Sidewalks by Story Of The Year

The bridges all crumbled
The water soaks into rocks
That fell at the bottom of the road
(At the end of town)
The town that we lived in
The memories shaken apart
From the weeds that grow

Over the sidewalks
Running away from the streets we knew
Sidewalks
Like the time we thought was made for you, ooh

Out on the front porch
Watching the cars as they go by
Eighteen blue, twenty-one gray
Looking ahead
For the first time that we could drive
Out on our own
To speed away

From the sidewalks
Running away from the streets we knew
Sidewalks
Like the time we thought was made for you, ooh

All of the days have passed us by
All of the sun is gone away

Sidewalks
Running away from
The streets we knew

Sidewalks
Running away from
The streets we knew
Sidewalks
Like the time we thought was made for you
(Sidewalks)

The bridges all crumbled
The water soaks into rocks
That fell at the bottom of the road

(No, this song was not made for the disaster that happened in Aceh and other parts of Asia. But some parts remind me of the situation that I saw on the news in Aceh.)

"Happy" New Year's??

Well looking at the title..u can't really say that for Indonesia... With all the natural disasters happening in the East and Western parts of the country, and the slow pace that the government is doing to help the people in Aceh.

A lot of people are raising charity for our brothers and sisters in Aceh, but the food, clothes and other stuff for them can't reach them. There was an area where they shared one portion of lunch for six people. They don't have any food to eat and clean water to drink. Most of the basic commodity that were contributed to the charity were "stuck" in the Polonia Airport, Medan, North Sumatra Province. The North Sumatra Province is just south of Aceh, some parts of it was also influenced by the tsunami, especially the small Nias Island.

Airplanes couldn't land in the Banda Aceh province 'til yesterday.. It was a rough landing because the land was cracked because of the earthquake that happened before.

They also need volunteers there to help give out the commodity to the people of Aceh, to help bury the corpses, to help clean up the place, etc. I wanna be a volunteer but I can't stand being near a corpse, while the situation over there makes you see corpses everywhere, all along the street.. I hope that the government takes control over this disaster soon, by mobilizing some of the Indonesian soldiers there and exert all the power that the government has to help the people there.

This disaster may mean Indonesia should unite. We should all be firmly united in facing this struggle in going against this disaster, despite our ethnic group, race, and religion background. We should all pray to God The Almighty to protect us from more severe disasters.

This disaster may also mean a warning from God, that if He says it will happen then it will without any human who can stop it. Oh yeah, my friend Ika is ok but some of her relatives (uncle, aunt, cousin) passed away or weren't found yet. I still feel like crying...

Hadapi dengan Senyuman by DEWA

hadapi dengan senyuman
semua yang terjadi
biar terjadi
hadapi dengan tenang jiwa
semua 'kan baik2 saja

bila ketetapan Tuhan
sudah ditetapkan
tetaplah sudah
tak ada yang bisa merubah
dan tak 'kan bisa berubah

relakanlah saja ini
bahwa semua yang terbaik
terbaik untuk kita semua
menyerahlah untuk menang


(Hearing this song while in our land all these natural disasters are happening makes me sad and tears were about to fall from my eyes, but deep inside I'm already crying....)

Tears in Indonesia (Air Mata di Ibu Pertiwi)

Nature caused panic, tears, & sadness in the land of Indonesia in the morning of December 26, 2004 a day afterXmas.. An earthquake with a Richter Scale of 8.9 that happened under the Indian Ocean caused a tsunami to the lands touching this sea. It seemed like Poseidon was in a rage. The tsunami hit the Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam Province (Aceh) in West Indonesia and other parts of the Sumatra Island that touches the Indian Ocean in Indonesia. It also hit Sri Lanka, Thailand, Maldives, and even Somalia, Africa. But most of the victims were from Sri Lanka and Indonesia, 'bout more than 6,000 in Sri Lanka and more than 4,000 in Indonesia. A lot of the victims in Aceh were children who were not able to save themselves from the big waves that dragged them for miles towards the raging sea..

After the tsunami passed, people started to try to find their lost relatives... Corpse after corpse were found and were lined up at the side of the streets. I was going to cry seeing that on the news. I tried to contact a friend of mine (Zikra or Ika as we call her) who goes to college in Aceh, but it couldn't connect. All the electricity and telecommunication services were down in Aceh. Even her parents couldn't reach her, her dad just took a flight there this morning. I just hope that Allah SWT will protect her..may Allah SWT be with her..

