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		<title>First Criminal Record</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[LITTERING! Ahahahaa.. I know, right? So hardcore. Jadi cerita lengkapnya adalah begini. Suatu malam, layaknya malam seperti biasa, gue nyamperin night watch di gedung gue, to take my mails. When I looked at it, gue dapet panggilan dari polisi Le Creusot, Police Municipale. Gue udah panik sendiri aja, jangan-jangan gue mau ditahan di penjara. Terus [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ndrewh.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3263243&amp;post=354&amp;subd=ndrewh&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>LITTERING!</p>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><img title="So Hardcore" src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvmq6qUVkX1qjmon9.jpg" alt="So Hardcore" width="300" height="224" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Sooo hardcooore..</p></div>
<p>Ahahahaa.. I know, right? So hardcore. Jadi cerita lengkapnya adalah begini. Suatu malam, layaknya malam seperti biasa, gue nyamperin night watch di gedung gue, to take my mails. When I looked at it, gue dapet panggilan dari polisi Le Creusot, Police Municipale. Gue udah panik sendiri aja, jangan-jangan gue mau ditahan di penjara. Terus gue tanya ke watchman-nya, kira-kiraini gue kenapa ya, soalnya di dalem surat panggilannya sendiri ga dibilang apa dan kenapanya. Si watchman bilang it might be nothing, paling cuman urusan perdokumenan gara-gara gue pelajar asing. Oh oke, at that time, gue lagi sama temen gue dan dia sedang go through all the mails, looking for his. Terus sambil gue liatin mailbox-nya, ternyata banyak juga yang dapet surat panggilan dari police municipale. Alhasil, gue setidaknya sedikit tenang gara-gara ada teman.</p>
<p>Begitu gue sampe kamar, temen gue nge-ping gue, nanyain apakah gue sudah ngambil surat. Gue bingung surat apa, she told me the letter that our college secretary told us to take from the night watchman. Terus, gue bilang I did, dan gue nyadar bahwa there was a convocation letter addressed to her. One after another, gue ambilin suratnya buat dia, and we talked for a while, thinking what we might have done wrong. Actually, there&#8217;s another guy yang dipanggil which is orang Indonesia juga, let&#8217;s not say name (:P). Nah, pas gue tau bahwa yang dipanggil itu kita bertiga, I was trying to find something in common between the three of us. Satu-satunya koneksi yang kuat adalah kita sekelompok di project yang paling gede selama semester satu dan workload grup kita lumayan gede. Kita bahkan mikir people from other groups reported us, for being this or that. LOL</p>
<p>Well, anyway, the next day (today), we went to the police municipale office. Pas di perjalanan, gue kepikiran untuk pura-pura ga bisa bahasa Prancis, biar si polisinya menyerah dan membiarkan kita pergi. Sayangnya, begitu nyampe gue lupa strategi itu dengan langsung nanya-nanya polisinya pake bahasa Prancis. Akhirnya, kita disuruh masuk ke kantornya dan dia jelasin alasan kenapa kita di sana. Dia bilang ini ada urusannya dengan sampah di depan residence kita.</p>
<p>Jadi, sebelum liburan natal, biasanya itu ada tong sampah gede di depan residence yang mana itu adalah tempat kita buang sampah kita selama ini. Tapi setelah liburan natalnya beres, tiba-tiba tempat sampah gede itu hilang! Alhasil banyak orang bingung mau buang sampah di mana, including me at the time. Nah pas mau buang sampah, gue liat ada tumpukan sampah di sekitaran situ, akhirnya gue buang bersama tumpukan itu. Dan lama-kelamaan emang jadi banyak sampah numpuk di sana.</p>
<p>Kembali ke pak polisi. Dia ampe bilang bahwa dia punya bukti foto. Pas dia bilang gitu, gue ama temen-temen gue langsung shock. Damn, jangan-jangan ada bukti foto while we&#8217;re littering. Terus si pak polisinya ngeluarin kameranya dan nunjukin fotonya. Thank God, it was only a stack of the trash. Terus jadi bingung ga sih, kenapa kita yang dipanggil, why us three? Ternyata polisinya ngebongkar-bongkarin sampahnya dan menemukan sampah letter atau package yang ditujukan ke kita bertiga. Itulah alasan mereka bisa tau itu kita.</p>
<p>After that, dia jelasin sesuatu regarding fine, cuma he spoke too quickly I couldn&#8217;t get the whole thing. I asked him to talk slower. Terus, dia malah ngeluarin buku fine gitu yang isinya ada nominal-nominal fine. I was so afraid that we were going to be fined. Ternyata dia ngeluarin itu buat jelasin bahwa biasanya kalo ada masalah begini, bakal ada denda buat citizennya. Tapi, for this time, karena yang littering banyak, kita pelajar luar negeri, dan ini peringatan pertama, we wouldn&#8217;t be fined. Gue langsung berdiplomasi lah, bilang makasih dan kami sangat-sangat menyesal dan tidak akan mengulangi lagi, dll dll. So, at the end, he asked me to write our name. Cuma buat report aja sih katanya, that we came at that time regarding something. After that, I explained what happened to my friends (snce they don&#8217;t speak French), and we went home happily.</p>
<p>Ahahaa. SO hardcore, right? LOL. Gue gatau apakah ini akan masuk criminal record gue atau gimana, yang pasti that was quite exciting. Another life experience in Le Creusot. Terus, gue kepikiran kalo kejadian di Indonesia. Gila, kalo di Indonesia mah ga mungkin polisinya mau membiarkan kita lepas begitu saja, pasti dimaen-maenin dulu di kantor polisinya disuru bayar ini itu, dll. But, it wouldn&#8217;t happen in Indonesia in the first place since sampah itu ada di mana-mana, ga mungkin ada yang bukain satu-satu ngecek siapa yang buang sampahnya. LOL.</p>
<p>Okay, that&#8217;s all, I guess. I&#8217;m sure it wasn&#8217;t as interesting as you thought it would be, but still a blogpost worth. Lagian udah lama ga nulis di blog. Just to update you, sekarang ini lagi musim ujian dan entah kenapa pas lagi musim ujian ini, tugasnya juga banyak. Jadi, kuliah gue ini sibuknya justru di akhir semester instead of di tengah2 semester, which I find a little bit weird. Tapi ya sudahlah, nikmati saja. <img src='http://s0.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>What Has, What Has Not, and What Hopefully Will &#8211; 2011.2012</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hey, guys. How was your new years eve? Mine was not so great, but never mind, not the point. So, this is a typical post. New year and all, we should look back and make resolutions. Okay, you might be interested in reading my previous similar post that I posted a year ago. Ago, going [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ndrewh.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3263243&amp;post=351&amp;subd=ndrewh&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey, guys. How was your new years eve? Mine was not so great, but never mind, not the point.</p>
