PENGUMUMAN PENTING MENGENAI LANJUTAN NEW YORK: IF ONLY
KARENA PERMINTAAN SALAH SATU ANGGOTA TIM NEW YORK: IF ONLY, UNTUK MENIADAKAN BEBERAPA BAGIAN KARENA DAPAT MENJADI SUMBER DARI HAL-HAL YANG BERBAU TEKANAN SOSIAL, POLITIK DAN BUDAYA, YANG TELAH MEMBUAT SAYA JENGKEL, DAN YANG JUGA MEMBUAT SAYA MALAS UNTUK MENULIS LAGI.
MAKA CERITA LIBURAN MUSIM SEMI (NEW YORK: IF ONLY) BAGIAN SELANJUTNYA TIDAK AKAN DILANJUTKAN!
DEMIKIAN PEMBERITAHUANNYA.
SEKIAN DAN TERIMA KASIH
PAKSI WALANDOUW
"LAWAN SEGALA MACAM BENTUK SENSOR"
NB:
*Hhmm, bagus juga, tidak ada kata2 makian, semoga "jengkel" bukan kata makian, heheheh.
*Capek...
Monday, March 27, 2006
Sunday, March 26, 2006
Liburan Musim Semi (New York: If Only) Bagian Pertama
*Disclaimer: sampai saat ini penulis belum dapat untuk meprakirakan berapa bagian untuk Liburan musim semi ini, tetapi penulis berusaha menulis semenarik mungkin dan tidak terlalu panjang. Di masa yang akan datang mungkin tulisan ini akah dihiasi foto. Ini adalah bagian dari shared memories teman2 yang ikut dalam perjalanan ini. Tetapi segala kesalahan dalam tulisan ini adalah kesalahan penulis. Berbagai tindakan yang terjadi karena tulisan ini adalah diluar tanggung jawab penulis dan blogspot.com.
B in NYC
Pada liburan musim semi kali ini, berbeda dengan musim semi sebelumnya, dimana saya ada di UIUC dan semua teman2 saya berada di luar UIUC semua (fiuhh...), saya berjalan2 ke Pantai Timur, tepatnya Kota New York (NYC) di negara bagian New York dan Kota Philadelphia (Philla) di Negara Bagian Pennsylvalnia. Sejarah mengapa perjalanan ini ada, agak pajang, ada punch drunk lovenya, dan ada semangat liburan anak muda jaman sekarang, pemberitaan mengenai hal ini harus dimusyawarahkan untuk mencapai mufakat, sebelum disebarluaskan, bila tidak saya dapat disomasi. Pada akhirnya saya pergi ke daerah Pantai Timur, seperti pinta salah satu temanku duuulluuu seekkaaalliii.
Seperti biasa untuk setiap liburan bersama saya biasanya ama sangat jarang berpikir, tetapi karena ada perbedaan budaya dan perbedaan kepentingan yang tajam antara pihak2 yang akan ikut, jadilah terpaksa saya turun tangan. Begitulah nasib orang-orang seperti saya, mau seneng dikit nggak boleh, jadilah saya buat rencana yang terkesan adil. Padahal mereka berdua yang udah pernah ke NYC. Yah mungkin begituh yah, mereka jadi punya preferensi masing-masing. Kenapa kita bareng, hmmm, nggak tahu yah, dua2nya panas2an. Saya sih ikut-ikut ajah, yah mungkin kalo mereka udah dewasa dikit, mereka nggak terlalu panasan :D, padahal kalo ngomongnya tenangan dikit pasti bisa ketemu deh, ckckckc.
*Kamar di Hari Pertama yang Tempat Tidurnya Besar bila Tidak Diberi Pembantas Bantal
Anyhoo, akhirnya kita berangkat ke NYC, sampe sabtu, taruh tas, menganggumi kamar yang disewa oleh Ardi, luar biasa emang, jago dia deh, juwara. Abis itu keliling China Town makan mie-mie gituh deh, tentunya saya butuh nasi duong, saya juga pesan nasi, lalu keliling China Town untuk melihat beberapa spot yang diingat oleh Ange di masa kecilnya, ketika berbelanja dengan ibunya. Ange adalah orang yang kayaknya cinta sekali sama NYC, karena di sempat di NYC 5 tahun di masa kecilnya, jadi udah jadi kayak rumahnya kali yah. Kurang ngerti juga saya, nanti saya coba napak tilas di Cilandak KKO untuk liat tempat saya main dulu, dan Menteng tentunya, sapa tahu kerasa perasaannya. Lalu perjalanan kita diakhiri dengan kongkow2 minum teh dan ngemil. Lalu setelah itu diakhiri dengan tidur.
*Nongkrong di Warung Teh di Malam Pertama
Insiden malam pertama, karena Ange memiilih satu tempat tidur bersama Ardi, dia menaruh bantal untuk pemisah sehingga tempat tidur yang besar jadi kecil, heheheh. Tentunya Bung Ardi terganggu, hehehhe.
