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28 April 2008 | 21:47:56 PM

Listening: Matchbox Twenty - If You're Gone

It's the end of April! Time went by so fast these days.

I haven't been blogging much, but I'm not exactly gone. I update my Flickr more frequent lately (with stock of old photos, but an update is still an update :P)

Work is the same as always; although it's a bit calmer now than the deadline-hell from before LOL. For the past week I'm occupied with my cousin and niece staying at my place. My niece is now obsessed with Edo, which is really cute (and Edo is being such a great boy, just sitting there patiently while the niece pokes / pounces / pulls / drools / pulls him).

Speaking about obsession. My latest addiction would defintely be Grey's Anatomy. Yeah yeah, I know I'm a bit late on jumping the bandwagon, but gotta admit it's a great show. I caught it accidently on JakTV a couple of weeks ago, and I'm hooked straight away. And since then I've been watching it religiously every Saturday evening (JakTV is doing a double-episode per week) :D I'm now up to the beginning of season 2. I want to get the DVD, but haven't got the chance to go to my usual DVD place so for now I'm perfectly intent on waiting for every Saturday to come.

And to make things better, Grey's got great soundtracks. Just like things with House, I'm now busy tracking down the songs they used on the episodes I've watched. Hee. I can be freaky when obsessing over things.

Hee.

A lyrical entry.

07 April 2008 | 21:59:50 PM

Love love LOVE the lyric.

Can you describe the moment when two people fall in love?
Some say the clouds will spin in circles and the rain will turn to doves
The poor will start to laugh, even the rich will start to cry
It can sneak up like a soldier, it can wake you up at night

That's what I feel when I'm standing here with you
That's what my heart has sworn to be true

This is love
It's written on my face
It's the way I lean my body towards you
Even when I'm a hundred miles away
This is love
Like a diamond in the sand
It took so long to find you
I can't wait another day to say
This is love

You take my imperfections, you turn them into art
If I could change one thing about you, there would be no place to start
You are safety without numbers, you are dangerously wild
But you're sweeter than rock candy, and you ease my inner child
That's what I feel when I'm standing here with you
That's what my heart has sworn to be true

This is love
It's written on my face
It's the way I lean my body towards you
Even when I'm a hundred miles away
This is love
Like a diamond in the sand
It took so long to find you
I can't wait another day to say
This is love

Now I'm no easy angel, and I'm moody like the wind
I am impatient, complicated, I am fragile deep within
But you're no fool, and I'm no little girl
Have we not found there's love in the world?

This is love
I said it's written on my face
It's the way I lean my body towards you
Even when I'm a hundred miles away
This is love
Like a diamond in the sand
It took so long to find you
I can't wait another day to say
This is love

-- Kelly Rowland {This Is Love}

Planning ahead.

03 April 2008 | 22:30:56 PM

Listening: Melee - Built To Last

Speaking of plans, I had planned a somewhat-catchy opening paragraph for this entry. But alas, I forgot :P

I think we all have plans on daily basis. It could something basic like what to eat for lunch, or where to go this weekend. Sure, from time to time we could get spontaneous and do a spur-of-the-moment kind of thing, but most likely we make plans.

For me, I'm the kind of person who ponders what to eat for lunch and dinner even before she has breakfast. You may think that I'm the planner-kind (even though Boh would just say "BOKUS!"), but here's where it gets confusing. I was the little kid without an answer to the "what do you wanna be when you grow up?" question. I had no idea, and no plans whatsoever, where I would get a job after I graduated. I just sort of go where life takes me, and here I am.

However, I could never absolutely do something like that for much smaller things. Take holiday trips, for example. Tales of family and friends who dared to go on a trip without hotel reservations totally freaked me out. I did something like that a couple of times actually, and prefer not to do it again unless it can't be avoided. I like carefully-planned trips, I think it gives me some sense of security.

Now the question is: when is the right time to plan? I found out that if you plan too far ahead, you'd tend to build up expectations. And when things don't go as you expected them to be or there are things that suddenly come up, the disappointments can be too much to handle. However, if you plan just before the actual event takes place, you might miss out on opportunities, like finding out the fried chicken you've been craving is sold out, or not getting the early-bird discounts. I have yet to find the 'just right' timing for this question.

If you have the answer to tonight's big question, please let me know. I seriously need help :P

On a completely random topic, for some reason my Winamp (which is on shuffle mode) had played this Melee song three times (!) while I'm writing this entry. I think it begs to be posted? I like the straight-forward lyric, so there you go.

I've looked for love in stranger places,
but never found someone like you.
Someone whose smile makes me feel I've been holding back,
and now there's nothing I can't do.

'Cause this is real, and this is good.
It warms the inside just like it should,
but most of all it's built to last.

All of our friends saw from the start.
So why didn't we believe it too?
Whoa yeah, now look where we are.
You're in my heart now.
And there's no escaping it for you.

'Cause this is real, and this is good.
It warms the inside just like it should,
but most of all it's built to last.

-- Melee {Built To Last}

Addictions.

