Tuesday, November 30, 2004

December is coming

Mood :

Music : I'm free - Creed

At last, the last day of this month before passing to december (wee... i love december). Counting my last day in here, still 2 weeks. At least i can enjoy this 2 weeks, can watched 10 eps of digimon, laying around in the house, watching tv, playing videogames, surfing internet, went to m2m (can do this twice), and whatever i like to do.

I already got my password filled with new visa, my mom took it for me yesterday, cuz at that time i thought it's already to late, so i said that we take it the day after, but my mom said always do what can you do now, so she went alone, and also the time that given to take the password is short, less than 45 minutes, later than that you must wait for the next day.

Today my friend came, just to return some pc games of mine, he just finished his class and went to my house. As usual he playing games, still addicted to tycoon games, but now he play zoo tycoon instead rollercoaster tycoon, show him jurassic park operation genesis, first time he seem didnt intererested, but before he went home he borrowed the game, and also read manga that i recently downloaded after that i told him, if i didnt told he would probably went home sooner. Because of that he ate in my home too. He went home around less than half past eight.

Today also i uninstaled all the games in my computer, now it's clean. Actually i get bored playing all those games, been tried old games like black&white and age of empires 2, alas it wont work. Now i have nothing to do except goin for the internet, still thinking old games that i wanna to play that probably work in my computer. (Hoping that someone will buy me a ps2 before i go)

Sunday, November 28, 2004

As usual

Mood :

Music : Dont worry, be happy - Bobby McFerryn

Just got myself naruto, bleach and also a few yakitate!!! chapters today, yakitate finished recently. Sure it takes a long time when using a dial up, naruto only have 1 chapters and can easily downloaded via direct download, bleach to have 2 chapters but you only get from irc, and for yakitate! only avalaible on torrent (because it's release recently, direct download version will be release a few day after). Whole day i used to d/l, the longest one was yakitate!, 25 mb in size and contain 8 chapters (104-111), start around 2-3 pm, finished around before 8 pm, the same time Lilo & Stich ended, yeah i left the computer and watched tv after saw that disney channel showing lilo & stich, why bother sitting in front of computer, but i always check time to time to make sure it's okay or not disconnect.

Still playing RCT2, there are a lot of new scenario to play with, a lot of scenery/theme to put, and also there are new ride from the expansion, but i think they all the same one, only given variation and theme. I just love all the new park, they own song on their own, also have their themed rides that suit to the current park, and the prebuild rides are great, i always use them, never build my own coaster, to lazy, besides if i build myself, somehow what nobody will get in so it just wasting money imo. (money???whatz that???)
Not to mention, i still plying nfsu2, got the new save game, and it's 100% complete, it unlock the wide bodykits that previous save game didnt, also there are new bodykits, rims, spoiler, and decals/vinyls. Every car look different to the application of widebody kits, not all the car looks good in it, only a few of them, and also the widebody cant be use in the SUV, only sedan can wear them.

And today i forgot to go to church, because i overslept and no one wakes me up. I think my mother went for the morning one. Tommorow i will pick my visa, and the day after tommorow will go to the aminef for briefing, and the day after that it will be december (wee.....). I love this month, a holy month, beside my birthday, my big sister birthday also in december, there are christmas followed by newyear. Lastly i have still have 2 weeks more to have fun as much as i can, if possible i want to buy ps2, hopefully my parents will buy me one.

widebody celica, it looks like f360 modena Posted by Hello

Saturday, November 27, 2004

Expansion anyone???

Mood :

Music : New Future - Myco (Full Moon Ed)

Today I went to M2M again, i went a little bit late cause i have to wait my friend came to my house, he ussualy came around 4 o'clock but came late 1/2 hour later, so we went around half past 4. The sky is cloudy at that time, encounter a small rain but not for long before it stoped completely but still cloudy. Myself dont have anything particular to buy, but since we already there, there's nothing wrong just looking around. I and my friend part in the brigde, he wants to go to Sinar Meta store, i'm to lazy to walk there cause it's located in the building accros, we have to walk a little bit further, not to mention it's located in the old building (not in the mall), it doesnt have an air conditioning, not to mention the small path, cramped with the seller, people walking, dirty path, sometimes we can smell strange aroma, etc.

Apart from there, i went to pc games store, looking around for a new games one after another store, sure there's a lot a game i want to buy, i mean it there's a lot i want to but after thinking that i dont have computer that are "good enoough" to run the latest games, plus the expensive price -> say good bye..... X_X. But it'll be waste if i dont buy something, since my mother gave me some money so i decided to buy 2 games and i picked the expansion of RCT2, Wacky Worlds and Time Twister, it only cost me Rp50.000, still had 50k left, i dont want to spent all the money, there is still next week or maybe i'll buy ragnarok voucher. After that i wait in the main hallway, just sitting there waiting (for a long time), actually i must hurry go home because my mother need the car at 7 o'clock, i myself have no problem with that but i forgot to tell my friend, all the time are wasted waiting for my friend, and i cant just left him there. Lastly I met him around 6.30 when i plan to go home, just before i went to parking lot. In the end there not enough time, so my mother decided to take taxi.

Went home around 10 minutes past 7, the road has a lilttle traffic but it's okay, and went straight to the computer and you guess it, install the game (wee....). Play the game, actually not me playing, my friend was, he also liked RCT after i shown him making custom coaster, after that he borrowed the game from me and became addicted. He play for a while from we back from m2m to around 10 o'clock, after that went home because it's already late for him, maybe his mother will scold him coming home late. I think thats all today unless you want the detail about the game :P, end of story.

