Smile~

Hi all.. the IELTS results are out already!! *Yay!* But anyway, too bad, it wasn't as good as I want it to be. *sigh*. But the results are not bad.. still bearable. (at least, it gives me sufficient mark to apply for TR). :P

Ehm.. there is one song from "Glee" episodes that has been echoing in my mind for the last couple of days. The song is "Smile"

Here are the lyrics:

SMILE ~

Smile though your heart is aching
Smile even though it's breaking.
When there are clouds in the sky
you'll get by.

If you smile through your pain and sorrow
Smile and maybe tomorrow
You'll find that life is still worthwhile-

If you just smile

Light up your face with gladness,
Hide every trace of sadness.
Although a tear may be ever so near
That's the time you must keep on trying
Smile, what's the use of crying.
You'll find that life is still worthwhile-
If you just smile.

:) SMILE!

say I!! Say E!! SAy L!!! SAY T!!! SaY S!!! IELTS!!!

Hi all! :D

Well well well.. It is amazing that one's mood can change considerably just because of a simple thing..
In my case, I'm suppa duppa happy because my parents are here for a week! *yayyy* ^____^ Furthermore, I'm staying over at my sister's place together with my parents... syalalala.. It always feels good to get together with our family members. hehe..

...

On the other hand, I also feel down because..

Ehm.. Some of you might not know, but I had an IELTS test last Saturday from 8-4pm. My IELTS test is now over, and I'm waiting for the results to come out.. Waiting for the results is always nerve wrecking; especially when we feel that we haven't done enough to get good marks.

Why do I feel this way? To explain this, it's better to give you a list of the unexpected.
Like:
1. I thought "littering" means throwing away trash. Turns out, it actually means not throwing the trash to the bin. So I wrote: "...should provide more trash bin to encourage tourists to litter to the bin."
2. I've spent around 2 minutes just to decide whether I should use 2 or 1 "g" and use 1 or 2 "t" to write cigarette which by the end, I didn't use this word at all.
3. Although my time management for the first part of the writing part was good was good (20 mins), I spent 20 minutes from 40 minutes left just to write an essay that I'd eventually erase as it wasn't very well structured.
4. So I quickly wrote a totally new essay in the last 20 minutes although the marks allocated for this one doubles the first part..
5. As you may have known, my speaking pace is pretty quick.. So, as I answered the interviewer, I ended up speaking for only 1 minute 15 seconds or so when I was supposed to talk for 2 minutes. (For normal people, the dot points that I've prepared for the answer should be sufficient for a 2 minutes speech).
6. My mind went totally blank when I was asked: "Office equipment may be hazardeous for health. Explain the effects of office equipment to employees' health."
7. I didn't realize the effect of not carefully closing the door with a note "hazardeous closing door" on it. Hence, the door slammed very loudly and echoed in building 2, UTS, as I closed the door. A middle east guy across the hall answered me as I apologize to the interviewer inside the room.
(PS: I opened the door again just to apologize.) This guy was like "Ah, don't worry. It's always like that!" but still, I feel bad and a bit worried that I would give a bad impression to my interviewee. Oh, her name is Rachel by the way. :) Her expression didn't change much during the conversation.
8. Thank God, that's all that I can remember for now. Haha.. or else, I would regret more.. :P

Given the reasons above, I am pretty nervous about the my IELTS results.. It would be good for my resume if I have a high IELTS score.. I wish I wish I wish.. *crossed fingers*

Anyway, another announcement is..

I WILL BE GRADUATING IN OCTOBER!!! Woohooooooooo!!!

The results of my final two subjects are out already.. Thank God, both results are pretty good.. :) (at least, compared to my other semesters, this one is better) :P Hence, I hereby declare that I will be graduating in October as I have fulfilled the University's requirements to graduate. Sekian and danke! :P

Pesan Moral: We have done our part, and let God do the rest. And, I ammmmmm GrAduaATINGGG!!! :D :D :D :D :D :D *peace*

On.. and on.. and on.. and on.. ~

Yea yea yea yea yea.. I know! It's been a while I didn't even remember that I have this blog! lol. Sorry for that. :P

Like usual, life goes on and time flies like a roller coaster. Things around us change in just a blink of an eye *ehem.. I'm being hyperbolic here. hohhohoho* but, seriously, without me noticing, 4 years have passed and my student life is now over.

In my high school years, I've always thought that I would be extremely happy once I'm done with my study. Turns out, I freaked out in my last month of Uni. I was like "It's going to be over SOON!!" Then, in all of a sudden, here I am. All done with my bachelor degree (except if I've failed the finals, then it would be a different story. But, hopefully not.. *finger crossed*).