The tsunami happened not long after an earthquake happened in Nabire in the Irian Jaya Province in East Indonesia. Ohmigod.. a lot of natural disasters happening in Indonesia before the end of the year. Hope that it will mean more good things in the future for Indonesia. Come to think about it, all these natural disasters happen at the time of the rainy season too.

Oh Allah, please protect Indonesia and give the better for all of us...Amiinn...

Merry Xmas!

Merry Xmas to all who celebrates it! Although for the people in Jakarta, Indonesia they experience a "Rainy Xmas"not a "White Xmas" ^_^;

I picked Dad up at the Soekarno-Hatta Airport with Mom and Ikhsan with the chauffeur riding the new Suzuki APV.Then we ate lunch at Warung Daun Resto in Jl.Wolter Monginsidi (near Blok M and Blok S). Dad just came home froma business trip in Saudi Arabia. He came home bringin' lotsa dates and assorted nuts! He also brought me almonds that I wanted..hmm yummy.. :P There were also chocolate covered dates with almonds inside. So you take the seed out from the dates, put an almond as a substitute, then the dates-with-almond-inside are covered with chocolate.

Tears in Bina Nusantara

Mrs. Th. Widia Soerjaningsih (Rektor Universitas Bina Nusantara) has passed away on Friday, December 24th, 2004at 2:00AM in Rumah Sakit Kanker Dharmais. May God be with her...

All of the students in Bina Nusantara will miss you Ma'am....

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers in Indonesia! Especially to my own mom at home :) I love you Ibu! Below is a song by the Spice Girls about our mother...

Mama by Spice Girls

She used to be my only enemy and never let me free,
Catching me in places that I know I shouldn't be,
Every other day I crossed the line,
I didn't mean to be so bad,
I never thought you would
become the friend I never had.

Back then I didn't know why,
why you were misunderstood,
So now I see through your eyes,
all that you did was love,
Mama I love you, Mama I care,
Mama I love you, Mama my friend,
You're My friend.

I didn't want to hear it then but
I'm not ashamed to say it now,
Every little thing you
said and did was right for me,
I had a lot of time to think about,
about the way I used to be,
Never had a sense of my responsibility.

Back then I didn't know why,
why you were misunderstood,
So now I see through your eyes,
all that you did was love,
Mama I love you, Mama I care,
Mama I love you, Mama my friend,
You're My friend.

But now I'm sure I know why,
why you were misunderstood,
So now I see through your eyes,
all all I can give you is love,
Mama I love you, Mama I care,
Mama I love you, Mama my friend,
You're My friend.
Mama I love you, Mama I care,
Mama I love you, Mama my friend,
You're my friend.

Jang Na Ra!!!!

I went 2 Plaza Indonesia and also Plaza Indonesia EX (no duuhh, nyambung gitu loohhh) wit my family. I saw a poster of Jang Na Ra, the Korean singer who sang "Sweet Dreams", and she was actually there that nite! She was at the Red Tomato Resto on the ground floor, so when u get thru the lobby of Plaza Indonesia EX and turn left the resto is on the right side. I went 2 Dairy Queen 2 buy an Oreo Blizzard wit Cappuccino flavor.. hmm...delicious...! On the way there I went past Red Tomato and I saw a crowd there, and right in the middle there was Jang Na Ra! She's pretty and petite size, but not as petite as Carrot-who-get-mistaken-for-a-middle-school-girl *sujud kepada Carrot* huaaaahhh maappphhhh Carrot!!! We then ate dinner at Cafe Oh La La in Plaza Indonesia, and also bought some bread in Bread Story Bakery. The Hero bread taste soooo goooood, almost everybody who bought some bread there bought at least 1 Hero bread!

Oia, gw juga kesiangan dini hari bangunnya jadi gak ikut seminar dech. Itu gara2 gw kecapekan jalan2 keliling Blok M plus kurang tidur malem sebelumnya, jadi udah dech...teparrrr.... Ma-aaappphh ya Kappa m(_ _)m

Belanja di Blok M

Today I belanja buanyaaakkkk!!!! Tapi gak sebanyak Kappa siy ^_^; So, as planned, Nindya, Ron, Susanti, and I 2day went 2 Blok M. 2day was "Tour de Blok M Day" for the 3 of them. Lebih penting buat Kappa siy, karena dia udah 2 TAHUN ngekos di Kebayoran Baru deket kampus, taunya cuma Senayan doank! Sampe2 dia bilang di blog bahwa kalo dia mo cari komik dia harus ke Gramedia TA!!! Masya Allah...

