i-ring insof & Ramadhan

The results were out last night (Friday, September 22nd, 2006) on Jak TV at 8:30 PM. It was the Finals for the Greater Jakarta Area. "Pick Up the Phone" won 1st place!! Emang hebat... tapi lucunya pencipta lagunya terinspirasi gara2 waktu itu, he tried to call his girlfriend but she wouldn't pick it up!! ^^;

But then..of course lagu paporit (favorit) gw dong...Asta's song "Pandangan Pertama" got 2nd place!! CONGRATULATIONS AND CELEBRATIONS!!

"Pandangan Pertama" was written by Asta (Astono Andoko - CS2009) together with his friends Anindyo Baskoro & Rayi Putra (these last 2 aren't from Binus International). But then, when they were on stage to perform last night (selain Asta) there were other BI students performing together... Adisti Putri Bramanti (CS2007) on keyboard and Arya "Lale" (CS2009) on guitar. This proves that BI students are not only smart academically but also musically. (actually we've a concrete evidence of that already: Gya, Bams of The Samsons, and Ryan [if I'm not mistaken] of Omelet sorry if I got any of your names wrong here) cieee.. Adisti disorot camera melulu lho!! hehe..

Congratulations to Asta and friends! Keep on being creative and wish u luck for the next song fest :D

Oh ya! And another thing..tonight Moslems all over the world will start praying tarawih which means Ramadhan will start tomorrow and we Moslems will start fasting... The Indonesian way to say it is.. "Mohon maaf lahir batin." Please forgive me for all my faults and if I said anything that hurt you. May Allah SWT bless us all in this holy month of Ramadhan.

Congrats once again to Asta and friends... And hope for all my brothers and sisters here who are fasting, Allah SWT will pour His blessings down upon us in this coming month of Ramadhan. Also to my brothers and sisters in campus, hopefully we can have another "Break the Fast and Sahur on the Road" event again like last year. BMS please arrange it ;)

Kampung Hijau Mampang

Beberapa hari yg lalu gw nonton O Channel acara dki'15. Tentang Kampung Hijau Mampang (di daerah Mampang Prapatan, JakSel). Hebat bener deh.. Dalam kurun waktu 7 bulan, udah dapet predikat "Kampung Hijau"!!

Jadi di RW 003 Mampang Prapatan, sampah basah & sampah kering dipisah. Sampah basah dijadiin compost. Sampah kering (seperti plastik) dijadiin art craft, jadi warganya bikin aneka craft dan dijual (dapet duit deh!).

Jadi ini ada kerjasama ama pihak swasta dan juga pemerintah setempat and of course warganya lah! Jadi dari pihak swasta ada pelatihan untuk:

• Penghijauan
• Pembilahan sampah
• Komposter

Jadi semua warga dilatih how to recycle and stuff, and try to make their neighborhood "more green". Mereka juga menanam beranekaragam tanaman. Dari tanaman2 buah, buah2nya dipanen. Hasil panennya dipakai untuk usaha warga, seperti puding buah yg kemudian dijual (dapet duit lagi deh!).

Gw salut banget ama RW ini.. bener deh.. I've never seen anything like that in Indonesia, let alone Jakarta! ^^;

Gw pengen se-Jakarta dan kalo bisa se-Indonesia pada bisa begitu semua. Kalo bisa, ga hanya Recycle, but ALL the 3 Rs, that is:

• Reduce
• Reuse
• Recycle

Reduce would mean, mengurangi pemakaian barang2 yg sulit untuk recycle. Reuse, menggunakan ulang benda2, seperti kantong plastik dari swalayan bisa digunakan ulang tuk plastik sampah. Recycle, mengolah kembali barang yg tak digunakan. Mis: sampah basah, seperti sampah dapur (potongan sayuran) diolah lagi menjadi pupuk compost atau kaleng2 minuman soda bisa didaur ulang jadi kaleng baru lagi.

Kalo waktu gw doeloe tinggal di Amrik, dari kecil (SD kalo ga salah) anak2 itu udah diajarin tentang "The 3 Rs", jadi orang bule sono udah terbiasa dengan hal2 begitu. Semua itu adalah kebiasaan sih dan juga knowledge. Jadi kayaknya perlu juga sosialisasi tentang awareness of the environment and nature di sekolah. Yach..itu harapan gw..semoga saja di Indonesia tercinta ini bisa terwujud :)

excited~

Tadi pagi gw nonton berita.. Ada tentang pertandingan tennis di Bali, Wismilak International. Banyak peteni Indonesia yg berguguran di medan perang (lho? medan perang maen tenis maxudnye) tinggal ANgelique Wijaya yg bisa kita harapkan ^^

