Goodbye, Graduation Day!

Frankly, this is the first time what was I working on got so much recognition. We don't even need our own camera to file our works. These few decors made it out to Pikiran Rakyat and Ganeca Pos. =P

Celebration

Happy Eid Mubarak you all!

May immense blessings of The Almighty rest upon your shoulder :) 

 

Quite unusual picture isn't it?
Well... my family had another big gathering this year and we played lot of friendly games for fun!

Actually, no not really friendly... it was such an event where you can yell "All fair in love and war!" while you push boat to go under. It was not supposed to be like that, but oh well. IT WAS AMUSING, so who cares? =))

By the way... I got to swim in various places in a day!
First was an artificial lake, *point to pic above*
second was a swimming pool in resort,

 

Third was... another swimming pool...

*whisper* a private swimming pool, exactly.
Pffft... reminds me of particular swimming anime somehow =))

Two days from Ied and all I did was
swimming, swimming, swimming, and swimming.
You know what, I REALLY LOVE SWIMMING!
Why did I stop swimming back in elementary?
Oh right... sight get worse after exposition to pool's chlorine :(

Happy Day

Like I said before, July 9th is my birthday.
I've never mentioned it to college friends, so...
yesterday went by relatively in peace.
That, until Made shook my hand and calmly said
"It's your birthday, isn't it?"
Everyone around us stopped their activity.

Then, all hell broke loose.
Hand shakes, annual wishes, birthday songs,
teasings, free foods, modified chants, uproar.

For someone who always had a birthday in holiday,
this is a very surprising event. (an understatement)
Well yesterday we supposed to be in holiday too.
But assignment made us flock together for a long time.

We had to take pictures in places, so
100~ individuals traveled from campus to 6 spots in Bandung.
Ganesha Park to Dago Street to vacant lot below Pasupati
to railway station to Monumen Perjuangan to basecamp.
It was a refreshing trip...
No one put anyone in whachamacallit groups.
We were just having fun as one force called Baruna.

It was nice to be reminded that you're part of something.

Haha, I thought they just went along with Ayya's suggestion
to cheer and make commotion in public places =w=
But in afternoon Levi noticed me retreating.
"Be careful on your trip, birthday girl," he smiled
Huh, he regarded me.
Not only one moment kick?
Araaa... thank you everyone.
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Early today, I found something in my bag.

What is this, a black mail? =))

oooh intimidating heart marks

Let's see what is this all about...

"Assume this is you and the chocolate.

I'm not sure whether (the chocolate) will be eaten or not after you see this picture.

[skip] ...sorry the paper is torn and wasn't cut properly.

I am not in good term with scissor."

Oh, this is from Lina...

A friend who can cut expertly with cutter blade, 

but cannot do the most simple task by scissor.

(seriously, 3 hand cuts for piercing a hole through infraboard?!)

What is she talking about, anywa—

OH MY GOD I CANT BREATH

Nine

Realization just dawned upon me.
What's wrong with that number?!

Nine advices before he fell bed ridden.
Nine days in hospital.
He even counted down so.

Nine is first day of Ramadhan.
Nine is my birthday.
...That's why he gave me money, instead of
say, my mom who tended him day and night.

My grandpa... despite his age, he was always coherent.
"Don't go without telling anyone, I am worried."
He cried knowing I ran away, rebelling.
"Please forgive your parents."
He gave me a glass of water after my surgery.
"Always remember God."
He patted my head, breaking the hard time I was going through.

He was the one who gave me advices
when others preferred yelling at me.

He was the one who appreciated my hard work,
despite how mediocre the result was.

He was the one who took me for a walk
while everyone scrambled in bustling days

Dangit Sis, why didn't you go home?
His last request was taking family photo.

Meme Lama

ITB dan pengumuman nilai yang menyiksa batin...

