Selasa, 21 Juni 2011

Romato

Do you know what it tomato? Yes, in this era of globalization the existence of tomato is a common knowledge, unlike when it was 300 years ago. Tomato is originated from south america, and probably was being spread to the world during the era of Spain and Portuguese colonialism. During that time, crops was a quite huge commodity and thanks to that now we know what tomato is.
Tomato is famous because of several things. Firstly, it's physical appearance is unique. It has a distinctive somewhat-reddish orange color and almost round shape with a nice green cut stem on top of it. Since no other creature resembles the same shape, or at least we do not know, it became famous for it. Secondly, its lacking real identity. What do we say by identity is whether it is a fruit or a vegetable. Since it is produced from a flower, it is supposed to be a fruit but people do not really sees tomatoes as a fruit. Somehow you do not treat them as fruit, e.g : you cook them like they are a veggies, you rarely eat them as it's original form (depends on your culture though), and also you never peel them before you eat. Lastly, it is highly nutritious. It has one of the best antioxidants, especially the cooked one (don't forget vitamin C). Since this is not a story about antioxidants I would not go into very deep into it (to be honest, I am not going into it at all). All I need that, you believe the fact that tomatoes are highly nutritious so that all my three reasons about tomatoes are right. Well, there are actually many more reasons why tomatoes are famous. Regardless of the correctness of the article, tomatoes are indeed famous.

Selasa, 14 Juni 2011

It is Not Easy Dude!

Akhir-akhir ini hidup terasa tidak mudah, well ini memang bukan balada kehidupan siswa taman kanak-kanak (bukan juga balada kera dufan). Masa ya, kemarin malam tidur jam 9 malam, terbangun jam 5 pagi dan berhasil melakukan segala macam hal diantaranya, kegiatan ibadah pagi hari wajib dan sunnah dengan tepat waktu, lari pagi (wow), sarapan di kamar (lebih wow) bahkan sempat-sempatnya push up (ini ga penting). Tiba-tiba jam 8 pagi mengantuk, lalu tidurlah saya sampai jam 9 pagi. Setelah itu merasa bangun pagi tidak ada gunanya (KENAPAAA!!!?)
Paragraf di atas merupakan contoh nyata bahwa hidup ini tidak mudah, contoh lainnya adalah fakta bahwa kerjaan di lab makin hari makin menarik tapi juga makin abstrak. Rasanya ingin mengikutinya dengan baik apa daya nalar tak sampai. Mau tahu yang lebih menarik lagi? Di saat saya sedang berusaha menuntut ilmu, mengejar cita-cita dan rela meninggalkan cinta (kuotasi dari film 3 Doa 3 Cinta yang ditonton hampir 3 tahun lalu), teman-teman seperjuangan saya di NTU yang sedang berlibur dan berdomisili Jakarta-Bandung akan berjalan-jalan bersama ke DuFan *Bukan Dunia Fana*. Kejam bukan? Untunglah saya bukan penikmat theme park sejati, oh bahkan saya tidak pernah menaiki wahana yang bikin jantung terpacu.

Setelah dipikir-pikir, karena saya tidak begitu suka dufan rasanya memang tidak kenapa-kenapa (terus kenapa curhat?). Things are not meant to be taken for granted, they are there to be appreciated. Banyak hal yang bisa dinikmati sebenarnya, kenyataan bahwa kita masih hidup, masih beriman, masih berakal sehat dan lain sebagainya. Kenapa saya protes kalau begitu? Tidak tahu, semua hanya lolongan hati(mungkin terdengar mirip ououo ooo nya ke$ha di lagu Tik Tok). Sampai jumpa dan semoga tetap sehat.

Kamis, 09 Juni 2011

Results

Mungkin kalau ada yang melihat tulisan kemarin lalu menghilang itu saya hapus karena absurdnya maksimum, saya rasa hanya akan menyusahkan pembaca. Ngomong-ngomong, hari ini sudah muncul nilai pelajaran semester kemarin. Rasanya luar biasa. Sebenarnya tidak sebagus itu juga sih, tapi berhubung meningkat secara lumayan signifikan rasanya sangat cukup disyukuri. Results tidak hanya datang dari nilai, pendaftaran asrama juga. Saya mudah-mudahan dapat first round. Ternyata memang terlalu banyak hal untuk disyukuri, inipun baru yang kita sadari.

