Election Days Coming

At last I got my chance to cast a vote on presidential election. It's make me very happy, due to I lost my chance on the last election. They said dont register my name..oh my god., but hey look at my finger, its a prove that I am being participate on presidential election this year..

Election Day

Today is the election day, but it's too bad, I can't use my right to vote because I don't receive the election card. Although I have lived here for 3 years, I still have not registered.. hmm I don't know..
I think, there are many other citizen who have the same problem with me.. Just imagine if thousand people can't vote...

Obamanomics - The Power Of Media

Before the United State President election that was held on November 4, 2008, many people not only in the US but also in the whole world had predicted than Obama will be the next president of United State beating the war-hero and experienced statesman John McCain. People love Obama because he is different, he is a person that wants to listen and cooperate. His charisma and young age also become a plus value.

Do curious on how Obama won the campaign? Well, you should read the Obamanomics report, a study in social velocity by Jalali Hartman. On this report you can find detail analysis about Obama campaign, and how he used the social media and the internet for his campaign. Obama was really aware of the importance of the social media than McCain. Although Obama dominated the web by over 250% compared to McCain (according to Google), Obama spent less budget in online advertising and search engine advertising than McCain. While McCain was spending lot of money on online advertising, Obama focused on world–of–mouth campaign by mobilizing a huge base of fans that would generate free buzz in their spare time, it was surely cheap and effective way in campaign. Well, just download the Obamanonics for free to get more detailed information about Obama campaign.

Logged In at SocialSpark..again!

It's been a long time since the last time I logged in at SocialSpark. There are so many changes there and I feel that it is like my first time joining SocialSpark. However, the layout is more interesting. And now they offer affiliate marketing too. Since my site's visitor are still few people, I guess I will only count on paid review for my earnings.

Smallest Man And The Longest Leg

The smallest man in the world, Pingping from China and the woman with the longest leg, Svetlana Pankratova from Rusia met in New York City to launch the 2009 edition of the Guinness Book of World Records.
Pingping, the smallest man is only 2 feet 5.37 inches tall. Pankratova might have the longest legs in the world, but she is not the tallest. She is only 6 ft 4inches tall but her legs are more than four feet long - far higher than Pingping’s height.

Beijing Olympic Closing Ceremony

Finally, the Olympic is over and the Beijing Olympics closing ceremony was held on August 24, 2008 at the National Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest, in the Olympic Green in northern Beijing. The ceremony was amazing, with more than 90,000 audiences packing the stadium counting down from the number of "29", indicating the 29th Olympic Games.

Source : www.xinhuanet.com

Vote For Your Favorite Recipe

The prestigious annual culinary event in America called GASCO or Great American Seafood Cook-Off was held in New Orleans on Aug 2 and 3. This year was its fifth event and they were 50 top level chefs from across the country competed to cook off. They prepared seafood dishes using fresh domestic seafood and showcased the best culinary products from their state.

The cook off competition is over but there is another contest called “People’s Choice Recipe Contest” at its site. Now it’s our turn to vote our favorite recipe from GASCO chef finalists. Just click one from the five finalist’s recipes that you think is the most interesting, easy and exciting for you to cook at your home. By entering a vote you can win a "Trip to New Orleans" prize. This package is including two Southwest Airline roundtrip tickets, hotel accommodations, dining experiences and more. The best thing is there is no purchase necessary to enter your vote, and the deadline for online entries is on October 31, 2008, so that you still have time to try to cook off the recipes and feel the taste of top chef’s dishes at your home.

My favorite recipe from this contest is “Mississippi Redfish Courtboullion with Seafood Dirty Rice” by Chef John Currence from Mississippi. The most interesting is the way it served; the chef used clay pot instead of plate. Rice is my family main food and we love sea food a lot, so it’s good to know that the dish is served over the rice. So what is your favorite recipe? Don’t forget to visit GreatAmericanSeafoodCookOff.com and enter your vote to win the prize.

Beijing Olympics Medal Standing as per August 22, 2008

How are you, Olympics? It’s been more than a week I didn’t hear the news. Now how are the medal standings? Hmm, as per today, Aug 22, China is still at the top with 46 gold medals followed with USA with 30 gold medals. And where is Indonesia? Hmm… let me see.. Indonesia is at the number 38 with 1 gold, 1 silver and 3 bronze medals. Below is the screen shoot of top 20, but you can see the latest and complete medals standing here.

