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.:: ThE FiFTh AvenuE CaFé ::.

                                                      -- since 1984 --

Wednesday, September 28, 2005

letting 'em down again ...

~ I just wish I could be better for 'em ... sighs .. time to get back on my feet for the god-knows-how-many time ... hihihi .. btw this song is especially dedicated to Kebo who's apparently having a serious dilemma in his life ... ^^ .. dude, keep tat smile up, will ya? .. everything is gonna be okay people .. if it's not, then f*** it .. yihhaaaaaa .. me out to work/anger-management-session now ~ cheers

Sunday, September 25, 2005

wutcha think .. huh?

~ Here's a lil' something for u guys to read on .. well, sorry for the language .. hahhaha .. it's in indon .. an article i read from Kompas Online .. tho i think it's a piece of crap written by a somehow, somewhat desperate person .. wakaka ... which led him to thinking this way for an easy escape or, perhaps, a resentment .. hohoho ... neway let me know watcha think alrite .. hehehehehe .. do u think he's right? ... me out now ~ cheers


Jangan Jadi Pengecut

Oleh Samuel Mulia Penulis Mode dan Gaya Hidup

Sudah sejak lama saya berpikir bahwa, secara fisik, keadaan saya biasa-biasa saja. Bahkan saking biasanya—tak ada nilai lebihnya—sampai hari ini saya masih sendiri.

Saya berpikir kalau seseorang memiliki sebuah hubungan, maka makhluk yang terlibat dalam hubungan itu melihat di dalam diri pasangannya itu ada sebuah nilai atau value yang baik, yang patut diperjuangkan, sehingga keduanya memutuskan memulai sebuah hubungan.

Nah, dalam kaitannya dengan saya, maka sampai hari ini belum ada makhluk di dunia ini yang melihat nilai dalam diri saya sehingga hubungan yang saya inginkan belum bisa terlaksana. It takes two to tango, bukan? Sampai tulisan ini Anda baca, saya masih bertango sendirian. Kadang, malah meminjam kekasih teman-teman saya. Untuk ber-tango maksudnya.

Kemudian saya berpikir apakah karena secara fisik saya memang tak setampan Anjasmara, apalagi memiliki tubuh berototnya yang saya lihat dalam foto telanjangnya di sebuah acara TV baru-baru ini. Itu sangat jauh dari saya sehingga lama-lama saya merasa kepercayaan diri menjadi setipis kertas HVS. Sampai suatu hari teman saya keceplosan mengatakan, saya tak punya inner beauty yang kuat.

”Inner beauty”

Kemudian ia menjelaskan soal yang satu ini. Bahwa saya harus bisa menerima keadaan diri saya, saya harus bahagia dahulu dengan diri saya, saya harus punya hubungan yang harmonis dengan siapa pun, dan sebagainya, dan sebagainya. Tentu setelah saya diceramahi panjang lebar, maka di rumah giliran saya merenungkan semua percakapan yang terjadi di Sabtu siang itu, sambil menyantap ayam kung pao dan sayur pokcai dengan tahu.

Setelah perenungan beberapa jam itu sambil memandang langit-langit apartemen dan membuka hati saya sejujur mungkin, saya menyimpukan bahwa saya bahagia. Kalaupun saya merasa kadang kesepian, itu tak mengurangi kebahagiaan saya.

Dengan memiliki kehidupan spiritual yang semakin matang, saya malah sekarang mampu memaafkan siapa pun, saya dikelilingi teman-teman yang memberi semangat dan yang senantiasa membantu saya dan saya bersyukur karenanya. Pekerjaan saya menyenangkan. Keadaan keuangan saya masih memampukan saya untuk jalan-jalan ke luar negeri. Hubungan saya dengan orangtua tak pernah bermasalah meski ada saja ritme turun-naiknya. Saya menerima keadaan diri saya tanpa rasa mengeluh.

Kemudian saya menyimpulkan bahwa semua itu adalah kebahagiaan batin saya dan bukan seperti yang dikatakan teman saya itu, inner beauty. Karena, menurut saya, cantik itu bersifat fisik, dan kebahagiaan jiwa itu bersifat spirit. Kalaupun kebahagiaan jiwa itu diterjemahkan secara puitis dengan kata beauty, itu tetap—menurut saya—bukan sama dengan kecantikan fisik. Jiwa yang bahagia memang memengaruhi keadaan saya secara keseluruhan sehingga orang melihat saya bahagia, tetapi secara fisik saya tetap tidak bertambah ganteng seperti Anjasmara hanya karena jiwa saya bahagia.

