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I usually take the car 2d office.. but lately, ever since the fuel price has doubled, whenever taking my car is not extremely necessary i'd rather:
1. hitch hike with a friend dat'll get me about 3/4 of d distance
2. use public transportation

here r 3 angkot stories:

[sort of funny]
STUPID SANDALS!!! Remember how i hated sandals? Here's another reason y..

Yesterday my car had some trouble so i used public transportation 2d office.. fyi, normally i'd need 2take 4-5buses/angkots 2get 2d office equalling about 2.5hours of travel..

anywho... Last nite going home from d office, i took the bus to d lebak bulus terminal. From outside the terminal i could either ride a C14 or S14 angkot. Since it was already 8.30pm, the angkots wer very few so the wait was quite a long one. When S14 finally passed, i hopped on. after my right foot entered n just as my left foot was entering, my left sandal got caught in the door and slipped off! the driver saw i had entered n put the pedal 2d metal. it took me about 5seconds to tell him to stop. he was confused n asked "huh? stop already?". n i grumbled "my sandals fell off" followed by d driver's laughter n other passengers' chuckles.. damn it was embarassing.

dat wasn't d end of it...

I saw my sandal about 500m away n started walking 2wards it. when i was about 20m away, a person dat collected used materials(paper,rubber,accu,etc) was pulling his 2wheeled cart from d opposite direction n saw my sandal on d middle of the road. he altered his direction n was moving towards it.. seeing this made me run. it was a race 4my sandal haha.. as he was about 2pick it up, i yelled "im sorry, but dats my sandal" n pointed 2my bare left foot. he seemed dissapointed but hey, whaddaya want me 2do? donate my sandals? all in all, yesterday was a really bad day 2use public transportation..
[/sort of funny]

[social sympathy]
One day last week i was riding angkot no.15A n it stopped 2pick up passengers from a traditional market(kramat jati). 4old women entered d small angkot. these women were holding groceries to resell in their hands. tied 2their backs was a bag full of potatoes,cucumbers,etc.. it was troublesome 2enter d angkot. they had 2take off d bag n lifted it inside. from inside, i tried helping by receiving their bags n sliding it to the back. but oh, they were so HEAVY! n i was only tryin 2slide them 2d back. after they had all entered, i couldnt help but looked @their faces. they seemed really tired, tho they still had time to chat n joke (they spoke in javanese). the strains on their wrinkles were so clear.. they wer all skinny and old.. n yet they carry such a heavy load all day long.. both admiration and sadness overcame me..

and as i looked at their faces n heard them talking, i realized they weren't dat old! probably in their late 30s.. and yet their face n body made them look like 60yrs old.. oh what a cruel world.. is this fate? it got me thinking.. if these people did not exist, we would not be able 2buy groceries near our houses.. and yet it is so inhuman.. is ther not a better way/method 4them 2do their work?
[/social sympathy]

[kindness]
not all angkot drivers are drivers from hell (tho i've many xperience of being driven by them).. a couple of days after the fuel price doubled, i rode the S14 home.. i knew all prices had risen significantly as an after-effect n expected nothing less from the angkot fares.. the fare from lebak bulus terminal to my home used 2b IDR2500. dat day, as i reached my destination, i asked d driver "how much is d fare now?" he answered "we all ride d angkot.. we are all troubled by the fuel price.. dats y i'll only increase the fare by 500. so now its IDR3000.." and smiled..

i swear i was about to cry..

how would he have replied if i had told him i used 2take the car everyday 2work?
how would he have replied if i had told him i travel in cool air condition while he drove in a small, hot angkot dat leaks when it rains?
how would he have replied if i had told him i use 50-100liters of fuel each week?
how would he have replied if i had told him i had a role in the exhaustion of fuel thus the price increase?

what a knock-in-the-heart it has been riding public transportation d last few weeks.. ther r so many people so much less fortunate than us.. they live on d street, scraping whatever foods they find.. i c it everyday from my car.. i saw, i knew.. but seeing and knowing does not necessarily mean understanding.. i understood then, but i only understood skin-deep..
[/kindness]

a song 2match d mood:

Man In The Mirror
Michael Jackson

I'm Gonna Make A Change
For Once In My Life
It's Gonna Feel Real Good
Gonna Make A Difference
Gonna Make It Right...

