yay... the first blog for 2008.. heheh...

after having a terrible headache on January 2008's 1st day.. i finally woke up with a better feeling this morning.. when i reached the office, i said to myself "i think it' s time to change the appearance of my MP.. something to be "attached" with the renewal spirit strongly felt these past couple of days.." so i did.. and as I was searching for the quotations to support the look of my MP, i've passed this several loooong quotations below.. or more like a poem...?

In the name of the best within you

do not sacrifice this world to those who are its worst

in the name of the values that keep you alive,

do not let your vision of man be distorted by the ugly, the cowardly,

the mindless in those who have never achieved his title

do not lose your knowledge

that man's proper estate is an upright posture,

an intransigent mind and a step that travels unlimited roads

do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark,

in the hopeless swamps of the approximate,

the not-quite, the not-yet, the not-at-all

do not let the hero in your soul perish,

in lonely frustration for the life you deserved,

but have never been able to reach

check your road and the nature of your battle.

the world you desired can be won,

it exists, it is real, it is possible,

it's yours..

nice one, huh... it's written by Ayn Rand, a Russian writer and novelist who was born in America on 1905.. seems appropriate to get me all fired up for the complete 365 days ahead!! Ayn Rand also came with a nice quote about education.. here it is..

“The only purpose of education is to teach a student how to live his life by developing his mind and equipping him to deal with reality. The training he needs is theoretical, i.e., conceptual. He has to be taught to think, to understand, to integrate, to prove. He has to be taught the essentials of the knowledge discovered in the past-and he has to be equipped to acquire further knowledge by his own effort.”

hmmm... if only the teachers here in our country all think like this..

complete quotations available:
http://thinkexist.com/quotes/ayn_rand/

enjoy... and let's conquer this year!!

"the true war is the war against ourself"

karena sebagai manusia kita punya hawa nafsu dan ngga selamanya hawa nafsu itu benar alias pada tempatnya.. so i think there will be times (or there are times) when we have to fight against it, to protect ourselves.. to protect our loved ones.. and most importantly.. to protect our faith..

"Dan orang-orang yang bersunguh-sungguh untuk (mencari keridhaan) Kami, benar- benar akan Kami tunjukkan kepada mereka jalan-jalan Kami. Dan sesungguhnya Allah benar-benar beserta orang-orang yang berbuat baik.” (QS 29:69)

orang yang mencari itulah orang yang mau merelakan dan bisa mengalahkan hawa nafsu mereka.. but then again why is it so much easire to just talk about it instead of doing it.. damn..

a day.. in a stupid and narrow-minded world..
we can always act as if we're smart
no matter how foolish we are..

akhirnya banyak pahlawan kesiangan
banyak orang kaya tapi kampungan
semua cara pun dihalalkan
suami poligami, istri mabuk-mabukan

orang pinter ilmunya dipake sendirian
anak kecil minta-minta di jalanan
duit ortunya abis buat biaya kesehatan
jadi ngga ada sisa buat masuk sekolahan

yang terlanjur pinter maen internet seharian
donlod lagu bajakan karena yang asli kemahalan!
buka blog dari halaman ke halaman
pas udah ngga tau mau nyari apaan

sementara yang miskin tetep aja kelaparan
yang kena banjir tetep aja kabur ke pengungsian
anggota dewan? ck ck ck... jalan-jalan!!!!
studi banding dijadiin alasan...

harus darimana kita ambil bagian?
apa bisa sekedar menyebar himbauan
berani jamin ngga bakal ada perubahan!
koruptor aja dibebaskan??!

orang miskin erat dengan kebodohan
padahal kebodohan sumber kemiskinan
anak-anak mereka ... hilang harapan
mengulang kisah orang tuanya, sendirian..

*once again, in a stupid and narrow-minded world*
fight stupidity -- share intellectuality -- speaks freely
-- create an open minded family

Chapter 1.
I walk down a street and there's a deep hole in the sidewalk. I fall in. It takes forever to get out. It's my fault.

Chapter 2.
I walk down the same street. I fall in the hole again. It still takes a long time to get out. It's not my fault.

Chapter 3.
I walk down the same street. I fall in the hole again. It's becoming a habit. It is my fault. I get out immediately.

Chapter 4.
I walk down the same street and see the deep hole in the sidewalk. I walk around it.

Chapter 5.
I walk down a different street