Is It You?

post #325

Is it me? Will it be me?
Is it you? Will it be us?


Cassie - Is It You

I'm looking for a lover not a friend
Somebody who can be there when I need someone to talk to
I'm looking for someone who won't pretend
Somebody not afraid to say the way they feel about you

And I'm looking for someone who understands how I feel,
Someone who can keep it real and who knows the way
The way I like to have it my way
And I'm looking for someone who takes me there,
Wants to share, shows he cares
Thinkin your the one that I've been waiting for

Is it you? is it you?
Maybe you're the one I've been waiting for
Could you be the one for me?
Could you be the one I need?

Is it you? is it you?
Maybe you're the one I've been waiting for
Could you be the one for me? (Could you be?)
Could you be the one I need?

I'm looking for someone to share my pain (Uh)
Someone who I can run to, who would stay with me when it rains
Someone who I can cry with through the night
Someone who I can trust who's heart is right
And I'm looking for someone

And I'm looking for someone who understands how I feel,
Someone who can keep me real and who knows the way

The way I like to have it my way
And I'm looking for someone who takes me there,
Want to share, shows he cares
Thinkin your the one that I've been waiting for

Is it you? is it you?
Maybe you're the one I've been waiting for
Could you be the one for me?
Could you be the one I need?

Is it you? is it you?
Maybe you're the one I've been waiting for
Could you be the one for me?
Could you be this one I need?

Someone who wont take for granted
How much I care (How much I care)
And appreciates that I'm there
Someone who listens
And someone I can call who isn't afraid of love to share

Is it you? is it you?
Maybe you're the one I've been waiting for
Could you be the one for me?
Could you be the one I need?

Is it you? is it you?
Maybe you're the one I've been waiting for
Could you be the one for me?
Could you be the one I need?

Cassie - Is It You

Life Goes On

post #324


*sigh.....tiredddddddddd
Finally, managed to push myself to write another entry. Geezzz...my muse (and mood) have been ruined lately. Ok let's start with a colleague's farewell. Today was his last day. He said goodbye, and some of the girls were almost couldn't help not to cry. Well, C**** was his first and only one project. And we had this kinda strong bond, since there were so much time we spent together. No inet connection, no YM made us talk alot....;D

Everybody's leaving, with different reasons...
I never really had a little farewell like this afternoon. He bought us Izzi Pizza (for the very first time, and last probably) and yeah...just like Matrix Revolution tagline, Everything that has a beginning, has an end....Eventually, we all will move on with our lives....the only thing we can keep was a box full of memories, good or bad....wish you all the best, mate!

After that little farewell, I played futsal again with my colleagues. Wow...it's been...ermmmm...two months(?) since the last time I played. I often lost my breath quickly. Darnn....my stamina was getting worse. Gotta work out (can I?) more....despite of the tiredness, it felt so good to play again.

Another thing...this morning Elisha finally gave up. On my way to the office, near Jubilee the gear set got stuck. It was bent badly. I was like !#@%#$%$ I already planned to take her to get periodic check up this Saturday, but she couldn't hold on any longer. Great, I said to myself. Flood in front of Artha Gadink forced me to go through alternative road. Raining along the way, forgot to wear sandal, thus my shoes were wet. And Elisha broke down plus I didn't bring any wrench.... But luckily, the rain stopped when Elisha gave up and I already passed the flood area. And then not too long after that, another guy was walking down his motorcycle, it seemed that he had a flat tire. *Thank God (not for him having flat tire, but because I could borrow his wrenches). Then he also helped me to fix the chain that was stuck. I thanked him and he continued walking..... There's still humanity in this world. We still have hope....

Then I got an 'Ojek' to get me and Elisha to the nearest mechanic shop. Got there, and I had to replace the gear set. Argghhhhhh.....well what could I say or do..I had to. Darnn....Today's really topped the latest series of my misfortune from Monday. Rain, flood, forgot to bring wallet and cellphone, waiting almost an hour on a bus....soaked wet all the way back home last nite...just swell...Ermmm...made me thinking...what have I done to deserve this? Have I done something wrong?
I think most of us would think like that. When we experienced something bad, something that we don't like, we're asking...why? Either it's a punishment from God, a bad karma that we have to reap because we sow bad seeds....

