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Perhatian: Hanya ditujukan untuk 21 tahun keatas (kalo bisa sih 28 tahun keatas, eh 30 tahun keatas deh).

NB: Ange minta ralat, tapi belum dimasukkan ke dalam
linknya.
Ralat itu adalah:
1. Ange berumur 27.
2. Persyaratan melonggar dikit: yang penting Katolik, tidak Jawa tidak apa-apa.

Terima Kasih

The Path

I read Annas email about his journey to Pakistan, and I also found his livejournal. These were some of the result if I google (yap, this is already a verb now, hehehe) Annas.

"We don't want the tension to drop too low," said Annas Alamudi, 21, a law student at the University of Indonesia in Jakarta, the capital. "Our struggle is until we achieve total reform in this country."
Suharto Issues Call for Unity
By Cindy Shiner
Special to The Washington Post
Thursday, March 12, 1998; Page A25.

Jaksa Penuntut Umum (JPU) M Purba mendakwa Annas Alamudi (mahasiswa Fakultas Hukum Universitas Indonesia/ FHUI) telah sengaja mencoba menghilangkan nyawa orang lain sesuai ketentuan pasal 53 ayat 1 KUHP jo pasal 338 KUHP.
Annas Didakwa Lakukan Percobaan Pembunuhan
Kompas, 23 April 1999.

Around 5 years later (from the news), well that was not too long, most of the students (see picture) are married (and some of them are fatter), and they have relatively "normal" jobs (entrepreneur, ophtamologist, economist, lawyer, videographer/filmmaker, and unemployed (I don't know about the latest news)), and Annas is still a human right activist, now an aid worker, and of course slim. We have our own paths, and they are very different, for now.


*Anti, Yogi, Paksi, Beby, Arya, Femmy, Baba, Liya, Patris, and Annas

See you all in the near future, and stay safe...

"Our paths only intersect in our younger days, the days when we began our paths."

*Live Long and Prosper (Vulcan Salute)

Word in Life: Decision

"-The action of deciding (a contest, controversy, question, etc.); settlement, determination.
-The making up of one's mind on any point or on a course of action; a resolution, determination.
-As a quality: Determination, firmness, decidedness of character."(OED)

Well, I have to decide. I definitely have to choose three courses out of four, no matter how alluring all the courses are to me. Three courses are already too much! These are the four candidates:

-Equilibrium and Welfare Economics
-Special Topics in Econometrics (Spatial Statistics and Econometrics)
-Dynamic Natural Resources and Economics Modeling
-Computational Methods in Macroeconomics

I think I will drop the last one, nope, hhmm, well, let's see, but what if, hhmm. What? Make your decision now! It used to be easy to drop courses. This is not "life and death" or "will change your life forever" decision kind of things.

C'mon Paksi, just make your decision fast, and live with it, for better or worse, like you always do (did). You don't even believe there is a decision that will change your life forever.

Hmmmm, okey, first, I want to smoke(Fucking delay!!! They always get into me.)

NB: The next word in life maybe hesitation, but I don't know, hhmm, maybe not.

Word in Life: Rendezvous

"to make or keep (one's) rendezvous, to meet, or be in the habit of meeting, in or at a place"(OED)

Walaupun udah keduluan Patris masang fotonya, tapi gue tetep pasang. Salah satu cara untuk rendezvous, cari yang acaranya kira2 sama dan bisa dikirim kantor masing, terus ketemu deh, hehehhehehe.


*Yang satunya katanya bosen ama konferensinya, yang satunya lagi katanya rungsep-stres gituh gara-gara konferensinya deh, tapi tetep okeh kok, hehehehe.


*Always smile in front of people (or camera, hahahahaha)

*Jadi mau ikut konferensi buat rendezvous

Cartoons: Friends
*sent by my wife

A Glimpse in Time
A Prelude for My Confidants in Champaign

I came to UIUC in January 2005, and arrived in the Willard Airport Champaign. Was I happy? Nope, I had to leave my wife again (damn), to study again (gosh), in a new country again (aarrghh). Although new things always excite me, but to stay in a new place for a relatively long time is an unpleasant experience for me. Okey enough bitching, first time I arrived in UIUC, I was picked up by two of my junior in FEUI; Ange and Yudi. Well, of course, that was expected, to greet fellow almamaters. I knew Yudi, because we are from the same high school, and I guided him, when he entered FEUI (hehehhe). Ange was more a mistery for me, I only knew a little bit of something. I managed to see her history in FEUI, department of management and cum laude, wow, hehheheh. I knew she was from a high school that is familiar to me. Well, that was about all (the fact that I didn't know more about her is still a mistery for me). Anyway it was good to see people who you knew, or at least you feel you knew, in a new place. I have to tell you, I thought two of them were coupled, well, they look good together, hehehe.



