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The big four (from Ellen)

Dapet tag dari ibu ini :)
Here we go ...

Four jobs I've had:
1. Private tutor alias ngelesin anak SMP. Walaupun cuma 20 ribu sekali dateng, di tahun 97 itu rasanya besaaar sekali :D
2. Lab assistant @ D3 Pos, only a couple of months.
3. Software engineer, practically doing anything from programming to supporting
4. Graduate researcher

Four movies I could watch over and over:
1. Finding nemo :)
2. Lion King
3. Braveheart
4. Hmmm, I think "Sound of Music" will do :)

Four places I have lived in:
1. Jogja
2. Bandung
3. Jakarta
4. Pittsburgh
Now I'm wondering where is next ...

Four TV shows I love or loved:
I am not a TV fan, most of the series I watched from DVD. And now, getting worse, no private TV and no DVD, almost never watch TV. But let's try ...
1. Friends, never bored of it.
2. The Cosby Show
3. Metro TV news
4. Little House (dooh, jaman kapan coba :p)

Four places I have been on vacation:
1. Bali
2. Bandung - kalo long weekend, where else I can go without plan from Jakarta :)
3. Singapur - kalo kerja 5 hari vacation 1 hari diitung gak ya?
4. Chicago

Four favorite dishes:
1. Any kind of shrimp
2. Ikan bakar
3. Any kind of Chinese food, but I am sooo fed up with it now.
4. Gurameh goreng di restoran sepupu gw.

Four websites I visit daily
1. Google
2. Detik
3. Kompas cetak
4. Some blogs

Four places I would rather be right now:
1. Jakarta, especially Setiabudi
2. Rumah di Jogja
3. Coffee shop or desert place like Gullifty
4. Europe, duh, kapan ya?

Four bloggers I'm tagging:
1. My cousin
2. Lis
3. Umar
4. Ulus

Comments

Anonymous said…
hahahhaha... seeepppp.... jadi makin tau siapa aja teman2 gw! :D

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