MUI dan facebook

MUI mau mengharamkan facebook.
karena katanya, facebook merusak moral.
karena katanya, banyak kemaksiatan yang berasal dari facebook.
jadi MUI merasa perlu untuk mengatur (alias mengharamkan) jejaring sosial yang katanya menjadi rumah dari 20 juta umat di seluruh dunia ini, tanpa pandang ras, status sosial, dan agama.

yes, facebook gak memandang agama. agama apapun boleh menjadi member facebook. yang gak punya agamapun, sah-sah aja jadi aggota facebook. karena facebook mendukung apapun yang membernya ingin perbuat (sepanjang disupport oleh aplikasinya tentunya). facebook bener2 ngedukung fungsi citizen journalism, yang tentunya lebih dulu disandang oleh internet, dimana semua orang bisa menjadi author dari sesuatu, bisa menyuarakan pikirannya dan informasi dari si masing-masing empunya pikiran (atau si empunya account, deng), tanpa melihat kebenaran dari informasi tersebut.

contoh dari aktivitas ini banyak banget. dari fan base musisi2 kelas berat internasional, sampe band-band belom punya label alias indie yang baru menitis kariernya. semuanya bisa dibuat groupnya masing-masing. it's one click away! dari tokoh politik dunia yang gerakan terbesarnya dimulai dari internet (back in obama political campaign days with his 'hope'), sampe tokoh lokal, dimana orang2 bebas menghujat (say no to megawati group). dari group yang berdasarkan hobby, seperti menjahit sampe ke hobby yang membutuhkan modal tinggi seperti sneakers, designer bags, dan lain2. semua ada. kalo kata project pop di lagu jaman dulunya, sagala aya. dari jelek sampe bagus, dari cupu sampe keren, semuanya tujuannya sama. unleash your narsistic side hueheuhe.

nah, disinilah problemnya muncul. ketika konsep 'sagala aya' tadi diimplementasikan, ya tergantung individu masing-masing member untuk menggunakannya. member yang 'wise' mungkin akan menggunakan facebook untuk membuat group yang bersangkut paut dengan kepercayaan dia (agama, self healing, atau religious cult yang dia ikuti). member yang doyan ke pesta dan (biasanya narsis), doyan beuneeuur majang foto2 dediskoannya (kumplit dengan bir atau liquor di tangan, dengan senyum monyong ala abg, entah apa tujuannya). yang lagi pingin jadi enterpreneur, giat banget memasarkan ide dan produk dagangannya. masing-masing dengan semua tujuannya.

menurut MUI ini haram?

gw setuju kalo facebook dengan segala keajaibannya bisa aja menyebabkan sesuatu yang negatif. contoh gampang yaa itu tadi, abg dengan kehedonannya, bisa diliat dengan gampang di facebook. atau pria2 hidung belang kurang kerjaan bisa dengan gampangnya melakukan random add, hanya karena si member cewe memasang foto2 binalnya (or they say, sexy). ah, kalo ngebahas beginian, the list is endless, karena balik lagi, konsep facebook si sagala aya itu tadi :)

tapi, bukannya ini juga ya yang terjadi sama friendster? atau kaskus (inget kejadian beberapa tahun lalu dimana kaskus dipaksa untuk menutup thread2 yang berbau porno karena kaskus diancam ditutup?).

kayanya, MUI baru ngeh ada binatang baru di internet bernama facebook. dan kaget akan impactnya. langsung deh buru2 mengharamkan :)

atau, MUI baru ngeh kalo ada binatang baru bernama internet? :P

udah lama, boss. just bear with it :)

and this, can cause a veeeery long debate, of how technological determinism works. contoh gampang, sebuah pistol. apakah pistol haram hanya karena 'dia' dipake untuk menembak jutaan orang gak berdosa, termasuk anak2 kecil? i dont think so. it's the men behind the gun who ignites it, noo?

by the end of the day, facebook is only facebook. benda mati. kaya pistol. gak bisa gerak kalo ga ada yang klik sana klik sini. jadi, salah siapa dong?

a difference a day made:

i called in sick yesterday. got a very bad (and i mean, bad) non-stop vomiting and diarrhea. blame the hormonal medication i took due to the imbalance hormones i'm suffering.

so what did i do the whole day yesterday?

i succeeded renewing my own record on playing brickbreaker on my blackberry.

yaay (notice the flat tone there).

plus, manohara's case really getting my nerve. all infotainment really are full-on about that.

blah.

The Space Cowboys Vibe!

