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Monday, September 15th, 2008
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9:01 am - We, the Monday Haters
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Hello! It's Monday again! I think I'm among those who Mr. Mario Teguh describe on one of his show; "Selama kerja, pikirannya sudah menerawang ke hari Sabtu! Dan kala weekend datang, mengeluh ketika Senin kembali datang!*"
[*Working with mind already aiming on the weekend. And when weekend comes, hoping that Monday will never come]
I know I am, but just doesn't realize that it's getting worsen from time to time. Well... it's a cliche I guess, but most of us do feel dragged to do their day job thus resulting in the effect I mentioned earlier; The Monday Haters! Even though it's not a secret that most of their income comes from that part of life they like less. Right?
The cure is, according to Mr. Mario Teguh also, is to do what you like! Yes, it could meant went fishing all day or sleeping 18 hrs a day - IF - your aim in life is all that. But most of us have dreams, BIG dreams. And most of the time (if not completely always), those dreams involves in creating ourselves a better life condition, in the near or distant future. Say... having your own Yacht and traveling around the world helping the war refugees? Building your own Toy empire, and having your Lear Jets ready at the airstrip all the time? Collecting ex-Sovyet fighter aircraft? Or is it just the regular nice home nice car nice vacation nice family nice retirement? Whatever that is, make it as the goal you need to accomplish. And pursue the right track towards that ultimate goal. Then, working is no more a burden but a journey. Journey toward your dreams.
Only those who have dreams, reach it. Those who don't, lingering around.
And if you feel stuck in your work, in your life, in your achievement, look inside you, don't look around. Because usually, the problem lies within. If you want something you never had in life, be prepared to do things you never do before. Start the journey. (bay)
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[ring me a bell]
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| Monday, September 8th, 2008
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11:38 am - Unfreezing this blog
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My ex girlfriend (currently wife) kept on convincing me to write again on this blog. Not forgetting to mention that it's one of the reason why she was interested to know me better in the first place, and so this will kept her highly interested in me =P.
I said that my posts here were less-available to circle of friends since most of them prefers to read postings in Bahasa Indonesia, thus I'm relocating. And I also found out a lot of old time neighbours from Livejournal has also signing up on Multiply.com, the social networking I'm currently frequenting.
But it's considered a good practice to keep practising my English, so I can use the skill better and better. The last presentation at DSF was so tiring I felt mentally fatigued, and it's like my brain is numbing. Therefore I will still writes here every now and then. (bay)
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[3 rings | ring me a bell]
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| Monday, May 7th, 2007
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9:46 am - My two worst enemies...
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Among all the illness, what i hates the most are these two; diarrhea, and cough. Diarrhea will render me almost useless, with inability to do anything since the trip to the loo is super-frequent. But there are medicines that I trust to handle this kind of problem, and the most effective are chinese; Po Chai Pills. There are some variants, but one from Hong Kong with smaller pellets is better. In Indonesia today, there's also very similar medicine made by local pharmacy; Bintang Toedjoeh, the famous anti-headache "puyer" maker.
On the other hand, when there is cough, then it's a whole different story... Even for light cough, I seldom able to cure it with regular cough syrup. Yes it usually related to influenza so I have to kill the demon virus first and then my body immune will deal with the cough. But more than often, it is I who succumbed to the cough, and not vice versa. And when it happens, I monitor closely the color of my mucus; if it's still yellow then there's hope. But if it's green then there's no other option than getting a professional help.
There are also times when mucus color is insignificant, just like what's happening right now with me, that is: when the cough had "descend". It's the term I uses when I feel the cough doesn't nested in the throat area anymore and had moved down to the lungs area. Now this is great trouble. In attempts to discard the mucus, the lungs is automatically (and severely) cough herself up, bringing terrible pains in the process. However, since the mucus has becoming thickened then there's little result while the pain continues.
At such these moments, I got no other choices than to greet the notorious mr. antibiotics...
