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Yes, my blogging time is the time when I abandon piles and piles of paperwork, assignments, essays, and readings. It is the time for me to share my dreams, my thoughts, my imaginations.. just be me, without lectures to comment, tutors to give grades, just say what I want to say... and refuse to be judged :pFollowing
@Ricey:
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Human beings are members of a whole,
In creation of one essence and soul.
If one member is afflicted with pain,
Other members uneasy will remain.
If you have no sympathy for human pain,
The name of human you cannot retain.
- Saadi
This week Iranians turned out in record numbers not seen since the beginning of the Iranian revolution to change their current President Mahmood Ahmadinejad.
Their willingness to exercise their democratic right was both historic and uncommon in the Middle East. Iranians longed for change the same way people in the United States, and indeed worldwide, longed for a new beginning after the Bush years. They were tired of an increasingly delusional President who has thrown their country into economic turmoil and portrayed their country as a conflict seeking entity in the Middle East.
But today the same Iranian regime that has denied a dialogue with the world, denied human rights, denied democracy, denied the Holocaust, is blatantly denying the will of its people by committing massive election fraud to reelect Mahmood Ahmadinejad, and arresting journalists and opposition leaders in broad daylight.
Accepting this deception will be costly not only for the people of Iran but also for the people of the Middle East, with far reaching consequences worldwide.
As you read these words, the people in Iran have taken to the streets in nationwide protests. Despite brutal government suppression tactics the Iranian people are courageously fighting for their rights. As antiriot police batons crush the bones of demonstrators whose only protest is election fraud, Iranians are screaming for the world to hear them: WE DENOUNCE MAHMOOD AHMADINEJAD!
The people of Iran now ask for your support!
We do not expect you to fight our struggle but to help us fight it. We expect people worldwide to put pressure on their governments and politicians not to accept the legitimacy of the Iranian elections and the fraudulent presidency of Mahmood Ahmadinejad. Democratic societies worldwide must not leave the Iranian people alone now that they have risen to the challenge. Instead they need to align their policies with the will of the Iranian people.
Friends, we ask you not to let 70 million people in Iran be taken hostage. Any government that accepts Mahmood Ahmadinejad as the new president of Iran has betrayed the Iranian people, endangered world peace, and has no sympathy for human pain.
Iranian Artists in Exile
baby, hush hush!!
care ngusir kuluk gen nok! amen cang ngelah kuluk madan Baby, ne be soundtrack cang.. kle, sing jelas ajan! kene be bes setres melajah, ngae tugas sing suud2!! nyak liburaaaan… med cang dini!!!
PS: be luung video ne jek caption ne dese ajan, maap2 gen nah!
Made a meal and threw it up on Sunday I’ve -
Gotta lot of things to learn
Said I would and I’ll be leaving one day -
Before my heart starts to burn
(Bridge)
So what’s the matter with you?
Sing me something new… don’t you know
The cold and wind and rain don’t know
They only seem to come and go away
Times are hard when things have got no meaning
I’ve found a key upon the floor
Maybe you and I will not believe in the things we find
Behind the door
(Chorus)
Stand by me - nobody knows the way it’s gonna be
Stand by me - nobody knows the way it’s gonna be
Stand by me - nobody knows the way it’s gonna be
If you’re leaving will you take me with you
I’m tired of talking on my phone
There is one thing I can never give you
My heart can never be your home
lagu2 jadul macem gini nih temen di saat bikin essay.. biar pinter! hah, apa sih?!
Minggu-minggu ini due dates pada bertebaran. Assignments harus udah pada kelar, n ya ya ya.. secara kemaren2 kita (gue, Titi, Raisa) relatif kurang bisa memanage waktu dengan baik dan benar, sekarang kita harus rela begadang. 2 mingguan gue nggak ngerasain nikmatnya tidur 6 jam, tanpa diganggu pikiran2 tentang assignment (bisa tiba2 bangun cuma buat nulis ide struktur yang tiba2 kepikiran, fak banget!)
