I just read one of my friend Facebook status update (Ci Citra)
Tadaaa !! what you see is a banner ... Terjual is Bahasa Indonesia, when translated to English, it is a word that reaallyy turn me ON!! that is SOLD !!
Just added My Tweets section for my lovely blog .... I know Blogger isn't as flexible as WordPress YET ... besides this template has a bug in its gadget settings.
What do I think about above picture ?
As usual, from Steve Younis (www.supermanhomepage.com); let me quote the content:
Welcome to the 202nd edition of the Big Blue Report!I've never meet Steve in person, I am not a 'reaaallly' big fan of Superman or Smallville either but I just like what he's trying to say in this newsletter edition about 'hate' and/or 'love' something.
Have you noticed on the internet, in comment boards and forums, that it's okay to praise something without citation, but if you criticize something people demand you explain yourself?
In the Superman world that is just as true as it is for any other topic. Fans openly priase "Smallville" with comments like, "Season 9 is the best season so far!" or "I love Smallville" and nobody bats an eyelid. They just accept that person's opinion without question.
However if you write something like, "Season 9 is the worst season so far!" or "I hate Smallville", you're likely to get a handful of people jumping down your throat, wanting to know how you can dare say that or why you think such a thing.
You'll note the comments I've used as examples are identical except for that fact that one is positive and one is negative.
Now let's be honest, you can't love absolutely everything about anything. Nothing in life ever fully lives up to our expectations. Whether it be a book we're reading, dinner we're eating, a person in our life, a pet, a music CD, a TV series or a movie. Whatever it may be, no matter how much you love it, it's never 100% perfect.
So when someone says, "I love Smallville", I highly doubt that they love everything about it. By the same measure, if someone says, "I hate Smallville", I also doubt that they hate everything about it. There's likely to be some aspects of it they like or at least don't dislike. It may be an actor, the setting, the music, etc... It stands to reason that there's some part of the TV show that they don't hate.
What's my point? I don't know that I really have one, except to point out that as human beings we tend to exagerate our opinions when putting them across to people. Just because someone says, "I hate this" or "I love this" doesn't mean they hate/love everything about it.
So the next time you see someone make the comment, "I hate Smallville", don't automatically presume to reply with the knee-jerk "If you hate it then stop watching it" repsonse. You can still be a Superman fan and not like "Smallville". Just like you can still be a Superman fan and not like "Superman Returns" or "Superman IV".
You don't have to love everything about Superman that was ever made to call yourself a Superman fan.
Regards,
Steve Younis
Tlah tiba.... feeling gua, taon ini Jakarta gak bakal lolos dari banjir besar lagi nih...
Just watched Smallville season 9 episodes 3 titled Rabbid. Wow... pretty much like watching Resident Evil mummies hunting there but you know what.. things get better between Lois and Clark. I just love the way they pack the LnC moments there.
Here's the trailer for next episode 4 titled Echo.
I found another detailed news written here titled World shows solidarity over West Sumatra earthquake. Let me quote the news.
World shows solidarity over West Sumatra earthquake
JAKARTA, Oct. 3 — Indonesia once again witnesses the world solidarity continuously flowing to West Sumatra following a deadly magnitude 7.6 earthquake which rocked the province last Sept 30, Antara news agency reported Saturday.October 3, 2009 4:35 pm
At least 600 people were killed and thousands were still trapped under rubble in the West Sumatra earthquake which destroyed thousands of buildings.
The world had previously demonstrated generous solidarity when Indonesia's Aceh Province and Nias Island were devastated by a gigantic tsunami on December 2004, Yogyakarta and some parts of Central Java were leveled by VI-VII MMI-earthquake in May 2006.
In the aftermath of the West Sumatra disaster, helping hands have already been extended by a number of countries such as Malaysia, Singapore, Australia, Saudi Arabia, the UK, the US, Germany, South Korea, China, Japan, Russia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Denmark, Switzerland, Thailand, Taiwan and Norway.
