Tuesday, 17 August 2010

65 Tahun..

Another "birthday" of our beloved Indonesia.
Dengan susah payah dan dengan segala "penyakit-penyakit" di dalam tubuhnya, Indonesia bisa juga mencapai usia 65 tahun. Hari kemerdekaan tahun ini kebetulan juga bertepatan dengan bulan suci Ramadhan 1431 H. Makanya tidak ada yang hingar bingar dari perayaan 17-an kali ini, setidaknya tidak di sekitar kediaman saya.

Suasana hari kemerdekaan yang lebih syahdu ini (ditambah hujan yang lumayan lebat) mungkin bisa digunakan untuk introspeksi diri.

Ya, introspeksi diri lagi lagi dan lagi..

Sudahkah kita, sebagai anak bangsa, melakukan sesuatu yang berarti buat negeri ini?

Terus terang rasanya belum ada hal yang berarti yang pernah saya lakukan buat negeri ini. Tapi saya bisa pastikan saya ga akan melakukan hal yang merugikan negeri ini.


Saya tidak akan korupsi uang rakyat.


Saya tidak akan bikin rekaman video porno.


Saya tidak akan berubah jadi terroris.


Saya tidak akan bikin oplosan minuman atau makanan yang bisa menyakiti saudara setanah air saya.


Saya tidak akan mengganggu saudara saya yang berbeda keyakinan untuk beribadah.


Saya tidak akan berbuat anarkis dan merusak.


Kalau saya jadi Presiden saya tidak akan nyuekin rakyat saya yang kesusahan.


Dan lain sebagainya..



xoxo,

Thursday, 22 July 2010

My Thought Over Few Things

Maaf maaf maaf! cuma itu yg bs saya ucapkan karena sudah benar malas nulis disini.. entah deh yaa, liburan kali ini benar the most lazy days buat saya. Kalo kata Morrisey "Everyday is Like Sunday", yeaah that's what i felt too Morrisey..

Jadi jadi, mumpung sekarang ada mood (yang saya kumpulin dg susah payah) saya kepingin sharing dikit disini. sedikit dari pemikiran saya yang cakrawala pengetahuannya ga luas-luas amat ini.. enjoy it if you could!


Kopi Luwak. Haram? Halal?

Yak! satu lagi minuman yang dicap 'meragukan' oleh Majelis Ulama Indonesia (MUI). Ga pernah sedikitpun loh di benak saya kalo ada juga kopi yang bisa dikategorikan sebagai haram. Secara yaa, we all know kopi berasal dari tumbuh-tumbuhan yang which is, semua muslim juga tau ga ada tumbuh-tumbuhan yang haram (kecuali yang beracun, iya ga sih?hehe). Jadi issue ini cukup menghentak perhatian masyarakat. Yak lelucon apalagi ini??

Sebelum issue ini merebak, kebetulan saya udah denger segelintir kabar soal ini. Ayah teman saya kebetulan semacam senior di MUI. Bukan orang MUI tp posisinya sudah sebagai ulama senior di Indonesia jd sering dipanggil rapat oleh MUI untuk mengambil keputusan-keputusan haram halal dll. Ya beliau sempat cerita ke saya alasan kopi luwak menjadi meragukan.

Jadi ginih, kopi luwak itu memang berasal dari biji kopi biasa, bedanya biji kopi itu kemudian dikonsumsi Luwak (binatang sejenis musang). Nah, biji kopi itu kemudian terproses entah dengan zat apa di dalam perut luwak tsb, kemudian biji kopi itu dikeluarin luwak yah seperti halnya makhluk hidup mengeluarkan kotoran. Voila! jadilah biji kopi luwak yang precious itu.
Sumpah saya sendiri baru tau kalo biji kopi yang mahalnya selangit itu keluarnya barengan sama poop luwak.. Eoooohhh, so what's so precious, then?? saya juga belum browsing -browsing lagi cari tau apa yg bisa bikin kopi luwak enak banget (ngebayangin cara keluarnya sih jd ga enak lg kayaknya) dan mahal banget. Pasti ada semacam zat-zat yang tercampur dan bersenyawa di dalam perut luwak sehingga menghasilkan campuran kimia unik dan tiada taranya (apa sih???).

