Pendapatan & Pengeluaran

Kita bisa memprediksi pendapatan orang lain. Tapi kita gak akan bisa memprediksi pengeluarannya.
Bahkan andaikatapun pendapatan dan pengeluaran orang sama dengan kita punya, tingkat kebahagiaan dan kesyukurannya belum tentu sama.

Jadi, gak ada gunanya merasa iri dengan harta benda orang lain. Rumput tetangga tidak selalu lebih hijau dari rumput dihalaman rumah sendiri.
Tugas masing-masing kita menjaganya dan tetap mengapresiasi orang lain.

Nice. Hasil diskusi di meja pantry saat makan siang :)

"Live beautifully"

List of Company Slogans

·         3M: “Innovation”

 ·         Agere Systems: “How Communication Happens”

 ·         Agilent: “Dreams Made Real”

 ·         Airbus: “Setting the Standards”

 ·         Amazon.com: “…and You’re Done”

 ·         AMX: “It’s Your World. Take Control”

 ·         Anritsu: “Discover What’s Possible

 ·         AT&T: “Your World. Delivered”

 ·         ATG Design Services: “Circuit Design for the RF Impaired”

 ·         ATI Technologies: “Get In the Game”

 ·         BAE Systems: “Innovating for a Safer World”

 ·         Ball Corporation: “The Leader in Small Space and Rocket Systems”

 ·         BellSouth: “Listening, Answering”

 ·         Blackhawk: “Powering DSP Development”

 ·         Boeing: “Forever New Frontiers”

 ·         Bose Corporation: “Better Sound Through Research”

 ·         Bowers & Wilkins (Speaker Mfg.): “Listen and You Will See”

 ·         BP Microsystems: “Setting the Standard in Device Programming”

 ·         Cadence: “How Big Can You Dream?”

 ·         Canon: “Know How”

 ·         Cingular Wireless: “Raising the Bar”

 ·         Cisco Systems: “This is the Power of the Network. Now.”

 ·         Cirrus Logic: “Leading the Digital Entertainment Revolution”

 ·         Compaq (HP): “Inspiration Technology”

 ·         Cypress Semiconductor: “Driving the Communication Revolution”

 ·         Datel (C&D Tech): “Innovation and Excellence”

 ·         Dell Computer: “Get More out of Now”

 ·         DuPont: “The Miracles of Science”

 ·         EM Research: “The ultimate source for miniature frequency synthesizers”

 ·         Ericsson: “Taking You Forward”

 ·         Fiber-Span, LLC: “RF On Fiber”

 ·         Ford: “Built for the Road Ahead”

 ·         Fujitsu: “The Possibilities are Infinite”

 ·         General Dynamics: “Strength On Your Side”

 ·         General Electric: “Imagination at Work”

 ·         GigaLane: “Innovation and Excellence in RF & Microwave”

 ·         Griff Specialty Paper and Film: “Materials that Create Solutions”

 ·         Hitachi: “Inspire the Next”

 ·         Hewlett-Packard: “Invent”

 ·         Honeywell: “We are Honeywell”

 ·         IBM: “We Make IT Happen”

 ·         IDT: “Powering What’s Next”

 ·         IFI: “The Power of Choice”

 ·         I.F. Engineering Corp: “Your challenge is our progress”

 ·         Infineon: “Keep on Thinking”

 ·         Intel: “Intel Inside”

 ·         Intersil: “Technology at the Speed of Life”

 ·         ITT: “Engineered for Life”

 ·         JRC: “You Don’t Need Wires to Communicate”

 ·         Keithley: “A Greater Measure of Confidence”

 ·         Kodak: “A Virtual World of Live Pictures”

 ·         Linksys: “At Linksys - We are making connectivity easier”

 ·         Linx Technologies: “Wireless Made Simple”

 ·         Lockheed Martin: “We Never Forget Who We’re Working For”

 ·         MegaPhase: “Our Customers Connect With Us™”

 ·         Micrel: “The Infinite Bandwidth Company”

 ·         Micron: “The Future of Memory”

 ·         Mitsubishi Semiconductor: “Changes for the Better”

 ·         Motorola: “Digital DNA”  “Hello. Moto”

 ·         muRata: “Innovator in Electronics”

 ·         mWAVE Industries, LLC: “Your Partner In Antenna Technology”

 ·         National Semiconductor: “The Sight & Sound of Information”

 ·         NEC Corporation: “Empowered by Innovation”

 ·         Nokia: “Connecting People”

 ·         Nortel Networks: “Business Without Boundaries”

 ·         Orbital Sciences Corporation: “The Leader in Small Space and Rocket Systems”

 ·         Panasonic: “Ideas for Life”

 ·         Philips: “Sense and Simplicity”

 ·         PMC-Sierra: “Accelerating The Broadband Revolution”

 ·         Pragma: “Operate at Your Optimum”

 ·         Progressive: “Now that’s Progressive”

 ·         RCAT Systems: “You push the limits. We measure it.”