Friday, November 26, 2004

Let's learn english

Mood :

Music : Hey Jimmy! -Hav

Boring......., that's what i think in my mind, nothing to do. Day by day have same rutinity, watching digimon in animax, and playing computer games. Actually I really want a PS2 badly, i wanna play an rpg games, somehow feel boring playing computer over and over (though there is certain game that can make me stay for an hour or more). I hope i can get those before i go to the us, of course with a lot of games.

Actually right now i dont have a mood or neat to sit in front of computer, cuz now i feel tired and sleppy because of playing game whole day (almost) yesterday. But I have "thing" to do first, thought not necessary but somehow in my brain tell me to do it. That thing is filing my blog, I regularly fill my blog ( yep, this page that you're reading now, although i doubt there are someone read this), and somehow it became habit, always post when i have time, thought also depend in my mood.

, i forgot to take screenshots from ragnarok, cuz today the voucher is expired (most likely, forgot when last time fill the voucher). But I still have some of old screenshot, there are my monk, alchemist(deleted), merchant (new one), arcer(old), dancer(old) but doesnt have a screenshoot of my priest character, probably i will buy a new voucher if i have time, wanna spend all the zenny before the account is deleted. Sigh, but i'll keep my promise, i will post the screenshot before i go. (anyone want my account???)

He..he.. sorry I suddenly wrote in english, i am practicing my english (writing one), cuz everyday i only hear a lot of english conversation in tv, and i cant catch the meaning very well, thought not all the show really hard to follow, there are easier one like anime/cartoon. I myself still need polishing my english skill, i think my english skill (writen or oral) still not good enough, i have diffilcuty speak english clearly, maybe because of my style of speaking fast. Also i never talk to foreingner directly, I rarely speak english, only speak in occasional event like when i attended an english class for TOEFL preparation, sometimes speak english to myself, repeating the words that are shown in the tv, etc. I think thats all, correct me if there are any mistake, and any miss spelling cuz i'm still learning.

Thursday, November 25, 2004

Ga ada 3, 2 pun jadi

Mood :

Music : Rewrite - Asian Kungfu Generation (Alchemist Op4)

Maksud gw diatas mainin Rollercoaster Tycoon 2, berhubung kalau main yang RCT3 jalannya sendet di komputer gw, terpaksa beralih ke seri sebelumnya. Jeda 2 hari ga ngisi, gara2 keasikan main RCT2, kangen main RCT sih pengen buat rollercoasternya, ada kenikmatan sendiri kalau main game jenis tycoon, betah berlama-lama didepan komputer jadinya. Untuk NFSU2 sendiri masih main, tapi udah ga sering2, lama2 bosen juga karena terkesan repetitif.

Kemarinnya kemarin udah drop password di US Embassy, asli lama banget, gw kira cuma drop biasa aja, eh ternyata pakai antri segala karena setelah drop pssword kita harus dapat semacam kartu tanggal pengambilannya lagi dan gw dapat yang tanggal 29 nanti. Yang mau drop password banyak yang rata2 kebanyakan cowo semua(???), dan yang memperlama prosedurnya gara2 cuma ada satu loket yang melayani. Disana ketemu anak sebaya gw yang mau kuliah keluar juga, gw sendiri ga banyak chit-chat sama dia, dia cuma bilang alasan dia balik lagi gara2 kelupaan bawa I20-nya, karena tadi pagi dia kelupaan bawa. Gw masuknya sendiri ke embassy kira2 jam 1/2 2, keluarnya kira2 jam 4 kurang, dan itupun masih ada yang nungguin pula.

Soal keberangkatan gw, masih tetep sih nanti tanggal 13 desember, cuma yang berangkat hanya gw sendiri, nyokab gw ga ikut gara2 susah dapat tiket pulangnya. Jadi gw berangkat kesana sendirian, nanti di sanfransisco ketemu kk co gw yang nganterin gw ke ohio. Agak nervous juga sih, soalnya ga pernah pergi sendirian apalagi keluar negeri, dan lagipula gw pergi2 keluar negeri juga udah lama, takut nanti ada apa2. Gw pribadi sendiri sih agak takut, tapi gw harus bisa, udah gede gw (ntar desember 21th). Dan kata nyokan gw, refund tiket nyokab gw bisa gw pakai buat beli komputer katanya, gw pribadi sih mau beli PS2 untuk jangka pendeknya, semoga hal ini terkabul sebelum gw pergi.

Monday, November 22, 2004

Weee..... I love monday!!!

