Saturday, June 16, 2007

Website Udara Kota, anget anget t**k ayam?

Menarik sekali situs ini. Tapi aku kaget ketika menemukan link agenda nasional. Kok sepertinya berhenti? Hari ini aku sangat concern dengan fokus biofuel kompas. Yang terpatri di kepalaku adalah Indonesia, negara pengekspor minyak adalah net importer dengan ketergantungan 20-30%. Ke mana semua minyak itu pergi?
Aku sedih karena tidak tahu harus berbuat apa.

Update 19 Okt 2014: Situs bappenas itu sudah tidak running. 

Kenapa sih Busway harus dari Cina?

Linknya di sini. Situs Bapennas ini menarik juga.





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Mendiknas: Hampir Semua Pendidikan Kedinasan Tidak Diperlukan

Menurut link ini, IPDN tidak diperlukan. Concernku hanyalah berhentilah menyiksa siswa tersebut.





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Here comes my baby - Cat Stevens

In the midnight moonlight Ill be walking a long and lonely mile.

And every time I do, I keep seeing this picture of you.



Heres comes my baby, here she comes now,

And it comes as no surprise to me, with another guy.

Heres comes my baby, here she comes now,

Walking with a love, with a love thats all so fine,

Never could be mine, no matter how I try.



You never walk alone, and youre forever talking on the phone.

Ive tried to call you names, but every time it comes out the same.



Heres comes my baby, here she comes now,

And it comes as no surprise to me, with another guy.

Heres comes my baby, here she comes now,

Walking with a love, with a love thats all so fine,

Never could be mine, no matter how I try.



Im still waiting for your heart, cuz Im sure that some day its gonna start.

Youll be mine to hold each day, but til then this is all that I can say.



Heres comes my baby, here she comes now,

And it comes as no surprise to me, with another guy.

Heres comes my baby, here she comes now,

Walking with a love, with a love thats all so fine,

Never could be mine, no matter how I try.



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Sitting – Cat Stevens

Oh Im on my way, I know I am, somewhere not so far

From here

All I know is all I feel right now, I feel the power growing

In my hair

Sitting on my own not by myself, everybodys here with me

I dont need to touch your face to know, and I dont need to

Use my eyes to see

I keep on wondering if I sleep too long, will I always wake

Up the same (or so)?

And keep on wondering if I sleep too long, will I even wake up

Again or something

Oh Im on my way I know I am, but times there were when

I thought not

Bleeding half my soul in bad company, I thank the moon i

Had the strength to stop

Im not making love to anyones wishes, only for that light I see

cause when Im dead and lowered low in my grave, thats gonna

Be the only thing thats left of me

And if I make it to the waterside, will I even find me a boat

(or so)?

And if I make it to the waterside, Ill be sure to write you

Not or something

Oh Im on my way, I know I am, somewhere not so far

From here

All I know is all I feel right now, I feel the power growing

In my hair

Oh life is like a maze of doors and they all open from the

Side youre on

Just keep on pushing hard boy, try as you may

Youre going to wind up where you started from

Youre going to wind up where you started from

Saturday, June 09, 2007

Sharing

For some items, I'm really bad at sharing, even to G. I wonder if there's a serious issue involved. I should check with my councils.

Sunday, May 27, 2007

Bebek bengil di Bali

Aku lupa namanya, tapi kalau nggak salah namanya Bebek bengil. Itu adalah bebek yang digoreng sampai gurih seperti kerupuk. Terus terang, rasanya seperti itu. Kerupuk. Sampai sekarang masih terasa. Bukan makanan kesukaanku. Padahal aku suka kerupuk.

Saturday, May 19, 2007

Lebih sulit cari kerja

Link ini menerangkan lebih sulit bagi perusahaan untuk meng hire new employee.

Terima Kasih

Link ini mengungkapkan keengganan orang Indonesia mengucapkan terima kasih, terutama pada orang yang dianggap lebih rendah darinya. Aku cenderung untuk setuju, beberapa hari belakangan aku sering keluar, yang lebih sering kuperhatikan mengucapkan terima kasih adalah pramuniaga atau OB. Jarang kulihat superior berterima kasih pada subordinate nya. Kupikir-pikir, pada masa kerjaku di kampus dulu, aku juga jarang berterima kasih pada sub ku, apapun alasannya, seberapapun kualitas kerja mereka. Tapi kupikir-pikir, sub ku di kampus memang jauh dari 'realitas'. Mereka baru selesai kuliah dan tidak punya pengalaman, kaum yang paling idealis dan tidak punya cukup wawasan di dalam lingkungan yang kompetitif. Untuk kalangan itu, mereka lumayan kok.

Friday, May 18, 2007

Lost Generation in Japan

Membaca artikel mengenai generasi Jepang Inc. yang tertinggal (usia mereka berada di rentangku, yaitu 25-35 tahun), aku jadi diingatkan untuk tidak menunggu kereta yang tidak berangkat juga. Aku termasuk kalangan di generasiku yang terkena imbas dari gelembung pengangguran. Menurut artikel tersebut, sekarang, dengan ekonomi Jepang yang mulai membaik, kalangan masih tidak mau mengangkat generasi tersebut ke kalangan mereka, para middle manager, karena mereka tidak memiliki pelatihan dan pengalaman yang dibutuhkan. Generasi ini terlempar ke pekerjaan paruh waktu atau jenis pekerjaan yang tidak terlalu menuntut skill. Mereka berhenti berharap mendapatkan pekerjaan yang sesuai dengan keahlian mereka dan menerima pekerjaan apa saja yang dapat mereka kerjakan. Kalangan perusahaan juga tidak berminat menarik kalangan generasi yang menjadi pekerja yang berpindah dari satu pekerjaan ke pekerjaan lainnya, karena takut kalangan tersebut kurang memiliki loyalitas dan kegigihan yang dimiliki oleh generasi lebih muda yang baru saja tamat. Menurutku, generasi di bawah "lost generation" itu akan dipaksa untuk tumbuh lebih cepat, sehingga mereka akan menempati posisi puncak di saat mereka masih muda.

Aku mengidentifikasikan diriku di dalam generasi itu. Untungnya tidak terlalu banyak teman-temanku yang terperangkap di dalam sini, mereka rata-rata memiliki kemampuan lain yang dapat membantu mereka untuk memilih karir lain atau sekedar bertahan hidup. Untuk teman-temanku yang berada di ceruk yang lebih dalam, tidak memiliki skill lain, aku berharap mereka dapat keluar dari sana secepatnya karena waktu akan terus mengejar mereka.

Waktu adalah faktor utama yang memaksaku untuk mendapatkan insight dari artikel ini. Di saat korporasi tidak mampu menampung, usaha selanjutnya adalah pergi ke unit usaha yang lebih kecil. Bila itu tidak berhasil, berkumpullah sesama rekan-rekan lainnya yang senasib dan sediakanlah produk yang dapat ditawarkan ke masyarakat banyak. Mengambil contoh dari keluarga dekat yang memiliki diversifikasi usaha (travel/tour, investasi tanah dan catering), banyak cabang yang dapat dicoba. Kunci utamanya adalah mencoba (aku terpikir satu teman baikku di Bukittinggi, my thoughts are with him) dan harapan bahwa usaha itu akan berhasil. Call it ambition, hope, prayer, as long as you believe in it. You have to sell the idea to yourself, then take it upon the world.

Indiraku (milis pribadi yang kumiliki secara egois) memiliki rangkaian karir yang beragam. HR Training, Broadcast (a specific skill in documentary and other in programming), Hocus pocus and mumbo jumbo, Advertising dan home trading. Kebanyakan dari milis itu berasal dari psikologi dan kemudian menjangkau sub ilmu lainnya. Kita adalah lost generation itu, terpaksa branch out untuk tetap bertahan hidup. Dan kita masih bertahan hidup. Selamat, Indira. Keep on moving on!

