Butterfly Effect

Due to limited dating fund, we decided to have our dates in a much cheaper local cinema (Lippo Cikarang) that plays mostly Indonesian movies. I love comedy while he prefers romantic drama -_-. So when we got to the cinema we had some decision making trouble, I wanted to watch “Namaku Dick”, while my boyfriend preferred “Ada Kamu Aku Ada”. We decided to take turns, watch “Namaku Dick” that day and then the next day “Ada Kamu Aku Ada”. So I’ll review both movies here.

Namaku Dick (My name is Dick)

As I expected, it was a seriously funny movie ! ^.^ I laughed so hard that I cried. Tora Sudiro played the handsome playboy architect whose ermm ..pardon .. penis began to speak to him after being cursed by an ex girlfriend. Ever since his penis started to talk to him, his life changed drastically - his career was in turmoil, people began to look at him weird, and well … you can imagine the rest. What did he do to get out of the mess? ^^ Just watch !
Unfortunately although it was funny, the later half of the movie seemed slow and rather boring, the ending felt a bit ‘forced’ (maksa) too. I give this 7 out of 10.

Ada Kamu Aku Ada (You were there and so was I - poor translation)

A pretty party girl (played by Bunga Citra Lestari) has a filthy rich boyfriend that could buy her anything she wants in the world. He’d been unfaithful, philandering, selfish and self-absorbed, but she could see nothing of that, thanks to the power of love and the key to a luxurious apartment. By accident, she met a poor but handsome guitarist and grew in love with him. You can guess the rest. The plus side : you get too see Bunga Citra Lestari in short shorts and low cut blouses.
I give this 5 out of 10.

The ticket to the movies costs only Rp. 10,000 (US$ 1) ! So it was all good ^_^.

The bottom line is ” … all academic architecture has the same purpose : to convince alumni and parents’ they’re getting their money’s worth. “

An old friend surprised me by sending a collection of my pictures that were stashed in his hard disk. I’ve lost some of the pictures, so i’m delighted to see them again. I thought I should post some of the pics here

Picnic ! This pic was taken somewhere in 2003.

Housemates(Huan, Sandy, Tram, Peter) and our landlady (Kate)

Riverside , Townsville - Queensland. It was always a breeze to ride our bikes here and watch the day faded.

Me and my college buddy, Shaiu Ring - in a restaurant , Kuala Lumpur. This pic was either taken in 2003 or 2004.

Me in a shop called Wizards in The Summit USJ, Subang Jaya. The shop’s specialty was Magic Cards the Gathering !

Another college friend , Jennifer ^_^ I was chubby .. wait .. I still am. I think this picture was taken in either Midvalley or Sunway Pyramid - can’t remember .

Finally, the long awaited harpitnas* is here ! I can’t wait to get out of my beautiful-yet-scorching-hot town! It’ll be such a perfect long weekend ! ^^ and i’m taking my piles of final exam paper along too ! Long weekend + funky holiday destination + a cute boyfriend + work = perfect .

(*) harpitnas stands for hari kecepit nasional , literally translated : national stucked day - it is not an official public holiday but it can be assumed as one, it refers to a day stuck in between two off-days. Thursday is labour day - hence we can take the day off, then there is friday (harpitnas), and woohooo… saturday , sunday !

I gave two options for my multimedia students’ projects, they can either choose the “retro” theme or “futuristic” theme. In the project, they have to create Animated film, 2D game and 3D game. The results were quite extraordinary. If the previous batch of students focused on the ‘present day’, the current students had the chance to be a little wild with their imagination.

Have a look at some screenshots of my students’ work ! ^^ proud teacher mode : on.

Contact me for full screening

Cikarang, I’m in Love

A tragical love story between a PU student and a purple alien.

The interesting part is that the story continued in their 2D and 3D game.

I’m a Legend

What will happen if Elvis attended President University?

This funny animation also comes with a game on how Elvis trained his protege to sing just like him. The game was rather addictive.