Alzheimer’s Memory Walk 2008

I know Alzheimer’s disease is one of the serious illnesses in the world although I don’t have any family member who affected with this. Alzheimer's disease is a progressive, degenerative disease of the brain, which causes thinking and memory to become seriously impaired. Two proven risk factors for Alzheimer's disease are age and family history. According to the research, ten percent of people over 65 years of age and half of those over 85 years of age have Alzheimer's disease. And according to the Alzheimer’s Association, Alzheimer's is the 6th leading cause of death in the U.S and at every 71 seconds, someone is diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. Can you imagine that?

The largest event called Alzheimer's Memory Walk will be held to raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer care, support and research. More than 600 communities will held this Memory Walk and over 200,000 people will participate this year. It is a 2-3 miles walk held on a weekend morning in the fall. So if you want to participate in this event, please visit the site and see if there is a walk near your place.

Jember Fashion Carnival

Jember Fashion Carnival 7th was held in Jember, East Java on Sunday, August 3rd, 2008. This year theme is “World Evolution” and there were 550 participants dressed according to different sub themes, paraded along a 3.6 kilometer catwalk road. Although most of participants don’t have fashion education they were very creative in designing their own costumes.
In Brazil, you have the fashion festival in Rio de Janeiro so in Indonesia we have the Jember Fashion Carnival.

Photos taken from JFC Official Website

Indonesian Idol 2008 Winner

Congratulation to ARIS… Indonesian Idol 2008 winner...Horayy!!!…
two thumbs up.

Although I didn’t follow the show every week, but I’m a fan of Aris since the first time I watched him singing and made Titi cried…
There is something different with him, he’s got character.
He had never learned to sing before, he sharpen his sing ability from train by train. Well, after through all of this, now a street musician transform to a new idol.


Welcome to the entertainment world! After you famous, I hope you won’t be arrogant and always remember to God, as your mother told you last night.

Indonesian Idol Finalists

Finally, I watched Indonesian Idol last night. Thanks God my Idol is still on the stage. Now the finalists are Aris and Gisel. Can't hardly wait for the grand final show next week.

How Are You, Indonesian Idol?

Time passes by quickly, Today is Friday again, but it seems like yesterday is weekend.
Talking about Friday, suddenly I remember about Indonesian Idol, oh my God, I haven’t watched it for ages. I wonder how many contestants left? Is my favorite still there? Can’t hardly wait the show tonight, I browsed the website to find out. Wow, now are 3 contestant left : Gisel, Aris, and Patudu. It’s closer to the grand final. Who will be the finalist next week? Let’s find out tonight!

I Love 80’s Movies

I remember when I watched “Honey, I Shrunk The Kids” on the movie. As a kid at that time, I really enjoy this family comedy movie. And now, I still laugh every time I watched the scientist’s kids who are accidentally shrunk by their father machine, dumped in the thrash and lost in the yard with giant insects and other perils along the way.

Talking about 80’s movies, have you seen WarGames? It’s a science fiction movie that exploits the biggest fear of that time: a global thermonuclear war. For all WarGames fans and movie lovers, there will be WarGames 25th Anniversary event in selected movie theaters for one night only on Thursday, July 24th at 7:30 PM. The event will include interviews that have never been seen and plus a sneak peek at the making of the sequel – WarGames: The Dead Code. Buy the ticket now or you will regret it!

The Best “Glenn Beck” Comedian

Do you like a comedy? Off course you do, everybody loves comedy and I do too, I really love a comedy, because it can make me laugh all the time, comedy makes me fresh and throw away stress and frustration. After watch a comedy, sometime I can get new idea to write something new, something fresh and I feel alive. If you like a comedy like me too, you must see Glenn Beck! Glenn Beck? Who’s Glenn Beck? Glenn Beck is a political satire comedian. He’s a funny guy and he can make a serious issue to be funny things, he looks the issue from the other side of perception, he always give truth and honest perception, like his comment about oil issue on his video about Energy independence. He can make an oil issue on the video in funny ways. I think he is very courageous and diligent comedian.

You must see Glenn Beck. Its guarantee full sense of humor and you must be laugh. You have to go to his website and watch his video and if you curios want to watch him live, you can be present at Glenn Beck’s Summer Political Tour and the Dallas show on July 17th and will be broadcasted live via FathomEvents to select movie theaters nationwide on that date. It is a great entertainment. You must be grateful can attend his live performance. Like I said it’s full of fresh humor and laugh.

