One Point Of View

33 is not my number!!!

2011-08-15T16:09:00.000+07:00

i turned 33 last Friday.. and so i've been 33 for the last 3 days..

birthday was suck (i can only remember 1 bday when it was great - coz i controlled everything!) and i just knew.. this will be my suckiest 33 years of life.. and i was right!

1. sick before bday and couldn't go to office
2. still sick on bday, got scolded by parents at 4 freaking AM! then boss got mad at 5 shinding AM..

yep, this is not going to be a good year for me >_< i get sick more easily, my gastritic ulcer has gone for the worse x.x and boss has been after my throat for a while now.. and.. i handed it over along with the scimitar! sharpen by my own hands!

it's a suckie2 and going to be suckie2 year of my life ;_;

Fresh Roses and Bouquets in Jakarta and Bali, Indonesia

2011-07-11T12:11:00.003+07:00

Dear All,

For those who needs roses for loved ones, bouquets for the colleagues or even for Mother's day, you can try PT Nirmala Agung in Jl. Benda 2, Kemang - Jakarta or their Bali office if you happen to be in the Paradise Island

They do delivery and the most important thing, their flowers are import qualities. The roses seeds were imported from Holland, Italy, and Kenya among the suppliers' countries and are grown in Green Houses up in Halimun area. Their other flowers are imported weekly and kept fresh in the cooling room.

Their bouquets are as low as Rp. 100,000.00,-. Affordable even for students.

What are you waiting for, call them at (021) 7805806 (Hunting)

Fresh Roses and Bouquets in Jakarta and Bali, Indonesia

2011-07-11T12:11:00.001+07:00

Sample of Business Sponsor Letter For Visa

2011-07-08T13:07:00.002+07:00

Dear All,

Untuk yang butuh only, I have had troubles finding one (usually are for families or other sponsor letters) this was what i made, our colleague approved but we'll see if KJRI in Melbourne will to.

-Companies letter head-

Jakarta, 8 July 2011

Consulate General of The Republic of Indonesia – KJRI Melbourne

72 Queens Road,

Melbourne, Vic 3004

Australia

Re : Letter of Sponsorship for the Multiple Entry Business Visa Application

Dear Sir/Madam,

This is to inform you that Mr. ... is currently Director of ... which is our partner in horticulture and agriculture.

He will be going to Indonesia on a monthly basis to do seminars, training, finalizing our business contracts, and supervising the run of the joint projects .

All his living expenses during his visit will be borne by our company.

We guarantee that ... will not seek employment while in

Indonesia.

We would be very grateful if you could arrange to issue the appropriate

Multiple Entry Business Visa for him.

Thank you for your kind assistance

Yours truly,

-company;s stamp-

...

Director

Membuat/Mengajukan/Perpanjang Passport di Imigrasi Kelas I Khusus Jakarta Selatan Indonesia

2011-07-08T12:16:00.002+07:00

Akhirnya selesai juga mengajukan passport sendiri tanpa agent.Sudah banyak blog/news mengenai hal ini, tapi apakah membantu? HECK NO!

OK, mari kita mulai dari yg datang langsung ke Imigrasi atau yang melalui online, ini hanya untuk Imgrasi Kelas I Khusus Jakarta Selatan. Yang harus diperhatikan adalah map kuning sharga Rp. 5,000 yang mereka
jual. Map ini sharusnya gratis, tp maklum lah.. Indonesia gitu loh, yg gratis jadi bayar.. Nah, saran sy sih beli nih map minta tolong orang lain/mampir sebentar shari seblum anda datang ke sana.

Utk membeli map ini penjualnyanya baru buka jam 07:50-08:00, dan kalau pagi masih cukup ngantri - orang2 yg juga hendak mengajukan permohonan pembuatan passport. Tempatnya di dalam kantor imigrasi Jl. TB Simatupang Kav 10 - setelah Lorena dan seblum FIF, dan posisi di ruangan di bawah tangga. Knapa shari/sblumnya? Karena kalau sy senengnya smua sdh siap tgl di drop kan di lantai pagi2.

Jam 8 kurang 5 sampai jam 8:20, mulai seorang pegawai imigrasi berbicara tata cara de el el.. penting sih, tp kalau itu sudah kedatangan anda kedua kali dan seterusnya jadi ngantuk dengarnya.. Saat itu juga dibuka pengambilan nomer dari mesin di antara loket 4 dan loket pembayaran.

Mereka yang datang pagi-pagi sekali (jam 6-7an), menaruh/menumpuk amplop kuning di sebelah kiri (depan loket 4) mesin no, di atas lantai. Sementara untuk mesin no yang dibuka per jam 08:00-10:30 antrian adalah mulai no. 200 dan panggilan pertama adalah no. itu. Jadi menurut sy menumpuk pun sebenarnya percuma kalau tumpukan sdh tinggi, karena jadinya ya siang juga, lebih baik ambil no.

