Kania: Healthy Banana Cake

January 25, 2012 10:44 PM

Healthy karena menggunakan madu sebagai pengganti gula, yoghurt sebagai pengganti susu, dan mengganti 1/3 bagian tepung terigu putih dengan terigu gandum. So, yeah, basically a ‘just because’  kind of case =P

Kalau mau lebih healthy lagi, ganti telur utuh (putih + kuning/merah) hanya dengan menggunakan putih telur, namun jumlah bagian telur harus dikalikan 2 (1 telur utuh = 2 putih telur), dan juga ganti separuh (atau seluruh, tergantung selera, yang pasti rasa cake bakalan berubah) bagian mentega dengan minyak canola atau zaitun tanpa rasa (NO minyak goreng biasa!)

BTW cake ini jadinya moist dan lembut, jadi jangan takut kalau hasilnya kelihatan bantet atau kurang matang, karena ya memang begitu hasil yang seharusnya =)

Bahan:

• 2 buah Pisang matang, puree dengan mixer atau garpu
• 150 ml Yoghurt plain / naturel
• 2 sdt Baking powder
• 200 gr Self rising Flour
• 100 gr Terigu whole wheat / gandum
• 150 ml Madu
• 2 butir Telur ayam ukuran sedang
• 8 gr Vanili bubuk atau 1 sdt ekstrak Vanilla
• 50 gr Mentega, lelehkan kemudian simpan pada suhu ruangan
• Bubuk Cinnamon atau Speculaas
• Mentega / margarin + terigu putih untuk mengoles loyang atau gunakan baking spray dan kertas roti
• Icing sugar

Bimo: Notes dari Disket 5.25

January 25, 2012 05:00 AM

Sebelumnya owner mau ngucapin met tahun baru China. Semoga rejeki mengalir deras kayak air, asal mulut gak bau aja macam naga. Liburan Xincia kemaren jadi libur panjang yang cukup garing. Pacar gak punya, duit ga punya. Yang bikin lebih merana lagi, AKU GA PUNYA PULSAAAA™. Jadi malem Minggu bikin saya manyun aja sendirian di rumah. Kalo si Ernest kekunci di container nanya-nanya ide kreatif

JePe: The Truth Is Out There...

January 24, 2012 01:01 PM

I have been wondering lately:

If DPR is house of people's representatives then how can people fired those that incompetent?

If DPR is open to people then why it has walls and fences that could stand zombie apocalypse?

If DPR is a house of democracy then why don't they let one of the yard become a place where people could shout instead letting them in the street in front of its gate?

This morning, I've been foked. In the midst of the jam, I asked to my self:

Why won't people protesting by not submitting to the police raiders that accompanying any car? Why don't we just not let them got through the traffic and let them get stuck with us also? I mean, they should eat their own dog food. To have the effect of their own shitty policies.

And one last question, why won't we force them to use public transportation at least once a week?

Is this kind of protest protected by law?

As inspired by many tweets:

"Naik Angkot diperkosa, naik bus dicopet, naik motor disenggol, naik mobil dibeset, jalan kaki ditabrak, tinggal di rumah banjir.... Jakarta keras, Bung!"

Happy traffic jam!

JePe: How to Make a Monster

January 23, 2012 11:32 AM

Violance is easy to cure from practical point of view. It's just so scary to do it practically.

I agree of what Stef said on this one. A sadist born from unfortunate events in his/her timeline. Not in a night but a lifetime, that's what it is that shape someone's mind. Of course, it's ceteris paribus; a drastic event could create traumatic can take it out in an instance.

Now, the real cure of it is compassion. Meaning, to swallow our pride and try to forgive the monster. A mere stare, a spit in the face, mockery and any humiliating would not effective. Any swearing would just make the monster invulnerable.

Why?

Because the monster is not the person. It is the state of mind of feeling troubled over the person's endangered existance. Everyone have the self-mechanism to defend one's own existance. By any mean necessary! A compassion is to protect the one's existance and to protect ourselves against its rampage.

An existance, either by this world or (to whom believe) other world, is a crucial matter for each human. It is a grand question of any person in the world. Some might try to define that we are purposeless, just some random biological compound of nature. But, by answering the question, those some are already in that question area. Isn't that they also seeking for their purpose?

A purpose. You can't give that to people via hatred. You can't change them by made them suffering. And simply, a lost person would not listen to people when the person feel like being dominated. Nobody loves to be dominated by others. Everyone wants control, even if the control is being other's command.

Yes, we want certainty in this uncertain world. Random things would prefered as long it is in the expected area of mind. We strive to change and adapt to change. Yet, we would want that change happens not beyond the area of our acceptance.

That's why, there is a hard way for people to change. You could not change a person's mind in a night unless with a drastic measure. Unfortunately, a drastic measure of making monster is easy to find, but a drastic measure to cure a person is hard. It takes time for people to change into a better man. An alarm could turn on in an instance, but you must take the time and procedure to take it off.

Now, the real question is: can you forgive someone who hurts you? Takes time, though.

Thus, easy to cure practically, yet hard to do it practically.

Tiwi: Trend Kamar Mandi Transparan

January 23, 2012 03:40 AM

Sebelum ngeblog mengenai trip Bali 18-20 Jan 2012 kemarin, saya mau bahas seputar kamar mandi dulu. As far as I know hotel2 berbintang memang ada yg kamar mandinya transparan misalnya Padma atau Hilton Bandung. Tapi yg biasanya begitu kan hotel berbintang dan potensial untuk honeymoon. Nah trip kemarin kami 3 hari ganti-ganti hotel di Bali -Kuta-Seminyak-Pecatu- dan mendapati ketiga-tiganya memiliki kamar mandi transparan -_-".
1. Everyday Smart Hotel, Kuta
Dengan rate 300k IDR semalam, menurut gw yah lumayan lah. Sebenernya gw ga ikutan nginep di sini sih. Tapi ada yg ngomel2 katanya sempit. FYI orang yg ngomel ini awalnya nyaranin Tune Hotel dan dia belum pernah nginep di Tune. Well, if you can survive Tune Hotel, you can survive almost anything *lebay* (dari sisi ukuran kamar loh ya).
Kamar mandinya transparan dan ga ada tirainya..muahahaha. 

Terpaksa deh diakalin. Mau lihat bagaimana perjuangan mereka menutupi kamar mandi pakai handuk + tensoplast + payung + shower curtain?

2. F...

Cynthia: old town with the oldies

January 22, 2012 04:17 AM

it's been so long yah since we took a stupid trip together. this time, old town is our destination.

Vita: Road Trippin’ around East Java (part 1)

January 20, 2012 03:21 PM

Overall it was.. humm.. Unforgettable.. Baik dari sisi positif maupun negatifnya… fufufu..

Day 1: Bromo – Alas Purwo – Jajag, Banyuwangi

Kita memulai perjalanan dari stasiun eh Bandara Juanda (kbanyakan naek KRL). Dr sana kita nyewa mobil idamannya anak kecil: Mitsubishi Strada dgn pemborosan 400.000/day. Dijelaskan sedikit oleh yg punya cara pake 4WDnya di lautan pasir, Bromo dan diblgin nego aja kasih 50rb, stradanya bs masuk lah. Girang dong, udah bayangin pose di lautan pasir pake mobilnye.

Baru 5 menit jalan udah mlayang di udara karena jebakan betmen di jln mnuju tol Juanda. Paraah tuh yg bkin jalan.. ada gajlukan tinggi ga kliatan.

Paguyuban Jeep

We drove straight to Bromo lewat tol kluar Porong – Probolinggo – Cemoro Lawang – Wonokriti dgn terngantuk2. Sampai di Pos pukul 3 pagi. Jalan cukup gelap dan curam terjal utk malam hari, cukup creepy.

Cerita punya cerita ga boleh masuk dong kita pake jeep Stradanya, pdhal udah ngumpanin raja arab bwt nego.. Akh kena deh tuh nyewa jeep “Paguyuban” 400rb (nego2 susah bener turuun).. dgn silat lidah “demi keamanan bapak”. Kalo ngomongin soal keamanan, mobil yg kita pake th 2010 dobel erbeg cuy.. mo dibandingin ama jeep hartop taun ilikibrik.. Secara logika amanan mane? Mungkin maksutnya uang “keamanan” (biar bs plg dgn ban utuh dan ga bonyok2)

Ya sudahlah, pasrah saja tuh keluar dgn ga ikhlas Rp. 400.000 utk ke penanjakan (300) + kawah (100). Jln ke penanjakan.. jreng2.. man.. jln ke penanjakan cm beda 1 belokan ama pos dan ga dijaga, dan medannya biasa aja, even an Innova can survive. Perjalanan cm 15mnt.. Mulailah cemberutlah kita, duit 300rb mlayang sia2.. Trus apa iya tuh supir guide kita ke atas? Kaga.. cm blg “jam 0630 sdh kembali sini ya”

Naek ke Penanjakan yg emg sesuai dgn namanya.. nanjaaak muluu.. Dgn penuh kepleset2, dan dikuntitin kuda “mbak naek kuda mbak. jauh loh mbak, mbak, mbak” sampailah kita ke atas. Masih gelap sih. Nunggu 30mntlah baru kliatan siluet Bromo.

Yah agak2 gagal sih ngambil putunya.. ga bs ky di poskard2 ato di kalender..

Tp cukup puas lah dgn ditemani pemandangan apik (yg gagal diambil bagus di kamera) dan udara suejuk. Udara hr ini cukup normal.. ga dingin2 amat.. You don’t actually need a winter Jacket here. Just a normal warm jacket and cover your ear with hood and you’ll be fine. This is what I wore (ignore the insignificant creature who’s wearing just a shirt):

Abis puas putu2 (ga puas sih, hrsnya dipuas2in, bayar mahal inih), trus ke kawah, yg medannya super datar dan dket juga ) why the hell we need the 4wd junk?? Nah  mulai nih di sini supirnya bersilat lidah lagi.. kan baru sampe.. Jeep sengaja diberhentiiin kira2 2km dari kawah.. trus blg “ini masih jln 2 Km lagi..” WTF.. setelah cape naek ke penanjakan, we don’t think we can survive there.. Trus silat2 lagi “Kalo mau yg ga jalan, ke pasir berbisik ama savana nambah 150 lagi”………… errr… so typical.. menjerat dan menjebak bagaikan betmet..

Au ah.. krn BT, kita jln aja didaerah2 situ, tp ga nek ke kawah.. Skitar jln pnjg itu, sy dikuntit lagi oleh kuda “Mbak, kudanya mbak, jauh lo mbak 2 Km.. Mbak2 100rb ampe atasnya…” lama2 “mbak2 50rb kudanya..jauh loh” last resort: “Poto ama kudanya 5rb” ~__~#

Sumpah sedih gw ndengernya.. Sgitu susahnya ya hidup sampe ngemis2 dan njebak2? Yg jelas Paguyuban (baca: mafioso) Jeep itu merupakan penipuan besar dan gak fair. Kita jg br sadar knp jeepnya parkir jauh dari kawah, supaya kudanya laku. #%*$@#%?^>@#?^%?> Mo blg apalagi? cm bs blg MENYEDIHKAN.. Alamnya bagus nan indah mahakarya Allah SWT.. tapi.. Kalo ky gini, siapa yg mau balik ksana? dipalakin ga ada abisnya di setiap langkah!! Gw baca di blog2 org, jeep cm ke 300, knp kita doang kena 400?? Trus knp ga kenain bea masuk mobil sekian, ga usah pake paguyuban 4wd junks?