NSX, Cat and Dog: kenapa nggak bisa muter yah yang lain padahal ada yang bisa, arrgghhhh
Pada hari Minggu, rencana saya kita ke gereja Katedral di NYC, St. Patrick's Church, kebetulan dua hari sebelumnya ada perayaan hari St. Patrick, dan dua minggu sebelumnya perayaan hari Unofficial St. Patrick, cocoklah yah. Lagipula masa penantian Paskah, kalo bisa gereja terus, masa sengsara gituh. Gereja ini deket Rockefeller Centre jadi bisa liat Ice Skating Ring-nya yang katanya terkenal itu, dekat tempat pohon natal di Home Alone 2. Sampe gereja, seperti biasa saya siap2 tidur, ternyata temen saya juga, huahahahahha. Setelah itu saya Komuni, kayaknya terakhir saya Komuni Katolik, itu SMP deh. Abis itu foto2, nulis2 nama, Ange beli buah tangan buat ibunya, kita nungguin. Dalam perjalan ke gereja kita menyempat diri untuk berfoto2 di berbagai Landmarks, seperti NSX, Trinity Church, dan lain-lain.
Di Depan Gereja Santo Patrik, Katedral di NYC
Di Depan Pintu Sekolah SDnya Ange
Lalu kita langsung meluncur ke tempat masa kecil Ange, dari rumah, sekolah, tempat bermain, tempat belanja, cari cemilan masa kecil, tempat adiknya nangis, tempat dompet ibunya ilang, dan lain-lain, kalo nggak salah di daerah Village. Sebagai turis saya menikmatinya, cuman kok dingin yah, kurang ajar deh. Ardi, hhmmm, saya rasa dia tidak mengerti jalan-jalan seperti ini, yah itung2 belajarlah. Kita makan brunch di tempat makan Thailand. Setelah itu perjalanan berakhir di NYU, sekali lagi ini kampus yang dicintai oleh Ange, sehingga sapapun yang maslksadlkdsakdjaslkdasdkao (maaf ini diacak untuk menghindari hal-hal tertentu). Kita foto2 di Washington Square, lalu bertemu dengan temennya Ange, Tati dan Sahal, di tempat kopi, lalu cowok-cowok berbelanja terlabih dahulu, sebenernya Ajeng yang mau belanja, cuman kalo ukuran badan unik, susah kaleee nyarinya. Lalu kita makan di rumah makan Jepang di Astor Place. Setelah ini kembali ke Hotel untuk mengambil tas Ange, karena Ange akan bermalam di rumah Tati dan Sahal. Sebagai catatan saya berkeberatan dengan cara berlibur seperti ini, yang berpisah-pisah, tapi yah sudahlah.
*Di Washington Square, kayaknya tempat Syuting When Harry Met Sally deh, di sekeliling taman ini adalah NYU, sekali lagi tempat yang membuat Ange...
*Dinner with New Friends Sahal dan Tati di Rumah Makan Jepang
Lalu malamnya saya dan Ardi mencari tempat hiburan malam, mau ke APT, sudah naik taksi, sampe sana diusir ama banccciiiiiiiii, kurang ajah. Btw, ini insiden kedua. Akhirnya kita kecewa, bingung, pusing, mau mabuk, dan kita masuk ke bar lingkungan, dan luar biasa orangnya ramah2, dan bisa ngerokok di NYC, walaupun ada tanda dilarang merokok. Luar biasaaaaa. Insiden ketiga HP saya ternyata tertinggal di Taksi, jadi harus nelpon supir taksi yang goblok ituh, untuk meminta kembali, karena saya sedang mengurangi mengumpat, ketololan supir taksi ini tidak pantas diungkapkan. Setelah HP kembali dan bartender berusaha menutup barnya, kami kembali ke hotel.
to be continued...
*Disclaimer: sampai saat ini penulis belum dapat untuk meprakirakan berapa bagian untuk Liburan musim semi ini, tetapi penulis berusaha menulis semenarik mungkin dan tidak terlalu panjang. Di masa yang akan datang mungkin tulisan ini akah dihiasi foto. Ini adalah bagian dari shared memories teman2 yang ikut dalam perjalanan ini. Tetapi segala kesalahan dalam tulisan ini adalah kesalahan penulis. Berbagai tindakan yang terjadi karena tulisan ini adalah diluar tanggung jawab penulis dan blogspot.com.
B in NYC
Pada liburan musim semi kali ini, berbeda dengan musim semi sebelumnya, dimana saya ada di UIUC dan semua teman2 saya berada di luar UIUC semua (fiuhh...), saya berjalan2 ke Pantai Timur, tepatnya Kota New York (NYC) di negara bagian New York dan Kota Philadelphia (Philla) di Negara Bagian Pennsylvalnia. Sejarah mengapa perjalanan ini ada, agak pajang, ada punch drunk lovenya, dan ada semangat liburan anak muda jaman sekarang, pemberitaan mengenai hal ini harus dimusyawarahkan untuk mencapai mufakat, sebelum disebarluaskan, bila tidak saya dapat disomasi. Pada akhirnya saya pergi ke daerah Pantai Timur, seperti pinta salah satu temanku duuulluuu seekkaaalliii.
Seperti biasa untuk setiap liburan bersama saya biasanya ama sangat jarang berpikir, tetapi karena ada perbedaan budaya dan perbedaan kepentingan yang tajam antara pihak2 yang akan ikut, jadilah terpaksa saya turun tangan. Begitulah nasib orang-orang seperti saya, mau seneng dikit nggak boleh, jadilah saya buat rencana yang terkesan adil. Padahal mereka berdua yang udah pernah ke NYC. Yah mungkin begituh yah, mereka jadi punya preferensi masing-masing. Kenapa kita bareng, hmmm, nggak tahu yah, dua2nya panas2an. Saya sih ikut-ikut ajah, yah mungkin kalo mereka udah dewasa dikit, mereka nggak terlalu panasan :D, padahal kalo ngomongnya tenangan dikit pasti bisa ketemu deh, ckckckc.
