Day Four @ Curtin

My 2nd post in Perth. Now I'm sitting in Curtin Univ of Tech library. Im waiting for my sister. She's having a group meeting to discuss her group assignment'. It's been a blast these last few days. The weather was fantastic. The sun was hot, but the wind was so cold. Yesterday for the first time after so long I saw a rainbow again. I even got the chance to take some pictures of it before it's gone. Yesterday me n my sis went to St. Mary Cathedral, attended the 10 AM mass. Took some pictures of the cathedral. It was incredible. I almost lost for words describing how fascinating it was to experienced all these things. Things you'll never get in Jakarta, Indonesia. The people here are very organised. After that we went to Freemantle to eat @ Ciccerelo's, the best Fish n Chips place in WA. It's raining when we went there. Lots of walking tomorrow. We went back by Captain Cook's Cruise, along the scenic route of Swan River. For the first time in my life I rode a boat. It was quite big boat, n it was also quite big river. There's a part of the river that looked like a lake. The cruise was pleasant, seeing lots of beautiful n amazing scenery.

Rain in Perth was different with in Jakarta. It's only a drizzle. It rained a little for a while n then it stopped. And then it rained again for a while, and then it stopped. Maybe that's why they called it shower. After we got back from Freemantle, we took some pictures in front of Bell tower. Went back to my sis' place, ate dinner, watched Cinderella Story (Hilarry Duff n Chad Michael Murray), n then went to sleep.

Today woke up at 8 AM, ate breakfast. Ate rice again...I felt very full...went to Livia's place but nobody answer so I decided to take a walk n because it's kinda cold outside I went back to my sis's place. Try to read Harry Potter 6, but I only managed to read till 5th page (if i'm not mistaken). And then Livia sent me sms. I went to her place at around 10 AM. Went online there, n then Livia went to work. I played Emperor (Hendra showed me), and it was a very good game. Two thumbs up. I saw the saved/downloaded games, they were fantastic. And then we went to Liv's workplace, NYC Pizza. Liv treated us with lunch a slice of Pizza for each of us. It was delicious. That's what I called pizza, not like the ones in Jakarta, it was very crispy. There're lots to be seen while we're eating. Lots of pretty girls n women. Nice sight for my eyes..lol This was really heaven.....hehehehehehe....

Well, these last few days I took some trains...The trains reminded me of Savage Garden's song, I Knew I Loved You, which I guessed took setting in one of the train in Australia, remembering that they're from Brisbane.... *sigh Kirsten Dunst was very lovely in the vidclip........So..here's I Knew I Loved You by Savage Garden...for this beautiful city, Perth.....

Savage Garden - I Knew I Loved You

Maybe it's intuition

But some things you just don't question

Like in your eyes

I see my future in an instant

And there it goes

I think I've found my best friend

* :

I know that it might sound more than a little crazy

But I believe

**:

I knew I loved you before I met you

I think I dreamed you into life

I knew I loved you before I met you

I have been waiting all my life

There's just no rhyme or reason

Only this sense of completion

And in your eyesI see the missing pieces

I'm searching forI think I've found my way home

*, **

A thousand angels dance around you

I am complete now that I've found you

**, repeat **

All post in Perth are in Perth's time

Perth Phenomenon

Here I Am.. In Perth...for the first time in my life..sitting in Livia's ASP.NET class. The internet connection was damn fast....i downloaded Jay's Ke Qian which was sent by piggy. It took only couple of minutes.....yeahhhh....Livia n Hendra brought me around the city and it was marvellous. The environment, the traffic, the air, the people....the girls were pretty (at least that's what I saw). It's sure a very good place to live.......I lost words to describe the feeling I experienced, though I've only been here for couple of hours. I could only look in awe to see the life here. It's very well organized, very dramatically different with Jakarta. I haven't sleep from yesterday. I woke up at 6 AM yesterday and now it's 12.07 PM (Perth time) and I haven't got any real sleep. It sure a new record. I feel sleepy, but I still have the energy, maybe because I'm so excited to be here. I'm gonna spend the rest of this day with my sister and then tomorrow I'm gonna go with Hendra n Livia again..

It's FREAKIN AMAZIN to be able to experience this...

