Sunday, March 27, 2005

a little math thing

Alright....setelah beberapa hari bergelut dengan sebuah siksaan bernama dispepsia, i'm glad to say that i'm free at last. And after an 8 coffee-less days, i finally have a cup of iced-creamed-coffee!! And by now i'm like a dog on heat :]
Oke okeh...tha caffeine really pumps me up dan sekarang kita mau main matematika. No kidding. We're going back few years to the class desks. This is gonna be a little hard, since i no longer deal with numbers these few years. Ok. Here we go!
Berdasarkan pengamatan gue selama beberapa waktu, i find that semua kendaraan roda empat berplat AB yang bernomor kendaraan 4 angka, pasti diawali dengan 7, 8, atau 9. Apapun alfabet belakangnya. So, berdasarkan pelajaran Barisan Matematika yang gue dapet dari P Sidhi selama kelas 1 SMu dulu, bisa kita perkirakan berapa jumlah variasi nomor kendaraan beroda 4 yang didaftarin di Kepolisian Daerah Jogja:

AB 1 X - AB 999 X = 999 x 26 = 25.974
[X is for the alphabets]
AB 1 XX - AB 999 XX = 999 x 26 x 26 = 675.324

AB 7000 X - AB 7999 X = 1000 x 26 = 26.000
AB 7000 XX - AB 7999 XX = 1000 x 26 x 26 = 676.000

AB 8000 X - AB 8999 X = 1000 x 26 = 26.000
AB 8000 XX - AB 8999 XX = 1000 x 26 x 26 = 676.000

AB 9000 X - AB 9999 X = 1000 x 26 = 26.000
AB 9000 XX - AB 9999 XX = 1000 x 26 x 26 = 676.000

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And the grand total is = 2.807.298

Suppose that 4 millions people are living in Jogja, and half of them have cars, masih ada delapan ratus ribu sekian variasi nomor kendaraan. Wow! Anyone at Polda yang ngerancang penomoran kendaraannya must be smart. [finally, we've got something we can be proud of polisi Indonesia hahah]

Alright. Is that it? Are we just gonna play math today? Nope. All i'm trying to say is that even a simple (baca: sepele) lesson we've learned before might be useful someday. Like this simple thing Pak Sidi taught me, ternyata berguna juga 6 tahun kemudian. [I might would have forgotten him unless his daughter is my classmate). So I think we have to learn from every single simple thing, and cherish everything we've learned. That's it. Ishak. Out. [secara mas Seacrest nih...]

Sunday, March 20, 2005

stupid spongebob


Lativi gila! Nayangin Spongebob Squarepants empat kali sehari, lebih dari jadwal minum amoksisilin 500 mg. Gak heran kalo banyak protes dilayangkan melalui berbagai surat kabar, meminta pengurangan jam tayang Spongebob dengan alasan: anak-anak jadi males belajar. Emang sih, si spons berbentuk gak jelas ini lagi ngetop2nya. Liat aja, dari pinggir jalan sampe mall kelas atas bertebaran penjual boneka Spongebob. Dari yang 20an ribu, sampe yang official seharga ratusan ribu. Spongebob bukan cuma trend. It’s been a phenomenon.
Pertanyaanya: siapa sih yang gak suka Spongebob? Dari anak-anak TK yang uang jajannya seribu sehari, sampe bapak-bapak kantor yang penghasilannya jutaan sebulan, banyak banget yang demen Spongebob. Pertanyaan selanjutnya: Kenapa sih orang suka Spongebob? Jawabannya simpel: Spongebob and the gank adalah bodoh. B-O-D-O-H. Coba deh, karakter mana yang gak konyol di Spongebob? Spongebob? Jelas. Patrick? Tambah geblek. Squidward? Mr Krab? None of them yang waras. Dan orang-orang menyukai Spongebob. Berarti kebodohan disukai orang. Kebodohan menghibur. Kebodohan bisa dijual.