*Kamar di Hari Pertama yang Tempat Tidurnya Besar bila Tidak Diberi Pembantas Bantal
Anyhoo, akhirnya kita berangkat ke NYC, sampe sabtu, taruh tas, menganggumi kamar yang disewa oleh Ardi, luar biasa emang, jago dia deh, juwara. Abis itu keliling China Town makan mie-mie gituh deh, tentunya saya butuh nasi duong, saya juga pesan nasi, lalu keliling China Town untuk melihat beberapa spot yang diingat oleh Ange di masa kecilnya, ketika berbelanja dengan ibunya. Ange adalah orang yang kayaknya cinta sekali sama NYC, karena di sempat di NYC 5 tahun di masa kecilnya, jadi udah jadi kayak rumahnya kali yah. Kurang ngerti juga saya, nanti saya coba napak tilas di Cilandak KKO untuk liat tempat saya main dulu, dan Menteng tentunya, sapa tahu kerasa perasaannya. Lalu perjalanan kita diakhiri dengan kongkow2 minum teh dan ngemil. Lalu setelah itu diakhiri dengan tidur.
*Nongkrong di Warung Teh di Malam Pertama
Insiden malam pertama, karena Ange memiilih satu tempat tidur bersama Ardi, dia menaruh bantal untuk pemisah sehingga tempat tidur yang besar jadi kecil, heheheh. Tentunya Bung Ardi terganggu, hehehhe.
NSX, Cat and Dog: kenapa nggak bisa muter yah yang lain padahal ada yang bisa, arrgghhhh
Pada hari Minggu, rencana saya kita ke gereja Katedral di NYC, St. Patrick's Church, kebetulan dua hari sebelumnya ada perayaan hari St. Patrick, dan dua minggu sebelumnya perayaan hari Unofficial St. Patrick, cocoklah yah. Lagipula masa penantian Paskah, kalo bisa gereja terus, masa sengsara gituh. Gereja ini deket Rockefeller Centre jadi bisa liat Ice Skating Ring-nya yang katanya terkenal itu, dekat tempat pohon natal di Home Alone 2. Sampe gereja, seperti biasa saya siap2 tidur, ternyata temen saya juga, huahahahahha. Setelah itu saya Komuni, kayaknya terakhir saya Komuni Katolik, itu SMP deh. Abis itu foto2, nulis2 nama, Ange beli buah tangan buat ibunya, kita nungguin. Dalam perjalan ke gereja kita menyempat diri untuk berfoto2 di berbagai Landmarks, seperti NSX, Trinity Church, dan lain-lain.
Di Depan Gereja Santo Patrik, Katedral di NYC
Di Depan Pintu Sekolah SDnya Ange
Lalu kita langsung meluncur ke tempat masa kecil Ange, dari rumah, sekolah, tempat bermain, tempat belanja, cari cemilan masa kecil, tempat adiknya nangis, tempat dompet ibunya ilang, dan lain-lain, kalo nggak salah di daerah Village. Sebagai turis saya menikmatinya, cuman kok dingin yah, kurang ajar deh. Ardi, hhmmm, saya rasa dia tidak mengerti jalan-jalan seperti ini, yah itung2 belajarlah. Kita makan brunch di tempat makan Thailand. Setelah itu perjalanan berakhir di NYU, sekali lagi ini kampus yang dicintai oleh Ange, sehingga sapapun yang maslksadlkdsakdjaslkdasdkao (maaf ini diacak untuk menghindari hal-hal tertentu). Kita foto2 di Washington Square, lalu bertemu dengan temennya Ange, Tati dan Sahal, di tempat kopi, lalu cowok-cowok berbelanja terlabih dahulu, sebenernya Ajeng yang mau belanja, cuman kalo ukuran badan unik, susah kaleee nyarinya. Lalu kita makan di rumah makan Jepang di Astor Place. Setelah ini kembali ke Hotel untuk mengambil tas Ange, karena Ange akan bermalam di rumah Tati dan Sahal. Sebagai catatan saya berkeberatan dengan cara berlibur seperti ini, yang berpisah-pisah, tapi yah sudahlah.
*Di Washington Square, kayaknya tempat Syuting When Harry Met Sally deh, di sekeliling taman ini adalah NYU, sekali lagi tempat yang membuat Ange...
*Dinner with New Friends Sahal dan Tati di Rumah Makan Jepang
Lalu malamnya saya dan Ardi mencari tempat hiburan malam, mau ke APT, sudah naik taksi, sampe sana diusir ama banccciiiiiiiii, kurang ajah. Btw, ini insiden kedua. Akhirnya kita kecewa, bingung, pusing, mau mabuk, dan kita masuk ke bar lingkungan, dan luar biasa orangnya ramah2, dan bisa ngerokok di NYC, walaupun ada tanda dilarang merokok. Luar biasaaaaa. Insiden ketiga HP saya ternyata tertinggal di Taksi, jadi harus nelpon supir taksi yang goblok ituh, untuk meminta kembali, karena saya sedang mengurangi mengumpat, ketololan supir taksi ini tidak pantas diungkapkan. Setelah HP kembali dan bartender berusaha menutup barnya, kami kembali ke hotel.
to be continued...
