Monthly Archives: January 2008

barusan aja gue abis nonton iklan operator gsm dari Mentari sama XL. menanggapi iklan yang akhir-akhir ini sepertinya lagi panas. (ciaelah..) maksudnya panas perangnya gitu.. eh gile aje lo, dari kemaren iklannya sahut-sahutan terus, yang satu nonjok sini, yang sono bales tonjok lagi, eh yang lain cari gara-gara juga, minta dihajar juga kayaknya. orang-orang iklan itu pada makan apa sih. senengannya berantem mulu. awalnya sih perang iklan ini emang cuma berantem soal tarif, tapi lama-lama kok jadi tarif operatornya yang seperti “disetir” sama iklan-iklan ini. gara-gara operator yang satu ngeluarin iklan tarif murah, yang lainnya langsung banting harga sampe tarifnya terjun bebas. gile. segitunya ya persaingan di indonesia? nih dia 2 buah operator gsm indonesia yang perang iklannya paling panas akhir-akhir ini.

 

 

gile, frontal abis. ngajak ribut banget ngga sih tuh XL, udah jelas banget lah itu iklannya ditujukan buat Mentari. awalnya dulu emang gara-gara XL ngeluarin tarif per detik waktu itu gue lupa berapa, tapi kayaknya sih Rp.50/detik. terus langsung dihajar sama SimPati, tarifnya Rp.25/detik. sementara itu Mentari masih sibuk sama freetalknya, waktu itu andalannya masih freetalk 10.000, sama layanan fitur multimedia kayak i-ring, i-say, dan lain-lain. XL yang baru aja dicolek sama SimPati, ngga mau kalah, diturunin lah itu tarif jadi Rp.10/detik. nggak berapa lama kemudian, turun lagi jadi Rp.1/detik (ini aja gue pikir udah gila.) eh terus Mentari malah ngeluarin iklan tolol yang labelnya Rp.0 itu maksudnya apa coba? pake freetalk 5000, gratis pulsa 5000. itu mah sama aja bo’ong. iklan doang digede-gedein. terus XL yang ngerasa disentil sama iklan ini, ngeluarin iklan yang diatas tuh, tong kosong nyaring bunyinya. Mentari kayaknya kalang kabut, sampe bener-bener freetalknya dibikin “freetalk” (maksudnya arti sebenernya, gitu.. ngobrol gratis) sekarang ini lagi sering banget iklan Mentari yang bintangnya Dian Sastro (tumben si Dian Sastro kok cantik bener ya di iklan mentari) katanya pake Mentari, nelpon gratis 1 menit pertama (ke sesama Indosat). gara-gara iklan itu tarif XL Bebas langsung terjun bebas jadi Rp.0,1/detik (setelah 2,5 menit kalo ke sesama XL). buset dah. disusul lagi SimPati, yang dari dulu paling sering gonta-ganti nama. dari mulai jitu, hoki, ekstra, sampe sekarang namanya Pe De. (mungkin abis ini sekalian aja SimPati Gratis..) tarif yang ditawarin juga cukup menggugah, hanya Rp.0.5/detik (setelah menit ke 2, sesama Telkomsel). kalau yang lain sibuk perang tarif telepon, IM3 sama XL Jempol malah sibuk perang tarif sms. katanya, IM3 radjanya sms, pake pulsa Rp.2000, gratis sms ke temen-temen Ce Es-an, bahkan ada voucher khusus sms, cuma Rp.20 per sms, dapet 200 sms lagi. kalo XL Jempol nggak perlu voucher khusus buat dapet tarif spesial sms sepanjang hari, cuma Rp. 45/sms.