Mood :

Music : Lean Back - Fat Joe & Terror Squad

Temen "biasa" gw datang hari ini, udah rencana memang, tadi niatnya sabtu tapi dia ga bisa gara2 ditempatnya hujan jadi pindahin hari ini. Tujuan dia datang ke rumah gw biasa buat pergi ke m2m, datang sih siang sekitar jam 2-an, tapi berangkatnya jadi molor jam 4-an, gara2 gw bilang gw udah d/l manga baru dan dia jadinya baca dulu. Gara2 ini gw jadi ga sempat nonton digimon, karena berangkatnya aja jam 4 kurang jadi mana keburu nonton. Ke m2m sendiri tujuan utamanya dia ke "sm", berhubung lewat butik dulu (lihat manga dulu) jadi ke butik dulu cari anime, dan gara2 di butik sendiri dia belanja kebanyakan jadi bugdet buat ke "sm" abis, akhirnya batal niatnya ke "sm". Beli anime juga gw sih tapi ga banyak, cuma unhabited planet survivor vol 12-13, sama kenran butousai vol 6. Judul yg teman gw beli beck, yakitate, tactics, fantastic children (klo ga salah), samurai7, sama gseed destiny. Pulang ke rumah, nonton the simpsons, baru nonton animenya. Dan hampir lupa dia kali ini datangnya ga seperti biasa pakai motor, gara2 motornya lagi di servis, jadi dia naik bus.

Kemarin juga sempat d/l lagu2, memang lagi niat cari soundtracknya dari nfsu2 sama film2nya disney. Dapat lumayan banyak lagu untuk soundtracknya nfsu2, dapat 2 soundtracknya disney tarzan yg dinyanyiin phil collins. Lupa bilang kalau gw downloadnya pakai program p2p baru, bukan pakai Kazza Lite lagi, kali ini pakai Ares, karena isunya sih KLite udah mati (ga tahu mati atau ga), tapi ada KLite Ressurection, yup namanya pakai tambahan ressurection, ga jelas juga sih apa mereka masih orang yg buat klite atau grup baru yang nerusin projek ini, gw sendiri sih belum nyobain makainya soalnya udah keburu d/l Ares waktu itu. But not to worry, masih banyak cara mencari lagu di internet, mati satu tumbuh seribu.

PS2, yup gw mau ps2 nih, mau minta beliin sebelum gw berangkat ke US tanggal 13 nanti. Bisa mati bosen gw disana, ga ada komputer (cc gw ada laptop sih), ga ada internet cepat (ga tahu ada koneksi intenet atau ga), ga ada games, ga ada anime, tapi masih ada tv :P. Doain aja permintaan gw dikabulkan sebelum gw berangkat yah.

Sunday, November 21, 2004

Gereja,Hujan,Friendster and Sasser

Mood :

Music : Blackbetty - Spiderbait

Ahhh minggu, baru pulang gereja nih soalnya tadi masuk yang jam 8 pagi dan selesainya 1.5 jam kemudian, pas mau keluar gereja malah hujan lebat jadi kepaksa nungguin sebentar sampai reda dikit, untungnya tukang parkirnya udah kenal en dipinjemin payung. Seperti biasa pulang gereja bakal ga lengkap kalau ga beli sesuatu dan kali ini beli roti di saint anna, memang ga selalu roti sih karena ada beberapa makanan favorit kaya dunkin donuts, mie yang di jalan cendana, miebihun bakso yg jualan di depan gereja t27a, kalau ga beli di gereja.

Kemarin sabtu, ga pergi kemana-mana, ada temen gw datang, gw sih ga nyangka bakal ada yang datang. Memang sih akhirya ga jadi pergi kemana-mana, nongkrong aja jadinya didepan komputer. Mayoritas sih kepakai buat surfing di friendster, teman gw yg ini memang masih "buta" soal internet, kemarin baru buat alamat email sama account di friendster. Soal friendster sendiri gw ga gitu antusias, maklum gw lebih seneng menyendiri, gw ga mencari teman, lebih prefer dicari teman. Daripada masuk friendster gw lebih seneng buat jurnal/blog/website kaya gini, nulis apa yang gw suka, buat self amusement gw sendiri.

Sasser strikes back!!!! gw sendiri masih belum yakin apa komputer gw kena virus sasser, kemarin sih sempat muncul gejalanya beberapa kali dimana komputernya bakal muncul pesan error yang mengacu ke lssas.exe dan bakal shutdown dalam 60 detik, sejak kemunculan pertamanya gw udah yakin ini pasti virus. Cuma anehnya dari kemarin malam ga pernah muncul lagi sampai sekarang, udah d/l critical updatenya sama sasser removal dan setelah gw cek pakai 3 program: stinger, avast, sama dari microsoft malah nihil hasilnya ga kedeteksi adanya sasser infection. Virus ini sebenarnya udah lama, berhubung gw baru install fresh windows dan belum update semua critical updatenya (belum ada sp1&2) kemungkinan keserang virus waktu konek internet pasti ada.

Hampir lupa, kalau di NFSU2 ada Toyota Corolla AE86 alias Trueno atau Hachi Roku, bagi yang pernah nonton Initial D (mobil yang dipakai tokoh utama) atau suka lihatin japan drifting pasti tahu, mobil lama sih, hatchback dan modelnya blocky, tapi udah menyandang mesih 2.0 DOHC. Somehow what sampai sekarang masih dipakai aja ini mobil.