Namun, setelah beberapa hari MUI bilang kalo kopi luwak haram, tiba-tiba MUI merubah keputusannya. They said kopi luwak halal dengan catatan sudah disucikan. Untuk beberapa kalangan, mereka menilai kopi luwak ga perlu disucikan karena terilndung sama kulit nya yang keras banget. Jadi walaupun berjam-jam di dalam perut si Luwak, biji kopi ga bakal kecampur sama enzim-enzim kotorannya. yah wallahualam sih yaa..

what do you think fellas?? yang jelas kalo kamu muslim dan demen sama kopi luwak jangan takut-takutlah mau minum apa yang kamu yakini halal. Tho yang nentuin haram halal kan Allah SWT, bukan MUI ya kan??

haha, saya jd inget satu scene di film Alangkah Lucunya Negeri Ini. Ada ibu-ibu doyan banget ngisi TTS, suatu hari ada pertanyaan "Siapa yang menentukan haram halalnya sesuatu?". Karena dia bingung lantas dia tanya suaminya. Sontak suaminya bilang "MUI". Si istri nyanggah soalnya kotak jawabannya cuma ada 5. Si suami langsung ngubah jawabannya sm "Allah" dan yak emang itu jawabannya. haha, what a smart way to express your thought, huh?


(si Luwak yg mendadak terkenal)

Uang Baru (Lagi)

Genap setahun setelah bank Indonesia ngeluarin pecahan Rp. 2000,00, kali ini BI ngeluarin uang baru pecahan Rp. 10.000,00 dan Rp. 1000,00 logam. Entah kenapa tiap ada uang pecahan atau cetakan baru, orang Indonesia siapapun itu gencar banget pengen punya uang tsb sesegera mungkin. Padahal sih beberapa minggu lagi tiap orang juga bakalan punya tuh uang.

Saya jadi inget masa-masa magang di BTN tahun lalu. Pas uang Rp. 2000,00 keluar saya sempat heboh dan mumpung lg magang di bank, saya bareng teman-teman magang yg lain dengan suka cita nukerin uang-uang kami sm uang terbaru itu. Emang bangga gitu ya rasanya pas punya. Trus setelah saya nuker sebagian besar duit saya pake pecahan dua rebong itu saya dengan berat hati terpaksa ngebelanjain uang-uang itu. Pertama pas lagi naik angkot. Pulang dr kantor pas mau bayar angkot saya ngeluarin uang baru itu dg jumawa, niatnya sih mau siap-siap buat bayar. Eh orang sebelah saya noticed itu uang baru. Langsung aja dong, sambil cengengesan dia minta tuker duit saya sm seribuan 2 punya dia. Saya jd geli sendiri, segitunya yah! haha.
Yang jelas memang hal-hal baru itu punya keasyikan tersendiri..




Pornography

Emmmm, sebenernya sih pengen nanggepin. Tapi begitu nulis judulnya ko jd males yah??? hahaha, next time lah yaw!


Oreo Bluberry Ice Cream Flavor

It's my current favorite. Damn it' so gooood! dingin-dingin gimanaaa gitu..haha. Karena aktivitas liburan saya sebagian besar terdiri dari marathon DVD jadi saya perlu makanan buat di cemal-cemil dan yah seringnya oreo yg ini yg nemenin saya. Gendut gendut deh lo syaaaa!!! abis gimana donk enyaakkk!


(gimme a parcel of those and i'll love you forever!)


We Got Married Season 2

Selain marathon DVD, saya juga sering kali terdampar di Korea land. Youtube jd teman saya sehari-hari buat update variety-variety show Korea yg lucu-lucu. Ada sesuatu yang menarik dari variety-variety show Korea ini. Beneran bagus dan fresh dan ga di buat-buat kayak, emmm, di sini.. sorry to say yah, menurut saya variety shows di Indonesia banyak yg fake.

Nah salah satu yg jadi favorite saya akhir-akhir ini adalah We Got Married Season 2. Acara ini fokusnya sih cuma seleb-seleb Korea yg secara random dijodohin gitu terus dipasangin sebagai suami istri all of a sudden. Ga tau kenapa saya seneng aja ngeliat yg sweet-sweet gimana gituu secara kan yah kehidupan percintaan saya lagi kering kerontang gini.

Simak penjelasan dari Wikipedia:
We Got Married (우리 결혼했어요) is a popular South Korean variet show, one segment of the Sunday Sunday Night program. First broadcasted in 2008, the show pairs up Korean celebrities to show what life would be like if they were married. Each week, couples are assigned missions to complete, with candid interviews of the participants to reveal their thoughts and feelings.

di season 2 ini ada 3 couple yg 'married' yakni:
  • Jo Kwon (2AM) & Ga In (Brown Eyed Girls)
  • Yonghwa (CNBlue) & Seohyun (SNSD)
  • Nichkhun (2PM) & Victoria (f(x))
Saya cuma ngikutin dua couple terakhir soalnya entah kenapa saya ga tertarik sama si Jo Kwon itu, ngondek gimanaaa gitu.
Here's my favorite couples yang saya ikutin tiap minggu perjalanannya:


(Seohyun - Yonghwa & Victoria - Nichkhun, aren't they cute??)


