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The Rest of 2011, 2nd Leg!

2012-01-16T05:03:00.001-08:00

Here we go again :) I wrote about the first four months of 2011 yesterday, this is another leg of the story.

August - My Favorite. This is like my time of 2011. I met someone that really blown me away. Someone that I want to spend the rest of my life with (prettttt!!!) For the first time also, I manage to complete the Ramadhan 100%, didn't miss any day. I went home also for Ied, meeting family and some good friends. Some of my closest friends and from university were hanged out for an evening after the Ied, that was fun. And being home was also about food, scroll down to see what I am talking about :).

September - China. I've been telling anyone that China is one of my top travel destination. I visited China in September, for my birthday, for a week and managed to visit four cities; Hang Zhou, Shanghai, Beijing and Guangzhou with Matus, my ex house mate when I was in India. This needs another post for sure, so, I'll do it later and post some of my favorite pictures.

Ok, that's it, my fabulous 2011 :) I know I missed some months, but I really have nothing to say about those months. If I forced myself to write, then I would only complaining about my office and my boss, so better not. Oh, need to mention also that there were a lot, A LOT of weddings in 2011, but none of them I attended :( I feel bad. Some good friends also gave birth for beautiful babies. Congratulation guys, even though I didn't manage to attend your big day, you all HAVE to come to my wedding someday, nyaiahahaha! Wish you all the best and luck with the new life, and for those who still struggling, like me, let's buckle up and try harder to find someone, we can do it baby, we can do it, it just a matter of time :D.

Alright, will write about my China trip soon. Ciao!

2011 Part A, Between Januari and April, Don't Read!!

2012-01-15T04:49:00.000-08:00

Again, I wrote a post, and completely forget about this blog, and after a year, I decided to write again and promise the world to write more soon. I am just being lazy and internet is just a big pain in the ass lately – see another excuses popped out :D

Anyway, happy 2012! Hope you had an amazing 2011 and even more fabulous year in 2012. My 2011 was pretty good, I rate it B, getting better than my 2010 that I rated C, but still not as amazing as my A rated years like 2006, 2008 and 2009 ☺ Here’s a bit a the flashback!

Jan 2011 – I spent the new year sleeping ☺ Not much in Januari, just work my ass off at the office, tried my best to digest all the complexity off a branch operations.

Feb 2011 – Yogyakarta. No good reason why Yogyakarta. I saw this airasia promo, and decided why not? So I came there, for my second time. Got picked up by a good friend Kak Rambe. We went for a super cheap classy dinner and went for movie. It was rain so hard. Next day, we supposed to go to the Borobudur but she ditched me for the rest of the weekend, she got sick. I manage to make some friends and still got to get around the city and visited the magnificent Borobudur and Merapi.

March 2011 – I didn't like this month. I even don’t want to remember it ☺ March is all about office and office and office.

April 2011 – Jakarta. I went to Jakarta for a business trip, actually for the inauguration of me as a permanent employee, so there was this ceremonial and huge gala at the evening. And the rest, was only fun! I hanged out with some close friends, karaoke, and lots of food. I still can remember those huge steak that I had for lunch, I hade two, yes TWO! I started really early that day and remember got back to the hotel almost sunrise. Oh, I miss having fun ☺

Alright, I’ll write again more tomorrow, I still have a lot to tell, like August, simply the best time in the year, and September when I put my feet on the China Great Wall. Stay tune. Me Signing out!

WiZiQ, learn online, teach online!

2011-03-08T05:03:00.000-08:00

just a quick post :) i haven't used WiZiQ for sometimes, then i saw this video and it has enriched really good, love it even more :) if you never try WiZiQ before, give it a shot, it's fun :)

and it's a cool nice video, isn't it? these WiZiQ's merchandises are cool as well, i really want one of those travel mugs so bad, soon i'll get it :p . check it out, lots of choices; from t-shirt to bag, from wall clock to mousepad :)

enjoy!

yang aneh-aneh (:

2010-12-23T05:41:00.000-08:00

bekerja di bank itu ternyata cape luar biasa, capek! sampe bikin gw tiap hari berantem ma cewe gw hanya karena gara-gara gw gak sempat sms ato tlp dia, makan siang sekarang udah pindah ke jam 3 ato 4, pulang selalu setelah maghrib, dan gak ada lagi tuh yang namanya weekend, bekerja terusss..

gw pulang sering dengan tampang masam dan suntuk (biasanya karena habis ketemu nasabah aneh bin ajaib, dimarahin si bos, bikin kesalahan ato kerjaannya gak selesei) tapi, kadang gw pulang juga dengan senyuman (biasanya kalo ketemu nasabah yang lucu-lucu, ato karena gw puas berhasil mengerjakan pekerjaan yang seabrek hari itu)

sekarang, mari gw kasi tau tentang nasabah-nasabah gw. kalo gw lagi mood baik, kadang nasabah yang bertingkah gw jadiin bahan olokan. contohnya, kemaren nasabah gw males nulis applikasi, dengan alasan "masuk angin", gw langsung aja nge lan-message teman2 gw yang lain, hahaha, dan hari itu, "masuk angin" jadi trending topic dikantor gw.

ada lagi, bapak ini kalap ngeliat antrian rame. dia kesana kemari minta dilayani, ya tetap aja kita ngomongnya, antri paaak, ambil no antrian dulu, tapi dia ngotot gak mau.. sibuk lah dia satu jam lebih kali bolak balik lt1 lt2 nyari pegawai yg mo layanin.. coba kalo dia ngantri dr td, kan pasti dah kepanggil tuh.. akhirnya, karena kasian, gw panggil, eh, masih marah2, bilang: saya pindahin dana saya nanti ke bank lain. wuaissss, lagak nasabah prioritas nih ngomongnya, eh, pas liat saldo, ternyata tabungannya cuma 2 juta, sontak aja gw balas, ya gapapa pak, pindah aja, cari bank yang paling sepi nasabahnya kalo gak mau antri, hehehe.. kalo bos gw denger, pasti dah di sp gw..

tadi nih lucu lagi. pas ditanya, ada yang bisa saya bantu pak? iya, saya mau putus no telpon rumah saya, trus gw balas: putus telpon rumah? disini gak bisa pak, disini cuma bisa putus langganan listrik dan pdam! teman sebelah gw langsung ketawa, hahaha! ya ada ada aja ah, bukannya ke kantor telkom, malah ke bank!

begitulah kalo ketemu nasabah-nasabah ajaib kaya gini, seru buat lucu2an, refreshing, hehehe.. jadi pas udah selesai jam layanan, kita banyak bahan ketawaan :) nanti nanti lah gw cerita lagi tentang nasabah2 lucu gw, beberapa hari ini kita di serbu ratusan ibu ibu, paraaahh bener hecticnya, banyak sialnya, byk lucunya, nanti kita bahas :o

funny how did i say "anywhere but jakarta"

2010-08-19T03:27:00.000-07:00

i used to believe that i will be the biggest enemy of jakarta, but apparently i was wrong, totally wrong! after a few short trips to jakarta when i was kid, i pictured jakarta as one of the worst place that i've visited. then, when i was picturing my self in the future, i didn't see my self living in jakarta...

few years after, when i visit jakarta more frequent and the fact that more of my friends migrated to jakarta, i started to like my visits, to love those smiling jakartans, and to relish the better weather than padang, even it has the worst pollution in the whole country. the traffic is still the most thing that needed to be solved, but actually you can manage if you know the tricks. so, yes, i enjoyed it a lot when i lived there for few months and i know that i am falling for jakarta already :)

well, it is not the typical city that you want to spend the rest of your life in, or the city you could smile and happy everyday, and definitely it is not the most beautiful bigger city that you've ever seen, and it's not a save place neither.. then how could i change my mind? well, because you can get, or do whatever you want in jakarta. jakarta is a city of dreams, of funs and of hilarities :)

i might realized this after i am being shifted to baturaja, a complete opposite of jakarta (small town, almost nothing here). i realized that jakarta was great and i know that i made a stupid wish by saying i want to live anywhere but jakarta.

anyway, i am here already in baturaja. time to move on with this new life and i have to deal with this. i might be here in couple of years, no body knows, then i should start to make another impression of baturaja in my mind. will try hard for it, but i guess it will worth a world :)

anyhow, let me list you few things that i miss most from jakarta:
1. kemang, for sure. lived there for 4 months was absolutely fun. i was close to the center of kemang, a district in south jakarta that started to breath after the sunset. man, you can find anykind of cafe and restaurant here with different range of price, so you can choose. the main road looks like kuta bali and most of those expats are hanging around there as well,
2. cinema, this is another reason why i love jakarta, anywhere you go, you'll find a cinema, so i can gratify my movie interest. my favorites are XXI Djakarta at Sarinah and XXI Pejaten Village,
3. millions choices of food, then i guess no need to explain about this, you might have guessed it :)

jakarta, a city of dreams, funs and hilarities :D

cellphones and internet, can't thank you enough!

2010-08-17T03:38:00.001-07:00

it has been a year i've ignored this blog, i promise i will continuously writing again from now on! :) alright, first, let's do a quick flashback for the past one year!

1. i didn't get my german visa. have no idea what was the reason, but that's okay! kinda still regret it though, but i am sure things will be not better if i were in german :)
2. massive earthquake hit west sumatra last year, a week after the ied day. pariaman and agam got the worst impact. but this earthquake brings an openwide opportunities for people to work at a humanitarian-based organization, like i did. i joined UN-WHO at first, then i moved to IOM. i was there for months, worked in one of their humanitarian projects. it was a nice experience, and close to my dream job; work for the UN. but somehow, i turned it down and take a turn to become a banker! what the heck? never had a thought to work at a bank before, but, i've landed there!
3. yeah, i joined bank mandiri's officer development program. a program to develop bank mandiri's future leaders :) 5 months in class and a month on the job training, we are prepared as a junior manager for our first career at the bank. kinda cool i got accepted for this program, as i heard the tests were not easy which was exactly not. six levels of test including medical test which i was a bit worry about (due to my fatso and my cholesterol)
4. so, i started the program in march, and it's over already. i am now being placed in baturaja, a small town in southern sumatra, five hours from palembang, the nearest city. i've been here for a week, and, feel bored already! nothing here man, i got no friends yet, so i am stuck, and thank to internet and cellphones, unless would have die of being bored.

so, i will start to write on this blog again, share you how will i pass my time here in baturaja. who's the first friend that i will hang out with, what kinda food that i have here, or what places that i visited. so, wish me luck, hope i will always have plenty to tell :)

feels like lebaran...

2009-09-19T12:33:00.000-07:00

hari ini, muslim di seluruh dunia merayakan hari raya idul fitri tahun 1430 hijriah ini. tadinya saya berharap bakal pas dengan 21 september, tapi ternyata hari ini ditetapkan kalau 1 syawal jatuh pada 20 september. Padahal. kalau 21 september, perayaan ultah saya kan bisa jadi lebih bermakna :)

si mamat ‘ook di kali, ‘ooknya hanyut dimakan ikan,
selamat hari raya idul fitri, salah dan khilaf mohon dimaafkan…

ini salah satu sms yang saya terima dari seorang teman untuk mengucapkan selamat hari raya idul fitri… mudah ya sekarang untuk tetap bersilaturrahmi dengan teman-teman. dulu waktu saya kecil, saya masih ingat kalo untuk bersilaturrahmi pas waktu lebaran itu ya saling mengunjungi., dimulai dari tetangga sampai keluarga jauh dan dekat serta relasi orang tua. untuk yang jauh-jauh, ada yang namanya kartu lebaran. pas masuk ramadhan, mulai banyak yang jualan kartu lebaran yang beraneka ragam bentuk dan jenis. dua minggu sebelum lebaran, mulai lah kirim sana sini kartu lebaran ini dengan ada harapan bakal sampai sebulan setelah hari raya itu sendiri. jaman terus maju, mulailah dikenal dengan yang namanya telpon. jadi kalau tidak sempat berkirim kartu lebaran, ya telpon saja.

setelah orang-orang mulai banyak menggunakan handphone, bersilaturrahmipun makin gampang; cukup sms saja, seperti sms yang saya terima tadi. dulu, kalo udah malam takbiran, beuh, jaringannya penuh; sms sekarang, bisa besok nyampenya. cuman sekarang kayanya lebih bersahabat, tadi saya bersmsan lancar-lancar saja.. betul, tekhnologi makin hari makin baik dan memuaskan.

