Ini blog lama2 jadi tempat curhatan gw deh…….jadi kemaren itu match antara Indonesia vs Korsel Piala AFC 2007, dilema besar buat gw . Mo dukung Indonesia apa Korsel??? darah memang Indonesia, tapi hati ama otak ke korsel….gimana tuh?? secara saat ini gw emang lagi tergila2 sama negara itu. Saking ‘membabi butanya’ suka sama Korea, gw hampir bilang ho’oh ajah waktu ditawarin pindah ke new venture hanya karena bos’e orang aseli korea, miting bareng korea-pun disambut dgn suka cita….berangan2 mo pamer satu dua kata bahasa Korea yg gw pelajari dr serialnya…..dasar edun….yang lebih gila lagi adalah sempet merasa ‘menyesal’ tidak dilahirkan sbg orang korea dan bercita2 merit sama orang korea (asal bukan mister sl )……hehehe…..mang ga da org yg lebih gila lagi selain gw…..eitss ada deh, temen kos adik gw, tapi dia tergila2 sama jepang….ini orang juga edun, playlistnya dia lagu jepang semua, ga da yg gw ngerti, cita2nya segera lulus trus cabut ke jepang……itulah kegilaan gw, lebih kagum sama jang geum ketimbang sama RA.Kartini, lebih suka serialnya ketimbang sinetron indonesia ala multivision, rela antri tiket buat nonton boyband yg ga ngetop disini, merasa co2 korea lebih cakep2 drpd co2 seluruh dunia…..hehehe, tapi begitu peluit menutup 90 menit pertandingan dan berakhir 1-0 buat Korsel……kok sedih yaa….hiks…hiks
Starting from yesterday, I can turn on air conditioner in my room…how nice….now i can enjoy sleeping at night without mosquitos biting all over my body left the red dot remarks everywhere. I used to leave my windows wide open to let fresh air can goes easily into the room, make the room is not so hot. But then as the results, not only fresh air come in, along with that, the cruel mosquitos who never tired suck in your blood….Whole saturday I spent watching Korean movies, A story about a cook servant who then became a doctor in a palace, the setting is around 15 or 16th century, in the time when Ming Dynasty ruled China.
The interesting is, that this movie taught me the work ethics and lots of philosophy that I find it so useful in life…..I thought it is completely correct, that when you do a work, you should give all your heart and your effort trying to make the best of it……be serious in your work, always digging in things that you should learn….no one can reach success without hard works or rely on talent only……..this is also the morale I grasped when watching an interview of a (also) Korean singer who hits the world lately….It’s all about hard works that make him ‘big’ as he is now….his life story just burst me into tears. I thought we should learn from Korean people about giving out your best in everything you do…..I guess this morale which makes Korea steps ahead Indonesia. Come on my fellow Indonesian, we are blessed with rich natural resources, we have everything only lack of fighting spirits……so try your best in everything. AJA AJA FIGHTING.
What you give to life, life would bring it back to you…..
Kali ini edisi berbahasa Indonesia yah….bulan lalu jalan2 ke KL dan Bangkok, sbenernya di KL cuman transit doang, jemput temen dalam rangka Bangkok Trip. Ga banyak yg bisa dilakuin di KL, karena cuman 2 hari, jadi cuman jalan2 ke ke mall doang. Bener2 ga nahan….klo ga inget uang saku yg terbatas, mungkin di KL gw udah jatuh bangkrut kali’….gimana ngga, harga barang branded bener2 lebih murah drpd di Jakarta, mulai dr Guess sampai Braun Buffel….semua perang diskon. Tapi akhirnya cuman beli sendal doang, niat awal sih ikutan tren, mo punya sendal vincci juga, tapi kok ya ga ada yg ngena di hati….jadi beli sendal merk nose….lumayan cantik, setidaknya cukup membuat temen di kantor sirik…hehehe. 2 hari di KL, langsung terbang ke Bangkok…..Thanks to Airasia, Now Anyone Can Fly…..hihihi. Nyampe di Bangkok, agak kaget juga….kok kotanya agak shabby gitu….tapi ternyata ga juga, maklum ajah kita stay di daerah yg agak padet, Sukhumvit, yang banyak jalan2 kecilnya alias soi….tambahan lagi ada Skytrain yang bikin, daerahnya sumpek….tapi itu cuma kesan hari pertama, selanjutnya gw jatuh cinta sama kota ini. Poster Rain dimana2…..kayaknya doski mo concert disini….begonya gw, ga nyadar, kalo tahu kan bisa nonton Rain disini, secara di Indonesia entah kapan. Rain oooh….rain…….
