what would you do on a blurry period when you're confused on just about everything, don't know where to go and too broke to 'spa' it all off?

me, i change my blog skin ^___^

so, this is what, the 9th or 10th skin i'm using... who keeps counts anyway.

for those of you open source warriors: KAOSGIK

~yang freeBSD luthu >.<

wan·der·lust n.
--A very strong or irresistible impulse to travel.

one life, no plan, many adventures
--The Travelrag tagline


someday, my passport will be my best friend.
someplace, i'll experience..
somehow, i'll get there

Jess is back !!! ^^

I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them.
-- Isaac Asimov, US science fiction novelist & scholar (1920 - 1992)

The most overlooked advantage to owning a computer is that if they foul up there's no law against wacking them around a little.
--Joe Martin, Porterfield, US cartoonist

The most likely way for the world to be destroyed, most experts agree, is by accident. That's where we come in; we're computer professionals. We cause accidents.
--Nathaniel Borenstein, US programmer (1957 - )

Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.
--Pablo Picasso, Spanish Cubist painter (1881 - 1973)

The computer is a moron.
--Peter Drucker, American (Austrian-born) management writer (1909 - 2005)

To err is human--and to blame it on a computer is even more so.
--Robert Orben

Reuni SDN Tugu X angkatan '96


kok jadi kearasa sempit ya? dulu padahal gue puas banget lari2an di lapangan ini...


most frequent lines:

AAAAHHHH...., [insert name here] !!! (followed by cupika-cupiki, of course)

lo jadi kurus/gendut banget !! (gladly i didn't receive any line resembling this ^^)

lo di mana sekarang ?

err, lo siapa ya ? (without shame or guilt whatsoever)

kyaa... ada artis !!


a sinetron actor, self-proclaimed gaptek and had a crush on me back in white-red days:
» lo di mana sekarang, fikom ?
moi:
» faSILkom, komputer
the actor, bewildered:
» nga-PAA-in ??
moi, shrugging:
» suka..


moi:
» gimana kehidupan rumah tangga?
the only married girl attending, elementary school teacher as profession:
» duh, siangnya mah ga enak banget.. listrik blum dibayar nih. gue ikutan ini kudu jual panci dulu! tapi malemnya, enak...
(should've guessed that one ^^)


it was fun! some have changed drastically, some stay the same. thx to Ririn, our PR-gal for organizing this. hope we can do it again some other time.


~more photos here

housing
inc.

furniture

insurance (robbery/fire/flood)

wahing machine

microwave oven

air conditioners

vacuum cleaner

dishwasher

cuttelery

cooking appliance (may not use it, but hell, it's kinda mandatory)

home theatre

electric, cable TV, broadband internet access bills

transport
inc.

car (preferably automatic transmission, power steering)

car insurance

periodic tune up

gas and toll money

investment
inc.

retirement fund

education funds (for self and other prospective receivers.. okay, kids, if someday they decide to pop up)

health insurance

business capital (in case i ever get sick of being a subordinate)

leisures
inc.

yearly vacation

wardrobe


it may be a good idea to compile a business plan for each of our futures, complete with cash flow prediction, depreciation calculation, partnership participation (should there be any), business model (i.e. what you do to make money) and all that jazz, but not now.. however, you're welcome to add up some other items of you own.

For the first time, i caught the lyrics from Stacie Orrico's Hesitation and i felt a jab in the gut. Funny how life finds a way to tease me..

Why do, you spend all your time
Watching life pass you by, hanging on to your pride
All that, you can anticipate
Hoping all your mistakes will somehow fade away
What are you to do with this?
It's either hit or miss
You know the answer now
Come and give your heart away

Bridge:
I know you hurt inside
I know the reason why
Don't wait a moment
Come on and give your life away

Chorus:
Why the hesitation
God is ever waiting
Gotta stop procrastinating
Can you feel with me?
Why the hesitation?
You can pick your destination
The risk is so worth taking
Can you hear me?

Your heart will never be the same
Giving up promises, letting go on easy ways
When will, you ever realize
Letting go all your lies, all the pain will subside
What're you gonna do with this?
It's either hit or miss
You know your answer now
Come on give your heart away

I know you hurt inside
I know the reason why
Don't wait a moment
Come on and give your life away

Why the hesitation
God is ever waiting
Gotta stop procrastinating
Can you feel with me?
Why the hesitation?
You can pick your destination
The risk is so worth taking
Can you hear me? x2

Would you
It's so easy
So why you say
You're too busy
You know you need Him
Come on give your heart away
Fly away
Wasting time
Hesitating
You know you need Him
Are you ready to be free?

Why the hesitation
God is ever waiting
Gotta stop procrastinating
Can you feel with me?
Why the hesitation?
You can pick your destination
The risk is so worth taking
Can you hear me?

What you need, what you need
What you want, what you want
What you need, what you need
What you want, what you want
I'm just wondering

Why the hesitation
God is ever waiting
Gotta stop procrastinating
Can you feel with me?
Why the hesitation?
You can pick your destination
The risk is so worth taking
Can you hear me? x3

hehehehe...
~still in denial..

Ananda Mikola, Champion of F3 Asia Overall Class, currently defending Indonesia in A1GP

Moreno Soeprapto, Champion of F3 Asia Promotion Class

Alexandra Asmasoebrata, Champion of Formula Campus

Congrats !!!
i'm in love with you all... ^^

there is a war going on. i, apparently, am a member of a community seemingly and outspokenly defending one side of the war. i have no problem with defending the rights of my brothers and sisters, but when in the group prayer the leader led us to wish the detruction of the opposite party of the war, i flinched.

whatever happens to giving the other cheek?

i have been taught to forgive.
i have been told to put mercy, even to the enemy.
for goodness sake, i have been told to pray for deliverance and forgiveness to the very people that torture me.

call me naive, but praying for the destruction of the whole lot of people who apparently belong to the community, even when they have nothing to do with the war whatsoever, just does not seem right. even more disheartening, the prayer was delivered in the most forgiving day of the year after a long speech on how a forgiving soul will go straight to heaven.

spare my limited knowledge, but putting a totally religous cause over this heavily political issue also does not seem right. i understand it is hard to give out love to the entity responsible of causing a lot of blood spilled. however, i do not think building blind hatred would solve anything.

therefore, instead of saying amen to the prayer of destruction, i silently prayed for protection to the people living in the battlefield, for sucessful peace diplomacy, for the bombing and fiery dispute to be over and i wish for those who have failed to see a peaceful day to be put in heaven.

amen.