Which Kind of Driver Are You?
by Don's Windshield Replacement

Ha..ha.. I always want to know how I drive.. now I do and you should too! It'll make you feel safer to go with me... (^_*) Anyway, Ette, now that I know that the pinyin translating is not expensive, how about I'll give you some more text? He... Iya nih, gue suka itu lagunya Ambrose yang pertama dan yang ke ? berapa ya, gue lupa mungkin yang ketiga kali. I'll hear the CD again to make sure. Tapi hari ini gue lupa bawa textnya Z-Chen & SHIN, hiks..

Mengenai rencana liburan, Ragunan Zoo sounds like a good idea. Iya tuh, gue mau banget deh kesana kata temen gue sih udah bagus tuh sekarang, nggak sejorok dulu lagi. Tapi penuh nggak ya, kan musim liburan sekolah juga. Tapi gue sudah bertekat kalo nggak ke Ragunan gue mau ke Dufan! Kalo perlu ke dua-duanya deh. Eeeh, itu teksnya Lee Hom kok sedih ya? Kenapa sih sekarang bikin lagu pada sedih-sedih semua... Kayak nggak ada semangat idup aja!

Kantor sudah mulai bersuasana libur juga... sepertinya orang-orang mulai males kerja juga apalagi dengan macet yang nggak kira-kira dari pagi sampe malem!! Gue sendiri sekarang tiap hari nongkrong dulu di kantor sampe jam 6 lewat baru pulang (kecuali dijemput!). Tapi tadi malem pun jauh lebih macet dari biasanya di Sudirman, untung aja gue naek ojek. Cepet sih cepet tapi bikin agak2 sesek napas dengan polusi udara dari asap knalpot motor & bus. Finally last night I bought a small Sanex cleansing foam for my face, it was so dirty!! And I washed my hair too last night, its kinda sticky because I took ojek 2 days in a row and forgot my cap! So this morning I made sure that I had my cap in my bag and a small towel to cover my nose (though there's not much difference).

The Choir gets better. Practise makes perfect. We're definetly not going to be perfect, but at least we get better and better. We have finished 2 songs and still have 3 more to go. Luckily some of us have sung one of the songs that called "No Other Name". I like that songs very much, but aiyah... 4 times overtone!! Good luck to all the sopranos & tenors, but we all need more sports & energy if we want to sing out the best because all the songs are in high tones & needs powerful voice.

Ah, yesterday I bought Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban. Why? Because I can't wait till the movie is out and yet I like this one very much... This is where we found out about Sirius Black's being as HP's godfather. Ette lent me hers before but since I like it so much I bought it to refresh my memory.. (^_^) Ciao!!!

Now Ette…. You got me really interested in talking about our new hobby in listening Mandarin or Japanese music. First, let’s say that this is something for myself, really. I get a wider view on what they called “MUSIC AS THE UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE”. I didn’t know much about that phrase before but now I could fathom it.

First of all, it’s not just because of Meteor Garden booming all around our country. Definitely not! But how many of you can tell me if you ever heard one good Chinese music such as Lee Hom’s or Jay Chou’s before MG era? None. Don’t get me wrong here, like I always told (and some church friends knows very well), I always had a crush in Chinese stuff. Mind you, I always asked Liana to teach me how to speak Chinese years ago but since she wasn’t much of a “real” Chinese, I didn’t get more than “Ni hao ma?’ and “Xie xie”, plus Keke, Cie-cie, Mei-mei & Ti-ti. I didn’t dare asking her mom to teach me (though I always wanted to everytime I heard her speaking in Chinese in the telephone). And don’t forget, there wasn’t many Mandarin course before, even if there’s one it’s damn expensive. But now, even ILP has Mandarin course instead of English.

I always like songs in foreign languange. You can see it from my tapes collection which varied from Andrea Bocelli, Josh Groban (Italian & Latin), Ricky Martin (Spanish), Nana Mouskori (French) and some others. Though sometimes I’m clueless of what they really mean in their songs, still I can feel what they’re trying to say in their music. I could cry just hearing the melody. But hey, Teresa Teng was the only Chinese singer you ever heard before MG era, right?

When I first heard LEE HOM, I was thinking like “Oh, okay… you got that US background and stuff, so your music is more understandable and yeah, better than the other Chinese pop singers.” But then there’s JAY CHOU. He doesn’t speak English, was born and grew up in Taiwan. Now this is what I called a real native. And yet his music blew me out and swept me off my feet! (Sorry Te!). And there was SHIN. The 1st time Ette let me hear Shi Jie Mo Ri, I was speechless. I didn’t know that any Chinese guy could have a voice like that.

And speaking of Japan… this is something that I am more familiar with. As you know, my dad had a strong Japanese connection because of what he does for living. Since I was born, my ears were used to hear Japanese spoken in my house whenever those Japanese sensei came to give a test or just for a visit. My dad used to lived in Japan and visited the country a couple of time. He’s so proud of Japan. I read his Karate books (in English) when I was in high School. I understand the basic custom & character of Japanese through his books. I learn about Koto & Samisen. I cried when the beautiful Japanese wallet from Opa (that’s what I called the old guy) Nakayama and Sensei Oishi was stolen. As I grew up, I never see Japanese or any Japanese stuff as strangers. Not to mention my hobby of going to “COSMO”. Then there was Anime & Comics. I was crazy about them. I didn’t mind spending more 150thousand rups on KareKano series, then Rurouni Kenshin, Angel Sanctuary, Long Vacation, Tokyo Love Story…. Till I finally watched Kamisama dan heard Luna Sea. And now I hear Toshinobu Kubota, SENS & Anzen Chitai. Really, the Japanese has more various music. You can find pop, rock, punk, R & B, traditional, nature sound instrumental and many many more. They amazed me and my sense of music. Though I haven’t found one that I really like among them now, I still want to hear more of it. To feel more of it.

