Archive for August, 2006

Jadi orang baik itu susah

Sapa bilang jadi orang baik itu gampang? Memang sih dari kecil kita dah diajarin sama papa dan mama untuk berbuat baik dengan sesama. Kayanya ga ada deh orang tua yang ngajarin anak-anak nya buat ngerampok, nyuri, berkelahi atau bahkan menyontek. Kita juga diajarin bagaimana untuk berbagi dengan orang lain, baik materi atau sekadar dukungan moral. Contoh kalo waktu kecil kita jatuh, pasti ditolongin ma orang tua, diangkat, ditanya “dimana yang sakit?” atau “lain kali hati2 ya”. Ga ada deh kayanya orang tua yg bakal bilang “mampus loe, meleng sii…makanya jalan liat2!”. Kalo ada yg pernah diginiin ma ortu plz bilang ke gw, unik bin ajaib hehe.

Kembali kepada gampang tidaknya menjadi orang baik. Dengan semakin tuanya dunia ini, ternyata menjadi baik itu tidak selalu gampang. Adakalanya menjadi baik itu adalah stadarisasi baru dalam menentukan setinggi mana/ seluas apa pandangan seseorang dalam hidup. Menjadi seorang yang baik tidak lagi menentukan moral seseorang atau menandakan kualitas latar belakang seseorang.

Contoh:
Ini cerita sewaktu SD, pas kebetulan pergi ke Aussie sama sodara. Ketemu ama orang ngamen di jalan, di bule ini ngamen dengan alat musik seperti gading gajah ( ga inget apa namanya..). Menurut gw “it’s awsome” so gw kasih pengamen tadi duit AUS$1, yup s-a-t-u dollar Aussie dalam bentuk keping. Trus gw cerita ke sodara gw kalo gw ngasi segitu, trus dia bilang “ngapain dikasi AUS$1, dikasi 10 cent juga cukup disini” trus dia ketawa seperti ngatain “loe ga ngerti kurs ya?”. Let’s not talk about currency, semua itu cuma niat baik gw buat ngasi si pengamen dgn duit segitu. Gw suka musiknya dan “what the hell, he deserved it”. Itu contoh sederhana bahwa niat baik itu tidak selalu tepat di mata orang lain.

Apa yang menyebabkan orang enggan untuk berniat dan berbuat baik? Semua itu disebabkan karna semakin berkembangnya ilmu tipu muslihat di antara manusia. Sodara gw tadi ga mau ngasi pengamen banyak2 karna malu diketawain orang dikirain ga ngerti currency. Orang jadi takut/malu berbuat baik karna takut dibilang bodoh/idiot/ga ngerti situasi/jarang bergaul. See why it’s gettin harder to make this world become a better world?

Kira-kira seperti ini pembatasan yang mana bisa disebut baik. Gw bukan Tuhan, jadi ga ngerti mana yang disebut baik dan mana yang tidak baik. Tapi persepsi publik secara keseluruhan adalah seperti ini, terutama komunitas dengan tingkat kemapanan dan pendidikan tinggi. Mereka mau tidak mau harus lebih waspada dengan tingkat “kebaikan” yang ada di sekitar, dan bertanya-tanya dengan segala bentuk “kebaikan” yang didapat.

Paranoid terhadap kebaikan? Memang istilah yang lucu, tapi inilah bentuk modern paranoia. DImana percaya 100% itu adalah tabu dan semua hal itu patut diwaspadai. Ironis, tapi cukup masuk akal….

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Tulisan diatas di inspirasi oleh sms yang beredar tanggal 28 Agustus 2006 di sejumlah ponsel di Malaysia yang kira2 berbunyi:

Urgent! If u c a car
WFE2365 wira aero
green color pls call to
police.a 18yrs chinese
gal just kidnapped by
5 malays at parade
rooftop carpark.pls
help 2 fwd

Salah seorang blogger Malaysia dengan kritis mempertanyakan keabsahan dari sms tsb dengan analisis nya sendiri. Entah benar atau bukan, ternyata sms itu berbeda dengan kenyataannya.

