Sunday, April 29, 2007

*Saat kau MENYUKAI seseorang,kau ingin memilikinya untuk keegoisanmu sendiri.
*Saat kau MENYAYANGI seseorang, kau ingin sekali membuatnya bahagia dan bukan untuk dirimu sendiri.
*Saat kau MENCINTAI seseorang, kau akan melakukan apapun untuk kebahagiaannya walaupun kau harus mengorbankan jiwamu.

*Saat kau MENYUKAI seseorang dan berada di sisinya maka kau akan bertanya,"Bolehkah aku menciummu?"
*Saat kau MENYAYANGI seseorang dan berada di sisinya maka kau akan bertanya,"Bolehkah aku memelukmu?"
*Saat kau MENCINTAI seseorang dan berada di sisinya maka kau akan menggenggam erat tangannya...

*SUKA adalah saat ia menangis, kau akan berkata "Sudahlah, jangan menangis."
*SAYANG adalah saat ia menangis dan kau akan menangis bersamanya.
*CINTA adalah saat ia menangis dan kau akan membiarkannya menangis dipundakmu sambil berkata, "Mari kita selesaikan masalah ini bersama-sama."

*SUKA adalah saat kau melihatnya kau akan berkata, "Ia sangat cantik dan menawan." *SAYANG adalah saat kau melihatnya kau akan melihatnya dari hatimu dan bukan matamu. *CINTA adalah saat kau melihatnya kau akan berkata, "Buatku dia adalah anugerah terindah yang pernah Tuhan berikan padaku.."

*Pada saat orang yang kau SUKA menyakitimu, maka kau akan marah dan tak mau lagi bicara padanya.
*Pada saat orang yang kau SAYANG menyakitimu, engkau akan menangis untuknya.
*Pada saat orang yang kau CINTAI menyakitimu, kau akan berkata,"Tak apa dia hanya tak tahu apa yang dia lakukan."

*Pada saat kau SUKA padanya, kau akan MEMAKSANYA untuk menyukaimu.
*Pada saat kau SAYANG padanya, kau akan MEMBIARKANNYA MEMILIH.
*Pada saat kau CINTA padanya, kau akan selalu MENANTINYA dengan setia dan tulus...

*SUKA adalah kau akan menemaninya bila itu menguntungkan.
*SAYANG adalah kau akan menemaninya di saat dia membutuhkan.
*CINTA adalah kau akan menemaninya di saat bagaimanapun keadaannya.

*SUKA adalah hal yang menuntut.
*SAYANG adalah hal memberi dan menerima.
*CINTA adalah hal yang memberi dengan rela

Sunday, April 22, 2007

Shell.... jika gw mendengar kata tersebut maka yg teringat di dalam otak gw pertama kali adalah sebuah oli yg untuk mesin. And saking bagusnya mnrt versi gw, gw sendiri memakainya di motor satria gw yg dulu krn skrg gw pake oli federal gembel yah itung2 gpp jg sih krn gratis ini. Makanya gw cukup kaget melihat tempat isi bensin bertuliskan Shell. Tidak lama kemudian membaca di sebuah surat kabar terkemuka di jakarta, ternyata Shell 'hanya' menjual bensin beroktan tinggi (baca: bensin mahal). Kenapa hal ini bisa terjadi? krn pertamina hanya memberi izin kpd shell utk menjual bensin yg 'selevel' dgn pertamax. Semua ini agar pertamina tetap memegang kendali bensin dalam negeri.

Stelah sekian lama ingin mencoba tapi tidak kesampaian terus, akhirnya kmrn gw mencoba sendiri isi bensin di sana. Pom bensin yg terletak di dekat trisakti itu cukup besar. Kesan pertama dari pom bensin ini yg sangat jauh berbeda dgn pertamina. Jika pertamina hanya memiliki sedikit sekali tempat isi bensinnya (gw gk taw namanya apa). Maka shell sangat berbeda, suasana yg sangat nyaman and tempat isi bensin yg sangat banyak sehingga kita tidak perlu mengantri utk mengisi bensin. Dan pertama kali masuk ada petugas yang memberi petunjuk tempat untuk mengisi motor (perhatian: masih motor, blm mobil T_T) setelah sampai petugas dengan ramah bertanya maw isi berapa ltr. Cukup syok jg melihat 1 liter ada yg 5700 dan 6100 sebenarnya itu reasonable krn harganya sama dengan harga pertamina. "full tank" jawabku. And diisi sampe angka 175600. Lalu ada 2 hal yg cukup membuat terkejut. yg pertama setelah selesai langsung keluar struk otomatis, yang kedua petugasnya mengembalikan 400 perak !!! pengalaman di pertamina dia memakai pembulatan ke atas jadi tidak ada 100 perak seperti itu.

