Things that I like

Him :

1. Cowo banget (engineer & suka soccer... quite manly things)
2. Rambutnya bagus -enak utk diacak2 & kinda remind me of my husky :-D
3. Lucu, I mean funny not cute. (Well, kinda cute if he's sleepin)
4. Knows how to handle bad side of me.
5. Pinter belanja & bisa masak garlic bread yg enak.
6. Juga bisa bikin nasi goreng tanpa kecap.
7. Juga pinter mijit punggung :-D
8. Suka ngalah kalo lagi marahan
9. Suka yogurt+ ice cream (its a good things since I like both, too)
10. Badannya anget terus, bisa dipake bobo kaya bantal elektrik
11. Hard to explain but I don't mind his body odor

This could be a long list, but i'd like to know what he's thinkin first. . . . .

Ngobrol ama Paul dan Anna. . .

Waktu Eurotrip bulan September lalu ke Portugal, kita (me & partner) sempet kenalan ama couple asal UK.
Namanya Paul dan Anna.
Paul musisi dan Anna artist (bukan artis sinetron, tapi orang yang bekerja dengan 'art' alias seniman).
Ngobrol sana sini, si Anna nanya gue: 'Kerjaan elu apa?'

Gue jawab: 'Gue dokter, tapi kerja di penelitian tentang HIV.'

Dia bilang: 'Wah asik banget. Gue dulu pengen jadi dokter juga tuh.'

Sambil cengengesan, gue bales: 'Yeah, everybody wants to be something else. For me, I always wanna be a veterinarian.'

It is so true.

Temen gue kerjaannya di teknik mesin tapi sebenernya pengen jadi musisi.
Yang udah jadi musisi, dulu benernya pengen jadi jurnalis.
Gue pengennya jadi dokter hewan tapi malah jadi dokter umum (orang).

Padahal banyak orang yang pengen jadi seperti gue (pengen jadi dokter maksudnya) tapi gak bisa karena satu dan lain hal,

Meanwhile, sampe sekarang kalo gue liat binatang terlantar (anjing/ kucing/ kuda/ wotever) selalu sedih karena gak bisa ikutan nolong.

A shattered dream.

:_(

PS. Dan saat ini pengen miara guguk lagi tapi gak bisa..... we're just too busy at this moment to keep a dog *hiks*

But one cannot have too much dreams in one's life

Jadwal Libur 2010

Berikut jadwal liburan tahun 2010 mendatang

(berguna untuk yang mau merencanakan liburan, kawinan, acara bolos dari kantor, etc :-)

Januari
Jumat, 1 Januari Tahun Baru Masehi

Februari

Minggu, 14 Februari Tahun Baru Imlek 2561
Jumat, 26 Februari Maulid Nabi Muhammad SAW

Maret

Selasa, 16 Maret Nyepi Tahun Baru Saka 1932

April

Jumat, 2 April Wafat Yesus Kristus

Mei

Kamis, 13 Mei Kenaikan Yesus Kristus
 Jumat, 28 Mei Raya Waisak 2554

Juli

Sabtu, 10 Juli Isra Miraj Nabi Muhammad SAW

Agustus

Selasa, 17 Agustus Hari Kemerdekaan RI

September

Jumat dan Sabtu 10-11 September, Idul Fitri 1 Syawal 1431 H
* Cuti bersama Idul Fitri : tanggal 9 dan 13 September

November

Rabu, 17 November Idul Adha 1431 H,

Desember

Selasa, 7 Desember Tahun Baru 1432 H
Sabtu 25 Desember Hari Raya Natal.

*Cuti bersama Natal : tanggal 24 Desember

Semoga bermanfaat !

Scholarship lagi, Motivation letter lagi...

Info dari milis FK Unpad :

SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR GRADUATE STUDIES IN THE U.S.


Education is a core theme of increased United States-Indonesia
development cooperation, which was re-emphasized recently during a
telephone conversation between U.S. President Barack Obama and
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.