At last…. To those who like to like to tease me as a Meteor Garden Victim… Why don’t you try to hear one of the good Chinese/Japanese songs, close your eyes, skip the lyrics and try to comprehend the melody… Then you’ll understand what’s the universal language is!!

He..he… kayaknya gue nulisnya agak2 ngaco dan kebolak-balik deh, tapi as long as you all can understand what I mean, then we’re good friends!!

Dipinjemin MG 2!
Sebenernya sih yang mau minjemin kemaren tuh K' Tiur, tapi entah kenapa akhirnya nggak jadi dan tiba2 K' Nenen cerita kalo dia udah beli karena penasaran. Ya sudah, akhirnya abis latian gue mampir sebentar ke Radio Dalam dan pinjem itu MG 2. Pagi ini berhubung CD kosong gue udah abis gue jadi nggak bisa ng'copy, so I took a quick review on the movie, and yes, ceritanya kayaknya cukup menarik tapi alurnya agak lambat, sengaja kali ya, dipanjang2in biar orang penasaran. Gue cuma pengen tau garis besarnya aja, jadi gue skip2 per scene, kan nanti bisa nonton di rumah dengan lebih serius...he..he... Yang pasti Lei sudah menolak Ching di episode ke 3 (nangis lho cewek itu). Tapi asli karakter mereka semua disitu lebih menonjol, termasuk Xi Men & Mei Chuo, Mau tau nama baratnya Dao Ming Se? DAVID DAUMIN. He..he.. kebaca waktu San Chai lagi nangis ngeliatin foto paspornya DMS, tapi disitu namanya tertulis DAUMIN SSU, yah jadi bingung mana yang bener seeehhh? (?_?)

Beli kacamata baru...

Sebenernya sih baru mesen di Optik Melawai yang baru buka di Mal Ambasador... He..he.. mumpung jatah medical nggak kepake ya dimanfaatkan lah, sayang kalo nggak dipake. Yang lucu, ternyata mata kiri gue selain silinder satu (nggak berubah) sekarang ada plusnya 0,5 sedangkan yang kanan minusnya hilang, silindernya tetap 0,5. Tapi gue nggak rubah tuh ukuran lensanya, soalnya pasti harus adapt lagi dan nggak enak, toh sekarang masih nggak terlalu ngaruh pake kacamata yang ini. Emang sih kadang2 nggak enak tapi nggak terlalu sering. Abis kalo diganti2 melulu giliran yang baru rusak dan musti pake yang lama malah lebih nggak enak lagi.

Libur Natal Abang ngajakin ke Jogja dari tgl 26 sampe tgl 3. Gue nggak mau.. Capek deh, belon lagi gue orang yang sulit berpisah dari kota besar. Lucu juga ya.... Beberapa waktu yang lalu kayaknya gue ribut banget pengen melarikan diri dari Jakarta. Tapi berhubung akhir2 ini nggak punya waktu buat gaul & jalan2, jadinya pengen menikmati Jakarta aja selama liburan. Pengen nonton (udah lama nggak nonton sih!), pengen ice skating ke TA, pengen ke Dufan, pengen ke Kota (hunting dorama), pokoknya pengen mengelilingi Jakarta lah. Viva Jakarta!!! Ciao......

Senang!!

Dunno why, no special reason, I just feel good this morning. Yesterday IK & AH already left by 4pm and IK said we all could go home earlier that day. So I called mom who luckily was at Duren 3 with Abang & Echa. They picked me up at 4.30 and we went to Plaza Senayan. Actually we went there to let him choose his own present tapi dia kayaknya agak2 nggak enak karena ada Echa, ya sudah, akhirnya kita cuma makan aja di Wendy's. Mampir ke Duta Suara sebentar dan lihat sudah ada CD-nya VAN - the Jerry lookalike newbie. Eh, waktu siangnya gue beli David Tao-nya Ette gue juga liat ada CD importnya Lee Hom yang ada lagu Julianya. If not Forever's First Day then it must be Impossible To Miss You. I don't know because all the text in Kanji, I have no idea what it was saying. I also bought the cassette of ANZEN-CHITAI. It's good actually, the music is wonderful though they're all old guys. Sepanjang malam gue mendengarkannya di kamar. Tapi berhubung malam itu hujan dan dingin, gue tidur tanpe menyalakan satu kipas anginpun. Nyenyak juga...

Oh, ada kejadian norak sekali. Kemarin sampe gereja gue nemenin mami ke Heritage dulu sebentar. Trus tiba2 pengen mampir ke Video Ezy untuk nyari film yang bisa gue copy untuk Cila, sekalian liat2, kali2 aja ada MG 2 nganggur. Gue nyewa Para2 Sakura & Monsters Inc. Tiba2 gue melihat dirak ada FEEL 100% nya Daniel Chan & Miriam Yeung dan tanpa berpikir 2 kali langsung gue ambil dan di kasir gue bilang cuma pinjem 1 hari. Gue sama sekali nggak sadar kalo Feel 100% itu film seri karena waktu baca majalah yang keinget cuma kalo film itu dalam bentuk media player di internet, tidak disiarkan di TV. Pas bayar gue kaget juga, kok banyak dan orangnya nanya "Ini pinjemnya lima dulu kan?" Baru deh gue sadar kalo ternyata itu film seri dan ada 11 pula!! Ya sudah, udah terlanjur ya gue pasrah aja deh dan akhrnya pagi ini gue ngebut burning CD mumpung Nina lagi cek traffic di computernya sendiri. He...he...he....

Ette, tui pu chi!

