25 June 2009

Rolemodel #5 : Mark Zuckerberg


Mark Zuckerberg
Every big thing came from the smallest


Name: Mark Zuckerberg
Date of birth: May 14, 1984
Age: 25
Country: United States
Occupation: Founder, CEO, and President of Facebook, Inc.

Pernah denger kata-kata “iseng-iseng berhadiah”? Kayaknya itu tepat banget untuk mendeskripsikan prestasi yang dipunya oleh Mark Zuckerberg. Kalian pasti tau dong, Facebook.com, situs jaringan sosial yang selalu dibuka setiap online, dan ‘nampang’ di bookmark browser kalian. Asal tau aja, situs ini awalnya cuma hasil iseng-iseng Mark sama temen-temen kuliahnya, Chris Hughes dan Dustin Moskovitz, yang pada saat itu kuliah di Harvard jurusan ilmu komputer. Situs ini di-launch bulan Februari 2004, hanya untuk kalangan anak-anak Harvard. Tapi lama kelamaan Facebook semakin populer terutama di kalangan kampus-kampus lain, seperti Yale, Cornell, Columbia, Dartmouth, dan Stanford. Di pertengahan tahun, Facebook udah bisa meraup ratusan ribu pengguna! How cool is that?

Dari situ, Mark memutuskan untuk lebih mengembangkan Facebook, dengan pindah ke California sama beberapa temannya (termasuk Dustin, sementara Chris masih lanjut kuliah), dan menyewa sebuah rumah kecil yang jadi ‘kantor’ mereka. Akhirnya Mark ketemu sama Peter Thiel, yang tertarik untuk memberikan investasi ke Facebook. Atas bantuan Peter, Mark berhasil membuat berbagai macam program atau platform di Facebook untuk menarik perhatian para pengunjung, pemasang iklan, juga developer lainnya. Hasilnya? Bisa kita lihat kalau Facebook.com sudah menjadi bagian dari hidup hampir semua warga di dunia yang pengen kontak-kontakan lagi sama teman lama, atau mungkin juga teman baru. Nggak cuma itu, berbagai macam bisnis, kampanye politik, dan bahkan syiar agama juga efektif dijalankan di Facebook. We do really thank Mark for these!

Mark's achivements
Jauh sebelum Facebook didirikan, Mark memang sudah dikenal sebagai jagonya program komputer. Bahkan Mark membantu ayahnya, yang seorang dokter gigi, untuk membuat program jaringan komunikasi antar pegawai yang simpel di kantornya. Perusahaan terkenal seperti Microsoft dan AOL sudah mencoba untuk merekrut Mark, tapi Mark lebih memilih kuliah di Harvard. Setelah kepopuleran Facebook, Mark masuk ke daftar bergengsi 400 Forbes List di tahun 2008 nomor 321, jadi orang termuda yang masuk ke daftar tersebut. Time Magazine juga menobatkannya sebagai salah satu finalis di 100 Most Influential People di tahun 2008 dalam kategori Scientists / Thinkers.

24 June 2009

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Strong in special effects, weak in storyline

Gue seneng banget akhirnya one of my most awaited summer movie has come! It's "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" baby! Gue bersyukur banget bisa nonton pas premiere, the earliest hours pula, hehe. Padahal antrinya udah kayak es cendol gitu. Big thanks to Lindut, temennya Nisa yang udah bersedia dititipin tiket. :)

So let's talk about the movie. Durasi filmnya panjang banget, dan emang bener kalo film ini menjanjikan full special effects yang explosive dan amazing. Robot-robot yang ada juga jauh lebih keliatan "emosi"-nya, dan lebih banyak porsi ceritanya. Shia LaBeouf, my favorite idol, always looks good as usual, and he's the center of attention. Tapi sayang, film ini belum bisa menutupi "kecacatan" film pertamanya, yaitu bagian storyline, jokes yang lebay dan gak pada tempatnya, dan akting yang pas-pasan.

