2 of my best buys from iTunes
Evol Intent - Era of Diversion
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This one here is an intense album. Evol Intent has been known in the dnb scene for their ultra-tight edits. Distorted synth leads and screaming guitars, derived from their hardcore past blended with stuttering beats and the occasional boundary-crossing walk into the realm of hip-hop and IDM. The title track jumps right away, the ever-shocking "Smoke & Mirrors" with its hardcore vocal, there's too many to mention, the bubbles in my brain had burst into an untreatable state...help....
Prodigy - Invaders Must Die
They are back! After their latest (and dismal) "Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned" (Spitfire being the only track that I like), they are back with a brain-twisting album. Full of high-speed tracks, menacing synths and tight beats, this is the Prodigy that had drowned me into electronic music years ago. The infectous "Omen" haunts me night and day, the reggae-influenced "Thunder" kept me humming the vocal samples for weeks. I forgive you for AONO guys!
a tribute to one of the coolest local pimp daddy
"I'm rollin' with my crew, in my red BMW!"
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seorang teman memberikan topik tentang perkembangan teknologi dan pengaruhnya bagi aspek-aspek kehidupan di dalam masyarakat
menggelitik otak juga, jadi gw send reply :
selain menyiapkan teknologi, budaya dari pemakaian teknologi itu sendiri juga harus dipersiapkan tentunya. melihat ke dalam negeri sendiri? waduh bingung mau ketawa apa nangis hehehe...
teknologi lama yang sampe sekarang etika pemakaiannya masih acak adut : tangga jalan. masih bingung ngeliat orang yang naik tangga jalan tapi diri di tengah... etika pemakaian tangga jalan kalo emang mau santai ya diri di sebelah kiri, sisakan ruang lowong di sebelah kanan untuk orang yang sedang buru-buru naik. hal sederhana seperti ini aja sebenarnya, tapi masih belom kepikiran
satu lagi : lift. lagi naik lift mau keluar, di luar udah banyak orang ngegerombol di depan pintu maksa masuk... makin sedih hehehe... etikanya ya minggir dulu, biar yang di dalem keluar dulu semua, baru yang di luar masuk. lift bukan metromini yang bakal ninggalin penumpangnya kok hehehehe
atau yang terbaru, blackberry. logikanya adalah alat ini memungkinkan penggunanya untuk bisa dihubungi lewat e-mail 24 jam penuh. tapi ya masih ada aja yang make cuma buat pesbukan heheheh... gw sendiri merasa belom jadi international- quality executive sampe harus mampu bales e-mail kerjaan 24 jam penuh. kalopun udah perlu, gw bakal minta perusahaan yang bayarin blackberry gw hehehe
An Ode To My Ex-Bosses
It's been more than 6 months since my Elephant days. I do miss them a lot. They are a generous employer. They have known to be the highest-paying business around the block. Great working atmosphere, you get to experience working with people coming from all around the world. Now I know how it feels to be a "citizen of the world". The best thing for me was the bosses. Unlike the typical boss figure that has been stereotyped here, they are truly a different kind of beast.
The owner, Robert Trench, he's your typical witty and sarcastic Scottish. He's old and he's been around I can tell, but that didn't make him arrogant. A really good bloke he is. No matter how busy he is, when he walks past any of his employees, he always greet them cheerfully. He knows how to make his employees feel comfortable working there. He knows how to make us laugh when we were tired while having our staffies.
The manager, Ian Todd, a real Aussie bloke. He must had wished that his parents would name him Jack Daniels instead of Ian Todd. Sounds like a common Aussie to you eh? He had this straightforward in-your-face attitude that makes him likable. He doesn't really like to make jokes, but his Aussie root makes him a witty person, and that's why everyone love Ian. He is very protective of his employees. I always remember one of his "wise words" regarding some of the employees that were being abused verbally by the customers, "YOU DON'T GET PAID HERE TO BE ABUSED BY THE CUSTOMERS, YOU ARE GETTING PAID TO BE ABUSED BY US!" Basically he wants us to report any abuse done by the customers to him and let him deal with it. He loves to handle rough punters and he's an eternal Manchester United fan (I can tell by his tatts), he's forever good in my book.
My first commercial print ad
Client : JIADreams Communication
Concept & Copy : Teddy Satrio Wibowo
Design Execution : Image Nation
people who live in danger
Some people like it being in a dangerous situation, not because they're a descendant of Steve Irwin, hell I don't even know their reasons.
I consider myself as one. Not the death-defying one, but more of a person who can't stand of routines. To woke up in the morning, leave the house before 6, dwell in the traffic maze, arrive at the office, having a coffee, and so on....
Sticks and stones, oh broken bones
Been four months back in this hellhole (that I loved so much).
Been hitting brick walls, driving into tight corners, consuming never-ending dreams. Some sort of his big plan I suppose, all remains a mystery. Still, I'm a human. Being late is probably better than being a no-show. It's a comforting notion, I know, but surely the story goes on still.
The first steps are always the hardest. Nothing can be done.
akhirnya aku pul;ang
lulus
wisuda
aku pulang
jakarta here i come...
10 FAQs (hasil tag si Bewokz)
1. Gw benci mati-matian sama anjing. Waktu kecil gue pernah kaget digonggong anjing waktu naik sepeda, alhasil gw jatoh dengan sukses dan menghasilkan beberapa lecet di kaki.
2. Menurut emak tersayang, waktu kecil kalo gue lagi nangis-nangis gak juntrung, cuma ada dua hal yang bisa bikin gue diem.