tidak seperti beberapa tahun yang lalu, sms seperti ini mulai jarang saya terima. karena belakangan, menyampaikan selamat lebaran dan minal aidin wafaidzinnya cukup dengan “tag” saja. bikin kata-kata bagus di note, ato bikin digital greeting card, selanjutnya tinggal tag. ato, bisa juga kirim multiple messages sama teman-teman yang ada di facebook. semakin gampang ya.. pasti tahun-tahun depan bakal lebih gampang lagi…

jadi bersilaturrahmi seperti ini sebenarnya banyak untungnya; gampang, cepat dan bisa langsung kena ke banyak orang. tapi, bersilaturrahmi langsung sepertinya tetap lebih cihuy dan mengasikkan. K\kalau saya biasanya berlebaran kerumah teman-teman smp, teman sma dan beberapa guru favorit waktu sma. karna kuliahnya di kota lain, jadi saya jarang berlebaran kerumah teman-teman kuliah. yang paling jarang juga berlebaran kerumah tetangga. padahal, tetangga adalah relasi yang paling dekat. nabi SAW pun menganjurkan untuk menjaga silaturrahmi dengan tetangga dulu sebelum dengan yang lainnya. mudah-mudahan tahun ini ada perbaikan dari tahun-tahun sebelumnya.

tahun ini saya mesyukuri sekali bisa berlebaran dirumah. karena tahun kemaren absen dari nikmatnya berlebaran di bukittinggi, jadi tahun sekarang bisa merasakan kembali masakan dan kue-kue khas mama, kumpul sama sodara-sodara yang Alhamdulillah tahun ini legkap termasuk satu anggota baru, ponakan saya yang berumur 10 tahun. malam takbiran di sekitaran jam gadang juga sama dengan tahun-tahun dulu, penuh dengan kembang api. bedanya, tahun ini kembang apinya lebih “komprehensif”. biasanya perayaan dengan kembang api ini lebih rame dan lebih meriah pada lebaran hari pertama sampai ketiga. seru! benar, tidak ada tempat yang lebih cihuy untuk berlebaran selain di bukittinggi :D

selamat lebaran semua, minal aidin walfadizin, maafkan lahir dan batin!!

just passed 1am...

2009-09-17T10:59:00.000-07:00

I haven’t written anything here for quite sometimes. I was here and there, but mostly here. I spend two weeks in Jakarta and Bogor last month, applying my visa and meeting friends and families. I used to dislike Jakarta, but now I find it fun and happening. I guess I will move to Jakarta soon or later. Well, the traffic is still crazy and suck, also the pollution is worse but he rest is fine now for me, so I’ll give a shot to live there!

So, what else has been happening? I spend time at home mostly, well, on bed exactly. Waiting for this visa is driving me crazy. I am bored to hell doing nothing. So, if I am not dropping my mom here and there, you can find me in front TV or under my blanket. I wish I had my visa already when I was in India, then I would have been there in Berlin. But that’s okay, I can spend more times with family, especially for the Ied day!

Yeah, the biggest holiday for Islam is coming, hope it will be exactly on my birthday. The Ied Day will be celebrated either on 20th or on 21st. If it is on 21st then my birthday would be very special this year. I celebrated the Ied Day last year in India alone, so having all family for this year will be great, especially with one new member of my big family, my 10 months old nephew.

Alright, I guess I have nothing else to say. I have several thoughts in these days, but I will write it later. It’s pretty late here, just passed 1am.

being at home after a year...

2009-08-08T10:22:00.000-07:00

It’s a funny thing about coming home; looks the same, feels the same, and feels the same, but you realized what has changed; it’s you.

I quote this from the movie Benjamin Button. I’ve been home for a week now and I guess my heart is still in India, in Chandigarh. Actually I don’t know what to write, but I just want to express my self that I miss India a lot, all people there, my life there and everything. It doesn’t mean that I am not happy for being at home, but I still need to adjust to everything. Adjust to my old life again; adjust to everything that I’ve left at the time I went to India.

I had a wonderful life in Chandigarh. That’s a life that I’ve been wanting. I had a great job; a job that I like. I surrounded by wonderful people, lived in a nice house with the best kitchen in the world. Now I had to stay at my parents’ house again. Well, nothing wrong with this in my culture, but I’ve been living away from them since a while, since the first time I went to university. But now I have to live here again, have no idea until when. I am seriously broke after India, so I had no other choice than stay here. Well, I have no complain to live with them, and it has been great so far, but still, I am not used to this anymore, it has been to long that I’ve been living by myself.

I thought my India-sick won’t be this fast. Well, to be honest, it took me only few hours after I landed at the airport to realize that I’ve left something in India; my heart. Since I am back, I’ve been busy meeting friends, eating my favorite food, enjoying the sea, the weather, the smiling people, and doing some stuff at university. I has been really, really great to meet my family and friends. I am happy, I have laughed a lot; they are still hilarious and fun. But I just can’t deny that I want to comeback. People have warned me before about being home after India. I thought I would be fine but now I realized a year is still not enough for being in India.

I’ve been sick as well since I am back. I got fever because of the weather changed, then I got stomach problem which I believe because of all those food that I’ve been eating since I got back :p Anywhere I go, my stomach will have this kind of problem to adjust to the food. Considering that I’ve been away for a year, my stomach even needs to adjust to my own food. It was really bad in the last two days, so I stayed at home all day, watched TV and movie; did nothing else.

I supposed to go to Jakarta to arrange my German visa tomorrow, but I am too weak even to move. So I decided to go maybe next week after the graduation day. Hey, I haven’t told you that I am going to celebrate my graduation on this term’s graduation day. I missed my own last year, and university allowed me to join this one in next week. I am kind of excited about this, this is a celebration of my four year studying something that I don’t like :p I graduated still with a good mark though :)
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I just got the internet connection again today. So now I can connect with the world again everyday. I will write more later on. I guess I will write a lot since I really have nothing to do so far :)

i am going home, feels like i am throwing up!

2009-07-28T22:45:00.000-07:00

tomorrow evening i will leave chandigarh to catch my flight early in the morning on friday. after a year, i am going home, and it feels weird, feels like i am throwing up. awkward!

i should have take sometimes with myself, recalling all that i've been through in the past one year, people that i met, things that i achieved, places that i visited, words that i learned, stuff that i experienced.

until a couple of weeks ago, i was still excited to go home. to meet family and friends. but then when it's getting close to the day, i am getting... i don't know, feel like i am throwing up. i guess that's the only expression that could describe my feeling right now. a friend told me that i am just overwhealming and exhausted, it's normal: a year not a short time, i met a lot of people, experienced a lot of stuff, and now i had to leave all these things behind, of course it's not easy.

my brain and my lung are now refusing to work in a syncronization. every time i think, i stop breathing. so i decided to keep on breathing than thinking. sounds silly, but that's kinda true, my friends. kimi told me that i am just tired and intense and nervous.

there will be a farewell tonight at my place, slash wolf's birthday party. it's good to see wolf's back. i hope it will be a great time, my last time to hanging around with all these people. i still wondering what should i buy, i never really throw a party before, and i am kinda short of money to buy things like drinks and chips. but let see.

anyway, this post sounds pretty depressed, hehehe, well, i am not that depressed but i just feel like i am throwing up :) i need to celebrate that my mission completed, a year living in india. i really should celebrate this :).

The 21st Century's Longest Eclipse

2009-07-22T02:03:00.000-07:00

I am so lucky to witness the longest solar eclipse in the 21st century. There is no such a combination of words that I can say to express the experience. Even though from Chandigarh you can only see the partial eclipse, but it was great. The moon covered 3/4 part of the sun, and it just amazing to see all these things.

Have a look of this slideshow to have a little insight about the eclipse.

Total Solar Eclipse of 22 July 2009

Uploaded on authorSTREAM by Umesh | Upload your own presentation

oh boy, i am going home!

2009-07-16T05:47:00.000-07:00

i will fly home on 31st of this month and will reach home on august 1st. will go to kuala lumpur first, to see may and lia, and hope there is a chance to see thogori, megan and firdaus also. yeah! i am excited!

but i am kinda nervous. you know, definitely i am changed while i am here in india. one year, baby, of course. i bet people back home also have already changed. i am just a bit nervous to catch up with them again, especially my family. oh, anyway, i am excited about the food, all those minangnese food. i have to make up my mind, which meal that i want to have first soon i get home. maybe the beef rendang, as i miss it to hell :p hm, dendeng and barbecued fish also. shit, i am instantly became so hungry now.

there are a lot, a lot of interns now in chandigarh. last week we went to a club, and half of the dance floor occupied by us :D i dont know most of them though, or I don't really talk with them, but that's fine. just too many people, like last year when i arrived.

so, lately i've been busy shopping around to buy presents for myself, friends and family. i still hunting the best present for my mom. hope will find one soon. beside, nothing much... just couple of times hanging around with the interns and most of the other times, you know, sleeping :p. speaking about sleeping, i moved to the another room in my flat. it used to be empty until i moved there. so, somehow i always wake up in the middle of my sleep and get scared.. i dont know why, i just wake up, get scared, and comeback to sleep. i guess there is "something" in that room, maybe that's why wolf let it empty for so long, and without lights :p

oh, my company just launched a new cool application for microsoft powerpoint, it's authorSTREAM Desktop. now you can add youtube video and web image to your powerpoint. directly from the powerpoint itself, you don't even need to open any internet browser. it's so cool. now we can make multimedia slideshow even easier and faster! the application is actually an add-in ribbon to the microsoft powerpoint, so you need to download the application here. enjoy, i really like it!! :)

Impressed with another Bollywood Movie: New York

2009-07-01T03:27:00.000-07:00

This movie just released in India last weekend. Quite a hit now as the movie starred by John Abraham, Katrina Kaif and Neil Nitin Mukesh. These three are famous in India. The story is about the life of three Muslim students after 9.11 tragedy in New York. The fact is, around innocent 1200 people captured by the FBI, suspected as the terrorist after the tragedy. They were tortured in jail for few years and released after the FBI couldn't find any evidence of their association with the 9.11. Of course, not easy for them to comeback to the society. Hardly to find a job, depressed and stressed.

In this movie, one of the main characters is one of these 1200 people. He is an American-Indian Muslim, architecture student of New York State University. Released after few years (or months, I don't really know), he become a real terrorist and planned to explode the FBI Head Quarter in New York. For revenge, I guess. Overall, it's a good movie, very emotional (I saw and heard some people around me were crying during the movie). Actually the movie was in Hindi, without any subtitles. It would be better for me if I could understand the whole dialogs or if there was English subtitle.

Ah, again, I am impressed with Bollywood movie. I don't know what I am gonna do without these Indian cinemas back home later :p.

some updates

2009-06-25T03:48:00.000-07:00

i feel sick today! i really do. horrible headache, noxious and pain throat. hope it just a fever at worst. maybe i spent too much time outside recently, like yesterday's evening, i fell asleep in the park :)

i am going to agra and jaipur this weekend. finally, after almost a year in india, i will see the taj mahal. i should have done this trip in winter, as it's very hot now. in chandigarh it could reach 43 degree at day time, you can imagine how it will be in agra and rajasthan. i will go with kathy, gisele and justyna.

we had farewell party for megan and firdaus last tuesday. it was so much fun. i've never laughed that much in the past few months. wolf also let me drive his bike home. bullet, from royal enfield, is awesome. if i had tried it before, like in the beginning of my stay in india, i would have got one for me!

june is getting over. then i only have the whole july. yippi! i am excited about this. i am still waiting for the zav to apply the german visa. i've decided that whenever i get the visa, i will check the flight tickets home. if i can afford it, i will go home first, then if not, i will just go directly to germany from here. hope it won't take a long time, as today's price for the tickets home for me is still affordable. finger crossed, let see what will happen, hope i can see my parents first before going somewhere else.

i want to watch terminator: salvation tonight. it started to be played at chandigarh's cinemas today. but no one interested so far. everyone is busy. and tomorrow, the new hindi movie, new york, is released. they show this at chandigarh's cinamas starting tomorrow. maybe i will watch this after the weekend, after comeback from the trip.

i need a glasses. a special glasses for computer. i am starting to get problems now after staring the monitor for a while. i think i will check the price today, hope it won't be that expensive.

there is a new cool product from my office that soon will be launched. now you can add a youtube video on your powerpoint, how cool is that? and you can add image directly from the web. i haven't tried it though, as it's not yet launched, but i am excited and curious. will keep you updated with this. this is a new age of powerpoint presentation :p

pengen nulis dalam Bahasa...

