January 2011
45 posts
these are times..
(note: i’ve published this before in my fb page)
these are times when I feel like running away from the life I am living
run far far away to the land I know not ever before
when no one can find me, not the slightest information could reach me
a place where only wind could whisper to my ear
a sanctuary where I could throw the weighs away
a heaven where I could enjoy...
“To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung...”
– C.S. Lewis (The Four Loves) - self Question: how vulnerable should I be?
SUV protection
Tricia: gw si ke pantai pake bedak juga
Gw: kenapa?
Tricia: kan biar g item. Ada uv protectionnya
Gw: ih..gak kali, biasanya kalo bedak gitu cuma ada protection buat uv A doang, yg bikin item. Mestinya jg pake yg uv B protection jg
Tricia: oh, iya gt?
Gw: iya..lagian bukan UV tau, tp SUV
Steffen: SUV mah mobil!
Semua: bahahaha
Hamster porno
Santi: iyaa..gw liat ya td tmen gw jual hamster lucu2 banget di fb!
Gw: oya?
Santi: iyaaa..tapi ya waktu gw buka-buka fotonya, tiba2 ada gambar toke*.. (Terdiam), eh, tokek...
Gw: bahahaha
TUMBLADDICTIVE
I am. And I don’t know why. I am blog-addictive enough, but this site is just amazing. I don’t like if it’s as crowded as facebook or twitter though. it’s best the way it is. (or maybe they could add some more nice features ;p)
An Atheist Professor of Philosophy was speaking to...
Professor: You are a Christian, aren’t you, son?
Student: Yes, sir.
Professor: So, you believe in God?
Student: Absolutely, sir.
Professor: Is God good?
Student: Sure.
Professor: My brother died of cancer, even though he prayed to God to heal him. Most of us would attempt to help others who are ill. But God didn’t. How is God good, then? Hmm?
(Student was silent)
Professor: You can’t answer, can you? Let’s start again, young fella. Is God good?
Student: Yes.
Professor: Is Satan good?
Student: No.
Professor: Where does Satan come from?
Student: From.. God.
Professor: That’s right. Tell me son, is there evil in this world?
Student: Yes.
Professor: Evil is everywhere, isn’t it? And God did make everything. Correct?
Student: Yes.
Professor: So who created evil?
(Student didn’t answer)
Professor: Is there sickness? Immortality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these terrible things exist in the world, don’t they?
Student: Yes, sir.
Professor: So, who created them?
(Student had no answer)
Professor: Science says you have 5 senses you use to identify and observe the world around you. Tell me, son.. have you ever seen God?
Student: No, sir.
Professor: Tell us if you have ever heard your God.
Student: No, sir.
Professor: Have you ever felt your God, tasted your God, smelt your God? Have you ever had any sensory perception of God, for that matter?
Student: No, sir. I’m afraid I haven’t.
Professor: Yet you still believe in Him?
Student: Yes.
Professor: According to empirical, testable, demonstrable protocol, Science says your God doesn’t exist. What do you say to that, son?
Student: Nothing. I only have my Faith.
Professor: Yes, Faith. And that is the problem Science has.
Student: Professor, is there such a thing as Heat?
Professor: Yes.
Student: And is there such a thing as Cold?
Professor: Yes.
Student: No, sir, there isn’t.
(The Lecture Theatre became very quiet with this turn of events)
Student: Sir, you can have lots of heat, even more heat, superheat, mega heat, white heat, a little heat or no heat. But we don’t have anything called cold. We can hit 458 Degrees below Zero which is no heat, but we can’t go any further after that. There is no such thing as cold. Cold is only a word we use to describe the absence of Heat. We cannot measure cold. Heat is energy. Cold is not the opposite of heat, sir, just the absence of it.
(There was a pon-drop silence in the Lecture Theatre)
Student: What about darkness, Professor? Is there such a thing as darkness?
Professor: Yes. What is night if there isn’t darkness?
Student: You’re wrong again, sir. Darkness is the absence of something. You can have Low Light, Normal Light, Bright Light, Flashing Light… But if you have No Light constantly, you have nothing and it’s called Darkness, isn’t it? In reality, darkness isn’t. If it is, You would be able to make darkness darker, wouldn’t you?
Professor: So what is the point you are making, young man?
Student: Sir, my point is, your Philosophical Premise is flawed.
Professor: Flawed? Can you explain how?