Last Friday my mom picked me up in the ofice so I didn't get to buy the Black Tangerine 4 u! Gomenasai! Mudah2an hari ini gue sempet kesana pas jam makan siang deh, ntar gue beliin.... Anyway, last Saturday I gue udah ngerasa agak2 nggak enak body so gue baru keluar rumah jam 1.30pm karena Alfrtis merengek2 minta jalan & foto box, katanya sejak gue dapet cowok nggak pernah jalan sama mereka lagi. Cowok yang mana??? Asal banget deh tu anak... dan horeee, gue kejebak macet di Bangka, Kemang & sekitarnya akibat ingin menghindari macetnya Mampang. Eventually I got to church at 3.10pm. Trus nungguin JC yang kena macet juga, makan dulu di Pho Hoa sama Alfrits. Abis JC dateng langsung ke BP bikin foto box doang, trus gue ke Hero deh belanja2 dikit. When I was at Hero I got to read Cinemag's Dec. issue and it's full of Harry Potter & The Chamber of Secrets! Almost 3/4 of the magazine, including 2 huge posters of Harry & Treasure Panet (the lastest animation which will be out after HP). But me being wise & remembering that I've been buying too many mags lately (and didn't read every pages of it!), I reluctantly had to leave it in the rack. Lucky me... ha..ha, after night I met K' Refny & K' Tiur and we met at ApJay... Disitu tukang majalahnya jual Cinemag dan akhirnya Kk gue rayu untuk membelikan gue majalah itu, Bingo!!! Yah, memang sebagian besar isinya gue tau lah, karena membahas mengenai HP 1-4 yang sudah beredar, plus gosip2 film2 & buku2 selanjutnya. Akhirnya Tari beli juga majalah itu..hi..hi... v(^0^)v O iya, when I went to Hero I stopped by Video Ezy and MG 2 1-4 was filling the rack!! Tapi ya itu, mahal jack! 70ribu perak untuk 4 VCD? Man, gue belum segitu tergila2nya sama 4 orang itu... paling nggak gue cuma pernah sekali mimpiin Jerry!! He.he... (*^_^*)

Eh, gue lupa cerita, I met K' Tiur that night because she wanted to borrow KoTT 2 and lend me Golden Bowl. Ette, itu film lucu deh.. Kalo loe mau liat Takeshi yag bener2 beda dari Kamisama, ya beli lah film itu. Ceritanya konyol dan tipical becandaan komik Jepang. Yah, tetap ada "sisi2 kelabunya" dikit sih, tapi sisanya kocak abis. Tapi mendingan loe beli deh daripada dicopy, soalnya quality gambarnya juga nggak terlalu bagus, sayang kalo dicopy, mendingan beli cuma beda seribu perak per keping (ada 11CD). Dan disitu doi mukanya emang agak2 komik, banyak bilang "bingo" & "oh yeah".. apalagi ciri khasnya kalau abis ngelempar bola, "ooooohh..... aaahh!"

OK deh, segitu dulu cerita gue, karena banyak yang musti dikerjain, walapun computer gue belum dateng back-up tapi banyak yang bisa dikerjain pake telpon. Maksudnya nelpon orang!! Ciao!!!

Caaaapppeeeekkkk.....

Walaupun tadi malem sampe rumah udah hampir setengah 11, tapi karena gue telat cuci rambut dan kepala gue udah gatel, gue paksain keramas yang mengakibatkan gue tidur udah jam 12 lewat karena musti ngeringin rambut gue yang banyak itu!! So dari tadi malem gue udah niat nggak mau dibangunin alarm paginya dan akhirnya this morning I woke up at 7.30am.. Mandi bebek dan langsung cabut ke kantor yang untungnya tidak terlalu macet seperti hari-hari kemarin...

*sigh*... Agak2 gimana gitu waktu Ette sms gue dia lagi nonton MG 2, Bita juga nelfon, tadi pagi Sutia & Nina juga ngeledekin gue, kasian deh gue.... Didi told me last night that his mom's toko vcd langganan already called yesterday to offer the pirated version of MG 2.. hiks, (T_T) I checked through the internet this morning and yes, the original has been sold for Rp 640.000,- for 32 series!! Which means the price is Rp 20.000 each! Udah gila kali ya.... Yah, kalo begini sih mendingan Cinekom yang ngeluarin VCDnya, bisa 6.800 perak per CD. Biar gue suka tapi kalo segitu gue makasih banget deh!!! Ette... gimana nasib kita neeeehhh.... Apa mau jadi pembajak lagi? Tapi siapa yang sanggup ngopi segitu banyak VCD dalam waktu seminggu? Emang musti beli bajakannya kali ya... Ntar gue liat deh, kalo bajakannya copy-an dari original versi Indonesia ya gue mendingan gue beli yang itu, tapi kalo ternyata versi bajakan Singapore (dengan teks kanji & Indonesia) yang teksnya aja sudah menutupi hampir setengah screen sih gue ogeng banget!

Naaah... MV Jay yang loe liat itu pasti MV "Hui Dao Guo Ju" alis Go Back To The Past, yang ada adegan di perpustakaan itu kan? Yah, itu salah satu isi dari bonus B* Asia yang tidak lengkap itu. Emang disitu dia agak2 lucu deh, betapa seksinya orang itu ya walaupun masih muda (apa coba?? Emang gue udah tua??) Ya sudahlah, nanti kalau sempat gue nulis blog lagi, tapi sekarang lagi banyak yang musti dikerjain... Ciao!!!

MG II is playing tonight!

And I won't be able to see it becoz' I have a meeting for Christmas in church! *sigh*... This is what I've been waiting for for a few months, and I'll be the last one to see it... Udah gitu katanya hak VCDnya bukan Cinekom lagi yang punya, and who knows when will it be in the market! I bet it's gonna wait till at least the movie already playing for a couple of months. Ette, I want to buy the original ones (>_<)

And I finally finished the first quarter of 2002 bookkeeping last night! Tapi belum diperiksa IK, pasti nanti kalo udah diperiksa banyak yang musti dibenerin deh... Let it be, but I have to finish at least until July before the Lebaran holiday! God help me!! Ciao!!

O iya... Ette, waktu makan siang gue liat Black Tangerine's special Edition, with a bonus VCD (4 MV)... Covernya David and yes he looks okay in the cover.

I love Anima Genki!

