Apa itu twitter? I just realized how hard it is to translate from one language to another. What happens to me was, I tried to translate English to Indonesian using my faulty engrish and rusty Indonesian. Inggris belum lancar, Indo udah mulai lupa.. Here goes:

If you're wondering why Google change today's logo (1/28/2008), it's because they are celebrating the 50th anniversary of LEGO! Happy birthday LEGO, cheers for all the joy and happiness from all the children (and everyone who are still children at heart) ^.^

It literally means "Peace on Earth", a quote directly taken from one of Pope John XXIII's papal encyclical which came out during the 2nd Vatican Council. This great piece is obviously about peace, freedom and moral justice. In this current world - where many people become victims of wars, starvation and injustice - peace is one thing that we as human always dream and yearn. Some people argue that those things are unavoidable - we might say that "well after all, we are human, nobody is perfect." But I think that's why on this year papal mass, Papa Benedict homily once again asked us to try be closer with God's heart, so that He can freely turn us into a better person, and slowly - we can all make this world a better place to live for humankind. Just let God be God :) Kudos for RCTI and Indosiar for keep broadcasting the papal mass, keep up the good work! I don't think that any public tv station in the states will air it. EWTN definitely has it, but come on, they are catholic channel. But I guess the circumstances are different for every country. Merry Christmas and peace on earth! Selamat natal dan damai di bumi!

Thank God, they are now fixing this problem.

After doing a bit of blogwalking today, I just realized that Chinese all over the world are celebrating mooncake festival today! Being raised in a country where its government used to suppress everything related to Chinese culture (and the fact that I don't even have a Chinese name), I barely remember anything about Mooncake festival. The only memory I have is just the mooncake, which then I realized that mooncake is different from kue kranjang (Nian Gao (年糕) or Tii Kwee (甜棵) in Hokkien, says Wikipedia). So yeah... apparently I never celebrate this kue bulan festival... no memory whatsoever.. My bad, apparently after reading Kue Bulan in Wikipedia, I realized that I've been eating this lovely delicate for years~ but I know 'em as thiong chiu pia!!!!1 Why is that? Probably because there is no autumn in Indonesia (we only have two season: hot and hotter), or maybe because I'm just being so isolated from chinese culture. But anyways, it is kinda interesting to see how Chinese Indonesian put themselves on the Indonesian society for the next 10-20 years. I think I'm one of the last generation that never have Chinese language taught freely in the class. Nowdays, they even start teaching mandarin in the kindergarten! Heck, I still remember that my first English lesson was when I'm already on the 4th grade :( So looking at this new generation, I wonder if they are going to speak mandarin fluently as their mother tongue, or local language will still be the first choice. Back in Semarang, I know that almost all my Chinese friends speak Javanese fluently (when I say fluently, that means using it as social language), I even know some friends that speak Javanese better than Indonesian, or at least having difficulties speaking Indonesian without putting one or two Javanese words :p But that should not be surprising, considering that we have to take Javanese language class for at least 9 years, from grade 1 elementary to end of junior high (some senior high school also require Javanese, thank God I did not have to take it for another three years). Now, do you think this new found freedom will change that? Will Indonesian Chinese back to their root, and find themselves in a similar position to Malaysian Chinese? Or are they going to assimilate with the local culture, and change to a totally new culture (American born Chinese?)

Message from President Karen A. Holbrook:

At 3 p.m. tomorrow, Wednesday, April 18, the chimes of Orton Hall, on the Oval, will play the Virginia Tech alma mater in memory of those individuals who lost their lives Monday on the campus of Virginia Tech University. Following the chimes, please join the entire Ohio State University campus in a moment of silence, so each of us, in our own way, can offer our private thoughts and prayers on behalf of victims of this terrible tragedy. Wherever you may be at 3 p.m., please pause and join the entire campus community for a moment of reflection.

Let's pray for everyone who died on this tragedy. May our heavenly Father forgive their sins and give them eternal life.

On April 6, a Greek cruise ship M/S Sea Diamond sank. It is a pretty big cruise ship, even though it's quite small compared to SS Virgo :p The captain and 5 of the officers were arrested by police for negligence. What's interesting is that the accident happens just a few hundreds feets from where its heading. After all the people aboard were evacuated, they try to save the ship by pulling it to the beach... and they failed. Check out the amateur footage of her final moment: Anyway, I found this one comment:

now if you started reading this dont stop its really scarey!ok send this to five other videos in 143 minutes.When you are done press F6 and your crushes name will apear on the screen in big letters this is weird because it does work.If you break this chance you wont have a crush in the next five years

I press F6 and nothing happens :( Liar >_<

Oh boy! It's coming!!!! While waiting for the first match, check this out first:

MEGASTAR: INJURY TIME - football from a different perspective :p

SUPER FOOTBALL SKILL! - Must SEE! This guy is AWESOME

and of course... JOGA BONITO!

And just to remind you guys, the motto for WORLD CUP 2006 is: A Time to Make Friends So stop making enemies :p

These information are taken from Indonesia Help website.

These three websites are updating their information from the disaster location, mostly in Yogyakarta. Includes updated information of aid centers, victims count, situation report, pictures and more.

MEDIA CENTER (AIR PUTIH) Contact info Jl. Ampel 10, Papringan Yogyakarta Tlp. (0274) 554444 (masuk dari belakang KFC dekat IAIN) Contact person: Valens Riyadi Email: info@airputih.or.id

HELP JOGJA.NET (UGM)Contact info Yogyakarta - Universitas Gadjah Mada PPTIK UGM - (0274) 515660 Posko UGM Peduli, Bpk Deda - 08122694462 Bambang Prastowo, PPTIK UGM - 08157950791 Herman Saksono - 0811258949 Wahyu Bimo Sukarno - 081328857693 Michael Andreas - 0817443666 Email: info@helpjogja.net

JALIN MERAPI Contact info Sekretariat JALIN MERAPI Jl. Ngadisuryan 26 Yogyakarta 55133 Telp/fax.: 0274-418929 Email: jalinmerapi@combine.or.id

International donation: Catholic Relief Service

Another disaster in Indonesia :(
Indonesia HELP Online information about resources, aid and donations for quake and tsunami victims in Aceh & North Sumatra and now in Yogyakarta (May 2006) (Indonesia)