepentingan yang lebih mulia lagi. Misalnya saja, potret seorang anak dan bapaknya yang mengorbankan semua hal untuk dapat pergi haji ke Mekah. Begitulah potret di dalam film Le Grand Voyage.

Saya belum pernah nonton Le Grand Voyage sebelumnya. Ketika Metro TV menayangkannya semalam, saya sempatkan untuk menonton film Le Grand Voyage. Saya tersentuh sekali. Tersentuh karena banyak pesan moral yang bisa diambil di dalam film ini.

Film Le Grand Voyage mengisahkan bagaimana perjalanan seorang anak dan ayahnya dari Perancis menuju ke Mekah dengan menggunakan mobil tua mereka. Bisa dibayangkan berapa mil yang harus mereka tempuh dalam perjalanan mereka. Mulai dari Italia, Slovenia, Kroasia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Turki, Suriah, Yordania, hingga Arab Saudi. Reda (diperankan oleh Nicolas Cazale) adalah seorang remaja yang tidak mengetahui banyak tentang Islam dibandingkan ayahnya. Reda sudah terkontaminasi oleh budaya barat sehingga ia tidak pernah melakukan salat dalam kehidupan sehari-harinya. Berbeda dengan ayahnya (diperankan oleh Mohamed Majd), yang justru memegang teguh agama Islam.

Perjalanan dimulai ketika ayah Reda meminta Reda untuk mengantarkannya ke Mekkah dengan menggunakan mobil butut. Reda sempat bertanya dengan ayahnya, "Mengapa kita tidak naik pesawat saja?". Ayahnya pun menjawab, "Air laut baru akan kehilangan rasa pahitnya setelah ia menguap ke langit, begitulah air laut menemui kemurniannya. Ia harus mengangkasa melewati awan. Inilah mengapa lebih baik naik haji berjalan kaki ketimbang naik kuda. Lebih baik naik kuda ketimbang naik mobil. Lebih baik naik mobil ketimbang naik perahu. Lebih baik naik perahu ketimbang naik pesawat terbang". Artinya, semakin kita merasakan betapa sulitnya perjalanan ini, maka semakin mudah kita menemukan kemurnian jiwa kita sendiri. Bijak dan indah.

Selama perjalanan, mereka menemui banyak orang dengan karakter yang berbeda-beda. Awal mulanya mereka bertemu dengan wanita tua yang ingin menumpang di dalam mobil untuk ikut hingga suatu tempat. Namun, keperawakan dan penampilan wanita tua membuat Reda dan ayahnya sedikit ketakutan. Sehingga, mereka memutuskan untuk membeli sebuah kamar hotel untuk wanita tua tersebut. Mereka pun melanjutkan perjalanan tanpanya.

Setelah Reda dan ayahnya melepas wanita tua itu, kejadian buruk pun datang bertubi-tubi. Mulai dari mobil yang tertimpa salju, ayah sakit kemudian dirawat di rumah sakit, masalah paspor, dan ditipu oleh saudagar yang bernama Mustafa. Ada satu bagian yang saya suka. Ketika ayahnya mengetahui bahwa Mustafa telah mencuri sebagian uang miliknya, ia pun memarahi Reda sambil berkata, "Kamu bisa membaca dan menulis tetapi kamu tidak tahu apa-apa tentang hidup". Ya, hidup memang tidak demikian mudah. Saat kita mengenal beberapa orang di luar sana, kita harus bisa membedakan siapa yang baik dan siapa yang buruk. Kita tidak hanya cukup membutuhkan satu atau dua hari saja untuk mengenal seseorang, melainkan berhari-hari.

Kemudian mereka pun melanjutkan perjalanan. Sesampainya di Suriah, ketika sang ayah hendak mengambil air, datanglah seorang pengemis. Walaupun uang mereka sudah tidak sedikit lagi, tetapi sang ayah tetap memberikan uang kepada pengemis tersebut. Melihat apa yang dilakukan sang ayah, Reda pun marah. Reda marah karena sikap ayahnya yang tidak bisa mengabaikan kesulitan yang dialami orang lain dan selalu menolong terhadap sesama. Saya juga jatuh cinta dengan adegan ini.

Saya sangat suka film yang disutradarai Ismael Feroukhi secara keseluruhan. Terlalu banyak pelajaran berharga yang bisa diambil dari film ini, sehingga saya tidak bisa menceritakannya satu per satu di sini. Saya hanya merekomendasikan kalian untuk menonton film Le Grand Voyage. Film ini mengajarkan bagaimana kita menolong terhadap sesama, bagaimana kita saling memaafkan, bagaimana kita sebaiknya berusaha dahulu untuk mendapatkan sesuatu, bagaimana kita hidup dalam kesederhanaan, dan bagaimana kita selalu ingat kepada Allah SWT.

selamat hari raya Idul Adha!

Froyo - frozen yoghurt

2009-10-31T10:56:00.000+07:00

It's already weekend on the last day of october, it means we're gonna say goodbye to october, then we'll be starting to do our real activites on november.. time runs so fast, doesn't it? We don't mind how time runs so fast, at least, when weekend already comes, we'd better relax, go out, do shopping, do something fun, or perhaps eat any new dishes, foods, and desserts.

If you don't want to spend much money by shopping or seeing movie at the cinema, you should have try frozen yoghurt (or froyo) as your dessert after having lunch. I suggest you to eat this dessert in the evening while you do chatting and gossiping with your friends. Well, who doesn't love to consume frozen yoghurt or froyo? of course, whoever you are, you'll be falling in love with this dish as your favourite dessert to eat together with your friends, colleagues, and your siblings.

left to right: wiwid, me, and hanum are ravenous to eat a big cup of sour sally at Pejaten Village

Froyo is made from yoghurt, so the taste of froyo is very sour. Even though this dessert consists of milk, but you don't have to worry about the ingredients of fat in a small/medium/big cup of froyo, since the fat is low enough.

If you don't like its taste which is sour, at Sour Sally, for example you may add any ice cubes and milk below the yoghurt. Perhaps, when you choose the topping, you need to combine the topping between fruit and dry topping, it's better to make your froyo much more sweetly not sour. Trust me, if you don't like the taste of an original froyo, you'd better go to J-Co's stand at Mall near from your house, and then buy a single/couple/sharing cup of J-cool, you'll see the difference between an original froyo at Sour Sally and a cup of froyo at J-cool. The taste of froyo at J-cool is not as sour as an original froyo at Sour Sally, i recommend J-cool for anyone who doesn't like much sour.

According to the fact in any magazines or newspaper, having froyo as dessert is becoming a new example of life style which everyone loves to consume this dessert in their daily life. Come on, try froyo as newly dessert in your daily life, it makes your mind health and fresh in the weekend! Have a nice weekend everyone!:)

an earthquake & batik as the national symbol on october

2009-10-04T18:35:00.000+07:00

hey, it's already on october! i always love to spend day-to-day on this month, maybe because of a lot of people are going to celebrate their birthday on october, they're my dad, my sister, hanum, my uncle, my cousins, and other my beloved people around me. I hope everything will be fine on this month, amien! I hope Allah wouldn't give any problems or accidents or bad news, i hope so..

but, I was shocked when I saw a tweet from Kompas which delivers a bad news about a 7.6-magnitude earthquake rocked in Sumatera Barat on last wednesday. Then, on thursday morning, i was sad because another earthquake just happened in Jambi. I can't imagine how many people are died and buried in there. I can't imagine how the way they can survive from all these. Ya Allah, You're the greatest thing in this world, You're the only one who knows what's going on today and tomorrow, please keep save all the citizens of Sumbar and Jambi. Please, give them all a powerfull strength and lots of patience to face all the problems they had...

This photo was taken from Kompas

Let's talk about another good news from Indonesia! On October 2rd, Batik was officially designated by UNESCO as cultural heritage from Indonesia. And, the president of Indonesia, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, had asked to all our citizens to wear batik on that day. I love that day! I love wearing batik so much! I'm proud of batik as the most unique cultural heritage in the world. Sometimes I find some people who don't like to wear batik as their daily clothes. They think batik can't be dressed into casually. Hey guys, batik doesn't have to be designed formally, it can be dressed casually for any situations. They don't respect to our culture indeed, they don't proud of our nation and batik. Nevertheless, I was really happy to see many people (at mall, campus, and office) wore batik on last friday!!

This photo also was taken from Kompas , they are so cute in wearing batik, aren't they?

Happy ied mubarak 1430 H

2009-09-26T21:59:00.000+07:00

Idul fitri is the only one moment that I always wait to celebrate with my family in every year..
Idul fitri is the greatest day to gather with all my family members..
Idul fitri is the best moment to forgive and being forgiven..
Idul fitri is the greatest time to refresh our mind and heart from wickness..
Idul fitri is the most beautiful moment to go back and start living from zero..
Idul fitri is the most beautiful moment to end our fasting in Ramadhan..
really, lebaran is the most beautiful moment indeed..

well, i know it's too late to say.. Before we're going back to our routines on Monday, let me say:

"HAPPY IED MUBARAK 1430 H. I wish we had a wonderful time in ied's day this year. I wish we had a very great time to celebrate this special day with all of our family members in everywhere. I wish our fasting, our prayer, and our wishes (during Ramadhan) could be received by Allah SWT, amien ya Allah. Thanks for making a very beautiful moment in our life, ya Allah.."

-ayu&family-

Dua Puluh Dua

2009-09-12T21:59:00.000+07:00

Halo semuanya! It's been a long time i've never updated my own blog, it's been almost 2months actually! tapi, ya udahlah terlalu banyak peristiwa yang terjadi dalam kehidupan saya hingga kemudian saya tidak terpikir (baca: malas) untuk menguraikannya di jurnal harian maya ini. Mulai dari peristiwa meninggalnya mbah surip, bom di jakarta, penggerebekkan teroris, gempa bumi, hasil keputusan KPU, tujuh belasan, dan bahkan film-film yang (sesungguhnya) harus di-review oleh saya. Salah satu peristiwa yang telah terlewatkan untuk diulas kembali adalah ulang tahun saya yang sudah sangat cukup berumur bagi seorang perempuan yang akan menjadi wanita.

Dua puluh dua.

Tiga tahun lagi (insya Allah) akan menjadi dua puluh lima.

Awal mulanya saya agak sedikit berat dengan memasuki umur dua puluh dua. Lantaran, dua puluh dua bukan angka nominal yang kecil lagi. Melainkan angka yang sudah termasuk kategori tingkat dua puluhan.

Risau. Takut. Gelisah. Tiga kata yang barusan saya ketik sangat pas untuk menggambarkan perasaan ketika saya sadar telah berumur dua puluh dua tahun.

Saya risau karena saya masih belum bisa membahagiakan kedua orang tua secara lahiriah, batiniah, dan (tentunya finansial). Klise, memang. Saya tahu semua orang pasti ingin sekali membahagiakan kedua orang tuanya. Tapi, saya merasa sedih. Sangat sedih. Sangat berat. Terlebih dengan latar belakang kedua orang tua saya. Saya merasa malu. Malu sekali di hadapan orang tua saya. Apalah artinya saya di hadapan ibu dan ayah. Saya merasa kecil dan tidak berarti bagi mereka.