There's a saying, Trials and bad times show the real quality of a person. *My mind is officially incoherent now...My point is, shit happens. It can be a big shit, medium shit, or small shit. It can happen to anyone of us at any given day and time. The question we should ask ourselves is, what are we going to do with the shit? Complain? Ignore? Try to clean it up?
At the end of the day...no matter what you do, the sun set like it always do, the world still revolving, and life still goes on. These shits I experienced eventually passed. And if I didn't write this blog, I'd probably forget about them in a short time. But what I remember would be the lessons I could learn from all of these shits. They'd all be like sands on the beach compared to this life.

Bedtime Stories

post #323

Okay, today marked my last holiday...tomorrow (sadly) I'd go back to work. It's been a great holiday.....after the road trip I practically just watching Friends (again), eating, hanging out at coffee place, shopping, watching movie at theaters, sleeping, slumbering....everything but work.....and that's my friend is what I call holiday...yeahhhhhh....Too bad it's gonna end in a couple of hours. Well, I didn't really complain since I almost got bored....I need some activity, productive one...not spending money one...

Watching Friends again for the-I-don't-know-how-many times still entertaining. There were some guest stars that I recognized such as Hugh 'Dr. House' Laurie, the oh-so-beautiful-british-accent Helen Baxendale, the guy from Sex and The City, and the guy who's playing Agent Don Self in Prison Break season 4. Wow....TV serial world was such a small world. *Like the real one wasn't small enough ;D

"Happy ending does not happen in real life."

That's such a blow that Adam 'Skeeter' Sandler said to his nephew and niece when they asked him to read them bedtime stories. Watched the movie on Friday evening and I had to say it's funny, Adam Sandle typical kind of funny (it Rob Schneider, though he wasn't credited). The story was nice, and the humor language was 'polite' enough to be watched by all age.

Hmmm....does it (the pessimistic sentence) true? Kinda similar with the one Will Smith said in 'The Pursuit of Happiness'. Is real life so cruel that happy ending can never happen?

Is this one of the cause that people become so cold and bitter, toward others and even toward themselves? This 'reality' forged a sense of pessimism in their mind, prevented them to dream a happy ending in their life. It stopped people from dreaming.

There's an optimistic line said if it's not beautiful (happy), it's not the end. Implicitly it stated that happy end does exist....but then I guess the real question for us to answer is, how can we have our happy ending?

Well for starter...in the movie Skeeter did something extraordinary. He managed to be a hero by saving his nephew and niece's school, getting a new place for the new hotel, making the fairest girl in the town impressed, then after that, he got his happy ending.

I guess the point is that each and everyone of us have to fight for it, fight for our dreams. We have to create our (happy) ending. We have to struggle to realize the fairy tale, no matter how hard it seems.
For how long? I dunno.
Will it ever come true? I dunno.

One thing I know for sure....it'll worth the fight, the struggle.
And once it comes true, it'll surely a hella of bedtime stories to be told to my children (hypothetically speaking)...giving them the courage...keeping their hope alive....to be dare to dream because they'll learn that happy ending do exist in real life...for those who fight for it.

So...in this new year...let's start writing our own ending, the way we want it.
Happy New Year


Michael Guang - Fairy Tale*

I've forgotten how long it has been
Since the last time I heard you
Telling your beloved story
I've thought for a long time
I start to panic
Wondering if I have done something wrong?

You told me as you cried
That everything in fairy tales are all lies
I can't possibly be your prince
But perhaps you don’t understand either
Ever since you told me you loved me
The stars in my sky has lightened up

reff:
I'm willing to be
That angel you love inside the fairytale
Spread up my hands
And turn them into wings to protect you
You must believe
Believe that we can be like that in the fairytale
Where blessings and happiness is the ending


You told me as you cried
That everything in fairy tales are all lies
I can't possibly be your prince
But perhaps you don’t understand either
Ever since you told me you loved me
The stars in my sky has lightened up


reff

I want to be
That angel you love inside the fairytale
Spread up my hands
And turn them into wings to protect you
You must believe
Believe that we can be like that in the fairytale
Where blessings and happiness is the ending


I will be
That angel you love inside the fairytale
Spread up my hands
Become the wings to protect you
You must believe
Believe that we can be like that in the fairytale
Prosperity and happiness is the ending