Eits tapi pengalaman buruk belom berakhir sodara2.. Pas udah sampe parkiran dgn tmpang super manyun, kita dihadapkan dgn wind shield mobil bersih dooong, dgn wiper keangkat.. Damn!! tukang palak lagi dah nih… Trus makin BT, ada org yg dtg ke mobil “uang cucinya mas”… *tepok jidad* innalillahi!! Sy ketusin aja “emgnya kita td minta cuciiin??” “ya kalo gmau ngasi gpp mba (tp jgn harap ban-nya utuh dan bebas baret mobilnya)” %*$%^?#?%%?^>%?&^>%?^

Kluar parkir dgn susah payah di lahan sempit dan mobil yg super panjang ga ada yg bantuin.. bgitu slese bs berhasil kluar, ada lagi org kucluk2 malak duit. HELLOO??!?!?! *jedot2in pala (yg malak2in)*

Sehabis rangkaian nightmare itu, si Strada lgsg dihajar abis turun ke bawah ama abang arab, without looking back, dan bahkan gw ga dikasih ke toilet dan membiarkan perut2 keroncongan kita.. “Segera pergi dari daerah ini!!”

~the end~

Belom cuy.. kita masih lanjut ngantuk2 tanpa tidur ke kota lupa.. dan makan di salah satu warteg.. Di warteg itu kita mkn dgn playanan ramah rumahan ala org jawa.. dan dikasih 1 kantong gede rambutan pulak.. Di situ kta kembali realita bahwa kemanusiaan itu masih ada..

Banyuwangi

Sejujurnya kita inginnya ke Pantai Plengkung.. yg konon kabarnya tmpat hajatan surfing international.. Ga jadi karena… “oh, musti naek jeep lagi 400rb..” *tepok jidad* “oh, kalo naek kapal 750 boleh lah..” Lu kireee??? Percumah sudahlah berliter2 solar yg terbakar utk mengarungi 300Km dari Bromo ke Ujung Wetan Jawa Timur. Jadilah kita cm ke Pantai Grajagan.. ama pantai carita aja bagusan Carita… ~.~

Hari diakhiri dgn tidur di Jajag skitar 30mnt dari pantai Grajagan, tepatnya Hotel Surya something2.. Ok lah utk ukuran 200.000/kamar dgn twin bed + 50.000 extra bed.. Cukup bersih.

Day 2: Pantai Grajagan

Yeah.. nothing to say from pantai ini sih.. nothing special.. kotor jg.. bingung mo ngapain..

Setelah puas doing I don’t know what, kita lgsg cabcus ke Pantai err.. uu.. Tambak Sari?  Lupa dah untuk makan seafood.. Nemu ikan enak rasa ky kpiting warnanya biru.. dan lupa namanya lagi.. Ikan Nemplok? #eaaa

Abis kenyang, lanjut Probolinggo. Kita dah booking tmpat dari Regulo, grupnya Arus Liar utk besoknya Rafting, Cihuyy

Related post: Road Trippin’ around East Java (part 2)

Vita: Road Trippin’ around East Java (part 2)

January 20, 2012 02:57 PM

Day 3: Rafting di Sungai Pekalen, Probolinggo – Batu, Malang

Photos say more than words lah..

Seruuh!! Di sini sy kecemplung sendirian di arus kencang, nubruk batu, kejepit boat, tenggelem, dll dst.. But Alhamdulillah I was saved and alive!!  Dgn baret dan benjol doang.. >.< Thx to org2 yg uda berusaha ngangkat ke atas boat lg.. I know, I’m heavy T__T Setelah berhasil diselamatkan, para rescue team dan tmn2 pun bertepuk tangan.. ~.~

Di daerah Maron ini, kita nginepnya di Kampoeng Kita seharga 105.000/orang. Yah gubuk sederhana gitulah.. Masih OK.. Raftingnya 185.000/org.

Jam 12:00 teng kita dah bersih dan teler.. Namun siap utk menempuh perjalanan lagi ke Juanda utk membuang org2 yg ingin kembali ke Jkt…

Susahnya cari penginapan di Batu, Malang

Di malam harinya kira2 pukul 9, kita sudah ada di Batu, Malang. Perjalanan dari Bandara Juanda kira2 2.5 jam. Mencari hotelnya 2.5 jam juga.. GAAAH!! The only problem is.. hr itu adalah senen, sepiiiii.. sehingga ga bs nilai hotel dr jumlah mobil yg parkir. Lalu, hotel2 yg di jln2 utama itu maaahaaal.. like 300-400 dan dgn fasilitas losmen tuir yg mengerikan.Yg hotel bagusan dikit sampe bintang2, 500an ke atas.. BAH!

Setelah perjuangan kluar masuk hotel 4-5x dan nyasar2 ke gunung2 antah brantah dgn modal google search dan google maps, akhirnya kita menemukan oasis di gurun pasir bernama Vila Gradia. Beeuh!! 5 jempol dah sy kasih bwt tuh pila. Kita dapet 1 kmr, dgn 1 bed double dan 1 bed single, kamar luas, bersihnya mangstaab! dah ky hotel bintang, tipi kabel, dan sarapan enak. Utk harga 340.000 bwt 3 org itu sangat2 worth it. Recommended pila deh..

Day 4: Batu, Malang

Pagi harinya, menikmati penginapan plg bagus selama perjalanan: guling2an ampe siang (cm mpe 07:30 sih, lebay aja). Sarapan enak dan santai, lanjut ke atasnya Batu sanah. Menemui objek wisata namanya Air Mancur eh Terjun Cobon Rondo. Ini air terjun terjun tertinggi yg pernah saya lihat. Konon kabarnya samoe 84m.

Di daerah Batu ini banyak bgt objek wisatanya… dari mulai Museum Satwa, Jatim Park, dll. Sayang kita ga punya waktu, krn ngejer psawat sore. Cm smpet grab bakso Malang otw (stlh usaha susah payah muterin tuh mobil strada super panjang).

So this conclude the whole road trip around East Java. Menikmati terbang bersama Citylink yg on time teng kembali ke smrawutnya Jakarta.

Related post: Road Trippin’ around East Java (part 1)

Vita: Ego Blogging

January 20, 2012 02:51 PM

Since I started using twitter, I kinda left blogging world. Now I get tired with twitter. One is because I can’t blab more than 140 chars and two, bored.

There’s this one stranger stumbled upon my blog and started to comment in alay language, which I don’t freakin’ understand what he meant, but he said something like “how do you expect people to read your blog if.. *alay language starts here*”

Well in my defense, my blog isn’t design to meet readers’ satisfaction, but to meet MINE. If people don’t like my writings, then just close the window.

Narpati: The Deadly Dance of Iko Uwais

January 20, 2012 11:11 AM

http://www.ign.com/videos/2012/01/19/exclusive-clip-the-raid






Akan beredar di Indonesia (dan negara lain) pada akhir Maret (atau awal April). Semoga LSF tidak menyensor satupun adegan di sini.

JePe: Berita Yang Menarik

January 20, 2012 03:07 AM

Megaupload ditutup

Berita dari Ars Technica. Megaupload.com ditutup oleh FBI dan 4 orang pengurus utamanya ditangkap di New Zealand. Atas penutupan tersebut, Anonymous menyerang situs pemerintahan dan situs-situs industri Musik seperti Universal. Dari berita tersebut diketahui bahwa staf Megaupload.com mengetahui tentang situsnya digunakan sebagai sarana pembajakan. Hal ini terbaca dari transkrip surel percakapan mereka. Selain itu, mereka memberi perkakas kepada industri untuk menghapus tautan, tetapi ternyata kontennya sendiri tidak terhapus. Dengan kata lain, mereka tidak benar-benar memenuhi DMCA.

Saya sendiri tidak pernah menggunakan Megaupload selain untuk mengunduh ROM Android. Mungkin ini berpengaruh kepada orang-orang yang membayar akun untuk setahun ini.

Kernel 3.3-RC-1 rilis

Kernel 3.3 RC1 telah muncul. Cepat sekali, yah. Padahal, baru awal bulan ini saya menggunakan kernel 3.2. Tapi, kernel ini membawa perubahan penting seperti perbaikan regresi Power Management yang telah lama menyerang kernel Linux. Hal ini membuat kernel Linux lebih irit.

Perubahan yang signifikan lainnya adalah disertakannya BQL. BQL adalah sebuah algoritma antrian jaringan yang berusaha melawan Bufferbloat. Bufferbloat adalah sebuah fenomena yang membuat banyaknya paket hilang/kadaluarsa akibat dari akumulasi tembolok di dalam sebuah jaringan. Saya dulu pernah membahasnya di sini.

Cynthia: capek!

January 19, 2012 04:39 PM

tau gak sih rasanya capek?

badan capek gak keruan. ditambah keadaan cuaca yang lagi sama labilnya dengan perasaan gua akhir2 ini #eaaa. siang panas menyengat, sore sampe malem keujanan dan basah kuyup *tapi seneng*. pagi2 ujan angin plus ac commuter line tanah abang jam 5.30 yang ga bersahabat dengan perut yang terus2an masuk angin. akh. pengen gak masuk tapi kok ya rasanya gak keren kalo gak masuk. alhasil asam laktatnya makin lama makin numpuk dan bikin badan makin gak keruan..

tau gak sih rasanya capek?

kondisi kantor lagi gak asik. semua orang lagi banyak beban pikiran gara2 kerjaan yang gak kelar2 dan makin menumpuk karena banyak yang resign. keluhan benefit yang berkurang justru membuat orang2 lebih banyak lagi yang resign. gara2 tambah banyak yang resign, otomatis bikin kerjaan orang2 yang masih bertahan di kantor semakin banyak lagi. semakin banyak komplain, semakin capek gua mikirinnya..

tau gak sih rasanya capek?

gak cuma capek badan, capek kerjaan, tapi juga capek ngeliatin lo! mondar mandir aja di pikiran gua kayak setrikaan yang colokan listriknya rusak. kadang panas, kadang dingin. maunya apa sih lo? capek deh..

JePe: Homophobic

January 19, 2012 08:00 AM

Internet people tend to bash person whom against gay. At their game, they love to bash Christianity. They would call Christians whom against gay movement as stupid homophobic.

Seems nowadays many love to depict Christians, and religious people in general, as stupid people. The most controversial movie, Jesus Camp, further depicting Christian movement as a political agenda and brainwashing. In this I agree. This kind of evangelical is wrong.

From the film, it seems that they were from a charismatic church. Charismatics stems from Pentecostal, my view. Because of that, I could tell that obviously they were wrong from the start.