I spent my weekend reading it and enjoyed it very much. You could find the most updated info on anime and tokusatsu. *sigh*.. never knew that there was a beautiful face behind the mask! especially because I love anime, so this one is okay to me and 15K rups is worth it. I'm even thinking of subscribing it..mmm, shall I?

Last Saturday I came to the office for 2 reasons. First, to continue my job, and second, BECOZ' ETTE HAS FINALLY FINISHED THE FANFIC!! He..he..he... But I couldn't stay until late because I promised to go swimming at Jati Bening with Bintaro gang! So there were me, Echa, Erin, Ernest,Vina, Lala, Debby, Tian, Timot & Krissy later on. At first Hendry just stood by the pool with a lousy excuse of not bringing any change of clothes but then Auntie Hanna bought him a new underwear and shorts so he finally jumped down the pool with us all. We swam until 4.30 so of course we were late to the youth service. After the service I went to a Pipit's place Tono's going to celebrate his birthday there. I only stayed for like an hour and left home... Tante Lani lent me Proud Twins series (40 of em!) and Didi lent me some of Pipit's Anime. He borrowed Beautiful Life & Big Wings as an exchange.

I woke up in Sunday morning with hesitation... Baru berasa deh pegel & ngantuknya karena berenang seharian waktu Sabtu.... After service my Komsel went to BP to had our Komsel picture. Then some of us went to RS UKI to see Nancy's mom. I went home to sleep! Then at night Nina came and we went to Liza's wedding at Musium Satria Mandala. Pokoknya malem itu gue tidur a bit earlier and woke up fresher in Monday morning. And yesterday I skipped the paying session to work until 8pm with Nina's computer.

This morning was a disaster... Magnus called last night and told me that the link to their place was down so I sms Emir to handle that. No surprise, in the morning I found out that he called Nina at 10am and asked her to chek it in the morning. So this morning the office was empty, Emir in Surabaya, IK meeting wth IFC, AH didn't come, Nina & Iwan went to Menara Kadin to check the optical access. Dan sekarang gue capeeekkk karena tadi harus mondar-mandir ngurusin hal2 yang gue nggak ngerti sampe harus ng'ping segala... Ya sudahlah, sekarang gue harus terusin tuh kerjaan ato' gue nggak bakalan bisa selesaiin besok!

Ciao!!

Akhirnya beli SMASH! juga...

Gara2 gw mau beli ANIMA dan sedikit jajan di Hero tapi nggak punya duit, kalo pake kartu kan minimal 50ribu, akhirnya gw beli juga tuh mag dan... menyesal! karena ternyata isinya sama aja sama yang lain dan nggak ada yang baru! Udah gitu salah pula mereka bilang SHIN berasal dari Cina dan si Michael itu bukan orang Cina! Yang bener nih, mereka itu dari Taiwan dan si Michael itu bokapnya Afro-American and his mom is Taiwanese. Aduh, orang2 majalah itu pada nggak liat2 internet apa ya?? Masa beritanya udah basi melulu.

Ette, gw kira gw udah bisa liat endingnya fanfic pagi ini.. ternyata belum.. Are u still trying 2 finish d epilogue? Can I at least take a peep at the ending, puuhhleeezzz.... Btw, whom did you mean with TZ? Tao Zhe? Well, if u think he's quite OK in looks then he's OK... still I think Jay is more sexy though, HA..HA!!! Sarah, if you read this, DON'T U DARE 2 LAUGHING AT ME!

Gw bener2 tired to the bone today, karena tadi malem rapatnya lagi2 molor sampe jam 9.30pm, untung mami rela nungguin... Ciao!!

Horeeee... libur panjang!!!

Karena menerima surat dari Building Management mengenai libur Lebaran & Christmas, akhirnya tadi gw ngirim circular ke Bos2 untuk minta approval soal liburan dan cutinya Nina & Emir yang barengan sepanjang 1 minggu setelah Lebaran. Ternyata keputusan IK lebih heboh lagi... Kita libur tgl 5 & 6, dan mulai tgl 20 terus sampe tgl 2 Januari! Yuuhhuuu!!! Berarti I must save my THR money to buy some good movie series and taking my little cousins & nieces/nephew to see Harry Potter! Senangnya v(^o^)v Ah, and there's Ette's novel project, this holiday season would be fun... *sigh*... I have a lot of Kimutaku's movie to buy such as Love Generation, Hero.. but I just wanna buy those with Happy Ending, you know how I hate sad endings.. (T_T) Kalo baca di internet ato di majalah, film2nya Kassy juga banyak, tapi kok di kota nggak banyak ya? Padahal yang judulnya Love Letter itu juga sedih, tapi berhubung ceritanya bagus banget menurut gw dan Kassy dapet banyak awards/compliment for his acting in that movie gw jadi penasaran banget pingin cari, haaahhh, pasti susah deh soalnya film lama, th '95 kalo nggak salah. Ntar pas libur juga mau pinjem Golden Bowlnya Takeshi sama K' Tiur aaahh... Tapi heran ya, gue nggak crazy2 amat sama Takeshi kaya Ette ama Sarah tuh. Guys, you two should meet this holiday! I'll send out the invitation to both of you... kalo di Taman Anggreak gimana? He..he...
Trus ini MYOB gw juga trouble banget nih, sebel deh, jadi nggak bisa ngerjain yang lain2.. Ini gara2 kemaren si Emir ng'ganti user name gue, padahal programnya nih multi user, jadi dia ngebaca ada user lain, pas dibalikin ke user name yang lama dia nggak bisa ngebaca kalo network-nya down... SEBEEELLL!!! (>_<) Padahal kerjaan gue 80% ya pake program itu!!! Anyway, gw agak2 nyesel abis beli majalah STARZ yang baru... Why? Because there's not much news in there, basically everything in it is already in other mags too if not to say they're less complete! Tadi sempet took a peep at SMASH!, ada SHIN-nya tapi yah isinya nggak ada, cuma ngenalin Shin doang and everything that we already knew. Gw masih setia deh sama Asianglits, B* Asia & On.com though the later 2 are a bit alike. Dan lucunya karena VCD Originalnya Lavender baru keluar, hampir semua mags itu ng'bahas film yang satu ini, padahal buat kita yang udah liat bajakannya sih udah basi banget deh! Apalagi foto2nya cuma begitu doang, nggak ada yang baru. Yang bikin BT, berita2 Jay yang ada juga nggak jauh beda ama yang di internet, though it's kinda interesting to see his handwriting even though I have no idea what it's all about!