Jam tidur kita jungkir balik, tapi kita nggak takut dimarahin bang Oma kok, karena begadang kita ada artinya.. (krik!). Tapi gue percaya ada hikmah di balik setiap cobaan, dan dari penderitaan begadang berhari2 ini, gue nemuin persahabatan n saat2 yang mudah2an nggak akan gue lupa sampe tua =)
Oia, gambar di bawah adalah gambar ‘office’ gue n raisa. Living Room wilayah gue, dining room wilayah Raisa.. Titi selalu ‘autis’ di kamar..
menjelang tengah malem, gejala jenuh n gila kita selalu keluar.. hahaha.. ini nih yang biasa kita kerjain (ssttt.. jangan bilang2 jurusan ya kalo kita jauh2 dkirim hasilnya malah gangguan kejiwaan)
1. Supper. Jam 12an tu jadwal ‘sahur’ kita.. hehehe.. sampe titi yang selalu di kamar pun selalu keluar jam seginian at least buat ngemil. Satu hari:
‘eh, laper nii… ayo supper’
‘iya2.. laper… yuk ah masak’
‘eh, masak apa yaa… coba punya frozen corn, kita bisa bikin jagung rebus yang kaya dijual di mall mall.. pake keju sama meses’
‘cari aja di freezer blakang kali aja nemu punya orang’
‘EH EH, ADA…ADA.. Hahahahha.. tapi ga tau punya sapa’
‘bodo lah, ayo kita masak!’
lalu dengan bangganya kita masak tu jagung, trus dikasi meses plus mozarella cheese plus parmesan cheese.. (mozarella nya juga bukan punya kita, haha)
I was pretending that i was in a scene of ‘there’s something about tricia’ (u know, the banks scene!)
malem2 kita kriminal nyolong frozen corn orang, dan nggak tanggung2, sampe tandas tak bersisa! Ternyata sepiring jagung rebus nggak bisa ngenyangin perut 3 mahluk kalap yang lagi setres, alhasil, lagi-lagi kita balik ke dapur n masak mantau keju coklat.. duh.. gendut deh!
cantik kan mantaunya, hehe..
oia, kita juga selalu punya persediaan eskrim, jadi kalo lagi males masak, kita cuma makan eskrim sampe puas (each of us has a box!)
2. Setelah makan… sekarang waktunya kegiatan random nggak jelas seperti : scream fight, dengerin numa2 song berkali2 dari laptop raisa, maen hulla hoop di kamar housemate kita yang lagi pulang kampung ke korea, tidur2an di kasur dia, maen mafia wars (khusus raisa), dan apa aja deh, suka2 kita!!
so random
pretending that we were scary while we know that actually we’re cute instead of scary, haha
ngejilatin panci, hahaha…
Yayaya.. bikin tugas ‘Australian Foreign Policy’ emang enaknya sambil bawa bendera OZ, biar menjiwai bikin tugasnya!!
Ooo ASSIGNMENTs, LOOK WHAT U’VE DONE TO US!! (Mas Pur, Liat kan? kita rajin belajar sampe setengah gila.. transfer nilainya digampangin dong, hahaha)
Bakal kangen masa2 ini..becanda.. gila bareng sama kalian… hiks!!! Makasih temen2, kalian udah bikin masa2 study di Adelaide spesial n menyenangkan.. Gue sayaaaaang banget sama kalian :)
bersambung..
the previous post about kids and the US foreign policy reminds me to this video.. I love sammy!!
Q: Daddy, why did we have to attack Iraq?
A: Because they had weapons of mass destruction honey.
Q: But the inspectors didn’t find any weapons of mass destruction.
A: That’s because the Iraqis were hiding them.
Q: And that’s why we invaded Iraq?
A: Yep. Invasions always work better than inspections.
Q: But after we invaded them, we STILL didn’t find any weapons of mass destruction, did we?
A: That’s because the weapons are so well hidden. Don’t worry, we’ll find something, probably right before the 2004 election.
Q: Why did Iraq want all those weapons of mass destruction?
A: To use them in a war, silly.
Q: I’m confused. If they had all those weapons that they planned to use in a war, then why didn’t they use any of those weapons when we went to war with them?
A: Well, obviously they didn’t want anyone to know they had those weapons, so they chose to die by the thousands rather than defend themselves.
Q: That doesn’t make sense Daddy. Why would they choose to die if they had all those big weapons to fight us back with?
A: It’s a different culture. It’s not supposed to make sense.
Q: I don’t know about you, but I don’t think they had any of those weapons our government said they did.
A: Well, you know, it doesn’t matter whether or not they had those weapons. We had another good reason to invade them anyway.
Q: And what was that?
A: Even if Iraq didn’t have weapons of mass destruction, Saddam Hussein was a cruel dictator, which is another good reason to invade another country.
Q: Why? What does a cruel dictator do that makes it OK to invade his country?
A: Well, for one thing, he tortured his own people.
Q: Kind of like what they do in China?
A: Don’t go comparing China to Iraq. China is a good economic competitor, where millions of people work for slave wages in sweatshops to make U.S. corporations richer.