Memang kita bakal disuguhi film full special effects selama 2,5 jam, tapi setelah gue pikir-pikir, itu justru "lebay" banget. Proporsi antara drama, alur cerita, dan special effects-nya gak seimbang banget. Hal ini bikin aktor-aktornya jadi gak "berguna", dan bahkan banyak dialog yang bener-bener gak penting. Josh Duhamel sama Tyrese Gybson were still awesome, mereka keliatan heroik banget! John Turturro juga menghibur, ekspresi wajahnya is just priceless. Yang gak penting banget justru dua aktris di film ini: Megan Fox & Isabel Lucas. Mungkin mereka bisa dianggap sebagai pemanis bagi para cowok, tapi gue yakin para kritikus pasti setuju sama gue bahwa mereka gak penting.

Overall, I give the movie a B. Why? Because I'm a science fiction movies fan, dan film ini bener-bener revolusioner kalo dilihat dari sisi special effects. But why is it only B? Because the storyline, the acting, and then the ending, which are actually the most "essential" things of a movie, justru gak diperlihatkan secara baik. Ternyata budget $200 juta bener-bener hanya untuk special effects ya... I think it's too bad. :)

I have a message for Michael Bay. I've watched "Pearl Harbour" thousand times, and I love it so much. The story, drama, acting, and special effects are great combinations! I think it's too bad if Mr. Bay spent too much budget just for a visualization pleasure, but forgot about the substantial stuff. I kinda hope that for the third "Transformers" movie Mr. Bay will do some revolutionary "twist", like Sam Raimi and Christopher Nolan did for "Spider-Man" and "Batman" (especially in "Spider-Man 2" and "The Dark Knight"). I do still trust him for the next movie, but just please pay more attention for the storyline. :)

XoXo

23 June 2009

Just For Fun: 5 Things

Okay, before I begin the countdown list, gue punya kuis lucu buat iseng-isengan... Hehehe...

5 things you love about life
Family
Friends
Love
Experience
Nature

5 famous people you’d love to meet
Shia LaBeouf
Keira Knightley
Oprah Winfrey
Angelina Jolie
Ricardo Kaka Leite

5 movies you love
Spider-Man 2
Schindler's List
300
Kramer vs. Kramer
Finding Neverland

5 professions you’d love to have
Web designer
Photographer
E! News correspondent
UNICEF Ambassador
Wonderful daughter :)

5 best authors
J.K. Rowling
Jane Austen
Stephenie Meyer
Sitta Karina
Raditya Dika

5 inspirations
My grandfather, Parwoto Wiryo Pranowo
Oprah Winfrey
Shia LaBeouf
Ricardo Kaka
Barack Obama

5 favourite stuff
Phone
DVD
Laptop
Digital camera
Sneakers

5 things you hate
Fake people
Fashion victims
Hypocrites
Over-narcists people
Liars!

5 favourite places
My house
My room
Campus, of course
Mall
Angkringan / burjo... Hahaha

5 girls/guys you are currently liking
There are too many of them! hahaha

5 things you wanna improve more about yourself
Learn how to cook!
Be more dilligent
Be a better daughter
Use the time very well
Be more assertive

5 things you would take to a deserted island
Family
Friends
Shia LaBeouf
My cats, esp. Blair, Paris, and Luna
My camera, phone, & laptop of course

5 place you wanna visit
Karimun Jawa
Lombok
Jerusalem
Paris
Los Angeles

5 things you really want
Personal car. Any car!
Canon EOS 400D
Palm Treo 500V
Success
Happiness

5 songs make you cry most
Vindicated (Dashboard Confessional)
Breakeven (The Script)
Whatever It Takes (Lifehouse)
Somewhere in Between (Lifehouse)
From Where You Are (Lifehouse)

5 impossible dreams
Marrying Shia LaBeouf. Hahaha.

5 dreams in the future
Get my dream job!!
Get married and have two or three kids
Travel around the world
Have my own children funding foundation
Interviewed on Oprah or be at the red carpet!

