Good bye Laurie..

First time I met her is in my TBI course 5 years ago..
She's my teacher in Manchester class.
A very cheerful and friendly one.
Not even once I found the class boring..

We, her students, gathered at her house several times for fun.
We even met her parents once when they visited her in Bandung..
Lovely parents I would say.

After we were no longer TBI students since we've finished the class,
We were still in touch with her.
I remember the gathering at Ciwalk's Starbucks..

She's still young..
Well.. she always says she's 21
Even after another year's gone by...

Her parents are gonna come to Bandung again soon..
To only have the last glance at her..
I really can't stand imagining how they feel...

Thank you for your life, Laurie..

Good bye and have your rest..
We love you...

(RIP Wednesday 28.05.2008 at 06.20 WIB)

Kuliah & Ujian

Hari ini..

Bolos kuliah Decision Making karena masih (berusaha) belajar untuk ujian R&D and Knowledge Management jam 2 nanti.

Gyaaaaa....

update: And now it's raining. Great........... (1,5 hours to go..)
PS: What am I doing actually? blogging at this time? insane........ hahahahahha (laughing in distress )

Kebakaran

Pas lagi ada kelas pagi, tiba2 ada kabar kalau Gedung Fakultas Arsitektur (Bouwkunde) TU Delft, kebakaran sekitar jam 9.30.

(foto diambil dari http://www.rtvwest.nl/nieuwsitem/17863)

Kasian banget mahasiswa2 dan dosen2 gedung itu. Kebayang kalau ada yang lagi ngerjain thesis dan bahan2nya disimpan di gedung itu (entah maket, ato dokumen hard copy, ato apalah) terpaksa kehilangan hasil kerjaannya selama ini. Tadi temanku bilang dia liat beberapa orang yang nangis di lokasi kebakaran itu. Sedihnya.. Untungnya, 200-300 orang yang ada di dalam gedung berhasil dievakuasi dan ga ada korban sampai sejauh ini.

Kebakaran katanya bermula dari lantai 5 6. Penyebabnya (menurut info yang beredar) adalah korsleting.. eh, apa ya istilah sebenernya. Di bahasa Inggris mungkin short circuit. Pas diterjemahin ke bahasa Belanda, hasilnya kortsluiten. Bener itu deh keknya, hehe.

Korsletingnya karena ada bocor di saluran air dan kebetulan air yang bocor sampe ke mesin minuman yang kebetulan juga rusak. Berkobarlah sang api..

Tadi ketemu Daniel, yang tinggal di Balthasar Van Der Polweg (Balpol) di seberang gedung Bouwkunde, di Aula. Katanya anak2 yang tinggal di Balpol diminta mendaftarkan diri ke Aula karena untuk sementara mereka akan di evakuasi. Kemungkinan untuk menghindari kemungkinan kebakaran lanjutan karena sampe sekarang si Bouwkunde masih terbakar. Juga untuk menghindari gangguan asap kebakaran sama kemungkinan keracunan asbes (gedung Bouwkunde itu gedung tua yang mungkin masih make asbes, demikian menurut info Pak Boss Anggara yang flash disk dan hard disk eksternalnya masih tertinggal di dalam gedung itu.. Tabah ya..)

Ini video kebakaran Bouwkunde yang diambil dari situs www.dumpert.nl:

Sampai semalam ini, si gedung Bouwkunde itu masih terlihat berasap tebal dari jendela kamarku di lantai 13.

Update dari email ke seluruh mahasiswa:

The fire brigade is continuously taking measurements. It has been confirmed that no dangerous concentrations of harmful particles have been found. The limited amount of asbestos present in the building has not shown up in the measurements.

Students and staff members of the Faculty of Architecture are invited to attend a meeting on Wednesday 14 May at 9.00am in the Aula Congress Centre. During the meeting a further explanation will be given concerning today's fire and the options for emergency accommodation will be discussed.

From Wednesday onwards an information desk will be open from 09.00 to 17.00 in the Aula entrance hall (ITU-desk) where students and staff members can obtain information. There will be specialists available who can help to answer questions and solve issues arising from the fire.

Keributan Hari Ini

Lagi enak-enak tidur sore, nungguin Andrew yang mau minjam kartu cuci, dan karena bosan baca diktat, tiba-tiba ada bunyi: tik tik tik.. (bunyi hujan di atas genting, boong deng)

Dari 'tik tik tik', makin deras jadi 'tik tik tik tik tik tik' (mode guru: frekuensi tik semakin tinggi atau periode antara tik yang satu ke tik berikutnya menjadi lebih pendek) *ga pentiiiing*

Lah, ini kenapa kok bisa ujan di dalam kamar.. Air netes dari sisi gorden ke atas heater. Apa si orang gila di kamar lantai atas itu berulah lagi..? (cat: dia sering bikin kegaduhan tengah malam spt lagi bertukang)

Ngecek keluar kamar, hmm iya.. Yang lantai depan kamarnya basah cuma aku. Naik ke lantai 14, udah terdengar sumpah serapahnya si penghuni kamar 603 itu. Hm, keknya dia korban juga karena dia nampak lagi ngering2in lantai juga. Naik lagi ke lantai 15, ada cewek yang keknya mo pindah dan lagi bersih-bersih. Ternyata dia yang bikin basah, karena berusaha mbersihin kamar (daripada di denda DUWO) tapi nyiramin air ga tanggung2 untuk ngepel.

