I Survived 2019

It's that time of the year again. Time to post annual blog post telling all the milestones, lost, and lesson learned from the past year.

Exactly a year ago, I wrote a post about how scared I am entering this year (2019). After being spoiled in the year before (2018), I whined on my previous post showing how scared I am losing all the things that spoiled me. And now, here we are; last day of 2019 as well as the decade. I survived.

So many things happened in my life in 2019. I finally have the courage to do some changes, especially in career and financial part. I'm proud of what I have achieve thus far. I know its not perfect, there are still room to fix, but compare to the previous year, how I end 2019 is wayyyy more awesome.

Learning from last year, I will enter 2020 with more courage and spirit. Its the fear, and uncertainty that gives color throughout the year. With courage and bold positive spirit, I have to, and will be ready to face any obstacles and challenges ahead; especially when it comes to self-development. I want to be a better person (physically and mentally), that way I can affect those around me. Thus I will generate and attract more positive vibes and blessings.

So, thank you 2019 for giving me chances, and be prepare 2020, I'm coming!

"Dear God almighty, help me, guide me, show me, and give me courage to enter 2020 with more faith, hope, and gratitude. Let me be the instrument of thy peace. Let me bring blessing, hope, and joy to everyone surrounds me everywhere I go. I know your plan is far far far more better compare to my dream, give me more faith and courage to always listen to your voice and  rely on you. Amen."

#2020shouldbegood
#2020shouldbedifferent
#2020shouldbebetter

-2019marketer-

2018 sejauh ini....

Setelah 364 hari tidak melakukan postingan, di hari terkahir tahun 2018 ini saya memutuskan untuk melakukan postingan di blog ini.

Keadaan saat ini, saya sedang duduk di meja makan, pukul 01:10 pagi sembari menyaksikan pertandingan MU vs BOU (streaming), dan belum ada 5 menit sebelumnya saya melakukan postingan instagram mengenai snack jadul yang saya temukan di Alfamidi hari ini, yaitu Canasta. Guess what? Rasanya sama, cuma sedikit lebih tawar, mungkin kadar msg nya sudah tidak sebanyak dulu...hehehehe.

Cukup pembukaannya, sekarang lanjut ke telusur ulang dan refleksi 2018. Untuk seorang bocah yang selalu mimpi bisa naek pesawat terbang tiap bulan, 2018 itu seperti mimpi. Karena salah satu klien saya menuntut saya untuk terbang setidaknya sekali sebulan ke Surabaya. Saya yang awalnya sangat tidak awam dengan jalan-jalan di Surabaya, sekarang setidaknya saya sudah mulai paham. Di luar pekerjaan pun, saya diberi kesempatan untuk terbang ke Singapura untuk nonton konser The Killers, yang bersamaan dengan F1 Singapore Night Race. Sedangkan puncak memori adalah saya berkesempatan untuk pergi ke Amerika, mengunjungi Staples Centre dan Disneyland. Serta pengalaman kehilangan passport, sungguh suatu pengalaman yang tak akan PERNAH terlupakan. Seolah saya bisa kembali membuat cerita baru setelah pengalaman hidup luar biasa di Glasgow ketika menempuh S2, setelah sekian lama berkutat di Jakarta dengan segala rutinitasnya.

Dari sisi ego seorang David, 2018 mungkin tahun terbaik yang pernah ada setelah Glasgow. Tapi apakah ini tahun 2018 selamanya bagus? Tidak juga, banyak mimpi dan target yang masih belum tercapai, namun layaknya manusia lain, yang terlintas hanyalah memori indah. Seolah menutup dan menebus semua kegagalan atau semua gol yang todak tercapai di tahun 2018.