Jason Kay is finally landed , and it's been too fuckin' long to get here!, kata orang yang berteriak histeris di belakang gue. Yes, it's true, the tribe is here in Indonesia. Me, Mia, and a friend udah pack and ready to go dari jam 3 sore, with our Dynamite Tour T-shirt, walhasil sampe Sentul jam 4an lebih dikit :) masih sepi, few people crossing by kecuali penyelenggara. Gate mulai dibuka jam 6an , ngantri, dan akhirnya bisa masuk dan duduk manis di F row paling depan.


Acara start 8.30 lebih , dengan band pembuka Dimi (sorry for the spell), melantunkan catchy jazz tunes, yang to be honset menurut gue cukup monoton dan gak banyak beda dari band dia sebelumnya aka. Maliq. Agak terlalu lama, dan penonton sibuk mundar mandir, keluar, janjian sama temen, check merchandise, dan mengisi perut. Dengan sistim shift2an sama temen, kitapun bergantian untuk keluar - masuk. Me and Mia cukup sibuk karena teman kesayangan kita telat dateng dan tiketnya ada di tangan kita! Huu bikin spanneng aja. Di tengah-tengah Dimi, we don't know why pembatas -pembatas tempat duduk dilepas, dan orang-orang pun berlarian kebawah dan terjadi sedikit chaos! Secara tangkas, kitapun pindah sedikit menjorok kebawah dan ada di seat B.. Lumayaan (sorry kak, seatnya jadi kita dudukin, sehingga dia yang tadinya di B - akhirnya masuk ke VIP ..hehe beautiful chaos, eh?).

Have I told you about the merchandise ? It's an official merchandise - produced by java jazz production. Don't underestimate, bagus kok. Jamiroquai Emblem with Batik pattern! ehehehe. Yang lebih amazing lagi, ini sepertinya sold out, sampai displaynya pun ikut dibeli :)

"Ok, JAKARTA ARE YOU READY TO BOOGIE?!", teriak Jay Kay , diikutin dengan "The Kids" sebagai lagu pembuka, pada jam 10an. Lagu yang menghentak, upbeat, dan banyak yang gak tau. sayangg...jadinya penonton agak ogah-ogahan untuk scream, twist, shout - kurang memompa adrenalin. The show begin, dilanjutkan dengan beberapa track unggulan kayak "Little L", "Space Cowboy", "Seven Days on Sunny June", "Canned Heat" , dan "Cosmic Girl". Semua di wrap dengan manis, walaupun minus brass section, tentunya dengan corak yang beda dari aslinya. Track Lainnya kayak "Use the Force" dan "Travellin" , untuk gue sih ini keren yah, dan emang bukan hits, and again penonton sibuk main BB dan foto-foto, sayaang.... even, one of my friend ada yang udah keluar sebelum habis untuk makan dan minum dan gak balik lagi.. What the..?!!

Show pun ditutup dengan "Foolosophy", yang diikuti dengan encore "Deeper Underground" - such a nice way to end the show, yang meninggalkan kesan dan pesan di otak. For me Jamiroquai is a well performed and solid band, dan mereka tau banget cara membawa penonton masuk ke alam mereka, the cheeeba-cheeeba -space cowboy - vibe. BUT I must said, mungkin ini bukan their best performance, kayak something is missing, Jay Kay terlihat kurang lincah, hitz dari album "Emergency on Planet Earth" ngak ada satupun yang keluar, even dari "Dynamite" pun cuman satu. Yang gawatnya "Virtual Insanity" yang selalu ada di radio kita ngak dibawain!!! OH No.. well, you haven't shot me twice, but I already gave you the price ;)

Semua kelar jam 12.30an, kita bermacet-macetan untuk keluar sentul , late night McD , dan balik ke rumah jam 3.00.an. Capek, ngantuk, and dream about the show from another galaxy.. bow to the tribe!


-R-

jason kay

Gak sabar nunggu konser Jamiroquai nanti sore!

Sampe gak bisa tidur (lebih karena abis ngegym badan sakit semua sih hehe)

And yes, gw mulai ngegym lagi! Tempat masih sama yaitu satu gym terkenal di dalam satu mall terletak deket kantor yaitu di senayan (can't I be more obvious than thiiis?)
This time, I got my own personal trainer, who is very kind, badan OK berat, suka nraktir, gampang dimintain tolong, dan... GRETONG. Alias temen sendiri hhohohoho :p

Gak niat jadi kurus kering, tapi lebih ke biar sehat aja, karena sejak gw berenti gym 2 taun yang lalu, gw jadi gampang cape dan sakit2an.
Pluuus, karena partnerboi nyogok gw ini:

So wish me luck :)

Anywaay, nanti sore Jamiroquai! Bareng si mbak schizilly who've been very kind taking care of my tickets. Crossing fingers the concert will be a blast, mirip sama Melbourne Tour 3 years ago. Almost 4 deng, anjriiit!

