Hady WON!!!

Yay.. Hady WON!!

I knew the judges seemed a bit disappointed with the result, but who cares? Haha…

Will he get further than holding that drink in national television? My fingers are firmly crossed..

Team Hady!!

It seems that I’ve been a victim of another TV show. You might guess what show I’m talking about from this entry’s title. Yup, it’s Singapore Idol!!

Honestly, I didn’t really watch this show from the beginning. If only I had times and TV in my room, I’ll be talking much on this here, but unfortch I didn’t. And that isn’t stopping me from watching this show, because you know what? We’re living on the Age of Internet!! Bless whoever you are, the owner of Singaporebeauty.com for uploading every performances into Youtube.com.

From this site, I could never miss any performance. I finally understood why Joakim has been the most talked-about public enemy at present. I can also tell that Mandisa wasn’t voted out because of her song choice, same as Mathilda – it’s because of their plus-size body. Pity isn’t it?

You REALLY should check singaporebeauty.com to see what I’m talking about.

And know, it comes to the Finale: Hady Mirza vs Jonathan Leong. I definitely put my money on Hady. Not only that boy can sing, he’s also very humble!! Hmm.. why do I get the feeling that I’m starting to sound like a 16-year-old girl? Hell, whatever…

I suggest you to look at this video to see why I think Hady is the best contestant. Ken, one of the judges, commented after his performance: “Get prepared for what im going to say next. The best performance of all season.”

The result show is airing tonight. Hopefully, people don’t vote based on looks, rather by performance.

TEAM HADY!!!
(many many thanks to singaporebeauty.com)

It’s a sunny day, after all…

What a day!!

Today was supposed to be the last day for me to expect my allowance cheque, but since we’re talking about some kind of unreasonably complicated bureaucracy, so nothing shows up.

Well, I try to think positive. FYI, it’s pretty hard for someone who’s emotionally challenged like me, but at least I’m trying. And just now, after I went back from going to Mosque for my friday prayer, my limit was tested.

Before I came to the conclusion part, which by the way, I loved so much, I’ll give some details about how this is happened.

Insecure

Have you ever felt so insecure about yourself? Like, whatever you do, you just don’t feel comfortable about it?

Ramadhan

Kurang dari seminggu lagi, Ramadhan tiba. Tapi, kenapa setiap Ramadhan mau tiba, kayanya gak pernah siap melulu.

Masih gak puas nyobain makanan lah, masih ga bisa nahan perasaan sebel ama emosi, masih suka ngeluh-ngeluh cerewet. Itupun belum ditambah ketidakmampuan menjalankan sunah-sunah yang dianjurkan, seperti puasa di bulan Sya’ban, ngelancarin baca Al Quran sekalian khatam kalo bisa, dan sunah-sunah lainnya.

Masa sih, tiap kali Ramadhan, gak ada perubahan sama sekali. Cuma sekedar simbolis belaka, nahan makan ama minum dari subuh ampe maghrib. Basi banget!! Huhu.. menyedihkan sekali. Termasuk golongan orang-orang yang merugi, sebutan yang pernah gw denger dari ___ (lupa).

Malu sendiri klo ngelihat betapa kelihatannya progres perubahan orang-orang terdekat dari minggu ke minggu, tahun ke tahun. Apa gw bakal kayak gini terus-terusan, tertinggal jauh dengan yang lain? Ato, makin parah (Naudzubillah..)?

Gak tahu lagi, musti mulai dari mana. Klo dipikir malah nambah bingung karena masalahnya udah tergolong multidimensional, bahasa kerennya ^^.

Berharap dan berdoa, semoga Allah berkenan agar diri gw bisa berubah lebih baik. Tapi kan, musti diawalin dari usaha juga yah? Pfuuh.. bingung lagi.

Yah, apapun itu, buat teman-teman semua, selamat menjalankan ibadah puasa bulan Ramadhan ini, ya!! Semoga seluruh ibadah kita, dikerjakan dengan tulus dan diterima oleh Allah SWT. Amiin..