Today it's very cold in the office, and I'm wearing the pinky & girlie blouse that Lila made me.. Terpaksa deh di double dengan my blue jeans jacket meskipun agak2 nggak nyambung! Tapi mau pulang dari kantor lebiih cepet ah, biar nggak terlalu malem sampe di gereja, kayaknya emang enaknya naik ojek dari Danamon deh... Lebih murah daripada naik dari Mega Kuningan, apalagi mau Lebaran gini kayaknya ojek & mikrolet agak2 rese, tarifnya dinaik2in sendiri. And I have another Youth Christmas meeting tonight. I just wish that mom will pick me up, cause if not I'll be damned tired. Can't wait till tomorrow... I mean I'm looking forward for tomorrow night when I can continue watching Big Wings and KoTT and wake up very late in Saturday morning, though I may have to come to the office to finish the bookkeeping through March. I definitely can not comprehend all this accounting stuff to the smallest detail... I have said before that I begin to understand it more, but now I doubt it because I practically have no idea what to match in the interco book... *sigh*... Gw udah mulai putus asa nih....

Aduh, nyebelin banget deh, mom just called and said that she's going to Kota with auntie Hanna and Tante Gati! Hiks... gue SMS aja kalo bisa gue nitip "Hero" ato "Love Generation" nya Kimutaku. Tapi kayaknya sih doi pasti males deh beliinnya....

Hidup Jay!

Whatever you say Ette... I'm crazy about this guy and it'll last for at least a fewmore weeks so you just gotta have to deal with it! He..he..he... About the fanfic, it's OK so far and to find out more possible errors I will have to read it all over from the begining, so... you better finish it sometime before the Lebaran so we could have some time to make some some "printed edition" before Christmas holiday (or shall I say "so I have something nice to read on during my short holiday"). Oh, and gongxi ni for the TOEFL try outs! Some parts never changed in years, right? (I mean the grammar =))

Gue lagi terharu berat sama lagu An Jing nya Jay nih... Aduh, ternyata he's a great lyricist too! Reading the translated version of his songs makes my mind travels far away, I never knew that a guy could come up with such beautiful words. Let me write down the lyrics of An Jing for you here....

AN JING / SILENCE

Zhi sheng xia gang qin pei wo tan le yi tien
Only the piano is left over to talk with me for a day
Shui zhao de da ti qin, an jing de jiu jiu de
The sleeping cello, the old silence
Wo xiang ni yi biao xian de fei chang ming bai
I think that you have already showed to understand very much
Wo dong wo ye zhi dao, ni mei you she bu de
I understand and I know, you will not miss

Ni shuo ni ye hui nan guo, wo bu xiang xing
You say you will feel sad, I don't believe
Qian zhe ni pei zhe wo ye zhi shi ceng jing
Holding you being with me it is only the past
Xi wang ta shi zhen de bi wo hai yao ai ni
Hope that really needs to love you more compared to me
Wo cai hui bi zi ji li kai
Only then will I force myself to leave

Ni yao wo shuo duo nan kan
You want me to say it is very embarassing
Wo gen ben bu xiang fen kai
I basically do not want to part
Wei shen me hai yao wo yong wei xiao lai dai guo?
Why do I still have to use subtle smile to carry across?
Wo mei you zhe zhong tian fen
I do not have this kind of talent to tolerate you and accept him
Bao rong dan xin de fai duo
Don't need to worry too much
Wo hui yi zhi hao hao guo
I will constantly live well

Ni yi jing yuan yuan li kai
You have already left far away
Wo ye hui man man zou kai
I will also slowly get out
Wei shen me wo lian fen kai dou qian jiu zhu ni?
Why must I be yielding to you even for separation?
Wo zhen de mei you tian fen
I really do not have a talent
An jing de mei zhe me kuai
The silence is not this fast
Wo hui xue zhe fang qi ni
I will learn to give you up
Shi yin we wo tai ai ni
It is because I love you too much

Aaah... kurang romatis apa coba anak ini........

Itu sinopsis Beautiful Life yang gue buat kemaren kayaknya membingungkan deh... tapi males ngerubahnya lagi, yang penting bisa nangkep kan inti ceritanya (^_^)

Aaaarrrggh, I woke up this morning with worse cough!! Hate it, really, because it makes me drink alot and have to go back and forth to the rest room... and makes my throat so itchy! Wel, Nina and Pak Andre also cough, huh, it's really contagious isn't it? Yesterday I called Sarah and we had a g8 discussion about dorama..he..he.. Dia pikir gue baru tahu yang namanya Takuya Kimura, padahal I've known about him since years ago, especially because he and SMAP were mentioned in many comics =p But like I said, there wasn't many information on Asians stars before the MG era, you could hardly find a Mandarin course too. And it was very expensive, so I'm glad now that there are so many Mandarin course you could find with reasonable fee. Ette, looking at my works and activities now, I guess I have to hold the desire to learn Mandarin until next year. I could barely find anytime to watch the TV or sightseeing at the Mall now..*sigh*.... Padahal pingin banget nyicil menyelesaikan KoTT 2 dan Big Wings.

