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Honeymoon With My Brother

 

 

I’m almost finished with ‘HoneyMoon with My Brother’ novel. I actually interested to buy this book when I first saw it, but I thought maybe it’s just a sappy novel and I hardly have time to read books. But ‘Oprah Book Club’s logo in the book really moved me to buy it.

It’s a real story about a guy named Franz Wisner got stood up at his wedding and decided to went anyway to his honeymoon, only with his brother. He enjoyed his travel experience so much that he got the idea to traveled the world with his brother, especially when his job is transfered to a lower position. So he resigned and use his resign money to travel around the world, including to Indonesia.

Okay, have to finish the book first :p

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blabbing

I don’t know if u already heard the news, but before this big media is up I already had the stress, I had the big ‘What to do now?’, I had the panic, I saw my sad co-workers faces. I even got up, and say ‘Well, I was gonna get out anyway’. But the things is not that simple. First of all, the place is like my second home. I learn a lot there. I entered the place like a school girl and now I’m a staff. And I met warm people that makes me appreciates life more.  I know people will come and go, some of them are already got out. But what if I never found this kind of place again?

Second, what will I do outside? I have this big sign that says, ‘go that way’ and ‘got this way to be this’.

Third, is there a kind of job that to fits my dream? Several places got my dream job, but sometimes it comes with long hours working and maybe no appreciation. And there’ll be jobs that have save hours but can be slightly boring jobs. Well, nothing is perfect. I guess I know that I hate jobs that exhausting. I like things to be properly ordered and not so stressed out by deadlines.

Okay here is the test I tried in http://quiz.ivillage.co.uk/cgi-bin/uk_work/tests/career.pl

You would be very happy in a career that utilised your level-headedness, and allowed you to work mainly on your own. You want a career that allows you to be creative, without having to be involved with lots of people. Some careers that would be perfect for you are:

(I highlight the profession I’d like to be)

Artist

Historian

Banker

Novelist

University Professor

Photographer

Vet

Paralegal

Graphic Designer

Online Content Developer

Webmaster

Producer

Managing Director

Nutritionist

Advertising

Nursing

You like working and being alone. You like to avoid attention at all costs. You tend to keep to yourself, and not interact much with the people around you. You enjoy spending time with a few a close friends. You like to listen to others, but don’t like sharing much about yourself. You are very quiet and private.

You are very practical, and only act after thinking things through. You don’t like being forced to answer quickly. You have to evaluate the situation completely. You make decisions based on what you can verify with your senses.

You like to be deeply involved in one or two special projects. You like to be behind the scenes. You are very logical and fair. You feel you should be honest with others and protect their feelings.

You trust your gut instincts. You are easily inspired and trust that inspiration. You are very innovative. You analyse things by looking at the big picture. You are concerned about how what you do affects others. You worry about your actions and the future. You tend to use a lot of metaphors and are very descriptive and colourful in your choice of language.

You are very creative, and get bored easily if you don’t get to express yourself. You like to learn new things. You don’t like the same old routine. You like to leave your options open.

Well at least this quiz is kind of right. That is me…. I shoudn’t be so negative.

Love For Granted

Sedang suka mendengarkan lagu Phoenix yang Love For Granted,.. menenangkan dan beda dari lagu Phoenix kebanyakan (biasanya mereka agak ngebeat, beat yang cepat)..  apalagi kalo didengerin di rumah pas hujan atau rintik-rintik

Here it is Love For Granted

here’s the lyrics…

These days are gone
Loud enough to hold on
I think about the time we wasted
I think about the years to come
It’s getting late and I can’t call
It’s getting late to face it all
I think about the time we wasted
My loneliness has slowly grown
I told you not to cross the line
And leave me with
Your love for granted
The letters from your broken heart
I think I might have lost them somewhere

Don’t tell me ’bout your lies
Don’t tell me ’bout your secrets

My love is easy
You are everything I need
Now your love is gone
I want it safe and guaranteed
Life is such a fine line
Looking at the bright line
I think about the time we wasted
For someday I’ll be coming too
Tonight is dying on it’s own
And now I got your love for granted
It doesn’t matter right or wrong
As long as you are hiding somewhere

