Kamis, 26 November 2009

Rainy Morning and Sounds Around

Getting up about some minutes ago, I am now in front of my computer. I played kings of convenience music. I am now listening to the songs from the declaration of independence… Beside the sound that the falling rain makes, the cold air, and the fact that there is no one else but me in the house, make this morning really peaceful.

Rabu, 25 November 2009

Goin' Around

I woke at around 7 am, got up, took a bath, and picked my mum to his workplace. Then I went to Unhas, gave Kak Ayumi some invitation letter, that she then give to her friends. I back home. Waiting until Baso came to my house. We went to Graha Pena along with Kak Ila. There we went to Fajar’s office, meeting a keker’s editor. Talking with her. Just after that, we went to Gama College in the same building, to submit a proposal. Talking with a woman whose smile is very nice! Then I back home.

Hey,hey,hey, is there any interesting occurrence today?? Yes, there is one.

When I was in the spacious room with very comfortable seats, in Fajar’s office, talking with the keker’s editor. I met him! I met Nur Alim Djalil. Well, not actually meeting him, but I only saw him. But, I was excited. The room I was in, was a room that its walls are glass, so when the Keker’s editor was talking, I saw him walking outside the room. He just went by. And I think he is very cool! He is one of that cool people I wanna meet.

Nur Alim Djalil is a deputy President of Fajar newspaper. Every week he writes a short story based from his experience in a column that called Percik. Sometimes he writes about his daughter’s whims, about his chit-chat with his friends, about things happen in Makassar’s traffic, about city blackout, and so on. Sunday, you know, it is resting day, where you usually get relax and somehow you just feel positive, I like to read his writing/story. The things that he writes are simple but really have a strong lesson.

Well, if you don’t know him. Go seek your old newspaper, or go wait the Sunday Fajar and seek his writing. Maybe he doesn’t mean to teach people, but somehow, I learn from him about things. Interesting.

I hope someday, I can really meet him. Hahaha. But I am gonna do? Maybe asking him, why sometimes he calls himself as Po’oh?

Senin, 23 November 2009

Lomo LC-A+

I was cleaning my room. When I found this dusty brochure in on the bottom of my wardrobe. It is a brochure of the real legendary Lomo Camera or LCA +. Ohoho.. I always dream about it. I always want to have it. Oh…my god!!!

Sabtu, 21 November 2009

Working AFS event


Today I went to Gramedia in panakukkang mall, along with Unchie. We submited a letter and a proposal to that bookstore. I hope Gramedia will give affirmative respond for our AFS event on next 6th December. A few minutes before we were in Dinas Pendidikan Pemprov Sulsel, but the office was closed. Oh, we came in wrong time! Yesterday, I went to Sungguminasa city, in gowa, with Kak Ardy and Kak Nunu to send some letters of invitation to schools. Well, it was fun. Taking care of letters and proposals like this, making sure the AFSer seniors have received the proposals, making call, texting to people, and others things have been my daily routine. Beside they’re my job, I also think that I doing this very fine is really important, otherwise I will make this event failed. But, sure, we will make this event, yes We WILL!

My weakness: I ain’t really well in timing management, people management, and full of hesitation. Everyday I learn about these, about how bad these for me. Well I will learn. Today is Saturday, and tomorrow I am getting better. This is an opportunity for me to develop my self.



Rabu, 11 November 2009

Kings of Convenience



I adore kings of convenience. I like their songs. They play a soft, acoustic, simple, fascinating, and incomparable music. I like the style they bring to their music, a very soft one. If I listen to their music, I feel very relax and just really enjoy them.

Right now, the newest song of theirs is Boat Behind. It is the one from their new album, The Declaration of Independence. I will sing ‘wow…wowow…WOWOWOW’ aloud while listening Boat Behind. It is so entertaining.

Get More Songs & Codes at www.stafaband.info


AFS Cultural Bazaar and Talent Show Competition



I am currently working to succeed an Event along with other AFSers. It is an AFS-Bina Antarbudaya’s event. The name of the event is AFS Cultural Bazaar and Talent Show Competition. It will be held on December 6th 2009. We will hold food bazaar, it will be foody that day! Yummi. But, the big thing is the Talent Show competition. We are going to invite High School Students from all over South Sulawesi to take part.

I hope we will finish and succeed in finding the funding for this event. Well, we actually made this event in order to collect fund for AFS-YBA. Because I have the big account, as the chief committee (I am so shy), I really have to get focus and think optimist. J I know we will make it! We ,the AFSers, are the best human resources ever! :-P

Diana Lens Photography




Rizal my nephew and the crocodile

The 120 mm film is so rare in, even more Makassar. We can’t buy it as easy as buying a mineral water or anything you might find in convenient shop. But, in last lebaran day, I was eager to play with my Diana. I wanted to immortalize the things I meet in my hometown, Maroangin, a part of Enrekang prefecture. I decided to stop at the photo lab, but unfortunately all the photo labs were closed. So, I was a bit disappointed.

But, then I realized that my Diana lens is detachable! I then used my Diana lens; put it in front of a mobile phone camera. And here are the exposures I took that day. It created The dreamy exposures of Diana in Black and White



Selasa, 03 November 2009

My Scanned Negs

we have barely brought a new printer with scanner to house. it is an hp printer. i begin to get excited to try its scanner. i know i can do many unlimited delight things with the scanner. i can scan my drawings,some old photographs, the cover of the book i recently have read, or yeah there many things :). I thought for a while, what i am gonna scan for first? Eventually, i remembered that i have some negatives that i haven't scanned yet. The negs taken using my lomo Diana.
Maybe this scanning feature will work. I will scan it, and invert it using photo software. so, i took my negs, and put it on the scanner. then began to scan!
the result were these:


and when i inverted them, the result was bright blue and white picture. so i adjust the brightness and contrast but the result was blueness. but i am kind of like them! not bad. i thin i will brig my negs to the proffesional photo lab to have the 'real' results.

Senin, 02 November 2009

My Funny Look





this guy is me! hahaha. i dunno how can i make that face. but i look funny. don't i?