2009-06-14T23:19:00.000-07:00

Capek nulis pake bahasa Inggris. Mari berbahasa Indonesia Raya kita kali ini. Hm, masih ada cerita dikit tentang sisa trip gw di Nepal ya... cuman kayanya dah basi. Intinya, waktu di Pokhara kita cuma muter-muter gak jelas. Hiking, trus naik perahu di danau, muter-muter lagi, makan mie dan nasi goreng (karena duit sudah menipis), nungguin teman traveling gw shopping, nonton HBO dikamar hotel, dan... muter-muter lagi. Mo lihat sunrise di Sarangkot, ternyata hujan. Besoknya, hujan lagi. Ya udah, kita mutusin buat ke sarangkot aja pas habis sarapan di hari terakhir kita disana. Balik ke Pokhara kita jalan kaki lho... 3 jam, man! Mana terik lagi.. pas sampe bawah, yang gelap makin gelap, yang putih dah kaya kepiting rebus..

So, that's all about Nepal. It was a good trip. Foto-foto? Lihat di facebook gw aja ya, cukup klik disini.

Nah, untuk kabur dari panas neraka di Chandigarh, weekend maren gw ke Manali lagi. Rencana awal mo paragliding, tesinspirasi dari Nepal. Sial gak ada duit pas gw lagi di Nepal, jadi pengen coba di India saja, dan aha! ternyata di Manali murah, cukup 1300 rupees saja untuk medium fly. Sebelas orang rombongan euy! Rame! Cuman yang ini seru, lebih seru dari rombongan gw kesana sebelumnya.. Mungkin yang sebelumnya terlalu rame kali ya, 20 orang kalo gak salah. Bus 10 jam bikin punggung gw nyeri. Nyampe Manali, check in hotel, sarapan, jalan-jalan, tidur bentar, trus jalan-jalan lagi. Malamnya nongkrong di Lazy Dog. Ah, kaya tahun maren, tempat ini tetap jadi favorit. Murah, enak, dan ada sisha..

Besoknya, sudah siap nih buat paragliding. Tidak gampang sodara-sodara. Musti daki bukit buat ke take off pointnya. Ada kuda sih, cuman gw sok sporty buat hiking saja, dan ternyata keputusan yang salah.. beraaat! Nyampe atas setelah ngos-ngosan, pasang peralatan dan sekarang nunggu giliran terbang. Penerbangan pertama, plok plok.. Kedua, plok plok.. Ketiga, kriing kriing.. Telepon setan berbunyi mengabarkan angin terlalu kencang, jadi susah buat landing. Akhirnya diputuskan buat nunggu sampai angin membaik. Tunggu-menunggu, eh malah hujan... Tunggu lagi, eh anginnya malah makin kencang. Setelah dua jam kedinginan di atas sana, kita mutusin buat balik! Sialan, misi gagal! beberapa mutusin buat terbang besoknya (which is hari ini) dan beberapa tetap mo balik ke Chandigarh malam itu. Gw ditengah-tengah. Gw datang ke Manali kali ini mang sengaja buat paragliding. Cuman gw baru aja minta dua minggu cuti dari kantor, ya gak etis donk minta sehari lagi. Ato pura-pura sakit? Tetap hati malaikat gw bilang, gak usah Al, nanti aja... minggu depan aja di Dharamsala... Akhirnya, gw pulang dengan hati kecil, mikirin pa weekend depan ke Dharamsala aja ya? Lagi?

Nah, beberapa tips buat yang mo ke Manali:
1. Bawa payung! Walopun sekarang lagi musim panas, tetap aja hujan!
2. Jaket! Dingin euy, klo bisa bawa yang waterproof, yang ada cap nya, jadi bisa useful juga kalo hujan...
3. Selimut! Penting klo rencana mo nginap di hotel murah. Tuh tempat gw nginap kayanya selimut, alas kasur dan sarung bantal gak pernah dicuci.. Jadi klo bawa selimut (yang portable, kaya selimut2 di pesawat) bisa jadi serba guna, bisa jadi alas tidur, buat selimut di bus, ato jadiin bantal. Beli juga bisa di Manali, cuma 50rupees
4. Duit! (kali aja ada yang lupa bawa duit)
5. Nongkrong di Lazy Dog (Resto ini ada di Old Manali, sebelah Himalayan Extreme Center) Cozy, orangnya ramah-ramah.. Yang punya orang Korea, dan justru Chicken Masala yang paling enak yang pernah gw coba di India ada disini. Coba juga Chicken Steak with Lemon Souce, sandwiches nya juga enak. Semua enak. Murah lagi. Ada sisha juga, dan ada free Wi-Fi.
6. Makan juga di Chop Stick (New Manali, seberang terminal bus). Ada ikan, mutton, dll. Asli murah dan enak! Kita makan puas kena klo gak salah maksimal 200rupees per orang, puas loh (gw aja pesan dua dishes dan yang lain dah pakai wine segala). Kalo di chandigarh makan kaya gitu bisa kena paling kurang 500rupees (Tiba-tiba gw jadi lapar...)
7. Datang pas April-May-June. Less rain dan bisa lihat puncak2 himalaya yang masih tertutup salju. Klo kesana Agustus-September, hujan, jadi gak kelihatan. Datang juga pas November-Desember, mungkin bisa ketemu salju dan langit lebih cerah..
8. Perginya ma orang-orang kece ya... Kalo bisa jangan sama orang Jerman, umumnya mereka ngeluh terlalu banyak. Adaaa aja yang salah. US seru, cuman ada beberapa yang nyebelin juga sih. Di group gw maren itu ada 3 dari US, dan mereka cool dan fun. Dari Asia, ini teman jalan-jalan paling asik. Satu visi dan misi dan tidak pernah komplen.

Sekarang sudah di Chandigarh. Sakit-sakit ni badan semua, hasil kombinasi naik-turun gunung, jalan kesana kemari, dan bus total 20 jam! Foto-foto nanti ya..

Steak (after ten months not eating meat) in Kathmandu

2009-06-10T03:29:00.000-07:00

We took overnight train Gorakhpur, a town near to India-Nepal border. Again, the train was late for 2 hours, and arrived 4 hours late in Gorakhpur. Thank god we booked first class ordinary, can't imagine anymore to travel with sleeper class. Only four, FOUR people in one cabin, not 40. You can sleep on your own bed, nobody scream around you, nobody wake you up while you're sleeping, nobody sit on your legs, nobody carrying guns, nobody stare at you. You can go to the toilet anytime you want and don't need to sail in the sea of men sitting and sleeping on the floor on the way to the toilet.

From Gorakhpur we took bus to the border. The border is so busy. Trucks, buses and people are everywhere. Finally we found ourselves in Nepal after buying the visa. We took overnight bus to Kathmandu. Another tough journey. The bus stopped every 15 minutes. We reached Kathmandu in the morning, checked in to the hotel and slept. Finally, proper bed...

Kathmandu is fine. The city is small and dusty. We stayed in Thamel, which is full of tourist and budget hotels. I like Thamel. We stayed in Kathmandu for four days, visited some temples and durbar squares (traditional cities) and went to some surrounded towns. One good thing is there is meat here. Even though it's not beef, it's buff, but it's alright. I was so happy to eat a really good buff steak in Kathmandu =). Momos are cheap and filled with buff also, you know how much happy I will be when I find cheap good food.

Alright, here are some pictures:

More: on Facebook.

Next destination: Pokhara

Varanasi

2009-06-03T00:24:00.001-07:00

I came back from my Varanasi - Nepal trip last week. It took me a while to write about it here. Ok, first about Varanasi. Me and Annika reached Delhi to meet Rachna. We went to a bazaar under Rajiv Chowk. It's kinda cool, cheap fake branded stuff. Rachna gave me the train tickets to make sure the time of the departure. Written 18.15. So, we have bunch of time as where we were, really close to New Delhi Station.

Around 17.30, we got to the station. We went to the tourist office to book ticket for Rachna to get back from Varanasi. Then, 18.00, the guy at the counter noticed that out train will be leaving from another station, Delhi Station, not "New" Delhi Station. Freaked us out then we run out of the station. He recommended to take the metro to the another station as it takes only five minutes. As the nearest metro station is after the platform 16 in the New Delhi Station, so we had to run all over the 16 platforms. We did run. My sweat started to drip down from my face. All wet as it was 42 degree in Delhi. We got to the another station in 20 minutes, 18.20, and the train was delayed! Thanks to Indian timing =)

Varanasi is really nice. The pooja at the sunset at the side of the Gangga was fascinating. The cremation is interesting to see. I got to know more about Indian culture. Couldn't agree more when this city described as older than history, older than tradition, older even than legend, and looks twice as old as all of them put together.

More pictures: on Facebook

Then from Varanasi we headed to Gorakhpur by night train to go the India-Nepal border. Will tell you more on the next post =).

I am Confused... and Confusing!

2009-05-01T05:21:00.000-07:00

Where have I been? I've been confused and confusing! Maybe this explains my sign. Well, I am a Virgo, but I was born on September 21st, which is mean very close to Libra, and I guess I am a Libra then a Virgo, since I can't decided anything quick and always get confused and confusing people! Hm, anyway, these zodiac signs discussion doesn't make any sense, so, hm.. anyway..

I got to decide some stuff recently. First, whether to say longer in India for at least another year, or go home. Go home or go for another internship. It drove me crazy since.. well, I wanted to stay longer, I like my job and want to learn more. Coming back home to Indonesia will be not a good idea since it's going to be hard to find a job. But staying longer in India for longer? I don't think so.. I love this country, but for another one year? Maybe not now, I still want to do someother thing. Then, going for another internship? It's all about the money, I am not sure if I have enough money to travel anywhere. So, what have I decided? Let it go to wherever it is.. Now, I applied for internships, if I get any, I will try to fight for it, but if I get nothing confirmed until June, I will go home!

Yesterday I went to the police headquarter to try to extend my visa. The said my visa is not extendable. So, I am required to go home before July 15th, as my visa will be expired on that day! This fact just ruined my whole plan! My internship supposed to be finished by July 31st, and I've been planning to travel to Rajasthan and Kashmir for around 20 days. Now I have to re-schedule everything, finish my internship by June 30th, travel to Kashmir for like 10 days, and fly home on July 14th. But I am still trying, I'll comeback to them and I hope I can get it extended, only for two months.

Anyway, then I need to decide whether to move to Wolf's place or not. Well, the house is million times better that where I live now for the same price. But somehow, I don't want to move. I feel home already at 37. You know, when people are settled on something, they would think more than twice to make a change. That's what I've been thinking. If I move, everything is going to be better. Cleaner, closer to my work, closer to 17, it's in the center, easy to go anywhere, and Wolf is a great guy! But..... I am confused! I like 37 already! So, I haven't decided anything yet regarding on this. Most probably I will stay, or maybe I will move.. or whatever :D

I am going to Varanasi and Kathmandu on 13th this month. Finally, after changing the plan so many times! Then, I just got call from Leena, saying that one of her friend apparently has single entry visa to India, and she might cancel the plan. So, it was planned for five people, now only for me and Annika if she cancel it. I will go for whatever happen. I don't care! I am tired enough to change the plan before and now I really want to go somewhere. I got 10 days off from office, so want to enjoy it to the max!

Oh, I am so tired thinking about all of these.

Rafting Rafting Rafting!

2009-04-06T06:39:00.000-07:00

I went to Rishikesh again 2 weeks ago, this time for rafting. Well, not really in Rishikesh, but it was a bit further, like one hour more up to the hill. It was a big group trip, 14 people, mostly from CueBlock and Opera (well, all of them except me and Irena, I suppose?). So, these are some pictures that I stole from facebook (yeah, that stupid camera still refuses to work, and that stupid guy who owned the camera is just a lazy ass to go to a shop to have it repaired!)

"should we call the police?"

2009-03-31T06:25:00.000-07:00

this is how we did a dry party in 37 trainee house. it just happened anyway, didn't really plan it. we were about to have dinner together for some people's leaving, and it turned to be a house party. so, i came home last saturday from work (yeah, i was working on that saturday) found most of the interns in the city were there. we started with sisha, apple flavored, and pizza-coke dinner. so many people in such a tiny dining room. some people sat on the floor, some people stood. then we had a chocolate cake, and after it turned wild when poussy danced the egyptian belly dancing. we started to put more music after, louder and louder, from latin to africa, from salsa to african dances. it was just like global village, all these combination and all these people from different countries. more people are coming, and it's still DRY, no alcohol at all, hm, somehow i managed that the house is alcohol free :D and the music kept louder and louder and everyone were dancing in such a small place, and then somebody rang the bell, we thought more people coming, and apparently it was our neighbors, and asking politely "should we call the police?" hahaha.. even in the next morning, one of them yelled at gustavo in hindi!, hahaha!

yeah, after 8 months living in this house, this is the first party we had, usually it always in another house. we ended up the night by watching friends and movies... it was not bad at all for a dry party, so who says a dry party is boring?? :D

i want a dog, seems these plastic fish didn't help!