Countdown to the Most Handsome Rolemodel List!

Hi there my lovely friends,
Sembari menunggu upload foto-foto Shia LaBeouf di premiere Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen di Los Angeles tanggal 22 kemarin lewat FTP gue yang amat sangat lambreta bambang ini, gue pengen iseng-iseng nulis di blog, soalnya udah lama banget gak ke update. Hehehe, maaf ya my blog...

Dari kemarin gue suka iseng ngeliat daftar-daftar yang di-publish sama banyak majalah atau secara online. Dan dari situ pula gue jadi terinspirasi untuk bikin list versi gue sendiri, kali ini tentang 5 cowok yang paling gue kagumi (hahaha, I'm a damn straight girl and I love boys so much ;-p). Tapi kali ini bukan cuma cowok tampang cakep doang, tapi juga berprestasi dan "unik" dibandingin yang lain. These boys make me want to be a better, useful, and confident person, that each people was created uniquely, so we don't have to worry about the differences that we have.

Ready to be inspired? Here we go...

xoxo

Next Week: Goodbye For 2 Months

Ya ampun gak kerasa banget ya minggu depan gue udah berangkat KKN! Gile bener! That means I have to leave my house for 2 months, live in the not-quite-civilized place in Kulon Progo. Bahkan ujian gue belum selesai, dan gue sama sekali belum nyiapin perlengkapan yang harus dibawa buat di sana. Ke laut aja deh gue... Hahaha...

Gue juga lagi puyeng karena otomatis gue harus cari pengurus sementara buat my Shia LaBeouf fansite. Untung ada temen online gue, Caleb, bersedia ngebantuin. Thank you so much Caleb, reeeeeeeally appreciate it!

Hari ini gue ada ujian jam 2 siang, dan ujian itu super funky, because I just have to re-write the questions. How cool is that? Soalnya dari minggu lalu udah ada pengumuman kalo gue bebas ujian. Hihihi.

Alrite then, I have to finish my last paper. Have a great day!

xoxo

11 June 2009

What a Very Handsome Boy

Today is my idol, Shia LaBeouf's birthday, so I just want to say...

And then I found these super duper gorgeous new photos of him...

































What a very very handsome boy!! Aaarrrgghhhh!!!

04 June 2009

ASSignments,, Drag Me to Hell!

I have A LOT of assignments for these weeks. Very very sad. And of course in the next two weeks I'll be facing final exams. The situation is very hectic and I have no good sleep these days. But thank God tomorrow there will be an enlightment because I'm going to watch Drag Me to Hell! Yeahhh!

Another thing is that I really hate MTV for making Twilight won soooo big at this year's MTV Movie Awards. The show is just so sell-out, I hate it! I mean, how come that my boy Shia LaBeouf in Eagle Eye lost to Zac Efron in High School Musical 3?? HOW COME?!?! Do the viewers really have brain?? Hello?!? And The Dark Knight and Slumdog Millionaire lost to Twilight?? Really?? Angelina Jolie and Anne Hathaway lost to Kristen Stewart?? Oh my Goodness, BITE ME!!

Overall, I just love it that Robert Pattinson and Shia LaBeouf made it on stage together. They're just sooo cute, they're like my two best men in the world! Hahaha. I do really hope that one day they'll be co-stars, doing drama-indie movie like A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints, or some sci-fi-thriller full of handsome boys like The Covenant (in the better version of story of course!) or even just some trashy comedy movie like Euro Trip!! Hahaha. Lookin forward to see Shia and Robert in one screen together!! OMGGGG!!

Well, see you later people. I have to take a nap, I just slept for 2,5 hours today.
You know you love me.
xoxo

01 June 2009

I Just Made a Baby with Rob Pattinson

Yes, I must admit. I've done Rob Pattinson. And this is how our baby looks like.



What do you think about my little new baby Nate Archibald?
MakeMeBabies.com - What will your baby look like?


Hahahaha. Thanks to Mami Lyta for telling me about this cute site.

xoxo