Fasting on the Day Arafah--before Eid ul-adha

Today is the day of Arafah, Dhulhijjah (last month in Islamic calender) 9th 1432 H just one day before Eid ul-adha. All the people who attend Hajj pilgrim are gather on the plain of Arafah, they will spend a whole day to pray. For those who do not participate hajj pilgrim are suggested to do this fasting. Because this fasting can wipe sins of both last year or next year. Abu Hafsah, may Allâh be pleased with him, reported that the Prophet, upon whom be peace, said:

"Fasting on the day of Arafah absolves the sins for two years, the previous year and the coming year, and fasting on Ashura atones for the sins of the previous years." [reported by all except Al bukhari and Tirmidhi]

What s great advantage of today's fasting, but today I can't attend this fasting (sigh....)
Anyway, just like what I wrote in the beginning, about Eid ul-adha. Tomorrow (Dhulhijjah 10th) will be a festivity the end of Hajj and memorizing day of Prophet Ibrahim sacrifice willingness. So, long ago our prophet Ibrahim was examined by Alloh (God). Alloh ordered him to sacrifice Prophet Ismail ( his son), and after made a hard decision and got support from prophet Ismail also, he was going to do that task. And before he did it, God sent an angel to replace prophet Ismail with a ram. Nowadays, we are going to memorize those event, which gives us a lot of example of strong believe and faith in Alloh. We are also suggested to sacrifice cattle with sincere and share the meat to the pauper.
So, be prepared everybody for tomorrow celebration. May Alloh wipe all of our sins, and accept our sacrifice. Amiin...

happy fasting to all of you,..and of course for you dear :*

another difficult decision ^^

October 19th, 2011 Another important decision has been made. Just right now, I choose to step out from my comfort zone. I will face another kind of life, new challenge, new hope and of course new adventure. Its so difficult thing to do, I'm so sorry Director..... I don't even think to let you down, but I can't stand with it anymore. Its not because of you or another people, but its all about me, I feel that I have to go. I'm not run away and just hide, but I choose to take another risk. And I'm sure that i'll survive and succeed.
Honestly, I'm so glad having boss just like my current Director. thank you so much for all your understanding, among your activity you are always have a time to take care of us. I hope you understand about my decision, someday I'll show you that I choose the right way.
Huuuffff,...I never thought that it will be so difficult and so sadden,...what a life....

mr.Children \(^0^)/ \(^0^)/ \(^0^)/

Mr.Children, Toys factory, Supermarket fantasy, gift lyric

Ye ye ye finally I'm writing about my favorit band ever. And this is it,...Mr.Children (ミスターチルドレン), but sometimes they called as misuchiru. I heard their song 'Hero' for the first time in Fukuoka, 3 years ago. It's just only took a couple minutes to decide that i loved that song. And my favorit song goes to 'Sign',...honestly when I heard that song initially, I didn't even understand the meaning, but the melody really touched my heart and I felt that the Sakurai sang with sincerity...it was also the song that I always heard before I leave Japan, moreover I sang that song during my travel to Fukuoka airport,..a lot of memory within^^
First album and the only album that I had is Supermarket Fantasy, given by my best best friend 'Mika',..thank you mika, indeed miss you :* :*
Anyway, mr.Children formed in 1988 (hm,...I was only 1 years old -_-'), contain of Kazutoshi Sakurai (leader and vocal) , Kenichi Tahara (guitar) , Keisuke Nakagawa (Bass), and Hideya Suzuki (Drums). Almost mr.children's song wrote by Sakurai-san, I thought that he was the real genius artist. As I know, they already sold more than 50million albums under Toy's Factory Labels, and become one of the best band ever in Japan. Some of their song, contain a great piano melody. And it was Takeshi Kobayashi who played a keyboard or piano.
Well,..I hope one day I can go back to Japan and watch their live performance,...yeiiiii
And I choose 'Gift' as the song for today, a lot spirit within this song,...Happy Monday everyone^^

