hey, They need us!

Whenever you are hungry, quite often, all you have to do is go to the refrigerator, open the door and look for you favourite snack. Or, if the rafrigerator happens to be empty, you go to your parents, ask for some money to buy some food. But are you aware that many children in your city and even in your neighborhood are not as fortunate? There are children who live below the poverty level, roaming around your city as beggars, street musicians, and scavengers. These children cannot afford a single decent meal. Consequently, they suffer from hunger since they have got nothing to eat. These children cannot improve their lives without the help from the fortunate ones like you. Actually, there are at least four ways that you can do to help them.

Firstly, you can help these poor children by giving them some money. The money you give may just be small change to you but it means a great deal to them. To you, a thousand rupiah is just enough to buy some snacks but to them it may mean a day's meal due to the fact that these street children could hardly earn enough money for a propper meal each day. Secondly you can give them a bigger contribution by buying awareness bracelet embossed, one embossed with MAKE POVERTY HISTORY, or an Indonesian version red bracelet embossed with SOLIDARITAS KEBERSAMAAN which costs ten thousand rupiah. By buying the bracelet, not only can you be trendy (hahaha) but also contribute to charity. Thirdly, you can join charitable organizations. These organizations can consolidate the members efforts to assist these unfortunate children to lead a more decent life in the future. Finally, lead a simple life. That means spend your money wisely and stay away from leading a glamorous life. This is important to keep your sense of compassion for other people, especially the poor. Moreover, leading a modest life teaches you to understand how difficult life is, especially for people who cannot earn enough to support themselves. Leading a simple life also helps you to realize that many children are much more unfortunate than you are, and so you will be able to feel grateful to God for what you possess.

As a civilized human being, you can't just ignore these less fortunate children. They need you and you really should help them in any way you can. Hopefully, in the near future we are not going to see such a heart-rendering view as you see in the city streets and on the newspaper.


~love, ditty.

indigo, it does a gift?

Dear readers,

My niece, Arira, is three now and has been identified as gifted. She has been reading since before starting school. She always been advanced in mathematics, reading, problem solving and computer. She even walked at nine months. She also excels in sports. She has the abality to see spirits of the dead people and she talked in indonesia and english language. I do not think she is Albert Einstein, but, she is amazingly brilliant.

I am not sure if Arira even applies to an indigo kid. But, a lot of the things i read about, struck me because it described her. At school, Arira amazes her teacher because of her gentleness. There is a little girl in her class who has Down Syndrome. Since Arira is astonishingly compassionate, on her own, she usually reads for her, listens to her, and takes time to explain things to her. As a result, she classmates follow her step, giving love to others.

Furthermore, Arira has always known things that i can't always explain, but try not to discourage her. I don't have any difficulties with this, but my family has always had different opinions. As what i said earlier, i don't know if my niece can be called indigo, still i felt that he had a lot of similarities. I do believe that it is a possibility that such children exist. I certainly am interested in learning more.

~ love, ditty.

extra sensory perception

itu adalah bahasa ilmiah dari sixth sense. yeaa indra keenam! mau tau deh, menurut orang2 punya indra keenam itu anugrah, hadiah, atau bencana atau apasih? jujur..awalnya gw ngerasa ini anugrah (yg gw gatau dapet turunan darimana) dari tuhan krn ga semua org bisa ngeliat. pertama kali gw ngerasain hal itu waktu gw berumur kurang lebih 11 taun. gw gatau gimana cara nyusun kalimatnya biar gampang dimengerti tapi intinya waktu itu gw suka dapet sekilas bayangan yg melintas dimata gw dan bener aja ga sampe 5 menit itu pasti terjadi. contohnya waktu itu gw lg pergi sm temen gw dan gw lewat jalan yg sebelomnya belom pernah gw lewatin. tiba2 ada gw liat ada jembatan didepan gw dan terus ada kereta api yg melintas diatas jembatan itu. wakti itu gw pikir apasih..kok gw ngayal aneh bgt? tapi ternyata..ga sampe 5 menit gw beneran ngelewatin jalanan yg diatasnya ada jembatan dan lewatlah sebuah kereta api. aneh pikir gw waktu itu. tapi lama2 kok hal kayagitu makin sering muncul ya dlm bbrp waktu dekat? anehnya 'kelainan itu' ilang pas gw smp dan baru ada lagi pas gw kelas 3 sma dan tentu sajaaa jenisnya bertambah. kalo dulu cuma bisa ngeliat hal-hal yang akan datang, kalo sekarang sudah semakin banyak kemajuan seperti merasakan dan melihat adanya kehadiran mahluk halus, feeling akan adanya kejadian buruk dan bisa membaca pikiran orang. yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! sumpah ga ada asik2nya. ngeri banget men..kalo boleh milih gw cuma pgn bisa ngebaca pikiran orang, haha asik aja bisa nebak duluan apa yg mau orang ceritain sebelom dia mulai cerita..
kesini2 sih itu semua sedikit berkurang, mungkin karna gw jarang sholat kali yaa hehe soalnya dari yg gw baca di beberapa buku, salah satu cara ngejaga sixth sense itu dgn rajin beribadah. dan pantang bgt berbuat jahat krn bisa ngilangin sixth sense kita itu. masa gw harus berbuat jahat dulu sihhh biar gw bisa hidup normal tanpa harus merinding gara-gara liat yg macem2?hahaha weird!
hm akhir2 ini gw sering banget ngeliat bayangan akan adanya suatu (bisa dibilang) bencana. ngeri banget. dan gw tambah shocked pas baca ttg ramalan kiamat taun 2012. haaah semoga semuanya baik2 aja..amin ;p