2009-03-16T22:23:00.000-07:00

i promised to post you pictures from holi, but i haven't until now. you know that i am such a lazy ass. well, that's not the only reason, first, my camera still doesn't work, so i need time to steal photos from the others, then second, i can't plug in any device to my computer at work, so that's a big problem for me to upload some pictures. but i can do it at home, but you know, the biggest problem and controversy behind all these things is... i am just lazy, and try to find some excuses!! anyway, the holi was fun! it was really good, so colorful. Started at the evening at my office, then the next morning with bunch of AIESECers. By the way, these are some pictures...

then, what's happening recently? maria and matus left, the egyptians moved in to the house, and i have new friends; fish, plastic fish! :) i got it at the market few days back, and they are now pretending to swim in a jar on my desk at my office. i like them, but it makes me want the real pet even more. i thought this conspiracy (???) would help, but it didn't. so i really want a puppy now, even more after i watched marley and me! well, actually we have a dog, but she is not our pet. she sleeps on our door step, sometimes we share biscuits and breads. but i cannot hug her, walk her, or bring her to the house since she is a street dog.. :( but never mind, she always makes me happy, :)

Holi, the Festival of Colors!

2009-03-10T02:19:00.000-07:00

Holi is one of the biggest festival in India. Celebrated by Indian all over the world. It is a spring festival and this year, Holi will be celebrated tomorrow, March 10. This festival is also called festival of colors, since on this day, you throw colorful powder on each other. Some places even celebrate this for few days, up to five days. Well, I don't really know the history behind this festival, but I guess there was something deal to Lord Khrisna, or something like that. I am so excited about this. I knew it before that there is a festival like this in India and I am really looking forward about it. So tomorrow, I am going to put my white shirt and I hope the colors will remain on my shirt after I wash it, I would like it colorful to remind me of this festival. Here are some pictures that I found on the internet, will upload my own for sure after tomorrow, after the Holi it self! :)

i am still alive...

2009-02-27T22:01:00.000-08:00

it has been quiet sometimes that i haven't written anything here! everything is still going on its way. not much really for the past few weeks, except so many goodbyes and my "king" lifestyle. spend too much money on going out and food. but yeah, i just want to live it a little bit for now because i am having this weird mood; don't like the house anymore, well, not because of the people, but i just, i don't know, feel weird, feel lonely. i don't really enjoy cooking anymore, and no more sit on the kitchen talking random stuff, or order food from shanghai china and eat like pigs :) or movie night with the house mates. i spend most of my time being out, and i even haven't done my laundry for three weeks, yiyaikks! i definitely need to do it tomorrow!

after rishikesh, i haven't traveled anywhere. not really in the mood to go. well, i went to a wedding in Zira, 5 hours away, is it counted as a trip? it's a hindu wedding, my friend at work's wedding, sandeep. it was fun.

i miss my camera. i still have no time (read: LAZY ASS!!) to have it fixed. it broke since november, wow, it has been a while! but thanks to facebook, even i can't take pictures, i still have lots of picture when everyone else is continuously uploading pictures on facebook, yippi! and these two pictures are from liza's camera!

and anyway, i found this yesterday, and i think it's funny... :)

rishikesh for a pink soup

2009-02-11T05:24:00.000-08:00

finally i got chance to get out from chandigarh last weekend. so, i went to rishikesh, it's in uttranchal or uttarakhand, about 6 hours by bus from chandigarh. rishikesh is where the yoga originally comes from. it's in himalaya and the ganga river passes this town, so, it's a holy place for hinduism. it surprised me that the ganga river is really clean, not as i was expected after i saw some pictures of the ganga river in varanasi.

it was a big group traveling, seven of us, but it was fun. seems like everyone shared the common interests, food and peace. we stayed only a night in an ashram only for 100 rupees each, with hot shower. all the restaurants that we went were only serving vegetarian food, and cheap. nothing to compare to similar restaurants in chandigarh.

anyway, this pink soup. so, we went to a korean restaurant, or a cafe. so, i ordered a mix vegetable soup, was expecting there will be spinach in it, and it came as a pink soup. it was seriously pink. hm, so, i am a bit afraid of it, how it could be so pink? from the carrots? well, i can see that why the russian soup, borscht, is red. borsch is made from ... ah, i forget the english word for this vegetable... hm, something with T... hm, BEETROOT! here you go. so, it's red. but how could this soup was pink? it didn't contain any beetroot even. in the other hand, borscht is really good, but this pink soup was really horrible, even the smell was really bad.

[from liza's camera]

anyway, speaking about this russian soup borscht, we found a restaurant that served russian food also in rishikesh. they even have the menu in russian. of course, there were a lot of russian people there. so, i can see that in rishikesh, you can find any kind of restaurant, from korean to russian, from israeli to italian. but no indonesian food? :)

so, rishikesh, it was fun, i liked it. then we went also to haridwar. it's about 30 minutes from rishikesh. this is a city, one of the holiest city in india. the ganga passes this city as well. so, we went to the place where lots of people were taking a bath to clean themselves from sins. so, overall, the trip was good and fun!

p.s. my camera broke, i haven't got any chance to have it fixed yet, so, i don't have any picture. i should steal some from liza's camera.

David After Dentist

2009-02-05T22:43:00.001-08:00

I found this video today and it just made my day! I can't stop my self rolling on the floor laughing my ass off!

Then this video is the remix!

Adult Life!

2009-01-30T00:36:00.000-08:00

One of my friends said; I am not ready for the "Adult Life" yet. Another one said; I just want to go to Cardiff for few weeks since my Adult Life is just in the corner, so now is the great time to do this!

Then this thought came to my mind! How about my Adult Life? I assume Adult Life is a life when you have proper job, working everyday, start to think about marriage, saving money for it, for the children later, or anything like that! Whoa, too much for me now! I know, now I am 23, I think I should start to make a plan about my adult life, but I am not ready yet! Then another friend said; no body is really ready for that, you just need to step in it, and move on! Ok, maybe that's true, hmm, I will change it, I DON'T want to step in to an Adult Life yet, and I still want to do more before everything needs to be settled. How does it sound now?

I just want to enjoy my life as much as I can. It doesn't mean that if you enter your Adult Life, you won’t have fun, but, you know what I mean, it just not really fun as now as I can do whatever I want. So, for avoiding this Adult Life, I am applying for another one year internship. I already send my form to some countries, let see what will happen. Definitely my family won't be happy with this, but anyway, I just don't want to go home yet. Well, I miss home, and of course I miss my family and friends, but, I just don't want to go home yet! I still want to meet more people, visit more places, and experience more things before heading to this Adult Life.

See, if I decide to move in to my Adult Life now, it’s going to be a bit awkward. I still don't know what to do for my Adult Life, I still confuse what kind of job that I want, or where (please, not Jakarta), what should I wear for work, how many ties should I have, or how to make a tie, who’s I am going to marry, what kind of marriage that we want, how big is the cake, who’s going to be there, where should we go for the honeymoon, how many children that we want, what are their names, who’s going to take care of them if both my wife and I are working, how much money should we save if we want to send them to a good university, who’s they are going to marry, bla bla bla… hahaha, ok, this is too far!! But hey, this is serious and that's why, I want to explore more before dealing with these stuff, at least until 2010! Ok, at least now I have idea when I want to step to this Adult Life. Good!

Ok, another friend, suggest me to think more. “See, Al, now you are 23, by 2010, you'll be 24 or 25. It would be too old to find a job here in Indonesia. By being away, you just missed the opportunity to have a good job in Indonesia. So, I think it's better for you to go home after your stay in India, and start you real life!” Hmm, this is also true. But after deep think on this in few weeks, I came out with my decision to do another one year Internship. The reason is, again, I am just not ready (and don’t want) to go home yet to enter this Adult Life. I am really not. Home is great, but, one more year would be fine, wouldn’t it?

Slumdog Millionaire!

2009-01-28T04:43:00.000-08:00

we managed it to watch this movie yesterday at PVR, Centra Mall. I've been curious about this since i read an article about how this movie won four golden globes. finally, they released it in India, and i had a chance to see it yesterday. anyway, it's an outstanding movie. really good. they also got ten nominations for oscar, including best movie and best director. now i am listening to the soundtrack while writing this. the soundtrack it self is pretty cool. i like most of the songs. composed by AR Rahman. I've heard about this guy before, and some songs performed by M.I.A. i recommend this movie. hope it will be released all over the world, and i think it deserves the oscar. this movie opened my eyes about how to live in a slum area in India. it also has a scene from mumbai riots (or known also as bombay riots) that happened in 1992 or 1993 between muslim and hindu community. this is the part of the movie that stuck in my head really well. it just horrible. as far as i know, these riots killed 900 people. anyway, hope you like the movie as well!

Indian Republic Day - Chinese (Lunar) New Year

2009-01-26T22:26:00.000-08:00

yesterday was a holiday for celebrating Indian Republic Day, and apparently was the same day with Chinese New Year. well, actually it's a Lunar New Year, and celebrated around the world, not only by the Chinese, but also Vietnamese, Singaporean, Indonesian, and some others.

for the whole day i had fun. we played ultimate frisbee at leisure valley from three to six pm! hell yeah, that was fun! after two years! after that we had big Chinese dinner at Shangri-La, and dessert time at Nik Bakers. what a good day!

ow, let me tell you what was happening at nik bakers. so, Thijs, a guy from the Netherlands, commented on nik's poster which says "niks bring you the best of all European cakes, desserts and bread products made with international standards by a famous Australian baker" (or something like this!) he didn't know that nik himself, with his wife and some other people, sat exactly next to us! then i tried to tell him; "hei Thijs, he is there" pointing to the another table, and he said "what?" until nik introduced himself by saying "actually i am the guy, and it's European bakery but i learned and worked on it before in Australia" or something like this. Hahaha, that was a bit awkward, then we talked more and he said that he also found my blog post about him and his restaurant that i posted a while ago! hahaha! that was funny! internet just made the world even smaller! and yes, i love nik bakers! i think he should open a branch in Indonesia, then i wont miss it when i am at home, =)

tonight we are going to watch Slumdog Millionaire, people have been talking about it, won 4 Golden Globes and Nominated for 12 Oscars. wow! i am curious! Ow, another thing, i am moving. i am looking for a room in sec 22, 21, 18, 16, 8 or 9 Chandigarh. so please, if any of you have the sort of information, do let me know! thanks!

a beautiful life...

2009-01-22T21:42:00.000-08:00

smile, today! make your life happy!

Uploaded on authorSTREAM by mgbui

I will talk about Indonesia on WiZiQ

2009-01-15T21:53:00.000-08:00

i will give an online presentation about Indonesia, my own home country, on WiZiQ. anyone are the most welcome to join. it will be on feb 5th, 7 PM IST (Indian Standard Time), it's a GMT+5:30. i will give some short informations about Indonesia, it's culture, languages, cuisines and stuffs. it's free, so, register now then you'll get notification by email before the session started. thanks!

Visit Indonesia: Get to Know It by Alfajri Alwis

Get your own Virtual Classroom

if you have a full fridge, clothes on your back, a roof over your head and a place to sleep, you are wealthier than 75% of the world’s population

2009-01-10T00:41:00.000-08:00

i found this today really... i don't know a word to describe it. i am so lucky for whatever i have now, luckier than millions of people out there.

Uploaded on authorSTREAM by zonk675

new year's eve to eastern orthodox christmas eve

2009-01-06T20:52:00.000-08:00

my new year's eve, as i predicted, was boring! but we had nice chat in trainee house 21. we went to sec 17 to have a very late dinner, then just came back home since nothing there except bunch of people were drunk and getting drunk, too foggy too cold, no fireworks, so, home was better.

i got sick (after 5 months!!) the day after! just fever, i was so exhausted during the day, all my muscles (yes i have muscles) were hurting! my legs, back and neck were painful, plus extraordinary headache! it was almost zero degree at night but i was sweating! i took days off from the office and i've been taking some pills and vitamins! yeah, that was the first time for me to get (really) sick in India, yep, after 5 months!

anyway, i am happy to see people back, laurens and maria! then we have new trainees, from the Switzerland, Russia, Nigeria and Guatemala. Lots of people, almost like in the summer, so it is good! we are going to have fun while waiting for this cold weather gone!

we celebrated the holy night for eastern orthodox last night. today, 7 january is their christmas, and yulia is an eastern orthodox. so last night, she cooked lots of ukranian dishes. i dont really remember the names, but they were really good! everyone was there and it was so nice fun! we should do more like this.

chandigarh restarted!!!!

Happy New Year!!!