Words in Life: Good Old Days
Karena masa kini gue lagi ribet banget, jadi saat ini gue senang nostalgia, dengan sesuatu yang selalu kita bilang good old days (masa lalu yang indah). Istilah good old days buat gue adalah sesuatu yang kayaknya enak kembali ke masa itu, di saat waktu kayak udara, bisa kita cuekin, karena tersedia banyak. Tapi sebagai tambahan, kayaknya hal-hal lain terasa begitu mudah, seperti konsep persahabatan, percintaan, kekayaan, hedonisme, permusuhan, kebebasan, penindasan dan lain-lain sebagainya. Gue rasa apa yang dikatakan Paul McCarthy bener,
Gue mulai percaya apa yang dikatakan ama Pram', kalo revolusi atau perubahan hanya bisa dilakukan oleh orang muda. Semoga gue tetep "muda" terus.
Walaupun mungkin masa yang ribet sekarang ini beberapa tahun akan jadi good old days , tapi tetep aja saat ini ribet (dimensi waktu lagi kabur dari kesadaran gue, tinggal tiga dimensi deh, jadi kalo ditanya gimana nih rencananya nanti, jawabannya standar, "auk ah gelap"), jadi mau kabur dulu dengan memasang foto2 yang mestinya masuk museum (Gue nyolong dari koleksinya Detta, minta yang gedean dikit duong, mau gaya nih).
*Salah satu dari malam-malam jahanam di BOE, kerjanya nginep, begadang ampe pagi, diskusi kesana kemari, gaya kucel, tapi IP tetep tinggi
*Saudara-saudara... KALO NGGAK GONDRONG NGGAK ASIK!
Salam kompak buat semuanya...
Karena masa kini gue lagi ribet banget, jadi saat ini gue senang nostalgia, dengan sesuatu yang selalu kita bilang good old days (masa lalu yang indah). Istilah good old days buat gue adalah sesuatu yang kayaknya enak kembali ke masa itu, di saat waktu kayak udara, bisa kita cuekin, karena tersedia banyak. Tapi sebagai tambahan, kayaknya hal-hal lain terasa begitu mudah, seperti konsep persahabatan, percintaan, kekayaan, hedonisme, permusuhan, kebebasan, penindasan dan lain-lain sebagainya. Gue rasa apa yang dikatakan Paul McCarthy bener,
"When You Were Young And Your Heart Was An Open Book
You Used To Say Life And Let Life
....
But In This Ever Changing World In Which We Live In
Makes You Give In And Cry
Say Live And Let Die"
Gue mulai percaya apa yang dikatakan ama Pram', kalo revolusi atau perubahan hanya bisa dilakukan oleh orang muda. Semoga gue tetep "muda" terus.
Walaupun mungkin masa yang ribet sekarang ini beberapa tahun akan jadi good old days , tapi tetep aja saat ini ribet (dimensi waktu lagi kabur dari kesadaran gue, tinggal tiga dimensi deh, jadi kalo ditanya gimana nih rencananya nanti, jawabannya standar, "auk ah gelap"), jadi mau kabur dulu dengan memasang foto2 yang mestinya masuk museum (Gue nyolong dari koleksinya Detta, minta yang gedean dikit duong, mau gaya nih).
*Salah satu dari malam-malam jahanam di BOE, kerjanya nginep, begadang ampe pagi, diskusi kesana kemari, gaya kucel, tapi IP tetep tinggi
*Saudara-saudara... KALO NGGAK GONDRONG NGGAK ASIK!
Salam kompak buat semuanya...
Saturday, March 18, 2006
Thursday, March 16, 2006
Scene from the Street: Parents and Son
When I went to Chicago last week, I rode the usual bus, but I unusually sat on the front, just next to the bus door. The bus stopped at Champaign station to take more passengers.
There was one scene, less than one minutes in lenght. There was a young man who will ride the bus, maybe around my age (or younger), with short beard, a stone-washed jeans, a worn army-like long sleeves shirt, a shoulder long hair, rebel-but good-looking, a medium-sized backpack, and a hiking shoes. Then, there were two elder that accompanied him, whom I presumed that they are the young man parents. His parents were about my parents age, with casual clothes, and a tired, but proud, look that makes you feel that they've been through a lot in their lifetime. The young man said goodbye, his father said a short something to him, the young man nodded his head, his mother hugged him, and whispher something to him, he smiled, and his parents let go of the young man two meter from the door. The young man climbed up the bus, he stopped at the stair, and gave one last look to his parents with don't worry and wish me luck look, his parents gave an assurance look, the young man smile, and then he walked with confidence without looking back to the back of the bus.
I was simply touched.
*I will call them soon
When I went to Chicago last week, I rode the usual bus, but I unusually sat on the front, just next to the bus door. The bus stopped at Champaign station to take more passengers.
There was one scene, less than one minutes in lenght. There was a young man who will ride the bus, maybe around my age (or younger), with short beard, a stone-washed jeans, a worn army-like long sleeves shirt, a shoulder long hair, rebel-but good-looking, a medium-sized backpack, and a hiking shoes. Then, there were two elder that accompanied him, whom I presumed that they are the young man parents. His parents were about my parents age, with casual clothes, and a tired, but proud, look that makes you feel that they've been through a lot in their lifetime. The young man said goodbye, his father said a short something to him, the young man nodded his head, his mother hugged him, and whispher something to him, he smiled, and his parents let go of the young man two meter from the door. The young man climbed up the bus, he stopped at the stair, and gave one last look to his parents with don't worry and wish me luck look, his parents gave an assurance look, the young man smile, and then he walked with confidence without looking back to the back of the bus.
I was simply touched.