Tapi baru kali ini gw nonton berita ampe ketawa2 ga jelas gitu loh.. Jadi begini ceritanya... kameranya kan nyorot pertandingannya truz sesekali nyorot ke penonton. Nih pas nyorot ke penonton yg ada di samping lapangan (bukan di ujung2 deket pemain) lucu banget deh.. Disorotnya lammaaaa banget..gw ampe heran, pas gw perhatiin ternyata yg disorot 4 orang yg sangat serius sekali melihat pertandingan tenisnya, sehingga mata ke-empat orang itu selalu mengikuti bolanya.. Sumpe deh, kocak banget..kepala 4 orang itu pada bergerak barengan ngikutin arahnya bola tenis..kocak banget!!! Truz ada 1 orang dengan santainya, memakan sesuatu sambil matanya tetep lengket ma bola.. Bener2 deh..sinkron banget.. ke kiri.. ke kanan.. ke kiri.. ke kanan.. ke kiri.. ke kanan.. ke kiri.. ke kanan.. ke kiri.. ke kanan.. ke kiri.. ke kanan.. huahahaha

Eniwei, this afternoon I'm going to Bogor, besok sepupu gw (Bang Rino) mo nikah :D Jadi tadi gw ke Harvest beli kue tuk dibawa ke sana nanti. Nah..pas gw baru masuk pintu Harvest, gw ga tau knapa, gw dapet feeling gw bakal ketemu someone that I know.. Eh bener, I didn't notice it before, but I noticed when I was at the cashier paying for the cake. Di sebelah gw Luna Maya!! Gw agak2 kaget, tapi of course gw ga mau keliatan norak, so I resisted the urge to ask her to take a pic with me^^ haha... but when I was waiting for my change and my cake, I observed Luna Maya, she's about as tall as me (but I'm still taller than her, huahaha..) but then her legs are sooo skinny.. kecil banget.. hadoh.. gw pengen badan gw sekecil dia... huuuhh.. long way to go.. Need to start my fitness routines again.. ga melar2 amet sih, tapi bentar lagi Ramadhan.. hadooohhh.. pusying...

Ngomong2 fitness nih yee... Gw udah lama banget ga fitness, gara2 Thesis bodoh itu. Dan Marie France Bodyline (MFB) gw juga terlantar (T_T) kalo ditimbang emang berat gw naik, tapi kalo pas pake baju agak2 longgar, logikanya kalo gw naik lagi timbangan, pake baju juga susah ya? Tapi ini enggak. Cuma jeleknya, kalo ikut MFB tuh ya..kita mengecil yaaa mengecil aja. Kalo fitness tuh ya, badan gw kebentuk, kencang gitu dan otot jadi keliatan. Jadi gw pengen mulai fitness lg, tapi bentar lagi puasaaaa... huaaa... susah..

Tadi pagi baru ambil kebaya di laundry. Besok pagi Akad Nikah abang sepupu.. siangnya ampe sore resepsi di gedung, gw jadi penerima tamu. Hari minggu acara Adat Bataknya.. dan gw sebagai salah 1 adenya, akan mempersembahkan tarian Tor-Tor, yaitu Tor-Tor Muda-Mudi, Tor-Tor persembahan ade2nya pengantin atas pernikahan mereka :D Wish me luck.. btw, pegel banget lho nari Tor-Tor, walo gerakannya itu2 ajah (T_T);;

tired after e.COM 2006~

whoa..where should i start..?? I dunno.. lots to tell.. e.COM 2006 was held August 30^th - September 2^nd, 2006 !! I was asked to help out on alotta things.

• Day 1, 3, 4 : Jury of Spelling Bee & help Pronouncer practice the words
• Day 2 : Jury of Story Telling
• Day 4 : be the MC *wif Tante Tika* of Lunch Performance & Closing Ceremony!!

yup..lots to do..abis, gw juga Peng.Acara seh, pengangguran banyak acara, huahahaha...! I really didn't have anything to do & since I like participating in e.COM all these years ( you get alotta new frenz, networking bo'!), I accepted their requests (they as in my juniors being the committee) :D

And so I start my e.COM days...

Day 1

I arrive at campus after the Opening Ceremony ended. At the lobby I met Raymond (the great-grandfather of e.COM -- CS 2005, already graduated) and since he was there just to look around and I still had time before Round 2 of Spelling Bee (SpBee), kita keliling2 JWC bareng. Udah kayak Bapak dan Ibu guru mengawasi gedung ^^; Abis Ray kan emang udah orang kantoran, jadi using pakaian orang kantoran dan gw nge-Jury pake blazer ^^

Keliling2 ke lantai 2, 3 & 4, truz ke back lobby, kayak Mandor.. And at the back lobby there were Sponsors' stands (Prefere ice cream, Kusuka cassava chips & Hop Hop [kalo versi Indonya sih cendol, wahahaha]) and also other people who opened up F&B stands. There was Icha (her Aunt opened up a juice stand), Adisti & Mom (selling Taco & Nachos), Eko (wif his usual sandwiches), Faustina and Vivin (I think that's it). Lotsa food, sponsors who don't sell food have stands on the 3rd floor as the years before.