Jadilah cantik

  • Saya berpikir, cantik atau tampan adalah sebuah standar fisik, bukan standar jiwa.

Mungkin untuk kita di Indonesia standar cantik itu adalah berkulit putih, rambut panjang, dan wajah supercantik. Jadi sama seperti seorang dokter, standar untuk bisa disebut dokter adalah dengan sekolah di fakultas kedokteran, lulus kuliah, memegang sumpah jabatan, membuka praktik, dan tentunya punya pasien. Itu standarnya.

Kalau melihat pada contoh diri saya, saya tidak memenuhi standar itu. Karena tak terpenuhi, saya tak bisa menyalahkan standar itu dan saya tak bisa dengan mudahnya mengalihkan keadaan tidak mencapai standar itu dengan berbicara ringan bahwa yang penting itu inner beauty.

Saya merasa menjadi seorang pengecut besar untuk mengatakan yang penting itu inner beauty hanya karena saya tak bisa mencapai standar cantik atau tampan. Bahwa orang melihat saya bahagia yang dikarenakan jiwa saya bahagia, itu sah-sah saja. Tetapi, daya tarik fisik saya harus diakui masih di bawah standar. Dan kalau saya bahagia secara jiwa dan itu membuat kepercayaan saya bertambah, kemudian otak saya tiba-tiba berpikir bahkan merasa saya begitu tampannya, alangkah kelirunya, bukan?

Self esteem yang bertambah karena kebahagiaan jiwa seharusnya tak menjadikan saya penipu diri sendiri, tetapi justru memberi keberanian menerima keadaan yang sesungguhnya. Buat saya, saat seseorang bisa menerima siapa dirinya, bahkan mungkin setambun apa pun dia, atau punya kaki seperti kaki meja buatan Jepara dari kayu jati pula, maka itulah yang disebut inner beauty.

Sementara cantik itu sesuatu yang tak ada kaitannya dengan inner beauty. Bahwa si tambun atau si kaki Jepara mau jadi cantik lewat olahraga atau bedah plastik, itu adalah konsekuensinya kalau mau jadi cantik dan tidak tiba-tiba jadi cantik karena kebahagiaan jiwa. Saya selalu menyarankan orang untuk jadi cantik dan tidak hanya omong soal inner beauty melulu.

Sampai hari ini saya masih ber-tango sendiri dan masih meminjam pacar-pacar teman saya untuk berdansa. Itu tak akan membuat saya frustrasi. Satu hal yang akan saya jalani adalah belajar menerima keadaan fisik saya tanpa harus bicara panjang lebar, melakukan pembelaan, menyalahkan standar cantik atau tampan, dengan sebuah kata cliché inner beauty. Bahwa suatu hari saya memutuskan untuk menjalani operasi plastik, Anda akan saya beri tahu.

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20 Alasan Mengapa Anda Harus Jadi Cantik

1. Karena ada Ari Wibowo. Sekarang ia sedang mencari pembantu rumah tangga, siapa tahu tak lama lagi ia mencari pasangan hidup.

2. Anda akan lebih bahagia.

3. Sepatu Manolo Blahnik dan baju segala merek tersedia semakin banyak.

4. Anda tak perlu mencari pekerjaan sebagai pelawak.

5. Butik Valentino menanti Anda dengan koleksi busananya yang ramping dan seksi.

6. Biyan akan senang hati melihat busana superfemininnya dikenakan di tubuh Anda.

7. Anda menyenangkan banyak mata.

8. Modelling agency menanti Anda.

9. Raam Punjabi menanti Anda.

10. Biro iklan menanti Anda.

11. Mungkin Nia Dinata, Riri Reza, atau Dimas Jayadiningrat juga menanti Anda.

12. Ada Dragon Fly, Blowfish, Parc, Circa, dan berbagai mal tempat Anda bisa menabur pesona.

13. Majalah mode siap memberi sekian halaman untuk Anda sebagai model untuk halaman mode mereka.

14. Karena Anda seorang wanita dan Anda bisa membuat deg-degan wanita lainnya.

15. Paling tidak Tamara Bleszynski punya sparing partner.

16. Ada tinggal pilih mau jadi presenter di stasiun TV yang jumlahnya lebih dari sepuluh.

17. Bisa jadi Peter Saerang dan Rudy Hadisuwarno siap menjadikan rambut Anda senantiasa indah tertata.

18. Karena ada ajang Miss Universe.

19. Karena pemilihan Abang None setiap tahun masih digelar.

20. Bisa jadi Kompas mencari juru bicara yang menawan.*

is it really true ... i ponder

~ Call me superstitious, but heck ... check this out homies .. my daily horoscope for da weekend, dated September 23, 2005 ... i wonder how much truth lies beneath it all .. huahhuhauhuhauha .. i doubt it tho .. neway here we go :

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) - Today (Friday) is an 8 - The next four weeks should be a lot of fun. You're popular, witty, and in demand. You're a teacher as well as a student.