*I will call them soon
Wednesday, March 15, 2006
Yudi, Our Apartment, Champaign Beyatches and Whatever...
As I stare to Yudi's room and the rest of our apartment, I feel our apartment is growing larger. For your information, I usually sleep in the living room (on the best sofa for sleeping purposed), because I hate to sleep in my room. Sleeping in my room makes my mind wander wildly, well, to be specific, it makes me missed my wife so much whenever I lay down and stare on my room's ceiling. On the other hand, if I sleep in the living room, I just feel like I only stay for one night, and in the next morning I have to pack and go home. I prefer the second feeling. In addition, just to keep my mind busy, I can turn on the TV or the Radio to accompany my sleep in the living room. Okay, I confess the TV and the radio are not working like I expected. It truly reflects the lyric from Ordinary World by Duran-Duran: "I turned on the lights, the TV And the radio Still I can't escape the ghost of you. Damn, I'm already wandering now.
*My roomate and I in the Navy Pier Ferris Wheels, Chicago, IL
Anyhoo, back to our apartment, the two bed room apartment is getting larger, and of course empty. Suddenly I realized, I can't smell the aroma of chocolate waffle, which is his favorite for breakfast; I can't smell his eggs and hotdogs, also his favorite for breakfast; I can't hear the blender in the morning, when he makes his Muscle Milk (keep on trying dude!); I can't hear occasional vacuum, when he clean the apartment while I'm sleeping (damn!); I can't hear his voice, when he is singing, nor the voice from his laptop; I can't hear his expert opinion on sports; I can't hear his twisted opinion about life and woman (also relationship), nor his wisdom (mostly about woman and relationship) that seems come from out of this world, hahahah; I can't hear his mocking at other people, including me; I can't mock him directly anymore, and so on. Until now, I think he thinks, he is the world expert on women and relationship. As far as I can see, he's most of the time very nice to all of the women that he knows, except to Ange of course (I wonder why, maybe I will analyzed this later, or you can get insight from the previous posts, huahahaha). To make a long story short, I missed him already.
*Our first picture together as the founder/the original member of Champaign Beyatches' Threesome
For Champaign Beyatches. we lost one of our founder, and if you see my previous posts about this gang, you will get the idea what we will miss from this day forward (Hell, Ange and I already missed him, when we went to Best Buy and Wal-Mart without Yudi, of course Ange will deny any feeling whatsoever toward Yudi). The Champaign Beyatchs' threesome is disseminate (borowing from Ange's post).
Well, Life goes on. He will be back to Jakarta, through Singapore (gosh, I'm feeling a deja vu, when somebody has to take a detour before he/she goes home). I'm looking forward for his return to pack up the rest of his things, to go to his new place North Carolina State University: The Wolfpack (at least that is his plan to this date).
Now, I'm drinking beer in the morning (hahaha) to toast you for a good life and a good luck, something that we supposed to do before you leave. So here it goes,
Thank you
Sincerily Yours
Paksi
As I stare to Yudi's room and the rest of our apartment, I feel our apartment is growing larger. For your information, I usually sleep in the living room (on the best sofa for sleeping purposed), because I hate to sleep in my room. Sleeping in my room makes my mind wander wildly, well, to be specific, it makes me missed my wife so much whenever I lay down and stare on my room's ceiling. On the other hand, if I sleep in the living room, I just feel like I only stay for one night, and in the next morning I have to pack and go home. I prefer the second feeling. In addition, just to keep my mind busy, I can turn on the TV or the Radio to accompany my sleep in the living room. Okay, I confess the TV and the radio are not working like I expected. It truly reflects the lyric from Ordinary World by Duran-Duran: "I turned on the lights, the TV And the radio Still I can't escape the ghost of you. Damn, I'm already wandering now.
*My roomate and I in the Navy Pier Ferris Wheels, Chicago, IL
Anyhoo, back to our apartment, the two bed room apartment is getting larger, and of course empty. Suddenly I realized, I can't smell the aroma of chocolate waffle, which is his favorite for breakfast; I can't smell his eggs and hotdogs, also his favorite for breakfast; I can't hear the blender in the morning, when he makes his Muscle Milk (keep on trying dude!); I can't hear occasional vacuum, when he clean the apartment while I'm sleeping (damn!); I can't hear his voice, when he is singing, nor the voice from his laptop; I can't hear his expert opinion on sports; I can't hear his twisted opinion about life and woman (also relationship), nor his wisdom (mostly about woman and relationship) that seems come from out of this world, hahahah; I can't hear his mocking at other people, including me; I can't mock him directly anymore, and so on. Until now, I think he thinks, he is the world expert on women and relationship. As far as I can see, he's most of the time very nice to all of the women that he knows, except to Ange of course (I wonder why, maybe I will analyzed this later, or you can get insight from the previous posts, huahahaha). To make a long story short, I missed him already.
*Our first picture together as the founder/the original member of Champaign Beyatches' Threesome
For Champaign Beyatches. we lost one of our founder, and if you see my previous posts about this gang, you will get the idea what we will miss from this day forward (Hell, Ange and I already missed him, when we went to Best Buy and Wal-Mart without Yudi, of course Ange will deny any feeling whatsoever toward Yudi). The Champaign Beyatchs' threesome is disseminate (borowing from Ange's post).
Well, Life goes on. He will be back to Jakarta, through Singapore (gosh, I'm feeling a deja vu, when somebody has to take a detour before he/she goes home). I'm looking forward for his return to pack up the rest of his things, to go to his new place North Carolina State University: The Wolfpack (at least that is his plan to this date).