We are a part of Christianity whom believe that people should become an adult before baptized. Pentecostal won't baptize people before they consent with their choice! That's why I've got baptized at my junior high school age (around 14~16). Old enough to have my own decision considering I have read theological books and porns. :-P

My point is, people love to prejudice against all things. And their standard moral of whatsoever is biased against this kind of thing. How would people react to a person that have different view?

For all I know, the Christian's scripture is against gay. It was specifically said in the Scripture on the Old and the New Testament. An example of the passage written by Paul himself made me I consent to this.

"Whoa, in an information age and you still believing in that book?"

Well, to believe God and His Authority is better than believing gay is in a gene. At least God's existence was never been in theory and scientist shy away from proving that one seriously. Gay gene is unproven and mythical. So, while bashing a Christian from his believe, why don't you ask yourself of why would you believe a science fiction?

When people bashing other people. They tend to become an elitist. I, myself, feel this way also when writing this. I am trying to defend my existence especially my pride. In doing so, I find myself inflammatory and vulnerable to make myself superior to other. I hope you keep in mind that I don't want to make this writing that way.

I often get jokes of insulting religious believe. Like the controversial picture of an Arabian kissing by a French magazine, which often referred as an icon of certain religion. Or how a Jewish person pictured in many embarrassing pose which often referred as Jesus. And many insults that posted by people called themselves free open minded people, libertarians.

Not all of the libertarians like that, though. But, I compelled that this kind of thinking is a verbal harassment against our beliefs. The most frightening about verbal harassment is it won't kill people, yet it destruct our mind.

I know that insults to address Christians are not deadly. But, consider this, by labeling Christians as an idiotic person would shy away our kids. Every Christian would have trouble practicing one's faith.

When people having trouble expressing their religion because of the popular view is liberal, it also made my concern as:

"Don't this made liberal view just another religion that suppress other religion?"

When crosses are being pulled from public school I can accept that. But, when people get bullied because they are faith followers, aren't these discrimination?

As the age of information, we tend to blend. Some of us with firm beliefs are not easily convince. Instead of banishing these kind of people, why don't you ask them about people that have opposite belief?

And when a line must be drawn, I would say I object gay movement. But, people who is gay should not be circumcised from their rights. They should be respected as fellow humans. They have their right to believe they are right as much as we are too.

When an openly gay person comes to my house, I would probably welcome the person. And I would likely stand for them in their rights for having their lives. In fact, I have friends whom openly admit their preferences. Yet, I talk with them just like talking to other.

Now, the controversy is when an openly gay person come to my church. What should I do?

I would say, repent. When it comes to religion, this is not to be compromised. This is not exclusively to gay people. It also goes with other beliefs. In other words, they are considered as sinful as non-Christian people even if they were labeling themselves as Christians.

Don't push freedom too much. Religion is a private domain. Meaning, you could do anything as long it doesn't collide with human right and paradox. You can't force a belief to change against its rooting. I am complying to my own standard based on my firm belief of my religion.

But then again, I might be wrong. How about religion that endorse people to kill? Should it be respected?

This is where I said I am not being superior, in fact I feel inferior. I would say I have a double standard. I would say that this religion must delete the part of discriminating non-believer or it should go away. In other words, I'm glad that the law should be enforced in a secular way as possible.

My stance of being double standard because I have a firm standard that every people deserve to live their lives and every people's right is limited to other's right.

All in all, this is my view. People should be respected of whatever their view. People should also take responsibility of respecting other's view. Above them all, no human should be stripped from his/her civil rights.

I know this life is not going to stop here. As we friction each other, there would be times of conflicts. I hope on each of those times we learn each other and balance things up. Deep down also I have fear. A fear of tainting my belief that would made my God disfavor me. Who would not tremble in mind if your belief is being confronted with the opposite?

Openness takes time.

Feha: Google "Good to Know"

January 18, 2012 08:13 AM

Apart from many cynical comments about it, personally I found Google's new campaign "Good to Know" as a good message to most of the Internet users. Why? Because the most population of Internet users are those who are not categorized as tech-savvy. There are many ways to keep someone safe while being online, but the way to deliver the message is somewhat an art itself. 

With their plan to run the campaign both online and offline, like newspapers and billboards, I hope that more Internet users are aware about cyber-security, and act upon it to make themselves secure. Many news about security breaches already popped-out in 2011, let's start 2012 with new target to fight for security in Internest together, all stakeholders.

Updated:
Even after I was thinking about my family back home, I wish that this program will soon also translated into other languages, especially Bahasa Indonesia. 

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Andin: Danika's Hello World

January 16, 2012 07:52 PM

JePe: Vindicating

January 16, 2012 01:52 PM

To be a bad person is like taking drugs. At first you feel a terrible guilt. Then, as you savor, it becoming a trench. You hide yourself deep. So deep that you are not you anymore. After days gone, you wish to see the sun again.

To be a good person is like having detoxification. Your body would reject and you would have a shiver around your bone. Depending on how bad you have fallen, the body would leave permanent scars of previous sins.

Just like when you have in the dark for too long. You feel the blinding light would stab you like a thousand needles. Then, as the time passes, it covers your skin and give warmth.

JePe: Skrooge 1.2 Telah Diluncurkan

January 16, 2012 02:44 AM

Saya membaca berita tentang Skrooge 1.2.0 telah diluncurkan. Skrooge adalah sebuah aplikasi perangkat lunak terbuka untuk akuntansi. Kalau mau dikomparasi, dia mirip MYOB. Dia berjalan di atas KDE4.

Seperti sebuah ungkapan Inggris: “Accounting is not my forte,” saya tidak bisa mengomentari apa pun tentang aplikasi akuntansi. Tapi, Skrooge pernah ditulis di beberapa majalah non-GNU/Linux sebagai salah satu aplikasi akuntansi personal.

Cynthia: being good is hard..

January 14, 2012 04:37 PM

when someone's making fun at you, it's hard to resist the temptation to turn back the situation when you have the ability to do so.

when someone disappoints you, it's hard to still put a smile on your face and pretend that everything's okay.

when someone's mad at you for things that's not your fault, it's hard to bow down and take the blame for yourself.

when someone tells you poop about someone you didn't like either, it's hard not to badmouthed her and try to see things differently from other side.

when you had someone's secret on your hand, it's hard not to put that secret for a good "use".

when everyone around you went crazy over stupid little thing, it's hard to keep focused on something important and try to get them back on track again.

i can't be myself lately. i'm trying not to be my old self anymore. i don't want to be that person again. if i'm being me, i'll embarrass them more than they can embarrass me. if i'm being me, i'll tell anyone i knew how i felt about her and what a peep she was to me. if i'm being me, i'll defend myself even though i know it'll make situation worse for everyone but at least it will be better for me. if i'm being me, i'll make that secret for a good use, and of course for my advantages.  if i'm being me, i'll go crazy with them too, regardless it will hurt somebody or not in the process.

i considered myself as a bad bad person. a bad friend. a bad partner. a parasite. but not anymore my dear friend. i want to be good. i'd die trying to be good. it's hard, it's depressing, it's exhausting, but i still can take it so far lah. what a crazy weekend. my head is over heels and i'm still trying to be a good person. bah, i'd die trying to be a good person.. i hope i still have the strength to do this for the rest of my life. amin!

JePe: Excuses

January 13, 2012 07:45 AM

I give different excuses for different person because I extrapolate my actions and decisions based on those excuses.

Why not tell them all the reasons?

Not all people understand what it means to be an idealist. Not all people would think complicated things. Not all people try to understand what's best. And simply because none of them could have a helicopter view of my life.

While taking advices from other is important, missing your own dream is kind of wasted. Advices are there to give feedbacks on how I will extrapolate my decision, but not as a way to design my life. Nope, this life is mine and I have my time to define what is good for me.

Everybody have experiences. That's why every now and then we listen to our parents and seniors. To not listen also is a dumb decision. But, to cling to them is a problem in itself.


We knew already that littering could cause flood. The waste could intoxicate the land. And for some, the waste could host many illness. Yet, still I see people dropping them with no consent.


Listening to people that let go their dreams is hazardous. They would infect us with mind of letting go the struggle and choose the easy path. A path where we have our lives to have a soulless life.

They say you would be safe there.

But, I keep asking myself, "have you ever heard people without problems?"

And the answer is always, "nope."

If living an easy path also have thorny path, why don't I struggle with my dreams instead?

No need for meticulous answer. I could sense that everyone is afraid of what we do would affect our future. That's true, I have that point in life when I asked myself of what have I done. Then, I realize that I have made a great deal; things that I could brag.

I believe my life is ridding on Land Rover. I believe the car could done heavy duty task. I believe my car was created for an adventure.  And I'm driving it off road.

I'm not a fool, though. I have prepare all the necessity. I have wear knee armor. I have consult about the terrain ahead.

And when everything seems frightening, I believe God, my Sponsor, is watching me closely.

Tya: gimana cara merawat akuarium yang efektif dan efisien? supaya gak cepet lumutan... ~kasian suami jadi bersihin akuarium teruss...

January 12, 2012 02:42 AM

JePe: Kepastian Hukum dan Kreativitas

January 11, 2012 04:56 AM

Menurut sebuah artikel The Atlantic, komunitas Reddit akan melakukan protes dengan membekukan situs Reddit selama beberapa jam. Hal ini dilakukan pada tanggal 18 Januari 2012 seturut dengan adanya sidang dengar pendapat yang mengundang pendiri Reddit. Menurut artikel tersebut, komunitas Wikipedia juga mengusulkan 48 jam boikot untuk menolak SOPA.

SOPA dan Protect IP adalah sekumpulan produk hukum yang hendak digolkan di negara Amerika Serikat untuk memberikan pemerintah AS menutup akses kepada situs-situs yang melanggar hak cipta. Menurut AMERICAblog.com, SOPA diajukan oleh badan legislatif AS (House of Representatives/semacam MPR) dan Protect IP diajukan oleh dewan Senator. Keduanya akan memberikan kekuasaan pemerintah AS dalam memberhentikan situs-situs yang dianggap melanggar dan yang dianggap menyediakan fasilitas untuk melakukan pelanggaran.

Penting, Ya? (TL;DR)

Saya bukannya kurang kerjaan memperhatikan masalah negara orang. Ada beberapa hal yang membuat saya kuatir dengan adanya kebijakan tersebut: Sebagian besar konten bagus berasal dari AS. DNS pusat ada di AS. Kendati Internet menyebar, hub lokal terbesar berada di AS. PayPal pusat berada di AS. Visa dan Mastercard ada di AS. Kendati SOPA dan ProtectIP hanya berlaku di AS, keputusan ini juga mempengaruhi negara-negara yang lain. Kita punya politisi latah. Mereka bisa saja mencontek ide-ide tersebut dan menerapkannya di Indonesia. Maka, saya bisa pastikan, negara ini punya masa depan yang kelam dalam industri kreativitas. Bukti? Budaya yang populer sekarang berasal dari negara-negara Asia Timur, bukan AS. Pemberlakuan politik sensor seperti ini dapat memberikan kekuasaan tak terbatas kepada korporasi dalam menentukan arah kebijakan. Hal ini dapat memangkas pertumbuhan ekonomi baru, terutama dalam bidang kreatif. Kreativitas dapat terkontrol sesuai dengan kebutuhan mereka.

