Stop SOPA

Errr.... I'm sorry if this post looks like a mess. I don't know how to write it well since I have another business in real life. I just want to say stop SOPA. It's seems like that the protest have postponed the SOPA. But that doesn't mean the congress has given up.

So, I'll just put some link, I'll clean up this post later on. Some links are in Indonesian. You can use google translate if you don't understand. See? It's really important to keep freedom in internet. Last words: STOP SOPA

http://tekno.kompas.com/read/2012/01/19/19533419/Mark.Zuckerberg.Tolak.SOPA.dan.PIPA.Lewat.Status.Facebook
http://tekno.kompas.com/read/2012/01/18/11561058/SOPA.dan.Pengaruhnya.bagi.Indonesia
http://www.antaranews.com/berita/293535/protes-sopa-sepertinya-buahkan-hasil
https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/SOPA/Blackoutpage
http://blog.mozilla.com/blog/2012/01/17/mozilla-to-join-tomorrows-virtual-protests-of-pipasopa/
http://blog.mozilla.com/blog/2012/01/19/firefox-users-engage-congress-sopa-strike-stats/

Puisi Aneh

Hari ini...
Kusadari telah lama kita berjumpa
Lebih dari 3 tahun sejak saati itu
Kuingat pertama kali kumelihatmu di BEC
Kuingat akan keraguanku saat itu
Dirimu...
Yang telah menemaniku
Hingga menjadi diriku yang sekarang
Yang telah membuatku belajar
Semakin mengenal dirimu
Dulu...
Kumenyakiti dirimu
Namun kau tak pernah mengeluh
Kau nyanyikan lagu-lagu yang indah
Tak pernah keluar keluhan dari dirimu
Sekarang...
Kau lupakan segalanya
Hilangkan semua yang telah kita lalui
Maafkan aku yang tak berdaya
Semoga kau kembali

Dedicated to my laptop =))
23-12-2011

mungkin kalo ditanya... gw jg bingung kenapa gw bikin tulisan ga jelas ini... hehehe...
yah tiba2 inget... udah hampir lulus dari kampus sekarang... Semua ga bakal bisa kalo tidak dibantu laptop tercinta...
Yang sekarang hard disknya udah mati total T__T
Untung sempet beli PC
tapi tetep aja sayang sama laptop
inget dulu pas baru beli instal ulang bisa beberapa kali sehari
mungkin gara-gara itu juga kali yah hard disknya down... hehehe...

oke, sudah lama ga blogging, see you next post

What the meaning of bravery is

Bravery...
Well, I won't say much about it
Just differentiate it with stupidity and insanity

Sometimes challenges come into our life
We have two choice, face it or avoid it...
Of course, if you want to be a winner,
you must defeat them.

Just avoid it if you're not ready to become a winner.
The problem is sometimes we need to be brave to face it
Sometimes challenge come with it own risk...

The meaning of bravery is when you know you'll defeat it.
If you face the challenge because you know you can take the risk,
you're not brave.
You're STUPID.
You waste your time to take the challenge for nothing.

Don't use excuse like:
"I just want the experience"
"Someone force me to"

HEY!!!
This is your life...
Don't let anyone make you do what they want to.
And what is the meaning of losing experience?
I don't say you can always win.
But that doesn't mean you can use that as an excuse
to not do what you should do.

Last, I haven't say anything about insanity...
Insanity is more that stupid.
You know you can't do it.
You know you must not do it.
But you take the challenge.
Well, you'll understand more when you do it
or when you see someone do it.

I rarely say this but let just say:
we have three choice:
be brave, be stupid, be insane.

The hardest part is to choose between brave and stupid.
To be brave, sometimes we don't need to think, just do it.
And sometimes, people who think, they think if they can take the risk.
So, those all I can say...
The easiest way to understand them is do it...
If you want to be brave,
don't say my words as an excuse like: "I want to experience stupid and insane"

@HW=-

Masalah part 0.5

Pernahkah anda berpikir bahwa dunia ini begitu beragam? Begitu banyak orang yang kita temui, sapa, sayang, atau tinggalkan. Begitu banyak jenis manusia yang ada di dunia ini. Bahkan tak perlu kita sadari semua orang yang ada di dunia ini, cukup orang-orang yang kita kenal dari "dunia kita" yang sempit ini, sangat banyak jenis orang dengan setiap kepribadiannya.

