The PDR incident

On Friday was the day of PDR launching in my school. First of all, I'll explain what it is. PDR (Plan-Do-Review) is a program to make a project in 1 term. They have 6 choises from every subject and the topic changes every term, so we need to pick them carefully or else we'll regret it. I myself, regret the subject I chose on my 3rd term. I chose science, which is to make a script for a talkshow about infectious or non-infectious diseases. I regret picking this, because I realized that Math or Bahasa Indonesia would be better. I was lured into the trap of not to make a report/essay in this PDR (the science teacher said that the script will be the report, so we don't have to make anything else).
This term, I had problems on what I should pick. The teacher in my class said that maybe he will not work in this school next year, so we decided to make a memory of it using his PDR (English). When I heard the topic, I said to myself, "This isn't my thing, if I do it I'll so regret it until i graduate, I have my own memories of you guys, so don't mean to sound rude but, I don't want to join this thing". At first, a couple of my friends thought that it's silly, or unsreasonable. But, because the kids that has power in the 6-7 grade (or as I say now the kings, the others are just like the numbers in cards) said, "The ones who doesn't want to join this PDR, raise your hand now!". Well, this is unreasonable, because the launching's not until this afternoon! So, with some doubts, I didn't raise my hand.
At last, the PDR launching we've been waiting for (for ages! since last week!). I find the Science and Bahasa Indonesia interesting. Science is to make a scrap book about the universe. Astronomy! My favorite subject! This enters the top 3 in the PDR topic I will choose. Bahasa Indonesia is also interesting, it's blogging. Well, you'll think it's boring, because i do it every week in this blog. But I never had a chance to blog anything in Bahasa Indonesia, so I think that this will be fun. Again, in my top 3 list. Math is also good, but it requires reading and finding something mathematical in that book, and I'm not really in the mood for reading.
Think-think-think.... I had trouble picking this, because the rest of my class is joining English to make the memory of themselves in this class. If I join another PDR, I'll be the only one in my class (out of 24 people) that joins another PDR. Think.. Think... Then I remember a phrase I heard somewhere, stand up for what you believe in. I believe that if I join this PDR, I won't like it, always say want to quit, or even regret this very much. 2 of my friends think the same, Danya and Rivi. They said that the English PDR wasn't their thing, so they're thinking of joining other PDR. They're afraid of being the only people who joins other PDR and for their friend to get mad at them because they weren't together. I said to them, "Syallow and Kara isn't with me, and Kara also said that she joined English not because she really wants to. if your friend is a real friend, than she would understand what you pick. You have the rights to pick, so don't get people to influence you this way."
Finally, we 3 (me, Danya and Rivi) joined Bahasa Indonesia together, and we're proud to be true to ourselves, because we didn't lie to ourselves saying that "I want to join the English PDR". We have said, "I want to join other PDR because the English is not our thing".
As a result, 1 of Danya's and Rivi's friend is mad at them for not picking english and not being together as a friend. Well, in my opinion, the ones who said this is because they don't want to be alone, not as a friend. So to all of you reading this, it's important to not lie to yourself, or someday you may regret it. This is a decision that I may not forget for about half a year or much longer. You may think it's silly, but to me it's dificult to choose, because of the pressure and reasons, but finally, I think that I did a good thing for myself.

Surprsing things

What I thought today to be a bad day, turns out to be a bit of a happy-dance-good-time.
In the morning, my throat hurts, my mom even gave a few medicine (it's called troches ). Then yesterday, I didn't watch Katekyo Hitman Reborn (An anime I just liked, haha). I owe myself 2 episode today. i also have tuition today (Bimbingan belajar, or as we say bimbel). And today's P.E is wrestling, I'm not even in the shape for that. So, I just went with the flow of the school, some how it managed to be a good day.

It all started at P.E. Wrestling... Just great... But at least we did handball too. When it's time for me to wrestle, I wrestled Kara and Simca, 2 strong people i tell you, always lose to them. but what'dya know?!?! i ended up 1st place! Kara 3rd, and Marsya 2nd. Didn't expect that coming though.

The second one was at bimbel. We had a try-out or a simulation for the UAN, and the students were eager to know the highest score in math (cause the one teaching now is the math teacher). The teacher said it was 9, something-something. They all wanted to know who it is, and she said it was in my class. They all wanted to know also the one who got it. And what'dya know?!?! (Don't mean to brag but) it was me! I'm so happy! I just got 1 question wrong because I dunno how to count it.

So, the thought of a bad day to me turned out to be a little happy-dance-good-time day. I look forward to more happy-dance-good-times, because lately, I have less TT_TT...

P.S: Once again, thank you for reading my blog! You dunno how much I appreciate it because I'm just a 12-year-old kid, inexperienced with blogging. Thank you so much!

First Trial~ "Igiari!"

Yesterday, what I thought to be just a joke turned out to be my first trial with my friends.