Those two hubbies are my latest obsession, hehe.. cute! how could I stand it?? Tuhanku, kirimin satu donk yang kayak mereka..pleaseee..


So much interesting things or issues surrounding me, so little words to describe them.. Later guys! Ciao!

xoxo,

Wednesday, 14 July 2010

Dan yang kaya bertambah kaya.. Yang miskin kian terpuruk.
But I'm not allowed to be sad.. because that's exactly how this world works..


xoxo,

Monday, 28 June 2010

50 Things You Can Learn From Korean Dramas

Editor in chief's warning: Well, my university always warn its students to not doing plagiarism whatsoever (they put pamflets about not to do plagiarism EVERYWHERE, making sure that all the students read it). So here it is.. This is a re-post from another blog whose also suffering from Chun Jungmyung sickness in http://chunjungmyung.tumblr.com/. It's hilarious! Enjoy..


Not entirely true. But this is so ROTFL!

If you watch alot of dramas (like I do), you’d agree with most of these.




1) Hot, rich, younger men love fat, older vulgar women.

2) If you have a best guy friend, he is in love with you. And secretly you are too.

3) You and your boyfriend will always playfully chase each other on an ice rink, at the beach, or in the leaves. And you’ll laugh for no reason and your boyfriend will hit you “playfully” but the force of his push will have you flying across the room. But it’s okay. Cuz you’re still laughing like a crazy person.

4) Brothers/cousin/uncles-newphews will always love the same girl.

5) You’re allowed to make u-turns wherever you want in Korea. And there is never traffic on the side you want to u-turn to.

6) There is a super quick payment device that allows you to pay a bill quickly enough for a guy to run immediately out of a restaurant after his angry girlfriend storms out.

7) Everyone has cancer.

8) If you’re sick, all you need is an IV to make you feel lots better.

9) There is vomit and urine all over Seoul at nights.

10) Fighting at a pojangmacha with a random stranger is merely part of a normal night’s event.

11) Soju must cost 10 cents. Everyone drinks it everyday all the time, especially the poor people. (I't just the culture i guess..)

12) If you’re rich, you’re a jerk.

13) If you’re poor, you’re an angel.

14) Women sleep and wake up with a full set of makeup on.

15) You’re not studying hard enough unless you get a nosebleed.

16) If you have a nosebleed, you most definitely have cancer. And you have no money to pay for the surgery that will save your life. And your liver is missing. We’re not sure where it went, but it’s making your cancer progress faster.

17) If you work in a sool jeep, you have massively curly hair and wear flashy colors from the early 90’s.

18) You always order orange juice or coffee at a cafe. And you never drink it. EVER.

19) You will always call your boyfriend by his job title. Or simply sunbaenim. Never his name. Never. He doesn’t have one.



20) If you TRULY love each other, you must die together in the end. Frozen outside instead of finding shelter like sane people. Just frozen….



21) You go to America you come back miraculously successful. You go to England you come back amazingly fashionable. You stay in Korea the only thing that changes is your hairstyle.



22) And if you come back with no apparent reason then it’s because you have cancer.



23) Everyone always goes to the same hospital no matter where they are.



24) If you stand out in the rain for more than five minutes, you’ll end up with a fever and vertigo and people will rush you to the hospital to get some magic IV. And instead of taking an ambulance or driving they’ll race you on their back.



25) Even if you’re poor and can’t eat, you never wear the same clothes twice.



26) If you play a poor kid, you always have dirt on your face and your hair is always messy.



27) If you’re saving someone from being hit from a car, you’ll push them out of the way and wait for the car to hit you instead. couldnt be more true, theyre like a deer in headlights



28) Everyone has a long lost sister/brother/twin. Usually one they didn’t know about.



29) If you don’t want to answer your phone, you can just turn it off. The battery needs to be taken out.



30) All korean men can drink hard, smoke long, sing well and play piano. Usually all at the same time. And at the same restaurant that has a piano that they let anyone use.



31) If you’re in a relationship, you must at one point leave and have your lover tearfully come RIGHT before you board the plane (vice versa applies as well. You can be the chaser). 60% of the time you see each other, the other 40% you’re roaming around in circles and pass each other about six times, but miraculously never see them.