Last night I asked Sarah to find me a wallet size picture of Jay Chou. Buat apa? Ya buat bikin BT temen2 gue yang agak2 sebel sama hobby gue yang terlalu "Cina" itu menurut mereka! Biarin aja, gue pengen pajang di dompet dan gue tunjukkin ke mereka, gue seneng liat muka mereka yang rada2 sebel dan memandang gue dengan ajaib itu..he..he.. Lagian sirik amat, hobby-hobby gue, duit-duit gue, ngapain juga pada rese!! Lucky me, my mom kinda infected with the same virus, so we could go to Kota together and enjoy the "movie selecting" part...ha..ha... Dan kalo di Kota juga bisa makan enak!! Nasi Goreng nya TOP banget deh!! Kalo nggap percaya, cobain sendiri, bayar sendiri!!!

Ette, I am waiting for the fanfic lho... I am really curious to find out how's it gonna end. I thought I'd find it in my mailbox this morning, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon... BTW, I saw come pictures of MG II premiere in Taiwan in the latest Bintang Indonesia last night. Jerry wasn't coming because he was so damn exhausted with the film shooting that he has to be supported with a bottle of "infus" everyday. Geesh, is he being hard on himself or the company? Anyway, the article said that they didn't look too happy in the premiere, especially Barbie because the fim shooting hasn't finished until now (>_<) and the media was being too calm in asking questions, even their company's junior new star, COMIC KIDS, didn't attract as many attention as expected. Is this a good sign or a bad sign? Because they said that there's a probability that finally Jerry ended up with Michelle Saram and San Chai with Hua Che Lei.. Aduh, pusing mikirnya!! Tapi kalo sampe San Chai jadian sama Hua Che Lei, gue sih OK aja, tapi kasian dong Jerryyy... hiks.. (T_T)

Dan sekarang gue sedang jadi pembajak film!! Ette, kalo ketauan orang kita bisa masuk penjara nih! Tapi kan kita nggak jualin lho hasil bajakannya, melainkan untuk dinikmati sendiri.. Nggak apa2 dong as long as not for commercial reason...

Time's up, Ciao!!!

What a Monday!

I am being productive… Until now I have finished almost all the little stuff and probably will do more of the big stuff later on.. (^_^) I hope I can meet all of my deadlines.

Aaah… many interesting stuff to tell during the weekend. I finally didn’t go rafting last Saturday. The Friday Christmas meeting lasts until like 9.30pm, when I got home I watched “The Cup” and went to bed at 1.30am. Berhubung memang sebenernya males pergi, jadi gue nggak nyesel dengerin cerita anak2 sorenya…. Because I really had a good sleep that night!!! Bangun tidur gue meneruskan nonton “Notting Hill”. Menjelang film abis Oma came with Tante Koes. T’rus suddenly Oma came up with this good idea of going to Kota… HOREEE!!! Walaupun pertamanya mami agak males (karena gue anti nyetir ke Kota, macet, rame & susah parkir), akhirnya kita pergi juga. Pertama kita ke Asemka dulu, mom really wanted to show me this place where you can buy stuffs for very very cheap but in dozens. You can buy for pieces for higher price. I bought a nice lunchbox that I always wanted for only Rp 17.500,- while I almost buy it for Rp 40K at Ambasador.. Whew, what a luck! At Kota I bought 2 series, BIG WINGS (Takashi Kashiwabara) & BEAUTIFUL LIFE (Takuya Kimura). Tentu saja pulang kebaktian pemuda gue langsung nonton Beautiful Life dan terus sampe jam 1.30am!! Cuma 8 CD, tapi 1 CD panjangnya 70 menit, jadi gue terusin Minggu siang abis kebaktian dan baru selesai jam 6 sore! Aduh, itu cerita romantic sekaleeee.... One thing that I love about dorama, thay can always picture romantic things in a sweet and simple way… Nggak harus lewat ciuman, tapi the way you treated your spouse in some small things can be pictured perfectly and make you feel it personaly… Ntar deh gue tulis resensinya…

Anyway, gue sempet juga sih nonton Big Wing. Nggak serius ceritanya tapi lumayan lucu lah. Kassy juga agak2 lebih dewasa dan nggak terlalu ng’BT-in di film itu. Pokoknya selain MG II, gue lagi nggak berminat beli Taiwanse movie. Tapi gue mau ngopi KoTT II yang disewa Ette di Video Ezy! He…he… Akibatnya tadi gue ngeborong CD kosong sampe 50 pcs di Ambasador.. Aduh Ette, kita kok jadi pembajak sih! Yah, maklumlah, namanya juga trying to find a cheaper way to satisfy our desire.. Ceilee!! Oh iya… gue juga senenga banget karena sejak Jumat kermarin gue berhasil men-download beberapa MV-nya jay Chou, juga ad Pepsinya yang lucu itu. Apalagi ya… oh, F4’s Pepsi & Siemens ad plus some more interesting stuff… Sayangnya nggak semua bisa di-copy ke CD, misalnya si Jay lagi ber-sulap ria, beberapa NG-nya Jerry di MG I karena gue nggak tau format CDnya (filenya sih .asx) sedangkan yang lain dengan MPEG bisa dicopy ke format VCD. Aduh, pokoknya lucu2 deh. Bonus B* Asia yang baru juga berisi beberapa MVnya Jay dari The 8 Dimensions, tapi ngeselin karena cuma sepotong2 aja (For Promotional Use Only!!), jadinya nanggung, nggak jelas akhirnya gimana…

