Friday, October 29, 2010

You're the Inspiration

Chicago
Chicago 17

You know our love was meant to be
The kind of love to last forever
And I want you here with me
From tonight until the end of time

You should know, everywhere I go
You're always on my mind
In my heart, in my soul

Baby,

You're the meaning in my life
You're the inspiration
You bring feeling to my life
You're the inspiration

Wanna have you near me
I wanna have you hear me saying
No one needs you more than I need you

And I know, yes I know that it's plain to see
We're so in love when we're together
Now I know that I need you here with me
From tonight until the end of time

You should know, everywhere I go
Always on my mind

You're in my heart, in my soul

You're the meaning in my life
You're the inspiration
You bring feeling to my life
You're the inspiration

Wanna have you near me
I wanna have you hear me saying
No one needs you more than I...

Wanna have you near me
I wanna have you near me saying
No one needs you more than I need you

You're the meaning in my life
You're the inspiration
You bring feeling to my life
You're the inspiration

When you love somebody
'Til the end of time
When you love somebody
Always on my mind

No one need you more than I...


When you love somebody
'Til the end of time
When you love somebody
Always on my mind

 We're gonna miss you :')

Saturday, October 9, 2010

Qing Fei De Yi

Harlem Yu
Ost. Meteor Garden

Nan yi wang ji chu ci jian ni
Yi shuang mi ren de yan jing
Zai wo nao hai li...ni de shen ying
Hui san bu qu

Wo ni de shuang shou gan jue ni de wen rou
Zhen de you dian tou bu guo qi
Ni de tian zhen...wo xiang zhen xi
Kan dao ni shou wei qu...wo hui shang xin

Oh...

Zhi pa wo zi ji hui ai shang ni
Bu gan rang zi ji kao de tai jin
Pa wo mei shen me neng gou gei ni
Ai ni ye xu yao hen da de yong qi

Zhi pa wo zi ji hui ai shang ni
Ye xu you tian hui qing bu zi jin
Xiang nian zhi rang zi ji ku le zi ji
Ai shang ni shi wo qing fei de yi

Nan yi wang ji chu ci jian ni
Yi shuang mi ren de yan jing
Zai wo nao hai li...ni de shen ying
Hui san bu qu


Wo ni de shuang shou gan jue ni de wen rou
Zhen de you dian tou bu guo qi
Ni de tian zhen...wo xiang zhen xi
Kan dao ni shou wei qu...wo hui shang xin

Oh...

Zhi pa wo zi ji hui ai shang ni
Bu gan rang zi ji kao de tai jin
Pa wo mei shen me neng gou gei ni
Ai ni ye xu yao hen da de yong qi


Zhi pa wo zi ji hui ai shang ni
Ye xu you tian hui qing bu zi jin
Xiang nian zhi rang zi ji ku le zi ji
Ai shang ni shi wo qing fei de yi

Shen me yuan yin ya
Wo jing ran you hui yu jian ni
Wo zhen de zhen de bu yuan yi
Jiu zhe yang xian ru ai de xian jing

Oh...

Zhi pa wo zi ji hui ai shang ni
Bu gan rang zi ji kao de tai jin
Pa wo mei shen me neng gou gei ni
Ai ni ye xu yao hen da de yong qi


Zhi pa wo zi ji hui ai shang ni
Ye xu you tian hui qing bu zi jin
Xiang nian zhi rang zi ji ku le zi ji
Ai shang ni shi wo qing fei de yi

Ai shang ni shi wo qing fei de yi

Thursday, October 7, 2010

Hey Y'All!

Halo Semuaaahhhh!

As usual, kalo gue liat blog orang pasti bawaannya pengen nulis. So, here I am, your favorite blogger in the world *ditampol*! Okelah langsung aja...

Jadi di Global Prestasi School ini gue gabung ke English Debate Club a.k.a. EDC. Pengurus klubnya itu Mr Patrick Laughlin, native speaker. Dari X.1 yang gabung tuh gue, Intan, sama Benji. Awalnya gue kira di EDC kita bakal dilatih berbahasa Inggris dan sejenisnya gitu, tau-tau pas pertemuan pertama kita semua disuruh lomba di Ukrida (Universitas Kristen Krida Wacana)! Gue sama Intan news casting, Benji storytelling. There was no going back, jadi ya gitudeh, mau ga mau. Ada untungnya sih, kan kalo mau latihan EDC jadi ada alasan buat nge-skip kelas tertentu *ehem*.

Lombanya dari hari Selasa tanggal 5 Oktober 2010 kemaren. Tapi waktu itu yang digelar baru speech contest sama storytelling. Dari GPS yang ikut speech itu Bernard sama Casey, storytelling selain Benji ada Kak Sean. The results? Alhamdulillah, Casey sama Kak Sean masuk babak selanjutnya :).

Terussssssssssss...hari ini tuh lomba news casting-nya! Kemaren gue sama Intan dilatih Patrick di MD's Steak, restoran deket sekolah gue gitu. Hujan-hujan, latihan, ditraktir makan + minum...lengkap sudah. Oh ya, kemaren istri sama anaknya Patrick juga 'nonton' kita latihan gitu (anaknya Patrick lucu banget loh :D). Sampe rumah, gue latihan + ngetik ulang skripnya, dan bermenit-menit ribut cuma buat nentuin baju yang bakal dipake. Gini...gue tuh sama sekali ga punya baju formal kayak jas atau blazer dan sejenisnya, jadi mau ga mau kan gue harus minjem (sayang kalo beli gitu), dan gue minjem ke nyokap. Masalahnya, gue bongsor dan nyokap gue kecil. Udah entah berapa jas gue pake rasanya uncomfortable banget. Mau pinjem jas bokap, kegedean semua -_-. Sampe akhirnya ketemu yang lumayan muat, meskipun itu juga dipaksain banget.