Sama juga dengan email spam yang sering gw terima di email, yang menang lottery lah (kira2 seperti contohnya si farah ini..), atau ada yang mo ngasi warisan lah atau ada yang minta bantuan pake surat berantai lah. So silly and pathetic, find a better way to make fool of other people.

Karna dunia tidak akan pernah lagi bersih….

I’ve tried to do something good for a friend few days ago, but nothing I got other than accusation. At least I felt it like an accusation. At least I know, good intention is never enough…and I don’t give a FUCK anymore…

August 30, 2006 Posted Under: Uncategorized   Read More

Jadi orang baik itu susah

Sapa bilang jadi orang baik itu gampang? Memang sih dari kecil kita dah diajarin sama papa dan mama untuk berbuat baik dengan sesama. Kayanya ga ada deh orang tua yang ngajarin anak-anak nya buat ngerampok, nyuri, berkelahi atau bahkan menyontek. Kita juga diajarin bagaimana untuk berbagi dengan orang lain, baik materi atau sekadar dukungan moral. Contoh kalo waktu kecil kita jatuh, pasti ditolongin ma orang tua, diangkat, ditanya “dimana yang sakit?” atau “lain kali hati2 ya”. Ga ada deh kayanya orang tua yg bakal bilang “mampus loe, meleng sii…makanya jalan liat2!”. Kalo ada yg pernah diginiin ma ortu plz bilang ke gw, unik bin ajaib hehe.

Kembali kepada gampang tidaknya menjadi orang baik. Dengan semakin tuanya dunia ini, ternyata menjadi baik itu tidak selalu gampang. Adakalanya menjadi baik itu adalah stadarisasi baru dalam menentukan setinggi mana/ seluas apa pandangan seseorang dalam hidup. Menjadi seorang yang baik tidak lagi menentukan moral seseorang atau menandakan kualitas latar belakang seseorang.

Contoh:
Ini cerita sewaktu SD, pas kebetulan pergi ke Aussie sama sodara. Ketemu ama orang ngamen di jalan, di bule ini ngamen dengan alat musik seperti gading gajah ( ga inget apa namanya..). Menurut gw “it’s awsome” so gw kasih pengamen tadi duit AUS$1, yup s-a-t-u dollar Aussie dalam bentuk keping. Trus gw cerita ke sodara gw kalo gw ngasi segitu, trus dia bilang “ngapain dikasi AUS$1, dikasi 10 cent juga cukup disini” trus dia ketawa seperti ngatain “loe ga ngerti kurs ya?”. Let’s not talk about currency, semua itu cuma niat baik gw buat ngasi si pengamen dgn duit segitu. Gw suka musiknya dan “what the hell, he deserved it”. Itu contoh sederhana bahwa niat baik itu tidak selalu tepat di mata orang lain.

Apa yang menyebabkan orang enggan untuk berniat dan berbuat baik? Semua itu disebabkan karna semakin berkembangnya ilmu tipu muslihat di antara manusia. Sodara gw tadi ga mau ngasi pengamen banyak2 karna malu diketawain orang dikirain ga ngerti currency. Orang jadi takut/malu berbuat baik karna takut dibilang bodoh/idiot/ga ngerti situasi/jarang bergaul. See why it’s gettin harder to make this world become a better world?

Kira-kira seperti ini pembatasan yang mana bisa disebut baik. Gw bukan Tuhan, jadi ga ngerti mana yang disebut baik dan mana yang tidak baik. Tapi persepsi publik secara keseluruhan adalah seperti ini, terutama komunitas dengan tingkat kemapanan dan pendidikan tinggi. Mereka mau tidak mau harus lebih waspada dengan tingkat “kebaikan” yang ada di sekitar, dan bertanya-tanya dengan segala bentuk “kebaikan” yang didapat.

Paranoid terhadap kebaikan? Memang istilah yang lucu, tapi inilah bentuk modern paranoia. DImana percaya 100% itu adalah tabu dan semua hal itu patut diwaspadai. Ironis, tapi cukup masuk akal….