 ·         RF Bites: “Helping RF Designers one Bite at a time”

 ·         RF Cafe: A Disruptive Web Presence”

 ·         Rohde & Schwarz: “Pushing Limits”

 ·         Thor Labs: “Photonics in the Fast Lane”

 ·         Samsung Electronics: “Imagine”

 ·         ST Microelectronics: “More Intelligence Solutions”

 ·         Sun Microsystems: “The Network Is The Computer”

 ·         Texas Instruments: “The World Leader in DSP and Analog” “Technology for Innovators”

 ·         Unisys: “We Make It Happen”

 ·         United Technologies Corporation: “This Is Momentum”

 ·         Verizon Wireless: “Can You Hear Me Now? Good.”

 ·         vidaRF: “Simple Solutions for Complex Connections”

 ·         Vodafone: “How Are You?”

 ·         Xilinx: “The Programmable Logic Company”

 ·         XMA Corporation: “When Performance Matters”

  

Other Company Slogans

    3PARdata Inc.: “Serving Information. Simply.”

    7-Eleven: “Oh Thank Heaven for 7-Eleven”

    A.T. Kearney: ”Ideas That Last”

    ACCBank: ”Its All About”

    ACE Aviation Holdings: ”At Air Canada We Are Not Happy Until You Are Happy.”

    ACN Inc.: “One world. One Vision.

    AIMCO: “America Comes Home to AIMCO”

    AMC Theatres: “Experience the Difference”

    Abbott Laboratories: “A Promise for Life”

    Accenture: ”High Performance. Delivered.”

    Acorn Computers: ”No slogan”

    Adelphia: “Get. Watch. Do What You Want.”

    Affiliated Computer Services: “People Making Technology Work”

    Albertsons: “Helping Make Your Life Easier”

    Allegheny Technologies:  “Specialty Materials That Make Our World”

    Allstate Corporation: “You’re in Good Hands”

    Altec Lansing: “Just listen to this!”

    Aluria Software: “Security Made Simple”

    American Express: “Do More”

    American Medical Response: “Patient Focused, Customer Centered, Caregiver Inspired”

    Ameritech: “In a World of Technology, People Make the Difference.”

    Apache Corporation: “Sense of Urgency”

    Apollo Group: “You Can Do This”

    Arcelor: “Steel Solutions for a Better World”

    Archer Daniels Midland: “Resourcful By Nature”

    Astaro: “Network Assurance”

    Avon Products, Inc.: “The Company for Women”

    BI-LO: “Why Pay More?”

    BMW: “The Ultimate Driving Machine”

    BP (British Petroleum): “Beyond Petroleum”

    Bayer USA: “Science for a Better Life”

    Best Buy: “Thousands of Possibilities. Get Yours.”

    Bob Evans Restaurants: “Down on the Farm”

    Booz Allen Hamilton: “Delivering Results That Endure”

    Borland: “Excellence Endures”

    Burger King: “Have It Your Way”

    Buy.com: “The Internet Superstore”

    CDW: “The Right Technology, Right Away”

    CHC Helicopter: :CHC Moves the Industry That Moves the World”

    CVS/pharmacy: “Expect Something Extra”

    Capital One: “What’s in your wallet?”

    Century 21: “Real Estate for Your World”

    Circuit City: “Just what you needed”

    Citigroup: “Live Richly”

    CityJet: “Travel Without Frontiers”

    Claris: “Simply, Powerful Software”

    CompUSA: “We got it. We get it.”

    ConAgra Foods, Inc.: “The Right Kind of Food Company”

    Cracker Barrel: “Homestyle Cooking Done Right.”

