]> http://greasy.com/raragoe/index.html raragoe's Blog en-us © 2008 Greasy.com All rights reserved. Sun, 12 Oct 2008 22:05:36 GMT 30 http://greasy.com/raragoe/story-part.html Click here to read the first part It was April before I saw her again. My friend Tiara was visiting when I noticed with surprise, that she was pouring tea. Then I became aware that the strong, short-fingered hands that was holding the teapot were not Tiara's. I looked up to meet the brown eyes of my supermarket woman. And then she looked back. I felt the corners of my mouth lift in the beginnings of a smile as she handed me my cup, after stirring the one block of sugar I dropped. And then ... Fri, 1 Aug 2008 19:52:11 GMT http://greasy.com/raragoe/well_then_case_.html Quick Post. We were having this big gathering dinner with my International Club friends.. they all brought their families. I brought my cousin, Judy, with me. You see, now, Judy is what people usually refer to as the "party-ruiner" or whatever, which left you wondering why I brought her with me in the first place. But I love her. She's taking her degree in Business in Australia, and she talks a lot. A hell lot. She just couldn't stand to say what she thinks-and for a lot of people it's a p ... Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:29:06 GMT http://greasy.com/raragoe/laugh-part_one.html When I was a little kid, I remember the first time I watched my grandpa play tennis, and he was great. That moment I decided I wanted to play too. So later that day, without him knowing, I went to his room and took his tennis racket. I felt nervous and excited! But what I didn't know is that the racket was too damn heavy for a four year-old. I'm sure many of you have been in the same position: when you really want to be great at something but you just can't. And believe me I've been there ... Thu, 12 Jun 2008 06:55:23 GMT http://greasy.com/raragoe/pigs_presidential_honors.html Yesterday my friends and I went to TMII (Taman Mini Indonesia Indah)-a National Park in Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia. I don't go to parks that often and haven't been to one in a long long time, so I didn't really know what we're supposed to do in a park. Then I decided to have fun in my own way. 1. I ran around and chased this guy and hugged him and didn't wanna let go. 2. I fed a giant pig. 3. I tried riding on the little baby pig. 4. I got tired and went to eat-like a pig. And when ... Sat, 7 Jun 2008 22:23:59 GMT http://greasy.com/raragoe/iced_coffee_global_warming.html Today I was walking around the town searching for coffee...God I love coffee! I walked up to a coffee shop located near this huge bookstore I like to go to and there was a huge sign in the window that read, "WE HAVE ICED COFFEE". This confused me. Shouldn't all coffee shops have iced coffee? Is there an ice shortage in the World that am unaware of? I know global warming is a real issue but has it already started to affect our coffee shops? So how's the coffee shops in America or wherever y ... Sat, 31 May 2008 22:08:39 GMT http://greasy.com/raragoe/bosnia.html I don't know where to start! These past few weeks have been wonderful for me.. I mean, I get to travel halfway across the world and meet many interesting people and make friends with them and get a silver medal in an international physics competition! Physics! And I'm not even that smart! On the first day I arrived in Istanbul with my teammates Tiara and Ecky, and our physics teacher Mr. Saidov. We spent the night at one of our teacher's house (In Indonesia I go to a Turkish school). The f ... Sun, 25 May 2008 16:49:24 GMT http://greasy.com/raragoe/silver_shines_too.html I guess silver isn`t bad at all! I`ll write more later. Thu, 15 May 2008 17:45:50 GMT http://greasy.com/raragoe/leaving_tomorrow.html Good evening, Greasers. I am leaving to Bosnia tomorrow for the project competition, and I should be very, very excited at the moment. But I am not. I have been to many competitions before, from English debate to Astronomy Olympiad. What I like from these events is that you can really see for yourself how well you are compared with others. I like to think of it as a way of finding who I really am and what I want to do. At the end of the day, winning or losing doesn't really matter. You get ... Mon, 5 May 2008 17:18:02 GMT http://greasy.com/raragoe/smart_stupid.html Hi! I haven't been around for a while, because I have been-and still am, busy! Am going to go to Bosnia-Herzegovina for the IYIPO (International Young Inventors Project Competition) next week, and I, along with my friend Tiara, will be presenting our Physics project (it's a digital tsunami detector) there. Today I just got the news that I pass the Astronomy Olympiad test, and for those who don't know, I was originally in the Biology team but the school administrator had mistakenly register ... Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:55:47 GMT http://greasy.com/raragoe/strange_little_things.html Strange Little Thing Number One: On cnn.com today there is a story about Iggy, a pet iguana who swallowed a toy iguana. The little boy that owns Iggy feed the toy iguana to him. The news is calling Iggy a "cannibal" but I don't blame Iggy- I blame his child owner who gave him the toy in the first place. Iggy survived thanks to a 24hour vet that removed the toy. (RIP Iggy and toy Iggy)! When I was a kid I had a hamster named Kotu. I rarely played with Kotu because he used to bite me. (I wou ... Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:19:25 GMT http://greasy.com/raragoe/procrastination.html Hi, I am Rara, and I am a procrastinator. I am not ashamed to admit it: I love to procrastinate. I think I have always been that way. I was probably born lazy. There's just something very enjoyable and satisfying about wasting time. Granted, I can also get great pleasure out of working hard and getting things done. Sometimes. But that’s beside the point. The point of this little blog post is to proclaim why I am such a big procrastinator, and in case you are not, perhaps I can convince y ... Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:58:24 GMT http://greasy.com/raragoe/idiots_mice.html I just posted my last article about a newcomer in the house eating our spaghetti and god knows what else, and since we're still on the same topic ie. mouse and I'm still on the same pissed-off mood, so here we go again. The news is, the Indonesian government has banned several websites (including MySpace and Youtube). Apparently they are trying to block the access to Fitna, a controversial short film that explores Quranic motivation for terrorism, Islamic Universalism, simply "Islam's blac ... Tue, 8 Apr 2008 16:08:59 GMT http://greasy.com/raragoe/catch_mouse.html There is a mouse in our house. A tiny little field mouse. It’s been there for a week, at least. That’s when I first saw it running across the living room. I tried to catch it by running after it, without much luck. Because really, how do you catch a mouse? A mouse is way too fast to just grab, and it’s way too cruel to just step on it. I decided I should just get some mousetraps, and because my housemate insisted, mouse-friendly mousetraps at that. Mouse-friendly mousetraps, for thos ... Tue, 8 Apr 2008 13:49:33 GMT http://greasy.com/raragoe/raining.html I just watched a commercial for Hyundai and it was highlighting their newest selling point: RAIN DETECTING WINDSHIELD WIPERS (I don't really know what it's called in English-is there a word/term for a rain detecting windshield wiper though?) Ummmm.... do we really need this? If you're driving and it's starts to rain and you can't tell- maybe you shouldn't be driving. Also, how hard is it to turn on your own wipers? Are people injuring themselves trying to switch the wipers on? I just don't ... Sun, 6 Apr 2008 16:23:21 GMT http://greasy.com/raragoe/clowns_evil.html Hi. It's been a while since I posted my last article and I miss writing. I got caught up with school work and the science olympiad (the selection was today-Thank God it's over!). And a wrong science olympiad at that: I had been studying Biology and my school administrator mistakenly registered me for Astronomy. Anyways. I hate hypocrites and ass-kissers. I so hate pretentious people doing overly nice things in hope of a returning favor. I honestly think they are creepy. Like clowns. Though ... Sat, 5 Apr 2008 10:32:04 GMT http://greasy.com/raragoe/short_post.html Okay this'll be quick. I just got back from my tennis practice-first time in two months. Today I ran 3 miles-which is really not bad after the accident (i usually do 6). And my coach told me that my serve is faster which is really weird because: 1. well, this is my first practice in two months, and 2. she usually prefers to mention (read: yell at) my stupid backhands. Oh-and I have money. Can't really remember the last time I did LOL I think I'm gonna buy a plane ticket. Going home for the ... Sun, 30 Mar 2008 12:40:58 GMT http://greasy.com/raragoe/grandpas_bookshelf.html I really miss my hometown now. So I'm writing a post about my favorite place in the world: My grandpa's study. Three years ago I was a middle school student somewhere in Indonesia. I lived with my grandparents and my aunts and uncles. We had no internet connection and the only electronics we had were a black-and-white TV and a ten year-old refrigerator that didn't really work. My bedroom was on the second floor and when you open the window you can only see ricefields. Unlike my friends I d ... Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:09:35 GMT http://greasy.com/raragoe/tagged_mustakim.html WARNING: This can bore you to tears. 1. How old are you? 16. Sometimes I can be 26. Or 66. Most of the time I'm 4. 2. What is your favorite color? Brown. 3. How old were you when you got your first kiss? I could lie if I want to. I could even make up a great story about how great it was. But I'm not going to. Lie, I mean. I haven't got my first kiss. I know some might think it's pretty embarassing but I want it to mean something. Ask me this question 5 years from now so I can tell you a gr ... Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:46:05 GMT http://greasy.com/raragoe/supergramma.html thanks to mmmhollywould for the link to this faboulous weird news website And here's something I thought I'd share.. -- Armed Robber Joshua Crowley, 22, was pursued by, confronted by, and wrestled down by , Mary Chamberlain, 66. At the age of 66, she took down a suspected robber on the run. And she says it's not as easy as it looks on TV. Mary Chamberlain is a grandmother of 12, and great-grandmother of one. But her age didn't stop her from jumping into action. Chamberlain was passing by a ... Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:42:02 GMT http://greasy.com/raragoe/not_really_an_animal_lover.html I know I am not going to make myself very popular by admitting this, but I am not a big animal lover. Sure, I like animals alright-they can be fun and cute and all those things. Yet, to be honest, I don't really care about them one way or the other. We went to the zoo the other day and I enjoyed it. It was fun watching all the animals. They were fun to watch and they also made me hungry. Yes, I really did just say that the animals in the zoo made me hungry. Well, the fish did anyway. Those ... Sun, 23 Mar 2008 14:01:01 GMT