————————————————————————————————-

Tulisan diatas di inspirasi oleh sms yang beredar tanggal 28 Agustus 2006 di sejumlah ponsel di Malaysia yang kira2 berbunyi:

Urgent! If u c a car
WFE2365 wira aero
green color pls call to
police.a 18yrs chinese
gal just kidnapped by
5 malays at parade
rooftop carpark.pls
help 2 fwd

Salah seorang blogger Malaysia dengan kritis mempertanyakan keabsahan dari sms tsb dengan analisis nya sendiri. Entah benar atau bukan, ternyata sms itu berbeda dengan kenyataannya.

Sama juga dengan email spam yang sering gw terima di email, yang menang lottery lah (kira2 seperti contohnya si farah ini..), atau ada yang mo ngasi warisan lah atau ada yang minta bantuan pake surat berantai lah. So silly and pathetic, find a better way to make fool of other people.

Karna dunia tidak akan pernah lagi bersih….

I’ve tried to do something good for a friend few days ago, but nothing I got other than accusation. At least I felt it like an accusation. At least I know, good intention is never enough…and I don’t give a FUCK anymore…

August 30, 2006 Posted Under: Interesting Things, People   Read More

Letter to be sent Upstairs..

I suppose nobody wanna hear me whining all over the place about what’s wrong with everything. If you a good listener, what are you about to witness is more likely will be beyond your imagination. I have a very long list to complain about, and not even single of it has anything to do with my own life. Let me get it straight, I have a perfect life and promising day ahead of me.

The question will be “why should I complain about everything?”. A little brief of myself, I am more likely a easy-come-easy-go person. I barely have guts to complain with anybody around me, scared of dragging them off with me.

When everything get upper-handed, let me write something. I would like to send a letter to Supreme Being or God upstairs who I believe existed. Since I am an agnostic, I don’t have any particular name for Him. I don’t know how much is it cost, but still…let me write.

Dear God,
I know You’ve been busy all this time, and have no reason to even listen to a low-life like me. But lend me some of Your time, and read my letter and feel the grief I attached in here.

First of all, how is it goin? Everything have been quite rough lately, huh? I don’t know what kind of media information do You have there, I am sure you had noticed (or one of your messenger had told you) about everything going on here.

God, It’s messed up down here, and everybody are crying. In case you haven’t noticed yet, the war never stop, God. Even though we, humankind, already told about Cain and Abel as the foundation of hatred…but still, we can’t accept this. Nobody want to get hurt or see anybody else get hurt. When we think that everything is getting better, something else is coming up at another place. I don’t understand anything about what they called politic, but they have already goin too far. I can smell blood, hatred, rage and revenge everywhere around this world, which I don’t understand. I just don’t get it, but still I am a mere human with no different than others.

Talking about differences, I am glad that we were born with significant differences. I can’t imagine if we are all the same. I don’t want other peoples are just like me, as others don’t want to be just like me. I love tea and some others love coffee, that how should it works. It must be planned far before you created human kind, I give you the biggest creadit for this. Know what? I’ve been going out with a girl, who totally different with me and I admire her with all the differences. And amazingly, so does she..I am not the one who love differences.

But plz, just make one similarity between others. Make them understand Your plan, make them really appriciate differences, make them enjoy differences. Because that’s not what happened lately. People blame each other, threaten each other, kill each other, all because differences. I don’t really understant which one, but it must be between race, religious, political way of thinkin…name it. Everything have their own way to be solved without any hardship or foolish fight, rite God? They don’t understand.

I am not saying all the people are bad or narrow-minded. Some of them are really care about each other, they help, they lend their hand, they send their support for the name of humanity. But it’s never enough, always someone somewhere need something. I feel really ashame to not able helping with this tiny hands, but someday I hope I could.

I still have alot to say to You, but I don’t want to waste Your time. It’s just a thought, in case You are giving us a test, it’s just too hard and awfully getting worse and worse. And for now and then, we might keep a low grade or even failed You.

Yours Forever,
Gerry

Get me a mailman, Now!!

August 29, 2006 Posted Under: Uncategorized   Read More

Letter to be sent Upstairs..

I suppose nobody wanna hear me whining all over the place about what’s wrong with everything. If you a good listener, what are you about to witness is more likely will be beyond your imagination. I have a very long list to complain about, and not even single of it has anything to do with my own life. Let me get it straight, I have a perfect life and promising day ahead of me.