See ya around, people!

Anja Garbarek (a very nice post by Partnerboi)

Briefly Shaking , emang judul yang cocok untuk album ini. Dirilis pada tahun 2006, oleh penyanyi kelahiran norewgia yang kebetulan kita baru tau dan coba untuk dengerin. Kita tau album ini dari kompilasi LateNightTales - Nouvelle Vague, dan berlanjut untuk menyimak lebih lanjut.

Anja's music mungkin bisa dibilang gabungan dari Bjork's Vespertine album dan sedikit Portishead, a well blend of trip-hop-electronica, a typical of Euro electronica scene. Agak susah (bener) dengerin track di album ini, mungkin musti dengan pemahaman, pengulangan, mimpi dan harapan yang tinggi. Track "Last Trick" yang jadi andalan album ini sekilas terdengar seperti Cardigans sound , with darker soul. Again, begitu lebih dalem, kita makin terjun ke dalam jurang kegelapan :) Track lainnya yang menurut gue cukup seru disimak "Can I Keep Him?" tentu aja dari judulnya udah bisa ditebak lagunya tentang apa. Seperti tema di dalam album ini yang mostly tentang love lost - and the one we missed alot. Oiya, ditengah lagu ini dimana kita mungkin lagi dreamy-dreamy gimana gitu tiba-tiba ada sentakan synth, yang seakan bikin loe jadi terjaga dan berteriak : "Hey wake up! This is not just a dream, this is real, and yes it hurts!"

Album sebelumnya yang di rilis 2001 "Smiling & Waving" (cukup lama yah) , ini menurut gue lebih sadis lagi. Lebih minimalis, bener-bener dream-pop-synth. Sedikit cello, sedikit piano dan sedikit synth sebagai latar belakang yang memberikan nuansa Gothic hiii..seperti track "Diver" yang bakal membuat loe kali ini teperosok lebih jauh lagi.

At the end, untuk nuansa yang beda dikala lagi suntuk sama lagu-lagu yang ada di pasaran, berbelok dari mainstream dan sedikit bermimpi sambil menikmati sel-sel otak bekerja won't hurt you kok.

Happy Dreamy!

-R-

dampak batal konser

ahem.

NERD batal konser. dan kita musti balik ke ticket box tempat beli tiketnya kalo mau dapet refund.

there there we were, kamis siang panas2 di aksara kemang. dapetlah refund 600 ribu.

dasar manusia lemah, dapet refund bukannya langsung masuk mobil lagi, eh malah melipir ke tempat CD. eh brengseknya, ada gitulaah CD yang udah kita cari2 (dan susah cari download-annya, hehe!). beli deh, nasib CD impor kan, mehong nyet! huhu.

abis dari beli CD, langsung mau masuk mobil. udah berasa tu kena godaan setan belanja, having all the cash in hand, jadi buru2 keluar pintu aksara. dasar nasib, ketemulah temen yang ternyata jadi tukang jaga toko di 707 kemang! masuklah, plintat plintut, ngliat melissa shoes yang collaboration with vivienne westwood, untung kaga doyan, pfiuhh. tapi pas liat melissa happy item putih, oooh noooo! lucu banget! pingiiin! tapi tau gak boleh sama partnerboi karena harganya selangit.

emang dasar bentuk godaan setan beda2 yak, temen gw si penjaga toko pun membujuk, "bokk, itu udah lebih murah kalii, lagi diskon! demi lo dehh, diskonnya gw tambahin! niih, kapan lagi coba jadi DISKON 30%?!?"

duh.. gusti. kenapa yak begini amat nasib?

mikir sekali..
dua kali..

...

dan gw pun tergoda. BELI. untung partnerboi kalem. katanya karena keren sepatunya (jadi kalo jelek gak boleh huehuehe).


dasar bego, berasanya kok ya dapet duit. padahal kan ya, itu duit guaah, bukannya extra money gituuu. tapi gaya kok ya udah petantang petenteng hehehe.