Nah, jangan lupa KTP (&passport lama kalau punya) serta dokumen lain harus di copy di atas kertas A4. Untuk KK, cek dulu yang anda punya, karena KK skrng sdh ganti penampilan, rekan sy ditolak aplikasinya karena ternyata pakai KK lama. Untuk dokumen aslinya jangan lupa, untuk SK dari kantor, harus di masukkan dituju (ke kepala Imigrasi tersebut) dan Perihalnya (pengajuan/perpanjangan/ganti nama dst passport). Kalau tdk ada 2 ini, anda akan disuruh kembali lagi atau ditunggu smp sblm jam 14:00.

Ada penjual jasa penerima fax dan printing seadanya di samping luar kantor ini. Siapa tahu butuh doc2 lain yg tertinggal. Kmudian, jgn lupa bawa semua dokumen asli juga - karena akan diperiksa/disamakan selintas dan ditanyakan tujuan membuat passport (DUUUH).

Stlh diperiksa, kita akan diminta mengantri lagi di kasir utk membayar passport (tp temen sih disuruh pulang, ngak tahu knapa). Nah, baik anda membayar hari itu atau sblm foto, anda akan diminta kembali 3hari kerja setelah memasukkan dokumen untu foto, sidik jari dan ttd. Tidak keluar duit lagi kok, langsung ke lt. 2, masukin kwitansi anda n tunggu dipanggil.

Stlh photo, tinggal ngacir pulang dan kembali lagi 5-7 hari utk mengambil passport jadi di loket 5.

Buat pengajuan melalui internet, silahkan ke link terlampir. Pilih ajuan baru/perpanjang, dan siapkan hasil scan dokumen2 anda dlm bentuk JPG. Stlh selesai, pada tahap akhir anda akan ditanya mau kapan datang ke Immigrasi (biasanya 4hari paling cepat dari hari aplikasi itu). Hari Sabtu/Minggu, waktu sy coba applikasi error melulu, entah karena mmng down atau sengaja dimatikan. Stlh selesai, jgn lupa print out bukti pengajuan onlinenya.Kalau kita tidak datang di hari yg kita ajukan, maka aplikasi hangus ngus ngus total dan harus apply lagi.

Jangan lupa, tetap antri untuk mengambil no. Nah ada 2 versi nih, katanya ttp harus diperiksa di loket 1-3, ada yg bilang langsung ke loket online atau terkenal dgn loket "Penggantian / Penambah nama" di sberang tangga persis. Berhubung jadi bingung, ya sy mengantri, dpt no.250 (tp datang mmng jam 8:10 sih :D), dipanggil ke loket 2 jam 10:30, karena kurang data2 disuruh balik. Sy kembali lagi dgn harapan bisa photo hari itu juga (kalau smua berkas sdh beres sblm jam 12 bisa langsung photo) tp terlambat, karena jam 11:55 loket penggantian nama itu sdh tutup, dan sy harus menunggu smp jam 13:10 (makan siang jam 12:00-13:00), diberikan slembar sticky note dan diminta kembali esok paginya.

Esoknya sy kembali jam 08:10, tanpa mengambil no, sy langsung ke loket tersebut, dan langsung diberikan slip kwitansi utk pembayaran, sy langsung ke loket 4, coblos tuh slip, skitar 10menitan nama sy dipanggil utk bayar (Rp. 255,000). Tdk ada lagi passport 24hal, skrng smua adalah 48hal. Langsung sy ke lt. 2 utk photo, coblos kwitansi pembayaran, nunggu dipanggil kembali (sekitar 15-20mnt), photo smbl ngobrol dan ditanya2, trus kelar deh.. dan hari ini sy kmbali utk ambil, kmbali coblos ntu kwitansi penuh holes, nunggu skitar 15menitan, dipanggil, foto copy depan dan belakang passport lama dan baru, submit kembali ke loket 5, trus ngacir deh.. nyaaaaaaaaaaaaaah kelar juga!!!

OK, so yg perlu diperhatikan adalah:

Harap diperhatikan, kalau tidak pakai agent waktu anda akan habis di Imigrasi terutama ketika submitting dokument. Tetapi, sy perhatikan walau habis waktu itu, tp utk seterusnya kalau memakai online jauuh jauuuh jauuuuuuuuuuuuuuh lbh cepat - slama anda datang pagian (kalau bayar + photo) jam 8:10 datang, jam +- 09:00 kelar, kalau antri dokumen, kayanya mau ngak mau deh harus sblm mesin no dibuka, trus ala barbarian rebutannya..

Total uang yg dikeluarkan: Rp. 260,000 (passport) + Rp. 15,000 (minum dan juice)

Total waktu yang dikeluarkan: Jangan nanya deh.. wastng time bgt nunggunya kcuali anda bisa bekerja disitu bisa smbl nunggu.

kalau pakai agent: Rp. 800,000++ hanya datang utk photo (sekitar 15menitan juga).

Indonesia.. Indonesiaku x.x ribet amat..

