I'm back to say goodbye..

For sometimes I didn't remember I had this blog

Poor little bloggy..

I promise I'll write down some more worth-to-read stuffs..

But, I think I might not be able to write something this week, this month, or this semester.. (geez, I hope it won't be that long)

Guess this big guy has lots of big things to do from now on..

Well, see you soon..

Take Care

-Pete-

what's your accent?

Yesterday i was browsing some videos on youtube. And i came across this cute video:

Haha, she's sweet isn't she? Typically american girl next door. But this isn't about the content of the video i want to share with you. It's the accent. American accent.

And you know what? Me and my sister have been talking in english like this, with THICK AMERICAN ACCENT and naturaly cool SLANG phrases, since i couldn't remember when. yea rite..

And maybe you would ask us how we "learned" it? Hmhm.. Nope, we didn't learn it from a course, we've never been to the US, nor studied in expensive International School (our parents couldn't afford something like that, and i think schools like that are only intended for rich people only, who would pay anything just to get their average kid into that not-that-great school actually), or even took a conversation class (and you expect to be fluent in English by attending a conversation class in a pathetic country like Indonesia? LOL!! get real!!) WE DON'T TAKE ENGLISH CLASS. We DON'T do courses, We just don't. Private courses are for those who need studying aid badly. Our parent's said we didn't need any. And they are so right. We're pretty smart actually. Duh!

Probably what have caused us to talk in such a COOL american-english like this is because of many influences we got from wonderful american pop cultures. Watching american TV shows, listening to radio (yea'a, living near singapore pays off you know??), songs, and maybe because we used to listen to lots of people having conversation in English since we were just little kids.. Geez, now i feel thankful for my actually not-that-bad past.

really? is it that cool? what's so great about being able to speak in english anyway? nothing special~

Yep, that's true for some of you, and for people who live in advance countries who have english as their main language. But i've been thinking, i sometimes actually feel a little bit pitty for my friends here who doesn't speak English at all. Or having a very little english fluency, that they actually go to private courses, and ended up with no significant improvement. Or can only speak in english in such a pathetic indonesian-english way. *haha what's an "indonesian-english" anyway?? hmm.. you know :p Moreover, i sometimes feel a little bit sorry for some people who speak english in a poor, thick indonesian intonation and lame accent.. :p Haha, kidding.. actually that's good for them. At least they've tried.. Chill! I don't mean to brag about anything here, just to write down my story today in English. And if you can understand this post clearly, good for you ;) You're good at english, or even way better than me :) What am i anyway?

Old school yearbook!

This is a fun website: http://www.yearbookyourself.com/. This website recently became popular among my college friends last month. Well, i just got a chance to write it down here. In this site, you'll be able to see what would you look like if you graduated from high school over the past five decades, that is from 1950's to year 2000. Check out some of mine:

1958

1964

1968

1972

1976

1978

1980

1982

1984

1988

1992

1994

1996

Koq sekarang gue ngerasa cakepan ya? Haha.. why don't u try to make your own foto jadul, then show them to me!

Multicultural me...

It's a 5 days late greetings:

Guys, met lebaran. Di momen yang penuh kasih ini, gue ingin minta maaf dan memaafkan.

That's all.

Forgive me if i've ever been rude, annoying, mean, being a bitch, the devil, or being any evil in any shapes and forms.. my bad ;)

Meskipun gue officially tidak merayakan lebaran (coz i'm not a muslim tho), somehow gue ngerasa lebaran itu udah jadi bagian dari kebudayaan orang indonesia. As u know, indonesia adalah negara perpenduduk muslim terbesar, wajar lah kalo lebaran udah jadi ritual tahunan masyarakat kita (yang anehnya di Arab sono tidak dirayakan sehebat disini).

Besides, many close people i live with are moslems. My best friends, many of them are moslems. My mother's family: cousins, aunts, uncles. They're all moslems.

It's just that spending almost everyday with them makes me get used to with what so called "moslem culture" (like jilbab, sunnah, wudhu, sholat, puasa, jumatan, and the [oftenly irrelevant, coincidentall] use of expressions such as "Astaghfirullah", "Alhamdulillah", "Assalamualaikum", and lots other which some of them claimed as "religion attribute" rather than "middle east culture"). Anyway, i'm not gonna discuss this further.

I just want to share with you guys that for me being a non-moslem, living with this big moslem culture in Indonesia is such a great thing. We'll learn what so called "toleransi", "hormat-menghormati", "bhinneka tunggal ika", or what so ever those ppkn things.

It's a multicultural world we live in. And i'm happy i can taste all of those great culture. East meet west..

Haha, yep, i think i have tasted every culture:

• american (got these mostly from TV haha, cool vocabs and slang phrases)
• chinesse culture (sd-smp gue di batam yang banyak cinanya, and gue jadi bisa dikit2 bahasa hokkian yea rite),
• african-american (yo shorty, wassup? damn ye got ma bitch ya'll kno wad im sayin'? haha, whatever)
• Dari agama: yah, yang tadi itu. Besides, di Indonesia agamanya ada 5. Cool huh?

and lots culture influences from indonesia's heritage itself:

• Batak (it's in my blood, duh!) Well, i don't know exactly all A-to-Z from batak people, but i sure know some things :) Bangga jadi orang batak! haha
• Jawa (hmm... apa ya? sodara gue ada sih yang jawa, temen gue juga banyak yang jewes. It's just like for me, kebudayaan jawa is strongly connected to many aspect of many indonesian people, such as: masakan jawa, nama-nama orang indonesia juga kebanyakan ke"jawa-jawa"an meskipun bukan orang jawa. Contoh: budi hartono, sulastri, mimin, maman, momon, dsb)
• Padang (Hmm.. mungkin karena nantulang gue banyak yang padang, n temen2 juga banyak yang padang kali ya? Jadinya rada2 tau deh kultur orang padang. And moreover, masakan padang!! It's like a trademark of Indonesian's cuisine haha)
• Hmm.. apalagi ya?? Yah banyaklah, kayaknya gue tau hampir semua ciri khas semua suku di indonesia. Mmm.. bugis people, bahasa belitong, bahasa melayu, masakan menado, madura, tari bali, nyinden2an, manortor, haha banyak lah.. Bhinneka Tunggal Ika! yea rite...

