My relationship with cats have been upside-down for my whole life.
At 6 years old, my neighbor's cat named Maurice scratched my hand. A long scratch from my wrist to my finger. I could still see the mark until this day.
At nearly 7 years old, we moved to Indonesia. We got a cat named Udin. I don't really remember what do we love about him, but I still remember the day of his funeral. We made a little tomb of a brick, and we buried him in our garden, between two trees.
At 10 years old, we moved into a new house. Now we have dogs as our pet and guardian. So bye bye cats.
I never really thought about cat until this morning.
Yesterday, when I go home, there was a cat at the front of my door.
Because I'm not a cat person, I just look at his face then go into my house.
This morning, on the way to the church, I said to my boyfriend "I saw a cat at the front of door yesterday."
He: "Then?What did the cat do?"
Me: "Nothing. It was just sitting there."
He: "Okay. It doesn't matter then"
Near my house, there is an office home building called Merah (means Red).
In my mind Red is associated with blood.
And believe me, you don't want to see what i saw at 6 AM this morning.
At the front of this house, we saw a cat lying in a pool of blood.
And it was still breathing, gushing blood from its mouth.
It's really a heartbreaking view (and disgusting).
I lost my appetite, I can't cook.
Something strange happens when I open my front door while I'm preparing myself to go to the office at 8 AM.
The yesterday cat is there.
This time, he meows at me.
I could feel the goosebumps on my neck.
Yes, I know it's another cat, not the run over cat.
But still, Dear Cat, could you pick another time before showing up at my front door...?
Anyway, this note is dedicated for the run over cat. Rest in peace.
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Pepaya Mangga Pisang Jambu
It has been a month since I've tried to eat fruit regularly.
Sometimes it was papaya, sometimes it was mango, sometimes it was orange.
But mostly it was papaya or mango.
Because those two are the most easiest to be found in Indonesia.
We have a song regarding those fruit, as you can see on the title of this article.
What the point is, sometimes I get bored by eating cut fruit everyday, especially if the variant only switched between papaya and mango.
So i think, why don't i buy a blender and i can drink some juice?
But the problem is, I have a bad habit of like to do some research before i buy something.
So i stumbled across the option of buying juicer or blender.
But i found a nice article that really help me to decide which one i would want to buy.
Maybe you could check this out also: Juicing Vs Blending
I think that I'll buy a blender first because its many purposes function, and after gathered additional money, I'll buy a juicer.
At the end, I want to share you the original lyric of Pepaya Mangga Pisang Jambu.
or maybe you could check this Youtube video
Enjoy it.. :)
Sometimes it was papaya, sometimes it was mango, sometimes it was orange.
But mostly it was papaya or mango.
Because those two are the most easiest to be found in Indonesia.
We have a song regarding those fruit, as you can see on the title of this article.
What the point is, sometimes I get bored by eating cut fruit everyday, especially if the variant only switched between papaya and mango.
So i think, why don't i buy a blender and i can drink some juice?
But the problem is, I have a bad habit of like to do some research before i buy something.
So i stumbled across the option of buying juicer or blender.
But i found a nice article that really help me to decide which one i would want to buy.
Maybe you could check this out also: Juicing Vs Blending
I think that I'll buy a blender first because its many purposes function, and after gathered additional money, I'll buy a juicer.
At the end, I want to share you the original lyric of Pepaya Mangga Pisang Jambu.
Pepaya mangga pisang jambu
Dibawa dari pasar minggu
Disana banyak penjualnya
Dikota banyak pembelinya
Papaya buah yang berguna
Bentuknya sangat sederhana
Pasanya manis tidak kalah
Membikin badan sehat segar
Reff :
Pepaya jeruk jambu
Rambutan duren duku dll nya
Marilah mari kawan
Kawan semua
Membeli buah buahan
Papaya makanan rakyat
Karena sangat bermanfaat
Harganya juga tak mengikat
Setalen tuan boleh angkat
or maybe you could check this Youtube video
Enjoy it.. :)
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
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.
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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Tuesday, August 16, 2011
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.
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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Monday, August 15, 2011
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...
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...
Friday, August 5, 2011
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 at7am-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
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
( 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
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| M-Tix Reload brochure |
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Thursday, August 4, 2011
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...
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...
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