Easy And Quick To Prepare - Fried Chicken In Soy Sauce

2010-05-21T15:44:00.000+07:00

I asked mom to give me her recipe for Fried Chicken in Soy Sauce or as known as "Ayam Goreng Kecap" in Indonesia. Why this recipe, because whenever I see her cook this dish, it never takes too long to prepare and to cook. Considering what a lazy bum I am, no wonder this would be the first recipe I asked :)

OK, here goes:

1 chicken cut up into 8 pieces or more

For the sauce:

5 table spoons of sweet soy sauce (I'm not really sure its only this much because at home we use feeling, if the colour looks nicely brown, not too pale or too dark).

3 table spoons of butter/margarine

5 cloves of shallots, finely chops into thin slice

3 cloves of garlic (If you like more garlic, go ahead, use 5 cloves) grinds

3 cm of fresh ginger - thin slice and then chops into thin sticks

1 tea spoon of worcestershire sauce atau worcester sauce.

5 red chilies - not the bell pepper ones - cut into long lines, clean the seeds.

A pinch of pepper, salt and sugar.

a slice of lime

Fry the chicken till it's cooked and nicely browned. Set aside.

Heat the butter/margarine and saute the shallots, garlic, ginger, chillies in it. Pour the sweet soy sauce and the worcestershire/worcester sauce.Add a pinch of pepper, salt and sugar.

Add the chicken, cook until all sides are well cooked with the sauce. Pour onto a plate and squeeze the lime juice over.

Now, Fried Chicken in Soy Sauce is ready to be served.

I'm going to try this recipe myself.. Writing this makes me hungry and it's 11 at night x.x

Well, happy cooking and tasting~

SCAM ALERT FOR AUPAIR - Dudley Adomanis #203 Bedford St. New York City, N.Y. 10014, USA

2010-05-20T02:11:00.003+07:00

Kepada rekan-rekan Aupair sekalian,

Ada berita nyebelin n mbethein nih. Gw terima email dari one Dudley Adomanis. Alamak, ntu tawaran menarik hati sekali. Siapa pula yang bakalan menolak digaji USD2000 perbulan plus USD300 buat pocket money. Ngubek2 website AuPair juga gw rasa kaga dapet dah.

Nah, sekilas melihat, berlinang dong air liur.. Dah kebayang, balik ke Indonesia jadi jutawan euy.

Tapi begitu dibaca lagi, kok ada yang aneh yah.

Pertama: Ntu orang kaga konsisten banget. Bilang bini mendadak

ditransfer ke Portugal, tapi habis ntu bilang bini dah "departed." As far as I know sih, departed tuh cuman diucapkan untuk mengatakan mmang dah departed from this world, and I'm not talking about astronouts here hehehe.

Kedua: Check deh di inbox2 anda2 sekalian di website AuPair, pasti kaga ada deh ntu email dari si blonde2an. Kenapa harus di check inboxnya email pribadi? Karena family pasti ngirim email lewat website, and website akan memforward ke email pribadi kite masing2. Makanya ntu family profile and foto kaga bisa di klik2.. Percaya deh, gw dah nyoba ngeclick berjibun2 kali. Mo buka ntu profile family? Ya ke website dong hehehe.

Ketiga: Coba deh sodara2 sekalian google ntu nama Dudley Adomanis. Anda akan dibawa ke website ini: ScamWarners aka Scam Alert site.. Hasil mbah google yang pertama adalah ya nni website. Ane juga posting tuh di sono, numpang tenar wkwkwkwkwkwk

Anyways, kalo masih ndak percaya, ya monggo diterima aja ntu tawaran. Tapi kalo disuruh kirim dokat, ditolak aje ya. On the other hand kalo ternyata kerja beneran.. lemme know, siape tahu ane bisa nerusin situ, hehehe. Well, that's all AuPair folks.. Good night, urrm good morning x.x

PS: Untuk bentuk emailnya, klik aje di sini.

Metode Langsing Dalam 10/11 Hari Online Scam?

2010-03-29T12:35:00.002+07:00

Beberapa minggu lalu saya baca metode langsing dalam 10 hari di Facebook, penasaran dengan hanya 80rb-an bisa turun 3kg++ tiap minggu.. Terus kirim email tanya2 dibalas dengan lumayan cepat. Karena sedang tidak punya uang jadi mikirnya "ahh nanti aja deh".

Nah, siang ini baca lagi, metode langsing 11 hari.. Baca2 websitenya http://www.langsing.us/ kok kaya pernah tahu gitu.. Dipikir2 mirip sama yg 10hari, cuman nambah 1 hari doang and harganya 90rb-an.. Akhirnya google metode langsing yg sbelumnya dan dapat paling atas metodelangsing.com tapi begitu di klik.. nothing!

