I Awakened A Sleeping Dragon

Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus.. You should have heard that phrase somewhen. 

It's a proverb in astonishing series by J.K Rowling that literally means "Never tickle a sleeping dragon" or simpler "Do not awake a sleeping dragon!"

That quote means a lot lot to me these day. Why? Because we had just awakened a sleeping dragon!! 

Well, i won't tell you how to awake a sleeping dragon, that will be unnecessary either. Just say i accidentally stepped on its tail or not accidentally pricked on its nose and putting some tar tar sauce on its eyes or whatever you said...

Things that i will tell, are how to deal with the awakened dragon. These are the options :

1. Run

Running's maybe the best option, though there's still the risk. Why? Because no matter how fast you run, dragons will always faster than you, any type. My suggestion if you choose this option, don't hesitate even a second, don't ever look back, just run for you life!

2. Hide

But this option has a higher risk. Dragons are smart and they usually have a good sense, so they will easily find you.   Even worst if you don't have any place to hide.

Do not playing dead! They will immediately find out!

Those two seemed wound not work out, so i chose another option :

3. Tame them

Note this : not all dragons eat human. So, Mostly they just kill human without eating us. 

Taming dragon is a little bit tricky. First, don't try to look ferocious. Be brave but humble. Second, calm the dragon temper. A book entitled Dragonology by Ernest Drake writes 5Fs to deal with dragon :

   - Fieldwork : know you dragon environment

   - Foresight : know you DRAGON properly

   - Forwardness : daring and courage enough to do approach

   - Frankness : being honest all the time

   - Fatalities : avoid any fatalities that might happening

But my steps, was quite different. We were there, shivering by the dragon anger. And we were surrendering. Some of my friends even cried in front of that dragon. 

I definitely believe that dragons have hearts. And maybe our sad and miserable faces touch its heart. So finally it's forgiving us. And the best part, when we came back another day, it's still remembering us and treating us like friend. Not that the dragon flying happily or sleeping in our lap, but at least it wasn't attacking us anymore even if we approached closer. Doesn't it count as tame?

Well, do you understand what i tried to write here? 

Because i, myself, also don't understand what i just wrote. Haha.

But, if you do understand, you must be one cadet who tamed that dragon with me...

So there we are...

so there we are, back to somewhere inside the reality ...

place where we dream and learn about future

place where we meet strangers, new friends, new families, and more strangers

place where we awkwardly give a try to fit in the society

place where we fall in love, have a broken heart, then fall another one...

place where we make mistakes, depressed, but there's always another chance to smile

place where we train to face the world without father on your back or mother to hold your hand

place where we fight and grow up to be SOMEBODY

the thing i would never get used to

is being away from home sweet home.

It's been three years since i have been staying in another city for study. Though it's just an hour and half to get back to home and i almost do that every weekend, but yeah, i got that homesickness too.

Well now days, it's not like the homesick in early years when i shed tears each time the train i taken leave my hometown. But when it comes to Friday that i will be home soon, days was suddenly getting brighter, time was flying faster, and everything seems very right.

I prefer say it 'back home rush', than homesickness. And that's quiet normal, because i guess it's happening to every single person who's being away and finally had a chance to meet someone they loved or cared. Like Family.

Just in my case, that chances comes more oftentimes... :-)

Dear Mr.Adam

This is what i had been doing last several days :

They might looks like curly rubbish wire, but in the right hand, they could become a much much money.

They called :

ADAM CLASPS

Adam' clasp is a clasp designed by C. Philip Adams to stabilize removable appliances by engaging the mesiobuccal and distobuccal surfaces of buccal teeth. It's modified arrowhead design and using the buccomesial and distoproximal undercuts of a tooth for retention.

Dear Mister Adam,

I am not blaming you by creating something such complicated and hand-hurting as that. But in some case, making those things could be very frustrating and sometimes i just hope that you was created something simpler...

am must be very frustrated ...

When Need Boyfriend???

