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this is why i love xkcd.

dream camera

this is one reason why i’ll work 8,3 years with a half-million rupiah wage each month just to buy a Leica M8. The good side is i can practice in the mean time so i can actually take good photo like this one. yeah, the camera’s price is a dizzy five thousand dollars.

reg (spasi) something to do

pukul 10.23 malam hari

“ketik REG spasi PRIMBON, kirim ke 9877!”
somehow it reminds me of primbon.com

17 menit kemudian

“ketik REG spasi WETON, kirim ke 9877!”
dari iklannya dipastikan ini saudaranya PRIMBON

12 menit kemudian

“ketik REG spasi MANJUR, kirim ke 9877!”
tadinya kirain ada reg spasi beton, ternyata ada variasi

15 menit kemudian

“ketik REG spasi NIA, kirim ke 9090″
at least kita jadi tau nia ramadhani ulang taun di bali

11 menit kemudian

“ketik REG spasi MAMA, kirim ke xxxx!”
i forgot the number. oh, this one is mama lauren’s

iklan berikutnya

“ketik REG spasi MOTOGP, kirim ke 9388!”
standar, skip.

diantara iklan esia dan acara modif motor

“ketik REG spasi MAIN, kirim ke 9877!”
wow, rupanya 9877 ga hanya punya mbah2

diantara iklan-iklan di atas

“ketik REG spasi PACAR, kirim ke 9554!”
ada yang mau coba? atau ada yang udah coba?

dan saat ini seseorang dengan nomer hp 08117004xxx bernama Yudit dari Batam baru menang Honda Tiger dengan suara lempeng.

Ah, midnight TV, how i love loathe them.

summer movies galore

Iron Man
Speed Racer
Chronicle of Narnia: Prince Caspian

3 summer movies in two weeks and I’ve watched all of them (damn, this is why I love summer). Well here’s my take so far: Iron for story, Racer for pure thrill, Caspian for thirst of epic battle. Because I don’t like Iron’s short fighting sequence, Racer’s stupidly-funny-but-shallow story, or Caspian’s mouse-in-boots (I really hate it), those three are pretty satisfying enough.

Of course, the still one more: Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of Crystal Skull.

Having watched (and collected the DVDs) Indiana Jones series, I can safely say that this is one movie I would watch with no tolerance of arriving late at the cinema, none whatsoever.Indy’s my lost ark, it’s my holy grail. I’ve read some of the early reviews on the net this morning (aintitcoolnews.com have the compilation of them and adds some anonymous ones as well) and it seems that I wouldn’t be disappointed. Crack the whip, Indy!

Oh and yesterday I just saw the full trailer of ML (Mau Lagi). My friend told be there’s a TV spot as well but it’s likely censored. My jaw left wide opened upon when I watched the two and a half minutes of it. It IS the most sexually-explicit modern Indonesian movie ever (I can’t compare it to those silly-titled movies from 70’s such as “Ranjang Asmara”, which until today still exist in small theatres. Yes I made up the title, but it won’t be too different from the real ones). It’s also one of the worst trailer because it ends with a line that goes like “Lo gak boleh ML selama 30 hari!” after a scene of jacuzzi “party”. I’m no opponent of any kind of movie (having watched Shortbus’s homosexual-threesome scene really boost your tolerance), but I think this movie (directed by that Shankar) is just….too much. It will suck, yes, and it will be remembered as the movie that you wish wouldn’t exist.

On the lighter side, Spike Jonze’s The Fall will be playing at Blitz PVJ this June. Add Wall-E and June’s gonna be sweet. Totally.
Well then, back to yet-to-be-finished Algorithmic Strategy paper :p

for how long?

Sometimes I just wish that ships never sink,
Or there’s no ship to cross the ocean,
Or there’s no ocean left to be explored,
Or there’s no need to go anywhere at all.

I want to set sail with you
but it seemed that we’re stranded here,
in this little stretch of sandy beach

Talking, laughing, crying
with no special feeling
and left me wondering
will you ever know anything?

Mmm I don’t really care
hey, our life is still the same
I just want to be with you here
until your rescue ship came

stupid things : part one

…ok,gw ga tahan lagi. gw harus berbagi ke seluruh dunia.

mengalahkan iklan Roncar dan iklan Him,
melibas lagu D’Masiv dan Garnet Band,
meninggalkan semua yang ada di TV saat ini,

so hilarious, so weird, so unforgettable,
meet ramdaffe’s videoclip of the year

selamat menyaksikan.

*and don’t complain to me for the side effects