Dengan banyaknya jenis manusia yang bertemu dan berkontak tersebut sangat lah wajar jika kita menemui perbedaan. Dari perbedaan timbullah bentrokan dan dari bentrokan timbullah masalah.

Sebagian orang yang terkena masalah, ada yang ingin memenangkannya. Ada yang ingin lebih dari yang lain. Hanya saja masalah itu antara lebih dari satu pihak, jika ada lebih dari satu pihak yang ingin menang, tentunya akan terjadi perseteruan yang akan dimenangkan oleh pihak yang lebih kuat. Tentunya dengen menjadi pemenang orang akan mendapat apa yang dikiranya diinginkannya.

Beberapa orang yang tidak suka masalah, dengan cerdiknya menghindari masalah. Biasanya cara seperti ini disebut mengalah untuk menang. Untuk menghindari masalah cukup dengan melunakkan(mengalah) atau menghindar, tetapi apakah itu yang kita inginkan? Sebagian orang yang telah terbiasa menghindari masalah umumnya jadi tidak memiliki semangat bertarung. Hal ini menyebabkan orang tersebut tidak ingin berjuang dan hanya berharap dikasihani oleh orang lain untuk mencapai sesuatu. Apakah ini yang anda harapkan?

Dalam setiap tindakan kita tentunya akan mengakibatkan suatu konsekuensi. Entah itu baik atau buruk. Maka dari itu saya sarankan agar memikirkan apa yang ingin kita capai. Lalu jika kita mengalah, apakah kita akan mencapai sesuatu yang kita inginkan? Jika kita mengatasi masalah, tentunya kita harus mengorbankan sesuatu, apakah yang kita korbankan sepadan dengan yang akan kita dapatkan? Tidak semua masalah harus kita menangkan. Sebaliknya, janganlah menghindari semua masalah. Dalam setiap masalah memiliki arti sendiri yang hanya dapat dipahami dengan menjalaninya.

Untuk sementara artikel ini sekian dulu. Akan dilanjutkan dalam artikel berikutnya.

-Our jouney starts by our first step

Perangkap Tikus

Sepasang suami dan istri petani pulang kerumah setelah
berbelanja.
Ketika mereka membuka barang belanjaan, seekor tikur
memperhatikan
dengan seksama sambil menggumam "hmmm...makanan apa
lagi yang dibawa
mereka dari pasar??"

Ternyata, salah satu yang dibeli oleh petani ini adalah
Perangkap Tikus.
Sang tikus kaget bukan kepalang. Ia segera berlari menuju
kandang dan
berteriak " Ada Perangkap Tikus di rumah....di rumah
sekarang ada
perangkap tikus...."

Ia mendatangi ayam dan berteriak " ada perangkat
tikus"

Sang Ayam berkata " Tuan Tikus..., Aku turut bersedih,
tapi itu tidak
berpengaruh terhadap diriku"

Sang Tikus lalu pergi menemui seekor Kambing sambil
berteriak.

Sang Kambing pun berkata " Aku turut ber
simpati...tapi tidak ada yang
bisa aku lakukan"

Tikus lalu menemui Sapi. Ia mendapat jawaban sama. "
Maafkan aku. Tapi
perangkap tikus tidak berbahaya buat aku sama sekali"

Ia lalu lari ke hutan dan bertemu Ular. Sng ular berkata
"Ahhh...Perangkap Tikus yang kecil tidak akan mencelakai
aku"

Akhirnya Sang Tikus kembali kerumah dengan pasrah
mengetahui kalau ia
akan menghadapi bahaya sendiri.

Suatu malam, pemilik rumah terbangun mendengar suara keras
perangkap
tikusnya berbunyi menandakan telah memakan korban. Ketika
melihat
perangkap tikusnya, ternyata seekor ular berbisa. Buntut
ular yang
terperangkap membuat ular semakin ganas dan menyerang istri
pemilik
rumah. Walaupun sang Suami sempat membunuh ular berbisa
tersebut, sang
istri tidak sempat diselamatkan.