Fakta inilah yang membuat banyak orang, bahkan orang2 yang tergolong cerdas, rela terlihat bodoh untuk disukai orang. Misalnya: Lisa Kudrow, F.R.I.E.N.D.S’ Phoebe. Siapa yang ngira kalo karakter Phoebe, si penyanyi yang lemot, ini sebenernya sarjana biologi? Dari Vassar College,NY pula. Contoh lain: Mr Bean. I don’t think anyone would thought that Rowan Atkinson has actually earned degrees in electrical engineering dari Oxford dan Newcastle Univ. Gak ada tampang getu low… Contoh yang terakhir, dari bangsa kita sendiri: Pok Minah (gua lupa nama pemerannya). Taruhlah kita makan sebutir kacang tiap kali Si Mpok bilang ‘maaf’, by the end of the show we would have eaten 2 kgs of peanuts. [gak segitunya sih… XD] Tapi siapa yang nyangka kalo pemeran salah satu karakter dalam Bajai Bajuri [which is also a phenomenon] ini seorang doctoranda. Gak inget pasti sih jurusan dan universitasnya, tapi gua lebih respek dibanding ama mereka2 yang ‘dianugerahi’ gelar profesor/doktor dari universitas gak jelas.
Oke, cukup contoh2nya. Terbukti kan, orang suka hal-hal bodoh. Orang suka orang-orang bodoh. [tapi gak semua orang suka Manusia Bodoh. Contohnya saya. Gak suka Ada Band hehe] Tapi kenapa masih saja ada orang2 yang takut terlihat bodoh? Seolah2 mereka harus selalu terlihat cerdas dan tak bercela.
Aku punya seorang temen, yang dilahirkan in an insane family dan otomatis bertumbuh jadi someone stupid juga. Dan banyak orang menyukainya karena ketololannya. Salah satunya saya, yang menjadikannya one of my significant others. [padahal aku cukup selektif untuk membiarkan orang memasuki kehidupanku]. So far, he’s rocked many places: kampus, kos-an, Gelanggang UGM, and many others. He’s the one yang bisa menyatukan anak-anak kos Samirono Baru 42. He’s the one yang omongannya bisa terdengar seperti a stand-up comedy. Dan the fact that being silly is lovable bikin dia berusaha tetap konyol. He said like he’s good at doing silly things and silly at doing good things. And he doesn’t wanna change that. [you don’t have to kok, Mbang!] Gara-gara terlalu banyak menghabiskan waktu dengannya, aku ketularan bodoh. Dan jadilah diriku salah satu Kaum Tercela, yang punya undang-undang tak tertulis: no malu, no jaim.
I’ve just watched Shark’s Tale dan there was a scene when Angie told Oscar, kurang lebihnya gini: “You don’t have to be upside to be a somebody” . And so do we. Kita gak harus selalu sempurna, selalu on top untuk bisa impress people dan memberi arti bagi kehidupan mereka. We can be stupid! Dalam beberapa kasus, orang-orang dengan karisma dan image sempurna malah susah nyatu dengan komunitas. Alasannya: tak-tergapai! Orang jadi merasa segan, sungkan bahkan takut untuk mendekat. Yeah I know that to certain people charism is highly required , misalnya untuk mereka2 yang harus memimpin. Oke. Tapi sudah cukup banyak kan pemimpin yang digulingkan karena terlalu keras atau otoriter? Dan sudah banyak pula bukti bahwa orang2 bodoh bisa membawa perubahan? Bahwa orang2 bodoh bisa jadi fenomena? So why don’t we be less perfect, and be more stupid?? As for me, i'd love to :p

Wednesday, March 16, 2005

beauty is only skin deep

The first time i heard the saying was when i was playing Hangaroo. And it crushed my head again few weeks ago when i was at Bagian Ilmu Kedokteran Kehakiman (Forensic Medicine) of RS dr. Sardjito.

Waktu itu sekitar jam 7.30, aku baru keluar dari kamar mandi ketika seorang temen kirim sms. "Ada otopsi jam 8". Oke! Langsung aja aku cabut setelah siap-siap.
Kuparkir motorku di halaman depan Bagian IKK dan secara refleks aku langsung nutup idung. Gosh! So stink... Jadi heran, jenazah macam apa yang bakal diotopsi.
Aku pun masuk ke ruang otopsi dan belum semenit, aku sudah ada di luar lagi. "Masker! Masker! Kopi kopi!", teriakku panik, mencari sesuatu untuk mengurangi bau yang menusuk.
Setelah bersenjata lengkap (masker+kopi dan sarung tangan) dan menarik napas, kumantapkan diri masuk ke ruang otopsi.

I was so surprised to see the body. Korban adalah seorang wanita, found dead at her house where she lives alone. Secara diperkirakan sudah meninggal sekitar seminggu, jenazah sudah mulai membusuk. The whole body was rotten. Kulitnya sudah hijau di mana-mana. Tungkai, lengan dan perutnya sudah menggelembung. Her eyes have turned green. Dan, secara Fear Factor, ada belatung di seluruh tubuhnya, terutama di mulut (atas dan bawah :p)
I wondered if the family could recognize her in a glance.

At that moment, this saying came up to my mind. Beauty is only skin deep. Kecantikan cuma sebatas kulit. Seperti apapun penampilan kita, secakep Omas atau sejelek Dian Sastro :p, we're all gonna be the same someday. Busuk. Dan kembali jadi tanah. Makanya we'd better be more focused to be good that the inner beauty would come out. Supaya when we're dead, and turned into soil, ada sesuatu yang tertinggal bagi orang-orang sekitar kita. It could be the love that we've shared, karya-karya kita, our saying that meant a lot to them, anything. I'm sure that none of us pengen untuk segera dilupakan orang setelah meninggal.

