Taken from DetikHot
by Amelia Ayu Kinanti – DetikHot

Jakarta Pembatasan pemakaian internet pada anak-anak dan remaja memang cukup beralasan. Sebuah penelitian menunjukkan, bahwa pemakaian internet dapat membuat remaja lebih agresif.

Peneliti dari Universitas Kedokteran Taiwan menemukan indikasi kecanduan internet pada 9.400 remaja Taiwan. Untuk itu mereka mencoba meneliti efek dari kecanduan tersebut.

Dari hasil penelitian yang dikutip detikhot dari Reuters Health, Selasa (24/2/2009), para remaja yang melewatkan aktivitas sehari-hari dan menggantinya dengan bermain internet memiliki kecenderungan untuk menjadi lebih agresif, moody, lebih sensitif, serta memiliki harga diri yang tinggi.

Uniknya menurut Dr. Chih-Hung Ko sang peneliti, tidak semua aktivitas di internet dapat menimbulkan agresifitas. Para remaja yang memakai internet untuk browsing dan membuat tugas biasanya tak memiliki peubahan apapun.

Namun ketika remaja tersebut memakai internet untuk main game atau menonton video porno maka efek agresif akan muncul. Lebih lanjut Dr. Chih-Hung Ko juga menjelaskan bahwa kegiatan-kegiatan tadi dapat memancing emosi dan mendorong remaja tersebut untuk melepaskannya.

Jadi bagi para orang tua, ada baiknya untuk memperhatikan kegiatan anak Anda, terutama saat menggunakan internet.

Well, since the post I quote is Indonesian so I should speak Indonesian too =p

Gw bilang seh, ga cuman remaja yang jadi lebih aggresif, sensitif, moody maupun harga diri yang tinggi. Gw bisa bilang karena … well, sudah pernah melihat yang demikian dan sebagai pengguna internet sendiri gw juga merasakan hal yang hampir sama dan untungnya gw nyadar! haha! Yah, gw juga ga bisa bilang klo gw lebih sensitif ataw lebih aggresif tapi setidaknya I know about it and I’m fighting against it!

Dan memungut salah satu frase dari post yang gw post barusan, menggunakan internet untuk browsing dan membuat tugas seh menurut gw bikin orang tambah jadi nerd / geek. Sementara untuk keperluan laen seperti MMORPG, menonton video porno, ataw bahkan komunitas online seperti forum / Facebook bisa membuat orang lebih sensitif dan agresif karena cenderung “berkomunikasi” dengan komputer, well … via komputer dalam dunia maya.

Jadi…yeah, keseringan beraktifitas dalam dunia maya bisa berdampak positif maupun negatif jadi berhati-hatilah

Again, it’s been a long time since I write anything about me, is it?
And again, there’s a lot of tale to tell but maybe it’s an ego to say that it’s not concerning any of you… I tend not to drag anyone into my problem but is it a problem? Or a gift? Regardless, I happen to know that many of you want to know how I am faring these days. So I’m here to satisfy those in needs (haha!)
So yeah, anyway…. Let’s recap what’s been happening past …3 months? I’ve finished my university life on somewhere in September , and I plan to go straight to work but unfortunately, there has been a economical crisis on all around the world including Singapore, my destination. Indeed, it would be best to go straight to Singapore, stay there and find job at the same time but my family doesn’t support my stay in Singapore due to the financial problem.
So here I am, staying on Medan where my parent stays as well. I plan to work on Medan or somewhere near for quite some time to get some experience so I can level up and beat monsters…Uh, no…I mean so I can get a better reference in the future.
Hmm, what’s the most interesting story to tell? Uhm, I guess it’s about my “stupid” faith? I have a tendency to send just one CV to one company, wait if the company gives response or not, if not, then move on to the next company. Some may call it stupid but I guess my heart just doesn’t allow me to do it. I know God will reward those who are loyal, and yeah… I *almost* got the job on second try, thanks to Tony Piter, one of my friend in my amazing cell group!
So far, I have two interview. The first one was quite unexpected, it was a phone interview from Jakarta by Mr.Gary (or Gerry) who asks me questions about some networking stuffs then the company asks me to go through second interview next week. The interviewer this time is Mr.Darmin, the head of Medan PT.Panin Sekuritas. He asks me a lot of question about mostly anything.
After series of questions, he then ask me “Are you ready to be placed on Pekanbaru?”. I need time to think so I request one week to think about it, not more than 4 days, I’ve made my decision that I’m ready to put on Pekanbaru due to some reasons which is:
1. The company gonna train me for 2 – 3 months (They’re gonna train me about Cisco which will boost my CV in the future)
2. The company will take care of my transportation, utilities charges and accommodation both while training and on Pekanbaru.
3. PT.Panin Sekuritas is quite a large company in Australia and Indonesia, so I reckon I will get a boost on my CV in the future.
4. I’m always interested in new places, which excite me and are challenge to me at the same time!