Thursday, May 03, 2007

Internet dengan Starone prabayar: berhasil

Starone telah memiliki kemampuan untuk membenarkan kartu prabayarnya digunakan untuk mengakses internet, namun kartu telponku sepertinya selalu bermasalah. Hari ini, teknisi Indosat menelponku untuk memberitahu kartuku telah di update. Ketika aku mencoba mengakses, berhasil. Senangnya. Sekarang ada koneksi tambahan. Hehehe.    

Wednesday, May 02, 2007

Memaafkan berbagi suami

Sedang menontn berbagi suami untuk yang kedua kali. Aku masih tidak bisa memaafkan film ini. Aku masih patah hati. Rasanya topik yang dibawakan oleh film ini terlalu emosional bagiku.

Monday, April 30, 2007

Berbagi Suami: Patah Hati

Menonton film itu, aku patah hati dengan kenyataan yang dihadapi oleh para istri lelaki penganut paham poligami. Memang bukan urusanku untuk mencampuri urusan keluarga mereka, toh mereka sudah memilih kenyataan mereka masing-masing (untuk yang tidak memilih, mereka punya pilihan untuk keluar dari situasi itu). Aku hanya patah hati karena yang dijadikan alasan adalah : "Daripada zina." Seolah-olah pilihannya hanya ada dua: suami beristri lagi atau berzina. Aku usulkan pilihan ketika aja, potong p***snya!! Toh aku pernah membaca kasus tersebut di US, seorang istri tidak terima suaminya memiliki WIL, lalu dengan tenangnya, ketika akan coitus, p***snya dipotong. Trus dibawa jalan-jalan ke highway, trus dilempar keluar. Hahahaha. Dari banyak hal yang kuterima dari kebudayaan US, itu adalah salah satu yang paling kuat: pilihan. Aku tidak menolak poligami, aku hanya menekankan bahwa para istri HARUS setuju. Kalau sudah setuju, aku diem deh.

Saturday, April 28, 2007

Apa Kata Bintang

Lagu Gita Gutawa yang ini membuatku seperti mencari sesuatu yang hilang di dalam hidupku. Kita selalu merasa ada yang kurang di dalam hidup kita, aku pernah membaca itu adalah salah satu perasaan yang dirasakan oleh semua orang di dunia. Apa yang kita cari, Gita?

Friday, April 27, 2007

Tebet Sore Song

I hereby declare Gita Gutawa's "Apa Kata Bintang" as a Tebet Sore song. Another songs that falls into the Tebet Sore song are Sherina's "Aku Beranjak Dewasa" and "Click clock" .

Thursday, April 26, 2007

Drew Barrymore

No matter how old Drew Barrymore is, I could never tell her age. She'd still look like that girl I saw on E.T.

Wednesday, April 25, 2007

DVDs and software

This link shows Sony proclaiming that pirated Spiderman 3 DVDs in China are indeed, fake. Though I was looking for that first laugh, you can follow the link and still have the second, more appropriate laugh. Anyway, they boast that pirated DVDs are available for less than $1. Well, here in Jakarta, look long enough or ask around far enough, you'll find that DVDs are sold for $0.67, free a DVD for each 10 purchases. You can't blame the demand, here. Everybody in the world would love to get some DVDs for cheaper prices; I know that because I've seen some expatriate wondering around with amazed and hunger eyes scavenging in pirated software and DVD stores. Blame the supply and all the enabling factors. And no more "It's too expensive, we can't afford it." I've seen older DVDs sold for $1.67—count them, one point six seven US dollars or fifteen thousand rupiahs—in Disc Tarra's. Sure, newer ones are about ten times the price, but the prices decreases to the said price. I'm sure the government would like to get some tax from DVD movies and CD software, and there isn't a price too cheap for the DVD distributors and software maker, it is a lot better than getting ripped off. And we could get around to appreciating everybody's effort, including our own software house, such as Andal, or animations of folk stories from Elex Media Komputindo. I'm sure we have more of those, and I think now is the best time ever to start appreciating them and paying them the respect they deserve. Computers are getting cheaper; we sell more laptop than branded PC. You can't force people to spend something they don't have, but give them reasonable price; most people would do the right thing.

Tuesday, April 24, 2007

Beberapa ide berguna dari lifehacker

Pake kertas untuk membuat dompet, remove dent with dry ice, self-adhesive velcro to stick lens cap, use paper for gift box, turn etch a sketch into a picture fram with photoshopped pictures, kill bugs with dishwashing soap and water spray, use newspaper for biodegradable seed-starting pots, clean dishwasher with kool-aid (citric acid), waterproof electronics with condom, use steps for leverage from 2x4s to get a clear display of everything in cabinet.

Semuanya ada di sini. Ini salah satu situs wajib di Google Readerku.

Monday, April 23, 2007

Sistem Pengamanan Baru DPR

Karena kita tidak bisa sembarangan membiarkan orang masuk ke ruang sidang dan menelurkan Undang-Undang saat anggota dewan lainnya sedang.. tidur? Nevertheless, kartu adalah pengamanan yang paling lemah, karena bisa dipindahtangankan. Kenapa nggak sekalian sidik jari, jejak retina, biar ketahuan siapa yang masuk ke ruang sidang dan siapa yang tidak?

Tapi aku nggak begitu terpengaruh. Buang2 aja 200 milyar setahun, 300 milyar. Toh nggak ada yang protes. Asal jangan beli laptop yang 20 juta itu, ya. J

Revelation

The thing about revelation, aufklarung and insights is that they are perception based. It cannot be commoditized. There is no certainty that it would work the same way for all people. So what should one say to closed ones upon finding a revelation? "You should've been there?"

Friday, April 20, 2007

Today

Today I see the world through different eyes. I will never be the same. Today I still have the same heart. I will always be the same.

Happy birthday to me

Today I turned 30. Today I will find my center and find what 30 means.

Thursday, April 19, 2007

Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Nagabonar 2

Ed menulis secara optimis mengenai film ini. Aku, Emon, Hendra dan Dedet akan nonton sabtu ini di PH jam 3. Moga-moga teman-teman yang lain bisa ikutan.

Saturday, April 14, 2007

Financially and mentally independent

This link show an opinion of an Indonesian Blogger about another Indonesian Blogger who decided to be.. well.. a Blogger.

Thursday, April 05, 2007

Rumah di Aceh

Rumah seperti ini yang mungkin dibutuhkan di Aceh.

Monday, April 02, 2007

Up my face

Playing basketball after decades of not and suffering the consequence the next day, I was shoved with a reality that one of my best friend is facing everyday. I have greater respect to him now, as a friend and as a human being. My pain is nothing compared to him. I wish I will never forget this lesson.

Thursday, March 29, 2007

Spiderman

Reading of a person with 60% disability and vertigo as the most powerful solo climber [http://www.alainrobert.com/en/identite.htm] is a punch to my face this morning. There should be no physical limit, Alain Robert flicks his everyday. I respect the man with his message.

Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Landed on my behind

Right until this moment, I've never been thrown and had to land on my behind.

I still have not that experience yet, but now I have a pretty good idea how it should feel.