Few highlights on JJF 2009

Jason Mraz, keren. Tapi gak yang over-the-moon keren. Just keren. Rame banget banyak abg yang punya kebiasaan begini: kalo lagunya tau, nyanyi kenceng-kenceng. I don’t mind with people nyanyi kenceng2 during concerts, believe me I feel the joy, too. But having all those irritating flashlights from you pocket digicam? Or worse, your cellphone? Not gonna work, dude. So leave the concert as it’s supposed to be. Just sing and dance! Kebiasaan penonton lain yang mengganggu: they leave when they don’t know the song. Or they get grumpy because of it. I don’t care if it affects them only, but taking pictures while other people are trying to enjoy the concert?

21st night. Mungkin emang salah di ekspektasi gw kali yah, having reviewed their CD, plus knowing that they’re Maliq & D’essential’s project. Harapan gw, mereka main full dari albumnya mereka sendiri, ya iyalah bok, seraya mereka udah ngeluarin one full album gituh. Apalagi sebelom masuk ke venue (mereka kebagian di Dji Sam Soe Lounge, di luar deket tempat makan, yang kecil bener tempatnya!), sempet udah hampir gak boleh masuk gitu karena kepenuhan katanya. Jadi gw lumayan berharaplah. Eh ternyata, lagu pertama yang mereka bawain adalah… John Mayer’s No Such Thing! Apapulak ini bah, macam penyanyi kafe aja! Huh. Ilfil. Sebel. Keluar deh gw buru2 sama partnerboi.

Humania, udah pada tua, tapi masih lumayan banget. Hampir semua hits lama dibawain, with new arrangements, which is super good. Plus, ada beberapa lagu baru yang emang sengaja banget ditonjolin. Yang gw inget adalah ada yang sound-nya mirip banget Deeper Underground-nya Jamiroquai (although a dear friend of ours who happens to be Humania’s number 1 fans because he’s their good friend didn’t admit that. The resemblance of the sound, that is =P). Let’s just see whether Eki cs will bring good hype once more on the coming album, having last performed in 2005 and they last album was in 2000 (meeh, this is 2009!). In a nutshell, Humania is still enjoyable =)

Matt Bianco, kereen! Tapi penuh banget dah sampe keluar2 gitu, and since I was late so I didn’t get to see the whole performance.

Slank. Book! Kapan lagi coba ya bisa nonton Slank tanpa musti kuatir rusuh? Sekarang gw tau kenapa kalo konser dia Slankers sejati gak pernah absen, dan kenapa orang2 yang gak bisa beli tiketnya bisa rusuh sendiri. Keren banget ciiing! Asli. Bener2 entertainer, dan moreover, aspiring gituuh! Asli dah. Padahal gw gak tau semua lagu2nya loh, tapi ya ikut joged2 aja dah tereak2 huehueh kampong. Berasa gak kaya di javajazz deh huheuhe. Mantap deh pokoknya. A memorable quote by Kaka, “Nah, Bim (Bim)! Jarang-jarang nih kita manggung sore begini, plus banyakan cewe wangi juga yang nonton. Anti keringet!” hueheuhe =)

Peabo Bryson, powerful! Udahlah dapet jatah di Plenary, jadi hype-nya berasa banget. Big band-nya keren, sound juga keren. Mantapp! Padahal im not his biggest fans looh, tapi tetep termehe2 walaupun gak nonton dari awal sampe akhir.

Tompi, at first keren. Ok I admit, I underestimated his skill, thought that he’s only, you know, a record studio kinda singer. Ternyata maaak, nyanyinya jago, plus kagak ada meleset2nya tu nada. Keren. Tapi lama2 kok ganggu yak? A bit too much here and there. And everything too much is not good, dear.
20 menit,.. keren bener.
30 menit,.. bener2 yaa, entertainer abis!
40 menit… kok mulai annoying ya?
45 menit and above, anjrit! Kagak ada abisnya apa ya ni improvisasi?
Quoting partnerboi, “OK we get it. You have all the skills in the world. Now bugger off!”

Soil & Pimp. Kata orang, ini band genrenya jazz kontemporer. Kalo kata gua, super hardcore jazz. This Tokyo-based band has all the energy in the world! Bok, gw nontonnya aja capeee, with all the near-trance sax & drums sounds. Kadang2 lagunya agak mendisko gituh, tapi teteeep dominasi sound dari terompetnya bikin lo cape sendiri. I personally don’t like it very much, but I was awed by the way they perform. Asli, kaya orang lagi ngiprit gituh, kenceng abeeees. Barangnya bagus kali, kata kata partnerboi huehuehue. Sayang jadwalnya molor berat, karena abis Soil & Pimp ini harusnya langsung dilanjutin Maliq & D’Essential (which I adore), tapi berhubung telat sejam lebih, jadi maap2 aja dah ya, Maliq terpaksa minggir dulu, karena… time for SWING OUT SISTER!!

