Being Disable...Shameful or Thankful? Cover or Uncover it?

I hope you all who have any disability can read this and be inspired.

Everybody has his/her weakness...Physical, attitude, behaviour, psychological, and other weaknesses. Do we have to be shameful or thankful? Do we have to cover them or uncover them?

If we feel shame about our own weaknesses, it won't help. Because, you will not be brave enough to go out of the box. You will feel limited and halted.
But if you feel thankful for being differently able (not disable)you will be able to overcome them and make it you strength. So, whether the general public want to accept or refuse you, it is up to them. I bet your true families and friends will definitely accept you unconditionally. If they are not, be Strong... Show them that you are still able even though with different way. Show your strength to bury your weakness...so LEARN and STRENGTHEN yourself...
But before being accepted by others, you have to admit your own self. How would others admit when you would not?

If we uncover our weaknesses, they will truly know us better. So they will tolerate and even help us to triumph over your disability...
Let me put it like this...If a person do not know if you cant speak, they will disrespect when you do not answer them. But if they know you are differently able, they would understand.

So...What should we do? Expose or Cover? the answer is none of them...
just show that you are able...differently... en

Face (addictive) book

Oh man...I am addicted to this thing...the game, the communication, everything inside it.

dammit...

I patronize facebook a lot to update, communicate and even play "standard" games almost every hour.
Those games are just an ordinary boring games, but I am not boring playing them. haizz... what's wrong with me??? Those games like Mafia Wars, Restaurant City, and Happy farm... What's so special with those? in terms of quality, it's zero...
but in terms of togetherness where we could play with friends in facebook, it is so fun...competing with friends, cooperate with them, man..i guess that's why I am so addicted to the game..and disturb my working hours taking care of my "restaurant" in facebook..hahaha...besides, it is real time game, so you have to keep them updated. en

Creative campaigns hit to the center

I just want to share some creative campaigns that I think can inspire the viewer. Creative campaigns are catchy and easy to understand, thus the value or meaning can be communicated well to the target viewer without a bunch of words.

here's some and this can inspire you...=)


got the meaning?



so you have to choose between drink or drive. can't be both.



i guess it is obvious...

Building strengths through weaknesses..VIVA LA BARCA!!

source: www.fcbarcelona.com

This one, I was inspired by this morning's Champion's league 2009 which was a match between Barcelona vs Manchester United. I saw Lionel Messi as an amazing player that night.
He was once considered as a "rejected product" during his early training as a kid because of his low body height. His body is not as ideal as other football player. This was his regretful weakness. However, in several years...He became a very talented football player and he is one of the best. Why? it is because he can overcome his weakness and make it to be his strength. By having a short height, he has a better pace and faster run compared with others. He once could dribble the ball through several players from the middle of the field and scored (one of the player that got through by Messi was also the Keeper). What an awesome moment. With a small body, he could recover himself from falling so the ball won't be stolen by the enemy player.
After the departure of The Barca's Number 10 Ronaldinho, Messi replaced as the number 10. He got it when he was the age of 20 yo.

It is proven that he could overcome his weakness and make it to be his most valuable strength and he is succesful in bringing Barcelona achieving Treble award this year 2009(La Liga Champion, Champion's league, and Copa del Rey.
Impossible is Nothing by Adidas is a very good tag line and so much applicable for Messi...He can do it, why wouldn't we? en

For Additional info: G. Pique was with MU when the team became the champion, but this year, he was one of the Barcelona players who defeated MU.

A boy with the rejected Flower...

you all should see this...Will You laugh or be sad?
Honestly, I laughed... hmpppfff....*sorry*

Jakarta's new Hobby...NGANTRI...

Do you ever think that Jakarta people are really like to queue? I could say that Jak people are easily attracted by crowd. If they see some place fulled with people standing neatly in a long queue, they will try to join it no matter how long and how much time they would spend.

We see previous "booming" events in Jakarta when the early opening of the delicious smell Breadtalk and J.Co, are only last few years, after that, no line anymore in the store..

And now, the "newcomer" existed in Jakarta, Which is Sour Sally. I can't think and feel any satisfaction of standing on a long long long queue just for buying a cup of Frozen Yoghurt. Where is the worth of it? Wasting time just for satisfying you tongue with sour and cold thing. jeezz... Plussssss, The people in the line are more patient because of BlackBerry on their hand. Let's see how long the line would last in Sour Sally.

