What's With the Weather??

The weather sucks. It's cold and cloudy in July. Today is around 57 F and I think it's gonna rain again tonight. Oh well!! I just got home from work. I was sent home early because they have too many people. I asked my manager if I could go home and he said the big YES. Yay! But..I have nothing to do now. Maybe I'll just take a nap later :P

Anyways, yesterday me and my friends went to see Bourne Supremacy. (Did you see Bourne Identity? Well, this is the sequel). We went there around 6 p.m. to catch the 7:15 show. We knew that there's gonna be a long line, because it's the first day it came out. When we got there..it was sold out!! Even the 7:45 show. Gosh, I thought we were early. We should had used Fandango. Then, we decided to go to another theatre, because we really wanted to see the movie. And..yay..We got the tickets. After the movie, we went to chili's for dinner. I ordered a cup of my favorite soup there, enchiladas soup, and buffalo wings with bleu cheese. Hmm..Yummy!!

It was a great night and an A+ movie. Matt Damon is so gorgeous in his black long coat. I think I like this movie better than the first one, although I don't really remember the first one..hihihi. Can't wait to see the third one! I heard that there's gonna be the sequel to I, Robot too. Hmm..that will be interesting to see.

It's saturday afternoon..I'm not sure what to do tonight. All my friends are still at work. Tomorrow I have to get up really early again to work for 12 hours from 6:50 a.m. Isn't that great??

How's your weekend so far?

It's Raining..Again!!

I just got back from work and it's raining..again. It's been like this since this afternoon. I got a split shift at work today, so I got a chance to take a nap..hihihi. Anyways, my week has been going well. I pretty much work during the day and just hang out or eat out with friends. Here in Fort Collins, we have a lot of restaurants, but there aren't that many variety of food. Maybe I'm just bored with all the food. But one restaurant that keeps going up in my favorite list is Jeju. It's a Japanese-Korean restaurant, located in downtown of Fort Collins. They have a really good food there, from sushi to tempura to Korean barbecue. Hmm...Yummy. The atmosphere is also really nice. It's more like a loungelike with a nice light setting, where you can here Jazz and blues music. It's not like an Asian restaurant at all. Here in Fort Collins, we also have a lot of local owner coffee shops. I've only been to one of them, and it was..alright. Still, Starbucks is way much better. Many people here, well..maybe in the other states too, they're not really a fan of Starbucks and its monopoly power. What's with that anyway? So what, they have a good coffee, and they're making a lot of money from it. I found this Web Site about Why do I hate Starbucks? This guy..or gal came up with numbers of reason why he or she hates Starbucks:

• The majority of the coffee is grown using underpaid third world labor.
• Starbucks is spreading the world like a virus, infecting cultures with their formula of what a coffee shop should be.
• They are everywhere.
• They have predatory business practices. Doing things like paying landlords to not renew leases for coffee shops so that they can move in.
• They sell fake corporate responsibility.
• I think that their coffee sucks. It is always bitter.
• The gross profit margin per store is, on average, 59.1%, this is money that could easily be lost if they paid more than a dollar a pound for coffee. (read: livable wage for their slave labor)
• Faux ecologic responsibility.

What do you think? Maybe some of them make sense, but I still love drinking their coffee anyway. And...they say that you will feel the Starbucks experience when you drink their coffee. I agree..whatever that means!

 Anyway, me and my friends had been wanting to see I, Robot. So, yesterday, after I got home from working long hours, the four of us went to see I, Robot. It was awesome, I like it a lot. It will be scarry though, if that's how 2035 is gonna be like..hehe, but maybe it will be really cool to have a robot at home.

There are lots of good movies at the theatre that I haven't seen. And more good movies are "coming soon" hihihi..Bourne Supremacy and Collateral are on the top of my list. The village? I don't know, I get scared easily by watching that kind of movie. I also haven't seen Fahrenheit 9/11, The Terminal, and The Notebook. Isn't that sad..hiks.

By the way, I got a call from Neeru this afternoon. He's been having fun for the past two months in Jakarta now!! I'm so jealous. But I will see my parents too in about two weeks though. Yup..they're coming here. Well, I'm planning to meet them in Las Vegas. I made a lot of plans, and I just found out yesterday that I have to be in a two weeks full of training when they're here. It's kinda sad, but I'll see what I can do with the schedule.
Well, that's all for now. Have a great night you guys!