And now? There is a pressure to do this and that and all of the other stuff that is needed to be done for my PR application. haha.. but, I have to start with my TR first. Feel a bit hopeless here to get a permanent job to sponsor me. But, I've just started and I can't stop now. No, not yet.

People started to leave one by one to go back to their country. And some people are moving out state to work. *arghhhhh* In the end, it will be pretty quiet over here. *sigh*

Anyway, enough with the mellow mode.

Today, I went to the police station to do a criminal record check. But, turns out that the officer told me to get one from my country, then give it to them so they can send both records to the immigration office (apparently, they won't send it to me). So, I walked to the embassy hoping that I can get a certified copy of my finger prints over there. So, I checked.

andddd.. tadaaaaa.. I CAN DO IT THERE!!

And from this point on, I'll use Indo. hohohohoho..
Begitu nyampe ke consulat, ada tiang pencet2 buat ambil nomer.. Dengan pede, gw deketin itu tiang, dan milih salah satu option yang ada. Tapi, apparently itu mesin agak dodol.. Di pencet pelan2 ga mau respon. So, gw coba ngeraba2 barang kali klo ada tombol lain yang kudu di pencet. Tp ga ketemu jg.

So, berbekalkan perasaan menyerah, gw pergi ke bagian informasinya dan tanya2..
Setelah tanya2, si ibu pergi ke mesin itu, trus pencet dan entah gimana punya cara, nomornya KELUAR!! @.@ kaget.. kaget.. Jd, abis dapet nomernya, gw duduk disamping.. Oh, btw, ternyata mesinnya gw bisa di lembutin.. mesinnya kudu agak di pukul dikit biar bisa jawab. haha..

lumayan lama si.. ampe akhirnya, gw pergi ke satu ibu2 (yang memang kerjaannya ngurusin cap jari) buat minta formulir. Si ibu baik si.. jawabnya ramah dan pelan2 gitu.. Jd hepi d. hehe.. terus, pas gw isi2 formnya, baru sadar kalau butuh nomor KTP. So, it went like this:

Me: oh, sim jg ya? hmmm.. *checking*. ok.lalalalala.. ktp ku.. *bongkar2 dompet*

...
hah??? KTPku dimana?? *mulai panik, bongkar dompet ampe ke slot2 nya satu persatu*
*langsung panas* waks!!! DIMANA KTPKu??? arghhH!!! hmmhhh..


yah.. inti kata, gw bingung banget KTP gw ilang.. gw sampe sempet mikir, apa kecolongan orang.. atau jatuh.. atau pokoke something bad happened to my KTP. So, at the end, gw putuskan buat pulang. Jd, gw tanya lagi si ibu yang tadi buat double check aja..

Me: "permisi bu, mau tanya ya.. jadi ini semua formnya harus diisi ya?"
bu berjilbab:*sibuk ngurusin dokumen2* "iya.. semua lah itu formnya harus diisi" *ngestamp2 ama tulis2 dan tanda tangan*

dan tiba2..

bu berjilbab: "Aahhhh!!!!!! Sh*t salah stamp itu sekarang! Aduh! orang lagi kerja... di tanya tanya. jadi salah. Sh*t laaaarr.." * muka gahar ngeliatin gw dan tangannya uda naik2*

Me: *salah tingkah* aduh bu.. maapp.. ga bermaksuddddd.. maap bu..

bu berjilbab: *masih seru ngedumel2 karena dia salah kasi stamp ke dokumen orang*

jd, gw pulang lah ya..

dan gitu keluar dari konjen, gw baru sadar..

ternyata..

KTP GW ADA DISANAAAAA!!! Di petugas luarnya.. soalnya kan kita harus kasi KTP kita ke mereka buat ID kan.. dan gw lupa sama sekali klo gw ninggalin KTP gw disitu sebelumnya sampe pas mau pulang tiba2 badan gw reflek jalan ke pos nya (dah kebiasaan si. haha.. jd ga perlu mikir lagi buat kesono ambil ID) :P

o well.. jd ga enak hati sama si ibu. Besok gw kudu ketemu sama si ibu lagi buat ngurusin cap jempol lagi!! semoga dia lupa muka gw d.. ganti model rambut ahhhhhh.. :P tp berasa guilty sih.. *hiiiii*

OK! Lesson learnt. Never ever tanya2 kebanyakan pertanyaan ke orang yang lagi kerja.. *sigh*

uda gitu it happened ama orang yang bakal crucial banget buat ngurusin cap jempol gw lg!! arghhH!!