Student: Sir, you are working on the Premise of Duality. You argue there is Life and then there is Death, a good God and a bad God. You are viewing the concept of God as something finite, something we can measure. Sir, Science can’t even explain a thought. It uses electricity and magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully understood either one. To view death as the opposite of life is to be ignorant of the fact that death cannot exist as a substantive thing. Death is not the opposite of life, just the absence of it. Now tell me, Professor, do you teach your students that they evolved from a monkey?
Professor: If you are referring to the Natural Evolutionary Process, yes of course, I do.
Student: Have you ever observed Evolution with your own eyes, sir?
(The professor shook his head with a smile, beginning to realize where the argument was going)
Student: Since no one has ever observed the Process of Evolution at work and cannot even prove that this process is an on-going endeavor, are you not teaching your opinion, sir? Are you not a Scientist but a Preacher?
(The class was in uproar)
Student: Is there anyone in the class who has ever seen the Professor’s brain?
(The class broke out into laughter)
Student: Is there anyone here who has ever heard the Professor’s brain, felt it, touched or smelt it? .. No one appears to have done so. So, according to the established Rules of Empirical, Stable and Demonstrable Protocol, Science says that you have no brain, sir. With all due respect, sir, how do we then trust your lectures?
(The room was silent. The Professor stared at the student, his face unfathomable)
Professor: I guess you’ll have to take them on Faith, son.
Student: That is it, sir.. exactly! The link between man and God is Faith. That is all that keeps things alive and moving!
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That student was Albert Einstein.
Brilliant.
Beautifully done.
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wow, this was really albert einstein? had no idea he if believed in anything at all. when stories become about real people don't they hit so much harder?
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watched the video, and still stunt with the conversation. Einstein or not, this conv. is intriguing and brilliant ;)
“Actually, I think friendship and love are exactly the same thing.”
– Truman Capote (via rarasekar)
life, as we know it.
yeap, that’s the movie i just watched. suddenly felt sorry for that, u know…watching in the middle of the nite just to finally ended up feeling ‘want to be wanted’. oh..romantic movies almost likely succeeded in making me feel this way.
anyhow, earlier this evening i have a chitchat with a long-lost-friend, lol. she’s just come back from her adventure in pasta...
and then
another week ends. another kilo gained, and another pimples popped. maaf gak penting.
it’s been sometimes since i’m trying to take a time and just enjoy my feeling. i’m happy. well, except this afternoon when my little cousin tried to get my nerve. but then it also combined with my period, so it wasn’t entirely his fault, lol
i took the microphone earlier this day in...
Mirip, kok.
Steffen: iya, ntar kerjaan ini kayak main ludo lah..
Santi: ludo apaan?
Gw: itu loh, yang mainnya ada bintang segilimanya..*otoy*
Steffen: itu mah halma!
We're just girls without experience
Lee: I'm scared going Soroako..
Me: why?
Lee: are all the guys like that? (Referring to mr.Y)
Me: no, he's a special case, lol. But yeah, I feel a bit worry too for the same reason
Rhea - Satellite of Saturn →
Randomly saying, I just feel to publish this link just because it contains my middle name in it. HAHA. and I thought it’s the name of Greek goddess all this time :p
Rhea is the 2nd biggest satellite of Saturn among its 4 satellites. Titan is the biggest one.
*Now I know the positive influence in watching ‘Sailor Moon’ when I was a kid :p*
Museum Batak - Sumatera Utara →
I read this Kompas article and I suddenly want to visit my dad’s hometown in North Sumatra, traveling or backpacking to the state and refresh my memory.
the last time i visited the site was more than a decade ago. long enough I almost forgot the scene and all the good things I encountered.
I almost never visited my big families who are living in North Sumatera, but we are tied by bloods...
ouch.
sariawan di lidah. sakitnya pol. :(
I know for sure...
that if I listen to this song, I will become mellow and dreamy.
but i don’t think much this time…i just turn my player on for ‘Please Be Careful with my heart’ - Christian Bautista version.
I think i never heard the original version of this song by Jose Mari Chan (the name sounds like a ballerina in japanese comic, :p)
*humming* so please be careful with my...
yellow, tuesday!
it suppose to be red or blue tuesday, not yellow. yellow should be fun and happy, while red angry and blue is sad, if you get what i mean. i’m angry!, scratch that, i’m upset :(.
i just lost my shoes *and now i’m telling everyone about it*, and I don’t have any idea how they could lost somewhere. either my fault or someone took it, but the first choice is more likely...
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hello hows the holidays going for ya thus far
got less than a week holiday last time, not bad experience though, spent it with many fun things :)
go ahead, dive my head!
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ayyy how did u get through the holiday season. do...
my new year resolution so far? traveling around and get a well-paid job, or take post-grad :p
go ahead, dive my head!
