[This is just too funny, so I got to post it. Dedicated for the geek inside all of us.] The Creation (Microsoft Style) In the beginning, GOD created the Bit and the Byte. And from those, He created the Word. And there were two Bytes in the Word, and nothing else existed. And God separated…
Sudah agak lama gue nonton Cinta Silver, tapi tiba-tiba kok teringat ya kata-kata yang diucapkan Wishnu (Christian Sugiono) ke sahabatnya, Levi (Restu Sinaga): “… yang paling perih dari sendirian itu bukan pas kita lagi sedih, Lev. Justru pas kita lagi ketawa senang tapi ngga ada yang bisa kita ajak untuk ikut ketawa …” Sekalipun udah…
[Today is the opening day for the 9th Jakarta International Film Festival and my third time attending JiFFest since 2005. I watched Across the Universe and am writing about it in Bahasa this time as you can read English comments about it in many other places.] Tadinya gue kirain ini film animasi Jepang, Paprika, soalnya…
I just finished reading a new novel, Living Single. I knew about it through a book launching ad posted on one of the mailing lists I registered for. It’s a story about a young executive lady who works in an advertising agency. She longs for a relationship of her own but eventually accepts her situation…
During Spring Break 2002, six students from IU, including myself, went for an Alternative Spring Break week where we volunteered at a small community of Ivanhoe, Virginia. I will tell you more about it sometimes, but there is this recipe that we copied from Phyllis – one of the coordinators at Ivanhoe – which I’d…
We went out for lunch today. The three of us (me, Salman, and Mariam, who just came two days ago for a visit) picked an Ethiopian restaurant, Meskerem, for our afternoon consumption. Meskerem is located in the Adams Morgan area, which is probably the most unique but undercovered DC neighborhood. It’s so ethnic, cool, urban,…