My Gadgets

Yep, i am going to tell you about my gadgets.
Not much to tell... But this is my esteem to them all...
You may laugh at this, but i gave name to almost all my gadgets, and act like they have feeling... :p

1. HarNyo
HarNyo stands for "Harapan Nyokap" (A mother's hope). This is a Compaq ASUS Black Notebook. I got it in 2005, when i am going to the National Science Olympiad for Informatics. My mom bought it for me, to support my learning and practice. That's why i call it her hope... It represents her hope upon me... But, too bad i failed... T_T. Now, HarNyo has finished his lifecycle... It is broken, and the flexibility got split up. I am still trying to find a way to get HarNyo back to life.

2. KulTis
KulTis stands for "Kuliah Gratis" (Free College). This is a Macbook White 2.16 GHz, 1 GB of RAM, 14.4 inches widescreen. I got it in mid 2007, when i am ready to be a student in Universitas Pelita Harapan. Why is it called Free College? Because at that time, the price of this KulTis is about 1200 Dollars, the same price with my tuition fee after cut by the scholarship. In fact, by paying the tuition fee, we got the laptop. But this time, i think vice versa, by buying KulTis, i got my college tuition fee FREE! :p

3. NGAGE
Don't read it as it is in "engage", but read it as "AND-GUH-GEH". yes, it is Nokia N-Gage. Quite a rare thing nowadays, but mine is already "half-broken". I got it in 2005, the early months. I got this when i am about to go to the hospital because of sickness. And miraculously, the disease vanished. :p. NGAGE already lost some of its part, and it is already unable to be charged. But i still use it till now, since so many memories i passed with NGAGE as my active Phone.

4. 69
Yeah, this N70 of mine is called 69, because something is missing from it. I don't know why but everytime i got a new casing for this phone, there must be something missing. First, i bought a silverish casing, and the missing part is the memory card knob. Then i bought a black one, the missing part is the POWER BUTTON. Lastly, i bought this black silver casing, and the missing part is the CROSS BUTTON (Navigational Button). Dang! :p

*:i will post the pictures soon. So keep your eyes on this site. :p

Corruption is Everywhere

Well... we all know what corruption is...

Corruption, when applied as a technical term, is a general concept describing any organized, interdependent system in which part of the system is either not performing duties it was originally intended to, or performing them in an improper way, to the detriment of the system's original purpose. Its original meaning has connotations of evil, malignance, sickness, and loss of innocence or purity.
(taken from en.wikipedia.org)

ok, maybe some of you asked, "Why do you say everywhere??"

well, this is only my thought :
1. When we are @ School or Campus, we often came late. THIS IS CORRUPTION. We took some more time to have our "Leisure", and these LATENESS gave us some reason for not coming into the class.

2. When we are paying for our bill in a restaurant or a mart, we often "cut" the change. For example, if we buy some cigarettes in the mart, that cost 6525 Rupiahs, we often pay 7000, and only got 400 in return. THIS IS CORRUPTION. Think about their profit. 1 person will give them 75 rupiahs, 2 will give them 150. What about a "mega market" with 10000 customer a day???

3. When we want to wake up from sleep, we often say : "a little more minute will be okay", even though we are already late to go to school or campus. THIS IS CORRUPTION

4. When we are viewing a video, or a movie in DVD, we often SKIP the advertisements or the "not-so-cool" parts. THIS IS CORRUPTION. Think about the time they take in making those films. Advertisements is the only way they get their profit (even though indirectly) , and WE ARE CUTTING IT DOWN.

5. When we are going to drink, we often fill the glass to the "almost-full" state. And we drink it, to the "almost empty" state. Then we wash it up. THIS IS ALSO A CORRUPTION. If a person disposes 20ml of water every time he drinks, and he drinks 5 times a day, it makes a person disposes 100 ml of water a day. In this world, there are MORE THAN FIVE BILLION PEOPLE. I don't want to calculate the image, because it will only show our "barbaric corruption"

6. When we are in the class, we should have been listening to the lecturer or the people speaking in front. But instead of doing so, we often chat with friends, or even blog (like what i am doing now, i am in a class), or sleeping. THIS IS CORRUPTION.

Now, think about it, if some people says : "CORRUPTORS GO TO HELL", then no wonder that the heaven will be very vacant. =)

ps : this is made not to make any people feel harassed, just to make us AWARED.

Girls are from Venus

Yeah, you must've known these words : "Men are from Mars, women are from Venus". For me, these words only mean one thing : men can't understand women, and vice versa, and women will ALWAYS be different from men, even though emancipation truly exists.


I will show some common seen differences (or discrimination?) of men and women, and my responds about it:

1. Women may cry, and men shouldn't.

• I don't see any connection between the gender and the "crying" thing, do you? When we were still a baby, did somebody laugh at a baby boy because he is crying? No, right? So why do we have to laugh at a crying man, which is theoretically only "a bit older" than the baby boy? Crying is normal, especially because it can wash up our cornea faster... =)

1. Women can complaint twice as much as men do

• Yes, this is it! Women complaint VERY MUCH. And the worse thing is, the complaint is usually focusing on the small things, which are UNIMPORTANT. For example : "oh, i won't be able to go to the party tonight, i have no cloth to wear on". Oh COME ON! You had yourself a cabinet full of branded clothes, and you still say so?
  