The question will be “why should I complain about everything?”. A little brief of myself, I am more likely a easy-come-easy-go person. I barely have guts to complain with anybody around me, scared of dragging them off with me.

When everything get upper-handed, let me write something. I would like to send a letter to Supreme Being or God upstairs who I believe existed. Since I am an agnostic, I don’t have any particular name for Him. I don’t know how much is it cost, but still…let me write.

Dear God,
I know You’ve been busy all this time, and have no reason to even listen to a low-life like me. But lend me some of Your time, and read my letter and feel the grief I attached in here.

First of all, how is it goin? Everything have been quite rough lately, huh? I don’t know what kind of media information do You have there, I am sure you had noticed (or one of your messenger had told you) about everything going on here.

God, It’s messed up down here, and everybody are crying. In case you haven’t noticed yet, the war never stop, God. Even though we, humankind, already told about Cain and Abel as the foundation of hatred…but still, we can’t accept this. Nobody want to get hurt or see anybody else get hurt. When we think that everything is getting better, something else is coming up at another place. I don’t understand anything about what they called politic, but they have already goin too far. I can smell blood, hatred, rage and revenge everywhere around this world, which I don’t understand. I just don’t get it, but still I am a mere human with no different than others.

Talking about differences, I am glad that we were born with significant differences. I can’t imagine if we are all the same. I don’t want other peoples are just like me, as others don’t want to be just like me. I love tea and some others love coffee, that how should it works. It must be planned far before you created human kind, I give you the biggest creadit for this. Know what? I’ve been going out with a girl, who totally different with me and I admire her with all the differences. And amazingly, so does she..I am not the one who love differences.

But plz, just make one similarity between others. Make them understand Your plan, make them really appriciate differences, make them enjoy differences. Because that’s not what happened lately. People blame each other, threaten each other, kill each other, all because differences. I don’t really understant which one, but it must be between race, religious, political way of thinkin…name it. Everything have their own way to be solved without any hardship or foolish fight, rite God? They don’t understand.

I am not saying all the people are bad or narrow-minded. Some of them are really care about each other, they help, they lend their hand, they send their support for the name of humanity. But it’s never enough, always someone somewhere need something. I feel really ashame to not able helping with this tiny hands, but someday I hope I could.

I still have alot to say to You, but I don’t want to waste Your time. It’s just a thought, in case You are giving us a test, it’s just too hard and awfully getting worse and worse. And for now and then, we might keep a low grade or even failed You.

Yours Forever,
Gerry

Get me a mailman, Now!!

August 29, 2006 Posted Under: In my mind, Poem and Quote   Read More

Manifesto

What is hypocrisy? and why people tend to let themselves to be one, but deny it. What kind of situation will hiprocrisy will be suited best ? In order to be a better world, is it necessary to be a hypocryte? By reviewing in certain way, I declare myself as a hypocrite.

Hypocrite is a person who act differently with their own beliefs. For what I’ve seen and felt, people are not robot, which had been set to do particular things for any particular situation. In some way, human tend to amuse or satisfy what had publicly approved.

Just for an example:
” 4 people are going together to see a carnival, 3 of them are more likely to ride jet coaster. To satisfy the others and avoid unnecessary argument, the last person will try to forget to go for merry-go-round and join the others.”

The foundation of civilizations were base on the ability to question any issues which felt not true or need to be reviewed.

Let’s forget about civilization and join me in our daily life. Have you lie to others? or at least you lie for the sake of others? or you save your opinion for the sake of others? Some of them are called liar and others are called tolerant person. I am a big liar and also a tolerant person. The difference between these two are:

  • Liar cannot be helped
  • Tolerant person is not helping
  • Liar tend to save their own ass
  • Tolerant person tend to save others, at least not hurt others

Beside pile of assignments (all due this week), which prevent me from blogging, even blogwalking. The last few days were quite rough for me and some of it pull me to the edge. This quite personal which I won’t describe it here, but I’ve made decisions for the sake of myself.


I’ll stop being tolerant, both in daily life and in blogosphere.