Ibu dan ayah adalah sosok yang terlalu hebat bagi saya. Terlalu banyak orang yang membanggakan betapa hebatnya ibu dan ayah. Terlalu banyak orang yang mengagumi ibu dan ayah. Terlalu banyak orang yang mengakui kesempurnaan antara keduanya. Terlalu banyak orang yang mengangkat topi mereka untuk kedua orang tua saya.

Bukannya saya sombong. Saya tidak bermaksud untuk menyombongkan diri sendiri. Saya tidak bermaksud untuk membusungkan dada. Sama sekali tidak ada maksud. Sejujurnya, saya justru sangat keberatan. Anda boleh mengira bahwa saya sangat tidak bersyukur kepada Allah. Tapi, maaf perkiraan anda salah besar. Saya selalu mengucapkan syukur kepada-Nya atas apa karunia Allah kepada kehidupan saya.

Saya hanya merasa kerdil. Saya bahkan tidak tahu apa yang bisa dibanggakan dari saya. Anda boleh bilang bahwa saya tidak percaya diri. Maaf, tapi anda salah. Saya pun masih percaya diri dengan kemampuan saya baik secara akademik maupun nonakademik.

Ibu.. maaf. Saya belum bisa membahagiakanmu sampai detik ini. Ayah.. maaf. Saya belum bisa membantu perekonomian keluarga. Apalah arti pekerjaan ajar-mengajar. Hasilnya pun tak cukup untuk membuktikan bahwa saya bisa memperkokoh keadaan finansial kita. Walau begitu, saya sangat bersyukur karena saya masih diberi pekerjaan oleh Allah dan diberi kesempatan untuk berbagi ilmu kepada mereka yang membutuhkan. Tapi, saya sudah memohon kepada Allah agar saya diijinkan dan diberi kesempatan untuk membahagiakan kalian hingga ajal memisahkan kita. Allah pasti mengabulkan, saya tahu pasti soal itu.

Saya takut karna saya sudah dua puluh dua tahun hidup di dunia ini. Entah berapa banyak waktu lagi yang diberikan Allah kepada saya untuk beramal di dunia.

-ayah dan ibu-

A post-tag about : Triplet Answers

2009-07-04T22:07:00.000+07:00

Gud nite bloggers! I've got a post-tag from Sarah and Ajeng some weeks ago by using facebook actually. But I prefer doing this homework in my own blog than facebook. Here are the rules..

What you're supposed to do... and please do not spoil the fun...
Create a new post, copy and paste this post, delete my answers and type in yours.
Then tag 21 good friends and family INCLUDING the person who tagged you.
The theory is that you will learn one new thing about each of your friends.

THREE NAMES I GO BY
1. Ayu (it's commonly used by the people around me)
2. Santi (some of my old friends call me by using the middle of my name)
3. Kakak (it's only used for my family)

THREE JOBS I HAVE HAD IN MY LIFE
1. College student (but, i've just graduated from college since a month ago)
2. Reporter (last year)
3. Unfortunately, i'm being a jobless now, i'm still trying to get the most suitable place for work!

THREE PLACES I HAVE LIVED
1. Bandung
2. Bima, Nusa Tenggara Barat
3. Jakarta, Bekasi

THREE TV SHOWS THAT I WATCH
1. News programme
2. Oprah Winfrey Show
3. other TV programmes

THREE PLACES I WANT TO GO
1. Prague!!
2. United States of America
3. Aceh and the last city I want to go is Papua

THREE OF MY FAVORITE FOODS
1. Ayam Bakar Taliwang
2. Pelecing Kangkung
3. Sate Ayam

THINGS I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO
1. get a job as reporter (again!)
2. get a higher score on my TOEFL (i'll be having a test on august, wish me luck!)
3. take a driving lesson

THREE FRIENDS WHO WILL REPLY
1. i don't know.. :(
2.
3.

THREE FAVORITE BANDS/SINGERS
1. Muse, maroon 5, coldplay
2. Rihanna, natalie imbruglia, nelly furtado, Lenka, and kelly clarkson
3. Jason Mraz, James Morrison (sorry, i've mentioned more than three bands or singers,hehe)

THREE FAVORITE SPORTS TO WATCH
1. Badminton
2. Football
3. -

THREE FAVORITE DRINKS
1. Mineral Water
2. Chocolate Milk
3. -

Then, I'm tagging this post to Nifa, Tyka, Fajrin, Danisha, and Mustika , happy tagging and happy blogging all!

Hate that I love you

2009-07-02T14:33:00.000+07:00

Hey, everyone! It's already on July! yeay, i'm so glad to welcome this month!

But, i'm missing my boy out there, really, i'm missing him now. Have I told you before about my ex-boyfriend? He was my classmate in campus, He's also my best friend in campus, even though our relationship has already broken up, but, we're still having a good relationship and friendship until now. We're still connect each other, everyday, everyweek, and everymonth. Lately, i feel i don't want to let him go from my life, so does he.

Really.
It seems to be very hard to get him off.
It seems to be very hard for us to have someone new.
It seems to be very hard to have a new relationship with another people.

He's still finishing his thesis, fyi, he's trying to keep focus on thesis until this month. I haven't met him since three weeks ago, he told me that he wanted to finish his last assigment, then we could spend much time together. I hope he's doing okay with his thesis, I hope he could finish his thesis in this month, so he would have the judgement day immediately, and I hope he'll text me again for giving me a good news. Yaa, I can't wait to hear another good news from him, because i'm missing him already and I hate that I love him so. You know, like a part of lyric from Rihanna and Neyo..

And I hate how much I love you boy
I can't stand how much I need you
And I hate how much I love you boy
But I just can't let you go
And I hate that I love you so (Hate that I love you)

Or maybe like the lyric from Jason Mraz featuring Colbie which is titled "Lucky".. Indeed, our friendship becomes a good relationship..

I'm lucky I'm in love with my best friend
Lucky to have been where I have been
Lucky to be coming home again
Lucky we're in love every way
Lucky to have stayed where we have stayed
Lucky to be coming home someday

I feel so lucky that I'm in love with my best friend, yup, my best friend is my boyfriend!

in the last week of June

2009-06-28T10:11:00.000+07:00

It's already in the last week of June, three more days it will be on July. I hope I could be so lucky in July, amien. Because, I've to prove for unanswered question (immediately) which makes me getting worse during this month. Yaa, I've to prove to the world that I can get a job. Am I worrying too much? I think I'm not. Am I hoping too much? I think I'm not. I feel so weak when I know some of my college's friends has got a job. I had tried to become a realistic person, not perfectionist. I'm still trying to be optimistic to get my unanswered question. Hopefully, Allah SWT will give the best way to make my parents proud of me. amien.

Talking about how the way to make our parents proud of us, my younger sister has just made them proud of her by being the freshman in communication of Padjajaran University (UNPAD). I was very happy to hear that news. Before she is accepted in communication of UNPAD, she has already failed to get architecture of IPB and graphic design of ITB. Nevertheless, she never stops praying to Allah for the best choice university. Then, the dream comes, she has been officially accepted in UNPAD, congratulation sis! you did it!

In the last week of June, we heard a bad news that Michael Jackson has died in the age of 50. He's kinda a great man and the best singer of pop. Eveybody loves him, who doesn't love him? Who doesn't know him? I think everybody knows him as the best king of pop. I know him even if I don't know all his songs. "Heal the world" is one of the greatest song from him. I love the lyric in that song. The lyric tells about how to respect with the people and the living in this world. I hope God will do the rest for him, amien. All of us will be missing you, jacko! You will never be forgotten! We must be proud of you, jacko! You're the only one singer who sings a great lyric like this lyric below..

There's a place in your heart
And I know that it is love
And this place could be much
Brighter than tomorrow

And if you really try
You'll find there's no need to cry
In this place you'll feel
There's no hurt or sorrow

There are ways to get there
If you care enough for the living
Make a little space
Make a better place

Heal the world
Make it a better place
For you and for me
And the entire human race
There are people dying
If you care enough for the living
Make a better place
For you and for me

My prayer

2009-06-17T21:30:00.001+07:00

-i love that quote above-

My age turns to be older in this year..

I have to be maturer and wiser woman..

I don't have any big wishes for my life.. really.

The only one thing I pray is : "I can make my family proud of me, I can get success to make my family happy with me, I have to be a strong woman for my beloved sister, I can make my sister happy and proud of me.."

Ya Allah, life is getting harder than before, tomorrow is getting harder than yesterday, help me to get through all the exams that You already gave to me everyday, amien.

That's my prayer. Gud nite, everyone!

I adore Lenka

2009-06-15T12:21:00.000+07:00

When I was watching TV, I caught a video clip from Lenka. Lenka is a new Australian artist. I listened to her song and it's very easy listening, because it's a pop-electric music, I love this music recently. I was enjoy to see her video clip, it's very unique. She's so amazing, stylish, and cute! she has her own unique style, and different to other female singer. But, she reminds me about Frente. Frente has the same genre with Lenka, doesn't she? By the way, I want to recommend you to listen her single which is titled as : "The Show". I suggest you to buy her album. Hihi, Here you go..

"The Show"

I'm just a little bit caught in the middle
Life is a maze, and love is a riddle
I don't know where to go Can't do it alone
I've tried, but I don't know why

Slow it down, make it stop
Or else my heart is going to pop
'Cause its to much, yeah its a lot
To be something I'm not I'm a fool, out of love
'Cause I just can't get enough

I'm just a little bit caught in the middle
Life is a maze, and love is a riddle
I don't know where to go
Can't do it alone
I've tried, but I don't know why

I'm just a little girl lost in the moment
I'm so scared but I don't show it
I can't figure it out
It's bringing me down I know,
I've got to let it go

And just enjoy the show

The sun is hot in the sky
Just like a giant spot light
The people follow the signs
And synchronize in time

It's a joke, nobody knows
They've got a ticket to the show.

Yeah, I'm just a little bit caught in the middle
Life is a maze, and love is a riddle
I don't know where to go
Can't do it alone
I've tried, but I don't know why

I'm just a little girl lost in the moment
I'm so scared but I don't show it
I can't figure it out
It's bringing me down I know,
I've got to let it go

And just enjoy the show

Just enjoy the show

I'm just a little bit caught in the middle
Life is a maze, and love is a riddle
I don't know where to go
Can't do it alone
I've tried, but I don't know why

I'm just a little girl lost in the moment
I'm so scared but I don't show it
I can't figure it out
It's bringing me down I know,
I've got to let it go

And just enjoy the show
Just enjoy the show
dum de dum, da dum de dum

And just enjoy the show
da dum de dum, da dum de dum

And just enjoy the show
I want my money back (3x)

Just enjoy the show
I want my money back(x3)
Just enjoy the show

I think this lyric is great to understand that we should enjoy the show in our life, because life is a maze. Life is about how the way we enjoy all the show.

After my graduation day

2009-06-15T10:51:00.000+07:00

Gutten morgen, everyone! I hope you all would have a great week which starts from today, yeah, you may say: "I love Monday!". Because, when you say that you love Monday, it'll be so fun to cheer your day up.

It's been more than three weeks that I never share and write any things in my own blog. I don't have any special stories to share with, even if I feel my life is colourful and full of special things indeed (let me say that I'm lazy to think and write, LOL).

Since I was graduated from college, I'm still applying for a job, going for an interview, having an english course, and praying to Allah SWT for all the best things. Not hectic, not busy, just a simple schedule to fulfil my days. My graduation day was not a kind one. The most important thing in my graduation day is my family. I was very happy to give the best gift to my family, that's all.