*What do you think? They look good together huh?

At the first week, Yudi helped me a lot for settling me down in UIUC (he is a well-known helper in UIUC). He also introduced me to some people. Ange joined us once a while. Everything was going normal, in a formal way. They introduced me to Wal-Mart, to new restaurants. Of course, after a while I needed alcohol, the first alcohol that I drank in UIUC I bought it from Wal-Mart (It was like buying alcohol from the Gelael Indonesia in the old days, hehehe). Then, we drank together in Yudi's dorm. This was one of the most memorable first day in UIUC, drinking Southern Comfort with 'new' friends. I tried to drag them to one of the bar, but maybe I was moving too fast.


*So Chinese...

In the months to come, they were 'busy', or at least that was I thought. I was the only one who were not busy, hahahah. I have to admit, that I expected more from my friends. They promised to me to go "together" to Chicago (I'm a big city person, for whatever that means). They promised to me to go "together" outside Champaign-Urbana. They promised me to hang out "together" in some bars or clubs. Well, I think that was all I ever wanted. It turned out, Walmart, Cinema, MarketPlace Mall, Borders, and some other places in UIUC were the farthest place we had ever been gone "together". I remembered the first place that we hang out together and drank was Boltini's Lounge, and that's about it for our first semester. Of course, we always went for decent dinner, supper or late supper (Thank you 'Nge, thank you 'Di), but that was not I had in mind. Well, maybe I was expecting too much. Keep in mind, we were still growing closer to each other (in a slow pace), it was just my expectation that keep telling me to do more. In the mean time, I was enduring painstaking experiences to know the places to drink without them. Wait, one more thing, Ange and I went to Legend bar (So, there were one bar and one lounge), before she went back home "through Chicago" (hhmm, okey, stop it Paksi). To conclude, I was dissapointed. But, I have to confess, the small talk that we always did when we were cruising in UIUC, the silent that we shared together, the laughter that always filled "our" atmoshphere, the "wisdom" from each one of us, and other seemingly unimportant moments, are the things that had kept my (in)sanity in UIUC.

Summer break, we went to our separate way, I and Ange went back to Jakarta, and Yudi stayed. Then, when I returned, I moved in together with Yudis, and we had one more roomate who was crashing in for some time, He is Ardi.


*Three Muskeeter and D'artagnan (Ardi)

How about our second semester together? Well, it was more or less the same. We went to Soma, hhmmm, yap that was it. But wait, finally, because of Yudi's aunt was coming to Chicago, because of I and Yudi had to meet her (she was my mom's best friend, and She was bringing something from Beby for me), because of Lala was in Chicago, because we wanted to see IKEA (well, I wanted to go to IKEA), because Hanna was in Chicago (or near Chicago) and I simply had to meet her, and because tons of other things, finally (I repeated this word), we went to Chicago together. It was a quick trip, for me one restaurant and one lounge were short. But, I cherished this journey, because I met Airin (I previously told a story about her). Another time, well, it was basically the same with the first semester. But at that time I learnt something, if your friend need tons of reason to go somewhere, then you just have to go alone. Alone it was, I went to Chicago, back and forth in my second semester, I was very lucky because I have good friends in Chicago (cool huh). The fact that I always asked Ange and Yudi to go, and I ended up alone, just confused me. Maybe, they were 'busy', or at least that was I thought ( Hey, I repeated this sentence). But still, we're still growing closer together in a faster pace, the intensity was growing, and I still kept my (in)sanity.

Winter break was really a surprise treat for me. Ange went to California. I wasn't planning to go anywhere, but Punch-Drunk Love things happened to Yudi. To cut a long story short, we went to Atlanta for a winter break. And you know what, Ange said that she can stop in Atlanta, and join us (totally cool huh). Later, she said that she can't join in Atlanta, I remembered Yudi told me that news. At that time, I was just too lazy to talk her into join us in Atlanta, because, well, I don't know, maybe I was just dissapointed (apparently someone else was better talker than me, hehehhe). And I think to myself at that time, hey, maybe this "togetherness" is as good as it gets. But Atlanta, and Florida, really gave a me a high time, good old friends and new places. Although once a while we're just wishing that she can join us.


