my White Balance difference

i got a lot of tasks piling upon my desk, yet i still don't sense the urge to attack it and made them all dissapear. instead, i toyed with my camera, a 2 y.o. entry-level DSLR.

i use my collague as a model. she's having a headache and was leaning on her desk. first face down but then looked outside through the window. don't know what's in her head and not necessarily care. i just want to fiddle around.

and here is the result.








what? why didn't i use a white card? what was it, actually? not using them much since i didn't have one until recently.

Seringai Kepret!!!

Tahu tidak, sewaktu Seringai merilis album "Serigala Militia" dalam kemasan sederhana berupa amplop karton, dengan semangat aku langsung menyambarnya dan pergi ke kasir. Setelah membayar, aku pun merasa senang karena memiliki CD mereka yang terbaru.


Lumayanlah, untuk sedikit mengobati kekecewaanku kehilangan album "High Octane Rock" special box edition yang ada hadiah poster dan stikernya. Paling enggak di album yang "Serigala Militia" ini ada bonus stiker juga.


Lalu betapa kagetnya aku ketika ke Duta Suara tadi malam! Aku melihat rilisan "Serigala Militia" dalam kemasan standar (i.e. CD case PET transparan)!


Ditambah bonus slayer tengkorak Seringai! Seperti yang biasa mereka pakai dalam beberapa foto promosi mereka!


Dan harganya cuma Rp.25.000,00!


Seringai kepret!!!


Aku tidak menyangka sama sekali kalau mereka akan mengeluarkan rilisan repackaged -- walaupun cuma beda bonus doang!


Tidak sekaget melihat repackaged Maliq&D'Essentials yang menambah dua single dibanding rilisan pertama mereka (setidaknya aku sudah tahu bahwa mereka kemungkinan merilis album repackaged seperti ketika aku membeli "1st - repackaged").


I guess you just couldn't have it all.


Setidaknya aku membeli "It Won't Be Soon Before Long" Limited Edition Maroon5 yang ada bonus DVD video clipnya.


Tapi sekali lagi: Seringai Kepret!!! *#&$(*@#&@*#&!!!!!

Setelah Bertemu Citra

Percaya tidak kalau ada perempuan yang bisa begitu berpengaruh terhadap banyak laki-laki? Sekelompok pria yang tadinya merasa lesu, tidak bersemangat, dan merasakan ada yang kurang dari diri mereka, berubah 180 derajat setelah bertemu Citra?

Aku juga tidak mempercayainya.

Tapi setelah aku melihat tiga orang yang duduk di depan dan sampingku pada malam itu, saat kami di salah satu tempat makan di Dago, transformasi yang terjadi pada diri mereka sungguh sulit untuk kupercaya. Maksudku, aku melihat mereka yang seakan tidak percaya pada diri sendiri, tiga jam yang lalu.

Dan lihatlah mereka sekarang!









Penuh semangat dan sangat yakin pada diri sendiri. Bahkan meja kami menjadi sumber keramaian pada malam yang dingin itu. Meja-meja yang lainnya hanya berisi beberapa orang yang berbicara pelan dan seperti meringkuk kedinginan.

Bahkan aku yang biasanya tidak tahan dingin menjadi bersemangat melihat ketiga orang temanku ini.

Siapakah Citra itu?

Mereka masih merahasiakannya. Sepertinya masih ada keraguan untuk membagi cerita tentang identitas wanita misterius ini.

Apapun tekniknya, siapapun dia, misteri ini akan kusibak! Akan kutemukan titik terang dalam misteri Citra ini. Demi kebahagiaan umat manusia. Demi kebenaran itu sendiri.

Akan kupertaruhkan nama kakek Kindaichi, si detektif terkenal itu! Aku bersumpah!

easter weekend at bandung

so, you might want to know what i did at my long weekend.

i went to bandung and record this video -- one of many.

keep coming back for more!

cheers!!!

People Are Stupid - Or Just Plain Careless

This is a breach in the road separator that lazy, careless, stupid, imbecile motorcyclist use to get across to the other side of the road. They are just too damn crazy *ssholes that prefer putting their own life and others in dangerous situation than made a legal u-turn in the proper place.







These pictures I took on March 13, 2008 because I thought that these guys are dumbf*ck and sometime in the future -- if not already happened! -- some people would ram into their rear while in the position perpendicular to the traffic flow. They'd at least have some bruises.

Amen.

I just wish the guy who crash into the poor bastards *rse is not me.





And then on March 18, 2008 an accident did happen on the exact spot. The kid in the left hit the guy in the black jacket. The kid is just to shocked - maybe - that he didn't even think of leaving that black-jacketed nuthead right there where he hit him.