[NB: Saya sudah sebisa mungkin mengompres informasi supaya jangan tl;dr.]

Menangkap Peluang

Saya tidak habis pikir, mengapa jaringan Internet yang menjadi urat nadi orang banyak begitu mahal di Indonesia. Tetapi, jaringan Internet telah melahirkan situs YouTube. Dari situs YouTube lahir eksperimen-eksperimen baru. Banyak eksperimen yang sebelumnya tidak didukung oleh industri utama (mainstream) digemari. Kemudian, mereka membuat produk kreatif.

Untuk pembayaran, mereka memiliki PayPal. Untuk distribusi lagu, mereka dapat menggunakan toko daring iTunes. Ada banyak toko daring yang kemudian muncul dan menggandeng artis-artis YouTube dalam mendistribusikan barang seperti kaos, mug, dan lain sebagainya. Ada juga toko-toko daring yang khusus memfasilitasi penjualan barang-barang lainnya. Bahkan, ada yang memanfaatkan situs media sosial seperti Facebook dalam Facebook Marketplace.

Memang selalu ada dua sisi dari koin. Internet juga pusat liberalisasi. Banyak yang takut kalau Internet dapat menimbulkan keresahan dan penurunan akhlak. Ah, rasa-rasanya penyensoran adalah hal yang paling bodoh yang pernah terjadi di Indonesia. Seorang rekan yang dari pedalaman pernah menyaksikan bahwa penduduk sana tahu berita adegan mesum antara dua artis beberapa waktu lalu. Dari pada sibuk menyensor, lebih baik membuat konten tandingan yang memberikan kearifan budaya kita.

UU Hak Cipta dan Strategi Bisnis

Saya tidak tahu kapan UU Hak Cipta yang baru akan keluar menggantikan UU Tahun 2002. Tetapi, saya setuju dengan pendapat bahwa UU Hak Cipta harus ditegakkan dengan cara pelaporan aktif. Artinya, sebuah konten yang diduga melanggar hak cipta tidak bakal disergap polisi sebelum ada laporan dari sang pemilik konten. Negara Jepang melakukan ini [Condry, 2004].

Menurut studi tersebut, hal ini membuat para penyelenggara CD tidak berani menuntut. Penuntutan dapat mengakibatkan kemarahan para fan. Mereka pun tidak pernah menganggap penurunan penjualan CD akibat dari pembajakan. Memang karena terjadi penurunan penjualan CD secara global. Hal ini karena terjadi penurunan pendapatan.

Mengapa CD menjadi tidak menguntungkan?

Menurut studi itu, harga CD terlalu mahal. Nilainya tidak sebanding dengan yang didapatkan. Membeli satu CD yang mahal demi satu atau dua lagu yang bagus sangat tidak masuk akal. Saya rasa masuk akal untuk mahasiswa berpikir ulang untuk mendapatkan CD seharga Rp50.000,00.

Di situlah peran toko daring semacam iTunes berperan. Peran pembayaran daring itu sangat besar dalam menjaga kelangsungan. Saya rasa, banyak yang tidak keberatan membayar per lagu untuk lagu-lagu yang bagus.

Ah, saya berharap ada pihak bank yang membaca tulisan ini. Seandainya ada toko daring yang terhubung langsung dengan bank. Apalagi terhubung dengan e-Banking. Hai, BNI, saya mau akun saya bisa dipakai PayPal tanpa harus membuat kartu kredit.

Seandainya pihak bank dan pihak penjual bekerja sama dan mengizinkan orang-orang menaruh barang dagangan, pasti banyak orang yang terjun ke industri kreatif. Jangankan itu, pasti permasalahan pemasaran produk daerah juga terlewati. Dengan harga pantas dan prosedur yang mudah dan aman, orang pasti mau membayar musik yang bagus.

UU Paten

Awas yang berani membuat perangkat lunak sebagai paten. Algoritma tidak boleh dipatenkan!

Feha: Google "Search plus Your World"

January 11, 2012 03:46 AM

Just read how Google is starting to merge their search function with Google+ tighter to improve people's experience of doing search in Mashable. Personally, this is what I've been waiting for some time, the real social integration of search so that the results are getting more relevant. Already several time I ranted how difficult it is to find relevant information nowadays through Internet because of the so called SEO techniques performed by tons of site owners.

And of course another thing is that my prediction that Google+ is not just the way Google fighting Facebook, comes to reality. It is bigger. And having presence in Google+ for those who haven't should start to put into concern.

 

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Cynthia: It's Juma'ah FTW!

January 09, 2012 06:58 AM

Bimo: Sewindu Berkata

January 08, 2012 07:25 AM

Pagi ini saat terbangun dari tidur, saya mendapati dua email notifikasi dari blog ini masuk ke ponsel. Saya memang mengatur agar komentar baru akan langsung dinotifikasi. Komentarnya sih ga penting, bahkan cenderung spam, tapi yang menarik adalah... Ini artikel kapan? Emang gw pernah nulis?? Selidik punya selidik, setelah mata bebas dari belek, ternyata yang dikomentarin adalah artikel yang

Feha: How Can IT Fights Traffic Jam?

January 08, 2012 12:37 AM

During stucked in the Jakarta's traffic couple days ago, I was thinking about how IT can help the local government fighting the traffic jam in which to my conscious is getting worse from the last time I visited Jakarta, end of 2010. People were hanging in the car, most of them only one person per car, suited nicely either planning to meet someone or going back home, which normally a bit far away from Jakarta's city center.

Will cloud computing, or whatever term you would use, able to help them really boost their productivity and work from anywhere and anytime without physically need to be in the same place? Will it able to lower numbers of people who need to travel a lot into the city?

Or at the end of the day it's all about culture? People's culture who socially needs to be work in a space called office and meet people a lot to perform their work?

Any thoughts?

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JePe: JP Word Of Wisdom

January 05, 2012 01:38 PM

Orang yang taro gelar S1 dan S2 di namanya gak berhak ngomong kampungan ke orang lain.

JePe: HTML5 Murni Dengan Opera

January 04, 2012 05:02 AM

• Unduh Opera versi terbaru. Misalnya di sini.
• Saya mengunduh versi 64-bita.
• Ekstraksi dengan menggunakan aplikasi Tar.
• Pasang atau langsung gunakan Opera.
• Dapat juga diunduh versi Deb-nya yang bisa dipasang.
• Setelah Opera terpasang, gunakan ekstensi Webm+.
• Selesai. Dengan ini maka setiap kali mengunjungi Youtube, video yang ditampilkan adalah versi HTML5 bukan Flash.

HTML5 Adalah Masa Depan

Alasan pribadi saya menonaktifkan Flash adalah karena sistem saya sering mogok. Hanya satu aplikasi itu saja yang menjadi kanker di dalam sistem saya. Saya sebal, sebab saya bisa mengompilasi, menjalankan musik, menjalankan Netbeans, dan menjalankan aplikasi lainnya stabil. Tetapi, ketika menggunakan peramban merek apa pun, selama Flash aktif menyala komputer saya pasti akan mogok.

Alasan selanjutnya adalah masalah standar terbuka (Open Standard). Saat ini (di luar Indonesia) berlomba-lomba orang terjun ke dalam standar terbuka. Kata standar terbuka menjadi topik yang panas semenjak Uni Eropa dan negara-negara lainnya mensyaratkan kebutuhan TIK mereka harus dipenuhi dengan standar terbuka.

Sayangnya, banyak perusahaan yang menawarkan standar terbuka yang tidak benar-benar terbuka. Banyak teknologi “standar terbuka” yang tertawan dengan Paten atau pun terimplementasi secara tertutup. Contohnya, OOXML, H.264, dan OpenGL 3.

Hal ini mengakibatkan implementasi oleh pihak ketiga menjadi tidak kompatibel. Entah dokumen yang mencong-mencong, pembayaran lisensi, dan bahkan fasilitas yang tidak dapat dimanfaatkan. Contoh yang paling mengenaskan adalah MESA. Penggerak grafis di GNU/Linux ini terlambat mengimplementasi OpenGL 3 karena banyak algoritma yang dipatenkan.

HTML5 saat ini masih muda. Banyak sekali standar yang berusaha masuk untuk menjadi bagiannya. Salah satu fungsi yang sedang digunakan adalah tag video untuk HTML5. Nah, ada tiga setidaknya kontainer video yang dipakai: H.264, Ogg Vorbis, dan WebM. Beberapa organisasi komersial memilih untuk menggunakan H.264 karena katanya lebih efisien. Akan tetapi, paten H.264 dipegang oleh MPEG LA yang sewaktu-waktu akan meminta biaya lisensi untuk pengguna format ini.

Walah, kalau sudah harus membayar untuk memakainya itu, sih, bukan standar terbuka namanya. Sang pemegang lisensi dapat sewaktu-waktu mengubah spesifikasi. Apalagi kalau yang pegang lembaga komersial. Pasti dia ingin membuat diferensiasi dengan saingannya sehingga menciptakan format-format tak terdokumentasi seperti OOXML. Pasal-pasal karet dalam spesifikasi dapat diinterpretasikan berbeda oleh banyak pihak.

Untungnya Opera memiliki komitmen untuk setia kepada standarisasi web. Itu juga, sih, yang membuat dia tidak begitu kompatibel dengan banyak situs. Dia banyak di-bully oleh situs lain. Tapi, saya salut dengan komitmen Opera. Ia hanya mendukung WebM.

Berhubung yang punya WebM adalah Google. Mereka juga sudah berjanji untuk membebaskan format tersebut untuk menjadi format terbuka yang bebas lisensi. Maka penggunaan WebM di YouTube didukung penuh oleh Google.

Berhubung Youtube sudah bisa menggunakan HTML5 penuh, saya dengan ini mematikan Flash dari sistem saya. Ajaib, sekarang sistem saya pun tahan bekerja terus menerus. Iklan-iklan dari situs berita pun berkurang.

JePe: Memindahkan WordPress Menjadi InnoDB

January 03, 2012 05:18 AM

Untuk situs blog dengan pengguna belasan ribu aktif, penggunaan mesin basis data MyISAM sudah tidak memadai lagi untuk MHS Blog. Setiap pengguna minimal menggunakan lima tabel. Satu tabel ada tiga berkas. Nah, kalikan semua itu dan kita mendapati jumlah yang fantastis dalam sebuah direktori.

Hal ini bisa diatasi dengan menggunakan ReiserFS. Sistemberkas ini mampu menampung banyak berkas kecil dalam sebuah direktori. Tetapi, tetap saja terjadi penurunan performa basisdata. Ketika saya ‘ls’ di direktori tersebut, cukup lama untuk bisa sampai bawah. Padahal, jumlah data tak sampai 3 GB.

Hmm… saya sempat berpikir, seandainya MyISAM punya fasilitas pencacahan, mungkin ia bisa menaruh berkas-berkas tersebut ke sub-sub direktori. Atau, seperti basisdata Oracle yang bisa mempartisi basisdata dalam banyak partisi.

