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just watched the movie

it was GREAT, i love the artworks, amazing!!!
i don’t hate the sound
didn’t quite understand the story background, coz i haven’t played the game, and the story really relates to the end of Final Fantasy VII playstation game
and the gay-looking men are almost impossible to accept :/
overall, i will see it more than twice *v*

Blogcritics.org: Movie Review: Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children

just created a DeviantART account here

IDE (ATAPI)/ USB 2.0 Adapter (IDE to USB cable) works for CD drive (DVD/ CD-RW)
i took out Lite-On CD Writer from beast-kun (old pc IBM Desktop 233Mhz), and use it as external cd writer for mith (laptop Toshiba Satellite 233Mhz)
so now i can burn leeched files off the tiny laptop hdd (mwahahaha)
i also got a new usb hub 4 ports for mith
(now the laptop has stuffs and wires attached to it and make it seems immobile…)

i tried to put 16MB VGA card to beast-kun, but it turned out the slot is AGP… and beast doesn’t have AGP slot (seriously, the guy said it’s PCI, so don’t blame me, i’m hardware illiterate)
oh well, if possible, next month i’ll get another card (and make sure it uses PCI slot)
my neighbors thought i’m a computer technician… (when they saw me strugling to put AGP VGA card into PCI & ISA slots (LOL))
another time one of them thought the laptop is some kind of TV…
reminds me of someone in DeviantArt who thought i’m a pro at Photoshop coz he read that i rotated an image in Photoshop..
anyway

last weekend i visited the college that i’ve been ignoring for the past 2 years ever since i passed the last semester exam, and some old friends who’re still hanging out around the school
(why would anyone like to hang out around the school? i just don’t get it)
some things have changed naturally, and i was expecting to see some changes
the head of my faculty was absent, so i talked to another faculty’s head (excuse the grammar), he told me i should pay for a year (2 semesters) of leave when i didn’t show up at school and start up another graduation project all over again as soon as possible… deadline is on August. splendid.

suddenly ant

Devil’s Garden on Wikipedia
on National Geographic
Ants Use Acid to Make “Gardens” in Amazon
on LiveScience.com
Scientists Discover the ‘Evil Spirits’ in Devil’s Gardens
on World-Science.net
Ants, not evil spirits, create devil’s gardens in the Amazon rainforest

with such a small hdd space i’ve got, i need to be wise in chosing applications.
I’ve been using Photoshop as my main image editor, and it’s been a while i haven’t had the need to use ImageReady. In earlier Photoshop, i can just chose to skip ImageReady installation, but later on, they came in an unseparable bundle, this became a problem :/
Ah there’s a possible solution
MSFN Forums > Adobe Photoshop CS2 Lite Version

continuing my obsession of Nodame, i revived my livejournal account for the sake of downloading the ripped version of Nodame Selection CD Book.