Jadi saya berinisiatif tuk menunjukkan jalan kepada Kappa-yang-malang-nan-tak-tau-arah itu...Gw baik ya? *ditimpuk penonton* Jadi qta pergi dengan diantar supirnya Carrot ke Terminal Blok M. Di basement-nya terminal tuch ada beberapa kios yang jual komik2 murah, tapi ternyata setelah sekian lama gw gak pernah ke sono, sudah tinggal dikit kiosnya *hix* Disitu pas kios pertama gw belanja byk, 5 komik ama 1 majalah plus 1 tabloid which sums up to Rp.63.000,-! *jadi gak enak* Abiz itu qta ke Gramedia Melawai melewati pasar gituh..maaph ya Carrot, jadi basah..yach sayah kan sudah remind 2 wear shoes if u have a pair. Nah disitulah Kappa belanja buanyaaaakkkkk.. lebih dari gw (read: more than Rp.63.000,-!)!!! Udah kayak gitu gw ngomporin dia suruh beli novel dan komik2 yang laen huahahaha :D

Dari situ karena masih ada waktu, qta ke Plaza Blok M! Tapi.. uh-oh.. tuk sampai ke sana harus melewati jembatan penyeberangan! I'm embarrassed 2 say dat I uhhh... I... I am.... I'm afraid of heights.. some kinda lowest-level-phobia of heights. Well if phobia has these levels, I would be level 1 (de lowest level), cuz my phobia doesn't make me freak out like crazy! So we crossed the bridge, and of course I made it safely to the other side. At Plaza Blok M we ate lunch at Firesteak since Carrot was hungry. After dat we round n round Blok M Plaza a bit then we go back 2 de parking lot in Terminal Blok M, and that means... I have 2 cross the bridge again! ARGH! Oh the agony agony agony... *like Bugs Bunny* But hey! I made it, of course I did, cuz I told the others 2 not walk too fast..haha.. After that we went back 2 campus and I went home wit my chauffeur riding a Nissan Cefiro, it's my grandma's (Opung).

Oia, berarti terakhir gw ama anak2 Komplek jalan pake mobil Kuda tuch tgl 27 November 2004... Waktu itu yang nyetir Denny, trus ada Adie, Aldy ama Inayu juga.

My Boo by Usher Feat. Alicia Keys

(Intro)
There’s always that one person that will always have your heart
You never see it coming cause you’re blinded from the start
Know that you’re that one for me it’s clear for everyone to see
Ooh baby (you will always be my boo)

(Alicia Keys Rap)
I don’t know about y’all but I know about us and uh
It’s the only way we know how to rock
I don’t know about y’all but I know about us and uh
It’s the only way we know how to rock

(Usher verse)
Do you remember girl I was the one who gave you your first kiss
Cause I remember girl I was the one who said put your lips like this
Even before all the fame and people screamin your name
Girl I was there and you were my baby

(Chorus Usher)
It started when we were younger you were mine (my boo)
Now another brother's taken over but it’s still in your eyes (my boo)
Even though we use to argue it’s all right (my boo)
I know we haven’t seen each other in a while
But you will always be my boo

(Chorus Alicia Keys)
I was in love with you when we were younger you were mine (my boo)
When I see you from time to time I still feel like (my boo) (that's my
baby)
You can see it no matter how I try to hide (my boo) (i can't hide it)
And even though there’s another man who’s in my life
You will always be my boo

(Alicia Keys)
Yes I remember boy cause after we kissed
I can only think about your lips
Yes I remember boy the moment I knew
You were the one I could spend my life with
Even before all the fame and people screamin your name
I was there and you were my baby

(Chorus Usher)
It started when we were younger you were mine (my boo) (you were mine)
Now another brother's taken over but it’s still in your eyes (my boo)(yes it is)
Even though we use to argue it’s all right (my boo) (it's all right, it's ok)
I know we haven’t seen each other in a while
But you will always be my boo

(Chorus Alicia Keys)
I was in love with you when we were younger you were mine (you were my boo) (my boo)
When I see you from time to time I still feel like (my boo)
You can see it no matter how I try to hide (my boo)(it's all right now, it's ok)
And even though there’s another man who’s in my life (what we have is in each other)
You will always be my boo

(Hook Usher & Alicia Keys)
My oh my oh my oh my oh my boo
My oh my oh my oh my oh my boo

(Chorus Usher)
It started when we were younger you were mine (you were mine)(my boo)
Now another brother's taken over but it’s still in your eyes (my boo)(you and I)
Even though we use to argue it’s all right (my boo)(it's all right, it's ok)
I know we haven’t seen each other in a while
But you will always be my boo

(Usher's Rap)
I don’t know about y’all but I know about us and uh
It’s the only way we know how to rock
I don’t know about y’all but I know about us and uh
It’s the only way we know how to rock


(this is for some of my frenz who wanted 2 know the lyrics of the song, I pretty much like this song)

Hepi Bretdai Kappa!