Friday, March 23, 2007

Hard work

Aku seringkali diprotes perihal waktu dan jumlah tidurku oleh orang-orang yang paling kusayangi. Yang aku ingin mereka pahami adalah ini bukanlah atas dasar preferensi, namun keharusan. Aku tidak lagi percaya akan bakatku, sehingga aku hanya punya usaha. Kalau membaca satu kali tidak cukup untukku memenuhi kebutuhan, aku hanya akan membaca empat kali. Kalau satu buku tidak membantuku mencapai tujuanku, mungkin tiga buku akan berhasil. Aku tidak menolak tidur, tapi aku hanya akan tidur karena aku harus. Lebih mudah bagiku untuk memandang diriku sebagai seseorang yang serba kekurangan, sehingga emosi yang pertama yang kumiliki terhadap sesuatu yang baru adalah passion.

Aku melihat diriku kurang fokus. Disamping melatih kemampuan ini, aku mengisi kekuranganku dengan kemampuan untuk berpindah-pindah fokus dan menjaga perhatian pada keseluruhan fokus itu pada gambaran umum.

Terakhir, aku mungkin mampu untuk tidak berhasil, tapi orang-orang yang kucintai seharusnya tidak menderita. Bagiku hanya ada dua pilihan, berhasil atau akan berhasil (sedang mencoba).

Tidak ada hal lain yang seadil waktu bagi semua orang. Kita tidak diberi semenit lebih atau kurang dari orang lain. Beberapa menghargainya lebih dari yang lain dan mendapatkan manfaatnya. Kenapa aku tidak? Dan bila aku belum menghargainya di masa lalu, tidak terlambat bagiku untuk memulai sekarang. Tidak semua hal berhasil pada saat percobaan yang pertama. Yang perlu dilakukan adalah mencoba lagi.

Tuesday, March 13, 2007

Let him do something

Di milis yang jarang kuperhatikan, ternyata baru-baru ini mereka sangat antusias untuk memojokkan seseorang yang dianggap 'nyeleneh', keluar dari dogma yang ada yang mengklaim dirinya sebagai sesuatu yang baru. Kuperhatikan tulisannya sangat provokatif dan berani. Kuperhatikan juga, yang menyanggahnya adalah kaum yang sangat dihormati di 'dunia lama', kumpulan orang-orang yang sangat kokoh berdiri di keahlian mereka masing-masing. Dan si 'orang baru' ini dengan beraninya melawan mereka satu persatu, berulang-ulang, hanya untuk menyatakan bahwa dirinya adalah sesuatu yang baru.

Kelanjutan dari thread itu sangat malas untuk kuikuti, karena isinya hanya tanggapan dari yang lain mengenai pendapat kaum yang dihormati itu sendiri. Aku menjadi hilang keinginan untuk membacanya, karena mereka sama sekali tidak membiarkan si orang baru ini untuk melanjutkan kalimatnya. Setelah beberapa minggu aku baru mampu untuk merangkum pendapatku terhadap situasi ini.

Kenapa tidak dibiarkan saja orang itu melakukan apa yang diinginkannya? Biarkan saja dia mencoba, toh dia punya keberanian untuk mencoba. Yang gagal dia, yang berhasil dia, yang sakit dia. Lead, follow or get out of the way.

Monday, March 12, 2007

Prettiest Thing

Aku hanya bisa melihatnya dari kejauhan. Aku hanya bisa melihatnya sebentar saja, lalu nanti di waktu yang lama. Itupun hanya sebentar, lalu nanti lagi. Kita tidak sering bertemu, dan kita jarang bertegur. Aku hanya melihatnya saja, lalu lalang dari kejauhan, atau terlintas ketika aku melewati bagian pasar itu, pasar daging. Aku jarang melihat matanya, karena dia sedang membantai tulang, atau mengiris potongan tertentu, dan aku hanya menghantarkan minuman atau makanan ke kios tertentu. Melewatinya.

Tapi aku melihat garis itu di mukanya. Garis yang jelas di mukanya. Garis yang menghapus senyum di mukanya, menghilangkan binar harapan dari matanya. Kuperhatikan berkali-kali, garis itu tetap ada. Garis yang halus, namun jelas dan nyata. Garis yang dibentuk berkali-kali. Garis yang tidak bisa dihapus.

Tak ada yang bisa kukatakan untuknya, karena aku tidak bisa berkata-kata padanya.

Aku melihat ke atas, aku merasa terbang ke langit, menembus awan dan mencapai kejauhan dalam hitungan kedipan mata. Aku menutup mataku, aku tinggal merasakan waktu tertentu, dan ketika kuniatkan, aku sudah menembus waktu, mencapai kediaman yang telah kulewati atau belum kucapai. Tapi aku tidak bisa memutar langkahku 60 derjat ke kanan dan menyapanya. Tidak, karena batas ini lebih tebal dari ruang dan waktu.

Aku melihat di matanya, sesuatu telah membuatnya menyalahkan dirinya sendiri untuk kekecewaannya.

Aku menutup mataku, berdoa dengan setulus hatiku. Biarkanlah seorang pahlawan datang untuknya, mengatakan bahwa itu semua bukan salahnya, bahwa semuanya akan baik-baik saja, untuk tidak berhenti berharap. Aku berdoa pahlawan itu akan menghapus semua tumpukan garis itu untuknya. Untuk semua orang yang kulihat memiliki garis itu. Kudoakan pahlawan bagi mereka semua. Agar mereka sadar akan kelebihan mereka, akan keindahan mereka.

Hatiku menjadi lebih baik dengan doaku. Kuperhatikan mukanya. Apakah garis itu sudah hilang?

Tidak, masih ada.

Mungkin besok pahlawan itu akan datang. Kan doa tidak langsung dikabulkan, harus melalui proses dulu, disortir, diperhatikan signifikansinya…

Entah apa lagi alasanku untuk hal itu.


 

*As written on Indira.

The Nearness of You

"Its not the pale moon that excites me That thrills and delights me, oh no Its just the nearness of you

It isn't your sweet conversation That brings this sensation, oh no Its just the nearness of you

When you're in my arms and I feel you so close to me All my wildest dreams come true

I need no soft lights to enchant me If you'll only grant me the right To hold you ever so tight And to feel in the night the nearness of you"

Aku sedang tergila-gila dengan Norah Jones, lagunya yang tidak terlalu mengambil perhatian (noise music) bisa menemaniku belajar untuk beberapa hari ini, cramming untuk sertifikasi yang jauh sekali dari apa yang kupelajari.

Kenapa MM? Kenapa finance? Investment? Pertanyaan itu seperti tidak ada habis-habisnya. Kupikir selama ini aku hanya berlari dari (menghindari) hal-hal yang tidak kusuka, lalu aku akan bertemu dengan sesuatu yang kusuka. Tapi apa yang kutemukan dibalik halaman-halaman ini seperti sesuatu yang kulupakan di kehidupan sebelumnya, seperti sesuatu yang kulupakan karena ketiduran. Aku mengenal hal-hal ini di kehidupanku sebelumnya. Apakah aku ditarik/menuju ke area ini secara tidak sadar? Financial behavior? Decision making under risk? Kedengarannya seperti alasan saja untuk tetap menginjakkan kaki di ilmu ini. Apalagi akhir minggu ini aku harus lebih fokus di area ini, untuk sebuah pengakuan sertifikasi.

Dan masih.. hehehe.. tidak ada pekerjaan. Dedet itu sabar atau gila ya?

Wednesday, March 07, 2007

Thursday, February 08, 2007

Alcohol in Islam

Found this link by chance in regards to alcohol in islam.

Hanna's klappertaart

Stumbled to this. Hanna is famous for her klappertaart. I, first, have to find the meaning of that word. I was suggested to try the original Rum Raisin.

Thursday, January 25, 2007

Blogger, no more plugins?

Plugins that I used in firefox is unable to help me blog anymore, I have to visit the site everytime. It seems too much of an effort to do now.

Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Mencari ketenangan

Seperti yang kutakuti, ternyata rasa "lonely" itu universal, salah satu perasaan yang common dirasakan oleh manusia sepanjang jaman. Kita seperti ingin mencapai sesuatu. Apa yang salah dengan apa yang ada sekarang dan di sini?

Thursday, December 07, 2006

Mizone dilarang

http://hardhono.blogspot.com/2006/12/mizone-dilarang-beredar.html
http://www.surya.co.id/terkini.php?id=1261
http://www.topenggas.net/?p=239
http://www.tpi.tv/forum/response.php?topicid=1793&roomid=3

Mizone dan produk lainnya dilarang beredar karena mengandung natrium benzoat. Berikut adalah keterangan mengenai natrium benzoat
http://mahardika014.tripod.com/
http://www.prn2.usm.my/mainsite/bulletin/1995/penawar3.html

Tuesday, November 28, 2006

Fit

I don't care for self-pity. It ate one's soul. One drowned in it could use help and I'd like to extend my arm once in a while even for a stranger, it's in my nature to help.

Blaming other is worse. You realize the problem but refuse to accept responsibility. Being a loser may be unaccaptable to some people, a sore lose always is to all.

I also try to avoid regrets, so I'll leave it at that. What's left is pity for others, poor guy.

Saturday, November 25, 2006

Memperhatikan kata-kata

Di masa kuliah, aku sangat dimanjakan oleh beberapa temanku yang bersedia menelan semua ceritaku tanpa ragu. Aku juga dimanjakan dengan 'milis pribadi'ku. Aku telah memiliki pengalaman untuk berkecimpung di dalam tulisan dalam konteks yang berbeda-beda. Aku menjadi lebih tertarik untuk mengeksplorasi kemungkinan itu lebih lanjut. Toh salah satu dosenku di awal kuliahnya menganjurkan kami untuk mulai menulis ke berbagai media sebanyak-banyaknya. Sudah waktunya aku memperhatikan anjuran itu.

Some new blog I found on economics

Sarapan ekonomi, kolom-kolom A Gusti Anwar, A. Fatih Syuhud.

Friday, November 24, 2006

Showtime!!

  • Crunch time for those waiting on a reversal of the market. I'm having two, stocks and forex. Talk about adrenalin rush.

Thursday, November 16, 2006

Pride and Joy

To G

Stevie Ray Vaughan | Pride & Joy lyrics:
Well youve heard about love givin sight to the blind
My babys lovin cause the sun to shine
Shes my sweet little thang....shes my pride and joy
Shes my sweet little baby....Im her little lover boy

Yeah I love my baby....heart and soul
Love like ours wont never grow old
Shes my sweet little thang....shes my pride and joy
Shes my sweet little baby....Im her little lover boy

Yeah I love my lady....shes long and lean
You mess with her....youll see a man get mean
Shes my sweet little thang....shes my pride and joy
Shes my sweet little baby....Im her little lover boy

Well I love my baby....like the finest wine
Stick with her until the end of time
Shes my sweet little thang....shes my pride and joy
Shes my sweet little baby....Im her little lover boy

Yeah I love my baby....heart and soul
Love like ours wont never grow old
Shes my sweet little thang....shes my pride and joy
Shes my sweet little baby....Im her little lover boy

Tuesday, November 14, 2006

Extreme's side of the story

EXTREME - CUPID'S DEAD LYRICS:
Cupid's Dead Lyrics



-you read the papers today?-

I read the news today oh boy,
About a tragic comedy
Newspaper hinted suicide,
The letterhead read Dear Johnny
A tainted truth was all it said,
Sleep tight now that you've made your bed
An arrow that once pierced your heart
Points to the apple on your head

Three sides to every story
Yours, mine
And, Monday morning's

CUPID'S DEAD, HEADLINES READ,
CUPID'S DEAD
CUPID'S DEAD, HEADLINES READ,
CUPID'S DEAD

Oh, Romeo, Oh, Romeo
Where did our love go, Romeo?
If you read between the headlines,
You wouldn't be the last to know
No mystery yet to unfold,
A paperboy left in the cold
A love was said to never die,
Withered away and just got old

"Our top story tonight,
is a crime of passion
The victim, an unidentified man,
is found in bed, wearing only a diaper,
holding a bow an arrow in one hand,
and clutching a letter in the other.
The letter simply read ...
CUPID'S DEAD."

Extra, extra, extra,
read all about it

CUPID'S DEAD,

Cupid is dead, deceased,
I got peace of mind
Still it's hard to forget,
what it leaves behind
A lot of love lost,
your feelings are wasted,
tasted the sweetness,
but now you're faced with,
the thought, of being alone
Nor more companionship,
you can handle it,
just abandon it,
leave it behind,
and look for the brighter day
Give it some time,
cause it won't come right away
You gotta be standing strong,
hold on to your dignity
Don't sit around,
saying look what ya did to me
It's time to move on,
you gotta continue
to look for a love,
of a life that's within you
Cupid is dead now,
it's time to rely on,
yourself to cope
You got no shoulder to cry on
DEAD

Friday, November 10, 2006

Ocean's Eleven

VOC Bonds

Image:Vereinigte Ostindische Compagnie bond.jpg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
Ini adalah surat hutang yang membangun perusahaan yang menjajah Indonesia, VOC. Kita berpartisipasi dalam sejarah sekuritas pertama di dunia, dalam peran yang pasif.

Thursday, October 12, 2006

I'm so sleepy

What possessed a person to write this?


CAT STEVENS - I'M SO SLEEPY LYRICS:
I'm So Sleepy Lyrics


I'm so sleepy, yeah
I'm so sleepy, yeah
I could lay my head on a piece of lead
and imagine it was a springy bed
'cause I'm sleepy, sleepy

soon I'm gonna slip away
in the night I feel it creeping, creeping, creeping

I'm so sleepy yeah
I'm so sleepy yeah
I could lay my head on a piece of lead
and imagine it was a springy bed
'cause i'm sleepy, sleepy

I can't keep my mind away from my dreams,
I hear them calling, calling, calling
Soon I'm gonna slip away
Soon I'm gonna slip away
Soon I'm gonna slip away
in the night I'm gonna slip away
I wont fight it, I'll just ride it

I'm so sleepy yeah
I'm so sleepy yeah
I could lay my head on a piece of lead
and imagine it was a springy bed
'cause I'm sleepy, sleepy
yeah

Tuesday, October 03, 2006

Friend

James Taylor | You’ve Got A Friend Lyrics:
We need to feel needed and need to need a friend. It's really simple:

Hey, aint it good to know that youve got a friend?
People can be so cold.
Theyll hurt you and desert you.
Well theyll take your soul if you let them.
Oh yeah, but dont you let them.

Sunday, October 01, 2006

Song of the moment

Song: Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head Lyrics

Raindrops keep fallin' on my head
But that doesn't mean my eyes will soon be turnin' red
Cryin's not for me
'Cause I'm never gonna stop the rain by complainin'
Because I'm free
Nothin's worryin' me

Song: for once in my life

For once in my life I wont let sorrow hurt me
Not like its hurt me before
For once Ive got someone I know wont desert me
And Im not alone anymore

Ke manakah LNG ini?

Indonesia to halve LNG to Japan Observers say move a sign of tough times ahead in energy sector : Business : DAILY YOMIURI ONLINE (The Daily Yomiuri):
Pada saat tuntutan luar negri semakin besar, kita justru menarik ekspor dengan alasan akan memakainya untuk keperluan dalam negri.

Thursday, September 28, 2006

Evil prevail

Tidak ada yang dapat dilakukan seseorang untuk menghentikan kebencian banyak orang.

