Reasons to have (actual) (legitimate) hope

The H word. I wont be living this world until now, if i don't have hope. For me hope is the elixir of life, yes unlike glasses of beer you and I drink every month. Eternal optimist says, without hope there would be no....hope. These are my glass-half-full, silver-lined, carpe-diemed, don't-worry-be-happy reasons not to be so freakin depressed,

1. Ecclesiastes 3:11 - he has made everything beautiful in its time. he has also set eternity in the hears of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from the beginning to end.

2. Food; every kind of food, except Vietnamese, maybe.

3. The sweet anonymity of Blackberry. Just found out there are already so many application all waiting to be injected in my Blackberry, and my current addiction is (I know its lame) Monopoly.

4. My friends egocentric yet undeniably addictive twitters.

5. Public enemies, a guy movie. Johnny Depp as John Dillinger. Christian Bale as the G-man who takes him down. And Michael Mann making it all looks awesome.

6. The simple and gratifying fact that the Mars Rovers have been roving the red planet 5 years longer than the most optimistic NASA geeks thought possible. Living here for our grandchildren?

7. $16 bottles of dessert wine. Moscato - don't really know what it means, don't really care. But for me, this is one of the greatest, easiest to find, most viscerally satisfying values in the world of alcohol (if you said so).

8. People with their own characteristics which make the world so colorful.

9. Prayer for SBY. Our leader who is going to remake his cabinet for the next five years in order to face a long list of nearly impossible tasks: stop the corruption, finding and jailing the corruptor, finding a man called Noordin M Top, expand economy, guarding our coast.

10. Embrace cheap noodles- bakmi, ramen, soba, udon, and pho- that don't come in a Styrofoam and have “instant” word in its package.

11. The vast selection of potato chips. Current addiction: the cheapo smiths bbq ribs.

12. Dewi lestari still publishes a book. My favourite writer, my favourite neighbor, and I just can’t wait for her new “Perahu Kertas” novel to come out soon.

13. 2012 is that much closer. And when it passes author/end of days enthusiast Daniel Pinchbeck and the rest of the Mayan-apocalypse believers will finally have to shut up.

14. Picture says all :

15. Valentino Rossi, my favourite sportsman and entertainer. Yes please make your way to Formula One.

16. Jakarta. As I wrote before, I love Jakarta, always do, will always. Anyway, its funny when I put Jakarta on my hope lists, since hope on Jakarta (as many Villagers think) has infact pushing the urbanization and took part in making Jakarta a more-than-crowded (I dont know the phrase) city.

17. My life through lenses. From my camera lens to my phone’s, digital images and technology have brought me and you to the whole new level in remembering and reminiscing life. Current crave:

18. My song collection and how they influence my mood each and every day.

19.Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman - Shawshank Redemption. Some birds aren't meant to be caged, their feathers are just too bight. I don't want to be put in some box. I want to spread my wings, so I can look back on life and say. "That was a good run"

20. I'm still keeping this part to myself at the moment. =)

indonesia im coming back (again)

last week of bachelor degree (?), last week of essaying, last week of winter, last week of layer clothing, last week of quality Thai food, last week in Sydney for Sydney Uni (?)

as seen above, from those six statements, only three are certain for me. I just have soo many thoughts that are preventing my blood to fill my brain at the moment. I believe there are so many uncertain things in life. and I hate uncertainties.

last week, just when I thought a school or so-called university life has become so lame, un-cool and boring at the same time when you are 21, I found just what I need to do in the next two or three years, doing a master degree.

sometimes things just came up out of no where and slap you in the face then ran away.

oh well, at this time the only thing that can alter my focus to this kresi world is my next trip to Jakarta. As it always does. I can smell an all year long summer there, when other people in northern or southern part of the world think that summer is a bewildering concept, and without winter it wouldn’t exist the same way glory would be indescribable to someone who have never experienced the opposite – tragedy and tribulation, bla bla bla.

