Happy Eid for all, may God grants you and me His blessings in this blisfull day and may our prayers and fastings be accepted. Amen.

Alhamdulillah, dapet order pertama meliput acara tingkat menteri nih weh gaya coy. Hari selasa tanggal 10 Maret.. mudah2an servis memuaskan.. amiin

Dear Bro & Sis

Kalo sampeyan2 butuh fotografer atau digital imaging expert atau designer kontak kita aja yahh...

Thanks!!!

Agus+Moris

agus@tujuhpiksel.com
moris@tujuhpiksel.com

We could have kept it alive
but instead we stabbed it with ego and pride

What a loss...

Just find few pages I wrote myself when I was starting Euroadventure... (click the pages below for larger view)

Dua hari yang lalu, gw ama temen2 kantor lagi makan siang keluar kantor. Tiba2 deket lampu merah perempatan kalimalang bypass (deket pintu tol kebon nanas), ada insiden yang menurut gw miris.

Seorang ibu tua (pake jilbab, badan agak subur) jatuh dari boncengan motor. Kalo jatuh doang sih masih mending, paling2 lecet aja, nah ini, lebih tepatnya bukan cuma 'jatuh' lagi... 'kecebur' mungkin bisa menggambarkan keadaan sebenernya. Itu ibu yang malang, setengah badannya (beliau jatuh nyamping) kerendem air kubangan yang coklat lumpur itu. Wadhuh kesian deh, mungkin kalo nggak cepet dipegang tangannya ama pemboncengnya ibu itu bisa 'kelelep'. Gw nggak tau deh gimana kejadian selanjutnya, soalnya mobil dibelakang pada macet, jadi kita lanjut aja.

Yah, namanya musibah, emang hari itu mungkin ibu tua itu mesti ngalamin kejadian naas tsb. Tapi dari musibah pun bisa kita ambil pelajaran. Mungkin gini deh pelajarannya.. jalanan Jakarta setelah musim ujan & banjir 2 bulan kebelakang, jadi makin cocok buat offroad... alias berlobang (besar)dan berkubang lumpur , jadi tuh motor yang bonceng ibu ngga cocok buat jalan seperti ini, akibatnya yang dibonceng kelempar karena guncangan yang terlalu kuat. Yah namanya juga motor bebek, bukan motocross. Jadi yang merasa punya motor bebek janganlah sok-sokan mau coba ngetril2 segala, mendingan cari jalan normal aja (kalo masih ada). Nah buat yang bonceng, pegangan kenceng2, jangan sok lepas tangan, sok akrobatan, ntar beneran bisa jumpalitan di atas aspal atau kubangan kayak ibu tadi.

Positifnya, sekarang2 ini bagi yang hobinya offroad / crossroad makin enak donk, nggak usah jauh2 ke bintaro buat cobain medan offroad. Tuh di bypass atau gasub juga bisa.. kalo mo jalan berlumpur, tuh deket terowongan cawang (deket pintu tol kebon nanas). Cocok pisan.

Jangan nanya siapa yang tanggung jawab deh, semuanya sekarang pada nunggu musim ujan berenti, ditengah-tengah perubahan iklim gini, cuaca nggak jelas. Pokoknya semua nggak jelas. Yang pasti sih makin enak aja offroad nih di Jakarta.

Gambar-gambar berikut bisa bercerita susahnya nerjemahin dari Indonesia ke Inggris
The photos next, can tell story of  the difficult translate from Indonesian to English



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Sebelum dan Setelah diperbaiki
Before and after fixing
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Siapa lagi dong ah?
More who dong ah?

I'd like to thank God Almighty who has allowed me to breath and think... my parents who brought me up till this age.. my teachers, friends, exes and foes who have made what I am... my family who supports me... my producer who gave me this opportunity .. my director who has been patient with my insanity and boredom... and last but not least my female co-stars who has given me such goodtime (*wink wink*)..;)

Hari ini baru tau, kalo kita bisa order siomay dari jendela lantai 5 ke bawah... tinggal tepok tangan trus pesen berapa tunjukin pake jari...