"They say that evil prevail when good men fail to act. What they ought to say is evil prevail."
Lord of War.

Sunday, September 17, 2006

Don't explain (2)

Ternyata cukup melelahkan juga membuat cerpen yang terakhir. Sambil menulis, aku tidak bisa menahan tangis karena terlalu terlarut di dalam karakter. Aku tidak menyangka akan menanggung beban mental sedemikian berat.

Don't explain

Don't explain
teddy budiwan
10:29 17-09-06

Udara bergerak lambat. Waktu bergerak lambat. Aku hampir tidak bisa bernafas di dalam lembabnya udara di sekitarku, aku bisa merasakan air beterbangan di dalam udara yang kuhirup.
Sudah telat, dan kau belum datang. Aku tidak bisa berpikir, aku tidak berani untuk mulai mengira di mana kau berada. Aku tidak ingin sampai ke kesimpulan yang tidak bisa kuterima sendiri.
Seharusnya kau sudah tiba di dalam waktu yang bisa kuterima di dalam genggamanku. Kita sudah sepakat, kau telah berjanji. Kau juga berjanji untuk akan menepati janjimu. Asuransi untuk kesepakatanku. Mana itu sekarang?
Aku tidak kesal, karena kesal adalah emosiku sepuluh jam yang lalu, dua tahun yang lalu, empat belas tahun lebih tepatnya. Empat tahun awalmu, aku tidak pernah menyia-nyiakan waktu kita berdua. Kau adalah putriku, dan istanaku kubuat mengelilingimu. Empat tahun awalmu. Lalu ketika kau sudah belajar untuk berdiri, kau hancurkan istanaku, duniaku, dan kau tidak pernah berhenti berlari. Aku hanya mampu untuk berhenti marah, mengurut dadaku dan belajar memaafkanmu. Itu memberikanku cukup waktu untuk melihat punggungmu ketika kau pergi dan kembali meninggalkanku.
Apa yang salah? Apa yang kulakukan padamu sehingga kau tidak pernah peduli lagi padaku. Aku memimpikanmu seumur hidupku, menunggumu separuh hidupku untuk menemukan kekecewaan sebagai teman abadiku menunggumu. Menunggumu seperti malam ini. Dan ketika aku sudah hampir tidak mampu menahan kantukku, kau datang di gelap hanya untuk memperdengarkan bantingan pintumu, dengusan nafasmu melihatku, tatapan jijikmu melihatku dan usahamu untuk menepisku.
Tidak. Tidak usah kau habiskan waktu untuk mencari alasan kenapa kau tidak ada di siang dan malamku. Kaulah kesayanganku dan penderitaan hidupku. Tegaklah kau di sana bagai lima menit, puaskanlah dahaga hidupku untuk bersamamu sebentar saja. Aku tidak akan mengganggumu, tunggulah di sana barang dua tiga menit saja, biar kurasakan leganya ruang ini dengan kau di dekatku. Biar kurasakan hidupku lengkap walau untuk sementara. Satu menit lagi saja. Kemudian larilah kau ke kamarmu, dengan petir yang menggelegar dari kakimu dan ujung lenganmu membanting pintu.
Nafasku tidak akan lama. Separuh hidupku telah hilang ketika kau menghembuskan nafas pertamamu di dunia ini. Kaulah separuh lagi hidupku, sisa jiwaku bergantung padamu. Dua tiga menit bersamamu adalah waktu yang berharga bagiku, cukup berharga untuk kutunggu selama hidupku, karena kaulah satu-satunya yang kumiliki darinya, kaulah kebahagian kami.
Tanahku masih basah. Aku tidak tahu apakah itu karena bumi atau airmatamu. Kulihat kau bersama dua permataku, disamping kesatriamu. Kalian tampak indah, sayangku. Tanganmu seperti menggapai-gapai ke arahku. Mencari-cariku. Tangismu menyayat hatiku. Kenapa kau taburkan ini untukku, sayang? Kau menangis seperti ini hanya ketika jari kakimu masih terlalu kecil untuk kuteliti satu-persatu. Kenapa kau tidak mengikhlaskanku? Biarkanlah aku pergi menemui cintaku, pujaan hatiku yang telah mempersembahkan nyawanya untukmu. Selesai tugasku di sini, mempersembahkanmu keluarga yang dapat kau sayangi, kau puja, seperti aku menyembahmu dan menyayangimu sepenuh hatiku, sepanjang hidupku. Aku akan terbang menemui kekasihku, menemuinya seperti janji kami dulu, setelah penat hidup ini kulalui. Aku ingin hakku, aku ingin hidupku penuh kembali. Aku ingin menemui kekasihku kembali. Tak usahlah kau menangis, kami akan tetap memperhatikanmu dari jauh. Sayangku padamu.

Saturday, September 16, 2006

That's all

That's All Lyrics
Artist(Band):Nat King Cole
Review The Song (1) Print the Lyrics


That's All Lyrics


(Alan Brandt, Bob Haymes)

I can only give you love that lasts forever
And a promise to be near each time you call,
And the only heart I own
For you and you alone,
That's all, that's all.


I can only give you country walks in springtime
And a hand to hold when leaves begin to fall,
And a love whose burning light
Will warm the winter night,
That's all, that's all.


There are those, I am sure, that have told you
They would give you the world for a toy.
All I have are these arms to enfold you
------------------------------------
And a love even time can't destroy
-------------------------------------

If you're wondering what I'm asking in return, dear,
You'll be glad to know that my demands are small.
Say it's me that you'll adore
For now and ever more,
That's all, that's all.

Friday, September 08, 2006

Rating bukanlah hal yang penting untuk menarik investasi.

Rating investasi Indonesia yang turun dianggap bukan masalah bagi menteri perekonomian. Mungkin benar kalau investasi yang dimaksud berasal dari rekening yang tadi.

Kurang duit?

The Investor Group:
Artikel ini mengungkapkan sejumlah uang yang ditemukan dari rekening pejabat. Menarik.

Wednesday, September 06, 2006

This little piece of..

Putting the speaker in your ear is not enough, you have to cover the hole space in you ear, leave no air out and pump it all with 100% juice!! Dangerous for bikers and moving people. You have to stay still when using this contraption. Use with caution to your hearing and balance health.
*don't forget to plug it in to one of those black and orange bulky thing that produce the music. You can call people too, but who uses them to call people? You want to ignore people. Posted by Picasa

Monday, September 04, 2006

Si Imut

Gemes ngeliatnya. Posted by Picasa

Kangen

Mendengarkan lagu wild horses, aku kangen Dedetku.

Wild horses

Rolling Stones, sang by alicia keys


Childhood living is easy to do
The things you wanted I bought them for you
Graceless lady you know who I am
You know I cant let you slide through my hands

Wild horses couldnt drag me away
Wild, wild horses, couldnt drag me away

I watched you suffer a dull aching pain
Now you decided to show me the same
No sweeping exits or offstage lines
Could make me feel bitter or treat you unkind

Wild horses couldnt drag me away
Wild, wild horses, couldnt drag me away

I know I dreamed you a sin and a lie
I have my freedom but I dont have much time
Faith has been broken, tears must be cried
Lets do some living after we die

Wild horses couldnt drag me away
Wild, wild horses, well ride them some day

Wild horses couldnt drag me away
Wild, wild horses, well ride them some day

Seribu Tahun

Seribu Tahun
Teddy Budiwan


Rasanya sangat hampa ketika sesuatu menimpa dadaku. Di manakah aku sekarang ini? Kemanakah diriku telah pergi selama ini? Kenapa tak satupun kata-kata muncul dari mulut ini, ketika tiba waktunya aku harus membuktikan sesuatu di depan orang lain?