<p>So, this is a typical post. New year and all, we should look back and make resolutions. Okay, you might be interested in reading <a href="http://ndrewh.wordpress.com/2010/12/31/what-has-what-has-not-and-what-hopefully-will/">my previous similar post</a> that I posted a year ago. Ago, going from there let&#8217;s see how we&#8217;re doing on &#8216;what hopefully will&#8217; department:</p>
<p><strong>1. Good moslem</strong>: apparently not as much as I expected. Though I did go to Mecca for Umrah. It was mind blowing, but yea Satan is so strong.</p>
<p><strong>2. Better sleeping habit</strong>: CHECKED! well, after moving to France, it&#8217;s kind of necessary to have a better sleeping habit in order to make it to class. And besides, it&#8217;s cold here, so it&#8217;s easier for me to get asleep. <img src='http://s0.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p><strong>3. Vegetarian</strong>: this one is so silly, and I&#8217;ll think I&#8217;m going to remove it from my resolution list for now. Perhaps, I should reconsider 20 years later. <img src='http://s2.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif' alt=':P' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p><strong>4. Study abroad</strong>: CHECKED. Now that I&#8217;m in France and hanging out with many people from different countries, so all good.</p>
<p><strong>5. Better body shape</strong>: so-so. I mean I did work out for quite some time in Indonesia, but since moving out here I don&#8217;t work out as much. But yea, still a good start. <img src='http://s0.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p><strong>6. More stuff</strong>: ABSOLUTELY! tablet, handphones, lens, laptop, etc. Yeay stuff!!!</p>
<p><strong>7. Vlog</strong>: oh, no no. Actually I tried to make a vlog twice, and I think it was funny but you know what, it takes a lot of courage to upload it because people in Youtube (or any other vidchannels) can be so mean sometimes. And I&#8217;m so shyy. :&#8221;&gt;</p>
<p>So, I guess since we&#8217;re removing vlog and vegetarian, I get 3 out of 5. Well, 3.5 out of 5 maybe. <img src='http://s2.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif' alt=':P' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>For this year, the big and creepy 2012 (since the world&#8217;s going to end and all), I haven&#8217;t really thought about it actually, what I&#8217;m going to do. I&#8217;m just focused on trying to get through my first semester here, trying to adapting and all. So, okay let&#8217;s just put whatever comes to my mind first:</p>
<p>1. All the unachieved resolutions.<br />
2. Become a better violinist.<br />
3. Get a job, an internship or whatever. Just earn some money.<br />
4. No more stuff! Save money!<br />
5. Have a lot of French friends. <img src='http://s0.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Yea, I guess that&#8217;s all. Even for that, I need 15 min of hard thinking.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hey guys, so just for updates, skarang gue lagi masa liburan Christmas dan New Year, jadi bisa sedikit leha-leha meskipun tugas lumayan banyak. Okeh, postingan kali ini terinspirasi oleh kericuhan beruntun mahasiswabakardiri-solidaritasmahasiswabandung-itbdibilangapatis stuff. Pada saat gue di Indonesia, mungkin gue bisa mengerti kenapa itu bisa kejadian, karena gue berada di dalam &#8220;suhu&#8221; yang sama. Once [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ndrewh.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3263243&amp;post=347&amp;subd=ndrewh&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey guys, so just for updates, skarang gue lagi masa liburan Christmas dan New Year, jadi bisa sedikit leha-leha meskipun tugas lumayan banyak.</p>
<p>Okeh, postingan kali ini terinspirasi oleh kericuhan beruntun mahasiswabakardiri-solidaritasmahasiswabandung-itbdibilangapatis stuff. Pada saat gue di Indonesia, mungkin gue bisa mengerti kenapa itu bisa kejadian, karena gue berada di dalam &#8220;suhu&#8221; yang sama. Once gue ngeliat kejadian itu dari luar (not being a smug), otomatis mau ga mau gue ngeliat kejadian itu seolah-olah gue bukan &#8220;orang dalem&#8221;.</p>
<p>Yang pertama kali gue pikir adalah kenapa mahasiswa Indonesia bisa seheboh itu di kancah perpolitikan? Yang gue liat di sini sih, kayanya mahasiswa adem-adem aja, at least sepenglihatan gue ya, gatau either mereka beneran adem atau ternyata mereka membuat plot terselubung di belakang. But seriously, mahasiswa Indonesia itu politiknya super kelas paus. For instance, stiap ada isu yang terjadi di Indonesia, mahasiswa pasti ngadain forum-forum buat ngebahas isu tersebut. Here? They couldn&#8217;t care less. BBM naik? Mahasiswa turun ke jalan, bakar ban, bakar yang bisa dibakar. Here? Mahasiswa kewalahan sama tugas dan party on the next night. Begitu udah kuliah di luar negeri pun, mahasiswa Indonesia berpolitik dengan ikutan PPI. Bahkan gue denger beberapa gosip di PPI negara X yang sempet ada kudeta segala rupa karena alasan yang super politik dan ga penting.</p>
<p>Kalo kata temen gue, mahasiswa Indonesia begitu karena kancah politiknya belom stabil, sedangkan di sini udah stabil makanya mereka adem-ayem aja. Not that di sini ga ada demo atau gimana ya, mind you. Mungkin di sini ga begitu sering yang turun ke jalan dan unjuk rasa, tapi di sini masalah mogok kerja mah udah kaya makanan sehari-hari, dan itu diLEGALkan. Yang menjadi sorotan gue sih, hasrat mahasiswanya buat ikutan &#8220;berpolitik&#8221;.</p>
<p>Gue gatau sih yang mana yang sebenernya lebih baik. In my opinion sih, mahasiswa ga ikutan berpolitik is better. Sempet kepikiran, apakah politik di Indonesia hancur karena dulu aparaturnya sibuk berpolitik pas jadi mahasiswa? Di pemikiran gue, by being exposed to politics since very very early, mahasiswa jadi ngerti gimana berpolitik. And need I remind you that ga semua mahasiswa bersih, ga semua mahasiswa idealismenya bagus. Begitu mereka udah masuk politik pada waktu early, mereka jadi ngerti, mereka jadi tahu gimana selahnya untuk bisa mencapai apa yang dia inginkan. Nah, hal-hal kaya gini yang bikin bahaya sebenernya, kombinasi antara pengetahuan, kemampuan dan keinginan yang ga lurus. Begitu mereka masuk ke kancah yang besar, ketemulah mereka sama temen-temennya yang sama bulusnya. And this will go on and on and on and on.</p>