We Will Meet Again

Rasanya kayak udah temenan lama banget, padahal baru kenal 4 hari loh. Hehe... ini foto kelompok 76 dari batalyon IV. Tetap kompak s'lalu, 76~ ♪

Back to School

Today, I found myself sitting in SMA Negeri 2 Bandung's chair, listening intently to long explanation about alkali metal salts and hydrocarbon. This felt weird, of course. I have been stated to be an alumni since a month ago, but somehow I got the honor to get a private lesson in chemical lab. 2 hours passed like few minutes that way... I thought such situation was improbable, hahahah ^^;

Before anyone can ask, here are what just happened:
In the morning, I canceled watching movie with my friends due upcoming test on 16th. You expect me to study at home, don't you? Well I did my best but failed miserably. The problems I tried to solve were really hard and no one at home can help (not even the internet!)... I felt reaaally frustrated... "Canceled to hang out with friends for nothing? I wouldn't let that happen!"...So there, I went back to school without making any appointment. It was miracle; a teacher offered help in busy day like that. THANK YOU! She even lend me this book...

What I learned today (read for your own risk :p)
> acetylene and propene (propylene) have triple bond, not double! (doh)
> solid NaCl doesn't conduct electricity because solid alkali metal, Al and Mn salts don't form ion...
That's why in electrolysis, water get reduced instead of the metal.
> Basic substances are most likely to form precipitate.
On the other hand, acid substances are easily soluble.
> Zn has full electron in d, so it is more harder to get reacted.
For the same reason, its oxidation number is only 2+.
The 10 electrons won't budge no matter what =_=
Zn don't react with NH_3, but react with KOH. Al react with both, form a precipitate, then the precipitate would dissolves when excess basic substance is added.
> ethyl acetate IS ester but hardly soluble in water.
It has weak bond between the C₂H₅ and O.
> saturated fat has no double bond. To get saturated fat, react fatty acid component with H₂. A double bond will be dissolved by (1) H₂.
> About the precipitate color...
it would be hard to memorize it without doing experiments.
Most precipitates (basic substances and salts) are white.
List of the exceptional:
Fe(OH)₃: brown (it is a rust, geez...)
FeS: black
Fe(CN): yellow
FeCl₃: light yellow
CuSO₄: blue
NiSO₄: green
KMnO₄: orange
PbI₂: yellow
components:
I: yellow
Ba: green
CN: orange
Cr: orange
[edit: scribd(dot)com/doc/36896579/Cation]

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Alright, I'm done with chemistry in this post. Hurraaay!
To make this post lighten, I will announce something (not so) important.
My brother and I are working on comic strips about our daily life. It will be updated weekly. If you are interested you can check it out riiiight here.
He does the writing and I do the drawing (*gasp* I'm selling my soul to the devil!). It's quite a work but I hope it can amuse you :3

Pictures and Stuff

Exercise for SNMPTN months ago:
"Every goat eats weasel. Chicken is goat."XD

(click picture to enlarge, more here)

Please Let Me Soar

Ya Allah, berikanlah kemudahan dalam ujian ini... izinkanlah hambamu ini menuntut ilmu yang tinggi. Biarkan ia terbang jauh dan membawa perubahan saat ia kembali.

Ijazah 85, go!

*e? imageshack's down?*

Goodbye

Ms. Despair

Today feels like an Idul Fitri day...

We packed lot of things for our convenient

Shook our hands and smiling warmly

Went traveling together in a rented car

Sang to the radio in highway

Ate a lot of snacks because we had nothing to do

Walked in crowded place till our legs felt stiff

Had lunch outside and got irked by pricey food.

You know what's so different?

We will not meet again until years pass by.

Hah. I made this seem more dramatic, didn't I?

It's nothing serious... XD

My Sis has to work in Padang

and my family escorts her to the airport.

That's all.

Welcome 2012

Hey, it's time to rip your calendar off and put a new scenery in your living room.
Long story short, happy new year everyone~
Sure we have a long to do list this year ^^
While you sort out your list and prepare new spirit for 2012...
please have a serene pic of two long lost brothers.

*not so innocent smile*
[ignore my rants below]
If the premiere has nothing to do with childhood memories or the exorcists, I will be forced to draw something impossible. "A certain girly boy dancing in frilly fru fru dress with sparkling eyes, makeups and all; being happy and gay". YOU HEAR ME? DON'T LET ME DOWN SEASON 4. I HAVE MY FAITH ON YOU.

Xmas Dump

First pic is off-model Barnaby from episode 8. Second is normal looking Barnaby for half season. The rest are... various interpretations of him? XD
I love fanarts from pixiv. Many of those are very random.

