2009

It's already a new year in my country, Indonesia... It's only 3 hours and 25 more minutes more before new year in this city of light, Eindhoven...


So, what so special about 2009?


This is it... the time for contribution.. the beginning of a new journey.. to the sky

SPMB part 2

Hi Guys!

As I'm currently taking Information Retrieval course (which is combined with Adaptive System course), I have to take a so-so-looked-like-an-SPMB midterm exam... After a year.. I have to deal with "that" kind of online questions again. Hopefully, I will not get the same experience.

Btw, Happy Ied everyone! :)

(Man... exam in Ied??? [^^]' )

Me and my "Super Bike"

Today was supposed to be another ordinary day at the Netherlands... the summer temperature was 17 C, similar with the coldest day on my hometown Bandung (Parijs van Java). Weather? Rainy.. from the time I went to friday prayer (at about 13.00) up till the time I write this blog, the rain intensity was increasing gradually. "Yeah.. typical Dutch", my Chinese friend always said.

The surprise came later, when I decided to go to university. Just in front of university gate, I pushed my lovely bike's pedal hard towards the main road of the univ (yeah, I like speed!) when I realized....

Both of my bike's pedal was heading front!

Gee... what again????

Let me tell you, I bought this bike before my holiday to Indonesia. It was a new one, not like my previous bike which I bought second hand. And it was shiny, guys! the main intention for buying this buy was not to show off, but rather because I had enough problems from the previous bike which had its back tire flat twice in two weeks (and it means 10 euro x 2, ladies and gentlemen.. poor me). Rather than changing the tire, how about buying a new bike (with new tires, of course) with only 69 euro? It was the cheapest I can find in the market, and I'd get two brand new tires! (Goodbye, mr. inner tire seller!).

However, that's seems to be just in my dream.. Later, after I bought the bike, I found out that the bike is quite heavy... and... it's noisy! The nuts and bolts need to be tightened properly.. and as a poor guy, I didn't have any tools to work on it :( Even after I fixed it with my friend's tools (not once, but twice!), it still sounded awkward... The first time I ride it to go home, I had to walk because the seat was unattached in the middle of the journey! (later I realized that this one happened due to my lack of bike knowledge :D )

However, things were getting better as I brought several tools from Indonesia. My bike knowledge has increased, and I have my tools with me. Yup! finally, about 3 days ago, the noisy sound was gone! And the bike was just... superrrrbbb....!!!

But now... again... hiks... what can I say... the bolt which holds one of the bike's pedal in its place is broken, and it's very hard to repair it. As it's raining heavily now, I hope a bike technician on the station can repair my bike tomorrow...

Life starts again!

Yoooohooooooooooo! Time to start again this semester... new courses, new assignments, new activities, new spirit, towards greatness in the future :)

So, what's interesting these days?

1. Two weeks ago, I had a meeting with the head of a group where I intend to have a master thesis on. We discussed about my future master project and also opportunity for assistantship. Basically, he told me that I join the correct group. However, the detail of the project should be discussed later at December, as I plan to start the project somewhere in January. For the assistantship, I shall get the opportunity if I can perform well in a preliminary task that he gave me, and I'm still doing it! Finally, I'm a developer again! See the log of the development in this blog.
2. I had a picnic!!! Well, I mean... picnics!! (plural). First picnic is going to friends' camp, t'wolfsven camping area, Mierlo, with other Indonesian students. The camp is a temporary residence of Juragan Islah and Reyhan, our new friends from Indonesia. The picnic was fun! We went from university to the camping area by bike, and we spent most of the time there eating and drinking... We walked around this beautiful park inside the area and rode a small boat with pedals. Funny thing happened when the boat I ride with Lesky, Juragan Islah, and Yogi couldn't depart from the jetty. I had to do some "stunt", and luckily, managed to survive the stunt without being drowned :D.
3. Second picnic is the trip to Wallibi World! An amusement park which is famous for its roller-coasters and crazy attraction. The park has a very big roller-coaster (hypercoaster, actually.. see this) named Goliath. That coaster is the craziest roller-coaster I've ever tried.. It's cooooooollll.... Oh yeah, in addition, it's also the first time that I got fed up of trying thrilling attraction after I tried Tomahawk.. The attraction is just crazy dude... makes you want to vomit... weks... (see what I mean in the picture on this article :( )

So, after all that happened... Here I am... READY for new challenge... ;)

In the end, since today is also the first day of Ramadhan.. I would ask for your forgiveness for all of my faults... intentionally or not... past and the future... For people who also celebrate the holy month, let's get a successfull Ramadhan!