Selepas kau pergi...
Eh jangan berpikir yang aneh2 doeloe yach. Gw cuma mo menyanyikan satu line dari lagunya La Luna itu tuk mobil Kuda-qu, so long farewell I need to say good bye, Adieu Adieu, to you and you and you... Lho koq?! Jadi nyanyi Sound of Music?! Yach begitulah gw jam 3-5 sore ada BEST, qta harus giat berlatih tuk menghadapi NEO!! Sementara di ruang 310 ada Seminar Bank Syari'ah persembahan Bank Syari'ah Mandiri dan BITE. Trus sekitar 5:40PM Pak Indra yang "membeli" Kuda (dia hanya petugas perusahaan yang membeli Kuda-nya) dateng tuk minta tanda tangan gw...

"Kenapa" you say? Karena transfernya lewat BCA, dan di keluarga gw yang punya BCA cuma gw. Jadi alhasil gw yg tandatangan kwitansi dan surat perjanjian jual beli. HUAHAHAHA gw punya duit banyak!!! Ada ratusan juta di rekening gw! Tapi...kartu debitnya lagi dipegang ma nyokap dan sudah ku beritahu PINnya jadi...yaaa... begitulah...

Hepi bretdai tu yuu...
Hepi bretdai tu yuu...
Hepi bretdai tu yuu...
Hepi bretdai deer Kappa...
Hepi bretdai tu yuu...
Weits, hari ini Kappa UlTah yang ke-20!!! huehehehe tambah tua niy yee...

Bubye Kuda *hix*

'Tis the last nite wit my car the Mitsubishi Kuda. Well technically it's not mine, it's my Dad's, but the ones who usually use it are the children, that is to say my li'l bro and I. I arrived at home very late at about 8 or so. I helped Kappa take the newspapers from the BiNus Marketing to the lockers in the basement for the Stu Com (read: Student Committee). If any of you Stu Com members read this, tolong loe bertanggung jawab donk. Jangan asal tinggal aja gituh. Kan kasian Nindya selalu jadi korban, hanya karena dia sudah pasti selalu ada di kampus jam segitu. Untung aja gw masih ada di kampus jadi tugasnya dibagi dua. Imagine 2 gals bringing newspapers (tuk diloakkin) from the Back Office on the first floor, past the Student Services, past the lobby, go down the stairs, past the cafeteria and out again to the clubs' locker area. Udah gitu di kantin banyak mahasiswa S2 pada lagi makan ^_^;

Eniwei, gw nyampe rumah jam 8 malem. Nyampe di rumah, Om Encep udah di rumah tuk bertugas mencopoti TV yang di Kuda, jadi ada yang mo beli mobil Kuda bokap gw dengan isi originalnya, jadi TVnya dicopot-lah. That was the last time I saw the Kuda..

(Almost) no class...

2day I suddenly got a message that there's only one class, that is the 2nd period which is Software Project Management. So I take off from home at about 8:30AM with my chauffeur. On the way, as usual I listened to MTVSky(101.4), and in the morning it's DJs Kemal and Rifin (I think that's how u spell their names). When I got to the Ampera area, suddenly "the song" was played!!! 'Twas "Breaking Through" by Toshi Kubota!!! And a couple of songs after that they played.... *JRENG-JRENG* Christian Bautista "The Way You Look at Me".

Oh I'm happy... *singing* Happy happy joy joy.. Happy happy joy joy..

Very Lucky this time :)

Btw, on Tuesday the new car arrived, it's a Suzuki APV colored black.

Rejeki Nomplok!!!

Kemaren sore pulang dari kampus cape, tapi pas di jalan gw denger lagunya Toshi Kubota called "Breaking Through"! Trus pagi ini gw denger tuch lagu lagi on the way to campus... Waah senangnya... Abiz enak banget tuch lagu, suaranya Toshi juga. Kalo gak salah dia juga yang nyanyi "LaLaLa Love Song" soundtrack-nya Dorama Jepang "Long Vacation" yang ada Kimu Taku-nya (Kimura Takuya).

Gw sambil browsing website-nya dia ternyata dia terkenal di Amrik!!! WOW!! He even made a concert in the US! I think he's kinda like Utada Hikaru whose latest album is all in English and had help from the talented people of the US music industry.

