Just finished reading the book as titled above. Agak2 basi memang krn bukunya keluar uda mayan lama. Hehe.
Meskipun ada beberapa bagian yg menurut aku gak masuk akal, tp ya emang ini kan buku utk anak2. Dan overall cukup menghibur kok. Buku ini sendiri bikin nagih. I finished it in 3 days.
Endingnya sendiri cukup memuaskan. Gak terlalu muluk2 dan agak mengejutkan. Luna Lovegood sepertinya dpt pacar. Fufufu. Cm sayang aja. Knp yg mati mala Lupin and Tonks. Mrk kan baru punya anak. Kasian anaknya. Trus knp Fred yg mati? Harusnya George yg kupingnya tinggal 1 aja yg mati... Hiks! Kan kasian jg si George kalo hrs hidup dg kuping 1.
Tp yah... JK Rowling uda memutuskan begitu. Hehe.
Can't wait to see the film yg katanya release datenya diundur sampe 2009 nanti.
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Hollywood Lists
Best-Paid Actors:
1. Will Smith: 80 million
2. Johny Depp: 72 million
3. Eddie Murphy: 55 million
4. Mike Myers: 55 million
5. Leonardo DiCaprio: 45 million
6. Bruce Willis: 41 million
7. Ben Stiller: 40 million
8. Nicolas Cage: 38 million
9. Will Ferrell: 31 million
10. Adam Sandler: 30 million
Top-earning women in music:
1. Madonna: 70 million
2. Barbra Streisand: 50 million
3. Celine Dion: 45 million
4. Shakira: 38 million
5. Beyonce: 27 million
6. Gwen Steffani: 26 million
7. Christina Aquilera: 20 million
8. Faith Hill: 19 million
9. Dixie Chicks: 18 million
Source: www.forbes.com
Well, yg surprising itu list best paid actors. I thought names such as Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, and Keanu Reaves will appear on the list. Nyatanya tdk. Mala actors yg gak disangka2 such as Will Ferrell and Ben Stiller mala ada. Hehe. Kayaknya seringnya muncul di infotainment gak jaminan dibayar mahal. Hehe.
Kalo top-earning women in music emang cukup "predictable". Nama Madonna, Shakira, Celine Dion, dll emang uda cukup familiar.
1. Will Smith: 80 million
2. Johny Depp: 72 million
3. Eddie Murphy: 55 million
4. Mike Myers: 55 million
5. Leonardo DiCaprio: 45 million
6. Bruce Willis: 41 million
7. Ben Stiller: 40 million
8. Nicolas Cage: 38 million
9. Will Ferrell: 31 million
10. Adam Sandler: 30 million
Top-earning women in music:
1. Madonna: 70 million
2. Barbra Streisand: 50 million
3. Celine Dion: 45 million
4. Shakira: 38 million
5. Beyonce: 27 million
6. Gwen Steffani: 26 million
7. Christina Aquilera: 20 million
8. Faith Hill: 19 million
9. Dixie Chicks: 18 million
Source: www.forbes.com
Well, yg surprising itu list best paid actors. I thought names such as Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, and Keanu Reaves will appear on the list. Nyatanya tdk. Mala actors yg gak disangka2 such as Will Ferrell and Ben Stiller mala ada. Hehe. Kayaknya seringnya muncul di infotainment gak jaminan dibayar mahal. Hehe.
Kalo top-earning women in music emang cukup "predictable". Nama Madonna, Shakira, Celine Dion, dll emang uda cukup familiar.
Unexpected
Apa yg unexpected? Blakangan ini aku chatting, di telp, bahkan ketemu ama teman2 yg tak disangka2. Hehe.
Knp tak disangka?
1. krn kenalnya gitu2 aja. gak deket. gak main bareng.
2. krn uda lama bgt gak contact
Tp ya gak papa. It's real nice to hear from unexpected friends. Yah... Mungkin emang sdh seharusnya we preserve our friendship.
Ada pepatah "keep your friends close but keep your enemies even closer." Ada benernya jg sih. Gak ada salanya kita baik ama semua org krn kita gak akan tau sapa yg kita butuhkan ke depannya nanti.
Why should we keep enemies even closer? Well, dr sudut pandang aku ada 2 alasan.
1. supaya bs merubah musuh jadi teman. Bukannya lebi baik punya teman drpd musuh?
2. supaya musuhnya gak sadar kalo dy uda dimusuin lalu tusuk dr blakang. HAHAHAHA! (kejam mode: on)
Sala satu temanku perna blg, kalo dlm dunia bisnis, yg mana musu dan yg mana teman itu gak ketauan. Makanya kita gak bole percaya sapa2 di dlm dunia bisnis. Well, sounds really "pesimistic" to me. Menurut aku, dr bbrp kasus di dunia bisnis (Enron misalnya) jahat itu bkn strategi yg bs sustainable in the long term. Jadi sebenernya jahat jg gak ada untungnya kok.
