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Hehe.. baru nonton film ini..

mayan menarik. Tentang apa ceritanya? Diilhami dari kisah nyata tim BlackJack MIT: Ben Campbell adalah seorang mahasiswa MIT brilian (yaeyalaah, MIT!) yang punya mimpi untuk lanjut ke sekolah kedokteran harvard. Sekolah di Harvard Med tuh mahal, sekitar $300k, padahal si Ben ini kaga punya duit. Tapi, karena kebrilianannya (..kata yang aneh), dia direkrut semacem tim kecil rahasia di kampusnya. Ternyata tim kecil ini punya kegiatan yang cukup "unik": tiap weekend maen blackjack di Vegas! Ups, tapi kalo cuman judi doang mah ga usah mahasiswa brilian MIT juga bisa kan? nonono.. karena yang mereka lakukan adalah menaklukan game ini dengan suatu metode penghitungan kartu. FYI: blackjack itu salah satu dari sedikit maenan kartu yang bisa ditaklukan pake pikiran, gak cuma judi doang. Gimana caranya? tonton pilem ini makanya (iklan dikit ah :p).

Hemm.. ada beberapa hal yang jadi pikiran saya nih:
1. hee?! ngapain si Ben ini?? udah lulus MIT masi mau skolah kedokteran di harvard???
2. pas awal film, diliatin adegan si Ben lagi wawancara nyari beasiswa. Walopun dia punya GPA 4.0 (omaigat!) dan lulus MCAT (semacem ujian wat mahasiswa kedokteran) dengan score 42, dia perlu sesuatu yang membuat dia lain dari yang lain. Kalo kata bahasa si pewawancara "something that dazzled me". Wowow... if 4.0 GPA doesn't make u dazzle mister... hehe.. ternyata IP emang bukan segalanya (sedikit pembenaran buat diri sendiri :p). yosh! gonna make my dazzling moment in this year! amen!
3. Ben direkrut ke tim blakjack setelah dia berhasi menjawab Monty Hall problem dari dosennya. Ini menarik loh. silakan diikuti link ini kalo mau tau :D

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tambahan ah
4. Ibunya Ben sempet bilang: " u worked too hard Ben. You should squeeze some time for yourself. You only being 21 once, and that goes very fast." Hehe.. made me looked back to last year but i can say, i've done my 21 to the fullest! hehe

some punchlines!

we believe in the smell of fresh cut fairways at 6:00 AM, fast greens, and always playing for the tips. we don't believe in mulligans. we play it where it lies and concede nothing. we hit it long and our favorite numbers are always red. we are a new breed of athlete. 36 holes a day, hitting balls into the darkest hours of the night until our blisters have blisters of their own. "quiet please" is not in our vernacular. WE PLAY LOUD. WE PLAY HARD.

WE'RE PLAYING TROUGH


hehe.. above is an advertorial of oakley glasses (for golf). I dunno,, something impressed me so much to the point that i went to a local golf shop and actually buy this:

no- it's not an oakley glasses - :p
gonna try a few swings this week! :D

Indonesia 2035 - Pendahuluan

Hum, sudah lama saya tidak menulis dalam bahasa Indonesia, jadi sekarang, nulis ah!

Saya ingin berbagi tentang visi saya tentang Indonesia tahun 2035. Pertama, kenapa perlu sebuah visi? Terus terang ini cuma untuk membantu saya saja dalam merencanakan hidup. Dalam melihat sebuah masalah, saya cenderung melihat gambaran besarnya, kemudian baru mengisi detail2 kecil yang diperlukan. Haha, ini kadang menjadi suatu masalah, karena sering kali saya terlalu asyik membayangkan kemana-mana, dan malah jadi gak beranjak kemana-mana, hehe. Katanya sih saya seorang visual-spatial learner. Semoga dengan menuliskan hasil "penerawangan" saya, bisa bikin saya lebih mudah untuk merumuskan bagaimana supaya visi saya itu bisa terwujud. Seperti orang bilang, devil is in the detail, jadi mari kita mulai saja! :D