Ini jangan2 scam lagi deh, bgitu pikir saya.. Jadi kalo diluaran ada yang pernah ikutan nih metode2 dan beneran bukan scam alias berhasil, kasih tahu dong ke kita2.. Kalo saya pribadi sih lebih baik ikutan minuman2 organik yang bisa bikin metabolisme kita baik lagi dah terbukti sama saya sendiri, tapi memang maknyus sih mahalnya. Makanya ane pun tidak beli lagi nunggu dapet rejeki lebih untuk mulai lagi, hehehehehe..

Decision Decision

2010-03-20T21:37:00.000+07:00

Whats the difficult part about making a decision? The making of it... *sighs*

Found this cheap digital camera site and been thinking to buy it.. but then when doing checks its difficult to take pics with a digital camera.. Ppl might think I'm a terrorist taking pics for the next bombing target -.-;

So, it's either buying a cheap cheap cheap 400K dual CDMA+GSM mobile plus a 180K digital camera or get a second dual mobile with camera..

Inputs, anyone?

Bye Bye Mobile.. Selamat Tinggal HP-ku..

2010-03-19T00:22:00.000+07:00

Dijambret lagi, dijambret lagi.. Memang nasib seorang manusia itu tidak ada yang tahu..

Katanya gw kurang berdoa dan shalat.. unfortunately it's true -.-

So, this is saying "bye bye" mobile.. bought the expensive or the cheap ones.. will end up the same.. becomes someone else's -hopefully- rice for the next few weeks.. and not ended up as someone's gambling fund *crosses fingers*

Well, aside from that, I've talked to my personal umm "psycholog" and she said I shouldn't think only logically. Still has no idea what she meant. While another person I asked said "think carefully about it" <-- based on the first person's insigh and advice.

So, contemplation time.. Crying not because of the mobile, more like because the realization that.. Damn I'm nothing.. Got nothing.. Make nothing.. NOTHING..

A sad day in one's life...

Headache oh headache

2010-03-18T16:24:00.000+07:00

Coz of a week off work a few months ago because of painful headache, now I know.. If headache starts, go to the neurologist :)

First, they gave me two kinds of med, the nuclear bomb and the nuclear missiles.. worked! ofc.. then they reduced the missiles to machine gun, still works.. and everytime I came back, they would prescribed the machine guns.. The prescribed med, has caffeine in it, so I figured, drink coffee no headache.. Guess what.. WRONG! meh.. And the apothecary told me, if I want another batch of that med, need to go to the neurologist again coz one of the ingridients is listed and must be noted..

Headache oh headache.. time for another med~

Mobile Posting

2010-03-18T01:43:00.004+07:00

I'm posting using mobile o: was reading about posting using sms, but after read and reread still have no idea the gibberish they are talking in the direction. How the heck to post using sms/text w/out having a new blog. I've got more than I can chew tyvm w/out adding more blog to maintain. help, please, anyone?

update: ahhhh, got it how to post on blog using SMS, but meh.. it'll cost more than just to go online and post, consider how many characters needed to type this post times the cost of texting.. online FTW

Mystery Shopping, A Way To Earn Pocket Money~

2010-03-18T00:30:00.005+07:00

Hehehehehe, kalo baca topiknya ngak penasaran wah terjun aja deh ke laut. Jaman gini mah jamannya belanja dibayarin, bukan dibayarin bokap, atau makan gratis, bukan karena si bokin yang ngeluarin dokat juga. Masa denger gini masih ngak penasaran sih?

Ok, gw ceritain nih asal muasalnya. Gw sih penasaran awalnya gara2 nonton sitcom, lupa judulnya, disitu anaknya belanja kok malah dapet duit, dan bukan gesek Cash BCA loh, hehehe. Dah dpt baju2 baru eh dibayar, penasaran dong. Gw usut mengusut, ketemu deh yang namanya
"mystery shopper". Mulailah penasaran dan nyari2 di internet. Ternyata, di awal taon 80an tuh ini booming bgt di USA kemudian 90an tuh di Europe dan di Asia yah akhir2 ini.

Mystery shopper tuh adalah pengunjung/konsumen/pembeli misterius. Tapi maksudnya bukan pake kaca mata item trus long coat kaya detektif2 di tepe, maksudnya, kita dateng sebagai konsumen biasa, tapi memperhatikan pelayanan yang diberikan ke kita. Kita ikutin skenario yang dikasih, terus kalo ternyata ada yg aneh2 dari tingkah laku si shop assisstant, yang ngejengkelin lah, yang nyuekin lah, kita laporkan deh ke PT yang ngirim kita. Tapi harus objective loh..

Biasanya nih, mystery shopper tuh daftarnya online terus ngisi kuesioner online. Tapi ada juga sih yang daftarnya online terus ngisi kuesioner offline terus kirim per email lagi (repot yah??) Kalau temen2 pada berminat, email aku ajah, nanti tak kasih deh alamat2 website tuh untuk gabung.