Well...that's all for my first post while I'm in Perth, a very nice city to live...hhmmmmmm....makes me wonder....No song today coz I can't find the appropriate song for this post...I can only enjoy and savor each moment....Yeahhhhhhhhh

Different Horizon

Thank You God. That’s all I wanna say right now. Lots of things happened since my last post. I’m gonna be brief cause my computer at home is not working properly, so I’m writing this journal using my office computer. Let me start with Saturday. Saturday was great. Played badminton again after absence so long (it was very intense, almost 3 hours non stop). Bought DVD R to be brought to Perth, n then relaxed at home. I formatted my computer (again) cause there were spyware attacks that’s very annoying, esp when I opened friendster. And then went to attend afternoon mass at 6PM. Met Eddy, and he asked me to go to Yakobus KTG. It was very surprising, I didn’t know what makes him wanted to go there, but I quickly realized that there was “someone” that Eddy wanted to meet there….lol…reminded me on Friday, I attended Campus Fire at Community Centre Taman Anggrek. It was excellent. Met Edward, Norina, and some other friends from Fons Vitae I, which I never met again until that night. I went to TA alone, Eddy said he’d come alone too, but later I found out that he went there with…*cough cough*. Okay, so we went to KTG, I met Angel again. She did her hair in this cute style, really made her look like a little girl. Eddy even said that she was looking cuter n prettier…too bad she’s too young…otherwise….hahahahahahahaha..

Sunday morning, as usual I went to Jef. Went to sleep at 2.30 AM, after talking on the phone with Midori. Played WE for a while n then went to Gadink. Met Midori for the first time. She was at Pizza Hut with DW and her brother. She said she was invited by her friend, which later I found out to be Yanti Sya. She was feeling perturbed cause she didn’t tell me that it was Sya who’d invited her. I’m totally okay with that actually, but nevermind. She really looked like her picture in FS, just taller. I never thought that she would be so tall….And just like she said, she’s not as chatty as she’s on the phone or over the MSN. And then I went to Diamon, she n DW back to Pizza. After that I met Richard n Norina, n then I met Sicnotz, also for the 1^st time. I looked around n then they (Sya, Laura, Yunita, Pinpin, Vera, Bellina, Johnson, Teguh) finally finished taking pictures. And then I went back home at around 6 PM. I turned on my computer n it happened. The tragedy. My computer just gave this long beeeeeeppppppppp sound. Didn’t know what happened. It just went like that. Damnnnnnnnnnnnnnn…..I really need my computer…I checked my HDD to Jef’s house, it was okay. Damnnnnnnn….Didn’t know what’s wrong. So…..my Sunday evening was a dull one….couldn’t make any journal whatsoever.

Monday, sales meeting, nothing quite interesting, just played pool for a while w Aries n I asked him about my comp prob. He said it was the VGA or memory. I went back home, tried it n nothing happened….still that beeeeeeeeepppppppppppp…….so I went to store with this bad temper…damnnnnnnn…….but I finally got to think clearly…everything happened for a reason. I remembered my prayer at Saturday. I didn’t ask God not to give me troubles but I asked Him to help me get through all of it.So I said to God, “God, I know You must have some plan for me, so I’m gonna leave it up to You”. And after I say that, I felt a warm feeling. I felt calmer, more peaceful. So I managed to think with a cool head, instead of being crancky…yeahhhhh….

Today, had this meeting with CIFOR (again). Went there at 8.30 AM. First, I was trying to pay for the ticket at 8AM, but the bank said they can’t do that until 8.30 AM. So I cancelled n then went to the meeting. The meeting went smoothly. Went back to office at 2.45 PM. I went to atm to draw some money, I decided to pay in cash. After I drew some money, I went to money exchanger. I got the US$ very fast n then I went to the ticket agent n finally paid my ticket. But still no news about my visa. Anyway, I really Thank God because though everything went not exactly like I had planned, but they turned out to be good, just the timing that’s not like what I had planned. God makes everything beautiful at HIS time, not ours. Thank You God….hopefully I can get the (good) news about the visa tomorrow, since I have to depart at Friday..btw…this song from Mel C is very good…it’s catchy n really cooled me down when I was in the verge of breaking down….lol….enjoy….sometimes we just need to see from a different horizon to see things more clearly

Melanie C - On The Horizon

People see different things
When they look on the horizon
Do you see dark clouds rolling in fast
Cos baby they ain't gonna last

And I can't see anybody else
I can't stop looking at you
Take this dream and make it true

chorus :
All I see is love, sweet love
On the horizon, oh yeah
Just one look in your deep brown eyes
And baby I'm flyin

This world could be so hard to take
Before I found you, I almost stopped trying
To see the good instead of the bad
But your hearts so true, that baby I'm cryin