To follow up that commitment, the United States Agency for International Development
(USAID), through the Human and Institutional Capacity Development
(HICD) program working in collaboration with the Academy for
Educational Development (AED), opens the opportunity for talented
young Indonesians to study for Master’s and PhD degrees in the U.S.
The programs are fully funded by USAID. The programs offered are:

1. Master’s Degree in Education and Human Development, emphasizing
studies in Education Policy and Management, Human Development and
Psychology, International Education Policy, Language and Literacy,
Math and Science Education, Education Leadership, Teacher Education,
Education Technology, Education Law, Education Finance, Curriculum and
Instruction, Education Research Design, Politics in Education,
Education Assessment and Testing, Special Education, Counseling.

*) Please see www.aed.or.id for the detailed program description
including eligible institutions.

2. Master’s Degree in Public Health, emphasizing studies in
International Health; Epidemiology/ Biostatistics; and Health System
Capacity Development.

3. Master’s Degree in Environment Studies, emphasizing studies in
Climate Change; Coastal and Marine Conservation; Pelagic Fisheries
Management; and Energy/Environmenta l Engineering.

4. Bachelor’s, Master’s or PhD Degrees in Economics, emphasizing
studies in Economics, Finance, Management, Accounting, Insurance,
Agriculture, Agribusiness, and Public Policy.
*) Please see www.aed.or.id for the detailed program description
including eligibility requirements for the Bachelor’s Degree.

5. Master’s Degree in Public Affairs/Public Policy/Political
Science/Public Administration/ Non-profit Management or related fields.

Further/ more detail information in Open Program AED.

Dateline aplikasi tanggal 1 Januari 2010, mohon disebar luaskan ke teman, saudara, kolega, keponakan, adik/kakak ipar, yang sekiranya membutuhkan informasi beasiswa tersebut.

Informasi terkait lainnya, jika membutuhkan panduan atau guideline untuk penulisan essay (letter of motivation, personal statement etc) bisa dicari di website berikut :

How to write a personal statement

Formal letter writing tips

Sample Medical School Application Essay—After

This is what I need to ready (and learn from it!)
before I make my essay for the USAID scholarship.

Sample Medical School Application Essay—After

Hope I can make it this time !

Saving bella

Saving bella the dog
It was almost 2 months ago that we adopted bella from a foster, through a quite complicated processes ; select a dog from pictures, filling and sending an adoption form, interview, couple of times went to Jakarta, a city located nearly 300 kms from my hometown, looking for appropriate dog for my home.
Then I finally picked her, cause she's cute, active (or naughty, said the owner) and I just fell in love with her since our first acquaintance.

We gave her the first series complete vaccines a week after her arrival in our home. And she looked okay, since bella almost always happy and active as a young dog. Seemed there's nothing went wrong at that moment.
I left for vacation to Thailand in the next 2 weeks, it was amazing trip of course.

When I came home, I've noticed there's this eyes discharges on bella's eyes.
I thought it was just a common bacterial infection, and after consulted with her vet, we gave her a topical antibiotic. Then there was this constant jerking of her left back leg, which I thought it wasn't so serious, since bella really likes to climb up things in my mother's garden. There was also a sign of unusually hardened pad, that I noticed, but we missed the early detection anyway.

We took her to the vet in the end of the week after we heard her shrieking at night in the last 2 days, it was like she's having nightmares.
The vet was saying our bella got Distemper that attacked the central nervous systems. I
t was a worse version then the other classic type that attacks digestive system and manifest symptoms such as vomit, diarrhea, anorexia, cause our bella didn't have all those symptoms.

She still has a good appetite, no vomit or diarrhea whatsoever. She probably got the virus from the fosterage, it could take 21 days for incubation period though. And there's no cure for Distemper , it caused by the virus. It was dog's own immune body system that has to build and treatment was given supportively.