So, yesterday, our teacher said that we must read, it's a new program at school called DEAR (Drop Everything and Read) (I don't even know where that came from). So, Zata read 'A Series of Unfortunate Events' (me too). And the others... I forgot. Anyway, when (almost) everyone went outside to get their things from that locker, Zata's book was just lying around there, and well... I was a person who likes to take stuff without anyone noticing, but then give it back to play a joke, but this time, it turned out to be something more. I grabbed the book and put the book in my locker.

Zata realized that her book disappeared and searched for it. I usually let the person guess first, but I then know I did a BIG mistake. Nitia saw me 'clearly' when I took the book and brought it outside. Zata then ask me questions, but I only replied, "Find it first". She got suspicious with me and said, "Okay! We're doing a trial now!". And so, Zata and Nitia became the prosecutor, and kara was my defense attorney. But first, they said that they're going to investigate.

When they investigateted, I was ready to wipe the evidence, but another I made another mistake. So, Nitia and Zata saw the inside of my locker and they didn't see the book. Nitia asks Zata to check everyone's locker, and surprise-surprise, it was in Kara's locker. How did it get there? They still don't know. And atlast, when school ends, the trial starts.

I started my testimony: "So, when Zata's book was took, I read and went to my locker to get my book. And then Zata saw me and we went to class together." Nitia then said that I was lying, because she said that I took the book, but I told her that she has no prove at all.

Zata then asks me to do another testimony: "OK, I saw the book, right there on the table. And you saw the book was in Kara's locker, how could you suspect me?! Anyway, I went outside the class to take my notebook and pencil case, just that."

They asked me a few more questions, but they need a witness, so Nitia and Marsya was called. But Marsya went home because she was picked up by her mom. So it leaves Nitia to be questioned. She said she saw me taking the book and went outside the class.

After a bit more questioning, more testimony, and 'objections!'...

Obviously, I lost, because there was not much evidence to prove my innocence and Kara helped me in this thing too, but still, there was no evidence that proves it. So Zata said that she'll have 1 more day to think. The next day, she hasn't found the evidence, and I said that the evidence was in Marsya and what she saw herself. And then she said that yesterday was fun, so she asked me to do something like that again, but with a different victim...

Wanna know how I did the crime? So here' the story:

I took Zata's book and covered it with my book, which is 'A Series of Unfortunate Events' also, and covered it again with my jacket. I went outside and put it my locker. Zata almost saw the book, but I quickly closed my locker. She then realized that she lost her book and wanted to find out who took it. She said that she'll do an investigation, but Nitia told Zata that I took her book, so I quickly came to Kara and asked her to lend me her locker key while Zata and Nitia was talking about what Nitia saw. I went outside and took the book from my locker and moved it Kara's locker, but I was out of ideas on where to hide it, so I hid it in a spot where people could find it / see it. When I went back, I pretended that I took my pencil case and gave Kara her locker key back. She and Masrya asked me what was going on, and I told them the story, and Kara agreed to help me with this, because well, it's a joke and Zata was looking like she was having fun. After that, they took a look at my locker and found nothing, but when they checked Kara's locker, well... you know what happens next.

The evidence was Marsya herself, and Zata. Why? Because Marsya knows it and she can't lie, because she'll be the witness and somehow Zata/Nitia will find out. And, because Zata took a glimpse of her book in my locker, so obciously it was me who took it.

It was fun doing that, and Zata asked me to challange her in more trials, so when I went home, I thought about another small thing that I can do, and I'm doing it today, and they still haven't found out yet. I'll post about the next case!

Trauma Center Under the Knife~ The End

After about a year playing Trauma Center Under the Knife with Kara's DS lite, I finally finished the game with a relaxed body and a fast hand (On April 1, 2008).
Why did it took me so long to finish?
Because first of all, I only have a limited amount of time to operate, because I operate after school and sometimes I have equestrian lesson. I was stuck in a couple of operations too:

• Under the Knife (Kyriaki) (5 patients) (Just because the time limit is 10 minutes and my hand's not that fast, but I had trouble handling the vitals)
  
• Infection (Paraskevi) (Cybil Myers) (Many bad words had been said when operating on this GUILT)
  
• Last sin (Savato) (Last sinner) (Last level, because of the vitals and I dunno if the little spiders will become one with the core if we finish a certain procedure to excise/remove it, and I dodn't used the healing touch on the right time. So I need to redo it MANY times)
• And anything with Triti on it (I hate Triti SO MUCH!)

Playing Trauma Center made me realize the value of human life (actually that's what the trailer said, "What is the value of human life?". And it teaches me that speed is not only what it takes to save the patient, we also need accuracy, perfection, and be careful when doing it. Plus, don't give up and try again (works for Triti, Savato, and Paraskevi for me).

Finishing Trauma Center makes me want a Nintendo DS Lite or Nintendo Wii even more! Because that's in Kara's DS, not in mine, so I want my own file with my own acchievement.

Thank you Atlus! For a great work. And Katsura Hashino for the original plot and idea, Shoji Meguro for the great music in Wii and DS, and all the other crew! (you can see it in here)

Trauma Center is one of the best games I ever played!