And every single time we meet
I learn what love is for
It's taking less and giving more

chorus

And baby I don't wanna see pain in your eyes
Cos you're the one that sets me free
There's nothing in this world that can hurt us
If it's you and me, hey-yeah-yeah

chorus

All I see is love, sweet love
On the horizon, oh yeah
(All i see is love on the horizon)
Just one look in your deep brown eyes
And baby I'm flyin

I-I'm, flyin baby
(All I see is love on the horizon)
I-I'm, flyin baby

chorus

this post was made on Tuesday, Oct 25, 2005, but it's published at Thursday, Oct 27 due to bad inet connection @ office n my 'wounded' computer....

Midori

Wanted to play pool at lunch time, but it was closed. My bosses are gone; it’s very quiet around here. I’m sleepy at the moment, so I decided it’s a good time to update my blog.

On Tuesday night, I talked to Midori on the phone till 4.30 AM. We talked about lots of things. I slept for only about 2 hours. Woke up at 6 sth AM, but I felt quite fresh. And then went to office. Went online n Midori was already online too…. After that I went to Bogor w my manager. I had a meeting there. Arrived there at 10.45 AM. The place was very quiet. Lots of trees. It’s like in the middle of jungle. The environment was very peaceful, soothing. It’s amazing experience, got away from the city to see green environment. Met the HR Officer, she was very friendly. She treated us lunch and after that went back to the office. After I got back I was really sleepy……very very sleepy…..like now…..but managed to survive the rest of the day. Went back home, took a long nap n then went to store.

Today woke up at 6 sth AM again. (I’m listening to Lifehouse – You and Me…very wonderful song…..ahhh…Smallville……) Went to the office. Nothing much to do, my Windows Messenger was having some difficulties to sign in…I signed in at 10 sth AM. Then another session w Midori was started…..

I finally downloaded NSync – That’s When I’ll Stop Loving You, Midori’s fav song..She said if a guy sang this song for her truthfully, she would melt n fell in love with the guy…. Hmmmmmmmm……;p Quite good song, mellow pop….typical Boysband

Well that’s all for this short post. I give you the lyric of Midori’s dream song….I dedicate this post for her, who always online on MSN to chat w me (since I still can’t use my YM….she’s been very understanding…I’m touched….heheheheh), answering all my questions about licenses…;p she even called the vendor for me…Thanks Piggy Wiggy…..;p

Sleeepppppyyyyy……

NSnyc - That's When I'll Stop Loving You

When winter comes in summer
When there’s no more forever
That’s when I’ll stop loving you
(That’s when I’ll stop loving you)

I’m sure you’ve heard these words before
And I know it’s hard
For you to trust them once more
You’re afraid it all might end

And a broken heart
Is scared of breaking again
But you’ve gotta believe me

I’ll never leave you
You’ll never cry long as I am there
And I will always be there
You will never be without love

(Chorus)

When winter comes in summer
When there’s no more forever
When lies become the truth
Oh you’ll know then baby

That’s when I’ll stop loving you
That’s when I’ll stop loving you
(That’s when I’ll stop loving you)

As long as sunlight lights the sky
Light of love will be found in these eyes of mine
(These eyes of mine)
And I will shine that light for you
You’re the only one

I’ll ever give this heart to
What I’m trying to say is
Nothing will change this
There be no time that you won’t find me there

Cause I will always be there
You will always have all my love

(Chorus)

When this world doesn’t turn anymore
When the stars all decide to stop shining
Till then I’m gonna be by your side
I’m gonna be loving you forever
Everyday of my life

(Oh oh yeah yeah)

Well then you know baby
That’s when I’ll stop loving
That’s when I’ll stop loving
That’s when I’ll stop loving you…
(Oohhhhhh)

Chorus- repeat til it fades

Saturday, Sunday n Monday

Start typing at 7.45 AM. Last weekend was very rejuvenating. After a very long phone conversation w Midori at Friday night, I finally went to sleep at 2.30 AM. Woke up at 8.30 AM, so it was goodbye for my badminton schedule. So I continued my sleep till 1 PM. Yeah you read it right. 1 PM. Finally I got some nice, decent sleep after an exhausting week. Turned on the computer, but then I remembered mom had asked me to draw some money and buy her this thing (a dining set I think) at Pasar Ular. So I went to the Bank, draw the money but before I went to Pasar Ular I stopped by at Ramayana Plaza Koja. There was special price for Tira jeans, so I tried it and finally bought it. After that I went to Pasar Ular and bought the dining set. Went back home, watched The L Words season 1 and then took a nap (sleep again??? Man, I was such a pig….lol). At 4 sth PM Eddy called me, he said that it was very cloudy and he might not bring his motorcycle (we were planning to go to Yakobus for PW), I said okay. N then at 5 PM it began to rain and it was very very hard…but I was determined to attend the afternoon mass, so I went to church. Arrived at church but there were a very few people who had come. It was still raining and for the first time in my life I experienced a mass that was attended only by 50 people…maybe less (I’m talking about mass in church). My pants were still soaked from the knee below though I used an umbrella.