“Aku harus pergi,” bukanlah pilihan kalimat yang bagus. Aku perlu berada di sini dan menyelesaikan hal ini, seperti dia butuh untuk berada di sini dan menyelesaikan hal ini.

Diam. Sangat biasa, untuk dia.

Aku ngantuk

“Aku ngantuk,” juga bukanlah pilihan yang bagus.

“Jadi gimana?” Itu adalah pilihan yang bagus. Jeleknya, itu datang dari mulutnya, bukan pilihanku. Aku tidak punya banyak waktu untuk merutuk, waktuku benar-benar sempit, inilah saatnya, atau tidak sama sekali.

Tidak sama sekali, jelek sekali kedengarannya. Itu bukan main-main, tidak sama sekali itu benar-benar jelek sekali kedengarannya. Itu sama saja dengan menutup kemungkinan untuk aku memilih tidak, karena titel yang ada di tidak adalah ‘tidak sama sekali’. Itu menegasikan pilihanku untuk merubah pikiran secara permanen.

Itu bukanlah pilihan, itu pemaksaan.

Dan aku terlalu terlarut dengan pikiranku sendiri, ketika dia mulai menghilang. Waktu selanjutnya terisi dengan aku terlalu terpana dengan berlalunya waktu, dan panik karena dia mulai menghilang.

Ketika hanya tinggal sebayangan kepalanya yang jelas, aku berpikir, apakah harus kukatakan.

Bayangannya tidak jelas, yang jelas hanyalah dua tetes air mata yang jatuh. Aku telah terlambat lagi.

Dia pasti kecewa. Ya, aku tahu. Aku, si underachiever, telah beraksi kembali. Bodohnya aku.

Kembali lagi nih, mengisi seribu tahun dengan merutuk dan mengandai-andai-bagaimana-seandainya-iya.

Aku membalikkan badan, menyesal, tapi melangkah dengan cepat.

Aku tidak melihat sebentar tangannya menjadi jelas, dan wajahnya menjadi jelas, memelas, menggapai ke arahku. Sayang, suaranya tidak terdengar. Sebentar saja, bayangannya menjadi jelas, lalu menghilang. Sayang sekali, padahal itu adalah pertanda yang jelas kalau dia juga menginginkannya.

Sayang, aku tidak melihatnya. Aku terlalu sibuk memulai seribut tahun penyesalanku.





Bodohnya penyesalan – Jumat, 07 Desember 2001


Wednesday, August 30, 2006

The sopranos

Tony soprano made his son work on a construction site because he wanted his son to be able to make it on his own. Sounds good for my son.

JFO

http://www.moxon.net/indonesia/indonesian_peace_and_quiet.html

Sometimes I feel what this person is feeling around my neighborhood. I would blame the international (read: American) influence I had back at high school (the name Hanafi from the story "Salah Asuhan" ring any bells?).

Tuesday, August 29, 2006

Festival Kemang

Dedet went to festival kemang last sunday. She came back tired, but she had fun. Isn't she pretty? Posted by Picasa

What if men know what they're doing?

I thought about it. What if they don't? So what. A lot of things I know now is worth next to nothing, in the sense that they don't do me or anybody any good.
It is really hard to be happy. You don't know where to go from there. Coming close to happiness should be the real desired position for every man. You're close to what you want, and everything is just fantastic. You still know what you want, and it's in front of you, a little bit more and you're there.
But then what? I'm already here, people. Where do you go from here?

*This is a really wonderful thought. I should write it. I don't have enough discipline to span in into a book. I should. Posted by Picasa

Monday, August 28, 2006

any given sundays

Orang lain bisa membuatmu sedih dan jatuh, tapi yang kau lakukan adalah menggigit balik, menendang balik, menyerang balik. Jangan setuju dengan pandangan mereka, buktikan mereka salah.

Friday, August 25, 2006

You just gotta give me a chance

In a relationship, it doesn't matter how great a person is to you, there is always something to work on. What should matter is the willingness for each party to give its best effort. Then, whatever the result of that effort, it is only up to the other party to accept the effort and offer it's effort to adapt it's own expectation. Because in conflict resolvement, like more others, is only in the perception.

Yang bikin Taurus nggak hepi

Yang bikin Taurus nggak Happy;

  1. Nggak jadi nomor satu diurusan apapun
  2. Kalau salah ngomong
  3. Berurusan sama si telmi
  4. Kebaikan hatinya dimanfaatin orang lain
  5. Bengong, nggak tau mau ngapain
[email dari ddt]

Darah perawan itu tidak ada

Darah Perawan? Ah Tidak Ada! - KOMPAS CYBER MEDIA: Artikel ini menerangkan kenapa darah perawan itu tidak ada.

Thursday, August 24, 2006

looking for pleasant energy

Lately Dedet and I have lost some interest in our evening time, in short, bored. This circle ensured my mood swing. I'm trying hard to improvise in my daily activities.

Tuesday, August 22, 2006

The sopranos

After taking a load off, Tony gave comment about his therapy session.
tony: you know, sometimes what happens in here is like taking a shit.
psych: yes, okay. Although I prefer to think of it more like childbirth.
tony: trust me. It's like taking a shit.

Friday, August 11, 2006

Is this defending something for higher ground?

DJ EU Criticizes Indonesia Over Planned Executions

BRUSSELS (AP)--The European Union criticized Indonesia on Thursday over the planned executions of three Christian militiamen who took part in religious clashes with Muslims six years ago.

"News of the imminent execution of three Indonesian citizens, which is all the more serious in the light of the fragile equilibrium that exists between different ethnic and religious groups, cannot fail to cause concern to Europe," said Franco Frattini, vice-president of the European Commission.

Capital punishment is banned in the European Union.

The three men are scheduled to be put to death Saturday for their role in the sectarian bloodshed on the island of Sulawesi in 2000 in which 1,000 people died. The fighting was part of a larger war between Muslims and Christians in the neighboring Maluku archipelago in which up to 9,000 perished.

Although clashes petered out by 2001, sporadic attacks on Christians have continued. These included the beheading last year of three Christian schoolgirls.

"We must discourage the culture of death and promote reason, dialogue, reciprocity, understanding and, above all, respect for different societies and religions," Frattini said.

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

August 10, 2006 10:42 ET (14:42


====================


I know hatred is probably a part of human culture and history, but lately I just lose patience over the topic. A religion can be so beautiful on life's perspective. It can also be the worst reason for hating.
We should do something about this.

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I never stood for this, I DON'T CARE what the reason is. Sins aren't YOUR concern, and neither

Monday, August 07, 2006

I wish I have more pictures taken

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Cuek Bebek

Dedet's nephew. According to our culture, children of brothers and sisters from her mother's line are hers. So, stand corrected, it's her daughter. Posted by Picasa

Thursday, August 03, 2006

Don't explain

Lagu ini membuatku merinding ketika pertama kali kudengar Billie Holiday. Ketika aku mendengarkan Herbie dengan dua vokalis membawakannya, aku masih merinding.


Don't explain

Billie Holiday / Arthur Herzog Jr.