Akhirnya, saya punya solusi satu, memindahkan seluruh tabel ke dalam format InnoDB. Menurut sebuah tautan di Internet, cukup menggunakan perintah:

ALTER TABLE nama_tabel ENGINE = InnoDB;

Wow, mudah sekali. Saya tertarik untuk menjalankannya.

Buat Cadangan Basisdata

Blog MHS sudah ada semenjak 2006, berarti sudah banyak mahasiswa yang menggunakannya. Pengetahuan yang terkoleksi tidak boleh hilang begitu saja. Basisdata perlu disalin. Ada dua cara, mematikan MySQL atau mengunci basisdata.

Saya memilih cara yang kedua, tetapi tampaknya efeknya sama saja. Entahlah…. Yuk, lanjut.

Pertama-tama, masuk ke dalam basisdata yang bersangkutan, saya harus menggunakan “-A” untuk mematikan fasilitas autocomplete agar bisa masuk ke mysql:

$ sudo mysql --defaults-file=/etc/mysql/debian.cnf -A basisdata_ku

Lalu, kunci basisdata:

mysql> FLUSH TABLES WITH READ LOCK

Saatnya menyelamatkan tabel-tabel sebelum dirubah. Tabel-tabel MyISAM dalam sebuah basisdata biasanya disimpan dalam sebuah direktori. Saatnya mengompres satu direktori tersebut:

mysql> SYSTEM tar cfvj /tmp/basisdata_ku.tar.bz2 /var/lib/mysql/basisdata_ku/

Setelah selesai, segera buka kembali kuncinya:

mysql> UNLOCK TABLES;

Ubah Menjadi InnoDB

Ada ratusan ribu tabel dan saya punya kehidupan. Untuk itu, saya menggunakan cara yang disarankan oleh Stackoverflow:

mysql> select concat('alter table ',table_name, ' engine = innodb;')
 -> from information_schema.tables
 -> where table_schema in ('basisdata_ku');

Tidak sampai semenit semua terubah. Nah, tinggal satu langkah lagi.

mysql> quit; -- JANGAN LUPA KELUAR!

Ubah Secara Baku Menggunakan InnoDB

Mulai MySQL 5.5, basisdata baru secara baku menggunakan InnoDB. Pantas saja walau tabel lama sudah InnoDB, tetapi untuk tabel baru bakal MyISAM. Menurut sebuah entri blog, WordPress tidak memilih mesin yang digunakan. Jadi, sepertinya hanya perlu mengganti konfigurasi MySQL.Tambahkan entri di ‘/etc/mysql/my.cnf ‘ sebuah nilai di bawah “[mysqld]” sebagai berikut:

[mysqld]
default-storage-engine = innodb

Letaknya tidak harus tepat sehabis “[mysqld]“. Yang penting di bawah entri tersebut. Lalu, jalanulangkan MySQL:

/etc/init.d/mysql restart

Selesai.

Rencana Masa Depan

Ada beberapa rencana:

• Pindah dari InnoDB ke XTraDB untuk performa yang lebih baik. (Percona)
• Atau coba Drizzle?
• Taklukkan dunia.

JePe: Kok Tega Ya

January 03, 2012 05:08 AM

Saya menghindari entri politik. Tapi, saya merasa kecewa dengan adanya pejabat yang menyatakan ketidaksukaannya secara publik dengan langkah Walikota Surakarta, Joko Widodo. Walikota tersebut menyatakan penghargaannya kepada mobil Esemka dengan menjadikan mobil tersebut sebagai mobil dinas.

Kalau memang tidak ada yang baik hendak dibicarakan, hendaknya pejabat publik diam saja. Malah, seharusnya salut kepada Walikota Surakarta yang mengapresiasi karya anak bangsa dengan menggunakan produk itu sebagai karya spektakuler. Apalagi, ini karya yang memberdayakan anak SMK. Bisa membuka peluang kerja bagi orang-0rang yang mungkin tidak dapat melanjutkan ke perguruan tinggi.

Janganlah menuduh sesama pejabat publik sebagai cari muka. Banyak, kok, yang tahu siapa Joko Widodo. Dia satu-satunya pemimpin daerah yang memindahkan pedagang kaki lima secara manusiawi dan bermartabat. Tidak seperti yang lain yang hanya bisa menggunakan Satpol PP dan alat berat. Bahkan, Beliau termasuk 10 Pemimpin Daerah yang berprestasi tahun 2008 versi Tempo.

Mungkin, mobil Esemka hanya merupakan produk inferior dibandingkan produk-produk mobil asing. Tetapi, Jepang berdiri kokoh sekarang bukan karena industrinya maju. Mereka pernah ada masa yang alat-alat elektroniknya inferior. Bahkan, sampai ada sentilan sebuah acara TV yang lama. Di acara tersebut sang pemain film membentak dan memukul-mukul TV Jepang supaya mau menyala bagus. Tetapi, mereka mau membeli dan mendukung industri dalam negeri. Produsen pun menjawab dengan menaikkan kualitas. Jadilah mereka salah satu produsen elektronik dunia.

Saya tidak tahu kualitas mobil Esemka dan saya mungkin belum tentu setuju dengan produksi mobil tersebut. Tetapi, apabila ada anak bangsa yang berprestasi bisa membuat mobil dan terutama lapangan pekerjaan, mengapa harus dijelek-jelekkan?

Saya belum tentu bisa beli, tetapi sebagai salah satu orang Indonesia saya bilang: Selamat kepada Kiat Motor yang membuat Esemka. Cahyo!

JePe: My Prayer 2012 (Christian)

January 03, 2012 01:59 AM

A space journey would take eons of light years. Yet, I'm getting old when I am forgetting my aim. Let's keep forward for that destination and never held back, my soul!

I am on a journey to my grave. Still, I'll keep this world painted when I'm still around. Washed by history, yet carved into the heart of some people. I wish a cherished live in that I could say: "I've enough."

Please help me, Jesus, for I have so many naught. This life that should be a dedication to You still be living in errors. Having a weak mind with once a broken soul. This once shattered heart healed because of You. Yet, I am still bound to this flesh.

Let me love, let me feel. Let me smile, let me go. Lord, I love You in this liberal mind. Help me so that I could understand the beauty of You. Not as a scholar nor as a subject, but as a beloved son that you've rescued from the mud.

My frail mind was tempted to be gone astray as others. Chasing bucks of money without ever have to use it. Swindled by capitalism and greed. Enticed by the widow, consumerism.

I know, Lord, statistically speaking these kind of temptations would end me up like others as losers trying to chase my missing years. Searching for something that was traded out of my soul.

Yet, the world is cave in around me. Strangle me with higher inflation. Strangle me with worries. Choke me with fallacies of what if scenarios.

Lord, I'm being tempted to have my own equation of Markov Chain. I am being tempted to make my own P. Help me to rely on your equation. For I know that even if I have IEEE friction, I'd still lose some accuracies.

Lord, I don't know what's wrong with the world. Why the price goes up? Why do we need cars? Why do we need gadgets? Why do we need those fancy pants?

I have no idea of that. I was totally okay with my life. The sky is my roof and earth is my shelter. It was like that. Why would I become others?

Lord, my prayer to You is for me to not gone astray. Chasing my own star not others.

Oh, btw, thanks for my life. Forgive me.

-- A prayer, prelude for 2012.

Cynthia: welcoming new year..

January 02, 2012 11:04 AM

actually i want to post this a month ago, but i always forgot to do so.

i have resolutions that i made at that time. in reality it's very hard to commit to them, especially when you are hanging out with your close friends. i always had an urgent needs to strap my uneducated mouth.

maybe everyone set the bar so high for what they want this year, but i just made one simple rule for myself. i only want to be a better person. for me, for families, for people i love, for everyone. to do so means less talking about people, less swearing, less negative thoughts. more praying, more saving, more smile. i don't need to be anyone but me, i just need to upgrade myself into a better version.


last year is the best year for me, financially :D alhamdulillah yah, no debt left, made a good property investment, and still have savings, yay! it's also the best year for me in terms of friendship. i made a couple of new besties, from work and from college too. i became less and less person i was a year before. i finally forgot how to fake a smile, and even though there's a thing or two that made me faking a smile for a week or so, in the end i learn to accept it the way it is :)

in terms of love, well, still a failure xD made some decisions that leads to disappointments. and for now, i'm taking a quite big risk about my future. still, i hope it will turn out good for everyone. this year is the very first time in my life i pray about someone during my praying. like what my girlfriends said to me, ask God then he shall answer your question. i did, and amazingly i also got the answer right away.

although it's not really that great, i'm lucky to pass this year with a proud smile knowing i already did my best. i'm not afraid to choose what i really want to do. and i'm lucky to have those who surrounded me with love and care even though sometimes i did things i'm not proud of.

overall, i survive this new year with a smile upon my face. well done, dear.. well done..

Tiwi: 2011: Work Hard, Play Hard

January 01, 2012 03:16 PM

2010: Drama.
2011: Work hard, play hard. 
2012: ...?

Work hard

I have never worked my ass off this way before. Ever since my users -accounting development unit- move upstairs to my place (they supposedly in 3rd fl, while IT in 4th) I can never go home early again. On the same time, my dad retired from UNICEF, so I have no one who pays taxi anymore. Usually my dad calls me to go home at 6 and I will be tempted to leave my task for 50k IDR (taxi rate all the way from Sudirman to Bintaro).

So now everyday I normally log my time-out on the fingerprint at 9 or 10 PM. In my user's term, tenggo = 5/6, pulcep = 7/8, normal = 9/10. I also have to attend office on saturday at least once in a month. This accounting development unit head is such a workaholic and he can make people around him work in his pace. However he's one of that few people who can make me feel very comfortable with. His subordinates usually refer him as my 'abang' because they say we often quarrel just like brot...

Bimo: 2012

January 01, 2012 10:41 AM

Artikel ini tadinya saya rencanakan untuk diketik pada tengah malam tadi, di saat pergantian tahun. Tapi apa daya, perayaan pesta tahun baru di rumah membuat saya pingsan seketika seusai acara. Oleh karena itu, bangun dari tidur saya langsung menghadap laptop yang sejak semalam dinyalakan. Desingan petasan di depan rumah kini berganti pengajian dari masjid sebelah. Dan saya bersyukur, itu berarti

Cynthia: cinta itu, b...

December 30, 2011 12:21 PM

bego! ah, marilah kita menggalau dulu hari ini.. turn the music on, set mode: repeat current song.


if happened in the wrong time, or for a wrong person.. love can be stupidly destructive. you know you can't have it. you know that there's no future in it. you know it can badly effect the rest of your life. but still, you'll stand by it, living by it and being blinded by it.

if i can choose, i'd rather not have this strange feeling. i kept saying stupid things like the reason why i want him  and i don't want nobody but him. but the truth is, i really can't figure out why i like him this bad. despite all of the reasons why i shouldn't, my heart keeps on popping seeing him busy from a far. i'll smile every time i saw him so peacefully sleeping. and afterwards when reality strikes, that smile turns into a frown. damn you truth! i don't know whether i should be grateful or not finding you this early.

maybe this is why she wants to marry a jerk like him. love makes you stupid. love makes you did many illogical things. maybe this is why he choose to stand by her side even though he knew she's a big fat liar. maybe this is why they're so persistent living a very bad relationship. because love is so stupid, and i still want nobody but you!