*Hmmmm, Lia and Ardi, Ajeng and Yudis, Who is the hell the scary man with pink shirt and denim look? Stay away dude, hahahah...

After the new year, the last two months (January and February), I was overflowed. Suddenly, we went to many places together, bar, lounge, other cities and so on. I really didn't expect this. I was surprised, Ange's wanted to accompany me to take 'Za to Chicago, because 'Za will returned to Raleigh from Chicago. Then, Yudi, Ange and I went to Chicago for my birthday, and again for Airin's birthday. We went to many hang-out places, more places in two months, than in one year (last year). Now, our conversations are becoming more and more intimate, hahahaha. What was happening to us? Did I miss something? Maybe, it was the spirit of the new year. Maybe, we're still in holiday mood. Maybe, we have more interesting friends to go with. Maybe, it was an accumulation of past desire to go together. Or maybe, just maybe, we are just simply good friends. Well, Whatever... At this time, I just seized those days, and enjoying our times together, before we leave this place, the place that brought us together. The fact that I write this in English, mostly influenced by their high tone conversations, whenever they debate on some things.


*Now, it's better, we get rid the scary man. Am I to obvious?

I always think that I'm imagining this thing. Both of my friends have a lot of friends all over the world. They (and I) have their closest friends. Why do they need crazy old school's to become their friend? I'm just a glimpse in their wide horizon, after all we're just met for a little more than one years. Yeah, maybe I'm imagining this thing, but it feels real, and, for better or worse, it feels good. And after a long way of exposed to companionship, that is enough for me. Like Ange said, we will always have us and Champaign in the back of our head. It has been a privilege and an honor to have both of you as my companion in UIUC.

"They said misery loves company
We could start a company and make misery"
*Misery by Soul Asylum

P.

Tanggapan buat Bung Dewa Wisana yang masih rada Mendendam
Mengacu pada komentarnya di tulisan Bali

Teringat2 masa lalu nih.

Harap dimengerti saya bukanlah pembocor berat (pembocor ringan saya terima deh), tapi saya hampir selalu minta ijin dulu sebelum menyebarkan informasi, yang sebenernya untuk kasus ini saya tahu sendiri. Terutama karena frekuensi pulang perginya ke Madiun dan Bali, ketika saya bersamanya. Saat itu saya curiga, lalu saya tuding dia, dan tentu dia tidak dapat berkelit. Karena minta dirahasiakan saya diam. Sampai pada hari2 terakhir saya minta ijin, dia melihat ke saya senyum dan mengangguk. Saya tahu ada perbedaan budaya, tetapi buat saya yang lugu ini, hal tersebut sama dengan mengiyakan, sehingga tanpa tedeng aling-aling lagi saya kirim ke semua milist yang mengenal mereka (termasuk milist angkatan 95, BOE dan BOE sempalan). Ternyata saudara2 dalam hitungan menit bermunculan ucapan2 selamat, yang kadang bernada menyesalkan karena tidak diberi tahu dari jauh2 hari.

Hal yang lucu, saya tertawa ketika menulis ini, karena di milist yang saya kirim ada anak milist lain saya juga kurang tahu milist apa, lalu "Ucapan Selamat" tersebut diforward ke milist lain yang ternyata ada Gitanya, dimana Gita adalah sohib Rury di sekolah saat itu, lalu diburulah Rury oleh Gita yang minta pertanggungjawaban, lalu Rury, dalam pikiran saya, pasti tergagap-gagap (kaya kurang koordinasi, mau merahasiakan kok sudah di milist, mau tidak merahasiakan harus tanya dulu, hehehehe). Siapa yang menjadi korban akhir dari cerita ini? Tentulah pihak lelaki, si Dewa, hauahahhahahahahha. Saudara-saudara semua terjadi dalam waktu kurang dari sehari. Waktu itu saya juga menjadi korban karena pihak lelaki tidak bisa marah terhadap pihak perempuan, dan tampang saya memang seperti kriminal, jadilah dia marah ke saya, tapi saya waktu itu sudah gila, sehingga satu kantin juga tahu, hahahahahaha.

Tapi pada akhirnya tentunya semua mendoakan pasangan Dewa dan Rury ini, hehehehe.