Friday, November 19, 2004

NFSU2 keren

Mood :

Music : soundtracknya NFSU2

Sesuai topic, dari kemarin lagi asik main NFSU2. Kemarin saking bosennya ga bisa ngapa2in akhirnya pergi ke m2m juga buat beli game. Lumayan jalan kesana agak sepi, tapi begitu udah sampai disananya kelihatan malnya ramai, masuknya aja sempat ngantri (gw parkir di m2m malnya, bukan gedung sebelahnya), parkir basementnya bisa dibilang sangat penuh dan untung aja gw dapat parkir. Di malnya sendiri di lantai2 tertentu rame banget khususnya lantai 2&3 dimana kebanyakan toko2 cd sama yg jualan dvd. Cuma beli 3 game berhubung hargaya mahal sih @25k /cd, tapi apa bolehbuat beli juga. Abis beli langsung pulang kerumah dan lo tahu sendiri kelanjutnanya :P

Selain NFSU2 gw juga beli Zoo Tycoon 2 sama Rollercoaster Tycoon 3. Enak mainin game2 jenis tycoon bikin betah berlama-lama, apalagi sandbox modenya. Game pertama yang gw install Zoo Tycoon 2, instalasi berjalan lancar, tapi pas mau loading gamenya keluar message bahwa processor gw ga memenuhi requirementnya (mintanya 733Mhz), bisa sih masuk tapi jalannya bakal ga normal. Pas masuk dan setelah bikin profile, abis itu ditawarin main tutorialnya, loading screen abis itu. Sayangnya loading screennya pas selesai ga ada reksi apa2 tetap aja di kondisi seperti itu dan harus di restart kalau udah gitu, jeleknya lagi kadang2 bisa keluar error message dan abis itu dibuang ke window lagi. Udah gw coba beberapa kali hasilnya nihil, gw rasa sih akibat processor gw dibawah minimum requirementnya, kesel akhirnya langsung gw uninstall. Game kedua yg gw install Rollercoaster Tycoon 3, bisa masuk dan jalan lancar, dan gw langsung mainin yg sandbox modenya, pertama sih jalannya lancar, tapi kalau udah bangun beberapa permainan bakal kerasa lagnya, semakin banyak permainan bakal semakin lag, apalagi kalau bangun rollercoaster dijamin bakal lag. Jalan sih jalan, tapi lagnya bikin stress dan bikin gw jadi males main. Terakhir instal NFSU2, salah satunya game yang lumayan kalau gw bilang, ada lagnya tapi kadang2 juga jalan lancar. Sampai sekarang game ini yg paling sering gw mainin, dari segi gameplay sama seperti yg pertama, cuma ada beberapa perubahan. Gameplaynya mirip2 GTA, jadi kita dikasih satu kota besar yg dibagi beberapa distrik, dan untuk misinya juga mirip GTA dimana kita harus ke tempat tertentu, bedanya ditempat itu misi kita ya balapan bukan tembak2an. Untuk upgrade agak beda dikit, jadi kita ga bisa langsung upgrade dari custumize menu, tapi harus pergi ke toko yang nyediain dan upgrade disana. Costumization menunya lebih bervariasi kali ini, lebih banyak jenisnya. Ada 3 jenis balapan baru: URL, Street X, Freerun; url = underground racing league, sama kaya circuit kalau gw bilang cuma yg balapan elite semua, street x = mirip2 sprint tapi ada tracknya, dan tracknya agak kecil, freerun = bebas jalan2 kemana aja. Secara keseluruhan hampir sama, race -> get money -> upgrade your car, cuma dikasih "bumbu" supaya betah mainnya. Dan anehnya disertain mobil jenis SUV???, ada 3 SUV: Hummer H2, Lincoln Navigator sama Caddilac Escalade, heran gw SUV buat drag sama drift. Terakhir, soundtrakcnya keren2, bikin gw betah main sama bersemangat. (Gw kasih beberapa picturenya)

Udahan soal game, visa sekarang. Akhirnya semua udah, gw tinggal berangkat aja kesana. Nanti selasa gw harus drop off paswordnya ke us embassy dan ambil beberapa hari kemudian (jumat kayanya) , dan tinggal nunggu tanggal keberangkatannya.

SUV for drag & drift ??? Why not !!! Posted by Hello
dilihat dari depan Posted by Hello
dilihat dari belakang Posted by Hello
dyno testnya Posted by Hello

Thursday, November 18, 2004

akhirnya keterima juga

cuma mau bilang kalau visa gw diterima, nomornya bisa dilihat di http://www.usembassyjakarta.org/pickup/page2.html

You Know You're Indonesian When...




You Know You're Indonesian When....


Your stomach growls when you don't eat rice for a day.

You believe kecap ABC could turn bad cooking to gourmet food.

You talk during a movie.

You eat fried rice in the morning.

You prefer Versace or Moschino jeans over Gap or Levi's.

You don't think Jim Carrey is funny.

You think Onky Alexander is a hunk.

You think Rhoma Irama is kampungan.

You carry a 16 oz. jar of sambal to where ever you travel.

Driving a car that is cheaper than $15,000 embarrasses you.

You think dangdut is stupid, but listen to it anyways, because you are homesick.

You are willing to travel 25 miles to buy tahu and tempe.

You are "Dreaming of a WARM Christmas".

You are very good at avoiding potholes and other road hazards.

Your local McDonald's serves rice and sambal.

You think Supermi is a staple food.

You have ever tried passing a Rp 50 coin as a quarter in a US vending machine/pay phone.

You have ever successfully bribed a police officer.

You have ever successfully bribed a customs officer.

You do your shopping in Singapore.

Your drivers license claims you are 5 years older then you really are.

You have ever legally bought pirated software.

You have ever been forced to memorize UUD'45.

You have bought something from a barefooted street peddler.

You know exactly how many islands Indonesia has.

You have ever eaten something sold off a cart on wheels.

You realized that money is everything before you were six.

The first thing that comes to mind when hearing the word "Jakarta" is "macet".