Together we can write our own ending


*Original title in Mandarin is Dong Hua

Year End 2008

post #322

Hiatus Period
After the spontaneous singing at midnite, it seemed I lost all of my inspirations (and more importantly, willingness) to write another entry. Plus the work didn't allow me to. So that's my explanation for the lack of update in my blog. There were some ideas, but it's quite hard to combine the time I had and the will to actually write them. And after a while...they didn't seem as appealing as they had been. *talking about momentum....;D


Road Trip
One thing that I was looking forward at the end of 2008 was our road trip, which we finally did successfully. It was very tiring, but exciting as well. There were seven of us. We went at Christmas Eve, David got the first turn to drive. The traffic was already jammed at Cawang Toll and it continued till Cikampek. There were lots of buses whose drivers drove recklessly. After four hours, it was my turn....made it to Kanci and again David took turn till Tegal. I finished my second turn by arriving in Semarang at around 10 AM. 15 hours to get to Semarang...very bad traffic. I was very very tired after 8 hours of driving (a little bit break between the first five hours and the latter though) but we still ate some breakfast first. Then Dovan took turn to drive to Jogjakarta. Arrived there in the afternoon, we're all tired and quickly took afternoon nap. Went to Ambarukmo Plaza in the evening, ate dinner then stopped by at Ayam Goreng Ny Suharti to eat dinner (again). Went back to the guest house. Me, Dovan, David n Bowo decided to take a tout, we wandered around at drank Ronde at South Ground.

Woke up quite early in the morning then we checked out. We went to Sultan Palace afterward, took the tour (n lots of pics :D) then we went to Borobudur. Stopped by along the way to eat lunch. Arrived at Borobudur around 2 PM. It was hotttttt. We looked around for about an hour then decided to continue our trip to Bandung. David again took the first turn. I got the next turn, a difficult one, lots of maneuver needed. We managed to arrived at Pring Sewu to eat dinner at around 10 PM. Dovan took the next turn and drove an alternative, damaged and scary road. It's like in the middle of nowhere, only trees on the right and left side of the small road. But we got through and next David drove us straight to Bandung. Arrived there at around 3 AM. Drank coffee and lied down for a while. Then I took the turn to drive to White Cater. Arrived there at 6 AM. It wasn't open yet, but we got permission to go up. We went up and the it was very cold. I could see my breath fogged up. Personally I thought it was so so....I like the cold n chilly air though....nice.

I drove till Bandung again, then Agus took turn and drove us to the hotel. I was so exhausted I went to sleep right away the moment I lied down on the bed. We woke up in the afternoon, ate afternoon meal then drove around Bandung. We ended up hung out at Ciwalk and karaoke at NAV...lolzzz... Went back to hotel and got some sleep afterward. The next day we woke up lazily....then we went shopping...tour de FOs...Ciwalk...then ended up at PVJ. Ate dinner at a Japanese restaurant. Bowo tried a-quite-attention-catching menu called Bukkake ramen... and it tasted...weird.... *hence the name? lolzzzzzz..... Then we continued to eat pancake at Pancake Parlour. After that, trip back home. Agus drove all way back home.

It was such a blast to have a roda trip with my homies. Though it's quite short...but it's still fun, all the weariness from driving in the middle of the nite aside. It's nice to see the world...to see different, new things I wouldn't see during working days.


Reflection
Checked my work email yesterday and very surprised to read one of the email I received. *sigh... so long comrade.....wish you all the best. It made me think again...looking back my life in 2008. There were some accomplishments and valuable lessons I learned. Not a bad year...not at all. But browsing through a friend's facebook profile...it seemed that life's been at low gear, while everyone else was in overdrive...Remembering.....there were some songs that I got to know this year. The first came up none other that Peterpan - Walau Habis Terang.... I really love it. Then Jason Mraz - I'm Yours, Leona Lewis - Better In Time, Chris Brown - With You, and Rihanna - Take a Bow came...Nidji - Jangan Lupakan...Samsons - Tak Bisa Memiliki followed. Watched lotsssssss of movies....either in the theaters or TV serials. Finally got the guts to tell her..though it came with a consequence...but still it felt liberating to get it all out...*a bit stammering at first..... I was like a high school kid....lolzzz

Some targets achieved, some exceeded what I had expected...few were unrealized due to circumstances. Year 2009....may it come with new hope, new spirit, new strength, and new behavior to be better....to reach alll those dreams that are waiting to be realized.