Di bangkok, sempet naik perahu, ke kuil2 alias wat yg betebaran dimana2, ternyata emang takdir gw menjelajahi daerah2 sucinya agama Budha…..ada satu temple, gw lupa namanya yang mirip banget sma Potala di Tibet. Malem2 jalan ke daerah "Red Light"nya Bangkok alias Patphong…….niatnya cuma cuci mata, tapi kejebak masuk satu tempat "syereeemmm" banget……trus ditinggal lagi supir Tuktuk yg kurang ajar, tapi lumayan cakep. Soal supir2 tuktuk ini sangat2 berkesan banget, soalnya kita selalu kebagian supir tuktuk yang cakep…..jadi kesimpulannya org2 Thai emang cakep-cakep mulai dari cowo,cewe,waria sampe supir tuktuk juga ngga kaleh cakep.
Makan juga enak, cuma sayangnya kita ga sempet nyari tempat2 makan yang murah meriah tapi enak……udah 2 minggu ini kena kram otak…..pengen nulis bagus tapi tiba2 bad mood….pengen jalan2 lagi….udah ngelirik HK tapi kayaknya mending South Korea dulu deh………feeling gw bilang gw harus kesana walaupun fitrix bilang ga da bagus2nya……what the heck……Oh Korea, here I come….Annyong Haseyo !!!
Gosh….been a long time, not writing a single word on this site, being too occupied with works and family, leave me no time to write a thing. Moreover, i lost my personal site. Today I came to the office for week end duty, it was only a short meeting, after got back to my desk, I checked on Suratmi Injection test, found some discrepancy on the data, then called someone in the offshore who used to input data to well database. Then, i run one case of prediction for Cinta Disposal Project at work station since yesterday my boss asked for it, one job done more waiting in line. After i got back from China months ago, i started to like my job more and more, it’s good news, huh??. Though, it feels like my life is so monoton, Monday to Friday, 7 to 4, only filled up with work…work…work….but i do feel happy inside, satisfied with all works i did and the results…..that’s the important, right?…..You’re happy with you do eventhough your life is not as perfect as you expected.
At this age, i’m getting mature, I know now what are my life goals, how to set priorities in life, understand how to control my self, how to treat my family or other people, avoid any bad temper that i used to have before. Well, I succesfully learned from someone. Yet, I feel still missing something or someone that i already let go…..
and the tears come streaming down your face, when you lose something you can’t replace, when you love someone you but it goes to waste
How long before I get in
Before it starts before I begin
How long before you decide or
Before I know what it feels like
Where to, where do i go?
If you never try then you’ll never know
How long do i have to climb
Up on the side of this mountain of mine
Look up, I look up at night
Planets are moving at the speed of light
Climb up, up in the trees
Every chance that you get is a chance you seize
How long am I gonna stand
With my head stuck under the sand
I start before I can stop or
Before I see things the right way up
All that noise and all that sound
All those places I got found
And birds go flying at the speed of sound
To show you how it all began
Birds came flying from the underground
If you could see it then you’d understand
Ideas that you’ll never find
All the inventors could never design
The buildings that you put up
Japan and China all lit up
A sign that I couldn’t read
or a light, that I couldn’t see
Some things you have to believe
When others are puzzles, puzzling me
All that noise and all that sound
All those places I got found
And birds go flying at the speed of sound
To show you how it all began
Birds came flying from the underground
If you could see it then you’d understand
Oh, when you see it then you’ll understand
All those signs I knew what they meant
Somethings you can’t invent
Some get made, and some get sent
And birds gone flying at the speed of sound
To show you how it all began
Birds came flying from the underground
If you could see it then you’d understand
Oh, when you see it then you’ll understand
by Coldplay
Some people may come and go, some will stay and leave footprints in our hearts and we’ll never be the same again -unknown-
It’s kinda a bit late to write this one but i guess it is still part of our journey in China—the final pieces to complete the puzzle. Our last trip in China was the trip to Tibet at the end of last September. As some of you might have known, that we planned this trip soon as we came to China but for my self even before i left Indonesia. I still remember vaguely I watched National Geographic on TV a couple years ago, it was all about Tibet, Lhasa, Dalai Lamas and since then i’ve became fascinated with Tibet and set my heart that one day I must go to see this place. So when the chance came to visit China, i didn’t think twice….it was one big step closer to Tibet. I searched high and low on the internet,summed up all the information including the cost and other technical things on how should i get there. But still, i need companion, this kinda hold me back….due to several reasons, some of them are because i’m a girl….a small one, which is physically impossible for me to defend my self if i get attacked by stranger and also this was my first trip abroad. It wasn’t China that we talked about….it was Tibet, sounded a ‘no where’ place, far, isolated, off the beaten track and unaccessible. I didn’t even have any idea what’s the status of this country, is it a country, a state under China or??? but then I found out that Tibet is a special administrative region under China, it is called TAR, Tibet Autonomous Region.