Well, I think Jak People do not want to be out dated. They want to know and experience the things which are trendy at the moment. Not only foods, the musics and gossips are also the same. That is why gossips and musics shows that report the newest songs and gossips can be seen everyday on various TV channels.

Ironically, not only High Income Jak People who queue in a long line, but also the low incomes. The difference is only the purpose of the queue. The low income ones are queuing in order to keep living. They do not have enough money to stay alive for tomorrow, so they stand in a line to get the Foods distributed by Government.
But, the High Income ones are queueing for only a cup or a box of "luxury" foods.

So, Are YOU one of the "dots" in the "line"? Do you have the same hobby with the other Jak Citizens? en

Mengarang bahasa inggris ala sekolahan tema LIBURAN

What an exhausting and exciting vacation in tanjung lesung!!!
Sea shore from morning to the afternoon and rice fields at the evening until morning again..hahaha..
Well..you could imagine how tiring it is..

I will start from the beginning.
It was a shinny morning even though the sea did not give us a clear sight in the water.the first 20 minutes was a devastating period.suddenly,a large. 1 meter (not really...hehee) "bandeng" swam toward us .first, I thought it was a sole baracuda which would definitely attack us when they are separated from their colony.but after it was shot, I was sure that it was bandeng.the frustrating time turned to an exciting time..


Well,after that bandeng,we did not shoot any other large fish.only some plate size "kakatua fish",grouper,and lobster..so,after 3 hours snorkeling,we decided to land ourselves and took a few hours nap.

After the sun hid itself,we took our hunting modified toyota land cruiser to the forest and rice fields.we did 2 trips in different area. Every time we decided to turn the car around,we found boars.the first area: young rice field.the boar was not so huge so I could dragged it by one hand.it did not die instantly by 5mm sniper.it took 2 shots and several ehem.."Slices" of golok.

The second area: old rice field.before we reached the rice field,we took a round about the nearby forest but we only saw foxes and cats.but after we reached the rice fields,we saw boars.this time we had 2 shooters.at the count of three,the two shooters shot the boar almost at the same time.to make sure,we gave one more shot.it was approximately 150m far.so I and 2 other persons decided to find and drag it.we found it still alive but cannot barely stand up coz the back legs are severely wounded.so it only moved creating a crop circle with the boar as the center.the breath was still heard loudly.we regret not to take the sniper with us coz we believe a 100kg boar won't die with golok.well,I shouted one of my team to come and followed by another one with the rifle.1 single shot right through its forehead killed it.

Two of us dragged it through the rice field mud.it was slipery and wet.it was so heavy so I substitute one to dragged it.yeah, it was damn heavy..after we nearly reached the car, we met a 30 degrees up slide land.it took 4 of us to push and pull the Huge boar and it caused me to have a blood bathhhhh...euww..it was warm and fresh..haha..delicious and gave me some adrenalin rush.I guess that was why vampire enjoy blood so much..hehehe..


I guess this is the end of my vacation report..hehehe...thx

What do you think about marketing?

What is Marketing? What do you think about it?
When I was younger, I thought marketing is just an annoying advertisement that disturbs my favourite tv shows, billboards that create a typical panoramic city environment with creative pictures, and finally disturbing sales people who stopped me when I was walking in the malls.

But trust me, marketing is not just that kind of things. Marketing is far way more interesting to know and understand. Knowing how a big brand like Coke and McD known widely, the story how Apple became an innovative brand, the story how nike's "swoosh" recognized globally, are the reason why I studied Marketing during my uni year.

Before I continue, what is marketing exactly?
Marketing is the social process by which individuals and groups obtain what they need and want through creating and exchanging products and value with others

Kotler.