Sunday morning I woke up at 8 AM. Mom was getting ready to go to church; we wanted to take cheap medical check up at the church. Arrived at 9 AM, took the medical check up, met quite lot of people that I know. At 10 sth we went to Carrefour Cempaka Mas. It was very crowded, not as crowded as the last time I went there, but it was still crowded. I ate ketupat sayur at Yono’s…he makes the most delicious ketupat sayur. And then we went shopping at Carrefour. Mom bought few things and I bought a luggage for my Perth plan…;p. Went back home, arrived at home at 2.30 PM. I took some sleep….(yeahh….another one) and then watched L Words and then went to store.

Yesterday I woke up feeling very rejuvenated. All of my batteries were fully charged…;p. Went to work, had sales meeting, got 89% and just like these past few days, chatting w Midori. Played pool at lunch time w Julius, I played quite good actually.. n then after lunch went to ICRC w Mine, had a meeting there. Went back to the office in the afternoon and then went back home at 5 PM. My computer was attacked by spyware and trojans so I installed spysweeper n cleaned up my computer. Went online after that to check, the program worked quite well, just need to remove this annoying message box..still haven’t figured out how. N then met my sis on MSN, chatted w her. Hendra and Karen was online too, so I also chatted w them. And then L went online and we had this interesting chat. It was started by a simple question then it led to interesting conversation. After that I went to store. I felt this tingling, I didn’t know if it was because I had a chat w L or the topic of the chat that tingled me. It brought old memories…n some old feelings too I guess. It’s like there’re sparkles of fire…damn…I guess it’s because the chat…not the person..well maybe I got this Clark Kent @seas 1 syndrome again..never mind…Last night finally finished John. Read from chapter 18-21 n then went to sleep.

Today woke up quite early, 5.45 AM, feeling energized. Went to the office and now still writing this post. I’m gonna end here…must prepare for this n next month prospects…. I really like this song at the moment…A1 – Caught in the Middle

Caught in the Middle Lyrics


Paul: You said that love was just a state of mind
A puzzle made of pieces you can't find
And for me you never really had the time
I was blind, oh-oh

Chris: And everything that you meant to me
Is written in the pages of my history
But it's over now as far as I can see
Suddenly

Ben: Things are so different, now you're gone
I thought it'd be easy, I was wrong
(And now I'm caught) And now
Caught in the middle

Ben: Even though I'm with someone new
All I can think about is you
(And now I'm caught) And now
I'm caught in the middle

Mark: Moving on she brings me brighter days
Thoughts of you are in my mind always
Like a memory that I can't erase
It's here to stay, Wow...

Ben: Things are so different, now you're gone
I thought it'd be easy, I was wrong
(And now I'm caught) And now
Caught in the middle

Ben: Even though I'm with someone new
All I can think about is you
(And now I'm caught) And now
I'm caught in the middle

(All: So different) Chris: It's so different
(All: So easy) Paul: Oh, so easy
(All: But I can't get over you) Ben: And I can't get over you

(All: So different) Paul: It's so different
(All: So easy) Chris: So easy
(All: But I can't get over you) Ben: And I can't get over you, No babe

Ben: Things are so different, now you're gone
I thought it'd be easy, I was wrong
(And now I'm caught) And now
Caught in the middle

Ben: Even though I'm with someone new
All I can think about is you
(And now I'm caught) And now
I'm caught in the middle

Deep Thoughts Trilogy Part 2 : Life

Like usual I like to start with flashback of the monumental events (If I can say monumental..lol) in my life since my last post. It’s been almost two weeks since my last post. Things went so fast and suddenly its already middle October.

