Such A Fool!!

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!
What the hell they want me to do??!!!!!!!!!!!
Damn!!
Huh!

Napa sih rata" tiap org yg udah dekat samaku malah memanfaatkan diriku??
Kesallllllllllllllllll!!!
Dari dulu sampe skrg tetep aja masih susah utk blg TIDAK.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!
Ngga tau lagi aku harus gimana.
Udahlah.
Cuma Tuhan dan diriku yg bs menolongku.
Hmmmph.


Huff!

Come Back!

Hoaaaaaahhhhhhhhmmmmmm...
Hha!
Udah lama banget aku ngga post blog ya.
Ckckckckck.
Habis, udah pada ada FB, twitter, plurk, etc. yg bs update status.
:D
Lagian, aku jg ngga niat" amat buat post blog.
Hhehehe...

Hmm..
Seiring berjalannya waktu kesibukanku pun bertambah.
Wakakakakaka.
Liburanku diisi dengan Semester Pendek a.k.a SP.
Huff!
Ni untuk perbaikan nilaiku yg caur".
Aku berharap bgt bisa lulus SP.
Minimal bs dapat B, kalo bs pn dapat A.
:D
Ya...satu"nya cara cuma BELAJAR.
Smoga aku bs belajar sungguh".
Padahal temen SMAku mau datang.
Smoga aja dgn kedatangannya aku tetap bs belajar sungguh".
:]

May Day

The History of May Day

May Day is the 1st day in May, regardless of what day of the week it falls on. But unlike April 1st, which has to do with tricks, May 1st has to do with the celebration of Springtime, and is an ancient pagan holiday going back to the time of the Celts. May Day's origin is purely pagan. The Celts observed a festival called "Beltane" by the lighting of bonfires to honor their sun god and welcome back Spring again.

But, the Celts weren't the only ones who were glad winter was over with. The Romans celebrated, "Floralia" (Festival of Flowers) for 6 days at the end of April and the beginning of May. Many of the customs of May Day today, originate from the Roman celebrations and Greek such as gathering flowers and weaving them into wreaths or head garlands.

Many European communities started celebrating Spring by decorating their homes with the first-blooming flowers and selecting a Queen of the May and then dancing around what is known today as the May Pole (see below for more details).

The custom was to have women first wash their faces in the early morning with the dew on May 1. They believed that by doing this, it would improve their complexions and bring them eternal youthfulness. Throughout the Middle Ages, into the Renaissance and even into the 19th Century, May Day was widely observed throughout Europe and America. But...

The Puritans were an exception to the rule. They persecuted anyone who participated in May Day celebrations claiming it was a heathen custom, and preferred their children spend the day reading the bible.

Although May Day began to welcome in Spring, it later gained political significance in some countries. May Day is celebrated in America, Europe (especially England) and in some areas that were once the former Soviet Union. Socialists in 1889 decided to make May Day their Labor Day and renamed it, turning it into a day to honor the working man.

Countries whose governments are socialistic or communistic still celebrate May 1 with speeches, and displays of their military strength. The May Day parade in Moscow's Red Square is one of the better known examples of this. However, since the Soviet Union has dissolved, it's been somewhat toned down.

Since the United States has Labor Day in September, it keeps May Day as a day to celebrate Spring, young love, and romance. But ironically, May 1st marks the anniversary of the 1886 Chicago labor rally that resulted in the Haymarket Riot and the subsequent of the labor anarchy movement.

May Day is not a national holiday in the United States. But, the state of Hawaii does observe it as Lei Day by exchanging the traditional Hawaiian flower necklaces as symbols of good luck and friendship.

Symbols of May Day

Flowers

Since May Day symbolizes spring, it's only logical that flowers which start to bloom in spring are it's main symbol. Garlands of flowers were an important part of the English May Day ceremonies that it was often renamed Garland Day.

The custom of "bringing in the May" meant to go out in the field (or woods) early in the morning on May 1st and return with baskets full of flowers. Sometimes these flowers would be strung together in long chains. A common activity today is for children to make what is called "daisy chains" in the springtime as soon as they bloom, although not just on May 1.

Another custom was to tie just one single blossom to the end of a long wand. Sometimes the flowers made a crown for the May Queen. In Greece, wild flowers are still gathered and woven into May Day wreaths, which are then hung to dry until June 23, which is known as St. John's Eve and burned in the midsummer bonfires.

Up until the end of the 19th century, the "May Birchers" in England would go from house to house on May Day Eve and decorate the doors with boughs of trees or flowers to signify their opinion of the person(s) inside that home. In some areas, the plants were chosen becuse they rhymed with the word describing the person.

