2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake

Berita Kepada Kawan
by Ebiet G. Ade

Perjalanan ini terasa sangat menyedihkan
Sayang, engkau tak duduk di sampingku kawan
Banyak cerita yang mestinya kau saksikan
Di tanah kering berbatuan
Tubuh ku terguncang di hempas batu jalanan
Hati tergetar menampak kering rerumputan
Perjalan ini pun seperti jadi saksi
Gembala kecil menangis sedih
Kawan coba dengar apa jawabnya
Ketika ia ku tanya "Mengapa?"
Bapak ibunya telah lama mati
Ditelan bencana tanah ini
Sesampainya di laut ku khabarkan semuanya
Kepada karang, kepada ombak, kepada matahari
Tetapi semua diam, tetapi semua bisu
Tinggal aku sendiri terpaku menatap langit
Barangkali di sana ada jawabnya
Mengapa di tanahku terjadi bencana
Mungkin Tuhan mulai bosan melihat tingkah kita
Yang selalu salah dan bangga dengan dosa-dosa
Atau alam mulai enggan bersahabat dengan kita
Coba kita bertanya pada rumput yang bergoyang

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The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake was a magnitude 9.0 undersea earthquake on December 26, 2004 which generated tsunamis that caused one of the deadliest natural disasters in modern history.

This rare type of earthquake known as a megathrust earthquake struck at 00:58:53 UTC (07:58:53 local time) in the Indian Ocean off the western coast of northern Sumatra, Indonesia. It was the largest earthquake on Earth since the 9.2-magnitude Good Friday Earthquake of 1964, and tied for fourth largest since 1900.

The tsunamis devastated the shores of Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand and other countries with waves of up to 15 m in height. Even the east coast of Africa (especially Somalia) was hit, despite being located 4,500 km (2,800 mi) or more west of the epicentre.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Indian_Ocean_earthquake#Indonesia
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On 26 Dec 2004, we,as humanbeing have to take our responsibility for making Nature angry. Maybe the nature remind us...for not always make a war, hurting nature, and also another, bomb everywhere, playing with the death, playing with innocent life, acting like a God who has a right to take somebody life.

Let's taking some break and realizing what we had done before.Nature give us a chance for help one another through this disaster. Nature was boring with all damages we had done,all of the racist thing that we done in the name of God. God make no differences between us.Australian,English,Indonesian, Malaysian,Chinese,Korean,Indian, etc.We all the same in God eyes. How bout if we appreciate what God has in His mind and not to make Him angry? Just make a peace inside our heart so there will be no jealous feeling among us.

Waterfalls

Time to refresing.. ^^ Today I go to Nangkajajar Waterfall, but brownies waterfall is all we got (maybe because it's rainy season). This time the team member are Bus,Panci,Mut,and Pyor. Then, after burning a little of our fat while we walk in the jungle, we continued our journey to Batu. We eat "bakso" and drink "KUD milk". After we have more power, we go to Coban Rondo Waterfall. It's clean and cold!!! Satisfied and tired we stoped for a while on Pujon before we back to Surabaya.

MOrE Stressedd Out....

Today I have a big meeting in the office. The meeting that I've been waiting for about this last 2 months because it promised to bring another future for me.Because it's sound so democratic.Because it promised that we can choose another future for ALL of us.ALL!!!

So what happens today? Once again I see that there must be black sheep on something. And unlucky that's ME as one of the blacksheep.Congratulation!! Damn! Why I'm waiting for something that sound so nice? I told myself : you the one who's so stupid for hoping so much!

Yeah...here I'm once again,stuck!!! Without knowing what will happen next?Cause it's just a beginning!

STressed oUttt!!!

Been so busy these couple week...working in pain and tired eyes,tired hands,tired butt. I know I can...but I'm still so unmotivated if I remembered that I working my ass on the bullshit things. The system that said different thing to every different people here. I'll give you whatever you want and just shut up then!!

Leaving

After 2 weeks here on Surabaya, Yuky back to Bali (after canceled 3 times^^).I can't really accompanies her because it's during the workday,but I did it as long as I can.
Going to some places,meeting the other friends and also Melly Balikpapan.

Yuka has already come back to Bali last week... talk to her on the phone^^ wondering when will I go to Bali? Hope on January ?