Yang gw jalanin hampir rutin adalah kunjungan ke McDonald. Sayangnya, dollar is freefalling, jadi itungannya makan gratis deh di McD. Dan karena domisili saat ini cuma ada 3 McD ya terbatas deh, makanya suka branching out ke SBY hehehe. Tapi masih kok untung2 dikit buat nutupin ongkos, hehehehehe. Bagi para pecinta McD, gw sarankan daftar deh.

Trus ada lagi untuk Harley Davidson. Buat beli aksesorisnya maupun naek Harleynya.. Mantabh kan, coba naek Harley dibayar, hehehehe. Sayangnya kalo di Indo, setau gw cuma ada di Jakarta ma Surabaya. Trus datengin Asuransi/Perbankan untuk check kaya di McD -tanpa makan tentunya- dan dibayar lagi. Dan asyiknya lagi, bayarnya pake Euro euy, hayo itung2 pake kalkulator tuh nilai tukar Euro berapa.

Sekarang gw lagi penasaran, dimana gw bisa gabung untuk jadi mystery shopper ke Pizza Hut ma Bank2 Nasional, kalo ada yang tau, ajak2 dong hehehehehe.

Oh, iya, rata2 nih websites tuh kantornya di luar, jadi pembayaran biasanya pake Paypal, tapi kemaren gw dapet kabar sekarang Paypal bisa verifikasi pake akun Bank Nasional di Indonesia.. Enaknya jaman sekarang, apa2 dipermudah :D

Tunggu apa lagi? Mo duit tambahan cuma kerja 2jam malah kurang? Atau mo makan gratis? Gabung deh, email gw aja nanti gw kasih beberapa yang gw tahu dan bener2 bayar di Indonesia.

*Warning: Kerjaan beginian jangan diharapkan jadi kerjaan utama, karena kita kan keluar duit dulu baru diganti duitnya setelah kita selesai dan laporan kita diterima (banyak loh yg laporan ditolak karena ngak ikut skenario) dan biasanya kalo dah ke 1 tempat, minimal harus nunggu 2-3bulan baru bisa ke tempat yang sama.

Busy Days

2010-03-17T23:47:00.001+07:00

My friend asked me to sell a new Swarovski mobile strap. It's cute but not my thing.. For those who are interested and happen to be in DKI Jakarta, give me a ring and buy it, please.. *puppies eyes mode - ON*

Another friend was shocked that my blog is still alive.. Me too for that matter ;D Life is so busy that no time to update whats happening *read that - too lazy to even open thy's blog* but seriously, what with the heart pounding time, bills are coming in, and the money from paypal is still at least 2-3days from getting to bank account.. busy..

Hmm, going back home in August - hopefully not forever - back to job hunting without Master Degree in belt *sighs* Can't even sleep on one's own bed coz the paranoia that "something" is sleeping on it and then more paranoia finding out the flea-plant -stray cat- was sleeping inside bedroom.. sprayed the whole room with bug spray *ohh please please please God, let the fleas be killed!* then.. closed the curtain and stayed inside while the air was heavily invested with the bug-spray.. couldn't breath, coughing like crazy and the throat itched and just wanting to cough more till puking limit.. busy..

Well, that's it for tonight, trying to sleep the night away.. waking up before 7 AM (hopefully) and calling people up by hoping, noone will scream or complain about the fee.. busy busy days~

Quacker Oat Homemade Nugget Recipe

2010-02-02T10:30:00.005+07:00

OK, this recipe is courtesy of one Susy Leo in Bekasi. She is sworn by this recipe.

So, I asked for permission to post it online here instead of her keep typing the whole ingridients and steps over and over again. There's an English and Indonesian version, so.. Enjoy!

English Version:

What you need to prepare are:
- 1/2 Kg Chicken or more (I opted for more since the house is full of grown up who insist on keep growing)
- ginger, salt, pepper (no, you don't need the whole bottle of them, to save some money, just "borrow" from your neighbours)
- Flour
- eggs (they're pretty necessary, so stop tossing them at passerby)
- A Fridge with proper cooling system. If you put it inside and it heats up, that mean you put it in a small ~~fridge~~ box aka what we call microwave here.

How to do this:

1. Chicken fillet, cut as desired
2. Ginger, sheared (adult's thumb size for 1/4 Kg of chicken), made into ginger juice (don't use up too much water)
3. Chicken is marinated in ginger juice, adds salt and (white) pepper (you can add instant seasoning if you want)
4. Keep it overnight in the refrigerator.
5. In the morning drain the water (Didn't know the English word for tiriskan, so thx to Badi and Hika for their input)
6. Beat some eggs (depends on how much chicken you've got)
7. Dip the chicken in the eggs
8. Roll it in flour
9. Dip in the eggs again
10. Roll in Quacker Oat (this is a Quacker Oat recipe duuh)
11. Fried till it's golden.
12. Best served with hot chili sauce.