For example: "Fair of Face = Pear bough on door.
"Glum Person" = Plum branches

Needless to say, this custom upset so many people that it was discontinued.

Jack in the Green

Jack in the Green is a leaf-covered figure in England and part of May Day celebrations. He usually was a young chimney sweep hidden inside a 6-10 foot high wicker framework made of hoops and covered in holly and ivy. (Ouch! For those that do not know how prickly holly leaves are.) This leafy figure danced as the head of a parade of chimney sweeps that went through the village singing songs and collecting pennies.

Jack in the Green is believed to be a relic of ancient European tree worship (see our Celtic horoscopes page). The Gypsies of Romania and Translyvania still observe their Green George Festival on April 23. To them, Green George is a tree spirit represented by a local boy dressed up in branches, leaves and flowers. Humans dressed up as trees are considered to be an example of May Day's pagan origins.

May Baskets

In 19th century United States, the custom of hanging small baskets filled with flowers became popular. It is still done in some communities throughout the US today and not just for May Day. Many towns have an organization that voluntarily goes and puts flower baskets in various parts of public areas of their towns. In other cases, the flower baskets are not real, but are made of woven strips of colored paper decorated with lace-paper doilies and ribbons. They're filled with flowers, candy and sometimes a short poem with the name of the person for whom they are intended. The custom is to hang the basket on the person's front door, ring the bell and then dash away before the door is opened. This is a lot like a surprise Valentine or Halloween trick-or-treating in a way. In Iowa, it is the custom children to leave May Baskets on the doors of those they have crushes on because flowers symbolize love, fertility and the arrival of spring.

May Dolls

As mentioned previously, the Romans had their flower celebration to their goddess of flowers, Flora. They spent the first day of the month gathering flowers as offerings to this goddess. Sometimes, rather than wreaths or garlands, Roman children made small images of Flora instead, decorating it with flowers. After Christianity got introduced into Rome, the church tried to replace some of these pagan May Day customs. Thus, the May Dolls soon resembled the Virgin Mary.

May Pole

The most well-known symbol of May Day is the maypole. They go back to the pagan custom in which trees (birth or fir normally) were brought into the village square through a solemn parade. Later, in the 16th and 17th centuries many towns in England erected permanent poles that were left to stand for the rest of the year and decorated only on May Day. The shaft was often painted with stripes and the flower doll was fastened on the top. A tuft of greenery of some sort was left on the end of the pole as a reminder that it was a symbol of the newly awakened spirit of fertility and vegetation.

Colorful ribbons (or streamers) were then hung from the pole and people would dance around it holding the ends of the streamers in such a way that they were woven into a pattern as the dancers progressed. Today the Maypole dance is often performed by traditional English Morris dancers (not just common folks) who wear hats decorated with ribbons and flowers and streamers on their wrists and elbows. They also have bells strapped to their calves and hold white handerchiefs and clack wooden sticks. The bells and sticks in pagan times were used to frighten evil spirits and the dancers high leaps were believed to encourage the crops to grow tall.

Remember I said in America the Puritans hated May Day? They did not like this idea of dancing around the Maypole at all because they interpreted it as a phallic symbol and the dance as a lusty, pagan fertility ritual that had no place in their civilized world. So they tried to stomp out the custom, but to no avail 100%.

Queen of the May

Maia, the ancient Roman goddess of growth and Spring, plus Flora their goddess of flowers are both the symbols for the Queen of May ceremony of May Day. The Queen is usually picked from the girls of the town (how depends on each town) and is often accompanied by a May King. Some even have a May court also.

Villagers then dressed up as shepherds, jesters, chimney sweeps, Morris dancers and a Jack of the Green also. For the most part, today the May King is gone. But many schools in London, still chose a May Queen.

In the United States, all attempts to make May Day a Christian holiday pointed it int he direction of Mary, the mother of Jesus. So, in many places today in the U.S., where May Day is celebrated with the crowing of a May Queen, there is often a parade that leads to the local church where the Queen then places a crown (or her the crown on her head?) of flowers on the statue of Mary.

April Fools' Day (part 2)

Hello er'body !
Happy April Fools' Day !
:D

I wanna tell you my story that happens in our special day, April Fools' Day .
Enjoy it, feel it, and taste it !
:D

[1]
Ternyata hari ini ngga seperti yang aku bayangkan .
Di April Fools' Day (lebih dikenal dengan April Mop di Indonesia) ini, ak berhasil membohongi teman"ku .
Tp, ngga ada satu orang pun yang membohongi atau mengerjaiku .
:(
Padahal aku berharap banget ada yg ngerjai aku .
:D
Sungguh aneh tapi nyata .
Hmmphhh .