<p>Mahasiswa berpolitik di Indonesia bisa juga dipicu karena Indonesia dulu dimerdekakan oleh pemuda. Mahasiswa jadi ngerasa &#8220;maha&#8221; karena kejadian yang berlangsung di 66 tahun yang lalu. Kalo alesannya beneran ini, satu yang pengen gue bilang: guys, please move on!</p>
<p>I&#8217;m not saying mahasiswa berpolitik itu jelek. Gue cuman mau bilang mahasiswa yang punya niat buruk berpolitik itu jelek. Lagi-lagi lingkaran setan sih. Mahasiswa miskin, mahasiswa berpolitik, mahasiswa masuk pemerintahan, mahasiswa korupsi, mahasiswa jadi kaya menyebabkan mahasiswa yang lain miskin. Dan ini cuman dalam kasus materi (duit). Gimana kalo kasusnya udah &#8220;balas dendam&#8221;. Long long grudge yang ditahan satu sisi untuk sisi yang lain. Wah, bisa perang sih menurut gue.</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t know, I&#8217;m starting to blabber here. Yah, intinya gue emang orangnya ga suka berpolitik yang begimana banget sih. Waktu kuliah S1 aja gue cuman ngadain acara-acara aja, bisa dibilang jarang gue ikut berpartisipasi aktif dalam pesta politik mahasiswa. You agree, you do not agree, it&#8217;s up to you. This is just a thought.</p><br />  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/ndrewh.wordpress.com/347/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/ndrewh.wordpress.com/347/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/ndrewh.wordpress.com/347/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/ndrewh.wordpress.com/347/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gofacebook/ndrewh.wordpress.com/347/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/facebook/ndrewh.wordpress.com/347/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gotwitter/ndrewh.wordpress.com/347/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/twitter/ndrewh.wordpress.com/347/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/ndrewh.wordpress.com/347/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/ndrewh.wordpress.com/347/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/ndrewh.wordpress.com/347/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/ndrewh.wordpress.com/347/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/ndrewh.wordpress.com/347/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/ndrewh.wordpress.com/347/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ndrewh.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3263243&amp;post=347&amp;subd=ndrewh&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Maen Biola di Depan Bule</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 11:54:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Akhirnya! Gue berhasil menunjukkan kemampuan biola gue yang masih cupu di depan bule-bule. Semuanya bermula dari suatu hari di mana gue dateng ke acara kongkow dua minggu sekali foreign students di Le Creusot. Yang ngadain itu adalah sepasang suami istri locals yang super baik dan nice. Pas acara itu, ada acara belajar joget tradisional a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ndrewh.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3263243&amp;post=341&amp;subd=ndrewh&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Akhirnya! Gue berhasil menunjukkan kemampuan biola gue yang masih cupu di depan bule-bule. Semuanya bermula dari suatu hari di mana gue dateng ke acara kongkow dua minggu sekali foreign students di Le Creusot. Yang ngadain itu adalah sepasang suami istri locals yang super baik dan nice. Pas acara itu, ada acara belajar joget tradisional a la bourguignon, seru banget deh, it was a good exercise as well. <img src='http://s2.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif' alt=':P' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Di akhir acara, salah satu temen sekelas gue maen piano, maenin lagu Disney gitu. Nah, one of my friends tahu bahwa gue maen biola karena gue sering membuat kebisingan di residence dengan maenin biola gue. At that time, gue diminta untuk bawa biola gue for the next kongkow dan maenin selagu dua lagu. Dan saat itu juga, ada temen gue yang lain yang rikues lagunya Love Story (yang &#8220;teng dung dung teng teng&#8221; ituh <img src='http://s2.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif' alt=':P' class='wp-smiley' /> ). Alhasil, gue dan sang pianis berencana untuk maenin lagu itu bareng di acara kongkow slanjutnya.</p>
<p>When the time of kongkow came, gue dateng ke venue dengan membawa biola. Pas nyampe di venue-nya.. JENG JEEEENG!! Pianonya ngilang! No piano! Which leads to no love story. Lalu, gue dijelasin kenapa no piano di sana. Ternyata pianonya dibawa ke tempat lain soalnya lagi ada acara apaa gitu di tempat itu. Dan parahnya lagi, yang rikues lagu love story, GA DATENG! Pas ditanyain setelahnya, katanya dia hectic dengan urusan imigrasi dan lain-lain (semua non-eu students lagi bermasalah sama imigrasi at that time). Meski begitu, gue yang banci tampil ini, tetep maen biola solo dan maenin lagu tango, lagu yang sebenernya gue belom lancar2 banget. In addition to that, gue nerpes gara2 ada beberapa orang yang ga gue kenal, which led to disastrous playing if you ask me. Cuma, kata orang2 sih bagus2 aja, well of course, they had to say that.</p>
<p>Setelah itu, gue diajak untuk maen keesokan malamnya di acara di mana pianonya berada, of course naturally gue planned to play love story with the pianist. Begitu sampai di tempatnya, gue dateng duluan dibanding temen2 gue yang lain, which means gue harus ngomong bahasa prancis all the time. MAN, my mouth was so tired! LOL. After half an hour, my friends (yang rikues love story juga) came dan akhirnya gue bisa ngomong bahasa normal lagi, bahasa Inggris (cailah gayak). Being a guest star, I got to eat stuff for free and damn, there were a lot of good food!!</p>
<p>Setelah acara makan-makan, akhirnya tibalah acara maen-maen musik. Begitu sampai di giliran gue, lagi-lagi gue deg2an, but it wasn&#8217;t as bad as before, soalnya gue lumayan sering maen lagu ini. Setelah beres maenin lagu ini ampe beres, ada bapak-bapak dari azerbaijan dengan alat musik tradisional dari sana menawarkan diri untuk nge-jam bareng dengan lagu ini. It was so exciting and so great. People applauded, me so happy. Even they took pictures of us together when we finished (as the previous performers didn&#8217;t get to do that). So yeah, my &#8220;banci tampil&#8221; side was so satisfied by that.</p>