Hey ...just go back to work!

My Brain Usage

Your Brain Usage Profile:

Auditory : 29%
Visual : 70%
Left : 36%
Right : 63%

Lusida, you possess an interesting balance of hemispheric and sensory characteristics, with a slight right-brain dominance and a slight preference for visual processing.

Since neither of these is completely centered, you lack the indecision and second-guessing associated with other patterns. You have a distinct preference for creativity and intuition with seemingly sufficient verbal skills to be able to translate in any meaningful way to yourself and others.

You tend to see things in "wholes" without surrendering the ability to attend to details. You can give them sufficient notice to be able to utitlize and incorporate them as part of an overall pattern.

In the same way, while you are active and process information simultaneously, you demonstrate a capacity for sequencing as well as reflection which allows for some "inner dialogue."

All in all, you are likely to be quite content with yourself and your style although at times it will not necessarily be appreciated by others. You have sufficient confidence to not second-guess yourself, but rather to use your critical faculties in a way that enhances, rather than limits, your creativity.

You can learn in either mode although far more efficiently within the visual mode. It is likely that in listening to conversations or lecture materials you simultaneously translate into pictures which enhance and elaborate on the meaning.

It is most likely that you will gravitate towards those endeavors which are predominantly visual but include some logic or structuring. You may either work particularly hard at cultivating your auditory skills or risk "missing out" on being able to efficiently process what you learn. Your own intuitive skills will at times interfere with your capacity to listen to others, which is something else you may need to take into account.

Life and Belief

Last Saturday my bestfriend send a short message,told me that she is positive. hhehehe she is pregnant.Congratulation!So her child will be the first junior in our community and our first niece.

Then suddenly this bad news come, my bestfriend on her test result was positive on some virus,it's not bad for her but for the baby. I hope that she can manage her life and also the baby's seriously on this present time. And when it's time to choose, just listen to her heart which better for her life,her husband's,and also her child's not just because her belief. But it's all depend on her and her husband. I just can pray ask 4 the best for their family.

Me and My Camera

It can save all memories in our lifetime...
From the time we're born until the end of our time in this world
All of the good memories and also the bad

Sometimes I just wondering,actually is it me or just my camera that people longing for??

Artemis - The Virgin Goddess

Artemis

The Virgin Goddess of the Hunt is also the protectness of Maidens. She is very beautiful, but can be very cold. She prefers running through the forest to just about anything else.She's way cool,too

Am I look that way? ^^ I think I am!

http://www.paleothea.com/quiz.html

Graduation Day!!!!!!!

Graduation

Akhirnya..........setelah 6 tahun.....akhirnya aku wisuda. Hem...keasyikannya ternyata nga seberapa besar seperti yang kuperkirakan.Soalnya ini sudah bukan waktuku.Walau masih ada angkatanku yang masih kuliah,maupun wisuda sama2 aku,tapi kayaknya akan lebih seru kalo aku lulus pada waktuku.

Ya sudahlah nasi uda jadi bubur,n lagi aku menikmati masa kuliah ku dengan setumpuk suka duka n pengalamannya. Dari pertama ngejar2 kakak kelas untuk dimintai tanda tangan sampe dikejar2 adik kelas untuk minta tandatanganku,demonstrasi,kerja rodi ndekor di kampus,tidur di ruang senat,di lapangan basket,di audit maupun dikelas,mandi di kamarmandi dosen yang ada showernya,bolos kuliah, cangkrux di kantin, mlihara kucing2 kampus,nyiapin acara2 kampus,bertengkar di KOK maupun di keseharian,pasangan2,hal2 supernatural, pertemuan dan perpisahan, berdagang,memungut gelas/botol bekas,etc......(woahhh....masih banyak lagi)smua sudah pernah kulalui dan aku menikmati hidup bersama teman2 senasib sepenanggungan di ruang kecil di blakang kebun dan lapangan basket yang kita sebut ruang C.08 / E.106.