sikut-sikutan juga ngga cuma di operator gsm aja. yang cdma juga nggak mau kalah ikut ngeramein. ada esia, yang bilang : “yang lain sibuk perang tarif, ini malah ngasih duit” terima telpon dari operator lain, dapet duit. nelpon ke operator lain, juga dapet duit. tapi duitnya berupa pulsa yang ditambahkan secara otomatis. udah gitu dulu juga sempet heboh esia 1 jam cuma 1000 perak. terus semua orang pada beli esia. Flexi jadi geregetan. masalahnya Flexi kan cdma paling pertama di indonesia. waktu handphonenya masih nokia gembel warna biru yg pake antena sepanjang alaihim gambreng itu loh. kalo senjata andalannya Flexi “rata-rata orang nelpon cuma 3 menit. mau murah, malah jadi mahal. awas jebakan!” kalo Flexi ngasih tarifnya bener-bener Rp.49/menit. ada juga Fren yang nyari ribut ke semua operator, di salah satu iklannya digambarin ada dua orang lagi ngobrol pake handphone, trus warna bajunya sama. eh, dia bilang begini.. “nelpon kok cuma ke sesama operator? takut mahal?” kemudian mengklaim tarifnya paling murah ke seluruh operator. Fren emang termasuk cdma baru, tapi tengil juga nih operator. kalo esia sama Flexi dulu, nomer dari jakarta kan ngga bisa dipake di luar jakarta. begitu keluar cikampek langsung ngga dapet sinyal. gara-gara Fren bisa dibawa kemana-mana, langsung deh esia ngeluarin layanan GOGO, trus Flexi ngeluarin layanan Combo, which is sama aja sih kalo gue bilang. esia gue malah jadi error gara-gara gue pake GOGO ke bandung, padahal cuma sehari. kayaknya cdma paling anteng StarOne deh, paling ngga punya musuh, andalannya cuma ngorbit aja, ngga ada yang lain. hahaha.. kalo di gsm, kayaknya yang paling damai cuma 3 deh.. sama Kartu As kok ngga pernah kedengeran lagi ya iklannya? hahah.. ya sutralah, berikut ini beberapa tagline iklan operator handphone yang lagi ngetrend.. :D

“enaknya pake detik-detikan, 0,5 rupiah per detik.”

“tarif termurah 0,1 rupiah per detik. buruan ganti kartu!!”

“pake ini, gratis 1 menit pertama!!”

“pake ini!! rajanya sms, sms bang-geets..”

“45 rupiah per sms, kapan aja, dimana aja, gak perlu voucher khusus!”

“handphone CDMA apa aja, bisa pake ini, BEUH..!!”

“nelpon kok cuma ke sesama operator? takut mahal? pake ini. tarifnya paling murah ke SEMUA operator.”

“ngorbit.. ngobrol irit sepuasnya.. ngorbit..”

“Mau?”

yaa.. gitu deh..

-b- 

ok.. these are what happened lately.

1st of all. i caught a damn cold.

aaaa..~~ choo!! aaaa..~~ choo!! *sniff.. sniff..* :| dammit. this damn cold is reaalllyyy annoying. thank god my tongue didn’t turn bitter when i eat something. i really hate it when i got sick, and then everytime i tried to eat something, it becomes bitter, cos of my tongue. eyuck. i’m sure you know how that feels. i’ve took some medicine, though.. amoxicillin and stop cold, and the other one was some chinese medicine that i don’t really know how to pronounce its’ name. but i believe i heard they said it “tung cung sia cao” -_-a.. or.. also known as cordyceps, in medical science. and so i run a search on google and wikipedia. later on, i found out that the way to pronounce it was really “tung cung sia cao“, but it’s spelled : “dong chong xia cao“. and you can just say “cung cao” for short. after a few minutes reading about cordyceps in wikipedia, and other pages about this dong chong xia cao (you can see it here and here), i stumble upon this article, which explains that cordyceps (i prefer this name, cos it’s easier to pronounce) was used as medicine since a long time ago. probably in the ancient chinese times of ts’ao ts’ao, cos it’s also known as tung ch’ung hsia ts’ao (there you go.. another weird name), anyway.. it’s just my stupid conclusion. but it was indeed well known and used as medicine since ancient chinese. and here’s my favorite quote of the article.

it was also recommended as a ‘for all illness’ tonic because of its claimed effects to improve energy, appetite, stamina, endurance and sleeping patterns. according to some stockists the fungus can pretty much do everything ‘this is one of the most popular and precious longevity-promoting herbs because it strengthens the adrenal glands, increases sexual vitality, relieves bronchitis and emphysema, reduces blood fats and sugars, lowers blood pressure and improves blood circulation’. it is also supposedly able to increase a person’s immune system. these effects are cause because of its high affinity to the yin organs : the heart, kidneys and liver.

so.. no wonder those ancient chinese kings lived for centuries, eh?

