DaNte's Post 7th for 3rd Term

DaNte's Post

25-02-2008

Happy birthday to Stephanie T., William D., Fo Vania and Jessica T.! This upcoming Saturday all Indonesian IB schools will be attending the TOK conference crap... Blah... so boring. Then the next morning at 7 I must assemble in school to go to this community service... I also have to do my EE... Ugh... I just got a pretty bad grade for Physics Test... Anyhow, I must not be enervated! I shall exult and be grateful of what I have got!

Erratic Picture of the Day


Hahahahaha!

Strange Facts!

A headache and inflammatory pain can be reduced by eating 20 tart cherries

Word of the Day

Voluptuous (adj.) - relating or characterized by luxury or sensual pleasure

Topic of the Day

Why Indonesia Dwells in Misery

Yes, I have decided to pick this controversial topic due to a folly and horrible moment I experienced yesterday. So anyway, I had a drum grade test in Jln. Gatot Subroto. My parents were gone, and I have no driver available on weekends. So the only option is Taxi! Yay! So I told my gardener to find me a cab. The test was 11.30 by the way, and I have to be there in 11.00. Finally my gardener got me a cab approximately 10.30, and the cab wasn't Blue Bird. For your own safety and sake, PLEASE never use any other taxis other than the Blue Bird Group. NO ONE can guarantee your safety if you ride other taxis. Anyways, so yeah, I rode the taxi anyway, since there was no other choice and I'm rushing. Due to my fatigue and sleep deprivation, I fell asleep in the cab. THIS IS THE BIGGEST MISTAKE I'VE DONE!!! Remember that the test was in GATOT SUBROTO, and when I woke up, I was in TEBET!!! Which is quite far from GATOT SUBROTO!!! Curses! $(#@*$@#()Yes, I have decided to pick this controversial topic due to a folly and horrible moment I experienced yesterday. So anyway, I had a drum grade test in Jln. Gatot Subroto. My parents were gone, and I have no driver available on weekends. So the only option is Taxi! Yay! So I told my gardener to find me a cab. The test was 11.30 by the way, and I have to be there in 11.00. Finally my gardener got me a cab approximately 10.30, and the cab wasn't Blue Bird. For your own safety and sake, PLEASE never use any other taxis other than the Blue Bird Group. NO ONE can guarantee your safety if you ride other taxis. Anyways, so yeah, I rode the taxi anyway, since there was no other choice and I'm rushing. Due to my fatigue and sleep deprivation, I fell asleep in the cab. THIS IS THE BIGGEST MISTAKE I'VE DONE!!! Remember that the test was in GATOT SUBROTO, and when I woke up, I was in TEBET!!! Which is quite far from GATOT SUBROTO!!! Curses! $(#@*$@#()$&@()*!!!!!! Lucky I was able to manage my anger otherwise I would've punched the friggin driver and left the cab. I was almost yelling when I was talkin to him. I had to pay around 20 thousand more than what I should have payed. Damn stupid driver. Then I told him to stop at the nearest crossing bridge and I had to walk. Since that catastrophic, menacing and unfortunate event my day hasn't been so good, and during the test I made couple mistakes. #)(*@)($*#@)$*!
amp;@()*!!!!!! Lucky I was able to manage my anger otherwise I would've punched the friggin driver and left the cab. I was almost yelling when I was talkin to him. I had to pay around 20 thousand more than what I should have payed. Damn stupid driver. Then I told him to stop at the nearest crossing bridge and I had to walk. Since that catastrophic, menacing and unfortunate event my day hasn't been so good, and during the test I made couple mistakes. #)(*@)($*#@)$*!

