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18 Aug

I was on the 21th floor of my apartment...a friend just stepped away so practically I was alone. but still awake, replying an sms...--when suddenly...
I got dizzy and felt the floor's moving...
The wooden curtain shackled...hard...hard andwhen I thought It would stop, it goes even harder....
Draaakkk!!!Draaadakdadadak!!! I stood and try hard to balance myself. out of my dizziness.
ZZnngg!!!
Felt my goosebumps rose all over me!
Sudden sense of tremor comes rushing in
Tried to figure out which window's not locked
y are the curtain were moving so franticly
Has a ghost visited the room...Is the apartment that creepy?
Tried hard to memorize surah Yasiin at the moment...urghh
Not yet on ease, I felt another rush of trembling noise comes--this time, not only from the curtains. Not just anything else trembles...My heart was jolting even faster outta its socket...
Everything shackled....the floor...the wall....My parquite floors...squeaking all over the place
Kriiiieettt...Kriieeett............Arghh...I can imagine the wall's cracking, the steeland all...
brrr..
Then I know, It was no ghost. It was no wind blowing. It was the earth. Mayday from earth!
an EarthQuake that is!
at the moment I tried to figure out the basic procedure dealing w/ earthquake I often preview on my office's toilet's door.
1) Stay close to the wall or
2) Get under sturdy table.
So stupid are the procedure! How could someone on the 21st floor be on ease sticking under a table. The building might eventually tremble and you'd squished under mio-tonnes of concrete, like a cockroach squished under your shoes. Ewwwwww!! not a happy thought. bad thought--! bad thought.
My foot was moving not a second later. I was not even thinking. It was all my little brain sending motoric synapsis. Not even processed by its bigger brother.
Without sandals on, I grabbed my keys and handphone and dashed off the unit. Stupidly, everybody else in my floor doesn't even bother to come out. I, was somehow relieved to hear squeaking sound coming out not just from my room, but from every other room--confirming that It was sure not a ghost residing only in my unit--But still confused y was I alone out there.
Guys, the most-not-trembling part of the building during earth quakes are the alley of the the building. Might be because there are no furniture at all there, but I sure didn't even felt like moving when I know the quake was happening so hard at each rooms
Going down using the stairs? Hell, Back to the cockroach story. no thank you. At least if it really trembles, I still have a box covering me. Whatever would my shape be. I chose using the elevator instead. Hop in.
I know. stupid stupid idea. Can't think of anything smarter that time.
Anyway, few minutes later..I got away from the building safely, followed by other fellow neighbours...in their various costumes. hehea...what a unique sight that nite, having seen everyone in their 'nightie' costumes...boxer, swimsuit !@#@!$!.., night gown!, pyjamas, thankfully, nobody really wears nothing.
It was not until the next 2 hours that I finally managed to get to sleep.
And the next morning found it unbelievable that some of my friends doesn't even felt a thing the next day! What a cow!
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Saya menemukan tulisan dari jurnal ilmiah yang bagus dari cafesalemba, judulnya Beautiful Politicians (King & Leigh, 2007?). Mereka ingin membuktikan, apakah politisi yang beautiful (maksudnya disini bukan hanya cantik, tapi juga ganteng) lebih banyak untuk dipilih. Karena beragam alasan demi kepentingan penelitiannya, Australia dipilih sebagai wilayah penelitian. Hasilnya? Dalam kata-kata mereka sendiri: Beautiful candidates are indeed more likely to be elected, with a one standard deviation increase in beauty associated with a 1½ – 2 percentage point increase in voteshare. Tidak terlalu besar, tapi di Australia, dengan jumlah kandidat yang banyak dan perbedaan suara yang tipis, 1-2 persen bisa jadi sangat signifikan. Temuan lainnya lebih menarik: we find suggestive evidence that beauty matters more in electorates with a higher share of apathetic voters.
Saya mengusulkan kita menggunakan istilah charming untuk orang-orang yang tidak peduli cantik atau tidak, tetapi menarik. Berlaku untuk pria dan wanita. Istilah charming ini juga dipakai, supaya judul yang saya gunakan bagus dan berima (“charming” itu penting!)
Dan Hanya ALLAH Yang Maha Mengetahui