Lucky for me, i have friends who shared the same interests and passion, Edwin and Fitrix, Both of them were also excited about Tibet, so Fitrix arranged everything and contact the travel agent to take care of the trip and documents needed. We decided that we should try the new railway Qinghai - Tibet, which just been opened for 2 months and looks people rushing to take on this train. This raised up our excitement for the trip. It still several months to go but we already dream and imagining the trip, the train, Tibetan culture etc every day and the news about the train and Tibet were always on CCTV 9, driving us crazy…….counting time to time.
Oops, i need to work now…will continue the story later…..oh yeah, i remember one moment when we went to Ganden Monastery, 30 km outside Lhasa, by jeep and we passed along Lhasa river, it was extremely gorgeous…..very very beautiful, i could never can forget it….and the songs You’re Beautiful by James Blunt kept ringing in my mind.
You’re beautiful…You’re beautiful….You’re beautiful…It’s true….I saw your face in a crowded place and I don’t know what to do….’cause I’ll never be with you…..
for Mr. Sta*R*bucks, for all beautiful memories we had…
It’s not only a lake. It’s also places for hang out, gathering and dinner on a boat.
Located on the northern of Forbidden City, you can ask the taxi driver to go here just by saying "HouHai". I never realize that this place is so big until last weekend me, Andam and Fitrix had a visit. It’s a place for hang out indeed.
You will find (western style) cafes along the lake (including Starbucks, I have to mention it hehehe…) and a lake with small boats (you can have a dinner on a boat). I think none of them has a Chinese cultural background for their entertainment package, except a live Chinese pop songs. So many expats at the area, just like the Sanlitun Area in a bigger scale with a lake inside. Well, all I can say that: this place is not for Chinese culture. It’s for me (and you) to hang out.
Just outside this lake area, you also can find the "HuTong", a Chinese traditional housing area. The HuTong people always try to survive against the modernism. From the latest magazine, I found out that all HuTong area in BeiJing will be demolished and replaced with high buildings for apartmentsas the preparation for Summer Olympic 2008. Pro and contra always comes up from the residents.
I’m wondering is there any lake in Jakarta that can be plotted just like this HouHai Lake entertainment area…??? Eh…
This is the place if you’re looking for the beautiful landscape of Chinese temple. Make sure that you have a best weather of the day.
One of my best visit beside the Forbidden City (the history) and Simatai Great Wall (the landscape & the challenge). Temple of Heaven is truly a must visit if you’re in BeiJing.
Located just southern of Wang Fujing Street, about two or three km to the north gate of this temple. The ticket is 35 RMB for "through ticket", the ticket that allowed you to enter the main gate, the Circular of Mounds and the Temple of Heaven itself. In my opinion this is the place that I always want to take pictures and still want to. Specially when you have a bright blue sky. Magnificent.
photo by: edwin
Built first in 1420 during the Ming Emperor Yongle’s reign, it was expanded and renovated during the Ming Emperor Jiajing’s (1522-1566) and Qing Emperor Qianlong’s (1736-1795) reigns. The Temple of Heaven is a magnificent masterpiece of architecture in a solemn environment. Since the founding of New China, the government has allotted major resources to protect and restore the cultural monuments here. The Temple of Heaven with its long history, deep cultural significance and magnificent architectural style mirrors the ancient culture of the China.
