I adore THESE three.

Due to enjoying my leisure time here, I watch these recently. I highly recommend them to you, when you have time. Please have a watch. They’re worth watching.. Well, the least It would be very entertaining.

#Odoroki no Arashi

This one is a scientific-based variety show. It’s a Japan’s production. Arashi is actually one of J-Pop group band. They are the MCs of the show. But frankly speaking, It’s not really that ’scientific’. So do not worry of getting bored.

In each episode, they do some experiments in order to prove things asked by some experts/professionals/professors whether they’re workable or not.

It’s interesting how they fashion the concept of the show. Instead of presenting all the experimental stuff only with some audibles and nice videos (as serious as Discovery channel for instance), they make it as how a talk show is, there will be some professors, celebrities, and of course, the Arashi-who do all the experiments- on the show.

some of their experiments :

- What happens if you drink beer, water and break eggs at zero gravity, and what can be happen to butterfly at gravity loss? Do they still can fly as they do normally?

- Can you ride a block of ice from Hokkaido to Tokyo Bay?

- Can you make flowers bloom upside down?

The answers are somehow surprising me.

Thanks to Putri Ramadhany, for recommending this to me.

Similar to this, check this one out.

It’s such a great website!!

How Stuff Works?

#Family outing

One word. HILARIOUS!!!!!!!

hahahahaha…

This one is  a Korean variety show.

I can’t get enough of this, really… So many stupidities and crazy things here, It makes me miss my GENGGONG.hahaha… But yet, I love it because they can somehow ’show off’ their scenic nature, delicious foods and cultures. Bet I know much about Korea now.

The concept is quiet simple. A family made up of permanent celebrity guests along with an additional star guest go to the countryside and look after the house of some elderly residents whilst they go on a free vacation for two days and one night. The family must complete the chores and activities laid out by the residents as well as playing fun games in between activities.

You can watch it with eng-subtitle in Youtube *with some tricky keywords*. Feel free to ask me..

Thanks to Miranti Rakhmatunnisa Amri for recommending me this.

#1 Night 2 Days

Night 2 Days is a Korean variety show that showcases the different provinces and cities in South Korea (or even outside Korea).

The cast members have taken various trips throughout Korea, including many nearby islands. Since I am not a fan yet (I guess I will be one soon), I’ve just watched 6 episodes so far. It’s brutally entertaining.

One that I’ve watched and is yet very memorable, is the one they travelled to Baekdu Mountain, which is located on the border of North Korea and China. I was moved how they appreciate history and their country.

Something rarely found in Indonesian variety show. I wish we’ll also have one someday.

If you want to watch this, I guess you have to download it somewhere. I’ll let u know, feel free to ask me.

How I praise Mike, MJ, Michael Jordan

I’ve been adoring his play since I was kid.

Until I read “How to be like MIKE” years ago, not only praising his play, since then I praise more of what he has done with his life.

MJ’s Act

The author of the book has made handy checklist of attitudes, how to be like MIKE, based on MJ ways of living. These are what the author has written.

1. Focus – Train your mind to concentrate upon the essentials and discard the frivolous and unimportant.

With a game on the line, MJ could achieve a level of focus no one else could reach. His concentration was impenetrable, part of his genius.

2. Passion and Energy – Enthusiasm is one of the greatest emotions. Without it there’s no achievement. With it, a new idea can win over an old idea.

Michael  is passionate about basketball and truly loved playing. His energy level allowed him to overcome fatigue in remarkable, transcendent way.

3. Hard work -  If you want to leave your footprints on the sands of time, you’d better wear work shoes.

Difficult as it is to recall, MJ did have weaknesses when he entered the NBA, but he works tirelessly to improve and soon those weaknesses -defense and outside shooting- became his added strengths.

4. Perseverance - Perseverance is not a long race, it’s many short races, one after another.

MJ won through his will. He was such a tough opponent because he would never quit.

5. Responsibility

MJ lives and thrives under a microscope. This visibility intensifies his sense of responsibility to his sport, family, community, and country.