<p>All and all, it was the best sat night ever for me in Le Creusot. I got to talk with a lot of locals (in French as well), I got to spend time with friends, played some music. We even had a little cake and <del>spanish</del> catalan omelette party at Corina&#8217;s place. Yea, it was a great night indeed.</p><br />  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/ndrewh.wordpress.com/341/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/ndrewh.wordpress.com/341/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/ndrewh.wordpress.com/341/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/ndrewh.wordpress.com/341/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gofacebook/ndrewh.wordpress.com/341/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/facebook/ndrewh.wordpress.com/341/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gotwitter/ndrewh.wordpress.com/341/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/twitter/ndrewh.wordpress.com/341/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/ndrewh.wordpress.com/341/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/ndrewh.wordpress.com/341/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/ndrewh.wordpress.com/341/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/ndrewh.wordpress.com/341/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/ndrewh.wordpress.com/341/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/ndrewh.wordpress.com/341/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ndrewh.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3263243&amp;post=341&amp;subd=ndrewh&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Me + Nolang = Adrenaline Rush Guaranteed!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Oct 2011 15:47:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Di postingan kali ini, gue akan menceritakan tentang dua kejadian &#8220;MATI GUE!! MATI GUE!!&#8221; bersama Nolang. Nolang adalah salah satu mahasiswa Indonesia yang sekelas ama gue, berasal dari Solo, atlit matematika, dan suka bola. Anehnya adalah gue ga pernah mengalami kejadian yang se-memacu adrenalin kaya gini kalo sama orang lain. Gue ama Nolang ini kayanya [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ndrewh.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3263243&amp;post=338&amp;subd=ndrewh&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Di postingan kali ini, gue akan menceritakan tentang dua kejadian &#8220;MATI GUE!! MATI GUE!!&#8221; bersama Nolang. Nolang adalah salah satu mahasiswa Indonesia yang sekelas ama gue, berasal dari Solo, atlit matematika, dan suka bola. Anehnya adalah gue ga pernah mengalami kejadian yang se-memacu adrenalin kaya gini kalo sama orang lain. Gue ama Nolang ini kayanya emang ga boleh dibiarin jalan bedua malem-malem. Okay, straight to the stories.</p>
<p><strong>1. Dikejar Orang Tengah Malem. </strong>Suatu malam yang sepi (as always in Creusot), I think it was a weekend night, Nolang lagi mau nonton pertandingan bola apaa gitu. Sayangnya kayanya dia ga nemu channel online yang nyiarin itu, akhirnya dia memutuskan untuk mencari bar yang kira-kira bakal nayangin bola. Akhirnya, gue yang ga ada kerjaan, memutuskan untuk menemani dia nyari bar di skitaran residence kita. I know three bars in this town. One is too far away, another one is kind of shady, so we decided to try the last one. Oh iya, just to remind you, kita mulai jalan skitar jam 10 malem. Oke, kita berjalan menuju bar tersebut, dan TERNYATA!! BARNYA TUTUP! LOL. weekend, baru skitar jam 10 malem, dan the bar was effin&#8217; closed! I can not believe it. Akhirnya, Nolang menyarankan satu bar yang lain, ga begitu jauh dari sana. Pas kita lagi jalan menuju ke sana, kita berhenti di depan toko kebab, ngeliatin harga kebab di menunya. Terus, kita berlalu begitu saja, Nolang tertarik melihat toko sepatu di seberang (yang udah tutup tentu saja), memutuskan untuk nyeberang ngeliat toko itu. Saat itulah, kejadian memacu adrenalin pun dimulai.</p>
<p>Tiba-tiba dari belakang, ada orang teriak dari dalem mobil.<br />
Dia keluar dari mobil.<br />
Pintu mobil dibanting.<br />
Nolang masih di seberang.<br />
Gue liat ke belakang. Gue liat ke depan.<br />
Dia teriak lagi sambil nunjuk-nunjuk ke arah gue.<br />
Gue liat ke depan, masih menyangka dia ga teriak ke gue.<br />
Dia nyeberang ke sisi jalan di mana Nolang berada.<br />
Nolang nyeberang balik nyamperin gue.<br />
Dia masih teriak-teriak ke arah kita.<br />
Gue liat ke belakang. Gue liat ke depan.<br />
Kita jalan, gue mulai deg-degan.<br />
Dia teriak lagi. Kita ngadep belakang. Ngeliatin dia bentar. Bingung.<br />
Kita jalan lagi, ga berani liat belakang.<br />
Nolang liat belakang. Dia ngikutin kita!<br />
Kita jalan agak ngebut, dia masih ngikutin.<br />
Kita berhenti di tempat rame, dia nyamperin.<br />
Otak gue shut down! Gue siap digebugin.<br />
Dia ngomong bahasa prancis ngebut dengan nada agak marah.<br />
Nolang senyum-senyum, gue panik.<br />
Nolang nanya &#8220;bisa bahasa inggris ga?&#8221;<br />
Dia bilang &#8220;ngga bl bl bla&#8221;. Dan dia pergi.<br />
Otak gue mulai berfungsi, Nolang nanya barusan dia ngomong apa.<br />
Darah gue mulai ngalir, gue bilang &#8220;gue gatau&#8221;.<br />
Kita ketawa-ketawa, gue bilang ke Nolang &#8220;untung ga digebugin, asuransi gue belom keluar&#8221;</p>
<p>Ga jauh dari tempat itu, kita nemu bar yang nyiarin bola. Kita duduk di sana, gue menenangkan diri. Kita mesen coca cola mahal (2.5 euro). Gue masih resah liat-liat ke belakang, in case tu orang tiba-tiba nyamperin kita bawa temen-temennya se-RT. Untungnya malem itu, gue dan Nolang masih bisa berjalan dengan selamat ke residence kita. Alhamdulillah.</p>
<p><strong>2. Dipanggil Orang Dari Dalem Mobil</strong></p>
<p>Suatu malam, gue dan Nolang pergi ke lapangan bulutangkis buat maen bulutangkis (ya iyalah). Tempat mainnya itu lumayan jauh dari residence kita, kira-kira 20 minutes of walk lah. Pas udah di deket lapangannya, tiba-tiba ada yang manggil kita dari dalem mobil dari arah belakang. At that time, I was thinking &#8220;Oh, Shit No!!! Not Again!!&#8221; Kita bedua ngeliat ke belakang. Dia masih manggil-manggil kita, nyuruh kita nyamperin (at least, that&#8217;s what I understood). Gue dan Nolang, memutuskan ngelanjutin buat jalan. At that time, jantung gue udah mulai dag dig dug duer daia. Saat kita jalan, tiba-tiba ada mobil yang ke arah kita dan parkir, si Nolang bilang &#8220;nah loh, Ndru. Ini orang yang tadi.&#8221; Gue udah siap digebugin. Pas gue liat ternyata cewe, dan obviously bukan orang yang tadi. Sialan nih Nolang, nakut2in gue aja.</p>