Don’t tell me ’bout your lies
Don’t tell me ’bout your secrets

Even though we’ve said it all
I would never let us fall
With you
Hang on to a little chance
You bet I’m in
If it is for better
Disillusions come after
It’s true
Hang on to a little chance
You bet I’m in

can I have a cup of creativity, please

lately it’s been hard to be creative and playful, tiap hari soalnya ada rutinitas yang buat ruang gerak kita sempit. so I found this article, I found it almost seven years ago. I use it as my subject in presentation class   so I thought I wrote it here…smoga membantu

How To Increase Creativity

Creative is seeing the sam thing as everybody else but thinking of something different. Creativity involves the translation of our unique gifts, talents and vision into an external reality that is new and useful.

Ways To Increase Creativity

• Giving yourself permission to do things creatively  => never really thought of this but it’s true… sometime we limit ourselves (busy, stress, lazy)
• Surrounding yourself with people who love and support you
• Improve your confidence
• Study books on creative thinking techniques and put them into practice
• Attend courses on creative thinking and put the ideas into practice
• Keep a daily journal and record your thoughts, ideas, sketches, etc. as soon as you get them
• Indulge in relaxation activities and sports to give the mind a rest and time for subconscious to digest information
• Develop an interest in a variety of different things, preferably well away from your normal sphere of work
• Don’t work too hard (I’m lovin’ this one, hahah…)
• Having patience and willingness to work for a creative outcome rather than simply wait for enlightenment
• Finally, begin thinking of yourself as a creative person

Obstacles to Creativity

• Being too busy and getting too involved with a problem
• Having conflicting goals and objectives
• Not allowing yourself enough time to relax
• Lack of confidence
• Stress
• Beliefs
• Ego
• Fear
• Self criticism

Smoga membantu ya

the most romantic thing I’ve ever heard

Aku pengen jadi suamimu.

here but not here

Habis nonton film ‘Cast Away on the Moon’, sebuah film korea dengan pesan yang sangat bagus dan gambar yang sangat cantik. My boyfriend keep saying how good the movie is, and I watch it finally. It occured to me, while the stranded guy and this strange girl communicating with simple and short message yet very powerful, but it comes by heart and sent with such emotion and feeling.

We sent multiples status and text we post in Twitter and Facebook, Plurk and other social networking websites, but does it really really us who wrote that? Or is it some guy/girl we want to be? Is it really something we feel or we just want people to see us in some certain way?

On the other hand, we are surrounded with people and community. But are we really in the place we want to be? Do we really want to be there? Do your friends really sitting next to you but he/she thinking being 1000 miles away? or he/she plays with his cell chatting with other people miles away, while he/she not being where he’s sitting.

Ada pembahasan status facebook disini.

friendship with girls

punya temen cewek penuh dinamika.

sudah beberapa kali kejadian seperti ini.

berteman, merasa punya ikatan, merasa dekat, kemana-mana bareng, tau masalah masing2.., mendengarkan dan curhat, tahu luar dalam…

tapi akhirnya berantem karena menyinggung perasaan, berasumsi, berpikir negatif tentang satu sama lain…

jujur, I don’t have much sensitivity that normally girls have. but I know, I have experienced the same thing…and the problem is BIG NEGATIVE THINKING, BAD ASSUMPTION, and last but not least is… COMPETITION…

Among girls, this is sometimes an issue. Someone have to be prettier, someone have to have the best shoes, someone have to have the best boyfriend…is all really is just based on lack of confidence… If someone happen to have good shoes, good personality, pretty, so what? It’s good that someone felt good about themselves. Basicly, this kind of thing comes back to ourselves.

Are we really want to lose a friendship because of one’s lack confidence? Of the negative stuff in our heads?

our shoes

Seriously girls, we are now an adult.