Berikutnya, akhir-akhir ini sudah lebih santai dalam menyikapi issue-issue yang kurang mengenakkan secara personal. Apakah ini berarti peningkatan level saya sebagai manusia ? *youwish..* Terlalu banyak aspek dari diri sendiri yang rasanya ingin saya improve atau mungkin bahkan repair. Untuk yang satu itu, tunggu saja resultnya. Saya harap, lain kali kita bertemu saya bisa lebih memberikan manfaat kepada pembaca.

Selasa, 31 Mei 2011

Summer is Forever

Tanpa disadari post ini super panjang, beneran.

Tiba-tiba berminat untuk menulis dengan Bahasa Indonesia, kenapa? Pertama, udah merasa cukup banyak menulis dengan bahasa Inggris jadinya bosen dong. Tapi apa daya diri ini tidak bisa menulis dengan bahasa swahili dengan lancar akhirnya harus menyerah dengan Bahasa Indonesia. Alasan kedua adalah karena dalam taraf tertentu sudah merasa level Bahasa Inggris saya mengalami peningkatan (yang ini murni pengakuan sepihak).
Ngomong-ngomong 1.
Saya percaya pilihan kata dan diksi (bedanya apa ya?) yang digunakan seseorang dalam berkomunikasi menentukan kepribadiannya. Misalnya, orang yang suka mengucapkan kata-kata makian dan umpatan secara umum karakteristiknya kasar dan urakan. Kalau hipotesis diatas itu benar, mari kita mengkaji kata-kata apa yang sering kita pakai. Dan hasil analisa saya terhadap diri saya sendiri menunjukkan bahwa kata-kata yang paling sering saya gunakan adalah sebagai berikut : aneh, absurd, ga jelas, abstrak, dan kata-kata lain yang artinya mirip-mirip. Tampaknya itu menjelaskan semuanya deh, mohon maaf apabila banyak membuat anda kesulitan.
Ngomong-ngomong 2.
Ngomong-ngomong kali ini masih agak related dengan ngomong-ngomong di atas. Sesabar-sabarnya orang, sebaik-baiknya orang, selembut-lembutnya orang (emangnya so klin softener -___-) pasti punya saat mereka ingin memaki suatu hal. Pertanyaanya adalah, makian apa yang baisa anda gunakan? Akhir-akhir ini saya berusaha mendeformasi umpatan yang biasa saya gunakan agar menjadi lebih halus. Dimulai dari m*ncr*t, berubah menjadi p*nt*t, dan sekarang berubah lagi menjadi c*b*k. Jadi penasaran nanti berubah jadi apa lagi ya?
Ngomong-ngomong 3.
Mengikuti summer research di Singapura saat seluruh teman-teman pulang ke Indonesia rasanya agak gimana-gimana gitu. Karena memang saya mau jadi researcher, tidak pulang sama sekali selama vacation period saya rasa worth it saja (saya harap begitu). Tapi kalau teman yang ada di sekitar jumlahnya hanya berkurang dan terus berkurang sampai tanggal tertentu rasanya cukup tidak enak juga. Tidak punya banyak pilihan aktivitas, atau setidaknya keberadaan mereka motivasi bagi saya (padahal biasanya ngejunk bareng). Punya supervisor yang tidak 'pushy' rasanya menyenangkan, however kalau ingin jadi lebih kiasu mungkin bukan pilihan yang tepat. Sejauh ini surprisingly menyenangkan rasanya dan saya baru ingat bahwa di negara tropis sepanjang masa ya summer.
Ngomong-ngomong 4.
Pingin melakukan banyak self-development selama summer research ini. Saya harap ada cukup banyak waktu senggang sehingga bisa melakukan cukup hal untuk diri sendiri. Ujung-ujungnya kalau diri sendiri jadi baik orang lain pasti terkena imbasnya. Doakan saja saya sukses untuk yang kali ini, err maksud saya bisa jadi orang yang lebih baik secara cukup signifikan.
Ngomong-ngomong 5.
Lumayan banyak meratapi kehidupan akhir-akhir ini (tidak mau mengakui bahwa diri ini galau). Minggu depan nilai keluar, saya benar-benar penasaran sama nilai PAP119 dan juga PAP112. Kalau 119 karena itu pelajaran menarik yang rasanya sudah cukup berusaha. Kalau 112, karena itu exam terakhir. Nah, dua hari sebelum exam terakhir tiba-tiba teman saya menunjukan sebuah status facebook menarik dari seseorang yang lumayan mind-blowing. Jadi ga fokus deh. Doakan saja dapet yang terbaik (nilai terbaik 5 loh).
Apa ini lebih terasa seperti curhat blog-blog remaja jakarta pada umumnya? Tetep absurd sih rasanya dibandingkan blog-blog curhat informatif. Semoga kalian tetap dalam nikmat iman dan taqwa, sampai jumpa lagi! Oh kelupaan!
Ngomong-ngomong 6.
Paling tanggal 2 Juni nanti ngepost lagi, sedang banyak pikiran soalnya. Merasa tulisan di blog bisa merelieve hati ini (ngaji lebih banyak napa -____-)