Sukses bo, heheheh....
NB: Maaf waktu itu telat, biase kurang koordinasi sama istri, lebih tepatnya nggak nurut ama istri, hehehehehe.... Satu lagi, kalo ada foto kirim duong mau gue upload nih 'Wa, hehehehe.

Selamat Hari Kasih Sayang, Beby, Istriku yang Tercinta
Pictures: Anyer Series

Better Together
by Jack Johnson
from In Between Dreams Album

There is no combination of words I could put on the back of a postcard
And no song that I could sing but I can try for your heart
And our dreams and they are made out of real things
Like a shoebox of photographs with sepia-toned loving
Love is the answer at least for most of the questions in my heart
Like why are we here? And where do we go? And how come it’s so hard?
It’s not always easy and sometimes life can be deceiving
I’ll tell you one thing, it’s always better when we’re together



#It’s always better when we’re together
We’ll look at the stars when we’re together
It’s always better when we’re together
It’s always better when we’re together

And all of these moments just might find their way into my dreams tonight
But I know that they’ll be gone when the morning light sings
Or brings new things for tomorrow night you see
That they’ll be gone too, too many things I have to do
But if all of these dreams might find their way into my day to day scene
I’d be under the impression I was somewhere in between
With only two, just me and you, not so many things we got to do
Or places we got to be we’ll sit beneath the mango tree now



#(Ref)

I believe in memories they look so pretty when I sleep
And when I wake up you look so pretty sleeping next to me
But there is not enough time
And there is no song I could sing
And there is no combination of words I could say
But I will still tell you one thing
We’re better together



*Ini adalah lagu "kami" yang paling mutakhir
*I love you...

Akhir Minggu di Chicago: Selamat Ulang Tahun ke-28 Airin

Cerita-cerita lagi ahhh,
Akhir minggu kemaren the Champaign Beyatch, berangkat ke Chicago. Berbeda dengan jalan-jalan ke Chicago sebelumnya (yang belum terlalu sering). Perjalanan ini direncanakan jauh2 hari, secara Chicago Beyatch Queen (Airin) tambah tua, selamat ulang tahun ke-28 yah (wah boleh nggak yah disebut2 umurnya yah?). Memang tidak tepat pada akhir minggu, tapi karena kita para pelajar harus belajar dan bekerja, maka hanya bisa akhir Minggu.


*Guys and Gals, I don't know about you, but this is the best pose ever for the five us (or four, because Ardi is new member), nice back ground shape and color, nice interior, and nice pose. I assure you, this picture is good not only because of me, hehehe, but also because of us.

Selain itu, salah satu teman kita the Unofficial Champaign Beyatch harus mendapatkan persetujuan untuk menjadi anggota resmi, tetapi keputusannya belum jelas, karena dia pulang duluan (pasti mau malam mingguan bareng... ahhh sudahlah...). Kayaknya dia harus sekali lagi lapor diri ke Chicago deh :D.

Nah, secara ada dua gelombang yang datang, gelombang gue (karena ada kelas jumat siang) dan gelombang sisanya, maka kita berusaha agar sampainya bareng. Tapi apa daya temen2 yang lain berjalan lebih dahulu (mau belanja di Aurora katanya, dimanapun itu) sampainya belakangan bangeeettt. Jadilah gue dan Airin berjalan2 kaki dari Union Station sampe Michigan Avenue yang katanya jauh itu, tapi nggak papalah sambil ngobrol2 kayak jaman temen2 gue nggak ada yang mau ke Chicago bareng gue, uuuhhhhh (sabar... sabar...). Walaupun akhirnya kita semua ketemuan juga di Star of Siam, tapi yang duluan udah selese makan, tapi yang penting ngumpul2 untuk memberikan selamat ultah pada Airin.


*Furama/Furuma/whatever: Dimsum; please bring native speaker, and we have one

Hhhmm, siapakah Airin ini, mengapa tiba2 dia ada. Mari gue ulas sedikit tentang Airin. Airin itu adalah temennya Lala, Lala adalah temennya Ajeng, dan Ajeng, seperti yang sudah dilihat dari foto2 sebelumnya, dia adalah salah satu dari trio pembela kejahatan di Champaign (karakter Ajeng ini akan diceritakan nanti, itu juga kalo nggak disensor sama dia cerita gue). Nah jadi Airin itu temennya temen temen gue, panjang deh.