Happy holiday☆

Live Streaming~

Before I start the report, I wanted to post this no matter what.

Uguuu :3

Hours ago I watched a live streaming video from Amu-stream.
It was Watanabe Shu's edition... Awesome.
For those who don't know who he is, I'll give you a hint:
Hino Eiji of Kamen Rider OOO.
Clear enough right?

Do not open if you're not interested.
Expect spam pictures and text by countdown 3... 2... 1...

We're from... Mangkok!

ohmygodohmygodohmygod
...
OH MY GOD
The demonstration is finally over...
You have no idea how relieved I was when someone said "The time is up!".
I spoke in public several times, but today's activity scared me out for unknown reason.
 
Usually when people were forced to listen in a long time, they would completely ignore it at certain points, right? So at first I thought no one listen to me thus I spoke freely the way I speak to my friends. Yeah, introduction to history was successfully told... but that doesn't mean I told it perfectly like a normal person would. I said some awkward "Umm..", "Who are you again?" and "Uh yeah, what she said". Okay, you may think those can be tolerated, but I accidentally said my terrifically lame catchphrase as well. GYAH.

"I hope you can keep it as a souvenir and if possible... put it in a frame."
Holy cow... when I said the sentence, I suddenly felt self conscious. It's just like someone told me "Hellooo, you overused the phrase in front of your friends... Eh scratch that, you're telling it to hundreds people you don't know, congratulation." So there went the additional "ehehe" following the sentence. If you watched the scene in anime mode, you may saw a large sweat drop on my head. =_=

Long story short, my mind went blank gradually after that. Thanks God, the time was up before my mind completely blank...
...I forgot thanking Reza and Adit for helping our extracurricular. Oops, tomorrow is Sunday. I'll tell them on Mon.

Oh yeah, we are officially declaring Mangkok is an active, independent extracurricular. I don't care what my teacher's reaction is but if he has something to say, maybe protests... bring it to Mr. Utomo, please.

Behind this post is spam of... things, because I feel weird today.

On a Whim Post

 This is a raw sketch of Andita's character, Rambo. I'm quite proud of it.

Hello~ a beautiful day isn't it?
Today morning I tried to use keyhole TV, a program that allow you to see japanese broadcasts... live! Ignoring how bad the connection is, I think it's quite nifty. You can watch TV or listen to radio without any charge.

I don't understand Japanese, but my curiousity won. When I saw lot of channels to watch, I can't hold my self to jump through it, ahahaha. You know what's funny? The first time I tested this TV was 4.30, but because there's a problem with the computer, I stopped and tried to maintain it until 6. When I returned to the TV... tadaaah~ It's the latest episode of kamen rider ozu.
....
I was surprised. I was really surprised. In similiar situation, most people would think "What a coincidence!" But it wasn't like that in my case. It was "EH? Today IS Sunday?" and then I ran to see a callendar. I am sho~ stoopiiid, losing track of what day it is. It's finally 26th, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

(Is this long enough?)

There's an End to every Beginning

Yah beberapa hari lalu aku dapet firasat aneh... kalau diungkapkan sih begini: "Sometimes you don’t realize how important something is…until it's gone. Maybe you should enjoy your situation while you can, good luck for you". Creepy... sampai sekarang masih kerasa was-was sesuatu bakal terjadi.

dan tiba-tiba aja aku kepikiran kalimat-kalimat ini: 

"Ah aku ingin cepet lulus SMA"

"Nanti saja... besok masih libur kan?"

"Bukannya itu tugas minggu depan?"

"Ih kenapa sih harus ada *insert acara*!?"

"Ahahaha... maaf aku harus nganterin-papih-mancing-di-balong."

"Orang disekitarku... nyebelin."

"Aku benci dia karena..."

"Salah, aku hapus aja deh"

"Tch... terserah kamu, peduli amat"

"Mau dateng? Aku enggak ah, males."