6. Influence – The greatest of motivational principles is : people do what people see.

What an influence MJ has been to millions. He is truly the role model’s role model. He personifies how to conduct oneself on and off the court.

7. Competing and Winning – Winners expect to win in advanced. Life is a self-fulfilling prophecy.

I believe his competitive juices boil. It is known far and wide that he hates to lose.

8. Teamwork – People support what they help create

MJ is the ultimate one-on-one player, yet he understands that winning big is determined by involving his teammates.

9. Leadership – Good leadership should do more than attract followers, it should produce more leaders.

MJ leads by example. He demands no more from his teammates than he demands for himself.

10. Respect, trust, loyalty – There’s only one thing finer than a friend you can trust, that’s one who trust you.

He has respect to teh game and the people in the game, and he reveres his predecessors who provided the foundation for today’s NBA. When you respect people, they trust you, and trust breeds loyalty. For example, the loyalty MJ had for coach Phil Jackson is rare in our profession.

11. Character – We all want character, but not the trials that produce it. You can’t build a character in cocoon.

He is certainly not perfect. He is flawed like the rest of us. It’s obvious that quality of character has been embedded in his make up. How else can one explain his dicipline, humility, honesty, integrity, and courage?

And his proof :

TOP 10 AMAZING FROM MICHAEL JORDAN

My heart was palpitating while I was watching this . It came from a man, who was just a nothing back then, and knowing the way he reached his goals and the way he’s been living his life-such as focus, passion, hard work, perseverance and accountability- makes him special, and so does this video. I guess, it’s not only matter of being superstar at the moment, but moreover how they could make it real and how they deal with all of those afterwards are the most precious thing. It’s matter of the process they’ve been passing through. I adore you MJ!!!

MJ’s words

Here are some from MJ :

“Nothing of value comes without being earned. That’s why great leaders are those who lead by example first. You can’t demand respect because of a title or a position and expect people to follow. That might work for a little while, but in the long run people respond to what they see.”

“It all started with an appetite to prove. Whether it was competing with my siblings or trying to get attention from my parents, I wanted to show what I could do, what I was capable of accomplishing. I wanted results, and I was driven to find out the best way to get them.”

“Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation.”

“I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying.”

“I play to win, whether during practice or a real game. And I will not let anything get in the way of me and my competitive enthusiasm to win.”

“If you’re trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I’ve had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.”

“Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.”

“My attitude is that if you push me towards something that you think is a weakness, then I will turn that perceived weakness into a strength.”

“Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.”

“Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.”

“To be successful you have to be selfish, or else you never achieve. And once you get to your highest level, then you have to be unselfish. Stay reachable. Stay in touch. Don’t isolate.”

“You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.”

“I’ve always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come. I don’t do things half-heartedly. Because I know if I do, then I can expect half-hearted results.”

“I know fear is an obstacle for some people, but it is an illusion to me . . . Failure always made me try harder next time.”

“My body could stand the crutches but my mind couldn’t stand the sideline.”

“I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.”

“There are plenty of teams in every sport that have great players and never win titles. Most of the time, those players aren’t willing to sacrifice for the greater good of the team. The funny thing is, in the end, their unwillingness to sacrifice only makes individual goals more difficult to achieve. One thing I believe to the fullest is that if you think and achieve as a team, the individual accolades will take care of themselves. Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.”

“But my drive to win is so great … I just step over that line. … It’s very embarrassing, … one of the things you totally regret. So you look at yourself in the mirror and say, ‘I was stupid.’ “

Those are not just ordinary WORDS/QUOTES.  He is a man who has not only words that’s coming out of his mouth, though he created those based on his act. He has the proof of his words. Some might be just a quotes-maker, but MJ has words that come out of not only his mouth but also out of his act.

More to see from MJ :

Michael Jordan Interview

Michael Jordan Interview Part 2

Inspirational and motivational message

Inspirational presentation

It has such nice pictures and some wisdom words within. A must see video.

You’re put on this earth with one chance, with no rules for what you can achieve.