Beautiful Life

Ada cowok yang namanya Shuji (Takuya). Si Shuji ini sebenernya anak dokter dan diharapkan jadi dokter juga, tapi ternyata dia memilih jalan hidup jadi professional hairdresser (kalo terjemahan melayunya : pereka fesyen rambut =)). Secara nggak sengaja dia ketemu cewek yang namanya Kyoko di lampu merah, setelah Kyoko menjulurkan tanggannya keluar kaca jendela mobil dan hampir aja menjatuhkan Shuji dari motornya. Setelah berantem mulut, ternyata mereka pergi ke tempat yang sama, perpustakaan, tempat Kyoko bekerja, sedangkan Shuji lagi nyari buku tentang karbon dioksida. Awalnya mereka berantem melulu tapi akhirnya berteman setelah Shuji minta Kyoko jadi model rambutnya untuk foto majalah. Abis foto2 mereka cari restoran yang ada tempat untuk orang cacat (jadi wheelchairnya bisa naik gitu lho…) tapi susah, akhirnya Shuji ngajak Kyoko makan mie di tempat langgananya dan mereka menyaksikan sunset diatas jembatan penyebrangan. Disini Kyoko tersentuh karena tiba2 Shuji jongkok di sampingnya dan bilang : “Saya ingin tau apa yang bisa kamu liat dari ketinggian 100cm. Saya tidak pernah terpikir sebelumnya bahwa orang cacat seperti kamu hanya bisa menikmati pemandangan setinggi 100cm.” Kyoko merasa bahwa Shuji memperlakukan dia seperti orang biasa, bukan orang cacat. Baru aja akrab, mereka musuhan lagi karena foto yang keluar di majalah bukan cuma model rambutnya aja, tapi lengkap dengan foto dia lagi duduk di kursi roda. Kyoko tersinggung. Tapi akhirnya mereka baikan lagi di bawah hujan di tempat mereka pertama kali makan mie. Suatu saat mereka kencan dan makan di restoran Italy, karena hujan dan mobil Kyoko diparkir agak jauh, Shuji mengeluh dan Kyoko merasa bahwa kecacatannya menghalangi Shuji. Dia minta putus. Apalagi ada kesalah pahaman dengan teman kerja Shuji (yang merupakan mantan pacarnya juga), Kyoko merasa bahwa orang normal lebih cocok buat Shuji. Ternyata pada akhirnya Shuji mengetahui bahwa dari Ibu Kyoko bahwa Kyoko menderita penyakit parah dan mungkin umurnya tidak panjang lagi. Setelah perjuangan yang panjang, termasuk dengan kakak Kyoko yang tidak menyetujui hubungan mereka karena merasa Shuji hanya menyakiti Kyoko; akhirnya mereka memutuskan untuk tinggal bersama di masa-masa terakhir hidup Kyoko. Kyoko juga sempat akan bunuh diri tapi Shuji meyakinkan bahwa dia tidak akan meninggalkan Kyoko dan akan menghadapi apapun yang akan terjadi, termasuk kematian Kyoko. Suatu waktu, mereka pernah bermimpi untuk memiliki sebuah salon kecil di tepi pantai dengan lonceng diatas pintu, rak buku dan kursi bagi Kyoko, pelanggan mereka adalah seorang anak ABG yang baru pertama kali ke salon dan bawa foto artis untuk minta potongan rambut yang sama, persis seperti Kyoko waktu dia pertama kali ke salon. Shuji menggambarkan impian ini lewat sebuah perspefktif. Pada saat mereka tinggal bersama, salon tempat Shuji bekerja juga ditutup, tapi dia tidak menceritakan hal ini kepada Kyoko. Shuji juga menolak tawaran untuk bekerja di tempat temannya, Takumi, karena dia sudah bertekad untuk menemani Kyoko sampai akhir hayatnya. Namun akhirnya Kyoko mengetahui hal ini. Sebagai permintaan terakhirnya, dia mengatakan pada Shuji bahwa ia ingin melihat karya Shuji diatas panggung sebelum dia meninggal. Akhirnya Shuji menerima tawaran Takumi dan mempersiapkan diri untuk performancenya. Di hari pertunjukan Kyoko tidak sadarkan diri saat dijemput oleh kakaknya dan Tamura, sahabatnya yang saat itu sedang mengandung anak kakaknya. Setelah sadar dia tetap bertekat untuk menonton pertunjukan Shuji. Diakhir pertunjukkan Kyoko pingsan lagi dan dilarika ke RS, akhirnya dia menghembuskan nafas terakhirnya di dalam ambulance dengan sebuah senyuman dan ucapan selamat kepada Shuji. Dia juga minta Shuji berjanji untuk terus hidup baginya. Shuji meminta izin pada Ibu Kyoko untuk me-make up wajah Kyoko sebelum dimakamkan. Takumi yang menemani tidak tahan melihat ketabahan Shuji dalam me-make wajah Kyoko yang sudah tidak bernyawa lagi (karena sejak pertama ia mengetahui penyakit Kyoko, dia sudah bernjanji untuk tidak menangis dan tabah demi Kyoko) dan lari menangis keluar. Lalu Ibu Kyoko masuk dan meminta Shuji memakaikan sepatu merah yang dia belikan untuk Kyoko. Setelah Ibu Kyoko keluar akhirnya pertahanan Shuji jebol juga, dia menangis dan berbicara seolah2 sedang bertengkar dengan Kyoko. Dihari pemakaman, kakak Kyoko berterima kasih pada Shuji karena telah memberikan kebahagiaan kepada Kyoko diakhir hidupnya. Adegan terakhir menggambarkan seorang anak perempuan memasuki sebuah salon kecil di tepi pantai. Ternyata salon tersebut adalah hasil impian Kyoko yang diwujudkan oleh Shuji. Shuji memajang banyak foto yang dibuat Kyoko sebelum ia meninggal. Waktu anak perempuan itu bertanya dimana foto itu dibuat, Shuji menjawab bahwa foto itu dibuat di hatinya.

Yak, sekian dulu cerita gue, mudah2an pada ngerti….

I have to eat my lunch in the office...

Abisnya bos2 pada keluar semua, Emir sholat, Iwan ke bank, kasian dong Nina sendirian di kantor... ya sudahlah, makanan titip Iwan aja biar sekalian beli di Ambasador...
Lila was here and we were talking about the possibility of me going to Singapore-Bangkok instead of Hong Kong. She promised she would give me the list of her vendor there and the best way to spend the money on accomodation and shopping for the store. But she said that the best time to go shopping is on February when the fashion is already into Summer style because now it's nearing the peak time & prices are rising as well. I'm thinking of taking my aunt's offer to shop & sell the stuff here.... I think it's a good idea because IK will be going to the US anyway on February, so it would beno problem for me to take a long leave..he..he.. So I guess this means that I'm staying in Jakarta for teh holiday.

