“Best of…” CDs with a twist

L’Arc is going to release a member’s best selection that contains 4 audio CDs and 1 quiz CD about L’Arc. Considering that it has 5 CDs the price tag of less than 5000 yen seemed fair but it will be released on March where coincidentally I will be out of work since my boss has to go back to Japan. An addition to that they will also release Trans ASIA via PARIS live in Tokyo Dome DVD, it has two discs but I’m still wondering if there will be backstage shot or clips of other cities they’ve been to on they’re tour back on 2008. I guess I’m still hoping to see a much clearer glimpse of me and Ida when we attended the concert in Shanghai. This DVD will be on sale for around 7000 yen or so. Would like to have them both but I also gotta save up for they’re live in 2011 >_<.

On another note, I've just finished organizing most of my L'Arc song into my iPod. It was a whole lot of work since I wanted them to be perfectly organized. I had to rewrite some of the tags and I attached cover arts and Japanese lyrics to them. I'm lacking some stuff though, mainly some songs from Sony's infamous Labelgate CD. First thing tomorrow I'm gonna download the songs.

A whole brand new…

Hello earthlings,
It’s been a while since the last time I wrote anything here. Mainly it’s because I’m too ADD to write anything in the office and haven’t got the chance to write while I’m commuting. I’ve tried my hands on mobile blogging through my Sony Ericsson Z770i but as reality gives it, blogging through a non qwerty keyboard is literally painful.

So remember a few while back when technology hates me? It was when my beloved Sony NW-HD 5 Walkman (that I called L’Arc~m~An) and my ancient PDA died on the same day. For a few months I was devastated because I could only use my phone to listen music. It was dreary because it only fits a maximum 30 songs or so. I wasn’t about to buy a new flash memory because I was determined to save up for an iPod. And so I did ^^ iPod touch やっと買った.

Seeing that this smart little thing has it’s very own WordPress app, so I’m hoping to blog more with this thing. As long as long as there’s a wifi network I’ll update my blog ^^.

Happy New Year!

So it’s a start of the new decade and I hope everything will turn out for the better. I can’t believe it’s 10 years since the Y2K fear and all of that stuff. The last decade has been a roller coaster ride for me with wonderful ups and sickening downs. I’ve accomplished most of my dreams; seeing L’Arc in concert and going to Japan which is HUGE! I could never be thankful enough for that ^^

So now I’m starting the new year with a new approach. I’m giving a month worth of shot of living in a kost (rented room). Why a month? Well because I need a new atmosphere and the Jakarta – Bogor commute by train is getting tiresome. So, I’m staying at a place near my office. It’s a 10 minute walk from my office which is nice. I could save on transportation and get a nice walk in the morning. In addition of being in a safe and clean neighbourhood, those are the pluses of the place. The worst thing about it is that it doesn’t have air conditioning. But this is just something I want to try. Backing out now would be a waste of money seeing that I already paid for it in advance.

As far as resolutions are concerned I still have no idea -____-”. The clear thing is that I’m gonna save up to go to Japan in 2011. Maybe it should be as simple as: secure a new job after my boss leaves in March and try to be happy.

The day technology hates me.

So last Monday when I was riding the train as usual, I reached in to my bag and grabbed my Sony HD-NW5 walkman (or as I would like to call it L’Arc~m~An). Turned it on, waiting for the initialization (there are dots going round in circles shown on the screen at this process) and nothing. So I tried again, pushing the play button that I covered with a hyde sticker, it  initialized and it said “no database found” and I went “WTF”.

After I got to the office, I took out my office laptop from my bag, turned it on and plug in the charger in to the nearest power socket. But hey, guess what? I brought the wrong laptop charger -_____-” So I could not work at all that day, well I did use the laptop for a rough 30 minutes or so. Fucking hell.

So, I rummaged my drawer looking for my old PDA. It won’t turn on! So I thought the batteries must have died so I replaced them. Tried pushing the power button again and nothing happened. It died too. Basically, I had nothing to do that day but accessing the internet through my phone.

Technology hates me that day. But the next day I brought the right charger, and really didn’t mind about the PDA since it was manufactured in 2001, so its time on earth is way overdue. My biggest concern was and still is my L’Arc~m~An. I had this player since 2005 and I thought it was virtually indestructible since it had a shock protection thingy. I’m gonna get it to a service center in hopes that it can be fixed. If not I might have to buy a new mp3 player -___-” If that’s the case, I’ll save up to buy the 32gb or 64gb iPod touch.

food, movies, and On! Project this week.

Yesterday,  I was out from the office late because my boss needed to buy some racks for the laboratory so he asked me to help him buy it. It was for sure that I was going to miss the train. So I decided to call up my dad and have him pick me up. Before I was dismissed my boss treated me with a delicious dinner at Ootoya in Plaza Indonesia. He said that in Japan, Ootoya’s establishment isn’t as luxurious as it is in Jakarta. Ootoya is a chain store so they aren’t luxurious in Japan. But seeing that the Japanese prices are high (to this side and maybe the rest of the world) to begin with, so I can wonder why Ootoya shops in Jakarta are luxurious.

image via www.ootoya.com

I ate the Kihada Maguro no Tsukedon, which was delicious. I checked on the official home page that it was 522 kal -____-” If it was, that was a hefty dinner. But I don’t remember my bowl had the egg so the calories must be lower… Or so I hope. It was delicious the rice really atributes the taste. I love the sauce and the sesame. YUM!