My father said: "This is your first step into the real world, you have to be strong to face, to struggle, and to prove that you're gonna be the number one in your family". It's so simple to hear what my father said three weeks ago, isn't it?

Well, i'll be having an interview (again) tomorrow. I was called from another magazine last week, so I wish that I could start for work in the end of this month (amien!).

To all my friends who has just graduated:
"Congratulations guys! Life has just begun. I wish that we could get success, amien".

Mama adalah hadiah terindah

2009-05-22T11:20:00.000+07:00

Saya sedang rindu dengan mama. Sedari dulu, mama dan papa selalu mendapatkan tugas penelitian di luar kota. Tetapi, saya dan adik saya sudah terbiasa ditinggalkan sejak waktu kecil oleh mereka untuk dalam jangka waktu yang lama. Namun, kali ini berbeda.

Mengapa saya bilang berbeda? Sebab, semalam saya mendapat kabar bahwa salah seorang tetangga deket rumah telah meninggal dunia, beliau adalah Ibu Didi. Ketika jenazah Ibu Didi tiba di kediamannya, saya melihat anak bungsunya, Nur, sedang menangis terisak-isak dan hampir pingsan. Saya sedih sekali melihat kejadian semalam. Nur tentunya sangat terpukul dengan kepergiaan sosok ibu yang telah merawatnya sejak lahir. Ibu Didi adalah sosok ibu yang sangat baik dan perhatian untuk anak-anaknya, begitu juga dengan keempat anaknya, termasuk Nur. Saya berdoa semoga amal ibadah Ibu Didi diterima oleh Allah SWT dan mendapatkan tempat terbaik disisi-Nya. Semoga keluarga yang ditinggalkan diberikan ketabahan, kekuatan, dan kesabaran yang luar biasa untuk menghadapinya. Amien..

Kemudian, saya teringat wajah mama. Sejak semalam saya memikirkan mama yang sedang penelitian di Surabaya. Saya kangen. Rindu. Saya tidak mau kehilangan beliau. Walaupun, saya tahu bahwa suatu saat nanti saya harus siap jika Allah SWT memanggil orang yang teramat saya cintai.

Bagi saya dan keluarga, mama merupakan sosok yang selalu bisa melakukan apa saja tanpa pernah menyerah atau putus asa. Mama selalu bisa diandalkan pada setiap detik, menit, jam, hari, dan bahkan rela tak tidur untuk menemani anak-anak serta papa yang sedang sakit. Mama, cepat pulang ya, anakmu ini akan wisuda pada hari rabu nanti.

"Ya Allah, keluarga adalah hadiah terindah di dalam hidupku, termasuk Mama. Terima kasih atas hadiah terindah yang telah Engkau berikan kepadaku"

It's been almost for two years

2009-05-05T23:20:00.000+07:00

Judul postingan kali ini memang sama persis dengan status update di akun facebook saya pada beberapa hari yang lalu. Saya tidak memikirkan dan mengatakan : "betapa sedihnya saya sebagai jomblo selama dua tahun". Absolutely NOT! Predikat jomblo pernah dipegang oleh saya dalam kurun waktu lebih dari 3 tahun, so, it doesn't seem to be hard to face and let this life moves as usual. Sejujurnya, saya cuma merasa membutuhkan seseorang yang bisa dijadikan partner, kakak, sahabat, dan musuh saya dalam berargumen. I need someone to discuss everything in every way, I need someone to give all his thought for me, I need someone to debate everything from any different point of views, I need someone to give the best comfortable hug, I need someone to cheer me up in everyday. Am i normal? I think I'm normal, hey, everywomen absolutely needs a boy/man/husband to support each of those life, dosen't it? For a while, I thought that I'm worrying too much because of my age turns to be older in every year. But, I'm not hoping too much. It sounds silly, doesn't it? Yeaa, I have been a single for almost two years.. Ok, I have to wait someone out there to become my shoulder in the whole life.

note: semoga tulisan ini tidak terlihat cengeng

the election day

2009-04-09T18:03:00.000+07:00

hey, guys! today is very important for us to make a difference by voting the candidates from each parties.. Ya, the election day comes on April, 9. Come on guys, don't be a GOLPUT, because it won't make any changes to the continuity of our election and democracy in this country! Even though, this post is unable to update about the election, well, i just want to make sure all of you that you already voted the best canditate. Have you voted today? Or do you have any difficulties to choose who is a better one? If you find any difficulties, at least, you'll make the difference by voting the party or the candidate!

This photo is taken by my sister, fanny. She took my little finger by using our nikon DSLR camera when I already voted this morning. I always love her ideas, drawing, photo, and her editing. Good job sis! Love you always! :)

note: hopefully, all of you used your right to vote and make any differences to our country! Oya, don't forget to visit my sister's blog, hehe

Ternyata

2009-04-01T12:54:00.000+07:00

Postingan ini masih berhubungan sama postingan saya sebelumnya. Jadi, silahkan dibaca dulu cerita saya kemarin.

Setelah pulang dari kampus pada hari selasa kemarin, saya pun berencana untuk janjian ketemu sama sahabat saya, dian. Seperti biasanya, sebelum kita masuk kelas bahasa inggris, kita janjian untuk makan dan curhat sambil menunggu waktu les tiba.

Tapi, tiba-tiba aja gitu dian membatalkan rencana kita, karena sahabat saya itu terlanjur dijemput pacarnya. Saya mengalah saja, mungkin pacarnya lagi membutuhkan dia ketimbang saya. Selanjutnya, saya melanjutkan untuk membuka facebook di rumah sembari menunggu datangnya waktu adzan maghrib.

Ketika saya mengaktifkan facebook, saya melihat status update dari rekan-rekan kuliah yang isinya memberitahu bahwa mereka sudah mengetahui jadwal sidang skripsi masing-masing. Kata mereka, jadwal sidang skripsi sudah ditempel di depan sekretaris FISIP blok I lantai 3.

Lantas, saya berpikir sejenak: "Saya tadi habis dari kampus, belum ada jadwal apa pun sama sekali, bahkan saya sempat mondar-mandir sampai siang dan menanyakan ke petugas sekretariat FISIP yang saya kenal tentang jadwal sidang skripsi. Salah satu petugas sekretariat pun memang mengiyakan jika jadwal sidang belumlah dipasang."

Oke, apabila jadwal baru diumumkan selasa sore, itu artinya saya harus ke kampus besok (baca: hari rabu ini).

Kemudian, saya memutuskan untuk bersiap-siap melakukan rutintas berikutnya, yaitu les bahasa inggris sampai malam nanti.

Ternyata... setelah saya siap untuk melangkahkan kaki ke luar rumah selepas waktu maghrib, kedua kaki saya kaku, kram, dan sama sekali tidak bisa digerakkan. Saya hanya bisa berteriak dan meminta pertolongan dari orang-orang seisi rumah.

Jujur, saya benar-benar bingung sama keadaan saya tadi malam. Kenapa? Koq bisa? Padahal, alhamdulilah saya dalam keadaan sehat wal'afiat seharian kemarin.

Anehnya, kedua kaki saya sempat tidak bisa dipakai jalan, ya.. kedua kaki saya mulai jari kaki hingga betis sungguh tidak bisa bergerak, bahkan jari-jari pada kedua kaki mulai kram secara bersamaan dalam waktu yang sama. Saya cuma bisa menangis dan berteriak sejadi-jadinya. Hingga akhirnya, sejak semalam hingga siang ini, saya masih dipijat dan disembuhkan oleh seorang tukang urut.

Entahlah. Kenapa semua terjadi? Saya juga gak tahu, mungkin saya harus lebih berhati-hati dalam melangkah ke depan, ke belakang, ke kiri, ke kanan, dan ke berbagai arah.

Hari ini saya tidak jadi melihat jadwal sidang skripsi di kampus, sebab orang tua saya menyarankan agar kedua kaki saya diurut lagi sampai benar-benar sembuh dan normal. Maka, sejak tadi pagi hingga siang jam 12 ini, saya hanya bisa pasrah di bawah tangan sang tukang urut! Sakit sekali rasanya, meskipun saya tetap memaksakan untuk berbagi cerita melalui blog, huehehehehehe.

Namun, saya senang sekali karena sahabat-sahabat saya di kampus mau melihat dan mencatat kapan jadwal sidang skripsi saya. Thx yaaa semuanya! Alhasil, jadwal sidang skripsi saya (bismillah..) :

Hari/Tanggal : Senin, 6 April 2009
Waktu : pukul 15.00 s/d WIB

Semoga Allah SWT benar-benar meridhoi sidang skripsi saya dan memberikan kondisi fisik yang maksimal. Jujur, saya sekarang hanya bisa pasrah, semuanya saya serahkan sama Allah SWT. Saya gak berharap apa-apa, hanya berharap agar saya diberikan kesehatan yang cukup hingga hari sidang nanti. Doakan saya sehat wal'afiat selalu ya kawan!

note: Makasih buat semua teman-teman yang sudah memberikan saya semangat melalui sms, telepon, dan bahkan update status di facebook. Ya, saya harus lebih menjalankan hidup ini dengan ikhlas dan sabar! :)

a very short post

2009-03-31T12:32:00.000+07:00

Good afternoon all!

For the first time, I created a new post at warnet (warung internet) which is near from my campus. Yeay, I decided to go to campus this morning, even though I feel so bored today. I told to my parents about my feeling isn't good at all.

My parents reminded me their advice: "if your feeling isn't good as usual, you might be staying at home today".

then, their advice comes true! I'm feeling so bored and dilemma now! I'm supposed to be staying at home today! It's unbelievable!

Ok, let me review my schedule today:

I should meet my lecturer to show off all my presentation this morning. Since my lecturer said that I must give the best performance in the judgement day, so I want him to check all the presentation that I did.

After I met my lecturer, I sent sms to one of my friends at campus. Ya, she borrowed my book since some weeks ago. Last night, I planned to take the book from her, however that book is very important for me to read much about methodology research. Now, I'm waiting her for almost three hours at warnet!!

ugh.. I hate waiting!

Suddenly, I just remembered that there is a seminar which talks about the election in 2009 this afternoon. My friend wanted me to attend the discussion. But, I've already cancelled to come to politic discussion at campus, because I have to meet her and take the book. Fyi, I really need that book, so I decided to wait her for giving back to me! :(

I'm regreting all the things happened today. I'm still wondering that I would be a participant in that politic discussion. I'm also wondering that I would be staying at home like my parents' advice.

This evening, I'll having an early dinner with my best friend, dian, we'll be chatting a lot, and next, I'll be attending the class in my english course. Hopefully, everything will be fine..

note: if you want to go out, don't forget to pray to God.. :)

kangen

2009-03-30T17:38:00.000+07:00

Akhir-akhir ini saya memang jarang keluar rumah (baca: jalan-jalan dengan sahabat-sahabat). Bukan karena saya malas, tetapi saya sempat sakit selama beberapa hari, kemudian disibukkan dengan urusan skripsi, dan juga alasan terakhir, yaitu keluarga.

Jadinya, hampir setiap hari saya bercengkerama dengan teman-teman di luar sana melalui facebook. Honestly, I really miss all my best friends in campus. I know, time has changed, and the situation also changed. At this time, all of my friends are having busy days with their work and their thesis. It means that we can't meet each other and we only communicate by phone/sms/facebook. The problem is: I really miss all my best friends in campus!

