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Oh My God, Three Months

July 4th, 2005. Published under Daily Journal, Movies. No Comments.

I know I’ve been pretty lazy lately, but my last blog is three months ago? Haha. I am surprised myself. Wew, I don’t know when I write my next blog then. Another three months or even next year. I really need some motivation here. Can’t really remember the things happened in the past three months, but here are some of them which I can still remember. Better write them quickly before I forget them completely:

Memorable Events

• Mom’s Elementary School Reunion
  I went with my mom to her elementary school’s great reunion in Situbondo. Mom didn’t socialize a lot when she was in the elementary school so she didn’t make many friends. But Mom had a very close friend back then. Unfortunately she couldn’t come to reunion. So sad since Mom had been waiting for the reunion with her best friend after more than 20 years. The last time Mom saw her was in my parent’s wedding party. Be patient Mom, there will definitely be another chance.
• My Birthday
  Hmmm, what did I expect? Can’t remember. Maybe I didn’t really expect anything. At least, early in the morning, Mom and Sis called me. A greeting card was sent from the church several days earlier. And, as usual, my colleagues celebrate my birthday with a candle on a cake, a present from Vebby—the yummy Papa Xous, and a usual photo sessions, nothing really special actually. But thank you guys, at least some of you remembered my bday :p .
• Long Vacation (My Dad’s Bday)
  I take a full week leave last June and went to my hometown, Jember. A total refreshing. Eating all day, sleeping all night, playing games, watching DVDs and TV, and other pleasure-giving things. Btw, I encountered another house renovation here. It means that the house was in a great mess and full of stuffs and building materials. I hope it will already be finished on my next visit. Also we celebrated my dad’s bday that week. Not really a celebration though, but at least my sis bought him a bday cake. Happy birthday papa.

Memorable Movies

• Kingdom of Heavens
  The movie about Crusade. It beautifully mirrored the conflict between European Christians and Middle-Eastern Muslims happened on the Holy Land of Jerusalem. Full of moral lessons. If you like historical movies, this movie is highly recommended.
• Starwars Episode III: The Revenge of the Sith
  IMO, the best episode of all Starwars installments. It has the deepest and greatest story line. It uncovers most secrets and tragedies. It is also the most emotional Starwars episode.
• Batman Begins
  This is more Spider-Man than Batman I think. Unlike other Batman movies, Batman Begins is not a full length action movie. Instead, it’s a bit more drama. Batman Begins tells the story of little Bruce Wayne whose parents were killed by a robber. And how he grew up as nobody, but someone who sought justice by his own way. Later it tells how young Bruce was found and trained by a dark Ninjutsu Clan to be the clan leader but later turned into a secret hero. Casual Batman fans won’t be disappointed though since Batman Begins also features top of the art action scenes. By far, this is the best Batman movie according to my opinion.

House Renovation Continued

September 12th, 2004. Published under Daily Journal, Movies. No Comments.

Oh my, I couldn’t enjoy the long sleep today. The workers kept making a lot of noise at the house. They were cutting the floor with an electronic cutting device. Yeah, the renovation at the house had not been finished yet. In fact, it was only about 30% completed. When I opened my door, gosh, a thick fog of dust covered my sight. Not mentioning the bad smell and the disturbing noise. I quickly went to the bathroom and took a bath while trying to close my ears. I really couldn’t stand that noise.

After taking the bath I rushed to the garage, took my bike, and go to the church. From the church, I stopped by a movie rental. No interesting new movies were available, so I tried to find the older ones. Torque seemed cool. Resident Evil would be a great idea though. I knew I had watched Resident Evil, but it was two years ago. Since the sequel, Resident Evil Apocalypse, is about to be played on theaters, I might need to refresh my memory. Torque is a movie about bikers. Full of cool and somewhat unlogical actions were performed in the movie. Yeah, not bad to kill some time. I got a holiday tomorrow anyway.

House Renovation

August 29th, 2004. Published under Daily Journal. No Comments.

I saw some strangers at the house this morning. They were renovating the terrace. Ah, I remembered. My aunt, I called her Ku Hong, told me earlier that her office would be moved here. For your information, this Tropodo house belongs to her. She, however, lived with her husband and children at Denpasar - Bali. My grannie (my dad’s mom), my other aunt (Ku Eng), and I lived at this Tropodo house at Surabaya. Ku Hong and Ku Eng are my dad’s younger sisters.

Ku Hong and her husband run a transportation service called Harlin Travel. The name originated from the combination of their name, Haryanto (Ku Hong’s husband) and Linawati (Ku Hong’s Indonesian name). Its business is originally transporting people and goods from Denpasar - Surabaya and vice versa. But it now also serves other routes: Denpasar - Malang, Denpasar - Jember, and Surabaya - Malang. Before the year 1999, this Tropodo house were the Surabaya office. Since neighbors complained a lot about the noises caused by the cars, Ku Hong decided to rent a building at Sedati Road and moved the office there. Unfortunately, the owner of the building no longer permitted her to renew the contract so the office will be returned here. I don’t know what the neighbors will say once they know this.

The first victims of the renovation were my grannie’s plants. They were removed to enlarge the space for the garage. Grannie, however, had anticipated this by sending some of them earlier to my mom in Jember. My mom and my grannie share the same gardening hobby so there won’t be much trouble. After the terrace, they will work on the other rooms, including mine. It means I won’t be able to use my room for a few days. Heck, I have a project that has a deadline around this week. I hope it won’t be screwed. Better work on it ASAP.