My boss went home straight after dinner and I decided to catch a movie while my dad was still in a meeting. I decided to watch Surrogates starring Bruce Willis. I gotta be honest with you, the only thing that made me wanted to see this movie was to see Bruce Willis. Haven’t seen him in a movie since DIE HARD 4.0. The movie was so-so. It didn’t leave any impression on me. Because movies of the same type has been made before. I see it as a mix of the Matrix; I, Robot and Minority Report. It’s a been there done that movie -___-” But seeing Bruce Willis is a treat even though he doesn’t pop out very much.

So, this week is Japan Week and they are having Japan-related events through out this week. The finale will be a matsuri called the Jak-Japan Matsuri (I really believe they could have chosen a better name, but hey what ever rocks your boat ^^) at The National Monument. On! Project will be there as well by the way (link 1) (link 2) performing 2 songs. I’m really sorry for the lack of updates of both sites. Since my departure from this blog, all my will to write has been decreased to 140 characters or less. But anyway, it feels good to write again as I shed my addictiveness to facebook. I might need sometime to get rid of the need to tweet.

twitter is a killer.

I’m bored. Seriously bored. There was a time when I use to write a lot in this blog when I’m bored. Now between all of the social networks -dangling from facebook to twitter and back- I have forgotten pretty much how to write a comprehensive paragraph. Hey, this is the age of instant information, right? Seeing that anybody who doesn’t have a mobile blogging connectivity has to open up their notebooks, write something down, upload picture separately, THEN publish their blogs (if they are anything like me, they would be distracted by the WWW and get lost in the maze of social networking sites and downloads). Compared to twitter writing a long comprehensive blog is a hassle and a waste of time. With twitter when you do/think/see something you can access it from your mobile phone and text away the essentials in 140 characters or less. Pictures? You can instantly upload it to a photo share site dedicated for twitter twats. And there you have it,the epitome of information in its most instant fashion.

But gradually, I really want to return to the good all fashion blogging. One thing I’ve learned that things like twitter, facebook, and other social networking are addictive and I realized that most of the time I just pondering, obsessing back and forth just to check if there are new updates. It kills time and it kills creativity. So, let’s hear it, “I’m Rinintha and I’m an addict.”

Why I want and need a word-processor instead of a notebook?

Well first off, I already have a notebook, its a bit outdated (a toshiba satellite circa 2004/2005) and a bit bulky, I have no complaints about it. But unlike when I first have it in my college years, I’m not gonna carry it around because its hella heavy and in my current situation I don’t really see the need to carry a notebook everywhere I go. I really don’t need all of the notebook’s feature, I just need to write from it.

What happens if I’m tuned in to a notebook is that I get distracted of pictures, music and internet connections (when available). With this Pomera I can just write.

*pic via http://www.akihabaranews.com/

I use to have an AlphaSmart 2000 which is now ancient. I dug it up a few while ago. I got excited because it actually works. But when I try to hook it up to the PC it won’t send the file. I was so bummed. Maybe there was a problem with the wiring. I guess, until I have around 27,000 yen lying around, I have to figure out how to connect my AlphaSmart 2000 to the PC.

*pic via http://drwicked.com/

back from japan. finally an update

I just got back from Japan a few weeks ago. My boss gave me a ticket to Tokyo instead of a holiday bonus, which worked great for me because going to Japan was a life long dream for me (I had it since I was 7). At first, I was going back and forth on whether I should go or not, because it was the geographically correct but chronologically wrong. I had plans to go to Japan in 2011 not 2009. But I figured, that (1) maybe this would be my only chance to go there, (2) plus my boss supported me on getting the visa and I would be living in his apartment with his very kind family whom I already meet last year in Jakarta, (3) maybe if I went there already it will be easier for me to go there again.

Details on that trip will follow.

This is the meal I had on the plane to Tokyo:

And yes, it is as good as it looks. The steak was like one inch thick.

HYDE x HOUSE = a sign from god

I haven’t heard anything this shocking in a while. VAMPS’s song EVANESCENT will be used as HOUSE MD’s ending theme song for the first season in Japan. OMG OMG OMG!!! WHAT A GREAT COINCIDENCE XD

As a fan of HOUSE and a fan of HYDE, I am thrilled about this. But it does make me wonder. Did they just aired HOUSE there?

On! Project!!!

Getting to Depok was a struggle today. I missed the AC-ed economy train so I had to catch the regular economy train, which was a bit of a pain. But the journey was all worth the trouble since today’s performance was so great XD we also got to celebrate Mariska’s birthday and took over the stage for slicing her cake XD Tika’s debut performance was jaw-dropping XD we totally didn’t expect that coming from her XD and Hilda’s performance was also great but I personally thinks that she needs to express herself more XD

more info about On! Project could be found here.