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has sent a maximus Aircargo plane carrying two units of trucks, one ambulance disaster response unit, a Search and Rescue (SAR) team, medicines, and four sniffer dogs that will be used to identify the presence of victims, both survivors and victims who died under collapsed buildings in West Sumatra.
Saudi Arabia has always been a friend of Indonesia and was now ready to help Indonesia in mitigating the disaster in West Sumatra, Saudi Arabian Ambassador to Indonesia Abdulrahman Moh. Amin Al-Khayad said in Jakarta.
From neighboring Australia, a plane carrying Australian rescue personnel and relief supplies touched down in West Sumatra's capital of Padang, AAP, Australian news agency, reported.
Supplies included medical kits, blankets and tents for the tens of thousands of Indonesians affected by Wednesday's devastating earthquake.
A 36-person urban search and rescue team and about 20 Australian Defense Force medics and engineers are expected to arrive in Padang on Saturday.
Australia has also provided $A 250,000 to Indonesian NGO Muhammadiyah to support its medical teams and humanitarian operations and AUS 100,000 to the Indonesian Red Cross for its emergency response.
Another neighboring country, Singapore, said it would provide $ 50,000 worth of emergency relief supplies, including temporary shelters, blankets and medicines. It is also sending a 42-member Civil Defense Force rescue contingent.
Malaysian doctors are also helping quake survivors in West Sumatra.
US President Barack Obama in Washington DC on Thursday expressed his sympathy over the Sumatra earthquake and his administration also sent immediate aid to help the victims.
"I know firsthand that the Indonesian people are strong and resilient and have the spirit to overcome this enormous challenge. And as they do, they need to know that America will be their friend and partner," Obama, who had spent his childhood for several years in Indonesia, said.
The United States announced Thursday it has released US$ 300,000 in immediate aid to the victims of Indonesia's massive earthquake and has set aside another US$ 3 million for later.
From Moscow, it was reported that the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry was sending rescue workers, doctors and psychologists to the earthquake-affected province.
"Under the instructions of the Russian president the Emergency Situations Ministry will help the residents of Sumatra, hit by a devastating earthquake. Two ministry's airplanes Il-76 are due to fly to the island on Thursday, October 1," a source in the information department of the Russian ministry told Itar-Tass on Thursday.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev earlier sent a telegram of condolence to Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.
China has allocated US$ 500,000 in aid to Indonesia, Chinese media cited on Friday the Foreign Ministry as saying. China's Red Cross has also provided US$ 50,000, Xinhua news agency said.
European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso expressed his deep sympathy towards the victims through President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. The European Commission allocated three million euros to aid the victims.
An emergency response team from the European Commission's Humanitarian Aid has been deployed to Padang to evaluate the victims' necessities.
According to a press release from the UK Embassy in Jakarta, a team of UK search and rescue experts was sent to Indonesia by the Department for International Development (DFID).
The UK plane also carried specialist rescue equipment, some UK firefighters trained in emergency search and rescue techniques who will work with the Indonesian government to help in life saving and recovery efforts.
Earlier, Prime Minister Gordon Brown sent a message of condolences to President Yudhoyono following the disaster.
Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lawrence Cannon, also offered his country's condolences to the people of Indonesia.
Some 60 rescue personnel and 23 doctors from Japan arrived in Pariaman, which is the earthquake worst-hit district in West Sumatra, on Friday to help victims of the deadly.
Hamada, a spokesman of the doctor team from the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA), said his team would focus on seriously injured victims.
"We choose to come to Pariaman because it is the worst-hit area and many victims suffer from broken bones," Hamada said.
Pariaman Deputy Mayor Mukhlir Rahman, when greeting the Japanese doctors, said many local residents suffered from broken bones and trauma due to the 7.6 earthquake.
The powerful temblor has devastated 10,581 houses, 88 public facilities, 77 places of worship, 76 school buildings, and 68 government offices in Pariaman alone.
The United Nations has also rushed teams to Indonesia to survey the damage in the wake of a massive earthquake and to prevent the outbreak of epidemic diseases.