32) If you’re getting off a plane, you’re ALWAYS wearing sunglasses. ALWAYS.



33) All guys wear hideous tracksuits zipped up to their neck. Even if all they’re doing is jump roping.



34) Girls will always storm off because they’re mad and the guy will stoically grab them by the arm and swing them back- and by magic, not dislocate their shoulders.



35) Guys always look like they’re 6 feet tall, even if they’re only 5’10. Thank you camera angles.



36) Guys like to wear foundation, eyeliner and sometimes a smudge of lipliner.



37) You always get stuck in an elevator with someone who makes you feel uncomfortable. Even if there are six different elevators, you’ll always be stuck in the same one with that bastard you hate (or just fought with).



38) Unless you’re fabulously rich, your in-laws will always hate you



39) So will your sister-in-law.



40) Your brother-in-law might be pining away for you.

41) There are only 2 ways to kiss. You either press your lips against theirs with your mouth completely shut, and just press away for a very long and uncomfortable time. OR you devour the other person and suck out their soul. In both instances, the world spins.

42) A guy will always get the right size ring, even if you’re never held hands.

43) People stare off into space and ponder a lot. They’ll just stop in the middle of the road and watch a leaf on a tree for a good three minutes, and just ponder.

44) You’ll get pregnant the first time you have sex.

45) You’ll get pregnant if he kisses you on the forehead.

46) Hell- you’ll get pregnant if you hold hands.

47) If you overcome great obstacles to be together, one of you must die. Probably due to cancer.

48) One korean man can kick the butts of 6 gangstas. Especially when they all stand in a circle and attack the guy one by one. Then when each of them get their butts OWNED, they wise up and attack the guy at the same time. Then the guy will get pulverized and bleed out onto the dusty concrete floor of the empty warehouse they’ve found to fight in. There will be a fire in a trashcan somewhere. And the girl will have watched this the entire time, screaming in horror. Instead of calling 119, she’ll just watch and cry. But it’s okay. Cuz the next day the guy will be fine with a few random bandages and a few face scars. But never a black eye.

49) It ain’t a real fight unless the gangstas fight dirty with a stick or switchblade.

50) If you study in the states (preferably Harvard), you are one of the top students and can speak perfect English (as assumed by the reactions of those around you). Why the rest of the world OUTSIDE of the TV can’t understand a single word uttered out of your melodramatic mouth is beyond me.




Note from EIC: Whoever wrote this article, i'm tellin ya', in Indonesia we have a thousand times worse drama than they have in Korea. I simply enjoy K-drama because I just can't stand it watching all those crap on my tv everyday, so I'm glad I got to know K-dramas. Cheers!!!




Random photo: Another haaawwwttt picture of my CJM oppa. Hotness overload!!!!







XOXO,

Friday, 25 June 2010

Chun Jungmyung Sickness

Yes, he's the one that keeps blocking my writing mood. For nearly a month, all i've been doing was just watching him. Watching him in his dramas, some videos of him in youtube, downloading A LOT of his photos, searching any news of him, even downloading his favorite songs! Ha! I know, it's the symptom that we called craziness...

This man is really a treasure. haha lebay! but seriously i'm hypnotized so much by his smile. I love his eyes, his stubble, his sideburns (a lot!!!), his broad shoulder,his lower lip, his big hands...

I simply love everything about this man. Even if he has any bad temper or bad habit, i don't mind at all! haha. I'm soooo crazy about this man.. Uooooohh Jungmyung oppa, saranghaeyoo! marry me oppa! *o*

Check out his biodata and filmography down here -->

* Name: 천정명 / Chun Jung Myung (Cheon Jeong Myeong)
* Profession: Actor and model
* Birthdate: 1980-Nov-29
* Height: 182cm
* Weight: 71kg
* Star sign: Sagittarius
* Blood type: AB

TV Series

* Cinderella's Sister (KBS2, 2010)
* What's Up Fox? (MBC, 2006)
* Goodbye Solo (KBS2, 2006)
* Fashion 70's (SBS, 2005)
* Beijing My Love (KBS2, 2004)
* Honest Living (SBS, 2002)
* Third Coincidence (MBC, 2001)
* School 2 (KBS1, 1999)

Movies

* Hansel and Gretel (2007)
* Great Enemy (2006)
* The Aggressives (2005)
* R U Ready? (2002)

Awards

* The 42nd Baeksang Awards Best New Actor TV
* The 6th Pusan International Film Festival Best New Actor
* 2005 SBS Drama Awards Best New Actor
* The 26th Blue Dragon awards best New Actor

Yeaayyy, he's a promising actor! his work in his lastest drama, Cinderella's Sister, was really taking my breath away..