Someone you know has ever ridden on top of a train.

Your daily commute includes thinking up new ways to ride the city bus for free.

You don't mind people being late.

You think standing in line is a waste of time.

You have tried every Monday of your youth trying to avoid upacara bendera.

You have used a mosquito repellant that looks like a coil and is lit on one end.

You use the terms "Ni yee", "-lah" and "Ih, jijay" on daily basis

You know what Pancasila is, what it means and know it by heart.

You complain that movies in America don't have sub-titles.

Your daily conversation may include enactments of TV commercials.

You have ever consulted a dukun.

Your whole class has ever cheated on a test, and gotten away with it.

You have ever spent the night before an exam looking for someone who sells the questions.

You like the smell of terasi.

You think the Thomas Cup is equal to the Super Bowl.

You can name a manufacturer of shuttlecocks/badminton birdies.

You have a 16' satellite dish hidden in your back yard.

You have ever ridden in a motor vehicle with three wheels.

You miss your maid during laundry day.

Your clothing has brand names printed on it that is visible from 50' away.

You attend weddings only until you are done eating.

You have attended weddings that you are not invited to.

You go to McDonald's to get your weekly supply of ketchup, salt, pepper and napkins.

You know more than one music group that stole the tune of Cranberries' "Zombie".

You have a can of Baygon on your kitchen table.

You make major decisions based on gengsi.

You take advantage of Wal-Mart's 30 days money-back-guarantee to "borrow" home appliances.

Someone in your family has extra pockets in his outfit to hide cookies from the all-you-can-eat bar.

You have paid more then $1000 to get your name on your license plate.

When watching TV you regularly find that all the channels broadcast the same thing.

You know more than 10 acronyms/abbreviations.

You set the ring tone of your cell phone as loud as possible.

You spend your weekends at an expensive five star hotel near your house.

You have one of those gigantic 5000 watts stereo system even though you can't turn it as loud as you can since you live in a crowded neighborhood.

Your Toyota Kijang is packed with bull bar, fog lights, roof rail, car alarm, expensive car audio, gold plated emblems, tail light "protector", racing steering wheels, sports muffler, lowered suspension, 17 inch wheels with expensive tires, etc. Yet you find them not gaul enough.

You are able to squeeze 15 passengers in your Toyota Kijang.

If you're rich, you buy a huge 50.000 dollars imported SUV and demands it to run minimal 12 kilometers with a liter of gas.

You refuse to buy unleaded gas for your imported car even though it costs less than 20 cents a liter.

You have your drivers license at the age of 14.

You got it without any driving tests.

You are unfamiliar with electric stove.

You are even more unfamiliar with microwave ovens.

If you're a student, your main purpose in life is to succeed in UMPTN and get into a Universitas Negeri.

If you've graduated from college, your main purpose in life is to find an easy job with big salary at a foreign company even if you have to stay unemployed for five years to find one.

If you finally got a job, your main purpose in life is now to get a wife/husband that's rich, from a "good" family, and the most importantly good looking in order to memperbaiki keturunan.

You're proud to be Indonesian - and you pass these jokes on to all your Indonesian friends!

Wednesday, November 17, 2004

iseng2 bermanfaat





You Are a Life Blogger!



Your blog is the story of your life - a living diary.
If it happens, you blog it. And make it as entertaining as possible.

Sedikit update....(biar ga bosen)

Kebetulan gw lagi nganggur sama internetnya lagi ga rewel, jadi gw ada update isi blognya.
Ga terlalu signifikan sih, cuma rapih2in sidebarnya aja, sama title pagenya. Tapi ada side effectnya dikit sih, berhubung gw banyak tampilin gambar di blog mungkin waktu loading timenya jadi bakal lamaan.

Home Sweet Home

Mood :

Music : Angel Eyes - Firehouse

I'm back......, sebetulnya sih baliknya kemarin sore, berhubung kemarin pas pulang langsung tidur jadi ga sempat ngisi.
Lebaran ke Bandung kali ini kesannya biasa banget, kerjaan gw disana cuma tinggal terus di kamar hotel kecuali untuk pergi ke makamnya sendiri (watching tv rules), jadi gw ga bisa cerita apa2 buat kali ini.

Waktu sampai kesana sendiri udah sore maklum dijalannya sendiri disertai kemacetan di tempat2 tertentu sama ramai aja arusnys, ga tahu kenapa nginepnya di Hyatt lagi, gw kirain di Holiday Inn, gw sendiri masuk kekamar dan ga keluar malam itu (malamnya pada pergi makan keluar), cuma dibawain makanan aja. Besoknya pagi hari biasa breakfast jam 8-an, acara utama hari itu pergi ke makam dan itulah yang terjadi, abis itu seperti biasa gw balik ke hotel dan nonton, yang lain pada pergi makan, belanja, dll. Hari terakhir breakfast lagi paginya abis itu langsung balik, cuma kali ini tante gw (kk-nya bokap gw) ga ikut mobil gw kaya waktu berangkat. Ga langsung balik kerumah sih, pergi makan dulu ke Plaza Indonesia.