2008-12-30T23:16:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year, People! i am wishing you all a great time in 2009! My holiday was pretty ok so far, not much exactly. i had four days weekend on Christmas, but i didn't do anything, stayed at home and spend more time with Piero, he was still sick and it was his last few days in Chandigarh. So, we went for his favorite restaurants here in Chandigarh; Blue Ice, Purple Rice, and of course, Nik Bakers.

tomorrow is 2009, and i have no plan still for tonight, for the new year's eve. well, most of the trainees are away for traveling. i might go somewhere tonight for dinner and maybe go to 17 Plaza after for the celebration, maybe, with Cesar, Sherly (new girl from Indonesia) and maybe Rita. we don't know yet, so let see what will happen!

a little flashback of my 2008, i had fun. i graduated this year from my 4,5 years (pluift) undergraduate degree, i went to India (finally), i met so many people from around the world, i turned 23 (well, nothing special with this,), and what else? hm, actually not much! but i can say it was really good since i am here now in India, a country that i had dreamed about to visit since years. i am seriously having great time here, and looking forward for what else that i can experience for the next 7 months my staying here!

Alright, wish you a great New Year's Eve and a happy 2009!!!

Are You Experienced? by William Sutcliffe

2008-12-22T00:03:00.000-08:00

my one-day-weekend was alright. slept and read all day long. woke up around 12 on sunday, had breakfast/lunch, then i decided to start to read Are You Experienced? by William Sutcliffe. Laurence has been recommending me to read this book. So, since i've finished with my another book, and haven't got any new book yet, so i'll give a go on this one.

first few pages was good and funny. well, it was funny maybe since i experienced the same thing as dave -the main character of this book- experienced. ow, forget to tell, this book was about an english guy who are travelling to India with one of his friend, well, not really friends since they hate each other. i like the main character, dave, but i don't like most of the rest. the book started to irritated me by some people's conversations about india. i don't know but somehow i felt insulted when they talked bad about India. but, i enjoyed the book, then i finished it in only one day, before i was heading to bed at the midnight. it was a good-not-really-outstanding book, so simple and lite!

now i want to read the Holy Cow, another book about travelling in India, but this one, based on a girl's true story. really want to know how a girl see India when she is travelling -not holiday- in India.

maybe i was in the bad mood when i had this conversation! =)

2008-12-19T01:33:00.000-08:00

I had this conversation with one of my friend before. I tried to remember every detail of the conversation, but this is pretty much the idea.

him: AIESEC is so not professional, they should contact HR department if they want to offer their internship programs

me: what the hell are you talking about? they do!

him: i mean, i am working in HR company, and i didnt know about AIESEC before, they should go to these companies... (started to mention some local companies)

me: ha, right! by not contacting them, you consider them not pro?

him: ya, i mean, i can easily go and talk to them, AIESEC should pay me a lot of money for that, how much money do you earn if you work for AIESEC? I wonder how much they can pay me, I have many relations, been working in HR field quite long.

me: AIESEC is a student organization! we work voluntarily! nobody pays us! and you know what, (i started mentioning AIESEC International partners) are our partners!

him: ok, so how could some of you (he meant here are the trainees) only earn 8000 or 6000 rupees a month? Event 2000? you can get at least 100.000 rupees by working abroad!

me: we are not working, we are interns, that's different, we dont pay taxes, most of us came with student visa! ok, find me a school, where any of us can teach and earn 100.000 rupees! we are here for an experience, not for money!

him: but, see, they provide you with a bad house, and they couldn’t get any job for this guy (pointed at one of the trainees, who canceled his internship since he didn’t like that he had to work in a village, and he wes looking for another possibilities that time)

me: they managed that to give him an option, it’s not an AIESEC problem if he doesn’t like it, and I bet they are trying now to find another for him! How soon can you expect? And don’t you know that it caused AIESEC a problem also when he did that? He needs to be passion, since he is the one who canceled the internship. They cannot just provide him the new one just right after he canceled it. Hei, why don’t you offer him one of your 100.000 rupees jobs opportunities? You said that you have relations, so, why don’t you help him? Instead of judging AIESEC not so professional?

him: well, I didn’t mean like that, I mean…

me: hei, enough, i felt insulted already when you said AIESEC is not professional! we are the biggest student organization in the world! maybe we are not that fully and perfectly professional, remember that we are students, and we are learning. See, now you are 26, what have you done when you were 18? Have you managed someone from another country to come to your country for a social work? Have you run a conference with nearly 1000 attendances? Have you talked to hundreds of people about global issues? Have you gone to a national company and tried to make a deal? Have you raised fund for nearly 100.000 rupees for a social project?

hahaha, i found it really funny today, why did i get so pissed off and being so sarcastic? =) sorry, i was in the bad mood i guess! lol!

dharamsala, the pictures!

2008-12-17T21:22:00.000-08:00

so, here are some pictures that i have from dharamsala, hope you like it, =)

dharamsala, where i saw dalai lama!

2008-12-16T04:50:00.000-08:00

i just had a nice weekend in dharamsala. i went there with piero, took a midnight volvo bus. the bus was good enough, and i slept really well on it. reached dharamsala around 7 am, took a walk to the downtown, and took a bus an hour after to mcleod ganj, the side town of dharamsala, and spend a really good relax time there.

we stayed in a guess house for a night, by 500 rupees (!) a night. it had the bigger tv compare to another guess houses those we checked before. well, most of the time we spend inside the room, watching tv, ordering food, and relaxing. it's freezing outside, so comfy and warm bed and blanket was so tempting.

food was really amazing! I love thukpa, the tibetan noodle. i had lots of momo as well. i was so happy found an italian restaurant that served baked potato, stuffed with tuna, mushrooms and cheese! in the another day, i had chicken spinach sandwich and smashed potato with cheese! i already decided that time that dharamsala has the yummiest food compare to another city that i have visited here in India, and quite cheap also.

not much to see in dharamsala, there is a tibetan buddhist temple, a lake, a waterfall, and... hm, not much. But the air was relaxing, people were really nice, the tibetan buddhist monks were friendly, nice mount view, and the market was really interesting. i was lucky that that day, dalai lama came back "home" for a moment. so, i had a chance to see him for few seconds, where we were queuing on the street when he came.

awh, my camera, somehow, was not working for sometimes when i was there. so, i didn't took lots of picture. it was broke exactly at the time when i was enjoying the himalayas view from the back of the temple! sh*t! but that's ok, i still have some. i'll put it up tomorrow or soon, since i didn't bring my camera today.

compare to another city or town in himachal pradesh, dharamsala is my favorite, comes shimla and then manali.

Indonesian Food, Yummy!

2008-12-08T23:18:00.000-08:00

Suddenly I am desperate for Indonesian food right now! Today (and yesterday) Muslims around the world are celebrating Ied Adha, the second largest holiday in Islam. We celebrate Qurban and Hajj, what Ibrahim did centuries ago in these days. So, I was talking to one of my friend through YM, and we were talking about food. That's why I am so desperate now for an Indonesian food. I bet all people back home enjoying beef as they sacrifice cows for celebrating the Ied Adha. That is something that i really miss a lot now. I haven't eaten beef for almost 5 months right now. Geezz, that's a big record! Well, I am not that a big fan of beef, but I really miss beef rendang, my traditional food... Anyway, people don't eat beef over here, and I guess you know why, and it's even an offend for them to talk about beef, I guess. So, I am sorry if I am offending any of you.

Then, I miss the real Indonesian fried rice, the really spicy one!! This food has been my favorite since i was little. My mom is a good nasi goreng cook! Even though it's easy to cook, but the taste here is just never the same! Ohya, I just remembered that I made a powerpoint on how to prepare an Indonesian fried rice before. Take a look:

Uploaded on authorSTREAM by alfajri.awis

Hm, but still, as I told you, the taste is just never the same! But I guarantee that this recipe is good enough, so, just try it if you want some famous Indonesian fried rice. I recommend you to put more chili, hotter is better, =)

how can we help you, mumbai?

2008-12-01T21:10:00.000-08:00

... can't say anything!

Uploaded on authorSTREAM by Demian

Uploaded on authorSTREAM by Demian

indian movies, very impressive...

2008-11-26T21:26:00.000-08:00

indian movies, as i said, really impressive! not all, but most movies that i've seen, were pretty good! indian film industry is the biggest in the world, and it's a lot better now compare to the era where we used to see them on indonesian tv channel in the morning. but still, the movies are pretty long, lots of dancing, singing and crying.. =) but no more fighting scene, no more police that came up too late in a fight between the good and the bad. the stories, much much much better! that's why i can say, i like indian movies now! hey, they also pretty easy to understand. all indian movies that i saw, were in hindi! have no idea about hindi, but i still can understand the plot, the story, what's exactly going on, and laugh for those funny scenes! the soundtracks are really cool also!

ok, been here for 4 months, now i am listing my top 3 indian movies that i've seen! i will try to get the dvds, and buy some for you guys back home.. ok, here you go, counting down!

3. Rock On!

i saw it few months back, and the the shortest indian movie that i've ever seen, 2 hrs! (hei, compare to another indian movie, it is short!) the story about a rock band! just google it to find out more, or find the article in wikipedia. awh, the girl in the movie, ROCK!! hahahaha!

2.. Fashion!

it's a pretty gay movie! but it's ok, i like it since it's based on some true stories. the story is about a girl from chandigarh (yes, i am there now) that went to mumbay to pursue a model career! she did it, but lots of dramatic things comes later! my first indian movie without singing scene.

1... Dostana!

yeah, the top! actually just watched it last night, and i am still impressed! another priyanka chopra movie, and she is damn beautiful here in this movie, look a way younger than before! (she was also in fashion). this is a really funny movie. can't stop laughing since the beginning, and the ending was.. good! hahaha! i wouldnt say perfect =) definitely i'll watch this movie again, for sure!

i'll come back later for another list after i see more indian movies! going to the cinema every week is now in my budget, so, lots more indian movie that i will see i guess! =)

camel safari, bikaner, jodhpur! (part 3)

2008-11-09T20:47:00.000-08:00

we took a 5 hours bus ride from bikaner to jodhpur. Jodhpur is known as the blue city! why? take a look:

we met stan here, and enjoyed the dinner in the top roof of the hotel where we stayed! well, it's a guesshouse! but really clean and cheap! all of us stayed in one room! (wohoo! 5 peeps in one room!) by the morning, we went to explore the city. started with the Mehrangarh Fort, and this is the best part of this city! The Mehrangarh Fort lies at the outskirts of Jodhpur city and is located atop a 125 m high hill. The magnificent Mehrangarh Fort is the most majestic and one of the largest forts in India.

then after, to The Umaid Bhawan Palace. The Umaid Bhawan Palace is not only one of India's most imposing palaces but also among its most recent.

And you know what? both are own by a family, probably one of the richest family in India (well, of course, they had a kingdom and roled a part of rajasthan for centuries!)

And since it was on diwali, the biggest festival in india, so, the night was really happening with fireworks and crackers! we met an English guy and another dutch girl (dutch are everywhere now!) and we went out for a nicer restaurant (than our guest house) for dinner. It was really nice, we spend about three hours, eating, drinking and enjoying the city from the top with it’s fireworks, what else can you expect? So beautiful! I really like jodhpur!

that's it! we took 18 hours train ride back home to chandigarh... for me, it was a really nice travel with nice people!

camel safari, bikaner, jodhpur! (part 2)

2008-11-06T20:49:00.000-08:00

then, after the camel safari: bikaner! bikaner just a regular town, nothing special and dull and has no restaurant! we were really desperate looking for lunch, in the next day after the safari, and we ended up eating samosas and apple only!

there is a big fort in bikaner, this one is nice, probably the best part of the city! it is lied exactly in the middle of the city! it called Junagarh Fort.

Then, before we leave to jadhpur to celebrate diwali there, we visited Rats Temple, in deshnoke, about 30 minutes from bikaner! and this is the most unique place that i've ever seen! people pray for RATS, and they even have a temple for them! really unique!

next post? jodhpur! hold it down!

camel safari, bikaner, jodhpur! (part 1)

2008-11-05T21:45:00.000-08:00

i just came back from a 4 days trip to rajasthan! and for this trip, my travel partners were stephanie, stefan and cesar! I took a day off on monday, and on tuesday and wednesday, it was holiday for diwali, the biggest festival in india, light festifal! We left chandigarh on saturday evening and took train to bikaner, for 12 hours! then, we directly took the 24 hours camel safari after lunch, in the next day! Here you go, the best part was just begin...

we enjoyed the sunset at the desert, and one info for you, no sunrise in the dessert! i was sitting there for half an hour, but no sunrise! it just went bright and bright without any clue where the sun was!

the safari was really good, the food and the tend and the blanket!! we even had fresh omelet for breakfast, in the middle of a desert!

to be continued, i'll tell you a bit about bikaner in the next post!

obama menang, so what?