As I, Turn Up The Collar On
My Favorite Winter Coat
This Wind Is Blowin' My Mind
I See The Kids In The Street
With Not Enough To Eat
Who Am I, To Be Blind?
Pretending Not To See Their Needs
A Summer's Disregard
A Broken Bottle Top
And A One Man's Soul
They Follow Each Other On
The Wind Ya' Know
'Cause They Got Nowhere To Go
That's Why I Want You To Know

I'm Starting With The Man In The Mirror
I'm Asking Him To Change His Ways
And No Message Could Have Been Any Clearer
If You Wanna Make The World A Better Place
(If You Wanna Make The World A Better Place)
Take A Look At Yourself, And Then Make A Change
(Take A Look At Yourself, And Then Make A Change)
(Na Na Na, Na Na Na, Na Na, Na Nah)

I've Been A Victim Of
A Selfish Kind Of Love
It's Time That I Realize
That There Are Some With No Home
Not A Nickel To Loan
Could It Be Really Me
Pretending That They're Not Alone?

A Willow Deeply Scarred
Somebody's Broken Heart
And A Washed-Out Dream
(Washed-Out Dream)
They Follow The Pattern Of
The Wind, Ya' See
Cause They Got No Place To Be
That's Why I'm Starting With Me
(Starting With Me!)

I'm Starting With The Man In The Mirror
(Ooh!)
I'm Asking Him To Change His Ways
(Ooh!)
And No Message Could Have Been Any Clearer
If You Wanna Make The World A Better Place
(If You Wanna Make The World A Better Place)
Take A Look At Yourself And Then Make A Change
(Take A Look At Yourself And Then Make A Change)

I'm Starting With The Man In The Mirror
(Ooh!)v I'm Asking Him To Change His Ways
(Change His Ways-Ooh!)
And No Message Could've Been Any Clearer
If You Wanna Make The World A Better Place
(If You Wanna Make The World A Better Place)
Take A Look At Yourself And Then Make That...
(Take A Look At Yourself And Then Make That...)
Change!

I'm Starting With The Man In The Mirror
(Man In The Mirror-Oh Yeah!)
I'm Asking Him To Change His Ways
(Better Change!)
No Message Could Have Been Any Clearer
(If You Wanna Make The World A Better Place)
(Take A Look At Yourself And Then Make The Change)
(You Gotta Get It Right, While You Got The Time)
('Cause When You Close Your Heart)
You Can't Close Your...Your Mind!
(Then You Close Your...Mind!)
That Man, That Man, That Man, That Man
With That Man In The Mirror
(Man In The Mirror, Oh Yeah!)
That Man, That Man, That Man
I'm Asking Him To Change His Ways
(Better Change!)
You Know...That Man
No Message Could Have Been Any Clearer
If You Wanna Make The World A Better Place
(If You Wanna Make The World A Better Place)
Take A Look At Yourself And Then Make A Change
(Take A Look At Yourself And Then Make A Change)
Hoo! Hoo! Hoo! Hoo! Hoo!
Na Na Na, Na Na Na, Na Na, Na Nah
(Oh Yeah!)
Gonna Feel Real Good Now!
Yeah Yeah! Yeah Yeah! Yeah Yeah!
Na Na Na, Na Na Na, Na Na, Na Nah
(Ooooh...)
Oh No, No No....
I'm Gonna Make A Change
It's Gonna Feel Real Good!
Come On!
(Change ...)
Just Lift Yourself
You Know
You've Got To Stop It.
Yourself!
(Yeah!-Make That Change!)
I've Got To Make That Change, Today!
Hoo!
(Man In The Mirror)
You Got To
You Got To Not Let Yourself...Brother...
Hoo!
(Yeah!-Make That Change!)
You Know-I've Got To Get That Man, That Man...
(Man In The Mirror)
You've Got To
You've Got To Move! Come On! Come On!
You Got To...
Stand Up! Stand Up! Stand Up!
(Yeah-Make That Change)
Stand Up And Lift Yourself, Now!
(Man In The Mirror)
Hoo! Hoo! Hoo!
Aaow!
(Yeah-Make That Change)
Gonna Make That Change...
Come On! (Man In The Mirror)
You Know It!
You Know It!
You Know It!
You Know...
(Change...)
Make That Change

