Pursuit of Happiness

post #161


"And it was at that time that I thought about Thomas Jefferson writing that Declaration of Independence. Him saying that we have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. And I thought about how he knew to put the 'pursuit' in there, like no one can actually have happiness. We can only pursue it."

I took this quote from Will Smith's line in Pursuit of Happyness. I watched it last sunday with Lia, after we had had a lunch. It was a very good movie. Boring to some who doesn't like lot's of dialog movie, but to me it had an interesting storyline.

Hearing Will Smith said that made me thinking. Was it true? No one can actually have happiness? If it's true, then life will be very empty I suppose. I believe that happiness is a state of mind (not merely though). It's not a place/location or something to be/get. But I'm not that naive, I'm a realist too. How can we be happy if we don't have anything (financially speaking). This 'happy' state of mind will be washed away with bad emotions, and even in the process I believe we're not happy anymore since we already have that negative emotions.

So...Are You Happy Now?



Michelle Branch - Are You Happy Now?

Now, don't just walk away
pretending everything's okay and you don't care about me.
and I know it's just no use
when all your lies become your truths and i don't care yeah yeah yeah

(chorus)
Could you look me in the eye,
and tell me that you're happy now oooooh.
Would you tell it to my face or have I been erased,
Are you happy now?
Are you happy now?

You took all there was to take,
and left me with an empty plate and you don't care about it, yeah.
And I am giving up this game,
and leaving you with all the blame, cause I don't care yeah, yeah, yeah

(chorus; Are you happy now x2)

Yeah, yeah do you really have everything you want.
You could never give something you ain't got,
you can't run away from yourself

Could you look me in the eye,
and tell me that you're happy now yeah, yeah
Come on tell it to my face or have I been replaced,
are you happy now yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ohh, ohh, oh oh.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, ohh oh.
would you look me in the eye,
could you look me in the eye.
I've had all that i can take i'm not about to break cause I'm happy now ooh

Are you happy now?

Irresistible Ipod

post # 160

When I saw this pic on a forum, I instantly wanted to buy an ipod....
I'd definitely buy an ipod.....if it comes with this kind of package... ;p *drooling... lolzzz...


Speaking of things I want to buy...Here's my wish list:
1. Cell Phone
2. Digicam
3. Flash Disk (min 4GB)
4. Laptop
5. 2.5" HDD
It'll sure cost a lot and there's no ipod on the list, but I think I can squeeze it in if there's an interesting offer...like the pic above... ;D

Yearning Room

post #159

I listened to this song few days ago on the radio. I remembered that I read about this song in a friend of mine's blog. But then I forgot about it, until I heard it again, on the radio. I liked it instantly. Mellow...Slow...Melancholic...

Then I searched it on the internet, got it from a beautiful girl's multiply. When I wandered around her multiply, I was surprised. Wow........she's a top quality girl.

This song reminded me of my chat sessions....We're only able to meet in that yearning room...


Letto - Ruang Rindu

Di daunnya ikut, mengalir lembut
terbawa sungai ke ujung mata
dan aku mulai takut terbawa cinta
menghirup rindu yang sesakkan dada

Jalanku hampa dan ku sentuh dia
terasa hangat oh didalam hati
kupegang erat dan kuhalangi waktu
tak urung jua kulihatnya pergi

Tak pernah ku ragu dan slalu kuingat
kerlingan matamu dan sentuhan hangat
kusaat itu takut, mencari makna
tumbuhkan rasa yang sesakkan dada

Kau datang dan pergi, oh begitu saja
semua kuterima, apa adanya
mata terpejam dan hati menggumam
di ruang rindu, kita bertemu

Funtastic Vegas

post #158

What a weekend. Had my 2nd community gathering last saturday and it was a blast. Very exhausting, yet exciting day. Playing badminton in the morning after a long time, seeing the computer and digital camera exhibition after that. Went home to get myself ready for the community gathering which had theme 'Funtastic Vegas'. It took place at Djakarta Theatre. Very cozy place and I was very fortunate to have be Rafaela's escort. Picked her up at 6 PM and I was stunned when I saw her.