Korelasinya dikit? Mungkin ya, mungkin enggak *angkat bahu*
Btw... aku bersyukur aku agak childish, bisa terhibur dengan hal-hal yang simpel. Ahahaha
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# Mood: disturbed
# Listening to: cho climax jump :)
# Playing: ...I'll play summon night or something next week
# Watching : toku and dramas (waaai?)
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sebel ih. gak produktif dan gak bisa dipaksa produktif... pengen gambar tapi males. pengen nulis tapi males. pengen ngedit2 tapi males. pengen ngerjain pr tapi males. pengen jalan2 tapi males. pengen makan tapi males*?*

Sesuatu?

Kalau Salma pernah mikirin masalah autisme, akhir-akhir ini aku malah mikirin tentang kepribadian ganda...
...tapi boong, walau sedikit benar. Pusing gak aku nulis apa? Aku sih pusing *messing around with (sadly) the first post of the year*
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# Mood: unreadable
# Listening to: my bro singing "bibirmu dower"
# Playing: 'let's smack our head till red'
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Let It Be

Hari ini hari bagi rapot... hyuu~
Kebanyakan anak pasti tegang atau paling enggak seneng lah ya da udah mau libur panjang tea. Hahaha... Entah kenapa aku gak bisa ngerasain apa-apa, rasanya mengapung. Kakiku gak napak tanah, kepalaku di awang-awang.

Hei... tadi kayaknya rankingnya pada turun ya? Tadi siang banyak anak yang tampak menghibur diri. *sigh* Mungkin sudah sepantasnya orang-orang punya love-hate relationship sama si sistem ranking ini. Dipikir-pikir bagus juga kita bisa ngebandingin prestasi kita dengan anak lain. Tapi prestasi yang diukur di sekolah cuma prestasi akademis aja kan? Banyak hal-hal laen yang gak keukur, jadi janganlah berkecil hati kawan, mungkin bidang anda bukan disitu.

Yap... aku buruk dalam menghibur orang. Maaf, aku gak ngerti masalah yang dihadapi orang lain begitu dibagiin rapot yang isinya kurang memuaskan. Ada yang dimarahi begitu nilainya *kurang* sempurna, ada yang mendapat perlakuan dingin, ada yang diceramahin, ada yang disuruh belajar lebih keras, ada yang divonis "gak ada kegiatan yang gak penting setelah sekolah, langsung pulang", ada yang biasa aja... ada yang diketawain.

Yang terakhir pengalaman pribadi tuh... terjadi setelah pertanyaan "semester ini ranking berapa?" dilontarkan oleh ibu tercinta. Kayaknya bener kata orang, senyuman itu mengandung berbagai arti. Walaupun gak ada acara ceramah, rasanya malu euy, nginget kegiatan yang selama ini "bikin sibuk, gak sempet belajar". Hahaha, lebih tepat kalau dibilang kegiatan yang "dibuat sibuk soalnya gak sempet mau belajar" kali yah. Kadang-kadang aku jenuh sama pelajaran. Kena remed terus sih, jadi rasanya belajar teh gak ada gunanya. Udah salah strategi dari awal, mental terpuruk gak bisa bangkit pula... *tarik napas* jangan menyesal, perbaiki saja lah. Let it go, Let it be, Let's try better. *<--ini iklan kue?*

Oh bai de wei kemaren teh hari ibu ya? Duh. Aku gak sadar sampe waktu langit berubah jadi oren. Orang laen mah bikin ibunya bahagia, aku malah bikin ibuku depresi... *jedotin kepala ke tembok* bodohnya saya.

Speaking of mother... kemaren malem aku iseng buka-buka folder lama. Hehe... aku nemuin folder Mother/EB. Dulu aku suka banget sama game ini. Emm sekarang juga masih deng, tapi gak separah dulu. Aku sempet seneng banget sampe ngikutin komunitasnya selama beberapa bulan. Biasanya cuma tahan ngintai suatu forum selama beberapa hari, tapi karena itu komunitas ajaib banget (baca: penuh dengan orang iseng) si sayah seneng-seneng aja.

I dumped few Mother-related things in this post, click the post title then scroll down here to see ._.

1 Syawal, Idul Fitri

Assalamuailaikum Wr. Wb.
Kepada seluruh pembaca yang budiman, sebelumnya saya mengucapkan :

Selamat Idul Fitri 1431 H. Mohon maaf lahir batin :)

Seperti yang diketahui orang-orang, kemarin adalah hari yang tidak biasa. Hari setelah bulan penuh perjuangan, hari kemenangan, hari orang bermaaf-maafan, hari dimana HP dipenuhi sms panjang; you name it. Umm... sesuai dengan momen berbahagia ini, saya menulis poin-poin pelajaran *ouch* dari beberapa event yang saya alami.

