Blogger for iPad (almost)

Out of curiosity today I searched blogger apps for iPad. Too bad google decided not to have one for iPad, however they do have the iPhone version.so at the moment I'm typing on my iPad and will have it post automatically to blogger without going to my blog. I know it's probably nothing new to most of you but it is for me..

I'm back...

hmmm...visiting my long abandoned blog.
My last post was in April 2009, so it has been straight 2 years without any posting in my blog.
well, starting today, I will try to write at least (God help me :-) one posting every week..
we'll see how it will come out..

I dream of a place where there is no hurt, no pain..

The laws of nature, the physics are lopsidedly against human. We are, as human have to follow the law, living within the boundaries of what we can and cannot do physically. It doesn’t take an expert of physics to know that I will surely die if I fall from a tall building, flat on the concrete below with bone fractures and probably brain all over the parking lot. Funny to think that ants, with smaller and weaker body would most likely survived such a fall. That’s physics and even though countless Hollywood movies try to depict people with the ability to bend the law invulnerably, the fact is still crystal clear that we are just weak mortals, period.

How convenient it is that if our body is made of rubber-like substance with the durability of titanium that every time we collide or hit something so hard we would simply bounce and not even bear a tiniest scratch. Our bone is as hard as the hardest metal with high density which prevents it from breaking at an unbelievably high amount of pressure, but again, we are but a mere human with a lot limitations.

That leads me to a theory that God created us with boundaries and as long as we do not trespass that we will be ok. Human in general are only able to walk with the speed of 4-5 km/hour, that’s around 2-3 miles per hour. Running, which is only a little bit faster, are still within the safety zone. This ability will deteriorate as we grow older; it is a safety mechanism for our weakening body. Just think if a 70-year old person can run as fast as when he was still 20; probably he will have a heart attack or damaged joints.
However, everything changed with the invention of means of transportation. With horses, bicycle, motorbike, cars, we break the boundaries; with these vehicles we are traveling faster than what our body can handle a possible impact, a collision, and crash.

If you would think, how the injury would be when two people bump into to each other while they were walking 5km/hour, hardly any scratch, unless they got angry and punch each other (that’s another case). However, with motor vehicle, people who cannot run even faster than a dog would be able to travel at 60-80 km/hour easily. Now, think again, what would happen if two person on a motorcycle going 80km/ hour bump into each other. The word bump would have different meaning, they would inexorably crash into each other, not a pretty scene huh..

I’m a slow rider, I prefer to wait and I prefer to brake instead of honk because honking is not going to stop you from hitting other vehicle, but braking will, that’s a fact. When I ride my motorcycle on the road, I chose to ride defensively rather than aggressively. I always think that it only takes one careless driver to create a catastrophic road accident and the last thing I want is to be that person. I think that more lives can be saved if everybody is not trying to outrace anybody on the street.
There is one funny suggestion made by the police force in my hometown. It says ‘When in the city please drive/ride 30km/hours’. I know most of us laugh at that serious joke, that’s awfully slow compared to the general speed of the road user but when you all think about it, it is also incredibly safe. It will be a lot safer than going 80km/h in a crowded traffic, skidding here and there and with the best of luck, ended up in a morgue, not so wise eh..

No matter how important you think arriving 5-10 minutes faster at your destination, just think how minuscule that is compared to your whole life, and I’m telling you, so very not worth it..

For the time being, while waiting for my body to turn into super titanium shell exoskeleton (whatever that is) with the reflexes of a super ninja from outer space, I will still ride acceptably slower than the rest of the pack. This way, at least one less careless rider on the street..

So little time so many to watch

I never thought I would say that sentence for TV programmes, at least not in these past few years. If you live in my country you’ll know what I’m talking about. Growing up in the 80-90s provided better TV experience for me. There are a lot of sitcoms, dramas and less addictive TV shows at that time. The ratio between local and foreign content is somewhat equal. My audio visual experience fell on a long deep sleep when Sinetron rules the TV universe and it woken up when VCD and then DVD movies flooded in Indonesian market, providing us with more choices, better options. I no longer feel the need of watching Indonesian TV programmes. In one of the rare occasion when I do watch TV is for the news which actually is quite redundant as I read most of the news already on the Internet (Full fledge of information, when I want it, how I want it and about what I want to know)
Don’t get me wrong, I have nothing against Indonesian movies, serials and shows. However, I do hate the cheap, poorly written story and even poorer acting of our lovely Sinetrons which blossom in every channel of my country’s TV station. I just can’t stress enough that these kinds of Sinetrons really degenerate my already deteriorating intelligence. Of course every once in a while a good one comes out, but the chances are getting slim and slimmer as we speak.
One of my friends even took a little bit extreme step by forbidding Sinetron in his house. Of course he provides his family with cable TV which has more options and a better chance to deliver good shows, education and morals too.