Sang suami harus membawa istrinya kerumah sakit dan
kemudian istrinya
sudah boleh pulang namun beberapa hari kemudian istrinya
tetap demam.

Ia lalu minta dibuatkan sop ceker ayam oleh suaminya. (kita
semua tau,
sop ceker ayam sangat bermanfaat buat mengurangi demam)
Suaminya dengan
segera menyembelih ayamnya untuk dimasak cekernya.

Beberapa hari kemudian sakitnya tidak kunjung reda. Seorang
teman
menyarankan untuk makan hati kambing. Ia lalu menyembelih
kambingnya
untuk mengambil hatinya.

Masih, istrinya tidak sembuh-sembuh dan akhirnya meninggal
dunia.

Banyak sekali orang datang pada saat pemakaman. Sehingga
sang Petani
harus menyembelih sapinya untuk memberi makan orang-orang
yang melayat.

Dari kejauhan...Sang Tikus menatap dengan penuh kesedihan.
Beberapa hari
kemudian ia melihat Perangkap Tikus tersebut sudah tidak
digunakan lagi.

Ketika Anda mendengar seseorang dalam kesulitan dan mengira itu bukan urusan anda... Pikirkan sekali lagi.

Jangan mengkonsumsi vitamin C setelah makan udang

Jangan mengkonsumsi vitamin C setelah makan udang.
Berikut adalah berita yang baru saya dapat:
Ada kasus wanita meninggal karena mengkonsumsi vitamin C setelah makan udang.
Udang mengandung As205. Apabila setelah mengkonsumsi vitamin C setelah memakan udang, As205 berubah menjadi As203 (racun). Terus wanita itu meninggal dengen mengeluarkan darah dari panca indera.

Chinese New Year

"Gōngx Xǐ Fā Cái, Xīn Nián Kuài Lè"

Today is Chinese New Year. In Indonesia, it's "Tahun Baru Imlek". Gong Xi Fa Chai is a greeting which is often used. Gong Xi Fa Chai itself means "Congratulation and May Luck be with you" (I hope this translation is correct). In Traditional Chinese it's 恭喜发财 or in Simplified Chinese it's 恭喜發財. These are how to read it in some accent:

• "Gōngxǐ fācái" (Mandarin accent)


• "Kung hei fat choi" (Kantonis accent)


• "Kiong hi huat cai" (Hokkien accent)


• "Kiong hi fat choi" (Hakka accent)

Another greeting which is often used is Traditional Chinese:新年快樂 / Simplified Chinese: 新年快乐 (read: Xīnnián kuàilè). It means "Happy New Year".But in northern parts of China, traditionally people say simplified Chinese: 过年好 / traditional Chinese: 過年好 (read: guònián hǎo) instead of Xīnnián kuàilè, to differentiate it from the international new year.

The following is a list of beliefs that vary according to dialect groups / individuals.

Good luck

• Opening windows and/or doors is considered to bring in the good luck of the new year.


• Switching on the lights for the night is considered good luck to 'scare away' ghosts and spirits of misfortune that may compromise the luck and fortune of the new year.


• Sweets are eaten to ensure the consumer a "sweet" year.


• It is important to have the house completely clean from top to bottom before New Year's Day for good luck in the coming year. (however, as explained below, cleaning the house on or after New Year's Day is frowned upon)


• Some believe that what happens on the first day of the new year reflects the rest of the year to come. Chinese people will often gamble at the beginning of the year, hoping to get luck and prosperity.


• Wearing a new pair of slippers that is bought before the new year, because it means to step on the people who gossip about you.


• The night before the new year, bathe yourself in pomelo leaves and some say that you will be healthy for the rest of the new year.


• Changing different things in the house such as blankets, clothes, mattress covers etc. is also a well respected tradition in terms of cleaning the house in preparation for the new year.

Bad luck

• Buying a pair of shoes is considered bad luck amongst some Chinese. The character for "shoe" (鞋) is a homophone for the character 諧/谐, which means "rough" in Cantonese; in Mandarin it is also a homophone for the character for "evil" (邪).