Liars. Cheaters. Fakers. That's what our country's full of. Visit Indonesia 2008 my a$!!! C'mon, if taxi drivers are like this, how the hell are tourists supposed to go traveling in Indonesia with absolute security? Well, it was sort of my folly too, to sleep in the cab. Never do that! Especially when the cab is not from a well known company. Indonesia's trapped in destitution and misery because people do not want to work honestly and they always want the easy way. Indonesians also never try to be different from everyone else. Their paradigm is "oh, if he's doing it, then I'll do it too!". Oh yeah, forgot to tell you another reason why Indonesia sucks. Later that day I went to Kelapa Gading to visit my aunt. During the trip, the road was CRAP. I mean, ABSOLUTE CRAP! The CRAPPIEST OUT OF THE KING OF THE CRAPPIEST CRAP!!! Okay, I'm not making sense. I'm just stressed out at the fact that the road there was really bad. The holes were about the size of a school table with a depth of around 20-30 cm deep. That's really bad. And to make it worse, it's not just a patch. Its like the road for the next 30 meters are like that!!! WHAT THE HELL DO WE PAY THE FRIGGIN TAX FOR?!?! Seriously. Most leaders of Indonesia is MYOPIC AND SELF CENTERED! How can we grow if we don't solve the simplest problems in our country? How can WE FIX OUR COUNTRY IF WE DON'T START BEING HONEST TO EACH OTHER!!!

I apologize for mocking my home country, but I really think this issue should be addressed. If anyone is reading this post, HEED THESE WORDS! BE HONEST TO EACH OTHER ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE DOING YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES! INDONESIAN GOVERNMENTS, PLEASE DO SOMETHING ABOUT OUR BELOVED INDONESIA!!! OUR TIME IS RUNNING OUT.... OUR TIME IS RUNNING OUT..... YE YE YE YA YE YE YA YA! okay I'm being random and not making sense at all. This is Alpha 06, over and out.

Joke of the Day

Sour Grapes?

A duck walks into a bar. Cutest little duck you've ever seen. He walks up to the bartender and asks, "You got any grapes?"

The bartender says, "No, we don't have any grapes." The duck walks out.

The next day, the same duck walks in and goes up to the bartender. The duck says, "Got any grapes?"

The bartender says, "Look, I told ya yesterday we ain't got no grapes." The duck walks out.

The next day, here comes the duck, up to the bartender. The bartender looks at him, and asks, "What'll it be today?"

The duck says, "Got any grapes?"

The bartender is pissed now, and he says, "Look pal, you come in here one more time and ask for grapes, I'm gonna nail your beak to the bar! You hear me!?" The duck walks out.

The next day, same duck comes right up to the bartender. The bartender looks at him across the bar and says, "Yeah?"

The duck says, "Got any nails?"

The bartender, kinda confused says, "No."

The duck says, "Got any grapes?"

A Spectacular Weekend: Nervousness, Smile, Tears - [The 18th Blog]

****************************************************************************** Bahasa of the Day

Rekayasa - A planned and fake event ******************************************************************************

Ah, procrastination is in the air. It has been weeks since I haven't posted any blog and without realizing it, it's another weekend.

Life is sad when our hopes are absorbed away by our false assumption of failing. This is suffered by me for years and it keeps haunting me forevermore~ *random*

Anyhow, this week has been a relaxing week. This year's Valentine's Day is an okay one; I am still single and I am proud of it! Looting chocolate from friends was worth savored for. Last Friday I went to this Indonesian event regarding an appreciation towards Indonesian most beloved poet: Sapardi Djoko Damono. It was awesome! I get the chance to meet and take pictures with him! *but I blinked in the picture, sigh* The show started at eight, but I arrived at home at two in the morning, since Gary and Karina kidnapped me to go to eX at midnight to eat dinner. As i entered my room I, literally, fainted on my bed until morning.

Six hours later, I went to badminton practice as usual. I received my badminton uniform with my name envisaged on its back. Juan misprinted Jesse's name and when he gave it too Jesse, the name on the back is spelled "Yesse" instead. Juan felt really bad for it and we all laugh. It was hilarious.

During the practice, however, Pak Mikoyan (our coach) announced to us that I will participate in this BBS cup tournament next Friday. I was happy about it since I really need to train my mental (extreme field fright). The thing is, I was playing doubles with my best friend and it's gonna be a nightmare! We haven't practiced together for ages! It makes me panic even until now.

Kicking away those stressfulness, I went to Supermall with Vania to fix our rackets and to loiter around for a short amount of time. Just as I went home, Karina sms-ed me and asked me to the mall to have a movie-marathon, and she's on her way to me house. It was so sudden, I immediately took the quickest shower I ever had. The movie-marathon was worthed though. We watched "Jumper" and this Indonesian movie entitled "Love."