Feha: Who Am I?

December 30, 2011 11:02 AM

Less than a day, we will leave 2011 and move on to the next great year 2012. As one question that popped-out during my visit to Bali this year, I would love to hear from all of you about how would you like to describe me, either as a friend or as a professional colleague.

Please leave your comments below, describe who do you think Ferry Haris is, and put as well your wishes for me to improve in 2012.

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Feha: Mandiri dan Berani dalam Mencari Informasi Beasiswa

December 30, 2011 08:51 AM

Rasanya beberapa tulisan saya di blog ini mengenai tips mencari beasiswa di Belanda masih relevan hingga kini. Terlihat masih maraknya kunjungan ke tulisan tersebut disertai dengan komentar yang ditinggalkan pembacanya, baik itu yang meminta dukungan doa dan semangat, maupun melontarkan pertanyaan lanjutan.

Hanya saja ada pola-pola pertanyaan yang semakin lama cukup mengusik hati kecil ini untuk menuliskannya secara terpisah. Garis besarnya adalah: Saya BUKAN pribadi ataupun perwakilan sebuah organisasi yang memberikan beasiswa untuk belajar di luar negeri!!!!

Sekali lagi saya hendak menekankan 2 hal penting terkait program beasiswa yang saya pernah alami sendiri, sebagai acuan untuk menjawab pertanyaan "Apa saja yang harus saya persiapkan untuk mendapatkan beasiswa?"

1. Bahasa Inggris
Di luar negara-negara yang mensyaratkan kemampuan bahasa lain, English adalah syarat mutlak yang harus dipenuhi para pemburu beasiswa studi di luar negeri. Untuk amannya kita ambil saja rata-rata minimum International IELTS sebesar 6.5.

2. Informasi Tersedia Berlimpah
Dengan kata lain: "Silakan, Anda mencari sendiri informasi beasiswa yang diminati secara pribadi!" Kenapa? Selain setiap program beasiswa terkadang memiliki persyaratan yang berbeda-beda, tidak ada yang bisa saya kategorikan sebagai "veteran" pencari beasiswa dimana dengan pasti dapat menyatakan atau memberikan contoh pamungkas model-model seperti apa yang dapat diterima. Jangan pernah takut untuk mencoba dan jangan pernah merasa kalah sebelum berperang. Coba dulu, dan coba terus!

Semoga ke depannya calon-calon mahasiswa Indonesia yang hendak meneruskan studinya ke luar negeri dapat menjadi manusia-manusia yang lebih mandiri dan berani untuk mencoba. Mohon maaf bila tulisan ini membuat Anda yang membacanya kecewa. Semata mata hanyalah mengutarakan kenyataan hidup dan kejujuran diri.

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Tya: Perkembangan Sayyid 19 bulan 13 hari

December 29, 2011 01:48 AM

Bismillahirrahmaanirrahiim...

Fiuuhhh dah lama banget ya gak update cerita Sayyid.... padahal dulu niatnya tiap bulan diceritain perkembangan Sayyid ... tapi apa daya susah cari waktu enak...

Hmm mudah2an habis ngeblog ini, kegalau-an ku ttg bberapa hal akan berkurang... :D

Nah ini perkembangan Sayyid sampai 1 tahun ini..
Secara fisik,
Sayyid sudah meninggi, dengan perut yang tetep gendut :D
Berat sih belum beranjak dr 10kg ...

Yaaa pegimane anaknya aktif banget, kayaknya yang masuk sama dengan yang keluar deh hehe :D

Gigi sudah ada 16 lhoooooooo (8 atas, 8 bawah).... tinggal graham belakang ajah...
Kalo secara teori graham belakang bawah nanti akan muncul di usia 20 bulan,
sedangkan yang atas akan muncul di usia 24 bulan...

Perkembangan motorik

Hmm Alhamdulillah Sayyid dah bisa lari...
sudah sangat stabil jalannya, bahkan udah bisa menyeimbangkan sendiri badan saat mau jatuh...
Bisa dibilang sebenarnya sudah tidak ada yang perlu dikhawatirkan lagi kalo Sayyid lari...
udah bisa lari2 sambil muter...

Tya: Ya Rabbiiiii... 'siklus' bulan ini bikin mood saya jelek bangetttttttttt...... susah konsen, dan gampang tersulut emosii.... Astaghfirullah.... ~ musti menghindari baca email2 yg bikin emosii

December 28, 2011 07:49 AM

Tya: Kemarin (26/12/2011) kacamata saya patah lagi (dipelintir sama Sayyid) hihi... Alhamdulillah diganti dengan yang lebih baik dan gratisssssss...... ~selalu kagum sama pedagang China (koko/cici) :)

December 27, 2011 12:27 AM

JePe: Battleship Yamato On My 2 Cents

December 22, 2011 09:10 AM

There is a thread on IMDb indicating that this movie is deluding history. The thread starter was questioning "symbol of fascism" that changed into the "symbol of hope" for humankind. History tells that Yamato is a flagship of Japanese empire.

I am not that into Yamato. I am a Macross generation. So, I do think that I would say this from an outsider not a fan. Also, I am not trying to bash the person but just trying to analyze what's the meaning of Yamato.

A history lesson in my senior high hinted me of what kind of happens. Meiji Restoration was triggered by a humongous naval ship made of steel landed on Japan. The fleet led by Commodore Perry was causing chaos unto the heart of many Japanese people. It began the industrialization of Japan and her modern heart.

Still, the heart still beating fast for the people of Japan at that time. They decided to build a flagship that big enough to counter the Western. They want to be save from that black ship that shook the heart of many men and women.

That's why Yamato became the hope of many Japanese at that time. Their pride of a nation. Waking up from the ashamed state because of America forcing them to submit a trade treaty.

With that feeling of hope. They modernized that into the pride of humankind who was invaded by Gamilas.

Cynthia: happy monday everyone :)

December 20, 2011 10:38 AM

Penasaran, akhirnya sesampai saya di kantor, saya ngubek2 youtube. Aseli, ni yang bikin semua parodi keren abis. Jadi rela deh lagu2 nostalgila saya dirusak sama mereka xD Happy monday everyone, enjoy the rest of your day, you know i will..... :)

Maya: Letting go

December 18, 2011 08:05 PM

The big question of letting go bugged my mind around these last couple of months. Some things.. are they worth to keep, or should I let them go. Think I'm pretty good of letting things go, but when inputs and comments started to coming in, I'd have to reconsider my decision.. hence the state of dilemma I've been dwelling in.

Uhm, so.. not so much on progress.. but last week someone told me something, things that I would usually shrug off my shoulder, things like, "Well, you should try praying, perhaps miracle would happen.." Aww, very nice of you to say, and to think that we hardly know each other..

So yay.. big decision.. big decision.. to just f*ckin do it or to put it on hold. I'm big at making decision, which of course that's just one pretty fat lie.

To tell or not to tell, that's also one big decision to come up with. It's not that I won't tell, but more like when will be the right time to deliver the lovely message. Now or the upcoming month, now or not at all?

Ow man, can't I just go through with it without telling anybody? Lovely berondong, now I know how you feel, even though the scale of our decision is as wide as the Red Sea (which apparently not that wide if Moses could part it in two).

And yes, the state of my life is so-so to the low point. Extra point gathered when I see or do something interesting like seeing the musical or something. So yeah, not much interesting news on that part.

Ah, it's almost New Year so we better make some plans..

1. Visiting the carnival in Rio de Janeiro. Have no idea why so many people are against this idea (or to present alternative one that doesn't appeal to me that much). Is it me or the crowd I'm hanging out with?
2. Watching Cirque du Soleil anywhere in this world. Shallow, isn't it? Hehe, I dunno why but I'm so damn thrilled every time I think of it. And guess what, Korea held on of its performances. One stone, two birds, anyone? click here for more info
3. Shrugged off any dull comments to any of my trip plan, things like, "Iya deh lo kan tajir..", "Susah deh yang gaya hidupnya beda..", "Gue sih ngga bakalan ikutan lifestyle lo.." (O_o) Which are weird comments, haven't they seen where I live? That 3x4 meter size of a dung hole?
4. Keeping on not planning the future to the smallest detail, cause it always prove that however you plan you life, things can go way further than your original one, since.. you know.. you're not God or something..
5. Being grateful on whatever things I'm receiving, simple things like thank yous, smiles and dinner invitations (hahaha! such a code..)
6. Staying true to myself. Okay, this one sounds bull, but I like it. So what if I like to change my wigs *lho* and if I like to paint my nails with black, drooling over cute ring (but unfortunately not my size) in shape of a blinky spider crawling upon your fingers, not caring whether I lose one or two of my clothes in the laundry, pile up my collection of (unwear) shoes.. that's me, so why bother?
7. Having my own furniture shop, just because I want it.
8. Being dorky girl is fun, so why the pretentious that I'm graceful and lady-like? I'm not, even my doctor think I'm still 17 and need parent's consent on doing things (O_o) So yes, just accept the fact that I tend to be childish and not growing up.. like ever.
9. Swearing as much as I like. Making dirty comments without care. And wearing my beanie everywhere even tho people will stare.

By the way, I love one of those tweets I read yesterday, something like..

People who hated Monday should start thinking of resigning, because Monday is just fine.

Well said, lady. Well said.

JePe: New Year Resolution Being Questioned

December 16, 2011 12:41 PM

I have put a new year resolution candidate in my Facebook account. My resolution is to have better understanding about person that having unstable heart [is it the best translation of "menggalau"?]. This might be a joke to some of us, but this is actually important for me.

Many of my friends have this state of mind. Some of us might think, "ugh, isn't it obvious, they were weak!" But, I don't like that kind of argument. Judging people without seeing the cause of it is the reason of wars and perils.

Things aren't as is. There are some chain reactions towards that behavior. And failed to understand the root cause, we might end up making prejudice.

For a (self-proclaimed) scientist such as myself, jumping into conclusion is totally for idiots. So, I must take my part to understand what is wrong with them in order to understand them. I hope, even if we can't cure them, we have an antidote so that their negative-ruining-life emotion won't affect us.

But, really, the real reason is because we should care. The guilt would suffer you and you would thought, "gah! I should have been doing this...." A slap on the face came to me recently. One of my friend had really hard times and now the person is in RSCM having for medication. Hopefully, the person can gain his footing again.

Like many computer literate people, I have little ability of understanding people. But, what I think the media they listen and watch is something that made them vulnerable. You know, songs with cheating on each other, lies, and emo themes. They make many people weak and instead of accepting their lives, it suggested that they would not get into it.

You see, these songs might think that they trying to relate people with their thought. Yes, they either perfectly related or can be synced with one's life. But, they don't put any resolution with their songs. So, the song only making people related, but it just there to justify the hatred and the sadness without ever going further to take any action to walk through the pain.

While the music industry would not take responsibility and only take the money without moral conscience, I think we would see more people would fallen hard.

