Star Hub Inet conn is so damn slow

Turn out this is my second post of the day after I neglect this blog awhile due to my hectic job *sob sob sob*

My question is what the hell is wrong with Star Hub connection??
Is significantly slower than usual for the last 5 days. I have to load my gmail using the static HTML mode. *menggenaskan*

*grumble grumble grumble*

Why CR7 why??

Duuuuuuuhhhhhh mak... apa si yang dipikiran pemilihnya? kok bisa bisanya nih orang-tengil-yang-sibuk-ngerawat-alis-dan-tukang-ngadu menang jadi pemain terbaik tahun 2008?

why why why????

Here is the complete list from to 1991 to 2008
1991—Lothar Matthaeus, Jerman
1992—Marco Van Basten, Belanda
1993—Roberto Baggio, Italia
1994—Romario, Brasil
1995—George Weah, Liberia
1996—Ronaldo, Brasil
1997—Ronaldo, Brasil
1998—Zinedine Zidane, Perancis
1999—Rivaldo, Brasil
2000—Zinedine Zidane, Perancis
2001—Luis Figo, Portugal
2002—Ronaldo, Brasil
2003—Zinedine Zidane, Perancis 2004—Ronaldinho, Brasil
2005—Ronaldinho, Brasil
2006—Fabio Cannavaro, Italia
2007—Kaka, Brasil.
2008—Cristiano Ronaldo, Portugal --> why why why????

Gehh..............

Just read an article at detik.com soal peraturan baru disebuah negara. Peraturan yang menyatakan bahwa yoga itu terlarang untuk dilakukan oleh penganut agama tertentu, dengan alasan bahwa dalam yoga itu terkait praktik-praktik agama tertentu yang bisa merusak iman penganut agama lain.

Sebagai pecinta yoga (yang walaupun bodoh tidak bisa-bisa melakukan gerakan dengan sempurna sampai membuat instruktur frustasi), saya tidak habis pikir kenapa ada orang yang bisa terpikirkan membuat peraturan semacam ini. Selama beryoga, tidak pernah terpikirkan sedikitpun bahwa gerakan-gerakan yang dilakukan itu merupakan ajaran dari agama tertentu. Yang dipikirkan cuma "Oh God, buset pegel banget. How long do I have to stay in this position? Ketarik nih arrrrgggh. Help!"

Yoga yang selama ini saya ketahui dan praktekan (once again ini pendapat amatiran) cuma gerakan olahraga biasa plus pernafasan. Tidak ada tuh meditasi yang mendalam dll dll. Cuma ada cooling down after, yang harusnya biasa dong, aerobik aja melakukan hal itu. Huaaaah.... exhale.

Padahal belum lama saya juga membaca bahwa negara ini melarang anak perempuan berperilaku tomboy. Alasannya simpel karena takut itu akan mengarah ke arah mencintai sesama jenis. Gubrak...
Give me a break... walaupun 1 jenis khan tetep aja ada yang perannya lebih feminim dan yang lebih tomboy. Jgn men-samarata-kan gitu dong. For example, Portia de Rossi khan cantik, feminim, hot blonde girl. Tapi toh tetep dia marry Ellen, not a guy. Kalau memang sudah panggilan hati mau gimana lagi?

Beberapa bulan sebelumnya juga dikeluarkan larangan agar perempuan tidak mengenakan lipstik merah menyala. I mean, what????! Apa salahnya pake lipstick merah kalau memang bagus dan cocok? Kayaknya tidak ada cewe sebagai pemakai yang berniat menggunakan lipstick yang membuat dia tampak lebih jelek or looks like a whore/slut/tramp/hooker. Namanya juga make up! Suppose to make us girls prettier. Up people up! Not make down.

Kenapa dijaman yang pendidikan dan teknologinya sudah semaju saat ini, masih saja terdapat orang-orang yang memilih untuk menggunakan peraturan yang ketat untuk mengontrol masyarakatnya. Bukankah seperti seorang anak kecil yang ingin mengambil pasir sebanyak mungkin untuk membangun kastil impiannya dipantai, yang belajar bahwa semakin kencang dia menggenggam, semakin banyak pasir yang berjatuhan disela-sela jari mungilnya? yang belajar bahwa dengan mengendurkan cengkraman justru dapat menampung pasir lebih banyak.

Very Bad Service at Samara Sunda

Today I had lunch at Samara Sunda located in WTC Basement. It's drizzled all day, so all of the restaurants are fully booked, except for Samara Sunda. Yes, it was crowded but four of us were able to secure comfortable seat.