She looked even more beautiful than the last time I'd seen her. The last time I saw her was when we ate dim sum at Mangga Dua Square and it was months ago. She wore a black skirt with gold top which accentuated her legs. She had nice legs. So we went to the event, arrived there at about five minutes past 7. There was a photographer who took some pics of us. Going to the event with Rafaela was really a treat. Sulis even asked me who's the girl I was with. I had to admit that going with Rafaela

The event itself was great. Just like the theme, Funtastic Vegas, there in the room there were some tables for us to gamble. Just like a casino. We're even given some coins to gamble. The dealers were some pretty girls. There's a band singing along all through the event, some performance and the MCs were quite famous though I didn't know them. I tried the Amrerican Roulette, the dart game, and the wheel of fortune. I liked the wheel of fortune coz it was my gold mine. I got a voucher for winning there. And to my surprise I was named the 3rd biggest casino winner, though I was sure there are other who won much more than me. Our short movie as new joiner was showed and it was very hilarous watching it with the rest of Accenture employee. The event ended at around 11.30 PM. Had few glasses of beer then Rafaela told me that Andya wanted to go to X2, the new club at PS and he invited us to come along.

So we went to X2. It was very crowded. It was good, the sound system was terrific and lots of pretty girls too there...lolz. Didn't stay very long there, I drove Rafaela back to her place and then went home.

Updated today...The voucher that I won from the 'casino' worthed 700K, plus the other voucher that I got, the total was 1M. Wowwwww.......Thank you Lord

Untuk Dikenang

post #156

Another week has passed. This time last week I was still on Happy Puppy La Piazza, singing with my friends after eating at Churrasco. It's been another year since we all got together, hangin around. I met her once again. She's always looked lovely. We gathered at A&W MKG II at first, but David was still working. I tried to reach him but his cell phone was out of coverage. Then I called Bowo, he was at Krispy Kreme w Maria. I went there and no too long after that David finished his work and we went to A&W.

I met Dovan after so many years. I think the last time I saw him was on our Jr High School graduation. He was my rival back in Jr High. Dovan, David, Winy n Me always tried to be the first who come to school. Sometimes we even came too early n the gate was still closed. Then we either waited at 'warteg' near school or we climbed the gate(Winy never climbed the gate since she always arrived after the gate was opened). Once we're inside, we played basketball and made ourself soaked with sweats. Then we're ready to study. Remembering that times, I'm amazed that we can still be studying with our body soaked by sweat. Dovan hasn't changed. He still looked the same, n he didn't look as tall as he'd been back in Jr High school. I outgrew him... *big grin.

Hmmm...there were 13 people came. Me, David, Wendy, Winy, Agus, Bowo, Maria, Yuni, Vero, Ryan, Dovan, Victor, Mansiong. We spent almost 3 hours at Churrasco. The level of service there wasn't exactly like what I'd been expecting. Before we decided to eat at Churrasco I coincidentally met Lia. It was unexpected. We were walking down at MKG III Food Court when I saw a familiar face. My brain quickly processed the data I received and I recognized her. But she was walking down. So I told David etc that I'd catch up with them. Since I wasn't sure and to save me from humiliation if I was wrong, I called her cellphone. And that girl who's on the escalator answering her cellphone. I was right. She was Lia. She was very very surprised when I said that I knew that she was at Gadink coz I was standing right behind her. We talked for a while. She was just finished eating with her friends. Then I went back to Gokana Teppan, but the place was full so we ended up at Churrasco.

After that we went karaoke at Happy Puppy for three hours. We had so much fun there. One of song that I sang was Jikustik - Untuk Dikenang. Yeahh...all those memories....my fading admiration toward her......"barisan puisi ini...adalah yang aku punya....mungkin akan kau lupakan...atau untuk dikenang..."


Jikustik - Untuk Dikenang

Ingat aku, saat kau lewati
Jalan ini, setapak berbatu
Kenang aku, bila kau dengarkan
Lagu ini, terlantun perlahan

Reff:
Barisan puisi ini
Adalah yang aku punya
Mungkin akan kau lupakan
Atau untuk dikenang

Ingat aku bila kau terasing
Dalam gelap keramaian kota

Reff:
Tulisan dariku ini
Mencoba mengabadikan
Mungkin akan kau lupakan
Atau untuk dikenang

Doakanlah aku malam ini
Sebelum kau, mengarungi malam


Tulisan dariku ini
Mencoba mengabadikan
Yang mungkin kan kau lupakan
Atau untuk dikenang
Untuk dikenang