*Chef Herry, mitra terpercaya, ini belum keluar semua makanannya dan winenya lho...

Walaupun begitu, karena waktu itu gue nekat sendirian ke Chicago (sekali lagi ini jaman temen2 gue nggak ada yang mau ke Chicago bareng gue, kok gue ulang lagi yah), Airin mau nemenin gue. Ketemu baru sekali, pas pertama kali ketemu garing, tapi dia mau ketemu ama gue yang nekat dateng sendirian (ini gara2 jaman itu temen2 gue... udah ahh basi!) yang mau merasakan Chicago walaupun cuman sehari. Kita ketemu, ternyata Airin anaknya okeh beraat bow, santai, anak Bandung, punya banyak temen2 baik, waktu itu dikenalin ama Herry (pria cakep dan nyentrik dan senyumannya duh, heheheh). Akhirnya jadi kita ngalor ngidul, ketawa2, jalan2, ke tempat yang bukan tempat turis. Pokoknya instan banget deh ama Airin.

Saking baiknya dia mau nebengin temen gue yang sama sekali dia nggak kenal, yah gue juga harus dateng nanti cakar2an kalo nggak cocok, hehhehhehe. Ternyata malah ketawa2 lagi, jalan2 lagi, ngalor ngidul lagi. Satu strategi dia yang dia ngerti bener, secara temen2 gue kampungan semua kayak gue, maka satu2nya cara untuk mengambil hati kita adalah makanan, dibawalah kita ke tempat makan yang luar biasa, hehehheeh. Emang kitanya juga sih yang bispak, diempanin makanan langsung diem, hahahha.

Enihu, gara2 Airin gue jadi suka dengan Chicago, setiap gue dateng dikenalin ama temen2nya yang okeh2, baik2, saking baiknya, gue, yang ada darah Jawanya, suka nggak enak. Pokoknya all of you my friends in Chicago, loe semua okeh deh. Kalo ama Airin jalan2 kemana ajah boleh asal jangan ke tempat yang buat dia gamang, makanya sampe sekarang gue nggak pernah ke gedung tertinggi di Chicago. Tapi selain itu, kalo loe nggak mau jadi turis, tapi mau tahu selah2 Chicago, Airinlah orangnya, jaminan mutu.

Okeh, jadi temen yang baru ketemu 3-4 bulan lalu kalo nggak salah (baru sebentar deh), udah jadi sohib berat kita, sampai kita diberi panggilan Champaign Beyatches olehnya(setelah akhirnya temen2 gue yang pada jamannya nggak mau ke Chicago bareng gue, sekarang mau ikut, itu juga pasti gara2 Airin deh, kasihan deh gue, tuh diulanglagikan).


*New Tokyo: Sushi, enough said...

Nah kemaren Ultah, kemaren kita ke abis makan malam di hari Jumat, kita karaoke bow, rame2, nyanyi2 lagi Indonesia dan lagu2 yang dari rock on roll ampe oldies deh, abis itu udah kepagian jadi kita tidur. Setelah itu besoknya kita udah dibilangin ama Heri, mau masakin buat Airin, jadi surprise gituh, akhirnya kita kelaparan ampe siang. Pas kita sok2an mau jemput Heri, tersedialah makanan yang luar biasa, ayam panggang, sayur udah, daging semur, banyak deh, alhasil kekenyanganlah kita semua. Abis itu disana ngalor ngidul sampe tidur sore. Andre, temen pendiem yang dikenalin Airin, mengabadikan kelakuan kita yang memalukan di camcordernya (kirim yah Ndre). Abis itu jalan2 ke Virgin liat CD (yudis colongan ke GAP), abis itu kita makan sushi (duh kok sushi yah) di tempat yang sejalanan banyak restoran. Abis itu cari tempang nongkrong, akhirnya ke Jazz Club (kayak waktu kita nongkrong di Jams itu lho Be'), wah udah lama tuh nggak, sedep deh. Anggotanya juga banyak deh, sama kayak yang dateng pas ulang tahun gue (liat fotonya ajah). Dan besoknya sebelum pulang, kita makan dimsum deh.


*Jazz Club: Back Room, the after effect

Pokoknya kalo temen2 gue kesini, dan gue bawa jalan2 itu kayaknya dikasih tahu Airin semua. Tapi kalo istri gue kesini, kalo bisa jalan2nya dikit ajah yah Be', hhehehehhe.