Check out some photos of him that simply make me drooling and rooting for him.. No, thank God, he didn't do any job in his beautiful face.. heeheee. It originally beautiful. God must be in His full concentration when he made this man.


























































































































He's nearly 30!!! can you believe it? turning 30 with that baby face?cuteness overload!!

I'm sick, i'm tellin ya..
Love sickness.. *sighing*


(tolong seseorang siram saya pakai air dingin!)


XOXO,

Sunday, 13 June 2010

There's Someone.........

It may not be the one you're with
They may not have much love to give.
It may not be the girl next door
Or that nice boy on the first floor,
It may not be the friend you taught
Who helps you out when you're distraught,
You may not know this one that well

But there's someone who loves you...

It may not be the one you kissed
It may not be the one you've missed
You may think someone is your friend
But then you find that they pretend,
When you are down and you are out
When you're in tears, sad, and in doubt,
Life may feel like a living hell

But there's someone who loves you...


-Benjamin Zephaniah-



XOXO,

Tuesday, 8 June 2010

Contemplation

Selama 21 tahun hidup saya kira orang depresi itu cuma ada di film-film atau buku-buku fiksi atau di Oprah Winfrey Show. Atau setidaknya ga akan ada di kehidupan saya atau kehidupan orang-orang di sekitar saya.
Well, I was wrong..
Betapa kagetnya saya ini waktu teman baik saya confess kalo selama ini dia depresi. Berat. She even almost killed herself!!!
Dammit!!!
Selama ini tampilan luar teman baik saya itu kelihatannya luar biasa baik. Bahkan bisa dibilang dia salah satu dari sekian banyak teman saya yang kelakuannya ngasal dan minus. Ternyata selama ini dia punya beban yang luar biasa berat di dalam dirinya. Masalah apa yang sebenarnya dia punya saya ga bisa bagi disini karena selain sangat berat saya sendiri masih kurang ngeh sama akar permasalahannya.
Ujung-ujungnya saya jadi sadar kalo masalah hidup saya selama ini benar-benar ga bisa dibandingin sama teman saya itu, bahkan bisa dibilang masalah dan beban hidup saya cuma secuil dari masalahnya. Dan saya sadar saya sangat-sangat kurang mensyukuri apa yang selama ini saya dapet.
Teman saya itu bilang kalo selama masa depresinya itu dia udah benar-benar pasrah sama Tuhan dan benar-benar mengadukan segalanya sama Tuhan. Lagi-lagi saya seperti dapet tamparan. Selain saya kurang bersyukur, akhir-akhir ini saya seperti hilang kontak dengan Tuhan saya. I really feel bad for that! shalat saya berantakan akhir-akhir ini dan saya hampir ngga pernah nyentuh kitab suci lagi apalagi mengkajinya.
Teman saya bilang ada seseorang yang bilang ke dia kalau dia depresi karena hidupnya terlalu bergantung sama manusia lain bukan sama Tuhannya. Orang itu bilang sebenarnya di hidup kita ini hubungan yang benar-benar real hanyalah hubungan kita dengan Tuhan. Manusia-manusia lain di sekitar kita hanyalah perantara. Sering ada orang yang depresi dan kesepian karena dia merasa ngga ada orang yang bisa selalu ada di sisinya tiap dia butuh. Logikanya memang ngga akan ada orang yang selalu bisa terus ada saat kita butuh. Bahkan pacar, sahabat baik, suami/istri, atau orang tua pun ngga akan bisa kita jadikan sandaran tiap waktu. Pada akhirnya yang bisa kita jadikan sandaran hanyalah Tuhan kita. Tuhan lah yang akan selalu ada buat kita kalau kita benar-benar menyandarkan diri kita kepada-Nya.


Jadi apa inti tulisan saya ini? saya juga ngga tau.. hehe. Yang jelas gara-gara pengakuan teman saya itu saya jadi banyak berpikir. Pikiran itu ga ada yang berujung dan selalu bercabang, tapi yang jelas penderitaan dan depresi teman saya itu menyadarkan saya tentang beberapa hal di hidup saya. Saya belum berubah jadi seorang religius atau apa ko, yang jelas mudah-mudahan ada beberapa hal yang bisa saya perbaiki di kehidupan saya ini.


Ngerti ga gw ngomong apa? hahaha, yasudahlah..


XOXO,