Marketing is the management process that identifies, anticipates and satisfies customer requirements profitably -

The Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM).

yeah...the definition of marketing itself shows that it is more than advertisement, sales people, and billboards. It involves all of us. It is a process how to satisfy the customers, and we are the ones who act as customers. Without marketing process, you all wouldn't be provided with everything you need. Let's say, without marketing, you cant enjoy the aromatic delicious Starbucks Coffee at the morning. You cant enjoy wearing fashionable Vans shoes. You cant enjoy using the useful search engine google. And finally, you wont enjoy your laptop and internet that you are using to read this blog =).
Those people use marketing process in order to successfully distribute their incredible products to the end users, which are you and me.
basically, they use 4 P's... Product, which is the "thing" they provide like shoes, donuts, and tvs. Price which determines the value of the products. Place, which is where they would distribute the products to the customers. And lastly, Promotion which is the "annoying" tools that I mentioned before. However, as time goes by, I started to like every creative advertisement showed on media. For example,



Like those advertisements, marketers won't disturb the target customers but entertain by the funny and unique things. Of course marketing people have to cooperate with designers in order to create those ads.

I guess, it is enough for me to change your opinions about marketing. It is not that annoying...trust me, you'll love it if you know about the real Marketing. en

Lucky we have Google...

FYI, Google was founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin in their Dorm room several years ago. and the name "google" was inspirated from "googol" which means the large number 10100, that is, the digit 1 followed by one hundred zeros (in decimal representation)
(even I got this from googling).
I think google used this word to show that they want to be the prefect one in searching millions or billions of things in online world.

I am amazed with Google. How the vision of being "the perfect search engine" is very successful today. Even some people make google as their "god"
(see: http://www.thechurchofgoogle.org/)...

Fortunately, I am not one of them even though I love google. The Googlism people realize how damn useful and important google in today's life. Everything we need to find, you can find them just with fingers. In yesterday's world, you have to find it in "manually" through walk, drive, and read. Speaking of reading, I, as a student a year ago, found google as the best place for research. I rally thankful that today, we have google as the search engine. Imagine when our parents or older brothers were still in their school or college times, they have to stay to the library for hours. But not in my time, I could just spend my precious time in front of my laptop, accompanied with may comfortable bed and chair.

I also admire their focus and concept of creating an enjoyable job for the employees. As we know, not so many offices are enjoyable by their employees. But we can experience that in Google office. try to google it if you want to see their office...=)

And the focus...Once, they focused of building a perfect search engine. Their workers are paid for only "how to make google a better search engine"...
I think that focus makes google so damn useful, now. However, I find google is not focusing to that search engine anymore. They provide things like email, translation engine, Google earth (the amazing one), and the Google Chrome.

I like Google due to their creativity showed from how they create a fun ambiance, I mean google will change or update their logo if there is a particular events. For example, today's (20 May 2009) google picture is about the "Missing Link" of Darwin's evolution theory. the logo is like this...

Finally, Google is on my list as one of the best things created by human after Computer and Internet...=) I hope google will get better and helpful as the future awaits... en

Kuburan band

Have you ever seen Kuburan Band? For you who does not speak Bahasa, Kuburan means Graveyard. creepy isn't it?
This band is very unique, at first glance, i thought, "How come this kindda band showed on TV?" But later, I feel that the song is very catchy. The lyric is simple, especially on the reff " C Am Dm ke G ke C lagi Am Dm ke G" repeatedly, and the melody as well. ahahaha...yea...I started to like the song..

just check their clip...=)

The most Mujarab word "Terserah"

Kata terserah ini..dari masa ke masa, baik jenis kelamin M atau F selalu aja mengeluarkan kata Terserah...
Sbenernya berguna ga sih kata terserah ini? yang ada malah bikin bingung. ya ga? apalagi kalo ditanya, mau makan apa nih? terserah...mao main ke mana neh? terserah...mao nonton apa nih? terserah...huwwwwwaaaaaaaa...cape banget deh...
Padahal kita lagi minta masukkan karena emang lagi bingung. Kalo yang jawab 1 orang dan yang lainnya ada jawaban sih oke2 aja..malah bagus, mengurangi konflik dalam pilihan... tapi kalo semuanya ngmg terserah? mendingan pulang deh!!!
Kalo gak, gua bikin tempat dengan nama "TERSERAH"...Asik kan?
jadi kalo ada yang jawab terserah, bisa tau tujuannya karena emang ada tempat yang namanya terserah.
jadi kalo mao makan, menunya pun ikan terserah, udang terserah, sapi terserah...so, jangan kaget nanti dapetnya dimasak apa tuh lauknya...minumnya pun gitu....aer terserah, sirup terserah..jus terserah..hahaa
Jadi ya...harganya juga terserah Pemiliknya..hehehehe..