SWING OUT SISTER. OK, where to start, eh? Gw dengerin SOS dari jaman SD (atau SMP ya? Yaah, jaman2 diracunin lagu2 sama abang gw gitu deh), dengan Breakout sama Am I The Same Girl. Fast forward jaman2 gw di Melbourne, partnerboi mulai meracuni gw dengan full album by SOS, and I love them all! By love them all I mean, I could play the same album for quite same time, and never get bored out of them. Afal luar dalem atas bawah liriknya, trus kalo ngedengerin bisa sampe merem melek begitu, tentunya sama partnerboi. Yes, we’re that disgusting, tapi itulah yang terjadi kalo ngedengerin SOS. Belom lagi dengan daya khayal kami yang sangat tinggi, sering juga gitu lagi dengerin lagu2nya trus belaga lagi nonton konsernya SOS. Dan oh, biasanya penyakit sakit jiwa ini diikuti juga sama Iwan, one of our dearest friends. DAN KEMAREN, KESAMPEAN! Nonton SOS bertiga, just like in our imagination! Wooot! Bener2 bikin bikin merinding, dari sekian lama konser, sekian banyak lagu, 90% tau semua lagunya, termasuk dari album terbaru, Beautiful Mess (Iwan bilang kalo kita gak tau lagunya, bukan salah kita, karena biasanya CDnya suka banyak keluar di Jepang doang, which happens to be SOS’s biggest fan base). Dan selama konser itu, jadi kaya autis gitu rusuh bertiga, nyanyi Breakout, Twilight World, Stone Cold Picnic, Surrender, Where Our Love Grows, Love Wont Let You Down, Am I The Same Girl, Butterfly, Beautiful Mess dan lain-lain. Pokoknya nyanyi, joget, semuanya bertiga. Hihihi sampe malu tapi bodo amat. Kalo kata orang konsernya biasa aja karena gak full band (akustik doang dan gak ada brass sectionnya), tapi tetep ya book, I love SOS! *kampungan mode, ON*
Hehe =)

All in all, JJF 2009, RAME. Rame gila2an sampe kadang berasa gak nyaman. Artists line up keren bener, sampe kadang berasa bingung “abis ini kemana yaah”, ‘yaah bentrok”. Manyun sih, tapi berarti JJF berhasil membawa artis yang emang diminati kan? Menurut gw sih yaa, the event still worth the money. Kapan lagi coba bisa nonton sebanyak gitu artis? Me likey :)
Plus, banyak turis negara tetangga yang dateng ke Jakarta, khusus buat ke JJF. Aku bangga =)

javajazz

I am so looking forward of going to this week’s javajazz festival. Bought the ticket super early (like, early January once the online order opened), along with partnerboi, 2 friends, and a friend of friend.

Positive is, the price is good cuz it was (almost) 40% discount for the early bird. Low down is, everyone seems to buy the tickets at the same time. Lowest down is, there were only around 10 people who were standing by behind the ticket redemption counter. Ergo, antrian membludak. Gila-gilaaan!

I stood there, waiting inline for almost 2.5 hours! 2.5 hours of my life of which I cant now retrieve back.

Nyeuuhhh!

Man, the concert is better be good. Better beee goooooddd.

this blog

just when i thought there arent many people visiting this blog, i stumbled upon my damn google analytics (a very long abandoned site).

and lookie2, look what ive found:

- there are some quite unusual countries from where people visit this blog. i said quite unusual cuz i cant seem to recall having any acquaintances there. norway, india, japan, canada, zimbabwe anyone?

- few sickos are browsing thru this blog, EACH AND EVERY entries, on quite daily basis! oh woow, i bet theyre now bored as hell (looking at my life as simply boring and superbly mundane).

- there really are bored people out there. and theyre dying to look up for sumtin on the net, and put up keywords such as "abg asyik", "foto cewe pake legging", "percakapan di hotel" and many (and i mean many) other weird keywords.

- the winner of the weird keywords are (i cant pick a winner since theyre equally weird) "pesta seks bebas" aaaand, *drum rolls*, "farid wibowo". dude, seriously, "pesta seks bebas"? and who on this hellish world is farid wibowo??

so there. quite interesting, eh?

the day

Do you know that we all have one-of-those-days day?

Where everything is a mess, your mood went thru a rollercoaster.