Jumper was great, the second half of the movie was full of suspense. The scene where the main character jumped, with an annoying character to the top of Sphinx and leave him, was entertaining. The movie also makes me imagine what would I do if I have that power (Karina wants to rob LV hehe). This is a must watched movie people! I will not write the summary of this movie since it might spoil the plot. Besides, I am going to write a lot about the Indonesian movie.

Love is a very dramatic movie. Why? Because it made Karina cried and made me almost cried. Although I think this movie was inspired from various love movies such as 50 First Dates and A Walk to Remember, the playwright endows a contribution that makes this movie high quality and doesn't look plagiarized (usually, Indonesia plagiarized movie look suck). Just a summary, this movie talks about five couples with different love background, and how their love is depicted through their worst time and controversies (or should I say tragic?). The different love backgrounds are: having different wealth status, a deadly illness, Alzheimer disease, affair, and been betrayed. Love will find a way in them, even though not all true love ends happily ever after. What I adored from this movie is the way they shoot it. These five couples are connected somehow even though they don't know each other (I don't know how to explain verbally, that is why you should watch it in order to get what I mean). The reason why I recommend you to watch it is not because of the plot alone, but because of the casts as well. All the casts in this movie are well-known and experienced Indonesian actors and actresses; some of them even considered as legends. For those Indonesian who read this blog, these casts are: Luna Maya, Darius, Acha, Irwansyah, Wulan Guritno, etc. Oh yeah, the soundtrack and background songs are arranged by Erwin Gutawa as well! I am so going to buy the DVD when it's released! This is the best Indonesian movie so far! Hopefully, this movie marks the beginning of the rise of Indonesia's filming agencies.

I love this weekend.

DaNte's Post 6th for 3rd term

DaNte's Post

17-02-2008

Happy Valentine's Day... bla3 okay whatever, joy to the couples and catastrophe for singles. At least I got something from my parents. This Saturday was allright, but part of it sucks. Anyhow, life goes on, and here's another ass-kicking post from me ;P (joking). By the way, prepare lots of presents for the 4 people who's having their birthday next week!

Erratic Picture of the Day


Beat that Yoga!

Strange Facts!

In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all the world's nuclear weapon combined. Holy #*$@!

Word of the Day

avarice (n) - extreme greed for wealth or material gain

Topic of the Day

Love?

Valentine's Day! Love is in the air... couples are holding hands and being mushy and corny (not horny, well maybe some). It's a nice sight, seeing everyone loving each other from the bottom of their hearts (hopefully) or crushes giving their sweethearts chocolates with fascinating aesthetic design or bouquets of roses or flowers. However, not everyone is always happy in Valentine's Day. Rejection, loneliness, depression, hate, and others still exists in Valentine's Day. Thank God in our grade there's no fights or huge conflict between couples or whatever (I think). Valentine's Day is supposed to be a joyful day for lovers and other people as well. After all, all of us need love , care and affection.

At some point in life, some of us will wonder why do we love? I think everyone will think of this, especially those who are melancholic or pessimistic. If we experience heartbreak, rejection, loneliness, we all stumble upon that question. However, we are all helpless creatures who can't help ourselves from falling in love. We can, actually, but it's just hard. Personally, I don't think you can control your feelings. Everyone falls in love once in a while. But, I have to agree that love sometimes sucks. A famous quote I saw once is "When you love someone you gave them the power to hurt you", which is very true. The person you love can easily break your heart. Love is painful, most of the time. That's why we should carefully choose someone we love, but then again, it's hard to control our feelings.

Why do we love anyway? Because God created us to love. Just like His famous commandment: "Love everyone and your enemies", we are told to love everyone in our lives. Well, it's literally impossible to love everyone we see, but what He meant is just be nice to everyone. However, personally I don't know why God created 'love' and 'emotions' when sometimes it's better not to love or care at all. When we are in a state of heartbreak, the term 'love never fails' is just mere bullcrap, let alone 'love your enemies'. Really, I don't get why God created emotions. But, who am I to question God's will or plan? So, I guess all we have to do is 'bite the bullet' of heartbreak and pain.

