Anything But Sushi

Today I went to alamanda with all my housemates. We decided to finish our fasting there because we were so bored finishing our fasting at home. Because today is Thursday and all of us don’t have any class on Friday, we thought we could get a day break after four days studying. We went there by bus because it was cheaper than renting a car. When we arrived there, we didn’t have any clue where we were going to eat because there were so many restaurant in there and all of them look very delicious. We were so hungry and felt like we could eat all the food in there. I asked one of my housemates if there were a specific restaurant that we wanted. He said that he was a food lover so he liked all the food that he had in front of his eyes. But he didn’t like sushi because sushi was cold and he didn’t like cold food. What he did just now is making a contradictory relationship. First he said that he liked all the food. But then he said that he didn’t like sushi. Sometimes I felt that there something wrong with his brain but I rather not to say it directly to him. So after a long conversation, we decided to go Mcdonalds because it was pretty cheap and there was no sushi there.

September Rain

Today, I woke up late and I missed some of my classes. When I looked outside, it was raining. Actually I still had a marketing class because it was still four o’clock and marketing class usually finish at six o’clock. So if I went to the class at that time, I still could catch some materials. But unfortunately, my body won’t move from my bed. And it was raining too. It made the temperature dropped and the sound of the rain falling down always make me want to sleep and continue my dreams. But I still worried that I was going to miss some materials. I wasn’t so good in marketing class so I probably needed this materials. But still, the weather was perfect to go back to sleep. So I called my friend who was in the same class with me. I asked him if he came to the class right now. He said that he skipped the class because it was raining and he didn’t have any umbrella. Then I asked the same question to my other friend. She said that she was so tired so she would not go to the class. So, from this survey, I concluded that nobody was going to attend the class because of rain. And if there were nobody in the class, the lecture would cancel the class. Therefore, I went back to sleep and continued my dreams. Even though I know that I made a fallacy of hasty generalization, I still believed that nobody came to the class.

In the Market

I got nothing to do right now and I was so hungry. But I couldn’t eat because I was not supposed to eat. I’m a moslem and I have to fast for one month. So I decided to go to the market near cyberia to buy some ingredients so I could cook for dinner. I when I arrived, I saw that there were many people there. Since it was a small store, it would be difficult for me to buy all the ingredients because it was too crowded. But fortunately, I managed to buy all the ingredients I need such as meat, sausage, water and some spices. Then I went to the cashier to pay all the ingredients. But the queue was so long. I had to wait for about ten minutes until my turn. After waiting for ten minutes, all I had left in front of me was a woman. She asked about the drink that she was going to buy and wants to know if it tasted good. i thought there was no point for her to ask the cashier because he would say that the drinks was good to make the woman bought the drinks. As I thought, he said that, ”every person who visit this store likes it. You’re a person who visit this store. So, you will like it”. A very good persuasion, I thought. Even that it was wrong and weak, the argument was valid. And the most amazing was, that woman really fell for the cashier and bought the drinks. What a smart cashier. He used two premises to give the conclusion that the drinks was good. After that woman paid for her drinks, I paid my ingredients and heading back to my apartment.

Beating the Boss

After watching my housemate playing game yesterday, I decided to go back to his room today to see his progress. I saw that he already met the final boss. He said that the final boss was very hard to defeat. He already tried for2 hours but he still couldn’t the final boss. And everytime his player got defeated, he always yelling and said that the boss was cheating. I told him to stop playing but he said he didn’t want to stop until he defeated the boss. Finally, a couple hours later, he did defeat the boss. He was so happy and keep telling that he’s the greatest. When I asked him the gratest in what way, he just said that he is the gratest in everything. I told him that what he said was vague, but he didn’t listening and still enjoying his winning.