I found in websites that 80% of dogs who get this diagnosed get killed by the virus, and the prognosis even worse if the virus already attacked the nerves systems, with permanent complications could occur even if its resolve.
Basically, all the information I get from the websites just make me even more discourage about bella's chance to survive.
Not to mention had to hear the squeak every night even thou' I already gave the medication
(I even got her the prescription for diazepam so she could get asleep).

It's so sad to see her condition, with the constant muscle jerking, incoordination movement when she's walking trying to pee, and the sore around her mouth. We're really thinking about euthanasia if she's not getting better.

Whenever I saw her with all the suffering, I thought ; ' A dog shouldn't lived like this.'
Unfortunately this dog didn't had much opportunity to live a happy life with us.

So we finally letting her go, we took her to a vet and put her to sleep.

Goodbye bella.

example letter of motivation

Related to my goals for higher education (alias pengen skolah S2 tapi gada duit) so I was searching for scholarship. The scholarships there are Erasmus Mundus, Chevening, and Netherland Fellowship Program (NFP).
And then I have to write a letter of motivation.

Google result for the keywords : 'example letter of motivation' came out 15,400,000 links.
WoW.
It is a big number.

Click on few links below :
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/4667977/Example-Cover-Motivation-Letter-Example-Application-letter-Example-Application
very simple , few points to be taken into consideration.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/6669456/Motivation-Letter
really close to what I am looking for, it is an example letter of motivation

http://isampleletter.com/guide/cover-letter.html
not quite close, it is explain about the cover letter, but not for what I look for.

Lets try the keywords 'letter of motivation' then .... it came with 70,300,000 results

still a long way to go to write it down.
...
..
.

Love is . . .

Love is . . . not loving someone perfect, but loving someone imperfect, perfectly.

Quote taken from http://ayupuspa.blogspot.com/2009/09/toko-jodoh.html

Mau jadi apa ?

Mau jadi apa bangsa kita kalau tontonan filmnya-nya seperti ini : Melati untuk Marvel, Cinta Fitri, Terlanjur Cinta, Anak Mami Jatuh Cinta (SCTV), Si Amat Anak Pasar Jangkrik, Si Kembar Penjaga Sungai, Terpanggang Tanah Kuburan, Jenazah Melengkung, Kuburan Berbau Bangkai (TPI), Suami-suami Takut Istri (TransTV), Tangisan Isabela, Laila, Inayah (Indosiar), Tarzan Keluar Kampung, Baim Anak Saleh, Cinta dan Anugerah (RCTI).

Dari dulu (sampai sekarang) gue belum bisa- dan rasanya gak pernah bisa menikmati yang namanya sinetron, entah dari sisi sinematografi-nya kurang memuaskan, jalan ceritanya yang gak realistis, aktingnya yang berlebihan (atau bahasa anak gaol sekarang "lebay") dan pada akhirnya, pada satu kesimpulan, gak berguna alias buang-buang waktu.
Yang ada bikin keselllll.....

Entahlah apa diluar negeri sinetron sama aja (rendah) kualitasnya seperti di Indonesia, atau memang Indonesia 'spesialis'nya bikin ginian.


Tapi, salahsatu hal yang bisa gue pelajari dari peristiwa traveling ke sebagian negara di Eropa Barat, adalah kebiasaan nonton TV tuh gak penting-penting amat buat mereka (at least gak seperti mamah-ku yang tiap hari mesti setel TV, entah disimak atau engga acaranya, kadang dia tidur pun TV masih nyala tapi gak merasa terganggu.... hebat deh)

Sama aja dengan kebiasaan membaca, disini kebiasaan membaca masih identik dengan hobi yang 'kutu buku', padahal Moh. Hatta (wakil Presiden RI pertama) juga hobi membaca. (hmmm... its out of topic sih)
Ya kita bisa berkilah bahwa tiap orang punya hobi yang beda, sama seperti ade gua juga gak suka baca dan tiap kali dikasi buku sebagai hadiah ultah misalnya, mungkin dia gak merasa sebahagia dibanding seandainya dikasih 1 season Heroes, atau seri DVD Korea/Jepang.

