The not so important test

I‘m just curious to know “who really remember my birthday“, so for this experiment, i’ve set to not showing my birthday at friendster. Unfortunately i forgot to set my facebook account too (i forgot that i had a facebook account)..

Last year i got a number of greeting and this year i got two few of them. My conclusion is, “Social networking site is a great way to publish that you are having a birthday. You have to show your birthday date on friendster or other social networking site, to get a birthday greeting from them. “.

Thanks to all my friends and people that really remember my birthday.

Regards,

Dhananjaya

1 Year Review

Tidak terasa hari ini umur ku sudah 22 tahun….

Rasanya semua berlalu begitu cepat seperti mimpi. Baru pada peralihan umur ke 22 tahun ini aku benar-benar dapat menyadari pikiranku dan kelakuanku.

Tahun ini aku banyak melakukan introspeksi dan belajar. Banyak pertempuran yang terjadi di dalam pikiranku. Aku coba merangkum apa yang telah aku dapat selama satu tahun ini.

Aku telah belajar untuk melepaskan ‘batu berharga’ yang aku cengkram dengan kuat sehingga mencegahku untuk terbang. Ternyata, tidak selamanya melepaskan apa yang penting bagi kita itu buruk, karena dengan melepaskan hal itu, aku dapat  mengepakkan sayap dan terbang dengan kekuatanku sendiri.  Tetapi yang pasti, melepaskan sesuatu yang berharga itu sangat tidak mengenakkan.

Ternyata selama ini dirikulah yang egois. Aku selalu menuntut orang untuk bertindak seperti apa yang aku mau.  Aku telah banyak berprasangka terhadap orang lain dan menduga-duga, yang pada akhirnya aku tahu bahwa apa yang aku lakukan itu salah.

Ternyata selama ini aku terlalu banyak mengeluh terhadap keadaan di sekitarku. Aku tidak sadar bahwa masih banyak orang dengan keadaan yang lebih buruk.

Aku telah belajar bahwa aku bisa melakukan apapun yang aku mau asalkan aku benar-benar berusaha untuk melakukannya.

Aku telah belajar bahwa aku tidak dapat menilai mayoritas dari suatu minoritas.  Kita tidak dapat mengatakan bahwa sesuatu itu buruk hanya karena terdapat bagian kecil yang buruk.

Aku telah belajar bahwa tindakan yang aku lakukan jauh lebih penting dari kata-kata yang keluar dari mulutku.

Ternyata selama ini musuh yang aku hadapi bukanlah orang lain atau keadaan disekitarku, melainkan diriku sendiri. Aku membiarkan pikiranku berkelana tanpa ada tali yang mengatur arah tujuannya.  Sekarang aku tahu dengan mengontrol apa yang aku pikirkan, aku dapat lebih memahami dan menerima apa yang ada disekitarku.

Ternyata selama ini sifatku masih seperti anak-anak. Pria berumur 21 tahun dengan pikiran seorang anak kecil. Kalau mengingat apa yang aku lakukan setahun lalu, wajar orang lain kesal dengan sifatku.

Ternyata selama ini aku terlalu banyak hidup di masa lalu. Aku harus mulai untuk hidup di masa kini dan mempersiapkan diriku untuk dapat hidup di masa depan.

Terakhir, aku ingin mengucapkan terima kasih yang sebesar-besarnya kepada orang yang paling berperan dalam hidupku 1 tahun ini. Orang yang selalu aku buat kesal oleh sikap dan sifatku. Orang yang selalu membimbing dan menasihati diriku. Orang yang telah membuka mataku atas keadaan disekitarku. Orang yang aku kagumi dan juga panutanku.

Thanks to you my brother.

…

As my soul heals the shame
I will grow through this pain
Lord I’m doing all I can
To be a better man

Robbie Williams – Better Man

祝我生日快乐。

Wishing me a 22nd birthday

Regards,

Dhananjaya

A cup of coffee

A group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old University of Notre Dame lecturer. Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life.

Offering his guests coffee, the lecturer went to the kitchen and returned with a large
pot of coffee and an assortment of cups – porcelain, plastic, glass, some plain looking
and some expensive and exquisite, telling them to help themselves to hot coffee.