Pertama, kenapa tahun 2035? Karena pada tahun itu saya berusia 48 tahun. Saya rasa pada usia itu saya sudah pantas untuk melihat ke belakang, dan berkata.. hoo.. ini toh yang sudah saya lakukan. Ya, saya berencana untuk menjadikan usia itu sebagai patokan keberhasilan hidup saya ini. Walau tentu saja itu semua tergantung Yang Maha Kuasa. Tidak, saya tidak berencana untuk pensiun pada usia itu. Terus terang, belum terbayang oleh saya bagaimana saya akan pensiun. (ups, mulai kemana-mana nih :p). Yang jelas, pada usia itu saya bayangkan saya sudah menghabiskan usia "prima" saya, sehingga hasil karya terbaik saya seharusnya sudah bisa dilihat. Setelah lewat masa itu, apa boleh buat, sisa tenaga aja deh :p.

Jadi, visi saya untuk Indonesia 2035 adalaaah:
mampu memenuhi kebutuhan energinya secara mandiri, dengan porsi energi terbarukan lebih dari 10%!

bisakah? realistiskah? hum,, saya masih harus banyak cari tahu. Target ini bakal sering direvisi, seiring perjalanan saya mencapainya. so, stay tuned guys!

some nice reading materials

Hey! I found a nice blog to read. It contains articles that make us proud being Indonesian (you know i like those kind of stuffs ;D).
This one is wrote by a group of Indonesian, about out everyday issues:

And last one, written by an American freelance journalist:


Click on the picture to follow. Enjoy!

私の日本語のクラス

Title means, "My Japanese Language Class"

During the four and a half months period of my stay in Japan, i have joined a Japanese language class. There were four levels available, JA100 - JA400, with the later was the highest level. Before enrolling, students were supposed to do a placement test, but i skipped it, hehe. My friend from Indonesia, Haris, did the test and was assigned to the JA200 class. I thought, "hmm.. if he can do it, then i can". So i joined the JA200 class.

The class was a really interesting mix. There were Brazillian, French, South Koreans, Finns, Swede, Dutches, and of course, Indonesians.

Let's start with the Indonesian here. Me, Ganda, and Haris, who went together to Japan, plus Caca. Caca is an undergraduate student, like us, whose presence in Japan was to do an exchange program too, a different one from ours though. We Indonesian, were the biggest in number in class, but remained low in profile. Well,,, was it just our humble culture? Well, actually, i wanted to make some scene, but i was already struggled only to keep up with the class's pace, hahaha.

Next is the Koreans. There were three Korean: Bun, Rhee, and Park. Bun was an undergraduate whose major was hotel managerial. I really liked this guy. He was modest, despite his Japanese was the best in class. Rhee was a girl, shy but quite cute. Park, hoho, this guy was funny, and the loudest in class. I think the Koreans were topping our class.

Julian, Xandra, and Ewout are the netherlanders. Julias seem to be the most eager to learn Japanese. Xandra, a girl, a little tomboy i think, and to my surprice, was a video games fan! Ewout, hahaha.. i envied this guy. He had his girlfriend flew from Holland to met him in Japan in a vacation.

Klas is a Finn, had a good sense of humour, and a loud voice. Marita also came from the same country as Klas. Between the Europeans, i think she has the best Japanese. Since the Finns came from Nordic area, they thought winter in Japan was not cold at all. Klas even wore a T-shirt in the class room. WTF? I was freezing in the meantime.

Vinh is an Asian-blooded Swede. He often came late to class and our sensei liked to tease him. Hueges came from France. He is so.. umm.. French? :p. He was Klas's room mate. One day he dissapeared for three days and made Klas worry, hahaha. Then we had Danilo. He was Brazillian, same age as me. His english is excellent! i wonder if all Brazillian have good English.

hehe. ok, that's was my Japanese class team mates. A really good experience for me, my first sip of international taste, preceeding many more to come! Amin! :D