Friday, September 26, 2008

Curses of the day

Yesterday, me and my boyfriend waited the elevator with 3 other people from other companies that share the floor with the company I work for..
After waited several minutes the bell rang and one of the elevator doors were opened, and all of us headed there.
But when I was in front of the lift, suddenly the doors are closing (on purpose, by the people inside and by the people who waited together with me)
I didn't want to stuck my hands between the doors because it is a quite old elevator with no sensor.
Angry, I pound the door without result. What made me more upset is the giggle I heard from the b*****s inside.
Grrr...
People with no manner!

As usual, an angry me always make curses to help me feel better. So, this time the winning curse for them is:
"got in a bus, the bus is very crowded, no seat available, has to stand beside a very very very smelly person, the bus stuck in the traffic"

hohoho.. cruel enough?

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Daniel Craig as James Bond - Continued

A...ha!
Wednesday morning and I read this article.
Quoting from detikhot that "Ciri Khas James Bond hilang dalam Quantum of Solace"
For you who doesn't want to bother to click the link, the missing parts are "Bond, James Bond" and "Shaken not stirred"
Everyone who knows me should've known by now that I think James Bond was lost since "Casino Royale". The one who is in the movie is not, I repeat is not James Bond, I prefer to call him James Blonde.

Monday, September 22, 2008

Daniel Craig as James Bond

Bond, James Bond.
The most famous British secret agent in the world (at least that is what I know of)
Until now there are 6 actors trying to portray the image of the spy, Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Bronsnan, and Daniel Craig.
I only watched 2 of them: Pierce Bronsnan and Daniel Craig.

Speaking of Daniel Craig, I often hear lots of positive comments about him especially from boys (or man? :D). They said that he is very cool, macho, and 'keren'. Very suitable to play James Bond. That is something I can not understand you guys!

Yes, I admit that since Mr.Craig, James Bond actions have been more thrilling and exciting. But that's it. For me, every time I hear the words "James Bond" the image that pops in my head is a playboy, passionate, handsome, sophisticated full of gadgets spy. An image that is supported by the author himself. Regarding him (means James Bond), Ian Fleming (the creator) wrote in The Times, October 21, 1962 (and I quote) "James Bond is a highly romanticized version of a true spy" and until now, I find it hard to find the romantic side of Mr. Craig. All I can see is the 'killing-aura' all over him. Where is the passion??? He looks so angry all the time instead of cool.

In short, menurut pendapat pribadi, Mr. Craig tidak lah mewakili secara utuh sosok James Bond dengan segala imagenya yang sudah terbentuk selama ini. Terlepas apakah filmnya menjadi lebih seru karena actionnya lebih memikat. For me, he is not "the James Bond" I always imagine all this time.

Sorry Mr. Craig and his fans.

Mama Mia the Movie

Yesterday, we watched Mama Mia the Movie (it isn't the one that's produced by Indosiar okay???) at Djakarta Theater.
Since it is a musical drama kind of movie, I highly recommend this movie only to girls or to everyone else who loves to sing and dance or the one who is an ABBA big fans. Hengky said the singing were too much! Haha.

The story is just okay, the voice of the casts are mostly great, but of most all is the the beach! Oh God, It's gorgeous!! And I have to comment this, even though Mr. Bronsnan is having a fat belly now, he still looks fabulous wearing any kind of clothes. Huah. The one and only true James Bond, I acknowledge.

Avoid Arjuna Street

Last Saturday, my boyfriend wanted to do his monthly routine (having a hair cut) at TA.
The traffic from Kemanggisan to TA was terrible, specially on Arjuna Selatan and Arjuna Utara.
It turned out that there is project to build a new street to link TA directly to S.Parman Street.
So, if you want to go to TA, just take S Parman instead.

Updated on 17 October 2008
It's safe now. The traffic activity back to normal. Sorry for the late update. Been so lazy lately

Thursday, September 18, 2008

Types of Developer

Based on 6 years experience in custom development application there are 3 types of developer.

