My English -From A to E-

I don't know if you realized it yet, but i think my english is getting worse. I had 94 (out of 100 maximum score) on final exam in highschool for english, making only 3 wrong answers (2 which i do on purpose). I used to translate other classmates (and seniors) tasks and scored perfectly. Now, having no more tasks in english, and having no one come asking for help translating their tasks, plus no one to talk in english to, my english rusted. Foreign language has always been interesting to me (still does actually), and it suck to find my english getting worsen every single day. Need a help here....i really do......

Formalin - I ate it, doncha? -

Big fuss going around the country about the use of formalin (correct me if i'm wrong for i'm no good in chemistry, is the common name for Formil Aldehid?) on food substance such as tofus, dried fishes and seafishes. They said that formalin causes cancer in long term, causes instant sicknes if taken in quite a lot amount, and eventually death. What freaks me is that i have been long time tofu eater, and now i think i have quite a lot amount of formalin in my body. Damn it, not so long ago avian influenza, and now formalin??

I think people became distrubed to know that people use the same substance to use on dead bodies being used on the food they love to eat. But came to think of it, if formalin did a good job preservating corpses, doesn't it suppose to make our body fresh all the time (huehehehehe just being riddiculous)....So what should we do? we can never really sure if formalin was used on a food or not, how do we avoid it? Stop eating tofus, dried fish and seafish (i believe some meatballs are said to be contaminated with Borax too)?

I believe some people still fears eating poultry (avian influenza), they might fear eating meats from cow (anthrax), and now you can add meatballs, noodles, tofu, driedfish, and seafish. If they do avoid those foods, what'll they eat then? i hear even veggies are not safe enough because of the pestiside and insectiside....Canned foods must have certain chemical ingredients in it.....Man, what's left to eat? Or should we all go bact to where we were before loooong time ago....plant our own veggies and raise our own food animals?? yeah, that'll be the best answer for secureness in eating dont you think? To me, i'll eat anything, the matter of life and death, sick and healthy, is God's, if it is time for us to die so be it, why need to be bothered by something that prevents us from doing what we like? cheers...

Let's go back to eating formalin :)

Oh Red Devils........

As probably you know already, i'm a BIG fan of Manchester United. I have always love seeing the club play football, a great football that is. I first saw ManUtd on tv, i dunno the excact year but i remember it was against Crystal Palace, first football match i ever see. The match made me love football until now, yet it hasn't really made me a fan of manutd. I first became fan on the era of The King Eric Cantona. I think it was by the time Cantona returned after suspension. From that day on, i am a fan of Manchester United.

Nowadays, ManUtd suffers many difficulties. The likes of Arsenal and Chelsea are beginning to disturb ManUtd domination in england. What could cause these bad results to happen? I started to believe that the blame was on Sir Alex. He was a great manager, at least fo some years. Now that he is old, and other managers have already aware of Sir Alex tactics, he just can't compete with great young tactics of other manager (this same reason i think happening to Arsene Wenger as well, it's not the lost of Vieira that made Arsenal like this, it was because most of clubs already know how Arsenal play). So i think, to save ManUtd, there will be replacement needed, Soon.

Best Soundtracks

I often recieved a poll-like message on my friendster bulletin board. They asked for top 5 favourite songs or songs you listen the most at the time, or top five movies, or ask silly questions, and the author expect you to forward it with your answer to your friends. What are the use of such activities? does the author got nothing to do but write such stuff?? Still....i find it quite a good time killing activities, so i answered several of them (if i had time to kill).

From all questions that i eventually read and answered, i never came across a question asking for favourite soundtrack album. I saw on muchmusic (O channel) listed 20 best soundtracks ever and i find it different with my own list of best soundtracks. On that show the narrator sometimes indicated that what makes it a good soundtrack is because the songs are perfectly suited with the film, while others enters the list because it has one amazing hit that everytime people hear the song they will remember the film. Still, having agreed with the narrator, i can't seem to understand why several soundtracks i feel don't deserve to be on the list are included on the list.

With this blog, i want to list what i think deserve to be the best soundtracks ever. You can leave your list on comment box or send it to my email, i would appreciate if you do that. Here we go:

1. Grease - Yep, what a soundtrack. every single are just good to listen to (i made this list based on the songs quality) and how can you not familiar with any of the songs sang in the album.
2. Selmasongs (soundtrack of Dancer in the Dark) - Magnificent songs by a great musician (Bjork). If you watch the movie, it'll be much better rather than hearing the album only.
3. The Bodyguard - I can't help it, Whitney's I Will Always Love You is one of the reason why i think this album is great, The rest of the songs are excellent too.
4. City of Angels - Iris is the main reason i liked it, and Sarah McLachlan....true angel.
5. Armageddon - Yep, Love it too. Chantal and Aerosmith did a good job on this album.
6. Great expectations - Hmmm....I lost my cassete....i can't say much but i love life in mono.
7. The Wedding Singer - FYI, in case you haven't know yet, Adam Sandler is a great songwriter....and singer (not too good tho' but i loved it anyway, you should heard him sang in 50 first dates too).
8. Princess Diary 2 - Good combination of songs (a lot of female voices here, love it!)
9. Dawson's Creek - i know it's not a movie soundtrack, but at least they named it soundtracks. I like Paula Cole's here.
10. Spirit - Good songs, you've got to hear Don't let go....Sarah's an Angel

Oh, about local film soundtracks, well....they often only manage to have one hits so i have second and third thoughts about putting them on my list. Yet the best local soundtrack to me so far is Ada Apa Dengan Cinta?