Sekarang gw lagi di lab 403 nungguin dijemput ditemani oleh Kappa di sebelah gw yang lagi browsing juga. Semoga saja nanti on the way home I get to hear Toshi again *berharap dengan sangat* aaaarrrggghh...outside I hear thunderrrrr....!!!!

My Babu by DoraHellmon

There is this character on the radio (MTVSky 101.4FM) that is like a parody of Doraemon called "DoraHellmon". I usually hear him on air with the DJ's Sammy & Ditta in the afternoon (MTV Skuldesak) on the way home from campus. Then I hear the parody of My Boo by Usher feat. AKeys... It's called "My Babu", it goes sumthin like this (I only got the Reff though):

Siapa yang mencuci seprei kotor... Babu...
Siapa yang nyuci baju dan kolor...Babu...
Siapa yang bangunin kalo molor...Babu...
Inem kembalilah dari Jember karena 'ku perlu
Babu..Babu..Babu..Babu.....Babu...

Wuakakakaka...ngakak gw dengernya :)) The recording of this "song" on my li'l bro's cellphone 'tis the only thing that's makin' me smile after all the "sial" I got.... bad omen... fuh...

Crap Crap Crap......!!!!

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAA.....!!!!!! This is the worst week in my life! Gw sial bgt minggu ini, the 1st week in December...I think this is a sign for a bad month in front of me *sigh*

It started on Dec 1 (no duuuhhh) where Dad, as usual, dropped me off @ campus, but this time he needed 2 go 2 da bathroom. So we parked at the side of the lobby (is that wat u call it?) and we went off the car. As I got off, I didn't realize that there was this cement thing, and then... ba-da-bang-ba-da-boom! *JEDUG* OWWWWW!!!! My foot hurt! I bumped into the cement thingy and I was wearing sandals (T_T) hueeeee sakiiiitttttt....!!!! Jari kaki gw rada bengkak trus ada lecet2nya pula!

Itu sial yg pertama.... Sial ke-2 baru terjadi kemaren... Kmaren kan Kak Devy (sepupu gw) tunangan, jadi ada acara di rumahnya di Bandung. Gw rencananya mo ikut bo-nyok ke Bdg, tapi gw harus ke dokter gigi (orthodontist). Jadwal sebenernya tgl 27 November kemaren, tapi waktu itu gw gak sempet, jadi tgl 4 Desember dech. Sudah susah2 minta supir dateng on de weekend en gw pergi ke drg itu...eh..malah dokternya kagak dateng....!!!!! Gw tunggu2 tak kunjung datang... Anjrittttt... Crap! Sial lagi gw.... Minggu yang tidak mengenakkan.. Trus setelah itu gw mo ke PIM kan, jadi gw pergi (dianterin supir) ama ade gw...ehhh...my bro brought his fren along. And on the way to PIM, there was a traffic jam!!!!! HUAAAAAAA.......!!!!! I've had it..! When I got 2 PIM I ate @ A&W (cuz my bro's fren didn't hav enuff cash). After that...gw jalan2 sendirian...!!! Biasanya gw ga masalah jln2 sendiri di mall, tapi.... gw lagi BeTe ginih... gw perlu temen tuk nemenin jalan2... Udah gitu gw SMS bo-nyok trus dibales agar gw sabar truz cerita2 bahwa mereka lagi di Cihampelas Walk (CiWalk) dan ada resto Itali yg enak bgt kaya di Ranch Market, Columbus, Ohio... Huaaaaaaaaa.....!!! TAMBAH BeTe gw...!!!! And on the way home from there, I had 2 drop off my bro and his fren at another 1 of his friends' house. SO I was @ home alone (T_T) Gw pikir ya udahlah, it's not the end of the world nor is it the end of the week yet, maybe I'll find sumthin' good on Sunday (read: 2day)... I mean I bought a lotta comic books on Saturday...

BUUUUTTTTT.................. nasib berkata lain!!!! Sial lagi hari ini! Gw makan kripik singkong yg agak keras, truz tiba2 koq kayanya ada bagian yg KERAS BGT, ya udah I spit it out. At first I was like, oh ok juz another rock in the road... tapiii setelah diteliti lagi... Itu salah satu hook dari kawat gigi gw!!! ARGGGHHHHHH.....!!!!!!!!!!! Sekarang salah satu ujung kawat di kawat gigi gw is dangling inside my mouth, and anytime the insides of my cheeks can get scratched, ugh.. I just pray that all this annoying stuff will end up good.... I hope 2moro will be better than 2day... *sigh* hix hix hix (T_T)