Started with Sunday, October 2^nd 2005. I went to NAV again. This time Jef came along. We sang for 2 hours at NAV 3, Bowo n Maria also came..I don’t have to tell the big boss…..David…hehehehehehe. He returned some CDs of mine. After that we (me, Jef n Eddy) went to C4 Cempaka Mas. It was very crowded…so many people. Maybe because it was the beginning of month or maybe because Moslems were about to begin fasting. Yeah, fasting month began at Oct 5. After Sunday, the week went quite slowly….but it was actually quite busy week. Went to Bandung for he 2^nd time with my new Business Manager. Ate at Sindang Reret again, this time I tried the Fried Rice n iced lemon tea. It was very good…….Most important event on that week was deciding to go to Perth. I applied a passport with lots of help from my aunt. Thank you so much aunt….Got the passport at Tuesday, Oct 11. I’ve been busy in providing all necessary documents to apply for a visa. I’m so bored but also excited thinking the possibility to go to Australia. At Oct 8, went to Gadink w Grace n Dana. I met some friends there, Wendy, Conan n friends who ended up joined us (we played pool together) and Ronaldy. We closed our little “reunion” by eating n talking at café Excelso..

Midori…..I met her (not a real name…hehehhe) at YM and after that we often chat n send emails. She’s feisty….maybe because of her zodiac..which I can’t reveal here,…;p She’s attractive.. two nights ago I chatted with uknee,ll,etc….Damn….i’m so sleepy… I still have to get the voucher for visa application…30 minutes from lunch time…I…. Midori just replied my email…..Oh well, nevermind…

Life….Oh Life…. Oooo Life…. (Desree’s song, Life)…isn’t it funny how time seems to slip away so fast…One minute you’re happy the other you’re sad…..(The Moffatts song, If Life Is So Short)…Life….I’ve given lots of thought about it and still……what’s the purpose of life? Why do we live? What’s the most important thing in life? How do you define success? Wealth? Fame? Financial/Social status?

Those are the questions I still trying to figure out….I’m gonna continue later…my mind is quite a mess now……maybe after lunch (n some pool session) it’ll get clearer.

A new day…continuing this post…today is Friday. I’m freee…..for the rest of the day….lol….the bosses are having management meeting……yeahhhhh…listening to JTL – My Lecon right now…well today is quite good…I finally knew the title of the song that I was looking for so long… It was I Say a Little Prayer by The Holy Groove (I’m not sure with the singer….)….writing this post while making bullboard….now the song is Jay Chou’s Qi Li Xiang…

Okay let’s get back to business…..Life…how do you measure success in life? What is happiness? Do you measure your happiness by the amount of money you have? More money means more happy? A friend of mine once asked, ”Are you happy with your life (in scale of 1-10)?” I said I give 7. Personally, I think success is more than just how much money you have, but I think it’s more like what have you accomplished. What’s your legacy for the world…well..at least how you make an impact in the lives of people who’s around you…your friends…etc..i’m not saying that money is not important….but it is not everything…yeah…life is not fair…sometimes we see there’re few people who seem to have so much money….but does it mean that they happy? dunno… and what about the poor…sometimes when I’m at traffic light and see the street kids (anak jalanan in Indonesian) I can’t help but wonder…what does the future hold for them? I don’t know if they’re thinking about their future, coz I think all they can think of is how to survive each day..Are they happy with their life? What does happiness mean to them? The gap between the rich n the poor is way too deep…to big to bridge……

Well…to me…everything means nothing without God, my family n friends…I really like Alicia’s song If I Ain’t Got You..well…I think I’m gonna end here….I already booked 2way ticket to Perth …hopefully the visa can be approved asap so can meet my sis, hamlet n bluefairy… after this I’m gonna write an email for Midori….she sent me her pics from high school….she’s look very different…she seems much more confident now…..okay….enjoy the song…….

Alicia Keys - If I Ain't Got You

Some people live for the fortune
Some people live just for the fame
Some people live for the power, yeah
Some people live just to play the game
Some people think that the visible things
Define what’s within
And I’ve been there before
But that life’s a bore
So full of the superficial

Chorus :

Some people want it all
But I don’t want nothing at all
If it ain't you baby
If I ain’t got you baby
Some people want diamond rings
Some just want everything
But everything means nothing
If I ain’t got you, Yeah

Some people search for a fountain
The promise is forever young
Some people need three dozen roses
And that’s the only way to prove you love 'em
Hand me the world on a silver platter
And what good would it be
With no one to share
With no one who truly cares for me

Chorus twice

If I aint got you with me baby

oh said nothing in this whole
wide world dont mean a thing

If I aint got you with me baby