Udah ada orang yang lagi ngomong ke dia, ya sudahlah.. Lagian kasian udah dimaki-maki dari bawah (HEY YOU MO**ER F**KER!! YOU B*TCH!! GET LOST!! F*CK OFF!! ) dengan suara membahana sama si penghuni 603 itu. Kasian bener.. (Tapi si 603 emang suka memaki-maki.. Yah, 2 hari sekali lah..)

Balik ke kamar, mulai masang mode Cinderella ngepel.. Dan si kampreto 603 itu masih aja bersumpah serapah dan mbanting2 martil dan entah benda apa lagi.. Hobi yang aneh..

Tiba2 ada orang yang berdiri di depan kamarku mengamati air2 itu. Kubukain pintu, ternyata dia penghuni kamar 2 lantai dibawahku. Si aer udah sampe ke sana juga..

Nasib anak kost..
Jadi pengen punya mop kayak gini:

My Avatar

Ngikut2 Habib.. This is my avatar:

Tapi emang bener, karena komponennya kecil-kecil, bikin sakit mata pas milih2. Kalau bikin avatar juga, kasi tau hasilnya ya..

Keukenhof

Tanggal 26 April yang lalu, dari TU Delft ada rombongan 250 orang international student yang berangkat ke Keukenhof. Soalnya ada tiket gratis dari International Office, hehehe :D

Deskripsi Keukenhof berdasarkan websitenya sbb(malas ngetik lagi):

Welcome to Keukenhof! Nowhere else in the world are the flowers and colours of the spring as glorious as at Keukenhof. Here you can find endless inspiration while you relax in the beautiful surroundings of the park. Keukenhof offers you the opportunity to see millions of bulbs in flower, fantastic flower shows and the largest sculpture park in the Netherlands and is the most photographed place in the world. Enjoy the spring!
Come to Keukenhof above all don’t forget to bring your camera!

Nah, gitu ceunah.. Dan Keukenhof ini juga cuma buka beberapa minggu doang pas saatnya bunga2 bermekaran.

Dan di situ betul-betul penuh dengan bunga-bunga yang lagi mekar (ya klo ngga, berarti kena diboongin :p). Manusia-manusia yang mengunjunginya juga banyak banget, numpuk di pintu masuk. Untungnya makin ke dalam, makin lega. Keukenhofnya luas banget.

Untuk orang-orang yang ga segitu ingin taunya dengan detail bunga, sebaiknya ga usah maksain untuk ngeliat seluruh areanya klo ga punya banyak waktu. Soalnya di beberapa bagian isinya bunga2 yang sama, hanya bentuk kebunnya bervariasi (Mesti diliat dr langit, ada yang bentuk naga segala). Lebih baik bersantai di salah satu area, sambil piknik sama teman-teman misalnya. Daerah sisi danau lebih baik. Tapi ada juga area yang ada hewan-hewannya (keledai, babi, makhluk kayak ayam, kelinci, dll), maze, wigmam Indian, rumah kaca, windmill, dll.

Sayang waktu kunjungan dr TU Delft-nya terlalu singkat. Jam 1an-4 sore. Ga jadi liat parade bunga (yang katanya bakal ada hari itu).

Si makhluk gendut, lucu, dan enak, huehuehuehe..

Voices from Animated Movies

These several days were holidays due to the queen's birthday (sering2 ya Ratu..), so I got the chance of watching several movies I've wanted to watch. Well, they're not new, I know (yaa maaph)..

I'm not going to talk about the story, but the voices of the characters that attracted my attention.

The first one is Charlotte's Web. The first time I heard Charlotte's voice, I found it very pleasant and soothing, yet familiar.. The voice was so motherly. At that moment, I didn't really try to recall the voice from my memory (not that I have much of them, heheh). After the film finished, I finally saw that Julia Robert was the one behind the character. Ahh ya ya, pantesan kayak kenal suaranya.

The second one is Horton Hears A Who! Although Jojo of the Whoville did not talk much (The moments he talked can be counted actually), he sang at the end of the film (Can't fight this feeling). The singing voice caught me, I really like it. Later on, I found out that it's Jesse McCartney's voice. As I search in YouTube to hear the voice again, I found out many people like the voice as well.

The third one is Shark Tale. I have bought the DVD when I was still in Bandung but never watched it. I really like the voice of Angie (Renée Zellweger) when she was mad at Oscar (Will Smith):

Angie: Sometimes, I wanna take your big, dumb, dummy head, and just... nyhhhh!
[makes pounding motions]

Another voice I like is of Frankie (Michael Imperioli), the shark, when he's dying:

Frankie: [dying] Lenny, is that you?
Lenny: I'm here, Frankie.
Frankie: Come closer.
Lenny: What is it, Frankie?
Frankie: I feel so cold.
Lenny: That's just because we're cold-blooded.
[Frankie slaps Lenny]
Lenny: Ow!
Frankie: Moron.
[dies]

The 'Moron' was hillarious, haha.

The voices behind the characters really helped in making the character memorable, I think.

Which American Idol Are You?

I stumbled upon some quizes on www.buddyTV.com about which male or female American Idol Singer you are..
Here goes the result:

Which Male American Idol Singer Are You?

My comment: What with the weight??! *ngelirik perut* siyalan..:D

Which Female American Idol Singer Are You?

My comment: Hahahaa.. Wohooo, Mindy Doo!