It's me ... I-in!

mari ke kuching ...

2011-10-17T13:39:00.000+07:00

ke kuching, malaysia melalui darat mungkin merupakan salah satu perjalanan yang menyenangkan untuk saya pribadi. karena kebetulan sedang di kalimantan barat, maka saya menyempatkan diri untuk ke kuching via darat. sedikit nekat karena kami pergi hanya berdua. saya dan mbak tini pun tidak berencana berlama-lama di kota ini. menginap semalam saja, dan kemudian kembali ke pontianak. hal pertama

equatorial monument

2011-09-10T10:08:00.000+07:00

The Equator is an imaginary line on the Earth's surface approximately equidistant from the North Pole and South Pole and it divides the Earth into two Hemisphere - Northern and Southern Hemisphere. In few cities around the world, equatorial markers/monuments have been erected to attract tourists. However, these monuments have some controversy regarding correct location on the exact equator.

pontianak, second time around

2011-09-10T07:38:00.000+07:00

this is the second time i'm in pontianak. the first one was in 2009. sudah lupa kalau dari jakarta ke pontianak hanya memakan waktu 1 jam 15 menit. sepertinya pesawatnya tidak besar. hanya 20an row. saya kebetulan duduk di kursi nomor 8, dan itu sudah tepat di pintu darurat. and this is also the second time i was sitting at the emergency exit door area. the first was in small airplane from

si anak hilang

2011-07-09T19:30:00.005+07:00

kejadian lagi. si anak hilang pulang ke rumah dan nggak ketahuan pernah meninggalkan rumah :). mungkin karena punya empat saudara dan saya yang sering ke luar rumah dan tidak memberikan laporan lengkap, maka ketika saya tidak di rumah, pada tidak tahu akan hal itu.waktu ke swedia yang sebentar itu, pas pulang ke rumah, saya kira rumah kosong tak berpenghuni. penerbangan yang cukup panjang di

kembali lagi ...

2011-07-07T19:41:00.002+07:00

sudah berapa lama ya saya nggak nulis di blog ini? kalau mau dicari alasan, akan ada 1001 alasan saya nggak nulis. tapi kalau mau dicari alasan untuk menulis, akan juga ada 1001 alasan untuk melakukannya. tapi yang pasti, ada beberapa peristiwa yang semoga saja membuat saya menjadi lebih bijaksana dalam menghadapi hidup ini. hidup yang cuma sekali ini ...sepertinya saya kurang sabar kalau

2011 handbook advice

2011-01-04T07:58:00.002+07:00

got this from Claudia. thanks, galfriend :)your healthdrink plenty of watereat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggareat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plantslive with the 3e's - energy, enthusiasm and empathymake time to prayplay more gamesread more books than you did in 2010sit in silence for at least 10 minutes

country names in bahasa Indonesia

2010-12-24T07:07:00.002+07:00

as i need to translate some names of countries, i think it will be better if i jot down a few here. just for my own reference :) Afganistan Afrika Selatan Afrika Tengah Albania Aljazair Amerika Serikat Andorra Angola Antigua dan Barbuda Antilla Belanda Arab Saudi

tradition

2009-08-22T23:09:00.000+07:00

Indonesian has some unique traditions when it comes to preparing themselves for the fasting month, the Ramadhan. I’m just jotting something down and classified them to vintage and contemporary. I owe this to uncle google. But before I started with the vintage, the first and foremost tradition is sending the most precious congratulations or asking for forgiveness to others on the occasion of the

telemarketing

2009-06-20T15:01:00.003+07:00

barusan nerima telepon dari telemarketing bank ku. ya ampun itu orang ... ngomongnya cepet banget dan nggak bisa dipotong (believe me ... i've tried). udah gitu, pronounciation nya cacat lagi. tapi kalau di pikir, kalau pronounciation dia bulat ... udah jadi penyiar atau penyanyi kali ya dia ... bukan jadi telemarketing :d. jadilah saya wakaru wakarimasen.

meeting your sister

2009-05-31T20:47:00.002+07:00

i don't know if this is a common thing for common people, but i was so nervous when i met your sister ^///^. it was not like she is going to make fun of me or anything, but it was just the idea of making a good first impression.you were hospitalized and i thought it was a good idea to visit you (since visiting you at your kost is out of the question). i knew you went there with your sister, but i

ngejelasin lageee

2009-05-25T08:55:00.002+07:00

jumat lalu ada yang nanya-nanya soal forbidden couple (or should i say couples) pas lagi pagi-pagi jalan. waks! kirain itu udah cerita lama banget yang nggak perlu lagi dijelasin ke orang-orang. ternyata eh ternyata ... masih ada yang memperhatikan dan memprihatinkan hal tersebut. sebel banget karena mereka menempatkan saya pada posisi yang harus menjelaskan perilaku mereka yang nggak bisa

my tickets

2009-03-03T10:41:00.003+07:00

here are our tickets to the Java Jazz Festival of 6 to 8 March 2009. it was a hard work just to redeem these tickets, and i really mean it when i said hard. i was at the ticket redeem centre (i.e. a booth with a dozen assistants) at lower level of Sultan Hotel around 11 on the first day (i.e. 2 March), and the queue (only) almost reached the entrance of the Lagoon Café. while i was standing