A Little Update

Just a little update from me. Nothing much going on lately. Still, I've been busy with work and stuff. Weekend doesn't feel like weekend anymore. I kind of miss the old times when I was still in Jakarta. Weekend seemed really fun. On Friday night I usually go out with friends..kadang2 mencoba tempat2 baru..hehe. I remember when I was in high school, if we didn't have school on Saturday, we always went to new york cafe to watch the Groove on stage..hehe..they always knew our crowd, because we're all girls..hehe. On Saturday night we usually "nonton midnite." And on Sunday, I usually go out for lunch or just to "socially drink" coffee at the mall with my parents..hehe. Gosh, I miss home so much.

Last weekend (Fri-Sat) I had to go for a one night retreat. It was alright. I had fun, until I discovered that my room was full of bugs!! We finally moved to another room (which was nicer than the first one hehe), because we decided to not sleep with bugs flying around the room. What we did on the retreat was pretty much team building and playing games. The highlight of the retreat was when we got to do the drumming for diversity training. It was awesome..we could choose any kinds of instruments from drum to tambourine, and we just started playing them for more than two hours. We could all feel the energy that came out from the instruments. It was fun! The next day we all just felt exhausted and ready to go home. We stopped at dairy queen for ice cream on the way home..yumm!!

Hmm..what else..I got home two hours ago from eating out with puma and went to Walmart to buy some stuff. I didn't really wanna go at first because it's "Nip/Tuck Show" day..hehe..but I went anyway and got home on time to watch the second show.

Hmm..I guess that's pretty much it. Tomorrow is another new day at work. How's your day people?

Happy 4th of July!!

Yay!! We're going to see fireworks at City Park, tonight. I hope it's not gonna rain again tonight, because it's kinda cloudy right now. But it's alright, it will be fun..fun..fun!! Finally, today's my first day off after working like crazy for the past two weeks. This morning I got a chance to have a cup of Starbucks' breakfast blend coffee with two slices of bread with chocolate sprinkles. Yumm!! And finally, I got a chance to go to sleep last night without having to set my alarm. I spent my morning by just sitting around in front of my computer, browsing, waiting for my bid at ebay to end, and chatting with Mur who's still having fun in Jakarta!! I "envy" you!! I also talked to A-lie, one of my bestfriends since forever, on the phone today. It felt good to talk to her again. Actually, we laughed more than we talked!! I think the only people who can understand our jokes are us. We often lost touch, but we're still very good friends!! We talked about lots of things and came up with why people always ask sensitive questions to others such as virginity and sex. Those are like "pertanyaan-pertanyaan yang kurang penting untuk dibahas ke orang lain." Those are like something that..I think we should just keep to ourselves. Like in Friendster for example, lots of those bulletin boards questions are about these subjects. And of course, no one will really be honest about their answers. It's just dumb!

Anyway, I'm thinking of moving to DC, which is where she lives right now, after I graduate, to apply for that broadcasting job that we're talking about. It sounds like a fun job, and it will be a great experience for me if I want to get a similar job back home. We'll see. I still have a year to go anyway.

My weekend? So far so good. Me and some friends went to see Spiderman 2 on Friday. It was good!! I like it better than the first one. Yesterday, I had to wake up early at 6 A.M. to work (yes..I work on weekends) and spent my afternoon with friends. We went to Whole Foods Market, a new organic store in town. It was really crowded inside the store and everything was so expensive!! After that, we had some Japanese food in downtown for dinner. As usual, me and Puma ended up at my place, watching the Food network channel. It was an okay night. How's your weekend?

nip/tuck

Did you guys see that nip/tuck show on FX earlier? I thought it was so disturbing, but I kept watching it anyway..hehe. Plus Julian McMahon (Dr. Christian Troy) is so gorgeous!! I think this show is different from the other plastic surgery shows such as the one from MTV or the Swan, because they add more "drama" in the story, which makes it more interesting. Can't wait to see more of it next week.

Today I had a training for my second job, and it started at 9am until 4pm. It was so tiring! We had to walk around campus and went to advocacy offices to get information and learn about their programs. We also had to do a lot of activities like scavenger hunt and a bunch of games. And "luckily", it was pretty nice outside. It was really..really hot and sunny. Oh well, let's just hope it stays.

Tired..tired..tired..tomorrow I have to get up early again to work and do a lot of other things..sigh. Nite, all!