1. Women think too much, men act more

• I agree with this, because a woman is always dilemmatic when taking a decision. They take longer and longer times as the problem grows more complicated. BUT, they will take even long times for such simple things, like choosing the right color of clothes, or choosing where to sit in the cinema. And do you know that men hate that, girls?? :p
  

1. Women is always the "victim"

• When a relationship is broken, the only thing people hope to do is calming the girl. The boy is always left out the door. Why?? They always think that men are always the reason of a broken relationship. Women, which are usually seen as "weaker" always took the "victim" position, even though they are the real reason.
  

1. Women always wait for men to move

• Oh hoooo... COME ON GIRLS, speak up. Haha... Myself as a man, i agree with this, i always make the first move. But do you know, that having a girl moving for you first will melt a boy down. At least that's what i see. Aggressive girls? Why not? But not too aggressive i think. haha...

FOR THOSE WHO READ THIS POST :
boys/men : this is what i see from myself, so if you differ from me, feel free to tell me what your opinion is
girls/women : sorry if you felt like i am discriminating, but this is what i feel. No hard feelings, okay? :p

this post was made without trying to discredit any single living person in this world. NO OFFENSE. =)

Apple MacBook

I am now using an Apple MacBook white, 2.16 GHz, 1GB RAM, and 120GB HDD. I have several complaints about this product, but maybe this is my own mistake (?). I used BootCamp in Mac OS X, so i can use Windows also. But the Windows show some "complaint-able" things.

1. Sometimes the contrast gets darker, then lighter, then dark again, and so on. It continues for 3-4 seconds. I find it very annoying, because my eyes aren't good anymore, and they are very sensitive to things like that.
   
2. If in case my laptop turned to Sleep mode when it is in Windows mode, it is really erroneous when turned back on. It can't be shut down, and some errors show up themselves, like "Network Cable 2 has been unplugged" (i don't use any network cables...) or "Application failed to initialize, because rxgvrw.dll is not found" (the rxgvrw is not real, i forgot the letter sequence, and i don't want to try again

I am quite disappointed. Can somebody tell me the solution to these things?

Kepompong -Sind3nTosca

Dulu kita sahabat
teman begitu hangat
mengalahkan sinar mentari

dulu kita sahabat
berteman bagai ulat
berharap jadi kupu-kupu

kini kita berjalan berjauh-jauhan
kau jauhi diriku karena sesuatu
mungkin ku terlalu bertingkah kejauhan
tapi itu karena kusayang

reff :
persahabatan bagai kepompong
mengubah ulat menjadi kupu-kupu
persahabatan bagai kepompong
hal yang tak mudah berubah menjadi indah

reff2 :
persahabatan bagai kepompong
maklumi teman hadapi perbedaan
persahabatan bagai kepompong
na na na na na na na na na...

English Translation:
We used to be best friends
We were friends, oh so warm
Our warmth can even beat the sun

We used to be best friends
befriend like we're caterpillars
hoping to be a butterfly

but now you and i walk on our each way
you stay away from me because of something i do
maybe i did too far beyond
but it's just because i care

Reff:
Friendship is like a cocoon
Transform a caterpillar, making it a butterfly
Friendship is like a cocoon
Making something uneasy into something beautiful

Reff2 :
Friendship is like a cocoon
Accepting your friend, to face the difference
Friendship is like a cocoon
na na na na na na na na na...



#### :
this song is very good... very cheerful melody, yet easy lyrics... very nice... it reminds me of my old friend... he used to be my very best friend, but something turned the odd out... he became one of my worst enemy... yeah, anything can happen in this life... even the hardest thing can turn soft... and vice versa... hope my present friends won't be those "worst enemies" of mine...

Blocked YouTube and RapidShare

I can't believe that this day really comes up. YouTube, the fastest growing video streaming in the world, and RapidShare, one of the most complete download/upload site in the world is blocked in Indonesia.

I have to admit that i REALLY DISAGREE with this decision. I have three big reasons :
1. Youtube is not all about the F* movie. I used YouTube for entertainment and education.
Everybody knows that YouTube is great place for movie sharing. Even though Indonesia
have it's own (Indowebster), but still YouTube is a great place to promote yourself. For
education, i used it oftenly for video tutorials, especially for cooking and installing some new
hardwares.
2. Do they know about proxies? Two minutes after i see the news, i already know how to open
it. I do believe that the government has spent a lot of money to block those sites. But it is
very easy to be cracked. disappointing
3. What about MySpace and RapidShare? MySpace is just a social network, but have gone into
many people's life. Some of our indie band even put their promotion there. Do the
government wants to pay for their livelihood?

And another reason that i don't put in the above : A lot of people don't know F* at first, but because of this blockade, MANY PEOPLE STARTS TO FIND OUT what the F* is. I have seen some trailers, and people asked me "What is F*?", "Where to find it?", etc. They WANT TO KNOW. Is this what the government want? I am really sure that this isn't.

Introduction

Different from my past blog (http://skyblaze.wordpress.com), this blog will be written half in English and half in Indonesian... And all post here will be my thought... thought for anything... Any single thing i like or i don't like, i will write it down here, with my reason of course.
So, feel free to add comments, but PLEASE NO FIGHT CLUB.
All contents here are only what i think. No offense to all the people out there. Not even a single person.
Thank You.

DraKe