Virtual Quarrel

On 08/06/2010, in Uncategorized, by admin
Posted (binsar) in Article, Opinion on March-6-2008

virtual-reality-helmut.jpg‘            Blog booming has been amazing lately. There are a lot of people who have their own blog. Some are really good writers and some just write it as if it is their diary. Whether they are aware of what blog means or not, their private life has been shared to general public. Some tried to cover up their experience by using other names and places. Some tried to write it in rhetorical phrases. Some would just be blunt about it. Sometimes by reading their blog, we feel like we know them already from their stories.

‘            There are some reasons why people do public diary. One of the reasons is because they expect others to read it, especially those who had encounters with them and those who they want to share their feelings with. These people have the idea that they can deliver their private messages through public space. Sometimes they use eloquent sentences that that only the person who they address their writing to can understand what they mean. Well, the other reason is that they just love to write (like my sister! Good for you sis!). However, the first reason of why people write a blog would be the basis for my following argument.

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Trend Baru: Tag Foto Di Facebook!

On 08/06/2010, in Uncategorized, by admin
Posted (binsar) in Article, Opinion on March-10-2008

‘            Belakangan ini ada satu trend baru yang sedang berkembang di kalangan facebookers’ (dari Indonesia). Trend tersebut melibatkan acara ngumpul rame-rame, makanan (seadanya), musik (sebisanya), dan sebuah kamera. Terkadang keberadaan sebuah kamera seperti sebuah kebetulan, karena kamera saku mudah dibawa kemana-mana dan hampir semua produk telepon genggam terbaru memiliki fitur kamera sebagai kelengkapan.  Tetapi tidak jarang juga kamera yang dibawa adalah kamera semi-pro yang tidak mungkin  ‘kebetulan sedang dibawa’ (kadang lengkap dengan tripodnya). Artinya kamera jadi salah satu syarat ngumpul-ngumpul. Tanpanya sebuah acara menjadi kurang seru.

‘            Banyak alasan yang disampaikan mengenai keberadaan kamera tersebut: mengabadikan momen penting (i.e. acara ultah, party, dsb), hobby, atau untuk menghasilkan uang. Apapun alasannya, semua hasil momen yang diabadikan tersebut berakhir di tempat yang sama. They all ended up in facebook. Yaps, Facebook! Sayang, friendster belum memiliki aplikasi seru ini!

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Posted (binsar) in Article, Opinion on March-17-2008

‘            Expatica posts an interesting topic on how short men and women are more jealous in their sexual relationships. This was based on a research done in the Netherlands and Spain. Sadly, the research does not mention how short is ’short’. It also mentions that short, less muscular, and heavier men feel more insecure in their relationship compared to those who are taller, attractive, and socially more popular.

‘            This is frankly a hideous research, I would say. If you have a more attractive and socially popular rival in your love life, you don’t have to be short to feel insecure! Besides, I would argue, if the short guy happens to be more attractive, good looking, and socially popular, I would feel less insecure even if I was taller than him. So, I would say it is not your height that matters. As Kelso said, “It’s all about the look! The world is a beauty contest!” hahahaha

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Nilai Jelek? Jangan Khawatir!

On 08/06/2010, in Uncategorized, by admin
Posted (binsar) in Opinion on March-21-2008

Semester lalu akan lewat dan semester genap akan melaju. Bagi beberapa orang, mungkin semester yang lalu membawa berkah tersendiri. Bisa jadi rekan-rekan ada yang mendapat pengetahuan baru, wawasan baru, tempat curhat baru, dan mungkin juga ‘teman’ baru. Semester lalu juga membawa sesuatu yang tidak mungkin kita hindari, nilai kumulatif (kalau di Indonesia kita menggunakan istilah Indeks Prestasi Kumulatif/IPK) semester ganjil.

‘            Nilai yang kita peroleh itu bisa jadi adalah hasil keringat kita sendiri, hasil keringat kelompok karena kerja kelompok, dan juga hasil keringat orang lain…. (kalau plagiat). Keringat siapa pun yang berperan di dalam nilai kita tersebut, umumnya hasil tersebut akan menimbulkan reaksi. Senang, gembira, puas, bangga kalau mendapat nilai bagus; dan menjadi sedih, bete, menyesali diri kalau nilai jelek. Namun tidak semua bereaksi seperti yang saya sebutkan di atas. Tidak tertutup kemungkinan juga bahwa ada yang merasa OK-OK saja dan bahkan bangga mendapat nilai pas-pasan, karena merasa yang penting itu hasil keringat sendiri. Ada juga yang mendapat nilai bagus, namun belum puas kalau belum mencapai IP 4. Toh, standar bagus dan jelek setiap orang kan berbeda-beda.