Second Day of Summer

Welcome to Colorado..It is the second day of Summer, but it doesn't feel like summer at all!! The weather has been really gloomy for the past couple of weeks. It's always raining and the sun only comes out once in a while. Today in Fort Collins is 55F and it will drop tonight to 45F. The weather here is very "unusual", because sometimes the weather can be really nice and sunny, but it can change very dramatically at night. Or it can be snowing the next day. I remember last year we had a very big storm after Spring break, so we actually got a two-week break from school!! That was nice, but I didn't like "the walking in the snow" part. It's slippery and wet. No thanks!

Anyways, I just got home from work and feel like writing something on my blog. I've been working for 8-12 hours a day for almost everyday. I've been really busy. But, hey..I kinda need the money anyway, so that's alright. I have two jobs this summer, one in the dining service and one in the housing service on campus. I work in a dining hall for the students who live in a dorm. Basically what I do is just serving food or swiping their meal cards. It's not really bad. My second job is pretty easy and fun. I work for this organization called CREATE . My job is to create bulletin boards, posters, and display cases with different themes every month. They will be put inside the campus' dorms and apartments. We also organize and create events, which I always enjoy doing. I guess thanks to "redlight".

I didn't take any classes this summer, so I can work a lot. But still..I have to finish my research proposal for my thesis. It's almost done, but I'm still too lazy to finish it. I decided to do a research on "The Ethical Issues of Downloading Music via the Internet." Do I download music? Yes..hehe, why do we have to buy music CDs if they are available on the Net? I guess I shouldn't be saying that.

By the way, yesterday was father's day, so "Happy Father's Day" to all dads!! I don't know why we don't have father's day in Indonesia. We have hari ibu on December 22 and hari anak-anak on July 1, but we never celebrate hari bapak. Why is that? Don't you think that your dad needs appreciation too? That is so weird. I want to get my dad something. I already know what he probably wants, but don't know when I can give it to him, because I don't really want to send the gift by mail. First, it's too expensive. Second, I don't want to lose it in the mail.

Anyway, I found this really sweet quote on the Net:

a father is someone that
holds your hand at the fair
makes sure you do what your mother says
holds back your hair when you are sick
brushes that hair when it is tangled because mother is too busy
lets you eat ice cream for breakfeast
but only when mother is away
he walks you down the aisle
and tells you everythings gonna be ok

-Unknown

Enjoy your night, everyone!!

Life is not so ordinary

I got an early phone call from a good friend and we talked about relationships and stuff, and how things could changed in just seconds, which made me wonder about life..my life. Sometimes, life can be so perfect, when everything seems to be just right and you feel like you can't ask for more because you already have what you want. We are blinded by happiness without thinking about what's gonna happen next. When we fail or when something bad happens, we start blaming ourselves for no reasons. We feel like we're stucked in one position and we can't move on. Or maybe it's us who don't want to move on? That's probably because we're not ready. And I don't think we'll ever be ready for everything.

Sometimes you just have to accept for what you get in life, either it's good or bad. We should just enjoy the good and learn from the bad. Should people be afraid to hope or to reach for something? I don't know, I feel like I don't really want to give too much hope anymore. We live in this world to gamble and from what I've been through, I think there's no need to be afraid. But before we make efforts, we should probably be prepared about what the result's gonna be like. Again, it's easier said than done. But, hey..it's worth a try.

It all happened for a reason

Can lovers stay friends after going through a painful break up? I don't know the answer to that. Some people say yes, but some people say no. Well..it's easier said than done.

When two people with different characters are in a relationship, they are trying to learn about each other to make their relationship works. They become bestfriends and even like a family. You feel comfortable when you're together and feel like you're missing your other half when he's not around. You don't have to worry about what he thinks about what you're gonna wear or even your most embarrasing behaviors, because you know that you are loved very much. Just to hear his voice from the other end of a phone call is like a pain reliever after a long day at work. Just to receive a short text message on your cellphone from him has made your day. Just to see your instant messenger blinking with his name on it can make you happy, because you know that he's thinking about you.

However, shits happen here and there. You can never predict them. The thought of loosing my very bestfriend and soulmate..has never occurred to me since the past three years. You can lie to everybody about your feelings and pretend like nothing happen, but deep inside you know, you're hurting.

My friend once said that people need to be strong in this situation because the pain is not over yet. It will keep coming back and haunt you on every little step that you make, every minute, every day. Again, it's easier said than done. But I guess he has a point there. There's nothing much to do, except to believe that it all happened for a reason. You learn from the situation, which can make you a better person everyday.

When the worst it's over, I know that things will go back to normal. Although it would not be as perfect as it was before.

It's Fridaayyyy....

