Agar Anggota Dewan Merakyat: Top Ten List of How To

Gara-gara Tweet adek gw, jadi kepikiran. Bikin top ten ah, biar kaya David Letterman.

10. Dapat gaji sesuai UMR.

9. Gak perlu dibeliin mobil, gak ada tunjangan transpor - karena ada bus jemputan.

8. Gak ada uang makan, soalnya ada rantangan dari kantor.

7. Pake seragam: batik Korpri, hihihihi..

6. Gak dibeliin laptop; kalo mau disediain PC dgn monitor nungging, LOL

5. Wajib presentasi live di TV nasional sehabis studi banding ke negara manapun. (Nanti dipinjemin laptop, kalo untuk presentasi mah.)

4. Kalo ketiduran waktu sidang, kena SP 1. (Dan harus sepedaan ke kantor, kagak dijemput.)

3. Kalo bolos sidang, terima bingkisan atau amplop, SP 2. (Plus bawa makan dari rumah karena hak makan rantangan dihentikan sementara.)

2. Kalo korupsi, SP 3 dan balikin duitnya 150%. Enak banget cuma 100%; itupun kalo ada yang 100%.

1. Yang paling penting.. *drum roll* ..ikut upacara bendera tiap Senin pagi dan SKJ tiap hari Jumat!

(List ini ada juga di Facebook gw, jadi jangan kaget kalo - ternyata - udah pernah baca, hihi)

Kids

They always say it better. And funnier.

A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds,

'What does love mean?'

The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think:

'When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love.'

Rebecca- age 8

'When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You just know that your name is safe in their mouth.'

Billy - age 4

'Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other.'

Karl - age 5

'Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give you any of theirs.'

Chrissy - age 6

'Love is what makes you smile when you're tired.'

Terri - age 4

'Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a sip before giving it to him, to make sure the taste is OK.'

Danny - age 7

'Love is when you kiss all the time. Then when you get tired of kissing, you still want to be together and you talk more. My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss.'

Emily - age 8

'Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.'

Bobby - age 7

'If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate.'

Nikka - age 6

'Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday.'

Noelle - age 7

'Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are still friends even after they know each other so well.'

Tommy - age 6

'During my piano recital, I was on a stage and I was scared. I looked at all the people watching me and saw my daddy waving and smiling. He was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore.'

Cindy - age 8

'My mommy loves me more than anybody. You don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.'

Clare - age 6

'Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.'

Elaine-age 5

'Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford.'

Chris - age 7

'Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day.'

Mary Ann - age 4

'I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones.'

Lauren - age 4

'When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you.'

Karen - age 7

'Love is when Mommy sees Daddy on the toilet and she doesn't think it's gross.'

Mark - age 6

'You really shouldn't say 'I love you' unless you mean it. But if you mean it, you should say it a lot. People forget.'

Jessica - age 8

And the final one:

The winner was a four year old child whose next door neighbor was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife.
Upon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old gentleman's yard, climbed onto his lap, and just sat there.

When his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said,

'Nothing, I just helped him cry'

What's your favorite?

Simply Magic

Picture this.

Two leaves changed into a butterfly at the snap of fingers. Ten colorful threads turned into a bracelet as they passed through the magician's bare fist. A bowl of rice and chicken turned into steaming laksa under the cover of, again, bare hands.

No fuss, no frills, no drama. No black cloths, stage lights or screens. Just the magician and ordinary objects.

Oh well, there is some drama as Cyril strikes a pose and says his signature line, "Watch this." LOL. But that's about it. You can tell he's enjoying himself and doing it almost unconsciously.

I first watched Cyril on AXN's exclusive, Simply Magic. They got him to do the show in Singapore, Malaysia and Taiwan - and I'll be forever grateful to AXN for bringing Mr Takayama here.

Watching him is like having the color splashed back into magic. Previously jaded and paled by theatrical magicians, drama and I Scared You, Didn't I illusionists, my imagination come back to live.

Some people argue that magician this is more creative, magician that is more original but they're proving to be small in numbers. I care about creativity and originality and I say Cyril has them in abundance. But what makes him people's favorite is not that. It is the fact that he's not out to frighten you or challenge your ability to figure things out or trick you with his skills.

He does his stuff to deliver magic. The one we knew when we were six years old and watched a man in tuxedo pull out a white fluffy rabbit out of an empty top hat. The one that fills you with awe and wonderment; the speechlessness you thought had been kicked out of you.

It is an ambitious goal for a magician but by God, he does it.

I mean how else do you feel after you see something like this?

Working with Robots

Good mood ruined by thinking people turning into robots.

OK., I know direct staff is combined with outsource staff. OK., I know the room is not available next Monday. OK., I know meeting room is not available either.

So, surely you can come up with another date, another day, right?

My question is, how is that my problem? And how come there was no direct vs outsource staff problem this Monday?

Another Superb Taxi Driver :)

Rain, rain, rain.

I needed to run a few errands but couldn't because of the rain.

Nearing 3 pm though, it let up a little bit and I even went out without a jacket. Took a bus to Senayan and decided to stop for a while to eat. (No breakfast or lunch on Sunday - too lazy!)
As I settled down to gobble things, in came these five young ladies dressed up... well, like anime characters. I tried not to goggle but then more came in. I laughed at myself as I looked out of the glass wall and saw this super big poster screaming about the cosplay.

Then it was a taxi ride to Grand Hyatt to pick up a package a friend had left me. My early Christmas present, folks!
We had this code names and everything for this whole charade and I laughed as the concierge told me I didn't need to sign anything as soon as I provided the code names for both my friend and I.

Going back, I thought about taking a taxi as far as Senayan only and then catching another bus home. (One can't be too cheap these days!)
The weight of the package made me change my mind though half way through the ride. I told the driver to keep on going, telling him to go all the way to Gandaria.

We started chatting, just a little bit of this and that, mostly about the rain. And then thunders started to rumble and we both were going, "Ouch."
By the time we got to Pakubuwono, it was raining cats and dogs.

Closer to my place, we could barely see the road ahead. Rain was heavy and the streets, my lovely, never-flooded south Jakarta streets were covered with about an inch of water.
The driver pulled up as close as he could to my gate and asked if I had an umbrella. Lucky for me, I did today. He waited patiently as I scrambled for all my things and waited still to see me open the gate and come inside.

:)

It is this kind of people that makes me feel I'm not wasting money on tips.