I used to suggest people to change their music preferences. Songs like a whisper into the subconscious. It is a double edge sword. It can also put you into uplifting life. It could dumb you down. But, I guess I'm not that good convincing. They don't really into my words, even if I said it was based on scientific articles like how Country music influence suicide.

But, even if there is a good writing about it. People won't buy it. I guess when you are in the field of feeling, scientific norms are being ignored. It becomes false.

I think I need to learn to have better suggestion. Because rational is an irrational thing to be suggested to people with "menggalau" mode. They won't check my suggestion that forgiving is the way to go to let go. People would not google it up at least. They won't even bother to ask where the article where I would gladly give if they have ever asked.

I wish I could understand being irrational. Is it like solving NP-Complete problem?

JePe: Duty and Engagement

December 14, 2011 12:06 PM

A new case arise on Indonesia today. It's about a girl who got kicked in her face by a security personal in an apartment. She was imitating Suster Ngesot, an Indonesian version of nurse ghost. The apartment management has released CCTV footage about what happened.

IMHO, the security is not wrong here. It's his job to secure people. From what I saw in CCTV, he backed the people on the elevator. He move forward as other people were shocked behind. He did his job to protect.

Now, is it hard to tell the security personal about doing a plan?

As far as my experience, every security personal, especially one in a large apartment would love to cooperate. They don't mind if we would like to do anything as far as it doesn't hurt. There might be a case of they would refuse, but that's rare especially when the reason was to have a surprise party.

Now, the poor security personal only did his job. But, the parent of that poor girl was furious and sued the poor guy. If my opinion matters, I say that he is innocent. What happened was an accident caused by an uncoordinated joke. So, lesson learned.

Let's move on.

Btw, this is a post inspired by a post from Narpati.

Narpati: Dukung Akang Sunarya

December 14, 2011 10:33 AM

Akang Sunarya adalah satpam teladan. Di tengah-tengah rasa kalut dan kaget, reaksinya sebagai penjaga keamanan tepat, melumpuhkan ancaman keamanan sesegera mungkin.

Haruskah dedikasinya menyebabkan ia dituntut secara hukum oleh mahasiswi bengal tak tahu aturan?

Hak jawab mahasiswi:
http://megavandjabir.blogspot.com/2011/12/suster-ngesot-moral-duty-requires-me-to.html

Feha: Medieval Style Carousel

December 12, 2011 07:04 PM

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Feha: Siegburg Christmas Market

December 12, 2011 06:45 PM

With medieval style of Christmas Market, Siegburg always become one of the best destination to spend time with family during winter. Traditional costumes, great food and lots of stage acts.

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Bimo: PhotoStory: Minggu Pagi

December 11, 2011 08:43 AM

Minggu Pagi rasanya adalah waktu terdamai buat insan manusia1. Burung berkicau lebih lama, matahari menyapa tanpa tergesa. Oleh karena itu, jika bisa membekukan waktu, bukankah Minggu pagi jadi pilihan utama? Berikut ini beberapa foto, yang mungkin tidak begitu bagus, tapi ia senang untuk bercerita. 3 gelas yang tersedia tiap pagi. Paling besar buat Bapak, paling kecil buat adik, dan saya yang

Bimo: Calon Pengantin

December 10, 2011 08:53 PM

Kereta yang kutumpangi ini terus melaju, bahkan berlari. Seolah-olah melarikan diri dari sesuatu yang tertingal di belakang. Atau mungkinkah ini hanya perasaanku saja? Kusibak tirai hijau lusuh itu dan kemudian hamparan hijau tersaji melalui jendela kereta. Ada rasa bahagia menelusup dada, karena aku cukup hapal gambar hidup ini. Gambar yang kemudian akan berganti menjadi deretan rumah-rumah

Cynthia: being a tester..

December 08, 2011 06:34 PM

i never like being tested, nor testing anyone. on my opinion, being a tester requires a cold steel heart that has the ability to fool anyone. i can't even do a decent poker face, much less pretending to be in a condition that i'm not.

it's not that i never lied. i know i will lie if i have to, as long as i didn't take advantages from someone that i care. but making up unimportant condition and pretending to be in the middle of something that i'm not feels so ridiculous and useless. what's the point? trying to prove or make a justification towards some foolish statements? argh. why would anyone want to fake something just to test a person that he/she likes?? whyyyy???

if i like someone, i will like him the way he is. i will adore his stupid joke and i will blindly forgive every single flaw that he had. i will tell show him exactly how i felt about him because that's who i am. i'm like an open book. my feelings are all written on my face.

you have to test someone that you like in order to see the compatibility between the two of you..

that's what my friend said. nonsense, i snapped back at him. why would you want to ruin something that is great for both of you. why don't you just wait and see for problem to came up instead of making that problem your own self? everything has their own time. if she's not the one for you, let time shows it. instead of testing her, why don't you just go with it, see if there's any problem coming and trying to solve it together?

i may be a failure in love, but i surely do have my own value about it.

but.......

stupid me. because of the conversation i had yesterday, i can't resist the temptation to do one stupid test this morning. and when he failed. my day feels like hell.

so? what's the advantages of testing someone? you'll feel sad if he fails. you'll feel stupid if he passes.

JePe: Membetulkan Akonadi

December 08, 2011 11:24 AM

Sampai hari ini saya selalu menggunakan Thunderbird. Hal ini karena KMail selalu gagal dijalankan. Entah mengapa dia selalu gagal membuat proses anakan.

Solusinya mudah, selama ini Akonadi berusaha menjalankan MySQL. Sekarang, kita hanya perlu jalankan MySQL server langsung dan biarkan Akonadi mengakses MySQL tersebut.

1. Pastikan MySQL berjalan:

   $ sudo /etc/init.d/mysql start

2. Akses MySQL:

   $ mysql -u root -p

3. Buat basisdata untuk akonadi:

   mysql> create database akonadi;

4. Tambahkan hak akses:

   mysql> grant all on akonadi.* to akonadi@localhost identified by 'akonadi123';

5. Keluar dari MySQL:

   mysql> quit;

Setelah itu, mari ubah konfigurasi Akonadi:

1. Jalankan Run dan ketik akonadi untuk mencari Akonadi Configuration, atau Anda dapat mengaksesnya dari systemsettings. Berikut tampilan Run:
2. Di dalam Akonadi Configuration lakukan hal-hal berikut:
   • Hilangkan centang pada “Use internal MySQL Server”
   • Database name: akonadi
   • Nama pengguna: akonadi
   • Sandi: akonadi123
   • Hilangkan isian “Options”
   
3. Klik “Terapkan” dan jalanulangkan Akonadi dengan memencet tombol “Restart”.
4. Selesai.

JePe: Grandeur Illusion Wrapped Up With Nice Ad

December 06, 2011 07:41 AM

I am not an American, but I couldn't help myself to comment about this ad. Newt Gingrich, a person who wants to run election in presidential battle 2012, made an interesting ad. It is interesting to comment. I really not care about the person, but the message and the fact that this video is promoted in Youtube as the new hot video, itching my hands to get the keyboard.

The first ignorance he deduce from his ad is the level of his believe of what America that they once knew. What kind America is that?

America that supports child labor for having better products? (*cough* sport shoe *cough*)
America that bombs other nations so that they could have gasoline cheaper than mineral water?
America that supports tyrannic leaders just to have their ways?

I am sorry to write those up. I know that our economy, Indonesia, would go nowhere without America imported them. I would not be a computer scientist without their innovation in computer. I am one of the other people in the world that grateful America exists.

But, other people would remember America as those nasty things. The people of America might be living on the dream by stepping on some orphans and widow. Many black ops creating disturbance in the heart of weak people.

Weak people with weak heart have destructive force. They could do anything. They would do anything. And nothing would stop them to achieve  their dreams. They are poor, jobless and hurt.

If you have nothing, what else do you want? If you are robbed from your existence, what else would you care? What else we want if our life is meaningless?

Some crap by an author wrote that we are mere coincidence. All happens biologically and physically. Even if that's the truth, which debatable, people basically believe in the world full of meaning. God is one of the big meaning.

Taking God into his speech arsenal, a twisted leader with his agenda could move many poor souls to take the damned road. Thus, hate.

So, basically, America that wants to have their peaceful life like the olden days, is a mere delusion if they don't do anything about the hate tag put on them.

No corporation nor human would able to control the world. Chinese history should give a simulation how Kings failed to rule because of their lack of kindness for the people. There would be another attempts rising up for change. No matter what that have been tried to reduce the possible way of doing so.

America should take the initiative and apologize to the rest of the world. Try to send emissaries to many part of the world and talk with them on equal foot. Try to support people of different faith. Build a bridge to close the gap from misunderstanding.

And one thing for sure, this would take years to achieve. That's because the hatred is run deep and the misunderstanding has become faith. But, peaceful life is not that impossible.

They say a world without a war is impossible. That's what they say about men could not fly. It's just need a greater courage and will to bend that dream into reality. And many people with great mind take their life to think about it.

Tya: kembali men-deactivate Facebook sayah..... mau belajar fokuzz

December 06, 2011 01:44 AM

JePe: XO

December 05, 2011 04:09 PM

Magneto's Bride

If Magneto could ever let alone to have a married life, would he stop hating human?
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When my church friends asked for charity, they teased me, "Jep, donate and we will be praying for you to have wonderful bride."

Err... do I that desperate for marriage?

I know they did silly things to tease me. I don't mind their joke, actually. In fact, why would I bother to write this?

Simple, so that I could update this blog. :))

[DISCLAIMER: THIS IS A HARSH JOKE! JOKE! NOT TO BE TAKING SERIOUSLY. OH, BTW, IT'S CALLED SATIRE]

Talk about marriage, there are reasons for people taking it.

The Parents

Parents desperately want their children have marriages. Even if they told you they won't force you, their behavior indicates otherwise. They don't realize it, but you do. You wish you could say, "stop it!" But, it would made you an asshole and besides,

may be they were right...




At first, they would come with soap drama with you. Asking about your relationship with someone special. If you have a long answer of no, they would asked your family for help. Then, suddenly your families started introducing opposite sexes.




It seems the only escape for you is to have higher education as an excuse to prolong your peaceful life....

The Country

Rome took the fall because their natives refused to be soldiers. Romans just took the Frank and all the mercenaries as their soldiers. It wasn't long until the mercenaries having their feet and began to sink their teeth against the employer.

When in World War II, America also crafting a mechanism to have their citizen brought good healthy children. They needed that to have supplies for their on going war. They would made a propaganda about it.


Today we have war in economics and the battle is not country anymore but corporates. There is nothing more cumbersome than an extra package. If we would like to survive, we should reinforce our wealth not made it depleted into an investment who knows if they would payback at you.


Gah! What a twisted mind... I believe we still loving our parents, don't we? And we would never forget them, aren't we?

The Tradition

To preserve strong Asian tradition, at least that what was coming from Lee Kuan Yew. First and foremost, I'm not Singaporean. But, to preserve my own culture is next to impossible. I was born in Jakarta. All my well-known relatives in my parent's land is gone.