Indonesian version:

Ok, thx berat untuk Susy Leo di Bekasi atas sumbangan resepnya. Bliau minjem juga sih dari pak Quacker Oat tapi kan gpp yah di share biar makin banyak yg beli Oatnya pak, wkwkwk

Ok, berikut ini yang harus disiapkan:
- jahe, garam dan merica secukupnya
- telur untuk rendaman biar tepung roti nempel sempurna
- tepung terigu
- ayam 1/2 kg atau lebih (di rumah gw yg makan rakus2 jadi harus lebih)
- kulkas

1. fillet ayam dipotong-potong sesuai selera
2. Jahe diparut (biasa utk 1/4 kg ayam, pakai jahe seukuran jempol orang dewasa)
dijadikan juice jahe (sedikit air
3. ayam direndam di juice jahe, ditambahkan garam+merica (kalu tetep mau ya tambah royco dikit)
4. disimpan di kulkas semalam
5. pagi-pagi ditirisin
6. ayam dicelup ke telur (kocokan telur)
7. diguling-guling ke tepung terigu
8. dicelup lagi ke telur
9. diguling-guling di quacker oat
10. digoreng mpe keemasan, kecuali loe suka yg agak2 pahit, goreng mpe agak kehitaman aja
11. jadi deh :> <--- gw tambahin, makan ama sambel botolan yg pedes, pasti makin mantabh

Good luck and let me know if it works, coz need proper and cleaner kitchen for me to try (which means the day after tomorrow YEAH!)

Busy Weekend From Malang To Surabaya

2009-11-28T21:48:00.006+07:00

Happy Eid Mubarak, people (I know it's late but bear with me)! Managed to wake up with only 2hours of sleep to pray at the main field in campus. Couldn't hear the Imam because of bad sound system (hope God accept my Sholat)

And long weekend had begun. It started with failing my goal (nothing new there) and that means losing a lot of money *sucks* and then today travelled to and fro Malang - Surabaya - Malang because I forgot (not forgot but stupidly misplaced) my ATM card and CC. It takes 2 hours or about to get to Surabaya from here by bus, longer by train. The day started fine, good news had lighten the doom hovering on one of my most stressing matter and then I was planning to watch a movie or two (New Moon is still NOT out in Malang) and then do a check for ISC which would make me have to stay over night in Surabaya. Don't mind whatsoever, need the distraction.

Arriving at Delta Plaza, the smell of J.Co's doughnuts teasing the nostrils and teasing the mind with the delight I was about to partake. Went directly to ATM machines and looked for ATM card and voila of course it's not there. I literally turn the bag inside out, but no ATM card in sight and no CC either. As I poured everything out of the bag, I remembered that last night just before turned in to sleep, the ATM and CC were lying next to lappie and talked to self to put them away in the bag, just in case I forgot in the morning.

Because of the plan to go (not stay, that plan was made in Surabaya), I chose a bigger bag (courtesy of Maya) and moved everything to that bag. Apparently, when I put in the cards, I put them in the smaller bag, another show of stupidity from moi.

So, with heart's thudding hard and sweating like a pig (thank you, God for inventing deodorant), counted all the money I had left. Only enough to go back to Malang. Dejectedly, I left Delta Plaza and tried to find cheap way back. Delta Plaza is 5 minutes walk from one of the main train station, so I went there thinking of preserving as much money as possible by taking train. The train was in 2 hours and it was ECONOMIC, the horror! As much as I love my country, economic trains are not advisable to take if you can afford better transport. This is a view inside an economic train people and more people.

So, feeling more depressed, I took a small angkot (public transport: angkot). Angkot is from the word Angkutan Kota or City Transport. The angkot that I took was yellowish orange or brown. Not really sure what colour, it is. The driver and other passengers were really helpful in directing me to Bungur Station. Bungur Station is the bus station for all buses from out of Surabaya and link them with the buses to various destinations in Surabaya.

On the bus, feeling stupid, the passenger next to me started asking me question. Turned out, he's the manager of a karaoke place that I usually visit with friends whenever we're in mood to sing our hearts out and deaden our ears and what do you know, he wants to have a speaking class. I offered to call him after I ask the part time colleagues whether they are interested or not.

On and on, he talked. So when he got distracted, in the middle of traffic in Serpong (the mud area) I shut my eyes and promptly fell asleep. Woken up not too far from Malang area but it felt like forever. Another traffic jam right before entering Lawang which was pretty odd to have a traffic jam there. A tiny city car and a humongous truck were parked at one of the lane, hence the traffic. Everything went swell, had chicken porridge this afternoon and just now some bakso (one of the worst bakso ever but beggars cant be choosers).

So full and so tired. Guess what I'm doing tomorrow. Off back to Surabaya and this time, I have made sure the cards are in place. Have booked the hotel almost right across Delta Plaza, when I stayed there previously it was clean and really cheap. Now, it's Rp. 88.000,- (US$ 9.5) a night with a TV, aircon, two spring beds, two towels and breakfast in the morning. No bathroom or shower, have to use the communal outside. A bedroom with shower cost Rp. 132.000,- (US$ 14.5). The name of the hotel is Sparkling Backpackers Hotel. A truly backpackers' paradise in the middle of Surabaya.

