Bowling... I've been very lousy n bowling. Partially because I simply lazy to train. But then again, why not try to have a goal. even in bowling. So here goes:
Time frame: Now - 31 Dec 2009
Goal: SCORE
Gold: I scored more than 150 in a single game
Silver: I scored more than 120 in a single game
Bronze: I scored more than 100 in a single game
Boo: I scored less than 100 in any single game
Big boo: I scored less than 80 in any single game
Goal: STRIKES
Gold: I scored more than 5 strikes with 3 continuous strikes in a single game
Silver: I scored more than 4 strikes with 2 continuous strikes in a single game
Bronze: I scored more than 3 strikes in a single game
Boo: I scored less than 3 strikes in any single game
Big boo: I scored less than 2 strikes in any single game
Measurement:
Proof of scoring in photograph must be shown to establish achievement
Final count on 31 Dec 2009
Now I have to start practicing...
Soli Deo Gloria
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Friday, April 24, 2009
History? Boring?
I used to think how boring history is... Until I know how to use it.
There's funny quotation I've always remembered: we learn from history that man can never learn anything from history.
I've been living my whole life in Indonesia and truthfully, I know nothing about Indonesian History. Not that I've never learn about it, it's just I never know how to enjoy history.
The Japanese, however, able to creatively twist what suppose to be horrible chapter in their history to amazingly acceptable pop culture. Thanks to Konami and Koei, I know more about Sengoku Jidai than I know about Indonesian Revolution war.
Similarly gruesome, the period of the three kingdoms in China was none other than brutal and violent. The population of China drastically shrunk from estimated 50 million to probably 16 million in the span of just over 100 years of continuous civil wars.
No thanks to John Woo with his interpretation of the battle of Red Cliff, we can see tremendous amount of action... while simply forgetting the number of people, military and civilians were killed during the period.
The creation of games and movies with high budget helps laymen to understand more about the history. Although the story depicted in the games and movies might not be entirely true, they already incite people to wanting to know more about the story.
When I played Samurai Warriors 2 in my PC, I was compelled to learn more about sengoku Jidai, the history, the politics, about Nobunaga Oda, betrayed by Akechi, followed by Toyotomi and suceeded by Tokugawa... The small players, Nagamasa Azai, Yukimura Sanada, Hanzo Hattori... albeit fantastically depicted in the games, the storyline and the character was based from the true story.
I guess I must learn more about Indonesia history then. Maybe I can ask Koei to make something like that but with Indonesian Character. How about "Pendekar Kerajaan" for a title? (D'uh... it's actually direct translation from dynasty warriors) Dunno, maybe we can get some story from era of Ken Arok, assassination of Tunggul Ametung and Mpu Gandring... And of course we can always make expansion set... "Pendekar Kerajaan: Majapahit"... featuring Hayam Wuruk and Gajah Mada. Heck, if they can make non-fighter such as Liu Bei become a fighting machine, or Oichi beat up Nobunaga's soldiers with a kendama, I guess there's nothing wrong to arm Ken Dedes or Kusumawardhani with some huge kitchen chopper or wielding dual sword like Ginchiyo Tachibana. (If you've played Samurai Warriors or Dynasty Warriors before, you know what I'm talking about)
I even got the title for the third sequels: "Pendekar Kerajaan: Rise of the Sultans"... cool or not?
If they do make something like that, I think Indonesian would want to learn more about History. If you read this post and still not interested in checking out more about Majapahit, then this idea could already be a history...
Just a thought...
There's funny quotation I've always remembered: we learn from history that man can never learn anything from history.
I've been living my whole life in Indonesia and truthfully, I know nothing about Indonesian History. Not that I've never learn about it, it's just I never know how to enjoy history.
The Japanese, however, able to creatively twist what suppose to be horrible chapter in their history to amazingly acceptable pop culture. Thanks to Konami and Koei, I know more about Sengoku Jidai than I know about Indonesian Revolution war.
Similarly gruesome, the period of the three kingdoms in China was none other than brutal and violent. The population of China drastically shrunk from estimated 50 million to probably 16 million in the span of just over 100 years of continuous civil wars.
No thanks to John Woo with his interpretation of the battle of Red Cliff, we can see tremendous amount of action... while simply forgetting the number of people, military and civilians were killed during the period.
The creation of games and movies with high budget helps laymen to understand more about the history. Although the story depicted in the games and movies might not be entirely true, they already incite people to wanting to know more about the story.
When I played Samurai Warriors 2 in my PC, I was compelled to learn more about sengoku Jidai, the history, the politics, about Nobunaga Oda, betrayed by Akechi, followed by Toyotomi and suceeded by Tokugawa... The small players, Nagamasa Azai, Yukimura Sanada, Hanzo Hattori... albeit fantastically depicted in the games, the storyline and the character was based from the true story.