Minggu, 29 Mei 2011

Vanishing Point

Have you ever thought that your current life is meaningless? Have you ever thought that what you are doing right now is not important? I really want to share my experience today. I volunteered an event today. Well, the event has good motivation but from my perspective it is kind of useless and ineffective. But you know what is best? When some of the participant actually said that today was her best day in her life. I was really touched, even for something I value nothing she thinks that this is priceless. Well, from the beginning I believe that I could create some benefits but I definitely did not expect it turns out this way.

"O my sons, go and find out about Joseph and his brother and despair not of relief from Allah . Indeed, no one despairs of relief from Allah except the disbelieving people."
Yusuf : 87

I should keep going, regardless of certain events and condition. Being a good enough man is actually not that easy, you should appreciate those kind of person. Cheers.

Senin, 23 Mei 2011

truθ

The title here is the IPA spelling of the word "truth". How do you usually perceive information as a truth? Is it fast? Or do you like to gather a lot information before believing a truth (we call it gossip in our daily life :p)? Some people need to 'witness' something in order to obtain a truth, but there are also people who will simply believe what other people says. How about you?
For me, I usually believe what my relatively close friends said. Quite absurd isn't it (as usual)? It might sounds simple, but to have the term relatively close friends is definitely not easy. Someone whom I consider as a relatively close friend needs to satisfies this criterion :

1. Had a lot interaction in the past (again, not standardized). Whether having long conversation or just a mere heat transfer between our surrounding.
2. Having mutually integrated understanding of personal life and personality with me.
3. Not much difference on frequency, at least we can have a 'beat' frequency. (This is the most absurd one)

By the way, what's with these pointers over some last posts? I guess it seems more visually appealing, what do you think? Ah, forget to mention. Truth will still be "truθ", no matter what happens. You might want to bend truth so that it benefits you more, but you can not tell any lie. Lie does not exist, and talking something does not exist is redundant. I hope the word came from his mouth was something exist, which now I believe as a truth. Oh sorry, do not get so sensitive. I am using he instead of you, so it does means that he does not blog (is this a verb?) unlike you who blog. Well, hope that you keep yourself in your best condition. This is summer vacation isn't it?

Sabtu, 21 Mei 2011

Simply Complex

Hiya readers, how is life? I hope you will answer with something nice. It is always good to see good news from close friend, except news that interfere with my goal. It might sounds so selfish, but the fact that it makes you feel uncomfortable can not be changed except by changing ones expectation. Well, I am having some kind of issue these days. But my dad said that if you feel uncomfortable with something, the real problem is not from the thing itself. The real problem is in you, oops i mean in me. It is definitely hard to have some self evaluation, but you still need to do it if you want your life gets better indeed.
By the way, this is my shortest holiday ever. I only have a week to spend in my comfort zone, however people said that getting out from comfort zone is good for self development. Then I suppose that this is good. I only have 4 days to be able to meet my mom physically during this holiday, she went to Vietnam on Wednesday for work. Then my brother also went for work on Thursday, so you could imagine what kind of holiday I am having right now. Family is of course the best part of holiday, they are truly people who makes you fell comfortable the most (at least for me). There are also some interesting things in holiday other than family, let me list down them :

1 Extended Family
When I mentioned family, it means my nuclear family. But the one I mentioned here also include grandma, uncle, auntie, and cousins. It is so fun to just talk and giggle with them, since I have not meet them for a pretty long time (I do not add them on social network, and social network ruins the fun with those whom you add).

2 Juniors
I met my high school juniors at school. And guess what, they have just received university acceptance letter. Congratulations to those who got their dream university. Wish all the best for those who are still struggling for university.

3 Friends
I suddenly lost my mood on writing this part, this one is.. I do not know, feels to complicated to write something understandable. Overall, I am happy but there are some awkward things and moment. Wish they will be on their best shape as always.

I rarely proofread my writing, and most of the times my writing seems to be really weird I don't even understand. How about this one? Hope that this will be nice, enjoy your holiday!