But it's been three days now that I got this flu and cough. Though the fever has weakened, everytime I cough it feels like my neck is going to explode, and my chest and diaphragm hurts like hell. Now I got a great suspicion that the doctor I met gave me a wrong prescription. If by tonight the cough doesn't dispel, I'll change my cough medicine with the proven effective Bisolvon.
current mood:  sick
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[3 rings | ring me a bell]
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| Saturday, April 28th, 2007
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9:11 am - Fulfiling Friday
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Yesterday Friday, I (we) managed to finish some of the old debts to the boss; RnD for stacking chair, new layout design for our department, final report on product development for one of our sister company, and the new SOP form on new product development. The custom LCD bag for the Road Show has also finished. Ohh what a relief...! The exhibition presentation material is still under revision as the boys is still unfamiliar with using Flash. Me neither.
Afterward, picking up my wife from the office then dine at Bakmi GM Jl. Sunda. Followed by movie-going to watch the marvelous Sunshine at Blitz Megaplex. Today is scheduled for our regular weekly meeting, since yesterday afternoon some managers are unavailable as they have interviewing schedule. At least I'll be able to sit with more confidence this time. Let's hope so.
current mood:  high
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[3 rings | ring me a bell]
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| Wednesday, August 16th, 2006
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10:46 am - Invitation to Ade & Bayu Marriage
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Assalamu'alaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh
Dear beloved friends,
Time passes by quickly. After going through the goods and bads, finally this journey of the two being, will come to a joyful unification. Inshaallah, in the near future, we, Bayu and Ade, will be married.
Beside of the marriage vow, we will also held a small reception at the bride's house, which we hope you could attend.
We'll be accepting you at:
Kompleks Pepabri
Jl. Pepabri Raya Blok C II no.5
Kunciran, Ciledug - Tangerang.
Sunday, September 3rd, 2006
The marriage vow will be held at 10 a.m, and the reception will be held from 12.15 p.m, until over. (yeah, inhouse reception in Indonesia tend to lasts over few days)
For you who will be driving, we provides road map from several entry points and routes possible. For you who uses public transports, we also provides travel guide and which transports to take. Please find the complete explanation at this location:
+ http://kangbayu.multiply.com/photos/album/147
Warm regards,
Ade Rahmawati & Bayu Yunantias Amus
Assalamu'alaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh
Dear beloved friends,
Waktu bergulir cepat. Setelah melalui masa suka dan duka, akhirnya
perjalanan hidup dua insan manusia ini akan sampai juga pada suatu tahap penyatuan yang berbahagia. Insyaalloh, dalam waktu dekat ini kami, Ade dan Bayu akan segera melangsungkan pernikahan.
Selain dari Akad Nikah, maka akan diadakan juga syukuran sederhana di tempat kediaman Ade, yang sangat kami harapkan rekan sekalian bisa hadiri.
Kami tunggu kehadirannya di:
Kompleks Pepabri
Jl. Pepabri Raya Blok C II no.5
Kunciran, Ciledug - Tangerang.
Minggu, 3 September 2006
Akad nikah akan diselenggarakan mulai pukul 10 pagi, sedangkan syukuran akan diselenggarakan mulai pukul 12 siang hingga selesai.
Bagi yang membawa kendaraan pribadi, maka akan kami sediakan peta petunjuk jalan dengan beberapa akses dan rute yang mungkin ditempuh. Bagi yang menggunakan kendaraan umum, akan kami sediakan juga panduan pemilihan angkot untuk mencapai tujuan. Silakan lihat keterangan jelasnya pada album berikut ini:
+ http://kangbayu.multiply.com/photos/album/147
Salam sayang,
Ade Rahmawati & Bayu Yunantias Amus
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[10 rings | ring me a bell]
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| Monday, May 1st, 2006
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1:11 am - The soul inside the casing
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From recently, whenever I feel anxious about someone (or two), I tell myself that they're just energies in different casing... And from what I've learned myselt, usually it's their casing that intimidating, not the soul that hiding behind.
