Suwandi

Author: Suwandi

  • What Karl Max Said (is making sense!)

    I will type in Bahasa (the one I read in a Friedman’s book):

    “…Marx menggambarkan kapitalisme sbg kekuatan yang akan mencopoti segala identitas feodal, nasional, maupun agama, serta memunculkan peradaban universal yang ditentukan kekuatan pasar. Begitu kapitalisme menghancurkan segala kesetiaan pada negara maupun agama, akan timbul pertentangan terbuka yang keras antara modal dan pekerja. Dengan dipaksa berpacu dalam persaingan global menuju titik terendah, para pekerja dunia akan bersatu dalam revolusi global utk menghapuskan penindasan. Dengan tidak ada adanya patriotisme dan romantisme agama, mereka akan dengan jelas melihat eksploitasi atas diri mereka serta bangkit utk mengakhirinya…”

    One word: IMPRESSIVE!

    Seems like the world is going the way Karl Marx saw capitalism.

  • House MD

    Used to think that House is CSI-alike, where they try to solve one issue/case at a time. Ike is an addict, back then. And, hmmm last week I borrow the Season 1 dvd from Dennis, and love at first sight 😀 I love the pilot and yeah, I am now finishing the season, probably this weekend! :p What impressed me the most is the interesting statements! The conversations are always interesting. Like the one I posted in my facebook status, or this:

    House: “I am not in pain management, I am in pain” (note: House is consuming Vicodine, sort of pain killer).

    Patient: “Who’s not?”

  • Do You Trust the Chinese?

    Overheard in a lift in Pacific Place. 🙂 Interesting conversation. Looks like 1 China nationality, and 2 indonesians with frequent visit to China (yeah, probably their business partner. Who’s not?). We’re going down in a tube-a-like lift, from 5th floor.

    A (Indo): I once took a higher than this, probably five times! You know 5 times, and it was windy. Quite scary, you know.

    B (Chinese): Where? Here?

    A: No, not here. Europe! But, yeah I trust European lah. I trust their engineers. :p

    C: Will you take it in China? 😀

    A: No! I would not. I don’t know what exactly they do with the lift. Not sure! If i have to, I will buy insurance immediately!

    B: so you trust China’s insurance company lah?

    A: No! I would buy AIG’s one.

    LOL. I leave them and go straight to a meet up point: urban kitchen.

  • Chat with Ronald

    Had a conversation with Ronald in Fitness First Pacific Place. He then told me an interesting story about how Fitness First does not consider contact number information of their customer as something confidential and private. And the result is someone texted him. Something like this.

    Someone: “Hi, Ronald, i see you today in Fitness First, and I think you are very cute!”
    Ronald: “Hi, where do you get my number? Do you get it from Fitness First’s sales officer?”
    Someone: “Yes, i asked the sales officer for your number.”

    Ronald: “I see. Who are you?”
    Someone: “Budi”

    LOL!

  • Gray’s You’re the World to Me

    I was working on a music list, and found David Gray’s You’re the World to Me. And, i must say that this track is one piece of the good stuffs. It sounds better after I played it for the second time. Try it!

    I woke up, the room was cold
    Looking tired, feeling old
    Cursin’ all the changes I’ve to say
    The more I cursed into the flood
    The less it seemed do me good
    Clearer became my mind than I could say
    Baby baby you’re the world to me

    I think I will propose this one to Ike 😀 Hopefully she wont veto this one 😀
    Anyway, my list is almost complete, selecting from hundreds of tracks, and shortlisting them into only 10-15. Will let you guys know what’s the selection later!

    Don’t know where I am, don’t know where I’ve been
    But I know where I want to go

    (Taken from ‘The First Day of My Life’)