The first one is "It's very hard, needs a lot of time" type of developer. They will give you impression that everything you need to be build are impossible to do. In order to fulfill your demands, they must use all their skill or even learn a new very difficult skill. They are usually the type of developer hated by the Project Managers, business analysts or clients. Most of them are stupid, lazy or both. Their words can not be trusted. Do deduct 50 to 100 percent from the time they gave you and you will get the real time needed.

Type number two is "Can do it, piece of cake" type of developer. These type of developers usually are geeks. They love love love love to code. Full of optimism, too much optimism. Favorite among clients and business analysts. Their words can not be trusted either. Add 50 to 100 percent from the time they gave you then it's probably when the program will be done.

The last one is the rare one. This type is supposes to be the perfect one. Enthusiast but not take it for granted, smart, hard working, and most of all on time. The truth is, I never met with this type. I even doubt that they exist in this world. Because certainly, they did not exist in my world. Maybe in Googleplex........

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Frustrated!

Aaaarrggggghhhh.........
Frustrated. I hate lazy clients. Huh!

Monday, September 15, 2008

Recommended Photographers

After spending lots of time searching in weddingku, finally 'the list' is compiled and completed. I think if I had Unca Scrooge money and lots of free time, I would want them all to be my prewed photographers. Anyone insterested to be my sponsor? Pahalanya guede loh. Hahahaha.

Below is the list of my recommended photographer in random order:
  1. moreno and co
    http://www.moreno-photography.com
    why: luv luv luv studio on location by kay :). especially the the family photos. Roberto studio photos are also faboulus.
  2. mario the nine
    http://www.mariothenine.com
    why: the night photos.
  3. pokolemo
    http://www.pokolemo.com
    why: The color, the pose and the angle.
  4. antheia
    http://www.antheiaphoto.com
    why: warm, bright and colorful.
  5. marsio
    http://www.neo-classic.com
    why: it's just simply beautiful. The photo styles may be not one of my fave style, but I just can't resist it ^o^
  6. Axioo
    http://www.axioo.com
    why: i love the website hahaha.. no no no just kidding (but i do love the website hahah). Look at the sweet escape section. fantastic! gw baaannngggeeeet.... ahaha
  7. edward suhadi :
    http://www.edwardsuhadi.com
    why: dah naksir since 3-4 years ago. I love the moments he captured.
  8. Faith and Grace (picked as my prewed photographers)
    http://www.fngproductions.com.
    why: simple, candid, colorful.
Huah..... hopefully the list can help others.

Sunday, September 14, 2008

Why?

After our prewed photo session is done, both of us, out of curiosity, browsing weddingku looking for prewed photographer (kinda late heh?). Don't get it wrong, we luv our prewed photos and have no intention to look for another photographer hehehe...

But I can't help but wondering why people still:
  1. Use 'kembaran' outfit..... usually: white t-shirt (cewenya kedodoran) and blue jeans. Duh noo....... ! (sopraaaaaaanooo voice). It's so 2004 huah... (Another color might not get this high-screaming-note-of-protest from me).
  2. Think that photo canvas must be a photo with the wedding gown outfit. Arrgghhh... (frustated sound) so '80 eh '70 perhaps....Don't tell me that after that, the canvas will be hanged on their bedroom wall above the bed.. Geeeeehhhh!!!!
  3. Take their outdoor prewed photos with 'studio-pose' . Alamak!.....Emang pas foto? Candid photo is usually the best to capture the moment unless of course you are Kate Moss or Gisele Bundchen or Heidi Klum or any other supermodels.
There are many other things that I (the grumpy smurf) dislike of course. But I decided to exclude them from the list because of "everyone-has-unique-taste-personal-matter". However those 3 points above are strictly banned no matter what kind of taste anyone might have.