That's question come to me after some dicussion with my friends...
When the girls gathered, two things that will come up to the conversation are (1)gossip and (2)boys.

So, this is a story of my friend that finally trying to get close with someone after being single (read : jomblo) for about twenty years (yea man, TWENTY YEARS). And tell you the truth, maybe a high school student will handle it very much better...
She's jumping around when she got text from him.
She's acting hysterically just seeing him passing by in the campus.
She's screaming to us when he tagging her in facebook status.
etc, etc...
Isn't it to much?

Maybe you find that funny, but for a girl that never had a realtionship before, it's...not really, but yeah, normal. Even if you are 20 or above.

If you remember your first relationship again, maybe it's about like that, it's just happened in younger age so it's perfectly normal.

But, if that was happening in university age, you can say it's kinda silly because it's already an era where you spoke love directly in front of the person that you like and making serious commitment for the real future.

So, we do need boyfriend at least in high school. That's my assumptions (for some people).
Then we won't be in too much euphoria when someone told that he loves you (finger crossed) and won't be too desperate if it doesn't work like the fairy tale that we always dreamt
because..., you've been through this once before, haven't you? So, it's always become eeeeasier for the next.

And the bad news is, i also haven't had one...

Aksel akan segera ditutup...

Di tengah hiruk pikuk perkuliahan yang bikin pengen njedotin kepala ke tembok tiap hari, masih ada aja yang tetep bisa bikin ketawa...

Tiba - tiba muncul sebuah posting mengejutkan di dalam page group kita :

Ask : ada rumour AKSEL AKAN SEGERA DITUTUP. ada yg punya info lbih lanjut??

Answers:

R.A : setuju, biar tingkat strees dan bunuh diri remaja dapat ditekan :D

M.P : wew...ra seru nhu nek ditutup..

N.S.U : beruntunglah kita limited edition..hahaha xD

asdasd : ditutup ya gak papa, mengurangi produk2 gagal sepertiku... :D (inisial disamarkan, hahahahaha)

Jadi inget masa - masa es-em-a.., mau stress-nya kayak apa kok orang2nya pada enjoi2 aja :D...

Kangen punya rekan - rekan seperjuangan seperti mereka...

 

February Surprises

Why always kinda late to write a post?? It's not that late this time! Well yes, the surprises happened in February, but i'd just recognized the one few days ago...

What's it all about?

It's not about the real life. The surprises is about my INTERNET LIFE, haha.

First,

Our video had become  the "Video Of The Day" in Chitato Video Contest *smile*

I made this video with one of my friend and my friend's boyfriend. Though we expected the prize, it's just totally for fun. You can check this out here. The winner at 8 February  =)

Second,

I was in the SHORT LIST of the last Contest Entry "Raasta Dress" in looklet.com *big smile*

Short List is the 20 choosen nominates from all entry to fight for the winner. It's been a while since i'm in looklet and no sign of me being capable in design world. But this changed my mind (although, i don't know what's going on next, did i win or not?? But that's doesn't matter, haha.)

Here's what my design looks like :

and a link to my page

so, if you are lookleting..,feel free to add me, i will add you back =)

And about reality, i mean REAL LIFE, can't count how many surprises that God had given to me. But one that i will remember is :

i count that as Third,

my research proposal was being accepted and funded *big big smile*

So,

nothing else, but THANKS GOD !! Thank you very much...

Looking forward for what will happen in this March =)

Hwaitiiiing !!

My House is Getting Crowded

About a month ago, a white furry newcomer entered my house. Based on my search in internet, it's a Pomeranian, mini white cream pomeranian. My father's friend give it to us. I was honored to give its named Wookie =D (yes, another Wookie from Super Junior).

This little fella surely bring it's own new color to brighten our days. I'll show you another cute poses :

Yes, it's super cute when asleep =)

Then,

two days ago, my Fox-terrier and  Rottweiler had given birth a seven cute babies, but one didn't survive.