2008-11-05T03:27:00.000-08:00

ya, hari ini heboh bgt dah sana sini org ngomongin kemenangan obama! the first black man president in the american history, victory for obama, bla bla bla! what's so special? yah, mungkin org dah pada titik jenuh sama tingkah polah bush, dan kebetulan datang ni org yg unik jd agak heboh!

cuman, gw nilai... biasa aja! semua org bersorak, tp pa memang naiknya barack bakal bawa dampak positif ma dunia? well, gw bukannya bilang “gelas gw setengah kosong” (a.k.a pesimis) cuman... amerika mah bakalan gitu-gitu aja nurut gw! Sekarang, mereka akan sibuk ntuk memperbaiki ekonominya, sebagai salah satu negara yg terkena dampak paling parah dari krisis ekonomi global!

Semua teman2 gw di facebook pun pada sibuk update status, yg intinya ikut merasakan kemenangan obama.. ah, aneh sih nurut gw, secara, naiknya obama, gak bakal ngaruh apa apa ma hubungan indonesia ma US… sekali lagi, ini nurut gw ya, org yang gak ngerti ttg perpolitikan dunia dan awam sekali ttg hal ini! klo kita lihat secara global, mang sih, US pegang peranan dominan, cuman.. it has been like that for years, for centuries, US akan tetap seperti itu, rules the world, siapapun presidentnya! bagi gw, ini perayaan makin lunturnya racism di dunia, not more than that! tp gw senang lah, bush akhirnya turun tahta juga! Jual jagung rebus noh sana di pasar rakyat! lol!

promotion tool for my LC

2008-10-21T21:57:00.000-07:00

well, yesterday, i were surfing around on some poeple's facebook. and i ended up looking at EB UA facebook and i found these two:

well, i didn't know that they will make posters like this. i remember that they asked me to send a paragraph about my experience so far in india with some pictures as well. so, i sent them the paragraph and picked up some random pictures from my trips and sent them to them! i didn't know that they will make such a thing. but it looks good, even in the second poster, i look so sweaty! hahaha!

some facts about me lately!

2008-10-21T03:16:00.000-07:00

1. i am loosing my ability to speak english
(seriously! this is true! probably because i am getting tired to speak it after three months!)

2. i speak in a really awkward and strange accent!
(it's kinda mix of every accent that i heard in the last three months! and it's irritating and bothering me)

3. i am gaining weight!
(yah for sure, anyone can tell it! and it's not shocking at all)

4. i just bought a book about chocolate and pastries. i am happy, this is an initial step for my next dream!
(ha, you know what i am talking about)

5. i've been here in india for three months??? click, time flies by!
(ya, and i am planning my next trip; Diwali: Bikener and Jodhpur)

6. last sunday, i went for running at 11 PM until 1.30 AM
(well, running was only for few minutes [yeah right] then walking only. It was seriously fun)

you are not alone in your loneliness

2008-10-15T03:32:00.000-07:00

the flower said, "I wish I was a tree,"
the tree said, "I wish I could be a different kind of tree,"
the cat wished that it was a bee,
the turtle wished that it could fly, really high into the sky,
over rooftops and then dive deep into the sea.

and in the sea there is a fish,a fish that has a secret wish,
a wish to be a big cactus with a pink flower on it.
and the flower would be its offering of love to the desert.
and the desert,so dry and lonely,
that the creatures all appreciate the effort.

and the rattlesnake said, "I wish I had hands so I could hug you like a man."
and then the cactus said, "Don't you understand, my skin is covered with sharp spikes
that will stab you like a thousand knives. a hug would be nice, but hug my flower with your eyes."

the flower said, "I wish I was a tree,"
the tree said, "I wish I could be a different kind of tree,"
the cat wished that it was a bee,
the turtle wished that it could fly, really high into the sky,
over rooftops and then dive deep into the sea.

and then, again, in the sea there is a fish,a fish that has a secret wish,
a wish to be a big cactus with a pink flower on it.
and the flower would be its offering of love to the desert.
and the desert,so dry and lonely,
that the creatures all appreciate the effort.

later on, the rattlesnake again said, "I wish I had hands so I could hug you like a man."
and then the cactus said, "Don't you understand, my skin is covered with sharp spikes
that will stab you like a thousand knives. a hug would be nice, but hug my flower with your eyes."

damn rickshaw driver!!!

2008-10-13T04:21:00.000-07:00

i was so pissed off this morning! seriously!
so, i took rickshaw as usual to go work.. and as usual again, i asked the rickshaw driver if he was going to sec 17 or not, and i said CLEARLY: bus stand sec 17, setara! i bet it was soo clear, and in both languages; hindi and english!!!!! and he seemed understand, and said, hanji, das rupees! so i said ok..

and what the hell he brough me to the bus stand sector 43!!!!!! for god sake!!! does he understand hindi or what? i said SETARA!!!!! then after i realize this guy was going to 43, then i said BAS BAS, and he kept driving and asking Hanji?? and i said BAS BAS!!! and he kept driving, then i shout THEE K!!!! and he kept saying Hanji? Hanji?? argh! JUST STOP!!! bloody stupid rickshaw driver! he made me late for work! argggg..... but i still love india, anyway!

i met (saw) nik!! the founder and the owner of nik bakers!

2008-10-06T22:01:00.000-07:00

maybe this is a lil bit absurd, but it was exciting to met (saw) nikhil mittal, the founder and the owner of nik bakers. nik bakers is one of my favorite restaurant in chandigarh, and apparantly is the first restaurant that i visited in my first day in chandigarh, and it became my favorite since!

so, it was me and some other friends went for snacks at one evening few days ago, and i met (saw) him!! the famous NIK!! hahaha... maybe later if i meet (see) him again, i'll ask for a picture, hahahahaha... hey, he makes really awesome pastries, he deserved for become my favorite! =)

p.s. my favorite is veg surpreme pizza and chocolate touffle with hazelnut ice cream and chocolate topping, yummy!

ah, berisiknya negara ini!

2008-10-05T01:02:00.000-07:00

hm, jangan harap loe bisa tidur nyenyak mpe jam siang tanpa gangguan disini! awh, negara ini asli berisik! kaya semalam, ada acara keagaman gitu TEPAT didepan rumah gw mpe jam tiga pagi! udah kaya orgen tunggal! serius dah! bikin susah tidur...

trus ya, pagi pagi, pasti loe kebangun dgn lolongan penjual beraneka macam kebutuhan dapur! mulai jam tujuh, sudah ada yg teriak ALOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! ato PIEROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! ah, berlanjut silih berganti mpe siang! kadang mereka mpe adu kencang segala diantara para penjual ini! dan yg gak kalah berisiknya, pake PELUIT!!!!!! gile aja pagi dibagunin peluit kencang bgt! ahhh... masih blom cukup, ada yg lagi ngebangun rumah, lagi-lagi, TEPAT didepan rumah gw!! tonk tenk tink!!!! arrrgggghh!!!

anyway, gw masih bisa tidur mpe jam 4 sore kok [hahaha], cuman pasti kebangun, mete2 dulu beberapa menit, dan trus bobo lagi, hehehe...

[ps. td gw coba upload video kebisingan neighbourhood gw, cuman susah! lain kali ye!!]

dua bulan kerjaan gw..

2008-10-03T00:03:00.000-07:00

hm, gak mo ngeluh, gak mo komplein… cuman, anggap aja gw cerita deh!

ini tentang kelemahan gw.. gw disini dah dua bulan kerja, di authorGEN technologies, a really growing and expanding IT company di India. based in USA and Chandigarh, dua produk utama mereka adalah WiZiQ dan authorSTREAM.

dilihat dari TN form gw, kerjaan gw adalah online marketing, which is promoting dua website ini, researhing tergeted market, dan gw harusnya konsen di south east asia dan some other tasks. gw digaji 20.000 rupees, sekitar 500 us$, dengan status trainee. ini nurut gw banyak! dan klo dirata2in, living cost disini cuma maksimal 5.000 rupees sebulan [dgn catatan gak makan diluar tiap hari, gak ke fast food restaurant tiap bentar, gak ke bioskop tiga kali seminggu dan tentunya naik rickshaw kemana mana] hm, di tambah sewa flat 3000 rupees, berarti cuma 8000! sekitar 2jt rupiah! dan ini dah hidup enak bgt sebenarnya..

trus, kenapa gw komplein? gak komplen aja sih, gw ngerasa gak enak aja tiap hari.. kerjaan gw cuma online doank, sibuk meluncur di friendster, facebook, blog2 gw, dan segala macamnya... karena gw mang gak ada kerjaan.. ada sih daily activity gw, cuman itu bisa gw selesaian dalam waktu maksimal 2 jam, nah sisa 7 jam gw mo ngapain? hm, awal-awalnya sih gw senang, belajar banyak dan waktu itu kebetulan banyak kerjaan juga.. cuman, sekarang.. nothing! makin hari motivasi gw makin berkurang, dan gw makin males berinisiatif! klo gw liat disini, inisiatif adalah kuncinya.. gw gak terlalu dikasi tau apa kerjaan gw, ato apa yang harus gw kerjain, ato target apa yang harus gw capai, ato semacamnya dari bos gw. klo ada sesuatu yg urgent, baru gw dikasi kerjaan, dan sisanya? kayanya mang about initiatif!

gak ada tekanan sama sekali, gak ada deadline, gak ada pengawasan, bla bla bla… yang ada makin hari gw makin males.. gw tipe org yg kerja dibawah tekanan, tell me then i'll do it.. gw gak bisa berinisiatif dibidang ini, bidang ini terlalu baru buat gw, online marketing? sebelum ini gw gak kepikiran sama sekali buat dekat2 sama yg berbau IT. dan sekarang gw punya 10 bulan lagi disini.. sebulan belakangan gw benar2 merasa gak nyaman.. gw suka kerja, but i need someone to tell me what to do.. give me a guideline, deadline, a pressure, so then i can work! ato, dari semua ini, yg bisa gw lihat adalah gw kehilangan motivasi already…

conversation that i am gonna miss...

2008-09-30T01:45:00.000-07:00

ini beberapa conversation dirumah gw yg bikin gw ketawa terbahak bahak..

1. di dining room...
ola: hei, you want some papaya? you can have mine, i don't like it, it's so disqusting!
ganda: (dgn tampang masam) thank you ola!

2. ngegosip di kamar ola, dan piero lagi online..
piero: ow shit! oh my god! (dgn tampang kesel)
me: what's happening?!
piero: my mom just saw me online, ah, now i have to talk to her!!

3. di dining room, ola ma yuki sibuk dgn laptopnya...
justina: awh, i love yuki's laptop, so feminin, meant for girl.. i like it..
yuki: really? thank you..
ola: (ntah merasa offended ato apa) so do you think my laptop is so masculin??

4. gw ma ola lagi di dining room, dan gw lagi makan melon
me: you want some?
ola: what is that?
me: melon
ola: (surprised!) melon? melon? melon? M E L O N?
me: yes, ola, MELON!! just take it if you want!

5. mongin ttg binatang peliharaan
piero: we had a pudel before, and she died in july!
me: ow, your family gonna have another pet?
piero: no we don't need that, we have my little sister..

6. lanjutin mongin ttg adeknya piero
piero: she is 4 years old, and she is so pretty, she has a really nice curly hair, i hate to say this, but her hair is better than me! but she is annoying...
me: why?
piero: everytime people meet her and say: ow, you're so beautiful, and then she will say: ya, i know i know!

ow, i dont know what i'm gonna do without you guys anymore at home!
(klo dibaca aja sih gak lucu, it just about context!)

where should i go for the ied day?

