La Final

Tomorrow I'll be back to Singapore (yeaay, actually not sure if yeaay) to start my very last academic year as an undergraduate in NTU, only if God permits but let's assume so. I can clearly remember my earlier post during highschool about how I really want to study at NTU.

And here I am,

I have been studying in NTU for three years.

But does my journey end here? (this sentence actually sounds cheesy and I will feel grossed with it two years from now)

I am no longer that chatty for my personal goal, because I don't have any very fixed plan in my head. It is very different than during my school days.

When I was in primary school, it was clear that I wanted to study at Labschool Junior High.

When I was in junior high, it was clear that I wanted to study at 8 Jakarta Senior High.

When I was in senior high, it was clear that I wanted to study at NTU.

Now what?

Alternate Ending of Chuuka Ichiban

Urasawa Naoki in his latest works, Billy Bat, said that happy ending exists because the author decided to end the story there. So what if the story is extrapolated into further future? No one knows. Merely because it does not exists.

After a couple of week living in Beijing, I suddenly get an idea on how Chuuka Ichiban (The Real Master Cooking Boy) should have ended.

Liu Mao Hsing became an imperial cook.

He cook for Empress Dowager Cixi.

Empress Dowager Cixi passed away and Qing dynasty became much more unstable.

Cultural revolution happened during 1911, Qing dynasty crumbled.

Liu Mao Hsing became jobless.

Fin.

You don't know until you open the box isn't it?

A young man was very energetic.
A young man was very curious.
He wanted to see the world.
A young man walked out of the door.
A young man traveled to the north.
He saw the world.
A young man encountered difficulties.
A young man got damaged.
He is tired.

Announcement

Did I say that I wanted to be mangaka? Now I am seriously considering being one, even though I am (definitely) not sure about that. So I think I will start making my own web comic just for the sake of making web comic (in Islamic point of view it should be just for the sake of Allah though). In a different site of course, this will still be my personal website only for ranting. So if you happen to bump in to my comics online, please have a comment :D

Nostalgia

Ramadan is coming but I didn't expect that my status about syrup advertisements get quite some likes. Probably the scene of Ramadan is nostalgic, even to the non Muslims in Indonesian and neighboring country. Ramadan is deeper than that. It is a month where every Muslim thrives to be their best. Unfortunately the festivity is not so evident in a non Muslim majority country, such as China (here I go Beijing!!!). Regardless of what you will do this Ramadan, happy Ramadan to all of you!

By the way, it is good to write again.

Syrup advertisement that always looks better than its actual taste.

Another Religious Talk

Kali ini dalam Bahasa Indonesia, karena saya merasa kurang nyambung menulis beberapa istilah dengan Bahasa Arab dengan Bahasa Inggris tertulis saya yang kurang gemerlap. Walaupun sekarang saya tidak begitu yakin juga dengan tulisan Bahasa Indonesia saya.

Mungkin pembaca yang tidak beragama Islam agak kurang paham, tapi akan saya coba untuk menulis segeneral mungkin. Nah, buat saya ada sebuah konsep penting dalam Islam yang didasari oleh surat Luqman ayat 17. Yang kira-kira terjemahannya:

Hai anakku, dirikanlah salat dan suruhlah manusia mengerjakan yang baik dan cegahlah mereka dari perbuatan yang mungkar dan bersabarlah terhadap apa yang menimpa kamu. Sesungguhnya yang demikian itu termasuk hal-hal yang diwajibkan (oleh Allah).” (Luqman 17) Bisa dicek di: http://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amar_ma'ruf_nahi_munkar

Bahasa ngetopnya ya itu, amar ma'ruf nahi munkar. Atau mengerjakan yang baik dan mencegah yang buruk. Saya dengar mencegah yang buruk itu lebih utama daripada berbuat kebaikan. Mungkin dengan alasan semacam "Kalau tidak bisa membuat keadaan bertambah baik, jangan ditambah buruk".

Menurut pengalaman saya pribadi, ada suasana yang berbeda yang saya alami di Indonesia dan di luar negeri. Bagi saya di Indonesia terasa lebih mudah untuk nahi munkar. Tidak perlu melihat secara teliti kehalalan makanan, tidur terlalu malam juga ada yang membangunkan shubuh. Kurang "surga" apa lagi? Lain ceritanya ketika saya tinggal di luar negeri. Tidur kemalaman lalu telat shubuh, ya mau gimana lagi? Soal makanan juga kayaknya ada makanana tidak halal yang pernah kemakan. Tapi lain ceritanya dengan amar ma'ruf. Di Indonesia entah kenapa saya tidak begitu banyak berambisi untuk melakukan hal-hal ambisius selayaknya yang saya lakukan di luar negeri. Apa mungkin kasur saya terlalu hangat (mungkin karena saya jarang pakai AC)? Tapi begitulah yang biasanya saya rasakan. Atau memang keluar dari comfort zone (kata yang overused tapi apa boleh buat) itu suatu kewajiban?

Teman saya yang namanya Amar dulu dapat medali emas di kompetisi ini lho!

Birth

So yes, suppose there is someone who was just pregnant when I wrote my previous post in this blog. What is the surprise then? She is now about to give birth to her soon-to-born! I can guarantee you that reading my blog won't make anyone pregnant, but really, who knows?

I have started my summer vacation since a month ago, and as usual, not so much accomplishment. But the best part is I (if God permits) will go to Beijing for a summer exchange. Interesting? Hope so. Enough for today, I don't have the stamina to write a lengthy post after a long hiatus. I have been running this blog since I was 15, and my old posts seems quite :OH GOD WHY:

Just in case you don't know what :OH GOD WHY: is.

So again, I wish I could regularly write in this blog again. Probably arranging some new designs and stuffs, after all I am not "that" young anymore. Wassalam.