Songs for you, truths for me

I fall in love with James Morrison :D

Yesterday, I got his newest album "Songs for you, truths for me", and it's really great. This 24 year-old-englishman know how to knock down people with his beautiful lyrics, husky voice, and guitar play. I played "please don't stop the rain" over and over last night and still not over it. He work with Ryan Tedder of One Republic for this song, yay... that can explain the piano part that is so One Republic kind of sound. Thanx Visa for this album... you're a lifesaver!

If it's gonna be a rainy day
There's nothing we can do to make it change
We can pray for sunny weather
But that won't stop the rain
Feeling like you got no place to run
I can be your shelter 'til it's done
We can make this last forever
So please don't stop the rain

From a radio announcement in Transjakarta bus Koridor 1...

"perhatian buat penumpang traja yang menemukan dompet hitam, ada yang kehilangan, di dalamnya terdapat dua buah hp merk nokia, kalo baik ya silakan kembalikan ke yang punya, kalo gak juga gak apa-apa, walau kayaknya gak akan dibalikin juga"

Hehehehe... It's a little funny. Usually, an announcer never give her/his personal comments, but in this case, I guess the announcer is quite bored :p

Another interview...

Yesterday, when I was watching Kyle XY at Star Movies, my phone rang... and tadaaaa... it's from Telkomsel (it's the real one!), and guess what? I have to attend an interview at 3 p.m. at Wisma Mulia Jakarta. Hmmm... ok, I just have an hour to prepare and less than 3 hours to arrive at Wisma Mulia... nice.

Alhamdulillah... I can catch up with it. Cipularang really make it easier to travel jakarta-bandung in a day. Honestly, this jakarta-bandung-jobseek-trip has been a habit for me, and it's quite fun... hehehe... :p

Me, myself and internet

It's already January 24, 7 days until february, but... my speedy quota has out of limit -_-. Ugh, I can hear my father shout right in my ear, "PUPUT!!! BERAPA KALI PAPAH BILANG, PAKE SPEEDYNYA YANG AWET!!! KENAPA BISA LEWAT KUOTA LAGI HEH???"

errr... why??? lets see, ummm... I did a lot of download from Youtube, not to mention some streaming, browse several sites with heavy images, blog and facebook update, and yeah... download some mp3 too ----- Ok, my bad, sorry father m(_ _)m

Internet has been the center of my daily life this last 2 years. No day without check email, no day without rileks (when I still in college), and no day without update blog and blogwalking. A year ago me and my parent make an agreement that I won't go out pass maghrib anymore (except it is really necessary), then they'll make the internet available at home. I did some survey and decide that 1GB speedy package is the most suitable for me at the time.

But this last 3 months, the speedy bills has out of its normal. The worst is November's bill, it's almost 1 million, from a normal 220 thousand (I can still remember my father's anger that time -_-). And this month, once again, the quota usage has been out of limit. Seems that 1GB quota is not sufficient for my internet needs anymore. With me being jobless, stay at home almost everyday, and no activity that can makes me away from my laptop, internet is the only thing left. Haaahhh... I must do other activity, make myself occupied and away from internet for a while, until I get a job and can pay my own internet bill. Any suggestion?

nb : I make this post at a warnet... and it's really slowwwww...

Anyer-Panarukan

I found this interesting book at Gramedia today. Published by Kompas and seems to be a journalistic report of an expedition through anyer-panarukan road. The story behind anyer-panarukan road has fascinated me since I'am in elementary school. My grandmother always told me the story everytime we pass the statue of Pangeran Kusumadinata (a.k.a Pangeran kornel) with Daendels at Cadas Pangeran. Pangeran Kusumadinata is the Bupati at the time, he is known as the one that fight Daendels and his plan to build a road through the rocky mountain at cadas pangeran. Cadas pangeran road is one of the toughest path in anyer-panarukan road, 5 thousand people died in the process. Despite all the bloody history of anyer-panarukan road, we can't doubt that the road is really useful. It's linked the most-west to the most-east of Java island and some path became part of pantura road now.

Right now, cadas pangeran is my favorite spot in my Bandung-Sumedang-mudik-trip. I like the forest, the cliff, even the monkey that can be spotted in the sideway, it's so peaceful, especially when you pass it in the bike and listening to the song "Indah Damai" by 4 peniti in your mp3 player, like I usually do :D

I want the book, it cost quite much and of course I don't have enough money at the moment, but I will buy it as soon as I get the money. The book makes me think to do an anyer-panarukan road trip someday, that will be very interesting. It has been listed to my holiday-plan-list.

a morning call... stupid call!