I've tried to download some Jay Chou clips & ad since yesterday, but the Pepsi ad is still unavailable =( I got some other good stuff though. Ah, now that the original KOTT 2 is already out (I found out from Cinekom Newsletter), can't wait to see the rest of the story, and just like Ette, I really wish it would come in a happy end.

Sekarang bos2 lagi pada aneh... IK sepertinya agak calm down & nggak terlalu bad tempered, mungkin udah dikasih tau sama AH kali soal curhat kita ke dia! Sementara AH.... pulang melulu! Lagi seneng2nya punya anak kali ya, apalagi his wife sekarang sudah tidak bekerja lagi... Dateng siang, jam 2 pulang, begitu melulu sejak masuk setelah seminggu nggak ada waktu anaknya baru lahir. Kerjaan juga kalo nggak dikejar2 dan pikiran jernih ternyata bisa selesai tepat waktu dan lebih konsentrasi lho. Emang harus begitu kali ya...

About rafting tomorrow.... sebenernya lagi bener2 males pergi jauh & capek, tapi karena tapi malem K' Carol & Pillon meminta2 supaya gue ikut, ya liat aja besok deh. Kalo pas bangun udah "perang batin" ya gue nggak pergi. Besides, we have a meeting for youth christmas celebration tonight, if the meeting lasts more than 2 hours, it's impossible for me to wake up at 4.30 tomorrow morning! When I get home it'll already be 10, and after shower and everything it's already 11, then I need another at least 30 minutes to get to sleep... NO WAY! Tergantung mood aja deh besok, mudah2an moodnya enak. Lagipula Tiko & Ina kan nggak jadi ikut, jadi gue nggak punya kewajiban pergi lah. Waktu kemarin gue bilang sama Didi kalo gue nggak pasti pergi apa nggak, dia kayaknya sebel banget, kurang seru katanya. Once again... I hope I won't be very lazy to wake up very early (by dawn actually!) tomorrow morning!!

Ette, seperti yang dikau bilang, Z-Chen itu emang OK banget!! Dari beli sampe sekarang gue nggak pernah bosen dengerin CD-nya. Apalagi kalo lagi capek & perlu "menenangkan pikiran" sejenak, asik banget.... Sedikit tentang dia sudah keluar di Asianglitz's latest edition, tapi sayang nggak ada profilnya, jadi nggak tau deh data2 dirinya. Buat apa gue tau data2 dirinya? Yah, gue kalo agak2 suka sama artis/penyanyi tertentu emang kadang2 pengen tau aja sesuatu tentang dirinya. Bukan ulang taunnya yang pengen gue tau, tapi misalnya in what kind of family/environment did he/she grow up, how did he/she become successful in his/her career, what got him/her into the business... Gitu lho. Kalo ultah sih gue banyakan nggak inget dari pada ingetnya, ultah temen2 gue aja sekarang banyak gue lupa!! (PDI nih -- Penurunan Daya Ingat -- tapi just for some certain things!) Kalo di CD kayaknya tuh orang jelek banget, tapi pas di Asianglitz kemaren lumayan juga...

Okey dokey, it's already time to get back to work!! Ciao!!

Bulan puasa nih!

Gue pergi ke kantor dengan santai karena gue kira jalanan sepi kayak kemarin... whoops! I was totally wrong!! The traffic is like the usual... Oh my, so I arrived in the office just a few minutes before 9.30 (@_@)

My cough doesn't get better, especially at night.. Huh, I doubt that I'll go rafting this Saturday, unless Tiko & Ina go, of course! But I don't feel like going, I'm kinda tired. Let's just see what's gonna be tomorrow... I still have heaps to do anyway in the office. Hopefully I could finish Telepon Maya's 2001 bookkeeping. And not to mention the difficulty of getting the Venture Capital License! This is something that really out of my reach but I have to make sure that we'll get that in time too!! Last night I skipped Choir practise, I was tired and it was the first day of my period, so mom picked me up from the office.

ONE LINERS ABOUT GOD
1. Give God what's right -- not what's left.
2. Man's way leads to a hopeless end -- God's way leads to an endless hope.
3. A lot of kneeling will keep you in good standing.
4. He who kneels before God can stand before anyone.
5. In the sentence of life, the devil may be a comma--but never let him be the period.
6. Don't put a question mark where God puts a period.
7. Are you wrinkled with burden? Come to the church for a face-lift.
8. When praying, don't give God instructions – just report for duty.
9. Don't wait for six strong men to take you to church.
10. We don't change God's message -- His message changes us.
11. The church is prayer-conditioned.
12. When God ordains, He sustains.
13. WARNING: Exposure to the Son may prevent burning.
14. Plan ahead -- It wasn't raining when Noah built the ark.
15. Most people want to serve God, but only in an advisory position.
16. Suffering from truth decay? Brush up on your Bible.
17. Exercise daily -- walk with the Lord.
18. Never give the devil a ride -- he will always want to drive.
19. Nothing else ruins the truth like stretching it.
20. Compassion is difficult to give away because it keeps coming back.
21. He who angers you controls you.
22. Worry is the darkroom in which negatives can develop.
23. Give Satan an inch & he'll be a ruler.
24. Be ye fishers of men -- you catch them & He'll clean them.
25. God doesn't call the qualified, He qualifies the called.
26. Read the Bible -- It will scare the "hell" out of you.

Funny... I thought this morning I have a lot to write int his blog, but actually not.... Huh, let's see if I have somehting else to write this afternoon. Ciao! Ooop, almost forgot something.... Ette: I've got the Japanese "Waterboys" that I promised you. I'll bring it if we meet one of theses days or I'll just sent it by courier like before.... Maylee, you should watch this one too, it's hilarious!! (in a japanese way, of course!)