NB: Selanjutnya ada perjalanan ke Tuscola bersama Yudis dan Ajeng, tiga sekawan pembela kejahatan, tapi...

Makasih yah buat semuanya...

Patris

Si Patris buat blog www.patrisiahelena.blogspot.com di tiga posting pertamanya nama gue disebut-sebut, gue kagak terima bow. Ini balasannya. Kalo mau lengkap bisa panjang banget, gue pirit dulu yah (eh ini masih panjang lho, hehehehehe).


*Dapet lho fotonya, gimana2, okehkan? hehehehhe....

Seperti yang telah diceritakan Patris kita bertemu pertama di FEUI, setahun di bawah saya tapi lulusnya bareng, berarti dia lulusnya agak telat (lho), secara temennya pasti udah lulus lebih dahulu, hehehhe. Sepanjang di kampus itu, terutama setelah dia masuk organisasi yang sama, keakraban mulai terjalin, eh apa karena dia masuk agenda yah, hhmmm nggak pentinglah, tahun 97-98 kali yaa. Kalo yang sebelum2nya sih cuman denger nama dari gosip2 ajah, secara adalah anak BOE yang ngomongin (sayangnya bukan gue :D). Mulanya biasa ajah, terus tambah deket, abis dia manis sih, apa seehhh. Gue ingetnya dia aktif, gaulnya kesana-kemari, kegiatan kesana kemari, nggak jelaslah.

Nah, karena dia orangnya pinter gituh, terus dia dapet kerjaan yang berkantor di Salemba. Gue rasa sejak itu dia butuh panduan yang sebenar2nya untuk pergaulan di Menteng dan sekitarnya. Bukan hanya tempat tapi orang2nya. Jadi mulailah, makan pagi, makan siang, makan malam, jalan2 kesana kemari, selama cuman Menteng dan sekitarnya gue temenin, secara gue males keluar kalo udah didalem.

Mungkin loe bingung kenapa kita sama2 belum lulus, tapi dia kerja keras, terus gue ada di rumah terus, ITU NGGAK PENTING! NGERTI!

Nah, ketika perjalanan bersama gue, dia akhirnya berkenalan dengan hampir semua, kayaknya semua deh yah Pat, temen-temen gue, dari berbagai lapisan (paling temen SD aja yang nggak terlalu intens, eh ada sih yang sempet intens sama temen SD, hehehhee, basi ahhh). Pokoknya dalam waktu singkat, cepat banget dia berakrab2 ria dengan temen2 gue. Tentunya gue sebagai anak yang kerjanya nongkrong terus, seneng2 ajah, karena gampang akrabnya. Tetapi dia emang anaknya asik banget sih, dan kayaknya siap diajak kemana aja dulu, walaupun yah Menteng2 juga. Saking akrabnya ama temen2 gue sampe2..., eh yang ini nggak usah diterusin deh. Pokoknya dia macam bunga liar ajah yang dilempar dimana2 hidup, sampe2 gue bingung kalo dia bilang "gue kenal diakan gara2 loe 'Paks", gimana cara, buset deh. Dulu Patris sempet dikenal dengan panggilan Patris temennya Paksi, tapi sekarang gue rasa udah kebalik kali yah, itu tuuuhh Paksi temennya Patris. Pokoknya Patris bukan anak Surabaya lagi, tapi udah anak Jakarta-Surabaya (kayak trayek bis ajah).


*Patris dan temen2 terdeket gue kurang si Gusvaldi dan si Pras, beserta istri2nya, kecuali Annas belum beristri

Nah, yang lebih okeh lagi, karena dia sering numpang "banyak hal" di rumah gue, dari pembantu gue sampe bonyok gue yang jarang di rumah akrab semua ama Patris. Gue rasa kalo kenal dari SD loe udah dikasih uang jajan ama nyokap gue (btw, nyokap gue dari dulu kerjaannya belain Patris lho, hahahahhaa). Secara Beby, istri gue sekarang, dari kampus FEUI (jadi udah akrab duluan), maka lengkaplah semua keluarga gue sohiban ama Patris, ini termasuk tukang warung dan tukang bakso depan rumah gue.