Saving the Earth

The earth is in the verge of extinction, what should PU students do to save it?

Journey to the Future

A student called Alex was thrown to the future. Will he return ?

Viewers’ favourite was the animated film made by a pair of students that called themselves MoRon. But I havent made a screenshot of it, since I think it has gained so many rave reviews, it’s time for the others’ work to shine ^^. Anyway, I need to go home now .

See ya readers later !

Still trying to finalise the students’ coursework marks. It’s freezing here so I have to run outside from time to time to defrost my brain, how annoying . The good part: it’s quiet now since some students are doing their final exam.

Hmm, final exam … will the students survive ?

Til later !

I want to write longer post, but my hands are still full with grading assignments, reports and such. Anyways, this was such a fun week with tambourine ( yes, real tambourine ^^) and I’m having lots of fun grading those highly entertaining multimedia projects and hacking reports. More posts soon , stay tuned ! Oh yes, I almost forgot. Good luck on your final exam ^^ !!

T, my roomie, has a book on how to handle difficult people. I wonder if the book has tips specifically for handling difficult aunt. Let me picture her for you: she’s good looking, elegant, workaholic, single woman, in her late 50s. She’s also rather difficult to please. In the beginning, our relationship was not too bad. I did notice that she could be rather hostile to other people.

This is why, whenever I’m at her place I tried to be very very very careful. But, I must have not been careful enough. I could not really pinpoint which incident annoyed her so much that she has to be snappish to me all the time. I stayed over at her place for the weekend and as usual, I left feeling all depressed with huge WHYs floating in my mind.

Why did I even come to her place? Why does our tradition dictate that we have to build good rapport with everyone within our extended family? Why do I find myself trying to ‘mend’ our relationship when probably, that was not what she wanted? Why? Why?!?

I could answer one of the WHYs though. When I was younger , she was someone that I looked up to - apart from my own mum, a role model per se, and she still is.

Look what I just found : Five reasons to ditch the Mac and return to PCs - Five reasons why the CTO of nCircle bucked the trend and gave up on his Intel dual-core-based MacBook Pro.

This article is definitely a slap to Macheads everywhere, nonetheless, let me summarise the 5 reasons:

1. Productivity trumps religion

…depending on how a company uses Macs, trying to integrate the computers into a company’s workflow can kill productivity, Keanini says. The applications never quite match up, data has to be massaged to be useful, and the company has to design workarounds for each issue, he says.

2.  Workarounds waste time

As soon as a company allows a different operating system onto workers’ desks, employees have to start dealing with all the little problems that crop up. Calendar programs no longer sync with the rest of the company and documents created in one office software suite have to be converted to another, usually Microsoft Office.

3. It’ s hard to abandon favorite tool

You may become quite attached to a Windows application or two, and decide Apple doesn’t have a comparable equivalent. Apple is well known for creating user-friendly applications, but for Keanini, Microsoft has a lead with at least one program: OneNote, which he uses for personal information management.

4. The Hotel California factor

Companies that move over to the Mac OS X should expect to spend a lot of time converting data if they decide to move back to Windows, Keanini says.

5. You may feel the heat, literally

Aluminum cases make MacBook Pro laptops, like the one Keanini chose, very sleek. But, Keanini says, the focus on design overlooked the fact that the computers throw off a lot of heat — so much so that he found that he could not use the computer on his lap.

This CTO made a switch to Lenovo Thinkpad .

Hmm …

When? 6th of April, 2008 from 08.00 am til finished
Where? President University Campus, Jalan Ki Hajar Dewantara , Kota Jababeka, Cikarang Baru, Indonesia
Call (62) 21 8910 9762 - 63 for further details.

If you are applying and would like to sit for the entrance examination on that day, don’t forget to bring: 2 pieces of coloured photographs (4×6 size), Identity Card, photocopies of your report book or transcripts (if you are transferring from another college/university).

Students with outstanding academic achievement may stand a chance to get full and partial scholarships !

See you there!