~ Unbelievable?!? Well, believe it ... huahuhahhauhuhauha .. we'll see .. LOL .. Hmmm .. today is a very tiring day ... it's been a while since i walked tat much ... hihihi .. plus didn't get enuf sleep last nite .... get too carried away with the rhythm .. hohoho .. well, gonna get some rest first .... tonite is the movie marathon nite .. wooooohoooooooooooo ... hope my eyes dun swell on monday ... wakaka .. have a wonderful evening u peeps .... here's another quiet one for the nite from Incognito, Shade of Blue .. enjoy .. me out now ~ cheers

Saturday, September 24, 2005

drained and relieved ...

~ Yihhaaaaaaaa .. how y'all feelin' people? hehehhee ... hopefully this week wasn't too bad for u guys .. for me, it's just another ordinary walk through my perpetual journey .. hihihi ^^ .. been busy .. not with work ... but with me TELLY .. uhauhahuhahuhuahua .. LOL .. yupe tat's rite .. almost everything on TV is on SP (season premieres) .. wooohoooo .. can't get my eyes off it .. darn .. as u may have thought, watching TV is like pumping cocaine into ur vein .. huahuhhahahua .. it's turning more n more into a crave, than an addiction .. *wonder wat's the difference .. LOL* ... and finally "LOST" is back .. thank god! .. it's me fave of 'em all .. well, more mysteries are unravelling on the series move on .. but i seriously hope the story doesn't drift too much away from reality (if it still got some or any) .. hauhhauhahuaa .. CSI was also goood as always .. hehehehe .. however, didn't manage to see the new, long-awaited comedy series "Everybody Hates Chris" - featuring Chris Rock as the narrator .. sighs .. but to be honest, i dun find him funny most of the time .. wakakkakaa .. which is weird .. i mean, me = weird .. hehehehe .. O yeah, Survivor Guatemala hits the second week last Wednesday .. this one is also my fave ... hehehhehee .. wish i could enter one ... prolly be voted off immediately .. wakakaka .. "Yo, the tribe has spoken .. and it's time for you to go home" .. darn it! ~

~ Feel like pouring more stuff in tonite but too drained to even think ... crap .. sighs .. but take a look at my new creation .. woop woop yeah ... i call it the "Juk-iNoe-X" ... pronounced as Jookeenoox .. hehhehee .. ain't it cool or wat? *hey stop it already a'ite?* .. neway since my lovely soundblox is dead ... hixs .. so i decided to "create" myself a new jukebox (btw tat's where da name comes from) .. nothing new ... just a lil' fancy .. at least to me .. wakakkakaka ... i luv it .. hohoho .. and check out another new addition to me blog ... the White-Band is in da house yooo ... hauhhahhahhahua .. top rite corner ... woohoooo .. let's support 'em, shall we? .. coz no body wants to live in poverty ... including me .. wakakaka .. nicey nicey .. all settle then ... ~

~ Alritey peeps .. eyes are tired .. but spirit still high .. hihihi ^^ .. of cuz .. it's friday .. too much to lose sleeping at this time .. hehehhehee ... before i ciaoooo, all the best to those who're still struggling to get outta Texas ... all my prayers are with you .. peace out .. and this song goes out to all of you ... a lil' Jazz for your soul .. ^^ .. enjoy the nite .. me out now ~ cheers

Friday, September 23, 2005

busy busy busy .. !@#$%^&*

~ Dedicated to Kebo who's been missing and stranded without his beloved privilege of using the Internet .. HAHAHA .. let me know when i need to dial the magic number, alrite? ... wakaka .. enjoy everybody .. n lotz of shenks to Herrotzky for her special trick ... sweet dude .. ^^ .. no time to write this time .. maybe next time .. nitey people .. me out now ~ cheers

Sunday, September 18, 2005

from china with love .. ^^

~ To all my friends in Windsor, a message dedicated to you guys from Kerman (da JokeR) :

"Hope u all find what u wish for ..... Life does not always turn out the way we want it to be. But it isn't that bad afterall. Just enjoy it .."