what is the most prettiest color ? I wonder what shines the brightest? I searched for the greatest gift to give you While imagining how happy you would be You say, “I want to discover my true self” You say, “I want to know why I was born” But I hope that when you take the gift from my hands Your questions will be answered, I wonder if you’ll take it? I’ve wanted to give it to you for a long time And I’ve held onto it so tightly That it’s been ruined and the color has changed completely You can’t even call it pretty anymore “Answer in black and white terms” That difficult problem is thrust at us Becoming a brick wall we run into We’re still stuck in front of it, still lost and confused But between black and white There is an infinite color that grows I searched for the color that suits you and gave it a gentle name Hey, I’m sending you The prettiest color now Even if you make it past the horizon The only thing you’ll find is another one I ask my heart, “Should I stop here?” And hear it reply, “I want to keep on walking” Before I knew it I had more baggage to carry But somehow I’ve been able to bear with it So I can carry yours for you, so please stay with me With you by my side my heart feels lighter At the end of the endless journey Who will be the “chosen one?” Even if it doesn’t end up being me I’ll still keep on running, keep on running The reason shade exists Is because of the pouring sunlight All of it holds meaning And they compliment each other So no matter where you are You can feel the light I’m sending my gift to you now, will you like it? Please take it I was able to find it because you were with me And I’m the one who should be thanking you I wonder what the prettiest color is? I wonder what shines the brightest? I will embrace the gift that you gave me Deep in my heart forever Hey, it’s shining now It’s always going to shine

Ichiban kirei na iro tte nan darou? Ichiban hikatteru mono tte nan darou? Boku wa sagashite ita saikou no GIFT wo Kimi ga yorokonda sugata wo IMEEJI shi nagara “Hontou no jibun” wo mitsuketa itte iu kedo “Umareta imi” wo shiritai tte iu kedo Boku no ryoute ga sore wo watasu toki Futo nazo ga tokeru to ii na Uketottekureru ka na Nagai aida kimi ni watashitakute Tsuyoku nigirishimete ita kara Mou gujaguja ni natte Iro wa kawari hate Oseji ni mo kirei to wa ie nai kedo “Shiroka kuro de kotaero” to iu Nandai wo tsuki tsukerare Buchi atatta kabe no mae de Bokura wa mata mayotte iru Mayotteru kedo Shiro to kuro no sono aida ni Mugen no iro ga hirogatteru Kimi ni niau iro sagashite Yasashii namae wo tsuketa nara Hora ichiban kirei na iro Ima kimi ni okuru yo Chiheisen no saki ni tadoritsuite mo Atarashii chiheisen ga hirogaru dake “Mou yame ni shiyou ka?” Jibun no mune ni kiku to “Mada aruki tsuduketai” to henji ga kikoeta yo Shiranu ma ni fuete itta nimotsu mo Mada nan to ka seotte ikeru kara Kimi no bun made motsu yo Dakara soba ni ite yo Sore dakede kokoro wa karuku naru Hate shi nai tabiji no hate ni “Erabareru mono” to wa dare? Tatoe boku ja nakutatte Sore demo mata hashitte yuku Hashitte yuku yo Furi sosogu hizashi ga atte Dakara koso hikage mo atte Sono subete ga imi wo motte Tagai wo tataete iru no nara Mou donna basho ni ite mo Hikari wo kanjireru yo Ima kimi ni okuru yo Ki ni iru ka naa? Uketotte yo Kimi to dakara sagaseta yo Boku no hou koso arigatou Ichiban kirei na iro tte nan darou? Ichiban hikatteru mono tte nan darou? Boku wa dakishimeru Kimi ga kureta GIFT wo Itsumademo mune no oku de Hora hikatterun da yo Hikari tsuduken da yo

The Video link from youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mt8uT0onIeo

happy watching^^

Bakmi Kadin Jogja,....YUmmy

Lahir dan menghabiskan sebagian besar waktu di JOgja, tapi baru diusia ke-23 tahun akhirnya saya mengenal yang namanya Bakmi Kadin,...hehehehe. Yang penting udah pernah makan :P.