Now, I'm drinking beer in the morning (hahaha) to toast you for a good life and a good luck, something that we supposed to do before you leave. So here it goes,
for your health and your life, may they lead to prosperous years ahead, toast...
Thank you
Sincerily Yours
Paksi
Event: Graduation's Day
Place: Faculty of Economics University of Indonesia (FEUI)
Time: February 2002
Degree: Bachelor of Economics
I've got my pictures of my graduation's ceremony from Patris, and I've just met Michele (Lele) my junior from the Class of 98 who had her graduation's ceremony in the same day with mine. Hhhmm, it just reminds me of that day. So, let's sailed through time.
Around four years ago, after six years of "excellence", I finally graduated from FEUI, well I graduated 6 months before that, but, Graduation's Day only held twice every year. So, these are three pictures from my graduation day. It wasn't so special day, even after six years of waiting. It was a rainy day, I was soaked wet. My wife to be, at that time, was studying in Leiden, Netherland. My only comfort were my family, and of course my friends (the last of our kind).
*These three people (Paksi, Renata and Dewa, *excluding Patris) were about all the Class of 95 that had Graduation's Day in February 2002. The others were Detta, Atri (well she decided not to come though), Mustang, hhmm I forget the others. I was all wet.
*They look goods in that graduation's gown, especially with Becak as their background. Anyhoo, not long after that day, they wore another graduation's gown for their master degree, or at least they earned their master degree. Renata now is a PhD candidate.
*Hey Patris, our graduation's ceremony was in the same day, cool huh, if Atri attended this Graduation's Day, then I would have the few among the closest.
Long hair in graduation's day, that is something that you don't see in every graduation's ceremony.
Around four years later, I have a wife, experienced through two jobs (one year at Data and Information Centre FEUI, and around one year at Demographic Institute FEUI), become a lecturer from an assistant lecturer, earned my master degree and now I'm in the third semester of my PhD program. Talking about fast pace.
"It's not the pace that worry me, but it's the sudden end on the next turn."
Place: Faculty of Economics University of Indonesia (FEUI)
Time: February 2002
Degree: Bachelor of Economics
I've got my pictures of my graduation's ceremony from Patris, and I've just met Michele (Lele) my junior from the Class of 98 who had her graduation's ceremony in the same day with mine. Hhhmm, it just reminds me of that day. So, let's sailed through time.
Around four years ago, after six years of "excellence", I finally graduated from FEUI, well I graduated 6 months before that, but, Graduation's Day only held twice every year. So, these are three pictures from my graduation day. It wasn't so special day, even after six years of waiting. It was a rainy day, I was soaked wet. My wife to be, at that time, was studying in Leiden, Netherland. My only comfort were my family, and of course my friends (the last of our kind).
*These three people (Paksi, Renata and Dewa, *excluding Patris) were about all the Class of 95 that had Graduation's Day in February 2002. The others were Detta, Atri (well she decided not to come though), Mustang, hhmm I forget the others. I was all wet.
*They look goods in that graduation's gown, especially with Becak as their background. Anyhoo, not long after that day, they wore another graduation's gown for their master degree, or at least they earned their master degree. Renata now is a PhD candidate.
*Hey Patris, our graduation's ceremony was in the same day, cool huh, if Atri attended this Graduation's Day, then I would have the few among the closest.
Long hair in graduation's day, that is something that you don't see in every graduation's ceremony.
Around four years later, I have a wife, experienced through two jobs (one year at Data and Information Centre FEUI, and around one year at Demographic Institute FEUI), become a lecturer from an assistant lecturer, earned my master degree and now I'm in the third semester of my PhD program. Talking about fast pace.
"It's not the pace that worry me, but it's the sudden end on the next turn."
Monday, March 06, 2006
Ditilang
Percakapan SMS antara suami dan istri, diedit untuk kepentingan keamanan.
Suami: "Selamat pagi sayang,"
Istri: B ditilang kmrn, Dr arah jusuf adiwinata belok kiri ke sutan syahrir, tdk bekibolang :-)
Suami: "Hahaha, tilang pertama istriku, bayar berapa sayang? hihihi..."
agak lama...
Istri: "Baru mandi, Blm tau byr brp. Baru mo nebus sim hr ini. Aku jln dulu yah."
Suami: "Oh kirain damai, hehehe, ati2 di jalan yah."
Huahahaha.
NB:
Pertama suami sebenernya sudah menebak bahwa si istri memang tidak akan berdamai, yang ada bisa-bisa polisinya dimarahin, tidak seperti suaminya yang selalu berdamai, karena suaminya cinta damai (juga cinta istrinya tentunya),hhehehhehe.
Kedua, setahu si suami yang sedang tidak berada di kota yang sama dengan istri, belokan dari jusuf adiwinata ke sutan syahrir untuk belok kiri ada lampu merahnya, khusus, nggak tahu sekarang masih ada atau nggak. Hahahahha, kayaknya si istri lagi nakal deh, hehehhehe.
Percakapan SMS antara suami dan istri, diedit untuk kepentingan keamanan.
Suami: "Selamat pagi sayang,"
Istri: B ditilang kmrn, Dr arah jusuf adiwinata belok kiri ke sutan syahrir, tdk bekibolang :-)
Suami: "Hahaha, tilang pertama istriku, bayar berapa sayang? hihihi..."
agak lama...