• Getting a hair-cut in the first lunar month puts a curse on maternal uncles. Therefore, people get a hair-cut before the New Year's Eve.


• Washing your hair is also considered to be washing away one's own luck (although modern hygienic concerns take precedence over this tradition)


• Sweeping the floor is usually forbidden on the first day, as it will sweep away the good fortune and luck for the new year.


• Saying words like "finished" and "gone" is inauspicious on the New Year, so sometimes people would avoid these words by saying "I have completed eating my meal" rather than say "I have finished my meal."


• Talking about death is inappropriate for the first few days of Chinese New Year, as it is considered inauspicious.


• Buying (or reading) books is bad luck because the character for "book" (書/书) is a homonym to the character for "lose" (輸/输).


• Avoid clothes in black and white, as black is a symbol of bad luck, and white is a traditional Chinese funeral colour.


• Foul language is inappropriate during the Chinese New Year.


• Offering anything in fours, as the number four (四), pronounced sì, can sound like "death" (死), pronounced sĭ, in Chinese. Pronunciations given here are for Mandarin, but the two words are also homophones in Cantonese. See tetraphobia.


• One should never buy a clock for someone or for oneself because a clock in Chinese tradition means one's life is limited or "the end," which is also forbidden.


• Avoid medicine and medicine related activities (at least on the first day) as it will give a bad fortune on one's health and lessen the luck one can obtain from New Years.

Red envelopes

Traditionally, Red envelopes or red packets (Cantonese: lai shi or lai see) (利是, 利市 or 利事); (Mandarin: 'hóng bāo' (红包); Hokkien: 'ang pow' (POJ: âng-pau); Hakka: 'fung bao'; are passed out during the Chinese New Year's celebrations, from married couples or the elderly to unmarried juniors. It is also common for adults or young couples to give red packets to children. Red packets are also known as 壓歲錢/压岁钱 (Ya Sui Qian, which was evolved from 壓祟錢/压祟钱, literally, the money used to suppress or put down the evil spirit ) during this period.

Red packets almost always contain money, usually varying from a couple of dollars to several hundred. Per custom, the amount of money in the red packets should be of even numbers, as odd numbers are associated with cash given during funerals (帛金 : Bai Jin). The number 8 is considered lucky (for its homophone for "wealth"), and $8 is commonly found in the red envelopes. The number six is also very lucky due to the reason, in chinese six[六,liu] can mean smooth, as in having a smooth year. Sometimes chocolate coins are found in the red packets.

Odd and even numbers are determined by the first digit, rather than the last. Thirty and fifty, for example, are odd numbers, and are thus appropriate as funeral cash gifts. However, it is common and quite acceptable to have cash gifts in a red packet using a single bank note – with ten or fifty yuan bills used frequently.

The act of requesting for red packets is normally called (Mandarin): 讨紅包, 要利是. (Cantonese):逗利是. A married person would not turn down such request as it would mean that he or she would be "out of luck" in the new year. While this practice is common in South China, in the North people give cash without any cover to their sons and daughters, nephews and nieces, and children of their relatives and friends. Unlike the South, it is common for people give ¥50, ¥100 or even more, odd or even numbers are not taken into consideration anymore.

Gift exchange

In addition to red envelopes, which are usually given from elder to younger, small gifts (usually of food or sweets) are also exchanged between friends or relatives (of different households) during Chinese New Year. Gifts are usually brought when visiting friends or relatives at their homes. Common gifts include fruits (typically oranges, and never pears), cakes, biscuits, chocolates, candies, or some other small gift.

[source: www.wikipedia.org]

Introduction

This is my first blog. In this blog I hope I can write many things.

Which is better, strong or weak?

“I wish I could be strong… But is that the best?”

If I have strength, then I can help most person. But more problem will come. Also about intelegence, the more intelegence we have, more problem will come to us. It’s not about the problem come to the stronger or more intellegent person, but they know that they have problem to handle.

For now, I want to be strong so I can help most person dear for me. But sometimes I want to be weak enough so I can enjoy this life. So, should I be weak or strong?

“We can’t keep grow strong, because we will hit the wall of human
limitation…”

[From my friendster blog]