Ugh.. Saya benar-benar sedang berada di dalam situasi yang penuh dengan ketidakpastian. Maksud saya, saat di mana saya sedang menunggu sidang skripsi, tetapi saya juga tidak memiliki pekerjaan (baca: belum dapat ijazah). Ya, saya memang cuma bisa belajar dan menyiapkan presentasi untuk sidang skripsi - yang katanya - akan digelar minggu depan. Sembari belajar dan menyiapkan presentasi, saya juga tetap membuka account saya di facebook hampir setiap hari. The truth is: I'm totally desperate with this situation.

Hingga akhirnya, ketika saya sedang melakukan rutinitas browsing (baca: buka facebook), saya menemukan 1 friend request. Setelah saya buka, hm.. ternyata salah satu teman lama saat masa-masa SMA. He isn't one of my high school mates. His name is Edwin. I met him since we were classmates in english course. It has been almost 5 years we haven't met! Since then, he posted something in my wall and so did I. Sometimes, we chat together by facebook. It is caused by the long distance between us. Fyi, he is studying in UPN Yogyakarta now. The fact is: I'm suddenly missing him!

Well, he isn't my boyfriend, hehe, hm.. I ever crushed with him when we were taking english course in senior high and so did he. Yup, we already knew our feelings each other, but, we haven't changed this friendship into relationship, because of the very long distance between us. We only communicate by phone and facebook until now, owh..poor me! I'm so damn miss that guy! :)

note: if you miss someone out there, you only need to say that you miss him/her already! ;)

Awards (AGAIN!)

2009-03-30T13:05:00.000+07:00

All these AWARDS below are from neno, sarah, mustika, and fajrin , thanks guys! I'm really appreciate with the awards that you already gave to me! :)

First award..(from sarah and neno)

The Rules:
* Put the logo in your post.
* Write 5 things you are passionate about aside from blogging.
* Tag 5 people on your lists and let them know you tagged them.

Thanks to neno, because she's already gave me some awards about one month ago. Ok, I'll mention 5 things that I'm passionate about aside from blogging. All the things are..

1. Watching movies in the cinema or some DVDs at home with my sister and friends.
2. Eating! If I'm getting stressful, I should eat any foods, chocolates, or fruits, even if this hobby makes me fatter than before! ;)
3. Being a journalist, haha, yea.. i think if you enjoy being a journalist, you'll be passionately reporting any news, LOL
4. Studying, huehehehe.
5. and hanging out with my friends to the mall or restaurant.

Second award..(from sarah and neno)

The rules are:

The blogger manifests exemplary attitude, respecting the nuances that pervades amongst different cultures and beliefs.
The blog contents inspire; strives to encourage and offers solutions.
There is a clear purpose at the blog; one that fosters a better understanding on social, political, economic, the arts, culture, sciences and beliefs.
The blog is refreshing and creative.
The blogger promotes friendship and positivie thinking.

Neno's award..(this one is created by neno, how cute!) ;)

The aims of this award:

As a dedication for those who love blogging activity and love to encourage friendships through blogging.
To seek the reasons why we all love blogging!

Here are the rules:

Put the award in one post as soon as you receive it.
Don't forget to mention the person who gives you the award.
Answer the award's question by writing the reason why you love blogging.
Tag and distribute the award to as many people as you like.
Don't forget to notify the award receivers and put their links in your post.

I've got this award from sarah, mustika, and neno.

The main and simple reason why I love blogging is:
I love writing so much. then, I love sharing any ideas or any thoughts to anyone. ;)

Vespa Blogger Friendship (from fajrin)
Here are the rules:

Take your award.
Put the logo on your blog.
Add a link to the person who awarded you.
Nominate at least 7 other blogs.
Leave a message for your nominees on their blog.

Fiuh.. saya telah mendapatkan banyak award selama sebulan ini. Jadi, giliran saya untuk memberikan keempat award kepada kawan-kawan saya di bawah ini:

(silahkan diambil awardnya guys!)

wieke,
neriva,
lanie,
danisha,
yanuar,
karin,
dan siapa pun yang ingin mendapatkan award, silahkan diambil !

selamat atas penghargaan award-nya kawan! HAPPY BLOGGING ALL! :)

Terima Kasih

2009-03-30T10:44:00.000+07:00

Hello all!

It has been almost two months that I never update my blog since I was kinda busy to finish my thesis, then it's finally done! Alhamdulilah.. terima kasih ya Allah. While I was waiting the judgement day, I was still preparing for the presentation and praying to Allah SWT. I'm wishing everything is worthed, ya Allah.

Karena terbatasnya halaman kata pengantar di dalam skripsi, jadi, saya mutusin buat ngucapin rasa terima kasih melalui blog dan note di facebook untuk semua teman-teman yang telah ngebantuin saya, ngecengin saya, berantem ma saya, nolongin saya, dan sering ngasih nasehat ke saya selama kurang lebih hampir 4 tahun di Unas. Hehehehe

Hmm.. banyak banget kejadian, peristiwa, cerita, dan hal-hal seru mulai dari yang baik sampai yang buruk di Unas. Hmm.. terlalu banyak waktu yang saya lewati bersama kawan-kawan di Unas, dan semua cerita atau kejadian tentu sangat berarti bagi saya dalam menjalani hidup (halah, bahasanya..hihi).

To the point aja ye?Intinya, saya mau ngucapin terima kasih buat semua teman-teman yang udah baik sama saya. Sebab, kalian semua banyak memberikan inspirasi buat saya!

Selain keluarga dan sahabat-sahabat saya sejak SMA, Terima kasih buat:

1) teman-teman jurusan ilmu komunikasi angkatan 2005, khususnya program studi, Jurnalistik 2005! wuidih, kalian emang keren banget! solidaritasnya tinggi banget! saya gak akan pernah lupa saat kunjungan ke majalah Aneka Yess, kalian malah lebih memilih naik sebuah bis metro mini, padahal jumlah kita melebihi kapasitas metro mininya, huahaha, THX BGT saya semua udah rela panas2an dan keringet2an! Unfortunately, I wasn't taking any pictures when we went there by metro mini. :'(

2) buat UKM Wretta Aksa (UKM Fotografi dan Jurnalistik) tercinta, khususnya angkatan 3, Makasih banget udah ngasih banyak pelajaran ke saya dalam kurun waktu hampir 4 tahun ini. Di Wretta Aksa, saya bisa menerima dan mempelajari baik perbedaan maupun permasalahan yang saya hadapi. Mulai dari jadi AM, bikin pameran AM, kemudian jadi AP, terus buat pameran bersama, hingga akhirnya muster (musyawarah tertinggi). Tapi yang paling penting, saya menemukan arti penting sahabat dari dua orang, walaupun saya tahu bahwa saya sendiri terkadang susah dalam memahami arti persahabatan. Terima kasih!

3) kepada teman-teman Himakom periode 2007/2008 , terima kasih karena saya juga belajar menerima kritikan dan saran dari semua anggota dalam membantu kepengurusan saat itu. Satu hal yang bisa saya pelajari dari Himakom ketika masa2 akhir kepengurusan, hmm.. banyak banget hal2 yang bisa saya jadikan pelajaran hidup untuk bertahan di dalam sebuah situasi apa pun. Thx ya semuanya!

4) kepada teman-teman kuliah lainnya mulai dari semester 1 sampe semester akhir ini yang saya gak bisa nyebutin namanya satu per satu, karena, saya cuma bisa nge-tag kalian semua di dalam note facebook, makasih udah ngajarin saya banyak hal yang mungkin belum tentu saya temuin di luar sana.

Sekali lagi, makasih banyak atas semuanya. Walaupun saya dan kalian akan menghadapi sidang skripsi, tapi bukan berarti ini semua akhir dari kesuksesan, justru momen ini merupakan awal untuk menggapai dan mencari kesuksesan bagi diri kita masing-masing.

Semoga kalian semua sukses di bidangnya masing-masing sesuai dengan kehendak Allah SWT! AMIEN!

Selamat berjuang , Kawan!

I'LL DO MISS YOU GUYS!

Sebagian anak-anak Ilmu Komunikasi, khususnya Jurnalistik 2005, wish u all get a success guys!

Dua foto di atas: hanum, aulia, dan saya. They're all my besties in campus, love both of them!

Foto ketiga ini: sebagian besar anak-anak UKM Wretta Aksa, keep all your work guys!

Himakom periode 2007/2008, K. A. N. G. E. N

note: kawan, doakan saya yaa. Jika tidak ada halangan, hasil penelitian yang ada di dalam skripsi akan diterbitkan (insya Allah) menjadi buku, walaupun saya masih belum tahu kapan tiba waktunya. Hehehe, Mohon doa restunya, semoga apa yang saya cita-citakan dapat diwujudkan oleh Allah SWT! amien!

AWARD!

2009-03-19T14:52:00.000+07:00

1. This is the award..

Thanks for giving me an award, neno!

Here are the rules:

1. Put this award on your blog(s).
2. Put your very or the most aib photo with no editing of course.
3. Give this award to people you know (at least 2)

2. This is one of my "aib" picture with my lovely sister, because, I'm not good enough in that photo, hehe

3. ok, I'm tagging this award to danisha and lanie, selamat mengerjakan yaa semuanya! :)

A post-tag about : my personality

2009-02-23T17:44:00.000+07:00

Fiuh.. I have so many homework to do this month, and I've got a post-tag from Karin by using facebook couple days ago. This tag is about showing your personalities after you answered all of the questions in a website , you only to click here and then try to answer honestly. It's fun, since you get to know much about your personalities. So, I'm tagging this homework to some of my buddies, especially for neno and sarah , to click : this website

Here are the answers about my personality..

Your view on yourself:

You are down-to-earth and people like you because you are so straightforward. You are an efficient problem solver because you will listen to both sides of an argument before making a decision that usually appeals to both parties.

The type of girlfriend/boyfriend you are looking for:

You like serious, smart and determined people. You don't judge a book by its cover, so good-looking people aren't necessarily your style. This makes you an attractive person in many people's eyes.

Your readiness to commit to a relationship:

You are ready to commit as soon as you meet the right person. And you believe you will pretty much know as soon as you might that person.

The seriousness of your love:

You like to flirt and behave seductively. The opposite sex finds this very attractive, and that's why you'll always have admirers hanging off your arms. But how serious are you about choosing someone to be in a relationship with?

Your views on education

Education is very important in life. You want to study hard and learn as much as you can.

The right job for you:

You're a practical person and will choose a secure job with a steady income. Knowing what you like to do is important. Find a regular job doing just that and you'll be set for life.

How do you view success:

You are afraid of failure and scared to have a go at the career you would like to have in case you don't succeed. Don't give up when you haven't yet even started! Be courageous.

What are you most afraid of:

You are afraid of having no one to rely on in times of trouble. You don't ever want to be unable to take care of yourself. Independence is important to you.

Who is your true self:

You like privacy very much because you enjoy spending time with your own thoughts. You like to disappear when you cannot find solutions to your own problems, but you would feel better if you learned to share your thoughts with a person you trust.

i'm quite proud with all the answers above, yaa..

selamat mencoba! :)

A post-tag about : the alphabets of mine

2009-02-20T21:44:00.000+07:00

Hello all!