Listening to: Switchfoot - Dare you to moveHave you guys ever tested your website at CynthiaSays? This site can test whether your site is accessible for the people who are color blind or have any other dissabilities. It's also called Section 508. If your website passed section 508, then it's good, if not, then it's not accessible to people with dissabilities. It's kinda interesting..just try it, but it's a little bit irritating...!! I have this project that requires me to check on one of my websites that I've created using this cynthia site. I have no idea who Cynthia is and why they call it Cynthia, but she's so irritating, because you can only use this site one time, every one minute. So, you have to wait and wait and wait...every time you make changes. The worst part is I think all my classmates are using this site right now, and we all have the same website domain. So..this will take longer than I thought. Oh well..I think we're all procrastinators (although I'm not..:p), because it's due on Monday. Anyways, I just re-read my yesterday's posting and I just remember that I said I met a friend at coffee club when I went back home. Actually it's not coffee club, but it's Coffee bean hihihi..it's a franchise coffee shop from L.A, I think. Hmm..slurp..slurp..jadi inget. It's at Plaza Senayan. I think there are too many coffee shop there and they all have similar names..that's why I'm confused!! They have starbucks, coffee bean, coffee club, tator, oh la la, regal, and I think there's some more that I can't think of right now. If you browse the Plaza Senayan website you can see that there are around 250 stores..and I just realize that i've been there million times, but there are still so many stores that I haven't visited, and of course, since I've been here, there are so many new stores there. They have Bang & Olufsen now, probably it's been there for more than a year, but still this store is awesome. Although I never buy anything from there, I can't afford it..hehe :p Check out the website..just for fun! Alright then, I think I should get back to Cynthia and finish my homework. Later guys..and enjoy your weekend!!

One Week Left before Graduation!

Siyal!! Barusan gue nulis panjang2 trus ngga bisa ke post, trus error! Padahal tadi udah punya firasat, kalo harusnya tadi gue copy semuanya dulu sebelum gue post, sekarang gue harus nulis lagi. Ya udah deh ngga papa..#@&#%*@&#!!I'm sooo glad, that I don't have any finals!! Ada sih 1 final gitu, tapi itu juga optional..marketing gitu deh. Tadi gue ketemu sama temen gue, dia bilang dia ada 4 final minggu depan ini. Gue yang udah kesian gitu sama dia, tapi dianya seneng2 aja, soalnya dia bilang dia cuman ada 4 final doank dari 7 kelas yang dia ambil sekarang..bused! Hehehehe..good luck my friend..nora deh gue!! Ngga kerasa ih..tinggal seminggu lagi sebelum commencement..seminggu lebih sih..tanggal 17 May..lho..kawan2..hehee..hari Sabtu jam 1 siang di Moby Arena!! Akhirnya nyokap gue jadi juga dateng kesini hari Jum'at minggu depan. Asiik seneng deh gue, tapi bokap gue ngga bisa dateng, ya udah deh ngga papa. Barusan gue ngambil year book gue, trus ko taun 2001-2002 ya, padahal kan gue lulus taun 2003..gimana sih, ntar mau minta lagi ah! Temen2 gue yang graduation semester ini yang disini (u.s) itu cuman Denny, dia di new york, trus satu temen gue, Rayner, dia di st. louis. Yang di jakarta gue ngga tau deh, belum kabar2an lagi, tapi kayanya juga udah ada yang mulai skripsi. Enak deh gue disini ngga perlu ada skripsi ehhehe...buat s1 sih. Ini gue barusan chatting sama Rayner dan gue baru sadar kayanya gue temenan sama dia udah lamaaaaaaaa banget. Udah dari kelas 1 SMP kali, heiehie...bayangin deh tuh. Gara2nya kita les di tempat yang sama..dia les biola gitu sama piano ehiehie..gue les piano. Bayangin donk..dari 1 SMP berarti udah sekitar 9 taun..lama ajaa..!!! Sampe pas udah ngga les aja, pas SMA, masih lumayan sering ngobrol2, sampe dia akhirnya pindah ke amerika duluan pas SMA. Trus pokonya kemaren terakhir ketemuan itu, pas sebelum gue kesini, berarti taun 2001 dan kemaren pas gue balik bulan Desember gitu, tiba2 kita ketemuan gitu di Coffee Club..hehehe...tapi ya udah cuman gitu doank, soalnya dianya juga udah mau balik lagi. Seneng juga kalo mikir gue bisa temenan selama itu..hehehee...!!! Sama deh gue kaya si CrazYounGaL nih, gue juga kerjaannya sekarang nonton reality TV shows terus, terutama yang di MTV. Kalo bangsanya the bachelor gitu2 males sih, tapi kalo yang di MTV seru ehhehe. Gue juga suka nonton the "Battle of the Sexes", tapi sayangnya udah abis ehhehe. Trus gue juga lagi seneng nonton fraternity sama sorority life..heuehuee..kurang kerjaan ya gue. Abis kadang-kadang kalo ngga lumayan seru ya stupid aja cerita2nya. Lumayan lah buat hiburan hehehe. Oh iya, gue juga lagi nungguin Dawson's Creek, soalnya udah mau abis. Jadi minggu depan nihh...2 hours of Dawson's Creek..heihiee..soalnya gue inget banget, dulu pas kelas 2 SMA kali, pas jaman2nya Dawson's Creek baru mulai di TPI.Ya udah deh, gue mau udahan dulu, ntar nulis2 lagi..bye all!!! *kali ini gue copy dulu biar ngga ilang lagi*