Hush now, don't explain
Just say you'll remain
I'm glad your back, don't explain

Quiet, don't explain
What is there to gain
Skip that lipstick
Don't explain

You know that I love you
And what endures
All my thoughts of you
For I'm so completely yours

Cry to hear folks chatter
And I know you cheat
Right or wrong, don't matter
When you're with me, sweet

Hush now, don't explain
You're my joy and pain
My life's yours love
Don't explain

Tuesday, August 01, 2006

Sutan Malano

Vemil saved our reception by keeping the too-much cultured MC off the mike. It was more than three years ago, I can't believe it! These happy days I'm living right now :)

 Posted by Picasa

Monday, July 17, 2006

Rough trade - an article

imp-247 Rough trade for info mengenai prostisusi di pulau karimun, kedua terbesar setelah papua.
Dari http://72.14.235.104/search?q=cache:atR56QazwBQJ:www.petrosea.com/documents/annualreports/Petrosea%2520Annual%2520Report%25202002.pdf+for+sale+karimun+island&hl=id&gl=id&ct=clnk&cd=2&client=firefox-a diperoleh informasi bahwa pulau karimun adalah penghasil granit yang besar.
Pemerintah bekerjasama dengan perusahaan hanoi bali untuk menyelenggarakan kepulauan untuk pariwisata di http://www.viviun.com/AD-9663/
Kalau nggak salah juga ada free trade zone dengan singapur juga.
Great place.

Tuesday, July 04, 2006

Kalau nanti Uda mati

:)
Kadang-kadang pembicaraan yang romantis diawali dengan kalimat ,"Nanti kalau Uda mati.."
Siapa bilang kami tidak dewasa, we're planning ahead.

Monday, July 03, 2006

Forgiveness

Forgiving is allowing yourself to enjoy a song that you once despised. For certain song from a girl who used to wear skirts, that took me 5 years or more.

Tuesday, June 27, 2006

Berburu rusa Raden Saleh, no pictures in google

Couldn't find any pictures in google of the infamous berburu rusa.

What is there, really?

Buffett, Gates unite on $60 billion foundation | Reuters.com:
What does it tell you, a hardworking paving hardly on the way to your dream, that two of the richest people in the world give more than half of their money away to charity?

*as posted in indira

Thursday, June 22, 2006

Canned Oxygen, for sale

Sales of canned oxygen to create fresh market for Seven-Eleven Japan - RapidNewsWire.com:
RapidNewsWire.com
Sales of canned oxygen to create fresh market for Seven-Eleven Japan
Sunday, May 14, 2006 (Mainichi)

Wednesday, June 21, 2006

Turning myself inside out

What could be a running point to a guy like me? Where would I go? I seem to be a mystery to a lot of people, today I confused myself.

Saturday, June 17, 2006

Mos Def lyrics :: Theives In The Night lyrics

Mos Def lyrics :: Theives In The Night lyrics [Talib Kweli]
Yo Dee (What?)
Come on (Yeah..)
What? What? Come on
(Yeah)
Give me the fortune, keep the fame, said my man Louis
I agreed, know what he mean because we live the truest lie
I asked him why we follow the law of the bluest eye
He looked at me, he thought about it
Was like, I'm clueless, why?
The question was rhetorical, the answer is horrible
Our morals are out of place and got our lives full of sorrow
And so tomorrow comin later than usual
Waitin' on someone to pity us
While we findin beauty in the hideous
They say money's the root of all evil but I can't tell
YouknowhatImean, pesos, francs, yens, cowrie shells, dollar bills
Or is it the mindstate that's ill?
Creating crime rates to fill the new prisons they build
Over money and religion there's more blood to spill
The wounds of slaves in cotton fields that never heal
What's the deal?
A lot of cats who buy records are straight broke
But my language universal they be recitin my quotes
While R&B singers hit bad notes, we rock the boat
of thought, that my man Louis' statements just provoked
Caught up, in conversations of our personal worth
Brought up, through endangered species status on the planet Earth
Survival tactics means, bustin gats to prove you hard
Your firearms are too short to box with God
Without faith, all of that is illusionary
Raise my son, no vindication of manhood necessary
[M.D.] Not strong
[T.K.] Only aggressive
[M.D.] Not free
[T.K.] We only licensed
[M.D.] Not compassioniate, only polite
[T.K.] Now who the nicest?
[M.D.] Not good but well behaved
[T.K.] Chasin after death
so we can call ourselves brave?
[M.D.] Still livin like mental slaves
[both] Hidin like thieves in the night from life
Illusions of oasis makin you look twice
[both] Hidin like thieves in the night from life
Illusions of oasis makin you look twice
[Mos Def]
Yo, I'm sure that everbody out listenin agree
That everything you see ain't really how it be
A lot of jokers out runnin in place, chasin the style
Be a lot goin on beneath the empty smile
Most cats in my area be lovin the hysteria
Synthesized surface conceals the interior
America, land of opportunity, mirages and camoflauges
More than usually -- speakin loudly, sayin nothin
You confusin me, you losin me
Your game is twisted, want me enlisted -- in your usary
Foolishly, most men join the ranks cluelessly
Buffoonishly accept the deception, believe the perception
Reflection rarely seen across the surface of the lookin glass
Walkin the street, wonderin who they be lookin past
Lookin gassed with them imported designer shades on
Stars shine bright, but the light -- rarely stays on
Same song, just remixed, different arrangement
Put you on a yacht but they won't call it a slaveship
Strangeness, you don't control this, you barely hold this
Screamin brand new, when they just sanitized the old shit
Suppose it's, just another clever Jedi mind trick
That they been runnin across stars through all the time with
I find it's distressin, there's never no in-between
We either niggaz or Kings
We either bitches or Queens
The deadly ritual seems immersed, in the perverse
Full of short attention spans, short tempers, and short skirts
Long barrel automatics released in short bursts
The length of black life is treated with short worth
Get yours first, them other niggaz secondary
That type of illin that be fillin up the cemetary
This life is temporary but the soul is eternal
Separate the real from the lie, let me learn you
Not strong, only aggressive, cause the power ain't directed
That's why, we are subjected to the will of the oppressive
Not free, we only licensed
Not live, we just excitin
Cause the captors.. own the masters.. to what we writin
Not compassionate, only polite, we well trained
Our sincerity's rehearsed in stage, it's just a game
Not good, but well behaved cause the ca-me-ra survey
most of the things that we think, do, or say
We chasin after death just to call ourselves brave
But everyday, next man meet with the grave
I give a damn if any fam' recall my legacy
I'm tryin to live life in the sight of God's memory
Like that y'all
[Mos Def]
A lot of people don't understand the true criteria of things
Can't just accept the appearance
Have to get the true essence
[Talib Kweli]
They ain't lookin around
[M.D.] Not strong
[T.K.] Only aggressive
[M.D.] Not free
[T.K.] We only licensed
[M.D.] Not compassioniate, only polite
[T.K.] Now who the nicest?
[M.D.] Not good but well behaved
[T.K.] Chasin after death
so we can call ourselves brave?
[M.D.] Still livin like mental slaves
[both] Hidin like thieves in the night from life
Illusions of oasis makin you look twice
[both] Hidin like thieves in the night from life
Illusions of oasis makin you look twice
[both] Hidin like thieves in the night from life
Illusions of oasis makin you look twice
[both] Hidin like thieves in the night from life
Illusions of oasis makin you look twice
[Mos Def (singing)]
Stop hidin, stop hidin, stop hidin your face
Stop hidin, stop hidin, cause ain't no hiding place
* repeat 2X*
(Ad libs to fade)

KOS (Determination)