Sebenarnya, td pagi (waktu mau berangkat kuliah dan setelah kelas berakhir) aku sempat lupa kalo hari ini April Mop .
Aku baru ingat setelah sampai di as3 .
Maka dari itu, aku mulai send sms ke beberapa orang termasuk adekku .
Awalnya aku berpikir kalo dia pasti mengingat April Mop ini .
Tp tak disangka dia lupa .
Hhahahahahahahaha .
Dan itu cukup menghibur diriku karena td aku lg sendiri di kamar sambil mengerjakan feedback praktikum .
Itu membuatku semakin semangat untuk ngerjai teman"ku .
Isi smsnya :
" ... (nama adek & teman"ku) !!
Ternyata si X (read : gebetanku) jg suka sama aku .
Kata anak *** dia mau nembak aku setelah UTS .
Tepatnya tgl ** Apr > ultah "B" .
:)) "

Listnya :
- Anggi
- Iin
- Dita
- Tassja
- Stevany

Dari 5 orang tsb. , yang tidak percaya dengan smsku adalah Stevany .
Hha !!
4 orang laennya bener" memberi ucapan selamat yang luar biasa banget .
Ada yang sampe senyum" sendiri wktu bc sms dariku, ada yg senang bgt, bahkan ada yg sampe shock BANGET begitu bc sms dariku .
Hhahahahahahahahaha .
Lucunya .
Sampe" tak terasa air mataku pun terjatuh .
Bukan nangis ya, tp karena saking lucunya balasan sms dari mereka .
Bener" menghiburku di saat yg tepat .
Saat aku sendiri, bosan, n bener" butuh hiburan .
Yaitu TAWA .
:D


[2]
Siang harinya aku udah ngga sendiri lagi .
Yipeeeee !!
Akhirnya .
Akhirnya datang juga .
Temen" lt. 4 as3 .
Ada Lucky, Friska, n Monica (yang ngaku" dirinya mirip Aura Kasih . Ternyata, dia dpt pengakuan jg dari org" di sekitarnya . Hha !!) .
Ceritanya berawal dari Monic yg lg browsing FB dan PhotoFunia td siang .
Dia lagi ngedit foto untuk FBnya .
Saat dia memilih salah satu effect, dia langsung mengedit tanpa preview effectnya lebih dulu .
Hasilnya . . .
Tadaaaaaaaaaaaaaa .
Size mukanya kegedean dan rada" gelap .
Hhahahahahahahaha .
Dan effectnya engga banget .
Aku, Lucky, n Friska tertawa terbahak-bahak .
Bener" mengocok perut, dh !
Caur .
:D


[3]
Sorenya, ak n Monic kuliah .
Dasar Teknik Komputer & Pemrograman alias DasKom .
Seperti biasa, aku bosen banget sama MK ini .
Sangat disayangkan aku lupa membawa headset .
Untung aja aku ngga ngantuk .
:D


[4]
TP praktikum pun menunggu untuk diselesaikan .
Deadlinenya hari Jumat, sh .
Tp aku mau bereskan semuanya dalam malam ini jg .
Smoga .
:)

April Fool's Day

Today is April Fool's Day .
This is a little explanation about April Fool's Day .
Check this out !

There are several explanations for the origin of April Fools' Day, but here is the most plausible one. April 1st was once New Year's Day in France. In 1582, Pope Gregory declared the adoption of his Gregorian calendar to replace the Julian calendar and New Year's Day was officially changed to January 1st. It took awhile for everyone in France to hear the news of this major change and others obstinately refused to accept the new calendar, so a lot of people continued to celebrate New Year's Day on the first of April – earning them the name April fools. The April fools were subjected to ridicule and practical jokes and the tradition was born. The butts of these pranks were first called poisson d'avril or April fish because a young naive fish is easily caught. A common practice was to hook a paper fish on the back of someone as a joke. This evolved over time and a custom of prank-playing continues on the first day of April.

Maybe I'll post my story later .
Hope I've great story today, on April Fool's Day .
I hope . . .
:)

"Selamat !!" (dapat tugas tambahan) :,(

...
Wuih !
Hari ini adalah hari yang bakal bener" melelahkan .
Jelas aja . .
Udah ak dapat tugas tambahan, ad quiz DasKom, plus lagi praktikum Probabilitas & Statistika a.k.a ProbStat .
Fiuhhhhh . . .
Capek, deeehhhhhhhh . . .
Habis, mau gimana lagi ?
Enjoy aja lha dengan semua ini .
Harus senyam-senyum dalam menghadapinya .
Hha !!
Over bgt, dah !

