tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33709724798543371932012-02-03T11:58:31.747+07:00indie-raw: mixed-textsa compilation of independent and raw written works by Gajahbirugajahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03807065976912637680noreply@blogger.comBlogger101100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3370972479854337193.post-33689858427705575872012-02-03T11:48:00.002+07:002012-02-03T11:58:31.769+07:002013 National Holidays in Indonesia (unofficial prediction)<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>gajahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03807065976912637680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3370972479854337193.post-56218965783537815572010-11-15T18:47:00.006+07:002010-11-15T19:01:47.555+07:00The Blue Elephant That Eats Gold CoinsI have a piggy bank, well actually an Elephant Bank, that's rather special. You see, it only eats gold coins. Well, not real gold coins, but IDR 500 coins, which has a gold color.Last weekend i was feeling rather curious, how much coins does it hold. So I put all the coins outAnd I counted everything upIn total I have IDR 295,000.00 around USD 30. I can use it to buy around 15 Big Macs in gajahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03807065976912637680noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3370972479854337193.post-1875225207706081572010-11-10T23:47:00.003+07:002010-11-11T00:14:29.217+07:00lo tech graphical adventuresDo you remember Microsoft Paintbrush? The name reminds me of primary school, when we used to computer classes. Back then, paintbrush was one of my fave programs. Any kid would love to draw right?With the evolution of the Microsoft Windows OS, Paintbrush matured and become Microsoft. I don't really know the difference, it's just there along with the package. I haven't been using paint very much gajahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03807065976912637680noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3370972479854337193.post-13905537662780990542010-10-20T09:40:00.000+07:002010-10-20T09:41:08.490+07:00Vicious Jakarta part 1“Ibukota lebih kejam daripada ibu tiri” roughly translated to “The capital (mother city) is more vicious than a step mother” is a phrase used sometimes jokingly describe Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia. To a certain extent, it's true. The big durian is not for the faint hearted, trust me. I learned that after being born and raised here for the last 26 years. Somebody attempted to abduct me gajahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03807065976912637680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3370972479854337193.post-69994833075923016582010-10-19T08:31:00.002+07:002010-10-19T09:22:50.472+07:00The Mini-Ubuntu leap of faithThis post is written on the netbook I bought three days ago after a series of events that made me realize that despite my home PC and Blackberry, i still needed a netbook. I must admit that the purchase was rather impulsive, despite the fact that I've contemplated buying a netbook for several months.My PC was being repaired for the -nth time, and even though my thumb typing skills are more than gajahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03807065976912637680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3370972479854337193.post-31851903093908781832010-01-30T04:28:00.002+07:002010-10-19T08:28:01.948+07:00Change your view, switch your lens.Today, I bought myself an adapter to attach a diana lomo lens to my DSLR, along with a diana fisheye. The result of the pictures weren't really that special, since the lens were designed to be used on a camera that's extremely different with my Nadezhda (that's what I named my DSLR). You can't really see the fisheye effect except for several special conditions.However, I decided to try and gajahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03807065976912637680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3370972479854337193.post-56106526031565610962009-09-10T20:05:00.004+07:002009-09-30T02:37:24.818+07:00Grateful livingYesterday, my car refused to start at the gas station. I was on the way to repair my PC, and when I tried to make a phone call, my cellphone suddenly went blank.the first thing that crossed my mind was, "why are all the things I own either broken or require constant repairs?" like any other normal human being, I complained.And while I was sitting there, alone in my car, waiting for the battery togajahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03807065976912637680noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3370972479854337193.post-7326266470725271572009-07-02T19:43:00.007+07:002009-07-02T22:34:59.468+07:00Megan Fox is not a Man, Okezone is not okayWhen I got online this today I was greeted by the usual Today's page from MSN. What caught my attention was the story about Megan Fox being a man. The issue has actually been around since a couple of months ago. When I first heard about it I did a google search and found that it had been sourced by this article by the Weekly World News. They did not provide any hard facts, no official statements,gajahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03807065976912637680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3370972479854337193.post-91686269799967518982009-03-11T15:23:00.001+07:002009-09-30T02:34:37.858+07:00can anybody tell me what that is?i had just come out of the office when i noticed that streak of light. i was wondering if anybody could explain to me what that is. what is that? a shooting star? a meteorite? a fallen aircraft? WHAT? <!-- multiply:no_crosspost -->gajahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03807065976912637680noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3370972479854337193.post-77937537310123232042009-01-31T12:54:00.002+07:002009-09-30T02:36:58.938+07:00IntroductionThis blog was made in an effort to maintain and improve my writing skillshowever, I also hope to assists, if not entertain, people who may have an interest or need in anything that I write. I do hope you find your visit here enjoyable and useful, feel free to come as often as you please.I wanted this blog too "feel" like a magazine. so i used the labels to assign each entry in to a column.In casegajahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03807065976912637680noreply@blogger.com0