Sekarang saatnya aku melepas statusku sebagai mahasiswa WM....tapi memory nya akan tetap di sana n my heart of course. Untuk mengingatkan bahwa hidup bukan sekedar mencari gelar...Non Scholae Sed Vitae Discimus

Jakarta - Bandung

The Valley

6 At Valley

Yo jalan lagi ....kali ini ke Jakarta tanggal 29 naek kreta.Tanggal 30 persiapan,TM dan latihan. Tanggal 31 pertandingan. Pertandingan ke 3 Perwaguzi. Bukannya apa2 tapi emang kenyataannya ini parah. Masak Juri lupa di kasih makan dan minum pun kering. Bete pokoknya jadi sariawan smua. Ini mungkin pertama dan terakhir kali pertandingan barongsay tonggak diadakan di lantai 2 sebuah mall dimana tonggak harus diangkat secara manual.Semoga ini nga terulang lagi deh.

Dari Jakarta gue ke Bandung tanggal 1 pagi naek kreta bareng Yuky mau nemuin temen2 Bandung. Ada Ester,Maya,Meili de mei, n Yung2. Sayangnya Ester ma Maya musti kerja n skolah jadi kita ketemuan di malam hari doang. Tapi nga papa....uda ketemu ngobrol ngobatin kangen. Aku n Yuky tinggal di rumah Melly yang deket dengan rumah Es n May. Jadi sehabis aktivitas mereka, mrk bisa jalan ke rumah melly n kita ngobrol rame2.Pokoknya kenyang abis di Bandung.Abis kelaparan dan kekeringan 2 hari di Jkt,perutku nga pernah kosong di Bandung ^^.

Malem ke 2 tanggal 2,baru kita semua bisa ketemuan lengkap. Ber-6 plus koko Ster kami ke the Valley.Keren pemandangannya n dingin.....kayak di Batu.Enaknya perjalanannya nga jauh,kalau ke Batu kan butuh 3 jam an.Ini nga sampe 1 jam.

Temen2 Bandung sangat welcome ke kita,kluarga nya juga begitu. Malem trakir di sana kita ngobrol ruame ama papa mama EsMay sampe jam 2 pagi.WAhhhh pokoknya pipi rasanya uda kram.

Tanggal 3 pulang Jakarta dulu naek kreta baru naek pesawat balik ke Sby,si Yuky ke bali. Lalu...tanpa disangka,aku ketinggalan pesawatku yang jam 4 dan harus ambil yang jam 5(yang tanpa ku ketahui ternyata pesawat si Yuky)hauhauhahahuauha uda pamitan ternyata pulangnya sama2,n duduk bersebelahan pula....jodoh banget,dia juga nga tau kalo pesawatnya musti transit di sby dulu sblm ke Denpasar ^^.

Color Checking

I'm The BLACK KOALA (Isn't it cute? hehehhe)

You are Black Koala who has purity and sweetness of a girl.
And no matter how old you get, you can stay youthful.
Your attitude is very straight forward and bald.
You have quick mind, and a sharp instinct to read the other person's mind.
You are an active woman.
Nevertheless, you also possess a motherly character.
You are kind and can show consideration to others.
You tend to be rather argumentative, and will not accept something that is unreasonable.
It takes time to gain your consent.
You are independent, and has a challenging spirit to achieve your objectives and ideals.
Once you start on something, you will not give up half way, or show weakness.
You know how to get on in life, and are a calculative woman.
Economic wise, you've got your feet steadily on the ground.
You are rather suspicious type of person.
You don't tend to take every word of other person straightly.
You try to read behind the lines, very carefully.
You tend to get lost in your thought.
You think high of sports and training.
Nevertheless, you also think a lot about art, and are a romantic sort of person.
Even after you get married, you can be successful as a professional.

http://noracom.net/eng/fortune/color_cheki1.php

Releasing My Eyes.....

Sudah tinggalkan tinggalkan saja
smua persoalan waktu kita sejenak
tuk membebaskan fikiran

Sementara tinggalkan semua aturan yang ada
selalu menghisap dan tak beralasan
memang memang benar teman
kita perlu cooling down dan melonggarkan pakaian

Bebas....Lepas...
Kutinggalkan saja semua beban di hatiku
Melayang ku melayang jauh..
Melayang dan melayang

Kita saling berpandang..bergandengan tangan erat
Dan biarkan tubuh tersiram hujan yang lebat
Dikala kilat lewat
Apakah kita kan slalu bersama sama kawan?
Apakah kita kan slalu berjalan beriringan?
Masih di dalam lebatnya hujan
Kita berjalan bersamamu
Kita kan tebarkan senyuman