Istri: "Baru mandi, Blm tau byr brp. Baru mo nebus sim hr ini. Aku jln dulu yah."
Suami: "Oh kirain damai, hehehe, ati2 di jalan yah."
Huahahaha.
NB:
Sunday, March 05, 2006
Quotes: Curiosity
from The Collection of Quotes
I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.
*Albert Einstein
The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.
*Albert Einstein
I am neither especially clever nor especially gifted. I am only very, very curious.
*Albert Einstein
Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.
*Samuel Johnson
The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.
*Ellen Parr
Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will.
*James Stephens
All explorers are seeking something they have lost. It is seldom that they find it, and more seldom still that the attainment brings them greater happiness than the quest.
*Arthur C. Clarke
from The Collection of Quotes
I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.
*Albert Einstein
The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.
*Albert Einstein
I am neither especially clever nor especially gifted. I am only very, very curious.
*Albert Einstein
Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.
*Samuel Johnson
The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.
*Ellen Parr
Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will.
*James Stephens
All explorers are seeking something they have lost. It is seldom that they find it, and more seldom still that the attainment brings them greater happiness than the quest.
*Arthur C. Clarke
It's Unofficial! We are drunk!
Okey, I have to admit that I can't stand to see the pictures unpublished, hehehehe. So, here we go again with the Unofficial St. Patrick's Day pictures.
*Define lonely
( I don't know how to rotate it, I thought I'm already a Mac adept, bollock! (a wee bit British and Scottish won't hurt. I am influenced by Annas)
*Ange and Dion will graduate this semester, Yudi graduated last year. The population of fun, fearless graduate students (it's so cosmo, I know.) will decrease exponentially this years.
*Define beauty
*PEH (Pertemuan Empat Homogen, eh kurang Pulo Raya deng): Menteng Raya, Lapangan Banteng dan Brawijaya.
Enter "cute and heartfelt comment" competition: A prize for the best comment on this posting pictures, three alcohol shots from any desired brands or mix, courtesy of paksi. It will be served in Cowboy Monkey at Champaign, IL. The prize can't be exchange with cash. For language, Indonesian and English are both accepted. Please state your name/identity clearly. Final decision can't be contested. Family of the employee (that would be me and my wife) are not eligible to enter this competition.
Thank you, and good luck...
Okey, I have to admit that I can't stand to see the pictures unpublished, hehehehe. So, here we go again with the Unofficial St. Patrick's Day pictures.
*Define lonely
( I don't know how to rotate it, I thought I'm already a Mac adept, bollock! (a wee bit British and Scottish won't hurt. I am influenced by Annas)
*Ange and Dion will graduate this semester, Yudi graduated last year. The population of fun, fearless graduate students (it's so cosmo, I know.) will decrease exponentially this years.
*Define beauty
*PEH (Pertemuan Empat Homogen, eh kurang Pulo Raya deng): Menteng Raya, Lapangan Banteng dan Brawijaya.
Enter "cute and heartfelt comment" competition: A prize for the best comment on this posting pictures, three alcohol shots from any desired brands or mix, courtesy of paksi. It will be served in Cowboy Monkey at Champaign, IL. The prize can't be exchange with cash. For language, Indonesian and English are both accepted. Please state your name/identity clearly. Final decision can't be contested. Family of the employee (that would be me and my wife) are not eligible to enter this competition.
Thank you, and good luck...
The Unofficial St Patrick's Day
*ijo... ijo... ijo... (Sampoerna Hijau's tone)
I didn't know anything about this particular day before, but it turned out as one of the coolest day in UIUC by far. Overall, it is only second to Mass School Skip's Day in CC (my high school). In this unofficial day, students consider classes not as important as drinking. Well, actually, drinking is the most important thing on that day. Therefore, people drink from morning until night or later, and of course most of the students wear green (The Unofficial St. Patrick's Day).
*just one of my style, the background is not important.
I decided to bring the gang together, to take some pictures with green clothes. I am in good spirits when we gathered together in this "special" day, considering most of them, well all of them will graduate this year (Yudis graduated last year), except me. We tried to put some green clothes and wandering in the campus. It was kind of cold, but we did our best to look green and cool, and we enjoyed the day a lot.
*We're in business, yeahhhh....
At night, we just continued to celeberate, until Etta's birthday, the day after the Unofficial St. Patrick's Day. With Dion help, we're celebrating the Unofficial St. Patrick's Day, hard.
*starting
Our time for the Unofficial ended with early breakfast.
*Santa Ursula's women, gosh, they are everywhere. By the way, Etta, the birthday's girl, is the one with the black coat
Go Drunk... Go Green...
*Is that water? Why we have water in our table? Get rid of that water please...
Anyhoo, thank you all...
NB: Ange's blog also contains pictures from this day, which are different (I have to spend more time because of this).
*ijo... ijo... ijo... (Sampoerna Hijau's tone)
I didn't know anything about this particular day before, but it turned out as one of the coolest day in UIUC by far. Overall, it is only second to Mass School Skip's Day in CC (my high school). In this unofficial day, students consider classes not as important as drinking. Well, actually, drinking is the most important thing on that day. Therefore, people drink from morning until night or later, and of course most of the students wear green (The Unofficial St. Patrick's Day).
*just one of my style, the background is not important.
I decided to bring the gang together, to take some pictures with green clothes. I am in good spirits when we gathered together in this "special" day, considering most of them, well all of them will graduate this year (Yudis graduated last year), except me. We tried to put some green clothes and wandering in the campus. It was kind of cold, but we did our best to look green and cool, and we enjoyed the day a lot.