Failure is simply telling you, to change your plan and try again, no limit to how far you can go

Don’t let one day go by without being thankful, for absolutely everything you have, and for all the people in your life

To get your dream life, you must know exactly what you want, take persistent action towards it.

“If you don’t know where you’re going, how can you expect to get there?” — Basil S. Walsh

“We make a living by what we get, but make a life by what we give.”   — Winston Churchcill

Let’s take our time………………

please, not again…brutalism.

Friday, 17. 07 2009

*still in grief, due to today’s catastrophe in Jakarta*

whatsoever the reason was…

it has no RIGHT of hurting and even killing people.

whatever the religion is…

still, you have no RIGHT, using one as the excuses.

as written in one of Jacko’s best song, it is said that:  “We are all a part of God’s great big family, And the truth, you know, Love is all we need.”

yes..love is all we need.

“One is left with the horrible feeling now that war settles nothing; that to win a war is as disastrous as to lose one.”

-Agatha Christie

“All who affirm the use of violence admit it is only a means to achieve justice and peace. But peace and justice are nonviolence…the final end of history. Those who abandon nonviolence have no sense of history. Rather they are bypassing history, freezing history, betraying history.”

-Andre Trocme

“There never was a good war or a bad peace.”

-Benjamin Franklin

and..lastly……

“Peace has to be created, in order to be maintained. It is the product of Faith, Strength, Energy, Will, Sympathy, Justice, Imagination, and the triumph of principle. It will never be achieved by passivity and quietism.”

-Dorothy Thompson

It might be just a NOTHING to write this blog, but at least just for the sake of one or two read this and avoiding the quietism, that will be enough. Anyone who read this…I let you know by this, There are still many people want to live in peace.

There comes a time when we hear a certain call
When the world must come together as one
There are people dying
and its time to lend a hand to life
There greatest gift of all

We cant go on pretending day by day
That someone, somewhere will soon make a change
We are all a part of Gods great big family
And the truth, you know,
Love is all we need

[Chorus:]
We are the world, we are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day
So lets start giving
Theres a choice we’re making
We’re saving our own lives
its true we’ll make a better day
Just you and me

Send them your heart so they’ll know that someone cares
And their lives will be stronger and free
As God has shown us by turning stones to bread
So we all must lend a helping hand

[Chorus:]
We are the world, we are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day
So lets start giving
Theres a choice we’re making
We’re saving our own lives
its true we’ll make a better day
Just you and me

When you’re down and out, there seems no hope at all
But if you just believe theres no way we can fall
Let us realize that a change can only come
When we stand together as one

[Chorus:]
We are the world, we are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day
So lets start giving
Theres a choice we’re making
We’re saving our own lives
its true we’ll make a better day
Just you and me

Ustadz Yusuf Mansyur – Yakin pertolongan Allah

Ustadz Yusuf Mansyur – Yakin pertolongan Allah

Inspirational speech from Dr. Randy Pausch

Inspirational speech from Dr. Randy Pausch

a touching, inspiring, motivating video from Dr. Randy Pausch. At the time, he’s facing his  “dying” because of his severe cancer. What I learn from this, is that we should have fun all the time, in every each condition we are in the meantime. But the video is not talking about death, it’s about life, dream.

#Experiences what you get when you don’t get what you want

#When you’re doing a bad job, and nobody points it out to you, that’s when they’ve given up on you

#Brick walls are there for a reason : They let us prove how badly we want things

#The important of people vs things — My fave part

I once was disappointed with my beloved sister when she hurt me by saying something hurting, just because a dress!!  (but I still love you sis…hehe)

sometimes we forget, that what’s making us fighting with others, what we’re arguing with, is just a THING.

#You’d better decide early on if you’re a Tiger or Eeyore

Tigers are optimistic, energetic, curious, …and have fun (I missed a word here, I didn’t get it what the word is)

#Work and play with others

- Tell the truth

- Apologize (properly)

- Wait, and people will show their good side

# Dont complain, work harder

This complaining thing is absolutely ME!! for the time being

it’s such wasting time,hehehe… I’m still learning to get over it.

# If you live properly, the dreams will come to you

enjoy!!