blognya uja (“,)

Finally, my so long long long process of waiting for buying a notebook is over. Just a few days ago I just bought my second notebook (I have owned a notebook before, in my first year in Unpad, then I selled it), acer aspire 4520. Here is the specification:

Platform
AMD Turion™ 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-58 (1.9GHz, 1 MB L2 cache), supporting AMD HyperTransport® technology
NVIDIA nForce® 610M (MCP67-MV)
Memory
512MB DDR2 memory, upgradeable to 4 GB4 using two soDIMM modules (dual-channel support) –> changed to 2 GB
Display
14.1″ WXGA Acer CrystalBrite™ TFT LCD, 1280 x 800 pixel resolution
Graphics
NVIDIA® GeForce® 7000M with up to 64MB TurboCache™ (64MB of dedicated system memory)
Audio
Dolby® -certified surround sound system with two built-in Acer 3DSonic stereo speakers
Dolby® Home Theater audio enhancement featuring Dolby® Digital, Dolby® Digital Live, Dolby® Pro Logic® II, Dolby® Digital Stereo Creator, Dolby® Headphone, Dolby® Virtual Speaker technologies
S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) support for digital speakers
MS-Sound compatible
Built-in microphone
Storage
80GB HDD (changed to 120 GB)
Optical Media Drive
DVD-Super Multi double-layer drive
Communication
Integrated Acer Crystal Eye webcam, supporting Acer PrimaLite™ technology
WPAN: Bluetooth® 2.0+EDR (Enhanced Data Rate)
WLAN: Acer InviLink™ 802.11b/g Wi-Fi CERTIFIED® solution, supporting Acer SignalUp™ wireless technology
LAN: Gigabit Ethernet, Wake-on-LAN ready Modem: 56K ITU V.92 with PTT approval, Wake-on-Ring ready
Size & Weight
342 (W) x 247 (D) x 35/38 (H) mm
2.48 kg

But actually, I don’t feel so happy right now. It is not a feeling that I’ve imagine before to have a new notebook. The reason is this acer is not my primary choice. In the beginning, I want to buy Compaq V3660. I’ve done researched I week before and the cost was affordable for me. But, since I have to go to Jakarta for my practical work (or field trip, or practicum profession, or whatever) I can not buy it after that day. So I have to wait until I got back from the Jakarta trip.

And you know what, when I came to the same store that I asked the price 5 days before, that Compaq price rised about 64 $. The reason is, when I came to that store 5 days before, at that time there was a computer fair “Indocomtech 2007” in Jakarta. As you know that in a fair, one price can decreased, so the store treat their price same as the computer fair price. That really sicken me, because I like that Compaq notebook so much. Oh my Goooodddddd, how could this happened to me…. I made a mistake (simple plan’s song..hehe)

After organizing my broken heart (is it the right english for “menata hati yang rusak”??? whatever, as long as you know what it means), I decided to buy my second choice, Acer 4520 that I use to type this blog right now. You can see the picture on top. Because the price is quiet lower than the Compaq, so I can upgrade it. I bought the 120 Gbs hard disk version, and I add the RAM to 2 Gbs.

Do I feel happy right now, of course I am happy. But not 100% happy. The feeling is like when we pass the SPMB (sh*t, what is the english word for this), but for our second choice. The feeling is the same as that way. Glad but dissapointed.

Have read my previous blog titled “preserving our environment” yet? There’s a little story behind it, and for me it’s a quite funny story. Actually, that blog is an essay that I wrote as a requirement to apply for a crew or translator in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’s side event entitled “Solidarity Village For A Cool Planet”. Watch out, it is a UNFCCC side event, not UNFCC itself. My horrible mistake is to read the announcement too fast, that make me forget to see the detail. And, that’s it, I wrote an essay about UNFCCC for an event that supposed to be a side event for UNFCC. An event conducted by people disagree with UNFCCC. What a fool…
What can I do right now? Do I stiil feel that I will pass the qualification? Of course no. my fate……

If we talk about effort to preserve environment, than most of us will remember about joining the preserveing environment organization like Greenpece in international level, or WALHI in Indonesia. The point is we always think that the effort relates with a commitment that can be marked by joining a simbolic organization. There is nothing that really wrong with that phenomena, because it proves our commitment and determination to protect environment. But, it can become negative if we see how it affects the others think. For those who doesn’t have such a big commitment in joining a preserving environment organization, it can block his/her willing to preserve environment. What about if he /she doesn’t want to join, where he/she think it is the only way to preserve environment, than they will stop totally. That is the scariest that we can assume this time. So we have to start change that thought. There is not only one way to preserve environmet, but there is a lot, a lot, a lot of way. But, the most effecting effort that we can do is the effort in our daily life. Yes, we can protect envinronmet by doing something valuable starting from our habit.

It is a simple thing that I have just realized it about one year ago. There’s a lot of my friend joining organization like Greenpeace, WALHI, etc. Even my own brother is the founder of Jababeka Botanical Club, one kind of that organization located in Cikarang. Back then, I thought that what they did is the real effecting effort to preserve environment. Until I knew, that it is wrong, and never be right. Than, I start to change my daily habit. The worst thing that I always did in my past is throwing my trash anywhere, not in the proper place. I changed that habit, and I did it. Imagine, how such a simple thing can make our environmet better. I just realized it recently, and to be honest I regret it. From that simple change leads to another.

Just about a few months ago, I thought why don’t I share this goodness to another, like my friend, my family, my relatives, etc. So I start “my level two efforts in preserving environment”, that is building an awareness to the others about the goodness if we can change our habit. From that time till present, I keep reminding them, and I can not say that I have succeded. Maybe I need a few more times.