Bakmi Kadin berdiri sejak tahun 1947 (emeeeejiiiing...) dan berlokasi di Jalan Bintaran Kulon, Jogjakarta. Kalau kebingungan, bisa bertanya ke bapak-bapak tukang becak atau taxi,...^^
Nah, Bakmi Kadin sebenarnya hanyalah seperti bakmi jowo biasa, yang bisa kita jumpa di banyak tempat. Bagi yang bertempat tinggal di jogja dan sekitarnya pasti tau banget dengan yang namanya mi tek tek yang suka keliling dimalam hari,...nah bakmi kadin itu tempat makan yang seperti mengumpulkan beberapa gerobak mi tek tek disatu tempat (bisa dibayangkan kan yah -_-"). Bakmi kadin ini populer karena konon kabarnya mantan Presiden Soeharto sering makan disana. Pengunjungnya ramaaaaaiiiiii, tapi jangan takut atau khawatir akan lama menunggu pesanan, seperti yang sudah disebutkan terdapat beberapa gerobak dengan masing-masing koki yang tak henti-hentinya memasak pesanan. Oiyah, banyak bule-bule yang makan disitu juga,..mungkin mereka juga penasaran seperti saya^^. Hal lain yang membuat tempat makan ini unik adalah adanya kelompok musik jawa yang terus-terusan bernyanyi, yang menambah kental suasana jogja-nya. Kita bisa request lagu juga loh, dan yang pasti tidak ada kewajiban untuk memberi uang tip atau apapun, tapi biasanya pengunjung terhibur dan dengan sendirinya akan membagi rizki untuk mereka.
Kembali ke kisah bakmi nya, terdapat 3 jenis makanan yang bisa dipilih disana yaitu mie godhok, mie goreng dan nasi goreng. Untuk minuman, selain bajigur lain masih standar, seperti es teh manis, es jeruk, jeruk anget, dll. Gambar yang diatas adalah mi godhok yang sudah saya cicipi sedikit^^. Kalau soal rasa, hm......tentu saja enak :D (enak standar bakmi jowo pada umumnya,....bingung yah???).
Untuk harga ni yah,...1 porsinya sekitar 13000 IDR. memang cukup mahal untuk ukuran jogja,... apalagi mahasiswa :'(
Nah, lain halnya jika kita ingin benar-benar menginginkan makan ditempat yang nyaman dan klasik apalagi yang sedang nostalgia mengenang masa-masa dulu, pasti harga bukan menjadi masalah bukan...

This is my WorkPLace^^

It has been a long time since my last typing. And this is it,.....New experience of my life has just begin (uhm,...not really just begin, although at least I think so,..ooowwhh..whatever :S). Now I'm working on PT.Samsung Electronics Indonesia, part of Samsung global as an Engineer, anyong haseo....No doubt that this is one of a big company in this world, and I'm part of it :">. I have spent 1 year and 8 months here (emeeeejjjjiiiiiiinggggg :D). I stay in my office from 8am-8pm, monday-friday/saturday wow.. sometimes I feel so bored, and really wanna quit.
I do miss my college phase, be an adult is not so easy as I ever imagine before...BUt,..this is life, there's no use looking back or regretting.
Anyway, you know what.....there's a fundamental different between work and school. Well, works mean that there's no more teacher or lecturer who cares about you, success or fail it's our own responsibility, every one compete to be the best, no excuse for delaying task cause it's all about business and its all about the money...But, Thanks God I get friends and good Director here... And of course, I'm so glad 'coz I met someone special here :">
Ok then,...I will enjoy my time here and treasure each episode of this journey....and I choose for today's song: 'Firework, from Katy Perry ^^.....Happy Saturday \(^0^)/

Do you ever feel like a plastic bag
Drifting throught the wind
Wanting to start again

Do you ever feel, feel so paper thin
Like a house of cards
One blow from caving in

Do you ever feel already buried deep
Six feet under scream
But no one seems to hear a thing

Do you know that there's still a chance for you
Cause there's a spark in you

You just gotta ignite the light
And let it shine
Just own the night
Like the Fourth of July

Cause baby you're a firework
Come on show 'em what your worth
Make 'em go "Oh, oh, oh!"
As you shoot across the sky-y-y

Baby you're a firework
Come on let your colors burst
Make 'em go "Oh, oh, oh!"
You're gunna leave 'em fallin' down-own-own

etc.....

Jadi boneka mascot

Uhm,..entah kenapa tiba-tiba kembali terpikirkan untuk mencoba pekerjaan sebagai boneka mascot. Sebenarnya udah cukup lama pengen mencoba, tapi selalu belum ada kesempatan. Jadi, kalau suatu saat ada tawaran ato lowongan part time pasti aku cobain.
Mungkin sedikit aneh, orang kok cita-cita pengen jadi boneka mascot??? Tapi lebih tepat disebut obsesi, soalnya cuma pengen aja nyoba, bukan berarti ingin selamanya bekerja seperti itu..

Nah penyebabnya adalah seringnya rosma bertemu boneka-boneka mascot yang sedang promosi dijalan. Si boneka itu kan lucu yah,...dan wajahnya pasti terlihat tersenyum selalu kan??? Padahal setau rosma ni yah, di dalam kostum boneka ntu puaannaaaasssss nyaaaaaa 'g nahan. Dan kita g pernah tau kan gimana ekspresi wajah orang yang didalamnya, bisa jadi dia lagi sebel, marah, sedih, gembira,.dll. Tapi yang tertangkap orang yang melihat kan dia tetep boneka yang lucu dan ceria. Apalagi kalau yang liat anak-anak, pasti seneng banget ketemu boneka gede orang rosma yang segede gini aja suka,..hehehe

Oya, biasanya pantat boneka kan besar yah, jadi kalau jalan pasti lucu padahal yang didalamnya g berjalan selucu itu kan,....nah itu juga yang membuat rosma semakin pengen mencoba pekerjaan itu,.....tapi dimanaaaaaa???? selama 22 tahun hidup belum pernah nemu ama yang namanya lowongan jadi boneka mascot......uhmm....