Related link: Lapisan Kulit Persepsi (in Indonesian)
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[3 rings | ring me a bell]
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| Monday, March 27th, 2006
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2:29 pm
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English is like riding a bike? Once you have it you'll never lost it?
Naaah... I still think that the key is to practice regularly
current music: Ten2Five - I Will Fly (Original Demo Version) (3:39)
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[ring me a bell]
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| Monday, January 16th, 2006
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12:04 am - An afternoon at Bersih Sehat massage
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It's the first time in my life that I tried the "professional" massage, at Bersih Sehat. Well the first ever would be at Zen Living couple of years ago, but that was limited to foot reflexology which I didn't enjoy really much for the stingy pains. This time is different, it's the whole body massage. As a company was Ade, which it was also her first time.
Result: great relaxed body in the afternoon... but bad rheumatism in the evening (right now)...
I had some guess on how this occurs though:
+ The masseur applied too much pressure.
+ The cold shower after the massage.
+ The food we ate afterward.
+ The cold wind on the way home.
Last time I had this attack was after moving around the furniture two weeks ago at the office, while the one attack that closely resembles the pain was happened some years ago while I'm at Cikajang, and I was chiseling and shaping a boken out from a dry tea wood all day long. That one too, I suspect was due to the intense uses of my muscle but the weather is too cold so the ureic acid didn't regulated well by the blood.
Right now i'm wearing koyos (medicine patch), and it help soothes a little.
Well I know about the combination of intense muscle works and cold weather... It's just I didn't know that massage could produce the same trick, which I was hoping it would result the other way around. And it's not entirely their fault, as I had the right to command the masseur to adjust the pressure but I didn't... I was thinking that "the harder the better".
Next time, it will be a "relaxing" massage with alot of "ooohhh" and "aaahhh", not "ooomppphhh", "ssshhhhh", or "aaarrrgh".
But btw, during the session at Bersih Sehat, I left my digicam in their toilet... such a guaranteed sure-lost condition in a public place eh?
But the management did find it first and save it at the cashier. Thanks God! Thumbs up for their security and service! I just wish that I have a better body...
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[1 ring | ring me a bell]
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| Friday, January 6th, 2006
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8:49 am - Idling again...
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Happy New Year!
Right in the middle of two website projects that both will produce nice amount of income. But why the hell am I straying off? What is it that I'm affraid of? It's a good thing that now I can produce satisfying result within given time (provided that I stick to the schedule), but when it comes back to iddling off, I always get a hard time getting out of it...
The project with the educational portal is already nearing the crucial path; final draft. The client was already happy with the GUI that I created, and it would need just minor adjustment here and there, small amount of work! But why can't I put my mind into it? Well the rushes will eventually happens during the last hours before the presentation, but that, had proven to be more damaging than helping.
What can I do to get me back on the right path? The productive path?
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[2 rings | ring me a bell]
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| Monday, September 5th, 2005
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12:54 pm
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Just to get it over your chest / mind and put it into writing helps alot...
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[ring me a bell]
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10:38 am - Festival Jalan Wijaya (Wijaya Street Festival)
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To make it short, Jakarta's weather is starting to get awfully hot... started from around the day of Festival Jalan Wijaya where Lia and I got bathed in sweats, eventhough the day had already passed into night.
The festival itself is nothing to be compared to such event in southern America, since it's just our way of labeling a day-only street market that sells various stuff and a live music show / stage entertainment.
At that event we met Rhaken, Bening, Uyuy and Donny her husband. Rhaken was at her own stand with her paper pulp-based merchandise, while Bening and Uyuy was at their own stand that sells ladies purse and books (mostly fashion and children's).