    Credit Suisse First Boston: “Empowering Change”

    D-Link: “Building Networks for People”

    John Deere: “Nothing Runs Like a Deere”

    Dow Corning: “We Help You Invent the Future”

    Dun & Bradstreet: “Decide with Confidence”

    eBay: “The World’s Online Marketplace”

    E.F. Hutton: “When E.F. Hutton talks, people listen”

    Emerson Electric Company: “Consider It Solved”

    ExxonMobil: “Taking on the world’s toughest energy challenges”

    FedEx: “Relax, It’s FedEx”

    GEICO: “15 Minutes Could Save You 15% or More on Car Insurance”

    General Mills: “The Company of Champions”

    Global Jet Airlines: “Light is Faster, but We are Safer”

    Globe Telecom: “Making great things possible”

    Goldman Sachs: “Our Client’s Interests Always Come First”

    Hilton Hotels: “Take Me To The Hilton”

    Honda: “Power of Dreams”

    Hudson’s Bay Company: “We are Canada’s Merchants”

    IBM: “On Demand Business”

    IRobot: “Business Mechanisms to Accelerate Change”

    InFocus: “The Big Picture”

    Infosys: “Powered by Intellect Driven by Values”

    J.C. Penney: “It’s all Inside”

    JVC: “The Perfect Experience:

    Johnson & Johnson: “The Family Company”

    Kohl’s: “Expect Great Things”

    Konica Minolta: “The Essentials of Imaging”

    Kroger: “Right Store, Right Price”

    Lehman Brothers: “Where Vision Gets Built”

    LevelVision LLC: “Engaging People”

    L’Oreal: “Because I’m Worth It”

    Lowe’s: “Improving Home Improvement”

    Marshall Aerospace: “World Class Aerospace Solutions”

    Martha Stewart Living: “Sharing The Good Things Everyday”

    Matsushita Electric Industrial: “Panasonic Ideas for Life”

    Mazda: “Zoom Zoom”

    McDonald’s: “I’m Lovin’ It”

    Meijer: “Higher Standards. Lower Prices.”

    Merck & Co.: “Committed to Bringing Out the Best in Medicine”

    Merrill Lynch: “We See Your Financial Life in Total”

    Metropolitan Life Insurance Company: “Have You Met Life Today?”

    Mitsubishi: “Better Built, Better Backed”

    Morgan Stanley: “One Client at a Time”

    MySQL: “To Make Superior Data Management Available and Affordable for All”

    NVIDIA: “The way it’s meant to be played”

    Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company: “Nationwide is on Your Side”

    Nestlé: “Good Food. Good Life”

    Nike: “Just Do It”

    Nintendo: “Born to play”

    Nissan Motors: “SHIFT_”

    Novell: “Software for the Open Enterprise”

    Officeworks1: “The Works”

    Olympus Corporation: “Your Vision, Our Future”

    One Hour Heating & Air Conditioning: “Always On Time… Or You Don’t Pay A Dime”

    Optus1: “Yes”

    Oracle: “Information Driven:

    Palo Alto Auto & Body: “May We Have the Next Dents, Please?”

    Panera Bread: “A Loaf of Bread in Every Arm’”

    Pentax: “For Your Precious Moments”

    Pepsi: “It’s the Cola”

    Peregrine Systems: “Evolve Wisely”

    PerkinElmer: “Precisely”

    Pier 1 Imports: “Life More Interesting”

    Pioneer Rocketplane: “Permitting Travel to Space, Travel in Space, and Travel Through Space”

    Plantronics: “Sound Innovation”

    Porsche: “There Is No Substitute”

    PricewaterhouseCoopers: “Excellence, Teamwork and Leadership”

    Principal Financial Group: “We’ll Give You an Edge”

    Procter & Gamble: “Touching Lives, Improving Life”

    Prudential Financial: “Growing and Protecting Your Wealth”

    Qwest: “Spirit of Service”

    Renault: “Créateur d’Automobiles”

    Rite Aid: “With Us, It’s Personal:

    Rolls-Royce: “Trusted to Deliver Excellence”

    Sherwin-Williams: “Cover the Earth”

    Silicon Graphics: “The Source of Innovation and Discovery”

    Spencer Gifts: “Life’s A Party! We’re Makin’ It Fun.”

    Sprint Nextel Corporation: “Yes you can”

    Staples: “That Was Easy”

    Symbol Technologies: “The Enterprise Mobility Company”

    Target Corporation: “Expect More. Pay Less.”

    The Home Depot: “You Can Do It. We Can Help.”

    The Spaceship Factory: “Custom Fabrication for Interplanetary Living”

    Time Warner Cable: “The Power of You”

    Toshiba: “Committed to People, Committed to the Future.”

    Toyota: “Oh What a Feeling”

    United Parcel Service: “What Can Brown Do for You?”