Cheers!

disillusion

Fiuh... long time since I wrote my last post. What happened?

Simply.. I took a holiday... a whole month (or even more) out of academic business (and everything outside of entertainment business, actually). I even went back to Indonesia :D

As the first post after holiday.. I would like to start with a lyric of a song which will always remind me of those days.. a month of happiness in Indonesia... This song is an OST of a very good anime (Man, I wish the story would end happier! :( This kind of ending makes my mood down for several days). Well.. enjoy! I'll write more in a couple of days ;)

Disillution

My cry cannot reach the shadows I dreamt of on that day
No matter how I depict myself tomorrow, I am drenched in wishes that cannot disappear

Catch the fallen scattered fragments with those hands
Hold my swaying heart, and leap towards the night

Because even if I am depending on someone, there is nothing else that I wish for
“My true self is right here”, don’t close your eyes

Spread things which look like junk into the wind, things such as that nostalgic smile
“No matter how much I pray for myself tomorrow”, those answers going towards the distance will still fade

Before I completely decay
And become a frozen body and a flake of my feelings, lets leap past the night

Because even if I am depending on someone, there is nothing else that I wish for
“My true self is right here”, don’t close your eyes

To live for the sake of someone, wouldn’t it be nice if we let this moment count for everything?
Lets gently throw our fake selves away, and just be who we are

My Playlist

So bored....

Changing mood

Sometimes, long holidays can make you as lazy as you'll ever be. Well, now, here I am.. in the laziest mood I've ever been, trying to changing it for the sake of my own future.

Well, if it's unavoidable, better to enjoy it, don't you think?

Meanwhile, a bit of theme song won't hurt... enjoy...

Why we need to learn those stuffs...

Several days ago, I was talking to Mas Sam (don't concatenate the words and read it as an Indonesian word.. it's Samuel Louvan that we're talking about). In short, I was wondering, if we're going to be a Master in IT, why we should learn 'unnecessary' knowledge? There are Process Algebra and Requirement Analysis, Design, and Verification (RADV). Both courses deal with algebraic notation and fuzzy mathematical stuffs.. and there is not even single bit of programming in it! The same goes with many other courses... There are more theories rather than practical stuffs...

If this is the case, how can I cope with the newest technology in the market? If I'm going to be an employee, how can I know the best web framework to be used later in my company? How can I manage an IT department if I don't keep up-to-date to the latest technology?

In addition, how can these kind of knowledge be taught in this well-developed country if it's useless???? (At least, that's my first impression...)

Well, after thinking for a while... I just realized... That these knowledge are the basics of the things I considered to be cool... name it! Internet, web frameworks, real-time applications...

How can you know that a certain web framework is better than the other? By reading in weekly IT articles of how good is their performances? By taking a look at their vendors specification? By trying them yourself and concluding that their performance is good based on your prototype?

Well... you need to model them.. see how is the dependency between one module to another... See how they handle requests and concurrencies... see their coupling level...

How do you know that one protocol is better than the other? By certain 'hypothesis'???

I remember two years ago when I was starting to learn web services.. It's so cool, that I think I can do almost anything with it! However, when Pak Riza asked me in my final project presentation, whether web service is suitable to send real-time messages, I answered no because of the size of additional data which need to be transferred and the use of HTTP (which is not dedicated for real-time applications). But if he asked me to explain, how a dedicated protocol for real-time application should be designed and verified... I don't not know....

Because...
I never really analyze any Information Technology...
Just try them, if it's work well and fast enough in a small scale, it's good...
If it's written on a famous journal, then it must be true...
If a famous author, or professor, says that a certain technology is good, then it must be good...