Fiuh.. finally, I've done this homework. Yihiiiiiiiiiii.. I've got a homework as usually from Neno, haha. You made me crazy to do and think about all these alphabets.

First, here are the rules:

1. To each letter of an alphabet write a word connected to you.
2. Tag 6 (six) people.

So, here are my alphabets..

Anne Hathaway is one of the most favorite actress in my life

Bekasi is the city where do I live now

Clown is a silly fact in my life because when I were a kid, if someone asked me what I wanted to be in the future, I answered to her/him : “I want to be a clown”.. Oh..what a silly life! LOL

Don’t judge a book by its cover => this is one of my favorite quote

Eating is one of my hobbies, hahahaha, that’s right guys!

Freezing is one of the techniques in photography that I never do successfully and I was jealous with my sister since she did freezing better than me.. :(

Ginger is the best medicine to cure my cough.. hehe

Hope that I’ll be accepted as journalist in one day! amien!

I don’t want to be the best, but I’m only be able to help all people around me => this is my own quote, yep, I made by myself, hihihi

Judgement Day (of thesis) is what I’m recently worrying about…hahaha, thesis again!

Kitchen is the most favorite part of my house…it’s because I love eating..hihi

Life is beautiful is one of the best movie in my whole life!

My favorite hobby is going to the cinema and watching movies .. ;)

Novel is a kind of book that I often read

Obama is a president-elect of America that I love and adore him SO MUCH!

Pursuit of happiness is the best movie besides Life is Beautiful

Quick.. is one of the adjectives which is absolutely me!

Reunion (with my high school friends) is an event that I always wait for..

Smile to everyone is the best way for me to make friends as much as possible

Tizi is one of my favorite restaurant in Jalan Dago, Bandung

United States is a country where I want to go there

Voice of America (VoA) is one of the best media that I adore besides New York Times

Westlife is my favorite boyband when I was in junior high..hahahahaha

You’ve got a friend- is my favorite song and lyric! You just call out my name..

Zodiac of mine is virgo..hehehe

But, I'm tagging this post to danisha, nice to meet you danisha! selamat mengerjakan yaaa.

thx yaa neno! :)

Hillary Goes to Indonesia

2009-02-18T18:44:00.000+07:00

Setelah mengunjungi Jepang, Hillary Clinton melanjutkan lawatannya ke Indonesia. Semenjak terpilih sebagai Menteri Luar Negeri (Menlu) Amerika Serikat (AS) di bawah kepemimpinan Barrack Obama, Hillary telah diinstruksikan dan diberikan tugas melakukan pertemuan bilateral di wilayah Asia. Adapun negara-negara yang dikunjungi oleh Hillary yaitu Jepang, Indonesia, Korea, dan China. Indonesia merupakan negara Muslim pertama yang dikunjungi mantan Senator New York ini sejak dilantik menjadi Menteri Luar Negeri AS satu bulan lalu. Kunjungan Hillary ke Asia Timur dan Tenggara merupakan pendekatan diplomasi baru di bawah pemerintahan Presiden AS Barack Obama. Ya, surprisingly, Indonesia benar-benar menjadi negara kedua yang dijadwalkan oleh Hillary selama masa lawatannya.

Kunjungan Hillary beserta staf menteri luar negeri AS tentu saja ditujukan untuk mempererat dan memperbaiki kerjasama regional yang lebih baik lagi. Jujur, saya tidak tahu pasti wujud kerjasama seperti apa yang real antara Amerika Serikat dengan Republik Indonesia. Namun, kemudian, banyak orang bertanya-tanya apa signifikansi kunjungan atau lawatan Hillary ke Indonesia? Apakah semata-mata karena Barrack Obama pernah tinggal di Indonesia hingga hampir seluruh warga mengidolakannya? Atau justru Barack Obama melihat bahwa Indonesia merupakan salah satu negara yang mempunyai penduduk muslim terbesar di Asia?

Setidaknya, kita sebagai warga negara yang baik bisa melihat dari perspektif berbeda dan positif terkait dengan kunjungan Hillary pada tahun ini. Indonesia as a developing country, bisa dipertimbangkan sebagai negara untuk dijadikan mitra kerjasama yang sama-sama menguntungkan. Sekiranya ada dua alasan mengapa Indonesia dipilih sebagai mitra kerjasama Amerika Serikat dalam masa pemerintahan Barrack Obama.

Pertama, penduduk Indonesia didominasi dengan pemeluk agama muslim yang demokratis. Sehingga suara atau aspirasi Indonesia selalu didengar oleh negara-negara lain yang memiliki jumlah pemeluk agama Islam yang cukup banyak. Di sisi lain, Indonesia juga menjalin hubungan sangat baik dengan sejumlah negara Islam, seperti dengan negara-negara di kawasan Timur Tengah. Misalnya saja, sewaktu Dubes Indonesia untuk Palestina, Fariz Al Mehdawi, mengungkapkan aspirasinya untuk mendesak Dewan Keamanan PBB. Ini ditujukan agar mewujudkan resolusi genjatan senjata di Palestina. Dalam kaitan itu, partisipasi Indonesia selalu ditunggu dan diperhitungkan dalam memecahkan masalah konflik di Timur Tengah.

Kedua, Amerika Serikat kagum terhadap proses demokratisasi di Indonesia. Selama beberapa tahun terakhir ini, proses demokratisasi telah berjalan semaksimal mungkin dengan hasil yang cukup memuaskan bagi seluruh warga Indonesia. Terlebih bahwa masyarakat muslim Indonesia bisa mengikuti dan menjalankan demokrasi secara tentram. Sungguh menggembirakan, jikalau memang masyarakat muslim Indonesia dipandang positif sebagai masyarakat demokrat. Bisa dibilang Indonesia cukup berhasil membangun dan menyatukan diversity of religion and political views in democracy.

Once again I told you all, seperti kata Hillary dalam pertemuannya di Asia Society beberapa hari lalu, bahwa bukan karena Barrack Obama pernah tinggal di daerah sekitar Menteng dan diidolakan oleh warga Indonesia. Tetapi lebih mengedepankan bagaimana menjalin, mempererat, dan menegaskan kerjasama yang mutual respect. Semoga saja, pertemuan bilateral antara Amerika Serikat dan Indonesia dapat membawa keuntungan bagi kedua pihak!

Note: As a good citizen, we must be proud of our country!! :)

Hidup ini Pilihan

2009-02-17T10:21:00.000+07:00

Pagi ini saya mendapat telepon dan curhatan dari benk2, dia salah satu sahabat di kampus. Saya pun mendengarkan curhatannya selama 1 jam lebih. Lumayan agak shocked juga mendengar apa yang dia ceritakan pada pagi-pagi buta. Ya, secara garis besar dia curhat tentang pengunduran dirinya menjadi pengurus di UKM Wretta Aksa (Wretta Aksa itu organisasi di bidang jurnalistik dan fotografi yang saya ikutin dari awal masuk kuliah, ya saya memang belum sempat cerita tentang UKM ini di blog, maybe, I’ll tell you soon!).

Back to the story benk2 told me this morning. Ketika saya tanya alasannya mengundurkan diri menjadi pengurus, dia bilang, “Yu, saat ini gw harus memilih yu, mana yang lebih penting antara kuliah dan organisasi. Hidup ini pilihan, yu.” Oke. Saya sempat berpikir bagaimana bisa kawan saya ini rela meninggalkan dan melepas tanggung jawabnya sebagai pengurus tahun ini. Sebab, dia selalu mempunyai dedikasi tinggi dan andil besar dalam organisasi saya. Ya, saya bisa mengerti alasan dan keadaannya sekarang ini. Sebenarnya, saya cukup salut dengannya untuk mau memutuskan dan memilih apa yang terbaik untuk dirinya, yakni berkonsentrasi dan menyelesaikan kuliahnya. Benk, lo pasti bisa menyelesaikan kuliah lo tahun ini!

Lain lagi dengan kawan saya, Feny, dia memutuskan untuk bekerja terlebih dahulu, lantaran mencari penghasilan demi menunjang hidupnya. Saat saya mengetahui bahwa dia sudah bekerja di suatu tempat, saya cukup heran dengan perubahannya. Apalagi saya tahu betul karakter dan jalan pikirannya (sebelum dia bekerja). “Gw capek, yu, gw capek bersenang-senang, gw mau memilih untuk bekerja mencari uang sambil kuliah.” Sekali lagi saya tertegun mendengar alasannya. Semangat yaa Feny! :)

Hidup ini pilihan. Setiap orang harus memilih salah satu. Tidak bisa keduanya. Setiap orang tentu memiliki waktu yang tepat untuk memilih. Paling tidak, ketika saya, kamu, atau pun kalian memilih akan merasa yakin bahwa pilihannya sangat tepat untuk dijalani.

Begitu pula dengan saya yang harus memilih bahwa saya harus meninggalkan kamu. Bukan berarti kamu tidak berarti buat saya. Bukan berarti kamu menyakiti saya. Bukan berarti ada orang lain yang mampir dalam kehidupan saya. Tetapi, ini merupakan suatu pilihan yang harus saya putuskan dan pikirkan secara rasional, matang-matang, dan dengan kepala dingin, tanpa harus mengeluarkan air mata. Saya memilih untuk tidak terikat dengan kamu atau siapa pun. Itulah pilihan saya sekarang ini. Saya hanya ingin berkonsentrasi pada hidup saya, menata ulang hidup saya, dan menjalaninya sebaik mungkin.

Lalu, bagaimana dengan kalian? Apakah saat ini kalian sedang memutuskan untuk memilih sesuatu yang tepat? Saya tunggu cerita kalian.

Note:

mulai hari ini, saya memutuskan untuk memilih menulis blog dalam dua bahasa, English dan Indonesia. Mengapa? Kemarin saya mencoba mendaftarkan blog saya ke direktori blog Indonesia, tetapi satu ketentuan yang tidak bisa saya ikuti adalah: Isi blog harus memiliki 75 % konten Bahasa Indonesia. Sayang sekali, saya tidak memenuhi ketentuan tersebut. thanks buat sarah yang sudah memberikan masukan-masukan kepada saya, padahal kami baru kenal. Thanks!

A post-tag about : Footprints award and blog

2009-02-16T10:33:00.000+07:00

Rules:
Put this logo on your blog and answer these question below!

1. What is your main reason to make a blog?
2. Whose blog that you visited first after you made your own blog?
3. Tag 5 (five) people you often visit!

yihiii, I got a homework again from neno, thanks for giving me a homework ! Hehehehe, here are the answer..

1. The main reason why I made a blog is.. I love writing so much. I always spend my time to write anything in everyday whether it is a fiction, poem, my daily life, news, or my opinion about any topics. Then, I tried to write down in blog since I was in senior high, yeaa.. I ever made a blog for three times (this is the third! my older blogs are : my first blog, but, this one has already deleted, and my friendster's blog), but I was a little bit confused at that time, because, blog doesn't exist like today. Hehehe. Eventually, I decided to make a blog AGAIN. So, here I am in my new blog!

2. After I made my own blog, I had been visiting Karin's blog, yup, I was amazed at her blog. (thanks karin! you gave me an inspiration to make blog again, you already taught me how to make a blog, you taught me by chatting on facebook..hehehe, thanks for teaching me!)