Nowdays our house is crowded by the sound of dog barking and puppies crying (seems like the older residents can't accept the newcomer yet).

But, it's totally FUN !!

Seeing a new life starts in this world..,ah, i will never get bored of it. =)

So, do you want a puppy?

i'm dreaming for a OUT-OF-TEST Christmas ..

While another student have been prepared for going to their homeland and spending Christmas holiday with their family, we (me and friends of my year) have to face the truth about spend the holiday with ready-to-explode head. Why? See our schedule for two weeks before and after new year :

22 December 2010 : final test of physiology lab

23 December 2010 : final test of anatomy lab

24 December 2010 : terminal quiz of bio-dental-material subject

27 December 2010 : final test of pathology anatomy lab

29 December 2010 : final test of dental material lab

31 December 2010 : fiinal test of dental anatomy lab

3 - 14 January 2011 : FINAL EXAM

Man, that's a really nice Christmas gifts.

So, later blog! See you next year.

Merry out of mind Christmas and Happy dazzling New Year !!

La Corda of My Life

Did you ever read a manga entitled La Corda D'Oro ??

It's a story of a girl name Hino Kahoko a student of General Education of Seiso Academy that knows nothing about playing music. One day she meets a music fairy named Lili who gives her a magical violin which everyone can play as long as as long as they know the tune and play it with heart.

So, she manages to join the prominent musical competition, that so far only the very best students of Music  School had been chosen for joining. They doubt Hino because she's not from the Music School . But thanks to the magical violin she can handle it, she can prove to them that she can play it well or even better from another contestant.

That's a little summary...

...

I'm envy her, Hino Kahoko.

Envy her alot.

Not because those handsome boys of Music School finally fall in love with her, but...

let me tell you my story...

It's really like i was there too. Seiso Academy, Music School. Surrounded by a lot of people like those in the comic. All instrument that they touch became a stunning music that nobody will get bored of hearing.
I was there, almost like Hino Kahoko, maybe better because i  have very little background of music.  But, somehow i believed myself for joining the competition with them.

And they doubt me. I wish i could make it happen, but i have no Lili nor magical violin that could make me suddenly become a talented player.
So, there i was. Just make myself looked very pathetic around.

And,

they kicked me out...
Well, that's predictable, but that's still got me very depressed and even thought of quit everything about music.

But then, i thought it once again.

If i quit here i will get nothing besides rotten guitar in the corner of my room.
I know i have to keep practicing, until one day i found my own magical guitar which i can play as long as i know the song and play it with my heart.

Hoping for that day to come...


i will always playing, at least for my own self to hear...

Merapi's Chronicles

Since it's been my third post about Mount Merapi's effects through my life, i will give an additional title Merapi Chronicles for all my post related to it.

And.., what i want to write here is, besides all the ashes, gloomy days, worriedness, i got sms last friday that made my heart jump to the sky :

dari bu atun ka.pengajaran:surat resmi terbaru dari UGM, kegiatan akademik diliburkan sampai 13 November

One week holidays...unyuuuuu
.




So,
i'd moved away from that mountain right now that i can't give a direct report from closer place.
Just pray and hope that everything will get better very soon.

I don't want to be something to worried about (Merapi's Chronicles)

I can't count how many call and sms coming to ask if i'm alright. I'm very appreciate all your concern, but i'm not the type that like to be worried about or i don't like if any people worried about me...

It's so annoying for knowing that you're being a burden in someone's head.

But now, yes, they're worried about me. It's all because Mount Merapi that had been erupted for more that a week and this evening's eruption was the biggest (according to mass media). And I am staying in the one of the nearest town from that mountain.

Huhh !!
I don't want anybody worried about me, but, while i'm writing this, i started to worried about myself.

Better set up my emergency-flee bag ...

update : 3 days after the raining-ashes

It's snowing !? Nope, It's ASH-ing (Merapi's Chronicles)

A phone call from my parents awoke me this morning. They asked me to look outside, and you now what i got? ALL COVERED IN WHITE !! (ummm, it's white-gray)

The next things i hope was neighbor's kids would run and yell "It's snowing!!" like the scene in many movies.