Waktu kita (gue & temen-red) nginep di Granada, suatu kota di bagian Andalusia, Spanyol, tuan rumah kita punya koleksi buku yang banyak dan lumayan oke.
Terutama buku-buku tentang masakan (and yeah he's a good chef!) dan buku-buku Paulo Coelho. Orangnya juga asik, cakeup, dan punya anjing (loh, gada hubungannya lagi), masih jomlo pula.
Granada adalah tempat yang pasti akan gue kunjungi lagi kalau suatu saat punya kesempatan balik ke Eropa.

Owhya, balik lagi ke topik, anyway, si tuan rumah kita itu, namanya Juanito, dia punya buku tentang sejarah Spanyol. And for us, it's quite cool.
Apalagi kalau ada tamu kaya kita yang memang pengen tau tentang sejarahnya Spanyol, (ehem, gue sih pengen tau, kalau saja seandainya buku tersebut ditulis dalam bahasa Inggris). Dan dia juga fasih, or more less, bisa cerita tentang sejarah Spanyol.

I love books. I really am.
Itulah sebabnya gue memilih teman-teman terbaik gue (or teman-teman yang menurut gue asik diajak hang out) adalah temen-temen yang juga doyan baca.

Dan menurut gue, orang bisa aja gak lulus SD, seperti dulu pembantu yang pernah kerja di rumah kita. Tapi karena dia suka baca -padahal tadinya di rumah kita dia baca koran bekas aja masih harus dieja- dia bisa maju. Atau dia memang orangnya mau berusaha untuk maju, makanya dia suka baca.

trip with CS Jkt : Istana Presiden Tour & Deep Indonesia Exhibition

Foto narsis bersama anak-anak CS di depan JCC, Jakarta.

Jadi mello deh gue. . . . . gara-gara cowo ini [ cowo yang mana pula ? ]

i was listening to love music and it has been so long i didn't do things like this.
my mom will definitely finds out that i fall in love, but not with him.
there were some moments in our lives, that destiny would met us together, and it just happened that way.
it wasn't something planned, or by intention. we just there and talked about places left behind in our past.
its funny that i realized i didn't know anything about him, but seems like i knew him for so long.

maybe he used to be just a character in my mind, that i've read in one of my books (?!?).
here's the story goes . . .

yudha (dalam lingkaran putih) sebagai seseorang yang (mestinya) suka naek gunung or climbing, dia gak terlalu representatif. i mean, liat aja clananya abu kotak-kotak dan modelnya ketat.
gue rasa sudah wajib hukumnya anak-anak pecinta alam itu kostumnya ya kostum clana untuk naek gunung, bukan kaya giring nidji. moreover syal yang dia pake.
*duhhhh* emang bener sih JCC dingin at that moment, tapi penting ya ngikutin tren saat event simulasi climbing?!?

anyway, satu-satunya hal yang cocok dengan profil pecinta alam adalah

(1) rambut gondrong, dan pas pertama gue liat dia (rasa-rasanya) dia pake bandana....
i mean bandananya bukan dipake macem anak-anak cewe abege itu of course, tapi in a macho way...
u know what i mean lah

(2) additional item, namanya mirip tokoh yuda di bilangan fu (novel ayu utami)
who is tukang naek gunung juga.... see, pantesan gue merasa perna kenal dia sblonnya.