And temen gw yg ngisi di sono bilang jg dia pernah ditawari stiker gratis dari shell and lalu isi angin GRATIS !!! dan jg air aki GRATIS !!! . Jika mobil maka kaca mobil jg akan dilap, dengan servis seperti ini siapa yg tidak akan kembali ke sana lagi. Skrg kualitas bahan bakarnya, setelah gw coba perasaan tarikan jadi sedikit lebih 'berat' sempat agak kecewa jg krn dgn service seperti itu harusnya bahan bakar jg bagus mana di pom bensin ada tulisan ' quality control kami selalu mejaga kualitas asdfasdf' ternyata setelah memakai cukup lama, bahan bakar sangat irit sekali dibanding pertamina.

Kekurangan yg cukup vital adalah belum banyak pom bensin sehingga sangat susah mengisi ulang.Sampai gw hanya pernah lihat 5 pom bensin saja dan itu semua kebanyakan di daerah jkrt pusat. Mungkin ini sebabnya masih banyak pengendara yg blm maw berganti 'haluan'. Harga jg cukup menjadi kendala utk mengganti bahan bakar. Harga yg relatif mahal buat kebanyakan org indonesia yg notabene mementingkan hrg dibanding kualitas.

Kesimpulannya saat ini memang shell blm merupakan ancaman nyata tapi gw yakin cepat ato lambat jika pertamina pelayanan masih seperti ini (baca: servis buruk dan banyak melakukan kecurangan) maka shell akan menggantikan posisi pertamina sebagai raja bahan bakar di indonesia.

Tuesday, April 03, 2007

Shibuya Guide - Shibuya Tokyo is the trendy and fashionable shopping district of Tokyo. Our Shibuya guide covers Shibuya Hotels, Shibuya sight seeing, shopping and Shibuya restaurants.

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Shibuya Shopping

Shibuya is a shopping and eating district popular with a lot of young Tokyoites. It's within walking distance from two other large shopping districts - Omotesando and Harajuku - as well as being quite close to Yoyogi Park and the Meiji Jingu shrine.

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Shibuya deserves a prize as the district with more two-storey video screens than any other area in the world.

Shibuya
A giant TV screen above "Star Bucks" opposite Shibya Station.

Most of the action in Shibuya is in the hectic blocks to the northwest of the JR station. The best place to get oriented is the Hachiko exit, which opens onto the six-way "scramble crossing" under the giant television screen. From left to right at the edges of the square are...

  1. Keio Inokashira line station
  2. Dogenzaka slope
  3. 109 building
  4. Bunkamura-dori (street)
  5. Center-gai (street)
  6. Q-FRONT building featuring a large Starbucks
  7. Koen-dori (street)
    Inokashira-dori, branching to the left after the Seibu Department Store
  8. 109-2 building
  9. JR line tracks to Harajuku.

The area to the south of the station is bounded by a highway, so there's not much more than bus terminals (on both sides) and the Tokyu Plaza department store.

The two major roads heading east from the station continue to Aoyama and Roppongi.

Shibuya
The crowded sidewalks of fashionable Shibuya

Getting to Shibuya

By train
Shibuya's station is a notoriously convoluted web of passageways. Follow the signage and you should find your way out (or in).

JR Yamanote, Saikyo Line
Tokyu Toyoko, Den-en-toshi Line
Keio Inokashira Line
Tokyo Metro Ginza Line (G01), Hanzomon Line (Z01)

What to See in Shibuya

Hachiko

Hachiko is a famous statue of a dog who possessed legendary loyalty to his owner. It is also the name of one of the many exits from Shibuya Station and the prime meeting place before a night out. Just hanging out near Hachiko for a while will give you some great people-watching opportunities.

Hachiko belonged to
Professor Ueno Saburo’s, who loved Hachi a lot. Hachi always went to see the master off and wait for his return at the Shibuya station everyday even in terrible weather. After the Professor's death, Hachi continued to wait at the station for his master's return.