same goes to u pal .. me out now ~ cheers

pahlawan pembela kebenaran

~ Tonite is da nite everyone in my house has been waiting for ... hihihi .. MoonCake Fest Dinner Party .. wakakkaka .. lotsa food n all yooo .. just luving it .. ^^ ... well, things didn't go as well as expected tho .. we actually planned more n better foood ... wakakkaa .. but it's all goodie goodie ... LOL .. afterall it's not 'bout the food . but it's about having fun and sharing the love all around .. yeah yeah yeah ... hihihi .. i luv get-togethers so much ... sharing stories, laughters, and joy ... woohoooo ... sounds exciting .. ^^ .. so really looking forward to tonite .. FULL SPEED ahead !! ... yihaaaa ~

~ Would like to dedicate this song to si apple gal .. Had a lil' argument today with her .. and again, it's me, me, me ... sighs .. sorry gal .. please forgive me .. please .. pleasee .. pleaseeeeeee .. = ( .. wakakakkakaa .. *garing ahhh* ... if u won't, then i'll just play this song for you to help brighten up your lovely heart .. *nice try dude .. but me = desperately in lovee .. LOL* .. neway enjoy yach ... ^^ .. it's the least i can do from this distance .. hihihi .. ~

~ Just to clear things up here people ... bout the incident in me previous post ... hmmm ... how do i say this .. maybe u shouldn't draw any conclusion as to whether X is really the vic here ... coz i'm not even sure myself .. *WTF?!^%$* ... the story is really twisted .. sighs .. maybe i shouldn't have painted such a bad character to X's husband after all .. since i dun even know the real truth ... *i told u guys tat this is a second-hand account .. =p* .. only THEY know the truth ... and we should just keep our conclusions to ourselves .. and it wasn't my intention in the first place to talk bout other people's marriage life ... or even bad-talking bout it to u guys ... so yeah, i only hope we all can learn something from it ... ^^ .. FYI, the police is now involved in the case + X and her husband were taken into custody last nite (the neighbours called 911 since they were apparently playing cat-n-mouse outside the house while screaming at each other) + surprisingly only her husband was released later on .... u guys figured out the rest ... case closed ~

~ To all my friends wherever u are, enjoy ur nites ... hihihi ... life is good .. sometimes .. LOL .. tekker n peace out yoooo ... me out now ~ cheers

Saturday, September 17, 2005

SOUNDBLOX = officially tha-tha

~ CRAPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP! .. feel like throwing throwing this laptop HARD to the wall .. sighs .. me soundblox finalleee terminated for good ... NOOOOO ..... but wat can i do ... thanx to shitty Spymac .. n now can't even find any "okay" hosting service .. *me = too cheap to register for one* .. ended up using Geocities .. which i found out to be friggin' shittie TOO .. plus it's not even close to being "OKAY" ..... yeah damn rite ... sighs . BAD DAY !!!!!! ......................................... me out now ~ cheers

Friday, September 16, 2005

any suggestions ..... ? - Part 2

~ Morning peeps .. hehehe .. couldn't sleep AGAIN last nite .. crap .. neway for those waiting for the rest of the story ... here i go again with the truth behind the screaming .. btw just to clarify things, the house is 3-storey high .. i live in the basement, couple B on the ground level, and the rest live upstairs .. ^^ .. alritey ~

~ Yesterday during dinner time, couple A's wife *let's call her, D, to simplify things* was cleaning up in the kitchen while i was cooking ... and so we got into this conversation regarding the incident last nite .. to my surprise, this is the SECOND time around couple B's wife had screamed like that in the middle of the nite ... according to D, this one was even louder and crazier than before ... so i was like "REALLLYY???? how come i didn't hear it?" .. probably i was sleeping like a real pig back then ... huahhuhauuhahuaa ... now tat kinda explains why D was apparently real upset about the whole thing .. it's very very disturbing indeed .. let alone the fact tat the neighbours might have dialed 911 .... n things would have been quite different rite now ... wakakaka .. D spoke to couple B's wife *let's call her, X, to make things easy* .. and according to her, she was BADLY beaten by her husband last nite .. they were having an argument .. well, i guess alot more than a tiny, mini argument ... apparently she was beaten in their car outside the house tat dawn .. then she was dragged by her husband into the house and into their room, where it continued ... from wat i heard, X's husband was hitting her hard and he apparently threw stuff at her and on her head ... Geezzz ... she said tat she was really in pain and tried to call D at times ... but D was sleeping and she couldn't hear her ... too bad .. otherwise it would have been a damn CHUN! dawn .. wakaka .. so yeah, she was beaten and all .. so finally she made tat freakin' loud cry .. n tat's where i came in ... LOL ... according to D, X's husband took ALL her ID, credit cards, and all his personal stuff with him too and ciaooo ... and X's arms and, i suppose, body are badly bruised from the beating she took last nite .. poor X ... she doesn't know the whereabouts of her husband at the moment .. and i dun think she'd like to know .. hihihi ... after speaking to X, D told me X to file a police report while the bruises are still there .. u know as a proof ... but she's got no ID, which she thinks might question her status in Canada .. sighs ... bad bad bad ... plus she told me that:

  • X is an orphan

  • X is rich since her parents left a lot of their goodies *watever* to her

  • X's husband owns a restaurant here in Canada + he kept all his earnings to himself + but still uses his wife's money

  • X's husband has been divorced twice before this marriage with X

  • Couple B has a son back in China. However, this child is not X's biological son. I supposed it's from X's husband previous marriages.