<p>Lalu, malam pun berlanjut. Setelah selesai main bulutangkis, ada satu kejadian lagi. Kali ini ga memacu adrenalin, tapi membuat hati sakit dan aum aum. Unfortunately, I choose not to tell this story. Ehehee..</p>
<p>Gue dan Nolang ini emang kayanya ga boleh dibiarkan jaaln berdua malem-malem. Pasti ada kejadian yang aneh-aneh. Untungnya semuanya didn&#8217;t cost me anything, it was all just a heart sport and a heart break (#eh). Begitulah.. *dramatic ending*</p><br />  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/ndrewh.wordpress.com/338/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/ndrewh.wordpress.com/338/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/ndrewh.wordpress.com/338/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/ndrewh.wordpress.com/338/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gofacebook/ndrewh.wordpress.com/338/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/facebook/ndrewh.wordpress.com/338/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gotwitter/ndrewh.wordpress.com/338/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/twitter/ndrewh.wordpress.com/338/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/ndrewh.wordpress.com/338/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/ndrewh.wordpress.com/338/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/ndrewh.wordpress.com/338/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/ndrewh.wordpress.com/338/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/ndrewh.wordpress.com/338/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/ndrewh.wordpress.com/338/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ndrewh.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3263243&amp;post=338&amp;subd=ndrewh&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Not All Glamorous and All Glitters..</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 22:03:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pas gue masih kuliah sarjana, gue sangat ingin kuliah keluar negeri karena kalau liat kakak2 kelas yang kuliah keluar negeri, kok kayanya enaaak banget. Bisa jalan-jalan, bisa foto-foto di sites yang seksi, pergaulannya taraf internasional, pengalamannya banyak dan lain-lain. Setelah gue jalani sendiri, yea that&#8217;s all true, tapi some stuff, hard stuffs are happening as [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ndrewh.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3263243&amp;post=335&amp;subd=ndrewh&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Pas gue masih kuliah sarjana, gue sangat ingin kuliah keluar negeri karena kalau liat kakak2 kelas yang kuliah keluar negeri, kok kayanya enaaak banget. Bisa jalan-jalan, bisa foto-foto di sites yang seksi, pergaulannya taraf internasional, pengalamannya banyak dan lain-lain. Setelah gue jalani sendiri, yea that&#8217;s all true, tapi some stuff, hard stuffs are happening as well. Stuff yang ga keliatan dari orang luar dan hanya keliatan dari yang ngalamin. </p>
<p><strong>1. Money.</strong> Hal ini jadi constraint yang paling berat untuk hidup di luar negeri, even buat orang-orang yang granted (at least for me). Untuk orang yang biaya sendiri, jelas lah ini jadi sebuah masalah. Apalagi buat mereka yang harus cari kerja part-time buat memenuhi kebutuhan sehari-hari (ada beberapa cerita miris di milis). Untuk yang granted pun, tetep aja harus masih berusaha. Take it from me, being granted bukan berarti lo bisa foya-foya dan buang-buang duit seenaknya. Nyari beasiswa itu jelas perjuangan keras. Bukan cuman perjuangan pas application aja, tapi perjuangan dari 2-3 tahun ke belakang karena keputusan beasiswa itu bergantung ke CV lo yang merupakan cerminan hidup selama entah berapa lama. Setelah dapet pun, masih harus berjuang ngejar-ngejar yang bayar grant buat mencairkan duit. Selama duit belom keluar, harus hidup sehemat mungkin supaya semua kebutuhan tercukupi.</p>
<p><strong>2. Daily Chores.</strong> Ini juga termasuk hal yang cukup membuat gue kewalahan. Just FYI, gue ga slalu jadi anak rumahan yang hidupnya enak karena ada pembantu, gue juga pernah hidup sndiri tinggal di kosan for a few months. Even after all that, daily chores di sini masih terasa lebih berat. Pertama yang sangat ga gue suka adalah: nyuci baju. Pekerjaan ini sebenernya bisa kita hindari kalau mau pake jasa mesin cuci umum. Tapi, ini cukup costly which is 4 euro for 7 kilos of cloth. Belom lagi buat ngeringin itu 1 euro untuk satu siklus ngeringin, yang biasanya baju itu ga kering kalo cuma satu siklus. For the first point up there, I choose to wash the clothes myself. Sebenernya ga begitu take time sih, paling gue sisihkan sejam pas weekend buat nyuci dan jemur di kamar, but still ga biasa aja. Yang paling berasa selanjutnya adalah masak. Dulu pas ngekos dan gue yakin anak-anak kosan di Indonesia lainnya juga terbiasa dengan beli makanan di luar, karena dengan 10-15 ribu aja, itu udah makan enak. That&#8217;s not the case here (not to mention the availability of the stores sucks), di sini ga ada makanan murah yang ngenyangin. Kalau mau makan yang agak lumayan, paling kebab which costs 4-5 euro skali makan, which is MAHAL kalo tiap hari! Jadi, di sini banyak yang lebih memilih buat masak. The worst thing about cooking is washing the dishes, that I hate oh-so-much. </p>
<p><strong>3. Travel and Leisure.</strong> As I said before, gue kira belajar di luar negeri itu all about fun glamour and stuff. Tapi, not the case, apalagi buat gue yang tinggal di Le Creusot yang mana sangat kampung sekali. Le Creusot itu kota pegunungan yang mana kalo weekend itu sepi banget. Everybody wants to escape this city. There&#8217;s nothing happening in the city. So, to go to see the beautiful views and cities, we need to travel out of town, which requires travel by train or bus, which is again quite costly (leads back to point 1). Buat ke Paris aja, tiket kereta PP dari kota gue aja minimal 55 euro. Jadi, kalau lo liat di album FB orang-orang yang kuliah di luar negeri ada bagian jalan-jalan keliling eropanya, trust me it doesn&#8217;t happen on every other day, (maybe) they had to save for the whole year, spare every cent they had from their grant or whatever their income, just to get there, to taste at last the glamorous stuff of studying abroad.</p>
