December 17, 2007

21st century hightech answers for a centuries of ritual

A German guy behind the Jamarat

andrew johansson

Premiere on Discovery Channel, last night (16 dec 2007)

Discovery Channel - Revealed : the Hajj

the answers of a curiousity from last year
wireless communication,
digital integrated CCTV networks, airplane every 2minutes, crowd dynamics, logistic infrastructures, mega structures, counter terrorism, emergency medical unit etc

Missed it? just watch the re-run (WIB schedule here) .
Ignoring DSC’s copyrights, here’s a snip on Youtube:


(or direct link here)

And the torrent juice for the full mpg documentary, here : link

Links & pictures

routes_and_checkpoints-jumrah.jpg - 3d.jpg

October 28, 2007

15 minutes = Rp 25million

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siapa bilang cari duit susah?

look at these guys,
only working for 14minutes and 32seconds, got paid a total cash prize of Rp 25million… nice! and it’s not even 8am yet!

He already gave us a perfect tools to have a wealthy life in this world

our legs, arms, brain, the whole body and soul, so what more can you ask?

so stop whining! get off the bed and start to move, just do it!

ain’t life a grand?

so what’s the prize for me?

..alhamdulillah… to be able to breath the 6am sunday-morning air of Jakarta, to run and hang out with beloved friends

…. that’s the precious price for me

see you in the next 5K ! (btw…rokok gua mana..? balikin woy!)

October 22, 2007

see ’sick’ from the other side

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Bersyukurlah buat yg sedang sakit (atau yg masih bisa merasakan sakit) hari ini

Artinya, Anda masih hidup, karena hanya orang hidup yg bisa merasakan sakit

Be grateful when you got sick

Why? Got sick, means you are still alive. Because only a living-being can experience sickness

Langkah selanjutnya adalah : Anda harus berusaha agar cepat sembuh
(agar anda tetap hidup dan bisa merasakan sakit lagi di kemudian hari, dan semakin menghargai hidup)

Next step is : how to get well soon (?)

(so you can be alive again and then experience sickness again in the future, and then you will value and appreciate life more)

Semoga sehat selalu, dan selalu mendapat berkah dan rahmat-Nya
(wa-rahmatullahi-wa-barakatuh)

Good health to you, always,
and may HE always bless HIS barakah & rahmat to us all (wa-rahmatullahi-wa-barakatuh)

yes, you bleed just to know you’re alive… (Iris - Googoo Dols)

August 9, 2007

a < x < b (between point A and B)

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Finally I decided to write this down

By no means of being the righteous or anything, as only human, please correct me if i wrote something wrong

Long posting (read it carefully)

Few months back, I conducted a verbal survey with:

  • 20 correspondents
  • 19 are Moslem from birth, age all above 30, all have a steady income
  • 3 are not married yet, 4 female, 16 male
  • 2 already taken the journey

all are my friends, survey over a friendly verbal conversations.
I asked them one direct question:

  • When will you take the  journey (again)?”

18 of them quickly responded with these answers :

  • “when i’m ready, maybe..”
  • “i don’t know…”
  • “when i’m (spiritually) ready, maybe…”
  • “when i have enough money…maybe”
  • “maybe when i’m XX…” (stating a number of a certain age)
  • “maybe after i got married..”
  • “maybe in about xx years from now…” (stating a certain number of year)
  • “after my kid is xx years old..maybe” (stating a certain age)
  • and other similiar maybe-answers

in my opinion, YOU SHOULD AVOID AND OMIT that “maybe” kind of answers..

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July 13, 2007

coincidence is for stupid people

from raul’s flickr

this will be a short controversial post / ini tulisan singkat & kontroversial

in my opinion… the term ‘coincidence‘ is for people who do not think (aka. stoopidh)

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April 26, 2007

minus ten

today minus ten years

today minus 10 years

you were there, you were all there, yes you too…you were all present in our heart that day
alhamdulillah for all the blessing you gave to both of us, 10 years ago
and alhamdulillah too, for all the countless blessing He poured to us (all) up until this second

April 11, 2007

what would you ask, if you had just one question

//www.flickr.com/photos/gamin

if God had a name, what would it be?
and would you call it to His face?
if you were faced with Him in all His glory,
what would you ask if you had just one question?

and yeah God is great, yeah God is good

what if God was one of us?
just a slob like one of us
just a stranger on the bus

if God had a face what would it look like?
and would you want to see?
if seeing meant that you would have to believe
in things like heaven and the saints and all the prophets

(tunes by Joan Osbourne, One of Us, 1995)

Joan Osbourne, One Of Us, 1995

March 21, 2007

zero, 5…55? 66? 72?