Pagi-pagi jam 7 kurang gue, Intan, Kak Sean, Patrick, sama Alvin--guru TOEFL gua--berangkat ke Ukrida. Sepanjang perjalanan Patrick bilang intinya gue sama Intan gaboleh nervous gitu deh, tapi ya tetep aja. Karena bosan, gua tertidur di perjalanan, dan ketika bangun, gedung Ukrida sudah menjulang tinggi di depan mata.

Pas di ruang lombanya, kan disuruh ngambil nomor urut tuh. Intan ngambil duluan, baru gua. And you know what? Intan dapet giliran pertama! Gue? 14~...kontras banget nggak sih? Dan gini, kan gue sama Intan udah nyiapin skrip selama berminggu-minggu, gue udah nyiapin printout sama gambar-gambar gitu, eh tau-tau sampe di tempat lomba ternyata skripnya harus yang dari panitia!! Waktu bacanya juga diubah. Paniklah gua, apalagi ada bagian-bagian kosong yang harus gue isi. Dan beritanya itu PANJANG, hurufnya KECIL-KECIL -_________________-

Satu per satu peserta pun tampil. Awalnya gue takut kalo misalnya gue nomor belasan gitu, gue bakal nunggu lama dan tingkat ketegangan gue meningkat. Ternyata...enggak. Jadi tuh ketika gue ngeliatin para kontestan, gue jadi mikir, "Ah, cuma baca berita gitu kok."

Beberapa menit sebelum gue tampil, dikasihlah skrip sama seorang panitia yang tampangnya agak Indihe-Indihe gitu deh (kata beliau sih dia saudaraan sama Shahrukh Khan, cuma beliau namanya "Iya Khan"). Gue baca di ruang latihan yang superduperdingin, gue isi bagian-bagian yang kosong mengandalkan kreativitas diri dan bantuan dari Intan, Kak Sean, dan Patrick (I love you, Guys :*).

Sampai akhirnya si MC manggil nama gua.

Gue maju ke depan, ada meja di atas panggung gitu. Kita baca beritanya pake teleprompter yang dijalanin via laptop, dan Intan-lah yang berbaik hati mau menjalankan teleprompter itu. Mulailah gue ngomong...blablabla, blablabla, blablabla. Dan gue bisa selesai sebelum waktunya abis, alhamdulillah.

Abis tampil gua cepet-cepet ganti baju--dari kaos + rok seragam + blazer kekecilan menjadi celana jins + kaos biasa. Terus gua, Intan, sama Kak Sean ke kantin, ngambil makanan, abis itu Alvin nyusul. Oh ya, Alvin tadi disuruh nyanyi, lagu "My Love"-nya Westlife. He's not bad at all, yeah!

Terus Patrick dateng, dan beberapa saat kemudian dia pamit lagi mau ngeliat hasil. Gue sih santai aja, mau kalah atau menang yaa...gitu deh. Kalah ya kalah, menang ya menang. Kalo kalah juga kan gue ga mati, ya kan?

Patrick balik ke kantin, dan dia bilang bahwa neither Intan nor I made it into the final. Sedih? Nggak. Kecewa? Dikit lah. Yang penting kan pengalamannya gitu, dan dari situ kita belajar supaya lain kali nggak kalah lagi :D.

Intinya, gua ngerasa cukup bersyukur udah disuruh ngewakilin sekolah di kompetisi kayak begitu. Walaupun nggak menang, tapi gua tetep belajar banyak dari apa yang udah gue ikutin selama ini, dan gue harap gue masih dapet kesempatan lagi buat ngewakilin sekolah di acara-acara penting kayak gitu.

And breaking news from tennis world...yeah. Mulai tanggal 11 Oktober 2010 besok, Caroline Wozniacki akan resmi menjadi No. 1 dunia menggantikan Serena Williams. Tanggal 7 Oktober, Wozniacki mengalahkan Petra Kvitova di babak ketiga WTA Beijing, dan ditambah dengan penampilannya yang 'cemerlang' di beberapa turnamen tahun ini (Ponte Vedra Beach, Copenhagen, Montreal, New Haven, Tokyo), jadilah ia No. 1. In my opinion, she doesn't deserve that spot! Serena is still slightly better than her! But, well, what can I do? If I could organize the ranking, I wouldn't pick Wozniacki as the World No. 1, of course. Now, I only can hope some player who is better than her will take over the spot.

No wonder why WTA has gained so much criticism, especially considering those Slamless World No. 1s (JJ, Safina, Wozniacki). It's a very good thing that the Belgians are back--not just because I'm a fan of them, but mostly because they save women's tennis from absolute boredom!

If I could pick a better player to be the World No. 1 this year, that player would be Kim Clijsters. At least, yeah, she won a Grand Slam this year.

Smile

Tony Bennett

Smile, though your heart is aching
Smile, even though it's breaking
When there are clouds in the sky
You'll get by

If you smile through your fear and sorrow
Smile, and maybe tomorrow
You'll see the sun come shining through
For you

Light up your face with gladness
Hide every trace of sadness
Although a tear
May be ever so near

That's the time you must keep on trying
Smile, what's the use of crying?
You'll find that's life is still worthwhile
If you just smile

That's the time you must keep on trying
Smile, what's the use of crying?
You'll find that's life is still worthwhile
If you just smile