Obama is the key example of globalization

2009-01-25T09:45:00.000+07:00

Nury VittachiSecurity guards at the airport just made me take off my belt. Huh? How could my belt be a threat? Did I really look like I could subdue 300 people on a jumbo jet using only a 30-inch strap designed to stop my trousers falling down?Instead of being irritated, I decided to interpret this as a compliment, which made me feel much better. (Yes, men are sad creatures.)It's been an odd week

How to explain the war in Gaza to small children

2009-01-18T09:36:00.001+07:00

Nury VittachiBangkokOnce upon a time, there was a family called Pal. They lived in a property which was hot and dusty, but they liked it, and had lived there for more than 2,000 years. Then one day, they had some visitors."We are the Izzy family," said the head of the new arrivals. "And we're moving in.""What?" said the Pal family. "You can't do that.""Yes, we can," said Izzy. "They said we could

'souvenir' from you

2009-01-13T19:07:00.002+07:00

you gave me a lovely returning-from-hajj gift! these photos are taken courtesy of Genah at (021) 7340403 or (021) 93549123 (for those of you out there who's wondering :) ). i think you give a whole new meaning to the word 'gift'. i know this is not a new thing for you, but i believe it is so for most of the people at the office. such an excellent wrapping! we have a prayer mat, a box of okras, a

republik petruk

2009-01-10T10:18:00.001+07:00

my baby sister and i went to TIM yesterday for a three and a half hours theater performance. i saw Syakur and Oci among the crowd, and i bet i could spotted others if i was willing to do that, but i wasn't in the mood to look around. Republic Petruk is Teater Koma’s 116th production. this play is the third part of the Republic Saga Trilogy. Republic Bagong was the first part of the Trilogy and

new batik

2008-12-22T11:34:00.001+07:00

last month, Ibu Sekjen said that we are going to have a new batik uniform. it is a danarhadi product, and we've decided to have red for the ladies and dark blue for the gentlemen. last week, i saw several colleagues wore them, and today i got mine. it is a big over size for me, even though it an ss size :).

starbucks green tea frappuccino

2008-12-19T17:25:00.001+07:00

i wasn't so sure about my favourite starbucks drink when you asked me the first time. and it wasn't until my baby sister bring home a cup of green tea frappuccino and you said something about "avocado juice" as a joke that i realise that i like this beverage very much. the joke was those who doesn't familiar with starbucks lingo would just order black coffee instead of misto, orange juice instead

kartu pos

2008-12-09T15:10:00.002+07:00

sudah lama kan aku nggak pernah berkirim surat dengan teman-teman. ternyata sekarang kalau berkirim surat pos biayanya IDR2.5K. awalnya pas mbak yang di kantor pos bilang dua setengah, aku pikir dua ratus lima puluh rupiah. so cheap! terus aku pastiin, dua ratus lima puluh?!? eeeh ... mbaknya senyum ... dua ribu lima ratus. kirain dua ratus lima puluh, seperti biaya text message :D. inilah yang

rumours

2008-12-06T18:50:00.003+07:00

a little bit confuse, since I heard a rumour that i'm very close to this pair, and everything i know will eventually come to this couple’s recognition. i have to set the record straight and tell who ever thought that i'm close with any of my colleagues at the office that it is just simply wrong on so many levels. if only they knew how much effort i've taken to confine myself from being to attach

hajj and you

2008-12-05T22:26:00.003+07:00

i'm a little bit down. i think i've said something wrong to you, and you are a little bit mad at me. am not going to phone you or text you for at least two days or maybe three, because you'll be at your holy pilgrimage.

the tajik

2008-12-01T21:23:00.002+07:00

since i am no longer have any delegates to take care of, i am helping Fitri with her delegate (Tajikistan) who can not speak english, only russia and persia. we use all means of communication from sign language, body language, and even sketches. we had fun! and today, i am the one who sending him off at the airport all the ways through to the last x-ray. rumours have it, that next year, Indonesia

discussion

2008-11-28T23:25:00.002+07:00

you’ve submitted the chevening form today, and i have a serious conversation with 'the boss' of -probably my future section- inter parliamentary cooperation committee. told him that i would not be able to make a final decision until January. still need to discuss this with you. told two persons the story about us, and will miss you so much because you are leaving for hajj. today!