...
But, what's in movie will stay in movie. It's not snowing here, it's RAINING ASH ..

This is the second time i got my day with this white-grayish things. The first one was really a long time ago. It's all because the Mount Merapi that became very active since last week. And last midnight it had erupted again, seemed it was the bigger than the previous eruptions.

And that was giving a dramatic effect to my dorm, it's suddenly crowded with parents that came from different towns who's worried with their children. My own parents? My dad kept calling me from two o'clock in the morning (and i had just answered around six, sorry dad :( ). I told them i will be fine, it's unnecessary to come here, and oh, it's just ashes! You should coming here if it's raining money ^o^ ...

I took some pictures how's the scenery outside my room...

This is the comparative :

before the raining ashes

and after

Taken by my beloved Nokia N73 camera.

See? In a glance it's surely like snowing.
Now, i and all the people and Yogyakarta, only hope for one thing : RAIN !!

Journey Back

it's just the same

i'm going through the same path i'd always walked before
i will take the old rusty bus i'd usually took before
i will walk to same the room, which i will staying alone inside just like before
but i feel glad
i don't know where it's going, the heavy feeling when i step in the train and left my hometown
it's suddenly gone after i breath the first air in my destination
and i feel calm
more, i feel glad

i feel like everything will workout, somehow (at least for this week)...

yep,
i gotta move on with my life...

thank's for everything there
thank's GOD for awaking me from my beautiful dream to this reality

Jogja,
i'm back

Fools

again..,
i'm standing here..,waiting for something i knew would never come...
what a fool...

Akhirnya muncul lagi posting-an baru di blog ini...

Yang pertama kali harus saya ucapkan adalah permohonan maaf pada semua pembaca untuk ke-vakum-an blog ini beberapa bulan terakhir. Mohon hal ini dimaklumi karena memiliki alasan - alasan yang sangat patut untuk dipertimbangkan, diingat, dan ditinjau ulang. Berikut adalah alasan - alasan yang dimaksud beserta penjelasan secukupnya :

1. Ga ada koneksi internet di kos-an

Yup,kalo hari - hari produktif di jogja, rasanya udah serasa hidup di pedalaman. Jarang banget yang bersentuhan sama yang namanya chat, facebook, apalagi sempet - sempetnya nge-blog...

2. Persiapan UAS Januari lalu

UAS nya emang Januari, tapi ngos-ngosannya udah dari November. Dosen - dosen pad ngejar materi, tugas ini, tugas itu, presentasi ini, presentasi itu, makalah ini, makalah itu, dsb...

3. Habis UAS ?? Balas dendam!!

Begitu selesai UAS..,langsung deh, kumat semua! Tidur seharian, dolan seharian, dan yang paling parah : nge-game seharian. Apalagi akhir - akhir ini lagi kecanduan sama game - game baru yang bikin lupa kalo aku punya blog yang harus diurus...

So,

kesimpulannya, 

Teman - teman yang mau bikin blog..,janganlah mencontoh saya..!?

"Jika kau mencari sesuatu yang penting dalam hidup.., carilah dari mana kamu memulai perjalananmu..."

wah...nggak sengaja aku dapet ungkapan itu..
gara2 hari ini hidup lagi - lagi ngasih pelajaran yang berharga...

sepele sih..,
cuma masalah "kunci yang hilang"...

ceritanya..

setelah kuliah selesai seperti biasa..,
aku pulang ke kos..,
dan..,
tung..tung..
mulai clingukan di dpn gerbang..
"kuncinya tadi ta taro mana ya!?"

dan bener aja..,
ga ada di saku jaket,
ga ada di saku clana,
ga ada di tas..
ga ada di saku kemeja.. (emang kemejaku ga ada sakunya.. :D)
pokoknya ga ada di mana mana...