And for my beloved friends...here's for you...


Sindentosca - Kepompong

Dulu kita sahabat
Teman begitu hangat
Mengalahkan sinar mentari

Dulu kita sahabat
Berteman bagai ulat
Berharap jadi kupu-kupu

* Kini kita melangkah berjauh-jauhan
Kau jauhi diriku karna sesuatu
Mungkin ku terlalu bertindak kejauhan
Namun itu karna ku sayang

Reff:
Persahabatan bagai kepompong
Mengubah ulat menjadi kupu-kupu
Persahabatan bagai kepompong
Hal yang tak mudah berubah jadi indah

Persahabatan bagai kepompong
Maklumi teman hadapi perbedaan
Persahabatan bagai kepompong
Na na na na na na na na na

Semua yang berlalu
Biarkanlah berlalu
Seperti hangatnya mentari

Siang berganti malam
Sembunyikan sinarnya
Hingga ia bersinar lagi

** Dulu kita melangkah berjauh-jauhan
Kau jauhi diriku karna sesuatu
Mungkin ku terlalu bertindak kejauhan
Namun itu karna ku sayang

Reff

Midnite Song

post #321

Well, seemed like I had too much nap today. Still couldn't get some sleep at this time, so I decided to sing a bit (and recorded it). To my surprise, it turned out quite good (based on my amateur standard ;D) though I didn't have any preparation. Just pick a song and sing it.

So here's with great pride (lolzzzz) I present you, the cover version of Michael Buble's - Home.

Home Cover Version


Michael Buble - Home

Another summer day
Has come and gone away
In Paris and Rome
But I wanna go home
Mmmmmmmm

Maybe surrounded by
A million people I
Still feel all alone
I just wanna go home
Oh, I miss you, you know

And I’ve been keeping all the letters that I wrote to you
Each one a line or two
“I’m fine baby, how are you?”
Well I would send them but I know that it’s just not enough
My words were cold and flat
And you deserve more than that

Another aeroplane
Another sunny place
I’m lucky I know
But I wanna go home
Mmmm, I’ve got to go home

Let me go home
I’m just too far from where you are
I wanna come home

And I feel just like I’m living someone else’s life
It’s like I just stepped outside
When everything was going right
And I know just why you could not
Come along with me
'Cause this was not your dream
But you always believed in me

Another winter day has come
And gone away
In even Paris and Rome
And I wanna go home
Let me go home

And I’m surrounded by
A million people I
Still feel all alone
Oh, let me go home
Oh, I miss you, you know

Let me go home
I’ve had my run
Baby, I’m done
I gotta go home
Let me go home
It will all be all right
I’ll be home tonight
I’m coming back home

My Sassy Girl

post #320


I will try and dry my eyes

Okay okay...the above line was in one of the soundtrack of My Sassy Girl, the Hollywood version. Just finished watching it and I was so moved to write a new entry. Heck, even meeting Jusuf Kalla on Saturday, the vice president of Indonesia didn't move me to write. Well not actually meeting him, just saw him in less than 1 meter distance...we shared the opthamologist, something I could brag about....lolzzz.

Let's go, shall we. First...
Sassy is defined as:
1. Rude and disrespectful; impudent
2. Lively and spirited; jaunty
3. Stylish; chic
4. Improperly forward or bold

The only main reason I bought the DVD was because Elisha Cuthbert was the leading character on the movie. I was also intrigued to see how Hollywood would adapt this movie, which was originally a Korean Movie with the same International Title (Korean Title : Yeopgijeogin geunyeo). I watched and enjoyed the Korean/original version of the movie so I was kinda curious to watch the Hollywood version of it. plus to see none other than Elisha Cuthbert

My Sassy Girl wasn't the first (foreign) movie which was remade into Hollywood style. Some of them were:
1. Wicker Park; originally L' Appartement (French Movie), played by the stunningly beautiful Monica Belucci.
2. Lake House; originally Il Mare (Korean Movie, in Italian means The Sea), played by Gianna Jun, the same leading cast in My Sassy Girl.

Interesting fact about these two remake movies was that both used the original title of the movies as the name of the restaurant where the two characters meet. I forgot about Lake House, but in Wicker Park, it gave reference to L' Appartement in the ending credit, something that's lack in Hollywood version of My Sassy Girl.