*We're in business, yeahhhh....
At night, we just continued to celeberate, until Etta's birthday, the day after the Unofficial St. Patrick's Day. With Dion help, we're celebrating the Unofficial St. Patrick's Day, hard.
*starting
Our time for the Unofficial ended with early breakfast.
*Santa Ursula's women, gosh, they are everywhere. By the way, Etta, the birthday's girl, is the one with the black coat
Go Drunk... Go Green...
*Is that water? Why we have water in our table? Get rid of that water please...
Anyhoo, thank you all...
NB: Ange's blog also contains pictures from this day, which are different (I have to spend more time because of this).
Wednesday, March 01, 2006
Refleksi: Simplify
Buat orang-orang yang suka ngobrol ama gue, ati-ati ama kemampuan gue yang ini:
"Dan juga, in his extra ordinary and special way, he always have this ability to say things that makes u THINK very very hard and goes "o iya yah... bener juga loe pax...".
Testimonial dari MasBen di Friendster
Apa kabar loe Ben?
p.
Buat orang-orang yang suka ngobrol ama gue, ati-ati ama kemampuan gue yang ini:
"Dan juga, in his extra ordinary and special way, he always have this ability to say things that makes u THINK very very hard and goes "o iya yah... bener juga loe pax...".
Testimonial dari MasBen di Friendster
Apa kabar loe Ben?
p.
Quotes (I shammefully stole this quotes from Kelautaje/Ade Titi)
from Threesome (1994)
I watched the movie, and immediately forget about the details. The movie was a little bit absurd for me. But after reading Ade's blog, the movie appear to be cool. So, sist', it's a nice posting.
cut and paste from Ade's Blog:
(dilontarkan oleh Eddie (the gay) di ending part film, latar belakang musik "I'll Take You There", flashback montage semua adegan mereka bertiga having the best time of their lives:)
"Solitude brought out the worst in me. It gave me time to brood over the nature of things. I wondered how some people could be such a necessary part of one's life one day, and simply vanish the next. Isn't it supposed to last?
We ran into each other at graduation. We had lunch about a year after that. It was nice to see them, but it wasn't like the old days. My college experience wasn't what I had planned. It bore no resemblance to the pictures in the brochure.
But I'm not unhappy; I don't think any of us are. We got what we needed out of it.
It's kind of like going on a vacation - you plan everything out but one day you make a wrong turn or take a detour, and you end up in some crazy place you can never find on the map, doing something you never thought you'd do. Maybe you feel a little lost while it's happening. But, later, you realize it was the best part of the whole trip.."
Cool huh... At least, it made me think.
from Threesome (1994)
I watched the movie, and immediately forget about the details. The movie was a little bit absurd for me. But after reading Ade's blog, the movie appear to be cool. So, sist', it's a nice posting.
cut and paste from Ade's Blog:
(dilontarkan oleh Eddie (the gay) di ending part film, latar belakang musik "I'll Take You There", flashback montage semua adegan mereka bertiga having the best time of their lives:)
"Solitude brought out the worst in me. It gave me time to brood over the nature of things. I wondered how some people could be such a necessary part of one's life one day, and simply vanish the next. Isn't it supposed to last?
We ran into each other at graduation. We had lunch about a year after that. It was nice to see them, but it wasn't like the old days. My college experience wasn't what I had planned. It bore no resemblance to the pictures in the brochure.
But I'm not unhappy; I don't think any of us are. We got what we needed out of it.
It's kind of like going on a vacation - you plan everything out but one day you make a wrong turn or take a detour, and you end up in some crazy place you can never find on the map, doing something you never thought you'd do. Maybe you feel a little lost while it's happening. But, later, you realize it was the best part of the whole trip.."
Cool huh... At least, it made me think.
Monday, February 27, 2006
Pendapat Anda Sangat Kami Hargai
Di link blog ditambahkan keterangan untuk beberapa orang blogger, bila ada saran dan pendapat untuk memajukan blog ini, dan membantu teman-teman yang mungkin sedang mendamba, silahkan dilayangkan ke dalam kolom komentar. Selain itu bila ada yang mau dimasukan silahkan melayangkan surat elektronik ke alamat di blog ini. Pada saat ini kebetulan para blogger yang tersedia, sudah atau sedang melewati jenjang pendidikan S2 (master semua nih). We're talking about highly intelegent women here, enter at your own risk (pokoknya yang minderan mati ajah deh loe semua).
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
Di link blog ditambahkan keterangan untuk beberapa orang blogger, bila ada saran dan pendapat untuk memajukan blog ini, dan membantu teman-teman yang mungkin sedang mendamba, silahkan dilayangkan ke dalam kolom komentar. Selain itu bila ada yang mau dimasukan silahkan melayangkan surat elektronik ke alamat di blog ini. Pada saat ini kebetulan para blogger yang tersedia, sudah atau sedang melewati jenjang pendidikan S2 (master semua nih). We're talking about highly intelegent women here, enter at your own risk (pokoknya yang minderan mati ajah deh loe semua).
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
Saturday, February 25, 2006
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)
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)
Friday, February 24, 2006
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.
"-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.
Tuesday, February 21, 2006
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
"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
Sunday, February 19, 2006
Friday, February 17, 2006
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.
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.
Thursday, February 16, 2006
Tanggapan buat Bung Dewa Wisana yang masih rada Mendendam
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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.
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.
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