I guess I must learn more about Indonesia history then. Maybe I can ask Koei to make something like that but with Indonesian Character. How about "Pendekar Kerajaan" for a title? (D'uh... it's actually direct translation from dynasty warriors) Dunno, maybe we can get some story from era of Ken Arok, assassination of Tunggul Ametung and Mpu Gandring... And of course we can always make expansion set... "Pendekar Kerajaan: Majapahit"... featuring Hayam Wuruk and Gajah Mada. Heck, if they can make non-fighter such as Liu Bei become a fighting machine, or Oichi beat up Nobunaga's soldiers with a kendama, I guess there's nothing wrong to arm Ken Dedes or Kusumawardhani with some huge kitchen chopper or wielding dual sword like Ginchiyo Tachibana. (If you've played Samurai Warriors or Dynasty Warriors before, you know what I'm talking about)
I even got the title for the third sequels: "Pendekar Kerajaan: Rise of the Sultans"... cool or not?
If they do make something like that, I think Indonesian would want to learn more about History. If you read this post and still not interested in checking out more about Majapahit, then this idea could already be a history...
Just a thought...
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Bucket List?
I need to make my bucket list.
For those who don't know what it is, bucket list is a thing you want to do before you kick the bucket... or in simple word, before you die. Yep. Even just once, but you really want to experience it. And when you did that, you feel no regret of leaving this world. I'll try to limit my list to up to 100 numbers. Although I don't think I can think up to 100. So this bucket list will be updated periodically.
So, here goes:
1. This is fun: I want to make love!!!! Crazily whole day only making love and nothing else! Preferably in a nice resort hotel or somewhere high with good view. But there goes my number 1!
2. It's kinda expensive: I want to eat matsutake mushroom! For those who don't know what matsutake is, go check wiki here!
3. Still on mushroom: I want to enjoy the summer and winter truffles! Preferably in Italy. Although I'd also love to go to Amalfi, but having the truffles is enough for me.
4. I wish I can finish a marathon at least once! Phewwww... I should start training by now!
5-12. Visit one country in each continent: Australia/NZ, Mid-Asia (India?), West Asia (Arabic peninsular?), Africa(egypt or south africa?), West Europe(France?), East Europe(russia?), North America(US or Canada), South America (Peru? Brazil?) East Asia doesn't really on my list cause I definitely have to go to Japan to fulfill number 2.
Phewwww... just one day and I already fill in 12% of my bucket list allowance. Well, let's see how many I can fill in by the end of my life.
For those who don't know what it is, bucket list is a thing you want to do before you kick the bucket... or in simple word, before you die. Yep. Even just once, but you really want to experience it. And when you did that, you feel no regret of leaving this world. I'll try to limit my list to up to 100 numbers. Although I don't think I can think up to 100. So this bucket list will be updated periodically.
So, here goes:
1. This is fun: I want to make love!!!! Crazily whole day only making love and nothing else! Preferably in a nice resort hotel or somewhere high with good view. But there goes my number 1!
2. It's kinda expensive: I want to eat matsutake mushroom! For those who don't know what matsutake is, go check wiki here!
3. Still on mushroom: I want to enjoy the summer and winter truffles! Preferably in Italy. Although I'd also love to go to Amalfi, but having the truffles is enough for me.
4. I wish I can finish a marathon at least once! Phewwww... I should start training by now!
5-12. Visit one country in each continent: Australia/NZ, Mid-Asia (India?), West Asia (Arabic peninsular?), Africa(egypt or south africa?), West Europe(France?), East Europe(russia?), North America(US or Canada), South America (Peru? Brazil?) East Asia doesn't really on my list cause I definitely have to go to Japan to fulfill number 2.
Phewwww... just one day and I already fill in 12% of my bucket list allowance. Well, let's see how many I can fill in by the end of my life.
My secret dream...
Ok... this dream might not be so secret but there's this one thing I really want to do. I just don't know how to do it.
This is it:
I want to ride a bicycle from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur. Yes, that might looks easy but I don't know how. What kind of bicycle I would need, how much money I should bring and ultimately: for what purpose?
Point of departure would ideally be Vivocity. Maybe start at 9 PM and keep riding through the night. But... is it safe around Johor at night? Should I travel at night to avoid sun but higher risk of crime? or day when the day's bright and avoid myself from crime risk?
Should I have a company? Gosh, I have to do it before I'm married, right? I won't really keen on leaving my wife alone for weeks worrying about me riding alone in some foreign lands...
And well, if it works, I might be able to plan for another crazy idea: ride a bicycle from Singapore to Bangkok! Yeahhhhh....!!!
Friends, if you stumble upon this post and have any idea or suggestion, please help me by writing a comment. Any comment will be much appreciated.
This is it:
I want to ride a bicycle from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur. Yes, that might looks easy but I don't know how. What kind of bicycle I would need, how much money I should bring and ultimately: for what purpose?
Point of departure would ideally be Vivocity. Maybe start at 9 PM and keep riding through the night. But... is it safe around Johor at night? Should I travel at night to avoid sun but higher risk of crime? or day when the day's bright and avoid myself from crime risk?