1. "Pedulikan orang lain, tidak hanya diri sendiri."
Sebelum pergi shalat ied, keluarga saya menjelajahi setiap ruangan untuk siap-siap. Di tengah orang yang bolak-balik itu, ibu saya juga ikut meramaikan suasana. Beliau berkoar-koar, mengingatkan keluarga supaya gak ada yang ketinggalan. Walau bikin orang (baca: saya) kesal, Usahanya bermanfaat juga.
Semua orang selamat sampai lapangan. Yep, semua barang dibawa... kecuali mukena ibu saya.   

2. Eksis itu penting.
Setelah shalat ied dan khotbah, acara salam-salaman dimulai. Tetangga saya saling menyapa dan meminta maaf, malah ada yang sampai menitikan air mata. Saya yang ikut bersalaman jadi sangat canggung. Kenapa canggung? Ya Allah, saya tidak dikenal siapapun di sana. Teman-teman saya mudik dan saya tidak kenal tetangga baru. Adapun tetangga lama lainnya yang saya kenal : a. mengira saya adalah mahasiswa ITB semester sekian, b. mengira saya adalah Teh Dini, kakak saya. Nice.

3. Waktu mengubah banyak hal.
Saat kembali dari lapangan komplek menuju rumah, saya melalui jalan yang jarang saya lalui. Wah semuanya berubah, dari bangunan, penghuni, sampai tanaman. Ntah kenapa liatnya jadi sedih gimanaa gitu. Oh iya, beberapa saat berikutnya saya dan keluarga mengunjungi satu rumah tetangga. Salah satu penghuni rumah itu adalah teman masa kecil saya. Udah lama gak ketemu, saya kaget lihat dia tambah tinggi, suaranya tambah dalem, keliatan makin kalem dan... makin imut *gaplok'd* Forget the last words, just kidding.

4. Mobil lebih bersih tidak berarti lebih baik.
Untuk berpergian dalam momen lebaran, keluarga saya menggunakan mobil berbeda yang... lebih bersih dari biasanya. Seharusnya terasa lebih nyaman, tetapi saat berangkat mudik kemarin, saya merasakan yang sebaliknya. Yay saya mabuk darat pada perjalanan Cimahi-Bandung. Tidak masalah, toh bisa tidur setelah sampai di rumah kakek. Yep, itulah yang saya lakukan begitu sampai : tidur beberapa jam. Saat saya bangun ruangan tengah sudah dipenuhi oleh saudara-saudara. Kamar di mana saya tidur sangat sepi, jadi begitu masuk ruangan tengah, saya merasakan perubahan suasana yang drastis. Seperti yang diduga, saya pusing lagi. Oh well.
 
5. Jangan takut mencoba hal yang baru.
Kemarin, saat saya terbengong-bengong melihat makanan yang jumlahnya bejibun di rumah kakek, saya ditawari sesuatu. Here it is... 

Bi Ipit bilang rasanya aneh, tapi karena saya penasaran, saya mencobanya juga. Rasanya... how do you put it? "It's crazy, I like that~" *excuse me for HtTYD cameo*

6. Kucing lucu itu menentramkan hati.
Saya punya satu saudara yang temperamennya mirip dengan saya. Namanya Arrum, sangat moody. Saat melankolis, dia hanya bicara seperlunya. Jawab "ya" atau "tidak". Lama-lama saya juga kesal lah. Karena gak mau ikutan emosional, saya keluar dari rumah kakek dan mencari penentram hati. Berhasil, saya menemukan... 

7. Dare to be different*?*
Dalam sebuah rombongan, yang paling berbedalah yang menjadi highlight. Jadi, kalau mau eksis, pakailah pakaian yang paling kinclong diantara teman-teman anda.

Foto diatas adalah foto Teh Dini, paman saya dan saudara-saudara saya. Teh Dini bilang foto ini seperti foto yang diambil saat dia di panti asuhan *tepuk jidat*.

Foto bonus :

Salam liburan :)