Nah, supaya nggak terlalu panjang, gue cuman mau bilang bahwa Patris, sampai saat ini, adalah temen cewek yang paling akrab/deket buat gue, secara dia nggak cuman akrab ama gue tapi juga akrab ama ampir semua temen2 gue dan terutama keluarga gue (bayangin kalo gue kagak ada,istri gue dan atau adek gue digeret2 jalan ama dia, ampir nyokap gue juga digeret2 dia,hehehhehe). Indikator jelasnya adalah di skripsi gue, loe liat letak nama Patris ada di bawah 6 orang temen terbaik gue, dan sejajar dengan Atri (tokoh ini diceritakan lain kali yah), selain itu di thesis yang hanya boleh 1 halaman, ketika gue sebut close friends Patris adalah salah satunya. Salah satu jasa dia dari berbagai jasa lainnya yang mesti gue ucapin terima kasih: gue ama Beby terima kasih banget loe ama Aldi udah mau kita geret2 ke Bandung di saat kita mestinya lamaran, seruuu booo, kabur, hahahhaha.

Mungkin ada cerita2 lainnya, tapi ada satu nih yang gue sampe sekarang masih penasaran banget, dari semua cowok yang loe suka, mungkin ada beberapa yang gue kagak tahu, dari semua yang gue kagak tahu itu ada satu yang loe bilang ke gue ama Beby di Champions, Kemang, tapi loe kagak mau kasih nama. Sapa siihhh? Penasaran brats nek (kok gue masih inget yah?).

Makasih yah Patris

Word in Life: Bali

"a mountainous island in Indonesia east of Java; chief city, Denpasar; pop 2,856,000. It is noted for its beauty and the richness of its culture (OAD)"

PR sialan, selesai gue kerjain, gue malah nggak bisa tidur, ah capek berats. Tapi nggak papa dikirimin foto ama Patris, waktu dia dan adik gue jalan2 di Bali, jadi iri gituh deh.


*Lain kali ajak2 yah...

Istriku kapan kita ke Bali lagi? apa Dewa ama Rury kita suruh kawin lagi yah? Kan kita itungannya telat waktu itu, hehehhe. Pokoknya dalam waktu satu bulan, kita ke Bali dua kali, fotonya kagak ketemu lagi di komputer gue. Enihu, Bali okeh berat deh, asik berat beng beng, ke Bali ahhhh...

World in Life: Appetite

-a natural desire to satisfy a bodily need, esp. for food,
-a strong desire or liking for something (OAD)

"Makan-makan di Sapu Lidi"


*Indahnya hidup di negara tropis, makanannya fiuh...


*Indahnya hidup di negara tropis, negara yang penuh penindasan (yang tua menindas yang muda, yang paling tua santai-santai makan, kasihan yang paling muda, hahahahah)


*Indahnya hidup di negara tropis, berusaha memuaskan appetite

The tropical's appetite, simply the best...

Indianapolis by Night


*The ones who have been to Indianapolis

In one lovely afternoon in Dorcas, one of Korean restaurant in Champaign, two members of Champaign Beyatch Gang was having their dinner. Like always, they chat about about everything and nothing, this time in a restaurant where some of the chairs are worn and green. The atmosphere was quite, considering that they had dinner in the early afternoon, before the sun was set.

Not long after the sunset, there was a call from the other two members (one is still unofficial, because Champaign Beyatch status is given, only, by Chicago Beyatch's Queen). They called to ask them to have dinner. Then, there was some debate about the location and the time. The debate, about this small unimportant things, is usually started by the most beautiful and "considerate" member {for your information, until this time of writing she is the only woman in the gang). After a while, the members who want to have dinner picked up the members who had dinner. They went to the woman apartment to take her laptop, and let her to change clothes. Keep in mind, the members who had their dinner didn't know where the others would have their dinner, because they claimed they didn't know yet at that time, which you will find out later they already knew.


*Buca di Beppo, the infamous Champaign Beyatch

Then, off they went. Suddenly, the woman was screaming like crazy (that doesn't mean she is not crazy in any other time). She got a preminition, she was screaming and moving, again, like crazy inside the moving car. "Where are we going?" "Where are you gonna take me?" "Tell me!" "Are you crazy?" Well, I hope up to this point you understand how deranged she was at that time. It took a lot of while, before she settled down and accepted that they were going to Indianapolis. She was working for a while with her laptop. Of course, she continued to remind the others about how crazy they are.