Friday, September 12, 2008

Another Upload

Another picture has been uploaded on http://edwardsuhadi.blogspot.com

Thursday, September 11, 2008

Do's and Dont's For Prewed Photo - During Photoshot

Do's
  1. For girls, do wear a well covered underwear. Do not wear such as sexy-slutty underwear, transparent, renda-renda. You may need to change clothes in a car or on public places just covered by kain saroong. Do bring lots of kain or car window shade. Malu-malu kucingnya disimpen di box sementara. Cingcay mode on!
  2. It's time to put your in front of the mirror pose to live action. Based on my experience, when we shoot on the beach, and since the photog used a tele lens (tele means far you know that right?) So the photog had to stay away from us and try to yell the instruction which of course hard to listen (di pantai gitu loh, maap hen :P). Gimana mo gaya?
  3. Bring your accesories to mix and match with your clothes.
  4. Expres what you feel at that moment
  5. Relax and enjoy.
Dont's
  1. Don't be 'Sotoy' (sok tahu) to your make up artist and photographer. It's a big no no. You'll only make them feel pressured in a bad way. Just make sure they understand what you want, and let them do their job. I trusted Evy (make up artist) fully and for me the result was fantastic. All my friend likes it, my mother praises it and my fiance luvs it (I knew it when he tried to steal kisses and said the word 'cantik' more than his daily obligation hahaha). And as for the photographers, let's face it, event though you are supermodel, they are still the one who holding the camera and looks inside that 'tiny hole'. They obviously know and see better.
  2. Don't tell the make up artist and photographers to imitate others work. It's rude and copycat never works. Art is something you can not duplicate. It just won't be the same, and you'll end up disappointed. Instead tell them your wishes and let them fulfill it in their own creative way.
  3. Don't hold yourself back. Try to be yourself in front of the camera. Don't pretend someone that you're not. If you do, you photos won't be able to express your feeling since you're wearing a mask.
  4. Do not ask for the impossible. If you are short don't ask them to make you looks like Yao Ming. Especially for girls, don't ask them to make you looks like Giselle Bundchen, Heidi Klum nor Catherine Zeta Jones. They are photographers and make up artist, not cosmetic surgeons let alone God.

Do's and Dont's For Prewed Photo - Days Before

Days before

Do's
  1. Pack your accessories inside an easy access, hand carry bag.
  2. If you time, show them your choice of clothes and ask about their opinion. Therefore you won't be ended up stuffing your suitcase with useless clothes.
  3. Pack your shoes that match with your clothes. Girls, please do not pack all of your shoes just because they are cute :P
Dont's
  1. Do not pack to the very last minute. You never know what's going to happen. Believe me!
  2. Do not get sick.Do not forget to bring basic medicine.
  3. For girls. do not cut your hair drastically, gimana kalo hasilnya jelek?

Do's and Dont's For Prewed Photo - Preparation

Do's
  1. Surf the internet or buy wedding magazine to get you lots of fabulous ideas for your photos. You can also ask the photographer to give you ideas.
  2. Meet several photographers before you decide which one. Get to know them a bit better. Find the chemistry between you and your photographer. Ask how they usually do their photo session. Each photographers has different style. You want to know them better before you choose them.
  3. Describe and discuss your ideas with your photographer. They love to hear it. Don't forget to tell them what style that you don't like. I told my photographers (Victor and Hendry) that I hate infrared photos, fine art photos, studio-pose photos, 'too-much-landscape' photos (the photos are for my prewed album not national geography magazine! :D), 'heavy-photoshopped' photos or 'artistic-unrealistic' photos such as thumbelina girl and giant guy. Happily, they hate it too :P especially the infrared and fine art photos hahahaha...
  4. Tell them your wishes. For me: blowing bubble, playing kite (ditawarin minjem tapi malu2) and flower crown (ga kesampean, huks)
  5. Ask them what clothes you'll need to wear during the photo shoots. I was told, that I should get summer dresses. Fortunately, my friends were kind enough to lend me some of their dresses.
  6. Buy accessories according to the clothes.
  7. If you're planning to have candid journalism, do buy toys to play during the photoshoot. I bought bubble and colorful windmill (good investment). You'll need this toy, so you will have something to focus on instead of focusing on your pose (ntar terlihat kaku). Especially, when you have photo shoots in the beach. Otherwise you will have photo shoots with standard pose: holding hand, hugging, kissing, etc etc (mati gaya)
  8. Imagine all kind of poses you wanna do and start practicing in front of the mirror.
Dont's
  1. Do not choose current trend style of photography. For example: foto with infrared filter. I don't think that would be a good idea. Since when someone look your picture say a couple years from now, she/he will be able to guess which year you took that photo. You will want photos that will endure many years to come.
  2. Do not get fat. FYI, camera adds several pounds.