Statue of Hachiko - the faithful dog. Picture by Fg2

Center Gai, the narrow street leading away from the station to the left of the giant video screen, is famous as the birthplace of many of Japan's youth fashion trends. Center Gai is jam-packed with clothing stores, music stores, and video game arcades.

The Bunkamura complex (Bunkamura-dori) has an excellent art museum, in addition to theatres for film and stage plays. On the basement floor there's art and design bookstore as well as a branch of Paris' famous Les Deux Magots café.


The crowds of Shibuya attracts companies like Sony Ericson
to promote their latest and most fashionable products.


Museums
Tobacco and Salt Museum, Jinnan 1-1 6-8 (on Koen-dori). This peculiar institution owes its existence to Japan's peculiar government monopoly on these two substances. Temporarily closed from September 2004. http://www.jti.co.jp/Culture/museum/Welcome.html

What to do in Shibuya

There are movie theatres and electronics stores nearby.

Shibuya is a major center for nightclubs, music, and dancing.

Magically shielded from decades of commercial development, Nonbei-yokochō (のんべい横丁) is a narrow alley running alongside the east side of the Yamanote tracks just north of the station. It's packed with traditional yakitori taverns as well as some modern, extremely tiny bars. The district was formed in 1955, and a few of the shops have been operating since then.

(Article based on Wikitravel article by Based on work by Paul N. Richter and Brian Kurkoski and Wikitravel user(s) Jpatokal, Natsu and Nzpcmad. Article used under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 1.0.)

Guide to Tokyo Disneyland

The Tokyo Disney Resort (東京ディズニーリゾート) in Chiba, Japan is a vacation and recreation resort opened in 1983. Comprising of Tokyo Disneyland (東京ディズニーランド) and Tokyo Disneysea (東京ディズニーシー) theme parks, five hotels and the Ikspiari (イクスピアリ) shopping complex, it is the most annually-visited theme park complex in the world.

Understanding Tokyo Disneyland

1 Day Pass: You can enter Tokyo Disneyland or Tokyo Disneysea all day long with this ticket, but not both. ¥5500/4800/3700 for ages 18+/12-17/4-11.
After 6 Pass: You can use this ticket from 6:00 PM on weekdays. It is sold from 5:00 PM for ¥2900 (all ages).
Before you enter this park, your bag will be inspected by a clerk, but you don't need to show your ID card.

Tokyo Disneyland Cinderella castle
Tokyo Disneyland Cinderella castle

Getting to Tokyo Disneyland

By train
From Tokyo Station, take the JR Keiyo Line to Maihama (舞浜), which is adjacent to the park. The rides takes about 15 minutes (¥210) on an express train.

By car
From Tokyo and the Yokohama region, follow the coast of a bay to Chiba, exit at the Urayasu ramp and then go out at Route 357, go straight on the road about 1km, make a U-turn at Mihama Rittai Road (美浜立体道路). Then, you just follow the signs.

The Tokyo Disneyland parking lot is huge and can take about 8000 cars. In the parking lot, there are four signs: (M) Mickey, (D) Donald, (G) Goofy, (P) Pinocchio. So, if you remember the space where you parked your car, you can find it soon when you go back. The parking fee is ¥2000. If you want to know more information about the car park and the circumstances of surrounding streets, you can contact the Tokyo Disney Resort information line at 045-683-3011.

By bus
Hotels around Disney have free transportation service to Disney Resort.

Long distance bus services come here from all over Japan.

Get around Tokyo Disneyland

The four-station Disney Resort Line monorail connects Maihama Station to Tokyo Disneyland, Tokyo Disneysea and Tokyo Bay NK Hall plus the resort hotels. The fare is ¥200/100 for adults/children and the Passnet stored value card can be used. Note that, if going to Disneyland, it's probably easier and faster to just walk from the station.

See
Of course, you can see the same Disney characters, a castle, and mountains, and magic performances as at other Disney Parks. The seaside does make this park a bit different from the others. And, the people-watching is great.

Do
The two theme parks, Disneyland and Disneysea, compliment each other. Disneyland is the most visited theme park in the world, with Disneysea following at a close second. The two major symbols, Cinderella Castle at Disneyland and Mount Prometheus at Disneysea are exactly the same height, and from Ikspiari you can see them both.

Drink
Most drinks are soft drinks. However, you can also get alcoholic beverages in some places inside the park.