Nobel Prize and dignified (read: BITCHY) offence

Again, detik.com broadcasted another ‘phenomenal’ news, and there are more than just one article. It’s about Indonesian President, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono being a favorite ‘nominee’ to win this year’s Nobel Prize in Peace, along with former Finland President, Marti Ahtissari for their contribution to Aceh’s peace.
But as I said earlier in my previous entry, detik.com often provides unqualified information. Their reports and investigation are somewhat closer to opinion or hearsays than to facts.

And this ‘news’ just prove my point. Why? Ok, here’s my reason.

Indo-food-heaven

Tiga hari terakhir ini, gw udah dua kali makan di sebuah restoran Indonesia di Lucky Plaza, Singapore. Namanya, Ayam Bakar Ojolali.

Sedikit perkenalan tentang restoran ini, resto ini mulai buka sekitar bulan Juni 2006 (jadi, masih berumur 4 bulanan). Menu yang disajikan umumnya masakan khas daerah Jawa, tapi ada juga yang dari daerah lain. Sebenarnya, intro seperti ini udah pernah gw tulis di artikel BUNTU bulan ini, tapi yah, gak ada salahnya kalau nulis lagi di sini.

Anyway, sekarang gw mau cerita kenapa bisa sampai dua kali ke sana.

Lelucon masyarakat

Seberapa pentingkah ‘merek’ sebuah sekolah/universitas/jurusan bagi seseorang? Kalau ditanya begitu, saya jawab, Tidak ada sama sekali. Bagi saya, kehidupan dan masa depan seseorang itu hanya sebagian besar, kalau tidak semua, ditentukan oleh orang itu sendiri.

Bukan karena seseorang menikmati pendidikan di sekolah favorit bergengsi sekepulauan atau senasional, lantas masa depannya sudah cemerlang tanpa halangan, atau terpaksa menggigit jari melihat terbatasnya pilihan hidup yang ia punya karena ‘hanya’ lulusan sekolah Inpres dusun terpelosok.

Logika yang sama juga berlaku untuk status sosial ekonomi orangtua tentunya.

Tapi masalahnya, banyak sekali (dan dulu saya juga termasuk ke dalamnya) yang masih mewarisi cara pikir a la feodalisme jaman Belanda. Dan jujur saja, saya cukup, maaf, muak dengan mereka.

Old proverb

Last Tuesday, I went to NTU Student Union AGM (Annual General Meeting) on Lee Kong Chian LT. I didn’t usually attend such general meeting, but this time was an exception. Not only I’m now joining the special project committee under my friend Yoga, but also I was a bit curious (very very small little and tiny degree of curiousity) to see how the meeting will be.

Around 7.30 pm, I was ready to go in, but I saw many people were still outside. And even after 8 pm, the meeting hadn’t begun yet. Woohoo.. I thought a professional student body like NTUSU was never considered rubbery watch as an attitude.

Anyway, when it started, I assumed there will be a lot of questions from the floor. Why? Well, last year, NTU saw pretty much changes here and there, including school tuition rise. As far as I know, such issue must at least be addressed by the biggest student body in every institution/school like NTUSU on their AGM. But when I looked through the report, there’s not even a single dollar sign describing financial condition. The only dollars you can find was either the price of a voucher, an entrance ticket fee, or other less significant figures.

i-Shuffle

Hmm.. It’s been four days since the last time I posted something here. It’s not that I’m tremendously occupied with all the routines, it’s just I didn’t have much to write. Actually, I did, but it has something to do with talking bad about other people. And as I mentioned earlier, I tried my best to let myself get away from it.

And for now, Fanny just sent me something I think I like to do. It’s about songs and music, things I’ve been a fan of, but hardly ever had a chance to perform it in a public. Well, the passion is all there, but I’m afraid it’s not an applause I’ll hear right after I finished a song.

What am I doing? Should it be better if I started right away?

Ok, the game is called Music Shuffle. How to play? Have your music player on hand, and then switch to random/shuffle mode. Write down the first five songs along with their ‘history’.