The people who are usually there are suddenly disappeared, even the ones who've been taking care of your back all this time.

In times like this, I usually learn not to take things too for granted.

Nothing seems to work. Everything just wrong, not in place yada yada yada and all.

And today, is definitely my one-of-those-days day.

:(

hijacked

partnerboi got nothing to do at his office, was superbored, and decided to hijack my blog!

we bought a CD the other day, and this is his review:

TWENTY FIRSTNIGHT
Mungkin kalau tidak ada Jay Kay dan Jamiroquai, band ini (dan sesepuhnya Maliq and D’essential) juga gak pernah ada. Yes, band baru ini diproduseri oleh Maliq, yang hasilnya bisa dibilang deket banget sama soundnya Maliq. Masih Jazzy , dan tentunya space – funk- sound dari Jamiroquai yang kentel banget terdengar di setiap lagu.
Terutama di lagu “Bidadari” yang mengingatkan kita sama Blow My Mind dari Jamiroquai , atau is it sebenernya lagunya Maliq yang dituju? Yah , sama ajalah.
Pesen yang mau disampein di tiap tracknya : “Yeah, we’re cool allright with the little hip to the hop and you don’t stop “ persis seperti lagu andalan mereka di track 2 yang berjudul “Tergila”, setelah track pertamanya yang gak gitu jelas konsepnya – sebagai pembuka. Kolaborasi mereka dengan Maliq (tentunya) di “Virus” terdengar sangat catchy dengan suara Indah yang dominant dan memiliki ciri tersendiri, tetapi kenapa lagu ini begitu mirip dengan feel-nya Lenny Kravitz ya? Mungkin untuk di album pertama ini mereka ingin sedikit stand out dengan mengambil atmosphere dari sana – sini untuk menembus pasar musik kita, yang eventually juga pangsa dan pendengar musik-musik barat.

so waddaya say, pretty sharp, eh? a bit Rolling Stone-ish here and there, but still, i think if he ever writes it for mass consumption, he'll get sack by his boss straightaway hiehiehe.

whilst to my own opinion, this band is an OK-band. their records is not the type that i regret of buying, but definitely not the type that i'll be listening over and over again everyday for quite of period of time. :)

records matter

RECORDS THAT CHANGED YOUR LIFE
Rise & Shine – Cardigans
A Love Song - Ego Wrappin' feat Determinatio
Inside & Out - Feist
Hyperballad - Bjork
Please send me someone - George Michael
(partnerboi made me listen to these and so the history of partnerboi and i began =D)

RECORDS YOU'VE LISTENED MORE THAN ONCE
Bersama - Humania
Dancing Nancies - Dave Matthews Band
Your New Cuckoo - Cardigan
Unpredictable - Jamie Foxx
L'anamour - Ivy
Summer Sun - Koop
PLUS, the whole album of Swing Out Sister, Everything But The Girl, 311, Phoenix, Sting, Madonna, Postal Service, ah too many! :D

RECORDS THAT YOU JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND
Siguros. Too advance for me.

RECORDS THAT MADE YOU LAUGH
Siaran Radio Prambors- Warkop

RECORDS THAT MADE YOU CRY OR SAD
Through the barricade - Spandau Ballet. Goosebumps!

RECORDS THAT CREEPS THE HELL OUT OF YOU
Membiru, tragis (i forgot the actual title) - Efek Rumah Kaca

RECORDS YOU WISH HAD NEVER BEEN MADE
Siguros.

RECORDS THAT YOU'VE JUST LISTENED
Do it for the people - Lucy Pearl
Nothing better - Postal Service

RECORDS YOU'VE BEEN MEANING TO BUY [...OR STEAL]
New album by Lily Allen
(Mr. Blueskyyyy! =D)

SONGS THAT YOU WILL DANCE TO
Not big - Lily Allen
If i ever feel better - Phoenix
Give it away - Tahiti 80

SONGS THAT YOU WILL MOST LIKELY MAKE LOVE OR HAVE SEX TO
Bad Boy Clyde - Esthero
Rocksteady - Remy Shand

FIGHTSTARTER KARAOKE WOULD BE...
Changchuters (am i spelling it correctly?)! The whole tracks!

And im tagging schizilly to do this! Or you, yes, YOU! =)

juno

i heart everything about juno!

the casts, the storyline, the script, the angles, the graphic illustration, the soundtrack, everything!

especially the quotes! ooowh i just love its fast-paced, dynamic, witty dialogues!

i watched it again last nite for the umpteenth time, and partnerboi & i still love it so much.

