rear mirror

demit..once again, my car's rear mirror was stolen tday! i can't believed that one can experienced being robed twice..ck ck ck.
today, as i parked in front of my bf's house alley around 9ish..my right rear mirror was suddenly gone!
@#$%^&* f***! i didn't notice it until my bf asked me where's other rear mirror, it was around 10ish.
All i can say was..."gosh, someone must just stole it!" and didn't say anything for about 10 minutes.
My bf was very angry about it, though..he knows that we can't do anything about it, except call the insurance company and report it.

anyway..we ended up drove down to a car dealer where i bought my car, and asked the owner to help me contact the insurance company so i can get cover immediately.
the good thing was, the car dealer's owner knew the insurance company' owner, as they were school mates, and the arrangement was that my car will be fixed at my office around 3pm-5pm.
the person who in charged of fixing my rear mirror had made a mistake by bringing a wrong set of mirror, thus, he have to go back to get the right one. Eventually, he came back with the right one, although.. by the time we leave the office, it's already 5:30 pm.

what a day huh? one whole day just spend driving around..i think i've spend most of my life on the road, going from one place to another.

surabaya

I just got back from surabaya this morning. I was engaged in a conversation with the cab driver on the way home from the airport..He was so happy and talkative, which then surprised me when he told me that he was once an abusived father to his 3 children 4 years ago. He offered me to join his church's seminars which held sometimes around mid october. He was tellig me stories about his life, how his oldest daughter was dissapointed at him and how his wife who once was a muslim convert into christianity always prays to God everynight that her beloved husband will quit smoking and be a good father to their family.
He also told me that tomorrow his daughter will get the result of her stewardest test for one of Indonesian biggest airline "Garuda", she is only 19 years old. Wow..a young girl who had to work to help her father put her little sister through college. He was so happy when he told me all of these thing about his daughter, i saw a spark in his face, a proud father. I was so moved by his story.

Now i learned that "prayers will work wonders" and "if you want to dream, dream big"

~ki~

myths

as i was driving home from my boyfriend's house, dj's was discussing a very interesting subject about "oral sex". they were pointing out some false myths about oral sex, which includes:

• 69 position is the best position for giving and receiving an oral sex - not true
• there is only one technic of giving an oral sex to a man - not true
• the best way to give oral sex is by licking and sucking it - not true
• and many more false myths around oral

any comments??

neruda's

I do not love you... by Pablo Neruda
I do not love you as if you were salt-rose, or topaz,or the arrow of carnations the fire shoots off.I love you as certain dark things are to be loved,in secret, between the shadow and the soul.
I love you as the plant that never bloomsbut carries in itself the light of hidden flowers;thanks to your love a certain solid fragrance,risen from the earth, lives darkly in my body.
I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where.I love you straightforwardly, without complexities or pride;so I love you because I know no other way
that this: where I does not exist, nor you,so close that your hand on my chest is my hand,so close that your eyes close as I fall asleep.

i was introduced to pablo neruda's work when i was living in perth, the day i first read his work was the day i was introduced to the beautiful art of writting. yup..i considered writting as a beautiful art.

I remembered how i spend my quiet days during my uni year writting simple poetry on my scrap book, which i carried everywhere i go, which then i lost all of 'em when i moved back home (!#$%&*^).

i admitted that sometimes what i wrote doesn't make any sense at all..hey, at least i'm trying to let everything out of my mind by writting it down.

Radio's conversation

Like any normal day, i was driving to work taking a freeway around 9:00 am and listening to my favorite radio station HR Fm, when suddendly their conversation was taken up my attention. They were talking about marketing strategy and how people will get frustated when a marketing people came up to them and trying to sell them a products or a services.

Have you ever get pissed off just because a marketing person (whom nowdays are called sales person) trying to sell you a products/services when you already told them that you are not interested, and they will keep calling you work, your house and even calling your cell phone?
Well.. I have! They were trying to sell some membership cards. The amazing thing about those kind of people was how they will eventually make you feel bad if you did not buy what their offers.

I don't blame them if they are really pushy, they were giving a target by their superior. And if they are not succeded, they will get laid off by the company. It is kinda sad, but it is how it is. Although, in order to sell a products/services, they will need to keep one thing in mind...it is

"how can you make people buy your product?" not "how can i sell my product?"

The most important thing when trying to sell a product is how you touch customer's heart.

The new era of marketing strategy is customer centric, where the focus will be on "customer" satisfaction and customer "needs". DooH!! I sounds like a marketing expert wannabe huh?

Anyway..back to the conversation on the radio, rumours has spread amongs people, there is another method of marketing which is called "tanda tangan diatas perut". This kind of marketing strategy involves severals beautiful womans whos job is to persuade clients to the point where they are willing to sign a deal with the company. This strategy usually applied to a contract that involve big money, a million dollar deal. Hmm...is it true? I will not comment on that until i do my research. :-)

De Banten

The Banten Resort, Anyer

17-18 September 2004

Left to Right: Edy Sutisna (Project Manager), Anthony B (our big boss), Sianne (Project Manager), Me, A. Widodo (IT Manager), Yoko (My Dearest)

Anyer....

This picture was taken on 17 September 2004@ Anyer, The Banten Resort. It was our first unofficial vacation during TIRA Project Refreshing.

Kuningan's Bombing

The impacted of the explotion apparently smash all the windows of the building next to it.

Another snap shoot from jl Sudirman. Some said the exploition felt like an earthquake.

Kuningan's Bombing 9th September 2004 taken from one of the building located on Sudirman.