Di penghujung 2018 pun saya mengalami gangguan kesehatan, perdebatan dengan keluarga yang membuat resah mental saya dalam menyambut 2019. Seolah sudah puas dengan segala pencapaian dan keberhasilan 2018, saya merasa takut untuk membuka lembar baru di 2019. Ketakutkan jika tahun depan mungkin saya tidak bisa terbang lagi setiap bulan, tidak bisa nonton konser, atau bahkan tidak bisa berplesir ke tempat baru. Ketakutkan akan karir yang tidak berkembang dan kesehatan yang memburuk, serta kehidupan rutinitas Jakarta yang konstan, yang secara perlahan akan "mematikan" semangat hidup.

Beberapa hari ini saya tidak berhenti memikirkan apa yang akan terjadi tahun 2019 nanti? Apakh saya sanggup melewatinya? Bahkan kegiatan olahraga saya (gym) yang biasanya menyegarkan pikiran pun tidak berhasil menghilangkan galau pergantian tahun ini.

Seolah seperti orang yang tidak punya iman, saya hanya berpikir menggunakan otak yang pas2 an ini untuk menanggulangi segala tantangan di 2019. Sampai pada hari Minggu, 30 Des 2018. Ya, beberapa jam lalu, saya baru saja menjalani misa mingguan terkahir di 2018. Khotbah Romli sangatlah menampar saya. Sebuah kalimat yang saya sangat familiar keluar pada khotbah tersebut.

"Serahkanlah keterbatasanmu pada ketidakterbatasan Allah."

Seolah kembali diingatkan oleh Gusti Allah, saya sebenarnya tidak perlu takut menghadapi 2019. Apapun yang sudah saya jalani dari saya lahir sampai saat ini adalah persiapan untuk suatu rencana indah yang sudah disiapkan Allah. Bersandar dan bergantunglah kepada Allah, tidak ada yang mustahil bagiNya. Segala kesulitan, beban, dan khawatir mu akan diringkan olehNya.

Khotbah minggu ini adalah mengenai peringatan keluarga kudus. Ini adalah poin kedua yang menamapar saya di penghujung tahun ini. Sukses dan pencapaian saya tahun 2018 tidak ada artinya jika saya kehilangan salah satu anggota keluarga saya. Keberadaan mereka hingga saat ini adalah keberhasilan yang seharusnya saya banggakan. Saya percaya jika semua kebaikan yang terjadi kepada saya adalah ketika Tuhan mendengarkan doa orang tua saya. Yang seharusnya saya banggakan bukanlah seberapa banyak saya terbang, tapi seberapa banyak saya bisa membuat keluarga saya tersenyum, sehat, dan bahagia. Saya yakin sejauh apaun saya pergi, sesukses apapun saya nanti, tidak akan berarti tanpa support dan keberadaan orang-orang terkasih, terutama keluarga saya.

Terima kasih Gusti Allah untuk hari ini. Dengan khotbah hari ini saya sedikit lebih optimis menyambut 2019.

"Allah, terima kasih untuk hari ini. Terima kasih untuk keluargaku yang masih setia mendapingiku saat ini. Sebuah berkat yang ternilai. Terima kasih untuk segala berkat dan ujian di 2018 yang membuat kami makin dekat dengan Dikau. Semoga di tahun 2019 nanti, saya menjadi pribadi yang lebih bersandar pada Tuhan dan lebih mengandalkan Tuhan ketimbang segala keterbatasan saya. Saya yakin ini adalah bagian ziarah saya untuk mencapai sesuatu yang lebih baik yang telah disediakan Tuhan bagi saya dan keluarga saya. Say percaya 2019 akan menjadi tahun yang penuh berkat, tahun berkelimpahan rejeki, dan kasih Tuhan yang selalu menyertai kami." Amin.

Terima kasih 2018 untuk memori dan pelajarannya, 2019 I'm ready! Come what may, God speed!