    United States Postal Service: “Fly Like An Eagle”

    USO: “Until Every One Comes Home…”

    VeriSign: “Where It All Comes Together”

    Verizon” Make Progress Every Day”

    Veterans Way Bicycles: “Veterans Way Bicycles, Making It Happen”

    Village Cinemas1: “Where Movies Live”

    Vodafone: “Make the Most of Now”

    Volkswagen: “Aus Liebe zum Automobil,” which being translated, is, “Out of love to automobiles.” (thx to Kirtland S.)

    Wachovia: “Uncommon Wisdom”

    Wegmans Food Markets: “Every Day You Get Our Best!”

    Weight Watchers: “Watch Yourself Change:

    Wendy’s : “Do What Tastes Right”

    Wyse: “Global Leader in Thin Computing”

    Xerox: “The Document Company”

"Expect less, prepare more. Judge less, respect more. Complain less, thank more. Regret less, smile more."

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"Working is not always about passion, but patience. Not always about being good, but having the attitude. Not always about ability, but adaptability. Not always about skill, but will"

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"Jilbab memang bukan tolak ukur keimanan seseorang. Tapi jilbab adalah pengamalan dari sebuah iman seseorang.."
"Don’t trust too much. Don’t love too much. Don’t hope too much. Because that too much can hurt you so much!"

— @Will_Smith

sitting on the rock over the sea. wishing many good things to be.

(at batu badinding, belinyu, 6 mei 2012)

sitting on the rock over the sea. wishing many good things to be.

(at batu badinding, belinyu, 6 mei 2012)

Darwinisme vs Penciptaan Adam

Hari gini masih memperdebatkan apakah manusia berasal dari kera (Darwinisme) ataukah meyakini sepenuh hati bahwa Nabi Adam merupakan manusia pertama dibumi ini?

Now I’ll tell you some facts :

1. Agama-agama Samawi di dunia ini mempercayai bahwa Adam merupakan manusia pertama yang diciptakan. Adam diciptakan oleh Allah dari tanah liat yang dibentuk sedemikian rupa lantas ditiupkan roh kedalamnya sehingga ia menjadi manusia yang sempurna. Karena tipu daya iblis, Adam dan Hawa terusir dari surga dan turun ke bumi sehingga Adam dan Hawa merupakan nenek moyang dari semua manusia yang ada di muka bumi ini. The most important idea here is about Creation (Penciptaan).

 2. Teori Darwin bertentangan dengan Teori Penciptaan. Darwin menganut paham materialisme. Paham materialism ini menyatakan bahwa alam semesta terdiri atas materi dan tercipta karena ketidaksengajaan (kebetulan), makhluk hidup muncul secara bertahap, berevolusi dari zat-zat tak hidup. Can you believe that Earth was made by accident? Ada banyak teori mengenai terbentuknya alam semesta. Teori yang  paling populer adalah Teori Big Bang. Alam semesta terbentuk akibat satu ledakan besar dari titik bervolume nol. Ini artinya alam semesta tercipta dari ketiadaan. Allah menciptakan makhluk hidup DAN makhluk tak hidup. Dari ketiadaan menjadi ada. 

3. Teori Evolusi Darwin is bullshit. Don’t you know, teori evolusinya Darwin itu tidak terbukti secara ilmiah. Menurut Darwin lagi, aneka species makhluk hidup tidak diciptakan secara terpisah oleh Tuhan, tapi berasal dari nenek moyang yang sama dan menjadi berbeda satu sama lain karena seleksi alam. Dengan kata lain manusia memiliki nenek moyang yang sama dengan kera. Teori Darwin tumbang karena tidak pernah ditemukannya catatan fosil (sampai sekarang) yang menunjukkan bentuk-bentuk transisi kera menjadi manusia sebagai bukti evolusi bertahap dari makhluk hidup species primitif ke species yang lebih maju. See..

4. Teori evolusi Darwin bukan merupakan teori ilmiah melainkan propaganda agama. Gagasan teori ini adalah anti-agama. Menolak fakta penciptaan, mempercayai ideologi materialis dan tidak mempercayai Allah. Semua ilmuan besar yang pernah ada (Da Vinci, Coppernicus, Newton, Einstein) tidak hanya meyakini keberadaan Tuhan tetapi juga meyakini bahwa keseluruhan alam semesta adalah ciptaan-Nya. Dengan paham materialisme yang dianutnya, Darwin tidak meyakini adanya Tuhan, He is an Atheis.