waduuuuhh..,
mulai panik..
adrenalin meningkat..
untung ada embak2 yang mau keluar-masuk gerbang juga..
bisa numpang dibukain deh..
(thx y mb..,ga tau namanya, sori..)


ide pertama yang terlintas di benakku adalah tracking dari awal aku berangkat sampe pulang..
udah deh.,
panas2 (tengah hari itu) ..,aku menyusuri lagi setapak demi setapak jalan yang ku lalui mulai dari tadi pagi...

dan..

ga ketemu juga !!

waduuh..,
udah deh..,bisa bisa ga pulang ke solo minggu ini..


namun..,
Tuhan masih mengabulkan doa ku kali ini..


ternyata aku melewatkan suatu bagian paling awal dalam perjalananku pagi ini..,
yaitu MENGIKAT TALI SEPATU..
yah..,
ternyata aku lupa kalau aku waktu mengikat tali sepatu..,kuncinya aku taro di beranda...

untung juga ada yang mau nyimpenin kunci ku..
(Thank's Bu Dar..)

dan akhirnya..,
happy ending..
i can spend this night in my home sweet home..
(though i had to run to catch the train)

once again..,
thx GOD..

n i want to tell you

"if u'r looking for the important part of your life..,search it from the first part of your journey"

trust me...
it's work ..!!

Gifts from Hearts...

yah..,
ga kerasa skrg udah 17 taon..

trims bwat smua nya yg udh bantuin aku sampe bisa kaya sekarang...

dan..,

ga nyangka ternyata aku bakal dapet pengalaman yg tak terduga...


waktu itu malem minggu kliwon...(hahah, ngasal ah!)
tiba - tiba ada 4 orang datang menyambangi kediamanku....

dua di antaranya memakai baju hitam - hitam dengan tampang mencurigakan..

wah,
aku mulai cemas..,apalagi banyak gosip kalo akhir - akhir ini densus 88 sedang mengintai kota solo dan sekitarnya..(dan ternyata gosip itu benar..)

dengan tubuh gemetar dan keringat bercucuran (lebaii) akhirnya aku beranikan diri membuka pintu..,
dan ternyata..

aku hampir pingsan ketika tahu bahwa yang datang adalah teman2ku sendiri..,teman2 smp ku..
masa teman2 smp ku direkrut densus 88..!? (dunia bisa terbalik)


singkat cerita..,
setelah perdebatan dan pergulatan yang cukup panjang akhirnya aku sadar bahwa mereka bukan densus 88..,
mereka ditugaskan oleh seorang mbah dukun yang ingin menitipkan sebuah barang keramat padaku dan ternyata barang itu adalah...


hadiah ulang tahun (duar..duar..)

udah cukup ah ngarang nya..,
langsung masuk ke inti aja..
barang keramat, eh, hadiah itu ternyata mengandung filosofi..(walaupun bikinnya mendadak kan... :D)


penasaran..!? (harus penasaran!)


baiklah,
kita mulai..

3

2

1

...

jeng jeng...


dari yg paling luar.. ada kotak persegi panjang dengan pita kuning..,

filosofinya akan dijelaskan oleh orang yg berwenang dibawah gambar...



kotak persegi
kata mbah dukun : kami memilih bentuk kotak bukan segitiga ato lingkaran karena itu tempat yang pas untuk menaruh hadiahmu... (hmm...ga penting ah)
kami tidak ingin setiap benda ataupun yang dimiliki seseorang ditempatkan di tempat yang kurang pas karena itu dapat merusak ataupun mengurangi fungsional benda tersebut.. (wah, sangat matematis..)