-2018Editor-

Justice League - A Beacon of Hope for DC Comics Movie

Less than 30 days ago I watched Marvel’s Thor Ragnarok, which is surprisingly very very entertaining, I’m talking if its compares to its two previous movies, and ended up with me losing my faith in the upcoming DC comics’ Justice League. I’m thinking that Thor Ragnarok just hit the ball straight out of the park, not only that they set a new level, but invent a new concept of how to bring comic book superheroes to the cinematic world; and there’s no way in hell that the next DC comics’ movie is going to be that good.Sure DC had their heyday with Nolan’s Batman trilogy, but after that, personally I think, things went south for Warner Bros. Despite the success of Wonder Woman, I still had my doubt on the Justice League. Marvel took a decade to assemble the Avengers, the studio introduce each characters through years of process to make the audience familiar to the kind of Loki, infinity stones and Groot to the “muggle” of comic world out there. Now DC comics is trying to introduce their version super friends after three movies? You see how pessimistic I am right? But apparently Justice League surprised me.

Less than 12 hours ago I watched Justice League and my prediction was spot on. It was not as entertaining as Thor Ragnarok, but it somehow it impressed me more compare to Thor Ragnarok. It still has that  Zack Snyder’s gloomy and blue-yellowish color through out the movie, apparently DC is still into darker tone. As for the cast, I had my doubt the first time I saw the cast line up, but I was wrong. This is the perfect cast for Justice League movie. I can see how they put effort to bring the big three characters to live according to comic book. Supes is full of hope, Diana is still struggling with her idealism and her past, and last, Batman, although he looks like he’s on something the whole movie, but he’s starting to reflect the Batman version of comic book, the insecure one; the only human in the league without super power. However, I get a sense that because DC is trying to focus on the big three, the other Justice League member’s character left a bit under develop. As if they only associates the Flash as the funny one, Aquaman as the muscle, and Cyborg as the geeky one. I’m expecting the presence of Green Lantern on the next Justice League movie, it’s no JLA without the emerald knights; also Martian Manhunter. In the end, the cast and their role really do impress me.

Plot-wise, I would have to go with average. While Marvel’s movie is full of twist, DC is plain. They need to improve by adding drama to create curiosity and enthusiast for the audience. However, in the bigger picture, I sense that DC is trying to introduce its superheroes after this big movie, while its contrary for in the Marvel world. They build the characters through time heading to the first Avengers movie. For me personally, its a gambling move. What if Justice League failed? It would be a very hard homework to leverage the audience trust towards the DC’s movies in the future. Fortunately, it works, all the sins from BvS and Suicide Squad is paid, at least 3/4 of it. This leaves another good impression for me. 

As for the script, DC is still left far behind Marvel creative team. I understand the challenge of combining stories from comic books to create a new storyline, but DC need to learn a lot from Marvel for this case. I like the tale scene (amazon, atlantian, lanterns, human, and gods), but I still find few scenes with bad script that makes the scene existence is unnecessary in the movie. DC have to learn to make the combination and transition as smooth as possible. Remember the infinity stones as the bigger storyline, with small chapter as Shield vs Hydra, Howard Stark assassination, civil war, etc? DC can’t just come up with merging one of the best story in DC comics history, The World Without Superman & The Return of Superman, with the Mother Boxes plot, it has to be more smooth. But if I compare it to BvS & Suicide Squad, Justice League is way ahead of its previous movies. Can’t imagine if they use the identity crisis or flashpoint story line. This part does not impress me.

Good cast, good plot, average script, how about the cinematography? To be honest, I’m not a big fan of alien entity (tentacles, weird shape spaceship) that has been going on since the man of steel, and apparently still appearing in thus movie. But again, if we compare to previous DC movies, this movie improves a lot. They learn from their mistakes, and for that I lift my hat off to them. Another impression por moi.

Overall this is a good movie. I never give “good” statement to any of DC movies before, but this one is exceptional. As I mentioned, they learned from their mistakes and improve it. They gamble and it works. There’s still few things that they can improve in the future, but if this is where the direction of DC comics movies going forward, then I think they still have a chance to be equal with Marvel Cinematic Universe. My faith in my childhood hero movie (Superman) is back. My verdict 4/5.