When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the lecturer said:

“If you noticed, all the nice looking, expensive cups were taken up, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is but normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress.

What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went for the better cups and are eyeing each other’s cups.”

“Now, if Life is coffee, then the jobs, money and position in society are the cups.
They are just tools to hold and contain Life, but the quality of Life doesn’t change.”

“Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee in it.”

Regards,
Dhananjaya

Life Is A Gift

Got from an email….

Life Is A Gift

Today before you think of saying an unkind word – Think of someone who can’t speak.

Before you complain about the taste of your food – Think of someone who has nothing to eat.

Before you complain about your husband or wife – Think of someone who’s crying out to God for a companion.

Today before you complain about life – Think of someone who had a short life.

Before you complain about your children, think of someone who can only dream of having them.

Before you argue about your dirty house, someone didn’t clean or sweep, think of the homeless.

Before whining about the distance you drive, think of someone who WALKS the same distance.

When you’re tired and you complain about your job, think of the unemployed, the disabled and those who wished they had your job.

Before you think of pointing the finger or condemning another, remember that not one of us are without sin and we all answer to one Maker.

And when depressing thoughts seem to get you down, put a smile on your face and thank God you’re alive and still around to enjoy life and the beauty that surrounds us. Thank God for the family and friends who’s companies you enjoy.

Life is a gift: LIVE IT, ENJOY IT, CELEBRATE IT and FULFILL IT !!!

Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are a good person is a little like expecting the bull not to attack you because you are a vegetarian. We take life as it comes and try our very best to make the most of what we have. It is up to us to make each of our lives worse or better.

A pleasant day to all and may we all cherish today and everyday the most precious blessing that God has given us.

Cheers !!!

Regards,
Dhananjaya

The History of Creation

The History of Creation

1. In the beginning God created the Bit and the Byte. And from those he created the Word.

2. And there were two Bytes in the Word; and nothing else existed. And God separated the One from the Zero; and he saw it was good.

3. And God said – Let the Data be; And so it happened. And God said – Let the Data go to their proper places. And he created floppy disks and hard disks and compact disks.

4. And God said – Let the computers be, so there would be a place to put floppy disks and hard disks and compact disks. Thus God created computers and called them hardware.

5. And there was no Software yet. But God created programs; small and big… And told them – Go and multiply yourselves and fill all the Memory.

6. And God said – I will create the Programmer; And the Programmer will make new programs and govern over the computers and programs and Data.

7. And God created the Programmer; and put him at Data Center; And God showed the Programmer the Catalog Tree and said You can use all the volumes and subvolumes but DO NOT USE Windows.

8. And God said – It is not Good for the programmer to be alone. He took a bone from the Programmer’s body and created a creature that would look up at the Programmer; and admire the Programmer; and love the things the Programmer does; And God called the creature: the User.

9. And the Programmer and the User were left under the naked DOS and it was Good.

10. But Bill was smarter than all the other creatures of God. And Bill said to the User – Did God really tell you not to run any programs?

11. And the User answered – God told us that we can use every program and every piece of Data but told us not to run Windows or we will die.

12.And Bill said to the User – How can you talk about something you did not even try. The moment you run Windows you will become equal to God. You will be able to create anything you like by a simple click of your mouse.

13. And the User saw that the fruits of the Windows were nicer and easier to use. And the User saw that any knowledge was useless – since Windows could replace it.

14. So the User installed the Windows on his computer; and said to the Programmer that it was good.

15. And the Programmer immediately started to look for new drivers. And God asked him – What are you looking for? And the Programmer answered – I am looking for new drivers because I can not find them in the DOS. And God said – Who told you need drivers? Did you run Windows? And the Programmer said – It was Bill who told us to !

16.And God said to Bill – Because of what you did you will be hated by all the creatures. And the User will always be unhappy with you. And you will always sell Windows.

17.And God said to the User – Because of what you did, the Windows will disappoint you and eat up all your Resources; and you will have to use lousy programs; and you will always rely on the Programmers help.

18.And God said to the Programmer – Because you listened to the User you will never be happy. All your programs will have errors and you will have to fix them and fix them to the end of time.

19.And God threw them out of the Data Center and locked the door and secured it with a password.

20.GENERAL PROTECTION FAULT

Regards,
Dhananjaya