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

How to choose your pre wedding photographer

In case you didn’t notice, the era of ‘pre-wed photos bundled with bridal package’ is fading away. The new trend is: couple tends to hire professional freelance photographer to do their prewed photo shots. It’s not an easy task to choose among so many photographers out there. Believe me. You have to be careful, otherwise you may get disappointed.

Speaking from my own experience, to choose your pre-wedding photographer you must consider these kinds of things:

1. Money, money, money.
Every couple wants to make their prewed photos to be the best photos of them ever, but everything comes with its price. Some couples may not able to spend a fortune for prewed photos only. If don’t have any money issue, just skip this point, but if you do, then you need to set the limit on how much you’re willing to spend before you can start looking for photographer within your range. Don’t worry; there are a lot of great photographers that come with reasonable price. The most important thing is, once you have decided your limitation, let it go. Do not complaint and don’t be stingy!

2. Know what style you like.
There are various styles of photography; I’m not a pro here, so I don’t know all of them. For me, I love candid journalism. I’ve never been a fan of fine art photography for prewed photos. I find it is too gloomy and sometimes scary (I might think about it though, for different occasion). ‘Studio-pose’ photos are not working for me either (Aduh, jadul banget sih). Infrared and photos decorated with ‘romantic-puking’ words are definitely out of question. ‘Photoshopped too much” photos such as giant guy and tiny girl like Thumbelina or The Mystic look a like (you know jacky chan and Kim Hee Soon movie) are a big turn off. Engga banget deh. It’s not cute at all!

3. Define your prewed photos’ location and theme.
Spend some time to discuss with your boyfriend/girlfriend what both of you want for your prewed photos. First you need to decide whether you want indoor or outdoor photos, after that pick your prewed photos’ theme. For example: if you like to have photos dominated with green color on the background, then you can go to parks or mountains. Some couples may prefer “jalan-jalan” as their theme, while others prefer formal photos. As for us, we choose ‘jalan-jalan’ and colorful for our photos’ theme. ‘Pake kaos kembaran’ like white t-shirt and jeans? Noooo….(screaming from the top of my lungs). Other colours might be considered, but I doubt it. ‘Lucu-lucuan’/’marah-marahan’ are still 'okay' as long as not inside the studio. Because that would make it fall into ‘Studio-pose’ category (see no 2).

4. A picture speaks thousands words.
The most important thing is to realize what kind of message you want to tell others who might see your photos. At first, I thought to have the most perfect photos I should be worried about the dress, the pose (should I smile? Should I laugh? Or hugged each other?), the make up (do I look different? Menor? Medhok?), the hairdo (sanggul? Urai? Ikal? Lurus?) and other ‘tetek-bengek’ things.
But now I understand, the story I want to tell is not how cute I was or how fabulous the dress was.
My perfect photo might not the one where I looked most cute, most gorgeous, or most pretty ever. But it is the one that tells how happy we were, the one where all of our feelings at that precise moment are painted all over….

Got Uploaded

Our pre-wed photo got uploaded on FnG Website for Oct Promo .



Check it out on:
http://www.fngproductions.com/promo/promo_awaltahun.html

Update:
Check it out also on:
http://edwardsuhadi.blogspot.com/2008/09/new-deals-on-fng-in-october-2008.html

Monday, September 08, 2008

Restart......

Last Friday, one of my client asked me to go to their office to discuss about their accounting system which is implemented by the company I work for. Once I was there, I was told that the server was not connected to the network, and the MIS department was trying to restart the server.