Semua anggota keluarga ikut kecuali dd-nya bokap gw, masing2 bawa mobllnya sendiri, om gw bawa mobil barunya BMW 520I (CKD), om gw yg satu lagi bawa (old) kuda diesel, dan keluarga gw pakai (new) kuda bensin. Kerasa kurang nyaman, maklum mobilnya ga dirancang buat speeding, kalau speednya diatas 80 km/jam mobilnya bakal bergetar, padahal tahun lalu gw juga bawa mobil ini dan baru bergetar di kecepatan 140 km/jam, katanya sih mobilnya belum pernah diservis sejak beli pertama kali, koplingnya susah masuk gigi 1 dan 2 gara2 plat koplingnya udah tipis, selain itu ban depannya juga ga balance kanan kirinya. Selain itu ga didukung faktor kenyamanan lagi, tempat duduknya keras jadi ga enak aja di punggung belakang, belum lagi ditambah sempitnya ruang gerak kaki. Abis itu juga ga ada dukungan faktor entertaiment, cuma ada radio tape dan itupula suaranya juga ga kedengaran jelas lagi, yang kedengaran jelas cuma suara mesin menderu di kabin sama suara orang ngomong,

Satu yang pasti, bukan gw yg nyetir kali ini, bokap gw. Banyak sih alasan gw ga mau nyetir, pertama faktor mobilnya sendiri, kedua gw ga suka kalau mobilnya ga nyaman, ketiga gw benci bermacet-macet ria bikin kaki pegel aja, keempat bahaya kalau gw nyetir kadang2 bisa kebawa emosi apalagi kalau lihat mobil cepat atau disusul dari belakang, kelima ada sdikit faktor gengsi.

Sunday, November 14, 2004

it's time to go

Mood :

Music : Supermoves - Overseer

Post gw sebelum gw berangkat, iseng aja masuk internet mumpung masih ada waktu, kebetulan dari kemarin internetnya masih gw pakai terus buat d/l, tadi pagi aja sempat d/l manga 2 chp Star Ocean Till The End of Time, semua yang mau gw d/l udah kesampaian chapternya ntar lanjutin lagi 2 hari lagi setelah gw pulang.

Saturday, November 13, 2004

+

Mood :

Music : 360 - Mori Noya ( Ippo Ed2 )

Hari ini gw ga pergi kemana-mana, tadi pagi sih sempat kepikiran mau pergi ke m2m, tapi nyokab gw bilang tutup, tanpa pikir panjang gw langsung balik ke tempat tidur lagi. Baru bangun malamnya sekitar jam 8-an tadi, abis itu langsung cari makan, maklum dari tadi pagi belum makan. Gw belum bilang kalau malam ini malam takbiran, soalnya besok hari raya idul fitri ( klo ga salah lo ) dimana puasanya selesai udah, dan seperti biasanya orang ( islam ) bakal turun ke jalan ngerayain ( biasanya sih sambil mukul2 bedug ).
Dan besok gw bakal pergi ke bandung, seperti biasa menjalani rutinitas tahunan, ziarah ke makam, dst. Ga bisa cerita banyak soalnya pergi aja juga belum. Dan seperti biasanya lagi kita ke bandung bakal naik mobil, dan gw males soalnya pasti macet dijalan, memang sih rata2 kalau ke bandung gw yg nyetir, tapi lama2 bosen juga, apalagi ditambah dengam mobil yg "ga" nyaman untuk ke bandung kali ini, intinya besok gw ga mau nyetir, enakan gw duduk2 en tidur.

Selain itu gw lupa ceritain 1 minggu terakhir ini gw selesai d/l banyak manga ( pakai dial up tentunya ), memang sih lama, tapi worthed lah nunggu lama2 ada hasilnya. Memang sih gw udah agak lama ga d/l manga, sejak cablenya diputus gw berhenti kegiatan d/l sama main RO-nya, gara2 pengen banget baca kelanjutannya apaboleh buat akhirnya d/l juga. Lama??? pasti lah, soalnya speednya ga kaya cable dan juga bisa dc ditengah jalan pokoknya banyak deh suka dukanya, untungnya sebagian besar gw d/l dari mirc jadi klo dc tengah jalan bisa diresume.
Hal lain yg gw senang kalau pakai internet pada hari sabtu pasti jalannya lebih lancar, dibandingkan kalau pada hari2 kerja. Kemungkinan besar hari sabtu hari libur, jadi kantor ga ada, dengan ga ada kantor2 yang pakai koneksi internet, makanya bandwithnya semua bisa dialokasikan ke homeuser makanya bisa lebih cepat.

Terakhir gw cuma pengen bilang kalau komputer fresh install jalannya smooth banget

Friday, November 12, 2004

2 week to go & yet i got another 2 weeks again

Mood :

Music : Hell March - Red Alert Theme

Waa......jadwal gw pergi ke US jadi diundur tanggal 13 Desember nanti ( makjan 2 hari sebelum masuk kelas orientasi ), gara2 acceptance visanya sampai sekarang belum kedengaran kabarnya terpaksa tiket yang buat tanggal 26 November ini kayanya dibatalin atau ga tahu juga penuh kali. Ga nyangka visanya keluar lebih lama daripada yg gw perkirakan, kayanya mereka ngecek sampai sedetail-detailnya lagipula di form DS 157 disuruh isi data tentang keluarga sama kerabat, dan gw juga ada cc disana kemungkinan besar mereka ngecek dan bakal makan waktu.