Such a long week....Uffff Akhirnya awal bulan yang indah.....Akhir bulan yang melelahkan udah lewat. Tapi tetep aja nga masuk target^^

Tomorrow I'll be going to Sempu Island again, this time .... I'll go with some officemate after it's being delayed and cancel twice(Long story). So.. I'll go on the trip I don't even planning to. Hem.....(_ _o) my fren who hardly want to go suddenly cancel it yesterday because she have to do something with her boyfriend. $^%%$#$$##! But I hv to keep my promise to the other to bring them to that island cause I'm the one who knows where is it and how to go there. (Hopefully......hehehhehehe)

Note 4 today : Boyfriend huh??

SuRprisE from Bali ....

Kalo yang namanya jodoh apa mau dikata. I'm not going to Sempu but a surprise waiting for me at Surabaya. Yesterday,Xtien come from Bali with her older sister. What A SURPRISE.....!! They come in order to go to make up their hair at the saloon. And they should be back in the morning today.

I know it after I called her house at Bali and her servant told me that she's on Surabaya this morning.She just give me a message but not telling me that she's here. She told me that she doesn't want to bother me, but if I can accompany her today, she will take the night plane from Surabaya. Yesterday, I go to TP with Yenny and Nettie but then Xtien give me some sms, so...I met her last night at TP with some of her sister's friends.Wow..... she looks so different. I can hardly recognize her with her new hairstyle (like a Japan doll)

Today, I pick her up at Sheraton then we take breakfast at "Tambak Bayan" and meet Tanto(he's on Tristar, in front of Tambak Bayan), going to Atom Market, then meet Lily at PTC. Then I take her to the airport. Ha ha ha .... I used to drive out of this town so....I take the wrong turn, so lucky there's still a way out. And....we arrive at the airport some minutes before the plane depart. Lucky me....

Madakaripura Waterfall

Today some of my officemate and I should be at Sempu Island until tomorrow. But half an hour before we're going Veve's mother called and not allowed her to go because she just have a nightmare. So...we're not going. Ve and I don't want to make them dissapointed so we took them to Madakaripura Waterfall at Probolinggo (about 3 hours from Surabaya). And we're back at night.

At least we have some fun there eventhough we have to be wet because we have to go through some small waterfall to go to the main waterfall. I've been there for several time but I love it very much because the waterfall still natural.

Grand Opening...

Today's Lidya's birthday. She also choose her birthday as the opening day of her "cafe". She do it only with her boyfriend Rudy and Rudy's sister. I go there after work at about 9.30 p.m. All of the gank are still there, Lily and her husband Melky, Yenny and her boyfriend Iwan, and also Vemox.

Poor Lidya, she looks so tired and depress. I think this is the busiest birthday for her and I realize that there is no happy imppresion on her face.

Then when the others going home, I stay to help them and take Lidya home (her boarding house is near to my house) Its almost 11 p.m. when we arrived home. And she almost have no power anymore to do anything.

I realized that not all of the people in the world so lucky to build their dream, and if they can't build it with their heart and find some positive side of their job, they will never realize the happiness of their own life.

Sing...Sing...Sing

Tonight we ing again, Thong I So Ke and Man Sue buat acara Arisan KSHK Surabaya. Kami ber-5 (karena Fong2 spt biasa menghilang, entah ketiduran lagi mungkin) gabung sama bbrp temen yang tergabung dalam GEMA KSHK (Gerakan Muda KSHK) sing together.

I just told by Suk Anies that maybe in December, Surabaya akan jadi tuan rumah untuk acara kumpulnya muda mudi KSHK seluruh Indonesia. HUUAAAA.........we'll be very busy if it's true. But I really waiting for this moment, the moment when I might meet my lovely friend again. Miss them so much.....

So tired today, it's almost the end of the month so I working so hard to complete the target that seem so far to reach.

WelcOme to SurAbayA, Xin Hui...

Kumpul lagi....hehehehe lagi sebel AGAIN ama Tanto.I'm waiting for him for about an hour. Once again he's late!Hari ini nyambut tamu dari Xin Hui,China. Waktu di Xin Hui kita di jamu dan dilayani dengan baek, jadi di sini mereka juga kami sambut dengan baik.