*Buca di Beppo, where the giants go

Now, let's rewind a little bit to have some information about the background of this trip. One of the member, who is in love, or at least that was the assumption of the others, was a "little bit" dissapointed, because his passion to meet the one who he loved couldn't be fulfilled at that time. Then, when that happened, people do crazy things, like Punch-Drunk Love movie's character Barry Egan. So, the idea of Indianapolis pop up, like a porn pop up in the internet: it's interesting, but in the same time it's also annoying. And in the gang, where the members are usually lack of ideas, this pop-up thing become the source of the gang's idea easily. Hhmm, I feel obliged to tell you that this situation is not unique only to that particular gang member. It happened in the past, if you catch my drift. Hey, Did I tell you that the woman whom he (one of the gang member who is in love in this story) loved is really cute? Well, now you know.


*Bottom Rock Looking Up

Continuing from the screaming woman paragraph, they went to Indianapolis, two hours driving, and arrived there at 09.00 pm. It's supper time! They were having dinner in Buca di Beppo, Italian restaurant, where they have portion for giants. They ordered pizza, spaghetti and Tiramisu. They still had some left over, although they ordered only small portions for every food. After that, they went to find a place to drink (Hard Rock Indianapolis sucks, because they closed too early), where they settled in Rock Bottom. Along the way they took pictures in some of the beautiful spots. To cut a long same story, whenever this gang's members gather, they were just cruising to the night. Indianapolis is beautiful at night, it seems safe and fun just to stroll around.


*Bottom Rock Looking up and down

One of the members, who had never been to Indianapolis before, was so excited. He thanked the other members from the bottom of his heart. Of course, one drawback from this story is only in one little detail, a story about on the way back home. The member who was experiencing Indianapolis for the first time, who drank more, or at least the same amount of alcohol with the others member, who didn't have driving license at that time, had to drive. That translated to two hours fucking driving, around 03.00 am. Fortunately, that was not his worst experience, but still it was really annoying.


*Am I lost?

Again, the Champaign Beyatches are making their history.

A Miilions tomorrow shall all pass away.
Ere I forget all the joy that is mine today.

My Family: Bandung

Well, let's see.
At first I want to put Indianapolis' story, but when I open my email to receive Indianapolis' pictures, my wife sent my family's pictures, when they went to Bandung. Its just get into me.


Ini adik-adik Paksi.
Mereka sedang berjalan-jalan di salah satu tempat perbelanjaan di Bandung.


Ini ibu Paksi. Ibu Paksi sedang berada di dalam mobil.


Ini adik perempuan Paksi, ibu Paksi, istri Paksi dan adik laki-laki Paksi. Mereka berada di salah satu warung, dan sedang meminum kelapa.


Ini istri Paksi. Istri Paksi sedang berada di salah satu rumah makan di Bandung.

Pertanyaan:
Dimanakah Paksi berada?

Miss y'all...

Today

I'll be a dandy and I'll be a rover
You'll know who I am by the song that I sing
I'll feast at your table, I'll sleep in your clover
Who cares what the morrow shall bring

Today while the blossoms still cling to the vine
I'll taste your strawberries
I'll drink your sweet wine
A million tomorrows shall all pass away
Ere I forget all the joy that is mine today

I can't be contented with yesterday's glory
I can't live on promises
Winter to spring (winter to spring)
Today is my moment and now is my story
I'll laugh and I'll cry and I'll sing

Today while the blossoms still cling to the vine
I'll taste your strawberries
I'll drink your sweet wine
A million tomorrows shall all pass away
Ere I forget all the joy that is mine today

*Lagu di masa ospek/OPT/Plonco/Atauapapunnamanya
*Di masa tersebut, ini lagu yang males banget gue ngapalnya (mungkin karena bahasa inggris kali yah, sampe sekarang gue masih sebel ama bahasa inggris), sampe gue ketahuan cuman lip sing, digebukin dah gue. Lalu, karena sebel banget digebukin, gue apal mampus sampe gue tahu artinya, sampe sekarang gebukannya, lagunya dan artinya, gue nggak bisa lupakan. Bahkan angkatan bawah yang gue ospek, dan nggak bisa lagu ini, gue gebukin, hahhahahaha. Enihu lagunya buat gue bagus, pendek dan gue suka banget artinya, sayangnya bahasa inggris, hehehhehehe. Ini lagu kalo diterjemahkan ke bahasa Indonesia, dan diperpendek jadi dua kata doang, maka kata tersebut adalah "KAPAN LAGI?"