  • Before the fight, X saw her husband teasing with another lady IN HER FACE ... apparently the lady was sitting on his lap while his hands were busy with u know wat. *Hey! no sex here .. just busy* .. and so X was angry.

  • Before X's husband left, he told her to wait for his divorce papers.

~ So tat's the whole friggin' story people .. hehehehe .. hope u guys can picture the incident through my "very" narrative portrayal of the real thing .. wakakaka .. *OMG! I'M LATE FOR WORK!* .. me out now ~ cheers

any suggestions ..... ? - Part 1

~ Let see where should i even begin here ... hmmm .. btw this is a second-hand account tat i wrote .. me landlord told me about this tonite .. alrite ... here we go people .. ~

~ I live in a house occupied by 8 persons ... packed indeed .. but tat's not the case .. anyway the people here are extremely wonderful and i am glad tat i found this house in the first place .. of the 8 people, there are 2 couples: A and B .. couple A owns the house and everybody else pay rents .. couple A is very nice and they are fun .. well, everybody in the house are fun .. hihihi .. couple B, however, doesn't seem to have a healthy marriage life, at least as far as i can see .. but i wasn't sure until today .. Around 4 am or 6 am *i was literally asleep at tat time* .. suddenly out of the still of the nite, a women cried "ARGHHHH ... ARGHHHHH .. ARGHHH .." repeated for a couple of times .. sounded like somebody was just hit by a terrible terrible news or somebody was just killed .. the person was definitely in some sort of pain and anger and terror, all into one .. really shocking and terrifying .. i mean imagine this .. u sleeping and this women suddenly cried so darn hard *man, u are not even friggin' sure it's a WOMEN .. it could be .. u know who* ... anyway since it lasted quite a while, i woke up n knew it was coming from above ... so i decided to jolt out of my bed and head upstairs with my eyes literally half-closed ... when i got there ... couple A's husband was already standing by the steps, watching at the door of couple B's room .. so now i knew it was couple B's wife who made tat scary shouts earlier .... content with wat i found out plus i couldn't do anything .. i headed back to bed .. but i couldn't sleep well since then .. well, i've been having a hard time sleeping lately .. sighs .. ~

~ This is just half of the story .. so stay tuned to find out the rest of the missing pieces when i come back next time here @ the Fifth Avenue Cafe .. wakakaka ... *sorry got to head to bed .. got to work early tomorrow* ... me out now ~ cheers

Wednesday, September 14, 2005

finding mr.right .. serius

~ Read this article @ Kompas Online .. hehehe .. interesting comments i suppose .. but too bad it's in indonesian .. wakaka .. no time to translate .. sorry dudes ... neway enjoy deh .. me out now ~ cheers

"Hallo, saya senang sekali membaca ajakan secara eksplisit dari redaksi KCM untuk berbagi pengalaman.

Saya wanita usia pertengahan 20-an yang tinggal di Jerman sejak 5 tahun. Melalui surat digital ini, saya ingin menuangkan unek-unek saya terhadap pria Indonesia (dan juga pria Asia pada umumnya). Alasannya tidak lain dan tidak bukan, karena saya memang sedang dalam masa-masa mencari Mr.Right. (pria yang tepat- Red)

Terus terang saya kadang sedih loh, kalau saya sedang membandingkan pria Indonesia dengan pria-pria bangsa lain. Universitas tempat saya berkuliah memang lumayan bercampur baur dari berbagai negara. Jiwa petualang saya menarik saya untuk berkenalan dengan suku bangsa mana pun juga. Tetapi sebenarnya saya ingin Mr.Right berasal dari Indonesia, supaya saya nantinya tidak terkena dilema "jauh dari keluarga atau jauh dari si dia".