Note:

There’s two credit scene, so sit your ass down. The second one is epic. 

RIP Lady the dog

I never expect that this day would come....

This is for you Lady...

Thank you for being there for us, we will miss you.

#RIP #Ladythedog



Rainbow Bridge

Just this side of heaven is a place called Rainbow Bridge.
When an animal dies that has been especially close to someone here, that pet
goes to Rainbow Bridge. There are meadows and hills for all of our special friends so they can run and
play together. There is plenty of food, water and sunshine, and our friends are warm and
comfortable.

All the animals who had been ill and old are restored to health and vigor; those
who were hurt or maimed are made whole and strong again, just as we remember
them in our dreams of days and times gone by.
The animals are happy and content, except for one small thing; they each miss
someone very special to them, who had to be left behind.

They all run and play together, but the day comes when one suddenly stops and
looks into the distance. His bright eyes are intent; His eager body quivers.
Suddenly he begins to run from the group, flying over the green grass, his legs
carrying him faster and faster.

You have been spotted, and when you and your special friend finally meet, you
cling together in joyous reunion, never to be parted again. The happy kisses
rain upon your face; your hands again caress the beloved head, and you look once
more into the trusting eyes of your pet, so long gone from your life but never
absent from your heart.

Then you cross Rainbow Bridge together....

(anonymous) 

The 2017

Hallo,

Sepertinya sudah lama sekali saya tidak menulis blog dengan Bahasa Indonesia ya. :-) Yak, cukup dulu dengan bahasa Inggrisnya ya, saatnya mengasah kembali kemampuan bercerita dengan bahasa ibu.

Jadi di hari ketiga tahun 2017 ini saya ingin berbagi "catatan saya" untuk Anda semua. Catatan tentang apa yang bagaimana saya melihat tahun 2016 kemarin dan apa saja yang harus saya lakukan di tahun 2017 ini.

Saya akan mulai dengan sebuah dari salah satu ucapan yang saya terima ketika momen pergantian tahun kemarin, yang menyebutkan "Life is about choices and decision we make". Hidup kita adalah semua pilihan dan keputusan yang kita pilih/ambil/perbuat. Ketika membaca ucapan ini langsung terbenak di pikiran saya sosok Craig Sager. Sedikit informasi, Craig Sager adalah seorang reporter olahraga (bola basket) asal Amerika Serikat yang belum lama ini meninggal setelah "kalah" dalam pertarungan melawan penyakit kanker. Ia memenangkan penghargaan Jimmy V tahun 2016 kemarin atas kegigihannya melawan kanker. Dalam pidato penerimaan penghargaan tersebut Sager menyebutkan jika "Time is simply how you live you life - waktu adalah caramu menghabiskan hidupmu."

Kedua ucapan ini seolah-olah saling melengkapi dan saya menanggapinya dengan dugaan, mungkin ini adalah "modus" Sang Pencipta yang berusaha untuk menyampaikan sesuatu ke hambanya yang kadang suka telmi ini. Saya melihat ini seperti sebuah jawaban untuk doa yang meminta di malam pergantian tahun, yaitu agar tahun 2017 menjadi tahun yang lebih baik terutama bagi saya pribadi.

Hidup ini adalah kumpulan dari pilihan dan keputusan yang kita buat, dan apa yang sudah kita putuskan maka kita akan menjalaninya dari waktu-waktu sampai pada akhirnya kita membuat sebuah keputusan baru.   