So, speak your mind...jangan deh ngmg terserah2 mulu..walo emang ini jawaban paling aman, tapi ini tidak akan menghasilkan sesuatu...sekali2 kalo emang lagi ga ada ide boleh deh, but not EVERY TIME!!! oke??

just want to share..hehehe....by: en

Apakah "being" Golput bermanfaat?

Tanggal 9 April lalu, banyak dari kita yang mencontreng partai dan caleg pilihan masing-masing. Akan tetapi, jika saya bertanya kepada sebagian orang, masih ada juga yang golput alias tidak memberikan suara pada pemilu lalu. Jumlahnya pun tidak sedikit.
Keputusan untuk menjadi Golput adalah hal yang sangat disayangkan. Padahal menjadi golongan putih alias netral itu tidak ada gunanya bagi diri sendiri dan negara. Memang, kebanyakan alasan orang-orang yang Golput adalah karena mereka tidak tahu mau pilih apa dan siapa. Jika tidak yakin, seharusnya kita semua mempelajari lebih dalam apa visi dan misi partai-partai tsb. Terlepas dari apakah mereka akan menjalani janji-janjinya, yang penting kita sudah melakukan tugas dan biarlah kelanjutnya berada di tangan TUHAN. Roma 13:1, “Tiap-tiap orang harus takluk kepada pemerintah yang di atasnya, sebab tidak ada pemerintah, yang tidak berasal dari Allah; dan pemerintah-pemerintah yang ada, ditetapkan oleh Allah.”
Untuk mempermudah, biar saya berikan contoh konkret. Apakah yang anda inginkan bagi Negara ini. Aman? Damai? Adil? Toleransi umat beragama? Kebebasan untuk berpendapat? Nah, kalau anda menjadi golput, berarti anda memberikan keputusan untuk memilih anda kepada orang lain yang tentu saja keinginannya berbeda dengan keinginan anda. Bisa saja, pemilih-pemilih lain ingin menjadikan Negara Indonesia ini menjadi Negara yang berdasarkan satu agama saja. Bisa juga pemilih lainnya menginginkan suatu daerah terpisah dari Indonesia ini seperti peristiwa-peristiwa terdahulu.
Tentu Anda tidak mau kan, kalau impian anda dikendalikan atau diputuskan oleh orang lain? Yang tentu saja tidak selalu sesuai dengan apa yang menurut anda baik. Dengan begitu, kita semua yang sudah memiliki hak pilih, dianjurkan untuk menggunakan haknya untuk memilih pemimpin bangsa yang sesuai dengan keinginan kita. Yang dapat merealisasikan impian-impian yang kita harapkan bagi negeri ini.
Kedua, kita sudah ditempatkan oleh TUHAN di Negara ini. Dengan kata lain, Negara ini adalah orang tua kita yang membesarkan kita dari kecil. Maka, ikut memilih adalah salah satu bentuk pernyataan kasih kita terhadap Negara ini, dan terlebih lagi merupakan bentuk pernyataan ketaatan kepada TUHAN yang telah menempatkan kita di Indonesia ini. Ada banyak orang yang bilang, “ah, buat apa saya pilih, toh Negara ini memang sudah bobrok” dan ada lagi yang berkata,” ah TUHAN kenapa engkau menelantarkan saya di Negara yang masih belum maju ini?”. Untuk menjawab ini, saya hanya bisa berkata bahwa Tuhan tidak menelantarkan kita di Negara ini, tapi Tuhan menempatkan kita sebagai wakil-NYA untuk memajukan Negara ini.
Saya harap setelah baca artikel ini, anda semua akan menggunakan hak pilih masing-masing untuk ikut mencontreng di pemilu tahap selanjutnya. Marilah kita sama-sama menjauhkan diri dari apa yang namanya “Golongan Putih” karena tidak akan membuat Negara ini menjadi lebih baik. Semoga dengan suara anda, negeri ini dapat berkembang lebih maju menjadi bangsa yang besar dan damai. en

Finally..

After few weeks of struggle *not really*, I finally manage to customize my blog...hehehe... c'monnn...I am a beginner in this kind of thing..
Like I said, I will start to activate and make use of this blog hoping it would be useful for me and all of you...