Sepedaku Rewel

Sepedaku udah beberapa kali ngambek. Pertama, persneling/transmisi gigi nya rusak. Karena emang rumit, ya tak biarin aja. Wong tanah belanda datar2 aja kok :D Terus, rem depan putus. Karena rem belakang masih ada (dan karena malas), aku biarin aja.

Kemudian mur dinamo lampunya (yang nahan supaya dinamo itu bisa di set nempel ban ato ngga) rusak. Karena perlu lampu di malam hari (kalo ga, didenda polisi,hee) jadi segera diperbaiki dengan meminjam tang dari Habib. Untuk beberapa waktu, sepedaku ga rewel.

Apa mau dikata, berikutnya rem belakang putus juga. Terpaksa ke kampus jalan kaki de, daripada terjun ke kanal karena ga ada rem :p Usaha nyari service sepeda, search di internet dan tanya teman. Akhirnya diputuskan mengunjungi Koos Cloosterman, yang buka usaha reparasi dan penjualan sepeda bekas. Ternyata mahal (klo ga salah 20-30 euro untuk perbaikan rem dan transmisi). Klo pake jasa Salama (orang Turki yang jual sepeda bekas), 10 euro untuk rem dan 7 euro untuk transmisi. Jadilah coba janjian sama Salama. Ternyata di malam janjian dia ga datang (ujan deras sih, tapi ditelpon dan di-sms jg ga jawab). Senasib dgn Dwi yang juga janjian dgn dia di hari yg sama siang harinya, untuk ganti ban sepeda. Sampe sama2 pasang status YM, "Salama, kau dimana?" saking desperate-nya, hehehe.

Karena butuh banget, kuputuskan beli kawat/kabel rem tangan aja di toko dekat Roland (toko perlengkapan sepeda dan dart -- hmm,kombinasi yang aneh). Harganya 3 (ato 3,5) euro untuk si kabel, karet pelindung, dan onderdil2 kecil lainnya. Aku yang selama di rumah di Pekanbaru ga pernah nyentuh tukang-menukang dan reparasi lainnya, sekarang harus ngerjain itu, hehehe. Tapi sukses juga kok ;) (cat: cuma rem depan yg diperbaiki krn mudah, hehehe). Dulu Bapakku sering ngajakin perbaiki mobil, motor, dan reparasi2 lainnya, tapi aku ga pernah berminat. Paling2 cuma sesekali aku ikut bantuin. Abangku jauh lebih terampil untuk hal2 itu dibanding aku :D

Sialnya, si dinamo lampu bermasalah lagi. Sekarang ga bisa diperbaiki cuma dengan mengetatkan murnya. Jadi aku pergi ke open market di The Hoven Passage yang buka tiap Selasa untuk beli mur baru sekalian lampu sepeda yang pake batere untuk cadangan. Ternyata mur baru tetap ga bisa nahan dinamo itu. Kuputuskan beli satu mur lagi untuk menggandakan daya jepit (halaah). Pas mo bayar, ternyata si Bapak penjual bilang, ambil aja murnya ga usah bayar. Waaa, baiknya. Emang sih cuma 5 sen, tapi tetap aja menyentuh hati (hyuuk). Orang Belanda ga pelit kok (walo mungkin disanggah orang banyak, khekhekhe. Kasus khusus kali ya).

Walo udah beli 2 mur itu, tetap aja pemalas ngerjainnya. Masih pake lampu batere, khekheke. Segera deh dicoba daya jepit 2 mur itu (alias "Bib, pinjem tang dong.." :p hehehe)

Social Friday Event (Bingo)

Almost every Friday, TU Delft arrange Social Friday Event with various themes, either in the sport center or the cultural center. We already had Journey to Africa, Sweet Valentine Party, Chinese New Year Dumpling party, Karaoke Night, Casino Night, Winter Wonderland, Movie Night, Sinterklaas, Indian Navratri, and so on.

I usually come together with other Indonesian students. But this night, I didn't really want to go. Apart from it was just raining (mana ujhyan, ga ada ojhyek, bechyek bechyek.. ), I still got 2 assignments for a course, due next Monday.

However, Rizky insistently persuaded me to come (using ridiculous persuasion a.k.a rayuan gombal yg bikin ngakak.. kakakakk ). Ohh, nasyib.. Lemah terhadap org2 yg kekeuh.


This night theme was Bingo Night. To make the game more interesting, the committee had provided 5 Bingo sets, 1 mp3 player, and 1 iPod nano for 7 rounds of game. So there I was.. In the sport center with Rizky, Tungky, and Guo Yan (Charles), wondering how I could win such a luck game (since I don't consider myself a lucky guy).

And there I was (again), receiving the first round prize, hahahaha.. A set of Bingo game. First one to win. I'm a lucky guy, now I think I am Although, not as lucky as Amin who won the last round, getting the iPod khekhekhe.

Apparently, I have to thank Rizky for forcing me to come. Apart from winning one of the prize, I really had fun Sometimes it's not bad to give in to instinct rather than rationality (but now I really have to work hard, maybe overnight , hehehe.. ).

(Ahh, when I walked down the corridor to my room, there was a guy smoking marijuana.. Ugh, hate the smell)

Assignmentku selesai!!

Assignmentku nampak udah selesai.. Aku baca pelan2.. "Eh, tapi tadi tugasku kan belom selesai? Apa ini mimpi.." Berusaha mengingat2 isi dokumen itu untuk dituliskan di dokumenku (ngarep2 gitu)..

Yaaah, pas betul2 terbangun, ternyata emang lupa.. (dan si assignment sialan itu emang masih belum kelar)

--Ugghh... Mimpi yang betul2 keterlaluan.. memberi harapan palsu--

Miss Saigon

I never watched Miss Saigon before.. But I have the soundtracks thanks to this guy's collection
I have only heard Sun and Moon repeatedly since I had them. That's the only song I know from a concert.. (Hmm, konsernya sapa ya? Yang ada K'Kia)

But today, while working on my module 4 of Technology and Strategy assignments, I listened to those tracks again. I just realized how moved I was by them. I was easily attracted to "The Heat Is On In Saigon", "I Still Believe", "This Is The Hour", "The Revelation" (As far as I can remember). "Please", "The Fall of Saigon", "Room 317", and "The Confrontation" sounded emotional.

I couldn't stop grinning on "What A Waste"

"Hey boy, you want to try my girls, try my girls, haa!"
"Come on guys, check my girls, haa"
"You like what you see, haa, yaa.."

Hahaha, so naughty..

I gotta see the movie soon to check whether my impression on those songs were correct with the scenes.

Lea Salonga's voice is surely beautiful. I once watched her audition for Miss Saigon, singing "Sun and Moon". She had a very good range but I was automatically impressed on her low note(see bold text) when she sang "We have been blessed you and I.." (I checked the video every now and then just to hear that note)

The panel were obviously looked impressed after the audition

Paskah

Hahaha..
Hari ini lucu
Paskahnya bersalju

*yeap, pas lagi kebaktian tiba2 turun salju.. Pas Natal malah ngga*
Ntar ada lagu baru: I'm dreaming of a white Easter.. khekhekhe..