Hingga saat pergantian tahun kemarin saya terus merasa kecewa dengan tahun 2016. Kenapa? Saya merasa karir saya mandek, rejeki sepertinya seret banget, banyak publik figur yang meninggal (walaupun tidak ada hubungan langsung dengan saya, tapi rasa sedihnya tetep kena *emangbaperansihorangnya*), kerabat meninggal, hanya bisa menyelesaikan 1 buku, dari 366 hari (tahun kabisat) hanya mampu mengunjungi 2 destinasi wisata lokal, dan lain-lain. Apakah sebegitu parahnya 2016 saya, bukankah masih banyak orang menderita dibanding saya? Tidak juga, saya hanya melihat kegagalan ini murni hanya dari kacamata saya. Sebenranya jika ditelusuri akan lebih banyak hal yang saya syukuri di tahun 2016 ini, namun apalah daya saya hanyalah seorang manusia. mahluk yang ditakdirkan untuk  lebih banyak ngeluhnya ketimbang bersyukur. Itulah mengapa saya beranggapan mengapa 2016 bukan tahun yang baik untuk saya pribadi.

Tapi setelah membaca 2 kalimat tersebut, saya seakan ditampar dan diingatkan jika semua kejadian yang menurut saya membawa sial/negatif/buruk pada tahun 2016 kemarin sebenarnya adalah karena ulah saya sendiri. Karena saya yang mengambil keputusan untuk tidak mau meyudahi momen-momen kesedihan dan keputusasaan tetapi malah membiarkan momen-momen tersebut merajai 2016 saya.

Hal ini membuat saya berpikir di hari kedua tahun 2017, saya harus lebih jeli lagi dalam mengambil keputusan di 2017. Karena saya tahu perjalanan saya menuju impian/kebahagian saya masih panjang, dan akan lebih baik jika saya memilih keputusan-keputusan yang akan membuat waktu di perjalanan saya menuju impian/kebahagian saya menjadi sesuatu yang menyenangkan.

Menulisnya sih sederhana ya, tapi seperti biasa, menjalaninya akan butuh kekuatan yang sangat besar. Untuk itu saya hanya bisa berdoa:

Sang Khalik, berikanlah hamba Mu ini kebijakan dan kekuatan dalam mengambil keputusan dan menjalankan hari-hari di tahun 2017 ini. Bimbinglah hamba Mu beserta kerabat dan keluarganya, semoga di tahun 2017 ini dapat menjadi tahun berkah bagi semuanya. Tuntunlah kami selelalu di dalam jalan Mu dan lindungi kami dari segala cobaan dan bahaya. Amin.

-2017 editor-

Time

Sometimes I wonder what it feels like to have control of time.

You can rewind and re-live all the your precious moments, skip and move forward all of the bad and boring ones, and the best one is to pause or play it in slow-motion when you are having the "time of your life".

Unfortunately that's not how things work. Wake up, live your life. Make every moments count. No matter how hard you try, you can never return time, even just for one second. So, make every second matters!

short prayer

When you are down and feeling devastated, just take a break and say this prayer

"Dear Lord, if today I loose my hope, please remind me that Your plans are better than my dream."

Happy weekend.

Coincidence

Coincidence.

A natural phenomenon? Or a script well-planned and well-executed?

Do you believe that your existence in this world is just something out of the ordinary?

Or do you believe that your existence is for a certain purpose?

Something to think about over the weekend.

Have a great weekend folks!

baca musiknya, dengarkan liriknya...

one of their best songs.

Mascagni

Hail Mary, full of grace, The Lord is with thee
Blessed are thou amongst women,
and blessed are the fruit of thy womb, Jesus
Holy Mary mother of God,
pray for us sinners,
now and at the hour of our death

The Real MVP

Kevin Durant's 2014 MVP speech is arguably one of the best NBA acceptance speech ever. The way he addressed his teammates, community and foremost his mother, is truly touching.

That's what real superstars would do. You can't and won't get BIG without the help of others, so value your neighbour, for no matter how small their contribution is, they still contribute to your success.

Remember this, superstars are those who remembers and values their roots.

Who would you pick?

Good afternoon good people of the world.

On this cloudy Saturday afternoon, a totally random question just popped into my mind.

"Would you rather have your eulogy or your life story be read or narrate by Samuel L. Jackson or Morgan Freeman? And why?"