Intinya, tetep punya business ethics. Dunia ini gak cm hitam dan putih. Kita bs kok jadi manusia abu2. Gak harus jahat dan gak harus baik jg. Apa gunanya logika kalo gak dipake? Realistis aja.
Knp tak disangka?
1. krn kenalnya gitu2 aja. gak deket. gak main bareng.
2. krn uda lama bgt gak contact
Tp ya gak papa. It's real nice to hear from unexpected friends. Yah... Mungkin emang sdh seharusnya we preserve our friendship.
Ada pepatah "keep your friends close but keep your enemies even closer." Ada benernya jg sih. Gak ada salanya kita baik ama semua org krn kita gak akan tau sapa yg kita butuhkan ke depannya nanti.
Why should we keep enemies even closer? Well, dr sudut pandang aku ada 2 alasan.
1. supaya bs merubah musuh jadi teman. Bukannya lebi baik punya teman drpd musuh?
2. supaya musuhnya gak sadar kalo dy uda dimusuin lalu tusuk dr blakang. HAHAHAHA! (kejam mode: on)
Sala satu temanku perna blg, kalo dlm dunia bisnis, yg mana musu dan yg mana teman itu gak ketauan. Makanya kita gak bole percaya sapa2 di dlm dunia bisnis. Well, sounds really "pesimistic" to me. Menurut aku, dr bbrp kasus di dunia bisnis (Enron misalnya) jahat itu bkn strategi yg bs sustainable in the long term. Jadi sebenernya jahat jg gak ada untungnya kok.
Intinya, tetep punya business ethics. Dunia ini gak cm hitam dan putih. Kita bs kok jadi manusia abu2. Gak harus jahat dan gak harus baik jg. Apa gunanya logika kalo gak dipake? Realistis aja.
Monday, August 4, 2008
Business Communication Presentation
Haduh... Setela stress dg presentasi buat kls Business Communication akhirnya presentasinya slesai jg. Tp sayangnya, stress-nya masi blm slesai.
Sebenernya aku gak gitu suka ama yg namanya presentasi because it involves public speaking. Tp yah, nasib lah. Kayaknya jaman skrg skul di mana aja pasti ada public speakingnya. Gak di Amerika doang.
What made the presentation worse was: it is a group presentation. Aku jg gak gitu suka kerja klompok krn kita ada tendency utk "menggantungkan" nilai kita sama org lain. Trus, biar namanya kerja klompok, tp tetep aja, tiap org ada partnya masing2 jd "produk" dr kerja klompok itu gak 100% spt yg kita mau. Blm lg kalo misalnya klompoknya gak bs diandalkan. Haduh!
That's pretty much what happened to me. Pertama se-group ama org Vietnam yg tiba2 di tenga semester nge-drop kls. Well, the good news was, I got new memberS. Cm masalanya member2 ini ada tendency utk procrastinate.
Yah... Mungkin sala aku jg. Gak byk omong di klompok dan aku cenderung individualis. Motto aku: "Bodo amatlah. Yg penting part gw beres". Cm mo gmn lg. Malas jg lah berdebat ama mrk. Mrk jg kayaknya lebi concern ama part masing2.
Glad the presentation is over. Skrg yg hrs dipikirin: gmn nih NILAI-nya??!!
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Sebenernya aku gak gitu suka ama yg namanya presentasi because it involves public speaking. Tp yah, nasib lah. Kayaknya jaman skrg skul di mana aja pasti ada public speakingnya. Gak di Amerika doang.
What made the presentation worse was: it is a group presentation. Aku jg gak gitu suka kerja klompok krn kita ada tendency utk "menggantungkan" nilai kita sama org lain. Trus, biar namanya kerja klompok, tp tetep aja, tiap org ada partnya masing2 jd "produk" dr kerja klompok itu gak 100% spt yg kita mau. Blm lg kalo misalnya klompoknya gak bs diandalkan. Haduh!
That's pretty much what happened to me. Pertama se-group ama org Vietnam yg tiba2 di tenga semester nge-drop kls. Well, the good news was, I got new memberS. Cm masalanya member2 ini ada tendency utk procrastinate.
Yah... Mungkin sala aku jg. Gak byk omong di klompok dan aku cenderung individualis. Motto aku: "Bodo amatlah. Yg penting part gw beres". Cm mo gmn lg. Malas jg lah berdebat ama mrk. Mrk jg kayaknya lebi concern ama part masing2.
Glad the presentation is over. Skrg yg hrs dipikirin: gmn nih NILAI-nya??!!
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