3. Tag this post to 5 (five) people you often visit! Okay, give me a few minutes to think which people should I tag. Five people?? Sorry, I only tag this post to three people. I'm tagging this post to Karin, Neriva, and my younger sister, Fanny..

all the things related with thesis

2009-02-09T12:12:00.000+07:00

Hello everyone! Hopefully, This post could be useful for anyone who starts to do thesis (baca: skripsi). Are you in the last semester? Have you finished your thesis? If you haven't finished your thesis and still confused to manage, let me give some tips how to face all the problems while you are finishing your thesis.. okey? Here are the tips.

1) Make your desk (or room) tidier. Why do you need to make tidier? Yeaa.. if your desk is so untidy, you won't have a good mood to do your thesis. I'm really sure the condition of your desk (or room) would be influenced to get a better mood to do your thesis. Hehehe. ;)

2) Create your own calendar and make a target to get then. You have to create a calendar, since, the calendar makes you easier to remind much things, or the calendar makes you to get a target, for example:

when the date you should meet your lecturer;
when the date you should do your chapter per a day or a week;
when the date you should bring your result of the chapter you did;
also you need to know your improvement of the thesis by using a calendar. I suggest you to be discipline by finishing each of the chapters in a month, so you only need to finish in 4 or 6 months (like me..hihi), you must do that!

3) Don't waste your time! You ought to use your time as much as you can. Even you don't need to hang out in weekdays. Your spare time is only in weekend, guys! Don't forget about a proverb : Time is money, yeaa.. use your time as well as you can do.

4) Read more books than usual you read. When you're still finishing thesis, you should look for more books to be your reference in thesis. I suggest you to go any libraries that you like, after that you read any books which is related to your topic in thesis. Because, based on my experience, you would never know the theories or how to analyze the topic, if you never read and learn from any books! Still remember about this proverb : Buku adalah jendela dunia.

5) Pray to God. I know you're living in underpressure when you have to finish thesis as quickly as possible. So, don't forget to pray and wish all the problems would be fine. okay?

Good luck with your thesis, guys! cheers! :)

A post-tag about : 100 the truths of mine

2009-02-07T21:02:00.000+07:00

Good night, all bloggers! yihii, i've got a post-tag from neno.. thx neno!

001. Real name → Ayu Susanti Aditya
002. Like it? → absolutely yes!
003. Nickname(s)→ ayu
004. Status → in a good relationship but he’s not my boyfriend
005. Zodiac sign → virgo
006. Male or female → female
007. Elementary→ SD Tunas Jakasampurna, Bekasi
008. Middle School → SMP Tunas Jakasampurna Bekasi
009. High School → SMA Panglima Sudirman then I moved out to SMA Negeri 2 Bekasi ;)
010. Hair color → black
011. Long or short → medium (hehe, almost long)
012. Eye color → brown
013. Weight → 54 kg (huehehe, I’m getting fatter)
014. Height → 157 cm
015. Righty or lefty → righty
016. Loud or Quiet → both of them, it depends on people around me
017. Sweats or Jeans → jeans
018. Phone or Camera → phone
019. Health freak → not really
020. Piercings?→ no
021. Do you have a crush on someone? → he’s my fellow in campus, sandhy
022. Eat or Drink → eat
023. Purse or Backpack → backpack
024. Tattoos → no
025. Do You Like Yourself? → yup, I really do
026. Current worry? → I’m worrying when the judgement day of my thesis comes..

THIS OR THAT:
027. Orange or Apple Juice? → apple juice
028. Night or Day? → day
029. Sun or Moon? → sun
030. TV or Internet? → Internet! I’m addicted of the internet
031. PlayStation or XBox? → PlayStasion
032. Kiss or Hug? → both of them
033. Iguana or Turtle? → turtle
034. Spider or Bee? → bee
035. Fall or Spring? → spring
036. Limewire or iTunes? → iTunes
037. Soccer or Baseball? → soccer

FIRSTS:
038. First surgery → when I was in junior high, I had my ears surgery
039. First piercing → baby, maybe
040. First best friend → my first best friend at the fourth grade in elementary school, her name is Benita Putri (haloo.. Benita! Put!)
041. First Sport? → jogging, hihi, I rarely to do some sports
042. First award → reading poem’s competition, but I forget
043. First crush → my old friend in elementary school, his name is agam
044. First pet → my first cat is GANTENG.. hihi, yup its name is ganteng
045. First big vacation → when I was at the first grade in senior highschool, I went to Bali and Lombok for some weeks with my beloved family
046. First big birthday → my sweet 17^th birthday party!

CURRENTLY:
047. Eating → a piece of black forest cake..hihi
048. Drinking → a glass of mineral water
049. I’m about to → do and finish my chapter four in thesis
050. Listening to → I’m not listening to any kinds of music at this moment
051. Singing? → I’m not singing now
052. Typing? → my chapter four in thesis and a post tag
053. Waiting for → a short message or SMS from sandhy

YOUR FUTURE:
054. Want kids? → of course
055. When? → hahaha.. I’m not really sure
056. Want to get married? → of course
057. When? → I don’t know
058. Where Do You Want To Live? → anywhere in Jabodetabek.. Hehehe, I don’t want to go out from Jabodetabek
059. Careers in mind → a journalist, a researcher, and a writer
060. What Did You Want To Be When You Were Little? → clown (yup, I know, this fact is so silly, but that’s the truth everyone!)
061. Mellow Future Or Wild? → both of them
062. Something You Would Never Try? → smoking, drugs, and clubbing

WHICH IS BETTER WITH GIRL/ BOY?
063. Lips or eyes → eyes
064. Shorter or taller? → taller than me
065. Romantic or spontaneous → spontaneous
066. Nice stomach or nice arms → I don’t know, but I prefer a good looking one
067. Sensitive or loud → sensitive
068. Hook-up or relationship → relationship
069. Trouble maker or hesitant → hesitant
070. Hugging or Kissing? → hugging and kissing
071. Tan Skinned or Light? → tan skinned
072. Dark or Light Hair? → dark
073. Muscular or Normal? → normal

HAVE YOU EVER:
074. Lost glasses/contacts → sorry, I don’t wear glasses or contacts
075. Ran away from home → yup, I ever did
076. Held a gun/knife for self defense?→ what??? Never!
077. Killed somebody → absolutely never!
078. Broken someone’s heart → sometimes
079. Been arrested → absolutely never!
080. Cried when someone died → yaa.. I’m easily to cry
081. Kissed A Stranger? → never
082. Climbed Up A Tree? → when I was a kid
083. Liked A Friend As More Than A Friend? → yup, when I was in junior

DO YOU BELIEVE IN:
084. Yourself → absolutely yes!
085. Miracles → yes
086. Love at first sight → no
087. Heaven → yes
088. Santa Claus → no
089. Kiss on the first date → no

ANSWER TRUTHFULLY:
090. Is there one person you want to be with right now → yup! sandhy..
091. Do You Like Someone? → yes, he’s my fellow in campus, sandhy again
092. Are you seriously happy with where you are in life → yes, I’m so happy with my life
093. Do you believe in God → yup!

LASTS
094. Received/ Sent Text Message → from and to sandhy..
095. Received Call → sandhy
096. Call Made? → sandhy
097. Comment On MySpace? → I’m not a user on myspace..
098. Missed Call? → from sandhy
099. Person You Hung out With? → aulia, hanum, and rika

100. Post as 100 truths and tag this post to my new friend, Sarah. Nice to meet to you, sarah! :)

my favorite quote

2009-02-06T07:56:00.000+07:00

I ever had a favourite quote since I was in junior high school until now. That quote is:

"Don't judge a book by it's cover!"

-Anonymous (I never know who made this quote)

But, I was thinking : "Why don't I have my own quote? Why don't I create a new quote by myself?". I eventually decided to let that old quote go from my life. Hihi. I've just created a new quote by myself some weeks ago. I'm totally proud with my new quote, because this quote based on my thought.. Then.. here is my new quote:

"I don't want to be the best, I'm only be able to help people around me"

-Ayu Susanti Aditya (of course this one made by myself!)

The inspiration of this quote comes from my thought. When I met a new friend in junior high school, yup she is one of my old friends in junior high. She always wants to be the best from other people, she wants to be a rival with other people, even if the rival is her best friend. She never wants to know what problem people had. She never cares with people's life. Unfortunately, she always tells and spreads the negative points of someone (she/he) to other people. Oh.. I think she's very ambitious. She totally wants to be the best one. I really don't like the rules of her mind. Because, in my opinion, we don't have to be the rival with people in our surrounding, or we don't have the best one, but we definitely have to help and care with people around us.

Hopefully, this quote would be an inspiration to anyone who reads this.

Is there anyone who doesn't agree with my quote?? Is there any critics about my new quote?? Drop a comment about my quote,please, thanks. :)

poem

2009-02-04T09:06:00.000+07:00

SOBAT

Berawal dari sebuah teriakan dan tetesan kecil

Hingga kita merasa benar-benar kecil…

Hingga kita merasa benar-benar sendiri…

Saat yang paling indah adalah ketika kita bermain bersama, tertawa bersama, menangis bersama, ataupun berbuat dosa bersama

Saat yang paling sedih adalah ketika kita tidak lagi bersama

Saat di mana kita dipisahkan oleh ruang dan waktu

Saat di mana kita menjalani hidup yang keras ini sendiri

Saat tawa, tangis, dan air mata kita tidak dapat menyatu

Sobat…

Saatnya kita meraih impian

Impian yang dulu kita rangkai bersama

Sobat…

Saatnya kita berjuang untuk hidup

Tidak hanya hidup di bawah naungan Ibu

Melainkan hidup di atas roda yang berputar

Janganlah takut…

Karena dalam kesendirian kita

Masih ada Dia…yang selalu menemani langkah kita

By : Aulia n’ aYoE

A post-tag about : My desk

2009-02-02T14:25:00.000+07:00

Since I was kinda in hurry to finish my thesis, I didn't update my blog, but sometimes I checked my blog, then I found a message from neno. She said I got a homework to do, though I suprised with the homework. Yep, the homework is all about my desk. I have to desribe how messy my desk is. whattt? my desk? *sigh*

Okay, my desk.. ugh.. my desk is so untidy..not messy ;)

My desk like other desks. There are three parts of my desk. All parts of my desk is already full of the things I have, such as books, my internship report, papers, pen, photos, my beauty kit, tape recorder, wallet, charger, my nikon, novels, cassettes, CD's, my small Al-Quran, mukena, and many other things.

You can see how fully my desk is. ;)

My favorite part is the top of my desk. The top of my desk, which I call the first part, I like to collect photos. There are too many photos, like me and my family, me and my fellas, me and my old friends. I actually put many photos in my wallet. I love my friends a lot.

Besides my desk, there is.. Hmm.. let me think what is it. Well, I dont know what I call this one. You can see which I put my college books in there. owhh.. I have too many books, but, I don't read all the books, I only read any pages that I need. All the books I have is all about communications, journalism, and also politics. ;)

Thanks for tagging me, neno! I want to make my desk tidier than before, hahaha, oya.. Honestly I never use my desk to study. Hihihi, my desk, I'm so sorry.

I'm tagging this to other friends, they are: Mustika, Mutya, Ika. This homework is so simple, you all just need to describe how messy your desk is.