Personally, should I ever received or honoured by a certain reward or achievement, I would love for Morgan Freeman to read the short biography of me. His deep tone, his voice characteristic, I bet the inauguration would be one hell of an event. Besides, who would you rather have reading your life story other than the man who played God himself? I'm sorry Charlton Heston, I know you split the Red Sea, but you couldn't do it without the help of the almighty. :-p

For the eulogy, I prefer Samuel L. Jackson. Reading and or listening to eulogy has never been a pleasure. It always bring tears, no matter how funny you try to write it. I want people who attend my funeral to be remind. Remind of what? Life goes on, I'm in a better place now, stop crying over me, do something great, do something amazing, don't waste your time in sorrow. Imagine Samuel L. Jackson reading my eulogy and suddenly with all the swear words scold the grievers. Hah! That would hilarious. "I dare you to cry, mother f*cker! I double dare you!" :-p

It's just a random thought. Please don't take it seriously. I'm happy and grateful with my life at the moment, I just adored the talent of these 2 actors.

Enjoy your weekend happy people :-)

A World without Me

I'm trying not to sound like a little teenage drama queen, but do you ever wonder what would it be like to see or to live in a world without you in it? Ever wonder who's going to miss you or who's going to wish that they had someone like you in their live?

Just a random thought.

Random Tweet

God listen more than what you said, answer more than you asked, give more than you could have imagined in His own time and in His own way.

Damn, it hurt!

"The thing that hurt the most when you fall in love is when you can do nothing about it." 

Damn, I never thought I would say this, but I'm really thankful for what how I felt at the moment. It hurts like hell, but it's really, really an indescribable feeling of pleasure. I wish I could remove the pain, but what is day without night, right?

And for this moment, the least I could expect from her is that although she's not "in the same place with me", she still smile when she heard my name......

Somewhere Out There

Where ever you are, I hope to see you soon.

New Year's Reflection

"Kalau kamu ngerasa mama kamu bodoh, jangan kesel, karena berarti mama kamu berhasil besarin kamu jadi pintar. Terima kasih gih."

"If you think your mother is stupid, don't be mad, be grateful. It means she has successfully raised you as a smart kid."

A tweet by a renown Indonesian movie producer.

A great reflection to start the year. Quite often we see ourselves better and smarter than our parents. We tend to think they are old school and lame, we have nothing in common when it comes to decision making or way of thinking. It is because our ego, we failed to see the big picture here. My parents (I'm fortunate enough to still have a complete parents to guide me) work so hard for me and my brother to received the best education, so that we can be a better, smarter, wiser person than them. Yet, sometimes we still disrespect them.

I'm sorry and thank you Mom & Dad, without you guys I wouldn't be the person I am today.

2013

My dear friends,

Here we go again. 365 new pages to write on, new year, new stories, new adventure! 

I dare you to keep on dreaming, to dream higher, to dream bigger, so that you will always have hope for a better tomorrow! Trust me, have a little faith in Him, 2013 is going to be awesome! 

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2013!


Best regards,


D.

Catastrophe in Laker Land

I will never get tired when it comes to the LA Lakers. I'm a big fan of the Lakers, and as a caring fan, I'm really concern about what's been going on the LA LA land these days.

I just finished reading the game report of the Lakers loss tonight in MSG. It's quite shocking, on the report I read that small possibilities for the Lakers to lose (yep, there I said it) in single digit figure looking by the first half stats. But as we all can predict, when this former Minneapolis lake team are struggling, number 24 is not going to just sit and watch. The mamba strikes again on the second half and guess what? Their plying the D "quite" well on the remaining time.  Unfortunately the Knicks are too strong, they played better ball, although they are lacking in rebound number and Melo is out, I have to admit they got a hell of a game.

Now enough with the game review, let see what we can analyse from the Lakers' last 4 games. 