Sebenarnya, obat yang paling ampuh buatku hanya satu .
Bertemu dengannya dung !
Apalagi melihat senyumannya .
:D

Duh, biasa aja kale ya .
Koq ak jd gini ??
Aarrgghhhhhhh . . . .
Just don't wanna think about it again !

Huuuhhh . . .
Mau tidur, ah .
Udah berat banget ni mata .
Kudu disuruh istirahat, nih .
Nanti malam harus berhadapan dengan PC lagi slama 3 jam .
:(

Cao !!

Rasa yang Masih Tersimpan di dalam Hati yang Terluka

Hoahmmmmmmm
Ngantuk bener, dah !
Padahal tugas RL blum slesai .
Duh, gimana ni y ?
Tidur dulu atau ngerjain dulu ?
Kayaknya bagusan tidur dulu, deh .

Tapi sebelumnya, aku mau cerita sedikit tentang Si VIRUS .
Hha !!


Menurutku, dia itu uda jadian sama tu cewe .
Awalnya sih, aku agak ragu untuk menyimpulkan kyk gitu .
Tapi setelah aku lihat dgn mata kepalaku sendiri, aku yakin 100% kalo mereka uda jadian .
Masa tiap kali aku ketemu sama dia, dia pasti slalu sama ntu cewe .
Pertama, waktu aku makan siang, aku lihat dia ngantar ntu cewe ke tempat kost si cewe .
Kedua, waktu aku mau ngeprint tugas ke warnet di malam hari, mereka berdua (mungkin) dari tempat kost si cewe .
Ketiga, waktu aku mau makan siang di kantin, aku lihat dia sama cewe ntu .
Hmmpphhhhhh
Usai sudah perasaanku ini .
Untuk apa lagi aku memikirkannya ??
Mungkin dia menganggapku ngga lebih dari teman .
Aku udah berpikiran terlalu jauh .
Tapi pikiran itu ngga akan muncul kalo aja dia ngga ngasih harapan kosong ke aku !!
Extra perhatian, gt !
Males bgt kalo mengingat yg dulu dulu !

Tapi emang ngga segampang itu buat lupain dia .
Secara, cewe lebih memakai PERASAAN, sedangkan cowo lebih memakai LOGIKA .
Makanya, dengan gampangnya dia buat aku sakit hati seperti ini .
Karena dia ngga pernah memikirkan perasaanku yg sangat sakit ini .





*
. . .
Betapa hancurnya
hati dan jiwaku
. . .
(Sheila on 7 - Betapa)

Boring Valentine's Day

Huuuh . . . . .

Di Hari Valentine ini, aku bosen n ngga semangat banget .
Smua temanku pada pergi .
Ditambah lagi sendirian d kamar astri ini .
Bete banget dah !!!

Napa sh ?
Ni harus aku alami . . . ???

Hmmmpphh . . .

Udah Si VIRUS punya gebetan .
Jangan" bukan gebetan lg, tp udah pacar . . .
Napa sh dia setega itu samaku ??
Emang bener yg dibilang tmanku .
Dia suka mempermainkan cewe .
!!!!
Awalnya ngasih harapan, habis itu DIBUANG kaya SAMPAH !!!!!!!!!!!!


BETE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BETE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
KESAL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Gimana sh cara ngelupain dia ??
Gmana ???
Ngga segampang itu ngelupain orang yg aku sayang .
Masalahnya, baru kali ini aku sayang sama cowo .
Ntah knapa aku SALAH sayang sama cowo .
:'(

Aku cuma bisa berharap, suatu saat dia nyadar dan ngga pernah buat cewe merasa diberi harapan sama dia .
Jelas banget dy itu udah buat ak ge-er bukan main !!
Dasar VIRUS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Padahal, aku mengira kau itu gebetan aku yg paling mengerti aku .
Tp nyatanya apa ???!!!
Itu yg kau kasih ke aku ??
Udh sekian lama kita berteman, sampe" kau EXTRA PERHATIAN sama aku !!!!
Maksudmu sebenarnya apa ??

Kau cuma bisa buat air mataku jatuh SIA-SIA .

Malangnya, kau cowo I yg bisa buat aku MENANGIS !

:'(


JERK !!!!!!!!!!!!!

........................................
Uda masuk kuliah lagi, neehhhh .
Smoga aj bs enjoy dengan MK n dosennya .
Hhahahahahahahahaha . . .

Hmmph . . .
UAS tinggal 2 mata kuliah lagi .
Deg-degan banget nh nunggu IP .
Smog j dpt IP 3 .
Hha !!
Ngarep . . .


Ntr lg ak pulang k rumah t'cinta . . .
Cihuy !!!!