MOS burger review

pernah nyobain sesuatu, tapi rasanya kentang disana sini? kentang alias kena tanggung, gak enak juga nggak, tapi enak yang bikin sampe ngiler wajib balik lagi juga nggak. kalo gw, paling sebel makanan kaya gini, karena kenyangnya tu juga jadi kentang, gak puas gitu bok. yang tambah bikin gondok kalo ketemu makanan tipe begini dengan harga yang, dibandingkan rasa dan experience-nya, mahal banget. bah.

nah, MOS burger (baru bok, adanya di plaza senayan) itu tipe makanan yang begini kalo menurut gw. serba kentang huhuhu.

karena porsinya kecil.
karena gurihnya standar.
karena cream corn soup-nya, sungguh gak enak. asli, enakan campbell's CANNED food atau knorr's deh. asli. ini corn soup gadungan, tanpa ada potongan jagung satupun. partnerboi said he might as well just use straw and sip it. giling.
karena milk tea-nya sama sekali gak kaya milk tea pada umumnya.
karena makanan yang mau gw order, abis. buat apa dia pajang gede2 di menu kalo dia gak sediain banyak stok??
karena mbak2 kurang reliable, karena pas gw tanya,
"mbak, yakiniku burger rice-nya satu ya. ada kan?"
"wah, abis mbak", jawab si mbak.
gw pun masih tetep usaha (namanya juga first timer),
"apa dong mba rekomendasinya?"
"hmm biasanya sih YAKINIKU BURGER RICE, mbak", balas si mbak.
"LAH KATANYA ABIS MBAAK?", mulai nyolot.
"iya...", tanpa berusaha merekomendasikan makanan apa2.
gubrak.

huhuhu sebel banget akhirnya gw cuma order teriyaki burger. yang rasanya duhh sungguh nanggung sana sini. macam lo makan ayam teriyaki trus lo pakein roti doang. asli, roti dan ayamnya sungguh sungguh sungguh gak blending. mana gak ngenyangin pulak. udahlah gw orangnya sungguh maruk gini kan, sebellah gua.

... yang mana partnerboi langsung menawarkan antidotenya:
"bik, tanggung nih. lets finish off the meal with sushi tei?"
langsung gw jawab dengan manis gembira,
"HYUUUKKK!"

so there we were, having one of our cheapest bills at sushi tei. if only mbak2nya tau kalo kita baru aja makan MOS burger, pasti doi gak jadi terkesima deh akan sedikit (dan sehatnya) menu makan malem kita.

hihihi =)

mijung is dead

oh mamiii, i just got out from an express meeting with the boss.

dikasih tau FEW projects which will be running in 2009. and by few he means EIGHT (sementara, nyet) projects, which are closely intertwined one and another.

good news is (so he says): ini project masing2 bakal ada PICnya. dan karena ada beberapa yang ongoing dan kebanyakan dipegang sama mijung, jadi ada beberapa yang di handover ke PIC lain.

good news, thank you.

bad news is, the words are super big:
- increase # sales force
- create new sales channel
- recruitment process
- performance management (target, tracking, KPI)
- career development
- training & development
- MIS and its supports
- sales incentives

worse news is, the boss kinda forget the tight deadline. the big boss asks the first draft of all these concepts ARE TO BE SUBMITTED by THIS wednesday! this. fuckin. wednesday. gregorian calendar-wise, 2 not-so-solid-days from now.

WORST, have u noted the red and bold fonts in some areas?? yes, THOSE ARE MY PROJECTS.

ooowhh inaaang, i might as well just vanish from this worlddd!

=(

super random

happy new year, all. hope this is not all that late, rite? hope you all had a blast on NYE, and i also wish you all a very good life ahead (me is included, of course ;P).

i used to loove this ambiance at work during xmas- new year holiday. there seemed nothing more you can ask cuz it was so nice. workload had lessen to its minimum level, and all the dearest colleagues (most of them are my friends anyway) were deliberately not taking their leaves (kapan lagi nek, leha2 gak ada boss hihi), therefore we could do this and that, during office hours. sumtin that is impossible to happen during normal times. (we even once watched 'Friends' DVD at this meeting room lols =P).

but the best i love about xmas-new year holiday at the office was the potluck party. we formed few groups of 4-5 people, and each group had to bring some food, as discussed beforehand. so yeah, it was so fun seeing all these people bring huge portion of food, including rice cooker (!!), humungous bowl filled with mocktail syrup, and other food. the event is simple, nothing really fancy about that, yet i love it. i love its simplicity, and it brings us together. cheesy, i know.