Maybe (Yiruma)
this is a song that define what I...
Bukan gila, hanya...
Galau…Galau Galau…
Kesendirian yang hanya ditemani sebuah bb berujung pada kerapuhan emosi yang mencuat, melesat.
Membuatku berpikir banyak hal yang melibatkan emosi-emosi yang kurang perlu.
Aku harus kuburkan pikiran ini dalam-dalam. Karena aku telah membuat keputusan, dan tidak berencana mengubahnya dalam waktu dekat.
So it feels
My first day after ‘letting-it-go’ decision. Feels better, not much, but better. I’m happy with the situation. Hopefully I could have a much better feeling the days forward. Cross fingers.
“Talking to the Moon try to get to You, in hopes you’re on the other side talking...”
– Bruno Mars - Talking To The Moon (via adhipriamarizki)
The Tourist
it’s been awhile since I reviewed a movie. I went to watch this last saturday night and I found this movie is interesting, only if you don’t read the preview before. Story wise, this movie is kind of funny, make you guess things (not a lot though), and pretty much not bad.
but not a movie where you feel so much of curiosity. just don’t expect too high, otherwise it’ll...
Best friend knows how to wake you up
I hate when my friend is right about something.
I hate the fact that I know I should’ve listened to her but I keep making excuses.
I don’t like the fact that she just saying the same thing I’d say if she got the same stuff.
But because she’s the person, she knows how to wake me up from the alternate reality I create.
Because of her ability to analyze the...
Jeng jeng
Habis makan ikan laut dan badan gw langsung merah-merah kaya bule abis tanning. Lucu juga ya alergi gini. Sukur ga gatel-gatel n bikin bngkak. LOL
rara avis: Football, Pseudo-nationalism →
benlaksana:
This article was featured in The Jakarta Post, Jan. 5, 2011
Football, Pseudo-nationalism
by Ben K. C. Laksana Tambunan
Indonesians, it would seem, have become increasingly nationalistic in the recent weeks of football fever, as reflected in the article by Regional…
Ini malam hari...
Dan pikiran-pikiran liar mulai membahana berteriak dalam benakku
Bukan macam pikiran seronok bagi otak-otak kotor manusia
Aku hanya menyuarakan inginku yang tak tersampaikan
Harapku mulai menggemakan racunnya, ini mungkin takkan berhenti untuk waktu yang lama
Tuhan, kadang aku lelah karena selalu berpikir.
Tentang harga pertamax hingga cabai merah; lalu sekarang tentang apa yang mungkin...
absurditas pagi hari
jadi hari ini gw bangun dengan senyum aneh di muka, meskipun tidur kurang dari jam ideal.
kemarin malam akibat godaan-godaan beberapa oknum, akhirnya gw menyerah untuk tidak tidur dan menyiksa mata (dalam arti menyenangkan) dengan menonton reality show korea yang emang ngocok perut ga bisa bikin berhenti ketawa.
bagian terbaiknya bukan pas itu sih, namun setelahnya, kala mata sudah ditutup. gw...
Thank you
Today is not the best day I have ever had. But thanks for letting me learn more about one’s capacity. Thanks for the news that makes me think deep about my effort. Thanks for slapping me with unspoken words of act. Thanks for reminding me how I am nothing without You. Thank you for now I feel a little bit sad. For I believe that everything happen for a reason, this is a note I need to...
sweet serendipity
this is the song i’m listening to through my phone. aside from the lyric, the title just smacked me on the head and makes me smile for no reason. lie. i smile because i find the words are beautiful. the less poetic words for that might just ‘nice coincidence’, but if we use that it would sounds boring, wouldn’t it? lol
i suddenly remember the Kate Beckinsale movie...
the first day of work
and I need a mood booster already. huhuhu….*maaf ya temen2 yang gak sngaja kena semprot tadi :((*
just because some little plan that didn’t executed well, i felt upset. well yeah, again I shouldv’e remembered not all things in life will run according to what i want to, but that moment earlier today….just say that it’s my temper that conquered me.
now i’m...
now i'm positive
That last December won’t be a memorable December I wish I could I had. but that’s okay, there’ll be many more months to come I would make the best to become memorable. :)
blessing in disguise
hello 2011! I may predict this year might be tough for some, but gonna be great for some others, and I’m going to have the last one for me.
this is the first post of 2011 among all my blogs. I don’t know what to start firstly, so I think it’d be nice to have a little bit of contemplation to start the year.
blessing in disguise. the words I found difficult to understand if...