Beberapa menit kemudian delivery nyampe di meja... gile Pizza Hut aja kalah bou...

Never heard such an enjoyable album like this.... definitely RAN is for your life Maann!!
Track List
1. Warna Warni Dunia
2. Pandangan Pertama
3. Hanya Untukmu
4. D'inspiration
5. Kembali
6. Selamat Pagi
7. Auramu
8. Let Me Be
9. Warnai Malam Ini
10. Nothing Lasts Forever
11. Lagu untuk Riri

General Soeharto is such a controversial personality... Common Indonesian people would still consider him as one of the few leaders who is close to heart, attentive and considerate towards the Wong Cilik... Some conglomerates and foreign investors view him and family as the must-have instrument to get more business in Indonesia... While for freedom fighters, his smiling face is hiding a monstrous face, bringing havoc and calamities to those trying to be else than what he desire... I wonder why people are making black and white about this man.. can't they see that there might be even more obvious grey about Pak Harto. After all he's just a man...

Farewell General, may God accepts all your good deeds and forgives your wrongdoings.. I'm sure He understands you are just a man trying to fulfill best of your life and your people......

Morning...

after a long dormancy finally I update this journal again.. I know now how difficult it is to make writing a habit for me, since basically I'm a verbal-visual person... hehe.. so Here I go again trying to write one-two words day-by-day..

Latest Update: I quit the ASEAN Secretariat, I move to GTZ in an environmental programme, just passed my probation and until now still enjoying..;-)

Cheers!
-Agz-

So it's been a wonderful week in Vientiane, but still I have not been anywhere cultural and historical, since I'm here more for business not for leisure.. This is sunday, so it's time to explore...

First place would be Morning Market or 'Talad Sao' in Lao. You can almost find all kinds of souvenirs there from t-shirts to intricate weavings. Extensive selection... but of course you have to equiped yourself with the price-bargain skill and even better if you can speak a bit Thai (for street-market purpose... www.learningthai.com).. it does help you to have more bargaining power ;-) works for me hehe... I got some good deals.. nice t-shirts for 15,000 kip, handmade scarf for 60,000 kip ($1 = K10,000)... so on and so forth...

After spending 2 hours in Talad Sao, the next place to visit would be That Luang, not so far, just 10 kms (+/-). Distance by tuktuk or changbo only 30,000 kip or 3 dollars, but I paid 35,000 kip after bitter fight down from 60,000 kip... Around 15 minutes reached the monument... it stood gracefully in goldy color.



That Luang (Lao="Great Stupa") was built around 16th century as Buddhist temple and was destroyed by Thai army during invasion in 19th century, some Lao said the original gold stupa was carried to Thailand (Siam at that time) by the victorious Thai army along with other war spoils. The stupa was then restored to its original form, but without any gold. Still, this monument displays its past grandeur...

Well, if my Creator will give me 60 years of living time, today is certainly my half life. An as in the radiology, when you reach a half life, it means that I've already decayed half of my radioactivity... Further contemplating, I'm wondering whether the energy that I've released so far has been beneficial to my surrounding or it had adverse effects. Have I used my radioactivity to light up the homes or cause destruction as in the atomic bomb?? Friends... I need more time to think...

You scored as Faerie. Faerie: Aren't you a cute little flying person? Faeries are earth spirits. They live among each element completely hidden. They have cousins called Pixies. Pixies however, are very mischevious. They enjoy tormenting other creatures for fun. Little pranksters.. I hope you never meet one. Pixies have a bad reputation for finding a creature and clinging to them until death. Faeries can be somewhat close to a Pixie, but mostly they are loving, playful, and carry with them a child-like enthusiasm for life. Hide among the pedals of a Daisy, you are a Faerie. </td> Dragon 67% Faerie 67% Angel 59% Mermaid 42% Demon 25% WereWolf 17% What Mythological Creature are you? (Cool Pics!) created with QuizFarm.com

Hmmmm????