I am sorry for my dour depiction of love. Love is not bad at all actually, if we love the right person at the right time. To be honest, love is actually one of the major motivation that I have. I remember trying really hard to get my body shaped because a girl I loved told me to. It was funny. Love can actually be a big motivation for some of us. And off course, love makes us fly. We flyyyy higggghhhhhh beyond the skies and the stars if we fall in love. Especially when the person we love responds to our love. You feel like the whole world is yours. Anyway, I won't spoil all the awesome things about love to all of you. Go feel it yourself!

When you love someone, choose carefully. Let me say this emphatically: CHOOSE CAREFULLY. If you fall in love with someone, it might be hard to get over them. You have to be able to control your emotions and see if that person fits your description of a 'lover'. Love in movies or fairy tales or stories are mostly bullcrap, because they use 'love last forever' or 'true' wrongly and only to gain profit. They don't exist in real life, if they do, rarely. So, choose well.

Joke of the Day

A Member Of Airheads Synonymous

An airhead goes for a job interview in an office. The interviewer starts with the basics. "So, Miss, can you tell us your age, please?"

The airhead counts carefully on her fingers for half a minute before replying. "Um ... 22."

The interviewer tries another straightforward one to break the ice. "And can you tell us your height, please?"

The young lady stands up and produces a measuring tape from her handbag. She then traps one end under her foot and extends the tape to the top of her head. She checks the measurement and announces, "Five foot two!"

This isn't looking good so the interviewer goes for the real basics; something the she won't have to count, measure, or lookup. "Just to confirm for our records, your name please?"

The airhead bobs her head from side to side for about fifteen seconds, mouthing something silently to herself, before replying, "Mandy!"

The interviewer is completely baffled at this stage, so he asks, "What were you doing when I asked you your name?"

"Oh, that!" replies the airhead," I was just running through that song, 'Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you...'."

DaNte's Post - 5th for 3rd Term

DaNte's Post

08-02-2008 (again)

Yeah... It's double post time... woo hoo (very very enthusiastic)

Erratic Picture of the Day


Strange Facts!

In Illinois, the law is that a car must be driven with the steering wheel.

Word of the Day

hmm... learn 2 words in a day!

debacle (n) - failure

Topic of the Day


Reminiscence - Part 2

I remember during 8th grade, me and my friends used to go to the mall every week. My mom even got pissed at me because I go to the mall every week and spend a lot of money. I didn't, really. I spend most of my money only in the movies, and a little bit on food. Probably 100 thousand. But my allowance was pretty small at that time, so I have to preclude from being a spendthrift.

We did many things together. I remember watching a bunch of movies with them. Me, Ryan, Sylvia, Jacqueline, Swedian, Giovanni, and sometimes other people joined us. We watch some boring, crappy, yet romantic (in girl's point of view) movie such as The Phantom of The Opera, tedious-documentary movie such as Fahrenheit 9/11, and I remember watching other funny movies with them, but I can't really remember. Afterwards we probably play bowling or billiard. I remember Jacqueline and her best friend became hyper after drinking 'stuff'. It was pretty disturbing and embarrassing, yet funny at the same time. Jacqueline also told me not to tell her boyfriend (now ex) that she drank without her boyfriend's approval. She was red and her eyes were red as well. Such stupid and useless stuffs we did. Gary Kong, a now prominent brilliant, geeky and girly IB student slipped and fell once when he was going to throw a bowling ball. That was hilarious.

Oh yeah, this girl (I won't mention her name) was very, very famous during 8th grade. Everyone liked her. Even the seniors liked her! Unfortunately she just broke up with her boyfriend at that time, and she was still into her ex. I liked her too. And many more boys says so too. I remember Me, Jesse Lybianto and Gary Kong liked her at the same time, and each one of us gave her a testimonial in Friendster. People called it the "Testimonial War" or something. It was funny if I think about it now. But then after a while I was the only one left to like her. My pursue for her ended up in a debacle after she dated this dude for like what, 15 minutes? (don't worry, they got back together weeks after). That's the strange thing about girls. If you chase them too long, they'll just move on and date some other guy who barely know her well (the dude I told you previously just sms-ed her once or twice or something and they never talk, or rarely in school).

Anyways...

Time goes on, and we all landed on the 9th grade. 9th grade was more or a bit less chaotic and bizzare than 8th grade. I became close with Jacqueline's boyfriend (now ex), and this dumb guy named Jeffrey. My class, 9.4, was filled with crazy people except 2 geeks. One is previously mentioned in part 1. Yes, he is DONNY!!! *clap clap clap*. The other, Gaby.