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Posted (binsar) in Opinion on March-29-2008

‘         I heard this song when I was watching the Pilot of That ’70s Show. The gang was going to a Todd Rundgren’s concert, and initially the gang sang the song together at the end of the very first (the pilot) and the last (eight season finale) episode of the series. Then I think to myself that I gotta have the song. It was in fact a very nice 70’s sound song.

‘         Todd Rundgren originally sing the song with his former band The Nazz, but then decided to rearrange it to a more up tempo version when he decided to go solo. The song immediately became his signature song. It was released in the album Something/Anything in 1972 in which he played all instruments in the first 3 out of 4 discs. This album was ranked 173 in Rolling Stones magazine list of All Time Greatest Album in 2003.

‘         Fyi, Todd Rundgren is the legal father of Liv Tyler. He dated Bebe Buell, the mother of Liv from 1972-1977. At the end of their relationship Bebe gave birth to Liv after an 8 month relationship with Steven Tyler (Aerosmith vocalist). However Bebe did not want Steven to be identified as Liv’s dad because of his drugs problem. Todd was Liv’s dad on her birth certificate and remained a father figure for her for the next 10 years. But Liv, without any doubt is Steven’s daughter. Her sexy lips is the living prove!

Click the rest of the article to hear the song!

Comments:

p on March 31st, 2008 at 11:56 am #

i was thinking.. was that the one where FEZ made shirts with Tad instead of Todd? Neah.. was ted nugent :p

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Posted by binsar on 21 Nov 2007 at 07:03 am | Tagged as: Love, Opinion

I had this small discussion with a friend a week ago about she wanting to have a serious relationship. She realized that her ‘relationship orientation’ has changed from having fun towards serious one. Now, serious here means that it would be something that has future orientation (not always marriage I suppose). She said, she is now looking forward to seeing ’serious man’ for the future. What struck me is that she’s somehow younger than me. She’s only 23 and I’m 27. I mean, I am definitely thinking about marriage but not in the near future. I still want to concentrate on studying, work, and all that kind of crap hahaha.

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Baru Putus Cinta? Baca Ini Dulu!

On 08/06/2010, in Uncategorized, by admin

Posted by binsar on 25 Nov 2007 at 12:50 am | Tagged as: Love, Opinion

Broken HeartMusim cinta berhembus ke arah yang salah. Seiring pemanasan global yang membuat suhu bumi semakin naik, jumlah orang yang mengalami putus cinta di lingkunganku juga beranjak ke angka yang lebih besar. Kebetulan atau tidak, suhu Belanda yang semakin dingin dan sepertinya akan jadi yang terdingin dalam beberapa tahun terakhir juga membekukan hati beberapa orang. Dalam dua bulan terakhir ini banyak orang di sekitarku yang putus cinta! Entah itu melalui pengakuan orangnya ataupun informasi status dari facebook dan friendster, angka putus cinta cenderung meningkat. Karena itu saya tertarik untuk berbagi cara mengatasi patah hati yang mungkin bisa membantu. Tulisan berikut ini akan saya dedikasikan kepada mereka yang baru saja kehilangan cintanya.

Baik anda yang memutuskan atau diputuskan hubungan cintanya, putus itu tetap saja menyakitkan. Biarpun kita sudah berulangkali merasakannya, tetap saja rasa sakit itu ada. Berbagai cara dilakukan untuk menghilangkan rasa itu. Beberapa mencoba untuk berkumpul dengan teman-temannya, mencari kesibukan sehingga bisa melupakan kesedihannya. Ada juga orang yang memilih untuk mengatasinya sendiri dan mengurung diri dari dunia luar. Ada yang sisi kreatifnya jadi muncul (ehem), dan ada juga yang menjadi buntu otaknya. Ada yang menaruh kompensasi pada makanan atau belanja, ada juga yang akhirnya lupa makan sehingga jadi sakit. Banyak hal yang dilakukan untuk satu tujuan: melupakan kepahitan tersebut dan maju menatap masa depan. Toh dunia tidak selebar daun kelor!

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Kekerasan Pada Pemikiran

On 08/06/2010, in Uncategorized, by admin
Kekerasan Pada Pemikiran Posted (binsar) in Opinion, Article on January-29-2008
This was an old article I wrote 6 years ago for a student’s magazine.

Kekerasan Pada Pemikiran

Selama ini kita tahu bahwa di dunia ini mungkin hanya berpikir saja yang diperbolehkan untuk dilakukan sebebas-bebasnya. Berpikir itu bebas. Namun, ada yang kita tidak sadari, bahwa mungkin kita telah melakukan kekerasan melalui pemikiran kita tersebut. Melalui dekade tanpa kekerasan yang telah dicanangkan oleh World Council of Churches (WCC), saya mau mencoba mengingatkan, bukan mengusulkan atau memberikan sebuah aturan baru, bahwa melakukan kekerasan pada tahap berpikir itu memang ada.

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