I didn't reccommend Ade to come along, since I don't think she's strong enough after her being hospitalized last week. And her absence surely triggers some question from our friends, both in verbal and gesture, "what the hell were we doing there just the two of us?", "is there something special between you two?" kind of questions. To which we both just said that it just that we went together.
After finishing the whole street-long of the festival, we then went back to our car by a less crowded street. The traffic around the event was already heavy... Then we had some drink, and hit it back home.
Photos are available here.
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[ring me a bell]
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| Monday, June 27th, 2005
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10:04 am - 31 Flavours
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He he.... thanks for all of you that have sent their b'day congrats and prayers... I think from now on I got to take these kind of moments more seriously, in term of milestones and deadlines, not celebration... That's why currently I'm not in a such blue mood such as I used to be previously... =)
Live is been challenging in the past year, especially in the field of relationship, and career... For some times, I'm riding the waves of life, for some times I got lost in my own fears and worries, and for some times, I'm just bashing around mindlessly... This butt of mine is getting accustomed to leisurely sitting in the beach for too long... But challenges are good... it's just that I haven't been granted with such big adversary for so long... Got to get back in shape....
And during the fight, I find out that my worst enemy is still called "Laziness"... man I'm suck... =P
But one thing for sure, I don't think myself as weird or "angelist" no more, for speaking the same tune of "righteousness"... now I even backed that up with power... more punch power... Because related with age, I think my time is coming... every time we walk this life, is a one step closer to our end... time is not mine to measure, and it will be a great sin if i don't paint this world with my own unique colors while I still got my time...
"Remember five before five... healthy before ill, young before old, rich before poor, unrestraint before restraint, life, before death." (Muhammad, p.b.u.h.)
Well... painting not in term of "turn em all black", but more in "collaboration" or "jam session". Let the colours from different spectrum enrich each-others... After all, we live by influencing each-others, right?
I think my upbringing is good, and God had given me many insights and trainings along my journey, and this brain of mine is no toy either... So I'm sure there are some goods in the way I think, right? Why waste them away? At least I will find out the truth wether I'm right or wrong, wether this thinking of mine is correct or otherwise needing a switch, for the better of me, and others...
So don't hold yourself from speaking your own minds too... BUT, in a proper way of course, and in the spirit of communication, not dictation... =)
Happy b'day to all my Cancerian family, may all of us "hard shell but soft inside" creatures thrives and help paints this world with brilliant colours...
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| Wednesday, June 22nd, 2005
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2:52 pm - Tag time
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I've been tagged by ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) tupaikecil
Things you enjoy, not because you have to but because you WANT to, even when no one around you wants to go out and play. What lowers your stress/blood pressure/anxiety level? Make a list, post it to your journal... And then tag 5 friends and ask them to post it to theirs:
- Sleeping
- Good food (esp. Sushi & Sashimi)
- Playing Strategy & RPG games
- Singing out loud
- Watching good movies
- Writing
- Going online and eMPi-ing
(to be continued...)
current music: Bono, Edge, Chris Martin (Coldplay) & Brian Eno - What's Goi
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[6 rings | ring me a bell]
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| Thursday, June 16th, 2005
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3:38 pm - Dapenbun's and other work progresses.
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Alhamdulillah, our hard work on the Dapenbun's proposal has bear its fruit. Our company is now among the four shortlisted candidates for the project, eliminating the other seven.
Meanwhile, another big event is already close to the shore.... I got to develop the material for Monday's e-Library training, and I promised my PM that it will be done and ready to be copied by tomorrow. Heuuhh.....
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| Wednesday, June 15th, 2005
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12:19 pm - Hardness - Time Management
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As it turned out, the quotation for our sister company needs only about half an hour to be done, worthless worries... But if I think it's easy, I would have left it to the last minutes for the sake of procrastinating... So by thinking it would be hard to accomplish, I managed to finish it.
Damn this messy time management of mine...