After a while, I was informed that the server was still not connected to the network, and the MIS guy suspected that the problem was within the server it self and asked me to call the installation guy to help them.

Panic mode on. Since the application was already "go-live", I am frantically sent email and start calling everybody I know to ask for support, saying that "out of the blue the server went down".

The reply was quite simple, they asked, "Since when the server displayed the blue screen" Gubrakk.....Haiyo...there is no monitor connected directly to the server, how could I know whether the server was displaying blue screen or not. I said out of the blue not blue screen. Jeez.

Kontak sana kontak sini, tanya sana tanya sini, ijin sana ijin sini, dilempar sana dilempar sini.....
Giving up. I told them (our support/installation guy and client IT guy) to do the communication by themselves.

At 3 PM I was informed that the installation guy would come to check and then it was cancelled saying the problem could be from the hardware not the software.

At 5.30 PM the hardware guy called and told me that he was going to go to my client on monday with me.

I came home, not happy.

This morning, I came with the hardware guy, he "colok" cable from the server to his laptop, and he said, "whoa the o/s is not started" and restarted the server once again.
The problem solved.

Jengkel!
  1. Kenapa sih ga diijinin aja installation guy buat dateng aja dari kemaren liat bentar ketauan O/S nya missing file, restart ulang, beres kelar.
  2. Gimana sih orang IT kok restart server kagak ditungguin sampe bener2, ngomongnya udah2 padahal boot failure.
What a waste of time and money (my money!!!). Gggrrrrr....

Canvas Candidates

Hai all,

After a lot of consideration, finally we (I) choose 10 pictures as our canvas candidates. Please leave your comment, and your participation in the poll is highly appreciated.

Thanks
ennoe & hengky

1. Pegang Kincir

2. Duduk memandang laut

3. Maling - Polisi

4. Duh berat

5. Tarzan and Jane

6. Swasembada Tani

7. Bubble Bobble

8. Latar Ijo

9. Eskimo Kiss

10. In Front of QuickSilver

My Pre-Wedding Photoshoot, Day 2 Part 3

1. Akrobatik China

2. Gandeng

3. Pepohonan kering

4. Kiss....

5. Ranting

6. Pegang ga beli :P

7. Rakus makan kripik punya Evy

8. Disamping pohon

9. Kissing in public

10. Quicksilver

11. Left-Right: Evy, Hengky, Ennoe, Hendry, Victor

My Pre-Wedding Photoshoot, Day 2 Part 2

1. Petani

2. Ngotot mo tiup bubble

3. Cover boy palsu

4. Ci luk...baa...

5. Didepan Pure, diketawain bule2 lewat....

6.Didepan pintu toko

7. Jalan2 di Ubud

8. Nunjuk2 doang ga beli

9. Kincirku (go ban dapat 2)

10. Maen kincir bukan payung sobek2

11. Karang

12. Lift me up

13. It's the wind. Not pregnant!

14. Di perahu

15. Strolling on the beach

My Pre-Wedding Photoshoot, Day 2 Part 1

Aston Hotel - Denpasar

1. Smilling Man

2. Liat apa sih?

3. Smilling me


4. Tampak belakang

5. Bercadar

6. Duduk

7. Blur me (read: poor me)

8. Behind the curtain

9. Narcis 1

10. Narcis 2

11. Duduk senderan

Friday, September 05, 2008

My Pre-Wedding Photoshoot, Day 1

Duh......The long waiting is over. Evy sent us our raw photos in high res format. I post some of it here.

0. Hasil karya Ms. Evy Hwe


1. Baju Farid Hardja

2. Pake baju ini ah

3. Tourist Jepun nyasar.

4. Kecapekan di Sukawati

5. Menyambut Lebaran hahaha...

6. Silau deh

7. Peluuukk...

8. Kyk baju Elf at Xmas

9. Ayo gendong gw.

10. Gw ringan seperti peri kok!!!

11. Kuda & Monyet

12. Rumours

13. K.D.R.T

14. Smooch..