Setia Kawan

Apa yang terjadi hari ini membuatku berpikir keras, apa sebenarnya makna dari kesetiakawanan.
Apakah setia kawan itu harus diartikan sebagai susah dan senang bersama-sama?
Entah mengapa, kadang aku merasa mungkin orang akan menganggap aku ini orang yang egois.
Apakah kurang tepat jika aku merasa aku hanya bisa membantu orang lain, jika itu tidak membuat diriku sendiri kesusahan?
Bukan berarti aku hanya mau bersenang-senang.
Tapi berbeda antara membantu orang yang sedang kesusahan dengan menjerumuskan diri bersama-sama dalam kesusahan.
Tidaklah benar jikalau kesetiakawanan itu adalah sesuatu yang berarti memanfaatkan kesungkanan seorang kawan untuk menolak.
Jikalau itu adalah hal yang baik, baguslah itu.
Tapi kalau tidak, maka yang akan terjadi adalah akhirnya semua pihak akan kesusahan.
Mungkin orang akan mengatakan aku orang yang kurang berempati.
Tapi menurutku, sesuatu hal yang dilakukan itu harus mempertimbangkan feasibilitasnya.
Kalau memang keadaan kurang memungkinkan, apalah gunanya dipaksakan.

Kesetiakawanan bagiku adalah saat dengan sejujur-jujurnya aku dapat mengatakan 'aku mendukungmu 100%' tanpa adanya rasa berat di dalam hati dan otakku.
Sekali lagi kupertegas, itu bukan berarti aku tidak mau susah ya, tapi berbeda antara menjebloskan diri dalam kesusahan dan memang benar-benar susah.
Karena ingatlah, menjebloskan diri dalam kesusahan adalah kesusahan yang kamu buat dengan tanganmu, hasil buah pekerjaanmu, dan janganlah menyeret orang ke situ, karena itu tidaklah adil.
Kesusahan yang memang benar-benar susah adalah ketika kamu sudah mencoba melakukan yang terbaik dan itu tidak berjalan dengan baik. Percayalah, di saat itu aku akan datang menolongmu. Itulah kesetiakawananku.

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Dirgahayu Indonesia

Buatlah bangsamu ini bisa bangga akan sesuatu yang bukan hanya berasal dari masa lalu.
Sadarilah kalau kekayaan alam dan keanekaragaman budaya hanyalah sebagian kecil modal yang ga berguna jika tak ada kemampuan dan tekad untuk mengolahnya secara bijak.
Bangunlah sesuatu yang memang bisa kita banggakan untuk masa depan yang lebih baik.

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Si Bawang Merah dan si Bawang Bombay

Berdasarkan pengalaman pribadi pas masak (yang akhir-akhir ini cukup sering kulakukan).


Yang sering bikin nangis pas dipotong itu bawang Bombay (alias onion) , bukan bawang merah (alias shallot )
Lain cerita kalau ada orang yang seabis memotong bawang terus langsung ngucek mata, terus nangis, itu sih oon ya...
Makanya gw merasa tergelitik banget pas membaca 2 novel (berturut-turut) yang ada adegan motong bawang merah dan orangnya nangis..


Apa emang gw yang udah ga sensitif ama bawang merah ya?
atau..... jangan-jangan para penulis itu terjebak pemikiran "awas kalau motong bawang nangis" tanpa tau sebenarnya bawang apa yang dimaksud...?


Yang pasti ketika gw menemukan adegan nangis pas motong bawang merah itu, gw sampai berhenti sekian menit cuman untuk mikir soal si tertuduh bawang merah padahal pelakunya si bawang bombay...


Soalnya jujur aja, perbedaan yang gw rasakan kalau membaca tulisan karya orang Indonesia dan penulis luar itu adalah soal kedalaman riset.


Padahal sebenarnya dengan riset yang mendalam, akan bisa didapatkan background cerita yang menyeluruh untuk mendukung inti cerita.


Pada umumnya karya penulis Indonesia lebih banyak bermain dalam permainan kata-kata dan permainan emosi dari pembacanya walaupun kadang ada juga yang bisa menuliskan cerita dengan background yang detail..




tapi ya tetep deh... masak sih nangis gara-gara bawang merah?
*paling ga, saya meringis gara-gara tuduhan yang dilontarkan kepada si bawang merah...