Bukannya karena tidak ada pria Indonesia yang tertarik pada saya, sehingga saya kecewa. Tapi justru karena pria-pria Indonesia yang tertarik pada saya sudah terlihat ego-nya, padahal belum juga saya jatuh hati pada dia. Memang sih, bukan masalah besar, tetapi itu ’kan hal yang wajar, kalau saya memperhatikan seorang pria mulai dari hal-hal yang paling kecil. Sadar atau tidak, kejadian umum sehari-hari di tengah keramaian lah yang membuat saya hilang feeling pada calon Mr.Right dari Indonesia.

Contoh: Suatu hari kami berjalan-jalan di pertokoan, bersama-sama dengan teman-teman yang lain. Sebenarnya saya cukup senang, karena si dia hampir selalu berjalan di samping saya dan paling sigap menanggapi percakapan saya. Tetapi saat kami sampai di pintu sebuah pertokoan yang harus dibuka tutup dengan tenaga manusia, maklum saat itu sedang musim salju, si dia dengan cueknya menyelonong masuk, sebelum saya sempat melangkah. Ngeek, saya "terjepit" di celah pintu kaca tebal yang memang dibuat agar cepat-cepat tertutup kembali. Terus terang, saya terbiasa dibukakan pintu dan dipersilahkan masuk oleh pria, entah kenal entah tidak. Hal ini adalah perlakuan lumrah dari pria terhadap wanita di Eropa.

Di waktu yang lain, pada saat saya berkumpul dengan mahasiswa-mahasiswa asal Indonesia untuk memasak makanan kesayangan kami, terjadilah percakapan khas pria-pria muda asal Indonesia: mereka ingin punya pacar bule, karena wanita bule lebih cantik dibanding wanita Indonesia. Lalu dengan gaya bercanda, saya menggoda mereka, bahwa punya istri bule harus siap untuk membantu ganti popok bayi, membersihkan WC, membantu memasak dan sebagainya, maklum di sini tenaga kerja mahal sekali, walaupun hanya sekedar untuk bersih-bersih. Mereka tersinggung loh. Jawaban mereka sombong sekali: "Kalau begitu sih bukan cari suami, tapi cari pembantu".

Saya lalu meneruskan mencuci piring bersama teman-teman senasib: wanita Indonesia. Sedih rasanya, kok kami-kami yang wanita seakan-akan cuma dianggap hiasan dan tidak bisa apa-apa. Kapan yah, pria-pria itu sadar, bahwa memasak dan bersih-bersih pun bukan urusan sepele atau hina. Kalau pun mereka mau membantu, terlihat berat hati sekali. Kami yang sudah dandan cantik-cantik supaya diperhatikan, dicuekin begitu saja sama pria-pria sok ganteng itu. Malah mereka mengobrol tentang wanita bule, mengatakan keras-keras di punggung kami yang sedang sibuk membersihkan dapur: "Kok tidak ada wanita Indonesia yang cantik ya?". Padahal kalau mereka mau mengaca dan jujur, mungkin mereka akan mengakui betapa kasihan wanita bule yang mendapat pasangan begitu jelek seperti mereka. (Haha, bercanda, Bung!)

Yang terhormat pria-pria Indonesia, mohon jangan tersinggung dengan tulisan saya ya. Sejujurnya, menurut saya pria-pria Indonesia tidak kalah ganteng dibandingkan pria-pria bule. Tetapi pandangan terhadap wanita lah yang masih terlalu tidak adil. Menurut saya, pria-pria bule terlihat lebih simpatik, karena mereka justru bangga dan mengundang saya makan, kalau mereka baru sajaberhasil memasak sesuatu. Mereka memang memandang wanita (dan juga orang-orang lanjut usia) sebagi mahluk yang lebih lemah, dan justru karena itu siap melindungi, contohnya dengan mempersilahkan lebih dahulu melewati pintu.

Dan sebenarnya, di Jerman pun wanita masih sering dipandang sebelah mata, buktinya calon Bundeskanzler wanita pertama di masa pemilihan saat ini, Angela Merkel ada yang mengolok-olok. Tetapi paling tidak kebanyakan pria-pria di sini sudah belajar untuk memperlakukan wanita sebagai manusia, dan bukan sejenis objek kepunyaan yang tidak membutuhkan "kasih sayang", yang tidak mampu untuk mengerti "urusan pria".

Paling tidak dari diri saya sendiri, saya sadar bahwa wanita tidak boleh hanya menuntut pria untuk bersikap lebih baik, tetapi lupa kewajiban. Saya akan dengan sepenuh hati memasak, membersihkan tempat tinggal, mengurus anak dan menyetrika kemeja "Mr.Right"... kalau suatu saat saya berhasil menemukan dia."