[tapi dia blon ada 'marja'nya, yeah... that will make a whole story totally diffrent anyway]

how we met :
entah itu adalah pick up line yang corny, or dia emang beneran nyangka gue adalah cewe yang dia liat hari kemarennya. bottomline, we involved in conversation too fast while he taught me how to use the equipment.
it was fun. then he asked my ph number.
i certainly done nothing about it. then he changed strategy, he gave me his ph# and pushed me to send him msg.
(it worked thou')

anyway, it could be advantageous for me, as i wanna have one real experience in cave climbing.
could be fun. or... even adventurous *hmmmh*

angsa pacaran : my reflective moment

picture taken from travel trip around Bandung, on xmas day 2008 [by myself]

the title : " Angsa ajah pacaran ..... huhuhuhuhuhu "

nuthin'

i miss you

but i just can't let you hurt my heart . . . (again)

jika aku menjadi : bukan politisi, tapi wakil rakyat

menyikapi maraknya kampanye para caLeg . . . . .

jika aku menjadi (bukan politisi) wakil rakyat,

maka aku akan memprioritaskan pada tiga hal, yaitu 

1. kesehatan

Sudah jelas hanya orang sehat yang bisa produktif (artinya, kalau dia kepala rumah tangga, bisa kerja dan menghasilkan uang untuk menghidupi keluarganya. kalau dia ibu rumah tangga, bisa menyiapkan sarapan untuk anaknya, mengurus keperluan keluarganya. kalau dia anak usia sekolah, bisa aktif mengikuti pelajaran di sekolah, dsb).

2. pendidikan

Karena orang tidak berpendidikan cenderung menjadi korban segala sesuatu (alias, mudah dibodohi, gampang dijual keluar daerah menjadi TKI atau PSK kalau dia perempuan). Orang yang berpendidikan rendah juga tidak punya banyak pilihan (mau kerja dengan gaji yang kecil, atau pekerjaan kasar- jadi buruh, bisa dieksploitasi oleh orang yang lebih berkuasa, dst)

Dengan modal pendidikan, seorang ayah bisa mendapatkan gaji yang layak untuk menghidupi keluarganya, anak-anak bisa sekolah. Seorang ibu yang pintar bisa membesarkan anak dengan cara yang benar, mengatur keuangan keluarga. Tidak ada investasi yang lebih bermakna dan berguna untuk seorang anak selain pendidikan. Pendidikan adalah modal utama dalam membesarkan seorang anak, bukan makanan atau baju, karena hanya dengan pendidikan seorang anak bisa mandiri dan bertahan hidup.

3. transportasi

Transportasi adalah denyut kehidupan sebuah kota. Transportasi massal yang ramah lingkungan, nyaman bagi pengguna dan ekonomis dibutuhkan bagi semua orang. Subsidi BBM bisa ditekan bila penggunaannya efisien (mobil pribadi dibatasi) dan alangkah baiknya dana yang ada dialokasikan untuk kebutuhan lain, seperti kesehatan dan pendidikan. Transportasi massal juga berguna untuk meningkatkan sensitivitas atas kebutuhan orang lain dan interaksi sesama manusia (berjiwa sosialis).

Bagaimana caranya ?

1. Asuransi kesehatan untuk semua orang, dengan skema yang berbeda untuk tiap lapisan masyarakat, Subsidi silang bagi yang tidak mampu. Disini pentingnya pengawasan penggunaan dan aturan yang ketat supaya tepat sasaran.

2. Wajib belajar bukan berarti semua anak mesti bersekolah, pendidikan tidak hanya terbatas pada lingkungan sekolah. Pembuatan dan sosialisasi modul 'Belajar sendiri di rumah' (home based learning/home schooling) sehingga anak jalanan pun bisa memperoleh pendidikan. Baju seragam dan buku pelajaran sekolah tidak mesti sama, bisa disesuaikan dengan kondisi. Bukan ijazah yang penting, tapi bagaimana pembelajaran itu sendiri. 

3. Pajak berlapis untuk pemilik kendaraan pribadi lebih dari satu.

Dan alokasinya bisa untuk maintenance transportasi massal yang aman, murah, dan nyaman, serta ramah lingkungan. (Global warming gitu loh)