Blogging Manifesto:
1. fully use my right to write as blogger to express my feeling, personally or as member of society.
2. criticize respectfully anything with my own standard of value.
3. responsible with anything I’ve said publicly
4. appriciate any comment and critic which told in decent manner
5. pay more attention to others property of rights (ex: link )

NB: I’m just few more steps to be exploded and I’m happy. To be a people’s person is a weakness

August 26, 2006 Posted Under: Uncategorized   Read More

Manifesto

What is hypocrisy? and why people tend to let themselves to be one, but deny it. What kind of situation will hiprocrisy will be suited best ? In order to be a better world, is it necessary to be a hypocryte? By reviewing in certain way, I declare myself as a hypocrite.

Hypocrite is a person who act differently with their own beliefs. For what I’ve seen and felt, people are not robot, which had been set to do particular things for any particular situation. In some way, human tend to amuse or satisfy what had publicly approved.

Just for an example:
” 4 people are going together to see a carnival, 3 of them are more likely to ride jet coaster. To satisfy the others and avoid unnecessary argument, the last person will try to forget to go for merry-go-round and join the others.”

The foundation of civilizations were base on the ability to question any issues which felt not true or need to be reviewed.

Let’s forget about civilization and join me in our daily life. Have you lie to others? or at least you lie for the sake of others? or you save your opinion for the sake of others? Some of them are called liar and others are called tolerant person. I am a big liar and also a tolerant person. The difference between these two are:

  • Liar cannot be helped
  • Tolerant person is not helping
  • Liar tend to save their own ass
  • Tolerant person tend to save others, at least not hurt others

Beside pile of assignments (all due this week), which prevent me from blogging, even blogwalking. The last few days were quite rough for me and some of it pull me to the edge. This quite personal which I won’t describe it here, but I’ve made decisions for the sake of myself.

I’ll stop being tolerant, both in daily life and in blogosphere.

Blogging Manifesto:
1. fully use my right to write as blogger to express my feeling, personally or as member of society.
2. criticize respectfully anything with my own standard of value.
3. responsible with anything I’ve said publicly
4. appriciate any comment and critic which told in decent manner
5. pay more attention to others property of rights (ex: link )

NB: I’m just few more steps to be exploded and I’m happy. To be a people’s person is a weakness

August 26, 2006 Posted Under: In my mind   Read More

Tata surya kita memiliki 12 planet (still in discussion..)

Berapa buah planet dalam tata surya kita? Kayanya ga perlu jadi astronomer deh, kalo harus jawab pertanyaan cupu kaya gini. Di semua textbook, dari SD sampai SMU *yg dasar2 aja, jgn yg scientist punya…hehe*, planet di tata surya kita berjumlah 9 buah. Apa saja itu anak2?

*dengan nada anak2 ngapal pelajaran langsung jawab*
Mercurius, Venus, Bumi, Mars, Jupiter, Saturnus, Uranus, Neptunus dan Pluto.

Itulah jawabannya tentang jumlah planet di tata surya kita. Tapi setelah 24 Agustus 2006, jawabannya akan lain. Lho kok tanggal 24 Agustus 2006? Karna International Astronomer Union (IAU) mengadakan gathering ke 26 dari tanggal 14 – 25 Agutus 2006. Dalam pertemuan ini, akan ada kemungkinan bahwa planet dalam tata surya akan mengembang dari 9 planet menjadi 12 planet. Keputusan voting akan dilaksanakan tanggal 24 Agustus 2006.

12 – 9 = 3, jadi ada tambahan 3 planet dalam tata surya kita. Mereka adalah Ceres, Charon dan 2003 UB313 (Xena). Jika ketiga planet ini ditambah ke dalam tata surya kita, maka susunannya akan jadi seperti ini.


Perdebatan tentang definisi planet menjadi topik utama dalam pertemuan IAU tersebut. Untuk menjadikan 3 planet ini menjadi bagian planet dari tata surya, para IAU harus menyetujui proposal baru tentang pendefinisian planet yg baru (baca disini):

“A planet is a celestial body that (a) has sufficient mass for its self-gravity to overcome rigid body forces so that it assumes a hydrostatic equilibrium (nearly round) shape, and (b) is in orbit around a star, and is neither a star nor a satellite of a planet.”