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This women feeling fat and trying 2b skinny is getting way outta hand.. at least in hollywood.. i mean, check it out..





well how bout this... oh hillary duff, what have u done to that beautiful body of yours? and i heard she's gonna star in a commercial for healthy living.. gotta be a joke, rite?



Thank goodness there are still people with class n style... now this is hot! hail the queen!! ^:)^

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a story from a friend about some picture of some1 suddenly made me remember dis joke dat was posted on forum.humor @fasilkom a long.. loong.. time ago:

in a chicken farm, there was an old rooster who was no longer productive. he can no longer make the chickens lay eggs regularly. and dat is y the farmer bought a new younger rooster. Thus the conversation between d2 roosters:


old rooster: ur a new player here, while im experienced..how bout if we negotiate.. there r 10chickens here. how bout i take 4, and u take 6?

young rooster: bah! no way old dude.. im young n in my peak. i should handle all d 10chickens. u should just retire..

old rooster: since ur so hardheaded, how bout we have a 100m dash-match? winner takes all!

young rooster: haha. ur on old dude.. thers no chance i'd lose

old rooster: ok, but since im old, how bout if u give me a 20m head start?

young rooster: no problem.

... and so the race starts. the old rooster gets a 20m head start.. 50m from d finish line, the distance between them is only 15m.. 20m from d finish line, d distance is 10m.. 5m from d finish line, d young rooster almost catches up 2d old rooster.. and then just as d young rooster was about catch up, ther was a loud bang and he suddenly stops and dropped dead..

not far from d race, the farmer lowers his staill-smoking rifle and curses, "dammit! thats the 4th gay rooster i bought this week!"

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we have been living in a world of illusion. we have been fed with stories of how lucky we are living in a prosperous nation, in a strategic location, blablabla. and now here we are at the moment of truth. WE ARE POOR! quoting a few good men: "u want the truth?! u cant handle the truth!" well now we face the truth. can we handle it or will we just give up and again go back to our begging ways?

so thank goodness sby-jk erased d subsidy. We are poor! live with it. stop tryin 2act rich. keep ur heads down and work!

so its not about d govt not being creative.. its about reality! dont think the govt is not creative. dealing with d govt made me realize we underestimate them too much. they are bound by irregular(many are stupid) law/rules and obliged to make decisions dat affect many. tho they are bound by rules, if uve experienced what i have, u'd b amazed at how they can zigzag thru the rules and look way far in the future.

i duno if dis is creative enuf: if the 150trilliun/yr is saved for 10yrs, we'd be out of debt. but how bout take that 150T and build transportation facilities.. say, busway/monorails? these infrastructures are highly profitable. d busway makes more money than regular patas AC tho they cost less. how? professional management..and since it is profitable, maybe our debt can also be erased in less than 10years (mayb 8?). meanwhile, without d subsidy, hopefully people will realize how poor they are and that they shouldnt ask for charity and work much harder to live a much better live. so in about 10yrs, we COULD (depends on a lot of factors) be out of debt and have a strong society.

i believe the fault all this time goes all the way back to our ideology. pancasila democracy. the theory is people are free to express and make a living (democracy) but d country manages over valuable resources (is this pancasila? then pancasila==socialist/communist? hehehe...).. what happens? those that control d resources become lazy and controls our lives. dats what monopoly does. while those that are perhaps more competent are left with the leftovers to manage..

if u ask my opinion, full-blown democracy is better. the strongest prevails. no monopoly over ANYTHING! does the weak then die? of course not. coz they kno dat the strong survives and will always strive 2b d strongest. will there b poverty? of course. this is normal, but competitiveness will always keep people try 2reach higher.

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