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Bintang Dewantara, 2002 - 2007

  • 8 may 2002 - 15 march 2007, nearly 5,
    bintang dewantara, beloved son of my cousin
  • 14 march 2007 - 14 march 2007, zero,
    siti nurjannah, beloved daughter of Masuri (one of NRD’s big family)
  • 03 nov 1932 - 10 march 2007,
    beloved parent of Nur Kristanto (one of NRD’s big family)
    Keep reading →

March 5, 2007

make your own inner-peace with reality (II)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/trishaeddy/57236481/from flickr! also, but i forgot from who? tell him sorry, i put his image in here without permission

jangji ya jangji…ini ceritanya / promise is a promise here’s the story

WARNING: LONG POSTING
diperlukan ’sedikit kesabaran’ dlm membaca
patience required to read this posting

buat yg gak sabaran, silahkan baca langsung bagian bawah, tapi kagak bakal seru, paling cuma kebaca jadi cerita basi
for the impatience (yea..you) read direct to the end of the post, but it will be just another blah-blah-essay without meaning

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March 2, 2007

make your own inner-peace with reality

 

Peace! from http://www.flickr.com/photos/aametz/339635797/ reality bites (1994….uhhh those dayss….)
berdamailah dengan kenyataan
make your own peace with reality (even if it bites)

posting ini akan cerita dikit ttg bbrp event & email yg (kebetulan?) sliweran di kantor NRD kemarin (kamis 1 maret 07)

this posting will be about some series of (fortunate?) events and emails flying around our office, NRD, yesterday (thursday 1 march 07)

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February 25, 2007

dual languange

from flickr.com/photos/affanzbasalamah

terimaka..err…hamdulillah utk masukannya dari semua..
thanks..err..hamdulillah for all your input..

mule sekarang bakal ada…. : / from now on it will be…. :

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February 25, 2007

tidak ada istilah “terimakasih”

tidak ada istilah “terimakasih” / no terms for “thank you”

jumat kemaren ada yg mampir, setelah 20+ tahun gak ketemu
sekarang dia kerja di bidang ‘linguistik’ (jadi urusan bahasa emang maenannya)

this is fun, last friday, i met someone (that i haven’t met since 20+ years ago). now he works in a field of ‘linguistics’ (so language IS his playground)

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February 23, 2007

find your sweet spot first, then explore

admit it, at least you (will) have a question of your own such as “..really?” about the following :

13th Warrior - Antonio Banderas as Ahmad Ibnu Fadlan Antonio Banderas as Ahmad Ibn Fadlan

who is this Ahmad Ibn Fadlan?

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February 19, 2007

i hate my self (no more)

key number 5

… sambungan dari posting sebelumnya about loosing weight

the key number (5), bisa jadi bercabang, unlimited
bisa jadi dari (5.1) s/d (5.xxx)… it’s up to you

you have to find your own key

but from me, these are the keys (5.1) & (5.2),  versi saya:

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February 16, 2007

i hate my self

this posting will be mixed in bahasa, just a slight change… bosen nulis pake bahasa inggres

yes, around 2003, ada masa-masa gua mualllees banget liat muke sendiri,
bloated figure, kayak “babi aer”, levi’s 501 item kesayangan kagak enak dipake,
bawa’annya ngantuk melulu dlsb

(1) so…ok, then what? olah raga lagi kali ye…

run joe run… jadilah beli sepokat sok kece, Adidas, 600 rebu-an… pret… cuek..
lalu? dulu kantor di daerah Martimbang, near manggala & stadion senayan..
well…jadilah sign-up di fitness center di manggala… another 250 for the sign up (kalo gak salah)

beli bola basket juga (yea right)

kalo bosen di kantor, bisa kabur lari di senayan/manggala
atau maen basket sendirian di al-azhar

then all felt good, berasa sehat, tapi tetep “babi aer”

cuek, yg penting lari terus… tapi ternyata paling jalan cuma 3 bulanan, then all stop

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