2008-09-26T22:27:00.000-07:00

sabtu ini kerja, semua trainees dan aiesecers pada di hotel mountview for a complementary breakfast from chandigarh tourism office, dalam rangka rayain the world tourism day.. tdnya mo pegi, cuma tiba2 males, alhasil pas otw mo pegi, gw berubah pikiran buat lgs ke kantor aja... gak napsu ketemu aiesecers di pagi2 yg cerah gini! lagian puasa juga..

hm, pas dijalan mo ke kantor, gw mikir ntuk pegi traveling weekend ini.. lebaran kan hari kamis, trus sabtu depan gw gak kerja.. jadi bisa gw ambil one day off dihari jumat.. jadi gw bisa dapat 4 hari libur.. tapi masih mikir mo kemana... optionnya ada dua:

1. ke delhi-jaipur-agra
mungkin ini oke, jadi gw rabu malam ke delhi, trus shalat ied di delhi dan mampir ke kedubes RI, trus baru ke jaipur siangnya.. besoknya baru ke agra, ato kebalikan, agra dulu, baru jaipur... gw bisa pegi ma yuki!
2. ke goa
jadi ola dan justina ke goa hari selasa ini, trus mumbay dan t4 lainnya.. mungkin gw bisa berangkat rabu malam, dan nyampe goa besoknya, ketemu mereka disana, dan hari sabtunya balik lagi ke chandigarh.. cuman klo gini, gw gak bisa shalat ied donk.. masak gw mo berlebaran di kereta, sedih bener..

ya, blom tau nih.. gw males pegi, cuman males dirumah juga.. 4 hari bisa gila gw mati bosan ma piero doank! apa gw ke manali aja ya habis shalat ied? hm... ato pulang kampung ke bukittinggi aja deh...

i am the man who is not gonna move

2008-09-25T05:20:00.000-07:00

Going back to the corner where I first saw you,
Gonna camp in my sleeping bag I'm not gonna move,
Got some words on cardboard got your picture in my hand,
Saying if you see this girl can you tell her where I am,
Some try to hand me money they don't understand,
I'm not...broke I'm just a broken hearted man,
I know it makes no sense, but what else can I do,
How can I move on when I'm still in love with you...

Cos if one day you wake up and find that you're missing me,
And your heart starts to wonder where on this earth I can be,
Thinking maybe you'll come back here to the place that we'd meet,
And you'd see me waiting for you on the corner of the street.

So I'm not moving...

Policeman says son you can't stay here,
I said there's someone I'm waiting for if it's a day, a month, a year,
Gotta stand my ground even if it rains or snows,
If she changes her mind this is the first place she will go.

People talk about the guy
Who's waiting on a girl...
There are no holes in his shoes
But a big hole in his world...

and maybe I'll get famous as man who can't be moved,
And maybe you won't mean to but you'll see me on the news,
And you'll come running to the corner...
Cos you'll know it's just for you

I'm the man who can't be moved...

Cos if one day you wake up and find that you're missing me,
And your heart starts to wonder where on this earth I can be,
Thinking maybe you'll come back here to the place that we'd meet,
And you'd see me waiting for you on the corner of the street.

Going back to the corner where I first saw you,
Gonna camp in my sleeping bag not I'm not gonna move.

maling sialan, aiesecers chandigarh sialan, lcp aiesec chandigarh lebih sialan lagi!!!

2008-09-23T02:39:00.000-07:00

ah, gak nyangka gw dibelahan dunia ini ada LCP macam dia! seumur umur gw gak nemu aiesecers se songong dia dan jadi LCP pula!!! arrrrrggg!! mikir kejadian semalam aja gw dah kesel! makin keki tuh gw ma ni orang..

well, ceritanya gini, org2 dirumah gw pada kehilangan duit (beruntungnya gw dah jatuh miskin dari awal bulan, jadi gak punya duit buat dimaling...) in total itu nyaris 300 US$. banyak itu, gak lumayan lagi.. jadi hari itu kita dah ngunci gate depan, the main and the only entrance to the house! mang sih kuncinya kita tinggalin di kotak listrik, tp itu cuma kita dan aiesecers yg tau... kantor aiesecers di lantai satu, lantai dua dan tiga itu trainee house.. dan antara kantor dan rumah, ada satu pintu, dan biasanya kita kunci juga, aiesecers masuk dari pintu satu lagi, mereka punya kunci sendiri.. jadi pas ganda dan ola (the last two people that left the house yesterday) cabut jam satuan, ada satu aiesecer disana, dan ni org gak punya kunci buat ke kantor aiesec, jadi hanya bisa masuk dan keluar lewat pintu depannya rumah kita.. kita dah kunci gatenya, dan kita sengaja tinggalin kunci biar dia bisa keluar... kasian donk klo ke kunci disana..

nah... pas yuki pulang, pintu depan kebuka gede, dan ada beberapa aiesecers lg meeting di kantornya.. trus pas semua org rumah pada pulang, ternyata mereka pada kehilangan duit! ya karena jumlahnya lumayan, dan ini bukan yg pertama kali, kita complein donk! ni aiesecers seeaknya aja main biarin pintu kebuka gitu.. bukannya kita nuduh mereka, cuman itu jelas salah mereka biarin pintu kebuka gede kek gitu.. dan gw ma yuki gak ada kunci kamar, karena gw musti pake kunci kamar gw buat ngunci gate depan karena AIESECERS SIALAN itu ngilangin kunci kita, dan pas kita minta, mereka cuek aja!!!! uhhhh!!! ngetik ni aja gw dah emosi!!

jadi, kita bilang kita mo diskusiin ini ma LCPnya.. eh, pas si lcp ini datang, dgn tampang gak ramah sama sekali, masuk kerumah org, duduk, dan gw ada disitu di cuekin, sapa kek, apa kek.. dan kepaksa lah gw ngasi sapa sekedarnya! dan setelah kita cerita (complain) panjang lebar, ih dia malah bilang kaya gini: well, you guys should taking care of your own belonging, not me!!!!! and he kept say that all over the time and turned everything up side down! ya.. akhirnya perang mulut lah selama sejam! dan dia tetap gak mo disalahin, membernya yg goblok itu yg biarin pintu kebuka, dan ngilangin kunci kita, dan tetap nyalahin kita dan bilang it is your own fucking responsibility to taking care of your own stuff! what the FUCK!!!!!!! asli gw emosi bgt. tp gw seneng ganda bisa mukul meja di hadapannya, dan nunjuk2, dan maki2 dengan suara kenceng bgt! mati lo! harga diri loe sbg LCP dah di injak2 oleh trainee!!

mang dri awal gw dah gak seneng ma ni org! first impressionnya parah bgt dah! gak nyangka org kaya dia bisa jadi LCP!!! ancur deh ni LC Chandigarh!! parah!!!!! they have no service and learning! fuck them off!!!!! (ops, maap ye, emosi bgt nih...)

cerita gw tentang punjabi

2008-09-16T04:38:00.000-07:00

1. kenalan sama salah satu org Punjabi!
gw: hei, s'up? i am aL
mereka: hei, where do you come from?
gw: indonesia..
mereka: ow, great, you know what? i've been to UK bofore..
gw: (merasa aneh) ohya?
mereka: ya, and i will go to australia next month
gw: ohya? nice.. (dah malas nih senyum gw)
mereka: and my parents now in canada..
gw: ok (sambil berlalu pergi, hehehe)

2. kenalan lagi ma student di Chandigarh..
mereka: hei, what are you studying in Indonesia?
gw: i studied management.. just finished it..
mereka: ohy? i finished also my bachelor in commers few years back, and already finished my post graduate in business last year, and now doing my MBA
gw: oh really?
mereka: ya, and my MBA school is the best in india, it is really hard to get in, you know..
gw: congratulation then (mulai gak enak nih)
mereka: ya, and i will go to UK for another master degree after my MBA..
gw: oooohhhh.. hold a second (gw langsung pura2 nelpon)

3. ma student lainnya nih..
gw: where do you go to school here?
mereka: well, actually my school is here in chandigarh but the main campus is in vancouver, canada.. you know vancouver, right?!
gw: (bukan mo sombong, cuman keki aja gw ditanyain tau apa gak vancouver) ya, of course, i lived in BC before for almost 4 months before
mereka: (makin terpancing pamer nih) good, so i will go there to finish my second and third year.. my campus has the association with a canadian university in vancouver, so basically i am studying in canada right now.. you know what i mean, that's why i will go there next year..
gw: ow great.. (makin males)
mereka: ya, it's expensive, you know, my dad is a doctor!
gw: ooooo... I need to go to the toilet anyway (sekarang pura2 harus ke toilet gw)

4. Klo kenalan ma cewek Punjabi, dan tukeran nomor hp, dan dia nlp loe jam tiga pagi..
Dia: hallo aL, this is simmy
Gw: (alamak, siapa pula jam tiga pagi ini) simmy who? You know what time is it now?
Dia: I know, 3 AM, this is simmy, we met at score few hours ago..
Gw: (mikir… dan pas ingat) ooo.. ya.. hey, what’s up?
Dia: ya, good…
Gw: ok, what happen?
Dia: nothing… (diam ntuk beberapa saat)
Gw: ok… hm.. can I help you?
Dia: no no, just want to talk to you..
Gw: (jam tiga pagi???!!) hahha, ok, what you wanna talk?
Dia: nothing.. (trus diam lagi)
Gw: (mulai gerah nih gw) halo.. still there..??
Dia: halo..
Gw: hallo..
Gw: halo (dan sejuh yg gw ingat, cuma main halo2an aja mpe gw ketiduran lagi)

Hsssss… how do you think guys?!
punjabi adalah sebutan untuk orang2 dari punjab, salah satu state di India. mereka punya pride yg tinggi, bangga sebagai punjabi, dan tidak terlalu senang disebut indian..
mereka org berada, tajir bin kaya raya, dan banyak yg sudah berimigrasi ke negara-negara lain, terutama Canada dan UK. bahkan di toronto, ada satu mall yg isinya mereka semua, dan mereka mong punjabi disana.. gw tinggal di cahndigarh, dan itu ada di punjab.

umumnya penganut agama sikh. Mereka punya perawakan menawan luar biasa.. mereka tipe2 india aiswaryarai ato sahruk khan.. klo di indonesia, juga ada tuh, raam punjabi dan keluarga sebagai raja sinetron yang tajir gila, hehehehe.. sejauh gw kenal ma mereka, materi dan uang adalah penting banget buat mereka! bisa diliat donk dari percakapan gw diatas, hehehehe...

indian wedding.. it amazed me.. better than in the movie!

2008-09-11T04:16:00.000-07:00

so, i went to ravi's wedding last night.. ravi is my friend at work. i was expecting the wedding will be look like in the movie, you know what i am talking about, right?! but it was even better! for sure, no synchronized dancing, but it just soooo happening! people were so happy and dancing a lot! the food was also nice and it is the real wedding party, not just people come and eat, but people really had fun! and they have they own DJ!! how is that sound? i love the wedding and i love india and i want to get maried here! lol! here some pictures!

i really wanting to go to another indian wedding! =)

the heart of the matter! damn, i love this song!

2008-09-11T04:10:00.000-07:00

can't count how many times i play this song in one day.. i just keep repeat it over and over!such a fabulous song! here is the India Arie's version of this song (which is the best), when she performed it live.. and she is singing a lil bit her-own-version-of-rihanna also in this video... i love it so much!

two fabulos days in manali

2008-08-20T22:05:00.000-07:00

today is a really good day! well, it is still in the morning, but i already love my day! great! owya, HAPPY BIRTHDAY STAN!! yiay, this evening we will have a birthday party for stan at score, dinner first and then hit the dance floor! yiayy! can't wait to the party!

anyway, ya, i went to manali last weeekend. it was a three days holiday. we left chandigarh at 10 pm, and reach manali at 5 pm on the next day! yiaiksss! that long? well, actually there was a landslide on the way to get there, so we took longer way. we supposed to reach manali at least at 7 in the morning. but that's ok, since it was worthed! manali is GREAT! i really love it. we stayed in old manali, i shared room with ula and juliuz. the food was also really nice and good and cheap. i bought some stuffs, handmade books, bag and some more.

on the last day, me, natasa, ganda, ula and juliuz went to rohtang pass. it was two hours trip from manali. rohtang pass is the highest point of the region. the view was so breathtaking! it was really amazing. it was freezing as well and it was starting to rain when we decided to go back to manali. i took some pictures.

i am wanting to go back to manali either in winter or in spring.. let see later!

next trip: probably daramshala, or any better idea?

pauline's last days in chandigarh

2008-08-20T21:38:00.000-07:00

we had fun before pauline left. on pauline's last wednesday in chandigarh, we cooked the famous pauline pasta. and we were planning to eat the dinner on the roof, but it was raining. so, we cooked pasta, and i cooked chicken creamy as well, and we had fruits salad also. it was really good and cheap! we only share 50 rupees each for the food, wow!

there were aline, stan, ganda, natasa, ola, toghori and reyan as well (where was piero? At the gym, of course!). after that fabulous meals, we went to score (of course, it was wednesday evening!!). it was really pauline's night since they played some rihanna and shakira's songs! hahahah! pauline made the requests and really made sure the dj played those songs!

we still really wanna to eat on the roof, so we were planning to having breakfast on the roof, but we woke up pretty late that morning so we just ate breakfast and she made a really nice chai! awh! i didn't know there is a famous chai pauline also! =)

i said good bye that morning, since i was leaving to manali at the night, so probably wouldn't see her! and we took rickshaw together to work, and gave my last hug in the rickshaw and that rickshaw rolled on my feet after. Awch! pauline said the driver did it on purpose?! =(

I’ll see you later pauline, in belgium, and we will have dinner (pasta and chai Pauline) on the roof! we’ll find a roof later in belgium =)

i don’t like to see people leaving

2008-08-20T21:35:00.000-07:00

after nithin, now angie's turn! she went back home! it was a really sad morning! =(
i'll see you later angie, we will eat dosa, samosa, rice pudding with vanilla ice cream and mango, cooking and share food again someday! =) and of course travelling! i already miss you!

anyway, this picture below was taken at angie's last mocca, look at piero's face and hand. =)

manali, rakhi festival, dinner on the roof!

