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

February Song

post # 155

Last day of February 2007.
Amazing vacation.
Work's been good.
Heroes, Prison Break and Smallville...

One word to wrap this month, Fabulous.
As a closure, here's Josh Groban....

Josh Groban - February Song

Where has that old friend gone
Lost in a February song
Tell him it won't be long
Til he opens his eyes, opens his eyes
Where is that simple day
Before colors broke into shades
And how did I ever fade
Into this life, into this life

And I never want to let you down
Forgive me if I slip away
When all that I've known is lost and found
I promise you I, I'll come back to you one day

Morning is waking up
And sometimes it's more than just enough
When all that you need to love
Is in front of your eyes
It's in front of your eyes

And I never want to let you down
Forgive me if I slip away
Sometimes it's hard to find my ground
Cause I keep on falling as I try to get away
From this crazy world

And I never want to let you down
Forgive me if I slip away
When all that I've known is lost and found
I promise you I, I'll come back to you one day

Where has that old friend gone
Lost in a February song
Tell him it won't be long
Til he opens his eyes
Opens his eyes

(Strange) Foreign Beauty

post # 154


I went to Accenture office in the morning and took some pictures from the 20th floor windows. The city view from the windows was great. The office was different with my office in Jakarta. The lunch room was larger and better.

After that I went to a catholic bookshop to buy some souvenirs for my friends. Stopped by at Safeway for a while then headed back to the apartment. Rod n sis came around lunch time and we went to Queen Victoria market. Found some interesting items which I bought later on. The market was larger compared to the one in Subiaco, Perth. Yet both of them were clean and well organized.

Next stop was Mount Macedon. It was located about 70 km from the city. We went up there n the view was very beautiful. The air was sooooooo fresh. We bought some drinks at Top of The Range restaurant. One of the waitresses was kinda cute with beautiful blonde hair. Then we walked around to the Monumental Cross, took some pictures. The scenery was absolutely gorgeous.

Went back to the city, stopped by at Highpoint. Rod n sis wanted to install a new telephone line. The customer service was a beautiful girl with brown hair and exquisite face. She was very pretty. Argghhhhhh...... I was mesmerized by the way she’s talking…very attractive.

Unfortunately they couldn’t get the phone line issue resolved on that day. We went to La Porchetta to have dinner afterward. Once again I was treated with refreshing sight of two beautiful dark haired waitresses. They both differently beautiful. One was more of the aggressive type, and the other was the calm and alluring type. Darnnnnnn……I dunno why, maybe I have this kinda encoded preference in my mind since I found that dark haired girls attract me more than the blondes. (strange) foreign beauty…

Aside from those two beautiful creatures (pardon my choice of words..hehehe), the food tasted quite funny to my Indonesian tongue. Lots of tomato sauce. And the risotto tasted like sardines. Then Rod dropped me, mom n sis at the apartment. Sis stayed for the night to spend time w mom. As usual, my night routine was swimming. After swimming I went up and watched the TV for a while n then went to sleep. What a day….

MLTR - Strange Foreign Beauty

Strange foreign beauty
I'll never know what's in your heart
Does anyone know how it feels to hold you
does anyone know the secret of your mind

Strange foreign beauty
I'll never come to share your world
Does anyone know how it feels to live with you
does anyone know the secret of your life

Strange foreign beauty
You'll never know what I felt for you
Sometimes it feels like a million chances
are slipping away disappearing in the air

Post chorus:
(You'll) never know what I felt for you
you were always on my mind
(I'll) never know how it feels to hold you
how it feels to be with you

Journal for Feb 22, 2007