5. Who the hell is Charles Darwin? Dia adalah ilmuan…odong2… Charles Darwin hanyalah seorang naturalis amatir yang memiliki ketertarikan pada alam dan makhluk hidup. Khayalan evolusi Darwin sebenarnya sudah terpatahkan sejak dahulu kala. Namun ada kelompok-kelompok tertentu yang mendukung, memperbaharui, menghubung-hubungkan, mengangkat kembali teori ini ke landasan ilmiah (yang tidak pernah terbukti. Catet!). And you know what, Darwin juga berpandangan rasis. Menganggap ras kulit putih Eropa lebih maju dibanding ras-ras lainnya dimuka bumi ini. Dalam bukunya The Decent of Man, dia berpendapat bahwa orang kulit hitam dan suku Aborigin Australia berasal dari gorila. Gosh!!!


Oke, let’s back to the point. Apakah Adam manusia pertama? 

Well, berdasarkan hasil-hasil penelitian ilmiah, tidak ditemukan adanya bukti kehidupan manusia sebelum Adam.

Dalam literatur Arkeologi, berdasarkan fosil yang ditemukan, memang ada makhluk lain sebelum manusia. Mereka nyaris seperti manusia, tetapi memilki karakteristik yang sangat primitif dan tidak berbudaya. Contohnya Pithecanthropus Erectus dan Homo Sapiens. Tetapi oleh para arkeolog yang pintar-pintar itu, makhluk ini digolongkan sebagai Neandhertal (spesies primitif yang memiliki karakteristik mirip manusia, tapi bukan manusia). Note that!

Berdasarkan Al Quran, terdapat beberapa ayat yang dengan jelas menegaskan bahwa manusia diciptakan dari tanah. Diantaranya sbb :

 “Ingatlah ketika Tuhanmu berfirman pada malaikat,”Sesungguhnya Aku akan menciptakan manusia (al-basyar) dari tanah. Maka apabila telah kusempurnakan kejadiannya dan kutiupkan kepadanya roh ciptaan-Ku maka hendaklah kalian bersujud kepadanya.” (QS Ash-Shaad 71-72)

“Allah menciptakan Adam dari tanah, kemudian Allah berfirman, Jadilah! Maka jadilah ia.” (QS Ali Imran 59). –  “Dan sesungguhnya Kami telah menciptakan manusia (al-insan) dari suatu sari pati dari tanah.” (QS Mukminun 12)

Last but not least.

Agama saya belumlah baik. Namun cukuplah bagi saya berdasarkan keyakinan dan bukti-bukti ilmiah yang sudah terpapar untuk meyakini bahwa Adam adalah manusia pertama di dunia.

No doubt :)

PS : maafkan kekurangajaran saya karena menyebut Adam hanya sebagai Adam, bukannya Nabi Adam. Semata karena point yang ditulis disini adalah tentang asal usul penciptaan manusia pertama yang sebetulnya juga sekaligus sebagai khalifah pertama di bumi ini…Nabi Adam.

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"The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go"

— ― Dr. Seuss, I Can Read With My Eyes Shut!

"Step by step, day by day. Run or walk or even creep. Just keep moving forward!"

— lpm

I wish this peaceful view as my backyard

I wish this peaceful view as my backyard

"When people walk away from you, let them go. You shouldn’t have to talk them into staying with you, loving you, calling you, caring about you, and coming to see you, because if they really cared about you in the first place; they would not be going anywhere."

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Passion

Just understand the simple meaning of passion. It is something that we can’t live without it.

Dan setelah aku pikir-pikir. I can’t live without books. Yes, my passion is reading.

Merasa bahagia dan “melupakan” yang lain klo sudah menemukan buku bagus. Walaupun entah apa gunanya reading without writing - berharap suatu saat nanti bisa ‘writing something’ - tapi so far reading membuat wawasan dan khayalan (aka kreatifitas) terbuka. Yah, minimal membuka pikiran, terbuka terhadap hal-hal baru.
Aku mau merenungkan dulu ada gak sih gunanya membaca fiksi, alias novel2 gitu? Secara bacaan aku 70% genrenya fiksi :)

Well, gonna read Silence. The third book of Hush Hush Sequence. The second is Cresendo (fyi) :)

So, what is your passion buddy?

Seneng dibeliin Burberry dan sabuk Hermes. Tapi lebih seneng lagi mengetahui bahwa ‘request’ kita diperhatikan, diusahakan sungguh-sungguh dan diberikan yang terbaik. It’s mean to be…

Seneng dibeliin Burberry dan sabuk Hermes. Tapi lebih seneng lagi mengetahui bahwa ‘request’ kita diperhatikan, diusahakan sungguh-sungguh dan diberikan yang terbaik. It’s mean to be…