Well, the final interview is tomorrow, so I need the best of luck tomorrow! Pray a lot and pray for me, guys!

EDIT: I have been interviewed for the third time and it looks like I will be accepted but still waiting for any news.

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Well, to start of..again, I’m sorry for not updating my blog. I’m not much of a blogger you see =p
Let me review of what happened on my past daily life. I finished off my FYP and everything’s over. I thought everything finally done and I can rest all I want, play all I want but looks like I’m wrong. The end of college life is the beginning of work life and will the work life ends? Not a chance! Looks like this is the start of my ‘real’ independence journey that I have been dream so long ago. A life when I finally have a chance to work my ass off and get paid to buy something I want (not needs) and will finally not dependent on parents anymore.

But did everything went as smooth as silk? Nope, like everybody says…the start of something big is always a burden but I know it’s worth it. So many had happened and I learn a lot. Shortcut always leads to hell and a life that is on God’s expectation.

I will not describe the details how those things ever cross my mind but I can tell you a bit more about them.
Shortcut always leads to hell. See, ANY shortcut always leads to something miserable. Now do not be confused by shortcut and efficiency. Though they both have the same goal, they do not share the same method to archive the goal. Be careful on the decision that you will make on the future. Think about what is the outcome, how it will affect other people and the method you use.

A life that is on God’s expectation.
These days, I have to admit that I didn’t ask for God’s acceptance or anything, I just did what other people expect me to do and I always do my best to meet their expectation but anything that didn’t include God in it means trouble and I mean it! When I do not meet other people’s expectation, they disappoint in me and I disappoint in myself but actually God is sad up there for not includes Him in my plan and my activity. Alright alright, this is not a very good testimony but believe me, put God in everything you do and God will bless it!
God bless you!

See you on my next blog~
Adios amigos!

Hey there… I haven’t update my blog lately, haven’t I? It’s not that nothing happened in my life, it’s just that I’m too lazy to update it but recently my friends urge me to write new entry so here I am, writing my journey from the last blog until today. So many has happened and today I feel like converting all my thoughts into writings.

Let’s see, I have finished my FYP which is a total horror on 2nd of September and finished my Final Presentation on some time 3 weeks ago. I have to admit, those days are total nightmare but thank God that I can overcome those obstacles and of course, thanks to my friends and families who supported me! I really appreciate it! After my last presentation, I have no more stuffs that I have to do.. That means my freedom and my happiness. I began to dive into parties like farewell party with Linda and the others (we went to Genting), then my friend from Palembang came and I accompany her throughout Singapore and Malaysia then I have my own farewell party on Green Box, and some more parties that I can’t remember. To cut the story short, I’m enjoying myself for a whole month!

And… the sadness begins, I began to lose myself …

I forgot how to serve others, I tend to put myself in the first spot…

I forgot my obligation, I always bring myself to have fun…

My time with God has decreased immensely, I no longer read bible on my spare time…

I’m losing myself…

I’m going back to Indonesia and say goodbye to Malaysia on 22th of September 2008 and I haven’t really pack my stuffs then on early of November, I’m going to another trip to Jakarta and my last destination is Singapore where I’m going to stay there and looks for job for my future to come. Series of unfortunate events come charging at me, my graphic card went boom (That means no games for me, only DOS games and web games); because of that, my mood has tremendously drop and I tend to make others mad/sad/stress because of me… Come to think of it, I think I’m blaming my graphic card for the mistakes I have made…

That’s why I’m going to make a decision today which is to retreat from the world to build myself all over again. I’m going to recover my scattered pieces of so-called-pure heart (Don’t really know what to call it =p ) and began to close or even better to throw away all my ego and proscatination part of me.

I guess that ends my rants, huh? Thanks for reading, anyhow~

Osh! 68 days left to doomsday and 102 days left to my freedom! It’s been 2 weeks since my summer holiday in Redang Island and almost a month since my semester break and I’ve done nothing at all (Well, just a bit…) and now I’m writing this blog now as a warning to myself and self motivation. Time to get my lazy engine start! I have so many things to do but actually I don’t know where to start. Well, let’s just do anything that I can right now.

Yosh! To all my classmates and all level 3 students in final semester! Let’s do our best!

Put your music player on shuffle. Press forward for each question. Use the song title as the answer to the question. Post on your blog.