2nd, i found an old camera. well.. two old cameras.

it’s a Nikon F-601 (with 35-80mm lens attached) and Braun DN60 (with 28-70mm lens attached) hohoho.. everything seems to be in good condition and functioning properly, so that means.. I CAN TAKE PHOTOS WITH THESE CAMERAS!! hohoho.. can’t wait to load a film and fire the shutter all the way, hehehehe.. oh, here is a picture of them :

3G

i wanted to make a better picture of these 2 cameras. using my DSLR of course. but.. nyaah, i think this photo (using mobile phone camera) is enough.. hahaha.. well.. maybe later..

3rd, my birthday is coming up! 

yaay!! can’t wait to get together with everybody =D

Event Details :

When : February 17th, 2008, around 4 or 5 PM
Where : Gloria Jeans Coffee Kemang
Smoking Area & Free Wi Fi available, so bring in your cigs & laptop 

ps : i’m NOT buying drinks or foods or.. whatever.. for that matter.. gyahahahaha.. 

yaa.. gitu deh..

-b- 

i’m crazy about this song!! it’s the theme song from “Itsumo Futaride”.

*btw, i’m having difficulties trying to embed this via imeem, so i looked on youtube. don’t look at the photo, just listen to the song, hahaha.. 

negai wa dare demo hitotsu wa kanau yo
muri ni kotae o dashite wa
tomoshita hi o kesanai youni

futo natsukashii melody iki kau hito no fure ni
tachi tsukushita nani o shiteru no darou?
osanai goro egaita hate shinai yume no kakera
mamotte masuka? Mune o hatte imasuka?
kimi no kaita kotoba ga totsuzen mune o yogiru yo
mirai wa mugen ni hirogaru
aitakute naki dashisou

dore dake seippai te o nobashite temo
todokanai mono mo aru to oshierareta kedo
negai wa dare demo hitotsu wa kanau yo
muri ni kotae o dashite wa
tomoshita hi o kesanai youni

omoi gakezu deatta office gai kake ashi de
tere warai shita nani o hanaseba ii no?
aitakatta nante zettai iwanainda
tada kuyashikute sore yori ureshikute

itsu made kono mama konna fuu ni futari
tooku haeru orenji o mitsumerareru darou
mujaki na hitomi to kawaranu tsuyosa o
yawaraka na kaze no naka de
zutto kanjite irareru youni

machi no akari ga kiete yuku sora ni
koibito tachi wa ima jubuuru o egaku

dare demo itsuka wa shiawase ni nareru yone
tsunaida te o hanasazu ni egao wasurezu ni
negaeba dare demo itsuka mata toberu yo
muri ni kotae dasanaide
tomoshita hi o kesanai youni

huaaahhh..!! i’m tired of the-ultimate-quarter-life-crisis-question.

“when are you going to get married?”

うるさい!! もう やめろ よ!!

actually. i’m starting to worry about it. all of my friends got married last year. and some of them are going to get married this year. yea, i know.. it sucks to be left behind. i wonder when is my turn.. but i guess i wont worry that much, ’cause i don’t have any girlfriend, yet. gyahahaha.. oops.. or maybe.. shouldn’t i be worried even more?

oh, well.. life’s like that, but this is me.

yaa.. gitu deh..

-b-

is it selfish.. for someone to live the way they want to?
is it selfish.. for someone to wish so much in their life?
is it selfish.. for someone to want somebody to love..?
is it wrong.. for someone to be selfish..?
am i.. selfish..?
 

この びょうき は。。 どうして わたし は えらんだろう。。?

 
- taken from 1リットルの涙 (1 Litre of Tears)