Pesan Moral: Jangan kebanyakan tanya ama orang yang lagi sibuk.. :P

blackberry Vs iPhone..

hmmmhhh.. after so long not touching this blog, rasanya jd gatel jg pingin ngetik sumthing. hehehe..

Well.. there are so many things that happened for the past few months.. especially during holiday in Indo. But, apa mau dikata, saking banyaknya yang bisa diceritain, jd bingung mulai dari mana dan ended up ga update blog. Bies, kebanyakan stories yang bisa ditulis dan adrenalin saat bercerita sudah berkurang drastis..

Jadi, one hot topic for me sekarang adalah.. Jreng jreng jrenggggg.. Blackberry Vs iPhone!!!!

For the last few months (since the end of 2009 I guess?) I've been getting this pressure to change phone to blackberry.. Tho deep in my heart, i like iPhone more..

I did some researches on both phones, I read some reviews, and people's comments about the products. However, still, they are not enough to make me interested in BB than iPhone.

And I came to a realisation that people have different preferences, and some people just don't get it!!!! >.< *sigh* caphe deeeee..

So, wondering how good BB is, I asked my friends who have actually used them..

results:

BB: usually only use the BBM application to chat with ppl. Easy to sync with computers. Good battery life. Very little spending for texting due to many friends using BB. Pretty easy to type things in once they're used to it. But, sometimes, they accidentally delete whatever text they have typed for a message because it's highlighted. And therefore, they have to type the text all over again, then send it.. Also, the model isn't feminine enough for some females. But, it is good for workers as it is easier to cut or copy and paste texts compared to iPhone.

iPhone: many interesting applications such as trip view etc. Very entertaining, good pict quality and interesting settings for pict shoots. Big screen. Good for gamers and ppl who listens to mp3 alot. Good for people who uses Mac instead of a PC. Short span of battery life. People usually use bing or Msn to go online for chat or just send a text message. No solid keypads, therefore is a bit slippery. Thus, it is easy to send texts to the WRONG person. (depends on how skillful you are in using your fingers to navigate your phone) hahahaha.. the last one was a bit funny. :P Anyways, the model is sleek and pretty nice.

Okayyyy.. About the technical stuff regarding these two, you can find it online, but not here. :P

Now, the golden question is: Which one is BETTER?

Both have pro and cons. One is good for workers, one is good for students or entertainment. But, reallly.. as for me..

BB:I won't be cutting and pasting text or document on my phone while I'm in a bus or when I'm hanging out. But, BB is actually pretty good. I mean, it has a good battery life, and i love the solid keypads. However, I'm more interested with having different applications or trip view (as I use public transport a lot). Andd.. I don't like the model. It's too masculine for me.. :P

iPhone: Not sure whether I'll really be into games if i use iphone. But, the trip view application will be very useful to check transports' time table. Also, if I'd like to chat with people (even with them who are using BB), I can always do that by downloading an application for that. If I'm not mistaken, we can use hotmail msn or bing. :D Love the model, BUT: short battery life, and no solid keypads.. I'm not a very big fan of sending messages to the wrong person. But, I'm thinking of using a little stick (for phones) to help me pressing the right alphabet. It should work out, right? another BUT is that.. I'm not a Mac person.. It is easier to sync the phone with Mac instead of a PC. But, as long as we have iTunes, it should be alright. :) Not sure how it works though.

In short, both phones are good. Which one ppl will choose, really, depends on their preferences, their lifestyle and usage. haha..

hmmm.. maybe using a parable would help.. It's like.. a.. box of Tissue? LOL. *out of the blue*

There are different types of tissues. There is this soft extra big tissue, and there is this normal size tissue with Eucalyptus and aloe vera. Which one will ppl buy? They are both equally good. Some ppl like it big. Some like how it smells.. Some ppl want the convenience of using big tissue when the have caught a cold. And some other ppl may want to be soothed by the smell of eucalyptus and aloe vera.

Both are tissues, and are used by ppl who have caught a cold. But they want the tissues differently. Can't really explain why though.. I mean, it's people's preferences. One cannot control what kind of tissue the other have to love to use. A marketer can't just push people over and over again to use something if they don't know what the consumer like/dislike about the product.. haha..

Sorry all.. I've been a bit tired of being pushed to use BB. Giving input once or twice about something is good. But, come onnnnn.. Not in every 2 or 3 conversations??? (i've had a couple at the beginning of the year. But in the past few weeks? Ughh.. )

I appreciate the inputs. But, please, don't say that I don't appreciate it just because I reject the idea. On the other hand, my point of view about other phones are also rejected. What should I do???

Now I understand Nelly's feeling in the movie: "Because I said so". Have just watched it today, and it was entertaining.. and touching too..