Last time I checked, I was not very welcomed there. They didn't greet me like they used to. There are unfamiliar faces and many minta-digeplak (no-manner?) teenagers. The Batak tradition is on its brink of extinction. I know that much, sadly, because I saw men hanging around on local shops while their spouse on the field.

In my memory of what my father taught me, Batak men should never let their women have difficult times. Batak men should take pride and take any means necessary to have their children having higher education.

I notice that I was the 18th decendant of Rajagukguk, while the other names only have 15th decendant. It means I have a strong line of fertile man. This is a great sign for easily having birth.

Can I use it to postpone the marriage? I mean, maybe in my late 30s I could have my spouse. :)

OMG, this is beginning like the prologue in Idiocracy.... Scary!

The Religion

Many people would state the Genesis as a basis to drive people into marriage. The first command of God is to tell human to have kids and prosper. It seems there is this "religious" image for having offspring.

But, why those Catholic priests aren't married?

Well, I could use that excuse, but unfortunately, I am a revised of revised Catholic dogma a.k.a. the Pentecost. We can have our priest get married. So, my brethren would toss that argument away.

Fortunately, I figured a writing by Paul that talking about "when someone is not strong enough, just get married..." or something like that. Didn't it indicate that at that time people would prefer not married?

He is quite romantic, that Paul. I remember that Paul said that a member of Christian senates should not have more that one wife. And all the talk he wrote always talking about how spouses should honor each other; how father should honor his children and vice versa.

I think I should not use his writing. They full of family values. I must like a lawyer, escaping parts of law that would trap my client, khu.. khu... khu.... >:)

Conclusion

Hmmm... all the things I would assess about marriage it seems rather indicating that I'm afraid of marriage.

Well, I am a proud Bataknese and I have no fear!* 

Bring it on! *ngumpet di pojokan...*

Even if I'm from a clan that seems having "Suami-suami Takut Istri" syndrome, I don't think I would like that. I could stand on my point. *Gulp*

Anyway, I think the only best solution for handling the pressure of answering when we will get married is:


(*) Except for heights, death and anything else. Premium rate applied.
(**) XO means eXtraordinary Other, a light whom becomes your sheath. The one that could break your twisted mind of having lonely life is okayish.

Feha: Steve Jobs' Vision of The World

December 04, 2011 05:51 AM

When you grow up you tend to get told the world is the way it is and you're life is just to live your life inside the world. Try not to bash into the walls too much. Try to have a nice family, have fun, save a little money.

That's a very limited life. Life can be much broader once you discover one simple fact: Everything around you that you call life was made up by people that were no smarter than you and you can change it, you can influence it, you can build your own things that other people can use.

Once you learn that, you'll never be the same again.

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Ganteng: Euro 2012 Final Draw Result

December 03, 2011 04:30 AM

And here is the result…

 

England is placed in Group D, not the hardest group (like in Group B), but they will meet two tough opponents, Sweden and France. Good Luck for England!! Let’s bring football home!! #ComeOnEngland

@delonick

JePe: Ini Pensil, Ini Mint

December 02, 2011 05:19 AM

Dari pada sedot pensil, mendingan sedot Linux Mint.

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Biar tidak one liner: Selamat tahun baru.

Sepertinya Linux Mint butuh PHP. Tetapi, Anda bisa langsung saja menggunakan repo Linux Mint di KAMBING misalnya:

deb http://kambing.ac.id/mint lisa main upstream import backport romeo

Saya sebenarnya malas redundansi, tetapi dari tiga mirror asal Indonesia, UNEJ, IDRepo, dan UKDW, hanya repo UKDW saja yang menyala akhir Desember kemarin. Saya mau sedot UKDW, tapi saya tidak tahu apakah dia termasuk jaringan INHERENT. Saya bingung, di situs INHERENT tidak ada informasi daftar anggota INHERENT.

Oh, setelah saya cek, UNEJ sudah menyala. Yay! Tetapi sepertinya alamat mereka berubah menjadi: repository.unej.ac.id

Demikian laporan pandangan mata.

JePe: Nelangsa

December 01, 2011 04:40 AM

Pada tahun 1996, Mr. Children mendatangi PT Aquarius dan meminta lagunya, “Kiseki no Hoshi” untuk ditulis ulang. Kemudian, Katon Bagaskara menulis kembali menjadi “Usah Kau Lara Sendiri”. Lagu ini dinyanyikannya bersama dengan Ruth Sahanaya. Lagu ini digunakan untuk menghimpun dana dalam penanggulangan AIDS.

Saya heran  dengan yang tidak paham tentang hal ini dan membuat komentar tidak enak di video-video Youtube “Kiseki no Hoshi”. Padahal, Mr. Children termasuk salah satu artis favorit saya sewaktu pertama kali mengenal budaya pop Jepang (Komik, Anime, Drama, dan Kostum) bersama dengan JAM Project, Megumi Hayashibara, dan X Japan. Seharusnya mereka tahu Mr. Children dari lagu “Poison” yang menjadi lagu drama “GTO”. Kalau tidak salah pernah diputar di Indosiar.

Omong-omong soal Katon Bagaskara, saya salut dengan Beliau yang selalu menggunakan kata-kata puitis dalam lagunya. Kata-kata yang jarang terdengar dan terasa asing menemukan makna yang dalam di dalam setiap lagunya. Kata seperti “Saujana” membuat mata saya terbuka dan mengerti bahwa sebenarnya Bahasa Indonesia merupakan bahasa yang luar biasa. Masalahnya, tidak banyak orang yang mendokumentasikan kata-kata Bahasa Indonesia. Entah berapa banyak yang telah hilang, tidak seperti bahasa Inggris yang bahkan dapat ditentukan kata tertuanya secara ilmiah.

Miris memang….

Tempo Edisi 14-20 November 2011 dalam kolom Bahasa menuliskan seorang dosen Bahasa Indonesia di sebuah universitas di Jerman tertegun ketika muridnya menyatakan bahwa bahasa ini akan selalu kelas tiga. Ia tertegun tak bisa membalas karena presiden negara ini menebarkan kata bahasa Inggris dalam pidato resminya. Masakkan, Indonesianis yang mendokumentasikan Indonesia justru dari bangsa lain.

Masalah lain dari penegakan Bahasa Indonesia adalah dilema sosial. Banyak saudara kita dari suku tertentu suka menyebutkan sukunya dengan ejaan dan tulisan Inggris. Saya pada awalnya suka memrotes hal tersebut. Tetapi masalahnya, mereka selama ini mengalami diskriminasi sosial. Apalagi, saya baru tahu kalau ternyata sebutan suku tersebut terkadang dipakai untuk merendahkan. Protes saya bisa jadi menyakitkan dan saya tidak bermaksud seperti itu.

Itu sebabnya, kendati ada sebutan lain untuk suku saudara kita itu, seperti yang suka dipakai  oleh Gus Dur, ini semua tergantung bagaimana kita. Maukah kita menggunakan istilah alternatif yang lebih sopan, bermartabat, dan tentunya itu adalah kata dalam Bahasa Indonesia itu? Saya pun enggan memaksa, karena ini masalah bagaimana kita sebagai sebuah bangsa. Tergantung saudara kita dan kita sendiri apakah mau menyamankan diri dengan istilah tersebut.

Apakah kita mau menyamankan diri dengan istilah Indonesia? Ini hanya bangsa ini yang bisa menjawab. Ini tergantung kita sendiri.

Saya sendiri berusaha menyamankan diri dengan Bahasa Indonesia, termasuk dalam penggunaan komputer. Kendati banyak yang tidak menyukai istilah komputer dipadankan ke Bahasa Indonesia, saya berusaha mencoba sebisa mungkin menggunakan Bahasa Indonesia. Untungnya, tim Blankon membuat saya tidak perlu mencari-cari aplikasi berbahasa Indonesia. Saya sudah punya komputer berbahasa Indonesia, bukan cuma panduannya saja.

Tidak mudah menggunakan kata “unduh”, “unggah”, dan “surel” dalam percakapan sehari-hari. Tetapi, saya sudah terbiasa dengan gerakan FOSS yang juga seanalogi dengan ini. Menggunakan kata “unduh” bagaikan menggunakan LibreOffice daripada  Microsoft Office. Seperti memilih KDE atau GNOME, saya mengerti bahwa kata “surel” dan “ratron” memiliki dua kubu yang berbeda untuk menggantikan “email” (Windows).

Akan ada banyak istilah pengganti untuk sebuah istilah komputer. Tetapi, saya bisa memandangnya sebagai sebuah ekspresi kebebasan. Setiap orang berusaha mendalami Bahasa Indonesia, seperti pengembang yang berusaha menerapkan algoritmanya sendiri dalam menyelesaikan sebuah pekerjaan. Proses kreatif yang teruji menghasilkan kata-kata yang dapat digunakan. Usaha-usaha ini pun menyebabkan orang lebih suka menggunakan Bahasa Indonesia karena mereka merasa memiliki bahasa ini; seperti ada istilah “eat your own dog food” bagi para pengembang aplikasi.

Saya tidak berusaha menjadi seorang cauvinis. Tetapi, saya melihat dan berusaha mengaitkan antara bahasa dengan rasa cinta tanah air dalam hubungannya dengan prestasi bangsa. Dari hasil uji amatir, saya melihat terdapat korelasi positif antara keduanya dengan majunya sebuah bangsa. Bahasa merupakan bagian dari budaya. Pengentalan penggunaan bahasa berimplikasi kepada pengagungan budaya nasional. Pengagungan budaya nasional melahirkan nasionalisme. Nasionalisme melahirkan kecintaan kepada bangsa. Kecintaan kepada bangsa membuat individu ingin menyumbang sesuatu kepada bangsa. Hasil sumbangsih ini yang pada akhirnya mengangkat hidup orang banyak.

Seperti penggunaan FOSS, Bahasa Indonesia juga mengalami banyak penolakan. Kalau FOSS punya Richard M. Stallman dan FSF yang fanatik, Eric Raymond yang pragmatis, dan banyak pejuang FOSS lainnya, siapakah yang akan membela Bahasa Indonesia?

Lagu penutup: Betharia Sonata — Hati yang Luka

Tya: darah rendah dinaikinnya pake apa ya?? melayang2 nih... ~slurrpppp cari darah....

November 30, 2011 03:48 PM

JePe: Mengulang Perintah Sebelumnya

November 30, 2011 02:49 AM

Perintah “history” menampilkan urutan yang telah dilakukan. Anda bisa mencari perintah tertentu yang biasa Anda lakukan misalnya mencari perintah untuk memperbaharui:

$ history | grep maksa | tail -n7
  503  maksa -av telepathy-mission-control
  505  maksa -av telepathy-gabble telepathy-haze
  506  maksa --sync
  507  history | grep maksa
  508  maksa -av --update --newuse --deep --with-bdeps=y @world
  513  history | grep maksa
  514  history | grep maksa | tail -n7

Saya sengaja hanya membatasi 7 saja.

Nah, untuk mengulangi perintah baris 508, ketik berikut:

$ !508

Ingat, tanda “$” itu tanda konsol, bukan diketik.