Hari ini sempat bersih2 komputer, tapi cuma bersihin keyboard sama install ulang window aja. Bongkar keyboard, lumayan kotor akibat sisa2 makanan kecil, ga bersih2 banget sih tapi lumayan lah, tadinya sih mau semprot pakai air, takut rusak kaya keyboard gw yg lama ( gw rendam di air ). Mouse??? ga la ya, soalnya pakai optical jadi ga ada bolanya yang muter2 alias ga ada debu sama kotoran yg nempel. Abis itu install ulang windownya, sempat terjadi error sih waktu mau update ke service pack 2 ( cd-nya yg error ), untung cd yg pertama bootable sama disetup bisa repair damaged window ( sama aja gw bilang kalau repair sama install baru lagi, cuma kalau di repair file2nya ga ada yang didelete ), soalnya masih ada foto2 didalamnya en gw takut kalau fresh install fotonya hilang karena kalau fresh install bakal format lagi harddisknya. Setidaknya repairnya berhasil, fresh install, kerasa loadingnya sama shutdownnya cepat ga kaya dulu agak lama sama kalau buka2 folder masih cepat, sama 2 partisi lainnya partisi gw format lagi ( program sama game ). Sekarang sih udah ada beberapa program yg install lagi, kaya irfanview sama izarc ( mutlak perlu ), Ragnarok Online juga gw install lagi, tapi gw ga perlu update lagi, soalnya filenya updatenya udah gw copy jadi tinggal mindahin lagi ke partisi dimana ada RO-nya. Selain itu juga install driver yg mutlak juga kaya soundcard, videocardnya, dan modem. Sekarang sih lagi download wmp 10 sama directx 9c, soalnya versi di cdnya udah ketinggalan, ntar kalau sempat beberapa driver lain juga kaya videocardnya. Dan satu lagi yg menganggu udah ilang, yaitu munculnya popup warning dimana salah satu port usb device gw malfunction, padahal gw cek ok2 aja, memang sih penyebab gw install ulang windows ya ini, menganggu banget, gw ga bisa main game soalnya didalam game kedenganran bunyi popup warning window tadi, belum lagi ditambah error kalau connect ke internet.

Internet??? pasti donk, hal yg gw lakukan setelah install ulang windows yaitu seting internet, ga lama cuma install driver modem sama set telkomnet instan, dan wala...... tinggal masukin password teken enter, tunggu 1 menit dan anda terhubung ke internet ( sayang masih pakai dial up ), satu lagi yg gw rasain yaitu ga ada lag lagi kalau gw connect ke internet, sebelum ini klo gw connect pas terhubung ada lagnya, lebih kerasa lagi kalau buka beberapa web sama window media player bisa2 ngehang kalau udah gitu.

Mau ngomong apalagi yah, binun sekarang, sampai2 d/l wmp 10-nya udah selesai ( udah dinstall en dipakai lagi ), besok aja lanjutin.

Sunday, November 07, 2004

it's not what you want, instead what you need

Mood :

Music : Wonderwall - Oasis
Hari ini akhirnya masuk gereja juga , setelah beberapa minggu lalu ga masuk2 gara2 ga ada mobil. Somehow what setiap kali gw pergi ke gereja pasti selalu sama nyokab gw, jarang banget gw kalau ke gereja sendirian, diluar itu pasti gw ga ke gereja. Tadi pagi masuk gereja yang jam 6, kebetulan nyokab gw main organ, jadi gw yang nganterin berhubung gw masih bangun, soalnya semalaman gw main sampai pagi jadi daripada tidur mendingan gw ke gereja dulu ntar pulangnya baru tidur.

Masih nyambung, lihat judul, seperti yang ketulis diatas. Kebetulan lupa hari apa, lumayan pagi di transtv, pas nyalain tv dapat acara rohani / ceramah, ga lama kemudian dia ngomong kurang lebih "bukan apa yang anda inginkan, tapi apa yang anda perlu / butuhkan, Tuhan pasti akan memenuhkan kebutuhan anda pada saat yang tepat, dan juga anda harus berdungguh-sungguh". Akhirnya gw tongkrongin juga acaranya sampai habis, habis itu kepikiran, kalau dikaitkan sama kehidupanku. Kalau dipikir2 gw lebih ngutamain keinginan daripada keperluan gw, keinginan gw yang sekarang benar2 gw mau adalah main RO sepuasnya sebelum pergi, tapi gara2 ada hambatan muncul keinginan lagi yaitu cable internetnya dibayar biar nyala, kalau dipikir2 semua itu cuma keinginan gw, bukan yg gw perlukan sekarang ini, yg bener2 keperluan gw sekarang ini adalah permintaan visa diterima. Masih nyambung ke visa dikit, tentang website dimana kita suruh ngecek nomor password kita ada apa ga, kayanya ga berubah2 nomornya, itu2 aja, padahal diatas ditulis update regularly, masa cuma tanggalnya aja yang diupdate x_x.

Friday, November 05, 2004

3 minggu lagi ( kurang lebih )

Mood : +

Music : Sailing Day - Bump Of Chicken

Yup, kurang lebih 3 minggu lagi gw bakal berangkat, tanggal 26 november kalau gw ga salah.