A UN team – comprising members from the World Health Organization (WHO), the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF),and others – has arrived in the city of Padang, with a population of nearly 1 million, in Sumatra.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon offered his condolences to victims of the Indonesian quake and their families in his own statement, adding that he is closely following reports of the impact of the disaster.
A UN senior official has also called for global unity in responding to a series of deadly natural disasters that have struck Asia in recent days.
The international solitary towards the Sumatra earthquake's victims, by accident, came just few days after President Yudhoyono has stressed the importance for the world to foster global conscience, which he said imperative for maintaining harmony among civilizations.
In his lectures at Harvard University In Boston, Sept. 29, 2009, Yudhoyono described the need the for nurturing global conscience, by citing an example on what had happened after the Aceh tsunami 2004.
"It is not easy to describe this, but this is what I saw in Aceh during the tsunami tragedy. On 26 December 2004, giant tsunami waves crashed Aceh and Nias, and 200,000 people perished in half an hour. The whole nation was in grief, he said.
But in this tragedy, he said, one also found humanity. "The whole world wept, and offered helping hands. Americans, Australians, Singaporeans, Chinese, Mexicans, Indians, Turks and other international volunteers worked hand in hand to help the Acehnese. I realized then there exists a powerful global conscience," he said.
And the recent West Sumatra earthquake, as well as other disasters which happened almost at the same time in the Asia Pacific region, namely tsunami on Solomon Island and a deadly Typhoon in the Philippines, have again caused a global conscience to build up. (PNA/Bernama)
LGI/fom
Seminggu ini negara Indonesia bener2 sibuk gara-gara gempa. Apa sih yg terjadi sebenernya dibawah sana yah bisa ribut gitu ??
Rabu kemarin gempa di Padang, terus besokannya Jambi, hari ini di Papua dan Gorontalo. Berita2 di tv teruuus memantau proses evakuasi. Gua denger banyak tangisan anak2 yg jadi korban, ibu2 yg kehilangan rumah dan keluarganya, masih banyak gambar2 mengerikan yg keliatan...
Sementara ironis memang, di ibukota Jakarta ini kita masih tenang2 aja, damai2 aja .. sedikit ngalamin mati lampu aja udah geraaah bener. Elit-elit politik sibuk masing2 ngurusin partai dan kepentingannya mau rapat ini itu, bahkan Pak SBY pun bilang kemarin ada pejabat diliput CNN terus ketawa-ketawa ditengah bencana gempa sigh ...
Barusan gua baca satu berita di Detik.com tentang Jepang bangun klinik kesehatan darurat di Pariaman salah satu kota yg deket dgn sumber gempa hari rabu kemarin. Wow ... dahsyat .. ini negara, bener2 salut dan peduli banget sama kita! Terimakasih Jepang!, Thank you, Arigatou, Japan!
Spertinya memang Jepang yg udah lebih berpengalaman yah menanggulangi bencana yg bahkan gua pernah denger mereka punya menteri khusus bencana. Bukan negara tetangga kita yg terdekat tapi malah yang bermil-mil jauhnya datang duluan.
Prinsip tabur tuai ... nggak hanya berlaku untuk pribadi aja, negara pun gua yakin begitu. Terlepas dari hal2 politik, tolong menolong demi kemanusiaan itu bukan dilihat manusia ukurannya tapi Tuhan sendiri yang bilang kalau kita menolong orang sama aja kita bikin utang sama Tuhan. Blessed Japan ...
Nggak hanya Jepang, tadi di tv pun gua lihat beberapa orang bule berpakaian kayak firemen sdh ikut menolong, astaga... negaraku ini punya hutang banyak sama negri lain.
Kalo ngomong banyaknya gempa, tiba2 inget lagu pak Niko yg Tanda tanda tlah nyata, hujan akhir tlah tiba. Allah sedang melawat umatnya. Ladang telah menguning, siap untuk dituai. Banyak jiwa menanti uluran tangan kita. Tuailah. Tuailah. Sekarang.
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This year, as I remember, I watched Confessions of a Shopaholic and recently The Proposal. Both are good, likeable, funny and enjoyable for me.