The other plan is to watch New Moon and Ninja Assassin back to back before I have to go to a McDonald to do the check for ISC. The McDonald is pretty far from Delta but a promise is a promise, besides I screwed it up so might as well try to make it better. While there, I want to try Tony Jack's Restaurant as I heard TJ (a reincarnation of McD) boasts that it's better than "that one" (referring to McD). So far haven't read anything saying it IS better than "that one". Will post here tomorrow to tell you about Tony Jack's quality in food and service.

New Blog And No Life

2009-11-23T03:34:00.000+07:00

Yup~ Made a new one, this time it's wordpress, http://nadiastore.wordpress.com, if you ask what with the name, I have to answer.. beat me.. Tried many different names.. again.. and they have them all.. Sucks if you're not creative like me. So, wordpress more of hmm business? While blogspot is personal in a way ^_^

Anyway, I'm off to keep ruining my life even worse than I had done. Been thinking how lame life is, and how really sucks being me. At the end of my rope, fingers cross, to survive another day.

About 2012 Movie - 2009

2009-11-20T19:43:00.001+07:00

Just watched 2012 last night, till I fell asleep (that's how boring and unrealistic it was). Don't understand why some people in one of the Islamic organization here would forbid people to watch it. Bet they haven't watched it so they got worried. Coz if they had, they would laugh their asses off. People even teens nowadays are smart and instead of telling people not to watch (which make them more curious), these people should use the movie to educate. And seriously, it's overrated.

Firstly, the visual effects (I love these things, usually). The movie's visual effects suck big time. It's lame because it's sooo fake. I dunno what the director was thinking. I thought the main point of visual effects are to make the - nearly and - impossible stuffs believable which they fail to do here.

Second and third, OMG another suckie script doubly worse because the actors can't deliver it well.

Then again, it's my opinion. Dunno about you guys but seriously, if you want to waste 2.5 hours of your life, go watch it ^_^ Each to it's own, right?

Stupid Black Out And A Nice Week

2009-11-18T11:54:00.003+07:00

WAAAHHHHH!!!

BLACK OUT!! every afternoon and now at night too.. We, Indonesian calls it "byar pet." Last night byar pet was damn annoying. Off when I was playing a game then on in less than 10minutes, off again the next 10 minutes then on again after around 10-15minutes.. THEN off again.. Seriously annoying...

Anyway, hoping to go home earlier this week ^_^ Three YAYs for certificate days.

On a side note, check it out, this blog, MY blog has come up in third if you do a google search, you see it, right there ^_^. I was sooo excited and happy. Then again, who would browse for a confuzzled world but, meh, who cares.

Scam Google Provision

2009-11-16T22:49:00.001+07:00

Kalau lihat website ini nih, cepet mundur deh. Gw terpaksa blokir CC dan untungnya baru hilang US$5. Gw baca di net ternyata banyak yang hilang berjut-jut gara2 nih web.

Gw ngak tahu kenapa, kok baca langsung tertarik padahal biasanya gw nyari2 internet dulu (namanya desperate kali yah). Langsung masukin nomer CC. Tapi ngak mikir2 lagi. Malamnya, gw niat mau buka2 tuh website sambil pelajarin. Pembelajarannya ngak jelas alias mendasar banget trus gw kan juga pesen 2 barang lain, tapi di download ngak mau. Terus gw iseng mau lihat siapa sih Lastri Purba blognya web bikin gw tertarik. Gw deleted tuh link jadi tinggal http://bizsuccessblogs.com, nothing opens.

Ini alamat tuh website scam: http://bizsuccessblogs.com/lastripurba/blog/page2.php#comments

Masih belum curiga, gw coba segala macam akhirnya gw google deh tuh nama. Masa iya, dapat segitu banyak ngak booming. Googled nama lastri purba, ada netlog, temennya.. 1 orang. Mulai penasaran.. Gw ngotot, cari nama tuh website google provision. waah, muncul deh SCAM!

Gw mikir, iya juga ya, kalo bener orang Indonesia kok ya websitenya pakai bahasa bule. Lagian tuh muka Indonesia total, tapi Englishnya mancung aje.

Beneran deh, biasanya gw tuh ya hati2 kalau soal2 beginian, tapi ya kok kena juga. Buru2 telpon CC, tapi pengalaman nih (yang kedua kali dengan CC dari dua bank berbeda), yang ngeluarin CC di Indonesia ngak mau ngerti. Bukannya customer di bantu dengan memblok pembayaran itu, tapi mereka cuma bisa bilang, "Kami tidak bisa cancel tapi ibu harus cancel sendiri ke merchant-nya".

Mau teriak ngak sih.. Ini dah dagdigdug, dah jelas2 kena scam bukannya dibantuin biar orang jahat ngak menang, malah kita yang kena. Dua kali kejadian tapi untuk yang ini gw cuma di kasih solusi, di blokir dan kemudian ganti kartu. Busyet dah, sial bgt akhir2 ini.