Q: So if a country lets its people be exploited for American corporate gain, it’s a good country, even if that country tortures people?
A: Right.
Q: Why were people in Iraq being tortured?
A: For political crimes, mostly, like criticizing the government. People who criticized the government in Iraq were sent to prison and tortured.
Q: Isn’t that exactly what happens in China?
A: I told you, China is different.
Q: What’s the difference between China and Iraq?
A: Well, for one thing, Iraq was ruled by the Ba’ath party, while China is Communist.
Q: Didn’t you once tell me Communists were bad?
A: No, just Cuban Communists are bad.
Q: How are the Cuban Communists bad?
A: Well, for one thing, people who criticize the government in Cuba are sent to prison and tortured.
Q: Like in Iraq?
A: Exactly.
Q: And like in China, too?
A: I told you, China’s a good economic competitor. Cuba, on the other hand, is not.
Q: How come Cuba isn’t a good economic competitor?
A: Well, you see, back in the early 1960s, our government passed some laws that made it illegal for Americans to trade or do any business with Cuba until they stopped being communists and started being capitalists like us.
Q: But if we got rid of those laws, opened up trade with Cuba, and started doing business with them, wouldn’t that help the Cubans become capitalists?
A: Don’t be a smart-ass.
Q: I didn’t think I was being one.
A: Well, anyway, they also don’t have freedom of religion in Cuba.
Q: Kind of like China and the Falun Gong movement?
A: I told you, stop saying bad things about China. Anyway, Saddam Hussein came to power through a military coup, so he’s not really a legitimate leader anyway.
Q: What’s a military coup?
A: That’s when a military general takes over the government of a country by force, instead of holding free elections like we do in the United States.
Q: Didn’t the ruler of Pakistan come to power by a military coup?
A: You mean General Pervez Musharraf? Uh, yeah, he did, but Pakistan is our friend.
Q: Why is Pakistan our friend if their leader is illegitimate?
A: I never said Pervez Musharraf was illegitimate.
Q: Didn’t you just say a military general who comes to power by forcibly overthrowing the legitimate government of a nation is an illegitimate leader?
A: Only Saddam Hussein. Pervez Musharraf is our friend, because he helped us invade Afghanistan.
Q: Why did we invade Afghanistan?
A: Because of what they did to us on September 11th.
Q: What did Afghanistan do to us on September 11th?
A: Well, on September 11th, nineteen men, fifteen of them Saudi Arabians, hijacked four airplanes and flew three of them into buildings, killing over 3,000 Americans.
Q: So how did Afghanistan figure into all that?
A: Afghanistan was where those bad men trained, under the oppressive rule of the Taliban.
Q: Aren’t the Taliban those bad radical Islamics who chopped off people’s heads and hands?
A: Yes, that’s exactly who they were. Not only did they chop off people’s heads and hands, but they oppressed women, too.
Q: Didn’t the Bush administration give the Taliban 43 million dollars back in May of 2001?
A: Yes, but that money was a reward because they did such a good job fighting drugs.
Q: Fighting drugs?
A: Yes, the Taliban were very helpful in stopping people from growing opium poppies.
Q: How did they do such a good job?
A: Simple. If people were caught growing opium poppies, the Taliban would have their hands and heads cut off.
Q: So, when the Taliban cut off people’s heads and hands for growing flowers, that was OK, but not if they cut people’s heads and hands off for other reasons?
A: Yes. It’s OK with us if radical Islamic fundamentalists cut off people’s hands for growing flowers, but it’s cruel if they cut off people’s hands for stealing bread.
Q: Don’t they also cut off people’s hands and heads in Saudi Arabia?
A: That’s different. Afghanistan was ruled by a tyrannical patriarchy that oppressed women and forced them to wear burqas whenever they were in public, with death by stoning as the penalty for women who did not comply.
Q: Don’t Saudi women have to wear burqas in public, too?
A: No, Saudi women merely wear a traditional Islamic body covering.
Q: What’s the difference?
A: The traditional Islamic covering worn by Saudi women is a modest yet fashionable garment that covers all of a woman’s body except for her eyes and fingers. The burqa, on the other hand, is an evil tool of patriarchal oppression that covers all of a woman’s body except for her eyes and fingers.
Q: It sounds like the same thing with a different name.
A: Now, don’t go comparing Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia. The Saudis are our friends.
Q: But I thought you said 15 of the 19 hijackers on September 11th were from Saudi Arabia.
A: Yes, but they trained in Afghanistan.