Should I have a company? Gosh, I have to do it before I'm married, right? I won't really keen on leaving my wife alone for weeks worrying about me riding alone in some foreign lands...
And well, if it works, I might be able to plan for another crazy idea: ride a bicycle from Singapore to Bangkok! Yeahhhhh....!!!
Friends, if you stumble upon this post and have any idea or suggestion, please help me by writing a comment. Any comment will be much appreciated.
Sunday, April 12, 2009
On Vacation...
Well... Enough about work and objectives! I want to have a nice leisure too. So, I want vacations! Big huge vacations!
Time frame: 1 Jan 2009-31 Dec 2009
Goal:
Gold: I visited 5 locales
Silver: I visited 4 locales
Bronze: I visited 3 locales
Boo: I visited 2 locales
Big boo: I visited 1 locales
Measurement:
Locales described as cities and their surrounding. Means Taipei and Taoyuan considered as 1 locale and so is Jakarta and Bogor. Kuala Lumpur and Penang is 2 different locales. This would exclude Singapore and Jakarta. I would have to stay at least 24 hours in one locale area.
Locale visits is done for fun and leisure only. Tickets bought or travel confirmed by 31st Dec would be a valid count.
And Oh, Puncak is counted as Jakarta's locales. So my last trip to Puncak definitely not counted. And I stayed in Bandung for only 8 hours on my last visit. So it's not counted as well.
Evaluation on 30th June and 30th Sep 2009. Final count on 31 Dec
Target? Bali, Johore, Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Haatyai, Batam, Bintan, Bandung, Yogyakarta, Phuket, Bangkok, Hong Kong...
Soli Deo Gloria
Time frame: 1 Jan 2009-31 Dec 2009
Goal:
Gold: I visited 5 locales
Silver: I visited 4 locales
Bronze: I visited 3 locales
Boo: I visited 2 locales
Big boo: I visited 1 locales
Measurement:
Locales described as cities and their surrounding. Means Taipei and Taoyuan considered as 1 locale and so is Jakarta and Bogor. Kuala Lumpur and Penang is 2 different locales. This would exclude Singapore and Jakarta. I would have to stay at least 24 hours in one locale area.
Locale visits is done for fun and leisure only. Tickets bought or travel confirmed by 31st Dec would be a valid count.
And Oh, Puncak is counted as Jakarta's locales. So my last trip to Puncak definitely not counted. And I stayed in Bandung for only 8 hours on my last visit. So it's not counted as well.
Evaluation on 30th June and 30th Sep 2009. Final count on 31 Dec
Target? Bali, Johore, Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Haatyai, Batam, Bintan, Bandung, Yogyakarta, Phuket, Bangkok, Hong Kong...
Soli Deo Gloria
On Financial Freedom Account
Financial Freedom Account (FFA) is an account specially designated to generate more wealth and can only be invested to a wealth generating expenses. This is one of the account designed by T Harv Eker for wealth discipline.
Time frame: 1 Jan 2009-31 Dec 2009
Goal:
Gold: I collected SGD3000 in my FFA
Silver: I collected SGD2500 in my FFA
Bronze: I collected SGD2000 in my FFA
Boo: I collected SGD1999 or less in my FFA
Big boo: I collected SGD1000 or less in my FFA
Measurement:
Evaluation on 30th June and 30th Sep 2009. Final count on 31 Dec 2009.
Soli Deo Gloria
Time frame: 1 Jan 2009-31 Dec 2009
Goal:
Gold: I collected SGD3000 in my FFA
Silver: I collected SGD2500 in my FFA
Bronze: I collected SGD2000 in my FFA
Boo: I collected SGD1999 or less in my FFA
Big boo: I collected SGD1000 or less in my FFA
Measurement:
Evaluation on 30th June and 30th Sep 2009. Final count on 31 Dec 2009.
Soli Deo Gloria
On StarShield Contest
On April, AIA Launch a new product for children that covers for accident and disease. Mainly food poisoning, dengue fever and Hand foot and mouth disease.
Time frame: 1 April- 30 June 2009
Goal:
Gold: I closed 20 cases of starshield
Silver: I closed 15 cases of starshield
Bronze: I closed 10 cases of starshield
Boo: I closed 9 cases of starshield or less
Big boo: I closed 5 cases of starshield or less
Measurement:
Proof of cases must be shown to establish achievement
Evaluation on 30th April and 31st May 2009. Final count on 30 June 2009
Soli Deo Gloria
Time frame: 1 April- 30 June 2009
Goal:
Gold: I closed 20 cases of starshield
Silver: I closed 15 cases of starshield
Bronze: I closed 10 cases of starshield
Boo: I closed 9 cases of starshield or less
Big boo: I closed 5 cases of starshield or less
Measurement:
Proof of cases must be shown to establish achievement
Evaluation on 30th April and 31st May 2009. Final count on 30 June 2009
Soli Deo Gloria
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