27 March 2008 | 22:43:48 PM

Would it be surprising if I tell you that I'm addicted to my work? Heh, maybe not :P

Anyway, today I just picked up my prize for having my photo published on this month's CHIP Foto-Video magazine. Not one, but two, BENQ digital cameras (different models though). I don't really use them so I'm putting both on sale. If you're interested you can let me know, starting price is only Rp 1,000,000 ;)

For the last couple of days, I started to feel that I am indeed getting old(er) - in this case, in a physical way. Working until dawn is becoming a problem, as I can't exactly recover as fast as I used to :P Whatever happened to the BeyondSKY who used to be able to stay up for 50+ hours and still have enough energy to do things? That was only 4-5 years ago, by the way. Hrrrmmmm.

Moving on to another topic not quite related to age, I actually have a knack for classic games. Newer games just don't interest me that much. During the 4-days weekend last week, I played Theme Hospital and Harvest Moon almost whenever I'm at home (which is a lot). Before that I found a playable copy of Cobra Mission (a very old DOS game). And today I just finished downloading Sim City 3000, which I'm going to install after I write this entry :D

Oh. Another addiction: Diptychs! As can be seen on my latest Flickr photostream, LOL.

Fenomena Plastik

16 March 2008 | 11:27:01 AM

Listening: Snow Patrol - Grazed Knees

Kemaren pas lagi liat2 Kaskus, nggak sengaja nemu thread tentang Carrefour yang katanya gak nyediain kantong kresek lagi, dan kalo mau pake kantong plastik harus bayar Rp 2000 (mungkin per kantong). Gue sendiri jarang belanja ke Carrefour (secara biasanya yang belanja nyak/babe gue), jadi nggak tau sistem ini udah dilakuin di Jakarta juga apa belom. Waktu itu gue pernah baca di Surat Pembaca Kompas tentang kantong kresek di Carrefour, tapi dari yang gue tangkep itu cuman masalah kurangnya briefing karyawan aja jadi informasinya nggak jelas.

Gue sendiri mendukung banget langkah Carrefour. Mungkin orang2 yang bisanya ngeluh nggak ada kresek nggak sadar kalo kantong plastik itu butuh 1000 tahun buat terurai dengan tanah. Gue sendiri ngerasa kalo di Indonesia itu penggunaan kantong plastik ekstrim banget, apa2 diplastikin. Nggak usah supermarket2, bahkan department stores kayak Metro atau Rimo juga menurut gue berlebihan banget pake kantong plastiknya. Biasanya mereka ngebungkus belanjaan per jenis item dulu dengan kantong plastik yang lebih tipis, baru dimasukkin lagi ke shopping bag yang juga plastik. Biasanya gue selalu minta untuk cuma pake 1 kantong aja, ato kalo emang bisa dimasukin ke tas ya nggak usah diplastikin. Tapi kadang udah dibilangin juga teteeep aja dimasukin ke kantong plastik yang tipis itu dulu *sigh*. Belom lagi kalo ke pasar-pasar tradisional ato ke toko2 kecil, hobinya pake kantong kresek warna item yang menjijikkan banget itu.

Emang susah ngerubah kebiasaan. Kalo berubah dikit, bisanya pada komplen. Padahal ntar kalo banjir, ato ada bencana alam, bisanya ya ngeluh lagi ngeluh lagi. Salahin sana sini, tapi nggak pernah nyadar kalo sendirinya ternyata nggak ngelakuin apa-apa juga untuk mencegah itu. Memang nggak semua orang se-ignorant mereka2 yang bisanya cuman mengeluh itu, banyak juga yang udah mulai sadar lingkungan. Tapi ya itu, jumlahnya masih kalah banget sama yang nggak pedulian.

Dulu waktu gue SD, waktu supermarket setau gue baru ada HERO sama Jameson di deket rumah gue doang, kayaknya kalo belanja suka dikasih kardus bekas buat ngegotong belanjaan. Di Makro juga dari dulu nggak pernah dikasi kantong plastik seinget gue. Tapi ya karena udah kadung dimanjain sama kantong kresek, jadilah orang2 mulai kolokannya.

Satu lagi, orang sini (Indo) kayaknya terkesima banget sama penggunaan brown paper bag (kraft bag) itu ya, secara kayak di pilem-pilem katanya. Lupa kali ya, kalo paper bag itu kan bikinnya sama kayak kertas, yang adalah menebang pohon. Dan dari gue baca-baca, mbikinnya juga pake chemical process yang nggak ramah lingkungan banget. Jadi yaa nggak bisa dijadiin solusi juga sebenernya.

Paling bener solusinya menurut gue ya itu, pake kantong kain yang bisa di-reuse. Jadi kalo ke supermarket bawa sendiri aja. Sebenernya nggak repot juga kalo udah terbiasa. Kalo kardus juga gue masih setuju, karena biasanya orang nggak langsung buang kardus gitu aja. Kalopun dibuang biasanya masih ada orang (pemulung) yang ngambil lagi buat dipake ulang. Intinya sih kesadaran sendiri aja lah. Jangan bisanya cuma mengeluh, mengeluh dan mengeluh.

Kenapa banjir? Kenapa tsunami? Kenapa gempa?
Karena.........