Salam hangat,

(OTI di Jerman)

Tuesday, September 13, 2005

HELP appreciated

~ If anybody can help me find a FREE web hosting service with a descent storage space, please comment me .. desperately needed rite now .. i tried Yahoo! Geocities but nahhh ... let it slip ... wakaka .. thanx .. nitey .. me out now ~ cheers

Monday, September 12, 2005

a beautiful mind ... a beautiful life

~ Today is sunday .. this weekend is pretty much dull as any other weekend here in me room .. spent friday watching movies n tellies ... Hmm .. u should check this movie "Crash" .. was recommended to me by KebO .. real nice .. and one more ... A Beautiful Mind .. pretty old but still u got to see this one too ... if u havent ... hehehehe .. great movies .. i guess this is the second movie acted by Russell Crowe tat i like besides Gladiator .. hihihihi .. no offense tho .. just didn't make my list .. wakaka ~

~ Wat else happened this weekend ... let me see .. o yeahh .. finally heard some news from me old Rosedale pals - Cheris n Kerman .. hihihihihi .. ^^ .. it's good to hear from 'em again .. after tat June convo .. sighs .. apparently both of 'em end up pretty much far from wat i imagine .. well, nothing bad at all .. i just tot they would be at a different place n a different situation altogether .. i guess it's really funny and strange at the same time, u know, how things work out in life ... hihihi .. wat u expect is not wat u always get .. hohoho .. now i start thinking where would i be n wat will i be a few years from now .. no idea .. n i dun even want to know rite now .. wakaka .. i prefer to just sail the sea of uncertainties n opportunities ... n i guess it doesn't really matter where i end up in the end .. simply cuz nothing is for sure in life and THIS is the only thing i know tat's for sure .. ~

~ The moon cake fest is just round da corner .. yihaaa .. i luv moon cakes .. yummy-licious .. can't miss it at all .. plus we are planning this dinner party next weekend @ me home .. woop woop .. really looking forward to a great weekend next week .. hihihihi .. BUT i had to go through wat i foresee to be a terrible, horrible, terrifying working week .. i just have this unpleasant feel about it .. but no choice .. let's face it ... yeah yeah yeah ... life's a bitch .. Oooppsss .. work's a bitch .. LOL .. ~

~ Btw today is Sept. 11th ... exactly four years from tat 911 incident ... very fast eh? indeed .. i still remembered tat morning .. i was just about to hop on "my school bus" .. when i read tat shocking newspaper headlines .. then everybody was talking bout it .. everywhere ... many people lost their lives .. if they didn't, then they most probably lost their loved ones ... wat a tragedy .. anyway let's forget about the tragedy, shall we? god bless all those lost souls as well as those who lost their loved ones too .. their memories shall remain forever in our hearts for they had made a difference in our lives by touching 'em in one way or another .. sometimes u just got to move on .. n i hope we can do just tat .. ^^ .. ~

~ Well i guess tat's it then .. need to get an early rest tonite .. otherwise i'll be damned tomorrow ... wakaka .. have a great week everybody .. tekker n peace out as always .. me out now ~ cheers

Saturday, September 10, 2005

R.S == Rahasia Sukses

Adolf Hitler, mantan penguasa Jerman yang jumawa pernah mengatakan bahwa success is the earthly judge of right or wrong. Keberhasilan adalah hakim tunggal di dunia atas kebenaran atau kesalahan. Padahal pengertian sukses dari seseorang yang rendah hati dan mau belajar justru lebih indah. Dan arti yang kedua inilah yang diyakini berhasil membawa banyak nama besar di kalangan pemimpin, utamanya mereka yang bergerak di bidang usaha, meraih sukses.

"Kalau boleh tahu apa rahasia kesuksesan Anda?" tanya wartawan kepada seorang CEO bank terkenal

"Dua kata"

"Bisakah Anda menjelaskan apa dua kata tersebut?"

"Keputusan tepat"

"Bagaimana Anda membuat keputusan yang tepat?"

"Satu kata"

"Apakah itu?"

"Pengalaman"

"Tapi, bagaimana Anda mendapatkan pengalaman tersebut?"

"Dua kata"

"Bisa dijelaskan lebih lanjut apakah dua kata itu?"