Pertama adalah nonton azan maghrib di TVRI. Selain azan maghrib gw juga bisa bengong terdiam kalo dengerin pegawainya almarhum buyut gw lagi baca Al-Qur'an (almarhum buyut gw punya toko material di Jl. Baturaja di daerah Kebon Kacang situ, dulu ada satu pegawainya, Mang Toha, yg kerja dan tinggal disitu pas weekdays dan pulang ke rumahnya di Parung pas weekend, dia setiap abis maghrib pasti ngaji).
Kedua adalah nonton kaset video Top Pop punya bokap (kaset video Top Pop adalah kumpulan video klip dari lagu-lagu yang lagi ngetop waktu jaman 80an, seri kompilasi Top Pop ini ada banyak, bokap punya sampe 25an seri)
3. Pertama kali nonton konser live waktu SMP. Ini tahun 93 apa 94 ya... Konser Supergroove di M Club yg berlokasi di Blok M Plaza menjadi konser pertama yang pernah gue kunjungin. Waktu itu nonton bareng temen gw yg namanya Rully. Dari sekian banyak murid di SMP 177 waktu itu, cuma gw sama Rully yang paling update dengan musik-musik yang beredar. Selera musik kita berdua udah cukup luas, sementara anak-anak yang lain masih berkutat di seputar satu genre musik aja.
4. Pertama kali mengenal materi pornografi waktu SMP. Kejadiannya waktu pulang dari ambil nilai atletik di Senayan. Temen gw Lutfi nunjukin stensilan Enny Arrow. Itu stensilan dalam keadaan halamannya terlepas-lepas, tapi gue dengan sabarnya menyusun kembali halaman demi halaman supaya enak dibaca lagi hehehe.
5. Gue merasa bersalah mengenalkan pornografi kepada sahabat gue waktu kuliah dulu. Sepertinya gara-gara gue, dia sekarang jadi berotak cabul dan suka motret-motret yang telanjang-telanjang gitu. Karena didera oleh rasa bersalah yang berkepanjangan ini, akhirnya gue memutuskan untuk berintrospeksi ke Australia.
6. Negara yang paling pengen gue kunjungin adalah Jepang dan Inggris. Gue sangat terkesima dengan Jepang. Filosofi hidupnya yang mampu bangkit dari keterpurukan menjadi masa keemasan seperti sekarang sebisa mungkin gue jadikan contoh. Sejauh ini gue baru belajar budaya Jepang lewat film-filmnya (dan bukan, gue bukan koleksi dorama Jepang kok..).
7. Gue seneng ngemil, titik.
8. Gue ga suka batik, don't ask why.
9. Musik elektronik udah mendarah daging buat gue. Mungkin ini hasil dari bokap yg seneng nyetel lagu 80's waktu gue kecil, favorit gue waktu itu Depeche Mode. Mungkin gue satu-satunya anak umur 7 tahun yg seneng Depeche Mode.
10. Karena seneng musik elektronik, maka
gue ngumpulin beberapa instrumen untuk genre ini. Hasil dari keringat darah dan air mata (literally) sampe saat ini adalah : Roland MC-909, Roland MC-505, Akai MPC 1000, Yamaha RM1X, Korg EM-1, Korg EMX-1, Korg Kaossilator, Korg Kaoss Pad 3, Korg miniKP, Mixer Tapco Mix120, Mixer Behringer Xenyx 802, Efek Behringer FEX800, Midi Controller Novation Nocturne.
Akhirnya, working holiday visa buat Indonesians mulai dipertimbangkan
Yeaaaah... ayo ayo yang mau mendulang dolar sementara!
sumber resmi : http://www.thewest.com.au/default.aspx?MenuID=2&ContentID=89587
Aust, Indon agree to start working holiday visa scheme 6th August 2008, 19:15 WST
Australia and Indonesia have agreed to start a working holiday visa scheme.
Australian Immigration Minister Chris Evans said the two countries had finalised an agreement to establish a working holiday visa scheme, similar to one already in place between Australia and numerous other countries.
“This will facilitate the capacity of young people from each country to work and holiday in each other’s countries,” he said.
“I’m a very firm believer that schemes like this broaden the understanding of each other’s cultures.”
Indonesia’s Law and Human Rights Minister Andi Mattalatta said the draft arrangements had been agreed and would be formally signed off later this year.
Under the agreement, Indonesians on holiday in Australia would be entitled to work for several months across all sectors, he said.
However, Australians would only be entitled to work in tourism, as English teachers or in hospitals in Bali or Java while on holiday in Indonesia, he said.
“Usually when people are taking a holiday to Australia, they are only given a tourist visa and cannot work,” he told reporters.
“With this agreement, our children who are taking a holiday in Australia are able to work in all lines of working fields, according to the needs there.”
Senator Evans said Australia had not held talks with Indonesia about a guest worker scheme, currently under consideration.
“There has been no decision by the Australian government to have a guest worker scheme with anyone as yet,” he said.
“While you know there is consideration before cabinet about such matters, the focus is very much on the South Pacific as a trial.
“A decision will be taken and announced shortly about that, but the focus has always been on both the South Pacific and a trial as part of our attempts to stabilise the South Pacific economies.
“There has not been any formal engagement with Indonesia on those issues,” Senator Evans said.
Mr Mattalatta said he could not comment because the matter had not been formally raised in talks.
JAKARTA
AAP