After taking forever to have our order taken, we finally ordered 2 rice (1 without 'bawang goreng'), 1 avocado juice, 1 ayam madu (paha) and ayam bakar bumbu rujak (dada)
Tunggu punya tunggu.....
10 minutes later

waiter-boy 1: "Mbak, avocado juicenya abis, mo diganti apa?"

Since I had my mineral water I said no to the waiter

next 25 minutes

waiter-boy 1:"Pak, ayam madunya abis yang paha, adanya dada gimana?

mico:"Oke deh gpp"

7 minutes later

waiter-boy 1 while bringing my rice with 'bawang goreng' :"Pak, ternyata ayam madunya abis, adanya ayam bumbu rujak, mau diganti tidak?"

mico: "ga ah ganti nasi bakar ajah"

me: "pak khan saya pesennya ga pake bawang goreng"

waiter-boy 1: "oh gak pake ya bu, sebentar yah"

3 minutes later the nasi bakar was arrived

another 5 minutes my rice(now without bawang goreng) plus ayam bumbu rujak (paha) were arrived

me: "loh mas khan saya pesannya dada"

waiter-boy 1:"oh pesennya dada ya bu. sebentar ya bu"

2 minutes later

waiter-boy 2:"bu, ayam bumbu rujaknya yang dada abis. adanya tinggal paha"

me: "loh gimana sih mas. saya barusan liat mas masih bawa-bawa ayam bumbu rujak yang dada pas anterin nasi, kok sekarang abis?!!"

waiter-boy 2:"baru dikasih tau bu abis, adanya tinggal ini".

me: "yang lain ada yang dada ga?"

waiter-boy 2:"yang ada ayam bakar madu dada"

me: "loh gimana sih katanya tadi ayam bakar madunya abis sekarang bilangnya ada"

waiter-boy 2:"oh gitu ya bu, jadi gimana bu?"

me, irritated and hungry: "ya udah deh gimana lagi"

we ate peacefully and then the bill came.... and the avocado juice was included in the bill!!. so I called the waiter boy 2 and said: "mas kok masih ditagih avocadonya?"

waiter-boy 2:"loh ga jadi pesan ya bu?"

upset me with high-pitch voice: "loh yang bilang avocadonya abis khan kalian gimana sih?!!!!!!"

waiter-boy 2:"oh sebentar ya bu"

gggggggggggggggggggrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

very very upseting service. what made me upset the most was there was no one word apology came from their mouths. they just say it casually like "okay this is the only food left, you wanna take it or not". huh!
it's too bad i could find the contact number to complaint. ggggrrrrrr.....

this is the logo of the restaurant

Got Irritated

I got irritated this morning. It's been quite a long time since I got irritated this easily. The reason is very simple, because the client, the sales director, was asking questions repeatedly and yet he didn't give us enough chances to answer those.
I hate that kind of people!!
I mean, what the point of asking, if you don't want to listen the answer???
Before asking, I think the questioner should be prepare that he/she must spend enough time to hear the answer or else just hold the question for yourself
Huh!
Bawel, brisik, nanya mulu, bolot, ngeyel....

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.

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.

Frustrated!

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

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....

Jakarta and Bali

What are the differences between Jakarta and Bali? Why Bali is so popular among foreign tourist while Jakarta is not? The answer can be a lot of things. It could be the beautiful beaches Bali has, the mountains, the tradition, or the unique souvenirs.

But for me, the main difference is because Jakarta people can not learn when to shut their mouth. This morning, I went to my meeting place with my friend as usual (I go together with my friends everyday to the office). I wore my company jacket which is slightly oversize. And when I walked passed two men, one of them yelled, "Loh, kok ga ada tangannya!"

Why? why did he have to say things like that? Why can't he just shut his mouth and let the pedestrian walked by in peace? and not only this people, most of "tukang ojek, anak-anak muda pengangguran" does the same things. Not only the boys, but the girls also. Pissed me off!

When I went to Bali, everything was so different. No "mulut-mulut jahil" everywhere, no matter what I wear or what I do.

I implore the Jakarta government to put "people education about basic manner" as one of their top priorities, if they want to improve Jakarta Tourism. Let the tourist feel save not just physically and belongings save, but emotionally save.

Not going home on Lebaran

I don't think I can go home on Lebaran this year. Instead, I will ask my mother to come to Jakarta. The train tickets are all sold out within 3-4 minutes after the locket opens. This happens every year and I don't see any significant improvement from the government to make the transportation better, which is ridiculous. Actually, it's getting worse and harder for us to get the tickets.

Fact that passengers are increasing within every year should be anticipated by the transportation department. I heard many people came to the station a day before the opening day. People who came in the morning would not get any chance of getting the ticket. No matter how early you were.

One word: Payaaaaaaah!

PS: Just got an update, the ticket price is sky rocket high. More than 150% than the usual. Haiya..