It's a beautiful morning. The sun shine through my window, and the cloud seems to be go away, nice. I lay on my bed, trying to remember my imaginary to-do-list and arrange some plan, then my phone ring, don't know the number...

me : Halo, assalammualaikum...
the caller : waalaikumsalam, selamat pagi mbak, nama saya XXXXXXX, saya menelpon atas nama PT. Telkomsel Jakarta
(this time I wake up abruptly and walk outside my room to get better signal)
me : oh iya pak...
the caller : begini mbak, kami mau mengucapkan selamat...
me : (smile... a very huge smile!)
the caller : dalam rangka perayaan ulang tahun simpati telkomsel yang ke 14, kami mau mengucapkan selamat bahwa anda termasuk satu dari tiga pemenang undian berhadiah kami
me : (and the smile gone, completely gone!)
the caller : mbak menonton TV tadi malam?
me : gak (ugh, I want to hit something!)
the caller : iya mbak, tadi malam kami menayangkan undiannya secara nasional di TV, mbak mendapatkan hadiah sebesar 10 juta lima ratus ribu rupiah dan pulsa simpati sebesar satu juta rupiah.
me : oh
the caller : karena itu kami ingin meminta data nomor rekening mbak agar hadiah tersebut dapat dengan aman ditransfer ke rekening anda.
me : saya gak punya rekening
the caller : mungkin orang tua mbak...
me : gak punya juga
the caller : kalau begitu mungkin kami bisa meminta alamat rumah mbak sehingga kami bisa mengantarkan hadiahnya langsung ke rumah mbak
me : mas, kok saya gak pernah denger soal promosi ini ya?
the caller : oh memang baru hari ini mbak...
(if it just today, so how come they got the winner so fast??? stupid!)
me : jangan becanda deh mas, kakak saya kerja di telkomsel, dia gak bilang ada yang beginian...
the caller : oh di telkomsel mana mbak, ini dari telkomsel jakarta
me : iya, dia kerja di telkomsel jakarta, di wisma mulia
the caller : wisma mulia? mana ada kantor telkomsel di wisma mulia

and that's the time I lost my patience, I shut the call. Stupid! What a stupid fraudster! For your information, wisma mulia is the headquarter of telkomsel, not to mention that half of the building is their office, and yes, I'm sure about it, cause it is where I did my interview two days ago. Please, at least try to be smart if you want to do some fraud, but hey... if you're smart, you won't do fraud. Ugh, it ruins my beautiful morning. I hope that stupid guy get an accident or something.

I'm back...

Another trip to Jakarta, another test and another interview. My mom said that she's tired to see me go and back without clear result. But hey mom, that was the interesting part of being a jobseeker pro :D

Something caught my attention when I pass by Tosari busway shelter at Sudirman. There's a new building, still in the finishing phase, but I thought the design is unique. The first time I see it, it reminds me of UNO stacko tower, with some pieces out of the way, I just hope it's not as easy to collapse as the UNO stacko tower. Hehehe...
The area around Bundaran Hotel Indonesia is like jungle of skycrapper right now. After Grand Indonesia build 2 tower, Hyatt also add 2 tower to its complex, not to mention several new building at Tosari and the back area of Grand Indonesia (I don't know the area name). Hmmm... I remember, back in 2006 when I live in Jakarta for 2 months, Hotel Indonesia Kempinski is still in renovation, the apartment tower is not done yet and the office tower doesn't have a name yet (it's BCA tower right now), and the new tower in Hyatt just has the foundation done. Despite all the crisis issues, maybe the property business still has its spirit.

Ku Bahagia

Permainan baru, di tag ama Ida lewat Facebook, hasilnya adalah...

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1. Put your music on shuffle.
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS!
4. Tag 10 friends who might enjoy doing the memo as well as the person you got the memo from.
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1. WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY?
TVXQ- You're my melody
*nah lho... langsung dapet ini, beneran lho dari shuffle, bukan gw yg milih permulaan... haha... apa ya artinya...asa teu nyambung da...
'Closing my eyes, listening to the sounds around me, Your soul, your tiniest thoughts'...


2. WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
Fastball - out of my head
*'Don't matter what I say only what I do, I never mean to do bad things to you'

3. HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY?
The Cranberries - Linger
*'I thought nothing could go wrong, But I was wrong...I was wrong'

4. WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?
VA - Just stand up
*YEAHHHH... keren!
'If the mind keeps thinking you've had enough, but the heart keeps telling you don't give up... through it all just stand up!'

5. WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE?
Paramore - Decode
*EDWARDDDDD....... hahaha... fangirl abis dah, lets make it sounds cool : I want to decode the secret code of the universe!
Hmmm... kok malah jadi susah ya? haduh, gw berharap jawabannya itu 'Live your life' nya T.I.

6. WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
Dewi Lestari - Peluk
*pada pengen meluk gw ya... hehehe...

7. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?
Demi Lovato - This is real, this is me
*euleuh...asa narsis...

8. WHAT IS 2+2?
Iron & Wine - Flightless brid, american mouth
*cocok! Baik pertanyaan maupun lagu yang jadi jawaban sama-sama gak jelas...

9. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?
Garbage - Androginy
*wakwaw...

10. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Maliq - Mata Telinga Hati
*'benarkah cinta diatas segalanya???'

11. WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
Ipang - Sahabat kecil
*'bersamamu kuhabiskan waktu, senang bisa mengenal dirimu...'
gw memang merasa senang bertemu semua orang yang gw kenal...

12. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
Beyonce - If I were a boy
*haiya... gw senang, bahagia, dan bangga jadi cewek...

13. WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
All 4 one - Someone who lives in your heart
*ugh...

14. WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
Wonder Girls - This fool
*gak tau arti lagunya, tapi kalo dari judulnya diambil kesimpulan "this fool = the wedding" :p

15. WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Peterpan - Mimpi yang sempurna
*waw... mimpi yang sempurna, sumpah banget gak nyata deh... hahaha...

16. WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
Younha - The Sound of Rain
*Listening to the sound of rain = daydreaming a.k.a ngalamun, lumayan pas lah...

17. WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
James Morrison - You make it real
*First line :'There's so much craziness surrounding me'

18. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
TATU - You and I
*'You and I, for the rest of our lives...'

19. WHAT'S THE WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN?
Plus one - Here in my heart
*'here in my heart is picture of us...' Oh yeah... that's the worst thing that could happen to me...

20. WHAT MAKES YOU CRY?
TVXQ - Eternal
*hadoh... lebay dah...

21. WHAT MAKES YOU LAUGH?
Pure Saturday - Nyala
*'percayalah terang akan datang di saat yang tidak terduga...'
kenapa ini bikin gw ketawa??? kenapa jawabannya gak goyang duyu ya??

22. WHAT IS THE ONE THING YOU REGRET?
Avril Lavigne - Innocence
*'This innocence is brilliant'... stupid thought!

23. HOW WILL YOU DIE?
Ne-Yo - Go on Girl
*Ne-Yo said 'she was out riding in some other man's car', thanx Ne-Yo... I won't riding some other man's car, I'll out riding my own car... hehehe...

24. WILL YOU EVER GET MARRIED?
James Morrison feat Nelly Furtado - Broken Strings
*nah lho...nah lho... kumaha tah??? Or let me make the line "for me, getting married is like playing on broken strings, 'you can't play on broken strings'... so, marriage won't work for me"... kekekke... :p

25. WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
Bacelor girl - buses and train
*'hey mom...You just let me go, out into the world'... hmmm... jadi gitu ya ceritanya Ma???

26. DOES ANYONE LIKE YOU?
Dido - Don't believe in love
*ugh... maybe people try to say that 'If I don't believe in love, Nothing will last for me...'

27. WHAT SCARES YOU THE MOST?
Brandy - fall
*nice... i scare to fall, but the song told me 'don't be afraid...just fall'

28. IF YOU COULD GO BACK IN TIME, WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE?
Blaque - As If
*bingung nyambunginnya... si gw jadi 'I' atau 'You' nih... hahaha...

29. WHAT WILL YOU POST THIS AS?
Sherina - Ku Bahagia
*Alhamdulillah... hehehe :D
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Haha... hasilnya lumayan lucu dan gw sambung-sambungin aja ama pertanyaannya :D