Mos Def lyrics :: K O S (Determination) lyrics [Talib Kweli]
So many emcees focusin on black people extermination
We keep it balanced with that knowledge of self, determination
It's hot, we be blowin the spots, with conversations
C'mon let's smooth it out like Soul Sensation
We in the house like Japanese in Japan, or Koreans in Korea
Head to Philly and free Mumia with the Kujichagulia TRUE
Singin is swingin and writin is fightin, but what
they writin got us clashin like titans it's not excitin
No question, bein a black man is demandin
The fire's in my eyes and the flames need fannin (3X)
With that what? (Knowledge Of Self) Determination
*repeat 4X*
[singer]
Things I say and do, may not come quite through
My words may not convey just what I'm feelin
[Talib Kweli]
Yes yes come on, yes yes
Knowledge Of Self is like life after death
With that you never worry about your last breath
Death comes, that's how I'm livin, it's the next days
The flesh goes underground, the book of life, flip the page
Yo they askin me how old, we livin the same age
I feel the rage of a million niggaz locked inside a cage
At exactly which point do you start to realize
That life without knowledge is, death in disguise?
That's why, Knowledge Of Self is like life after death
Apply it, to your life, let destiny manifest
Different day, same confusion, we're gonna take this
hip-hop shit and keep it movin, shed a little light
Now y'all bloomin like a flower with the power of the evident
Voices and drums original instruments
In the flesh presently presentin my representation
With that what? (Knowledge Of Self) Determination
*repeat 6X*
- - - - these two parts overlap - - - -
Things I say and do, may not come quite through
My words may not convey just what I'm feelin
*repeat 2X*
[Talib Kweli]
The most important time in history is, NOW, the present
So count your blessings cause time can't define the essence
But you stressin over time and you follow the Roman calendar
These people enter Cona like Gattaca, you can bet
they tryin to lock you down like Attica, the African diaspora
represents strength in numbers, a giant can't slumber forever
I know you gotta get that cheddar whatever
Aiyyo I heard you twice the first time money, get it together
You must be History, you repeatin yourself out of the pages
You keepin yourself depleatin your spiritual wealth
That quick cash'll get your ass quick fast in houses of detention
Inner-city concentration camps where no one pays attention
or mentions the ascension of death, til nothing's left
The young, gifted and Black are sprung addicted to crack
All my people where y'all at cause, y'all ain't here
And your hero's using your mind as a canvas to paint fear
With, broad brush strokes and tales of incarceration
You get out of jail with that Knowledge of Self determination
Stand in ovation, cause you put the Hue in Human
Cause and effect, effect everything you do
and that's why I got love in the face of hate
Hands steady so the lines in the mental illustration is straight
The thought you had don't even contemplate
Infinite like figure eight there's no escape..
From that what? (Knowledge Of Self) Determination
*repeat 4X*
Things I say and do, may not come quite through
My words may not convey just what I'm feelin
*repeat 2X*
..
Things I say and do, may not come quite through
My words may not convey just what I'm feelin
*repeat 2X*
What I'm feelin, what I'm feelin, ooooh, what I'm feelin...

Rise and fall

Kembali, di tengah-tengah perasaan syukur dan senang, aku justru merasa sendiri dan sepi. Aku ingat sesuatu, perasaan sendiri dan kesepian itu justru adalah suatu perasaan yang kita miliki bersama, sebagai satu kaum manusia. Satu saat tertentu, masing-masing dari kita, merasa lepas, tertinggal atau tersesat di dalam tempat yang tidak kita kenal keberadaannya. Tidak ada teman yang menemani kita di sana, dan rasanya amat sepi. Dulu aku suka sekali tenggelam di dalam rasa sepi itu. Kini, setelah aku merasa "lebih lengkap", aku hanya perlu sekali-sekali menjenguk tempat itu, menyapa rasa kesepian itu, kemudian kembali lagi. Selamat sore, sepi.

Friday, June 16, 2006

significant

Significant is having a big impact on you. Some people tend to have that effect. I'm glad they're them.

Thursday, June 15, 2006

some fights

Some fights are better off being left behind, too much effort. A good lesson learned was to realize how onfocus I could get.

Sunday, June 11, 2006

It's about time

I hope some of my friends are out there having their time of their life. Wherever they might be. I'm just sending this wish out to the sky. I wish you all well, people in Aceh, Jakarta, Depok, GB, Japan, US or NZ. I also wish my little heart well also.
I'll just stop posting anymore JC's lyrics, they're to sentimental.
Some times are just passing by. I feel like crying for not having them anymore, but I'm also glad and happy I had those time. I seem to see myself wrap protected in a golden aura, in a very special time and places. These special times I'm remembering, they seem so empowered and matured with time.
I need to get back to my usual grinding ritual. Back to business, getting myself ready for more.
Good night, my friends.



It's About Time

Jamie Cullum

Walking down to the waters edge, where I have been before
If I don’t find my love sometime, I’m walking out that door
Some may come and some may go, but no-one seems to be
The person I’ve been searching for, the one who’s meant for me

Biddin' my time, trying to find the heart that’s lonely
Looking for her, my love, my one and only
Maybe I’ll dream, tonight about the girl, who’ll be coming my way
So I’ll take this chance and celebrate the day
When I’m making my way through an open door
I got some love and so much more
And I’m ready, to make someone mine
Making my way through an open door
I got some love and so much more
And I’ll find her
'cause it’s about time

Tried to hard and it feels just like you’re running on thin air
Why does love happen by surprise, if you don’t really care
The past is gone; the flames are out from fires that have burned
New ideals and different thoughts from lessons I have learnt

Biddin' my time, trying to find the heart that’s lonely
Looking for her, my love, my one and only
Maybe I’ll dream, tonight about the girl, who’ll be coming my way
So I take this chance and celebrate the day
When I’m making my way through an open door
I got some love and so much more
And I’m ready, to make someone mine
Making my way through an open door
I got some love and so much more
And I’ll find her
'cause it’s about time

Got the feeling this could take a pretty long while, to find that smile
I’ll put my faith in another piece of good advice, well I tried that twice
Waiting for a little something more, to inspire, take me higher

And I’m ready to make someone mine
I’m making my way through an open door
I got some love and so much more
And I’ll find her
'cause it’s about time
it's about time (3x)

Lover, You Should Have Come Over Lyrics

This is something that I feel most guys can understand and hopefully not all of them have been through.
There is a feel of depression, but there is also a feel of an interesting stage in one's life. Had you live through it, I hope you got something out of it.
I used to feel this way for Dedet.



Lover, You Should Have Come Over Lyrics
Jammie Cullum


Looking out the door I see the rain fall upon the funeral mourners
Parading in a wake of sad relations as their shoes fill up with water
Maybe I'm too young to keep good love from going wrong
But tonight you're on my mind so you'll never know

I'm broken down and hungry for your love with no way to feed it
Where are you tonight, you know how much I need it
Too young to hold on and too old to break free and run

Sometimes a man he gets carried away, when he feels like he should be having his fun
And he's much too blind to see the damage he's done
Cause sometimes a man must awake to find that really he has no one

So I'll wait for you and I'll burn
Will I ever see your sweet return
Oh will I ever learn

Oh lover, you should've come over
'Cause it's not too late

Lonely is the room, the bed is made, the open window lets the rain in
Burning in the corner is the only one who dreams he had you with him
My body turns and yearns for a sleep that won't ever come

Sometimes a man he gets carried away, when he feels like he should be having his fun
And he's much too blind to see the damage he's done
Cause sometimes a man must awake to find that really he has no one

So I'll wait for you and I'll burn
Will I ever see your sweet return
Oh will I ever learn

Oh lover, you should've come over
'Cause it's not too late
'Cause it's not too late

Stress of a Father, stress of a man

What hurts a father, a man, the most, is knowing there is nothing you can do do avoid, ease or heal the pain that befalls on them. That hurt stays.
I can't imagine that pain.

Friday, June 02, 2006

asylum

Some people retreat when they're exhausted. I have, upon many things, Fatboy Slim. I shall head out to a peaceful place and return positive and energyzed.

Certification

Some journeys are ment to be hard and long. There is nothing to do but follow them. And my path is not that hard, many people succeeded doing it. All I have to do is do it.