And I’m not saying that foreign serials, dramas and shows are always better than Indonesians. I’ve had my share of shitty movies and drama back when I lived in US. But, let’s put it this way, if these foreign TV shows were aired all the way across Pacific Ocean in Asian TV station, particularly Indonesia, and that the directors our TV decided to actually pay to have them aired, then at least they must be decent,
I can’t imagine how our future generation would be if now they are being shoved by TV shows that rapes the human logics, strips down reasoning, cause and effect, and throws some cheap tricks and tears while they’re at it.
Hmmpfh, I tried not to fall to the rambling and ranting traps when I talk about this issue, but I guess I failed..

Back to the topic, what I originally want to say (before I was trapped into the bashing on the Indonesian TV shows) was that these past two weeks, I’ve been traveling away from my home town and had to stay in various hotels. The good things about most hotels are they have cable TV which provides me with over 50 channels; you name it they got it.
What initiated me to write this was last night when I turned on the TV; they had 3-4 different discovery channels, each with equally interesting topic. International news, talk shows, informative programmes that actually give you useful information and insight views of the outside world. I ended up confused which show I want to watch, switching from one channel to another, just like when I watch Indonesian TV channels except for the opposite reason.
I’m quite realistic, I can neither possibly hope that Indonesian TV stations would raise the quality of their shows up to a high standards nor keep on buying foreign serials with skyrocketing price due to our weak currency.
I just want them to really use their head to make average (if not good) quality shows which are not over exposing wealth, poverty, miseries and misfortunes. I want them to have a good writer or team of writers who actually sit down, put their head together and write something worth watching.
And maybe, I will start to watch Sinetron again just like old time..

To love you more

To love you more

To love you, to truly learn to love truly. But I’m no angel no saint, I will fall down, down to my knees, stumble and muddle through, though I will keep myself from not loving you..

Loving you, no regret, just like the twilight, taken away by the dark of the night inevitably. Loving you is like walking upon every second of every minute of every hour, where there is no coming back. To love you is binding me, dragging me to one way road, where there is no other way, for I know not a way to not love you..

Loving you is falling down, burning my ego justifying your anger. Loving you is worshiping, adoring your sincere honesty and fidelity while accepting, living and enduring your lies

Loving you, is not arranging the words I love you, but to sacrifice in a way of a best righteous act out of every effort transpiring in my veins. Committing to possibly do the impossible, for love needs proof not words.

To love you till the last breath I breathe, till my heart bleeds the last blood, till every pain and pleasure subside, until my last flesh fade away from my body..

To love you more, is in the end to wish solely in loving though longing but not needing to be loved in return..

woopiee..1MB/day..

I just can’t help it, I have to say something about it, it’s so ridiculously silly..
If you watch the TV recently there is a new commercial from Three. It’s about their new free mobile internet service. They are giving free 30 MB monthly bandwidth (max) for Three (3) user (terms and conditions apply). That means 1 MB per day for internet activity using your mobile.
Actually, I was fine with the 1 MB per day service; it was way better compared to XL super stingy 50 KB per day. The thing is they’re (Three) promoting it as if they’re giving out 100 MB free daily bandwidth. The ads shows people cheering up, acting hilariously happy after they get the..errr 1 MB/day free internet connection. I was just like wtf, who are they kidding, is this some kind of corporate joke that I don’t understand. Why don’t they use the money they allocate for the lousy commercial to pay for more bandwidth, like 10-50 MB per day? :-P. In case you want to know, I’m an Indosat Matrix user with unlimited monthly bandwidth and so far somewhat satisfied with its internet service (although super slow).
Anyway, this is just one of the rants I had against the internet price in Indonesia and when I come to think of it, I have objections to almost all of mobile-slash-internet providers in Indonesia..well, hard to please customer..:-)

I Do Not Love You Except Because I Love You

I do not love you except because I love you;
I go from loving to not loving you,
From waiting to not waiting for you
My heart moves from cold to fire.

I love you only because it's you the one I love;
I hate you deeply, and hating you
Bend to you, and the measure of my changing love for you
Is that I do not see you but love you blindly..

by Pablo Neruda