14.02.10

Happy Chinese new yearr!!!

and about the valentine's day.. ermm.. i wish it never exist. hahaha..

*random thoughts*

sports are GOoooooooooood!!!

hi all.. hahaha.. uda lama jg ga update blog..

eniweis.. semakin hari, satu hal yang kusadari adalah: jarang olahraga= badan berasa di peretelin pelan2 pas abis olahraga.

for the last 2 weeks, I've been exercising more than usual (reaD: biasanya ga perna OR, sekarang jadi ada aktipitas2 gitu..). Ya berenang, pantai, skating, tennis, bulu tangkis, cicling, dan itu dilakukan secara lumayan rutin.. well, seru si karena ngerjainnya rame2..

tapi.. I came to a point of realisation where my urat2 jadi keseleo satu persatu.. hahahahahh.. *hopeless laugh*. rencana awal si maunya jadi lebi sehat.. tapi, ternyata memang ga bisa di push terlalu banyak.

push terlalu banyak.. termasuk dalam hal makan. :P

Hari minggu lalu, 2 weeks ago, entah gimana punya cerita, tangan kananku keseleo karena terlalu kalap motong2 makanan.. well, lagi buffet si.. dan berhubung di Nicks itu modelnya seperti high tea (dikasi rak2, then piring2 kita diisiin ulang terus), ya... rasanya sayang jg klo makanannya dikit. hohohoho.. So, I ate lots ( I really mean it), LOTS of mussels. Which made me worry about my cholesterol level.. haha..

Anyway, back to buffet. and the buffet includes pork RIbs! woohoo! not as good as hurricane, but, not bad.. Dan yah.. as I hurt my right hand, bagian lengan atas, i couldn't raise my hand high enough buat buka pintu wc. *sob* jadi, saya jadi kidal untuk sementara waktu. So, rencana tennis keesokan harinya batal, dan diganti dengan berenang di olympic park! Yippieeeee...

Senang siii.. ^^ tapi yahh... kaki kiriku kram, dan jadi sakit buat jalan.. setelah berenang, dan dance class malemnya, my body ached a bit. Tapi yah.. i was like, "masa kalah ama keseleo dan kram??"

Jadiiiii, saya ikut skating di keesokan harinya, dan ikut maenan ombak di pantai sore nya..

badan uda mule melolong minta tolong buat istirahat..

all good.

sampai pas berenang di hari kamisnya, rasanya badan uda mule peretel satu satu.. pinggang sakit, punggung pegel, tangan cenut cenut, apalagi kaki.. pegal2 sakit karena kurang peregangan, dan sakit bekas kena kram.. hohohohoh.. lengkap sudahh..

dan thank God, I'm NOT alone!!!! Ada teman yang bernama aminnnnn.. Hurrayyyy.. jd, ada teman seperjuangan yang sama2 jalan bak oma2 sakit rematik.. mau duduk rasanya sakit.. mo jalan rasanya juga sakit.. apalagi klo lari2.. haha.. o well.. and it gets better everyday.. *phew*

sampai akhirnya, leher saya keseleo setelah telponan sambil jahit kancing.. bener deh, ampe tahan 3 hari.. dari hari jumat malem, sampe sekarang ( kamis pagi), lehernya masi sakit aja.. bingung d kapan ilang. :P hopefully it gets better soon..

dan bagian2 klimaks dari badan yang rasanya makin lemah terjadi pada hari selasa pagi, tanggal 2 feb..

rencana awalnya si mau apply kerjaan dari pagi hari hingga sore.. Namun apa mau dikata, saat bangun jam 9, rasanya badan tak mampu bergerak selain berguling2 di kasur. uda bangun jem 9, tidur lagi sampe jam 1. and it was the BEST thing to do at that point of time.. Why? karena, setelah 4hours extra of sleep, rasanya badan jadi jauh lebi seger.. senang rasanya. hehe.. *senang* So, akhirnya kesampean juga apply2 kerjaan..

and a funny thing about exercising is, I used to love doing sports until I had to wear my braces. Since then, i hated it.. But, as for now.. Uda mulai enjoy olahraga lagi.. *hurraaaaayyyyy* walau badan serasa didera dan disiksa pada awalnya, once I'm used to it, rasanya badan lebi fit!!! ^_______^

hmhhh.. tapi, sisi buruk dari olahraga adalah, kita jadi berasa deserve to get credit on what we did.. Contoh, instead of eating something healthy, we had burger, fries with mayo, and soft drink, right after exercising!! and now I feel guilty about it.. >.<>

Pesan Moral: exercising is GOooooooooooooooood!!!! It would be even better if we have a healthy eating habbit.. but yah,.. don't push yourself too much.. >.<..