At Adisti's stand I met Almy (anak STAN, and also a debater, dat's why like the year before, she was there to be an Adju for e.COM) so we talked a while after that, 'til it was time for us to start "our job". Being a SpBee Jury is really hard, 1st you have to concentrate on the letters the participant is saying and 2nd you have to pay attention to the correct spelling and then compare it to what the participant spelled.

At Lunch Performance, it was supposed to be Aldy's band (Raison D'Etre) performing, but Raison couldn't make it. So Aldy called his friend to substitute, turns out it was a band from Moestopo (ini mah univ. tetangga)!! The band was named "Senbei Band" if I'm not mistaken..and they sang anime songs!! They were really good. After they got off stage, I told my juniors in BiMus (Binus Musician Club) since they already got to know these band kids from Moestopo, they should probably have a collaboration together (Binus International & Univ.Moestopo), as "neighbors" to make a Music Fest! That'll be really cool. Karena selama ini tetanggaan tapi saling cuek2an.

After Lunch performance, 'twas the announcement of the participants who made it to Round 3 of SpBee. After that I was done for the day. Oh yeah, I forgot to mention I met "Bang Karim" at lunch performance. Then in the afternoon (after SpBee was done), I picked up my Thesis at the Photocopy place, but since I didn't bring my photos & Thesis Soft Copy on a CD that day, Student Service said to turn it in the next day together with those other things. And so, since I didn't have anything else to do, and Karim was gonna go home, I asked Karim to drop me off at home..hehehe..tumpangan gratizzz from mai pren Karim (thanx for the ride 'rim!) huehehe..

After I got home, I turned on the TV and enjoyed my time..'til there were some noise at the gate. Since I was too lazy to see who was at the fence, I called my maid to see who it is (paling tukang, gw pikir). But then, after asking who it was, my maid said it was for me. Someone named "alba.. atau albang.. ga tau Kak.." (gw dipanggil Kakak di rumah) and so I went outside to see a familiar face.. two familiar faces actually! It was Abang & Bayu (look.. don't ask me why his name is Abang, he's juz called that way by everyone). And so after the 1st day of e.COM 2006 I had some guests..they left in the afternoon karena janjian ma temen di Blok M.

Day 2

On Day 2 (Thursday), I became a St.Telling Jury, along with Mrs.Luki & Mr.Pierre. We had alotta fun watching the participants' different ways of story telling. At lunch we ate together in the hallway, there we found out alot more about each other..

Take this.. The 3 of us were in Ohio, USA at the same time, in the '90s!! And we didn't know it.. Mr.Pierre and I were actually living in the same city (Columbus, Ohio), even the same campus! Ohio State University! But I was only in middle school back then, my dad was the one going to OSU, and Mrs.Luki was in Toledo, Ohio. We had great conversations during lunch, that we didn't really mind bout the not-so-good food (Ya ampuuunn Nopiiiinnn...! I can't cut through sambal goreng dagingnya dan bakwan jagungnya O_o!)

From all the participants that we judged, there were some who were stuck in my mind..either cuz of their "uniqueness" or they're really good.. Oh yeah, the theme for the 1st round is: "My Life"

1. Fendy - ni orang atu gw inget karena setelah dia cerita tentang his daily life, going to school and stuff, dia ngomong "I'm actually shy to say this, but I model.." dueng *gubrak gubrak* yeah kid, I see u're tall enuff & good-looking enuff fer dat.. sampe2 ank2 comittee yg cewe juga pada penasaran setelah gw cerita, pada ngomong "eh yg ana sih? yg mana sih orangnya?" sambil nyari2 gituh ^^ haha
2. Primananda - intro with singing, the middle of story with singing (telling about the traditional dance class she has, she presented Tari Saman from Aceh lengkap dengan lagunya dia nyanyiin!!), outro also with singing!! her voice was so beautiful pure that Mrs.Luki asked her to join Indonesian Idol!! I also told her to do so.. dan juga, ternyata, Nanda ini is my li'l brother's senior! si Nanda ini dari SMUN 8, my bro's high school.
3. Catherine Shannon - she told the story of her life as if she was a different person. she begun with "Do you know that girl? That girl named Catherine Shannon. She's too shy to tell others about herself, and so I am here to tell you about Catherine Shannon." and the rest of her story was interesting to hear.. ada bagian2 yg kocak.. haha.. I even laughed as a Jury!! (I'll post up her story later on)
4. ?? - this one girl, I'm sooo sorry I forgot ur name li'l girl, but this girl's story was interesting & the way she told it, there were parts that made me almost cry! and so the story goes, she went to the Science Olympic in Argentina and won a silver medal in Biology! when she got home, she had her pic taken with the President (SBY)! but the sad part of her story was, when she was in Argentina, her mother passed away cuz of cancer.. hix hix.. huweeeeee

Those are just some of the participants who were interesting in St.Telling...