The blakc-jacketed guy seemed angry and taking the opportunity seeing the kid seemed sincerely apologize -- that stupid kid! That guy making gestures using his hand like waving and pointing toward the nearest police station. That f*ck!

IMHO, he's the one that made the mistake being broken the traffic regulation.

They argued for a long time -- mostly the guy insisting on something that the kid wasn't able top comply or compromise -- that a cop coming on a bike and start questioning them. I didn't how that episode end because I'd better eat my breakfast.





That only justify that people are careless.

And stupid.

Or both.

Preparation AND Foresight

As you can see, the difference between being great and just an average is: preparation.

Although it seemed very simple, the result from the how good you prepared for anything that might come up along the way -- and the foresight to predict them thus taken adequate precaution -- differed the outcome as great or plain.

As this one time I deliberately bring my 18-55mm lens only but stumble upon a chance to capture Rossa sing on stage.

Now, since there were a lot of people in front of the stage actually trying to take her picture using camera phone, I was stuck behind the throng. Since I didn't desire to push them (mostly women), I just have to make do from where I stand.

Using my DSLR, I take a couple of pictures that just suck. Wish I had my 70-200mm instead. And I even forgot to change the metering from Matrix- to Spot-Metering! Hence the picture showed Rossa with overexposure on her skin.

Aaarrgghh....

I just suck!

My preparation inadequate and my skill is just novice!

Goodnight Goodnight

Maroon 5 Lyrics
Goodnight Goodnight Lyrics

Bukan Dewi (ONS) by Oriental Flux

semalam kau merayu,
seribu bintang janji kan kau beri.

kurasakan hangatmu,
kurelakan ragaku direngkuhmu.

kunikmati tubuhmu,
bukan berarti kucinta padamu!

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cukup, cukup sudah,
sampai di sini diriku bukanlah yang kau cari.

cukup, cukup sudah,
kunikmati hanyalah untuk malam ini.

Sebenarnya Belum Utuh

Aku masih mencoba merasakan apa saja yang bisa dilakukan dengan blog ini.

Seperti:

- mengubah font? check.
- insert foto? check.
- insert video? hmmm... belum ketemu video yang cukup menarik untuk di-post dalam blog ini.
- promosikan blog? gimana caranya yah?


Aku sampai rela membeli buku "Membuat Blog dengan Blogspot" atau kira-kira seperti itulah judulnya. Tapi selesai dibaca dalam setengah hari dan masih saja banyak pertanyaan yang menggantung.

Yang aku tahu adalah aku punya kuota blog 1024MB ketika mendaftar dan aku rasa aku sudah menghabiskan 0,1% -nya. Atau kira-kira begitulah.

Sudahlah, back to work.

trying to get a grip on the feeling

You know what?

I am still new here and that result in me making the same mistake twice.

I forgot to type in the title of my first two blog! Really make me feel stupider than a n00b.

Aargh.

A Morning Walk

You have to respect to these guys.

I mean, they are like the antithesis of whatever things were running in this country these days. When people neglecting the rituals and religion, these guys held fast, because they believe they are living the way God had outline lives should be for us humans.

They walked pass me by this morning on their way to some rendezvous place I have no idea of. They walked pretty fast carrying their luggage, hurrying after their group that already a couple of hundred meters ahead of us.

And you might’ve guessed it already. People stared at them. Motorcyclist, shopkeepers, chauffer, school kids, security guys, etc.

That’s because we are so seldom catch sight of guys dressed like them, so faithfully following the style that was (supposedly) similar to the Prophet Mohammed’s days: Long white robe, special head covering, and goatee.

Amazing.

I had this thought of following them wherever they go, just out of my own curiosity.

But then my common sense got the best of me and I stopped in front of my initial destination, a warung kopi, to eat soy bean porridge and half-cooked eggs of ayam kampong.

I’d like to extend my narration here but I must finish my work. After all, I want to go home and sleep.

Zzzz......

My First Post

Rasanya ada yang salah. Ekspektasi orang - mungkin - ketika pertama kali membaca judul blog-ku ini adalah tentang musik, khususnya rock.

Aku memang menyukai musik - banyak genre. Tetapi harus aku akui ketidakberanian diriku sendiri untuk menyatakan diri sebagai seorang ahli. Aku hanya tahu menikmati saja.

Tak kurang dan tak pula lebih.

Ini adalah posting-an pertamaku yang kutulis sambil mendengarkan CD "The Little Willies".

Tiap kali mendengar suara wanita yang satu ini, rasanya sulit untuk dideskripsikan. Aku tidak cukup canggih dengan kata-kata. Kemampuanku terbatas. Waktuku pendek. Hidupku singkat.

Jadi biarlah aku menikmati apa yang aku punya saat ini -- dan membaginya untuk kalian juga.

Salam kenal untuk kalian semua.