They arrive at KSHK Surabaya around 2 p.m. Kita sambut di Yayasan dengan Barongsay bentar.Trus dimulai lah rapat nya,mereka bicara soal bisnis. Sementara mereka bicara akhirnya nga berselang lama kita keluar dari ruangan.Seperti biasa kalo lagi ngumpul kita telpon2. Setelah telpon Bandung nga ada jawaban, telpon si Xtien nga ada jwban juga. At last I call Titien...untungnya nyambung.

Lalu sampe sekitar jam 4 kita semua balik ke rumah Lily lalu lanjut ke Supermall bentar. N kemudian dinner bareng tamu2 tadi di Tristar. Yang dari muda mudi kita ber-6 plus Hong Wen (Ketua Muda Mudi Sby). Bawa kamera baru....senengnya....poto2 lagi deh....aduh...kita ber-6 di suruh nyanyi lagi Man Sue itu ama Thong I So Ke...(wuih..jadi inget lagi...)Trus waktu di meja si Tanto ngoperin telpon,ternyata Titien again, huaheuhehhe gua ke kamar mandi ngomong nya,abis musik e keras banget, si Tanto ikutan si Winni juga mau take a pee. Jadi kita bertiga di dalem kamar mandi cewek. Gantian ngomong ama Titien,lumayan lama yang malem ini,dia sempet crita2 juga. Dia bilang kok kayak piala bergilir. Huehehehe.......ya kan pada kangen juga. Trakir semua pada kembali tinggal gua yang ngobrol bentar.

Uihhh senengnya...kamera gue keren,nga nyesel beli nya.Jadinya pingin pergi2 biar bisa poto2 lagi....

My new frenz on my "world"

It can say that I live in "Unreal world" hahaha....sometimes I feel blessed that I'm not necessary talk to people for real bargaining,selling, or buying on my work.

Yesterday, I talk to Titien on YM, found Dirga at night for a while.Today I chat with Xtien and also Adi. So happy to have a chat with them. Kemarin aku sampe hampir menyemburkan F&N Coffee Cream di mulutku gara - gara menahan ketawa waktu chatting ama Titien. Yang paling bingung si Bingky temen kantor yang jadi tetangga gue.

At the office until 10.00 p.m. for completing my blog, the other Jon and Denni playing RO :p

Who Knows about TOMorrow??

25 years of my life and still
I'm trying to get up that great
big hill of hope
for a destination

Oh, oooh...
and I try, oh my God do I try
I try all the time
in this institution
and I pray, oh my God do I pray
I pray every single day
for a revolution
and so I cry sometimes
when I'm lying in my bed
just to get it all out what's in
my head then I
I am feeling a little peculiar
and so I wake in the
morning and I step outside
and I take a deep breath
then I get real high
then I scream from the top
of my lungs
what's goin' on

(4 non - blondes)

Berhenti pake full Inggris ah... toh yang baca ini toh cuman temen2 gue I can freely express my feelings in Indonesian. And I will not spent more time here during my work hour (Benernya alasan doang sih.... )

During the holiday I have more time to think about my life and the song above sangat cocok deh dengan yang gue pikirkan. Yeah ... I am not 25 yet but soon,one more year and still I don't have a clear destination....Ester (my new friend from Bandung) told me not to be very depress about my life supaya aku nga terlalu tegang BUT.... I DO..aku bahkan merasa aku terlalu santai dengan hidup ku... bahkan aku tidak tau apa yang harus aku kejar lagi.

Everyone around Me starting to talk about marriage ... marriage ... and marriage ... they know their destination belong to marriage. I'm not. I know I'm different but I'm not ready for that. I feel that I don't belong to that kind of life. Not yet ... not now....maybe later, who knows...I hv learn that destiny is unpredictable. So here I am ... still searching for something ( I don't even know what ), but I know that I'd find it soon or later.

So what with 25?? Hehehehe.....liat kan tetep aja, namanya orang Melancholic Phlegmatis. I just know that I live for now, I give my love to all of my lovely friends around me now(cause love is NOw or NeVer kayak yang MLTR nyanyiin) I do my best on my work, yeah I give the best for my life today. WHo knows about TomOrrow??