Will I get far in life?
Called & Chosen – For Future Generations

How do my friends see me?
I Hate Sally – Iron Fist

Where will I get married?
Lobo – I’d love you to want me

What is my best friend’s theme song?
Ric Segreto – It’s your smile

What is the story of my life?
Mary J Blige – Family Affair

What was high school like?
Diana Rosa – Tonight I celebrate my love for you

How can I get ahead in life?
Ash – Girl From Mars

What is the best thing about me?
Natalie Imbruglia – Torn

How is today going to be?
Samantha Sang ft. Barry Gib – Emotion

What is in store for this weekend?
Crash Test Dummies – Mmm mmm mmm

What song describes my parents?
Shanice – Loving you (Both of you! )

My grandparents?
Air Supply – Goodbye (Hiks… )

How is my life going?
Michael Bolton – Said I love you but I lied (Bohong!!)

What song will they play at my funeral?
KISS – I wanna rock and roll all night (Loh!?!?)

How does the world see me?
Bangles – Eternal Flames (Whee…keren)

Will I have a happy life?
Three Degress – When will I see you

What do my friends really think of me?
Christ De Burgh – Lady In Red (I’m not a lady T_T )

Do people secretly lust after me?
Emma Bunton – Maybe (Hmm~)

How can I make myself happy?
Dan Byrd – Boulevard

What should I do with my life?
Reel Big Fish – Take on me

Will I ever have children?
Anastacia – Love is a crime

What is some good advice?
Rico J – Together Forever

What is my signature dancing song?
D’Massiv – Diam Tanpa Kata

What do I think my current theme song is?
D’Massiv – Merindukanmu

What does everyone else think my current theme song is?
R Kelly – I believe i can fly

What type of men/women do you like?
Faith No More – Easy (What!?!?)

What did you think of this meme?
Chris Tomlin – King of Glory

That’s it! I think I just reach my limit! Almost everything I did doesn’t meet its requirements. Time to think of something I have to do and I can do, I guess I’m just pushing my luck to practice and trying again my other skill. Can’t keep up with all of those anymore, so many things to do and I don’t have time to practice on every single thing that I want to do.

Ah sorry for the short post, dunno what to say anymore =p

Okay, so if you have read my previous blog journal about the life of jack of all trades then you would know what kind of mess I’ve gotten myself into. So the brief story is that I don’t know what my purpose in life. Sure, I know what is my purpose now which is to study and get a job later but in overall? What can I do later? Because I lack in all skills; remember that I believe I have a lot of skills but never good at it?

Well, Thanks to my friend Supianto who give preach to us last Friday. Now I know what it means in my life. These are the most important principles to uncover the secret:

1. What you can do
2. What you want to do
3. What you should do

There are a lot of times when these thoughts cross your mind, whether you realize it or not. I always thought about what I can do and what I want to do but I never really think what I should do. That one filled the hole in my mind. So okay, you might say that you know you want to do and you know what you can do because you know what you are and you know yourself better than anyone else but how do you know what you should do?

Simple enough, there are a lot of times when situations and conditions needs your presence and skill and that particular condition is what you should do. For example, I am currently a student so what I should do is concentrating on my study! But what about the other skill that I have? What should I do with them? Other skills that you have are to support what you are supposed to do right now.

There are also a lot of times that you might jump from one expertise to other and you are confused right now because you have so many skills and not mastering any of them? Do not fear, just make sure you are doing your best at what you are supposed to do. Notice that those principles that I mentioned earlier are connected to each other? Ah, the wonder of life.

Ok, so what the heck is Jack-of-all-trades? It is a term used to call a person who is competent with many skills but never good at those. I think you may call me Jack-of-all-trades since I know that I can do so many things like drawing, singing, writing a poem, swimming, martial art, well… you name it but I never master none of them. Yeah, I can draw well but I can’t draw like those people you see in the museum or an anime artist. You think Jack-of-all-trades is cool? No, it’s not! Sure, I can fit in in any kind of situation but I never specialized in one of them. It may be kind of ego, image if an swimmer got jealous of some swimmer who is better than him? Then what will happen if a multi-talent person got to see different kind of people who is better than that fella?

I’m thinking of specializing in some kind of area, but don’t know what is it. Well, maybe I will be focusing on database administrator since that is the job that I’m aiming in the future but that means I’ll have to reduce time taken by my other hobbies!
It’s such a pain if you have so many interests… The funny thing is, my friend tried to explain things in game term.

Let’s say you’re a character in a game with strength of 5, agility of 5, and stamina of 5. Balanced? Yeah… But what if you get a fight with a character with agility of 2, stamina of 2 and strength of 9? you will surely lose coz not enough power to overcome and so does the other attribute. You’ll always be in the middle of nowhere.. The life of Jack-of-all-trades are sad I tell you.