but comparing that event to this year's quite big celebration, it feels totally different. i dunno, i guess its kinda related to the growth of my division. its just so different, having have seen this organisation has grown so big for the past one year. i remember i was the 35th members of the division. you know how many people are now here in this division? 120. ish. just imagine the changes ive been experiencing and the problems i encountered (and solved, thank you) in this year.

few friends has gone (lulus dari perusahaan ini, so they say) and moved some ladders, some became a very good housewife, some pursued their new path as entrepeneur, but i'm still here.

and me, i just want my potluck party back, with my closest friends called colleagues. please?

books

some books partnerboi and i current read:

• maryamah karpov by andrea hirata, lumayan cengar cengir gw dibuatnya hihi.partnerboi mah belagulah kalo disuruh baca buku ini, bilangnya udah gak tertarik karena filmnya udah bagus and takut bukunya ngerusak filmnya (eer, bukannya kebalik ya nek? hmm)
  

• last nite a dj saved my life by bill brewster & frank broughton, a historical (no, seriously!) facts about the dj profession. canggih deh. partnerboi, seperti biasa, langsung pingin jadi dj hoho.

• stumbling on happiness by daniel gilbert. lagi browsing di ak.sa.ra, trus liat buku ini. quote depannya dari malcolm gladwell yang nulis blink dan stephen dubner & steven levitt (freakonomics), langsung beli tanpa ba-bi-bu, cuz we read those books religiously hiehehi

so, there goes my current reading list. what's yours? =D

test

1st attempt posting from my blazing-red-orangeberry.

•~^ ;p

oh wow

pagi2, meeting dadakan sama si boss. jelas2 gitu dia tau kalo gw musti stand by buat shooting video profile (iyeee gw tukang kabel bukan talentnya!--sebelom dicela bowk hihi). udah tau gitu gw wajib nangkring di cabang jam 10 kurang. eh jam 9 malah manggil gw, suruh presentasi slide sialan yang filenya rusak mulu itu, 50an slide cong! onde inaaang, grogi guah.

walhasil buru2 masuk ruangan si boss, lupa ganti sepatu (still on my driving flats), dan langsung ngoceh2 sana sini. sampe jam 10 kurang gitu ajaloooh gw udah keringet dingin, gak konsen.

akhirnya jam 10 gw berhasil kabur, baru inget kalo HP dua2nya gw tinggal di meja. dan pas gw geser mouse PC gw, terlihatlah dengan jelasnya:

-beberapa thread plurk dari temen2 deket;
-belasan balasan dari thread plurk tersebut;
-EMPATBELAS window YM;
-8 miskol dari 2 HP;
-12 SMS

huehuheu pantes aja feeling gw di ruang meeting aga2 gak enak tapi enak gimanaaa gitu.

semuanya ngucapin selamat ulang taun;
pada ngedoain banyak rejeki, dikasih yang terbaik, sehat2 aja, langgeng sama si partnerboi, cepet dapet buntut (ie momonganlah bukan ngedoain gw jadi sun gokong), naik pangkat, gaji gede, yang mana gw jawab dengan sepenuh hati gegap gempita:

AMIN.

terimakasih udah inget, terimakasih udah take the effort to plurk, YM, SMS, email, telfon, nulis di facebook, kirim testi & msg di friendster (oh wow masih ada loh yang nulis di friendster), dan lain lain lain lain. i know its easier nowadays to remember the bday date(s) of your friends, but still, i appreaciated all the efforts deeply. semoga dibales sama yang di Atas, you are all being very kind.

... walaupun, buntut2nya, pada minta traktir. hohoho ketebak ni orang2 wkekwehkwe. and the answer to this adalah...

WEEEEKKK =P=P=P

udah ah, im gonna share my bday cake w/my partnerboi.

nite, all!

events, events

partnerboi called just now, said that we got FREE TICKET for this event tomorroooow!

plus we're off to see this on saturday!

owwh talking about fun weekend, eh? cant wait!

on much heavier note, the master presentation file i've been working my ass off for this big project got corrupted! let's see, the IT guys cant fix it, the bloody virus (assuming the file got corrupted by virus) has spread to my other laptop(s!!) and the data within the file disappeared (i mean, how could that happen, really??). ergo, me need to REDO the whole isht again. 58 slides! of numbers, animation, and all. crappiness.

i guess i must think about the coming events i'll be attending, seeing those as my silver lining.

as of rite now, its time to .pptx-ing again! shoot!

wish me luck, everyone!