1. I'm kinda fed-up listening to the saying "everything's gonna be okay when Nash and Gasol returns". You know what? Screw Nash and Gasol. Why? Honestly, looking at the stat, Nash is not that good at playing D, and Gasol seems to be left-out in this D'Antoni's system. Sure when they return, people may expect an explosive scoring machine, but what are the odds of one machine gun against a robust tank like the OKC, Heat, Memphis or as we saw tonight, the Knicks? They need to work out on their D. Where to start? Rebound. Both sides. Minimise the turnovers, the team are not young guns who can run back and forth, therefore it is better for them to optimise the shot clock period. Playing in slow paste like the Pacers is not a bad idea. Looking at the players' stamina at the moment and their current resource, this type of O is (IMHO) more efficient than the run & gun. Moreover, it will also help reducing  the turnover number.

2. Optimise the bench. If you remember the other night when the Lakers are playing against the Nuggets, Jamison and Meeks scored 61 points combined. That's just insane. I realise not every night you can play like that, but they have the potential. On one hand, Meeks are an ultimate shooter, he should fit with D'Antoni perimeter O system. On the other hand, Jamison is a 'big' small forward, coach Mike should've known how to use him like he used (Tyson) Chandler while he was coaching the Knicks, plus he can shoot from the perimeter as well. Last but not least, Jordan Hill. This guy proves the management that he's an asset to this organisation with his outstanding play on the playoff last season. With Howard, Jamison, Gasol/Hill it should be impossible for the opponents to score lots of point from the paint, but yet they did (so far). 

3. Shooter(s). Other than Mr. Bryant who can coach Mike relay on when it comes to killing the opponents from beyond and inside the arch? Personally I would say NO ONE. Sure, MWP hits some 3's lately, Jamison & Meeks had their moments with the Nuggets, but that's not enough if D'Antoni wants to implement his famous O by killing the other teams from shooting. Its either he (D'Antoni) needs to adjust with the current players available or make an extra effort to "create" a new shooter(s) from the available options OR bring in some shooter(s). CMIIW, Lakers has always been a strong front court team, whereas all of D'Antoni's teams are strong on back court and perimeter.

4. Is it too late/soon to call the Lord of The Rings? It's never too soon to bring him. We all know KB24 wants him and we all know Phill is one of the few coaches out there who can 'work' with Kobe. But personally, I would still give D'Antoni chance, it's a bit unfair judging him with the result of the last 4 games. His 2 first options playmakers are out, one his powerful big man is out, all the players nor D'Antoni didn't get the chance to practice together on the summer camp, and last but not least, the fans are nagging. It's a perfect storm for the Lakers organisation. 

So what's my forecast for the Laker nation? If by the All Star weekend they can't reach at least number 6 of the Western conference division, then I doubt they'll win the ring this season, heck, they might not even make it to the playoff.

Well that's my two cents regarding the Lakers situation at the moment. Don't get me wrong, I'm still a Laker fan, just saying my opinion. I hope coach D'Antoni can sort things out.

Go Lakers!

Can you believe how illogical people can be?

Can you believe how illogical people can be?

Yes, that is the question.

As if we're living a world that knows no sincerity and grateful, people nowadays are full with suspicion and bad ideas. When someone do good things, no matter how small it is, there will be a conspiracy amongst people regarding the good act. I wonder if it ever occur in those shallow-minded-head that sometimes we do good, because we wanted to do good. Thats it, no other reason, nada. 

I hope one day, maybe today or tomorrow, people are willing to look perspective from a wider view. Thus, fingers crossed, it will make this world a better place to live.

"People are often unreasonable, illogical, and self-centred; forgive them anyway.

If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives; be kind anyway.

If you are successful, you will win some false friends and true enemies; succeed anyway.

If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you; be honest and frank anyway.

If you find serenities and happiness, they may be jealous; be happy anyway.

The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow; do good anyway.

Give the world your best you have and it may never be enough; give the world your best anyway.

You see, in the final analysis it is between you and God; it was never between you and them anyway."

-Teresa of Calcuta-

Credit to my John who shared this beautiful message.