Black Out.. Again!!

2009-11-16T15:52:00.002+07:00

God damn it! I lost a lot of prospective money... No thanx to you, PLN! Seriously, the only company IN Indonesia keeps claiming that they're loosing money. If this continues, if they can't be more professional, I prefer private companies to handle our electricity. Liat aja, terusin ngeluh loosing money dan padamkan listrik, lama2 rakyat akan terlalu muak untuk menerima this excuse, and see where you're going to be ended up.

College Humor, Great For Stress Relieve

2009-11-16T14:19:00.001+07:00

I stumbled on College Humor by accident. When I was pimping for viscans boys (m3rra mostly) I saw this hilarious tube. From that moment on, I was hooked.

They usually post on youtube but I found out that they have their own sites (yea, I'm late to fins this site, so what?!)

Here's one of the funniest sketch that they did.

Bye Bye Weekend, Stupid Flu

2009-11-15T22:29:00.001+07:00

Hari Jumat, gw langsung tewas was. Hari Sabtu, bangun hidung sniffed sniffed diselingi hatcoo.. Keliatan deh arah this weekend. Lying with tissue ;___;

Beneran aja, hari ini, Minggu, gw dan ngebunuh buanyak sekali pohon kalo loe bisa lihat banyaknya tissue berserakan. Batuk bukan sembarang batuk, tapi batuk spewing mucus (eewww). Hatchi hatchy kind of batuk not uhuk uhuk.

Tadi ke Ramayana @downtown, beli mat yang bisa di bongkar pasang, warna biru. Kepikiran, akhir2 ini ketiduran di karpet mlulu, mungkin kalo karpetnya dialasin tuh mat jadi lebih empuk. Wishful thinking ngk ya?

Happy Birthday Dearest Alex

2009-11-13T02:33:00.002+07:00

This song is for my friend Alex.

Happy birthday, hope you enjoy this beautiful song that is as beautiful as your personality ^_^

Cancel Website Pulsa Habis

2009-11-13T01:34:00.003+07:00

Setelah mikir-mikir akhirnya keputusan untuk meng cancel langganan domain lewat .ws nya GDI. seriously cuman 17 hit terus ngak ada lagi, ngapain diterusin toh? Akhirnya gw ganti tagihan dari CC ke Paypal biar gampang berhentiinnya walaupun dah kena USD10 di CC.

Nelpon pake XL ke
sana (di 1 760 602 3000) soalnya cancel cara laen ngak bisa, sampai menit ke 8 ngak diangkat juga (pulsa q ;__;) sambil nunggu sambil dengerin what i call waiting song (tau deh maksud gw apa kan?) Kebayang nelpon ditengah-tengah pulsa habis dan telpon mati (modal pulsa 11rb-an doang). Setelah menit ke 9, gw starting to swear and shout to the phone, sadar-sadar lagu annoying itu dah berhenti dan ada suara cewe. Malu sih soalnya pas lagi shouted "pick up the damn phone!"

Gw perasaan dah sering ngobrol ma bule tapi ngomong di telpon ini kok yah rasanya kaya waktu baru belajar dulu (jadi banyak excuse me nya). Ditanya keperluannya apa, gw jawab mo cancel. Ditanya security questionnya, gw agak terbata2 maklum I've got no life, jadi account di internet banyak dan pastinya security code beragam. Akhirnya gw recite satu-satu possible answers xD untung ada yang bener. Trus ternyata masih ada security code kedua (akhir-akhir ini perasaan pada minta security code minimal 2 yah?) Gw jawab seperti biasa (ternyata bukan itu jawabannya) mpe akhirnya gw sadar jawabannya apa, bleh. And then she said "your account has been cancelled as of now" dan dia ngasih kode cancellationnya, senangnya hati ini.

Cek pulsa, tinggal 3ribu. Lumayan lah, daripada tiap bulan keluar duit 100rebo mending abis 10rebo sekali. Habis gw pikir bikin web dah paling murah di .ws (sekalian gw waktu itu member GDI ini - and yes, ini baru cancel GDI-nya juga) ternyata temen bilang kalo domain Indonesia (server di Amrik) murah cuman Rp. 500rb/bulan atau yang di Indonesia punya malah lebih murah lagi Rp. 125rb/bulan dan kemudian gw nemu lebih murah lagi cuman USD 20 setaon. Kalo kita ngak pintar-pintar memang bakalan sering di tepu sih ya.

Gw cancel GDI soalnya terus terang aja, bethe sama upline gw, sama sekali ngak ada niat bantuin gw. Begitu gw cancel baru ada email dari dia (gw yakin tuh email otomatisan). Bethe banget ngak sih. Daripada begitu, mending gw matiin sekalian. Gw niat ikutan GDI buat dapet duit tambahan bukan buat bodong..

Well, misi hari ini selesai, tinggal cancel beberapa asuransi gw yang timpang tindih dan gw ngak butuh.

Good nite, world~