Usually people in the developed world perceive summer as a destination, and keep him running on the treadmill of life in anticipation of reaching the pinnacle summer month. And the reasons for dreaming of it are many; parks and gardens are painted in vivid coloured plants, the gloomy mood of winter is washes away with warm ocean waves, days are longer and skirts worn by women are shorter and sexier.

The reasons for skipping the dream of Jakarta are also many; sweating (wtf right) but it is undeniably the prevalent agony of summer – in particular having to wash clothes after each use (thank God to my mbaks) – but I hate it when I have to ripple through the indescribable smell of smelly people in the crowded area, followed by the all day long traffic jams, with very bad messed ups! I mean mass transportation service, which made whoever argues that an automobile is an unnecessary commodity in Jakarta should rethink their viewpoint from now on, which then leads us to bad city weather, afterward high rate of social differences, where the rich get richer and the poor get left further behind. Oh its just how the earth behave these days, right? When a problem leads to other problems, and with people lose their brain, people lose their house, people lose their child, people lose their virginity (I know I have to stop now).

We should thank the massive population we have in Indonesia, when we can buy people at 'cheap' price. while problems in Jakarta lead to the luxury of the grandiose choice of having a ‘chauffeur’ or so called- sopir! driven car is a near faultless solution to the problem. Relieving yourself from the worries of monitoring the gas meter, stress of finding a parking spot or beating the next yellow lights, you can comfortably and relaxed sit in the for enjoyable reading of the excellent newspaper such as Kompas (haha) and Jakarta Globe. Having time to read the morning papers is a luxury that cannot be indulged by those driving themselves to work. Then issues as at least one 'mbak' at every house has transformed our house as 'Meriton service apartment'.

Apparently what I enjoy the most in Jakarta is that I’m able to spend my life and joy peaks with few or no threats in sights that can disturb (or maybe a few,thanks to parents) the elevated mood on as one enjoys the rollercoaster ride of sunshine, road trips, social gatherings and casual glasses of the infamous wine among Indonesian, a Muscat or Moscato. City workers on the other hand, might think otherwise (feel sorry to them =)).

Oh I cant wait!

update on indonesia

Kayaknya budaya premanisme dan korupsi emang gak bakal bias ilang dari mental orang-orang Indonesia, mulai dari orang kecil, mulai dari satpam, sampe orang ‘gede’ di gedung dpr-mpr. Hari ini, gue baru aja notice ke gilaan dari satpam bandara, untuk, tiap taksi yang ngetem ‘liar’ di bandara, dimintain uang rokok, 10 ribu, dan gue kyknya baru liat seorang sopir taksi bluebird -yang udah terkenal paling aman dan tertib gak mau bayar ‘setoran’ ke sang ‘penguasa’ jalanan bandara terse but.. Kayaknya, tiap sopir yang membandel ato gak lick ass ke satpam bandara, akin dapat ganjaran, yah minimal body lecet ato penyok, dan kalo nggak batok spion ilang, kayak yang ada di gambar bawah ini, lebih ngeri lagi pas kita ada di sana ketika hal itu berlangsung. Dan yang lebih menyedihkan lagi, sepertinya ada perasaan puas dari oknum setelah dapat memberi pelajaran bagi para sopir taksi untuk bias tunduk dan nyetor uang ke kantong mereka.

apa bias yah orang-orang yang berada di ‘garbing udara’ republik Indonesia yang menghubungkan Negara ini langsung ke negara2 lain, menjadi gambaran positif kepada pengunjung Jakarta, dari dalam Indonesia maupun dari luar negeri? Seperti yang udah dicanangkan sama kapolri yang baru, untuk memberantas premanisme di Indonesia…

i love jakarta pause not, today!

soo much for being my all time favourite city in the world, I hate jakarta when it comes
to traffic jam during peak hour and in some crazy area in the city. I went out at 2 o'clock
this afternoon to mangga dua, looking for a new typepad -since my old one is pretty-old-- as well as my dad‘s xmas present. the traffic is very high from bsd city all the way to mangdu, and my beloved grandpa is not making my life easier by giving me un-planned task (seriously i hate that),and since im alone, i was pretty fucked by the jakarta's traffic rule, which i always hate, from the first time
i was able to get around Jakarta, the three in one, and once it cost me
200,000 rupiahs, to 'bribe' the corrupt police.