Oke oke...tapi apakah that means that we don't have to do our body good? Don't think so. Shall we stop wearing make-ups and treatment and cuma mengandalkan kecantikan hati kita? Hmmm.. Shall we quit working out for a six-packed abs and start only building our characters? Guess not. Come on, this is millenium 3 and appearance plays a great role everywhere. At work, at school, at TV, anywhere.
I'm not a metrosexual. (I scored only 33 out of 50 on a "How metrosexual are you?" test :p)
I don't do mani-pedicure. Have never done a creambath di salon (di rumah sih sering hehe). Gak pernah facial, spa, or such things. But i know what my body needs. Paling gak i don't wanna look kucel. Apalagi dengan takdirku untuk jadi dokter satu setengah tahun lagi. Bisa lari pasien gua kalo dandanan gue kaya kuli pasar.

Oke. So what was it all about? I'm trying to say that both inner and outer beauty are important. Harus seimbang. Aku gak mau ended up to be pria-bertampang-cakep-tak-berotak-dan-berhati-kejam. Tapi juga gak mau jadi manusia-berhati-menawan-tampang-gelandangan [ntar gak ada yang ngecengin heheh]. Pengennya sih bisa dapet dua-duanya, keren tampangnya, cakepan lagi hatinya. [maruk, mas!] Oke, let's fight for this....

[previously published at Buku Curhat PSMUGM, yang berwarna ungu dan sudah habis itu...]

Sunday, March 13, 2005

f.r.i.e.n.d.s

F.R.I.E.N.D.S

So no one told you life was gonna be this way.
Your job's a joke. You're broke. Your love life's D.O.A.
It's like you're always stuck in second gear.
When it hasn't been your day. your week your month or even your year,
But,
I'll be there for you (When the rain starts to pour)
I'll be there for you (Like I've been there before)
I'll be there for you ('Cause you're there for me too)
You're still in bed at ten and work began at eight.
You burned your breakfast. So far, things are going great.
Your mother warned you there'd be days like these.
But she didn't tell you when the world has brought you down to your knees.
And,
I'll be there for you (When the rain starts to pour)
I'll be there for you (Like I've been there before)
I'll be there for you ('Cause you're there for me too)
No one could ever know me,
No one could ever see me,
seems you're the only one who knows,
What it's like to be me.
Someone to face the day with,
Make it through all the rest with.
Someone I'll always laugh with.
Even at the worst I'm best with you.
It's like you're always stuck in second gear.
When it hasn't been your day, your week, your month or even your year.
But,
I'll be there for you (When the rain starts to pour)
I'll be there for you (Like I've been there before)
I'll be there for you ('Cause you're there for me too)
I'll be there for you
I'll be there for you
I'll be there for you ('Cause you're there for me too)
Who doesn't love F.R.I.E.N.D.S? The TV series of six guys living together with all those silly things they've brought up to. Some ended up married. Some we're on relationships though didn't make it to marriage. Yet after all, they stick together. Watching them is such a stress relief and it's too bad that we can't watch them any longer on TV. [RCTI!!! Mana F.R.I.E.N.D.S.nya???]
Friends friends friends.... people said 'no man is an island'. And it's true for me. Wonder if i would stand' thru it all without my guys around.

Yes, sometimes friends suck. Few guys backstabbed me. Some gave no help when i was on trouble. Some left me for no reason. Such friends let us think that it is no use to trust anyone. Many of us had given up making friends and tried to walk alone. Some made it, some didn't. As for me, why taking risk doing it all on my own, when i still have many guys to help me going on?

I'm glad to know that i'm not alone. That i have someones to buy me 'nasi kucing' when i'm broke. The ones to massaged me after a hard day at the hospital. They whose jokes act like coffee, that brings me back to the mood. Those with crazy ideas and advices to solve my tangled things. Those who feel free enough to dance like nobody's watching with me. They who are ready to hug me when i really need hugs. The one who crashed my bike but i couldn't even get mad at (hayo, Mbang!). The ones that let me stay over when my door's locked. The ones to do silly things with.
These are the guys i've trusted enough to color and brighten my day. Wonder what would i be if you guys not there. Thanks guys.....

[Post ini ditulis beberapa hari setelah nginep bareng di rumah Eminul di Sendang Sana, dan sempet makan sengsu, naik puncak Suralaya pula...Thanks for having been there for me... You guys are so 'tercela'!!]