The Things in Flowers

"There is nothing in which deduction is so necessary as in religion," said he, leaning with his back against the shutters.

"It can be built up as an exact science by the reasoner.

Our highest assurance of the goodness of Providence seems to me to rest in the flowers.

All other things, our powers, our desires, our food, are all really necessary for our existence in the first instance.

But this rose is an extra. Its smell and its colour are an embellishment of life, not a condition of it.

It is only goodness which gives extras, and so I say again that we have much to hope from the flowers."

Quoted from The Adventure of the Naval Treaty, spoken by Sherlock Holmes.

Side note:
The picture is mine.

be human

As I stated in previous post, I love Kanno Yoko music very much. Well in this post I want to share the lyric from "be human" song, which is so good and inspiring for me. Take a note that this song is about Tachikoma, and sung also by a Tachikoma (hmm.. I tell you that tachikoma is robot with splendid AI). Read.. and tell me what do you think about the lyric. For me, as I have said above, this is really inspiring.

Title: be human
Vocal: Scott Matthew
Music: Yoko Kanno

I analyze and I verify and I quantify enough
100 percentile no errors no miss
I synchronize and I specialize and I classify so much
Don't worry 'bout dreaming because I don't sleep --

I wish I could at least 30 percent
Maybe 50 for pleasure then skip all the rest

If I only was more human
I would count every single second the rest of my life
If I just could be more human
I'd have so many little babies and maybe a wife

I'd roll around in mud and have lots of fun then when I was done
Build bubblebath towers and swim in the tub
Sand Castles on the beach, frolick in the sea, get a broken knee
Be scared of the dark and I'd sing out of key

Curse when I lost a fight, kiss and reunite, scratch a spider's bite
Be happy with wrinkles I got when I smile
Pet kittens 'till they purred, maybe keep a bird, always keep my word
I'd cry at sad movies and laugh 'till it hurt

I'd buy a big bike, I'd ride by the lake
And I'd have lots of friends and I'd stay out too late

If I could just be more human
I would see every little thing with a gleam in my eye
If only I was more human
I'd embrace every single feeling that came in my life

Would I care and be forgiving?
Would I be sentimental and would I feel loneliness?

Would I doubt and have misgivings?
Would I cause someone sorrow too? Would I know what to do?

Will I cry when its all over?

When I die will I see Heaven?

October 5th is World Teachers Day

I get CodeProject daily news today and just know that today is World Teacher Day. The CodeProject daily news point to Teacher Appreciation link and from Google search, the top result is this link. Go to these two links to get more information about World Teacher Day. Anyway I want to give a lot of gratitude to all of my teachers, in my entire life till now and even then. Without them, I maybe can't typing this post right now. Thank you for everything.

There are a lot of teachers in my life already, but not that much that inspire me. And if I have to point just one teacher, the most inspiring teacher, I will point my Geographic teacher, Miss Anna Mey in my senior high school. She taught me just in the first year (the 10th grade). My first impression about her was kind, funny, and energetic. And she is still like that now. After the first year, in second and third year we still contact each other. It was not a rare opportunity to talk with her, even if she came to school just in Friday and Saturday. Because she usually joined in every event in my school.

There are lot of things about her that inspire me. But one that I remember very clearly in my mind is her lesson about the importance of doing everything whole-heartedly. Sometime in the past, after I began my undergraduate student life, I experienced lack of motivation in this college life. And I talked to her about this matter. She said to me that she always tried to do her best in everything she had to do, even if she didn't have a lot of potential. Then she point me that I have a lot of potential and it was really a shame to waste it. I told her that it was not that simple. But again she said it was just as simple as "do everything whole-heartedly, even if you feel that you can't do it". Maybe that was not so great, but from the way she told me, I had to admit that I was stupid and just wasted my life. Thank to her I began to do everything whole heartedly, not just in action but also in my heart. Thank to her that I do not have many regrets.
Thank to her that I have take a better step in my life.



“The mediocre teacher tells.
The good teacher explains.
The superior teacher demonstrates.
The great teacher inspires.”

William Arthur Ward

Terang by Glenn Fredly

Glenn Fredly is one of the most talented musician from Indonesia, and he is one of my favorite artist. I really like his voice as a vocalist, his performance as an entertainer, and all his songs and lyrics. "Terang" (Light in English) is the first song from his Christmas album. This song's lyric is very inspiring... and really great. This is the lyric in Indonesian (taken from Anggri's blog):

Jadilah terang, jangan di tempat yang terang
Jadilah terang, di tempat yang gelap

Jadilah jawaban, jangan hanya kau diam
Jadilah jawaban, di luar rumahmu

Hooooo.... Jadilah jawaban
Hooooo.... Jadilah terang

Jadilah garam, jangan di tengah lautan
Jadilah harapan, jangan hanya berharap

Jadilah jawaban, jangan hanya ucapan
Jadilah jawaban, jangan tambahkan beban

Hooooo.... Jadilah jawaban
Hooooo.... Jadilah terang

Kedamaian yang kita inginkan
Hanya ada bila hati kita bersama

Hooooo.... Jadilah jawaban
Hooooo.... Jadilah terang

Hooooo.... Jadilah jawaban
Hooooo.... Jadilah terang

Hooooo.... Jadilah jawaban
Hooooo.... Jadilah terang

Jadilah terang

And here my English translation from the lyric (post a comment if you find any mistakes :D hehe.. sorry for my inadequate English):

Be the light, not at the bright place
Be the light, at the dark place

Be the answer, don’t you keep silent
Be the answer, outside your home

Hooooo.... be the answer
Hooooo.... be the light

Be the salt, not in the midst of the sea
Be the hope, don’t just hoping

Be the answer, not just word
Be the answer, don’t be a burden

Hooooo.... be the answer
Hooooo.... be the light

There will be the peace we all want
If our heart go together

Hooooo.... be the answer
Hooooo.... be the light

Hooooo.... be the answer
Hooooo.... be the light

Hooooo.... be the answer
Hooooo.... be the light

Be the light

What do you think about this lyric?? It's really peaceful I think.

Speaking about music, I bought "Spiral" album on Christmas holiday last year (last year doesn't mean one year ago :P) which I really want. Fortunately, the CD reappeared in the store and I immediately bought it (read my post about it). I really love Hiromi's music too. All of the songs in this "Spiral" album are full of feel, love, and energy. And speaking about music again, Incognito released a new album on August 2006. I can't wait the album to be released in Indonesia. It's the time to check the music store...

My first post this year...
My plan for the second post is some of my resolution this year...