Kay, that's it, enjoy.

Swimfan - Reality -

We (me and my friends) usually plays football (soccer for US people) almost everyday in a schoolyard near home. 5 PM is the time to play 'til 6.30. We all love football, or actually we love to do sports not only football. Volley, Basketball, Running, Badminton, you name it we do it.

But since October 2005, we have to stop playing football, or the most is once a week (that's the same as stop playing). Why? Coz the principal of the school forbids us to play there, and we can't find new field to play football (of course we're looking for free and undisturbed football field). So what do we do? we look for other physical activities.........

Swimming is our new activity. We love swimming so much that everytime we swim we spent like 6-7 hours in the swimming pool. We usually leave home at 8 in the morning, arrive at the swimming pool at 8.30, and stayed there 'til 2-3 PM. We usually bring supplies to the pool rather than buying supplies at the pool cafetaria (it's so expensive), Foods and drinks (some bring cigarette if they smoke) is a must to have going to the pool beside towel, swimwear and shampoo....
We're not actually a good swimmer, we just love to dip in the pool for a long time hehehehe.......
Swimming for that amount of time, you can say we're swimfan in reality right?

Favourite day in a year

"What's ur fav day in a year?maybe u would say "it's my birthday!" or somethin like that. But 4 me that was nothing such Christmas the day when Christ was come"
My cousin send me that message on Christmas last year......Interesting i say.....

Why? To me everyday is my favourite day. Everyday i live with the Saviour in my heart, how can that not make my everyday a great day?? Yes to some the day Christ was born is special, but what good is it to celebrate His Birth if He's not in your heart or you're not thankful for every blessing in your life that you recieve everyday? Cherish everyday that you've been given, and i'm sure everyday is your favourite day.

God Bless

Freeze to Death

New Years eve where was i you asked? PUNCAK.

It was 9.30pm, after the barbeque party, me and my friends were chatting and fooling around when one of our friend arrive. "Let's go for a ride" he said. The other agrees."where to?" i asked. "bogor, to my friend's house".
"drive me home, i'm going to get my jacket" i said. "don't bother, it's not cold and we'll only be there for a while. look, even Prio doesn't wear jacket" he replied. "okay, whatever" i said.
There were 9 of us with 5 motorcycle.

We arrived at bogor at excactly 00.30. we stopped to have a drink, what a ride and we're all thirsty. "Now that we're here, what should we do?" ask bejo.(we didn't go to my friend's friend's house-do you get me?- coz he's not home) "Let's continue to puncak" and the others agree "What the heck? are you freaking serious? i don't have jacket on damn it!!" a said and they just laugh. "it's not cold,and if it is cold, wear my jacket" "Fine!"

And it is cold. We made several stops. First one at a gas station. Second one at a public toilet, we can't control our bladder coz of the cold. Third one was because one of my friend freezed and can't continue drive the motorcycle, he ask to be replaced. Last stop was at the coffee house at the Top. We have drinks again (hot this time, coffee, choco, ginger, you name it we drank it) and have noodles, just to keep ourselves warm.

Went home at 04.30 and guess what? TRAFFIC JAM even motorcycle couldn't get through. The 2-3 hours trip home became 5 Freaking hours trip!! Yes we arrived at 9.30 in the morning, tired, Veeeery tired. Next stop, the cotton Island.
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...............

Lost and Found

-Found-

It was new year's eve....well not evening actually.....i dunno what you call 5.30 in the afternoon.....whatever........
I was with my friends preparing for a seafood barbeque party. All of a sudden, someone call my name, it's a woman's voice so i thought it's my neighbour calling me, but when i look, it's not my neighbour at all, it's someone from the past, someone whom i never heard for i dunno.....9 years? yeah, i think it's about 9 years ago the last time i saw her, she's a friend that went to the same junior high with me. Her initials are FFV, kinda pretty name, and believe me, she is pretty....
Why do i bother writing bout this? well, it's because i'm so THRILLED seeing her again. I had a Big Time crush for her in junior high, but since she's my bestfriend's girlfriend i couldn't tell it to her or anybody else. Now that my bestfriend turnsout to be gay and have no relationship with her anymore, i kinda thinking "well this is it, my chance of getting to know her better". Anyway, that afternoon she was with her mom on their way to the church so she couldn't stop by for long. That's the only moment i have so far, haven't met her again, if i do i'd ask for her time and perhaps her number so we can talk more.

-Lost-

Wednesday morning at 5.00. I was going to sleep when the phone rang. What was i doing up in the morning you say? Watching Manchester United held to a draw by Arsenal of course, I'm a red devils! That freaking gunners were lucky, Da$n It!!
Anyway, the call was my cousin looking for my father (He's up too, he's a gunners, it's hard living like this when gunners and red devils meet). They talk for a while and from the look on my father's face i can tell it's a bad news....and it was....My Grandmother passed away. Big Time Shock!! I've already lost my Grandfather, now Grandma too? I don't have grandparents anymore, either from my dad's or my mom's. So there it is, my father busy calling every relative to inform about it and also to plan to go to where my Grandma used to live, South Sulawesi. I wanna come to, but i can't for some reason i couldn't write. Still sad now.....GoodBye Grandma

I Missed you, missed you so bad
I won't forget you, you know that i can't