Storywise, the plot is identical with the original My Sassy Girl (from now on referred as MSGK). There were only few things need to be adjust to adapt culture and geographical differences. The male leading character was good, but the MSGK was better. The guy there looked really plain stupid (ooops...) and very submissive compared to the dominant Gianna Jun. Elisha Cuthbert played her character well, but still felt a bit subtle...for example, the slapping scene...in MSGK you could feel that the slapping was for real. And the train scene where Gianna Jun puked, My Sassy Girl Hollywood version (from now on referred as MSGH) didn't have it. Probably because NYC was quite strict about public hygiene and forbid such acts ;D. In general, both versions had their advantages. The soundtrack (accoustic guitar) in MSGH was really good. I really loved it. It emphasized the nuance and gave the scenes that emotional touch. The songs were also great. And I liked the MSGH since all the dialogs were using English, helped alot in understanding the plot, while in MSGK I had to rely on the correctness of subtitle since I didn't understand Korean.

As like other Roma (Romance Drama) movies, it ended happily. Elisha Cuthbert finally met the man from the future. Their destiny entwined and bound them together. There were some interesting dialogs in the movie, kinda reminded me of Serendipity (another typical Roma ;D).

Elisha : "Destiny has spoken. And to search for him would be like trying to shape and mold destiny and that just can't be a good idea."
Old Man : "Just suppose, that the shaping and molding of destiny is, in fact, your destiny."

That's a thought. Similar like the one in Serendipity.

Jonathan: "Maybe the absence of signs is a sign."

Ermm....we are used to think about destiny as a dead price. We're waiting for the signs. Sometimes we feel in our heart that we're destined for something and we're sure about it, but then it got taken away from us. Then...what's our destiny actually? Well, quoting MSGH, don't we have to at least stay alive to see how it goes, how the story (of our lives) end? Maybe the thing that was taken away from us, wasn't not our destiny after all....beside, don't we also have to work to build our own destiny?

Again, quoting MSGH, destiny is a bridge you build to the one you love. *And I believe the one you love here represent a very wide meaning....

To close this entry, an old song from Sheila on 7. Heard it accidentally at Carrefour, looking for it, got it on the internet, and later found out that I already had it in my MP3 collection years ago....Hmmm...didn't I just find a song from the future? ;D

English translation:

Sheila on 7 - Point a Star

Try point a star
As a guide for our steps
Hold my masterpiece tightly
Till the blues illuminated

[chorus]
I will carve a story about us
Where good and bad embraced by beauty
I will ponder all of our moments
Where black and white wrapped by the warmth of love

If dreams come true someday
Beside you alway, my days are
[chorus]



Sheila on 7 - Tunjuk Satu Bintang

Coba kau tunjuk satu bintang
S'bagai pedoman langkah kita
Jabat erat hasil karyaku…
Hingga terbias warna syahdu

[chorus]
Akan ku ukir satu kisah tentang kita
Dimana baik dan buruk terangkum oleh indah
Akan ku cerna semua karya cipta kita
Dimana hitam dan putih terbalut oleh hangatnya cinta

Jika mimpi terwujud di hari nanti
Di sisimu s'lalu hariku

[chorus]

N97!!!!

post #319

WHOAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just read a very very interesting article about cellphone. Today, Nokia officially launched introduced the 2nd touch screen phone. After the history making (for Nokia) release of its first 5th edition of Symbian S60, Nokia surprised the world with this new cellphone.

It seemed that the article containing Nokia roadmap which had been leaked few weeks was accurate. This N97 seemed like the device which code named IP08...Hhmmm.....
Here's the leaked document of Nokia roadmap --> Nokia Smartphone Roadmap

N97 had sliding QWERTY keyboard for those who prefer input mode other than touch screen. The memory was also upgraded to 32GB internal memory, plus 5MP camera...Woww.....Talking about improvement, huh? It's planned to be launched in the 2nd quarter of 2009. The color and Nokia logo orientation kinda reminded me of N79 (Ermm....97 is 79 if you read it from right to left, right?)....Well...without further ado, please welcome N97 *drooling....

Front Side and QWERTY Keyboard






N97 compared to E90 (E90 looked so bulky ;D)


Here's the data sheet --> N97 Data Sheet

To top it, here are some videos:
N97 Live Demo


N97 Demo