first story,iPhone

I've got this thing for four weeks, but just got chance to use it for a week until now, i have to say, its getting better. I've just experienced a little of its capabilities, but summing up,i have to say its the best phone for internet browsing and its music capabilities. been using nokia Nseries and Eseries for the last 4 years, this phone is like the combination of those two. i think its all about experiencing new stuff which never be found (on a phone) before.

as you all know, it doesnt have as good phone capabilities as nokia phones, it might not be a good messenger buddy as you can found in blackberries and nokia e-series.

but, as i said, it stands in the middle of those two worlds.

what i hate the most of my iphone 3g, the predictive text, but with the new updates, (2.2) you can turn it on and off, and the iphone also get the google street view capabilities, just like the g1.



maybe the best thing about iphone is its application, there are thousands, maybe millions of applications that can enhance your experience in using iphone, and i have written lots and lots of application in my shortlist waiting to be downloaded after i got my itunes account.

i just can wish for better camera resolution and better battery life. and maybe blackberry capabilities.

with that, this phone might be perfect for me (for the time being).

but im still craving with the javelin.

the walk of shame.

went to Argyle club in The Rocks last night with Ng,Chinta,Sarasvaty,Cathy and Wong (sorry forgot ur cool name dude =)). I must say that it is one the best club in sydney,great atmosphere,venue is great,very london,theres also a unique dj 'workplace' and also enjoyable musics. though it requiring an effort to reach there by bus,especially on saturday night when george street was filled by stupid cars with lebos drivers (not being racist, im just very upset with them) going around and round george street with 'global warming' motive. Been in sydney for 4years,clubbing never been that great,thanks to the limited guests and very roomy space.

What i hate the most after going clubbing is journey home and ppl you find on the bus or in bus stop. They are d.i.s.g.u.s.t.i.n.g; not mentioning hot ladies, many of them are drunk, bad breath, stinks, very chatty, proud of their 'f' word accent. eerrhh. But some of them are quite 'religious' though, by calling 'Jesus Christ' all the time,, but still followed by 'f' though..

By the way, i watched indonesian film made by indonesian students in sydney yesterday. It called 'di bawah langit yang sama', it was great, i learned something from it. It was better than melb's 'bikin film' by far, objectively said.

Hey, been waiting for the buses for an hour! Then at 6, two sydney buses officer come up to us, all buses from circular quay are cancelled due to marathonshit until 9am today, please go to central station to catch other bus. F u very much sydney buses.

not rumours anymore, eos 5d markII and 24mm f/1.4 L II USM

Oh God, just few weeks ago I was asking about Canon eos 5d MarkII, You got the answer now. The full frame eos 5d has it successor, eos 5d mark II, which will retail for approximately US$2,699 (IDR 26milo),and yes, body only, however it still much less than its predecessor which cost US$3,299 during the initial launch. It has a killing specs, 21.1 megapixels, Full-HD (1,920 x 1,080 pixels) movie recording (aha, suck in, d90), 3-inch LCD with Live View, DIG!C 4 processor enables burst mode of 3.9 frames per second, Nine autofocus points with six invisible assist points (oh please we want mooorrreee), Maximum ISO of 25,600, Microphone input terminal for stereo audio capture..

dang!! just looking at the price,I think I should still stick with my 40d until they release markIII (lol), but since I like to shoot night photos-without flash and tripod, im craving for this Canon's new 24mm f/1.4 L II USM lens. gosh youre awesumm. but not your US$1699 price tag! rrr.

oh ya,someone did question me why i dont want to buy tele-macro lens. its just not my type. i dont stalk a nude britney spears on yacht or shooting a silly snail on the leaf once a week or once a month. so yeah, the reasonable lens is still 17mm to 100mm. well, in the future i dont close the probability of owning one tele lens though. just not now.

here is photos of these babies.