Phoenix Live @ Bengkel Night Park

penampilan Phoenix di Bengkel Night Park, 1 Agustus

Nggak percaya juga sampai sekarang kalau saya salah satu dari penonton di Bengkel Night Park tanggal 1 Agustus 2009 kemarin. Tapi menonton konser adalah salah satu keinginan saya tahun ini Dan ketika saya melihat di salah satu situs jejaring pertemanan ada event bertuliskan ‘Phoenix Live at Bengkel Night Park Jakarta’, saya langsung berpikiran untuk membeli tiketnya, dan kemudian memberitahu teman dekat saya (yang sangat-sangat ngefans mereka, bahkan saya tahu Phoenix dari dia).

Saya datang berdua dengan teman saya itu, dari jam enam sore. Baru bisa masuk ke dalam sekitar jam delapan, bertiga dengan salah seorang teman saya (yang nyaris tidak mau datang karena ternyata bingung bagaimana transportasi pulang, but no I saved you!). Bengkel Night Park dipenuhi anak-anak muda Jakarta yang sebagian besar dressing up for the night, walaupun tidak nyaman dipakai untuk nonton konser.

Panggung dibuka dengan Naif, yang merupakan band paling komunikatif malam itu, bahkan lebih dari Phoenix (maaf yah guys, but you are the essential of the night). Mungkin karena Naif sudah sangat sering manggung disini dan sudah dikenal publik. Lagu-lagunya menghibur, salah satunya Mobil Balap serta Air dan Api.

Setelah itu, Band S.I.G.I.T mengisi acara. Maaf sekali, saya dan teman saya sangat tidak menikmati musik mereka. Pertama-tama, kuping kami dipersiapkan mendengar Phoenix malam itu, yang musiknya lebih ringan dan lebih catchy dibanding S.I.G.I.T. 1-2 lagu pertama bisa didengar dengan baik, namun lama-kelamaan permainan gitar dan musik yang gahar menjadi sulit untuk dicerna. Namun saya harus mengakui mereka punya skill bermain yang hebat dan sangat cadas. Tapi mungkin bukan untuk telinga saya dan teman saya.

Setelah S.I.G.I.T, Rock n Roll Mafia menyumbangkan beberapa lagu. Untuk yang ini, saya tidak terlalu mengenal lagu-lagu mereka. Namun musik mereka lebih ringan didengar setelah S.I.G.I.T.

Ketika jam menunjukkan pukul 11an kira-kira, barulah atmosfir panggung menjadi lebih ‘genting’, mungkin karena Phoenix yang dinanti-nantikan akan muncul. Tanpa disangka, band itu langsung muncul dengan hits pertama mereka di album terbaru mereka, Lisztomania. Suara sang vokalis tertutup oleh nyanyian sebagian besar penonton yang menghafal lirik lagu tersebut, dihiasi permainan lampu yang sangat aktraktif. Lagu demi lagu dinyanyikan dengan lancar, beberapa chorus lagu populer tidak perlu dinyanyikan si vokalis, karena ditutupi nyanyian penonton yang sangat hafal lagunya (seingat saya di lagu If I Ever Feel Better dan Girlfriend). Permainan lampu nyaris membutakan mata saya (yes! since it’s so marvelous!), ada satu bagian dimana wajah Thomas Mars si vokalis disorot oleh beberapa lampu (dari bawah) sekaligus, namun gagal saya tangkap dengan kamera hape (meski saya tahu itu sia-sia, apa salahnya berusaha ).

Pacing (jeda) diantara lagu agak sempit, ketika satu lagu selesai, lagu lain langsung dimulai. Tanpa sadar sudah jam 12. dan mereka melakukan encore, kembali menyanyikan 3 atau 4 (saya lupa)  lagu populer mereka, salah satunya cover version ‘Air’ dari OST Virgin Suicides (Film yang dibintangi Kirsten Dunst, disutradarai Sophia Coppolla, pacar Thomas Mars).

After the magic night, I have to say I love  you even more, Phoenix.

Mereka menulis sedikit kesan mereka tentang Jakarta disini.

Ini twitter mereka http://twitter.com/wearephoenix

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