Eniwei, on the 2nd day of e.COM, I decided to attend the Evaluation Meeting. As usual, new kids are always noisy.. sigh (you know who you are..!)

Day 3

On Day 3, back to SpBee.. good-ol'-boring SpBee.. I'm sorry to say, even though I've participated in Spelling Bee in the US & was a representative of my school (that means I could spell), it's boring compared to Story Telling ^^; huehehe.. Day 3 is Friday, in Lunch Performance, Adie's band (Sigma) is performing. Jadi pas lunch ketemu ma Adie & Aril and their other friends in the band (Lilies, Dimas & Furqon, kalo ga salah nih namanya..) belakangan dateng Adi (sepupunya Adie) and another friend. They sang a couple songs, including their own song, which was really good!

I also attended the Eva this day. I had to, cuz the next day was gonna be the Last Day of e.COM 2006 & I HAD to know, what their plans are gonna be when famous people are coming for the Closing Ceremony (Gya & Nidji). As usual, newbies are all noisy, to the point where Woen (Melissa Woen) screamed out to tell everyone to be quiet and make a circle (after Andrew tried to tell everyone to get into a circle, but no one would budge or move or quiet down. 'drew man, u got to get some angry expression on your face! I've never seen you angry at all in e.COM 2006! sometimes u need to let that angriness out.. ga usah galak, tapi tegas, gitu loh)

After Woen went home, and the meeting starts to heat up, all the newbies start a "market" again! And so I was the on who screamed out, "Guys you need to be quiet, this is serious matter here. All of you need to know what is going on tomorrow, cuz we've famous people in campus, and I need to know how the flow of people is gonna be like. So I need you to be quiet!"

After that everybody got quiet, and Andrew continued his explanation of all the plannings of Day 4. Got home kinda late on this day.

Day 4

Day 4!! Finally..coming to the end.. This day I was requested to be the MC, a duet with Tika (MK 2007) at Lunch Performance and also Closing Ceremony. We had a blast! I say Tika and I nailed it! Tika says, "We killed it!" haha.. we had alotta fun!! Especially on the Closing Ceremony..even tho it's hectic, we did it! I was amazed that we could get through 3 hours of standing up, haha.. not exactly 3 hours u might say, when we're not on stage, we'd be sittin' down.

But I myself, feel very amazed being the MC on Nidji, who were performing in our campus!! I mean OUR campus, JWC!! I was standing so close to the vocalist (Giring), that I had to resist the urge to....pull on his curly hair! hahaha... it was sooo curly! But then I have to give my salute to Nidji. They really have an interesting stage act, which doesn't bore the audience. It was really fun when Tika & I were introducing Nidji. We were screaming to the audience, telling 'em to scream for Nidji.. "Nidji..Nidji..Nidji..Nidji" again and again..'til someone screamed and pointed to the lift, there they were..Nidji!! In my campus' lift! Comin' down from the 4th floor! And Tika and I were like, "Here they are..give it up for..Nidji!!!!!" hahaha..it was alotta fun screamin' like crazy MCs, and also for the Closing, we were givin' away handphones!! It was realllllyyyyy, really (x1000) FUN!!! 'twas a once in a lifetime experience! Thanx to Nana and Grace (AC 2008) who gave this chance to me, by requesting me to be 1 of the MCs in this event :)

After the Closing was done and lotsa the participants going home..like last year..The committee were taking pics & also doing a HUGE LINE DANCE!! haha.. there were songs that were coincidentally were on my playlist at home (Nelly Furtado's Promiscuous Girl and Xtina Aguilera's Ain't No Other Man) gw JeBe-an (ikut2an) dalem line dance and was the only one without almamater jacket! huahaha..udah gitu angkatan paling tua and the only one from Batch 2006 lageeeehh! malu jadinya..tapi ga pa2, kan jadi awet muda gw.. bwahahahaha..

Sebenernya banyak lagi cerita2 dari e.COM 2006, tapi karena ada beberapa temen yg penasaran tentang e.COM 2006, I will present this for the moment, hehehe :D