Q: Who trained them?
A: A very bad man named Osama bin Laden.
Q: Was he from Afghanistan?
A: Uh, no, he was from Saudi Arabia too. But he was a bad man, a very bad man.
Q: I seem to recall he was our friend once.
A: Only when we helped him and the mujahadeen repel the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan back in the 1980s.
Q: Who are the Soviets? Was that the Evil Communist Empire Ronald Reagan talked about?
A: There are no more Soviets. The Soviet Union broke up in 1990 or thereabouts, and now they have elections and capitalism like us. We call them Russians now.
Q: So the Soviets ? I mean, the Russians ? are now our friends?
A: Well, not really. You see, they were our friends for many years after they stopped being Soviets, but then they decided not to support our invasion of Iraq, so we’re mad at them now. We’re also mad at the French and the Germans because they didn’t help us invade Iraq either.
Q: So the French and Germans are evil, too?
A: Not exactly evil, but just bad enough that we had to rename French fries and French toast to Freedom Fries and Freedom Toast.
Q: Do we always rename foods whenever another country doesn’t do what we want them to do?
A: No, we just do that to our friends. Our enemies, we invade.
Q: But wasn’t Iraq one of our friends back in the 1980s?
A: Well, yeah. For a while.
Q: Was Saddam Hussein ruler of Iraq back then?
A: Yes, but at the time he was fighting against Iran, which made him our friend, temporarily.
Q: Why did that make him our friend?
A: Because at that time, Iran was our enemy.
Q: Isn’t that when he gassed the Kurds?
A: Yeah, but since he was fighting against Iran at the time, we looked the other way, to show him we were his friend.
Q: So anyone who fights against one of our enemies automatically becomes our friend?
A: Most of the time, yes.
Q: And anyone who fights against one of our friends is automatically an enemy?
A: Sometimes that’s true, too. However, if American corporations can profit by selling weapons to both sides at the same time, all the better.
Q: Why?
A: Because war is good for the economy, which means war is good for America. Also, since God is on America’s side, anyone who opposes war is a godless un-American Communist. Do you understand now why we attacked Iraq?
Q: I think so. We attacked them because God wanted us to, right?
A: Yes.
Q: But how did we know God wanted us to attack Iraq?
A: Well, you see, God personally speaks to George W. Bush and tells him what to do.
Q: So basically, what you’re saying is that we attacked Iraq because George W. Bush hears voices in his head?
A: Yes! You finally understand how the world works. Now close your eyes, make yourself comfortable, and go to sleep. Good night.
Madness. This foto was taken after 5 days ‘hell camp’ in Pondok Pemuda, Jimbaran (JANUARY 2004)
To be able to join a ‘Nature Lover’ organization (Sispala Bhuana Yasa), we should be able to ‘survive’ 5 stages of ‘evaluation’. This hell camp was the toughest one. Spent 5 days only with 5 litres of water (to cook, to drink, and everything), hundred times of ‘push up’ every day, rock climbing, rapelling, tracking, navigating, sleeping under a macintosh.. and doing the survival simulation (no food, no water, jus a survival kit -yes, i did eat snails and weird tasted fruits)
This experience has taught me to appreciate my daily life and how lucky i am.. This experience has also taught me about hard working, team work, and determination..(and taught me how to differenciate which snails are eatable and which ones are not —> do not eat the light colored ones ;p)
I always like to think that I am a strong and independent girl .. :D
PS: can u notice which one is me?
Why should the wedding ring be worn on the fourth finger? These are the explanations from a Chinese.
Thumb represents your Parents
Second (Index) finger represents your Siblings
Middle finger represents your-Self
Fourth (Ring) finger represents your Life Partner
Last (Little) finger represents your Children
Firstly,
Open your palms (face to face),
Bend the middle fingers
and hold them together - back to back
Secondly,
Open and hold the remaining three fingers and the thumb - tip to tip
Now,
Try to separate your thumbs (representing the parents)
they will open…..because your parents are
not destined to live with you lifelong,
and have to leave you sooner or later.
Please join your thumbs as before
and separate your Index fingers (representing siblings)
they will also open…… because your brothers and
sisters will have their own families
and will have to lead their own separate lives.
Now,
Join the Index fingers
and separate your Little fingers (representing your children)
they will open too….. because the children
also will get married and settle down
on their own some day.
Finally,
Join your Little fingers,
and try to separate your Ring fingers (representing your spouse).
You’d surprised to see that you just CANNOT!!!
Because Husband & Wife have to remain together all their lives - through thick and thin!!