<p>Long opinion long, that&#8217;s my take on studying abroad. Not trying to complain or anything, cuma mau share that studying abroad does require struggle. It&#8217;s not all about glory, gold and glamour and all those g&#8217;s. Still, it&#8217;s all worth it! <img src='http://s0.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p><br />  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/ndrewh.wordpress.com/335/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/ndrewh.wordpress.com/335/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/ndrewh.wordpress.com/335/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/ndrewh.wordpress.com/335/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gofacebook/ndrewh.wordpress.com/335/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/facebook/ndrewh.wordpress.com/335/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gotwitter/ndrewh.wordpress.com/335/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/twitter/ndrewh.wordpress.com/335/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/ndrewh.wordpress.com/335/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/ndrewh.wordpress.com/335/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/ndrewh.wordpress.com/335/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/ndrewh.wordpress.com/335/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/ndrewh.wordpress.com/335/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/ndrewh.wordpress.com/335/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ndrewh.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3263243&amp;post=335&amp;subd=ndrewh&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Two Weeks Living O-So-Silly in France</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Sep 2011 16:38:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Postingan ini akan menceritakan dua minggu pertama gue di Prancis. So far sih pengalamannya masih seru-seru dan bodoh-bodoh. Belom ada yang nyusahin, tapi ada beberapa sih yang bikin kesel. Bikin dongkol. So let&#8217;s start from the top. Gue itu sampe di Airport Charles de Gaulle, Paris, hari Senin pagi, sekitar jam 7 waktu Paris. Kereta [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ndrewh.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3263243&amp;post=331&amp;subd=ndrewh&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Postingan ini akan menceritakan dua minggu pertama gue di Prancis. So far sih pengalamannya masih seru-seru dan bodoh-bodoh. Belom ada yang nyusahin, tapi ada beberapa sih yang bikin kesel. Bikin dongkol. So let&#8217;s start from the top.</p>
<p>Gue itu sampe di Airport Charles de Gaulle, Paris, hari Senin pagi, sekitar jam 7 waktu Paris. Kereta gue itu jam 9-an alhasil gue harus nunggu sekitar dua jam di airport. Sambil menunggu gue berniat untuk mengabari sanak saudara di rumah. Akan tetapi, ternyata tidak berhasil membeli kartu karena ga ada perdana yang available di airport. Alhasil gue nyari koneksi internet, dan ternyata ADA!!! TAPI!! Harus bayar!!! ahahaaa.. Demi mengabari yang di Indonesia, gue bela2in bayar buat dapet koneksi (pake credit card dari papa sih. <img src='http://s2.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif' alt=':P' class='wp-smiley' /> ). Udah berhasil beli, dan di akhir proses, di browser ditunjukin ID sama password yang bisa gue pake buat akses internetnya, tapi dengan bodohnya, browsernya GUE TUTUP!!! Bakakakaa.. alhasil, gue kehilangan ID dan password-nya dan ga bisa internetan. Gue pun memutuskan untuk menyari orang dengan koneksi internet di bandara supaya gue bisa buka email dan ngecek ID dan password yang baru saja gue beli. Untungnya setelah 30 menit, gue menemukan seorang gadis berkewarganegaraan oriental memegang iPhone dengan koneksi internet. Dengan sok kenal dan sok deketnya, gue minjem HP-nya buat buka email gue&#8230; Dan akhirnya, GUE BISA INTERNETAANN!!</p>
<p>Setelah tragedi internet, gue berhasil datang ke Creusot dengan aman dan tentram kira-kira pada pukul 2 siang. Hari itu pun berakhir dengan normal dan bahagia. Dua hari setelahnya, gue secara tidak sengaja ketemu dengan dua mahasiswa Indonesia yang bakal sekelas sama gue selama satu semester, Nolang dan Angga. Oh iya, ketemu ibunya Angga juga. Gue menyadari mereka orang Indonesia soalnya gue merasa sayup2 mendengar orang ngomong pake bahasa Indonesia, setelah gue samperin ternyata orang indonesia beneran. Setelah itu, gue jalan-jalan sama mereka ke kampus. Dan pas di kampus, dengan cara yang sama (mendengar sayup-sayup orang ngomong Indonesia), gue ketemu dengan 8 bocah-bocah dari Gunadharma yang baru dateng dan sedang ngobrolin panci dengan sangat napsunya. Akhirnya gue samperin dan ternyata&#8230; MEREKA SEMUA ORANG GILA!! Ahahaaa.. Sejak saat itu, gue sering neplok bareng mereka. Dan all following silly events happened with them.</p>
<p><strong>Silly event number 1. Jumatan Ngaco.</strong></p>
<p>Jadi tanggal 16 September 2011 kmarin adalah resmi sebagai jumatan pertama gue di negara ini. Untungnya, lumayan banyak yang muslim. Bahkan, di kota gue ini katanya ada 3 mesjid, yang paling deket kampus adalah mesjid orang-orang turki. Di mesjid ini ada kebiasaan yang berbeda dari kebiasaan jumatan kita di Indonesia. Kalau di Indonesia kan, setelah Al-Fatihah, kita baca &#8220;Amin&#8221; dengan kencang. Nah, di mesjid ini, beda kebiasaannya&#8230; dan gue GAK TAHU!!</p>
<p>Setelah ceramah panjang yang gue ga ngerti dia ngomong apa (karena ngomong bahasa Turki), akhirnya solat Jumat pun dimulai (Qomat-nya pun aneh, ga kaya biasa). Pada rakaat pertama, setelah AL-Fatihah selesai dibaca Imam, gue udah narik napas mau ngomong &#8220;amin&#8221;, tapi mendengar orang ga ngomong amin sama skali, gue pun ga jadi ngelafalin amin sama sekali. Nah, begonya pas di rakaat kedua, entah kenapa gue lupa bahwa amin-nya ga dibacain. Alhasil, di rakaat kedua gue kelepasan ngomong &#8220;Aaaaa&#8221; kenceng-kenceng. Setelah sadar bahwa gue melakukan kesalahan, gue pun menahan suara gue. Akan tetapi, udah kadung keucap di saat keheningan, gue dan temen-temen gue yang di sebelah gue pun berusaha menahan ketawa sampai salam. Setelah salam, gue dan temen-temen gue langsung ketawa dan buru-buru keluar mesjid untuk ketawa lebih kenceng. Sumpah malu banget!! Begonya adalah kenapa kejadiannya di rakaat kedua? Kalo misal di rakaat pertama kan masih masuk akal, karena masih baru. Nah, ini kejadiannya tuh di rakaat kedua, udah super memalukan banget lah. Sampai-sampai di lur mesjid, orang turkinya nanya kenapa ketawa2, dan setelah diceritain orang turkinya cuman senyum aja. Ahahaaa.. bodoh lah&#8230;</p>
<p><strong>Silly event number 2. Ngomongin Orang Seenaknya.</strong></p>