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Suke banget ama ni lagu coy!!

Chega de saudade

No More Blues

Vai minha tristeza E diz a ela Que sem ela não pode ser Diz-lhe numa prece Que ela regresse Porque eu não posso mais sofrer Chega de saudade A realidade É que sem ela não há paz Não há beleza É só tristeza E a melancolia Que não sai de mim Não sai de mim, não sai. Mas se ela voltar, se ela voltar Que coisa linda, Que coisa louca Pois há menos peixinhos a nadar no mar Do que os beijinhos Que eu darei na sua boca. Dentro dos meus braços, Os abraços Hão de ser milhões de abraços Apertado assim, Colado assim, Calado assim Abraços e beijinhos E carinhos sem ter fim Que é pra acabar com esse negócio De viver longe de mim Não quero mais esse negócio De você viver sem mim Vamos deixar desse negócio  De você viver sem mim.

Goes, my sadness, and tell her that without her the life cannot be Tell her in a pray to come back Because i can’t suffer anymore Enough with longing  The truth is that without her there is no peace there is no beauty, it’s only sadness, and the melancholy which does not leave me, does not leave me, does not leave. But if she comes back, if she comes back, what a beautiful thing, what a crazy thing because there are less fishes swimming in the sea then the kisses that i will give to her mouth. Inside of my arms, the hugs will be millions of hugs, hold tight like this,  attached like this, silent like this, hugs and kisses and affections without an end, which is for ending this deal of you living far away from me.

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Wanna hear the song? David Joel plays Chega de Saudade
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Memorandum

Ref. BERC/111/IAI/FS-JAGEF/444

To : Dwi Rahayu Yuliawati

From : Agus Nugroho

Date : 15 July 2006

Subject: Travel Authorisation and Good Luck Wishes

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Dear Dwi

I am pleased to inform you that I am very happy for you, I hope that you will have valuable experience and enjoy your time in your new place.

I have realised now that I will miss all those monkeying-around moments that we had together, I will certainly miss your friendly insults towards me and all the laughters that come after those. I wish that you will find someone to replace me as victim in Sweden, I hope it will not be another Indonesian, I hope it will be an unlucky bule with bule hair (I'm quite nationalistic you know).

I think you should know that until I met you, I have never found a friend like you, who a little bit crazy, moody, loves to eat (when not on diet) and a serious person at the same time. Believe me, it is a unique quality.

Nevertheless, I sincerely thank you for all your friendships and companionships, you bring a new color in me and I believe this has changed me for the better. Thanks for all the effort of finding me soulmates and all those lessons in love. Surely it will be useful for me in the near future ;-).

Submitted for your kind remembrance of me.

Thank you very much, keep the good teamwork and friendship, keep in touch!!!!




Your buddy,


Agus Nugroho

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Pas gue cuti ke Surabaya, semua pada bilang: "Gus... koq tambah gede sihh"... hiks hiks.... emang sih gue merasa baju hem gue makin susah dimasukin ke celana. Perut gw tampaknya makin membesar nihh hiks... What should I do nihh??

Last friday just got back from Hanoi again.... one thing still hangs on in my mind from that return flight was the movie "Manuale d'Amore" which literary means "the Handbook of Love".

It was telling the stories of love throung inter-mingled real life examples by four couples in four chapters of the "Handbook of Love": INFATUATION, CRISIS, BETRAYAL and ABANDONMENT... All stories are flowing continuously and almost seamless, beautifully carry our feelings through the beauty of falling in love until the sad feeling of being betrayed and abandoned. Somehow I think it represents all the love-related experiences in our life...

There is no such book as the manual of love in the bookstore that can really guide you through any of those four stages. Best we can do just take lessons of others experiences and to realize that a thing so-called 'LOVE' has beautiful-funny-painful elements... as long as we know these stuffs, I believe we can survive in each condition of those chapters of love... hehe sort-of-speak.. ;-)