Track list:
1. Ｌｕｄｗｉｎｇ　ｖａｎ　Ｂｅｅｔｈｏｖｅｎ：Ｐｉａｎｏ　Ｓｏｎａｔａ　Ｎｏ．８　ｉｎ　ｃ　ｍｉｎｏｒ　Ｏｐ．１３　“Ｐａｔｈｅｔｉｑｕｅ”－２．Ａｄａｇｉｏ　Ｃａｎｔａｂｉｌｅ
2. Ｓｅｒｇｅｙ－Ｒａｋｈｍａｎｉｎｏｖ：Ｐｉａｎｏ　Ｃｏｎｃｅｒｔｏ　Ｎｏ．２　ｉｎ　ｃ　ｍｉｎｏｒ，Ｏｐ．１８－１．Ｍｏｄｅｒａｔｏ（ｅｘｃｅｐｔ）
3. Ｇｅｏｒｇｅ　Ｇｅｒｓｈｗｉｎ：Ｒｈａｐｓｏｄｙ　ｉｎ　Ｂｌｕｅ（ｅｘｃｅｒｐｔ）
4. Ｆｒａｎｚ　Ｌｉｓｚｔ：Ｅｒｓｔｅｒ　Ｍｅｐｈｉｓｔｏ－Ｗａｌｚｅｒ　“Ｄｅｒ　Ｔａｎｚ　ｉｎ　ｄｅｒ　Ｄｏｒｆｓｃｈｅｎｋｅ” (dance in the village inn)
5. Ｗｏｌｆｇａｎｇ　Ａｍａｄｅｕｓ　Ｍｏｚａｒｔ：Ｏｂｏｅ　Ｃｏｎｃｅｒｔｏ　ｉｎ　Ｃ　ｍａｊｏｒ，Ｋ．３１４／２８５ｄ－１．　Ａｌｌｅｇｒｏ　ａｐｅｒｔｏ
6. Ｃｌａｕｄｅ　Ｄｅｂｕｓｓｙ：Ｌ’Ｉｓｌｅ　ｊｏｙｅｕｓｅ (island of joy)
7. Ｍａｕｒｉｃｅ　Ｒａｖｅｌ：Ｐａｖａｎｅ　ｐｏｕｒ　ｕｎｅ　ｉｎｆａｎｔｅ　ｄｅｆｕｎｔｅ (pavane for a dead princess)
8. Ｒｉｃｈａｒｄ　Ｓｔｒａｕｓｓ：　“Ｔｉｌｌ　Ｅｕｌｅｎｓｐｉｅｇｅｌｓ　ｌｕｓｔｉｇｅ　Ｓｔｒｅｉｃｈｅ” (till Eulenspiegels’s merry pranks) Ｏｐ．２８（ｅｘｃｅｒｐｔ）
9. Ｌｕｄｗｉｎｇ　ｖａｎ　Ｂｅｅｔｈｏｖｅｎ：Ｓｙｍｐｏｈｏｎｙ　Ｎｏ．７　ｉｎ　Ａ　ｍａｊｏｒ，Ｏｐ．９２－１．Ｐｏｃｏ　ｓｏｓｔｅｎｕｔｏ－Ｖｉｖａｃｅ
10. Ｄａｉｓａｋｕ　Ｅｂｉｈａｒａ：Ｒｏｎｄｏ　Ｔｏｃｃａｔａ

so far, my fave is the Rachmaninov piano concerto no.2 ^^
and what do you know, Rashn loves him! and in fact, she’s a total classical freak! surprise surprise

btw here’s a link to a list of some songs featured in Nodame:
nodame tag - Last.fm

ever since i read Nodame Cantabile, i get kinda obsessed with classical music
therefore, i decided to watch a piano concert next Friday
it’s sponsored by The Japan Foundation in Jakarta, makes it free

Piano Concert: Wigharda P. Adhisakti

i wonder if he’s as cool as Nodame’s Shinichi Chiaki…

add1:
it was a nice show, wigardha is a good performer

ah there’s also French Festival in Jakarta this month
check out the agenda in CCF website

i wish to watch the orchestra performance
Chamber Music Series presents EUROPEAN CAMERATA a vibrant young chamber orchestra exploring Indonesia

add2 (14/05/06):

“Piano Duo Latifah & Charlotte”
Menampilkan musik dari berbagai zaman yang khusus diciptakan untuk empat tangan : a.l. Mozart, Schubert, Brahms, Ravel
Tgl. 16/05/2006 - Jam. 19:30 s/d 21:30 @ Erasmus Huis, Jl. HR. Rasuna Said Kav. S-3 Jakarta
Informasi : 021-5241069 | Dresscode : Bebas | Harga : Gratis

“KONSER GITAR”
Menampilkan : - Benny M. Tanto, Mathius Ali, Kurniawan, Putri Sasha dkk
Program : Eine Kleine Nachtmusik - WA. Mozart, La vie breve - M. Falla, Trois Saudade - R. Dyen, Danza Espanola No. 5 - Granados, Etude No. 11 - Villa - Lobos, English Suite No. 3- JS Bach
Tgl. 23/05/2006 - Jam. 20:00 @ Gedung Kesenian Jakarta Jl. Kesenian No. 1 Jakarta
Informasi : 021-3808283 | Harga : Rp. 50.000,- dan Rp. 40.000,-