<p>Kebiasaan ini udah tertanam dalam di benak gue sejak Imagine Cup tahun lalu. Kalo misalnya keluar negeri, terus banyak bule dan pengen ngomongin bule itu, omongin aja di dpan orangnya, toh dia ga ngerti ini. Kenyataannya, NGGA!! Jangan merasa bahwa semua orang yang &#8220;keliatannya&#8221; ga bisa bahasa Indo itu ga ngerti bahasa Indo. I learnt it the hard way, well rather the embarrassing way.</p>
<p>Jadi, suatu sore, gue dan dua anak Gundar sedang di dapur menyiapkan makan siang. Nah terus, tiba-tiba masuklah seseorang ke dalam dapur. Begitu dia masuk, entah kenapa napsu gue buat ngomongin orang meningkat drastis. Akhirnya gue mulai ngajak dua temen gue ngomongin si orang ini. Terus salah satu dari mereka nanya &#8220;ini si orang kira2 ngerti ga ya?&#8221;, terus gue dengan santainya jawab &#8220;ya, nggak lah..&#8221; Terus, si orang yang kita omongin ini tiba-tiba ngomong dalam bahasa Indonesia ke kita. Terus, gue dan temen2 gue langsung throw looks at each other yang bisa di-translate menjadi &#8220;MATI!! KITA MATI!!!&#8221; Tak dinyana ternyata si orang itu menghabiskan waktu yang lama di Malaysia dan kayanya sih ngerti dikit-dikit Indonesia. Gue harap sih dia ga ngerti apa yang kita omongin tadi. Ahahaaa..</p>
<p>Lesson learnt-nya, napsu ngomongin orang jangan langsung diturutin. Ngomongin orang mending di blakangnya aja, jangan di depannya. *ajaran yang salah*</p>
<p>Yaah, kira-kira begitu lah dua pengalaman yang super memalukan di sini. Despite of the embarrassment, gue bersyukur ketemu banyak orang Indonesia di sini, meskipun kemungkinan ga akan sampe dua tahun bareng terus.Orang-orang di Creusot pun banyaknya ramah-ramah, temen-temen kuliah pun kebanyakan menyenangkan, meskipun beberapa gue ga suka. Yah, intinya so far so good, so far so embarrassing. <img src='http://s2.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif' alt=':P' class='wp-smiley' />  Au revoir!!</p><br />  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/ndrewh.wordpress.com/331/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/ndrewh.wordpress.com/331/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/ndrewh.wordpress.com/331/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/ndrewh.wordpress.com/331/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gofacebook/ndrewh.wordpress.com/331/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/facebook/ndrewh.wordpress.com/331/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gotwitter/ndrewh.wordpress.com/331/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/twitter/ndrewh.wordpress.com/331/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/ndrewh.wordpress.com/331/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/ndrewh.wordpress.com/331/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/ndrewh.wordpress.com/331/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/ndrewh.wordpress.com/331/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/ndrewh.wordpress.com/331/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/ndrewh.wordpress.com/331/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ndrewh.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3263243&amp;post=331&amp;subd=ndrewh&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Family and The Things That They Are</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 17:59:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Perhaps because it&#8217;s still in the &#8220;Lebaran&#8221; mood, I&#8217;m inspired to write this. My family consists of my mom and dad, my big brother (and wife and daughter), and my big sister (and husband). Yep, I&#8217;m the pinky in the family, the youngest, the cutest, the hottest, the br&#8230; wait, that wasn&#8217;t about me. But, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ndrewh.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3263243&amp;post=302&amp;subd=ndrewh&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Perhaps because it&#8217;s still in the &#8220;Lebaran&#8221; mood, I&#8217;m inspired to write this. </p>
<p>My family consists of my mom and dad, my big brother (and wife and daughter), and my big sister (and husband). Yep, I&#8217;m the pinky in the family, the youngest, the cutest, the hottest, the br&#8230; wait, that wasn&#8217;t about me. But, doesn&#8217;t mean it&#8217;s not true, what I said. <img src='http://s2.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif' alt=':P' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>At this post, I want to elaborate more about my original family members, perhaps including me, regarding how I perceive them personally and what their role is in the family. Don&#8217;t mean to discriminate my in-laws, I just don&#8217;t know them that well. Describing them here would be plain unfair. So, let&#8217;s start with&#8230;..</p>
<p><b>My mom</b><br />
She is the greatest, not flawless, just greatest. She taught me manners, discipline, independence. She&#8217;s basically the one who made me becoming who I am right now. She was the first person who taught me math. At the age of 4, I&#8217;ve known the basic stuff in math, such as algebra, derivatives, integrals&#8230; No, of course not, she taught me stuff like addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. And at that age, I fell in love with math *nerd alert*. In my family, she is the organizer. She even designed the house I&#8217;m currently living in. Well, perhaps not down to the very technical stuff, but she drew the basic design and our architect elaborated it. With her old-fashioned ways of thinking, I&#8217;ve become a well-structured boy (I think).</p>
<p> <b>My dad</b><br />
The one who brings the dough home. Ahahaa. Since young age, I see very little of my father. If it&#8217;s not a special occasion or the holidays, I won&#8217;t see him other than the weekends. But, that doesn&#8217;t mean I learn any less from him. He&#8217;s a guy with amazingly indescribable politeness. He taught me that &#8220;yes you may be right, but for the sake of goodness, can&#8217;t you dial your ego down a bit?&#8221; He&#8217;s the one who teaches me that being less doesn&#8217;t always mean losing. He&#8217;s the one who teaches me that lacking something doesn&#8217;t mean you need to be underestimated. All the gentleman you (might rarely) see in me, it&#8217;s all thanks to my father.</p>
<p><b>My Brother</b><br />