Interesting Quote

halo..halo..hehe..lagi iseng niyh di computer lab!! Baru kemaren gue nulis di blog kalo sekarang susah cari kerjaan..tiba2 quote of the day gue hari ini nyambung gitu..baca deh: "A lot of fellows nowadays have a B.A., M.D., or Ph.D. Unfortunately, they don't have a J.O.B." Fats Domino

Blah..

Listening to: Daniel Beddingfield - If you run away Huaahmm...It's Sunday morning..and I just got up. I'm glad that I still have Sunday for a week end. For those who don't know, I work at the dorm cafetaria accross my apartment. Only on Saturdays though. That's why I never feel Saturday is a week end, although I still have Sunday! But sometimes I just have soo many million things to do on Sunday..oh well! Ngga kerasa deh gue semester ini mau lulus..May 17th graduation daynya..hehe..seneng ? Iya. Serem ? Iya. Senengnya ya selsai s1..hehe..seremnya, ngga tau abis itu mau ngapain..heuheue..yang pasti sih kerja trus sekolah lagi, tapi kayanya mau ntar dulu deh..I wanna take a break! I'm not sure yet if I wanna work in the marketing or computer info. system (CIS) area, since my major is business and concentrate on these two areas. Since the economy's going down in here, It seems hard to find a job, especially in CIS area right now. Not only that but we also have to compete with the engineering people (computer, electrical, mechanical, etc), MIS, computer science. That's why I'm glad that I also took marketing concentration since..last summer..i guess. Graduate school? Hmm..I've been thinking about it, but I still don't know what I want to study. I don't think I wanna study CIS again and deal with all that programming languages again! It's not that I hate programming, but I just wanna study something else. You got Punk'd!Anyways..I've been watching this show called "punk'd" in MTV with Ashton Kutcher as the host *he's cute :p. What they do in this show is just punking people, especially celebrities. It's so funny..well, sometimes. It seems that aston kutcher really hates boybands..that's why he's been punking artists such as justin timberlake and kevin richardson (back street boys). I really love the way they punk'd Justin..it's so funny when you look at his face. The show begins at Justin's new house. He just bought a new house and his things are still outside the house..unpacked! Suddenly there is this guy who said that he's a tax agent and said that Justin has an unpaid tax and because of that he's going to take all of his things including his house and his dog. All of his things are going to be put in auction. They kept him so frustrated for at least 15 to 20 minutes when ashton kutcher was finally arrived and told him that "he got punk'd"! this show is funny and it's worth to watch..enjoy!!

Pollen

Listening to: afro medusa - pasilda

Sniff..sniff..:o

I called my boss this morning and told her that I couldn't go to work because I'm sick and I have to go to the doctor. So, I decided to work from home. I've been sneezing and having a runny nose since last week and today I went to the health center, just to make sure whether I have an allergy or it's just a regular cold. Sniff..sniff..:o It turns out that I have this Pollen allergy that usually appears during spring and summer. Many people have it right now, because it's seasonal. So I might have this allergy for a while!! The doctor gave me some 'free' allergy medicine though. It's kinda weird because I've been here for almost two years and I've never had it. Actually that's what the doctor said. Sniff..sniff..:o She said that it's usually developed after you've been here for a year. Hmm..!! Based on the forecast, today has a high level of pollen allergy in Fort Collins, and Wednesday it's going to be worst. On the range from 8.1 to 12.0, today is 11.2..and Wednesday is going to be at 11.8..!! Sniff..sniff..:o