M-tix @21cineplex

It has been a year passed since I had a M-tix.
As an avid cinema go-ers, I thought that was a good decision.
I didn't longer use the BCA card BOGO promotion, (Is it still available?) so that's mean that I bought the ticket with the price at it is.
I hate the waiting line, especially when I want to watch a blockbuster movies.
So I got myself going to M-Tix locket and registering.

The process itself is quite simple.
1. Go to the nearest XXI with M-tix facility and register yourself. The minimum first deposit is 150k IDR. Actually I don't think that as a deposit, because I could use those value immediately for purchasing tickets.
The greatest thing about m-tix is the fact that it is actually free. There is no administration fee.
2. Go to M-tix Homepage and login with your mobile number and password registered.
3. Choose the movie or the studio.
4. Choose the date, playtime and the number of tickets.
5. By default, XXI will choose the recommendation seat(s). You have 15 sec to accept or deny this option.
Or, you could choose you own seat with 90 sec time limit.
Tips: if you choose to open the m-tix with your mobile phone (not the full site), M-tix will use the default option, you can't choose your seat. I recommend you to open the full site even tough you open the M-Tix homepage with your mobile.
6. Click OK, then wait for a moment to complete the purchase.
7. Transaction complete: A window will be opened with your code to order detail and a SMS will be send to your mobile.
8. Use the code to obtain your ticket at the M-Tix locket in XXI.

Usually the best seats are provided for M-tix user (and of course VIP row).
Of course the number of seats are limited. At the past, it is usually two rows. But at the last two movies, it has been four rows or more, depend into the screen size. Larger studio tend to provide more rows.
Tips: if you are a regular movie go-ers, it is very useful to know which row is the VIP row (based on my experience, it is E or F). The next time you order by M-tix, just choose the nearest row.

Also, there is some time limit to purchased tickets.
In regular seasons, M-tix user could use their login at 7am-11am of the day.
( in the last couple times, I found that I could order my tickets at 6.30 am, so I guess it was no longer 7 am, but in the website, it is still stated 7 am) *14/09/2012
Except for weekend, M-tix user could use it for advanced tickets.
Why 7am-11am? Because the conventional lockets at the theatre open at 11 am.
If there are remaining number of seats available, the 21cineplex could sell it to non M-tix users.
I think that's fair enough.

For a big movies, such as Harry Potter series, M-tix users have advantage to buy advances ticket before the conventional lockets are opened.
The only disadvantage of M-tix is that not all the theatres are supported. Most of XXIs are supported, but not all of them. 21s aren't supported tough. Simply check at www.21cineplex.com

So what do you think? Just go your nearest XXI (of course,check first if it support M-tix or not) and registered your self as a M-Tix users.

Update:  You could reload your M-Tix account via ATM.
1. via Payment menu (only in BII ATM)
2. via transferred menu ( BII ATM and Alto, Bersama, Prima ATM)

For non BII user: charge fee IDR 5000.
Virtual Account number to be input: 7821 + the mobile number registered for M-Tix

M-Tix Reload brochure

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Seasonal Bookworm

I'm a seasonal bookworm.
Sometimes I could read as much as 30 books/year averagely.
But sometimes, i could read as much as 5 books/year only.
I think this year is one of the latter.
It's August now and I've only read 6 books.
Honestly, there was two bad habits that I built last year.
The first one is hit-run reading.
I read only a few beginning chapters, than I just stop reading that book.
It started with Cold Mountain actually.
I've tried to read that particular book since 2010's New Year without any success.
Since then, The Monk who sold his Ferrari, The Secrets, The Essential of Hemingway and Revolutionary Road have been the books that I just left unfinished.
No.... those books are actually nice (i would feel rather guilty if i said that Hemingway's work isn't great), but I just couldn't finish reading those books.
The second one is the fact that i couldn't stop buying books.
Before 2010, I disciplined myself to not buy any books unless my to-read numbers is less than 10.
My current number is.... 28 books.
Oh gosh, I think I have to stop buying books and try to accomplish my target for this year, 30 books.

So...Ciayo...