Cool Game

After finishing some of my assignment, I decided to rest a bit. I came to my housemate room and found that he was playing some game that looks cool. I kept on watching him play because it was very thrilling. When I asked where did he get the game, he said that he got in from the internet by downloading it for two days. Two days is a long time but I guessed it was worthed because the game was so good and the picture quality was nice also. But that was my opinion. So I asked my housemate his opinion about the game. He said that the game was awesome. And when I asked him why, he just said, “ well, it is awesome because it can make me thrilled, scared and sometimes nervous. And it can make me that kind of feeling because the game’s storyline is very good.” I nodded, then I asked him again why did he say that the storyline was good. But he just simply anwered,” because the game is awesome!!”. Ok, I think there’s no reason for me to keep asking him because what he just did is making a circular argument. So I decided to continue watching him play.

Mind-mapping in the real life

Today I went to critical thinking class and I learned some about mind mapping. It’s about putting an information onto words, picture, symbols and colors so we can easily remember it and put it into our mind. it should be helpful for me but i still don’t know what it is for in the real life. I kept on thinking on the way back to my apartment. Mr. Nicky said to us that the chapter we’ve learned today is going to help us in making our assignment, which is making a blog. It means that in our daily life, we always use mind mapping. But until I arrived at my apartment, I still couldn’t figure out what am I usually do that have a connection with mind mapping. But then I just remembered that I had a lot of assignment that I need to do. So instead of thinking about mind mapping, maybe I better go to my room and do my assignment. But after I sat on my chair, I couldn’t remember what assignment that I should do. So I have to open all my notes again to bring back what I have forgotten. I wrote all the subject that have an assignment such as critical thinking, management, cyberpreneurship and marketing. Then I wrote all the assignment that I should do below each of the subject. I did this so I can remembered all the assignment that need to be done. But if I thought again, what I had done just now is what Mr. Nicky has told me. I drew a Map so I can easily remember in my mind. the subject is the children and the assignment below the subject is the grandchildren. All I need to add is just some nice picture and color. Now I understand why learning mind-mapping can be very helpful in my real life.

Ad poppulum vs Tu quoque

I don’t have anything more to do today. Actually, I still got a lot of assignment, but I’m not in the mood to do it. Tomorrow is Tuesday, it means that I have to get up early because I have a critical thinking class in the morning. Hoaamm..what a cruel world. And then suddenly my friend come to my room and singing like a retard. I know why he is like this. He feels as bored as I do. Time pass by and he still singing. Then suddenly he stop and ask me if I had any assignment. Then I admit that I have three assignment left but I don’t want to do it. I don’t know what is his purpose, but then he said,” I remembered that you want to get a scholarship for master programme, right?if you don’t do your assignment, you fill fail on this subject and if you fail, you should let go your scholarship”. I think he’s using the ad poppulum appeal to false dilemma right now. Then I reply, ”well smart guy, have you done your own assignment?”. Then he answered,”hehe..no”. “ Just as I thought.. so it means that I don’t have to listen to you, Do i?”.(Tu quoque)

An Angel?

“Yesterday was the happiest day in my life” my friend suddenly said that to me and my housemate. I was playing ‘winning eleven’ with my housemates in my rooms and then he continued,”I saw an angel”. “yeah, right” my housemates said to him. I just laughed than I asked him,”so where did you meet her?”. He replied,”I saw her when I was eating and suddenly there she was, with the most beautiful face I ever seen, the brightest eyes and nicest smell”. Then he continued,”I wanted to ask her name but I didn’t dare. She was so pretty. But I’m pretty sure that someday she will be my wife..”.”you wish” my housemates cut his sentence but my friend kept on talking while closing his eyes,”..and we will have a children, wonderful house and live happily ever after”. I asked him,”but how you gonna marry her if you didn’t even dare to ask her name?”. he didn’t replied but he kept on smiling and closing his eyes. “I think there’s no point asking him. His mind may already flown out to another world”, said my housemates. I knew that his mind didn’t really fly because what my housemate said was a metaphor to describe my friend’s attitude.