Glenn's Blog

Lots of people become stress these days, if you are among them, you should watch Glenn Beck's show. Or you can browse his website; here you can watch his passed broadcast, read his blog and his most popular story. I’m sure it will make you laugh. Although almost all of the topics are about politics, this Glenn’s show is different, it’s funny on purpose.
To all Glenn’s fan, there is a chance to see his live performance; because Fathom and Mercury Radio Arts will present “Glenn Beck’s Summer Comedy Tour” live from the Majestic Theatre in Dallas into select movie theatres nationwide. You should mark your calendar because it’s one night only, Thursday, July 17th. Purchase the ticket now or you will regret it for the rest of your life.

Happy B'day IZEA

I would like to say “Happy 2nd Anniversary” to IZEA, the owner of blog marketing site SocialSpark and the paid blogging site PayPerPost. I’m so proud to be a member of your business. I would to come to your party if I were live in Orlando, FL. I just send all the best wishes for you from Indonesia. Happy Birthday!!

The Look

I’m sure that you must often hear “Don’t judge the book from its cover “, but for me, the cover is really judged the book for the first impression. To get a good first impression you should get well dressed, use light makeup, smell good and don’t forget to style your Victory Hair. And maybe a good looking guy will flirt on you. Many men flirting women with non-verbal communication, such as give the scanning gaze on you or raising his eyebrows after making eye contact with you. But I think smile is the best way to attract people attention. Give one smile to one person each day, can make the world better.

For all who like to flirt, you should play the Ultimate Flirting Championship in the live widget called Extreme Style by VO5. Here you can test your own flirting abilities. It’s a fun live game with 3 players and each of players can create his/her own character to play with. In each game, 1 player is assigned to be the judge and others to be the contestants. The judge gets to ask 5 questions to each contestant and choose the person with the best answer. You can be the judge or the contestant. Easy, isn’t it?

If you want to share the joy with your friends, you can grab this live widget and put it on your own blog.

CRISS ANGEL Believe

Talking about magician illusion shows, I often watch Criss Angel MindFreak series on TV. Well, all people know who Harry Houdini is, who is famous with his straitjacket escape but Criss Angel as one of the modern magician masters, gives a new nuance of illusions. He is levitating above the Luxor Hotel, walking on water, floating between two building and other illusions that beyond imagination. He really has the guts!

Do you curious about his live stage performances?

The new Cirque Du Soleil performance featuring Criss Angel called CRISS ANGEL Believe will be held at Luxor Hotel in Las Vegas. Preview performances for CRISS ANGEL Believe begin September 1 and run through September 11. It will be performed Friday through Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. So don’t forget to book your time and buy the ticket.

Unlike the traditional magic shows, CRISS ANGEL Believe™ will bring the audience to the deepest exploration of Criss Angel inventive minds. Criss Angel himself acts as a Nobel Victorian and there will be dancers, fantastical creatures, bizarre Ushers and everything impossible will be possible in this show.

Actually, there was a text message contest to win 2 free tickets, but unfortunately, it was closed on June 15. However, the winner must be the luckiest person in the world.

SocialSpark, Sparkling My Life!!

When I read a post about SocialSpark at my friend’s blog, I thought it is just another common social networking that spread out these days. But after I blog walked to others, they also talking about SocialSpark . What is this exactly? Why almost all of my on-line friends talking about SocialSpark ? As if they had a SocialSpark fever. This was obvious made me curious..

Finally, to beat my curiosity, I signed up. It was easier than made pancakes, ha..ha..

The first day I joined, I already had a friend request, and after I browsed the site, I found out that it is obviously NOT a common networking; it’s awesome because you can earn money while you make friends. This is absolutely great news for bloggers like me to earn some cash.

To get started with the opportunities, first your blog must be at least 30 days old, with at least 10 pre-existing posts written in the last 30 days. Then follow the 3 easy steps:

The verification step is the most important if you want to take an opportunity, because without being verified you can’t take any. If your blog is not approved or get “Pending Verification”, don’t give up. Just see what the problem is, fix it then resubmit your blog. Actually, it was happened to me but fortunately, it’s been verified now :-)

Not forget to mention their Code of Ethics:

• 100% Audit-able In-Post Disclosure
• 100% Transparency
• 100% Real Opinions
• 100% Search Engine Friendly

To whose the blog is not approve or not meet their criteria, you still can build community by adding friends and accepting invites. Don’t forget to give them Props so they can give you Props too. Props are your new way of giving someone your vote of confidence or high rating. It’s showed in thumbnail icon.

So guys don’t think twice to join SocialSpark , and let it Sparkling your life too.