See? The point is... I am always a consumer, who copies information from others... without being able to prove that the claims are indeed correct...

And this is exactly the reason why we need to learn those fuzzy mathematic stuffs....

We need to analyze the behavior of a certain system... and mathematic provides a way to model them unambiguously...

We need to prove that some technology is better than the other.... and mathematic provides an unambiguous proof...

We need to prove that our innovation is the best... and mathematic provides the way to show it to the world...

I believe that mathematic is a key to innovation in Information Technology...

No wonder... in this university, they teach so much mathematical things....

cause this is where innovation starts...



P.S. : Make innovation guys.. don't be trapped in only practical things!

Rockin!!

I promise myself, this semester is going to be rock!!!!



Born to be Wild
Get your motor runnin'
Head out on the highway
Lookin' for adventure
And whatever comes our way

Yeah Darlin' go make it happen
Take the world in a love embrace
Fire all of your guns at once
And explode into space

I like smoke and lightning
Heavy metal thunder
Racin' with the wind
And the feelin' that I'm under

Yeah Darlin' go make it happen
Take the world in a love embrace
Fire all of your guns at once
And explode into space

Like a true nature's child
We were born, born to be wild
We can climb so high
I never gonna die

Born to be wild
Born to be wild

Best friend..

Several days ago, my best friend wrote something about best friend (hehe.. recursive..). For some reasons, it tickles me a bit... well, I just realize that it is really hard to find your best friend... someone to talk to, someone who cares, someone that you just feel comfort to be with...

Can we be somebody's best friend by treat? No.. definitely can't...

Can we be somebody's best friend by being kind? No.. you can't... it will be artificial...

Can we be somebody's best friend by having dramatic experience? No.. you can't... it just not it..

In fact, that's just a mystery... You may feel better to be with someone who you just know, rather than the person you mostly spend your time with..

When you have best friends, you just know it...you may know the times when they lied... the time when they kept things for themselves... the time they avoided your S.O.S... and all bad things that they did throughout the years.. But apart of all, somehow you'll know, they are your best friends...

And I'm so lucky that I have mine...

So, I would like to dedicated this song to my best friends all over the world... both present and future... hope our friendship last forever :)


You Were There

Time passes, the world changes
But I'm still the same ole' kid
And your jokes still bring me laughter
As if you still were here
And it hurts
When I smile
'Cause my heart still remembers
When you were around

'Cause you were there
When no one was
Just when I thought nobody cared
You showed me love
'Cause you were my friend
You always told me
And I am still here
Because you were there

So precious, small treasures
A time when truth was innocent
True friendship, was all we were after
A place where kids could still be kids
And it hurts
But I'm glad
'Cause at least I was blessed
To have you as my friend

You're my best friend
There are no accidents
God has a plan for everyone
And he brought you in my life
To show me what a good friendship was

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Circle of Life

These days, I'm just not in the mood to learn.. Maybe I had too much earlier.. or because some knowledge are just too slippery to stuck into my tiny brain.. so I search on some movies and songs from YouTube and find out this video... the one that I really liked in my childhood



"From the day we arrive on the planet
And blinking, step into the sun
There's more to be seen than can ever be seen
More to do than can ever be done
Some say eat or be eaten
Some say live and let live
But all are agreed as they join the stampede
You should never take more than you give

In the Circle of Life
It's the wheel of fortune
It's the leap of faith
It's the band of hope
Till we find our place
On the path unwinding
In the Circle, the Circle of Life

Some of us fall by the wayside
And some of us soar to the stars
And some of us sail through our troubles
And some have to live with the scars

There's far too much to take in here
More to find than can ever be found
But the sun rolling high
Through the sapphire sky
Keeps the great and small on the endless round

It's the Circle of Life
And it moves us all
Through despair and hope
Through faith and love
Till we find our place
On the path unwinding
In the Circle
The Circle of Life

On the path unwinding
In the Circle, the Circle of Life."

Seems after a while.. I will get my spirit back.. Go Arya, Go!

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