"Keputusan keliru"

~ Dikutip dari Kompas On-Line ~

Friday, September 09, 2005

still wasted pretty bad ... =(

~ Gosh .. been three friggin' days since i got back ... but still feeling a lil' under the weather ... sigh .. no mood to go to work ... too darn lazy ... hihihi .. Got a new project today ... n it had to be done by next wednesday!!! ... crap .. just for the record, i dun think i can handle it tat fast .. coz there's this new payment gateway thing tat i never ever touched before ... so i foresee PROBLEMS AHEAD ... BIG BIG problems .. BUT i'll try ... hehehe .. cross me fingers .. LOL .. Tomorrow's friday .. not too excited tho ... no plans ... guess i'll spend da weekend reading some of those PayPal stuff ... sigh ... O yeah .. good news .. hehehe .. me bro finally got to be a TA ... yipppyy .. congratz dude .. hope everything will work out .. yeah .. hehehe .. More news : this weekend there'll be no shopping with Joyce since their car broke down .. apparently it's too expensive to repair it n they decided to sell it off .. n buy a NEW second-hand car .. wooohhoooo .. excited for 'em ... wakaka .. PLUS me = just got my second paystub ... pheww .. made it this far ... so glad i'm still here ... pheww ... hopefully things will get better for me ... really looking forward to tat ... ^^ ... neway i'll call it a nite i guess ... lotz of work to be done tomorrow .... wish me luck peeps ... hihihi .. last but not least .. to all me friendz back in Windsor *n still in school .. wakaka* .. WELCOME BACK ... hope u guys enjoy ur break n have a friggin' cool Fall semester .. yihaaaaaa ... alritey .. nitey2 .. tekker n peace out .. me out now ~ cheers

Wednesday, September 07, 2005

announcement : soundblox

~ Just a quick message here .. my playlist won't be changing anytime soon .. cuz spymac is still upgrading ... crap .. i can't even friggin' login ... shit .. so please bare with me ... keep u guys updated .. me out now ~ cheers

superb weekend / emotionally drained ..

~ Me = back to square one .. hihihi .. how r u people doing? hope the weekend was good ... it's kinda too late for tat is it? .. hehehe .. cuz it's tuesday olredi .. but for me .. it seems just like yesterday .. sigh ... i guess i had too much fun back then ... kekeke ... indeed .. met so many of me homies, which is so cool .. i missed 'em alot ... ^^ ... it's nice to see everybody back in town for more action in the coming fall semester .. Nato is back .. wakaka .. with his ever changing hairstyle .. this time it's even sexier .. wakaka .. plus his always entertaining voice tone "Ni yao wo tampol ah?" .. wakaka .. soo friggin' funny .. shenks dude .. n all of me frends .. for the good times ... cheers to tat ~

~ Like wat they say .. whenever you find happiness, there's always something to ruin it .. life's a two-sided picture .. sigh .. had a real bad journey on me way back to toronto .. dun want to talk bout it anymore ... makes me sick, sick, sick .... real sick ... but i will tell you this ... pay attention people ... especially those who luvs carpooling back n forth ... NEVER EVER N I MEAN EVER PAY YOUR MONEY BEFORE IT'S TIME TO GET OFF !!!! .. well, i guess the bottom line is dun trust anybody u dun know ... i've learnt me lesson ... the hard way ... crap ... i can't believe i fell for it .. me = soooooo darn stupid ... damn it! ... neway watever happened happen for a reason ... so forget bout it ... ^^ .. it's kinda late n i still feel tired ... need to have more rest .. wakaka ... so see you guys soon .. have a nice week .. n wake me up when september ends .. hohoho ... nitey people .. tekker n peace out .. me out now ~ cheers

Thursday, September 01, 2005

flooded over here .. crap

~ Today is a really bad day .. honestly .. one thing after another .. they just kept coming .. fug! .. i tot i can come home n at least enjoy my quite evening .. DAMN! surprise ... my room has officially been pimped .. in a bad way .. yupe, all thanx to the mighty friggin' washing machine sitting next to my room ... ARGHHHH!!! .. MY ROOM IS FLOODED .. n i mean really flooded .. ughhh ... hate it so much .. my bags n some of my stuff are wet and i had to quarantine 'em in safe place for the moment .. well, at least until everything's back to dry ... which i doubt gonna happen anytime soon .. cuz it's really crazy in here .. sigh .. this is the last thing tat i need today .. n it happened today ... crappy life .. shit .. n i thought New Orleans is pretty bad olredi .. but then i see this ... i guess Katrina was here somehow .. hehehe .. neway me = gonna head to bed now .. tomorrow's a brand new day .. yippy .. ^^ .. n i hope it's gonna be alot better than today .. *i'm soo not looking forward to living today twice .. wakaka* .. alritey people .. enjoy watever u're up to .. nitey from markham .. me out now ~ cheers

P.S: i finally find out tat there was nothing wrong with IE .. hmmm .. or maybe there's a problem .. i dunno .. who cares anyway .. just use Firefox cuz i'm spreading da luv, "spreading Firefox" .. wakaka .. n i hate spymac .. dunno why i couldn't listen to my soundblox .. crap