Our class was pretty hectic. Everyday Jacqueline's boyfriend brought candies to our class, hence the nickname 'Candy Man'. He was also a hair-freak, meticulously styling his hair with wax every morning. He was a pretty lazy and very funny boy. I really liked him, and he was really fun to be with. He's a talkative person in MSN Messenger, and convivial boy in class. I remember he always make fun of this other boy in class, named Arief. No, he makes fun of everyone actually. But mostly Arief. He always call him Black Beauty, Dark Chocolate, and other things related to black due to Arief's skin color. More over, the whole class always mocks him. I know its wrong to verbally harass a student, but it was really funny and he doesn't really care about it. He cares actually, but people don't. It is sad, but amusing at the same time.

There are plenty of things that happened during grade 9 and I am eager to tell you. But I will have to continue the story later, so see you later!

Joke of the Day

A Computer With Attitude

Todd complained to his friend, "My elbow really hurts. I guess I should see a doctor." His friend offered, "Don't do that. There's a computer at the drug store that can diagnose anything quicker and cheaper than a doctor. Simply put in a sample of your urine and the computer will diagnose your problem and tell you what you can do about it. It only costs $10.00."

Todd figured he had nothing to lose, so he filled a jar with a urine sample and went to the drug store. Finding the computer, he poured in the sample and deposited the $10.00. The computer started making some noises and the various lights started flashing. After a brief pause, out popped a small slip of paper on which was printed:

You have tennis elbow
Soak your arm in warm water
Avoid heavy labor
It will be better in two weeks.

Late that evening while thinking how amazing this new technology was and how it would change medical science forever, he began to wonder if this machine could be fooled. He decided to give it a try. He mixed some tap water, a stool sample from his dog and urine samples from his wife and daughter. To top it off, he masturbated into the concoction. He went back to the drug store, located the machine, poured in the sample and deposited $10.00. The machine again made the usual noise and flashed its lights and printed out the following:

Your tap water is too hard
get a water softener.
Your dog has worms
give him dewormer medicine.
Your daughter is on drugs
put her in rehab.
Your wife is pregnant
It ain't yours----get a lawyer.
And if you don't stop jerking off,
your elbow will never get better.

DaNte's Post - 4th for 3rd Term

DaNte's Post

8-2-2008

I apologize for the delayed post! Last week my neighborhood was flooded and there was blackout for 3 days. Thank God I have an aunt who lives in the Kedoya Elok Apartment, so I was allowed to sleepover at her apartment there for a night. Anyways, let's begin.

Erratic Picture of the Day

that's actually a dog... It's kind of cool, but poor dog...

Strange Facts

Some ribbon worms will eat themselves if they cant find any food

Word of the Day

Reprieve (v) - cancel or postpone

Topic of the Day

Reminiscence...

This reminiscence goes back around 3 to 4 years ago, where I was oblivious to a hell called the 'International Bachaleurate'. It was when smiles were upon our faces and laughter fill the hallways of the Junior School building. We were enjoying our everyday lives, yearning for the company of friends in school, hanging out in the canteen together, savoring our moments together. It was an enjoyable moment. I really wish I could go back and live in that era again. But time goes on, never to return again. The only thing I could do to satisfy my wants to go back in time is only to remind me of what I did in the past, and think of it when I am alone.

I remember when I was in 7th grade, me and my classmates used to do some very,very idiotic stuff. I barely remember what we studied, really. The only thing I remember was I think it was some shape stuff in mathematics, making some book for english, for sciences... hmm... who taught science... oh we learn about invertebrates... and uhh... that's it? Anyhow... I also remember the Food Technology teacher, Mrs. Bernadette. She used to tell us ghosts stories. Some are creepy, some are funny, some are R-rated. When me, James, and Yansen (who left SPH already) went to the Outward Bound field trip, we didn't sleep and we kept screaming "Nipple!" in the middle of the night. Some guy's bag was also drifted away by the high tide. We all ate some ham which is dominated by ants. We made some raft and when we made it to the shores, we walked on mud and someone lost his sandals.