pita warna kuning
mbah dukun : walaupun kotak tersebut sudah menarik namun kami masih ingin memberikan sesuatu yang lebih menarik lagi buat u.... dan kami pikir pita itu cukup membuatnya lebih menarik n cantik jika dibandingkan kotak yang polos...
knapa gak dibuat polos itu karena kita sekarang sudah menjadi lebih dewasa jadinya kita juga harus bisa mulai mempernarik diri di hadapan semua orang agar kita tidak dinilai sebagai anak kecil lagi... (yang ne gak begitu penting).. (emank kye dari awal ga penting..!? :D)

selotip
mbah dukun : Karena kami ingin stiap hal yang kita miliki itu susah ato sulit sekali di ketahui orang lain. (ah, engga juga..) kami ingin menguncinya rapat-rapat, cos itu adalah privasi setiap orang... (loh,kalian kan udah tau,..bukan privasi lagi itu namanya.. :D)
karena jika setiap privasi itu diketahui ma orang lain maka setiap rahasia dan kelemahan kita pun akan di ketahui orang lain...
sehingga kita menjadi susah dalam mempertahankan kelangsungan hidup ini...
terutama jika kelemahan tersebut di ketahui oleh orang yang ingin menjatuhkan kita.. (wah, yang ini baru bagus... ^^)


berikut..,kita bukan tutupnya..,
dan
duaaaarrr......!!



ada 6 lolipop..,
mari kita tanya si embah apa filosofinya...

mbah dukun : Itu maksudnya kami ingin jadi teman yang bisa buat u happy terus n slalu ngerasa klo hidup ne semanis lolipop... n jumlahnya nandain jumlah temen2 yang ngasih tu hadiah.... (iya ya..,pertamanya aku juga g nyadar...)


lalu...,di bawah lolipop...



loh..,

bungkus koran..!?
mbah dukun : tu yang paling susah...
cos gak da bungkus yang lain... ( gubrakz !! )

masih ada lanjutannya..
kami ingin agar u gak ngebawa rasa happy itu berlebihan tapi juga agar kita dalam rasa bahagia itu melihat dunia luar yang penuh tantangan...
kebahagiaan...
kecemasan....
kesedihan...
keyakinan...
kebimbangan...
dan masih banyak lagi yang sa buat kita menjadi sosok yang lebih dewasa...
dalam menjalani kehidupan...
(ah, mekso ah... :p)


dan...,
dibalik kertas koran itu ada...



kyaaa... >.< plastik (ya ampunn, sampe plastik sgala... )
mbah dukun : karena kami gak ingin inti dari hadiah itu menjadi kotor kami ingin menjaga setiap ap yang kita miliki agar selalu bersih baik dari luar maupun dari dalam...

Jagalah hati, jangan kau kotori.
jagalah hati, cahaya Ilahi... (maaf, ga punya receh maz..., :D)

dan..,
hadiah utamanya.



DHOM-Vet !!
mbah dukun : kami memilih dompet karena menurut kami dompet merupakan suatu alat yang dapat digunakan untuk menyimpan benda-benda penting n mudah di bawa... (kalo itu mah aku sudah tau..)
kami ingin agar u selalu membawa setiap pokok2 kehidupan yang penuh arti baik dari teman-temanmu, musuhmu maupun siapapun kapanpun dan dimanapun agar u dapat menggunakannya untuk memecahkan setiap masalah kehidupan yang ada... (wah..,dalem!)
sama seperti uang yang selalu bermanfaat dimanapun ketika kita ingin membeli sesuatu...





nah..,itu dia sekelumit penjelasan dari mbah dukun tentang barang yg sangat dikeramatkan ini.....



yah..,
tak ada kata yg bisa saia ucapkan lagi selain terima kasih untuk kalian semua..,

kalian sudah memberikan hadiah teridah dalam hidup saia..,
bukan kotaknya,
bukan lolipopnya,
bukan dompetnya.. (lah terus apa..!?)




menjadi sahabat
dalam suka dan duka...




from friend..,
rose..


special thanks to :

Rebecca Octavia
a.k.a Rebec

Lucia Anindita D.P
a.k.a Luci

Julius Radian Galih H
a.k.a Phellow

Brian Pradipta
a.k.a Engkoeng

Riyadhi Hertansa
a.k.a Pak Leo

Edward Deicha
a.k.a Edo