Sebetulnya gw sendiri masih "kurang" confident kuliah keluar ( di hati sih memang udah niat banget ) karena kalau kuliah disana otomatis harus pakai bahasa inggris, semuanya pakai bahasa inggris dan disinilah gw masih ragu. Gw sih bisa bahasa inggris, biar ga gitu lancar setidaknya untuk ngomong kecil2an bisa. Setidaknya gw ga sendirian disana -> ada cc gw, coba gw sendirian disana, mati kutu dah gw kalau ada apa2 T_T, lagipula ini baru pertama kali gw kesana dan bisa dibilang dadakan ga seperti kk2 gw dahulu, dimana mereka ikut sekolah bahasa sebelum masuk college ( selama 3 bulan ), sedangkan gw begitu sampai sana langsung masuk college, dalam arti kata gw harus udah siap ngomong inggris, masuk kekelas dimana semua "look like strangers to me", bakal nervous abis kayanya dah gw, belum lagi ditambah "type" orang seperti gw -> lengkap dah. Tapi gw kali ini bener2 mau kuliah, biar gw sendiri masih belum decide mau ambil major apa.

Asal usul gw kuliah ke luar sendiri gw sendiri masih ga kebayang, memang sih awalnya gw ga begitu interest buat kuliah keluar, waktu itu gw masih mikirin main RO, dan akhirnya sampai sekarang ini gw udah mau siap2 berangkat. Awal karir gw didunia perkuliahan dimulai tahun 2002 (wink), waktu itu gw baru lulus dari sma Kanisius dengan nilai yang "memuaskan" (evil wink), abis itu gw ambil SPMB sama ujian masuk ke Atma, sedangkan soal jurusan gw sendiri binun dan cap cip cup ambil yang standard aja manajemen baik UI maupun Atma. Alhasil gw ga diterima di UI ( biarpun diterima gw juga ga bakal mau ) dan gw masuk Atma jadinya. 3 semester ( 1.5 tahun ) berjalan dimana tiap semester makin parah, semester satu IP gw masih lumayan 2.3, lalu di semester ke-2 turun jadi 1.9 dan di semester ke-3 turun lagi jadi 1.8, dan akhirnya pada semester 4 gw mulai malas2an kuliah, gw cuma masuk 2 mata pelajaran aja dan sisanya gw ga pernah masuk, IP??? ga usah dibayangin soalnya di semester 4 sendiri semua SKS-nya bakal tertera huruf F gw rasa, KHS aja gw ga ambil. Bersamaan gw pula temen gw regi juga out dari Atma, belakangan dia masuk Unsada jurusan sastra Jepang. Dari sini gw ga kepikiran apa2 alias ga mau kuliah, but somehow what gara2 nyokab, gw jadi bakal kuliah keluar. Sebenarnya gw disuruh SPMB lagi, atau cobain Binus, lalu nyokab gw nyaranin Monash dan pada akhirnya gw resmi bakal kul keluar tepatnya Ohio, memang sih bulan2 awal kurang antusias ( sekitar juni-juli) dan sampai sekarang ini dimana segalanya udah siap, tinggal tunggu visa keluar dan "US here I come".

Udah soal diatas, mending balik ke keadaan sekarang aja. Seperti biasanya gw menghabiskan hari dengan rutinitas seperti biasanya, sayang makin hari makin bt in aja. Internet??? udah gw ga mikirin kesana lagi, bye...bye... internet cable connection, pakai dial up aja deh gw terpaksa setidaknya masih bisa terhubung ke internet ( with snail speed, even worser, setidaknya bukan gw yang bayar :P ). TV??? makin dikit aja tontonan gw, cuma tinggal Digimon Adventure aja ( masih ada beberapa sih kaya The Simpsons, Spongebob, Fairly Oddparents ), makin hari makin sedih aja dah gw. Dan untuk membangkitkan sedikit semangat gw akhirnya gw main lagi C&C Generals, tapi kali ini gw download banyak skirmish map jadi ga main di map itu2 aja. Satu lagi uneg2, jalannya C&C Generals ampun dah kalau udah mulau perangnya, gw jadi pengen komputer baru, pengen ngerasain main C&C Generals yang lancar.

Monday, November 01, 2004

Kemarin Haloween , sekarang November

Mood :

Music : Mirage in Blue - Chemistry

Akhirnya masuk juga bulan november, ga kerasa dalam jangka waktu 4 minggu lagi gw bakal berangkat. Memang sih perginya gw apa ga semua tergantung dari visanya diterima apa ga, sampai sekarang belum keluar juga hasilnya.

Kemarin 31 oktober -> Haloween, bagi yang ga tahu. Memang sih ga ada spesial2 banget, dan juga masyarakat sini kayanya ga peduli sama sekali, tv2 swasta aja ga ada nayangin acara yang bertemakan Haloween, kalau dibandingkan sama tv2 luar, mungkin gara2 haloween kebudayaan barat kali. Kerjaan gw kemarin paling2 cuma nonton tv, sama main game aja ( main c&c:generals lagi gw )

Soal RO, main beberapa hari ini sih, tapi gw udah ga antusias lagi mainnya, paling2 cuma jalan2 kesana kemari, pukul2in poring dkk, duduk2 di tempat nongkrong biasa ( prontera di kafra tengah ). Ntar kalau sempat gw post gambar semua karakterku sebelum gw berangkat, sekalian habisin sisa2 zennyku. Semoga aja dalam 4/5 tahun kedepan account gw belum dihapus, soalnya account gw yg pertama masih ada waktu gw coba log in, padahal udah ga aktif sejak RO komersil (2002?), padahal tenggang waktunya 3 bulan.
Segini dulu aja, lagi kosong pikirannya, ntar malam lanjutin lagi ( asli panas banget hari ini ).