A post-tag about : AWARD & MY RESOLUTIONS in 2009

2009-01-13T12:59:00.000+07:00

Rules:

You must be a true lover of the New Year to receive this award. The person to whom you give the award must also be in love with the New Year.
Post at least five New Year’s Resolutions. If you can’t limit it to five, then continue until you go out of space.
Pass the award along to as many bloggers as you like.
Let your recipients know that you have tagged them by leaving a comment on their site. Also, link back to the person who gave you the award.

Neno, Thank you for tagging me again, but, sorry for the late result of this post. I 'm kinda busy..so sorry!

Based on my previous post about “Bye 2008.. and welcome 2009!”, here is my list of resolutions in 2009.

1. Get my bachelor’s degree this year. At least, I could get my bachelor on May 2009. I really want to get before my 22^nd birthday on August!

2. Increase my TOEFL’s score. I ever had tried to take and know about my TOEFL’s score. Unluckily, my TOEFL’s score wasn’t good enough (yep, I have to get 550 points for TOEFL). Why I’d be so obsessed to get more than 550 points? Since TOEFL’s score is one of the qualifications to apply for a job, so I totally have to study harder. Then, I’d be easily to get a job. ;)

3. Get a job! After I have my bachelor’s degree, I’ll try to apply as a journalist. Hehehe, journalist is my dream job! Hopefully, I could make my dream comes true. I wish I could be a journalist in one of the TV station. But, I don’t even mind, if I start my career as journalist in a magazine or newspaper.

4. Take a driving lesson. For this one, I just want to help my father to drive our car. As the oldest child, my father really wants me to replace him as a driver in our family. When I was in senior high school, I ever had took a driving lesson actually, but, I wasn’t a good driver. Hihi..so sorry dad! I’m okay, I’ll try to take a driving lesson again as soon as possible.

5. Be a better woman! Huh, you know humans never feel satisfied with theirself, so do I. I hope I could be a better woman. It means I could arrange, manage, organize my money, time, and also myself. And the last I hope, I could be more patient, not to be temperamental and get easily bored with other people.

Fiuh.. Wishing God may help all those my resolutions. Wishing all those my resolutions will come true in this year. Amien.

I’m tagging this post to: Mustika, Rini, and Mutya. I hope all of you never mind to tell five of your resolutions, please! cheers! :)

Bedtime Stories, It's a must watch!

2009-01-07T10:11:00.000+07:00

Still remember Adam Sandler?? Yep, he is a guy who acts in 50 First Dates. Now, we can see his stupid action in "Bedtime Stories". "Bedtime Stories" is recommended as a comedy, family, and fantasy movie. Well, I wouldn't like to tell the synopsis, I'm trying to analyze the similarities between this and other movies. Hehe.

Family and Comedy
Hollywood's movies mostly consist of family and comedy genres. For example, have you seen "The Pacifier" and "Yours, Mine, and Ours"? In these movies, there is a family, which has so many children. Their naughtiness is totally unstopable. Even though they are so naughty, but, what-they-do becomes a joke, so we can laugh and enjoy their naughtiness in the movie. Besides that, the adults always try and find a way to look after the children.

In "The Pacifier", Vin Diesel gets a job and agrees to take care of the children. Vin Diesel should stay with them during one month. Since their naughtiness, he never succeeds in looking after the children, but finally he makes the children so calm.

Or, maybe, have you ever watched "Yours, Mine, and Ours"? If you've ever watched this movie, didn't you see that there were 18 children? Haha, sounds crazy, right? Could you imagine how the parents could take care all of them in a house everyday? The movie tells how Helen and Frank are high school sweethearts, they reconnect at a reunion, and fall in love again. But, they face up a new problem, they should set up a big happy family (with 18 children!). Haha.

Now, we discuss "Bedtime Stories". In "Bedtime Stories", Adam Sandler should take care of his nephew and niece (Bobbi and Patrick) while their mom leaves the town. So, Adam Sandler always looks for new ways to look after Bobbi and Patrick in everynight. Eventually, he decided to tell bedtime stories everynight. Suprisingly, Bobbi and Patrick begin to bring their ideas about the continuity of those stories and the stories turn out to become in a real life. Sounds silly, doesn't it?

Another thing that you can find between these movies..an animal! "The Pacifier" has a duck. In "Yours, Mine, and Ours", you can find a cute pink pig! Of course, "Bedtime Stories" has BUGSY! Bugsy is such a little cute marmoot whose eyes are so big!

Fantasy
Have you ever seen "Bridge to Terabithia"? "Bridge to Terabithia" is about the briliant imagination of Jesse and Leslie. Yup, Jesse and Leslie always discuss their imagination. Finally, their own city is made from their imagination, and they call that city "Terabithia". In "Bedtime Stories", Bobbi and Patrick always imagine how the story should go. In fact, their imagination is so silly and funny. So, "Bedtime Stories" is a wonderful fantasy to see.

*In this photo: Dodi, Nova, Ayu, Hadi

That's my explanation about the similarities between "Bedtime Stories" and other movies. Well, I want to thank to my fellows in campus (Hadi, Nova, and Dodi), who have already asked and accompanied me to watch at Setiabudi 21. Thanks for hanging out with me guys!

The tiger's name is AYU

2009-01-04T16:55:00.000+07:00

Good evening all readers.

This afternoon, our president, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY), visited Kebun Binatang Ragunan, Jakarta. When he was visiting, he gave a name to four white tigers which was born in Kebun Binatang Ragunan. The four white tigers are consist of three female and one male. Three white female tigers are Ayu, Asri, and Kasih. The male one is Sinar. Why did SBY give a name to four white tigers like Ayu, Asri, Kasih and Sinar? Andi Mararangeng said that SBY wanted the tigers are becoming prettier and brighter than others.

*In this photo: THE FOUR WHITE TIGER = ayu, asri, sinar, and kasih (maybe!)

Oh..my gosh. I can't believe. My name is used for a tiger! Ok, I know it is not just a plain tiger, but WHITE TIGER. Hahaha. I'm really proud with my name. I really want to thank to my Mom and Dad, who have given me a beautiful name. Also, thank to Allah SWT, because I was born with a beautiful name.

Well, I'm not joking through this post. I just want to thank about my name. Thank you for giving me a very beautiful name.. Hehehe. ;)

*This post is adopted from "Ayu, Asri, Kasih, dan Sinar Harapan Presiden" (Kompas ONLINE, January 4th 2009) click here

Let's praying for PALESTINE!

2009-01-04T09:31:00.000+07:00

*All of the photos taken from New York Times

In the last week of December, we were all suprised with news about the invasion of Israel to Palestine. The invasion started on December, 27th. But, the invasion is still continuing now. There were so many people killed by the Israeli military. The death toll is about 422 people and there were about 100 children killed too. Yup, most of people killed consist of women and children. Could you imagine this fact? I totally can't imagine the situation of Gaza. As you know, the invasion was caused by Israel wanting to take a little part of district in Palestine. For some weeks, after I read and watched news about Israel and Palestine, I was shocked. I can't do anything. I just pray to God. I just wish that Israel would end the invasion. I just wish all the world leaders may help to look for other solutions for Israel and Palestine.

Through on this post, I want all of the people (readers or bloggers) to pray for Palestine.

Let's praying for Palestine!

I'm wishing Palestinians could be tougher to against the invasion!

I'm wishing Israel could stop the invasion!

A post-tag about : AWARD & MY LOVE STORY

2008-12-27T21:12:00.000+07:00

"Happy Seven Award" "This appreciation is aimed for whoever still having lucky certain love relations, have millions memories and billions stories behind it. Possibly also had something's overturned of the date figure? Let us know what your unforgotten periods have!"

Rules:

1. Everyone who gets this award is obliged to write his/ her recent love story & these rules in his/ her new post.

2. Everyone who gets this award is obliged to tag 7 of his/ her friends who have a unique love story to be shared then they must do what he/ she does as well.

Notes on the award:

This award is under license of Cindy Perdana Computeria & Fediani Putri Andarini, so you must certify that you have the right to distribute & you do not violate the rules. Contact person(s): Cindy (candle)/ Fediani (hana)

I've got this post from Neno, hahaha, you never tired to tag your friend, hihihi.. By the way, Thank you!

I start the rules by telling my love story. My love story? I just realized I was being a single for almost a year. Hahaha. So I don't have any stories to tell. But, of course, I ever had someone who loves me so mad. Let me tell about HIM. He is one of good fellows in campus. We knew each other from first semester. Then, we made a relationship in the fifth semester.

Unfortunately, we couldn't continue our relationship for a longer time. We broke up on the second month. Second month? Yep, we only made that for two months. It was so boring and tiring. I never imagine this fact. For any reasons, I never regret with HIM. Because, he's just such a good fellow in my life, who tries to cheer me up. In fact, he tries to get closer with me. Finally, we are still keep in touch until now. Thank you for all the things you gave to me.

I'm tagging this post to Neriva, Nova, Karin, Ika, and my sister, Fanny. Never mind, please! hehehe

A post-tag about : THE REASON

2008-12-27T19:57:00.000+07:00

Firstly, I say thank to Neno, thanks for the homework that you gave to me. Well, neno, I never mind to do all the homework I got. Let me tell you how the result. Hihihi...

A post-tagged about : THE REASON

1) Why did you give a blog title with "I'm telling about... a media where I could tell anything"?
Actually, there are not any spesific reasons about my blog title. Because, as you know, blog is a media where we could tell about any themes, like our daily life, our love, our goals, and whatever things that happened in our life. It means I'm telling about my style, my best friend, and other themes, which becomes a title for the post I wrote. Based on what things we tell on our blog, so that I thought : "I'm telling about.." for the right time. Do you understand the reason about my blog title? Hopefully, you, anyone who reads this post, could get the point of my reason about the blog title I had. ;)

2) Why did you use this template?
You know, I've changed a template for two times, hehehe. The first template was black- silhouette girl. But, I don't want to talk about my first template. I want to explain why I choose my last template (Wishing this template would be the last). I chose the black-cute cats, because I love cats! Yes, I really do! Cats are so cute!

Ok, back to the reason about my second template... Another reason, I love pink, so I really want some of the text is coloured by pink. Besides that, I can customize my blog more and more balance. I customized with black and white. I took a white for the background.

3) What moment did you never forget in your life?
Moment? Did you mean, special moment? I'm thinking for a while..
The moment that I never forget is all memories in junior high school. Yup, I really love and miss all my buddies in Tunas Jakasampurna School. Oh great, It was an unforgetable moment, because I faced up much things. The teachers, the boys, the girls, the canteen. I know it seems so childish. But, the best memories I ever had is in junior high school. I always wait for the reunion, like this photo.

4) Tag this post to your friend. I'm tagging to Neriva, Karin, Nova, Ika, and my sister, Fanny.

Once again, thank you neno! I can't wait a post-tagged from you again! hihihihi...

My Style

2008-12-20T18:18:00.000+07:00

If I go to campus, I totally make myself to comfort in every way.

I usually wear shirts or T-shirts, such as Tie Dye shirts, cartoon T-shirts, and many others

Sometime, I wear long sleeves, I never mind to wear it, because it's rainy now..

I usually wear sneakers or black flat shoes..

I usually wear skinny jeans I usually bring my black or brown tote bag

Of course, I never forget my lovely watch as the accessories

I'm tagging my friends: Karin, Ika, Nova, Mustika, and Egie to make a post about their style
I'll be appreciate if they want to describe their style!