Oh yeah, I also met Donny for the first time. Man, I was agitated the first time I look at him. He was a loquacious geeky-looking white guy. WAS. In english class, we were supposed to make a chain story, but then someone wrote explicit things and the teacher was irate. In BI class, the teacher was a murderer. She was a sadist maniac who loves to torture her students. She made us HANDwrite 50++ paragraphs with a length of the above paragraph. But anyhow, it was a memorable experience, and it was really fun being with friends at that time.

Grade 8 was pretty hectic as well, I tell you. But out of all the field trips I had (this opinion differs to people who went to the Bali trip in grade 10... Ughh... Screw William for this... haha joking) grade 8's Thailand field trip was the best. I was close with Swedian, Ryan, Sylvia, Giovanni, blah3 people who's in 8.4. It was very fun. During the field trip the girls (Sylvia, Angelica, Giovani and Jacqueline) went to the boys dorm, which is RESTRICTED. It was an infringement to the field trip rules. Oh yeah, I was very close with this super messed up, funny, chaotic girl named Jacqueline Kurniawan. The tall girl in grade 11. She's a tomboy but sometimes feminine. Anyhow, yeah we did some pretty stupid stuff in grade 8. In the field trip, Marshall and I made some very idiotic drama for the talent show. But everyone liked it.

For you who has a curious mind, let me tell you about the drama. I vaguely remember the story though. It was about a boy who had a dad, and he was a criminal of some sort. And uhh... I got a part to be this religious teacher or something... and I was supposed to sing this amusingly corny song called "Romans 16:9 Says..". I think that was the title. And I have to humiliate myself in front of the 8th and 7th graders with this ugly dance I made. I made the criminal and his son repent. I think.

Other groups' drama are crappy and not funny at all, but people laughed when we performed. Swedian was also a dork when we were in grade 8. He made some review questions before tests. Creep. I remember he dated this girl, that made him emo everyday. Really, he was a big geek/creep (I hope he won't read this post).

I could go on and on reminiscing, but I have to stop now. I'll share with you some of my past experiences next time. I enjoy telling stories of the past, because it also reminds me of what I did and the feelings I have at those moments. It is good to think about the past and enjoy yourself in those moments. Good memories should last perennially, and share it with your friends!

Joke of the Day

Advantages Of Breast Milk

The not necessarily well-prepared student sat in his life science classroom staring at a question on the final exam paper. The question directed, "Give four advantages of breast milk." What to write? He sighed, and began to scribble whatever came into his head, hoping for the best.

1. No need to boil.

2. Cats can't steal it.

3. Available whenever necessary.

So far so good -- maybe. But the exam demanded a four-part answer. Again, what to write? Once more, he sighed. He frowned. He scowled, then sighed again. But suddenly, he brightened. He grabbed his pen, and triumphantly, he scribbled his definitive answer.

4. Available in attractive containers.

Optimism Behind The Downpour [The 17th blog]

*********************************************************************************** Bahasa of the Day

Perabot Rumah Tangga - household ***********************************************************************************

Rain comes and goes sporadically in Java, especially in Jakarta and its surrounding. It has been days since our school released us early due to the heavy rain that yielded a deluge within our school areal. The early release was so sudden since I was just finished watching PeHa Idol. That particular rain was unpredictable for people thought it would stayed as a soothing drizzle. As the result, most of my friends suffer lethal traffic. Angelina's car was trapped for four hours in it without moving any significant inch. My friend Ivan arrived at nine o'clock even though his bus went earlier than the others. Frederick and his brother have to stay at Imperial Aryaduta hotel and can only go home at night. While they sacrifice their time to went home, some people like Jesse and Adrian decided to sleepover at my house. The heavy traffic made picking-ups impossible.

When I watched TV right after I arrived at home (I lived in Lippo Karawaci), almost all TV stations were broadcasting the flood and traffic that occurred in Jakarta live. It really moved my heart when I see the flood that occurred in slum areas, it really did. The flood is almost 1.6 meters and it seeped through their poor houses; destroying their households, making them homeless and sick. I felt pity for them. I mean, what did they do wrong that they have to suffered a complete loss? They broke liters of sweat everyday just to earn a little money, so little that it can only afford their food for one day, and yet they have to loss everything: tangible and intangible object. And when everything is lost, they don't know what they will give to feed their family.

