My Favorite Things

*singing along to The Sound of Music*

Whenever I'm feeling sad, I just think of my favorite things, so I wouldn't feel so sad.

And here are two of my very favorite things



Kurt Cobain and a kitten.

:D

Clowning Around

The Western people's portrayal of a clown is always consists of a man w/ curly, rainbow-colored hair, baggy clothes, and most importantly, red nose.

(I don't think I need to post any picture of a clown here. It's your loss if you've never seen a clown in your lifetime)

While Chinese clowns had white nose instead.



See the difference?

It's kinda strange as white is the 'bad-luck' color for Chinese. Kan qi lai, it's because clown are believed to have these evil, cunning traits on their personality, no matter how funny they are.

Honestly, I always thought they're kinda scary. Wonder why they showed up at every kids' birthday parties.

A Conversation

I was on the way to campus this morning, riding in the overcrowded train, when I accidentally listened to this conversation.

"Ngapain sih 'ntu anak pake sekolah tinggi-tinggi... jadi orang yang penting siap kerja..."

An old man sitting in front of me was talking about his son's or nephew's future. And he suddenly said something even more interesting.

"Liat 'ntu Presiden Amerika yang baru. Sekolahnya aja 'kan dulu di Menteng! Iya, anak Menteng dia! Tapi nyatanye bisa toh jadi Presiden Amerika."

I guess somebody should tell this old man that Barrack Obama continued his study in Harvard after he went to that Menteng school.

fictional and inspirational

I wrote this one back when I was in High School. By the time, even until today, I was so amazed by this character of the manga series Samurai Deeper Kyo, and decided to write something that might captured his essential characteristics that made him special and inspirational. Go check it out.

100% Akira!
Scene 1: Shiseiten no Akira, battling hardly w/ Goyosei no Saisei

Bontenmaru: This is going to be difficult. Yet I'm sure, Akira could handle this. He is a samurai. A great one (smiling confidently)
Kyo: He is
Bontenmaru: You see, he's not a real samurai like you and me. He does not have that blood. He's not a samurai descendant.
Kyo: Yet he's able to catch up w/ that

Scene 2: Akira trapped Saisei in his castle of ice

Yuuya: Then how could he become so strong like this?
Bontenmaru: You see, Yuuya-san, to become a samurai, one needs 99% effort and 1% blood. Talent. One cannot become a samurai w/out both of it. As for Akira, he surely didn't have that 1%, yet he became a samurai. A complete, ideal, real samurai...
Yuuya: (grew more curious)how come, then?
Bontenmaru:(smiling proudly) by fulfilling the remaining 99%...
Yuuya:(amazed) he did??
Bontenmaru: Yes! He is a man of effort, indeed, and that enough to fill the remaining 1%.... especially since his aura and inner strength grew.....he is a self-made man, indeed.......
Yuuya: Akira......

Scene 3: Akira kneeled himself, giving a last respect for defeated Saisei

Bontenmaru: He did it all by effort......endless hard works and struggles......and that made him stronger than he could even ever expected.....he is a samurai......

loves it! by the way, he's the youngest in the pic