I'm absolutely comfort! by ayu susanti aditya

Bye 2008.. and Welcome 2009!

2008-12-20T10:43:00.000+07:00

yuhuuuu..

We are going to face a new year..
Have you felt pleased with your resolutions in 2008?
Have you got all resolutions in 2008?
If you haven't get all resolutions or maybe if you haven't feel satisfied, you'll try to get all in 2009.

By the way, have you made some resolutions for 2009?
If you haven't make a list about your resolutions, i'm trying to give an example.
Here is my list of resolutions in 2009.

I wish:
1) Get my bachelor's degree
2) Increase my TOEFL's score
3) Apply for a job as journalist
4) Be a better woman
5) Take a driving lesson with dian or fanny.

Now, i'm praying for all that resolutions in 2009..
I'm wishing all of us have a better life in 2009..

Amien..!
cheers :)

My Fellows Tagged Me for Writing a Post

2008-12-10T16:19:00.000+07:00

hello all.

ok.. after arriving at home, I checked my blog, then i found a post-tag from my fellows, they were Ika and Karin. Well, i don't understand with "a post-tag", but, i'm trying to make a post.. Here you go..

A Post-Tag about: 10 FACTS OF MINE

1) I really love eating chocolate. Sometimes, I can eat one bar of chocolate for a
day. Hahaha, sounds crazy, right? chocolate is the most valuable snack in my life.
chocolate is the greatest thing in the world. chocolate is the best medicine to fix our
bad mood or broken-hearted. Hehehe, that's the fact, isn't that? Why does chocolate become
so a favorable thing? Yep, i'm trying to answer.

Some experts say that... chocolate has phenylethylamine (*meanwhile, I don't know what is phenylethylamine about*), which is a substance like amphetanine, can gain and absorb thriptofan to our brain then produce dophamine. The dophamine can fix a bad feeling in ourself. Some experts say phenylethylamine can make us to be like a falling-in-love person.. Yippie.. That's a good point from chocolate.

* The first fact is I'm a fan of CHOCOLATE

2) I wanna be a real journalist. Yup, wheiii.. I can't hardly wait to get my bachelor's degree and apply for being a journalist, either printed-media (newspapers and magazines) or electronic-media (radio or television). Talking about my goal, I never expect to be a journalist since I was a child. What things could make me so ambitious to be a journalist? Let me tell about the story...

Since I was a child, my father has been interviewed by some journalist from a lot of media (my father is a politician in Indonesia, so that his opinion would become a news). But, I didn't expect to be a journalist. When I was in senior high school, I'm really amazed with their job. These are several reasons why do I want to be a journalist:

I think JOURNALIST is a cool job.
Journalists can interview a lot of varoius people, whether poor people, famous people, and many others.
Journalists can meet new people from everywhere.
Journalist is one of a job which is quite underpressure.
Journalist can report one place to another place, one country to another country, so I'm very excited to see and learn much things in a new place.
The last reason is: I LOVE WRITING a lot. When I was in junior high school, I've ever followed as a participant of "Writing a Short-Story Competition" which was held by Kawanku (one of a teen magazine in Indonesia). Hmm.. The short-story that I wrote is titled as "FIRST LOVE". Haha, of course, the story tells about a girl who is falling in love with a boy since they were in elementary school. Ok, maybe if you read this post you could imagine how embarrassment that story about! :D

This is the report of my job-training when I was a journalist in Kompas.

3) I've ever fell in love with a boy since I was in elementary school, perhaps, it could be my first love, huahaha, this is the silliest thing I ever had in my life. Ok, let me tell you a little bit.. His name is A_ _ M (I don't publish your name). He was one of my classmates in the fifth grade. I never know why I could be so mad about him. But, you know what happen next? I sent a letter for him. In that letter, I told him that I fell in love with him, and I asked him: "Would you like to be my boyfriend??". Then, all of my fellows in elementary and junior school knew about this fact. Damn! I really did that! Come on, ayu! This silly fact is just a little part of my life! What a silly life! LOL

*Sorry, I can't continue about that "fell in love" story in elementary school.

4) I really love about FRIENDSHIP. Even I always prefer to call my friends than my boyfriend. Because, I have a perception : "We can't live without a friend". So I always respect to someone if she/he would make a friend with me. I always be a trustworthy for my friend. I believe : "If we could keep friends problem as a secret, friends would have a trust to us".

5) Now, I'm wishing to get my bachelor's degree in 2009. I don't have any prediction what month I could finish my thesis. I hope I could finish my thesis on February 2009. Well, support me, please! My thesis tells about: "Konstruksi Surat Kabar Terhadap Peristiwa Sakit Hingga Meninggalnya Mantan Presiden Soeharto : Analisis Framing atas Berita Kompas, Republika, Media Indonesia". The fifth fact of mine is I'M FINISHING MY THESIS.

6) I'm really proud that I'VE A GREY HAIR! Yap, in Indonesian, we call it: UBANAN. Almost of my friends already know about my grey hair and they (especially the boys) always do something annoying with my grey hair. But, I'm really confident for having a grey hair. A grey hair means I'm a smart, isn't it? hehehe. Yesterday, I asked to my stylist (My family has a trustworthy-stylist, his name is Gino). I asked him about why I have so much grey hair. He answered: it caused by a genetic factor. Yeah.. my parents have a lot of grey hair in theirself. Ok. I believe why I have so much grey hair since I was in senior high. *sigh...

7) I really want to study abroad. After graduating from University of Nasional, I'll improve my TOEFL score so that I could get a scholarship for my master's degree. I really want to study abroad, because, i want to make my dream. Yup, my dream is I should take and apply for a master degree from any countries, like Malaysia or Singapore. But, while I'm looking for a scholarship, I should get a job first. That's my future plan in 2009. Wish me. If you need some information about scholarships, you can click here.

8) I really love MY FAMILY. I think family is the best friend in our life. I have a small happy family which consists of Syamsuddin Haris (as my father), Rochmawati (as my mother), Diah Fanny Amalia (as my younger sister), Mbak Asih (my servant), and Mbak Mul (as my servant too).

9) I really love LOMBOK and BALI. I love both of them, because, that islands have a great scenery, beautiful beaches, some interesting places to visit, and some unique stuffs to buy as a souvenir. Luckily, I've ever went to that islands for a vacation with my family. Huhuhuy. Can't hardly wait to visit again. The next fact is: I'm wondering when I can go there (again) for a holiday.

10) The last fact is : now, I'm preparing myself to meet with my best friend, Dian, in Metropolitan Mall Bekasi. I'm going to accompany her for buying some stuffs that she needs.

I'm tagging 4 of my friends to write a post about 10 facts of them and the photo (at the right now) in their blog.. Here they are.. Nova, Mustika, Neriva, and Egie.

A POST-TAG ABOUT: Look at my picture!

This photo just takes 5 minutes to capture, move, save, and publish in my blog. In this photo: I was sitting in front of my computer in my father's room.

I'm tagging 4 of my friends to write a post about 10 facts of them and their photo (at the right now) in their blog. Here they are.. Nova, Mustika, Neriva, and Egie

Citizen Journalism: Can't be Responsible at all?

2008-12-03T23:19:00.000+07:00

"The attacks in India served as another case study in how technology is transforming people into potential reporters, adding a new dimension to the news media. " (Brian Stelter dan Noam Cohen, "New York Times", 29/11)*

What is Citizen Journalism?

Are the citizens ready to be a journalist?

How about the printed-media, like newspapers and magazines? Would they be ready to face up citizen journalism?

Last Tuesday(December, 2nd), I attended a talkshow which discussed "Jurnalisme Warga (Citizen Journalism) : Antara Kredibilitas dan Tanggung Jawab". The speaker was Aries Margono, who works for TV One. The talkshow was held by Wretta Aksa in the University of Nasional.

Citizen Journalism existed since we have been in the era of media's convergence. The era of media's convergence means people (read: citizen) can use technologies, such as online-media, blog, and many things like that. People can create and publish news about everything by using all those things. Yup, the technologies are growing faster than before.

Nowadays, there are a lot of popular online-media, for example: Detikcom, and Okezone (you can see HERE). Online-media is becoming more popular than printed-media. Because, the online-media has higher mobilization than printed-media, so that citizens can quickly get information. The circulation of printed-media is much less now, so they (read: printed media) tried to make and develop online-media. They try to provide and share news online. Some of the printed-media on the internet are Kompas Cyber Media, Media Indonesia, Republika, Suara Pembaruan, and so many (you can see HERE). The citizens can give some information or knowledge to online media about what happens around them.

Or maybe, they can write and publish the news in a blog. Yeay, blog is not something new. Some people (read: citizens) make and use a blog to write everything they know. Of course, i'm one of the citizens who uses blog. If you can't write, you can use a video to inform and share the news, like Youtube. Indonesia, as a developing-country, has so many people who uses a blog in their daily life. It allows Indonesian people to be are so modern and creative.

But, India is also one of the countries in Asia, which has more advanced journalism. This fact is proved from one of the citizen in India, Arun Shanbhag, who reports terorism in Taj Mahal Palace and Tower, on November 26 (as quoted by Brian Stelter dan Noam Cohen, "New York Times", 29/11), you can CLICK HERE.

Back to the discussion about "Jurnalisme Warga (Citizen Journalism) : Antara Kredibilitas dan Tanggung Jawab"..

Well, Aries Margono explained that J. D. Lasica classified the media of citizen journalism into some categories..

Public's participation, such as comments in the online-media, blog, news video, etc.
Some information and news on the independent web.
News website with full participation, like OhmyNews. Even, OhmyNews has a motto, like: "Every citizen is a reporter" (you can see HERE)
The collaboration of media web, for example: slashdot (you can click HERE).
Or kind of thin media, like mailing-list and newsletter.

Unfortunately, citizen journalism is becoming controvercial, there are pros and cons to that. Many professional journalist are certain that only they can be real journalist. The result and credibility of citizen journalism can't be responsible at all. Not like professional journalist.

*adopted from "Mumbai, Jurnalisme, dan Masa Depan Internet" by Ninok Leksono (Kompas, December, 3rd 2008)

It's really nice to meet them!

2008-11-29T13:40:00.000+07:00

Have you ever enjoyed your english course?

Have you ever felt so happy in the class of your english course?

Have you ever felt satisfied with in the class of your english course?

I guess the answer is: Sometimes i've ever felt happy, satisfied, and enjoyed at my english course

I'm really love to learn much about foreign languages. Actually, i'm not really confident with my english, so i try to improve my English. And, i had a chance to join an english course at English First (EF). My best friend (Dian) and I are really wanted to improve our English in EF. Finally, we are enrolled together and of course, we are in the same class until now.

Now, we are in the fifth level (Pre-Intermediate). I'm really so glad to be a part of my class. My teacher, Emily, is really cheerful and outgoing person. She teaches us so well. She always makes us so amazing with her. She attractives us a lot. wow.. thanks for being our teacher!

In that class, there are less than 15 students. The students are me, Dian, Maura, Fika, Tami, Moniq, Tiffany, Rais, Joseph, Gorby, Febri, and Aldi. I'm really enjoy to study with them. It's really so nice to meet them for twice a week. The class is so fun!

Here are some photos when we had a little suprise on Emily's birthday..