• losing the ability to create eligible handwriting
• developing the tendency to sign up for 'side-jobs'
• increased awareness towards current affairs, by which meaning the news on Taufik Hidayat, Sahrul Gunawan, Shiloh's poo-poo, etc.
• having an optimized role as mommy's escort
• developing phobia against written and programming assignments while often laughing heartily at those still doing them
• higher skills on Latin Dancing

1. Experience is the best teacher. A TV presenter without any experience is.. well..
2. Excessive use of hair gel will guarantee any player or referee to stay looking cool and classy even after a brutal game
3. If one wants to watch the game only to see the goals, one doesn't need to be awake during the entire game since one's brother will wake one up with a scream right after each goal, just in time to watch the instant replay
4. Casillas is the best-looking goalie this year
5. During the world cup season, advertise lavishly on wide-screen TV and sound system for the boys while attract the ladies to fly away from their transfixed boyfriends and husbands with a premium flight to the nearest country having a shopping fiesta
6. Voodoo sells
7. Sex sells
8. TV quizzes suck
   

I am your editor. Prepare to die.
--Perry White

Oh, God.
--Lois Lane

God will not help you...
--Perry

*Chuckles*
The life of journalism is somewhat... intriguing. I don't think I can handle that much stress, though.
Anyway, been lazing off for the better part of the week, waiting the commentary on my final assignment draft. Filling the time reading too much DC and Marvel, courtesy of my retired partner
Decided to let go ISNM, scheduling for an interview @ Sudirman next week (hence, I'll probably working after handing in my final assignment), planning on holidays to Bandung for a relative's wedding, Bali and maybe Citarik for rafting again... oh, and that movie production and desperately praying for England (why did Owen..?? Oh, well..).

I am my destiny. Prepare to live.
--moi

Changes happen. Changes for the better. Changes for changes' sake. Hence, comparing generations should not be considered as apple to apple. However, contextual judgement is not easy when a man only lives through one and thus sees that one life as the best it could get.

When the better things from the old times are no longer in effect today, it does not mean that humanity is dwindling into misery. The world just demands a different approach, maybe. Sure, the kids now may not know how to fly a kite or to build a tree house, but they can rescue a princess by getting through numerous puzzling missions in the Zelda game. Is one better than the other?

Before answering that, consider the following metaphor. In today's context, a bankir may never need to fly a kite, but he may need to go through some problematic scenarios in his everyday work.

In the academic light, comparing batches is inevitable. Having an education system not internationally recognized, it is diffcult to counter the arguments for "GPA does not matter". So the lower-that-three-point-zeros would defend themselves as more creative, innovative and more skillful that today's above-threes. Maybe it is true, but who the hell cares?

Of course, average GPA is not the only measure of the success of an academic institution. Nevertheless, the other measure, the best research products (on which the passion for it is said to stroger then than now) is still resulted from our lecturers studying overseas.  

This is the way I see it. In an academic institution, academic achievements come first. So, for now, at least we have respectable avaerage score AND starting up new researches.

Never judge something by your standard only, especially when you've done nothing to help make it better.

Please don't be sudden when we're gonna have the formal proposal/engagement. I'd have to fix the sofas, clean up the house and do stuff, you know...

~moms..
~as if I'm a kid throwing a slumber party

It is not just a coincidence or irony that freedom works best when governed by absolute laws. There are 2 sides of every coin, which is why there is a bit of Harvey Dent in all of us. On the case of freedom, the sides involved the bestowment of rights of actions by oneself and towards another.

When one misuses his/her freedom to hamper that of others based on lack of tolerance, difference of views or other kinds of prejudice, then freedom is nothing.

As far as democracy goes, opinions are well respected. Or are they?
Sixty-years of being independent and we still need to ask why the rich diversity we have could be our worst enemy.