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[ring me a bell]
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| Monday, June 13th, 2005
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12:12 pm
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Finally got the metal nunchaku I've been thought about... It's slightly heavier than my previous wood and chain, slippier, definitely more dangerous to train with, longer sticks, and longer chain, almost twice the usual.
I saw it once at pasar Ciledug while iseng-iseng browsing one of the sport supplies stores... The initial price was 60K, and I got an even higher price in Bandung. The one I got, was from the near and smaller store than the first one, and I was able to haggle it down to 45K.
But I still haven't found the rubber one that's sold at Gramedia couple of years ago...
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[2 rings | ring me a bell]
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| Friday, June 10th, 2005
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5:58 pm
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One of the key to well-trained mind, is to never kill your curiousity, and always seek answers to your questions.
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[6 rings | ring me a bell]
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| Thursday, June 2nd, 2005
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4:53 pm
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Today held the second meeting of the newest project our office gonna bid. Continuing the sole-participating on the first one, this time I got a project manager, and a software consultant by my side.
The aanwijzing was discussing mainly about the administration requirements, than the technical specifications, due to some contestant's objection on the strict regulation, and the client's uncertainties on some issues.
Tired... I'm having less time sleeping eversince the crash-project on Yogya's newest promo started. And last night was the hair-rising "Pemburu Hantu" (Ghost Hunter) episode on cleansing one residential area where the residents are regularly disturbed by ghosts and other scary hauntings. Turned out to be, that their residential area occupy a same space as one Djinn's kingdom... Scary... but somehow I missed the last part of that live show. Perhaps due to tiredness...
And now I want to take a rest... but my bebe is a little deaf in hearing a word "no" to a meeting...
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[ring me a bell]
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| Wednesday, April 6th, 2005
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5:54 pm - 100%
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Everyone has their own 100%. The one and only 100% that they can divide into things they think worth doing and pursuing.
After deducted by 20% to 30% for sleeping (let's say 25%), then this 100% is down to 75%. When this 75% is further deducted by 3 hours a day of traveling (that's 12.5%), then we got 62.5%.
If we spent 2 hours a day to eat (30' b'fast, 60' lunch, 30' dinner -- that's 8.5%, make it 10%), then we got only 52.5% left. Adding taking a bath, personal leisure, news paper reading, browsing, entertainment (watching TV), how much will be left?
If there's a hearthy portion left, let's say... 45%, how much would you spent in making money? Developing your network? Pursuing your career? Attend skill improvement classes? Studying things you think worthed? All those activities demand a share of your 100%... Your one and only 100%...
When those 100% are spent up, no matter how hard you try, you can never gain additional percentages...
What we can always do, instead, is to try to reclaim the percentages wasted in various less important utilities, by dicipline ourselves, cutting back slacks, increase efficiencies, and keeping a good track on where our 100% goes each day... Even better, find a way to accomplish more than one tasks at a same time, as long as it would not create another expenses that need a cut from your one and only 100%. Avoid those tasks that would only increase leaks in your spending compositions, spend wisely.
And don't spread yourself too thin, try to focus your shares on a less number of division. A sun ray can warmth the whole earth, but a focused laser can cut through steel.
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[2 rings | ring me a bell]
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10:07 am
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Yesterday... I was lying on my bed most of the time, due to my illness *granted* by the "Ciuman Massal" ("Mass Kissing") event at 03/04/05. Perhaps it was the over midnight hang-outs with the guys before the events. Perhaps I was already ill all along and then got a punch from the tiring event.
But anyway, the event itself was a okay... it was the first reunion of class of '92 of ITB's Fine Arts and Design students, after graduated seven to nine years ago. The event was attended by about 80% of the alumnus, including those that never finished. The higlight of the event was the bidding of the most wanted "jomblos" (singles), that ignite the room sparkling with laughters. That part btw, raised about 500K of fund that we would put to a better use later.
Photos are available at my Multiply page, and so is the complete story in Indonesian.
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