2008-08-13T04:57:00.000-07:00

long long long weekend! mubazir rasanya kalo gw gak kemana mana.. jadi gw mutusin besok mo ke manali! yeiy! i have been dreaming to go to manali since the first time i got here, and of course setelah di doktrin nithin! hehehehe..
jadi jumat ini independence day nya india, jadi libur! hari sabtunya ada rakhi fertival, jadi juga libur. minggu, ya jelas libur lah. jadi gw bakal ikut anak-anak ke manali, dan gw stay disana mpe minggu, dan mereka sih mo lanjut ke dharamsala. gw mah ntar-ntar aja ke dharamsala.
speaking about rakhi festival, jadi ini semacam festifal keluarga. sadara cewek masangin gelang ma sodara cowoknya di hari tanggal 16 itu. so sweet, uh? dan gw dah dapat gelang gw sendiri, dari angie, dan gw minta dipasangin di kaki, hahah! sekarang bertenggerlah sebuah gelang dipergelangan kaki gw, which is cool! =)
ohya, malam ini kita mo makan di atap! jadi ini bakal makan malam terakhir pauline di rumah (she is leaving on friday) dan kita mutusin buat makan bareng di atap! jadi bakal kerja keras nih, ngangkat2 meja dan kursi ke atas, hehehehe.. tapi, itu semua klo gak hujan! dan bentar ini gw liat sih dah hujan, jadi mudah mudahan reda lah! tapi, mo hujan mo ngak, SCORE is still going! YIAY!!!

meet people at sector 37 house...

2008-08-12T04:42:00.000-07:00

hm, sekarang gw kenalin deh satu satu teman teman hebat gw di trainee house sector 37 chandigarh.

dari kiri ke kanan ya, pauline (belgium), nithin (usa), you know who (you know where), ola (poland), ganda (indonesia), angie (usa), piero (brazil)

foto ini di ambil di depan mocha, the sisha place, pas malam terakhir nithin di rumah sector 37. ya, nithin dah pulang kampung hari minggu kemaren. trus, angie juga hari ini balik =(. trus pauline mo cabut juga hari jumat ini, dan piero pindah ke mumbay akhir september dan ganda juga mo pulang ke indonesia akhir september, habis itu ola juga pulang bulan oktober. dan tinggal lah gw sendiri, huhuhuhu! the house will never ever be the same anymore! mudah-mudahan ada banyak trainee yang datang lah bulan bulan ini.

shimla!

2008-08-12T03:36:00.000-07:00

awalnya sih gw mo dirumah saja di weekend itu. lagian sabtu itu gw masuk kerja. cuman ni orang-orang disekitar gw pada rencanain mo ke shimla. i have no idea how shimla is at the time. cuman, mikir, ngapain juga gw dirumah sendirian, akhirnya ikut juga lah si alfajri alwis ini kesana. rame juga rombongannya, ada gw, angie, nithin, chow (korsel), ken (china), ulla dan ulech (polandia). hm, pergi, kita naik tourist train. ha, jalannya lamaaaa bgt! tp dikabin itu cuma ada kita bertujuh, dan they served us with tea and food! nice!

Berangkat jam 5 pagi dari kalka (lagi-lagi bangun pagi jam3) dan nyampe jam 11 di shimla. ah, gw berasa di atap dunia! speechless deh klo diomongin ma kata kata, liat di foto aja deh.

selain sight seeing, these were our destinations:
1. The Ridge Road. Seen in the picture are the Church, and the State library and of course nithin =)

2. jakhu hill: 2 km from shimla, at a height of 8000 ft, Jakhu Hill is the highest peak and offers a beautiful view of the town and of the snow-covered Himalayas. st the top of the hill, is an old temple of Hanuman, which is also the home of countless playful monkeys waiting to be fed by all visitors. cuman monyet monyetnya kurnag ajar, gak kaya di indonesia, suak ambil makanan dan barnag ornag. kacamata ula malah dicuri!

3. Mall Road, which is the main street in Shimla, the capital city of Himachal Pradesh, India. Constructed during the British colonial rule, the Mall road is located a level below the ridge. 4. My favorite, THE PALACE! foto-foto ni bakal jelasin gimana bisa tempat ini jadi favorit gw.

Well, it was raining, and we had to walk EVERYWHERE! gak ada bajai ato becak india disini. dan hiking ke jakhu hill was the hardest! hehehe, dasar gw yang malas aja. lama bgt gw nyampe puncak! terus sepanjang jalan juga perang ma monyet2.

ohya, ni dia orang-ornag dalam rombongan shimla trip!
Rencananya sih mo balik lagi pas winter ntar, mungkin rayain tahun baru disini! let see later!

officially my first week in chadigarh..

2008-08-12T02:42:00.000-07:00

seminggu pertama di chandigarh. pulang dari amritsar nyampe jam 11 siang, sorenya gw langsung masuk kerja. ketemu untuk pertama kalinya trainee lain yang kerja disini juga. rafael dari kolumbia, dan stan dari china. stan dah beberapa bulan disini, jadi dia bantu gw banyak untuk adaptasi dan menjawab semua pertanyaan bodoh gw tentang kerja di kantor ini. thanks a lot stan! rafato juga mo disini setahun. jadi gw ada teman selama setahun disini.

ni makan siang gw dikantor! yummy!

orang-orang di kantor baek, ramah dan asik lah. cuman agak sedikit rasis, ooopps! gapapa lah! anyway, boss gw, gak kalah kerennya. enak bgt. gak pernah ngebossi, ngasi tau pelan pelan (secara gw kan gaptek, trus sekarang gw ngadapin IT stuff) trus bahasanya jauh lebih bisa dimengerti dibanding yang lain.

no compalin lah gw disini, or try to not complain. ohya, by the way, gw sukses pulang naik bis tanpa nyasar pas hari kedua gw ngantor! YEIY!! hebat kan? hahaha.. well, hari pertama gw naik becak, so gak mungkin nyasar. nah anehnya, hari hari berikutnya gw pasti nyasar mulu. klo mau pergi sih gampang. mo pulang yang susuah. Pas naik bis, klo gak kecepetan turun, ato gak bus stop nya kelewatan, naik rickshaw, malah lebih parah lagi kaya hari ini! sebelumnya, rickshaw itu kaya gini nih:

jadi, gw bilang 37 market, dan gw pikir dia ngerti.. main naik aja gw, dan kebetulan cepat penuh juga.. ya udah, gw nikmatin lah itu pemandangan kota chandigarh yg lumayan sejuk setelah hujan, sambil terus hapalin jalan...nah... sampai keenakan bengong, tiba-tiba gw sampai dijalan yg aneh, gak gw kenal, dan ada tulisan welcome to moholi! ANJRIT!!! panik donk gw! mana si sopir gak bisa bhs inggris lagi! dan gw panik (ya gak segitu paniknya sih, secara mohali cuma 20 menit dr rumah gw, heheh) dan teriak teriak (gak teriak juga sih) anybody speak english??? dan setelah di tranlate sana sini, akhirnya disepakati klo gw bakal diantar balik ke 37 market, dan bayar 20 rupee! ya, klo ini sih ok, 20 rupe cuma 4500, dan bisa main2 bentar ke moholi, heheheh! pulang pulang gw kelaparan makan burger ayam bikinan sendiri modal 20 rupee lagi, hihaa!!

amritsar!

2008-08-12T02:19:00.000-07:00

setelah bersitegang dengan vp tn @ chandigarh tentang kedatangan dan perihal homestay gw, akhirnya gw mutusin buat pergi ke amritsar, ntuk liat golden temple hari minggu tanggal 27 juli. ohya, sebelumnnya, gw pergi ke kebun binatang ma gandha, nithin, angie, rowan dan natasha pas hari sabtu (kemarennya). weekend pertama gw di chandigarh.

anyway, amritsar. jadi gw pergi ma angie, kristina-trainee dr kanada tinggal di trainee house in panchkula, dan victoria-trainee dr uk yang baru datang hari sabtu. Meet them...

so, kita berangkat dari rumah jam empat pagi! yo ai! jam EMPAT, hehehehe.. naik bus ke amritsar lima jam kurnag lebih, dan myampe situ jam sebelas. tanpa basa basi, kita langsung ke golden temple! huaa! gw langsung terkesima (alamak bahasa gw) dengan kuil umat sikhisme ini. kereen bgt dan rame dan panas!! hehehehe! keringat gw dah lima ember nih sejauh ini. here are some pictures of it..

foto yang terakhir ini gw ambil pas malam. malam kita balik lagi ke golden temple ini dan nginap disana! it was really cool, cuman gak bisa tidur nyenyak. bentar2 ada aja yang bangunin buat pindah! tapi.. golden tempel is amazing!

ohya, selain ke golden temple, kita juga pergi ke perbatasan india-pakistan. hm, ada semacam ceremony gitu lah yang nurut gw sih aneh, cuman the air was so great! suasana kebangsaan org2 india disana yang bikin gw betah bertahan mandi keringat selama hampir tiga jam dibawah terik matahari (aneh bgt kata-kata yang gw pake!). ada sekitar seribu orang tuh paling kurang. sejauh ini keringat gw udah sebelas setengah ember!

rame kan?

ohya, sebelum ke border ini kita juga ke monumen dan museum tentang pembantaian masal di amritsar oleh kolonial inggris tahunan lalu.

over all, the trip was GOOD!

Chandigarh oh Chandigarh!

2008-08-12T02:10:00.000-07:00

huaa! nyampe chandigarh juga gw akhirnya setelah dua hari di kereta (chennai-delhi). hm, keretanya lumayan, gw naik kelas 2A, which was quite good! trus, pas nyampe delhi gw langsung shock! gila ni kota jelek dan kotor banget, hehehe.. gw bener bener gak mikir untuk main2 dulu beberapa jam di delhi (mo main apaa? gaplek?) karena kotanya KACAU! gw langsung aja buru buru ke ISBT-intersection bus terminal buat naik bus ke chandigarh. Rencananya mo naik volvo bus, tp org terminal bilang gak ada, ya udah naik deluxe aja! gw pikir deluxe ada ac nya, ternyata cukup di sepoi sepoin dnegan angin dr kipas angin! blurr! lima jam yang sangat lama..

nyampe chandigarh sekitar jam2, dan dijemput gandha ke ISBT sec 17 chandigarh. langsung ke trainee house sec 37, dan makan kfc! tetap ya, kemanapun gw pergi, kfc adalah tujuan utama, hahaha. hari itu gw ketemu nithin, angie, pauline dan olla-penghuni rumah 37 untuk pertama kalinya, and i already like them since..

nyampe chandigarh tgl 25 juli 2008.

my first days in india

2008-08-12T02:04:00.000-07:00

bluift, disini gw gak usah cerita perjuangan gw buat ke india lha ya.. it will be a novel-size blog klo misalnya gw cerita disini.

so, gw nyampe chennai semalam, 4 jam penerbangan dari singapura! gile aja tiger airways penerbangan selama itu gak ngasi even a bottle of water! yg ada gw kehausan sepanjang malam... ya terpaksa deh beli mineral water yg dijajakan di pesawat seharg SG$3! mampus! cuma 300 ml lagi! tp ga papa lha, no complain if you take budget flight!

ok, nyampe di india, gw harus nlp seseorng yg mo jemput gw ke airport.. dan kebetulan ada phonebooth, trus, gw nanya: "can i use this phone?" dan orangnya geleng2. gw heran, kok org lain bisa pake. trus gw tanya lagi, dia tetep geleng geleng, cuma ngasi tanda mempersilahkan! hehehe. pelajaran no1: di india, geleng geleng berati iya!

trus, gw naik bajai (serius, bajai) dr airport ke hotel, gw bayar sekitar 50ribu.. gila, ntah mahal ntah ngak, tp gw enjoy nikmatin kota chennai dimalam hari, perjalanan sekitar 45 menit...
sekarang, gw lagi di warnet dekat hotel.. murah bgt internetnya, tp air disini mahal! dimana panas lgi!

so, sore ini gw naik kereta 40 jam ke delhi, habis itu baru ke chandigarh.. so, i'll be in chandigarh on 25th.. save money gw naik kereta, klo pesawat, cukup mahal!