My brother is the man with the hot head in my family. Sometimes very short-tempered, but he&#8217;s managed quite nicely. Though we are not much alike, that doesn&#8217;t mean I don&#8217;t idolize him any less. Perhaps, being the oldest, that comes in a package with being the grown up, being able to count on. Though, there were a couple of times when we questioned his judgment, he still learned things out of his mistake and became better. He is my role model, not for his way of thinking, but his way of acting on stuff. He&#8217;s the constant progress that I&#8217;m wishing I can be. He soaks up life and gradually grows.</p>
<p><b>My Sister</b><br />
She is one of the people that keeps me sane in this life. She is fun, sometimes neurotic, but still fun. She is the one that I can talk to, like really talk to. Most of the time, she still doesn&#8217;t get it, just like anybody else, but still it&#8217;s nice to have someone to talk to in the family. I learned from her to balance my life. I learned how to face problems, how to perceive them. Being the second child, I guess she is the glue that sticks us all out. At least, I feel that way.</p>
<p><b>Me</b><br />
I&#8217;m the youngest of three. People see me as the brightest one. Well, I might be, thanks to my mom. People see me as the gentleman, the nice guy you see in the neighborhood. Well, I might be, thanks to my dad. People see me as the growing one. Well, I&#8217;m keeping up with life, thanks to my brother. People see me as the one that people can ask for thoughts. Well, I&#8217;m trying, thanks to my sister. In my family, I&#8217;m known as the only one left unmarried. <img src='http://s0.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> )</p>
<p>I know I&#8217;m many things, not just what I&#8217;ve written here. What&#8217;s written is like the &#8220;good&#8221; Andru, but what&#8217;s the use of writing bad stuff about yourself right? Me being myself is already obviously bad enough as it, why worsen the situation by writing it down? <img src='http://s2.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif' alt=':P' class='wp-smiley' /> </p><br />  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/ndrewh.wordpress.com/302/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/ndrewh.wordpress.com/302/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/ndrewh.wordpress.com/302/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/ndrewh.wordpress.com/302/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gofacebook/ndrewh.wordpress.com/302/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/facebook/ndrewh.wordpress.com/302/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gotwitter/ndrewh.wordpress.com/302/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/twitter/ndrewh.wordpress.com/302/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/ndrewh.wordpress.com/302/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/ndrewh.wordpress.com/302/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/ndrewh.wordpress.com/302/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/ndrewh.wordpress.com/302/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/ndrewh.wordpress.com/302/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/ndrewh.wordpress.com/302/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ndrewh.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3263243&amp;post=302&amp;subd=ndrewh&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></content:encoded>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 11:27:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Passion, Happiness and Acting</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 14:41:26 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&lt;disclaimer&gt; This post is on Puja. He showed me <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5B72kGhHGI">this video</a>, and I came up with an idea which I can relate to better than what the dude said in the video (not that he&#8217;s wrong). &lt;/disclaimer&gt;</p>
<p>So, have you watched the video? I hope I&#8217;m not that popular, for if I were, you readers abroad would be lost in translation (:P). Okay, I hope I didn&#8217;t get the video wrong. It was about our passion, as a tool to reach happiness in this world and to fulfill our purpose as a human. Great, it was a great talk indeed. And right it is. As for feasible? Me personally don&#8217;t think so.</p>
<p>I consider myself a lucky person because I have found my passion, at least I think I have, so I can say that I am (or at least I think I am) happy with my own life. As for my passion, it&#8217;s code and violin. Code (programming), I found during my college time, and as for violin, I just found it recently. I consider them my passion because I feel like I&#8217;m nothing without them, like they&#8217;re the very definition of myself. Luckily for me, my passion (programming) can offer me money and jobs which of course unfortunately is one of the many aspects in happiness.</p>
<p>Well, I&#8217;m not going to brag about my happiness and my contentment in my life (as if I hadn&#8217;t already <img src='http://s2.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif' alt=':P' class='wp-smiley' /> ). I&#8217;m going to proceed with my idea for being happy. I think sometimes passion is hard to find, you can even find yourself searching as your life begins to end. Sometimes life is too short to find your passion. I&#8217;m not being negative, I&#8217;m being realistic. I&#8217;m not forbidding anyone to stop trying to find them, the searching will shape, and once you find it, it will be great. But, along the way, there&#8217;s a way to be happy. It&#8217;s through acting. Act happy! Even if you are actually not happy with your life, you&#8217;ll find yourself in a better place if you can act happy.</p>
<p>As the dude said, we can only make the people around us happy if we are happy ourselves. But what he didn&#8217;t say is, we CAN act happy and we CAN get ourselves used to acting happy. Our acting becomes so good.. so believable (even to ourselves), that in no time you will think that you actually ARE happy. This might be what happened to me. I&#8217;m used to acting happy, I&#8217;m used to being content with what I&#8217;ve got, so used to it that from time to time I&#8217;m confused whether this is true happiness or not. But, what the heck, who cares, if I think I&#8217;m happy then I am happy.</p>
<p>So, passion schmassion. If what you do is not your passion, then make it yours. Act like it&#8217;s yours. It&#8217;s not an excuse to be unhappy. <img src='http://s0.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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