Alternatif lainnya adalah penyetujuan definisi pluton sebagai bagian dari sistem tata surya. Pluton adalah planet dengan karakteristik menyerupai pluto dan tidak sama dengan planet. Jika proposal pluton ini disetujui, maka tata surya akan memiliki 8 planet dan banyak pluton. Contoh kategori pluton adalah Pluto, Ceres, Charon, 2003 UB313(Xena), Sedna, Quaoar, etc

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August 17, 2006 Posted Under: Uncategorized   Read More

Indonesiaku (Dirgahayu ke-61)

Indonesiaku
darah, tanah dan air mata
hamparannya hijau
singsingannya jingga
kobarannya merah
gulungannya biru
putih tulangku merah darahku

Indonesiaku
pijakanku tegap
genggamanku erat
gumamku deras
tatapanku tulus
dalam
putih tulangku merah darahku

Dirgahayu Indonesiaku ke 61

–gerry dalam kesetiaan abadi–

August 17, 2006 Posted Under: Uncategorized   Read More

(Tadinya) Tata surya kita (bisa jadi) memiliki 12 planet

Berapa buah planet dalam tata surya kita? Kayanya ga perlu jadi astronomer deh, kalo harus jawab pertanyaan cupu kaya gini. Di semua textbook, dari SD sampai SMU *yg dasar2 aja, jgn yg scientist punya…hehe*, planet di tata surya kita berjumlah 9 buah. Apa saja itu anak2?

*dengan nada anak2 ngapal pelajaran langsung jawab*
Mercurius, Venus, Bumi, Mars, Jupiter, Saturnus, Uranus, Neptunus dan Pluto.

Itulah jawabannya tentang jumlah planet di tata surya kita. Tapi setelah 24 Agustus 2006, jawabannya akan lain. Lho kok tanggal 24 Agustus 2006? Karna International Astronomer Union (IAU) mengadakan gathering ke 26 dari tanggal 14 – 25 Agutus 2006. Dalam pertemuan ini, akan ada kemungkinan bahwa planet dalam tata surya akan mengembang dari 9 planet menjadi 12 planet. Keputusan voting akan dilaksanakan tanggal 24 Agustus 2006.

12 – 9 = 3, jadi ada tambahan 3 planet dalam tata surya kita. Mereka adalah Ceres, Charon dan 2003 UB313 (Xena). Jika ketiga planet ini ditambah ke dalam tata surya kita, maka susunannya akan jadi seperti ini.


Perdebatan tentang definisi planet menjadi topik utama dalam pertemuan IAU tersebut. Untuk menjadikan 3 planet ini menjadi bagian planet dari tata surya, para IAU harus menyetujui proposal baru tentang pendefinisian planet yg baru (baca disini):

“A planet is a celestial body that (a) has sufficient mass for its self-gravity to overcome rigid body forces so that it assumes a hydrostatic equilibrium (nearly round) shape, and (b) is in orbit around a star, and is neither a star nor a satellite of a planet.”

Alternatif lainnya adalah penyetujuan definisi pluton sebagai bagian dari sistem tata surya. Pluton adalah planet dengan karakteristik menyerupai pluto dan tidak sama dengan planet. Jika proposal pluton ini disetujui, maka tata surya akan memiliki 8 planet dan banyak pluton. Contoh kategori pluton adalah Pluto, Ceres, Charon, 2003 UB313(Xena), Sedna, Quaoar, etc

Artikel terkait:

August 17, 2006 Posted Under: Interesting Things, Technology   Read More

Indonesiaku (Dirgahayu ke-61)

Indonesiaku
darah, tanah dan air mata
hamparannya hijau
singsingannya jingga
kobarannya merah
gulungannya biru
putih tulangku merah darahku

Indonesiaku
pijakanku tegap
genggamanku erat
gumamku deras
tatapanku tulus
dalam
putih tulangku merah darahku

 

Dirgahayu Indonesiaku ke 61

 

–gerry dalam kesetiaan abadi–

August 17, 2006 Posted Under: Poem and Quote   Read More