yah, multikultural banget hidup kita ini ya? beda-beda, jadi asik.. Kalo sama semua, apalagi kalo dominan semua.. ngg... kayaknya monoton deh. ga asik ah.. Hoho

bye2

Sederhana

Gue punya temen, sebut saja namanya badu. Dari tongkrongannya orangnya biasa aja. Biasa banget malah. Hari-hari gue bergaul bareng dia & temen2 lain. What i really notice about him is that, dia orang yang paling sederhana banget... Gilaa,, dia tuh hemat banget (bukan pelit ya!!). Hemat! Hemat in good way... Well, dia ga bakal buang2 duit buat sesuatu yang ga penting. contoh: Dia ga mau makan di luar, karena dia udah punya bahan masakan di rumahnya.. kosannya biasa aja.. Dia ga mau naik angkot kalo masih bisa jalan, sehat katanya... Heu,, kalo gue mah, sebisa mungkin kagak ngeluarin tenaga ^^!! Kalo jalan-jalan di mall, n lagi ngeliat2 sesuatu, dia selalu bisa nahan diri buat ga beli. Pokoknya beda banget sama gue yang boros deh ^^! Yang lebih menarik lagi... We know, dia tuh SUPER TAJIR!! O my gosh... Gila ini orang, tiap tahun jalan2 ke luar negeri sama keluarganya, laptopnya keren mampus.. Tapi orangnya SEDERHANA banget... tongkrongan sehariannya biasa-biasa aja.. Dia ga berusaha pamer apa yang dia punya.. Ckckck salut2 Hmm.. beda lagi dengan temen gue satu lagi,, sebut saja budi.. Budi tajir, super tajir, kita tau bokapnya konglomerat.. he drives his own car bwt pergi ke kampus.. tempat tinggalnya... wow mirip hotell.. dan kesehariannya, yaah... anak gaul gitu.. pokoknya lebay ah.. head to toe... well, dia ga terang-terangan bragging ke semua orang, "eh, gue tajir loh.. lu miskin ya? kasihan.." of coure not, that's sick.. yah, dia emang ga menyombongkan diri sih.. tapi dari packagingnya, kita udah tau koq... Somehow, it's kinda easier for me to bergaul dgn orang yang "selevel" (F.Y.I, gue berasal dari keluarga sederhana-biasa aja, ga tajir sama sekali)... Dan gue tentu saja lebih merasa nyaman bergaul dengan badu (meskipun kita tau kalo dia anak konglomerat), daripada sama si budi (yang kita tau dia tajir, dan keliatan kalo dia tajir)... *hahaha, emang kalo bergaul mesti ngukur kadar "ketajira" dulu ya?? ga sih, cuma, get real aja.. lifestyle c budi tentu saja beda dengan gue... bukannya gue ngerasa minder, but i feel there's kind a "gap" between people like me, n people who live like budi.. Kalo gaya badu, well, pretty much like me.. Well, sebenernya yang gue pingin tekankan ke kalian adalah... ... ... *apa ya?? ^^!! aduh bingung mo ngasih pelajaran apa... yah.. intinya orang tajir ya tajir aja.. (ha????) hmm bukan, bukan.. intinya, kalo kita suatu saat nanti tajir... ya biasa aja yah... just get down to earth... buat orang-orang merasa nyaman bergaul dengan lo.. Don't ever brag about your wealth.. Nyari temen-temen yang brilliant ga mesti tajir kan?? contohnya, ya si badu tadi... hahaha dia seharusnya bersyukur punya temen brilliant yg sederhana-sederhana aja kayak gue.. *peace!!! well, lakukan aja yang membuat lo ngerasa nyaman

Busy Me...

Semester ini akan sangat sibuk (as other semestres before....)

My weekday beneran full banget dah. 5am-5pm + ngerjain macem2 sampe malem.

Yang gue heran adalah, kenapa gue bisa melakukan itu semua? Padahal gue ngerasa kalo time management gue sangat buruk sekali hehe :p

Yah, emang dasarnya gue orang yang bertanggung jawab sih.. Makanya gue sebisa mungkin berkomitmen tinggi dalam semua kewajiban gue..

Being this busy emang ada ga enaknya: capek, jenuh, bosan, stress, dan sederetan beban fisik+mental lainnya..

But, this is life guys!! Live it! Don't you just seating on the couch in front of the TV all day, watching those craps, n doin nothin' for the rest of your day except eating n sleeping...

Semua kesibuksan ini pada akhirnya nanti akan sangat bermanfaat buat diri gue, gue yakin itu.. Ngapain gue menyibuk2kan diri kalo nantinya gue ga dapet apa-apa?

aku punya blog [lagi]

Hahaha... akhirnya gue punya blog. [Yeeeaaahhh!!!] hmm.. sebenernya gw udah pernah punya satu blog dulu, hosting di wordpress. Tapi ga pernah diupdate & jadinya ga keurusan ding hahaha.. Well, dengan mengucap syukur, gue meresmikan pembukaan blog petertobing.blogspot.com ini yeaaaah!!! mudah2an gue rajin ngepost & update Ok. That's all for my first post.. mudah2an ini bukan pertama dan terakhir kalinya gue nulis di blog ini.. :D