San Chome no Yuuhi - Sunset on Third Street (review)

Sekitar akhir tahun 2008 saya mulai mulai cukup aktif mendatangi toko buku di ujung perempatan Gejayan ring road utara (yang orang jogja pasti tau toko buku yang saya maksud). Salah satu kelebihan toko tersebut adalah adanya diskon 20% persen dan tambahan 5% untuk buku yang baru saja sampai. Oke, tentu bukan itu pokok pembicaraan saya.
Jadi, disalah satu sudut toko tersebut terdapat comic corner yang merupakan hot spot favorit saya. Awalnya saya cukup malu2 untuk berlama-lama di kawasan tersebut, bukan karena apa-apa hanya saja saya harus bersaing dengan anak2 SD dan SMP untuk mencari Komik.

Singkat cerita saya menemukan sebuah komik karangan Saigan Ryohei Sensei yang judulnya Sunset on Third Street. Komik tersebut mempunyai judul asli San Chome no Yuuhi yang diterbitkan pertama kali di Jepang pada tahun 2006 tapi mulai beredar di Indonesia sekitar tahun 2008. Ntah kenapa, begitu melihat covernya saya langsung tertarik dan memutuskan untuk membeli dan saat itu yang ada adalah buku ke-2.

Jauh dari kata lucu, romantis, serem atau apapun seperti yang ada pada komik jepang pada umumnya. Tapi entah kenapa komik itu menjadi sangat menyenangkan untuk dibaca. Komik tersebut bersetting Jepang pasca perang dunia ke-2 dengan tokoh utama keluarga Suzuki yang terdiri atas Norifumi, Tomoe dan Ippei. Mereka bertiga tinggal di kota Yuuhi blok 3. kehidupan yang mereka jalani sangat keras mengingat Jepang baru saja kalah perang. Awalnya sedikit membingungkan membaca komik tersebut karena ceritanya putus2 dan lompat2. Maksudnya begini, walaupun keluarga Suzuki merupakan tokoh utama namun komik tersebut bercerita mengenai seluruh kehidupan masing2 penghuni blok 3 kota Yuuhi. Mulai dari Hachi-chan yang lulusan SMP dan merantau ke Tokyo; Michiko-chan yang masih SD tapi harus mengurus rumah dan ayahnya sejak ditinggal mati ibunya; Nenek Kin yang harus terus melanjutkan hidup tanpa suami dan anaknya yang mati dalam perang; Sagawa san seorang lulusan Todai (Tokyo Daigaku) yang bercita-cita menjadi novelis terkenal dan seterusnya. Begitu banyaknya penghuni blok 3 Yuuhi hingga tidak bisa dituliskan satu persatu.

Yang membuatnya menjadi menarik untuk saya adalah komik ini memberikan pandangan lain terhadap Jepang. Diceritakan bahwasannya kehidupan orang Jepang mengalami masa2 yang sulit setelah perang dunia ke-2. Dari komik tersebut saya juga mendapati bahwasannya Jepang tidak menjadi hebat seperti sekarang dengan begitu saja, mereka juga pernah mengalami masa2 terbelakang. Di komik tersebut juga diceritakan revolusi kendaraan yang ada di Jepang dari jaman2 mobil roda 3, kerata trem hingga adanya peresmian awal sinkansen. Sangat2 menarik, untuk mengetahuinya dan semua yang ada di komik tersebut hampir tidak saya temukan lagi di Jepang saat ini,...serasa begitu cepatnya Jepang berubah. Padahal seusai perang dunia ke-2, Indonesia dan Jepang hampir berada di level kehancuran yang sama namun setelah 60th lebih perbedaannya begituuu jauh.


Saya sangat merekommendasikan komik tersebut untuk dibaca, bisa untuk segala umur dan profesi. Oya, saat ini sudah terbit hingga buku ke-5 dan sudah setengah tahun lebih kelanjutanya tidak kunjung terbit.
Dan ternyata ada juga film tentang cerita dalam komik tersebut dalam judul yang sama. Namun dalam filmnya terdapat beberapa hal yang berbeda dengan komiknya. Saya sendiri lebih tertarik dan suka dengan komiknya dibanding filmnya...
Jadi kalau ada waktu luang atau bingung mau melakukan apa, bisa dipertimbangkan untuk menonton film atau membaca komik Sunset on Third Street.