Note that their health condition is treated by cheap or no medication, and the flood just made it worst. Why those despicable dictators and corruptors - worst people who put their country to pitch darkness - did not crashed by this natural dilemma instead? I know that life is unfair, but this is too much.

Yet behind this misery, there is a lesson for the country. Through the innumerable damage, loss, and other problems that are caused by the rain, we hope that the government will open their eyes to this archipelago that is not treated well in terms of environment. It seems to me that the government did not put much effort in establishing cleanliness within our country. Littering trash to sewer is one of the major problems, as well as the one responsible for the fatal flood. Maybe another axion would be the less educated denizens are those who litter, yet their action is because the government did not stress the environmental awareness to them, and to us. Discussing this littering issue would be exceptionally long and I think it should be clear what I am trying to say. Indonesia has too many littering issue to be written as a blog. As Indonesians we, without a doubt, should realize our environment's pitiful status.

Maybe they think that this is unimportant but when it comes to natural disaster, the environment is the determinant. Days after this heavy rain stopped, landslide starts to occur in most villages or slum areas (yes, again, they are the victim) and took people's life. Most of them are children. In my opinion, this avoidance is the reason why Indonesia's growth is slower than any other countries. They do not know that nature holds a significant effect.

Anyhow, let's just see this rain as the time to introspect ourselves upon our action and care towards our environment. We should feel pity for the unfortunate people who are always harmed. We should also show respect to them - without their hard work we might not be able to have rice or fresh fruits! But most of all, we should lend our hands to help Indonesia into a cleaner and greener archipelago. Just like it used to be.

Scrabble-philic [The 16th blog]

********************************************************************************** Bahasa of the Day

Masinis - Train driver
Insinyur - (Civil) Engineer
Pemahat - Sculptor **********************************************************************************

Life sure changes as time passes by. So does thoughts about things. I once was a boy who despise scrabble whenever my cousin took it down from his wardrobe. Without any practical proof, I tagged that game as a boring game where you only put words on a table - I was only six back then though. I saved this thought and lived with it until the day where we had our awesome retreat in the grandeur place ever!

During the free time before the curfew on our first night my friends and I played this card game called king of pigs, where whoever loses for three times must fulfill an inevitable dare from other players. It was hilarious: Mr. Owen lost and the girls told him to kiss Mr. Eric, and he did it! on the cheek! Mr. Eric suddenly stunned, and his face blushed - I am pretty sure he had sudden trauma. It was funny though. After playing it, I heard this tumult on a small round table. I went there and saw Miss Christine, Gary, Swedian, and Steph T playing speed scrabble - it was an intense game. I helped Swedian with his tiles and I found it was quite fun. So I joined them and we have five-men speed scrabble, and guess what? I won in my first game with just short and simple words. I guess that's what I called beginner's luck. We kept playing and even though I lose, turns out that A2 HL have the most win - 6 to 1 I think. (yay us!).

Ever since that night, my opinion about scrabble changes 180 degrees. Fortunately, there is a scrabble pandemic which attacks most of the grade eleven. We played anywhere and anytime: study periods, Mrs Judy's class, and even the hallway! Recently, we even played in the dance room that is connected with the fitness room. During workout intervals, the boys will go and play a quick speed scrabble. I slowly understand about the rules and the applicable two-letter words (can't believe that AA is a word), and I think I began to win more frequent now. Oh! this scrabble fever is actually a prelude of english-games revolution in grade eleven. Other games such as Taboo, and general knowledge game stuff began to be repopularize within our society. They got a laudable response from us.

I must admit that I love word games (Bookword, Text Twist, etc) since I was in grade nine, but I have never been addicted to it just I like I have been addicted to scrabble! I kept pulling people to play scrabble together and I even downloaded the software - very embarrassing and geeky-like. Just recently, Swedian and me also make a proposal for assembling a Scrabble Club. It got approved. It was just a silly joke we had during class, but it becomes an silly idea that works. This addiction makes me want to buy Scrabble but the Kids Station in Supermall only sell the Deluxe one, which is very expensive. I was planning to buy the Junior Scrabble, but I think the word tiles are very minimum. In the end, I will have to be patient to find the original one.

I would like too talk more about Scrabble, but I think people will puke at this entry if I do so. So, I shall end this blog by saying: I love Scrabble!!