~ love, ditty

an awfull job experience

hello guys!
sorry for the late update. sebenernya banyak bgt yg mau gw critain tapi hampir ga pernah ada waktu buat nulis saking sibuknya. haha - well kedengerannya emang rada gimanaaa gitu tapi beneran deh semenjak gw magang rasanya waktu buat ngurus diri sendiri aja hampir ga ada. jadi ceritanya kemaren selama duabulan gw magang di global tv bagian produksi sebagai asisten music director. kantornya di gedung ariobimo kuningan lantai 8 - ruang produksi. kebetulan gw satu ruangan sm anak2 talent artis, wardrobe dan sekertaris administrasi produksi.
jadi kerjaannya tuh gini..gw harus nonton semua video clip yg baru dateng sambil liat kualitas gambar, musik, penyanyi, jalan cerita si videoklip dan sekalian nyatet time in, time out & durasinya. kalo udah gw masukin datanya ke komputer ke program yg namanya gen21 - di situlah kita nyimpen data2 lagu yg kita punya, nyari nomer kaset dan bikin playlist buat semua acara MTV. data yg disimpen itu cuma nama penyanyi, judul lagu, genre, label sm director nya kok..dan itu semua biasanya udah terlampir di cover kaset yg dikirim. nahh abis itu masih ttp pake program gen 21, kita nomerin kasetnya.
contoh :
INA 1645 (nomer kaset Indonesia yg terakhir),
INT 228 (nomer kaset barat yg terakhir),
COMP 27 (nomer kaset kompilasi yg terakhir)
eh iya..maksud gw kaset itu, betacam bukan kaset2 yg buat diputer di tape loh hihi. kita emang nyebutnya kaset. naah proses2 itu disebutnya input data. emang rada pr sih kalo nginputnya lagi banyak (bayangin aja dalam sehari gw bisa nginput sampe 50 kaset) tapi nginput itu ga tiap hari kok..biasanya gw nunggu sampe minimal ada 10 kaset baru biar ga numpuk. dan rata2 dalam sehari ada 2 sampe 6 kaset baru yg dateng. cuma diluar itu semua kerjaan gw nyenengin banget kok..oiya gw ga cuma ngurus input data kaset aja..tapi juga bikin playlist MTV (yg bikin lagunya kadang2 si bos jadi gw cuma ngerapihin dan masukin ke program gen 21 aja hehe), kalo udah playlistnya gw print, gw cari kaset2nya terus gw masukin ke kotak MTV masing2. tugas lainnya itu nyiapin blank tape (betacam kosong) buat semua acara yg ada di global tv. haduuuuuuuuh ini nih yg males banget! tiap program itu butuh banyak bgt blank tape kan, dan gw suka ngedumel kalo lagi bikin tanda terima. hehehe bayangin ajaaaa di tanda terima itu kita juga harus cantumin nomer2 kaset yg kita kasih. teruss lagi2 data2 nya harus kita input. wah banyak deh kalo mau diceritain semua pr bgt!hehe

dan sekarang gw udah selesai magang..udh 2 mingguan sih. sedih deh rasanya..gw udah terbiasa ngantor tiap weekdays jam setengah 11 sampe jam 6-an. yaa kadang jam 4 juga gw udah pulang sih kalo kerjaannya udah beres (atau ijin hihih) tapi kadang2 juga suka pulang malem jam 10an kalo lagi banyak bgt kerjaan. walaupun gw satu2nya anak magang di ruangan itu tapi gw dekeeet bgt sm mereka semua. kita selalu lunch bareng dan suka jalan kalo pulang kantor.
sebenernya gw udah ditawarin buat apply disana, tapi gw mau nyelesain kuliah gw dulu yg tinggal tahap skripsi hehe. oiya gw juga deket sama manager produksi, dia yg minta gw buat apply. dan gw sempet naksir bgt sama GM nya global! hahaha udah om-om sih tapi ganteng huahahaha. hmm walaupun gw udh selesai tapi gw masih punya tanggung jawab sih buat acara abnon sm KCA (kids choice awards).

aaaah kangen deh kalo ngomongin soal ini..hihih yaudah segini dulu yah cerita ttg magang di globalnya hehe.

thanks to: mba wirda&mba jelita (music director) - mas wahyu (administration secretary) -kak dada (wardrobe) - mba nilla, mba yayi, mba linda, mba imel, mba deci, mba ella, mba ayu, mas willy, mas dado (talent artis) - mas yudho (producer) - kang nana,om benny&papa ajus (manager production ) - pak irwan (general manager)


love, ditty.