What’s on the buzz?

Nothing much from me, but I got couple of things I want to write:

It seems that celebrity-turned-politician has become the new trend currently. Million years ago, before Age of Internet came, it was Basofi Sudirman, a dangdut singer who took the throne of Governor of East Java. Then, just few days ago, despite all the political controversy, Marissa Haque decided to run for Vice Governor of my beloved Banten. And just now, I read from detik.com, my guilty pleasure, that Adjie Massaid followed Mrs. Haque to run for Vice Governor of East Java. The most hilarious part of the news is that when he said “he’ll take advantage of his fame as a celebrity, and he’s confident that people of East Java adore and wanted him“.

We’re on the different tracks, but we could get along

I still keep in touch with some of my high school friends. I’m not sure whether they read my blog. Never mind. Anyway, it turns out that some of those who go to a particular university known for its catchy yellow jacket have now become sort of future-thinkers (not that I disrespect the university, it’s just those who go there tend to act like this). I’m not pointing anyone here nor I say that it’s a wrong thing to be. What bugs me is that after they become these thinkers, they forgot that there are many of us who are on different mindset, like, staying ignorant like me.

Sure, people do change. But there also some of us who prefer to stay the same, or to take it slowly. The key thing is that we all put respect among others. You can’t tell someone that they’re on the wrong side of tracks, while you’re on the right one. I mean, we all know that we should be like you, progressive all-of-a-sudden. But if I recalled back on those days, I remembered that it was me who’s at where you are right now (presuming that you are on the right side, while I am on the wrong one, right now).

Kenalin, saya dari Banten

Waktu gw kuliah ini, kadang-kadang suka kesel sendiri kalo pertama kali kenalan. Ya, ga kesel-kesel amat si, tp lumayan ga enak aja. Knapa? Ini salah satu skenario kenalan yang umum gw temui

[Orang baru]: Saya orangbaru, dari daerahlain, nama kmu siapa?

[Tegar]: O, dari daerahlain! Nama saya Tegar, saya dari Serang/Cilegon.

[Orang baru]: (ada dua skenario)
Skenario 1: oo, dari Cilegon. Yang di Jawa Tengah itu bukan? Eh, di Jawa Barat ya? Eh, maap-maap, perbatasan Jawa Tengah-Jawa Barat itu kan?

[Tegar]: Hah?? perbatasan?? Itu sih Cirebon! Cilegon itu di daerah Banten, deket Pelabuhan Merak (sambil bersungut-sungut — Ni orang udah ga tau, tp sok tau lagi)

Skenario 2: Serang…. Serang… Itu yang di Jawa Tengah bukan? Ato deket Sukabumi??

[Tegar]: (buset ni orang, buta geografi ato audibly disabled ya?) Klo yg di Jateng teh, Semarang. Klo yg deket Sukabumi, ga tau jg. Sumedang kali? (sama butanya ternyata)

Do I look good?

What would you see for the first time if you meet people you never know? Be honest! It’s their appearance, isn’t it? Whether how good-looking they are, their fashion choice, their hairstyle, their body size, it’s simply their appearance.

It’s perfectly understandable, after all, are we expected to know them personally after five minutes of encounter?

But how if after considerably long time, you still judge them by the way they look? Isn’t that immature? I mean, you didn’t identify W as a fashion-freak with famous brands from head to toe or Y as a before-guy in a slimming product advertisement INSTEAD you recognize A as a helping friend, full-of-jokes, etc, or B as a grown-up, always making right decision.

Astronomer memilih ….

Yang pulang malam ini adalah ….

PLUTO!!

[Audience] : (shock!!!)

for those who are grammatically curious

Visiting an editor at Random House, I stepped into a crowded elevator and found myself pressed close to the control panel.

“Has everyone got their floors?” I asked.

After a moment’s silence, a young female voice from the rear said, “His or her.”

“I beg your pardon?” I said.

“His or her.  It’s ‘Has everyone got his or her floors?’  Your pronouns don’t agree.”

“And shouldn’t it be ‘his or her floor’, not ‘floors’?” a young man piped up.
“Each of us gets off at only one floor.”

“And wouldn’t it be better to say ‘Does everybody have?’ rather than ‘Has everybody got?’” a third voice chimed in.

I stood corrected – and red faced.  But I was glad to know that good grammar is alive and well.

taken from: here

my morning

For the past two month (and another three months ahead), my usual morning activities had been and will always be the same.

But luckily, I’ve met this guy, Pak Cik Salim, the company bus driver whom no one couldn’t say a bad thing about after they’ve known him. We’ve been exchanging conversation during our trip, telling jokes and so on. It’s a great thing to have in the morning. And I figured that he actually does more than just taking us to the company right on time. Instead, he’s always the one who says “Hi!” or “Good Morning” to everyone while they’re getting in. And when they are about to take off, he never forgets to say things like: “Have a good day”, “See you later”, “Watch your steps”, “Take care”. These words are simple and yet, if being said, will extend your relation into something more meaningful than just between bus driver and his passengers.

This is what “Go for Extra Miles” campaign should’ve been.

time to come clean

I’m hooked..

New season of Desperate Housewives is airing in one month!! Despite all the bad things they say about its second season, I still think that this is one of the best TV series I’ve ever watched. Though I admit that the second season is a bit weaker than the first one, but it’s still a good show.

And here it comes the third season. The show creator Marc Cherry promised that this season would be much better than before. He was appointed to be the only executive producer by ABC. Source: MSNBC.com.

I can’t wait to see it coming. On its TV promo, you could see the plot summary of all five housewives. But I wonder why Gabby is “THIRSTY FOR BLOOD“. Will she murder someone? Who knows?

UPDATE: Youtube has removed the video. Hiks hiks..

just so you know

First, I’d want to share the reason why I’m blogging. For me, it’s a wonderful (and safe) way to write a diary. Yes, that’s right, a diary. Isn’t a diary is supposed to be a private book? It used to be, but now, things have changed and for the sake of fulfilling my fifth need of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Human Need, I decided to make my diary available online (in other word, it’s in the form of a blog).

That’s why the title and the description of my blog say: the story of me, yet another diary (the last line couldn’t be viewed with this new blog theme, but it’s just an FYI). So, the main content would be everything I want to write regardless whether they’re appropriate or not. After all, it’s my diary. Sometimes, you may find something useful for your reference, but most of the cases, you won’t.

no more tech problem (for now)

I just found out that the Youtube video I posted previously is now back to normal. I didn’t do anything at all. I think some guy in WordPress.com read about my question and they checked whatever needs to be checked.

And voila! It’s working..